Does Anyone Else Watch Jon & Kate Plus Eight?

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• I seriously think he married her cause of how beautiful she was. Have you seen the episodes where they show pictures of her when they first got together?? She was like a bombshell. After all the kids she’s still pretty but nothing what she used to be. I think he’s a bit superficial and she knows it but they stay together for the kids.

• I seriously think he married her cause of how beautiful she was. Have you seen the episodes where they show pictures of her when they first got together?? She was like a bombshell. After all the kids she’s still pretty but nothing what she used to be. I think he’s a bit superficial and she knows it but they stay together for the kids.

• You forgot to add how Kate’s always slapping Jon in the face.

• it sounds amazing. i want to see it

• sounds good I need to tune in but her husband does look a little slow

• YES! This show is a guilty pleasure of mine, it is so intriguing to see how they handle eight kids! And yes, Kate is such a bitch, she is so controlling over Jon and orders him around all the time. I feel so bad for the guy. She also seems to have a really stereotypical view of the roles of males and females. Like in one episode she was laughing at the fact that Jon and a guy friend of his had to take care of the kids by himself for one day. It was like she thought he couldnt handle childcare since he’s a guy. She is so obnoxious yet I keep watching it haha…

• I WATCH IT! I LOVE IT!
  Ive noticed she treats him like that too. I think its the stress from all the kids.
  If you watch it when its just them, like if they go on a date, shes not like that with him.
  The past few weeks theyve had shows where John and Kate just 1 child and spend the day with them. Again, she doesnt treat him like that. Theyre actually pretty loving.

  BUT

  If i was him i would snapped and hit her at least once by now.

• Me and my roommate watch this…they seem to have genuine affection for each other, but she’s pretty impatient with him (I don’t have 8 kids, so I can’t judge) and he tends to react to it with a roll of his eyes or a passive aggressive comment. I don’t know if that’s just his frustration over not being appreciated or what, but I get alarmed when watching them cause I want them to make it. Their kids are insanely adorable though.

• Oh and i agree with Savna. Kate was a bombshell when they got married!

• yay beet! further proof that you and i should be best friends in real life! =) i watched this show for like five hours when i was bored at a hotel (i don’t have cable at home). and it’s so addicting. i also watch because of jon and kate’s interaction. she is pretty mean to him. and he lets her walk all over him and i’m pretty sure they don’t have ANY sex. which is really depressing because sex (good sex) is really important in a marriage. i don’t know why they got married but i hope they don’t get divorced. maybe they should have a show called jon & kate plus eight= therapy. cuz they need it.

  p.s. their kids are so beautiful! i love interracial babies. i’m having some. the end.

• god I love the little one with the glasses. best. kid. ever.

• I haven’t seen it too much this season, but I used to watch it all the time! I actually made my husband come with me to see them talk at a Bible Church and we’re definitely not Bible Church people. They were really nice, and just like you would think. I’m not sure what I was expecting, it is a reality show! Kate’s really not mean to Jon, she just gets a bit cranky with all the kids. And yes, you do end up talking to each other like that when you’ve been married for a while and have kids, unfortunately. I starting watching it because my three kids are kicking my ass and I wanted to see how she managed. Please post more about it, I love the show. What about her obsessive cleaning!!! She cleans the floors 3 times a day. I’ve been in my house for a year and I think I’ve cleaned them 3 times.

• I LOVE that show…she’s a wench, but hysterical

• I really enjoy it. I have a stupid little crush on Jon, hahaha. I think the marriage dynamic is just because they are such opposite personalities…she’s very high strung and he’s very laid back and both are kinda necessary to survive a brood like this.

  The tensions do get pretty high sometimes but that’s realistic with a bunch of kids. When they’re in confessionals together, even when snarking on each other, it seems affectionate. I know I tease the people I love the most the worst.

• I just think it’s hilarious how in every single shot Kate always looks WAAAAAY stressed out and Jon just looks tired. 8 freaking kids’ll do that to ya! As for Jon wanting to kill Kate… I’m not sure, but if I had that many kids under 5 years old at once, I’d probably want to kill myself.

• Yeah… I don’t understand why Kate has to be so wretched all the time either. That’s pretty much why I stopped watching the show. Her bullshit was giving ME anxiety. I can only imagine how her husband feels. Then again, my boyfriend and I (we’ve been together for six years now, next year we’ll be common law! Yay. Not!!!) bicker kinda like that. But, I don’t slap him around or degrade him like she does.

• I couldn’t agree more Beet.

  Kate is seriously high strung – all with reason of course (i’m sure anyone else in that situation would be equally as neurotic). Jon is a saint to put up with her intricate little bits of psychosis.

  But what gets me about that show is how horrible Maddy is… I definitely would be selling that kid on the black market. She’s such a snot!

• THIS IS MY FAVORITE SHOW ON TV. THEY DO NOT HATE EACH OTHER, JUST CAN BE ALL LOVEY DOVEY ALL THE TIME. THIS IS THE WAY MY BOYFRIEND AND I ACT AND I LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF HIM. SOME PEOPLE JUST ARN’T INTO THAT MUSHY STUFF. THEY ALSO HAVE 8 KIDS AND ARE STRESSED 24/7. THEY ARE AMAZING PARENTS AND PEOPLE. MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIKE THEM.

• I love this show!!! The one show where they went skiing was crazy. Kate got sick and Jon had to take all those kids to lessons. That”s crazy. I agree she’s mean to Jon but I’d be crazy too, looking after all those kids.Makes me tired just watching them. Good show that will last years. I bet they have a another show in ten years about living with teenagers. Maddy will be the star.lol

• lovee this show!

• I adore this bitch. She says all the things to her husband that I wish I could say to mine. Mine world say something mean back…. But i sure feel like it, sometimes… I mean all the time. I couldn’t imagine 8 kids, but she needs to lighten up and get these kids some daycare. Mine works wonders!

• BEST SHOW EVER! none of my frinds watch it either but its soo great!

• I love that show!!!!

• never hoid of it.

• i agree that jon must be very unhappy. although, i bet he doesn’t want to kill kate. i bet he just wants to shoot himself in the face. she is everything you said; neurotic, negative, mean. and she used to be beautiful and happy. then all the kids came. she had a tummy tuck on one of the shows, did you ever see that one? i was like, so you’re telling me i can totally abuse the concept of fertility, spending hundreds of thousand of dollars on treatments and pouring hormones into my body, pop out eight kids, have everyone else pay for them because we become a media sensation and everyone gives us whatever we want, and then i can get a tummy tuck for free too? i can’t seem to change the cahnnel when i come across it, but it does make me a little angry that they didn’t just adopt. there’s children and teenagers who never even know what it feels like to have parents, meanwhile jon and kate bring eight (somewhat unplanned) kids into the world and everyone loves it. but i certianly get into it, especially when kate’s barking orders at jon and he’s rolling his eyes and then in their confessional they act all normal. and they’re so not.

• ive watched this show several times, jon looks very unhappy, but he cant do anything about it.

• OMGOSH I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! I never miss an episode!!! LOL i think it wuld be so fun to have so many kids!!!!! but i dont like how kate treats him!! She treats him so bad and she needs to be set straight!

• This is normal. And overrated.

• I watch this show all the time. You people must not have kids, I only have 2 and believe me you snap!! I couldn’t imagine handling 8 of them. He gets to leave the house every day, she is stuck with it all!! I would need to be on meds 24-7.

• I watch this one, too. We will discuss at the studio on Thursday!

• OMG Beetie buddie…..might wanna seek TLC Anonymous, gf. But hey if it’s keeping off ya the ciggies….addict yourself out on that insanity. (Seen a snipet but flip after disgust.) Lesson for infertile couples….if ya can’t have kids, there might be a reason. Havta be careful what you wish for. What’s wrong with adoption?

• Yes, I’ve seen a few episodes of this but not in a long while.

  Kate is rather bitchy with him to the point of shaming him and he is passive aggressive. Neither are good for a happy relationship.

  She was/still is very attractive and he must make a lot of money to keep them in a nice home, cars, vacations, etc so it does work both ways.

  This kids are really cute and somehow, at the end of the day, they keep it all together and that’s what really matters.

• THIS IS MY SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Beet, we were meant to be! ;) I absolutely LOVE this show. I love Jon, Kate & all of the kids.

  Kate does act a little shitty to Jon, but you gotta remember editing! I’m not saying they only show the bad side, but they rarely show the good side of her. I think she’s great, she’s had 8 kids & has to deal w/ a ‘grown-up kid’ (Jon) Yes Kate is VERY anal, but sometimes he’s just a little too nonchalant about things. But I love them!

  You’ve got to remember-EIGHT KIDS! They do act lovey some of the time, you can tell they really love each other. Kate’s nagging (etc.) is a way of showing it, I think. And the way Jon acts like he doesn’t care about things, but he really does. (Valentine’s Day=Cutest Thing Ever!)

  I think Jon is absolutely gorgeous (I know, I know) I’m not digging what he’s doing with his hair nowadays, you’re balding, get over it! :) He looked better w/ it gelled back instead of swooped to the front-it looks kinda goofy.

  SOOOOO-obviously I love this show & I think they should change the name to ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8, Plus Ashley’ hahahaha! And DUSTIN is right-the one with the glasses is the cutest. kid. ever! (Aaden) All of their kids are sooooooooooooooooooooo cute! ♥

• sorry so long-i always hate it when other people do that-it’s jon & kate-i had to-sorry. :)

• I just started watching this show yesterday. My friend was over and put it on…so weird that you’re writing about it today.

  I definitely thought that about Jon and Kate’s relationship, too. We watched like 5 episodes on demand and I was very intrigued watching them together. I even said “can you imagine what it would be like if they divorced?” because it seems like all of the love between them is pretty much because of the kids.

  However, it’s difficult to really know because we only see what’s interesting for tv.

• I love watching that show, but it grew on me. I don’t know if I want to have kids, and I really thought a show about eight kids would scare me. But…those kids are so funny and cute. My fave is little Aaden with the glasses. He’s so cute. I also like the twins.

• I’m so addicted to this show. It’s too great. I mean I’m exhausted just watching. I also love that they show them having arguments and getting overwhelmed. It shows that its normal and they are human. They showed that other show with the couple with like 18 kids and it was erie how perfect they were, i didn’t buy it.

• OH MY GOD-I’VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW!!!

  they had a documentary on this family and it was so popular they made it a show. she really is a bitch and a crazy clean freak.

• I looove this show, however I don’t admit it to many people. I think Jon can be equally as annoying as Kate, although Kate would drive me insane.
  But I gotta say too, if I had even one kid like Maddy, I would go crazy too. Have you ever paid attention to her? She’s the most annoying brat ever, if she were my kid she’d have been spanked a loooong time ago. I would be nuts too!!
  But Cara and the sextuplets are adorable, and sweet for the most part.

• her hair was long and straight; sort of surfer cute girl style. then she decided on a severe butch style to scare jon away from her because she is afraid of giving birth to 18 babies at once. God bless them.

• I LOVE THAT SHOW. and no im sure he loves her, thats just the interaction caught on camera

• I LOVE that show! Those kids are so damn cute!!

• This show is so awesome and I’m completely addicted to it. Their kids are adorable for the most part (Maddy does seem kind of mean, but who knows because it’s like 1/1000 of their life that’s shown. Can’t wait to see how long it will go on for!

• Muffy,having six children at once is not normal!!! WERIDO!

• I love this show tooo!!!

• I love that show, but I can not stand Kate. Its like everyone in the house has to live by her iron clad rules, and I think she gets way to rough with the kids when she’s mad at them. Like one of her little boys had gum on his socks, and she screamed NO WAY, yanked off his sock and like dragged him off the ground in the process. She treats Jon like shit, and you can tell, if the camera’s werent there, he would probably say a thing or two. I’d like to see him give her a nice smack in the face once or twice, maybe she would stop then.

• love the show! i used to watch it all the time until house came on at the same time….but now i should be able to watch it again since house is over for the season! :)

• I am so excited you posted about this show. I watch it all the time- along with Little People, Big World- another great show. And to add to the end of your entry with the gum, she almost threw away Colin’s teddy bear and when he started to cry and say “his my buddy” I wanted to die!

• Kate acknowledges that she acts cowish, which is a plus. Once the kids start treating Jon the way Kate treats him, she’ll have a reality check and be all repentant. Let’s face it, what can either of them do- child support, separate residences, joint custody of eight kids- divorce isn’t a realistic option for them. I think the tension of their relationship is what makes the show so fascinating, it’s so much better than watching the Duggar family with their 17 kids.

• they already had two – why didn’t they just adopt? i’m over these fertility treatments that give women litters instead of a baby. i have no sympathy for these two – they are in a hell of their own making. the kids are cute, though.

• I love this show! My brother-in-law and my friend got into a HUGE fight over this show (who knew J&K would be so controversial haha??)! The kids are so friggin cute and yes…Alexis is my favorite (I think). Maddy is from hell. I think Kate is sorta bitchy, and my sister (a doctor) said her friend worked at the hospital where she delivered and she was a raging bitch. I am sure I would be too, but I think it was just more than the labor…it was to staff everyone. So I don’t think it’s editing. Then again, I’ll be a bitch when I have a kid coming out of my body too.

• I LOVE this show and none of my friends watch it. But yeah Kate is always slapping Jon in the face…

• Wow Beet, LiLo post and nothing. Jon & Kate Plus 8 and over 50 comments!

• They are going to have so much fun paying for college when those kids grow up. Hopefully, financial aid will have mercy; oh wait, they never do.

• I love the show but if they don’t get control over Maddy they will have a huge problem by the time she is a teenager. She and all the kids are really cute.

• i was wondering if anyone knew what happened to all the grandparents,i once heard kate say they are not in their life.wondering if u knew!i love the show too

• Jon definitely wants to kill her. I haven’t seen it in a month or so… THinking he digs the $$ from the show and the trips… but she is a serious pain in the ass. Anal, compulsive cleaner… damn, i’m getting hives thinking of her.

• Amanda, you’re a bitch~

  I was answering Beet’s question directly, don’t judge!

  Let me spell it out for you….
  Beet said: “or is this just how all married couples with children interact? If so, maybe marriage and children are overrated …”

  And I said, what I said. F you.

• i love this show.

  i think kate secretly blames jon for the sextuplets.

  …or the fertility drugs.

• I definitely watch the marathons.

  I got hooked after the episode where Kate hired a maid. First she would not hire a woman who would not get on her hands and knees to scrub the kitchen floor (something Kate does tree times a day apparently). She finally gives one a try for a day and the maid cleaned almost everything perfectly, including an accident one of the kids had in the bath tub. But she did not dust inside one of the entertainment units and forgot to vacuum under a night stand. UNFORGIVABLE. Kate said that the job would not have met anyone’s standards and instead to talking to the maid (I will admit that she did not speak English well) and working on it, Kate gave up after one try and started complaining about how she had to start looking all over again.
  I just know that one day she’s going to have a heart attack from her need for control. I like to think that I’m trying to learn how to not be like her, but I’m pretty sure it is because I’m evil
  I do also love how Jon and Kate have mismatched personalities.

• Yes, I have always thought that Kate and Jon have a really bad relationship, she seems to think he’s an idiot. Actually, she seems like she hates everything and she does treat him really badly. I feel bad for Jon.

• YES! It’s so in my TIVO! I think they really love each other. If I remember correctly they were together for a while before the kids, so Jon probably knew she was neurotic and bossy already (I’m sure the kids didn’t help that though). And we must remember this is a REALITY TV show on TLC but reality nonetheless. Meaning it’s edited to tell a story and usually exaggerates characteristics. So I don’t think their life is that bad, but I do feel bad that people judge them so harshly.

• ive seen lots of loving couples have a relationship like theirs and the mismatched personalities seem to really work. but glasses kid is like the coolest kid ever born i love the little guy

• I love it as well. I think that both of them bicker at each other, and Jon pulls the frustration snippy card to Kate too. I like the behind the scenes show where they will talk about where they are at in their mind set in each clip. You can see their love for each other, and I mean come on my hisband and I bicker with 2 kids let alone 8. HAHA I just cannot believe how put together and orgainized they seem- they always know where everything is! Every morning seems like a battle for me to find shoes, jackets, get dressed, hair combed…yada yada…they are super stars and a team. Love em!

• I watch this show and love it! Kate completely reminds me of my own momma which is hilarious and creepy at the same time. I think Jon has a really really dry sarcastic sense of humor and is probably half dead most of the time, I’m pretty sure he works full time as an IT Annalist. Kate on the other hand, is/was a Nurse so she has the energy to keep up with the small things, and by small things I mean the little ones lol. I love how cute of a family they are, I want to squish them alllllllllllllllll!

• Dude…thank you.

  I thought I was the only that saw that Jon fucking HATES her, because she is a psychotic, controlling, anal bitch.

  I had to stop watching the show because every single time they sit the two of them down in front of the camera it just made me uncomfortable seeing how they interact. I get weird about stuff like that anyway though…so that might explain that part.

  But yeah, that guy is definitely miserable. Part of it probably has to do with the fact that he’s probably afraid to even bang her anymore, lest it end up Jon and Kate Plus 14. So that’s got to just add to his misery…

• I admit I don’t watch it regularly but once I saw her HUGE belly while pregnant and the belly butt after I was loving it. She is a miserable bitch but honestly I would be too with 8 kids, 6 of them being 3 years old. The freaking effort they have to put into just managing a meal is obscene. I have three kids and some days it’s a lot of work.

  Thanks for the reminder of how I should be watching that show to thank god every second that my husband had a vasectomy!!!

• i love this show. it’s fascinating to watch. i love how tender the little kids are with one another (not all the time obviously). it’s so sweet the way they hug and kiss and care for one another.

  kate is neurotic and definitely does not treat john that well.

  mady is a complete and total bitch.

• Kate may be neurotic, but come on! She has 8 kids! If she wasn’t totally organized the house and their lives would be a wreck. If Jon was left in charge, mayhem would ensue.
  Jon doesn’t hate her. He says all the time about how much he thinks she’s hot!
  Speaking of that, did you see the earlier episodes where she got the tummy tuck because her stomach was so stretched out after having the sextuplets?! That was crazy! She called it her butt stomach.

• She is such a witch to him! I love how he takes it in stride though. Butttttt, it seems now that he is standing up for himself more and saying NO when she aks him to do something! There is most def. a divorce somewhere in their future! Oh and she was not worried about her teeth would look sitting next to him, she was JEALOUS!!!! The kids are lovely though, they are just so sweet to one another (besides Madey).

• Beet, your observations are right on. I do watch the show, but then I get super irritated because I can’t take all of the crying and screaming. I als can’t take how mean Kate is to Jon. I am married and I have a kid, I can relate a little bit because my daughter is moody just like theirs, but goddamn!

• Ok I get the whole “she is home with 8 kids all day” argument BUT she has neighbors folding her laundry, nannies all day long, friends on every trip so it’s not like she is there all day ALONE. She’s a raving bitch when he gets home. His “quality” time with the kids is baths and bed. Two things they are not all that fond of, while she does all the playing with them.

• I have twin boys who are just a little big younger than their sextuplets….and i go NUTS dealing with just the two of them. In Kate’s defense, it must be SUPER hard to deal with all that chaos daily. When you have to plan for so many kids on a daily basis, you can tend to get snappy(total understatement!). I have done it to my husband…but let me tell you…watching the show makes me feel LOADS better about my situation.

  Yeah…she’s a bitch….but as they say “you’ve gotta be in this business” and her business is an extrememly busy and nerve-wracking one. The husband has it easy. I know mine does too…sucky as it is.

• lmao @ morning sick… i totally agree with you, i like to watch this with my husband, cus then i get to just say “see? see why she’s mad?” hahaha.. And i don’t have to just say it myself… But yeah, i love the show, and i do think Kate is a bit of a bitch sometimes.. And that Jon either loves her very very much, or he’s just slow… lol..

• Oh and by the way… I hate Madelyn.. (whatever the spell is..) She is so fucking annoying!…… I can’t stand that girl..

• Have you seen this Jon & Kate parody? http://tomandtrix.blogspot.com/

• I absolutly love this show . I have been watching it for at least a year now . But I must say She treats him the way married people are when they have kids . She is a SAHM and he works so she in turn I think is kind of envious that He Gets to leave the house everyday .At least thats how I felt when I was a SAHM . Now the slapping is her Love Taps and he gives me the impression that he likes it .I bet they are pretty Kinky when they are Alone ……

• Love this show. They do well being the parents of eight children. If they don’t drop kick them, they have done their jobs. Yes, I’m a mother of two, and I say this with love.

• I’m addicted.. the show is like watching a train wreck. So many kids! But I’d be super pissed if I had to ruin my body cranking out 8 kids and every single one of them looked like their father! So TOTALLY unfair!

• Can’t stand her, sorry. Used to watch it but she’s just too much of a bitch.

  Instead of all the freebies she’s accepting all the time, maybe she should take some of that hard earned cash her kids are making for her and her husband and get some marriage counseling/take some parenting classes.

• I can’t stand bpth of them. Jon is NOT working he quit his job. She is not home alone with them all day. she has nannies twice a week. every other month she and Jon go on tour telling how harad is is. They get a loy of money ffor doing this show. The commerical of stuff around the house Like JUCY JUICE is always shown. She says she is disappointed becasue one of the boys is not perfect her words because he wears glasses. She does not go out on the boys special days. WOW ONCE a year? they get more freebies than most famlies. they are not the only family with sixtuplets. she demanded the state of philadlephia give her a nurse for another year even thought Jon and a host of volunteers were helping her. She has a volujnteer come in and fold the wash. you need to go and read http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3172271&st=1050
  this couple begs for every thing. All clothes are free,most toys the same. If they go out is a free meal. I think MAddy is a favorite of TLC the poor kid is ignored. I have seen Cara have lots of melt downs but its very small air time. Kate is always tired. I think she makes work for herself. Like the story she tell when the kids were babies and they need paper towels and some one gave them 250. and then a box of them came. Kate you could haved saved a lot with cloth towels. thats what I use. did you know the house they are in the rug has been changes twice and they are having a mega mansion built for them. Guess that hard earned money some of you are sending them will be put to good use. Also did you notice they are hardly outside in the back yard? there is dirt out there and kate will not let them play in dirt. also they have been reading the site I am on and are changing. these poor kids are always on display. perfect clothes

• I love Kate. I think she is so funny. Jon gets her and you can tell they love each other. When she yells he doesn’t take it personaly, he understands she is just venting. She is greata with kids.

• I love this show. It is probably my favorite, and yes this is how married people interact. I think I watch it because it is real, and I’m sure a lot of married couples with young children can relate.

• I didn’t think jon quit his job, I thought he could work from home with his new job?

• I THINK JON’S OUT OF THERE WHEN THOSE KIDS TURN 18!I read all the responses & I didn’t see anyone mention about the fact that Jon DID NOT WANT ANYMORE KIDS after the twins! During the 1st season, they mentioned that, but now they gloss over it. He said that having a family of 4 fit perfectly into everything. But she had to have her way & have one more. I think the kids are cute & fun to watch. But my favorite part is when Jon snaps & tells Kate about herself. I also think that after the first season, when she came off SOOOOO bitchy, that they tried to soften her up & make her seem more human. Which I think is pretty hard to do, because she is absolutely the most demanding, neurotic, bitchy, germiphobe I have ever seen in my life.
  I’d love to know how much they make from exhibiting their children. It must be a lot if Jon could quit working (which I did not know). I have to check out that website that Mary talked about.

• Note: They have 8 children, they are bound to get a little tense with each other. Yeah, Kate can be overbearing at times but a lot of this is due to editing. If you want to pretend that what happens on reality TV is EXACTLY what is actually happening then I feel bad for you. These people are being recorded 24/7 and it gets filtered down into a one hour show. Do you honestly think they’re going to make shows out of a couple that loves each other and never fights? No, they’re going to take every petty argument from one week and turn it into a show, because that’s where the ratings are.

• My mother and I love this show we watch it together all the time. It’s funny my mother loves Kate and hates Jon she thinks he is a jerk. And I love John and think Kate is a bitch. Well to John anyway. And the kids are the best. The are the cuties kids. But Aaden is by far my favorite

• I love this show. My husband says the same thing. He thinks Kate will end up dead sometime and this show will be John’s way out of the klink!!! LOL
  She does make me think that if a neuro like her can handle 8, then I should be able to handle one! :)

• Coach and who ever else thinks “mady is a bitch” you are all crazy!!!!!! she has her good and bad moments just like any other human!!!!! could you even imagen the stress of having 7 siblings!?! give her a break!!!!!!!

• Reading the comments, I’m surprised to hear so many people think Kate is bitchy and overbearing. I actually thought Jon is somewhat boring, emotionless, and mean. When he reacts to Kate, it makes him look aggressive and short-tempered. But, I can totally see now, how she puts him down a lot. But, I honestly think they get along well, or at least normal. Anyways, I’m loving this show! The kids are SOOOO adorable. I watch only for them. Aaden is such a cutie, with his glasses and small eyes. But, I love all of them. Mady is just a kid, so she’ll be brat sometimes. I think she’s pretty, smart, and very aware of surroundings. She has a quite a personality, making her outshine everyone else.

• Okay, Kate is a (nagging) bitch most of the time, from what I see on the show, seems like her way or no way. Mady desparately needs her butt whipped, stomping around, slamming doors, sneaking around hitting the little ones like she’s running something. And Jon, needs to slap Kate or say something in his defense. Most women would be just happy the man stayed around long enough to help take care of all those kids, who, by the way, are absolutely adorable. Its almost like she’s trying to run Jon off, and yet, I cannot stop watching this show. I have seen all the reruns twice or more times. Its amazing how I love this show. I hope it doesnt go off because I want to see them at 13 – 18 I love them, they are too funny.

• i love this show!!! asian babies are soo adorable

• We have this show here in Australia and I watch it religiously. I think Kate is the pants wearer in their family but like most I do reckon it has been edited to pick on her bitchy moments. I have four kids and they seriously do my head in at times and the oldest three are at school. I have one baby and he is hard work but to imagine that times six. No thank you.
  I think the focus is very much on the kids so they forget about each other which is done by everyone when you are busy. I bet it wont still be a ratings success when the kids are older and home life isnt so frantic.

• I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! !! !!! !! :)

  i hink that jonh and kate only bicker b/c of all the stress of having eight kids!!!!!

  like thats ALOT of kids. can you imagin not ever having peace and quiet unless its late @ nite???!!?!?!!?

  i Dont think Kate i ANAL i think she just CONSTANTLY worries about her kids… which isnt bad. they love their kids AND each other!!! !! !!

  if you every see when they are just alone there REALLY sweet, and she slaps him like joking… my parents seriously do it ALL the time… LOVESLAP!! HAHA

  but I do love the show expecialy Alexis and Aaden!! ! !! ! SOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!! :) LATER!!!!!!!!!!!

• also the strange thing is that even though their life is CRAZY and must be SOOO hard i woulnd mind that mny kids crazy but true !!! !!! !!! !!!

  I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!! :) I WATCH IT RELIGIOUSLY… :) IT’S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH LOVE IT>>and i think Kate is a great mom that love jonh but just gets flustered and stressed!!! >:(

• I do and I forgot what the name of that park is. it is the one when they went on the memorial day picnic

  I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I love this show! Considering everything Jon and Kate have to deal with, they handle most everything as best they can. I know I would be much worse. I think Kate’s a mom that works hard and makes sure that her kids have what they need. Just feeding them is a full time job and she does a great job at it. I only wish I could be that good at it. The kids are so adorable, but they have gone terribly wrong with Mady and the fact that Kate makes excuses for her. Mady has issues alright, nothing a good spanking wouldn’t take care of. Mady is absolutely hateful to others, but don’t say the wrong thing to her or she goes ballistic. That episode when they were playing dress up and Kate takes Mady to another room and asks Jon to close the door behind him was once again Kate protecting Mady and then Mady came out in a wig and glasses all happy and ready to be the center of attention, but when Cara told her “that’s mine” Mady took off running pitching a fit and then Kate tells Cara “that’s not nice Cara.” Of course, Mady said “Cara hit me” which wasn’t at all true. Yet Mady can violently jerk and grab things away from the lilttle kids and hit them on the head, not to mention lie and there’s no punishment, only excuses. I can’t understand how they let her storm in the door after school and go into the bedroom to watch tv to let her calm down. She has serious anger issues. I loved when they were in Utah and the lady that went with them ran up the stairs after Mady to make her do something. Jon & Kate need to handle Mady a different way because what they are currently doing is not working. I don’t like to watch the show too late in the evening because I find myself going to bed and feeling angry that once again Mady got away with murder. Enough about Mady but I could certainly go on… Again, love the little ones, especially Aaden and Alexis. Too cute for words.

• Kate is a jerk. And no, it is NOT “normal” for couples to act like white trash and treat their spouse like crap just because they have some kids and have been married for a while. I am 7 months pregnant with our 5th, we’ve been married for 15 years (since age 18) and we have NEVER treated one another OR our kids with so much disrespect. Stop making excuses for people who are just horrible in general. Kate would find a reason to be a witch with or without those kids, they just give her an excuse. Unfortunately, in many homes today it is COMMON, but it’s NEVER normal!

• I really like this show and Kate reminds me as myself omg that’s so weird but either way i love there kids and i love the show

• Kate is the epitome of a woman that can effectively start a divorce. So if you’re planning to dump your husband, just imitate Kate.

• If this show rates a lot higher, I’m sure Kate will be the most devilish she is and might even have the illusion that she’s as great as Britney Spears. Shame on her.

• Shame on anyone who takes fertility drugs and finds a way to have everyone one, but themselves, pay for their selfish choice. They already had 2 kids. Look at their body language, they can’t stand each other! Free tummy tucks and hair transplants have nothing to do with the poor kids, but only with their own selfish wants. These are very undesirable human beings who percieve anyone who critisizes them as being unhappy. Hah! I have never seen two more miserable people in my life. Lastly, shame on me for watching this dreck… never again.

• Wow! Everyone on the page is so quick to judge, and rather harshly I think. To call a seven year old child a bitch and a brat is unreal. Kate and Jon, from what I see are doing the best they can to raise 8 kids. Yes they can lose their temper with eachother, but they are so normal. Everyone loses their temper with kids around, and I have never once seen them handle a child roughly or take discipline too far, which is admirable. Couples fight, and they are in a pressure cooker situation. I think Kate is a great mom who loves her kids and Jon loves them as well. They are a very young couple to have so many children and I do not think many people would do so well as they have. Clearly Kate had a difficult upbringing so to do so without a good family role model is even more impressive. Most importantly the children are sweet and love eachother. They don’t sensor themselves in front of the camera, which is what makes the show so compelling. Anyway, I just think people should give Kate some slack, and why all the criticizing for taking freebies. With a ten person family I would take whatever i could get, little luxuries make life worth living, and if someone wants to give them free juice or a piano, where is the harm?

• i like the show

• She talks too much that’s for sure. And even though she keeps saying that it’s arealit show, I think she aways make a show. I used to love the show but could stand her no more.

• Kate is such a b – – – -, & so lazy. she alwasy has help with the kids, always bossing & yelling at poorJjon . Jon works & has to come home & do a lot around the house. Poor Jon had to move furniture and lay the carpet & still watch the kids while she was getting her hair done. They also need to get Mady in check, she is so mean to the other kids. always yelling , hiting them. always mad for one thing or another, she is just like her mom Kate. Kate cant even pick out her own clothes.

• Poor jon he should kick Kate in the ass she is such a bitch & their daughter Mady is a bitch just like her mom, I would like to c Mady get a good ass wippin. she is such a mean little bitch.

• I love this show…the dynamic between the two is more honest than most people would like to portray of themselves. they clearly love each other and their children. they do argue but never do they ever say anything really mean to each other or call each other names even when disagreeing, which is more than most people can say about their own relationships. They both recognize that they are very different, but for them it works. they have eight young children which does create alot of stress, but you can see the love between them all. And anybody who can’t understand that needs a reality check. Kate is a neat freak and uptight, but that doesn’t make her bad she wants what is best for her family. Unlike alot of other parents, she doesn’t curse in front of her children and she promotes respect for each other.

• Hey! I’m totally obsessed with the show as well. It’s summer vacation and I watch it all the time. I do think Jon and Kate are in love and I’m sure they have sex. It’s just with the stress of eight children it gets kinda hard to be nice all the time. I love the kids as well, they are so beautiful and adorable. My personal favorite is Aaden (the one with the glasses) and Alexis (the “wild woman”) I love the show because the Jon/Kate relationship reminds me of my mother and father’s relationship, so it’s comedy for me.

• omg and I totally love when Kate makes them kiss and hug to resolve their problems. Those are some of the cutest momments.

• Are you people watching the same show
  Leah is banished to basement to sleep ALONE.
  if the kids are sick no comfort from Kate she yells at them for making her do more laundry.

  the kids are just in underware because they can’t get clothes dirty. they have a big back yard but them are not allowed to paly out there because the will get dirty.
  she refuses to go out on the boy outings. she have lots of babysittting, mother helpers, and people to do other work

  Jon quit his job Both John and kate go out to different churches to tell thheree s ad stories. Now how many of you have found enough money in your couches and chairs to make a morgage payment.

  They get free trips, food, clothes, toys, all other stuff you will see around the house as placement for advetrisements.
  Jon does all the work.
  she justs sits.
  the kids are not allowed to have any fun Disney, crayolo

  she hardly feeds them a few grapes and crakers, long naps

  she call her boys icky, and gross

  she put a little boy who had a high fever and flu in laundry room and closed the door.

  she has around 10 of those filthy potties on each of the floors of the house.

  then BOTH of them left all 8 kids who had the flu one who had been in bed for 4 days and had not eaten in 3 days for a FREE trip to LA for Jon to get a hair transplant..
  would any of you mothers leave you sick kids yeah she left them with thier aunt and uncle who own kids were sick…. No Kate likes the title but not being the mother. (Last episode) Ohh yeah on another site its reported they make 65,000 per episode. They are building a new home.
  keep watching you will see its all about KATE. Poor kate

  she is never seen playing with her kids only when they make believe for the camera’s

• Mary, you hit the nail on the head! But how many thoudsands of people idolize Kate and sympathize with her “hard” life, and they make excuses for her horrible behavior. What a sad, sad mess American’s are in, when they watch the show because it “reminds them of their own homes”. No wonder the kids I teach are so messed up. Parents now think dysfunction is normal. Verbally insulting and abusing your loved ones is the new way of “showing your love”(Kate and Maddy’s love taps). The thing that makes me really sick is that this is being portrayed as someone’s half cocked idea of “Christianity”!!! Puke!!!

• i am hooked on them! i think they should get a medal! there kids come first, couples with one and two kids are not like them. they should be motivational speakers for people with children. you can tell they will stay togeather of course they love eache other but the children come first. GREAT!!

• Yes, I must admit, I am slightly addicted to the show.
  Also, No DUH Kate is bossy over Jon,and yells alot.
  Lets make you take care of eight kids every single day, for years and see how calm and patencet you are.
  There are kids screaming, making a mess, refusing to do something, complaining and ugh.
  Kate is extremely organized-which is what needs to happen if she wants to have them have a fun childhood. Jon most likely likes it that way, imagine what would happen if Kate died or something? It wouldn’t go smoothly when they went out, they wouldn’t have a fun childhood at all.
  So far, they have raised outstandingly well behaved children, and I think they have earned more respect than most people are giving them-esceppelly when those people would scream if they had eight kids to take care of, six at once, eight two days every week- during school at least.
  Also, there is money, and their futures. They care very much and put their children first.

  They are doing an excellent job, and no doubt about ti those children while grow up wonderfly, and become a successes.

• This is horrible.
  Kate does a damn good job.
  I would LOVE to see you guys take care of eight kids, every day and see how f—ing take it! Would you do it all alone? No! You wouldn’t, people are glad to help and she smartly takes that offer.
  She does laundry, she cleans, she cooks, she watches them, she tries to get to know every single one of them, so of course she needs a break once in a while!
  She is HUMAN she is not perfect, and neither am I or anyone else here!
  It is a good thing they took a break, or else they would not be able to do their jobs.
  Oh and I am pretty sure Jon liked switching jobs, he doesn’t exactly hate the kids, he wants to spend time with them to.
  Kate is organized, and that is EXACTLY what needs to happen!

  Kate is doing a GREAT JOB, she is HUMAN and is doing a better job then most of you could.
  Jon and Kate are actually communicating when they are arguing, and when as you might see if you didn’t focus of the tantrums when they are relaxed they talk perfectly nice to each other.
  Also, what the fuck is wrong with you, those calling Mady a bitch?
  She is Seven! You expect her to be perfect to? No! She is going to have tantrums, she is SEVEN AND is living with seven other children! They all crave needed attione! It is perfectly normal! A basic human needs attione, and to relax every now and then.

  Kate could have gotten rid of the kids if she wanted, but did she? No she loves her family, as does Jon.
  Kate works hard every single day, trying to make sure everything is going smoothly so they can be happy! She could have gotten an abortion, but No! She loves her family, and Jon? He could leave if he wanted to. Kate could get help with the kids, get a few Nannys, do some advertisements.
  Answer me this; How many of you actually take care of eight children, with a camera crew following you around all day? She is doing the best she can, and is proubly doing a whole lot better then most, if any, of you could.
  They are all human, as everyone here is. Your the ones with the image that kate her family should be calm and perfect.
  So what? She freaks and wants orgainzation with eight kids? Oh no! She is a bitch now!

  No.
  She and her family are HUMAN.
  They have needs that really needs to be fufilled.
  They need money,
  They need some time to relax.
  And they need some attione.
  It is only human

• THEY do not need money. They should stop all the beggining. Its reported they get 65,000 per episode. Jon and kate run around the country every other weekend going and telling thier story and getting money for doing it. What parent would leave 8 children who 6 was sick with the flu. One child had been in bed sick for 3 days and had not eaten. Kate’s brother and sister in law who have 4 kids of thier own (who was also sick) came over to watch the kids while Kate and john left for Jon’s hair trasplant.

  who has those germ filmed potties all over the house. those Children should be using the toliet. they NEVER ever wash thier hands. she uses Purel. (gets free for product placement and kates mentions)
  she travels with them also. there every where in the house. ok what is with bibs and sippy cups.. those kids are not going to find those in school. They have not let these kids become children they are still todlers.

  she has her favorite all the time. Hanna is stuck like glue to her. she does not care for the boys. she never goes with them on special days.
  Once a year to take your child out. (yep not being paid for special outing) she said she was so disappointed the AAdain was not perfect because he has to wear glasses. She does not care for boys she has said this calling them icky,gross.

  putting a sick child in laudry room on floor , closing the door and forgeting him until jon walked in (when he was working)
  all she cared about was laundry that would be have to be done.

  I do not understand why she has so much laundry. how many times a day do those kids change? they can’t get dirty because she will not let them.

  Relax thats all kate does. she has to much help. If she cared about her family she would kick those camera;s out Jon go back to work and kate go back to work like millons of other people and stop the begging. you do not see other families with muliiples beg. she is not the only one with sextuplets.

  I could go on about Jon but i do that later.

• OMG I LOVEEEEE J and K! me and my friends all have our little jokes with them. Like i have a weina! daddys have weinas!! when i saw that i was laughing SO hard! they are so adorable but that lil matie can be … how should i say this…. like a bitch

• I love this show. Me and my brothers and sister, watch it all the time. We like how cute they are. The funniest episode we saw was when Kate was obsessed with her kids taking a poop! I’m 15, my brother 12, my sister 11 and my youngest brother 6. I still can’t believe how they took all their kids to Disney world. Well at least they’re trying to give their kids a normal life, instead of their kids not being able to do things cause of their big family. I also don’t believe Jon married Kate because of her beauty, it’s just this thing you see when they’re around each other. You could just see fireworks bursting out. Anyways, I think this show is great, because you could just see how their life is, and how hard it is to have eight children, but all the benefits of having that many children. I have one question though, how much money do they get for doing their show? I know it’s none of my business but you must confess it does tackle your mind every now and again!

• it was posted on another list they get $65,000 per episode. that is what they are gettting to invade thier children’s privacy. Those of you all hate poor Maddy. Maddy is her mother she acts just like kate. when she grows up she will be another kate.

• yes i watch it all the time and i love it so much.

• Seriously, can we all just focus. They are a normal family, if of course, you had eight children and most the same age.
  I just want to say that Kate for all she has to do is incredible under all that stress. We all have stress, Kate has it so much over anyone would get like that.
  As for the money mentioned, Mary…You try to save money for eight children to go to college in the future for four years or more, cloth and feed them for eighteen years. 65,000.00 is not relly that much.

  As much as you all think that jon does not love his wife yes, he does. It is so clear that he really loves his family, but hey you be a Dad of eight childen all wanting your attention! Can you imagine how hard it is for him to leave his family to go to work??

  They are an amazing family!

• Mary if you don’t like the show stop watching.

• Two things:

  1) It’s possible that Mady is going through a really annoying/obnoxious phase (a long one, granted, but still) and will turn out just fine. Anyone who has children or spends a lot of time with children knows that this is normal. It’s kind of sad that everyone is judging her as if she were a fully realized human being – she’s just a kid with a ton of brothers and sisters. I bet things will turn around for her with time.

  2) It’s so obvious that Jon and Kate are crazy about each other. I think that all the people who are criticizing Kate for being a bitch do not have kids. Mothers I know with 2 or 3 kids snap, even the nice, reasonable ones, and when I discuss the show with them they all say that they CANNOT imagine being in Kate’s shoes and they don’t know how she manages not to be a bitch 24/7.

• One last thing…the kids are very sweet and considerate to each other, apart from the normal sibling arguments. They enjoy each others’ company and are affectionate and cute with one another. They had to learn this by example for the most part – that is generally how children learn how to treat others, by watching their parents. If Jon and Kate really argued all day long and Kate was always horrible to Jon, the kids WOULD NOT be so sweet and caring to one another.

  The way the kids behave is proof that Jon and Kate have a loving relationship, even if it’s not perfect.

• ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! I can’t believe how negative some of you are… get a life and turn the channel but I bet you wouldn’t like whatever is on the next one or the next one or the next one. The people who dish out such negative things should get some serious help to find out why they continue to watch something that they dislike so much. You have the choice to watch whatever you want so please instead of going over detail by detail all the negative things you are pointing out here, please just watch something else that can suit your negative life. Do you hate your own lives so much that you have to put down others??? GET A LIFE

• Loved the show about Kate and Jon from the start

• ADORE the show, and all of the participants. I rewatch episodes time and again. The parents are brilliant, empathetic, sympathetic, and incredibly efficient. God really has blessed their family, and I feel privileged to be an observer. You chose a wonderful topic.

• Where are the grandparents? Do they live near them?

• HI ME IS SAMANTHA
  AND AM A MOTHER OF THERE KIDS,THEY BOTH ARE GIRLS
  I REALY LOVE YOUR SHOW!!!!I THINK LEAH AND ADDN ARE SO FUNNY
  WITH THERS WORDS.I THE THINGS THAT YOU WITH YOUR KIDS,LIKE
  WHEN THEY HAVE THERE DAY BY THEM SLEF’S. I THINK YOU KATE,AND JONH MAKE GOOD PREANT’S OF 8!!!

  OH,AND KATE,AND JONH YOUR THE NUMBER 1 .

• HI ME NAMEIS SAMANTHA
  AND AM A MOTHER OF THERE KIDS,THEY BOTH ARE GIRLS
  I REALY LOVE YOUR SHOW!!!!I THINK LEAH AND ADDN ARE SO FUNNY
  WITH THERS WORDS.I LIKE THE THINGS THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR KIDS,LIKE
  WHEN THEY HAVE THERE DAY BY THEM SLEF’S. I THINK YOU KATE,AND JONH MAKE GOOD PREANT’S OF 8!!!

  OH,AND KATE,AND JONH YOUR NUMBER 1 .

• HI,MY NAME IS DOMINICA
  i am a mother of FIVE KIDS. i know have 8 kids and i it ceames to me
  like i have 8,and some times think i cant whait on till me kid are a
  litte big so when i dressing them up i don’t have to be late for work.

  I LOVE YOU SHOW!!!!!!!!!

• I LOVE YOUR SHOW SO MUCH!!!!!

• Did anyone else catch that one of the production crew asked John & Kate when they found out about the multiples, she said 6, no 7…
  what is that about, did they loose one early on? (This was a repeat of an early show that was on tonight 6/18)

• I’m a little tired of this show. How long can you watch Kate being neurotic, controlling and demeaning to her husband. To listen to her go on and on is truly excrutiating. She truly thinks she is ‘it’. Also tired of all the freebies; tummy tucks, hair plugs, vacations, products, etc. It’s all very transparent. They are also getting a nice income from the show along with the book deal and appearances. The show about the little people is just as bad. I put both in the same category. Time to move on!

• Jon and Kate plus 8 rocks.

  some people need to be a little less negative. Kate is still very pretty. They both talk about how different they were in appearance when they were married they agree they were different. If I had 8 kids my hair woud have gotten short too, its just easier to maintain, and it still looks nice!

  If you cant tell they are in Love then i am not sure what show you are watching. so they have arguments, doesnt everyone? and I am pretty sure if you had twins and 6, 3 year olds , you would be yelling at your husband aswell, even for him to hear you over the noise thats in that house. They are both just very open with everything which makes them argue!!!

  anyways the show is fantastic and if you dont like then dont watch it!!!!!!

  and DAWN I am 99% sure there were 7 and they lost 1……

  anyways I love the show and i just hate reading things that are mean and negative towards the family. they dont deserve it….no one does!

• and i really doubt they get 65000 per episode……maybe per season!

• I appreciate your enthusiasm for the show, but please, get a hobby. I think you are a little too absorbed in the show. Remember, like many modern day couples of multiples they were on fertility drugs. They knew the chance of another mulitple birth was significant.
  I am also bothered by the fact that there is absolutely no inclusion of religion in this show. That tells me the family has no religious foundation at all. I guess Kate’s only worship is herself.

• It was 7 kids, Still i think kate is so mean & still a fucking bitch. The poor kids can not even have some ice cream, at disney she was sooo mad 1 of the kids spilled ice cream on gersel, what the hell kids spill thhings on them self & get durty , that is normal with all kids. When i was small my dad told my mom let her get dirty & play in the dirt, let her have fun. Kids should be allowed to play, have fun get dirty, they are little kids not little adults eat ice cream & candy once in a while .fucking kate makes a big deal about the shoes they wear. when the kids are outside, she sits on her fat ass & yell at Jon go get the kids , look at what they are doing, dont leave them behind do this do that & she is still sitting on her fat as. she has help all the time, there is always someone helping her. And yes bitchy mady needs as ass kicking for being so mean & a bitch, she is just like kate. Funny how kate does not have a relationship with her parents, she said she does not have a relationshioe with them & would rather not talk about it. WONEDR WHY.

• I really enjoy this show. My husband and I get a kick out of watching. We have three small children we can’t imagine doing what they do on a regular basis. That being said though we have noticed that Kate seems to be difficult and uptight at times. I’m sure she does have a TON of laundry/cleaning to do but she needs to learn to live a little at the same time. We’ve noticed that she is very smart mouthed to Jon and I’m really not sure how he puts up with it. I think he must love her but sometimes I wished he’d tell her what HE really thinks! We recently just watched the episode of them when they got married and we also felt that she was a complete knock-out! So very pretty, but her personality seemed to do a complete turn around. I guess 8 kids will do that to a person! I’m sure I would have a nervous breakdown! We plan on continued watching I just hope she gets nicer!

• Did anyone see the episode when her sister-in-law gave the kids gum? She freaked out! I couldn’t believe how upset she got!

• I HAD A MARRIAGE LIKE JON AND KATE.IT DAMM NEAR KILLED ME!MY EX AND I HAVE 3 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AND THATS WHY I STAYED WITH THE MARRIAGE SO LONG 12 YEARS. WELL I AM CONVINCED IT HAS SHORTENED MY LIFE AND AFTER 12 YEARS WITH KATE! JON WILL FEEL THE SAME WAY. ALL THOSE NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND LITTLE SARCASTIC STABS ADD UP!AND HE WILL ONE DAY EITHER WALK AWAY FROM THE MARRIAGE OR DIE AT A YOUNG AGE FROM A STESS RELATED ILLNESS!

• I love this show, I justed watched it while the twins had their 7th birthday. Keep up the great job!!

• I watch this show all of the time! I love the kids in this show. So cute and so smart! I wish my neighbors kids were that well behaved.

  Starting with Jon. Good man, too passive, should stand up for himself more. I don’t think he wants to kill Kate, but I do think he’d like to smack the shit outta her. And I think he would have by now if there wern’t cameras everywhere. And who knows, maybe they do have sex and she likes being hit during sex and that’s how he gets it outta his system.

  Kate… DRAMA QUEEN!!! Yes she is a bitch. I would be too if I poped out that many kids in all honesty. HOWEVER, that does not condone her behavior to her husband. If she feels that there’s nothing wrong with the way she treats him, she seriously needs help. She needs to realize that the way she treats him is how her kids will percieve the treatment that should come from their signifigant others. If she doesn’t want her kids getting divorced multiple times in their lives she might want to set a better example. For someone who believes in God and Jesus, she sure doesn’t care about becoming more Christ-like, which is honestly suppose to be the goal of all Christian followers, which would include the “Do unto others” that everyone is so familiar with.

  As for everyone else’s perception of their lives and relationships, remember that there’s editors for this show and there’s not in real life. We don’t honestly know what goes on in the pieces on the cutting room floor nor what happens when the camera crews leave. All we see is what they want us to see. We also cannot make judgements on people when we don’t live their lives and we don’t know how we would cope with the situation that God has handed us. I posted my opinions and thoughts only.

  Even with the faults, they are still people that are trying to do the best they possibly can with being imperfect. With all their faults and arguments and bickering, they’re still a loving family. Just because they don’t show their love the way some of us do, doesn’t mean they aren’t loving.

• Hey a big F U to the person who says Kate looks ok. She looks wonderful. It is obvious that most of you who blog do not have any children.

  Jon and Kate are like most couples. So they fight… who cares. It keeps them sane. They both seem to be committed to each other and in love.

  As for Madelyn…I think that maybe they should be a little more strict with her. She is a brat. I applaude Kate, Jon and Cara for not reacting to the way Mady acts.

  I only have 3 children. So who am I to judge.

  Jon and Kate keep up the good work. Good luck with Mady.

• Yes, a guilty pleasure as well! The kids are completely adorable. And yes, Kate can be a bitch, but so can all women…the big difference is that we’re not on TV for everyone to see :)
  I hope they keep this show going for a few more years.

• My wife and I are trying to conceive… I told her, “Hey, maybe we will have NINE and we can take over their show!”….. My wife didn’t think that was funny….

• I kinda agree. But i understand how hard it is to have so many children, so i don’t blame her. Though i have 10 kids, there not little, but no matter how old they are they are still trouble!

• I am in love with this show. The kids are so cute and so fun to watch.Kate deals with them so well for having 8 kids :) haha But your not the only one that watches this. I tought i was too because it seems like nobody knows what this is haha but i am in love with it.

• OMG! that is my favorite show ever! i love those kids! they are ah-dorable! i feel kate’s pain though it must be hard. i think she and jon are a cute couple and they only argue because of the kids. My sister wont even watch it because it makes her stress out! i think they should get a full time nanny! i would do it! well anyways i love jon and kate plus eight and if you haven’t seen it watch it!

• Oh and if they cancel it i will go nuts. they need the money!With eight kids and only one working parent! ughh. Did you see the episode where they all went to Sams! they spent over a thousand bucks!!!

• Oh and do jon and kate have a computer cause you knnow they probly would look this up and might be kinda depressed about the stuff people said about their marrige. oh and there kids. Anyways I love Those kids!!!!!!!!!!! :)

• I love Jon and Kate plus eight. I have seen shows over and over and over and over again. The kids are simply adorable. Kate does a wonderful job as well as Jon. However, kate is a bit abusive when it comes to Jon. I know that she doesn’t mean it. I can see that she is really in love with him, but she should not be so bossy and domineering. This is the only negative thing that I dislike about the show. Other than that, I am a fan

• i just saw the christmas one, and lazy bitchy kate had the nerve to say she has someone to fold her laundy, other wise joh would have to do it when he gets home from work. she has someone to iron the clothes , she has people to watch the kids for her everyday, so what does she actualy do all day.

• Oh i saw the christmas one too. But i mean i think she would be busy taking care on the kids. I know she always has a helper but if she didn’t she would be about the strictest mom in the U.S.Eight kids!!!! i only have four kids and i had to hire a live in nanny!!! i feel kate’s paain!

• I got so hooked on J&K but the longer I watch the more impossible it is for me to be able to bear Kate. She is insane! I hate when she slaps John, (Imagin if it was the other way around and he was slapping her, the show would be off the air!) also, she is just plain mean-spirited. I don’t care how many kids you’re in charge of, you don’t tell a little 3 year old that you’re throwing his bear away because he got gum on it!! I swear it was like mental cruelty. I wanted to jump off the couch and shake Kate to pieces for tormenting him like that. I feel sorry for John, but it’s the life he chose, however, he shouldn’t take the abuse he is taking from Kate. I don’t give that marriage another 10 years. Kids are grown.he’s out of there, unless the witch changes, or…she traps him into another set of multiples!

• Footnote:
  Did you see the one when she slaps him and then when he winces and says “someone save me,” she says, “Oh Jon, don’t make yourself a victim…” I’m paraphrasing but you get my drift. She is a NUT job with all her absolutes and mean ways. I bet you see a change in her soon because ultimitly this will get back to TLC and they will see they might be losing viewers and they’re going to tell Kate to act nicer to jon. (But then she’ll get him behind closed doors. Good luck Jon. Poor baby.

• I have loved the show since the first time I saw it. I have two kids, 1 yr old son and 2 yr old daughter. I also keep my 5 yr old sister and my 3 month old niece on a daily basis. I love Kate. She is inspiring. I am a SAHM, and when I feel overwhelmed, I just think about her. If she can handle her crazy crew, mine is a breeze. I think Jon and Kate have a great marriage. I think it works for them. If Kate was laid back or any diffrent than she was there lifes would be total crazyness. Someone said that she doesn’t ever play with the kids. I have seen shots of her just enjoying the kids. I know from experience that my kids can destroy a perfectly clean room in about 2 minutes. I think that when the camera isn’t rolling she probably is more relaxed and not as worried about the toys laying around or what ever, but who wants there house to be a mess on National Television. Sometimes I have to make my self stop cleaning or doing what ever needs to be done and just play with the kids. It is not becuase I am a freak or don’t love my kids, but I think all the stuff you do for your kids is almost as important as what you do with your kids. Its not like her kids are just sitting around bored. The kids play so well together. On the episode last night, when the boys went going golfing with Jon, the girls and boys were so cute telling each other bye and that they loved each other. If that doesn’t show that Jon and Kate are great parents I don’t know what you are looking for. And as for someone saying there is no evidence of religious or christianity on the show. I have seen at least two episode about the family going to Church. Once when the 6 babies were tiny and then just recently they showed the kids going into the same nursery they have gone to their entire lives. Besides that, Jon and Kate have talked about what it takes to get the entire family up and ready and get to Church on Sunday mornings. If you think about it, a Church isn’t exactly the most appropiate place to take a camera crew. How often would like them to interrupt worship to satisfy some viewers? I hope the show stays around for a very long,long time. My kids even like to watch it with me. Alot of you want to talk about what the get free, or what the make for doing the show. Get over it, you just sounds jelous. I don’t think the kids feel invaded at all, I think they love it. What I wouldn’t give to have that much footage of myself when I was a little girl. It is something the kids will cherish forever. And I can’t believe there are adults, expescially parents who would talk about a child, the way you have talked about Maddy. She is a precious little girl. You must all have perfect children who never get upset with you or there siblings or anything in general. She may be a bit dramatic, but I think she has some qualities that will take her very far in life. I think that all of the Gossling kids will be great members of society when they grow up. I look foward to watching. So if it is not obvious I think Jon and Kate are wonderful. You people who hate Kate need to cut her some slack. I would bet most of you wouldn’t last an hour in her shoes. I also think Jon is a great Dad who loves his kids and Kate very much. It is like we are not even watching the same show when I here people talk about the hating each other and that the will get divorced. I know this is lengthy and I’m sorry, but this is my first and probably last entry so I just wanted to say what I thought. BLESS ALL THE GOSSLINGS!!!

• If that’s how you treat your husband and children, (Topperinpink) then good luck to you too. Do you WATCH what you’re looking at when the show is on, or are you just so taken by all the kids, who are adorable, I admit. The fault is not with the kids, it’s with KATE. With 8 kids or with 1 kid, KATE would be a horror show.

• Yes indeed! Kate is a real psycho!!!!!!!!!!! You are definitely right. If Jon was to hit her like she slap him and called them love licks, the show would definitely be off the air and Jon would be in jail awaiting a trial date. Kate know everything. She is perfect!!!!! She can do no wrong!!! right? Take for instant, her little girl Mady. The good book says spare the rod spoils the child. Mady needs a good spanking. She to abuse her siblings just as her mother abuse her husband. Who do you think she takes after? Kate is not alone raising the kids. She has the whole production crew assisting her along with her sister-in-law and the rest of her friends. My question is Where are the grandparents? Do they ever vist Jon and Kate? One day I am looking for Jon to give Kate a real beat down and then maybe she will be a better wife to him.

• Notice when they are interviewing, Kate is always cutting Jon off and correcting him. She is a very strange and boring lady I think. She doesn’t like the outdoors, She doesn’t like sports, she doesn’t like crafts, she doesn’t have any fashion sense…. I could go on and on. I don’t see how Jon can put up with it. I want to see what their relationship will be like in the next 5 years. I watch the show because I love the kids!

• I know I’m being repetitve, but it really is the truth that if Jon ever slapped her the way she slaps him, there would be NO show! How could there be such double standards? it really blows my mind.

  Forget that she’s oppressive and clingy while still being bossy and critical, she’s just downright mean. What kind of person/parent takes a child’s favorite little bear away and tells him over and over again that it’s going in the garbage because he got gum on it. Saying it over and over again, while he’s crying and saying, “No, don’t throw him away, he’s my buddy… (Paraphrasing but something like that.) I can’t stand that she did that and made him so upset. Then she called her sister, (and after the sister watched the kids all day) told her off for giving the kids a gumball. (Boy talk about ungrateful, I guess it’s true, no good deed goes upunished.)
  she acts like she is this wifey wife, and has Jon pick out all her clothes, because in her own words, she doesn’t know how to, but then castrates him throughout the show. what a phoney!

• I’m a recent addict to this show. At first was like, too much stress, but then on a marathon I got hooked. The children get more and more interesting the older they get. Love em all, but Hannah is my absolute favorite, I think the biggest heart. Maddy, total brat. They better do something to nip that attitude in the bud, if it’s possible. Jon and Kate seem like a normal couple, married for a few years and bitchy with each other, but still love. Hectic life yes, but let’s face it. They’re on television, not your typical scenario. They must get oodles of money for this, plus other perks to many to mention. They are a lucky, lucky family.

• Hey I would act bitchy and snappy if i had eight kids under the ages of eight. Anyone would. I think that they have a great marriage, if you watch the show enough Jon and kate frequently giggle and flirt with one another. And about the post that says “they clearly have no sex, and jon is only there for the kids” I would have to disagree. They flirt a lot and there have been a few lines that are sexual..

• I love the show. I think Kate is great and I think they do love eachother. I’m mean to my husband sometimes and visa versa. So what…that’s life. She has her hands full with eight. I only have two. She really is making memories for that family. She is a strong woman and that’s what you need with such a large family. I love the show and love to watch it. I think they are in love and wow are sooo blessed.

• Did you see it tonight when she SCREAMED at him in Toys R Us? He was so embarrassed and told her so. I have stress in my marriage but we don’t lose it and make each other look fooish and whipped. You’re looking at the show with rose colored glasses. I was like you in the beginning but she is just too over the top for me. You’ll see as you watch. Kate is a physco.

• I think I’m done with kate and Jon. It’s too depressing and nerve racking to view it . I would like to go on record as saying “They BOTH better watch the kids in that front yard. Why don’t they have a fence??? They coral them in the living room and let them run free on the driveway! That is sooo dangerous and stupid of them. Do they believe that those kids will never run after a ball or attempt to ride their bikes down the driveway as an adventure???? Because they haven’t done it yet does that mean they won’t try tomorrow?.NO! Open your eyes kate, you too Jon.

• I know that some of you will say that I’m wrong but if I were a man and Kate had embarrased me like she did, I would have either through it back at her or walked out the store and let her manage the kids. I know she goes through and lot, but so does Jon. He does just as much or more that she does. What’s love got to do with it?…………I just hope they don’t go Ike and Tina Turner on the show. If they do, just know that Kate pushed the issue to this level. Jon…..May God have mercy on your poor soul.

• TO KATE: I know you think you’re a genius with eight pottys all in a row, but here’s a news flash Miss germaphobic. All the different pottys filled with feces and urin at all different tiimes is NOT in the childrens best interest. (I wonder how often they’ve played in it and it got edited so we wouldn’t see. Anyway Katie, how’s about one potty upstairs bathroom, one in downstairs bathroom where it belongs and might I add, NEAR THE TOILET PAPER which I never see you offering the kids. You give them tha disenfectant for their hands..you are ALL show.
  The girls are going to have infections my little genius, by not having them “Wipe.”
  Pottys belong in bathrooms so you can also monitor who’s dong what!!! (IDIOT!!)

• I love this show. I watch it faithfully, I think Mary and some of you are horrible about Kate. She is a wonderful Mom, the kids learn love and compassion from her and Jon. I think those of you who criticize her being bitchy and don’t like products being shown – should just stop watching. When potty training was being done you needed one for each kid. I wished I could have been a good of mother as she is. I wish I had this program earlier in my kid’s life. If companies want to give them money or products – fine, don’t be so jealous of it. That’s great. Great if they get 65,000 per show. They deserve it. I love this show, I will miss it when it goes off.

• In my opinion there is no way they can truly act themselves while TV camera’s are filming. Could anyone? I’m sure the kids do, that’s all they’ve known. Every now and then I’m sure they forget, like the Toys R Us incident, but it has to make you think before you speak. Maybe some one tells them to add a little tension, humor, love, etc. It’s not even like the camera’s are hidden, it’s a whole crew for God’s sake. How can anyone be themselves. The charm, for me, are the children. They have eight kids, very stressful, but it just has to be a little more fun knowing you’re on television. I worked in a day care for nine hours a day, and if I had eight, that was a light day. If a film crew was there, I would have been thrilled.

• I really feel bad for Jon – Kate is so ugly to him – She will be the reason I quit watching this show. If they could just do something with Mady (a good spanking once or twice would help) things would be better. The young ones are adorable.

• In my opinion Kate has very good ideas on how to feed her children, Well done there. She seems very affectionate, and that’s always a plus. I don’t see much discipline where Maddy’s behavior is concerned. I see that all the time. Parents depriving excessive toys, food treats, and television, but practically ignoring rude, and downright mean behavior. They allow Maddy to talk to them like that? That should be a main priority.

• I watch this show all the time and I’ll tell you a secret. Their marriage appears to be very much like the marriage of one of my family members. The husband is 1/2 oriental and works in IT. The wife is not a nurse, but works in a profession that requires a lot of detail work and a high degree of accuracy. In this case there is only one child, but the parents interact with each other in much the same way. She is uptight most of the time, a perfectionist, and yells at him. He just keeps on doing what he is doing. I asked him once why he put up with it and he said, because I love her and I knew before we got married that she was the passionate one and I was the calm one, and that is ok.

  I agree with Deborah about Mady. She needs discipline and if they don’t take care of it now they are going to hurting when she hits her teen years.

• i love it….i dont think kate is a B****, i think i would be stressed too if i had eight kids.not to dissargree with you..we all have our own thoughts.

  Btw..dose anone know how to talk to them?i’ve been trying to for months but i still cant get it…please if you know tell me..and just
  to add because i think its kinda cool but i have the same birthday as mady and cara..

• I totally feel Jon loves Kate. Didn’t anyone ever know a couple where one was the boss? Every couple I know, practically. I’m sure their relationship has always been that way, and this whole experience has probably made them much closer. One thing you seldom see is a couple where both are the boss. That would never work.

• Nanny 911 should get in touch with this family and do an episode

• If I was John I would change the name of the show to Kate…alone with eight! She is hateful to him and treats him like a dog.

• Now I think Jon treats Kate with sarcasm and resentment. I think somewhere along the line she started nagging, and he started reacting with resentment. They probably got in the habit and don’t know how to stop it. They really treat each other badly, and I don’t think it’s just because they have 8 kids.

• Well said Rosemary, I agree with you. That is their way each other, regardless of the children.

• Poorly said, me… I mean, that is their way with each other.

• I think your nuts cause every couple argues and fights and they have eight children that put so much stress on them. Also it’s reality tv they can edit however they want, cut out the parts where they are loving for one another. We only see tid bits into their daily lives so how can we judge. Plus it’s not kate’s fault she’s a tad bit ocd everyone has ocd tendencies but kates just take over a little bit. If she wasn’t so controling her household with eight kids would fall apart. There are six people in my house and it still seems like too much so my hat is off to jon and kate.

• i just finished watching the episode,where they take rhe lil girl to see the alligatera, omg!,she is so darn cute. always smiling and laughing! and to hear her talk is soooooo cut!, yeah i think kate is mean to jon too, chit if i had the chance i would take him off her hand! he is sooo HOT!!kate will get a a taste of it,, with maddy, that lil girl really needs time out on the naughty chair..let me have her for a week!!

• I love the show but it will be just reruns after a season more probably. Once the sextuplets start going to school, I don’t think they’ll have enough material to do a show.

• I was just reading a post by Mary, I believe who is basically bashing the show and family. Try having eight kids yourself and see how you exhausted you would be. I know women who have one or two kids and they hardly play with their child. That does that make them a bad or unfit parent.

  As for the hair transplant episode, Kate acknowledged the fact that the children were sick, but in reality, kids get sick. You can always rearrange everything when that happens. She obviously got people whom she trusts, to care for them while they were gone for a few days. To even get a hair transplant for free, that is an amazing thing! Anyone would jump at that chance.

  I love this show and I give kudos to Kate and Jon for their parenting skils. To control and discipline 8 children like they do, they are amazing.

• wow “angie again” u like anything bout the show? just like what kate sayd in a previous episode. the do love eachother and eventhough they do get a lil grouchy but that is just to get them thew the day….but at the end of the day they both know that the other one loves them…and again..dose anyone know how to talk to them?

• I have two of muy own, one is an Engineer and the other is in College. I worked the whole time.

  1. Keeping my house very clean every day assured me less sickness, less worries and less of beeing absence from muy job. That really helped me move on in my life and career.
  2. Discipline and organization was the key for less waste of time, money and less arguments.
  3. Eventhough I never slapped my husband and he never slapped me, I have to be honest and say that I did had to boss him around a bit because if I didn’t I would end up doing every single thing around the house and for the kids.
  Jon and Kate are Young and in less than the time they expected they ended up with eight kids. I am pretty sure that they had other options but decided to bring them on. I believe that it sure takes the best of them, meaning each other but I have never seen mistreatment towards the kids. They both always try to make things as normal a possible in order for their kids to have a healthy life. I cannot say less I admire both of them and would like to meet all of them one day.
  God Bless Their Home.

• I absolutely love this show, I watch the show everyday. I have 2 kids and I put both of them down for a nap when Jon and Kate comes on just so i have no distractions.

• on the show why do you make the big girls takeing a nap when the little girls are takeing there nap and I love the show and 8 kids are yours rigth I love theshow.lololololololololollololololloollolololololololololiolollollollooooooooooooooolololololololololololololololololololololololollololooloolooooooooooooololollllllllooloololo0loolololoololloloololololoololoololoolooloolol…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….;….fgvgftlofgtftrtkofiofii5uyity9046ki9ryu-yi96t095t5uy9yki9-yi45k9oktgoptekyoptko-

• i lovelovelove this show. the children are absolutely adorable and I love to see their unique personalities and how they interact with each other. As for Kate, when you see she and Jon in the ‘confessionals,’ its clear that the biccering and playful banter is a part of their relationship. I think that they have a healthy relationship for the most part; but she DOES have a lot on her shoulders. I realize that Jon has to work to provide for 10 people, but she it handling a lot on her own. She is extremely well organized and orderly and her children are all well loved and taken care of. Sometimes, I dont like the way that they talk to each other (especially in front of the children), but its has to be jst the stress of it all.

• This is to “angie again” you are such a brat. Do you have eight kids? I bet not. And if you have kids they probaly aren’t all the same ages. So why don’t you shut up cause they do this show to answer peoples questions about life with twins and sextuplets. Do see that it’s sarcasm between them not hate they have a lot of stress to handle and they do it very well. They try and give their kids normal lives. They are raising them to be good people with good morals and values. How dare you talk trash on a family you don’t even know. I bet your life and family sucks that’s why you talk smack on jon and ecspecially kate. It’s clear your a mean and rotten person!

• I don’t like Kate at all…she ruins the show.

• stupid show

• I hope TLC cancels it soon.

• john and kate plus eight tlc
  mtv
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• this show sucks

• maybe Jon will leave Kate

• I love to watch the show because it is wholesome.
  BUT, I am convinces Kate and OCD among other issues.
  I HATE to see her slap and or kick Jon in the butt.
  He tries to help her but never does anything to suit her.
  If I were him I’d tell her to do it herself then and leave!
  Also, it shows more ignorance on her part to correct his grammer in front of anyone that to do it in private!
  Maddy looks and acts like the demon seed. I don’t think there helping by just ignoring her ridiculous, selfish, hateful behavior. The other twin is the exact opposite.
  And when she was screaming at Jon in Toys R Us, if I was Jon I would have left the store.
  Kate is a controlling bitch and all those babies(especially the boys) will be emasculated just like their DAD. Thinking all women are gonna be control freaks like Mommy.
  The incident with the gum on the bear was just plain cruel!! There was absolutely no sense in that!

• You guys should stop being so judgemental. Jon obviously is very in love with Kate. He stated that he was nothing before Kate came in his life. As for bashing the kids, primarily Mady, she’s a fun confident girl. Should all girls be submissive and shy? I’m watching a rerun as I type. Jon’s got little sprouties.

• The children on this show are adorable, with the exception of Mady. Kate and Jon appear more caught up with the “freebies” than with the true wefare of the children. I really admire many things about them, but deplore the example they set for their children in their personal relationship. Kate needs professional counseling badly!! Yes, caring for so many children is stressful but she has many personal problems that have nothing to do with the children. She is very materialistic and i am turned off by the “begging” for Christmas presents from viewers. They live well above the average family in terms of what they do for recreation and the multple sets of clothing they have for each child. They do things and have things that people with 2 children could not afford. I plan to stop watching the show because of all this.

• I watch it all the time. I love it and hope it continues until the kids are 18 yrs old. I think they do an awsome job!!!

• Has anyone seen the episode where kate flat out says she’s not perfect and admits to her nuerotic tendencies. If they were a perfect family who never had problems or fought and bickered it would be a boring show. People give and send them places to get advertisment for their bussinesses DUH. If you had eight kids and someone offered to fix your torn up stomach wouldn’t you take it. If someone offered to send my famliy to utah, california, chicago or wherever for free your darn sure i would take it don’t get it twisted. and whoever it was said it was selfish of them to keep their six are cruel and six human beings with no heart. Kate is a good mom and jon is a great dad!!!!!!!!!!!

• I think Maddy’s behavior is improving in the newer episodes. People need to remember she is a little girl and stop saying things like “The children on this show are adorable, with the exception of Mady.”

• Poor Maddy is being picked on here but… I saw an episode the other night when she asked Jon and Kate if it was okay if by accident, one of the little ones got stabbed by a pencil? It was kind of funny and jon and kate made it clear that would not be an accident and no way to do that. Maddy is no doubt smart and cute, but a wee bit psychotic toward those little ones. If she’s thinking of ways to hurt them “accidentily”, that’s really sick.

• I’ve never been able to find people who watch this show! The show is fantastic entertainment, and Mady is the funniest of all the kids.

  Anyone remember when Alexis finally pooped in the potty & Kate took a pic of it for the scrapbook? That was the funniest shit(no pun intended) EVER!

• I’ve really gotten into this show. I love to watch Jon and Kate’s interaction with their children. I understand Kate’s ‘bossiness’ with Jon, if that’s what you want to call it. Kate is just more organized than Jon is. With having so many little ones at once, you have to be or there would be utter caos. Jon is more laid back. He seems like the type to just go with the flow. I think their differences compliment each other. Like they say, opposites attract. Jon seems to keep Kate’s high strung nature in check. And Kate’s organization keeps the family flowing without wrenches being thrown in the gears. They seem to be very devoted to each other and very much in love. As far as their bickering, it seems to work for them. I think they are just very candid. Better to lay it right out there than to hold it all in. I raised 4 children with a man who had very little to do with his kids. He never changed a single diaper, never held them as babies, never made time for them unless it was convenient for him. Jon and Kate raise their children together. They share in every aspect of parenthood. They are terrific parents.

• I really agree that they are good parents for the most part, but Kate’s treatment of Jon is often very disrespectful. This sets a bad example for her children. We learn how to respect others from the example that our parents set, and that is lacking here. I wonder if they ever watch themselves on tape? It could be a powerful tool for changing behavior.

• I hope TLC cancels the show soon. It’s nothing personal.

• I don’t think TLC will cancel this show, it seems more popular then ever.
  If it wasn’t doing well, no way would they put on marathons all the time.
  I just caught the one where they show you how they met, along with some video. Kate was a looker. Of course she’s still very attractive, but that hair style she has now, which I like to call the dyke do, looks bad. I see it all the time. Young women chopping off their hair, I guess because it’s so much easier to take care of. Hate it! Longer styles make every one look younger and prettier.

• I like the show too. Sometimes it does bother me how Kate treats John, but if John does nothing about it, he is probably not bothered by it. It can get very stressful taking care of 8 children. But certainly is no excuse for treating one’s husband the way Kate treats John. Mady needs help NOW! Her personality is going to get worse as she grows older because she wants attention … even if she gets it the negative way. I feel bad that the grandparents are not in the picture. What kind of grandparents will not want to be in their grandchildren’s lives?

• all the bitching, moaning screaming and crying gets old – from Kate and the kids

• I totallly agree with Libby!!!!

• so funny – I have 13 brothers and sisters all from same parents. Anyhoo, we travelt o th Outer banks every year and just got back. My parents now have 41 grandkids and guess who was right next to us on the beach ? Jon and Kate plus 8/ they were filming of course but we were able to wach the kids play in the surf/ Did I mention i was also obsesses with this show along withmany of my siblings.

  My sister saw Kate and Jon walking one night and told them not to venture down our cul de sac or they would be bombarded-Ktae ignored her and Jon seemed embarrassed of kates behavior.

  Anyway, I scouted out where they lived and it got to be a joke in our beach house- mare how many drive bys today. Did I mention Aunt Jodie was there a nd a babysitter.

• I love this show too. I hate the fact that some of you think john would want to kill kate. they are great parents with alot of resposibility and that brings alot of stress. that is why kate seems mean. and they are complete oposites. and kate seems to have a bit of ocd. but they are great parents and loving people. and you people discust me!

• I love the show by the way, but I don’t really thing it shows how people live with 8 children. I have friends that come from big families, some with multiples that didn’t have all the things and go all the places they do. I know they get stuff given to them and I see why they would take it, but that’s not how people really live. Most families (large or small) have to budget and sometimes scrape to get by. My husband comes from a family with 7 siblings and both parents had to work, there weren’t too many family trips and so on and so forth. So, it’s and interesting show, but it’s kinda far from reality.

• There is a forum on the subject of Jon and Kate Plus 8 at
  http://www.jk8forum.com. It’s pretty thought-provoking.

• I love Jon and Kate plus eight. Instead of me seeing the negatives in their lives (that we all have) I focus on the great job that they do. Kate admitts to being very neat. I commend her for that. I can’t imagine what her house would look like if she wasn’t. I have seen people without kids that house is in worse condition than theirs. I also think that Jon and Kate love each other dearly. From reading the above comments some people thinks that she is too hard on Jon. Well they must not be maried or somehow ended up with an extraordinary husband because in my experience most men just need to be guided to get the job done. I don’t think she intends to be disrespectful. It’s just that when your dealing with eight children you don’t always have the time to think about how you say things before they need to be said. I think that they’re doing a great job. I love them because they are normal. I wouldn’t want to watch the show if everything was always so peachy perfect. I would question how real they really were. I love how organized she is, Jon’s dedication and the way they allow each child to be who they really are.

• I hope the Jon & Kate show’s perk up a bit, I thought the cupcake episode was boring. And Kate really should have made an exception for allowing the children to still eat their cupcakes. It’s their birthday. One day of not following house rules won’t disrupt anything. At least, as Jon said, they didn’t remember the next day.

• i’m addicted to this show! i thought kate was a bitch at first too. but she grew on me. But i do feel she favors hannah,leah,and mady. u never really she her holding alexis , adaen, or cara.

• I think Bealady01 that posted above is actually Kate.

• I get the feeling Kate trapped Jon…. he didn’t want more kids, now he has more than he knows what to do with!

• I admit, I’ve seen the show a couple of times and Kate is really bitchy. Who cares if she’s organized, what about being a decent human being? And she’s not that way because she has 8 kids. There are plenty of couples out there that have many kids and are good people.

• kate is a good person! you have no idea what you are saying!

• I agree with Erika that Kate seems to favor Hannah and Leah but I don’t think she favors Mady. I think she favors Cara. I feel bad for Mady she doesn’t like the fact that she has seven brothers and sisters so she acts kind of brat-y.

• I love the show and I usually defend both jon and kate for their actions because it must be difficult to raise so many children who are all at the same age for the most part. What upset me recently was the episode where the sextuplets had their 4th Birthday. I know dinner is important, but I was so disappointed that after the kids made these cupcakes and were so looking forward to eating them, that Kate would allow some to have their cupcakes while the others weren’t allowed any. The boys, who hadn’t finished their dinner, couldn’t eat their cupcakes they had made. I would agree with this rule any other day, except one’s birthday. Was anyone else disappointed by this??

• i watch it all the time! i love it !!

• This is my favorite show! Kate is just really stressaed Give her a brake. I Would be stressed too if i hd eight kids

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• I love this show. I have twins, I got them turned on to the show .My son thinks Kate is too hard on Jon.

• Okay yes I also discovered Jon and Kate and she is a total control freak! She also panders for the free stuff she gets. Remember when she was SOOOOO into Hannah Anderson clothes for Mady and Cara? Next thing you know, the kids are dressed in Hannah Andersson clothes. Watched her mess up a “product placement” with Johnson’s Baby Conditioner and it was so obvious what she was doing.

  My favorite is when she had to drag the children (3years old) to “pick out their beds”. She then spends hours while Collin cries and is in pain deciding on the bed she wants. Jon is begging her for the sake of the crying toddler to please make a decision so they can leave. Why not have a sitter stay with the children, go with your husband and buy furniture for the children?

  And then there is Mady, who is rude and ill mannered to her parents, the other children and the television crew. What an ill mannered little girl.

  And yes, Jon is passive aggressive…could you see trying to take her on with her aggressive and controlling anger?? He does what he does to survive. He worked all day on trying to put together the children’s beds and she insisted and I mean insisted that he stop everything so the children could nap. I have had children and when they are ready to sleep they will crash, but Kate in her typical controlling manner had to take over Jon’s timetable and make it conform to her insanity!

• I’ve read that Kate is very religious—where is her compassion and patience towards her husband? I think their kids are adorable —-but they seem spoiled–they are constantly hitting each other or biting each other. Kate should worry more about that than what Jon is doing wrong.

• Don’t you really just want to slap the *hit out of Kate and Maddie (or however you spell it) ? She’s whining in every episode!!! Her other twin seems to be quite pleasant compared to her, I don’t understand why they continue to let her rant on the way she does.

• omg i am a total j&kplus8 junkie! i will watch it over & over. sometimes all day. & ya maddie is the 1 with the adittude problem. i have twin girls 2, mine r 7. their names r allie & madie, & i tell u it is crazy here at times , but i sware our madie is just like that. has2 be the diva.

• is there an episode of “jon & hateful Kate plus 8” where Bratty Matty gets caught ripping the arms and legs off baby animals? I can just hear Kate now, “oh matty LOOK WHAT A MESS YOU’VE MADE !!!” NOW LETS DISINFECT YOUR HANDS FOR TOUCHING A DIRTY NASTY ANIMAL!!

• I’m sure that Kate is well aware of Maddy’s behavior, and possibly all the negative remarks about her daughter. She’s probably become protective of her because of this. And I guess we also really can’t judge, although I have already, because we don’t see the good side of Maddy too much. I love the remark from “blah blah blah”, how after ripping off animal limbs, she would be most worried about germs and not behavior. I guess that’s all she can control. What they eat, and how clean they are. When it comes to their character? Not so much.

• You guys think that Madsy is the only one with the attitude problem but have you seen Cara in some episodes? she is WAY worse than Maddy alot of the times she has “outbursts” and maddy just apears a horible person because she still dosen’t like the fact that she has seven brothers and sisters. thik about it. it must be terible for her! and she probably dosen’t like the fact that she is being filmed too.

• hay ia m a hudge fan and i really want to be on your show i play the piano i can help cara with her piano i am eight and i have a cellphone with a key board and i really like the villon i have a liberty dog she has blue eyes im going in to third grade and i have a brother he goes to nelondon ia my mom and dad split up and i live in westburlington ia get in contact i really want to be on the show

• i really love this show! i get a lot of ideas to do with my kids from this show. i love how their family is green. i switched my family to all organic, got them recycling, and a lot more. i really respect them a lot and think that they are great parents. and all those comments about the kids, i have to disagree. they are kids and kids will be kids and have attitudes and tempers and there is eight kids to deal with and that need the attention. i think that they are doing a great job. i also think it’s great how you give each kid a special day. i also started doing that with my kids. i love the show. keep up the good work, jon and kate. i would love to meet them, i feel like i already know them.

• They are so cute i gust want to kiss all of them.

• that’s funny… jon and hateful kate plus eight. I don’t like her on the show. I’m thankful she isn’t my mom.

• kate is mean and nasty

• I think you guys are nuts to think that Kate is a B word. she is very nice to John and to the kids given sometinmes she can be over controlling but i would be that way to. Kate and Jon are nothing but loving and carring to their kids. eventhough im only 13 I still have seen mothers that are the bword.

• I agree with KendrA

• I am a mother of 6 year old twins and 3year old quints kate is holding the children back she gives them experiences and then doesn’t let them be kids she flips out when they get their hands dirty her husband doesn’t look happy in this marriage i think kate is bitchy i have alot of kids too no excuses.

• Kate is SO superficial since the tummy tuck-thick make-up, frosted hair, hair cut every 3 weeks. I only have two kids and a professional career and I wouldn’t spend that kind of money on frequent highlights and cuts-her hairstyle is VERY high-maintenance….money that could be spent on the children now or saved for them (since they always say on their personal website that their children have no scholarships for college.)How about when Kate INSISTED that Jon tell the cameras what he always says about her looks-that “she has ANTI-Aged.” Yeah, RIGHT! Her face is covered with acne and looks plain, tired. I could not help but notice during the interview close-ups how half of her face and one eye droops much more on one side than the other. I am not knocking her for this-bells palsy is common with multiples, but do not be so arrogant to make your husband say you anti-age on national TV when clearly she has aged severly in the last 10 years (looking at dating, honeymoon videos, etc.) SHe sure did the “bait and switch” on JOn. I also noticed how sweet she used to be in the first documentary (right after the 6 were born) and in old home movies before marriage …and now look-uglier on the inside and out.

• I too love to watch the show, but Kate does have serious control freak issues….Its just sad to say that TV changes people!!!

• i have been watching the show for three years and just love it. the kids are such fun to watch. it’s a great family and i can’t imagine dealing with 8 small children. i adore jon. kate is a good mom but she really has some issues that she needs to change. kids need to get dirty and have fun, that’s a part of being a kid. also, she does seem to put jon down a lot and i don’t care for that behavior. come on kate, lighten up. you have a wonderful family and a man that loves you. just lighten up!!!! loved the episode last night when jon cooked a complete asian dinner…it was the best!!!

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• I don’t know what compelled me to find blogs and “gossip” about the gosselins. Well, it could have been my neighbor who supposedly knows someone who knows them and was saying all sorts of nasty things about Kate sueing everyone. That did it. Before that I just enjoyed the show.
  I wish I never heard those rumors, I liked everybody, even Kate.

• They are no better then any of the rest of us that are raising kids i don’t know why they have a show it is scary how she acts in front of the camera imagine what she is like not in front of it i have twins and quads no different!!!!!!!

• i love that show im watching it right now my friends dont get it its so cool and they say he is only wit her cuz of the kids but i dont agree she is sometimes bossy but their stressed they hav 8 KIDS i love them all k

• seriously i love them and i dont hate aaron i dont even know who it iz (jk he is my ex) :P

• I watch this show all the time. I love it, but I must agree that Kate is
  OCD, but I also think something must getting a tibe done with Madi before it
  gets worse. She is always defending what she does and I think it
  does her more harm than good. The others are adorable especially
  Cara who is so kind and caring to the others. I really get turned off
  by Madi and you never see her in time out which she needs.

• Everyone always says, “Kate and her OCD…” I will say I have a self diagnosed case of OCD and I am overly anal (and my husband would whole heartedly agree), but I don’t treat my famiy like that. She gives them no respect.

  It’s interesting to watch the show in the beginning and see the difference in how they act from then and now. Now it seems it’s all about what they can get and I understand doing what you need to do to take care of your family, but does Jon even work anymore? What about family? Where are they? They will want them around when all the glitz and glamour are gone. Just curious…when they were doing their wills and such, who would they even leave everything and the children to??

• Stop Hating!!!!!!!!! they are good people!!!!!!!!!!

• It’s not hating. I wouldn’t want to change places with them at all.

  By the way hegile, do you know them personally? You can tell they are good people by watching an edited show once a week???

• It’s a fun show to watch- it grows on you. I like Kate, but she does come off as a bitch! But they’re both good parents, it’s admirable. The kids are so cute and Kate’s organizational skills are astounding! I particularly liked the piece where Jon was fixing her coffee in the morning (he’s a great guy by the way) and he referred to a note on the fridge titled “Kate’s coffee” that went on to itemize exactly what to put in it. I think Kate is naturally witty and uses Jon for material, I think the intent is more affectionate than mean. But Amy Roloff, on Little people… she is truly a meany!

• no one will read this because there are SO many comments… but I love this show too!! I feel bad everyone thinks Kates a bitch… I like her. She has to be anal to keep that family under control. LOVE the show and all of these comments :)

• I really enjoy watching the show. All that they do (even fussing) is based in love. The show really touches me. I think the job they do parenting is wonderful. May God continue to bless you and use you and your fabulous family for His honor.

• i love this show

• i wach it all the time and i love it its the best

• Being disabled one tends to watch too much TV, I even watch the reruns. I love the show, and adore watching the show and children grow. They are huuman. I don’t see much other family nfluence and have enough room in my heart to be a grandma for 8 more children. Oh how I wold love to write them. We all have our quirks.

• you can find an address to write them on their website. just google john and kate plus eight and its like the second thing on the list. I think its something like sixgosselins.com or something.

• i love the show to i believe they really love each other they just get stress like we do it has to be hard for them i believe their kids will grow up to be people we all will be proud of because of the way thay are rasing them i can not wait till thay get older i just think it is sad that their grandparents are not in their lives thay are missing 8 wonderful mircle that are so loved by alot of people how can anyone not want to know thwm and love them for who thay are

• I just got hooked on the show because there is nothing much on during the late spring into and through summer. I am starting to see re-runs and that is annoying. I am wondering if they are going to start showing new shows in September. They had better not stop showing them now. I want to see them get older. They should keep going until all of the six get on a school bus to attend kindergarten. How did they find out that the boy needed glasses? Don’t want to sound stupid, but I have not seen all of the shows.

• Kate would appear to be an A type personality, while Jon definitely is not. I’m like Jon, but could sure use some of Kate’s drive and organization skills and house cleaning ability. If she were not as she is, can you imagine the chaos with 8 children, the ages their’s are. They definitely compliment each other, and I bet behind closed doors, they truly love each other, and both definitely love their children! Stay on the air for many years to come!

• I am shocked by the way Kate treats Jon. She “needs to remove the stick.” What a b*tch! I have seen one episode and can’t watch it anymore. It is just a recipe for divorce.

• I HAVE WATCHED IT FROM DAY ONE, TONIGHT I WATCHED AND I AM TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN NOT STAND HOW KATE TREATS JON AND HER NEED TO BE RIGHT/ NETTER AND HAVE THE LAST WORD. SHE TREATS HIM LIKE A CHILD, HITS HIM AND TALKS DOWN TO HIM AND CORRECTS HIM IN FRONT OF THE KIDS. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT MADDY IS A HATEFUL BRAT.

• A lot of that stuff that Kate does is just part of their relationship. Thats just how they are around each other. I don’t think that we should be making judgments about John and Kate’s relationship. Because we know nothing about the relationship they share. We just watch them on tv. We don’t know them. The only two who would understand John and Kate are John and Kate them selfs. And as for Mady, she is a seven year old girl. Alot of seven year old girls are like that. She is too young to know how to control her emotions. And she also doesn’t like the fact that she has six younger brothers and sisters. A girl that age needs attention and she isn’t getting enough. And think how hurt she is going to be when she is old enough to read these comments. We should be ashamed of ourselfs.

• I hate this show!, I am a mother to 4 kids, and it´s a lot of work, but if I had all those things for free, and lots of money that apparently Kate is having now, I would be a little more relaxed and happy, she doesn´t seem happy at all. After yesterday´s episode, I would not watch it again, my kids used to love it, but now they think it´s pretty boring (and cruel, remember the cupcake episode??) to watch

• i love watching the show. yes kate can be mean to jon but she is an amazing woman to be able to have 8 kids and look so good. and her kids are so sweet. i would be stressed if i had to have 2 sets of multiples too. but the way she manages them is really amazing.

• i love this show. yes, kate is bitchy and jon is totally passive/agressive but i get a kick out of their relationship. and remember folks, this is reality tv.

  kate, if you’re reading this, you must work on your posture. it’s terrible.

• Guys,
  you know what i love jon and kate plus eight. so just stop with that now!
  that is so rude and i dont like it and i know none of the gosslin’s family would like what you are doing so STOP!
  !

• I must agree with the naysayers on this one. This family, Kate in particular, has truly epitomized the words, “pimped America” for its generosity. Kate spends her days searching the Internet and soliciting the help and offering to use her kids to advertise products and other merchandise in exchange for what she wants….i.e. ski trips, clothing, Gymboree…you name it.

  The last thing they did pay for was their new home, but of course they could pay for it; and mine, and yours, and your friends with all the money they have made from the show.

  What bothers me about Kate….is that she acts like she has done something so fabulous…you used fertility drugs, opted not to selectively reduce the number of fertilized eggs (not that I think I would be able to do this if it had been me, either)….but now you prey upon America’s kindness…..what about all of the multiple birth parents who hold it down on a “normal” income with just the support of their family in the form of a bit of babysitting after they get home from their own jobs, and trying to help out with diapers and milk?

  Her children attend an exclusive day school, not because they pay tuition, but because she has finagled yet another deal.

  Those children are adorable, but my question is this? Does anyone bless their food. When does this family pray? Has anyone ever seen them go to church other than when they were paid to speak at an event?

  Ok. end of my soapbox

• I wonder how they got on TV in the first place. Did the Gosselins contact someone, or was it the other way around. In any event, they hit the reality show lottery there. The price of their fame and fotune is folks like us. Not so bad. I’ll take it. At least they don’t have to worry about money. Could you imagine Kate if that played a factor in her life too?
  I do enjoy watching this family, and I just love the kids. Even Maddy is growing on me, and I feel she’s just the bratty one. She probably would be like that under any circumstances. The last show on, the one where they talked about their favorites, and most embarrassing? Jon did not look to happy with Kate. And when she asked him If he loved her, he didn’t answer. I know he does, but boy was he peeved at her.

• to janet,

  discovery health contacted the family because they were the first family to have sextuplets and twins, and one of the thirteen families with sextuplets in america.

  they wanted to do a one hour special on the family, which they decided to do. they were offered a second one hour special, which they also filmed. just to see what a day in the life is like. eventually discovery health offered to do a complete series, and jon and kate agreed to do so, for memories and footage of the children, since they had no more time for home videos. and i’m sure for the money as well.

  discovery health eventually dropped the series, but tlc picked it up, and now it only airs on tlc, but it’s their hit show and everyone seems to love it!

  i’m a huge fan, ha as you can see, and i love this family and the children. i’ve already bought jon and kate’s book, and have all dvd’s of all the seasons! i can’t get enough, and i’m glad i’m able to share my love for these kids with all of you!

  **and to kelly, yes. they go to church every sunday. it’s an hour away but they still go, even if it’s hectic. they have about three episodes where it actually shows them at church. just an fyi!

• oh and hey mary, kate’s a great mom. and it was ALEXIS who has to sleep in the basement alone, because she’s the one who would go around waking all the children up at one am and telling them to go play, wouldn’t you do the same thing?

  and she feeds them plenty, she spends 1,000 dollars half a year just to get organic ground beef for them, because it’s the healthiest form of ground beef. how many moms do that?

  and yeah, she complains about laundry. um maybe because three loads a day weren’t enough, now she has to wash comforters because her children threw up all over them. you’d bitch and complain too. and remember, the camera doesn’t capture everything, so maybe all the good moments that you say don’t exsist, are there. just not caught on film.

  and they go to different churches? um no mary, they leave at 11:15 every sunday to travel to a church that’s an hour away, watch the show and then you’ll know what your ranting on about

  and yeah uh if they’re offered a free trip to utah, and jon is offered a hair transplant, you’re an idiot if you don’t accept it! it’s a once in a lifetime oppourtinity, and with eight children, the chances of you ever doing that are slimed down even more

  so before you can bitch and complain about kate gosselin, how about you give birth to eight kids, then come back here and talk shit about that family, because i don’t think you really know what your talking about, and i’m sure i do

• lesley, you are crazy!! you act is if you are one of kates 8 children!! i bet you are one of those people who want to go travel to where they live and kidnap one of the kids. probably joel im betting

• julie mosley, that is not really you! zack wilburn we all know it’s you. and if if it is julie, just go smoke one, cus no one wants you here anyway

  people don’t listen to him, i’m not really crazy. i just love the show!

  and i do love little joel, he is my favorite. but i would never kidnap him, you’d probably kidnap aunt jodi, zack

• lesley get off the computer. i need to go wash and brush my gray hair!

• l.m.a.f.o @ “bridgets” comment

• Thanks for the info Lesley.

• kate is not only STill a hottie, she’s awesome! so smart, so funny, so on top of it. the first episode i saw, she looked like a bitch, but if you think about how much she has to deal with, she is AWESOME! love you kate!

• Wow, I didn’t read through all of these, but a few…. I too love this show! Jon is at home now working. I agree that Kate can get horrible at times. I end up turning it off if too much. Someone said that religion isn’t incorperated at all, but they have talked many times about getting the kids ready for Church… Mother’s Day episode was one time. I agreed wth someone else that said how horrible Mady is. She gets away with so much crap. I know there are eight of them, but I don’t understand how they miss it sooooo much. she has some major jealousy issues.

• your welcome janet. any questions, i’m here to help, if you have anymore. because i know most about the children, and the family. just let me know!

• Kate’s PA accent is a little annoying but when you add the nagging and complaining to it, it’s a lot annoying -her voice that is.

  Also, the back of her hair is as ugly as her voice and as her in general.

  I hope Jon gets out of there…nobody deserves to be treated like she treats him and the kids.

• I feel sorry for the kids and for Jon.

• I agree with Tonia!!!

• Perfect Kate. Enjoy watching your children roll down a hill and brushing their grass stained bottoms. Enjoy watching your children savor every lick of a vanilla ice cream cone as they wipe the melting drips from their shirts and then showing you their sticky palms. Enjoy watching your children express their imaginations through cupcake decoration and then watching them enjoy eating it, icing first. Stop stealing happy memories from your family. Life is not about how clean your shirt is.

• First to Tonia, anyone that would say Kate was ugly, is insan. She has a something about her that is so attractive and sheis BEAUTIFUL!!! Yes, she can be what you gys call harsh but se i just plain spoke and knows what she wants. I wished I could be like her ecause I am ALWAYS doing thngs I do not want to and holding my tongue. Afar s the kid comment, I think er and Jon both are good to theirkids.They o more than what I do with mine. I Ner have money or the time it seems like.

• my thing is, jon is holding all this in now. this is all building up in him. he can not live like this for the rest of his life. he will be wanting to get out of the situation with kate eventually. even though he still loves her. i toam under alot of stress i had 5 kids in 8 years. i changed diapers for 10 yaers and have been exhausted and i don’t act like kate. freaken out over vanilla ice cream in disney.
  also, mady needs to be in counseling. fast forward to the furture. she is 17 with her drivers liscence, gets furiosly mad because her mother decorated the house for her birthday, she grabs the car keys and now she is on the road with all of us!

• I love this show!!! I watch it all the time!!! I think Jon and Kate are terrific parents! THey are doing their best to make their children’s life the best it can! I loved how they gave each child individual attention so they know that they are cared about equally! I hope that I can meet them one day! Jon and Kate you have eight beautiful children and never forget that. I hope you contimue to do the show so that the world can watch your children grow up!!! LOVE YOU!!!!

• I agree…there’s no way Jon can keep this up. I can see a step mom in the picture eventually.

• I’m sure Jon and the kids want a wife and a mother and not a live in maid.

• I think kate put on a front to trap Jon. Once she got him she could then be herself. She did a good acting job.

• i do think kate is a hard worker and her family has a lot of great attributes. i think it is like a double edge sword. her personality which has allowed her to raise her family as well as she has is the same personailty that is going to eventually be her undoing.
  everyone is under stress in one way or another and everyone handles it differently i can respect that but at the same time there are bounderies. i don’t think she needed to yell at jon in the toy store, (several years back), the way she did. and the ice cream in disney was just too much. i really think he is building up resentment in some way.

• you people are funny, you don’t even know them. lay off the family and kate

• I think Lesley is really Kate in disguise. Anyway, I like the little people better.

• and i think you people are dumb and judgemental and making comments about the family, just based on thirty minutes of air time

• look who’s calling the kettle black

• look, they leave themselves open for some of this judgement simply by having a show.

• i know they do jennifer, but people on here are just flat out rude. i could care less if you don’t like the show, everyones entitled to their own opinion. but you don’t have to be jerks, which is what many people are on here

• i agree with you about the way some of the people on here judge her hair or the fact the they still use sippy cups. i know a child who used them up until 5. my own children (mostly boys) weren’t potty trained until 3 1/2. believe it or not i actually like the show. we have been eating monkey munch all summer. its usually gone in a day.
  but we can’t all be wrong about how kate can acts, and mady. on other web sites people say the same thing about both of them.:)

• i know, and i didn’t leave comments on here to start a disagreement. and i agree that kate can be a little overboard with the children, but i sort of think that if she wasn’t, then the children would be out of control. and sure, kate barks at jon more times than none, but if you notice.. it’s only when the kids are around. children can tear marriages apart, and stress couples out. but when it’s just jon and kate, and you see footage of just the two of them together, out to eat.. or etccc, you can see that the two of them are happily married

  and with mady, well geez. she can be bratty at times, but she definatly has jealousy issues, and sharing the spotlight with six other children AND her twin sister, i’d act out like that for attention too

  and i know, i love monkey munch. my friends and i used to call it muddy buddies, until we saw kate call it monkey munch. we’ve recently moved from muddy buddies to monkey munch : )

• Kate’s mean to Jon even when they are without the kids– like when on the couch being interviewed!

• i wouldn’t call that mean, but okay. their talking and addressing their problems, and you’re not always nice when your talking about your problems with each other. they call the interview set ‘marriage counseling’, and they say it’s even helped their marriage

• i like it when the interviewer asks kate if she thinks she over reacts. eveyone in the room kind of laughs. and she always says no “I don’t think i over react”. but everyone else thinks she does. it would be the perfect opportunity for her to sincerely apologize to jon but she just sits and defends herself.
  i am telling you if jon ever “wakes up” he is out of there. (even though he may still love her)

• He thougt he loved her…. until she showed her true self.

• lisa, do you know jon personally? because unless you do.. i don’t think you know for sure if he loves her or not

• Thanks for bringing my five kids and i together. with t.v. as it is now, there are too few “family” t.v. shows. our entire family comes together to enjoy an episode now and then. Especially since Joel looks like one of my in house day care kids.

  Im writing in regards to the cutting of the pancake episode. Sometimes feeding up to ten kids at a time myself, I came up with a way to serve pancakes. I make the the size of a oragne and let them hold them with their fingers and dip them in a side of syrup (like ketchup).

  May you never cut a pancake again!
  Kimmy

• Looking forward to tonight’s new episode when they go to Sesame Place.
  Plus never saw the Crayola one, so it’s a good night, something to watch!

• lesley, you are my new hero! I love you! I share your veiwpoits 100% People should not be so rude!!!!! We don’t know them!! you are the best!! Some of these people are evil! Luv ya! your the best!

• thanks :) i’m glad we share the same viewpoints on the show haha, i just love this family and i hate seeing people be so rude to little four year old kids, its awful. espessially when they dont even know them!

  but i just saw the sesame street episode, so adorable. i loved it

• it was a good show. i think the kids are getting easier to handle as the get older.
  only one annoying moment-kate said jon had to stop looking at his physic and help pass out the water. and mady was happy!!!

• Earlier on it was kind of sweet- the are kids cute- and interesting to see how they coped. Now it’s kind of sickening how they’ve whored themselves for free stuff and product placements. It’s gone the route of the Roloffs of Little People etc fame – fun to watch at first, but quite disgusting once they get a whiff of all the freebies they can score. Exploitation for sure.

• I started watching the show about two weeks ago and thanks to Tevo have been able to catch new shows, past shows and even a marathon. Then of course there is the internet where you can catch clips of even more shows. I agree with amanda….at first it was sweet. I still like watching the kids and seeing how they have changed and how different each child is. But I have almost had it with Kate’s obsession with the kids clothes being perfect, no grass stains, no ice cream and heaven forbid that Aunt Jodi ever give them gum again. I couldn’t stand the tyraid over throwing socks and bunnies away because they had a little bit of gum on them. I feel sorry for Aunt Jodi…she is willing to watch seven kids, besides her four but Kate wants to boss and complain about every detail.

