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  • Jessa Duggar Seewald Speed-Walked Through Much of Her Labor, Highlighted on “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and her labor and delivery are highlighted in Sunday’s upcoming episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On. The former 19 Kids and Counting star used a rather unique method to kick her labor into high gear. Once it was determined Jessa Duggar was in labor, the 23-year-old speed-walked to keep labor active and urge their baby along.

    Entertainment Tonight reports the method involved many of Jessa’s family members, too.

    “If you’re going to try to have a baby, just do it,” Jessa says in a preview clip of Sunday’s show that was provided to ET. “I mean, don’t mosey on down the trail at a snail’s pace! Power walk it. Walk the baby out!”

    Surrounded by some of her family members, Jessa Duggar Seewald power-walked–and then she power-walked some more. When she finally returned home, it was time to deliver her baby boy.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and hubby Ben Seewald welcomed Spurgeon Elliot Seewald on November 5–one day after Jessa’s birthday, and four days after her November 1 due date. Spurgeon weighed in at an impressive nine pounds, 11 ounces, and he measured 21 1/4 inches in length. As fans will see on Jill & Jessa: Counting On, Jessa Duggar was transported to the hospital by ambulance following Spurgeon’s birth. Mom Michelle Duggar called 911, and told the dispatcher Jessa was bleeding excessively after delivering her baby.

    Have you been following Jill and Jessa Duggar in Jill & Jessa: Counting On? The show is rumored to be TLC’s way of bringing the Duggar family–recently shamed by eldest son Josh Duggar–back to viewers without featuring the man who caused the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting. Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teenager. Jill and Jessa Duggar admitted to being–and sisters Jinger and Jana Duggar were purportedly among–his victims. This summer, following the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting, Josh Duggar was outed during the Ashley Madison website hack. It was determined he had two accounts on the cheater’s website. He then admitted to wife Anna Duggar he had cheated on her. He also admitted to an addiction to pornography. A porn star has filed a lawsuit against Josh Duggar, claiming he was violent during sex.

    Fans can see Jessa Duggar Seewald’s labor and birth story–and her penchant for power-walking–on Sunday night’s episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On. It airs on TLC at 9 p.m. ET.

    Will you be tuning in?

  • Jessa Duggar: Former “19 Kids and Counting” Star Named Her Baby What?

    Jessa Duggar has finally named her baby. She and hubby Ben Seewald welcomed a baby boy into their lives one week ago, following a grueling 48-hour labor and emeergency trip to the hospital via ambulance for Jessa following the home birth. Nearly a week went by with the former 19 Kids and Counting grandchild having no name. Late on Wednesday, the announcement came.

    Spurgeon Elliot Seewald.

    Why?

    Prior to the announcement, both Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald admitted they were having difficulty choosing a name for their baby boy. They wanted something strong–something reminiscent of biblical heroes.

    Charles Spurgeon was a British preacher in England in the 1800s. He wrote several hymns that are still sung in Christian churches today. Ben Seewald told People magazine that Spurgeon has long been one of his “personal heroes.”

    “Elliot” comes from late missionaries Jim and Elisabeth Elliot. Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald have long admired the work they did in South America.

    Even though Jessa Duggar asked fans for ideas for names for their baby–long before he was born–they clearly opted not to use any of the more than 100,000 options sent in.

    Spurgeon Elliot Seewald is the sixth grandchild to grace the Duggar family. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have four grandchildren from Josh and Anna Duggar, and one from Jill Duggar Dillard and husband Derick Dillard.

    What do you think of the name Jessa Duggar Seewald and her husband chose for their baby boy?

    Might little Spurgeon one day be teased mercilessly for his name? After all, kids can be cruel.

    Surely as he grows older, Spurgeon Elliot Seewald will appreciate the thought put into his unusual moniker.

  • Anna Duggar Shares Generic Wedding Message in Amy Duggar’s ‘Guest Book,’ Questioning Marriage to Josh Duggar?

    Anna Duggar has been at the center of her husband’s recent sex scandal. After he was outed by the recent Ashley Madison cheater’s website hack, the eldest of the 19 Kids and Counting brood admitted to an addiction to pornography. He also admitted to cheating on Anna Duggar.

    Attending a wedding shortly after you learn your husband cheated on you has to be devastating. Anna Duggar signed Amy Duggar’s non-traditional guest book with a rather generic message. Given her present circumstances, it’s plain to see why.

    Instead of a traditional guest book, Amy Duggar–cousin of the 19 Kids and Counting recently disgraced Duggar family–opted for Jenga blocks instead. Jenga is a game of stackable wooden blocks. Wedding guests were each asked to sign one of the blocks with a message for the new bride and groom–Amy Duggar and Dillon King.

    “So happy for you!” Anna Duggar wrote on her Jenga block.

    That’s about as generic as one can get when addressing a newlywed couple. Yet imagine how painful it must have been for Anna Duggar to attend this wedding. Watching a bride and groom vow to love and cherish one another ’til death do them part likely resonated with Anna. She was pregnant with her fourth child when she learned Josh Duggar cheated on her.

    Fortunately for Anna Duggar, she and the rest of the Duggar clan left Amy Duggar’s wedding shortly after the reception began. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar herded their crew out the door just before the dancing and drinking commenced.

    According to the Duggar family website, Anna Duggar is receiving counseling following the devastation she has endured. Hopefully the counseling is legitimate–unlike the counseling Josh Duggar received after molesting five underage girls as a teen. Four of those girls are his own sisters. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald admit they were their brother’s victims. It is expected–given their ages at the time of the molestations–that Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar were victimized, too. Josh was sent to a Christian retreat where he was supposedly counseled on sexual issues following the molestations. Clearly that counseling didn’t work, as he made headlines again for cheating on Anna–with a porn star and stripper.

