Jessa Duggar (Jessica Duggar-Seewald) did a radio interview yesterday to discuss her family’s reality show, pregnancy, adoption and whether her brother-in-law is a cat-hating monster. I’m including the audio at the end of the post. Jessa actually breaks some news in this piece, although she doesn’t want to really confirm anything on a little radio show. She’s asked point-blank is she’s pregnant and she seems to say that she’s still not – even after four months of marriage, shock! – and says she and Ben are open to adoption, but in Arkansas they have to be married for two years before they can adopt. So Jessa says she and Ben will try for biological children and adopted children.
Jessa was also asked about the incident with her brother-in-law Derick Dillard. Derick is married to Jessa’s sister Jill, and I guess Jessa, Jill, Derick and Ben are all pretty close in age. Derick has not issued any statements about the Instagram video he posted where he seemed to be aiming his sled at a cat, then seemingly runs over the kitty with the makeshift sled. In the video, you can see the cat jump away. It looked pretty cruel and PETA even issued a statement about it. As I said, Dillard hasn’t said anything about it, but Jessa Duggar did. Jessa denies the cat-hurting incident completely.
First, Jessa says that the incident was completely blown out of proportion, and “Our hills are very uneven, so he started to sled and the cat just happened to be there and the cat jumped out of the way. I don’t know if you saw the video or whatnot but he didn’t hit the cat. It didn’t get run over.” She says the cat lives close to them and they see the cat all the time and the cat is fine. The cat didn’t have to go to the hospital. Allegedly. Do you believe her? I do not. I mean, I believe the cat is fine, but I don’t believe that Derick was completely innocent and that he would never aim his sled at a harmless animal. He was aiming at the cat and he sucks as a person.
The cat discussion is around the 6-minute mark.
And here’s the cat video again:
Photos courtesy of Duggar’s social media.
He scared it and they all thought it was funny. Jerk.
Jessa’s husband probably would have shot the cat.
I laughed out loud at this!
Did you actually believe that these frauds would take responsibility?
Exactly. It’s disgusting that these people have a platform.
Nah, i don’t think it matters whether or not the cat was hit. The point is that it was a huge hill, he could have gone anywhere but he chose to aim his sled directly at the cat, which had its back turned away from the family and was minding its own business.
“Our hills are very uneven, so he started to sled and the cat just happened to be there”
yeah, I agree with you…the above quote is big bunch of kitty-sh*t. he moved his position and AIMED at the cat.
The cat DID NOT “happen to just be there” because it was ALREADY there in the first place! Again, it was a BRIGHT orang cat on a completely covered snow bank. Unless Derrick was medically blind, i’m not buying that he “””didn’t see””” the cat or that it appeared like magic just as he was sledding down. Kitty sh*t sounds about right!
Exactly. These people suck.
Yup, they do. In addition to all of the sucky things they already say and do on a daily basis.
Derick and Jill are total goofs. She’s always got that deer in the headlights look with the wrinkled forehead and he looks like a total dork. It’s just so disappointing that TLC continues to renew the contract for this show.
If you listen in the video, he says “get outta the way, cat” in his stupid moron voice before climbing on his “sled” and aiming it directly at the cat, accompanied by the stupid moron cackles of his stupid moron family and friends, so he’s a liar. And a stupid moron.
They are such fakes. They claim to be these “Christian” and can laugh about abusing an animal. How would they react if it was one of their (who knows how many) children. They a sick breeders!
Idiots.
If it was an accident/nothing happened, why did they post that particular video? Or why didn’t he right away explain it? It was intentional and they’re awful people who thought it was funny.
yeah, there was no immediate “omg, you almost hit the cat…is it OK?” or anything like that.
deliberate, and sociopathic.
