In her new memoir, Amy Duggar King recalls just how close she was with cousin Josh Duggar before his scandals made headlines — but she doesn’t recognize the person he is now.

“Growing up … we had so much fun,” Amy, 38, exclusively told Us Weekly before the release of her book, Holy Disruptor: Shattering the Shiny Facade by Getting Louder With the Truth. “He was such a fun kid. There [were] all kinds of pranks he pulled and jokes. … We just had this connection.”

Amy went on to reveal that she and Josh, 37, “very much kept in touch” through the years. “He texted me two weeks before he was arrested, sending me memes,” she said.

Josh was arrested in 2021 for receiving and possessing child pornography, later earning a prison sentence of more than 12 years. He has attempted to appeal his sent

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