JINGER Duggar renounced the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), the religious organization she was raised in, back in 2017.
Since she left, fans want to know if the former Counting On star is still in contact with her parents, Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar.
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Does Jinger Duggar still talk to her parents?
After Jinger Duggar left IBLP, there were rumors about her getting estranged from the rest of the Duggar family, especially her parents.
But in May 2023, she hinted that she had maintained a positive relationship with them, or at least with her mom.
“Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful mama! I love you so much,” Jinger wrote in an Instagram post dedicated to Michelle.
She also shared in a January interview with Good Morning America that they still keep in touch.
“I still talk to my parents. I just talked to my mom,” she told Juju Chang.
“I’m really grateful for my parents. They sought to give me the best life. You do what you think is best for your kid.”
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Then again, there may be reason to believe that their relationship isn’t the same as before.
In 2021, when Jinger, along with siblings Jill, Jessa, and Joy-Anna Duggar, sued the City of Springdale, Arkansas, for invasion of privacy, Jinger’s husband, Jeremy Vuolo, said in a deposition that there has been some “distance” between Jinger and the rest of the Duggars.
“Has there been more distance? And obviously, there’s more physical distance since you moved to California. Is there more emotional distance between Jinger and her parents than there was before you moved to California?” Jeremy was asked, per court papers obtained by The Sun.
He responded: “There – perhaps. I think, though, diagnosing that would be difficult.
“I think as you grow and have your own family, kids, and life – you know, you go from, like, seeing everyone every day to talking to everyone every day to, you know.”
Does Jinger Duggar still see her family?
Jinger and Jeremy moved to Los Angeles, California in 2019.
Despite the physical distance from the rest of her family, Jinger said that she is still close with many of her siblings.
“We always had such a tight bond between the sisters and so, I keep in contact with all of them often because it’s so easy to just be able to FaceTime even though I’m so far away from them,” Jinger told E! News in February 2023.
“We still have close relationships.”
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In an interview with People in January, Jinger also said that she continues to support her sister-in-law, Anna Duggar, and the children she shares with her older brother, Josh Duggar, who was is serving time in prison on child pornography charges.
“I am always here for Anna and the kids at any point that they would want to talk, or in any way I could help and love on them.
“I know that they’ve just been through so much and so I just always am here for them whenever they need help.”
But the same can’t be said about her relationship with Josh.
“I don’t have any desire to talk to him,” said Jinger.
“It’s so heartbreaking to see the decisions my brother Josh has made, and my heart breaks for the victims and their families and all that they’ve been through.
“I pray that Josh will genuinely change one day and come to know Christ for who he is and repent.”
What is Jinger Duggar doing now?
Jinger Duggar is now a mother to two children: Felicity Nicole, born in 2018, and Evangeline Jo, born in 2020.
She and her husband Jeremy, along with their kids, have joined a new church, the Grace Community Church.
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Jinger also released a book in early 2023 titled Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear.
In the book, she explains her experience growing up within the IBLP and her journey to “disentangling” from its teachings.
“I think what I grew up in was very fear-based,” she told Entertainment Tonight in January of the book. “It was based on superstition, manipulation, control, and so my view of God was warped.”
She added that she discussed the book with the Duggars, and clarified that it was not a tell-all in any shape or form.
“I reached out to my family and told them that I was writing this book,” she said. “I was very clear that it’s not a tell-all about my family. I love my family. I’m so thankful for how they sacrificed so much for me.
“This story is my faith journey and how I wanted to share this story, and I feel a responsibility to it as well, because I promoted those [IBLP] teachings, so that’s what I shared with my family.”
Jinger also recognizes that readers may blame Jim Bob and Michelle for what she experienced, but she said that they only did what they thought was best.
“People can try to put stuff back on my parents, but ultimately, I look at that all of those years they poured into me and sought to give me their best,” she explained.
“They were promised that this would bring their kids success and God would be so pleased with them, so I saw that that was their heart all along and they really were loving and faithful parents.”
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