5/26: Jon & Kate Plus 8 return with controversy
In the fifth season debut of “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ on TLC Monday night, Jon Gosselin denies cheating on Kate with a teacher, but she makes veiled comments that imply there has been something going on. And the future of the couple as a couple looks grim.
Kate cries. “Parents of multiples have triple the divorce rate,” she said. “I thought we could beat that. I don’t know if I can say that anymore. Very swiftly, we became very different people. It’s just hard. I tried six months to figure out what the problem is or remedy the problem. I don’t know. It’s so complicated. It’s just difficult.”
At the end of the episode, Jon pretty much says they’re separated: “We’re going two different directions right now.”
Early in the episode, they note the papparazzi camp outside their house all the time.
“I did not sign up fro the public scrutiny and everything,” Jon says wearily. “And neither did Kate. People get paid off to say whatever you want to say. If I gave you $25,000, who knows what you’ll say.”
“Did I ever think I’d find myself on the cover of a tabloid to see those words or read those words that are there?” Kate says. “No. It kills me.”
Jon says, “some people say I brought it upon myself.. doing nothing being innocent and hanging out. I never cheated on Kate. You know. That’s the way it is. I don’t care who believe me. I know what I know. She only knows what she knows.” Then he apologizes for something: “I don’t think in recent months I’ve thought clearly enough. I take full blame. I just didn’t think it would escalate to what it’s become.”
Kate denies unstated but implied alleged dalliances she may have had with a bodyguard. “I’m working and traveling and I take security. I go here and everywhere. That’s my job. I’ll be darned if they are going to take me down with that. The allegations make me furious. It makes me very mad.”
Jon then provides an interesting quote: “One day, my kids are going to Google me and I’m going to have to explain myself. Hopefully they’ll be mature enough to know it’s all crap.”
A moment later, he adds: “I’d like to apologize for my family for my actions. It was wrong place, wrong time. I didn’t understand the ramifications on how it would affect everything. I should have thought about more of what I did and where I was going. Everyone knows what I’m talking about.”
Kate: “I have a lot of anger… he’s made some very poor decisions. We have to live with them.”
Huh? What poor decisions exactly? What is he exactly apologizing for? Tabloids do say he showed up at some college house party, seen playing beer pong. Maybe it’s just that. Who knows?
The episode is set for one hour and 13 minutes. Clearly, TLC added a few minutes from interviews long after the episode at hand, which focused on the sextuplet’s fifth birthdays, which Kate dubs as “bittersweet.” [My DVR cut it off at a point where the show had note ended.]
As for the future of the couple, “I don’t know,” they both said. Kate says she lives and works for her kids. “I’m committed to not letting any of this harm them.”
“I take them to school. I’m here every day… I’m here for my kids, too,” Jon says.
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311 comments Add your comment
Bob
May 26th, 2009
2:01 pm
I’m sorry…I posted the wrong amount of money for each episode. It is $7,500.00 and not $750.00 .
jill felber
May 26th, 2009
2:01 pm
I heard on a local radio show that Kate stated that she gave him “permission” to do as he pleased but to not do anything to mess up the show…. sounds as though the money train may come to an end…..
Becky
May 26th, 2009
2:05 pm
I think Jon has an issue that a lot of men have when they are married in their early 20’s. They didn’t get to live out the remainder of their 20’s. They probably feel there are things left undone. Like he mentioned, he was married with twins when he was 23 and had sextuplets when he was 27. I am a woman and I can’t imagine not living out my 20’s like most people.
However, he made the decision to marry Kate and have the children. Their children were no accident. They were planned, just not that many. They need to go to marriage counseling and figure out how to stay together and talk about what is bothering the other and get it out in the open to each other. I find that most times, the other partner just doesn’t know what is bothering the other. But, when they let things out into the open, things get better and they can talk about it.
Mari
May 26th, 2009
2:30 pm
I hope that the show stops airing. As good as the program was it is obvious that it has taken things out of perspective. In order for anything good to happen, they(Jon & Kate) need to spend time with each other and the family without all the tv audience in their lives. Then maybe they could get back to what is truly important which is their own lives. I wish only the best for all of them.
