Long before North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom law” kicked off a national conversation about transgender rights, Michelle Duggar was already warning her fellow Arkansans about the nonexistent danger of men strolling into their daughters’ restrooms.
Back in 2014, Michelle recorded a robocall for an Arkansas politician who was basically running on a policy of personally looking into everyone’s pants and deciding where they should pee.
So you would think that Michelle would be particularly vocal these days, what with the entire country finally arguing about a wedge issue she helped dream up years ago.
Instead, Michelle has been surprisingly quiet about the bathroom law, and not only because the topic of examining people’s genitals against their will is a sensitive one for her family these days.
It seems Michelle might be keeping a lid on it as part of her ongoing effort to appease her TLC bosses and one of her fellow stars at the network.
The clip above is a promo for I Am Jazz, which is soon to be entering its second season on TLC.
The show features Jazz Jennings, a transgender teen who shares her struggles and triumphs with a good-sized audience on her own reality show.
Is Jazz the reason that Michelle has been staying quiet on what was once her favorite issue?
We don’t know, but the Duggar matriarch certainly doesn’t carry the kind of clout that she once did at the network.
After 19 Kids and Counting was canceled in the wake of the Josh Duggar sex scandals, Michelle and her family had to do a lot of convincing in order to get back on the air.
As it is, Jill & Jessa: Counting On is on the brink of cancelation due to advertisers pulling out as a result of the intense controversy surrounding the family.
There was a time when Michelle might’ve complained about sharing a network with someone who’s views so sharply contrast with her own.
These days, she knows network execs would tell her not to let the door hit her on the way out.
Of course, you can bet she still has little to no compassion for Jazz and her family, who are seen responding to death threats in the show’s upcoming family.
“I want people to understand, the hate is real,” Jazz says in a recent promo for the show.
Sadly, she’s very right about that.
