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Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Honey Boo Boo, 19, reveals if she is ready to be a TEEN BRIDE as she flashes diamond engagement ring
Alana ' Honey Boo Boo ' Thompson has talked about getting married. The 19-year-old has thought about tying the knot with her partner of nearly four years, Dralin Carswell. But the former beauty pageant star feels it is just too soon, she told E! News, even though she was seen flashing a diamond engagement ring on her wedding finger in New York City on Wednesday. Honey added that she and Carswell are 'doing good,' but it's not the time for the two to walk down the aisle. 'Not until after school, probably,' she told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi in an exclusive interview, 'just because it's so expensive and a wedding is a lot of work.' Alana teased, 'It's in the future.' Thompson, who plans on becoming a nurse, is currently a junior at Regis University in Colorado. The reality TV star - who has been on TV ever since she was a young girl - and Dralin started dating in September 2021. But the former beauty pageant star feels it is just too soon, she told E! News, even though she was seen flashing a diamond engagement ring on her ring finger in New York City on Wednesday And she wants her own family. 'I want to have kids eventually,' she continued. 'I don't want to have a lot of kids—I want maybe two, that's it—but not for a long time.' But she is not sure she will put them in front of a camera. 'I've been in the spotlight for so long,' she noted. 'I've just seen all the hate that I got when I was younger. I don't know if I would want to put my kid through that. I might just wait until they get old enough to make that decision for themselves.' She is 'in a really good spot' in her life, adding, 'I don't think it could get better right now.' She came to fame on the TLC series alongside her mom Mama June Shannon as well as sisters Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell, Jessica 'Chubbs' Shannon and Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Shannon. I Was Honey Boo Boo premieres May 17 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on Lifetime. For more TV premiere dates, keep reading. This comes after she talked her mother Mama June 's dramatic weight loss impacted her self-esteem as an impressionable young girl. While reflecting on watching her mom, 45, shed 300 pounds very quickly, the reality star, 19, admitted to fearing she would need to undergo the same procedures to look 'perfect picture' and like a 'skinny little model.' 'Not until after school, probably,' she told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi in an exclusive interview, 'just because it's so expensive and a wedding is a lot of work.' Alana teased, 'It's in the future.' The reality star and Dralin started dating in September 2021 'My mama was a bigger girl, and her having to get surgery and shrink down to this one size, I thought in my head like, 'Oh, am I going to have to do that one day because I'm a bigger girl?'' she told People. The teenager, who rose to fame on TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras, detailed how the drastic change in her mom's physical appearance 'definitely did take a toll' on her own confidence. 'It didn't take as much of a toll on my life [at the time],' Thompson explained. 'But now I'm looking back and I'm like, 'That was crazy.' 'That was a dramatic change, and I didn't know how to even think of my mom. My mom went from being 300 lbs. to 100 lbs.' Thompson went on to confess that 'it was kind of scary' seeing her mom 'lose all of that weight so fast.' As documented on her family's reality show, Mama June: From Not to Hot, Thompson's mom underwent $75,000 worth of treatments, including the insertion of a gastric sleeve, a breast augmentation, liposuction and skin removal of her 'turkey neck' and 'bat wings.' 'She was so tiny, she almost looked sick,' Thompson continued, noting that the transformation 'took a big toll' on her body image, particularly, as a 'bigger girl.' June successfully lost around 355 pounds after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery 10 years ago. Last year, the mother-of-four revealed to her Instagram followers that she ' went from 550 pounds to 311' the day she had her surgery, and, six weeks later, she was down to 195 pounds. In 2022, Thompson, who was just 16 at the time, revealed to ET she was contemplating weight-loss surgery. 'I just wanna make sure that this is actually something I wanna do before I just go and do it,' she said, at the time, about a $13,000 procedure called suture sculpt endoscopic sleeve. 'I wanna make sure that it's, like, not something that's, like, gonna kill me.' Thompson also explained that she knows she 'could get in the gym' and 'diet' to get similar results. 'I've tried. I will say I've tried, but the one thing with me is I have no motivation. I have no motivation to just keep going to the gym every day. I have no motivation to keep eating healthy because, like, I'm gonna eat what I think is good,' she said. Thompson continued: 'I'm not [gonna] sit there and force myself to eat no Caesar salad because I think it's healthy. No. I'm gonna eat what I think's good. So, I just think I don't have motivation, and I feel like the surgery would be, like, probably the easiest way to just, like, lose it fast.' Thompson, who plans on becoming a nurse, is currently a rising junior at Regis University in Colorado. 'I just always told myself you know that you want to do something better with your life and bigger with your life than just being on TV, so you've got to get up and go, you've got to graduate so you can make it to college and be the nurse that you want to be,' she told People earlier this week.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Denver Catholics react to election of first pope from the US
