The past few years haven’t been the most average and predictable for the extended Duggar family, whose hold on reality TV was completely severed in 2021 when Counting On was canceled at TLC in the aftermath of Josh Duggar’s child pornography arrest. Even before that, various family members began taking more time to focus on themselves and their own families away from the larger group, leading to some surprising lifestyle changes. But most of the females in the family reunited recently, and everyone was all smiles in a group picture that was shared on social media. But arguably the biggest takeaway shocker for fans was the fact that Michelle Duggar was actually kinda-sorta wearing pants in the pic. (Leggings, to be sure, but still.)
Which obviously isn’t to suggest that Michelle Duggar is notorious for photobombing her daughters while wearing only her skivvies. To the contrary, the family matriarch has long been a devout follower of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (as founded by disgraced minister Bill Gothard), and it’s for religious purposes that she’s avoided wearing pants for seemingly the entire time that she’s been in the public eye, instead opting for skirts and dresses. It’s a practice that was pushed onto the Duggar children, though you might not believe that after seeing the Instagram pic below.
