I'd been a fan of Jon & Kate Plus 8 until last year, when the reality show seemed to take a more commercial turn. The early episodes covered the challenges of raising twins and sextuplets, from potty training to learning how to do chores. It was charming and cute, and yes, I'd cringe when Kate would berate Jon in various situations. Despite the stress and the bickering, you still got the sense that this was a couple who loved each other and their children, and they were in it together.
Not so today, as depicted on last night's season five opener. It was painful to watch the tension between Jon and Kate, juxtaposed against a festive occasion, the sextuplets fifth birthday. I'm not going to offer an opinion of who is right or who is wrong; you can Google the Gosselins and come up with hundreds of links to hundreds of opinions on the subject. Family tension and discord is painful, and unfortunately the children are eventually affected. I went through a divorce 17 years ago, no children involved, and it took me a long time to recover. I can't even imagine going through that pain in public, while trying to raise eight young lives who never asked for this to begin with.
My hope for the Gosselins is that they can reach some peace in their marriage for their family, away from the cameras and the scrutiny. They've invested too much to let it go.
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Thank you! I was going to post about this myself. I, too, stopped watching this show last season as it was more like the Kate, the Diva show, than how to raise sextuplets. I divorced when my two older daughters were about the ages of the Gosselin children. I have to say that no matter how "friendly" you remain, it is not the same for the kids. The tension could be cut with a knife in last night's show, all to familiar to me. If Jon and Kate truly, I mean truly want to do what's best for the kids, then they should stop the show, she should stop traveling, and they should work on their marriage. Divorce, no matter how you slice it, devastates children. Even with tons of money and gifts and trips bestowed on them. NONE of that matters. I hope the season ends with that episode. I can't bear to watch this show turn into a typical trashy reality show where people tune in to see the fighting.
There's been a lot of talk on news programs and such that they are under contract. This, that and the other thing about the contract for this season of the show. I suppose Kate sees this as her job and her source of income, but the cost of breaking a contract with TLC to try and save a marriage which, based on Monday's show, looks so far beyond repair, would be worth the financial hit.
Contract? Piffle. I have only seen this show twice, but these kids don't need this, and neither do the parents. I can't imagine trying to raise 8 kids under such circumstances, and I remember thinking that the first time I saw the program. No, there is no insurance that a relationship will work, but people need to put themselves in the best position to MAKE it work, and I daresay this isn't it. I hope that the current situation leads them to take stock of their family and their kids and their relationship, and that they walk away...
Jerry
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I had never watched this show or heard of these people, and now I have their story shoved in my face at every turn. With the amount of interviews they're doing, and the amount of effort she seems to spend on that hairdo, I would say it seems unlikely that the adults in that family care for much beyond fame and money.
I just wish they would fade back into obscurity, where they should have stayed in the first place.
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