In a surprisingly sensitive move, it's being reported that TLC has suspended production until August 3, so the divorcing couple can transition into a new custody schedule.
"TLC continues to support the Gosselin family and will work closely with them to determine the best way to continue to tell their story as they navigate through this difficult time," TLC's statement said.
I've said before that I'm sympathetic to Kate (although I wouldn't want to live with her). But Monday night's episode really turned me against Jon. Sitting on the couch sighing, as if he had somewhere more important to be, acting like he was put-upon, when the majority of the country does NOT have a TV channel throwing kadillions of dollars at them. Poor baby. Let's mourn for his lost 20s.
I don't think Jon and Kate should work on their marriage, for the simple reason that Jon doesn't love her anymore. You can just see it in him. He can't wait to have a bachelor pad and be "biggest flirt" again like he was in high school.
OK, maybe I'm still just reeling from the revelation that he wears Ed Hardy jeans with tiger appliques on his butt.
After last night's episode, is anyone finding more sympathy for Kate? She is the one who wanted these kids, and she's the one who's taking care of them -- AND earning the money so they can have a financially secure future.
Jon? I think he's a petulant brat. I can't wait until he is not in demand from the media ... and learns that non-show-business careers are a lot less lucrative. Bye-bye, Ed Hardy jeans.
No... Not at all. I think with all the interviews regarding the end of the marriage Kate has been full of crap and acting her way through. In my opinion Jon has always been the committed parent and in later months the one that was THERE with them while Kate gallivanted around flogging her book.
Kate doing it for the welfare of her kids? Don't her kids have enough? A million dollar home, great clothes, no doubt college education socked away, and mom and dad sitting pretty. If Kate was really concerned about her KIDS she would say enough already and shut the show down. Live off their income as just another exploited family and perhaps go to work when all the kids were in regular school? No, not good enough although it would seem that was what Jon wanted.
Kate wants it all. The fame, fortune, and continuance of whoring out the children to her best advantage.
Time to say Good Night and Good Luck Kate. If do ALL for the kids then do them the biggest favor and step off the gravy train.
after watching the episodes and reading everyones comments..
I have to say I stopped watching Kate and jon's show.
simply because I think Kate and Jon both need to quit the show.
If they really love their children they would quit.
I know a lot of people are attacking jon but do not forget Kate did abuse him on national TV by making him do this and that...
I feel sorry for Jon little bit.. he got burned out. as for Kate she is a good mom and so is jon. But if you are a best mom and dad you need to stop filming completely.
Anyway wish the child protection agency would take the kids away from Kate and Jon.
The kids needs to be protected.
And who drove him to it? He could do nothing right in her eyes. He was too fat and even when he decided to take the kitchen rugs outside to shake them out she had a fit because he didn't do it right instead of being thankful a husband even thought of shaking out the rugs! Sure, she went to Hawaii to renew their vows -- what a farce! Jon is lucky to get out while he could before she totally cut his balls off! He gave her an inch and she took a mile.
Personally, I have always felt sorry for Jon until all this garbage started whenever. After watching Monday nights episode, I think Jon is a BRAT. Grow up, accept your responsibilities! Quit acting like a small child. He has eight children to support. Get a real job, dude! Quit the whining and act, and be a MAN. You got those kids here, now raise them with a Dad.
Kate's name is on the contract, so, now, Kate gets the kinder edit. Before when it was "Cute" that she treated him like garbage, her edit was less kind.
Also, the "calling all the shots" comment wasn't JUST about the show... it was about the harvested children.
Jon's words sounded like they came out of a drunk college kid at a hick bar in Readin' where Jon would go to drink to feel better about himself and listen to little kids who have NO idea what marriage is- rule the roose, stood up for myself. Are you kidding me? I was laughing so hard when he mentioned "getting offered a job"- yes, I am looking forward to seeing him as a food-chain greeter.