  Enough has been said about how she treats Jon. I would never suggest that my husband’s shirt was too pink, too patriot when it’s not a holiday, or too orange then complain because it took him so long to get ready.

  I don’t know, I may watch just to see the kids but I am not sure how much more of Kate I can take…..Yeah, I know…poor, poor Kate but if she is willing to take the money for being on TV and is willing to allow herself to come into my living room then take the criticisum. It is all part of the game.

• Kate is doing an awesome job. she makes most mothers look bad. Not only does she love and care for her kids better then most Mom’s with only two or three kids but she does this with 8. The reason she’s seems to be over powering to Jon is he’s still being trainned. All good women need to train their hubbys they don’t come into a marriage being great you have to teach them how. Jon is like any good husband that loves his wife he’s willing to really learn how to be a good husband and father. Someone has to be the Cheif and it just happens to be Kate. If Jon was all together and knew all that Kate knows he would be the Cheif. Listen it works for them and if Jon hated it so much he’d say something. And not just passively , he wouldn’t put up with it. It’s not up to everyone else to say what works for someone elses marriage, it’s up to them. These two people love each other and are willing to do what’s best for their children, and each other. This is what works for them!!!!!
  I don’t know if you want perfect then maybe you should watch “Leave it to Beaver”.

• i feel crazy but i kno all the names its jon kate cara maddie hannah leah alexis joel collin and aden i fee phyco but love the she and kate stop hitting jon

• OK…haha he doesn’t..let’s jsut leave it at that…imma guy…an asian guy at that…a religious guy like he is too…and all i gotta say is..everytime you see it on tv..don’t forget it’s only a good part of their life squeezed inot half an hour..also, i think he actually loves the way his wife is, he may be bothered at times, and lets her know it, but im sure it’s something special about her that he adores. I relate to Jon, personality wise, and i can just tell, on their interviews..that he makes dumb faces at kate and he’s jsut playing around with her, they really do love each other..there’s no murderous intent there. I wouldn’t have one, i’d spin it into a quirk i love about my partner

• i think you can leave someone you love if life gets to be too difficult to live with the other person

• Loved the Sesame show, they all seemed to have fun. I think the Crayola outing would have been much better if Kate stayed home, and they got some of the other “baby sitters” to go along. They needed more help. Also I can understand the mess thing, but to a point. On trip’s where you know it can be messy, just dress the Children in clothes you don’t care about. I’m sure there can be a happy medium when it comes to messes, then the kids can enjoy it more, and Mom won’t go as nuts. That’s what I would do in my pre-school when there were messy situations. You want the child to experience that, not be under constant stress about the mess.

• i know, even mady had fun at the sesame place.. i was suprised. but i was glad she wasn’t in her usual mood like on all the other episodes

  and yeah Kate got crazy in the Crayloa episode.. i hate when she yells at Jon across stores. (Pumpkin Patch, Toys R Us, and Crayloa factory are the three that have been caught on film) she just doesn’t do well under pressure. i still think she’s a great mom though

• The sesame street episode was AUWSOME!!!!!!!!!! I loved it!!!! and I loved watching mady and cara ride on the raft a million times!!! and I like seeing mady so happy mady and cara should go to hershy park!! they would love it!! That episode made me want to go to six flags!!!!!1

• i know, that raft looked like alot of fun.. seriously haha

• I am probally one of their biggest fan, will watch this show at whatever chance I get! Doesn’t matter when it is on and if I have seen that particular episode or not I will watch! I love Kate and Jon.. I think Kate is a riot! I see nothing wrong in the way she acts! I mean come on….. 8 children I would act the same way and don’t forget people Jon is a big boy he can stick up for himself.. She treats those kids great as does he. I just hope the series finale is the day the youngest ones graduate!

• I hope the show goes off of the air and is replaced with a good show.

• I hope Jon leaves Kate. I hope Kate recovers from her materialism, let alone everything else. Cancel this show TLC!!!

• why do they have so many individual potty breaks? with my 5 kids we all had to go at the same time. i even put my daughter on the toilet ran some water and she went.

• I forgot about the potty breaks. yikes! That has to be maddening. I’m wondering if some of the “wee” ones, pardon the pun, aren’t taking advantage of that. We had scheduled breaks for the potty in day care, everyone went at around the same time everyday, there were very little accidents at the age of 4. Of course there are always exceptions, but it does add a lot of stress to their trips.

• I watch your show on TLC everyday you look like a very loving family and enjoy your family time and your chilren are ver beautiful and I will keep watching your show everyday its on

• I do love this show. But how do they live on his salary? Obviously they get a lot of those trips and things for free. But nannies, surgeries, personal trainers? Oh and Mady seriously needs counseling!

• she needs someone to help her develope coping skills. cara has been able to handle the situation but mady would greatly benefit from counseling. something that would help her deal with the little kids. i know alot of adults who can’t handle situations that they should be able to handle because their parents made it smooth sailing for them as kids. mady would be happier and more content if she had skills to fall back on when she is fustrated because the reality of it is the babies are not going anywhere.

• Wow, saw an article about Jon and Kate on AOL, and talking about the same issues that are discussed here.

• I’ve become addicted to the show too!!!

  I think Jon is wonderful and Kate has her wonderful moments also, but I agree that the way she treats Jon is awful.

  The kids are all adorable except for Maddy, who is a carbon copy of her mother which makes her less likeable.

  Kate needs therapy for her issues. Wonder if she’ll ever get it.

• I cannot stand Kate! She is so OCD and mean!..What kind of mother would not allow her kids to play with washable markers?….Anyone see the episode at the Crayola Factory!..Man that made me soo mad! Of course Kate says it will create more laundry so it’s a no!..COme on! My mother had 7 children; 6 of whom are 11 months apart…and she encouraged us to try everything! Even if we got dirty and it meant a little more work for her… Let your kids be kids
  THe way she treats her husband is degrading and mean…….
  I also resent it when she makes comments about how easy it would be if she had one or two children….saying that belittles mothers everywhere….being a mother is a hard job no matter how many kids you have..and let’s not forget that they only have that many because she could not get pregnant and had to go to invitro.
  Personally i think John needs to divorce that mean woman(who by the way is 30-something going on 80!) and have a new show with him and the kids….he can do so much better..there a re plenty of women that would give him the respect he deserves without embarrassing him in public every chance that wench gets..

• I love this show! I have been really into it since about 6 months ago when I discovered it. I do not have any children and do not want any kids, but I really enjoy watching the Gosslings deal with their brood. They are really great people and they are doing a great job! They deserve all the perks that they get for letting us into their world. I love it!! Thanks for being here. Love misty714

• They both could do with some manners. Kate, particularly, has a bad attitude ( in the horrible cupcake episode she was downright rude and unappreciative to the women who obviously donated their time and free cupcakes to the kids and she treats everyone in a very offhand and disrespectful manner). Jon is just so passive and clueless. Two ideas for a show: the Goslings are visited by Miss Manners, Kate goes to therapy. Cute kids though!

• ok guys i just wanted to say something to all the haters who commented…

• if you dont like it y did u click on it and btw i love dem all any one wanna comment back write .0. first and i will know it iz to me k luv yall bye

• Well Jon & Kate are really good parent’s 2 all there kid’s :)
  Iwatch tht show like crazy – all the time .. :) And wut i whould like 2 say is let Jon & Kate live there own life it’s there life and i think u ppl . should give them a break .. :) But on the other hand Jon & Kate have there problem’s which is none of are buisness …. ? But 1 thing i like about them is they allway’s seem 2 manage it with 8 kids’.. And i wuz reading and sumeone said how Kate wuz a neat – freak! Well i have no problem wit dat ha , ha am one myself i mean you need to allway’s keep ur house & wearing – material clean*? And like i say’ :) Ur 1st impressen say’s it all …. ~**~ but Kate is a very Good and Bright person soo is Jon .. well tht’s all 4 now … l8r ….. :)

• maybe dr. phil can help them.

• To Bottletop: Maybe besides cleaning you should take an English class!

• yea i couldn’t understand anything bottle wrote

• oh you people are so annoying, we all understand you have your own opinions, but honestly if you’re saying you hate the show, you can’t stand kate, and that jon hate’s kate, but then you come and look them up on the internet? that makes NO sense

  whenever i don’t like something, i take no part in anything that has to do with it, but maybe that’s just me?
  and their last name is spelt gosselin, not gosling. their not baby ducks

• take part in something productive that you actually like, instead of wasting your time on here when you don’t even like the family

• i think this message board was set up to talk about the good the bad and the ugly

• i think that kate and jon wre still in love they both treat eachother respectfully and i think the show has helped people see the stress they go threw with having 8 children all under the age of 8
  thanks,

• Chris:

  You must of missed the episodes of Leah getting ready to throw up when they go to Sunday School. They do go to church but I think the crew does not film inside due to the respect of others during worship.

  By the way my husband and I argue a lot also, but I couldn’t think of spending my life with anyone else.

• i have to say ur wrong. yes kate is sometimes mean but u kno that they cut the tape to make things worse than it sounds. and they have microphones on so their really not that loud it jus sends it to the camera louder.I think he kne all that going into this how she was. they probably dont show all the things good she does for them and they dont tape every single second. they have said that sometimes the crew is gone for a couple days.

• I agree with Whitney, we really can’t tell what’s what with the family due to editing. They can certainly sway things any way they want. Edit out the good, the bad, and the ugly. However; I’m sure if it was all the bad, the family would object, plus they must have some control over what’s filmed and showed. All in all a pretty normal family, and very loving, under the circumstances.

• I LOVE THIS SHOW! IT’S MY FFAAVVOORRIITTEE SSHHOOWW!!!!!!! But honestly even though Kate does slap Jon a lot, screams at him, yells at him, and other stuff, Jon really does LOVE her. Like thats what couples do, and you really have to be a big fan like me to notice that because I’ve been watching this show since it was called Surviving Sextuplets and Twins when the baby weren’t even one yet. Jon’s always hugging her and I don’t think he’s still with her just because of the kids, its because he loves her.

• people get divorced for many reasons. he may get fed up with being abused and leave her even though he still loves her.

• Their kids seem to do a lot of hitting each other. I wonder if Kate has stopped to think they might be copying how she treats Jon. Just food for thought. Also Maddie’s horrible behavior seems to mirror Kate and her horrible treatment of Jon.

• Love this show!!! have to watch it whenever it’s on.
  Here’s my take: Kate is a control freak…corrects and is critical of jon far too much. She was downright cruel to poor Collin about throwing out his favorite bear when there was some gum on it. Other than that, she’s fasinating to watch. Mady…well… no comment…. But overall, love watching these kids!

• I am absolutely obsessed with the show. I want to have multiples as well so I am learning. I don’t think I have missed any episode that’s how sick I am about the show. I love Hannah to death and my boyfriend loves Aiden.

• take my advice kids are alot of work almost too much. you really do not want multiples. my sister had a 4 year old a 3 year old and twins. her and her fantastic husband did not sleep for 18 months. sleep deprivation is wicked. i think it turns your brain into mush.
  mady needs some coping skills

• I’m anxious for more new episodes. Where has Jodie been?

• Jon looks so much better since he got hair plugs.

• jodi and kate do not get along any longer, there’s a link to her blog.. i’ll find it later..
  but the tlc network offered jodi a regular salary for being on the show, and kate disagreed,

  and said no, no one is going to make money off of my family, which i did not understand since jodi is her sister in law?
  but that’s basically the jist.. the blog goes on to list more reasons as to why jodi will no longer be on the show.. but i don’t really feel like explaining

  this is just what i heard, but i believe it, since it came from aunt jodi herself

• please send the blog our way.

• Wow, the Jodi thing is terrible. I had a feeling something was weird. If it is true, that is certainly a rotten thing for Kate to do.

• yea i agree
  why not let jodi get paid by the network? they have the money and she could probably use the cash.
  the money is still in the family ,right?
  and i thought little benny was the only human being on the face of the earth that mady actually got along with. so now what is mady going to do?
  did kate ever pay jodi for watching all those kids all those times? she should just think of it as babysitting money.
  maybe there is more to the picture than this because the grandparents aren’t involved either.

• http://truthbreedshatred.blogspot.com/

  that’s julie, jodi’s sister’s blog.. about everything that’s been going on, there’s alot of posts on there, but scroll down to twisted-part3 which was posted on july 6th, that has all the info about not getting paid, etc..

• thnks for the info
  there is alot going on in that family. its ashame because i think jodie, kevin, jon the sixtuplets and cara are bascially good people.

• haha yeah you’re welcome.. and i think they’re all good people with good intentions.. i just think they have many issues that they all need to work out

• You are the best Lesley. You have the answers, plus you’re not judgmental. I guess there are always two sides to everything and even though this Jodie thing is upsetting to me, I don’t know the entire story. I’ll just go back to enjoying the show, and the children.

• haha thanks janet : )

  yeeah i know alot about this family, so if you ever have questions you can just ask, because i will most likely have the answer

  and yeah, the aunt jodie thing was definatly suprising to me. i know kate definatly is a stickler but i didn’t think she would do that to a sister in law, but as you said we don’t know the whole story, just jodie’s sister’s side.

  and new episode tonight : )
  they go ride thomas the train.. or something. definatly tuning in though!

• I did like this show, but thanks, Leslie, for the link to Jodie’s sisters website. The backstory is much more interesting than what we see on TV! I always thought Kate was a b—- of course, that’s so obvious. But if there’s any truth to what Jodies sister claims, she’s a super b—-, and Jon is not very nice either.

  Such a shame – the kids are so sweet, but it sounds like the parents -not so much.

• Does anyone know the story behind Kate’s parent problem. Why they are never mentioned or seen? Jon’s mom isn’t either.

• You people all make me sick. I can’t believe how so many people are calling Mady a bitch. Don’t you understand that she’s SEVEN, count it, seven years old and she has seven other siblings to compete with for affection from her parents? I haven’t seen that many episodes of the show, but it seems like they ignore her to take care of the other children, and when she acts out, she’s the bad one. Maybe she’s so ‘bratty’ because she doesn’t feel like she gets any attention from her parents. In any case, none of you have any right to be calling a seven year old a bitch, especially since you only know her behavior from watching tv.

• I don’t know if it’s me finding out about the Jodie thing, or I’m just in a bad mood, but the show’s don’t seem as cute anymore. I would think watching the trips would be fun, but I’m bored. Same old thing, and not as personal and cute. Maybe the beach one’s will be better.
  I still can’t get past the fact that Kate didn’t want anyone else to get paid for this show but her. It doesn’t seem like Jodi was trying to jump on her “gravy train”, afterall she had been watching the kids for years.
  In any event it’s really made me dislike Kate, and it’s ruining the show for me. Thank you Lesley for your info again.

• kate’s parents are not in the childrens life.. no one really knows the story about her parents because they never have elaborated on it enough. they’ve sort of skimmed over it, and all they have said is that they are not involved in their everyday lives. she did mention at the sextuplets third birthday party.. that they call nana janet their nana, but she is not the children’s real grandmother, but it doesn’t matter because they have people who care about them and that’s all they want for their kids, it doesn’t matter if they’re blood related or not, kate said in the episode.

  kate does have a brother kevin, and two other sisters.. and i don’t know if they visit them and not kate.. no one really knows the deal.

  and jon’s mom is involved, somewhat. he has mentioned that she has made korean dinner for the children before, multiple times. i’m guessing she lives somewhat far away, making it difficult to see the children and vise versa, but jon and his mother do get along.. jon’s father of course, died, but he played a big role in the childrens lives before he passed

• Lesley,

  Jon has stated that his mother works full time and has remarried. She, too, is NOT in their lives, and that was the lame reason he gave. Both Jon and Kate said that Jon’s GRANDMOTHER has cooked for them. She was at the tups’ 3rd birthday party. Jon and Kate have also stated, in their couch interview, that “it’s just better that the grandparents aren’t in our daily lives.”

  Jon’s father was very close to the twins, but he died in January 2005. He helped Jon and Kate out financially and they were actually sitting on a sizeable bank account WHILE they were begging for donations in Berks County.

  I thought you knew all of this, though.

• okay lauren, he has said that THE CHILDRENS grandmother has made korean food for them, which would be his mother. he gets along with his mother, he has stated that before. and yes, his grandmother, ‘grammy,’ was at their birthday party. but despite that, he still gets along with his own mother.

  and yes, did i not just say jon’s father was close to the whole family? including the twins. they have footage of home movies of them in their old house, playing with all the babies.

  i thought you knew all of this, though

• Sorry, Lesley. From the show I’ve watched, they only see Jon’s Grandmother (Gammy) and she’s their “cook,” per Kate. I’ve never heard him say that he gets along with his mother . . . doesn’t mean that he doesn’t though. The only time Kate has mentioned Jon’s mother is when she said that “Jon’s mother told me (when she was pregnant with the twins) she hopes I don’t think the kids will look like me (Kate) because they won’t.” Which, to me sounded kind of snotty.

  I’ve seen footage of Jon’s father playing with the twins. I didn’t see footage of him playing with the tups, but, again, it doesn’t mean he didn’t. He died 8 months after they were born, so he might not have had the chance to be around them much (if he was ill.)

  Maybe we’re watching different shows. LOL

  Not trying to be argumentative here, sorry if I come across that way. I apologize for my “thought you knew all this” comment.

• no it’s fine, i wasn’t trying to start an argument either. that’s not really why i post comments on here,

  but i understand. yes i’ve seen their grandmother at the birthday party, and i heard kate say that she is their korean cook. but i have also seen jon say, on the episode where he makes the korean dinner, that his mother has made korean food for them before, which is why they are familliar with korean influcences. but the grandmother also does, yes

  and yes that was on the viewer faq episdoe, whenever kate mentioned the comment that jon’s mother had said, about her children not looking like her, which i also found snotty.

  and the footage of the father playing with the sextuplets were on the how we got here episode.

  OH and i read a few hours ago that kate’s parents don’t speak to her because they do not agree with jon and kate’s decision to do in vitro fertilization, because it went against their religious views. don’t know if this is true.. just what i read

  but its fine, i apologize as well, if my comment came off as being rude or obnoxious, : )

• Lesley, no problem. . . . I had it coming. LOL

  I know we can’t believe everything we read on here, but that doesn’t make complete sense to me about the parents disagreeing with her method of conception. Here’s why: They conceived the twins the same way as the tups and Charlene Kreider (Kate’s mom) was the sole provider of the twins while Kate was on bedrest.

  I don’t think they’re shunning their grandkids for that reason. It sounds awful, but I think Kate made the decision for them not to be in their every day lives. Well . . . Kate and Jon. I think he’s not pushed around as much as everyone thinks. He just likes playing the victim and let’s Kate get the brunt of criticism. He’s learned to keep his mouth shut on the show, but I think he’s a driving force behind their decision to let us into their world. He just does not appear to be ambitious at all, and besides dealing with critics, he’s got it pretty darn good.

  And then maybe that’s why Kate seems so spiteful (for lack of a better term) when she’s dealing with Jon. I’d be in a bad mood too if my husband let me take the heat. She’s right: her husband IS supposed to protect her.

• yes that’s true, that’s just what i read. i really cannot think of a real reason as to why they are not involved. i always thought it was because he was asain, and i’m sure that’s not it lol, because i doubt kate’s parents are racist. i guess something just happened between them, i don’t even know.. but kate has kevin, and two other sisters, and i don’t know if they’re involved in their life either

  yes i agree about the whole Jon thing, since Kate gets all the criticism, he has decided to stay out of it, just to avoid all the negativity that comes along with the show and it’s viewers. at least when the cameras are around anyway. i think he is concious of them being around, so when they are around.. he makes sure to never lose his cool, etc. he just lets kate take in all the harsh things said about her, while he just takes a backseat to it all and never does anything about it.

• I think you two kind of hit the nail on the head about Jon, he does seem to be a little passive aggressive. About the Grandparents – I’m pretty sure Jon mentioned that his mother made Korean food for the kids, and when the kids rooms were painted, Kate’s sister’s husband helped out and had definitely been around the house and the kids before.

• I must admit, I think I’ve had it with Jon & Kate. I can’t continue to watch a show where I feel that at least one of the parent’s is a real jerk. I pity the children growing up in a completely dysfunctional environment. I do not know, fortunately, many young couples that do not have anything to do with their siblings or parents, especially with children. At least they’ll all be financially taken care of, but there has to be some truth to all the bad things sad about Kate, especially on other web sites. Friends and family seem to drop like flies out of their lives. Something is terribly wrong.

• I love that show too much , I wonder how she can take it with eight kids . It would be scary for me . I am kind of happy that my mom didn’t have all those kids .

• I love that show too much . People look at me funny when I say ” I like that show ”. It must be hard taking care of eight kids . I wouldn’t want this show to go off the air , it would be horrible for me and other Jon and Kate plus Eight fans . Now to think of it , I am glad that my mom didn’t have all those children .

• I have six children myself, though one at a time. It takes a very organized person like Kate to handle the stress of 8 kids. She and Jon make a great couple because she has a Type A personality and Jon has a Type B personality. Opposites attract. Everybody’s calling her mean, but YOU try running a household with that many kids in it. I know…it’s hard. Good job Kate!!

• i know, there’s a marathon on right now. it just seems like tlc plays the same episodes ooooover and over and over again

• HHHH

• JON & KATE PLUS EIGHT IS A GREAT FAMILY REALITY SHOW. MY HUSBAND, MY FOUR KIDS AND MYSELF WATCH IT TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. IT IS HLARIOUSLY FUNNY AND THEY KEEP IT VERY REAL. HAVING CHILDREN IS NO AN EASY JOB. TRY TO IMAGINE HAVING 8 OF THEM ALL AROUND THE SAME AGE. LORD HAVE MERCY!!! KATE IS AN AWESOME MOTHER & WIFE AND JON IS AN AWESOME HUSBAND, FATHER AND PROVIDER. I CAN RELATE TO KATE’S LOVE TAPS I’M THE SAME WAY. THATS JUST THE WAY SHE PLAYS AROUND. KATE HAS HAD 8 KIDS AND LOOKS FANTASTIC. THERE ARE SOME WOMEN WHOM HAVE HAD ONLY 1 KID AND DONT LOOK SO FLATTERING. AS LONG AS KATE & JON KEEP GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR MARRIAGE THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN COME INBETWEEN THEM. THEIR CHILDREN ARE ALL ADORABLE. WE JUST LOVE THEM ALL!!!! KATE ALWAYS MANAGES TO HAVE HER KIDS NEATLY DRESSED AND HER HOME CLEAN. NOT TO MENTION SHE ALSO MANAGES TO HAVE ALL 3 MEALS OF THE DAY PREPARED FOR HER FAMILY. OH AND DID I ALSO MENTION KATE IS A BARGAIN SHOPPER. GOSH I WISH I HAD HER WILL POWER. ANYWAYS ABOUT JON HE IS SUCH A GREAT GUY THEY ARE JUST PERFECT FOR ONE ANOTHER. I PRAY THAT THEIR FAMILY REMAINS TO BE EXTREMELY BLESSED AND MAY MANY MORE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR THE GOSSELIN’S. ANYBODY OR ANYONE THAT HAS ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS FAMILY PLEASE KEEP YOUR IGNORANCE TO YOURSELF. REMEMBER IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY THEN DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL!!!!! I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEW EPISODES TO AIR. I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAUGHS.

• FOR ANYONE TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE’S LIVES WITHOUT KNOWING THE WHOLE TRUTH, I GUESS YOU REALLY ARE A CLOSE MINDED PERSON. WHY WOULD ANYBODY SAY THAT THEY PITY THE CHILDREN? OR SAY THEIR FAMILY IS DYSFUNTIONAL? THAT IS SO RIDICULOUS!!! THAT IS SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH!!! THIS FAMILY IS GREAT!!! THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS ARE ALL FANTASTIC. THEY DONT NEED TO HAVE OUTSIDE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEIR LIVES TO MAKE IT COMPLETE. ALL THEY NEED IS EACHOTHER. I DONT ASSOCIATE MUCH WITH MY FAMILY EITHER FOR PERSONAL REASONS. MY FAMILY IS DOING JUST FINE WITHOUT THEM. JUST LIKE THE GOSSELIN’S. THEY LOOK HAPPY AND THEY SEEM HAPPY. ALSO I LOVE KATE’S PERSONALITY I GUESS IT TAKES ONE STRONG WOMAN TO ANOTHER TO RECOGNIZE A POWERFUL WOMAN OF GOD. ONLY A STRONG GOD LOVING WOMAN LIKE KATE COULD PULL OFF MAINTAINING A HOUSEHOLD OF 10. JON & KATE ARE NOT PERFECT NOR IS ANYONE ON THIS PLANET. WHY CANT SOME PEOPLE JUST CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THE TERRIFIC JOB THEY HAVE DONE SO FAR WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR LIVES. ALSO FOR THE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE KIDS HITTING EACHOTHER AND BLAMING KATE. OH PLEASE COME ON KIDS WILL BE KIDS. HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN AROUND A GROUP OF KIDS AT THAT AGE. THATS HOW THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES BY SCREAMING, CRYING AND HITTING. AND KATE DOES NOT CONDONE SUCH BEHAVIOR IMMEDIATELY THE KIDS ARE SENT TO TIME OUT. SO NEXT TIME WHY DONT YOU THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE!!!!! OR REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE SHOW AND STOP JUDGING YOU ARE NOT GOD!!!

• GLNUNEZ, it is considered rude to use all caps in these things, it’s like shouting.
  I like the show too, the kids are adorable and Jon and Kate good parents I think. I grew up in a big family (7 kids) and my mother was about as organized as Kate, she has to be to avoid chaos. Their kids are all treated as distinct individuals and accepted as such and their sniping at each other is well within the range of normal.

• GLNUNEZ, calm down

• Oops, I guess I struck a nerve. Sorry. It’s all this negative stuff I’m reading on the web that changed my tune. If all I did was watch the show I would never think anything other then Kate is a good Mom, with great organizational skills. And certainly a loving family. I don’t live to far from the Gosselins, and from what I gather, there’s a lot of truth to all the bad that’s on here. Come on. What normal loving God fearing woman, would not allow a close family member to get paid for something they were doing out of the goodness of their heart all along? Only she is allowed to make money, and get all the freebies. Her own brother’s family can’t.

• Glnunez….. using all caps when writing is basically yelling at us.

• Katie’s parents took care of the twins while Jon and Kate were in Hershey with the sextuplets. When the church that her father was a pastor at gathered donations for her she became very ungrateful because she wanted money, refused the gentle used clothes, and unmatched cribs. She wanted cash and gift cards and when he wouldn’t make more demands to his congregation she cut him off. That’s what Katie means when she states “They don’t know how to help us.” You don’t give or get her what she wants then she cuts you out of her life.
  Apparently the one daughter that stuck with the father, Clarissa, is also estranged from Kate and her child also has no relationship with the Gosselin kids. Her sister is Ohio who makes jewelry was denied ad space on their wed site unless she paid full price for the ad. Charming sisterly love there.
  There is plenty of information out there. One that will give folks a laugh is the rationale she gave for not stopping to exchange information when she did that hit and run. Oh, no, I might have been recognized so I was afraid to stop, officer. Like she’s Angelina.
  Why none of the insanity gets out into the mainstream media I don’t know. I guess unless she gets highter then a z list celeb on a minor cable channel she can continue to snow “her public.” Some day the whole story will come out even if we have to wait for one of those poor kids to write a tell all.

• despite all the negativity out there, i still love the show and the family, even if i don’t personally know them. i just think there are many skeletons in their closet that they need to resolve, or else the criticisim from viewers and everyone else alike, could possibly ruin the show.

• To the above story, by “inform yourself”. Do you see what I mean? I’m hearing this kind of stuff all over the place. Has to make you think it has to be true. And the hit and run? Boy oh boy, what a fine human being she is… NOT!

• i really don’t know what to believe. i hear so many different stories. i guess none of us will never know the real kate gosselin, until we actually KNOW and MEET the real kate gosselin.

  i just wish i could be a fly on the wall ALL the time, not just when cameras are around

• its all just so weird. there is so much going on. if i were kate i would not sign up for another season and try and make amends with some family members. just go back to normal.

• IF I OFFENDED ANYONE WITH MY CAPS “IM SO SORRY” BUT THATS JUST THE WAY I PREFER TO WRITE. I JUST CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ALWAYS WANTING TO FIND THE WORST IN OTHER PEOPLE. I DONT THINK I EVER HEARD KATE SAY SHE WAS “PERFECT”AND I DONT SEE HOW ITS ANYBODY’S BUSINESS WITH HOW THE GOSSELIN’S LIVE THERE LIVES. WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL IF SHE CHOOSES NOT TO INTERACT WITH HER OR HER HUSBANDS FAMILY? THEY ARE ALL THE FAMILY THEY NEED. AND AS FOR THE AUNTIE WANTING MONEY I COULD REALLY CARELESS, THAT IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS NOR IS IT ANYONE ELSES. LET THEM SETTLE THERE OWN ISSUES WITHOUT SUCH JUDGEMENTAL REMARKS. DONT ANY OF YOU HAVE FAMILIES OF YOUR OWN TO WORRY ABOUT? I FIND IT A LITTLE FUNNY ON HOW THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT GET OFF ON OTHER PEOPLES MISHAPS. GET YOUR OWN LIVES!!!! “HELLO” ITS JUST A T.V. SHOW ITS NOT YOUR LIFE. IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE OR HOW KATE IS THEN STOP WATCHING THE SHOW!!! ALL I KNOW IS THAT I ENJOY THE SHOW AND I COULD CARELESS ON WHAT HAPPENS OFF THE SCREEN. BECAUSE ITS NONE OF MY BUSINESS NOR DO I REALLY CARE. I HOPE THE GOSSELIN’S CONTINUE TO AIR THEIR SHOWS. I FIND THEM VERY ENTERTAINING AND THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT. BUT I GUESS EVERYBODY ON HERE HAS THE PERFECT LIFE “NOT!!!” LOOK IN THE MIRROR PEOPLE, I’M SURE SOME OF YOU LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU THROW THAT STONE. CAUSE JON & KATE PLUS THE EIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES THE WAY THEY SEE FIT WITH OR WITHOUT THEIR OUTSIDE FAMILY MEMBERS OR THEIR JUDGEMENTAL VIEWERS. WHY CAN’T ANY OF YOU JUST WATCH THE SHOW FOR WHAT IT IS? AN FOR WHOM EVER TOLD ME TO CALM DOWN, HERE’S A TIP FOR YOU DON’T TAKE THINGS SO PERSONAL IT’S JUST CAP LETTERS. YES WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO OUR OWN OPINION BUT WHEN IT IS BASHING ANOTHER PERSON THAT YOU DONT EVEN KNOW THATS PRETTY PATHETIC. EVERYBODY AND I MEAN EVERYBODY HAS SKELETONS IN THEIR CLOSET. BUT I GUESS THERE ARE SOME VIEWERS THAT ARE JUST SO NOSEY THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ALL THE DIRT. HEY CLEAN OUT YOUR OWN ATTIC BEFORE YOU GO PRYING INTO SOMEONE ELSES. WHY CANT YOU JUST LEAVE THE GOSSELIN’S ALONE??? AND JUST ENJOY THE SHOW!!!

• I’m sorry I have offended you. I, at first really loved the show, and could care less about Kate’s little quirks. I really liked her. But then the rumor’s which I ignored. The latest batch got me. Afterall this is a reality show, not acting, (although it might be the greatest acting ever).
  I cannot support any show, who’s main character is so downright mean. It’s not my business, but it is my choice, and right to voice my opinion.

• And another thing, I have never dumped my parents from my life. Never had fight’s with sibling that went as far as not speaking. I’ve never solicited charity, and I’ve had my share of heartache. I’ve never denied anyone getting a chance to get paid. And last but not least, I’ve never been in a hit and run, and ran.

• This show is a total waste of time. How people can be so engrossed in this mediocre show is beyond me. Try watching the news or shows with some sort of substance people.

• DEAR GLNUNEZ,
  I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT THE GOSSELINS, THEY ARE THE ONE’S THAT ARE EXPOSING THEIR SKELETONS. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO MIND OUR ON BUSINESS JUST BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THEY PUT THEMSELVES INTO A POSITION FOR SOME SCRUTINY.

• WE ARE NOT BASHING ON SOME WE DON’T KNOW. WE ARE STATING FACTS ABOUT THINGS WE SEE.

• i agree with jennifer and janet. glunenz, i would always disagree with the people on here who would post rude comments about kate, and mady, and anyone else they did not like.

  but i do not get angry, because it is their own opinion and even if their reasoning for thinking that kate is an awful mom is beyond me, i don’t freak out. we all know kate’s a great mother and the eight children are adorable. we just think they have some marital issues, and obviously something is up with kate and her parents, because they would have been on the show by now, and she’s even said they’re not in their lives. but that’s it. no reason to freak out.

  i, personally, am i huge fan of the show. i’ve emailed the couple multiple times, and i never miss an episode and i watch them once a day. i love them, and i think kate’s a great mom. i’m not judging them, and some people on here don’t either. we have opinions though, and we are entitled to state them. first amendment. i only get angry if someone is rude about the twins or the sextuplets, espessially mady. because she’s seven. there’s no need for some of the things said about her, but anyway.

  they have their lives taped for everyone in america to see what their life is like, and they taped the shows knowing that there are always going to be some people out there who do not agree with them, but that’s fine with them, so it should be fine with you, glunenz.

• LIKE IA SAID BEFORE EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS. BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON T.V. SHOULD STAY EXACTLY THAT ON T.V. IT SEEMS AS IF THERE ARE OTHER SITES OUT THERE WITH WORTHLESS INFORMATION ABOUT THE GOSSELIN’S. AND YES YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THEM AIRING THEIR SHOW FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. BUT IT DOES’NT GIVE ANYONE ELSE THE RIGHT TO PRY INTO THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. AND AS FOR THIS FAMILY MUMBO JUMBO WELL CONGRATS TO YOU ALL THAT GET ALONG SO WELL WITH YOUR FAMILY. BUT JUST A LITTLE FYI NOT EVERYBODY IS AS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE PERFECT FAMILY. MOST FAMILIES HAVE DRAMA AND SOMETIMES ITS AT EVERYBODY’S BEST INTEREST TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE. SO WHATEVER THE REAL REASON MAY BE AS OF WHY OR WHY NOT KATE HAS HER FAMILY AROUND IS THERE BUSINESS. SOME OF YOU NEED TO FIND ANOTHER HOBBY. I THINK THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE TO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS AND THEY START SURFING THE INTERNET FOR GOSSIP. YES IT’S THERE TO READ BUT YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT WHAT YOU READ IS NOT ALWAYS THE TRUTH. UNLESS YOUR HEARING IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH ITSELF.
  AS YOU CAN ALSO TELL I LIKE TO VOICE MY OPINION AND I LIKE TO DO IT LOUDLY I GUESS KATE AND I HAVE ALOT IN COMMON. WE ARE STRONG WOMEN AND WE GET WHAT WE WANT, WHEN WE WANT AND HOW WE WANT. AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TRY AND STAND IN MY WAY THEY JUST MIGHT GET STEPPED ON IN THE PROCESS. AND “NO” THIS DOE’S NOT MAKE ME A BAD PERSON. I JUST KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE THE RIGHT WAY (MY WAY) I HAVE FOUR KIDS AND A HUSBAND AND I FIND MYSELF BEING JUST AS GRUMPY, PUSHY AND LOUD AS KATE WHEN I GOTTA BE. CAUSE I RUN THIS HOUSEHOLD I WILL BE DARNED IF MY KIDS WILL CONTROL MY HOME AND MY HUSBAND KNOWS THAT WHEN HE’S HOME THEN HE HELPS ME OUT LIKE A HUSBAND SHOULD. NOW BEFORE ANY OF YOU START JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS ONCE AGAIN MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY HAPPY TOGETHER. HE PUTS ME IN MY PLACE WHEN HE HAS TOO BUT ITS NOT VERY OFTEN CAUSE HE DOES WEAR THE PANTS UNTIL I TAKE THEM OFF, LOL. ALSO MY HUSBAND AND I DONT ASSOCIATE MUCH WITH OUR FAMILIES EITHER. WHAT FOR??? TO MUCH DRAMA AND WE DONT NEED IT. BESIDES THERE’S ENOUGH DRAMA RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBSITE. IN WHICH I FOUND BY ACCIDENT CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO EMAIL JON & KATE TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH MY FAMILY AND I LOVE THEIR TV SHOW. AND I WAS CURIOUS BY THE TITLE OF THIS PAGE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SHOW. I WAS SO SURPRISED WHEN I READ WHAT I READ. SO I FELT OBLIGATED TO DEFEND THE GOSSELIN’S. I MIGHT NOT KNOW THEM PERSONALLY BUT I HAVE ALOT IN COMMON WITH THEM FROM WHAT I SEE ON THE SHOW.
  ALSO I DO AGREE WITH WHAT “MARCIA” SAID IN HER BLOG WATCH TH NEWS.
  AND BY THE WAY “JANET” AS FAR AS BEING OFFENDED BY YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS WEBSITE PLEASE KNOW I DONT GET OFFENDED THAT EASILY. SO EVERYBODY HAVE FUN READING YOUR LITTLE TABLOIDS, BLOGS OR WHATEVER, IF THATS WHAT MAKES YOUR BORING LITTLE WORLDS GO ROUND THEN MORE POWER TO YA!!!!! ONE LAST THING “JANET” UNTIL YOU HAVE WALKED IN “KATE’S” SHOES AND LIVED HER LIFE AND UNDERSTAND WHY SHE HANDLES THINGS THE WAY SHE DOES AND YOU BECOME HER, JUST DO ME A FAVOR AND SAVE IT WITH YOU AND YOUR PERFECT FAMILY!!!! LUCKY YOU, MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR OWN REALITY SHOW SO WE CAN ALL LEARN HOW TO HAVE THE PERFECT LIFE AND FAMILY. AS FOR THE CHURCH THING AND THE SISTER-IN-LAW THING THATS ALL HEAR SAY. AND IF ITS TRUE OR NOT ONCE AGAIN “NOT ANY OF OUR BUSINESS”. LET AUNTIE JODIE HANDLE THAT ALL ON HER OWN. THOSE KIDS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE HER NEPHEWS AND NIECES WHY WOULD SHE EXPECT TO GET PAID FOR WATCHING THEM? I’M SO SURE!!! UNLESS THEY HAD A PRIOR AGREEMENT REGARDING WHO GETS PAID AND WHY. AFTERALL THIS IS THE GOSSELIN’S SHOW NOT HERS. BESIDES IF KATE REALLY IS THE MONSTER YOUR ALL MAKING HER OUT TO BE THEN SHE WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO GOD FOR THAT SOMEDAY NOT YOU. AND NO “LESLEY” NOT EVERYBODY THAT DOES WATCH THE SHOW WILL AGREE BUT THE THING IS, WHATS THERE NOT TO AGREE WITH?
  THEIR LIFE, THEIR KIDS, THEIR SHOW. PLUS I THINK THEY HANDLE THINGS QUIT WELL. I WOUNDNT CHANGE A THING. ITS PRETTY MUCH HOW I WOULD DO IT. I JUST LOVE THAT KATE, SHE’S THE BEST!!!

• well glunenz, trust me i understand where you are coming from. but some people do not agree on the way kate treats her husband, or the way kate runs her household. i am not one of these people, but they are out there. but it’s okay, because it is their own opinion.

  and so what if people look up inside the lives of jon and kate on the internet? i hope you are aware that jon and kate have THEIR OWN personal website, http://www.sixgosselins.com, that they run because they know people will surf them on the internet. it’s not as weird and nosy as you may think.

  and we do not think kate is a monster. funny how you should say that, because i never once said anything bad about kate. yes she may be highstrung and what not, she even admits it on the viewer FAQ episode. i think she’s a great mom with wonderful intentions for her family and marriage.

  you should not take things so personally on here, it’s a blog and on blogs, everyone is different and no one’s opinion will be exactly like yours.

• Once again, Lesley, you are the voice of reason.
  I must admit I was very angry with Kate from what I was reading, but, I do love those kids, and wish nothing but the best for the entire family. I might have to blame alittle PMS for my reaction before regarding Kate.

• it is true that SOMETIMES kate LOVE TAPS jon but who cares they allways get back together in the end! plus the kids are soooooooooooo adorable especially Aaden!

• I think Glnunez is an idiot.

• In my opinion Kate has all symptoms of a sociopath: http://www.bookslut.com/scarlet_woman_of_selfhelp/2005_03_004676.php

  I feel sorry for Jon and the kids. :( Kate did put on a good act to get Jon.

• glnunez is an idiot

• I don’t like Kate’s sociopathic ways

• It would be different if one or two people didn’t like Kate, but it’s thousands…..hello! wake-up Jon.

• Caly, I do remember seeing videos of when they got together and Kate was being fake (nice=not herself). No one needs to put up with abuse like that. If it were the husband that was the abusive one then all hell would break loose, but since it’s the female that’s the abusive one, then it’s just brused unde the rug.

• There is a black family with sextuplets that come on every blue moon…I wonder why they don’t have a weekly episode…maybe Kate is throwing a tantrum about them too.

• i do not believe kate is a sociopath. at all. she gets stressed and clearly she cannot handle stress very well and it’s clear she cracks under pressure. but that does not mean she needs physcological and mental help. she is dramatic, there is no doubt about that. but can people no longer be called dramatic without being classified as some science expierement? it’s her personality, she’s not insane.

  she’s a stressed out mom, who i think definatly needs to deal with her stress in a much better manor, but i do not think she is at all crazy. sure she’s ocd and she admits that in the housekeeper hunt episode. and she yells often, but i’d like to see all of us raise eight children.. then find out how we react. i can’t even handle taking care of my dog, and i know eight kids would send us ALL over the edge, and for kate to still be pushing for her children and doing the things she does,

  i think she’s a fantastic mother with no sociopathic ways.

• kate is not rude u guys are rude don’t talk if u don’t have 8 kids and becace jonh is nice kate very ;very nice cara sweet and mady is very kind alies is sweet and out going hannah is nice and motherly adean is a very nice aniamal tolder and collin is very ,very ,very kind leah small and cute joel is very ,very ,very,very, very, very kind so yall can’t talk.

• I agree with simone they are great people.Like thw intro of the show says , ” although having two sets of multiple doesn’t lways bring out the best in us ” that shows and the admitted to it. they’re kids are awesome.

• I agree with Simone they are great people .Like the intro of the show say ” although having two sets of multiples doesn’t always bring out the best in us, we’re a family and it’s our life” . It’s a tough job rasing so many kids I don’t think I could have done it.

• jjjjj

• I cannot believe you people. They have EIGHT kids!!!!! u r not gonna be all lovey dovey all the time!!! they do an amazing job raising these wonderful children!!! And of course they r gonna take things for free! eight kids!!!!!! how dare anyone who thinks that they are terrible!!!! i’d like to see u selfish people raise eight kids. Mary, if u hate them so much, stop watching the show. no one cares. well, i love this show, jon and kate, and their kids, so stop insulting them cuz they r doing something that none of u could do!

• Yeah! I kinda like to see show. Like ’bout every chance I get! (well, maybe not). Being the 3rd of 7 myself, (all singular births) I can relate somewhat to what its like for them, We all landed on both our feet, so, it can be done. I’m kinda nuts ’bout kids as well.

• I love this show. I think the kids are adorable. I have two kids and I can’t even imagine having that many kids the same age. Yes, I think Kate is very controlling and can sometimes be a little overboard, but they make it work and I believe they are a family trying to make their life the best they can. How would almost anybody feel if they had a TV crew in their house showing their private life. You would probably see things that you wouldn’t like, especially if you were raising 6 3-yr olds and 2 7-yr olds. They are a loving family and you can see that on the show. I say God Bless Them for taking this on because there are a lot of people that wouldn’t have done as great a job; and as for making the money that they probably make doing this show, they are probably thinking of their 8 children and want the best for them. What’s wrong with that?

• the posts that say the exact same thing that we’ve been saying are becoming boring.

• “HELLO” TINA & TARA I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO VERY ISULTING. I NEVER ONCE INSULTED YOU NOR CONVERSATED WITH YOU BEFORE EITHER. SO IF I’M AN IDIOT THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE THE TWO OF YOU? HMMMM????? I GOT IT!!!! EVEN BIGGER IDIOTS!!!!!
  HERE’S A LITTLE ADVICE “GROW UP PEOPLE” SERIOUSLY!!!!!!

  ANYWAYS OVERALL JON & KATE PLUS EIGHT IS A VERY ENTERTAINING TV SHOW. KATE IS NOT ABUSIVE IN ANY MEANING OF THE TERM. SOME OF YOU PEOPLE ARE SO WHACKED OUT IN THE BRAIN YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT OR SAYING. I THINK KATE IS FUNNY AS HELL. I LOVE HER WAYS AND JON IS CRAZY FUNNY. SO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOTHING BUT BAD THINGS TO SAY YOU ALL NEED TO “GET LOST” WERE TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY TV SHOW HERE. IT’S NOT LIKE ALL THE OTHER REALITY TV SHOWS THAT HAS SEX, ALCOHOL & HALF NAKED CHICS & DUDES. THOSE ARE THE SHOWS TO CRITICIZE.
  ANYWAYS I’M KINDA TIRED OF READING ALL THE BAD THINGS SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE GOSSELIN’S SO I JUST MIGHT CHECK OUT OF HERE!!!! AND MAYBE CHECK IN FROM TIME TO TIME. I HOPE LESLEY YOU CAN KEEP SOME OF THESE CRAZY PEOPLE STRAIGHT. SO PEACE OUT PEEPS I SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY AND NOW I’M MOVING ON!!!!!!!!!

• Even though I said I wouldn’t watch anymore because of the “Jodie” thing, I cooled off about it. I did watch and loved the last beach show. I thought it was great.
  How about the house/property the Gosselins were looking at? A Viginia horse ranch, with acres. They are doing quite well. I also thought Kate seemed fine, especially her excitement over the wild horses. I would love that too. See our opinions, and the right to change our minds. I’m feeling sad for Hannah. She is my favorite, and she looks so sad a lot of the time. All in all the kids were all adorable.

• janet, i know i loved the beach and horse episodes. those houses were huge! they seem to be very well off.

  and in glunenz’s post, i actually agree with what she said about the other reality shows.. the ones with only alcohol and sex and watching other people ruin their lives.. jon and kate is truley one of the only good reality shows out there. the ones that are actually not scripted, and actually don’t show people making fools out of themselves and being completly immoral. i just love jon and kate. i hate waiting a whole week for new episodes, lol

  and hannah does always look sad! i used to think she was one of the not so great looking sextuplets, along with collin, but now i think they’re both adorable, and they’ve gotten much cuter with time. joel is still my favorite boy, i think his eyes are so pretty!

• HEY I LOVE YOUR SHOW IT IS SOOOO AWSOME

• Great show. Everyone who doesn’t like this show should go watch the Two Cory’s, now thats a show LOL.

• i love all of the kids and how cute they are. I also love how it is all natural and nothing is scripted or planned out, Kate can be a little high strung but who could blame her with eight energetic kids? Great show!

• Hi Lesley! I actually got hooked on the show by switching channels one evening and coming across the episode where Hannah is helping her Mom fold clothes. I fell instantly in love, and thought that was the cutest thing.
  Ever since then I’ve had a soft spot for her, and always notice what she’s doing. That’s how I’ve realized lately that she looks sad a lot. Of course they’re all adorable, and now that I know them all, just love them. Collin, out of all the boys, bugs me the most when he seems to instigate fights. Or kind of bullies them. I do love his clean up skills though. Can’t wait until next week either. Now these beach shows are terrific.

• i know, i bet kate is really thankful that hannah can fold whole baskets of laundry now. that’s insane! i don’t know any four year olds that can do or even WANT to do that.
  she does look sad alot. i don’t really know why that is though. her voice is so cute and high pitched, it’s funny. her hair is so pretty also.

  haha yes collin always seems to start arguments but as said by jon and kate, he is very stubborn so i guess that comes with his personality. i still think he’s cute though.

  they actually had a beach episode, last year.. in december. called the cutting room floor episode. it’s NEVER on, i’ve only seen it once, which was on the monday it premiered. i wish it aired more often. but oh well.. what can ya do.

• good riddance GLNUNEZ

• Is Aiden retarded? I just was wondering…he’s still cute anyway.

• I agree with Angela, “Kate is a jerk. And no, it is NOT “normal” for couples to act like white trash and treat their spouse like crap just because they have some kids and have been married for a while. I am 7 months pregnant with our 5th, we’ve been married for 15 years (since age 18) and we have NEVER treated one another OR our kids with so much disrespect. Stop making excuses for people who are just horrible in general. Kate would find a reason to be a witch with or without those kids, they just give her an excuse. Unfortunately, in many homes today it is COMMON, but it’s NEVER normal!”

• Hannah seems very ready to please and help her parents, and also very needy for affection. Maybe she just can’t get enough. Of course Leah and Alexis, are just too cute as well.
  Aaden cracks me up. And I love the relationship that Joel has with Jon.
  It amazes me that Cara and Maddy look even more Asian to me then Jon.
  As Kate said, she was told that the Asian gene is very strong, and all her children will look like that. They are all beautiful children. When you think that even Jon is only half Asian, so the children are essentially one quarter. They are some strong genes! Who knew.

• It is so obvious Hannah is Kate’s favorite.

• Let’s try to donate to get them all lockers so they each have a personal space … beyond their beds. Would not take much!!

• Let’s try to get wach a locker which is not much of an expeoense but better than fighting over their beds & what they ech hide there…cauding more stress to Jon & Kate.

• Also – stop being judgmental, please. Could you do it?

• OMG…..I ABSOLUTELY HATE WHEN KATE SLAPS JON!!! SHE IS SO CONTROLLING AND TREATS JON LIKE ONE OF THE KIDS. I THINK HE IS SUCH A GOOD LOOKING GUY AND SHE BETTER WATCH ….WHEN THE SHOW IS OVER I BET THEY GET DIVORCED!!!!

• Kate is also aways holding Leah, who can blame her, she is a doll.

• lol opal, aaden is not retarded. none of the children have anything wrong with them. collin has a droopy eyelid but besides that, everything else is fine. and i do not agree when you callled the gosselins white trash. i think they are the complete opposite?

  and i know i LOVE joel and jon’s relationship. i don’t know if you’ve seen the episode.. but the boys and jon went to the gym.. and jon’s trainer asked joel his name, and he said i’m “daddys son.”
  it was so adorable. he is my favorite : )

• I AGREE I THINK KATE IS VERY UNFAIR WHEN IT COMES TO THE KIDS, SHE IS ALWAYS PRAISING THE GIRLS & ALWAYS TALKS BAD ABOUT THE BOYS SHE SAID THERE 4TH B-DAY WASN’T A SPECIAL DAY & SHE SURE LET ALL THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR CUPCAKE & EVEN EAT IT IN FRONT OF THE BOYS THAT WAS SO SAD & EVEN MADY & CARA GOT A CAKE & IT WASN’T EVEN THEIR B-DAY IT WOULDN’T HAVE KILLED THEM TO LET THE BOYS ALSO HAVE THEIR CUPCAKE. AND I DON’T SEE THEIR MARRAIGE LASTING EITHER THEY RATHER HAVE THE MONEY & FAME INSTEAD OF A HAPPY LIFE WITH THEIR KIDS I WOULD RATHER LIVE MY LIFE POOR INSTEAD OF HAVING MY MARRIAGE WRECKED & CAMERS IN MY FACE ALL THE TIME

• miss real, kate let the kids who ate most of their dinner have their birthday cupcake. that is her rule, you have to eat most of your vegetables and meat to be able to have dessert or monkey munch, no matter what day it was. and the boys did not eat their dinner, so they did not have the sweets afterwards. it’s a common rule i even had in my own home, so i understand kate’s reasoning.

  but i DO understand where you are coming from. it does seem like she favors the girls over the boys. but maybe that’s just what we get out of the thirty minutes of airtime, i’m sure alot of the moments that are spent with the boys are not caught on tape. but once being a child, i knew i favored my mom over my dad, because my mom was a girl and mothers and daughters obviously have a special relationship, and dad and sons do as well. but i believe they all love their children equally, and they all have different and special bonds with their parents, based on their sex. i think it’s like that in every home also.

• I’m only the mother of one, so it was always interesting to me if when having several children, if you have a favorite. The majority of my friends
  I’ve asked, say yes. But they try not to show it. Of course they dearly love all their children, but sometimes you just hit it off with one. The only thing I see with Kate is she’s always got a girl on her lap. Very seldom the boys, but it’s just a half hour show.

• janet i agree with you :]
  i’m not a mother of any, i’m not even sixteen yet. but i understand how you can have a liking for a child that may seem like you like them more, but i just cannot see how a mother could ever choose favorites. and i do not think kate gosselin does. of course mothers could have more fun with one child rather than the other, or get along better with this child compared to this child, but i do not think you love any of them less or more

  thats just my take on it, maybe i’ll find out when i have kids ; )

• My husband and I love this show. I think they get along as well as expected with a family of 8 kids. Even tho she is anal with stuff and bossy with Jon, he is the relaxed one..its a good balance. And plus its not a made up, fake show, this is real life. You can tell they adore eachother and they love those kids. I give them lots of credit. My husband and I can’t complain about the stress our 2 kids may bring. We’ve become better people and a better team together at home from watching Jon and Kate.

• Oh my goodness, Lesley. You’re only sixteen? I’m floored. Never thought, from your mature wriing, you were that young. Wow. Now I guess you don’t know what it’s like to have several kids yet. I’m sure you’ll be a great mother. Now tell me you’re a boy and I’ll faint.

• haha well no, i’m fifteen. not yet sixteen. but i have been told i am mature for my age, lol. and no haha i’m a girl, so no worries there.

  and have any of you seen the previews for the new episode on monday? the children are covered in chocolate. i was so suprised, i would have never guessed that kate would have let them do that, knowing how she is with messes. but i cannot wait to see that episode either!

• i thought you were older also. you’re pretty smart
  also i think glnunez left because things were hitting too close to home. she said she acted just like kate and maybe she took the critizisms(sp) towards kate personally

• thanks jennifer.

  that’s true, i didn’t even know she said that, i skimmed over it instead of reading all eighteen paragraphs word for word lol

• it felt like like 600 paragraphs . it was way, way, way too long

• omg i am obsessed with jona and kate plus 8! ive seen every episode ever made!!!! my name is kate just like hte mom but i am not like that. jon and kate do fight but they love each other! i mean think about it….. if u had a great husband but u also had 8 kids u guys would fight 2! they r under so much stress! i feel bad for kate because everyone thinks she is terrible. she is really funny wen shes not yelling!

• my mom had 9
  i have 5
  my sisters have 7,7,5,8.and 7 respectively
  and none of us act like kate gosslin

• i know, i know not all mom’s act like kate. but sometimes it’s just her personality coming out when she’s stressed, and your mom possibly handled stress much better than kate does. and your mom probably wasn’t a complete drama queen like kate. but that’s her personality, so what can ya do. she cracks under pressure, but that’s just her. just gotta deal

  and at the same time, there’s camera men all over their house, along with nine other folks, six of them all under the age of five, and two being eight years old. while i might not know what it’s like to have any kids, i could possibly see myself not getting so worked up like kate does. but at the same time, who am i to talk, because i won’t know, and none of us will know, until we have eight kids, all roughly the same age.

• look, its bad for her health to be the way she is. she is going to have a heart attack or give jon one. its not healthy for mady to act the way she does. there’s nothing wrong with teaching mady coping skills that will last her a life time. kate never developed coping skills. but that doesn’t mean mady shouldn’t have them. kate should read the last lecture by randy pausch.

• look , its not healthy the way she acts. she is going to have a heart attack or give jon one. and its not healthy for mady to act that way. mady should be taught some coping skills. kate never delevoped coping skills and she will end up with a peptic ulcer. kate should read the last lecture by randy pausch

• sorry i posted twice

• I wish my boss would read “the last lecture”. Certainly would help my current working conditions.
  Back to Kate. I think lately she’s softened up, quite a bit, and actually seems to be funnier. I’m sure she gets a whiff of all the negative comments out there. And by all means, viewers certainly not have seen the worst of her. I bet Maddy is exactly how Kate was as a child and she recognizes that. I’ve even heard her say she has control issues, can’t imagine where she gets that from. She was kidding, or course.
  Maddy will probably grow up and get herself a nice guy like Jon. Like I said before, nice guys seem to go for very controlling women, and vise versa.

• jennifer, i know it’s not healthy to be so stressed all the time, and to act the way kate does. but at the same time, like i will always say, it is her personality. it’s the way she was made, she can’t help it if the stress causes her to flip out. sure, she could learn some ways to cope with the eight children better, but she’s just a drama queen, she’s said it once and she’ll say it again. she’s overbearing, and controlling, and she’s highstrung. but it’s the way she is, and if that’s so, so be it. she can handle the way she is, so can we.

  and janet, i agree. i do not think anything is wrong with mady and i do not think she needs therapy. my sister is exactly like her and she’s at a&m right now, in college. and she’s doing just fine. sure we didn’t have seven other brothers and sisters including cara, but my sister loves attention and the camera, has the biggest fits over nothing, and is certainly a drama queen. but she turned out fine. i have no worries for that child. with great parents like that and support from her family, she’ll be fine. she just has a little more kate inside of her than she does jon.

• Wow, another whole hour of the beach vacation next week. They sure captured the feeling of the shore in these episodes. I was proud of Kate for allowing her children to get messy. What a place they’re staying at. The pool is amazing. My littler Hannah still seems quiet. I think the camera crew just doesn’t focus on her much. I was also shocked how scared the boys were in the water. Little Aaden was adorable. Collin came around and enjoyed the water. Heck even Joel came around eventually.

• Oops typo, I meant “little Hannah”.

• kate did seem different. i little more easy going. go figure. i also was relieved, in a way, that mady finally got punished for her behavoir at the pool. she still wanted to control the swimming lesson the next day. a work in progress i guess

• i know i had no idea it would be an hour but when i figured they couldn’t make the whole episode in two minutes when it was 8:28, i was happy. and aaden was so cute in that pool. they all were.

  i LOVED the part whenever joel and aaden were on the beach and aaden goes ‘disgusting hands!’ to joel
  it was funny, i thought.

  i do not like jon and kate’s tattoo’s though. at all lol

• Lesley, I am extremely impressed! What insight you have for age 15! Besides that, you have excellent writing skills and you can spell! LOL

  I just wanted to comment about Aaden’s remark “disgusting hands” to Joel.

  First of all, it seemed to hurt Joel’s feelings a lot more than it should have. After all, it was just a sibling who said it. Siblings say much worse things to one another.

  Secondly, it seemed that Aaden was doing his little impression of Kate. That bothered me. They were at the beach, with sand and water, and yeah, you will get dirty. Why the harsh comment from Aaden? It’s like that was the worst thing he could say to Joel and it was said with so much vehemence from a 4-year old! And poor Joel, he just cried and said “I’m washing my hands . . .”

  I don’t know . . . that just left me feeling badly for Joel especially, but also for Aaden. Did anyone else get that kind of vibe?

• well thanks lauren : )

  now that you bring it up, and i see where you are coming from, i did feel bad for joel. i just thought the way aaden said that was sort of cute. but when joel said i’m washing my hands, i did feel bad. but as you can see the kids get over it in no time, which is nice. five minutes later they’re playing together. i guess aaden just picked it up from kate, i assume. she doesn’t like messes and being dirty, and i bet the kids just pick it up. i don’t know where else he could have gotten that. apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, i guess

• i admit that i do like the show… but its becoming way too unreal. First they started this REDICULOUS thing of taking the family on vacation like every week. then they start taking each child on a “special day” to a place where the child wants to go. and then i see all these helpers coming in and helping them. now i no they need help but 1 time i saw 5 people helping them in their house. and now the biggest one of all, tlc is going to build them a house worth 2 million dollars!!!!!! its getting really insane they’re getting too much stuff and they don’t need that much help

• hey maddy sorry to tell you but tlc actually pays the family to go on trips. thats why i think this show is becomng less and less real

• lesley and glunez, i gotta say i dont agree.
  they are making money rule there lives and its becoming so unreal i dont no what to beleive

  i also feel kinda bad for mady and cara because it seems like the older the younger ones are geting the less face time mady and cara are getting. its kinda become all about the sextuplets and thats not what the shows about.

  im also interested in how long you guuys think the series is gonna go. obviously it cant go on into the childrens teens but its so popular to stop all of the sudden. as time goes on its gonna become less interesting because its won’t be as hard for jon and kate once their oler

• how do you know all this?

• The Aaden/Joel hands thing, just shows you how Kate’s cleanliness OCD, has them all a little crazy. I’ve never seen any kid on the beach even thinking about how clean their hands are. Most kids are just busy playing in the sand and having fun. To tell you the truth, I didn’t even hear what Joel was crying about. I thought Aaden wanted a toy or something. Thanks bloggers, for setting me straight.
  TLC is building them a 2 million dollar home? Wow. They really have hit the jack pot. I hope they have some friends and family left to come and visit, or at least realize that’s what you want to be rich with!

• i think kates OCD is taking away from the kids childhood
  its not right to keep your kids away from a beach just because they are gonna get dirty, or prevent them from coloring
  its absurd

• ok i LOOOOOOOOVE jon and kate plus 8! its the best! yes of course i watch it. i think the little kids r soooooooooooooo cute and the older girls r so whitty and helpful (most of the time) to all that hate the show and think its fake then get a life because guess what…….. it is real!!

  i hate to play favorites but i LOVE leah…. shes sooooooo cute. i love the episode where hannah pushes her and she says “we dont push!” if u want to know what im talking about then go on youtube and you type in jon and kate plus eight and then u can find it.

  so ya to all the haters out there GET A LIFE! if u dont like the show then dont watch it and dont blog about it. its redicuious.

  ill admit that kate dose have BAD OCD but i mean tones of ppl have it to so ya know she cant help it. she was just born that way.

  if u dont agree with me make a comment

• i just read jodys blog and i am DISGUSTED with kate right now. kate prevented jody from getting a contract because she said she didn’t want anybody making money off her family, even though jody is family. kate does not have the childrens best interest in heart, she only wants to make money. the worst thing from this is that jodi gave the kids a place where they can just be kids and not have to worry about the cameras being on them. kate never acknoledges jodi as help, in fact, wen she went on ellen she forgot to mention all the help from jody that comes free. and wen jon and kate go on sepaking engagements they get paid for all the expenses and can make money from people if they sell tickets.

• these people are such frauds its unbeleivable. they always complain (especially kate) about how hard their lives are raising eight kids but they rarely mention how much help they really have!!!!! they have a personall cook that cooks them all organic meals because kate has a problem with processed food (OCD again), they have 3 house cleaners, 1 person for the laundry, and a personal assistant for kate wen somthing isn’t going her way and she needs to fix it (REDICULOUS)

• I think this is a great show. My hat is off to both Jon and Kate. They attempt more things with 8 kids than I did with 3 ( not multiples) Kate and Jon are great together! They pick and choose their fights fairly. I started to cry with Kate when they were stuck on the plane for such a long time and the kids were crying. I would cry too. Jon and kate…keep up the good work.

• umm that jeff person……… how do u know all that……. do u just sit and research jon and kate plus 8, i mean really

• its not that hard, i got alot of it from jodys blog (very interesting) and various webistes. i think this information should be known before anyone waches the show because they need to know that jon and kates lives are not as hard as they say

• someone plese respond to the “a person” one thats a little bit up. im in the mood to blog

• you are TOTALLY over reacting jeff.

• if jon and kate actully look at this website i just want u to know that im a HUGE FAN! i loooooooooove the show!
  blog me bac if u can!

• the show is awsome! I always laugh at the whitty things the little kids say. like hannah saying “enjoy yourself” and leah saying “we dont push” and joel saying (when kate wanted to find out who toke the nob off of something) “he did it.” me and my sister laughed at all of that! if u disagree with my love of the show PPPPLLLLLEEEEEAAASSSSSEEE blog back to me!

• im not over re-acting this is serrious. there lives are not nearly as hard as they say (or at least not as hard as it used to be) lets face it, if they didn’t have the show they would be nothing and have nothing

• jeff, i do not agree with you. i do not believe the two million dollar house idea. they just went to look at property in virgina for themselves. and jeff, the show IS about the sextuplets and the twins. i do not understand how you say it’s all about the sextuplets and not what the show is about? it IS about the kids. ?? they started the show because of them. obviously?

  and you say kate buys only organic things because she is ocd, no. she buys it because she has the best interest at heart for her children. my mother sticks to frozen dinners and fast food, and i could only DREAM of having home cooked meals, not to mention it all being organic. hats off, to kate for doing that. i have ocd, and i hate having it, it runs in my family. but i cannot help it, and i know anyone who has it cannot help it either. so do not go badmouthing kate because of her personality and the way she is. if you don’t like someone and their personality, then you have that right. but do not judge someone and call them an awful person because of what you THINK you know about them. that is just not right, and it’s just wrong. whether you hate them or you love them, you don’t KNOW them.

  and i did not put jodi’s sisters blog out there for everyone to just badmouth her. i put it just out there for information, not for you to rant on about how she is an awful person.

  and SURE, they complain about how hard it is to raise eight kids, BECAUSE IT IS. they know how lucky they are. they complain about life being tough, and the stress sometimes is unbearable. but at the end of the day, i think that that family knows how lucky they are. and they are not the only ones, we all have hardtimes and stress and etc, but at the end of the day, we are ALL thankful because we know it could be alot worse. they count their blessings, and sure they may complain and say things they do not mean, but it’s the stress getting to them. i think we’ve all been there, and done that, and said things we regret a day later because of stress. and just add eight kids to the mix, let’s see you not get stressed and say things.

  and they do not have three house cleaners. they have BEVERLY, who folds laundry. because she offered to. and karla puts it away for them. kate has mentioned how lucky she is to have them. watch a few episodes, jeff. you’ll see her say this.
  and then they have JENNY, the babysitter and helper who is now on the episodes. she is there because as the kid are getting older, they will need help. ever heard of a babysitter? alot of people are using them these days, jeff. with one kid or with eight.

  i just do not think people can badmouth people they do not know. you have never even spoken to kate gosselin before, and for some of the things said about her and her family is wrong. sure, she’s ocd and has no idea how to handle stress, but she’s doing her best and i think she’s gotten better with jon, as seen in recent episodes. meet her, spend a day with her, then come back here and tell us what you think. till then, lay off. and stop being rude.

• To Jeff: I know how you feel. I was a big fan, and totally forgave Kate her little quirks. Then I read the Jodie blog and was infuriated. I vowed never to watch the show again and all that. Realistically, we don’t have the whole story, and never will. I got over my anger. Plus I really like the show lately. We’re all entitled to our opinions and the ability to change our minds. That’s why I love this blog. So if you’re mad at the Gosselins, so be it. You have every right to be. This isn’t just a goody two shoes blog, it’s everything.

• Oh, and one more thing. All the help she got from friends and family, which wasn’t much, seems to be more last season. This year, ironically, since the Jodie thing, we don’t see to much of Nana Janet, or Beth, or anyone else for that matter, except the babysitter who goes along with the trips. Kate and Jon may infact have professional help now, since the huge popularity of the show. But, once again, we really don’t know the whole story.

• I’m very talkative this morning for some reason, but to the point that they don’t show Maddy and Cara to much….let’s face it. I think the whole show is the sextuplets. They are adorable and fun to watch, plus there wouldn’t be a show without them.

• lesley,
  i agree 100% that kate and jon have an extremely hard job taking care of 8 kids and i probably couldnt do it myself. i just want people 2 no ALL the stuff about the gosselins an not just about what they seeon tv. when i first saw this blog i was surprised about how many people actuallywhach the show. i just dont think people should be calling kate a superhero until they no that she has ALOT of help and alot of money, more then they would of ever had if they didnt get the show or even have the sextuplets.

  and i dont know kate but i doubt u do

• and lesley,
  the 2 million dollar house is real!
  they were looking for properties

• how do you know all of this?

• jeff, i know. i wanted people to know about kate. which is why i posted jodi’s sister’s blog on here, for people to read it and read up about the gosselins, and how their life on the television is misleading, because they mave many skeletons in the closet, so it seems.

  and no jeff, i do NOT know kate gosselin personally, and i never called her a superhero. but when it comes to being a mother, and from what i’ve seen from the first hour specials when they did not even have money OR the fame they have now, she had her best intrest for her children at heart. and you could see this, because this was even before people knew their names.
  NOW, four years later, she would not buy organic beef, or she would not take her children to disney world and she wouldn’t do the things she does for her kids, if she did not care for her kids.
  i don’t know her as a person, but as a mom, she does a hell of a good job. and you yourself cannot even disagree with that.

  she’s ocd and she yells, and that is her as a person, but as a mom, i don’t think those kids could ask for anything better.
  and no, i do not agree with the 2million dollar. they DID look for properties, i already mentioned this. but unless you can find me the proof that says that tlc is building them a house, don’t believe it. at least i had proof about the disagreement between jodi and kate.

  i don’t agree with everything kate does, i don’t agree about what she did with jodi. i do not agree with how she cut off her parents, and i do not always agree with the way she treats jon. but YOURE right, i do not know her, and neither do you, so you have no right to say the things you do about her and her family either. it goes both ways, jeff.

• Here’s my 2 cents- They’re not perfect, who is? But they are good parents. And the kids are really cute and seem happy and well adjusted and cared for. The property they looked at looked super expensive, so I would guess that they are profiting quite well from their show. And really what’s wrong with that? You wouldn’t expect them to put their lives on show for free.

• i dont really have a problem with them going on trips and using the money for the kids (even though tlc pays for all that stuff). what really bothers me is that they’re treated as if they are the best parents in the world. i happen to know a family that have 8 kids and there not takin trips all the time. there are millions of families that have more children then the gosselins and are much more interesting then them, but their not getting a tv show anytime soon. now i no that the fact that they have 2 sets of multiples is pretty remarkable but there are plenty of people that could really use a show to show people around the world that they have a harder time making ends meet then the gosselins that continue to use there children for money. lets face it, thats exactly what there doing

• People are obviously interested in them, and the show is probably a good draw for tlc- they’re making money and some of that is being passed on to the Gossleins. At this point the kids are little, it doesn’t seem like exploitation to me, but I would make this the last year for all this voyeurism if I were the parents. I understand that it looks unfair to all those families that struggle, to see the Gosliens being given so much, that house hunting thing was really in your face, but really that’s the way life is – not always fair and equal.

• I Love the show :) The kids are cute ! Jon and Kate are normal people with real tempers and idiosycrasies.How would we act being filmed all the time? Are we always nice?

  As far as all the jealous haters ,really play nice lets not be jealous. If they take advantage of the perks of being famous its a good thing for them and their children.Listen they bring me joy,I watch their show with my girls and reminisce of when they were little.

  You can totaly tell they Love each other.They are devoted and real they are super funny my girls and I like their show very much.

  I hope they have all their dreams come true.

• Jeff, you are a moron. And most of the people on here that analyze every little thing about the Gosslien’s are too. First of all they happened to be fortunate enough to land a T.V. show. Secondly, they deserve the money!!! Thirdly, if you know so many people with 8 kids or more then why dont you get a camcorder and record them? And let everybody judge them to then. I’m sure most of these people on here would enjoy that. It would just give them more families to judge and criticize. Like their all so perfect, LOL. Anyways get a life EVERYBODY!!!!! Except for all the ones that love Jon & Kate plus eight.
  THIS SHOW ROCKS

• i agree with you amanda. and jeff, four years ago they would have never dreamed about having their own show. they just signed up for a one hour special, and that was going to be it. but apperently it got high ratings, so they signed on for one more, and which is how they got a television show. i know of other families like the duggars and they have sixteen children, but at the same time i would not watch them anyway. they seem so perfect, their long hair and long dresses, huge house and they never argue. ever. now THATS a show that really seems fake and just flat out annoying. i want to see real people, which is probably why i like the gosselins so much.

  kate has stated that she would want to be a fly on the wall in a household with this many multiples, and i think all of america would agree. which is why, now, they have a television show. they would’ve never imagined that they would have been this popular, or been this big of a hit.. but if you don’t like it, then thank america for that. because all the people tuning in and watching them are just helping out their ratings even more.

  and to your comment about the other families with eight children who do not have a tv show, well then i’m sorry. this is the way the cards were drawn, and the gosselins got the television show. that’s the way it is, and like amanda said, life’s not always fair.

• Ladies-
  Don’t ever, ever wonder why men rule the world. As we stab away at each other’s backs with little poisoned cuticle scissors, men (a totally clueless species) pick up the scepter of primal, grunting leadership.

  This show is such a breathe of fresh air and I do believe a reality. THEY WORK ON THEIR ISSUES.

  What a bright lesson, on the importance of individual focused attention toward each child.

  I would bet zillions, none of THEIR kids will end up on Bret Michaels stripper pole, “Rock of Love 2003″….not even Mady.

  June Cleaver and Maggie Seaver, better entertainment? …..errrrr…………how good were they as examples of how families should be.

  I LOVE Jon & Kate and the eight.

• Sorry that’s Rock of Love 2030

• That’s funny, though I’m not as hard on the male of the species as you are! It is funny though in J&K+8, even while it always looks like Kate dominates Jon, she always defers to him too- lots of “right, honeys?” and then she turns to him for affirmation. He never does this, just looks straight ahead. Anyway, I like the way each kid is seen as an individual too. But as to those predictions as to how they’ll turn out – kids always surprise you, never predict!

• I found this blogging site, by googeling jon and kate gossip. Not jon and kate goody two shoes talk. Of course I am intriged by the show, but I don’t like it when you lover’s of them get mad at anyone else who doesn’t say only nice things. I’m glad it’s a mix. You lover’s are so nasty. Why don’t you just go on the Gosselins web sit? Glunez, or whatever the heck that name was left. Now you “What I think”, you’re getting mean. Would you guys just let everyone say their piece?

• And Lesley, you’re right about that other family, the Duggars. They’re way too nice. Boring! They remind me of some cult, like Big Love. Jon and Kate are much more “real”.

• I agree wit lesley and janet that the duggars are really boring…

  and i actually think mady cood end up on rock of love….

  however, im still really mad about the aunt jody thing its so cruel how kate treated her.

  hey lesley, honestly, what do you think about the aunt jody thing?

• ah janet i know, that family is so perfect. or so it seems, it just makes me want to gag, no one is really like that. no family i know anyway. which is one reason why i love jon and kate, even with all their weird quirks

  and jeff, i do not agree with what kate did. i do like her and i love the show, but like i said.. you just do not turn on family like that. but money CAN make people do crazy things. and who really knows if this is the whole story, that was just jodi’s side. we don’t know kate’s, since the blog was written by jennifer, jodi’s sister. but what i DO know, which is what i read, i did not like and i do not agree with what kate did. who would? but at the same time, it’s just one side of the story and i doubt we will ever really know what happened. the blog makes kate out to be this awful person, and hey she might be, we don’t know her. but i DO know that jennifer would not make her sister out to look bad, she just made kate look awful. we do not know what jodi did, if she did anything at all. if she did, we’ll never know

• Jeff: I know how you feel, if you read my blog’s a few back, I was disgusted with Kate for the Jodie thing. And if that whole thing is in fact totally true, that is horrible. Like I said, I wish I never new about this horrible slap in the face to Jodie. On the other hand, just maybe Jodi never had anything to do with them until they got on TV? And only offered to babysit then. See it’s a whole new story then. And you could see why Kate would object. Of course reading the other history about her, I doubt it, but since I don’t know for sure, I just can’t give up watching the family, especially the kids. I just put it out of my mind and enjoy the show.

• I’m just throwing this out there as a possible defense of the J&K& Jodi thing – maybe in J&K’s minds having other people get paid seems too much like outsiders profiting from their kids. But if they (J&K) do, that’s okay because they might be setting aside money for the kids and after all they are THEIR kids, and in a certain way I can see the logic in this thinking. But really Jodi seemed so sweet and the whole thing does put J&K in a bad light in my mind.

• amanda i see where youre coming from, see that’s what i mean.. we don’t know both sides of the story.. so who are we to say that kate is wrong and jodi is right, we don’t know. oh well, who cares about the blog.

  i just like to enjoy the show and watch the children grow. though is it just me, but am i the only one who thinks they are so small for four year olds?! they have footage of mady and cara at the age of four and they are speaking very clear, and they are much taller. i don’t know, maybe that’s just me.

• I think the sextuplet’s are a little behind developmentally, but that’s probably normal, due to their low birth weight. I’m sure in a few year’s they’ll all catch up. They seem to be doing what three year olds are doing, not four.

• i agree i can not understand a word the say. if it wasn’t for the captions i wouldn’t hear half the show. the kids should be in speech therapy and maybe even start a pre k program. even if its just a three year old pre k program.

• yeah i figured that obviously it had to do with being premature

• i think u have a good point amanda.
  i don’t think any family would want people to make money off their children. however, i don’t think they’re totally focusing the money on their children, or at least right now. it says of their website that none of the kids have college funds set up…….

  and lesley, im not sure if their is anything that kate and/or jon can say that can really turn this story around. now i know i don’t know the whole story but what in the world could they say that would make people beleive them. i mean there isnt a real motive for why kate won’t let jodi make money for somthing that shes been doing for 2 years for free and its not like jodi is a complete stranger and has nothing to do with the family exept make money. jodie is family and she really loves the kids. and why would jodie sister lie about such a serious thing that everyone who waches this show could easily find out about

• i did not say jennifer, jodi’s sister, is lying. i believe her story, but we do not know jon and kate’s side. and who knows if there is a real motive behind kate’s reasoning? we DONT know. and we all assume that jodi is this angel, because it’s what we see on tv. but we don’t know her.
  and we all think kate is this awful person, but it’s what we see on tv as well. they could be complete opposites of what we see on television, it can go both ways

  i just know, from what i read, is that i do not agree with what kate did. but then again, we don’t know the whole story and we don’t know THEM, so it’s really not our place to say anything. we’ll never know the whole story, just one side. and with that said, i’m done with the blog. what kate did is not right, but jodi may be at fault as well. we don’t know, so why make a big deal about it

  i just want to talk about the kids and the show, not about their problems that do not involve us

• Why would they move away fromm family?? Who is going to help them out ?? In one of the shows, Kate mentioned she wanted to move to warmer weather. So much for family values etc !!

• To Mjks, they don’t really have anything to do with family currently. If they do, they keep them well hidden. The friends aren’t around much anymore either. There seems to be nothing to keep them where they are, and Kate did say she dreads the winter’s being all cooped up and all. So why not move far away, and start anew.
  It will make for some great shows, especially if they have a big new house built.

• If Kate is this controlling of the children at this young age, what on earth will she do when they are teens and they are rebel against her? She will totally freak out!

  It’s just a matter of time before Jon and Kate divorce. I think Jon needs to RUN LIKE HELL to get away from her! (And if the kids are lucky, he’ll take them along).

  There was one episode when none of the kids wanted to sit next to Kate.
  WONDER WHY?!? DUH!!!!

• One more thought – why do Jon and Kate fight so much in front of the kids and say things to the children to hurt them. For example, when Mady is acting up (like mother, like daughter), Kate insists “Jon, get her out of here!” Jon doesn’t want to deal with her either. Kate always claims she loves her kids to death, so why does she “egg them on”?

  The day will come when Mady (and it is coming) will look her mother in the eye and say “I HATE YOU!” Kate always has excuses for Mady’s bad behavior, probably the same way she excuses her own bad behavior!

  I’m tired of so called “religious” people setting such a bad example for the world to see. How pathetic it makes “religious” people look. Kate, you aren’t a very good example of a “Godly woman”. You need therapy! (AND PRAYER!)

• who knows if they are still friends with beth or not, they could be.. but keep in mind that the tv shows are about a month behind, and they have been on vacation lately. their friends are in pennsylvania why they are in south carolina, so they might still be friends with beth, who knows.

  and elyse, i think at times when the couple gets so stressed out, they say things they do not mean in a time of pressure and stress, i think all humans do it and say things they do not mean at times.. but it does not mean they hate each other, it just means their stressed

• That’s really mean Elyse, even tho I agree with most of what yousay! I don’t see kate as worse than jon, he irratates me more. I don’t like their sanctimonious T shirts and I’m not a born again, I thinl they are, but if I was I wouldn’t want them as my figureheads. And the show is too much about all the free things they get. They had one where the parents went to banana republic for new wardrobes. The kids weren’t even in it. It’s all about jon and kate now, and I don’t like them much.

• I don’t know that KAte favors the girls because she hugs them more, girls demand more physical attention. I know once my boys started crawling and walking they didn’t want to be held any more. Also some the girls may demand more of Kate’s time. Some children just demand more attention and therefore get it. Look at the twins Mady demands the attention, so she gets it.

• THE SHOW IS GREAT OK? AND JON IS NOT SLOW!

• Sorry, Lauren, I don’t mean to be mean. I just call it as I see it! It’s unfortunate that the show focuses so much on Jon and Kate fighting and Kate being rude and bossy. Maybe she is really a nice person, I have no idea. I just see results of very uptight kids – especially Mady. And the boys are afraid to get dirty. Jon seems afraid to confront his wife. When he does try, she always wins (such as the time he was trying to put the beds together and she insisted he quit for the kids could nap). That’s the one example. Often Kate sits in a chair and orders Jon to do this or that. It is bothersome to watch a couple so uptight, especially Kate. They seem to have lots of help with the chldren and lots of “freebees” too, not to mention the income from the TV show. Hopefully they are saving for college for the 8. Does Jon even work anymore or does he just do the TV show? I thought he worked for Beth’s husband, whatever that was. (Or used to). Anyone know? Hopefully the TV show won’t destroy the family…..which already seems to have lost their extended families (never see Kate’s parents). And the whole thing with Jodi seems strange. Kate freaked out about the gum, but does she bother to thank Jodi for ALL THAT FREE childcare? (Or does Jodi get paid for being on screen)?

  I pity that family when the kids hits teen years. GOOD LORD HELP JON!!

• For an interesting commentary on the Gosselins:

  http://blog.psychic-wisdom.net

• Ive seen this show.
  I really hate how KATE treats JON, she treats him like a damn child or even a dog at times
  She’s bossy and annoying.
  He just sits there and takes it.

  the kids a freaking adorable tho

  http://www.mizbeehavin.squarespace.com

• i know kate can act crazy and bossy, but i think she has really good points about her too.. and i think sometimes the producers edit the film they caught, and put most of it on the cutting room floor, and they really know how to bring out the worst in kate, and so do people. we all seem to focus on the negative side of kate, when there is much more, i think, that is good about her

  we don’t really know how she acts, just because of thirty minutes of airtime every week, and sometimes it’s all edited to make her look bad. i don’t know, i just know if people talked this way about me, and they didn’t know me, it just would not be fair. and it’s not to kate nor her family. i say just leave them alone.. espessially when you do not know them. of course i respect your opinion and you are entitled to it, but at times i just think some people are being judgemental, and that is one thing i cannot stand if it’s about me, or anyone else for that matter. it is just not right.

• Kate has control issues, for shizzle.

• how in the world are the producers bringing out the worst in kate. do you think they told her to humiliate jon at toys r us. i think kates personality is a catch 22. her forceful ,strong “bitchy” personality allows her to be able to raise a large young family.

• There are medications and behavior therapy that can release OCD sufferers from their torment. Of course, first you have to recognize it’s a problem and then take steps to deal with it.

  I’ve pulled out small tidbits and want to confirm them: the twin’s cribs/beds all had to be *matching*? What’s wrong with having furniture that’s not all the same? They’re not all the same (little) people.

  This is the kind of credit problem that is consuming America/ns. Very rarely do people own things outright any more, it’s all about having the newest, the best, the shiniest, the cleanest, the matching…in a vain effort to keep up with gigantic families that have corporate sponsorship.

  Are their outfits all matching, too? I saw my sister do this with her sons (one adopted, one ‘domestic’, who were seven months apart). The obsession came with keeping them as perfect dolls to be controlled instead of letting them have experiences that involved dirt and play.

  I’ll be sure to try to catch an episode or two, but I’m not sure I want to watch two adults snark at each other (and one, a PASTOR’s DAUGHTER, hit the other).

• I LOVE THIS SHOW!!

• I agree with a couple of these commments:

  1.Kate’s domineering personality helps in keeping her large family under control (now) but like someone else mentioned, it won’t fly when the kids begin to rebel and think for themselves. And Maddy already does.

  2. Lesley is right, we really see a skewed Kate on a 30 min. show. Are you a Libra Lesley, you’re such a voice of reason :)

  3. The point Mander made, I absolutely agree! My kids wore T shirts and overalls and hand-me-downs and slept in 2nd hand cribs. And when they outgrew them they were handed down to friend’s kids. And I never worried about them getting dirty.

  I basically like Kate too and see she has a lot of good qualities, but she is way too controlling and uptight. (In my opinion)!

• the producers do not make her yell and scream, but they edit ALOT of it and make sure it makes it on that weeks show. duuuuuuuuuuuuh

• lesley……… some of the stuff u write is WAY to long. make a coment and walk away seriousily

• Is it true that TLC is finally dropping this show??? I heard that KON doesn’t even realize it yet…

• idk if anyone knows or has ocd but it seems like kate doesn’t have any control over it. i mean has she ever acknowledged that she even hs ocd because i haven’t seen it before. i think she has to get help for the sake of the children and her marriage

• Yes, Kate had OCD for sure! My sister is this way . . . everything has to be perfect. Kate even freaks out if the shoes are not right. Jen, the show’s producer, brings this out on occasion about how Kate has clothes/shoes issues.

  There is NO WAY she can keep up this way of life, especially as the kids get older and want to control their own lives. Kate will flip out when she no longer has control over her children…….God help them all!

• my point is nobody can edit a show and make someone look that bad. imagine if kate did not give them any material to edit it, to make her look bad.

• i agree with everything you say lesley but i noticed in one of the first episodes that kate has another daughter but she doesnt live with her…i remember she said that her daughter comes over sometimes and plays with the kids but not often or something like that..but idk if she has 8 kids living with her whats 1 more you know?

• you guys cant do what she does so shut up

• no thanks, megan. i like the amount i type just fine. there are other folks on here who type more than i do. thanks for the tip though. i may just have alot to say, more than others do

  and jennifer, i know what you are saying. i did not mean that it’s all fake and they make her act the way she does. but i mean like.. sometimes they drop probably some of the good points kate has, and only use the bad footage of her to make for good and dramatic, and intresting television. other shows do it, i don’t see why it would be any different that this one. so at times.. her yelling is brought out much more than i think it actually is. i actually think if her personality was THAT awful, as people say it is, jon would be gone, the show would be off the air, and everything as they know it is gone. but none of that has happened, YET, so obviously kate is doing something right.

  and irene, i have no idea about another daughter of kates? i do not believe that though. who knows

• Stumbled across this website while googling. thought you all might be interested in seeing Jodi’s video on her sister’s blog that basically verifies what julie wrote as true. Google truth breeds hatred if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

• In my opinion, they edit the show to make Kate look better! Can you imagine if they always portrayed Kate in the worst light? Kate would never allow that. Besides, if you put together all the bad stuff out there
  about her, I think she has personality traits we will never see.
  I just can’t imagine that Kate doesn’t have control over what we see.

• i love jon and kate pluse eight and i dont see why you people have to critasize it

• i just saw the video on truth breeds hatred. i think its pretty unbelievable because it sound like kate really hurt jodie. i hope kate knows what she is doing. i think everyone is responsible for how they treat other people throughout thier lives and you can always take the high road and live a good life and be at peace when you pass on.

• i agree jennifer.

• i agree jennifer.

• sorry i didnt mean to do it twice

• ok i LOOOOOOOOVE jon and kate plus 8! its the best! yes of course i watch it. i think the little kids r soooooooooooooo cute and the older girls r so whitty and helpful (most of the time) to all that hate the show and think its fake then get a life because guess what…….. it is real!!

  i hate to play favorites but i LOVE leah…. shes sooooooo cute. i love the episode where hannah pushes her and she says “we dont push!” if u want to know what im talking about then go on youtube and you type in jon and kate plus eight and then u can find it.

  so ya to all the haters out there GET A LIFE! if u dont like the show then dont watch it and dont blog about it. its redicuious.

  ill admit that kate dose have BAD OCD but i mean tones of ppl have it to so ya know she cant help it. she was just born that way.

  if u dont agree with me make a comment

• hi jennifer. i was just wondering if the trouth breeds hatred is a video or a blog because i know that its a blog but i didnt know it was a video. otherwise i want to see it

• I am very sad. I loved these little kids and still do but am left to believe once again that money changes people. Jodi is family to these kids and why would that not be more important than money. Priorities have certainly become clear. I guess it would be easy to buy organic when your show is making $250,00 per episode.
  Cisilia

• hey megan how about u get some of ur own thoughts and not rite the same thingover again twice!

  and people can change, not all people are born with it, some people develope it as they get older

  kate is really at fault here because she dosnt seem to be doing anythng about it and its really hurting her childrens lives

  and o ya, learn how to spell

• lesley, your a know it all.

• its a video. jodie is trying not to cry

• a–

• They should leave the fucking community out of it and support those eight little crotch dumplings THEMSELVES considering they knowingly brought them into this world. Don’t have kids you can’t afford, numbskulls.

• what is the website that the video is on?

• i agree jessica

• For the record, there’s another “lauren” on here.

  Lesley, are you a Libra? I am. Maybe that’s why I like to read your posts. You’re mostly in the “middle of the road.”

  And I don’t know WHAT to think of Jodi’s video. I think it’s really going to hit the fan now. I wonder how long it will out there before it gets yanked . . . . .

• how can i watch the video that everyone is talking about?!?

• hey anonymous, just to let you know, theres two diffrent meghans. so withch one are you talking to, and what do u mean i take people’s idea’s.

• excuse me megan? no, i am not a know it all. you do not know me, you’ve never seen me in person before nor do you know anything about me, don’t call me a know it all. grow up? yes i think so

  and ha lauren no i’m a taurus. but i do like to see two sides to everything. i love kate, but i don’t agree with some things she does. overall i think she’s a great mom, from what i see on camera. and at the same time, she can be incredibly controlling and bossy without even knowing it, and i also pull this from the show. but we all just have to realize that we all have flaws and none of us are perfect, and we all have things we need to work out. we do things subconciousley (don’t think i spelt that right) and eventually we realize them and decide to make a change. kate’s flaws, obviously, are control issues and etcc, but i don’t think those make her a bad person. maybe the money has gotten to their heads, money makes people do crazy things. and if the money has gone to their heads, then it’s unfortunate.

  but anyway, i still love the show! new episode tonight : )

• I know, I can’t wait to see the new episode.

• And Lesley, since everyone is trying to guess your sign, can I add a guess? How about a Sagg?

• Sorry my last one for the day. Irene, Kate has another daughter???
  Never heard of that one.

• idk she was on one of the 1st shows and she was a little older then the twins and she had like blonde hair but i have no idea lol

• if it’s good to be a sagg then yes. ha but no i am taurus.

  and i know i look forward to these new episodes every week. despite all the negative things said about the family, i just always look past that and honestly monday nights are my favorite day of the week because i just love this show and i cannot wait to see the kids get older.

• I thought I was MAD and the only one who thinks, “this chick is a serious BITCH!” I mean aren’t they in 2nd season now? I am surprised the show was renewed because sometimes it is downright offensive, def NOT family programming! The producers must LOVE that the show exploits the fact that these 2 have no problem looking like asses with their constant rude ass bickering, episode after episode. I tune in just for the fights and her condescending nastiness, but I bet these two end up in marriage counseling in season 3!

• its really odd but i do think kate has changed a little. maybe the jodie thing hit a nerve

• I thought last night’s show was a tad boring. Practically half the show was devoted to that one meal! Loved the fireworks at the end.
  To Jennifer, yes Kate seems better to me. A bit nicer, more fun, etc.
  And Lesley: Yes, it’s good to be a Sagg. At least the ones I know are always fair, and write well.

• how cann i watch the jodi video?

  oh and iiirene i think the person your thinking about is actully jodi’s doughter. she has blonde hair, is older then the girls, and slept over there house one time. it was thhe girls birthday “party.”

  i also loved the episode last night!

• Didn’t Kate have a glass of wine in last night’s episode? Maybe that’s why she seemed more relaxed.

  And, no, I’m not saying she’s a lush or an alcoholic. LOL

  With so many people on the internet saying she needs medication though, maybe she’s using Chardonnay.

  I just read a blog that blew my mind. I don’t want to sound naive but I could swear that Jon was posting on it and he was furious. When I first began reading the posts, I was suspicious, but later on down the thread, there were the infamous pronoun slip ups. I don’t know if I’m allowed to post the link here. If someone tells me it’s okay, I’ll post it here. (If anyone is even interested). But it sure seemed like (if it was Jon) he was extremely upset and stressed.

• I haven’t watched this season, I can totally believe the Aunt Jodi blog stuff. I can’t take how much of a bitch Kate is…same way I couldn’t watch Everyone Loves Raymond… If I wanted to listen to the wife bitch at the husband all day, I’d talk to my wife more :)

• lauren please post it

• Here you go. It’s long and you’ll have to scroll down to MomsAgainstGWoP’s post. There’s another one, IluvJonandKate, who sounds a lot like Kate, heavy on the exclamations. I’ve read authentic posts from Jon Gosselin on the TripletConnection blog, so the writing style sure seems like him. I don’t know for sure though . . . .

  http://blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/archives/2008/08/jon_kate_puddin.html

• i do and i love to watch it every night even thought i am a young girl and they are my role models

• Melissa? Oh my, dear. Please don’t think it’s okay to belittle and demean your husband, should you marry someday.

  There’s so much wrong with Jon and Kate being role models. . . . I get that they’re entertaining, but to think that young minds are actually modeling themselves after them, it’s just scary.

  I know they’re probably doing the best they can, but there are so many other better role models. They may not be famous, but go to the library, or do a search online of great mothers and fathers.

• i read that other blog that lauren was talking about and the momsagainsgwop’s person does sound like kate but some of the stuff she said doesnt sound like her at the same time. but i couldnt find the other person that you think is jon.

• Meghan, it’s MomsAgainstGWoP; should be about the middle of the page and you can look from there. It really does sound like Jon, IMO. The other sounds like Kate, too, but they were up awfully late if it was them.

• i doubt that was them.. who knows what they sound like over the computer. anyone can add a few exclimation points to a sentence. and i think they are too busy to comment about themselves on a blog, i know if i had eight kids there’s no way i could be on a blog, commenting about my life? that just makes no sense to me lol

• OH and in this months us weekly, it has a picture of J&K renewing their vows, and all the kids are in the picture. in hawaii. kate mentions that she wants to do this during the ski trip in utah.. and obviously she meant it!

  so i guess that shows all of you that thinks their marriage is a joke and won’t last, as of right now.. clearly they are going strong
  couldn’t be happier for them!

• I can’t even pretend to know what their marriage is really like. We only see what they show us on television. Renewal of vows should be a private and sacred affair and I’m really disappointed that they’re airing it on television. It will only bring their worst critics out.

  I think it was a big mistake to do that. I would have more respect if they’d done it as a private family. This just makes it seem like they want to prove something to people. It’s like they’re just doing it for show.

• lesley,
  i bet ur a real nerb about jon and kate plus eight, do u do anything else besides fantasize over a family that hal many problems, whatever

  im just putting this out there that kate really is a terrible mom. shes not letting her kids have a real childhood just because she wants to make things less messy. ITS INSANE. kate if your reading this, go calm down with some whine or somthing because your just terrible

• BTW, the link I posted with MomsAgainstGWop and iluvjon&kate posts? The posts of those two particular posters have all been REMOVED.

  I think I believe that it was Jon and Kate posting. They seem to go off and then think better of it and have it removed. Like their signs in the yard, their website messages, etc.

• um i said there was a picture in us weekly, not a television episode about it? but okay then?

  and jeff um yes i have a life, thanks. you can’t sit there and say i don’t have a life because i post on here when you do the exact same thing.

  LISTEN. i think anyone calling kate a terrible mom is out of their mind, i think anyone calling her a terrible person is out of their mind as well. YOU DONT KNOW HER, could you people be any more judgemental?! could you all have any more rotten character? you don’t judge people, its not right!! most people on here disgust me, do you have anything better to do with your time than post stupid bullitens about a family who is trying their best to raise eight children, all about the same age, who probably won’t even read this anyway? most of you are judgemental, and it’s not right. you wouldn’t want someone calling you a terrible mom when they don’t even know you, you’d be hurt and most of all you’d probably be appalled.

  you can have opinions, i don’t care. but don’t go around calling someone a terrible person because they have mess issues, or ocd issues, or control issues. ITS NOT YOUR BUISNESS.

  and jeff, how about i call you a dumbass and a moron and ignorant for not knowing which you’re to use?! it’s not your terrible, it’s you’re terrible, as in YOU ARE! but i’m not going to call you an idiot, because chances are you’re not, BECAUSE I DON”T KNOW YOU, JUST LIKE YOU ALL DO NOT KNOW KATE. where do you come off calling someone an awful person when you have never even said TWO WORDS to the person?! you see her on television, and she may seem like an awful person, but i think she has good intensions. and before any of you can call her a bad mom, YOU DONT KNOW HER LOVE FOR HER KIDS, YOU ARE NOT ONE OF HER CHILDREN. and you never WILL know her love for those kids, because a) you do not live with them, you do not spend every waking second with this family. and b) you are not one of those children, and they know their love for their mom and vise versa, they know she loves them.

  lay off, get a life and find something better to do with your time instead of bad mouthing a family when you couldn’t even do half the things kate does. try having six kids at one time and raising all of them to be half decent people, but till then, you don’t know what that family goes through unless you HAVE eight multiples.

  and half of you are adults, don’t you all have jobs and families of your OWN to be attending to?! that is what i call lame

• From an adult, who has raised a family, who has had a successful career, in teaching, who has way to much of a life. Jon and Kate is my little escape.
  I found a blog because no one else I know watches. Just had to gossip about them. It’s amazing to me the passion both for and against the family.
  Jeff, you obviously hurt Lesley’s feelings. She has always tried to be fair. And her main point: No one really knows the family, is very true.
  I just like to read how mad everyone gets when opinions don’t match.
  As far as I’m concerned, ( I know, no one else really cares). Jon and Kate have hit the jackpot. They’re rich from this and I can hardly wait to see where this all leads to. I still love the children, and enjoy watching them. I do think they’re good parents, and of course they love those kids. Do I think Kate has been very selfish and mean to her parents, siblings, and friends? Without a doubt, yes.

• hey lesley,
  that meg was right, u do write to much

  and o ya
  GO GET A LIFE!!!!!

• Um, “Lesley”…. YOU DONT KNOW US, could YOU be any more judgemental?! Could YOU have any more of a rotten character? ***you don’t judge people, its not right!! *** Since most people on here disgust you, don’t YOU have anything better to do with your time than post stupid bulletins about a family YOU don’t know? Where do YOU come off calling someone a GOOD person when you have never even said TWO WORDS to the person?! You see her on television, and she may seem like a good person, but what if she has bad intentions? and before you can call her a GOOD mom, YOU DONT KNOW HER LOVE FOR HER KIDS, YOU ARE NOT ONE OF HER CHILDREN. and you never WILL know her love for those kids, because a) YOU do not live with them, YOU do not spend every waking second with this family. and b) YOU are not one of those children, and you don’t know their love for their mom and vise versa, or WHETHER OR NOT they know she loves them.
  and you are (presumably) an adult, don’t you have a job and family of your OWN to be attending to?! that is what i call lame

  P.S. I agree ***”you don’t judge people, it’s not right”*** but my evil alterego just HAD to point out the hypocrisy in your post. I also agree that NONE OF US REALLY KNOW THE FAMILY, but they open themselves up to praise AND criticism by putting their family on public display the way they are. PEACE.

• ok lesley, you say that ppl shouldnt judge kate because they’ve never said two words to them……….. but guess what! you say shes a great mom when really YOU HAVE’NT SAID TWO WRODS TO THEM. dont you think your being kinda hipacritical

• um duh their open to be judged, but you don’t call someone an awful person, no one is awful. people makes mistakes and people screw up, but that does not make them awful, and that does not make someone a bad mom.

  and at least i’m posting POSITIVE things about the family, and trying to keep the peace on this blog. and even if none of you agree with me, which i’m not asking you to, you don’t have to be RUDE. and i am not being a hypocrite, i am simply stating the way i view it. i don’t care if you say you hate the family, kate bugs you, and jon’s a wimp. kate can bug me too, sometimes i just want to toughen jon up, but i’m not RUDE about it and i do not call them awful people, because NO ONE IS AWFUL, whether you know them or not. they may not be good and you may not like them, but you don’t have to be a bitch. because you all are calling kate a bitch, but look at yourselves.. ?

  now thats being a hypocrite

• I watch and re-watch Jon and Kate + Eight. I love the whole family.

  I won’t call Kate a “bitch” because I hold that team for purely ugly people. She is however a “Twisted Sister”. I don’t envy her position in life. I would have commited suicide years ago if in her place.

  My biggest stumbling point about the show is Mady. Sure, she has her issues but it’s when you consider the whole family she can singling bring them to their knees.

  Funny Face
  Still getting used to this website!@#?

• Lesley, I’m genuinely sorry that you feel the need to take all of this so personally. If you go back and take the time to read my post, I NEVER called anyone anything. I never said Kate was “awful” nor did I call her a b****. I don”t even use that word- I find it offensive. I merely copied and pasted your unkind comments and switched the words to point out to you that YOU say the same things about others that you are upset at others for saying about the Gosselins. (?) That is, by definition, hypocritical. I do not like to trash ANYONE. I try not to say anything at all if I can’t say something nice. The funny thing is, you have no earthly idea what I feel one way or the other about that family. As I stated earlier- in agreement with you- NONE OF US REALLY KNOW THE FAMILY and -even if we did- it is not our place to judge. That was my FIRST post concerning this topic so I’m not sure where you pulled all those vicious comments from, but it wasn’t from anything I’ve posted.
  And yes, you are saying positive things about the family. But calling someone a b**** is considered “rude” and is not usually considered to be “keeping the peace”.
  I imagine you will comment again, but I am finished with this topic. If you can’t understand what I am saying at this point, more words won’t change that.
  Peace and out.

