Jill Dillard was a staple on her family's reality shows, so it was surprising that she decided to quit "Counting On" in 2017. The show was even originally named "Jill and Jessa: Counting On" (after her and her sister, Jessa Seewald). It was canceled in 2021 (just like its predecessor, "19 Kids and Counting," which was canceled in 2019) due to the sexual molestation and child pornography drama surrounding her brother, Josh Duggar.
In a Q&A about the Dillard Family official YouTube page, Jill said she left the show as she didn't have enough control over her own life, and she didn't like it. "Our control to choose what jobs we were allowed to accept and even where we were allowed to live was taken away from us," Jill told People. Derick told the same source, "The first few years of our marriage, we spent time and money working towards opportunities only to hit a dead end when we'd be told, 'Well, you're not allowed to do that,'" and added that their decision to quit "didn't go over well with anyone."
Jill's parents replied to the magazine comments in a statement, saying, "Every family has differences of opinion and perspective at times, but families work things out. We all love Jill, Derick, and their boys very much. It is our prayer that our relationship is healed and fully restored quickly!"
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