In marriage, you balance each other out. When one feels lazy or "passive" the other's instinct is to step it up- and vice versa. Jon just never learned to communicate. He is teaching his kids to give up. Parents fight- parents talk it out- THAT's a marriage.
The shame of it is- Jon is going to realize this someday and may not go back to Kate to really work on the marriage because of the media that would surround it. "This has been going on for a long time" ???? Come on Kate- 6-7 months??? That's nothing. With 8 kids- I wonder how they had time to speak at all.
In all seriousness though, I felt proud before- like we, as Americans, had a direct impact on their lives- our support really paid their bills. Now, I feel like we ruined everything by out curiousity and media....
I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR THOSE KIDS BUT I THINK THAT KATE IS A GREAT MOM !!!! YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO FOR YOUR KIDS DONT WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD OR THEIR COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT FEED YOUR KIDS OR PAY FOR COLLEGE WHEN THEY GET OLDER . AND ABOUT JON JUST KICK HIS BU.. OUT OF YOUR LIFE!!!! IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH MAN TO FIGHT FOR, YOU DONT CHANGE YOUR KIDS, YOUR FAMILY FOR SOME HOT A..!!!! GROW UP!!! .
AND DONT BLAME THIS ON KATE BECAUSE ITS ONLY YOUR FAULT SHE CANT CONTROL YOU TO PULL YOUR PANTS DOWN WITH ANY B....!!! AND YOU ARE LUCKY SHE DIDNT SAID ABOUT YOU CHEATING ON HER ON THE PAPERS BECAUSE YOU WILL BE ON THE STREET!!!
GOD BLESS YOU KATE AND THOSE CHILDREN GOOD LUCK AND LET TIME CURE EVERYTHING AND KEEP DOING EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO FOR YOUR CHILDREN I UNDERSTAND YOU IM A MOTHER OF TWO KIDS!!!
If they wanted to extend the hiatus for - let's say - all eternity, that'd be okay with me.
In a morbid car crash kind of way, I'd like to see them do a Holiday special this winter.
"It's the Jon & Kate Christmas Special. What kind of wacky antics will occur when Jon converts to Druidism, and Kate follows the teachings and wisdom of her idol - herself?? Watch Kate try and force feed a pinecone to Jon. Watch Jon try to poke Kate's eyes out with some Christmas Tree needles. And where are the 8 kids in all of this?? I don't know. I thought you were watching them."
Jon, needs to grow up. NOW he wants to wear his earrings and smoke and ride motorcycles? I think he is going thru a midlife crisis. well, its time to man up. I agree that Kate is over bearing and should simmer down, but really? Jon is excited for his "new" life. Wow, amazing.
So I just see a report that they have been living apart for 2 years. They obviously had been seeing other people because of that (and all you Kate lovers.....she was seen holding hands with her bodyguard at an appearance in Detroit months ago!). I don't blame him for being relieved...he was in prison. Too bad he didn't "find himself" before he had kids. They both do the show for the money under the excuse umbrella of "taking care of the kids" and "documenting their lives". Well, if this is a reality show, then get a job and buy a camera like the rest of us!
Kate emasculated Jon on national TV. He took it, until now. They are both guilty. Unfortunately, the kids suffer. As far as I'm concerned, they can keep the show off the air forever. The interest will wane, the kids will grow and be over the cuteness. Their 15 minutes is coming to an end.
I can't believe I even took the time to write this. I am so over this. Back to my reality!