    “We will be offering our love, care and devoted support to Anna and our grandchildren as she also receives counsel and help for her own heart and future,” Michelle Duggar wrote on the blog last month. “During this time we continue to look to God—He is our rock and comfort. We ask for your continued prayers for our entire family.”

    Anna Duggar needs all the help she can get. Her generic message to Amy Duggar and Dillon King indicates she is probably shutting down emotionally, in an attempt to hide her pain.

    Anna’s brother wants her to leave Josh Duggar, but that’s unlikely because of their religious beliefs.

    Do you expect while attending Amy and Dillon’s wedding that Anna Duggar at some point questioned her marriage to Josh Duggar?

  • Jessa Seewald’s Father-In-Law Goes Off On Josh Duggar, Calls Him A Hypocrite

    Jessa Seewald’s father-in-law posted a blog slamming Josh Duggar.

    Michael Seewald said in his blog that the 27-year-old’s secret extramarital sex life is an example of taking the lord’s name in vain.

    Michael Seewald is the father of Ben Seewald, who married Josh’s younger sister Jessa Seewald last November.

    Jessa’s brother admitted that he cheated on his wife, Anna Duggar, using the Ashley Madison website. Anna’s brother Daniel Keller then posted on Facebook last week that he “won’t stop trying to get that pig out of our family.”

    And now, Jessa’s father-in-law expressed his disdain for Josh Duggar, calling him a pretender and hypocrite.

    Michael said that while Christians commit sin, Josh’s actions were so much worse because he pretended to be of upstanding moral fiber.

    “While proudly saying things like, ‘our family is like the epitome of conservative values,’ he was looking at porn and soliciting affairs. He took a job at the Family Research Council that exists to promote the traditional family, all the while undermining his own family by violating his marriage covenant,” Michael Seewald said in his blog post.

    “He flourished in the fame of his family and the success of their television show, all the while betraying their trust and Christian values,” Michael added.

    Jessa Seewald’s father-in-law said he felt deceived. He said he stood by Josh last May, but after Josh admitted he molested five girls, including his sisters, his second scandal shows that Duggar still had an extensive lifestyle of evil.

    “Sadly, he had deceived us all,” Michael writes. “The name of God has been blasphemed and God is jealous for his name.”

    Jessa Seewald’s father-in-law said that what’s hurtful in Josh Duggar’s admission is he was a loud voice endorsing Christian ethics and he has been shown to be a fraud.

    Josh Duggar had checked into Reformers Unanimous in Rockford, a rehab facility in Illinois offering a treatment based solely on the Bible according to People.

    Meanwhile, Jessa Seewald and her husband Ben didn’t comment on the issue and instead shared details about their first months of marriage, and their preparation for the new member of Duggar-Seewald family.

  • Josh Duggar: Is Former ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star Really at Christian Treatment Facility? Some Say No

    Josh Duggar reportedly entered a Christian rehab facility in Rockford, Illinois–called Reformers Unanimous–last week, but some people at the facility say he isn’t there.

    The former 19 Kids and Counting star is supposed to be receiving treatment for a pornography addiction and other sex addiction issues. He cheated on his wife, Anna Duggar, while she was pregnant with their fourth child.

    A new report says Josh Duggar hasn’t even once shown up to the meetings and church services that are mandatory to Reformers Unanimous “students.”

    “All students attend all services at North Love Baptist Church,” the Reformers Unanimous website reads. “We believe that continued church attendance is a key catalyst to continuing victory.”

    A worshipper at the facility says Josh Duggar wasn’t among those who prayed both Sunday morning and again in the evening for the sins they are seeking treatment for at the center.

    “Josh definitely wasn’t there,” the source says. “It was very strange.”

    The 19 Kids and Counting family owns a private plane that is typically piloted by son John David Duggar. That plane took a mystery flight on August 27, across the Duggar family’s home state of Arkansas. The family doesn’t own property there and there are no rehab centers nearby.

    Is it possible that Josh Duggar isn’t at a facility for the treatment of his sex addiction? Is the 19 Kids and Counting family simply trying to make it appear as though he is in treatment?

    Josh Duggar’s parents–Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–have come under considerable fire for the kind of treatment they got for their son when he sexually molested five underage girls–four of whom are Duggar sisters–when he was a teen. Was the statement about him entering a treatment facility just another attempt on their behalf to save face?

    Reformers Unanimous employed a child molester in recent years, too. Is this really the best place for Josh Duggar–if he’s there at all?

    The 19 Kids and Counting family have no doubt felt embarrassment since TLC cancelled their reality show–and that was because of Josh Duggar’s actions.

    What do you suppose this very concerning report about Josh Duggar missing from mandatory parts of the Reformers Unanimous program is all about?

  • Jessa Seewald Slams Brother Josh Duggar for Cheating on Wife, Shares Sermon on Adultery

    Jessa Seewald (nee Duggar) hasn’t directly slammed brother Josh Duggar for his latest scandal, but she certain bashed him indirectly. The former 19 Kids and Counting star posted a link to a sermon about adultery on her Instagramaccount. It was recently discovered that Josh Duggar had two Ashley Madison accounts. He admitted to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar.

    Shortly after Jessa Duggar Seewald shared the link, husband Ben Seewald shared it on his social media pages, too.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Even though Jessa Seewald didn’t directly slam Josh Duggar, her father-in-law definitely didn’t mince any words. Michael Seewald wrote any essay on his blog that directly addresses Josh Duggar’s Ashley Madison scandal and his sexual sins.

    “In commenting on this I do not wish to add any more distress to a family still recovering from the indignity of the publication of a police report detailing Josh’s sins as a teenager,” the Seewald family patriarch wrote in his post. “Though I have never gotten to know Josh very well, I have great respect for his sorrowing parents and immense sympathy for his dear wife, Anna, and their four children. I myself have been mourning over the irreparable damage that has been done to many by this whole circumstance, yet the reason I feel obliged to make these remarks is an overwhelming desire to vindicate the name of God.”