1911A1
May 26th, 2009
2:30 pm
Add another zero, Bob…it’s $75 THOUSAND per!
susan
May 26th, 2009
2:41 pm
Enter your comments here
Bob
May 26th, 2009
2:44 pm
I stand corrected…it is $75,000 per episode.
susan
May 26th, 2009
2:46 pm
I have watched the show for several seasons and I have to say Kate is speaks worst to Jon than to anyone. People are resposable for their own actions but with the crap she gave him in most episodes I would have told her to shut her mouth and to watch the videos back of everytime she spoke to him that way verses the way her spoke to her. Obsessive complusive and all I would have not been able to put up with it for this long. She thinks she all that and a bag of chips…..
Ralph
May 26th, 2009
2:51 pm
She is a Bitch. Anyone that puts a TV Show in a higher priority than their family (”the Show must go on”—–>Please) deserves nothing. Honey your 15 minutes of fame is over…..Go raise your kids WITH your husband if you haven’t run him off already.
Anamarina
May 26th, 2009
3:16 pm
Though I know only what has been constructed within the story arc perpetuated by TLC, from what I have seen especially over this weekend I have surmized:
1. John is an immature little douchebag. If you want a job-go get one. If you aren’t happy, change it. You made vows in front of God and you are now a lecherous wimp? Pathetic. Who goes out late at night with a twenty-something with no wedding ring, “but I didn’t cheat on Kate”. Yeah, riiight. Loser. Total wimp. Get a pair of nutts and do something about it.
2. Kate is a strange duck. She loves the money and the lifestyle because she grew up in a trailer park with poor parents who couldn’t possibly have given her what she is giving her children. Money and fame, but at the same time, psychological trouble. Speaking of the children, come on now-Maddy needs a shrink? She’s at taht age where they’re all fiesty moody little kids. Zeesh. I am tired of her being ‘oh poor me’ but we have to remember that each individual has different abilities including those who can cope with what…Eight kids, a lecherous husband, filming and travelling 24/7-I mean work is work….
All in all after watching the season premiere I was sad and had trouble sleeping. I’m not sad because of these people in particular but because of the idea that two people who had loved one another and had a large family, are no longer in love and are responsible for eight children who desperately need them.
Sigh.
Sam
May 26th, 2009
3:21 pm
Didn’t Jon say something about “losing” his job? Do we know what actually happened with that? I am surprised Jon and Kate thought it would be a good idea for him to become a stay at home parent. For his mental health and self-esteem, they would have been better off for him to continue working and hire help at home. Remember how the kids used to look forward to daddy getting home from work in the afternoon?
This is such a train wreck of many many bad decicions on Jon’s and Kate’s parts I can’t even list them all here. I guess before the season ends we will see Dr. Phil “offering” to help mediate conversations between these two who are incapable of communicating with each other.
Jon, in one of the “by himself” couch sessions looked like he was all puffy and glassy eyed. Is he adding alcohol to the mix as well? Will we see him going off to rehab? Will we see Jon and Kate as an installment on “Intervention”?
It appeared to me that Kate is slowly coming to the realization that the marriage is over and is starting that grieving process.
I don’t want to watch what comes next with Jon and Kate, but it is fun to dish about them and monday morning quarterback, huh?
South
May 26th, 2009
3:38 pm
I don’t like either one of these people. Kate is a shrew who shows no respect for her husband as a person (”could you not breathe so loudly” being the prime example of that). But Jon is no prize either. He’s a passive-aggressive man child. The problem is, neither spend any energy working on their marriage. Jon is busy with his selfish needs and Kate is wrapped up in being an author and “world’s greatest mom”. Problem, is, she’s not the world’s greatest mom. She’s hateful to the kids and a real #itch. Plus, with her being on the road all the time promoting the book and show, the kids are with nannies all the time. She’s doing the kids no favors by neglecting her relationship with her husband, and Jon is certainly doing them no favors by stepping out on his wife. the best thing they could do it quit the stupid tv show, get normal jobs, focus on one another, respect one another, stop breaking balls (that one’s for Kate) and give those 8 children the stable home they deserve.
