{"id":232161,"date":"2026-04-02T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/jim-bob-duggar-to-joseph-duggar-you-have-made-some-terrible-decisions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:59:33","slug":"jim-bob-duggar-to-joseph-duggar-you-have-made-some-terrible-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/jim-bob-duggar-to-joseph-duggar-you-have-made-some-terrible-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Bob Duggar to Joseph Duggar: &#8216;You Have Made Some Terrible Decisions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <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 Duggar was extradited to Florida<\/a> to be arraigned on child molestation charges.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded not guilty and was allowed to walk free on $600,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p>The cash, of course, was provided by his wealthy father, Jim Bob Duggar. But don\u2019t take it as a sign that the patriarch approves of Joseph\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-868x1024.png\" alt=\"Jim Bob Duggar Eye Roll\" class=\"wp-image-259711 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-868x1024.png 868w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-768x906.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-735x867.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-284x335.png 284w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-294x347.png 294w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-441x520.png 441w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-542x640.png 542w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-651x768.png 651w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-814x960.png 814w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll-915x1080.png 915w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll.png 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-bob-duggar-eye-roll.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jim Bob Duggar reacts just as Austin Forsyth was hoping he would to his request to marry Joy-Anna.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jim Bob emailed his son while Joseph was still locked up in Arkansas and informed him that the Duggar clan is not thrilled by news of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are just going to have to accept the situation at this point and it\u2019s also fine to pray that God would have mercy on you, but you\u2019re probably gonna face a major consequences for several years to come,\u201d Jim Bob wrote (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theashleysrealityroundup.com\/2026\/04\/01\/jim-bob-duggar-email-to-jailed-son-joseph-revealed-expresses-anger-over-kendras-arrest-tells-joe-he-made-some-terrible-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ashley\u2019s Reality Roundup<\/a>), adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pray that God will bring other Christians into your life to encourage you and that you can also point people to Christ even through the time you\u2019re in jail and prison. God will be with you! He will get you and your family through!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it sounds like JB is already bracing himself for a guilty verdict.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a far cry from when <em>Josh<\/em> Duggar was arrested, and the entire family maintained that he was innocent until the bitter end.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1024x702.png\" alt=\"Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl.\" class=\"wp-image-550927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-2048x1403.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-960x658.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1080x740.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1200x822.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1024x702.png\" alt=\"Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl.\" class=\"wp-image-550927 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-2048x1403.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-960x658.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1080x740.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM-1200x822.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-7.45.57-AM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in the email, Jim Bob was more sympathetic, telling Joseph that he was  \u201cso sorry for what you\u2019re going through\u201d and that \u201cMom and I love you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like you have a long road ahead of you but God will get you through. You have made some terrible decisions but God has already forgiven you, if you have asked him,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Jim Bob got all biblical, noting how David \u201croyally messed up,\u201d but later \u201crepented and became a man after God\u2019s own heart.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also suggested that Joseph take after his namesake from the Book of Genesis, whom Jim Bob reminds Joe was \u201calso in prison\u201d and found a way to \u201cmake lemonade out of lemons\u201d by interpreting the Pharaoh\u2019s dreams.<\/p>\n<p>(Like many Christians who are obsessed with guns and money, the Duggars prefer the angry, militant God of the Old Testament.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture.png\" alt=\"Joseph Duggar, Kendra Caldwell Picture\" class=\"wp-image-273399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture.png 875w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-735x572.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-335x261.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-347x270.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-520x405.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-640x498.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture.png\" alt=\"Joseph Duggar, Kendra Caldwell Picture\" class=\"wp-image-273399 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture.png 875w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-735x572.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-335x261.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-347x270.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-520x405.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture-640x498.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joseph-duggar-kendra-caldwell-picture.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Duggar and Kendra Caldwell got married in September 2017. They got engaged just a few months prior.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI love you and we\u2019ll be praying for you. Don\u2019t give up,\u201d he wrote. \u201cGod is not finished with your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Bob also griped about the fact that Joseph\u2019s wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/kendra-caldwell-arrest-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kendra Duggar, had been arrested<\/a> on child endangerment charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is ridiculous that they charged Kendra and arrested her,\u201d Jim Bob wrote. \u201cWe\u2019ve hired [a lawyer] to help Kendra. We are praying that we can get her charges dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, insiders say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/kendra-caldwell-arrest-joseph-duggar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kendra is not allowed to contact her children<\/a> in the wake of her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Bob did not address that fact in his emails, but confirmed that the Duggars are \u201ctaking care of\u201d their daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/jim-bob-duggar-to-joseph-duggar-you-have-made-some-terrible-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this week, Joseph Duggar was extradited to Florida to be arraigned on child molestation charges. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed to walk free on $600,000 bail. The cash, of course, was provided by his wealthy father, Jim Bob Duggar. 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