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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Anna Duggar: Will Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal Destroy Their Marriage?

    Anna Duggar is at the center of the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal. When word broke in the media about what the 19 Kids and Counting son did to four of his sisters, Anna Duggar issued a statement saying she supported her husband.

    “I can imagine the shock many of you are going through reading this. I remember feeling that same shock. When my family and I first visited the Duggar home, Josh shared his past teenage mistakes. I was surprised at his openness and humility and at the same time didn’t know why he was sharing it. For Josh, he wanted not just me but my parents to know who he really was–even very difficult past mistakes,” her statement read.

    Now OK! reports that the scandal is seriously wearing Anna Duggar down. She is reportedly humiliated and discouraged by the events that have taken place since the media got wind of Josh Duggar’s past transgressions. Anna is feeling ‘trapped.’ Sources are speculating this could destroy Josh and Anna Duggar’s marriage.

    An insider has told OK! magazine that Anna Duggar didn’t understand the seriousness of what her husband did, or that he was a teenager when the sexual molestations occurred.

    Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage females when he was between 13 and 14 years old. Four of them were his sisters. On a Wednesday night interview with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar admitted that daughters Jill and Jessa Duggar were among Josh Duggar’s victims. It is likely that Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar–given their ages at the time the molestations took place–were his victims, too. Josh also sexually molested one underage female from outside the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    Anna Duggar is in a difficult spot. Pregnant with the couple’s fourth child and due in July, she is busy with three small children at home. She is also enduring a very sudden move from a luxury apartment in Washington, D.C., where Josh worked for the Family Research Council, and subsequently resigned, to a foreclosed home the couple bought in Arkansas back in January.

    Do you expect this sexual molestation scandal might result in the demise of Josh and Anna Duggar’s marriage? Or will she cling to her strong Christians beliefs and stick by her husband no matter what is dredged up from his past?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar to Answer ‘Harder Questions’ in Megyn Kelly’s Fox Interview About Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, parents of the 19 Kids and Counting brood, will answer what The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly calls ‘the harder questions’ during an interview on Fox at 9:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday night. The topic of their interview is, of course, the sexual molestation of five underage girls–four of whom are Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s daughters–by their eldest son, Josh Duggar.

    “There was no magic to it,” Kelly says of securing the high-profile interview. “I approached them and made the argument that I would be the best person for them to sit down with. I told them the truth, which is that I will be tough, but I will be fair. I think they know that’s my reputation.”

    Soon after word broke of Josh Duggar molesting the five young girls, he, along with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as Josh’s wife Anna Duggar, all issued statements to the media, admitting that what people were reading about was, in fact, the truth.

    Since then, however, everyone in the Duggar family has remained mum–with everyone’s questions about the situation remaining unanswered. Megyn Kelly hopes to answer some of them tonight.

    “My goal going down there is to get the story,” she explains. “A first-person account of what Josh did, who was involved, what the parents did about it, how they satisfied themselves that it had been resolved, what they did to help the victims, and to answer some of the harder questions about whether they behaved hypocritically.”

    Many are likely wondering if Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will admit which of their daughters Josh Duggar sexually molested. Common belief is that Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar were the sisters involved in the molestations.

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have insisted they won’t speak of the details of the molestations, however.

    “They do not want to talk about the details of the molestation, and I understand that as the parents of those involved, and that’s fine,” Megyn Kelly says. “I’ve been told I’m not going to get answers there.”

    Will you be tuning in to The Kelly File at 9:00 tonight to see Megyn Kelly interview Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar? Do you expect people will get answers to at least some of the things they’ve questioned since word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal hit the media?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    A photo posted by Anna Duggar (@annaduggar) on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Josh Duggar: Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar to Address His Sexual Molestations in Fox Interview

    Josh Duggar admittedly committed some heinous acts as a teenager. The 19 Kids and Counting star sexually molested five underage females–four of whom are his own sisters.

    Now, for the first time since word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestations hit the media, his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, will address the situation in an interview with Fox’s Megyn Kelly.

    Fox News has confirmed that Megyn Kelly will interview Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar for airing on The Kelly File on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:00 p.m. ET. In addition, a second portion of the interview will be filmed at the 19 Kids and Counting family’s home in Springdale, Arkansas. This will air during a special one-hour episode of The Kelly File on Friday, June 5th.

