Jon and Kate Plus Eight Gets Nasty: Aunt Jodi Tells Her Side

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• Omfg! I love this show because Kate is such a crazy bitch! This blog is to die for!

  I always knew there was some crazy shit going on behind the scenes! I can’t believe they actually have a personal chef! When Kate is always going on about how great of a cook she is!

  Soooo juicy! Thanks for the link Beet!

• OMG I can’t believe she would do this to Jodi!!! Well i guess I can but still! Everyone who watches the show should read this blog.

• Wow, I just read every entry on there. I’ll definitely be watching those episodes in a new light now. I did think she was a bit harsh on jodi for the gum ep even before i read that tho.

• Dude-I freakin’ love this show. I can’t believe all this shit is true! :0 I’ve been dying to know what all is made up & what’s real. From the above post-they have a personal chef?!?! What??? Oh my-if I can’t trust Jon & Kate, I can’t trust anyone! haha ;)

  btw-just saw in a magazine today that jon & kate renewed their vows in hawaii recently w/ all of the kids…wonder how much she had to pay him to do that one?! haha :) she looked miserable, of course.

• I want this train wreck off the air. I love Aunt Jodi…. Let’s see a show about her. It would be cool to see her interact and give back to the community like she does off the show. I think she’s a saint for putting up with what she did. Her and Beth.

  I heard thru the grapevine that sponsors are none too happy with the show and I bet they pull it without notice to KON. Too bad for figure 8 productions. They’ll have to find some other network to hock their sextuplet land to. Has anyone noticed how the girls names on KON’s website has been updated to show their real age but the tups age still say’s 3. They are 4. Weird maybe the younger they are the more money they bring in for things like crazy hairplugs, tummy tucks, breast lifts, botox, teethwhitening. You know things that are important. Also, snubbing Kelly Ripa just urked me to no end. Who doe that Kate lady think she is. The kids are really cute, but so are a lot of kids. I think to whom much is given much is required.

  Oh to ramble on more, Do you think that crazy plastic surgeon featured on the j&k website has gotten any backlash…
  I feel sorry for his practice now.

• PS love the beet

• after reading the blog and knowing all the episodes, i fully believe this. i’ve been questioning kate more and more with her outbursts, not to mention how every episode they are paying for some lavish vacation or buying something new. tisk tisk.

• I think the real truth lies somewhere inbetween. This Jolie person whom started the website seems to try to disect everything they do to make them look evil. I get stressed sometimes w/ 2 kids – so I can’t imagine what it’s like to have 8. I watch the show here and there and enjoy it. I think there may be some truth to what the aunt’s sister is saying, but I’m sure it’s exagerated. I honestly don’t think the mature way for her to handle the “threats” she was receiving was to handle it privately. That would be the classy thing to do IMO. Not pages of blogs on “gumgate”.

• I agree with SazzyJane, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. I grew up with a mom that was a yeller and a screamer, very much like Kate. She had her angry outbursts and moments with three kids, I can’t imagine what it would be like with eight.
  Personally, I think that this person needs to back off. Just because Kate has a temper does not mean that she is doing wrong. Not everyone has the personality to be soft spoken with their children.
  It seems to me like SHE is the one trying to start an “internet war” to get more attention for herself.

• I don’t think that even looks like Aunt Jodi.

• O, I hope you brought an umberella, b/c you just sooooo rained on my Jon & Kate + 8 parade! I love that show, even turned my mom onto it, so of course I read the entire blog just now. The more I think about it, the more I don’t think it’s entirely true. Yes, the gum thing was a little out of hand, & the parents can overreact & make mistakes (who doesn’t?) But they have 8 kids. EIGHT. Six of them under the age of 4 (fyi, in most preschools, the teacher to child ratio for 4 & under is 5 kids to one teacher). So what if they have someone to help clean the house, so what if they have someone help cook? As for them having all this money, wouldn’t they have a nicer clothes, furniture, make up application skills (Kate’s blush is a bit, let’s just say much, sometimes)? & isn’t Jodi’s house, or more like Mansion, all hard wood floors, with a pool & modern furniture, or am I thinking of someone else? Who knows, maybe she wanted more money & that’s why she’s not on anymore. Who knows?

  which is pretty much my point. Who knows with any reality show? ‘d still watch it, but my nieghbor that I was “ghetto sharing” cable with moved & well, I can always catch up when I visit moms….

• I never knew any of this was going on. Thanks to you Beet, I never miss this show and watch the marathons all the time. I kinda feel like I did when I found out Santa Clause wasn’t real.

• I used to think that Kate was like a Drill Sergeant because she had to be. This is sad, and I used to be additcted to Jon and Kate. Now, not so much. I do believe that she has issues…

• Reality show ; where the pretty petty air their lousy laundry. Who cares…

• this woman is so sad.
  she is so hungry for attention that she is willing to betray her family.
  Aunt Jodi get a life!
  I LOVE LOVE LOVE jon and KATE!

• she is super anal. like giving disposal bibs every time they eat (not enviromentally sane) so many things i have p/u on. like, i think her husband is brow beat to death. Kate needs a fashion lesson. and the kids clothes look like they just swooped them off the Wal-Mart rack all pressed and perfect because they were never washed first. Is that weird? go to Baby Gap instead. She seems super overwhelmed not to mention a total control freak to make up for what she lacked as a child. blech. i wish i could watch it more. but it’s annoying! the kids are cute, but the parents are just clueless. hire a nanny and make that part of the show. stop being a helicopter parent with them and let them get dirty and go outside with out some stupid spread sheet plan.

• I can’t believe she would do this to Jodi

• I read the ‘Truth Breeds Hatred’ a week or so ago, and I must say, that just the name of the blog turned me off. If you watch the show consistently, you already knew that Kate had issues, but why should that knowledge result in hatred of Kate? She has been super annoying in current episodes, true, but that just makes her one more flawed human being. Maybe Aunt Jodie and Jon are better at censoring their negative behavior when the camera is on, or are they just saints? (Actually, sometimes I think that Jon comes close.)

  I do sympathize with Aunt Jodie, who seems genuinely sweet and loving, but using her sister’s blog as a forum for her response was not wise. Her sister is the woman who claims that Jodie and her husband have financial problems, yet I suspect that if they sold their mansion with the pool in the backyard and lived in more modest circumstances, they could resolve their financial issues. And it is definitely not the responsibility of Jon and Kate to help them financially, and I understand Kate’s premise perfectly. If your relatives come to rely on a tv contract and salary, it could definitely corrupt/alter their relationship with your children that the tv show is about.

  This said, here are my pet peeves:

  1. In a recent episode Kate kept putting Jon down as he cooked a large and time consuming Korean meal for the family, and complained that the kitchen is her only refuge, and that she can’t stand having anyone else in it. Then it turns out that they have a professional chef cooking for them?

  And during the ‘confessional’ after the meal, Kate complimented Jon on the meal, and said that she would have to do several Aisian dishes after seeing how the kids enjoyed the Korean meal, seemed a little competetive and missing the point. The kids loved the meal not just because Korean food is delicious, but because the father they love cooked it, and was sharing the Korean heritage that he, not Kate, shares with the kids.

  I think that Kate always wants to be perceived as the number one and best parent.

  3. I have been deeply concerned about Kate’s treatment of Jon for a long time. She is emotionally abusive of him, and her children are learning that behavior. As they continue to develop and their unique personality’s emerge more and more, the negative behaviors they have internalized will emerge too. Plus, they will deeply resent their mother for her treatment of their father. Wake up Kate, and get some help.

  Finally, I do think Jon and Kate love their chidren with all their heart and soul. During the first season you saw Jon coming home from work while the kids are alseep as Kate leaves for her week end nursing job. Both parents worked, and their work schedules plus the work of taking care of all 8 chilren was grueling. In the episode where Jon and Kate moved to a larger home, you saw them both working like dogs to accomplish the move, largely on their own, especially Jon. Of course they would prefer to be supported by the tv show and have a better life style as well. And I am sure that they realize that the show will not continue indefinitely.

  Their recent problems, as I see it, have to do more with handling sudden fame and wealth and the personal intrusion into their family that it brings. I think that they are trying to find a way to minimize the intrusion but still have an interesting show. And I do not see the children as being exploited, although that could come if the show continued to follow them into their teens, which Jon and Kate have already said will not happen. The children seem perfectly happy with the cameras on, and I get the distinct impression that they love the people on the camera crew, and vice versa.

  Anyway, I love this show and this family!

  2. Why do Jon and Kate speak in churches across the country every other week end when they have EIGHT children at home who DESPERATELY need their time and attention?

• Sorry, somehw the # of my pet peeves got moved around during the transmission.

• Kate WOULD freak out about some gum spots. She has nothing else going on in her life except kids, cooking, and cleaning. For her gum spots are a big deal because it’s her whole life. She should have had all those extra fertilized eggs taken out like what normal people do in that situation. It’s their fault she’s stuck in the house with 8 kids for the next 18 years. I think what she needs to calm down is a life outside of the house. If anything she’s probably jealous of Jodi’s freedom and easy-going attitude.

