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EXCLUSIVE: Kendra Duggar Breaks Down in Tears Discussing Her Four Children During Jail Call With Disgraced Husband Joseph — After Couple's Shocking Molestation and Endangerment Arrests

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Source: littleduggarfamily/Instagram

Kendra Duggar struggled to give husband Joseph an update on their children.

April 1 2026, Published 12:57 p.m. ET

Kendra Duggar has revealed she's not entirely sure how her children are faring since authorities removed them from her home, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Officials with the Department of Children and Families have taken Kendra and husband Joseph's four kids after they were both charged with child endangerment.

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Update on the Kids

joseph duggar and family
Source: littleduggarfamily/Instagram

The couple's kids were removed from their home after both were arrested.

As Radar previously reported, as part of the investigation into Joseph's sexual molestation charges, authorities conducted a routine review of the couple's home. However, there was nothing routine about what they reportedly discovered – locks on the outside of the kids' bedroom doors.

Soon after, Kendra, 27, was arrested, and now both she and Joseph, 31, face four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, along with four additional counts of false imprisonment. Officials also removed the children from their care, and during a recorded phone call from jail, Kendra told Joseph she doesn't have many specifics as to how they are doing.

"From what I can tell, the kids are going to be well taken care of," she optimistically told Joseph. "They keep telling me that they’re doing really well and everything."

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While Kendra would not reveal who "they" are, she did reassure her incarcerated hubby that she is being supported by both of their families.

"We’ve got a whole team of people that…they’re family," she said, choking back tears. "Like, every last one of them has made incessant phone calls or research or whatever. It’s insane the outpouring of love."

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Kendra's Separate Arrest

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Source: littleduggarfamily/Instagram

Kendra only knows what relatives are telling her about the kids.

Joseph and Kendra share four young children, two boys and two girls, born between 2018 and 2022. While the two face the same endangerment charges, an insider stressed that Kendra was not involved with Joseph's arrest or allegations of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old.

"Kendra’s arrest has nothing to do with Joseph’s — although one precipitated another," the source explained. "After his charge, they automatically do a home study if minors live there."

During the home investigation, authorities found several rooms that could only be locked from the outside.

"Apparently, they had two rooms where the lock of the doorknob was on the outside instead of inside," the source dished. "They arrested her and took her kids for that, saying it’s evidence that she wrongly detains her kids."

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Joseph Cannot See His Kids Unsupervised

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Source: Bay County Sheriff's Office

Joseph bonded out of jail in Florida

Joseph bonded out of jail on Tuesday, March 31, nearly two weeks after he was first arrested in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and then transferred to Bay County, Florida, to face the charges.

He was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim, and must be supervised at all times when around other minors – including his own children.

In jail phone calls obtained by Radar from before his transfer to Florida, Kendra confessed to Joseph that she was not handling the sudden arrest and scandal well.

"You know how I am with anxiety," she said on the phone. "And this is a whole other level that I've experienced in my entire life. It's a moment-to-moment battle. One moment I could be fine, and then the next moment, absolutely beside myself."

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Kendra Is Crumbling

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Source: littleduggarfamily/Instagram

Joseph tried to calm his wife's worried nerves on a phone call.

Joseph tried to calm her nerves on the other end of the line, speaking softly and offering words of encouragement. But Kendra shared that she is unable to read, sleep or eat. She has resorted to relying on IV injections just to get her necessary nutrition.

"I'm going to possibly get more IVs. I got one already," she told Joseph during one phone call, before adding that she's purposely keeping to herself. "I don't want to see anybody. I thought about it."

Kendra did let one person in to help, her mother-in-law, Michelle Duggar, who has been taking care of her.

"I think I was kind of spiraling downhill, and thankfully, she brought food up to me," Kendra continued. "I can’t be by myself for too long."

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