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  • Anna Duggar: ‘Duck Dynasty’ Stars Jase and Missy Robertson Believe She Has the Right to Divorce Josh Duggar

    Anna Duggar received an endorsement of sorts this week–for divorcing Josh Duggar–by another prominent Christian TV family. Jase and Missy Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame spoke to Entertainment Tonight about forgiveness, and they feel she has to forgive him–but she doesn’t have to go on being his wife.

    “I think forgiving and forgetting are two different things,” Missy Robertson says.

    Anna Duggar learned in a very public way this past summer that Josh Duggar–her husband of nearly six years, with whom she has four children–cheated on her.

    Josh Duggar was outed in the Ashley Madison website hack. It was determined the former 19 Kids and Counting star had not just one, but two accounts on the cheater’s site.

    Shortly thereafter, Josh Duggar admitted to having an addiction to pornography–and to cheating on Anna Duggar. Anna was pregnant with their fourth child at the time.

    “As far as the relationship, that’s gotta be her decision whether or not she wants to go on without him,” Missy Robertson says. “She certainly has that right, because he interrupted their marriage with those affairs, but forgiveness is not really a choice, you know, if you want forgiveness from God.”

    “You can forgive somebody, but that doesn’t mean there’s not consequences for your actions,” Jase Robertson adds.

    “It’s gonna be hard to stand in front of Jesus on judgment day and say, ‘I expect forgiveness, but I’m not gonna forgive,’” Missy explains. “And God teaches against that. He says, ‘You must forgive.’ and it’s not easy.”

    Anna Duggar has reportedly packed up her four children and left the home they shared with Josh Duggar in Arkansas to stay with her parents in Florida. Her siblings are reportedly urging her to divorce Josh Duggar.

    Sources speculate if Anna Duggar remains in Florida, she might be swayed to end her marriage. Back home in Arkansas, she has the 19 Kids and Counting family members–including in-laws Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–who believe forgiving Josh and going on with her marriage is her only choice.

    “She’s definitely a victim in this whole situation,” Missy says, “and, yes, [Josh] made some wrong decisions. But that’s something that, at the end of the day, when the cameras go away, that’s their life. They’re going to have to deal with it themselves and get past it and try to savor some of the experiences they had and memories, and also make a new life for themselves–whether it’s together or apart.”

    The Duck Dynasty family is known for their devout Christianity as much as they are known for their famous duck calls. The 19 Kids and Counting family is known for their strong Christian faith–and in having droves of children.

    While there are definitely some facets of the two families’ beliefs, one constant remains the same–forgiveness.

    Do you think Anna Duggar realizes it’s possible to forgive Josh Duggar for cheating on her, but to end her marriage anyway?

    Hopefully Anna Duggar gets wind of these wise words from the Duck Dynasty family members.

  • Bobby Jindal Loses ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star’s Endorsement To Donald Trump? Governor Says No

    It looks like Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson has switched camps after he appeared at the Donald Trump rally over the weekend. However, Bobby Jindal and his team deny that Robertson has ditched them for The Donald.

    Robertson and his wife, who star in the Louisiana-based reality show about a family business that manufactures duck hunting goods, made an official announcement back in April that they are supporting their governor in the upcoming Presidential race. Jindal has also stated that he is a fan of the show.

    He even appeared on the popular reality show saying: “Duck Dynasty is one of my favorite shows. My kids wait anxiously for each new episode and watch DVR’d episodes over and over again.” “I was proud to be on the show and even more proud to call the Robertsons my friends,” he added. However, during a Trump rally, the reality TV star announced that he likes Trump now. “I do like me some Trump, I’ve gotta admit.” said Robertson at the Oklahoma State Fair.

    “Here’s the deal. We’re both successful businessmen. We both have pretty big shows on television. We both have wives that are 1,000 times better-looking than us so I like Trump,” admitted Robertson.

    The Louisiana Governor denied that Robertson had left them and claimed that the reality star is just being nice to the GOP front-runner.

    Jindal said Robertson may have said that he likes Trump but it did not mean that he was endorsing the Apprentice star for president.

    In an email written by Jindal’s campaign spokesman, Kyle Plotkin, he said that Jindal and Robertson had a chat over the weekend. He hinted that the reality star is still on their side although he admires Trump’s business expertise.

    Robertson has been a Jindal supporter since 2013 even before he expressed his desire to join the 2016 presidential race.

  • Sadie Robertson Wore Denim Skirt to Pad Against Phil Robertson’s Spankings

    Sadie Robertson, the Duck Dynasty scion who seems to have risen above her raisin’, has a new ad campaign out. The daughter of Phil Robertson turned heads on the catwalk already and has now been chosen as the face and body for Wild Blue Denim’s holiday and spring ad campaigns.

