Christopher Walken Reads Scenes From 'Honey Boo Boo' Child Show [VIDEO]
In light of the fact that the hit TLC reality show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" was renewed for its second season, when Christopher Walken and some of his "Seven Psychopaths" co-stars sat down for an interview, they were asked, for laughs, to re-enact scenes from the show that revolves around 7-year-old Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson.
The web-based movie review and interview show "Screen Junkies" had "Seven Psychopaths' stars Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell and Walken all participate in a little skit, that later went viral on the web.
The show's host said he loved Walken's new movie and then stated "I want to tie the movie into the greatest psychopaths in American pop culture today - Honey Boo Boo Child. Maybe we can turn this [re-enactment] into a Honey Boo Boo motion picture."
He then gave out scripts for the actors to read from. Walken was assigned to play June "Mama" Shannon and Rockwell played Honey Boo Boo. The video is a funny sight to watch and at time of publication, it already had over 900,000 viewers, though it was only posted on Oct. 10.
"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" is a TLC program that revolves around the family and life of kiddie beauty pageant regular Honey Boo Boo. While most girls at her age are playing with dolls and toys, she instead competes on stages.
The cameras follow around the Thompson clan living life on a budget in the small town of McIntyre, Ga. Sugar Bear is a chalk minor while Mama is seemingly just a bargain hunter when she isn't playing stage mom. She regularly attends auctions to purchase clothing and food store items such as groceries.
Since its debut on Aug. 8, the TLC show has garnered the attention of millions of viewers. Its Aug. 9 show was watched by nearly 3 million people, which surprisingly beat out both the Republican National Convention and vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan's speech.
The debut season of the show averaged 2.4 million viewers per episode.
According to sources, at first the Shannon-Thompson family was getting paid $5,000-$7,000 an episode, but when TLC executives saw the show was a big hit, their salary skyrocketed along with ratings. The family is now paid $15,000-$20,000 an episode.
