Mama June recently revealed that she hasn’t seen her youngest granddaughter, Kylee, in months. She sat down for an interview with Entertainment Tonight to talk about what life has been like for her family following the passing of her eldest daughter, Anna Cardwell.
During the interview, June was frank and said that Kylee shouldn’t be raised by Michael, and Kaitlyn shouldn’t be raised by her. It should have been Anna raising them.
That’s also something she regularly tells Kaitlyn. She tells her granddaughter that she’ll never be able to replace her mother.
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Anna’s two children were split up because Anna never revealed who Kaitlyn’s biological father was. The judge decided that the best person to have custody of Kaitlyn was her grandmother, June.
Kylee’s father is Michael, who is Anna’s ex-husband. Since it was known that Michael was Kylee’s biological father, he received custody of her. Unfortunately, that means Kylee has been away from the rest of her family and half-sister.
The last time June saw Kylee was at her daughter’s funeral. It’s been several months since then. Because of that, she doesn’t know how Kylee is doing.
Mama June Has Good Days and Bad Days
As for Kaitlyn, June had positive news to share. She said that Kaitlyn was doing much better in school.
She thought part of the reason for her better grades was because she was no longer in private school. June put Kaitlyn in public school, and she seems to be doing better in that sort of environment. Her grades are improving, and she’s doing better overall.
That said, June was also realistic about the situation. She said that Kaitlyn has her good days and bad days when it comes to dealing with her mother’s passing.
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June is the same way. There are days when she’s okay, and then there are days when she barely keeps it together. Some of the hard days are when she and the family watch episodes of their show that feature Anna in them.
Anna passed away on December 9th, 2023, after battling stage 4 adrenal carcinoma. It’s a rare type of cancer that Anna wanted to document for the show so more people knew about it.
As the filming of the show went on, many of Anna’s family members asked if she wanted to skip the show and rest. Anna insisted that she continue filming, however, because she wanted to document and raise awareness of her disease.
Adrenal carcinoma is very rare, so seeing someone go through it might make others not feel quite so alone. That said, June admitted that watching the last few episodes that Anna is in is likely going to be very difficult. June has received a lot of criticism for how she raised her own daughters and has been involved in several controversies throughout the years.