DENVER (KDVR) — For the first time in history, the leader of the Catholic Church is from the United States. At Regis University, a Jesuit school in Denver, students and faculty reflected on the election of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago. Robert Prevost elected the first American pope in history, will take the name Leo XIV 'I'm truly surprised, I did not expect to have an American Pope in my lifetime,' said Kari Kloos, interim vice president for mission at Regis University. 'I am very pleasantly surprised and also relieved,' said Alexandra Walker, a senior at Regis. Pope Leo XIV is being called a 'pope for the modern world.' He speaks several languages and is known for emphasizing compassion and connection. 'I found it really heartwarming and emotional that in his speech, he switched from Italian to Spanish,' Walker said. 'He certainly seems to be in tune with Francis as far as care for migrants, care for the earth, care for how we accompany people,' Kloos said. School leaders at Regis say the pope's American background, paired with his global experience, could usher in a new era for the Church. 'I like that he is American with a truly global set of experiences and interests,' Kloos said. Local Catholics pray for, celebrate first US-born pope in history 'From my standpoint, I would want maybe some more liberal points of view,' Walker said. Many Catholics in Colorado say they're hopeful this pope can bridge divides and bring new energy to the faith. 'I think what our world needs right now, especially what us young Catholics want right now, someone who can bring us back hope, and build bridges,' Walker said. 'I think they always hope for leaders who see them and understand them, and care about the challenges they face, who help them find hope, who are willing to listen,' Kloos said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Here's how a new pope is chosen: Expert explains the conclave ceremony
DENVER (KDVR) — The world continues to watch and wait as 133 cardinals remain sequestered inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel as the secret conclave ceremony takes place. They will decide who will succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Black smoke billowed from the Chapel on Wednesday, indicating no pope has been chosen and the voting will continue Thursday morning. Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney, conclave doesn't elect pope in first vote There are 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, but many more are closely following the conclave in anticipation of the impact the new pope will have. FOX31 spoke to Dr. Chris Pramuk, an author and Regis University theology professor, about the conclave process. 'The choosing of a Pope is always a very dramatic reminder of the global reach of the Catholic Church,' he said. The 133 cardinals must arrive at a two-thirds majority vote to determine who will now lead the Church in a world facing conflict, war and political unrest. Pramuk says Catholics will be looking for consistency in a new leader. 'Francis is a hard act to follow in terms of his personality and his style as a leader, his deep care for the poor, especially for the marginalized,' he said. As a result of Pope Francis's legacy, this is the most diverse conclave in the church's 2000-year history, with cardinals from 70 countries. Strict protocols ensure the integrity of the selection. 'Literally, the word conclave means 'with a key;' they're locked into the Sistine Chapel with a key to minimize any undue exterior influence,' said Pramuk. From 'conclave' to 'white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition Pramuk explained the symbolism of black or white smoke emitted from the top of the chapel. 'The ballots are burnt, put in an oven, then ballots once they've been counted, and they add a chemical to create the black smoke if it's not a majority vote,' he said. Pramuk says the impact of the new Pope will be evident in nations around the world. 'The Pope kind of represents to me the single figure who kind of gives us visual moral guidance in a world that I think today desperately is thirsty for that I think people are looking for signs of hope that goodness is possible,' he said. The conclave ceremony originated in medieval times. Pramuk tells FOX31 that in the 1800s, there was a conclave that lasted three years due to political pressure. The ceremonies now typically last two to three days. Pramuk provides more information about the conclave ceremony on the Regis University website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX31 Denver.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Plane crash survivor looks back on harrowing evacuation from Vietnam during Operation Babylift 50 years ago
