Duck Dynasty Scandal: Duck Dynasty has been one of the most popular television shows of its time, which first premiered on 25th April 2012. It has become the favorite reality show of folks, unfortunately, the show ended after airing its 11 seasons on A&E in 2017. What was the reason behind’s it end? Let’s dive into the information.
The Brutal Duck Dynasty Scandal That Ended the Show
The Duck Dynasty show had been full of controversies throughout its 11 seasons run. The series followed the lives of a wealthy family Robertson, Phil Robertson, and Si Robertson are the patriarchs and Kay Robertson is the Matriarch of the show.
The Robertson family has featured as the hunters, who created a successful company Duck Commander which manufactures products of Duck for hunters.
The series aired on A&E and the relationship of the Robertson Family was not up to the mark with Network. Phil Robertson butt headed with the network and he was even banned from the show in late 2013 after an interview with GQ, during the interview he compared homosexuality to bestiality and also told about gays and racism.
Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men,”
phil said in GQ interview
“I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field …. They’re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word! … Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.” he added.
then the network issued a statement following Phil’s interview “We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty,” which led to damaged the clan’s relationships, not with network A&E but viewers too.
After that, the Patriarch of the show Phil Robertson even suspended from his own show. After some time, the show’s Cancellation was announced after the premiere of season 11. The Network and Robertson’s family issued a joint statement to say that it was a mutual decision.
The series’s all episodes had been the biggest hit in the history of cable after five years. Then the series came to an end after filming a total of 11th seasons from 2012 to 2017.
Duck Dynasty Scandal Truth
The patriarch of Duck Dynasty Phil Robertson revealed in an interview with a podcast, that he has a young daughter from his from an affair he had before being a Christian. According to People Magazine, Phil’s sons received a letter from a woman Phyliss, 45, who claimed to be their sister. Phil has 4 sons whose names are Al, Jase, Jep, and Willie Robertson respectively. Phil married Kay in 1966 and they are still together.
After the end of the Duck Dynasty, the Robertson family decided to make its sequel The Duck Family Treasure, which second season was released on 11th June 2023 on Fox Nation, and the first was released on 10 June 2022.
