It looks like things are starting to fall apart for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.
The couple are clamoring to make sure the youngest of their 19 children won’t get a chance to see the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets – an exposé on the Duggars and their religious beliefs – an insider has claimed. In touch.
While the Duggar parents unequivocally “don’t want” the younger members of their offspring to see the explosive documentary, the unnamed source admitted it “might be impossible” to keep their still-minor children away from it forever.
“There’s no getting around it,” the insider said. “You can put your head in the sand, but that’s all everyone talks about.”
Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle Duggar, 56, raised their children to follow the fundamentalist Christian teaching of the Institute of Basic Life Principles
The couple are still raising four children under the age of 18: Johannah, 17, Jennifer, 15, Jordyn-Grace, 14 and Josie, 13 (previous photo)
The docuseries looks at the Duggars and their membership in the fundamentalist Christian organization Institute of Basic Life Principles
“Some refuse to watch it, while others watch it in secret,” the source added.
Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle, 56, are still raising four children under the age of 18: Johannah, 17, Jennifer, 15, Jordyn-Grace, 14, and Josie, 13.
The four girls released an album called Happy Hearts in 2018 which also features their 13-year-old niece Mackynzie Renée – Josh’s firstborn, disgraced eldest, and his wife, Anna.
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The tracks include a series of religious hymns as well as a rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Speaking to the Duggars’ condition more broadly, the source told InTouch that “their family dynamic is literally falling apart.”
Just ahead of the June 2 release of Shiny Happy People on Prime Video, Jim Bob and Michelle released a statement on the Duggar family website.
He decried the series and argued that it “paints so much and so disparagingly and sensationally because, unfortunately, that’s the direction of entertainment these days”.
The Duggar family shot to fame after appearing on their own TLC show called 19 Kids and Counting
Jill Duggar Dillard, 32, and her husband Derick Dillard, 34, are among the Duggar family members who spoke to the filmmakers of Shiny Happy People
“We have always believed that the best chance to mend damaged relationships or reconcile differences is through love in a private setting,” the statement from the reality TV family patriarch and matriarch continued.
“We love every member of our family and will continue to do everything we can to have a good relationship with everyone.”
Of their 19 children, fourth child Jill, 32, was the only one who agreed to be interviewed by the filmmakers of Shiny Happy People.
She appeared in the documentary with her husband, Derick Dillard, 34.
The siblings’ cousin, Amy Duggar King, 36, as well as her mother Deanna, 61, who is Jim Bob’s older sister, also featured.
On the eve of the release of Shiny Happy People, Jim Bob and Michelle released a statement on their website decrying the docuseries
Among the revelations Jill shared was that she, along with her siblings, never saw a dime of the profits from the original 19 Kids and Counting show.
Jill also confessed that she didn’t want the birth of her first child with Derick to be shown on TV.
However, TLC insisted that it be documented for a spin-off series in which she co-starred with her sister Jessa, titled Counting On.
The network eventually agreed to give family members cameras with which they themselves recorded Jill’s 70-hour labor.
