Phil Robertson, star of “Duck Dynasty,” discusses how his Christian faith has helped him deal with cancel culture. It’s no great mystery that ‘cancel culture’ has totally taken over our society these days, making it difficult for a high-profile person to say anything without risking being “canceled.” Now, this Duck Commander could be one of the first “canceled” celebrities.

During his 2013 interview with GQ Magazine, Robertson was asked:

“What, in your mind, is sinful?”

Robertson replied, “Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men.” He proceeded to quote a bible verse.

He was just speaking his mind and showing his faith, but due to this interview, the “Duck Dynasty” was suspended by A&E and many fans were not happy about it. The “Duck Dynasty” series ended in 2017 after 11 seasons.

Recently, Robertson recalled what happened. He said, “They put me on what they called an indefinite hiatus. I said, ‘I think I may be getting fired, right?’ Hiatus says you’re not part of the program anymore. After nine days they reinstated me, but we had all kinds of sponsors that just took off. They had made a mockery of what I said. All I did was quote a Bible verse. And as a result, they tried to cancel me. But it didn’t cancel me at all. I still love them. I don’t hate anyone. The Bible teaches us to love thy neighbor even with their mistakes.”

The 75-year-old has opened up about how Christianity is the perfect antidote to todays’ cancel culture in his new book:

“Uncanceled: Finding Meaning and Peace in a Culture of Accusations, Shame, and Condemnation.”

During his book promotion with Fox News, Robertson said, “The ones who attacked me, I didn’t hold it against them. They asked me a question about a particular sin, homosexual behavior. And they asked if I believed it was a sin. I thought to myself, that’s a weird question to ask someone, but I just quoted a Bible verse… I quoted what God had to say about that sin and nine other sins, but it was in the list of sins… As we were doing ‘Duck Dynasty,’ the upper crowd at A&E decided to drop the ax on me without first looking into what went down.”

Despite the backlash, Robertson says he has “no regrets” about answering the questions that led to his suspension. Years later, Robertson believes that cancel culture has “gone too far,” and that it completely undermines biblical teachings.

He said, “I hope that people would quit accusing each other. We’re all guilty of sin. We all make mistakes. Therefore, you have no excuse to pass judgment on someone else. That’s what people do. They find a mistake you made when you were 18 years old or something you said on the internet long ago. Then they go after you with a vengeance.”

Robertson adds, “You’re condemning yourself by passing judgment on others. Do you think you’ll escape God’s judgment? In a culture of accusations, shame and condemnation, I’m just trying to speak out about the word of God… Just forgive each other and move on for crying out loud.”

For Phil Robertson, faith has been a very important part of his life, both in good times and in bad.