Jon and Kate Gosselin the Scandal
Jon and Kate Gosselin bookended the season premiere of “Jon & Kate And Eight” with interviews — both solo and tensely together — in which they assert the increased public inspection of their lives is taking a toll on their relationship.
“Very swiftly we turned into 2 different people,” Kate Gosselin asserts. Reports of Jon Gosselin’s purported affair with a 23-year-old schoolteacher was the elephant in the room, though he probably did at 1 time definitely reject cheating on his other half. Kate Gosselin, who has been traveling a lot to pimp her books, announces Jon “resents” taking on all the childcare needs, and “yet he does not truly feel great about me, so he wants me to travel.” both resent the increased presence of the photographers, yet both refuse to recognize that they signed the death warrant on their privacy when they invited TLC into their home.
The scene in which Kate Gosselin shleps her eight youngsters to the party store is an excellent example of this disconnect : As she pulls her monster wagon into a parking space, she tells the youngsters to unbuckle quickly “because the snappers is coming after us.” “What’s papawazzi?” asks one of the boys. “Shhh, don’t say the word,” she tells them. In a voiceover, we hear her explain that she tells the youngsters to call the paparazzi “the P-people” because “I do not need them going to faculty being like, ‘Well, the snappers is following us, like, that is so creepy.’” What’s creepy has your children followed around by a camera crew. Any camera crew. Period. It’s exploitation, whatever cutesy name you would like to give it. A jiffy later, Kate Gosselin again has the gall to pretend there’s nothing special to see : “I have no idea why we are so exciting,” she announces, endorsing the snappers go follow some other mummy.
She is making a living — a really pleasant living — from writing books, taking talking engagements, and appearing on a national TV show about her terribly special family, but when it’s inconvenient, or embarrassing, then it’s all of a sudden surprising, or creepy. Have we discussed the children truly are pretty cute? Back to Jon and Kate : Kate Gosselin blames her partner’s “erratic behavior” for some of their issues. She cites a statistic about folks of multiples having a divorce rate of 3 times the average, and asserts she is no longer sure they are going to beat the percentages. After the couple threw a 5th birthday party for the sextuplets in the premiere episode, she tears up, asserting, “This might be our last family picture.” Jon Gosselin, meanwhile, has the shell-shocked demeanor of somebody suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. We tuned into TLC’s “Jon & Kate And Eight” marathon, and quite frankly, we will see why.
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May 26th, 2009 at 9:57 am
they should see a marrige counsler and try to work out their problems……for their kids sake
May 26th, 2009 at 10:41 am
WTF? You are being too nice to her. She is a horible person, just watch the show. She is rude mean and nasty to her husband and most other people. If I was in his shoes, I would have cheated too.
And she continues to trot the kids out to make money from them. I doubt much will be left for the kids when they get older. Why continue on with the show if you wqant to keep things private and don’t want to be followed and reported on. These people disgust me, Ugh.
May 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
If they want to save their marriage, the solution is obvious -quit the show and turn their focus back to where it belongs.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I love the show, i dont think they should quit filming it and I would love to see those beautiful kids grow up. Jon & Kate should really try to works things out because a devorce would be the worst for the kids and ofcoarse, the show.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I think it is sad. They probably started doing the show in hopes it would help them to pay for what must be outrageous costs associated with having 8 kids. I don’t think anyone can truly understand how damaging it can be to a relationship when you are constantly in the public eye. I feel for them and their children and I wish them all the best.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I think every married couple have issues. She is a bit abrasive towards Jon. And Jon doesn’t do anything about it because of the camera shoved in their face. They both do need counseling. Look at all the things that they have to go thru. Look it how many children that they have. All in all they need to work it out, for them and the kids. Parents don’t understand that they are hurting the kids more than them.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:04 am
It’s really too bad if over six months ago things were going wrong with the family. Material things are nice and make comfort for you but if there’s no love what do you really have. Kate………you better quit the show NOW and save your Marriage. Better start remembering why the two of you got together in the first place. He’s too good for you. What kind of an example are you showing your children ? When their older are you going to be able to explain truthfully why Daddy doesn’t liver here anymore…..You need to take a DEEP LOOK at what you’ve become. There’s still hope if you get counseling and NOW !!!!!
