TLC star Jana Duggar of “Counting On” and “19 Children and Counting” is married!
The eldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, 34, married Stephen Wissmann, 31, in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on Thursday, based on Folks’s unique report on the 500-guest wedding ceremony.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Duggar household for remark.
The ceremony occurred two months after they had been engaged. Jana’s bridal celebration included sisters Jessa Duggar Seewald, who was her maid of honor; Pleasure-Anna Forsyth; Johannah Duggar; Jinger Duggar Vuolo and Jordyn Duggar in addition to sister-in-law Abbie Duggar. Dad Jim Bob Duggar walked her down the aisle.
Jana Duggar referred to as the marriage “a dream come true” in a interview with Folks earlier than the nuptials.
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“Coming from two larger households, we love to have the ability to get collectively and have a good time moments like these,” she stated. “And so to have all of them there, it simply means rather a lot.”
The ceremony occurred about half an hour from the place she grew up along with her siblings in Tontitown.
Who’s Stephen Wissmann?
In keeping with Folks, Wissman is one among 13 siblings and lives in Nebraska along with his giant household. He installs irrigation programs for work and in addition does sandblasting and portray.
Duggar will go away Arkansas to hitch Wissman in Nebraska, the place “he has just a little home we purchased that we have been fixing up,” she stated.
How Jana Duggar, Stephen Wissmann met
Wissmann and Duggar met by way of their households greater than a decade in the past.
“I bear in mind them coming to our residence, most likely 13 or so years in the past and so they ended up getting snowed-in right here, which rarely occurs in Arkansas,” Duggar advised Folks.
“I bear in mind simply taking part in video games late into the evening, doing puzzles collectively till the snow melted off, and so they had been in a position to journey again residence. I do not actually bear in mind Stephen that properly as a result of I am older than him and so he was by no means on my radar.”
They reconnected years in the past and tried relationship, however in the end referred to as issues off. They saved in contact, and her brother Jeremiah Duggar married Wissman’s sister Hannah in 2022. They rekindled their romance earlier this yr and realized “We nonetheless get pleasure from one another. We nonetheless actually recognize one another,” Duggar stated.
Jana Duggar’s household’s controversies
“Counting On” aired 11 seasons between 2015 and 2020. TLC canceled the present in 2021 following Josh Duggar’s indictment on little one pornography costs. The oldest little one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in jail.
The collection was a by-product of “19 Children and Counting,” which aired 2008-2015, with TLC pulling the plug on the present after Josh Duggar was discovered to have sexually molested 5 younger women, together with his sisters, when he was a teen.
‘Derogatory and sensationalized’:Duggar dad and mom criticize ‘Shiny Joyful Folks’ doc
Final yr, the four-part restricted docuseries “Shiny Joyful Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques” was launched and featured accusations, together with from fourth Duggar little one Jill Duggar Dillard, in opposition to the once-beloved actuality TV stars recognized for his or her sprawling household and conservative values. The collection claimed the Duggar dad and mom had joined a cult led by an accused sexual predator as a younger couple.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar pushed again in opposition to the portrayal of their household within the Amazon Prime collection, saying it “paints a lot and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized method as a result of sadly that’s the route of leisure lately.”
Contributing: Pleasure Ashford