Why Reality Stars Like Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Can’t Be Real

Hypocrites ‘R’ Us

If the gang on Duck Dynasty behaves in an unsavory way that makes us feel uncomfortable rather than smug and self-satisfied, we shut off the TV.

Published Dec. 20 2013 5:45AM EST

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When Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson opened his yap to GQ magazine, he probably didn’t anticipate the firestorm of controversy that would follow it.

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He told Drew Magary: “Everything is blurred on what’s right and what’s wrong.

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Why Reality Stars Like Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Can’t Be Real

If the gang on Duck Dynasty behaves in an unsavory way that makes us feel uncomfortable rather than smug and self-satisfied, we shut off the TV.

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Tricia Romano