Anna Duggar ‘will never leave’ Josh, she’ll try to ‘absorb some of the blame’

JD1

Josh Duggar had two accounts on Ashley Madison, the now-hacked site where married people can arrange hookups with other married people. He spent about $1000 in total on the accounts, including a $250 “affair guarantee” because he really wanted to seal the deal with someone other than his wife, Anna Duggar. Less than 24 hours after Gawker’s exclusive about his Ashley Madison accounts, Josh released a statement about his “hypocrisy” and how he had been unfaithful to his wife and he has a porn addiction.

Funny thing about that statement… the original statement was deleted and reposted several times on the Duggars’ website. Each time Josh’s statement went up again, various edits had been made. While I’m not one to judge – I edit already-published posts, as do most bloggers – it’s worth noting what kinds of edits Josh (or “someone”) made to his original statement. An hour after the original post went up, the statement was edited to take out the references of Josh’s porn addiction. There was also an original reference to the “hurt and reproach” Josh brought to his family when he was a “14-15 years old” which has now been taken out, obviously, because he doesn’t want to remind people that he’s a child molester as well as an adulterer. This line was also taken out of the first version: “The last few years, while publicly stating I was fighting against immorality in our country, in my heart I had allowed Satan to build a fortress that no one knew about.” SATAN!

People Magazine also had several exclusive stories about the Duggars in the wake of Josh’s latest scandal (we will have more than one Duggar post today, I promise). The saddest (I feel) is the one about Anna and whether she would ever divorce Josh. Wait, did I say “saddest”? I meant “insanely infuriating.”

Anna Duggar will likely not be leaving her husband Josh despite his admitted infidelity, a source with ties to the family tells PEOPLE.

“Anna will not leave him,” says the source. “As with her in-laws, she is turning more to her faith than ever, she and Josh are probably praying around the clock right now, I would assume.”

Amid reports Josh had signed up for Ashley Madison, a website that specializes in facilitating extramarital affairs, Josh and his parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar broke their silence with a statement on the Duggar family website on Thursday, in which Josh says he has been “the biggest hypocrite ever” and confesses to a secret pornography addiction, as well as being unfaithful to his wife.

The source says that from their knowledge of the Duggar family, Josh and Anna, “no way is she leaving him” – and says it would not come as a surprise if “on some level” Anna tries to “absorb some of the blame.”

“Maybe not publicly, ever, but privately, there will be some suggestion of whether or not she should have been more aware of the pressures Josh was under, of the issues he was facing, and how she could have better counseled him or helped him,” says the source.

“She is fully and permanently committed to her marriage and her children. And she’ll have the support of Jim Bob and Michelle and everyone else in their circle in terms of staying with him and making this work,” continues the source. “Divorce is not even something that will be discussed.”

[From People]

The part about Anna trying to “absorb some of the blame” is heartbreaking and rage-inducing. Because you absolutely know it’s true. Anna is going to blame herself. Josh will be able to turn it around on her too, because he’s a total psycho and he’ll say things like “I was just so scared that gay people getting married would destroy society and you were spending so much time with the kids and I needed someone to take care of my needs, honey, it’s not ALL your fault, but we have to carry this burden together.” Please, Anna: FILE FOR DIVORCE. Seriously. You will never regret it. Your husband is not someone who can be fixed by Jesus.

JD3

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  1. Pinky says:

    Jared and Josh: two peens in a pod.

    • Rice says:

      That is terribly and disturbingly funny. Also, how come Jared gets jail but Josh gets counselling?

      • Zip says:

        Because one is legally an adult and gets prosecuted and the other one was a kid and got a slap on his fingers by the pedo from the local police.

      • Betsy says:

        Pervy law enforcement, statute of limitations, victim statements that refused to blame the perpetrator, and zero photographic/video evidence. No less guilty, but no lasting, visual proof.

      • cannibell says:

        Statute of limitations is my best guess.

      • grabbyhands says:

        Because Jeebus. It’s a Get Out of Jail Free card!

        Bur srsly, this cult using God’s name to excuse everything they do while simultaneously doing everything they can to destroy loving families simply for being same sex makes me sick. I am not particularly religious, but it makes me angry on behalf of people of faith who truly live the tenets of the religion.

      • Lilacflowers says:

        Statute of limitations, interference in the initial processing from a family friend, who also happened to be the Governor of Arkansas at the time, and Josh did not receive real counseling.

      • Sarah says:

        Because one did something illegal as an adult. Duh…

      • Alex says:

        Because one crime was actively covered up until the statute ran out. It’s why I don’t believe there should be one in these types of cases

      • Debbie says:

        This situation is so public you would think social services would / could intervene?

      • Sutton says:

        I think it’s so funny how people will say it’s so horrible that Anna Duggar would stay with Josh but are we forgetting what Bill Clinton did to Hillary and she stayed with him and now we want her to be president? Maybe Anna should run too! Every woman gets to decide how she wants to live her life. Even if she ends up regretting that decision later on. That’s how life works. We all do it in one way or another.

      • Betsy says:

        @Sutton – are you comparing a very well educated adult with a good support system to a young woman with four depend ants, no education, a cult-like religion, and zero support for acting like a rational human? Uh huh.

        And I must have missed where Bill Clinton molested children. You’d think the Republicans would have uncovered that on one of their many fishing expeditions.

      • Trillion says:

        @ Betsy: right on.

    • PrincessMe says:

      I shouldn’t laugh, because this sh!t is just sad and hurts my heart, but yeah, I totally laughed.

    • SNAP says:

      Their fave excuse: the devil made me do it!…so overused i want to barf. I want to do this: http://tiny.cc/bitchSlap

      • Sabrine says:

        That DJ isn’t too happy whose photo Josh jacked off the Internet to post as himself on OK Cupid to get women. The DJ has lost a job because people think it’s him soliciting on there. Josh doesn’t care who he hurts on his quest to find sexual gratification, his wife, family and now this poor DJ whose livelihood is threatened.

      • (Original, not CDAN) Violet says:

        I don’t blame that DJ for being upset! Hopefully, he sues Josh Duggar for everything he’s got.

        Sadly, it doesn’t surprise me that Anna is staying with her husband. After all, she didn’t leave when she found out he was an incestuous child molester. I’d feel sorry for her, but my sympathy is reserved for her baby girls. Anna needs to grow a backbone and protect her young daughters because no one else in that depraved family will.

  2. daisyfly says:

    I want to say that if her parents loved her they’d encourage her to leave.

    But then I remember that they encouraged her to marry this creep despite knowing that he liked to touch little girls.

    • Goats on the Roof says:

      Exactly! It grates every time somebody says Anna should just leave him. Her family knew he was a child molester and sent her off to marry him anyway! If child molestation wasn’t a deal breaker then, an affair or ten now isn’t going to make a bit of difference. Even if Anna wanted to leave, she has no support, no resources, no education, and four kids. She is trapped.

      • qwerty says:

        Yep. Aaand the moment she leaves, all her social support network consisting entirely of religious idiots who “dont believe” in divorce disappears, so she’s even more alone….

    • BearcatLawyer says:

      And they allegedly told her about the “facts of life” a mere two weeks before she married this self-centered twit. Apparently her parents bragged at the time that Anna has no need to know this info before. That may explain why she seemingly accepted that Josh’s molesting of his sisters was no big deal (although I side eye the hell out of their claims that Anna knew all about it before she married this douchebag). She literally had NO knowledge of things like good vs. bad touches, consent vs. force, and healthy sexual expressions in a relationship. And that makes me side eye her family even harder because maybe…just maybe…the reason why Josh’s years long molesting of young girls was not reason enough to stop their courtship and marriage was because she too had experienced the same treatment in her own family and assumed it was “normal” behavior or the expected result of her tempting nature.

      • Rice says:

        And the abusive cycle continues.

      • cubfan34 says:

        When they had the first kiss at their wedding he grabbed her and slobbered on her for a long time. When the kiss ended he was grinning like an idiot and the crowd was cheering and she looked like she was going to cry. It was sad.

      • Wren says:

        This, sadly, is not out of the question.

      • Erica_V says:

        I want to stand outside their house with a sign that says ANNA THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT!!!!!

        I’m disgusted with all of this. Would be happy to never hear about the Duggars again at this point. They bring on unhealthy levels of rage.

      • speshul says:

        Child sexual abuse/rape is probably pretty common in these families. Its unspoken and if brought up accidentally, the victim is told to pray harder and be less of a temptress.

      • K 2 says:

        This is the Youtube where she says her mom told her two weeks before, and she was glad she wasn’t given the information too early. It’s blushing and euphemistic, but plain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxjuh6UyT4

        There is some nauseating stuff from Josh about how glad he is he stayed pure before marriage, too. Lucky the whole clip is only a couple of minutes, really. It’s stomach churning, especially with the bonus glee from her father at his patriarchal control. Openly expressed by the mother, with the father smirking delightedly.

        Yeah, well done, dad. You picked her a good ‘un there.

    • Sarah says:

      Remember where they come from. To say “If her parents loved her they would encourage her to leave” is not true. I’m sure they love her. I’m also sure that they think divorce is wrong and will put her mortal soul in danger of eternal damnation. It’s a sad situation but as crazy as some of these folks are, I don’t think its right to say they don’t love their children.

      • daisyfly says:

        There are flaws in your argument. First and foremost is this notion that they think divorce is wrong. The QFM support divorce in certain cases, adultery being one of them. The other being infertility in the wife. Such a public moral failing of someone who’s supposed to be considered a role model cannot be ignored, and redemption is nigh impossible here after already receiving “forgiveness” and “grace” for molesting his sisters over a three year period. She’s already being questioned as to whether or not she’s a good mother by keeping her children around such a “deviant”.

