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Not lengthy after the documentary, Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, premiered on Jun. 2, TV persona Jill Duggar, 32, took to the feedback of her Jun. 4 Instagram publish to disclose how she feels about her mother and father, Jim Bob Duggar, and Michelle Duggar. After a fan advised Jill she did a “great job” on the documentary and didn’t do “any ‘dishonoring,”, the 19 Kids and Counting alum gushed over her mother and pop. “Thanks. I love my parents,” Jill wrote, together with a purple coronary heart emoji.
In the publish, not solely did Jill pose amid a physique of water, however she additionally used the caption to seemingly trace on the difficulties she has confronted. “Life a journey. Sometimes courage is built in the toughest storms,” the mother-of-three captioned the picture. Many of her 1.8 million followers took to the feedback and joined the opposite fan in praising Jill for what she mentioned within the documentary. “I just watched the documentary, I admire your bravery and courage. ‘Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes’”, one admirer wrote, whereas one other added, “Growth looks good on you.”
Not solely did Jill open up about her experiences being a Duggar, however she additionally revealed she was able to testify towards her brother, Josh Duggar, 35, throughout his 2021 youngster pornography trial. “I was prepared to testify against my brother,” she mentioned on the Amazon Prime documentary. “I guess they got what they needed from someone else.” Her disgraced sibling was was discovered responsible on two expenses of “knowingly receiving and possessing child pornography images,” and started serving his jail sentence in June 2022. Jill was current for the complete 2021 trial in addition to for the day Josh was discovered responsible.
One day forward the premiere of the documentary on Jun. 1, Jim Bob and Michelle launched an announcement sharing their disproval of the doc. “The recent ‘documentary’ that talks about our family is sad because in it we see the media and those with ill intentions hurting people we love,” the notice started. “Like other families, ours too has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, just in a very public format. This ‘documentary’ paints so much and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized way because sadly that’s the direction of entertainment these days.” The TLC stars added that they like to “repair damaged relationships in a private setting,” nevertheless, they nonetheless “love every member of our family.”
As many know, Jim Bob and his spouse rose to fame after their present, 19 Kids and Counting, premiered on TLC in 2008. The sequence ran for over seven years till the finale aired in 2015. As the title reveals, they pair are mother and father to 19 kids, who all grew up on the hit actuality sequence. After the preliminary sequence was cancelled, lots of the youngsters appeared within the spinoff, Counting On, which aired from 2015 by means of 2020. In the brand new documentary, the Duggar household’s “secrets” are uncovered, in addition to these of the non secular group based by Bill Gothard, The Institute of Basic Life Principles (BLP).
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