"It is like every vile southern stereotype rolled up into one."

[Filmmaker78]

23. NOT TRUE

The Duck Dynasty Robertson family has had the beards for ages. I was a producer at the Outdoor Channel when the Duck Dynasty guys started out. This was a few years before they went to A&E, and the show at the time was called Duck Commander. Here is a video from that series from 2009. You'll note the beards are present.

They've had the beards for a long time. That was not invented by "Hollywood producers" at A&E.

That series ran for 2-3 seasons on Outdoor Channel before they moved to A&E and renamed the show Duck Dynasty. Prior to being on the Outdoor Channel, they produced duck hunting DVDs that were very popular with hunters. Here is one of their DVDs, which is from 2008. You'll note again that from the cover art they looked the same then as they do now:

http://duckcommander.com/store/dvds-and-cds/a-fistful-of-ducks-a-hunting-dvd

Just because they had a clean cut phase at one point in their lives, doesn't mean their look now was invented by Hollywood.

As for the fakeness of the show - it is definitely what we in the industry call "soft-scripted," which is what most reality shows are. However, I know the family, they are real, and the show is how they really are. And Phil is a real life preacher and I have not doubt that he believes 100% in the things that he told GQ. I personally don't agree with what he said, but outside of Phil's misguided religious beliefs, I always knew the Robertsons to be good people.