Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar respond to documentary

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have responded to the new documentary about their family.

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00:00Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have issued a response to the new docuseries Shiny Happy People,

00:05which looks at the controversies surrounding their 19 kids and counting family. The new

00:09Prime Video series calls the Duggars poster children for a cult that franchised abuse,

00:14and highlights the family's connection to the religious group known as Institute in Basic Life

00:18Principles, or IBLP, which adheres to the conservative values of the Baptist faith,

00:23including abstaining from birth control. Jim Bob and Michelle posted a written response on

00:27their website ahead of the series release, saying, quote, The recent documentary that

00:31talks about our family is sad, because in it we see the media and those with ill intentions

00:36hurting people we love. They also claim the documentary paints their family in a, quote,

00:40derogatory and sensationalized way, because sadly that's the direction of entertainment these days.

00:45Shiny Happy People includes interviews from fourth Duggar child Jill Duggar Dillard,

00:49who accused her family for never paying her for her involvement in their various shows.

00:5319 Kids and Counting ran for 10 seasons on TLC before it was cancelled in 2015,

00:59after their eldest son was accused of sexually assaulting various girls as a teenager,

01:03including some of his sisters. Last year he was sentenced to over 12 years in prison

01:07for possession of child pornography.