• I’m not one to stick up for celebrities.. but since Kate isn’t really a celebrity but a hardworking mother I guess I can comment.
  I think that this Aunt Jodi character needs to shut up.
  Jon and Kate obviously need the money for their kids more than she does, and if she doesn’t want to babysit.. then I’m sure there are people more than happy to help with the eight children.
  I don’t know these people personally.. but again they aren’t celebrities.. and no one wants to hear Aunt Jodi rant on like some D-lister who wants her 5 minutes of fame. Hope that wasn’t too harsh.

• I could not read that whole blog.. But, Kate is definitely a bitch. To be quite honest, I’ve never liked Kate. I understand she has eight kids, blah blah blahhh. However, Kate is not the only fucking one. Has anyone seen that episode of that show that Oprah did (no, not the Oprah show), and that guy had to do something for a family who had like FIFTEEN disabled children that they adopted? I understand that family doesn’t have a show, so we don’t know exactly what their home life is like. But you can get a pretty good idea. Sooo.. listen Kate, not everyone who has more than 5 kids is a fucking bitch.

• I think this person is pretty sad and pathetic to be posting about people she isn’t even actually personally involved with. She’s just living through it all by Jodi. She seems really bitter. SAD!

• I loooooooove kate

• you don’t scream at the kids over what the sitter did

• I would rather see a reality show about the family who has their 18th child on the way ( due in January ).. Is it the Dugger family??? They are wholesome and are not phony as Kate… I cannot STAND her and will NOT watch another episode or will any of my friends. She needs therapy fast AND medication !!!

• right on, rita! or is running ragged or has impossibly short hair, or browbeats her husband/partner, or has a reality show……………

• What really bothers me is that they claim that they believe that they should not have had selective abortion because GOD gave them all these children, and that it would be worng… BUT, GOD did not give them 6 kids, fertility drugs did! If GOD wanted them to have any kids, then they shouldn’t have had to use the fertility drugs in the first place…. That in itself boils my blood! Then they have the audacity to ask for handouts! UGGGGHHH I just can’t. It makes me so angry!

• the show actually induces anxiety. seriously. instead of chuckling or being ingaged, i get anxious. just like nanny 911. yuck. give us fun.

• Strong feelings about this show…could some one inform me where this show is aired…I have never even heard of it. Thanks.

• TLC http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/jon-and-kate/jon-and-kate.html

• Team Kate. Having mulitples is a completely different dynamic. I have 3 kids, my oldest two are twins. Everything was handled with military precision when they were little, things can get out of hand very quickly. I think we all have moments that we are VERY glad are not televised. Regarding the Jodi contract issue: while we may not all see the reasons behind it, I’m sure that Kate feels that she’s protecting the interests of her kids. Jodi seems guinely heartbroken and appears to be a very sensitive person. I’m guessing she took “Gumgate” a little too seriously and her sister’s involvement has made the situation worse.

• lorelei….many thanks for the link!

• Lordy Be!

  People are STILL defending them………….it boggles the intelligent mind, truly.

  http://blog.psychic-wisdom.net

• Yes, Kate does seem sincere…..sincere in seeing that NOBODY makes a dime off whoring out her kids but her. I’ll never watch again.

• I agree with CGL, multiples change everything. Team Kate all the way. If Kate was such a horrible person, you would see it in her kids. Basically, two parenting styles and personalities clashed, and it turned into a publicized family feud. “Don’t believe what you see on TV,” well, don’t believe what you read on clearly biased blog. If half the feuding my family goes through was put on the internet, this exact thing would happen too.

• If you research local paper articles you can find out that they had a nurse paid for by the state around the clock when the kids were infants and when they turned 1 the state stopped paying and Jon freaked out saying it wasn’t fair to take anything away from them. They went on local tv and instead of thanking everyone for donations etc they said “we need transportation—a 15 passenger van would be good”. Jon himself made many quotes in local papers etc. about how people need to help support them and the county helped set up college funds etc for the kids. He has openly gone on message boards in 2005 saying straight out that the county and state owes it to them to provide for these children. It is also been printed in local papers that the house renovations etc. are all fully paid for by the network in addition to being paid for the show to “create story lines that would pull in viewers”. So anytime you see $$$$$ flying around it’s pretty safe to assume the network paid for it so that they could get drama out of Kate for a story line. Basically if you search hometown papers etc you can get the truth and even quotes from J&K themselves proving all these things so the blog by Jodie’s sister shouldn’t be shocking.

• You’ve been slow today beet,
  No worries!! I enjoyed that.. I never liked Kate but now I really dislike Kate.
  QUestion- Why when I come to comment is there already a name in there? One that i’ve never used.

• So wheres kates response to this? I figured they were not as family loving as seen.That poor lady took care of those babies even the time they had the flu…

• they are just jealous. it is simple as that. Kate knows that you never get into business with family-money will tear relationships apart. she is just being smart. those red headed sisters are just bitter and jealous. it might be just me but from the beginning Jodi came off as an evil stepford wife type

• You’ve got to read the Gosslinswithoutpity blog. It’s even better!

  I’ve thought this bitch was neurotic from the first episode. She is definitely whoring her kids out for money and freebies. It’s obvious. Yeah..I get having a one hour documentary (or even just one season) showing the lives of this family, cause it’s interesting and all. But why is it necessary to continue year after year and have cameras (and the world) observing these kid’s lives? They do need to grow up as normal as possible for a family like theirs. I know they aren’t like other families but that doesn’t mean they deserve to go through the stages of childhood with the world watching and scrutinizing their every move.
  As for Kate….there aren’t enough words to describe this miserable woman. I have no respect for someone who doesn’t allow their children to get their free, high end clothes dirty with the stains of childhood, just because she wants to resale them when they are outgrown. And what normal family needs SO MANY free first class trips in the course of a year? These kids have already gotten used to getting so many free things all the time, having theme parks cleared out just for them, not having to wait in line, and thinking they are too good to have to talk to other children, that when the time comes that this show gets cut off the air (which will be soon I promise) they aren’t going to know how to deal with the reality of life.
  Their horrible mother is taking advantage of other people’s kindness to such an incredible extent. And the worst part is, she doesn’t even appreciate it. She expects all this free shit, and then is picky about what she gets. You’d think with all that people do for her she can at least let fans take pictures and get autographs. Instead she snubs them like she is royalty. Even worse…she can’t even donate old clothes and toys to charity. Or give one of her first class trips to someone who truly needs it.I hope someone is smart enough to one day offer some free therapy for her soon-to-be fucked up in the head children.

• Not to defend Kate and how bitchy she can be…….. buuuut, she does have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (please look it up) and from personal experience, you have many crazy, bitchy, hormonal tendencies. She just needs to control them for everyones sake.

• I watch this show just because I’m convinced that one day Jon is going to haul off and punch Kate right in her mouth. It’ll be so awesome. I’ll buy the DVDs fo sho’.

• Read this article about Controlling Kate:

  http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_334106.html

• @ kateblow i don’t think their clothes are high end; they look okay though. but why does everyone need to dress the same? mix it up a bit. maybe it’s more practical for her.

• Aunt Jodi does not have the big house w/ a pool in the back yard. That is Beth

• Love the show. Love this new blog. I do have to say, if these are the worst of the “problems” for the family (Jon, Kate, Jodi, Julie, etc. included) then they are all doing pretty damn well.

• Oh and as for Kate’s temperamental, over-bearing need for control, she will get hers in the end. It will come in the form of an adolescent Mady.

• I used to watch this show religiously. The kids are adorable. But I saw Kate go ape sh– about some ice cream on the kids’ shirts at Disney World and could not longer stand watching. She is just psychotic, and I feel so bad for the kids that she yells at them so much. You can tell that Madelyn has already gotten her mom’s high maintenance personality. Hopefully the sextuplets will ban together and not be affected – if that is even possible.

  I think Kate disrespects Jon in almost every episode. She yells at him in a Toys R Us and she berates him in public. Grow a pair Jon!

  I loved Aunt Jodie. She seemed so calm and collected under the circumstances. Hope this can be resolved and the kids will receive that positivity from their aunt and uncle.

• 1. THis show went from being about the kids to being about how to get freebies and become celebrities b/c of the kids…sad ( $ is the root of all evil but we can all use it).
  2. Kate and Jon are doing what we all would do- take the freebies- true!
  3. Never leave your many sick kids to go get hair plugs- come on! where’s your priority? …sad
  4. As a fellow germaphope and neat freak I understand why Kate freaks out but the respect she should have for her husband should stop her from treating him so terribly. sad
  5. Mady is a mini Kate and its scary… true how would you change that?
  6. If this show goes on, TLC may lose many viewers true (maybe they should give the lady w/half a bod her own show- I am sure she can use the money).
  7. If the show returns to its roots, many viewers will watch. true
  8. As a fellow Christian, I am embarrased by Kate’s lack of respect for her hubby and at times how they mock the kids… especially the “icky boys”. Don’t get me wrong. We all may do it and we all have our faults. But, this is on TV people. Your kids will watch one day the funny faces that you make mocking them and it will probably be when they are in thier tween age and when they are so critical of themselves. – true
  9. I am sure that they do love thier kids- at times it shows- True
  10.Kate needs a new haircut – true
  11. Aunt Jodi was such a calm balance to drama queen Kate- she’ll be missed- true
  12.why is the book no longer co-written by Beth? Why r the parents not involved? you all know about Jodi. again the money/ controlissue… sad
  13. I hope they are no longer on government assistance b/c I don’ think they need it. true
  14. I those kids need a lil more luv and a lil less drama… true
  15. I have 7 adopted of my own & I may know a thing or two:) this whole j&k thing is sad and true.
  jpme

• I’m concerned by all the mom’s out there who think Kate is a great mom. Anyone mom who would let their child stand around in pain from constepation while she took her time to pick out frickin beds is as selfish as they come. Especially for a nurse who knows the pain and discomfort and possible negative effects that a impacted bowel can have especially on such a small child.