        Second, there’s love of one’s children, and then there’s love of children. QFM followers suffer more from a case of the latter than the former. Also, because they are part of a charismatic sect of Christianity, it’s not necessarily fear of their children going to hell that motivates them but, rather, fear of their own failings as a parent and as a beacon of light to God preventing THEM from making it to Heaven. Theirs is a supremely unique sort of selfishness. It is what teaches them that it is okay to “break” the spirit of a child, break his/her will so that they will listen to whatever they say. Instead of teaching as the bible teaches that man has free will, they teach that man is to follow their father in all things. Jesus taught that faith is about love, not fear. You have to love God enough to give of yourself to Him. In the QFM, you give because you are fearful. In short, Anna’s parents do not love her. They love the idea of her.

      • speshul says:

        Females are disposable in their culture, so her parent’s ‘love’ of her is conditional on her total subservience.

      • Mare says:

        Isn’t cheating wrong, too?

    • Don't kill me I'm French says:

      This

    • wolfie says:

      One of the most tragic things about leaving a cult is that one loses one’s nuclear family. Recognizing the original betrayal in being considered a possession of my folks, as well as the sustained betrayal, feels like hatred of my very being; their religion is more important to them than their child; and it feels devastating. My parents have sent more hatred to me, for leaving their cult, than I could ever have imagined. I do feel alone, without mother or father, although I carry on for the sake of my dear children, and my integrity. This was my fate, my destiny, if you will, and I accept it as such. I appreciate the opportunity to express this. Two of my brother’s died young, by suicide, because they could not endure the abuse of laying waste their souls: there is so much grief due to religious bullshit. Still, my parents are quite pleased with their perceived self-righteousness. It’s their children they consider bad seed. I can’t even even speak to them, they are so destructive in their denial of our humanity. I have one brother left, and he enjoys their favor, mostly because he’s very rich, and doesn’t rock the boat: which is hypocrisy, in all it’s glory.

      • tback says:

        @wolfie, sorry to hear about your experiences in a cult…my older brother joined a cult at age 20 & it has been horrible for my family. I relate to a lot of what you shared. Stay strong…

      • Anna says:

        @wolfie thank you for sharing your experience. It saddens me to hear about this but I am so glad that you escaped. I echo tback in saying stay strong! You did the right thing in getting out and you are absolutely in the right. I grew up militaristic religious fundamentalist and am a survivor; it’s not necessarily the same but I just mention it to say that it is not easy to shed the mental and emotional effects of that type of upbringing. Your children are/will be thankful for your courage in giving them space for real, healthy lives. Sending peace and strength your way.

  3. Betti says:

    Where are CPS in all this? Those children are not safe with him around – he’s an admitted peado with severe sexual repression. If he now has no other outlet – and lets face it Anna is never going to be enough to satisfy him, he’s already proven that – they will become more and more insular and those kids will bear the brunt of it. He’s a deviant who has abused children before – praying is not going to help him or protect them. They need to be removed from the house until he’s had proper treatment. Treatment that he is crying out for.

    • Astrid says:

      Yes!

    • swack says:

      Thank you. I cannot believe that Anna would want her daughters around him given his past.

      • Esmom says:

        I’m not sure she has the perspective to understand the danger, sadly.

      • Pamela says:

        I don’t think she feels like she has any choice. Or as Esmom said, the perspective to understand that she even SHOULD want her kids away from him.

        This cult has completely warped her brain since she was a kid, and she doesn’t know anything else.

      • Wren says:

        It’s not out of the question that she experienced similar treatment growing up and sees it as, if not “normal”, than inevitable. She’s also been trained to never, ever put up a fight under any circumstances, so really, even if she doesn’t want him around their kids, what is she going do about it?

    • Snazzy says:

      Agreed! Maybe she’s afraid of losing the kids? They probably have her convinced that if she leaves him she would lose everything, on top of this all being all her fault anyway.

      My heart is breaking for this poor woman and her children

      • xmas in july says:

        I feel like Anna needs that one girlfriend — that we all have — to come gently hold her hand and whisper softly in her ear: what the eff are you doing, get your girls away from this sexual predator, it will be hard but also the *best* thing you’ve ever done.

        All she has is people surrounding her who tell her to pray away the pain and the sin, and it’s just AWFUL beyond words.

      • The Bucket Lady says:

        That’s what I’ve been thinking. I wouldn’t put anything past that scumbag pig jimbob. He would lawyer josh up to at least attempt to take the kids from her or to scare her from attempting anything.

    • Saywhatwhen says:

      He is clearly seeking an outlet for his repressed and pent-up sexuality. Clearly, so many different web-subscriptions and profiles—all geared at getting sex– must suggest that he is about to combust. And his wife, I am sure based on their cult teachings, must be spreading at every chance he wants it. So the fact that he is seeking so many different additional outlets clearly shows he is on a downward spiral. Those children including his young siblings, nieces and nephews are not safe!

  4. Maum says:

    Least surprising post ever. Sadly.

    • Lucy2 says:

      I know, I wish I could say I was surprised but sadly I’m not.

    • bettyrose says:

      Seriously. Everyone here pretty much called this in yesterday’s thread, saying she’d take some of the blame. Best part “She should have understood the pressure he was under …counseled him better.”

      • Suzy from Ontario says:

        Plus their twisted belief ala Bill Gothard’s IBLP/ATI teachings blame the woman for virtually everything. They do tell the men who “stumbles” to apologise to his wife and treat her better (at least for a while) but essentially the overall flavour of their belief is that if the woman was pleasing him, he wouldn’t stray. Just like if the women were modestly dressed they wouldn’t induce the lust that cause men to sexual molest them, so it’s their fault too (even at 4 or 5 …then it’s really the mother’s fault for letting the children run around immodestly). It’s really F’d up!

        Josh is a grown man and has made his own choices and is reaping the consequences of that and I’m not particularly sympathetic to him, but I do put a lot of the blame on Jim Bob and Michelle. They raise their kids with this emphasis on purity and you must not have any sexual thoughts or desires until you are married, and they basically tell the kids they must suppress all those natural feelings that come with puberty, especially in boys! They are so restricted and monitored that they can’t explore those feelings in any way. No stealing Dad’s Playboy to flip through with a best friend by the creek and especially no masturbating. In fact, the Duggars insist their children tell them if they do so because it’s a huge sin and they will go to Hell if they don’t tell them. They aren’t allowed to date normally where some normal, mild sexual curiosity might play out, and they really don’t even have a chance to get to know themselves or what they want from life or in a mate. They have to follow this rigid little path that the parents have set out for them, and follow courtship rules with an approved person that also follows their belief system. No touching. Can’t even hold hands until engaged! No being alone. No sharing any serious feelings or deep thoughts because everything, every phone call is monitored and shared with the parents and they are never allowed to be alone. Next thing they know they are married to someone they barely know and she’s pregnant within a few months because no birth control allowed. Repeat. Repeat. Plus their religion talks about how they must always appear happy or it’s an insult to God. It’s not hard to see how such a restrictive environment with such an emphasis on Sex is Bad until marriage, then Sex is Good to make a lot of babies over and over again could create emotionally crippled naive adults who might have some curiosity now that they are out from under Daddy’s thumb and constant control. I’m not saying Josh was right to cheat and I’m definitely not saying it was okay what he did to his sisters, but the environment his parents created in that home is not conducive to raising healthy adults with healthy views on sex. I suspect there would be a lot of sexual dysfunction in those raised this way and that acting out in one way or another is probably fairly common. It’s probably just hidden, whereas with the Duggars being in the public eye, it’s out in the open.

      • bettyrose says:

        Women should be childlike, subservient, modest, and constantly pregnant, while also possessing sex kitten like abilities to keep their man in perpetual lust only for them. Purrrfectly reasonable.

      • BarkingMad says:

        BettyRose: I was about to add this to the comments at the end:

        In an earlier article featuring Gopher (JimBob) and Squirrel (Michelle), several people suggested Anna would have to wear this.

        “Maybe not publicly, ever, but privately, there will be some suggestion of whether or not she should have been more aware of the pressures Josh was under, of the issues he was facing, and how she could have better counseled him or helped him,” says the source.

        And there it is… “Despicable and sickening” don’t even begin to describe them and this entire situation.

    • PhenomenalWoman says:

      “As with her in-laws, she is turning more to her faith than ever, she and Josh are probably praying around the clock right now, I would assume.”

      Why didn’t Josh pray around the clock before his dong wandered? Josh isn’t sorry for his transgressions; only sorry he got caught.

  5. CT says:

    I feel like the whole cult-and-caboodle (NAILED IT) will be laying a fair amount of blame on Anna, to be honest. I’m sure she is receiving advice on how to be a better wife so her husband isn’t tempted as we speak.

    It’s very sad.

  6. Goats on the Roof says:

    Called this yesterday! Of course Anna will blame herself. Women in that cult are taught that they are to blame for practically everything. Husband has an affair? Woman’s fault for not being alluring enough. Husband blows through all the family cash? Woman’s fault for not being supportive enough of his role as head of the household. Husband smacks wife around? Woman’s fault for being too infuriating.

    • Lara K says:

      Unfortunately, it’s not only the Evangelical nut jobs that support that type of mentality.
      I have known several women in this type of situation that get blamed by their family, friends, and of course the offending husband.

      The biggest problem in my eyes is that she has no support if she wants to leave.

