Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s son James, 21, resurfaces in rare photo with friends after disappearing from spotlight
JAMES Duggar has resurfaced in a rare photo with fans after disappearing from the spotlight.
The reclusive Duggar son made the appearance in an Instagram stories photo.
The now 21-year-old James is seen in a car full of friends with the caption "Happy Birthday."
The post was made by the Andregg Family Instagram account which James shared to his stories.
The photo sparking speculation that James could be courting one of the Andregg sisters, pictured also in the car.
The Duggars and the Andregg family have been friends for quite some time, sharing similarities of being an ultra-conservative Christian family.
DEFYING THE RULES
The Duggar children continue to defy their parents' modesty rules.
This, after James recently posted a photo of his brother Jason while shirtless on a boat.
James posted a video reel on Instagram of the day he spent on the lake with his brother, Jason, and friends.
The video started out with a close-up of his car and then zoomed out to show a boat attached to the back.
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In the next scene, James rode on a jet ski and a friend zoomed past him on another one while others were riding on a boat.
The reel, which is set to music, then shows Jason and a friend sitting on the boat.
What shocked fans the most was the fact that Jason did not have a shirt on.
The kids continue to break the family's rules on dressing modestly.
The Duggars not only try to implement a conservative dress code, but they discourage birth control use, and urge the use of parental chaperones while they go on dates prior to being married.
A a screenshot of the video to the platform.
They captioned it, "Never thought we would see a shirtless Duggar (Jason). Strange times we're living in ..." along with a laughing crying emoji.
The fan circled Jason sitting on the boat.
Others chimed in and expressed their shock.
"Guess his days of having to swim in jeans and a t-shirt is long gone.," joked one fan.
Another fan replied to them saying, "When the TLC money went, so did the modesty."
James sister Jill, 29, and her husband Derick, 32, have distanced themselves from her family since she left the TLC show nearly four years ago.
The young parents have rebelled from Jim Bob, Michelle, and the rest of the family after the patriarch of the family withheld compensation from them for their appearances on Counting On.
Jill has since adopted a much more relaxed lifestyle, forsaking some modesty and her parent's strict rulings.
POST-TRIAL CHANGES
James' Instagram posts come after his brother Josh's sentencing for child pornography.
, 34, was found guilty of possessing and receiving child pornography on December 9 after a nearly two-week trial.
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He was then sentenced to 151 months — almost 12-and-a-half years — for those crimes on May 25. When he is released, the former reality TV star will also be supervised by a parole office for 20 years.
Josh's siblings, including Counting On star Jill (Duggar) Dillard and Jason, spoke out against their brother after the sentence was handed down.