  Just for the record, ironically enough, I don’t even watch the show. I have four kids of my own and they are entertaining enough for me!

• Does anyone know what Ashleys last name is??

• kitten, i guess is your name, that post was mainly typed toward jeff and anyone else who is low enough to call kate ugly names, and judge the family. i wasn’t even really speaking to you, just to anyone who is rude enough to say those nasty things about the family.

  i don’t care if you like them or not, and i could care less if you loved them, or if you don’t even watch the show, i just hate seeing people put down when they don’t even know one another. whether it’s jon or kate or any friend of mine that i know personally.. i just think it’s morally wrong and most people are better than that, and they don’t need to steep so low to make themselves feel better by calling kate gosselin rude things. we couldn’t do half of what she does.. which maybe is why i respect her as a mother so much. maybe it’s why i get so defensive, my mother is nothing like kate. she let’s me do whatever i want, and she is rarely home, and never spends time with my sister and i, and always relys on frozen dinners.

  kate gosselin is the exact opposite, or so it seems, and that’s probably why i’m just drawn to her and the show, she seems like a great mom, she feeds her kids organically and she may yell alot, but i truely do believe she has her kids best intrest at heart, which is the opposite of my mom, and so that’s probably why i like kate so much, even if she’s made mistakes.. she’s a good mom, and i think those kids are blessed, because when they’re older, theyre going to respect their mom for what she’s done, and they will be thankful for a mom like her, and i just wish i could say the same, and i’ll never be able to.. but i know when i grow up and have children, i’ll give them a great mom, partly because i’ve learned what not to do from my mom, but i do know what to do based on kate. i probably won’t be as high strung and i’ll let my kids make messes.. but i think it’s safe to say that kate gosselin is a good mom, and her personality may not rank so high with others.. but i respect her as a mother, and honestly i’ve learned from her and the show. it’s made me want kids, and made me want to be a good mother when i grow up.

• lesley, you say your stating it the way you view it, but what if someone views her as a bad mom, then you cant say thats mean or rude because thats there oponion

• oh ya and thanks jeff

• u keep forgetting
  YOU DONT KNOW THE FAMILY EITHER, LESLEY
  everyone has the right to think whatever they want about this family and if you don’t like it go bug some other people on a different blog
  this blog is not for people that only like the show, its for all people that have watched the show and want to state their opinions about the show/family.
  so lesley, if you don’t what people are saying about this family, well your wrong because thats what a blog is all about, people stating their opinions and you can’t call us wrong just because we don’t personally know the famly.
  so go to another blog because your not wanted here

• actually i like lesley on this blog. i always seem to want to read what she has to say. in some ways she is the voice of reason. kate has many faults but also many good attributes that help her raise her family. so lesley choses to see all her good attributes.
  nobody can kick any one else off this blog.

• jeff,who died and left you boss of this blog???????

• okay jeff, learn to read AND spell, because i CLEARLY stated that i do not care if you don’t like the family, i don’t care if you don’t like kate or if you think jon’s wimpy, because it’s your own opinion. i like the family, that’s my opinion. you don’t like kate, that’s yours. big deal

  but my problem is, some people do not need to be RUDE. most people on here say horrible things about the family and kate, you’re entitled to whatever you feel, but there’s a line and most of you cross it. there’s no need for people being rude, and calling kate awful things. it’s just wrong.

  so before you try and prove me wrong, jeff and megan, get your facts straight. because your last attempt, just failed. read what i say, then comment back on here, but till then.. learn to read what i say and comprehend it correctly.

• I completely agree that Kate is a fantastic mom and I people who say bad stuff about her are just jealous. The worst people on the web are the folks that nose into their lives and look up their addresses and stuff. I really like http://gosselinsdonotneedourpity.blogspot.com/. They speak the truth about Kate.

• Lesley,
  If Jeff promises to spell properly, will you capitalize the words at the beginning of sentences and the word “I”? Will you end sentences with periods and put conjunctions in your writing?
  TY

• i do use conjunctions, and um well my caps lock button is not on my keyboard.. maybe that’s why i can’t capitilize things, if i want to i have to use the shift key. and i’m sorry but i don’t feel like wasting time on capitlizing every word that’s needed. thanks though

  and btw, i DO use periods.. and commas, read over my posts again.. you’ll see it, don’t call yourself a grammar shark if you’re going to correct me when nothing is wrong.

• Lesley, im not trying to be rude, but i just wanted to set the facts straight. You say that people are intitled to there own oponion but you have said that if people think shes a bad mom then they dont know anything, and if they dont like the family then there crazy. And let me just say that i know you didnt write that exackly but i was said like that in some way

• ** but IT was said like that in some way**

  sorry just wanted to fix that

• I am obsessed with this showlol my boyfriend thinks its really funny that i watch it reigiously,im only 21 but its like my favorite thing to watch!!! i completely agree that kate treats john like crap,and the poor guy is stuck,i mean could you imagine how much child support he would have to pay if he left her?! I feel so bad for him….Ahhhh i cant get enough,oh and can i just say(and i know this sounds bad)but cara and maddy are terrible kids!!! there just always crying and yelling about something.

• well megan i’m sorry if it came across that way, that is not what i meant. i’ve stated many, many times that i do NOT CARE if you do not like kate, if you think she’s annoying.. bossy, and what not. sometimes i get that vibe from her as well. that’s not what i’m saying, it IS your opinion and if you don’t like someone, then that’s fine.

  but as i said earlier, most of you on here are RUDE. you can not like someone, but you don’t have to be disrespectful or rude about it. you can go about saying you don’t like the show or kate gosselin, but you can do this without talking complete trash about a person. you may not agree with the way she runs her household, but that’s all you have to say. you don’t need to go into detail about how you may think she’s an awful person and she’s a terrible mom and her children need therapy and they hate her, because honestly, that’s just rude.

  you can have your opinions, first amendment you guys. but there’s a difference in voicing your opinions, or just being a jerk. and i think some of you need to learn that. i’m fifteen, and i know it. most of you are adults, why can’t you just see that also?

• thank you lesley. And let me say that i love the family but i just wanted to clarify all the stuff your saying

• it’s fine, it’s not a big deal if you do not like them or if you love them. i’m just tired of rude people who have no reason to say some of the things that are said

• I feel sorry for the kids. I think Kate is such a bitch, I don’t know how Jon puts up with her.

• Too bad Jodie is not on the show lately, she was such a stable woman in the kid’s lives… :(

• I love how Kate is always hitting Jon…it’s funny!

• i know i loved aunt jodi, she sort of got on my nerves at times though.. that high pitched voice. ah

• I had to stop watching the show. Many of you have touched upon how uptight Mady gets when things are not done precisely the way she wants, who does that sound like? I feel bad that the children have no contact with the extended family. Does anyone know why they do not see their grandparents or their aunts and uncles? What happened to Beth? Is she still welcomed in their house to provide help with the children? Sometimes people have the taste of fame and money and forget what is really important, the people who were there from the very beginning! Kate has made me a better mom. I have tried my best to allow my kids to be kids and have fun, get dirty, and laugh! She commented about the kids clothes and laundry, seems like her children are dressed pretty well (Gymboree and Gap). Do they pay for the kids clothes, or do they receive them free? I have friends who have 5 or 6 kids, they work full-time, have their children involved in activities, and no one gives them all this free stuff and help. Yet somehow, they seem to make it work and their kids are so grateful for what they have. My girlfriend is my hero and she should be someone who talks about racing a large family. Maybe that is because she surrounds her children with extended family and many loving friends. Kate should reflect back to her religious beliefs and learn to be thankful, kind and patient! When all is said and done, is the money from the show truly going to bring you happiness when you have isolated yourself from any friends or family you had in your life?

• I have to agree with Theresa on a lot of issues. I am a Mom myself, and one of the things my now grown up son talks about is all the great times with family and our friends that were always around while he was little. Never the money, or lack of money. But the good times with friends and family. Seems like the only family the Gosselin children will remember is the TV crew. And just think, they’re all paid to be there.
  From what I heard Kate’s family is estranged from her now. Hopefully they will make up in the future. She has siblings, and at the moment I think they’re on the outs too. I don’t know about the friends. Maybe we don’t see any of them anymore due to the “being paid” issue. It’s not just hearsay when I say these things. I live not to far from the Gosselins.

• i agree with theresa and janet, hopefully kate will realize family is more important than anything, even money, and she’ll wake up one day and apologize to everyone she’s hurt.

  but with the aunt jodi thing, i do not agree with what kate did, not at all. from what i read, i think it’s horrible. but at the same time.. it makes me question aunt jodi’s character, along with her sister. i do not see why they need to make a website and video about what’s going on in their personal lives.. and make kate out to be this witch. i don’t see why if they think kate’s the only bad guy.. why can’t they just step away from the situation, and be the bigger person? but instead they insist on making kate look bad, when i think it makes them look even worse.

  if they were really as great as everyone says they are, they would not have gone to the internet and made a website and blog, because personally i think that’s low.. if they want to be the bigger and better person that everyone thinks they are, they wouldn’t keep posting and keep trying to make kate look so bad. they would just keep it within in the family, not take it to the internet for the world to see. if you want to be the bigger person, you don’t fight back and you don’t make nasty comments, and it’s not your goal to make the world like you. like jodi and her sister are doing.

• I’m sure it was Jodie’s sister who started the ball rolling on that. And you know, when someone you love is faulted and hurt, she probably only thought of her sister’s feelings, and wanted the world to know. I agree with you, Lesley, that they should have left it alone. Jodie, probably then stepped up, to validate her sister’s claims. It is an ugly situation, and I really wish I didn’t know about it. It sort of put a damper on the show.
  I’m still watching though, because I still do really love seeing the kids.
  I really hope this whole thing has a happy ending for everyone.

• yes it was definatly her sister who started truth breeds hatred.. but then jodi got involved and made a video? personally i just thought that was uncalled for and showed poor character

  but yeah hopefully all this turns out well for kate and for the sake of the children. i’d hate growing up and opening the internet and finding thousands upon thousands of people putting down my own mom. hopefully by the time they learn how to use a computer, the jon and kate craze will be over

• ALL of u guys are going soft on this family.
  They still have done quite a lot of bad stuff that a normal family just doesn’t do.

  and lesley, once again you don’t understand us.
  its ok that you don’t care that what we say, but this whole rude thing and crossing a line, that can’t really happen on a blog simply because, ITS A BLOG. so just forget about us saying stuff that don’t exactly fit what you think about the family. just remember, THIS IS A BLOG and there is no line.
  even if we don’t know the family we can still say whatever we want about the family and so you can just stop being such a b**** about it.
  so just stop talking bout what you think is rude and just stand with your own opinions

• i agree 100% jeff

• i just can’t believe some of the comments about mady (sp) she is a child for pete sakes!!!

  I think Kate has full blown OCD and deals with it as best she can- if she were medicated she would NOT be able to be a good mommy to those kids! I know, i have OCD and when i was on meds it totally messed me up! ( OCD by the way causes anxiety…Kate has anxiety..trust me….Google OCD and you will see why she is like that!)

  I think they do a great job- are they perfect? NO- Do they get a little excited about the money? wouldn’t YOU with 8 kids? HELLO!!!

  I wouldn’t watch the show if they were perfect like the Duggers- it freaks me out how those kids act!-

  Just leave the kids alone..to call a kid a bitch is terrible.

• I love Jon and Kate, I watch them everyday when I walk on the treadmill those two miles fly by. My husband can usually hear me roaring laughing from the other room. I think both parents do a fantastic job, and those who judge them, should have to wear their shoes for few days and your tune would change. I love the way Kate bashes Jon, and how easy going Jon is. But in any working relationship you have to have one aggresive personality and one passive personality, they just CLICK!!!

• Kate is far from being a saint as is Jon, but Jon puts up with a lot of embarassing things she does to him…She seems to have to be right all the time, correcting his grammar is a big turn off and petty. Yelling at him in the toy store one time was so bad! She’s a snot. OCD for sure and I think she knows it.

  Maddy is a naughty kid and shouldn’t be filmed doing some of the crap she does…One of the 6 boys is odd as is one of the little girls…Snotty ma, snotty kids.

• okay jeff, please do not call be a bitch. i have done nothing rude to you, except state my opinion. and apperently you cannot handle someone else’s opinion either, just like you say i can’t.

  and jeff, you do not understand what i’m saying either. i don’t care if you think kate’s a bad mom or the family is annoying. it’s your opinion and like i’ve stated one million times before, i respect your opinion and i would like to hear what you have to say, whether it be negative or positive. i value what you all say, and it gives me more insight on the family, and other people’s views. so before you say i cannot handle other opinions, that is the farthest from the truth, so let’s just clear that up and drop that right here and now, because that’s completely ridiculous and i do not know what would even give you the idea to say that.

  but as i’ve said fifty times, there’s a difference in voicing yourself and your opinions, good or bad, either one is fine by me.. but you do not have to be rude about it. it CAN happen on a blog jeff, it doesn’t matter if you’re in a blog talking about the family, or with your friends talking about them. there’s a little something called respect and not being judgemental, and i think you need to learn both of them. i don’t know how you were raised, but i can just say that i’ve learned how to treat others, espessially ones you don’t know, and i was taught this at a very young age. you’ve heard the saying you don’t know someone until you walk in their shoes, and jeff, i think that fits you and your rudeness about kate gosselin perfectly. you can think the show is annoying, the family is spoiled and whatever else.. but when you start using foul language to describe the family and MYSELF as you did in your last post, and talking bad about four year olds for goodness sakes, that is most definatly crossing the line.

  call me over dramatic and a bitch, but i’ll just call you judgemental and disrespectful. personally i’d rather be over dramatic but respect others, than say rude things like you do

  i’m done fighting with you jeff, i’d rather talk about the positive things about the family and the episodes with other people, because there is no sense trying to get you to see both sides and stop being so ignorant and realize that there are two sides and opinions to everything, like i try to do with every situation

• Yes, my wife loves this show.

  I’ve seen a few episodes, and all I have to say is if I was John, I would have had the first reality show divorce. There’s no way she’d talk to me like that. I’d leave her ass with those kids.

  Then I’d have a new show called “John on the run…”

• im done fighting to but one last thing, i never personally attacked the children i mean come on ther four years old i don’t think anyone on this blog would do that.

  and can’t stand kate, what about “jon + wong = wrong haha that would be funny

• Any thought’s on last’s night show? I thought it was kind of boring. It was nice for Jon and Kate, for sure, but don’t think the topic was TV show worthy. The children are a little young to appreciate what everyone went through. I’m just wishing now they would stay home for an episode and looks like next week they will, camping in the back yard.
  Maddy was certainly out of sorts for this show as well.

• yeah last night’s show bored me. while i love to watch this show and look forward to it every monday night, this one wasn’t one of their bests. at times i liked it though, like when kate started crying. is it just me or has she seriously gotten ALOT better? personality wise. i really do think she’s come a long way with her temper, and her control issues. jon did most of the yelling in last night’s episode.

  but i must say i did love the part when kate tells aaden the last time you were in this house, you were this big. and he says oh, and does this little dance. it is just adorable, i cracked up haha

• the ONLY reason jon hasn’t left kate is because the child support for 8 kids would sting him in the asshole.

• I have watched Jon and Kate marathons and the new shows on Monday nights.The kids are adorable.The think that Jon and Kate have taken on more then they can handle.But I still congraulate them on trying.If it wasn’t for t.v they would probably have a totally different life and Kate would still be working full time.I do give them both credit.I hope Kates sister Jodi forgives her. Jodi has done alot for Kate and Jon.Yes when she let the kids have gum that was not good but other than that she is a great aunt.

• lesley, stop kidding your self, you have said that people’s oponion’s are bad and rude and they have no reason to be saying that stuff so stop saying you dont because geuss what YOU DO! and go ahead write back to me on how im wrong but even jeff will agree with me, you have said that stuff before

• oh and lesley, dont be saying that jeff was raised bad, and that he’s rude. because trust me he wasnt and hes not rude at all but a really nice person. he’s just getting frustrated with you and i’ll tell you straight on that i am to

• thanx meghan,
  i didnt see last nights episode, what was it about

• okay megan i said i didn’t know how jeff was raised, that not he was raised poorly. but hahha okay it’s cool, clearly i cannot get through to either of you two, and it seems like everyone else has understood what i’m saying except for you and jeff, and it’s annoying, and i’m through with the two of you.

  please do not reply to my post, megan or jeff, i will read but i will not respond, because i’m tired of being childish with you two. i’m ready for real conversation and i’m tired of reexplaining myself to people who are too ignorant to understand it

  so if someone wants to talk about last night’s episode or anything else about the kids or family, it’s fine with me and i’ll be happy to participate, because frankly that’s why i’m on this blog in the first place. not to argue

• So what did anyone on here think of last nights episode? I was bored, and thought the whole show devoted to that was a tad self-centered. I mean, I get the “Labor Day” thing and all, but still…boring!

• i don’t think it was self centered, but i get what you’re saying. i think they just did it to show viewers exactly what her labor was like, because i bet that was another unanswered question people had, i know i did. but i think it meant more to them, than it did to us just because their not our kids and we didn’t spend ten weeks in a hospital haha

  but next weeks episode looks fun, i hope it’s an hour again. i love those hour long ones!

• hey there..i absloutely loveee jon and kate us eight..im 20 and find this show all around really good..i do disagree with a lot of things that happen ont he show and sometimes do get a little bored..like the “labor day” show but most of them keep me very entertatined..i dont relaly know what all of you haev been talking about but how it goin?

• I love to watch this show, but it does seems a little fake, knowing that they get so many freebies and that they dont struggle so much about money as any real non reality tv family would.
  my favorite kid is leah, she is so cute … and aiden is adorable
  the one a absolutely dislike is maddy, i think that little girls has real issues and she needs help, rather than being used to be on tv

• At first maybe the parents really did need help, but now I don’t buy it. It’s like the parents are using their kids to get free things. It’s kind of sick.

• obviously they really needed help, drop six babies on a family, you’ll ask for help. it’s clear. but now i do not think they need help, as you said tina. but i don’t see how they’re getting it. sure, the show brings in lots of cash, and that’s just a really easy way to get money for them. it’s not like they told tlc they wanted a show, and use their kids to get money. but that’s just how it happened, and to some people, it could look like their using the kids for cash

  but i don’t see it like that. there are plenty of other children on reality shows, look at run’s house on mtv with rev run off of run dmc.. his kids are on the show. constantly. denise richards, that really annoying actress, has her kids on her show. so i do not think it’s just jon and kate with kids on a reality show. and frankly, i think jon and kate’s purpose for having a show is much more fullfulling than anything you can find on run’s house or mtv. it’s wholesome.

• I also think it’s time for the J&K+8 family to call it a day and get off TV. It is starting to look like exploitation at this point. I agree, Lesley, that other shows do it too, but personally I think it’s all a little sick. In my opinion it’s just not very healthy psychologically for the kids to be followed around and filmed all the time.

• I missed what happened to Jodi. Can any one tell Me.

• sure nancy. Jodi wanted money for letting the crew come into her home and filming her family and kate said no, no one gets money off this family exceot us and jodi told kate then she doesnt want to be on the show any more so im guessing that means that jodi doesnt even help the family any more. so there you go, now your all cought up

• yeah amanda i don’t think it’s good for the kids either. but i do know that they do have time off, because the episodes are about two months behind.. but yeah, if i were a child, i wouldn’t want cameras around me all the time. it’s sort of like paperazzi and celebrities, how celebrities hate the camera’s all the time. i guess the kids sometimes feel like that. though that is their normal, and it’s all they know

• Did anyone on here ever see The Truman Show, with Jim Carrey. Kind of reminds me of Jon and Kate, except they can hide, and stop it when they want.
  Truman was filmed from a baby, and never even realized it.
  Wow, is life imitating art or what.
  It’s very creepy if you really think about it.

• The Truman Show is a good comparison, Janet and like Lesley said, being followed with a camera is the kids’ normal. But now that they’re older they need their privacy. When they start to make outside friends, the show, and having all their issues aired on TV, will set them up for ridicule. I feel bad that Mady has had some awful moments ( that should be private) aired. Even though I liked the show those “Mady moments” made me squirm. They have a right – or should have – to privacy and a normal childhood. I’d miss seeing the kids, they’re awfully cute, but I’d hate to see this show adversely affect them, and I think that could happen.

• Mady is “little Kate”, she is a copy of her mother, I wonder why their grandparents aren’t around?

• yeah since their older, as much as i hate to say it, i think it will be eventually time for them to go off the air. if they did go off the air, i’m sure they would have another one hour special later on in their lives, to show viewers how they’ve gotten older, ya know?

  but i think mady is unhappy with the show, and i think cara is as well, i just do not think cara shows her feelings like mady does. i think the kids, still, are too young to understand exactly what’s going on with the show and such, but yes once they get to an age where the show could effect them.. who knows what willl happen

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• I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU GUYS I

• who do you love, Dana? Jon & Kate, or us bloggers?

• When I was pregant with my third and last I was more stressed out than ever! I had depression with him and thought I was going to lose my mind. My first had a birth defect that is why I only had three. The doctors said that if I had another it would have the same. I wanted six. I find it amazing the relationship John and Kate have. I feel when she yells it is only stress and they do have their differences but through love they work it out. All their children are so well behaved and all are loved equally. My youngest two love the show and are facinated by them all. I have love slaps I give my husband and vice versa! If people cannot understand that then it is their loss. I love you guys! All of you and look forward to new things everyday.

• I have to make some monkey munch for tonights show

• ha ya monkey munch is so good! terrible for you, but delicious!

• Of subject. What happened to Little People Big World? When are they coming out with new episodes?

• no idea, i don’t watch little people big world. i know the dad got a dui and they might possibly not come back with a season because of that, i don’t know.. but they’re on everyday at 10:30, reruns of course though

• Why are these people such stars? My mother-in-law raised 14 children in a 4 bedroom house in Northern Ireland during the 1970’s, (for those who don’t know this era is known as “the troubles”)her husband died when his youngest child was 2, oh & she didn’t have running water or electricity until 1975, why doesn’t TLC make a show about people like her?

• Why are these people such stars? My mother-in-law raised 14 children in a 4 bedroom house in Northern Ireland during the 1970’s, (for those who don’t know this era is known as “the troubles”)her husband died when his youngest child was 2, oh & she didn’t have running water or electricity until 1975, why doesn’t TLC make a show about people like her? Anyone can do what jon&kate did with a little help from medical science.

• I love this show it is the best show in the world!!!!!!!!! Leah ,adean,and cara are my favorites i hope they do this show forever!!!!!!

• laura, sometimes i just think it’s the way it works out. the show obviously was in the cards for them, and it just happened. of course they weren’t expecting a show, just an hour special. but people responded so well to them, they got a show. and too late to stop now, because they are the biggest hit on tlc. they were the first couple in america to have two sets of sextuplets. of course there are people with many more kids, who are not as well off as the gosselins, like the duggars, people like your mother in law, but this just happened to jon and kate, and that’s the way it happened

• It’s true, Jon & Kate just clicked with viewers, and now there are so many attached to seeing the children. The right place at the right time, so to speak. They are very lucky indeed.

• Thought the camping show was cute, although I wonder what all that camping stuff cost? They all seemed to really enjoy it, and it was nice to see that. Can’t wait until next week and the surprise for Kate. Did I see that right?

• i loved the camping episode, i just wished it would have been an hour. i love the hour long ones. oh and afterwards, did anyone happen to catch the cutting room floor episode? that was only my second time to see it, it’s NEVER on, i was really happy to see it. it has never before seen footage that i haven’t seen in almost a year because tlc never airs it.

  and ya next week there will be a suprise, i’m excited too :)

• I totally missed the “cutting room floor episode”. Darn. What was that about? I really love the hour long episodes too.

• the cutting room floor episode is just clips of things that have never made it into an episode, all compiled into an hour episode

  they have clips of their very first haircut when they were babies, their first disasterous beach trip that they talked about in their most recent beach episode.. kate being pregnant, acting casting calls for the twins.. just a bunch of clips. it’s pretty intresting

• I actually disagree with your comments. Sure if you look at the clips, it would seem like Kate is a bit OCD (and maybe she is) and bitchy, but at the same time, she’s tough, strong, and reliable. I think she’s a wonderful person and a perfect mother to raise a bunch of toddlers all at the same time. There are times when it seems like Jon filters out her nagging, but I think he really does respect what she does.

• Hey Kate Is A Good Loving And Awesome Mom Im sorry 2 all of you that disagree you probaly dont know what she is going through first of all she has eight kids!! second she might be very rude sometimes to jon but come on ladies who isnt mean to thier husband sometimes she loves the Lord her husband and her kids!! i mean do you have eight kids??? i believe the Lord Is Working Through her she is a wounderfull mother, wife, person, fellow christian.

  God Bless you and your family!!!
  Kate Ill Be Praying For you!!
  Kathy

• Remember that the network edits the show in a way that highlights the drama…..who would watch it if they were just lovey-dovey all the time? Kate is high-strung and methodical, but I honestly don’t think she’s as bad as the editing makes her look…

• That editing can go both ways. I noticed in the camping episode, Kate was getting ready to blast Jon, when Alexis had a bloody lip in the store.
  That was cut off real fast.

• That editing can go both ways. In just lasts weeks episode, Kate was getting ready to really blast Jon in the camping store, when Alexis had a bloody lip. That was cut off real quick.

• i wonder if kate has seen aent jodi’s nasty side? any ways im 13 and i love jon and kate plus 8. on my grandmas DVR i have it set to record any jon and kate episodes that come on!

• some of you guys are so rude! of coarse kate is goona be at least a little uptight, she has eight kids! how many of you do? thank-you to the people who stood up for them. i think even though she can be a little rude to jon, its just those little love slaps! its not abusive. jon is so quiet but he’s a really good dad. kate is so loving to all of her children. some of you make it sound like she’s abusive or something!
  i absolutely love those kids!!! cara is like the opposite of mady. more calm and laid back. mady can be a little obnoxious sometimes, but it would be hard to get attention with seven siblings. especailly when she’s not the youngest. growing up, i was the oldest and i got much less attention then my sister. but there were only two of us! alexis is so cute and sweet. hannah is just a little mush ball! so cute and cuddly, like a teddy bear! collin is so cute. so sweet too. aaden is just way too cute. with those little glasses that hardly fit his angelic little face. leah is absolutely adorable! i just want to put her in my pocket and carry her around! and joel is equally adorable. so tiny and cute.
  each child steals a different part of my heart!
  i haven’t had any kids yet… but i want alot! especailly little girls. i want a little girl that i can buy adorable little outfits for :)
  the names i have picked out (with approval from my husband) are marie, sara-kate, blair, kitty, abigail, hope, joy, and jess. i absolutely love interesting yet cool names that you don’t usually hear. i can’t think of many boy names…
  but anyway, i love you gosselins!

• i think kate looks fabulous after having eight! and she’s a wonderful mother. i will never call her what some of you have. i will never cuss some one out. i have three wonderful children. and it’s hard enough with them! their triplets none the less. we all watch this show because its good for kids. that’s hard to find these days. between innapropriate subjects and cussing up a storm, its also hard to find good music! what has happened to the public! my daughter’s (molly) eyes grow as large as sausers when she hears some one cuss. its rude to say it in front of a nine year old! but in new jersey (the state of bad driving, cussing, and middle fingers), they just don’t think it makes a difference.
  but back to the subject, jon and kate, keep up the good work! youv’e raised eight remarkable kids…

• ok, mady can really get on my nerves! maybe its because when i was growing up my sister bugged the heck outa me like mady. now i am pregnant with my second and oh my gosh, whoever meghan is, i love those names. a few minutes ago when i was reading this i asked my husband about the name “kitty” and he loved it. thanks sooo much. we were having a hard time thinking of names for our soon-to-be little girl. we already have a son named rileyn. we also like interesting names…

• Funny how everything old is new again. I knew two Kitties in my life. Of course they were nicknames for Katherine, or Kathleen. They were old when I was young. We’re talking 40 years ago.
  Jackie….they have raised eight remarkable kids? Seven and four aren’t exactly “raised”. I think they’re cute as heck, but remarkable people, time will tell.

• Hey Jackie, Kate looks great because she had a free tummy tuck, Jons hairline has improved because of a free transplant which Aunt Jodi had to help them by watching 8+ kids with the flu. I loved this show but now I’m disgusted by Kates smug behavior. Why shouldnt Jodi benfit from the show as well? After all they have shown the kids destroying her house!!!!!!

• Have you ever wondered why Kates parents are never seen or talked about? Can you just picture Kate having to listen to her mom or dad.
  I think her family gave up on her being the brat that she is. Big brother is around for Jon and the kids also. I find it difficult to watch and only watching thinking maybe one of these shows Jon might get even with th smarty mouth.

• Well, the big surprise was a let down. They do seem much happier.
  I’m sure with the kids getting older, life is easier.
  At least they really do seem to appreciate how things have turned out for them. Now, if only they could bring back their family and friends, who were there for them in the beginning, before all the fame and money. That would be truly something for them to feel good about.

• I watch the show, the kids are so cool. But I have to agree Kate is rough on Jon. I think maybe she had an idea about motherhood and her real life doesn’t match the ideal.

• i love kate she does love him but he lives in his own world and she gets upset i can relate. but at least he helps. she has explained why their family is not around. they really dont ask for much help i think i have two kids and my house isnt even as close as clean as hers and not orginized ether. i love how she keeps every thing in its place. they were gave the surgery for free i would jomp on that wouldnt you??

• While I don’t treat my husband like that cause I really don’t care all that much about his grammar. I can say that most married couples with children DO act that way towards each other. I don’t see anything out of the ordinary on the show (which is why I watch it…)

• i have not posted in forever.. hurricane ike hit right where lived, off the galveston coast.. and i just now got power back up. it’s been about a week without it. sorry for not posting in a while but there hasn’t been alot i could do about the situation..

  and i watched the new episode today because i missed it monday night, due to power outages, at least 4.4 million in the houston area without power. it’s nuts.. anyway. but the suprise was a let down, but i DO think kate and jon have gotten much better with their marriage, and kate, i think, has been doing wonderfully with her temper issues, her controlling, and etc. at least from what i can see on tv anyway. next weeks ‘new episode’ is a rerun though? the look back on their lives before kids? i don’t understand why their airing that as a new episode

• I have not posted here before and probably won’t post again, but I found this blog by googling and wanted to give some inside info. I recently attended a “talk” given by Jon and Kate at a local church. I was very excited to go, because for some reason, part of me really WANTS to like them. As Aunt Jodi’s sister’s blog talks about, the talk was given in an interview format. They discussed the same things that have already come up on the show… “how did you meet?”; “how did you feel when you found out about the sextuplets (7 at the time, actually)?”; “how do you manage daily?”

  The famous “love offering” was taken, and I don’t know if this was a preference of the pastor or at Jon and Kate’s request, but the pastor spoke of the upcoming “love offering” at least five times. Throughout the program (even before Jon and Kate came out), the pastor asked the audience several times that they be generous in their offering to the couple. No photography was allowed during the program and the pastor said that photos could be taken at the end, when Jon and Kate were signing autographs.

  The service finally ended (btw, Kate actually yelled at Jon during the interview and told him that he did not “listen to the question” and “sounded dumb”) and Jon and Kate quickly left the stage. The pastor then asked that those who wished to purchase a photograph could form a line and that Jon and Kate would only be able to stay for about 40 minutes so the line should move as quickly as possible.

  I got in line, with about half of the other people that were there (maybe 200 people there total). The line moved very quickly and as we got closer to the front, people with security shirts walked by and said “please have 20 dollars ready.” At first it did not phase me, as I figured that was only if you wanted to purchase something. As we got closer there were more people giving instructions and said “NO PHOTOGRAPHY, YOU CAN’T BE IN LINE UNLESS YOU PLAN TO BUY A SIGNED PHOTO. IT COSTS 20 DOLLARS.” I figured, hey, I’d come to see Jon and Kate so I would pay the 20 dollars to shake their hands and see what this photo was all about. After about 30 minutes, I finally got up to their autograph table, handed someone a 20 dollar bill, and the two women next to Kate asked my name and passed the “photo” over to Kate to sign. I was ushered to stand right in front of Kate who wrote my name on the pre-signed post-card, which I had paid 20 dollars for, and Kate said “this is for _____ (insert my name), whoever that is” and pushed the post card to the edge of the table towards me. I took the post-card, thanked them both and was literally pushed away from the table.

  I won’t pass any judgment on this experience, I will let you do that.

• To Lesley, I’m so sorry for you! That hurricane must have been awful.
  Was your home damaged? I’m lucky that I live in Pennsylvania, and we have very few natural disasters here. My prayer’s go out to you and your community.
  Yeah, I was so let down by the surprise, and I too noticed a big improvement in their relationship. They really seemed so happy.
  The above email by Use to love the show, upsets me, but doesn’t surprise me at all.

• well my dad lives in an apartment and my mom in a house, and both got off easy. a tree was uprooted at my moms, but we did not lose our fence or anything, and it didn’t flood. my dad’s apartment was completely untouched. power was out for a week, that was torture haha. but galveston is gone, there aren’t anymore houses and if there are, its just the stilts or the slab. it’s weeeeird, but i survived my first hurricane :]

  and i know the suprise wasn’t great, but i am glad their relationship, or at least it seems, to be stronger. and yeah the photo signing doesn’t surpise me either. sort of sad but doesn’t suprise me.

  and does anyone know why tlc is saying the new episode is the one about their life before the kids? it’s a rerun.. but it’s being advertised as a new episode

• Maybe, just maybe, next week’s “new” episode will have unseen footage? I can’t imagine a town not there anymore. This hasn’t gotten as much press as Katrina and New Orleans, and sounds just as devastating. I know, there were not as many fatalities, and not as much flooding. Sounds really scary. Glad you and your family are all okay.
  I would die without power for a week. I would die without cable for a night!

• the kids are cute enough, but kate is a mean, raving bitch, her husband needs to grow a pair, and they need to set aside some of the money they are raking in for the therapy their kids will need in 20 years. nobody told them to do IVF (twice !) and the fact that they now have 8 kids is their own damn fault, and they do nothing but bitch and complain. it’s not like they adopted 8 special needs kids in order to give them a loving home or anything like that, so why all the sympathy for these two greedy famewhores? seriously.

• i hope so. because i look forward to monday nights so much! and a rerun would not be as fun like the new episodes are

  i know, i don’t really understand why everyone thinks katrina is the only devastating hurricane that will ever happen. luckily, you are correct, there have only been 30 fatalities so far, which is good. the flooding, in my area, because i am further inland, was not so bad. but there was said to be an 18 foot storm surge in galveston, it was only a cat two but it had a storm surge of a cat 4. which was why everyone was worried.

  and i know it was so difficult living without power. it sounds so pathetic, but true! luckily a cold front blew in and dropped the temperature down to a cool 65 so living without air wasn’t as bad as it could have been, just leave the windows open and doors open and it was nice. God must have been looking out for us on that one, because no a/c is torture! ; )

  hahah i’m rambling about a hurricane and not jon and kate.. oh well

• You have every right to ramble on about a hurricane. I’d ramble too if it hit here. And no AC, that would kill me too. Philly summer’s are hot and humid, and I can imagine so are the Texas areas. Great it turned 65 degrees, that was a gift.
  Anyway I’ll watch Jon & Kate and hope there’s new footage. She really was a looker in her early years, not that she still isn’t very attractive now. I think that is part of the appeal of the show, the parents good looks. Well, my best to you Lesley.

• ha yes very humid here on the coast.. but the winters are nice. i couldn’t imagine living in PA.. all the snow, ick i hate snow and cold weather.

  and i know i hope there’s new footage.. i’ll still watch it even if it’s the rerun, but i really do look forward to monday nights and new episodes, oh well.

• There should be a response to “Used to Love the Show”‘s eyewitness account of the love offering/signed pictures at the Jon and Kate speaking engagement.
  I for one am disappointed that J&K participate in such an obvious grab for money.
  Did they even look “used to love the show” in the eye when the postcard was pushed to the other side of the table?
  Did K at least say hello for the $20? Is any of the money they get donated to any charity? Charities are the organizations that really need “love offerings”.
  I would never want my children to see that as an example of how to make a living.

• I don’t know why some of you guys are getting wrapped around the axial concerning Kate. Sure she as her quirks (and sometimes I wish I could B-t-h slap her!!!) If she squeezes and tugs at her hands to remain sane, another smack up side the head. And John is just a drone.

  Madie needs professional counceling. The way that J&K handle her is counter productive. Oh, let her have her little fit and she’ll be OK after she gets some sugar and a nap. If you watch her (away from the filming) she’s mean! She does have her nice times but the evil is there just below and waiting to surface. Collin is not far behind

  Still I love this show and will keep an eye out for Aunt Jodie.

  Oh, another thought. Does anyone remember when the boys and girls where first split up for nap time and Kate found a dresser knob? The girls said “the boys did it”. She goes and confronts the boys and they say ” nobody did it”. There’s some back and forth, she gives up and I think it was Collin who did a victory dance (in diapers)

• J&K are so pathetic dragging themselves around to churches for handouts. I have no respect for them, using their “religiousness” for personal profit like this. Their greediness is overwhelming.

• i don’t think they drag themselves to these speaking things, they are obviously asked to do so, so they accept and agree to do it. sure, the love offering may seem greedy but i do not think it’s in our power to question their religion at all, or put their religion is quotations, outwest.

  that’s awful to question a religion and assume it’s just something they do for press and media and attention. i don’t believe that. i do believe their Christians and they know God has treated them well and provided for them in every way imaginable, i do think that they are grateful.

• Well Lesley you have your opinion and I have mine. And if what “used to love the show”says is true, that is shameful and any church should not allow them to sell their autographs on their premises. I think that in J&K’s world everything has a price on it, even friendship and family.

• I do believe their faith is genuine, I only hope that they are being charitable with all the good fortune they have been blessed with. After all, they gave to the Ronald McDonald house a few episodes ago, and I’m sure more we don’t know about, at least I really hope so. I’m just sort of shocked that this type of 20 dollar thing happens. We’ve never had that at my church unless it was specifically for a charity. Such as shut ins, food bank, local homeless, or habitat for humanity.

• i love jon and kate plus 8 there kids are so adorable Aaden is my favorite and hanna is the cutest girl. i think jon is a hottie and kate is really pretty, i love the realness of the show it is unscripted and thats why i enjoy it so much there have been shows about ppl with lots of children and it is like they are reading from a book no family is that way i raised 2 boys 18 months apart and it was hard jon and kate really have there hands full as a single parent of 2 very active boys i cant imagine what it must be like for them but it seems like they really have there act together so keep up the good work jon and kate your kids are wonderful

• I totally agree with outwest. It’s terrible that they charge for their autographs. What’s wrong with them. Isn’t having beautiful, healthy, children enough for those two? Only they can get paid. No friends or family, and now the church thing. They disgust me, and karma will catch up with Jon and Kate.

• They are using their religion and their children to get money. Isn’t it a red flag that neither of them has a job? Why is their only source of income their kids?

• outwest of course you have your opinion, and i respect it and i do see where you are coming from. autographs in a church and how they do have a price on everything, or so it may seem.

  but i do not think it’s our place, anyones place, to question their religion and say their religion isin’t for the right reasons. even if it’s not, i do not think it’s a subject that anyone except jon and kate should touch on. mainly just because religion is very personal, and we can call them selfish and whatever else people think jon and kate are, but i think questioning anyones religion is just not right. you may think it is, but i do not.

• Lesley, I’m not questioning their religion, I’m questioning using churches to raise money for their own personal use. J&K are not a charity case. It appears they get so many free perks from the show – hair plugs, teeth whitening, clothes for themselves and the kids, free trips and vacations, etc. plus being very well paid for the show. They just don’t seem to know where to draw the line, and it’s a bad example to set for their children. They really don’t need handouts from the general public.

• well the way you put religion in quotations sort of seems like you take their religion as a joke. that is not what you meant i’m sure but it seemed that way to me.

  and i do understand how everyone says jon and kate use their children for money and they have all these unfair freebies.. but they are offered these things and if someone offered me a hair transplant, i’d take it. if you don’t then you either have a full head of hair or you’re nuts. my dad had a hair transplant, my mom gets her teeth whitened, and we buy clothes of ourselves? the gosselins aren’t the only ones who do those things. millions of people do those things. it’s normal. jon did have a transplant for free, but they paid to whiten their teeth. that was not free, though.

  granted, if it weren’t for the show they would not be as well off as they are. they would not have free trips, and kate would not have had a tummy tuck. and i’m sure at times it may seem like a big stunt to get free things, but i do think they know they’re blessed and they are grateful. they travel for free often, but the way i look at it.. i just see how the kids enjoy it, and i think when it comes down to it.. that’s all that matters. the kids will have a great life thanks to this show, they will always be well off, and i’m just happy that this family is doing as well as they are.

• It’s great that Jon & Kate are doing so well. Good for them. BUT… when you go to churches and still try to make money, then I think that’s shameful. If it was all going to their charity, that would be fine. Maybe it is. Although I think Kate would announce that to the world. I have a feeling they’re trying to get every dollar they can for themselves. It’s just not right. Who are the idiots paying them, and what kind of church would allow that. Let a family that’s already doing great get more money, when zillions of other people in this world could use it more. Shame on the churches.

• I have noticed that kate is a bit more softer when she talks to jon….but next week’s ep will be very interesting because they are answering ‘tough’ viewer questions i.e. new house/ organic chefs etc.
  can’t wait to see this one!!!

• who knows if it was the churches idea for the love offering, i have a feeling it was. and it may have just been that church, not all of them. i don’t think jon would tell the church to accept offerings, kate would i believe but jon wouldn’t agree to it. i bet it was just that church’s way of showing support. who knows

• Well, after watching the show for a long time and now reading Jodi’s sisters blog..
  and Jodi DID say what was written on the blog IS TRUE in a video posted there. I doubt she would lie about it..the woman wears her heart on her sleeve it would seem IMO. And we all see how she loves those kids.

  I now feel the whole show should be pulled. I can see Kate saying not to pay her sis in law.
  What this show has done is make a lot of greedy people IE the Gosslings and Producers of the show and now after pushing her parents and some siblings away now are yet again going to do the same to Jodi & family. {We see a pattern here }

  How are Jon & Kate going to explain to their kids they are no longer allowed over at their favorite aunts whom they have formed a deep relationship with since birth?
  I can see Kate saying to viewers: Jodi needed a break or some other garbage for the camera.

  The Gosslings claim to be Chirstians….But I think they have forgotten the tenants of the faith they claim and let greed take over.

  For the sake of their children I would hope they would discontinue the show, Or it will be more then just Madi whose acting out.

• I too think they should pull the show. It shows the future generation it’s ok to treat your spouse like crap, along with teaching your children that to adventure out and get dirty or try new things is wrong. I can’t believe they show this show all the time. They use to showcase on TLC different people and their lives and what they endure in this life. And now it’s one family all the time which is annoying, I feel bad for John, especially on this episode they were doing their favorite moments and embarrassing moments. And Kate was very rude to him. So he did not speak the rest of the show and just agreed with her. She needs some serious help. The kids are cute, but if the mother wines so does her children. John is laid back and I imagine some of his children would take after that. I can’t believe that an Aunt who has done so much for them, Kate could totally be mean to. No money or obsticles should come between family. And you know TLC pays for everything there, a hard working family who earns money everyday should be showcased, not a mother who today needs to get her teeth whitened, what did we learn from that. I thought TLC was suppose to be a learning channel.

• Lesley! I just went through the same thing. (There’s a different Lauren posting here the last couple of days, but I think I was the first Lauren, so I added “In Texas” to my name.)

  I live in Baytown. We lost our fence, a huge live oak tree in the front yard, but we were among the lucky. We lived with no power for a week and a half, but had a generator, so it could have been worse. I just didn’t realize we were neighbors!

  Anyway, I have an opinion about the Gosselins taking money at their speeches. From the reports I’ve heard, it seems that they really make people feel like they HAVE to give and that kind of kills the whole spirit of “love offering.” Plus, I doubt they need it now. Just one more thing, I read from a poster on another blog that she attended the convention where Jon spoke alone. (Kate didn’t attend.) Jon said the $20 per photo was going toward the college funds, the future weddings and Jon and Kate’s own retirement. That sounded pretty crass to my ears.

• Come to think of it, an episode of teeth whitening is pretty lame. All those tummy tuck/hair transplant, ones are. I like just seeing the kids do stuff, but even that’s been so “controlled” lately. I guess it’s hard to think of stuff to put on that isn’t too boring.
  TLC has taught me one thing, you don’t have to be descent human beings to make money on TV. The Gosselins are pretty darn rotten, according to Jodie and family. So there you have it.

• Hey, I’m from the Woodlands for all you Texans out there.

  I think the state of PA also has a college fund that people can contribute to for the +8 kids, so the Gosselins are really raking it in!

  I agree that the shows have become increasingly boring and contrived & that J&K are too blatantly working the system. I really don’t like them anymore. There is an article in the national enquirer really blasting them. Supposedly there is also a wealthy family member who helps them out financially.

  2 thumbs down to J&K.

• Hey, Amanda! Hope you guys are okay.

  I think the whole wealthy family member who supported them was Jon’s father who passed away when the tups were around 8 months old. According to ‘inside sources,’ he signed for the mortgage on their first home, and supported them when Jon quit/got fired/didn’t show up for work. Rumor has it that he left a sizeable benefit for Jon in his estate. Sadly, this family member was probably the ONLY person they wouldn’t have kicked out of their lives.

• This will be my first post and I just came across this site.but since I have been out of power due to ‘Ike’, I missed the last 2 new episodes of Jon & Kate Plus8. Did I miss anything good? did they hint anything about a wedding in Hawaii? or if the kids will start school soon? I enjoy their show, but someting I’ve just had enough. Thanks

• lauren in texas, ha small world. i’m glad the damage wasn’t as bad as it could have been. we were both very lucky. good thing you had a generator, next hurricane that hits i’m buying one after going through this. we just went back to school today, after missing two weeks. ha talk about a second summer.. anyway. they’re giving all kids free food in the cafeteria for ten days which is nice. and they’re not allowing homework for two weeks, because some people are still without power and some kids are misplaced from their home because of the outages and damage.

  anyway, to the other lauren who is not from texas, i do agree that those eps are boring. i would rather see the kids, they’re much more intresting. but i would not call the gosselins rotten, the kids cannot help what their parents do. the parents may make bad choices, but the kids couldn’t be cuter.

  and to lily in houston, hope you’re okay from ike. but no, you haven’t misssed anything. they have yet to mention hawaii and renewing their vows, and they haven’t started school yet. well i’m sure they have, but it hasn’t been an episode yet. and next weeks episode, in case you haven’t heard, is about the couple answering tough questions from viewers, again.

• I think the ratings on the Q&A Tough Questions will skyrocket. LOL

  I’ll be watching.

• By all means, I do not think the Gosselin children are rotten. Just the parents, especially Kate. Jon seems to go along for the ride though, and if all those things about her are true, he’s just as rotten for allowing her to act that way.

• I was watching a rerun the other day on the kids 3rd(?) b-day party carnival and Jodie was helping with decorations & her husband, who is Kate’s brother was helping build some stands. I was thinking what nice decent people they are and if the Gosselins didn’t make royalties on the reruns, they would probably nix these episodes ( and there are a lot of them) that show Jodie and other family members in such a good light. It’s a sad thing really, this family feud. Having loving friends and family there for your kids is worth more than money.

• I know Amanda, it’s sad to see Jodie, and other friends, and know what has happened since. I really hope they work out all their fueds. Friends and family are so much more important then money. I’m looking forward to the next show, with more questions? How’s everyone doing after Ike? Hope things are improving for all of you affected by the storm.

• I’d like to respond to lesley, my mother-n law was not financially strapped raising her 14 children in ireland, matter of fact they were very fianancially comfortable& she never felt the need to exploit her children on national tv, I can also name other families my husband grew up with who had anywhere from 10 to 19 children(never put them on tv either), it’s called irish catholic in case jon&kate think they’re special.

• hey i’ve said this many times before, it’s just the luck of the draw. i’m sorry your mother in law did not have her own show, but i’m glad she is financially stable. good for her. seriously. but the show was in the cards for jon and kate. God has a plan, and this show is apart of theirs. maybe to teach them a lesson about family and the importance of it. we don’t know, but God knows what he’s doing, and if he’s giving these people with eight kids a show then he is. deal with it

  we can’t help that tlc made a show about these people, record their lives, day in and day out. we can’t help they get paid for each episode, and we can’t help it if the gosselins, at one point, were NOT financially stable. when the babies were born kate worked every other saturday, a double shift as a nurse. since then, obviously, she’s quit because they have more money. if anything, i’m happy for them. i know it seems like they’re making money off their kids, and obviously they are. if it weren’t for the six there wouldn’t even be a jon and kate gosselin that we knew about. but there is, so if you don’t like the show and you don’t like how a family with only eight kids is getting all this publicity and then a family is struggling with seventeen without a show, i’m sorry. i don’t think it’s fair either, but it’s the way it is.

• I don’t think it’s the amount of children that make Jon and Kate so special, it’s the fact that six of them came all at the same time! That’s a tad unusual, for here, Ireland, or any other country. Yes, there are other multiples out there. But J&K are by far the youngest, best looking parents around, with these circumstances. They’re not “big love” looking, if you get my drift. They are unique, and though I do not agree with the church handouts, I can’t deny them their success. The viewing public has made them rich by watching their show. They’re lucky and they know it, plus I think very grateful. No they’re not perfect with this, but not many would turn away the fortune. They could tone down the excessive greed, I think many people would tolerate them better if they would.

• janet i could not agree with you more. seriously haha.

• thank you lesley! Hope things are getting back to normal for you.
  At least you don’t have homework yet? Well, I hope not.

• ha no i do already have homework, i’m in mostly advanced classes so right when we went back i had tests and homework. oh well, i guess it’s better that way, because it feels like it’s getting back to normal faster.

• I think Aunt Jealous Jodi is a sad sack, along with her sister. They seem to think that if they quote someone that they are more correct. Hey, here’s an idea, how about an ORIGINAL thought? How SAD…the jilted sister in law and her jealous sister. ridiculous!

• anyone watch the new episode? i enjoyed it. and turns out the duggars now have their own show, ha

• I watched, although I had to fight for the TV time. (the other people in my family love Heros). I was intrigued by the “new house” hints. That should be a blast to see. I like the show after about the games they play. I thought it made Maddy seem much better. Kate too, although she sure gets mad at Jon. He was a riot with the hide-in-seek.
  The question and answer show was safe, I thought. I was hoping for some info on the family/ friends issues. I should have known better.

• PS. Changed the channel right away when the Duggars came on. I’m sure they’re a heck of a nice family, but so boring to me.

• i know i enjoyed the faq episode. learned things i didn’t know, like why aaden has glasses because i’ve never known that, and others. and i watched the duggars but they are just so sickingly perfect, however you spell that word. its disgusting almost. they seem like nice people but NO family is like that. they never fight! ever! does not seem real to me at all

• I USED TO LIKE THIS SHOW. IN THE BEGINNING SHE WAS NOT MADE UP, LIKE SHE IS NOW. SHE USED TO SHOW HOW SHE WOULD GO TO THE STORE WITH COUPONS. NOW SHE HAS SOMEONE FOLDING HER WASH. THOSE LITTLE KIDS ARE SO FRESH AND THERE NOT EVEN CUTE. SHE DOES NOT EVEN LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. SKI TRIPS FOR FREE, DISNEY LAND FOR FREE. PEOPLE DONT LIVE LIKE THAT. IT IS ALL FOR TV NOW, NOT REAL LIVE. WHO GETS A TUMMY TUCK FOR NOTHING. MY FAMILY AND I VISIT HERSHEY PARK THIS PAST SUMMER, AND FOUND THERE HOUSE. SIGN ON THERE LAWN SAID. DONT KNOCK, GO AWAY. REAL NICE FAMILY. HATE THE SHOW

• disneyland was not for free, fyi. and you found their house? creepy. anyway, the cutting room floor is going to be on in thirty minutes, if anyone reads this between now and then, and for those of you who haven’t seen it, because it never airs

• Saw the “cutting room floor”. Loved it, but had to miss the end, I’m even more addicted to Project Runway and had to see the last 20 minutes of that. I can see people being curious about where the family lives…
  But, I don’t blame them for that sign. You can’t be too careful when it comes to that. There are crazy people out there. That is probably the worst part of their fame.

• anyone whose the least bit well known or famous, not that the gosselins are so called “famous,” but they are well known, and getting even more popular, so they’re taking precautions to protect their children with the sign. and i love the cutting room floor episode, i’m glad it was on

• people magazine, the new issue with paul newman on the cover, has a huge article on the gosselins in maui.. it’s really intresting. i bought it haha, and it says they want to and are planning on adopting a little girl from korea?! not kidding.. buy it for yourselves. it’s intresting.

• Hi Lesley, (looks like we’re the only bloggers these days). I saw the magazine and thumbed through it at the check out counter. They all looked great. I saw a picture where they called Hannah, Leah. Her and Kate were getting a closer look at the wedding cake. I should have bought it. Now it does seem that this family is getting pretty famous!
  It should make for some great episodes. Thought J&K looked fabulous.

• haha janet i know, no one seems to post on here any longer. oh well. and really? i’m going to go look at the mistake in my magazine. haha oh they did! i didn’t even notice it. i don’t read the magazine captions. guess i should start.

  i know, i’m looking forward to the hawaii episodes and everything else planned. the adoption news really suprised me. i can’t help but wonder if they’re actually going to go through with it?

• Nic, what a wise person you are. I feel the same. Walk a mile in another person’s shoes, right?

  Those slaps aren’t really painful folks. If you watch the videos they took together when they were first married, you can see that Kate is totally and naturally bubbly and I think funny as hell. Jon adores her and she him. They still giggle at each other’s jokes.

  They really are young, so give them a break. They adore each and every child they have. Even Maddy…yikes! Now there is a problem, but I’m sure they will become aware of it, if they watch their own show….but they probably don’t have enough time.

• nah they watch the show, they have footage of the show, and they also have it on dvd. they’ve said that the only shows the sextuplets watch are little people big world, and jon and kate plus eight. kate’s also stated that mady has seen herself hitting collin in a previous episode, and that’s made her want to improve her attitude and behavior toward the little ones. so clearly they do watch the show, and all the footage that we see, they do as well

• Contributing to the exploitation of children just so you can watch little children sounds nasty to me.

• first of all i love the show the kids are adorable

  and all u people who are leaving nasty comments about the show and famil can stop watching
  jon and kate love each other and wouldnt do anyhting to hurt one another they both love there children,
  you try rasing 8 kids all uder the age of 9 there dong what works for there family and if were true fans of the show u would of seen theepisodes of jon and kate explainng the way they act towards each other is not outta hate but with 8 kids around u cant always speak calmly at the moment but they discus what happend during the day to each other at night and when she slaps jon in the face that is her “love tap” and niether her nor jon think if it as mean so get a dam life

• Get a life Anonymous.. we are all entitled to our opinions. I’m personally sick and tired of this show and wish something else was on.

• The show does get old..

• i love your show it is the best show EVER!

• Well, I thought last night’s show, although cute to see the kids, was very boring. I wonder who’s picking what the episodes are about. A whole show on getting pictures taken? Hopefully the Hawaii ones are coming up. They should be great.

• I thought last night’s show was very boring. Of course it’s always great to see the kids, but who is picking what the episodes are about. An entire show on getting pictures taken? Hopefully the Hawaii ones are coming up.

• i don’t think they chose the episodes.. it’s their life.. and that’s what is going on in their life. so they film it. personally i liked the episode last night, i thought the kids were adorable in their outfits and i thought the dancing to footlose in the end of the episode was funny. i actually think the day in the life episodes are boring. i’d rather seem them doing something like this rather than their life on a saturday. i don’t know, i guess that’s just me haha

• I forgot about the “Footlose” dance at the end. That was adorable to see them all let loose. Ha ha.

• Kate is a vicious shrew who demeans Jon. She does not understand how to enjoy her kids and family and does not have any desire to learn fron Jon how to enjoy life. He skis, skates and is very well rounded. She doesn’t know how to anything but control others and scheme to make money. She is greedy and exploits her kids for money! This show should be taken off TV because she is no role model!

• They’re a couple of crooks and their show is sooo boring. I used to admire them- not any more.

• oh marion i guess you know kate personally then huh? you must, since you are sure that that is the way she is..

  anyway. check out the http://www.sixgosselins.com website. they changed everything up, the layout is much different

• Well said Marion. But as Jon goes through life playing and having a blast, he’s certainly allowing Kate to make money off their children. He’s just as bad, as far as I’m concerned. Can you imagine Kate if the money stopped and they had to actually earn a living off themselves, not the children. Boy would she be miserable. I wish they would take them off the air too. I’s really not a good example for the rest of the world.
  I think their show has gotten really boring. Now it’s just about rich people.

• I hate this show. Kate is such a BITCH! And they better do something about that Maddy. She has serious issues and is turing out to be just like her mom. An OCD psycho. Kate, you are nothing but a money grubbing bitch who just sells your kids and your family out and wants more and more. You probably are sucking the state of PA. dry with all your demands for funding. Get a life and a job you bitch. Many disabled kids need the money–not you!

• I started watching the show recently and I have seen a lot of the shows consecutively. It’s obvious she is overwhelmed and her only way to cope with it is to be a control freak. We know she has her flaws, so does everyone else. I suppose it is a bit annoying because she seems like a goody two shoes most of the time. Also, because she is often criticizing or correcting someone. Her obsession with cleanliness seems to be a point of anxiety for her. A lot of times it gets in the way of her ability to relax and have fun. She seems to be getting a bit better. In the episode with the girls painting pottery she seemed pretty cool. One thing I noticed in an episode when they were traveling that they had bags with the children’s first names and Kate covered up part of the name for safety. She was concerned that her children could be lured away by someone calling their name. Now that their TV show is popular and people know their kid’s names and interests Kate should be more concerned about safety. They probably even get threatening messages from people. With every positive thing there are bad things and I don’t think the show shows all of the downsides there are to being on a reality show. Every parent want’s a better life for themselves and their children and the show has offered them so much more than they could have ever imagined. The more opportunities they have, the harder it will get for them to walk away from that. Maybe for them the risks outweigh the benefits. What happens when TLC decides to end the show, will they have become so used to the spotlight that they will continue to exploit their children for personal gain. They walk a fine line.

• I’m truly amazed at the negative emotions that Kate riles up in people. I wonder what that’s all about? She loves her children, and has been blessed, and she knows it. I sincerely hope all this hatred goes away soon. It’s not healthy.

• seriously you people are insane. almost as insane as you say kate is. you all are not one to talk. she’s a mom, and you can say she is a “greedy bitch,” who is “only making money off her kids.” i’m suprised at how low some of you act on here. calling mady an ocd physco. she’s eight years old, it’s disgusting that you can say something like that about a child. she’s a CHILD. that in and of itself is just disturbing.

  it’s also disturbing how awful you make kate to be. she has her good and bad qualities, but the bad qualities does not make her a bitch. their her flaws, and we all have them. you don’t know the woman, and granted, i do not either.. but at least i find the good in people unlike some of you on here. stop focusing on the negative side of kate, and stop calling her a bitch. because it’s just making yourself look bad and youre emberrasing yourself by doing that. calling her a greedy bitch does not make you look any better. i guess it’s pretty gratifying to some of you to put others down, and pretty self satisfying. i find it disgusting.

  any mother of one child to eighteen children know motherhood is not an easy task. it’s the hardest job you’ll ever have, and six babies of the same age makes it even tougher. she’s not perfect, and for those of you who want to see perfect in a mother, turn to the duggars. i respect kate for not being perfect, and for not acting perfect, even when the cameras are around. she’s not afraid to be herself, even if that puts her out there for all of you wackjobs to criticize her.

  she’s controlling, she has ocd, and she’s high strung. that’s her personality and she shouldn’t change just to please all of you. if you don’t like it, turn the channel. no ones making you watch this family and the show. sorry if she’s not as calm as other mothers, and sorry if they’re blessed because of those babies. i’m happy for that family of ten, and i think they deserve everything they have.

• Wow, I haven’t looked at this in weeks and suddenly all this “Kate-hate” broke out. I Think Lee summed it up nicely and I agree that all parents want, or should want, a better life for their children and this is a way for the Gossliens to do that.

  I also agree that part of what bothers a lot of people about Kate is that she makes out like a goody two shoes and then often treats people rudely, it’s two faced. But I think it’s awful to pick on Mady, adults should never pick on children. And I’ve never seen any evidence that J&K are not good parents.

  I think the kids should have more privacy, but I think the cameras could pull away now and none of them would be scarred by it. And really the show has gotten to be a boring show about rich people.

• Lesley says: oh marion i guess you know kate personally then huh? you must, since you are sure that that is the way she is..

  anyway. check out the http://www.sixgosselins.com website. they changed everything up, the layout is much different

  This is my response:

  I have seen enough on their shows and read enough to know that what I said is true. Kate does display the emotionally disturbed and non nurturing behaviors that are addressed by Jodi and her sister. If she behaves in that manner on TV, just imagine what occurs when they are not on TV! I shudder to think about the verbal and physical abuse. Their website is a sham as is the show. They are both greedy and she is a vicious, sociopathic, obsessed, shrew!Mady is a clone with her disturbing outbursts. They mimic the outbursts of her (pardon the expression) mother! kate needs serious psychiatric help! This show should be canceled!
  PS, her father , a Pastor, got her 6 donated cribs before the baby was born and she rejected them because they don’t match! Sick? You betcha! None of their family will have anything to do with them! Sad, as well!

• First, I think the show has run it’s course. Second, in defense of Kate, I think it’s pretty far-fetched to label her a sociopath! And I very much doubt that there is any physical abuse of those kids. I think they’re very decent parents. And I agree with Lesley, Mady is a high strung kid who likes to be the center of attention- hard to come by with 7 siblings. But she’s a normal kid and sometimes she acts out on camera. This is actually what I dislike most about the show – that these outbursts are shown on TV. It’s not fair to Mady. And the way people I assume are adults, pick on her on this blog is sick.

• I enjoy J&K plus ; burit’s a “TV SHOW”.

  Most of the posts rag on Kate, what snow globe do you live in? She is what she is.

  Jon is a fricken work horse; moving to the new house, carpeting, bed assembly, bathing/dressing the little ones and the attic renovation, just to mention a few.

  If I was young enough to have kids I would track him down and cherish him.

• Alert! Did anyone see “Say yes to the Dress”? Kate was on it, picking out her new dress for Hawaii. She looked great, but I was sad she was alone. I think you need someone to go with you for such things. Talk about crossing the streams on TLC shows. I was shocked. It’s weird to see “reality starts” not on there own show.

• Yes, I was shocked too! Kate looked very good & it was odd that no one was with her to give opinions. That’s a first that I’ve seen on that show. I like that show. It’s weird that a show about woman trying on wedding gowns can be so entertaining!

• Amanda said:
  “Mady is a high strung kid who likes to be the center of attention- hard to come by with 7 siblings. But she’s a normal kid and sometimes she acts out on camera.”

  Response:
  Is it normal for a 7 year old child to ask about stabbing her siblings with a pencil? Is it normal for CONSTANT and RAPID mood swings from manic to evil and too frequent episodes of physical abuse of her younger siblings. She knocks them down and hits them on the head. None of these behaviors are normal!

  In addition, Amanda, FYI, look up the definition of sociopathy! It speaks to extreme narcissism and the manipulation of others without a conscience! Do these behaviors sound familiar?

• I love that Say yes to the Dress Show too. I’ve been married 28 years, but my best friend is getting married, so I’m into all these dresses.
  It was weird Kate had no one with her, I thought. I guess Jon was somewhere waiting for her in the Big Apple. Can’t imagine her going there all alone.

• Constant and rapid mood swings speaks to bipolar. I know a lot about that because one of my grown children is bipolar, and I sincerely hope that Mady is not, through it is being diagnosed in younger and younger kids. It is not the same as a sociopath however, and that is a very serious label to pin on someone without a psychiatric diagnosis.

  I’ve never seen the episodes where Mady threatens people with pencils, etc. But camera attention is not what she needs in my opinion.

• The videotaping of this family should not be occurring! This is where you and I agree, Amanda. There is too much pathology in this family and the camera crew focuses on that and zeros in on it! I firmly believe that this show should be canceled.

• I must agree with the remarks about Mady. I do think she seems a little better, but her past behavior should be addressed and not be ignored. That’s what wrong with people. Every one is “she’s just a child”. She needs intervention now, and therapy. No one should act that way, child or not. People are always making excuses for bad behavior. That’s what’s wrong with the world. Everybody get’s away with this. What ever happened to discipline. Children in this day and age are just spoiled rotten, and they’re growing up to be mean self-centered adults, who care only about themselves. We don’t need to glorify this behavior be seeing it on TV with nothing being done about it.

• can everyone just stop talking shit…
  Jon and kate married becuase they loved eachother even thought it doesnt look like it during the show becuase of the crazy kids but they do stop saying they are gonna get divorced or they dont love eachother.. u guys dont have right to say that ..

• Lauren, you got that right—right on!

• This is stay-at-home Saturday for me- no car- so pardon my incessant posting!

  I think the show has proved to be sort of a mixed blessing for J&K. It’s obviously brought them financial rewards, I saw an estimate that they probably make over a million /year, but it’s wreaked havoc in their family relationships. It would be nice if they were able to keep both, but looks like that wasn’t the case.

  I think Jodie’s sister did a terrible thing in posting all that nasty stuff about them. She is not really involved and she effectively cut off any chance of reconciliation between Kate and her brother. My gut feeling is that Jodie was probably an unwilling participant in all that. It put her in a bad spot and she seemed like a really good person. Whether all that is true or not, dysfunctional families, and there are a lot of those, get into these sorts of things and then often reconcile later on. That website and Jodie’s participation in it would be very hard to forgive.

  They seem to discipline the little kids, all those time-outs on a little rug by the front door. I’d love to see the parents stress manners and courtesy towards others more. The family seems to live in such a little bubble. We live in a society!

  Anyway, I agree the show should go.

• Amanda,

  Kate has a history of alienating or “throwing out” family, friends and neighbors who are not useful to her! She is estranged from her own immediate family and left her father’s church because he did not get monetary donations. This is sad. I believe Jodi and side with her. She helped them loyally with 8 kids (and her 4) for no pay while KON made a million dollars and more. They ran off to buy clothes, get their teeth whitened , get a hair transplant and a tummy tuck. Jodi was the steady hand and the mother Kate was not and never could be. Mady needs medical evaluation and treatment as she follows in her mother’s path. Jody was right to point out that this show is a sham! They are greedy people who use and manipiulate others for their gain!

• I don’t really know Kate’s history, just what I’ve seen on the ? breeds hate website. Kate’s a woman I would never choose to be friends with. She’s self-centered & sanctimonious, a real turn-off to me. I would much prefer Jodie. But because of her sister’s website, she probably stands no chance now to be in the 8 kids lives, maybe she wouldn’t have without it as well. It’s a loss for Jodie and especially a loss for the kids. I agree the show is a sham.

• i know kate’s put out there on television to be judged, along with her family, but some people do not need to be so cruel about it. it’s wrong and it doesn’t make you look any better

  and the thing with mady, i just think she acts out for attention. she likes to be the center of attention, and she’s figured out a way to get attention, which is by acting out on her siblings. i believe it’s perfectly normal. while i don’t have seven other brothers and sisters, my sister is always trying to be the center of attention, and when she was younger she’d always scheme and think of ways to be in it. it’s their personalities and we can’t change them

  just deal with it people. don’t like it? turn off the television. it’s not difficult. no one’s forcing you to watch this show

• At this point in her life, I don’t think anyone can be friends with Kate unless they are also rich and famous, or cater’s to her and her family.
  It’s quite obvious. I think that’s what has people so riled up.

• I don’t think that anyone can be friends with Kate because people don’t like to be manipulated or used!

• Everyone needs help – – Kate needs to let life happen == it’s
  inconvienent and messy = = just what will her children remember about their childhood….

• The kids seem awfully happy. I’m sure they’ll remember the “crew that’s in their lives alot. I’m sure they have gotten very close to those people.
  I’m sure they’ll remember the neat trips. And most importantly, the fun they have with each other.

• Jon seems slow mentally so Kate needs to boss him around to ever get him to do anything but roll his eyes..

  They did say they have sex when their kids are asleep, so don’t think they’re not doing it.. believe me a healthy normal 35 yr old man has to have sex a couple or several times a week.. probably a different story for Kate, she seems tired a LOT, but she probably finds time for ol’ Jon.

  They’re making a fortune doing this show; they’re a huge hit.. There will be dolls made of the whole fam if it hasn’t been done already..

  They’ll write books on child raising, etc.. Their future is so bright it’s unreal..

  Only thing is it will encourage zillions of people to have multiple births so they can have their own show, too..

• For Becky– LOL!!

• anyone watch the two new episodes? the video the kids made for kate seriously made me tear up, it was so adorable..

  those kids have gotten huge. i was suprised. but pre-k seems fun for them, and they seem really happy. but i wish cara and mady were in those episodes more often. and i really dislike kate’s hair, lol

• Darn, I missed them again. I guess these are really new, since the kids are so big. What happened? What is Kate’s hair like? We’re from Philly here, and as you might know our Phillies are in the play-offs with the Doger’s . There was no way I could get the TV. Maybe they’ll be on again, or I can get them on demand. At least I saw Kate on Say Yes To The Dress. Did you see that, Lesley?

• I just watched the season’s first episodes of J & K & the Roloffs. The Roloffs are decent and normal people. They have friends and family and they do have normal family scrapes but they actually rise above and even HELP Others! J & K’s show was the most boring I have ever seen. Complaints continue about their “burden” and they are totally self absorbed. Kate was away on “business” (money whoring) and Jon was left with the kids. No family members, friends or neighbors are ever involved. You NEVER see the paid help! The Roloffs always have the kids friends or their friends in their home. They also are engaged with their community. The Gosselins don’t have a a relative or a friend or a neighbor willing to be with them now. These are VERY strange people in a VERY strange show. My vote is for the cancellation of this hideous show. I LOVE the Roloffs. Their show is what the Gosselin show will never be–NORMAL! I’l not see any more of the strange people!

• I think it’s very sad how the J&K show has gotten so boring, and so without anyone else but them. Hey, there’s that babysitter. The Roloffs are normal and another thing, nice. Sincerely nice. Not just because someone is doing something for them. Never saw Jodie’s kids at Kates house when Jodie wasn’t. Can you imagine Kate just being nice for the heck of it? I can’t. I wish they would just be off the air as well.

• Lauren,

  You are my kind of person! I have known that this show (J & K) and the stars are very shallow! The Roloff’s are real people involved in real life! I can’t watch a sham. They have tons of money and NO friends , family or neighbors to support them This is very sad. On the other hand, the Roloffs do good for others and are blessed with a wealth of good family, friends and neighbors! They are truly blessed! The Gosselin’s will sit and count their money!Andkidswi tturn outlikeMady-very messed up.

• Matt’s a nice guy, and Amy treats him so much worse than Kate treats Jon! She is so distainful of him and tries to pull the kids into it too. And their youngest son, Jacob, is just as bratty as Mady. Just goes to show all that camera attention isn’t healthy for kids.

• just a reminder.. none of you know the roloff’s or the gosselins.. none of us know how good or bad these people are. keep thinking you know them, though.. if that’s what works for you. you people are funny though, acting like you really know this family and the roloff’s. frankly i don’t like the roloff’s, their annoying and they have tons of money also. they’ve been on the air longer than J&K.

  and janet, noo! i missed the say yes to the dress. i would see commercials for it and i would hear them say kate.. but i just tuned it out like background noise. i didn’t realize it was actually kate gosselin. hopefully they will re-run it. and her hair, eh i don’t know. it’s just really poofy and it’s gotten much longer and she needs a haircut

• I never saw the Roloffs. Only Jon & Kate captures my interest. I lucked out catching Kate on the Wedding Dress show. I was shocked to see her. I guess her new hair is the one she had on the Dress show? Maybe, I’ll just have to check out the rerun of Monday’s show tonight.
  Her hair didn’t seem to different to me. Although Kate looks darn good with short hair, however sometimes it reminds me of “Dennis the Menace” with those chunks sticking up. I’m a fan of longer styles. I think everyone looks better and younger in them. Girls that is. Can’t wait to see tonight.

• I love love love this show – I “stay home” for any new episodes. For me..and my family…It is the best thing on TV right now. I love them all..especially Kate. Yes she admits she is a bit OCD.. and I think these blogs have tempered that a bit….but their lives would be complete and total chaos if she let it all go.

  MY complaint is of the camera and editing crew… you don’t have that many perfect loving smart articulate and adorable kids with a MOM as “mean” as some say of kate. Camera and editing crew?? : We dont see enough of her hugs – and kisses of the kids or Jon…. but I assure you they are there. She and Jon are in love with each other AND every one of those children..and I am so drawn to that amazing love and joy and YES- typical family behavior… And I hope we don’t bark so much that we lose the Gosslings. Jon and Kate would kill the show if they bought into any of the awful things people say. Both of them are wonderful parents in their own remarkable ways…and I, for one, hope some of you will “clam up a bit” for fear you scare them away. I love that they get freebies – they need them. I have the same job as Jon and I could not support 4 much less 10 people.

  Please stop complaining – just stop watching if you dont like it… and let the rest if us enjoy the best thing on TV – a happy, loving, family who have many of the same problems as the rest of us…but clearly with more on their plate than most of us will ever experience.

  I am a fan… and proud of it. I want to see each kid for 20 more years…then spin off to their own shows ;-). maybe THEN we will have more GREAT TV choices. Today there is one for me…. Jon & Kate plus 8.

  THANKS Gosslings!

• For Kel,

  Are you on the payroll?
  Where is the extended family, friends and neighbors we all enjoy in our normal lives. They are not there in the lives of these people. I believe everything that Kate’s sister-in-law, Jodi, said! She is/was in a position to know.
  I am expressing my opinion just as you are expressing yours. I and many others have not asked you to suppress yours! Please cease and desist asking others to supress the expression of personal opinions and do not harrass others who do not, in any way, agree with you.

• Hey, wake up and smell the greed you J&K lovers. The bad stuff can’t be all lies. They are now surrounded by acquaintances and paid help.
  They even went to Hawaii to renew their vowels because no one where they live could care less, much less show up. Don’t be so gullible just because they look good.

• Marion, thanks for your response.

  Nope – I am not on the payroll. ;-) (would be ok tho) But as I sit here watching a J&K+8 marathon.. I am reminded that Kate does make me angry – (just like she does the others.).. yes she IS tough on Jon, and ridiculously anal about insignificant things… and yes… I have no argument that she could be better at a few things. But everyone I know (including me) has ‘something’ that makes others nuts… and at the end of the day, thats what makes the world go ’round.. if we were all the same we would be boring and redundant. They have a more functional family then MOST families I know..

  This show is fun and addicting and exasperating and interesting and heart-warming and different…and I appreciate the opinions of the bloggers .. but I also worry that some of the blog “meanness” will trigger one or both J&K to say “this is just not worth it”.. end the show.. and that would just be too bad.

  I hope the film editors try to capture more of the ‘good-Kate’ , while they continue capturing the Kate that so many complain about (since that seems to be the DRAW for many to keep watching.)

  But when the opinions are so mean…(especially without really knowing J&K personally)… I just dont want the show to end because they imagine their 6 little ones reading “what horrible people the world thinks they are”… and that (in my opinion) would be worse then anything Kate has done. The kids appear to adore their parents… As a teacher, I have seen kids who dont love their parents. It is not pretty. J&K are doing something very very right. Thats all I want to say.

• To Lesley: Saw the hair, same as the Wedding Dress thing. I’m hoping it’s in the in-between stage. Kate is a pretty woman, but right now that style is not my favorite. I don’t think I’d like that on anybody.
  Also thought Hannah, was a tad bratty in the Mr. Mom episode. I always loved her, but wow, very bossy. Maybe just a bad day. I was thrilled for Joel that he was the only one who rode the bike. And Leah and Alexis were just adorable.

• Don’t get me wrong. I’ve never said Jon and Kate don’t love those kids, and aren’t good parents. It’s everybody else that seems to be disposable. I’ve never met a four year old who didn’t adore their parents. Check in on them at sixteen. Or better yet, thirty. I’m sure Kate adored her own mother when she was a child. Where is she now in her life, or any of her siblings. That’s the problem.
  Plus, Jon seems very scared of her, almost like she’s his mother. And that is just plain weird to see a grown man act like that.
  And I wouldn’t worry about them being taken off the air. I think they are more popular then ever. They are practically on the verge of being the Rachel Ray of tv reality parents.

• I wish this show would get cancelled soon. I’m ready for something to watch that’s interesting.

• Kate is so fake. She could win an oscar for her performance…. her smiling lately is so not real (she never used to smile), her wiping fake tears when there’s nothing sentimental to cry about. “The sociopath next door” reminds me so much of her. It’s a book, by the way.

• I came from a large extended Italian family from Brooklyn NY. I was an only child (and youngest) with lots of cousins. During the early 70’s I moved out to Colorado to go to college, the only female in the fam to do so. Not only to college, but paying my own way, and also the only cousin to move more than 50 miles from their birth parents.

  My parents and my son’s paternal grandparents where not comfortable traveling. My Mom was sure the plane would fall out of the sky. After many trips back east I told the the granny’s we were not coming back to NYC until they made at least one trip to Colorado.

  My sons were their grandparents ONLY grandchildren. My husband was also an only.

  Over time we developed an extended multi-generational family in Colorado. Here we found our no guilt family.

  I don’t know or care to know about J&Ks birth families. The TV “fact ” is that it’s not working for them and they are going about raising their family. Some of our early friends fell by the wayside as our family developed, including my beloved Cuz Tony.

  The long and the short of this diatribe is that: 1. It’s a TV show, turn it off if it offends you 2. to all the hateful, judgemental posters, I’m glad I’m not your daughter-in-law because I would blow you all to H-LL if you talked that way to me or my family and 3. if the Gosslin family has benefited from their much watched series…SO WHAT! That’s their problem if the kids turn out to be mass murderers, internet hackers, manipulative adults, or an engineer or zoologolist.

  Geez, get a life!!!

• I feel sorry for the kids… poor kids…

• oh, and Kate treats Jon like dirt

• It seems like a mother son relationship to me.

• It would be one thing, if only 1 or 2 people didn’t like Kate, but it’s the majority of posters…that says alot…and Jon’s so real, and a nice guy.

• Funnyface, I understand where you’re coming from. I’ve been married 33 years and there have been falling outs and reconciliations with the family, and friends have fallen by the wayside. That is the way life goes. We have dealt with a very difficult situation with my husband’s parents and I really think our family would have been better off if we had broken ties with them many years ago. Not all families are loving and supportive. Kate’s may not be. I personally don’t find Kate to be very appealing, but if my life were up there on view, plenty of potshots could be taken at me! Bottom line to me- they’re good parents, the kids seem generally happy and well-adjusted, but having their lives so much on show the way it is – not so healthy.

• i bought jon and kate and beth carson’s new book, that they all wrote together. and seriously, it gives you a whole new look at the family and espessially kate, since it comes from her point of view and it’s her story. they almost adopted a little black child from a hospital before the sextuplets.. and it tells us why jon lost his job. stories of her mother and her sisters are included as well.

  for those of you calling her a b*tch and other nasty things, frankly i don’t think you understand this family and kate gosselin. cut them some slack, and stop being so judgemental. i recommend the book to anyone whose intrested in this family. it’s written well, and there’s many photos included in the book. i got in trouble for reading it in class, ha..

• A book of Kate’s controlling, lying,money seeking,greedy,manipulative, point of view. Yeah, I’ll rush out to get that one.
  Wake up and smell the dysfunction in her!

• where are the grandparents. the only good grandparents was john’s father who died. Probably they had a hard time putting up with kate. I feel sorry for the children missing out on the grandparents because of kate. Also being put on display. After seeing how many kid stars have turned out I would think you would think twice about putting your kids out there. Money talks.

• lauren, could you be any more close minded? you don’t know these people, where do you come off saying such horrible things?! does it make you feel better inside, knowing that you think you’re better than kate gosselin? you make me sick, literally. i can see what kind of character you have just by your posts and your way of being so judgemental about kate gosselin. it doesn’t take a genius to figure it out. granted, i do not know the family either, and i have no right to talk bad about them. but news flash, i don’t. i don’t say anything bad about anyone i do not know. hey lauren, you don’t know kate. take a tip from me and stop being so rude to the family and espessially kate.

• ANYWAY, the book really is good. it talks nothing about money. just about the struggle to get pregnant and what happened when they finally did. it’s much more detailed than the usual, “we tried for just one more, and ended up with six.” i reccomend this to anyone.. it’s written well also. there are tons of pictures also

• ANYWAY, the book really is good. it talks nothing about money. just about the struggle to get pregnant and what happened when they finally did. it’s much more detailed than the usual, “we tried for just one more, and ended up with six.” i reccomend this to anyone.. it’s written well also. there are tons of pictures also

• Did anyone watch J&K+8 interview (book promo) on FoxNews Saturday morning Oct 18th 2008? All the kids were there..Jon and Kate sitting behind the couch of all the kids.. and tho the segment was quite short – (and I am the biggest fan of all)…unfortunately I came away with the following feelings:
  1) Kate was made up to be so glamorous it was almost sickening. The audience needs a mother of 8 to look more normal. I think she loses credibility when she is over-glamorous. Even with TV – a Mom needs to be a Mom or you get the impression she has too much time to invest in herself…
  2) They barely smiled during the interview – Kate quickly responded to the first three questions – and only when the interviewer started with “Jon, from your perspective…what do you think …” did Kate allow he husband to speak.
  3) They came across either as frightened, or mad at each other… because the vibes between them felt negative (my opinion).
  That large audience could have been wildly impressed and interested in the show and the book… and I think they lessened their opportunity to sell more books (although obviously it will be successful). But I (who always supports Kate’s “ways”) was sorry I stuck around for the interview..because other than 8 beautiful kids.. the Fox Report was boring and unimpressive and just made me angry. Too bad.

  But for all the kate-hater-bloggers – this interview will give you a lot of meat. I was hoping it would be different. I was disappointed – but it was close to ‘defining’ the “narcissism” many of you mentioned.. I don’t want to think that way – but this interview sure made it easy.

  Best to all of you.

• I hope the show gets cancelled and kate’s mother, father and siblings and Jon’s mother write a tell all book.

• I have to get to my local Barnes and Noble and check out the book. I’m sorry I missed the interview on Fox. It’s always kind of weird to see Jon & Kate out of their element. When I saw her on Say Yes to the Dress she seemed so serious. Maybe they were really nervous for the Fox things. I think those kids are going to just keep getting cuter.
  I’m sorry to hear Kate came off not so good on that interview. You’re right, the Kate Hater’s will have a field day.

• It was nice to watch the episode where Jon took some of his kids to a Phillies game because we didn’t have to hear Kate nag (like she usually does-fingernails on a chaulkboard). It seemed like they had a really good time. It was so refreshing. :)

  Maybe Jon will be able to leave Kate afterall, because now that they have a steady income from the show hopefully he’ll have plenty to pay her child support.

• I do feel sorry for Kate too, because she doesn’t know how to enjoy her kids like Jon and others do. :(

• I liked the Phillies episode, they were treated like royalty and I loved the kids with the Phanatic. Not to mention I’m from Philly, so you know I love my Phillies. Is it me, or has Maddy not been on camera for the past few episodes. I’m wondering if she’s choosing not to be.

• Kate is so narcissitic with several major issues. John likes all the perks. This is child abuse. no one cares about jon or kate. The kids look and act very unhappy. this show should be taken off the air. when I see those kids, I think of brittany, lindsey and paris. social services should step in.

• Lesley, how many pages are in the book? Also, did it mention that Kate and Jon had only been married for a few months before they went to fertility drugs to get pregnant?

  Sorry to bombard you with questions. My husband doesn’t “let” me watch the show anymore, so I know I’d better not come home with her book. LOL He’s not usually that way, but recently he caught an episode and even though he was quietly doing some work while it was playing, he just flipped out about Kate’s behavior. I can’t remember what it was, but he said she was the worst mother in the world and he didn’t want to hear or see her in his house on his television ever again.

  I think he overreacted, but I’m trying to respect his wishes. And wean myself . ;)

• I love this show! remember, it’s a reality show. Reality being the key word! I watch my sister with her 3 brats, and she makes kate with 8 kids look like a saint.
  If you have been married, or have children , you will know how realistic this show is. I too love my husband, but we can sure get into it hot and fast, and thank goodness there are no cameras around, I would hate to see the judgment of the masses.
  Obviously, they are selling them selves somewhat, but I wouldn’t call it greed. If I popped out two sets of multiples, you can bet I would want to give them the best life possible. By allowing their lives to be recorded, they bring in a good revenue I’m sure, and get more free offers then they have time of accept, which allows them to offer their kids things they probably would not have the chance otherwise. Who living in America these days can afford that many kids? and at the same time! I believe they are providing a great quality life in a genius way. If you hate what they are doing, and just cant get past the “greed”, well change the channel, you are giving them better ratings by watching lol. As for me and my husband ( who is obsessed with the show like I am) we will continue to watch the show.

• To those of you who do not like Jon & Kate……why watch it or even think anything of it? Frankly I get tired of people like you and what you need to do is turn the channel if you have a problem with it. It makes no sense to watch it and complain…..it’s kind of like driving from California to Washington to protest gas prices. People know how to use their heads don’t they?

• Skittles, I think they’re getting more of “quantity” of life rather than a “quality” life. Sure, they’re getting to do a lot more than they’d have ever been able to afford, but at what cost to the children? There just comes a time, as a parent, that you say enough is enough and you put your children’s best interest first. Not yourself, not for material things, not for money in the bank. You think of your children and their emotional wellbeing and mental health.

  In my opinion, they should have stopped the show long ago. They could still have a somewhat normal childhood for the kids if they’d just say “no” to the almighty dollar.

• Well, Beth, it would be easy to turn off the TV but that doesn’t help the Gosselin children, now does it? I mean, they’re not actors performing and going home to privacy. They’re real people living their lives on a television set or a fishbowl. They’re parents sold out the children’s dignity by having their most private moments filmed and then broadcast.

  Think about this: In 15 years, Collin goes in for a job interview. The interviewer knows Collin is and all he can think about is how Collin’s father disempacted Collin’s bowels in the parking lot of a furniture store and it was an episode on Jon & Kate Plus 8.

  It’s just one example.

• Lauren in Texas, I agree & I like your point about “quantity of life vs quality of life”. And Beth, reality shows are there to critique – that’s the point of them!

• I have to agree with amanda. I like the different points of view. I know some can get downright mean, but it’s a blog, and everyone’s opinion is fair game. If everyone agreed, I think I would not be as interesting. I am amazed though at all the “hate” ones, from people that are obviously watching the show! I think it’s kind of funny.

• Yes Janet, it is kind of funny (and amazing) how much hatred there seems to be out there for Kate. Reality shows love to have that kind of “character” on their shows- the person we all love to hate – it keeps us watching! And she did seem serious and a little sad on “Say yes to the dress,” all on her lonesome. I saw an episode the other day called something like How we got here, and it was their wedding and honeymoon, stuff from before the 6 were born and Kate seemed so sweet and such a free spirit- she really was likable. Oh well – she has a lot on her plate now!

• Amanda you’re brilliant! That’s it in a nutshell. Kate is without a doubt the “person we all love to hate”. Now mind you I do not hate her. I had trouble with the Jodie thing, but I got over it, and maybe I think she’s grabbing up every dime out of her fifteen minutes of fame, but I guess I really can’t blame anyone on doing that. From what I’ve read on other sites, she seems to have a problem with “dumping” people that piss her off, but… you never know if that’s true or not, and just a lot of jealousy.

• Oh thanks for that brilliant comment Janet :-) ! No, I don’t hate her either. She’s had a lot of responsibility thrust on her & I think she’s only 30. And it’s going to take a ton of $$ to bring up that family!

• FYI, I went on this web site imdb,com and it listed the Gosselins ages and birthdays. Kate is 33, Jon 31, and they are both Aries.

• I’m of two minds about the constant exposure of the lives and development of the children. (1) I really enjoy watching the children,seeing them grow and change.(2)Certainly,Maddie is NOT always happy to be filmed…has anyone given the children a choice? Have the parents consulted any professionals regarding the future impact on their children?
  While I’m at it,I’d love to see a better bedtime routine for the children…five minutes per child,reviewing the happy times of the day,things they’ve accomplished and what they’re looking forward to tomorrow,quick kiss and night night.
  Plus,why can’t family meals be put on the table,with the children learning to help pass the food,take what they think they can eat…instead of feeding them “bird-like”,with pre cut portions. Making food choices is important to children.

• lauren in texas, there are 187 pages in the book. and yes, it is a very detailed book about all the months spent without kids, with kids, and trying to get pregnant

• i just had to come see for myself. what the fuck are you people doing? this post was in may. IT’S OCTOBER.

• To Mr. or Mrs Donkey. This post may have started in May, but look at the post before yours, it’s October! What planet are you on.

• no shit, sherlock. i’m simply wondering why you are all STILL going on about it.

  janet is not the brightest crayon in the box.

• Go back to to the brittany blog pottymouth

• Where did you come from “jackass”?
  We’ve progressed from original May blog. We’re even on current episodes. Okay? Talk about needing some anger management.

• I try to watch all the new Monday night episodes or at least, record them on DVR so I can watch them later. It’s a pretty good show, though I have to admit that Kate does tend to get a little…what’s the word I’m looking for that’s not an insult or a put-down?…uhhh…I guess “furious” or “mad” would work. But, it’s normal. If I had a family that big and kids going crazy, my wife (if I had one) would probably get “mad”, too. I’m trying to be as civilized as I can be without sparking any hatred comments. Let’s hope this works.

• Michelle Duggar doesn’t get mad.

• I said this outloud to my Mom before the second season even started.”He(Jon) will not stay married to her(Kate) I absolutely still stand by this statement.In fact,it`s only been reinforced.

• You know what’d be really great? If Jon and Kate decided to work on some of their issues with a professional and they aired some of it on the show. It would be so good for people who watch the show to see that nobody’s the perfect parent, but you can learn how to be a better one by taking courses or getting help from a therapist.

  Ideally it would be someone trained to counsel children too, so the whole family could work on improving their relationships and their family dynamics.

• I’ve been reading all these comments & I watched a few episodes of the show. What is all this fuss about? Aren’t they pretty normal people? The kids seem to get along fine & the parents too. I just don’t get where everyone seems to think that they’re so dysfunctional & evil. I guess there is alot of jealousy out there.

• Thanks, Lesley. I’m really wanting to read it, but with all the extra expense because of Hurricane Ike I just can’t justify spending any extra money on anything that’s not essential. Maybe I’ll pick it up in a resale book store one day.

• i wish they could have a live show that would show how she is true in life i wonder if the show cuts out anything and only shows her hitting him (alot) either way i am a dork and can not get enough of it so i will keep watching it

• lauren you’re welcome. and what i like to do, when i don’t want to actually buy the book, just go to barnes and noble or a local bookstore and stay there for a day and read, and if i don’t finish i’ll just go back another day and pick up where i left off. it’s free!

  and most of you people are nuts. what makes you think the gosselins are so evil and dysfunctional?! you realize you can’t believe everything you hear, and even if they ARE true, people make mistakes!! you people aren’t perfect, so stop putting these harmless people down to make your lame and meaningless lives more fufilled, it’s ridiculous and annoying. we KNOW you think kate gosselin needs help, mady needs therapy, and jon hates kate. we KNOW you think their all just money hungry, and only care about putting their children on display. we don’t need 3598643 comments about the same thing. leave them alone. until you FLY to pennsylvania, MEET THE FAMILY, spend a week with them, and actually GET TO KNOW THEM INSTEAD OF GOING OFF WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, then come back here and THEN you can state your opinion and stop being judgemental. i accept everyones opinion BUT there’s a line between being opinionated and just down right rude and having bad character, and most of you cross it

• The Barnes & Noble tip is exactly what I do all the time.
  Tonight’s off to Hawaii, can’t wait.

• i know, i’m excited. tlc said it’s the beginning of the wedding month, i can’t wait :D

• lesley, you forget that the ENTIRE premise of the show is so “people can understand us”….so what we see is what they want people to know.

  Like how she speaks rudely about her own children. On TV. For the entire world to see….including the children.

  And how she gets free stuff for being a the mother of 8 children (that she isn’t very kind to). There’s a LOT wrong with that. Like give a prize to the foster parents and teachers who deal with OTHER PEOPLE’S KIDS. Or to the kids that don’t even have parents. Or the parnts that don’t pop out 8 unplanned children and chose to adopt.

  And how the children are now celebrities. Let us not forget the Jon Benet Ramsey’s of the world. And the Tatum Oniels. And Danny Bonaduccis *gag*. Who would WANT that for their child?

  We *are* in PA every episode, *meeting the family*. What people complain about is what is wrong with Jon and Kate who have chosen to throw themselves in the limelight and their children to the wolves. I mean do you think Maddie will have any luck in life now?
  If they are being portrayed falsely, than shame on TLC. But, I’m thinking since season 4 starts off with a free trip for the “poor Goessling children to have a nice vacation” to hawaii…..well, the viewers are getting the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

• @Lesley

  I really appreciate how much you love the show. I’ve read this blog for months, but only made my first comment the other day. I find it sad just how upset you get by people’s comments. I wish you could ignore them, or if you want to start your own blog that’s restricted to positive comments, that would be great. Since this started on Evil Beet’s blog and she accepts all kinds of comments, I don’t think you should try to censor what people can and can’t say here.

  I think you can like the show and still have problems with it. I’m interested in what others think and want to write about here, whether it be positive or negative.

  For everyone who wants to read the book but doesn’t have the money or time to read it in a bookstore: remember you can request it at your local library. : )

• I really enjoyed last night’s episode. I thought the kids were never cuter, and Jon and Kate seemed terrific. Can’t wait to see them in Hawaii, especially the children in their Hawaiian outfits.
  As far as the comment’s go, I to enjoy reading all of them, the good the bad and the ugly.

• to coral, well thanks i think haha? i’ve watched them from the very first hour they aired a few years ago, so i DO feel like i know this family and the kids, just like everyone else may feel. and i do not have anything against the people who do not like kate or the show, my dad personally dosen’t like her or the show. it’s their opinion, it’s cool. i just strongly dislike rude people and alot of people on here are beyond rude. just cruel.

  and to janet, last nights episode was adorable. i loved how just natural they all looked on the basement floor together. i can’t wait for the rest of the month to see what the episodes will bring

• welli personally hate kate. shes so effing obnoxious. sometimes i think jon just wants to smack her and tell her to shut the hell up. she honestly needs to get over herself and get a life. just sayin.

• http://truthbreedshatred.blogspot.com/2008/10/update-from-jodi.html

  looks like the sister is taking down her blog

• Dear Coral, Lesley, and Janet, (and anyone else who thinks “Jon & Kate Plus 8” is sooooo cute!)

  Have you lost your minds? You just love this show and can’t wait for the Hawaii episodes?

  First of all, I LIVE in Hawaii and when J&Kplus8 were here we couldn’t wait for them to LEAVE. Among other things too numerous to mention, they stole OUR song by Brudda Izzie – “Over The Rainbow.” They had the nerve to make it the theme song for their hypocritical website. I can’t tell you how many hundreds of thousands of locals here cannot bear to listen to that song now. How dare they just take it because they wanted it, thereby ruining it for so many people. But then, that’s just Jon and Kate. Or haven’t you noticed? What they want, they get. Or they simply take it. (I just thank God I didn’t have to be on an airplane for 12 hours with eight screaming, fighting, crying, undisciplined because their parents are too lazy children.)

  No, I’m not jealous; I’m disgusted that I happened upon this site and there you are – three more people who think it’s just fine and dandy that PARENTS – Jon and Kate – are living and making TONS of money off the backs of their children. CHILDREN! Are you not aware that Jon hasn’t worked at a real job in over a year? And Kate, well, heck, “her job is the show and the show is her life blah blah blah…”

  Do you wonder WHY Mady and Cara aren’t on the show so much lately? Because they HATE IT and they hate the cameras in their faces every minute and they hate that their parents seem to have forgotten that THEY (the twins) are also part of the family. They remember life before the sextuplets and it didn’t have permanent gazillion watt lights in the ceilings of EVERY room (except the twins’ bedroom and Kate’s bedroom; yes I didn’t say “Jon AND Kate’s bedroom” since he’s been banished to the basement to sleep with Alexis. She was exiled for “waking up the other kids” and I guess Jon was exiled for waking up Kate because he “breathes too loud.” Oh yes, the ceiling lights – for FILMING, see?

  This is getting tedious. You three will have to discover the truth by yourselves; I’m too EXHAUUUUUUUSTED to deal with this, as you-know-who would say.

  Let it suffice for me to say that Jon and Kate are ugly, ugly people; and I’m not just talking about that porcupine hairdo of hers. They promised the kids… “the minute you don’t want to do the show anymore, we stop.” Have they shut down the circus? NOOOOO. Why? Because Jon and Kate are addicted to the MILLIONS, yes, I said MILLIONS, of dollars those little children are making so Jon can have hair and Kate can go to the spa.

  Jon and Kate are uneducated, immature Hicks who can’t spell, can’t speak correctly, and certainly will NEVER have any class; you can’t buy correct manners or decent parenting skills. Those two backwoods i____s think they are entitled to the moon, and certainly to rip off their children’s childhoods. Did I mention there are NO LAWS in Pennsylvania OR N. Carolina that regulate how many hours a day children can work in film? Hmmm? ZIP, ZERO, NADA! That’s how many. And TLC loves it. $$$$$$$$$.

  Did I mention the eight (8) bank accounts Jon and Kate are depositing their kids’ hard earned money into? I didn’t? No? You know WHY? Because they AREN’T depositing one red cent into accounts. Those kids don’t even HAVE bank accounts. WHY? Because their parents, especially their mother, is a BASKETCASE with Borderline and NARCISSTIC personality disorders and she can’t get enough of ANYTHING! Especially money. She’s HOOKED!

  People like Kate will NEVER get enough of you-name-it because they’re SSSSOOOOOOO EMPTY and always will be empty since they never LEARNED how to fill themselves up – they’ve ALWAYS waited for SOMEONE ELSE to do it…with Kate, it’s been a husband, then children, now it’s TLC and money. And the admiration of enablers like YOU!

  Kate was all by her poor little self on “Say Yes To The Dress” because she, SHE has kicked EVERYONE else out of her life. She may have the money but THEY had the brains, the class, and the looks; and she knew it. Now, there’s your jealousy.

  ‘Nuf said. WHEW! And that’s about one percent of “it.”

  Sincerely,

  peanuts

• Peanut, I hate to get you started again, but how do you KNOW all this?
  It’s total over-reaction. Those kids aren’t actors, they don’t memorize scripts. J&K are not uneducated & what makes you think they can’t spell? How do you know J&K don’t share a bedroom & where do those psychological insights into Kate’s personality come from? Are you a psychiatrist? And to call people who make positive comments “enablers”… chill out

• hey peanut, the song over the rainbow is not YOUR song. that version i’ve listened to for quite a while now, probably since about two years ago. and peanut, that song has been on there OLD website ever since they had it up. and you speak for all of hawaii? i think YOURE derranged and nuts!

  you hate them, that’s fine. that’s your opinion. we love them, that’s ours. so deal with it “peanut,” because your ranting rage will not change my mind! i’ve watched these kids grow and even if the parents may change, the kids are the exact same as they were four years ago, which is why i love this show. this family seems normal, and full of love.

  i am apart of a dysfunctional family with many difficulties and my family never felt like a real one, and watching this family is the closest i will ever get, and i finally know what a real family feels like. so before you call us nuts for loving them, you don’t know the reasons why we love them. my reason is rather personal and when you call me crazy for loving them, i take it a little personal as well. sorry my family is not your normal family, and sorry if i like the gosselins because they seem like they are and i feel, crazy as it may seem, but apart of it because i’ve watched them grow and progress. it feels like outside my real life and all my problems i may have, there are the gosselins and watching their show and the kids grow makes me feel like there are families that are not all like mine, and i know when i grow up and start my own, i will do everything my mom did not do for me, and make a family like the one i wish i always had. sort of one like the gosselins. so don’t call me crazy or anyone else who loves this show, we all have our reasons for them, and you don’t know what they are, “peanut.”

• Well here’s my two cents… Peanut, how the heck do you know so much, and you’re from Hawaii? Who do you know? Who are you, really?
  You know their sleeping arrangements? If you’ve gotten you info from web site’s how do you know it’s true? Seems suspicious to me.

• @Peanuts

  I’ve had many problems with the show but I still watch it because I love watching the kids. I agree with many of the points you made. I find it fascinating that one little reality show about one family can generate SUCH strong feelings from people. Maybe it’ll start a dialogue about parenting in this country, which I think is long overdue. I think it’s time to have parenting classes required in high school.

  I didn’t know anything about the hundreds of thousands of Hawaiians’ feeling mad about their use of “Over the Rainbow.” Sorry they ruined the song for you. I feel the same way about Beatles’ songs being used in commercials, ugh.

  I’m curious about why Hawaiians couldn’t wait for the Gosselins to leave..do tell. If it won’t make your head explode.

  As for Janet, Lesley and me losing our minds, no, we just appreciate this show about a loving and imperfect family. If you don’t, that’s just fine, just don’t watch it or read the blog if it gets you too riled up.

  Re: “Hawaii, Here We Come.”

  I loved this episode. The kids were so happy to watch the wedding video and Jon and Kate didn’t seem too stressed about getting ready for the trip. Kate didn’t yell, hooray!

  I loved how much she enjoyed trying on wedding dresses..she actually laughed out loud, which was great to see. I did feel sorry that she didn’t have a friend with her, but with eight kids you probably don’t have much time for friends.

  My one question was why she didn’t stop when the pedicure hurt one of the girls. She could’ve been gentler or skipped the part she was doing and just put polish on. Who cares if the girls’ toenails aren’t perfect?

