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  • Kate Gosselin: How Long Will She Share Bodyguard Steve Neild With ’19 Kids and Counting’ Disgraced Son, Josh Duggar, and Family?

    Kate Gosselin has likely spent many years teaching lessons on sharing to her eight children. Now she’s putting that lesson into action. She is sharing her bodyguard, Steve Neild, with 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar–along with his wife Anna Duggar and their children.

    Of course it’s far more likely that it’s TLC doing the sharing–and not Kate Gosselin. She is rumored to have been romantically involved with Steve Neild–who is married. Does that ‘sharing’ principle apply there, too?

    Steve Neild was spotted at the home of Josh and Anna Duggar earlier this week, as the family prepared to leave their home outside of Washington, D.C., where Josh worked for the Family Research Council. Since word hit the media about him sexually molesting five underage girls as a teen–four of whom are his own sisters–Duggar resigned, and the family is moving home to Arkansas. They will live in a foreclosed property they purchased back in January, in close proximity to parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as to the sisters he sexually molested.

    So what role does Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard play in the Duggar family move? Is he moonlighting on the side with United Van Lines?

    No. It’s far more likely that Steve Neild was put in place at the Duggar home to keep the paparazzi at bay.

    The Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal has run rampant in the media. Sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–both of whom are admitted victims of Josh Duggar–spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File last Friday night, and explained that they feel more violated by the media’s rehashing of this part of their lives than they did by the sexual molestation.

    Has TLC put Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard in place for Josh and Anna Duggar because they fear for their safety? Is there a concern that someone might try to do him or his family some harm in light of the sexual molestation scandal?

    It’s uncertain how long Steve Neild will be working for Josh Duggar and his family.

    Hopefully Kate Gosselin is really good at sharing.

  • Jessa Duggar Back on Social Media Following Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal, Shares Ultrasound of Baby Seewald

    Jessa Duggar was back on social media Wednesday for the first time since the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal rocked her world. The 19 Kids and Counting star shared a big positive in her life–the ultrasound of her unborn baby.

    Ben Seewald and Jessa Duggar tied the knot back on November 1st, and their baby is due on their first anniversary.

    The past few weeks have been incredibly stressful for all the members of the 19 Kids and Counting family, but especially stressful for Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald. Not only did the sisters have the shock of their brother’s past being thrust into the media, they also admitted they were two of his five victims. Both Jessa and Jill spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File Friday night.

    In light of all the chaos Jill and Jessa have undergone in the past few weeks, it’s good to see their return to social media.

    Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald haven’t announced yet whether they known the gender of their unborn baby or not, but it’s clear Jessa was thrilled to share the ultrasound with her followers.

    Jill Duggar shared a new photo of her and Derick Dillard’s baby boy, Israel, just a few days before–on his two-month birthday.

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    Are you glad to see both Jill and Jessa Duggar active on social media once again? Hopefully the 19 Kids and Counting sisters don’t hide because of what their brother did all those years ago, or because the media has thrown it all back into their faces.

    It’s uncertain what will become of 19 Kids and Counting. TLC has yet to make that decision. There is some talk, however, of a spinoff called 2 Brides and Their Grooms, starring Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard.

  • Jessa Duggar, Jill Duggar: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Sisters Say Josh Duggar Made ‘Bad Choices’

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kellyn on The Kelly File Friday night about their brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal. The sisters explained that what happened to them was very mild compared to what happens to many victims of sexual molestation.

    “I was one of the victims so I can speak out,” Jessa Duggar said. “In Josh’s case, he was a boy, young boy in puberty, and a little too curious about girls and that got him into some trouble,” she said. “And he made some bad choices, but really the extent of it was mild inappropriate touching on fully clothed victims. Most of it while girls were sleeping.”

    “We didn’t even know about it until he went and confessed it to our parents,” Jill Duggar Dillard said. She added that what happened to her was “very mild compared to what happened to some.”

    “So many girls go through things that are a lot worse,” Jessa added.

    Jessa Duggar Dillard believes her brother Josh Duggar had undergone a big change when he returned from counseling following the sexual molestations.

    “I think by the time that … the report was made and everything, it was very obvious to everyone, us and our family, friends, officials that Josh was a completely changed person,” she said. “He had not gone down that path for years. He was humble before God, before us, before the officials that were involved.”

    Both Jill and Jessa Duggar have forgiven their brother. They are far more upset by the media these days than by what their brother did to them all those years ago.

    “I see it as a revictimization that’s even a thousand times worse” than the molestation, Jill said. “Because this is something that was already dealt with. We’ve already forgiven Josh. We’ve already moved on.”

    Do you think TLC will move on from the Josh Duggar molestation scandal? Will it mean the end of 19 Kids and Counting and a life with no reality show for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their large brood?

