Jill Duggar doesn’t hold back her truth in her recently released memoir “Counting the Cost.”
In the book, the former star of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” discusses her journey and shares her perspective on bitter memories related to her brother Josh Duggar’s actions, which she describes as abusive.
She and her husband, Derick Dillard, opened up about this experience in a recent interview, with her revealing that writing about her brother’s abuse was the hardest part of putting together the memoir.
Jill Duggar & Her Husband Put Some Boundaries While Writing ‘Counting the Cost’
For reality television lovers, it’s no news that Jill’s journey into the limelight began when she was just 13 years old, when her family began appearing in television specials that eventually led to “19 Kids and Counting” and then “Hope”.
In 2015, a report by In Touch magazine published redacted police records alleging that Jill and several of her sisters were molested by their older brother, Joshua “Josh” James Duggar, during their childhood. Josh was later convicted of charges related to receiving and possessing child pornography and is now serving more than a decade in prison.
The tragic experience clearly left a lifelong impression on Jill, which she addresses in her book. Speak to ET on his decision to explain the traumatic impact through his words, the 32-year-old stated:
“I know that we have to deal with things in the book that I don’t want. I don’t want to talk about it, but I know writing a book, I can’t help but deal with it.”
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His partner said, “Child sexual abuse, victim information, cannot be made public. That is part of the reason I entered the legal profession, [I] only made worse by that… Jill shared certain things with me because we were getting married that no one else needed to know.”
After Derick’s statement, Jill admits they took time to set boundaries during their writing sessions. He explained, “We’re really careful with what’s out there with my story. I’m not just going to overshare, people want really bad details, I’m not going to overshare.”
The former television personality also emphasized the importance of respecting her own privacy, especially after spending her childhood in the public eye.
“As we live our lives, we have learned a lot. Growing up on TV, I know that there can be a tendency to overshare, so I wanted to do it carefully,” Jill admitted, adding that she wanted to tell her story “while not coming from an insulting or embarrassing angle. , and in that way , I would say we do master it but at the same time still speak the truth.”
Agreeing with her, Derick revealed that they approached the writing process with the goal of empowering his wife to tell her story on her terms. “To be able to be the person who chooses to share that. What I hate is when that power is taken away from you,” shared the Internet personality.
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Just before “Counting the Cost” hit the bookshelves, an excerpt of the book detailing the conflict between Jill, Derick, and the family’s patriarch, Jim Bob, over the latter’s alleged favoritism appeared online.
As reported by The Blast, the footage – as documented by the couple along with a third writer, Craig Brolase, reflects when Jill is trying to repair her strained relationship with her parents after accusing her father of verbally abusing her.
During the meeting, it was revealed that Jim Bob was deeply upset by the letters he received from his daughter and son-in-law, messages that his wife Michelle described as “the most disrespectful thing” she had ever read.
Although he emphasized that he never intended to hurt his parents with the note, his father seemed disinterested as to why he did it. As the patriarch in the book passionately says:
“You sent me a text message, Jill. You said I verbally abused you. I was also very offended by that. You know in your heart it’s not right. Are you going to apologize for that?”
Things escalated from there, when the politician angrily barged into her space in an “act of trespass.” Fortunately, Jill was able to stop Derick from planting one on his father-in-law, even though the latter scolded him for crying openly. Concluding the episode, the mother of three wrote:
“You treated me like an outcast who turned his back on you. You treated me worse than you treated my pedophile brother.”
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