Jessa Duggar Claps Back on Claim She Was Snubbed at Jill’s Baby Shower

While Jill, 31, seems to have nothing but love for Jessa, her relationship with their father Jim Bob Duggar is a bit more complicated. In May, E! News obtained court documents which included quotes Jill gave to a psychologist describing how Jim Bob exhibited “pretty controlling, fearful and reactionary” behavior after she began making family decisions that did not necessarily align with the Duggar patriarch’s views. 

“We occasionally text on a family group thread, but I don’t feel comfortable being around him and just hanging out,” read the documents, which stated that Jill’s evaluation took place in April 2021. “It isn’t good for my mental health right now.”

E! News reached out to Jim Bob for comment at the time but didn’t hear back.

Last year, Jill shared that she hadn’t visited the Duggar family home in “a couple years,” explaining that she and Derick, 33, instead decided to “prioritize our mental, emotional health and all of that.”

She said in a video on her YouTube channel, “Our threshold—we like to call it—is just a little bit lower in this season of life for us, with a lot going on in our own lives.”