    Josh Duggar and his wife Anna, along with their children, were reportedly packing up to move from their home near Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, where he once worked for the Family Research Council. They are heading back to Arkansas. They were being assisted by Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard, Steve Neild.

  • Josh Duggar: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Son Gets Help from Kate Gosselin’s Bodyguard, Steve Neild

    Josh Duggar and Kate Gosselin actually have something in common–and it’s got nothing to do with families with lots of kids.

    It seems the 19 Kids and Counting star, recently front and center in the media for having sexually molested five young girls–two of whom were sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–has hired Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard and rumored former love interest Steve Neild.

    Steve Neild was on hand at Josh and Anna Duggar’s home in Oxon Hill, Maryland–just outside of Washington, D.C. on Tuesday–where Josh Duggar recently resigned from his job with the Family Research Council. Steve Neild was keeping the paparazzi away from the Duggar family as their possessions were loaded into moving trucks for their relocation to Arkansas near parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

    Do you think TLC may have hired Steve Neild to assure the safety of Josh and Anna Duggar, as well as their three children–daughter McKynzie and sons Michael and Marcus? Regardless of what Josh Duggar did in the past, hopefully no one has threatened the well-being of his family.

    Neild was in New York City with Kate Gosselin last fall, when she filmed her stint on Celebrity Apprentice. And the two are rumored to have vacationed together recently–with Kate Gosselin’s eight kids in tow.,

    Hiring Steve Neild likely a move on behalf of the 19 Kids and Counting family or of TLC to prevent the media from harassing Josh Duggar and his family as they prepare for the long trek back to Arkansas.

    How do you suppose Kate Gosselin feels knowing her tried and true bodyguard–and maybe her love interest–Steve Neild is protecting Josh Duggar?

  • Jill Duggar Gives People Something Else To Talk about, Posts Cute Picture Of Baby Israel

    There’s nothing like a cute baby picture to lighten up the mood, or to deflect the unwanted attention being placed on your family.

    Jill Duggar has been noticeably absent from social media ever since it was revealed that her older brother Josh molested several young girls.

    But after weeks of hearing nothing but Josh’s mistake, their parents’ efforts to cover it up and the impact it will have on 19 Kids and Counting, Jill gave people something else to talk about, something cute.

    The 24-year-old mom posted an adorable photo of her son Israel David wearing a colorful flannel diaper and a shirt that reads “2 Months.”

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    “Happy 2 month birthday #IsraelDavidDillard! We are so blessed to be your parents! May you grow up to love Jesus and serve others! #2monthbirthday @derickdillard,” Jill captioned the photo.

    Her husband Derick Dillard posted the same photo a few minutes later with the message “Happy 2 month birthday Israel! May you continue to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.”

    Jill gave birth to baby Israel on April 6, after a grueling 70 hours of labor.

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    But the happy occasion has since been overshadowed by the molestation scandal the family is currently embroiled in.

    Coincidentally, Jill posted the photo a day after Megyn Kelly aired the interview that she and her sister Jessa gave.

    The two sisters admitted that they were two of his victims but felt that they have to “come out and speak” because “most of the stuff out there is lies.”

    “It’s not true. And so for truth’s sake we want to set the record straight,” Jill said during the interview.

    They described what Josh did as “subtle” and “mild” and that since then they had already dealt with the issue and have moved on.

  • Jill Duggar Ignores Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal to Celebrate Son Israel’s Two-Month Birthday

    Jill Duggar Ignores Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal to Celebrate Son Israel’s Two-Month Birthday

    Jill Duggar set aside her concerns about the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal–for Saturday anyway–and celebrated the two-month birthday of her and Derick Dillard’s son, Israel David Dillard. The celebration was no doubt a welcome change from the angst Jill Duggar, sister Jessa Duggar, and parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have experienced since filming an interview for airing on The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly on both Wednesday and Friday evenings.

    Jill Duggar Dillard and husband Derick welcomed their baby boy into their world back on April 6th. Shortly thereafter they celebrated sister Jessa Duggar Seewald’s pregnancy. She is due in November.

    The past few weeks have been filled with pain and what Jill Duggar called ‘revictimization’ in her interview with Megyn Kelly. The weekend celebration hopefully took her away from all that–at least for a little while.

    The Instagram photo Jill Duggar shared of baby Israel shows a happy little boy, who looks rather amused at the notion of having his photo taken.

    “Happy 2 month birthday #IsraelDavidDillard! We are so blessed to be your parents! May you grow up to love Jesus and serve others! #2monthbirthday @derickdillard,” she captioned the picture.

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    One look at that precious face, and Jill Duggar should feel the love that surrounds her. Hopefully that, too, will help heal some of the pain she and her sisters–Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar are purportedly Josh Duggar’s victims, too–have experienced since the media learned of what Josh did all those years ago.

