John-David Duggar has apparently come out of the closet.
No, not like that.
You do know which famous family he’s a part of, right?
Last summer, though, we EXCLUSIVELY reported that John-David was involved in a secret courtship.
That may or may not have been the case at the time.
But now this Counting On cast member has gone public with a verified courtship, confirming to Us Weekly that he has taken this very, very serious step with Abbie Grace Burnett.
“Abbie and I are just so excited, we’ve known of each other for several years,” the 28-year-old told the aforementioned tabloid of this relationship, adding:
“We fell in love very quickly and it’s been a wonderful journey thus far.”
This exciting piece of news comes about two years after Jinger Duggar sort of claimed that her brother was involved with some other woman, as questions about John-David’s love life have been plaguing the Internet for a long time now.
The guy is 28 years old after all.
That’s like retirement age for the Duggars in terms of courting, marrying and then having many babies.
He’s fallen way behind already!
This comes as little surprise to anyone familiar with John-David, as he’s considered the most quiet of almost all Duggars and perhaps the one least interested in the spotlight.
John-David is Michelle and Jim Bob’s second-oldest son, the twin brother of fan favorite Jana Duggar… yet you probably know very little about him.
He works as a pilot, firefighter and sheriff’s deputy and he sometimes clashes with his conversation/controlling father.
There’s even been talk that Duggar may walk away from reality television entirely!
Abbie, who is 26, says the following to Us Weekly about when her love first bloomed for this reluctant TLC cast member:
“John flew in for a church event here in Oklahoma where I’m from. We really got connected then.”
Well… okay then!
We see that she is a woman of few words. No wonder these two get along so well!
According to the now-defunct BurnettFamily10 blog that was once run by Burnett’s family, Abbie had seven siblings as of 2010, including a brother whose hyphenated name is strikingly similar to that of her future husband.
On the archived “About” section of this since-deleted blog, her siblings are listed as John-Clay, Hannah, Caleb, Charity, twins Maggie and Carinna and Benjamin.
And according to the TLC website, Abbie works as a nurse, which makes her a perfect match for volunteer first responder John-David.
She also resides in Oklahoma, while John-David lives in Arkansas with his family. We wonder where they will live if they get married.
“Big news! #JohnDavidDuggar has a special someone,” wrote TLC on its official Instagram account this week, adding as a tease:
“Visit TLCme.com to meet the happy couple, and learn more about #AbbieBurnett.”
Wow. She has her own hashtag. This really must be serious!
John-David one quipped that he’ll be a “bachelor until the rapture,” so he truly must have intense feelings for Abbie. Or he must feel intense pressure from his loved ones.
Either way… best of luck to the new and official couple!
