{"id":159380,"date":"2025-04-01T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/jacob-roloff-so-glad-im-done-with-reality-tv\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:42:51","slug":"jacob-roloff-so-glad-im-done-with-reality-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/jacob-roloff-so-glad-im-done-with-reality-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Roloff: So Glad I&#8217;m Done with Reality TV!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jacob Roloff is in a reflective mood.<\/p>\n<p>The former Little People, Big World cast member walked away from this TLC reality show a decade ago \u2014 later admitting that he did so because he had allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2020\/12\/jacob-roloff-accuses-little-people-big-world-producer-of-molesta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been molested by a producer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis spring marks 10 years since I got my money from the show I was on for over 10 years of my life. I was 18 and finally had the agency to not sign the contract, so I didn\u2019t, and promptly left home mostly due to disgust for the show and reality TV in general,\u201d Roloff wrote over this past weekend alongside a carousel of photos on Instagram.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jacob-izzy.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522535 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jacob-izzy.webp 752w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jacob-izzy-300x211.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jacob-izzy.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jacob Roloff and his wife smile here for the camera.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 28-year old added that he \u201cused the money\u201d to \u201cbuild a world\u201d with his wife, Isabel Rock. <\/p>\n<p>The spouses welcomed their son, Mateo, in December 2021 \u2014 and the former reality star said he was \u201cgrateful\u201d that this toddler has been able to grow up \u201cdoing the same things\u201d he did as a child.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no pressure of the camera.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no concern over what life in the spotlight will do to Mateo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex.webp 940w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex-728x410.webp 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522538 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex.webp 940w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex-728x410.webp 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Isabel-Jacob-Roloff-Sex.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCertainly it has been insightful these last 4 years in a lot of ways, both materially \u2014 learning equipment operation, my own growing style, the systems for farming, etc\u2014and retrospectively \u2014 \u2018what is the farm, without a tv crew?\u2019, \u2018what can the farm be, without TV?\u2019\u201d Jacob continued.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, despite leaving Little People, Big World behind\u2026 Jacob hasn\u2019t been leaving his family behind.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s spending more and more time these days <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/10\/little-people-big-news-jacob-roloff-to-move-on-to-fathers-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his dad\u2019s property<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-new father revealed that pumpkin season was still \u201chuge\u201d for Roloff Farms and expressed his appreciation for the loyal customers that continue to stop year after year. <\/p>\n<p>However, Jacob ultimately wanted to \u201cencourage a more localized community space instead of so heavily relying on out of town tourism\u201d and create \u201can intermittent space for community gathering, creating useful things and being a useful space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is someone who has always thought big picture.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-960x444.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1080x500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1200x555.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522541 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-960x444.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1080x500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5-1200x555.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/186de6a476618e53ce7a384097c31ec5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It\u2019s a throwback! This is a photo of Jacob Roloff on Little People, Big World.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Roloff concluded this latest message by adding: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to be where I am to steward this land the best I can. Always learning and growing. I can only hope we have this farm for another generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacob has long been critical of reality television and its impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t realize I was paid roughly $6\/hr to be filmed for my whole childhood,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/05\/jacob-roloff-reveals-paltry-reality-show-salary-says-tv-sucks-yo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob wrote online<\/a> about three years ago, emphasizing the misperception that follows him around in terms of his bank account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still called rich derisively lol\u2026 I wish I went scorched earth but I value family. I wish I kept filming but I value my principles and my soul. Life is complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, Roloff stunned observers when he accused a TLC producer of molesting him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is often much easier to think about things than it is to talk about them, and so this disclosure has been delayed, but through that delay I have found the fortitude and words,\u201d he wrote back then.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, naming his alleged perpetrator as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a child, after what I realize now was a long grooming process, I was molested by an executive field producer for Little People, Big World, Chris Cardamone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not expect to provide details of this encounter at any point publicly. I do hope he is never allowed around children again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI choose to disclose it now as it remains a traumatic memory that needs to be exorcised of any further power over my development.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/jacob-roloff-so-glad-im-done-with-disgusting-reality-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Jacob Roloff is in a reflective mood. The former Little People, Big World cast member walked away from this TLC reality show a decade ago \u2014 later admitting that he did so because he had allegedly been molested by a producer. \u201cThis spring marks 10 years since I got my money [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-159380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}