Jill Dillard Isn't the Only Duggar to Distance Herself From the Reality TV Family

“It’s nonetheless one of those scenarios the place you kind of have to know, like, ‘What am I up for emotionally?'”

Apr. 15 2024, Published 11:09 a.m. ET

Once upon a time, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had been reality TV stars with 19 children, and a reputedly happy family.

Flash ahead to nowadays, and of course, from their daughter Jill Duggar Dillard's 2023 ebook Count the Cost, to the sizzling documentary Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, which got here out the identical year, a lot has been realized about what actually went on in the Duggar house.

Jill, who wed her husband, Derick Dillard on TV while appearing on 19 Kids and Counting in 2014, has notably been vocal about distancing herself from her parents. But where does their relationship stand as of late? Here's what we know.

So, does Jill Duggar have a dating with her parents?

Fans is also questioning where Jill's relationship with her parents stands given the very tragic news she shared in April 2024. Indeed, unfortunately, the couple's fourth child Isla Marie died in utero, consistent with People.

With family participants like Jinger Duggar Vuolo supporting Jill in the comments segment of the submit, many are asking if Michelle and Jim Bob are in their grieving daughter's life.

Jill has spoken out about the standing of her dating along with her parents on a number of occasions following her departure from the reality franchise Counting On in 2017.

For example in a 2020 YouTube Q&A, she admitted about her family, “Yes, there’s been some distancing there. We’re no longer on the best terms with some of my family. We’ve had some disagreements and stuff, but we’re running towards healing undoubtedly and recovery. We’re having to kind of just take a while and heal and just doing what’s best possible for our family right now.”

Then, whilst showing on The Unplanned Podcast with Abby and Matt Howard in January 2024, Jill addressed her relationship together with her oldsters and siblings, saying, “It’s nonetheless one of those situations the place you more or less have to understand, like, ‘What am I up for emotionally?'” According to Us Weekly, she also stated she could not recall the last time she saw Michelle and Jim Bob in particular person.

For their section, Michelle and Jim Bob informed People in 2020, "Every family has differences of opinion and perspective at times, but families work things out. We all love Jill, Derick, and their boys very much. It is our prayer that our relationship is healed and fully restored quickly!"

Which Duggars have left the family?

Jill hasn't been the most effective Duggar sibling to talk out about the tricky instances of the spiritual family's upbringing.

Jinger penned a tell-all entitled, Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear. Her sister, Jessa Duggar Seewald, has additionally distanced herself from the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) Christian set, but through all accounts, each Jinger and Jessa are both nonetheless on speaking terms with their folks.

Meanwhile, Michelle and Jim Bob even handle a dating with their convicted felon son, pronouncing they "will never stop praying for Joshua, and loving him, as we do all of our children."

The statement was released after son Josh used to be discovered responsible of kid pornography fees in 2021.

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