Duck Dynasty: The Revival is formally underway, however not the entire Robertson members of the family are again for the brand new model of the A&E collection. Whereas the present facilities round Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson, and their kids, Jase Robertson and Jep Robertson are usually not a part of the revival (to date).
Scroll down for a refresher on Jep’s well being points and to search out out what he’s to date. Plus, why he’s not within the first season of the household’s new actuality present.
What occurred to Jep Robertson?
In October 2014, Jep had a seizure whereas deer searching in Louisiana. He was in a distant space of the woods when he collapsed. “I simply crumpled to the bottom they usually mentioned I had a seizure for like 5 minutes,” he informed ABC Information simply days later. “I assumed I used to be a goner.”
It took practically two hours for the ambulance to reach as a result of Jep was to date out within the woods, his spouse, Jessica Robertson, defined. Upon arrival to the hospital, he was sedated and saved on a ventilator for 4 days. When he awoke, he had no concept what had occurred or why he was hospitalized.
“They suppose it was combine between meningitis and encephalitis,” Robertson defined. “For the final month, I’ve mispronounced phrases and I didn’t know why I did it, however I feel it was main as much as the seizure.”
Why is Jep Robertson not in Duck Dynasty: The Revival?
Jep and Jase’s absence merely has to do with the truth that they’re not concerned with Duck Commander anymore, and the present facilities across the Duck Commander enterprise and places of work.
“My mother [Korie] truly runs numerous issues up right here at Duck Commander,” Sadie Robertson informed Style of Nation. “I’ve my all of my podcast and Reside Unique staff work out of Duck Commander. My brother, John Luke, works for my mother’s manufacturing firm at Duck Commander. My sister [Bella] manages the entire Duck Commander retailer, so the subsequent era works right here.”
Whereas Willie is “semi-retired” now, the present options him determining this subsequent portion of his life. However another acquainted faces can be again for Season 2, Sadie promised. “Season 2 we are literally already filming,” she teased. “There’s extra solid members from the unique present on Season 2.”
What’s Jep Robertson doing now?
In 2017, Jep and Jessica moved from Louisiana to Texas so he may begin his meals truck enterprise. The unique Duck Dynasty got here to an finish in 2017, so it was the right time for Jep to begin this new chapter of his life.
Nonetheless, the couple finally moved again to Louisiana, though they nonetheless have land in Texas. “Having property at @legendstexas Comanche Moon Ranches has been such a blessing,” they wrote on Fb in August 2024. “We name it our little piece of Texas heaven. Whether or not we’re heading on the market to benefit from the outside, hunt, fish, play pickle ball or simply hang around with our pricey buddies, now we have a lot enjoyable making recollections there.”
Jep’s meals truck enterprise seems to have closed in 2020. He and Jessica wrote a kids’s ebook, Pricey Valor, which they launched in July 2024. They welcomed their first grandchild in February.
Duck Dynasty: The Revival, Sundays, 9/8c, A&E