    Talking with People Magazine about her experience wearing denim, Sadie Robertson came from a different angle than most models do. When asked to relate a “denim disaster” she had, Robertson did not share a story about being caught in a socially-embarrasing situation wearing dress-down denim while everyone else was in pantsuits or dresses. She related a tale that you might more expect from someone whose father is a polarizing figure who preaches his own blend of folk homophobia.

    “My denim disaster actually turned into me being very thankful for denim!” Sadie Robertson relates. “I had gotten in trouble one day when I was little for punching my brother, and my dad said when we get home I was going to get a spanking. I ran, and put on my denim dress so I wouldn’t feel it and it actually worked! I didn’t feel a thing so I had to fake cry. I started acting at a young age.”

    So, she was about to get a whipping, and used tough denim — a denim skirt, no less — to pad herself against the blows delivered by the Duck Commander himself. Whatever works. With that on her résumé, she’s a natural to pitch denim products. She even has her own technique for getting her jeans to fit right.

    “The way I stretch my jeans is kind of unique, I guess. I lay out which pair I am going to wear the next day and stuff them with a pillow so they stretch. I don’t know if it actually works, but I have always done it.”

    Sadie Robertson says she is on board with Wild Blue because “their message is to encourage every girl to feel confident in who they are, and that’s a large part of my message that I share: to live original, meaning to be confident in the person you are created to be,”

    you make me smile so big I have a double chin, but that's okay because double the chin double the love. 9.6.15

    A photo posted by Sadie Robertson (@legitsadierob) on

  • ’19 Kids and Counting:’ Petition Launched to Bring Duggar Family TV Show Back

    19 Kids and Counting was officially cancelled by TLC last week. The network issued a statement about their decision to pull the show, as well as one stating they won’t be creating a spinoff starring members of the Duggar family. They feel the family’s name has been too badly tarnished by the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal to continue airing the brand.

    Now an online petition has surfaced, with fans urging others to sign. Their sole purpose is to bring 19 Kids and Counting back to TV.

    “TLC has announced that it has permanently cancelled 19 Kids and Counting,” the Support the Duggars petition reads. “While the Duggar family may not be perfect and they’ve had difficulties like so many other families, their show WAS one of the few clean, family-friendly shows on TV. Sadly, there isn’t much a family can watch together any longer. The airwaves are full of terrible, trashy television! It isn’t right that the Duggars must be forced off the air while the filthy shows remain!”

    “We want our voices to be heard! We all know the power of standing together–just ask A&E what happened when they cancelled Duck Dynasty!” the petition continues. “It seems that every day in America our values and way of life are disappearing. We must all stand together.”

    Despite this petition to try to bring back 19 Kids and Counting, it seems the Duggar family has accepted their inevitable fate. Shortly after TLC made their announcement last week, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar issued a statement of their own.

    “Today, TLC announced that they will not be filming new episodes of 19 Kids and Counting.

    Years ago, when we were asked to film our first one hour documentary about the logistics of raising 14 children, we felt that it was an opportunity to share with the world that children are a blessing and a gift from God.

    We are so thankful for our film crew that has shown up at our house for over a decade. They have become like family to us. They have invested their time and energy into our lives and have been so loving and patient. We love and appreciate them so much!

    Over the last several years people have said to us, “We love your show!” We have always responded, “It’s not a show, it’s our lives!” Our desire in opening our home to the world is to share Bible principles that are the answers for life’s problems.

    With God’s grace and help Josh, our daughters and our entire family overcame a terrible situation, found healing and a way forward. We are so pleased with the wonderful adults they have all become.

    It is our prayer that the painful situation our family went through many years ago can point people toward faith in God and help others who also have lived through similar dark situations to find help, hope and healing, as well.

    We appreciate the love, support, prayers and kindness extended to us by many of you. You have deeply touched our hearts and encouraged us, during this time.

    God’s faithfulness and goodness to us, along with His abundant grace have given us strength and joy even in the most difficult days.

    We have committed to Him that in all things—difficulties or success, good times or bad—we will purpose to bring Him honor by staying true to our faith and our family.

    We look forward to working with TLC on this upcoming special documentary and hope that it is an encouragement to many.

    We know Who holds the future and are confident that He will work all things together for good.

    We love each of you and look forward to unfolding the future with peace and joy.

    With Gratefulness,

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar family”

    Do you think this petition to bring back 19 Kids and Counting will amount to anything at all? Or is it simply helping fans feel like they are doing something to show their faith in the Duggar family?