    • Wren says:

      It’s awful but true. In this case, women are set up for failure. They are taught that their sexuality is a sin, they should not seek pleasure, and they must submit to their husbands. Can you imagine sleeping with a person like that, merely going through the motions because they have to? Sure, you get your rocks off but at some point wouldn’t it seem fulfilling? Then of course you have a million babies and someone (the wife) has to take care of them. So now you’re sleeping with an exhausted person who probably just lays there like a dead fish while you do your thing. Whee, that sounds fun. Not.

      The women in porn at least ACT like they’re having fun and are enthusiastic about what they’re doing. Apart from the pron itself, that has an appeal. Likely whoever Josh managed to bang from AM was actually into it and reciprocated, which would be novel for him. And likely quite intoxicating.

      How do they not see this?!?!

      • Betti says:

        “Likely whoever Josh managed to bang from AM was actually into it and reciprocated”

        This has given me a mental image that requires copious amounts of alcohol to eradicate – thankfully its Friday evening where i am.

  7. zimmer says:

    Who are we kidding, publicly Josh makes a repentive statement, but privately she’ll absorb all of the blame. Then as Anna, feeling the guilt pile up tries to become more aggressive in the bedroom, Josh will get turned off and move further away. Also, she’ll probably develop a new eating disorder between pregnancies to look better for Josh.

    Poor Anna, the parents ruined Josh and she pays the price.

    • bellenola says:

      While what she should do is divorce that sucker, write a book about the whole thing and get PAID!

    • lolab says:

      It makes me nauseous knowing this poor young woman is going to “absorb” some predatory psychopath’s actions.

  8. SypherMomma says:

    I wonder if Josh going off the rails is going to cause a Duggar lockdown….poor Jana and Jinger, I’d hoped they’d move away and make a life for themselves.

    As for Anna, I think you’re right and it’s incredibly sad. She doesn’t have the resources to leave, so many women involved in these types of cults feel trapped. Stories from survivors are always incredibly upsetting.

    • kcarp says:

      Anna has more resources than most women. I understand she is a cult and has no education but she could sell a couple stories to tabloids for some fast cash. She could then write a tell all and use those funds to take care of herself and kids while she gets an education. She could make enough of a public spectacle that the Duggars would never be able to sue her.

      I get that she is brain washed and has never known life outside the cult but she is an adult. She has had a lot more exposure to the real world than most of these women who escape. She has more financial means and access to professionals than we could ever dreAm of.

      I just talked myself out of all sympathy for her.

      • BearcatLawyer says:

        I have kind of been feeling the same way, kcarp. She has access to information via the Internet. She supposedly has three siblings who bailed on this cult and could likely help her and her kids escape. Plenty of other people would be willing to help her leave Josh and rebuild her life with their kids.

        The only reason why I still have some degree of sympathy for her is that the kind of brainwashing that has been inflicted on her throughout her life is virtually impossible to overcome without serious professional intervention. And sadly, it looks like she has virtually NO close, trustworthy people who can convince her to at least listen to a different perspective and consider her other options.

      • Pamela says:

        “Anna has more resources than most women. I understand she is a cult and has no education but she could sell a couple stories to tabloids for some fast cash. She could then write a tell all and use those funds to take care of herself and kids while she gets an education. She could make enough of a public spectacle that the Duggars would never be able to sue her.”

        And you honestly think she KNOWS the above to be true and/or knows how to do any of that? We see countless cases of women who were raised in perfectly “normal” families, that had an education, that saw the outside world— who get caught up with an abusive guy and it is years before they get the strength to do what needs to be done to leave. It happens time and again. And those are women with family and friends to help them. And you think it should be easy for this woman who has been essentially locked up and brainwashed her whole life to do it?

      • kcarp says:

        When do people have responsibility for themselves?

        The daughters spout their nonsense about the gay/lesbian/trans community everyone talks about what vile people they are. They no doubt are horrible people but are the kids brainwashed too?

        Why do they deserve sympathy for brain washing sometimes but not other times? If they are so sheltered they don’t know they can leave their husbands then how can they know that transgendereded people are not out there trying to molest their kids. That’s what they have been told their whole lives.

        Im not trying to excuse their behavior I’m just interested in opinions. When do brainwashed people have responsibility for their own actions?

      • Saywhatwhen says:

        Please, everyone, do not underestimate this cult—do not view them differently from the CO$. Women, especially, will find it extremely difficult to escape. Do not suppose that Anna is not now locked away in seclusion so she can reflect on how she failed her husband (and we know this to be a guise for locking her away from people who may want her to make an informed decision about whether to leave..).

        This is a dangerous cult that some of the main stream media (Fox and to my dismay People!) are treating as conservative Christian church. It is not! It is a cult. A dangerous woman-suppressing, abusive, psychological trauma-inducing cult!

        After this last statement about her assuming blame I will tear into any mutha heffer who comes here today to say “have compassion on these Christians”! Christians my a$$!

        Again CULT, CULT, CULT!!!!!!!

      • MinnFinn says:

        kcarp – Thanks for that important insight. It IS reasonable and right that an adult be expected to take necessary action to protect their kids. But it seems like a false dichotomy to suggest that it precludes feeling sympathy for her.

      • Portland Jan says:

        She also has 3 siblings who ditched this cult years ago. Anna could also appeal to one or more of them for help.

      • Suzy from Ontario says:

        Plus she knows she would be shunned by everyone she knows and cares about. Her family would turn their backs on her, his family…and I’m sure she worries about the kids and doesn’t want them shunned for her choices. It’s a tough situation to be in. Yes, theoretically she could get cash and get out but that is really difficult when you’ve been brainwashed since birth to think a certain way. That kind of abuse is so ingrained. Plus I think getting married and having kids is what she has wanted to do her whole life… the idea of leaving that and trying to educate herself and support herself. That is so far from her reality as to be impossible.

    • Murphy says:

      Yeah none of the others are getting out of there any time soon.

      • Chibichchai says:

        If someone helps her get out, it’ll probably be one of his sisters who married out of the house. Why? They would have the chance to have more access to the Internet or not be so monitored. There Anna can find the resources needed to get out, get far away and probably tell her story so chica can get PAID.

        My thought is Jessa gets so mad that Josh takes away her spotlight that she really sticks it to him by helping Anna divorce him as the final “F U” to her brother. He molested her, took away the family show when all the attention would be on her and then really sealed the deal when the network was testing to see if there was a possibility to being the show back ever.

      • littlestar says:

        Jessa is an idiot. I don’t see her helping Anna out, ever.

      • Murphy says:

        I was referring to Jana, Jinger, and the rest of their children who are also trapped

    • kcarp says:

      What if he ends up molesting the kids, will she be responsible then? I don’t disagree that she is in so deep she can’t see the other side but she does have a duty to her kids.

      I think it was the Going Clear movie where the lady I believe her name was Spanky/Sparky something like that, she only left the cult when she saw what they were doing to her child. Will that be the jolt to reality she needs?

      • Mojoman says:

        Just like Michelle, sadly she probably will close 1 eye and ignore the molestations. I am not surprised if most of the girls in that cult have been or still being molested. What a sad situation!

  9. Priscila says:

    She is a mother before being a wife,that is what she has to remind herself. Josh was not simply a curious teenager experimentos:he was abusing his sisters severa times. Is she not concerned he might do it in the future with their kids? Sisters are also blood related after all and it did not stop him. Is she going to absorb some of the blame if this horror happens to her?

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I agree with everything you said. Those children are not safe.

    • Murphy says:

      Believe it or not-despite their obsession with procreation-they see it the other way around. To them she is a wife first. Thats why she won’t be able to leave.

      • Shambles says:

        Spot on, Murphy. How else would they have time to create all those children, if not for the convenience of being able to pass them off to the older ones for Sibling-Parenting?

  10. Bluebell says:

    Poor Anna. I wish her and the children all the best.

  11. LadyJane says:

    What scares me the most is that the fundies seem (finally) to take exception to the porn and affairs. Not so much the incest.

    • Jorts says:

      That’s because they only care about unborn babies, not children.

      • minx says:

        Sure. The minute babies hit the end of the birth canal, they are on their own.

      • wolfie says:

        That’s heavy, Jorts.

      • BB says:

        No lies told there. A coworker facebook friend, who is extremely prolife, posted some article from a toolbag (whose name I will not mention because he loves attention, and I have the sad displeasure of having interacted with him in real life) talking about how morally corrupt you are if you support Planned Parenthood in any way. He went on to say that it’s sad the liberals are out there focusing on Jared Fogle and they should be fine with children abused since they are perfectly okay with unborn children being murdered and cut up. This is the sick mindset of these people.

  12. kay says:

    If he molests his own children she won’t do anything to stop him. They are all brainwashed and men are absolved of any crime.

  13. Smurphy says:

    So they may stay married but there won’t be any more kids right? RIght?? Because *vom* at the thought of ever sleeping with him again oO

    • Josephine says:

      Like he (or even she) cares whether she wants to sleep with him. It’s her obligation to do what he wants, so yes, I would assume that the babies will keep coming. Gives him more options. I lack sympathy for a women who refuses to protect her kids.

    • speshul says:

      I don’t think she has much choice in the matter. In a sexually abusive environment of this cult, women giving consent is a non-issue.

  14. Syko says:

    How can she leave? She has no education, no job experience, and four children. I doubt that her parents, being caught up in the cult, would be helpful in getting her away from Josh. She’s stuck with a bad bargain.

    Did you all see that he also had an OKCupid account, as well as a fake Facebook page on which he friended strippers? Ugh.

    • Jenns says:

      Exactly. What other life does she know other than being a submissive, baby-making machine? After being brainwashed her entire life, I don’t know if she’s independent enough to leave.

