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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?

  • Josh Duggar Out of Rehab, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Confirm

    Josh Duggar, the disgraced former 19 Kids and Counting star, is out of rehab. The news was confirmed by parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, via a statement on their website.

    “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.

    Josh Duggar entered the faith based Reformers Unanimous rehab facility in Illinois in August, after he was outed by the Ashley Madison cheaters’ website hack. He admitted to cheating on wife Anna Duggar and to having an addiction to pornography after it was discovered he had two accounts on the website.

    That sex scandal came just a few months after the media learned Josh Duggar sexually abused five underage girls when he was a teenager–four out of five of them his own sisters. The incidents, and the way Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar seemingly hid the information from the media, prompted TLC to cancel the family’s long-running reality show, 19 Kids and Counting.

    While Josh Duggar was in rehab working on his “sexual sins,” members of Anna Duggar’s family begged her to divorce him. She clung to her strong Christian faith, however, that mandates forgiveness and remaining married. She will now work on her marriage with Josh Duggar now that he has returned home.

    Do you expect this will be the last the media hears of Josh Duggar’s sex problems? For the sake of Anna Duggar and their four children, one can only hope and pray that is the case.

    Given his issues throughout the years, however, it seems like something could crop up in the future.

    How long might it be before Josh Duggar makes headlines once again?

  • Jill Duggar, Derick Dillard Receive Surprise El Salvador Visit from Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar

    Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are serving as missionaries in El Salvador, and recently they received some surprise visitors. Jill Duggar’s parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, traveled to Central America to visit with them, and to spend time with their grandson, 10-month-old Israel Dillard.

    Derick Dillard wrote about the visit in his ministry blog.

    It was a “great impromptu visit,” he said of the surprise from Jill Duggar’s parents.

    “It was great to have them with us and get to show them the work the Lord is doing here,” he added. “Israel definitely enjoyed all the attention when Grandma and Grandpa Duggar came to visit.”

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    While the Dillard family loves the work they are doing as missionaries, something they haven’t grown accustomed to are the creatures that are native to El Salvador.

    “We weren’t used to seeing scorpions, tarantulas and cougars back home but we’ve seen them all and the first two multiple times!” Derick wrote. “Jill opened her makeup bag to find a tarantula on top of her toothbrush.”

    Jill Duggar Dillard shared her own update on the little family this weekend via Instagram.

    “Thank y’all for praying for us. Check out our new update just on our website: www.dillardfamily.com,” she wrote.

    It was so nice to visit Jill, Israel and Derick!

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Friday, February 12, 2016

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are the parents of the former 19 Kids and Counting reality show family. The show was cancelled following son Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal. Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard were among his victims. Josh was outed shortly thereafter for having two accounts on the Ashley Madison cheater’s website. He admitted to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar. He has been in a faith-based rehab, working on his “sexual sins” since late summer.

    That said, a trip to El Salvador–even with its scorpions and tarantulas, was likely peaceful for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

    Jill Duggar Dillard and hubby Derick were no doubt thrilled to have visitors from back home.

  • Josh Duggar: Porn Star Danica Dillon Drops Lawsuit Against Shamed “19 Kids and Counting” Star

    Josh Duggar finally has some good news to report. The shamed 19 Kids and Counting star learned in recent days that the lawsuit brought against him by porn star Danica Dillon has been dropped.

    Dillion, whose real name is Ashley Stamm-Northup, claimed Josh Duggar assaulted her when they went to a Philadelphia hotel to have sex for money last spring.

    Josh Duggar’s lawyers say the accusations are “entirely fictitious.” They have found evidence that proves Danica Dillon wasn’t even in Philadelphia on the date in question.

    The eldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children, Josh cost the family their 19 Kids and Counting reality show on TLC after it was discovered he molested five underage girls while he was a teenager. Four of those girls are his sisters. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald spoke out about the scenarios on TV several months ago.

    Follow the sexual molestation debacle, Josh Duggar was outed during last summer’s Ashley Madison website hack. It was discovered he had two accounts on the cheater’s website. He admitted shortly thereafter to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on wife Anna Duggar.

    Since that time Josh Duggar has been in a faith-based rehab in Illinois, where he is said to be receiving help for his “sexual sins.”

    The 19 Kids and Counting family are likely thrilled to hear this latest news. There is now one less problem on Josh Duggar’s plate.