    Hopefully the rest of the 19 Kids and Counting family had an opportunity to share–along with Derick and Jill–the blessing that has graced their lives in the form of baby Israel.

  • ’19 Kids and Counting:’ Jessa Duggar Seewald Says Life Will Go On If Show Cancelled

    19 Kids and Counting might get cancelled, now that advertisers have pulled away from the TLC show in the wake of the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal. During an interview on Friday night with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly, Jessa Duggar Seewald talked about what will happen to the Duggar family if their reality show is cancelled.

    “We’re not a TV family,” Jessa said. “We’re a family that just happened to be on TV.”

    Jessa Duggar added that if 19 Kids and Counting is, in fact, cancelled, that “life goes on.”

    TLC is reportedly considering a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff if they cancel the original Duggar family TV show. 2 Brides and Their Grooms would star Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, along with their husbands Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald. It would eliminate Josh Duggar from the picture completely and significantly cut down on air time for both Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–the 19 Kids and Counting parents.

    Jill Duggar shared her thoughts on the what-ifs that presently surround 19 Kids and Counting.

    “We always just had the mindset of, this show is just a window of opportunity that God has allowed our family to be on television and to share with other people our lives,” she said.

    “We do love our film crew,” Jill Duggar Dillard added. “They’re like family to us. We’ll see. We’ll see what life brings. We don’t know at this point.”

    Do you admire the attitude both Jill and Jessa Duggar–who are both on the list of Josh Duggar’s victims–have about their family’s reality show? It certainly sounds like they are far more interested in their family than they are in remaining on TV.

    Do you think TLC will wind up pulling the 19 Kids and Counting plug, and if so, will advertisers consider supporting 2 Brides and Their Husbands instead?

  • Duggar Sisters Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald Say Josh Duggar Made ‘Bad Choices’

    Duggar sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald told Fox’s Megyn Kelly during their interview on The Kelly File Friday evening that their brother Josh Duggar made ‘bad choices.’

    The 19 Kids and Counting siblings are two of Josh Duggar’s admitted victims of sexual molestations that took place when the sisters–now 24 and 22–were 12 and ‘nine or 10,’ respectively.

    “I was one of the victims so I can speak out,” Jill Duggar told Fox. “In Josh’s case, he was a boy, young boy in puberty, and a little too curious about girls and that got him into some trouble,” she said. “And he made some bad choices, but really the extent of it was mild inappropriate touching on fully clothed victims. Most of it while girls were sleeping.”

    “We didn’t even know about it until he went and confessed it to our parents,” the older of the two Duggar sisters added. She said what happened to her was “very mild compared to what happened to some.”

    On Wednesday, in the first part of Megyn Kelly’s interview with the 19 Kids and Counting family members, parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar explained their side of things. They said Josh Duggar came to him when he committed these acts, and admitted to what he had done. Two other Duggar sisters were his victims as well. Many suspect Jana Duggar–the oldest of all the Duggar sisters–as well as Jinger Duggar, who is now 21, were among his victims. Josh Duggar also sexually molested one underage girl who wasn’t part of the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald told Megyn Kelly on Friday night that Josh Duggar was a different person when he returned from counseling.

    “I think by the time that…the report was made and everything, it was very obvious to everyone, us and our family, friends, officials that Josh was a completely changed person,” she said. “He had not gone down that path for years. He was humble before God, before us, before the officials that were involved.”

    Do you think the Duggar sisters are underestimating the seriousness of what Josh Duggar did to them by referring to his actions ‘bad choices?’ Or has the media blown the scenario way out of proportion, targeting the entire 19 Kids and Counting family for something that should have remained a family matter only?

  • Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal: Sisters Jill Duggar Seewald, Jessa Duggar Dillard Call It ‘Revictimization’

    Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal: Sisters Jill Duggar Seewald, Jessa Duggar Dillard Call It ‘Revictimization’

    The Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal was front and center on Friday night as Fox’s Megyn Kelly shared her second part of an interview with the 19 Kids and Counting family on The Kelly File. Friday night’s segment highlighted her conversation with sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–both admitted victims of Josh Duggar, who believe the media’s attack on their family is revictimization–and far worse than what happened to them at the hands of their brother all those years ago.

    “I see it as a revictimization that’s even 1,000 times worse,” Jill Duggar Dillard said.

    Jill explained that neither she nor Jessa Duggar Seewald wanted to appear on camera talking about this family crisis that occurred many years ago, but they felt they needed to do so to ‘set the record straight.’

    “This is something like we chose to do, nobody asked us to do this,” Dillard said.

    “Most of the stuff out there is lies,” she added. “It’s not the truth.”