May 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I can not believe the amount of women who do not support Kate. This is why men are now the men they have become!! what happened to girl power. women supporting women. i do not care how mean she was at times yr not in their relationship. people see clips and think they know. wake up people he stepped out of their committment and u blame her? this is whats wrong with our world today!!
May 27th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Kate stated that she takes what she reads in the papers with a grain of salt and doesn’t believe what they write. Why then is she angry with Jon??? She is a hard, cold controlling woman. Maddy it going to turn out just like her. ERG! What a bratty little girl already. Jon is such a laid-back nice guy and Kate takes advantage of him by belittling him on national TV. How nice for the kids to see, Kate. Maybe she should watch the Duggers and see how Michelle Dugger treats her husband with love and respect.
May 28th, 2009 at 6:13 am
I personally feel close to this matter. I am a mother of 6. 4 boys and 2 girls. We were very young when our first twins came and it was a trying time for our relationship. My husband was not getting enough of my attention as the counselor would say. It was not intentional, but I just put it on the back burner because I felt we were stong enough for that, but problems soon came. I feel Kate is a loving person to her family, but it seems that men need so much attention. It was always the last thing to cross my mind. I was so focused on raising kind, well behaved, intelligent kids that his needs were not met most of the time. I will tell you this much. We don’t know what really goes on and never will. We don’t know if they respect each other off camera or not, including Jon! My husband was really good at this, when people are around he is the vision of innocense, but when it is just my family he could be rude and disrespectful. Our marriage has always been a struggle and most likely always will. We are both working hard at it everyday. Our wake-up call was when our oldest moved out and the twins went to college all in the same year. Soon there will only be me and him at home and that was a scary thought at one time, but now we are looking forward to this. If I was able to talk with them I would love to tell them they are normal, loving parents, and this time will pass if they could ask each other for help and start putting their marriage first, even before the kids. Get on the same page and compromise a bit. That was always the hardest thing for my husband and I to do.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I understand that people love the show. But why are we worried about weather the show goes on or not? We get to see 60 min. of what is recorded over a week. Every family and marriage has their issues. Jon and Kate just happen to be in the public eye. If this wasn’t happening on camera, and in magazines, would anyone care, other then Jon and Kate’s family? And how much of what you read can you really believe? They have to be strong for their kids. They are going to handle this however they choose to handle it, and we will have forgotten about it in 6 months. Leave the family alone, being “cheated on” is hard enough without everyone thinking they get to have an opinion on it.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:25 am
After I watched the film of Kate denyng her child a drink, but making sure she go one for herself and better yet….. drank it right in front of the child….we know what Kate’s concerns are ……Kate and Kate only. I never liked you Kate from day one and never will. Anyone who goes around traveling ans selling their kids photos for 20.00 a pop is pathetic. You are abrasive and rude and your husband deserves a medal for sticking around as long as he has. You need to take a real good look at yourself and what you have become and maybe then you may realize you have no one to blame but yourself for the situation you are in today.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:30 am
How sad to hear Jon and Kate are divorcing. My heart breaks for their beautiful children who will undoubtedly suffer the most from this decision. As much as everyone downplays Jon’s involvement in the break-up of their marriage, I feel he’s as much to blame as she is. Sure, she can be very controlling and demanding, but they’ve both changed considerably since the inception of their reality show. Now all of a sudden Jon decides he can no longer be passive. That’s great and long overdue; but why not lay down the law about how her behavior towards him needs to change and move on, perhaps both attend marriage counseling, and save their marriage? No, he’s basically washed his hands of the whole situation and is “excited” about the future. Wonder if the new, younger girlfriend plays a role in this whole thing? Bet so! Marriage is a big commitment that requires a lot of hard work on both sides. As far as I’m concerned, they’re both responsible for the demise of this marriage.