  I can’t wait for the next show; I wonder it it’ll make us teary? I’m a sucker for weddings. : )

• Coral@ Bravo, I feel exactly the way you do. Except I don’t think I’ll be close to tears at the wedding ceremony, not that one, anyway.
  The parenting classes idea is right on. The most important thing on earth to do, and they’ll give that job to anybody. Ha Ha.
  Also, I really felt the family seemed so happy about the trip. They were loving, and the children we all so cute. That’s what really has me hooked on this show. I have mixed feelings about kate, and the whole making money off her kids thing. But when it comes right down to it, the public has made them a success, who am I to deny them their millions. I would like to see some given back to those less fortunate.
  Enjoy Monday’s show!

• @Janet

  Well, thank you, dear.

  Come to think of it, I only get misty-eyed watching wedding ceremonies if someone gets choked-up. It’s contagious.

  Yeah, wouldn’t it be wonderful if Jon and Kate put a percentage of their earnings into a fund to help other families with multiples?

  @Lesley

  I’m so touched by your writing about your dysfunctional family and your hopes for creating your own family someday. My mom and her four siblings grew up with a “toxic” mom, and they’re all in their 60s now and still discuss how they feel her parenting damaged them. My mom decided when she had me she’d be the opposite kind of mother, loving and nurturing, and she was a remarkably wonderful mom. So you can too!!

  I worry about you. Do you have any kind of counselor you can talk to about your family? I hope so. And I wish you much luck in breaking free from your family and starting a new, happier life someday soon.

• This show is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!i’ve never seen one like it.I hope they go on forever shooting the show!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I’ve been watching some episodes I missed and one was “Korean Dinner.” I loved hearing that the kids discuss who’s more Korean in the family. That would never have occurred to me, and I loved that Alexis (I think) asked them if Mickey Mouse was “ajin” (asian).

• That Peanut rant still disturbs me. I can understand the feeling that the kids are being taken advantage of (but I don’t agree) & maybe you could say J&K are bad parents if you feel that that is somehow “child abuse,” the kids being on TV. But other than that, why all the anger towards them? They seem like loving parents, parent the children well & they’re not THAT bad toward each other. Actually I think they communicate well. So I still think that most of this wild anger can be chalked up to jealousy- plain&simple.

• i agree with zoe and to coral, well i have an older sister who is now in college, but we are very, very close and if i ever have to talk to her, i do. and she understands better then anyone else because she lived it as well, so she is the best kind of counselor haha. and don’t get me wrong, i have a loving family that cares about me.. but it is not your normal family, that is for sure.

  anyway, i cannot wait for tomorrow’s episode!

• @Lesley

  Oh good, I’m so glad you have your older sister to talk to, and she really understands what you say because she lived it herself. And thanks for saying you have a loving, if not normal family; I couldn’t tell from your writing just how dysfunctional your family is and I worried you were being seriously neglected or abused.

  (Now someone will write that I should be worried about the Gosselin kids’ well-being, and actually I am. But my watching the show does not keep it on the air, we’re not a Nielsen family. But maybe I will write to TLC and vent some of my concerns. I really wonder if the kids get weeks off from filming or if it’s pretty constant.)

• Lesley, I like your comment that although your family might not be considered “normal,” it is a loving family. I think many many people come from less than perfect families & circumstances & turn out just fine. Love is the most important thing & I think the Gosselins have plenty of that.

• thank you both zoe and coral. and goodness no i’ve never been abused. both parents love me, but my mother is the dysfunctional in the term dysfunctional family haha..

  and i agree with you zoe, i do think that the gosselins have plenty of love. it is obvious on camera and i’m sure it’s the same way when they are not being filmed. i could care less if they have made millions, or if people think they only use their kids for money. they have love in their family, and family is the most important thing in the world. so i believe that they are doing fine.

  and to coral, kate has said that they film year round and almost never quit. she has said that the children love the film crew, and it is their “normal.” and i do not think that that should be said, that being taped for millions is normal. but it is to them. it’s all they know. and if the kids are okay with it, as kate and jon have stated before, then they will keep on.

• What concerns me greatly is that Mady behaves in a very angry way most of the time. I think she is jealous of her sextuplet siblings and acts out to get attention. She has displayed mean behavior toward them several times and I don’t see her being reprimanded for this. She could use counceling NOW to help her to resolve the issues she has whatever they may be. She’s just not a happy little girl. The episode that concerned me the most was when she got a telephone call from one of her little friends and Kate would not allow her to speak on the phone. Kate stated that they were only in the first grade and that getting calls from friends was “for teenagers”. This was very disturbing to get the message that they are denied friends.

• I watch J&K on TLC and Discovery Health, and there are subtle differences between similar episodes. I’ve seen two versions of the Carnival-themed birthdays of the sextuplets, and though nothing significant changed, it just made me realize that we see only a little bit of what they film day to day, even of the interviews on The Couch (in the basement). The people who put together the show probably purposely cast Kate as a bigger bitch than she is (I won’t say she’s an angel because she’s far from it) and Jon as… well, his quiet demeanor probably doesn’t attract many viewers.

  In the new season, so far there’s been a quieter Kate and a louder Jon, kind of like how they were at the beginning. I don’t know if it means Kate’s calmed down or the production company’s fixing Kate’s image… Anyway, it’s less painful to watch! :)

  You guys think they went through therapy? I’m wondering if they’re re-affirming vows because therapy worked. 3=)

• there is an episode though where Jon says- exact quote ” I do love you and i apologize for being grumpy”- I KNOW they love each other. And Kate is stressed out too! Wouldn’t you be to if you were juggling eight young kids 8 and younger! So all I’m saying is they love each other

  Also NOTE: whoever said Kate is a bitch is wrong because she loves Jon and all her kids.

• charlotte, i do not agree with what you said in the last part of your post.. mady is in first grade. or was, when that episode aired. no way would i let my six year old daughter talk on the phone. that is just ridiculous, and i agree with kate. they are not denied friends, taliah is their best friend and she’s been seen spending the night and hanging out with the girls on different episodes.

• To me, I know I’ll get some of you angry, Maddi is just a little well, for lack of a better word, brat. She needs one of those British speaking nannies. She’s so quick to get mad if she doesn’t get her way, or if things don’t go the way she wants them. Always, throwing fits. I’m wondering if her not being on some of the recent episodes is her doing or the parents. She’s in school and she might be getting noticed and teased about her less then desirable behavior. Who knows. Maybe she’s just being difficult. You can’t tell me she’s not enjoying all the perks this show has enabled them. I think Kara, is so much nicer, and more loving. I’m sure Maddi has her good points, but bring in the nannies, now.

• @Lesley

  Thanks for your post and thanks for telling me the Gosselins film year round. I think I’d feel less concerned about the children if they got chunks of time off, like maybe they could film every other month or six months on and six off.

  @Charlotte

  I missed that episode. In my opinion, if children want to talk to each other on the phone for five or ten minutes once in a while, no problem. But I agree that it’s probably not great for them to gab on the phone for hours like teenagers seem to need to do.

  On a tangent, one thing I really dislike is seeing so many moms and dads on their cell phones so much when they’re with their kids. I realize parents need to make plans and appointments and such, but I wish they’d save long chats for when the kids aren’t around. If I were a kid I’d think the cell phone was more important than me. But I’m sure some people will disagree.

  (Can you tell I don’t have a cell? : ) )

• Here is some shocking information “fans” of the show who know Kate in and out missed.

  They film three days out of the week.
  One of those days is for the couch.
  The house was wired so kids aren’t tripping over production stuff.
  Kate and her bitch John, just teasing (rolling eyes), decide on the themes of the show and approve what we see.
  Intermission Fun Fact: bot are Aries. The six Taurus. And the two Libras. I know exact birth time probably makes them all different, but Aries and an Aries can get impatient with each other–and someone like Maddy who is a flighty attention seeking Libra.
  Back to reality: Kate is bitchy. Not bitchy I have six kids the stress oh my, but I’m type A personality disorder and I have admitted it one the show too. They aren’t that devoted to their kids if in one episode they themselves admitted that they don’t have that much individual time with the kids one on one, and that the kids need more individual encouragement and attention. It probably exasperate Maddy who likes attention and doesn’t get enough. Maybe Kate should show her the same adoration she shows the little girl who love to fold clothes like mommy. You can tall Kate likes her.
  Yes they do seem ungrateful and that is probably why the show is hotter than Little People Big World. Obviously with each season they will be able to show how much the show has enriched their lives. Hopefully this will mean more emphasis on how grateful they are and how hard it might be dealing with the growing pains, instead of how hectic everything is… less grammar lessons would be nice too.
  If the kids were psychologically abused you wouldn’t know by watching edited footage made for your viewing pleasure. Child stars always look fine onscreen until they grow up to be scraped off the floor of some club with a milk mustache, except they don’t serve milk there.
  Lastly, we don’t know these people. Kate might be a serial killer. John a closet fairy. Aunt Jodi Mother Teresa. The kids part time spawns of the devil and part time the future delegation of the UN. How can I be so sure? Because it’s TV. Reality shows are TV. TV is not real life. I haven’t met any of these characters in real life to be able to make any conclusions except for what I’m allowed to see..edited it’s still these people being filmed. So considering this on the entertainment it is: Kate is an evil bitch, the way she handled that little kids safety blanket.

• *exasperates
  *loves
  *tell

• Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

  has a grandiose sense of self-importance
  is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
  believes that he or she is “special” and unique
  requires excessive admiration
  has a sense of entitlement
  is interpersonally exploitative
  lacks empathy
  is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
  shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

• Kate “she is everything you said; neurotic, negative, mean. and she used to be beautiful and happy.” this is a quote from an above post.

  That’s how npd people operate…they appear nice at first…they have ulterior motives.

• @Shocking

  Sorry I irked you with my ignorance. I never claimed to know Kate inside and out. In fact I stopped watching the show for quite a while because I had issues with Kate’s behavior. I started watching again recently when I heard there was a lot less footage of Kate yelling and the family seemed to be having more fun together. My point is that I missed a lot of info and am now playing catch up.

• Tonight’s show was very fun to watch. It was nice to see them having such a great time in San Diego. It was lovely to see Kate so excited about feeding the fishes at their hotel and how she kept saying “I could’ve watched them all day” about the sea horses and other creatures. I loved seeing Alexis jiggling with glee when she saw the alligator.

  My one question: If Aaden always gets sick on the food he’s not used to, why not bring him his own special food?

  Great episode!

  p.s. I watched the Duggars tonight for the first time. They say their income is from commercial real estate that they own, but does anyone know how they made the money to buy the property in the first place? Was the dad from a wealthy family?

• I also loved last night’s show. There seems to be much less tension and anger. They really are having a ball, and it’s fun to watch, for me anyway. I was surprised how they removed Maddy from an outting, and actually told the viewers, it was due to her melt down. Maybe that will help her. I hope so. She seemed much better afterwards when she was feeding the ducks, and I really am pulling for her.
  Good show, and next weeks looks quite fancy. Can’t wait.

• Oh, and another remark about the Duggars. I wish I had income from some commercial real estate. I heard that one too. I would think one has to have money to buy commercial real estate! That show still bores me. And for that Narsasistic Personality Disorder, I dont’ know if Kate has that, don’t really know her, but I sure do have some “friends” that do. I never knew that was a real disorder, so thank you, Trisha, now I know what the heck is wrong with them.

• i’m so tired of the same posts about how kate is bitchy, or how she has problems. WE KNOW she has her moments, we’ve posted them a million times on this blog, just leave it alone and stop repeating the same thing over and over again

  and as to last nights show, i loved it! the kids were adorable. those are the kinds of episodes i like to see, where the kids are just themselves. i think what kate and jon did with mady when she was acting up was perfect parenting. they’re parenting her and making her sit out due to her actions. i think what they did was just right, despite what other viewers will say. she acted out, she gets punished. that’s the way it should work all the time with any child. and well anyway, i just really liked last nights episode. i love the hour longs.

  and did anyone catch the commercial tlc made of jon and kate? it’s a real commerical.. not just the usual ‘catch jon and kate mondays on tlc.’ it was strange.. i was suprised to see it. but it was cute haha

• Yeah, I also thought they handled Mady’s acting-out well. I think it’s good for her to see that if she can’t learn to control herself she’ll miss out on fun. And maybe they’ll all learn from it. That Mady needs more alone time or acts out when she’s hungry or doesn’t get enough sleep or whatever. I feel for her too. Can you imagine being a little high-strung (or whatever you want to call it), looking forward to a new baby in the family, and getting SIX? Six tiny babies who need constant care and who are a phenomenon, “the Gosselin Sextuplets” that everyone wants to talk about? And your parents are super-stressed and have much less time for you? I feel sorry for both twins.

  And if Mady continues to act out a lot, maybe it would be helpful for her to be evaluated by a psychiatrist to make sure she doesn’t have a chemical imbalance or some other condition that needs treating. If not, she probably could still use some sessions with a therapist just so she could have someone objective to vent to and help her deal with her emotions. (Perhaps they’ve done this but are keeping it private, as they should).

  Please don’t get mad at me for saying this. I’m from Northern California, where most people I know get therapy at some point in their lives to help them with their emotional issues. I think it’s a healthy thing for everyone to do. And sorry if it’s been said over and over..I’ve tried to read all 700- plus comments here, but my eyes nearly fell out my head, so I’m probably repeating what many others have said.

• To the above comment about therapy. I respect your opinion. I’m sure therapy can help in some cases. The ones I know who have, or are getting it, for their emotional issues, never seemed helped. They’re still troubled. As a matter of fact the only thing it helps is the fattening of the therapist’s pocketbooks. I’m not a big fan for all these soft approaches to how one behaves, and I think it’s all a cop out. In Mady’s case, I’m sure she doesn’t get the attention she craves, but neither did the other twin, Cara. She seems to deal with it just fine. I think Mady’s personality is a result of bad genes, and I bet you she inherited some of her mother’s less desirable traits. Hopefully she’ll grow out of a lot of them, and learn to control her anger, and temper. In the meantime, if the parents continue some kind of recourse, , as in not letter her participate, etc. I think that will help.

• oh well. and what do we all think about the new president of the united states? frankly i’m not all that happy about it.. haha

• I just wanted to put in my 2 cents (not that it matters) but there are a lot of comments out there about making the kids work, and kate being mean to the kids, quite honestly you would too if you had 8 kids. I think for having 8 mouths shouting “mommy, mommy!” all day long “i want, i need, do this, get this” that kate is very well collected. Yes she wants a clean house, and yes she wants clean children, but would you want 8 stained shirts to scrub? most people can’t get 5 loads of laundry done in a week let alone every day.

  I suppose the message here is lay off. the kids aren’t exploited, the camera crews aren’t there everyday, and who cares if they’re being compensated? if you had your own television show you’d want to be compensated too…no you’d probably expect compensation.

  I think it’s great that Jon and Kate get to spend so much time with their children, i wish we could all be as lucky.

• I’m thrilled, but I guess that’s a whole other blog.
  Frankly Lesley, I’m not surprised you are not thrilled.

• @Julianne

  Hey, fair enough; if you haven’t seen therapy help people, then it makes sense you don’t think it works.

  I’ve seen it help many kids get through their parents’ divorce. Is it a cure? No, but the kids were more of a mess before therapy, so it probably helped.

  Some therapists probably do take money for just listening to kids complain. But some help them understand their feelings and teach them coping skills that can really help them in their daily lives.

  You write about “bad genes” and soft approaches that are a cop out. Sure, some kids may just be terrible brats, but some have underlying issues that could be helped with good therapy. For instance, there’s a remarkable book written by a psychologist called “The Highly Sensitive Child” which explains that some children (as well as adults) have more reactive nervous systems and are more easily overwhelmed and irritated by sensory information. Now, it’s possible that Mady’s just difficult, but what if because of her genetic makeup she’s more sensitive to noise, lights, crowds, etc. and that’s why she melts down in situations where Cara doesn’t.

  Anyway, that’s my two cents for today. Thanks for putting up with me! : )

• I think jon and kate are fine. their children act bettter than most kids do. I would hate to have a camera on our family with three kids. somebody has to be in control and it happens to be kate who is with the 24/7

• Re: Our New President

  I believe President Obama will be true to his word and be a president for ALL Americans (excepting perhaps the filthy-rich and the racists, but I’m not too worried, I’m sure they’ll survive). If so, those of you who wanted McCain-or someone else- to win may be pleasantly surprised and come to respect the man. I hope people give him time to solve our crises..it won’t happen overnight.

  It feels so good to be hopeful again!

• Well said, Coral. I’m sure it does work in some cases, and just talking about problems with a trained professional does help. I was just thinking about my friends, and not considering the entire population, bad on my account. I wish it had helped the people I knew,but I never saw an improvement.
  Anyway, I have hope for this country now as well. Bravo on your comment about the new president.

• @ coral

  you said that people “who wanted McCain or someone else to win may be pleasantly surprised and may come to respect the man”. i would just like to ammend that and say that you “may come to like him”,

  no matter who you are you have to respect him for what he’s done and what he’s planning to do. and maybe i’m biased (b/c i’m a huge Obama fan!) but people may not like him, but everyone should respect him…thats all :)

• Just getting caught up on some posts . . .

  Something I observed in the latest episode: Mady and Cara seem to be tired of all these trips and outings and vacations. Cara on the plane said it was the worst trip of her life (paraphrasing); and when Mady got off of the cute Lego boat, she stormed across the sidewalk and threw something to the ground with a lot of anger. These are trips and things that most children would LOVE to be given the opportunity to take. But Mady and Cara seem to hate them.

  If it’s not the trips and the constant cameras, then they probably are just genetically predisposed to being brats.

• Wow. This has been going on since May! LOL
  Kate reminds me of my controlling, narcissistic mother. Yes, I have issues. *shudder*

• I loved this show and never missed an episode and then I got so upset with Kate I have not watched for several weeks. These kids are so cute but I am afraid they will be messed up adults. Are they little Brittany Spears just waiting to happen? It is sad that the parents do not seem to have any friends or relatives that still speak to them.
  B.J.

• um lauren, what’s that supposed to mean that youre not suprised i’m not happy about it? um okay..

• Boy I haven’t read this blog in a few days, and it’s even gone political. I love that. I’ve still been happy over my Phillies. I’ll keep my political views to myself. Nothing like going off topic, but. What do you guys think about “The Girls Next Door”? I just read Kendra is marrying an Eagle. Even though Hef is nothing but a dirty old man, I’m sad those three will, or are already, moving out. And Bridget has been married all along? That blew me away. Okay, better get back to basics here, I just woke up, so forgive me.
  Can’t wait for the Hawaii wedding. And I’m still confused about J&K stealing a song. How can anyone steal Over the Rainbow? I went to their website and I didn’t hear any music.

• ha janet i am actually a fan of the show, girls next door.. but i do think that what they do is just disgusting. kendra, yes i did hear was getting married. and at the playboy mansion as well. which i thought was odd, just because of the whole situation. and holly is now dating criss angel. but hey i’m not suprised by this.. we all knew the love for an 80 year old man if you’re in your twenties cannot be real, right? and when you watch the show, when they kiss him, it’s really awkward.

  and i also agree with you about over the rainbow. no one can steal a song? songs are for everyone.. not just one person or one state, referring to the angry hawaiians.

• Hey, there was just a post on evil beet’s main blog about kendra getting engaged. i don’t watch the show, but i like that these two blogs are on the same topic again.

• Yes, Coral. She’s engaged to an Eagle, as in football player, and Hef will give her away next June at the Playboy Mansion.

• I have been watching J&K since the very first one hour specials. It is clear they are a loving family and the kids are absolutely adorable. That said, I become more frustrated with Kate each passing episode. She angers me to the point that I want to stop watching the show…but then Alexis comes on.

  The last episode was ridiculous. That FREE resort, behind the scenes at Legoland, the scene with the animals…

  To me, the point of the show was always to show how a family with 8 kids handles NORMAL life. How they handle shopping, cleaning, expenses, etc. But this is not normal. These free trips, and product placements, and free clothing, and free help.

• Kate is not a nice person! Even her parents are never around. Being a grand myself, to me that is so strange! I think Jon is a love and takes a lot of put downs from Kate for the sake of the children. Money does strange things to people…this is just another example. BUT, i tape every show and have been known to watch them over and over. I just love the children.
  PS: Just an after thought…if Kate reached over to my dinner plate like she does Jons when the two go out alone, I would crack her wrist! lol

• WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY……YOUR COMMENT IS AWAITING MODERATION??

• To Katherine HH. The blog says that, I guess they go over what you’ve written in your blog before the post it for the whole world to read. Just to make sure you dont’ write anything too bad, I guess. It’s weird, it says it with me sometimes, not always.

• i love jon and kate plus 8!!! i watch it whenever its on and i like you picture at the top

• of corse other people watch it billions of fans gather togeather on you tube just look your self i myself am ubsessed with jon and kate plus 8>3 gosselin love forevva

• i love this show just got addicted to it and love there little faces and how cute they are. there like that because of the kids having 8 kids and a hose that dosnt fit them there really stessed out
  love gosseins <333333333

• Is it me, or has the grammar gotten really bad? I feel like I might be chatting with a bunch of eight year olds.

• i love that show it is so cool i wish i had eight kids that look as cute as they do.Anyway its tight dawg

• why cant they just make a show with all the little cute things that there kids say that would be cute and awesome dont you think.peace out jon and kate plus 8

• i loved this episode tonight. it looked like fun. and is it me or does it look like kate has an iphone

• After watching this show for quite a few episodes, I can say with certainty that Kate has mental health issues — her fear of germs and excessive need to control everyone are proof that she needs medication and therapy. She’s abusive to Jon and obviously gets pleasure from browbeating everyone with whom she interacts. Mady is an annoying self-centered brat who already has issues with her mother. Obviously, Jon doesn’t work (the IT job is a fiction) and is a wimp. Given how Kate berates the family, the children are destined to have problems, and Kate’s arrogance and need to control will eventually alienate her from the family. I no longer watch the show and agree with those who believe the show should be cancelled because the kids are being exploited by their parents.

• brittany wrote: “..there like that because of the kids having 8 kids and a hose that dosnt fit them”

  thanks brittany, your typo cracked me up cuz i’m tired and couldn’t figure out for a moment which hose didn’t fit them..i know, i’m easily amused.

  i liked tonight’s show too, especially when kate overcame her fear, got in the water and saw the sea turtles..and then got mady to try too so she wouldn’t miss anything.

  i thought it was strange when kate said obviously only the girls had hula lessons; i’ve seen men in hula competitions. maybe the boys weren’t into it, but that’s not what she said.

  i have other quibbles, but won’t bore you. i’m looking forward to next week’s show. : )

• Coral@ I’m glad you cleared up the “hose” issue with me. I was stumped.
  Yeah, tonight’s episode was sun. It’s kind of like Jon & Kate, meet the Travel Channel. Loved seeing Hawaii, looks gorgeous. Kate was kind of grouchy, I thought, but also loved she overcame her fear and got in the water. What experiences that family is having.
  I notice that they hardly ever show Cara up close, or Hannah. You wouldn’t even know they have eight kids sometimes. Maybe it’s a request, or maybe the camera men have their favorites. Not that I don’t enjoy seeing Leah, and Alexis. They are so darn cute. And of course those boys. Absolutely adorable, especially when they’re on an adventure with Jon.

• :)I love that show.but I’ve only seen 2 or 3 shows but its still real good. :)

• See that’s what I get for criticizing other blogs. I meant “fun”, not “sun” in my last blog.

• My husband and I love watching Jon & Kate + 8! Our grandchildren live 12 hours drive away, and we don’t get an opportunity to be with them as much as we’d like. So we get a kid’s fix by watching the show. The first part of the Hawaiian wedding show was on last night and soooo cute! I think Kate is working on the “being nicer” to Jon need. :o)

• Hi, this is Jon and Kate. We realize that there has been some nasty comments about our family, and some good ones. But there is no need for you to call us names and those ridiculous kinds of things, and you all should understand that we try so very hard to keep up with 8 kids, some of you that have commented understand what everyday life with 8 kids gets us through, and we do the show for a great pleasure and for people in this world that have 8 kids, to know what they are going through. This really sets a goal for mothers and fathers dealing with 8 kids, that don’t know what to do. We just want to let them know that they are not the only people in this world with 8 children. We love our children unconditionally, and I, Kate love my husband Jon. I don’t slap him hard, I slap him lightly, and playfully, not with violence. We are sorry if you don’t agree with the show, or like it but thats what we love doing, and we don’t do the show for money, we do the show to make other mothers and fathers dealing with 8 children for them to know that they aren’t the only ones dealing with 8 kids.

  Thank you for all of the supportive fans who constantly comment only good things about us and our show, we greatly appreciate it.

  From: Jon, Kate, Cara, Mady, Joel, Colin, Aaden, Leah, Hannah, and Alexis.

• I know someone who knows them, and she is not like that at all!!!!! She can get bad at times, but she tries as hard as she can to try to not take it out on the kids. She has said many times on the show that is her love tap. John may not seem to like it, but that is how she shows her love to him, and he is a good husband for not saying anything to make her upset. You have got to admit, he isn’t very romantic.
  They are actually christians, and christians make mistakes too! That is why Jesus died on the cross for EVERYONE’S sins, all we have to do is trust that he did that, and tell him to take away our sins. I know every person who reads this will have to agree they have done something wrong in their life time too.
  I love this show, and will keep watching it !!!!!

• I just can’t stand the blatant freebies. Especially for a family buying a 1.3 million dollar house and using iphones.

• Wow a real blog from J&K themselves. Loved the comment, it seemed so professional. And loved the statement that you don’t do the show for money, that one cracked me up. Since you do it for all the other parents with eight kids, why don’t you give them the money you get from the show? That was a good one, Kate. LOL
  PS. Just so you don’t think I’m too much of a monster, you’re children are gorgeous, and very smart. Good work on them.

• You know, Did any of you stop to think that the show is edited for ratings, maybe they catch way to much bad and not the good. Lets face it, if there wasn’t drama you wouldn’t watch, it would be the same thing over and over. They do have stress just as any family would, but they deal with it in a good way. Yes, they will get mean with eachother at times and it may seem like all the time on the show, but they have 8 kids and cameras all around. So what if they do the show for money, the kids get it and everything they need or want. I would do the same and so would you. You are just jealous people. Stop bashing them, till we see your life on camera. I love Jon and Kate, they are great and loving. I hope they keep up the show as long as they can stand the cameras. Oh yeah, who wouldn’t be OCD with 8 children. Kids get dirty and spread germs especially with that many. What Kate does with her OCD is garentee her kids stay healthier. Good Luck Jon and Kate and I love your family

• You know what this is the best show ever!!! :)

• TLC should replace J&K+8 with the puppy cam. Just as cute & a lot less controversy!

  PS I don’t believe that above post is from them. If so, watch your grammar!

• Honestly, my boyfriend and I act a lot like Jon and Kate. We live together and have been with each other for 2.5 years now. It’s a stress thing, not a lack of love. Of course people are going to talk about how they think these people are exploiting their kids, but in the end it’s up to the Gosselins what they do and what they expose their children to. I think they’re a great family. If people don’t like it, they don’t have to watch it! I feel like some people just need a cause to pick up and get mad about. Those 8 kids don’t need you to be their cause! There are starving and homeless kids out there who need all that energy. Why don’t you help them out?

• roflmao julianne that’s obviusly a fake post…. wayt to be a suck up for no reason…

• Hahahahaha!!!!

  To Kate: I call BULLSH!T

  (I know it’s only a J&K+8 fanatic who posted that, but still, give me a break!)

• Hey Ashley, You are totally cool. Some people have nothing in their lives if they can’t bash on others lives. The people who put down people like Jon and Kate are probably far from perfect parents and terrible with love. FYI to everyone, I am simply a fan of the show, haven’t joined anything and only found this sight because I was looking for a recipe I saw Kate do once. Ashley is right about there being people bad off out there and that you all should worry about them. Couples not getting along is nothing in comparison to a husband beating a wife to litteral death. Showing your kids on tv is nothing bad in comparrison with a mother drowning her child. Their children do not suffer from being on tv, if anything they get to live an awesome few years do things most kids don’t get to do. Don’t ruin the show for people who love to watch them. If you want to complain about look up sites about children being abused our spouses and leave your gripes with them and then maybe you can do more then blog and and maybe you can help those poor unfortunates out. Jon and Kate are great and so are there well behaved children for their age.

• i have not posted lately and clearly i have missed alot haha,

  but uh about mondays show, loved it like always. i thought it was adorable when they made cookies, poor mady. maybe one day she’ll learn that that mouth of hers will only get her into more trouble. other than that, i thought it was a great episode. next week is the actual ceremony, and i cannot wait.

  and have any of you seen commericals for the new family on tlc called “twins, twins, and sextuplets?” i’ll see what they’re about, but i’m sure they will not be as popular and such a hit like jon and kate are.

• I loved Monday’s show too. You have missed a lot Lesley. Did you see the supposedly Jon & Kate blog. Who knows if it’s for real or not. Kind of thought things were getting kind of strange on here. Glad to see you back! I have not seen the new family on TLC. Wow, two set’s of twins and sextuplets? I can’t imagine any family capturing the hearts, and attention the Gosselins have. I don’t know what it is, but all the other families, although very nice, just don’t do it for me. I’m just bored by them. Anyway, until next time.

• I just recently saw the hair plug episode. Kate was creepy when she was taking out Jon’s staples… it’s like she gets pleasure from hurting others. Anyway, I find it very superficial and I think he will regret it later. He only did it to please Kate. It shows how superficial she is. I can’t imagine someone cutting my scalp like that… it looked soooo painful!!!!!!!

  It looks like Kate is finally growing out her sprouts on the top of her head. If so, that’s one good thing I have to say about her.

• oh and it’s obvious Jon got veneers on his teeth too.. yuck!

• I highly doubt that was a post from the real jon and kate because they spelled collin’s name wrong. granted, it could’ve been a typo, but the rest of the comment didn’t sound like them to me.

  to the folks who say anyone who writes negative things about the gosselins must be jealous, i say that while some people just want to complain, i think others are truly concerned about the children. anyone who’s studied child development or psychology would wonder how being filmed and put on tv affects them. and to say that anyone would put their kids on tv for money is just silly; the families i know certainly wouldn’t.

  i wonder also if the cameras catch kate yelling so much because having extra people and equipment in the house on filming days is just the last straw. once she said she was having a hard time and wanted to tell the cameraman, “for god’s sake put that down and help me!” (i’m paraphrasing).

  well, that’s my input for today. i’m so looking forward to the next episode. i loved it when kate said they’re renewing their vows partly to show the kids they’ll be together forever. the skeptic in me says “yeah, right.” but the optimist in me says “how lovely.”

• The optimist in me also thinks they’ll be together forever. I think this fabulous journey they’re going through together is unique, and will create a bond that time and boredom won’t break.
  PS My husband just found out I write little blogs on here about Jon & Kate, he thinks I’m nuts!

• i am pretty positive that that post was not jon and kate, like they really have time to go through the internet and defend themselves.

  and about jon’s transplant, trisha, i do not think kate gets pleasure from hurting jon? that is just weird. my dad had a hair transplant a few years back, and my mom had to take his staples out as well. they do it because they have to, not because they want to. who would want to do that? and i doubt he only did that for kate, we all know men are very concious of their hair, if they are in fact balding. my dad was balding so he had a hair transplant. a full head of hair is important to men, and he just wanted his hair back. i doubt he did it to please kate. and plus it was free, so why not jump at the chance?

  and to janet, yeah the new family.. i doubt they’ll do as well as jon and kate. i doubt anyone on tlc will ever do as good as jon and kate have.

• I really think that’s not true. Why? Because Jon and Kate really love each other but sometimes they just get mad at each other and have their differences but they are really in luv. He doesn’t feel like dumping her in a freaking river anyway that’s just a lie. Besides if he didn’t love her he would have left her alone don’t you think so? im going to let you figure out that one.. oh yea and just to let you know this was written by a 15year old that goes to Georgia Washington Junior High School.. IIIIIIII LLLLLLLLLOOOVVE JON AND KATE PLUS EI8HT!!!!!!!!

• I think Jon and Kate are renewing their vows in order to convince themselves they are staying together for life.

• It’s kind of early to renew vow’s, don’t you think. They haven’t been married that long. It makes for some good TV, and Kate got to go to that fancy wedding dress shop in NY.

• why did you and Jon pick the names of your kids?

• @Janet

  Does your husband think you’re nuts because you post comments about a t.v. show, or because it’s the Gosselin’s t.v. show?

  I don’t think this is that different from chatting with friends about t.v. shows or movies..My friends don’t watch the show so I “chat” with you lovely people online instead. : )

• @Julianne

  Yeah, I thought couples didn’t renew their vows until they’ve been married at least ten years. I read recently that Jennifer Lopez and her husband renewed their vows after being married for four years! At least Jon and Kate have been married for nine years. What’s next, renewing vows at the one year mark? Making it a yearly thing? Oh, those celebrities!

• Well, Coral, I think my husband thinks I’m nuts due to the subject matter I’m blogging about. He’s never even watched a minute of Jon & Kate, and I doubt he ever will, unless he’s chained to the chair, and rendered helpless. Definitely, not up his alley. You know how some men are! He’s all about sports and the….yawn… History Channel. I only like the History Channel when they have food stuff on. The only show’s we have in common is The Office, and True Blood. Love em.
  I love chatting on here too, especially to those of you who make sense when you write.
  Have a great weekend!

• This show has turned into Jon and Kate plus eight go on a field. Every week they are invited to go somewhere, so that place can get free press. Kate always says “would you tun it down?” I don’t believe in running my kids ragged. I like to have unstructered hangout time with the family. All this traveling is not a normal life. I liked the show in the beginning because it was interesting to see how a normal family managed 8 kids. They aren’t you’re typical family anymore, they are owned by TLC.

• Jon & Kate are millionaire’s now, and the show reflects that. Not you’re typical family by a long shot. How it’s changed. At least the children are experiencing wonderful trips and locations, not to mention swimming a lot.

• @janet
  okay, now i understand where your husband’s coming from. i like the history channel sometimes too, just not when it’s hitler week or all about weapons. my boyfriend and i love “the office” too, although this season hasn’t been as funny. “true blood” looks fantastic but i have to wait for it to come out on dvd because i only have basic cable.

  i hope you (and anyone else reading this) had a great weekend too!! i know we’ll be posting after tomorrow night’s show. : )
  ——
  i just saw the valentine’s day episode of “jon and kate” and loved it! it was nice to see how excited kate got and how thrilled the kids were with everything. i liked that kate did stuff that didn’t cost a lot of money: made heart-shaped pancakes, sandwiches and cucumber slices, bought dollar items for the treasure hunt “tub of love,” etc.. small children are excited by small things, so i say save the big ticket items for when they’re older.

  i also saw the “household chores” episode and loved how the sextuplets are still young enough to find household jobs fun. jon and kate were smart to make a chart with pictures, explain what needs to be done, and let the kids say what they want to do; if they’d assigned chores half the kids probably would’ve run the other way. i was happy to see kate letting go of her perfectionism enough to let the kids do the chores as best they could, understanding that they wouldn’t want to help if she said they did it wrong.

• Coral: Those episodes you just mentioned are some of my favorites. Valentines Day was especially cute.
  You have to get that DVD for True Blood. OMG, what a show.
  And The Office hasn’t been as funny this year, but I’m hoping it improves. Still love it, and adore Pam and Jim. I hope they show their wedding this season, and we don’t have to wait too long. Pamela and Andy crack me up too, and Dwight kills me. Michael, get’s on my nerves. I actually loved him with Holly, but wish the show wouldn’t revolve around him so much. Oops, getting off topic here.

• Janet: Yeah, I still have to watch every episode of “The Office.” Dwight slays me too, especially the episode where he wears the Cornell sweater and tries to make Andy go over the edge. Very funny stuff.

  Once again it seems like the writers lose their momentum when the romantic couple finally gets together..it’s happened in so many shows. But, like you, I’m hoping it’ll get better. It’s still better than the other shows on t.v. these days, IMHO. : )

  Which shows do the rest of you out there recommend?

• I love the show. Kate and Jon have to be in control to get through the day. Kate must be a great manager to figure out all that has to be done to have 8 healthy and happy children. I sometimes think she’s a bit sarcastic, but she doesn’t mean anything by it. Jon is so patient with her and it appears that he knows she’s just kidding about some of the remarks that are made. They just don’t sweat the small stuff. They’re lucky to be able to do a show like this that helps them get by. As “easy” as it may appear, they still have numerous people walking in and out of their home and they have given up their privacy. Even though they’re gaining by doing the show, not everything can live in a “fishbowl” with ease. How can anybody think they have it easy? It’s wonderful that this show has lasted for so many years and I hope it continues for many more. And their family lives peacefully ever-after.

• Well I do agree that Aunt Jodi put up with all the kids plus her for kids and she should at least get a little credit for that. I disagree with Kate making Aunt Jodi, Uncle Kevin and their kids out of there lives because it’s like the only family they have since their grandparents are not part of their lives. But I’m sure that Kate would pay Beth in a heartbeat. I mean I know Kate does a lot but you should never create drama within your family and take away your kids aunt, uncle, and cousins.

• Aww, the vow renewal was lovely and real with the kids not being quiet and such. I’m so impressed that Kate seems to be learning that life is simpler and happier if you don’t try to control every detail. That seems like a big step for her.

  It was great to see some of Jon’s side of the family; I hadn’t realized they were going to be there. How nice for them to be at the second wedding when they couldn’t be at the first!

• i hardly post on here anymore, i always forget. well anyway, i was reading previous posts and i watch the office also, though i must agree and say that they are not near as funny as previous seasons were. and janet, my friend is a big true blood fan. i’ve never seen an episode but i’ve heard it’s great as well. besides jon and kate, seinfeld is my favorite show :) i love seinfeld

  and last nights episode was adorable. i loved the kids and of course jon and kate, it all seemed very relaxed and unplanned with the kids, which i liked. and honestly i do not think jon and kate have changed. their lives have.. but i don’t think they have. even if they may be millionaires, i do think that they’re the same people and whether they have a million dollars or not or they get invited tons of places around the country, they’re the same jon and kate and that is all that matters. i love them!

• I didn’t like the “Twins, Twins, and sextuplet” show at all. I have a feeling it isn’t going to last too long. Even though they have more
  multiples, They don’t have the look, youth and appeal that JK+8 does. They seemed ALL OVER THE PLACE. After watching that show, I realized how organized Kate is and appreciate that about her. The Gosselin children would never act like that in a restaurant (J&K wouldn’t allow it). That is a shame the parents allow those children to act like that. I already know I will not like the show “Twins, Twins and sextuplet.

• Lesley: Hey, Seinfeld is one of my favorites too! Even though I watched it when it was first broadcast, I still watch the reruns over and over because they still make me laugh.

  Re: Twins, Twins, and Sextuplets
  I only watched the first ten minutes, just to hear their story and the kids’ names (thank goodness they aren’t all J names). I didn’t feel like watching after the mother said she took estrogen to get pregnant (the first set of twin boys), then again to get pregnant so she could have a girl (the second set of twins, a boy and girl) AND then wanted another girl and ended up with sextuplets. I can understand wanting a girl if you have boys and vice versa, but I wish people would try to be happy with the children they do have instead of focusing on what they don’t have. Or adopt if you want more than four. But that’s just my opinion. I’m sure people out there will say, “If they can do it, more power to them.”

• I tried watching the Twin’s Twins Sextuplets too, but nah, couldn’t get into it. I’m sure they are very nice people, but just no interest in watching anymore. There’s just something so captivating about Jon & Kate.
  Love Seinfeld too. I have watched those shows countless times, and I mean thousands, and can still watch em if nothing else is on, which is a lot. My favorite episode,well one of many, is the playing with those rare old toys, and getting the girl/owner to fall asleep with turkey and wine. I love that one. Plus on the same on is the Merv Griffin set in Kramer’s apartment. Also love when Kramer took Susan’s parents for carridge ride, and he gave the horse some beef a roni thing. See I could talk about Seinfeld all night.

• ah janet the merv griffin episode is my dads favorite episode. we laugh and laugh and laugh whenever he says ‘let’s take a short break,’ and eats the chip and takes a drink of diet coke. ahahah!
  my favorite episode is either when the reporter thinks george and jerry are gay, and then the couch episode.. when poppy pees on the couch, but my all time favorite seinfeld scene is when george spills the grape juice on the man’s white couch while cheating on his book club test for ‘breakfast at tiffany’s. oh my goodness i cry from laughing so hard!

  ANYWAY! kate gosselin is coming to houston jan. 22nd and guess who is goinggggg !!!! yep, me :DDDD

• Why did they renew their vows anyway? Because this was Kate’s dream and it didn’t happen at her first wedding and Kate gets whatever she wants. So their kids will know that they will stay together for the rest of their lives. Did she say that about 100 times in the last 2 episodes?

• I thought it was a good thing all the camera’s were around for Jon and Kate renewing of their vows, because seems like no one else was paying too much attention. The kids were all over, Jon’s extended family looked confused and awkward. They kept splicing in the video from their first wedding, with all the faces blurred out. It was kind of strange. Hey at least they got all those freebies, and I must say that resort looked gorgeous.

• I say Kate needs to stop corrected Jon all the time. When she is perfect she can expect perfect. I also hate how Kate and Jon have treated Aunt Jodi. I hear that that is how they treat all of there family and that is why they are not also on the show.

  kate went a bit overboard saying how much she loves Jon family on the hawaii episode. Watch out Jon’s family you too could be pushed aside.

• I say bring back Aunt Jodi. I hate how they treated Aunt Jodi but it makes sense since all of their families are out of their lives.

  I also cringed everytime Kate was saying how she loved Jon’s family. Watch out Jon’s family if you don’t do what Kate likes she will cut you off as well.

  Kate needs to stop treating Jon so bad. I hate when they do the intereview and she corrects jon all the time. She is not so perfect either.

• oh for the love of! why are you people STILL HERE?

• Jackass@ Not you again. We’re still chatting about current episodes.
  Get off our case, and go yell at some other bloggers.

• i’ll go yell at the others when i feel like it.

  you guys are funny. you get so upset and incensed when you meet an opposing opinion. none of this stuff is even any of your business. you know damn well any one of you would jump on the money train if it came your way. as soon as somebody comes up with a reality show about internet bigots i will be sure to give them your names.

  ironically you probably spend more time freaking out about how these people care for their kids than you do taking care of your OWN kids. get off the computer and go cook dinner!

• … saw this in recent comments and was stunned into having to know when it was created. holy fuck you people have helped beets paycheck out. but i truly have to agree with the jackass above my post

• I think most of the comments on here are made by people who have no children yet. There’s plenty of tweens and teenager’s voicing their opinions. As for me, I’m a mother of a healthy happy college grad, who works in the movie business. As for this not being any of my business? Well, you’d have to say that about a lot of bloggers and topics out there.
  You pop up out of no where, and you’re so nasty. Obviously you’re spending a lot of time surfing the web and criticizing others.
  Hey, and I cooked dinner tonight, after working all day, so there.

• @DonkeyIsAJackass

  They’re working wonders with therapy these days.

• @Janet and Lesley

  I love the Seinfeld episodes you mentioned, especially the reporter thinking Jerry and George are a couple and the playing with old toys one. My favorites are the episodes when Jerry and Elaine visit Jerry’s parents in Florida and the sofabed kills Elaine’s back, “The Contest,” and the one where Elaine secretly says sexual things on Jerry’s tape recorder…there’s so many great lines in all of them. And I could go on and on too… : )

  Have either of you tried Larry David’s other show, “Curb Your Enthusiasm?” I rented it but found it made me cringe more than laugh so I only watched a few. Oh well.

• haha coral, i love the sofabed one.. when elaine goes “STELLA!!” to uncle leo’s wife.. hahhah i love that. best part in that episode.

  and the contest is hilarious. i love when george’s mom is in the hospital and says “i walk in and see you treating your body like an amUSEMENT park!” hhaha i haave that season on dvd. frank is my dad’s favorite character.. kramer is mine. then comes george. both of those characters are genius. i think this is becoming a seinfeld blog more than jon and kate lol, oh well

  and nope, never seen curb your enthusiasm

• and let us not forget the “puffy shirt” episode, and I loved the one when Jerry was dating the deaf girl, (Marlee Matlin), when they were in the restaurant, and also loved the soup nazi. I could never get into Curb your enthusiasm, either, but I guess lot’s of people love it, it’s been on for
  awhile. Nothing like getting off topic, but it’s fun.
  Thought of another Seinfeld I love… Elaine dancing.

• I think Kate thinks Jon is eventually going to leave her, that’s why she kept saying how much she loves his family, and why she wanted to renew their vows.

  After they leave Hawaii it’s back to reality at home…we’ll see Kate going back to her old controlling self, in my opnion. In Hawaii she seemed different because there were many distractions: like the ocean, fresh air, a different place to sleep, tourists, family, entertainment.

• Kate was very fake on the Hawaii shows.

• i do not agree with either rachel or trisha. i do believe jon really loves her. if he didn’t, he would have left a long time ago, before the babies. it’s not like kate suddenly became controlling and had ocd about everything after the six were born. once you’re controlling, you will always be controlling. with or without six little babies. just be happy for the couple for once, you pessamistic people.

  and janet i love elaine dancing. hahahh.. i also like peterman whenever elaine eats the cake from like the 1600’s or something.. hahhah, geez i love seinfeld. i’m asking for scene it seinfeld for christmas!

• I never said that Jon didn’t love her. I just said that she acted fake when in Hawaii.
  And not true about once controlling always controlling. I was controling at one time in my life and realized that life is too short now I could give a hoot.

• I cannot believe what I am reading!! This show is Great! It teaches new parents great lessons on child-rearing etc… Jon LOVES Kate & he has admitted that he is a good “sheep” (a follower) “Kate’s the plan maker & I’m the plan follower.” He’s more of a “brain -y”type of guy. He’s an IT analyst for God’s sake! That takes brain power (to be good!) & he seems good. I also felt that their renewal vows in Hawaii were beautiful, & so Great for them to have ALL their kids involved! Like the old saying goes….life’s too short to sweat the small stuff….
  peace to all!

• P.S. Those little “slaps” that Kate gives to Jon are nothing more than love taps! He has admitted they don’t hurt! They seem loud cuz they’re miked (sic). I am wondering how many of these posts (re: Jon & Kate) are from men? Cuz I am a 52 year old woman & have noticed that the comments seem to be hating on Kate. Hmmm…. In my opinion, they fit perfectly together!
  peace to all

• I felt Kate just didn’t seem happy on the Hawaii shows. She seemed much happier on the couch talking about the Hawaii shows.
  Maybe the camera just didn’t catch her at the right moments. She seemed quiet and pissed off to me half the time. Maybe it was me.
  And I truly believes Jon is very much in love with her. I think she might drive him crazy, but that’s normal for any couple being together a while, especially while dealing with raising a family.

• HELP US

• Really?? wow you all are that perfect? No one ever screams? You all belevie everything you hear! No one could raise 6 kids the same age and and a set of twins with out getting stressed or up set and if you could? good for you! go find your self a blue bibbon!!!

• Lesley: Thanks for mentioning “Scene it? Seinfeld”. I didn’t know it existed..hooray! I’ve noticed a trivia game based on “The Office” at my local Walgreen’s drugstore but now that you’ve told me about the Seinfeld game I think I’ll choose that instead; I love “The Office” but don’t know the shows backwards and forwards like I do Seinfeld.

  I watched the rest of the “Twins, Twins, and Sextuplets” show and changed my mind about it. I think I’ll watch a couple more before I decide to ban it. The children are really loving with each other and the parents are how I think I’d be if I had ten kids. Not as organized as Kate, that’s for sure. Yeah, they were loud at the restaurant, but it looked like a family-friendly restaurant so that seemed okay to me. Actually if I had all those kids they probably wouldn’t see the inside of a restaurant ’til they were 8 or 10. I wouldn’t be able to handle the stress. : )

  The one slightly sad part is Rebecca, the sextuplet who has cerebral palsy. I’m glad TLC is showing a family with multiples where one child is disabled, because I’ve read that’s common with high-number multiples. It’s lovely that her big brother chooses to take care of her as his special job, but it’s sad that she might never progress past the baby/toddler stage mentally. I admire the parents for raising her themselves and finding her a school for children with cerebral palsy. My grandparents had five children, one with mild cerebral palsy, and it was hard enough for them, I simply cannot imagine having ten kids including one with special needs. Wow, people amaze me!

• coral, youre welcome. i want scene it seinfeld really badly. i want to buy it before thanksgiving so when my family comes down.. we can sit in the living room and play it after we eat, lol

  and i watch the office sometimes. sometimes they are just not funny though. there are some episodes that i do love though.. i watch it mainly just on tbs when it comes on tuesday nights. never watch the new episodes, i just wait for the reruns haha

  and i did watch a little of the twins twins and sextuplets.. but did not really enjoy it. guess i’m just too used to the gosselins lol

• I wonder if kate lied about having PCOS….it’s possible.

• I hope you get your game Lesley. Sounds like fun playing that with the family on Thanksgiving! I love playing those types of games, what I’ve put my family and friends through with them. At the moment we play Scattegories, and Bolderdash. They are great.
  To Trisha, what is PCOS? I have no clue.

• I don’t believe the rumors. Jon and kate are a good couple, they are christians, I don’ believe a christian mother would do this. That is not the way christians act. Hope fully this will get cleared up!!!! Kate only treats jon like that because she loves him, and they forgive eachother later.

• I STOPPED WATCHING FOR A WHILE AS I FELT BAD FOR JON. BUT I WISH I WAS AS GOOD A MOM AS KATE IS. I’M TYPE A ALSO AND WISH I WEREN’T. IT’S REALLY HARD TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE. I JUST WISH KATE COULD SHOW MORE RESPECT FOR HER HUSBAND AS THAT IS THE SECRET FOR A LONG MARRIAGE. I’M SURE THE SHOW HAS TREMENDOUSLY HELPED THEM FINANCIALLY, AND GOOD FOR THEM. I CAN’T IMAGINE RAISING EIGHT CHILDREN TODAY. KATE IS TRYING VERY HARD TO RAISE HER CHILDREN HEALTHY, WELL FED AND CLEAN AND LOVED. WHEN WE ARE AS BUSY AS SHE AND JON ARE, IT’S HARD TO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES. I HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT, UNDER LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND STRESS, THEY ARE A FUNCTIONING FAMILY. HOW MANY OF US CAN SO WE HAD THAT. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAPPY HOLIDAYS, PEACE.

• I STOPPED WATCHING FOR A WHILE AS I FELT BAD FOR JON. BUT I WISH I WAS AS GOOD A MOM AS KATE. I’M TYPE A ALSO, AND WISH I WASN’T. IT’S REALLY HARD TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE. I DO WISH KATE COULD SHOW JON MORE RESPECT AS THAT IS THE SECRET FOR A LASTING MARRIAGE. I’M SURE THE SHOW HAS HELPED THEM FINANCIALLY, AND GOOD FOR THEM. I CAN’T IMAGINE RAISING EIGHT CHILDREN IN THIS ECONOMY. KATE IS TRYING TO RAISE HER CHILDREN WITH LOVE, HEALTH, WELL FED, AND WITH A FEELING OF FAMILY. WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH STRESS WITH ALL THAT RESPONSIBILITY IT’S HARD TO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES. I WISH I HAD BEEN AS GOOD A MOM TO MY CHILDREN AS KATE IS. NO ONE THAT I KNOW IS PERFECT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FUNCTIONING FAMILY. HOW MANY OF US CAN SAY WE HAD A COMPLETE FUNCTIONING FAMILY, I ADMIT I DIDN’T, BUT I DID THE BEST I COULD, AND FEEL KATE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. I’M SURE SHE’D LIKE TO BE MORE PATIENT AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH JON. LET’S TRY TO GIVE MORE CREDIT TO OTHERS AND COMPLEMENT WHEN WE CAN. PEACE TO YOU ALL.

• Lesley: If you don’t end up getting Scene it Seinfeld for Thanksgiving, I just noticed it’s on sale at drugstore.com for $27.99 and it looks like they have free shipping for orders over $25.

  Janet: Thanks for the game recommendations, I’ve been looking for some new ones!

• PCOS is a leading cause of infertility and the reason Kate gave for her inability to get pregnant (without treatment). It’s Polycystic ovary syndrome and it’s a hormonal issue. Here’s the link to wikipedia if you want more info:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pcos

• Lesley: That’s weird; I just doublechecked the shipping costs at drugstore.com and it said free shipping with orders of $49 or more. Don’t know why I got a message saying $25 or over unless it was a special email offer. So it’s not a good deal to get Scene it Seinfeld from them unless you want to spend $21 on other stuff. Oh well, I hope you’re going to get it for Thanksgiving Day!

• Try amazon for those who are looking for Seinfeld items. Sometimes you can buy them used and they are decent for less $$.

• Thanks Coral for explaining PCOS… :)

  Anyway, I wonder if Kate just used the infertility treatment because she wanted multiples. I’ve heard of some doing that. Afterall she got pregnant right away! That’s interesting to me.

• and, why is Kate letting the front of her hair grow out, but keeps cutting the back and top of it?

• Kate is such a bitch again— on the yard sale episode.

• i actually bought scene it seinfeld the other day and i love it. the music is NOT the real theme song though.. it’s some dumb attempt at the real bass theme song.. that’s really annoying. but the questions are tough at times, you really need to know your seinfeld. if you know seinfeld quite well, then you would find the game too easy. i’m pretty good at it, i won :D
  the game pieces are funny also. if any of you buy it i don’t want to spoil what they are.. but they are cute game pieces.

  but the questions about the guest stars and what the actors are doing today are difficult. didn’t like those

  and i must say that the yard sale episode.. was not that great. kate complained the WHOLE time and normally i don’t mind it, i try to see her side of everything but this time it was just annoying. it seemed as if she didn’t help at all, and just complained. and about the signs.. she was really annoying about those. i still think she’s a great mom and good person.. but the episode didn’t do her justice. and it seemed as if she was on her iphone the entire time and didn’t help. but glad to see the PRODCEEDS.. or proceeds.. haha.. went to cancer research. looks like they don’t need to 1106 dollars, because they get enough from episodes. ha
  and to trisha, i would not call her a bitch. i don’t think she’s a bitch and calling anyone a bitch is rude. but i do not like her hair like you said, i do not like it at allll lol

• i actually bought scene it seinfeld the other day and i love it. the music is NOT the real theme song though.. it’s some dumb attempt at the real bass theme song.. that’s really annoying. but the questions are tough at times, you really need to know your seinfeld. if you know seinfeld quite well, then you would find the game too easy. i’m pretty good at it, i won :D
  the game pieces are funny also. if any of you buy it i don’t want to spoil what they are.. but they are cute game pieces.

  but the questions about the guest stars and what the actors are doing today are difficult. didn’t like those

  and i must say that the yard sale episode.. was not that great. kate complained the WHOLE time and normally i don’t mind it, i try to see her side of everything but this time it was just annoying. it seemed as if she didn’t help at all, and just complained. and about the signs.. she was really annoying about those. i still think she’s a great mom and good person.. but the episode didn’t do her justice. and it seemed as if she was on her iphone the entire time and didn’t help. but glad to see the PRODCEEDS.. or proceeds.. haha.. went to cancer research. looks like they don’t need to 1106 dollars, because they get enough from episodes. ha
  and to trisha, i would not call her a bitch. i don’t think she’s a bitch and calling anyone a bitch is rude. but i do not like her hair like you said, i do not like it at allll lol

• I’m not a mean person but Kate has a real spoiled brat attitude in life. So she had six kids, great, get over it. It looks like she comes to expect the free items her family gets. I feel sorry for Jon… I’m not sure how he puts up with her. I really hope she has a reality check someday because that attitude does not work outside a TV show. I realize this is a show and I hope she is just acting like a “B” because if not she is hurting her family.

• Lesley: I’m so glad you got your game. I have to hear what the pieces are.
  I missed some of the yard sale, but found it boring, and Kate was a tad grouchy. Did you ever notice, she seem’s so nice on the couch talking about the episodes? That’s when I like her the best.
  I have never liked her hair. I like the color, but that style is horrible, and I don’t think would look good one anyone. Grow it out, for God’s sake, it would look so much better.
  Have a great Thanksgiving, guys.

• yeah i don’t like her hair at alll.. i used to. i really liked on the disney world episode when it was real short when she was getting it cut, it was all spikey. that was cute, but now it’s too long.. she needs to either cut it or grow it out.. choose one but not try to do both. it’s weird

• yeah i don’t like her hair at alll.. i used to. i really liked on the disney world episode when it was real short when she was getting it cut, it was all spikey. that was cute, but now it’s too long.. she needs to either cut it or grow it out.. choose one but not try to do both. it’s weird

• help me, my mom made me eat my vegetables and told me to do it in a really MEAN VOICE!

• I thought that the yard sale show was boring too. Yet it was for a very good cause. Who is the new babysitter?

• I also loved the charity aspect of the yard sale, great idea. I missed what’s coming on next week, did anyone see?

• Lesley: I’m so glad you love your Scene it Seinfeld! It’s odd that they have questions about what the actors do now…I hope your family gets a kick out of it too!

  I decided to skip last night’s episode after I read here that Kate was acting difficult; she has a right to her bad days but I no longer want to watch them.

  Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!!

• Janet: Good observation that Kate’s nice on the couch talking about the episodes. Maybe that’s because they have a sitter handling the kids so they can have time to talk..so she’s more relaxed and playful.

  Lesley: If you do get to meet Kate when she comes to Houston, is there a question you want to ask her? Just curious. : )

• I NEVER do this but since I’ve been reading stuff about Jon and Kate I have been impelled to write in their defense. First of all, alot of this is just plain mean gossip about people you don’t even know! You worry so much about how things are gonna affect the kids? Well, how do you think this is gonna affect them? Another thing, who flippin cares about her hair!! She looks gorgeous for what she’s been through. I had 5 kids and look like crap! She is a crab alot of the time, but don’t judge her til you’ve walked in her shoes. Everyone compares her to how sweet Jodi is, but Jodi doesn’t have the kids 24/7. Having just 5 kids sometimes didn’t bring out the best in me, and lots of times I wasn’t pleasant with my husband, whether it be because of a lack of sleep or I was hungry and hadn’t had time to grab a bite, or maybe he was talking with food in his mouth, whatever, but we made it 30+ years now and our kids are all awesome adults. My husband rolled his eyes more times than I can count, just like Jon does, but it doesn’t mean he hates her, like someone said, and he ignores her alot because he is a passive personality by nature, I’m guessing. It works for them. The comment about them not having sex…that was just uncalled for! How would you know that? You’re just a gossip! And if someone had offered me a reality show I would have gone for it, partly to make my kids lives a little nicer in the future. But I get the sense from Jon and Kate that the money means nothing if you don’t have a happy spouse and happy kids. And I really believe they trust in God alot and that helps that get through. God doesn’t take away the trials but helps you get through them. Anyways, if you don’t like the show you shouldn’t watch it, but don’t ruin it for those who do. I hate Survivor, Lost, Heroes, The Bachelor, but I am not on a campaign to ruin the show for everyone who does.

• I wonder why Discovery never responded to my email when I suggested that they rename TLC to the Jon & Kate Plus 8 channel since the program is on ALL the time. Kate is a CONTROL FREAK & treats Jon like he’s some kind of idiot. I’m surprised that he put up with it for this long, because there are plenty of women out there that would treat him with mutual respect. GET THE HINT KATE?

• Wow! I think that maybe the viewers need to focus a little more on their own lives as opposed to getting so involved in the personal lives of Jon and Kate. I think that they are a sweet couple and that their lives are so full of responsibility that there is no doubt going to be momets of tension. They are so obviously still in love with each other, and what’s this nonsense about him being superficial?
  Seriously, you can only make so many assumptions based on what you see on T.V, but regardless I think that they are doing a great job and at least there is a sense of reality in their relationship. Can you imagine being them? Kate is awesome and Jon is so supportive, even though there are times when I am sure they would like to rip each other’s heads off….
  I think everyone with this negative commentary needs to mind their own business and stop trying to stir everything up…..
  How can a mother not be a control freak when trying to care, co-ordinate and manage the lives of so many little ones?
  They are so involved and interactive with teaching their kids. They are growing and learning like all couples and I have nothing but admiration for their efforts. What does it matter to everyone else? They are apparently happy and proud of thier lives. Why don’t we just let Jon be the judge of his own situation and feelings for his wife?

• I am going to leave another message as I am blown away by the comments on this website!! Who talks about dumping her body in a river? Are you serious?
  I hope that Jon and Kate stay away from all this crap, cause they don’t need to be bothered with the rediculous opinions of the ignorant public. I think that they are a dynamite couple and I love watching the show. It is like a beautiful disaster. It must be so tough for them, but they are strong and remarkable. There kids are all so beatiful with their little personalities and differences. I feel like I have to defend Kate, cause she cares so much and puts so much effort into the lives of her kids and family. Why would anyone want to make her feel like she was not doing a good enough job? Why are people so rude?
  They are an ideal couple in my mind, without being muted and sugar coated. Why can’t people just be happy for them, why all the negative comments and judgements? It is so typical of people today.
  They have a beautiful family and I wish them all the best!!

• @Anna: it’s COMPELLED. not impelled. you mental midget.

• I started watching Jon and Kate about 2 years ago and absoultly love it. Kate and Jon spend every day and minute of their own lives taking care of 8 beautiful and bright looking kids. I believe from my own heart that Kate and Jon get very frustrated with each other alot just trying to control all 8 kids.Its not easy! All of the kids have a beautiful side and we see that in every episode. I do believe that Jon and Kate love each other so much or they would still be together today and as they say at the first of every episode”we are a family and are in this together.” I hope Jon and Kate keep doing what their doing and have been and keep up the good work. And Kate your not the only one whos in love with Jon hes a very cute and bright man! Happy Thanksgiving hope you all had fun! I love Jon and Kate and Plus all 8!!!!

• I do believe that Kateand Jon love each other very much or they WOULD NOT be together today.

• *slap*

• i love this family… they have the cuties kids and i think Jon and Kate are madly in love with eachother :)

• let’s take up a collection and get Jon a hooker… he looks so SAD!

• I hate the episode when they are “all” shopping for beds for the kids. When Kate took her time decideing what beds to buy and one of the little ones was constipated. She made me soooo mad.

• you are all bitches and do not talk about my husband and kids like that i am calling the cops on all of you

• just kiding i am not calling the cops

• Ok she might get cranky at times but come on she has eight little kids who are the most adorable things ever. You guys are just talking a bunch of bull about her because she snaps from the stress of having eight kids and like you all wouldn’t. My goodness you guys are the ones with the problems talking about other people when you probably have your own problems like that.

• to: Anna, if you don’t like the blog then don’t read it.

• I just had to remark that there are 1,000 comments on this blog. that is amazing.

  and… with the show… i like the itty bitty little girls the best… they are SO CUTE

• I feel sorry for the kids. Kate may have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Please take a look for yourself. Criteria:

  has a grandiose sense of self-importance
  is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
  believes that he or she is \”special\” and unique
  requires excessive admiration
  has a sense of entitlement
  is interpersonally exploitative
  lacks empathy
  is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
  shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

  • I agree with the theory that Kate is narcisstic

    The narcissist is described as turning inward for gratification rather than depending on others and as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power and prestige. Narcissistic personality disorder is closely linked to self-centeredness.

    This describes Kate to a tee.

    Jon on the other hand seems have a dependent personality….he….

    # Has difficulty making everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others
    # Needs others to assume responsibility for most major areas of his or her life
    # Has difficulty expressing disagreement with others because of fear of loss of support or approval (this does not include realistic fears of retribution)
    # Has difficulty initiating projects or doing things on his or her own (because of a lack of self-confidence in judgment or abilities rather than a lack of motivation or energy)

    All in all I looks as though the Gosselins are a mess, and it’s pretty horrifying that TLC is touting them as good parents.

• Adj. 1. haughty – having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; “

• even so, I do wish this family all the best. :)

• wait, so I am obviously late to this party, and really won’t stay a long time, but Trisha do you really think you can psycho-analyze and diagnose someone from their behaviors that have been edited for a television show? that kind of makes you seem a lot crazier than Kate.

  • agreed. If anyone haven’t noticed, Jon and Kate has.. eight kids, EIGHT OF THEM. Dealing with eight kids at a time is hard enough as it is, and to be able to keep order and organize everything like Kate does is something we should acknowledge and compliment to. In my opinion, Kate is a great mother and does not deserve these psycho-analysis from some of you here. She just happens to need to stay home to take care of her kids whereas Jon has to work outside of home. I think we should already be giving her props for rarely losing her cool during the show. EIGHT KIDS, EIGHT OF THEM

• The shows seem so different from before. Didn’t enjoy the New York show last night either. Kate seems different. I certainly don’t like that crazy hair style of hers.

• I think that we will see all of the negative aspects of their public and artificial childhood when they are adults. I am just going to cite Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears as perfect examples of why children (even unique and talented kids) shouldn’t be in the spotlight.
  I just hope that when the twins are fourteen they won’t come out with the Gosslin Twin dolls, wearing thong undies, a la Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. (I am totally serious… the doll my 7 year old daughter’s friend has, of the then 14 year old, superstar, Hannah Montana, has the doll wearing painted on thong panties, and a pair of tight black pants, which the undies stick out of. I realize that it is a sexy trend for slutty teens and hookers to wear, I just don’t understand why they are successfully attempting to sell this to little girls. Or why the parents are buying this trash.
  I hope that Jon and Kate have more sense and morals than to sell their kids so blatantly and sexually as Billy Ray Cyrus is.

  On the other hand, it is common knowledge that the majority of kids that grow up in the spotlight end up teen and preggy, drugged out, worn out, jaded, and/or complete mental cases.
  In case you think I am being harsh:

  Drew Barrymore
  Britney and Jamie Lynn
  The Jacksons, most notable, Janet and ESPECIALLY Micheal
  Christina Aguilera
  Paris Hilton
  Nicole Ritchie
  Judy Garland and then Liza Minnelli

  Ron Howard is a notable exception to the rule of Hollywood Kids and is an incredible success. Those listed above might be considered financial successes, or even successful in their field, but at what cost?

  We all see how fame and fortune can really destroy people, the values and morals.

  On the positive side of the coin, I do think that it is an interesting study of human nature, and I don’t think that these kids are being exploited in the way that Miley is, though I think the danger is there. I think that the show is providing them a financial lifestyle anyone would be envious of. The kids will have thing and experiences that we cannot dream of. Jon and Kate’s relationship is, at least, honest. They are obviously in love and committed to one another. They honestly love their children and want the best for them (even is that goes a little haywire). I like reality television, but I take it with a grain of salt, because I know all the reality was edited out. :)

  I hope the best for the kids, the they get all the benefits of the money and that the hectic Hollywood lifestyle is able to roll off of them, like water on a ducks back.

  Please Kate….no dolls of the girls……PLEASE!

  • The Gosselin kids are destined for problems. They are being raised by people that are using them to make money.

    I feel so sorry for these children. Their parents have no idea what they are doing to their kids. All they are thinking about is the money, at the expense of the children’s mental well being.

    I think the state of Pennsylvania should step in and make sure that Jon and Kate let up on the kids as far as meal tickets go. As far as I am concerned the Gosselin kids are a train wreck already and by the time someone does something, it will be too late.

    I can see why Kate will never see what she is doing to the kids, she is a nut case, but Jon seems to have a level head and genuinely cares about this kids, I can not understand why he won’t stand up to his overbearing shrew of a wife.

    I honestly pray for help for the kids.

• You know, Jon & Kate need to do what they have to do to financially support their family. I dont consider what they and the kids do and their involvement in the show as abuse or exploitation in any way. Having parents at home 24/7 is the best kind of upbringing in my mind and if a reality show about their family is how they can achive that, then good for them.

  People need to get a life and focus on kids that really need the attention brought to their causes, ie, those kids that are truly at risk, of sexual, physical, emotional abuse, kids that dont have a roof over their heads, dont have parents, dont know where their next meal is coming from, kids who are living in poverty, kids on the streets, kids who are sex slaves…oh god the list is endless!!!!

  If you’re going to listen to the gossip of people who are “close” to the Gosselin family, they why not consider that with all things there are two sides to a story!!!! On a personal note, it stinks of jealousy and resentment to me from those who would love their 5 minutes of fame and are willing to reveal any kind of dirt they can to get that attention (being a part of a family myself whose childrens grandfather is a famous film director, I know for a fact that family do not break ranks to spill dirt on that person at any cost…and its only done when someone has their nose out of joint!!!)

  Shows like Jon & Kate plus eight will ALWAYS exist as long as people like you and I are a willing audience…and with successful shows/films etc etc…Marketing and products are a part of the parcel.

  I wish the Gosselins all the best and hope and pray that the kids that *really* need protection, love & providing for receive what is their right to receive.

• Kate will be the first to admit that she’s not the perfect mom. But I believe that she adores her husband and loves her family unconditionally. You can’t deny that her situation would cause a lot of stress. Especially for someone as Type A as Kate. I think it’s awesome to watch this show from week to week. It not only helps me appreciate my family more, but it gives me a little insight to what others go through as well. I’m happy that the Gosselin Family has been given the opportunity to show the world their life and I believe they are doing their best to stay grounded and not let their sudden fame change their core values. It’s nice to see a family like this on TV.

• If I had 8 kids I may be a little bitchy too! But why is it everytime a woman takes charge we call her a bitch? Can we just maybe recognize what would happen if someone did not take charge? She really has a full plate, and let’s be honest after a few years of marriage, the novelty wears off a bit. I don’t think she is portrayed as a bitch, but as a woman who manages a lot and if her husband did not love her he would never stick around! I think they love each other enough to recognize the stress that raising eight babies makes and they both take it in stride. As much as everyone says she bitches at him, is just as much as me not seeing him take control and make decisions. They both assume traditional gender roles in marriage and I think that makes the show a huge success. It’s wonderful to see a real married couple work through the stress of life and marriage and a huge amount of kids.

• This is the BEST reality show I’ve ever watched….and I NEVER miss an episode! You won’t hear any destructive criticism from me. I believe that the key to understanding ANYONE is trying to put oneself in their place.

  So, in the beginning, Jon and Kate obviously believed that other people could benefit (or at least be amused) by watching the CHAOS that having a family of this size produces. And since those children came as the result of TWO pregnancies, the CHAOS was doubled, or tripled! Yes, I’m also sure that part of their decision to be on national TV came as the result of being faced with financial stress. Do any of you remember, as I do, how stressed you were when you found out there was another baby on the way? Not to speak of SIX!! Sure, they will also have to address the issue of the “famous children syndrome”….but so what? Many families who do NOT have a “fame issue” have a great deal of trouble with one or more of their children, as I had.

  I totally approve of Jon and Kate’s method of discipline….time out until they can say they are sorry for their misdeed, and agree to hug and kiss the object of their “misdeed”. I also must stress here that, even though Kate initially displayed a lot of irritation with Jon, she HAS addressed this and IS handling her frustrations and anger MUCH more appropriately. But Jon was also remiss in that situation. He (at least on camera) NEVER said “Honey, we’re both overwhelmed here…let’s stop our overreacting and sit down and talk this over”. No, instead, he reacted much as a child would…mumbling or yelling insults back at Kate, pouting and stomping around. Now REMEMBER, they are not ACTING here….they have said many times “what you see is what you get”. And let’s give them both credit for admitting their problems and trying their best to work on them. Are ANY of you going to say that you would welcome being on national TV and having a zillion people criticizing YOU? Are any of you going to say you have NEVER said an unkind thing to your spouse? I for one, am NOT…..it happens, foks and YOU KNOW IT. Speaking personally, maybe if I had been in front of a camera as much as these folks have, I would have been FORCED to address the way I handled many adverse situations…and a LOT QUICKER.

  I say BRAVO to this family!! You are tackling the problems of a very large family with, yes, some mistakes….but mostly with an INTENSE LOVE. I applaud the way you have been teaching your children the importance of showing love for each other, for others, for animals and for your country! The love that Kate shows her children has brought tears to my eyes MANY TIMES. Jon loves them, as well, but he just doesn’t verbalize it in the same way. YOU GO, GOSSELINS!

• I also love and watch it everytime it is on! My favorate is Alexis (she is so adorable)…. and I think Jon is hot! …. I think Jon and Kate’s relationship works for them… She may be alittle tough to take sometimes, but having 8 kids under 10 makes her a saint! and I bet they have alot of sex – they just don’t talk about it!

• I enjoy the show very much. But I too do not appreciate how Kate treats Jon.Aaden is my fave. I watch it all the time regular season and reruns.

• I really enjoy the show, so does my 5 year old daughter. She thinks the kids are adorable. ( I personally love Joel) I can understand everyones comments about kate but Jon does seem a bit slow, I can relay my Husband can use a few slaps around also, LOL….., although I dont dare to do same.

  I think everyone who watches the show and reads about them needs to remember it is a tv show after all and they need to spike it up to keep the viewers watching, otherwise how boring would it be! I don’t believe that on a day to day they treat each like that, otherwise they would not be together. People divorce for at lot less than that.

  Good day everyone and keep watching Americas favorite family!!!

• Don’t you think they specifically edit those scenes where Kate’s being rude to Jon for TV?? It makes for better television ratings if there’s drama of some sort.

• I think everyone has no room to judge Jon and Kate. You do not know them on a personal level so save your rude getures. I am sure this is the way they live live thier life on or off camera. it’s there life so how about just worry about your own… I am sure people think about your relationship and your kids if any. Kudos to them for taking on a challenge! I know I couldnt handle 8 children. Really thats why they call it a reality show!

• What is the scoop on Jodie? I read when they offered her money Kate got angry and put her out of their life. Did that really happen? Naaa she couldn’t be the mean! Jodie was a plus to the show and certainly getting paid wouldn’t hurt kate and Jon at all. Any one know what really happened? Do you all remember when Kate and Jon went off on a trip and left Jodie with her 4 sick children and Kate and Jon’s 8 sick children too. Jodie sure is a sport to have done that for Kate and Jon. I didn’t think that was nice of K & J to do that. What do you all have to say on that one?

• I cannot get through Monday night without a dose of those beautiful children, Maddy aside. If that child was mine, she would be spending a lot of her life in time out. Cara is loving and caring with her siblings. For Maddy its all about Maddy. I guess having to deal with six little darlings stealing the limelight might account for some of her attitude, but this girl is going to spend years in counseling after the show ends. I agree with those who say the bickering might be contrived just to validate us women who actually have the nerve to talk to our husbands that way. Although it is painful to watch. Jon and Kate do okay in the gifts department as well since it seems so many viewers wish to be a part of the family via gifts, shirts, vacations, etc. Sometimes I want to smack Kate, like when she flips cause the kids are into something messy….from what I see, someone else helps with the laundry so why the whine? Despite its pesky little annoyances, it still beats most of the crap on TV…..

• If Maddy were my child there would be some serious attitude adjusting. Kate could stand to send some of the Jon discipling words her way. What a brat!!!!! I love the rest of the kids. I am an addict as well.

• I use to watch the show all the time!! But have noticed changes lately. Like ALL the freebie’s and Kate’s attidute. She acts more like a celebrity now than a housewife. I stared reading a little on line, which i know you can’t beleive everything you read, but where’s theres smokes theres fire!! I sorta stopped watching the show once i saw the 1.3 million dollar house they are purchasing and found out Jon quit his job last year. Their lively hood is the show, so in a way they are pimping out their kids for profit!

• Okay, so the blogs are gone now and I am getting tidbits of what their live really entails but can someone explain what other truths there are to the show? I do want to say that I think Kate is rather ungrateful especially in the ep when they get the free tickets to the baseball game and she didn’t want to go but she didn’t really even seem grateful for getting all that stuff for free! I am sure there are more deserving people out there that would be most grateful. BTW- Poor Jon!

• I feel it’s changed too. Kate does act like a stuck up celeb have the time. So serious, never sounding sincere, at least to me.
  The Jodie thing is oh so true. I guess you missed all the hoopla about that, but it is the truth. She had a blog/video and everything. It was her, and Kate did indeed forbid any one else to be paid on her show, except her. You don’t even see Beth anymore, only the babysitter, whom I’m sure had to sign a waiver stating she would only be paid by them as a baby sitter and not from TLC. Great woman, isn’t she?

• I’m curious too as to what was said by Aunt Jodi’s sister on her blog. I always thought it was great that Aunt Jodi was in their lives, she was always calm and “normal” in dealing with the kids. Can someone fill me in on what exactly was said by Jodi and/or her sister? Thanks.

• Thanks everyone for validating my feelings on the gifts, the new house, the new “Kate Hair” and Jon not working anymore, for which he probably regrets about now. The interesting thing is they are no longer the only couple with sextuplets on tv. Could prove to be a drawback in the future. I too wondered what happened to all the “helpers” we used to see that have now gone missing…..and yes can someone in the know bring us up to date with Aunt Jodie??

• Wow, still the Aunt Jodie thing. Well, here goes. A while back Jodie’s sister posted a blog defending her sister and telling that TLC offered Jodie a salary for being on the show often. Kate got wind of this and absolutely forbid Jodie, or anyone else for that matter, making money from their show. That’s essentially what the blog said. Jodie then turned up on a video blog confirming that what her sister wrote was true. I think she eventually took it off, and just wants to get on with her life. This, as you can imagine, caused a rift between Kate and Jodie, as well as Kate’s brother, Jodie’s husband. So as far as I know they are no longer in their lives, and that’s it. I have no idea about Beth. I don’t know if they are still friends or not, and also Nanna Janet, (Not me). They were on alot in other years. Probably they can’t anymore because of the paying thing. So there you have it. It’s kind of old news.

• i haven’t been on in forever.. my computer crashed but uh.. yeah.. thoughts on mondays show about the book? if ya’ll haven’t already discussed it..

• Hi Lesley! How was the Seinfeld game?
  It’s been kind of weird on here, lot’s of new bloggers. Last Monday’s show was kind of like the Life styles of the rich and famous to me. Don’t know what this week’s show is all about. Welcome back.

• hey janet, i love the seinfeld game. i recommend it to anyone to likes or loves seinfeld. it’s quite fun

  and yeah last monday wasn’t that great.. i really do not think anyone wants to see them on a mini book tour. i just want to see their kids and their everyday life. though it was adorable when leah said ‘don’t call me buddy.. call me leah.’ ha

• Hi to all i watch jon and kate all the time and i love it so much every monday night i am setting in front of the couch with my little boy he’s only three and he watches them too we both love them very much and adore them kate i love you and you hair too but the kids are awsome i know it’s hade i got 1 and about go crazy hearing mommy mommy all day long it i love being a parent if i could i would drive from kentucky to hersey pensulvania or however you spell it and see all of you i love the show and all the kids i hope you really do continue the show

  Ps:love from lisa and austin from kentucky

• i love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that show.ilove how they are able to manage that many children!and i am only 11!

• Wow, last night’s show was interesting, to say the least. I actually couldn’t believe they allowed them to film some of it. Maddy certainly did not come off in a good light, but Jon and Kate did, with their patience of the situation. Poor Cara!

• i liked last nights show actually. i found it intresting, like janet said. it’s odd to see the kids so grown up, but i can’t wait for future episodes. even though mady seemed unpleasent throughout the whole episode, i felt bad for her at some points though, just because i know what it feels like to not have anything under control, and at that age she just wanted the day to go perfectly. which as kate said was unrealistic and i agree, but i still felt bad for her. cara as well

• My attitude was very similar to Maddy’s as a child. Although I wasn’t in front of the camera’s I grew completely out of it. Hopefully she’ll do the same or she will go through many husbands.

• My attitude was very similar to Maddy’s as a child. Although I wasn’t in front of the camera’s I grew completely out of it. Hopefully she’ll do the same or she will go through many husbands.

• I absolutely LOVE the show.. Jon and Kate are truly in love and I do not think that Kate is mean to Jon.. I think that they are an awesome team!!! Hey for all you folks out there that think differantely WAKE UP.. Life and Love isn’t easy and to have 8 kids on top of it all!!!
  Jon and Kate keep it up, you are doing a GREAT Job with your family and yourselves and I really enjoy your show!!! It is so refreshing and so fun to watch.. I am 52 years old and would rather watch you than all the other crap on TV, like murder, rape and well do I need to say more .. Stay healthy and enjoy that beautiful family of yours!!!

• I used to love the show but, Kate is nothing more than neurotic, manipulative, and a shrew. She is after only one thing, MONEY. The way she treats Jon is embarrassing. She does not have the best interest of her children at heart.

• I agree, Wileyc. Kate is a very lucky, evil woman!

• I agree, Wileyc. Kate is a very lucky evil woman.

• as a grandmother of four, three healthy, one with heart trouble since birth, two nephewa with leukemia, who have underwent chemotherapy since age 1-1/2 to now age four coming age five, numerous blood transfusions, missed many many days of playschool, family event because of no immune system, both my husband and myself having had two heart attacks, cannot understand why you do not want or desire the help or assistance of your parents or brother and sisterinlaw, and friends, We have had to rely on the help and assistance of our brothers , sisters, neices ,nephews, and who ever could help out financially or phisically, I hope kate and jon will reply to this as we have needed all the support we can get and would be grateful for any help volunteer or financilly, thank you, I do love your show and watch it all the time , I wish we had neightbours and friends and an Aunt jody andn uncle Kevin that were so willing to help us on a moments notice, but everyone in this extended family must work to help pay the bills, I hope you understand what I am trying to get across. Thank GOD for people like you have had for a support system and not had to be financially responsible

• I thought tonight’s show was great. Loved it so much to seem them giving. Great job.

• On tonight’s show, Kate repeated several times to the mother’s
  of cancer patients that she had been in the hospital for 2 and a half months when she was waiting for the babies to be born – to
  compare her stay in the hospital to the situation these parents are in is freaking unreal – and how many times did she say that they were “giving back” – i lost count
  – i don’t consider spending a couple hundred bucks at Kmart something to brag about – and then she says they didn’t do this episode to pat
  themselves on the back
  pleasssssssssse, give me a break

• I saw the first special on the Gosselins, when the sextuplets were babies, and was hooked every since. Unfortunately, I saw things going downhill as soon as Jon & Kate stopped looking and acting “normal” and started looking like a “TV” couple–yuck–there are enough of those to go around. I still watch every Monday night because I love the kids, but it’s getting really annoying to listen to J&K promote products, their own and others, and pretend that’s NOT what they’re doing. Oh, well, nothing good lasts forever.

• I agree Donna, It’s all for publicity. “Look at me, I’m giving back”. And why does she make Jon out to be stupid all of the time. Let him talk Kate!

  • I did not see them pay for the items that they bought in the store. I don’t for one minute think they paid for these items.

• I agree Donna, It’s all for publicity. “Look at me, I’m giving back”. And why does she make Jon out to be stupid all of the time. Let him talk Kate!

• I do have to agree with Donna above. While it was great to see the charity and have the kids participate, I can’t believe Kate actually compared her stay in the hospital to what they’re going through. Of course she didn’t know her sextuplet’s would all make it, or that they would all be healthy, but…. to have a child and to have them go through cancer, not knowing the outcome? No comparison.
  Looks like they went shopping in Kmart all by themselves. I wonder what time it was that the store was closed? They do certainly get the perks.

• personally, i don’t think kate was comparing her stay in the hospital to what the kids and parents go through. she was talking about staying in a hospital for a long period of time, not comparing the SITUATIONS, there is a difference. i think she was just talking about knowing what it feels like to be cooped up in a hospital for more than a month.. not saying she knew what it felt like to have cancer.

  i liked the episode though.. i do not believe it was for publicity. you all can say that they’re tv people and they’ve “changed.” but changed from what? you don’t know them and you didn’t know them in the very beginning of their lives.. so calling them changed.. changed from what? i think they really did do it because they seem like good people, and actually try to teach their kids about being thankful and grateful, since they DO have so much. it did get boring though.. towards the middle and end. it was just sad, i don’t really want to see really sick children for an hour, just because it’s too sad. and i also found it annoying how they passed out their dvd and book.

  but oh well, i do think they did it out of the goodness of their hearts, and you can say whatever you want, but i think that they really did it to teach their kids about being thankful, and giving back

• by the way, I think Kay Narango is actally really Kate or Jon, standing up for themselves here.
  Jon is known for trolling the message boards and blogs and then posting messages with glowing opinions of the gosselins.

• Maybe you’re right, Lonney. It certainly seems like Kay Narango could be Jon or Kate. To thorough, and covered all the bases a little too personally.

• I know a lot of people on here say one can’t judge someone until they have met them personally. This show has been on for over 4 years now. You only can pretend to be someone your not for so long. I think the way Kate is on the show, is the way she is in real life. Some of my friends went to some of her appearances and say she is abnormally arrogant and snobbish. Is that attitude edited for TV too?

• The Kay person probably is someone from TLC.

• I think the show is fantastic. The whole family are inspirational. I have a 2 1/2 year old and another on the way in a few days and after watching Kate and Jon manage 10 demanding children, it makes me realise I too can do it with mine.

  I can’t imagine the children are being harmed by filming and don’t expect that it will go on forever. In the meantime, I thank them for opening their lives to a sticky-beak like me!

• My husband made me turn the show off last night…..he is sick of Kate being so rude…he can’t believe that I watch the show….Jon is a great guy, but should not have stopped working….Kate needs some therapy, hope Jon sticks around after the kids are off to college…my husband says he would be out the door if he was treated like that. She should be embarassed.

  • i guess you don’t have the same sense of humor they do then. some people are thin skinned. other people dont really take what other people are saying to heart because they know its not being malicious. dynamics of relationships are different. it doesn’t mean its dysfunctional if you don’t have a broom stuck up ur arse. learn to relax deb.

  • Actually, my hubby says we’re a lot like Jon & Kate! We go to an awesome Christian marriage conference every year around Valentine’s day in SC and the best thing that we get is encourgement to keep the lines of communication open with your spouse at all times…Jon & Kate’s disagreements and loss of patience just happens to be on national t.v. (which is expected from parents of 8 children). I personally would think Jon & Kate were crazy if they ALWAYS seemed to be on cloud nine and all happy and peppy, NO ONE is as happy as some people want and think they need to be… and SO WHAT that Jon quit his job…they wrote a very successful book (and another one to come) and through that God has blessed them and will continue to bless them so if you have a problem with their blessing….you should blame God and take it up with him (I’d love to see that by the way)!! Christian people can be blessed too…and you know…as we’ve been taught at our church…God always picks those that YOU think don’t deserve to be blessed, the ones that have been through heck and back…sound familiar, like trying everything to have children on their own and couldn’t-which I’m sure was hard and hurtful on them. Their lives are exactly how God planned it, how would they have ever known? This just reminded me how God works in mysterious ways!

• Maybe the “Kay person” is just someone with a kind heart and a positive attitude on life and toward others, instead of being someone who is so critical and judgmental toward others the way most of y’all are!

  No wonder are world/society is so ugly! All everyone does is sit and judge each other and instead of trying to see the good in everyone we are all quick to look for and see the bad.

  Boy do I pray for all of you and our future generations!

• to: “the young lady”
  get a life!

  • Yo are really mean… If you had 8 kids you would probably be stressed out to… So just SHUT UP>>!!!!!!!

• to: the young lady

  you’re doing the thing you say you’re against and that’s judging others. lol

• “instead of being someone who is so critical and judgmental toward others the way most of y’all are! ” quote from ‘the young lady’.

  anyway, I hope Jon eventually leaves.

• I taught 4 yr. olds for 17 years. I can’t get around but could sit & read to my adopted 8. I just want to hug them all & tell you how precious they are. I admire you taking them places, parents with less won’t as too much bother. I can even fold clothes, put on socks, do fingerplays & play in playdoh…

  Yours,

  Jo

• It’s truly amazing how this blog, and the comment’s about J&K just keep going. I’m sure it’s due to Kate’s personality. It does make it interesting. I really want to like her, but then I read about Jodie, and another blog, by I forget who, that said when their friends saw her at personal appearances she was arrogant and snobbish. That’s exactly what I would expect, but hope I’d be wrong. I really want Kate to be a nice person, but with all the stuff out there about her, I’m thinking she really is “nasty”.

• Oh and one other thing, J&K were dissed on the Soup on the E channel. From the episode when Mady and Cara were the “parents”. The very end when Jon stated that taking care of children is no fun for grown ups too.
  Kate jumped on him for that, and he retracted by saying, “not us, other grown ups”. He was caught, and looked simple. I loved it.

• I love the kids, but it is a bit much watching them get yet another vacation for free, go to yet another public place, and have all the employees trip all over themselves to cater to them. The latest was when they went to St. Jude to see the “kids that are sick”, and bring them gifts, and what do they bring, CD’s from their show, the book they just wrote, and more “self promoting” nonsense that no child would want. How about dontating money to the hospital, and giving the kids toys, gmaes, clothes, etc. Get a clue. Enough with yourselves Jon and “MOSTLY KATE”. It can’t always be about you.

  • they did stupid did you watch the whole thing omg god everyone that hates this show and has something to say about can keep it to theirselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I would like the show to be called – Jon plus eight…

  • shut up you are so stupid you need to get the facts before you open your mouths so yeah i went there and i think your jealous cuz your prbly alone and miserable wishing that you were kate

• Kate is just trying to be a good mom.. who ever made this wesite eats poop. I love kate…Mady is the rude one… You people should go make love to a tree!!!!! EERRGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• You guys are mean to “The Young Lady” if you guys has eight kids, you guys would probably be like that too..! So just Shut Up…!!!!!!!!!!!!

• To all the Jon & Kate lover’s and hater’s out there, Happy Holidays.

  • i am 15 but still i know a girl that was raped and its not me but she had twins and i think that without me making her watch jon and kate plus 8 she would be helpless jon and kate have helped her in so many ways they might fight but what couple doesn’t all of you who think that kates mean and nasty shes prbly not you guys dont see her in real life so you can all shut your mouth they didnt expect to have alot of kids but they did so yea they love it and i love their show for helping my friend not commit suicide and not put her kids up 4 adoption so all of you can shut your mouths!!!!!!!!!!

• I’ve been wondering why nothing is said or shown about Beth or Jodi, so I began doing a search. I see a change in Kate since the show first began and am not impressed with her change. She’s not a critical and rude as she used to be, but she seems to be extremely arrogant and wanting a pat on the back for their good deeds. I can’t get over how obnoxious Maddie is and how rude she’s been in TV interviews.

• I’m sure having eight kids is hard, for all of us (who do have eight kids) how could we judge. I am glad you guys are all perfect, and have never yelled or been in a rotten mood. These people have eight kids, just leaVE them be. So what they get free vacations and other things, I’m sure you would all take the chance too if you could(I know I would). Kate is just a mother with eight kids, and tons of things to do. Yes, she has alot of help, but would you turn down help if you had all these kids. I doubt it, I’d say stop trashing them, and let them live their life. No bodys perfect!
  Happy Holidays!

• …and for the family problems they are having. yes, it is sad, but almost every family has issues. Mine sure does, and you know what who cares, its life. I’d say leave it their business we only heard one side of it, theres always 2 sides to the story.

• I think that kate is a grate person and that she might be rude sometimes but that is just because she is under alot of stress with eight kids and no one to help her.And if you were waching the show more carefuly you would see that he saids that he loves im and cares about him and all of her kids.

• All i have to say is that when you have something to say about john and kate you better back yourselves up. Listen, kate has survived being a full time nurse and marrage then having twins and leaving her job which im sure she loved then had 6 more kids which she cares for all eight to the best of her ability and then a tv crew up in her face 24/7. I know that she has came to know and love the crew LIFE IS HARD WITH 1.SHE HAS EIGHT….duh mabe stress is an issue we dont know…leave her alone. I get rude 60% of my day and its because of the enviroment im in. Look veiwers build a bridge and get over it, FAST…And Kate and John if you see this you go guys

• I think those are all the kids, they will ever have. I can not see Jon turn on by how nasty, rude,inconsiderate she is. If she did that much in front of the camera, imagine when they are alone. Hope she reads these blogs. I saw the soup, everybody is picking up on how nasty she is.
  Good to know that when people are stress, they are allow to be super rude to anybody. Wait til she is charging you for taking picture of her kids and be super rude to your face. Hope you smile really big and keep telling yourself that it is OK, Kate is super stress.
  I bet if she can arrange those kids like dolls, she will. What kind of a life, growing up with a horrid mother like that.

• Oh April D. I’m not going to feel sorry for anyone that can leave their full time job. Give me a break. Who do you know that would be sad if they acquired so much money, somehow, that they didn’t have to work anymore? Please. Those two are so lucky, it’s incredible.
  I’m not saying they’re horrible people, but they certainly do not deserve pity. They have so much help, don’t you realize that?

• So…What exactly does Kate do? Every episode it seems Jon is the primary caregiver. She even sleeps in while Jon gets the kids ready for free trips, adventures. I think the children are beautiful but find myself getting a headache from Maddie’s constant whining. The child has problems which Kate always seems to have excuses for. I hate when Kate reprimands her husband in front of the kids. Are you kidding me!!!!

• i’ve loved the gosselins for the past two years since their first hour special aired, and i have a feeling i always will DESPITE what you people say about them. i do not feel sorry for the gosselins, and i do not pity them. i’m happy for everything they’ve been blessed with over these past years, whether you people are or not.

  some people say kate is arrogant.. stuck up.. whatever else. and i know that i do not know her either, but at least when i don’t know someone, i don’t say nasty things like some of you people do. you all have no right to say some of the things you do, acting like you actually know the woman and know how “horrible” she is. it really makes me sick, if you hate kate so much.. STOP BLOGGING AND STOP WATCHING THE SHOW! why waste time on her if you hate her so much? which by the way.. none of you have the right hate anyone you do not know

  ever since i tuned in when i was thirteen and started watching, i have seen no change in kate. besides the fact that they’re multi millionaires, she and her family are the exact same. can’t you be rich without being called stuckup or snobbish?! and it makes my jaw drop when some of you say you hope jon eventually leaves. why would you EVER even say that?! he is their FATHER and a HUSBAND and you would rather have him leave and leave the kids and kate by themselves just to get back at kate? that’s horrible, and really disgusting. why would you ever wish something like that on someone, even if you do hate a person?

  i don’t care if you do not like kate or the show, but some of the things said are really immature and sad, saying you hope jon leaves the family. that’s just weird.. i can’t imagine anyone hoping a marriage fails. get over it; you can’t change kate even if you want to. so if you hate her so much, turn the tv off. no one is making you watch this show and ya.. we know.. you all HATE kate and that she thinks it’s all about her. it’s old news. if you blog, say something different than nasty things about kate, because it’s REALLY old and we’ve heard what you all have to say before.

  step back and look at the big picture of everything; she’s a mother who at one point, had nothing but a part time job who was raising her eight children, all about the same age besides the twins, with her husband with an average paying career. and they turned all of that into what is now a huge success. when the six were first born, they didn’t go out trying to make this huge media stunt. discovery health contacted THEM and that’s when it all started. this was in God’s plan for them, and this is the way it is supposed to be.

  i’m not saying you have to like the family or kate, everyone in the world will not appeal to everyone, but you do not have to be RUDE and downright ugly. it’s sad and i feel sorry for all of you who waste your time hating kate when no one even cares. so shut up and get over it, i don’t care what you have to say if it’s negative and i’m sure kate gosselin doesn’t care either.

• Well… As for Kate, she could care less about what us blogger’s say, I’m sure. She’s done very well for herself and family. I just don’t like how some get so mad at negative comments. I searched for a “gossip” blog on the Gosselins, not a sugar coated love fest. If that’s what I wanted I’d just go on their site. So why then, Lesley, do you stay on here, if you can’t stand the negative blogs, I ask. This is Evil Beet Gossip. Not an I’m in love with arrogant snobbish Kate blog. Lesley, you’re on the wrong channel! You are young, idealistic and obviously believe everything you see on TV. I feel differently about Kate, and that’s fine with me. I wish you Happy Holidays, despite our differences of opinions.

  • you arent bloggers. youre readers. obsessive ones.

• well sorry i get mad at bloggers, but since i’ve been watching them, i feel very strongly toward the gosselins, and i love monday nights for new episodes.. i own the book.. and i am meeting kate on january 22nd at a church in houston. say what you want, but i just feel the need to stick up for this family and kate gosselin herself. i respect your opinion, and anyone else’s who may not see eye to eye with mine, but i do not like the rude comments. and it may not even be about kate gosselin, but if ANYONE is rude about anything, especially a person they do not even know, i find it offensive and very low character wise.

  and no, i do not believe everything i see on tv. i know about the jodi thing, and i do think it’s annoying how they advertise themselves at a hospital. but i’ve been sticking with the show for so long, that i really do love the gosselins.

• Lesley, you can’t control others, so stop trying.

  And, as for Kate, does mommy dearest ring a bell?

• I’m anxious to here how meeting Kate will be Lesley, I hope it’s a good experience and you can tell everyone on here how nice she is.
  I bet she looks a lot thinner in person. Those TV pounds really do make people look heavier. My boss was on television once, she looked chubby and she’s a size 5 in real life. Kate doesn’t look heavy at all, so I’m guessing she’s really tiny in person. Will the entire family be there or just Kate? Anyway, I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I’m bummed to go to work the day after, yuck.

• why do people continue to comment on JK+8 posts?

• My asshole hurts plus my twat is on fire—ouch—

• Trisha — lick my asshole for a sec you lowlife.

• um okay trisha, i’m not trying to control anyone. i guess people just don’t have good character and they’re rude all the time, it’s alright though. they can be nasty and rude, not any of my buisnesss.

  and thanks janet, i’m really excited to meet her. i’ll come back with tons of info on how it went!

• It’s amazing how angry some people get on here. You go Lesley! Don’t let them get to you.

• people get mad at on this sight because it is a very stipid sight.There is know reason to get mad at kate for being angry all the time.She has alot of kids to keep track of and the camra grew is also n her face all the time so just leave her alone and comeplane about somethings that realy maders instead of getting mad at someonelce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• haha thanks janet, i won’t. youre pretty much the only reason why i still type posts on here, you seem like the only one who sees eye to eye with me. i do like to read the funny comments from people, who want to see jon and kate’s marriage fail. which i find really odd

  and does anyone know why there haven’t been ANY new episodes at all lately? or any reruns for that matter?

• Thank you Lesley, the feeling is mutual. I feel you’re the only normal person on her lately. That “Coral” from a few weeks back seemed nice, but I guess she or he lost interest.
  Last Monday’s episode of Jon & Kate was a rerun here in Philly. The tour of where Kate delivered the babies to be exact. I kind of figured there would be reruns soon, since I thought there were a lot of new ones, and they were due to run out. Hope there’s more in the can.

• i agree with you completely janet.

  and yes i had the rerun of “labor day” here also.. but i thought they were supposed to have that “holiday extravaganza?” i would always see commercials promoting the new episodes, but now they’re not on at all, not even on weekdays when they usually showed reruns. who knows.. hopefully tomorrow we’ll have a new episode?

• Thanks april d for saying that and why did someone make this stupid sight anyway.it is gust making fun of somone that has alot of stress and that has a large famly to keep track of.What in the world is tha a picture os on the to f this page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• “The Young Lady” is Kate.

• THIS SHOW IS MY FAVORITE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT!!!! I LOVE AADEN!!! PLEASE PEOPLE WATCH IT!!!!

• i love jon & kate plus eight so much.
  were humans were not perfect.

  they love each other & that s all it matters to them.

  i hope the marriage last forever.

  the babies are sooo cute.

• i would not call them babies anymore, considering they will be five in may of 2009. also,

  did anyone see the commerical that was on last night of kate announcing to the kids that they’re moving? there will be a new episode next week, hopefully to do with that. i also want to see their christmas. and my mom said that they probably didn’t have new episodes during the holidays was because most people would be busy, out and about, not tuning in to tlc on a monday night. which made sense to me.

  and also, did anyone watch the marathon of the top ten viewer favorites? i was suprised at some that made the cut.. most of them were new episodes, which didn’t suprise me since most viewers just started tuning in because they recently became very to almost all of america, so those are the only episodes they really know. i wish some of my favorites, from 2007 or so, would have been on there. the garage makeover is my favorite episode. well one of them. i was just happy not to see jon’s hair transplant on there, haha.

  well have a happy new year everyone. talk to you in 2009!

• very popular* in response to my last post.. haha

• Isn’t it the opposite way? Jon is never patient and always yells at Kate if she tells him something. He doesn’t treat her nice at all. For a mother with 8 children, you should show more respect!!! I don’t care whether he is tired or not, he can’t be as tired as her. Running around all day long, feeding the kids, etc…..Jon is rude and needs to realize and appreciate Kate more.

• Lesley, I agree those 5 yr olds are not baby’s. And Janet, Kate is thin because she has a personal trainer and she does the tread mill for 1 hr everyday. While her personal chef prepares the meals and the kids are taken care of by the nannies. Read all of this in People magazine. Also saw a picture of there new house (mansion to most of us). They already moved.

• i’m sure they have already moved, since the episodes are about two months behind from when they were first shot. maybe even three. and frankly, who cares if she has a personal trainer? if you can afford it, go ahead. just because you stay in shape does not mean youre stuck up. just because you have a chef, and who even knows if thaey really do.. because you can’t believe most of what you read, it doesn’t mean youre stuck up either. it means youre wealthy, and i’m happy for the gosselins.. and i wish people would stop trying to find every little negative thing about people, and focus on the good. for beautiful eyes, look for the good in others. and most people on here are ugly on the inside and do not follow this quote at all, and i wish most of you would.. not just about the gosselins.. but about anyone.

• THIS IS A BLOG AND PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND COMMENTS!!!

• someone needs to calm down i.e rachel?

• and while we’re on the subject of everyone having personal opinions which i understand and respect completely, why can’t YOU see that MY opinion on the gosselins and my opinion on most of you on this blog is negative? i mean, i just think most of you are mean, malicious people who are attacking a family that has done NOTHING to harm any of you, they’re just living their life and existing, and they’re NOT trying to please you and make you happy. that’s my opinion so get over it because ‘it’s a blog and people have a right to their own opinions and comments.’

• first off, i think most of you are wackos who should mind your own business.

  that said, i want to point out a few things:

  of course they have nannies. they have eighty gajillion kids and being famous is time-consuming. the nannies can probably help provide more attention when needed than jon and kate could put together.

  of course they have chefs. you would too if you could. i would too if i had a huge family with individual diet and food allergy needs – cooking your own meals would take all day.

  of course they have a huge house which is a mansion to most. theyre famous now. being famous calls for better security for their family too. you can hold yourselves partially, although minisculely, for that

  of course kate is a bitch. she suffers from some mild form of OCD or seems to, and she has a bunch of bored housewives talking shit about her on the internet all day.

