Jill Duggar Dillard‘s relationship with her parents is still not in a great place.
The former Counting On star— who has been estranged from her father Jim Bob Duggar for years and has a complex relationship with her mom Michelle— recently did a Q&A session on her Instagram account. During the Q&A, Jill was asked what her relationship with her mom and dad is like today.
“Complicated,” Jill began.
As The Ashley previously reported, Jill and her husband Derick Dillard wrote a tell-all book about the Duggar Family in 2023. The book— called Counting the Cost—recounts what the Dillards say is the real story behind Jill’s family and their TV shows, 19 Kids & Counting and Counting On, with many of the stories painting Jim Bob and Michelle in a negative light. Back in January, Jill stated during a podcast interview that her parents had read her book, and that she and Derick were still “on the road to figuring things out” with Ma and Pa Duggar.
According to Jill’s Q&A on Saturday, though, things are still not where Jill would like them to be, but there has been some progress made.
“I feel like we are in a rebuilding phase now, with healthy boundaries still in place,” Jill wrote.
Jill made it seem like she is now seeing both Jim Bob and Michelle, which would be a change from where the relationship between her and her parents was back in January, when she said that, although she had seen her mom in the previous few months, she couldn’t remember when she had last seen both Jim Bob and Michelle.
Now, Jill stated that she is open to seeing her parents when her mental health allows.
“We try to hang out whenever it works well and we have the [mental] bandwidth to navigate things,” she wrote.
The slight improvement in relationship comes about six months after both Jim Bob and Michelle (and many of Jill’s siblings) showed up for a memorial service for the Isla— the daughter that Jill and Derick lost in April when she died in utero when Jill was four months pregnant. In photos posted by the couple of Isla’s memorial service, Michelle and Jim Bob were seen paying their respects, despite the fact that Jim Bob has been estranged from Jill and Derick for years.
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For heaven sakes people grow up!! It was a halloween costume. What is so racist about a costume? There are more important things to worry about then a Halloween costume. Get your priorities straight.
What are you talking about exactly?
Are you talking about Derrick wearing a garbage bag and Jill wearing a garbageman’s vest, in essence labeling themselves as the “garbage” supporters of a certain manchild running for political office?
oh. I didnt see that! Makes sense. Im disappointed but sadly not shocked. And no, its not JUST a costume Mia. Says a ton about someone.
There have been too many editing errors on The Ashley lately. I love the snark on this website but, check the text before clicking post. Otherwise it reads like you’re using ChatGPT and copy/pasting. A.I. is a useful tool but you still need to proofread.
A comma doesn’t go after a “but.”
They are the PERFECT definition of Toxic Parents, IMHO, because they expect their kids, and especially their daughters and their husbands to continue to bend to their will in all things even after they are married.
If they don’t, they are ostracized and cut off from the family.
I don’t think they should have gone to the memorial service.