Josh Duggar admits infidelity, wife Anna’s reaction

by

Whitney Barthel

posted in Celebrities

Earlier this week, news broke of Josh Duggar, the eldest Duggar child, owning at least two Ashley Madison accounts.

Ashley Madison is a website that helps match up individuals looking to have extramarital relations. The hugely popular website is based in Canada and hosts over 32 million active members. Their slogan “Life is short. Have an affair,” leaves little to the imagination.

According to cybersecurity company Trustify, Duggar paid $986 between 2012 and 2015 for membership and other fees. He described himself as an “attached male seeking female” looking for “conventional sex, experimenting with sex toys and one-night stands.”

Thursday, Josh Duggar admitted to the press

I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife.

I brought hurt and a reproach to my family, close friends and the fans of our show with my actions that happened when I was 14-15 years old, and now I have re-broken their trust.

After news broke early this year of Josh’s molestation involving four of his sisters and one non-relative, wife Anna told People

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

While looking past mistakes made long ago is one thing, everyone has been waiting with bated breath to see how this poor woman, and mother to Josh’s four children, will react.

Although there has been no news directly from Anna herself, a source with close ties to the Duggar family told People

Anna will not leave him. 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.

[Anna] 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. Divorce is not even something that will be discussed.

 

 

What would you do if you were Anna? Could you look past this recent scandal? Comment below!

 

 

 

 

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