6/22: Jon & Kate Plus divorce non-shocker
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“This is the hardest episode ever,” Jon said to start the very “special” episode called “House & Big Changes.”
“We can’t go back,” Kate said. “We can only move forward. But I don’t hate him. Never have. Never will.”
“It’s been so stressful,” Jon added.
“I know it’s necessary because my goal is peace for the kids,” Kate said.
The D-word (divorce) is not mentioned up front but People magazine found out before the show aired that they had officially filed for divorce.
In fact, it’s not until 42 minutes in before the pair say they are officially separating. “If peace needs to be brought about by this, I’m in agreeance,” she said. Kate will stay at the house with the kids (presumably) half time. Jon will stay there on his assigned days.
The show will go on — of course! The money is great ($75,000 per episode). They will still occasionally be together for the sake of the show but will do more stuff with the kids with just one of them.
During happier times...
The plotline of the episode focused around the Gosselins setting up four “crooked houses” for the kids. They’re wooden playhouses with different themes such as pirates and haunted houses. (A free infomercial indeed! I can’t even get on the crooked house Web site during the show.)
“Did I think I’d be in this position?” Kate said. “Absolutely not. Ever. But I can still have a picnic with my kids and smile.”
“Jon has a lot of anger towards me,” she later added. “I’d love to discuss it with him but he won’t talk to me. I’m kind of lost.”
Kate is being far more introspective than Jon.
Jon said: “We’ve been spending quality time with the kids alone and together. Enjoying the houses…” Then he kind of trailed off.
“I don’t hate Kate. But…”
Kate: “We haven’t really known where we’ve been going but we’ve been dealing with this a long time… a slow progression that has not popped up one day. It’s not a secret. And um…”
Jon: “It’s been a really hard four months… I didn’t know what to say.”
Kate: “I have meltdowns occasionally. I’m a lot better than I once was.”
Jon: “Paparrazzi is 24/7. It’s a shame it’s come to that… In interest of our relationship, that’s our deal. I was too passive. I let her rule the roost.”
Kate: “It’s the next chapter. Not a chapter brought on by our show or caused by our career choices at all. I believe it’s a chapter that probably would have played out whether the world was watching or not.”
Jon: “We don’t have anything now. It’s a total breakdown of everything. I don’t hate her. But I have to do what’s best for me and my kids.”
Kate: “It’s a fork in the road. Goals are different now. I don’t hate him.”
And so it goes…
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125 comments Add your comment
Paddy
June 22nd, 2009
10:13 pm
It’s unwatchable…
GJP
June 22nd, 2009
10:28 pm
Dingbat Kate says “Jon has a lot of anger towards me,” and why shouldn’t he? Any idiot that thinks that that “agreeance” is actually a word is a daft moron.
Leslie
June 22nd, 2009
10:28 pm
I wonder if they would divorce if they were broke.
Dead Mike
June 22nd, 2009
10:36 pm
Kate is super hot! Hey Jon, how about passing along those digits?
Sarah
June 22nd, 2009
10:39 pm
I wish everyone would quit calling her a bitch. How would you act if you had 8 kids and your spouse was a spineless whiner without an independent thought? How come everyone hates on her..the one parent who at least tries to parent the kids but has no problem with him, a father who goes out partying with 20 somethings? I don’t blame her a bit.
Kathy
June 22nd, 2009
10:41 pm
Jon needs to grow up…He knew Kate was a control freak when he met her now the kids have to suffer…
catlady
June 22nd, 2009
10:47 pm
I hope they are both neutered so they don’t wreck any more lives.
Susan
June 22nd, 2009
10:55 pm
Hey Kate, you said Joh has alot of anger towards you . . . . you think? Look back at every, and I mean every episode from the beginning, when you were a nobody, and just watch how you treat him. You go Jon!!!