Virginia
May 26th, 2009
3:42 pm
This is really sad. It just goes to show you what greed, fame and selling you kids for your own selfish gratification leads to. Kate continues to immasculate Jon on national TV…yeah that’s putting your children first. Remember the way they react in their own relationships will be based on what they have seen mom & dad model. I watched several episodes when my kids got interested in the show. It’s been a great teaching tool (i.e. this is not the way you treat your spouse or your kids.) In reality (and this show is not) it’s all about sacrifice. Hosea 13:5-6 – I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of drought. As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, and being satisfied, their hearts became proud; Therefore they forgot Me.”
Wendee M
May 26th, 2009
4:01 pm
“Jon should be sued for child abuse?” Are you kidding me? Of the two parents, Jon is the one who is consistently shown caring for and loving his kids. Sure he’s an immature idiot, but abuse? Not hardly. Kate’s neglect of her children while she travels the country absorbing the limelight is much closer to abuse than anything we have ever seen Jon do. I know what child abuse is, because the father of my child abused our child, emotionally and physically. Jon is NOT an abusive father by any means. Get your descriptors straight, please!!!!!
Disgusted
May 26th, 2009
4:47 pm
Kate can’t figure out what happened? And who is Jon now? Has she looked in a mirror lately? The Diva wouldn’t recognize herself as the old sweatpants/t-shirt Kate. She spends lots of $$$ now on herself and her tours and could care less about the lids. Jon has always done all the car loading, butt wiping, baths, bed-making, caring and loving of the kids, not Kate.
What loving mother tells 6 little 4-yr-olds that ” you will NEVER set foot in my bedroom again, ever. You amy knock on the door, but never come in!” Waht about when monsters are under the bed, or it storms, or they have a bad dream? She was always a witch, but now she’s a BITCH, and she should be fired from the show. Jon could raise the kids with some hired help, and do a better job, without all her whinig and complaining and belittling. The kids would be better off!
Jon is not the immature one- her didn’t blame Kate for any of it last night although he could have, out of respect for his kids- because someday they will watch it.
Disgusted
May 26th, 2009
4:52 pm
Also, everyone keeps saying Jon took a break to get away from his kids. Didn’t anyone hear him say his Mom broke her foot and her husband had to go out of town, so Jon stayed there to help her? He is not only a good father, and husband, but he is a good son too. Let’s see Kate stay alone with the kids for 21 days straight without Jon and see what happens. Last night all her fake kisses and hugs at the party made me ill!
Bob
May 26th, 2009
4:53 pm
Jon did say that he quit his job two years ago. BUT at a different time in the preview he said that he lost his job so I am not sure which is correct. He is reportedly living above the garage per some reports and in the finished part of the barn in other reports. What a nice house and property!
D
May 26th, 2009
5:08 pm
After watching this episode…it’s clear that the show isn’t about the family anymore. The show should just be cancelled. It was like watching a train-wreck. It was just awful to watch. Also, Kate seems very full of herself. Maybe it’s all the fans at book-signings telling her how great she is…but it was just annoying watching her eye-rolls, complaining about how hard it is for her because she has no help, and trying to act like she just so funny and cute when she clearly isn’t. The show was just pathetic and I felt sorry for the kids. Kate: Why don’t you stop selling your children and quit the show. You’ve made enough money.
D
May 26th, 2009
5:08 pm
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Kim
May 26th, 2009
5:29 pm
I feel so badly for the kids. God bless them all!
Nancy McKenna
May 26th, 2009
5:33 pm
Having cameras around is certainly stressful along with eight kids. They could have it a lot worse, like they could be going to homeless shelters due to the financial stresses that lots/most large families go through. I see them as a normal couple going through normal stages. My husband and I only have two kids and we know other couples with only a few kids. We all seem to have gone through the stage when the kids were little that we felt trapped having to be stuck with the family responsibility and just wanting ‘out.’ Time passes. Kids grow up. Adults go through stuff too. The kids will see how they meet the challenge and overcome it. Then there is forgiveness….and the sun comes back out again….healing begins. This anger, depression, etc. is yet another challenge that I think every long term couple has to weather through. I firmly believe that Jon and Kate’s love will prevail and that they will pull it together. I would love to see them both get the help they need like a week long or week end workshops with marriage counselors and being with other couples going through the same kind of stuff.
melanie
May 26th, 2009
5:40 pm
I have never been a fan of this show mainly because of Kate. I tried watching it when it first came on & all I kept hearing was “me, me me! Kate is a me person; it has to with her & her only. She made it seem like she did all the work, all the care giving to the children & her husband Jon just sat there & took it; that is why I could not watch the show..to much about her! She sounds like she is in it for the $$. Question…why does she need a body guard? I feel sorry for the children & for the husband.