    “It is not shocking that men and women lie, cheat, steal, hate, fornicate, and commit any and all other sins. It happens every second of every minute of every hour of every day. It doesn’t surprise me that thirty nine million people are members of the Ashley Madison adultery website, nor do I think it surprises you,” he wrote. “What is troubling is that many who take the name of Christ are among its members. It doesn’t trouble me because I think Christians aren’t capable of doing the worst of things, but that we profess that we are no longer the slaves of sin, but servants to God. By professing that we love God with our mouth, yet secretly serving sin, we are found to be hypocrites,” he added.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and her husband Ben are expecting their first baby on November 1–the date of their first wedding anniversary. She appeared alongside sister Jill Duggar Dillard and mom Michelle Duggar on Sunday’s TLC special about sexual abuse.

    Do you think Jessa Seewald was indirectly slamming her brother by posting the link to a sermon on adultery? She is close to sister-in-law Anna Duggar, and no doubt feels bad for what she’s going through.

  • Jill Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald Promote Sexual Abuse Awareness in TLC Special Alongside Mom Michelle Duggar

    Jill Dillard (nee Duggar) and sister Jessa Duggar Seewald are admitted sexual molestation victims of their brother Josh Duggar. In a TLC special that aired Sunday, the Duggar sisters, along with their mom Michelle Duggar, vowed to raise awareness for sexual abuse and its victims.

    The hour-long special, called Breaking the Silence, made no mention of Josh Duggar, and it was filmed before his Ashley Madison cheating scandal made news. Jill Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald didn’t address their specific situation, but acknowledged the need for more awareness.

    “I feel like this should be a discussion that people are having, even regularly,” Jessa said. “I think that it shouldn’t be a taboo subject and that we should be bringing awareness to child sexual abuse and talking about it.”

    “It was amazing to understand that there are so many people that deal with the exact same thing in their own families, so just being educated is very good,” Jill Dillard added.

    Michelle Duggar was impressed by both of her daughters.

    “I was so glad that my girls and I were able to do this together,” she said. “And that we could just be a support and encouragement to each other to be able to gain more information about this important topic.”

    Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald weren’t the only sexual abuse victims on the TLC special. Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives fame and Cheryl Burke of Dancing With the Stars fame–as well as other advocates–were featured, too.

    “Dance was my escape from reality,” Cheryl Burke said. “I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don’t need anybody to be happy. I just needed just me. I needed to know that I could do this on my own. I’m proof that you can actually move on from this.”

    If even one person was helped by listening to Jill Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, or the others involved in Breaking the Silence, then TLC has done a great service in raising awareness for this most necessary cause.

    Do you think Jessa Seewald and Jill Duggar appeared on this show for the right reasons, however? Might they have agreed to do so in an effort to save their family’s reality show, 19 Kids and Counting? TLC hadn’t yet cancelled the show when the Duggars agreed to appear.

  • ’19 Kids and Counting:’ Former Stars Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard to Raise Sexual Abuse Awareness

    19 Kids and Counting was cancelled because of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s eldest son Josh Duggar and his sexual molestation scandal. On Sunday, former stars Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard–two of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims–appeared on a TLC special called Breaking the Silence. While on the show, the Duggar sisters said they want to raise awareness about sexual abuse.

    Josh Duggar was a teenager when he sexually molested four members of the 19 Kids and Counting family. In addition to Jill and Jessa Duggar, it is thought that sisters Jinger and Jana Duggar were victimized as well.

    During the TLC special, Jessa Duggar addressed sexual abuse.

    “I feel like this should be a discussion that people are having, even regularly,” she said. “I think that it shouldn’t be a taboo subject and that we should be bringing awareness to child sexual abuse and talking about it.”

    Jill Duggar added, “It was amazing to understand that there are so many people that deal with the exact same thing in their own families, so just being educated is very good.”

    Former 19 Kids and Counting matriarch Michelle Duggar appeared on the TLC special with her daughters.

    “I was so glad that my girls and I were able to do this together,” she said on Sunday’s documentary. “And that we could just be a support and encouragement to each other to be able to gain more information about this important topic.”

    Sadly, the 19 Kids and Counting family has been devastated by Josh Duggar yet again. During the recent Ashley Madison website hacking it was discovered that Josh had two accounts. He later admitted to having an addiction to pornography and to having cheated on his wife Anna Duggar.

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald: Father-in-Law Blasts Josh Duggar Following Ashley Madison Scandal

    Jessa Duggar Seewald hasn’t shared much besides some Scripture passages in the wake of brother Josh Duggar’s Ashley Madison scandal. Josh recently admitted that he had two Ashley Madison accounts as well as an addiction to pornography. He also admitted to cheating on his wife Anna Duggar.

    In a recent blog post, Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law blasts Josh Duggar. Michael Seewald wrote about the shame Josh has brought upon the former 19 Kids and Counting family and to his wife. He also accused him of blasphemy.

    In a blog post titled Grief, Shame, and Taking the LORD’S Name in Vain, Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law minced few words.

    “He claimed to be a Christian, but by his deeds he has suggested otherwise,” he says of Josh Duggar in the essay. “It distresses me to say that Josh Duggar’s greatest sin is a byproduct of the sum total of his secretly sinful lifestyle. That is, that by his hypocrisy, he blasphemed the name of God.”

    Michael Seewald also slams Josh Duggar’s “lifestyle of evil.”

    “With the name of God on his lips he lived a covert and extensive lifestyle of evil,” Michael continues. “While proudly saying things like, ‘Our family is like the epitome of conservative values,’ he was looking at porn and soliciting affairs. He took a job at the Family Research Council that exists to promote the traditional family, all the while undermining his own family by violating his marriage covenant. He flourished in the fame of his family and the success of their television show, all the while betraying their trust and Christian values.”

    Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law adds that Josh shamed the Christian faith, too.

    “The thing that is so hurtful is that he was a loud voice endorsing Christian ethics and he has been shown to be a fraud,” he explains. “I am profoundly grieved that he attained such a platform only to bring shame on God’s holy name and the Christian faith.”

    “Josh was a pretender,” he writes. “True Christians fail often, but their lives are truly being conformed to the image of Christ. Do not look at Josh and justify your own sins by dismissing the reality of genuine faith and a holy God.”

    Jessa Duggar is married to Michael Seewald’s son Ben. The two are expecting their first child on their first wedding anniversary–November 1st.

    Do you think Jessa Duggar respects her father-in-law less because of his outspokenness about Josh Duggar or does she perhaps respect him even more for it?

  • Josiah Duggar, Formerly of ’19 Kids and Counting’ Fame, Celebates 19th Birthday Amidst Josh Duggar Cheating Scandal

    Josiah Duggar has been through a lot in the past few months. It was just months ago the former 19 Kids and Counting star began a courtship with a young lady named Marjorie Jackson. Only weeks ago, however, mom Michelle Duggar announced that Josiah and Marjorie had gone their separate ways.

    On Friday, Josiah Duggar turned 19–but even his birthday wasn’t without some controversy. Brother Josh Duggar has recently made news again since his sexual molestation scandal this spring. Now he is a noted Ashley Madison account holder. He also admitted to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on his wife Anna Duggar. Josh Duggar is now at a treatment center for men with a variety of sins.

    Happy birthday, Josiah.

    How does a 19-year-old celebrate when his family is going through all this?

    Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar took to their family’s Facebook page to post about Josiah Duggar’s 19th birthday.

    Today is our Josiah's birthday. Josiah is creative and a hard worker. We are especially pleased with the wonderful young man he's become. Happy, happy birthday, Josiah!

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Friday, August 28, 2015

    “Today is our Josiah’s birthday. Josiah is creative and a hard worker. We are especially pleased with the wonderful young man he’s become. Happy, happy birthday, Josiah!” they captioned two photos–one of Josiah Duggar as a baby and one as the young man he is today.

    Later in the day, Michelle Duggar added to the family’s message to Josiah.

    Michelle here–I've thought all day about our Josiah and wanted to add a few thoughts to the family post we put up for…

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Friday, August 28, 2015

    “Michelle here–I’ve thought all day about our Josiah and wanted to add a few thoughts to the family post we put up for his birthday this morning!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSIAH!
    We love you so much!
    You are an encourager and can brighten up any room you walk into!
    You have made a big impact in all of our lives.
    Your love for God, humility, diligence, selflessness, giving spirit, and so much more has challenged us in our relationship with the Lord!
    We are so blessed to have you in our family!
    Love,
    Mom (dad and family agree too!)    ”

    Perhaps Michelle realized that Josh’s most recent scandal is taking its toll on Josiah Duggar, too?

    Just imagine what Anna Duggar must be experiencing. She is at home with four children to raise alone, no doubt still reeling from the shock of Josh Duggar having cheated on her.

    Surely there will be someone else in Josiah Duggar’s future that his family finds suitable for him to court. The former 19 Kids and Counting family don’t date. Instead they find a mutually agreed-upon person to sort of “try out” as a suitable future spouse.

    Did this kind of mindset lend itself to Josh Duggar’s problems?

    Nevertheless one can only hope that Josiah Duggar had a happy birthday. One can also pray he escapes the confines of his patriarchal Christian family and finds his way in the world on his own.

    The lifestyle certainly hasn’t served Anna Duggar or the former 19 Kids and Counting family all that well.

  • Anna Duggar Comes from Family ‘More Extreme’ Than ’19 Kids and Counting’ Family, Divorce Rarely Happens

    Anna Duggar recently learned that her husband, Josh Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame, has an addiction to pornography and had two Ashley Madison accounts. She also learned he cheated on her. Recent reports from a porn star and stripper claim Josh Duggar had rough, unprotected sex with her.

    How is Anna Duggar coping?

    Most young moms Anna Duggar’s age would pack up their children and run–to their parents or siblings, most likely. That isn’t the case with Anna Duggar. Her family is even more extreme than the 19 Kids and Counting gang, raised by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–at least according to People magazine.

    Anna Duggar grew up as one of eight children of parents Mike and Suzette Keller. She met Josh Duggar–and the respective parents met, too–at a homeschooling convention in 2006 when she and Josh were teens. Anna and Josh’s spiritual upbringing was very much the same.

    “Anna and her siblings were always taught that if you follow these 10 steps or whatever, God would bless you,” a source close to her explains.

    Anna Duggar used to have spunk. A source close to Josh Duggar’s family says that has all changed–but long before his recent Ashley Madison scandal.

    “Ever since she met [the Duggars] she has acted more like Michelle,” the source says. “She talks like her, real soft. She, like, whispers.”

    Some of Anna Duggar’s siblings want her to leave Josh in light of this recent scandal. Brother Daniel Keller recently referred to Josh as a pig. Sadly, those closest to Anna and her family–both sides–don’t think that will ever happen. The kind of Christianity they practice (the Duggar family, too) is called patriarchal Christianity, and divorce is rarely even considered.

    “I don’t think her parents ever thought they would ever come to a situation like this,” the source says.

    The source goes on to share that Anna’s sister Rebecca is going through her own divorce right now.

    “They just don’t know what to do,” the source says of Anna Duggar’s parents. “They always taught their kids that divorce was never an option. They never even thought about cheating. But that’s not how life works.”

    Will someone, somewhere convince Anna Duggar to save herself and escape this life of misery she has set herself up for? Or will she continue to seek counsel from her parents and from Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who believe they can pray away Josh Duggar’s “demons?”