Pennski
June 22nd, 2009
10:58 pm
hey GJP, agreeance is a word. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agreeance
Karen Griffin
June 22nd, 2009
11:01 pm
I hate that it came to this! What did Jon mean, ” I’m 32 and still have my life to live.” Yeah right!!! He just wants to get a taste of the single life and give up on his marriage. It’s wrong and he needs to be back slapped. For once, my heart goes out to Kate. I think she realized she was raising 9 children with Jon being the 9th child. Should left him alone and got herself a real man. And what’s with the earrings in both in ears????
Susan
June 22nd, 2009
11:01 pm
I just have to comment again. Kate, you said that this divorce decision wasn’t brought on by the show, your career choice, or blah, blah, blah!!! I am sooooooo sick of your b.s.!!!!! If you all were having troubles for a long time, why on GOD’S green earth would you take fertility drugs and take the chance to have multiples??? Truly you have lost your mind!!! Good bye!!!!!!
Cindy
June 22nd, 2009
11:01 pm
Give me a break, he needs to grow up and act like a father not a kid with 8 kids. You would moan and complain and worry if you had those kids to raise. He seemed very mellow and unconcerned. Give Kate a break she has worked hard to find a way to support these kids.
Deana
June 22nd, 2009
11:17 pm
When asked what Jon felt about this he said “I’M SAD, BUT EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE I’M ONLY 32″. What the hell?!!?!?!?
His kids will someday hear that comment & think WOW, dad was excited to leave mom and US to go live his life with the tart he cheated with and leave us with mom!
He’s selfish and immature. He talks about he’s only 32, but Kate is only 30! She got married at 20, had twins at 22, and sextuplets at 25 and quit her job to be home while Jon worked, but it became a problem when KATE got the book deals and started traveling (even though Jon was more than happy to spend the money). He said it wasn’t his decison, but he sure decided to be rich and cheat!
For all that people think about Kate, at least she showed some emotion and said she didn’t want to do it on her own & that she thought they would beat the odds, and even cried, while he was smiling and just ready to have it out in the open so he can feel he’s “legal” to cheat with the other woman without it being news while he lives in Trump Towers in New York.
So much for loving the kids so much or he’s be closer to them.
Kathy
June 22nd, 2009
11:19 pm
I feel sorry for the kids having a loser for a father….All he wants to do is hang out and party. He needs to lay off the beer.(beer gut) he needs a tummy tuck
momof5
June 22nd, 2009
11:20 pm
Go to Gosselins without Pity & your eyes will be opened to the real Kate Gosselin. Heck just do a google search & you will find articles from the Reading Eagle that showed what a bitch Kate really is. CANCEL THE SHOW TLC!
Lynn
June 22nd, 2009
11:20 pm
Cindy I agree with you 100%! Jon is a whiner and immature and needs to grow up. He wants the money and the cheating, but complains because of his EGO. He would have been fine if Kate had continued (like she was a couple of years ago) being home with the kids while he got all the fame and traveling. Sounds like jealousy to me!
Melinda
June 22nd, 2009
11:20 pm
Give me a break – Cindy – she worked very hard to exploit her children for the sake of the almighty dollar and everytime I ever watched the show, she was a total witch. She’s a Christian of convenience and the only thing she worships is money – God knows what the long-term effect is going to be on those children with cameras stuck in their faces 24/7 – I feel that Jon is much more interested in being a stable parent than Kate – she’s in it for the fame and fortune – I thinks she’s a miserable person and I don’t see much future in a show featuring a screaming demon mother.
Diane
June 22nd, 2009
11:23 pm
momof5: I don’t care what Kate’s personality is, the solution isn’t to bring in a 3rd party and for Jon to cheat and you can’t say that ANY marriage would be ok when a man decides to make new female “friends” that his wife doesn’t know about and sneaks around at all hours of the night. If he had just left her, that’s one thing but he did cheat and then said he’s excited about his future (did anyone else catch that). It’ll be interesting to see what his kids think when they grow up about his being excited about his leaving so he can cheat some more, but still wants the money. He’s more excited about being free than about his kids!
