KEY POINTS

  • Jill Duggar's husband Derick Dillard "liked" several tweets calling for the cancellation of "Counting On"
  • He also suggested that some Duggar family members also want to leave the show
  • This came after Josh Duggar was arrested and charged with receiving and possessing child pornography last week

Jill Duggar's husband Derick Dillard appears to be in favor of TLC canceling "Counting On" following Josh Duggar's arrest on child pornography charges last week.

Josh pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of receiving or possessing child pornography during a court hearing. Since reports of his charges surfaced, calls have been growing for TLC to scrap "Counting On," the ongoing spinoff of the Duggar family's first reality show "19 Kids and Counting," which had been canceled in 2015 in the wake of Josh's molestation scandal.

Dillard appeared to show his support by "liking" several tweets calling for the show to be taken off the air. "The Duggars need to be removed from @tlc now. RIGHT NOW! This is beyond disgusting," read one of the tweets he liked.

See more tweets he liked below.

Jill starred on "19 Kids and Counting" as well as "Counting On," until 2017 when she quit three years after their marriage.

Dillard also responded to one Twitter user, who argued that if he is calling for "Counting On's" cancellation, then their YouTube channel should be taken down as well. "Yall are family to so yall should be held responsible like your saying the rest of the family should," the user wrote.

The social media user pointed out that Josh's siblings would be the ones who would suffer if the reality show is canceled, especially since their eldest brother is no longer part of it.

Dillard replied, "It’s the parents’ show, you know that, right?," referring to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

"Josh is grown. He's responsible for his actions not his parents siblings anyone," the user fired back.

"Then why was 19K&C cancelled if it wasn’t related to them?" Jill's husband added, to which the Twitter user replied that Josh had been part of that show and it was only right for TLC to cancel it after reports surfaced that Josh had been investigated for child molestation as a teen.

Dillard also claimed that he and his wife were "threatened" when they "pushed back" on the family's "rebranding" efforts following the cancellation of "19 Kids and Counting." He further suggested that other Duggar family members also wanted to leave the show.

"How do you know they’re not trying to leave? They didn’t know what we knew when we knew it. As I’ve said before, we were told to not talk to the others about what we learned. And based on our history, I don’t know what scare tactics are used on the others to keep them compliant," he wrote.

Jill and Dillard left "Counting On" after six seasons to prioritize their goals for their family. Jill said it was a "good decision" for them.

"We were kind of put between a rock and a hard place where we had to choose between our family goals over filming, and it really felt like it was in the best interest as a family to pursue our family goals," Dillard said. "We will not go back on the show under the circumstances we were under when we left."

Jill had to hire an attorney to get her money from the show. She said that when she got it, she was surprised because it was "little more than minimum wage" and wasn't near the amount she expected.

Jill Duggar, Derick Dillard
Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard of TLC's "19 Kids & Counting" fame. TLC/Discovery