    How much do you suppose Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will divulge about Josh Duggar? Will they continue to preach forgiveness and to minimize what their son did?

    Josh Duggar issued a statement when word broke that his long-kept cover had been blown.

    “I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation. We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing, and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling,” Josh said. “I understood that if I continued down this wrong road that I would end up ruining my life.”

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar issued a joint statement at the same time.

    “When Josh was a young teenager, he made some very bad mistakes, and we were shocked. We had tried to teach him right from wrong. That dark and difficult time caused us to seek God like never before,” they said.

    What neither Josh Duggar nor Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar has commented on is the impact Josh Duggar’s actions no doubt had on his victims. Many have speculated that sisters Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar are the siblings Josh Duggar sexually molested several years ago. How have his actions affected their lives?

    Will you be tuning in to hear Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar discuss their son Josh Duggar and his heinous actions?

    TLC is up in the air as to how they’ll handle upcoming episodes of 19 Kids and Counting. There is some speculation that they will cancel the show and air a spinoff–2 Brides and Their Grooms–starring Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and their husbands instead. Advertisers have already withdrawn from 19 Kids and Counting.

    Will those advertisers be watching Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar closely during their interviews with Megyn Kelly?

    You can likely bet big bucks on that.

  • Jessa Seewald Defies Matthew 7:1, ‘Judge Not,’ in Old Facebook Post, Was She Referencing Josh Duggar?

    Jessa Seewald, nee Jessa Duggar, might have been referencing her sexual molester brother Josh Duggar in an old Facebook post. Hindsight is bringing lots of the 19 Kids and Counting family’s words back to haunt them, and this time is no different. And in addition to referencing her brother and his heinous actions, did Jessa Duggar Seewald–at the very same time–defy the Bible passage in Matthew 7:1 that says, ‘Judge not lest ye be judged?’

    The New Civil Rights Movement was the first to bring this notion to the attention of both fans and critics of 19 Kids and Counting. In light of the recent blowing of Josh Duggar’s long-kept cover, see what you read into Jessa’s words.

    In Jessa Seewald’s Facebook post, dated this past February 25th, she not only defied the basic Christian principle, but also defied those who believe in a loving God. She clearly spoke of hell, and the belief that God sends people there.

    Might Jessa Duggar Seewald still be living her own personal hell as a result of what Josh Duggar purportedly did to her? Four of his five victims are said to be his own sisters, with Jessa Duggar likely being among them.

    One of the most quoted verses from the Bible is Matthew 7:1 "Judge not!" Whenever someone speaks out against something…

    Posted by Jessa Seewald on Wednesday, February 25, 2015

    Jessa Seewald’s husband, Ben Seewald, seemingly lashed out at his in-laws, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, in a Mother’s Day post.

    “A little late in posting, but I had a wonderful Mother’s day with my Mom and wife! I want to give a shout out to my Mom and Dad. They’ve always sought to please God in raising me and my siblings. They’ve been loving, caring, and provided us with a good home and many happy memories. While many parents are abusing their children, earning the condemnation of God, my parents have always been protective of us and by God’s grace have made our home a safe haven. They loved us enough to have standards, rooted in Scripture, and stick by them even when it would’ve been easier for them just to let us do whatever we wanted to. They loved us too much for that. That’s a lot to say in this culture where parents who care enough to set standards for their kids are mocked and dishonored and where the ones who yield to their rebellious children in compromise are praised as “loving”. I realize they’re not perfect. No parents are. Yet over the years, as their oldest, I’ve seen them grow and mature, humble themselves before God and us children and ask forgiveness when they’ve ever been in the wrong. Atop all of this, they’ve endeavored to pass on the greatest gift to us, the love of Jesus Christ. They’ve faithfully read His Word to us and told us of His grace. They’ve always brought us to church, to grow in the faith and have given me a vision for eternity, by the grace of God, so that my life wouldn’t be wasted, or my eternity damned. Their prayers, guidance, and companionship I cherish to this day,” Ben Seewald captioned his post that accompanied a photo of parents Michael and Guinn Seewald.

    A photo posted by Ben Seewald (@ben_seewald) on

    Is the media hyping up hindsight in light of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestations, or is it just now becoming clear that Jessa Seewald–along with sisters Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, and Jinger Duggar–may have been living in their own hell since their brother was a teen?

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

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

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

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

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

    So you’ve never kissed anyone?