SngleMom
May 26th, 2009
5:49 pm
I’ve hated this show from the beginning. Seeing how Kate treats her own family is disgusting. For other women to write in and say that is how they treat their husband, as if to tell her its ok is sad. Her bahavior is deplorable and I dont blame Jon for a second for anything he has done. She acted the whole show as if she was a victim and if she was all alone and had no help. Yet she failed to mention that she had been gone for 20 straight days on book signings and Jon had the kids alone. What is even sadder is how TLC is exploiting this family. For 5 seasons they have managed to get nosier and nosier into people’s lives. When will this reality show crap end? How many people and families must it destroy. I think it is time that we say enough is enough and bring back privacy. Let the family be a family and stop getting in everyone elses busines.
trena
May 26th, 2009
5:57 pm
i wish kates brother and sister inlaw woud get off this web site and stop posting mean stuff about kate !!!! also i know of a lot of people who cheated in real life, sometime they stayed togather sometimes they didn’t, just because there on t.v people think they souldn’t have problems like other couple, get for real peeps!!!thats like when president clinton cheated everone had a fit, that was his and Hillarys private life !!!! who made every in the world the judge, cause what i have learned is god judge !!! and i was always told it was a sin to judge !!! so i just really wish people would leave jon not JOHN and kate and the kids along !!! oh i have an idea, we can see what dirt to pull up on kates brother and sister inlaw !!!! sorry for this post peeps, its just drives me crazy have every live in glass houses and casting stones……..
Rebecca
May 26th, 2009
6:01 pm
I think Jon, Kate & TLC have lost sight of what their foundational values were from the beginning of the show…. (God, their children, family, marriage, etc.). Instead, they have all let the attention that the media has given them get in the way of what really matters. It’s easy to say one individual is at fault in this situation, however – I think ALL parties are at fault – (including TLC). TLC maybe should have considered CANCELING the show in light of the tragic confusion that the Gosselin family needs to sort out. Jon – hang in there! Don’t give up! It’s way too early to throw in the towel…. Kate – easy the reigns up girl & BE YOURSELF! Don’t try to be someone you’re not. No one said that life / marriage would be easy (& definitely not the Gosselin’s life). Keep on trodd’n.
trena
May 26th, 2009
6:02 pm
sorry for the messed up post, it just makes me angry how some people are on here casting stone !!!
outspoken1
May 26th, 2009
6:14 pm
I don’t know why we give a rats a** about this bunch of goones. Anyone who has 8 kids willingly ain’t really all that bright anyways.
Happy splitting.
Chris
May 26th, 2009
6:30 pm
Both of them are crazy. Them saying that this is not what they signed up for, they should get a clue. What do you expect when you sign up to put your family on TV every week. Who knows whom is at fault more than the other, but I do know alot of people that had they been talked to and put down as much as she put down John that they would apck their bags. There is a breaking point somewhere and it appears that he reached his. I have no doubt that he loves those kids as much as he ever has. The comment was made that one of the kids called her by the babysitter’s name not long ago. Shouldn’t that be a sign that you are probably gone to much and the kids are at the age that they notice that Mom isn’t around much anymore. It also didn’t appear last night that either one of them (John/Kate) had any desire to try to save that marriage. Looks like they are perfectly content parading their kids around reaping the monetary gains from them. Maybe one day they will get a clue.