    Josh Duggar is now at a rehab facility that deals with all sorts of sin. Called Reformers Unanimous, he will hopefully get he kind of clinical help he needs for his sexually devious ways. It’s clear Josh never received the help he needed when Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sent him away after he confessed to sexually molesting five underage girls–four of whom are his own sisters–when he was a teen. Who knows if he will receive the kind of counseling he needs now?

    One can only pray that if Anna Duggar can’t bring herself to leave him, that Josh Duggar emerges from this program a different man.

    Is there any chance of that happening?

  • Jessa Duggar Upcoming Appearance at Christian Conference Angers Many in Wake of Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation and Ashley Madison Scandals

    Jessa Duggar is set to speak at the Southern Women’s Show in both Birmingham, Alabama and Charlotte, North Carolina this fall. The Christian conference is designed to empower and entertain women in the areas of fashion, fun, family life, and more.

    In light of Jessa Duggar’s brother Josh’s recent scandals, however, some women–and men, too–aren’t sure the former 19 Kids and Counting star should be on the roster of guests.

    Jessa Duggar is married now, and it seems hubby Ben Seewald will be on hand as well to sign autographs. The couple is expecting their first baby on their first wedding anniversary–November 1st.

    You guessed it! Jessa Seewald from TLC's 19 Kids and Counting will be joining us at this year’s Southern Women's Show Birmingham! Jessa will appear on Saturday, October 10th.

    Posted by Southern Women's Show Birmingham on Monday, July 13, 2015

    The Southern Women’s Show Birmingham posted about Jessa Duggar’s upcoming October appearance. Some of the commenters on the post seemed a bit disturbed that she was among the guests.

    One commenter wrote, “I wonder if Jessa will answer questions about the molestation cover up? Why her husband doesn’t have a job? Why she’s traveling this late in her pregnancy? Does she plan on “blanket training” her son (beating baby until he/she submits to the rod)? Just asking.”

    The Southern Women’s Show Birmingham quickly ran interference, replying, “Thank you Susan Payton for your comments and your interest in Jessa’s appearance. As you are probably aware, Jessa and her sister Jill are partnering with TLC and child protective organizations, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) and Darkness to Light, to raise awareness and offer assistance to families dealing with similar issues. The documentary will air sometime later this summer and many of the questions regarding their abuse will be addressed at that time. The question and answer session during her appearance at the show is open forum, however; we are hopeful that public inquiries are appropriately respectful regarding this important and sensitive subject. As an advocate for such victims, The Southern Women’s Show supports these endeavors to shed light and spark hope for the many children & families in need of support.”

    Another commenter chimed in, referring to Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s interview with Megyn Kelly after Josh Duggar’s first scandal went public.

    “Jessa and Jill outright lied in the Kelly interview. Said “we were asleep and didn’t know we were abused”. This is NOT what their testimony says in the police reports. #blankettraining,” the commenter wrote.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald has a very special message for Southern Women's Show fans!

    Posted by Southern Women's Show Charlotte on Monday, August 24, 2015

    A commenter on Jessa Duggar’s message ahead of the Southern Women’s Show Charlotte left the following comment on the organization’s recent Facebook post.

    “This woman was made a victim of sexual abuse by her parents cultist lifestyle. Now she seems to be fully willing to perpetuate the same mistakes and cult lifestyle as an adult. She has my sympathy as a victim but absolutely none of my respect as an irresponsible, willfully ignorant adult.”

    Southern Women’s Show Charlotte replied, commenting, “Sarah Elizabeth, Cindy Cormier-Canfield, Linda L Beran-Miller, Debbie Furner, Erika Araneda, Mia Mort, Jan Sacks, Rebecca Elizabeth Hunt – Thank you all for your comments. We understand that sometimes the special guest(s) appearing at the show may not appeal to everyone, which is what the Southern Women’s Show is all about … we aspire to bring a variety of programming, features, shopping and events to appeal to a variety of tastes. There is truly something for everyone. We hope you’ll decide to join us after all on Friday or Sunday.”

    A man got in on the comments, too, writing, “Too bad Southern women don’t understand the many struggles women have been through to achieve their status in the 21st century. The Duggars live a Patriarchal Biblical lifestyle which represses women. Featuring one of them as a speaker hurts women everywhere. Shame on you.”

    A woman named Jennifer chimed in with, “I can’t believe that a Women’s show in 2015 would even consider giving this person a forum to continue to spew her bigoted hatred and her outdated view on women’s roles in both the home and in the workplace. You couldn’t find someone who actually has something to say that can contribute to the betterment and advancement of women?”

    Josh Duggar’s wife, Anna Duggar, has made news a lot lately–especially since Josh admitted to having two Ashley Madison accounts, being addicted to porn, and cheating on Anna Duggar. Yet the former 19 Kids and Counting family–as well as Anna’s own parents–say she won’t leave her husband. A porn star and stripper has even come forward, claiming Josh Duggar cheated on Anna Duggar with her–and that the sex was rough.

    This commenter believes Jessa Duggar shouldn’t speak at the upcoming conferences because the Duggar women–including Anna Duggar–can’t lend insight into how 21st century women live.

    “As a survivor of childhood sexual assault and considering the decades it has taken me to come to terms with the crime that was committed against me, I am highly disappointed in your choice to invite Jessa Duggar (or any of the Duggar women) to your upcoming event. The Duggars can provide no useful information to any women who are seeking progress. Their religious agenda is hell-bent on taking women back to the 1920’s, where women have no voice, no power; and whose sole purpose is to sexually service men and have babies. The Duggar women are the antithesis of everything you espouse,” the commenter wrote.

    Do you think Jessa Duggar is a good choice to encourage and represent women at these Southern Women’s Conferences? Or did the conference management perhaps secure her appearance long before either of Josh Duggar’s scandals made news?

