Lauryn Pumpkin Efird’s Ex Josh Learns She’s Dating His Cousin (Exclusive Video)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Mama June: Family Crisis.

Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon’s ex Josh Efird left her a scathing note as he moved out of the home they shared.

“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.

An emotional Josh walks through the house collecting his things in a black trash bag.

“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.”

Before leaving the house, Josh grabbed a pen and paper to leave his ex-wife a note.

“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.”

The message follows the news that Pumpkin is dating Josh’s cousin Darrin Kitchens.

Pumpkin and Josh share four children together: Ella, 7; Bently, 4; and 2-year-old twins Sylus and Stella. 

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.

The divorce was finalized in September 2024 and the parents now share a “50/50 custody,” Pumpkin told PEOPLE in June. 

“I 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’s 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.”

On the July 11 episode, Pumpkin reveals the “awkward” news to her friend Paisley that she is dating Josh’s cousin Darin. 

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“But they’re not blood cousins,” Pumpkin clarifies, saying Darin “is related to Josh’s stepfather, which Josh’s stepdad is like a father to him, but there’s no blood rushing.” 

In the July 18 episode, Pumpkin revealed her new boyfriend to her mom, Mama June Shannon. 

“The divorce ain’t even dried on the ink yet,” Mama June responds.

Then Jessica asked if Josh knew, to which Pumpkin replied that he doesn’t but she wants to be the one to tell him. 

Mama June: Family Crisis airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on WEtv.