'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson on Indefinite Hiatus Following Anti-Gay Remarks

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41. I think this is exactly the case. They're as redneck as I am Border Collie.

IMO they were created like, oh, let's say The Cowsills since they were a real family who were turned into a phenomenon (and a sordid little story THAT turned out to be!). The shows are little plays, the one liners roll off their tongues almost as if they were (gasp!) scripted. They are a marketing juggernaut the likes of which you seldom see.

But I think they decided they wanted some real influence and that their pecadilloes and problems would catch up with them and did an end run around hem that succeeded wildly. The father confessed and regaled people with how he came to Jesus, the wife forgave, the son confessed some suicidal ideation (and if that's true I feel for the kid) and they got all kinds of kudos from the base.

THEN Phil just had to get comfortable and forget that he was talking to GQ, not the base. I don't know why he'd make that kind of fool statement, but you can hear the wagons circling from here.

Btw the base is hoisting him on an altar and proclaiming him a martyr.