Jon and Kate Plus Eight

[mystikchick]

Going back to what someone said a little while back about people from Reading knowing that Jon has been out and about with ladies, someone on another board I regularly post on said the same thing.

"As far as whether he's actually having an affair with this other woman, he was caught out in Legends, a Reading bar. My brother and his friends go there all the time, and a few of them were there the night Gosselin and his girlfriend were. They were all over each other. If they're not sleeping together they sure do act like it."

I think Jon wants/wanted to get caught, no question about it. Would he get hit up for alimony though, if the marriage dissolved? Kate's the one that writes the books and goes on the PR tours. Jon, as far as I know, is currently unemployed.

I think the thing that baffles me about this whole mess is the girl's "brother" releasing details to the media about his little sister's sex life (ew, major squickiness there) to "protect her." If my brother ever dreamed of doing something similar, he'd have to seek his own protection pretty damn fast.

[SWTXBelle]

http://www.popeater.com/television/a...eakup%2F480269

[LaneSig]

Do you think they will go on Dr. Phil?

I would think that they would be better off talking to a marriage counselor than talking to People Magazine. Seriously, you have 8 kids to consider. I'm not for the parents staying together if they are totally miserable and making the family miserable. But, if there is something to salvage, and you still do love each other, make it work.

[AnchorAlum]

I just hope that these two are sitting down somewhere, far from a camera, with a professional counselor. There are some real issues they both bring to that relationship that have been magnified because of their "fame" and the money that it has brought into the family.

Kate comes from a completely dysfunctional family and behaves not unlike an adult child of an alcoholic. Controlling as hell.
Jon comes off as immature and irresponsible. Just what someone like Kate needs - she can control him using putdowns.

This marriage is a train wreck, and when the cameras are turned off, there are still 8 little kids who need grown ups for parents.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

I just hope that these two are sitting down somewhere, far from a camera, with a professional counselor. There are some real issues they both bring to that relationship that have been magnified because of their "fame" and the money that it has brought into the family.

This marriage is a train wreck, and when the cameras are turned off, there are still 8 little kids who need grown ups for parents.

The more I read about their lives before the kids and the show, the worse I feel for the little kids.

[SWTXBelle]

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/kate-gosse...guard/22420?nc

[epchick]

Originally Posted by OTW

This is just plain ridiculous.

I don't like the lady just like most of you, but even I find this hard to believe.

I completely agree! This is completely ridiculous!

[SWTXBelle]

I always say truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense. That said, yeah, I'd be surprised if it were true. BUT my question - is all of this publicity actually going to be good for the program? Are more people going to watch, or will TLC decide it's no longer a viable program?

[SWTXBelle]

New season is supposed to start the 25th.

[nikki1920]

they both need to turn off the cameras for a while and get their marriage issues worked out. Jon needs to get a backbone and Kate needs to learn how to talk TO and not AT her husband. Mady and Cara can come stay with me.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

^^^ Agreed. If you would rather talk to interviewers about your relationship than your husband, it's time to give up the ghost. Get off tv and do what is best for your children and stop making your lives into a spectacle. With the addition of more and more reality shows involving children with parents participating in/ making poor lifestyle choices it's getting more and more incredible. Do you really think you're kids in school will not hear about these things from their friends and feel bad, vulnerable, or embarassed?

[epchick]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Do you really think you're kids in school will not hear about these things from their friends and feel bad, vulnerable, or embarassed?

Seeing as how their kids are 5 & 8 I doubt the kids really hear back from their friends about this, I think that Mady & Cara know enough of what's happening to not worry about getting it from their friends. I do hope everything gets straightened out with Jon and Kate.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Originally Posted by epchick

Seeing as how their kids are 5 & 8 I doubt the kids really hear back from their friends about this, I think that Mady & Cara know enough of what's happening to not worry about getting it from their friends. I do hope everything gets straightened out with Jon and Kate.

My sisters are 10 and watch Jon and Kate and since the families in their area of PA know they are local celebs, I'd be willing to bet a LOT of those local children watch this show religiously. It is a family oriented show. Kids all over probably watch it.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

My sisters are 10 and watch Jon and Kate and since the families in their area of PA know they are local celebs, I'd be willing to bet a LOT of those local children watch this show religiously. It is a family oriented show. Kids all over probably watch it.

Oh I don't doubt the kids their age are watching the show, i'm talking about whether the kids would know about the scandals surrounding Jon & Kate. Isn't that what you were referring to?

Originally Posted by DallasDelta

i love Alexis! Is she the one with the long hair? ya i'm hoping it's all false, how can either of them jeopardize the lives of their kids and families. I guess we just don't know the full story of their personal/public lives

Hannah is the one with the long hair. Alexis is the one that loves alligators (or as she says it aldergaders)...she has the "medium length" hair.

[nikki1920]

I really do wish them the best. I hope they can work it out.