Jon and Kate, plus 8 and two more?

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Jon & Kate also have a little-known rich relative who helps them out. They won't starve any time soon.

[lvpets2002]

I could have swore that just this morning on the news they said Kate is already going out with another man.. You know I wonder how the Doctors feel now that did all of that loose flabb surgery on Kate's tummy now.. Yup about a year ago a man & wife doctor team did Kate's flabby tummy (from having 6 babies) surgury for FREE..

[RICHARD]

Yup about a year ago a man & wife doctor team did Kate's flabby tummy (from having 6 babies) surgury for FREE..

Most of the stuff, vacations, clothes and ? they get is free.

The trip they took to DizzyWorld - was more than likely comped by DL themselves.

They did drive but, they had accomdations for 12, a giant suite, admission to the park and the hats, shirts.....

Dizzy is a GIANT media machine.

If you saw that episode you will see that they went the extra step to shop the brand to the viewers. Any other huge family would have been told, down to the penny, how much they would have to pay for the same 'tour' of the park.

My brother went to DL here in Cah lee fuh nee Ah and admission is 69 dollars per person for adults. He ate at a buffet style BBQ eatery and the tab was 217 dollars for 7 people!

http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/dis...distickets.htm

There is no way to see the whole park in one day, let alone the CA Adventure addition, and even then they sock you for admission to that area.

For the 8 kids and four adults the cost would be 742 dollars just to get in.

I remember going on discount nights for about 25 bucks a ticket.


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The kids are the ones to suffer because you know that when the cameras go away, so will the perks-and those poor kids won't know why.

[smokey the elder]

TLC used to be a good channel. These "reality" series gag me.

[RICHARD]

TLC used to be a good channel. These "reality" series gag me.

I can watch the first few, then it's over for me.

I saw a couple of the "18 and counting" then wanted to get neutered.

[pomtzu]

I saw a couple of the "18 and counting" then wanted to get neutered.

That one is the worst of the worst.

[Medusa]

I was surfing last night and came across J&K+8 and it was all I could do to sit through a few minutes of it. This is what all the raving is about? They've had 5 seasons? Wow.

[lvpets2002]

Now why is there water on my computer screen.. Cause I had just got a drink when I read your post Richard.. Laughing my buttt off again..

I can watch the first few, then it's over for me.

I saw a couple of the "18 and counting" then wanted to get neutered.

[dukedogsmom]

I don't watch any of those breederific shows. I'm sure it'll make TLC very happy if they get more kids to add to the mix. I remember a long time ago when TLC and Discovery Health actually had great programming. Now, I very rarely even venture to either channel because they're stuck on one topic.

[RICHARD]

LOL,

Saw a clip on of K doing an interview for a TV show.

It was during a break because the kids were goofing around and the mom was sitting there watching them. One of the olders twins was fidgeting around and asked the mom for a drink of water. The kid isn't acting badly but is starting to whine. The mom tell her to sit tight and the kid tells her, "You are being mean!"

The next clip shows the mom opening up a bottle of water, taking a sip, recapping it and the clip cuts to the little girl telling K that she is mean to take a sip of water in front of her......

Oh MOMMA! That was the first sign of the end of days.

wait until the kids come home from school with some 'words' and the "YOU ARE STUPID!" mantra.

Poor old Kate will stop in her tracks, begin to tremble, then run out of the room so the kids don't see her crying because she failed as a parent.


This is a train wreck that will rival any seen before.

As soon as the kids start to "smell fear" in the parents and start to realize that mom is screaming more and more at daddy, it's all over.

[blue]

'Jon & Kate Plus 8' stars say they're divorcing.....

BY ESE ESAN
DETROIT.METROMIX.COM

Updated at 10:20 p.m.

"This is the hardest episode ever," Jon Gosselin’s said as he began the special one-hour episode of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”

"We can’t go back now,” Kate Gosselin said in a separate interview. “We can only go forward.”

Reality stars Jon and Kate, who are parents to a set of twins and sextuplets, dropped an anticipated bombshell during their show Monday night when they announced that they were separating after 10 years of marriage. Divorce papers were filed Monday afternoon in their hometown in Pennsylvania.

“I have to do what’s best for me and my kids,” said Jon who first spoke to his soon-to-be ex wife via cell phone in the episode titled “Houses and Big Changes.” “It’s been so stressful.”

