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Mama June's Daughter Pumpkin Gets Engaged to Darrin Kitchens

Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird announced her engagement to Darrin Kitchens via TikTok after two years of dating.

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Mama June's Daughter Pumpkin Gets Engaged to Darrin Kitchens

Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird, daughter of reality television personality Mama June, is engaged to her boyfriend Darrin Kitchens. The couple has been dating for two years.

Efird, 26, announced the engagement on Thursday through a TikTok video montage featuring photos from the proposal. One image captured Kitchens on one knee presenting a ring to Efird. Her sister, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, and Thompson’s boyfriend, Dralin Carswell, were present for the occasion.

“ENGAGED,” Efird captioned the post, adding ring and heart-eye emojis and expressing that she is “STILL over the moon.”


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