  • 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 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.

  • Duggar Family: Jessa Duggar Seewald Gives Birth to Baby Boy

    The Duggar family has a new member. Jessa Duggar Seewald and hubby Ben Seewald welcomed a baby boy on Thursday.

    The 19 Kids and Counting family took to Facebook to announce the blessed arrival.

    Yesterday Jessa gave birth to a baby boy. He is 9 lbs 11 ounces and 21 1/4 inches long. Both Jessa and the baby are doing well. They’ve posted some precious first pictures on their website here:

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Friday, November 6, 2015

    Ben and Jessa had a home birth. Several members of the Duggar family were on hand to welcome their newest member, as was Ben Seewald’s mom.

    Baby Seewald was due on Sunday, but in the tradition of several new Duggar family members of late, he arrived when he was good and ready. Sunday was Ben and Jessa’s first wedding anniversary.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald held out hope that their baby might arrive on her 23rd birthday, which was Wednesday. Apparently Baby Seewald wanted his very own day to shine, rather than sharing a celebration with his mom and dad.

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are now the grandparents of six. Josh and Anna Duggar have four children and Jill and Derick Dillard have one.

    Becoming a part of the Duggar family will no doubt mean lots of attention and cuddles for Baby Seewald, and hopefully some much needed rest for Jessa Duggar Seewald.

    Congratulations are no doubt headed the Duggar family’s way on the birth of this new baby boy.

  • “19 Kids and Counting” Family Welcomes New Member, Jessa Duggar Seewald Gives Birth

    The former 19 Kids and Counting family has a new member. Daughter Jessa Duggar Seewald gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday.

    The Duggar family shared word of the blessed event on their Facebook page.

    So excited!!!!! Ben and Jessa have had their sweet new baby! A beautiful baby BOY!!!!! More details soon. Mom and baby are both doing great! Thanks for all your prayer! Congrats Ben and Jessa, we love you!

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Thursday, November 5, 2015

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and hubby Ben Seewald watched her due date come and go on Sunday, which was also the couple’s first wedding anniversary. On Wednesday, Jessa Duggar turned 23, but no baby arrived as an extra special birthday gift.

    It seems Baby Seewald was awaiting his own date and time to make his entrance into the world. Perhaps he didn’t want to share his mom and dad’s anniversary or his mom’s birthday.

    The arrival of Jessa Duggar’s baby marks the sixth grandchild for 19 Kids and Counting patriarch and matriarch Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. Eldest son Josh Duggar has four children with his wife Anna Duggar–the one he admitted to cheating on this past summer. Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband Derick have one child, a son named Israel.

    Fans are now awaiting word on what the 19 Kids and Counting family will name their new blessing. Ben and Jessa referred to their unborn baby as “Quincy,” having first called him “Q.” Ben and Jessa knew they were having a boy, but didn’t share that information with their fans.

    The entire 19 Kids and Counting family is no doubt rejoicing today following the arrival of a new member yesterday.

    Hopefully Jessa Duggar Seewald will post pictures of her new bundle of joy soon.

  • Joy-Anna Duggar Turns 18, Former “19 Kids and Counting” Family Celebrates

    Joy-Anna Duggar turned 18 on Wednesday, and the former 19 Kids and Counting family celebrated her big day.

    Taking to social media, sister Jessa Duggar, who is expecting her first baby with hubby Ben Seewald in just days, shared her birthday wishes with Joy-Anna Duggar.

    “Happy birthday, Joy Joy! Love you so much, and I’m so blessed to have you as my sister! ? You light up the world around you and bring love and joy everyone you meet! ? Praying God’s blessings over you in this new year!” she captioned the post.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Sister Jill, who is serving as a missionary in Central America, shared her birthday wishes with Joy-Anna Duggar via Instagram as well.

    “We love you joy joy! Happy birthday! #joyduggar,” Jill Duggar Dillard captioned her photo.

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar posted their birthday wishes for Joy-Anna on their family’s Facebook page.

    Happy 18th birthday Joy-Anna! You live up to your name!You bring JOY into the lives of others and your love for God…

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Wednesday, October 28, 2015

    Surely the entire Duggar family joined together for a celebration of cake and presents for Joy-Anna Duggar’s birthday.

