‘Jon and Kate Plus 8’ use to be a friendly, and quite entertaining show about the life of a family of 10. The show had everyone falling in love with 8 toddlers are idolizing their parents Jon and Kate Gosselin. However, since January of 2009, things have gone sour and the show, along with the family has been turned upside down.
Magazines around the nation have been publicizing the chaotic events of Jon and Kate’s divorce. There story is no secret the public. The important question is; how are the children going to be affected by all of this?
Both Jon and Kate are battling this issue in different ways. Kate believes that Jon has made mistakes and has hurt their family (they are currently not speaking). He left the family, and it was his decision to separate from Kate, to party it up with what seems like a different woman each week. Jon admits to this erratic behavior and claims he is sorry for his actions and wants to apologize to Kate (through an interview… He can’t go see her face to face?). Kate along with TLC have decided to remove Jon from the show’s title, while only getting little air time on the newly named ‘Kate plus 8′. I mean lets face it, she is the super mom; where has he been?
In response, Jon has lashed out to end the show all together. He had an Epiphany? More like his ego was shattered and now he is playing the “daddy card”. Although his sudden change in behavior seems right on time with his firing from the TLC hit, he brings up a good points in his interview with Larry King that aired yesterday Oct. 4. He claims the show is a detriment to his children, and his divorce from Kate should not be televised. As a family, he wants to reconnect. He believes the show has gone too far, and to that extent, I would have to agree. I think the kids are at the age where the show could potentially take over there lives.
My solution to this entire disorder would be to have Kate do her own show. Kate is worried about not being able to support her children and believes the show is giving them great opportunities. If she hosts her own show, she could still provide for her children without the messiness of getting her children involved. I believe the public finds her entertaining enough. With being an author and having her own television show, she could have a great following. More interestingly, with the children being out of the lime light, Jon can be satisfied and we can all see if that was the real reason of his sudden change in heart, or he is just bitter.
Read more about Jon’s sudden Epiphany here.
The whole thing is a mess. They need to do something before the kids get hurt by it. However, the coolest kid on the show is definitely Aiden!!
Aiden is definitely my favorite as well. Maybe they could do a show on just Aiden. I would watch it!