BJ Lewis
June 22nd, 2009
11:29 pm
I just hope their few minutes of fame goes away and maybe– maybe those kids will have a chance– I only watched occasionally anyhow– but definately will not watch at all– I feel for the kids and both parents I am sure are the cause
Corliss
June 22nd, 2009
11:36 pm
Sorry Jon but as much as I like you, you brought a lot of this on yourself. If you were to “man up” and put Kate in her place, you would look like a monster/ogre. I get that. Kate emotionally eradicated you as a father(much less a husband). Your spirit died a long time ago. You were overwhelmed: I feel you. You wanted to play good cop/Mr. Diplomacy,the complete antithesis of Kate; I get that, too. Jon, it was YOU who agreed to have more kids when obviously 2 weren’t enough(thats why Im glad China has laws against this sort of thing). It was YOU who decided to prostitute his dignity in front of millions of people. You seemed so much more@peace w/the kids w/Kate not around. Hey man, enjoy your life and the visits w/the kids because the fatherhood thing was simply not for YOU. Again, you’re not a bad guy. I like you but you weren’t exactly the victim here. Good luck in your future after some counseling and some SERIOUS soul-searching.
Mary
June 22nd, 2009
11:54 pm
Read between the lines, here. I’m doing it all for my kids. (Reality) I’m doing it for the money because I am greedy and immature. ..The kids are my number one focus. (Reality) I love the attention I get and the kids can stay with any of the 500 babysitters I hire. ..We will do the show separately, for the children. (Reality) We signed a 40 plus episode contract with TLC and if we quit they will sue us and take all our money away. I watched this show to see the outcome. (Reality) I am DONE with TLC channel-this is trash TV at it’s worst and it is insulting to my intelligence to waste one more hour watching it.
Garth Bronx
June 22nd, 2009
11:56 pm
ain’t that quite an example to set for your kids F-everyone just love yourself. (Forgotten Rebels) how fitting for these tards. She is so annoying you really can’t blame him though, but he never should have married her, there’s no doubt she hasn’t changed.
They are both idiots. I’ve never seen the show to be honest, just clips and that IS ENOUGH to know it SUCKS. God help us all that people watch this
Eaton Beaver
June 23rd, 2009
12:02 am
Kate, the Flock of Seagulls called, they want their singer’s hairstyle back.
L@vly
June 23rd, 2009
12:19 am
Its No Secret that every married Reality Show afterwards
ends up in Divorce. Jon knew dayum well he been sick of all
them dayum kids, he needs to man up & assume responsibilty & if I were
Kate I’d make dayum sure he have his share of TIme with them too many kids for any body!
Jeff
June 23rd, 2009
5:03 am
This would mean quite a bit of acting skills that frankly neither Jon or Kate have ever shown themselves to have (FAR from it!), but could this not be a ploy to simply get out of the public eye?
Think about it: turn a ‘positive and uplifting’ trash show into a downer about the perils of divorce, killing the ratings and endorsement deals along the way. Wait a couple of years, secretly seeing each other when you can, and once the public has found something new to be fascinated with, get back together and live a normal life outside the public eye.
Similar to faking one’s death for whatever reason. You can never truly go back to the life you had, but you can rebuild a normal life somewhere else where no one knows anything about whatever you are running from – even better when you’re in a place where no one cares.
sherry
June 23rd, 2009
7:10 am
They both need to grow up. TLC shame on you. You need to just take the show off. Because the last thing the children need to be dealing with now is a camera stuck in their faces. Kate, stop being so greedy, you have 8 beautiful children who are going to have serious issues if you don’t get them off TV.
buck
June 23rd, 2009
7:14 am
Guess everyone forgets she was doing the body guard? You reap what you sow……. Bet Jon has got the Orange County Chopeer guys lining him up some bike scank now!
