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Amy (Duggar) Kingis not hiding her feelings about her extended family.
The 34-year-old niece ofCounting OnstarJim Bob Duggarshared a cryptic message Friday on Instagram spelled out in hot pink balloons: “It’s okay to cut off toxic family for your own well being.”
“Amen & Amen. It’s not easy, but necessary,” King captioned her post.
Amy is the daughter of Jim Bob’s older sister, Deanna. She married husband Dillon King in September 2015 and the couple welcomed their first child, sonDaxton Ryan, into the world on Oct. 9, 2019.
TLC canceled the Duggars' showCounting Onin July after eldest sonJosh Duggarwasarrested in Aprilon multiplechild pornography charges. In September,a family source told PEOPLEthat the family has been fractured ever since.
“They aren’t as close as they once were because of all of Josh’s legal drama,” the source explained. “It’s creating a lot of stress on them — although the majority of the family is acting like nothing has happened.”
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This, of course, is not the first time TLC had pulled the plug on a Duggar project due to Josh’s legal woes. In 2015, the network ended19 Kids and Countingafter a 2006 police investigation revealed that Josh had been accused of molesting five underage girls — including two of his sisters — when he was 14.
Josh was also revealed to be a dues-paying member of Ashley Madison three months later after the cheating website was subject to a massive data breach. He later admitted to his infidelities and porn addiction before spending time at a faith-based rehabilitation center in Illinois.
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In October 2020, Jill and her husband Derick Dillardtold PEOPLEthat they had exitedCounting Onand were spending some time away from the Duggar family at large.
“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 said.
The couple cited scheduling conflicts as another major reason for stepping aside. “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,'” explained Derick.
source: people.com
