Joseph Duggar utilized some of his time in jail by focusing on fitness.
“I’ve started working out,” Joseph, 31, shared with his wife, Kendra Duggar, during a phone conversation from his recent incarceration at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas, as reported by Us Weekly. “I’m doing my burn bootcamp-style workout now.”
He elaborated that he was confined to a “seven by 11-style” cell and was keen on staying active.
“I figured I might as well do something,” the former Counting On star told Kendra, 27, in the call. “I’m doing squats and push-ups. I can do dips off the edge of the bed.”
Joseph Duggar offered insights into his life behind bars at the Washington County Detention Facility in Arkansas during a conversation with his wife, Kendra Duggar. “I’ve been spending a lot of time reading, uh, reading the Bible. They got me a Bible in here,” Joseph, 31, mentioned to Kendra, 27, during the call.
In addition to his daily workout, Joseph also tried to avoid eating “junk” food.
“I’m not eating, like, hardly any of the bready stuff. I’m trying not to eat junk, mostly just eat the veggies and the protein stuff,” he told Kendra. “There was this chicken sandwich thing that was breaded, but I ate the bread and the breaded chicken. I’m trying to focus on just doing that, and hopefully I’ll trim up some in the process.”
He added, “I feel better. Don’t feel as bloated as I was before.”
As for Kendra, she revealed that she has also been “trimming up.”
“I haven’t gotten on the scale, but I feel a lot trimmer now,” Kendra told her husband. “I’m not bloated either. I’m gonna be ‘skinny mini. I cannot eat. Mama keeps trying to get me to eat, but unless it’s liquid, it doesn’t really go down. It’s been a battle.”
Joseph, who is one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children, was arrested in Arkansas on March 18 on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior after allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl in Florida in 2020. The victim, now 14, told police that Joseph “eventually apologized for his actions” at the time before “the incidents stopped.”
New audio of Joseph Duggar and wife Kendra Duggar shows the couple discussing her whereabouts after their arrests. “It’s good to hear from you,” Kendra, 27, told Joseph, 31, according to a March 20 collect call he placed to her from Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, that was obtained by Entertainment Weekly. In […]
News broke two days later that Joseph is also facing four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, second-degree, and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment. Kendra was arrested on the same charges and released on bond within hours. In a separate jail conversation with Joseph, Kendra revealed that she doesn’t presently have custody of their four children.
A source told Us Weekly that Kendra’s arrest is unrelated to Joseph’s incarceration.
“Kendra’s arrest has nothing to do with Joseph’s — although one precipitated another,” the insider with knowledge of the case told Us last month. “After his charge, they automatically do a home study if minors live there. They came to her house. Apparently, they had two rooms where the lock of the doorknob was on the outside instead of inside. They arrested her and took her kids for that, saying it’s evidence that she wrongly detains her kids.”
Joseph was extradited to Florida earlier this week, where he pleaded not guilty to the accusations. He was released on a $600,000 bond.
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