Duggars Being Rude: The Family's Impolite Moments From the Show

The Duggars like to act like they’re the perfect family, but judging by 10+ years worth of footage of the large clan captured on their shows 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, the cameras tell a different story.

When traveling or out in public, the TLC alums are sometimes inconsiderate of others, often turn their noses up at any food that’s not the frozen processed burritos they’re used to eating and are quick to make people of other religions feel uncomfortable when they attempt to convert them.

During a trip to Washington D.C., the gang decided to eat dinner at a famous Ethiopian restaurant. However, once the family got there, they complained about the “smells” and made judgemental glares when the servers decided to do a traditional dance.

Then, while on vacation in Scotland, the family stopped to speak to a street performer. During their chat, patriarch Jim Bob Duggar asked the man about his faith background. The man responded that he didn’t follow any religion, which caused the entire family’s mouths to drop. Jim Bob then awkwardly went on a rambling speech about how “Jesus loves you” and rudely tried to convert the guy.

And who could forget when Jim Bob and wife Michelle Duggar went to Kleinfeld, the famous Say Yes to the Dress bridal store, in search of Michelle’s vow-renewal gown? The couple brought the entire family, including the little ones.

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While Jim Bob hassled a saleswoman about wanting Michelle to have a dress with “puffy” sleeves (no joke), the older Duggar daughters busied themselves with judging the “immodest” dresses being worn by other women at the store. However, the rudest moment was when Michelle and Jim Bob did nothing when their youngest children ran around, screamed, jumped and destroyed Kleinfeld while annoyed customers looked on.

In other words, they’re kind of rude. And although that’s not a word fans typically use to describe the infamous family, judging by receipts we’ve gathered from their shows, we think it’s fairly accurate.

Keep scrolling to relive the Duggars’ most impolite moments.

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When the whole family decided it’d be funny to take pictures of Justin’s traumatic fall into an orchestra pit.

When Justin Duggar took a shocking tumble into an orchestra pit, plummeting 12 feet and breaking his two front teeth, the family all rushed to his side. After a few seconds of Michelle looking concerned, the rest of the family suddenly whipped out their phones and started taking pictures of the event. “We have so many adult children that they have a phone with a camera on it,” Michelle said on the show. “Needless to say, everyone was getting this on their cameras.”

When Derick did this at Jinger’s wedding.

During Jinger Duggar‘s wedding, while Jill, who was a bridesmaid, was exiting the ceremony with a groomsman, Derick Dillard, who wasn’t even a part of the ceremony, jumped up from the audience, made out with Jill, and then whisked her down the aisle. Not only was it completely inappropriate, the poor groomsman was left without a partner and had to awkwardly walk the rest of the aisle by himself.

When Jinger insulted a family friend’s food right to her face.

When a family friend brought over an assortment of cheeses to sample for her wedding, Jinger wasn’t shy about letting her true opinions show. “Smells like a dead fish,” she said. “I can’t bring myself to try it. I’m sorry.” After building up the courage to try the cheese, she then rudely made “disgusted” faces the whole time.

When Jim Bob and Michelle allowed their kids to completely trash a historical rental house.

While Josie Duggar was still in NICU, the entire family moved into a rental home to be closer to Michelle and the hospital where Josie was staying. The house was a gorgeous historical home with hardwood floors and old-timey character. Within a couple of days, the Duggars trashed the entire home, scratched up the floors and left it a mess. We hope they paid a deposit.

When Jinger and Jeremy went to a cooking class and wouldn’t stop with the inappropriate PDA.

While on their honeymoon in Australia, the two newlyweds took a cooking class together. But like a couple of horny teenagers, the two couldn’t keep their hands off of each other, prompting the chef to scold them not once but twice. “It’s not like we’re newlyweds or anything,” Jinger quipped at the camera. “It was getting hot in the kitchen!” Jeremy Vuolo added.