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  • Josh Duggar: Disgraced Former “19 Kids and Counting Star” Home from Rehab, Won’t Appear On TV

    Josh Duggar is home from a faith-based rehab, where he received counseling for his sexual sins. That doesn’t mean, however, that the disgraced former 19 Kids and Counting star will appear on TV.

    TLC made it quite clear in a statement to TMZ that Josh Duggar won’t appear in his own show or on Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s show, Jill & Jessa: Counting On.

    Josh Duggar’s wife, Anna Duggar, will appear on Jill and Jessa’s show, as “she and Josh’s children are actively involved with ongoing family story lines.”

    The Duggar family is working together with TLC to rebuild their brand following Josh Duggar’s sex scandals. The first–when it was discovered he sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teenager–cost the family their reality show. TLC cancelled 19 Kids and Counting last summer. Josh Duggar was outed shortly thereafter during the Ashley Madison cheater’s website hack. He admitted to cheating on Anna Duggar and to an addiction to pornography. These “sexual sins” were all addressed at the faith-based rehab he has attended since late August.

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar released a statement on their website announcing that Josh Duggar had left rehab.

    “Josh has completed his residential rehabilitation program. We are so thankful for everyone who worked with Josh in this program. It was a crucial first step in recovery and healing for Josh. Josh has now returned to Arkansas, where he will continue professional counseling and focus on rebuilding relationships with his family. We look to God for help and guidance and place all of our trust in Him. We are forever grateful for the love and prayers offered by so many and hope you will continue to pray in the days ahead,” the statement reads.

    Does it surprise you that Josh Duggar won’t capitalize on his sex scandals by appearing in a new TV show? Kudos to TLC for that.

    How long do you expect it will be before there’s big time trouble between him and wife Anna Duggar?

    Could you forgive Josh Duggar if you were in Anna’s shoes?

  • Anna Duggar: Husband Josh Duggar’s Motion to Dismiss Porn Star’s Lawsuit Denied

    Anna Duggar can’t seem to catch a break. Husband Josh Duggar, who is still in a rehab facility for his “sexual sins,” couldn’t get the lawsuit filed against him by porn star Danica Dillon dropped. It was on Wednesday that a judge denied Josh Duggar’s request.

    “We decline to grant Duggar’s motion to dismiss at this early stage of litigation where Stamm-Northup alleges Duggar treated her roughly, caused physical injuries, and she felt ‘as if she was being raped,’” Pennsylvania judge, J. Kearney, announced.

    Danica Dillon’s real name is Ashley Stamm-Northup.

    This means Josh Duggar must now respond to Dillon’s lawsuit by January 20, adding fuel to the fire that Anna Duggar is living with, and can’t seem to put out.

    Anna Duggar is still in serious pain over Josh’s admission of cheating on her, as well as his addiction to pornography. She appeared on Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s TLC three-part special, Jill & Jessa: Counting On, and explained how that pain is incredibly hard to deal with.

    Josh and Anna Duggar have four children–all of whom Anna has been raising as a single mom since Josh entered the faith based rehab facility in August. Every time something–like this lawsuit–comes up, it reminds Anna of all Josh has done to destroy their marriage.

    Despite her pain, however, Anna Duggar is determined to stay with Josh Duggar. Members of her family tried to convince her to file for divorce this summer, but she wouldn’t. Many people think she is strongly influenced by her in-laws, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who don’t believe divorce is even an option.

    Anna Duggar has a long road to travel in order to see her marriage repaired. Now it looks as though that road will have a serious bump in it–Danica Dillon’s lawsuit against Josh Duggar.

    “He threw me on the bed and, in all honesty, though it was consensual it more or less felt like I was being raped,” Dillon claims in the suit. “I never said no, I am going to have to reiterate that, I never told him no. But I did push him back and push him off and say that’s too rough that’s too rough.”

    If you were Anna Duggar, could you contend with this kind of betrayal?

  • Anna Duggar Compares Josh Duggar Infidelity and Porn Addiction to Ongoing Contractions

    Anna Duggar was prominently featured in TLC’s three-part special Jill & Jessa: Counting On. In the final episode, which aired on Sunday, Anna compared the pain she is suffering over hubby Josh Duggar’s infidelity and pornography addiction to the ongoing contractions she felt when preparing to give birth to each of her four children.

    “At one point,” Anna Duggar says, “I was like, ‘I feel like I’ve been in labor for like days.’ It’s like when you’re in labor, you just make it through the next contraction and go on and I think there’s been a lot of that lately, of just taking the next step and going on.”

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and her husband Ben, along with their baby boy Spurgeon, live in the house Anna Duggar lived in with hubby Josh Duggar and their four children, before Josh’s sex scandals made news.

    “It’s special being here because the house is so different, and it’s definitely Jessa and Ben’s house, but there are a lot of fond memories of starting out here,” Anna said during Sunday night’s episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On.

