Jill Duggar Hasn’t Seen Her Parents Jim Bob & Michelle In Over A Year!
11.01.2024 - 15:39
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Jill Duggar is keeping her distance from Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.
The 32-year-old former reality star and her husband, Derek Dillard, appeared on The Unplanned Podcast with Abby and Matt Howard on Wednesday, during which she got very candid about her estrangement from her parents! Perezcious readers know Jill has not been on good terms with the couple ever since she left Counting On.
In her book Counting the Cost, she claimed part of the reason for the tension between her and her parents was because Jim Bob did not like the idea of his kids and their spouses getting paid for the family’s show. When they began to push back, the 58-year-old, whom she also accused of being verbally abusive, allegedly only offered to give his sons and sons-in-law $80,000 to appear in the series. However, they had to sign a contract and extend their commitment to the Mad Family Inc. production company.
Related: Derick Dillard Once Had To ‘Protect’ Jill By Threatening Legal Action Against Jim Bob!
This drove a wedge in her relationship with Jim Bob and Michelle. And things between the family members still seem rocky to this day! On the podcast episode, Jill revealed she has spoken to her parents since the release of her memoir in September 2023. However, they did not have a sit-down conversation. Jill said:
And that means Jill doesn’t plan on addressing the book with them anytime soon! She shared that she didn’t want to “create more controversy” with her other family members, explaining:
If Jill were to have a conversation with Jim Bob and Michelle, she noted that they most likely would want to “sit down with a therapist” and “hash it out.” However, Jill knows that would be a waste of time for her situation since it has not worked in the