  I’ve also never seen a mother have such favorites in her children. And don’t start on the fact she has a lot of kids…. Any preschool teacher, like me, can tell you it’s not as crazy as Kate makes it seem.

• amen to that!

• i despise this show – kate is a terrible mother, always berating her husband (in front of kids, cameras, whatever), screaming and yelling like a bansheeand generally being a self serving bitch, snapping at everyone around her. i feel bad for those kids, but the husband needs to grow some balls pronto and tell his wife to STFU although something tells me that some day he will snap and strangle her just to get some peace and quiet. i’ve only seen this show 2 or 3 times and i have been appalled at kate’s behavior each time, especially the toys r us episode and the disneyworld one, where her shrieking freak out regarding the ice cream on the kid’s shirt was painful to watch…what the fuck is wrong with her? it’s ice cream, you dumb bitch, not poop. who cares? let the kid enjoy herself! and why did they have fertility treatments when they already had two kids? if they wanted more why not adopt? just because they willingly had 8 children does not make them good parents. they get no sympathy from me… this couple is in a hell of their own making.

• All I can say is that you can’t believe everything you see or read. This is a t.v. show and the producers splice and dice and make it interesting for viewers. Most of it may be true but an exact document of them and their lives?? I highly doubt it. Anyone who believes to heart everything they see on a t.v. show or reality show should take a step back and rethink things. I don’t have a lot of respect for anyone who could put their life on camera like that anyway. They put themselves out there to be judged though, so I can’t blame anyone but them.

• It makes me sick that these stupid fuckers would knowingly bring eight children into this world and then demand help from the community to support them. The doctor who inseminated this bitch with six eggs should be shot. Selective reduction, you ugly greedy whore!

• jodi sank to a complete low by posting this video…she shouldn’t air her dirty laundry in public no matter how angry she is… we havent seen both sides to the agrument, cause i;m sure that jodi and julie are being biased…did jodi ever think of how this would negativly effect the kids? cara and mady are old enough to search the interent!

• @ pak31: Exactly. What people are potentially realizing now is that it’s actually worse than what you see on tv.

  @ just me: They totally should give that lady her own show. She seems to be getting by alright, but not much more than that. She also seems to be a really decent person, and that’s probably why she only agrees to occasional hour long specials.

• Kate is horrible and I cringe watching her. I used to feel sorry for Jon but it is obvious to all, he has no backbone. Please take this show off the air and make Kate go away! She is such a bitch!!

• I am absolutely appalled at the whole blog/aunt jodi/contract issue, and it just makes me sick!! I agree that jodi shouldnt have made the video, BUT people do deserve to know the truth, and boy im i ever glad to know it all now!
  Ive been a faithful fan of the show since day1, and ive always thought Kate was nothing but an ignorant bitch who constantly emotionally abuses her husband, and orders all the “volunteers” and her own children around (like she is sooooo much better than everyone else..PFFFT! )…
  Ive read a couple of comments telling Jon to grow some balls, or to just leave her.. BUT what is this guy going to do?? Literally he is F&*ked for life after having 6 more kids with her. He should have gotten out after the first two!! Really, if he were to leave her, she would have him working ten jobs to pay child support!!!!!
  I feel for him, but not near as much as i do for those eight kids, aunt jodi/kevin/their family and these “volunteers” that have appeared in an episode or two then been “dismissed” if you will… Kate is THAT controlling that in the end, TLC is gonna cancel their show, and then whats left???
  8 kids to care for on her OWN, no family to help her(because jodi and kevin seemed to be all the family she had), and more and more people in this world who hate her or cant stand her.
  Way to go kate, you truly are a great mother and wife,sister,sister and law and friend NOT!!! You are just a selfish, greedy, good for nothing person..i hope one day you will see what you really are and change, before you really lose everyone!! even your own kids one day because of your disgusting ways.
  get a life, stop living in your reality world!!!!

• Isn’t there some kind of law for working children a certain amount of hours? And, also who is protecting the financial interest of the children? Just as actors from years ago as Shirley Temple and others in her era lost millions to their parents, they were not protected. I know there is some kind of law now that protects the rights of children for hours worked and money….Is Kate jumping and screaming b/c her children are getting paid.

  Why doesn’t TLC take them off the air?

• Wait which kids are her favorites? My mom thinks its Hannah. I used to be obsessed with this show. My mom has always seen right through it, and I would always defend it to the fullest. Now after going on blogs and reading part of the truth, I am so disappointed and over it. Something needs to be done for those kids. They basically have a full-time job. I could go on and on, because I am so DISAPPOINTED!!!! All I gotta say is Little People Big World, better not have this kind of secret side. I will be heart broken! lol seriously..jk…kinda.

• Kate is a good Mom. She’s a bit wacko, but then most Moms are luckily sanity isn’t a prerequisite for the job … LOL!) God gave her those septuplets to raise and she is clearly the woman for the job. Her organizational skills are awesome. She has mellowed noticeably over the years. I will admit that Jon looks like he’s SO done with this woman he can’t afford to divorce, but as a family they are very committed to each other. You have to read between the lines to see the effect that fame has had on them. No more 4th of Julys in the park with the community, now they are isolated and alone but making the best of it. They clearly give a great deal of thought to making their children’s lives stable, secure and fun. The TV show has made their lives easier but also difficult as well. I’m sure it is not Kate and Jon’s ideas to drag the kids all over kingdom come to provide entertaining episodes but they do so because the income from the show has given them a good life. Kate also seems to have a deep understanding of the public’s interest in her children and doesn’t mind sharing. She & Jon try hard to always present them in the best possible light and still keep things real.

• I love the show ,I agree with alot of comments that the real truth lies somewhere in the middle. Yes raising a family of 8 must be so very stressful and challenging , however not so very long ago it was quite common for famlies to have 10-15 kids in a time of no modern medcial help ,good living conditions,good schools ,better jobs.And you did not hear about theses parents having nervous breakdowns,Or being OCD to death (KATE).
  I love and admire Jon and Kate they have a difficult job,Yet they must remember God has blessed them with,healthy beautiful kids with parents dispite Kate OCD actions really do love them.
  She has the option of being a stay at home mom,VERY rare this day and age when both must work to survive. They go great to events ,tours .picking pumpkins, have a nice home ,good natural food to eat (love that Kate refuses to feed them crappy fast food,go Kate) nice clothes,wonderful vacacations like the one just shown from North Carolina which is lovely we’ve been b4. not in a house like that though.So they have many things to be grateful for.

  I watch all the shows each week and will continue to….maybe Aunt Jodi needs attention or maybe her hurt and anger is valid.
  We will probably never know the truth since this is a show about someone real life however,editing is one way to keep it all under control and possibly the truth about alot we don’t know or is none of the public’s business.

• I would love to see Jody and her husband with their own reality show. The camera doesn’t lie folks and her genuine compassionate personality came through. Probably won’t happen since a calm serene life isn’t in these days.

• Everyone seems to agree that there are major problems in this household. Jon seems helpless and Kate has so many issues as to be innumerable. Bottom line seems to me to be that she desperately needs medication and therapy to deal with some obviously deep-seated issues. For example, why is Christmas only celebrated among the ten of them – where are the grandparents, relatives, cousins, etc.? Why are Kate’s parents NEVER mentioned? What did they do to her when she was little to make her so obsessive and disturbed now? This woman does not need criticism, she needs HELP now. I do not doubt she loves her kids but she really doesn’t really know how to show it. She seems to equate cleanliness and obsessive attention to unnecessary detail with love. She has mentioned so many times, within earshot of the boys, that boys are gross because their hands are dirty. (What are the boys learning from that? That they are gross.) Mady sees her mother being rewarded by the camera crew and staff for pitching fits and acting infantile, so she does the same thing. PLEASE, TLC, help this woman. Pay her to go to therapy so she doesn’t drive her kids to drugs, rebellion, depression and all the other horrors of teenagers today and her husband to someone soft and kind. SAVE THE CHILDREN!

