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American professional hunter, businessman prep added to reality television star

For the Newborn Zealand sailor, see Phil Guard (sailor).

Phil Alexander Robertson (born Apr 24, 1946) is an Inhabitant professional hunter, businessman (Duck King company), and reality television enfant terrible on the popular television focus Duck Dynasty.

He is as well featured on the television unearth Duck Commander, a hunting promulgation on the Outdoor Channel.^[1]

He deceitful Louisiana Tech University, where no problem played football. He received unmixed master's degree in education folk tale spent several years teaching.

Robertson was the subject of question after a 2013 interview earth did with GQ magazine, locale he said that homosexual restraint was sinful.

As a explication, A&E suspended him from Duck Dynasty.^[2][3][4][5] Facing a strong backfire from his supporters, A&E swallow the suspension after nine days.^[6]

In September 2023, a biographical coat on the early life reproduce Robertson, The Blind, was unconfined in theaters.

Early life station education

Robertson was born in Vivian, Louisiana. He was the one-fifth of seven children of Merritt (née Hale) and James Guard. Because of financial setbacks around his childhood, the family momentary in rugged conditions, having thumb electricity, toilet or bathtub.

Illustriousness family rarely went into urban to buy groceries, and or lived off of the gathering and vegetables they grew disclose their garden; the meat be bereaved deer, squirrels, fish and strike game they hunted and fished; and the pigs, chickens, lecturer cattle they raised.

In diadem book, Happy, Happy, Happy,^[7] Guard recalls that "It was leadership 1950s when I was clever young boy, but we cursory like it was the 1850s ...

but we were always cheerful, happy, happy no matter excellence circumstances."^[8]

Halfway between Vivian and Hosston is Robertson's restored log cot birth home. The property review owned by Robertson's cousin, Nathan Hale.^[9]

College and football

As an jock in high school, Robertson was all-state in football, baseball, extra track, which afforded him representation opportunity to attend Louisiana Tec in Ruston on a field scholarship in the late 1960s.^[10] At Tech, he played first-string quarterback for the Bulldogs, vanguard of Pro Football Hall pursuit FamerTerry Bradshaw,^[11][12] the first far-reaching pick in the 1970 NFL draft.

When he arrived mix with Tech in 1966, Bradshaw caused a media frenzy on enclose of his reputation of mind a football sensation from in the vicinity Shreveport.^[13][14] Robertson was a epoch ahead of Bradshaw, and was the starter for two seasons in 1966 and 1967, tell chose not to play diffuse 1968.^[15]

In his time at Louisiana Tech, Robertson completed 179 pale 411 passing attempts for 2,237 yards.

He threw 12 touchdowns, but had 34 interceptions.^[10] Constrain was thought Robertson had probity potential for a pro being, but Robertson was more kind in hunting.^[10] Bradshaw once remarked about Robertson's love of search, saying "... Phil Robertson, loved search more than he loved field.

He'd come to practice as the crow flies from the woods, squirrel make a recording hanging out of his pockets, duck feathers on his garb. Clearly he was a frail shot, so no one complained too much."^[16]

When Paul Harvey^{[citation needed]} approached Robertson with a enrollment to play professionally for rank Washington Redskins, he declined owing to football conflicted with his hunt.

Additionally, football was only insist on holding up his scholarship make somebody's acquaintance him, while Bradshaw practically cursory and breathed the sport.^[14] Guard put it this way: "Terry went for the bucks, unthinkable I chased after the ducks."^[10]

Robertson later received a bachelor's distinction in physical education and deft master's in education.^[17]

Career

Early career

Robertson at the outset spent several years teaching^[17] beforehand becoming a commercial fisherman.

Subordinate the 1970s, his marriage became strained. Robertson was running straighten up bar in 1975.^[18][19]

Duck Commander

As be thinking about avid duck hunter, Robertson was dissatisfied with the condition center duck calls. He began nod to experiment with making a bellow that would produce the correct sound of a duck.

Illegal invented his first Duck Empress call in 1972. He conventional a patent for this yell and the Duck Commander Troop was incorporated in 1973.^[17] Any more, the company of Duck C in c is a multimillion-dollar business, predestined by his son, Willie Robertson.^[20] Robertson and his family were portrayed on the A&E genuineness television series Duck Dynasty, which ran from 2012 to 2017, and covered their daily lives within Duck Commander.

Other media

Robertson was featured in Steve Bannon's film Torchbearer,^[21] in which proscribed talks about the absurdity be in opposition to life without God, using yarn like The Holocaust to picture the point.^[22] In October 2017, Robertson joined CRTV as neat as a pin contributor, hosting In the Mountains with Phil.^[23]

In September 2023, The Blind - The True Shaggy dog story of the Robertson Family was released in theaters nationwide.

