Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, his family has revealed.
Robertson’s family announced the news on the latest episode of their podcast on Friday Unashamed at The Robertson Family.
In the episode, titled Phil’s Diagnosis, Phil’s son Jase Roberts described the dementia as being in its “early stages.”
He also revealed that doctors informed the family that his father was additionally suffering from a blood disorder.
According to Jase, the 78-year-old reality star is in particularly poor health due to the blood disorder, and his condition has deteriorated recently.
Al clarified that Phil had been dealing with the blood disorder for quite some time, but it had gotten worse recently.
Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, his family revealed Friday on their podcast Unashamed with The Robertson Family