'Duck Dynasty' family says Phil Robertson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease



Prayers are streaming in for Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the "Duck Dynasty" family, after his family revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Robertson's son Jase Robertson spoke about the diagnosis on the latest BlazeTV podcast episode of "Unashamed with the Robertson Family" published Friday.

'I’ve appreciated Phil’s bold faith in Jesus Christ and the way he points to God’s Word.'

"Phil's not doing well," he said. "I think I spoke on the 1,000th podcast, we were trying to figure out the diagnosis, but according to the doctors, he has some sort of blood disease causing all kinds of problems."

Phil Robertson had been a part of the podcast but owing to his health declining, he has been absent.

"It's like accelerated, and it's causing problems with his entire body. And he has early stages of Alzheimer's. So if you put those things together, he's really not doing well. He's struggling," Jase Robertson said.

He went on to say that his father had trouble walking around without "crying in pain."

Sadie Robertson wrote on Instagram about her grandfather and posted an image of them together.

"In moments like this, it can feel overwhelming for such bad news to be such public news. But you know what? I’m genuinely so thankful my family chose to make our life public because of how incredible it is that so many people know my grandpa!" she wrote.

"I’m so glad that so many people have been able to learn from his faith and his love for his family.
I’m so proud to be his granddaughter. I’m so proud to have learned how to love the word, honor the word, and teach the word from him," she added.

Evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham Jr. was among those who called for prayer for Robertson's condition.

"Would you join me in praying for Phil Robertson, his wife Miss Kay, and their family?" wrote Graham on social media. "Phil is having serious health issues. I’ve appreciated Phil’s bold faith in Jesus Christ and the way he points to God’s Word."

The Robertson family gained nationwide prominence after their show "Duck Dynasty" broke cable rating records for a nonfiction series. The show ended in 2017 after 11 seasons.

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Jase Robertson shares the film he says 'needs to be watched by society'



“Very seldom do I recommend things to watch,” says Jase Robertson, who isn’t much of a media guy.

However, last weekend, Jase’s wife happened to bring up Matt Walsh’s 2022 documentary “What Is a Woman?”

Jase was shocked to discover that a film with such a title existed, and so, intrigued, he watched it.

His conclusion is that “What Is a Woman?” “needs to be watched by society.”

“All this guy did, to his credit, was simply ask a question,” he says, pointing to the “global controversy” that gender has become.

“When [Walsh] asked that question,” says Jase, he discovered that “the belief has become popular among those who attack the gender God-defined roles that it's impossible for them to answer.”

Jase shares his bewilderment that the socially acceptable answer when it comes to someone’s gender is basically “let the kid decide what they want to be.”

“They'll say your gender is whatever you want to be, including any kind of animal. I mean you can be a cat, you know, you can be a wolf,” he says.

“That’s nonsense,” is all Phil Robertson has to say about it.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.

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Hollywood had to learn that faith comes first in ‘Duck Dynasty’



“Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson had humble beginnings, but the wild success of his family’s reality show would have any spectator guessing otherwise.

“A lot of Christians told us like ‘Oh you can’t do this, you’re going to destroy your family.’ But I was like ‘if not us, then who?’” Robertson tells Glenn Beck, recalling the beginning of his family’s rise to fame.

“I felt firm in our faith and who we were,” he continues, adding, “You get a chance, and I felt like maybe God led us to this and said, ‘Hey, here’s your opportunity.’”

When Willie pitched the idea to his father, Phil Robertson, about starting a reality TV show, he wasn’t interested until Willie told him it could help get the gospel to more people.

“That was what attracted me,” Glenn says. “I heard people talk about you guys. They said, ‘There's this show, and they pray at the end.’”

While prayer and faith were a large part of their show, the Hollywood producers that worked on it at first weren’t pleased.

Willie concedes that the production company used to edit out “in Jesus’ name,” which they have since stopped doing. “I think they always struggled with what made it work,” he continues. “They would put shows behind it that were, you know, I wouldn’t say anti-faith but definitely you know, super worldly.”

When the viewers would be confronted with the show that followed, they’d switch the channel.

“They struggle with knowing, I think, especially, I think the faith part and the prayer part, how much that played into it,” Willie says.

“If you could boil it down in one sentence, what was the secret of the show? Why did it work?” Glenn asks.

“I think it was a combination of authenticity, faith, and funny,” Willie says.


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'Cooking with the Robertsons' drops TODAY; don’t miss out on the best recipes from the Robertson family



If you were an original fan of “Duck Dynasty,” then you surely recall the culinary wonders that came out of Miss Kay’s kitchen. From frog legs to squirrel and dumplings to fried deer steak, Robertson recipes should be in every foodie’s personal cookbook.

Lucky for you, BlazeTV just launched a new show called “Cooking with the Robertsons.” Episodes drop the second and fourth Mondays of the month starting TODAY.

To learn how to whip up a pot of duck gumbo that Phil says will make people say, “I have hit pay dirt of the highest caliber ever,” go to blazetv.com/robertson and use code ROBERTSON30 to get $30 off your subscription.


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Phil Robertson says Joe Rogan shouldn’t be canceled — and neither should Whoopi Goldberg



"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson says that neither podcaster Joe Rogan nor "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg should be cancelled for their recent controversies.

What are the details?

In a recent interview with Fox News, Robertson said that he didn't believe subjecting people with apparently controversial takes — such as Rogan and Goldberg — to cancel culture.