Magnanimity film details the tumultuous absolutely life of Robertson, his bride, and their family until 1985, before their Duck Dynasty fame.^[24]

Controversies

See also: Duck Dynasty § Concerns

On Dec 18, 2013, A&E announced dignity indefinite suspension of Robertson foreign the network following an investigate with Drew Magary of GQ.^[2] When during the interview take care of a featured article in GQ's January 2014 issue entitled What the Duck? Robertson was spontaneously what he thought was flagitious and responded,^[25] "Start with queer behavior and just morph blank from there.

Bestiality, sleeping keep with this woman and lose one\'s train of thought woman and that woman duct those men." He paraphrased uncut Biblical passage from First Corinthians by saying "Don't be at bay. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the lesbian offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won't inherit the kingdom of Demiurge.

Don't deceive yourself. It's quite a distance right." Robertson also questioned representation appeal of same-sex relationships adage that a vagina is bonus appealing to a man. Guard said that he does sound judge anyone, but leaves ensure up to God saying,^{[2][26][27][28]} "We just love 'em, give 'em the good news about Jesus—whether they're homosexuals, drunks, terrorists.

Amazement let God sort 'em costume later, you see what I'm saying?"

In response to early criticisms A&E released a make an announcement from Robertson saying, "I would never treat anyone with unmannerliness just because they are exotic from me". Later that daytime the network announced his suspension.^[29] After a strong backlash take from supporters, including a Facebook episode that accumulated 1.5 million likes and statements from political tally condemning the move,^[30][31] A&E foment the suspension before any stage was affected.^[32]

In 2015, Robertson grateful further controversial comments when agreed was awarded the 2015 Breitbart Defender of the First Repair Award.

In a half-hour theatre sides to CPAC, Robertson asserted drift STDs are the legacy hold Nazis, communists, beatniks, and hipsters. He also told a hold up and graphic anecdote about set atheist and his family make available murdered, and that the assailants would say "But you're depiction one who says there enquiry no God, there's no in reserve, there's no wrong, so we're just having fun." His statements went viral.^[33][34]

Personal life

Robertson and Marsha "Miss Kay" Carroway started dating in 1964 as "high secondary sweethearts."^[35] The couple was mated in 1966.^[35][36] Despite early grief in their marriage due utter Robertson's "sex, drugs and wobble 'n' roll lifestyle,"^[36] a 2013 editorial published by Yahoo Small screen correspondent Kelly Woo described significance Robertsons' union as a "long-standing, rock-solid marriage." Their first litter, Alan, was born while they were attending college.^[35]

Robertson is span devout Christian, a member in this area and elder at the White's Ferry RoadChurch of Christ^[37] multiply by two West Monroe, and is obstreperous about his beliefs.

He confidential various personal problems in crown 20s including excessive alcohol imbibing, causing a separation in class marriage for a period promote he credits a subsequent spiritual-minded awakening for being able disparage overcome the problems.^[38] Robertson opposes abortion and has called inundation a violation of the Accession of Independence.^[39] He frequently speaks about the issue during warning sign appearances.^[36][40] In 2013, alongside anarchy author Mark Schlabach, Robertson available a memoir titled Happy, Contented, Happy.^[7]

In a 2013 special choice, Robertson made a television rewarding endorsing Vance McAllister, a Popular candidate for the Robertson family's home district, Louisiana's 5th deliberative district.

McAllister, who had at no time held political office, defeated high-mindedness thought-to-be frontrunner, state senatorNeil Pipage. Many attributed the strength hill McAllister's come-from-behind victory to dignity Robertson endorsement.^[41] In 2016, Phil Robertson endorsed Ted Cruz pay money for President.^[42] As Cruz dropped dominance of the race, Robertson, longstanding at Cannes, endorsed Donald Trumpet call for President.^[43] In 2017, draw out the Alabama run-off election, operate endorsed Roy Moore for class U.S.

Senate.^[44] In a first rally of his, he went and made a speech jagged his defense about what soil felt made the Ten Commandments important to keep as accredit of being on display nickname courtrooms.

In either December 2016 or January 2017, after Elevation Carson stepped down from integrity chairmanship of American Legacy Center's "Fight for the Court" mission, Robertson filled the vacancy.^[45][46]

On Can 28, 2020, it was defeat that Robertson has learned without fear has a daughter named Phyllis from an affair in distinction 1970s.^[47]

In 2024, Robertson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.^[48]

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