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Vanessa Hudgens: “I hope by the time I’m 30 to have a husband & maybe a baby”
Rihanna talks about her bastard father in Vogue
Melissa Leo’s style problems continue: hideous, tacky or just fine?
Emma Watson in Paris, shooting her Lancome ads: cute or not so much?
Peaches Geldof pulls a Lindsay, steals a dress from a shop
Courteney Cox on Harper’s Bazaar: ridiculously jacked, or just fine?
Eva Longoria in on Allure, trying to convince us that she’s not a drama queen
Ryan Phillipe’s advice to Lindsay, Mel and Charlie
Charlie Sheen gets TLC documentary, sells t-shirts through his website
Josh Duggar on family planning: “We have no control over that. God has the control”

Vanessa Hudgens: “I hope by the time I’m 30 to have a husband & maybe a baby”

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:56 AM PDT

I've always been pretty "meh" about Vanessa Hudgens, but her recent penchant for doing photo shoots in her underwear is a disturbing trend. We get it, V-Hud. You're all grown up. Now put on some pants. Anyway, V-Hud is the cover girl for the April Shape Magazine, and I have no idea if she's wearing panties and a bra, or if this is a bikini. I guess it doesn't matter. While I think she's got a cute figure, her face on the cover is… odd. Anyway, here are some excerpts from her interview:

Vanessa Hudgens admits distance doesn’t always make the heart grow fonder. A major factor leading to her split from longtime love Zac Efron last December was the pair’s packed work schedules, which took them to opposite ends of the Earth at times.

“Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what,” Hudgens tells the April issue of Shape, out March 21.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t an app for that, says Hudgens, 22.

“When you don’t have face-to-face time, it’s just different. Having an iPhone helped, but it wasn’t the same.”

Although it’s over, the relationship remains a significant one in her life.

“We grew up together,” Hudgens says. “It was nice to have someone to share all of those experiences with.” She adds of Efron, who visited her (as a friend) on the set of her new movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, “It was a good thing. The relationship kept me grounded, and because I was with someone who knew me so well, I didn't need to try to be someone I’m not.”

The good news: The break-up left her virtually unscathed – and ready to get back out there.

“I hope by the time I’m 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby,” she reveals. “I love children. They’re so much fun, and I would have a blast spoiling them!”

[From People]

V-Hud and Zac Efron are still spending time together, so I guess they're still friends. Friends with benefits, perhaps. Or maybe Vanessa just loves him like her best gay friend, the one she helpfully ignores when he's holding hands with a good-looking dude at an industry party. Vanessa and Zac totally go home together and analyze which boys were the cutest at the party.

Cover courtesy of IDLITW, additional pics by WENN.

Rihanna talks about her bastard father in Vogue

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:39 AM PDT

As we previewed last week, Rihanna is the April cover girl for Vogue Magazine. Here are some additional shots from her Annie Leibovitz pictorial. Too many closeups for my taste, and too little fashion. Also, this seems like a very un-Leibovitz shoot. It reads more like Mario Testino, which is odd. Anyway, in the cover shot, Rihanna is wearing Chanel. I still like the dress - it's just Rihanna's awkward body language that bugs. Anyway, there aren't a ton of excerpts from her interview yet, but here is a little bit:

Rihanna has been hurt before, but this time it was by someone she has known all her life. The singing sensation shares how her relationship with her father fell apart after he sold her out to the media.

In the April issue of Vogue, the 23-year-old superstar reveals that her dad Ronald Fenty recently exposed her dirty laundry to the tabloids and gave them the rights to some of her childhood photos.

"It really makes me question what I have become to my father. Like, what do I even mean to him?" a tearful Rihanna told the magazine. "It's really strange. That's the only word I can think of to describe it, because you grow up with your father, you know him, you are a part of him, for goodness' sakes! And then he does something so bizarre that I can't begin to wrap my mind around it. You hear the horror stories about people going behind people's backs and doing strange things, but you always think, Not my family. My father would never do that to me."

While she has a hard time grasping his motive, this is not the first time he has betrayed her. After Chris Brown assaulted her two years ago, Fenty called up the media to offer his two cents.

"That was the first time," she continued. "My dad went to the press and just told them a bunch of lies. Because he hadn't talked to me after…that whole thing…. He never called to find out how I was doing, if I was alive, nothing. He just never called. He went straight to the press and got a check. And now he does it again."

