Jill Duggar denies ‘dishonoring’ family in docuseries: ‘I Love My Parents’

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Tell her truth. While Jill Duggar has been candid about her difficult relationship with her family over the years, she still has a love for the people who raised her.

The former TLC personality, 32, shared an inspiring message via Instagram after the release of Prime Video’s great docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets. “To live [is] a journey. Sometimes courage is built up in the toughest storms,” she captioned a photo of herself posing by the water on Sunday, June 4.

One fan took to the comments section to praise the Arkansas native’s involvement in the four-part series, which explored the controversial religious group the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), which the Duggars have followed for years. “You did a great job on the documentary! I don’t even see any “disgrace” from your parents; just facts about what happened and captivating about all the beautiful childhood memories,” the user wrote.

The fan continued: “Keep doing what you’re doing. Oh, and singing Anne Wilson’s Hey Girl. I call that one of my “freedom songs.” Never forget who you are and who made you the way you are.”

The The costs count author – who shares sons Israel, 8, Samuel, 5, and Frederick, 11 months with husband Derick Dillard — replied to the comment and wrote: “Thanks. ❤️ I love my parents.”

In the document, Jim Bob And Michelle Dugar‘s daughter spoke on TV about her experiences growing up and revealed that she was never paid for her time on 19 kids and counting and its spin-off Count on. Instead, she claimed that all of their earnings went to her father.

Elsewhere in the series, Jill claimed she felt “obliged” to help her family after the aftermath of Josh Duggarthe molestation scandal. In May 2015, news broke that the now 35-year-old had molested five girls between 2002 and 2003. A month later, Jill and her sister Jessa Duggar revealed during an interview with Megan Kelly that they were among their brother’s victims.

Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard. Thanks to Prime Video/Youtube

“It’s not something I’m proud of,” Jill said of the docuseries interview. “If I hadn’t felt obligated to like it, one, do it for the sake of the show and two, do it for the sake of my parents, I wouldn’t have done it.”

Several years after the first scandal, Josh – who shares seven children with his wife, Anne Duggar — was arrested in April 2021 for possession of child pornography. In May 2022, he was officially sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

TLC cut ties with the Duggars amid the controversy and canceled Count on in 2021. Jill revealed on the Prime Video series that she and Derick, 34, had been given money by her father to continue filming the spin-off before leaving in 2017. [and] his production company, Mad Family Inc.,” she claimed. “It would be [for], like forever. We were automatically like, ‘We’re done.’”

The couple spoke out about their decision to leave the show in October 2020 YouTube video. “We found out that we didn’t have as much control over our lives as we had over the show and stuff, as we needed to,” Jill said at the time. “We had to make a decision at that point to kind of put the show aside… to pursue our own goals and stuff. Then we made that decision.”

While she called the choice a “difficult one”, Jill noted that she and Derick did not “regret leaving the show”.

Although her relationship with her parents and siblings has become rocky since she distanced herself from the family, Jill is happy to have more control over her own life.

“Eventually you start making your own decisions, like the nose ring I got, and it’s piece by piece,” she said during the docuseries. “Little by little … [you] do what you need to survive.”