    Jessa Duggar came to Josh Duggar’s defense, saying people shouldn’t be referring to him as a child molester Josh Duggar is a husband and father. He and wife Anna Duggar have three children, with a fourth due in July.

    “I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist,” she said, “I’m like that is so overboard and a lie really. I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    During their interview with Megyn Kelly, both Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald explained that they were unaware Josh Duggar had sexually molested them until their parents explained to them privately–one at a time–exactly what had happened. Jill was 12 at the time. Jessa was nine or 10, she explained.

    “My parents took [us] aside individually, and they said here’s what’s happened and of course at that point, you’re like, ohh, you’re shocked, you know,” Jessa Duggar said.

    Josh Duggar sexually molested three other young girls. Two more are said to be siblings of Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald. Most believe sisters Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar were also molested, as was one young girl who isn’t related to the 19 Kids and Counting family. Apparently none of these other victims chose to speak out about the incident.

    Will TLC put 19 Kids and Counting back on the air or will they go ahead with tentative plans for a spinoff. Rumor has it they are considering filming a new show–2 Brides and Their Grooms–starring Jill and Jessa Duggar and their husbands, Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald. This will eliminate Josh Duggar from the show completely, and use Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sparingly, as many still disagree with the way they handled Josh’s sexual molestation incidents.

    What’s your take on the entire Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal now that his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as sisters, Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, have shared their accounts of the family’s history that has been rehashed in the media?

    Can you understand Jill Duggar’s comment that bringing this out now has revictimized not just her, but Josh Duggar’s other victims as well?

  • Jill Duggar Talks Safeguards ’19 Kids and Counting’ Parents Put in Place After Josh Duggar Sexually Molested Her and Sisters

    Jill Duggar says her parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, put some excellent safeguards in place after she and her sisters were sexually molested by their brother, Josh Duggar. The 19 Kids and Counting star talked with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly about those safeguards in an interview that airs Friday night.

    So what were some of those safeguards?

    “Not being alone,” Jill Duggar Dillard said on The Kelly File in preview excerpts released earlier on Friday to Us Weekly. “My parents said, ‘Okay, we’re not going to do this hide-and-seek thing where two people go off and hide together.’”

    In the first part of Megyn Kelly’s interview with the 19 Kids and Counting family that aired Wednesday, Jim Bob Duggar said Josh Duggar came to him at the age of 14 and explained what he’d done to his sisters. In addition to Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, it is believed that Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar were the other sibling sexual molestation victims. There is one more victim–not a member of the Duggar family.

    “He came to us and was crying and told us what happened,” Jim Bob recalled, adding that “safeguards” were then put into place as a preventative measure against further sexual molestation.

    Jill Duggar explained more about those safeguards.

    “Locks on the doors,” she said, point-blank. “You know, everybody’s in bed. Girls in the girls’ room. Boys in the boys’ room–as a mother now I look back, and I think, you know, my parents did such an amazing job for me. Even when we went through the DHS investigation they complimented my parents on what an amazing job they did through that process.”

    “I hope I can set up the same safeguards in my family that they did,” Jill Duggar added.

    A psychological and emotional struggle followed the sexual molestation of the 19 Kids and Counting sisters.

    “I was angry at first, I was like, ’How could this happen?’” Jill Duggar tells Megyn Kelly in tonight’s broadcast. “And then, you know, my parents explained to us what happened and then Josh came and asked each of us, individually, I know, he asked me to forgive him. And I had to make that choice to forgive him, you know? And it wasn’t something that somebody forced, like, ‘Oh, you need to do this.’ It’s like, you have to make that decision for yourself.”

    Jim Bob Duggar explained to Jana, Jill, Jinger, and Jessa Duggar that forgiveness doesn’t always go hand in hand with trust.

    “My dad explained to us, he said, ‘You know there’s a difference between forgiveness and trust. That’s not the same thing.’ You know, you forgive someone and then you have boundaries. Forgiveness with boundaries. Trust comes later,” Jill explained. “Josh destroyed that trust at the beginning, and so he had to rebuild that. I think when he came back, that was…the point of rebuilding.”

    Will you be tuning in this evening–Friday, June 5th–for the second portion of Megyn Kelly’s interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as with Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald?

    Hopefully there will be greater understanding of what the Duggar family experienced following the sexual molestations Josh Duggar committed.

  • Jill Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Sisters Victims of Josh Duggar’s Sexual Molestation

    Jill Dillard, nee Jill Duggar, and her sister Jessa Duggar Seewald are both victims of brother Josh’s Duggar’s sexual molestation. The 19 Kids and Counting sisters appeared on The Kelly File Wednesday night, as Megyn Kelly interviewed them along with parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar about the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal.

    Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard spoke just briefly during Wednesday night’s interview. They will speak at greater length during a special episode of The Kelly File on Friday night.

    The sisters appeared long enough on Wednesday’s episode to identify themselves as two of the four sisters Josh Duggar sexually molested. Eldest sister Jana Duggar and younger sister Jinger Duggar are believed to be the other two siblings he molested.

    “We are victims, they can’t do this to us,” Jill Dillard said, crying. She was speaking of the attention focused on her and the 19 Kids and Counting family that has been constant since word of Josh Duggar’s past hit the media nearly two weeks ago.

    “The system that was set up to protect kids, both those who make stupid mistakes or have problems like this in their life and the ones that are affected by those choices. It’s greatly failed,” Jessa Duggar Seewald said.

    Jill Duggar Dillard was far more distraught during her brief time on the air Wednesday night than sister Jessa. The young mom–married almost a year now–had difficulty speaking to the Fox cameras.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald made it quite clear she doesn’t want her brother called a child molester.

    “I’m like, that is so overboard and a lie really,” she said. “I mean, people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar answered Megyn Kelly’s questions and hopefully eased minds about the way they handled the Josh Duggar situation. They bot sought counsel from within their church and took Josh Duggar and the sisters he victimized to an accredited clinical therapist.

    Will you be tuning in on Friday to hear the rest of Megyn Kelly’s interview with Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard? It will be interesting to learn what else the 19 Kids and Counting sisters have to say about their lives in the years since they were victimized.

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald Defends ’19 Kids and Counting’ Brother Josh Duggar, ‘Don’t Call Him Child Molester’

    Jessa Duggar Seewald, the third of 19 Kids and Counting parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s daughters, is one of brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims. Yet she doesn’t want people calling her brother a child molester.

    Jessa Duggar–along with sister Jill Duggar Dillard, also one of their brother’s victims–spoke out briefly during an interview conducted by The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly on Fox on Wednesday night.

    “I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying,” Jessa Duggar told Kelly of brother Josh Duggar. “I’m like, ‘That is so overboard and a lie really.’ I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar shared information during this interview that most of the public–including many 19 Kids and Counting fans–didn’t know. The most important fact she shared was that Josh Duggar and his victims–purportedly Jinger and Jana Duggar, in addition to Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–received accredited clinical counseling in the aftermath of the sexual molestations. Many believed the only counseling any of the family members had received was church based.

    Michelle Duggar said during the interview that Jill and Jessa Duggar are feeling more victimized by the press than by what their brother did all those years ago.

    They “have been victimized more by what has happened in the last couple of weeks than they were 12 years ago because, honestly, they didn’t even understand and know that anything had happened until after the fact when they were told about it,” she said.

    Both Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard will speak more in depth in a continued interview with Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File, Friday night at 9:00 p.m. on Fox. It will certainly be interesting to get more of both sister’s perspectives on the crimes their brother committed against them and the aftermath that shattered the 19 Kids and Counting family’s silence several years later.

  • Jessa Seewald: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Daughter One of Brother Josh Duggar’s Victims, Defends Him

    Jessa Seewald, nee Jessa Duggar, admits she was one of brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims, yet she is still defending her brother–asking people not to call him a child molester.

    The 19 Kids and Counting daughter spoke out very briefly–along with sister Jill Duggar Dillard–during parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s interview on Wednesday night with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s portion of the interview will be expanded upon during a Fox special on Friday night.

    “I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying,” Jessa Dillard told Megyn Kelly of brother Josh Duggar. “I’m like, ‘That is so overboard and a lie really.’ I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    Wednesday night’s interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar did bring to light some facets of the scenario the public hadn’t known–like the fact that Josh Duggar and all of his sibling victims–purportedly Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar in addition to Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard–received licensed, accredited therapy in the wake of the sexual molestations. Until then, many believed the only counseling the entire family had received was from their church elders.

    Michelle Duggar insists that both Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald–perhaps because they are the 19 Kids and Counting siblings most popular with fans at this time–have been more victimized by the media these past two weeks than they were by what Josh Duggar did to them all those years ago.

    They “have been victimized more by what has happened in the last couple of weeks than they were 12 years ago because, honestly, they didn’t even understand and know that anything had happened until after the fact when they were told about it,” she said.

    It seems Jessa Duggar Seewald agrees.

    Fans can watch Megyn Kelly continue her interview with both Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald on Friday night, June 5th, during a special hour-long episode of The Kelly File. It airs on Fox at 9:00 p.m.

  • Jill Duggar, Jessa Duggar of ’19 Kids and Counting’ Confirm They Were Molested by Brother Josh Duggar

    Jill Duggar and sister Jessa Duggar were molested by their brother Josh Duggar, the girls confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday during Megyn Kelly’s interview with their parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

    The network told Us Weekly on Wednesday that daughters Jill Duggar and Jessa Duggar had joined them on the sit-down as well.