But after several attempts, RiRi is done trying to mend the broken relationship. "Now I'm like, Whatever, I tried."

[From Rap-Up]

Wow, I didn't know Rihanna's dad was such a bastard. I thought she went to stay with her family for a short time after Chris Brown beat the hell out of her? Maybe she stayed with other family members, and not her father.

Vogue photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot.

Melissa Leo’s style problems continue: hideous, tacky or just fine?

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Last night, there was a big Broadway event called "Miscast". It was a fundraiser for the MCC Theatre, and the gala was described as a "one-night-only musical spectacular featured Broadway’s hottest stars performing songs from roles in which they would never be cast." Sounds like a cute fundraiser. So… Melissa Leo was there. Correction: OSCAR WINNER and professional f-bomb dropper Melissa Leo was there. And this was what she was wearing. I mean… for the love of GOD. This isn't some event where I would expect her to put on her tackiest ball gown (now that would be an incredible competition), but it's still an event where you know you're going to be photographed… ESPECIALLY if you're posing on the red carpet. Just dab on some makeup and don't go out of the house in your old-timey petticoat/faux-pantaloons and your granola velevet hippie skirt. Jesus.

Claire Danes looked cute as hell, though. I'm currently in love with Claire, like I've never been before, so that might have something to do with my love for this snazzy geometric, mod print.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Emma Watson in Paris, shooting her Lancome ads: cute or not so much?

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:28 AM PDT

That was fast. No sooner did Emma Watson ~~drop out of college~~ "take a break" from college and announce her new big career move, a modeling gig for Lancome, then she flies to Paris to shoot the new ads. Why the rush? Usually when someone new is announced as the "face" of a product, it takes a few months for the new ads to be shot. This is one of the fastest turn-arounds I've ever witnessed.

Regarding yesterday's post announcing Emma's new gig, a lot of you yelled at me for various reasons. While I maintain that Emma is more cute than beautiful (and that she looks much better when her hair is slicked back), and that she's much, much too young to be representing a beauty brand, I will admit that perhaps I was a bit too harsh about her "taking a break" from college. Quite honestly, Emma announcement, mid-semester, that she was taking a break really, really bothered me. I took my higher education seriously (sort of), and I'm proud of my bachelor's degree. I honestly think there should be more young, celebrity women and men who take time out of their careers to prioritize education. Maybe Emma will return to Brown… but I seriously doubt it. I think a year from now, Emma is going to announce that she's decided not to return, and all of those little girls who grew up with Emma through Harry Potter will get the message loud and clear: education is disposable, clubbing with Harvey Weinstein is more important. Not to mention the obvious choice Emma is making in these photos - night shoot in Paris for a beauty products is much more important to her than mid-terms.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Peaches Geldof pulls a Lindsay, steals a dress from a shop

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:16 AM PDT

Peaches Geldof is the 22 year-old daughter of Sir Bob Geldof (the founder of Live Aid) and the late Paula Yates. She dabbles in writing and occasionally models, but generally has no career or educational ambitions to speak of. She’s known for marrying young and divorcing after six months, dating Eli Roth (it’s over now, thank goodness), dressing like crap both on the red carpet and off, having trashy tattoos and doing drugs. So it’s not surprising to hear that she’s a shoplifter too, although I am surprised that it’s taken this long for us to learn about it. Maybe all the other dumb sh*t she does overshadow the stories of her thievery.

Peaches Geldof has been accused of stealing a dress from a London clothes shop.

Staff at the Three Amigos store in Camden Town claimed that the garment disappeared after the 22-year-old TV presenter visited last week.

It is thought that owners of the shop, which sells skater-style clothing, tried to contact Miss Geldof when they were unable to find the dress, but called police yesterday after receiving no reply.

One line of inquiry is that the alleged theft is due to a misunderstanding between the shop and Miss Geldof.

Last night detectives were waiting to question the daughter of Boomtown Rats star Sir Bob Geldof and his late wife Paula Yates.

The claims are the latest in a long line of shoplifting allegations for the socialite – though she has always been exonerated.

In March 2008, she was accused of leaving the Victim store near Carnaby Street with a £500 dress she had not paid for.

