A newly released booking video of Joseph Duggar is making waves online, where the former reality star appears surprisingly relaxed despite facing serious allegations. The seventh kid of the famous Duggar family from the popular TLC series 19 Kids and Counting is facing serious charges of child molestation after he allegedly admitted to making lascivious and vulgar advances at a nine-year-old child during a 2020 family vacation.
With his arrest making headlines, the new footage has raised questions about Joseph’s chill demeanour, leaving people wondering if something seriously messed up had happened in his childhood, given the family’s scandalous past and questionable parenting.
What the booking video shows
The footage was recorded on March 18, 2026, at the Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas, where Joseph is currently kept. The video begins with an official doing the routine pat-down and search of Joseph, who is facing towards the wall, handing over his personal belongings as part of the intake process. At one point, when asked if he had ever been to the facility before, Joseph reportedly joked, “Not on this side,” while laughing.