Yes, if a cat is hit, the fact that it can run away doesn’t mean it wasn’t injured. Years ago, my cat was grazed by a car and jumped out of the street and ran under a bush to hide. By the time the neighbor kids went home (they were looking for her), she was swollen enough in the tail/vertebrae region that she couldn’t use her back legs and had to drag herself home. Took her at least a year to really recover, although within a few weeks she had learned how to use her forearms to clamber up the back of chairs. Her legs remained weaker than before.
People are the same way- they can be hit and think they’re okay, because it takes a few hours for the swelling and inflammation to start.
In this case, another risk is emotional damage from a traumatic event. Yes, cats have emotions and memories. The Duggar in-law just didn’t care about the cat and thought it would be funny to scare it. Didn’t even think about the risk of injury to a small critter.
Nope. He was totally aiming for it and you all stood back and laughed. Uneven hills my ass, if you can see it from where the camera is, so could he.
Officer, I fired my gun in that guy’s direction, but I didn’t hit him. We’re good, right? Missing means everything, even though intent was clear.
And also: FELINE FRACAS.
Please fire it in the direction of the nearest Duggar. I’ll back you up.
Me too!!
This.
Although I do believe he didn’t mean to kill the cat, just scare it. But it could have ended bad for the cat so they should make no excuses.
i volunteer to run the lot of them over with an oversized cookie tray.
At the very beginning of the video you can hear Derick ask “Where’s the cat?” Do they think everyone is that stupid? Jessa either needs to watch the video again or she straight up lied. Shame shame.
Omg I never even realized he said that until now. Now I’m really angry that she would even attempt to lie about it. Commandments, Jessa 😉
Derick looks like Lurch.
Don’t insult Lurch like that.
Poor Lurch
Ok I correct myself. I watched it again with higher volume and it sounds like he actually says “move cat” which doesn’t really make a big difference. He’s still seeking out the cat and so obviously aiming for it.
They do seem to encourage those girls not to think too much, so it’s not altogether shocking that she didn’t really listen to what was being said. Plus, I don’t believe in their view that a girl could challenge anything that a boy claims is true.
Cats are Atheists, due.
Team #ignorantbreeders!
+1
My auto correct is a bit off. @kitten, give your kitties lots of hugs! Bengal cat has been super vocal and affectionate this morning!
This story gives me the creeps because I associate animal abuse with Serial Killers. These people are very strange. Too bad they’re so damn fertile.
Liar liar pants on fire nose as long as the telephone wire! Geez…
Dude, you’re not excused from being called an asshole just because you have bad aim.
Those two sperm-dispensers that you and your sister married aimed for the cat and all of you laughed when he hit it, you ignorant little fool. God hates cruelty to animals, so you do the math if your fourth grade education will let you.
How’s that for judgement?
Ugh. This family.
TLC and E! Are the WORST!
I feel sorry for any children who have to grow up as the second generation of these messed up thinking households. Especially the females.
Please, please, PLEASE let one Duggar rebel. Just one! Maybe THAT would open the other girls’ eyes.
I want to see the Duggars and Kardashians do a wife swap type show. Can you imagine? Lol!
I thought it was funny and you people are warped. He’s messing around with a stupid cat, for crying out loud. I think it would have been funnier if he had hit it. And then if the cat had whipped around and scratched the hell out of him. That all would have been much funnier, and not cruel or sociopathic or anything like that. Have you ever actually watched animals at play? They beat the hell out of each other, and like it. Get over your self-unrighteous selves, hypocrites. Really? Calling someone a horrible person for scaring a cat. Shit. I scare my cat when I fart, and I am the most awesome animal-loving person you will ever scream at or whose full-length fur coat you will spray paint.
He could’ve gone to ANY spot on the large hill, yet he CHOSE to aim to where the cat was. He WANTED to hit it. The supporters of this family will talk until they’re blue in the face to make people see how precious and innocent they’re.
Twenty years from now, don’t be surprised if there’s another Jonestown involving them. This whole stinking family is seriously messed up.
@Frank – is your last name Duggar?
No, but there would be no shame in it if it were.
