Duck Dynasty Star Phil Robertson’s Health Is Not Good, Says Son

Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s health “hasn’t been good,” according to his son Jase Robertson.

Jase, 55, spoke about his father’s declining condition on the Thursday, April 3, episode of the “Unashamed With the Robertson Family” podcast.

“Tell you the truth, it hasn’t been good,” he said. “I’m just giving the blunt truth. I’ll say, ‘Not good.’”

“We’re doing the best we can,” he added. “So I think that’s just what you do.”

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Phil, 78, and his family rose to fame on the A&E reality series Duck Dynasty, which aired from 2012 to 2017. In addition to Jase, Phil shares adult children Alan, 60, Willie, 52, and Jep, 46, with wife Kay Robertson.

The Duck Dynasty patriarch has battled a host of health problems over the years, including Alzheimer’s disease, a blood disease and fractured vertebrae in his back. The family confirmed in December 2024 that Phil is in the “early stages” of Alzheimer’s.

“According to the doctors, they’re sure that he has some sort of blood disease that’s causing all kinds of problems,” Jase explained on the podcast at the time. “It’s accelerated and it’s causing problems with his entire body.”

Jase added that the health issues have taken a mental and physical toll on his father.

“He’s just not doing well,” he said. “He’s really struggling.”

Jase had a more positive update on his mom, Kay, 77, who suffered a fall in February that required surgery.

“For my mom, it’s been a lot better this past week, because she was really not doing good,” he said. “She got an infection from a fall, from a cut that had happened earlier…she’s still in the hospital, but [now it’s] more rehab, physically, and trying to get her to eat.”

It’s a significant improvement over the immediate aftermath of her injury, when Jase admitted he wasn’t sure if Kay would survive.

“We were kinda dealing with the fact that maybe this is it,” he said. “That’s what it seemed like in the moment. It seemed close there. So it was difficult.”

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“The people that [are] around them 24/7, ‘cause obviously we can’t be around them at all times, sent me a very graphic picture when she cut her leg,” Jase added on his “Duck Call Room” podcast in February. “It was a horror show, it was severe. I was fixing to get up on stage and I see this picture of my mom, I was like, ‘Oh man.’ I was like, ‘Get her to the hospital. I gotta speak.’”

In January, it was confirmed that most of the Robertson family, minus Phil, would be returning to the small screen for a Duck Dynasty revival this summer.

“Going back on A&E feels a little like going back home,” married stars Willie and Korie Robertson said in a statement. “We’re thankful for all who have followed along as our family has grown and expanded and can’t wait to get cameras rolling again on all our new adventures, or perhaps misadventures.”