Jon and Kate Plus Eight

Did anyone catch last night's episode?

When talking about her parents, sometimes I wish she'd just say "I'm ashamed of mom and dad and this is why..." so she can save others from Googling it. Don't know how valid that answer is (especially the part about the no teeth), but the generic answer she always gives and the look she has when she gives it leads me to believe that she's totally hiding them on purpose.

[CBU Jeff]

Originally Posted by OTW

Did anyone catch last night's episode?

When talking about her parents, sometimes I wish she'd just say "I'm ashamed of mom and dad and this is why..." so she can save others from Googling it. Don't know how valid that answer is (especially the part about the no teeth), but the generic answer she always gives and the look she has when she gives it leads me to believe that she's totally hiding them on purpose.

I agree. Plus the whole "Nana Janet" thing always throws my wife and me off.

Originally Posted by CBU Jeff

I agree. Plus the whole "Nana Janet" thing always throws my wife and me off.

I'm curious as to how they got people to sign up to help in the first place.

I know that, with other multiples (namely the Dilley 6 and McCaughey 7), members of their church took shifts in feeding and changing.

The way Kate put it out there last night, it seemed like they put out an open call for help. Immediate family need not apply.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by OTW

I'm curious as to how they got people to sign up to help in the first place.

I know that, with other multiples (namely the Dilley 6 and McCaughey 7), members of their church took shifts in feeding and changing.

The way Kate put it out there last night, it seemed like they put out an open call for help. Immediate family need not apply.

What I understood from last night's episode was that Nana Janet, Beth, etc were people who contacted Kate to help. Kate mentioned that she met Nana Janet when right after she had the twins (Nana Janet would cook her meals and bring them to her), so i'm assuming Nana Janet just volunteered to help. Kate also mentioned that Beth volunteered to help her.

The Gosselins church is 30 mins or 1 hour away (i can't remember which Jon said) so I don't know if any of the congregation ever helped.

Plus Nana Janet, Beth, Carla and Aunt Jodi all live in the same area---the latter three (if i remember correctly) live within houses of each other.


Can I just say that i'm falling more and more for Aaden. Leah was my favorite but Aaden and his "professor" glasses get me every time! I think he's just ADORABLE!!

[CBU Jeff]

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Can I just say that i'm falling more and more for Aaden. Leah was my favorite but Aaden and his "professor" glasses get me every time! I think he's just ADORABLE!![/quote]



Joel is halarious.

Originally Posted by epchick

The Gosselins church is 30 mins or 1 hour away (i can't remember which Jon said) so I don't know if any of the congregation ever helped.

Plus Nana Janet, Beth, Carla and Aunt Jodi all live in the same area---the latter three (if i remember correctly) live within houses of each other.

Right, but remember, the 6 lived in that old house for their first year. Wyomissing, I think?

Beth, if I'm not mistaken, lives on those acres of land.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by OTW

Beth, if I'm not mistaken, lives on those acres of land.

I absolutely love Beth's house. I wish I were one of Beth and Bob's kids sometimes. Also, I think Jon works for Beth's husband, if I'm not mistaken.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I absolutely love Beth's house. I wish I were one of Beth and Bob's kids sometimes. Also, I think Jon works for Beth's husband, if I'm not mistaken.

I read on another message board that Jon did work for Bob after he quit his government job, but he's started his own business and works from home now.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by OTW

Right, but remember, the 6 lived in that old house for their first year. Wyomissing, I think?

Beth, if I'm not mistaken, lives on those acres of land.

I know they were married in Wyomissing, not sure if that was where their first house was....but it would make a little more sense since Jon's dad was always around and also Nana Joan (i think that is her name).

But I know that Beth moved. I remember her talking about it in one episode. Idk if she still lives in Wyomissing. I would find it strange if she lives in Wyomissing b/c Jon made it seem like it was sooo far away (that is where they saw the 4th of July parade) and they always drop the kids off at Beth's.