• Well Lolly, why the heck do you Kate lover’s get so mad at us, huh?
  You put yourself out there on TV, and you bet, you’re going to be judged. Especially her, she just asks for it, especially with all that Jodie fiasco.
  And who better to judge her then a bunch of bored housewives, with children. We know what we’re talking about. Most of the comments on here aren’t so bad, so let us be. It’s a topic we can relate to.
  If in fact she does have all this help, why isn’t that addressed on the actual show. Why does it show up in a magazine article? Maybe it would ruin the image she tries to portray, as a Mom that can do it all.
  I for one, just wish she would just be honest, and stop acting so high and mighty. I want to like Kate, but she makes it very hard. I do like her kids, and I think that’s why many viewers still watch.

• Well said, Julianne.

• On these blogs I know there are going to be people for Jon and Kate and against them. Everyone is entitled to their one opinion. However, since Jon and Kate are putting their lives and their childrens lives out there for everyone to see I don’t feel that anyone should defend them. They can do it themselves. There are more negative scenes in each episode than positive ones. She is so bitchy!! Just look at her face…. she is always negative about everything. Now that the kids are older and either of them are working they don’t need as much help. Thats probably part of the reason that they moved. They don’t need the help from what little family they did speak to. You know sometimes not responding to Kates comments Jon makes her look like a bigger ass!!! I think he is a big person to respect Kate as much as he can on the air.
  I don’t know how much more of the show I will watch!!

• On these blogs I know there are going to be people for Jon and Kate and against them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, since Jon and Kate are putting their lives and their childrens lives out there for everyone to see I don’t feel that anyone should defend them. They can do it themselves. There are more negative scenes in each episode than positive ones. She is so bitchy!! Just look at her face…. she is always negative about everything. Now that the kids are older and either of them are working they don’t need as much help. Thats probably part of the reason that they moved. They don’t need the help from what little family they did speak to. You know sometimes not responding to Kates comments Jon makes her look like a bigger ass!!! I think he is a big person to respect Kate as much as he can on the air.
  I don’t know how much more of the show I will watch!!

• well then karen, don’t watch it, no one is making you.

  happy new year everyone!

• And a Happy New Year to you, Lesley. I hope you have a wonderful year!

• I think The gosselins r a wonderful family and i will watch them as long as they are on i dont give a rats butt about anyones opinion

• I think it’s funny how when she talks about being together forever Jon just cringes. Yeah dummy you married a bitch.

  Why is it that these people get money for just being alive and being on camera when poor families with just as many mouths to feed are in poverty? Give money to the poor people, not this psycho bitch. If they can afford to artificially create a life, then they can manage those lives without extra money from viewers like you.

  Yeah, I do think Jon hates her deep down. Stay with her for the contract and the kids, right? Grow a pair.

• latesha, why is that ANYONE on reality television gets money? why do these stupid girls on rock of love charm school get 10,000 dollars if they win? because it’s television. i’d rather see the gosselins get paid 50k an episode than see dumb bimbo’s on vh1 get paid 10,000 dollars for doing absolutely nothing with their lives. and not only have they made money off the show, they’ve given back as well. they held a garage sale and the money went to cancer research. they visited children in st. jude and gave toys, and kate also made a donation to the ronald mcdonald house when they revisited with the kids. maybe you missed those episodes LATESHA.

  and who said we viewers give them money? i know that i haven’t given them one thing except tuning into their show on monday nights. and when it comes to jon and kate, i do believe they really love each other. as you called kate a bitch, yes she has bitchy tendencies. from what i read from your post, so do you. we all do. we can’t all be perfect and nice all the time, and since the gosselins are a normal family just like everyone else, why can’t kate be a bitch without being torn apart for it? it makes no sense. she’s done nothing to anyone of you to hurt you, so why hurt her?

  and if jon hates her and has hated her for most of their marriage, he would have left long ago, latesha. youre not jon, you don’t know how he feels about her, so don’t act like you do.

• They are making tons of money considering they are building a million dollar house.

  Oh and lesley, i cant believe your still on this blog

• i know they’re making money, but viewers give them none. and um okay well sorry that i am?

• Maybe Lesley is reaaly Kate in disguise? It’s the only thing that makes sense as to why she is so annoying.

• I agree with you Latesha.

• Well I for one am glad you’re still on here, Lesley. There have been lot’s of crazies on this blog. Remember JackAss? Not to mention the person that used all Cap’s. Many have come and gone, and most couldn’t spell worth a lick, and just made no sense whatsoever!
  Bravo you’re still here! Besides, I still can’t wait to find out how meeting Kate will be.

• Meghan, They already moved and are living in the mansion. I saw it in people magazine. (Now calm down lesley, I’m just giving information to Meghan.)

• ha youre funny rachel.. i’m not even mad but okay,

  and thanks janet. most people on here that have come and gone were really nuts about some things. i remember jeff, and like you said the all caps lady. haha well whenever i do meet kate i will tell all haha, i really hope she’s nice.

  and they’re coming out with a new book, eight little faces. also season three is on dvd. for anyone who cares haha

• Just curious, does anyone know where the mansion is? Did they move out of Pa. and into the south? Just wondering.

  • They live around Reading, PA in a $1.2 mill house and just bought a house in CO

• i love the show

• i watch the show all the time . i love kids there so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• i figure they will move out of pa.. just because kate always talks about hating cold weather, and they’ve looked at property out of state in previous episodes. we will just have to wait for monday’s episode for more information i suppose.

• well trisha i would not call myself annoying, maybe you just haven’t talked to someone like me, who isin’t as bitchy as you and has nice things to say about the gosselins.

• u guys show is awsome i have 6 kids and it is really hard

• Latesha,stop hating girl. I love Jon and Kate and the 8. I hope they will be around for a long time . You jealous? Kate was speaking unkind to Jon but he Manned up. And she came around. They did a miraculous thing by having 8 kids in the way that they did, but to them it is a blessing. And they give back in more ways then one. Not only do they donate to worthy causes but they let us watch in to their happy personal lives.(some may need the uplift to break up their day) Which by the way I think the parents are doing a wonderful job of raising healthy happy ,intelligent kids.I think the show is funny,cute relaxing and refreshing. I wish the Gosselin family well!!

• Lesley, you’re an an interesting character. You attack Latesha and say she has “bitchy tendencies”; you attack “dumb bimbo’s (sic)” on VH1. Meanwhile you seek to portray yourself as a sweet guardian angel who says delightfully naive things like, “the gosselins are a normal family just like everyone else, why can’t kate be a bitch without being torn apart for it? it makes no sense. she’s done nothing to anyone of you to hurt you, so why hurt her?” What is abnormal to you? By the same argument aren’t you hurting the “bimbos” you attack, or even Latesha, for that matter? Kate is getting paid a lot of money to be on TV which means she has volunteered to be scrutinized and critiqued. The simple fact is she is arrogant, short-tempered, and condescending. What kind of example is she setting for her children. They’re likely to grow up thinking it’s acceptable to treat their father with contempt and disrespect. Have you considered the consequences of this type of behavior when these children are teenagers? I am just deeply grateful that my wife is about as perfect as you’re likely to find. She is comfortable with who she is and she respects me. She would never talk to anybody the way Kate does.

• loling @ fights on this post. but I watch this show. and I for one love Kate. it wouldn’t be a fucking show without Kate. it would be an asian guy that barely says anything raising 8 asian kids. I think they have a really good relationship actually, most people would’ve cracked under all that pressure. if people had a actual life and didn’t waste it away on fucking online forums they’d know that that’s what real life and real marriages are like. yeah they pick at each other a lot but that’s their personalities he obviously knew that before he married her. their kids are great too. they’re all their own little person. OH and just so you know, they move to another place in PA, that episode comes on tonight at 9, if you’re from the east coast like me. <33 cheers

• I’m surprised they stayed in Pa. but it’s nice to have four seasons.
  I certainly hope in the new home they’ll get some style. This house is about the most boring I’ve ever seen. The little ones rooms look like they’re in an orphanage. Talk about bland, and no creativity. Hopefully they’ll get a decorator, they can afford it.

• I loved Jon rolling his eyes when Kate rambles on and on. I sure do hope this new house makes her happy. She’s a tough one to please.I thought this house was big enough.

• Over the holidays, Kate decided she hated everyone on the production team and demanded they all be fired. Look for a new team for season
  five. This is a fact.

• The mansion is in Wernersville PA (near Wyomissing where they grew up) We live about 10 min from there and drove past it this past weekend…IT IS ENORMOUS, with a pool, alot of land and a barn for horses, 3 car detached garage and they paid 1.2 million for it. I sure hope that the show doesn’t get cancelled, because there is no way with neither of them working they could afford the taxes!! I cannot stand Kate, she treats her husband horribly and her children are going to have so many phobias when they grow up that they better be saving money for therapist, cause they are gonna need therapy!!

• i liked last nights episode. i like seeing them just all at home. and for pablo.. um i don’t care. i didn’t even read your post.

• I believe you Mystery girl. I just wish all the knuckleheads out there that think Kate is wonderful, would finally realize what kind of person she really is.

• I love the show, but Kate is somewhat nuts about kids getting dirty. How sad this is. People have asked her why she lets her children hit one another, well the apple don’t fall too far, Kate is constantly hitting Jon. I understand she isn’t *letting her kids hit.* but it once was a question. Let the kids be kids Kate, Make mud pies

• I think this is a wonderful show that shows that no family is perfect and we all get frustrated with each other eventually but they do love each other. I’m addicted to this show because of how real it is.

• it’s not that i don’t listen to what people say about kate now, and i realize the kind of people you all think she may be. and she may really be like that. but since i do not know her personally and neither do you, i can’t make calls like that just based on what you people say, or what magazines say. who believes what people write in magazines anyway? i never do, that’s for sure. and since i loved kate and the show since the very first hour, juts because you say negative things about her.. doesn’t mean my opinion will change until i know forsure what kind of person she really is.

• HA HA. all these comments are the funniest things i’ve read all morning….why does everyone care so much about the goings on of Jon and Kate and their marriage and their family life…like seriously…So what…Kate hates dirt and grime, she’s notoriously clean and her husband probably has to bite his tongue more often than he likes to…who cares!?! Get lives and stop scrutinizing these people just because they have a television show and opt to have it provide very well for their family. If someone asked me to come and record my family day to day lifestyle and it meant that all my children would easily go to college and have it paid for and have a nice roof over their heads and not have to every worry about my finances, I’d take it up in a heart beat.

• Their house looks like a mess to me. I do not see the cleanliness. Maybe it smells clean.
  And obviously you, Danielle, must have been searching the web for such a topic. Are you any better for scrutinizing us? Why don’t you get a life.

• I adore this show. I’ve watched it on and off since it started, and it’s one of the few shows I look forward to. Working second shift, I missed a lot of episodes, so I love reruns. A lot of people are commenting on Kate’s attitude. She is definitely a woman of many faces. She has a strong personality and obviously is used to having things her way or no way! While I do think that to a point, her analness helps keep such a big household from falling into chaos, it would be nice to see her lighten up. I’m sure she loves her husband and kids, but her constant snippy comments make her look like she’s the type of person that isn’t ever happy with anyone or anything. It really does seem like she’s always critiquing everyone around her, especially Jon. He never says the right things, she always cuts him off (it seems like he can’t ever tell a whole story by himself), those little “playful” slaps would get irritating, she complains about the clothes he puts the kids in even though they’ve always looked perfectly fine, she’s always yelling at him from another room to come to her or do something (something my husband does that I HATE!), she’s relentless! It seems like she is harder on him than the kids. Mady can throw a fit and act worse than the little kids about something trivial and Kate just ignores her, but heaven forbid Jon doesn’t put the right shoes on the kids. She’ll rip on him for the entire episode about something stupid. No wonder Mady is a little booger, she’s seeing how her mom treats people and wants her own way and she’s doing the same thing! I often wonder how people put up with her without just letting her have it. There’s a way to talk to people, and she apparently doesn’t know what that is. The episode where she had the production crew hanging her blinds, she was sitting there instructing them like four year olds “One person drills, one person holds the vacuum, just like we talked about…” or something to that effect. I don’t think I could take somebody talking to me like that! I might let it slide a couple of times to keep the peace, but there’s no way I could take it on a regular basis. She definitely needs a lesson in how to effectively communicate with others!

• I used to love this show in the beginning and by the end of the first season I couldn’t stand Kate for the way she humiliated Jon. I thought that I was the only one who felt this way, but after searching the internet, I soon found out that there were a lot more people who felt the very same as I did. I do think the kids are as adorable as they can be. I don’t like how Kate humiliates them at times either. Some things that are shown should have not been shown at all. I don’t blame TLC/figure 8 for that, because Kate has the authority and the blame should lay on her. The other thing I have a problem with is that J&K are constantly running from church to church asking hard working people for love offerings and giving a sob story to get them. There are some people who probably don’t know that they are now worth millions and give money to them, what a shame! I really can’t understand why people stand up for them, it is like they can’t see through them and their manipulations. This is just my opinion, so if any of the fanatic fans want to say “you’re just jealous” or you are “pety” I really don’t care :)

• Did anyone else notice that the twins 8th birthday party was missing? I know that on their birthday TLC dedicated the day to them, but in comparison to the HUGE party for the 4th birthday the sextuplets had it seems lacking. It also doesn’t seem like Kate to do that. She seems like the kind to enjoy throwing a party. Maybe I missed something?

  As far as the new house goes, I am totally surprised. I heard Kate mention it once (on the show that is), after their original move, but I thought it was kinda a joke. I loved their house and am really shocked that she decided to move. On the other hand, they do have eight kids, so the more space, the better. And once you have the kind of money that they are making from the show, it seems to make sense to have a house that reflects your financial standing. I get the whole people feeling that it is excessive since one of the premises of the show is to show the struggles of this unique family. But, those struggles change when a family moves from barely making it, to having more than enough. Plus, the American public wants to see them going to the park, and being at a huge church, and going to Utah and Disney World. Most of us want to see them doing interesting and nice things. We also want to be involved in their lives, and in return TLC pays them a substantial amount of money. That’s the whole point of the show. Why shouldn’t they enjoy it? There have to be some perks to being completely exposed to public criticism. I do hope that each kid is having their future provided for, college funds, etc. It would be so cool if each of those kids could get out of college without debt as a result of this show. It may be invasive now, and questionable, but it could really benefit the kids as much as it could really harm them. Let’s just hope it does more good than bad.

• I really don’t care how much money these people have, but it is more of a problem of, at what price to the kids is money worth it? I think down the line they will have self esteem issues, for example Mady, who I can tell is already showing signs of the effects of the show. Now as far as their colledge funds, early on the state of PA had already set up funds for the kids. I think Kate just could have done a better job of holding back on the insulting comments directed towards Mady. I don’t think any of us would want to hear our mother saying some of the things she has said. Mady has been pointed out several times as being the ‘problem child’ and that was just something that really didn’t need to be said, no matter what.

• Didn’t know about the state college funds, however, if you really think that whatever the state put away is going to cover more than a year of tuition then, well, I think one would be sadly mistaken. In my experience, if the government is doing it, it will have as many corners cut as possible.

  As for the damage that is being done to these kids well, may God have mercy.

• Their new home is located at 298 Heffner Rd, Wernersville, PA
  {best viewed on MSN Live Search} People i the area have said they have seen the kids playing on the property.

  It sits on 26 acer’s has a separate apartment, barn, pool {Which needs a fence around it pronto} the selling price was 1.3 million.
  It was put into a trust from the kids. {Yes ..if you know how to do it, you can find out ANYTHING on anyone using the Internet}

  If a person doesn’t want public criticism they don’t put their lives on TV knowing they will be scrutinized and picked over. Shesh I wish Jon would grow a set as I bet he gets tired of hearing the whip snap.

  I feel so sorry for those kids. No family members around as Kate’s pushed them all out of her life and therefore the whole family IE anyone whose stood up to her maybe that’s why Jon puts up with it? he may be the next casualty?
  I bet the kids are going to have much the emotional issues as many child stars have. Maddi’s outbursts are a sign of whats to come in her life.

  I agree with Johanna, God have mercy on them.

• Oops forgot to add in this bit for those who want to see the inside as well as the outside.

  Here is Jon & Kate’s New home
  298 Heffner Rd, Wernersville, PA

  5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 2 half baths. 6200 sq. ft, built in 1998.

  http://talk.theknot.com/boards/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=58251867&forumid=17

  The address above shows also the inside {Not Kate’s Furniture, former owners}

  The hill by the barn is where they filmed the family running down the hill on the TLC commercial.

• Thanks, Terri. That is the house that was in People magazine a few months ago. I wonder if this will please the princess now. Not sure what you do with a 6,000 sq. foot house. I don’t care how many kids you have. By the way, who paid for it?

• Thanks from me too, Terri. It’s a nice enough house. The pool makes me nervous with little ones. They better get a good fence around it.

• I hope Kate lets the kids play and get dirty for a change. It would be a shame to have that much space for a child to play and have someone constantly on their case about getting a little dirty. Does Kate know there is such a thing as spray-n-wash? It works really good. You have to wonder, when Kate gets tired and bored with this house will she be begging again? I don’t think there is anything wrong with the house they had. What would she have done if it weren’t for the show. I know, she would have made it work and everyone would have been just as happy. Seems to me this woman is never satisfied. I think that is where they filmed the commercial (with the annoying song) also. I also see a little dog in that comercial, it will be good for the kids to finally have a pet, but Kate will worry it sick with all of her phobias,(poor puppy)

• First I have to worry about the pool, and now the life of a poor defenseless puppy. Some of those kids can get pretty rough.

• i think you are toatolly wrong. i have seen them hug and everything else while they are on air. And besides jon wouldn’t leave kate, or the children. he loves them all.very much you don’t know teir personal buisness.

• The way I feel about Jon leaving, is that if Kate doesn’t change and change fast, he may just walk when the show is over and done. Just because they hug on tv doesn’t mean he won’t leave. Sometimes in a marriage, love turns to loss of respect for someone, and that is not good.

• who cares; it’s their marriage. not yours. get over it.

• Remember Lesley, this is a blog. Lisa and everybody else has a right to their own opinion.

• I don’t at all see an unhappy couple in Jon and Kate. Just the normal stress that comes with raising a family. And like I said many blogs earlier, they have gone through such an amazing journey together.
  I never see them leaving each other.

• I used to love the show but now seeing this big beautiful house paid for by exploited children, I wish the show would cancel.
  Too many people work hard in life and would never be able to buy that house and look at what Kate and Jon did. Not much but get invitro, then exploit there children on TV.

  I would love to see the show go off-air and force Jon and Kate to have to actually work real jobs.
  You can tell that Kate has been coached well recently to shape up by someone because her actions and words are now so carefully planned to make her seem nice.
  Jon was probably scared to death the show would get cancelled before they could reap the big pay-off.
  I am not jealous just really turned off.

  • If i had two sets of multiples(8 children in all) and was offerd to give them everything in the world, i would do it too. There is nothing wrong with those children, and being on tv is not hurting them at all. They have an amazing life, they are heathly and they are happy kids. If the Gosslins werent given this opportunitity, their life wouldnt be near what it is now. Jon and Kate are wonderful parents, and yes they fight but who doesnt. They are not going to let anything corupt those kids and they are only trying to give them everything that they never had.

    • i love jon and kate and all of the eight children. all you guys are stupid to say mean stuff about them…. the truth is that your just jealous of them and you cant handle it so you just be mean because your stupid.,…/…..i hate all of you guys who talk bad about jon an kate and the eight children…..uhhhhhjhhgggggg

  • I think it is OK to be paid for what they do. They do need a much bigger home, and it’s wonderful that the children will have college educations. none of that was jon and kate’s doing. The show makes money for the network and they deserve the money…I just hope it does not scar the children…they won’t be in the spot-light all their life. Believe me, they didn’t make this happen. They just have a life that the public love to see and read about. I personally wish them well. Their children are absolutely beautiful. not one of them takes after kate. If one or two did, they wouldn’t be so marketable. You go Gosslins! I wish you well……………..I you can’t stand them, don’t watch!

• I am just wondering in reading all of the comments on this site and others why folks are so quick to judge/condemn/criticize/praise the Gosselin’s, their marriage/parenting/lifestyle, yet never bother to examine why they are so interested in these people in the first place? I mean, the Gosselins wouldn’t be who they are without US . . .why are WE so intrigued by them? This phenomenon of “reality” televison fascinates me as a psychologist . . . how society interprets this “reality” and applies it to everyday life. Why do we judge – or should I say – compare ourselves to or against the lifestyle of the Gosselin’s? Why are WE so concerned about how they conduct their marriage or how they parent? Why do so many people make comments over the free trips they get and how much money they make or that the family is moving into a “mansion” (not my word, others on this site have used that word describing the new house? And the funniest part is that if you follow the link provided on this page to the website offering pictures of their new home, people there are commenting on the interior decorating in that house! What does it matter? Why are WE so interested? This isn’t a judgement against or for anyone – it is just an observation that INTRIGUES me greatly (and is why I am doing my doctoral thesis on this subject)! It just is amazing how we get sucked in by celebrity, reality or whatever you call it and begin to think that WE know who people are, their personalities, how they think, because we see them for 22 minutes each week on TV. Think about it, if you were around a person for only 22 minutes a week, do you think they would know you as well as some people act like they know the Gosselin family? So interesting. Very interested in seeing the responses/comments to this. PS: Does anyone want to comment on why some people have a problem with the fact that the Gosselins through their show and other endorsements/engagements have purchased a new home/upgraded their lifestyle, yet when entertainers, celebrities, sports stars get FREE stuff – clothes, jewels, cars . . . it’s somehow different? Is it because we feel “connected” to the Gosselin’s because they are supposedly “ordinary” people and that the “stars” are different? Just wondering?

• it’s just funny how people make assumptions like they actually KNOW these people.

  this blog has gotten boring and annoying, mainly because of the people.. i will post when i meet kate the 22nd of january for you, janet.

• I think a lot more people will start seeing J&K in a different light when they actualy see the new house. They won’t see them as the poor, poor people trying to ‘just get by’ anymore. I just hope that people will stop sending in their hard earned money to J&K. In a recent interview Kate admitted to taking the money and going to the spa with it, and that Jon golfs with it. That is what I have a problem with. Spas and golfing are not things we need, they are luxuries.

• I totally agree with you Lisa. I do not mind them making money off the TLC show, they were just lucky there, and TLC is certainly making money, and few of us would turn down such an opportunity. I do have a problem with charitable donations. That should have stopped long ago, and should have never been asked for after they started receiving money from TLC. I don’t think the public has any idea of the greed of this couple.

• The problem with J&K are, from day one they have given excuse after excuse why they cannot raise their own children. Don’t get me wrong. I think in the beginning it was really great that they had found a way of bringing in money to make ends meet. Saying that, I think it is horrible now that they have everything and more than they need, and for them to keep up the donations and love offerings IMHO resembles fraud. In all interviews, we hear them say they are a struggeling family that could use some help, when the truth is they have plenty.

• I agree…I am a nice guy and all, but if my wife talked to me like that I would leave her ass so fast her head would spin. Every now and then married people bicker, that happens…but she is constantly on his ass for EVERYTHING…and he just takes it. She yelled at him in tonights episode for playing with the kids. He was pretending play-doh was snot and letting it drip from his nose…gross, of course, but they are kids, and they enjoyed every second of it. Kate’s response was to bury her head in her hands as she normally does in her self-righteous way and scolded him for not “being an example” and instead acted like a child himself. But, it is HER example that will lead ALL the girls to verbally abuse their father and brothers inthe future. She is an ugly bitch who thinks she is a better person than she really is. Shame on both of them for exploiting these children. I wonder how much is set away for them….

• I just read Jen’s blog and found it very interesting.
  You’re right we do judge J&K very harshly, as apposed to celebrities.
  I really feel it’s Kate who riles up these comments. I’m sure she didn’t intend to do this, but her personality, and all the comments by supposedly old friends and family on the web just add to the fuel.
  The power of TV is evident. We really don’t know them, but somehow feel we do, just from watching that show.
  I don’t know for sure, but I’m betting there’s not the same interest in the Duggar’s or other families on TLC, as there is in the Gosselins.
  In my opinion, if people see you as not perfect and you’re out there to be judged, by golly watch out. I wonder how long this will go on?

• My problem with Kate is that from the day she has been pregers with the tups she has thought that the public owes her something. She has even said that infertility drugs did this to her and eveyone has the responsibility to take care of this now. We owe her nothing, if she couldn’t afford the kids, she should have waited until she could, or not do fertility treatments at all. She was hospitalized with over-stimulated ovaries and went against med advice and did the deed. Ever since she was pregnant she has had a website asking for donations, they called it a prayer list asking for things, and they had a different location for donations of $$$$$. Now they have found a way to make millions of dollars of the backs of those children they said they wanted sooo much. They are not thinking of the long term effects this show will have on the kids, just making the money, and that is not right. No matter how much someone loves the show, it doesn’t make what they are doing right.

• It’s funny. One of the only interaction the Gosselins had with a minority was hiring a Black maid. She got fired fast though.

  • isn’t jon a minority?

• Shelly~~~I have noticed that to. Kate said she couldn’t understand her. I understood her fine. Kate is just that way. The woman was better off not working for her.

• It’s so true. Never, at least not since the Tammy Fay and Jim Baker days, have I seen someone continually ask for money, that didn’t need or deserve it. I still can’t believe all the people that fall for this. She took the fertility drugs on her own, had six healthy babies, and just kept wanting more and more from people. It never stops and I’m sure never will. Heaven help that family if the show is canceled and the public finally wises up. I just can’t believe how stupid some people are. It took an affair from Jim Baker to bring that gravy train of money to stop. What will it take for the public to come to there senses where Jon and Kate are concerned. There’s so much bad publicity about her, and she still has her fans, defending her till the end. I bet all the people that love Kate…have never met her!!!

  • I believe her Doctor prescribed the drugs, however, it is her a right as an American citizen to take drugs as she see fit as long as they are not illegal. BTW, Tammy Fay and Jim were bringing in twenty million a year to the Ministery and their getting paid two million a year pay is not to much in my opinion. I don’t like Kate at all but love the kids and think Jon is okay.

• Seriously-get over yourselves.

• I don’t think Kate loves Jon at all. Look at she treats him and talks down to him. She has feminized him with all of her OCD ways. Plus, look at her body language when they are sitting together. She leans away from him, generally seeming to be annoyed with everything he does. I think if they didn’t have eight kids and a profitable tv show, they would be divorced in a year.

• Couldn’t wait for last night’s show. But, I found that one boring. Was it endorsed by the dental asso. I don’t know who picked that topic. Too many teeth.

• poor mady. i know she will hate those braces. it’ll be intresting to see her reaction to them though. i get mine off in a month though, after four long years.

  anyway, last nights show was boring sort of. though i always do enjoy new episodes

• I read a new news interview with Jon this morning. He was in Utah for R&R, all by himself. First of all, if they are so bad off that they have to ask for donations from churches, then wtf is he doing going all the way to Utah for R&R?? They are living like millionares off of donations! I have never seen anything like it. People seriously need to stop sending in donations. If J&K were doing the right thing, they would make a point to tell people to stop sending in money, but I bet they don’t anytime soon.

• I really love this show. I have gotten so many great ideas of things to do with my own kids (I live on the East Coast not far from the area they live in). I was trying to find information about the move because I knew they were considering Virginia at one point and I found this website. I had never heard anything bad about them until this point. I still in shock. I’ve wondered about “Aunt Jodi” and the Grandparents – why there aren’t or have stopped being in the picture. I still have not been able to find out what happend with “Aunt Jodi” – Can someone please bring me up to speed? Also, Beth seems like such a sweet, kind person – if Kate is really that bad why would she stay friends with her?

• Patti~~A good place to look for info is ‘Gosselins Without Pity’ website or ‘ Musings from the Moon’. These blogs really have good info about the Gosselins. Aunt Jodie got the boot from Kate because of TLC/figure 8 wanted to pay Aunt Jodie for her appearance on the show, but Kate said ‘no way’ and that ‘nobody makes money off our kids except us’. Beth was booted by Kate for some reason over the book, that Beth wrote. Beth did an interview and told that she wrote it. In other words Kate supplied the info and Beth articulated it into a book. There are so many things that are going on with these people , that a lot of people don’t know, and have been going on even before there was a show. They also go around to churches and ask for ‘love offerings’ and sell the kids pictures for about $20 a photo. I think it is ok to ask for help every once in a while, but don’t expect people to hand you donations to build a million dollar home, spa treatments every month, golf games, luxury vacations, name brand clothing,etc…oh yea, Jon just took a trip to Utah by himself for some R&R. J&K are not the only people out there who have a lot of kids, there are thousands of families who do. Why do they think they have it any harder than the other families out there?

• Only watch the show sporadically. Did catch it last night and couldn’t help but notice 1 of the twins at the dentist’s office – Cara. The poor child looked absolutely out of it – puffy eyes tired look. Is she tired of having every moment of her life documented for the public which includes all of her school friends? The parents should be concerned about the long lasting effect of this program on all the kids. Their schoolmates can now download every small detail of the families life to make fun of them with.

• thats my family that you are talking about. and i love my parents and you all are just jealous that u are not as lucky as us. if you have nothing nice to say then please don’t say it at all.

  • Cara and Maddy, is that really you? I honestly doubt it. If it is you, your like what 8 and i dont think thaty you should be on websites like this and how would you know how to spell jelous. its all not to believable. But if it is you then i love your show and please respond.

    • Ummmm………YOU are the one who can’t spell “jealous”! And why wouldn’t 8 year olds be on this web-site? It’s 2009 for goodness sake – and 8 year olds are way more intelligent than some of the people on here.

• thats my family that you are talking about. and i love my parents and you all are just jealous that u are not as lucky as us. if you have nothing nice to say then please don’t say it at all.

• Has anyone noticed how skinny kate was on the last show?

• Shelly,
  Kate has a personal trainer and is able to work out daily while the kids are with the nanny. Read that in People magazine.

• http://www.parkrecord.com/sports/ci_11445037
  Looks like they have now purchased a vacation home in Utah with all that ‘love offering’ money. Really, people need to stop giving these people money. They go to these churches giving speeches on how bad they have it, and they are buying million dollar homes all over the country. Sad, Sad, Sad.

• Lisa, all I can say is… WOW!

• Rachael, How dare I have thought Kate got up early every morning, before the kids woke up to go on long relaxing jog. Ridiculous! The only positive message I get out of this is the kids are living a good life. Maybe living it with nannies but they are living the good life.

• Rachel, sorry for misspelling your name.

• You people are crazy, you don’t like the show dont watch it

• I love jon and kate plus 8 and the people that jon and kate plus 8 should be tured off you are wrong and stupid.

• anny~
  Just because you like the show doesn’t mean what they do is right.

• That’s ok Shelly!

• This show (and all of the other “reality” shows) is disgusting. People need to stop watching this time wasting trash and deal with their own LIFE.

• Yes, I am picking up on how badly Kate treats Jon and so have a lot of other viewers. I feel sorry for him and she should lay off because he’s going bald (although I recently read he was able to afford a hair transplant from all the money they’ve made). She’s very controlling and he’s just laid back, but his face is transparent and you can see how much she irks him. I really do feel for the guy because she always gets her way and from the beginning because he didn’t even want to try for another baby, but he said he gave in and now he’s got to deal with all of it; then again maybe I shouldn’t feel so sorry that he’s a doormat and lets her walk all over him because they have so much money now.

  • I love the show. Watch it all the time. I have often wondered about the grandparents. I don’t know the reaon but every child should have grandparents if at all possible. I know Jon’s father passed away , but his mother and kates parents.Not asking for details but something tells me its all in Kates control.
    I do think Kate should watch how she speaks to Jon because it is very dis-respectful and the children will learn that.
    Aunt Jodi deserves anything she can get, and Kate is wrong and should apologize. The same for Beth. What happens when this all goes away and one day it will, for what ever reason.

• vivian I agree with you 100%. Although I don’t like J&K very much, I worry that they have become totally dependent on other peoples generousity and will not be able to make ends meet a few years after the show is gone and the love offerings have stopped. They both have educations, but in both their lines of work things change everday. Kate is a nurse, but in nursing you have to keep up your CEU hours and keep updated in that field. Same thing with the IT field. So what will they do?? I think they had better be looking into the future for the kids sake. Any money they have in the bank would probably go toward taxes and upkeep on these new proplerties they have and not to mention expenses of daily living.

• I think there comes a point in making money, where if you are smart, and get good advice, you don’t have to worry about making money, ever again. I’m in banking, and you get yourself a sizable nest egg, like they’re doing, there should be no money worries down the road.
  They are making millions. The show, donations, endorsement deals, book sales. We’re not talking thousands, we’re talking millions. Even buying two homes, they should be fine. Their fifteen minutes of fame has certainly not run out yet, and even if they only have two years left, let’s face it, the Gosselins will be set for life.

• I wish everyone would just leave them alone! Everyone has problems and I bet if we documented your lives, people would have just as much negative things to say about things you do! I don’t think they are harming their children by the show, they are giving them an experience. Besides, the kids look like they don’t mind and if it helps their income, so what! I bet you would do it too, you just have to critsize because you don’t have the chance. I think that everyone needs to just BACK OFF! Noone goes around being a judge to you, your life, marriage, and how you raise your children. Besides, if you dislike them so much, then why do you watch the show. You want it to get canceled and everyone to stop donations and watching the show. You just don’t realize that you are “donating” when you watch the show bacause people watching the show keep them on and the money keep coming in. Just get over it ad leave them alone!

• everyone should just leave them alone because they are just tring to raise eight kids and they dont need anyone to be mad at them for being strest out all the time.why are u piking on them any way dont you and your praents get mad at each other sometimes and dont you always come to a revaltion well so do jon and kate.so just leave them alone and just get back to being mad at something that realy madters.

• All families have both good and bad going on simultaneously. Jon and Kate have their good and bad moments too but it’s important to remember that they get to reflect on their own behavior in ways most of us don’t. Both the good and bad moments are recorded and they have to respond to that recording on some level. We’ve seen their relationship grow stronger over time — everyone has a lot of demons to deal with. Most of us don’t have to do it publicly.
  As for exploiting the children, it will be obvious when the children themselves begin to feel exploited and less of them will be seen on camera. For example, we alread see far less of the the twins than we do of the younger kids. I do have to caution though that what we do see of Mady and Cara is often interrupted by the adults with demeaning comments and/or eye rolls, etc. The twins will see those tapes too when they’re older and will feel bad to be demeaned by a parent. That’s never okay; not even when it might seem humorous to the person doing it.
  All in all, I really like the show. Part of what I like about it is that everyone is less than perfect but everyone also has good points. It’s more like real life than shows like the Duggars, etc. And, if someone objects to the Gosselin’s making money off the show, don’t tune in. As long as there’s an audience, there will be a show. By the way, I keep waiting for some special talents to emerge with one of more of these children. Even interests would be okay. But none of them seem self-directed so far. That’s curious. I’m also surprised that they rarely sit down and eat a meal together. Lots of families have 10 or more people at the table regularly and they all manage to sit down ad eat and talk together. And use real dinnerware as well.
  I could do without the christianity portions as well. I’m much more impressed by how someone acts than by what they say. Love your kids, love each other, act as though you love, and I’m duly impressed.

• My mom treated my dad just like Kate deals with Jon. Mom made most of the decisions and she wasn’t shy when it came to voicing her opinion. She could be extremely critical and at the same time she was the one we reached for in dire times because we knew she had the capacity to find a way out of a bad situation. She seemed like a tirant and he came off like a wimp at times but they were anything but that. She was the dominant one in their union and he just took it all in stride. Just like Jon & Kate. Poppo ‘allowed’ her to be herself and taught us all to count our blessings. He said, “stop worrying about things that don’t matter and save it for when hard times will truly be upon us.” And he was right. Cancer came calling and along with it came other diseases, accidents, profound disappointments. It took a long time for us kids to understand why she seemed to speak down to him and why he tolerated it. He taught us to stop thinking about it so much and to let them deal with their own situations in their own way. As they got older, she got much better and loosened her grip but until the end, he always did things her way and really seemed to enjoy pleasing her. Whether it be with a beautiful piece of jewelry or a juicy tomato from his garden, he gave her love in his own way. His motto was always, “let it go in one ear and out the other.” Her’s was, “Do as I say, not as I do.” Yet he always came first in her life and she let him know often that no matter what, they were lucky to have each other. They were opposites in so many ways but also had so very much in common and they found ways to make it all work out well. When it gets right down to it, however couples choose to make their lives come together in harmony, or not, is just none of anyones business but their own. Corny but true. It is just none of our business. On “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” the main focus is and should be the children, not the parents. What I get from the show is that they are being brought up with so much love and respect for each other that it literally warms my heart. The show makes me laugh, cry, and is a real blues-chaser when I need one. The kids are being brought up right, and in an old-fashioned, down home, blue collar way and everyday they learn from each other and in every episode, I learn from them. Jon is a real straight shooter and lets the kids be themselves when he feels they needs to. He digs down deep to find the patience he needs to deal with a housefull of noise and chaos, to find a way to support his huge family as well as keeping a stiff upper lip when the world is watching him sit in the ‘hot seat’ with his wife. Kate is a mom who doesn’t miss a trick, just what those kids need most. She’s the first to admit it when she doesn’t know something such as what ‘par 3’ means. (I’ll bet thousands of fans learned from that episode.) She never claims to be the ‘perfect one.’ They are like a lion and lioness and will fight to the death for their ‘pride.’ Yet both of them time and time again admit their mistakes to each other. And on camera in front of the world no less!!!The kids are going to grow up knowing that their parents did everything they possibly could to make sure they had a good home, complete with lots of noise, laughs, sorrows, triumphs, discipline, and the ferocious love of parents who did their best to keep them healthy and happy. My prediction is that at some point they will cut the cameras loose and breath long and strong again. They will know when it’s time. Until then, focus on the kids growing strong and not how Jon and Kate talk to each other. Sure, they receive gifts and contributions but at what cost to them? They not only have the responsibility to raise 8 children they have to snap to it at a moments notice for the camera. It just cannot be easy people so, please, stop with the critisism and give them a break. Your missing the best part if you can’t see that the show is so much fun to watch. Or not. You have the channel changer so stop complaining and give yourselves the gift that the Gosselins’ so graciously give…the joy of them sharing their precious kids with the world. The show is funny, smart, heart warming and entertaining to me. I hope it stays around until all 8 are bestowing gifts of grandchildren to the ever deserving, Jon & Kate.

• hi im 10 and im like obssessed with this show i started watching it when it first came on ive heard about it alot and so i started watching it now im like so obssessed with it i have her book called multtiple blessings and its really good i went and met her she sighned my book and i really need some one to talk to about the show i love it especially cara and the sextuplets cuz we are so much alike and if anyone wants to talk about the show plez email me lemon_lime_soda123@yahoo.com

• W

• what is with kate’s hair? it looks terrible. is she too busy to get it
  cut. maybe one layer, instead of 5. rooster isn’t a good look for her.

  • I agree! I’m thinking she’s trying four different styles to see (I hope) which one she likes best. Too long in front, spikey short in back. YUCK!!! What’s she thinking? Is this a new “style”??

• I think that Kate’s hair looks good. I watched the new episode tonight and I thought it looked really nice. Kate is NOT the type of person to let herself go. Maybe the cut just isn’t your style.

• everyone has problems in their family, no one is perfect, and i bet if you all were picked and watched under a microscope, you would be scrutinized and you would have tons of people who don’t like you. so get over yourselves and stop thinking and acting like you do no wrong.

  ANYWAY, i hate kate’s hair. loved the new episode though. i think the kids are still so adorable even if they’re older. some kids seem to lose their “cuteness” factor, ie shirley temple.. but luckily these kids have yet for it to go away.

  and ps i meet kate gosselin on thursday :D

• Hey Lesley. I’m glad you’re still around! I loved the show too, and I hate Kate’s hair as well. Boy I wish it grow out or something. She looks so good, tan and thin, but that hair just get’s me. Oh well. At least I like the color.
  Can’t wait to hear about meeting her.

• Why are people “assuming” that because they have “read on the internet” or “seen on tv” that they are receiving / spending this money in particular ways that it is true? And really – what business is it of ours? Those children are way more well adjusted than a lot of other children out there, and Kate may seem “bossy, controlling, etc., etc.,” but you are not there, and are only seeing what the editing is allowing you to see. Of course the Producers of the show want to build up controversy – that means ratings! If you don’t like the show, or are put off for some reason, then pick up the remote and turn it off. You don’t have to sit and judge them all day long – I am sure you have plenty of things going on in your world that we could sit and write about!

• They have enough NOW. Look how they started. Going to play golf or the spa….needed to keep your sanity with children…not a crime.

  I love this show.
  I hate the haters..
  The haters in the same situation…would do the same thing…..they just hate because their lives are not as exciting and they aren’t on the free road………….

  Companies give to this family for exposure…so who is using who..no one…..you scratch my back…i’ll scratch yours….

• i just think that if you people were offered the things the gosselins have been offered and given in life, you would accept them in a heartbreat. so stop being a hypocrite because you must be out of your mind if you weren’t to accept the free trips, the hair transplant, and of course the television show which made them multi millionares.

  ps i meet kate tomorrow, i will tell everyone how it goes

• Of course everyone would except all those things. I agree 100%!
  Have fun Lesley, meeting Kate, and by all means let us know.

• Love the show, love the family, and for goodness sakes if someone gave my family that opportunity to make sure they were provided for I would be eternally grateful and go for it. I believe they are very appropriate with the exposure of the kids, what they are wearing, and that they are stable and healthy.
  How many people judge kids in the movie industry, that are working and making money. How about kids that are working in theater, or on weekly TV shows? Seriously…
  now, I have 5 kids and that is a ton of work. Its continual cooking and cleaning. Jon and Kate both do an amazing job of maintaining the home. Personally I have said that if I ever came into money etc I would for sure hire someone to help with those tasks so they were done as well as possible. Think of the time I could spend individually with my kids!
  If I had to chance, I would like to congradulate them on sharing their lives. Does this mean that President Obamas kids now should not be photographed in their daily lives? I for one am using Malia as a role model to my own 10 year old daughter.
  Please know that there are fans out there admiring you J&K!

  • I have been watching this show since the first season. At first I was interested in how busy Jon and Kate’s house was because my house is just as busy. I run a home daycare and found myself really bonding with Kate and all the craziness she dealt with daily. I also felt it therapeutic to listen to Jon and Kate get their frustrations out with each other and the children, on camera. I often could relate to her feelings.
    I think they are genuinely good people and want what is best for their children but I have to ask “Are they in Therapy”? They NEED IT!!!!! I mean, Kate constantly harasses Jon over every little thing! The way he talks, walks, sits…..from what I see watching the show…..she is an English major and he doesn’t know how to speak it! Does she really think she’s that perfect? If I ever talked to my husband the way she does he would leave me in a heart beat! Jon is her little whipping boy! I have a message for Kate “IT IS CALLED VERBAL ABUSE “!!!!!!! I am really starting to turn away from the show because I find it so offending at how Kate has no respect for Jon who she remarried in Hawaii, to declare round two, of their supposedly never ending love!
    As far as over exposing the kids, yes if you have the chance and offer to make money off of your own life story, do it. I don’t think Jon and Kate are over exposing their children. Well, at least not from the TLC show.
    Kate claims it is her type A personality but I think it is her just being a spoiled little brat! The time will come when a new family moves in town as of the couple in Calf. Who just gave birth to octuplets and Kate’s money making years, extravagant vacations to Calf., Utah and the Oprah show will be over! Until then, my opinion is she is a hypocrite! So instead of watching the show because of my love for children and looking for someone to relate to…. I am switching to watch the Duggers ? They at least have respect for one another!!!

    • Congratulate them for what???? Being Parent and doing what parent do!!! Some of you people are pathedic- the show is sooo boring and i caught a couple of episodes and have to say they are not interesting…
      TLC should give a show to the new family with 8 Babies

    • I don’t see how watching the Duggers from 17 kids and counting is any better. They really do not pay that much attention to their children. Each older child is “assigned” a younger child to help take care of. That is NOT good parenting. You’re making your children grow up waaay too fast, and making them parent the younger ones. I believe that is MUCH worse than Jon and Kate plus Eight. Also, I find it ironic how the kids aren’t allowed to watch tv, yet they are allowed to film a tv show? Isn’t that sending a bit of a mixed message? I think that this family has more kids than they can take care of, as if obvious by their lack of parenting.

  • Congratulate them for what???? Being Parent and doing what parent do!!! Some of you people are pathedic- the show is sooo boring and i caught a couple of episodes and have to say they are not interesting…
    TLC should give a show to the new family with 8 Babies

• I am a big fan of Jon & Kate’s show. I have no children and am in my mid 40’s. This is my first time on this website because I enjoy the show so much. I am really surprised at what I am reading and the video of Jodi. Kate, Please respond to this. Is this all true?

  • ummmm Get a life

• Lesley, did you meet them???? Hurry up give us a play by play of your day. Thanks!

  • Rachel, you should get out more- than give us a play by play when you get a life

• lavidjio

• I just saw an ad in my local newspaper for a bank/financial institution that was using a picture of Cara and Mady from when they were five/six. I thought that was interesting. (Because the show is supposed to promote understanding and be a glimpse into their lives, and yet here they are using them for advertising, and not just product placement wither. Wholly unconnected with the show.) Any body else have any thoughts on that?

  • Johanna,

    What is the name of your local newspaper? I’d like to check that out.
    Thanks.

    • im such a big fan of jon and kate plus eight and right know im actually watching when they get married again. im actually only 12 years old but there kids are so adrobale. if you through a picture at me of all the kids i well be able to name all.

• so i DID meet kate gosselin last night. it was at a church in houston, a huge church, and she was there along with two other women who go around the country and speak, much less well known though.

  anyway, so they announced her and she came onto the stage, and she looks exactly like she does on the show. her hair is the same, her skin tone is the same, everything. i do not like her hair AT ALL, how it’s long in the front and short in the back, and it even looks worse in person.

  anyway, so she told her story that i’d heard hundreds of times, then it was time for a book signing and autographs, and not just from her but also for the other two women and ayiesha wood, a christian singer, who was there also. so don’t think this was all about publicity for kate because it was just as much for the other women there as well. oh and also, when she was speaking it just felt like you were watching another episode. she was just talking and making jokes and laughing, and so how she is on the show is how she is in person as well.

  so the big foyer in the church flooded with people, and my two friends and i seriously ran to the line and, i kid you not, there had to have been 4,000 people in line for an autograph and picture with kate. it was the longest line i’d ever stood in before. so we waited, and honestly it only took about half an hour or so to get to kate, so it did go fast, and here’s why..

  so they have all these people there who help run the book signing i guess, and you walk up and they take the book, and another woman takes your camera. and you seriously have to run onto the stage, turn and smile while kate signs your book, and then walk off. it goes so fast and i really do not like the people who were running it because it was over in seriously two seconds. though i did say hi to kate, and she said how are you? and i said fine, and then she returned the book and i said thank you, and she said thank you for coming.

  so even if it did go fast, i still met kate gosselin and despite what other people say about THEIR meeting kate gosselin, my expierence was wonderful.

  • Love this show also……..Kate is a wonderful Mom…but I have also picked up on the way she is always correcting Jon..Poor fellow he seems to just go with the flow….what choice does he have…But all in all they seem to be a happy family…I don’t see how they do it. Now my question is this…WHERE IS THE REST OF THEIR FAMILY, MOMS, DADS, SISTERS, BROTHERS, AUNTS, UNCLES…the only member I remember seeing was a brother of Kates and it was for such a short second and Jons Mom…..Can anyone explain all of that to me. Seems for a couple who are so “family” oriented they would be proud to feature a complete family now and then….thanks for any information

  • Every time a new episode comes on, I PRAY that Kate has done something BETTER with her hair. The style USED TO BE kinda cute, but now it is just plain appalling. Thank goodness someone else agrees!! And, p.s., I sure hope I have pronounced everything in here correctly.

    • I love,love,love kates hair.
      Its so stylish and carefree.
      I think the family is great and the gosselins are wonderful parents.
      They are such REAL people and deserve every greatness in the world.

    • For a “germaphobic” Kate is always touching her “out of style “hair and the little girls hair is always hanging in thier eyes,moth,etc.

  • I think anyone who watches this show has issues – This family is not normal…i’m not judging, stating facts only…Look at the way they treat each other….This show is not on ever in my house

    Her hair looks like crap…get a new style..anyone who loves her hair definitely has no sense of style…

    Get a new look already

• I also met Kate last night in Houston. I thought it was wonderful that she stayed and signed every single autograpah and like the person before me said there were thousands of people in the line.

  I didn’t even know when my picture was taken because it did happen so fast. When I walked up to the stage I was so confused as to who to hand my camera to and who to hand my book to. So i walked up to the table and I said “Hi Kate, its so nice to meet you” and she said “It’s nice to meet you too.” Then as I leaving I managed to blurt out “Your children are precious”. That was my experience meeting Kate.

  I have been watching the show ever since the Sextuplets special aired way back when they were babies, so it was exciting to get to meet Kate.

  And yes, she looks just like she does on TV, skinner in person, but otherwise the same.

• I was at Champion Forrest last night also. Kate was very sweet and genuine. It was great seeing her in person. But VERY long lines, I am glad to hear that it went fast. Now I wish I would have stayed and got the pic and autograph. Oh well!

• Hey, thanks to all of you that told of your meeting Kate. I’m so glad it went well, and that she was nice. Thank God. I am so tired of all the Kate trash, good to hear something good.

• I think jon is beginning to stick up for himself….kate has a mean streak twards jon but not the children. go figure!

• I think jon is beginning to stick up for himself….kate has a mean streak twards jon but not the children. go figure!

• TLC if you are reading this… it’s time for another show on Mondays. It’s the same old stuff now with this family: Kate being mean to her husband and boys, and nice to the girls except for Mady (actually spelled Maddy). I love TLC but I don’t like this show. At first I watched it because I liked to see the toddlers, but now that they’re older it’s boring. All it is about is Kate complaining.

  It’s time to move on TLC!

  Thanks for reading. :)

  • And I thought I was the only one who recognized the fact that she dotes on the girls and ignores the boys!

• If anybody is interested the Gosslins old house is on the market
  for 350,000.00.
  brwnstone.com
  go under Agent: Debbie Tobias Lotier
  The house address is 2190 Andrew Ave
  Hershey, PA

• i don’t think tlc is going to take this show off the air because you complained trisha. they would say the same thing that i’m about to say – change the channel, or turn off the tv. if you hate it so much, why do you look up blogs about the family? youre wasting your time on something you don’t like? you kind of contradicted yourself.

  anyway ; tomorrow’s episode is about their new house. i’ll miss it because of drivers ed but i’ll record it of course !

• TLC won’t take that show off it’s a hit! I’m excited to see the new house tonight. I hope it’s an hour episode.

  • no one is indispensible

• I have a problem with parents not working to support their family. Neither one of these parents work, they rely on ratings and sales of their books, speaking engagements ect. These kids do the same things all other kids their ages do, there are just more of them. So what happens to these kids, when the interest wears off, are their parents going to stand in the unemployemt line?

• sara, i would like to state that jon and kate may not have “normal” jobs, per se, but i would have to disagree and say they do work. kate must travel all the time to keep up with book signing and speaking engagements. as i stood in line to meet her, there had to been at least 4,000 people there waiting to meet her, and kate gosselin signed each one of their books. it must have taken till at least midnight, and i’m sure she flew back to PA or her next stop that very same night.

  and i think the gosselins are going to be well off for the rest of their lives, even if they were to cancel the show soon, which by the way, i doubt they will be doing.

  kate may not be a nurse any longer and jon may not work at some big computer company, but they definitely are working. and if it wasn’t for all their hard work at the beginning of the sextuplet’s lives, then they wouldn’t be where they are now. so frankly, i believe they deserve it.

  • I agree. They both work really hard. Keeping house and raising 8 children while being filmed and going to different engagements is more than a full time job. Don’t begrudge someone what they have if they’ve worked for it.

• So the kids are still paying the price, Mom is always gone traveling doing book signings and speaking engagements. So they are being raised by the Organic chef they have or a nanny. The public is supporting this family. Something is wrong when your own family won’t talk to you. These people have done nothing special but to take fertilty drugs and exploit their children to live the easy life. When the curosity wears off, and it will, I guess Jon will be back in line to receive heating assistance. I choose to support my own children, not ones living in million dollar houses.

• I love watching Jon and Kate. I do think sometimes she is rude to him but he is a grown man and he chooses to take it. I think she is a good mother and i love to watch the differant things they do on the show. I would love to meet them and I can’t wait to watch the episodes of them moving into their new house.

• i would assume these kids are pretty happy, living in a huge house, tons of acres to run around. and did you really say the chef raises them? seriously? it’s like you don’t watch the show at all. you do not know these kids and you don’t know if they’re unhappy or not.. but by the looks of it – they’re just fine.

  watch an episode or two, then come back and blog. because i HIGHLY doubt the chef raises the kids.

• i wouldnt be surprised if jon divorced kate when the kids turn 18!

  • ********************

    First off, I do not watch this show anymore…I do not allow my children to watch this deranged family. I don’t watch this for many reasons. The way they treat each other is disguisting. They are disrespectful to each other and scream and put each other down in front of their children. Is it any wonder the kids all seem miserable and nervous- not to mention major behavioral problems. They are never smiling- and look scared. Wonder how Kate treats them when the cameras aren’t rolling. It also seems like she had the children and that was it, now she can’t be bothered with them. She talks to them like dirt and is extrememly sarcastic and totally unlikeable. I’m all for seeing people rise above and become successful but the show is extremely hard to watch especially when the parents are shouting, putting each other down and acting like fools on camera. If they were down to earth and loving and maybe had personalities than it would be a different story. Talk about uninteresting !!!! I watched a couple of episodes and was disguisted . How can the show pride itself on protraying a family with sets of multiples struggling when TLC just bought them a $1.4 M Home??? Again, if they acted different and showed appreciation than it would be a different story- but it’s almost like they expect everything. How can parents like jon & kate who are in a loveless marriage write a book about their children and thriving and surviving? Wasn’t she a nurse at one time??? She had to have known if she took fertility drugs, this could happen…why were they surprised. I wish it were off the air- As for anyone who watches this program with their children, wake up… this family is not a role model. They have serious mental issues …and the children definitely show signs of social problems. Why was one of the babies wearing glasses when he was in diapers??? That is not normal..Some of the down sides of having multiples..but when you are money hungry and greed…you don’t see the flip side of it-

    And why does Kate always seem stressed out??? She needs to lighten up and get a personality. She’s a typical Aires selfish see the world the way I see it person..Oh, and money hungry & selfish- and cares about one person..herself-

    I don’t know why people would buy the DVD’s …ever heard of TIVO…

    Ok, you had 2 sets of multiples…. WHOOPIE!!!

    Our world is falling apart…people losing jobs and their homes…and you see them on TV going on trips and buying a new home and they all look miserable and depressed….Why? They don’t have to work..they have hired help…
    why are they stressed out…all kate does is sleep in…so you had your children..take care of them…

    • well said, Anna. Amen.

• Seriously, did we have to hear constantly about the dirty frig! You just bought a million plus dollar home, maybe you should have sprung for a new one. And why is Kate always doing something else, besides just enjoying her kids. Also didn’t like how Maddy was kicking Alexis. I’m really trying to like that woman, but every week my opinion of her keeps going down. I’m really starting to feel sorry for Jon. If that is what she allow’s to be shown on TV, what the heck is she like for real.

• Okay, so let’s all face it Kate is a BITCH! We all know it, the sad part about this whole thing is Jon and Kate are both educated, why are they on a TV show paying them I’m sure a very large sum of money to video type their lives. There is not reason why Kate and Jon cannot work, pay child support, and deal with what we all deal with on a day to day bases. To be honest I would be more interested in watching a family with limited funds, have a show with a similar premiss then watch two educated people become millionaires. Does anyone see my point? JON and KATE why dont you volunteer or give some of that money to families who really need it…oh that right you are looking out for yourself just like most americans.

  • Actually if you watched the show then you would see that they do donate to certain charities, for example the yard sale they had where they raised over a thousand dollars for pediatric cancer patients. And frankly, their lives aren’t “normal” since they have 6 children who are 4 years old plus a set of twins only a couple of years older. Also, you will never be able to watch a reality show about “normal” people, making a “normal” income. Because if anyone signs on for a show they will make money! And honestly, if they hadn’t done the show the whole family would probably be pretty destitute. People can only make so much money, especially with the number of children they have. It would be completely different if they had 8 kids separately and had planned for it (like the Duggars), but to get 6 kids sprung on you, thats a huge undertaking and I don’t blame them for jumping at a chance to make some more money to make their children’s lives better. I am so tired of hearing people complain about this family. If you don’t like it then don’t watch it. It;s not their fault that your jealous about the amount of money they have made.

    • Lying eyes tell it all. She never once looked at the camera when she spoke of the donation and the amount. She looked down every time.

  • She’s a greedy money hungry person…
    I don’t watch that show…I don’t know anyone who does…

• I am not a Kate fan. I feel bad for Jon more so than like him. His character portrayed on the show is VERY childish and naive. Hopefully he really isn’t like that in real-life. I can’t believe how fast Kate rushed having kids. Jon had absolutely no say in that situation.

  Despite the rush, the kids are beautiful; all of them. I have watched them grow since episode one.

  I was very critical of the Gosselins moving into a mansion of the house before I watched todays show. When the kids ran into the house for the first time, they seemed so happy. When Alexis thanked her mom, upstairs in her room, that did it for me. I will no longer be critical of the new house. Those kids need that space.

• The family is in tack for now.

  I think Jon is just going with the flow of things , Yes Kate is rather rude at times . I hope she watches the show and realizes it. The kids already do . You will find the the twins are getting more and more like Jon, and yes that is a good thing . Kate , to me seems as if she is saying I gave birth to these kids and now let some one else deal with them. Main-ly Jon .
  She has help all during the day and as much as she needs her down time , Jon does as well.
  It’s time for Jon to take a trip away for him self.
  Kate shold send the kids to day care and take time for her self during the day . Then when Jon get home from work she should have the kids under some kind of control so Jon can rest and take 5.

  • yeah, if she LETS him SCHEDULE it.

• I know I’ll probably be flamed for this but here goes.. I think people need to butt out their lives. I go to church with these folks and don’t live but a mile or two from them and know how their living so most everyone on here just guessing that they’re living well above their means. Sheesh, most read a story on the web and are off to the races from there.
  Listen, until you walk a mile in their shoes then you have no rights to judge their lives. My daughter spent almost 10 years on television while she was growing up and believe me, people intrude on your life, weirdos think they know you and will actually approach the kids in an inappropiate manner and there are lies made up in the media, net, etc.. So don’t always believe what you read or even see. They may edit Kate to look like she bickers more with Jon. Makes for better TV.
  So, just some food for thought before you judge this family. I for one feel for them ..

  • shuuut up…who cares if you live down their block….whoppie!

    loser

• My son was killed in a car accident and I loved him with all of my heart. We were buddies. It breaks my heart to see Kate interact with her children…it seems like she is not capable of showing love to anyone. I think she is a cold person and is very unfriendly to people that have been on the show (in stores, hotels, etc.) I’m not sure why she even had a show…she had babies. She’s not a sports figure, singer, actor, etc. Just a person who had babies. If I could tell Kate one thing it would be, “love all of your children like they might not be here tomorrow because there are no guarantees.” I know that first-hand. I would never have forgiven myself if my son would have walked out the door without my telling him how much I love him and giving him a hug. I’m so grateful to have that.

• to julianne – the fridge is built in if you noticed the cabinets that made up the doors. i watched the show with my dad last night and he works on houses and knows very much about homes and it was either that fridge or no fridge, so no they couldn’t just “spring” for a new one.

  and personally i liked the episode. kate only talked about the fridge for a segment of the show, it wasn’t like she carried it out for the entire episode. and about mady kicking alexis. um, they’re children and kids? and better yet, they’re SIBLINGS. so yes, youre going to see some kicking and hitting. when my sister and i were younger we kicked and hit each other all the time, because that’s what kids and sisters do. it’s not some abnormal thing. they still love each other.

  i believe you all just find the SMALLEST things to critisize this family, when in fact, i bet if your lives were out on camera.. tons of people would be disgusted at what they saw as well. youre not perfect, so stop being rude to people who aren’t either becuase you’ll be very disappointed to find out that NO ONE IS PERFECT. i guess you all didn’t know that?

  • For crying out loud, Leslie..are you sleeping with Kate? You’ve got your nose so far up that shows ass to ever see again. Shut up already, your a pompas child and your comments reflect that! So shut up!

• im just annoyed that they are making millions for doing nothing…they had kids. so waht- everyone does..and they chose to use the fertility treatment knowing the risks- any other family would weigh the risks of multiples to their finacial means…and now WE- america, who tunes in every monday is paying them millions- bc if not for us tuning in they wouldnt be on air and making money… what about those of us who help the economy and country- why dont we make the millions,, im tired of celebrities and athletes amking so much money. they do nothing for the world. im a nurse and make chump change in my state and save lives, and yes i know kate was a nurse, or what about garbage men, or roofers, or anyone who does any job millionaires are too good to do.. if it was all about showing the world our lives, they should do it for free and work like everyone else- that would really be a look into a mom with sextuplets and twins, working, cooking and working hard to raise a family like the rest of the world. and also, it cracks me up that they feel like they are doing something no one else has done- mothers for centuries have had many babies, more than 8 and done it on less..and on yahoo today the news story is that a mother as the 2nd set of octuplets…so its being done everyday by many families..showing us their new million dollar home was less than kind i think it was a slap in the face..

• Here’s a thought- maybe Kate should have just left the fridge with all its mold in it so that her children can get sick. Most of you people are so disturbing with your comments. She was looking out for the best interest of her children – I am sure at this point she could have hired a cleaning lady to do the nasty work and perhaps been at a Spa while Jon was on the new property with the children- now that would give you all a reason to raise your eyebrows. I was a little disturbed with Mady kicking Alexis, but I am pretty sure Alexis had been told to stay out of her room. These twins had all these children come in thier lives all at one time and I think they may have to struggle with liking them all the time. Mady knew better then to kick (she was giving looks towards the camera that told you she knew she shouldnt be doing it) but Alexis also knew better. All families have problems, they are just not exposed on national TV.

• I thought last nights “New House” episode was disturbing. Again why does kate have to talk to Jon like she does. And as far as Maddy kicking a little kid that was uncalled for. I grew up with 1 older brother and 1 younger brother and they never touched me and I never touched them. And my own 2 boys I never had or have a problem with them kicking each other or anyone else. I would never stand for that. They respect each other.
  And why was kate so out of control when the younger kids needed help in the bathroom. They are her kids too. This show is getting impossible to watch!

  • Stop watching it like we did….

• Ok so if the refrigerator breaks they can never get a new one?

• I like it when Kate yells at Jon and the kids just look at Kate and Jon somtimes i watch Jon and Kate Plus Eight. Iam a big fan of Jon and Kate Plus Eight

• Kate is a BITCH and Jon is a WHIS. The kids shoulde all
  know by now that you do not kick and scream. Kids do
  not need a mansion – they need a normal life without
  cameras and publicity. I will continue to watch until I see
  the new house furnished. Then we will see what else the
  kids cannot live without.l
  GET REAL!!
  .

• i love jon and kate plus eight im obseessd with this show to its my favoret show i dont think jon wants to muder kate i love all the kids but maddy is kind of a brat but i still like watching there show im watching it right now i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee this show its on chanel 41 on tlc i love watching all the shows and hanna,lea,alexsis,joll,collen,aden,maddy and cara,jon and kate this show is asome and i love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • you should get out more and get a life

• i love jon and kate plus eight im obseessd with this show to its my favoret show i dont think jon wants to muder kate i love all the kids but maddy is kind of a brat but i still like watching there show im watching it right now its on chanel 41 on tlc i love watching all the shows and hanna,lea,alexsis,joll,collen,aden,maddy and cara,jon and kate this show is asome and i love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • wow, you need to get out more dude….your pathedic

    get uh life

• The built in part is permanent but the mechanical parts are not. The refrigerator wiring and motor are in a drawer above the doors. If any parts break, the drawer is opened and repairs are made.

  • Enough about the damn fridge….AND THE PARTS…..WHO CARES!?!?

• I pray that you all get the mental help you need.

• I have been watching this show since the first season. At first I was interested in how busy Jon and Kate’s house was because my house is just as busy. I run a home daycare and found myself really bonding with Kate and all the craziness she dealt with daily. I also felt it therapeutic to listen to Jon and Kate get their frustrations out with each other and the children, on camera. I often could relate to her feelings.
  I think they are genuinely good people and want what is best for their children but I have to ask “Are they in Therapy”? They NEED IT!!!!! I mean, Kate constantly harasses Jon over every little thing! The way he talks, walks, sits…..from what I see watching the show…..she is an English major and he doesn’t know how to speak it! Does she really think she’s that perfect? If I ever talked to my husband the way she does he would leave me in a heart beat! Jon is her little whipping boy! I have a message for Kate “IT IS CALLED VERBAL ABUSE “!!!!!!! I am really starting to turn away from the show because I find it so offending at how Kate has no respect for Jon who she remarried in Hawaii, to declare round two, of their supposedly never ending love!
  As far as over exposing the kids, yes if you have the chance and offer to make money off of your own life story, do it. I don’t think Jon and Kate are over exposing their children. Well, at least not from the TLC show.
  Kate claims it is her type A personality but I think it is her just being a spoiled little brat! The time will come when a new family moves in town as of the couple in Calf. Who just gave birth to octuplets and Kate’s money making years, extravagant vacations to Calf., Utah and the Oprah show will be over! Until then, my opinion is she is a hypocrite! So instead of watching the show because of my love for children and looking for someone to relate to…. I am switching to watch the Duggers ? They at least have respect for one another!!!

• I have been watching this show since the first season. At first I was interested in how busy Jon and Kate’s house was because my house is just as busy. I run a home daycare and found myself really bonding with Kate and all the craziness she dealt with daily. I also felt it therapeutic to listen to Jon and Kate get their frustrations out with each other and the children, on camera. I often could relate to her feelings.
  I think they are genuinely good people and want what is best for their children but I have to ask “Are they in Therapy”? They NEED IT!!!!! I mean, Kate constantly harasses Jon over every little thing! The way he talks, walks, sits…..from what I see watching the show…..she is an English major and he doesn’t know how to speak it! Does she really think she’s that perfect? If I ever talked to my husband the way she does he would leave me in a heart beat! Jon is her little whipping boy! I have a message for Kate “IT IS CALLED VERBAL ABUSE “!!!!!!! I am really starting to turn away from the show because I find it so offending at how Kate has no respect for Jon who she remarried in Hawaii, to declare round two, of their supposedly never ending love!
  As far as over exposing the kids, yes if you have the chance and offer to make money off of your own life story, do it. I don’t think Jon and Kate are over exposing their children. Well, at least not from the TLC show.
  Kate claims it is her type A personality but I think it is her just being a spoiled little brat! The time will come when a new family moves in town as of the couple in Calf. Who just gave birth to octuplets and Kate’s money making years, extravagant vacations to Calf., Utah and the Oprah show will be over! Until then, my opinion is she is a hypocrite! So instead of watching the show because of my love for children and looking for someone to relate to…. I am switching to watch the Duggers ? They at least have respect for one another!!!

• I have been watching this show since the first season. At first I was interested in how busy Jon and Kate’s house was because my house is just as busy. I run a home daycare and found myself really bonding with Kate and all the craziness she dealt with daily. I also felt it therapeutic to listen to Jon and Kate get their frustrations out with each other and the children, on camera. I often could relate to her feelings.
  I think they are genuinely good people and want what is best for their children but I have to ask “Are they in Therapy”? They NEED IT!!!!! I mean, Kate constantly harasses Jon over every little thing! The way he talks, walks, sits…..from what I see watching the show…..she is an English major and he doesn’t know how to speak it! Does she really think she’s that perfect? If I ever talked to my husband the way she does he would leave me in a heart beat! Jon is her little whipping boy! I have a message for Kate “IT IS CALLED VERBAL ABUSE “!!!!!!! I am really starting to turn away from the show because I find it so offending at how Kate has no respect for Jon who she remarried in Hawaii, to declare round two, of their supposedly never ending love!
  As far as over exposing the kids, yes if you have the chance and offer to make money off of your own life story, do it. I don’t think Jon and Kate are over exposing their children. Well, at least not from the TLC show.
  Kate claims it is her type A personality but I think it is her just being a spoiled little brat! The time will come when a new family moves in town as of the couple in Calf. Who just gave birth to octuplets and Kate’s money making years, extravagant vacations to Calf., Utah and the Oprah show will be over! Until then, my opinion is she is a hypocrite! So instead of watching the show because of my love for children and looking for someone to relate to…. I am switching to watch the Duggers ? They at least have respect for one another!!!

• What a house. But how embarrassing for the former owners to hear Kate whine about how grimey the house was. Did that HAVE to be included in the episode? I don’t know of anyone who has their home professionally cleaned when they vacate it. I hope they have socked away the million dollars or so they will need to educate their children. There is a set of sextuplets near our home. Unfortunately several of those kids have some serious medical issues. Kate visited this mom on a recent book tour. The mom had never seen J & K + 8. This family is barely scraping by like most other large families. Lets face it — the Gosslin kids are now an industry and the meal ticket for the whole family. Guaranteed problems at some point. I hear they have shut out Kate’s brother and Aunt Jodi. I really hope that is not true but I suspect it is (I saw Jodi’s video). Now Jodi should be Kate’s role model. Jodi appears to be a very patient, thoughtful, creative mother. Hope things turn out well for the Gosslin kids but it might be a tough road.

• Does anybody have anything better to do than talk about people that you dont even know. Unless any of you have two sets of multiples, I would leave the criticisms alone. Just about every comment on this page has something negative to say about the way Jon and especially Kate acts. Think about how you would act if you were in their position. If any of you had cameras in your house Im sure people would think some thing was wrong twith you too. It is what it is. If you don’t like it, don’t wach it.

  • ahhhh
    shuuut up

• It’s so unfortunate that TLC didn’t show the Olympic size swimming pool on the side.

• Also, How can Kate tell those kids not to Ever go in her room…the kids paid for it.

  • she is pure evil

• I jsut saw the previews to next weeks show and Kate looks pretty scarey at the front door.

  • haha…

• Well, I’ll try to say something nice. I loved how the children we all so excited about the new house. I can’t wait to see it with some furniture.
  I wonder if they even realized it has a pool. I guess “getting a dog” is coming up. It is really big, those living area’s seemed enormous. Should be quite fun seeing them all living in this beautiful home. They don’t even need to go anywhere now.

• I used to love this show and could easily relate to the everyday struggles of being parents to young children every season is getting worse… Kate is so Cocky to Jon its annoying.. The older kids are spoiled Brats and the new house Is a slap in the Face NO more Crying poverty.. The show overall sucks it a waste of Time she cant even take a few moment to help the youngest children in the bathroom, Sad i live in Pa I hope she is reported to child services, The children are unsupervised, un-loved, and understimmulated I am surprised they even have a fan base anymore . They certainly do not deserve the $$ what a waste.. I hope everone realizes the truth take a good look at the kids do they look happy? does Jon?

  • I totaly agree I used to love this show, but i think Kate is terrible now, has anyone else noticed her new fake tan! She seems uniterested in the kids and the show. Shes coming across mean and self absorbed. What a shame money had changed them so much. She needs to be careful that people dont tune out.

• It’s obvious Kate makes the whole family miserable with her NPD:

  amoral/conscienceless
  authoritarian
  care only about appearances
  contemptuous
  critical of others
  cruel
  disappointing gift-givers
  don’t recognize own feelings
  envious and competitive
  feel entitled
  flirtatious or seductive
  grandiose
  hard to have a good time with
  hate to live alone
  hyper-sensitive to criticism
  impulsive
  lack sense of humor
  naive
  passive
  pessimistic
  religious
  secretive
  self-contradictory
  stingy
  strange work habits
  unusual eating habits
  weird sense of time

• To This Show Stinks: There are still ton’s of people that don’t notice.
  Loyal fans through and through. Amazing to me how there are two solid groups of lovers and haters out there. I agree totally with you, and I suppose I need a life, (that’s what the lovers will say), or stop watching.
  But every time I do watch my attitude about them is justified, and I can’t believe the lover’s don’t see it. She couldn’t wipe a butt? She’s in the house cleaning, and she just had to get Jon, who was with some children already, to come in and help. Maybe it’s all staged, but I just can’t imagine she would allow herself to be portrayed that way. Maybe the controversy makes money for them, who knows.

  • To julianne, At this point I could have washed my own Fridge instead of wasting 30 min off my life watching this pointless show . I would really like to see the behind the camera footage Jon and Kate being filmed in secret if she is this rude On camera I cannot immagine how she is Off camera. Dirty Hands are not an Option for Kate Poopy But =Jons duty LOL.. So pathetic these people are sad Miserable FAKE and overall a disgusting excuse for parents. I hope someone notices the writing on the wall or shall I say the $hit on the foor!! and the kids get some help. I feel bad for everyone who got sucked into thier Con and sent things like money and gift to this “Struggling” family when there are REAL people in need.

• It wasn’t very Asian of Jon to agree to keep the kids out of the master bedroom. The house was amazing, though. =)

  • I thought the same thing. I think they’ll have plenty of privacy without making their bedroom off limits at all times. Never to ever step foot in it again. How sad for Jon and Kate not to want their children to cuddle up on the bed with them. By the way, what ever happened to their best friends Beth and Bob?

• lets take a poll when kate takes a poo does she wipe herself or call for Jon?

  • She probably makes him do it. He is nothing but a pooper, scooper…

  • You know she does….:)

  • She calls out for Jon, but he makes her wait while he spends 4 hours cleaning a fridge!

• i’d rather get a pap smear than watch this crap…

• agreed i watched this for 2 minutes- why is a baby wearing glasses? and why do the kids all have behavioral issues?

  • wearing glasses-to see

  • The reason why Aaden wears glasses is because he was given oxygen at birth his eyesight was affected. This is a very common problem in all preemies. The kids do not have behavioral issues it is just that when you get 6 kids the same every bad behavior is magnified you also have to realize that it is a TV and there is editing done to the show.

• Kate seemed to alienate not only her friends but now her family…
  The parents are indifferent and the children are unhappy, at least most of the time…kind of makes you wonder how they are treated when the crew is not there. It’s sad.
  As for anyone who watches this with their kids…you are deranged…this is not a role type family. I could see if they were loving and treated each other with respect but it is not the case…And for anyone who says she is stressed out with the kids…puuleeese…she has hired help and doesn’t do a think…i’m all for seeing everyone succeed but she is not a likeable person… if she were i would watch the show

• I refuse to have this on in my home..there is a loveless relationship in that family between children and spouses…..there is major emotional problems visible in the children- they all have some type of issue, and it’s sad…..

  • haha, you can tell all of that by watching this show? That’s amazing. And probably totally untrue.

  • Its sad that you found a message board just to say this if you obviously dont like the show. Dont even bother with it and with the people that enjoy watching the show and that want to support john and kate.

• Hi Jon and Kate I just love your show and I really want to meet Cara say hi to her from me ok

• I really really love your shoe I really really really want to meet Cara and be her friend I am just like her say hi to her for me and tell her I really really really want to be her friend. please

• I reall really love your show I really really really want to meet Cara and be her friend I am just like her say hi to her from me and tell her I really really really want to be her friend.please

• I despise this show… I wish it were off the air already-

  And please get a new hair style… you look awful

• First off, I do not watch this show anymore…I do not allow my children to watch this deranged family. I don’t watch this for many reasons. The way they treat each other is disguisting. They are disrespectful to each other and scream and put each other down in front of their children. Is it any wonder the kids all seem miserable and nervous- not to mention major behavioral problems. They are never smiling- and look scared. Wonder how Kate treats them when the cameras aren’t rolling. It also seems like she had the children and that was it, now she can’t be bothered with them. She talks to them like dirt and is extrememly sarcastic and totally unlikeable. I’m all for seeing people rise above and become successful but the show is extremely hard to watch especially when the parents are shouting, putting each other down and acting like fools on camera. If they were down to earth and loving and maybe had personalities than it would be a different story. Talk about uninteresting !!!! I watched a couple of episodes and was disguisted . How can the show pride itself on protraying a family with sets of multiples struggling when TLC just bought them a $1.4 M Home??? Again, if they acted different and showed appreciation than it would be a different story- but it’s almost like they expect everything. How can parents like jon & kate who are in a loveless marriage write a book about their children and thriving and surviving? Wasn’t she a nurse at one time??? She had to have known if she took fertility drugs, this could happen…why were they surprised. I wish it were off the air- As for anyone who watches this program with their children, wake up… this family is not a role model. They have serious mental issues …and the children definitely show signs of social problems. Why was one of the babies wearing glasses when he was in diapers??? That is not normal..Some of the down sides of having multiples..but when you are money hungry and greed…you don’t see the flip side of it-

  • I totally agree with you! I hope the show goes off the air and they have to work like everyone else does to support the children they brought into this world!

  • jon and kate are doing the best they can i would like to see some of you people raise eight children so quit saying all of this BS because none of what your saying is true at all and if you think that you could evan raise that many children and not yell a little than try cause none of you people could there grate parent so dont critisize them just because they arnt doing things that you would all they do is put there kids first and that is why tlc buys them a 1.35 million dollar home is because they have to go through all of that and they just want to let the world know how to take care of 8 children!!!!!!!!!!

    • You seem to know them very well. Tell me, how many of the kids ended up Autistic?

  • what is wrong with you people and the whole glasses thing??? is it really the first time you saw a small child wear glasses??

    • I agree with you on the glasses, i think Aidan is so sweet, They get alot of free stuff so what. Wouldnt you take it if you could. The house is so large, Where is it do you know ?
      Thier kids will have money for college too. Let them live thier life.

  • Why does anyone care how other people live their lives! I don’t understand this, is it b/c they are on T.V. There are a ton of parents who are worse then Jon & Kate. No they aren’t the best parents, but who the heck is. I know I’m not the greastest mom in world, I make mistakes I’m human. And guess what when my husband and I fight we yell too! At least these people have the guts to go on air and do it. Who cares they took fertility drugs. People have to look at it this way they have 8 children. Do you think one person salary who is working can support 8 children. It is not the 1900’s anymore. Life is expensive and not cheap. Especially rasing 8 or more children. There’s ways to make a dollar stretch but these people are going to need finacal help one way or another. And they decide to have a T.V. show made about them. Can you blame them for wanting to make the money from that. I can’t! If you really want to go after people and the way they treat their children watch the Tiara’s show on TLC about those little girls who’s parents dress them up and self tan them, make them wear false teeth and parade them around. That’s sick! Some of you people are probably worse then what we see on T.V.

    • Kacie: WOW, do you have hero worship or what? Why in the world would you think that those who post AGAINST this horrid show are “worse than what is on TV?” That is amazingly cruel and judgmental on YOUR part. With the Gosselins, we have YEARS of TV coverage, and that is certainly enough to gain some understanding of their lives.

      Many professionals are concerned about the children’s lack of privacy and security. They are also concerned about how Kate is spending her children’s money on her own desires.

      There are many families in the country (and the world) that have MORE than eight children and they are not all operating with their hands out, ala Kate Gosselin.

      She gripes. She complains. She nags Jon. She criticizes EVERYONE. If others do not perform exactly as she demands, she cuts them out of her life. SHE IS A WITCH!! She has cut off her entire family and all of her “friends” from their lives. She treats Jon like dog doo (and he knows it); he should leave her and take the kids! They don’t have a “mother;” they have a manager.

      They had the first house remodeled to accommodate all those children. Then, they got another house and had that one remodeled to accommodate all those children. Now, she finally got her $1,400,000.00 HOUSE (in another state); we will see how long she will be content with this house. HOW DO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FEEL WHO REMODELED THOSE HOUSES? What about all those volunteers who did all those thousands of hours of volunteer work and she just left them high and dry? Did you see the poor old woman who came over every week to fold HER KIDS clothes? Kate acted like Lady Bountiful and DIDN’T LIFT A FINGER!

      Those kids are going to watch these tapes when they are grown and they will learn how hateful, critical, nasty, negative, and how much their “mother” picked on everyone and everything. Kate has a NEGATIVE attitude that affects her children very badly.

      Have you seen the amount of pure hatred displayed at the table? They throw food at the kids, the kids stuff it in, and then start crying again. IF you think that it is “normal” for children to scream, yell, cry, whine, pinch, hit, grab things away from their siblings, and to be consumed with jealousy, and anger, then you are from a dysfunctional family.

      Did you hear the smug way she says “Bob and Beth love our kids” or “Aunt Jodie loves our kids.” SHE THINKS EVERYONE “LOVES” HER BRATS, SO SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO! Have you ever heard that SHE loves any of their kids? Hmmm? No, somehow, Kate thinks that her brats are “loveable” when they are nothing more than oddities! She is running a 3 ring circus with the sextuplets in the center ring!!!! She is not a “mother” she is a promoter!!!

      Jon can’t keep a job even the ones he has been given and she refuses to go to work, even though she has folks who watch the kids for her. She cons $25,000.00 per “appearance” at churches, plus first class airfare, plus new clothing and all expenses. She cons $6 MILLION a year out of TLC with a new house from TLC, this time for close to a million and a half dollars (lots of $$$ in North Carolina). She doesn’t care what this lack of privacy and measured attention is doing to her own kids!!! She expects others to support her brood of fertilized eggs that became a litter! She wants (AND GETS) free houses, free cars, free clothing, free food, free trips, free haircuts, free toys, and free helpers!!! And, when confronted about what she is doing to her own children, she says, “so what, it’s OUR life and no one’s business.” NO ONE’S BUSINESS? WHEN SHE PUTS IT ALL ON THE AIR FOR A PRICE???

      The people who are appalled, KNOW THE OUTCOME OF HER GREED!!!!

  • will i think the same but think what if someone said that about you you would not like it and the reason why aaden has glasses is so he can see

  • I think your really disrespectful of john and kate. They have to live in a house with six 4 year olds and a pair of 8 year old twins. I wonder how you would put up with it? I really like john and kate plus eight because my children watch it all the time and they want to be just like them. I wouldn’t watch you if you were on tv and happend to have more than ten kids. By the way i think its great that john and kate got and new house. You’ve got to admitt that they’re old home was a little crampted. I think you guys who are making mean comments should just fall in a dicth where theres no computer there.

    • As a trained counsellor I would not let my children watch this program It sends all the wrong messages . There are serious personality disorders starting to come out in all the children Madi especially needs help now. kate and Jon’s marriage is one of control and disrespect and the children are watching this. Children learn from example , they also need love and affection, where are the hugs and kisses , where are those tender moments a child needs Not in this household. I have watched parts of this show and as time goes the children have become the lesser part and Kate the major character in this farce She seems to need so much more as in more attention, more money more everything.

      Jon has not worked for sometime , I understand his working career has been less not more These parents are relying on their children to support them financially Another question, why aren’t child labour laws being followed I don’t know all the particulars but parents have to invest a percent of the income in their children’s names and not be allowed to support the whole family

      If I were in their situation I would certainly be more grateful to others, to all those people who are there helping , Let’s face it 6 babies is an impossible number to care for alone. From what I have read and watched they expect help and are not very appreciative for those who have been there for them. These children are old enough now that extra help should not needed There are many families raising eight children and more coping just fine. With a stay at home mom and dad I am sure they could manage just fine on their own

      But of late it’s seems the focus on this program has switched Kate has become the main player in this show. I have increasingly become alarmed at her lack of respect for her husband. To make a marriage work , is a lot of work, but her ongoing tirades and demands to her husband are not healthy for any child to watch This is another reason I would not let my children watch this program She is in and out of control. This is how marriages fail Marriage is a partnership. there is none of that here . Kate is in full control. I wonder how long Jon will stay At some point he has to say enough, “I am relevant too.”

      All I can see are huge problems down the road It would be in TLC’s best interest to cancel this program and let the Gosselins
      get on with their life, without the camera’s. I shutter to think what occurs when the camera’s are shut off. Since TLC and discovery
      channel produce this show. Maybe an email to them wouldn’t be a bad idea

  • I agree. My husband has said many times that he thought Kate was a real Biootch…but I used to defend her saying she just likes things organized and clean and if she wasn’t then the house would be a wreck because of having so many children and activities.
    But now I am so tired of how DISRESPECTFUL she is towards Jon. I’d understand if it were something once and awhile, but she is always treating him badly.
    As far as the talking sessions on the couch…why even have Jon there? She NEVER lets him talk!

• I have to agree with Mommy to Lilly and Anna. I watch the show with my 12 yr. old and he was shocked when he saw Maddy repeatedly kicking her younger sister. That would not stand in our house. We do not abuse each other. I am done as well watching this show. This family is not a role model for anybody.

  • Mady is just like her Mother. She thinks she was put here to boss the world. She is one spoiled BRAT.

    • Pat is agree with you mady is a spoiled brat. However, I blame Jon and Kate for her behavior. Its their job as her parents to promote loving touches and not ones of hate. Do they think that she is just being a child? We as parents are to teach our children right from wrong. I’m sure the children always see their mom hit their dad so maybe they think its ok. Our children are a representation of us. Maybe they didn’t get that memo.

    • Mady is a brat but if you think your kids have never hit each other before you are sadly mistaken. This show is fine and I’m tired of everyone saying they are exploiting their children. Martha if your 12 yr. old is shocked by seeing Mady kick her sister he is going to be in for a rude awakening when he enters the real world. It’s sad but true. Stop babying your kids

  • This show isnt really role models it show how a family of 10 life. how they take care of theirs kids.

• I totally agree with the above emails. I can’t even get through an episode anymore. I do feel the children, who I do really like, have all gotten really bratty. The sibling rivalry is rampant, and the way the all hit each other at the drop of a hat is not a good sign. Many people will over look that, and say it’s normal, but it’s not, and their supporters are probably dysfunctional too. The fact that this family has be so rewarded for this behavior makes me sick.

  • yeah, it is normal. You must’ve been an only.

    • I’m and only and know this behavior is normal. Life with that many people in a house isn’y always smiles and daisies.
      signed dysfuntionally normal.

• I, like most, fell in love the first season. Then I started noticing how the ever controlling Kate would make off handed comments like, “I wish I could afford for the girls/kids to take music lessons…” and then magically whatever Kate wishes for appears 10 fold on her doorstep. I have to hand it to you Kate, you are a marketing machine. I received your first book in my stocking. Stick to your day job…oh wait…you don’t have one? Poor, poor Jon and Kate. More over it should read, “Poor, poor P.A.!” I hail from the proud state of Texas where your wishes and antics would not put you in a $1.4 home with all the perks. You would simply have been told “no”. You seem to fall on scripture to justify your life style. Shame on you both. Jon, find your backbone and tell Kate to take her place by your side, not her current position of holding your head under water until you drown. I give you guys 5 years max. What will you do when others realize what you are doing. I would not mind peaking in on you every 2 to 5 years like most of the reality families out there, but you all have pushed human kindness way passed the limits. Please TLC…drop it and move on.

  • Melissa please “I hail from the proud state of Texas where your wishes and antics would not put you in a $1.4 home with all the perks”. You sound jealous. Go look in Highland Park. I’m from Texas too and every rich kid from SMU gets everything they want. All they have to do is ask mommy and daddy. Kate is making a tv show. It’s not surprising that they put this into their script. There is no reality tv its all scripted so just enjoy it for what it is. And as for their relationship you have no place to judge. Every relationship is different and no one is forcing Jon to be there. He knew what he was getting into before he married her. So leave them alone and change the channel if you want!!!

    • I soo agree with Dave…To all you haters…you sure watch enough shows to know all about them! To miss correction speller..who died and made you queen B and to all you perfect haters…GET A LIFE!! I am so ashamed for you!

    • Um….the proud state od Texas paid way too much for ARod, or should I say Aroid these days. You all misplace money as badly as PA.

• i believe this is the best show ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want to see the people who put kate down try it!!!!!!!!!!!i dont think you could raise kids like this id f you tried.i bet you guys are worse parenst than her * to let you know you just got dissed by a 13 year old =DDD byeee

• check out musingsfromthemoon and look at the video from Access Hollywood, all I can say is wow.

  • I don’t see what the big deal is. The kids are being kids. You mean to tell me that every time you take your kids on an errand they sit perfectly still and smile the entire time. This is not an errand but the kids are being kids. So I don’t see the “wow” here.

• I don’t understand all the nasty comments about this show. I mean they are human beings for goodness sakes. Just because they are on tv doesn’t mean they should show everything perfect. It is a reality show which shows the “real” you, right?
  No couple goes through their marriage without difficulties. We can all treat each other badly at times.
  As for the kids fighting. That is normal. I have raised 5 children and trust me there has been fights. I corrected them and broke them up. It is going to happen.
  I can’t pass judgement on this family. We arn’t there to see what goes on behind closed doors.
  I think how ever they ended up where they are today to support their family is their business.
  And, they are a popular show due to the ratings. That means the viewing of US out here watching them.

  I just think we should not make comments negatively if you don’t know the whole story.

  JMHO

  • I also have 5 kids and would not allow my older kids to kick the younger kids or vice versa – no excuse. Kate did not even take the time to listen to what happened. That was abusive and Mady has problems. I will not watch the show again.

    • Maddy is just like Kate!!! Just wail until she gets older. Then they will say, Where did we go wrong? (Kate) Dear Lord

• Oh you J&K lover’s are just no fun.

  • And you J&K haters have such bad logic, it’s a shame. Every American has the right to their opinion. However, when your opinion has not been thought through it reflects on our society’s diminishing intelligence. Get educated please before you start throwing around allegations. You make our country sound stupid.

    • Dave,

      One of the reasons our society has such diminishing intelliegence is because of some of the things that people hold dear – like celebrities and stupid t.v. shows.

  • you guys are just a bunch of smart alics and envy john and kate

• Kate is so rude to everyone. She went on and on about how dirty the new house was and refrigerator. She is not normal and has used her children to get what she wants. Don’t tell me that she and Jon thought that they would have “just one more baby” She had sense enough to know it would be multiples. I don’t know how Jon stands her, the way she puts him down and always bossing him around. The kids that took after her personality are just as rude and hateful as she is…..

• I agree Pat. Add bad taste to Kate’s list of qualities. That hair looks like she has Dennis the Menace on the brain, literally!
  As far as some of her children are concerned, you betcha. Her personality is coming out all right, especially in Maddy. Too soon to tell in the little ones. Boy that household will be tons of fun,…not, when they reach the teenage years. Can you imagine that?

  • lso the new house, quite large huh?? where is it ??? Trona in California

• Turned the show off, too. Interesting article found in The Pittsburgh Tribune review on May 15,2005. Go to http://www.kdkaradio.com, click on weekends- click on Dimitri Graffiti. There you will see the article. Very interesting.

• I don’t get it. Kate’s priority is to clean the “disgusting” fridge while she has two children that need her help in the bathroom. Oh, thats right, childcare and dirty bottoms are Jon’s job! It was obviously more important to clean the fridge with a toothpick no less, and then ask for sympathy because it took 4 hours! She said herself that the kids had nothing to do and no toys at the new house, but 4 hours cleaning the fridge was time well spent. Time should have been spent putting down the sponge and getting ahold of Maddie for kicking her sister because she was in her room. Kate just responded with, just don’t go in her room and she will not bother you. Guess Alexsis knows how she falls in her mothers priorities! By the way, that place looks really huge for their furnishings. A 1 million $$ house will usually take at least half that much in furnishings. Are the sponsors going to furnish it as well or will we see the IKEA bookcase in Kate’s new entryway?
  I loved the show in the early days because J/K seemed like normal, stressed parents facing the financial and emotional challenges of working parents raising a unusuall family. I am not so sure that I identify with them anymore. Neither one works, they get lots of free experiences -vacations to musical equipmen. Those of us regular guys, working parents paying our own way, are getting rubbed the wrong way. I hope the shows commercial sponsors and producers try to address this or it is going down in flames. I hope J/K, if the house is paid for, they have enough money put away for property taxes. Taxes on property assesed at 1.3 million is roughly 24K a year.

  • Hey what the heck is wrong with you. You have no i dea what she is going through. She might have an OCD (obssesive cleaning disorder). The only reason she is doing these things is because she want her children to be healthy. that fridge was disgusting you have to admit. And any way who are you to be judging her. I dare you to have a set of twins and sextuplets and raise them. Lets see who does a better job. I would bet everything i own on kate. And first of all, the sextuplets know not to go in MADY(this is how you spell it) and Cara’s room. Sure Mady shouldnt have kicked Alexis but they were in a knew house and Mady was probably overwhelmed cause she was in a new house and she has six younger brothers and sisters. Second you would be begging to have IKEA donate a bookshelf if you were her. You would be begging to have people donate anything. Yeah they needed a bigger house and it was in there budget, so get over it. If you needed to move and you could afforded it, you would so get over it. You raise eight children and let see how much love and how nice you treat everybody when the day is over.

    • If she wants her kids to be healthy putting her kids needs in the bathroom first should certainly warrant briefly halting her cleaning spree! There is nothing in the heck wrong with me, when one of my 5 children need me THEY become the immediate priority- not cleaning the fridge! Secondly, even though they were in a NEW (this is how you spell it-not knew), on the episode Kate told Mady and Cara that the little kids could come into their room that day only—so even a better reason not to kick your sister than the simple reason that Mady should known better! Thirdly, if a 1 million dollar house was in THEIR (this is how you spell it) budget they don’t need to beg for anything anymore do they! I have 5 children, my husband and I are both work full time jobs to meet our families needs. I would be ashamed to beg, there are too many others that need more than I do. So having 8 kids gives anyone the right to be rude and self centered? What if you have 12 children, can you slap people in the face? What about the Duggars?, she has 17 and I have never seen her act like that. Since I am raising only 5, working full time outside the home I should treat everyone nicely and with love as I always should when the day is over? As everyone should strive to do. Bye the way, is your name really Kate-you sure sound like her.

    • It’s obsessive compulsive disorder…really.

    • Oh give me a break. So you are saying that no matter what a 4 year old does, it’s okay to kick the crap out of her??
      Mady kicks her siblings because SHE CAN. I have 5 kids and if one came to me and said the other was kicking them, they know there would be a punishment. It’s not all Mady’s fault, though -from the footage, Kate didn’t seem to worry about it.

  • sounds like jealousy to me!!! think about it, if kate does all the housework, then why shouldn’t jon tend to the kid’s? remember, you are only seeing what they show you on tv. kate has and obsession with cleaning, so of course that’s what they are focusing on. but in reality the cleanliness of the house is in the kid’s best intrest. would you like living with someone else’s dirt??? no i didn’t think so.

    • 1. Yes, cleaning up someone else’s dirt is important but lets get realistic here. Even I can put the sponge down long enough to help my two children calling for help in the bathroom and to discipline my child. What the mold is going to jump out of the fridge and attack someone! Please, if Mady kicks her sister with the cameras rolling, what she going to do when shes sixteen?? Anything she wants to!!
      2. Jealousy not involved on the home life- I have been blessed by God and my own hard work. But don’t get me wrong– would love to take what is it now? 5 trips in the past say 8 months? Not sure I could be so humble to as to beg for them though.
      3. Let’s get to the begging Ashnu mentioned its okay. So if I have 3 more children (Ihave 5)I can act anyway I want? Ask for anything I want? This day, in this country, people need to beg for food, shelter, immediate needs. I don’t see furniture, vacations, musical instruments as acceptable. 3 more kids just for my personal gain- No I don’t think so.
      Face the truth, even with a financial blessing being stowed upon someone as it has to these two parents. They need to think long term, for their 8 children- schooling, college funds, medical expenses, insurance, transportation, retirement, good gracious the list is so long. 4 years ago they were on government assistance for the heating bill, surely they know things can change in a blink of an eye! Is a huge home (come on there was nothing else on the market?) really the smartest decision when you are responsible for 8 young lives?
      No I don’t thnk so

  • Well i see in the one below it that you talk about how you are a faithful women of god, well then if you wanted to be more like him you wouldn’t be criticizing how she raoses her children. She is doing the best that she can right now.

    • God (That is how you spell it)
      And I don’t see faithful written anywhere, but I certainly would strive to be!

    • Well I’m really sorry about what I said. You are entitled to your own opinion and I shouldn’t have criticized you. I should not have brought your religion into it. I’m just a teenager and I really don’t like it when people talk about others in a bad way when they are trying their hardest to be good. I really hope that you would forgive me. I’M SUPER SORRY!!!!

• Although I have been a loyal follower of the show for some time. I am beginning to get a bit put off by the very expensive vacations, the tummy tuck and the nerve of Kate to try to get a breast lift as well, but the plastic surgeon suggested a supportive bra, hair plugs, I could go on. In the last 16 months they have been to hawaii, a great resort for a week in Cali before getting to hawaii, a week at Disney at the Wilderness Lodgefor a party of 13 (so not cheap), Atrip to a nice beach house in NC I believe, and countless trips to various other destinations. Just not realistic for most families. My main issue with the show is Kate, yes she is a bit OCD most nurses at the leats havea touch of OCD or I hope they do. But she is over the top and just flat out RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Kate is a _itchh in the worst way. Neither one works for a living, yet they go without Nothing, while everyone else in the world works!!!
    Maddy is going to be their downfall, unless Kate is first.

    • Don’t blame them for not having to work. Blame society for watching their show. Too bad YOUR family didn’t get a show. That’s life!! So what are you going to do about it?

  • Dave,

    Maybe I will be like the mom did California and get 6 embroyos implanted and get 8 babies. Then get a 2 million dollar book deal, a tv show, free diapers, free baby food, free toys, free vacations, free medical and dental and orthodontic, more free vacations, free tummy tucks, free hair plugs, and on and on and on….. But wait that didn’t work our for her. Oh well there goes my plan. LOL

    I have to wonder if she had some idea that that could be a good plan for her when she with 6 kids already and no job, no husband, no means of income except for her disability check. How could a sane person decide to try for more multiples in that situation without thinking “hey I could be the next Jon and Kate plus 8 but there will be no partner and there will be 14.

• DON’T FORGET THE TEETH WHITENING.

  • When Kate heard about the Teeth Whitening, she was like a 5 year
    old. Oh no you don’t unless I get mine to. So childess

• I feel sorry for the children. Kate and Jon are all about themselves. They needs to re-evaluate the lessons they are teaching the little ones. I mean come on people, neither parent is working from what I understand. I’m sure a lot of us would love to sit home and raise our children. The fact is we can but we will never be financially compensated by the millions for it. Those children shouldn’t be used for a pay check. They deserve and need structure, love, privacy and family. The whole family not just mom and dad.

• but, remember..they have cameras in front of them documenting everything, thier not perfect.
  Thier trying to be as normal has possible.

• I like the show. I think Kate is always repeating that she just wants her kids to have great life experiences. We have four kids and live in a 1400 square ft house, but we are always focusing on what we have…not what we don’t. If you don’t like the show, change the channel. There are plenty of Pro Football players making millions of dollars and nobody questions a “man” getting overpaid. Leave this family alone for their choices, Kate shows the “stress” that Motherhood really truly is…alll of these people who complain must not have children or just have one or two. Don’t judge until your in their shoes.

  • The pro football player goes to work everyday.

• jon and kate are doing the best they can raising 8 children it would become stresful at times they try to fit in fun time for the kids and make them happy i agree they can be awful at times and act very stressed and i think it is horrible how tlc pays for everything for them

• I think that everyone has a right to a point of view on things, but I don’t understand why people would put people down who are trying to give their children the world, give the a chance at a future. I don’t believe that Jon and Kate are exploiting their children. I would hope and think if the children are not comfortable with this anymore they would stop. Yes Kate can be rude to her husband but at least she’s being real. I know people who treat their husbands worse then that. And I’ve seen them do good for a children’s hospital and teach the children the meaning of giving. Be it them or the TLC producers who had it done they still got taught that meaning. There is a ton of show’s out there that people do it for the money and you know what I do not blame them at all. In this day and in this world you do what you can so your children can have a future. For real look at 17 kids & counting…you don’t think they are getting paid. People are saying these people are going to damage the kids…but heck your watching it aren’t you!!!! Come on people get real. Lay off! And think about it. Would you put your kids on T.V. if it meant they’ll be well off…college paid in full…your house paid off….car payments paid off…bills up to date…now think would you do the same? Just because her sister in law had a hair up her butt (and believe me there is always two sides to a story and your only getting one side) people are now questioning what they are doing

• I have 5 children that range in age from 10 to 1 and I am also a stay home mother also . I do watch the show and I love it and so do my children. I think that the hectic lives that they have ( i know how it is ) she does the best she can and she is very organized (just like me) and you have to be when you have that many kids if you didnt things would just get way out of wack. Sometimes you talk hate ful when times are hectic but when you love someone and they know your stressed , you just have to understand the situation and go on. Leave her alone she is a good mom , you try having 6 of the same aged babies at once and being as organized as she is! I GIVE HER PROPS! I will pray for you Kate ignore these horrible( Judgmental)people

  • They are putting the kids out there for judgment, sorry. If they don’t want the criticism, they can put an end to the show.

    • dont worry lisa, i think the end is near anyway. watching someone in a million dollar home take fantastic free vacations and ignoring their kids actions in favor of cleaning – not for most of us having to work more for less just to keep heads above water.

• I am so over reading the following:

  “jon and kate are doing the best they can i would like to see some of you people raise eight children so quit saying all of this BS because none of what your saying is true at all and if you think that you could evan raise that many children and not yell a little than try cause none of you people could there grate parent so dont critisize them just because they arnt doing things that you would all they do is put there kids first and that is why tlc buys them a 1.35 million dollar home is because they have to go through all of that and they just want to let the world know how to take care of 8 children!!!!!!!!!!”

  I like reading the truth about Kate being a bitch and her treating Jon like a dog.