DENVER (KDVR) — Hope turned into heartbreak 50 years ago this month, when a cargo plane loaded with Vietnamese orphans bound for America crashed in a rice field. Devaki Murch was on that plane. Now she's sharing her survival story – and the story of Operation Babylift – in a traveling exhibit. 'It's a collective story of all of us,' Murch told FOX31 during a reception for the exhibit, which opened in February at Regis University in Denver. Colorado nun remembers Operation Babylift 50 years after evacuation of Vietnamese orphans from war zone It details the bold and historic effort to get Murch and thousands of other orphaned Vietnamese children out of that country during the final days of the Vietnam War, the heartbreaking plane crash that killed dozens of those children, and the new life in a new land awaiting those who did make it out. Few know the story better than Devaki. She lived it. 'I survived a plane crash,' Murch said. Just a nine-month-old baby, she was on board the first cargo flight out of Vietnam. It was an Air Force C-5 that malfunctioned and crashed a few miles outside of Saigon, killing 138 people, including 78 children. Murch likely survived because of where she was seated. Older children seated in the cargo area at the bottom of the plane perished when the belly of the plane hit the ground and skidded for a quarter mile in a rice paddy near the airport. But the young babies, like Murch, were strapped into the upper portion of the cabin and made it out alive. Most of the adoptees' records were destroyed in the crash. Murch had no details about her birth or her birth parents. 'I don't have a hospital bracelet. I don't have a little lock of hair when I came home. What I have are front-page New York Times articles and I have survival manifests. That's my baby records,' Murch said. While sifting through some boxes kept by a Colorado agency that helped facilitate the adoptions, one file folder caught Murch by surprise. 'I opened it up and I went, Mommy! And it was my mother's handwriting,' Murch said. Operation Babylift crash survivor still searching for answers 50 years later They were letters she was seeing for the very first time, detailing the efforts her adoptive parents went through to make her their own. 'It tracked the entire story before I became my parents' child, before I existed in their arms, in that folder. And there are these letters from my mother who wanted a baby,' Murch said. Now she plans to take her exhibition on the road, showing very personal artifacts around the country so everyone can learn the story of Operation Babylift. 'When you're dealing with humans, you're dealing with sensitive emotions, you're dealing with history, you're dealing with history, is you really, really need to do it properly,' Murch said. You can learn more about the orphans and volunteers involved in Operation Babylift in a special report. 'The Vietnam War: Flight to a New Future,' airing Sunday, May 4 at 9 p.m. ET on News Nation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Yahoo
Man accused of deadly stabbing on RTD bus pleads not guilty by reason of insanity
DENVER (KDVR) — A man accused of killing two people on Sept. 14, 2023, along Federal Boulevard entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday. Vinchenzo Moscoso, 31, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder after deliberation and on Monday, while appearing for an arraignment hearing, Moscoso entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Woman accused in Highlands Ranch Main Event shooting appears in court Police say Moscoso attacked a man on an RTD bus at about 5:10 a.m. that Thursday in 2023, seemingly out of the blue. Video obtained by FOX31 shows a man, later identified as Moscoso, boarded the bus at 32nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard after speaking with the driver. The video shows Moscoso walking to the back of the bus, pulling out a knife and stabbing a man in the neck. Passengers can be seen on the footage reacting to the violence, and running toward the front of the bus. Moscoso can be seen exiting through the door in the middle of the bus. Police later announced the victim on the bus was a 51-year-old man who died of the injury. At about 9:50 a.m., several hours after the initial incident, Denver police responded to the area of 50th Avenue and Federal Boulevard where a woman was found dead at a bus stop near Regis University. Police arrested Moscoso several blocks away shortly after the woman's body was found. According to information provided to FOX31 by police, Moscoso had blood on his hands and a bloody knife in his pocket. A judge set his bail at $5 million in September 2023. FOX31 learned in 2023 that Moscoso had been on parole for aggravated robbery at the time of the stabbings. Camouflaged camera found pointed at Lone Tree home possibly targeted by burglars: Police 'To say that this individual should have never been out in the community is easy to say in hindsight,' legal analyst Chris Decker told FOX31 in 2023. 'The problem is sorting out who we should release, when we should release them, what level of supervision, when do we decide to revoke people and send them back to prison. These are very difficult decisions.' The plea of 'not guilty by reason of insanity' is not commonly used, but Colorado residents might be familiar with the plea due to the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting case — the defendant in that case, Ahmad Alissa, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and faced years of evaluation before he stood trial in September 2024 and was found guilty by a jury. Moscoso is scheduled to appear in court next on March 10 for a case review. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