    Can you believe that another of the 19 Kids and Counting family members has reached legal age? Will she think about moving out, or is Joy-Anna Duggar sold on the Duggar way of life?

  • 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 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.

  • The Duggars Return to TLC: Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald Star in “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”

    The Duggars are headed back to TLC. The 19 Kids and Counting family lost their reality show following the recent Josh Duggar sex scandals, but TLC no doubt realized the family is the source of many viewers–which translates into big bucks–so they’re giving them another try. Of course not all the Duggars are returning to TLC. Jill Duggar Dillard and sister Jessa Duggar Seewald will highlight the new show–which hasn’t yet been officially called a spinoff. Jill & Jessa: Counting On will initially be aired as specials, but is rumored to become the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff if all goes well.

    In a one-minute promo clip that first aired Monday, Jill and Jessa allude to the heartache Josh Duggar has caused them and their families.

    “We were devastated,” Jessa says in the clip. “We couldn’t believe it. You have to wonder: How did this happen?”

    “You’re angry and hurt and all of those emotions all mixed together,” Jill adds. “I cried a lot of tears. I still do.”

    What the clip doesn’t tell viewers about the Duggars is where they now stand with regard to Josh Duggar. Have they forgiven him for both sexually molesting underage girls when he was a teen–Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald among his victims–and more recently for cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar? Are they more upset about his actions or about the fact that people found out about them? Are they angry about the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting?

    The new show will reportedly feature members of the Duggars as they pick up the pieces of their lives and move on past the whole Josh Duggar scandal. Jessa Duggar is expecting a new baby and Jill and her family are preparing to raise their son Israel while they serve as missionaries in Central America.

    It remains to be seen if other members of the 19 Kids and Counting family will appear on the new show. Of course Jill and Jessa’s husbands, Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald will appear. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, however, are revered in the media with nearly the amount of disdain with which Josh Duggar is regarded. Many believe they covered up Josh’s actions and didn’t get the proper kind of help for their son when he was a teenager.

    TLC has yet to announce an official date for the return of the Duggars, but they’ve said the show will air in December. By then, Jessa Duggar and her husband will have welcomed their little one into the world. She and Ben Seewald are expecting their baby on November 1st–the date of their first wedding anniversary.

    Will you check out Jill & Jessa: Counting On when the Duggars return to TLC in December?

  • Duggar Family: Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald Appear in “Jill & Jessa: Counting On,” See the Promo Clip

    The Duggar family will soon be back on TLC. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald will star in Jill & Jessa: Counting On–no doubt a take on the title of the Duggar family’s now-cancelled TV show, 19 Kids and Counting.

    In a one-minute promo clip, Jill and Jessa allude to the scandals brother Josh Duggar has been involved in, and the heartache he has caused the Duggar family.

    “We were devastated,” Jessa says in the clip. “We couldn’t believe it. You have to wonder: How did this happen?”

    “You’re angry and hurt and all of those emotions all mixed together,” Jill adds. “I cried a lot of tears. I still do.”

    What the clip doesn’t tell viewers about the Duggar family is where they now stand with regard to Josh Duggar. Have they forgiven him for both sexually molesting underage girls when he was a teen and more recently for cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar? Are they more upset about his actions or about the fact that people found out about them? Are they angry about the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting?

    The new show will reportedly feature members of the Duggar family as they pick up the pieces of their lives and move on past the whole Josh Duggar scandal. Jessa Duggar is expecting a new baby and Jill and her family are preparing to raise their son Israel while they serve as missionaries in Central America.

    Will Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar appear on the new show? The two reportedly attended a relationship retreat this weekend. Undoubtedly the issues with Josh Duggar have taken a toll on them, too.

    Are you excited to learn the Duggar family will soon return to TV? If ratings are high enough for the three episodes of Jill & Jessa: Counting On, it’s rumored that the sisters will soon get their own spinoff.

  • Duggar Family Presents United Front Amidst Josh and Anna Duggar Turmoil

    The Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting fame is presenting a united front despite the Josh and Anna Duggar turmoil that is surely raking its crooked fingers down the spines of all its members.

    Josh Duggar is in a rehab facility in Illinois. Called Reformers Unanimous, he is seeking therapy for his “sexual sins,” which include an addiction to pornography and cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar.

    Meanwhile all appears happy and healthy in the Duggar family–but most understand by now that many appearances on behalf of the Duggar family are just that–appearances.