After store staff realised it was missing, they phoned her management firm and Miss Geldof returned to the shop and apologised, saying it had been a 'simple misunderstanding'.

In 2007, she was accused of taking clothes from a photoshoot, and in October 2006 she was stopped at Urban Outfitters in Kensington High Street on suspicion of shoplifting a coat. She was allowed to leave after paying for the item.

In April 2009, Miss Geldof was wrongly accused of stealing an item of clothing from east London shop Luna & Curious, where staff claimed she had been behaving 'atrociously'.

She bought a number of garments but was later stopped by the owner who accused her of taking one without paying. She insisted it was an honest mistake and returned it.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said yesterday: 'We can confirm police have received an allegation of theft. It is alleged that on March 4 a woman stole a dress from a shop in Camden Road. Officers are investigating the alleged theft.'

A spokesman for Miss Geldof said: 'On the afternoon of March 4 Peaches was picked up from her home address at 1.15pm and taken to a voiceover studio in SE1 where she spent two and a half hours.

'Peaches knows nothing about this incident which we strenuously deny.'

[From The Daily Mail thanks Smartie for the tip]

Wait - Peaches is a TV presenter now? A quick glance at her Wikipedia page confirms that she can add that to her storied resume, since she has “a six part series on ITV2 called, ‘OMG, Totally Peaches’, a problem solving chat and guest show with audience participation.” Reading over the description on the ITV website, it sounds like Ricki Lake, only trashier and dumber. It’s airing now and they cover topics like “polyamorous” people and “furries,” or people who dress like animals. (You can watch a segment here and below.)

So did Peaches jeopardize her new talkshow gig with her sticky fingers? She lost her modeling gig with Ultimo after nude photos and a story came out that she’d done drugs with a onetime hookup. She may be secure in this job for now, but if she keeps pulling stunts like this all the opportunities she’s inexplicably being handed will dry up for her.

In related news, Peaches tweeted a photo of herself wearing a diamond ring and wrote that it was a birthday gift from her most recent boyfriend, a musician from the band S.C.U.M. She similarly wore a ring on her left hand and is thought to have planted engagement stories when she was dating Eli Roth. You would think that she would learn by now that she should wait a while to get married again.

Here’s Peaches on her new talkshow interviewing some “furries.” They say they’re not sexual about it, but that the American furries are! Peaches comes on at 2:00. Check out her huge teeth. It’s like she’s whistling through them.

Peaches is shown with her boyfriend, Thomas Cohen, on 3/10/11. Credit: WENN.com

Courteney Cox on Harper’s Bazaar: ridiculously jacked, or just fine?

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Courteney Cox takes the cover of the April issue of Harper's Bazaar. I absolutely HATE the Terry Richardson cover shoot, but some of it isn't the old pervert's fault. Courteney's face, which was once beautiful, is now completely and totally jacked to the point of absurdity. She's so chock full of fillers and Botox, she looks like a puffy, wax figure. Ugh.

Anyway, in the cover interview excerpts, Courtney is trying to convince us that she didn't split up with David Arquette specifically for her rumored jumpoff Brian Van Holt. Good one, Court.

On if she’s looking for love:
“The thing is, when you get older, it’s more about compatibility than it is about love … I have no desire right now [to date]. I’m not saying never. It just seems weird. I don’t even know how that would happen or how you meet people. I don’t like to go out. I’m not great at small talk … I don’t like to go to parties…There’s a sign on my forehead: exiting social life, entering into isolation.”

On her public split from David Arquette:
“I think every relationship has a point where you stop and reevaluate. Are you happy? Have you grown together or apart? What do you share interests in? I think that’s a normal thing to do, but it’s so much harder when it’s done publicly.”

On David’s famous Howard Stern interview:
“If you didn’t hear the Howard Stern interview and you just read quotes, I’m sure it seemed out of context, crazy. Most guys aren’t mature, are they? I’m not saying there wasn’t some crazy behavior, but if you know who David is, you know what his intentions are, how honest he is, and how big his heart is. You can’t really get mad at David because he’s not a malicious person. He’s not out to harm. But I’m his biggest protector. I can’t help it.”

On how their daughter Coco is taking the split:
“She’s adjusting. Luckily, we’ve always had two houses so there was no change in her living unit. And we both work a lot, so that wasn’t a huge adjustment. She’s our number-one priority. No matter what happens, she’ll be okay because she knows that she is completely safe, loved, and we’ll protect that more than anything in the world.”