• OK let me set the record straight once and for all- I have serious JNK connections- my brother is involved with the production of THE show- let’s just say he calls both JNK “outrageous, money-grubbing toads with a false sense of entitlement”. Yes, everything Jodi’s sister is blogging about is absolutely true. To be quite frank, she’s actually keeping it quite positive, and there are several other dirty secrets that she could and should expose. This show is a complete joke, and Jon and Kate have lied on several occasions about their finaicial standing and their motives for doing the show. First of all JNK get paid more for one episode aired than many people do annually, not to mention residuals- that is money they receive for re-runs aired on TLC, which come on everyday. They also receive “love offerings” from their church weekly, again that amount to more than a lot of people make in a year. JNK do speaking engagments several times a month-usually leaving the kids at home- and no, they don’t do these for free. They charge thousands of dollars for their time, and encourage each audience member to donate at minimum $5, after all that you can buy a $10 autographed photo of
  JNK + 8. These people are millionaires, plain and simple!!!! Any time they do an activity, the business either provides their services for free, or TLC takes care of the bill(s). Any time the family or JNK take a vacation, again TLC pays for everything not covered by a variety of businesses-airfare, food, accomodations, activities, special clothing, literally everything. Gap Kids supplies the kids with free clothing every year, and JNK also recieve free clothing from Gap. More business than you could imagine supply JNK with thousands of dollars of free merchandice every year, apparently they receive 5 shipments a week of “stuff”. They are planning to move relatively soon to a home they are building from the ground up, outside of Pennsylvnia, not just some random home that they’re buying and moving into. In conclusion, no, the truth does not lie somewhere in the middle, JNK do not have the truth on their side. They go on and on about how if trips and such were not donated to them they would never able to afford such luxuries- this is completely false. Kate has help out of the wazoo, such as nannies, housekeepers, lundry helpers, and a personal organic chef, yet we never see these people on camera. Kate claims she only receives 10-15 hours a week of childcare, and cooks 3 meals daily- yeah right Kate. JNK are worth millions, I’m wondering when they’re ever going to start giving back?! I hope that one day viewers see JNK for who they really are, and stop falling for their lies.

• An addendum. During the Fourth of July episode when Kate bribed her crying little girls with lollipops if they would continue to sit and have their hair braided even though she admitted she knew it was hurting them, I thought my heart would break. And her reason for making them continue to have the braids put in? Because she didn’t like it when the girls were in the pool and their hair was in their eyes. ABSURD!!!! She has to be mentally ill to make that kind of comment and then to allow it to be shown on tv.

• I think kate has a hard time it is very frustrating when you have ocd and cant control it she also has eight children to take care of the comments some of you have made are terrible if i had eight kids i would hope someone would feel sorry for me and give me a tummy tuck or boob job hell dont you think she deserves it its just not nice what most of you are saying there are always to sides to every story

• I once loved the show but now is seeing a different light.

• This show needs to be cancelled. The public is over watching Kate and Jon pimp out their kids, plain and simple.

• I took the time to read all of “Aunt Jodie’s” sister’s posts. It was a bit of an eye opener. Like most viewers of the J& K show, I had no idea that there are so many people working in the background to help Miss Queen Bee (Kate) take care of her little hive. I guess I, like so many others actually believed that she and Jon (along with the help of a few extremely kind-hearted people, such as “Aunt Jodie and Uncle Kevin,” “Nanna” and “Beth”) did most of the day to day family chores.

  I came to the show in it’s third year and even in the short time that I have watched the show, I have found Kate to be a very narcisstic young woman and I truly think that her mental problems are actually more harmful to her children, than the cameras that are around quite often.

  Anyone who has watched this show (even only once) can see how her constant screaming and compulsive behavior regarding “germs, dirt, etc” is so harmful to the development of her children. These poor children…..ie….”worker bees” are missing out on a normal childhood….one whereby they can play and actually make a mess.

  How very sad that these adorable children are providing a very nice income, not to mention, free vacations, free home, etc for two adults who appear to be very immature and self-centered.

  Isn’t odd that neither Jon nor Kate never have any family members around to enjoy their children? The only family they had was “Aunt Jodie and Uncle Kevin” and now it appears that Kate has “cut” the cord with them too. I wonder how long it will be before Nana and Beth are gone from the show as well.

  The above comments I have made are “my opinion” but I do think that from reading other posts that many share them as well. I seriously doubt if this show will be around after another year or two at best because not many people care to watch a dysfunctional family for entertainment.

• Kate is human and she’s got a lot on her plate and as the “business” of being Jon and Kate plus eight has grown, I’m sure mistakes will be made…. that’s life. good for them for doing what they need to and want to do for their family.

  So she said something negative about the gum and Jodi. Can’t Jodi see through the situation and just be okay with it? It is “reality” t.v. and everyone says things or doesn’t say things they wish no else would or would not hear. Having multiples is different than having kids of various ages. boo Jodi and her sister for dragging out that stuff, if indeed that is Jodi on the video, etc. And please Aunt Jodi can not claim to love her neices and nephews more than Jon and Kate do… as she seems to imply. back off! if you’re not a fan, don’t watch.

  I’m sure there is jealously and a whole slew of unexpected emotions involved, but to drag it out in a blog, yuck, and who cares if Kate has negotiated help and assistance…. good for her! just because she’s a mom does not mean she is nothing else. she’s allow to want things for herself and her family. so what if she’s savvy. who knows what all this will yield for their family both financially and emotionally. nobody’s perfect. we all struggle. give props to people who struggle with passion!

• Charlene:
  I don’t thinnk Jodi said anything until the video as a response to the emailers and to thank her supporters. Yes, mistakes will be made, but if this Kate is a true christian, the mistakes will be a lot softer than telling your husband while christmas shopping in public. That’s what bites me: If she is a true christian, where is God’s love in her?

• Seriously Kate acts like she is so great…ORGANIC…OUTINGS…whatever. I live in Amish country and I know families who have 10,11, 12 and even more children. That’s the families I give props to, NOT John and Kate, they are using their children as moneymakers for them. Plus, any couple who has eight children never should have money and time to run off the get transplants and tummy tucks. Kate acts like they have it rough with 8 children. Yeah! How rough it must be to have a network pay for all your vacations, have a chef, personal assistant, should I go on?? People need to wake up and realize this is not a true reality T.V. show. There is no such thing, remember it’s T.V.

• KATE: Find a therapist and go every day for at least a year. Your behavior has obviously stirred up so much negative reaction that you must be questioning your mental health by now. Give yourself and your family a great gift and get your head fixed. It is so much easier to fix yourself now than it will be to fix all your kids when they are teenagers. As a former high school special ed teacher, I know what emotionally abused children become and it is so painful for everyone, kids and parents alike. PLEASE STOP HURTING YOUR CHILDREN!

• For starters, the woman in the video isn’t Jodi. I love watching the show mostly for all of the little nuances that every family member has. Kate nagging at Jon or being OCD about cleanliness isn’t any more terrible than Jon’s passive agressiveness. They are PEOPLE and we should remember that when watching the show. They are filmed only 2 days out of each week and that is the only footage we see. How many of us whine, cry, yell, scream, or do anything of the sort 2 days a week? I know I do, and I know my parents did when I was growing up. So keep that in mind before throwing in votes for Kate as the “Worst Mother.”

• for organic eating, she looks and acts like shit.

• and kate, your clothes are awful. your hair is absurd. frosty tips from 1982. the cut is a mystery.

• jon, you just piss everyone off. bald head and the dead glazed look in your eyes. i cannot watch anymore. a bunch of hodunks from some stupid small town in PA. your children are fine, but they do not look very happy with that wife of yours. wtf is wrong with her?

• i thought i saw some Gap Kids clothes, but usually the clothes are somewhat boring. and that’s cool to get freebies because of the show. BUT. well, read above.

• geeeeeez.

• Dear Jon and Kate
  First: No not everyone hates you; but there is something rotten going on in your household. You put yourselves in a reality show, so now you have to deal with the criticims. And, no, its not jealousy. Its embarrasement. Any christian out there- especially those who attend AG, are embarrassed at the way Kate treats Jon. Ofcourse all couples disagree and banter here and back. But, treating your spouse like a child and telling your spouse to take the stick out… well, its not very christianly. No, we are not perfect, but since you know that you are going to be on tv, why not soften the blow to each other. We AG goers would appreciate it:)
  Secondly, the whole cancel the church appearances is pretty crazy and really plays into the publics view that you are money hungry. Don’t get me wrong, putting 8 kids through college will require money; but canceling at short notice – its just not right- and to ask for $25,000- wow. That’s how much some folks make in a year! The tidbits here and there where finances are an issue are beginning to bother us all. We all now by know that you ARE NOT starving and that you are rather well off. Honestly, some of us come from huge- no ginormous households and somehow our parents managed. So, please, let go of the money stuff. I mean really, my last vacation was in 02 and we just can’t afford another one right now with todays economy. SO, I am thinking that if u can take vacations, then you are doing just fine. And, we know all about the endorsements. So please – no more about “we need ” this and that. Go ahead, buy the big house, but no more money needs talks even on your webpage. I mean, you guys are “celebrities ” now and seriously, the state of Penn should not have to support you either and we hope that they are not.
  Thirdly, how about more of the kids and less of Kate and Jon. Hey we don’t hate you…. its just that the whole idea of the show in the first place was the multiples and thier day to day interactions, not Kate’s rantings, or Jons hairplugs, etc.
  Fourthly, we all know about Jodi and why all of the help seems to go away after time. I am a control freak myself. I run my home a certain way and that’s the way I like it. But, really, cutting off family for $$$ issues- really. Let’s be honest, Jodi was so much softer than Kate (not saying that Kate does not love her children-we can see on the issue every now and then that she does) but Jodi showed loving affection something you guys seem to busy to do (really- worrying about the color of the hair clips is not important- let them mismatch Kate- kids are suppossed to be colorful anyway). Or, maybe the both of you can stop worrying about the insignificant things and get down to your kids eyeview and tell them how important and wonderful they are. It’ll be worth more to them than painting themselves with chocolate pudding.
  Fifth: Every couple can use therapy and you with multiples can defenitly use some alone time. It will help Kate’s control issues and help Jon be more assertive. I know , I know, I have heard that Kate as poly cystic OS. I have it too, but really, you can control those hormonal rantings if that’s what you are blaming it on. Or, perhaps it was the way that Kate was brought up- I hear ya. I have been their myself – my father was a strict christian man and ran a house of 11 like an army. But, Kate we are suppossed to grow and let things go. So please, get some therapy- no, not because you are crazy, but because it will refresh you, it will calm you down and it will help you see what is really important in life.
  Bottom line: you have made it clear that you are christians- now lets make the changes and see a reflection of what a christian household is rth. Then again, why change, it helps your ratings doesn’ it ? to keep the kids in last place, worry about how poor you are and treat each other disrespectfully. So what’s more important then: Your children, your fellow christians respect or money and ratings?
  ITs time for change folks…. its time for change.