    • Lilacflowers says:

      And no connections outside the cult who could offer her support.

      • Jenns says:

        Right. Her family is just going her to stay home, pray and fix this.

      • BB says:

        Someone said she has family members that left the cult. Maybe one day she will make the choice to take her children and leave, and could hopefully reach out to them. Having no support system is going to be the hardest thing for her in the beginning.

    • Mare says:

      How is Josh going to support a family? He’ll never be able to find work.
      Her parents should be helping her get away to save their grandchildren.
      As for her being worried that she could lose custody, I doubt the courts would give custody to an admitted child molester and cheater.

      • jwoolman says:

        I doubt that cheating would be a mark against him in a custody dispute. The record of child molestation would be the big obstacle, and his admission of “porn addiction” would require some investigation to find out what that meant. Family court is all about the best interests of the children.

  15. NewWester says:

    A poster yesterday pointed out things like this tend to happen in 3’s:
    1) Josh molested his sisters 2) Josh had profiles and accounts on a site for people looking to cheat on their partners.
    I am thinking something else has come out and Anna is just taking her time before dumping Josh. Or she( and her lawyer)is in talks with Jim Bob( let’s face it he controls the money) to best handle the upcoming split.
    Anna wants support for herself and the children, while Jim Bob wants to keep this latest scandal under wraps to avoid anymore damage to the ” Duggar brand”
    Then Josh will be sent off to do missionary work in Antarctica or Death
    Valley to ” heal himself “

    • Lilacflowers says:

      More likely they will announce in six months that she is pregnant again and all is well. The pregnancy is to prove that Jesus has forgiven Josh and blessed them. That cult won’t let a woman have any independence or role other than baby maker.

    • Goats on the Roof says:

      Anna has known nothing but total obedience since birth, first to her father and now to Josh. She’s never thought for herself or made her own decisions. So as much as I wish she was divvying up the cash with Jim Boob, I know realistically that it will never happen.

      • NewWester says:

        But if Katie Holmes can surprise Tom Cruise with a divorce and get away from Co$ , hopefully Anna can do the same.

      • Goats on the Roof says:

        Two entirely different situations. Katie Holmes wasn’t brainwashed from birth to be obedient to her family. She wasn’t blanket-trained as an infant to know how to stay in her place. She wasn’t sheltered from television and kept from the internet. Katie’s education wasn’t limited to creationism taught by her mother in their kitchen. Katie realized her marriage to Tom Cruise and his relationship with COS was abnormal because she had been brought up in a normal family, and so she got away. But for Anna, this is all she’s ever known. What she’s going through *is* her normal.

  16. Lilacflowers says:

    “The pressure he was under” “Absorb some of the blame” What pressure? To adhere to vows he himself took, like every other married person? Absorb some of the blame? For what? For him being a sexually dangerous person? No, that blame is his alone.

    As for sexual repression, it does not seem like Josh has ever repressed anything.

    • Neonscream says:

      Of course he’s repressed. If he wasn’t from that shitty misogynist cult he could have just been a single guy and picked up to his hearts content (yes he looks like the pilsbury doughboy but plenty of fugly people have plenty of sex). He could have gone to see sex workers to his hearts content. If he didn’t have to hide every aspect of sexuality except for procreation within a marriage there would be no cheating. Whether there would have been been the molestation is up for debate but it is well documented that the rates of sexual abuse of minors, especially family members are disproportionately high in highly repressive religious homes.

      He is a scumbag but he’s also repressed, acting out in secret doesn’t change that.

      • Lilacflowers says:

        I suspect he has been seeing sex workers to his heart’s content since he reached adulthood.

      • BearcatLawyer says:

        Lilacflowers, I think you are on to something here. I bet this is why InTouch Weekly’s editor claimed in an interview several weeks ago that more would be forthcoming. They may have gotten tips about Josh’s AM, OKCupid, and Facebook accounts but had not yet uncovered enough evidence to publish a story without getting sued. It wouldn’t surprise me if ITW now finds and interviews some of his extramarital dalliances.

        And this whole time he was claiming that gays and lesbians were destroying the sanctity of marriage! Nope. He has done more in his short life to prove that straight people are the greatest threat to marriage than the LGBTQ community could ever hope to accomplish (no offense to the LGBTQ community, mind you, but in this instance Josh has set the bar INSANELY high!).

      • Wren says:

        All these behaviors are outlets for repressed sexuality. If he hadn’t been deeply repressed, I doubt many (if not all) of his deviant behaviors would have shown up. We can debate all day about that, but these are not the actions of a person with a healthy attitude towards sex, sexuality and relationships. You push something down enough, it’ll bubble up in the most unwanted and unexpected ways. I doubt even he “wants” to be like this but he’s never known anything besides the obsession/shame cycle.

      • lolab says:

        He’s repressed but he’s also a predator. A lot of repressed kids have their sexuality manifest is weird ass ways. But his targeting the young children that also happened to be his sisters crossed some huge taboo lines that indicate this dude is twisted. Then you add in his horrible familial and religious upbringing and bam! Perfect crazy train storm.

    • frisbee says:

      Have to agree with Lilacflowers- he’s been taught it’s right to repress sexual urges but since his hormones kicked in has never succeeded.

  17. Ana A. says:

    Of course she’ll blame herself and the others will too. If she was a more devoted wife he wouldn’t have looked somewhere else. Now it’s her job to fix him and her job to keep the family together. Who else would be to blame? Him? But he was lead astray by Satan! *sarcasm*

    • greenmonster says:

      Waiting for the explanation that she wasn’t giving him enough attention after having kids. You know, she was focused on breastfeeding, changing diapers and just taking care of kids. No one knows how hard it was for the Golden Boy Josh not being No.1 anymore. He was No.2 all of a sudden (in every sense) and then 3 and 4… poor, poor Josh. All he wanted was attention and adoration. Anna should have born kids like Jana: able to take care of the little kids so mommy could take care of daddy’s needs. So we all should blame Anna and the oldest kids here. Because none of them thought of Josh.

    • Wren says:

      I blame the cult, personally. Without their crazed sexual repression and female oppression Josh would at least have had a chance to indulge in healthy adolescent sexual behavior and Anna would have been free to explore her sexuality as well. Both of which are needed for two adults to have a healthy, fulfilling sexual relationship. As it is, Anna can never be “good enough” because she essentially has been forbidden from enjoying sex, and Josh, well, we know what he’s done.

      Alas none of them will see it this way and anyone and anything besides Josh will be at fault.

  18. Senaber says:

    Gross. I’m terrified that this sexual deviant is going to have to focus all that energy on his own wife and kids now. Truly sad and scary. She will turn a blind eye to absolutely anything I guess.

    Theyve both been so brainwashed how could we ever expect this to have a normal outcome? Too bad the delusion is still so strong the Duggars can’t see that he is a cautionary tale.

  19. Sixer says:

    Well, you guys have all been saying there’s plenty more to come out for months and months, haven’t you? Sigh. More and more yet to surface, I suspect.

    Weirdo Duggars aside, I still can’t get over this “affair guarantee” thing that site was running as, presumably, a front for prostitution.

    It’s all so um… the worst of us. I need a palate cleanser.

    • BearcatLawyer says:

      Sixer, love, there isn’t enough vodka/gin/rum/Cheez-Its in the world to cleanse this from your palate. I never in a million years thought I would agree with Kris Kardashian Jenner about decency in the world, but although she very well may be Lucifer’s Homegirl, she called it.

      My only consolation is that there still are an awful lot of kind, generous, caring people in the world. They just don’t get the media attention these freaks get.

    • frisbee says:

      I don’t know about palate cleanser, I feel like I need to bleach my brains. I can’t decide if it’s worse to wilfully ignore this information and go the Pollyanna route or absorb it in the knowledge it’s incredibly difficult to challenge these damaging belief systems (Fundamental anything – they’re all as bad as each other and all of them both demonise and denigrate women it seems) that are effing up our world something chronic. There are days when if I had a chance to go off planet and start all over again somewhere else – I would.

    • Sixer says:

      As someone with a communitarian outlook, the whole Ashley Madison thing saddens me but also makes me feel tainted, you know? I hate the thought of millions of people signing up for something whose whole raison d’etre is being underhanded and dishonest. And as euphemisms go, “affair guarantee” is one of the most excruciating I’ve ever heard. It’s all just so ick and worse still, it’s incredibly popular ick.

      For me, the Duggars are like a circus show. We have so few of these people in the UK, and the ones we do have don’t really make the news (fundies, not pervs – we have plenty of pervs, they just don’t bring Jesus into it) – so it all feels a bit like going to the zoo to look at the strange creatures, you know?

    • Magpie says:

      I think there’s def more and that more is hookers. Wait and see.

    • Birdix says:

      And the site must be finished, right? I was wondering about the people who work there. I imagine another has popped up somewhere, or will soon, also with guarantees.
      The other thing I was wondering about was all the praying. Not to be snarky, but at a certain point wouldn’t you be thinking, we’ve been praying about this for years, and it’s not working. Are these people con artists who are hiding their misdeeds behind a curtain of prayer, or they just extremely flawed people with very strong faith?

    • Saywhatwhen says:

      Yup, Celebitchy, Kaiser…give us some cute puppies please…or some Idris or Charlie….it’s Friday and we can’t end like this… even a little of the good Prince Harry

      Rough week.

    • littlestar says:

      Yep, Celebitchyers have a sixth sense about this kind of stuff.

  20. BearcatLawyer says:

    The photos speak volumes. She regularly highlights her pregnant abdomen with belts and bows. Her value in their cult and in her own eyes is measured only by how many babies she can produce. Nothing else matters. Not Josh’s molesting his own sisters. Not his emotional (and possibly actual) infidelity. Not his and his family’s pattern and practice of deceit. And certainly not her or her children’s feelings.

