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In reply to the discussion: Duggars Pitch New Reality Show Counseling Sex Abuse Victims [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)36. Not The Onion, but one anonymous source in Star Magazine a month ago
The family cant afford to not have the showit is their main source of income, and with a family of that size, without it theyre in enormous trouble, says a friend, adding the Arkansas couple are willing to beg for forgiveness to get the cash flowing again.
They know they have to at least pretend to be sorry about what happened, and now they want a spin-off where Jim Bob and Michelle would give advice to abuse victimseven though theyre in denial about their culpability in Joshs crimes.
But a publicity stunt may not be enough. After the Megyn Kelly interview, when they basically made excuses for Josh, theyre done, says the source. It was a disastrous move that ruined their brand. It would take a miracle to get them back on TV.
http://starmagazine.com/2015/07/22/pretending-to-be-sorry-what-the-duggars-will-have-to-do-to-get-back-on-tv-again/
They know they have to at least pretend to be sorry about what happened, and now they want a spin-off where Jim Bob and Michelle would give advice to abuse victimseven though theyre in denial about their culpability in Joshs crimes.
But a publicity stunt may not be enough. After the Megyn Kelly interview, when they basically made excuses for Josh, theyre done, says the source. It was a disastrous move that ruined their brand. It would take a miracle to get them back on TV.
http://starmagazine.com/2015/07/22/pretending-to-be-sorry-what-the-duggars-will-have-to-do-to-get-back-on-tv-again/
(Google cache if you can't get that: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache TIOH8_AtQcJ:starmagazine.com/2015/07/22/pretending-to-be-sorry-what-the-duggars-will-have-to-do-to-get-back-on-tv-again/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk )
via http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/19/theres-no-evidence-the-duggars-are-pitching-a-new-show-in-which-theyd-counsel-abuse-victims/
That one claim is where this all come from. So it's tabloid gossip, and ought to be taken with a pinch of salt.
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Family income from breeding too much, and then from the perverted secrets of your own family.
TwilightGardener
Aug 2015
#2
Sorry, 60 minutes of people kneeling, praying for Jeezus to remove their crotch demons does NOT fly
hatrack
Aug 2015
#3
Please don't compare to The Waltons. That family may have had a devote mother/grandmother>
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#29
Oh Brilliant! The Family subscribe to the Home-school Christian teaching of blaming the victim!
diabeticman
Aug 2015
#9
TLC and similar channels are no more than the National Inquirer on video...
dixiegrrrrl
Aug 2015
#21
Not The Onion, but one anonymous source in Star Magazine a month ago
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2015
#36