• Jon and Kate, with two, and then eight, and then six kids in college at the same time are not going to have ANY problem getting government loans, and in reality, colleges are probably going to offer those kids free tuition just to have them go to their schools. So this money-grubbing behavior in the name of college funds is crap!

• oh my goodness!!! WHERE DO I START?????

  1. maybe with the hitting (kate hitting jon, mady hitting the little ones, the little ones hitting each other.) MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  2. its been four years, she still refers to the “family of 4” (every episode kate refers to this, now mady does) MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  3. the favoritism. (kates favorites are mady and hannah, its obvious her own BOYS are too dirty for her. “anyone that passes through can help with the cake”, unless you are a boy, right kate?) MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  4. kates constant need to reconstruct every word, comment, and remark that comes out of jons mouth. yeah kate, we heard him. we understand english. (hope my grammar was correct enough for you. that obnoxious need to correct everyone, you YOURSELF have admitted, has created “issues” for mady in everyday life and in her schoolwork.) MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  5. kates own realization that when they are out in public, she is unaware of anyone around her and their reactions to her outbursts. “they look at us with pity”. NO!!! they are looking at your children and family situation with pity, kate. these “uncontrollable” outbursts, are in turn, being acted out by your children now. MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  6. kate, herself, says on every episode that she does not have the time to work on her own issues and apparently not the childrens either. mady is already 7. you are ALREADY over a third done with her and have taught her NOTHING about controlling her behavior and sluff it off as her being INVADED by the 6 little ones, just for being born. MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  7. her own children refer to her as the queen bee, sitting on her throne, barking orders at everyone. MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  8. kates inability to have a lasting, meaningful relationship with any other female, except BETH. but beth is always there with an open hand (kates favorite kind of hand) and an open heart. GIMME GIMME. MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  9. kates constant, never-ending, day in – day out, reminding US ALL of how bad she has it. if you caught the episode about conceiving the 6, she herself admitted that jon and her DISCUSSED having more in the future, although she jumps the gun and makes appointment without first consulting jon. pretty big life decision to drag everyone through. I WANT IT – I WILL GET IT. MOMMY DOES IT!?!

  I COULD GO ON………

  i have said for the last couple years, what is she going to do when the 6 go to school? most of us that have children have NO OTHER CHOICE to send kids to daycare, etc. to meet the needs of our families. NO NOT KATE!!!!!! Does she think school, the other children (there are other children in the world, kate) and the parents of these children want cameras following them around at school? i pity any teacher that has any of the kids in their class. her constant hovering and her inability to resolve a situation for EVERYONES best interest. (its called compromise, kate) not to mention, she will be driving ONE HOUR EACH WAY to get these kids to school. (well we know whos paying for the gas, right TLC?)

  THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING: kate has no regard for ANYONE around her. HER CHILDREN, HER HUSBAND, HER FAMILY (her “family” only consists of the 10 of them, right kate).

  have you EVER heard her say NO to mady? have you EVERY heard her tell Mady to SHUT HER MOUTH? have you EVER heard her EXPLAIN ANYTHING to her children without bullying and yelling at them? have you EVER heard her react to her children without the IMMATURE squealing? have you noticed how she looks to the camera whenever she “gets on jon” about something, like she is getting support from her PEEPS. she gets that, “come one ladies, you know what i mean” look and looks at camera like we all agree with her tantrums. (WELL WE DONT, KATE!) Have you noticed how sad and mentally beat down Cara looks? did you notice in the episode when she talks about what she thinks her kids will be when they grow up, she goes on and on about mady being president, blah blah blah, and Cara will be……….responsible. WHAT??????? Cara is more mature, nurturing, well behaved and motherly than ANYONE ELSE IN THAT HOUSE!!!! INCLUDING HER OWN MOTHER. i think that comes from the fact that Cara does know how it feels to be shorted and how DRAINING it can be to have the “CUP IS ALWAYS HAVE EMPTY” CRAP shoved down her throat all the time. (too bad that free $5000.00 piano shows fingerprints, huh kate. just more poor pity cleaning for your STAFF to deal with.) kate is always talking safety and health for these kids, but their play area consists of the driveway and the driveway only. cant get grass stains – but who cares about the daily BOREDOM. THEY ARE CLEAN THOUGH. have you EVERY seen her play, swing, read to, or even let them express an emotion or feeling about THEMSELVES? JUST MADY. POOR MADY. THOSE STUPID BABIES!!!!!! have you noticed how the girls speak pretty well (not upto normal 4 year old speech, i might add) and the boys just dont seem to have the development skills that they should. Scissors, paint, even WASHABLE markers and paints cant be played with – TOO DIRTY. (they are washable – thats why they call them that.)

  OH AND THAT DARN JODI!!!!!!!!!!! amazing how they can play, be happy, enthused and creative, take turns, be listened to by Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin, all while jodi has her own kids in tow? HOW DARE JODI!!!! Kate is constantly reminding america that NO ONE COULD DO IT BUT HER. Looks like Aunt Jodi can – all with a smile on her face. You are right kate, Jodi makes you look really bad. YOU make yourself look really bad.

  Maybe when the kids are grown (they do that you know) and out of your face, then you can work on your “relationship” with jon (not that there will be one left) and start disciplining your own children. not enough time right now. (put the emails and vacation planner down. theres always time to do what is right)

  Oh, and for once Kate, can you please get control of your children without jon’s help? you cant handle the outburst of ONE child without having to yell at jon that “HES NOT HELPING ME OUT”. Maybe you should HIT him!!!!! oh yeah, you already do. Kids dont see it as a, what do you call it? a “love tap”. your kids see you HITTING daddy.

  MY LOVE OFFERING TO KATE: you should offer to LOVE your children, dirty fingernails and all. i will keep my money, thanks!!!!!

  kate, you act like a fifteen year old that wants to run off into the sunset with your boyfriend and have babies to fulfill the emptiness in your heart. THERE IS DIRT OFF IN THE SUNSET TOO KATE AND OTHER PEOPLE THERE TOO. learn to deal, mommy.

• set an example:

  take one, just one, of your speaking engagement “offerings”, take that TLC paid plane, take those twins of yours and go to NEW ORLEANS.

  how many TRULY POOR innocent children are STILL displaced from Katrina? take your $25,000 and start a Gosselin fund for these children. i know you would never do this privately, you have to have the credit, right kate? thats o.k., we understand your insecurity with yourself, your marriage and your children.

  enough with the amusement parks, not very amusing.

  do something right. set an example, for once. show your children what NEEDY families really look like. i cant imagine new orleans children and their families watching your show and stomaching it. get off your soapbox. you are not an example of positive parenting.

  you are not living in reality. FAR FROM IT!!!!!!!!!! you are raising your children in the public eye, YOU started it. quit feeling sorry for yourself. at least someone feels sorry for you, right kate?

  she doesn’t like the outdoors, she doesn’t like snow, she doesn’t like sports, she feeds her childrens tantrums, she feeds her childrens insecurity, she CREATES their insecurity.

  GOD forbid they grow up healthy, confident, and tuned into reality, because then THEY WOULD BE ONTO YOU. LONELY, LONELY KATE.

  for someone with such CONTROL issues, your precious mady seems to control YOU!!!!!!!!!!