• kate is mean. jodi is nice. kate orders everybody around. mady once said “mommy is the queen bee. she sits around and tells daddy what to do. but he doesnt listen to her. usually.” oh. mady needs help she hits her younger brothers and sisters around. and its not just a little pat.. she abuses them. CARA IS COMPLETELY IGNORED!!! I FEEL SO BAD FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL!! MADY COMPLETELY STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE RARE OCCASIONS ITS ON CARA. SHE IS SO SELFISH. CARA NEEDS MORE ALONE TIME WITH HER PARENTS. also, jon and kate need to provide books for the kids instead of the same blocks and stuffed animals. taking them to zoos and roller rinks isnt gonna cut it. i cant believe what kate did to jodi. thats her sister in law. who has acted more like a free, personal nanny and kate is completely unapprecative. kate needs to get off her butt and help jon out. aside from working and fathering eight children, taking care of them, he has to deal with kates demands. that is not fair. he should divorce her, take the kids and reconcile with jodi and apologize for all of kates little fits. JON – i speak on behalf of all my friends who watch this when i say — you can do better. stop letting yourself be walked on. and please please please pay attention to cara. i know you have yourspecial days with them, but she is completely neglected.

  Jodi, we love you.

• I don’t “love” Aunt Jodi. She appears to be a nice lady and was very good to the kids. At the same time, she was interfeering and questioning decisions made by Jon and Kate – worse yet, she voiced those questions to TLC which is wrong.
  I think the only thing that will kill the show is things like being mean to the kids like the “claw grab” by Kate to Alexis as happened on that interview. I was appalled and surprised that Kate would be so dumb as to do that on National TV but no one can accuse Jon and Kate of being “classy smart folk.”
  Get those twins out of the show. No one is interested in them anyway and like everyone else in this family, without the tups, who cares who they are.

• You guys are being so disrespectful of john and kate. I mean come on think if this was you in a house with six four year olds and a set of twins, you’d go crazy. Its kind of hard to stay focused for john and kate because lets see here they get up at like 4:30 every morning. I think its great they got a new house. You’ve gotta admitt that the other house was a little crampted. I think that show is very insperational for younger kids. What if your kids have a pair of sixtuplets

• I absolutely love this show! i DONT CARE how much you people want to trash it..Kate is a better mother than most of you so dont complain just because you’re jealous of their family…SO THERE! ha! You think just because the kids may have little behaivoral issues that they are rotten and their parents are bad! I THINK NOT…… all kids have some behaivor problems=0

• Wow….I am in awe of how many people here hate this show but know so much about it. We all lead different lives and I am sure there is someone critical of some things we do. Now as far as Aunt Jodie, I really feel for the whole family, because of the lose. Her son was one child you really seen Mady connect with. But honestly families have conflicts and go their separate ways, and in the end when you have your heart hurting from these conflicts it is hard to resolve these issues. I wish the best for all involved in this family, as well as anyone who is trying to do the best they know how. I can see it would be so hard to try and pick the right path to follow. Do you let the world into your lives, and let them judge you, but with this you can afford the things all parents want for their children, or do you live with your children struggling to put food on your table, and never able to afford the things you wish the most for them? You have to look at the whole picture and think in the end there will always be regrets but hopefully your children know that you did what you thought was best for them. Don’t focus on this family if it brings you hate into your heart,it will only do damage to you. Just hold your lil’ ones tight and pray to God you make the best decissions for you and yours. God bless.

• Mommy to Lilly
  OMG SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!! LOL

• Dave…
  I like you

• I’m disgusted by all these people bad mouthing this show. It is a show for you to watch for enjoyment, not to criticize every little thing that goes on. Saying that Kate does nothing and all that kind of stuff is absolutely ridiculous. If you don’t like the show, don’t watch it. I think it is adorable and yeah, Jon and Kate have their little arguments, but they admit that, and who doesn’t have flaws in their relationships? Also, I highly doubt all this nonsense about Kate saying no one gets paid besides her family, concerning Aunt Jodi. Well I think Aunt Jodi needs to keep her little comments to herself. I’m sure there is a totally different side to the story that you aren’t hearing. So stop believing everything you hear, grow up, and if you don’t like the show, DON’T WATCH IT, easy enough.

• As with a lot of others, I really enjoyed the show in the beginning. In writing this I hope that Jon and Kate read it. The purpose is not to bash them but in hope that they will start to realize for themselves what others are seeing on live t.v. I am a Christian and would hope that if I ever treated my husband like Kate treats Jon, that God would put me in my place, and in her case it might just be haveing the show canceled. Yes Jon has made some not so nice comments to Kate, but I think they have been after her nastiness to him. We all know that kids , I have four all grown, will have bad times, that is not what it is, it is that any good parent knows that they have to be disciplined. You don’t warp a childs mind by loveing discipline, you warp it from allowing the bad behavior to continue. In the real world we can’t treat our boss this way or we would get fired. There is no sitting the kids down and talking to them and making them accountable for their actions, which if Kate is a Christian she should be makeing them to see their accountability to God. I don’t hate Kate, I feel sorry for her. Mady is a child that has issues, maybe they are dealing with these off the air, but if half the time was spent on the individual needs of the children that they spend on the vacations and outings we might start to see the difference out here in t.v land as a result. Kate if you are reading this I am praying for you and all the family, that God can heal in you whatever is making you so mad at life.

  From a mother that cares.

• It’s a TV show..

  We all have issues and nobody’s perfect..

  If you hate it so much then don’t watch it..

  Don’t take it to heart. It’s their family, not yours.

• Why does everyone keep asking about the glasses?????? I had to wear glasses when i was little. Are you people CRAZY? He needs them to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Did anyone see Kate on Larry King last week? I must admit, she looked good and sounded very professional and intelligent. I still don’t like the way she treats her husband though

• I saw her on Larry king. She did look nice. I don’t like the way she treats her husband either and I think she needs to spend more time with her kids.

  • I think kate is a control freak and is very rude to john i dont know how he puts up with it and kate does not do any kind of activities like swimming walking in the woods anything i think its pathetic i dont even watch the show anymore cause i cant stand kate

• I started watching J & K when I was on Maternity Leave with my daughter. I loved the show and continued to watch it for another year. BUT now I am aggravated with Jon & Kate. I don’t understand why they needed to buy that big and expensive of a house. I mean, the little kids go to school half days and the big girls are in school all day. AND by next year all kids will be in school, so was it really necessary to buy a bigger house for the children to only be in it in the morning and after school (so for dinner, bath, and bedtime)? I think they are a great family (every family has problems and struggles), but I wish they still had the same intentions with the show as they did when they started it up (to allow people to see through their window and see what it was like have sextuplets). I think now they are just money hungry and enjoying getting all of this free stuff (but who wouldn’t be after having all that money)! I don’t see the show lasting too much longer. Once the sextuplets are old enought to “not be cute on t.v.” the show will end. I’ve enjoyed watching them, but it’s time for them (especially the kids) to face reality and live life like the rest of us! Good bye Jon, Kate, Mady, Cara, Alexis, Hannah, Leah, Joel, Aaden, and Collin.

  • They are just using the kids now to live the life they want to live. I mean look they get expense paid trips to New York, Florida, the Carolinas. Free clothes, toys etc etc. Their children are nothing but an open expense account to luxury. And what Jon sees in Kate, I don’t know. She is an obnoxious, overbearing, demanding, rude, and appauling excuse for a mother and spouse.

    • What you are saying here in not justify and not very nice. They love their kids! They have he chance to do things that they could not afford if not for the show. But probably could do if they only had 2-3 kids. We should be happy for them as they get a chance to do all of these things! What great life experience!

  • I think they moved to get more privacy, more room for the kids. the house they were living in was for a family of 2-3 kids!! 8 kids is a lot! And it s good that they now can afford a house more suitable for a family of that size.
    I do wish Jon and Kate would laugh and take some time to appreciate each other a little. I guess with the show s popularity, the books and the kids, their time together is limited… But no matter how strong the faith, if you do not nurish your marriage, it will not last.
    Long and happy life to the Gosselin family. The kids really do deserve it!!!

  • I don’t mind them getting a bigger house. After all they should get paid well for making alot of money for TLC. They also needed a place that was out of town to prevent constant traffic gawking at them (I am assuming that might happen.) Also the camera people probably were having a hard time staying out of the way of the family with all their equipment. They also need new and different activities to keep people’s interest in the show.
    However I get very frustrated with Kate because of her terrible behavior – if she is like that on camera I can’t even imagine how much worse it must be without the cameras. I believe she loves her kids and has a lot of really great organizational tips that I have learned from and that have kept the family going well, but that doesn’t make up for her meanness to Jon. The little girls will learn how to treat their future spouses for sure!!

• I just hope the episode’s get better. They have been so boring. From the dentist infomercial, even the moving ones have been a drag. Who’s picking, and editing them? All my friends who watch, or use to watch, feel the same way. I didn’t see Larry King, but there’s no doubt that Kate is attractive, at least on the outside.

  • UGH i know! the only thing they show is kate whining, bitching & yelling about jon, their “disgusting” new house or whatever else she finds to complain about. *yawn*

    • i know she is a whine bag cant stand her

• Kate is a mean witch. She does not deserve a nice husband like Jon. She needs to re-think how she acts before she loses him.

  • i totally agree i would have got rid of her a long time ago im amazed she even has any friends i would love to slap her in the face i find her to be that rude on television

• The first year with Jon & Kate’s family was truly wonderful. As I began to have “somewhat disturbing” feelings about Kate, I, too, wondered if it was just me. The small kids are adorable, and Jon is especially kind. It was the way Kate put him down all the time that first disturbed me. Then, I became worried about Mady. I sinerely believe she has tremendous emotional issues, and I also think she should have been disciplined a long time ago. She is too old to display such emotion. Aunt Jodi, in my opinion, went far beyond what the usual relative, or friend, would have. She definitely has it all together. I remember the day she had kept all the children, and one of the boys came home with gum on his shoe. Kate had a FIT! How dare she react this way when Aunt Jodi has always been there for the entire family. I have also noticed that Kate definitely has her “special Child”, and it always comes out on every show. What began as a most enjoyable series has become “all about Kate”. She is very attractive, but her attitude overshadows this. I can’t see how Jon takes her belittleing him almost every time he opens his mouth.

  • I know she has alot of nerve i think kate has some major issues and she is totaly disrespectful of her husband

• I agree the show is getting boring – I watched an episode on Kate cleaning a fridge… is that really entertainment, folks?!

• I stopped watching the show altogether. The final straw was the purchase of their new home. I am tired of Kate spouting of on her religious views but has no problem using her children to support she and Jon. Kate had gotten on my nerves from the very beginning but I loved watching their beautiful children. Jon is a weinie and needs to grow a pair and tell Kate where she can stick it. Mady is a mini version of Kate unless they get her the help she needs. She has serious emotional issues that needs to be addressed asap. The cameras have caught her on a few occasions being mean to her siblings. I can imagine what goes on behind the scenes.

  • I totally agree with you! I have stopped watching as well. They did not have to purchase a 1.3 million dollar home! its nothing more than throwing money around. They could have gotten a big house for a lot less money! hope they saved alot of money for when they cannot make money off the kids anymore and still have to pay taxes on that mansion.
    The show was suppose to show them as everyday people! not anymore!
    BTW the Roloffs are in the same boat too much money from TLC and now are out of touch with reality.
    Will not watch TLC anymore.

  • I totally agree mady has some big problems she is just like her mother kate poor child and ya they are getting paid to much money for reruns evreytime you put tlc on to watch a program it is always john and kate im sick of it i would rather watch the home decorating shows or what not to wear, i hope the people that do this show see the comments from people because most are not a fan of kate

• I think you all know nothing of what you are talking about. Come on get real, you just get a glimpse into thier lives, not 24 hours a day insight. kids will be kids and, yes sometimes kids pick on their siblings. you all did it so get real. And, sorry I think the deserve a new home. screw you Ms. jessica, “kids only home after school and in the mornings”, did you forget about summer?? DUH, eight kids need space. it’s their money, stop being jealous pigs.

  • I totally agree!!!!

• Good bye John, Kate, Cara, Maddy, Collin, Joel, Leah, Alexis, Aiden, and Hannah. TLC it’s time to move on already…

• but Kate spells Maddy Mady, Collin Colin, and Aiden Aaden…very interesting. Even though they will be off of the air soon… I do wish them all the best…. :) :)

• I can see some of the daughters going on Oprah when they are adults telling us how their mother treated them and their father. Hang in there kids and Jon…. and Kate, good luck to you. :)

• It worries me that Jon thinks the tractor is good for joy riding his children around their sprawling property. It is a piece of farming equipment not a toy. Children get hurt and (worse yet) killed by such pieces of machinary when they are used in such a manner. Even if you use a tractor properly they are dangerous pieces of equipment that childeren should not be allowed near. What sort of supervision are the other children receiving while he is joy riding 1 child on the tractor while the others are left to wait for him to come back? NONE. With that many children on the property I wouldn’t want to use the tractor unless they were all at school or with Mom in the house.

  • I agree with you. If this program is viewed by so many people and children and this family is supposed to be an example how come they show this scenes that endanger the lives of these children? What children see is what they do and they have to be supervised and shown safe ways to have fun. Also Mady needs discipline NOW,and these scenes of her tantrums and misbehaviors should not be aired. They are not funny at all. They are not perfect and they are children, but they are seen as an example to others. Also Kate should no treat her husband the way she does. They call themselves Christians so they should proyect a Christian example. And wheres their family? They never show grandparents or cousins. I like the program and the children and hope they can resolve these issues for the benefit of everyone.

  • Give me a break. I grew up on a farm “joy riding” on tractors. And guess what else? We went outside to play! (gasp) And our mom and dad were in the house (gasp-gasp) or doing chores or work of some kind (gasp- okay, I made my point).

    Farm equipment can be dangerous. So can a bicycle. GET REAL! What’s the point of having acres of land if the kids have to be locked in the house every moment that mom and dad cannot directly supervise? We learned personal responsibility and to take care of each other. Mom and dad need to check in and be observant, but they don’t have to be present every minute.

  • jon isn’t letting the kids loose on the tractor. there is parental supervision. if you watched the episode and listened. he could see the children. they are kids and kids want to have fun. they aren’t china dolls to be kept in a closet. and besides don’t you realize all of the behind the scenes people there….the children are hardly alone.

    • Did anyone see the episode when Colin drove the tractor over Maddy and Jon just sat there and watched?

    • LOL John!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that was funny!!!

• I love Jon because he knows what he is talking about and he always is ready to have fun Kate is good on telling Jon that she doesn’t think that it is good for the kids i have some question why do they stick to organic food i know they want to there kids to be healthy but have they ever had Mcdonalds or burgerking this is not important but i want to know they arent in that good of living style being put on camera all day and all about the tractor i think that the kids shouuld enjoy where they live starting with that but make sure they are careful its not a school bus or somethink you take kids on anyway i hope you read my comment WHO IS WATCHING THE UP COMING VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• In my opinion, TLC and the adults in this family have lost the original concept of Jon & Kate Plus 8. When it first came on, the children were babies, and the stories were about how difficult it is for a family with AVERAGE income to provide for this many children. The day to day issues were highlighted (dirty diapers, feeding time, laundry, bedtime, etc.) and it was encouraging to see how Jon & Kate worked things out to get everything done. It was a lesson for parents of multiples (2/3/4) that there was a family out there dealing with 6. As the years progressed, the bickering on camera was more obvious. since it seems Kate is always right and the money and gifts started pouring in. In four short years, they have moved from a tiny home to a mansion, Jon no longer works, cause he doesn’t have to and Kate is building a TV career with speaking engagements, leaving Jon to muddle through on his own. (Wasn’t she travelling when the big move was taking place? And didn’t she mention that she really enjoyed standing at the front door and directing the movers? ) My point is they were so committed to each other and the children in the beginning but that is hardly the case now. Jon appears to be the main babysitter, and the children on the tractor was absolutely frightening. And now, it seems that the message has been sent that if you have a litter of children, sooner or later TV land will come knocking at your door to do a series and a book deal will not be far behind. The evidence lies in Nadya Suleman and her new Octuplets…….need I say more?

  • Well said! I agree completely.

    • i agree as well

  • I totally agree that the show has changed. I was appalled when Kate spent an entire episode talking about how VILE her new/old fridge was, taking 4 hours to clean it, only to get a brand new one. Great behavior there…humiliating the old owners on national tv. Real Christian of you Kate… Last nights episode was like watching a Whirlpool commercial. She must have mentioned 5 times that her new “whirlpool” washer/dryers were great. Ummmm. I’m guessing they were free. The thing that bothers me the most is that she keeps mentioning that “her kids DESERVE this”. Well, what kids don’t?? My kids deserve a million dollar home with 20+ acres too!! What kid in America doesn’t??? This is just another sickening display of what money can do to people. The show has lost it’s focus and purpose. She isn’t a “normal” struggling mother anymore living paycheck to paycheck like so many of us out there. Bye Bye J&K, I’m no longer feeding in to your new found wealth and bad attitude (Kate).

• This show has became very boring . Kate has became very materialistic . She has got a boob job , Botox and cosmetic dentistry . what is next for the dumb wench . I am sooo over this show .

• I agree with the above comment. It was innocent at first, and now they’re grabbing at all the golden rings, trying to get as much money as they can to support their new lifestyle. I mean Kate never seems to be home, and she does keep popping up all over the TV, and she seems quite happy to be doing so. Yes, it’s work, as she said, but the money she’s making isn’t exactly your average salary, so she cannot compare it to other working families with normal paying jobs. This is the jackpot, and most of us would gladly “work” for the amount their getting. Oh the phone calls, the emails, the meeting’s with producer’s, company exec’s, and agents….please. And as far as the octuplet’s mom? How weird is that whole situation? No more prostitution, the real way to a buck from your body, is with the fertility Doc’s. See what this has spawned? (pardon the pun).

• I love this show. It is SO real life. I’ve recently started watching it with my kids (ages 14, 11 and 9) and we think it’s great. I think some of you need to relax and realize that you are seeing “edited” television. If you think they don’t need the house or that Kate is mean to Jon…..stop watching! Personally, I think they need the house….if nothing else, for the kids! At least they are married, have a job and a house to live in, unlike the mother who recently had “eight” babies for a total of “fourteen” children…ALL under the age of eight! And SHE has no job, no house of her own…..how is SHE expecting to make it? That’s right….you and I

  • You are absolutely right!! This family does deserve the mansion they just purchased. For those that are jealous, just don’t watch the show. Keep your nasty comments to yourself. As for the “Octumom” she is one screwed up biatch. She wants people to babysit her kids for free while she returns to school. Is she messed up or what? I feel sorry for those kids, they will just grow up as low income delinquents with brainless mother.

    Leave Jon and Kate and their kids alone. Stop watching them if you don’t like them. Jealous PIGS.

• Reallife needs to get a life…

• The show is real life…that’s why it’s called reality tv.

• And what a condradiction… first you say ” It is SO real life.” then you say, “realize that you are seeing “edited” television. ”

  I’m glad my “real life” doesn’t consist of cutting others down, being cut down, nagging, complaining, and being insincere. Even so, I do feel sorry for Kate.
  It’s a shame she just can’t see it. She isn’t real – a shell if you will.

  Even though Jon also has faults, as we all do, he is real. He has feelings and isn’t a shell of a person. Being real to me doesn’t mean being mean, it means being true to yourself and others. It is real tv but that doesn’t mean every person involved is genuine. genuine=real mean=fighting

  • are you just reading this to argue with it? if you dont like the sow dont watch it. keep your nasty feelings to yourself or at least away from me. i personally like the show. people have fights sometimes and maybe kate yells at jon but if you have ever lived with a married couple(your parents) they probably would have bickered some times right? that doenst mean that they dont love eachother. i think it is smart what they do. they feed them all organic food so that they will stay healthy and they biught a bigger house because as the kids get older they are going to be getting more things and i think that they deserve a new house. there is more space for the kids to run around and play. so if you dont like the show, dont watch it!

• If you don’t like the show, don’t watch it. As for the new house, they deserve it. You honestly can’t tell me, if you had 8 children, you wouldn’t want to give them the space they need. These children are healthy, happy and well provided for by their parents.
  As for Kate, she is a wonderful mother, and Jon is a great father. I don’t know of a marraige that is perfect. They are real.
  As far as all the critcism, GET A LIFE. take a look at your own self first. Last time I checked, no one is perfect. They are doing the show so that people who are interested could watch. Who are you people to judge? I think there is much worse in this world to focus on then whether Kate is nice to Jon.
  I have watched the show from the beginning. I think the children are beautiful and healthy, smart and happy.
  After you have twins and sextuplets, you are free to talk, but until then, all y’all can suck it.
  Great job Jon and Kate, you have a lovely family.

• Really Really, mady should have had her fannie spanked a long time ago, I have never seen a child that old swat at there Parents like that when they are throwing a fit. Teach her to grow up not be a spoiled brat nobody likes to watch a bratty kid disrespecting their parents.

• I think “anonymous” is Lesley, or Kate. If you can’t see what kind of person Kate really is? You’re just plain, well, the opposite of smart.
  Honestly, I think Kate’s personality, or lack of, is one of the reasons their show is so successful. If they were all goody two shoes, it wouldn’t be half as much fun. Maybe that’s the secret!

• I agree with a lot of these posts. Initially the show was interesting to see how a “normal” family survives multiple births. It has evolved into two greedy parents grasping at anything free. For a “family” show, where are the grandparents? If all of the blogs are correct, Kate has alienated all of her family. Do they even have any adult friends even? The show has changed . . . and I will no longer watch these parents exploit their children to satisfy their greed.

  • i wondered about that as well either of there parents seem to be around i think there greedy to whenever the show is on i put my tv onto another channel cant stand to watch the show anymore

• Love watching this show wth my 11yr old boy, mostly to watch the little kids interact +diff. personalities. OUr fav. is Aiden.

  I agree Kate can sometimes be bossy, but don’t u think TLC has coached her for this – We all hate her bossiness, so that’s why we keep on watching it… That’s TV, if not they would hve told her to lighten up – but that would make it boring.

  As for the money part$$ – I wonder if Kate+Jon approached TLC, or was it TLC that approached them? If I have alot of mouths to feed, then why not, use it to the best of my advantage while it last.

  Edited TV\ Reality TV call it what u want, but it’s nice clean fun that a family can sit and watch…. THNX TLC, 1hr show to fit every little thing in – in that case it has to be edited?

  ** ONE thing that’s missing and I’d like to see is more interaction wth the extended family, espc. Grandparents+cousins…. What’s the deal with that? DID THEY HAVE A BIG FALLING OUT ???

• Kill her and dump her in a river? Is that really a good thing to say? What if she reads this which she very well could.. You dont sound intelligent enough to post shit on here if your going to say stuff like that..

• Yes Patty, that Kate is a bad, bad girl. Now that Jon, a real nice boy. Girls are sooo bad aren’t they Patty. God help any daughter of yours

• More interaction with grandparents/cousins? Aren’t there enough Gosselins for you? Do we need more? My TV screen isn’t that big! Do we need to see one of the tups kicking granny and gramps in the shins? Let’s also think about dumping her in the river because having 8 kids with no mom would be a wonderful way to grow up. Ask any kid who had a parent murdered. Sick, nasty people.

• I think this is all a bit sad. I can’t believe the way some of you are “behaving.” I started watching the show just after it became a series and now my sister’s and mom are as addicted as I am. What draws us all to the show is Jon and Kate’s absolute comittment to their family and each other. They are playful and loving and truly enjoy each other. Sometimes their patience with each other runs short, but EVERY marriage experiences that. That’s the great aspect of this show. The world should see that parents can snap at each other, the kids; that kids get crabby and bratty and hit each other, but the family keeps on going. It IS real life.

  I don’t blame Jon or Kate one bit for reaching for the best life possible for their children. I think most of this is sour grapes and jealousy. Can any of you honestly say if someone approached you with a way to help your family be financially secure that you wouldn’t jump at the chance? I truly believe that if Jon or Kate ever felt it was no longer good for the kids that they would not continue to do it. They have a wonderfully NORMAL family (except for the fact that six of their kids are all the same age, hee). I hope they continue to share their lives with us for some time to come.

• I absolutly love the show they both give me a lot of insteration. I only have on child the same age as kate and jon six and sometimes I’m on the edge on santity so to watch them do it all day everyday is very reassuring to me and for the ignorant comments above yes they deserve a big house for the kids thats probably the stupidest comment i read anyway I hope they stay on a long time the kids are great and I would love them to see them go through the teenage years, I think that jn and kate are a great match they love each other and their personalities compliment each othe thank you so much for the show and please keep it going kimberly from ohio

• I am going to make a note to read this blog on Halloween. To know that someone who is old enough to have a child could write/form/spell a comment like that, is very scary indeed.

• i think that kate is a stuck up bitch along with mady….i hate that little asshole..i hope i made my point…..if she used fertility treatments the doctor put in 6 eggs not 1….ever think of that???…………….jon is a sweetheart though…i think kate needs to watch all the episodes of her being mean to jon and do something about it… and TLC needs to stop giving them money!! she is practicly selling her children to TV that is sickening…..who agrees?

  • Kate needs to sit down and really watch her own show cause if she actually watched it with her eyes and ears open she would soon realize that she is coming across as a real bitch. When in the interview chair she has to be the centre of attention, correcting Jon or just jumping on what he is saying. As for her attitude that Mady is just being Mady she needs to open her eyes and see that child for the brat she really is.

    Mady has problems and if they are not attended to this child will end up in some major trouble when she is older.

    Also has anyone ever noticed that these girls have no friends? They used to have a cousin come spend time with them but since the big fall out with Kates sister in law (Jodi) the cousin no longer makes an appearance.

    It will not surprise me if one day we hear that Jon and Kate have split and that Jon has taken the kids.

  • Ooooh Guess what? She didn’t have invitro, so the doctor didn’t put in 6 eggs. That’s how many eggs her body released at that time. Everyone here needs to find something else to complain about. These people are doing what they can to live. And so what if they have a big house, and a huge yard? If you hate it so much, why do you tune in every week to find other things to bitch about?

    And she is not selling her children to TLC, they approached them about the show. And I’m pretty sure she’s not forcing them to keep it around.

• I agree with the others, jon and kate have become so materialistic at the expense of the kids it disgust me. Is it really that different from when circus owners made money of deformed children and animals. I hope when the money and freebies go away they will realize pimping thier kids out wasn’t worth it. I have stopped watching the show for this reason.

• to lauren : um no anonymous is not me.. i haven’t been on this blog in forever because most of you people are so annoying now and just plain rude to these people you’ve never even met and you watch their life thirty minutes a week, and so apparently that’s enough time to make accurate accusations about these people, not.

  i still love the show despite what others think, so keep talking about the family and keep calling them sick, nasty people. more power to you. they’re not perfect, but neither are you, and i hope you all one day realize what big of hypocrites you are all really being

• I think all you stupid people bashing Jon and Kate for wanting a good life for thier kids, should shut your mouths about issues you know nothing about. Why is it a bad thing to give your children a ride on tractor if it makes them smile and laugh. Since when is it bad parenting to want your children to want for nothing.

  • Look u TRASH TALKING BIATCHES stop watching jon and kate if you don’t like them. They are only trying to raise their family the best way they can. Their are lots of jealous and ignorant people around. Jon and Kate have a wonderful show. As for that Octu-mom shes just a messed up piece of junk.

• Jon & Kate used IVF, Nayda Suleman used IVF, Jon & Kate already had more than one child at home, Nadya Suleman had more than one child at home, J&K had 6 embryos implanted , Nadya had 6 implanted, J&K can’t afford all of the children they have, Nadya can’t afford all of the children she has, J&K chose not to do a “selective reduction”, Nadya chose not to do a “selective reduction”, J&K have the ability and college education to have a good paying career each, but choose not to, instead, live off of television deals, company donations, and handouts, ie: TLC bought thier newest house and afforded them to go on vacations, they also receive some ungodly amount of money from TLC per episode, and all of this, thier children have afforded them to live this way, Nadya Suleman has the ability and college education, but also chooses to seek out television deals, company deals and handouts for her litter. The only difference between the two families, J&K are married, Nadya is not. Kate is a wierdo, Nadya is a wierdo, I can keep going on and on and on with these comparisons, but my point is, if these type of people want to have litters of children when they can’t afford them, then they should stick together. Jon & Kate, it’s time to step aside and let some other parent of a billion kids make a fortune at her childrens expense, just like you have done and continue to do. J&K you two are no longer in this for the need, your only there now for the greed. You need to let Nadya, at her childrens expense, take the spotlight and money so the tax payors don’t have to foot her bill. I’m sure if TLC, diaper companies, food companies, clothing companies, handouts, ect., didn’t offer you what they did, we, the tax payors would have had to bale you and your offspring out too.
  I know this is what you should do, it’s just too bad your so wrapped up in your own greed, at your childrens expense, to have thought of it yourself.
  And by the way Kate, take a long hard look at yourself, how you talk to your husband (poor guy), what you said to your sister-in-law, ect.. The notorioty and fame that you have received, at your childrens expense, have done nothing for you. Your mean, cold, uncaring and nobody wants to be around you……ie:you have no friends, your mom & dad, as you put it, choose not to come around, you have alienated your sister in law (greed is the culpret there).
  It’s time to step off of the “I received IVF and yes I did get more than a stupid t-shirt” torch over to Nadya so we don’t have both of you up our butts with your idiotic lives and outrageous expenses.

• 1. The show is very boring now…I’ll give it till June.

  2. Jon seems to have the IQ of an 18 year-old. That is why he is never seen at book signings, interviews, etc…Kate shot his self esteem I’m sure.

  3. Nadya Suleman just ruined the Gosselins spot light. People are really looking down upon using Multiples to cash in.

  4. The Gosselin kids are going to have serious emotional issues. Especially little Madeline.

  5. Last, but not least, Jon and Kate will split. Jon is going to find a nice, outdoor girl that will treat him with respect.

• seriously? youre comparing that CRAZY octo-mom to j&k? you must be joking. YOURE the ones that are nuts.

  shelly you act like you know the future, and jon’s feeling, and jon’s IQ. seriously just shut up because you don’t know them so you have no right to say these things, you hypocritcal judgemental bitch. i’m sorry but you people are just rude. grow up, get some character, and stop being so rude to these people. you don’t know them. normally i’m not this rude and don’t curse but some of you are just crazy, rude, and horrible people, or so it seems from this blog.

  and PS if tlc offered a salary to jodi, she would of had to asked for it in the first place. isin’t it odd how jodi is the only one who got asked for a salary.. NOT beth.. NOT kevin, NOT nana janet, when they’re on the show way more than jodi ever was. there are two sides to every story, and you only know one, which i don’t even believe in the first place.

  • Leslie,

    If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, well guess what?! It’s a duck, you nimrob. and as far as being rude comparing those two, don’t shoot the messenger, facts are facts as I have stated them above. Have you even checked to see just how many unwed mothers with no job actually opt for IVF? Nadya just happened to make the news because of the eigth one. So now she’s the genea pig for the rest of society to throw stones at due to her situation.
    My point to Jon & Kate was actually very fair. Thier time is done as far as needing the money. They are just greedy now. TLC has some mighty deep pocket books, and Jon and Kate are now taking total advantage, if they were caring enough people, they should have stepped aside and let Nadya slide into thier spot on TLC, should make for interesting viewing to see how she is going to make it with her clan. And of all people, Jon and Kate should know first hand how to help her. It’s sad that people like Jon & Kate are now out of need mode and into greed mode. They have turned from being a great warm family to cold, uncaring, selfish and very greedy people.
    So Jon and Kate, step aside, your done – Jon get a job to pay your mortgage and Kate last time I checked nurses make darn good money – People are tired of your brassness anyway. I am doing everything in my power to have your show cancelled. CPS is interested in your family now too. Your chidren need to be disiplined and taken out of the spotlight, it shows that the show is not good for any of them – and people do agree. Kate I would be concerned.
    (And there are 2 Shelly’s on this board)

    • Hey Shelly, There may be two Shelly’s on this board, but I have to say, “Great minds think alike. KUDO’S!!!!!

• I totally believe the Jodie side of the whole J&K story, as in TLC approached her, and Kate had a hissy fit. Seeing as how Kate really doesn’t seem to have any friends, or relatives, in her life anymore, I’m leaning heavily on the Kate is a monster side. Only common sense should tell you that. I have never ever read anything about Kate from her family or old friends. Only gullible viewers, that don’t know her either. Don’t you find it strange that anyone that does know her, sticks up for her? On TV, Blogs, anything? Nope nothing. I have a feeling that what they know about her would make our skin crawl.

• Reading these comments has been interesting – many I agree with, some I don’t. Have watched J&K+8 since its inception – mostly it had the feeling of driving past an accident scene. You know you shouldn’t gawk but feel compelled to in spite of your better nature. The tv show is like that for me. At first it was all compassion and warm, fuzzy feelings for the fragile babies and their over-wrought parents and put-upon sweet twins. And how nice that all that help from friends and family came to their rescue for those first months. Kate’s OCD/snappish behaviors could be forgiven – who wouldn’t be nuts after delivering a veritable litter of kids?! And Jon came across as being bewildered but more than willing to “man up” to his responsibilities. And continues to do so, four years later. The fact that he now has a shrewish, overbearing, belittling, avoricious and obsessively OCD “better half” is for whom I feel the compassion for now. And for her jokey asides that “this is the way we relate” – that trite rationale is just sad. Her kids are picking up on every interaction between them – on camera or off. Don’t like the way Mady is behaving? She’s a mirror reflection of her mother. I’ve noticed in the last few shows there’s very little coverage of either older twin. It’s hard to spin poor behavior in an acceptable way to feed it to the viewers. At least the Duggar family (despite their totally robotic hypno-calm, Christian ways) show respect and love in an admirable way. I may not agree with their archaic “woman is follower” beliefs – but I can appreciate their values. Kate could take a page from their book before Jon wakes up and sees her for the emasculating wife she’s turned into. And now with their big mini-mansion, they’re even more removed from anyone they knew – isolated is more like it. Lets just hope the price of fame isn’t paid for by the kids any more than it already has been. I mean, would you want to be an adult watching an old show of your mom cleaning out a refrig, in a semi manic state for four hours?! Thought not.

• Lesley, Wow! you having a spasm! I really did hurt your feelings didn’t I. Maybe you need to take a break from the show before it drives you into convulsions.

• Kate please grow up you’re a mess. Jon is a man not another son.
  I know you have a hard job, but when he is trying to help and you yell at Jon and act like he is one of the childern, the embracement is on you. I couldn’t show my face. Is this really you or are you doing this for show?
  And the both of you need to get a check on Maddie, she is the hatefulist child I have ever seen. And for the two of you to sit there and let her talk down to you is not being a good parent. Someone needs to take her to the woodshed.

• I agree the kids are cute and we have enjoyed watiching the shoe but lately Kate is just too nasty to her husband- she is just being a total bitch to him and unless its staged for better ratings than i think its a disgrace. Honor they husband is what the bible says and Kate is always talking about the bible so what gives there? there is no reason to be so bossy and nasty ALL THE TIME to him-so not that it matters mucy but we will not be watching the show anymore. The little people that is on before them at least treat each other wiht some respect.

• I have been married for 28 years, I would never speak to my husband the way Kate speaks to Jon. You know the kids see and hear the way she talks to him. Maddy is spoiled rotten, and Cara takes the back seat. TLC should set down and talk to Kate about her actions. She is making a mistake and could mess up. If she is not careful, she could lose her family over issues that could have been corrected. Maybe she should watch her own show, and see how she acts toward Jon and Jodi. She would also see how bossy Maddy is, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

• I feel like i am watching MTV cribs when I watch the show now. Come on, 2 washers and dryers, slate floors, brand new appliances? Way over the top. I am officially signing off. Good bye J&K. You now have one less rating.

• I initially enjoyed the show but that was back when I could identify with it- a young couple trying to make ends meet and raise their children. But now- I just don’t get it anymore. The thing that is so sad is that I remember in the earlier seasons when Jon or Kate would receive something (like a tummy tuck or hair transplant or trip) and go on about how they could never have afforded to do or have those things on their own. I guess that was not true at all seeing as how they now live in a 1.3 million dollar mansion with a pool. I wonder how many people sent money to them because they believed that Jon and Kate really needed it. I do not think that they will be on the air much longer- America is not going to identify with that sort of lifestyle, especially now.

• It’s official, I cannot stay awake for Jon & Kate anymore. It’s lost it’s pizazz, not that there was that much. I just don’t like the vibe in that new house. It’s too big, and the show has lost something. And oh my God, I did see this…. A new stainless frig. See, we didn’t need to see 15 minutes of Kate ranting and raving over cleaning the old frig, did we?
  Everything seems different, even when there sitting as a couple on the love seat talking about the show. Kate is more smug then ever. I guess so, she’s a multi millionaire now. And whoever said Jon was the sharpest tool in the shed? I think you’re right. After all he married her, and now he’s just letting her run the show. I’m even bored and bothered by the kids now. What has happened?

• I also feel that the show has lost it. Who cares that they are picking out tile that they probably won’t have to pay for anyway for their million dollar house. And kate was so rude last night. Nothing new, I know.

• New House-New Body language. Could they sit any further apart in their interview “love seat”? It should be called their “divorce seat”. I do not enjoy watching j&k anymore. Money makes us act differently as witnessed. Kate will never change, she likes herself the way she is. Good luck to Jon and kids.

• I watch it if nothing else is on. But truthfully, they don’t live in reality. They don’t ever worry about money and bills. If the average family had eight kids they would worry about these things. They are buying a new house when a lot of the country is losing their homes and struggling to hold on. (Most people I know). My uncle and aunt, both college educated and work in the medical field, have 4 kids and have to watch what they spend, pinch pennies, and live in a modest sized home. J & K have eight kids and live a way better life than most college educated people who have 2 kids. Always going on vacations, renewing vows in Hawaii, spending money, wearing new clothes every episode, buying a new million dollar house, hair transplants, etc. It’s just not realistic, sorry. Kate seems like a spoiled brat, and they both have become materialistic monsters.

• I just wanted to say that I love the show, and lets face it Kate going off the way she does is good for ratings…..hey who would want to look at it if she was this calm sweet mom. They now live near me and yesterday I got to see the two new dogs, very cute. They are doing so much to the house with a new front gate to solar panels on the roof. I understand people complain about the show and how this may effect the children but lets be honest, how many of us given the chance would tell TLC no thanks? Not me or anyone else I have talked to. So live and let live and for fun on Monday nights enjoy the drama….lol

  • Right kate is the coolest mom ever I wish I had brother and sisters that were sextuplets! I like Aden, he really knows his animals hannah is also adorable all of them are so cute! The painting episode is my fav!

  • http://www.phillymag.com/articles/jon_and_kate_gosselin/

• do not fret – it’s already over

• I saw that old fridge next to their freezer in the basement.
  I guess it was just too “filthy” for her to use. That woman wouldn’t know filthy if it punched her in the face!

  And exactly how many new appliances does that woman need?
  will it never end? and didja notice how many times they mentioned their Whirlpool washer and dryer??? several – which means they got ’em for free. She is a real piece of work.
  her kitchen is equipped like an industrial restaurant kitchen now.
  hope their personal chef enjoys the new appliances.
  and sadly, I’ve never seen Kate so unhappy as she has been since moving into the “mansion”. She is miserable during the interviews and constantly harps at Jon.
  kinda sad to watch now.

  • You are an idiot! That show is adorable! You don’t know what it’s like having sextuplets you should try it some day! and you are a @#$#%!

    • WE HAVE WATHCHED THE SHOW AND TALKED ABOUT IT WITH FRIEDNS AND FAMILY. I FEEL SINCE THEY HAVE MOVED TO THE NEW HOUSE KATE HAS LOOKED AWFULLY BORED AND LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS A MILLION THINGS ON HER MIND DURING THE INTERVIEWS. AND YES HAVE TO AGREE SHE NEEDS TO GIVE JON A BREAK BUT THEY ARE MAKING A SHOW.AND PEOPLE LAUGH ABOUT IT. MY HUSBAND AND MY SON CAN’T STAND HER.
      THE WALKTHROUGH THE WOODS WAS AWFUL AND KATE LOOKED JUST AS BAD. THE SCREAMING AND CRYING OF THE KIDS AND THROWING THE STICKS OVER THE FENCE WAS TOTALLY ON CALLED FOR NEXT TIME SOMEONE SHOULD THROW JOH’S GOLF CLUBS AND SEE HOW HE REACTS LOL
      BUT ONCE AGAIN IT’S JUST A SHOW IT WILL ALL COME TO AND END FOR THEM I THINK THE LITTLE ONES WILL GET SICK OF IT JUST LIKE THE TWINS HAVE AND MAYBE KATE TOO. BUT THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR HOUSE FURNISHED FIRST. THEY ARE DOING IT ALL FOR THE KIDS! THEY DO COME FIRST. DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT COMMENT FROM JON AND KATE!
      I WISH THEM THE VERY BEST AND THANKS FOR LETTING US INTO THEIR LIVES JUST TO SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE. THEY NOW LIVE A TOTALY DIFFRENT LIFE THEN THE VERY FIRST SHOW

• OMG!! I just finished watching Monday’s J&K show (dvr’d it). How absolutely CLASSIC that the show ended with Kate berating Jon for interrupting/speaking over her inane comments and Jon assuming his shoulders-hunched-up around-his-head, whipped-puppy-dog-don’t-smack-me-for-peeing-on-the-carpet look that he’s adopting on a regular basis in every interview session. This show is totally running out of gas – toothpick refrigerator cleaning, painting a wall, walking in the woods (yelling and screaming all the way-Jon & the kids!). Now that they have no family or friends to interact with, the show has officially flatlined. It’s really turned into the “How Much Can Kate Spend?” show. Maybe Bravo will pick her up for a new “Housewives” show – she’d be real comfy showing off all of her new house “bling” while not having to be polite about anything she says! She’d fit right in.

  • What do you mean, how much can she spend???!!! All the stuff in their house will be donated! Didn’t you notice how she talked up the washers and dryers? Those were absolutely donated!

    And the other kitchen appliances had to have been donated too – she was completely surprised when she saw the microwave was stainless steel…….

    She is such a greedy bitch, and now both of them are treating their kids badly, calling them names, “crying like a baby”, making fun of the kids during the interviews… both of them seem, in my opinion, very emotionally abusive in how they treat the kids and she treats Jon.

    As soon as I heard they get paid huge bucks for each episode, and I realized that Jon quit his job, I got even more disgusted. They are living off their kids and it’s clear the twins don’t like it anymore.

    I wish child protective services would make a visit.

    And I, too, have stopped watching. It actually made my stomach turn.

    • I really need help with my home and cannot possibly buy a million dollars house, but we need help and we donate alot of things to the unfortunate. Why doesn’t KATE TALK ABOUT CHURCH AND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE HELPED THEM.

    • WOW! You are calling her a bitch and you don’t even know her. Try have 8 kids and being sane!

• If Kate was picked up by Bravo, it would have to be Housewife of Pa., since there aren’t any other housewives that hang out with her. I read in another blog that Jon and Kate are now producing the show. Don’t know if it’s correct, but would certainly explain the incredibly dull shows, and almost staged segments. It’s gotten horrible, and this blog is much more exciting then the actual show.

  • Heh. HouseWife of Pa. That’s a good one. Actually, isn’t the mini-manse located in one of the Carolinas? They must have tied in their beach vacation show with house hunting. And have we all noticed how carefully the producers are in not showing any frontal views of the house? Heaven forbid their secret location is exposed to the viewers. And yes – I’ll give those two sweet pups about three days (or two piddle accidents in the house) before Mama Kate has banished them to one of the outbuildings. I feel sorry for the dogs already – at least Jon will have some uncritical company, now!

• It was absolutley hypocritical of Kate to tell Jon to stop interrupting her at the end of the show. She’s the one who keeps doing that to him when they do interviews. Also, what’s with them letting the kids paint? Paint fumes are dangerous to the lungs, especially to little kids who were born premature.

  • me to

  • Actually, just to play devil’s advocate, the paint that I noticed they were using seemed to me to be that new kind that is better for the environment and hardly has a smell at all. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure. They would, after all, have the best of the best, lol. I have to agree, however, with everyone saying Kate is getting a little meaner than usual. I am sure she has things on her mind, it’s stressful, but I have to also say that Jon LETS her speak to him that way. He needs to man up a bit. She yells at him like he is a child, and that just isn’t ok, no matter what your reason. She belittles him.

• I’m glad for their prosperity, but feel that the kids are being exploited and that their material success has come at the cost of the support of their family and friends. At the beginning of the series, they expressed gratitude for the help they got from those closest to them.
  Now those people have disappeared and their gratitude is for all of the free trips, shows, surgeries, toys, clothes, etc. that they are given. How Jon and Kate can pride themselves on their Christianity when they have become alienated from the people who should be closest to them is inconceivable.

  Plus Kate’s perfectionism seems to exclude being meticulous in her efforts to respect her husband. Does she not realize that there is ugliness and dirt of the soul that comes from treating your life’s partner in a demeaning way? Although she is so concerned with giving her family the best nutrition that money can buy, where is her awareness of nourishing her husband’s emotional well-being by treating him with decency?

  Eventually, her rigid, loud insistence in her own “rightness” may antagonize her children as well as her siblings and parents. I wish them as much success in dealing with the obvious problems that have come with their fame and wealth as they have had material success, but it is saddening and disturbing to viewers to see the destructive changes brought about in a family for whom, at first, we had great sympathy.

• I have watched this show for about 2 years. I really admired
  Kate and John and the family that they were raising. But after
  Monday nights show-I will never watch that spoiled woman again! She should be greatful for that huge house and all she has gotten thanks to that show. She now sounds like a spoiled
  rotten child! The twins seem the same! i AM DONE WATCHING THAT SHOW FOR EVER!

  • OMG I am an Australian mother that has watched the show for about a year (sextuplets 2 to about 3 or so years). WHAT HAVE I MISSED??? Yes she can be a pain and the yelling over grass-stains is really beyond me but at the same time I can relate to some amount of stress. At the moment I have a delightful seven year old girl to care for and when we have parties or what not with other kids the noise really stresses me – imagine that every day all day!!!! I dont know what has happened but would certainly like to know.

    • Liesa – it sounds like your Austrailian programming is running about a year behind U.S. shows.- and it’s really been in the past year that the rot has really set in and become obvious to us viewers that Kate either a.) doesn’t care anymore that she’s being filmed and is revealing her uncensored (and unlikeable) personality, or b.) – wait! There is no “b” – it’s ALL “a”.

• I’m almost starting to wonder if Kate’s treatment of Jon isn’t staged, since it seems to add to the drama, and maybe the ratings. How could she be that horrible to him on camera, and he always takes it. It’s a theory, who knows. They could just be laughing all the way to the bank.

• I guess the next few episodes are going to be spent furnishing the “mansion” with new furniture – more than likely all free, of course, and now I see that they are getting not one, but TWO puppies. Good God Claude!!! OCD Katie will go mental with 8 kids + two little puppies peeing everwhere. She is not a dog person from what I can see.
  yet another cause of stress for poor Katie. Perhaps the dogs can be housed in one of the “out buildings” – they can choose new flooring for that too.
  and for the Love of God, why can’t someone tell that woman that her hairdo is just plain heinous??? short, long, spiky, stripey, in her eyes, behind her ear. . . she has about 6 styles goin’ on there at the same time!!! with all her money, surely she can afford to get some kind of decent hairstyle??? quite the sight.
  maybe her personal chef can put her in touch with a “personal stylist” and clean up that mess on top of her head!

  • I can understand some of the opinions expressed here, and I too believe that Kate and Jon (yes, Jon too) are on their way to raising a spoiled family in which everything is handed over to them. I also agree that Kate treats Jon with emotional disregard—but why make fun of her hair style? Comments like that make viewers just as bad.

• our kids were born when we were 44 and 49 (our daughter) and again at 50 (Me) and Jeannie was 45 (our son) after twenty two years of trying to have kids we suddenly without any help from anything found ourselves with two beautiful, extraordinary children…we relate to Jon and Kate on the tired level…we ADORE our kids and so do they…its so obvious…yes they argue but hey, who doesn’t? I’m a therapist which does not mean I am any kind of expert on relationships but there sure is alot of jealousy of the things that have been offered to them from various companies etc. Could people just be happy for them? regardless we love them…they arn’t perfect but no one is…one critique we saw was the kids were ”working” and they cited a photo shoot where there was crying and various tantrums etc. sheesh our kids do that on occasion going to McDonalds :)…thats just kids …and what Jon and Kate have is alot of them so they kinda feed off each other tantrum wise I would imagine…so the more that comes to them to help them raise those adorable kids and give them some space and some great learning experiences the better….one of the mysteries of life to me is why people are so mean to people….we are all supposed to be helping each other down here….we have and elderly friend(shes 91) who tells us if she could take back every single negative thing she ever said about anybody in her life without exception( and she has said less than most of us I bet) she would…we are trying to learn from her and give that lesson to our children…congratulations on your amazing family Jon and Kate and how God is using you to help people learn….ignore the haters…its jealousy…you are both doing a great job…and guess what? you don’t have to be perfect…and Kate…OMG my wife and her sisters love your hair…they think you are the new Jennifer Aniston…LOL…enjoy your lives and your kids…Michael and Jeannie

• i wonder how often they have sex i mean with the cameras everywhere i don’t know how they find time

• I get your point, Michael. I think there is a lot of jealousy and negativity aimed at Jon and Kate. Of course they love their children, I can see that. I know for myself the problem with the whole thing is Kate. She’s the one who needs to think about her life, and why she seems to alienate all the people in it, including her family. It seems very real to me, that if you piss her of in the slightest, you’re done. If there wasn’t so much mean stuff about her, this blog wouldn’t exist. I do not begrudge them their success.
  As for the hair? You have to be kidding.

  • Love their kids?! What show were you watching?

    In my opinion, Kate is seriously mentally disturbed – both parents belittle the kids repeatedly. It’s clear to me that the parents have no patience with the kids and find them annoying. The whole “you can’t ever come into our bedroom” scene was pathetic….

    I feel soooo sorry for the kids, I resent the parents for “making money off their kids backs”, and I am amazed that businesses keep giving them free stuff.

    I don’t watch anymore…. so very sad that people like Kate can breed.

• Could TLC please do re-runs of other good shows once in a while besides (self centered) jon and Kate. Enough is enough. try showing the duggers or little people reruns sometimes. Thees are genuinely good families thet you can enjoy watching. Kate is the most self centered human being i have ever seen, she needs to go away!!!

• again, it amazes me that people take time out of their day to criticize…there is plenty to do in this world that is constructive…and criticizing Kates hair?…OMG,,,although my wife and her sisters do love it( I had to verify that LOL)……..that has to be the epitome of petty…what a reach for something to be negative about…go adopt a child or volunteer on a cancer ward…you won’t have time to criticize peoples hair or how they raise their kids…having six at once is traumatic…and mostly traumatic for the person who carried them in her body( that would be Kate with the hair you need to critique)…jeez

• there is something about them that stirs people up…they are so human, so vulnerable…so fallible …like all of us…but for any of us to presume we have any idea what it like to have twins and then six is delusional…we have no idea…my parents raised ten children…but had them one at a time…big difference

• Michael J -Quick, look up! I think the point that a lot of these bloggers are trying to make just zoomed over your head and you missed it! Commenters, in general, have nothing but good hopes and wishes for these children and realize what trails and tribulations the parents have and will experience in a lifetime of raising these kids. Their love and care for them is obvious and has been since the first show. What is also obvious, and upsetting to 95% of us, is Kate’s unrelenting attitude towards her husband. I’m not a therapist, but I don’t need a psych degree to see that her personality is her problem. Watching and hearing her interact with her husband week after week is giving us all a high degree of the “ick” factor. I find that listening to her cutting her husband off at the knees in her rude and dismissive way, showing no respect for him AT ALL, on national tv yet, is beyond belief! She’s a loving and caring mother who apparently feels it’s okay to treat her husband like something she needs to scrape off the bottom of her shoe. Is it how the producers choose to portray her because strong viewer reactions equal better ratings? Who knows? But the attitude and the words are from HER mouth. You know that old adage “little pitchers have big ears”? These kids are watching and hearing EVERYTHING. Healthy for them? I think not. No respect for your mate? Bad idea.

• If you all do not like Jon & Kate plus 8 then turn off your TV’s watch something else. Get a life Jodi your upset becasue they wouldn’t let you cash in on the kids and stupid people feel sorry for you boo hoo At least Jon & Kate are using the money they get for the kids.

  • are you retarded? jon and kate are EXPLOITING their kids for $$. notice jon isn’t working anymore. i hope they go bankrupt. and i hate kate and her stupid 90’s hair.

• Michael J.: FYI, I can comment on whatever I like, that is what this website is for. I hate Kate’s hair, but it is really nothing compared to her personality – at least her hair can be fixed – the personality – not soo much.
  I sponsor several children in under-developed countries, work full time and care for my ill 82 year mother in law.
  Just because I think Kate has a ridiculous hairdo, does not make me a bad person. Get off your high horse, Michael J. and let us enjoy our little bit of venting please!!

• Don’t even get me started. I have twins and an older daughter. I did basically everything myself. My husband works late. Went back to work after the twins turned 8 months. Spent $15,000 in daycare. Cared for a sick mother/aunt for five years while raising/working kids. Then had my father live with me when he was sick with cancer. Again, not much help both financially/emotionally. All she does is yell and INTERRUPT Jon when he’s talking but that’s okay. She doesn’t have a clue. I’d love to have a BUILT in pool in my backyard and go on vacations. But instead, we live paycheck to paycheck. Don’t blame you Jodi for wanting to get out. That’s only HALF my story. Must be nice to be Kate. And yes, how many times was I going to hear about the Whirlpool Washer/Dryer’s that they got and I’m sure for FREE. Everything for FREE.

• the last sentence of your post Lynny J strikes a cord…and I do get on my high horse….but I get so tired of seeing people tear at each other…I’ll even admit that the episode about Jon and Kate not ever letting their kids come in their bedroom floored us…I guess my point though that if everyones skeletons were on TV any of us would be ridiculed…but I guess that is human nature and sometime puts us in our place and helps us improve…we did also see an episode where one of the kids was ”being controlling” in Kates opinion and Kate said,” well she may be alot like somebody else”(meaning herself) ..so she admits to it now some…and she does seem to have quite a few fractured relationships…but there is also alot of jealousy of her too ..it would be hard to hide on television…they are really under the microscope…anyway I surrender my halo….carry on…we may even join in on occasion but don’t criticize if you can take it because that is how it works…’what goes around comes around’

• oooo…I like Terri’s post…she is right about ”Aunt Jodi” everyone wants a piece of them…OMG…I am one of you now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we feel protective of Jon and Kate…not sure why…we just see alot of good in them also

• It’s real simple – If you don’t like the show then don’t watch it.
  If it makes you feel good to talk negative about anyone then
  maybe you should take a long look in the mirror. Jon & Kate are doing what they can with what they are given. We all have it tough right now and they have a bills that will be never ending. Which one of us can really understand what they are going through on a daily basis?

• To Michael J and Jeannie: If you think this blog site is bad you have to check out, ( well you probably won’t like it, but) http://www.musingsfromthemoon Now that one really takes aim at the poor Gosselins, as well as some other current topics. There’s one with pictures of washing machines all over the lawn, it’s a scream.

• I stumbled on this “blog” accidentally and became consumed with the comments. People, if you do not like the show don’t watch it. If the show is helping them provide for their family than good for them. If they didn’t do the show people would be trying to get the children taken from them because “they couldn’t provide for them.” And for those of you who say that Little People, Big World and 17 Kids and Counting are good family’s you’re nuts! You don’t think they’re using their kids for money also, get real, just because they are religious does not mean they’re not loving the money coming in from their kids’ television show. So the mother of eight children all under the age of ten is little stressed, who wouldn’t be, most people can’t handle two kids let alone 6 all the same age. And I’m sure if anyone else was in their shoes they’d be accepting all of those “free” gifts too, they’re needed. Have eight kids and then maybe start judging.

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• Okay, Michael J. – I sort of like you now. Not sure why. But I do. It’s just kind of amusing/interesting for me to see that other people have strong opinions like I do.

  I really feel a bit sorry for Kate. She seems to have isolated herself and her family from everyone and appears to be lonely. But that still doesn’t mean I like her hair!!!

• Julianne – thanks for the terrific link http/www.musingsfromthemoon.com! I encourage everybody to skip over and settle down for an interesting read about J&K+8. After reading the initial blog (and now alot of the craziness of the show makes sense), the comment of #43 sums up what most of us are concerned about. And rightfully so. This show needs to be shut down asap. (One can only wish.)

• It doesn’t matter how many things Kate gets, including money, she is never happy! I’m glad she’s not my Mom. Hang in there Jon!

• Hey Cynthia, you’re welcome. I first heard about the site from this blog. I was actually starting to feel bad about how I was feeling towards Kate, as if my feeling were from jealousy. But after reading some of those comments, I felt like, yeah that’s what I’m talking about. There favorite name is the “Greedlings”. and I think it now fits them perfectly. Then last night I saw J&K on the soup, with Kate yelling at Jon for interrupting, and oh my God. Is she for real? Is this staged? If not, it’s gotten really bad between them. Almost looks like her hatred for mankind has finally caught up to her husband instead of her family and friends.
  Watch out Jon!

  • Julianne – just spent the last half hour at “musingfromthemoon” – and have learned several interesting (to me) bits of news. Those two new pups for the next show? Didn’t last two weeks living at the new mini-manse. They were given away. The dog fancier sites are up in arms over this latest display of total disregard by J&K over these pups. The kids must be heartbroken. Next item: while Kate is busy with her book tour and $25,000 fee for speaking to groups, Jon has been hitting the college bar scene, looking totally gooned and happy with the college chicks – as evidenced by the photos taken and posted. On a happy (for him) side note, his hair plugs look like they’re filling in! Heh. More info: Jon took one of the twins snowboarding in Utah (vacation site) and newspaper listed a condo purchased by him. And what else? Oh, yeah – with Kate away and Jon partying – who’s taking care of their little money-makers? That would be the nanny and the personal chef (who only cooks organic). Just when you can’t believe what’s going on with the Greedlins – more crap just comes rolling downhill. But the best news by far is what he told the college bar patrons – that he’s moved out of the main house and is living in the guest house on the property. Hope it’s true – maybe he needs to live alone to grow a set……

• I loved the show up to where they cut family out of the childrens life for money. Aunt Jody was always there for them and also have 4 children to raise. I cant believe that Kate does that and Jon does he not have a spine to stand up for him and the Kids. They loved and still love Aunt Jodi and she them, cant you put you feelings aside and put those of the children first Kate. In the beging they talked about there believes christianity and church and now nothing. Did God walked out the back door when money moved in? Kate just remember what the Lord says does not matter how many treasures you have on earth it all is about what you have in Heaven. Yes I understand that you need a house and food and all of that for you children but Love alwayd need to come first.ALWAYS.

• Spoiler alert! Heard it through the grapevine that the Gosselins do not keep the two new German Shepard puppies. One of the children is allergic. ? First of all I would never buy German Shepard’s with a house full of kids. I love dogs, and all breeds, but I know a few stories that went, she was the sweetest dog, and one day Dad rolled over on her by accident, damn if she didn’t bite off his nose. Not a good choice of breed.
  They should have gotten a breed that’s better on shedding, like a Bichon, poodle, etc. Much better around kids too.

• i hate this show. jon & kate are exploiting their children for $$…their kids are just adorable props to them. notice jon isn’t even working anymore. at least the roloffs and the other religious family are working. i hope jon & kate go bankrupt and the show gets cancelled. also, kate’s hair is so 90’s. she’s fugly too.

• I watch the show and really believe that Kate needs counseling. Maybe Jon is putting up with it now because of the kids but one day the kids will be grown and gone and he’ll take a hike. Time will tell. Shes absolutely horrible. One of the many times shes aggrevated me in her comments to him was when he tried to make a good Korean dinner in “her” kitchen. She berated him and was basically insane in her actions. Yet she liked what he made. She is a pretty lady outside but inside she needs work. Even the kids outside one day got dirty and they freaked out, her phobias have already rubbed off on the children. Maddy is so much like her. Shes going to be a troubled handfull as she reaches teenage years.

• Hey, Cynthia. I know I read all the things you did. Who knows if they’re all true, but wouldn’t that be something if they were. Especially the stuff about Jon moving out and on. That would certainly put a fly in the pudding, so to speak. Then the new dog stuff, it’s just getting better and better. I just hope some of the “lover’s” out there, at least read these tidbits on Musings, to see why all the fuss and resentment about those two. Yes, it could be made up bad stuff, but maybe not.

  • I really like how well thought out the comments on the Musings are – and how much is backed up with photos, etc., (Jon’s barhopping) and comments from people who live in the area. Also that the Utah condo purchase was listed in the real estate section – can only imagine how much that cost! – it’s one thing to read alot of baloney from disgruntled viewers and suspect what they’re saying, but being able to back it up puts info in an entirely new category. Did you notice the link they provided to alert the church the G’s belong to, to report Jon’s bar activities? Their church sect forbids alcohol – the same church that Jon’s father is the pastor of. The Gosselin website espouses all tenents, scripture etc., that they religiously adhere to. Hypocritical, much?! Actually, I think I’m beginning to like the J&K8 show again – for all the wrong snarky reasons. My bad!

• I feel sorry for the 2 little pups. Kind of cruel to adopt 2 pets and get rid of em once the shows have been taped. Hope they eventually found good homes.
  I think that TLC hit a new low with that stunt.
  On a lighter note, Joel McHale of The Soup has been doing weekly segments on the Gosselins – i.e.: Kate’s berating poor Jon. It’s hilarious.
  I wouldn’t blame him if he did move out to the one of the “outbuildings”. Kate probably banned him from “her” bedroom too!

• I feel sorry for the puppies too, but I’m sure with such a famous xfamily, they’ll be adopted. To Cynthia: Yes, those musings reports do seem to be backed up alright, and I now to enjoy the show, for all the wrong reasons. (That is when I can stay awake, they’ve been so boring), but the after comments are really good. It’s Kate’s father that is the pastor. Jon’s father was a dentist, and passed away a few years ago.

• jon and kate rox so if you are going to say somthing bad about me/them don’t talk!

  • Does your mother know you’re not in school today? As you get older, you’ll realize how important your English and Composition classes are. Now go outside and play – fresh air is GOOD for you!

• I hadn’t seen the show since July and yesterday saw an episode where they were having washing machines delivered to their new house. The kids were hardly shown, but when they were they seemed happy. The parents were absolutely miserable looking. That show was followed by an episode (Ophrah visit) that was a few years old. The change in the parents was so obvious- they’ve aged at least 10 years in 2 years. They are definitely very unhappy people, the new show was so depressing- and boring.

• I can not stand kate,or her husband,she thinks shes doing it all?well they get paid she is greedy,i wish i had 8 kids and could afford to go on trips all over and nice big house,quit my job and stay home and have my life and kids blasted all over the tv poor kate what a job to have to spit out 8 kids and get paid for it,like shes the only one who has that many kids.what makes her so special?she talks down to jon all the time what does he see in her?now videos are out on that family.
  get her off tv please and take jon with her….

• Hey guys its Bekah here and i just wanted to say I love you guys show and all of the kids are sooo cute.Right now i am getting ready to watch the new one the one were you get two puppies!! Man what were you guys thinking LOL!! Well I just wanted to say I love you guys show and tell everyone I said hi!! bye guys

• just betting that any of these fine people who post have as many flaws as Kate and Jon and then some…just a guess..we love the show and them…and their kids…they are on TV folks…under the microscope….you wouldn’t look so great either….and they are still married…are you?….sheesh….ok,the german shepherd pups were a poor choice and we did see the writing on the wall with that one but hey, it was a mistake not a moral issue…I fear going to look at that other site with ”photos to prove up the accusations”…great….how nice…Jeannie ps, and yes I like her hair…she is not a clone…its different

• eek!!!!!!!!!! just went to that other website…I need to catch my breath….it’s a full menu of people to hate/ criticize etc…most of which probably deserve it but it just goes against everything I believe…either that or I fear if I ever start I will never stop :) we are human ya know……I think I am too old for web surfing…I think I will go bake my kids some cookies ….thank God I am not being filmed…because I am quite sure it would be highly criticized if it were a media event…my children were born when I was 44 and 45 after 22 years if ”trying” and alot of crying…I suddenly got pregnant two years in a row with only Gods help( which is enough it turns out :) anyway, I’m sure somebody thinks we are too old to have these gorgeous little kids.(They are six and seven now)..at McDonalds this weekend(hope its ok with you all that we allow them McDonalds on occasion…look up Lynny! that was sarcasm!! :) the lady at the counter said,”got the grandkids for the day?” and no I did not jump over the counter and throttle her…I decided awhile back to lighten up…maybe some of you could try it Jeannie J

• Do not fear Jeannie and Michael, I think you’re both pretty cool. Of course I’m old too. From the look of your comments you seem like very nice, God fearing, good natured human beings. And I’m sure your children are very lucky, indeed. So there!
  I may post a comment or two, but I take all this with a grain of salt, and don’t lose any sleep over it, that’s for sure. You two take care.

• Jeannie & Michael – You both sound like nice, compassionate people. I can identify with you somewhat – had my child at 36 after 16 years of marriage and have been married for 39 happy years to a great guy. But I’ve seen a lot couples split up. Life does that to good people sometimes. I posted a comment upthread about likening J&K8 to a train wreck. Do I sound judgemental? You betcha. There are so many red flags in their televised relationship that it’s scary. And Kate has flat out rationalized and defended how she comes across. She doesn’t CARE how people regard her. How self-absorbed can one person be? I don’t know about you, but wouldn’t the knowledge that your actions are being FILMED 24/7 kind of make you stop or at least mentally put the brakes on? Not her. She comes across as viscious -I can’t feel much sympathy for her. She’s her own worst enemy and those cute kids will ultimately pay the price for her avarice. I imagine that comments like these frustrate you – but this site allows for all opinions, positive and negative (more negative -after all, it is Evil Beet!).

• Can’t sleep, killer toothache. Cynthia, I agree with you 100%

• ” what kind of mother tells her 4 your old that he has to sit on the potty until he goes then turns the light out and leaves him sitting in the dark and she leaves the room “

• there is nothing that happens on that show that doesn’t happen in many homes…unfortunately….clay feet…remember? however…I will have to surrender my halo with Michaels( mine is more pristine and shiny :) (not!) …it is ‘Evil Beet’ as someone pointed out …maybe it is all just good clean (?) fun shredding Kate and Jon…but a part of me says ”don’t join in”….at least it isn’t as bad as that other website…now that was scary…it should be called ”Super Evil Beet IV” or something…and Lynny…sorry it was someone else who wrote…”Michael, look up! the point just flew over your head!” or something to that effect…I actually thought it was funny …some of you are pretty clever…in an Evil Beet way >:)…not sure thats good …now where is did I put that dam halo?…I actually don’t want to give it up…

• This show is disturbing in more ways than I can count. To become rich off your chldren because you put them to work is pathetic. How could you even consider putting a poor animal under your care. What do you do when you get them home and they pee on the floor is yell and complain and threaten to take them back. You have no idea about caring for animals and to subject them to your nonsense. Kate you and the octuplets mom are in the same category. both narcissitic and selfish. They belittled you on the soup the other night and rightfully so. John needs to start standing up to you. TAKE THIS ABUSIVE SHOW OFF THE AIR…….

• This show is disturbing in more ways than I can count. To become rich off your chldren because you put them to work is pathetic. How could you even consider putting a poor animal under your care. What do you do when you get them home and they pee on the floor is yell and complain and threaten to take them back. You have no idea about caring for animals and to subject them to your nonsense. Kate you and the octuplets mom are in the same category. both narcissitic and selfish. They belittled you on the soup the other night and rightfully so. John needs to start standing up to you. TAKE THIS ABUSIVE SHOW OFF THE AIR…….

• I had trouble watching the puppy episode last night knowing that the two sweet pups weren’t going to last too long in the Greedling Household. Am a dog lover myself, we have two – our oldest is 14 and she was a rescue pet from an animal shelter. We couldn’t love them more. At the end of the show, Jon mentioned that he loved the dogs very much.. Kate’s reply: “Oh, do you? Well good for you.” Just a tad condescending. But nuthin’ new there, eh?

  And the twins seemed so taken with the dogs, especially Mady. Maybe she finally found a source of unconditional love.

  In any event, I too am watching the show for all the wrong reasons. Just waiting for the train wreck! Because believe me, it’s coming!

  • Hmmmm Kate apparently thinks this show is just for her. Smart lady, extremly organized, good mother, good show but there are times when you just want to reach out for Jon and tell him how great he really is. He is a very kind person and I doubt he would hurt a fly but I wish Kate would not put him down so much as he is probably the smarter of the two of them. Sorry Kate but you couldn’t have this fame without him.

    You might know that raising eight kids is enough work without bringing the two puppies into the family. I think they should have waited a few years more to do that. Love my animals and love my kids but then….I only had two kids.

  • you people are the biggest hypocrites I’ve ever heard!!!!! Kate exploiting her kids???? therapy sessions for them??? how would you say this blog is helping them in life???? by belittling the parents that have and will continue o raise them, by caling a 8 year old child Braddie?? Aunt Jody is a wonderful woman I must say ,but I was absolutely astonished to find out that she (via her sister) was responsible for/supporting this blog because of MONEY!!!! If she was such a wonderful woman she wouldn’t have allowed money or the lack of to determine whether or not she would be in those kids life,,,,her character is just as flawed as the woman she is trying to sabotage!Her sister on the other hand just sounds like a desperate, lonely woman with a serious lack of a social life or just a life!!

  • I have watched this show from the beginning as loved watching the kids as a grama and who would not …..but Kate is a witch and not a mother or a wife……what a weakling Jon is please Jon get some back bone and stand up to that woman, smack her one….it cant be all her way like it is now……your marriage wont last….how terrible that she doesnt see her family and now trouble with her brother and his wife Jodi…..You and your family are not the end all of everything, love the kids but OMG both of you smarten up….you have been so blessed so far with all you have received, God will only understand so much

• I agree with you Lynny last nights episode was disturbing. Mady seemed very happy with the dogs and I feel an animal or in their case animals may help her. I don’t think that I’ll watch the episode when the dogs leave, I’m sure it will be much too sad especially for the twins. I’m sure Kate will be beaming when that day comes.

• Remember the episode when Kate threatened to pitch Joels little stuffed animal? How she loooved causing her darling baby to scream in fear and one of the twins tried to run interference? Well, picture the same ugly scene when Kate threatens to do the same with the puppies…

• Never watched this show from day one although my wife does. Without a doubt, the worst show on television. Talk about exploiting your kids for fame & money. And from what I’ve read, Kate has become a real nasty bitch. I’ll stick to ’24’ which is on at the same timeslot. Yeah baby!

• Why does Kate seem so mad all the time??? She seems to be getting nastier and nastier to Jon, also. It just seems so hypocritical to make a big deal to renew your vows and then just obviously not show that you mean it. I really think she needs to get some help and soon. Something is really wrong with her.

  • My thought’s are that somewhere in Kate’s life she has been very abused and shunned by her parents. That is why she has developed such an ugly dominating personality.She has to be heard and be in control. She is very pitiful and needs a Psychiatrist, I mean this kindly.
    Jon is of course more educated . She is just an RN. I have worked with nurses with Kay’s problem and they are real bitches and have maybe just one friend on the shift where we would work.
    It is obviouse this marrage will be over as soon as Jon can help the children to adjust to life. I will not blame him but also feel sorry for Kate she is so hurt inside all that opiniated personality.

• I don’t know what’s more disturbing- Kate’s nasty attitude to her husband, or how many people on here (and probably elsewhere) defend her nasty attitude.

  There is NO- absolutely NO- excuse for it.

• Well, I don’t think that we defend the nastiness.
  I’d say a good portion of us feel badly for Jon and the kids
  because of her attitude and her manner of speaking to them.
  But it does seem to be increasing with every episode.
  The more material things she acquires, the meaner and more disgruntled she becomes.
  It’s a cliche I know, but money certainly can’t buy happiness, not in Kate’s case anyway.
  And her freak outs over the puppies peeing in the basement were a bit much. They are puppies, they are going to pee. What the hell does she think? Anyway they just laid tile in the basement, so that cleans up rather well.
  She needs to take a chill pill, or maybe an entire bottle would do the trick.

• http://www.phillymag.com/articles/jon_and_kate_gosselin/

• Well if in fact the puppies do leave, I’ll really start believing all the bad stuff about J&K. Even though Maddy seems taken with the puppies now, I can see her losing interest, especially when work of taking care of them doesn’t stop. I could be wrong, but she is her “mothers” daughter. Kara on the other hand seems much more sincere and easy going. I really feel bad for her if the puppies leave. I am a big dog lover and one thing I read was, “never by a young child a dog, just because they think they want one”. You, as in the grown-up have to want one. The kids will lose interest after the novelty wears off. Not to say they don’t love the pet, but the chore’s associated are a lot to bare for a child. Plus that puppy biting really can hurt young skin. Best to bring a puppy into a home when children are at least 10 or older.

  • Do you even watch the show at all?
    Their names are Mady* and Cara*.

• omg they are badn ppl

• Could you possibly write in English. I’m afraid I don’t understand your special language.

• I can’t believe how annoying most of you people are. I bet if u had a chance MOST of u would sign up for a tv show too. It’s not kates fault that shes “nasty”. Shes under a ton of stress and stress is added each and every day for her. It cant be easy to raise 8 kids all being under the age of ten. I LOVE their show and like they said in one of their episodes, its a wasy for people to know what its like to be in a house with 8 little kids.

  • Give me a break! We are all under stress– that doesn’t give us the right to act like a preMadonna.

    I mean, hello, upon surprising the kids with 2 dogs, she also mentions that SHE NAMED THEM! Who does that!?!

    Kate’s a bitch. End of story.

• What stress does Kate have? Lets see what spa to go to, what designer clothing should she buy next and what she should have the personal chef cook for them today or better yet what she should do with her personal trainer. Yeah, she’s under alot of stress.

• I agree with Luanne. She has no stress now. And Lynny. Write in english please. Kate might have had lots of stress in the first couple of years, but not now. And due to the shows success and how we’re seeing the rewards for producing “litters” of kids, we now have real monsters like Octomom. I’m sure her total goal was to have lot’s of babies and get on a reality show like J&K. They’re making millions, so why shouldn’t she. I sincerely hope there aren’t a whole bus load of other copy cats out there as well. Can’t blame the Gosselins, they didn’t make themselves so successful. We did.

• I don’t know about your opinions, but if you had sextuplets and twins, you would probably be acting like Kate too. She’s just trying to be the best mother she can. Good job, Kate!!!!

  • No. After having twins it’s REALLY not a good idea to go on in vetro fertilization meds.

• Soccergirl – I think you answered your own question. Just stop and think. If you had a household of 8 kids, would YOU want tv cameras and film crews invading your privacy 24/7? Not if you’re in your right mind. Therefore, what would the reason be for the existence of J&K+8? Only one reason. MONEY!! It’s the lowest common denominator. Not the altruistic explanations that Kate keeps repeating, ad nauseum – “how “hard” it is bringing up multiples” etc., etc. They CHOSE to impregnate all those eggs. I’m 100% for freedom of choice (unless you’re insane like OctoMom), but with the choice must come paying for that choice. Most of us take the ethical high road and don’t look for handouts to facilitate that choice. Don’t get me wrong – temporary help is perfectly fine as long as it helps you to get back on your original path of a stable, successful life. And that’s where J&K+8 has veered off and crashed, to the disgust of a lot of us. Kate (and I’ll say “Kate” because Jon is too much of a spineless whimp to be the pants in that family) has shown that it’s all about the cash. Do you realize how much they’re racking in? At last count, $70,000 per episode, THOUSANDS in speaking fees, “love donations”, photo sales, books, $1.3 million, 24 acre house/property, free EVERYTHING, personal chef, live-in nanny, and they’ve now signed up for the sixth? season! They’ve made a cash empire on the backs of their children. And that’s just plain WRONG.
  I imagine that you’re now thinking “Oh, she’s just jealous that the Gosselins are so well off”, etc. Wrong. We are well off. I have a nice house on a lot of land. I don’t have money worries. The difference is, my husband and I WORKED FOR IT AND APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE MANAGED TO DO OVER A LIFETIME. We didn’t quit our jobs like Jon and Kate. We respect each other, unlike Jon and Kate. We have a healthy and responsible child who knows what real values are – unlike what the Gosselin kids have been exposed to. Parents looking for and continually accepting handouts, being away from their children more often than not (Jon’s currently having a blast speaking on the college circuit, partying at the local gin mills and flirting with co-eds (you think those pics will be in the Gosselin family album?!).) The backlash against what this show is hiding/exposing is growing by leaps and bounds – this is a form of child abuse and the viewer/public is getting negatively noisier by the episode. We can only hope TLC will wake up and pull the plug on Kate’s cash cow when the public outcry becomes loud enough to end this sorry mess!

• Cynthia is completely right, as far as I’m concerned. There are plenty of other multiple families out there, that at first got attention, and hand out’s, which is fine. But the Gosselins just keep on going. Other families with multiples have it a lot worse, especially since there are many who’s children have chronic health issues. (cerebal palsey, etc.).
  I also think one the reasons for their success is the constant debate. I think it keeps the interest and the ratings high.

• Thanks, Julianne. And I also agree with your end comment about debate and interest keeping the ratings right up there. After all, what else could possibly account for the “Jerry Springer Show” for all these past years?! I guess trailer trash drama will always win out over “Masterpiece Theater”. God help us all. At this rate, the Gosselin gruesome twosome will be grandparents before this circus runs out of steam…. if it wasn’t so sad, it’d be funny.

• WHY DOES THIS AWFUL SHOW HAVE TO BE ON NEARLY 24/7. ITS TOTALLY ANNOYING. ALL ABOUT MONEY, BEST CLOTHERS, TRIPS, PARTIES, YOU NAME IT. I HAD IDENTICAL TWINS, NATURALLY, AND I NEVER RECIEVED HELP FROM ANYONE. THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED, AND THAT KATE IS A REAL PEICE OF WORK, SORRY FOR HER HUSBAND. TLC FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO AIR AS I WONT BE WATCHING THE NETWORK ANY MORE.
  THANK YOU

• if you do not think this show is is good you are nincompoops this is the best show her kids are adorable and jon and kate treat them just fine

• my biggest concern is for Cara. such a lovely child but her eyes have become filled with almost a hopeless look. everything is for Kate and Braddie. i’m sick of hearing about poor kate’s stress! this is exactly the life she thrives on…being taken care of by everyone else. my heart aches for John. that bitch bosses him and belittles him and has taken away his very manhood. there is nothing good about kate. she accuses john for doing the very things that She does! interrupting, not caring etc. “oh, i can do everything faster and better than anyone.” hmm, where are all the family members now? she is incorrigable and john will be the next one gone. how much can a person take! oh, he’s a man of integrity and he loves his children, so he’ll wait until they’re grown more. He does EVERYTHING for those kids and she takes the credit. she even begrudges him playing with them. I watch because i truly love those children. Braddie needs some serious therapy and she’s the one kate loves the most. she never even looks poor Cara in the eyes. have you ever seen kate hug or kiss or compliment Cara? nope, me either. well, i hope i live long enough to see the children grow up. i pray that she doesn’t do the damage to them that someone did to her.

• Hi, Mary! Your concern for the twins is admirable – hopefully some money (lots) will be set aside for those expensive therapy sessions all the kids will be needing. But before you put a halo over Jon’s head, I feel he’s almost up there with his wife in the blame department. Basically, he’s the ninth kid in that family. He’s immature, lets his wife berate and ridicule him on national tv, on the few occasions he’s talked back to her, it’s usually under his breath or he walks away. He can’t hold down a job, lied about why he was fired while she was pregnant – (J&K claimed the employer didn’t want to pay insurance for them – not so. He was canned because he was doing a job on the side and while he was a work, spent most of his time calling sponsors for freebies, etc., and bragged to co-workers “that he’d never have to work again” once the 6 arrived!.) True facts backed up by the employer and paperwork filings. And he hasn’t held a job for any length since. So, I guess his dreams have come true. Thanks, kids! I mentioned in an earlier post that he was doing speaking engagements for the college circuit. He was paid $10,000, for what?! What could this teen wannabe possibly have to say to a bunch of college kids? He’s getting to live his teen years all over again, plenty of moolah and no responsibility while he’s off having a good time. The live-in nanny is home doing the parenting while both of these losers are holding their hands out, palms up, at all of their speaking engagements. I do feel a bit sorry for him, but not too much and not very often! He’s made his own bed but doesn’t want to stay in it. I don’t know why – it’s all Lane furniture – new and free from the company!

• And another thing! It’s these speaking engagements. Why can’t they just do the show, and that’s that. I can even see being on a talk/news show now and then. But these personal appearances really get me.
  What really bugs me about Jon is him allowing her to dump people. I wonder if he ever stands up to her when she just decides to rid people family from her life like her brother and Jodie. He seemed to really get along with him. He is like the ninth child! Whatever mommy says.
  And another boring show last night. I can’t get through any of them, plus the Bachelor was much more interesting. Kate did seem much more pleasant last night, I have to say. Plus she’s really getting thin. You can see it when they did some flashbacks. It’s just that hair. If only it didn’t stick up in the back. Somebody get a weed whacker.

• Thank God some of you have the same feelings…now I don’t feel so alone! I’ve just seen a rerun of the Aunt Jodi and the Gum episode. Honestly, I thought the first time that it’s a wonder Jodi would ever speak to them again…but now I see from comments that there has been a whole lot of stuff published on the internet about that relationship. Kate has a real OCD and need for control. That’s why it works for her. Planned and executed. It happens this way and no other. Jon has a different child-rearing style. Kate treats Jon very poorly if she’s trying to set an example for her children. Someone mentioned “Braddie” above. Who the heck is Braddie? Cara is one of the two females in the household who aren’t totally out of control. Hannah is the other. But, Maddie and the other two little ones are carbon copies of Kate. They really are quite spoiled acting and want things their own way. Kate is very pretty and she’s easy on the eyes, but her attitude is starting to overcome all of that. Any woman who yells at a 3 year old about his having chewed gum and how she’s going to throw away his toy (threaten) because it’s extra work to get the gum off. Give me a break…they’ve had their family on the TV long enough to BUY the poor kid another toy. What the heck was the 3 year old supposed to do about it while she was threatening and he was crying? That is cruelty. And, yes, Maddie did try to help. Even SHE, the queen of complaints and yelling and crying, knew that was wrong. Aunt Jodi, tell Kate to raise her own kids, wait and see what Kate is going through when her kids are teenagers and some rebel and she can’t CONTROL them. Jon needs to have a private talk with Kate. I think he will be there for his children until they’re out of high school, but I can’t see him sticking around with Kate after that. She is very hurtful of his feelings. I don’t blame him at all for the comments under his breath. He gets a laugh from the camera crew when he does that. Does anyone know how Kate’s brother feels about all this? I pity him. Trying to support his wife, Jodi, and hold a relationship with his family. Kate needs to calm down and let go a little.

  • Hey, Georgesgirl#1- nice to hear from a new poster. Braddi is: Maddie + Brat=Bratti. Most likely due to her trantrums and various meltdowns shown on the show. According to Aunt Jodi (a short video of her speaking on her sister’s website) Kate has totally cut off that side of the family because TLC wanted to pay Jodi for her appearances on the show, and Kate went ballistic at the mere thought of anyone else receiving compensation. The brother is also out of the picture. The Gosselin’s appear to be totally isolated at this point in time, thanks to the queen. She’s a cold one.

• I wonder when the puppies leave, will Jon and Kate then give the kids their Christmas gifts. She mentioned that was all they were getting for Christmas. She must have needed another spa day- spent their Christmas money on good old Kate.

• I wonder when the puppies leave, will Jon and Kate then give the kids their Christmas gifts. She mentioned that was all they were getting for Christmas. She must have needed another spa day- spent their Christmas money on good old Kate.

• If Aunt Jody is correct – – and I believe she is – – Kate has hired help, thanks to TLC, for household chores, including taking care of the kids, cooking, laundry…after all Kate now travels to New York to make media appearances, etc. She is a star after all…it’s always been about her. She is somewhat narcissistic, don’t you think ?! When will they deliver the straight-jacket and give Jon and the kids some peace for once?

• I did read somewhere from Jon’s relatives about him being a “slacker” – never really wanted to work. Interesting, I suppose that would account for the way he dresses, baseball hat backwards and baggy pants. Such an honorable looking father. As for Kate, well her true colors are apparent. She had Jon get the hair plugs so “she didn’t have to look at a bald head.” How thoughtful is that? She looked out her kitchen window and said, “Oh look, it’s all MINE.” Egocentric. You reap what you sow. One or many of the kids will grow up one day and pen a “TELL ALL” book about “Mommy Dearest.” I think I might want to read it.

• you people are the biggest hypocrites I’ve ever heard!!!!! Kate exploiting her kids???? therapy sessions for them??? how would you say this blog is helping them in life???? by belittling the parents that have and will continue o raise them, by calling a 8 year old child Braddie?? Aunt Jody is a wonderful woman I must say ,but I was absolutely astonished to find out that she (via her sister) was responsible for/supporting this blog because of MONEY!!!! If she was such a wonderful woman she wouldn’t have allowed money or the lack of to determine whether or not she would be in those kids life,,,,her character is just as flawed as the woman she is trying to sabotage!Her sister on the other hand just sounds like a desperate, lonely woman with a serious lack of a social life or just a life!!

• you people are the biggest hypocrites I’ve ever heard!!!!! Kate exploiting her kids???? therapy sessions for them??? how would you say this blog is helping them in life???? by belittling the parents that have and will continue o raise them, by caling a 8 year old child Braddie?? Aunt Jody is a wonderful woman I must say ,but I was absolutely astonished to find out that she (via her sister) was responsible for/supporting this blog because of MONEY!!!! If she was such a wonderful woman she wouldn’t have allowed money or the lack of to determine whether or not she would be in those kids life,,,,her character is just as flawed as the woman she is trying to sabotage!Her sister on the other hand just sounds like a desperate, lonely woman with a serious lack of a social life or just a life!!

  • Was going to let this post go by without commenting – just can’t resist. SUSAN: As one of the “you people” you’re refering to as hypocrites – let’s be really clear about that statement. A hypocrite is one who says one thing while doing the opposite. Those of us who post on this site tend to be really clear in our opinions. We’re entitled to be as judgemental as we’d like. If TLC can put J&K+8 out on the airwaves for mass consumption, then I’m perfectly entitled to kic back in my chair and be as judgemental as I choose. Your comment about “Kate exploiting her kids????” sounds like you just can’t believe anyone could have that opinion. Well, hell yeah – Kate exploits her children. On her OWN website she states that THE SHOW IS HER JOB! Which means without the kids being filmed 24/7, she’d have NO show. No show = NO MONEY. No money = NO AFFLUENT LIFESTYLE! Which means the two of them would have to get real jobs. So who are the real hypocrites here? In Kate’s world of largess, that just can’t happen! And also, this blog is not here to help them. Why would or should it?! They’ve had enough help – wouldn’t you agree? Probably not.

• You should stop exploding your family kate please

• Last night’s episode was the usual Kate Show. Lately I find they are spending more time filming Kate and her tantrums than the kids. The kids are cute. We want to see more of them. Maybe the producers read our blogs and see that we are all thriving on Kate’s nastiness and bizarre behaviour & watching to see what she says/does next.
  Perhaps they are just “giving us what we want?”
  I don’t know – food for thought though, eh?

• Jon Hates Kate and Wants to Date, thats what my husband calls the show, hahaha. I agree with you all about those poor twins. They are so ignored and sad. Perhaps Kate should read the story on the Dionne Quintuplets from the 30s in Callander, Ontario. The had such terrible lives growing up in the public eye. These kids are going to need a lot therapy

• Hey I love the little faces next to our blogs. Who ever is responsible, nice touch.
  I’ve also noticed how they focus primarily on Kate now. Why, you hardly ever get a close look at the kids faces anymore.
  All this controversy surrounding Kate must be good for the ratings, why else would this be.
  All I know is, I hardly watch anymore, and never get through an entire episode. No matter what’s said and done though, the proof is in the pudding. The whole Jodie matter, showed her true colors, bottom line. And also how Beth and even Jennifer the babysitter from the summer have disappeared without an explanation.

• My little face looks so evil. I’m not evil, honest!! but I guess this is the “evil beet”. Just because I hate Kate’s hair I’m a bad evil person, I suppose.

• I just read an article in Star magazine that stated Jon Gosselin has been partying with college girls in th town his mom lives in Pa.The article went on to state,that he did not spend Valentines day with Kate either.I really like this show and I would really hate to see anything untoward happen to them.Believe me I am considering the source,but this is truely the first negative publicity I have read about the Gosselin’s personally.I have read a lot of blog comments,that are negative.This is the first article that I have read about any alleged cheating.One can only hope that this family won’t have to pay the price for fame.I really admire the Gosselin’s for putting their lives out there for the world to critisize.I hope the best for them,and I hope through all of this the family stays in tact.

• If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.
  Being an animal lover myself, I loved the Puppy episode and also the next episode which showed how much they were growing and that they took the effort to include them in thier last trip to the old house. I think they will be loved and taken care of well by this family

• I think Jon is such a great Dad to his kids!! He actually gives them his time in a loving way, instead of constantly bossing them around. It was sweet of him to cook his grandmas secret recipe for them and to suggest that they camp out in their back yard.

  I am supporting Jon for leaving Kate… he, and no one deserves to be treated like he’s treated by Kate.

  I like Mady too. Kate has always ignored her and yelled at her. I just want to reac through the tv and give Mady a big hug and listen to what’s on her mind. I can tell that Mady loves her Dad very much. I hope he just listens to her and what she has to say. She is a good kid, she just needs love.

  I do wish the whole family the best. I hope Kate can find some happiness in this life. She seems like a walking shell of a person… nothing on the inside. Oh well, it’s all in God’s hands. I will pray for the family to have strength to get through all of this. Peace…

• Well Annie, rumor has it the puppies dont’ last. Time will tell if that one is true. Yes, they brought the dogs. Aren’t they just wonderful.

• I think that you all spend just a LITTLE too much time thinking about this family and their show. Why do you care so much?

• LOVED IT when someone’s husband walked in the room and said, “Jon Hates Kate and Wants To Date” – that’s an excellent new title for their show, if TLC continues to air this travesty!

  Here are some others I’ve seen on various Anti J&K sites –

  “Jon & Kate – So Much To Hate”
  “Jon & 8, FORGET KATE!”
  “Jodi & Kevin + 11” (no Mady, I guess)
  “Jon & Kate – Berate Your Mate, It’s Great!”
  “Jon & Kate Do Not Appreciate”
  “Jon & Kate – Pa$$ The Plate!”
  “Jon & Kate Love To Exxagerate”
  “Jon & Kate – Coming Soon To Scam Your State”
  “Gosselin, 90210”
  “TLC Cribs – The Exploitation and Greed Episode”
  “Lifestyles of the Bitch and Lame-us”
  “The REAL Househusbands of Berks County”

  America is onto you, Jon & Kate. Your gig is UP! Buh-bye!

• Yeah, um Cara, I don’t think Kate is actually “exploding” her family. The word is exploiting. I guess in this age of electronic communication, people don’t own dictionaries anymore.

  And Cynthia – I agree wholeheartedly. This is “our” blog and we’re not here to pat the Greedlings on the back for a job well done. We’re here to post our thoughts most of which are negative. I like it. It’s a good outlet for us.

  And poor Jon, he had 8 children while he was still in his 20’s, no small wonder he is allegedly taking up with other women. Kate is a bit much to take on a good day! Imagine her during PMS week. If I were him I’d build a little bachelor apt. in one of the numerous “out buildings” on the Greedling Estate.

  • Lynny, I saw that to! I wasn’t going to say anything. Hell, she might explode them. YOU NEVER CAN TELL! HAHAHAHA

    And POOR JON my ASS!!! He made the decision as much as she did to have the kids. And Im sure the doesn’t regret the decision eather! Yea, he’s a good guy but those little sperms didn’t swim to the DR. on their own! Now he is a freaking multi millionare! Sorry, but I can take a lot of abuse for several million dollars. So, if he is out screwing around, he better zip it back up and go home before he looses his meal ticket! He’d have to be crazy to be screwing around! Kate is pretty HOT and she looks pretty athletic too. Do you know what that means hun? RRRRaaarrrr!!!! Hell, if he don’t want her, I’ll move in! Kate wouldn’t be bitchie anymore! I’d be given her some goood lovin! Maybe thats her problem now? Shes not getting enough!!! Maybe she could sponser Duracell on the show and she can get a lifetime supply of batteries for her viderator! hahha

• I want to say that who-ever is posting a comment (Flip) must watch the show, why else would you bother writing your opinion? Lynny is your life so boring that you NEED an outlet for a television show? Why does “our” blog need to be negative? If the show was fake with unrealistic personality types no-one would watch! Kate has a typical OCD personality. She is a good mother. Pat, pat, pat on the back. Jon is a good guy too, he has a pair I’m assuming and can do and say as he wishes! He’s not a victim. I’m sure theres not a perfect spouse or parent writing their opinions here! I’d like to mention that her sister should want to be a part of her nieces and nephews lives, with or without the $$. Babysitting or not! They are a large American Family, not perfect. If you don’t like them, don’t watch. SIMPLE.

• Hey, Lynny – had to have a snarky laugh at your last comment – rumour mills have it that Jon moved in with his mother (who lives in the college area where he’s been taking photo-ops with the co-eds in local ginmills), or that he’s moved out of the main mansion and is living in one of the outbuildings. Actually, I seem to recall someone up-thread who lives near them stating that she saw skylights being installed on one of the outbuildings. Maybe Jon needs more light in his new digs – the barn! After all, they did get rid of the former barn residents (except for “flatmouse” under the tractor). Good thing they got that big, new contract with Lane Furniture, otherwise he’d have to curl up in the hay along with his two best friends, the pups!
  Also, LAURA: You asked why we care so much about the show (in our negative ways?) Well, actually I was thinking about your question and I’ll answer for myself. My original opinions haven’t changed (check upthread if you’re interested) – it’s like this. All along my concern was how this show would affect the G kids. I’ll try to explain it this way. For me, it would be like knowing a family who lived down the street from you who had a bunch of kids and everytime you passed their house you got an uneasy feeling that something was wrong but you couldn’t put your finger on it, but it just keep niggling your brain, only to find out later that something WAS wrong within the family and your intuition was right. J&K+8 is like that for me. The frustration is knowing the show is wrong for the children’s mental health and the unwillingness of TLC to pull the plug. Because of the almighty dollar. And greedy parents who can’t or won’t admit how detrimental this lifestyle is to their own children. Comments, anyone?

• KLP is so right…I would say more but she nailed it

• i’m really tired of people saying how much they hate kate and how jon should leave her. my mother is EXACTLY the same way, and my dad is a pushover like jon. that’s part of the reason why i love them so much. kate’s just that type of person, over-demanding and a spazz.
  you can’t just call her a bitch and think you’re the best person in the world for saying so.
  i get mad at my mother sometimes for yelling so much, but it’s because she can’t help it ! she’s been that way her entire life ! how the hell can you expect her to change overnight ?!
  it’s her thing ! she’s just stressed with having children all under the age of 8 who are starting to develop minds of their own, not to mention attitudes. how can she get away with acting like snow white and keep her family under control ? and jon is a bit spacy, so kate of course has to work just as hard to keep him in check.
  i mean, just look at the scandal he’s gotten himself into !
  beer pong at a college party without getting invited ?!
  i hope you all don’t expect her yell less, now.
  there is NO reason for a father of eight to brake away from his promise to God, his MARRIAGE,
  even if he does get grief from his wife a lot.
  i don’t see HER ever cheating on him !

• Since when is an OCD personality consist of dumping people when they don’t do what you want. Didn’t know that was a trait. Boy, you people just can’t see her, can you?
  I’m from Pa. About 40 miles from Kate. Yes, I know people that have dealt with the Gosselins, and people who did go to Kate’s father’s church. It’s a known fact that Miss OCD only wanted cash donations, or new items, when the sextuplets were born. That’s it. When the congregation didn’t meet her needs, she dumped them and her pastor father. I’m sure there are other reasons, and hopefully they will, or have reconciled. Yes, she dumped her sister in law when she was offered a salary. It’s her family. If that is large American Family, no wonder we’re all in this mess. I’ve never seen anything printed that disputes these claims. Nor do I see any indication on their show. Lack of family and friends? Just try to find some, good luck.

• I love this show….and anyone who wants to make nasty comments about it is just jealous they dont have what Jon & Kate have. I feel sorry for all of you.

• Are all of the loved up Jon & Kate Rah Rah Rah fansites booked up or something? Seems like a lot of defensive fans are spilling out onto the anti-J&K sites these days.
  I don’t go on those fan sites and call them names, so why do they feel the need to “spread the word of the Gospel, according to Jon & Kate” on the sites with real opinions and honest points of view?
  We get it – we’re jealous, we need to get a life, blah, blah, blah.
  And no, I’m not a crazy cat lady, housebound, or jealous of Jon & Kate’s toxic relationship.
  I feel sorry for all of YOU who seem to be “drinking the Kool-Aid”!

• Jon & Kate Fan:

  Knock it off with the *jealousy tripe*. You have done nothing but spout an extremely lame excuse to post. No one is jealous of the Kons. You are a poor misguided sheeple and I feel sorry for you.

  If the Kons are going to air their laundry for all America to see, then we as the viewers have a right to comment on how dirty or clean (NOT!) it is. It is human nature, so, put your big girl panties on and deal with it.

• I know Bella. The Lover’s are so mean. I’m in a happy marridge, great son, and fulltime job. Lot’s of friends, that I’ve had for years, as well as new ones. I’ve never once banned anyone from my life, and never ever would even consider that. I thank God, everyday for my 85 year old mother, and treat her with love and respect. I know I’m not perfect, but I have a life. I also have a brain, and it bugs me when people are just plain stupid.

• 100% agree, Bella! And just wait until the majority of them find out tomorrow about the big expo in STAR magazine concerning Jon’s running around! It’s not TIME magazine by any means, but does report what we’ve all been sayin’ over the last few days. These well-meaning folks really do need to stay with the “pro J&K” sites – especially if they’re this innocent and see all rainbows and sparkles while watching the show!

  • STAR MAGAIZINE, Isn’t that at tabloid magazine like the Inquirer? Oh yea, I read that Big Foot was seen cross breading with aliens and that Obama was their love child, in that magazine! So it must be true! hahaha OMG you are a bunch of salvating dogs that believe somene else shouldn’t be happy because you’r own life is so f__ked up! Get a freaking life! Don’t be trying to sweep your neighbors porch untill you’ve swept your own!

    You can expect this kind of shit whenever you get a bunch of femanist women in one place! You need to put your bras back on and go find yourself a husband so you can clean his house!

    • Big Daddy –
      What in the HELL are you doing on this “feminist, bra-less, husband-less, dirty house” ANTI Jon & Kate site, anyway???
      Why don’t you get off your delusional (as if Kate Gosselin would even WANT you!) ASS and go clean your WIFE’S house?? Huh?? What a chauvenist PIG you are!! Crawl on back to the Stone Age (on your knuckles).
      99.9% of the members on here are women – WHY ARE YOU HERE??? Nothing better to do than bash those of us who don’t like this WASTE of TELEVISION??
      Go on…get yourself another glass of that Kool-Aid (that’s a Jonestown reference, in case you were wondering, you moron!)
      P.S. Your spelling SUCKS!!

• Oh Big Daddy, it’s the Enquirer. Go back to school, and while you’re at it, get some class.
  PS. I take what the Star says with a grain of salt. I’m sure Jon wasn’t out trying to score, just out having a little fun, and they’re making a mountain out of a mole hill. Bet Kate could knock his block off, though.

  • I don’t need to go back to school, I’s gots SPELL CHECK! haha Its not my fault this blog doesn’t have it! Maybe we should talk to Microsoft! By the way, from what I hear thats Jons new name after hes been at the bar drinking all night MICROSOFT! HAHAHA

    That is just a joke!!! Do not go around saying that you heard that Jon is having erectile disfuntions! Although that could be why Kate is so bitchie! hahaaha

    • Go away! Idiot.

    • I was surprised to not see Jon on Dr. Phil show about the Octomom [now there’s a nutcase user]. I know it was about the “mom” but Jon should have been there to talk about the importance of not having a Daddy on the scene. NOW, I’m wondering if there is a storm brewing and they don’t want to be out together….hmmmmmmmmmmmm

• Cynthia: YO MAMA

• Is that the best you can come up with?! “YO MOMMA”? Listen, slacker, it’s high time you moved your butt out of your parent’s basement and got a job! And then you’d be too busy dealing with the real world to lurk around these websites being juvenile and nasty. GROW UP, GET A LIFE AND GET LOST, LOSER!

• I do not understand why you guys are fussing back and forth. I thought that this was where you post a blog about jon & kate. You need to get a life and stay on the topic. Just so you know I am a female not a male.
  I watch the show. I agree that Kate is nasty towards Jon but you know what when are us woman not a little nasty. When we tell them to do something a certain way that is how we want it done. If they are having problems then let them deal with it on their own without us getting in the middle of it. Are people that lame that they have to pride in everyone else bussiness. If they are having problems it will just be a matter of time before they come out about it.

• Slacker? Oh ye of little means! And your talking about the best that I can come up with? I think you have gotten me mixed up with one of those guys that helped take your house off of its wheels and onto blocks! Now go back into your trailer and kiss your baby daddy goodnight and hot to bed!

• When this show came out, I loved it! At first, with Kate, I just figured that it was from stress of having eight kids, her needing to be in control, and how reality shows always show the worse. And plus, at least once a day, don’t we all snap at our spouses over something stupid? I overlooked her flaws, and liked her overall.

  But here lately, I’m started to not enjoy the show anymore because of Kate.

  The puppy episode broke my heart. How she went on and on over not wanting to have the pups, but yet she had to name them. (I understand with younger ones being afraid of what names they would pick, but why couldn’t she even listen to their say so? And why couldn’t Mady and Cara have named a dog?)

  At the end, when all the kids said “Thank-You” for getting the dogs, and she answered “You’re not welcomed”, that did it for me!

  You know the kids will never be able to enjoy having pets. She’ll always be in the background going on and on about how she sacraficed and how hard it is to have dogs.

