{"id":645264,"date":"2026-05-15T19:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/645264\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:23:09","slug":"duck-dynasty-star-opens-up-about-wifes-affair-ahead-of-new-film-everything-can-be-worked-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/645264\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Duck Dynasty\u2019 star opens up about wife\u2019s affair ahead of new film: ‘Everything can be worked through’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Robertson doesn\u2019t believe a marriage<\/a> always has to end after an affair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The eldest son of Phil and Miss Kay Robertson of \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d<\/a> fame is joining his wife, Lisa Robertson, to confront their painful past in a new Lifetime film premiering Saturday titled \u201cFaith & Forgiveness.\u201d <\/p>\n

The movie reveals how Lisa became involved in an extramarital relationship 15 years into their union \u2014 and how their faith<\/a> ultimately restored their relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen unfaithfulness happens in a marriage, so many times, that\u2019s the end of it, but it doesn\u2019t have to be,\u201d Robertson told Fox News Digital. \u201cEverything can be worked through.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the reason I was willing to fight for my marriage was that I had made a lot of mistakes on my own,\u201d he admitted. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first met Lisa, she was actually a good girl, who had experienced some hard things in her life up until that point, but really was looking for what she called her \u2018knight in shining armor,\u2019 someone to take her hand and lead her out of some things. And I just wasn\u2019t that guy in the early years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Robertson is joining his wife, Lisa Robertson, to confront their painful past in a new Lifetime film premiering Saturday titled \u201cFaith & Forgiveness.\u201d Lisa Robertson\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Robertson and Lisa dated on and off during their high school years, marrying on Nov. 9, 1984, when they were both still teenagers.\u00a0 Al and Lisa Robertson<\/p>\n

The couple first met in a McDonald\u2019s parking lot in\u00a0West Monroe, Louisiana, a popular teen hangout. Robertson was 17 and a senior, while Lisa was 15 and a sophomore. <\/p>\n

They dated on and off before tying the knot in 1984. After welcoming two girls, Robertson served as a pastor at a church where his family had been members for years. Lisa found herself lonely and isolated while her husband was away.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be quite honest with you, I made a huge mistake in not pulling Lisa in as a partner in what we were doing, in my career and my dreams,\u201d said Robertson. <\/p>\n

\u201c[She] was also dealing with all this internal stuff from when she was young. I just didn\u2019t recognize it. I didn\u2019t see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa told Fox News Digital that behind closed doors, she struggled with memories of her childhood.<\/p>\n

Al Robertson is the eldest son of Phil and Miss Kay Robertson of \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d fame. Al Robertson\/X<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom an early age, at age seven, I was subjected to someone molesting me,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that at age seven, I began to be dishonest with who I was and what I was. I think the evil one played a huge part in that because he would constantly remind me. I believe I started on that trail of dishonesty at that point, and that darkness really began there. As I grew older, it got worse and worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Years later, Lisa was contacted at work by an old boyfriend. She soon found herself caught up in an affair. During the summer of 1999, Robertson became suspicious that Lisa may have been seeing someone behind his back. She repeatedly denied his accusations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had prayed all through this affair that God would open a door for me to walk away and that nobody would ever find out because I didn\u2019t want to hurt Alan,\u201d said Lisa. <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to hurt our family. [But] I didn\u2019t think [our marriage] would make it. If he ever found out, I just knew that it was over. I\u2019m convinced that it\u2019s going to be over, especially whenever he says, \u2018I\u2019m leaving.\u2019 And I just knew it because he had always told me that. If I ever crossed the line, that would be the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Robertson used cellphone records to piece together the truth. The couple then agreed on a temporary separation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for the first few weeks, I was leaning toward thinking that it was probably over,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was just not sure if I could ever fully trust again. [I wasn\u2019t] sure Lisa really wanted to be in our marriage. Do you really know if your spouse wants to stay? Do they want something more than you have to offer?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa recalls a moment when, overwhelmed and completely broken, she stepped into her backyard and\u00a0cried out to God for forgiveness. <\/p>\n

During her prayer, she was fully honest with God about what she had done. She describes that moment as a turning point in her faith. She was ready to truly repent and begin a new life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of faith played a very significant part in my life,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n

The \u201cFaith & Forgiveness\u201d movie reveals how Lisa became involved in an extramarital relationship 15 years into her union with Robertson \u2014 and how their faith ultimately restored their relationship. Lifetime<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I turned my life over to the Lord, out in the backyard, when I finally called out to God, He came and met me right there in the backyard. From that day forward, I think I knew I could make it because I\u2019d never called on Him before. I\u2019d never asked for His help and asked Him to rescue me. [But] He came, and He rescued me. I think that was the most important thing I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa was not only baptized, but she surrounded herself with women who had already developed a strong foundation in their faith. Together they studied and uplifted each other.\u00a0She, along with her husband, also pursued counseling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI changed the way I dressed,\u201d said Lisa. \u201cI changed the way I wore makeup. I changed what I listened to. I changed the way I approached men. I changed the way I talked because I had a potty mouth. I changed so many things.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the first thing was that I cried out to God. The second thing was to surround myself [with those women]. But then also the third thing was counseling \u2014 finding someone who could help me get rid of those negative things in my life and finally put those to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I turned my life over to the Lord, out in the backyard, when I finally called out to God, He came and met me right there in the backyard,\u201d Lisa said, in part. Lisa Robertson\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Robertson noted that in their early years together, he was unfaithful to Lisa. She not only forgave him but married him. Robertson wondered: Could he also forgive?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat changed my mind and heart about Lisa was her,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was obvious to me from talking to friends who were with her that she wanted this marriage to stay together. She was very sorry for what had happened. She had finally come to a reckoning in her own life. She was dealing with a lot of her past through counseling, through people who were helping her life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think out of my own appreciation for not only what God had done for me, but also what Lisa had done for me, it gave me that capacity to forgive infidelity,\u201d said Robertson. <\/p>\n

\u201cHer growth as a person and as a Christian<\/a> in those early weeks is what won me over to say, \u2018If she has the capacity to change who she is, like I did many years earlier, then I have the capacity to forgive as God forgives.\u2019 That\u2019s when it all changed. We knew we were going to find our way back together.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December 1999, the couple renewed their vows. Together, they\u2019ve been devoted to God and each other. Over the years, they\u2019ve traveled across the country, speaking to couples struggling in their relationships. They\u2019re happier than ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have a really strong and very intimate marriage \u2014 not just sexual intimacy, I mean spiritual, physical and emotional intimacy \u2014 there has to be honesty,\u201d said Lisa. <\/p>\n

\u201cHonesty is the most important thing that you can do to have\u00a0a very successful marriage. We also need to look at ourselves the way Jesus looks at us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al Robertson doesn\u2019t believe a marriage always has to end after an affair. The eldest son of Phil…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[17509,7297,17510,7969,38945,88,2695,66001,92],"class_list":["post-645264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-affairs","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-cheating","tag-christianity","tag-duck-dynasty","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-lifetime","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}