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Duck Dynasty turned a actuality TV sensation primarily as a result of it appealed to a conservative, Christian viewers who prided themselves on their old-school values.

So a number of the Duck diehards may not be too loopy about Al Robertson’s newest message — specifically, that in case your spouse has an affair, you need to forgive her.

Sure, Al — who’s the eldest son of late Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson — is getting candid about his marriage to spouse Lisa Robertson, in addition to her infidelity.

The couple is revisiting their troublesome previous in a brand new Lifetime film, Religion & Forgiveness, which explores how Lisa turned concerned in an extramarital relationship roughly 15 years into their marriage — and the way the pair finally discovered a manner ahead by faith.

Talking to Fox Information, Al defined why he believes betrayal doesn’t robotically must imply divorce.

“When unfaithfulness occurs in a wedding, so many occasions, that’s the tip of it, however it doesn’t must be,” Robertson stated. “Every thing might be labored by.”

That perspective, he admitted, got here partially from recognizing his personal shortcomings.

“I believe the rationale I used to be keen to combat for my marriage was that I had made plenty of errors alone,” he shared.

“Once I first met Lisa, she was really a very good lady, who had skilled some arduous issues in her life up till that time, however actually was searching for what she referred to as her ‘knight in shining armor,’ somebody to take her hand and lead her out of some issues. And I simply wasn’t that man within the early years.”

The couple’s story stretches again a long time.

As they defined to Fox Information, Al and Lisa first met as youngsters in a McDonald’s parking zone in West Monroe, Louisiana, finally marrying in 1984 after an on-and-off relationship.

After welcoming two daughters, Al served as a pastor whereas Lisa reportedly struggled with loneliness and isolation throughout stretches when he was away.

Now, slightly than hiding from that painful chapter, the couple is selecting to share it publicly in hopes of serving to others dealing with comparable struggles.

And whereas not each relationship survives betrayal, Al says he hopes their story serves as proof that some marriages can recuperate.

We’ll see how receptive his viewers is to this new degree of candor.