Kate has better handlers and she is better with words, able to twist them and use implication to condemn. She is portraying herself as the "victim", the one who doesn't want to be alone, yet she filed for divorce to "protect" herself and the children. Who does she think was watching the kids while she was on the road? It is obvious to anyone with eyes how much the children love Jon. She says Jon won't talk to her. She's also said that the cameras were a "conscience" for Mady, that when she sees herself replayed, it makes her think about what she has done and is doing. Can Kate say the same thing? Has it occurred to her that perhaps one reason why Jon won't talk to her is because she cuts him off when he tries to speak, adheres to one set of rules herself, but another one for him, and has humiliated, demeaned, and insulted him in public over the years? Go for marriage counseling if you really care for your children. Comments that he no longer loves her so that is the end are ridiculous. This is not about feeling, but about commitment. They have a commitment to their children. They allowed their children to see them retake their marriage vows (a vow is an oath that one swears before God) and now they are talking divorce without trying to work things out. Love can be brought back, but only if both sides are willing to look at their own part in the demise of the marriage. Jon admits that he was too passive and allowed Kate to rule the roost, which is contrary to Christian teaching. What about Kate? She has rhetorically asked, "Have I been hard on him?" and then answers that of course she has because it is on tape, so it is hard for her to deny. She says she has "always regretted it" but apparently not enough to go and get help or to change her ways. Her behavior impacts others, not just herself. If TLC requires them to go to counseling to prolong the ratings and show, but know that it is a sham, with no intention to really work on the marriage, then TLC would be participating in untold harm to the Gosselin children. and should be boycotted. It is NOT too late. Maybe Kate needs Supernanny to tell her how appalling her behavior is, that the spin is no longer working, that America has eyes. And perhaps Supernanny will tell Jon that when he married at 22, he made a choice. Those 8 children are the products of his choice. He needs to have a plan and a goal and rely on God for guidance. Then perhaps they would go into marriage counseling purposefully. This could serve a useful purpose, to help America see that divorce is not the only way and that it is certainly not God's way; to show that marriages can be redeemed with commitment and hard work. May God bless both Jon and Kate with wisdom and courage to do what is right for their 8 chldren.
Kate should invite Octomom to move in with her, that would get her another season or two out of TLC and they could argue over who was the biggest b**ch.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I've been team kate for a long time now, and it's about time that the rest of the world woke up to jon's true nature. kate may be obsessive, but at least she is invested in the lives of her children...jon just wants OUT at any cost.
I was on Team Jon until last night. The D-Bag Wear, the sportscar, the Trump Tower apartment? And everything he said last night sounded forced, until he piped up about how PROUD of himself he is, because he Stood Up to Kate?
You are Married With Children, dude. It ain't about YOU anymore, my friend.
Kate makes my paint peel, and she's a publicity whore, and maybe she just has better handlers, but she's a more convincing adult.
All of this crap about her "earning the money." Those KIDS are who's earning that money. She's just capitalizing on their unique situation, instead of raising her children where they belong: Out of the media spotlight.
I don't feel sorry for either of them. I feel sorry for the kids.
Kate was an emasculating anal retentive shrew who spied Jon at a hotel minding his own business, just gotten back from back packing across Europe when she put her hooks in him. add fertility issues and fertility drugs and you get this fiasco.
It's unfortunate that people feel the need to take sides when they don't know what goes on behind closed doors when the cameras are off. Let's face it, Kate has not been shown in the best of ways during the show since the beginning. Jon was shown to be the quiet mouse who took everything from her and didn't say much. To see him admit that and stand up made me happy; to see him sitting with 2 earrings on without much emotion regarding the separation did not. This is what we have seen so far and we all know (well, some of us) that you can't believe what you read in the tabloids. I believe the minute either of them began to feel uncomfortable with the fame and paparazzi, is when as mature adults, they should have made the decision for the sake of their marriage and for the sake of their children's happiness to walk away....but that would have been too easy, right?
Oh sure - it's ALL Jon's fault...
In order to extend Kate's 15 minutes of fame, maybe TLC can create a new reality dating show for her and call it "Who Wants to Date a Psycho Control Freak?"
Really, there are no comments on this post?!?!? You have sympathy for Kate?!?! Kate is the one who destroyed the marriage, abused her husband, and is the reason he's happy to get far, far away. Jon tried to do everything Kate wanted him to do and he still couldn't get it right, according to Kate. If I was him, I would have left a long time ago. I feel for the kids and Jon, but not for Kate.
She's a humorless shrew. She loves the kids so much that she's always on the road promoting her books? Throw Jon a bone, would you.