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

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

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

    Are you going to ask anyone for advice?

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

    Like who?

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

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

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

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

  • Jessa Duggar: Old Interview About Kissing Advice from Sexual Molester Josh Duggar Surfaces

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

    Now an old Cosmopolitan article has resurfaced, in which Jessa Duggar talks getting kissing advice from Josh Duggar–the brother who reportedly “fondled their breasts and vaginas while they were sleeping.”

    Can this situation get any more disturbing?

    It was a year ago March when Cosmo interviewed Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger Duggar. They talked about their virginity and kissing–and even accidentally trying alcohol. Here’s the kissing excerpt:

    So you’ve never kissed anyone?
    Jessa Duggar: Nope — well, I mean my brothers! I think all of us girls have really purposed to save our first kiss for our wedding day.

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

    Are you going to ask anyone for advice?
    Jessa Duggar: I’m sure I’ll be getting advice from people who are good kissers!

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

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

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

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

  • Michelle Duggar, Husband: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Couple Parodied by ‘Funny or Die’ in Wake of Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal

    Michelle Duggar and her husband Jim Bob are the subjects of a new Funny or Die parody. The 19 Kids and Counting couple has faced intense scrutiny in light of their son, Josh Duggar, having molested five underage females–four of whom are his own sisters–several years ago.

    In the parody, two comedians–dressed as Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–explain to a faux In Touch magazine about the Josh Duggar scandal.

    “With more kids than an NBA team, we were bound to have one troubled kid,” Greg David Jones says in his role as Jim Bob Duggar, replete with a polo shirt and side part.

    The parody’s writer and director, Erin Gibson, even fluffed up her bangs in her effort to portray Michelle Duggar.

    “When Josh was a teenager, he made a mistake,” Gibson as Michelle Duggar claims. “He mistaked two girls on their ‘tutus.’”

    “That’s what we call breasts,” Jones as Jim Bob clarifies.

    “Here’s the thing, some other girls did come forward, and some of them were our daughters. But honestly, if you asked me which one, I don’t know, the brunette with the curly hair?” faux Michelle Duggar says, addressing rumors that Josh’s younger sisters are among his victims. “We did the right thing and immediately waited three years before we called the authorities.”

    The Funny or Die comedians also mocked the official statement the 19 Kids and Counting parents issued when word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal hit the news a week ago.

    “It has been terrible for us and Josh, but those are the only three people affected by these mistakes,” Gibson concludes.

    While nothing about the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal is funny, this parody is hilarious. Fortunately the Funny or Die writers and actors didn’t step too far over the line and include characters to portray Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar–the four sisters Josh Duggar purportedly sexually molested.

    What’s your take on the Funny or Die parody featuring actors playing Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar?

  • Jill Duggar, Jessa Duggar and Husbands to Star in TLC’s ’19 Kids and Counting’ Spinoff, ‘2 Brides and Their Grooms?’

    Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and their husbands might star in a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff. That will allow TLC to keep the Duggar family on the air while getting rid of Josh Duggar. It will also serve to concentrate less on Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who are both in the hot seat for the way they handled their eldest son’s sexual molestation scandal.

    As most everyone knows by now, Josh Duggar has admitted to sexually molesting five underage females when he was a teenager. It is presumed that Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, along with Jinger and Jana Duggar, were the sisters he abused.

    People magazine reports that the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff would likely be called 2 Brides and Their Grooms.

    “The show had begun to focus more and more on the next generation of Duggars, anyway–mainly Jill and Jessa and their marriages and babies,” a source tells People. “That’s when the show got its highest ratings.”

    It’s been very clear for quite some time now that Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald are the mainstays of 19 Kids and Counting. Along with husbands Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald, respectively, and Derick and Jill’s new baby, Israel David Dillard, they make the whole show. The two-hour special that documented Jill’s dramatic, 70-hour delivery of her baby pulled in over 3.6 million viewers. Jessa Duggar is expecting her first baby on November 1st–one year from the day she married Ben Seewald.

    It’s clear that TLC is scrambling to keep the Duggar family on TV while not promoting a sex offender.

    Advertisers are already pulling out of 19 Kids and Counting, so TLC needs to make a decision soon.

    Would you watch a show starring Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald if 2 Brides and Their Husbands comes to fruition?

    People magazine contacted TLC for comment, but received no reply.