    “It’s kind of a tender spot to go back and be in what was our starter home. There are a lot of sweet memories running through my mind. It was good to be back and remember and I guess have some time to look back,” she adds.

    “We’ll see what God has in store for the future,” Anna Duggar says, always relying on her strong Christian faith to see her through.

    According to Jessa Duggar, sister-in-law Anna is doing okay, but still finds life “challenging.”

    Fans have no doubt enjoyed seeing Anna Duggar on Jill & Jessa: Counting On, and are hoping against hope that TLC decides to expand the show beyond it’s three-part special. Many are hoping it becomes the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff.

    Do you want to stay apprised of Anna Duggar’s struggles, as well as her life when Josh Duggar returns from rehab?

    Anyone who has experienced labor contractions knows Anna Duggar’s pain is real.

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald: Former “19 Kids and Counting” Star Shares Christmas Photos of Baby Spurgeon

    Jessa Duggar Seewald–former star of TLC’s now-cancelled 19 Kids and Counting–shared some adorable Christmas photos of baby Spurgeon Seewald.

    In her first post, little Spurgeon, born almost two months ago, wears traditional Christmas colors.

    “Merry Christmas, y’all!” Jessa Duggar captioned the shot.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Showing off a Christmas present little Spurgeon Seewald received, Jessa Duggar Dillard thanked the gift-giver with this Instagram post.

    “Thanks for the Christmas outfit, Mimi! ?❤️? @seewaldfamily,” she captioned it.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Jessa Duggar Seewald has returned to TLC–for a while, anyway–in what fans are hoping becomes a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. Jill & Jessa: Counting On focuses on the lives of Jill Duggar Dillard and her family, as well as Ben and Jessa Seewald.

    The first episodes of Jill & Jessa: Counting On featured Jill and Jessa, as well as sister-in-law Anna Duggar, talking about the pain they’ve all experienced in light of Josh Duggar’s sexual scandals. Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teen–four of whom are his own sisters. TLC cancelled 19 Kids and Counting because of fallout from this situation. Later in the summer, it was discovered that Josh Duggar had two accounts on the Ashley Madison cheater’s website. He then admitted to cheating on Anna Duggar, as well as to an addiction to pornography. He has been in a treatment center for his “sexual sins” ever since August.

    The final scheduled episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On featured Jessa Duggar Seewald’s labor and delivery, marking the birth of baby Spurgeon.

    Do you think fans want to see more of Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard on TLC? Might the network make Jill & Jessa: Counting On into a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff, instead of just a three-part special as it is presently airing?

  • 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?

  • Josh Duggar: Is Former “19 Kids and Counting” Star Going Home to Wife Anna Duggar for Christmas?

    Josh Duggar has been in a faith-based rehab center in Illinois since August, where he is getting therapy for his “sexual sins.” Meanwhile back in Arkansas, wife Anna Duggar is planning a big Christmas for her children. Will Josh Duggar be there or will he spend Christmas at the rehab center, too?

    A source close to the Duggar family says not all the 19, as in 19 Kids and Counting, Duggar “kids” will be together on Christmas this year. Obviously Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband will likely stay in El Salvador where they serve as missionaries. It doesn’t sound like Josh Duggar will be home for Christmas either.

    “[I] have not heard Josh is getting out in time for Christmas. I imagine he still has a lot of issues to work through and it’s better he stay there,” the source tells Entertainment Tonight. “The Duggars, including Anna and her kids, are planning a big Christmas this year with the whole family together. Regardless of all the negativity that has happened in the past few months, we are going to be positive and celebrate Christmas.”

    It will likely be difficult for Anna Duggar to explain to her children why their daddy won’t be home on what is surely their favorite day of the year.

    Anna Duggar has talked about Josh Duggar’s betrayal on recent episodes of Jill & Jessa: Counting On.

    “I didn’t know what to do, I knew we needed help,” Anna explained to TLC cameras. “My only hope was to cling to my faith…If I went off of what I was feeling, I would turn a mess into a disaster.”

    “It was such a betrayal for a spouse to go through what we’re walking through,” she added. “It was a betrayal for those that call themselves Christian. To vow before God to be loyal to each other, and that loyalty was broken.”

    Do you expect it’s a bit easier for Anna not to have Josh Duggar home for Christmas? Or is it simply another reminder of his betrayal of their marriage vows?

  • Anna Duggar Doesn’t Believe Josh Duggar Was Violent During Sex With Porn Star Danica Dillon

    Anna Duggar visited husband Josh Duggar in recent weeks at the faith-based rehab facility in Illinois where he is receiving counseling for his sexual sins. Josh, formerly of 19 Kids and Counting fame, is seeking treatment since being outed in this summer’s Ashley Madison website hack. He admitted to an addiction to pornography, as well as to cheating on Anna Duggar.