    News of the molestation came on May 21, when Josh admitted that he molested five girls — including his sisters — back in 2002 when he was a teen. The family addressed the allegations on their official Facebook page.

    “Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends,” said Josh Duggar, in his statement. “We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing, and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling. I understood that if I continued down this wrong road that I would end up ruining my life… I would do anything to go back to those teen years and take different actions. I sought forgiveness from those I had wronged and asked Christ to forgive me and come into my life. In my life today, I am so very thankful for God’s grace, mercy and redemption.”

    Kelly’s interview is the first time Josh’s parents will speak out publicly about the dark family secret.

    “We will sit down with Megyn Kelly on Fox News to share our hearts with you about the pain that we walked through as a family twelve years ago, the tears we all shed and the forgiveness that was given,” the couple announced via Facebook. “We appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers for our family at this time.”

    Jill Duggar is married to Derick Dillard and the couple welcomed their first child, son Israel, in April, the same month Jessa revealed she was expecting her first baby with her husband Ben Seewald.

    The girls and other immediate family members have remained silent on social media since their brother’s scandal broke last month. Jill’s last Instagram post before the controversy was revealed featured a selfie with Jessa.

    “So glad to spend the day with my sista!” Jill wrote alongside the snap of her smiling sibling. “@jessaseewald #sisters.”

    Megan Kelly’s interview with the Duggars will air on Fox News’ The Kelly File 9 p.m. ET Wednesday.

  • Jessa Duggar, Jill Duggar Confirmed as Josh Duggar’s Victims, Will Speak During Megyn Kelly Interview

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard have been confirmed as two of eldest brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims. Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar are the other two thought to be among his victims.

    Jill and Jessa Duggar will reportedly speak tonight when Fox’s Megyn Kelly interviews 19 Kids and Counting parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar about Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal.

    As fans of 19 Kids and Counting know, neither Jessa Duggar Seewald nor Jill Duggar Dillard asked Josh Duggar to play a role in their weddings. When Jill got married last June, there were several bridesmaids and groomsmen, but Josh wasn’t among her husband’s attendants. When Jessa Duggar married Ben Seewald in November, Josh Duggar didn’t even come to the wedding. Since hindsight is so often 20/20, speculation about Josh Duggar’s past with regard to both Jill and Jessa Duggar has fans feeling quite certain that his omission from their weddings had a very profound meaning. It seems they were right.

    On Wednesday night at 9:00 p.m., ET, Megyn Kelly of The Kelly File will interview Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and ask some very direct questions about what they knew about his sexual molestations. The Hollywood Reporter claims sisters Jill and Jessa Duggar will answer questions during the interview as well. It is uncertain as to how much information members of the 19 Kids and Counting family will share.

    There were only five girls in the Duggar family at the time that Josh Duggar sexually molested his sisters. That’s why it stands to reason that Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar were his victims. Josh Duggar also molested one more underage female who isn’t related to the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    Will you be tuning in to watch the 19 Kids and Counting interview with Megyn Kelly? How do you expect Jill and Jessa Duggar will portray what their brother did to them? Will they do so with the typical emotions of sexual abuse victims or will they show the deep love and forgiveness their parents have coached them to display?

  • Anna Duggar, Josh Duggar and Family Flee D.C. for Arkansas Foreclosure Property

    Anna Duggar is about to live a very different kind of life. Since word of hubby Josh Duggar’s sexual molestations made news a couple of weeks ago, there have been big changes in the lives of all the 19 Kids and Counting family members. Anna Duggar may be impacted by these changes more than anyone else.

    Anna Duggar is pregnant with her and Josh Duggar’s fourth child. Just over a week before word he had sexually molested five underage girls–four of whom were likely sisters Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar–Josh and Anna Duggar learned they are having another baby girl. A pregnant mom with three small children at home tests even the strongest woman. A pregnant mom with three small children at home, whose husband’s devious ways have just been outed by the media is under significant stress.

    To top off all this stress, RadarOnline reports that Josh and Anna Duggar are now fleeing their comfortable Washington, D.C. home to live in a foreclosed property he purchased in Siloam Springs, Arkansas–not far from the 19 Kids and Counting household where parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar kept Josh’s secrets so many years ago. The property cost $55,000.

    Josh and Anna Duggar’s new residence is in need of some work, but most of it appears to be cosmetic. The 3,000 square foot abode sits on almost two acres of land. It has several bedrooms that desperately need old carpets ripped up and walls painted. It has two full bathrooms.

