On Valentine’s Day Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sat down for their first live TV interview since announcing the loss of their unborn daughter Jubilee Shalom in December.
The “19 Kids and Counting” stars opened up about Michelle’s devastating miscarriage during a “Today” show interview which aired during the 8 o’clock hour.
By 8:30 a.m. the Internet exploded as hundreds of thousands of Tweeters, Facebookers and bloggers responded to a two-second answer Michelle Duggar gave regarding a question about trying for another baby.
“We would be open to more if God saw fit to bless us with more,” Michelle said. “I would do it again.”
If you follow the reality TV family, then you are likely not surprised by the humongous response unleashed in cyberspace after Michelle uttered those now famous words. After all, when the Duggars announced that they were expecting their 20th child, on the “Today” show, the morning news program’s site nearly crashed as millions weighed in on the large evangelical Christian family’s decision to keep adding to their clan.
So, why all the fuss when Michelle Duggar goes public with news that she would love to get pregnant again?
What did you expect her to say on national television: “I’m done having kids because I am too emotionally distraught from this miscarriage”?
Are you kidding me?
The Duggars are not going to change the way they view children or procreation because they had to say goodbye to a daughter prematurely.
Regardless of how you feel about the Duggars and their decision to birth 19 kids (and counting), there is no way you should be shocked that they are willing to try again for another baby. They didn’t stop after Michelle experienced her first miscarriage more than 20 years ago, why would they have a sudden change of heart now?
The family is also under fire by some for sharing the details of the miscarriage and turning something that’s intensely private into a public spectacle.
Do the words “reality” and “TV” mean anything to anyone any more?