    One of the women Josh Duggar cheated on Anna Duggar with is a porn star named Danica Dillon. The porn star filed a lawsuit against Josh Duggar just days before Anna’s visit. Dillon alleges in the suit that Josh Duggar committed battery against her when they engaged in violent sex.

    A source says the visit was a difficult one for Anna.

    “Seeing Josh was really hard for Anna,” the source tells InTouch Weekly. “She cried about how much she misses him and teared up while they prayed.”

    “Anna knew she needed to talk to Josh about that,” the source explains, “and about the lawsuit. [Anna] believes Josh cheated on her–because he admitted he did–but she does not believe Danica’s story. She doesn’t think Josh could be so aggressive.”

    “Josh is still denying it happened and told Anna that since he was living a life of sin, he isn’t surprised that people are making things up about him. But Josh doesn’t confess anything until he is absolutely caught in a lie,” the source adds.

    What kind of a rock is Anna Duggar living under? Of course it was a shock to learn that a man she believed to be a devout Christian cheated on her–but now that she realizes that, she should also realize Josh Duggar isn’t to be trusted.

    “She believes everything Josh says. She actually thinks he’s getting better,” the source says.

    Anna Duggar plans to visit Josh again before Christmas, and she plans to bring their children this time.

    What will it take for Anna Duggar to see Josh at face value? Will she have to get burned again in order to realize he’s not worth her trust?

    Did you catch Anna on Sunday night on Jill & Jessa: Counting On?

  • Jessa Seewald, Jill Dillard: Duggar Sisters Back on TLC in “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”

    Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard are just two members of the Duggar family from 19 Kids and Counting fame who appeared in the first of a three-part TLC special on Sunday evening. Jill & Jessa: Counting On featured the Duggar sisters and various members of the devout Christian family in the aftermath of Josh Duggar’s sexual scandals.

    “You always think in the beginning of the year what the year will hold and it hasn’t been what we thought,” Jill Duggar Dillard, 24, said early on in the hour-and-a-half long show, which began with scenes of her and Jessa Duggar Seewald tending to their own families.

    The show then ran through Jill and husband Derick Dillard’s–along with baby Israel’s–move to South America, as well as Jessa and Ben Seewald’s preparation for the birth of their son (who was born in November).

    After that, the Josh Duggar scandals came into focus–to a degree, anyway.

    “We had moved on from there,” Jill said of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal. “To be thrown under the bus was really really hard.”

    “You don’t want that rubbed in your face all the time, for everyone else to see. That wasn’t right whoever released that. It shouldn’t have happened,” Jill, who was one of Josh’s victims, added.

    Jessa Seewald responded during her own segment on the show.

    “There’s an expectation that this family doesn’t have any problems,” she said. “People go digging up old bones. It was so frustrating.”

    “There was a period of time in our family where Josh was not to be trusted,” Jessa added of Josh Duggar’s first scandal. Once the family sought counseling, “That relationship was restored between all of us siblings and our parents.”

    “Knowing now what Joshua was hiding…it wasn’t right for him to let us speak our words without having the full knowledge of what he was hiding,” Jill Duggar Dillard, thinking back to when she and Jessa supported their brother after word of the first scandal hit the media.

    “We were devastated. Over the years Josh had worked really hard to repair our trust in him,” Jessa Seewald said.

    Later on in the show, additional 19 Kids and Counting siblings shared their thoughts on Josh Duggar and his scandals.

    “It’s probably the toughest time in our life by far,” Jinger Duggar said through tears.

    Second eldest brother John-David Duggard shared that “One of the toughest things I had to tell my older brother was, I don’t want to be like you anymore.”

    There were some happy moments in Jill & Jessa: Counting On, too. Some of the Duggar sisters went shopping for baby clothes for Jessa and Ben’s then-not-born yet baby. A producer asked Jessa Seewald if the year’s events (meaning, of course, the Josh Duggar scandals) had detracted from the joy of her pregnancy.

    “Of course not,” she said.

    “I think that there is hope for our family. There’s going to be a new normal,” Joy Duggar said.

    Did you catch Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–as well as some of their family members–on Jill & Jessa: Moving On Sunday night?

    Might the show become a spinoff of 19 Kids and Counting, or has the draw for the Duggar family shriveled up and died?

  • Josh Duggar: Brothers John-David, Joseph Duggar No Longer Admire Him

    Josh Duggar: Brothers John-David, Joseph Duggar No Longer Admire Him

    Josh Duggar may be in for some big-time disappointment when he finally leaves the rehab center where he’s been getting therapy for his “sexual sins.” In a clip for Sunday’s premiere episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On, two of his brothers make it unequivocally clear they no longer look up to him.

    “You look at your brother and you want to think the best about him. I always wanted to be like him. But one of the toughest things I ever had to tell my older brother was, ‘I don’t want to be like you anymore,’” John-David Duggar, 25, says, adding that he feels it’s now his job to be the new role model for the former 19 Kids and Counting family as the second eldest Duggar brother.

