“A&E messed with the wrong redneck,” a source close to the show told The ENQUIRER. “Phil has agreed to return, but he’s already working on getting out of their contracts!

“Phil was humiliated by the show’s producers when they suspended him for his personal beliefs about homo­sexuality, and he’s not going to forget it. By agreeing to return to ‘Duck Dynasty,’ it mere­ly buys him more time to organize his new production company.

“He’s a crafty soul with the patience of Job, and he plans to ex­tract his pound of flesh from the network.”