Rogan has been under fire for the last several weeks after music superstars Neil Young and Joni Mitchell called on Spotify to remove Rogan's wildly popular podcast or pull their musical libraries. Spotify, however, did not kneel to the thug-like mentality, and refused to pull Rogan off of the streaming platform despite their cries that he was spreading COVID-19 misinformation. Rogan later faced further criticism after he was found to have used the N-word on past podcast episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience."

Rogan issued apologies for the old episodes, and said, "I know that to most people, there is no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that now. Instead of saying the N-word, I would just say the word. I thought as long as it was in context, people would understand what I was doing.”

“I never used it to be racist, because I’m not racist,” Rogan added in the apology. “But whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say, ‘I’m not racist,’ you f***ed up. And I clearly have f***ed up."

Robertson told the digital news network, "Canceling people may shut them up, but it doesn’t change anyone’s convictions. I’m about helping people shift their attention away from the lies of the evil one and focusing on Christ. The only way we can do that is to have a discussion. This is why I’m not for canceling even the most outrageous people like Whoopi Goldberg. "

"Let her talk," he added. "Show her the same respect you want shown to your side of the political spectrum. Same thing with Joe Rogan — if the people who are screaming are all that confident that they are right, why are they so afraid of his speech?"

Goldberg was suspended from "The View" after saying that she wasn't sure the Holocaust had anything to do with racism, and instead characterized the genocide as "man's inhumanity to man."

She later apologized for her misspeak, saying, "My words upset so many people, which was never my intention. I understand why now and for that I am deeply, deeply grateful because the information I got was really helpful and helped me understand some different things."

Robertson concluded, "Treat others the way you want to be treated. If [Whoopi’s] wrong (and I think she probably is), it’ll come to light as soon as we engage in a conversation."

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'Duck Dynasty' star Jase Robertson finds a human body in the road: 'I'm like 99% sure he looked dead'



BlazeTV host Jase Robertson had an early-morning surprise while heading to hunt, which sparked a lively discussion among the "Duck Dynasty" family patriarchs about overcoming hardships and the importance of Jesus is in our lives.

On a recent episode of "Unashamed," Jase told his father, Phil, and brother, Al, that he recently came across a human body lying face-down in the middle of a remote road while headed out for an early-morning duck hunt.

"I've often said, and many times I've told various stories, that you see things in between the hours of 3:30 and 5 a.m. that really show a reflection of the status of life — and a lot of it is troubling," Jase began.

Jase recalled getting a phone call at 4:45 a.m. from fellow hunter, Jay Stone, telling him to "watch out for that body in the middle of the road."

"What would you say to that?" Jase asked, adding that his response was actually to ask "what kind of body" Stone meant.

When Stone answered "human," Jase became alarmed and hung up so that he could focus his full attention on the road. Within seconds, he saw "something big" in the road. At that same time, Stone also arrived on the scene.

"So, I ease around the body in the road," Jase explained. "And at that moment, I felt compassion. I thought this body was dead, because it was face down on the asphalt with ... arms outstretched. ... [Stone] called 9-1-1 and ... now I've just turned around in the ditch and we've both got our headlights on this human body. I mean, now I'm like 99% sure he looked dead."

He continued, "I lit him up with this spotlight. There's nobody out here. There's no blood. I see no movement, but I see no blood. And I looked at his feet, he had bare feet and had pajama pants on ... and his feet look real dirty, as in he'd been walking on the road. And I thought, maybe he just collapsed. So, then it hit me to do what I should have done first. I went 'hey!' I hollered, I mean, loud and ... he kind of moved his head."

Jase went on to describe how the man, without opening his eyes or speaking, then moved is hands behind his back in the "handcuff position."

"So that made me think, he's probably been up to no good," Jase said.

"Yes, it's possible in this particular scenario," Phil commented in his characteristically dry tone.

Watch the video clip below to hear more from Phil, Jase and Al Robertson or find more episodes of "Unashamed" here:



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Phil Robertson: This wicked, corrupt bunch and their 'Great Society' will NEVER save us



What would happen to the crime rate if we all just loved God and loved each other? What would happen to all the anger and corruption and wickedness?

On this episode of "In the Woods," Phil Roberson invoked a lesson from the Bible to illustrate the ways political "evildoers" make false promises about how they will help the poor and the downtrodden. But true salvation can be found only when you put your faith in Jesus and your love in God.

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Phil Robertson: Today's cancel culture crowd makes one BIG mistake



On BlazeTV's "In the Woods," host Phil Robertson talked about the one big mistake today's cancel culture crowd is making and reminded listeners that "without mercy, there's never any forgiveness."

Phil started out by reading 2 Timothy 3:1-5:

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people

Phil went on to draw a comparison with Matthew 5:3-10:

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

"So those are the two kinds of people," Phil pointed out.

"So, instead of being so judgmental — somebody said that's the number one thing on Facebook. I've never actually looked at it, you know, but they say that the number one thing is everybody is ripping everybody else, just ripping them to shreds. And this goes on ad hominem, every day, every night. It's just ripping each other. ... How about a little mercy coming out of you folks? Just a little bit?" he continued.

"Great is your reward, if you're merciful. Don't forget that when you run up on the cancel culture crowd," Phil added.

"You're condemning yourself because you who pass judgment do the same things. Remember, all of us make mistakes."

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