"Jon & Kate Plus 8 on Hiatus After Boring Divorce Announcement

LA Times ^ | June 23, 2009 | Elizabeth Snead

[Melpomene]

Interesting that TLC, NOT the parents, stopped the show. Jon and Kate Exploit 8, indeed.

[Puppage]

Jon & Kate

Who?

[exist]

Who cares if they're exploited those kids will be rich. Worth it. My Dad used to kick my ass boohoo. His Dad used to kick his ass even more AND make him walk 1 hour to school in the snow. Boohoo. Awwww they're exploited. Give me a break.

It's bad enough these brat kids will be complaining to their $120 therapist in 5 years but that everybody else is crying about is ridiculous.

These kids don't have to fight WWII, or the Civil Rights movements-- who cares.

[NormsRevenge]

TLC gets stuck with the dirty diapers in the end .. and the re-runs.

What next?

[Kimmers]

I saw a commercial for the show where it should Kate dabbing none existent tears.....to be fair it was only a snippet and she could have had uncontrollable sobbing prior to that......kinda doubt it.....

I suggest for those who pray we need to pray for the kids....I have concerns about kids growing up like they have

[SkyPilot]

They should just quit the show and try to heal their family - but they won't. Or, at least she won't. Producers, stage hands, drivers, gardeners, and even fellow vacationers she ran into say the woman is mean, insufferable, and an overall jackass.

As for him - he needs to get out the "booze earring motorcycle girlfriend" phase and act like a father to his kids even if his wife is a harpy from hell.

[pnh102]

Don’t worry, they will replace this show with Octomom’s show.

[Melpomene]

What does money have to do with it? Lots of kids will be rich; it doesn't hold the promise of emotional stability, especialy if you got there through exploitation.

FWIW, Kate spanks her kids, too.

[svcw]

Jon: I am only 32 and my whole life is in front of me. (Get really buddy. You have eight kids to care for - man the hell up!)
Kate: I can’t believe this is happening. (Shut up! Maybe if you had honored your husband, he wouldn’t be cheating. Just shut up!)

[svcw]

On the spanking.....I don’t know why she waited so long. They all need a smack on the behind.

[exist]

FWIW, Kate spanks her kids, too.

Awww spanks her kids. Guess what Clarence Thomas, Julius Caesar, George Washington all got spanked.

[MozarkDawg]

Because if they had been thinking about their kids' well-being, couldn't they have been in couples therapy for the last year, working out these relationship issues so it didn't have to come to this?

If they'd been thinking of their kids, neither one would have been so selfish and narcissistic to *step out* on the other. Frankly, if they'd EVER thought of their kids, they never would have done this stupid TV show in the first place!

[mom4melody]

I spank my kids. What’s your point?

[Melpomene]

He actually said he was “excited” about “this new chapter in my life.” Excited??? His family is falling apart around him; if he took his job as “father” seriously, he would not be excited about the future.

[FreedomFerret]

I can barely imagine the stress of 8x little kids would have on a marriage, then ontop of it your every move watched by the camera and air before the public. Wouldn’t be easy.

Having said that, it was their coice to take the money and live in the public eye. You can’t play the blame game and then keep taking the money.

Own up, buck up, and shut up.

[svcw]

Point still remains - man the hell up Jon!

[Melpomene]

I was responding to someone who feels no sympathy for the kids simply b/c they'll be rich, ignoring the obvious effect of being raised in a moral black hole.

I spank mine, too, until they reach the age of reason.

[Melpomene]

My point is that money does not make a man rich.

[Phantom Lord]

I hope Jon gets huge Manimony! He deserves it!

[JRios1968]

My wife watches the show and occasionally I catch it.

My impression:
Kate’s a ball-breaking harpy, for whom there isn’t such a thing as stooping too low. 90% of the stuff in the show is her giving him a hard time about stupid stuff.

Jon’s a narcissistic wuss. He needs to Man-up, become a Father and more importantly, assert himself. Going out, getting an earring, a motorcycle and a girlfriend isn’t exactly what he needed to do.

The kids are a bunch of spoiled little brats. Sorry, but 5-year olds do NOT wear bibs for meals.