NEWSKendra Duggar Jokes She's Turning Into a 'Skinny Mini' From Not Eating in Phone Call With Accused Child Molester Husband Joseph

'I’m feeling a lot trimmer now,' she told the accused child molester.
April 2 2026, Published 5:58 p.m. ET
Kendra Duggar boasted about losing weight from the stress of her and husband Joseph's legal battles.
After Joseph, who's been hit with molestation charges, revealed his new workout routine and diet during a jail call, 27-year-old Kendra responded that she thinks she's "trimming up."
"I haven’t gotten on the scale. But I’m feeling a lot trimmer now!" the mother-of-four quipped.

Kendra Duggar was arrested just two days after Joseph on unrelated charges.
"I’m going to be a skinny mini," she added with a flirty laugh in the call obtained by Page Six.
However, Kendra admitted she is "so weak" and "can hardly walk" from not eating as she faces her own charges.
The mom was arrested two days after her husband on Friday, March 20, and their children have been taken away for the time being.
The couple has been charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree, and four counts of false imprisonment in the second degree.
Authorities Allegedly Found Evidence They 'Wrongly Detain' Their Kids

The pair is set to appear in an Arkansas court on April 29.
Their home was searched by the Tontitown Police Dept. and Arkansas Dept. of Human Services on March 19 following Joseph's arrest for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl on vacation in Florida in 2020.
"After his charge, they automatically do a home study if minors live there," a source told Us Weekly on March 21. "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."
The two are scheduled to appear in an Arkansas court on April 29.
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'I Just Needed to Hear Your Voice'

Joseph Duggar is accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl.
Later on the same call, Kendra consoled her husband after he moaned about the conditions in jail.
"Aw baby, I am just so sorry. I love you," she told him. "We’ll see where God takes us through all of this. Hopefully we come back stronger."
The disgraced reality star responded, "I think we will. We’re going to realize how much we need him ultimately. It’s a good place to be. Depending on God is always a good thing."
She replied, "Aw baby, I just needed to hear your voice. I just do. You sound so strong over there. I don’t know how you’re doing it."

The former TLC reality stars share four children.
In another call, Kendra told her husband she's "fighting for the kids, and they're my number one priority right now."
The 19 Kids and Counting alum responded he is "100 percent behind" her, telling his wife she "should be fighting for them the most."
Kendra replied: "I just want you to know, through all of this, whatever happens, that's who's coming first. Then we'll just see where the rest of it leads us and try to put the pieces together."
Joseph was released from police custody on March 31 after entering a "not guilty" plea on molestation charges in his first court appearance in Florida.
A judge had barred him from having unsupervised contact with minors, so he will not be able to be alone with his children.

