--- title: Josh Duggar Interview: Duggar Parents Talk Molestation description: Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar talk about son Josh Duggar to Megyn Kelly in a new Fox News interview. canonical: https://time.com/3908370/duggars-molestation-scandal-interview/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-03T22:34:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:42.730Z og:title: Duggar Family Identifies 2 Daughters as Son's Molestation Victims og:description: In a promo for their sit-down with Fox News that airs Wednesday night og:url: https://time.com/3908370/duggars-molestation-scandal-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91d969ed90b050d/698852e806f2c1770533a7ba/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Jim Bob Duggar, of the TLC show '19 Kids and Counting', speaks with FOX News Channels Megyn Kelly at their home in Tontitown, Arkansas. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Duggar Family Identifies 2 Daughters as Son's Molestation Victims twitter:description: In a promo for their sit-down with Fox News that airs Wednesday night twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91d969ed90b050d/698852e806f2c1770533a7ba/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Duggar Family Identifies 2 Daughters as Son's Molestation Victims > Sponsored content. 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FOX News Channel/Getty Images by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / People Contributor Jun 3, 2015 10:34 PM UTC [Michelle](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:MichelleDuggar,00.html) and [Jim Bob Duggar](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JimBobDuggar,00.html) are speaking out for the first time since a 2006 police report surfaced on May 20 which alleged that [their eldest son, Josh, had molested five underage girls as a teen](http://www.people.com/article/josh-duggar-molestation-accusations-duggars-respond). The Duggars have also identified their daughters Jessa, 22, and Jill, 24, as two of Josh’s victims. They, too, will have their say during the interview. In a promo for their sit-down with _Fox News_ journalist Megyn Kelly, Michelle, 48, says that there was “so much grief in our hearts” when their son approached them to confess what he had done. “I think, as parents, we felt, ‘We’re failures.’ ” Added the [_19 Kids and Counting_](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,MediaProductsTax:19KidsandCounting,00.html) star: “We’ve tried to raise our kids to do what’s right – to know what’s right – and yet one of our children made some really bad choices and I think, as a parent, just … we were devastated.” In a press release sent by Fox, the network states that Kelly will also be interviewing [Jessa Seewald](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JessaDuggar,00.html) and [Jill Dillard](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JillDuggar,00.html) and identifies them as two of Josh’s victims. “Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret,” [Josh](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JoshuaDuggar,00.html), now 27, [told PEOPLE in a statement the day after the scandal broke](http://www.people.com/article/josh-duggar-molestation-accusations-duggars-respond). “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. We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing, and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling.” Josh’s wife, [Anna](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:AnnaDuggar,00.html) – who is expecting their fourth child this summer – likened his actions to “past teenage mistakes,” but that he had “received the help needed to change the direction of his life and to do what is right.” For their part, Michelle and Jim Bob said that they were “shocked” by Josh’s “mistakes”: “Even though we would never choose to go through something so terrible, each one of our family members drew closer to God. We pray that as people watch our lives they see that we are not a perfect family.” [Kelly told PEOPLE](http://www.people.com/article/megyn-kelly-fox-news-interview-jim-bob-duggar-michelle-duggar) that she intends to ask “some of the harder questions” but has agreed that one topic will remain off-limits: “They do not want to talk about the details of the molestation, and I understand that as the parents of those involved, and that’s fine.” Kelly’s interview with the Duggars will air on Fox News Channel’s _The Kelly File_ Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. Additional portions will also air during a one-hour special on Friday at 9 p.m. ET. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/josh-duggar-molestation-scandal-michelle-jim-bob-megyn-kelly-fox-news-video) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3908370/duggars-molestation-scandal-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3908370/duggars-molestation-scandal-interview/"},"headline":"Duggar Family Identifies 2 Daughters as Son's Molestation Victims","datePublished":"2015-06-03T22:34:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:42.730Z","description":"\"I think, as parents, we felt, 'We're failures'\"","url":"https://time.com/3908370/duggars-molestation-scandal-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91d969ed90b050d/698852e806f2c1770533a7ba/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Michelle Steiner / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd91d969ed90b050d/698852e806f2c1770533a7ba/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jim Bob Duggar, of the TLC show '19 Kids and Counting', speaks with FOX News Channels Megyn Kelly at their home in Tontitown, Arkansas.","caption":"Jim Bob Duggar, of the TLC show '19 Kids and Counting', speaks with FOX News Channels Megyn Kelly at their home in Tontitown, Arkansas.","creditText":"FOX News Channel/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3908370/duggars-molestation-scandal-interview/","name":"Duggar Family Identifies 2 Daughters as Son's Molestation Victims"}}]}] ```