    “It’s a big load. It’s a big weight upon me now,” he adds. “I’ve got a whole bunch of younger siblings looking up to me, and I’ve got to be an example to them. Because whatever I am, that’s what they want to be. I know that’s what it was for me and Josh.”

    John-David also shares that just as “everything started to settle down” from Josh’s first scandal–in which he admitted in May to molesting five minor girls, including four of his sisters, when he was a teenager–the family “got word of a second thing that we had no clue about.”

    “That was a little more of a shock probably than the first stuff coming out,” he says about learning Josh Duggar had cheated on his wife, Anna Duggar, during the Ashley Madison hack. He also admitted to a pornography addiction in August.

    “Whenever somebody you respect the most is willing to get up and proclaim what we believe as Christians, about being true to your wife, you’d never expect that person to be the one that’s involved in it,” John-David Duggar says. “It broke my heart.”

    “Even after the first thing that came out when he was younger, I never had quite as close of a relationship as I did whenever I was really young,” Joseph Duggar, 20, says of Josh Duggar reveals. “But over time, it’s built back up. But then whenever this next situation came up, it blew my mind. I had no idea.”

    Josh Duggar and his sex scandals are the reason behind TLC canceling 19 Kids and Counting. His actions have had a very negative impact on his entire family.

    Will you tune in on Sunday night to watch Jill & Jessa: Counting On, to see even more of how the Duggar family is recovering after Josh Duggar’s sex scandals? The show airs on TLC at 8 p.m. ET.

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald Talks Home Birth Gone Wrong in “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”

    Jessa Duggar Seewald is back on the small screen this coming Sunday in Jill & Jessa: Counting On–the show the Duggar family is praying will become the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. This weekend’s episode finds Jessa reflecting on her home birth gone wrong.

    A preview for Jill & Jessa: Counting On finds Jessa Duggar in an ambulance, headed for the hospital, following the birth of her and Ben Seewald’s baby boy.

    “It was just like a bad dream, like, ‘How could this happen?’” Jessa asks in the preview.

    In addition to Jessa Duggar Seewald’s labor and delivery of baby Spurgeon, fans of the Duggar family will also hear more about Josh Duggar’s recent sex scandals.

    “Everybody makes their own decisions, and everybody makes their own choices,” Jill Duggar says. “But they’re not the only ones that suffer the consequences.”

    Younger sibling Joseph Duggar, 20, is in shock at the revelation that Josh Duggar was not the righteous man he claimed to be.

    “I don’t think there’s any way we could have known that my brother was living such a secret life,” Joseph Duggar says.

    Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teenager. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald admit to being among his victims. The family forgave Josh these transgressions, but TLC didn’t. 19 Kids and Counting was cancelled as a result of Josh’s actions and the way parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar handled the situation.

    This summer, Josh Duggar was outed in another sexual scandal when the Ashley Madison cheater’s website hack divulged the young husband and father had two accounts. Shortly thereafter he admitted to cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar, and said he had an addiction to pornography, too.

    It will be interesting to learn exactly how much of Josh Duggar’s scandal is discussed on Jill & Jessa: Counting On. It has come as a big surprise to many that Anna Duggar will appear on the show.

    Between Jessa Duggar Seewald’s labor, deliver, and trip to the hospital, and talk of the latest Josh Duggar scandal, there will be plenty of fodder for excitement on Jill & Jessa: Counting On. The first of three episodes airs December 13 at 8 p.m. ET on TLC.

    Will you be tuning in?

  • Anna Duggar Tested for STDs: Former “19 Kids and Counting” Family Upset She’s Talking Josh Duggar Scandals on “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”

    Anna Duggar appeared on the premiere episode of Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s three-part TLC special, Jill & Jessa: Counting On, and it seems some members of her 19 Kids and Counting family are upset about it.

    While Anna Duggar surely doesn’t detail the sex scandals through which Josh Duggar disgraced their family, she does indicate she was–and still is–experiencing a great deal of pain.

    A source tells Entertainment Tonight that the Duggar family is quite perplexed over Anna Duggar appearing in this show.

    The special is supposedly “turning into a circus” and “family members are disagreeing with a lot of what they are doing.”

    It was because of Josh Duggar’s first sex scandal–sexually molesting five underage girls when he was a teen–that TLC cancelled 19 Kids and Counting. Of course Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar want this new show–it could evolve into a spinoff–but they don’t want more Duggar secrets being aired.

    The Duggar family is divided with regard to this new TV show–especially with Anna Duggar’s involvement.

    “Certain members of the family are more focused on ratings and a paycheck than actually focusing on the issues at hand,” the source explains, adding that some members of the 19 Kids and Counting family have “chosen not to participate in the special out of respect to the serious ordeal the family has been going through in the last months.”

