THEY were the darlings of TLC, an ultrareligious, supersize family that seemed to enjoy the simple things and represent a wholesome approach to life. Of course, not all was as it appeared with the stars of 19 Kids and Counting. Led by parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the kids were subjected to bizarre rules about modesty, dating and even what music they could listen to — or else face the wrath of God. “Fear was a huge part of my childhood,” daughter Jinger Duggar Vuolo has said. “I thought I had to wear only skirts and dresses to please God. Music with drums, places I went or the wrong friendships could all bring harm.”
What she’s only recently discovered is that the harm was coming from within her own family. In her new book, Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear, the 29-year-old details how she suffered anxiety and developed an eating disorder because of her family’s beliefs — and how she broke away from their strict dogma. Now married to Jeremy Vuolo and a mom of two, she says of her isolated upbringing, “There are a lot of cult-like tendencies.”
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MEGHAN: Let Me Live My Life!
WITH HER EVERY MOVE INCLUDING HER RECENT CHARITY EFFORTS BEING DISSECTED AND CRITICIZED, A SOURCE TELLS STAR A FED-UP MEGHAN MARKLE HAS HAD ENOUGH.
Kaia's NEPO REBOUND!
That was fast! Kaia Gerber has moved on from her three-year romance with Austin Butler with Lewis Pullman.
HODA'S WAKE-UP CALL!
Before she left her job as cohost of the Today show, Hoda Kotb was used to getting up very early.
GISELE BABY NO. 3!
She’s a mom again! After surprising her followers with a bump video in October, supermodel Gisele Bündchen has welcomed her first child with boyfriend Joaquim Valente, according to TMZ.
Milo: JOY FROM THE ASHES
THE ASHES Just weeks after they watched their house burn in the L.A. fires, Milo Ventimiglia and wife, Jarah Mariano, were overjoyed at the arrival of their first child, daughter Ke’ala.
Lily Collins: FINALLY A MOM!
Lily Collins and hubby Charlie McDowell announced on Jan. 31 that they’d welcomed their first child, daughter Tove Jane, and a source reports the actress, 35, “is on cloud nine.
SEXY LEO'S SECRET!
He’s played a boytoy in The White Lotus, a charming drunk in the hit One Day and now a hunky young park ranger named, yes, Roxster, in Peacock’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the latest movie about the hapless British everywoman played by Renée Zellweger (for more on the actress.
KANYE & BIANCA: CHAOS, CONTROL & CALCULATION
KANYE WEST waited for Grammys staffers working the red carpet at the Feb. 2 show in L.A. to get out of his way.
DR. PHIL: FAKING IT?
THE HARD TRUTH: THE TV PSYCHOLOGIST IS GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS TO TRY TO SAVE HIS FAILING NETWORK.
RENEE Gets Real
AS HER BELOVED CHARACTER BRIDGET JONES RETURNS, ACTRESS RENÉE ZELLWEGER OPENS UP ABOUT HER BIGGEST REGRETS, WHY SHE LEFT HOLLYWOOD AND A TERRIFYING HEALTH SCARE.
