Posted on 10/02/2009 12:20:52 AM PDT by iowamark
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- After four years of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," Jon Gosselin said he's decided it's not healthy for his children to be on a reality show....
"The reason I don't think it's healthy for them is that we're going through a divorce right now, and I don't think it should be televised and I think my kids should be taken off the show," Gosselin told CNN's Larry King on Thursday night.
"They're 5 and 8 now; let them experience a normal childhood," he said.
His lawyer said the TLC reality series about the Gosselin family is dead because no judge would ever "subject the children to the show if the father believes it's detrimental."
Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their separation and divorce filing -- after 10 years of marriage -- on a special one-hour episode in June. They agreed to share custody of their 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins.
"I had an epiphany one day," Gosselin told King. "I just looked in the mirror and I said, 'I don't want to be this person anymore.' I made mistakes. I know I messed up. I do regret a lot of things. But I have to learn from those mistakes and move forward." Watch Jon Gosselin talk with Larry King »
He blamed some of his mistakes on his not having a lawyer when he and his wife signed the show contract four years ago.
"He had no manager, he had no lawyer, he had no idea what he was signing," said Mark J. Heller, the lawyer recently hired by Jon Gosselin.
"Now I have a sense of empowerment," Gosselin said. "Before, I didn't have any representation. I take blame for not being an initiator. I was an avoider. I was passive."
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I know Jon’s motives are suspect, but whatever it takes to get the kids out of the spotlight.
I watched the show for 2 years because I enjoyed the children so much. Jon and Kate’s couch time was the worst and the least necessary part of the show.
Kate was on Jon all the time ... I mean all the time. He never fought back probably because he didn’t want to air their dirty laundry in public.
Now they are just another dysfunctional family with an entitled American woman and a guy going through a midlife crisis about 10 years early. Even if one doesn’t care about what’s best for the kids, watching another marriage breakup just isn’t that interesting.
His spinelessness was a big turn off for me. He let his nag of a wife hound him constantly, and over time I found myself secretly hoping he'd snap and give her the back of his hand.
Now THAT would make good TV!
NSS!
It’s not so good when your kids can see for themselves what a low-life scumbag you are as you party around the globe.
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