    There is a special place in hell reserved for Jim Bob, Michelle, Josh, and the rest of these cruel, hypocritical people.

    • wolfie says:

      When you’re dead, you’re dead. For some reason it seems wrong to me to wish for hell, although revenge can feel overwhelming. Christian hell is full of hatred! What are real solutions to cults? I was born in a cult, and it took 3 years of Master’s work in a theological seminary to discover valid reasons to leave, because the lies are so interwoven and laced with sugary truth. I pined for life outside of the box. Atheism, although it took many years to embrace, is real freedom of thought – praise be! It’s very hard to live under the rule of a revengeful god.

      • frisbee says:

        Crikey, good on you for making such a massive journey! That takes serious b*lls.

      • wolfie says:

        Kind of you, frisbee. Since we are talking of women’s roles, I wanted to add that I went back to school to get a Women’s Studies degree when I was 40. I needed direct advice from women, who are for women. My journey out of a cult has been gratifying; my children and other relatives have benefited from what I learned; actually they are thrilled by the release from a life of great inner struggle. I also spent years studying the world’s great religions; I still love spending time with Lao Tsu, Rumi, and The Preacher (Ecclesiastes). The world is full of beautiful ideas.

        Sorry for talking so much about my own stuff; I just wanted to show you that a great deal of information was needed for release from a cult. Bottom line, I learned to trust myself, of course!

  21. Miran says:

    Of course she will, because that what these sick fucks teach these girls. Your husband molests kids and cheats on the DL while espousing virtue? It’s because you don’t put out enough honey.

  22. Shambles says:

    I am so sick of hearing about these people just “praying around the clock, I’m sure.” It’s an insult to decent human beings who use prayer as a way to connect deeply to the divine. I don’t even want to imagine what kinds of prayers their true hearts say.

    • frisbee says:

      “G*d – please let me get away with it just one more time” – I would imagine.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Yes, it makes want to me vomit to think of her praying for forgiveness for letting Josh down. I’m sure she is so hurt and angry and all of the boneheads who raised her are telling her to forgive him and ask herself where she failed.

      Have you ever noticed that when these hypocrites do something good, it’s because they’re virtuous and better than everybody else, but when they do something bad, Satan was behind it? Powerful Satan just snuuuck in there and before they knew it, BAM, they woke up next to a prostitute. Damn that Satan!

      • Shambles says:

        OH Yes, GNATTY. They have the moral authority to call your house and tell you that being transgender is wrong and disgusting, but when they fail, SAYTAAN! It’s your fault that you have a different gender identity than they do, but it’s not Josh’s fault that he’s a sexually twisted psychopath. SAYTAN.

      • MonicaQ says:

        That’s what seriously tested my beliefs as a child. “Why does God get the “credit” when something good happens but when something bad happens like the Challenger explosion (I was quite young), it’s Satan’s fault? Could it be God was playing Super Mario and just wasn’t paying attention?” I was spanked for that question and questioned religion for a long time. Haven’t found an answer and am totally ok with that.

      • frisbee says:

        Yes they are h*ll bent (no pun intended) on causing shame in others yet have no shame themselves because they have no capacity for taking any responsibility for their own actions.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        MonicaQ
        I wasn’t spanked, but was told to “hush” in Sunday school when I asked after we sang “Jesus loves the little children” why some of them didn’t have any food. I think some people can’t just say “we don’t know…”

      • Wren says:

        My dad was raised fundamentalist and left the church as soon as he turned 18 and never looked back. I was always allowed to ask “why?” and I’m deeply grateful for that. There’s nothing wrong with an honest, “I don’t know.” I’ve never understood why some people have to have (or believe they have) all the answers, and I’m deeply mistrustful of them. I shocked a lot of conservative Christians in college by asking (honestly and without malice) why they believed certain things. One girl looked at me like I was the devil or something.

      • The Other Katherine says:

        Wren, you speak the truth. I also don’t know how a Christian can claim to espouse the virtue of humility if they believe there are no mysteries in the world for which they do not know the answer. Do they really think God is so small that their limited human minds can comprehend His entire creation?

    • Little Darling says:

      Exactly Shambles. God and divinity is not something to be used for self service in this way. Praying isn’t a fix all to inherent problems in the system, and these bozos saying this as if *this* is how you absolve yourself from being a bad person, and to help take the blame on actions you’ve done while knowing they were wrong, it’s such bull.

      So many zealots taint the beauty of faith and the divinity of a higher being.

    • Magpie says:

      Seriously, prayer hasn’t worked so well so far so must pray harder! Urgh, this guy needs therapy, rehab and possibly jail time.

  23. Jennylee says:

    Jesus does say in the Bible that adultery breaks the marital bond and divorce is wholly acceptable in that instance. So when I pray for this family, like Jim Bob and Michelle asked us to, I’ll be praying that Anna takes that message to heart and leaves.

    • NUTBALLS says:

      Very few women like Anna will use the adultery as an way out instead of forgiveness. Because Josh is so manipulative, he can repent over and over and she will believe him and feel compelled to take him back. She will believe that he’d never touch their own daughters because she’s naive to the depravity that he’s capable of. All this will be done from a strong desire to please Jesus, but in the meantime, she makes herself a doormat and inadvertently exposes her children to molestation.

      If her own family thinks like the Duggers then she is surrounded by family and friends who will encourage her to stay and keep her family together at all costs. She really is trapped and cannot see it or how to get out.

  24. Annie says:

    These cheating accounts reveal that Josh is still “sly” as his sisters described. And that makes me very concerned for Anna’s children.

  25. Green Is Good says:

    Josh, you doughy bastard, leave Satan out of your lying, distorting and blame-throwing.
    He has better things to do than tempting you with random pussy.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I said something similar before I read yours. Exactly what you said – this wasn’t Josh, oh no, it was Satan! They make me gag.

  26. It'sJustBlanche says:

    If she stays, this is the best thing that ever happened to her. From now on, she has the upper hand. All she has to do is threaten to leave and spill all their secrets.

    • The Eternal Side-Eye says:

      Nope, if she stays she’ll be tightly under the thumb of other members of the couch to be a better wife and show a noble face of loyalty and adoration to Josh among his public conflicts.

      Cult, remember?

  27. Jas says:

    Divorce won’t be an option from her unless she leaves the cult. Healing from his sexual issues won’t be possible for him unless he leaves the cult as it is the cause of his problems. Most likely they will both remain within the stifling confines of their repressive upbringings while he acts out as his curiosity and desires emerge every chance he thinks he won’t be caught, blaming Satan when he does and she’ll blame herself according to religious doctrine, both will raise their children with the same dysfunction that created the mess they are as people today.

    I feel really sad for both of them because they were betrayed by their parents who stunted their development in the name of religion and they’re trapped by that. Now they’re going to pass that on to their own children.

  28. Laura says:

    This whole thing makes me so upset. I can’t believe this family has such a huge following and that their brainwashing is so complete. My heart goes out to Anna but I know she doesn’t have the mental strength to leave because it’s never what she was taught. She sadly doesn’t know better.

    • MonicaQ says:

      I can’t believe the fools sticking up for Josh on the Duggar fb page. I went on there and lasted less than 5 minutes.

  29. Rice says:

    I’m not surprised by this at all. Many women “absorb the blame” for a myriad of indiscretions by their husbands/male partners and it’s got nothing to do with religion. How many times have we read about women standing by their men when they’ve cheated *cough-Bill Clinton-cough*. I could name others but I’ll need tonnes of cough syrup. Anyway, I’m more concerned about the kids. A child-molesting cheater is not someone that should be around kids.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Yes, even a “normal” woman often has to work through those issues. Intellectually, you know it’s his decision and his responsibility, but our society has taught us that somehow the woman failed if the man cheats. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in a group of people and it’s brought up that so-and-so cheated, and someone will comment “well, she IS so controlling…” or some such blaming thing.

      And I completely agree that those children aren’t safe. I feel for his wife, but she has a choice in the matter. They don’t.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        Women automatically take the blame for their husband and children’s failures. Even when passing strangers in the store, it seems women are always apologizing to me when one of us needs to move out of the path or my kids are in their way. Our very nature seems to make us want to adapt to everyone else and make sure we inconvenience ourselves so others lives are easier.

        In Anna’s culture, this is taken to the extreme and yes, I’m sure she is blaming herself for her husband’s failings. It’s such a sad situation to observe and likely one that is not going to change — the brainwashing has been going on for so long, especially when soaked in religious overtones.

      • wolfie says:

        This is the basis of depression.

      • Debbie says:

        This situation is so public you would think social services would / could intervene?

  30. Nancy says:

    I watched an episode of their show when they had dinner guests. She was sitting inside closest to the kitchen area and Joshass was on the outside. She was getting up and down to serve her guests. He never moved in an inch. Finally, Anna got on her knees and crawled under the table so as not to disturb him. It was painful to watch. No, she will not be getting a divorce. She will continue to be his Stepford wife and at 27 with four kids, I feel nothing but sympathy for her.

    • DEB says:

      Sympathy? I think she’s a stark-raving FOOL. Yes, let’s all pray because your husband is a deceitful, cheating, lying, porn-addicted pedophile. Let’s pray … but don’t leave or anything to protect your kids. Reminds me of people with COPD who move to different climates “for the better air” but continue to smoke. I’m not going to waste any more time and energy on this waste of a family. I won’t even look at People magazine anymore, let alone buy it. These pieces of sh*t made a fortune off breeding like rabbits. They’re trash. The end.

