Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson‘s household can be on the forefront of Duck Dynasty: The Revival, which has given the couple, their six youngsters, and several other grandchildren the chance to bond like by no means earlier than. Nevertheless, not everyone was instantly onboard to begin letting cameras into their lives eight years after the finale of the unique Duck Dynasty.
“Everybody type of got here at it in another way,” Korie tells TV Insider. “Our youthful youngsters simply bear in mind all of the enjoyable. Will [Robertson] and Bella [Robertson], they have been younger sufficient that it was simply all enjoyable. They acquired to be with their cousins on a regular basis. John Luke [Robertson] and Sadie [Robertson] have been slightly older. It was their teen years when this was taking place. In order that they undoubtedly skilled possibly slightly bit extra of the arduous sides of fame as youngsters.”
Whereas it “took them a minute to actually suppose it by means of,” John Luke and Sadie ultimately agreed. “All of us have actually good, busy lives already,” Korie explains. “Issues felt good as to the place we have been in life, so we’re like, ‘Is doing one other present going to mess that up in any manner?’ All the things in life, particularly the large issues, we go in with numerous prayer. So we did have household conferences the place all of us sat round and talked about it and prayed about it. We wouldn’t be doing it if each single one [of us] weren’t like, ‘Sure, we’re in, we wish to do that.’”
One one who “didn’t want any convincing” was Uncle Si [Robertson], Korie shares. “I believe he’s been prepared since we wrapped the final season,” she reveals. “Critically, it’s a lot enjoyable to get to spend time filming with him. He retains us all laughing!”
Korie says that everybody with the ability to work collectively once more is “such a present,” including, “Our youngsters get to have these particular moments with their grandparents and Uncle Si, aunts and uncles, and that’s been actually candy this time round, too. The grandkids, in fact, adore it as a result of they love being with their cousins. They’ve been a manner larger a part of the present than we actually anticipated. The grandkids are simply hilarious and having enjoyable with it. It’s been actually candy to see that too.”
One member of the family who received’t be showing on the present all that a lot is Willie and Korie’s youngest son, Rowdy, whom they adopted in 2016 and was away in school for many of Duck Dynasty: The Revival’s filming.
“It’s humorous as a result of we’ve such a giant household,” Korie factors out. “I noticed an article the opposite day speaking about how [eldest daughter] Rebecca was launched to Duck Dynasty in Season 5 as a result of she was away in school. She was at LSU, she moved to L.A. for slightly bit. John Luke and [wife] Mary Kate went off to varsity throughout the present, so that they weren’t in seasons as a result of they have been away. Hopefully as we get increasingly more seasons of this, folks will watch and we’ll get increasingly more. You recognize, each household type of weaves out and in of each other’s lives and strikes and infants and all that enjoyable stuff.”
Duck Dynasty: The Revival, Season 1 Premiere, Sunday, June 1, 9/8c, A&E