Ugh..if you aren’t trolling Frank, YOU need help. No biggie scaring an innocent animal for your own amusement? It would have been funnier if he hit him??!! Really? I feel sorry for your cat. And all the humans in your orbit.
And yes… opposing viewpoints are welcome, but don’t be shocked when people call you out for finding abuse of animals funny. Actions….consequences. Get it?
When did I say abusing animals was funny? That is sort of the point of disagreement here, isn’t it? It was a baking sheet, not a car.
Abusing animals is abhorrent. But him playing with the cat is not. You should be able to tell the difference. The cat could obviously tell. That was a cat that was startled, having a funny startled-cat reaction which we’ve all seen and enjoyed.
What I see on here is a blind passionate hatred of the Duggars because of their Christianity, and relief that there finally may be something about which to criticize them in mock moral indignation.
“Sure they all love each other and are productive, good people, but, but, look! One of the in-laws [might have] steered a baking sheet sled at a cat which jumped out of the way! The monsters!”
The absurdity merits the dismissive response I am giving it.
I read the article, linked to by a major newsite, and then commented on it. If that counts as trolling, then I guess I’m trolling.
“Have you ever actually watched animals at play? They beat the hell out of each other, and like it.”
I’ve watched animals at play all my life. They don’t seriously hurt each other. When they do “beat the hell out of each other,” it’s because they’re in combat, not play. There’s a difference between play and combat. And animals don’t enjoy masochist play either.
And I’ve yet to see a 160-pound plus non-human animal walk over with a metallic sled and aim it and itself at another animal and using increasing speed to hit it. That sort of sadism belongs solely to animals known as Homo sapiens.
He’s not playing with a cat. He’s finding pleasure in the prospect of hurting a cat. Totally different thing. At best, he’s incredibly immature. At worst, he’s someone who finds hurting things to be fun. People like that don’t stop at cats; they’ll hurt anything they feel is inferior, so in his case, I’m assuming all women would be included in that definition.
This is pathetic. He’s playing with the cat. Now he is an Abuser of All Women.
Am I on candid camera? Are you seriously jumping from him playing with the cat, to he’s a wife beater, and maybe (probably, in your mind) Worse?
You sound like a real stand up person, Frank. Before you thank me, yes i’m being sarcastic.
Thank y…
Oh, never mind. ;>)
Maybe you all don’t know what play is, because you all take yourselves too seriously, so you can’t fathom what it means to play, even to play roughly, with someone and yet still care for them.
My sons’ favorite activity in the whole world is wrestle time with Papa, and yes, sometimes actual pain is involved. In fact, my four year old gave me a concussion one time. We play rough, and love doing it.
My dog “loves” me most because I can play rougher with her than anyone else in the family (she’s 110 lbs, so I don’t let the children play rough with her at this point). I love my dog. I love my boys. And we all have some of the best fun ever when we play rough with each other.
Chill out. I am truly sorry if you all don’t understand how that is possible, but that is the real world for you.
If you think the commenters here just dislike the duggars because they’re Christians you obviously haven’t read any threads about them here and are spouting a very ill informed opinion. Actually considering that you might be one of the duggars….
Okay, Ange, tell me why you dislike the Duggars. I am open to correction. I admit that my assertion was a surmise. I think it is not an ill-informed opinion, but I am open to being corrected.
You must be related to the Duggers. Same hillbilly mentality. I’m surprised you know how to use a computer
ALC, your ignroance and bigotry are showing…
I haven’t watched the video before and was disgusted already. Now I watched it for a few seconds. Are you kidding me? He didn’t aim at the cat? That poor cat was just a few meters away from him! They wanted to aim at the cat and did.
This stupid nitwit tries to justify his awful behavior. It’s not like the cat came out of nowhere or was hardly to see. The cat is orange – snow is white. Quite a contrast. Poor little thing is right there.
What a bunch of a**holes.
I think “Frank” is a Duggar, or Duggar like. And that’s *MY* opinion. Ugh.
