Comments on: So Let’s Discuss Jon & Kate.

By: Mirullia

Mirullia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:26:05 +0000

I am so glad some one else was mad a JON. Kate gets sooooo much bad press, but no one says anything about his behavior (aside from his hooking up with CoEds). I want to say I DO NOT agree with how she speaks to her husband, but I understand her frustration with him. To me Jon acts like an impulsive child. We know he was in on the decision to have 8 kids, but now that he has them he doesn’t to seem want them. He is always whining about how he is “stuck at home” and he “doesn’t know what he wants.” And what is up with the earrings, the teen-aged clothing, and the 2 seat sports car. Where do the car seats go Jon? In the episodes before their relationship blew up, he always seemed to be avoiding helping with the kids too. Every time I watch the show now I find myself yelling at the screen, “the kids aren’t going anywhere, grow up, and get over yourself!”

By: Crystal Freeland

Crystal Freeland — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:39:20 +0000

UNCLE PAUL: I don’t know you, but agree with you wholeheartedly! I watched one and a half episodes a long time back and Kate was so annoying and *itchy and humiliated Jon to the point where I just couldn’t stand to watch it. I wanted to slap her, and although I don’t condone domestic violence (as opposed to other kinds? lol), I am saying, she’d be getting one from me if she treated me like she treats Jon. She’s 10 yrs OLDER than Jon, and I think she treats him like one of her kids. He got some money, some backbone of independence and he’s off and running…who wouldn’t be? Unfortunately, the kids are the ones who will pay the price. I am sure Jon and Kate didn’t plan on the money changing them, but it obviously has and how could it not? Seems to me, neither Jon nor Kate seems to put the kids first in this matter. It’s sad to see, for sure. I understand that the twins already require therapy for other issues. The irony is that all the money they have made exploiting (at some point, it became exploitation) the kids, WILL probably go into either therapy, rehab or bail.

By: jenna

jenna — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:39:52 +0000

I feel sorry for any child that has to go through watching their parents split up. And in this situation, these kids, especially the older girls, are under a microscope. The whole world is watching and who knows what sort of information they’re getting from school, friends and other family members. The show needs to stop. I know I won’t be watching. I can’t support this.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:47:31 +0000

1. I can only pray that God will shield these children from the inevitable fallout, or use this situation to a greater good.

2. I think that they should have dropped the show as soon as it became the focus of their family life. Having said that, I doubt that point came with flashing ‘danger’ signs. I’m sure that this has been sneaking up on them very quietly. Consequences have a way of doing that – it’s what makes it so difficult to attach consequences to their causative actions/choices.

3. Totally!

Please bear in mind that no one, not TLC, not in-laws, trusted friends, et cetera, knows all of the details of a marriage. There will always be things that people just can’t or won’t share. This family is obviously troubled, and needs prayer, prayer, and more prayer. That’s just my opinion, and maybe this hits a bit close to home for me. Sure, we think they should have made different choices – but does it really matter now? They can’t undo what is done, but with God’s help (based on some of the other observations I’m assuming they are Christians), wounds can be healed. I hope this doesn’t offend, it’s not my intent. I just feel for people who have to wear the ‘scarlet letter’ so to speak. Cheers!

By: Cathi Carpenter

Cathi Carpenter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:33:04 +0000

Well, I can’t say I am a “regular” of the show…Kate turned me off early on. The way she would talk to Jon …forget the camera…but in front of the kids….OMG… And of course after alot of it…well…he was to blame too. But I watched the tail of last season and had to get on the wagon for this one. Their 100th show turned my stomach. It was Kate…The Kate Show. The kids were on very very little…too bad because Emeril was in their home supposedly “teaching” the kids to cook and cooking a “big family sit down meal”. Due to the stress…they delegated Jon to the back of the kitchen to peel garlic and have Kate spears him with little verbal jabs about it being a good place to have him so he won’t screw too much up.

Their problems go so much deeper than what tv did to them. I don’t really blame the tv aspect of it…it didn’t help…but this went way beyond that.

Money …hmmmm…what do we do for it…what do we give up for it…what are we willing to let DIE for money???

That is the saddest of it…Maybe Jon and Kate should ponder THAT part of their dysfunction….

I know this is pretty random. But Jon and Kate…Your 15 minutes is up…Time to get back to work and be a MOTHER AND FATHER to your kids.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:24:19 +0000

I agree with Ruth! I want to know what happened with going to church and where is God in their lives? I do believe that the money played a huge roll in this marriage breaking up. Truely, money does not buy happiness. I remember when the show started and Kate was home with the kids and when they acted up, she would call Jon at work to talk to them. What happened to team work? I’ll tell you what happened…money bought them help so they no longer had to rely on each other. I know they announced that Kate filed for divorce yesterday but my prayer is that they will quit the show and go back to a normal life so the kids can enjoy some of their life and struggles in private! I will get off my soap box now…haha!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:01:35 +0000

The whole thing is very frustrating for me. Especially since at the begining they openly talked about their faith and church as a huge part of their lives. WHERE IS THAT CHURCH NOW? last season they constantly had on Isaiah 40:31 t-shirts and thier renewal of thier vows was complete with a cake covered with scripture verses….My question now is this – was it all for ratings or have they given into the enemy – SATAN – who seeks to steal and destroy – which is exactly what has happened!? I pray God gets a hold of them and thier kids. I fear this will do irrepairable damage to the kids in the long run….they may not want anyuthing to do with their parents when reality hits them as they get older.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:25:40 +0000

Shelli: my husband and I were talking about his last night. The Osbourne’s and Gene Simmons ( but they aren’t married maybe that is the key) We come to they were completely in their own world and don’t pimp out their kids. Well the Osbourne’s kids were screw up at birth.

By: Shelli

Shelli — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:20:14 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne the ONLY reality tv couple to make it through an antire reality series and still manage to stay married?

By: stacy

stacy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:57:33 +0000

Kate and TLC are protraying her as the victim. Which I believe is so not true.
Read the truthbreedshatred blog its written by the sister-inlaw Jodi’s sister.
We have all been deceived for along time.
Everything is for ratings.. They portrayed for along time that they were together and were not. Its so sad but they’ve been lost for along time and greed has taken over and their family is lost because of it..
Read the blog it sheds a light on alot of things..
Pray for them and their children that maybe someday that they’ll see the light again..