Amy Duggar King is setting the report straight about her time on 19 Youngsters and Counting—and the paycheck, or lack thereof, that got here with it.
The 30-year-old niece of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, and cousin to their 19 kids, revealed on the Oct. 1 episode of “The Viall Information” that she didn’t earn a dime for her appearances on the hit TLC sequence.
“My uncle,” Amy shared, “he advised all of us that 19 Youngsters and Counting was a ministry—and that we had been on the present to shine a light-weight within the darkness, to be part of this ministry and that God has referred to as us to this.” She added bluntly, “Was there any compensation? Nada.”
How A lot Did 19 Youngsters and Counting Make?
Regardless of Amy’s stunning revelation, she believes the present itself pulled in a fortune. The sequence, which aired from 2008 to 2015, spanned 10 seasons and, in line with Amy, made “over $6 million” throughout its run.
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Jill Duggar’s Related Claims
Amy isn’t the one Duggar member of the family to return ahead with allegations of withheld pay. Jill Duggar Dillard beforehand shared that she too was neglected of the income from each 19 Youngsters and Counting and its spinoff Counting On.
“I by no means obtained any payout—no verify, no money, no nothing,” Jill revealed in Amazon’s 2023 docuseries Shiny, Completely satisfied Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques. “For seven and a half years of my grownup life, I used to be by no means paid.”
In line with Jill, Jim Bob later supplied his kids a lump sum for his or her TV work, however provided that they agreed to “signal one other deal.” Jill and her husband Derick Dillard refused. “We had been robotically like, ‘We’re completed,’” she defined. The couple left Counting On in 2017, years earlier than the present’s cancellation.
Jill added in a 2020 YouTube vlog that after hiring an lawyer, they had been finally capable of get better some cash. Her husband Derick famous it “most likely ended up being slightly greater than minimal wage,” however mentioned, “We had been capable of get better at the very least one thing.”
The Duggar Dad and mom Response
Jim Bob has not addressed Jill or Amy’s newest allegations immediately, although each he and spouse Michelle have spoken out towards the household docuseries.
“The current ‘documentary’ that talks about our household is gloomy as a result of in it we see the media and people with sick intentions hurting individuals we love,” the couple wrote in an announcement on the time of its launch. “Like different households, ours too has skilled the thrill and heartbreaks of life, simply in a really public format.”
They added, “This ‘documentary’ paints a lot and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized means as a result of sadly that’s the route of leisure as of late.”
