Amy Duggar King has seemingly slammed Kendra Duggar for continuing to support her husband Joseph Duggar following his arrest.
While she did not call out Kendra, 27, directly by name, Amy, 39, appeared to take a swipe at her cousin’s wife in a scathing TikTok video posted on Thursday, April 2.
“How in the hell can she not be so unbelievably distraught and mad and disgusted at him,” Amy said, seemingly referencing how Kendra is responding to Joseph, 31, being arrested last month on child molestation charges.
Amy continued, “Oh, just wait, I’ll tell you why, because women in these really toxic systems, like this one, are taught that anger is a sin.”
Amy continued to slam the conservative culture that the Duggars were brought up in, claiming it was problematic that they were taught to not express anger.
“Anger is wrong and you cannot express it, you have to just keep it inside. Stay sweet, keep the peace and don’t create waves,” she continued. “Oh, and the biggest one that just drives me crazy is you have to forgive quickly, very, very quickly. Because heaven forbid, you take time to process what in the world has just happened, that your entire foundation of what you’ve built your life on with your children has now been completely disrupted and it’ll never look the same again.
She added, “But you’re not allowed to take time for yourself in this kind of environment, to even think for yourself. At all. So when you are angry, you can’t express it so you have to smile, talk sweetly and remember that your husband loves you no matter what.”
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Amy said that “grace” is encouraged within the Duggar family, which she believes is unhealthy to use for all situations without question.
“My favorite term that they always use is ‘grace.’ ‘We show them grace. We show the men grace because sins happen and grace covers it,’” Amy said. “Grace does offer repentance. Grace is something that is wonderful. Not in this instance. This isn’t grace, this is suppression. And this is how the cycle continues.”
Amy went on to state that she believes that Kendra is unlikely to be “dealing with the trauma,” and instead is more likely to “defend him, she will smile sweetly, she will talk very kindly to him and she will downplay the situation at hand.”
Amy explained that she believed the feeling of anger has a crucial role in situations that warrant it.
“The healthy response to being hurt and to being betrayed and being, like, completely like, broken-hearted is anger. Anger is a part of it all. Not in this culture,” she said. “It fires me up because instead what you’re going to see is the most perfect, sweet little angel of a wife who’s right beside him through thick and thin and who does that remind you of? The fact that she is not angry at all should deeply concern you.”
Us Weekly has reached out to the Duggar family for comment.
Joseph was arrested in Arkansas on March 19. He was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older after a 14-year-old girl came forward to police accusing Joseph of molesting her when she was 9 during a 2020 vacation to Panama City Beach, Florida.
Joseph was extradited to Florida earlier this week, where he pleaded not guilty. He was later released on $600,000 bail.
In addition to the molestation case, Joseph and Kendra were both charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment. These charges are unrelated to the molestation allegations.
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