    Members of the Duggar family–Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–will reportedly appear in a TLC special on child sexual abuse. The special is set to air some time in August.

  • Phil Robertson: Is He Reason ‘Duck Dynasty’ Musical is Closing Early?

    Phil Robertson–Duck Dynasty patriarch–is known for some very controversial comments in recent months. Might that be at least partly to blame for the Las Vegas musical based on the Robertson family and their Duck Commander business to close early?

    The Duck Commander Musical was expected to run through June, but now is closing on May 17th instead–meaning it only saw about a month on the stage. Reports of weak ticket sales are the concrete reason behind the show closing early, but is Phil Robertson to blame as well?

    Phil Robertson has become the poster-child of sorts of anti-gay comments in the United States in the past couple of years. His family has firmly stood behind all of his remarks.

    The Duck Commander Musical is based on the 2012 book The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty by Phil Robertson’s son and daughter-in-law, Willie and Korie Robertson. The show features original songs, and was produced in part by the Dodgers, the New York theatrical team behind Jersey Boys and Matilda the Musical.

    Do you expect Phil Robertson will take the blame for the Duck Dynasty musical closing early? Was he even supportive of the show in the first place? He was a no-show at the musical’s premiere.

    A production rep issued the following statement regarding the closing of the Duck Dynasty musical.

    “The production is thrilled to have had the opportunity to develop the Duck Commander Musical at the Rio. Much has been learned from this limited engagement, and from the great support from everyone who has come to see this first staging of this completely new musical. Duck Commander will now consider several possible opportunities for the next stage in the life of the show, including extended sit-down engagements in interested cities, as well as a national tour.”

  • Duck Dynasty Musical Already Closing

    The Duck Dynasty dynasty is getting a blow that is sure to resound through the hills. The franchise recently saw the opening of the “Duck Commander Musical” at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It seemed like another feather in the camouflaged hat of the popular reality television series. Despite the anti-gay comments of the family founder Phil Robertson, here they were with their own musical.

    The production was expected to run through June of this year, but now news is out that the musical is set to close May 17. That means it will have only played for about a month.

    The “Duck Commander Musical,” put on by several well-known Broadway backers, including the group behind “Jersey Boys,” was directed by Jeff Calhoun.

    The music production has been described as alternating “between something akin to a live-action commercial celebrating the family business to a mostly cheery singing and dancing scrapbook of their tight-knit journey.”

    While some of the Duck Dynasty musical production sounds like Hee Haw-style fare, including fart jokes from Uncle Si, there are songs. Most are sincere message material with lines such as “there’s no time for rest, this is my quest,” and “be yourself in camouflage.”

    But there is a big, gay number complete with sequins and high-kicking dancers. Talk about your juxtapositions. Maybe there is a joke here at the expense of Phil Robertson, et al: a musical production, with “French Mistake”-esque numbers, held in a casino — yet all about a man who is outspoken in his disdain for gay people.

    “Duck Commander Musical” featured original songs and was adapted from the 2012 book “The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty” by Willie and Korie Robertson.

  • Phil Robertson: Wife Miss Kay Talks ‘Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch

    Phil Robertson is a little ‘rough around the edges.’ At least that’s what his wife, Duck Dynasty matriarch Miss Kay said during a recent interview with Fox411. The mother and wife of the Duck Commander crew is promoting a new cookbook and appeared on the show for that purpose. The conversation, however, turned to Phil.

    When the talk turned to Phil Robertson and some of the speeches he’s made lately, Miss Kay came to her husband’s defense–sort of. She was asked if she reviews any of these speeches before he gives them.

    “No, Phil’s kind of his own man. And really things come to him, he never has notes, never. I will give him suggestions of things that I like. I love when he does things from the old presidents. I enjoy that, I always did love history. And I’ll tell him what I like and what I don’t like. I’ll do that quite often as a wife usually does to a husband,” she said.

    She admits to occasionally being surprised at some of the things the Duck Dynasty patriarch says–and has even uttered the words, ‘I can’t believe you said that!’ on more than one occasion.

    “I’m not scared of him,” Miss Kay said. “But I also love him and appreciate what he’s trying to do and I think most people don’t realize he really is trying to help. Sometimes I think he doesn’t get it out exactly right but yes his heart is good and he’s trying to be helpful even though it might sound different to other people.”

    Do you think Kay Robertson is making excuses for Phil Robertson? Or is her situation like a lot of women in the south–she’s been married a long time and learns to consider her words carefully in order to keep peace?

