Duggar docuseries 'Happy Shiny People' reveals shocking secrets about reality TV family
05.06.2023 - 02:57
/ foxnews.com
Jim Bob, Michelle and the Duggar family, who starred in the hit TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" are back in the spotlight in the new docuseries "Happy Shiny People." The four-part limited series explores the family's rise to fame and fall from grace after allegations emerged in 2015 that the oldest Duggar son, Josh, had molested five young girls when he was 12. Josh later admitted to molesting four of his younger sisters and a babysitter. The show, which ran for 10 seasons beginning in 2008, was subsequently canceled.
In 2021, Josh was convicted on federal charges of possessing child pornography and sentenced to 12 and half years in prison. "Happy Shiny People" also examines the extreme views and practices of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), a controversial religious organization founded by now-disgraced minister Bill Gothard. Jim Bob and Michelle are longtime members of IBLP and the docuseries shines a light on the influence that the organization wielded over them.
The series, which premiered on Amazon Prime Friday, includes interviews with Jill Duggard Dillard and her husband Derick Dillard, Amy Duggar King and her husband Dillon King, and Jim Bob's sister Deanna Jordan. Jim Bob and Michelle responded to the docuseries in a statement that they shared on their website.
"The recent ‘documentary’ that talks about our family is sad because in it we see the media and those with ill intentions hurting people we love," they wrote. "Like other families, ours too has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, just in a very public format.This ‘documentary’ paints so much and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized way because sadly that’s the direction of entertainment these days." The statement
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