Jim Bob Duggar, 58, and Michelle Duggar, 56, have responded to their daughter Jill Duggar Dillard, 32, accusing her father of treating her “worse” than her “pedophile brother” Josh Duggar, in a brand new guide, Counting the Solid. The mother and father, whose huge household has been featured on the truth present, 19 Youngsters and Counting, launched a press release to PEOPLE that defined they “love” all of their youngsters however don’t imagine “conflicts” needs to be dealt with in “a public discussion board.”
“We love all of our youngsters very a lot. As with all household, few issues are extra painful than conflicts or issues amongst these you’re keen on. … .” they wrote within the assertion. “We don’t imagine one of the simplest ways to resolve conflicts, facilitate forgiveness and reconciliation, or to speak by way of difficulties is thru the media or in a public discussion board so we won’t remark.”
The assertion comes after Jill, who married Derick Dillard in 2014, accused Jim Bob of economic improprieties in how he shared (or did not share) cash from 19 Youngsters and Counting along with his fellow members of the family, although their lives have been all documented on display screen. Her new memoir additionally mentions Josh, who molested her and a number of other of her siblings once they have been youthful, and is now serving greater than 12 years in jail on costs of downloading and possessing photos of kid intercourse abuse. One stunning excerpt talks a few heated assembly she and Derick had with each of her mother and father, which included a mediator, and she or he recalled a few of the issues she instructed her dad on the time.
“You suppose I’m some sort of horrible individual simply because I put on pants and have a nostril ring … I’m evolving and altering … ,” she instructed Jim Bob in the course of the assembly. “You deal with me like I’m a prodigal who’s turned her again on you. You deal with me worse than you deal with my pedophile brother.”
Earlier than issues received even worse, Jill went on to inform her mother and father that she wished “to restore household relationships very quickly” and “have a superb dialogue” about “hurtful issues” that occurred between them. Jim Bob, nonetheless was apparently very indignant at her. “He was sitting very nonetheless, lips tight, eyes locked in a scowl that had been sculpted out of rock,” Jill additional wrote about her father’s expression when he introduced up a letter she and Derick despatched, which Michelle referred to as “probably the most disrespectful factor I’ve ever learn.”
“I knew she was proper, that she was talking the reality. I didn’t know precisely how I’d tousled, however I knew that I had,” Jill added. “I’d harm her and Pops, and that was by no means my intention.”
Jill’s memoir, Counting the Solid, is about to be launched on Sept. 12.