  Yes, I know there is no perfect mother. With my daughter, I’m know that before she turns 18 that I will have moments where I say or do something that will hurt her feelings. But that’s all you see with Kate!

  But it just seems like with Kate, it’s all about her!

  • agree!

    • i really think that Kate was kidding around when she said ”You’re not welcome” after all of the kids said”thank you” for getting the dogs.But thats just my opinion, i am way younger than anyone would think,and I haven’t seen that episode in a while.

• i dont get on here anymore but on perezhilton.com, there was a post about jon and kate and trouble in paradise. saying jon went to hudington pa and went to a bar and played beer pong with tons of college girls.

  you all can go to perezhilton.com, go to the left hand side where it says jump to and search, go to the search bar, type in jon and kate plus eight.. kate gosselin.. jon gossselin.. whatever

• Of course most of us already knew about the Jon/bar thing, but that was cool to see that site’s take on it. Thanks.

• I am not even going to read all of what ”Big Daddy” had to say but it is a sad commentary of how funny he is on this website….you drew him…yes, yes, I’m into all that karma crap(uh, from what I have seen anyway in 56 years of living,,”what goes around comes around”)…but then here I am commenting on a website about people commenting about a TV show and a couple of years ago I was one of those snobs who..”doesn’t watch TV..ahem” can’t even remember how we started with Jon and Kate…but we love them and think people who criticize others always get it back in spades…so there(oh,God, now I am criticizing people who criticize…jeez) anywho..Big Daddy is funny and probably nailed a couple( alot) of you….and perezhilton.com is now a source to check for facts??? OMG it’s the apolcalyse….

• I am not even going to read all of what ”Big Daddy” had to say but it is a sad commentary of how funny he is on this website….you drew him…yes, yes, I’m into all that karma crap(uh, from what I have seen anyway in 56 years of living,,”what goes around comes around”)…but then here I am commenting on a website about people commenting about a TV show and a couple of years ago I was one of those snobs who..”doesn’t watch TV..ahem” can’t even remember how we started with Jon and Kate…but we love them and think people who criticize others always get it back in spades…so there(oh,God, now I am criticizing people who criticize…jeez) anywho..Big Daddy is funny and probably nailed a couple( alot) of you….and perezhilton.com is now a source to check for facts??? OMG it’s the apolcalypse….

• I am not even going to read all of what ”Big Daddy” had to say but it is a sad commentary of how funny he is on this website….you drew him…yes, yes, I’m into all that karma crap(uh, from what I have seen anyway in 56 years of living,,”what goes around comes around”)…but then here I am commenting on a website about people commenting about a TV show and a couple of years ago I was one of those snobs who..”doesn’t watch TV..ahem” can’t even remember how we started with Jon and Kate…but we love them and think people who criticize others always get it back in spades…so there(oh,God, now I am criticizing people who criticize…jeez) anywho..Big Daddy is funny and probably nailed a couple( alot) of you….and perezhilton.com is now a source to check for facts??? OMG it’s the apolcalypse….

• …OH GOSH, BIG DADDY NAILED IT…I HADN’T READ THIS…MY WORK HERE IS DONE ”OMG you are a bunch of salvating dogs that believe somene else shouldn’t be happy because you’r own life is so f__ked up! Get a freaking life! Don’t be trying to sweep your neighbors porch untill you’ve swept your own! ”AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

• …OH GOSH, BIG DADDY NAILED IT…I HADN’T READ THIS…MY WORK HERE IS DONE BIG DADDY SAID ..QUOTE… ”OMG you are a bunch of salvating dogs that believe somene else shouldn’t be happy because you’r own life is so f__ked up! Get a freaking life! Don’t be trying to sweep your neighbors porch untill you’ve swept your own! ”AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

• I have read many of the J&K comments on multiple websites and I am surprised that nobody has ever considered Kate’s polysystic desease that lead to fertility treatments and all of these children. One of the effects of this disease is that the body produces high levels of testosterone. Kate is obviously an alpha personality and these two factors together may be what has caused her marriage to be upside down. I think she wants to love here children, but doesn’t know how so she shows her affection by trying to make them as perfect as possible. Are they going to appreciate this? Time will tell. The kids obviously love their dad, but does he have the character to stick out this bad relationship just for the kids? Kate, my advice would be to turn a blind eye and keep your marriage together. Women have been doing it for ever.

• It’s interesting that the only posters who agree with “Big Daddy” are male. Before you jump onto his bandwagon with both feet, perhaps you should do a little more up-thread research into his other posts. He is homophobic, illiterate, sexist, crude and racist – he freely sprinkles his posts with the “N” word. Yeah, he’s someone to admire for his wise take on these subject boards. If there really is “karma”, we can only hope that in your next life you males who agree with this mysoginistic troll, come back in a female form. Now that would be karma!

• Thank you Michael J Jeannie. You see, what wrong with women, like Cynthia, is they don’t have a man to tell them what makes them happy.

  We gave them a rib and they thank us by getting us thrown out of the garden of Eden. We buy them homes and give them money so they can fight against being opressed and not having to work. We gave them the right to vote and now we have Obama! Need I say more? No, but I will.

  We need to take back the washer, dryers and dishwasher and give them a rock a cloths line and a sink! Then they won’t have time to go get a job and stay at home and raise the kids like they should. Then our kids will have some supervision like they should instead of raising themselves.

  Then everyone who needs a job can get one and the pay rate will increase because of the decreased amount of workers seeking those jobs and a man can actually get a job that pays enough to support his family! It’s a win win situatin!

  As for Jon and Kate. I think everything is just rumor. Jon would have to be crazy, even with the kids, to leave such a sweet situation. NO, the problem is going to be with Kate. She feels that she is a professional now that she has published a book. This explains why her dress and looks have changed. Before long she will feel that she has out grown Jon. He will know when its over when she says to him, “I LOVE YOU, BUT I’M NOT IN LOVE WITH YOU”!!!!!!!!!!! Here, let me check my FEMALE DICTIONARY OF TERM FOR YOU! That means, “I think that I can do better than you. I feel Im better than you and I’ve already been srewing someone else”!

  You see Mike, can I call you Mike, Mike women say they screw around because they are looking for love! And their man just isnt giving them what they need. Everyone says AAAwww poor woman! A man does that and hes a sorry bastard and should have his ball cut off with a dull knife!

  I don’t come here to bash! I come here to help poor women see the error of their ways! I hope you enderstand this Cynthia! So Cynthia as your laying awake tonight with you lesbian lover, think about what Ive said.

  I AM THE BIG DADDY!!!!!!!

• Well Michael J. I might be an undersexed screwed up housewife, with no life, and jealous of everyone else, but…. at least I know how to post a blog. Not three times in a row. Why how stupid.

• AMEN, Cynthia! I like the way you think!

  Why are these men (and I use that term loosely) on here, anyway???
  Aren’t there any “I heart Jon & Kate” websites for these soft, whipped househusbands, where they can be free to lust after Kate and exchange voodoo spells to cast over us “haters”?
  Why hang out in a hen house if you don’t like all of the squawking???

  I can’t think of one single man who actually watches this awful show, let alone gets on a blog and DEFENDS it!!! Wow.

  I need to go take my bra off and sweep my neighbors’ porch now…

  • Bella wrote:
    “Aren’t there any “I heart Jon & Kate” websites for these soft, whipped househusbands, where they can be free to lust after Kate and exchange voodoo spells to cast over us “haters”?
    Why hang out in a hen house if you don’t like all of the squawking???”

    I am not going to stoop to the pethetic level of idiocray that Big Daddy seems to need to illustrate for himself, but Bella, I must say that your comment above paint you in the same chouvanistic light as he does for himself. I watch J&K+8 with my wife, and we both enjoy the show, and yes, we both find ouselves commenting on how ofter Kate tends to belittle Jon, but that does not make me a “soft, whipped househusbands” nor dor I “lust after Kate…”

    So, while I definately to not condone Big Daddy’s post of stereotypical hatred, your own stereotypical comments prove that “what is good for the goose is definately not good for the gander.”

• Bells, you are AWSOME! Couldn’t have said it better myself! Julianne, I understand that you are an undersexed screwed up housewife, with no life, and jealous of everyone. But remeber, the first step in overcomming your problems is to first admit that you have them. Your on your way baby!!!!!

• Big Daddy –
  I’m confused about something:
  I assume you are calling me AWSOME because of the bra/porch comment? That was sarcasm, in it’s purest form, pal!
  Why do you come on this site FULL of women who hate this show, by the way? Just curious…

  • I first started comming to these when my 9 year old got us started watching J&K plus 8. Our whole family enjoyed the show and My daughter wanted to find out more about the family. My wife and I mostly enjoyed the interviews and how Jon and Kate interacted with each other. When I started reading the very WIDE range of comments I was apauled by the stupid, self centered, judgmental comments. I could see straight thru what they were saying. So, I left the most racially disturbing, sexist comment I could think of, just to piss off all of the little people. I wasn’t even going to come back to check it, but I did. I was amazed by some of the insightfull comments. And was amused by some of the comment other people made trying to put me in my place. Some were good, others were not so good! Thats was the really funny ones. When people think the are putting you in your place, but they are really making theirselves look stupid because they just arent that wittie! I know my spelling sucks, so you dont have to mention it. But I found your comment, Bella, put me in my place so I can tell that you are a quick, wittie and inteligent person. I like that! I like being able to dish it out to someone who can dish it back. I respect and admire you! I LOVED THE TAKE OFF MY BRA AND SWEEP THE PORCH COMMENT!!!

    I AM THE ORIGIONAL BIG DADDY, ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTIONS!

  • Bella,
    You need to visit the site below. Its the Evil Beet Aunt Jodi tells her side site. There are several people there that you would really get along with. We call them the Sistas. Maris, Missy, Bun in the Oven, Costalmom etc…. If they link doesnt work I think you can get there by clicking on it on the right hand side of this blog!

    http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/08/23/jon-and-kate-plus-eight-gets-nasty-aunt-jodi-tells-her-side/#comment-402155

• Big Daddy –
  Fair enough. I’ll accept your reasons for visiting this site. Thank you for filling me in.
  What I won’t accept, though, are the sexist, chauvinistic comments.
  You’ll definitely get a reply from me on those! I can’t stand a “caveman mentality”! There’s definitely no place for it, in today’s world.
  Any blog or forum is going to be polarized – it’s being able to accept how others feel and let it go, WITHOUT the name calling and attacking.
  I’m sorry I called you out on your spelling. I was on a roll with my ranting and raving at you! I apologize.
  Truce?

  • Bella wrote:

    “What I won’t accept, though, are the sexist, chauvinistic comments.”

    Can I ask what makes your “soft, whipped househusbands who last after Kate casting voodoo spells….” chauvinistic comments any more acceptible than anyone elses?

• Big Daddy –
  I’ve read the “aunt Jodi Tells Her Side” thread. If you’d like to include me as on of the “sistas”, that’s fine with me.
  You are certainly entitled to your opinion about the show, as are the rest of us (whether we agree with you, or not). I just don’t see any need in the fans attacking the non-fans, or calling them names.
  Like the heading above says, ” THE EVIL BEET: It’s Not Personal. It’s Just Gossip.”
  EXACTLY.

  • ;)

    OMG. Helllllooooooo Bella! So glad to see you spar with BD/UBH!!
    AAAAHHHHAAAHHAAAHHAAAAHHAAHAhAHAAHAHAHAhahahah!!!!!

    Big daddy has been spoken to. Friggin’ awesome!

• BELLA!!! See, there is Bun-in-oven! Her husband and I like to call her “HALF BAKED” HAHA. You need to come over to the other site because thats where everyone meets. You would fit right in! There is no need to apologize! No offense was taken! And believe me, like bun said, YOUR NOT HE FIRST ONE! Come on over and let Maris, Missy, Bun and Costalmom bond with you. We all have a good time!

  Bun where have you been? Why are you here? Did you learn to multitask while you were changing poopie diapers? i think you are one of the ones that visited my new site. It sounded like you! You never did write to me. Or anyone else who wants to. My public email is HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

• Try it now.

  • what the hell are you talking about? You cannot just judge a marridge by watching a realaity tv show. Also if you even watch the show you will notice that they renewed their vows. Why would they do that if they hated eachother? Maybe if you had eight kids you would see how hard it really is and yeah sometimes it is a little frustrating but in the end they love eachother.

    • The Hawiian wedding and all the “I love you forever” vows wasn’t necessarily proof that the marriage is solid. In my most humble opinion, it (along with other things) was a “jump the shark” marital moment…

• Bun, hun, I dont know what you wanted me to try but there is nothing there! I even checked all of my email accounts! I guess you will have to try agian!

  I AM BIG DADDY, EXCEPT NO IMITATIONS!

• JON IS SO PATHETIC, KATE HAS HIM WHIPPED. IT WOULD DO MY HEART GOOD TO SEE HIM STAND UP TO HER ONE TIME AND PUT HER IN HER PLACE. THERE IS ALSO A PLACE NOW YOU CAN CO TO ORDER HER CLOTHES (PLEASEEEE). WHO WHOULD WANT TO DRESS LIKE HER. SHE IS JUST A PATHETIC PIECE OF GARBABE WHO FINALLY GOT SOMEMONEY INHER HANDS AND AND GOT IGNORANT ABOUT IT.

• didn’t know posting denoted intelligence but if it does( and it probably does on this blog) I am the ipitome of ignorance(mental note*must watch spelling..evidently that is another marker of intelligence*this is sarcasm :)…I couldn’t even work a computer until our kids were born and that was only so I could email their pictures to everyone on the planet Earth :) Big Daddy is pushing your buttons …don’t take the bait….but it is pathetic to criticize until you have walked in somebody elses shoes…but then Evil Beet would not exist and give me a opportunity to be self righteous in my own way :) really people …there is nothing more destructive than criticizing others….I have seen it all my life in one way or another and have joined in at times over the years…never with good result

• Michael J –
  Self Righteous – you NAILED IT! All of you “fans” are self righteous.
  Holier than thou, but quick to point out the faults of others.

  You’d better get busy, because there are 1000’s of blogs you need to start joining so you can spread your message of karma, rainbows and unicorns!
  Blogs, forums, gossip sites are just that – GOSSIP! They’re supposed to bring out the free speech and thoughts (and sometimes bad sides) of people. That’s what makes them so entertaining! I highly doubt that God is policing the blogs, in search of the sinners.

  I don’t think your message of hope is going to get very far, when you get a bunch of women together in one place (sorry Big Daddy). You’ll get EATEN ALIVE! You can’t expect fluffy clouds and puppy dogs when you come to a site called the EVIL BEET!

• i think i am being sensored!

• I’m a little in the dark about all this. I have watched J+K for as long as they have been on t.v. I’m shocked to hear that Kate would’nt let Jodie make any money off the show. I hear that Jodie has blogs about what all went down but I don’t know where to find them. Whats this about Jon cheating on Kate? Can someone please give me the sites to go to about Jodies blogs and Jon cheating. I would greatly appreciate it.

• Is it true Big Daddy? You sprinkel the posts with the “N” word? WOW

  • No, its not true! But if someone can refer to Kate as a BITCH, it should be ok!

• Jon and kate always say that the show is really reality. i think thats a lie and apparently the whole show is a lie. I think kate is pretending to be a loving,caring, and kind person when she really is just trying to get money.

  • If Kate is ‘prenting to be a loving, caring, and kind person’ then she isnt a good actress! hahaha she is so evil to Jon! Though with all the rumors of a divorce brewing I hope it is not true for the sake of the kids! Maybe that is another reason Kate was on Dr. Phil- maybe to have a therapy session…

• I think you are right and for sure God is not ”policing the blogs in search of sinners”..LOL…that is so true…it’s just my opinion and I have the same right you have ..to say what I think…and I do think I am learning something here..not sure what it is yet…

• Michael J –
  I totally respect your opinions, as well as those of Big Daddy, Annonymous and the other fans. What I don’t like is being attacked
  for “criticizing” or “judging” this show. It’s not mean-spirited, honest.
  (I’m not on here making fun of Jon’s hair plugs or Kate’s Botox, or the color of their van, etc.)
  It’s just a forum for open discussion. It’s a way to vent and exchange thoughts with like-minded people. It’s not directed at you, and I highly doubt that Jon & Kate give a monkey’s butt what we (the non-fans) think. They’re laughing all the way to the bank!
  So, I’ll say it again – if you really don’t like the negativity towards this show that you enjoy watching, then you probably want to steer clear of any blogs or forums with the words Evil, Anti, Without Pity, Shrew, etc. More than likely they won’t be fan clubs for Jon & Kate!
  However, if you like reading ALL points of view on the subject, then do stick around here, but please have an open mind, ok?

  Now, go study for the spelling test we’re giving this afternoon! LOL

• Michael J –
  I totally respect your opinions, as well as those of Big Daddy, Annonymous and the other fans. What I don’t like is being attacked for “criticizing” or “judging” this show. It’s not mean-spirited, honest. (I’m not on here making fun of Jon’s hair plugs or Kate’s Botox or the color of their van, etc.)
  This blog is a way to vent and exchange thoughts with like-minded people (most of the time). It’s not directed at you, and I highly doubt that Jon & Kate give a monkey’s butt what we (the non-fans) think of them or their show. After all, they’re laughing all the way to the bank!
  So, I’ll say it again – if you really don’t like reading the negative comments about this show that you enjoy, then you’ll probably want to steer clear of any blogs and forums with the words Evil, Anti-, Without Pity, Shrew, etc. More than likely they won’t be fan clubs for Jon & Kate!
  However, if you like reading ALL points of view on the subject, and are willing to be open-minded as to how others feel about it, then please stick around. I’m always ready for a verbal exchange!

  Now, go study for the spelling test we’re giving this afternoon! LOL

• Who in the world is Betsy??? I think one of the voices in my head is trying to blog as me. Send a priest – I need an exorcism, quick!

  As Big Daddy would say, “I am the original Bella – accept no imitations!”

  Not sure about the double-post above…I guess I’m being censored now.

• I watched J&K on Oprah yesterday and thought that kate was quite a phony. She only smiled when the camera was on her.
  I thought it was funny when oprah asked how they got the kids to be so quiet during the interview and kate said “lollipops” and ” Mady said everyone except me”!
  Apparently they still have the dogs. I think they should rethink the house arrangements. The kids are still small and will have small toys hanging around so it will be a hazard for the dogs. Perhaps they should move the “playroom” to one of the other rooms upstairs. After all it is a mansion.

• oh God, I am again drawn in….someone likes my opinion( they like me, they really like me)…it is fascinating to read all this…I just hate when I am wrong….or outdone in the verbal gymnastics department….or make a spelling error( I am studying! I’m studying!) I have a couple of degrees but they do not denote intelligence….I am surrounded by people with education in my work so I know…the most intelligent man I know is a member of our church, 93 years old and did not graduate high school…but any man who thinks women do not run this planet is a fool…of course, they do….my son and I are along for the ride and as long as my wife and daughter allow us , on occasion, to pretend to be in charge we are quite happy, thank you…actually, what I really think is the whole male, female balance God created is awesome and the very things men complain about women for are what we need in our own personalities and many times what attracts us to them ….and in women the very things you complain about us guys about is what you love in us(most of the time) …did I mention I’m a therapist? which may mean I know something or nothing….my marriage is a wonderful one but alot of that is luck…She ”gets” me and somehow we are on the same team…one of the things we do not like on Jon and Kate is the arguing…its not cute or constructive….I always tell couples that attacking your spouse verbally makes about as much sense as knocking out the supports that hold up the roof of your home and bringing the roof down on your head….that is the very person you don’t want to criticize….if I am wrong Jeannie will never say I am in front of others (and vice versa) now in private she will take me aside and go,,”are you nuts?!” ….anyway…there is some of my wisdom…I got it all from the 93 year old guy at our church who never finished high school….his name is Jim…quite a guy…and he and his wife have been married 71 years….hows that for karma, rainbows and unicorns Bella (ouch, that one stung :)

  • Wow! You’re like a tamer version of Big Daddy, except with a brain! I like it! Not totally smitten… yet… but definitely intrigued…

• i DID SOME RESEARCH AND iT IS NOT TRUE. HE WAS TAKING PICTURES WITH SOME FANS. SO GET YOUR FACTS STRAGHT BEFORE YOU FREEK OUT. I AM ONLY 12 YEARS OLD AND I KNOW THE RIGHT MORALS

  VOTE REPUBLICAN

• Michael J –
  I guess I deserved that last line “barb”. Well played, sir, well played!
  So are you going to stay on here and spar with me every once in awhile? I hope so.
  I agree with you on the arguing between Jon & Kate. I think a lot of people on these blogs do, too. I really don’t think (most) of us are on here to personally attack Jon & Kate. It’s the show itself, their sense of entitlement, and the way they treat each other and the kids. That’s a whole other post though – Gum Gate, Cupcake Gate, Flu Gate, Bunk Bed Gate, etc.
  Are you ready for your spelling test now? :)

  • And if the rumors are true and the show ends, we can keep on with our blogging… because even though they may be gone, their deeds linger on…

• Wow Michael J. your wife sounds like one of the “Sista’s ” LOL really I agree, no matter how mad I would be I would never show dis-respect to my hubby in front of others, and speaking of God, well he said for husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, and yes he also said for us wives to be subjected to our husband, but I believe that is a christian husband,
  As for J&K I have said before I don’t want to bad mouth them ( plenty do that) but they claim to be christians and yes we all as a christian fall short everyday, but Jon is certainly not the head of his home, nor do he and Kate poryray them selves as christians in front of their children, no respect for each other and not much discipline to the kids when they are dis-respectful.
  I won’t sat they are not christian, but I will say they are walking a very thin line, it’s easy to say we are but it’s harder to live it espically if we don’t have that communication with him daily. KWIM?
  Any way just my opinion and for what it’s worth B.D. just gets on his soap box once in a while and it takes Maris or Bun to kick him off LOL. he is a hoot!!!

• I was surprised to not see Jon on Dr. Phil show about the Octomom [now there’s a nutcase user]. I know it was about the “mom” but Jon should have been there to talk about the importance of not having a Daddy on the scene. NOW, I’m wondering if there is a storm brewing and they don’t want to be out together….hmmmmmmmmmmmm

• Anybody notice that Jon was absent on Dr. Phil when Kate was on talking about the crazy Octomom? I was wondering why they wouldn’t have him on too to talk about how much a dad or partner is needed in that situation but he wasn’t there.
  Now I’m wondering what the REAL reason is?

• Wow! The body language in the “trip to the vet” episode speaks louder than words. Jon never looks at Kate. Both are leaning opposite of one another. When Kate ask Jon a question, he clearly seems irritated. It seems they aren’t even in the same episodes anymore. Either Jon is with the kids and Kate is gone or visa versa (maybe I’m jumping to to many conclusions). I’m no psychologist but it is obvious they are not happy anymore. It show it in the way they treat their kids as well. They are very militant towards them. No affection what so ever. No laughing with them. No listening to them. Jon at least let them run through the house. Kate rounds them up in the basement like a heard of sheep. Jon and Kate seem so unhappy. What have they gotten themselves into? If I witness this when the cameras are on, imagine what they’re like when the cameras are off.

• “Hannah” , if you are 12 years old, then what are you doing out of school at 12:10 on a Tuesday afternoon? I guess republicans don’t believe in education. HeeeHeee!

  • At present, it seems the Republicans know WHAT they believe in…

    • oops… I meant to say DON’T know. That’s what I get for trying to be politically savvy. Are the grammer and typo police here, or just the spelling ones?

• Julianne here, not to be confused with Judianne. Did you know there was an Evil Beet for a variety of topics? I’m probably the only one who didn’t know. Well now I do.
  J&K is kind of boring me now. You bloggers are much more interesting.
  And if they do in fact still have the dogs, then all that rotten stuff about them is losing clout. On Musingsfromthemoon, they said they got rid of them due to allergies. Humm?

• Are Jon and Kate ever together any more? Seems like she is always on a “business trip”. Wonder if the new show “Table of Twelve” will shut them down? They have 2 sets of twins and sextuplets. Move over Jon and Kate!!!

• I think the new show, “Table of Twelve”, will be B.O.R.I.N.G. The show I saw a few months ago was B.O.R.I.NG. We’ll see. Maybe it will be different.

  I guess it’s also different because we literally watched the gosselin kids grow from little babies (not saying that is a good thing); Unlike “The Table of Twelve Kids”.

  • Personally, I’m not going to start watching any more “mega-family” shows. I really enjoyed J&K in the beginning, but now I’m having to double up on my B/P meds on Mondays so I can see how it all ends… and I feel sure it will… one way or another…

    One exception — I might have to take a peek if the octomom gets a reality show. Not quite sure why… A morbid streak?? Maybe the kind therapist can step in and offer an analysis…

    • Yes Maris, I agree. I will tune in out of curiosity when the Octomom gets a reality show. Notice I say “when”. Poor thing need every little bit she can get. I so afraid for her. I feel so bad for her first 6.

• I agree with Faith about the “distance” between Jon and Kate. You can really notice it with the newer shows. On the older shows they seem to at least joke and laugh. Not with the new shows they seem so different.

• I agree she is mean to jon sometimes.. but really she has eight children all under the age of 10 years old who need tending to. she does everything and on top of that has to watch the kids. he does help out too but she does WAYYYYY more than him and i am sure that stress would kill anyone else.

  • Heyy he works and brings home the bacon as well as helps out.

    • He works? what does he do?

    • John does zilch, nothing.
      Meteorite

  • I’M A BIG FAN YOU GUYS I LOVE YOUR SHOW

  • WHAT do you mean ? she has nannies and housekeepers and probably a cook too – you just dont see them on the show

• Hey Rachel, you are right about that sista, they really seem distant towards each other, did you see them at the vet?, it is really sad to, I hoped they could re-focus, they have come a long way to lose every thing now, and if they have gained all this material stuff and lose each other, well what have they gained? what about the kids? dang why is it always poor little kids who have to suffer?
  I don’t want to run them down, theres plenty who do that but I certainly see a lot of things going hay wire,
  I wish they would take a hard look at their life and their kids life, get some amazing counselling from a real God ordained Minister and fix things between them. Because every thing they do or don’t do affects the kids.
  I know Kate is mouthy and strong willed and yes controling at times, but I don’t see her alone with the kids, when I went to bed last night I was thinking of her and wondering if she was alone,
  I wish Kate had a best friend, I know it’s probably her own fault if she doesn’t (we don’t know for sure where Beth is) but I think Kate had a hard child hood, and I have personally known a gal who had a christian father and mother who was controling, and this gal has married,divorced, married,divorced,and is so unhappy and never steps inside a church. Really sad. I just still hope that all these things we hear are just rumours, Hey nice catching up with you “SISTA”

  • Yep, gOD is going to help their marriage. God sucks.

    • you suck

• Kate is short with Jon but he gives it back as well. I just hope that people aren’t interferring with their life. They seemed to be happy with their new home. Sometimes, men need to keep their jobs and not have a tv show as the main sorce of income for the family. I am sure he is tired of staying home all day. Further, all these tv reality shows are for the birds. All should use them to your benefit and then get out. They are not good on a long term basis. Look what happened to the Hulk and his family.

• I agree with you Sissy. I really never have thought about one of the problems could be Jon home all day. I feel it is very important that Kate be a “stay at home” mom, one of the toughest and most rewarding jobs that anyone could have. The kids are all in school now so there is really no reason for him to be around all day. He really needs some interaction with other people to keep his sanity.

• Now that the “babies” are over 4 years old and going to PreSchool during the week, Jon and Kate are now have time to spend with each other. Maybe, they are realizing that it was the children that reinforced their lives and without the children present all the time, they are realizing they really don’t like each other anymore. The strain of having 8 kids under the age of 8 has finally taken its toll. I hope and pray they can work out their differences as Kate has always depended upon Jon as her soulmate and helper and I really don’t think she could make it on her own as a Single Parent.

• I’ve only seen all of the first season, and I’ve seen a bit of the other seasons, but I think Kate is scared that Jon will leave her, because she needs some security financially. I don’t know though

• Drat, I keep hitting my enter key on my laptop and off my post goes without being finished. That’s the second time I have done that!!! I think I need some coffee……Have you ever wondered if they read these blogs. I think that if I would be reading them about me, that I might “act” out a little as John is apparently doing. Imagine thousands of people saying that “you need a set” to stand up to our wife. Me thinks that would have an effect on any man. Now women on the other hand, if thousands call them a “shrew”, well, some might wither up and cry, but many would be like “so what, what are you going to do about it” Could be something to do with John being out and about with the college girls, blowing off some steam. He made a comment that he “never cheated on his wife”. I do believe him that he’s never slept with another women, but he seems to miss the mockery that he has made of her. I am no Kate supporter, but I think that I would be a little pissed if my hubby were out acting like that. Big Daddy, where are you??????? If you got kicked off, you better be making big but kisses sounds and get back on here. I miss you and I barely know you!

• Cinoda, I know they have read the blogs in the past. Kate has made a few comments on here. She didn’t use her name of course but it so obvious it was her.

• we definitely plan to stay on this blog…lots of smart people with well thought out comments…as far as –Do Jon and Kate read all this stuff we write?” …It’s just my opinion but I would say there is no doubt about it…its just human nature to be curious and I bet they read way too much of it…

  • Hi Michael, I disagree. I think they probably did at first. But one one of their shows where they read viewers mail, they said they get over 100 email a day. And thats what trickles down from TLC. There are many sites and blogs about them out there now. It would not be possable for them to read them all. I do think that TLC has people that search the internet to see what people are saying. Hell, Even Wal-Mart has people that search job web sites looking for their management that are looking for other jobs. Then they get it trouble or fired for it!

• After hearing of the split the other day I was bown away. I have watched the show since the begining and I was still floored. I have five children of my own under 10 and two step in thier 20s which might be part of the reason i feel the way i am about to state. I didnt see anything wrong with thier relationship. Yes there were times when I was like “wow, she says that to him,” and other times when I thought he did alot for a guy, but as a whole I thought their relationship is real and reminds me of my own.. When you live in a large family, u need and outlet and that often becomes the other person. You forget to take the time and effort into each other but there is only so much you can do in a day. I love Kate, I learn so much from that show, and I think Jon is a great dad, but he sometimes does act like one of the children. I guess to make a long story short, I think they have a beautiful family and I can only imagine the stress of being filmed everyday on top of trying to manage a house and eight children…i hope they work it out. I dont think Jon hates Kate, I think people Men more so sometimes look back on their lives a think the grass is greener on the other side. Then they find out thier wrong. Reality TV seems to end a lot of marriages.

• Keely ,

  Jon does not provide for Kate. He doesn’t work.

• Immmm Backkkkk!

• Hey Sista Missy- Whatever happened to Kate’s friend Beth? I saw an old show yesterday and Kate spoke highly of her and I forgot all about her. Have you heard anything???

• I completely agree with MOMOF5 these shows do break people apart.

• Well “Sista” Rachel, howdy babe, how are you? I am not really sure about Beth, only rumours I ahve read, but no one has ever stated any thing as fact, well heck 90% of what we read is not fact, I do think that Beth was the bestest friend Kate ever had, I believe Beth and Bob loved the Gosselins more than any of the family they have had, With Beth it was friend ship and love, had nothing to do with money,
  I know there are people from other sites that have tried to contact Beth (for her side of the story) but I doubt that will ever happen, I think she is too classy for that.
  I saw where they sold their home and moved, some one on another blog gave a link to public records to show that, I think that is pitiful, to dig up some ones personal records just so you can trash some one else for some thing. They even said they were trying to get Kates medical records, I hope if they do that the hospital is sued, I read that on the philly magizine site. Oppps sorry we were talking about Beth Carson, I do think she was a true friend, I wish she was there for Kate right now, (if all these stories are true) I wonder if she is not in Kates life if Kate ever thinks about her and misses her, I sure would, Okay thats all I know about it, LOL

• I am also curious about where Beth is. Has anyone seen any interview or anything since the families aren’t as close? I really think she was a true friend to Jon and Kate – what happened??

• Thanks a bunch Missy for the info about Beth. I think Kate could use a good friend about now.

• I don’t think Beth Carson and Kate are friends any longer. Something happened with the “book”. And if you noticed, all the book signings Kate goes on, there is no Beth in sight, even though she wrote most of it.
  Looks like another friend is gone. A while back Kate was on “Say Yes to the Dress”, to pick out her dress for Hawaii. She was all by herself, no girlfriends, no sisters, no Mother’s or Mother’s in law. Kind of tells you something.

• KateZilla is a control freak plain and simple! Please this whining about the stress of having multiples is ridiculous! I’m sure she knew what they were getting into! I mean she had twins, obliviously the twins were a handful when they were born, they have exploited their children for their own benefit, gone are the days of the loving couple I saw before all of this J&K+8, a million dollar home, you seriously think they bought it themselves? now put puppies in the mix? Has she said one nice thing about those dogs? The way she talks about them, why get them in the first place? Some of the kids are still in high chairs, having their bottoms cleaned, isn’t it time for them to be able to do some of these things on their own, like getting dressed? It’s a matter of control…and Queen Kate is the controller of the Gosselin castle…it’s sad and I truly feel sorry for these exploited children…Karma will be a bigger bitch then she’ll ever be!

• KUMBYAA MY LORD, KUMBYAAAAAA!!!!!

• Julianne, you are so right about that, Beth does no book tours, nor is her name ever mentioned, see if I was there I would come right out and ask Kate “How is Beth, I sure loved it when she was on the show”

  And I love the show “SAY YES TO THE DRESS” and that was so sad to see Kate (she was so pretty) there with out of all people BETH CARSON. She is one classy lady, Did you know that Beth is an artist? you can google her and see some of her work, I really felt sorry for Kate, afterall here she is in Klienfields Wedding Dresses all by herself.

  As I have said before I’m not sure if they are/not friends now, I hope so because Kate sure needs a close friend right now, and I really believe Beth and Bob loved them, I mean Beth said herself they had the Gosselins over almost every sunday, Beth kept all 6 babes when they went to Fa. and the babes were not even out of diapers then, so that was a true friend, and those little kids loved her soooo much,
  The thing I have noticed is that after the Utah trip Beth has not been on, I know Beth really got onto Mady, and sent her flying up the stairs, following her and told her who was boss, made me so happy to see that, so I don’t know maybe that had some thing to do with it,

  On the interview couch, Kates reply to that episode was that Beth and Mady had this love/hate relationship, No Beth was the adult and she was not Kate and Mady couldn’t be her bitchy little self, she couldn’t stand and hit the babes and then lie and tell Beth it was an accident, Way to go Beth.

• Your welcome Rachel, Hope you have a great weekend, talk to ya soon sweetie.

• Cinoda, where are you???

• Hey BD. Finally went to bed, some of us need our beauty sleep, left you a little something on the other site. Love you already……….

  • CIN, YO SO CRRAAZZYYYYY!

• i just wantvto say that the way kate talks down John correcting john all the time is very rude.I am sorry no man or woman should be done that way and on tv of all things where is her compason and to say she does it all with all the children how many men make there kids beds dresses them come on it dont happen .and yelling john its nuts did you see the man at toys are us.also if we found these web sites you know she has to and you would think she would be more polite

• I used to enjoy the show, too, but now there’s just too much tension in the family to enjoy it.
  It seems like Kate is never happy, regardless of what the situation is. Her personality has always been aloof, but it’s just too obvious anymore. Going to the corner will not fix the problems of a 14-year-old, there is actual work involved.
  My four are now teenagers, and if she thinks she’s stressed now, God help her when the REAL problems arise.
  The fact that she apparently has no real friends speaks volumes. People don’t like the negativity, I’m sure. And it’s always a “poor me” attitude. I raised my four while my husband worked two jobs to support us, and we did it without the freebies that are lavished on the Gosselins. And if I would’ve treated my husband as poorly as she treats Jon, I’d have been doing it alone.
  Her attitude is definitely rubbing off on Cara and Maddy, who already act aloof about their celebrity status. There’s nothing cute about watching a child push a smaller one, then see the camera and try to act innocent. Definitely not entertaining, but disturbing.

  • AnotherMomofMultiples, I agree, that is the same thing I’ve been saying. Just wait until the little ones hit puberty!!! Yee Haww the fun will be on then. I have 6. They are 27. 22. 18. 15. 10 and 6. I couldn’t imagine what I would do if they were all the same age and going thru the same hormonal changes all at the same time!!!! I like to watch it to escape from my world for awhile and see just how screwed up my life could have turned out! Haha. You know, people and families go thru things but you always know you will get thru it if you keep a sense of humor! I just don’t see it in their family. You see it a little sometimes between Kate and Jon, but she never seems to enjoy having the kids, just spending time with them. She has the unique situation to be able to stay at home some and enjoy them and she doesn’t do it. Or at least we don’t get to see it on the show. Before long the kids will be too old to really care and her window of opportunity will be gone. I just hope she realizes what she is missing out on before it is too late.

• I’ve noticed that the only thing that makes Kate happy these days? Not being home. You can look up her “book signing” schedules all over the net, and that woman is all over the place. I see her next one is in Canada, and England is probably in the works. Seems she has a lot of fans in those places.
  She found her calling alright, and its not being a mom, it’s talking about being a mom, while never home.

• I have been watching their show from the begining. I used to love watching the little babies, they are darling. And I was very curious as to how their everyday life would be like. But those twin girls have taken on Kate’s personality! They are controlling, loud and demanding! I would never allow my children ( I have 2 sons) to talk to myself, my husband or any person like those girls do. They are not even cute anymore. I see them and shudder! There is still hope for the 6 littler ones. I have often wondered why in the world Jon would put up with Kate! My husband has told me many times that if I acted that way he would have left me and wouldn’t give it a second thought! I am embarrassed to think that she is out there representing us stay at home moms! She makes us look so negative! I know staying home is stressful, but I would never treat my husband like he was stupid or yell at him the way she does. Even in public! My face was so hot for Jon when they did the Toys R Us episode! I hope these recent stories we have been hearing about (if they are true) work out best for the children!

• Kelly, I don’t think you need to worry about Kate representing the SAHM’s in a bad light, I believe there are still more SAHM’s like us than the ones who can afford nannies and built in chefs and housekeepers. there are more of us that know what a struggle really is, yes the G’s struggled alittle at first (I think more in fear than finances) when the babes first arrived, but that was short lived, they got help immeadately a who;e lot more than others with multiples. But us normal down to earth SAHM’s have had that struggle everyday 24/7/365 just us and our spouse.
  The on;y ones who relate to Kate are the ones that are usually born with the silver spoon in their mouth, and all the trimmings to go with it, I was less fortuate, no not really, I have lived with struggles all my life,as a child thru adulthood, in one fashion or another, but when I lay my head down at night I know that man laying next to me worked his butt off all our lives to give us what we have, I do not live in a million dollar home, wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did, like Kate how much does she really enjoy her home? she is hardly there, I am a home body, I love being in my house and my yard, always had a garden, always was there in the kitchen when the kids came in from school with a snack waiting for them, and of course there chore list.
  My kids (all adults) today will say one of their fondest memories is coming home from school smelling super on the stove and a treat in the oven cooking,
  they loved working in our garden, I say ours b/c each one of them had a part in making it happen.
  I remember how Kate used to say she wished she had land so she could have a garden, well lord knows she has plenty of land now, but I doubt if we see a garden coming to pass.
  So I’m sure you can relate to me and many other moms who stay at home and make a house “THE HOME” (I wonder what kind of home Kate has tonight) Really my heart hurts for her, I know it’s only a show, but it is real ppl, and she is missing out on the best years of her life, Heres a secret about me shhhhh gotta keep quiet, Many nights I sit here in the quiet (altho Iam blessed beyond measure) I weep, I cry from my heart, I miss my kids being little, I am so proud of them and their families and we have wonderful times together, but it’s another journey that is ending in my life, When ever I hear a mom say “I will be so glad when they grow up and get on their own” I just cringe, and tell them “you won’t be”

  Kelly if you have never read a poem called “Wet Oatmeal Kisses” I would suggest you do, not sure if you have kids or how old they are if you do , but this poem is amazing, and you can google it, I swear it will make you teary eyed ( me I just right down and bawl) LOL when ever our kids had their first born, I would get this poem on parchment paper and have it professionally framed for each one, and to this day they still have it displayed .
  Oh my gosh I got carried away, I am so sentimental LOL, but dear you and I and many more moms know the struggle of being a SAHM with out the material quirks to go with it, but…we and God knows we have so much more than a million dollar house and fine clothes. God Bless you Dear.

• well let me say some word’s if jon would get job it would not ve so bad if you had 8 kids there would differnt, and i herd jon did some playing aound while ago he should never did, kate is strss out with 8 kids with husband is not working, would like to know how they got that house if no one is working I’m going to miss shoe, but if they are having problems with there marrige show needs to go off air, doesnot consed anyone on this web page or other web page what does on with there marrigem ok please leave those people be ok get life ok

• Missy, Missy, Missy,!!! I will say this ONE TIME! AND ONE TIME ONLY!!! You are a very sweet lady and we are all better for having you in our lives! I GOOGLED THAT DAMNED POEM!!!! Now I cant see the freaking computer screen!!!!!!!!! You see things from a different point of view than many of us, we could all learn a lot from you! Even Maris! haha, and yes, even me. Thanks for being in my life! There! I will never say it again! You better copy and paste this! I will deny I ever said any of this!!!!

  I am Big Daddy and Im proud to say that Missy is my friend!

• On tonights show Kate took all the kids except one to the Sesame Street show. Maybe she does not have any friends anymore. I dont think she has ever went somewhere like that alone. I just found this site and did not know about Jodi and the problems. I dont blame Jodi. She seems to be a very sweet lady, and treated those kids
  better than Kate. Remeber the bubble Gum incident. I could not belieive what Kate said about Jodi. She needs to be grateful she even watched them.

• Missy, I too loved it when I could greet my children coming home from school, and cherished the time with them. Heck I did it so good, my one son is still at home at 26.
  As far as Kate having enough land for a garden, she has room for crops.
  I’m telling you those “love seat” moments have/are getting quite tense for those two. She couldn’t wait for Kara to be home and to have her “flock” together again. She didn’t say anything about the Dad being home. There was even a little hint for next weeks episode how they’re in a different places now. Seems they are having some problems. Can’t blame Jon, other then for marrying her in the first place. She must be so tough to live with. I’m sure they’ll have or will work things out. The show must go on!

• Trust me kate wasn’t alone at the Sesame Street show. Remember the show was taped by the crew. There were plenty of people with her.

• NOW DONT FORGET! KATES BIRTHDAY IS COMMING UP ON THE 28TH!! I wonder what they are going to do for that! Watched what I guess is giong to be the table for 12 lastnight! It was called twins twins and sextuplits! I thought it was great! And WFT is it with SEXtuplits? You have Octo’s, Trip’s, why is there SEX n SEXtuplits? Why not SIXtuplits or Cincotuplits? Just wondering!

• I too am new to this site. Like many of you I loved the show when it first came on and now I cringe but watch anyway. Isn’t that sick! I really feel for Jon. I told my husband if I ever treat you like that toss my stuff out on the door yard and lock the door. I’ve been wondering for a long time what Kate’s issue is. She made a comment one time about her parents not being “available” or something like that. I can only speak for myself but my grandparents were a huge part of my life and as a grandmother now I keep that special connection going. My relationship with my own mother had been very rocky (we din’t speak for years) but I didn’t let that inerfere with my son’s relationship with her. As far as Beth goes, I agree with everyone. Didn’t Beth’s husband hire Jon to work for him? I thought he mentioned that in one episode as it gave him more time to be home.

• Sorry, an afterthought. What about Mady! That poor girl needs therapy! I’ve never seen her sit in time-out and boy does she need it. That child has the worst attidtude ever and when she doesn’t get her way…WATCH OUT! Kinda reminds me of her mother. Once again, going back a few years, I remember when my first son was about 3 and we had gone to a restaurant with my parents and he began to act up (he’s 26 now) my father picked him and and took him to the car and sat with him until dinner was over. I remember then thinking how rotten my dad was but to tell you the truth, my son never acted up again and was a pleasure to take out in public! Maybe Kate and Jon should just turn around and go home when Mady pulls her stuff. I know I’ve seen where they don’t let her participate but a little pressure from her siblings might do the trick.

• I love the show and never miss an episode. I agree the couple has changed for the worse. Kate used to rely on her husband for everything and looked forward to his being home after work. Now she doesn’t miss him at all because she has a crew there advising her on everything. She doesn’t need him anymore. He stopped working, and has no real role anymore. He really should get a job,get away from the house and get a new group of friends and co-workers, and maybe his wife would stay home with the children more. I love those children and I hope they straighten out their parents soon.

• kate — please do something with that hair— it is getting old and does’t look good on you—you are trying to be something your not— and when you get time try to make matty mind once in awhile—

• Guys, I’m going to be honest. I think Jon loves his kids but I don’t think he likes them or likes being around them. He had 8 kids at a young age of 27. He didn’t want anymore after Cara and Mady. Kate nagged, and nagged and nagged until he finally gave in. Imaging going from not wanting more kids to having 6 at one time. I bet he has tremendous resentment toward Kate. I honestly can’t blame him.

• we are olviously way behind on Jon and Kate and the blog but I perused some of the comments and one thing I want to say is we have a Maddy…and her name is Maddie! and she is handful sometimes and sometimes is completely amazing…she says things like Maddy does like,” this is the best day ever!” …or ”this is the best Valentine ever!” they are people who feel everything and have nerve endings on top of nerve endings but their personalities fit right into the world in some capacity….I bet Oprah Winfrey was a handful as a child but look what she has done…and Kate can just go and talk to people all over…most people can not do that….but she evidently has trouble with one on one relationships…we all have something to contend with…some people are people pleasers …others are abrasive( uh-oh I just said a unicorn AND a rainbow :) no really, if we were all the same the world would not even work…actors , lawyers, presidents, CEO’s all have very different but necessary personalities…( an exception in child rearing is being we would never let Maddy get away with hitting those kids…no way..bad precedent to set)…another thing is the research says couples who work together have a divorce rate through the roof! yes, I know, I know you know a couple who is an exception…there is always an exception….but as a rule it does not work….in the old days when couples lived alone out on a ranch with the kids the husband went out in the fields to work and stayed there until the end of the day….too much time together can kill a relationship …even a long , good one…we saw it up close when some friends both retired at the same time…they had a long and very happy marriage but they almost got a divorce the first year of retirement until they figured out how to live together…separately :)….and all of us need a purpose…Kate has her ‘job’ and is evidently good at it ( probably BECAUSE of her personality not in spite of it) but she probably wouldn’t make a very good social worker…no patience….on Jon…that picture of him standing with those two college girls? either he was just really drinking hard that night or he is really drinking hard..he didn’t look so good…..that can happen when we don’t think we have a purpose…I do have say that it an interesting piece of narrow minded thinking to think the wife is a child rearing expert and fly her all over creation -but the husband is not? reverse discrimination at its best….as I said though I am kind of out of the loop here so I may be off base …but I do not know why he would not be considered as much of a child rearing expert as she is…

• I also used to watch this show almost every day. I finally got tired ofKate’s – and her kids – spoiled behavior. They are so bratty so much of the time! I have my own four to contend with and would not tolerate such tantrums.
  And what’s with all the money they have? Someone else on this blog asked what Jon’s occupation is, so, does any one know? I mean they are always going on vacations, have a giant beautiful house filled with the best, all the multiple equipment….
  Damn right I’m jealous. If only I had had more trouble conceiving….

• Michael J, Id thought Id put in my two bits before the “GALS” start trying to rip you apart because you have penis! I have a Maddie too but her name is Abbi. I totally understand what you are talking about. She has enough drive and determination for 10 people, when its something she wants! She is uaually the cause of most of the arguments among her siblings. But what ever she does decide to do she will be a success. The only thing that bothers me is the relationships that she is going to have with her brothers and sisters when we are gone. I saw my Aunt turn her back on our whole family one at a time because she didn’t agree with something we did at one time or another. She refuses to have anything to do with me or any of my family because I decided to have an open casket when MY mother passed away. My Aunt is a few years older than I am so I saw her grow up. And My Maddie, “Abbi” acts just like her when she was little. Im afraid that she will end up the same way! You need to come over to the “Jone and Kate, Aunt Jodi tells her side” blog on Evil Beet. Im constantly being beat up there. They are like a bunch of hornets and I keep stirring up the nest! I think you will enjoy it there!

  I AM BIG DADDY and I hope to see you there!

• I think Kate is a little hard on JOhn- but please dont get a divorce the kids need yall!!!! John shouldnt be messing around!

• I have enjoyed watching the show, up until recently and the reason
  for that is because of the way Kate treats Jon. She belittles him during the
  show a lot. Since moving to the new home, I have heard her refer to it as
  her home. She needs to watch the show and see how she behaves. I feel that Jon is a good Father and that Kate is a good Mother, but Kate has really changed recently and that is not toward the good as far as her behavior toward Jon. I hope that the children are not affected by the way she treats Jon down the road.

• My parents were unhappily married until 2003.. I’m 39 now…from an offspring’s point of view it’s not healthy for the kids to grow up in a home where the parents don’t like each other… kids like to see their parents happy. If that means ending the marriage, then so be it. Divorce is hard but an unhealthy marriage is harder (esp. on the kids!).

• Humm, Oprah being like Maddy? Maybe Naomi Campbell, she beat up a few assistants, and airline staff. Definitely more like her.
  Also think Kate has been so successful due to her good looks. It’s not her intelligence, that’s for sure.

  • Oh julianne, don’t be such a hater! You know your jelous of Kate because she looks good! Its only natural, all women are that way. I never look at Kate above her neck. Whats wrong with her hair that everyone keeps talkig about?

• WOW Kate is beyond with her verbal abuse. Surely, she feeds off of this as she must be enlightened by prev. readers and clearly she does nothing to improve herself.

  Yes, what Jon allegingly did was wrong, but staying in a relationship such as theirs is A LOT MORE DAMAGING to the kids.

  TLC needs to cut this show and both of these parents need help before their children end up with psychologists.

• i have watched the show since the begining, and have noticed a big change. jon and kate used to be loving toward each other. since they have become popular, kate has become extremely bossy & bullies jon around. i think he needs to stand up to her and not let her get away with it. it seems now their focus is on all the money and fame the show has brought them, they have a big new beautiful home but they seem to be alot less happy than they were in the begining. kate should appreciate everything she has before it is gone.

• I really used to enjoy watching this show. I am also a mother of multiples. I have six, 15, 14, 12, 9, 8, and 9 months. I am a stay at home mother and also work from home usually 12 to 15 hours a day. I cannot believe the way that Kate treats Jon these days. I usually have the tv on during the day as I am working and have had to start changing the channel when this show comes on. They have been given everything they could ever think of and really come off ungrateful. I cannot imagine the lifestyle they are allowed with the fancy house and trips. I would just like to be able to pay all of my bills and have a little left over at the end of the month to set aside for savings!!!! Is that too much to ask??? I think one of my biggest problems is the fact they knew what they were getting into with fertility treatments. I am not saying every person that does IVF has six just like that, but there is always the chance. I have enjoyed reading everybodies comments!

  • Kate did not use IVF. She used IUI. It is not common to have high order multiples with IVF.

• I am aware of the rumors that Jon may have strayed and honestly I can’t say that is too shocking. She pushed him to it. I has become more obvious that he has not been happy. How could he be? During her exploitation of the kids, she is constantly putting him down. Men, as does anyone, need to feel wanted and of worth…mentally and physically. You see what he gets at home and that is not it. She obviously wants everything “her” way so maybe the next show will be “Kate…and sometimes 8”

• Wow the hatred that Jill has for Kate seems totally unfair and unjust. We ALL make mistakes and treat others wrongly- even if you won’t admit your dirty laundrey Jill. Instead of being happy that you think Kate is getting what she deserves, you should be praying that they will WORK IT OUT as husband and wife for the sake of their marriage and their many children!
  YOU should be ashamed of expoiting their problem the way you did! All families struggle and they are doing it publically! I AM PRAYING for the- seriously and will continue to. And for mean people who wish ill on others when they are already down!!! You will answer for that.

  • Marissa, dear, did you get off of the school bus early today? Does your mother know that your on the internet? This is a grown up gossp site! If you think Jill’s comments were harsh, you need to go back and look at, well pretty much all of them!!!!! I hope they dont get a divorce eather! Then we won’t have anyone to talk about! They CHOSE to do all of this publically. To every summer comes a fall and to every winter comes a spring!

    • lol! GROWN UP gossip site! hilarious!

    • Big Daddy? Nice name =).ha.
      Not to be blunt..okay well to be blunt.. who are you to infer that someone is acting immature..what are you doing sitting here gossiping about a family?.. did you get off the school bus early too?

  • Marissa don’t be so naive…..Kate is so very mean to Jon and she constantly puts him down…and doesn’t really treat him with respect..since the beginning of the show the one question i had was why is she so mean….and others close to her have confirmed that she’s controlling and mean……she’s just not that nice…and Jill wasn’t exploiting their problem….

• Oh Big Daddy, I’m not jealous of Kate’s looks at all, just her money. So there. And her hair reminds me of Victoria Beckum and Dennis the Menace all mixed up together. And is it me, or is she turning orange?
  Definitely her good looks has helped. And just for the record, I don’t hate Kate, or anybody else for that matter. Stop putting words in my words, Daddy.

  • Im confused. Didn’t you make the comment about Michaels comment about Oprah? Isnt Michael you husband / Therapist? Or am I getting you mixed up with someone else?

• Oh Daddy, you’ll give poor Michael a heart attack. No I’m not his wife, and I did comment on Michael’s comment about Maddy being like a young Oprah. I didn’t agree about that one, and stated she reminds me more of a young Naomi Campbell, since Maddy seems to enjoy beating people up and having tantrums. Gosh, now even I’m confused.
  Sweet dreams Big Daddy.

  • Well, wake back up!! Im just getting fired up! SORRY MICHAEL, I was confused!!! julianne, you seem pretty cool. Your a woman, but thats not your fault. Have you visited the Evel Beet, Jon & kate, Jodi tells her side of the story? Thats where all of the good debates happen! Ive already turned Bella onto it. Maris, Missy, Coastalmom, Bun in the oven and all hang out there to. Jon & Kate new episodes only come on once a week and your sorta run out of comments after the first couple of days! We talk about all kinds of stuff! I think youd fit in quite nicely!

• Kate is on an ego trip. Maddy is the future Lizzie Borden and may God help the rest of them.
  Where is Aunt Jody?

• I’ll check out the other site tonight when I get home from work.
  Looking forward to something different, I am tired of all this Gosselin talk, and I have repeated myself way too much. Thanks.

• ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz…..

• Marrissa, honey I think that is very sweet of you to pray for J&K and their kids, Lord knows not just them but we all can use more prayer,
  Big Daddy is just being his mean ole’ self so don’t pay attention to him, he has not put his big boy shorts on yet tonight, who knows maybe his wife just snapped at him,( probably deserved it too)

  Seriously I wish Kate had a real close friend right now, because if rumours are even 1/2 true, she is probably feeling pretty lonely, but who knows maybe thats where God wants her, (so he can TALK to her)
  anyway we know there is power in prayer and I think it is very kind and sweet that you pray for some one you don’t know personally. Keep up the good work.

  Uncle BoneHead AKA Big Daddy “BACK OFF” that was rude, you have no idea how old Marrissa is, how would you like it if someone ask you “does daddy know you are playing on the internet?” BTW does your parents know?????

  • Sorry Marissa, No ones ever called me rude before! Ok well I have to go get my BIG BOY shorts out of the dryer and start another LOAD!

    • You’re going to do laundry? Leave some for your wife. She wouldn’t want to miss the spin cycle…

• funny..nothing here could give anybody a heart attack….interesting that being positive is equated with weakness and negative equated with being tough….its just the opposite…the tough ones are usually quiet…the loud mouths are usually scared to death…have to keep talking just to make sure we know they are here –and this isn’t any kind of therapist talk….common sense…yawn**

  • …uh, I think I’m in love…

    Hope you don’t mind if I have an e-crush on you! Getting a visual now… about 6’4″… dark hair… intense eyes… Reeves physique… Austrailian accent… cures cancer in a cape and tights… minus the tights… (best I keep the rest to myself…)

• Okay Bone Head I just saw that lil’ remark about us being like hornets and poor you getting beat up all the time, and that my dear is bull and you know it, We Are The “Sistas” and I endorce this correction, Okay you can carry on, but stop fibbing, your children are listening to you, Geeezzzzz get a grip.

  • Well, it’s about time!!! Took you long enough! You need to see what I left on the other site!

    • BD, Darn dog woke me up by barking at a freaking cat that just moved in next door. Its an indoor/outdoor cat. Now I love animals of all types, but we live in COYOTE country, and if a coyote doesn’t get it, I’m afraid my 140 lb dog will!!!!Right now my dog just barks over the wall at it…..but I’m awaiting….Anyway, just checked in on you blog site. WELL…………I do agree with your points….need to get my thoughts together well enough to post something intelligent. You are correct abount the double standard. If you get HBO watch Chris Rock’s special, something like Kill the Messenger, or something like that. He does an entire skit on the “n” word, and when it is appropriate for white people to say it. Thought of you when I was watching and laughing.

• I saw it Cinoda. I was funny.

• I thought so too. I do like Chris Rock, but sometimes the language gets stale. I have no problem with the big F word, but not as an adjective, adverb, noun, verb, pronoun and such…..Lots of comedians do this. But I did enjoy his special, especially that part, and I can’t quite remember, but something about the “white” ladies having sex in college with black men, and never telling their husbands. The pan of the crowd was hilarious…..the look on some faces…….

• I have 9 children under the age of 8, all natural, a set of quads and a set of triplets…yippee! How is it that you are a mother of 6, you have multiples, and yet your children have 6 different ages???
  Neat trick.

  • I’m intrigued! Tell us more! I dont know who you are talking to about the 6 different ages. I have 6 kids and they were all born one at a time. But 9, OMG! How much laundry do you do a day? I have a triple loader and have to do 2 a day? Tell us more about your kids and your life?

• No, I’ve never seen it. And I don’ t have HBO. But after hearing or reading all of that Ill have to go rent it or something! So what about “white” ladies having sex wth black men in college? That peaked my curiosity! That probably contributes to the divorce rate. After have a monster schlong in college! That explains a lot! hahaha My Economics teacher in college, NO NOT HOME ECONOMICS! BEFORE SOMEONE MAKES A CRACK! she also taught Psychology . She actually explained why there are a LOT more black men with white women than you do white men with black women. It was sorta interesting! Its also sorta boaring. If you want to hear it let me know.

• Yeah, BD…let’s hear it…I’ll check you blog…I’ve heard from some of my black friends why, but I would like to hear the psychbable reason why!!!!

• ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz………. AAaagghhuaaZZZZZzzzzzzz……..

  Wher you at Cinoda? Have you checked out the site yet. There are some pretty interesting stuff on there. They are talking about teen pregnancy now, theyve made some pretty good point!

  • Hey BD, I’m almost here….long, rough day yesterday. I always check out your site, just haven’t blogged yet. I’m getting my act together now. Will join in later today.

• I watch the show every now and then. At first it was entertaining, seeing so many kids & how the parents handled it all. But, after a while, I started noticing things that bugged me. I kinda feel like Jon & Kate have become phony – more like actors. I saw some of the first episodes the other day. Kate was so plain, and Jon had less hair! Aside from their appearance, they seemed more down to earth than they are now. Maybe all the fame and fortune has gone to their heads.

  I’ve read a lot of comments about the way Kate treats Jon. Does anyone else think this is all an act? I’m sure there is real tension between them at times, but I think they play it up for the cameras. They need something interesting to film, or people will stop watching. I think they are laughing all the way to the bank. Maybe they should just get it over with, and move to hollywood.

  • Gosh amylou, that is very insightfull! Tell us more! Please?!!

• i think the family are all spoiled and ungreatful who in the real world gets to take trips all expenses paid have parks closed down just for them I could go on and onbut if you watch the show you know.enough already what happened to giving back?

• Amylou, I completely agree with you, BTW over look Big Daddy, he’s just funnin with ya,

  Patti, good thoughts, most people with 2 jobs cannot afford vacations once a lifetime let alone every couple of months, oh wait a minute most of us don’t have TLC backing us, Hell none of us have TLC. As far as being ungrateful, AMEN,AMEN,AMEN I’m sure God would love to see a little more gratitude also, “He giveth, and he can certainly take away”

  • Missy, I think you just put your foot in it! That is what Ive been saying all along about this countries anal obsession with being politically correct!!!! About giving back on Jon and Kate? Kate is always saying how thankfull she is to have the oportunities that she and her family have been given. BUT THEIR ACTIONS DONT SHOW IT! AH, HA! People need to do that all over! Peoples actions should speak louder than their words! Not, the other way around! Thank you Missy for making my point! Ok, well gotta to, Maxine is calling!

    • Again with the politically correct thing?? Will you please give it a rest already?? I thought you had your own website now where you can go to be as politically incorrect as you like You’re starting to sound like a broken record.

    • Yes cheesewizz I do. Just couldn’t help making the point! Thanks for the advertismnt by the way. Is that dog peeing on the carpet?

    • Don’t ask, don’t tell… And don’t call her “that dog” — you may address her by “Your Magesty” or “darling caca-poopoo-weewee”…

• Well B.D. one thing I have learned is it does no good to

• OOOOPS don’t know what happened!!!

  It does no good to

  Talk the talk
  unless you are able to
  Walk the Walk!!

  By your fruit you are known, I think God is still waiting to see some of that fruit from all of us, I know speaking for myself that I can do a whole lot better.

  • Missy, please don’t talk about my fruits on the blog? Thats sota personal don’t you think? Been using the miracle grow on them like you suggested!

• I used to feel oddly envious of their situation, but I guess it’s not all what it seems.

• I found some news online I thought some of you would be interested in since some of you are in or have been in the medical field. They are starting human trials in nursing homes on a new antibiotic derived from Viaga. It’s called Mycoxaflopin. The first trial run wasn’t very successful but it did keep half of the residence from rolling out of bed at night!

  WHOES YO DADDY!?

• Is this still a blog about J & K or what? Doesn’t seem like it.
  In any event, tonight’s episode was a total disappointment. TLC made it seem like J & K would be announcing a divorce or something. But, it was 3 minutes of Jon sort of pussy footing around his drinking and carousing while visiting his mom.
  And if Mommy had a broken foot, why not move her into the “mansion” for a few weeks? The “helper” for the kids certainly wouldn’t mind a 9th person to take care of.
  This show leaves much to be desired these days.
  Not as fun. Kate’s smiles are forced and Jon is just moping about.
  Don’t know if I will be tuning in to Season 5 at this point.

• I’m truly amazed…I never thought the photo thing would be brought up on TV but low and behold, Jon comments. I’ll give him Kudos for that. I previously stated that I thought that he worked from home and he confirmed that tonight. I think the show is on borrowed time. The stress is getting too much! (At least on Jon’s behalf!) As a person who has been married for 28 years, I think the whole photo thing was way over done. Just today, I went shopping for Kitchen cabinets and told the salesaman who used his cellphone to photograph my cabinet door that I wanted to be sure I wasn’t in it! (O.K. maybe I’m a little paranoid but who knows these days?)
  Kate talked about the wonderful opportunities her kids got and that any family had the same opportunities available to them. Come on Kate…your living in a fantasy world. I think I’m a minoirity here as I am a person with grown children but a new grandmother. Ever since my first son was born 26 years ago I have devoted my life to kids. I’ve been a parent reprsentative for children with special needs on our local C.S.E. Committee, a B.S.A. scout leader of 17 years, and a couple of other organizations. However, when she says that these opportunities are available to everyone…shes’ right in a sense. Then again, we all don’t have the media and cable channels suporting us. The million dollar home, etc., etc. etc. Give me a break….A HUGE BREAK!!! Also, do something with your HAIR, you look like an exotic animal with all of that color going on! Who does your hair anyway? Please find a new stylist.

• I’m about to do some bashing which I know I will hear about tomorrow but here goes. Freaking woman have sit there and knit picked Kate’s fricking life apart to the point they are now afraid to fart without someone saying something! They need to ignore everyone! Mostly women watch the show and we all know that if a woman doesn’t have something they can bitch about their not happy! It’s not bashing its just a fact! Now they are going to reap their rewards. A boring show with politically correct people and little robot children who never poop or do anything that can’t be justified. You waned a boring show, now you got it! Ok, there! Now I’m finished! Go ahead and give me your blah blah blah blah blah blah freakin blah!

• Thank you Donna!! Finally someone agrees with me about that mess on Kate’s head!!! She looks like she has a little multi coloured creature living on her cranium.
  And perhaps if Jon’s “working” from home – aka “staying at home with the kids” is too much of a strain on him, he should get a job outside of the home – not because he needs the money, but because he needs a sense of normalcy and FRIENDS besides the one he is married to.
  Most of us need to work to survive financially.
  Perhaps Jon needs to work to survive mentally.
  Anyone would go nutso in that place with Kate harping on him all the time, Mady’s outburts and a camera crew.
  Quite whining Jon, & grow up.
  Boo hoo – we are not anonymous anymore. Our show is too popular now – I can’t have a normal life.
  Well at 70 grand per episode, my heart JUST BLEEDS for you, John.
  Good gravy!

• I am relieved that Jon and kate spoke of the stress that they are feeling. I knew when I saw the coming attractions, that it was to catch our interests, to keep us interested in watching. But I am glad that thier marriage is not on the rocks. Who would want any family to fall apart. I really can see how they as a couple have changed and evolved, Kate mentioned it tonight about her style of dressing, and Jon was happy for this change. They are living thier lives in a fish bowl, of course , its a fish bowl they choose to be in, and even though they choose it, I can understand how it could be overwhelming at times. I also think Kate and Jon obviously love eachother and al the children. I hope they do return next season, as I love to watch thier children develope.

• How do you know what Jon earns per episode ?

• I agree with Lynny and Donna. They are so not the norm any more they dont’ even know what their talking/complaining about.
  Jon, just get a real job if you’re that miserable. I’m sure the show would still go on if you worked. Of course then who would be home with the kids when Kate is out conning money all over the country. No pity for them. And that hair. Do you see it from the back. It’s like a crew cut back there. Oh my God, what a style. Just goes to show you what taste kate has. Yuck. And I’m sure all parents would love to have their children see all the things that the Gosselin’s have. Only problem with most, it cost lots of money to do those things, remember Kate? I can only imagine what the art place charges. Not to mention an outting to that childrens museum. I feel anyone watching with little ones might feel bad that their not exposing their kids to all they have. Well don’t. Your kids will do just fine. Mine did, and he’s never gone to Hawaii, skiing in Utah, had private box seating and special invites to sporting events. He’s an intelligent deans list college graduate, all grown up and never gave me a bit of trouble. So don’t worry.

• It makes sense Jon no longer works as an “IP analyst” and has decided to join his shrew of a wife as a full-time kid pimp. Ive seen the show a few times and cannot recall seeing a more hateful cow as Kate Gosselin. From the ghetto-fab mop on her head to the designer pumps on her cloven hooves. This woman is the poster child for gay relationships. I actually feel sorry for the poor shlub married to her. He endures her constant henpecking and outright verbal slams with an eyeroll here and there..then total submission. An embarassment to manhood. Homeboy needs to grow a set or run like the wind.

  The kids are cute to be sure….show me a kid who isnt…YAWN! The show is unwatchable because of that hateful screeching obnoxious farm animal. Jon will go through life being led around by his scrotum, the leash held by Katezilla. Behind every masochist is a willing sadist. In this case with a stupid hairdo and a voice that could etch glass.

  ENJOY AMIGOS..The Capt will sit this one out!

  • I loved thsi post! It was awsome! The Capt needs to visit Evel Beets Jon and kate plus 8’s Aunt Jodi tells her side, site!

  • A little harsh but I agree.

  • Love your comments Capt. Kirkegaard!

• Lynny, donna and Lauren, whats wrong with her hair? I never look at her above above the neck and everything looks pretty good me! Jon on the other hand, why is his eyes always so red during the inerviews? He alway looks like he just smoked a doobie, weed, joint, mary jane, jarajowana or hooch ! Thats probably why he’s looking so chubby, its from having the munchies all of the time. haha

  • I’m sure he has to smoke something to put up with Kate!

• Lynny and lauren i totally agree with you. Oh and Capt Kirkegaard you nailed it right on the head!!!!! Very well said!

• Oh Big Daddy, don’t you mind us about criticizing Kates hair. We’re just women who notice these things, and you are just a man who doesn’t.
  Capt. Kirkegaard, I’m in love. How well written you are. Especially loved the “cloven hooves” statement.

• While watching I wondered does Kate treat Jon that way as a form of entertainment for the viewers ?( now hang on dont start typing away angrily ) I think Kate doesnt have much of a personality and It looks to me like the ” banter” between them is her way of being the naggy wife to his straight man persona. Or heck maybe she just may be a bitch.
  Either way its painful to watch Jon slowly get pushed and pushed.

• I guess what I don’t understand, is why do you gals care about Kates hair? it’s her hair and if she likes it what possible good do you ridiculeing her for it? This is the biggest reason I do not believe what I read on these blogs, b/c someone is always writing about their (J&K) personal appearance, first it was how she dressed, then it was about Jon, or how she sat in her plastic chair,
  as far as all the free stuff they get why care? it does not cost you any thing, she is not out asking these co.’s to give it to them, if some one offered you a free day at the park or Disney would you say no? knowing you would probably never be able to afford it on your own?

  When they moved into their new house you all complained about all the free furniture that Lane gave to them, well Lane gave them a nice discount but J&K still paid, not all their stuff is free, but the point is, if it’s given to them and not by you (God forbid) than why care? If the governor of Pa. got a new home and gave his mansion to the G’s than you might complain b/c that is tax payers money, but all this other stuff is not one penny out of your taxes “THANK GOD”

  Yes I know what the state of Pa. did for them when the babes were born, my lord it has been talked about for five years, but who knows for sure what the G’s have gave back? as far as the college fund, thats exactly what the goveror started was a fund, so have you contributed to it? probaly not, then why care? it was not paid in full, it was just started, We have funds in our church starting for different ppl/events all the time, but that don’t mean the church persae is funding the whole thing,
  I think the G’s make mistakes just like the rest of us do with the exception that we are not on t.v ( exploiting our kids) as you all call it, but they are just like the rest of us the ones who complain about how life is a struggle and sometimes ends are hard to meet, the G’s found a way to get out of their slump, and yes maybe gone overboard, but they are young enough to straighten things out and I believe they will, why would you want to wish ill will on them? they are human and they have children who will suffer, when you went thru your darkest hour did you hope someone was wishing it would get worse for you? that you and your spouse would separate and leave the kids in shambles?

  Did you ever wish for morning b/c nite seemed so long? or wish for nite time so you could cry all by your self? No I’m sure you never have b/c most of you talk like you are the perfect parent/wife and that you have never ever made a mistake, or done some thing that you regret/wish you could take back. As much as I get annoyed with Kate and Jon I only wish the very best for them, I only wish they can find that real peace and joy that only comes from God, not fame and fortune and wish that they do this before it’s to late,

  Okay you are still free to trash them in what ever manner suits you best Espically the hair,

• I read on another site that TLC pays them minimum 70 grand per episode. That is why they could afford the “mansion”. It’s TLC’s highest rated show, so they pay big time.

  And Missy, leave us alone about the “hair”. Let us criticize if we so desire. That’s what a BLOG is for Missy.

  and the hair is weird – she has about 7 stripey like colours, 4 or 5 different lengths, one side straightened, the other behind her ear and a toilet brush on the top. It’s a funny hairdo, face it.

  and it’s fun to criticize her.
  you sure voiced your opinions, eh, Missy?
  let us voice ours.

  and we HATE the hairdo!!!

  • “…a toilet brush on top.” LMAO!!! That’s too funny!

• Heh – how funny is this critique of Kate’s hair?! Just because it looks like a cross between David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days and Dennis the Menace……..
  I thought it was rediculous of Jon to insinuate that there might not be a season 5 – the a-hole has already signed on for the next season! And he needs to pull up his man panties and stop sniveling about how he has no privacy! You want “no privacy”, Jon? How about taking your little constipated son out to the van again to “dislodge” his problem?! That’s no privacy, moron! At least with Kate, what you see is what you get, and she makes no bones about it. Jon, on the other hand – what a waste of space! He’ll never grow up.

  • Cynthia, you are too funny! But I must disagree with you. When Jon helped, I think it was Collen disloge his problem Jon stood between him and the camera as he pooped into the sack! Hahaha

• lynny, YOU MISSED THE WHOLE POINT!!!

  no need to go further, you really do not understand.

• KATE IS A LITTLE AGRESSIVE AND NEEDS TO BE . SHE HAS AN ARMY TO CONTROL. I STILL THINK MADY WILL BE THE BIG PROMBLEM IN THE F UTURE. IALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS MEAN ,SNEAKY,AND NOT TO BE TRUSTED WITH THE OTHER KIDS.WHY DOES SHE GET TO BE THE ONE WHO GETS TO GET AWAY WITH SO MUCH? CARA IS NOT LIKE HER AND THANK GOD……………..PEOPLE SEE MADY AND AUTOMATICALLY DON’T LIKE HER BECAUSE FROM DAY ONE SHE IS A PROMBLEM NOT TO ONE ,,,,,,,BUT TO EIGHT PATTI

• I’ve been watching the show for years and at this point it’s like a wreck, I don’t want to watch anymore but just can’t take my eyes off. Kate is very harsh to Jon and cuts him down for mistakes she also makes but he knows better than to call her on hers. It is sickening to see them exploit these children to this point for profit then be handed so much for free, but it is a good point from others that the money isn’t being taken from us. I worry about their children, especially Mady who is headed for years of therapy I’m sure. I think they’ve worked it into half the episodes that she’s the problem child. How many fits have the focused on and how many times have then talked about what a challenge she is, above the rest of the kids? The show now seems to focus on Kate. Are they hoping for a meltdown from her? Her hair, her wardrobe. I did read about Jon in the news and my first thought was “who’d blame him?” but I didn’t understand the little emphasis on the final episode when Jon brought it up and she kept saying “and I’m very happy.” I think ther was a lot more to the final comments than we will know. I hope the show is cancelled not only for the fact the kids are older and we’re just watching the parents bicker at this point, but they probably need to be off of television if there is any hope of normalcy for them in the future. The one other thing that has bothered me from day one is the conflict of their supposed Christianity and extreme vanity. Tummy tucks, hair plugs, teeth whitening, and now Kate gets tanner every episode and her teeth get whiter each time, too, but where are the church services, devotions and grace before meals?

• how can they afford such an awesome house,when both parents work from home, did tlc pay for this home, and is it just me, or did kate seem annoyed being on oprah recently. she did state in one episode, she really wanted to be in the studio and not be on skype, because the kids couldn’t see or hear the show

• Oh Roz, ITA with you on the Christian Act, I to was raised and still pentecostal, and I will tell ya in an AOG church it is taught by the Bible that the husband is suppose to be the head of the home (not house) but HOME!!
  I am speaking from a christian based husband and wife, not just one a faith believer and not the other, b/c the bible does say “we are one” but J&K both have professed being christians, so there fore I do blame him for letting her get this far out of control, he should have reigned her in long ago, but I truly believe that they thought this was a way for them to provide (quickly) for their family, and it just got bigger than the two of them, (out of control)

  And for what ever reason,(Iam not going to rant on Kate) they have no family around, or anyone really to say “we have your best interest at heart” TLC is not worried about them personally, they are worried about ratings, as I think Kate is now,
  It has always dis-gusted me to hear how she talks to him, even in the early shows, Their life is in a fish bowl for all to see and to grade them on,
  I love our Pastors with all my heart, do I think they are perfect? absolutely not!! I do think they really try everyday to live according to the word of God, I think they stay in prayer and the word to gain strength and power to fight against what ever the enemy throws their way, but they also know they are right there in front for all to see, I know they have dis-agreements and trials as we all do, just as Iam sure you do, but when you are living in the spot lite you tend to do things a little different,
  when my kids were growing up, they were taught manners, they were taught discipline and consequences, when I took them out in public I didn’t worry about them throwing a fit and screaming and crying, did they do that at home? sometimes they tried, but there was not always a time out spot, (which incidently has done no good for the G’s kids) yes they were on their BEST behavior out in public, but they were not always at their best at home.
  But they also knew I was not gonna stand and scream HEEELLLOOO at their dad or yell at him to get them b/c I couldn’t handle the issue. You know if it was just ever so often Kate did that I could understand with 6 little ones doing that, but my lord it’s every time they go some where,and it’s usually Jon’s fault,
  Like Hanny wanting to be carried in , why didn’t Kate tell her to walk or just stand there? yes I am an old timer but I would have smacked her butt and she would have walked for sure, I saw little Leah and one of the boys yawning, they were asleep to, and afterall Hannah should be getting more sleep than the other 7, is’nt that why Kate gave her a room to her self? No she is a spoiled little girl, who is always front and center, How can a mother make such a difference to her kids? But I see it all the time,
  I do not understand how J&K can portray them selves as christians and it does not show anywhere, as you said where is table grace? many said it was TLC’s fault, don’t believe that any more, the Duggers say grace all the time, heck they pray about every thing and sing christian songs going down the road,All I know is Jesus said” if you be ashamed of me on earth, I will be ashamed of you in my fathers presence” Pretty Bold huh? I do hope J&K can get a hold on things, they have gotten every thing they set out for,the fame , the security,the house, the glamour, God only knows how many freebies, and enough money to sustain them for the rest of their lives, but… to gain all that and lose each other, what have they gained? notta. I only wish them the very best, love, happiness, and the good sence to know when to quit and regain what love they have left .

  • How does that scripture go? “If you gain the whole world and lose your own soul, what does it profit you?”

• I’m sorry that I appear to be so ignorant to you Missy.
  But you do tend to go on for so long “preaching” as it were, I tend not to read your entire post.
  Sorry, I just don’t have the time or energy to read all of your sermons in their entirety.
  Ignorance is bliss I suppose.

  • Yee-ouch!!!

• I have watched the show from the beginning and though I think Kate needs to be gentler with Jon I have seen episodes where they had a huge garage sale and donated all the money to St. Jude Hospital and when they purchased the dogs that money was being donated for cancer research. I think it is a show that shows how well two parents can control their children. If you think it is bad then try watching The Nanny a few times and see what you think about that or Wife Swap.

  • They “sold” donated items. The gave the hospital a check for over $1000, right? Wow. The fact that they were PAID over $60,000 to film the episode means they really didn’t GIVE anything.
    At St. Judes Kate gave her book to sick children and their parents. If my kid was sick with cancer and this Diva tried to give me a book about her 8 healthy kids . . . well, I don’t know what I’d do but I could guarantee they wouldn’t put it in the show.

    They are grifters, con-men and parasites.

• Here’s a thought. Why not send the Nanny to the Gosselins to deal with Maddy. Bet that Nanny would get out her umbrella, open it up, wait for the wind to change, and ride that sucker right back to England.

  • lauren, Thats a wonderfull idea! Then, after the Super Nanny quites her job, Kate can go on wife swap! That would be owsome as well!!!!! Great Idea! Do we need to contact TLC? Or do you think someone on here will see it and tell them? How funny! Maybe Naudia Sulabon, the Octomom, however you spell her damn name, can be AI. She can show how she can have babies! That last comment was for the “irregulars”

    • Now Now, BD…I will give Table for 12 a try just for you (maybe)

• I hate kate!!! Please shut your highlighted head and trap up!!!Jon will find someone else time will tell!!!

• Lynny, I don’t think I said you were ignorant, and Lord knows I was not preaching, But since scriptures were mentioned heres one for ya.

  You can take a beast from the wild, and Tame it, but the tongue is as sharp as a two-edged sword and can not be tamed.

  And frankly I don’t care if you never read my comments, thats entirely up to you, so just pull up your big girl panties and learn that every one has an opinion, not just you, and this blog is not all in your favor, sorry, but that is just how it is, now grow up, and continue with your little rant about how bad Kate is, OMG!!!

  • Missy, was that comment about the tongue, were you refering to Maris? Just Wondering! hahahaa

    And yes ma’am you were preaching! I read the Comment that you left and expected someone to be passing the collection plate when I was done! And don’t worry about me wearing my BIG BOY underwear. I dont wear underwear! I like it all natura’l!!!! haha

    • Oh Big Daddy, just shaddup already… And stop fantacising about my tongue…

• Yes Big Daddy, Kate on wife swap. Why we should be producers. The ratings would be phenomenal! Quick get me an agent.
  Octomom scares me, but her tentacles seem to be reaching into everything. I’m tired of her antics already, she’s way too nuts.

  • Lauren, have you seen the parody on YOU TUBE of Octomoms interview? It is sooooooooo FREAKING halarious! The woman is talking just like the octopussy and she keeps holding slipping up during the interview. EX: She asks her, “SO HOW MANY EGGS DID YOU HAVE EMPLANTED? OCTOMOM SAYS: 360, I MEAN 6 YES I HAD SIX EGGS EMPLANTED. Then she continues to hold up cardboard signs with stuff on them during the interview with stuff on them like “OPRAH, CALL ME 555-1212 WELL NEGOTIATE A PRICE”. You have to see it!

• Kate has changed completely since the show first started. “MONEY” is the root of all evil. Kate now has a new religion and worships a new GOD — the GOD of the fake tan and money, money, money for as far as the eye can see. By the way, this new religion doesn’t come without a price (you know like the old sacrifice at the alter). Kate is sacrificing her husband and children to worship her new GOD. Some day when those kids are all grown and they realize that everything they do will be documented in pictures and video on the internet forever, they are going to ask Kate “why”. Just like Jon, they will make mistakes. The only one perfect on that show after all is KATE!!

• So, Sharon, what GOD do you worship? Because the one I worship says, “The “LOVE” of money is the root of all evil”! So, you need to go back and read your Bible before you start to quote from it!

• C’mon big daddy, stop,you better be nice or your gonna be S_O_R_R_Y
  we’ll whip you into shape boy,
  There are even preachers who quote that scripture wrong, at least she knows that there is a bible, there is a lot of ppl who don’t even believe.

• SORRY SHARON! MISSY WOOPED MY ASS FOR YOU!!! MISSY, DID YOU SEE BETTY FORD?

• Why would I see Betty Ford?
  boy you better start making your self a little more clear, okay we are done with my health issues okay, It’s not good I deal with it everyday, I also don’t feel sorry for myself b/c I know there are so many so worse off than I am, I do how ever Thank God for every breath I can take in,

• I LOVE THE SHOW! KATE HAS GOT HER ACT TOGETHER!

• KATE HAS A BIG JOB TO DO EVERY DAY AND I FOR ONE COULD NOT DO IT. GOD BLESS KATE AND HER HUSBAND TOO.I HOPE THE DOGS ARE OKAY AS IT SEEMS KATE IS NOT AN ANIMAL LOVER AND I AM……….SHE HAS ENOUGH TO DO WITHOUT THE DOGS . I KNOWTHAT PERSONALLY. TAKE CARE YOU GUYS,,,,, EVERY THING THING WILL WORK OUT

• The only job that Kate has is to find time to count the money that she has made off of her kids. She has nanny’s, chefs and housekeepers.

  • Rachel, are you the same Rachel who post at the other evil beet site? if you are we are sending the top guns out looking for you, So you better get you butt back before it’s to late, if you are not this same Rachel, please excuse us, but we have lost our Rachel and she is in trouble.

• Listen up!!!!!!!!!! Jon is the evil one! Kate does everything she can to be a good mother! It’s not easy having eight kids, and i do admit sometimes Jon and Kate can both get a little evil. Either way i will always love this show!

• Kate is a nasty little bitch who pimps out her kids for money. Jon should have left the nasty bitch a long time ago. And NO, Kate doesn’t do shit around the house. She has an entire army of people that do all of the work. She’s a pimp! That’s her only job.

  • I have five kids aged 2 to 16 and my mother in law lives with me. She has Alzheimers (82). Alot to take care of needless to say. I think it is hard to judge them, I try sometimes, but my life would definitely have alot more comedy in it, than theirs does.We laugh alot more in our house. I just think they need to get away from the money and the cameras and stay in their p.j.s for a day.

• I do watch Jon&Kate+8…and have been with it from the first show. We all have, hopefully, evolved and grown into different people over the years, just as we have seen Job and Kate and the kids evolve. However, our changes and growth are not on film for public scrutiny. The show documents their lives and we actually see only a small portion, which TLC has chosen to show us….in hopes of making good ratings. I see nothing wrong with them making money…they are providing for their family & ensuring each child will have a decent education and want for nothing. I believe Jon and Kate both have values and standards that they are teaching their children as they grow. Yes, Kate is very neurotic, but do you stop to think of how horrible the person feels for being so neurotic…it’s not a choice, but a chemical imbalance in the brain. I cant imagine, even for a minute that Kate enjoys being like this….I have seen her changing in baby steps, which she deserves kuddo’s…and most importantly she does love her children and truly wants the best for them. Jon does have his hands full with what their lives encompass. I can understand how he can be having identity issues….couples tend to forget the needs of their partners, living everyday lives with a regular size family. Kate is a stronger person than Jon, therefore is not having issues. Jon’s personality is not as strong as his wife’s, but this does not make him a weak person. I truly hope the family can survive this in one piece….It might help if everyone said a prayer for them, instead of criticizing them. AND be careful, as I firmly believe that a person without faults should cast the first stone! None of us are without flaws.

  • I Completely agree with EMarie. We have to remember that a lot of their lives are on the cutting floor of the editting room. We really shouldn’t criticize how Jon and Kate handle themselves on the show. It is also true that Kate is super nerotic, but she really can’t control that. She does try to change herself little by little, but growing out of that takes time and you don’t change overnight. Jon is also allowed to feel frustrted and having an identity problem. Imagine if your life was documened everyday and everyone always associates you with the show and your kids. Everywhere you go, people will always ask about you and your kids because they recognize you from your show. You don’t have a sense of individuality because you do lose it. I don’t blame Jon for feeling how he feels.

    Overall, I think they have a strong relationship. What may be putting a strain on their relationship is the constant camera videotaping their lives. They work together to instill great values and morals in their children. So, I wish them luck with whatever choices they make in their lives.

• For those of you who have doubts about Jon partying on college campuses; Well, here is proof:

  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://thegirlfromtheghetto.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/jon2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://thegirlfromtheghetto.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/when-will-jon-gosselin-divorce-kate-gosselin/&usg=__wgGZff1zFOW14naGJudxGgr7mPg=&h=489&w=604&sz=70&hl=en&start=614&um=1&tbnid=nBtsgP_ZP4cxxM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djon%2Band%2Bkate%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D600%26um%3D1

• Kate has done her big job, and that was pumping out all those babies.
  Now it’s easy street. But wait, those teenage years, that’ll be something to see. I predict they’ll all be cute, bossy, and bad. Brains don’t seem to run in that family. I see luck and greed as the key their success now.

• I don’t worry so much about the money that is being brought in. Like someone said before, they are providing for their children. I do feel that they both love their children very much. My concern is the way Kate treats Jon. I have watched many episodes of this show and she belittles him something terrible. Like the show where they were being interviewed and Jon started to say something while Kate was talking and she looked at him and said something like “Do you mind?” I mean he was just adding a comment and I’ve seen her do the same thing to him. She just treats him like a child. She just talks to him terrible. I have been married 25 yrs and I would never talk to my husband the way she speaks to him. And trust me I am my own woman and not a shy person. I speak my mind. But I wonder why he tolerates this from her especially in the public eye. And if the man partys abit so what as long as he remembers he has a wife at home and doesn’t cross the line while out having fun. They have a ton of kids but they are still young people. And lets face it, no matter what he or she does they live in the public eye and it’s bound to be taken wrong if it sells paper smut and such. My point is, Kate needs to learn how to treat her husband abit kinder. And not to start something, but Maddy is starting to act just like her mother. A very disrespectful little girl. I would not tolarate her behavior. She for sure loves to act up for the camera.

  • i agree with you, Booster’s girl. Kate treats Jon terrible. Im embarrassed for him at times. I know this sounds corny, but the name of the show should be, “Kate Plus Nine” because she treats Jon like one of her children. She definitely runs the show! She never let’s him say anything without correcting him.
    I remember one episode where they were buying sleeping bags and she had to have the color that he wanted. Another time the two of them were dining out alone and after they ordered and the food arrived, she had a taste of his and wanted his food and whines when he objects. If it were not for those beautiful children, Jon would probably be saying, bye bye Kate!

• Boosters Girl, I so agree with you, did you see the episode where Kate ask Jon if he was just gonna sit there with his arms folded and act immature, and then she said to quit talking over her, how long have we been doing this and you haven’t learned yet? Ugh I just wanted to slap her, no one, but no one, interrupts more than she does with Jon, like she is so afraid he will get a little attention.
  As you said I have been married 40+ yrs and have never embarrassed my husband nor my self like that, I wish she would watch her own tapes so she could see how dis-respectful she and Mady both are, talk about undisciplined kids, that would be the Gosselin 8

• All of you should just leave them alone. They didn’t start this show for your criticism. Jon married Kate knowing how she was and it’s obvious that he loves her very much. You can tell that Jon lets that kind of stuff go right over his head because that is how she is. Jon doesn’t seem like one to let people get over on him so I think he knows what to do if it were to get out of hand. As for Maddy, she’s a normal little girl who isn’t shy like her brother and sisters. I’m sure once the little ones get a little older you will start to see more of them will act that way. I’ts all the normal and average for the family of ten.

  • —All of you should just leave them alone. They didn’t start this show for your criticism.—-

    Then what did they start it for? Oh yeah, money. Money. Cash Only and MONEY.

    If they don’t want us criticizing then they need to stop asking us to buy their books and purchase the products their show advertises.

    Nobody forced them to do a show. They’ve lost more then they gained and they will be criticized because they have made so many stupid and selfish choices.

• Kim, I do agree that Jon just lets things go and maybe thats why he has been out and about the bars, He does let Kate get by with more than most men would, I think Kate is entirely a different person than when they married, heck she is so much different than the beginning of the show, and I thought we get better with age not worse, as afr as things getting out of hand, well that has already happened, did you watch last weeks show, I felt sorry for Jon, sorry that he has not learned to be the head of his own home. sorry that he lets his wife control him and go against every thing Gods word says a man should be, (since they proclaim to be christians)
  As for Mady, please don’t say she is a normal little girl, kids are not suppose to be dis-respectful to adults and even their own parents, Mady is far from normal,she is a screaming little fit thrower, the little ones they are watching her and yes they are very un-disciplined also, some ppl think Kate spanks her kids, how ever I do not, b/c I believe if a child knows there punishments for bad behavior “they will quit” Mady nor the rest have quit, in fact it is worse b/c they are older now, and it’s very unbecoming.
  If J&K spanked those kids it would show in their behavior and it does not, so where you think they are normal, I guess other children are robots, even when we seen them going into church, they were throwing fits, heck they throw fits and scream about every thing and every where they go, that my dear is not normal. So if Kate does spank them then she may as well quit b/c it surely does no good, I have never seen such a bunch of cry babies in my life, and I have never heard a child say “the worst day of my life” as much as Mady does, but as usuall Kate just overlooks anything Mady or Hannah does, and I just can’t understand that, how she can just over look them and be so cranky with the other 6, and believe me the other 6 are catching on, all little Hanny (as Kate calls her ) has to do is whine or cry and Kate melts, it must be little Hannies headaches that cause her to be so bratty, what a crock of bull. Kate is so wrong when it comes to the separation between her kids,
  So you don’t have to wait to see it as they get older they all act like Mady already, Kate just don’t notice the rest of them, and it’s far from normal for a family of 10 or 20,
  I know bigger families than Kates and their kids would never think of dis-respecting their parents like Mady does, that child and Hannah is Kates babies the rest are Jons, except he babies Hannah to, I guess to keep peace with Kate.

  • People who have seen them speak claim that they admit they spank but TLC chooses to edit it out. Have you seen how those kids flinch at Jon? I think the boys are like zombies and have no individuality at all!!

    It’s just my opinion but I think Mady needs to be given a break and not consistently singled-out as the worst child. Jon and Kate are at fault for her behavior and I feel that they are the only ones who should be criticized. Something about bad-mouthing an 8 year old child just sits wrong with me. Maybe it’s because I have one a bit older and I cannot IMAGINE putting her tantrums on TV or having the blogging community calling my child such awful names (not here but I’ve seen them on other sites, just google her name, it makes me sad).

    • One thing I have thought about is if Mady has ADD. I had it as a child and so does my son. I would have fits like that and so did he. Once you know about it and learn how to work on it, it gets much better. I think she just needs some attention, the older girls seem to get either left out or only as each other. I’ve seen one show where Mady had her time with mommie and dady and didn’t have to fight for attention.
      I am glad that the new season they are not allowing them to flim in the bedrooms. Those kids need thier own place to get away.
      I just hope Mady gets tested for ADD. It is a tough thing to live with when it’s not dealt with.

  • Quit criticizing the children. They really are well behaved and when they cry or get upset it’s just normal behavior for little ones. I do think Mady needs to be put in her place at times but she is just a little girl after all. I love how organized Kate is but she really should just let the kids be kids and not always worry about them getting their clothes dirty. Jon has the right idea about letting them enjoy themselves. One of the things I’ve wondered about is why the family does pray together before they eat and pray with the children at bedtime. Another thing….I love it when Jon calls Kate on her behavior towards him. He really needs to put his foot down more often and she needs to learn to keep still when he’s talking and admit that he can be right sometimes.

• Those boys are like zombies. No wonder they are hardly televised. Boring. I have a feeling they do not intentionally put Mady’s tantrums on TV. In my opinion,she’s like that all the time. If anything they’re probably trying to make her look better. Bet she could care less about those dogs now. Wonder if they’re still around. To me Leah, Alexis, and Cara, although she is miserable a lot, have the nicest personalities, and the cutest. Maddy is a carbon copy of her mother. Like I said before, she needs the Nanny.

• TV snark, you are absolutely right, on other blogs Mady has been called the warped child,and a little bitch, and some have even said by the time she’s 13 she’ll be PG,
  And yes i blame Jon even more so than Kate b/c he is, (since they claim to be christians) suppose to be the head of the home, not Kate, and the only reason I douted that they get spanked is b/c their behavior don’t show it, I have a grand daughter who is 8 and if she thinks she is gonna get a swat, she will start screaming before hand like some one just beat her, pisses me off, and just b/c thats what her parents have allowed her to do,
  as far as the flinching, well I see a child do that that has never had a spanking or what some call a swat,
  I believe Mady is in trouble, she has cried out for affection/attention/and yes dis-cipline and has got nothing constructive, kids are smart, they know if they are likely to get a spanking or they are just gonna get yelled at, which IMO I think the verbal abuse is far worse than a good butt warming.
  I won’t say she is the worse but it’s like Kate and Jon are afraid to say any thing to her, just like Hannah, and it is not the kids fault, I just hope Jon and Kate realize the problem that is laying in wait between the kids if they don’t straighten things out, I know of a family like that, it was a large family, and after the mother died the older kids have nothing to do with the youngest one, b/c she was a mady, no she was worse, b/c she wuld tease the older ones bout being special.
  any way I do wish them the best, they have a lovely family that needs help like we all have, they have gotten every thing and more than they ever dreamed, it would be a shame if they lost each other now, a real shame.

• I truely think they will get a divorce caus e she is evil…
  but i also still love the show!
  they are also cute but i feel bad for mady cause she got all her moms traits!!

• I really love the show but I do get frustrated with the way Kate treats Jon. She does favor Mady probably Mady is a smaller version of her. You never hear her compliment Cara. I truly hope the show continues but that Kate looks at the tapes and sees how nasty and overbearing she is with Jon. I really like her and admire the job she’s doing most of the time. Jon is a terrific father and he helps tremendously. Most men would tell Kate to take a flying leap.

• “…And yes i blame Jon even more so than Kate b/c he is, (since they claim to be christians suppose to be the head of the home, not Kate…”

  Missy, Jon is not “suppose” to be head of the household. There are many women who work and their husbands stay at home or the mother’s are more so the disciplinarian. In most cases, fathers/husbands are typically the bread winners and make final decisions on family matters but many mothers/wives play the same role and it works. Basically you are saying to be Christian, a woman has to allow her husband to be in charge? Give me a break. Just because Jon allows Kate to be the more dominant spouse does not make him any less of a Christian. The only issue here is the disrespect that is visible in Jon and Kate’s marriage.

  I’m not a religious person by no means. The bible is great but shouldn’t be taken literally. The bible is obviously making some women believe that they are weak and not capable of taking control of their family; from the statement Missy had wrote.

  • Well Heather, it is obvious to everyone that you are not a religious person, but thanks for clarifying that for us. And since quoting the bible won’t help you to see things differently, lets approach this from a different direction.

    Since women have joined the work force, the pay rates per individual have dropped. So much so that it now takes two incomes to make ends meet. So weather you believe one thing or another, people who would like to have a traditional home situation where one works and the other stays at home, they are now unable to because of the lower wages.

    Since women, who are very important, are now in the work place, there is no one to raise their children at home. The children stay at home and watch TV. Which, incase you haven’t watched TV lately, does not set very good examples. Most of the TV shows are violent and sexually oriented. Because sex and violence sells and increases their ratings. Even the commercials are sexually oriented showing products that promise to make your sexual organs larger and last longer. And people cant figure out why their kids are having unprotected sex. Kids should not be having sex at all, rather it be unprotected or protected.

    Now they cant figure out why teen pregnancy is out of control. They also can’t figure out the government is under such a financial strain. Humm, could a lot of it be young children having babies? They cant support them. They are too young to work and have not been in school long enough to have obtained the proper level of education to even get a decent job. Did you see the 13 year old boy who is now a father? The interviewer asked him, “So, what are you planning on doing financially for the baby?” His response was “What does financially mean?”.. Do you see my point?

    The whole gist of the matter is that it does take two. Children of single parents are robbed of having a well rounded upbringing. They are robbed of having a parent at home to raise the them and to teach them right from wrong, instead of the children raising themselves. And rather or not you believe in the Bible, you have to admit when The man was the head of the house hold and the woman / mother ran the house, things were a lot better than they are now. They had financial security, love, balance and morality. So should you take the Bible literally? Look at the world that has been created without the Bible that we are living in and you tell me.

    • “Since women have joined the work force, the pay rates per individual have dropped. ”

      Please explain this to me…

    • Me too!!!

    • I would love to. Let me regather my research and I will post it. However, it is common economic understanding and it supports the law of supply and demand, that if the demand for employees is greater than the supply of workers the pay will be greater. Ill get my graphs together and post them for you.

    • I look forward to reading your information that blames women for the drop of “pay rates for individual”.

    • Just wanted to remind you to post your research concerning the negative effect of women joining the work force on “pay rates per individual”.

    • he’s not going to do it, because no study like that exists. That’s completely made up bs

    • I knew he wouldn’t. He’s always making stuff up.

    • In parts of the Bible, men were allowed to have multiple wives. Also, men literally owned their wives. What freaking Bible are you reading? Did you make up your own?

    • ok glad I’m not the only one a little pissed at that post. I couldn’t hardly read it.
      Now I am a stay at home mom. But not because of his reasons. I stay home because I want to. My husband works at a job that luckly he makes enough that I can stay home. But I loved working and would gladly go back to a part time job that I could do from home.
      It makes me sooo upset when people say things like that. Women are not weak! We can be strong single mothers. I’ve met some single mothers that i’m in Awe of.
      Welcome to 2009 get the hell out of the 50’s!

    • Hey BigDaddy! Answer this!

      Whats up with all these religious essays? Do we care? Save the preachin’ for church this Sunday…

• —–…And yes i blame Jon even more so than Kate b/c he is, (since they claim to be Christian suppose to be the head of the home, not Kate…—-

  Missy, Jon is not “suppose” to be head of the household. He can be Christian and not be head of the household. Are you kidding? There are many women who work and their husbands stay at home or work and make more money than their husbands or are more of the disciplinarian. In most cases, fathers/husbands are typically the bread winners and make final decisions on family matters but many mothers/wives play the same role and it works. Basically, you are saying to be Christian, a woman has to allow her husband to be in charge? Give me a break. The only issue in their situation is the disrespect that is visible in the marriage.

  I’m not a religious person by no means. The bible is great but shouldn’t be taken literally. The bible is obviously making some women believe that they are weak and not capable of taking control of their family; from the statement Missy had wrote.

• Here snarkie, snarkie, snarkie

  • What?

• Big Daddy, what big opinions you have. And guess what? I agree with most of them. Somewhere along the way, couples thought moving to a McMansion was more important then staying home with their kids. That’s what I think started the ball rolling. There little houses weren’t good enough, the neighborhood was old and broken down. Parents headed out to the suburbs with big lawns, and big mortgages. Moms had to go back to work. Come to think of it, I don’t know any children raised by stay at home moms who got into trouble. I’m sure they’re out there, especially if mom was a crack addict. Nope the kids that were in daycare or taken care of by someone else, once they’re on their own, watch out. Here comes the babies.

• Wow BD that is one of your very best, keep up the good work,

  Now since Heather did not understand a thing I said, let me clarify once more:
  I do not believe women are weak, a wife, a mother has the toughest job known, and any woman who can be a sahm is blessed beyond any thing a job can offer. I do how ever believe that the way the world has changed that many women are forced to work just to make those ends meet every month. And then there are those who work b/c it is their career and it’s important to them.
  I was blessed enough to be able to raise my own kids, no we did not have every thing that kids have today which I personally think is too much but what ever blows your dress up.
  To make sure my children and husband was fed and clothed and came home to a clean home and a meal ready was my job, and I am tyhankful that I had the oppurtunity to stay at home. (of course we did not live like the Gosselins)
  When my youngest started all day school I went to work, I was home usually when they got home. I am and always have been a strong woman, my husband did not take that from me, what he took from me was the worry about feeding and housing our kids, he took from me the fear of being alone, he took from me the fear of not being respectful to him and our kids, but… there is not enough pages on this earth to tell you how much he gave/gives to me.
  I don’t think (if you Heather) would read in scriptures that it ever says women are weak, after all it took a strong woman to give up her son to die for ppl who do not even believe in him, but if you never believe any thing HEATHER I say believe this,”SOMEDAY YOU WILL BELIEVE”
  I will not ever argue scriptures with any one, I gave my opinion and my bible says ” Not to cast your Pearls before the Swine”
  But you would find the strongest women you have ever read about in the Bible, and yes it is TRUE
  My Bible does not make one weak, it gives more power tahn any book you will ever read, It tells man and woman how to love unconditionaly and how to respect one another how you become one, did you have that in your marriage vows? I did, we have no boss in our home, we make dicissions based on what is best for us, there is no “my way or the highway” there is no me yelling hellllooooooo, or me making snide remarks and embarrassing my hubby alone or in front of ppl, if Kate thinks that makes her look more powerful, well she sounds like an idiot and it makes me think she has no religion at all.And yes it does say worse for Jon, I would be mortified if I ever heard one of my daughters talk like that to her husband,
  And Heather it is just not being a christian, no one should treat their (suppose to be the one they love UGH?) like dirt. What is worse is they proclaim to be christians and take a lot from christians all the while Kate is showing ppl like you that christians are really nobody, and the Bible is just another book, and that angers me, b/c she is portraying christians in a bad light, just like our so called christian politicians.