I’m not a Duggar, but if I am like them, that would be a compliment for which thanks are due. The world needs more like them.
We have a whole world that treats women as second-class citizens with a single purpose. We so seriously don’t need any more.
OH? The whole world needs a bunch of religious dunderheads who breed like flies, are cruel to small animals then lie about it, glorify guns and berate the rest of the world for not sharing their anachronistic beliefs? Go back to your cave.
I agree, but that definitely doesn’t describe the Duggars, unless you are foolish enough to believe the caricatured stereotypes.
Jaded, the world does need more family-loving Christians, who defend liberty and the innocent, and do not hate children and enjoy God and God’s creation and call the unrepentant to repentance. Yes, Lord, give us more like them.
It was the Christians who have brought so much of the world out of its caves, you might have forgotten, and raised the treatment of women, children and animals. Or perhaps you did not learn history growing up. It’s never too late.
“…the cat just happened to be there…”
In the video, Dullard said “Move the cat” while he was still walking over to where he put his sled down, which was a location in which he and his sled would hit the cat.
The two don’t correlate. It didn’t just happen to be there. It was there first. That’s why Dullard walked his sled over there. Because the cat was there first. That was his target. He could have sled down anywhere else in that big field. But he walked his sled to where he’d be aiming at the cat.
Frigging fake xtians. Can’t even be honest even though it’s been caught on their own video.
Truth and honesty to these creeps is about what they think it should be rather than what’s out there in the world of Reality.
Meh the video is not shocking to me. He’s not going fast at all and I’m sure could have stopped in time if the cat didn’t move…big deal.
I wonder if all the people freaking out about a cat being startled are vegan. You do know cows get scared on a regular basis right? Whether it be tagging them, herding them, etc. yet let’s all freak out over a startled cat that wasn’t harmed at all.
From a not-a-dug gar-fan
Frank?
Not Frank. I am fine with the Duggars. Anony doesn’t like them, or just isn’t a fan. I wouldn’t say I am a “fan,” but I respect them.
Even if it wasn’t intentional the screaming laughter from the others shows just how (un)compassionate they are to animals. If I was there I wouldn’t be laughing, I’d be jogging over to check that the cat was ok, and then scolding my friend for being a jerk.
Jessa’s husband ALWAYS looks super high!
They are laughing about aiming for the cat, it’s clear as day. We still can’t see if they HIT the cat as the moment of impact is out of frame – I think it’s likely they did as you can see the cat spin off to the side. And they are using a cookie sheet to sled? Every time I think these inbreds have outdone themselves, we see some new evidence of just how shallow their gene pool is. And they are doing this in front of children. Way to teach your kids cruelty. Even if heaven existed they wouldn’t get in…St. Peter would have a mile-long list of their temporal transgressions.
Oh and Frank is most likely a Duggar. Although a somewhat more advanced one, as he is able to type. I’m sure with some extended exposure to homo sapiens he’ll learn how to have compassion for other sentient beings. And maybe even learn arithmetic. Keep reaching for that brass ring, Frank!
Thanks, bdaysprinkles! Someday I’m hoping to learn sarcasm, too, maybe on my next evolutionary cycle.
They say he wasn’t aiming at it, and that’s fine.
My point has been, so what if he was? It was harmless play.
The cat is pretty clearly not harmed and enjoying being in the middle of all the cruelty and surrounding danger of the bloodthirsty curmudgeons, foaming at the mouth trying to find pretty soft things to mangle with implements of horror from their dungeon-esque “kitchens.”
I can’t really see how using a cookie sheet for a sled provides evidence of anything genetic, other than ingenuity and frugality, which I suppose in a world where playing with cats is cruel may be signs of low intelligence. But in the real world, the opposite is true.
Excuse me, but I have to go and pick my teeth with my mastodon bone, now.
I think I’ve established this enough by now, but no, I am not related to the Duggars, but I would be proud of it if I were.