    Josh and Anna Duggar’s son Michael seems to be spending some time with grandparents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar while Anna remains in Florida with her parents. Josh and Anna Duggar reportedly sold their home in Arkansas after he was outed in the recent Ashley Madison cheater’s website hack. Josh Duggar had two accounts on the site.

    In a photo Jessa Duggar Seewald posted recently, Josh and Anna Duggar’s son is seen holding Israel Dillard, the son of Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband, Derick.

    “When the baby you’re trying to hold is about as big as you are! ?❤️ Sweet little cousins! #MichaelJames #BabyIzzy #IsraelDavidDillard,” Jessa captioned the snapshots.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Despite the turmoil the Duggar family is seemingly trying hard to hide, there will be light following the darkness. Jessa Duggar Seewald and hubby Ben are expecting their first child on November 1st–which is also the couple’s first wedding anniversary. Their lives mirror the kind the Duggar family finds acceptable–unlike that of Josh and Anna Duggar’s, since Anna is reportedly considering divorce–a word not even considered in the former 19 Kids and Counting household.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and her husband might be the redemption of the Duggar family yet. TLC is reportedly planning to air two or three specials that feature them and Jill Duggar Dillard and her family. The Duggar family is no doubt holding out hope for a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff.

    Likely holding their breath with regard to Josh Duggar and his recent sex scandals, the Duggar family is likely praying that no more skeletons escape their son’s closet before their daughters sign on the dotted line with TLC.

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald: Down to the Wire, Baby Seewald Coming Soon–See Former “19 Kids and Counting” Star’s Latest Pic

    Jessa Duggar Seewald could have her baby any day now. She and hubby Ben Seewald are expecting their blessed arrival on their first wedding anniversary–November 1st.

    The former 19 Kids and Counting star has done a great job of keeping fans apprised of her pregnancy progression. Like sister Jill Duggar Dillard when she was expecting baby Israel, Jessa Duggar has posted photos every week or so, counting down to her baby’s arrival.

    Despite the controversy plaguing the Duggar family because of eldest son Josh Duggar’s sex scandal, Jessa Duggar has remained her typical optimistic self. She is likely excited, too, about returning to TV in some TLC specials that may very well turn into a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. Sister Jill Duggar Dillard will be featured in these specials, too.

    On Friday, Jessa Duggar shared a photo of some baby clothes sister Jinger Duggar picked out as adorable options for Baby Seewald.

    “Jinger picked out some pretty adorable outfit options for #BabySeewald! ? Which do you think we’ll be putting to use? Right or left?” Jessa captioned the photo.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Neither Jessa Duggar nor Ben Seewald has shared whether or not they know the gender of their baby. Even this photo of Jinger Duggar’s outfit options doesn’t give anything away.

    It will certainly be a bright day in the midst of so many recent dark ones when the 19 Kids and Counting family welcome Jessa Duggar Seewald’s baby into their world. This child will be Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s sixth grandchild. In addition to Jill Duggar’s son, Israel, Josh and Anna Duggar are the parents of four children.

    The excitement is surely building in the Duggar family as all eyes are no doubt on Jessa Duggar and the anticipation of her baby’s birth.

    Do you think Ben and Jessa know the gender of their baby? Do you think they’re having a baby boy or a baby girl?

  • Anna Duggar Considers Divorce, Josh Duggar Begs for Forgiveness

    Anna Duggar is reportedly considering divorcing Josh Duggar. The former 19 Kids and Counting star is in a rehab facility, supposedly receiving treatment for his “sexual sins.” He is begging Anna to forgive those sins and keep their family together.

    It wasn’t too long after Josh left for rehab that Anna Duggar packed up their four children and moved to Florida to stay with her family–also a devout Christian family, like Josh Duggar’s. They have not accepted Josh’s actions, however, and some of them even support Anna filing for divorce from Josh.

    “When Josh heard that Anna was contemplating divorce, he flipped out,” a source tells Hollywood Life. Since Anna moved to Florida, “they don’t speak on a regular basis.” However, since Anna Duggar’s talk of divorce, “he’s been begging her not to leave him. He says he’s determined to change, by the grace of God, and [he’s] working hard to get to that place.”

