--- title: Josh Duggar Checks Himself Into Rehab description: Josh Duggar is going to rehab according to a Duggar family statement canonical: https://time.com/4011778/josh-duggar-sex-rehab/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-26T18:06:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:12.638Z og:title: Josh Duggar Checks Himself Into Rehab og:description: He called himself the "biggest hypocrite ever" og:url: https://time.com/4011778/josh-duggar-sex-rehab/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e7999d0f3e34bfb/69886102428a9e88c1cced12/josh-duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: josh duggar og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Josh Duggar Checks Himself Into Rehab twitter:description: He called himself the "biggest hypocrite ever" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e7999d0f3e34bfb/69886102428a9e88c1cced12/josh-duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Josh Duggar Checks Himself Into Rehab  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 26, 2015 6:06 PM UTC  Josh Duggar visits "Extra" at their studios at H&M in Times Square on March 11, 2014 in New York City. Josh Duggar visits "Extra" at their studios at H&M in Times Square on March 11, 2014 in New York City.D Dipasupil—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 26, 2015 6:06 PM UTC Reality TV star Josh Duggar, co-star of TLC’s _19 Kids and Counting,_ has checked himself into rehab [a week after admitting](http://www.duggarfamily.com/2015/8/statements-from-jim-bob-and-michelle-duggar-and-josh-duggar) he was “the biggest hypocrite ever” because he has been addicted to pornography and has been “unfaithful” to his wife Anna, according to a statement posted Wednesday on the Duggar family’s website. The admission came amid reports that the former executive director for the conservative lobbying group Family Research Council had an account on hacked extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison. About a month ago, TLC officially cancelled the Duggars’ show after it was revealed in mid-May that police had been investigating Josh for allegedly molesting five girls. Read [the latest statement](http://www.duggarfamily.com/michelles-blog?ID=fd82bcb8-6dec-49b5-bdaa-5bed13fa3f7e) from the family below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4011778/josh-duggar-sex-rehab/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4011778/josh-duggar-sex-rehab/"},"headline":"Josh Duggar Checks Himself Into Rehab","datePublished":"2015-08-26T18:06:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:12.638Z","description":"He had called himself \"the biggest hypocrite ever\"","url":"https://time.com/4011778/josh-duggar-sex-rehab/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e7999d0f3e34bfb/69886102428a9e88c1cced12/josh-duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e7999d0f3e34bfb/69886102428a9e88c1cced12/josh-duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"josh duggar","caption":"josh duggar","creditText":"D Dipasupil—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/4011778/josh-duggar-sex-rehab/","name":"Josh Duggar Checks Himself Into Rehab"}}]}] ```