Duck Dynasty Scripted, Sadie Robertson Says: ‘We record it’ (+Video)

Zachary Stieber
10/9/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Sadie Robertson appears to have indicated that Duck Dynasty, the popular reality show following her family, is scripted.

Sadie and fellow Dancing With the Stars contestant Bethany Mota talked about a range of topics a video they called “The Badie Show.”

Robertson said the scariest part of “DWTS” is performing live.

“That freaks me out because I’m on Duck Dynasty, it’s like recorded way, like 3 months before it shows,” she said.

Robertson noted the difference between Duck Dynasty and “DWTS.”

“We get to record it like 10 different times if we mess up,” she said, referring to Duck Dynasty.

“This is like you get one shot, if you mess up, 15 million people see it,” she said, referring to Dancing With the Stars.

The Duck Dynasty family has been asked before about the show being scripted or not, such as on The Today Show last year.

“Most of the time … we ad-lib,” said Phil Robertson. “Think about it: Someone out of L.A. is fixing to put words into our mouth? Gimme a break.”

“Well, they don’t write the script for you, right?” Lauer asked. “No,” said Phil.

Phil’s brother Si said that producers give the family some sort of script but that he ignores it.

They come up with ideas and we just get to be ourselves in the situation,” explained Jase.