In 2012, a six-year-old girl purportedly drew more viewers than the Republican National Convention. That girl was Alana Thompson, better known by her stage name, “Honey Boo Boo.” When Thompson first burst onto the scene in an episode of TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras with her larger-than-life personality and seemingly endless supply of country catchphrases,

E! News sits down with Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson to talk about her new Lifetime biopic and she gives an update on her relationship with her mom.

Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is focused on earning her degree from Regis University in Colorado, but one day, she hopes to have some little mini-me’s running around in tiaras. Thompson became a household name by doing beauty pageants when she was 5 years old alongside her mother,