Here's How Jill Duggar Has Distanced Herself From Her Family

Publish date: 2024-05-18

Part of what makes programs like 19 Kids and Counting and its spinoff Counting On so compelling to a wide range of viewers is the window they offer into an insular world. The Duggars' belief system dictated chaperoned dates, side hugs only, no dancing (after all, as Michelle Duggar says, it encourages "sensual feelings"), and definitely no alcohol. And since fans were so familiar with these strictures, they definitely noticed when Jill Duggar Dillard's Instagram revealed there was a boozy piña colada on the table during a date night with husband Derick.

But as People noted, the comments that poured in were largely positive. "That is completely OK. Everything in moderation. Even Jesus drank wine. Congratulations on making a life of your own," wrote one fan. "HELL YES JILL! Live yo best life girl!!!" offered another.

The Daily Mail elaborated on the import of Jill's admission that she imbibed. Reporting on a previous Instagram post where Jill and Derick joined her cousin Amy and her husband at a tavern ('Our new favorite word: Freedom!' wrote Amy in the post), the Mail noted that the piña colada photo was the first time the 19 Kids and Counting alum's flat-out admitted she consumes alcohol.

Cheers to newfound freedoms, right, Jill?

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