    Maybe Josh Duggar should have thought of his family when he was having sex with two porn stars. Two separate women have come forward, alleging he had rough sex with them on separate occasions. One porn star and stripper, named Danica Dillon, says she had sex–that turned almost violent–with him twice.

    While Josh was having sex with Danica Dillon, Anna Duggar was pregnant with her fourth child, Meredith Grace, who was born in July.

    Do think Anna Duggar will actually file for divorce from the former 19 Kids and Counting star? Will she be admonished by Josh’s family–especially Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–for doing so?

    Could you live with someone like Josh Duggar–knowing he not only sexually molested five underage girls (four of whom are his sisters) as a teen–and then cheated on his wife with two porn stars? Josh was outed in the Ashley Madison hack and found to have two accounts with the cheater’s website. If that hadn’t happened, Anna Duggar still might not know that Josh had cheated on her.

    General consensus–if you step outside the realm of the 19 Kids and Counting family–seems to be that Anna Duggar should divorce Josh Duggar and try to move on with his life.

    Once a cheater, always a cheater. Do you think this saying might apply to Josh Duggar?

  • Anna Duggar: ‘Duck Dynasty’ Stars Jase and Missy Robertson Believe She Has the Right to Divorce Josh Duggar

    Anna Duggar received an endorsement of sorts this week–for divorcing Josh Duggar–by another prominent Christian TV family. Jase and Missy Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame spoke to Entertainment Tonight about forgiveness, and they feel she has to forgive him–but she doesn’t have to go on being his wife.

    “I think forgiving and forgetting are two different things,” Missy Robertson says.

    Anna Duggar learned in a very public way this past summer that Josh Duggar–her husband of nearly six years, with whom she has four children–cheated on her.

    Josh Duggar was outed in the Ashley Madison website hack. It was determined the former 19 Kids and Counting star had not just one, but two accounts on the cheater’s site.

    Shortly thereafter, Josh Duggar admitted to having an addiction to pornography–and to cheating on Anna Duggar. Anna was pregnant with their fourth child at the time.

    “As far as the relationship, that’s gotta be her decision whether or not she wants to go on without him,” Missy Robertson says. “She certainly has that right, because he interrupted their marriage with those affairs, but forgiveness is not really a choice, you know, if you want forgiveness from God.”

    “You can forgive somebody, but that doesn’t mean there’s not consequences for your actions,” Jase Robertson adds.

    “It’s gonna be hard to stand in front of Jesus on judgment day and say, ‘I expect forgiveness, but I’m not gonna forgive,’” Missy explains. “And God teaches against that. He says, ‘You must forgive.’ and it’s not easy.”

    Anna Duggar has reportedly packed up her four children and left the home they shared with Josh Duggar in Arkansas to stay with her parents in Florida. Her siblings are reportedly urging her to divorce Josh Duggar.

    Sources speculate if Anna Duggar remains in Florida, she might be swayed to end her marriage. Back home in Arkansas, she has the 19 Kids and Counting family members–including in-laws Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–who believe forgiving Josh and going on with her marriage is her only choice.

    “She’s definitely a victim in this whole situation,” Missy says, “and, yes, [Josh] made some wrong decisions. But that’s something that, at the end of the day, when the cameras go away, that’s their life. They’re going to have to deal with it themselves and get past it and try to savor some of the experiences they had and memories, and also make a new life for themselves–whether it’s together or apart.”

    The Duck Dynasty family is known for their devout Christianity as much as they are known for their famous duck calls. The 19 Kids and Counting family is known for their strong Christian faith–and in having droves of children.

    While there are definitely some facets of the two families’ beliefs, one constant remains the same–forgiveness.

    Do you think Anna Duggar realizes it’s possible to forgive Josh Duggar for cheating on her, but to end her marriage anyway?

    Hopefully Anna Duggar gets wind of these wise words from the Duck Dynasty family members.

  • Anna Duggar: Family Wants Her to Divorce Josh Duggar, Will ’19 Kids and Counting’ Family Intervene?

    Anna Duggar packed up her kids and left the Arkansas home they shared with Josh Duggar recently, and moved to Florida to stay with her parents. While Anna likely planned for this to be a getaway of sorts, her family is hoping she will make the move a permanent one.

    A very unusual word is being used in Anna Duggar’s family–one that the devout Christian family hasn’t even considered until very recently. That word is divorce, and Anna Duggar’s family believes she should file for one from Josh Duggar after all she has endured in recent months. If this notion comes to fruition, however, it’s likely the 19 Kids and Counting family will do their best to intervene. Josh Duggar is their son, and they believe he is being helped at the rehab facility he entered this summer.