Melanie
May 26th, 2009
6:36 pm
That was very hard to watch. . .but it is what happens when you put the children first in your relationship. I felt like Kate talked to Jon like he is one of the kids because that is her only focus. Of course, he feels like he does. If you concentrate on the marriage and put each other first its the best thing for the children in the long run. Yes, the “don’t leave anymore Daddy” just about killed me. I also noticed at one point at the party they were standing just feet from one another and she looked like she was purposely avoiding even looking at him. Neither spoke to the other at the time either. Its just so very sad. I, too hope they stop the show and reexamine their lives. Is it really worth all this?
molly
May 26th, 2009
6:38 pm
okay
Kate needs to see a therapist
Jon needs to require her to do so
Then they need to seek joint counseling
She needs to come to terms with the fact that she does not need to keep the kids on TV to be able to afford them
Jon should go back to work like a normal person, (he wants to, that’s obvious)
and if she wants to continue books and writing fine, just don’t keep the kids in the limelight anymore
They are now in school and it is time for them to get back to normal life
it was cute when they were little
but now that they are ineschool what does he do all day anyway?
I am sure they have a house keeper and a nanny.
My mom raised 10 of us and my parents put all of us thru college
mom stayed home and took care of us and the older kids hleped out with
the younger kids
Get those kids off the TV before they have problems.
That is putting the kids first.
Ann
May 26th, 2009
6:40 pm
I know Kate has is bossy, but sometimes men don’t see what needs to be done, especially when dealing with 8 children. The camera catches everything!!! Yes, Kate needs to lighten up and forget about matching outfits for the children, but she has been a loving and caring mother. Jon needs to think about his recent decisions…would he have that great car without the show? They were happier while they were struggling and in the smaller house, but those days are over; they are now loving in the celebrity world. Kate is going on with it and writing books and making book tours. John is staying home and sulking about it. I think the saddest thing for me was not seeing Kate’s brother and sister-in-law or former friends at the sextuplets’ 5th birthday party.
Lisa
May 26th, 2009
6:52 pm
Did everyone notice on one of the episodes that Jon did some advertising? He said he had to look at an Allstate website before leaving, and showed the page, as if we all wouldn’t know it is a paid plug for Allstate. This show is out of control and not about a “normal” everyday family that we can all sympathize with and relate to. They are all about the money. This is a reality show about parents who allowed greed to get the best of them and now we will all watch the fallout. Also, as Kate tried to joke around and make everyone laugh at her kids B-day party, no one was laughing. No one was even smiling. I think they’ve all had enough of her. SHUDDERS.
A.
May 26th, 2009
6:54 pm
Ok, first, these people are famous for being irresponsible and having a ton of kids, as they are to be shown a family struggling with a large number of children. I’m not sure if this concept even makes sense…we might as well give it up to the octomom, the guy in Tennessee with 21 kids, and all other people who have kids they cannot afford and milk the opportunitiy to parade them around.
JG
May 26th, 2009
6:54 pm
We have never walked in their shoes, with 8 kids, and millions watching their lives weekly,I think they have done very well. Kate is a very strong woman ( a very good mother) and you have to have rules to keep order in their lives or nothing will get done. The are healthy and well loved kids. Jon is a very good father, the kids are doing so well because of their mother and father.
The media is not happy unless they can get something started or watch for the smallest thing to happen, following them around making life miserable. The media does not want to see a happy marriage or family, that doesn’t sell.
I just pray and hope that they will work this out for themselves and the children. These kids, like all others grow up too fast, and they need both parents. God Bless Jon & Kate and hang in there.
Huh what?
May 26th, 2009
6:57 pm
Who are these people and why should anyone care?
Cindy
May 26th, 2009
7:02 pm
I have watched this show from the beginning – I know the kids by face – I don’t need subtitles. I have always felt horrible for the way that Kat treated Jon as her personal servant. He helps out so much and it is never enough. He dresses the kids in the wrong clothes, he puts them in the wrong seat, he is always the bad guy and Kate always has to be right. The worst was when she was yelling at him in a store and treating him like a kid. Jon I have always thought you were the more loving, affectionate one. And if Kate wants to be on the road and you raise your kids, all the better for the kids. Kate – to think that this will not affect the children you are sadly mistaken.I could feel the tension, hurt and sadness in both of you across the screen. I’m sorry, but it might be time to move on.
