Jill Duggar Says She's 'Not On The Best Terms' With Her Family

Jill Duggar is opening about a rift between her and the rest of the Duggar family. The former TLC reality star grew up on television—first on 19 Kids and Counting and later the spinoff Counting On—alongside her parents and her 18 siblings. Back in 2017, however, Jill departed the family business with her husband Derick Dillard. Three years later, she's sharing some insight into their decision.

“There’s been some distancing there,” Jill said of her extended family on her YouTube channel. “We’re not on the best terms with some of my family. We’ve had some disagreements, but we’re working towards healing definitely and restoration, but we’re having to kind of just take some time and heal.”

Jill said it's been “difficult,” but she hopes they can find a resolution for their problems. “We’re doing what’s best for our family right now and just working through, it I guess," she continued. “We are praying and trusting God that like the timeline is his and what that looks like and everything. So we definitely appreciate your prayers, and we don’t want to go into detail.”

Jill, as well as her husband Derick, also took some time to talk about their departure from Counting On. “We left the show three years ago because basically our family goals that we had for ourselves didn’t align with what we found out,” Jill explained. “We ended up finding out that we didn’t have as much control over our lives as it related to the show and stuff as we felt like we needed. We had to make a decision at that time to kind of put the show aside just to pursue our own goals.”

“It was a good decision for us,” Jill added “It was a really difficult decision, but something that we knew we needed to do for our family.” Derick chimed in, as well, saying: "We will not go back on the show under the circumstances that we were under at the time that we left. Meaning just as a family, we have to be able to make decisions that allow us to navigate our lives and have the information and control so that we know whether or not we can even plan anything."

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