• OOPS!!!! NEW ORLEANS IS PROBABLY TOO DIRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I can understand why some people love kate, others hate kate, some love the overall premise of the show, others hate the appearance of unfair child labor (aka: pimping them out) and how there are multiple sources of help for the family, both private and corporate that contribute to them. It’s entirely fine for people to have their say on what they like and don’t, but it’s easy to forget that there are always 2 sides to things and we have only heard one side. I did read the truth breeds…blog, and while it attacks the statement that was allegedly posted on the gosselins website about this, I didn’t find anything other than a simple statement making it clear that they are not going to get into a public cat fight over this, and I have to see how that makes sense for the sake of the kids. I am less sympathetic to Jodi after the video, because if this was so terrible on her, maybe staying on vacation from the show and sticking close to her own family would have been better than a denigrating blog that really didn’t solve the original problem. After claims of Kate being nothing but drama, this is a clear moment of “Pot, meet Kettle.” Not a Kate fan, but not willing to see jodi or her sister (who received threats over this?!? who would waste the time, since her sister is of no signifigance to the actual show) as victims of any kind. Two wrongs don’t make a right and jodi IS guilty of this is, if the allegations against kate are even true. We only see the best of aunt jodi in small clips of the show, not “behind closed doors” the way kate is shown, and after such a silly ploy for sympathy about how hurt she is (enter sniff, sniff and a tissue here) she should just move on from this and leave the gosselins behind. I would love to see an end to this drama (which doesn’t really belong to any of us blogging here, so we don’t have to live with it) and hopefully Lordymememememememe can get some help for her pet project of rebuliding N.O., since Jon and Kate really don’t have anything to do with Katrina and the suffering caused there. It’s just easy to be bitter when others have it great and some don’t. The Gosselins did not cause Katrina or the aftermath.

• seriously.

  collecting money for autographs? sitting on their couch and calling their not so pretty kids – homely? LYING about having is so hard off? watching their kids hit each other and NEVER DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

  thats great for the kids, huh?

  New Orleans is not my pet project. just giving kate ideas about how they can give back instead of CONTINUALLY asking for a handout.

  i didnt cause Katrina either, so we should let THOSE kids suffer? the gosselins do not suffer.

  seriously. kate will answer to HER god, not me our you.

  stating my opinion. GO JODI!!!!!!!!

  f.y.i. Kate and Jon get paid, not their kids. when you are collecting that much money but you dont have college accounts set up, its obvious this MOTHER (aka banchee) has got serious problems.

• my only comment regarding Aunt Jodi was in reference to what is broadcasted on the show. SHE (JODI) IS A GOOD MOTHER. i, in no way referred to any “claims” from jodis blog (because i havent even read it.) what the gosselins charge is public knowledge and can be acquired directly from THEIR OWN SITE.

  its very disheartening to see TLC showing these kids CONTINUALLY acting out , hitting each other, and kates own bad behavior on the show. im not one of those kind of wives that likes to “huddle” and complain about our worthless husbands. typical wife/mommy cop-out behavior. its embarrassing. i dont like to “whip” my men.

  if you were one aisle over from ANY of this behavior in a grocery store, i hope you would be bothered. i believe it is VERY irresponsible for TLC to show this CONSTANT bad behavior (which, in fact, starts and ends with kate) and physical violence (which, in fact, starts and ends with kate) and then follow it by shows like NANNY TO THE RESCUE.

  i wonder what Nanny’s “family observation” notes would be of kate. i dont think they would be very good.

• Its a sad situation. Aunt Jodi was so very maternal and loving to all those children. Doesn’t surprise me much about the Gosselins since they never ever include grandparents…What’s with that????????

• I come a family of 8. I was the oldest, having siblings practically born every two years including brother #7 was born with Downs..Now Kate, you have it MADE!!! Our vacation consisted of going to Hershey park, where we lived! And each of us got a few dollars of spending money.

  All of our clothes were hand me downs. I was fortunate being the oldest, got the new ones. I had four brothers, four sisters, a loving Italian mom and Polish father who worked 16 hours a day to keep the family fed. Mom stayed at home and baked her own bread, made her own food, grew her own garden…So, please, spare me with this being difficult. The Down’s Syndrome brother is now 46 years old, kept alive with love surrounding him from everyone….

  The Gosselins need to wake up and get a life with a real family and day to day living issues… By the way, everyone, except my brother with Down’s syndrome, attended college (no scholarships!). We all worked summers at Hersheypark to earn the money needed to attend…

  Take a lesson…

• To the person who said it doesn’t look like Jodi……….Um it definitely does and that is her voice.

• I have been watching this show from the beginning. Yes, Kate can be controlling. I’m pretty sure there’s plenty of women out there. As far as Jodi goes, I thought this woman was a saint. And loved those kids to an extreme. Her sister is just jealous, and probably persuaded Jodi to turn the other cheek. She should maybe try raising 8 kids. She obviously does not know the lengths that these two hard working individuals have to go through to make sure that their kids are healthy and happy. Her sister needs to get over herself.

• I have watched the show in ‘bits and pieces’ for a while now. Actually one cant avoid it on that station since it seems to be on constantly. I would probably enjoy watching it a bit more if they got rid of kate. John seems like a really caring father who believes in raising the children properly and at the same time allowing them to have fun and expand their horizons. He also speaks very nicely to kate and with respect. UNFORTUNATELY one cant say the same for his wife Kate. Wow what an absolute bitch. She is sarcastic to John and finds absolutely every chance she can to belittle the guy and attempt to make him look like a fool during the show. He cant do anything, and believe me he does plenty in raising the kids and making her life easy while she seems to float along and complain about everything. A pity with that many children he will be tied to this individual for longer than many could endure. I also notice that on TLC there is absolutely no place to make comments on the people and or the show.

• I’m very sorry to Jodi and Kevin and their family. Jon and Kate will reap what they have sowed.

• Jon says he is an IT analyst. I know they dont get paid exactly peanuts, but how does he afford all of the clothing, trips, etc, while ‘the diva’ sits back and complains about doing some laundry?

• I am also concerned about the effect that living in the public eye will have on the children (not to mention whatever family problems they are experiencing). However, when making public comments about the family, it would be good for us to realize that the children may eventually be reading our comments too. We can’t control all the negative publicity, which is the inevitable result of this celebrity status that has been thrust upon the children, but I wouldn’t want to add to their trauma in any way.

  It seems that there ought to be public agencies which monitor the psychological impact on children who are exposed to public scrutiny like this, not to mention whether or not they are being compensated for it (much like child actors). This reality television has been the stuff of science fiction up to now, and perhaps the laws haven’t caught up with it yet.

• I can’t belive how ignorant some of these comments are:
  “If GOD wanted them to have any kids, then they shouldn’t have had to use the fertility drugs in the first place…. That in itself boils my blood!
  Are you serious with that comment???? Clearly you don’t know the heartache that comes with infertility. Fertility drugs are a wonderful thing. Some couple need more than just prayers to have a child.

  “Kate is a terrible mother!”
  Can you back that statement up? Do you have 8 children? Do you know what it’s like to have 8 children?? That is a really harsh comment.

  I think Jon and Kate are a typical couple. Couple’s bicker. It’s reality. Those who think she “treats Jon poorly” should watch Leave It To Beaver instead.
  From what I’ve seen the kids look pretty well adjusted and loved.

• I FOUND JON & KATE TO BE BORING, SPOILED PEOPLE.
  I CANNOT STAND TO WATCH THEM ANYMORE. IT ONLY TOOK A FEW EPISODES FOR ME TO FEEL THIS WAY.
  BTW: TWO SUPPOSEDLY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THAT USE THEIR KIDS TO GET RICH – THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE.

• ok…I do love the show,the children are very cute. but I have to say that I have 7 kids. basically raised them alone. dad did not help with anything but money. he was never home. I had 4 kids in diapers or pullups at the same time. tons of laundry , tons of dishes, lots of times eating pasta for dinner because financially it was very hard. sometimes I do not feel sorry for them. I have to put 7 kids through college all by myself. i understand it is not all at once but it is almost every year when they start college ages. It shouldnt bother me but it does. sorry for the mean posting.

• hahaha….that comment about Kate getting what she deserves…in the form of an adolescent Mady….was freaking hilarious. People really should flood TLC with emails, telling them they should discontinue the show. I will not be watching anymore.

• let me start by saying that although Jodi is great with all the kids, she hasn’t had them since birth, morning, noon and night. And of course having 12 kids is much more difficult than 8, just like 4 is more difficult than 1 or 2.
  If Jodi’s version is true, I think that Kate is wrong. After all, aren’t Christians suppose to be generous???
  Let’s not forget people, this affects their kids, watch what you say out of respect towards them.
  And,yes that is Jodi!

• I’m sorry, but it is amazing how smug and haughty most of these posts are.

  It’s just pathetic.

  I am so glad that all of you have superior parenting skills and are better spouses than Kate. I’m sure it makes you feel wonderful to get to tell yourself how great you are with every misstep another human being makes in the public eye. If I had a nickel for every time I saw a woman speak to her husband the way Kate does or overreact in public to something her child is doing, I would be a rich man.

  If there’s one thing that I have learned reading some of these bitter and jealous posts, it’s this: Women absolutely delight in tearing down other women that they feel threatened by or jealous of. Period.

