Jill Duggar Reveals She Hasn’t Seen Dad Jim Bob Duggar in Over a Year – Hollywood Life

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Jill Duggar admitted that she hasn’t seen her father Jim Bob Duggar in a very long time throughout an look on The Unplanned Podcast on Wednesday, January 10. The previous 19 Children and Counting star defined that it’s probably been at the least over a 12 months since she or her husband Derick Dillard noticed him. Jill has opened up about previous issues with her dad in her memoir Counting the Cost.

The previous TLC star defined that she hadn’t seen her father since earlier than her guide was launched. Derick defined that the final time they noticed him was “in all probability” across the time their son Frederick was born. “That was over a 12 months in the past,” he mentioned on the podcast. He additionally talked about that they’d seen Jill’s mom Michelle Duggar up to now 12 months.

Jill defined that they noticed him at “some type of household operate factor,” however she wasn’t certain if it was a marriage, celebration, or one thing related. She did level out that whereas the guide was written, it was earlier than it was launched. “That was earlier than the guide,” she mentioned. “That was since we had our final child.”

Because the guide dropped, Jill did say that she’d spoken to her dad and mom, however hasn’t broached the subject of the guide. “I didn’t sit down and have a dialog and say, ‘What do you consider the guide?’” she defined. “I’ve heard that they did [read the book]. I heard they listened to it on audiobook or one thing.”

Jill additionally defined that determining how you can work out points along with her dad and mom is one thing that she and her husband are nonetheless making an attempt to determine. “They’re my dad and mom, and I’m going to tread evenly. I additionally don’t need to create more controversy. It’s type of like if you get collectively for the vacations, and there are particular issues that you just simply don’t need to deliver up. It’s probably a sore subject. I do know that they’d in all probability need to sit down with a therapist or one thing and simply hash it out, however we’ve tried that earlier than, and it’s simply not the healthiest strategy to go about it,” she mentioned. “We’re nonetheless on the street to figuring issues out.”

Within the guide, Jill claimed that her dad would criticize her determination to put on pants or get a nose ring. She additionally claimed that her dad had threatened to “considerably” lower her inheritance if she saved up a struggle about her contract concerning the TLC present.