Over the last few months, tabloids have pointed fingers at both Jon and Kate for infidelity, but Kate said during the show that the problems stem back longer than that. "We haven’t really known where we were going, but we’ve been dealing with this for a long time," Kate said.

While some tabloids argued that the Gosselins are victims to the “reality show curse,” where married couples split after having their lives taped (think the Hogans, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, and Danny Bonaduce and ex-wife Gretchen), Kate claims, “I believe it’s a chapter that probably would have played out had the world been watching or not.”

The Gosselin kids seemed oblivious to the drama their parents were experiencing as they sported Crooked House T-shirts during part of the show and received playhouses that start at $1,249, according to kidscrookedhouse.com.

Both parents insist that “Jon & Kate” will go on -- with the kids staying at the $1.1 million house and Jon coming and going according to a yet-to-be-determined schedule.

Source.

More.

[caseysmom]

Yeah I watched, I wonder if its a publicity stunt, I don't really think so but it does make me wonder.

[Pam]

For the first time last night I felt sorry for Kate. I think it has sunk in with her how much this split is going to cost them in terms of the family she had hoped to always have. Her eyes were definitely puffy and she confessed to a crying meltdown the day before. I think she probably realizes her mistakes (she has confessed to being hard on Jon) but it seems that there is no patching things up and no turning back.

Jon seemed to be the one who wants this to happen. I can understand his point of view. He (and Kate) are only 32 years old and they have 8 kids. As they say in the beginning of the show, "it may be a crazy life but it's our life." Can you imagine just how crazy it is? I raised two and that was hard enough. Jon said he wanted this for the good of his children (so they didn't have to witness all of the fighting). He is right. The fighting is no good, but divorce will present many other problems. Raising this group is hard enough with two parents at the wheel let alone one at a time.

I really think these two could benefit from some good counseling. Unfortunately the impression that I got as I watched the show (more from Jon than Kate) is they want this split and that is the way it is going to be. I think counseling has probably never been an option. Therein is part of the problem.

The sad part is that the kids will some day watch this and understand and a few of them may blame themselves for splitting up their parents due to the high stress level of just keeping up with them. It was not their fault. It is actually not anyone's "fault" really. It was a huge task to undertake (having and raising 8 children) and it was probably only a matter of time til the stress killed them.

[happylabs]

I was hoping the BIG announcement was going to be that they were canceling the show. The best thing they could do is cancel the show and get on with a normal life, well, as normal as one could be for them now.

I also raised two kids, and, yes, it was a full time job. My husband left me after 17 years of marriage for an old college girlfriend. His reason for leaving was that he was not happy. He expected me to fix his unhappiness. I tried but he wasn't. My kids were 13 and 11 at the time. I asked my husband to go to counseling to try to work things out. He wanted no part of it. I asked the girlfriend to back off so we could work on our marriage and she declined.

The divorce was tough for me because I still loved the guy. I went through a year of being hurt and healing my heart. Then I went through a year of being hateful towards him which did not help the kids. Finally, I came to my senses and realized that being hateful was eating me up. After that we parented the kids together even though we were not living together or married any longer. It isn't an easy thing. My kids are 22 and 19 now and have come out fairly well.

The reason for my rant on this...I cannot imagine going through this with 8 kids! They could work it out but they need counseling big time.

I'll get off my soap box now.

[beeniesmom]

Jon seemed to be the one who wants this to happen.

I really think these two could benefit from some good counseling. Unfortunately the impression that I got as I watched the show (more from Jon than Kate) is they want this split and that is the way it is going to be. I think counseling has probably never been an option. Therein is part of the problem.

The sad part is that the kids will some day watch this and understand and a few of them may blame themselves for splitting up their parents due to the high stress level of just keeping up with them. It was not their fault. It is actually not anyone's "fault" really. It was a huge task to undertake (having and raising 8 children) and it was probably only a matter of time til the stress killed them.

I totally agree with what you said. It's a real pity.
I was really sad watching the episode last night.

It's pretty obvious that Jon initiated the divorce because he is tired of the lime light and being treated as less than a man .... and as I mentioned somwhere in this thread about him being passive.... he admitted being the passive one and letting Kate rule the roost.

They are both to blame.

I don't agree with what Kate said.... about this happening whether they were on the show or not. I don't think it would have happened if they lived out of the lights.... they both would have stayed more in tune with each other.