  • ’19 Kids and Counting:’ Former Star Josh Duggar at ‘Sin Treatment’ Facility for Porn Addiction, Cheating on Wife

    19 Kids and Counting was cancelled thanks to Josh Duggar, and now he has let his family down again. The eldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children recently admitted to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on his wife Anna Duggar. He didn’t make these admissions, however, until the media caught wind of his two Ashley Madison accounts.

    It was reported just a couple of days ago that the 19 Kids and Counting family announced via their website that Josh Duggar had entered a treatment facility. The New York Post reports that the center is for the treatment of all sorts of sins, and it’s called Reformers Unanimous.

    Reformers Unanimous is an all-male Christian treatment facility that deals will all different kind of sin. Does that mean that once again the former 19 Kids and Counting star won’t get the kind of treatment he needs?

    When Josh Duggar first confessed to Jim Bob Duggar that he had sexually molested four of his sisters and one non-relative underage girl, he was sent to do some kind of manual labor at a fellow Christian’s farm.

    “Our clients deal with sin, from spending too much money to drug addiction to pornography or gambling–[we] deal with every sort of sin and struggle,” explained Tony Richardson, who is the Reformers Unanimous director of development as well as a successful former client.

    The intensive Bible-based program’s aim is to bring the former 19 Kids and Counting star “back into living a victorious life.”

    Once Josh Duggar has completed 60 days at Reformers Unanimous, wife Anna Duggar can visit him at the Rockford, Illinois facility.

    Communication with the 19 Kids and Counting family is encouraged while Josh Duggar attends Reformers Unanimous, but that will likely be via writing letters. He is only allowed one monitored phone call per week for the first three months of treatment.

    Does this sound like the kind of treatment that can help Josh Duggar fight his sex addiction? His behavior has already cost his family their 19 Kids and Counting reality show. How much more can he do to his parents, wife, siblings, and children?

  • Danica Dillon: Stripper, Porn Star Says Former ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star Josh Duggar Had ‘Rough Sex’ With Her

    Danica Dillon is a stripper and a porn star–and she claims she had sex with former 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar.

    Josh Duggar entered a rehab facility on Wednesday, but not before Danica Dillon came forward with her story.

    Dillon–whose real name is Ashley Lewis–had a fan in Josh Duggar. He had reportedly watched many of her porn films over the years. Danica Dillon says they had sex twice.

    Josh Duggar allegedly first approached Danica Dillon at the Gold Club in Philadelphia. She was performing there back in March. The second time was a month later when Danica was performing at Creekside Cabaret in Colmar, Pennsylvania.

    “He walked into the Gold Club like a normal patron and said he’d been a fan for a long time and has watched my career grow–he even said from before my boob job until recently–and that he loved watching my very first scene on [an adult website],” Danica Dillon said. “Then it got creepy.”

    Josh Duggar allegedly watched Danica’s show and then not only bought $600 in lap dances, but also, “asked me how would he be able to spend the evening with me,” she claims.

    Duggar gifted the stripper and porn star $1500, but shortly after he arrived at her hotel room things got rough.

    “He was manhandling me, basically tossing me around like I was a rag doll,” Danica said, and even though the sex with Josh Duggar was consensual, “It was very traumatic. I’ve had rough sex before, but this was terrifying.”

    Danica Dillon hopes Anna Duggar leaves Josh Duggar once and for all. She also believes other women will come forward with their versions of sex with Josh Duggar.

    “I think that after I come out, there will probably be plenty more girls after me,” she says in her interview. “I actually really hope that his wife leaves him and takes his children away from him and leaves him a lonely, bitter man. I don’t think he deserves happiness.”

    Do you think Anna Duggar will leave Josh Duggar once she hears of Danica Dillon’s sexual experiences with her husband? She was, after all, pregnant with their fourth child when Josh cheated with this stripper and porn star.

  • Josh Duggar Calls Himself ‘Biggest Hypocrite Ever,’ Brother-In-Law Condemns Him On Facebook

    Josh Duggar called himself “the biggest hypocrite ever” after he confessed to having two Ashley Madison accounts.

    The member of 19 Kids and Counting is facing yet another scandal, after having been involved with a sexual molestation controversy that resurfaced just months ago. He also admitted he is addicted to pornography.

    “I have been the biggest hypocrite ever,” he wrote on their family’s official website. “While espousing faith and family values, I have been unfaithful to my wife.”

    E!News asked sex therapist Mike Dow for his opinion on Duggar’s infidelity. According to Dow, Duggar is possibly experiencing “hyper-sexuality or sex-addiction.”

    Dow said the former Family Research Council executive director may have been depressed or is guilty over something he did in the past. The therapist further explained how repressive community could result to unhealthy sexual behaviors. And if Duggar is proven to be a sex addict, Dow suggests it is better for Anna Duggar to leave the relationship.

    Following the news of her husband’s cheating, Anna’s brother criticized his brother-in-law for his misconducts. Daniel Keller, commented to a biblical post Jessa Duggar shared and called his brother-in-law a “pig”.

    “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness,” Jessa’s post read.

    Keller’s sharp reply: “You have to confess and forsake your sin to have mercy. Not sin, confess and repeat.”

    The said comment incited various reactions from other Facebook users. Some rebuked Keller and others seemed to get what the brother is trying to say.

    Keller said he is convincing his sister to leave Duggar for good.

    The Duggar couple is currently staying at a farm in Arkansas away from the public for the meantime, ET revealed.

  • Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald On Opposite Sides of Josh Duggar Ashley Madison Scandal

    Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald both admit they are victims of their brother’s sexual molestations when Josh Duggar was a teen. They both claim to have forgiven their brother, too.

    Now Josh Duggar is in the news for yet another sex-related scandal, but the sisters sit on opposite ends of the spectrum with regard to how their brother should be treated this time around.

    Josh Duggar entered rehab on Wednesday amidst all sorts of rumors about the former 19 Kids and Counting star. A stripper and porn star came forward, claiming Josh Duggar had rough sex with her.