  Okay I’m done, Thank You BD that was great

  • –And yes i blame Jon even more so than Kate b/c he is, (since they claim to be christians) suppose to be the head of the home, not Kate—-

    Missy, your statement above says it all. You’re NUTS. Save the essays for the classroom!

  • Missy: Alright now, all this…..REALLY isn’t necessary, like really? seriously? Do you think that we have the time to sit down and read a 10 page essay containing things like this on a reality TV show forum/comment page? If so, please may I have my 5 minutes back? This isn’t bible school nor church. None of us are in Sunday school right now, which is basically what Heather is trying too say…..I’m sorry to say, and….I’m happy you were “able to raise your own kids”, but I mean we don’t really necessarily care…..lol. Sorry…

• I do agree with the bottom line that’s being discussed here….It’s some of the comments that went along with it.

  Women’s place in life……. I was born and raised a Catholic, and quite honestly have problems with the Church and some of its teachings. That doesn’t mean that I am not a very very spiritual person. I believe that “Religion is man made while spiritually is God made”. (Again, my beliefs, not to be infringed on others) While I do know the story about Adam and Eve, I don’t believe their was a talking snake in the Garden of Eden that hooked Eve in its graces. That Eve brought Adam out of God’s graces…. I know what the Bible says…..I’m just saying that I believe that is Man’s interpretation.

  I pray everyday, and also pray to do God’s will and not my own. I try to respect my fellow man the best to my ability and not to infringe my beliefs on anyone else.

  The problem in John and Kate’s household has much more dysfunction then that “being or not being good Christians.” I’ve known plenty of people who can quote the bible, attend church then go and treat the fellow man like crap. How many children were abused by the Catholic priests, how many Nuns broke the noses and knuckles of children the hit with rulers. It seems like anything can be justified by the bible depending on a person’s interpretation. How many religions use the same bible, but interpret it differently, each knowing that they are right.

  If I’m not mistaken, this issue is being brought up due to the fact that John and Kate go to churches and say that they are good Christians, when their behaviors say otherwise. (At least to some of us) I’m sure that they “do believe that they are good Christians”……..If Kate’s father is a preacher, I’m sure she was raised with strong morals and beliefs. Apparently material gains are excluded in her belief system….again nothing wrong with nice things, but at what cost? We each have to make that decision in our lives.

  So much has been said in the above posts….I’m going to quit now. Again, these are only my beliefs, what works for me.

• Hey guys, that’s my post up there. Didn’t mean to be anonymous……I will own up to my opinions……

• Cin you pretty well covered what I was trying to say about christians, just going to church don’t make you one, I can sit in my garage all day but it don’t make me a car, I can put lipstick on my dog but she is still a dog. KWIM?

  I was just trying to say what really hurts is there are so many ppl that you invite to church and they will say ” oh no thanks, but I’ve seen how those christians do, and I can do better with out that” and it usually is a story about how some so called christian hurt them or ripped them off. With the Gosselins going all over to churches and showing the way they live in an ever day life really leaves a lot to be desired.
  I remember our pastor doing a sermon on the christian and the work place,kinda like on here, as Maris pointed out one time, you can’t talk about christian and using foul talk at the same time(paraphrasing of course)
  I think thats what the Gosselins do, they tell their story about how God has blessed them (and he has) but then they show no gratitude.
  I would not try to infringe my beliefs on any one either other than to tell them God loves us unconditionally, I don’t get into the pentecost,baptist,catholic scene of who is right or wrong, I believe God judges the heart.
  I do think the Gosselins have lost sight of hwere their blessings have come from, what I would like to say to them is God giveth and God can take away,you never hear them any more speak of God (well rarely) and they certainly don’t seem as much grateful now as they did in their earlier shows,
  I hope them the very best but if they have gained all of this and lose each other or worse yet lose their faith what have they gained? I would tell them all the material things they have won’t amount to a hill of beans if they are alone or have lost their faith.
  Have a blessed day Cin Love Ya

  • hmm. I remember that the bible said a lot of stuff about not judging people. You all are awfully judgmental for a bunch of upstanding Christians.

    Oh Jesus just called me. He said to stop acting like righteous assholes.

• i LOVE THIS SHOW! I THINK EVERYBODY JUST HAS MISS CONCEPTIONS OF WHO THEY ARE. THEY TRULY DO LOVE EACH OTHER. THEY DO PRAISE GOD AND THEY ARE TRULY WONDERFUL PEOPLE. PLEASE GIVE THEM A CHANCE…

• I love the show. and am upset that it might have ended forever.

• Have no fear June. They will be back for at least another season.
  The Greedlins, aka the Gosselins, are not finished, yet.

• Heather, You want to know why you should take the bible literally? Because the Bible is not just a book, it is where our sense of right and wrong comes from. By saying that man is over his wife, does not mean that he is better than she is in any way. It simple means that his role is different from hers. With more people thinking the way you do you have to admit is why there has been a breakdown of the American family. The following is what I cut and pasted for you.

  Yet, the numbers are stark and incontrovertible. We are becoming a nation of fatherless children. And fatherless children grow up to commit more violent crime, take more illegal drugs and become statistics in more social pathologies than any other group.

  Crime — A state-by-state analysis by The Heritage Foundation found a 17 percent increase in juvenile crime for every 10 percent hike in the number of children living in single-parent homes. Get ready to pay higher taxes for more policemen, more judges, more prisons and more dangerous neighborhoods.
  Health — Babies born to unmarried mothers face a “substantially higher risk” of serious infant health problems, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. More money, therefore, will be needed for Medicaid.
  Education — Children from single-parent homes do more poorly in school, and are more likely to be truant or have disciplinary problems, according to the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Schools will become more dangerous and kids will learn even less.
  Economy — Problems in school mean problems in the workplace. Look for lower productivity and higher unemployment.

  If we do not find our moral center again, soon we will be like other countries. At war with ourselves and living in holes in the ground!

  • http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed092895b.cfm

    Do you literally make up anything you write? Or it is all cut and paste?

    Also, the only thing that you actually wrote, re: the Bible- it is not the source of where right and wrong comes from. People understood right/wrong long before Christianity.

    Do you know what literally means? “You want to know why you should take the bible literally? Because the Bible is not just a book, it is where our sense of right and wrong comes from. By saying that man is over his wife, does not mean that he is better than she is in any way. It simple means that his role is different from hers.”

    What you just said was a contradiction. Taking that literally would mean he was LITERALLY (actually, in real life) OVER HIS WIFE. You then said what you thought it meant figuratively. You know. The opposite of literally.

• The above post smells like Anne Colter. As much as I don’t like her, I do agree. Too many single mother’s, and young ones too, with no way to care for their children without government assistance.
  It is a mess. Don’t see a way out without sterilization. If only they could give teenage girls or boys a super duper birth control pill that would work for about 10 years. Then when everybody is older, and hopefully has there act together, then have kids.
  Well, in any event, Jon and Kate are not guilty of that.

  • OMG, that is the answer! This post was going to be sorta controversial but I think I just figured out the answer.

    If the government stopped paying for unwed mothers and stopped supporting the illegitimate kids that they are producing, the burden of responsibility would fall back on the parents. This would make the unwed parents of unwed parents to think twice before trying on a marriage like a pair of pants. Once unwed mothers see their friends living on the streets in boxes with their babies or the strain that another child brings onto their friends families, they will think twice before having sex before they are ready. This would also serve as a wake up call to families where both parents go off to work and leave their kids to raise themselves that one of them better stay home and teach their kids right from wrong instead of letting them figure it out for themselves. This will help to rebuild the family unit. And probably draw people closer to God, from which we have learned to have a sense of right and wrong. So this would strengthen the Family Unit, Strengthen the countries moral fiber, reduce population growth, diminish sexual transmitted diseases such as Aids and hepatitis thru restricted teen sexual activity, help people reach their full potential due to the lack of kids having kids and the list goes on and on.

    I know it seem harsh but the governments attempt to help is the very thing that is holding them back! I agree kids, weather they are teens or their kids shouldn’t be made to suffer, but someone is going to have to in order to correct the situation that we have cre

    • go to work where? we’re in a recession

    • so you think babies deserve to die on the streets because they have stupid parents?

    • Coulterguist???

• Can someone refresh my memory…did Kate do IVF for the babies?

• I believe Kate took fertility drugs.

• I think the govern’t should stay out of our business, and we should quit re-lying on them, I like what Lauen said about giving teens a birth control for about ten years, it’s laughable but what a concept, I bet Lauren if that were possible, just think how many LESS unwanted or unplanned babies there would be,
  I was very young when I married almost 50 yrs ago, and I have never regretted a day of it, I would never suggest it to young ppl tho, espically today, We did not marry with all the finer t hings that a lot of newly weds have, there was no honey moon to the moon and back, (altho I thought I had went to the moon LOL kwim) but we lived simple and loved much,
  we worked hard for what we have which is a very good life, lots of vacations, which most have been in recent years, since the kids have grown, but our kids sit around at christmas dinner and talk about all the memories they have from child hood, and none of them are about how poor we were or what they didn’t have, it’s how they came home to smell supper cooking and mom had baked a favorite pie, they talk about how we all worked in the garden in the summer and fall and would surprize dad when he came home from work, and how every nite mom and dad was there to tuck them in.
  but it seems now days both parents are working for the American Dream that the govern’t is stealing from us, and the kids are left to their own demise, kids are always so bored, nothing to do and no motivation and no interest worth speaking of, I have actually heard moms say “I’d rather work 10 hrs a day, it’s easier than being home” how sad that is, how hurtful to her children.

  • Just a note to point out that the Gosselins are not filmed every day and then only for a few hours. Each family member has the right to “opt out” for the session and bedrooms are now off limits. Fame has its price, as does wealth. This was Jon and Kate’s choice and they are handling it as well as they can. No matter what your religion, only God has the right to judge any of us. The old addage “familiarity breeds contempt” is still true. The more we know about the Gosselins, the more critical we become. Human nature! Oh, and I think you meant the kids are left to their own “devices”. (Look up the word “demise”.)

    • Amen sista Corolyn!! You go ahead girl! That is a point I’be been trying to make all along. They do not tape them 7 days a week 24 hours a day!! If they did, they would have one the different cloths, I HOPE! !!! If they wanted to come into my house one day a week and tape my family? I wouldn’t feel that they would be explointing my kids at all!! And yes, I would make sure the hours was clean! YES TLC, come tape my heathans!

• It may have been a typo but it is true. DEMISE! As children are left alone more and more because both parents are working, children are left to raise themselves. Just watching TV tonight I was informed about how I can make my penis harder and last longer! Then I was told about how I can make a booty call! This was at 6pm. I was cooking super! So children with out someone there to tell them right from wrong?!! Yea, they are out looking for sex! Then they have children. Their parents are not held responsable for the actions. Then those children have children. So, yes, Missy meant, DEMISE!!!!!

  • You are sick!

• What channels are you watching, the playboy channel? This is directed to That Big Daddy post. It doesn’t matter what you watch on TV, it matters what type of upbringing you’ve had, and how to respect your parents, and yourself.

  • That is my point Charlotte. Kids are being raised by their parents. Kids go to school, come home for several hours by themselves. Especially in single parent homes, rush home fix super bath and have to go to bed to get back up in the morning. This is only IF the parent doesnt work evenings. In the mean time the kids are exposed to stuff on TV that may as well have been the Playboy Channel. Let see, there is the Phazamine commercial that makes sex more fun. The Enzite commercial that makes you bigger, down there and makes it more fun. The Booty Call commercial and Even a commercial for a vibrator with an old woman on it! Have you not seen these commercials. Oh yea, and dont forget if you experience an erection lasting for more than 4 hours seek medical attention! So, yes it does matter what they are exposed to on TV. Do you let your children sit down and watch the Playboy Channel?

    • I’m lucky because my daughter is AFRAID to go to any channels but NICK, Cartoon Network and Disney. She gets freaked out easily so she doesn’t want to chance it. Of course, I’m in the room anyway . . .
      The other night we were watching “The Doctors” because she likes to learn. Then they started discussing “premature ejaculation” and I turned the channel. She WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT!!! umm, she’s 9. She doesn’t need to know about THAT!!

      She also cries at the animal commercials with Sarah McLaughin.

    • Thanks Snarkie for acknowledging that there is a problem here. What scares me even more is that some other people, I won’t mention any names, don’t see a problem with it. Is it because they are just too young to understand , they just don’t care or are the some Evil manifestation trying to turn the world evil? I’m all for people having opposing opinions but I would think that this would be a no brainer. Then again, like I say, The older I get the smarter my parents become.

• I looked up the word, ummm probably in 2nd 0r 3rd grade, hope you did to,

  And yes BD the commericials on TV and what they are showing at prime time is embarrassing even to me, I used to be embarrassed to be sitting in mixed company when a Kotex or Tampon commercial came on, OMG I don’t think I could handle sitting with my friends with a “How to get bigger” or “how to get the most out of your vibrator” that is dis-gusting, but it just goes to show you where our country is headed, and what makes a country? you got it, Parents!! so if we allow this trash in our front rooms and leave our kids to their own demise, well guess what? you got it, just exactly what you been saying,

  So sorry Charlotte!!! what channel do you watch, it don’t really matter, it’s all on prime time, just watch what your kids watch, if not you’ll be witness to what they do!!!!!!

• Hey BigDaddy and Missy! Answer this!

  Whats up with all these religious essays? Do we care? Save the preachin’ for church this Sunday…

• Hey Heather! Answer this!

  Who’s a bra burning liberal activist that probably still lives at home with her parents and will never have a successful relationship with a heterosexual male and will probably have a bunch of illegitimate children that will suck off of the government? Loook in the Mirror……..

  • Wow. That was totally inappropriate and hateful. For someone who claims to be a “Christian” (that’s stretching the term a bit in your case) you sure are looking down on a lot of people, and seem to be full of hateful ideas and insults, ready to sling at a moments notice. I thought this site was for people talking about a television show. Apparently I was mistaken, and it is for a bunch of hypocritical, hateful, self-absorbed people who hide behind their religion.

• Hey Big Daddy. You’re on here a lot. Bet you get a government check!

• Charlotte, you took the words right out of my mouth! LOL!

  How does someone go from talking about how everyone should “submit to the bible”, to calling someone a “bra burning liberal activist who will have illegitimate kids who will suck off the gov’t”? Please.

  BD, you need to tighten those loose screws in your head.

  • Charlotte and Heather, Oh my goodness, how you lack in your understanding of things. But its ok, someday you will grow as I and immerge from the haze that clouds your minds. As for me, I was management for 26 years for the largest retailer in the world. They are a stingy, immoral institution that sucks the life out of a community, however, they did throw a little cash my way when I left. Its called retirement, or rather Profit Sharing and 401K. Google it if you need. And I earned it! Not a single penny was given to me. I have never gotten a handout in my life. I have raised 3 kids and am still raising 3 more. My family nor I have ever received a food stamp or any government assistance. It has required me to be away from my family for long periods of time, which I didn‘t like but we have done it all on our own. So, after working 80 hours a week, 6, sometimes 7 days a week. I have the money, so if I want to take off for a year, I will. I have taken the time to connect with my kids and get some work done on our properties that I haven’t had time to do over the past 26 years. So, Charlotte and Heather, you can put your bras back on now and stop beating your chests! You can stop peeing on everything too. That’s a mans job. So you need to be women and let men be men. The woman’s role is the most important. She bares children, “supposed” to keep the home and raise the children. These are NOT simple or easy things. For this to be done correctly, it IS a full time job. Women are entrusted the most precious and important things in any of our lives. “Our children and families”. Women are the ones that have lessened their own value by working and refusing to be stay at home moms. Women try to spread themselves too thin. Trying to “juggle” a home and a career? It can not be done properly without one or the other suffering, usually the family and kids, which is supposed to be the most important. You can riggle and wiggle and sqirm all that you want. When it comes to the end of your life, what is going to be written on your headstone? Is it going to be “She worked hard for the company and made us lots of money at expense of her children soccer games because she refused to take her role in life”? Or is it going to be “She was a kind and loving mother and wife?” I’m willing to bet you, where you work will forget you in a year, but your family will remember you for generations to come. I’ve missed out on a lot of my kids lives. I haven’t been there for them when I should have been. I put work first and made excuses that they need the monetary things in life when all they needed is me. I simply am trying to make you understand that the answer to all of the countries problems start with the family. One thing I have learned from all of my work years is when things get out of control the best thing to do is to get back to basics. A LOT of younger people today do not understand what the basics are, however, because they come from two career families. The best way to learn the basics, is yes, where comes from. And call it Good or Evil, right or wrong, it still comes from the Bible. So regardless if you choose to be Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Jewish etc.. You can still reclaim your moral center. And that will be the beginning of fixing the problems in all of our lives and our country.

    • BD, Wow, he pulled a fast one. It was almost kind of hard too ‘misinterpret’ that post he posted before the last, which was clearly inappropriate. After reading this OTHER essay he posted, I’m clearly seeing that he’s breaking other people down based on his own insecurities, and not even knowing the person, then claiming he’s a ‘Christian’.

      Also, Women can take on whatever role they want, it’s not set in stone that women were put on this earth to not be successful and take on a certain role, it’s their life and it’s not mens’ place to say what role women should take. That’s just a really close-minded and ignorant way of thinking.

    • “As for me, I was management for 26 years for the largest retailer in the world.”

      Yes. You started working in management when you were like 10. Or your picture is from 30 years ago.

      You might literally be the most ridiculous person on the internet. Congrats, Big Daddy. Why don’t you go plagiarize something else with big words and thoughts that aren’t your own? Since apparently your bible did not teach you that stealing is wrong.

      Oh lol. I just googled, looking for largest retailer. So you allegedly worked for Wal-Mart? Oh my god, it all makes so much more sense now…… ha ha ha

• I don’t think that Jon is the biological father of any of the children. Jon is 50% Korean, which means the kids should be 25% Korean. But, the kids look to be 50% asian, they all look MORE asian that Jon does. Also, Kate has greenish eyes and Jon has hazel or very light brown eyes, yet all 8 children have very dark brown eyes. Out of 8 children, at least a couple should have eye color similar to that of their parents. Kate has said that she used artificial insemination, not IVF, to achieve pregnancy because she had a fertility problem, but I would suspect it was Jon with the fertility problem. Kate took prescribed meds to help her ovulate, why get artificially inseminated at the fertility clinic, why not just “do it”. In the Korean culture, male infertility is extremely shameful. Maybe that’s why Kate wears the pants in the family, and Jon lets her, so she will keep his “shameful” secret.

  • Kelly, that is something to think about. You have a point. Those kids do look More than 1/4 Korean. A co-worker of mine is 1/4 Japanese and looks fully Caucasian with a hint of Japanese features. Maybe the Korean jean is a bit stronger. What ever the truth may be, we probably will never know. Needless the say, regardless, The kids are beautiful.

• You may sling words like hypocrite, judgmental and etc… Basically, what you are saying is that facts are not being vermiculated in a manner in which you find palatable. It can be said many ways, in many different languages. The translation, however, remains the same. People, particularly politicians, can say things in a manner that makes them seem beautiful. They can say it In a way that makes everything seem wonderful and grand. The truth of the matter, however, remains the same. I BEG people to look past the artificial persona cast by those who wish to lead you astray and make your own decisions!

  • OH MY GOD. big daddy, please stop using big words that you do not know the meaning of. Some of us might, and it makes you look ever stupider.

    vermiculated could not be used more incorrectly.

    you know that your entire post really made no sense, right? Wow, with your prestigious career in management, you would assume that you would have some education.

  • That srsly made no sense. I agree with Anonymous. It was probably the most ridiculous and biggest waste of time I think I’ve ever read. Do us all a favor, and learn your vocabulary terms. Please…

• Kate why are you so hard on jon to get everything right.

• wow. there are a couple of real winners on here. some of you religious nutjobs have waaaay too much time on your hands. big daddy is obviously a child molester. i like how he has a pic next to his name, trying to pose like a stud. you should put down the steroid needle for a couple of seconds, step away from your computer, and go outside for a while.

  • Dear doesn’t matter, I think your name says it all. To you, it doesn’t matter. I am NO child molester. My oldest daughter was molested and that is really nothing to make fun of or accuse someone of. I am not a STUD! Although, thank you for thinking so. I am just a parent first and then a man. I have been married twice. The first time I was lucky enough to marry the love of my life. She was killed in an accident. My second wife, which I am still married to, is a great Christian woman. I am not a Bible thumper, but I loved them both and have never been unfaithful to ether of them. I have been thru many many trials and tribulations during my life. Loosing my wife, loosing my family, watching my mother while she died. But I am still just a man. I understand that there are lessons that people can only learn thru experience, but I try to help people who are willing to listen to my experiences. Like I have said, I am no Bible thumper! I do many things that God would not approve of. I’m not at church every Sunday nor every time that the doors are open. I have seen things happen to my kids, me and my family that have no explanation. I have tried drugs as your post implies. But that was in my youth. I’m older now and wiser. You may call me names, and that’s ok. I am still here for you. I am educated both thru schooling and thru life. But I am not better or worse than anyone else. I hope that YOU find your way. I hope that you respond to this post. I can tell just from you screen name, “doesn’t matter” that to you, “It DOES matter”.

  • In response to “doesn’t matter”. Apparently it does matter to you or you wouldn’t have taken any time to give your “opinion” on people. Why don’t you be constructive and comment about issues instead of hateful name calling.

    I’m surprised that Big Daddy found it in his heart to share his life in response to your hate. Better man than I could have ever been.

    “Religious nutjobs” again, I may not agree with the posts, but will not resort to name calling and bewittling people and their opinions. Grow up, get a life, and try to treat people different than you with respect, maybe, just maybe you will get some back.

    • cinoda, you seem sweet. But you really shouldn’t believe anything that BD says. He is clearly a liar. He is using these outrageous stories to try to sway people to like him, feel bad for him, etc. Would a real man tell a bunch of strangers that his daughter was molested? No. Don’t you think that would be hurtful to this girl? That’s (allegedly) his picture. Couldn’t people who know him identify him, and know what happened to this girl? Do you really think that would be healthy for his daughter? To know that her molestation was being used a bait in an argument on the internet?

      Do not believe any of this. I am calling bullshit.

• I notice that Heather and Charlotte haven’t been back!

• I’m here Daddy O. So there.

  • So am I…..

• BD, I have a life! That’s why I’m not on here neurotically like you are. Responding to your disturbing and sick rhetoric is a waste of my time. I hope you are lying about having kids. If not, child services needs to investigate your home and your kid’s well being.

  For those of you who think I am quick to pass judgement, read his previous posts.

• HEATHER or Charlotte, what ever name you are deciding to go by today. My daughter that all happened to is 27 freaking years old now. She is married and has children of her own. I take very good care of my children. They are the main focus of my life! Like I said, I am not a Bible Thumper and I can chew your little ass up and spit you back out! I’m trying to be nice to you. But, don’t piss me off and don’t ever attack my kids or my relationship with them. That is taking things a little too far!

• “I have 6…They are 27, 22, 18, 15, 10, and 6”

  I am concerned for the 15, 10, and 6 year old. I’m not attacking your kids, I’m attacking the personal claims you are putting out there on them and I’m attacking the disgusting terminology you are using on this site. You said it not me. I have nothing else to say BD.

  • I forgot to type my name so I reposted.

• “I have 6…They are 27, 22, 18, 15, 10, and 6”

  I am concerned for the 15, 10, and 6 year old. I’m not attacking your kids, I’m attacking the personal claims you are putting out there on them and I’m attacking the disgusting terminology you are using on this site. You said it not me. I have nothing else to say BD.

  • Well, good then. Shut the hell up!

    • Well said Heather! He IS a weirdo and I’m concerned too!

• Kate is a Victoria Beckham wanna be except she’s just not getting it right….hey, comb the BACK of your frigging hair, you dumbass woodpecker
  Jon recently purchased a sports car. Maybe he’ll feel like a real MAN now, since his wife neutered him long ago

  • Hi, this is Jon. Kathryn, don’t hate me because your jelous! I love my new sports car! Its a real chick magnet! Your just lelous because you cant afford one. Now when I cruise the sority houses I can pick up more college girls. And Im not neutered! But I am the new captian of the beer pong team! Go Team!

  • Comb the back of her hair?? Just when I was getting used to the toilet brush look…

• Ok, well Heather, Katherine, Bob, June or Lisa or whatever name you want to go by today. Its pretty sad when you have to change your names and even compliment yourself on your own posts! How sad. Haven’t quite figured out how to change that avatar thing yet hu? I tried to be nice to you but you just wouldn’t let me! I’m sorry that you Daddy fucked you! But that’s no excuse for you being such a little whore, If you can get him off of your brother long enough maybe you could turn him on to a Dildo, or maybe something from the squash family! Anyway, sorry for your plight. But it’s not my fault that your Mother left him because of you were such a little whore! Just remember what your doctor said, brush your teeth after every meal. Wouldn’t want you getting herpes of the mouth. Oh, and by the way, why don’t you change your name to Cunt next time. Its much more fitting for you personality! Later!

• Yes guys, this man has small children. Scary Huh?

  • Yes I have small children! And they are the center of my life. Is that the best you can come up with????? You are a stupid cunt! Come on Bitch you want to boast! Bring it freaking on! Go get your damn welfare check out of the mail box that I paid for and bring it freaking on! I know what and who you are! Bring it on! I wont be nice any more! Sorry to everyone! I dont usually talk this way! So tune out! ok? Heather if you can get your Daddy and your brothers off of you long enough, bring it on WHORE!

    • WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU GET A LIFE PUSSY FAGGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Im sorry, Heather = CUNT! That you!

• Where are you at bitch? Can’t get your Daddy out of your mouth long enough to make a comment? See, I can do the Anonymous Avatar thing too!!!!!

• WTF?!!! This is my first post, Kathryn is my REAL name, and this Big Daddy guy has some major anger issues, to say the least.

  Seriously guy, you need help. In case you didn’t know, a blog is for people to voice their opinions, good or bad. It’s not a place to vent your vulgar rage…

  • yeah, Lisa is my real name too. I have not posted under Kathryn, or Heather, or Bob, or any other person’s name. I am sorry that so many people disagree with you, BD. It’s funny that you think it is just one.

    I have been posting comments on EB forever, under this name (no, usually not on the infamous J & K thread— that’s only recently).

    Big Daddy is pathetic, and really doesn’t deserve anyone’s attention.

    Oh, and to respond to the little rant above: No, my dad did not molest me. No I am not a little whore. No, I don’t even have a brother. My parents are still married, so no, my mom didn’t leave my father because “I’m such a little whore.”

    Big Daddy, you should seek professional help. Because you’re either very, very sick, or just extremely pathetic.

    • YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• ooh ooh, yawll reall told me! PLEASE… Some little dog sits there and acuses me of doing things to “MY” children. I warn her to back off, she continues to make remarks, but “I’M” the one in the wrong? Bull fucking SHIT! Just because I am a male doesn’t mean that I don’t have feeling or that any other man has feelings. If I were a freaking woman I guess you have been apauled by the comments that “Heather” and whoever had made? Hu? Well, let me tell you. I don’t answer to you, I don’t work for you and I don’t give a damn about being politically correct! So weather you are different people or not, if you want to attact me? With something like that? You can all kiss my ass! You want to say “I” have anger issues? I wish I could reach thru this screen and show you some of my anger issues! And it sure is strange that UNTIL I said something, most of the Avatars on this ONE site were all the default Avatar! And I’m not the only person that noticed it! So, if I am a, what did you say?, “sick and pathetic” thats because I made that way by Sick, Pathetic chest pounding feminist lesbians that treat men like shit and need to trade in their jock straps for braziers!

  • oh my god, what are you even talking about?

    Oh and I’m pretty sure you used the name Heather to post under the other thread. I wouldn’t put it past you.

    ” I wish I could reach thru this screen and show you some of my anger issues! “<<< yes, these would be anger issues.

    I’m also not sure what you are talking about, at least in regards to me. I am pretty sure that’s always my avatar, unless I don’t type in my email, and it just shows up as the default one. You should know the default one, because you have used it many times as well.

    I am not a lesbian, and have no idea why you think I am. Because I look down on racism? Um, okay. That makes me a lesbian? I had no idea.

    Who accused you of doing stuff to your children? I think I must have missed that one.

    What is it with you and bras anyway?

    Why don’t you go plagiarize something off of the internet as a comeback? At least this way you won’t sound as obtuse as you typically do.

    • oh! or you could just quote bill cosby. Because that really proves points, doesn’t it?

    • Really it does. It proves that even within their own race, they know that there is a problem. I dont understan why you cant see it. Where do you live that you are surrounded by rainbows?

    • BERKELEY.

      And yes, if there is a place that is surrounded by rainbows, it very well may be the bay area.

    • One person saying one thing about their race only proves what one person thinks. Nothing more.

  • So he’s a Christan right? Hah? && how old is he again? I HOPE he dosent have any children…I do feel sorry for them. Im sorry too say.

  • Wow BD……..I feel horrible that you are going to mess up your poor innocent childrens lives. You are a horrible Father and an even worse role model. You know it’s true, otherwise you wouldn’t be so ridiculously defensive. You have the mentality of a 15 year old. Oh and you say you were treated like shit by women? GEE I WONDER WHY….psychopath

    • WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? HES JUST TRYING TO LIVE HIS LIFE LIKE KATE IS IF YUALL LEAVW THEM ALONE THEY WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Big Punk! I mean Little Daddy! I am a guy and I think you have serious issues and need mental help. From what I have read on your previous posts is disgusting. You are low- life scum that needs to be evaluated.

• Well, lets start with Lisa, If you go back several posts. Particularly the ones from “Heather” and “doesn’t matter”. I don’t mind being poked and poking back, but I can not and will not stand for people who do not know me or my children to attack our relationships! We have been thru a LOT. Thru my first wife dieing and leaving me and my two girls. To things that happened to my oldest daughter after her mothers death when she was 10, to all of us rebuilding our lives and continuing to grow as a family and adding more people to it. So, to Heather and Anonymous, it doesn’t matter if you believe me or not. It doesn’t matter that you disagree with personal things I may say like “what happened to my daughter“. Because this is the internet and you don’t know who she is. But the internet can be used to get other peoples opinions to help you see things from a different prospective and to perhaps help you to heal. For you to sit there and accuse me of molesting my children is WRONG! I don’t give a damn who you are! And to Knob! Oh, I mean Bob. I might need to be evaluated but you sure as hell aren’t qualified to do it! And I’m low life scum? I can get down in the dirt with the worst of them when I have too. So Bob all I can say to you is you may be a “guy” but that doesn’t mean you’re a “man”!

• Did I hear Big Daddy say “some little dog…” in a derogatory manner??! Oh no he didn’t!!! Time to stick your foot through the bottom of your Flint-mobile and slow the effity-eff down before you drive head-long off an abyss…

• I just saw a clip of an upcoming episode for J/K and, as one of the tups says, they’re “going gween”. Kate has a hard hat on, chewing her gum, looking totally bored.
  Is it just me or are these kids a bit behind…my kids spoke better at 2 years old than these kids do at 4 + years
  And btw, Jon doesn’t have anything beyond a high school education, nor does Kate hold a college degree, just a nursing diploma. Which is fine by me, but they come across that they’re so highly educated. Kate was yammering on about how important it is that their children be ‘cultured’. Sure, just like their ma and pa

  • Kathryn, isn’t it the goal of EVERY parent that their kids turn out better than they did?
    And I’ve never see Jon or Kate claim to have a higher education than they do. And a nursing diploma is nothing to sneeze at. Do you have one? The math alone can give you a headache. And before you start with me, I have a bachelors, and it hasn’t done me any good!
    I don’t believe that they are developmentally challenged. Some kids just develop at different speeds. Girls speech generally develops earlier than boys. Boys fine motor skills tend to develop earlier than girls. If their speech does not improve by the time that they reach 1st grade, however, they will have problems. Most schools teach spelling phonically. If they can not pronounce a word properly, they will have trouble spelling it. EX: Instead of “that“, they will spell “dat”. etc….

    • Good point, well taken. No, I don’t have a nursing degree/diploma, or even a bachelor’s degree for that matter. And yes, I would absolutely suck at the math.
      I’m aware of my strong points as well as my weak, and being the human that I am, I have a lot of them!
      The point I was trying to make however was that I thought, and I think, that the Gosselin’s, particularly HRH, carries an aura of superiority around her. Particularly with her own husband. If she isn’t criticizing his grammer, she’s criticizing his ‘lack of organizational skills’, his weight, his lack of hair in the earlier episodes, even his breathing too loud!!! She manages her life by intimidation, pure and simple…

    • Stop lying! You didn’t even graduate high school. If your kids work at McDonald’s they would be doing better than you.

      I’m still concerned for them.

    • By the way, that comment was for the sick, crazy boy above.

• Hummm, thats strange, we have a whole race of people who say dat, ho, axe, libary and etc and no one gots a problem wit dat?

• Kathryn, Let me start by saying, I’m glad to have had the opportunity to communicate with you. I know a lot of people who say they live in a world filled with respect. They never make a decision without discussing it with their spouse. To hear them, it sounds like they never have a disagree. I can tell you from my own experience, however, my wife and I are total opposites. I personally believe that it is our differences that make us stronger as a couple and therefore stronger individuals. It’s almost as if, what one of us lacks, the other makes up for. The only way I know to explain it is that we are each a half of a person and it takes both of us to make a whole. Many people disagree with me, however, I feel in order to raise a well balanced child it takes both a mother and a father. They both introduce different perspectives to the rearing of the children. Life is not about being perfect, it’s the subtle nuances between that makes the difference. I believe that my children may learn more from our disagreements than they do from the things that we agree upon. They learn balance, compromise and a since of individuality. Many people enjoy trying to speculate on Jon and Kate’s relationship. I, however, feel that they are, for the most part, well balanced. Ones strength is the others weakness and visa versa. Regardless, if it is the male or the female, they both introduce their own unique contributions to their relationship and to their family.

  What I do not understand, is why others believe that Jon & Kate should estrange themselves from one another. Why would raising children separately from one parent or the other be more beneficial for the children than the two of them raising the children together? This would deprive the children from the contributions that the other parent has to offer not to mention the added stress on the retentive parent. People, supposedly, embrace diversity in our society. The children may grow into individuals, but that is what life is supposed to be about.

  I can only speculate that individuals like “Heather” come from broken homes and were robbed from the contributions that a two parent household could have supplied. She is clearly the product of today’s society.

• Kathryn, yes I do agree with you about kates ora. It was given to her, not earned. YET! We will see how she does with it. Basically, what you are trying to say is “SHE IS GETTING TOO BIG FOR HER BRITCHES”!

• BD, you know who you are, don’t let these moron’s get to you, thats what they want, they are not smart enough to play nice, nor are they smart enough to have a good decent debate, they love the name calling, so don’t stoop to their level, it is beneath you,
  They are just a bunch of shameful ugly people who do not enjoy their own life and trying their damdest to make sure no one else does either, so as Kate would say “Ignore and Delete”
  Talk about rude, hateful, ugly morons, yes sir thats whose been posting, Ignorance is more plentiful than I ever thought,

  • BD, we all know this is you. sick, Idiot!

    I’m still concerned

  • jeebus. take a class on punctuation and sentence structure. It’s hilarious that someone with the name “Smarter than them” writes like such an idiot.

• I think Kate is indeed a bully, pure and simple. I think at one time she probably idolized Jon, and treated him like a king. But now, the romance has worn off, and she just treats him badly, like everybody else.
  A nursing degree? Yes, you have to read and right, and memorize.
  I worked in a nursing agency years ago, and let me tell you…no wonder the health care profession is in a heap of trouble. Lot’s of morons. I couldn’t even believe most of them could have passed a test, but they must have. No, you don’t have to be too smart to be a nurse.
  And Big Daddy, I had to go back several blogs to figure out that you were trying to spell aura. Now there’s a brain surgeon for ya.

• Why is it, that so many of you seem to think that it’s okay to name call and be so rude on this site? does it make you feel more powerful? more like an adult? or just right down meaner?
  In all fairness it makes you all sound very immature, you try to come off as being so dang smart, but in reality you sound ignorant. You do not have too be mean to get your point across, nor do you have to agree with others, it’s okay to dis-agree, it’s a blog and we are here to debate a stupid t.v. show, but some of you act like you are running for a high paying job and have to have the most marks on “how to be an ass” well you are passing thats for sure, but you should be ashamed.

  • you’re being rude too, idiot.

• Charlotte, sorry that you are unable to read phonically. Yes, he misspelled ONE little word. If you had that much trouble figuring out what I was trying to say God help you with the rest of your life! And what kind of nursing degree or degree of any kind do you have? Just because you worked in a “Nursing Agency” doesn’t mean that you are better, smarter or better educated than anyone else. You may have mopped floors there as far as we know. Don’t even bother trying to tell us, you would just lie anyway. And just for your information, I have several personal friends that are doctors and they are the worst spellers and have the worst penmanship I have ever seen! You want to know one of the reasons doctors write so bad? Because they cant spell worth shit!

  Unfortunately I agree with what you said about Kate. She probably did treat him differently in the beginning. But we all treat out spouses differently in the beginning and then the new wares off. Love is what makes it last.

• No one has been meaner on this site then the Big Daddy himself.
  Nothing is more pathetic then a man posting on a blog site all day, when he seems perfectly able to go to work instead. You, as in Big Daddy, have way too much time on your hands. Anyone who agrees with you, has to be you, especially with all the vulgar language in your posts.
  And for the nurses out there. Of course there are millions of very intelligent, dedicated nurses who do their hospitals, patients, community, well. But in my opinion, I don’t think that what a person is, automatically defines their intelligence.

  • Can’t you give it a rest already????

  • Ok, I said that I wasn’t going to do this anymore, but I will, ONE LAST TIME. Charlotte, in response to your statement, how do you know that I’m not in bad health or that I don’t have any arms and legs? You said nothing is sadder than a “MAN” posting on a blog site all day! Why a man? Your one of the very people that have been beating their chests over how a woman is just as good as a man and a man can stay at home with the kids just as well as a woman? How do you know that I’m not a stay at home Dad? You just made one of my points! A woman is all about equal rights as long as it is benefiting her! When it comes to the actual “equal” part you will cut and run every time! And as far as Vulgar language? I only use “Vulgar” language when provoked! And as far as my work ethic? I have not been unemployed since 1983 when I graduated from High School and got my first job. And I put MYSELF thru college! I didn’t have a “Negro college fund” or NAACP to help me! I also kept one job for 23 of those years. So if I want to retire, it is up to ME to decide how to spend my retirement money that I have WORKED for! So I can sit on my ASS all day and blog if I want to! And, I’m not mean, I just don’t let people, like you, dictate to me nor walk all over me! II am tired of people like you tearing things down and not constructing at all! That’s all I have to say. I wont be around for awhile. I am sooo tired of all of your shit! So, YOU CAN ALL KISS MY ASS!

    • maybe if you weren’t so retarded, you could have gotten scholarships to college too

• **Yes, you have to read and right, and memorize.**

  hmmmmm?

  • **Yes, you have to read and right, and memorize.**

    HELLO!!??!! it is “WRITE” (meaning “to scribe”) NOT “right” (meaning “correct”)

    THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM TODAY. NO ONE LEARNS HOW TO CORRECTLY READ, WRITE OR THE BASICS OF ARITHMETIC OR SPELLING! And there are some teachers out there who really should take some C.E. courses themselves!

    TRY THIS FOR A HOOT: go to any fast-food restaurant. Place an order — and when you hand over the money, ask the attendant at the cash register TO CALCULATE YOUR CHANGE — WITHOUT USING THEIR CASH REGISTER (or calculator).

    This is a favorite of ours … we have NOT had a case yet where a person is able to “count out” the change without using a cash register!!!!! I think I learned this in 2nd grade!

• “That’s all I have to say. I wont be around for awhile.”

  ONE CAN ONLY HOPE…….

• Well I see nothing has changed, some of you are still as ugly as ever, when you are asking others what are they doing on here all day, well what are you doing on here all day? I guess we know, you are belittleing people because thats as far as your brain works, I’m sure you have a nice fat welfare check coming in and all the quirks that comes with it, so we the tax payers can pay for you to sit on your butts and tell people off, makes you big powerful women huh? please you women on here are a disgrace to decent women, some of the bad words used by this man is not near as bad as some of the cruel things you have said,

  You can’t handle a little debateing then why are you on here? And YES Cynthia one can only hope you would shut your key board (mouth) down and stay away, you and some of these others are nothing but trouble makers, and a disgrace, Charlotte, you are no better, don’t you all have house work, or a meal or better yet don’t you have a kid some where that needs taking care of? or do you have them shipped off to a free day care some where? maybe grandma’s house, honestly you should find some thing to do besides sit there and think you are so much better than some one else, look in the mirror, “YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ANY ONE ONE ELSE” maybe dumber than a box of rocks but not better

  • Until you can put together one single sentence that is grammatically correct, with no misspellings and cohesive in structure and thought, please refrain from posting your poisonous diatribes. If you are desireous of debating (and this is how “debating” is spelled) any tv show topics, you will find a wealth of intelligent posters on this site.
    Your final comment in the above post “YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ANY ONE ONE ELSE” should have read,”YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE”. I find that an ironic comment coming from a person who goes by the name SMARTER THAN THEM.
    YOU. ARE. NOT.

  • Seriously, this is obviously big daddy. He is the one always accusing others of being on welfare (for no reason). Such an asshole.

    • Sorry, to burst you bubble Anon, But it wasn’t me!

• I just came across this site and was amazed at the comments. Let me see if I can help.

  We will first look at your first sentence. “Until you can put together one single sentence that is grammatically correct, with no misspellings and cohesive in structure and thought, please refrain from posting your poisonous diatribes.” A sentence should not be longer than can be easily read aloud using one breath. You may want to limit your sentence structure into smaller segments containing a single thought. A sentence should also only have the word “and” used one time per sentence. Example: “with no misspellings, cohesive in structure AND thought.”

  The second sentence reads thusly. “ If you are desireous of debating (and this is how “debating” is spelled) any tv show topics, you will find a wealth of intelligent posters on this site.” The word that I believe that you were attempting to spell is “desirous”. Please reference ether the online Webster’s Dictionary or the Webster’s Standard Dictionary. I recommend that you do not use Google. There are misspelling in a few of the sites. Also, using “tv” in such a way is considered improper grammar. The word should be spelled out. I will not attempt to point out the errors in punctuation.

  In conclusion: Before attempting to correct someone else’s spelling, you should insure that your spelling is correct. You should also make sure that your sentence structure is structurally sound before attacking someone another person‘s. There are usually writing classes available at your local Community Colleges and Institutions.

  • ” You should also make sure that your sentence structure is structurally sound before attacking someone another person‘s.”

    Perhaps you should look into taking a few of those writing classes and then rewrite the above sentence. You slipped up at the very end, BD! Good try, though!

    • Anonymous, you may want to finish reading the blogs before you respond. The “error” had already been corrected in the collowing comment.

  • What? Where did you hear that sentence rule (re: aloud in one breath)?

    And why did you capitalize “Institutions?”

    Man, I could do this all day.

    • I had to take writing and Literature 1 & 2 when I was in college. That is where I got the rule that a sentence should not be longer than an individual can comfortably read aloud in one breath. A sentence should be prepared in the intent that it is going to be read to someone by someone. Therefore, the rule. And why was the word Institutions capitalized? If you are using a noun, even if it is not a proper name, but it is being used to name something, the first letter of each word should be capitalized. EX: local Community College or College Institution. The word local is describing the location so it is not part of the name. Community College or College Institution not only describes the location but also is giving the location a name since the proper name is not known.

    • Nouns are always used to name something. That’s what nouns are.

      Why did you capitalize Literature? Is it because it is “naming something?” If so, why didn’t you capitalize writing?

      I’m in college and have never heard that sentence rule. If you read any literature, you would find many famous authors who clearly do not abide by it.

      Even in your example, community college should not be capitalized (nor institutions). They would only be capitalized if you were referring to a specific community college. There are several community colleges in my area. My cousin goes to Mesa Community College. See?

      I am always happy to help out another spelling/grammar checker!

    • I recommend that you speak to your teacher. The sentence rule is well known. When reading, it should be able to flow, in anticipation that it is going to be read to someone. Therefore, the sentence should flow accordingly. A period at the end of a sentence signifies a break or pause where a breath should be taken. That is actually one of the purposes of having a period. I’m sorry if was not clear about the noun information. I was refereeing to a noun being used in the place of an unavailable proper noun. Again, speak to your teacher about the flow of a sentence. I think that you would find the information very interesting. There was a book that we had to use in class when I was attending school. I believe the name of the book was “The Handbook for Writers”. It was full of useful information. I can tell that you have an interest in writing. Good Luck.

    • Oh, lol. I just realized you probably thought I was the original anonymous (at 7:33pm). That wasn’t me. I believe I have been all the other ones under this post though.

      Your capitalization is still all over the place (“Luck”), your spelling is getting worse, and you shouldn’t use quotation marks for a book title (although, alas, it is difficult to italicize/underline on this forum).

      The sentence rule is bunk. Tell that to Virginia Woolf or Thoreau.

• Please forgive the mistake in the sentence above. It should have read as the following. You should also make sure that your sentence structure is structurally sound before attacking another person‘s.

  • correction to Richard

    “It should have been read in the following: You should…..”

    ha ha

    • Sorry, but you are incorrect.

    • No. You are incorrect. That is what a colon is used for.

    • Sorry, you are right. I thought you were meaning the wording.

• Dear Mr Head, I want to thank you for bringing attention to the above post on all of the errors made, I am not one to point out mistakes made with all the grammer and spelling, it’s a blog, I’ll get over it, but more than once either I or another poster has been beaten down for mistakes made in writing,spelling or grammer, I say who cares? we are not in school doing a test, we are talking about a show,
  So thank you again, maybe they will take a hint and realize they are no better than anyone else as someone else tried to point out,

  • not true. Some of us (BIG DADDY) are really mostly just calling other people names and blabbering on about how we are all on welfare.

• Thank You Richard Head, great job, hopefully they will take the hint and shut the hell up about spelling,grammer and what ever else irritates their butt,
  Maybe they will just go away.(here’s hoping)

• They call me Dr. Love!!!!

• TO: “BIG DADDY” OMG. First, I’ve never seen such foul language on a website. You should be banned. This is about a stupid television show!!! Who wants to hear your vulgarity? Second, you claim to have a college degree that “you paid for yourself”. Who is supposed to pay for your education?!? Although I am not an African American, your comment about the “NAACP” is very offensive. Actually, everything I’ve read about you or from you is offensive. Finally, you seriously need to go back to the first grade and learn to spell and the proper use of grammar.

  TO: “MR. HEAD” You may not realize it but YOUR comment about correcting someone else’s spelling IS INCORRECT. You stated:
  ” . . .In conclusion: Before attempting to correct someone else’s spelling, you should insure that your spelling is correct.”
  The CORRECT spelling/word is “ENSURE”, which means “to make sure or certain”. The word “insure” is the verb used most frequently when buying or selling insurance.

  TO ALL WHO “HATE KATE”: First, Kate & Jon did not CHOOSE to have 2 sets of multiples. They did not PLAN to have such a large family (unlike the Octo-Slut, whose main goal was to have far more children than she should or could provide for. ) I believe that all children are God’s gift. Children should never be exploited like the Octo-Slut has chosen to do. Jon and Kate are simply providing for their children in the best way they can. If that means Reality TV & zero privacy, then so be it. Furthermore, I do not believe that Jon has cheated on Kate. Where could he possibly go to have an affair? He would be instantly recognized. I think Jon is just feeling pressure from his total lack of privacy. Let’s also not forget that all television shows must have major drama to remain on the air, and this season certainly has it.

  My husband and I met, fell in love instantly and were married 2 weeks later. I would not recommend this for everyone, but it certainly has worked for us. This year, we will happily celebrate our 29th anniversary. Does that mean we’ve never had verbal fights or disagreements? NO. It’s impossible for 2 people in a relationship to get along 24×7. Can everyone just give it up and leave J&K alone?!?

  • I agree w/ most of your post, Street Rodder. But if everyone does indeed “just give it up and leave J&K alone” as you suggest, where does that leave this blog? Like Evil Beet’s motto says, it’s not personal, it’s just gossip…

    • Well, there’s always the ranting of BIG DUMMY … sorry, I meant “BIG DADDY”. Just trying to decipher his posts is entertainment enough for me. After all, I have to something to entertain myself since “I am on welfare” according to him.

    • duh, Street. Everyone who doesn’t agree with Big Daddy is OBVIOUSLY on welfare. That’s the only reason to explain why they don’t bow down to him.

• Octo-Slut? Oh my! You are so vulgar and you talk about other people! From my understanding, Kate was using fertility drugs when she got pregnant both times? She did have the option adopt a loving, deserving child that could have supplied both she and her husband with love and affection that they were looking for. So, doesn’t that sort of make it their fault? She has said that she was aware of the risks before becomming pregnant.

  • Adoption?!? Are you kidding me??? Why would a woman who wanted to give birth to a child so desperately that she paid for (it’s not cheap) and endured fertility treatments on MORE than one occasion, so that she could have a child of her OWN??? What would you rather do? Are you aware of the issues with trying to adopt children? (Look at Madonna!!!)

    Besides, as Kate has stated, MANY, MANY women who have undergone fertility treatments have given birth to at best, one child, or at worst, no child.

    Her fault? You’ve got to be kidding.

    • Let me make sure that I understand. You believe that a million of children that have no parents should be given up on and not be taken in by loving families that can benefit from each others love “if” there is another way to concieve a child? Even “if” they already have had two children of their own. Does that seem right or logical? And as far as the Octomom, let me ask you a few questions? Kate had fertility treatments which means taking fertility drugs but Octomom had envetro fertalization? right? Please excuse my spelling I know some of this is not going to be spelled right but I think you will still be able to understand it. So they fertalized many eggs outside of her body and them emplanted them, right? So, if life begins at conception that would mean that those kids would already have been “concieved” right? So, if she did not use the fertalized eggs what would they have done with them? Im no expert but I would think that they would have been distroyed in some way, right? So if she had not used them and allowed them to be distroyed, would that be the same as murder? Im sorry, I dont fully understand how all of that works, but Im pretty confident about my comment concerning adoption.

    • Let’s agree to disagree. There is no comparison between the MOTIVES of “Octo-mom” vs. Kate. Kate TRULY wanted a child / children of her OWN. Octo-Mom wanted to create a financial opportunity for herself, and so far, has done so.

      Regarding your comment about in vitro fertilization, let’s say 50 eggs were “available” to be implanted. Would you use them all (which is stupid), or would some have to be destroyed (which you claim is “murder”)???

      Have you adopted a child? Do you even have children?!? I think even you would have to agree with me THAT MOST WOMEN, when they CHOOSE to have a child, would prefer to have one of their OWN, the old-fashioned way. There’s nothing wrong with adoption if that is the only recourse. This is MY opinion, and you are certainly welcome to yours.

    • I agree, but that is really slippery ground. Yes I have children. And I would also love to adopt I just dont have the room. Foster children are a real national crisis that you never hear about. Im just feel so bad for them. They have no one to love or to love them back. But “if” they are distroying fertalized eggs and “if” most everyone agrees that life begins at conception, then its murder and murder is wrong. right? We can agree to disagree, thats fine. I wasnt trying to fight, I just wanted someones elses opinion. Thanks.

    • Where do you think Octo-mom GOT THE IDEA to have a load of kids and exploit them? She learned from Kate.

      They both had kids they could not afford and they both expect society to pay for their choices.

      They are both media-whores who would sell their own mothers if the price was right . . . or they could go shopping!

• TO: “BIG DADDY” OMG. First, I’ve never seen such foul language. YOU need to be banned from this site. This is about a stupid television show!!! Second, you claim to have a college degree that “you paid for yourself”. Who is supposed to pay for your education?!? Although I am not an African American, your comment about the “NAACP” is very offensive. Actually, everything I’ve read about you is offensive. Finally, you seriously need to go back to the first grade and learn to spell as well as the proper use of grammar.

  TO: “MR. HEAD” You may not realize it but YOUR comment about correcting someone else’s spelling IS INCORRECT. You stated:
  ” . . .In conclusion: Before attempting to correct someone else’s spelling, you should insure that your spelling is correct.”
  The CORRECT spelling/word is “ENSURE”, which means “to make sure or certain”. The word “insure” is the verb used most frequently when buying or selling insurance.

  TO ALL WHO “HATE KATE”: First, Kate & Jon did not CHOOSE to have 2 sets of multiples. They did not PLAN to have such a large family (unlike the Octo-Slut, whose main goal was to have far more children than she should or could provide for ). I believe that all children are God’s gift. Children should never be exploited like the Octo-Slut has chosen to do. Jon and Kate are simply providing for their children in the best way they can. If that means Reality TV & zero privacy, then so be it. I do not believe that Jon has cheated on Kate. Where could he possibly go to have an affair? He would be instantly recognized. I think Jon is just feeling pressure from his total lack of privacy. Let’s also not forget that all television shows need drama to remain on the air, and this season certainly has it.

  As far as Jon & Kate’s marriage is concerned, I can only relate it to my own. My husband and I met, fell in love instantly and were married two weeks later. I would not recommend this for everyone, but it certainly has worked for us. This year, we will happily celebrate our 29th anniversary. Does that mean we’ve never had verbal fights or disagreements? NO. It’s impossible for 2 people in a relationship to get along 24×7. Bottom line … can everyone just give it up and leave J&K alone?!?

• Dear Anonymous,
  I’m sorry about my spelling getting worse. I have never been the best speller, even with spell check. Thanks for pointing out the “ensure” vs “insure”. I never would have caught that. I did some research on the length of a sentence. I am posting a link here so you can go look at it. At the beginning of the article, it is talking about business letters. It continues on into other forms of writing. I think that it can explain it better than I ever could. I hope that you will find this cmment at the bottom of this blog site. It will not let me post a reply above. Thanks again.
  Here is the link that I was telling you about.

  http://www.5starwriting.com/MM_Aug06.pdf

  • You both really should enroll in your local community college and take a class in English 101. Then maybe you will be able to quit with these stupid posts and argue your points in class. I’m sure that you will get the audience that you both crave.

    • bah. I already go to a university. I would just rather argue about English than listen to people fighting, using harsh language, name-calling, accusing everyone of being on welfare, etc.

      The sentence/grammar argument has been one of the less stupid ones seen in this post.

      AND…. your name? You spelled grammar wrong.

    • GOOD ONE!!! If your going to get onto someone about talking about grammar and call yourself the Grammer Police!! Atleast spell it right! hahaha How funny. I don’t mean to offend…. sorry.

  • Hey….I’m not ‘anonymous’; I am (a) Street Rodder. You appear to have multiple people correcting your spelling and grammatical mistakes.

    What the heck does this have to do with Jon & Kate Plus 8???

• OMG!

• Damn!!! people, we are not in school, get over it, so what if someone does not spell C O R R E C T L Y ? who are you to JUDGE? a nobody thats who,
  If you have nothing better to do than police blogs for improper spelling well then maybe you ought to become a teacher, in a school where you can be paid for it, because frankly we don’t give a damn!
  Now you get over it, heres a thought for ya, why not go to work and support your family and leave the bloggers alone?
  I am pretty sure there are sites out there somewhere that is all about SPELLING, why not find one of them? I will gladly find one for you if you are not that smart.

  • Missy? Now we know that YOU NEVER talk about anything else than Jon & Kate plus 8, right? And actually, I am a judge. Thanks. And you can call me Dick, everyone does.

    • oh, I’ve been meaning to tell you that I like your name.

    • OK, I’ll go for the obvious, Dick …. Head. I’m surprised you never thought of changing your name. Must have gotten quite a bit of kidding, if that is in fact your real name.

      This blog is a trip. When can we go back to fighting about grammar and spelling?

    • Ha! It’s not his real name.

    • No, it is not my real name. But I do know a guy named Richard Head and they did call him Dick in school. That was back in the day where it would have never occurred to someone that it could have been taken for something else. His daughter was on the Home Coming Court and he had to escort her across the football field as their names were being called out. The announcer had grown up with him and went to school with him. He announced “over the loud speaker” His daughters name, and her father Dick Head! She was MORTIFIED! That is a true story! Lol!!!

  • How are spelling fights more ridiculous than judging a family that we do not know?

• Sightress, exactly OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Gezzzzzzz, give these grammer police a ride out of town, send their ass through “CYBER SPACE” some where and help us all out,

• No Mr Head thats not right, about J&K, I have/do talk about many other topics besides them, I don’t trash them as some do, but usually I will put my two cents worth in on any topic as long as there is no name calling or someone just wanting to argue, heck what more can be said of Poor Kate? I mean she has been called every thing but a white woman,(unless white trailer trash counts) which is not how I feel about her at all.
  Speaking of J&K do you know how many ppl there are on these boards that brag about contacting TLC and different companys, threatening to boycott them if they stay on J&K ‘s TLC? it is stupid how many have written to Anne Taylor, Proctor and Gamble, The Gap. and food sponcers b/c of their hate for this woman, now thats what I call sick and just going to far,
  Some have even contacted CPS’s about the kids, OMG I would like to see what kind of life these bloggers have and how their kids are being treated.

• OK … back to Jon & Kate, hopefully. This question is not meant to be mean-spirited, but what is with Kate’s do? Is the cowlick on purpose or by accident?

  • I’m pretty sure that it is on purpose. It looks like the teases it. Not meaning this to sound racist, but to me it looks like a black hair style. Some black hair styles I think are cute but it really isn’t her. And that piece that hangs down in her face, I don’t like that. I want to know why is she orange. Did she break out the bottle of QT lotion or what? I thought they were going green? lol

• I disagree; Kate IS always correcting him and they’re sometimes sharp to each other, but that’s how my parents acted when I was a kid, and they love each other. Anyone that has that many kids is going to be stressed out sometimes.

• Margo, Exactly , you are right

  Kate is not orange ppl, get over it, if you see her away from the camera lights she is not orange, did you not watch the Green Episode? and her hair, OMG puleeezzzeeee give it up, so what if it’s a black style or a rats nest why do you worry about her dang hair?
  I think it’s okay to make comments but my lord all that we face every day just to make our own lives livable and manageable and you worry about Kate Gosselin’s hair, she could afford any hair style she wants or more in likely get it for free, but the woman likes her hair the way it is, so if it bothers you that much, just turn your channel,
  thats a concept, why even watch the darn show? b/c it is nothing you enjoy, oh excuse me yes you do because it gives you something to belly ache about, God knows our economy is not enough, thanks to our new leader, Gezzzzzz

• I think so many people get up in arms about Kate is that they see someone who doesn’t deserve all this fame and fortune. They see a mean woman, who bullies everyone, and dumps her friends and family like they’re trash. At least that’s what I think.

• I just noticed something else. The kate Lovers seem to be republicans.
  Makes me proud to be a democrate.
  Our new leaders are to blame for the economy? The last eight years meant nothing?

  • Ok, I am going to have to chime in on this one. Georgia, I am not a Obama hater. I am still waiting to see what all he does do before I pass judgment. I do believe that he trying. However, Bush, warned congress about his fears, not once, but twice, about the financial institutions of our country. He predicted that this was going to happen but they disagreed. So you can’t pin it all on him ether. I personally think it is a combination of many things that all boils down to nonproductive people in our society that the government is having to support. Beginning with illegal aliens. Let call them what they are (invaders). They come here to escape their own country, which I understand, but many of them end up on welfare, which drains our countries resources or prison, 19000 in California alone, which does the same thing. We spend, as a country, 90 billion a year just on their welfare. I’m sorry, I wish no ills to come to them. But I feel we need to take care of ourselves first. How can we continue to take care of everyone else when we have people loosing their jobs left and right and loosing their homes. We have families living under bridges and in tent cities that are American citizens. We can’t take care of others until if we cant take care of ourselves first. They need take that 90 billion just for one year and build a wall like the wall of china along the US / Mexican boarder. Then start working on the unwed mothers and their children which is the largest percentage of our population that is on welfare. Jon & Kate may have got off to a ruff start but they are living the dream, no matter how they accomplished it. They are not being a drain on the countries resources. it’s the liberals that are fighting for all of this, not the republicans! And from what I hear, and I may be wrong, but I hear that Obama is considering offering the invaders amnesty! And, no, I do not think that is a smart move!

    • That seriously came out of nowhere

• Well if you all want to sing praises to someone who can not salute our countries flag, along with a wife who was never proud to be an American, let alone be in the free world, well you go right ahead, he is not my president, I will not address him as such, he is taking this country down, he is so busy keeping company with the enemy that he can’t see his nose in front of his face is about to be splattered, why the hell is he laughing, taking meal, and having a good old hay day with the very ones who Hate this country? the very ones who has sworn to take us out? the very ones he is setting free all the while living in our country making plans for another 9-11? why oh why? I could tell you but I am sure you would not believe it,
  obama is not for the rep. or the demo. he is for himself, to hell with americans, he will turn his back on us as quick as he did the pastor he sat in church with for 20 yrs, why did he denounce that man wright? because he was causing troubled waters in obamas camp of becoming you leader,
  well lets see when it all snow balls what you all say then, and just what has he done for the American people so far? not a damn thing, except rape them out of every dime they had and make a bigger debt for thier children and their childrens children to worry about,
  So yeah what a man,

  • “Well if you all want to sing praises to someone who can not salute our countries flag, along with a wife who was never proud to be an American, let alone be in the free world, well you go right ahead, he is not my president, I will not address him as such, he is taking this country down, he is so busy keeping company with the enemy that he can’t see his nose in front of his face is about to be splattered, why the hell is he laughing, taking meal, and having a good old hay day with the very ones who Hate this country? ”

    WHOOA. didn’t you hear Dickhead’s rule about a sentence should only be one breath? LOL

    so you don’t think Obama should eat dinner b/c our country is messed up? Interesting.

• Oh my Gosh this is so good, but don’t forget he( Mr Obama) also loves to make fun of our precious “Special Olympics People” I mean seriously it was not one of his children, so why should he care, guess what? he didn’t. After all he has to worry about thier precious doggie,ewww makes me want to vomit.

• I can’t believe I just read what I did. Talk about people being very narrow minded and adjusting facts to suit their own purpose. I’m not quite sure what that purpose is, but your way of thinking is really warped!! To think I looked at this blog to see the latest on John and Kate. If you’re so unhappy with our President maybe you should move to another country that’s better, or better yet run for office. Shame on you for your comments.

  • LauraLee … did you even READ the post by Richard Head? Did you understand it? Hello?!? RH did not say one thing that is not true. Bush DID predict the financial fiasco. I believe Obama IS offering amnesty to ILLEGAL ALIENS. Why should THEY be granted amnesty when, as Richard Head correctly pointed out, we have millions of American CITIZENS losing their homes.

    Run for office? Sure. That’s going to happen. We all know that the MEDIA (Oprah) elected Obama, so McCain had no chance. (Honestly he was not my choice for Republican candidate either, but no matter WHO was chosen for Republican candidate he/she had NO chance!) So unless you’re a “media darling” then you won’t have a chance either!

    Shame on YOU LauraLee, get YOUR facts straight. BRAVO, RICHARD HEAD!

    p.s. I am not implying that I do not support our President. He has not been in office long enough to prove to me that he cares more for AMERICA than himself.

    • Street Rodder, I agree with Mr. Richard Head, especially regarding the illegal aliens. I am responding to “smarter than them” Sorry for the mix up

• Well sweet Laura Lee, I really couldn’t care less what you think I should be ashamed of, I am not the one that spent my life living in this country when I was not proud of it, that was your president and his lovely wife, I am not the one sleeping and eating in enemy territory, that also is your president, what do I have to be ashamed of? what That I have a right to my freedom of speech, lord knows the obamas sure do use their right, should I be ashamed that my family has fought and died to give you that right? should I be ashamed that I can boldly say I am proud of the place I choose to worship? because your president couldn’t do that,
  I am not the one who is afraid of offending the enemy of standing and saluteing the flag the very thing that has stood for freedom and has gone thru wind, fire and blood for me, again that is your president, so what is wrong with you,? do you also hate this country? well dear I am here and not leaving, I am not proud of going to the enemy camp, that is your man, maybe he should leave,

  And because I am unhappy with him that is certainly no reason to leave this is my country and I claim it, he and michelle obama couldn’t even be proud AMERICANS until he ran for office, and you say I should be ashamed? crying out loud do you not even know who you helped put in office? now pray tell what has he done for you? nuff said

• What a can of worms I have opened!! I don’t know if you are talking to me or Smarter? But if you are calling me narrow minded, I am not. I love all people of the world, however, I do know that we can not save them all (right now) and I realize that we have to save ourselves first. I am all for saving other people no matter what race or religion they may be…. I am all for bringing them into the melting pot!!! I’m just saying that we have problems here in the US that needs to be taken care of first! I understand that the problem in Mexico are terrible. Lets take it over and give them all relief! They could help with our armies and etc. I don’t believe that sneaking large amount of Mexicans across the border them allowing them to earn money or welfare and to send it back to their families is the answer! Are you all so blind? Let me put into simple terms. Sometimes we need to put it out of proportions in order to get it into proportion! Lets let all of the invaders come into our country, and we will pay them to live here, although Americans are living on the streets in cardboard boxes because of the economy? Yes, I can see how you could see that was the right thing to do!!!! NOT! Do you realize that the president is considering letting the prisoners from Iraq free in our country because their country may treat them as traders? We already have enough trouble with our people and invaders rapping and killing our wives and children, oh I have an idea!!! Lets let loose people in our country that would like to cut our heads off!!! Oh yes, that seems like the right thing to do!!!!!! What is wrong with your freaking people!!????orms I have opened.

  • Sorry for the mix up, I was addressing smarter than them, not you. I agree with you completely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Thanks. I dont know what is up with Smarter, but I know her personally and she doesnt feel that way. I think she was just trying not to fight with someone else. She is actuclly pretty cool… And so is Street Rodder! Although she would throw a fit fi she knew who I really was… I have found her blogs very eye opening… Thanks Rodder, if you read this…. You too Laura…..

    • To Richard Head….U R welcome. And you possibly do know me, as I have a pretty unique situation, hobby, name and strange personality.

      To LauraLee ….My ISP has been giving me fits and I’ve had sporadic connectivity all night … sorry for mistaking your post w/ “smarter than them”.

• Laura, how can you agree with one comment and not the other? except for one person saying they sre giving obama a chance, and the other already stated thier opinion of him is different, the two sounds very similar,
  Mr Head where I differ with you, mr obama has been in the public office to know weather he stands for America, and it’s plain he does not,
  And who ever said it was because of Oprah (another racist) that got him in office, well yes she did, so no republican stood a chance , and the fact that how many blacks so proudly announced that this was the first time that they had ever voted, that is sad, but by golly I bet they are getting thier welfare check even tho it was a Republican Pres. in office, I bet they are tirning thier name in for every holiday free meals and gift baskets that our country hands out,
  How can anyone be so damn proud of a man who clearly got into the highest office in the country on his race? I have nothing against the blacks the yellows or hell I don’t care if they are blue, just let them earn it, let them be proud to be an American to be put into that high office, obama had said it so plain and his wife was very matter of fact about it, had to wait for her husband to run for office before she was to be proud to be an American, and as Mr Head said what is wrong with you freaking people?
  I am sick of paying more taxes, and more taxes so we can support lazy ass people who “WILL NOT WORK” filling in the politicians pockets, my lord didn’t you people care about all the bail out money that was just gave away, hell did you get a million dollar bonus this year FROM THE TAX PAYERS, who do you think all this crap is gonna fall on? our children, they will be burdened with this stupid ass mans decisions for many years,
  So once again Laura Lee what the hell has he done for you that has been so great, or was you one of the lucky ones that us dumb ass tax payers had to pay a big bonus to?

  • ” I have nothing against the blacks”

    Um, clearly by your rant- you do

  • ” I have nothing against the blacks”

    Um, clearly by your rant- you do

• My Sweet Smarter than them, (how condensending)

  Regarding saluting the flag. The photograph that brought this all up was taken on 9-16-2007 at Sen. Tom Harkins annual steak fry festivities in Iowa. Contrary to the attacks on Obama for disrepecting the flag, they were not reciting the pledge of allegiance. They were standing for the national anthem.

  Regarding Michele Obama said and I quote: “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country, because it feels like hope is making a comeback… not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.”

  Translation: She’s really proud at this moment because for the first time in a long time, thousands of Americans who’ve never participated in politics before are coming out in record numbers to build a grassroots movement for change.”
  She NEVER said that she wasn’t proud. She said she was “really proud”

  Regarding keeping company with the enemy: It is one thing to talk the talk of new foreign policy initiatives; we can even walk the walk of changing from MILITARY AGGRESSION TO DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT. But it is something entirely different to go and talk directly to people. That is not merely a different policy, it is a different ethics Do you really want the world to continue to see us as “aggressors” Iraq and 9/11 are not and were not related. We attacked the wrong country!!!!! I do and will always support our troops, too bad the president at the time couldn’t distinguish between the Middle Eastern countries!

  Regarding Reverend Wright: Quote “Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.” The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor for the last 20 years at the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s south side, has a long history of what even Obama’s campaign aides concede is “inflammatory rhetoric,” including the assertion that the United States brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own “terrorism.”
  In a campaign appearance earlier this month, Sen. Obama said, “I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial.” He said Rev. Wright “is like an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with,” telling a Jewish group that everyone has someone like that in their family. ” Rev Wright made the decision to try to inject his church into politics. The is a seperation of church from State and Obama had to make it.

  I may not agree with Laura Lee and her comments, but you need to get the facts before entering a debate.

  Missy, You are correct, Obama should not have said what he did, and he knows it and made the amends that he should have. He is not perfect, far from it.

• Oh my, Obama has been in office for less then 5 months and he’s done all that? Missy and Smarter is the same person, so way to go with agreeing with yourself. You can call yourself dumbass if you want.
  The same email, the same icon. I have a feeling Richard Head is someone else too, someone with the initials BD That would be Big Dumbass. So anyone out there with half a brain, don’t try to argue with these two. They’ll call themselves all kinds of things to seem like they have other morons supporting them.

  • Ok, Georgasm. Lets not be hateing on the Big Daddy! I know exactally who you are! haha Georgia? You sorta gave it away….

  • I don’t think so. Head didn’t misspell everything in sight.

    • Thanx Bella.

• His ammends will never be good enough, and Michelle, well you can paraphrase her comment how ever you want, but she was not a proud American until her husband was running for office, are you saying (leaving Bush out of it) that no other time in her life with other Presidents that she could proudly claim to be American?, then my question is why was they living in the free world? like a lot of other people, they don’t want to abide by our countries laws, but they enjoy all that America offers, and she did not say “first time in a long time ” those are your words, she said ” first time in her life”
  As far as their pastor Wright, it took them 20 years to decide he was not the right pastor for them? please , do you believe that ? it had to do with change alright, change from where he was to the road to the White House,
  So if they were not on thier way to the white house they still would be sitting in thier same church, believe me I am not for that Wright man, he was an idiot, I am just saying obama will make changes in this country to get on the side of our allies and it won’t be good,
  BTW how did he make ammends for what he (obama ) said? what I am sorry? is that what he is gonna say when we go thru another 9-11, or will you all still blame Bush for that one to?
  If you all think he is so much about honesty and truthfukness have at it, I am afraid you will “change” your mind when it’s too late.

  • ” they don’t want to abide by our countries laws”

    how so, exactly?

  • Could you learn to spell please before you trash your president?

• The answer from Michele Obama was a direct quote from the Washington Post, I am not paraphasing or inserting words.

  I have a question for you: If you attend your ministries for all of your life, try to be a good person and do good, then find out your preacher was been engaging in homosexuals activities or screwing every female other than his wife. Do you leave his church or stay and support him? Think about it! If you would stay and support the no good cheating preacher, I can see where you just wouldn’t get it with Obama and Rev. Wright.

• Hey Richard Head ….. have you heard the latest of “Mr.” Speaker of the House NANCY PELOSI (I say Mr. because she REALLY has balls)

  Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on RETIREMENT INCOME. So, if you have anything left in your 401(k) or mutual funds after the financial fiasco, SHE WANTS TO TAX IT. Guess what for? TO HELP THE 12 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS and other “unemployed minorities”!!!!!!! This is TRUE. Here is her DIRECT QUOTE”

  ==========
  ‘We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities.. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as ‘Americans’.’
  ==========
  So, people, if you have saved all your life and you are ready to retire, guess what? You’re going to be paying for all those other people who have NOT worked for it. Get it? Someone told me this “woman” is a nutcase and I believe it is true; unfortunately, she’s the Speaker of the House.

  • That is just unbelievable!!! That’s just crazy!!! We are being invaded and people are just standing by! There is about to be a revolution. The government officials are supposed to work for “We the People” ! I think it is about time “We the People” fired some of them!!!!

  • http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/nancy_pelosi.htm

    you guys really need to research stuff before you claim it as truth. Honestly. It’s impossible to argue politics with people who are quoting known lies.

• Vanessa, Dear, to answer your question if I would stay or go, no I would not go “he would” these prachers do not own the church or the people, He is suppose to be led by God and not man (and no a preacher is not perfect) nor are we , altho we should try harder every day to do better than yesterday,
  but the church is the people the other stuff is just material stuff and if God is not in it then it’s just another building, no matter how majectic it may look, but my point is that the curch has a board of directors kinda like our govr’t is SUPPOSE to have, and if that minister is not living according to Gods word then we the people have a right to impeach him and that we would do.
  So maybe instead of “us” fighting about your president we should do as the good book tells us and “pray for our leaders”
  He is in there now and we have atleast 4 years to listen to his smily face telling us how he is gonna spend our money and take away the wars, so we will see, Yes Change is always good but it really matters who is bringing about the change and for whose benifit. I do not want to argue with you or any one else.
  So what about Kates last episode, I thought she was great, Kate just being Kate, bless her heart.

  • “Pray for our leaders…”? If Obama isn’t your president, for whom will you pray? And what happened to separation of church and state? Oh, this is most confusing.

• Street Rodder, well here again obama at his best, sure take from the people who have worked their asses off and give to all these free loaders, just as welfare has been doing for years, take the Social Security and just hand it over to free loaders, first of all our social securuty was never meant to be used the way the govern’t is using it, second of all welfare never was meant to provide a living for people who clearly don’t think they should ever work again, guess how many women with bastard kids we are supporting while she hands over her “welfare check ” to some lazy ass man? do you ever have some woman try to trade you her food stamps or vision card for cash? sometimes as little as .25 to .50 cents on the dollar, WTH that is my tax money, but who cares as long as the politicians are having $200.00 steaks and having over 2-3 hundred guests for supper,
  Just like my tax dollars and yours is supporting michelles obamas mother WTH? Jackie Kennedy did not have her mommy living with her, oh excuse me I forgot obamas think they are THE SECOND COMING, gezzz what a farce, and honey I could think of a lot of things to call Pelosi but I respect my self to much,
  Thanks for your article, not that to many will agree with you. Sure America can take what ever no other country wants, the tax payers will support them, while we have our own people right here in this country that can not read write, and thousands are living under bridges and starving to death. But this is America and this is the American Dream,

  • Thanks, Missy …. if you REALLY want to get an eye-opener, go to the website “www.fairtax.org”. This would of course abolish the IRS, and impose a FAIR tax on EVERYONE – rich, poor, whatever. It would also entice corporations to locate HERE (NO corporation taxes). Imagine your life WITHOUT the IRS. You keep ALL that you earn. Imagine your life without lobbyists in Washington, where our legislators in Washington will be accountable to us, the people, instead of special interest groups. PLEASE READ THIS THOROUGHLY, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT….. fairtax.org

    • This fair tax site only charges $25 to petetion congress to abolish the IRS. That’s a bargain compared to the petetion to stop Obama from taking over the entire internet (which is $199). I guess the entire internet is more important than the IRS since it’s probably bigger and more people use it.

    • Imagine your life with NO IRS…. imagine the government barely getting any money. imagine no cops, no firefighters, no public schools, no libraries…. yeah that sure is a great idea.

      do you know how much money you would be paying in retail tax? in order to keep the country running, it would be ridiculous

  • You guys are ridic. First all of, you are blaming something that Pelosi said on Obama. That doesn’t make sense. Second of all, SHE NEVER SAID IT. You probably read it from an email forwarded to you by one of your friends.

    http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/nancy_pelosi.htm

    • She most certainly did say it. I heard her! She really is a horses behind. You should get your facts straight before you respond to what someone else has said!!

• Check out these crazy people! They are called extreme tree huggers! Go to show it takes all kinds! Let me know what you think.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUDEmMjC-c

• It would seem I’ve wandered into a discussion already in progress. Who would have thought a John and Kate site would be so politically charged? Is this an anti-American site? Can anyone join in?

  • Well, Tricky, you came in at a pretty interesting place … We discussed J&K, then no one wanted to discuss them anymore so we moved to the “grammer (sic) police” — lots of discussion there for obvious reasons!

    Then I posted the FAIRTAX.ORG site so that people would REALIZE how badly we are getting screwed by our government & the Nancy Pelosi & “Bawny Fwank” gang (see my post above re. “Windfall Retirement Tax”). Don’t forget, Nancy just couldn’t HAVE the small jet, she had to have the BIG JET to tour Italy with all her friends and to go to California every weekend!

    So now the reply to your post is from the “BD himself” — aka BIG DUMMY — aka BIG DADDY — who in MY opinion is the only anti-American to post on this site. (He has posted under other names, but we won’t get into that.) Of course, his rantings mean nothing; they are purely for entertainment. For example: he claims that “the NAACP did not pay for HIS college education!” And I’m thinking he couldn’t have more than a 6th-grade education because he can’t successfully construct a single sentence that is free from spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.

    To Trickybusiness & Richard Head, thanks for at least keeping your eye on the ball.

• OH — and thanks to Missy, too! You seem to understand where we’re headed!

• Oh — thanks to Missy — you also seem to understand where we are headed!

• Street Rodder, you pretty much killed this site! So, who’s the Big Dummy? AKA Street Rodder?

  • Not only that Big Daddy, but reading some of these far out stories about Obama. It’s one thing to talk about facts, but to waste time talking about fiction is something else.

    “Jackie Kennedy did not have her mommy living with her, oh excuse me I forgot obamas think they are THE SECOND COMING, gezzz what a farce” I agree WTH does this have to do with anything????

• I thought this was a forum for Jon and Kate plus 8 – how did it get to be political????

  • I thought this was the place where I could say that I really don’t blame Jon if he went out partying. Kate is totally overbearing, emasculating, a real witch. The poor guy would need to build up his self-esteem after living with her for awhile!

• And. . . not all of us on this site are American, and I for one do not really care to discuss American politics on what was originally supposed to be a site for J & K plus 8. Can we get back to the show now? Because, if not, what is the point of the website?

  • Ok, gussie and Lynny, I didnt see you saying ANYTHING about Jon and Kate. What, did you just drop by to Bitch?

• Well if you are not American, who do you thnk you are giving your opinion about what topic we want to talk about? don’t like it? tuff , go back to where ever thou comest from,
  We are American made 100 % thru and thru,
  in our country we believe that if a person does not like what is being said or the way they are treated, they have the freedom to leave, we will not stop you, Good Bye

  • Is this the same person who said Obama is not her president?? Hypocritical, much?

• Demwitt, obama is not my president, why does that make me a hypocrite? no not I, maybe you, ugh, but I am American probably more so than your man obama,
  guess maybe you should read better or get your facts straight!!!!!

  • “in our country we believe that if a person does not like what is being said or the way they are treated, they have the freedom to leave, we will not stop you”
    and we won’t stop you from going back to nazi germany where you came from eather.

• That’s the trouble with theses sites…to many damn Republicans.

  • Republicans aren’t the problem. Its the leftest DemoRat liberals!

• Anonymous @ 3:45 A.M. as i said before “Demwitt” we know it’s you,
  If you don’t like our discussion well then we are in America, Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya,

  • That isn’t my comment @ 3:45, but I do agree with it. I know you can’t imagine that there’s more than one person who could have an opinion different from yours. I’m all American, so I may just stay. Why don’t you start preaching religion and tell us all how holy you are? That should go nicely with your bigotry, hypocrisy, and intolerance.

    • I didn’t see a post for 3:45… However, in her defense. We will see where you stand when the rest of the invaders from Mexico suck our country so dry that you watch your loved ones starving on the street, being raped and etc…. It is already here!!!!!!!!!!!! Then people like you will wonder why???? I know that you have a good heart and care about all people, but you have to take care of your self first or everyone will perish!

    • if you really think that Mexicans coming over is the WORST thing happening in our country, you are an idiot.

      How exactly do Mexicans = you are now homeless = you are now raped on the street?

    • Sure, its called gooooogle! Try it!

• Hey any body up for J&K tonight? I really hope they have an interesting episode, I’m sure the boards will light up tomorrow,

• I can truly understand why people are so fascinated with Jon and Kate.But TLC should be ashamed of themselves and so should Jon and Kate.If it’s true that Jon and Kate do not need our pity,then stop giving and giving and giving to their every whim.Their are children in this world that are starving and could use the help of TLC as well as benefit from it’s help much more than the Gosselins.The children are old enough for Kate to return to work.How much more of a handout is this family going to receive.Tell me something,if this was a black family would they get the same recignition as the almighty Gosselins?Who really runs that show,Kate or the producers?Enough is enough,as long as that family can get handouts they will take them,what an example they are setting for their children.”Take what you can get
  ,and the hell with everyone else”.And when those children grow-up I hope they do not disown one another like Kate does her siblings.And last but not least Ido want to say that Jon and the children seem to be real human beings, but that Kate is a self-centered bitch who only thinks and cares about herself. Just pay attention to the way she doesn’t even what her own children around her,they are just her meal ticket.If TLC feels the need to continue to give the Gosselins a handout then why don’t they pay for the children to go to daycare so Kate can go her lazy ass back to work and make an honest living, then and only then, she could be a proud parent who is providing and helping her husband to support their children.When reality does kick in, it’s going to kick their ass in more ways than one.I

  • Oh, my , Brenda you shouldn’t have said that…. Jon and Kate are popular because they are UNUSUAL! A black family with a woman and 8 kids by different “baby daddies” and on welfare wouldn’t be UNUSUAL! Now. if it was a black family that all of the kids were by the same man and weren’t on welfare, now that would be a show! And by the way, Jon and Kate’s handouts are not free. Jon & Kate did get some free stuff when the babies were first born. But now the companies that “give” them things do it so that they can advertise on their show! Now, go gets u sum gubment cheeze and leave the Gosselins alone!

    • ha this is so big daddy.

  • wow. i totally agree! kate is……a phsycopathic obsesssive freak! i mean wow. You nailed it! I feel soooo sorry for her kids!!! when they get out in the real world(if they ever do) theyre going to go in culture shock there are to possible results (a) they freak out and lock them selves in a room with there blankeys and organic penutbutter or (B) they freak out and go nuts ending up with cps on there tails and a bad meth addiction

• Brenda, I am surprised that any one is comparing J&K or any other families of TLC to the blacks, wth? excuse me but the last time I lookes or read the news the blacks are doing ok, they are no more under privilkiged or doing with out than thousands and thousands of other races, I think a lot of people who do with out is their own choice, they are waiting for the free ride and free meal ticket, waiting for some woman to have a bunch of kids for the tax payers to support and they get the welfare check and hey a free ride,
  Kate may be what ever you called her but she is with her kids unless she is traveling to do a job, and Kate does love her kids, Yes they have every thing they have because of TLC, so what, I am pretty sure we all would except freebies if it was offered, maybe not to do a show, but you would be surprized of how many women that bitch about Kate exploiting her kids would do the same thing if offered,
  Yes even Precious Aunt J O D I, she was exploiting her kids as well as Kates, and if it had not been for Kate she would never had her 15 min of fame, nor would her idiot sister julie, awww what a shame, poor jodi and julie got the curb, well exactly what they both deserved, Most of Kates family was fine with the Gosselins being in reality programming until they seen they were not making money and then they all wanted to holler “Child abuse and Exploitation” bull crap.
  Kevin and Jodi were fine with child exploitation until their was no money, and then it was all wrong, now how evil was that? A real bro and sis-in-law huh???

  • If you weren’t so full of bullshit, you wouldn’t have a thing to say. Isn’t there a senior citizen center in your area?

    • Tricky, I really like the new picture. Have you been going to the gym?

    • Tricky, I really like the new picture! Have you been going to the gym?

    • You look very familiar. Didn’t I see you hanging out at a rest stop?

    • Big Daddy, that’s Adam Lambert from American Idol………

• Vanessa Del Rio, your a porn star from the 80’s!

• Ok, guys, I gooooogled Jon and Kate plus 9. Here is a link of Jon with his new woman in his NEW Car!…. There is a small articale there. They said there is more information in the new UsWeekly!!!! Here is the link!
  http://www.usmagazine.com/news/jon-and-kate-dad-caught-with-other-woman-2009284

• Nice link Big Daddy, but I’m not shocked. This show is pretty much over. It’s all just a farce for the cameras now.

  • I agree,,, If they don’t shake things up I predict that this will be the last season. If having Jon do all of this running around while Kate is gone is an attempt to get attention its the wrong kind! If he is just friends with all of these women he knows, why doesn’t he just invite them over their new estate? I know if I had a new “crib” as he called it, I would be enviting my friends over to hang out there! I submitted a request to TLC to have Kate be on “Wife Swap” or to have “Super Nanny” come to their house but they just blew me off….. Oh well, it looks like the Cash Cow is drying up….

• Maxine just called on her way to work. She said that she just heard on the radio that last night they upgraded the Swine Flu epidemic to a level 6. That’s as high as it goes, so everyone be careful and stay away from crowds. They said if you get sick, to stay away from the Emergency Rooms… If you don’t have it you probably will after visiting the E.R…… The little girl that died wasn’t too far away from us… They said on the radio to be sure to eat lots of garlic and onions…. I recommend purchasing plenty of tooth paste!

• hey is it true jon cheated on kate i want to find out more about that

• Hi Bill,,, It is all true.. This time he got caught tickeling her tonsils in a stair way at a motel!!! He has released a statement saying nothing is more important to him than his family…. Yada Yada Yada…. The story is in the USweekly… However the security guard that caught him and supposedly busted into their room with a camera, sold his pics to the Enquirer or or, what ever…..

• Brenda,
  I don’t hear you attacking Jon for not working, but you seem pretty bitter against Kate…got any resentment issues towards stay-at-home-moms? Jealous, perhaps?

• BD do you actually buy the NE magizine? I would not waste my money on that trash, you don’t really believe it do you,Do you know how many times they ahve been sued and proven to print lies?
  I am not saying Jon was not out but I sure won’t say that is him in the picture either, now days ppl who know any thing about computers and tech can transcript any thing, I have seen pictures of two ppl put together and those twp ppl were not even in the same state,
  But I would never believe any thing in the NE, even if I saw it somewhere else first.
  I did see J&K on the news last night, about this fiasco. it’s pretty sad, oh btw J&K were not talking it was just showing their picture as the reporter was telling the story.

  • Missy, The NE is a very reputable source of information. I totally believe that there was a woman who had bigfoots baby. I also believe that Elvis was abducted by aliens and is now living on Mars… That is a joke, by the way… The information I read, I think was thru the USweekly…. It said that is who the guy sold the picture to… It is supposed to be out in their next issue… Im just interested in seeing it…. I probably wont buy it.. Ill just look at it while Im standing in one of the increadably long lines at Wal-Mart.. Of course at Wal-mart I would probably have enough time to read the whole thing from cover to cover!

    • BD, we don’t have any other store than Super Walley World where I live. You thought it was the second coming of Christ when the store opened!!! That’s where I read those magazines, when I’m standing in the checkout line. I can pretty much get through a Start of NE! My bad…….

    • Star that is, I’m not awake yet!!!

• J&K on the news again tonight, HLN news, also a reporter from US Weekly said you should never believe every thing you see/read in the tabloids, they also said they believe J&K went into this blindsided and did not know what they were getting into when they signed the contract, unlike others such as Hulk Hogan, and those who were stars before their reality show, And of course there were some saying Kates hair is bad, geez ppl what about the hair makes ppl so crazy? Also said TLC is loving what the gossip is doing to the ratings, so I don’t think J&K are leaving any time soon.

• Do you think that this is all a fake abt j&K. Why would Jon do something this drastic being married to a women like kate. First the story abt jon with the college girls and now this. Why would he do this to the kids.
  I think this is a ratings thing with TLC and Kate. Its all abt the MONEY!

• Kate was on Larry King last nite – what she didn’t say tells it all – she said they both love the kids to death – but no word that they love each other. She is “handling” the situation – I would think they both would appear to stop the rumors. Don’t know where Jon boy was. But to me it appears the game is over – enjoy while you can Kate – the cash cow is drying up!!!

• hey what do you guys have against mexicans

  • WTF are you talking about? Who said anything about mexicans?

  • heyy im mexican,haha mexicans are retarded,pinche beaners,

• Who cares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had time to worry about if he cheated or not!!!!!! I just hope the show goes on, and if not, best wishes to them both.

• I will no longer watch this show. In the beginning it had a cute innocence about it. As time went by it seemed that Kate became more demanding and seemed to act more like a celebrity. Jon gets run over by his over controlling wife. The most recent tabloid news regarding cheating blah blah blah and the spread in People Magazine has just plain turned me off. They had a good run time for something new, but nothing is new anymore except all the potential cheating and what not. This show now feels scripted and unrealistic. Hey Kate, your not a celebrity…your just a wicked b@tch….BORED TO TEARS WITH THIS! Gosselins are gone from my home….NEXT!!!…………..

• I think that all of you need to leave that family alone i love them. if you have a problem with that email me hampster1@hotmail.com

• No,i agree with you,she is really mean,i think deep down in side,she doesn’t love him anymore,she is absolutly money hungry,it’s horrible,she 34 years old and goes tanning,come on im 15 and so are my friends and we go tanning. she needs to step out of this reality situation.

• Jon u had a great marriage with Kate even thought she yells at you that still mean that she loves you she really loved u very much the only reason why she yells at you is because you act too silly even thoght i am 11 i think if u truly love someone you should stay by there each other when u die Kate still want to work things out but u did i think u should run up to Kate and give her the greats kiss she every had in her whole life u guys had 8 kidz what is wrong with u u are soo stupie right now i am on kate slide because kate did not do nothing to u and u cheat on her if i was u i would say sorry and please do not hurt her or the kidz because she would be all alone trying to rasie her kidz all by her self oh and tell kate that she should come to pittsburgh and take the kidz to kennywood because it is fun and they have a kidywood at kennywood

• oh and you can email me 412 404 7836 and ask for Jada

• I have been watching Jon & Kate + 8 since it first came on, and loved (yes, past tense) it. I was truly amazed at what these young folks did, and had to do every day. It’s a monumental task to raise ONE child at a time, much less 6 of the same age.

  That being said, I have to agree with earlier commens about Kate and her over-all attitude, etc. What goes on off-screen is one thing, but when it is on-screen, it’s an entirely different one. Kate always seemed to be overbearing, know-it-all, very condescending to Jon most of the time, treating him, and talking to him, as if he didn’t have the sense God gave a goose. I marvel at the man’s patience, and total way of handling it. I don’ tnow that I ever remember seeing him “buck up to her”, defend himself,etc. That did a lot to keep him looking like the good guy, and her the not-so-good guy. Every time she said jump he would ask ‘how high’, and go on his way doing whatever she commanded him to do. The episodes that has a lot of this going on in them, were painful to watch at times.

  Did all this give Jon reason to “go elsewhere” (if he did)? Not really, because that’s wrong, but it’s almost understandable. I think deep-down Kate has some good qualities, but the one thing she needs to do is LIGHTEN UP! Yes, I fully realize that with such a large family of children so close together in age, there is a need for some sort of organization, but, give it a rest. I also watch other shows where there are large numbers of children (many more than the Goesslins have, and they are not nearly so regimented, and the children seem to be very happy, they “line up” so to speak, when it is needed, discipline is definitely part of their every day lives, but it’s not so much like a military boot camp. Some days, everyone just needs to be able to let their hair down.

  I truly would like to see this family be able to find a way to stay together, and be a happy family. The children are the ones who will suffer the most from all this.

  Good luck, Jon & Kate.

• we love Jon and Kate. (that ought to set off a firestorm :)…they are just people…that last episode was sad though…sheesh…and my wife Jeannie and I do have opinions…she is a teacher and I am a therapist so we think we know it all( and have a sense of humor)…no really, it’s just the human condition…Kate is a control freak, no doubt about it…but Jon is now such a whining baby….”I might as well be in prison.” oh brother…what a spoiled brat…evidently he has never talked to anybody who has been in prison…he has totally lost perspective…but ya know what?…they have adorable kids…they love them…they did love each other but somehow they have lost their way….who knows? they could find each other again….no way has Kate had an affair though…she couldn’t …too spontaneous…Jon? if he was drunk enough…yea, but it could give him the perspective that the grass is not greener on the other side…losing your kids for somebody you find in a bar who will have sex with you knowing you are married is a bad trade off…you will never trust that person …never…Kate will begin to look like someone he can depend on…because she is that person…just VERY high maintenance…but he does need to stand up to her….it was so sad when she would rip him apart on camera and he would just look into the camera and say,” I don’t know what to say.” when we saw that we knew there would be damage…not easy being on a TV show …it wouldn’t be for any of us….and you great political analyst are ah…full of it…LOL

• JOdys being a B****

• I no longer give a flying fig about these tiresome, over paid idiot “realty” show whores or you sanctimonious bloggers.
  Am done with watching this stupid show. Waste of time and energy.

• I haven’t been to this site for quite some time. There are some that get way off track and not what I thought the site was all about…Jon & Kate. Big Daddy – Just wanted to let you know that I’ve e-mailed the “editors” because it seems like no one else has the intestinal fortitude to do so concerning you filthily rotten mouth! GET A LIFE & professional help!

• filthy – my bad with the spelling.

• Wow I think its funny reading some of these comments of big daddy’s political views and he cant even SPELL worth a darn! ONLY TAKE ADVISE FROM THE EDUCATED NOT THE DUMB.

  • Don’t pick on Poor Daddy! Just kidding. I used to feel that way about him also but he kind of grows on you! But… if you are going to comment on his spelling….did you mean only take advice~ not advise???
    What is it they say…. when you point out something about someone else there are always 3 fingers pointing back at you?? Hmmm??

• Jon is the true meaning to the phrase THE DONOR! THE GUY IS PATHETIC!Kate’s a bitch SO WHAT! You’de be a bitch too with 8 kids and a shithead for a husband and your busting your ass to bring in the $$$$. I guess if she was out hoarin around, buying a fancy sports car and showing off her new boyfriend you all would be singing a different tune. Kate and the kids are better off, she don’t need him anywayhe still thinks with his little head. Kate needs a real man! Jon has got alot of growing up to do .

• Ooookaaay, So it has been sooo long since I have come here. I see Missy and Big Daddy are still holding on. I also see that the topic isn’t always about Jon and Kate but that’s okay. But aren’t there politic blogs for that? Kinda why I left… but anywaaay, lots has obviously happened since I have been here! Who woulda thought. And I was standing up for them both. CRAZY! Guess it goes to show you never know who people really are. Even more than inviting them into your livingroom every time the TV decides to show an episode but can you imagine how Kate must be spinning?? Who ever imagined Jon could go so C-R-A-Z-Y???? Guess being married to Kate wasn’t a picnic but… :”Wow, get a grip Jon!” You can’t think that you aren’t looking pathetic? I almost feel sorry for poor bitchy Kate! Guess it is a lesson to all of us Bs out there… a guy can only take so much! But what a total slap in the face. The skank he is with now is way down on the guage. You are supposed to trade up honey! This won’t last and now Jon is not only a total whipped cartoon of a guy he is a cartoon!
  WANNA KNOW HOW I REALLY FEEL? ;>

• Hey Missy,
  I have missed you. E-mail me or look for me on facebook!

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• Big Daddy,
  You talk alot of shit and cry about people posting things anonymously – but wtf are You? what is your name? Full name please. I signed on here to read what people thought about JON and KATE – not to read multiple threatening, confrontational and abusive comments from you – don’t you have a life?? However now I AM intrigued. Do you have a myspace page? A facebook page? If you are as balsy as you pretend to be then you wont have a problem disclosing your name in addition to all the other very personal information you have already (anonymously) given us. YOU try to INSULT WOMEN – If we aren’t on welfare then we are lesbian feminists feminists!! hA! (actually neither of those is insulting) – Here is a clue – I hate mean people and YOU are being very Mean and Naughty

• Angie,
  I used to feel that way too. Kind of the reason why I stopped posting here. I used to be a regular for a while. But he really is harmless. I was astounded by some of his comments and I think that most of his views are meant to be sarcastic. I could be wrong but I think he tries to get our goats on purpose. Kind of like a little boy pulling the little girl’s braid in front of him. The problem is… you decide “what a loser” and then he goes and says something deep. Ha. Anyway I truly think he is harmless and tries to be insulting to get the reaction. He actually is a nice guy when you give him a chance. But you are right… he needs to take time and spell check! LOL.

  • YA KNOW WHAT GIVE POOR KATE A BREAK. IF YOU HAD EIGHT KIDS WOULDN’T YOU BE A LITTLE ON EDE AT TIMES. NO ONE IS PERFECT, AND PERSONALLY I THINK THAT JON IS THE ONE IN THE WRONG HERE. MY GOODNESS HE CHEATED ON HIS WIFE! HOW COULD YOU DO A THING LIKE THAT TO YOUR WIFE? TILL DEATH DO US PART REALLY DOES MEAN SOMETHING APPARENTLY NOT TO HIM THAT CHEATING DOG! I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH HIM. I DO LIKE KATE I FEEL SO SORRY THAT SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS. SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR HER IS TO READ HER BIBLE AND GET SOME EXTRA SLEEP. FOR JON…….UMMMM..TRY TO SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE!!

• you are so right about jon and kates relationship. i cant read his mind but i think its obvious that kate is a controller. Its like she thinks hes a baby.

• she gets what she deserves, no one wants to be treated like jon has been.
  she causeses it all. seems like he can do nothing right in her eyes. no man would put up with her crap. she will gro old & be all alone,because no one could stand her. she has even cut her own family off, she is so self centered

• What about Kate and her affair? You never hear anything about that. Its all Jon and his affair. Yes she drove him away. Its real sad that she is letting all the fame and money ruin her life and family. Kate is a GREEDY B!!!!!!

• There has never been any proof that Kate had an affair, if she did then she is alot more subtle than Jon about the way to hide it. He didnt even try. He made it very public to try to hurt Kate, not thinking about how much it would hurt his children and his own personal public image. He deserves everything he has gotten. He is a worthless jerk. And Aunt Jody should know what Jon is like, when her husband was helping with the garage, he was actually the one doing all the work while Jon did all the talking. I am sorry that Aunt Jody is no long part of the show, I think she was a valuable person to have in the childrens life.

  • By the time Jon LEFT ….that POOR guy was D O N E !! Hen pecked to death and BEATEN TO A PULP (for mispronouncing a word? And on camera??)

    What a BEAST SHE WAS !!!

    AND NOW ….

    SO over the fakey victim voiced KATE (love the quivering and innocent act !) PLEEEEEEZE!!!!!!

    P.S. and by the way SHE PICKED HIM…..

• I have never heard of a “BLOG” until this show(J &K +8) took a turn.
  First and the most important, Shame On Both of You!! As we were taught it takes two to tangle.
  Maybe Jon should have layed low for a little while (instead of advertising his love life), and Kate needs to stop her “SELF PITY” episodes!!
  I will not buy into the series any longer.
  And what about the people who assisted you with all that babysitting? They were truly good friends who loved your family. But did they get compensated for their services? (Especially Kevin and Jody Kreiger and most of all Beth Carson).
  I feel embarssed for Jon and Kate’s decisions when it came down to determining who would get paid for being on their show.
  Did the both of you actually believe that this reality series show would go on forever? Now that all the children are in school, it’s not so interesting anymore.
  It’s time to give the public a break and end this show, as it would benefit the entire Gosselin Family.

• I am sorry but Jon always seemed so selfish and impatient, now boo hoo hes just married at 22 and all he has had is kids poor jon he makes me sick Kate on the other hand is quite mature, I wonder if he will still bother with the kids he is very impatient

• I think Jon is has just now figured out that he made a mistake. I mean sure Kate can rewind a million times and see how she treated him badly a million ways. By the time she probably saw just how bi*chy she really came off it was too late. BUT… who knows what she had to put up with?? He sure didn’t make some smart decisions on camera! Taking up with those brainless skanks that all knew that he was a married father who was acting like an alley cat in heat!
  So did you hear the latest? He brings roses to Kate at their latest court date? And she refused them! Good for her! He needs Therapy! He embarrassed himself and all of his family. Heck I was embarrassed for him… All the things he said and did… what part of you are being filmed did he not get?
  I knew Haley and him would never last!
  Now they are without a show… and he is without much of a future… all the talk of doing a show seems kind of senseless now…. I mean why would Kate let him film the family as a Bachelor Dad would he wouldn’t let her continue a comfortable and lucrative show already in place…. Yeah, ya know… I would have refused the roses too!

• I think that Jon acted like a child most of the time. He never took any initiative to do anything on his own so Kate had to direct him to do things to help her. If she hadn’t said anything to him she would have had to do everything herself. His past comments show his immaturity and selfishness. Every comment is based on his feelings and his wants. When Kate speaks she talks about her children and the effect the situation will have on them – not on her. She was the adult in the relationship and Jon was the child. Hopefully he can grow and mature into the man Kate thought he was.

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