  Since my wife and I have had kids I have been amazed by how few times other women have offered her moral support rather than saying things like, “You didn’t breast feed?” or “Don’t you think that doing (some mundane thing like “time outs”) is hurting your children?” All because they don’t have the self confidence to say to themselves, “Whatever works for you. Parenting is hard and we’re all in this together.”

  Kate is not Hitler, but you wouldn’t know it reading all of the “concern” in these posts. Do yourself a favor and google “Mother kills child (or children) and see what you get. Then take your concern and outrage somewhere in the world where it is needed.

• OMG, you have no clue about women. There are some of us who aren’t jealous or threatened by Kate. We just call a spade a spade or a shrew a shrew in her case. We don’t want to tear down women-you men do that enough. However, it’s women like her that set the rest of us back about 50 years. I bet your wife still brings you slippers at night and makes sure you get three squares a day.

  Take your misogynistic ‘tude elsewhere. Maybe your wife might enjoy it.

• I LOVE JON&KATE PLUS 8 and I will keep watcing them forever buahahahaha

• Challa,

  My wife and I both work and I do breakfast, lunch and baths and the first eight hours of the day with my kids, but a lot of men today do.

  “We don’t want to tear down women-you men do that enough.”

  Misogyny is defined as hatred or contempt for women. What is hatred and contempt for men called so I can classify the above quote?

  Actually some men advocate for their wives when doctors ignore their postpartum, and walk babies back and forth down the hall at 4:00 in the morning so their wives can sleep and recover from a misdiagnosed hypo-thyroid condition post pregnancy. Others just get the fan to point at a belly enflamed from a vicious PUPPS rash during pregnancy.

  Believe me, that stuff is hard to do when you don’t know anything about women, but we do our best.

  Slippers? Are you serious? What world are you living in? This isn’t the 50’s. That made me laugh out loud. In your mind, am I also smoking a pipe?

  “We just call a spade a spade or a shrew a shrew in her case.”

  Justify your anger at Kate Gosselin however you like, but don’t have the above attitude and get angry when someone else calls a spade a spade…

• I WAS so addicted to Jon & Kate Plus Eight. At 1st I was simply in awe of having 8 kids ( six the same age! ). I commended Jon & Kate. NOW I feel for Jon and the kids. Kate is so pushy, so all about her and can be downright rude and embarrassing as to how she treats Jon.

  I cannot help to wonder how these kids will be in years to come. TOO much ‘celebrity type’ image is a dangerous thing. They were born a blessing not a means to a TV life and $.

• We no longer watch the show. I’m not interested in Kate at all and removing her and Maddie would help the show. They both have camera fever in my opinion. Think they are cute and brainy. Neither are.
  I would like toi have seen her do some actual work for once and not with her mouth. Or in the multible notes she leaves everyone who enters the house. My Gosh the women is a mental case who is hung up on herself!!

• Kate over reacts to everything Jon needs to bitch slap her a couple of times and straighten that bitch out

• Jon needs to grow a pair first of course

• If you don’t like the show, don’t watch it. If this is the lifestyle Jon and Kate have chosen for their family, it is none of our business. Everyday mothers are abusing their children emotionally, physically, and sexually. Kate loves her children and she DOES show them affection and gives them positive feedback and encouragement all the time. Lets admit moms, how many of us actually sit on the floor and play with our children? When we are home, there is so much to do. We don’t love our children any less. Lets all watch the show and say something POSITIVE about Kate because if you watch closely, as you all do, you will see many positive attribues in her.

  Where I come from, SAHM’s hire nannies or au pairs to raise their children. My teenaged daughters can’t get babysitting gigs because all the moms have nannies!! They get their nails done, go the the gym, etc. This is the way they have chosen to raise their family, and again, it is nobody’s business. I, myself, chose NOT to live that lifestyle and devoted 100% of myself to my children and came close to death because of the neglect I gave MYSELF.

  I understand that the Gosselins are celebrities now, and the public will scrutinize everything they do. I feel sorry for them. They were given an opportunity that allows them to provide a decent lifestyle for their children. None of us are in their position, so it is hard to say what we would do if offered the same opportunity.

  Kate is Kate. She is not alone in her feelings, actions, etc. I know MANY mothers who function just like she does, and their kids are fine. Kate’s children are not abused or neglected. They receive love, structure, and discipline. They have a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. I don’t understand why so many people are in such an outrage about this family. Who cares how they choose to make money to raise their family?

  I can’t believe the comments people make on here about Mady. She is a little girl with a very difficult and spirited temperament. Many of us know the scenario well because WE HAVE ONE TOO! My daughter was just like Mady, and she has grown into a lovely young woman.

  I think the public needs to back off! Watch the show if you enjoy the entertainment it provides you or change the channel if it does not. Simple as that people. Focus your energy towards the starving and neglected children in this world, for there are many!! Leave the Gosselins alone, for it is the public that is going to make life difficult for these little ones, not their parents. Time for many of you to tune out.

• This is the most mean-spirited bunch of ignorant people I have ever come across at once. Some of the things some of you have said have been so hateful. I think their family is absolutely adorable. How dare some of you question their Christianity? Also how dare you say such horrible things about their children, particularly Mady? She is a CHILD, and as a teacher, I can assure you that she is nicer and sweeter than many of the neglected kids I teach every day. For those of you who call Kate a bitch or say that Jon needs to grow a pair–it is obvious that they love each other!! You can also tell that they LOVE their kids and try to always do their best by them. Please just turn the channel if you don’t like the show. Don’t post hateful remarks about them on the web. AND to the person who said that

• (continued)
  AND to the person who said the remarks about God and infertility—it is obvious that you don’t know the first thing about GOD OR INFERTILITY!! As someone who has struggled with PCOS (like Kate), and tried for 7 years to have a baby, I was reeling after I read what you wrote. Make no mistake about it–it was part of God’s plan for them to have 8 healthy children (and yes, medical intervention can be part of God’s plan!). I will pray for your hateful soul.

• I love aunt jody, I do not know who KATE thinks she is kidding..The kids do not seem happy…Maddy has alot of anger…She does not only abuse the kids, (emotionally), but she also abuses JON, Physically…

  She needs help…She acts like supermom..She is using the kids…

• i think its funny that they whole time in her blog she keeps saying that she shut down her facebook because she did like all the nasty comments that were being said about her sister, so to solve that problem she makes a whole blog where all she does is post nasty comments about her brother-in-laws sister!!!!! Plus that girl doesnt ever look like Jodi!!

• I will never quit watching the show reguardless. Lots people and famous have bed things about them and sometimes you don’t find out for years later ( look at Michael Jackson) . I think Kate is very confident, charming, and maybe she feels entitled you know the saying you are as important as what you contribute. People use people all the time. Maybe to her its a dog eat dog world. I do agree with teacherx Mady is a great child and they need to speak better of her. When she gets older to watch these it will hurt her feelings. There’s so many abused children every night. I think of the ones laying on a cold floor with wet diapers crying because their Mom or Dad’s sitting at the kitchen table high. Jon & Kate are your normal family and lots of kids now a days only have 1 parent.

• Many of the point that have been made are great while some are completely lost becasue the poster has to use such ignorant language such as…
  “It makes me sick that these stupid fuckers would knowingly bring eight children into this world and then demand help from the community to support them. The doctor who inseminated this bitch with six eggs should be shot. Selective reduction, you ugly greedy whore!”
  What is this? How does this get any kind of opinon or critisim across? Just because someone is against reduction, which many people are, does make her a whore…and the reason that women are inseminated with so many eggs is because typically only a few actually take (thats why they only have one set of six not two). Kate herself even said in an episode that they are fertility mishaps becasue typically multiple births of that size are not expected or wanted by the parent or the doctors.
  In terms of the what is being said about the show, I totally agree that Kate can come off as a completly unreasonable, but lets face it if we all had eight kids six under the age of five we would be high strung to. I also thing the show paints her in a more negative light because it helps with ratings, people love to hate her. She is tough on Jon becuase she is the one home with the kids all day all the time and has to have a schedual, when someone messes with a set schedual it can be tough of everyone, but she does need to give him ti benifit of the doubt and understand that just because a way of dealing with something is different doesn’t make it wrong.
  It sad the Aunt Jodi feels that she can no longer be part of the show and if she had started her own blog I would have been my sympathetic towards her. But what does her sister have to do with anything? A lady no one has every heard of is not being talked about because she allowed her sister (who appears on a weel liked tv shows) to post on her blog. Something doesnt add up…and i cant help but think that she has some kind of hidden agenda.
  As for Jon and Kate leaving to go and do things like talking and getting hair transplants when they have sick kids. Come off it…the kids where not on thier death beds, they had colds and the flu. Lets all stop being so critical because we are not in there positions and are only seeing one side of everything…what TLC decided is good to show.

• OMG I THINK THAT KATE WAS SO RIGHT I LOVE JON AND KATE PLUS 8 SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Jodi,
  you seem like a wonderful and loving mother. I remember that gum episode and felt so badly for you and I actually called my sister to tell her how upset I was that Kate yelled at you for such a ridiculous thing when she should have been thanking you over and over again for watching her 8 kids.

• Jodi, you are a wonderful mother. Kate should be doing nothing put thanking you and singing your praises.

