Jon and Kate Plus Eight

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.

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by OTW

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.

I can't blame them at all. I'd take free stuff in an instant.
When the McCaughey's had the septuplets years ago, they got all kinds of free stuff including a house!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by bluefish81

I can't blame them at all. I'd take free stuff in an instant.

Honestly, they'd better take all the freebies they can get. Can you imagine what it will cost them to send all of their kids to college?

[ForeverRoses]

^^ According to the blog OTW posted, they have college savings accounts or something set up, but still... People were up in arms about that. Seriously, would you rather these 8 kids go to college from college funds set up based on donations or end up deadbeats with no future (which would cost taxpayers more in the long run).

And as a mom to 3 kids, I would love for someone (anyone??) to come and help me with my laundry and fold clothes. And I don't think I have EVER ironed any of my kids clothes. I don't have time! I can only imagine the amount of laundry 10 people produce!

[epchick]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

^^ According to the blog OTW posted, they have college savings accounts or something set up, but still... People were up in arms about that. Seriously, would you rather these 8 kids go to college from college funds set up based on donations or end up deadbeats with no future (which would cost taxpayers more in the long run).

Well the people were upset because the college accounts were set up by the state of PA, and supposedly Jon & Kate deny their existence.

I can't even understand why get sooo upset for little things. Supposedly one person emailed Kate to ask what the kids wanted for their birthday. Kate asked for a gift card to Walmart/Target so that she could get the kids what they wanted/needed when they needed it. This lady (and a lot of others) got soooo upset, saying all Kate want is money & that they are living off the kids yada yada yada.

Apparently I was unaware that Jon is unemployed & that they are mooching off their kids to make money.

Originally Posted by epchick

Well the people were upset because the college accounts were set up by the state of PA, and supposedly Jon & Kate deny their existence.

I can't even understand why get sooo upset for little things. Supposedly one person emailed Kate to ask what the kids wanted for their birthday. Kate asked for a gift card to Walmart/Target so that she could get the kids what they wanted/needed when they needed it. This lady (and a lot of others) got soooo upset, saying all Kate want is money & that they are living off the kids yada yada yada.

Apparently I was unaware that Jon is unemployed & that they are mooching off their kids to make money.

Eh, I'd take whatever's said on those blogs with a grain of salt. I've seen some websites where people have posted complete untruths about the family. Beth comes along and puts the smackdown on a lot of it.

[ForeverRoses]

I thought Jon was working either for Bob (Beth's husband) or as a web developer at home. And so they get paid for having a TV show. It's the highest rated show on TLC right now. They had better get paid well! And I don't consider the TV show as living off their kids.

No, they wouldn't have a show without the kids, but some of the appeal of the show is Jon and Kate.

I have tried to watch shows on the Duggars and even the one about the quints (Quint-essential I think it was called) in Illinois, but the adults annoyed me too much to keep watching.

I also like watching shows on the Dilley six-pack as well. And those kids have been on Campbells soup commercials and even a made for TV movie about them.

[SWTXBelle]

Here's an idea - if you don't like Jon and Kate, DON'T WATCH THE SHOW. Seriously, how much time and energy have these people spent working up a good head of steam towards hating Jon and Kate? Get a life, folks!

[breathesgelatin]

I'm not a regular watcher of the show, but let me put in my vote that the show should continue until the kids go off to college. Can you imagine high school dating/prom in this family? How about college visits?

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

I'm not a regular watcher of the show, but let me put in my vote that the show should continue until the kids go off to college. Can you imagine high school dating/prom in this family? How about college visits?

In an episode last season, Kate couldn't believe at the number of phone calls the twins were getting at age 7. Jon said, "at least it wasn't a boy..."

I may get flamed for saying this, but I wouldn't be surprised if Joel is gay when he gets older.