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Can we be honest? Even though those Gosselin children can say the darnedest things, that's not the real reason we tuned into TLC's "Jon and Kate Plus Eight."Who doesn't want to watch Kate emasculate and humiliate Jon each week by bossing him around and tossing insults to him like a football? So when reports surfaced that Jon was drinking, partying and actually having some fun with a woman who was definitely not Kate, we cheered.
It was no shock that the world's most publicly miserable couple announced this week that they're filing for divorce. Meanwhile, the show is about to go on hiatus and its future is unclear.
Now that their marriage is dunzo, should the Gosselins cancel the show, too? And if it stays on, will you still watch? Share your opinions in the comments!
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Friday 26 June
By Barbara
I don't see the point in trying to blame either of them for the break-up of their marriage because that is always a personal thing. However, the whole point of the show was to show the unity of the family unit and the love and caring of a husband and wife who truly love their multiples. The "Jon & Kate plus 8" is now a moot point. The show should be cancelled so that they can heal themselves and totally be there for their children even though it will probably be as a split family. I for one will not be watching the show any longer as I do not need to see the re-forming of the family into two units.
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Friday 26 June
By Mr. BIG
Drop the show and let her advertise her booty, as she seems to want to, on Facebook and Match.com. Maybe she can hook a 20 year old like Hulk Hogan's ex-wife did. She needs to go a little younger to control someone the way she seems to want to control her soon to be ex.
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Friday 26 June
By Rose
Jon is a wimp and Kate is a bitch. She is self absorbed, conceded and has had too much plastic surgery. She seems to care more about her image than her kids. That show has ruined their family. She wanted to lead him around by the nose and he let her. When you compare the pictures of her, when they first had the kids, there is quite a difference. Her ego is inflated. I wouldn't want to live with a woman like that.
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Friday 26 June
By kAY
KATE LOOKS LIKE A WHORE RUNNING AROUND IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA'S IN HER BATHING SUIT. SHE'S ALWAYS WEARING SKIRTS NOW TOO SHE NEVER USED TOO. SHE'S A WHORE. AND TOO MANY KIDS AND TOO OLD TO BE RUNNING AROUND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND CAMERA
S LIKE THAT. CANC THE SHOW WHORE!! THAT ISN'T FOR THE KIDS ITS FOR YOUR ASS.
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Friday 26 June
By elizabeth candiotti
I don't know what everyone is complaining about. Kate has done an good job of getting it together taking care of 8 kids. When a man is a non entity, the woman has to jump into the fray. Then as a result she is demonized. If Jon were an equal partner, Kate would not have had to do as much as she is.
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Friday 26 June
By Deb
I can not believe how all of the people who support Kate can honestly say she is a great mother! Watch the birthday show how one of the boys kept saying Thank you for the party,she just ignored him until another mother spoke up and said oh your a sweet boy! Only then did she say something to him and turned it around so she could toot her own horn for raising such thoughful kids! Remember she is hardly home so it must be Jon who has taught them their manners! Also she took a FREE trip to Hawaii to LIE to her Kids,Family and God because she herself said her marriage has been in trouble for a long long long time!! they have not even made it to 11 years and they took the FREE trips on year 10!! So what is a long time? She is just into the Money and she wants to be famous even at the expense of her marriage and her family! I have NO RESPECT for her what so ever! I feel bad for the Children because the only one who plays with those kids are their father and if you think I am wrong watch all of the old shows! she never wants to play with the kids and lately all she has been dong is talking on the phone and texting in between the fashion shows in the FRONT YARD!!! They have a big beautiful BACK yard but there are NO "p"people in the back! Kate calls them "p'people! This is my opinion only! Have a great day all!
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Friday 26 June
By Kathy McNamee
I think any mother would be tested with that number of children. I know I could not do it. I watch the show and hope the best for the entire family!!!!!
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Friday 26 June
By Carole Cardwell
I agree with Mattie when she said she's on Kate's side. I agree Jon had no backbone and Kate had to step up and take charge. Jon was not capable of caring for the kids. It all fell apart for the marriage when Kate started promoting her book and getting out of the house leaving her spineless husband to care for the kids. It was too much for him. He became depressed when left alone with them and realized it was an extremely difficult job. One that Kate stepped up to the plate and managed for years. Jon is the one who said this is not for me, Kate might have been overbearing, but Jon allowed it. It was only when he had to do what she always did the marriage fell apart. Jon woke up one day and decided it all was too much and he was not cut out for taking care of 8 children. When he worked he had time away but when he quit his job and stayed home so Kate could peruse her books, he finally got a taste of what she did for all those years and he did not like doing it...... Again, not Kate's fault....Kate has always been the same and nothing is wrong with improving your looks, they both did it. Hell, if I had more money I would too and I know you all would too. Leave Kate alone, she managed those 8 children and Jon too the biggest baby of all, she only wanted him to step up and help of which he wouldn't, so she told him too. I would have done the exact same thing. When you have a husband with no backbone its up to the woman to be the man of the house., apparently he liked it., he let her do it for 10 years. with that many kids you have to have a schedule or else it would be utter chaos. Apparently she lost respect for him because he stood around and waited with the other kids to be told what to do. She will be better off without him. Maybe one of these days she will find a real man. Good luck Kate.