  • Duggar Family: Will They Survive Josh Duggar’s Sexual Molestation Admission Intact?

    Will the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting fame survive the admission of eldest son Josh Duggar–he sexually molested five underage girls including four of his own sisters–intact?

    The Duggar family patriarch and matriarch–Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–covered up for their son for many years. In a statement they made last week, a day after the sexual molestation scandal broke, they indicate they dealt with Josh’s actions in the way they saw fit.

    “Back 12 years ago our family went through one of the most difficult times of our lives,” their Duggar family statement reads. “When Josh was a young teenager, he made some very bad mistakes, and we were shocked. We had tried to teach him right from wrong. That dark and difficult time caused us to seek God like never before.”

    “Even though we would never choose to go through something so terrible, each one of our family members drew closer to God. We pray that as people watch our lives they see that we are not a perfect family. We have challenges and struggles every day. It is one of the reasons we treasure our faith so much because God’s kindness and goodness and forgiveness are extended to us–even though we are so undeserving. We hope somehow the story of our journey–the good times and the difficult times–cause you to see the kindness of God and learn that He can bring you through anything,” Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar’s statement continued.

    The Duggar family stands to lose their TV show, 19 Kids and Counting, in the wake of this admission. Advertisers have already pulled out of the TLC show.

    The thing that could really bring the Duggar family to their knees (both literally and figuratively) is the fact that Josh Duggar molested four of his own sisters–presumably Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar.

    At some point those young women–all are between the ages of 25 and 21 now–will realize they never truly healed from their brother’s actions. Will they blame themselves, their brother, or their parents when that happens?

    Do you think the Duggar family can survive this whole sexual molestation ordeal?

  • Jinger Duggar: Will She Leave the ’19 Kids and Counting’ Fold Now That Everyone Knows About Josh Duggar?

    Jinger Duggar has made it no secret she longs to live in a big city. In fact, back in 2012 she expressed her dream during an episode of 19 Kids and Counting.

    Mom Michelle Duggar quickly swooped in, however, and put new words in Jinger Duggar’s mouth. She explained to the TLC cameras that Jinger didn’t want to move away, she simply wanted to live ’15 minutes from a Walmart.’ At the time, she and Jim Bob Duggar actually suggested Jinger go stay with brother Josh Duggar instead.

    Now that word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestations have hit the media (the family, of course, new about them for more than a decade), some wonder if Jinger Duggar might once again try to leave the 19 Kids and Counting fold. Now 21, she may very well have been one of her brother’s victims.

    Twitter fans are urging Jinger Duggar to get out of the 19 Kids and Counting household.

    Now a rumor has hit the media, indicating Josh Duggar and his family might be moving back to Arkansas in a home they bought earlier in 2015.

    How must this make Jinger Duggar–or Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, and Jessa Duggar Seewald–feel? They are all purportedly victims of Josh Duggar’s predatory hands.

    Yes, it’s probably time for Jinger Duggar to try out the big city–or even a new small town. Preferably she can find one that’s far away from wherever Josh Duggar winds up living.

    At 21, Jinger Duggar shouldn’t worry about her brother’s actions. She should be making a new and exciting life for herself.

  • Jessa Duggar: Did Hubby Ben Seewald Slam ’19 Kids and Counting’ Parents in Wake of Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal?

    Jessa Duggar has been inadvertently thrown into the middle of the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal. Now some are wondering if her husband, Ben Seewald, threw a bit of a diss in the direction of the leaders of the 19 Kids and Counting family–Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

    So far it seems like the Duggar family knew the whistle was about to be blown on Josh Duggar. His wife, Anna Duggar, posted a cryptic message on Instagram about forgiveness, and now a post from Ben Seewald has come to the attention of fans. It stands to reason if Anna Duggar knew Josh Duggar’s cover was about to be blown, that Jessa Duggar and her husband knew it, too. In fact, many speculate Jessa Duggar was likely among Josh’s sexual abuse victims.

