Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson doesn't speak to her father

When asked if his criticism bothered her, she told TooFab: "Honestly, no.

"I don't really even conversate with him ever. For me not to get his approval I guess, doesn't really affect me."

The former 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' star appears with her mother and her sisters Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Efird and Jessica 'Chubbs' Shannon on the reality show 'Mama June: Family Crisis' but away from the spotlight, she is enrolled in college where she is training to be a nurse.

She said: "It's going really, really well. I start my nursing program in June and I'm really excited about that.

"I don't know [what people will think]! I think people will be a bit shocked, like, oh my god, Honey Boo Boo's taking my blood or taking care of my kid. But other than that, I think it'll be fine."

The family has endured rocky relationships with one another over the years, which have seen various feuds and disagreements play out in front of the cameras, but Lauryn insisted that they have just had to "stick together" through it all.

She said: "I definitely think there's been times in our arguments and stuff, there's times I just thought, 'Fine, I'm done, I'm just going to be done with this situation.

"But for us, it's kind of like, we are all we've ever known. It's always kind of been us four girls.

"Sticking together, talking it out and communicating does fix a lot of issues and actions being louder than words is a big statement for us."