Derick Dillard has skilled his share of controversial moments over time, particularly on the subject of his feedback about Jim Bob Duggar and Counting On. Though Derick has not been on the present for years, he continues to bash Jill Duggar’s mother and father and TLC on social media. With Derick exhibiting no indicators of slowing down, listed below are 12 of essentially the most outrageous claims he has made in opposition to the Duggar family.
12. Not being paid for ‘Counting On
When he and Jill have been nonetheless part of Counting On, Derick says that they have been by no means paid for showing in entrance of the cameras. In response to In Touch Weekly, he all the time thought everybody volunteered their time and solely later came upon that Jim Bob was taking a minimize.
“For a very long time, Jill and I have been underneath the impression that
the household didn’t
make any cash from the present, however, reasonably, it was introduced to us children as
one thing that was carried out as a ministry that TLC periodically backed within the
type [of] reimbursements for issues,” he shared.
11. TLC didn’t reimburse him
Talking of reimbursements, Derick added that he and Jill thought
TLC was going to pay their bills after they agreed to movie the start of
their son, Sam.
Derick claims that the community refused to suit the invoice for any of
their medical bills, regardless of the community making loads of cash off their
start particular.
10. Derick Dillard has by no means talked to TLC
Though Derick was concerned in a number of seasons of Counting On,
he claims that he has by no means talked with the community. All the conversations
concerning the collection have been funneled by Jim Bob, together with authorized questions.
“No one from TLC has even talked about to us what they
would favor that we are saying or not say,” Derick said.
9. Jim Bob Duggar controls the contracts
In relation to Counting On contracts, Derick instructed his followers final fall that Jim Bob “negotiated” everybody’s contracts. This might not have been an enormous deal however Jim Bob apparently saved the contract talks to himself.
Derick additionally claimed that Jim Bob is technically the one individual
who has a contract with TLC, which is why he will get all the cash.
eight. Jim Bob has taken over ‘Counting On’
Counting On really began as a spin-off of 19 Youngsters
and Counting and was titled, Jill & Jessa: Counting On. With
that in thoughts, Derick believes that Jim Bob merely took over the spin-off as soon as
his present was canceled.
As Derick identified, “the present title has nothing to do
with whose present it’s or who owns/controls the contract.”
7. What Derick Dillard regrets about ‘Counting On’
Derick clearly has points with how Jim Bob has dealt with Counting
On, however he additionally has regrets about his time on the collection. In a current publish,
Derick admitted that he needs he would have had extra management over his life
when he was on the present.
“We weren’t even
allowed to be the first ones to announce our personal life occasions — our
marriage, anticipating our child, our genders of our youngsters, our births —
not by our personal alternative,” he revealed. “If I needed to do it throughout
once more, I might’ve
introduced myself once we have been anticipating and issues like that, even when
I might’ve
gotten in bother.”
6. Derick and Jill have been pressured to movie
TLC just about managed each side of Derick and Jill’s lives, however the former took issues one step additional when he claimed that the community pressured Jill to maintain filming.
Jill apparently wished to step away from the present Josh Duggar’s molestation scandal, particularly contemplating how she was certainly one of his victims. However as an alternative, Derick claims that TLC threatened them with a lawsuit in the event that they give up the present.
“It’s not going to look good for TLC when it’s uncovered that they pressured an
abuse sufferer to proceed filming once we tried to give up…” Derick mentioned.
5. Different Duggars are pressured into filming
Jill was not the one Duggar TLC allegedly pressured into
filming. Derick went on to say that different members of the Duggar clan have confronted
related authorized threats.
“If it’s the identical approach it was for us, the others could also be
pressured into submission with threats of lawsuits [or] too deep into
it/dependent or one thing else like that to talk up,” he defined.
If that is true, it will clarify to Counting On fans why the opposite Duggars haven’t spoken out in opposition to their father.
four. Derick Dillard isn’t allowed to go to the Duggar compound
Given his feedback on social media, Derick has sparked an ongoing feud with Jim Bob. Issues have gotten so unhealthy that Derick says Jim Bob doesn’t enable him or Jill to go to the household compound with out permission.
“Jill even needed to ask [her dad] permission to go over to the
home to assist her sister when she was in labor,” Derick said. “Her
sister wished her assist, however Jill couldn’t present the help till [they] acquired it cleared
with JB.”
three. Derick claims to be writing a tell-all
In mild of all of the allegations in opposition to Jim Bob and TLC, Derick
as soon as instructed a Counting On fan on Twitter that he’s engaged on a tell-all
ebook concerning the Duggars. Derick is at present ending a regulation diploma, so it’d
take him a bit to complete the ebook.
2. Derick Dillard disagrees with the Duggar’s strict views
In response to Cafe
Mom, Derick lately revealed that he really disagrees with many
of Jim Bob’s conservative viewpoints. This consists of guidelines in opposition to carrying
pants, having piercings, and searching for a public schooling.
“I don’t assume it’s improper for ladies to put on pants, get
piercings, or have brief hair,” Derick revealed. “I’ll encourage my
children, women or boys, to determine their passions and pursue them, even when that
requires greater schooling.”
1. Derick defends his opinion on the transgender group
One in all Derick’s most controversial feedback was the time he
slammed Jazz Jennings on Twitter. Derick closely criticized the transgender
group within the publish, which straight led to his elimination from Counting On.
Regardless of all the backlash Derick obtained, he lately defended
his feedback and revealed that he believes loads of folks share his level of
view.
“@Travelingafar my view is not any totally different than most Individuals,
however I simply talked about it…” he famous.
The remainder of the Duggar family — sans Derick Dillard and Jill Duggar — are anticipated to return with new episodes of Counting On someday in 2020.