    Josh Dugger resigned from the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. just a couple of days after word broke of his sexual molestations. It’s unclear at this point in time what he will do to fund the renovations at the property he purchased back in January. Perhaps Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who have prayed away Josh’s penchant for molesting young girls, have set aside some money to help him attempt to rebuild his life?

    Did Josh and Anna Duggar known back in January when they bought the Arkansas home that his long-kept cover would soon be blown?

    Anna Duggar shared a cryptic message about forgiveness just days ahead of the scandal making headlines for the first time.

    A photo posted by Anna Duggar (@annaduggar) on

    Might Anna Duggar be deemed an enabler as a result of knowing what Josh Duggar did prior to their marriage? He told both her and her parents of his past ‘transgressions’ two years before the two wed. Will her new neighbors regard her as a pariah–along with her husband? And what will this mean for Josh and Anna Duggar’s children?

    Yes, life is about to change significantly for many members of the 19 Kids and Counting family. Hopefully Anna Duggar hasn’t underestimated the impact those changes will have on her.

  • Jill And Jessa Duggar Spinoff Show Might Replace ’19 Kids And Counting’

    TLC might be giving up on 19 Kids and Counting, but the network still seems willing to give a Jill Duggar spin-off show a chance.

    TLC and the Duggar family are still reeling from the fallout surrounding Josh Duggar’s molestation scandal. Major sponsors like Payless, Choice Hotels International, David’s Bridal, General Mills and Walgreens have all pulled out their ads.

    With the network scrambling to appease its advertisers and avoid a major revenue loss, a People article stated that TLC is flirting with the idea of a spinoff show revolving around Jill, her sister Jessa and their husbands.

    The move is seen as a logical alternative, especially since the two Duggar girls new lives as married women and new mothers have captured viewers’ interest.

    When Jessa’s wedding to Ben Seewald was aired on 19 Kids and Counting, it generated a surprisingly large amount of interest.

    The same thing happened when Jill Duggar gave birth to her first child with Derick Dillard. That episode, which was aptly aired before Mother’s Day, garnered a whopping 3.6 million viewers – the highest rating the show has had in years.

    As an insider explains it, “the show had begun to focus more and more on the next generation of Duggars anyway – mainly Jill and Jessa and their marriages and babies.”

    One thing is certain though, if the spinoff series does push through, Josh Duggar won’t be featured in it.

    Whether their parents, Jim Bob and Michelle, will appear is still a big question mark as they too have received their fair share of backlash over how they handled the situation with Josh.

    The embattled couple is set to give an interview to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on June 3.

    In a statement, Jim Bob and Michelle said they will “share our hearts with you about the pain that we walked through as a family twelve years ago.”

    But will that be enough to stem the tide of public opinion?

  • Jill Duggar, Jessa Duggar: Josh Duggar Absence from Their Wedding Parties–Mystery Solved Now That Word of Sexual Molestations Hit Media?

    Jill Duggar tied the knot with hubby Derick Dillard nearly a year ago on June 21st, and a mystery of sorts surrounded the 19 Kids and Counting wedding. Her brother, Josh Duggar, wasn’t included in the wedding party when she and her hubby said, “I do.”

    Has that mystery now been solved in light of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal that broke over a week ago in the media?

    As Derick Dillard and Jill Duggar prepared to wed, they selected members of their respective families to serve as bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, and even a ring bearer. And while there were many spots available on both sides for wedding attendants, Josh Duggar wasn’t among them. His daughter, Mackynzie Duggar, was one of Jill Duggar’s flower girls.

    A source told the Daily Mail of the situation, “We all thought it was odd that basically everyone of Josh’s family served in some position but he was left out. But no one made a big deal about it. Now it’s making more sense why they wouldn’t want him up there, standing at the altar next to them.”

    On November 1st, when Jessa Duggar married Ben Seewald, the mystery deepened even further. Not only wasn’t Josh Duggar a member of Ben’s wedding attendant group, he and his entire family were absent from the wedding.

    Josh Duggar’s lack of participation or complete absence likely wasn’t noticed by everyone when Jill Duggar married Derick Dillard last June nor when Jessa Duggar married Ben Seewald in November. In light of Josh’s actions, however, his absence is glaring.

    Do you believe the sexual molestation of his sisters, Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, as well as Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar, explains why Josh Duggar was either cast aside or absent from his sister’s weddings?

  • ’19 Kids and Counting’ Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar to Address Josh Duggar Sexual Molestations as Advertisers Pull Out

    19 Kids and Counting hangs precariously in the TLC balance as patriarch and matriarch Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar hope to do some damage control in an interview on with Fox’s Megyn Kelly this coming week.

    The eldest of the 19 Kids and Counting children–Josh Duggar–admitted to sexually molesting five underage females when he was a teenager–after his long-kept cover was recently blown. Four of his victims are his sisters–purportedly Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar.

