Studying Time: 2 minutes
Duck Dynasty grew to become a actuality TV sensation primarily as a result of it appealed to a conservative, Christian viewers who prided themselves on their old-school values.
So a number of the Duck diehards may not be too loopy about Al Robertson’s newest message — particularly, in case your spouse has an affair, you need to forgive her!
Sure, Al — who’s the eldest son of late Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson — is getting candid about his marriage to spouse Lisa Robertson, in addition to her affair.
The couple is revisiting their troublesome previous in a brand new Lifetime particular, Religion & Forgiveness, which explores how Lisa grew to become concerned in an extramarital relationship roughly 15 years into their marriage — and the way the pair finally discovered a method ahead by faith.
Chatting with Fox Information, Al defined why he believes betrayal doesn’t mechanically should imply divorce.
“When unfaithfulness occurs in a wedding, so many occasions, that’s the tip of it, but it surely doesn’t should be,” Robertson mentioned. “Every thing might be labored by.”
That perspective, he admitted, got here partially from recognizing his personal shortcomings.
“I feel the rationale I used to be prepared to battle for my marriage was that I had made a number of errors by myself,” he shared.
“After I first met Lisa, she was truly a very good lady, who had skilled some laborious issues in her life up till that time, however actually was on the lookout for what she known as her ‘knight in shining armor,’ somebody to take her hand and lead her out of some issues. And I simply wasn’t that man within the early years.”
The couple’s story stretches again a long time.
As they defined to Fox Information, Al and Lisa first met as youngsters in a McDonald’s parking zone in West Monroe, Louisiana, ultimately marrying in 1984 after an on-and-off relationship.
After welcoming two daughters, Al served as a pastor whereas Lisa reportedly struggled with loneliness and isolation throughout stretches when he was away.
Now, moderately than hiding from that painful chapter, the couple is selecting to share it publicly in hopes of serving to others dealing with related struggles.
And whereas not each relationship survives betrayal, Al says he hopes their story serves as proof that some marriages can get better.
We’ll see how receptive his viewers is to this new stage of candor.