Struggling to keep her already broken family together, Amy Roloff, the matriarch of the Little People, Big World clan, revealed that she’s saddened by her squabbling children, who are creating a huge family divide.
Since leaving the farm, a playground rich with activities for the Roloff kids when they were young, the family–now rife with battles–have all gone their separate ways.
In 2006, audiences started following the lives of the family featured in Little People, Big World (LPBW). The show stars Amy, 60, and her ex-husband Matt Roloff, 61, both dwarves, and their four children, fraternal twins Jeremy and Zachary who has dwarfism, Molly, and Jacob.
Added to the family is Jeremy’s wife Audrey and their three children, Zach and his wife Tori, with their three children, Jacob with wife Isabel and their baby, and Molly with her spouse. To further grow the family is Amy’s new husband Chris Marek, and Matt’s fiancé Caryn Chandler, a former employee at Roloff Farms.
Recently speaking in a Live with her friend, Amy revealed that she misses her children, whom she seldom sees. Referring to Molly, now 29, Amy said, “…so yeah I haven’t seen her in a while, since January, and I miss my daughter.”
There have been many problems swirling through the Roloff family, starting when Amy and Matt were still married, and young Jacob grew tired of the show’s concept.
Jacob, the youngest son, left the reality show when he was 18, saying the crew dictated the direction of conversation between family members. He said, “For me, noticing how the agenda of the crew doesn’t work well with the health and happiness of our family is what made me decide quite a while ago that I would not be a part of it as soon as I was able.” The 26-year-old continued, “the family that is filmed is not my family. They are the Roloff Characters and I have scarcely anything in common with them, nor do I want to be a character myself. As soon as the cameras drop however, it’s almost like they never played the part.”
Molly also left the reality show, and is now working as an accountant and living privately with her husband Joel Silvius.
Jacob however, recently accepted an invitation from Matt to move back to the $4 million farm. Living in a five-wheeler with his wife and baby, Mateo, Jacob now helps Matt, working the land full time.
His move fueled the fire between him and his brothers, both whose bids to buy the land were unapologetically rejected by their father. Matt’s Instagram was previously filled with photos of the twins and their kids but now, his posts are dedicated to Caryn, the farm, and Jacob’s family.
But, the squabbling started long before Jacob grabbed a piece of land by the famed pumpkin patch.
After issues with his parents were resolved, Jacob, an agnostic, is still clashing with Audrey, a Christian marriage blogger.
In fact, Jacob canceled her on social media when the mommy blogger slammed his 2017 Christmas 2017 engagement with his now wife.