You'd think that Robertson would be on top of these things, as he married his wife when she was But that was in , and perhaps times were different then. You could marry a year-old without much trouble, but not, say, someone of a different race. Or the same sex. As of five years ago, it was still pretty hard to marry someone of a different race: a justice of the peace who refused to marry a mixed race couple was forced to resign after a month of controversy; his parting words have an uncomfortable bearing on the Robertson situation: "It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong.
If Robertson's views on female sexuality and servitude had been made public first, the Right could be more properly scandalized. The idea that a young woman is ripe for bedding before she can drive has connotations about that side of a romanticized rustic culture that, even for white people, is decidedly less appealing than the hearth-and-heart, God-and-guns milieu that the earlier Robertson defenders harkened to.
Also, they could blame Miley Cyrus. In a vacuum, conservatives could to spin the apparent marriageability of female children as yet another piece of evidence for the degradation of culture and validation of the right's embrace of permanent victim status — "Dammit, things didn't used to be this way!
For the Right to reject Robertson now would mean acknowledging that his advocacy of cradle-robbing is of a piece with his comments about the blissful black workers of his youth and his anus-centered eschatology. The thing about marrying off women before they got old enough to know better? They got to where they getting hard to find, mainly because these boys are waiting till they get to be about 20 years old before they marry them.
You got to marry these girls when they are about 15 or Perhaps Phil meant only that young men and women should begin building life-long relationships earlier in life, as he and his wife-slash-high school sweetheart did, but in either case, he should have chosen his words a lot more carefully. According to him, the men in the Robertson family never comb their hair neither beard or regular , rarely shower or wash their faces, and they brush their teeth only once a day, come night time.
The once-impoverished Robertsons may be multimillionaires now, but hey, at least they have retained some of their hillbilly credentials. For a show about a business empire devoted to duck hunting, Duck Dynasty sure was diligent about downplaying any actual animal violence onscreen, preferring to focus on the Robertson family's interactions instead of their hunting techniques, lest they scare off squeamish viewers.
Nonetheless, the show and its stars have drawn criticism from noted animal rights groups and advocates like PETA and singer-songwriter Morrisey, who cancelled an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Robertson men didn't always sport the unruly facial hair that became an integral part of their reality TV brand and image, helping to characterize them as real rugged rural types. Near-unrecognizable pre-beard photos of the Robertson men, most of whom were clean-shaven well into adulthood, have surfaced again and again online.
The family has never acknowledged that the beards may be solely to build their brand, though many speculated they would shave them in the wake of the series finale. When confronted on the subject, Willie said he didn't plan on shaving, but expected that his brothers Jep and Jase might once the show had concluded.
He was right about Jase, who just recently shaved his beard for charity, but wrong about Jep, who cut his hair but kept the beard. Do you know any more dark secrets the Duck Dynasty stars want to keep buried? Let us know in the comments. By Jeff Rindskopf Published Sep 13, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Holding the chainsaw is Si Robertson, who founded the company along with his brother Phil, not pictured.
The stars of 'Duck Dynasty' — Willie Robertson, one of Phil's sons, does yoga with his wife, Korie, to get ready for their high school reunion. Willie does much of the narrating on the show. The stars of 'Duck Dynasty' — In a "Duck Dynasty" episode where the office air conditioning broke, Si tries to beat the heat by creating a pool in the back of his pickup truck. The stars of 'Duck Dynasty' — Si, appearing on the show as an angry elf, tells children they're not going to get the gifts they ask for.
He told one young girl, who asked for art supplies, that there's no money in being an artist. The stars of 'Duck Dynasty' — Si takes one of his daily naps, surrounded by some Robertson family trophies. The stars of 'Duck Dynasty' — Phil takes his place at the head of the table. A family dinner is the typical scene that ends each episode. Robertson's past returns in video Ben Ferguson: I'd fire Phil Robertson But homosexuals aren't alone, Robertson said. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right.
Opinion: 'Duck Dynasty' suspension doesn't violate First Amendment. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely. In addition to his comments about homosexuality, Robertson also spoke about race and growing up in Louisiana before the civil rights era.
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