    On the upside, Miss Kay says she isn’t the only cook in her marriage. Yes, Phil Robertson occasionally cooks, too.

    “I’m so proud of my husband,” she said. “People don’t realize that he’ll step up to the plate and totally cook if I’ve given up. He does hamburgers, a lot of grilling, an old-time jambalaya. He can do a mean fried chicken, he does a fried steak with wild gravy. He’s good and he doesn’t mind it. In fact since I’ve been on the phone for most of the day with interviews he’s going to cook for me when I stop, he’s already told me.”

    “People don’t see that. They just see the rugged, outspoken man but you know what? There’s a lot of sweetness there too,” Miss Kay adds.

    Does this sound like the same Phil Robertson–the one who stars on Duck Dynasty on A&E?

    You can check out Kay Robertson’s cookbook by picking up a copy of Duck Commander Kitchen Presents Celebrating Family and Friends: Recipes for Every Month of the Year.

  • ‘Duck Dynasty’ Family Attends ‘Duck Commander Musical’ Premiere in Vegas

    Members of the Duck Dynasty family reportedly attended the Duck Commander Musical in Las Vegas for its April 15th opening performance. The show is billed as one “the entire family can see,” and it features music that “fuses country, rock, gospel and pop.”

    The musical based on the Duck Dynasty family is playing at the Las Vegas Rio Hotel and Casino, and promises to be very entertaining. How could it not?

    Willie Robertson visited with Jimmy Fallon shortly before the show’s premiere, and admitted he was serving as “hair coach” for the show. The Duck Dynasty family members–well, the men, anyway–are known for their long locks that are typically secured around their head with bandannas.

    Duck Commander (the name of the show and the family’s duck call business) is directed by Tony Award-nominated Jeff Calhoun. It is based on the Duck Dynasty family’s book, The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty.

    One review says of Duck Commander, “The 90-minute show with Broadway backers and bonafides, including the company behind Jersey Boys, alternates between something akin to a live-action commercial celebrating the family business to a mostly cheery singing and dancing scrapbook of their tight-knit journey.”

    “Skeptical observers who envisioned a high-kicking dance number complete with hunting rifles and flashy sequin camouflage costumes when they heard of the musical won’t be disappointed. Producers, in on the joke, included one such traditional Broadway-style number. The rest is populated with earnest songs with lyrics such as “there’s no time for rest, this is my quest,” and “be yourself in camouflage” and on the other end, comic relief courtesy of the family’s Uncle Si offering fart jokes and “that’s what she said” replies. Scenes are set against a high-tech stage set of moving screens including appearances by the real-life Robertson family,” the review continues.

    On opening night, Fox reports the show made Willie Robertson cry. Maybe it was because patriarch Phil Robertson didn’t join the family for the premiere?

    The Duck Dynasty family reportedly dined on biscuits and gumbo following the show’s opening night.

    Is Duck Commander a show you might like to see–perhaps only to observe the absurdity of it? Do you expect it will make a go of its run in Vegas?

    Might it be even remotely possible that the Duck Dynasty family will one day find themselves portrayed on Broadway?

  • Phil Robertson a No-Show at Duck Dynasty Musical Premiere at Casino

    Phil Robertson must carefully pick and choose where he shows his face. While the rest of his family turned out for the opening of a Vegas musical production based on the family, Phil Robertson may have decided that a room full of theatre types just wasn’t going to be very welcoming for him.

    The Duck Commander Musical, put on by several well-known Broadway backers, including the group behind “Jersey Boys,” premiered Wednesday at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino. The music production haas been described as alternating “between something akin to a live-action commercial celebrating the family business to a mostly cheery singing and dancing scrapbook of their tight-knit journey.”

    While some of the production sounds like Hee Haw-style fare, including fart jokes from Uncle Si, there are songs. Most are sincere message material with lines such as “there’s no time for rest, this is my quest,” and “be yourself in camouflage.”

    But there is a big, “happy” number complete with sequins and high-kicking dancers. Talk about your juxtapositions. Maybe there is a joke here at the expense of Phil Robertson, et al: a musical production, with “French Mistake”-esque numbers, held in a casino — yet all about a man who is outspoken in his disdain for gay people.

    Then again, Willie Robertson and his wife Korie were heavily involved in the production.

    “We had a lot of involvement with it in the direction, especially the tone and how it went,” Willie Robertson told the Christian Broadcasting Network.

    “[Faith] is the most important thing in our lives, in everything we do from the TV show to our books to the musical –we want that to be first and foremost,” Korie said.

