Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are talking out to defend their beliefs.
The “19 Little ones and Counting” stars criticized the docuseries “Shiny Satisfied People today: Duggar Family members Tricks” one working day before its release on Prime Movie.
“The new ‘documentary’ that talks about our household is unfortunate for the reason that in it we see the media and those with unwell intentions hurting persons we appreciate,” Jim Bob and Michelle wrote on the Duggar relatives website June 1. “Like other households, ours much too has knowledgeable the joys and heartbreaks of lifetime, just in a incredibly public structure. This ‘documentary’ paints so considerably and so several in a derogatory and sensationalized way since unfortunately that is the path of leisure these days.”
The display contains interviews with their daughter Jill Duggar and her husband Derick Dillard about the family’s demanding and religious upbringing as portion of the Institute in Fundamental Lifestyle Concepts (IBLP).
On the other hand, Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle, 56, said they would fairly settle any family members problems out of the spotlight.
“We have often thought that the ideal possibility to fix destroyed interactions, or to reconcile variations, is through appreciate in a private location,” they ongoing in the statement. “We like just about every member of our loved ones and will keep on to do all we can to have a superior connection with every a single.”
The couple ended with a concept on their faith, saying, “Through both the triumphs and the trials we have clung to our faith all the additional and found that via the really like and grace of Jesus, we find energy, comfort and ease, and purpose.”
Jill, 32, shared in a May perhaps 18 trailer for “Duggar Relatives Strategies” that she came forward in get to set the report straight on situations in her existence.
“There is a tale that’s going to be informed,” the “Counting On” star shared. “And I would fairly be the a single telling it.”
She earlier claimed that her relationship with Jim Bob “got rather poisonous” after she and Derick—who wed in 2014—began acting independently from her parents’ needs.
“I noticed a total new facet to my dad when my partner and I commenced earning choice that were most effective for our relatives, but not in his best fascination,” Jill was quoted as telling a psychologist as part of a prior lawsuit, in accordance to November 2021 courtroom filing attained by E! Information in May 2022. “Unfortunately, I understood he had turn into fairly controlling, fearful and reactionary.”
E! News has attained out to the IBLP for comment on the claims in the collection and to Prime Video clip for comment on the Duggars’ statement, but has not listened to back again.
