Okay, I’m gonna get on my soapbox so you are fair warned! Today’s rant is in reference to Jon Gosselin. You know, the guy from Jon and Kate Plus 8 fame or is that now infamy? Well he has wasted no time jumping back into the limelight or spotlight if you prefer, but he didn’t think about it before he did it.
The family in happier times:
This is Jon and his new squeeze:
(photo credit – INF)
This is the story on People
I used to love watching Jon and Kate Plus 8, back when it first started and through about the sextuplets 3rd birthday. Then, not so much. At first it was this lovely couple and the craziness that ensues with that many children all the same age plus twins. Their lives were full of all the trials and tribulations I fondly remember of trying to raise our kids, survive financially and still have time for each other except they had it magnified to the nth degree with six new babies and two still basically toddlers.
As the coverage and fame began to build, this no longer was a cute story to watch. The kids are still adorable but Jon and Kate? Not so much. You got to see Kate become an attention whore who had to be the star of the show and Jon was shown as fairly nice guy that couldn’t (or wouldn’t) stand up to increasingly overbearing and bossy wife. The episodes started becoming more of “what can we get for free this week?” then anything positive.
After 10 years they called it quits but only where the marriage is concerned but not in terms of the spotlight still firmly positioned to shine right on this train wreck. Did they cancel the show and get marriage counseling? No. Did either of them step back and maybe think that playing out this soap opera life they have now in front of their children on national television and tabloids might, in the long run, be very harmful to the children? Obviously not since the “show must go on” sort of mentality seems to be the most prevalent.
It might be just me but I don’t understand not trying to save your marriage especially when you have eight children. Divorce can be so devastating for children and you have this compounded by the number of children and the fact that their whole life has been documented for everyone to see even in this (what should be private) most devastating time.
Now, only weeks after splitting up from Kate, Jon has a girl friend and it turns out she is the daughter of the plastic surgeon that did Kate’s tummy tuck. Irony anyone? Either he didn’t waste any time looking for a new lady or something has been going on that the public didn’t know about. Jon keeps talking about how excited he is to be in this new “stage of his life” and all the opportunities available. Well Jon, your family is who opened those doors of opportunity for you but I haven’t seen anything that shows he is still a family man. In my opinion, he is acting like a guy freed from a prison. He might have felt like living with Kate was that restrictive but he brought all these children into this world and it seems to me he should be focused on them and not his new life.
Ed Hardy design – sort of apropos isn’t it?
I love Ed Hardy old school tattoos and the tattoo inspired clothing line. Jon wears a lot of them. Does this make either of us good designers for their clothing line? Of course not. At least I have tattoos :0) Jon’s new girl friend, Hailey Glassman will be working for them as well. Article doesn’t say if she is qualified or not.
I am so over this show. I can’t stand to watch it anymore and I am so over thinking of either Kate or Jon as good parents any more. Yes, I always thought she was a control freak but then, quite a few people are and if you marry someone like that you better be prepared for it.
Do I think that Jon should have gotten either a thicker skin or a backbone long ago? To quote Sarah Plain – You betcha’.
Do I think that anyone from this family should still be on television or in the news? Nope. Let’s think of the children for once and Jon – Kate – get a job and quit using the children as the bread winners. Jon, get a REAL job like you used to have and not some BS position that they even state you got because you are going to use your children in the ads for the clothing that you “design.”
They are really starting to disgust me.
What do you think?
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July 15, 2009
delaney55
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13 responses to “Jon Gosselin: WTF is He Thinking?”
Vera
July 15th, 2009 at 23:06
Goodness! I feel so bad that this happening. I used to watch the show but I don’t think we have the recent seasons here yet. Sheesh.
delaney55
July 15th, 2009 at 23:25
I had a lot of them – I think almost a seasons worth – on my DVR and I just deleted the whole batch without watching them after I saw parts of a couple of this season after the breakup. Just too aggravating to watch any more as it made me want to smack both of them and hug those kids.
