For several weeks now, rumors that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are getting divorced have been circulating online.
Life & Style was among the first to report that the parents of the 19 Kids and Counting clan had officially called it quits, but sources offered the tabloid a variety of explanations.
The most memorable was that Michelle had caught Jim Bob cheating.
That one seemed rather unlikely, if only because Jim Bob would have to be some sort of Arkansan James Bond to get away with an affair in the Duggar’s small-town.
Sure, Josh Duggar got away with a lot worse, but he had his parents’ help in concealing his crimes.
Jim Bob allegedly acted alone in his affair.
Anyway, a much more feasible explanation for why the high-profile couple may be calling it quits has to do with the ongoing controversy surrounding the Josh Duggar sex scandals.
As you may have heard, Michelle reportedly took the whole situation much harder than Jim Bob did.
In fact, some insiders have claimed that Josh is “dead” to Michelle and the matriarch has had little to no contact with her disgraced son in the weeks since he returned from rehab for his addictions to sex and pornography.
Jim Bob reportedly believes Michelle’s being too hard on Josh (as though that’s possible), and sources say the couple fought about the matter non-stop for several months.
“They rarely argue, but this one was a doozy,” said one insider.
“[Jim Bob] argued about putting family first and how Michelle needed to move on and put things in the past, and she stood her ground and said she was putting family first by being cautious.”
Now, L&S is claiming that the couple is secretly separated (within the confines of the Duggar Compound, of course) and doing all they can to hide the decision from their media … and even from their kids.
Well, as we’ve learned in the past, Michelle and Jim Bob are quite adept at concealing the truth.
