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\nIn an exclusive first look at the July 25 episode of Mama June: Family Crisis, Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon’s ex Josh Efird leaves her a note while moving out of the home they shared”I can’t believe you’ve been lying to me,” the note reads in partIn previous episodes, it was revealed Pumpkin is dating Josh’s cousin Darrin Kitchens<\/p>\n
Warning: This post contains spoilers for\u00a0Mama June: Family Crisis.\n<\/p>\n
Lauryn \u2018Pumpkin\u2019 Shannon<\/a>\u2019s ex Josh Efird<\/a> left her a scathing note as he moved out of the home they shared.\n<\/p>\n “I called my mom and asked her to come get the kids because I don’t want the kids to see me packing,” he tells the cameras in an exclusive first look shared with PEOPLE from the July 25 episode of Mama June: Family Crisis<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n An emotional Josh walks through the house collecting his things in a black trash bag.\n<\/p>\n “I’ve never felt this sick to my stomach,” he says. “But through all the anger and hurt, I look around the house and just flashes of some of the best moments of my life.”\n<\/p>\n Before leaving the house, Josh grabbed a pen and paper to leave his ex-wife a note.\n<\/p>\n “I can’t believe you’ve been lying to me. All the years wasted just for you to go see someone,” he writes. “I’m packing my s— and I’m gone.”\n<\/p>\n The message follows the news that Pumpkin is dating Josh\u2019s cousin Darrin Kitchens<\/a>.<\/p>\n L: Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon; R: Josh Efird.<\/p>\n WE TV<\/p>\n Pumpkin and Josh share four children together: Ella, 7; Bently, 4; and 2-year-old twins Sylus and Stella.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n In August 2024, Pumpkin filed for divorce after six years of marriage. In the season 7 premiere of Mama June: Family Crisis on May 30, it was revealed the couple had been quietly struggling in their marriage and attended counseling sessions behind closed doors.\n<\/p>\n The divorce was finalized in September 2024 and the parents now share a \u201c50\/50 custody,\u201d<\/a> Pumpkin told PEOPLE in June.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon with Darrin Kitchens and her kids.<\/p>\n Lauryn Mychelle Shannon\/Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cI think you’re going to obviously see us navigating the difference of we were married…and now we have to go to a co-parenting relationship,” Pumpkin told PEOPLE of filming her family\u2019s reality show with her ex. “So I definitely think you’ll see the struggles of that and us trying to figure that out and what co-parenting is going to look like for us moving forward.”\n<\/p>\n On the July 11 episode, Pumpkin reveals the \u201cawkward\u201d news to her friend Paisley that she is dating Josh\u2019s cousin Darin.\u00a0<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n \u201cBut they\u2019re not blood cousins,\u201d Pumpkin clarifies, saying Darin \u201cis related to Josh\u2019s stepfather, which Josh’s stepdad is like a father to him, but there’s no blood rushing.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n In the July 18 episode, Pumpkin revealed her new boyfriend to her mom<\/a>, Mama June Shannon<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe divorce ain\u2019t even dried on the ink yet,\u201d Mama June responds.\n<\/p>\n Then Jessica asked if Josh knew, to which Pumpkin replied that he doesn\u2019t but she wants to be the one to tell him.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Mama June: Family Crisis\u00a0airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on WEtv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW In an exclusive first look at the July 25 episode of Mama June: Family Crisis,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-18580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}