AnnieR
May 26th, 2009
7:12 pm
Hey Outspoken1, I come from a family of 8 kids….watch it! It’s not that my parents weren’t bright, the were CATHOLIC!!! That’s the way they rolled back then…..
u r kdding me
May 26th, 2009
7:20 pm
This is terribly sad…. They both have issues; but Kate CLREALY has issues and CLEARLY treats Jon like CRAP….. Money over family does not work…..
johnny cummings
May 26th, 2009
7:22 pm
This is not a cute show; this is real people having real issues. The wife, Kate, has a problem and does treat Jon like he is one of the children; they both know that they signed up for; money however is not EVERYTHING.
anna bobanna
May 26th, 2009
7:34 pm
WHAT A HOAX, ALL THIS HYPE JUST TO ENSURE MORE VIEWING FOR THE OPENER… KATE IS SO SELF ABSORDED THE WHOLE THING IS FOR THE MONEY…
th
May 26th, 2009
7:39 pm
the show is now all about Kate. she has forgotten that before the 8, it was just them two. she never shows him any affection. the man is frustrated but she doesn’t seem to listen. if another woman show an intrest in him, it makes him feel good. this has nothing to do with working at home.
Lacy
May 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
To me, Jon came across as a man who has finally just had enough. He is throwing in the towel to a woman who has bashed him, humiliated him, belittled him, emasculated him and did it all on national television. I don’t agree with divorce, I don’t agree with him leaving if that’s what he’s thinking, but I don’t think she should be the least bit surprised that she has finally ran him off. I saw the marathon off and on all weekend that TLC ran, the first four seasons, and it was sad to see old episodes where Kate actually seemed to still care about him. As the seasons progressed, she got more and more demanding and more and more demeaning and condescending. I am afraid fame and fortune went to her head at the expense of the most important relationship she has here on earth. And yeah, she made me mad too last night saying over and over “I’m doing the birthday, by myself’>…although he had been with the kids all week while she traveled.
herbK
May 26th, 2009
7:42 pm
I don’t know who these two prong-heads are! And I don’t care! They are ONLY on the stupid-tube, which I no longer watch, to pick up bucks & notoriety. Now, if they both commit suicide on live TV,
I’ll hit a neighbor up to watch, but in the meantime, the morons and losers who watch this crap
should NOT hold a job of importance.
Hypocrites Stand Down
May 26th, 2009
7:57 pm
I find it interesting, here you have 8 children, and the parents are contemplating divorce, or something like that? They have 8 children! A few months ago, the world was in an uproar about Nadia Suleman, and how “irresponsible” she was to have all those babies, with no husband. It was assumed that because she is single, that she could have NO possible way to care for them. No possible way to give them all individual attention that a child deserves. There would be no way she would not be negligent of them, even if it weren’t on purpose. It was said, many times by many people that those children should be taken away from her and WE the people should not have to pay for them with our tax dollars. Heaven forbid one of them gets that nickle today! Stone Her!!! OUTRAGE! They even gave her a really NASTY name, Octomom, which that guy on Fox 5 in the AM still insists on calling her (NASTY) as if she weren’t human and doesn’t deserve to be called by her name! Why not call this Kate Goselin Octomom, since she also has 8 children? Octo means eight right? What about that Dugger woman who keeps reproducing every year, she is up to what now 19 or 20 or so? Why isnt’ there a name for her too? How will she care for all those babies she keeps pushing out every 4 hours like aspirin if her husband were to suffer some tragedy? Will we rename her too? How bout we call her Mama-deuce? She chose to do it to keep having babies she can’t take care of on her own. The Duggers, the Goslins all are able to care for their broods because they pimp YOU people via TV. Without YOU, they’d all be on food stamps too in this economy. But YOU pay them by watching their debacle! Hey, Where is Gloria Alread? Where are all of the people who defiled Nadia, called her a media prostitute, where are you now? Here you have TWO, not one but TWO adults, who willingly brought 8 children into the world, and they can’t get beyond their own self interests enough to keep it together for them? Where is your outrage Now? Now that there are two who can’t make a good decision, well, that’s just fine. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against divorce, I believe that anyone has the right to make any decision they want that involves their OWN life, as long as they harm no one else, I just wonder why nobody is as outraged at these two irresponsible people as they are at Nadia Suleman. 8 kids, 14 kids, all of it is the same for a person on their own. 8 or 14, I really don’t think it matters once you get beyond a couple, its next to impossible to do on your own! Let’s call them the “two stupid dogs” Since they had a litter and are ready to just give up when they get to be a year old!