Suz
July 16th, 2009 at 05:44
I’m tired of hearing about them. Jon acts like he is a victim, but he was a major contributing factor in tearing that family apart. And their solutions for keeping the kids’ lives normal are totally WACK: taking turns living in the house with the kids and staying in an apartment alone in the off weeks. Wtf?
The reason I watched that show was for the cute kids, but now they’re not even the main focus. Ugh.
delaney55
July 16th, 2009 at 06:25
I sincerely hope that the new family with sextuplets that are on television now learn something from the melt down of Jon and Kate and that they don’t try to go for a long running show or they may have the same thing happen to them. I know that costs are majorly compounded with that many children at one time and television series pay well, but is it worth it in the long run? Not if it tears your family apart.
Sandy
July 17th, 2009 at 06:56
I don’t get whatever channel the show was on so I had only heard about it from my grandkids until the sh*t hit the media fan. I’ve heard enough about it now so I feel like I watched the show. Anyway, I so dislike these ‘reality’ shows. Can we get a little further away from reality? The people watching are so manipulated. I could understand watching this show to see a bunch of cute kids but the parents are a pair of trainwrecks. Just saying…..
delaney55
July 17th, 2009 at 09:37
I agree. Jon and Kate are coming off as the real losers they are. They went down the road of fame and forgot what was important – the children.
Debbie Perkins
July 18th, 2009 at 10:21
Oh, don’t even get me started. I’ve watched pretty much every episode of Jon and Kate plus 8. I felt ok having my kids watch it too, (in the beginning) because it was fun for them to see kids their age, and the fun things they did. But now I’m embarrassed to have my kids watch it. It’s just too much hate and anger now. Jon used to be a “bad boy” and I think he misses that. What I don’t understand is how he’s put up with Kate all these years. He’s never stood up for himself. Kate always talks to him like he is one of the kids…I hate that. He’s (or was) her husband, and she should have treated him like that; not like a nanny. Kate is as much to blame as Jon is. I hate that Jon now has an apartment in Manhatten. I think it’s stupid he’s so far away from his kids. I also think it’s dumb how many business trips Kate goes on. She’s been doing it for a long time, and I just don’t think it’s fair to the kids to have her gone so much. They already have a lot of money; why do they need to keep doing their show, tv appearances, and writing many many books??? Seriously, fame really got to their heads! Those poor kids!
delaney55
July 18th, 2009 at 18:38
Saddest part is people are still watching this show so they will still be making it no matter how awkward it gets. Maybe someday the kids will have a normal life.
Carla
July 19th, 2009 at 19:29
I’m tired of them, and I never ever watched the show! I am just not a fan of all the reality shows. How real can life be for an entire family when constantly living in front of a camera? I guess you would get used to it, but it’s sad the way the kids have been used by their parents and everyone involved with this show. Grown-ups can consent to act like idiots. Little kids’ who can’t consent to their parents’ childish behavior shouldn’t have fodder made of their private lives for the world to see and judge! Jon & Kate need to grow up and get over themselves and think of their kids for once!
delaney55
July 19th, 2009 at 21:05
Amen sister, well said!
Robyns Online World
July 20th, 2009 at 11:38
I’m glad they are taking a break from the regular type of shows right now – I couldn’t stand watching them any longer and had canceled my TiVo season pass for the show even before they made the announcement. I do think that they have an opportunity to show their audience how you can have a divorce but still keep the children the most important thing – whether they take that chance or can take that chance I’m not sure.
Sophie
July 26th, 2009 at 12:17
When the interest (and therefore the money) runs out, Jon Gosselin will be nothing more to young women than a guy who’s got a paunch, is losing his hair, and has to pay child support for 8 kids.
I predict we’ll be seeing him on celebrity rehab before long.
Marcelino
February 11th, 2010 at 08:22
i dont like Jon Gosselin, this guy is a womanizer and he just likes to have some publicity.