Mama June says she by no means noticed her youngsters as only a means to generate profits … this regardless of her daughter Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson claiming her love was all about money within the upcoming  “I Was Honey Boo Boo” Lifetime biopic.

If you have not seen the trailer … the film’s a biopic, however Thompson actually seems within the clip — making feedback in between among the sequences from the movie.

At one level, she says “I wished Mama, however her love was solely transactional.”

Mama June — actual title June Shannon — tells TMZ she by no means checked out her kids “as a paycheck” or something transactional … however admits she grew up feeling like giving items was the best way to 1’s coronary heart.

She explains, “The best way that I used to be introduced up is displaying your love with cash or an merchandise and that’s simply the best way that it had at all times been. So my love language was at all times to purchase folks issues or to get my youngsters’ consideration for a very long time, I might give them cash or I might give them one thing.”

MJ even flips the script on Honey Boo Boo — claiming she felt like an ATM for a very long time … each at house and in her romantic {and professional} relationships.

Nevertheless, she says that ship has sailed — she not seeks validation by the act of giving … and has even advised her household she needs nothing to do with anybody in the event that they see her as a piggy financial institution. She additionally says she’s “reduce off lots of people all through the years” as a result of they noticed her as their private pockets.

Mama June tells TMZ she’s labored exhausting on herself over the past a number of years, together with addressing her cocaine dependancy.

As for her relationship with Alana — who beforehand accused her of stealing the cash she was earned whereas working as a baby star — she notes they’ll “by no means be shut” like they had been a decade in the past as a consequence of all the pieces they have been by … however provides her mama is at all times there for her if she wants it.