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So, John and Kate have spoken. Do you think they'll stay together?
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Anonymous
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I've been watching the show for a while now and I was never passionate about it. I don't know why I got so involved with their story lately but anyway, I've always watched their TV show with very critical eyes toward their parenting style but never thought about them as man and woman as spouses.
Anyway, I have tears in my eyes when I see any family falling apart. I think my ultimate question is: What have they taught you so far? |
Anonymous
| They taught me that if you have so many kids that you can't teach them how to wash their hands but only have time to teach them to use purrell, even after potty training, then you have too many kids. |
Anonymous
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They have taught me that money does not by happiness.
And that if I'm ever temped to whore out my kids, maybe I should think twice. |
Anonymous
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The 23 yr old he's allegedly hooked up with is either dumb as a bag of hammers, OR crazy like a fox. On one hand, she's too ignorant to look past the glare of the media to see that Jon is an unemployed father of 8 (hello, child support bills??). On the other hand, she may be smart enough to have figured out how to get her 10 minutes of fame and try to fly from there.
Either way, Jon is in for a rude awakening to the dating circuit if he thinks as a father to 8 he can just jump back into the deep end of the 20-somethings' dating pool. Yeah, so he missed out on his wild oats 20's. Cry me a river.... |
Anonymous
| Wow. I wasn't expecting things to be so openly tense between them. I can't blame them though. They are in serious need of therapy though. Together and apart. Watching them together at the bday party reminded me of my own bday parties as a kid w/ divorced parents which was sad. |
Anonymous
| All I can say is that after watching tonights episode, Jon seems to be much more connected with his children then his wife. |
Anonymous
| kate seems to be "hamming" for the cameras all the time..... So much anger between them. I have only watched it 2x before tonight. It is really sad. The kids love their dad a lot - will be hard to live separate from him. They are no doubt divorcing - it so so obviously over. |
Anonymous
I had the opposite impression... |
Anonymous
| I haven't though they'd stay together from the time i watched a few episodes years ago. She's a bitch. |
Anonymous
It was too intimate a look into their lives, IMO. I found it very uncomfortable and felt so sorry for the kids, who will forever have this preserved for them on "DVD, Season 4 (or whatever) of Jon and Kate Plus 8." |
Anonymous
I agree with you that she is no doubt a bitch and could have been a whole lot nicer to Jon over the years on the show. She was very biting and caustic towards him and would often undermine him in front of the children. That being said, I always found Jon to be a grown child as well and I completely understood her frustration and anger towards him. I have some sympathy for Kate because it is clear she is the one thinking about, and running, that household of children. I only have one child but I would imagine that having 8 would make me somewhat humorless and run my house like a tight ship as well, and have very little patience for a spouse who does not actively think about what needs to get done. |
Anonymous
| They should withdraw from the show and work on their relationship but I don't think Kate would give up all that $ |
Anonymous
I agree with you. I don't think she wants to give it up, plus perhaps they "can't" give it up. Huge new house, Jon has a sporty new car, the kids (older at least) are in private school. I used to think they lived within their means, now I wonder. |
Anonymous
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it must be very hard to sit where they sit, having their lives fall apart in prime time. To those who accuse them of "whoring" out their children, I don't think that they anticipated what this reality show would mean to their lives, and I think that they jumped at the chance to make enough money to support their family.
As for Kate, she is kind of a bitch, but John is very passive. If he didn't want to be a father, he should have said so before they went through fertility treatments both times. |
Anonymous
No its not hard. They choose to do this. They could back out. They could stop. They don't. I understand the contract obligation but if my life was falling apart I wouldn't keep going and have it filmed especially if my children where being used as part of the deal. They have taught me that spending time with my child is more important than worrying about cleaning the house to be spotless. I used to freak out over a mess. Watching Kate, I realize how the house becomes important and the children just background noise and decoration to be contended with. I have never seen her enjoy the kids. I hope I never get to that point in my life. I don't want to be an orchestrator of the kids, I want to participate with them. |