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Mama June Keeps Late Daughter's Husband Involved in Granddaughter's Life: What 'Anna Would Want' (Exclusive)

Mama June Shannon says she keeps her late daughter Anna's husband Eldridge Toney in her granddaughter Kaitlyn's life, noting that they're "family" in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.

Speaking with PEOPLE ahead of the midseason premiere of Mama June: Family Crisis, the reality TV star, 44, shared more about how she's been stepping up to care for her granddaughter Kaitlyn, 11, who currently lives with Shannon and her husband husband Justin Stroud following Cardwell's death in December. "It is kind of an adjustment for me and Justin because honestly, the first year of our relationship, we didn't have any kids in the house," Shannon, who married Stroud in 2022, tells PEOPLE. "But it's not a bad one because if something's going on, I'm going to call Pumpkin and then put it in our family group chat and say, 'Hey, this is going on,' " she continues, referencing daughter Lauryn, 24.

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