Jill Duggar he literally distanced himself from his big family. It turns out that she hasn’t been to her parents’ house in a few years, because it can be a trigger.
THE 19 children and counting alum confessed that it was not the Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, which has been known as “the big house” for a long time.
“We haven’t been there in a while, probably a couple of years, except once, like, to check the email,” she shared in a question and answer session on YouTube on Sunday, March 21.
The 29-year-old star reflected, “[In] at this time in life, we have to prioritize our mental, emotional health and all that. Our limit – we like to call it – is a little lower at this time of life for us, with a lot going on in our own lives. “
Her husband, Derick Dillard, noted: “There are many triggers there.”
Jill also attributed the distance to some of the “restrictions” during the coronavirus pandemic.
The complete family tree of the Duggar
“COVID just makes things a lot more difficult now, trying to keep our circles smaller and everything. We wish it didn’t stay that way, but that’s where we are now,” she added.
The news should not come as a big surprise to fans of the TLC stars. In October 2020, Jill admitted that there was some “distance” going on between her and her family.
The mother of two said, “We are not getting along very well with some members of my family. We have had some disagreements, but we are working for the ultimate cure and restoration, but we are just having to get some time and healing.”
They were also frank about how much their reality shows used to dictate their lives. “We found that we didn’t have as much control over our lives as over the show and stuff, as we needed it. At that time, we had to make the decision to leave the show alone just to try to follow our own goals and everything. That’s when we made that decision, “she said. “It was just a good decision for us.”
Later that month, Jill explained in more detail why she left the spinoff Counting on in 2017. “Our control over choosing which jobs we could take and how far we could live was taken away from us,” she said. People.
Derick, who is studying to become a lawyer, said: “In the early years of our marriage, we spent time and money working for opportunities just to reach a dead end, when they said to us, ‘Well, you are not allowed to do that. . ‘”
A spokesman for the Duggar family told E! News of the time, “Each family has differences of opinion and perspective at times, but families work things out. We all love Jill, Derick and their children very much. It is our prayer that our relationship will be healed and fully restored quickly!”
They are parents of Israel David, 5 and Samuel Scott, 3.
See the couple’s last video above.