      • Lara K says:

        You are treating her like she is a normal 27 year old woman. She is not. She has NOBODY teaching her in anyway EVER how to be independent.
        It’s easy to say, “well, she gets no sympathy because she can just leave”, but the reality is she has zero support from the people in her life to do anything like that. I doubt it has even occurred to her as a viable possibility.
        So yes, she deserves sympathy.
        And if someone who knows her can offer her a way out, she deserves that too.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        You should have sympathy for someone who has been so sheltered by her family and religious culture that she doesn’t realize how messed up it is. If she’s not a naturally independent-minded woman, there’s no way she’s going to be able to grasp the idea that the world she lives in isn’t right. She’ll keep absorbing all the blame, shame and pain as a “good” wife/mother/Christian, thinking this is her cross to bear. She’ll “suffer for the sake of Christ” believing that it honors God to do so.

        It’s impossible for those of us who have grown up differently (I was raised un-extreme fundy) to comprehend just how warped her thinking is. It really isn’t her fault — she hasn’t been taught any differently and everyone around her thinks this way.

      • bunny_ears says:

        Lara K’s right though, DEB.

        This woman has been raised in a family that says a woman’s worth = being preggers. Heaven knows how much rampant sexual and physical abuse went on in her family before she married this creep, and if she’s been raised to think this is normal her entire life, then what are the chances she does escape with four kids and no education? The probability’s near zero.

        I was raised in a family like Anna’s (women are subservient to men, women should obey their husbands, if a man hits a woman, it’s fine to teach her a lessons) because it is my culture. It took me until I was 24 to break away from it even after going to college because I was afraid my father would fly out and drag me home. I didn’t tell people what sort of abuse I went through b/c I was ashamed and afraid people would look at me differently or be nasty.
        Even though I’ve broken out (with my own resources and a good group of friends after years of being alone), whenever guys raise their voices to me, I still flinch even though I know it’s not my fault.

        I hope Anna gets the help she needs and she has at least one person in her life who can break her out of this life.

    • Nancy says:

      Again I have sympathy for Anna. This young woman said if she hadn’t been saved she would have gone to hell for her wicked ways before marriage. This woman has been brainwashed since the day she was born. She loved Josh and probably still does…..I just hope she doesn’t think she did anything wrong. I’m quite sure he doesn’t. He had a hit money making tv show, a beautiful home and a good paying job in D.C. Now he has shamed his family, taking them from the admired to the despised and basically ruined his and their lives. I don’t agree with the Duggar lifestyle, but it is their right to have it and because one of their 19 children turned out to be a psycho, I don’t think they should be banished from the face of the earth. I know I’m in the minority but I hope there is some sort of resolution for Anna and the entire Duggar family. Josh, he made his own bed so to speak, now he has to lay in it.

    • DEB says:

      Do we know she grew up with a family similar to the Duggars? She had a family before she married into this warped clan, did she not? I’m sorry my view is so harsh but this is just too much. To stay married to a pedophile is just beyond madness.

      • Nancy says:

        You don’t have to be sorry for your opinion. She grew up in a family similar to his and their marriage was set up. They met at some convention years before their marriage. It’s a huge big sloppy mess but I wish she’d grow some balls and get out of there, where to……that’s the problem. Her world is so small, she has a new born and three other kids under 7 or so. No matter how we all feel, I think the chances of her leaving him are slim to none.

  31. Talie says:

    I mean, the woman has 4 kids with him. What is she supposed to do? She is screwed.

    • Miran says:

      Leave? She wouldn’t be the first single mom and she won’t be the last.

      • Tia says:

        What makes you think she’d get sole custody of the kids? If she gets the wrong judge, he’s the one with the money and family support. If she left, she’d probably end up in a shelter which wouldn’t go down well with a certain type of judge.

        If I knew there was even the slightest chance leaving could lead to me having to leave my kids unsupervised with someone like Josh, I’d stick like a limpet.

        Also, people who say ‘get an education’, that’s OK for anyone with proper grade school learning but I doubt she’s got that – how many years would it take to get her to the level where any decent college would even take her?

      • Delta Juliet says:

        Let’s not pretend that is an easy thing for ANY woman to do.

      • MonicaQ says:

        @Tia the girls stop education at the 8th grade usually so she’d be the equivalent of a HS Freshmen in the real world.

      • Talie says:

        It’s incredibly sad. There are too many things working against her in the real world, outside of this Duggar bubble. Easy to say leave, very hard to accomplish for many.

  32. grabbyhands says:

    Wow, that took them even less time than I thought.

    As soon as the story broke that he had copped to using the site, I knew that the family had probably started going in on her somehow being responsible for him being tempted by porn. Disgusting. He’ll skate away from the whole thing again and the women are left to shoulder the blame for him.

  33. Laura says:

    The only people to blame for Josh’s behaviour are his parents. Jim Bob and Michelle spent their entire lives using God and Christianity to suppress normal biological responses. Instead of navigating through the teenage years realistically, their response was to pretend sex didn’t exist.
    They created their child molesting, perverted porn addicted monster and their response to the problem was to marry him off to the first naive, virgin that came his way.

    • Lilacflowers says:

      He’s an adult now. He too bears responsibility for his actions.

    • NUTBALLS says:

      Parents may teach their children wrong, but at some point, kids and certainly adult know when they’re doing wrong and continue to walk down a destructive path. Josh knew full well that his molestation was wrong (which is why he didn’t do it out in the open) and that his seeking out an affair was wrong (which is why he kept it hidden). He bears full responsibility for what he has done.

      His parents need to do some serious soul-searching to see the part they played in creating a family culture where this kind of dysfunction runs rampant. There is so much naivety about what any of them are capable of, hence why no boundaries are put in place to prevent sexual abuse or molestation from occurring. They should have seen that Josh would continue to pursue sexual gratification though another means than his sisters, but looked for an easy fix because they’re naive as to how deep his problem goes.

      • Jorts says:

        This. It’s not to let the parents off the hook, but really, not every Evangelical grows up to be a cheater and a child-molester.

  34. Betsy says:

    I want to write Anna an anonymous letter saying all the stuff the people around her who claim to love her should say: you had NOTHING to do with, this is NOT your fault, you are a good person worthy of real love.

    Oh, and get an IUD until you sort out what you want to do with your life.

    • Longhairdontcare says:

      I looked her up on Instagram out of curiosity. I was wondering what kind of feedback she was getting from the public. I was surprised yet relieved that ALL the comments were along the lines of your poor girl, its not your fault, get out now, protect your kids, he wont change. I hope she actually has access to and can read all these comments. I wonder if they run their own accounts? I can totally see Josh taking away her phone so that Satan doesnt pollute her mind. Ugh. I bet shell end up pregnant again and then ill really puke. Its fascinating to me how some people can be so psychologically warped. I grew up with an emotionally and sometimes physcially abusive mother but somehow i knew it was her not me. thank God

      • Betsy says:

        I’m sorry about your mother. I wonder, though, how easy it is for someone like Anna to keep sane when her whole world is gaslighting her. Parents led her to them slaughter, so to speak, her “schooling,” her religion, her in laws, the people she’s allowed to associate with… That’s got to be hard to hold on to your brain.

        Love your name, by the way.

      • HK9 says:

        I’m soo glad people are encouraging her and giving her some good advice. There’s hope for humanity after all. Because the truth is, this is the beginning of the end. Even if she doesn’t leave right away she’s got to plan to be independent (ie:separate bank account/find a job she can do from home) because Josh will either end up in jail or will leave her for one of his sidechicks sooner or later. She needs to know that she has to protect herself and her children.

  35. Isa says:

    It makes me angry that he is still being coddled. She will probably not even be allowed to get angry at him.

    Face it, putting out more doesn’t keep a man from cheating. He knows she’s available to him and he doesn’t care. He wants to screw everyone else out there as well.

    He could have brought home an STD, putting his wife and unborn child in danger.

  36. jwoolman says:

    Maybe Josh has become such an embarrassment that her church will encourage divorce or at least separation on biblical grounds (adultery). So this may be a blessing in disguise for her, maybe it will make it easier to protect her children if needed. Assuming he would get only supervised visitation. We will have to wait and see what her co-religionists actually do once they’ve absorbed what happened. They might surprise us. Or not…

    At least Josh’s latest activity was dealing with consenting adults this time. Including his wife, if she chooses to stay with him. I do hope she knows to get tested for STDs.

  37. launicaangelina says:

    Anna, you in danger girl! Get out! Get out! Get out! There are people who will help you as you transition out of this marriage and cult. Don’t let them brainwash you into thinking you’ll be all alone.

  38. K says:

    This is all very sad. This cult uses religion and Jesus to emotionally and frankly sexually abuse women. It’s gross and we all knew she wouldn’t leave but who knows maybe she’ll surprise us. I will say the no options isn’t completely true there are a lot of women in worse situations who finally realize it’s time to run and they go to shelters, she just needs to get to the head place to realize this situation is abusive to her and her children. If she really has siblings that left then maybe they will help her see it.

  39. MonicaQ says:

    I read up on this whole “religion”–mainly because some of them exist here in Clearwater because Scientologists weren’t enough /eyeroll–and I KNEW this was going to happen. It’s the woman’s responsibility to see to all of her man’s “needs”. He strays? Her fault. He looks at porn? Her fault. Rapes someone? Both of the women’s fault because Eve something something apple something made Adam eat it something.

