Anna Duggar ‘will never leave’ Josh, she’ll try to ‘absorb some of the blame’

Josh Duggar had two accounts on Ashley Madison, the now-hacked site where married people can arrange hookups with other married people. He spent about $1000 in total on the accounts, including a $250 “affair guarantee” because he really wanted to seal the deal with someone other than his wife, Anna Duggar. Less than 24 hours after Gawker’s exclusive about his Ashley Madison accounts, Josh released a statement about his “hypocrisy” and how he had been unfaithful to his wife and he has a porn addiction.

Funny thing about that statement… the original statement was deleted and reposted several times on the Duggars’ website. Each time Josh’s statement went up again, various edits had been made. While I’m not one to judge – I edit already-published posts, as do most bloggers – it’s worth noting what kinds of edits Josh (or “someone”) made to his original statement. An hour after the original post went up, the statement was edited to take out the references of Josh’s porn addiction. There was also an original reference to the “hurt and reproach” Josh brought to his family when he was a “14-15 years old” which has now been taken out, obviously, because he doesn’t want to remind people that he’s a child molester as well as an adulterer. This line was also taken out of the first version: “The last few years, while publicly stating I was fighting against immorality in our country, in my heart I had allowed Satan to build a fortress that no one knew about.” SATAN!

People Magazine also had several exclusive stories about the Duggars in the wake of Josh’s latest scandal (we will have more than one Duggar post today, I promise). The saddest (I feel) is the one about Anna and whether she would ever divorce Josh. Wait, did I say “saddest”? I meant “insanely infuriating.”

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Anna Duggar will likely not be leaving her husband Josh despite his admitted infidelity, a source with ties to the family tells PEOPLE.

“Anna will not leave him,” says the source. “As with her in-laws, she is turning more to her faith than ever, she and Josh are probably praying around the clock right now, I would assume.”

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Amid reports Josh had signed up for Ashley Madison, a website that specializes in facilitating extramarital affairs, Josh and his parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar broke their silence with a statement on the Duggar family website on Thursday, in which Josh says he has been “the biggest hypocrite ever” and confesses to a secret pornography addiction, as well as being unfaithful to his wife.

The source says that from their knowledge of the Duggar family, Josh and Anna, “no way is she leaving him” – and says it would not come as a surprise if “on some level” Anna tries to “absorb some of the blame.”

“Maybe not publicly, ever, but privately, there will be some suggestion of whether or not she should have been more aware of the pressures Josh was under, of the issues he was facing, and how she could have better counseled him or helped him,” says the source.

“She is fully and permanently committed to her marriage and her children. And she’ll have the support of Jim Bob and Michelle and everyone else in their circle in terms of staying with him and making this work,” continues the source. “Divorce is not even something that will be discussed.”

[From People]

The part about Anna trying to “absorb some of the blame” is heartbreaking and rage-inducing. Because you absolutely know it’s true. Anna is going to blame herself. Josh will be able to turn it around on her too, because he’s a total psycho and he’ll say things like “I was just so scared that gay people getting married would destroy society and you were spending so much time with the kids and I needed someone to take care of my needs, honey, it’s not ALL your fault, but we have to carry this burden together.” Please, Anna: FILE FOR DIVORCE. Seriously. You will never regret it. Your husband is not someone who can be fixed by Jesus.

Photos courtesy of Duggars’ social media.