    “So the very first song is called ‘Faith, Food and Family’ it starts out talking about what’s important to our family. You see it all the way through with the decisions we make and when we go to God in prayer through out all of it. The musical is not preachy at all.”

    “Hopefully, we give glory and honor to God in all that we do – in the decisions we make and the way we live our lives and the way we try to shine our light and I think that comes through in the musical,” Korie added.

    It is an odd pairing. But if it gets the fanbase of Duck Dynasty into a casino in plain view of the rest of their friends, it may be onto something.

  • Phil Robertson: ‘Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch Launches Bizarre Anti-Atheist Rant

    Phil Robertson has done it again. The Duck Dynasty patriarch launched into another bizarre rant that has even more people than before wondering what–if anything–is in his head.

    Robertson was in Florida Friday at a prayer breakfast when he shared a speech on those who don’t believe in God.

    “Two guys break into an atheist’s home,” Phil Robertson began. “He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters. Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot ’em and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of him. And they can look at him and say, ‘Isn’t it great that I don’t have to worry about being judged? Isn’t it great that there’s nothing wrong with this? There’s no right or wrong, now is it dude?’

    “Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, ‘Wouldn’t it be something if this was something wrong with this? But you’re the one who says there is no God, there’s no right, there’s no wrong, so we’re just having fun. We’re sick in the head, have a nice day.’

    “If it happened to them, they probably would say, ‘Something about this just ain’t right.’”

    Representatives for Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty were contacted by FOX411 for a comment, but neither has replied.

    This isn’t the first time the Duck Dynasty star has caused controversy. A remark about homosexuality got him suspended from A&E, although they reinstated him shortly thereafter. Surely everyone is entitled to free speech, but the head of the Duck Commander business has a tendency to take things a bit too far.

    The seventh season of Duck Dynasty wrapped airing in February. Do you expect Phil Robertson will get himself in more trouble before the eighth season premieres?

  • Brittany Kerr, Jason Aldean Tie the Knot in Mexico

    Brittany Kerr and country singer Jason Aldean tied the knot on Saturday in Mexico. The couple confirmed their marriage in a statement for Us Weekly.

    Jason Aldean proposed to the former American Idol contestant and former NBA cheerleader back in September after they dated for about two years.

    “This is the best day ever–I’ve got my girl here, my friends, my family–it’s the best day ever!” Jason Aldean said of his marriage to Brittany Kerr.

    Jason Aldean was married before to Jessica Ussery, and has two daughters–Keeley, who is 12, and Kendyl, who is seven–from that marriage. Both daughters were at the wedding.

    It was while Aldean was still married to Ussery that he was caught kissing Brittany Kerr at a bar in L.A. back in 2012. At the time, he said he’d made a mistake and needed some time to work through things privately. The “Big Green Tractor” singer filed for divorce from his wife in April of the next year.

    A photo posted by Jason Aldean (@jasonaldean) on

    Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson also shared in Brittany Kerr and Jason Aldean’s big day.

    Who knew that a relationship that started as a scandal would wind up in a romantic Mexican wedding? Hopefully Jason Aldean isn’t a perpetual cheater, or Brittany Kerr might find herself in the same position Jessica Ussery did less than three years ago.

    Do you think Jason Aldean has grown up since then and that Brittany Kerr is the love of his life?

  • Brittany Kerr: ‘American Idol’ Contestant Marries Country Star Jason Aldean

    Brittany Kerr has married country star Jason Aldean.

    The My Kind of Party singer, who just completed his Burn It Down Tour, tied the knot with his love of one year on Saturday in front of family and friends, including Duck Dynasty‘s Willie Robertson.

    “This is the best day ever — I’ve got my girl here, my friends, my family — it’s the best day ever!” Aldean, 38, told Us Magazine in a statement.

    “Today has been the best day of my life. I feel like the luckiest woman to have been able to marry my best friend,” said Brittany Kerr.

    Jason Aldean, 38, and Brittany Kerr, 27, were first linked while Aldean was still married to his wife of 12 years, Jessica Ussery, with whom he has two daughters, Keeley, 12, and Kendyl, seven.

    The newly married Aldean and Kerr were spotted getting cozy in 2012, causing more than a few eyebrows to raise.

    Jason Aldean filed for divorce in April 2013 and then proposed to Kerr in September 2014.

    “My heart has never been more full of happiness and love,” Brittany Kerr posted on Instagram at the time of the proposal. “Can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with this man. So many blessings and memories are in our future and SO thankful I get to share them with him. Thanks for all the support and kind words y’all have given us.”