Tosha
June 23rd, 2009
7:16 am
Now that divorce is taking place, does that mean his share of the money goes to Kate for child support?
shaggy
June 23rd, 2009
7:21 am
Just another train wreck for the mindless to watch. Who watches this crap anyway? Oh, I forgot this is sought after entertainment on the boob tube, and I am sure some look at these nimrods as “role models”. TLC should change its name to “The Look at me Channel”.
Lazarus
June 23rd, 2009
7:23 am
Goodbye, kids – we won’t be watching the show anymore!
Kate needs to learn – she shouldn’t say “MY” kids, it should be “OUR” kids. That irritates us more than anything….
shaggy
June 23rd, 2009
7:25 am
I forgot. When a woman cuts her hair short after having babies, there ain’t gonna be no happy for pappy. It’s like putting a billboard up to proclaim “THIS ENTRANCE CLOSED”.
Deirdre
June 23rd, 2009
7:30 am
The show last night was just sad to watch. Kate talking about “my” kids this and “my” kids that. It’s as if she’s trying to convince us that everything she’s done is ALL about the kids…her kids, btw, not Jon’s.
And Jon, inarticulate as ever, says it’s sad but it’s exciting. Really, Jon? Exciting?
But here’s the trouble with reality shows. We only see what the camera let’s us see. We have no idea whether or not Jon and Kate were separated BEFORE the cheating incidents…they easily could have been if you remember Jon’s attitude at the end of last season…he was clearly done then.
2Old4This
June 23rd, 2009
7:37 am
who cares
Bluestreak
June 23rd, 2009
7:45 am
What I saw last night were two prideful people that couldn’t put their kids ahead of their own selfish desires. (Though that is what they were shouting from the rooftops the whole night…’Its for my kids’) If they REALLY tried, they would have stopped the show (or at the VERY least cut way back on the filming) and the book tours and tried to make it work.
I hope that for the sake of the 8, they or TLC will end the show. Children having to experience this should not be filmed. Its hard enough with the unwarranted guilt. What will the kids do 10 years from now when they watch the reruns of their parents chosing self over family? How will that make them feel?
Smiley
June 23rd, 2009
8:00 am
It’s about darn time he stood up for himself. She talks to Jon like his one of the kids, corrects his every sentence and she wonders why he has anger toward her. I am surprised that he has stayed with her this long (yes, I know it was for the kids). The only way he has be able to complete a sentence on his own has been since they do separate interviews. She is not the “Queen” she thinks. Oh, side note, I would love to take a pair of scissors to her hair. This show should be ended and let those children deal with this without the cameras.
Smiley
June 23rd, 2009
8:01 am
I forgot one statement, Kate’s problem is, she doesn’t have control anymore.
sheila
June 23rd, 2009
8:12 am
Jon said it all when he said I have to do whats best for me and then hesitated and added my kids. Anyone who can read between lines can see that Jon is selfish and only concerned with himself. Marriage is about deciding to do what is right even when one doesnt feel like it. Ive been married over 26 years and I havent always liked my husband or marriage either but one always finds and searches deeper within themselves to do what is right.
Gem For Life
June 23rd, 2009
8:18 am
So Not True, ratings are down and they needed something to bring it back up… on the flip side who cares, people divorce all the time. For what it’s worth, the kids will suffer the most regardless of what is or isn’t true.
hmr
June 23rd, 2009
8:20 am
I find it interesting that they have to keep repeating “I don’t hate him/her”…if it were true, you wouldn’t have to keep affirming it.
But truthfully, I’ve never watched the show, I’m not a fan, and even I knew it would come down to this. Maybe I can stop hearing about them now?
LiasMom
June 23rd, 2009
8:20 am
The reviewer said Kate was being much more introspective. No, Kate was trying to make herself look like the “good” person.
Jon may not be handling this in the best way, but I hate the way Kate is constantly pulling out the self-righteous, “I’m the victim” card. She airs their laundry all over the place. “Jon holds a lot of anger and won;t talk to me.” “Jon has made some bad decisions.” Even talking about the houses last night, she said something to the effect that anytime a small issue comes up anymore, Jon “blows it up into a big deal”. She told the guys delivering the houses that they were going to change the plan, but she didn’t feel the need to tell Jon so that he wouldn’t have a fit. She’s been doing this for weeks. Jon has never thrown her under the bus that way. He has never said, “Well, I wanted to do one thing, but she insisted we do it another way,” or “She berates me all the time,” or “She’s a psycho.”
