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Hating on the Duggars Post Miscarriage

Nothing like kicking a person when she’s down. What’s that timeless saying credited to wise mothers the world over: If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. That goes double if you are spewing hate via social media platforms. Just ask followers of Michelle Duggar. The reality TV mom is back in the headlines following the announcement that she miscarried what would have been her 20th child. Michelle told People magazine that she and her husband Jim Bob were at the doctor’s office Thursday to find out the sex of their unborn baby when her … Continue reading →

The Duggar’s Go Hollywood

Well, you had to know this was going to happen sooner or later: The Duggar family is going Hollywood! All 19 of them. Parents Jim Bob and Michelle along with their 17 children are getting their own reality TV show called “17 Kids and Counting.” The “and counting” part refers to the fact that Michelle is currently pregnant with baby No. 18 and there’s no telling when the procreating will end. I know what you’re thinking: Don’t the Duggar’s already have a TV show? Not quite. The Arkansas clan has taken part in a number of primetime TV specials, most … Continue reading →

Can You Afford a Large Family?

Octomom can’t. The Duggars can. Go figure. Nadia “Octomom” Suleman, the infamous mother of 14 recently got nearly naked for the U.K.-based magazine Closer. Unfortunately, showing her skin only helped pay the bills temporarily and now the frazzled mom is relying on government assistance to feed her brood. Juxtapose Octomom and the Duggars and you might as well be comparing night and day. For years I’ve wondered how much Jim Bob, Michelle and their 19 kids raked in for allowing cameras to document their every move and broadcast it on TLC. Thanks to digging by E! Online’s staff, it’s estimated … Continue reading →

Keep On Keeping On

On Valentine’s Day Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sat down for their first live TV interview since announcing the loss of their unborn daughter Jubilee Shalom in December. The “19 Kids and Counting” stars opened up about Michelle’s devastating miscarriage during a “Today” show interview which aired during the 8 o’clock hour. By 8:30 a.m. the Internet exploded as hundreds of thousands of Tweeters, Facebookers and bloggers responded to a two-second answer Michelle Duggar gave regarding a question about trying for another baby. “We would be open to more if God saw fit to bless us with more,” Michelle said. … Continue reading →

Battle of the Super-Sized Families

If you are a regular viewer of TLC’s hit show “19 Kids and Counting,” then you know Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are not the only parents in America juggling life with a controversially high number of biological children. Gil and Kelly Bates have guest starred on the Duggar’s show many times, but that may be changing very soon. The couple from Lake City, Tennessee, now has 19 kids of their own, plus… a new TV special. All together now: “It was just a matter of time!” New baby = new show. You had to see that coming. According to … Continue reading →

Do All of Your Children’s Names Begin With the Same Letter?

The Duggar family didn’t start the same first letter name trend, but they’ve certainly perfected it like no other. For the past two decades, Michelle and Jim-Bob Duggar have paid homage to the 10th letter of the alphabet by giving each of their 18 children names that begin with J. There’s Joshua, John-David, Jana, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jeremiah, Jedidiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer and 8-month-old Jordyn-Grace. Kind of puts the Carter, Cole and Cailin combo to shame. It’s not unusual for parents with more than one child to have their kids share the first letter … Continue reading →

Another Duggar on the Way

The Duggar family is taking over the world! Okay, maybe not the entire world, but they sure are helping to keep the state of Arkansas populated. Only this time government officials don’t have Michelle Duggar to thank for adding to the state’s growth. Rather, it’s Joshua Duggar’s wife Anna who’s adding to the famous family’s numbers. Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Duggar is the oldest of 18 kids born to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tontitown, Arkansas. He married 20-year-old Anna last September and now the young couple is prepping to become parents. “I am very excited and am learning new ways … Continue reading →

Duggar Baby No. 18 is Born

She wasn’t supposed to arrive until the first day of 2009, but little Jordyn-Grace Duggar decided to join her family in time to celebrate Christmas. And boy, rather, girl, do Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tontitown, Arkansas, certainly have a lot to celebrate this Christmas. Jordyn-Grace Makiya, the couple’s eighteenth child arrived into the world via C-section yesterday and will soon be leaving the hospital to join the rest of her J-named siblings. According to reports, Jordyn-Grace weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs, 3 oz and was 20 inches long. If you’re wondering how mom Michelle fared this … Continue reading →

The Duggar’s Welcome Another Female to the Family

Hold on! It’s not what you think… Michelle Duggar did NOT give birth to baby No. 18 yet (she is due in January). Rather, the famously fertile family from Arkansas is a bit bigger today thanks to 20-year-old Josh Duggar getting hitched over the weekend. It’s the first wedding in the Duggar family since mom Michelle and dad Jim Bob wed more than two decades ago. According to a Florida newspaper, Josh, the oldest of the Duggar’s 17 children, married 20-year-old Anna Keller in an intimate ceremony Friday night. The young couple reportedly met at a home-schoolers’ conference in 2006 … Continue reading →