‘Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets’ Producers Speak Out Against the Duggars’ ‘Insidious Cult’ Before Doc Premieres

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Sharing what they’ve seen. The producers of Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets are speaking out about what they learned while researching the family made famous by the reality series 19 Kids and Counting.The four-part limited docuseries — which hits Prime Video on June 2 — focuses on the Duggar family’s ties to the controversial religion Institute of Basic Life Principles (IBLP).

Codirectors and executive producers Olivia Crist and Julia Willoughby Nason shed light on what viewers can expect from the doc during their Tuesday, May 23, appearance on the “Reality Life With Kate Casey” podcast.“What we ultimately explore in the show is — there’s the shiny, happy facade, and then beneath the surface is this insidious cult behind the family, called the IBLP,” Willoughby Nason explained. “The Duggars are a jumping off point for us for a much, much larger story.”Jill Duggar — one of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children — participated in the series along with her husband, Derick Dillard.

A press release for the doc described it as “the first time” that Jill, 32, “will go on record with her own story.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesIn 2015, the Duggar family’s OG TLC show was pulled from the network amid reports that the eldest sibling, Josh Duggar, molested several girls when he was 14 and 15 years old.

It was later revealed that Jill and her sister Jessa Duggar were among the victims.Despite the scandal, the family returned to reality TV that same year with the spinoff Counting On.