Kendra Duggar expressed her concerns in a private phone call with her husband, Joseph Duggar, who is in prison on child molestation charges.
“I couldn’t wait to get on the phone,” Kendra told Joseph in a 20-minute prison phone call obtained exclusively by Page Six.
Kendra said she was “glad” to talk to him, but said her anxiety was “on a whole other level” than anything she had ever experienced in her life.
“You can be fine one minute and completely beside yourself the next,” she said.
Kendra said she “felt very weak” the night before.
“I didn’t know what to do, what to say, what to say…I was just going downhill, but thankfully[Joseph’s mother]brought me food and stopped me and prayed with me.”
Kendra said she doesn’t want to be alone right now.
“I don’t think I can be alone for too long,” she said. “I can go out on my own, but that’s really where I am.”
Kendra, 27, told Joseph, 31, that she was struggling to eat while battling anxiety.
Joseph told his wife, “I have been praying specifically for you to rest, to have food, and to keep your energy up during this time.” “I am praying this especially for you.
She said, “I want you to know where I am right now. It’s really hard. I know you’re having a really hard time, too. I just feel like I need to be encouraged.”
Joseph told Kendra that he would never leave his thoughts.
“Whenever I’m not thinking about you, I’m thinking about Psalm,” he said, adding somewhere on the phone, “Stay strong.”
They ended the call saying “I love you” to each other.
Joseph was arrested on March 18th in Arkansas on suspicion of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl.
He was charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a victim under 12 years of age and lewd and lascivious acts with a person over 18 years of age.
The alleged incident occurred in Panama City Beach, Florida during a family vacation in 2020.
Joseph’s alleged victim, now 14, told authorities that Joseph sexually abused her during the trip, according to a court affidavit obtained by Page Six.
The “Counting On” star was extradited to Florida last week, where he pleaded not guilty.
Joseph was released on $600,000 bail and ordered to have no unsupervised contact with minors.
On March 20, Joseph was indicted on additional charges by the state of Arkansas. Four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and, on March 20, four counts of second-degree false imprisonment. Kendra was also charged with similar charges and released on bond after turning herself in.
The couple, who have four children, are scheduled to appear in court again on charges in Arkansas this month.
Page Six exclusively revealed that Joseph called Kendra daily while being held at the Washington County Correctional Facility. He had only one visitor, his lawyer.