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Friday 26 June
By Mary
Have we been watching the same show. Kate paid more attention to cleaning her house then being a mother to her children. She is not very demonstative. It was Jon who was always paying attention and playing with the children. Kate really believes that she is a fantastic parent. Her whole identity is wrapped up as being the mother of eight children. My grandmother was one of 23 children that included eight sets of twins, her parents didn't parent to any cameras their sole responsiblity was raising the children to become responsible adults. Of course, my grandmother was born in 1898 when family values and raising children wasn't done to emasculate their husbands and have their children work to pay for a home (the new home) that they really didn't need. My grandmother passed on her family values to me and I have successfully raised eight children (a set of triplets and twins all children born within five years WITH NO INVITRO) living within my means. I will take my simple life anytime. None of my children were bossy or disrespectful and they were never disrespectful to me or my husband. But of course, I am no diva. AND I have enough sense to wear my two piece bathiing suit in my backyard.
Friday 26 June
By paula122
I dont have cable but I have seen it at other people's house and I will tell you that if I talked to my husband the way she talks to him, I wouldn't have a marriage either. Please she is anal retentive. I saw the episode where she was interviewing housekeepers and she wanted the floor mopped on hands and knees 3 times a day. With EIGHT kids. It is completely unreasonable to ask someone else to do that. I dont care if they ARE being paid. Personally, I cant stand her. I like him, but man-oh-man has he considered what he is going to have to pay for CHILD SUPPORT? YIKES!!!!
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Friday 26 June
By Mikah
They should not have a show anymore. People do not need to be watching their life go down hill. The show needs to be canceled cause Jon and Kate are too greedy. They are all way too spoiled from TLC.
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Saturday 27 June
By MG
I agree with you that Kate and Jon are very greedy to earn more money for their lives. Kate seems ego!
Friday 26 June
By Cheryl
I guarantee that all eight of these children will be screwed up as teenagers and will carry thru their entire lives. John and Kate will be minus eight as soon as these innocent children realize how they were used by their greedy parents!
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Friday 26 June
By bren
I have watched the show from the beginning and you can not help but see how they have changed along with the finances. I believe that Kate has been controlling and Jon is a passive man who now is showing alot of immaturity , for example his often commenting I'm 32, as if that in its self entitles him to bale out on fatherhood to persue his lost youth ,party,and hang with 20 something year old females.If he truly was just done with Kate he would not have a need to leave the State where he no longer will be in the day to day lives of his children. He says he is there for his kids but seems to be" excited" in his own words ,to his new freedom with his only a couple of days a week set aside for his kids aweek. As to Kate I believe she loves he Children and Jon and can not see how she has changed along the way and was partially responsible for Jon and hers breakup. Very telling on Jons wanting to be single and untethered is his not wanting to try counseling or trial separation before leaving his family. I understand Kate filed the Divorce papers after he said he did not want to be with her at all and refused to go to counseling
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Friday 26 June
By dyhtzgl
Yes, the show should be cancelled.
I don't want to hear a lot of pity potty from Kate.
She needs to get her life in order, dress decently and be a role model for her
children and not run around in bikinis with all her body parts hanging out for the children and the world to see. Yuck!
They think its alright for the children to hit each other, hmm!, wonder who they
got that from.
Get yourself and your children in counselling.
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Friday 26 June
By kayla
This show is outright ridiculous...kate has become an evil dictator, even though she really was one before. She is the one that "drove jon away" and it seems as if she doesn't care about anything but getting tv time and becoming famous. I am very dissapointed in what she has become. Though jon did make a wrong decision, I still believe that kate is the one that made him make the wrong decision. This show should be cancelled! Poor kids...
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Friday 26 June
By bouncer827
i wouldn't cancel the show i would just cancel jon and kate.
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Friday 26 June
By Harold
So many people have fallen for the "poor Jon thing" He is not a good man, good father or a good husband.
If I were in Kate's shoes I'd do the same thing she is doing. Jon has been holding his family hostage for a long time. Here is how I think Jon would write a ransom note: Dear Kate and TLC, I've decided that I'm cool especially after my hair transplants, I am going to break all of my marriage vows when and if I want to. If you don't like it then I'll just leave the show all together. So the slug bug got to run around on his wife and yes his children and nothing could be done about it, except now that he's got his Harley (Lord forgive me for using Jon's name and Harley in the same sentence), his hair transplants and his freedom as long as he stays out of the news, but old Jon is so self centered that he had to do the "man" thing and show the world what a
sex object he is. So he makes a disgrace out of himself, his wife, kids and tramps out of the women he is seeing.
Kate has had the issue with Jon for a while, I know I couldn't sit there and be nice to a jerk knowing that I have to stand for his crap or lose the show,my only means of supporting eight kids. I would treat him that way also.
There are families with eight or more children, but six of their children were not all born at the same time, there is a very slim chance of hand me downs. I don't know how they would support these children on their own. Jon would have to hold down two jobs and Kate work also, so where are you going to get someone
to provide child care for eight children and the money to pay for childcare?
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Friday 26 June
By cynde
Its 2 bad that the kids wont have both parents .. They should stay together and work out the problems, they had the kids they need both parents Kate needs to get help and learn how to talk and treat jon
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Friday 26 June
By Jean
I LOVE THE SHOW. YES THERE WERE TIMES WHEN BOTH JON AND KATE DEGRADED ONE ANOTHER BUT WHAT HUSBAND AND WIFE DOESN'T AT SOME POINT. KATE NEEDS COUNSELING FOR HER ANGER PROBLEMS BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T GIVE JON THE RIGHT TO CHEAT. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VOWS "FOR BETTER OR WORSE" JON NEEDS TO GROW-UP AND PUT HIS MARRIAGE BACK TOGETHER. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN JON SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIMSELF OR STICKING UP FOR HIMSELF. WHAT TO BE PROUD OF JON YOU ARE A CHEATER AND COULD CARELESS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. HOW ABOUT BOTH OF YOU GOING TO GOD AND LET HIM RESTORE WHAT YOU BOTH AND TORN DOWN.
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