    Josh admitted to having two Ashley Madison accounts, having an addiction to pornography, and cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar.

    Since Josh Duggar’s latest admission via the family’s website, Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald have both broken their silences on the matter via social media.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald shared words of Scripture.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    She then Tweeted words to a hymn.

    Most believe that Jessa Duggar Seewald forgives Josh Duggar for his most recent scandal, and believes others should forgive him, too.

    Sister Jill Duggar Dillard is apparently not buying it this time, however. She urged fans via social media to tune in to a sermon preached by Pastor Ronnie Floyd at Cross Church in Springdale, Arkansas, where the Duggar family has attended services. The sermon clearly states that sexual sin is wrong.

    Jill Duggar Dillard is in Central America serving as a missionary alongside husband Derick Dillard and sister Joy Duggar. Jessa Duggar Seeewald is home in Arkansas expecting her first child with hubby Ben Seewald.

    Do you think this latest Josh Duggar scandal might tear the two Duggar sisters apart?

  • Josh Duggar: Porn Star, Stripper Danica Dillon Says Former ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star Had Rough Sex With Her

    Josh Duggar entered a rehab facility earlier on Wednesday, but not before one of the women he cheated on wife Anna Duggar with came forward with her story of rough sex and big bucks.

    Danica Dillon–whose real name is Ashley Lewis–is a stripper and a porn star–reportedly one Josh Duggar has watched via porn films for years.

    During a recent interview with InTouch, she dished about two sexual encounters between her and the former 19 Kids and Counting star.

    The first time Danica Dillon had sex with Josh Duggar was after Josh approached her at the Gold Club in Philadelphia, where she was performing back in mid-March. The second time was just a month later when Danica was performing at Creekside Cabaret in Colmar, Pennsylvania.

    “He walked into the Gold Club like a normal patron and said he’d been a fan for a long time and has watched my career grow–he even said from before my boob job until recently–and that he loved watching my very first scene on [an adult website],” Danica Dillon said. “Then it got creepy.”

    Josh Duggar allegedly watched Danica’s show and then not only bought $600 in lap dances, but also, “asked me how would he be able to spend the evening with me,” she claims.

    Duggar gifted the stripper and porn star $1500, but shortly after he arrived at her hotel room things got rough.

    “He was manhandling me, basically tossing me around like I was a rag doll,” Danica said, and even though the sex with Josh Duggar was consensual, “It was very traumatic. I’ve had rough sex before, but this was terrifying.”

    Danica Dillon hopes Anna Duggar gets out while the getting is still good. She also believes other women will come forward with their versions of sex with Josh Duggar.

    “I think that after I come out, there will probably be plenty more girls after me,” Danica says in her interview. “I actually really hope that his wife leaves him and takes his children away from him and leaves him a lonely, bitter man. I don’t think he deserves happiness.”

    Do you think Anna Duggar will leave Josh Duggar once she hears of Danica’s experience with her husband? She was pregnant with their fourth child when Josh cheated with this stripper and porn star.

  • Michelle Duggar Reports Via Family Website That Josh Duggar Has Entered Treatment Facility in Wake of Ashley Madison Scandal

    Michelle Duggar, former matriarch of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, announced on Wednesday via her family’s website that son Josh Duggar has entered a treatment facility. Josh Duggar recently admitted to having two Ashley Madison accounts, as well as to an addiction to pornography and cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar.

    Even though Michelle Duggar didn’t refer to the Ashley Madison hacking scandal that revealed two email addresses linked to Josh Duggar, she did refer to the “most difficult situation with Josh.”

    “We are so thankful for the outpouring of love, care and prayers for our family during this most difficult situation with Josh,” Michelle Duggar wrote.

    “As parents we are so deeply grieved by our son’s decisions and actions. His wrong choices have deeply hurt his precious wife and children and have negatively affected so many others. He has also brought great insult to the values and faith we hold dear.

    “Yesterday Josh checked himself into a long-term treatment center. For him it will be a long journey toward wholeness and recovery. We pray that in this he comes to complete repentance and sincere change.

    “In the meantime, we will be offering our love, care and devoted support to Anna and our grandchildren as she also receives counsel and help for her own heart and future. During this time we continue to look to God–He is our rock and comfort. We ask for your continued prayers for our entire family.”

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar issued a statement following Josh Duggar’s admission to these most recent wrongdoings just over a week ago.

    While it must be difficult for the Duggar parents to acknowledge their son’s recent actions, one would expect they’d recognize some issues in the way they raised him–along with the rest of their 19 children.

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar practice a Christian ideology referred to as conservative patriarchy. In the Duggar family, Jim Bob Duggar rules the roost–and always has.

    Might this have some bearing on the kind of man Josh Duggar grew up to be?

    How will this latest revelation on behalf of Michelle Duggar impact Anna Duggar? Many believe Anna should pack up her four children and leave Josh Duggar high and dry–including her brother Daniel Keller, who recently referred to Josh as a pig.

    You’ll note Michelle Duggar didn’t mention where or what kind of treatment facility Josh Duggar has entered. Hopefully he will receive more professional help than he received in the wake of his sexual molestations of four of his sisters and one non-family member during his teen years.

  • ’19 Kids and Counting’ Patriarch Jim Bob Duggar Has ‘Authority’ Over Michelle Duggar and Kids

    19 Kids and Counting was cancelled, but that hasn’t kept its stars–the Duggar family and many of its members–out of the media spotlight. Josh Duggar, the reason for TLC’s cancellation of the popular reality TV show, recently admitted to his involvement in a new scandal. He had two Ashley Madison accounts, is addicted to pornography, and cheated on his wife Anna Duggar.

    In a new report, revelations about 19 Kids and Counting patriarch Jim Bob Duggar will no doubt leave some wondering what really goes on behind the Duggar family doors.

