Photo:Jill (Duggar) Dillard/Instagram
Jill (Duggar) Dillard/Instagram
Jill Duggaris leaning on her husbandDerick Dillardduring tough times.
“☀️I’m so incredibly grateful for my man @derickdillard ❤️,” Duggar, 32, captioned a photo of herself kissing Dillard, 34. “His support means the world to me. ☀️ Thanks babe! 😘💞”
After running for 10 seasons,19 Kids and Countingwas canceled in 2015 after Jill’s older brotherJosh Duggaradmitted to molesting several girls, including Jill and their younger sisterJessa (Duggar) Seewaldwhen he was between the ages of 12 and 15. In May 2022, Josh was also convicted on child pornography and received a 12-and-a-half year sentence.
All of this, as well as IBLP’s impact on the Duggars and many other followers, are explored in depth inShiny Happy People.
Two days prior to the release of the docuseries, Jill and Derick announced their own plans to release a new book titledCounting the Cost. The official description explained that it will share “the unedited truth about the Duggars.”
The couple wrote onInstagramthat the book “is meant to reflect a story that has been difficult, yet hopeful.”
The spouses — whomarriedin 2014 and areparents of three— added that “time, tears, truth, and therapy” helped them heal from “our painful journey as part of the reality-show-filming Duggar family.”
“Though we would have never chosen this path, and it has cost us dearly, we want to use our voice to show others that there is hope beyond the pain,” they wrote.
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Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secretscan be streamed in full on Prime Video.
source: people.com
