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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar slammed the Duggar Family Secrets documentary up of its merchandise connected Prime Video connected June 2, saying it paints their beingness successful a "derogatory and sensationalized" way.
Jill Duggar Calls Dad Jim Bob 'Controlling' & 'Verbally Abusive'
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are speaking retired to defend their beliefs.
The 19 Kids and Counting stars criticized the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets one time earlier its merchandise connected Prime Video.
"The caller 'documentary' that talks astir our household is bittersweet due to the fact that successful it we spot the media and those with sick intentions hurting radical we love," Jim Bob and Michelle wrote connected the Duggar household website June 1. "Like different families, ours excessively has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, conscionable successful a precise nationalist format. This 'documentary' paints truthful overmuch and truthful galore successful a derogatory and sensationalized mode due to the fact that sadly that's the absorption of amusement these days."
The amusement includes interviews with their daughter Jill Duggar and her hubby Derick Dillard about the family's strict and spiritual upbringing arsenic portion of the Institute successful Basic Life Principles (IBLP).
However, Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle, 56, said they would alternatively settee immoderate household issues retired of the spotlight.
"We person ever believed that the champion accidental to repair damaged relationships, oregon to reconcile differences, is done emotion successful a backstage setting," they continued in the statement. "We emotion each subordinate of our household and volition proceed to bash each we tin to person a bully narration with each one."
The couple ended with a connection on their faith, saying, "Through some the triumphs and the trials we person clung to our religion each the much and discovered that done the emotion and grace of Jesus, we find strength, comfort, and purpose."
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Jill, 32, shared successful a May 18 trailer for Duggar Family Secrets that she came guardant successful bid to acceptable the grounds consecutive connected events successful her life.
"There's a communicative that's going to beryllium told," the Counting On prima shared. "And I would alternatively beryllium the 1 telling it."
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She antecedently said that her narration with Jim Bob "got beauteous toxic" after she and Derick—who wed successful 2014—began acting independently from her parents' wishes.
"I saw a full caller broadside to my dada erstwhile my hubby and I started making determination that were champion for our family, but not successful his champion interest," Jill was quoted arsenic telling a scientist arsenic portion of a anterior lawsuit, according to November 2021 tribunal filing obtained by E! News successful May 2022. "Sadly, I realized helium had go beauteous controlling, fearful and reactionary."
E! News has reached retired to the IBLP for remark connected the claims successful the bid and to Prime Video for comment on the Duggars' statement, but hasn't heard back.
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