A SHOCKING WEDDING?!💍🤔 Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon — Finally Reveals If She’s Considering Marrying Boyfriend Darrin Kitchens– the Cousin of Her Ex-Husband Josh Efird [Her Answer!]

Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon may eventually take another trip down the aisle, but the Mama June: Family Crisis star claims that if she does, it won’t be anytime soon. 

While speaking to Access Hollywood this week, Pumpkin– joined by Mama June Shannon and Jessica Shannon– gave an update on her relationship with boyfriend Darrin Kitchens, who happens to be the cousin of her ex-husband Josh Efird. 

When asked this week if she saw wedding bells in her and Darrin’s future, Pumpkin didn’t rule out the possibility, though she did reveal that she and her ex-husband’s cousin are taking things slow for now. 

As The Ashley previously told you, Pumpkin went public with her relationship shortly after she and Josh called it quits in August 2024 after six years of marriage and four children together. Pumpkin and Josh’s divorce wasn’t finalized until September; however, both were quick to move on to new relationships, with Pumpkin dating Darrin and Josh dating a woman named Keely, who at the time, was pregnant with Darrin’s child (allegedly). 

After Josh and Keely split, Josh went on to begin a relationship with Breanna Godwin, who gave birth to his fifth child, daughter Sadie, in May.

Meanwhile, Pumpkin and Darrin have seemingly kept their relationship going strong since last summer. 

“Honestly, we’re taking it day by day,” Pumpkin said. “Like, I don’t want to rush anything. I really felt like I did that in my previous marriage and maybe that’s where I went wrong. So like, with this [relationship], I really, really do like him, so I do want to just take things easy and take things slow.

“I’m not rushing anything,” she added. 

Pumpkin later revealed in the interview that “things are going really good” in her relationship, noting that she and Darrin both have 50/50 custody of their children, which allows them to all spend time together on certain weeks. On the weeks that she and Darrin don’t have their children, Pumpkin said the two enjoy a date night or spend time “doing things in the garage together.”    

Though she may not be ready to jump back into marriage yet, Pumpkin revealed that she walked away from her divorce having learned a lot about herself and caring a lot less about what others think. 

“ … I have just learned that it’s OK to pick myself sometimes and it’s OK to make myself happy, you know?” Pumpkin said. “Like, it’s not all about, realistically, what everybody else wants … .

“I could post a video on social media tomorrow and everybody’s like, ‘You should have never left Josh, you should be with him, you should be with him,’ and like, as much as I get that and I know that you guys would love for me to be with Josh, unfortunately that didn’t work out … ,” she continued. 

Pumpkin went on to say that she wishes people would move on from her and Josh’s relationship, insisting that both she and Josh already have. 

“He’s in a much better place, I’m in a much better placed and like, realistically, I think we do better co-parenting than we really ever did in our marriage as far as communication,” she said. 

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