He doesn’t use the show to try to get sympathy, the way she does. He’s not looking to just hang out and party as a single guy, living off the money. He mentioned that he is looking for a job.
I do think the whole thing is very sad. But, if they have filed papers to start dissolving their marriage, isn’t that divorce, and not just “separation”?
TJ
June 23rd, 2009
8:33 am
Truth be told, they are both to blame. Kate was a dictator. A marriage is a partnership. I don’t care what someone signed up for, there is something called respect. No one person has sole autonomy over everything. Since day one (on camera) she bossed the man around…on tv. At some point, the best person will tire of that. Jon isn’t a bad father. It would be revisionist history to say that. He was always caring towards his children and there. Kate would agree to that. It can’t be ignored, things had to be her way. But at what cost?
That said…
Jon was soft the entire marriage. I believe he held a lot in. People who do that are ticking time bombs. All at once, they’ll explode and say enough is enough…at the expense of their family. For the sake of his family (and marriage) he should have spoken up long ago, instead of saying, “Kate makes the plans and I roll with it.” That’s spineless. You’ll lose your identity if you allow someone to dictate your every move. He thought he was being a team player. In reality, he was setting himself up. Now, he’s trying to reclaim himself. But at what cost?
What I find interesting is, besides Jon’s deceased father, their parents never came around. Jon’s mother doesn’t and Kate said her parents stay away.
The true losers in the entire equation are the kids. They’ve lost their “normal” because there father was too passive (and thus let his anger/rage accumulate to the point he wants out) and their mother had to have complete control. I think if this is spun any other way, people are playing gender favorites.
Ben
June 23rd, 2009
8:34 am
The terrorists have won.
MrsDFreeman
June 23rd, 2009
8:36 am
God Bless Kate and that Jon….He needs get kicked in the face.. Talking about he is only 32 and needs to have a life. How dare he do this to her!!! My heart goes out to her. If not for the show, how in the WORLD is she supposed to take care of 8 kids alone…That working together stuff was crap and I think Kate knows it…He isn’t going to be a supportive dad unless the media wears him out and even then, he will just go and find some YOUNG AND STUPID little girl and talk her into believing he wants her too. No GOOD WOMAN would want to deal with him and his crap thats for sure.
Trizzle
June 23rd, 2009
8:43 am
Did you guys notice how many times they said ” I don’t hate”…..Um….I think there is some hate there, or else why in the world would they say that so many times?
Rickster
June 23rd, 2009
8:46 am
K&K are talking about doing everything for “the kids.” Too bad the one thing they couldn’t do is treat each other with love and respect.
They need to go to counseling. Heck… I’m sure Dr. Phil would love to have them on his show.
Deirdre
June 23rd, 2009
8:48 am
Rickster..with all the cross-overs they’ve done(the Cake Boss, Orange Co. Choppers, Emeril) I’m surprised they HAVEN’T been on Dr Phil. That must be their next “very special episode”.
Deirdre
June 23rd, 2009
8:49 am
Trizzle..they each only said “I don’t hate” once…it was the show that kept repeating it.
South
June 23rd, 2009
8:51 am
I think they should stay together because these 2 losers deserve each other. Jon is a passive aggressive man-child and Kate is a castrating uber-witch. Do us a favor and stay together so that no one else need be afflicted by your selfish behaviors Jon and Kate.
MBanker
June 23rd, 2009
9:01 am
I guess now the show will be called “Jon OR Kate Plus Eight.”
Nana2ryansam
June 23rd, 2009
9:12 am
I really felt sorry for the entire family until Jon used the word excited. Now I feel sorry for Kate and the kids.