On reprising her role in “Scream”:
“It was where David and I fell in love, so it’s a very special thing we get to keep doing.”

On being a self-titled cougar:
“I thought I had always been a little bit of a cougar with David. I don’t find the whole cougar word that offensive. And also, a cougar is someone who takes care of herself and goes out with younger guys. She doesn’t need a man to take care of her.”

[From People & Wonderwall]

Well, Courteney isn't anywhere near as nauseating as Eva Longoria's big Aniston-esque failure on Allure, but Court still has issues. I've said this before, and I'll say it again: I think Courteney's divorce didn't play out the way she was expecting AT ALL. I think she genuinely thought and hoped that David would get (and would take) much of the "blame" for the split, and that people would attack him as immature and crazy. Then, Courteney would re-enter public life with her jumpoff-turned-new love, Brian Van Holt, and no one would bat an eye. But David had such a public breakdown, and then he was the one who ended up going on Oprah. So… at the end of the day, I don't think Courteney is being completely honest with us, but I give her credit for sticking by David emotionally and for not bad-mouthing him or publicly blaming him.

UPDATE: Bazaar finally released their full interview. Here it is.

Photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot/Wonderwall.

Eva Longoria in on Allure, trying to convince us that she’s not a drama queen

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Eva Longoria just can't get anyone interested in her post-divorce exclusive tell-all interview. There were rumors that she was supposed to get a full People Magazine cover at one point, but I think her "exclusive" just ended up on some sidebar. And now she's trying to do a big, splashy post-split magazine piece… only Vanity Fair wouldn't take her calls, I guess. So she ended up the April cover girl for Allure. Which… honestly, isn't so bad. It totally could have been worse. She could be giving her story to Steppin' Out Magazine.

Regarding the cover shoot - eh. I'm still focused on what is different with her face, because I think something's off. I think she had some "breakup Botox" or something. The cover shot in particular is unflattering too - she looks like she's mid-snart. Go here for the Allure slideshow, and here are some interview excerpts:

On how women have helped her through her divorce:
“You know, some people collect plates and stamps and coins. I collect people; I collect amazing, smart, interesting women.”

On her life post-divorce:
“I’m kind of having to find new patterns because I’m not used to having … I’m used to always being on a plane and flying to a basketball game… It’s been … every time I talk about it, I want to cry. It’s been hard. Very hard. I’m just trying to get through it as gracefully as possible without any drama.”

On her next phase in life:
“I’m in a transition stage, settling into a new routine, and I welcome it.”

On being racy in past interviews:
“It’s hard for me to censor myself, because I like to be honest and free and say exactly what I’m thinking or feeling. Unfortunately, so many things are taken out of context, and [now] I’m a little more cautious about what I say.”

On being proud of “Desperate Housewives”:
“‘Desperate Housewives’ was groundbreaking for Latinos in television because the Solises were the richest people on the block — and they’re Mexican.”

On her first job:
“My first job ever was at Wendy’s. I still remember the order to put things on the burger: mayonnaise, ketchup, pickles, onions, tomato, lettuce, mustard. Would you like some fries with that?”

[From Allure]

God, Eva makes me want to smack myself in the face with a hammer. Can she be any more obliviously cliché? It's like she's trying to borrow heavily from The Post-Split Aniston Handbook, but Eva doesn't realize that NO ONE gives a crap, and we never really did. Eva says, "I’m just trying to get through it as gracefully as possible without any drama.” No, you're trying to build up drama because that's what you are: a drama queen famewhore who would sell your mother if it got you the cover of a better magazine.

Oh, and No-Drama Longoria was making out with Eduardo Cruz for the paparazzi yesterday. It's like the third "accidental" public makeout session they've had this week.

Photos courtesy of Allure.

Ryan Phillipe’s advice to Lindsay, Mel and Charlie

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:09 AM PDT

The big news yesterday was that a seemingly random ex girlfriend of Ryan’s named Alexis Knapp is currently pregnant with what she claims is Ryan’s baby and is due in June. Ryan is said not to know whether the baby is his or not, but TMZ reports that he’s willing to take a DNA test when the baby is born and to support the child if he’s the daddy.