    This is Brittany Kerr’s first marriage. he first marriage for Kerr. Aldean

  • Phil Robertson of ‘Duck Dynasty’ Claims STDs Are the Result of Sex Outside of Marriage and the ‘Revenge of Hippies’

    Phil Robertson has done it again.

    The Duck Dynasty patriarch used his constitutional right to free speech while accepting a free speech award — the Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award — at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

    During his acceptance speech, Robertson noted that 110 million Americans suffer from sexually transmitted diseases, which led him to voice his view that sex outside of the confines of marriage is wrong and only leads to problems.

    “I don’t want you, America, to get sick,” said Phil Robertson. “You’re disease-free, and she’s disease-free — you marry, you keep your sex right there. You won’t get sick from a sexually transmitted disease.”

    There is a penalty to be paid from what the beatniks, and it morphed into the hippies — you say, what do you call the 110 million with the sexually transmitted illness?” Phil Robertson continued. “It is the revenge of the hippies! Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll have come back to haunt us in a bad way.”

    Phil Robertson has been in hot water several times for his outspoken ways. He was suspended indefinitely from his show by A&E following his anti-gay remarks made during a GQ interview in December 2013, but later reinstated.

  • Phil Robertson To Receive Free Speech Award

    Phil Robertson, conservative and outspoken patriarch of Duck Dynasty fame, will be rewarded for standing by his faith and comments about the LGBT community.

    The star of the hit A&E show will be given the Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award for free speech.

    Phil Robertson will be given the honor at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.

    CPAC is one of the biggest conservative political events of the year.

    Phil Robertson will join last year’s recipient, author and conservative talk show host Mark Levin.

    Phil Robertson made huge waves over a year ago when he made comments about the LGBT community that were seen as exceedingly controversial.

    For example, in case anyone needs reminding, this gem, “It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man’s anus. That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.”

    A&E indefinitely suspended Phil Robertson from his own show, but reinstated him after a severe backlash from the show’s main fanbase, politcal conservatives.

    After the controvery took its toll on fans and offendees, Phil Robertson still stood behind his beliefs on the matter.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjqccYmx13w

    Citizens United president David Bossie said, “Even when the entire mainstream media demanded he disavow his beliefs and attempted to have him fired from his own hit show for expressing these beliefs, he stood firm in his faith.”

    If you watch the show, you won’t be surprised by Phil Robertson standing behind his statements, as well as his right to freedom of speech.

    Phil Robertson said later of the controversy, “When one does not have the freedom to speak out loud and anywhere what one believes, freedom is dead.”

    What do you think? Should Phil Robertson receive this award?

  • ‘Duck Dynasty,’ The Musical? Only in Vegas

    ‘Duck Dynasty,’ The Musical? Only in Vegas

    Duck Dynasty will soon become a musical in one Las Vegas theater. There will be music and beards and even some dancing as thespians tell the story of the Robertson family–the folks behind Duck Dynasty–the popular show on A&E. The 90-minute show will tell the story of patriarch Phil Robertson and the rags-to-riches tale of the entire family via their Duck Commander business.

    Based on the book by Willie Robertson and wife Corie–The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty–the Duck Dynasty musical will be performed at the Rio Hotel and Casino starting on April 15th.

    Surprisingly, this musical wasn’t put together by a bunch of rinky dink amateurs. In fact, music executive Tommy Mottola and Michael David, producer of Jersey Boys, serve as producers for this Duck Dynasty show.

    “From the moment we began discussing the idea for this production we knew we had something special on our hands. The Robertson family story is both unique and captivating, and will provide great family entertainment and appeal to a wide spectrum of audience,” Tommy Mottola said in a statement about the upcoming musical.

    Willie Robertson says the musical is about ‘redemption.’

    “When we first heard, like the first four songs they played for us, I mean Willie and I cried, like we boohooed like babies,” Corie Robertson said.

    “I had something in my eye,” Willie Robertson replied. “I wasn’t crying.”

    If you’re headed to Las Vegas, you’ll no doubt want to contact the Rio and purchase your tickets for the Duck Dynasty musical in advance. Despite the criticism and the hokey men wearing camouflage and long, scraggly beards, there are lots of people who love the Robertson family. It will be interesting to see if the shows sell out.

    Here’s an interesting aside about this Duck Dynasty musical. Some media outlets are reporting that most of the roles in the show will be played by gay men. How do you suppose Phil Robertson feels about that?

    A ticket to this Duck Dynasty musical will set you back between $49 and $125. There is a Facebook page set up to promote the show.

    Does a musical based on Duck Dynasty sound like a show you’d enjoy attending?

  • ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Sadie Robertson Unveils New Sherri Hill Fashion Collection

    Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson released the first look at her new fashion collection inspired by her book Live Original on Wednesday.

    The former Dancing with the Starscontestant teamed up designer Sherri Hill to create a line of dresses inspired by her book and shared a video of the Spring 2015 collection to her Instagram page.

    In the video — which features an original song, Miss Incredible, by her DWTS dance partner Mark Ballas — the 17-year-old struts her stuff in youthful dresses at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California.

    Robertson has been modeling for a little over a year now, but she told RadarOnline that her experience with other models on the runway during New York Fashion Week was not the best of times.

    “Many of them did not say a word to me,” Robertson told the website. “They just looked at me like they had icicles in their eyes. They cared way too much about their outward appearance. Confidence is an inside thing. I could have totally lost it over the comments people made and the icy looks they gave me, but I didn’t. God has been training me my whole life … to be strong and confident.”

    The Sherri Hill collection is inspired from Robertson’s book Live Original: How the Duck Commander Teen Keeps It Real and Stays True to Her Values.

    Robertson said in an Instagram post at the time of the book’s release that she hoped the book would instill confidence in readers and help them to know God just a little better.

  • Michelle Duggar Aims to Save ’19 Kids and Counting’

    Michelle Duggar and hubby Jim Bob have made news lately by issuing a ‘kissing photo challenge’ on Facebook. They issued a rule about their challenge, saying it must feature married couples kissing. When a gay married couples posted their photos, the 19 Kids and Counting matriarch and patriarch took them down. Some people were outraged by that move and have petitioned for TLC to remove their show from the network–calling them anti-gay. Michelle Duggar is countering their petition, however, in her effort to save 19 Kids and Counting.

    A Change.org petition asks TLC to cancel the show because of anti-LGBT activism and statements made by Michelle Duggar. It has already surpassed the intended goal of 100,000 signatures. A new petition, created by fans of 19 Kids and Counting, has since surpassed 180,000 signatures and was said to be ‘growing fast.’

    Michelle Duggar reportedly has her own petition–separate from the one started by fans–to counter those in favor of canceling the show. Hers is said to have only about 6000 signatures thus far.

    Do you think TLC will really consider canceling 19 Kids and Counting? They let Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame off the hook pretty easily and never canceled that show. What Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar said via their Facebook post wasn’t nearly as volatile as Phil Robertson’s anti-gay comment.

    Will Michelle Duggar’s counter-petition and that of the many 19 Kids and Counting fans who want to save the show, be enough to prevent TLC from considering drastic actions against the Duggar family?

  • Candace Cameron Bure Supporting Sadie Robertson

    Candace Cameron Bure remembers what it was like to make a mistake while competing on Dancing With the Stars, so she has taken Sadie Robertson under her wing, and has offered up support to the young Duck Dynasty star. No, Candace didn’t win a mirror ball trophy, but she did well on the show. Now she’s hoping to see her young friend do the same.

    Last week Sadie Robertson forgot of bit of the choreography during one of her performances. She really beat herself up for it after the show.

    “So I had a little blackout Monday night and that never happens to me and I was texting [Candace]…she was so sweet about it and very helpful,” Sadie Robertson said during a recent interview.

    Candace Cameron Bure told Sadie that she had experienced the same thing a few times while on Dancing With the Stars. She admits that helping Sadie cope during her times of stress makes her feel good.

    Sadie has also become very close friends with Candace Cameron Bure’s daughter Natasha.

    “Natasha is my age and so we’ve been hanging out a lot, she’s become one of my really good friends,” she says.

    It must be heartwarming to both Sadie Robertson and her family to know that someone like the former Full House star is looking out for Sadie’s best interests. The families share the same strong Christian values, so there’s no question that Candace is providing Sadie with the same caliber of advice one of her parents might give.

    Sadie Robertson has made it to the finals on Dancing With the Stars. Do you suppose Candace Cameron Bure and her daughter Natasha might be in the audience next week, watching Sadie as she competes for that mirror ball trophy?

  • Willie Robertson: Control Over Sadie A Little Much?

    Willie Robertson was the parent who got the final say on whether or not Sadie Robertson could be on Dancing with the Stars. When he said yes, his wife was certainly shocked.

    Korie Robertson recalled to Us Weekly how she dealt with the situation when Sadie asked her parents about being on the show. In short, she tried to make Willie Robertson the bad guy.

    “I actually thought Willie would say no, so I told Sadie to ask her daddy. But Willie said, ‘Well, you know, you’re 17 years old, if that’s something you want to do, go for it.’ I mean, my jaw dropped.”