    Anna Duggar was pregnant with her fourth child this past summer, when she learned Josh Duggar cheated on her with a porn star. Now that porn star is suing Josh Duggar. A recent report says the former 19 Kids and Counting star was tested for STDs following this devastating news. Fortunately, she received a clean bill of health.

    The 19 Kids and Counting family should count their lucky stars that Anna Duggar hasn’t disgraced their fundamental Christian family by divorcing Josh Duggar–something most people believe she should do.

    Will Jill & Jessa: Counting On become the ultimate demise of the Duggar family? Will Anna Duggar stick with Josh, or will she come to her senses and kick him permanently to the curb?

    Anna Duggar is surely being paid for her appearances on this TLC three-part special. Maybe she is waiting for her payday to file for divorce.

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard: Some Family Members Boycotting TLC “Counting On” Special

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Dillard are clearly excited to let the world into their respective expansions of the Duggar family on TLC’s upcoming three-part special, Jill and Jessa: Counting On.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald will share insight into her life as a wife and now a new mother. Her wedding was a major event for the Duggars and she quickly became a mother to the couple’s son, Spurgeon Elliot.

    Jill Duggar Dillard will share her life as a fairly new mom and the life that her and her husband have created as missionaries.

    However, it seems the focus may not entirely be in Jill and Jessa Duggar. In a preview for the special, Anna Duggar is shown to have a part in the show.

    Anna Duggar is, of course, dealing with major issues in her marriage to Josh Duggar, who recently lost his job and had to move back near his family after admitting to the molestation of five young girls when he was a teenager, a recent affair and a pornography addiction.

    Josh Duggar is in a faith-based rehab facility, but it looks like Anna Duggar might be speaking of the ordeal on a platform that some Duggar family members don’t find appropriate.

    While Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Dillard seem pleased to share the spotlight with the struggling Anna Duggar, some family members are boycotting the special by refusing to appear in it.

    So, while the specific family members haven’t been named, it will be easy to figure out.

    A source close to the family reportedly said that the special is “turning into a circus” and “family members are disagreeing with a lot of what they are doing.”

    Especially putting any focus on Anna Duggar “at a time like this.”

    Do you think Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald should have shared the special with a distraught Anna Duggar while she is still dealing with these issues?

  • Anna Duggar: Will She Be Forced to Appear on “Jill & Jessa: Counting On” to Support Children in Aftermath of Josh Duggar Sex Scandals?

    Anna Duggar may be forced to appear on Jill & Jessa: Counting On–especially if it becomes a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff–as a means of supporting her children in the aftermath of Josh Duggar’s sex scandals.

    The Christian Post reports that many fans who saw Anna on the first episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On, noted how frail she appears. It’s been a hellish summer and fall for the mom of four, who has been forced to raise her four children as a single mom since Josh Duggar entered a faith based rehab this summer for his “sexual sins.”

    Jim Bob Duggar reportedly offered Anna Duggar a home to stay in since she and Josh Duggar sold their Arkansas home shortly after his second sex scandal made news this summer. She allegedly didn’t accept the offer and is believed to be staying at the Duggar family home for now.

    To make matters worse, Josh Duggar was recently named in a lawsuit by a porn star–Danica Dillon–with whom he cheated on Anna Duggar while she was pregnant with their fourth child, daughter Meredith Grace.

    Anna Duggar has way more on her plate than any young mom should have to handle. Members of her family–who are devout Christians, too, and don’t believe in divorce–have urged her to divorce Josh Duggar.

    The next episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On airs on TLC on December 13th. It will be interesting to see if fans learn more about Anna Duggar’s situation–and her state of mind–at that time.

    Do you think Anna Duggar is appearing on the new reality show as a means of supporting her children, or is she doing so at the urging of in-laws Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar?

  • Josh Duggar Cheating Scandal Discussed on New TLC Show About Duggar Family, “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”

    Josh Duggar cost the 19 Kids and Counting family their reality show. Following the show’s cancellation, he was outed during the Ashley Madison website hack, and admitted shortly thereafter to cheating on wife Anna Duggar and having an addiction to pornography.

    On Sunday night at 8 p.m. on TLC, Anna Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, and Jessa Duggar Seewald will talk about Josh Duggar and the pain he has caused their entire family. TLC is airing a three-part special called Jill & Jessa: Counting On. Many hope the ratings might warrant more episodes of the show–maybe even a spinoff of 19 Kids and Counting.

    “It was heartbreaking to hear, what had happened,” Anna Duggar says in a promo for tonight’s show.

    “I cried a lot of tears,” Jill Duggar Dillard admits. “My first thoughts were for Anna.”

    “Someone who you love, how could this happen?” Jessa Duggar Seewald asks.

    “We’re getting through,” Jessa says, with Jill adding, “We will come out of this fire.”