    Josh Duggar admitted to sexually molesting five underage girls when he was a teenager. Four of those girls are his sisters. Anna Duggar knew about this before she married Josh–as did her parents. They all believed he received appropriate counseling and that the issue was no longer a concern.

    During the Ashley Madison cheater’s website hack this summer, it became widely known that Josh had two accounts on the site. He admitted shortly thereafter to having an addiction to pornography, and even worse–to having cheated on Anna Duggar. In fact, Anna was pregnant with their baby girl, Meredith Grace, the last time Josh Duggar cheated on her.

    Daniel Keller is Anna Duggar’s brother, and he is the one leading the campaign to convince her to file for divorce.

    “He has rallied a couple of their sisters and brothers to take this opportunity to talk some sense into Anna. They know when she’s at home surrounded by the Duggars and their friends, Anna will never listen to them. But Daniel and the others are hoping that getting her away from the Duggar clan will help. They want to stage a family meeting or divorce intervention and really tell Anna how they feel,” a source says.

    Daniel Keller was very outspoken via social media about Josh Duggar when word of this latest sex scandal hit the media.

    “You have to confess and forsake your sin to have mercy. Not sin confess and repeat,” he commented on a Bible passage Jessa Duggar Seewald posted in the days after Josh Duggar’s latest sex scandal made news.

    Keller continued, “I know that my sin sent Jesus to the cross just as did Josh sin [sic]. But think for a [minute] about the victims. Tell me how you [would] feel if someone cheated on your sister and brought so much disgrace to you and [your] family… Go to hell you p—y.”

    Do you expect Anna Duggar’s family will be successful at convincing her to divorce Josh Duggar? Will the 19 Kids and Counting patriarch and matriarch, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, travel to her parents’ home in Florida in their attempt to convince her otherwise?

  • Jessa Seewald Talks Welcoming Baby on ’19 Kids and Counting’ Spinoff Specials Sans Josh Duggar

    Jessa Seewald opened up about the upcoming 19 Kids and Counting spinoff specials to air on TLC later this year. Jessa was in Orlando this weekend at the Southern Women’s Show.

    “We’re going to be doing some filming preparing to welcome this little one into our lives,” the third-eldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s daughters said of the recently-announced specials. “It’s gonna be great.”

    Another special will feature Jessa Duggar Seewald’s older sister, Jill Dillard and her husband Derick. They are planning a long-term move to El Salvador, along with their baby boy Israel, where they serve as Christian missionaries.

    “We know that our audience is really excited about what’s been going on with Jill and Jessa as they move into young adulthood,” TLC Executive Vice President and General Manager Nancy Daniels said in an interview with the Associated Press last week. “Now they’re both at the precipice of big changes. With what was happening in their lives in the next few months, it felt like now is the time (for the specials), and we got going pretty quickly.”

    Jessa Seewald and Jill Duggar became household names on the hit TLC series 19 Kids and Counting. The network cancelled the show this summer because of eldest son Josh Duggar’s first sex scandal. Josh admitted to having sexually molested four of his sisters, plus another non-relative young female when he was a teenager. Two of his victims were sisters Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald.

    Jessa and Jill recently appeared on a TLC special about sexual abuse and its victims. Mom Michelle Duggar joined them on the show.

    “It is going to take a long time before we forgive,” a source told Entertainment Tonight of how the family is dealing with the recent drama. “We are all still hurt. Josh is still in rehab, nobody is warm and fuzzy to him yet. It still feels like he is a stranger.”

    Fans are expecting that these TLC specials featuring Jessa Seewald and Jill Duggar will end up being the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff that was hinted at prior to this latest Josh Duggar scandal. Josh was found to have two Ashley Madison accounts. Shortly after that tidbit of information leaked to the media, Josh admitted to having an addiction to pornography as well as to cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar.

    Do you expect there will be enough enthusiasm for Jessa Seewald and Jill Duggar’s TLC specials that a spinoff will be the end result? Fans will certainly love seeing Ben and Jessa Seewald prepare for the birth of their baby.

