Fans’ Prayers Gave Phil Robertson ‘Reprieve From the Pain,’ Son Reveals

Published: December 11, 2024

Fans’ Prayers Gave Phil Robertson ‘Reprieve From the Pain,’ Son Reveals

By Movieguide® Contributor

Jase Robertson revealed that his dad, Phil, felt fans’ prayers after his family announced the patriarch’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis last week.

“It’s been a little bit of a whirlwind,” Jase said during a Monday episode of the family’s “Unashamed” podcast. “But we announced about Phil’s condition, and in our world, you know, we do something on this podcast but it doesn’t air for four or five days. So, you forget that even happened, and actually during that little transition time, Phil had a little bit of a reprieve from his pain. Although his overall condition remains the same, he just felt better.”

Along with the Alzheimer’s diagnosis, his family revealed that Phil has “some sort of blood disease that’s causing all kinds of problems,” adding that “He’s really struggling.”

But Jase saw a little reprieve for his dad over the weekend.

“We had gone down and had lunch with him, Missy and I, ’cause if you bring him really good food, we can persuade him to eat…[because of his condition] he’s not hungry at all,” he continued.

“He just has to make himself eat, but he had a little reprieve from the pain, and I really feel like it was just the prayers because, for months, he’s been on a downward decline,” Jase revealed.

“It was so crazy that two or three days later when we went down after I had just seen him — I told my son you need to go see him ’cause he was just, I think at the lowest point in this whole process — and so a couple of days later we go down there and have lunch with him, and it was the first time I saw some improvement. He felt a little better and we had a good conversation and he was kind of in tune with the conversation and so it was really nice,” he shared.

The rest of the Robertson family is grateful for the outpouring of love for Phil. His son Willie reflected on his dad’s legacy.

“Thank you for supporting the man that showed the world what a person can become when they completely yield to the Gospel. His life has been an open book and yes, sadly we are getting to the end of it in some regards…But what he does want people to never forget is who it’s all about, Jesus,” Willie wrote on Instagram.