‘Duck’ finds a daughter, 45, he never knew
Looks like the “Duck Dynasty” family isn’t all it’s quacked up to be.
“Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson, a devout Christian, admits that he fathered a daughter he never knew existed more than 45 years ago.
The bombshell revelation came to light during his Thursday podcast of “Unashamed.” The mystery woman, identified only as Phyliss, contacted Al Robertson and Jase Robertson — the two eldest siblings — to claim her mother had been romantically involved with Phil before his religious conversion.
Wary that the woman might be a fraud or pinning her paternity hopes on the wrong man, the Robertson sons didn’t immediately broach the subject with their father.
“So basically, it was from a woman who said that by a DNA search, she thinks that Dad might be her dad,” said Al Robertson. “I started thinking, there’s a 45-yearold woman out there who doesn’t know who her dad is, and she’s looking. And I thought, even if it’s not Dad,
“Just Mercy,” the powerful legal drama about a wrongfully convicted African-American man on Death Row, has been made free to watch this month by Warner Bros.
The movie can be streamed on digital platforms through the end of June, free of charge, the studio announced Tuesday.
“We believe in the power of story,” Warner Bros. said in a she needs to know it’s not Dad.”
During the early years of his 54-year union with his wife, Kay, Robertson admitted that he had strayed before turning his life over to Christ.
The controversial reality star and Duck Commander founder called the discovery of Phyliss a “pretty cool explanation of redemption.”
Robertson, 74, hinted that his daughter will likely be appearing on an upcoming podcast.
“As it turns out, 45 years, you have a daughter that you don’t know about, and she has a father she doesn’t know about,” explained Robertson. “Finally, after all those years, we come together.”
In 2013, A&E, the “Duck Dynasty” broadcaster, announced it had suspended Robertson from the show after he revealed his perceptions of sinful behavior during a GQ interview.
“Start with the homosexual behavior and just morph out from there,” Robertson explained. “Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and those men.”
But the network reversed its decision nine days later following public outcry. statement. “Our film ‘Just Mercy,’ based on the life work of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, is one resource we can humbly offer to those who are interested in learning more about the systemic racism that plagues our society.”
“Just Mercy” premiered last December and stars Michael B. Jordan.
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