    Tonight’s episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On will mark the first time Anna Duggar has spoken out about the Josh Duggar scandal.

    In September, cousin Amy Duggar King commented on Anna Duggar, saying at the time she was “strong.”

    “There is a reason God gives you family. It’s for moments like this,” Amy said. “We encourage her as much as we can.”

    Sources close to the Duggar family claim Josh Duggar isn’t truly remorseful over his infidelity.

    “He is not the person everyone thought they knew,” the source said. “Anna didn’t check up on Josh because she trusted him. When she found out about the cheating, she just cried.”

    Will you tune in to Jill & Jessa: Counting On tonight to hear what members of the Duggar family have to say about Josh Duggar?

    It’s highly unlikely Josh Duggar will ever appear on the TLC show, as advertisers pulled away from 19 Kids and Counting because of his actions.

  • Anna Duggar Talks Josh Duggar Cheating Scandal in New “Jill & Jessa: Counting On” Promo

    Anna Duggar will appear in TLC’s upcoming three-part special, Jill & Jessa: Counting On. This is the short series that many hope will become the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. Her appearance will mark the first time Anna Duggar has broken her silence over the Josh Duggar cheating scandal.

    As most everyone knows, Josh Duggar is the proverbial thorn in the side of the entire Duggar family. He cost them their 19 Kids and Counting reality show when word about him sexually molesting underage girls–some his own sisters–made news several months ago. During this summer’s Ashley Madison website hack, it was discovered that Josh Duggar had two accounts on the cheater’s site. Shortly thereafter he admitted to cheating on wife Anna Duggar, as well as to an addiction to pornography.

    Over the summer, Anna Duggar packed up her four children–the fourth of whom she was expecting when Josh Duggar cheated on her–and went to Florida to stay with her family. Members of her family urged her to divorce Josh Duggar, but that clearly didn’t happen.

    Late in the summer a rumor surfaced that Jim Bob Duggar had bribed Anna with a very sizable home in Arkansas–near the Duggar family compound–if she put divorcing Josh Duggar out of her head. No one knows for sure if she accepted the supposed bribe, but Anna Duggar is very clearly in Arkansas and will soon appear on Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s new show.

    “It was heartbreaking to hear, what had happened,” a very emotional Anna Duggar tells TLC cameras in a preview of Jill & Jessa: Counting On.

    Jill Duggar Dillard offers her bit in the promo as well.

    “I cried a lot of tears,” she admits. “My first thoughts were for Anna.”

    “Someone who you love, how could this happen?” Jessa Duggar Seewald, who just welcomed her first baby–a boy named Spurgeon–asks.

    Josh entered a faith-based rehab called Reformers Unanimous in Rockford, Illinois, in late August. Earlier this month, a plane carrying his father, Jim Bob Duggar, one of his sons and two unidentified passengers was spotted at an airport near the treatment center, leading some to speculate that Josh is headed to the Duggar family home in Springdale, Arkansas, to spend Thanksgiving.

    Are you surprised to learn Anna Duggar is appearing in Jill & Jessa: Counting On? Do you expect she will shed any real insight into Josh Duggar’s actions or will it all be covered over with well-rehearsed fluff?

    Will you tune in to what might possibly become the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff?

    The first episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On airs Sunday evening, November 22 at 8 p.m. ET on TLC.

  • Jessa Seewald: Countdown to Baby, Just A Couple of Days to Due Date

    Jessa Seewald is counting down the final days before her and hubby Ben Seewald’s baby arrives.

    On Thursday, Jessa Duggar Seewald shared what may very well be the last pregnancy progression update before the baby’s birth.

    “Feeling as big as a barn, and soooo ready to meet my baby! #BabySeewald” she captioned it.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Jessa Seewald is surely excited, but no doubt exhausted, too. The last few days before giving birth can find moms-to-be feeling the full weight of their unborn babies. Carrying around that extra weight takes its toll on her stomach, back, and legs.

    Meanwhile, one source says Jessa Seewald is presently upset with brother Josh Duggar, and that the two are feuding via telephone while he is in a rehab facility. Jim Bob Duggar is offering a mansion he purchased recently to Josh and Anna Duggar–contingent upon Anna giving up the idea of divorcing Josh. Meanwhile Ben and Jessa Seewald are living in a tiny home, without the income needed to buy something bigger.

    Although this sounds a bit far-fetched, it’s true that Jessa Seewald had lost any respect she once had for Josh Duggar, following his admission to cheating on Anna, and to having an addiction to pornography.

    Jessa Seewald and sister Jill Duggar Dillard will soon return to TV in three TLC episodes of Jill & Jessa: Counting On. If the show turns into a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff, Jessa and Ben might have enough money to buy a bigger house.

    Hopefully Jessa remains calm for now, and concentrates on nothing but bringing a healthy baby into the world.

