Derick Dillard says that Jim Bob Duggar “ambushed” him and Jill.
Why? As a PR stunt to make it seem like the household is on good phrases, apparently.
We just lately reported on how Jill and Jim Bob appeared to hang around throughout the household’s Christmas celebration.
In response to Derick, his broadly reviled father-in-law merely cornered him and his spouse on the giant household gathering … and it “happened” to finish up on the web.
Didn’t Jill Duggar have that ‘cozy’ picture with Jim Bob Duggar? Kind of
An earlier Instagram put up by James Duggar confirmed dozens of Duggars in Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s huge lounge on the notorious Duggar compound.
Of specific observe was one {photograph} of Jill, Derick, and Jim Bob.
The three have been seated collectively and gave the impression to be talking. After years of estrangement, it regarded like an indication that the Dillards have been rising nearer to Jill’s terrible dad — for higher or for worse.
Quite a few articles — together with ours — mentioned the picture and the fan response.
This after all included fan hypothesis that Jill and Jim Bob have been mending fences regardless of her traumatic childhood and her monetary wrongdoings that she described in interviews and in her memoir, Counting The Value.
Some followers felt inspired to see father and daughter supposedly getting alongside. Others felt horrified that Jill would possibly backslide into falling beneath that man’s affect once more. And Derick? Derick says that Jim Bob “ambushed” them for a deceptive photo-op.
Derick Dillard says that Jim Bob Duggar ‘ambushed’ him and Jill
After Folks shared a blurb concerning the images on Instagram, Derick Dillard penned a prolonged remark.
“I don’t think being ambushed, by being unknowingly photographed with someone you’re at odds with and do not respect, is considered ‘mingling,’” he started.
“The truth is that Jim Bob approached me while we were there on Christmas Day,” Derick clarified. “And that is when the photo was taken.”
“I have spoken to Jim Bob less than 10 minutes since the last time I was at that house over a year ago,” Derick Dillard detailed.
He added: “(and I happened to be photographed, unbeknownst to me, by the same person then as well).” That individual being James Duggar, who can also be an apologist for Jim Bob for some cause.
“There were over 100 people, the house is 8000 square feet, and Santa Clause was there,” Derick described. “So this isn’t your typical intimate family gathering.”
‘We’re attempting to be civil’
He defined: “We’re trying to be civil for the sake of our family, but that doesn’t mean everything is all hunky dorey.” That is smart.
“And,” Derick emphasised, “it sure doesn’t mean that I’m not going to comment when people try to warp reality for their own purposes.”
This, for the report, is considered one of many explanation why so many individuals go no-contact with a poisonous father or mother reasonably than merely preserving them at a protected distance. Jim Bob just isn’t the one indefensible dirtbag who’s used civility as a weapon to make issues look higher than they’re. He simply occurs to be extra well-known than most.