    It was in a message about his parents–Michael and Guinn Seewald–that Ben Seewald seemingly knew what was coming down, and maybe threw a little shade at Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

    “A little late in posting, but I had a wonderful Mother’s day with my Mom and wife! I want to give a shout out to my Mom and Dad. They’ve always sought to please God in raising me and my siblings. They’ve been loving, caring, and provided us with a good home and many happy memories. While many parents are abusing their children, earning the condemnation of God, my parents have always been protective of us and by God’s grace have made our home a safe haven. They loved us enough to have standards, rooted in Scripture, and stick by them even when it would’ve been easier for them just to let us do whatever we wanted to. They loved us too much for that. That’s a lot to say in this culture where parents who care enough to set standards for their kids are mocked and dishonored and where the ones who yield to their rebellious children in compromise are praised as “loving”. I realize they’re not perfect. No parents are. Yet over the years, as their oldest, I’ve seen them grow and mature, humble themselves before God and us children and ask forgiveness when they’ve ever been in the wrong. Atop all of this, they’ve endeavored to pass on the greatest gift to us, the love of Jesus Christ. They’ve faithfully read His Word to us and told us of His grace. They’ve always brought us to church, to grow in the faith and have given me a vision for eternity, by the grace of God, so that my life wouldn’t be wasted, or my eternity damned. Their prayers, guidance, and companionship I cherish to this day,” he captioned the photo.

    A photo posted by Ben Seewald (@ben_seewald) on

    Here’s the message Anna Duggar posted in the days prior to Josh’s sexual molestation scandal hitting the media.

    A photo posted by Anna Duggar (@annaduggar) on

    It’s becoming abundantly clear that the 19 Kids and Counting family members knew this devastating information was about to hit national–even international–news. Josh and Anna Duggar even bought a home in Arkansas earlier this year. Will he and his family now return home to be even closer to his victims–including purported victims Jessa Duggar Seewald, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jana Duggar, and Jinger Duggar?

    And do you think Ben Seewald–even though his parents support Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar during this scandal–was, perhaps even without realizing–his in-laws? Do note the part where he praised his parents about protecting him and his siblings.

    Ben Seewald surely knows what Jessa Duggar may have experienced at the hands of Josh Duggar. And what husband can simply sit by without reacting to something like that?

  • Jinger Duggar Desperate To Escape Her Deeply Religious Family

    This might be the perfect time for Jinger Duggar to break free from her family and follow her dream of moving to a big city.

    The 21-year-old Jinger is old enough to strike out on her own and has even admitted in a 2012 interview that she wanted to move away from their miniscule Arkansas town.

    In the Radar Online interview, older sister Jill described Jinger’s ideal man as a “visionary spunky person” who gives her coffee while Jessa describes him as someone from outside their town, before adding that Jinger “doesn’t want to live three hours out from civilization.”

    It’s a description that Jinger wholeheartedly agrees with.

    And in light of the molestation that she might have suffered at the hands of her older brother Josh, it’s no wonder that the rebel of the family (if you can even describe it as that) wanted to get as far away as possible.

    Unfortunately, Jinger, her sisters and other girls whose families adhere to such deeply traditional, religious beliefs are often trapped (or believe that they are trapped) in that life.

    A Patheos article described ways that parents who follow beliefs like the Duggars ensure that their children, particularly their daughters, have no way of fending for themselves alone.

    Consider the fact that not one of the Duggar daughters have gone to college, making it extremely difficult for them to financially support themselves.

    It’s also unlikely that the Duggar girls will be given opportunities to work in various political organizations, unlike their brother Josh.

    The patriarchal, secretive and closed community they live in would also more likely hush up wrongdoings and try to deal with problems on their own in a bid to avoid scandal, as so obviously shown by Jim Bob and Michelle’s cover-up of Josh’s sexual assault of young girls.

    It’s also seen in the way Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law tries to justify Josh’s and his parents actions.

  • Josh Duggar: TLC Thinking of Dropping the ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star Following News of Sexual Molestations

    Josh Duggar may be removed from 19 Kids and Counting, as TLC works to pick up the pieces following news of Josh’s sexual molestations–some targeting his own sisters–hit the media last week. Can 19 Kids and Counting survive sans Josh Duggar?

    Of course it can. TLC already knows that two of Josh Duggar’s sisters–Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–are presently the biggest draws to the show. Jill’s wedding to Derick Dillard and the birth of their baby, Israel David Dillard and Jessa’s wedding to Ben Seewald and her pregnancy are drawing in fans more than any other story lines in the show’s history. Jill Duggar and Jessa Duggar–along with sisters Jana and Jinger Duggar–may have been among Josh Duggar’s victims.