  • Josh Duggar: Anna Duggar’s Family Staging Intervention, Wants Her to Leave Former ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star

    Josh Duggar might finally get what’s coming to him. A new report says Anna Duggar’s family is planning to stage an intervention in their attempt to urge her to divorce her husband and father of her four children.

    The eldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children has made more than his share of news since this past spring. First the media learned he had sexually molested five underage girls–four of whom are his own sisters–when he was a teenager. Anna Duggar and her family were aware of this, however. Josh Duggar explained his past to Anna and her parents before they got married.

    Later in the summer, however, Josh Duggar was outed during the Ashley Madison website hack. It seems the devout Christian had not just one, but two accounts on the cheater’s website. Following the website hack, Josh came clean to Anna Duggar, admitting he had an addiction to pornography and that he had cheated on her, too. Anna Duggar was pregnant with their fourth child at the time of Josh’s most recent cheating incident.

    Anna Duggar is said to be staying with her parents in Florida. She packed up her children and left the Arkansas home they shared with the former 19 Kids and Counting star in recent days.

    Josh Duggar is in a treatment facility in Illinois, where he is seeking counseling for his “sexual sins.”

    Hollywood Life reports that while Anna is in Florida, her siblings are hoping to convince her to leave Josh for good.

    “Daniel is leading the charge to get Anna out of her dysfunctional marriage and away from her cheating husband,” a source says “He has rallied a couple of their sisters and brothers to take this opportunity to talk some sense into Anna. They know when she’s at home surrounded by the Duggars and their friends, Anna will never listen to them. But Daniel and the others are hoping that getting her away from the Duggar clan will help. They want to stage a family meeting or divorce intervention and really tell Anna how they feel.”

    Anna Duggar’s brother Daniel posted a rant to his Facebook page back in August, expressing his anger over what Josh Duggar has put his sister through. He even went so far as to refer to Josh as a “pig.”

    Anna’s family feels if they confront her while she is out of reach of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–back in Arkansas–that they will have better luck in convincing her to divorce Josh.

    Do you think Anna will listen to her siblings about their feelings about Josh Duggar?

    Is Josh Duggar about to get at least some of what he has coming to him?

  • ’19 Kids and Counting:’ TLC to Air Spinoff Specials Starring Jessa Duggar Seewald, Jill Duggar Dillard

    19 Kids and Counting is coming back–well, at least a couple of the family members are set to return to TV. A production source announced that they will air specials later in 2015 that focus on Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard instead of the entire Duggar clan. Fans have been hoping against all hope for a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. Now it sounds like their dreams may come true.

    It was just a few months ago that the eldest of the 19 Kids and Counting children–Josh Duggar–admitted to having sexually molested five underage girls, four of whom are his sisters. TLC cancelled 19 Kids and Counting as a result of not just Josh’s actions, but the way parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar handled them. Many people believe the Duggar parents simply swept what Josh did under the rug.

    Since the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting, another Josh Duggar sex scandal has hit the media. This time the married father of four has admitted to not only having two Ashley Madison accounts, but to having an addiction to pornography and to cheating on his wife, Anna Duggar.

    The Duggars sell, however, so TLC has no doubt decided that in order to make money from the 19 Kids and Counting gang, they must make sure Josh Duggar is nowhere in the picture–hence the likely reason they are choosing to concentrate on sisters Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard.

    TLC made an announcement via its Facebook page on Thursday.

    New specials focusing on Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald to air on TLC later this year. More in the link below.

    Posted by 19 Kids and Counting on Thursday, September 24, 2015

    The shows–three are in production–will feature Jill Duggar Dillard and husband Derick Dillard, as well as their son Israel. The Dillard family is planning a move to El Salvador, where they presently serve as Christian missionaries. They will also feature Jessa Duggar Seewald and her husband Ben Seewald. They are expecting their first child on their first wedding anniversary, which is November 1st.

    “What we will be following in these specials is Jessa preparing for her first child,” TLC Executive Vice President and General Manager Nancy Daniels said during an interview with The Associated Press, “and we’ll be watching Jill preparing to make a major move to Central America with her family, which we know is something our audience will be interested in.”

    19 Kids and Counting fans will no doubt be thrilled to learn this news. Even if it isn’t the entire Duggar gang, at least some of the family is headed back to TLC.

    If the shows featuring Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard get ample viewership, perhaps part of the 19 Kids and Counting family will stay on TV.