The late Phil Robertson was always one to speak his mind. Sometimes, the reality star even disagreed with Duck Dynasty producers.
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During one particular occasion, Robertson took issue with how the show downplayed his religion and Jesus on the show. Producers allegedly cut "in Jesus' name" from a prayer during one episode. When Robertson learned of it, he made sure to let the producers have it.
He made things unfilmable.
Jase and Willie Robertson recently appeared on The Resilient Show podcast to reflect on Phil Robertson.
"I see why they did it — because they want everyone to watch the show," Jase explained. "So they're just looking at it like 'Oh, let's just take that part out.' They didn't realize that by doing that, they really upset my dad."
"So he launches into something along the lines of, 'I wanna pray for this television crew,'" Jase continued.
Phil Robertson Vs Producers
Phil Robertson bashed producers in his prayer.
"He just kinda launched into, 'These hellions from Hollywood who had the audacity to edit Your son's name out of a prayer,'" he continued. "He's like, 'Save them from the fires of hell for doing such a thing.' And then he said, 'In your son's glorious name, Amen.'"
Apparently, producers were taken back by the prayer.
"It was like, three seconds of silence and then the family busted out laughing. But all the camera operators were horrified," Jase says. "The funny part was the director coming out and saying, 'Okay, can you try it again?' Like, 'Can you say a prayer we can actually air on television?'"
After that, producers never edited out Jesus from Phil Robertson's prayers again on the show. Meanwhile, Jase took issue with producers over a playhouse set that they built. The playhouse appeared dangerous, and producers wanted him to pretend to have built it.
"I was like, 'No, I'd never build that,'" he says. "They were like, 'Well, this is what we're gonna do.' They just thought it'd be funny. And I would never build anything that would endanger any kid. That's not funny."
He continued, "And I said, 'Well, that's the problem.'...'Cause they were just trying to be funny, and I thought, 'People in real life would never think that's funny.'"
