Jill Duggar Felt ‘Obligated to Help’ Family Amid Josh Duggar Molestation Scandal: ‘Shiny Happy People’ Revelations

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Peeling back the curtain. Jill Duggar is using her voice in the new docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.The 32-year-old is one of many former followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) featured in Prime Video’s four-part series, which debuted on Friday, June 2. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar‘s daughter appeared alongside her husband, Derick Dillard, and cousin Amy Duggar in the deep dive into the Duggar family’s rise to stardom — and fall into scandal.“There’s a story that’s going to be told,” Jill said in the first look at the series last month. “And I would rather be the one telling it.”Jill and her siblings got their start on TLC in 2008 with the premiere of 19 Kids and Counting.

The reality series gave fans a glimpse inside the lives of the Duggar family, who raised their children to follow strict fundamentalist beliefs and conservative lifestyles.After 10 seasons, TLC canceled the show in 2015 after Jill’s brother Josh Duggar was accused of molesting several girls when he was a teenager — some of whom were his sisters.

Jill and her sister Jessa Duggar were later identified as some of the victims, and they appeared on Megyn Kelly‘s show at the time to defend their family’s name.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“This was something that’s already been dealt with,” Jill said through tears during the 2015 broadcast, claiming that she felt “revictimization” through the media frenzy surrounding the scandal. “We’ve already forgiven Josh.

We’ve moved on.”Looking back on the situation nearly 10 years later, Jill confessed in Shiny Happy People that she would’ve handled it differently. “I believe strongly that victims should always be protected.