Honey Boo Boo’s Dad Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson is seeking help for an addiction, and he’s turning to one of Lamar Odom’s rehab centres for treatment, TMZ reports.
Sources close to Honey Boo Boo’s Dad Sugar Bear revealed to TMZ that he reached out to Lamar over the weekend about going to one of his treatment centres, and on Thursday evening he will check into a facility in Kansas to focus on his recovery.
The sources stated that Honey Boo Boo’s dad is hooked on prescription drugs he started taking as part of his diabetes treatments, and he also has severe depression and anxiety.
TMZ sources say Sugar Bear first met Lamar last summer through their manager, and they’ve since established a friendship, which led him to start rehab at the Gold Bridge Treatment Center in Louisburg, part of the Odom Recovery Group.
Sugar Bear hasn’t had a relationship with Honey Boo Boo for more than a year now, and he was noticeably absent from her graduation. It’s unclear if the strained relationship is tied to his addiction.
Sugar Bear is still hoping he can mend fences with his daughter once he’s completed his rehab stint.
Sugar Bear underwent an astonishing makeover last year following a cancer scare, but since then he’s hit a rough patch — we’re told his most recent girlfriend broke up with him a month ago, and he hasn’t been handling it well.
Hopefully, rehab helps him turn things around.