{"id":2465,"date":"2026-05-28T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/05\/28\/joy-anna-jinger-duggar-discuss-joseph\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:28:00","slug":"joy-anna-jinger-duggar-discuss-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/05\/28\/joy-anna-jinger-duggar-discuss-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy-Anna &#038; Jinger Duggar Discuss Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-555969\">\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Reading Time: <\/span> <span> 3<\/span> <span>minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in March, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/joseph-duggar-arrested-accused-of-molesting-9-year-old-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested Joseph Duggar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly molested a 9-year-old girl. She told her father, and he told authorities. <\/p>\n<p>The disgraced former reality star reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/joseph-duggar-confessed-to-molestation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confessed twice<\/a>, though he is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/joseph-duggar-seeks-modify-protective-order-near-the-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fighting the charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joy-Anna is expressing how <em>raw <\/em>this makes her feel. But she also talks too much about that, and too little about the child at the center of this case.<\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Joy-Anna Duggar on her sister's podcast.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0528_use_joyannaduggar_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>On her older sister\u2019s podcast, Joy-Anna Duggar touched upon her brother\u2019s arrest.<span> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-hardest-time-i-ve-ever-gone-through\">\u2018The hardest time I\u2019ve ever gone through\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On the Wednesday, May 27 episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y066v71fMxE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Jinger &#038; Jeremy<\/em> podcast<\/a>, it was just Jinger and Joy-Anna.<\/p>\n<p>During the broadcast, the 28-year-old opened up to her big sister about the ugly business with Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like every day is different,\u201d Joy began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d she continued, \u201cI think that it\u2019s probably been the hardest time I\u2019ve ever gone through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coming from someone who grew up in an abusive cult, that sounds like a tall order.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe title=\"Just Jinger &#038; Joy: A Sister Catch-Up | Ep.97\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y066v71fMxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">Please accept <a href=\"javascript:Cookiebot.renew()\">statistics, marketing<\/a> cookies to watch this video.<\/div> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re all grieving in different ways,\u201d Joy then opined. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day just feels so heavy,\u201d she expressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d Joy-Anna observed, \u201cI definitely think as time goes on, certain things that have gotten lighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She confided in Jinger \u2014 and in thousands of viewers \u2014 that <em>lighter <\/em>doesn\u2019t mean <em>better<\/em>. Not all of the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019ve really been struggling, honestly,\u201d Joy shared.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Joy-Anna Duggar and Jinger Duggar on the latter's podcast in late May 2026.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0528_use_joyannaduggar_02.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>Remotely, Joy-Anna appeared as a May 2026 guest on sister Jinger Duggar\u2019s podcast.<span> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-it-s-already-impacted-my-family-so-much\">\u2018It\u2019s already impacted my family so much\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>According to Joy, her Christian beliefs have given her a sense of peace even when her family is in turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>However, she is hesitant to make certain public comments \u2014 like directly and wholly condemning Joseph, for example \u2014 while so much seems to be up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s already impacted my family so much,\u201d Joy-Anna commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the more I talk about it publicly, the more it just gets rubbed in our faces,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d Joy expressed, \u201cI want to just move on with life in some ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" alt=\"Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl.<span> (Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/joseph-duggar-extradited-to-florida-on-molestation-charges-new-mugshot-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joseph\u2019s accuser<\/a> likely cannot \u201cmove on.\u201d She was only nine years old when he allegedly molested her repeatedly during a family vacation.<\/p>\n<p>For all that people talk about the <em>resilience <\/em>of children, they have fewer coping mechanisms to deal with trauma. <\/p>\n<p>Numerous commenters called out Joy-Anna. Some mentioned that she appears to be using <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiritual_bypass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spiritual bypass<\/a> to compartmentalize her brother\u2019s alleged crimes \u2014 among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Joy has every right to talk about how having one brother behind bars and another facing prosecution on a not-<em>un<\/em>related crime impacts her. <\/p>\n<p>But a lot of commenters across social media would like to see her recenter her concern upon the child in question. All else is secondary.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Back in March, authorities arrested Joseph Duggar. He allegedly molested a 9-year-old girl. She told her father, and he told authorities. The disgraced former reality star reportedly confessed twice, though he is currently fighting the charges. Joy-Anna is expressing how raw this makes her feel. But she also talks too much about that, and too little about the child at the center of this case. On her older sister\u2019s podcast, Joy-Anna Duggar touched upon her brother\u2019s arrest. (Image Credit: YouTube) \u2018The hardest time I\u2019ve ever gone through\u2019 On the Wednesday, May 27 episode of The Jinger &#038; Jeremy podcast, it was just Jinger and Joy-Anna. 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