    (Also the “head” of the Quiverfull movement said that is a woman doesn’t cry out during a rape then it wasn’t rape. Never mind if a gun is being held to your head or something. Just a random rage-nugget)

    Also she’s not going to leave. She hasn’t been deprogrammed. Reading the stories of the women that got out is so heartbreaking; they took years to come to the realization that they’re more than the Brood-Mothers from Starcraft. I think Anna’s sister has already been disowned due to her having a baby out of wedlock. Maybe she could reach out to her even though she’s “going to hell” or something.

    • wolfie says:

      They manipulate with fear! The logic of cults count on people believing in the absurd.

    • Esmom says:

      When I think of Quiverfull I can’t help but think of Andrea Yates. My heart still breaks when I think about what she was reduced to feeling like she had to do to escape.

  40. QQ says:

    I sit back and eagerly await for their Theoretical math probabilities gay child to come out for this whole trash of a family to stop trying to inflict themselves upon us

  41. laurabb says:

    I hope she is able to get a STD full panal of test!

  42. Louisa says:

    I would love to think she is just biding her time, hiding money and secretly making plans so that when this dies down she will make her escape with the kids.
    Sadly I don’t see that happening though. She is completely brainwashed and when her own parents will be telling her to stay (and pray – ugh) and accept responsibility then she really has no chance.

    Also – a pedophile admitting to a porn addiction. Shouldn’t someone be checking that hard drive??

  43. Murphy says:

    I was thinking to myself earlier if Katie could get out of Scientology while married to its top parishoner, could Anna get away from Josh…
    the answer is no. Because Katie was rescued by her father. Anna’s father fed her to this wolf.

    • Tate says:

      I know. So very sad. Anna now has 4 children with this creep and no-one close to her that is willing to help her break free.

    • K says:

      Katie was also raised with different values and I’m not sure she ever fully bought into the Scientology cray cray. She also had resources or a better understanding of how to use the media resources and family support.

      Anna has been emotionally abused by this cult since birth, it is more like one of toms kids trying to leave, she doesn’t understand how to use the media and her family isn’t going to help her. Maybe her siblings but she is so beaten down she believes this is her fault. Anna is like all abuse victims she has to get to the place where they realize it’s not their fault, they deserve better and then fight to leave. None of this is easy remember Katie was planning for years and it took Tom and that guy talking about some crazy school for Suri for her to make her move.

  44. Juluho says:

    How sad. She’s practically been in a constant state of pregnancy and childbirth, isolated, with the huge onerous of fundie housekeeping and child care on her shoulders. Now she is going to be ‘counselled’ on how she should have been a better wife and lover so he didn’t stray.
    Like anyone who’s been pregnant for half a decade can feel sexy.

  45. cs says:

    Dear Anna: in the bible, it is legally permissible to divorce your husband due to sexual immorality. It is not biblically wrong to divorce a spouse who has been sexually immoral. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN DIVORCE A SEXUAL PREDATOR.

    If you insist on clinging to your faith, please at least read the bible instead of listening to that crazy cult.

  46. Lucy says:

    Not surprising in the least. She’ll never be able to escape.

  47. nicegirl says:

    RUN Anna.

  48. My Two Cents says:

    These people operate under a whole different set of beliefs. Divorce is not even an option for women. Main problem is their belief that prayer will fix everything. While I do believe n the power of prayer, God also only helps those who help themselves. This guy is obviously soooo twisted. Mom and Dad wanted to sweep everything under the rug in exchange for fame and money. How’s that working for you now Duggars?

  49. OTHER RENEE says:

    Anna has no support system outside this cult and sadly none inside it either.

    What really worries me is that soon enough the interest in this family will finally come to an end (especially now that their tv show is history), and these kids will be totally left alone with their pedophile depraved father and doormat mother. Right now he has to watch his step but soon he won’t. Look how fast everyone moved on from Honey Boo Boo after that scandal, and who knows what’s going on with her stupid mother and the perv she invited into their lives.

  50. Lara Morgana says:

    She will never leave him and one reason is that she loves him. I’ve watched the show and it was plain as a fence post that she was madly over-the-moon in love with him and that he tolerated her and that’s about it. He married her because it was expected of him by daddy and mommy and as far as I know she was the only girl he ever courted.

    He is a truly messed up person and I blame his parents. They never sought help for him when he molested his sisters and they think their children should live by their insane “no touch, no private conversation, no alone time until you’re married” rules. I’m surprised that all the children aren’t whacked out after listening to this garbage all their lives and then seeing their dad humping around on Michelle ever chance he got. It’s just all too weird and too icky.

  51. Dvaria says:

    After all of this though, if Anna doesn’t leave him, she is setting her child up for possible child molestation and that is unforgivable and makes her unfit to parent irregardless of ashley madison drama.

  52. FingerBinger says:

    It’s not surprising she won’t leave. Expect more bandaid babies.

  53. The Eternal Side-Eye says:

    I pity her but I’ll save my sympathy for her children.

    They’re the ones who’ll be molested because she doesn’t have the strength to leave.

    The vicious cycle continues but I guess in her mind she’s met his sisters and if her children end up as damaged as them they’ll still be doing good for their cult community.

  54. MerlinsWife says:

    Anna’s probably relieved he was looking outside the home.

  55. Solsolito says:

    This family… ugh. Anna, if you have any sense left, if you have any soul left that hasn’t been co-opted by this brainwashing cult, you’ll do the right thing and leave. If not for your own peace of mind, think of the children who have to be raised in this environment.
    Another thing: as a lapsed Catholic (I can be described as a spiritual Agnostic at best), I find it galling that people from this cult so easily speak on behalf of God. They claim to know “God’s will” and in so doing subjugate women and children in an environment where there is systemic abuse. I obviously can’t and won’t deign to speak on behalf of “God” but I know in my gut that no god would allow a child or woman to be ritually abused in an effort to conform to “God’s” will.
    I think I’ve reached my saturation point for this family and my sympathetic nature is really being stretched to the limit. I’ve no f&*ks left to give…
    End rant.

  56. potatopie says:

    Not surprised. This “reaction” is typical for abused spouses as well. The person who actually IS responsible doesn’t take the responsibility onto their shoulders. Hiding behind religion is just ridiculous. And pathetic. I wish this family would just quit trying to stay in the limelight.

  57. MAC says:

    Duggar’s from the first photo I saw of the family reminded me of Warren Jeffs.

  58. holly hobby says:

    Ugh staying with Chester Molester Perve? Why Anna why? Yeah I’d pray with him all right. I’d plant my foot right between his legs so he can never use that part again.

    Ugh this family!

  59. Anon says:

    I think Jim Bob and Michelle are the ones that cause the most damage to their children. Back when the show first started and ole Jim Bob was still political…Josh was the favored child and he knew it. So much he was called “Smuggar” on the FreeJinger site. The way JB and M talked about sex constantly, did it and have their oldest (not Josh, of course) raising their youngest kids, while they were constantly making more kids …while denouncing any sort of touch before marriage as they joked about their code words for Daddy Duggar getting it. Preaching that boys had trouble controlling themselves when girls didn’t keep covered up and I guess if Anna was busy with babies, cooking, cleaning and playing perfect stepford wife, it’s all her fault Josh is unfaithful. gmafb, Duggars.

  60. Ariel says:

    I don’t feel bad for Anna Duggar. She has chosen to stay with an admitted incestuous child molester who cheats on her.
    I am concerned about their children. Will she even notice or care if Josh Duggar molests his daughters like he did his sisters? Will those children be made to forgive daddy and take the blame on themselves?
    This Quiverfull cult is disgusting. This is what evil looks like.

    • Jayna says:

      I’ve read enough about this particular fundie sect, the Quiverfulls, and the offshoots of it, from people who were in it, and all I can say is you should have compassion for her. I do.

      She has been brainwashed, and reading some of the stories from men and women who got out but expose what really goes on is an eyeopener.

  61. Amy Tennant says:

    I kind of hope they’ve got Josh on some kind of suicide watch. Not for his own sake, but for the people who love him. I could see him feeling like there was no other way out now that he has fallen to such an extent.

    Then again, his family, especially his wife, may continue to send him the message that he’s not really to blame for his actions.

    I am a Christian, though of a different stripe than the Duggars and their ilk (I’m Christian Left!) , so yes, I personally believe in grace and that no one is so bad that he can’t be forgiven by his Savior. (I know a lot of you are of different faiths, and that is fine). However you’ve got to be able to admit, even to yourself, what you’ve done wrong. I’m not sure of course, but I don’t think Josh is even now at that point. And the forgiveness of Christ does not shield you from the consequences of your actions or the court of public opinion.

    • Jayna says:

      I said the same thing yesterday on another thread here about worrying about him being suicidal right now while in the thick of all of this and the shame from being outed.

    • Crumpet says:

      Well said Amy.

    • The Other Katherine says:

      No way will that self-centered d-bag commit suicide. He’s not capable of that level of shame.

  62. Jayna says:

    Anna has four children under the age of five. Think about that. She’s been pregnant, taking care of kids, doing all the wifely duties, cooking, while adding on more children. You just know he doesn’t help at all, even now while unemployed. She will be pregnant again over the next two years. Add to that now the financial stress and dealing with a lying husband for the world to see. What is her breaking point? I can’t imagine having baby after baby and it is expected, no birth control allowed, creating the Christian army as the aim.

    Four children under the age of five alone would be enough to send me over the edge if I was expected to do everything else also. I see her heading for a nervous breakdown at some point. Their baby is only one month old, and she’s dealing with all of this. She will just be told to pray to Jesus and support Josh in his time of need.

  63. Jay (the Canadian one) says:

    Ugh. “Satan”… The ultimate scapegoat. So much easier than saying “this is who I am and I need to fix it.”

