22 Kids and Counting's Noel Radford, dad to Britain's biggest family, detailed his account of when his now wife Sue Radford fell pregnant at the young age of 13, and defended their four-year age gap.
Noel, 53, said that they "were both just kids" when he discovered he was going to be a dad for the first time. At that time, Noel was 17 while Sue was below the legal age of consent.
In their book titled The Radfords: Making Life Count, Noel opens up about the scrutiny they faced when their youthful fling resurfaced due to their public image on television.
He said: "People have inevitably talked about the situation and it has been written about in the newspapers and discussed on social media.There has been a lot of focus on it and, in a way, it was probably worse for us than when it actually happened.
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