Posted on 05/26/2009 1:55:20 PM PDT by CMoran325
Well, I hope Joel McHale is happy.
Ok, so he's not the only one to blame, but is was the likes of McHale's portrayal on The Soup of Jon Gosselin as a hapless henpecked husband that must have drove the poor man to try and escape the world of a father-of-8-under-a-microscope.
Last night's premiere of the 5th season of Jon & Kate Plus 8 was bittersweet considering the recent developments. I believe Jon's side of the story, and I still understand that even the most innocent version of his galavanting is enough for Kate to feel very hurt and angry.
That's all you can really say. Exactly what drove Jon to such poor behavior, exactly what the couple's relationship is -- it's all pure speculation. Only the two of them truly know. What's up to us is to let these two figure it out -- especially for the sake of the children. But unfortunately, the media does not seem content to let them.
Gossip rags run covers like this, with sensational stories from folks who are paid big bucks for their indelicate info (I don't care if one of them is purportedly her brother -- what kind of brother would reveal such intimate details?):
And just look at the review of the show's premiere from the Washington Post. The producers of J&K did not send out a sneak peak, so the writer decided this was an appropriate time to launch a personal attack on the Gosselins, and a general attack on large families.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/24/AR2009052402680.html?sub=AR
The show is deemed "appalling." Kate is then unkindly described as
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Oh man marriage with that chick seems like a pain. No wonder he’s pulling a Berlusconni.
Gee, maybe he shouldn't have signed up to be on a reality show.
Only the two of them truly know. What’s up to us is to let these two figure it out — especially for the sake of the children. But unfortunately, the media does not seem content to let them.
So we pen a few more lines and post it on the web so the chat can go on and on.......
This family’s choice to exploit their kids and sacrifice real family life are very annoying.
Such is not Christian behavior.
Neither is invitro fertilization, in which some frozen embryos are discarded and in which children are mechanically manufactured as if they were a consumer product made to order.
It is nice that they didn’t also kill their implanted kids, but that seems a happy coincidence rather than a principled choice.
If the show is on my tv for more than a second as people flip channels I scream in pain.
Nothing ‘drives’ a man to affairs.
He either chooses to honor his vows or he does not.
*cough*RATINGS*cough*
After I slept on my thoughts about this public train wreck in progress, I spoke with my wife about it this morning. She’s a past president of a Mothers of Multiples chapter, multiples are a blessing, but there are always sad stories — a couple worse than J&K+8’s by a significant stretch.
It is a sad thing, for sure. I suspect that fame has overly insulated the couple from any real chance for help at this point. Overnight I remembered initial season, where they had some family — where did the family go? Where are the helping neighbors? They moved to new big, isolated house — they cut themselves off from family, friends and church. That was a mistake.
And why should we care!
You’re as cynical as me, LOL. That’s what I’ve wondered all along. After a few seasons, same old, same old...introduce some drama and I bet their ratings soar.
Yes, Kate has really been nasty towards Jon for some time now. I believe that Jon finally got tired of her running all over the country doing interviews & book stores and not paying any attention to him. I haven’t liked her attitude for some time now & will no longer watch the show.
For the record I have NO IDEA who these people are, what they do, if they do it well, or why the press has them in my face 24/7.
Woops - I rushed to judgment and would like to correct the record. I am happy to report that this couple did NOT use IVF:
“Kate used Clomid and Intrauterine Insemination (they inject semen into the uterus) with both pregnancies. When she went to get pregnant with the tups, her ovaries became overstimulated with the Clomid and she had 8 ripe follicles. The Dr refused to inseminate her and hospitalized her. Apparently the Drs orders didnt matter to Kate and she had sex with Jon anyway and she was diagnosed pregnant 5 weeks later.”
These people are the same as the “we both work for the childrens sake” crowd. Both parents work because they want a Mercedez, a bigger house, nice vacations. In the meantime, their kids are in pre-care even when they’re sick, all in the name of “living a better life”.
Jon and Kate made a conscieous decision to keep this show going. To sign new invasive contracts and to place the kids in a very unusual childhood upbringing. They’ll be followed around the rest of their lives and some will end up as most childhood stars do. Alcoholics, drug abusers etc. Sad.
Because these shows are going to be used by Libs as examples of why we need manditory limits on family size (in addition to the usual “save the earth, abort the humans” argument). It’s not that I care about the personal comings and goings, I don’t even watch the show, but I do care how it’s being used by the liberals.
“introduce some drama and I bet their ratings soar”.
...some occassional spankings would help. Perhaps they’ll have a “look at what the cat dragged in” episode with Jon stumbling in at 4am with lipstick on his collar etc. That would spice it up. After all, it’s for the children!
It has nothing to do with being Christians or refusal of selective reduction.
This couple gives Christianity a bad name. Kate refuses to let John be the head of the family. She now pridefully thinks the show is about her, not the family. It has degenerated into a weekly update on the latest way of exploiting the kids, and greedily seeing how much money and materialism Kate can collect. And Maddie is the most obnoxious kid on television. Kate must have missed that scripture about “sparing the rod.” If they don’t get Maddie under control soon then in a few years they can have a special on her teenage years as she rebels her way through sex, drugs, rock & roll and alcoholism. She’s begging for discipline, in fact they all are, including Mom and Dad.
Death to so-called Reality Shows!
The downfall of American culture on display.
Almost seems like someone planned for this to happen.
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