People: Duggar son checks into rehab following Ashley Madison scandal
Days after he confessed to cheating on his wife and an addiction to pornography, Josh Duggar has entered rehab.
The ex-reality star checked himself into a long-term treatment center, according to his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.
Their announcement Wednesday on the family’s website did not specify the nature or duration of treatment, nor did it identify the facility. But the statement spoke of “a long journey toward wholeness and recovery.”
“We pray that in this he comes to complete repentance and sincere change,” his parents said, adding they are “deeply grieved” by his actions, which have “brought great insult to the values and faith we hold dear.”
The couple also said Josh’s wife, Anna, with whom he has four children, is receiving “counsel and help for her own heart and future.”
Last week, the 27-year-old Duggar made an online apology, calling himself “the biggest hypocrite ever” following reports that he had been a subscriber to the cheating website AshleyMadison.com, whose millions of customer records were recently hacked and made public.
His admission came weeks after he acknowledged in May to having molested five underage girls as a teenager, including two of his sisters.
Those revelations led to the cancellation of “19 Kids and Counting,” the hit TLC reality show on which he appeared with his 18 siblings and his parents in a portrait of wholesome, religious family life. The series ran from 2008 through May.
Schumer, Lawrence writing movie
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer aren’t just riding Jet Skis together. They’re making a movie.
A representative for Lawrence confirmed Wednesday that Lawrence and Schumer are writing a screenplay.
In an interview with the New York Times, Lawrence said the two are planning to star in the comedy as sisters.
Lawrence seems thrilled by their newfound friendship and said she and Schumer are “creatively made for each other.”
Bacon to star in Hitchcock play
A Connecticut theater in Hartford said it had its highest sales day in its 52-year history after announcing Kevin Bacon will star in a stage adaptation of the story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic film “Rear Window.”
Bacon made the announcement Tuesday. Hartford Stage officials told the Hartford Courant they expect tickets to completely sell out in just a few days.
The movie star will headline the haunting tale of a man in a wheelchair who witnesses a possible murder. It will run from Oct. 22 to Nov. 15.
The birthday bunch
Actress Tuesday Weld is 72. Actor Paul Reubens is 63. Rapper Mase is 38. Actor Aaron Paul is 36. Contemporary Christian musician Megan Garrett (Casting Crowns) is 35. Singer Mario is 29. Actress Alexa Vega is 27. Actress Savannah Paige Rae is 12.