It’s suspicious to me that this story is breaking on the same week that Ryan has a new coming movie out, The Lincoln Lawyer. This will be his first film in wide release since MacGruber tanked in May of last year. This news puts Ryan in a delicate position, but it also gives him a lot of press on a week when he really needs it. I doubt he would wait to let this story leak when it was most advantageous to him, but if it was going to get out anyway now is the best time.

HLN’s Showbiz Tonight had a segment of an interview with Ryan last night in which he gave his advice to celebrities going through public crises. This was aired at 5:00 pm and there was no mention of Ryan’s recent baby daddy drama. He said this in all seriousness as if cheating on Reese Witherspoon, whining about it and getting called out for it gave him the authority to give advice to other celebrities behaving badly. It was particularly ironic in light of Ryan’s most recent issues, which he may not have known were about to break.

“I always take a step back, take a breath and try to see something from the outside rather than allow yourself to be so wrapped up and so within it. I think you need perspective in order to handle a crisis the right way.

“If you’re aware of the affect you have on people or the way you’ll be perceived that kind of modifies your behavior sometimes.”

I’ll concede that it’s good advice and Ryan wasn’t too preachy about it. He was asked that specific question so it’s not like he considers himself an authority on public relations. He’s going to need to take his own advice now and not let all the talk bother him like it has in the past. A pregnant ex girlfriend/hookup is excellent gossip that can fuel a lot of reports. Just look at what happened to Jude Law.

Ryan made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, where he talked about adopting a dog to cheer up his son, Deacon, and told other cute stories about his two kids. He didn’t mention the paternity drama at all.

Photos are from 3/10/11. Credit: WENN.com

Charlie Sheen gets TLC documentary, sells t-shirts through his website

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:57 AM PDT

In news that seems entirely predictable but still made me roll my eyes, TLC is going to air a one hour Charlie Sheen special called Charlie Sheen: On the Brink on March 20. It’s being co-produced by NBC and it sounds like they’re just going to repackage some of the footage he gave them. The show will also include segments from some of the countless other interviews he’s done in the past few weeks. The format sounds similar to an E! True Hollywood story in that they’re featuring “original interviews on [Charlie's] rise and fall.”

Here’s more:

TLC is getting into the Charlie Sheen business.

The Discovery-owned cable channel, famous for putting on shows like Jon & Kate Plus Eight and Sarah Palin’s Alaska, has ordered an hour-long documentary entitled Charlie Sheen: On the Brink.

It will chronicle the very public unraveling of the recently fired Two and a Half Men actor’s career and public image.

With behind-the-scenes footage and brand-new expert commentary, including MacKenzie Phillips discussing life as a celebrity who has dealt with drugs and recovery, the show takes viewers inside Sheen’s home and examines the relationships with the women in his life and his children.

The special will also highlight other celebrity meltdowns that have captured public attention and offer insight into what drives this bizarre behaviour.

The special, which is being produced in association with NBC News, is slated to air on March 20 at 10 p.m. (EST).

It is expected to include news footage from Sheen’s 24-7 media blitz, as well as original interviews on the actor’s rise and fall.

[From The Star Phoenix via Fark]

It’s a great idea for a documentary and will surely earn a lot of viewers for TLC. I just wonder how they’re going to fit it all in to a single hour.

An ten minute animated special on Charlie recently aired on Spike TV. It tells Charlie’s story as if all his outlandish claims are true, and really captures his absurdity. (You can watch it on SpikeTV here.) It was produced by that brilliant Taiwanese animation company, Next Animation, who regularly chronicle celebrity foibles in computer animated skits. According to Reuters, the special counted “down 10 to 12 of Sheen’s most outlandish moments, including: Charlie wrecks a hotel room and loses a $150,000 watch; Charlie Sheen rents a mansion and fills it with porn stars who live as one big happy family; Charlie Sheen does the drug Charlie Sheen.” I almost totally forgot about the hotel room incident after all that Charlie’s done since. He redefined the celebrity freak out and then capitalized on it.

Charlie is now offering T-Shirts through his website. They retail for $19.95 and feature Charlie’s wacky slogans like “Tiger Blood,” “Duh Winning,” “Gnarls Gnarlington,” and “I’ve Got One Speed Go!”

What’s next for Charlie - a TLC reality show? You know they would offer it to him, but they probably can’t afford his salary requirements, hence the documentary.

