Jason Duggar’s Wife Maddie Responds to Rumors She Was a ‘Crazy Fangirl’ Before They Met

In a YouTube Q&A this week, TV persona Jason Duggar and his spouse sat down to debate their humble beginnings whereas additionally addressing the “loopy fangirl” rumors which have been circulating the web.

“We really met by way of Instagram,” Maddie stated. “There are rumors that I’m a loopy fangirl.”

Jason jokingly added, “She is.” Maddie then reassured their viewers, “I’m a fan of [Jason] now, however no, I used to be not a loopy fangirl.”

She defined whereas she was not “an avid fan,” her household did watch episodes of the Duggar household’s exhibits, TLC’s 19 Children and Counting and spinoff Counting On, collectively.

Maddie stated she discovered Jason later in life whereas scrolling by way of social media.

“So, I used to be on TikTok in the future and I used to be scrolling alongside, and it was a video of the place every of the Duggar children is now,” she defined. “I used to be like, ‘Oh, I bear in mind them. I’ve seen them earlier than.’”

When Jason’s face popped up on her display screen, she instantly felt drawn to him and determined to scope out his socials, as one does when they’re crushing on somebody.

“I used to be like, ‘He’s cute, he works out,’” Maddie described, jokingly serious about shirtless pics he’d posted. “I’m scrolling, like, I see a tour of [his] tree home video. I assumed it was actually cool and I appreciated it. That was about it [and] I didn’t suppose something was going to return of that. He was only a cute man on Instagram.”

Jason additionally shared his tackle their love story, stating that as a substitute of clicking on the message button on Instagram, he went into his notifications and got here throughout Maddie’s like and comply with on his treehouse video.

“Your identify was on the very high, but it surely didn’t simply say … no matter, Maddie Jones,” he stated. “It had her profile image [and] subsequent to that was huge massive letters,.M.A.D.S. I shortly found out that it was simply one thing that she did and I used to be like, ‘rattling she’s sizzling,’ and she or he’s a Christian, so I reached out.”

Jason admitted as soon as he noticed she shared his religion and had a bible verse in her bio, that was his inexperienced mild.

After texting within the DMs for a while, Jason knew it was time to take it to the following step.

“I texted her round New Yr’s,” he stated. “It was tough as a result of the FaceTime calls have been actually unusual, for each of us; it’s simply odd once you don’t know somebody.”

Regardless of being fortunately married now, Maddie stated, “We have been good as associates however we have been awkward.”

Regardless that their intimacy connection took awhile, being associates made Jason notice how fond he really was of Maddie.

“She loves the Lord and she or he’s, like, regular and that’s when it clicked,” he stated. “I used to be like, ‘OK, I actually love this woman.”’

The 2 have been fortunately married since October 2024 per Us Weekly.