Sam
May 26th, 2009
8:12 pm
Octomom is a completely different situation. She already had 6 children and then chose to have her remaining embryos implanted. She already had 6 children she could not care for before she willingly had 8 more.
Jon and Kate were hoping to have one more child….and got 6 instead. The issue isn’t that they have 8 children….the issue is that Jon and Kate don’t know how to relate to each other. We are all watching the train wreck we wish we could turn our eyes from. However, we are all getting too much pleasure from watching their pain and wondering how mixed up these kids are going to turn out. That is why TLC needs to put us all out of our misery and cancel this show.
dave
May 26th, 2009
8:25 pm
I think all of you who watch this trash every week are part of the problem. The show and its rating are more important than their family. And you folks keep tuning in…
Jackie
May 26th, 2009
8:26 pm
Let’s be realistic! This whole situation is very unrealistic. Having raised only 2 children on my own was stressful enough. I couldn’t imagine having 8! Even with both parents in the home, it’s not an easy task at all. The expectations being placed on this family is unbearable. Why in the world would anyone expect this family not to have major issues? Jon is tired. Can you blame him? This doesn’t excuse his actions, but if I had to deal with an overbearing, bossy, controlling drama queen on a daily basis while trying to manage a small tribe, I would snap too! The human psyche can only take but so much. And on the other hand Kate probably feels like Jon needs to be more proactive instead of being so docile. It appears that in order for this family to be truly successful, they must step out of the “lime light” and focus on building a secure foundation for their family. Why must we profit from other people’s misery? I usually don’t watch reality shows, and haven’t until recently when I fell in love with those 8 adorable children. I enjoy it when the focus is on the real children, not the adults acting like children. Jon & Kate both need intensive therapy with Dr. Phil, now!
DAWN
May 26th, 2009
8:30 pm
My 10 year old son loves to watch the show, but I can only stand so much. From the beginning of the series I’ve gagged every time Kate opened her mouth. Never liked the way she talked (oh woe is me), the sour/pained look on her face, the rare and fake laughs, or the way she talked at and for Jon. I have always said that I don’t know why he takes it from her. She hardly lets him get a word in edgewise and he can never seem to do anything right as far as she’s concerned.
The kids are adoreable and so well behaved. As much as I have disliked Kate, I certainly hope for the whole family that they can work this out. She/they need to work on it longer than 6 months before giving up.
MAYBE they’ve learned a few valuable lessons from all of this. I think Jon has learned that being in the public eye even the most innocent of acts (going out with friends) can be twisted and misconstrued. I doubt Kate’s learned anything. She’s too selfish.
Fake!
May 26th, 2009
8:34 pm
I have never seen this show. But, I know enough about PR to tell you that this is all fake! They’re in on it together to keep their ratings up…and it worked. Four million viewers means a new season and BIG contract re-negotiations! I bet you a buck it’ll come out in a book written by one of them (or the “other woman”) a few years after the show is canceled. When you read it….think of me
Lynne
May 26th, 2009
8:42 pm
Why is Kate’s career soaring and Jon is staying home with the kids??? They should be doing these things together, that way the attention is on both of them and not just her. Why has someone not stepped in on this problem long ago and stopped Kate from berating him the way she does. I am so embarrassed for him. I think, even though it breaks everyone’s heart, we all could see this coming. I have that show on everytime, my time will allow. I absolutely love it…….and THOSE KIDS???????? Oh my Gosh, what a priceless bunch!!! Divorce is brutal and the two of you better realize it. I have four beautiful, educated, successful children who watched my husband and I get a divorce when they were all in their 20’s…..And guess what? They will NEVER EVER get over it. If I could only go back…..try to stop this before it goes any further.