In other Charlie Sheen news I’m not prepared to recap he’s:
- Moving next door to Paris Hilton and moving out of his “Sober Valley Lodge”
- Supposedly about to film Major League 3 any day now
- Created a short spoof movie for Radar Online with a military theme and featuring music from The Bourne Identity. It shows Charlie dressed in camouflage and going with his buddies to steal his Two and A Half Men trailer. They’re successful at the end, and I was left baffled as to why Charlie was allowed to keep the keys to the trailer. You would think they’d keep that thing on lock down.

Josh Duggar on family planning: “We have no control over that. God has the control”

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:54 AM PDT

Yesterday we heard that Josh Duggar, 23, the oldest son of the prolific famous Duggar family, was expecting a son which would be his second child with his wife Anna. Josh has 18 brothers and sisters and co-stars on the Duggar’s reality show on TLC, 19 Kids and County. The big premiere for season five of show aired last night and centered around Josh and Anna finding out that they were expecting a baby boy. The news was delivered to Josh, Anna and all of the Duggar family via skywriting, no kidding, after they asked their doctor to tell Josh’s mom and keep it a secret until they could use it to promote the show.

In an interview with E!, Josh answers the question many of you have been wondering about - just how many kids does he plan on having with his wife? He sort-of says that’s not up to him at all, but he does acknowledge that there are things he can do to prevent pregnancy. He also has some thoughtful things to say about how expensive and difficult large families can be, but it sounds like he wants one anyway.

So what happens after the arrival of baby boy Duggar? Will he be the second child of many to come, or will Anna and Josh stop once they have “one of each”? If nothing else, having kids gets pretty darn expensive!

According to Josh, “‘We’ve decided we’re going to have 25.’ I always say that jokingly, but there’s a lot that goes into a family, and a lot of hard work, and that point often gets overlooked, especially with the harshness the economy is going through now. [The cost of children] is something we think about, but it’s often a sacrifice to be able to raise a child and do it well, whether you have one sacrifice or 19. It’s really not about the number of children you have, but how well are you doing with the children that God has given you. We’re just focusing on Mackenzie right now and this little boy that God has given us. We’re really just going to take it one at a time. I don’t think you can say we’re going to set out and say we’re going to have five kids or four or three. We have no control over that. God has the control. Obviously, we can do things to prevent that, but I’m glad my parents didn’t just settle to have three or four children. There are definitely a lot of advantages to trusting [in God]. Anna’s glad that her parents didn’t stop at four, because she was number five.”

But isn’t there a limit to how many ways you can realistically slice up the family pie? Josh responds that, “I would look at it from the other side: There’s always room for one more. There are arguments on both sides, and obviously we hear them all, and everybody has their own opinion, and that’s something we have to realize every day as well. We’ve been doing this in the public eye for a long time, and you get a lot of scrutiny and a lot of negative comments, but we also hear a lot of positive comments. I think any one of my siblings could attest to the fact that you could say what you want to in a general worldview, but when it comes down the individual child, there’s not any one of my siblings that I wouldn’t want to have in my life. Each person has to make that decision for themselves, but right now we’re in the state where we’ve got a little one that’s under our feet and a little one that’s on the way, but we’re just enjoying the time and the precious moments that we have at this time, and taking each moment as it comes to us.”

[From E! Online]

Under the Duggar evangelical Christian “Quiverfull” belief system parents are supposed to have as many kids as God “wants them to” and not try and prevent pregnancy at all. In Quiverfull, free will doesn’t exist when it comes to fertility.

While my first impression might be that Josh is saying he’s letting God give them as many kids as He/She sees fit, he also seems to acknowledge that it’s complicated and that it’s important to raise children well and focus on the ones you have. It’s hard to tell whether he’s saying that God controls free will when it comes to fertility or simply that there’s no way to control and predict fertility when you want to have children.

I hope for Josh and Anna’s sake they make their own choices and realize at some point that they’re not obligated to have children indiscriminately until Anna is no longer physically able. Josh, Anna and the rest of the Duggars may seem like a huge happy family but that doesn’t mean they’re typical for a Quiverfull family. Many women in the Quiverfull movement lead incredibly difficult lives of poverty and there’s a movement to help them escape and recover from years of oppressive patriarchy and child rearing.

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