Was I in a Cult?20 Okt 2025

[BONUS] Amy Duggar King: "Holy Disruptor"

Today's story isn't about a reality TV show—though a lot of people think it starts there. In truth, it began long before the cameras, before the matching outfits and the too-perfect smiles.

You know the TLC series 19 Kids & Counting—the Duggars and their seemingly perfect world built within the IBLP.

But there was another Duggar—of sorts. Not a sibling. The cousin. Amy. Or as America came to know her, "Crazy Cousin Amy."

Except she wasn't crazy. Isn't crazy. Not even close. She just wasn't in their cult—the IBLP. What no one saw, though, was that Amy—an only child—was surviving her own hell at home.

Her new memoir, Holy Disruptor, is a story of breaking cycles, setting boundaries, and finding herself in the aftermath. Today, she joins us to talk about her journey—from the quiet terror of her childhood to life in the public eye, through the scandals that shattered her trust, and toward a life built on truth, healing, and peace… even when it means disrupting "family."

And no, she wasn't in the IBLP, but by the end, she may just find herself wondering… "Wait—was I in a cult?"

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