    Willie Robertson must have surprised his wife because he is notoriously protective of Sadie from the earliest days of Duck Dynasty to his latest role as her costume overseer.

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    “I have full say in what I wear in my costumes…” Willie Robertson’s 17-year-old girl explained.

    She added, “The wardrobe’s great and they do anything that you say or that you want. Everybody on the show has full say on their costumes. So it’s not really like Dancing With the Stars has to be a sexy costume if you’re on it, it’s just that’s what they choose and that’s what I choose to wear…so everybody has full say in what they wear and so I’ve never felt any pressure or any hate.”

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    Willie Robertson would be happy to know that Sadie has had full support from her partner, Mark Ballas. He hasn’t had any trouble keeping things appropriate for the teenage star.

    Ballas said, “I don’t really put my girls in overtly sexy costumes anyway…It’s been absolutely awesome with Sadie and I’ve been able to do everything I’ve wanted to do. We’ve been very conscious about her costuming, making sure she’s comfortable…I’m very sensitive to her needs and whatever she wants she gets. My little princess over here, so it’s not been a problem at all.”

    What do you think of Willie Robertson’s control of Sadie’s costumes? Too controlling or should more dads be like that?

  • Phil Robertson Speaks Out Against Equal Rights Yet Again

    Phil Robertson is pretty vocal about his political and religious views and this has got him in trouble in the past. Just last year, Robertson’s comments in GQ Magazine got him suspended (albeit briefly) from the reality show Duck Dynasty. In the interview, Robertson compared homosexuality to bestiality and promiscuity. “Everything is blurred on what’s right and what’s wrong. Sin becomes fine,” Robertson told GQ.

    Earlier this year, Robertson was interviewed by the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins for his radio show. It should be noted that Perkins has also spoken against the LGBT community in the past. In the interview, Robertson said that AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases “were God’s punishment for immorality”.

    Just last week, Robertson spoke at an event called “I Stand Sunday” which was organized by the Family Research Council among others. In the event, Robertson talked about his opposition to Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance which aims to extend equal rights protections to gay and transgender residents. The ordinance was passed by Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly gay mayor of any major city.

    “For all you ladies in Texas, trust me when I tell you this, when you’re seated in your restroom putting on your Maybelline, when I need to take a leak I’m not going there,” Robertson said referring to allegations that the ordinance will allow men to enter women’s restrooms.

    It seems Phil isn’t the only Duck Dynasty star who is vocal about his religion. Phil’s eldest son, Alan, has also been outspoken about his beliefs. He recently told CNSNews.com, “Let’s look at human civilization and go back at all the great cultures that rose up, like the Romans or others, and it [sin] just weighs in on itself and it destroys. It becomes such a weighted-down culture in its own seeking of personal pleasure or personal gain, and then it collapsed. It’s happened every time, up to now. Do I think it will happen to America? Absolutely.”

  • Kirk Cameron Hangs With Duggars and Robertsons

    Kirk Cameron has come a long way since his role as Mike Seaver in the 80s-era sitcom Growing Pains. For years after that series was cancelled the young star shunned Hollywood and instead focused on evangelical Christianity. In 2002 Cameron founded The Way of the Master, a Christian evangelical ministry focused on promoting Christianity through media. The actor now stars in Christianity-themed movies such as Fireproof and Unstoppable.

    Cameron’s popularity among evangelicals has made him one of the most recognizable Christians in the U.S. This week Cameron highlighted just how reality TV is bringing his brand of Christianity back into the mainstream of U.S. entertainment.

    Cameron this week revealed that he was invited to the wedding of Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard. Duggar is a member of the large family made famous by the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting.

    In a Facebook post Cameron wrote that he and his daughters flew to Arkansas to attend the couple’s rehearsal dinner and wedding. He expressed his admiration for the couple’s decision to save their first kiss for their wedding day, describing it as “moral excellence and purity.”

    Post by Kirk Cameron.

    In addition to the Duggars, Cameron has enlisted another popular reality show family to help him promote his new movie, Saving Christmas. In another Facebook post Cameron revealed that Duck Dynasty stars Phil and Kay Robertson served Cameron dinner for his 44th birthday.

    Post by Kirk Cameron.

    Saving Christmas is another Christianity-centered movie starring Kirk Cameron. In contrast to the dramas that Cameron has become known for in recent years, Saving Christmas is a comedy that examines modern Christmas traditions and, according to the movie’s website, “provides a biblical basis for our time-honored traditions and celebrations.” The movie will have a limited two-week run in U.S. theaters starting on November 14.