--- title: Josh Duggar Scandal: '19 Kids and Counting' Loses Advertisers description: General Mills, Walgreens and other companies have pulled their ads canonical: https://time.com/3897540/19-kids-advertisers-josh-duggar/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-27T11:14:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:39:05.191Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: '19 Kids and Counting' Loses Advertisers Following Josh Duggar Scandal og:description: General Mills, Walgreens and other companies have pulled their ads og:url: https://time.com/3897540/19-kids-advertisers-josh-duggar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and The Duggars Speak At CPAC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: '19 Kids and Counting' Loses Advertisers Following Josh Duggar Scandal twitter:description: General Mills, Walgreens and other companies have pulled their ads twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _19 Kids and Counting_ Loses Advertisers Following Josh Duggar Scandal > Sponsored content. 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Josh Duggar speaks during the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on Feb. 28, 2015 in National Harbor, Md.Kris Connor— Getty Images by [Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter May 27, 2015 11:14 AM UTC Advertisers are decamping from _19 Kids and Counting_ days after star Josh Duggar admitted to molesting several underage girls 12 years ago. Choice Hotels International disclosed Tuesday morning that it has decided to pull advertising from all future episodes of the reality show. Payless ShoeSource also revealed Tuesday that it is in the process of removing its ads from the program. > [](https://twitter.com/ChoiceHotels/status/603256677056446465) > [](https://twitter.com/PaylessInsider/status/603232283047424000) A General Mills spokesperson confirmed that the company has removed _19 Kids and Counting_ from its current advertising schedule. As of Tuesday morning, Walgreens said they planned to “monitor the situation,” according to it’s [official Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/Walgreens/posts/10153041398313611?comment%5Fid=10153042297823611&reply%5Fcomment%5Fid=10153042683363611&total%5Fcomments=7&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D). However, a spokesperson for the chain said late Tuesday that “in the wake of recent news, we are no longer advertising on the _19 Kids and Counting_ program.” TLC announced Friday that the network was yanking the long-running reality show from its schedule. “Effective immediately, TLC has pulled all episodes of _19 Kids and Counting_ currently from the air. We are deeply saddened and troubled by this heartbreaking situation, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family and victims at this difficult time,” the network said in a statement. TLC has not commented further on the situation. News of Duggar’s past actions surfaced Thursday and the 27-year-old, who is now married with three children, immediately issued a statement apologizing. “Twelve years ago, as a young teenager I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret,” he said. “I hurt others, including my family and close friends. I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation.” According to a 2006 police report published by [_In Touch_](http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/bombshell-duggar-police-report-jim-bob-duggar-didn-t-report-son-josh-s-alleged-sex-offenses-for-more-than-a-year-58906), his parents reported the incidents to the police but charges were never filed. In addition to his statement, the eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar resigned his position as a lobbyist with the Family Research Council (FRC), an organization dedicated to preserving family values in America. It remains to be seen if TLC will take further action against _19 Kids and Counting,_ which has been on the air since 2008 and is currently in its 15th season. In October, the network canceled _Here Comes Honey Boo Boo_ shortly after allegations surfaced about a romantic relationship between series matriarch June “Mama June” Shannon and a man convicted of child molestation. _This_[ _article_ ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/19-kids-counting-loses-advertisers-797995)_originally appeared on_ [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com)_._ _More from The Hollywood Reporter:_ * [TLC ‘Deeply Saddened’ to Pull ’19 Kids and Counting Episodes in Wake of Josh Duggar Molestation Admission](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tlc-deeply-saddened-pull-19-797638) * [Josh Duggar Responds to Child Molestation Accusations: ‘I Acted Inexcusably](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/josh-duggar-responds-child-molestation-797521) * [TLC and the Duggar Family Situation: More Lies and Counting](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/josh-duggar-19-kids-counting-798233) _Read next:_ [_Jessa Duggar’s Father-in-Law Pens Essay of Support in Light of Molestation Scandal_](http://time.com/3895845/duggar-josh-molestation-scandal-tlc-19-kids-and-counting-michael-seewald/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897540/19-kids-advertisers-josh-duggar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897540/19-kids-advertisers-josh-duggar/"},"headline":"19 Kids and Counting Loses Advertisers Following Josh Duggar Scandal","datePublished":"2015-05-27T11:14:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:39:05.191Z","description":"General Mills, Walgreens and other companies have pulled their ads","url":"https://time.com/3897540/19-kids-advertisers-josh-duggar/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and The Duggars Speak At CPAC","caption":"Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and The Duggars Speak At CPAC","creditText":"Kris Connor— Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897540/19-kids-advertisers-josh-duggar/","name":"19 Kids and Counting Loses Advertisers Following Josh Duggar Scandal"}}]}] ```