affair bombshell

Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson reveals he cheated on wife Kay and learned he has an adult daughter from fling

DUCK Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson has revealed he cheated on his wife, Miss Kay- and recently discovered he has an adult daughter from his affair.

The star and his sons confessed the shocking secret on their podcast this week.

On the podcast Unashamed, Phil's son Alan, 54, said he received a letter from a 45-year-old woman named Phyllis who claimed to be his sister.

Al said: "So basically, it was from a woman who said that by a DNA search, she thinks that Dad might be her dad."

He said he "dismissed" the letter at first, because the woman's birthday was after the time Phil became a Christian in the 1970's.

Apparently, Phyllis had been conceived just before Phil, 72, devoted his life to Jesus.

Al continued: "Well once we get into that and start looking at it a little more deeply, I'm like, 'Oh woah, woah... there might be something to this.'"

Al's brother, 50-year-old Jase, had also gotten a letter from Phyllis.

He said: "We both concluded, this is not one of those frivolous things we've got."

Al went on: "We had to pursue it. I started thinking, there's a 45-year-old woman out there who doesn't know who her dad is, and she's looking.
"And I thought, even if it's not Dad, she needs to know it's not Dad."

However, neither brother told their dad about the letters until they were absolutely sure Phyllis could be telling the truth.

Al explained that he approached both of his parents, and Phil agreed to the take a DNA test.

The test revealed he and Phyllis were a "99.9 percent match."

Phil said once they got the positive test result, he wanted to "bring her on down" so they could meet in person.

"We know that in all things - in all things - even sin, God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose," Phil said, paraphrasing Romans 8:28 from the Bible.

The Duck Dynasty patriarch added that the Robertson clan has already met Phyllis.

Phil said: "It's a pretty cool explanation of redemption, reconciliation, love.

"As it turns out, 45 years, you have a daughter that you don't know about, and she has a father she doesn't know about.

"45 years that doesn't sound like very long but you say, that's a while.

"So finally, after all those years, we come together."

Jep, 42, added that he had no bad feelings, and had always wanted a sister.

He said: "It was super awesome, I was so excited. It was like a dream come true."

Phil and Miss Kay have been together for more than 55 years.

They share four adult children - Alan, Jase, Willie, and Jep - and many grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.