  • Josh Duggar: Sisters Break Down Over His Sex Scandals in New Show Promo

    Josh Duggar is still the source of much anguish in the former 19 Kids and Counting family. In a promo for an upcoming three-part TLC special featuring sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, some of that pain is very plain to see.

    Jill & Jessa: Counting On is set to air in December, and depending on ratings, could in fact become a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. In the promo clip, Jill and Jessa break down in tears, and while they don’t refer to Josh Duggar by name, it’s clear he is the source of their pain.

    Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teen. Two of those girls are his sisters, Jill and Jessa. Given their ages at the time, most suspect Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar were molested at the hands of Josh Duggar, too, as well as a non-related young woman.

    Josh Duggar’s actions–as well as the way 19 Kids and Counting parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar handled the situation–are the reason TLC cancelled the family’s reality show.

    Yet another sex scandal rocked the Duggar family this summer. Josh Duggar was outed following the hacking of the cheater’s website, Ashley Madison. It was determined that Josh Duggar had two accounts. He admitted shortly thereafter–and likely only because he’d been caught–to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on wife Anna Duggar.

    Anna Duggar has since packed up the couple’s four children–the youngest of whom she was pregnant with when Josh cheated on her–and moved to Florida where she is staying with her parents. Some sources say she is considering divorcing Josh Duggar.

    Meanwhile, Josh Duggar is in Illinois, at a faith based rehab called Reformers Unanimous, where he is getting help for his “sexual sins.”

    Do you think too much water has flowed underneath that proverbial Duggar bridge for TLC to create a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff from Jill & Jessa: Counting On? Or does the Duggar family have plenty of support despite Josh Duggar’s actions–enough support to provide plenty of viewers for a new Duggar TV show?

  • Jessa Seewald: Former “19 Kids and Counting” Star Shares Maternity Photo Shoot Via Social Media, Baby “Quincy” Arriving Soon

    Jessa Seewald (nee Duggar) posed for a maternity photo shoot in recent days, and posted a few of those photos to share with her fans via social media.

    Ben and Jessa Seewald are expecting their first baby on November 1st, and are excited and ready as any new parents for the impending arrival.

    Last weekend, Jessa and Ben were lauded at a baby shower. Several members of the 19 Kids and Counting family were in attendance, along with many friends, and the TLC cameras. Jessa Seewald’s baby shower will be featured on one of the upcoming episodes of TLC’s Jill & Jessa: Counting On, set to air in December.

    “Ahh! Our maternity photos from @evangelinerenee are in! ? Check them out on our website: www.TheSeewaldFamily.com/MaternityPhotos (or click the link in my bio!)” Jessa Seewald captioned the following Instagram post.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    “jessaseewald Check out the full maternity photo album on our website! www.TheSeewaldFamily.com/MaternityPhotos Amazing photography by @evangelinerenee!” Jessa captioned this gorgeous shot of the happy dad and mom-to-be.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    When Jill Duggar Dillard and hubby Derick welcomed son Israel into the world, TLC cameras were on hand. Israel’s birth was featured as a 19 Kids and Counting special. It’s uncertain if TLC cameras will be rolling when Jessa Seewald welcomes baby “Quincy” into the world (that’s what Jessa and Ben jokingly call their unborn baby), but since they were there at the shower, it seems like there’s a good chance they’ll be there for the birth as well.

    Are you excited about Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard’s return to TLC in Jill & Jessa: Counting On?

    Do you think Jessa Seewald’s baby will arrive on his or her due date of November 1st? That’s the same day Ben and Jessa will celebrate their first wedding anniversary and just three days before Jessa’s 23rd birthday.

    The former 19 Kids and Counting family have lots of celebrations in the very near future.

  • Jessa Seewald Shares New Ultrasound Pic Just Days Before Baby “Quincy” is Due

    Jessa Seewald, nee Duggar, shared a new ultrasound picture of her unborn baby with her fans just days ahead of her due date. Due to give birth to baby Quincy–what she and hubby Ben Seewald are jokingly calling their baby–on November 1st, that day is also Ben and Jessa Seewald’s first wedding anniversary and falls just three days before Jessa Seewald’s 23rd birthday. The former 19 Kids and Counting family will have plenty to celebrate in a matter of days.

    “Sitting here dreaming about the moment when we will meet our little one face-to-face… and wondering if our baby will carry more Seewald or Duggar characteristics and features! I’m thinking #BabySeewald will be a sweet mix of the two of us! ❤️ What do you think? Just 10 more days till baby’s due date!” Jessa Seewald captioned the ultrasound pic, beside which she posted her own baby picture as well as Ben’s.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Ben and Jessa Seewald reportedly know the sex of their unborn baby, but haven’t shared that little tidbit of info with anyone yet.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and sister Jill Duggar Dillard have decided to give the limelight yet another try in the wake of the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting because of brother Josh Duggar’s actions. Jill & Jessa: Counting On will air on TLC in December in three episodes, and could wind up becoming the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff if all goes well.