    TLC has stopped airing episodes of 19 Kids and Counting, but has yet to make a decision to actually cancel the show. A spinoff is supposedly in the works that would star Jill Duggar, Jessa Duggar, and husbands Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald, respectively. 2 Brides and Their Grooms would omit Josh Duggar from the picture completely and limit exposure of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who are under fire for the way they handled the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal.

    Some of the advertisers that have already abandoned 19 Kids and Counting include Choice Hotels International, Payless Shoe Source, David’s Bridal, Ace Hardware, Allstate Insurance, Crayola, Kohl’s, Jimmy Dean, Keurig, Party City, Walgreen’s, and Pizza Hut.

    It’s likely that these and other advertisers will be watching 19 Kids and Counting parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, very closely during their interview with Megyn Kelly this coming week on Fox. What they say regarding Josh Duggar and his sexual molestations may very well determine not only the fate of 19 Kids and Counting, but the likelihood of a spinoff as well.

  • Did Jessa and the Duggar Sisters Hint About Molesting in This Book?

    Did Jessa and the Duggar Sisters Hint About Molesting in This Book?

    When Jill Duggar co-wrote a book with her sisters in 2014 called Growing Up Duggar: It’s All About Relationships, did she drop hints about the molestations of Josh Duggar?

    The overall theme of the book, is the beliefs of the Duggar family, the sisters particularly. They say that how they handle relationships is the key to life in their big family. They talk about relationships with self, parents, siblings, friends, boys, and God.

    The Duggar family works with something they call the Buddy system, and that is outlined in the book, as is how the siblings handle conflict.

    Of particular interest in light of the recent Josh Duggar scandal is the sections on the sisters’ need to forgive their siblings.

    “Even though we may not feel like forgiving someone, we must choose to forgive every person who offends us and do it before they ask — and regardless if they ever do ask. The choice to forgive doesn’t always free the other person from the consequences of his or her wrong actions, but it frees the forgiver of negative feelings towards the offender. And if we still have feelings of bitterness, the Bible says it’s not only to forgive the other person, but also to go a step further and look for ways to bless him or her.”

    Might Jill Duggar or any of these sisters have had Josh Duggar’s instances of molestation in mind when they wrote this?

  • Jessa Duggar References Kissing Advice from Sexual Molester Josh Duggar in Last Year’s ‘Cosmo’ Interview

    Jessa Duggar is likely one of big brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims. The eldest of the 19 Kids and Counting siblings, word recently emerged about Josh Duggar sexually molesting five underage girls when he was a teenager–four of whom are his sisters. Since there were only five girls in the Duggar family during the years Josh was sexually abusing his sisters, it stands to reason that his victims include Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar.

    A little over a year ago, when the four older Duggar sisters–Jill, Jessa, Jinger, and Jana Duggar–wrote a book about growing up in the 19 Kids and Counting family. They were interviewed by Cosmopolitan during a press tour, and now something Jessa Duggar said during that interview is raising yet another red flag.

    Hindsight has certainly proved crystal clear in many instances regarding the Duggar family, and this topic–kissing–is a bit cringeworthy, now that Josh Duggar’s cover has been blown.

    Here’s what Jessa Duggar had to say in the interview.

    So you’ve never kissed anyone?

    Jessa Duggar: Nope–well, I mean my brothers! I think all of us girls have really purposed to save our first kiss for our wedding day.

    Have you ever been curious about what it’s like?

    Jessa Duggar: I can’t say I haven’t been, but it’s the anticipation, the suspense! It’s like Christmas morning, you know? Open this special package so it’ll be fun!

    Are you going to ask anyone for advice?

    Jessa Duggar: I’m sure I’ll be getting advice from people who are good kissers!

    Like who?

    Jessa Duggar: My parents are pretty good kissers! They very much like to show their kiss in public places, so they kiss in front of us all the time. [And I’d ask] my oldest brother. He’s been married for five years. And friends and people around me who I look up to. But I don’t think it’s too hard to figure out though.

    In light of what everyone now know about Josh Duggar–combined with the fact that Jessa Duggar was likely one of his victims–what do you make of this notion of her asking him for kissing advice?

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and sister Jill Duggar Dillard are under consideration for a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff to be called 2 Brides and Their Grooms. An attempt on behalf of TLC to salvage some of the Duggar family’s reputation, the spinoff would get rid of Josh Duggar and only use Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sporadically. There is clearly some damage control to do on their behalf, too, for the way they initially handled the Josh Duggar molestation scandal.

    With interviews like this Cosmo kissing advice circulating, can TLC possibly make a spinoff with the Duggar family work? Will advertisers buy into a family with such uncomfortable practices?