    “Jim Bob’s favorite word is ‘no,’” one Duggar family source says. “He’s like a dictator. He once saw a guy kissing a girl before marriage and confronted him about it. And the guy said, ‘Jim Bob, show me that verse in the Bible that says we can’t kiss. Get out your Bible.’ And Jim Bob was like, ‘Uhhhh …’ because no one ever confronts Jim Bob. No one.”

    This concerns those closest to the Duggar family, and the biggest concern right now is for Anna Duggar. Reports have surfaced saying Anna Duggar won’t leave Josh–even after he admitted to cheating on her.

    “The scary thing is, I don’t know who is talking to Anna, outside of the people in Duggarville,” the source says.

    When Josh Duggar made his latest confession, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar issued a statement, saying they were disappointed, but praying about these latest developments.

    Some people have long believed that because the 19 Kids and Counting family lives in the south, that they belong to the Southern Baptist Church. That isn’t true. The Duggar family’s belief align with fundamental Christianity, but adhere to a Christian ideology called conservative patriarchy. This means the father/husband rules the household. It also means sexuality and sex aren’t discussed–ever.

    “They don’t talk about sex. They don’t talk about sexuality,” the Duggar family source says.

    The Duggar children–including newly married daughters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–are almost completely cut off from the secular world. The family source says Jim Bob Duggar once removed batteries from his children’s toys that made music, “because he didn’t want [his kids] to dance or move their bodies that way.”

    In the 2014 book, Growing Up Duggar, four of the Duggar daughters–including Jessa Duggar and Jill Duggar–explained that the family has a code word to help the boys and men deal with lustful thoughts if an attractive woman is in their midst.

    That word is “Nike.”

    “That’s a signal to the boys, and even to Dad, that they should nonchalantly drop their eyes and look down at their shoes as we walk past her,” they wrote in the book.

    “They say it, and all the boys look straight down to the floor every time. It’s like an automatic military thing. Things like that blow my mind,” the family source says.

    Based on the things shared by this 19 Kids and Counting source, it certainly sounds like poor Anna Duggar doesn’t stand a chance. She will pray and remain secluded with her cheating husband who abused his sisters–Jill and Jessa Duggar admit they are his victims, and many expect that Jinger Duggar and Jana Duggar are the other siblings he victimized. Josh Duggar also molested one non-relative underage girl. Anna Duggar has no chance of escaping this insanity.

    Did you have any idea that Jim Bob Duggar ran the 19 Kids and Counting family in this manner? This kind of control surely contributed to the way Josh Duggar is and could manifest itself in other negative ways in more of the Duggar family members, too.

  • Anna Duggar Receives Sympathetic Open Letter Amid Husband’s Ashley Madison Scandal

    An open letter that urges mothers to raise their daughters “to think like they breathe fire” is getting a lot of attention. The post was written out of concern for Anna Duggar who chose to stand by her husband amid trying times.

    The viral post was written by Jessica Krammes Kirkland in an attempt to shed light on what Duggar must be experiencing right now.

    Kirkland, who is also a mother, tried to show how difficult it must have been for Duggar to fulfill the expectations of her husband, her family and the religious circle they belong to.

    She said she cannot help but think of her. After the Josh Duggar molestation scandal, which resulted to the cancellation of their show on TLC, Josh Duggar’s name came out along with other Ashley Madison members in a recent hacking incident.

    Josh Duggar later made a statement via The Duggar Family website admitting to to opening two accounts on Ashley Madison, a website for people seeking to have extramarital affairs. He also confessed to being a porn addict.

    “While she was fulfilling her ‘duty’ of providing him with four children and raising them. She lived up to the standard that men set for her of being chaste and Godly and in return, the man who demanded this of her sought women who were the opposite. ‘Be this,’ they told her. She was. It wasn’t enough,” wrote Kirkland who is saddened by the fact that Duggar was made to feel she is “not enough.”

    Moreover, Kirkland urged mothers to educate their daughters and “give them the tools to survive.”

    In the last part of her post, she wished Duggar realized her own power. She ended it with a powerful and empowering line: “As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.”

    Meanwhile, Duggar’s brother, Daniel Keller said, he is trying to convince his sister to leave her husband after the Ashley Madison report broke. He posted a series of rants and biblical scriptures on his facebook account aimed at Josh.

  • Snooki Polizzi Mum on Husband’s Ashley Madison Account, Disses Anna Duggar for Standing by Husband Josh

    Snooki Polizzi of The Jersey Shore fame isn’t saying anything about husband Jionni LaValle’s Ashley Madison account she just learned of in recent days, but she had some rather harsh words for Anna Duggar. Anna, of 19 Kids and Counting fame, recently learned that her husband Josh Duggar had two Ashley Madison accounts. He admitted (but only after being found out) that he has an addiction to pornography and that he cheated on Anna Duggar.

    During Snooki’s Naturally Nicole podcast, the topic of Josh Duggar came up.

    “Yeah, that’s not shocking,” she said of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s eldest. “He actually made a comment, and he called himself a hypocrite, and he said, ‘I’m ashamed of myself.’”

    Even though some pretty explicit details from her husband’s Ashley Madison account were revealed, Snooki Polizzi didn’t bring that up during her podcast, but continued talking about the Duggar family instead. She slammed Anna Duggar for sticking by her husband in light of his most recent scandal.

    “And his wife is still standing by him!” she exclaimed. “It’s like, ‘What the f–k is wrong with you? Like, what are you doing?’ Yep, screw it.”

    An email address used by Snooki Polizzi’s husband matches one on the hacked Ashley Madison site. Maybe the former Jersey Shore star is waiting for further proof before discussing Jionni LaValle’s involvement–or lack thereof?

    Snooki Polizzi and Jionni LaValle are parents of two small children. Lorenzo is two and Giovanna is 10 months old.