Eight Minus Jon & Kate ~ 6/22/09

Monday, June 22, 2009
8:57 PMTLC's been heavily promoting tonight's episode of J&K+8 all week, and then today there was a big spoiler. Divorce papers were filed in Bucks County, PA, for Jon & Kate Gosselin. I drove by their house yesterday and it was one big tranny mess of photogs, papparazi and rubberneckers dying to get a glimpse of some salacious activity, like maybe Jon doing a coed on the lawn or Kate beating the children with a wire hanger. No such luck. The garage door was open and once in a while a kid or two ran around the lawn a little.



Two minutes after my drive-by, Jon walked down the lawn and had an impromptu press conference with the pappas and r-neckers. They asked what tonight's big announcement would be, and he would only reply that they had to watch the show tonight. Why then were divorce papers filed today, rather than waiting until tomorrow when it wouldn't spoil the show they've been hawking all week? Who knows. No one ever said anything about the Gosselins made sense, right?



If I'd hung around and had a chance to ask Jon a question or two before I drove off, I would have asked him these:1) Why, if it's all about the kids, are you getting a one-bedroom apartment in New York City? How can your kids visit you in a one bedroom apartment? And why are you getting an apartment three hours from your kids?2) Why were you looking at a one bedroom apartment at Trump Plaza that rents for $3400 a month, when you could get Berks County's finest for probably a max of $1000, and be a half hour from your children?3) What financial renumeration are your children getting for having their lives and their psychological and emotional health invaded? California is the only state which has any laws regarding making sure the children are provided for financially when they grow up. You and Kate wouldn't even have the show if it wasn't for your eight little beauties. You both live opulent lives with a great house and property and cars and expensive surgeries and clothes and now expensive apartments. Are the kids getting eight-tenths of the money, being put away as investments for their futures? Or are you taking advantage of PA's lack of child protection regarding child actors and neglecting to provide for their futures?



Well, the show starts in three minutes. I'm going to go watch the announcement that the Gosselins are getting a divorce.



9:50 PM

The papers were filed in Montgomery County today, even though the Gosselins live in Berks County. My question was, why did they file today, when it spoiled the announcement on the show? But now I know, because it's 9:50 PM, ten minutes before the end of the show, and the announcement about the divorce paper being filed was just flashed on the screen. Obviously, they filed at the end of the day, in another county, to coincide with the text which was previously edited into the show to be aired tonight. So much for "reality" TV.


Leah J. Utas said...
Abomination. Divorce played for maximum ratings.But then, what would one expect?I have never bought into "reality" shows as I don't believe a real "reality" show would be allowed as it wouldn't be entertaining.You posed some good questions. I feel for those kids.
June 23, 2009 8:00:00 AM EDT

Werny Gal said...
I know, Leah, it's so crazy! Jon's comment was, "We interview separately, we'll film different things. Me and the kids, her and the kids."Kate's comment was, "How does the show go on? The show MUST go on!"Wouldn't it have been great if Jon and Kate had said "How can our family go on? The family MUST go on!" Too bad ending the show and saving their marriage and getting those poor kids back to a normal life wasn't their choice.
June 23, 2009 11:06:00 AM EDT

Kathi D said...
I see the show is on "hiatus" now. Let's hope it's permanent. Of course, the network stopped it, not the parents.I always wonder why, with all that property, they always seem to be playing on the driveway in front, in full view of cameras, etc.? (I don't really wonder. I know it's because they like being on the cover of magazines.)
June 23, 2009 2:58:00 PM EDT

BILLJ said...
The Gosselins should have had the courage to seek help from a therapist/counselor, even Dr. Phil, to keep this family a whole ten -- that is, if they really care about the kids more than themselves. The first advice they would have received is to get the children off a TV program. Instead we have Jon relishing a "new life" of freedom at 32 and Kate promising not to be alone for very long. It adds up to a very sad portrait of life among some of our totally self-absorbed fellow citizens.
June 23, 2009 10:05:00 PM EDT

Werny Gal said...
Tonight it came out in the news that Jon and kate haven't been together as a couple for two years. The whole show has been a sham for at least that long, even their renewing their marriage vows in Hawiai. I hope the money is worth the heartache. And that they'll have plenty put aside for all the therapy and rehabs their eight children will need fifteen years from now. What a mess.
June 23, 2009 11:19:00 PM EDT

Robin said...
I'm shocked that they're getting divorced. They seem like such normal, down-to-earth people. Hahahaha! Oh, dear. That was a good one.
June 24, 2009 10:50:00 PM EDT