    There is still a very strong chance that TLC will completely cancel 19 Kids and Counting. Advertisers may not want to be associated with a program about a family that covered up sexual molestations. Josh Duggar didn’t get clinical counseling or treatment deemed acceptable by most modern standards. Instead many prayers were said and he did manual labor to atone for his sins. General Mills has already pulled its advertising in light of Josh Duggar’s actions.

    E! News reports that Josh Duggar has cancelled speaking engagement for this week in Sandusky, Ohio at a Christian homeschooling conference. He and wife Anna Duggar have closed down their website. And Josh Duggar has resigned from his position with the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. where he lives with his wife and three children. Anna Duggar is expecting the couple’s fourth child.

    Do you expect TLC will opt to simply air 19 Kids and Counting without Josh Duggar or will they wind up canceling the show for good?

    How will the remainder of the Duggar family fare if their lucrative reality show ends?

  • Anna Duggar: Did She Know ’19 Kids and Counting’ Husband Josh Duggar’s Cover Was About to Be Blown?

    Anna Duggar posted a rather cryptic message in the days before word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal broke, prompting some to wonder if the 19 Kids and Counting daughter-in-law knew her husband’s cover was about to be blown.

    Us Weekly says in a new report that it was just a week ago when Anna Duggar posted a message on Instragram that didn’t seem relevant at the time, but since learning that Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage females when he was a teenager–four of those girls being his own sisters–it seems perfectly relevant now.

    Anna Duggar didn’t caption the post. She simply put it out there for her followers to see.

    See if this doesn’t appear like she knew her husband’s silence was about to be forever broken.

    A photo posted by Anna Duggar (@annaduggar) on

    Since Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation bombshell broke, Anna Duggar has defended her husband. She shared her own statement with People magazine.

    “I can imagine the shock many of you are going through reading this. I remember feeling that same shock,” she said. “When my family and I first visited the Duggar home, Josh shared his past teenage mistakes. I was surprised at his openness and humility and at the same time didn’t know why he was sharing it. For Josh, he wanted not just me but my parents to know who he really was–even very difficult past mistakes.”

    Josh and Anna Duggar have closed down their website in the wake of his sexual molestation scandal, too. Josh Duggar has resigned from his job in Washington, D.C. with the Family Research Council.

    Do you think Josh and Anna Duggar were given a few days’ heads up that his past was coming back to haunt the entire 19 Kids and Counting family?

    Since then much speculation has arisen that Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar might be the four siblings Josh Duggar molested.

    How must Anna Duggar truly feel about what her husband did–even thought it was many years ago?

    Josh and Anna Duggar have three children. She is pregnant with their fourth.

  • Jill Duggar, Jessa Duggar: Will ’19 Kids and Counting’ Feature Them and Not Josh Duggar in Future Episodes?

    Jill Duggar and Jessa Duggar–purportedly two of Josh Duggar’s four sibling sexual molestation victims–might get the chance to continue starring in 19 Kids and Counting despite the very public revelation of their brother’s crimes.

    TMZ reported a few days after word broke of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal that TLC is considering a number of options regarding the family’s reality show. One is to cancel 19 Kids and Counting for good. Another is to remove Josh Duggar from the lineup and concentrate on Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and siblings, Jinger Duggar, John-David and Jana Duggar, Jinger Duggar, and more.

    TMZ goes on to report that Josh Duggar is actually quite insignificant where the show is concerned. They write that the weddings of Jill Duggar to Derick Dillard, Jessa Duggar’s marriage to Ben Seewald, and Jill Duggar Dillard recently giving birth to baby Israel David Duggar are the recent highlights of the show.

    In other words, Jessa and Jill Duggar sell. Josh Duggar does not.

    This could work one of two ways for the 19 Kids and Counting siblings left at home. Recent word of Jinger Duggar having wanted to break free of the Duggar household indicates that not all is as happy as it seems behind the Duggar family’s closed doors. She and Jana Duggar are still living at home because that is how Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have raised them. Young women don’t leave home until they are married–even young women who have been sexually molested as children by their big brother. If the show goes on, Jinger and Jana will certainly have to remain in the Duggar household.

    Do you think 19 Kids and Counting will survive in light of the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal, despite any changes TLC might make?

    Do you think both Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–as well as Jana and Jinger Duggar–should make statements about what purportedly happened to them at the hands of their brother–in order for the show to survive?

    Would Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar ever consider allowing such statements to be made?