If you are a reality show fan then the name Derick Dillard definitely rings a bell. We all know him, most of us love him and similar to many other famous reality stars, there are those who do not like him and being a free world we are all entitled to our own opinions. Derick was born and brought up in Arkansas by his parents Rick and Cathy Dillard and is American by all means. There are many things you do not know about him, and that is why we dug deeper and came up with a detailed compilation of five things you do not know about Derick Dillard.
Met Jill Dillard through her father
Most of us have a different story when it comes to how we met our other half. For example, it is pretty typical to hear someone say they met their spouse through a friend or work and it is quite difficult to hear about a person who did so through parents. However, Derick Dillard’s case is exceptional as he met Jill through her father and not even his parent. It is hard to imagine any father letting someone get close to their daughter romantically, but Jim Bob not only allow Derick Dillard to be close to his daughter but is the one who set him up with Jill.
Lost his father and almost lost his mother
In most episodes, Derick Dillard is always one happy soul that it might be easy to convince yourself that the guy has it all. Nonetheless, that is not the case as Derick lost his father very unexpectedly. Till date, Derick still remembers his father, and on his very active social media accounts, he does not let any anniversary pass without paying tribute to him. In addition, he almost faced another blow when his mother nearly succumbed to stage four Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Luckily she did not and even got to attend Derek’s wedding.
Came into the limelight because of Jill
The world was not lucky to know Derick Dillard until when he got married to Jill Duggar. Reason being, Jill was already quite famous because of their family reality show 19 kids and counting. Therefore we are allowed to say that Derick has his wife to thank for his fame even though he was quite successful before.
His comments about Jazz Jennings have caused tremendous decreases on their revenue
Derick Dillard faced an uproar from various social media platforms owing to the comments he made about Jazz Jennings, and one thing you maybe did not know is that TLC recently claimed it would no longer work with Derick and that it has completely cut its ties with him. Since then, a refund tab was included on the domain page which has resulted to massive decreases on the net worth of the Duggars.
Once worked at Walmart
Most of us probably do not know this, but once upon a time, Walmart was Derick Dillard’s employer. Being an accountant by profession, Derick worked at Walmart as a tax accountant till 2015.
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