    • wolfie says:

      Isn’t Satan the scariest monster? A monster that can penetrate our minds with evil – sooo scary! So much fear, shaming, and an obscured view of life, as one living in this mindset is concentrated on a make-believe world after death, rather than the absolute beauty of this life.

  64. Elisha says:

    Anyone else think it’s cousin Amy Duggar leaking these quotes/is People’s “source”? People has been giving her tons of coverage and writeups for just being a cousin/hanger-on, under the guise of her being a “country singer”. I think they’re trading writeups for the inside scoop.

  65. Maggie the Cat says:

    Where to begin: Anna is in a prison, her guarders are woman, Jessa, michelle etc., . She had no sexual experience before marriage, he did, probably learnt off porn sites. We all know porn sex is not real life Josh doesn’t, can you imagine her wedding night – his expectations would never have been satisfied because he has no normal view of sex. She needs a friend, someone like you or me who she can honestly talk to about all this and make a proper informed decision. Until then, also including lots of babies in a very short time, her knight turning out to be heinous, she is probably seriously depressed and has no-one in her corner. SMH

    • SillySimone says:

      I agree with you. She needs a secular friend. But I also think she needs the public to lay off for a little while. Give her room to breathe. I am in her corner as apparently are you. But none of us who really are in her corner can effectively reach people like her when the public is this out for blood and at all costs… JUSTICE for his hate speech. I keep telling everything, please go look at her Instagram account from May and see the comments. Why would she ever give any one of us a chance? That is why I have said over and over, that this is too far, too much, too invasive and too celebratory. They are entirely destroyed. The public needs to step back and leave them alone. Then maybe, quietly, someone can reach out to her in private. But right now, she won’t trust any of us because the entire world is celebrating this humiliation.

      And I will say it again, both of them are victims of this cult, as are the sisters and now his own children too. If there is a way out for them, it will be not through us judging them and laughing at them and celebrating their pain. It will be when we show her kindness and respect, despite being disgusted by her lifestyle. I cannot judge her because then I cannot help her… if that makes sense.

      just my 2 cents

      • Maggie the Cat says:

        Totally makes sense, she is stuck, the comments against her are sickening, people seem to forget she was very young, totally earnest, truly believed in happy ever after when she met him. I think Michelle and Jim Bob need to be restrained by a court so they have no influence on her, as for the Dugger girls, their claims of some inappropriate touching does not stand up. He has done much more, I agree he is a victim of his parents but he needs to stop blaming it on satan and have a long lard look at himself and his family.

  66. Jazz says:

    Is it weird for me to be a little thankful for 19 Kids and Counting? Not the content, because, so disgusting, but that they were in the public eye for quite some time.

    Otherwise I think we would be watching ‘prolific serial rapist/child molester Josh Duggar’ on some crime show.

    By the way I am in no way belittling the awful abuse he inflicted on his sisters. He is just a vile, disgusting piece of shit and I truly believe he would have gone on to do so many awful things to countless of girls/women if not for the fact the cameras were around.

  67. Ennie says:

    Someone already said it a few days ago…
    These Duggar people are so obsessed by sex that they leave the children alone to raise themselves while they go to bedroom to keep on procreating… Josh Duggar is their first and main creation. He is them, taken to the extreme, he probably just divided his father way of thinking with the idea of adult women made for his entertaining and the wife for procreation.
    Almost all morally or religious extreme touch, the man is entitled to sin.

    • jwoolman says:

      We might also consider the interesting fact that as the oldest, he was actually raised by his parents (not by older siblings).

      Actually, I think his mother did have a bit of a breakdown when she was trying to take care of five young children all by herself.

  68. Lurker says:

    The DM is now reporting he also had a secret FB account where he was friends with strippers!

    • SillySimone says:

      If anything, this just goes to support that he has an addiction… seriously, how many accounts does he need and when did he have time for all of these accounts and interactions? Remember, these accounts were created and used while he was fully employed. When he would get home he would spend time with his family. He also had to do daily devotionals and bible lessons with his kids. So unless he gave up sleep, I cannot see how he could be involved in this many accounts and have this many side activities and trysts. It sure does look like addiction and in his case, I fully believe that it is.

      Raise a child never to have a piece of candy. Not only that, just thinking about candy or watching commercials about candy or even talking about candy is evil. Now when the child is grown and on his own, send him out into the world where there is a candy shop on every corner, on every site, of every variety, and see what happens. Yes, my point exactly.

      • He probably put that on her…..or let me put it this way. He most likely did the “man” stuff, like the spiritual instruction/Bible reading/teacher with the kids……and maybe played with the kids a little bit. And the rest, Anna probably had to do herself.

  69. Crumpet says:

    Hey, I’m all for couples trying to work things out and keep the family together. Until she actually comes forward and says she was partly to blame, I will take that ‘friend of the family’ source with a grain of salt. He can overcome this IF HE REALLY WANTS TO. But his political/morality career is OVAH. He issued his statement BECAUSE HE GOT CAUGHT. No one is required to forgive or forget his actions under these circumstances.

  70. miasys says:

    She has dead dolly eyes. It’s like that crazy cult and her husband have sucked the life force out of her. I don’t see her going anywhere, because of the kids, mostly. Her family & cult have rendered her incapable of providing for- or thinking for -herself. It’s heartbreaking.

  71. hcr says:

    Complete with “loyalty song” sung by Josh: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tZyZFtRh600

  72. annaloo. says:

    These people are the most unkind people.

  73. CarolinaBelle says:

    Ummmm Joshie…how could anyone of this be Anna’s fault? You were trolling the internet for sex years before you were married.

    BTW, I would be so horrified if I paid the fee for a “guaranteed affair” and you showed up at my door!

  74. Killalustre says:

    Here’s a creepy thing I’ve noticed. Anna Duggar looks just like Jill Duggar to me these days. Anna Duggar used to have shorter blonder hair. Michelle Duggar has talked in the past about the importance of a wife wearing her hair in the fashion that most pleases her husband. I imagine she passed this gem of wisdom along to her daughter in law and voila. … A few years in and Anna Duggar is basically the twin of his sister Jill.
    It’s a theory.
    Then again all white fundamentalist Christians look the same to me.

    • jwoolman says:

      They probably just have similar genetics, that’s all. Add in similar hairstyles and minimal/no makeup, and the similarities in the gene pool become obvious. Look at their last names.

  75. iheartgossip says:

    So sad. So brainwashed. So simple minded. Run. Take your children & RUN

  76. Sparkly says:

    Seriously, Duggar women: when you are ready to escape, I am ready & willing to help you.

  77. Keanu is My Hall Pass says:

    We need to start a FREE ANNA campaign.

  78. nic says:

    She is now guilty of knowingly allowing her husband to abuse her children as far as I’m concerned. I have zero sympathy for her – she chose herself, her soul, over the lives and bodies of her children. Best case scenario, they both die in a car accident and one of the nicer sisters takes the kids in.

  79. Brasileira says:

    Well…. Unfortunatelly, I don’t think Jesus can “fix” stupid either.

  80. Caz says:

    I’m glad the Duggars have been outed for who they really are. RUN Anna.

  81. KGWM says:

    SHE will be partially to blame when he abuses their children.

    • bettyrose says:

      I agree. I have a hard time giving passive mothers a free pass when they don’t try to stop the abuse, but I don’t really know what resources someone in her situation has. No education, no job skills, family pressure not to rock the boat…how does she get numerous children away from the abuser?

  82. skippy says:

    @Sutton, I haven’t forgotten what Bill Clinton did (does?) to Hilary. And not everyone wants her for Prez. I had no more respect for either of them.

  83. iheartjacksparrow says:

    I had the TV on, and an ad for the show Gunslingers came on. One of the lines in the ad was: The appearance of holiness can cover up a whole lot of sins. That really could have been written about Josh.

  84. Emily C. says:

    Not “because he’s a total psycho.” Whether he is or not, the cult both he and she grew up in says that women are objects to be used however their husbands wish. And that if a husband strays, it’s the woman’s fault for not being quite enough of a slave in some way. That is what they were taught their whole lives. This doesn’t absolve Josh of individual responsibility, but it’s not possible to understand these people without understanding that they live in a misogynistic cult that teaches men to abuse women and women that they exist to be abused.

  85. Vampi says:

    Well… Today on TV I saw JimBob and Michelle (AKA Moose and Squirell) on some old clip and heard that baby squirell voice “well..(looks blankly an JimBoob)”…and that was all I could take. Turned off the TV and sent roughly 5 or so Tweets to TLC telling them the biggest mistake they could make now is to let the Duggars back on….even for a one off.
    Then I asked them how can they have a beautiful, inspiring, brave transgender young lady like Jazz on their network, while also airing a show, DUGGARS, who are a Bigot, Misogynistic, Homophobic cult that ACTIVELY wants to stop people like Jazz (and my son) from having all the same rights they have? I’m sure Jazz knows this too. She’s smart and on TLC soooo..she watches.
    TLC…if you ever, EVER! dare to air any Duggar Fuggery again, you’d better go and explain to that sweet girl Jazz why you allow people on your Network who think she and others like her are going to hell, and how they want to deny her her sense of SELF, and how they go to Washington to lobby against her having the same rights as everyone else, and thinks she is “damaged”.
    You think you’ve gotten backlash so far TLC?
    Just try it. There are many out here who will nail your greedy asses to the wall like the hypocrytes and bottom feeders you are.
    STOP! No! Duggars. EVER again!

  86. jwoolman says:

    I don’t mind the Duggar stories here, but could you use pictures of kittens instead of Josh or any of the Duggars as the lead picture in the table of contents page at least? Thanks.