Current:Home > Contact'19 Kids and Counting' star Jason Duggar and girlfriend Maddie tie the knot -MacroWatch
'19 Kids and Counting' star Jason Duggar and girlfriend Maddie tie the knot
View
Date:2025-04-15 04:11:34
This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.
One more Duggar marriage and counting!
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's 12th child Jason Duggar married his girlfriend Maddie Grace in front of 300 guests on Thursday at The Estate at Sweetwater Creek in Tennessee, People magazine revealed exclusively Friday.
The pair tied the knot and spilled all the details about their special day to the entertainment outlet.
Just having everybody together just to celebrate us, because you never get another day in your life where all of your loved ones are together," the newly minted Maddie Duggar told People, adding that "especially for us, because I'm from Tennessee, and so half my family lives in Tennessee and Kentucky, and then we're moving to Arkansas."
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Duggar family documentary'Shiny Happy People' alleges there was a secret cult of abuse
She told People the festivities were special because the happy couple was "able to see everybody in one place," telling the magazine, "It's just a big party where everybody gets together." The couple first met in December and got engaged in August.
Eight of Jason Duggar's 18 siblings were in the wedding party, according to People. Jedediah Duggar served as best man alongside groomsmen James Duggar, Justin Duggar and Jackson Duggar. The bridesmaid squad included the groom's sisters Johannah Duggar, Jennifer Duggar, Jordyn-Grace Duggar and youngest child Josie Duggar.
The duo met in the Instagram DMs in after Jason Duggar joked with his older sister Jana, who married her husband Stephen Wissmann in August, about settling down.
"I was talking with (older sister) Jana. I was telling her, I was like, 'Listen, Jana, you got to put yourself out there if you want to find a guy.' So I was like, 'Look, listen, I'm going to hop on here just to find someone, just to show you that I can do it," he told People. Maddie added: "Jase found my profile just because he accidentally tapped on the notifications button, he saw my profile picture. He was like, 'Oh, she's cute.' It was definitely a God thing though."
She told the outlet "there's no way we would've found each other. It was just crazy." And now, nearly a year later, the pair have tied the knot.
"I think for both of us, we're pretty simple people really. It's like just doing life together," Jason Duggar said. "Just being able to enjoy the next seasons of life and just be able to take those next steps."
veryGood! (71)
Related
- The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- At site of suspected mass killings, Syrians recall horrors, hope for answers
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
Ranking
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- Who are the most valuable sports franchises? Forbes releases new list of top 50 teams
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
Recommendation
Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex