Jim Bob Duggar posted a letter in his family blog to wish his wife Michelle a happy 32nd wedding anniversary. But his eldest son Josh's name was conspicuous by its absence.
Jim Bob included a number of interesting trivia about their married life. He said that before she got 19 children, Michelle was practising birth control and even wore pants. After giving birth to Josh, they wanted to go back to practising birth control. However, after one miscarriage, they took a decision to "stop rejecting "god's gifts."
Yet, in his message, Jim Bob took a careful decision---to leave out Josh's name from the letter.
"Three years into our marriage Michelle went off the pill and we had our first child," he wrote.
Now who was the first child? Josh of course. Why didn't Jim Bob mention it? Did he forget the name? Did he get it wrong?
After a few lines, Jim got the names of other children right.
"Right after God blessed us with twins, Jana and John, then Jill, Jessa, Jinger & Joseph," he wrote.
Where was Josh? Wherever, but certainly not in the list.
Meanwhile, the Duggar kids, including Jill and Jessa, sent happy anniversary greetings to their parents. However, Josh's name was missing, again.
Another incident that showed that the Duggars wanted to wash their hands off Josh included an article in Touch Weekly (via Hollywood Life). It said that Josh would feature on his sisters' "19 Kids and Counting" spinoff, "Jill and Jessa: Counting On."
It was speculated that Josh would publicly admit that he molested his four sisters when he was a teenager, and acknowledge his two sex scandals. The first sex scandal revealed that he had molested four of his sisters when he was in his teens, which got the show "19 Kids and Counting" canceled. Secondly, it was expected that he would confess his infidelity to his wife, Anna.
However, the Duggars did not waste time to deny it and responded on their website, clarifying that Josh will not be part of their show. Perhaps they are really disgusted with him, or perhaps they feel that publicly acknowledging him will drag down their ratings for "Jill and Jessa: Counting On".
Whatever be the reason, Josh Duggar, poor sod, seems to be really feeling the heat.