    “Even with all the difficulties that my family has walked through, there’s still a lot of exciting milestones ahead,” Jessa Seewald says promised in a short clip that previews the upcoming show. “Ben and I are really excited to welcome our first little one into the world very soon.”

    Jessa Seewald will have given birth by the time the first episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On airs. Fans will get to see her celebrate her baby shower on one of the episodes, along with Jill Duggar Dillard, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, and other members of the former 19 Kids and Counting family.

  • Jessa Duggar Enjoys Baby Shower Fun as TLC Cameras Roll, Shares 3-D Ultrasound Pick of Baby “Quincy”

    Jessa Duggar Seewald was lauded at a co-ed fall-themed baby shower in recent days, surrounded by many of the 19 Kids and Counting family members and lots of dear friends. Also on the invite list was TLC. They had their cameras rolling for an upcoming episode of the three-episode special that fans (and like the Duggar family, too) hope will become the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. Jill & Jessa: Counting On will air in December.

    Due on November 1st, if Jessa Duggar’s baby arrives on her due date, she and hubby Ben Seewald will have a double celebration. November 1st is their first wedding anniversary.

    Recent photos indicate Jessa will soon give birth.

    “She’s looking the part,” a source tells People magazine of Jessa Duggar Seewald. “She’s adorable. She didn’t gain any weight in her face at all. She’s absolutely flawless!”

    Like sister Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar has shared pregnancy progression photos every few weeks to keep friend and fans apprised of the big countdown.

    Jessa Duggar’s most recent post is a 3-D ultrasound of the baby they refer to as “Quincy.” In the post, she compares the baby’s features with her baby picture and one of Ben’s, too.

    “Sitting here dreaming about the moment when we will meet our little one face-to-face… and wondering if our baby will carry more Seewald or Duggar characteristics and features! I’m thinking #BabySeewald will be a sweet mix of the two of us! ❤️ What do you think? Just 10 more days till baby’s due date!” Jessa captioned the post.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Jessa Duggar no doubt received many wonderful gifts for her baby at her shower. Since it was co-ed, dad Jim Bob Duggar, brother-in-law Derick Dillard, and of course hubby Ben Seewald were all on hand to join in the fun. Noticeably absent, however, were Josh and Anna Duggar. Josh is in a rehab facility in Illinois, receiving faith-based counseling for his “sexual sins.” Jessa Duggar was one of the siblings Josh Duggar sexually molested when he was a teen. Jessa has also been the most vocal about Josh’s actions. The pain Jessa and Jill Duggar experienced at the hands of Josh through that sex scandal and a more recent one, when he was discovered to have two Ashley Madison accounts on the cheater’s website, and admitted to cheating on Anna Duggar, comes to light in a clip of the upcoming TLC show.

    Even though Jessa Duggar will have given birth by then, fans are no doubt looking forward to seeing her feted at her baby shower, surrounded by members of the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    The countdown is certainly on for Jessa Duggar Seewald. She has just over a week to go before her due date. Do you think Jill Duggar–who is a midwife–will be on hand for Jessa’s labor and delivery?

    Do you predict a baby boy or a girl for Jessa and Ben?

  • The Duggars TV Show Canceled, But New Special ‘Jill & Jessa: Counting On’ In The Works

    The Duggars, a family that stars in reality television show, 19 Kids and Counting, will reportedly have new specials on the TLC network.

    The new TV special comes after 19 Kids and Counting was canceled in July amidst sexual abuse allegations against the family’s oldest son, Josh Duggar.

    In a report, Duggar has admitted committing the inappropriate acts and said he “acted inexcusably” during his teenager years. The father of four has issued a public apology, and has checked into a Christian rehab facility in Rockford, Illinois.

    Meanwhile, the new show, entitled Jill & Jessa: Counting On, will feature Duggar sisters Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald, who have already appeared in the special’s first promo clip. Jill, 24, and Jessa, 22, appeared emotional in a portion of the one-minute sneak peak.

    “We were devastated,” Jessa said in the video. “We couldn’t believe it. You have to wonder: How did this happen?” Meanwhile, Jill added, “You’re angry and hurt and all of those emotions all mixed together. I cried a lot of tears. I still do,” while she wipes her tears.

    While the emotions were evident, it was not clear why exactly the sisters were crying. One report says it could be because of Josh’s past abuse, the cancellation of the long-running show, the negative publicity the family has been receiving, or all of them. However, after the emotional outburst of the two girls, the sisters remained positive that the family will be able to pull through. They are also excited for what the future holds, including the “milestones ahead.”

    The upcoming TLC special will feature the sisters and their families, and will follow their lives on a daily basis.

    The Duggars new special, Jill & Jessa: Counting On will premiere on TLC in December.