[epchick]

Question for all of you.....do you think since the sextuplets are going to preschool soon, do you think they'll continue w/ the show? If yes, how do you think they'll film it?

Originally Posted by epchick

I know they were married in Wyomissing, not sure if that was where their first house was....but it would make a little more sense since Jon's dad was always around and also Nana Joan (i think that is her name).

But I know that Beth moved. I remember her talking about it in one episode. Idk if she still lives in Wyomissing. I would find it strange if she lives in Wyomissing b/c Jon made it seem like it was sooo far away (that is where they saw the 4th of July parade) and they always drop the kids off at Beth's.

I recall seeing the "Wyomissing, PA" banner in the Surviving Sextuplets and Twins specials. In the ones after that, they've simply read "Central Pennsylvania"...probably good reason for nosy people like us.

Beth's still in that gorgeous house, right? After all, who'd want to move and give up all that space?

I've read Wyomissing, Lancaster, Hershey...all over, but some other stalkerrific fan posted they live in Elizabethtown, PA on another site. I also take it that not too many people who live in those areas aren't real fans of Kate or the show.

ETA: Being that others are posting the family's and Aunt Jodi's home addresses on another site, I wonder if the show provides security for them?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by OTW

Did anyone catch last night's episode?

When talking about her parents, sometimes I wish she'd just say "I'm ashamed of mom and dad and this is why..." so she can save others from Googling it. Don't know how valid that answer is (especially the part about the no teeth), but the generic answer she always gives and the look she has when she gives it leads me to believe that she's totally hiding them on purpose.

That explains things alot. I always found her answers to the "Why aren't your parents on the show?" question to be a little weird, like she was hiding something. It was never just like "Oh they live far away." or "We don't talk much." That's pretty normal. It's always something like "It's just better off at this point in time for them to not be around." That leads people to believe that there's something going on with them.


Sidenote: I loved seeing their home videos. I'll say it again, John and Kate were totally hot before they had kids.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

That explains things alot. I always found her answers to the "Why aren't your parents on the show?" question to be a little weird, like she was hiding something. It was never just like "Oh they live far away." or "We don't talk much." That's pretty normal. It's always something like "It's just better off at this point in time for them to not be around." That leads people to believe that there's something going on with them.

Sidenote: I loved seeing their home videos. I'll say it again, John and Kate were totally hot before they had kids.

Jon's story is more believeable -- my mom works a lot.

Kate's dad's face was even blurred out in the wedding video.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by OTW

Jon's story is more believeable -- my mom works a lot.

Kate's dad's face was even blurred out in the wedding video.

Her dad's face might be blurred in the wedding video because (if I remember my TCOM Law & Regs correctly- but it's been 16 yrs since that class) he would have to sign off on having his image shown on TV (since it is not a news/sports program and he would not be an incidental background person). So her parents might not want to be on TV and therefor they legally have to blur out his face.

As for the blog, wow, I think I need to go bleach my brain after reading some of that.

I still love the show and I don't care how many freebies they get.

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

Her dad's face might be blurred in the wedding video because (if I remember my TCOM Law & Regs correctly- but it's been 16 yrs since that class) he would have to sign off on having his image shown on TV (since it is not a news/sports program and he would not be an incidental background person). So her parents might not want to be on TV and therefor they legally have to blur out his face.

As for the blog, wow, I think I need to go bleach my brain after reading some of that.

I still love the show and I don't care how many freebies they get.

Oh, I wasn't even thinking that. I was thinking more along the lines of "I'm ashamed of family and I don't want anyone to know how they look like."

I just saw Jon's hair transplant episode and it made me think of the HAIR TRANSPLANTS ARE THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE! thread. I laughed at Kevin's "the things you do for your sister!" remark.

I don't care about how many freebies they get, either. If someone offered me free stuff, I'd take it in a heartbeat...and I know many of you would, too.