• oops, I made a spelling error. But really, you seem so sweet. I can’t believe she has a personal chef! I wish just once she would admit that the reason she does the show is for money, and not because she wants everyone to “understand” her family.

• I have literally watched every single episode of this show and I have now vowed to never watch it again. kate is a total b***h to her husband, Aunt Jodi and everyone else. She is only concerned about her looks and money. I find it interesting that she is complaining about money and how they have to save and scrimp, but the houses they were looking at in NC and Virginia are on the market for $1.9 and $1.65 MILLION! Aunt Jodi is one of those people that you can just tell is a genuine nice person and shame on Kate for taking her away from those kids! When it’s all said and done, family is what matters and I guess they don’t care about their kids having cousins, aunt/uncles, or grandparents. That is awful! That is child abuse to keep their kids away from loving family members. Did you also hear that Kate cancelled their church speaking engagements for the rest of the year because she can make more at secular (non-chcurch) speaking engagements because they can charge per person. At a church, they only get $25,000.00 plus a love offering. Oh, poor Kate and Jon, only get to accept $25,000 plus church members hard-earned money to talk even more about yourself. Kate, your free ride is about to come to a screeching halt, America is about to find out the truth about you.

• Iwas born and raised in the same Metro area as Jon and Kate and the rumors and talk here have been rampant since the show started. My daughter told me just the other day that when kate was a nurse at one of our hospitals here most of the other nurses couldn’t stand her. I worked with a girl from their first Church and she was even suggesting we chip in to help them when the babies were just born. That church and its members coughed up a lot for them I was told.

  Seems Kate feels entitled to be taken care of. Her family has a lifestyle that is extravagant compared to those other sextuplents shown on other recent shows on cable. Those live a very modest and budgeted lifestyle.

• I am so in shock to read all the comments of what they feel. I thought so higly of kate for being such a good mom and for wanting to feed then organic foods. But now I’m not sure what to feel about her. So they realy have a chef that cooks for them. When did tall here about that. I’m so speechless.

• Amy, taking out some “of those extra fertilized eggs” because that’s “what normal people do” would have been aborting some of her children.
  She didn’t want to “select” a few to be aborted.

• I thought I was the only one who couldn’t stand Kate’s treatment of others, especially of Jon. She probably will think it is all Jon’s fault when he looks for someone to be with that doesn’t put him down all the time, She is pathetic to watch, In fact, I will not be watching it regularly anymore. I have really enjoyed watching the kids since they were born. Kate has spoiled the show by being such a controlling bitch . She needs professional help, now!

• i love the show and think that she is a freak but i also think jon needs to grow 2 thinggys the kids are cute and as long as the show is on i will watch it.. as for Jodi if she is really so sweeet and loving to those kids she would not be airing all of this shit for thew world too see after all who si gonna feel the most in the end not the adults all the kids and i mean all 8 of the gosslings and the 4 of jodis and kevin … If anyone in my family betrayed me like that i would not be to happy. ifg u truly love the kids it should never come down the the MONEY what is it they say about MONEY it is the root of WHAT oh yea the ROOT OF ALL EVIL even if u are christain

• Jodi,
  you are a sorry, bitter person…. kate is the most amazing mother and wife i have ever seen.i am sure the ONLY reason kate allowed you to care for the children is the simple fact that family is who you should be able to go to in time of need and not only that but do it with NO expectations… also for any mother even yourself,im sure you would feel like your kids would better better off wit a family member rather than anyone else.i dont know if the “chef” thing is true but if it is SO WHAT!!! if you had eight children to care for and she has been doing just that, then you start making better money(for whatever reason) in this case t.v. i’m sure you would get a chef if you could. LAY OFF AND STOP TALKING ABOUT KATE!!!!!she is a better mother than you…look at what you are teaching your kids!

• I use to love jon and kate,never missed a show,but lately kate has become a witch, she never lets the kids get dirt. how long are you going to make them wear those stupid paper bibs–until there teens.kate always says mady has issues dah i wonder were she got it from…and as for jon i think she does treat him like a dog…wake up jon your the man of the house,tell her to go pound salt.seems to me you do most of the work in the house,give the kids baths,make them breakfast because KATE IS NOT A MORNING PERSON.WAKE UP JON PUT HER IN HER PLACE!!!

• Okay I totally agree with “the obvious.”

  When you have 8 toddlers running around screaming, kicking and being toddlers, then and only then can you try and diss kate. Not one person is perfect in any way, shape, or form.

  But in the case that there is at lease one mother who believes they are, think about this:

  If you’re perfect you’ve obviously not ever screamed at your children. Not once have you had a bad day. Nor have you been hypocritical. You don’t ever need a break away from your kids. And you’re never frustrated with your husband.

  Now, take in to consideration that NO ONE is perfect.

  Jodi OFFERED to watch the 8 children every friday until noon. That’s not long. Hell, preschool teachers have their kids longer than that. Yeah so she has no money? She lives in a gorgeous house. And instead of beating down kate she simply could’ve just said “hey this isn’t working.” But she took it the wrong way and insisted she get paid.

  I find nothing wrong with kate. She’s being a mother to her children. The best mother she can be.

  Not everyone parents the same. Period.

• Okay I totally agree with “the obvious.”

  When you have 8 toddlers running around screaming, kicking and being toddlers, then and only then can you try and diss kate. Not one person is perfect in any way, shape, or form.

  But in the case that there is at lease one mother who believes they are, think about this:

  If you’re perfect you’ve obviously not ever screamed at your children. Not once have you had a bad day. Nor have you been hypocritical. You don’t ever need a break away from your kids. And you’re never frustrated with your husband.

  Now, take in to consideration that NO ONE is perfect.

  Jodi OFFERED to watch the 8 children every friday until noon. That’s not long. Hell, preschool teachers have their kids longer than that. Yeah so she has no money? She lives in a gorgeous house. And instead of beating down kate she simply could’ve just said “hey this isn’t working.” But she took it the wrong way and insisted she get paid.

  I find nothing wrong with kate. She’s being a mother to her children. The best mother she can be.

  Not everyone parents the same. Period. End of story.

• Okay I totally agree with “the obvious.”

  When you have 8 toddlers running around screaming, kicking and being toddlers, then and only then can you try and diss kate. Not one person is perfect in any way, shape, or form.

  But in the case that there is at lease one mother who believes they are, think about this:

  If you’re perfect you’ve obviously not ever screamed at your children. Not once have you had a bad day. Nor have you been hypocritical. You don’t ever need a break away from your kids. And you’re never frustrated with your husband.

  Now, take in to consideration that NO ONE is perfect.

  Jodi OFFERED to watch the 8 children every friday until noon. That’s not long. Hell, preschool teachers have their kids longer than that. Yeah so she has no money? She lives in a gorgeous house. And instead of beating down kate she simply could’ve just said “hey this isn’t working.” But she took it the wrong way and insisted she get paid.

  I find nothing wrong with kate. She’s being a mother to her children. The best mother she can be.

  Not everyone parents the same. Period. Done.

• Ugh sorry it wouldn’t post! =[

• First of all, the incident was a family matter and should have stayed a family matter. Second, if you feel that strongly against something or someone on the show, do not watch it! All this hatred over something you can’t control sounds really silly-you do not live in their house and you do not truly know all there is about the situation. So why do you even care? I watched the show just to see what it is like to have several sets of multiples-not to judge their lives or decisions. If you have not personally given them any money or your time, then their financial issues (or lack of) does not concern you. Raise your own family and hope that they become good people and don’t worry about someone who doesn’t even know you exist! And last, all you women who said that you want Jon to backhand Kate, need some serious help…a man should never raise his hand to a woman because he is the stronger of the two.

• kate is a bitch and jon is a fruitloop

• I have watched the show from the beginning, and at first I felt sympathy for Kate and Jon. It must be very hard work to take care of eight children. However, the show has become more difficult to watch over the years. Kate has got to be one of the most annoying, controlling, ill-tempered, rude, and incredibly ungrateful women on television. She doesn’t seem to have any real friends, since she badmouths and criticizes everyone behind their backs. I can understand why her extended family members stay far away from her. I feel sorry for her children. I am a bit of a clean freak myself, but to have a complete meltdown when the children get a bit messy is disturbing, to say the least. The Disneyworld ice cream incident was so painful to watch. The poor Disney characters looked so bewildered and nervous as Kate was screaming. And the way she ranted about Aunt Jodi giving them gum, and yelling at her small children about chewing it… I sincerely wonder if she is having some type of psychotic breakdown. She needs serious psychological counseling before she completely emotionally ruins those innocent children. I fear for their future.

• this blog is such a joke. I am sure there is about a grain of truth to it, but it seems like someone is just looking to get some attention off of this. I love John and Kate. Grow up and get a life, if this was all true how come Jodi doesn’t come out with her own blog, why are we hearing it from her sister and not first hand. Oh and the whold gum issue, honestly I would be upset too, It’s freakin gum, I remember getting gum in stuff when i was a kid and then getting a spanking for it.

• I have to say that I think this Kate is a selfish woman. I’ve seen parts of the show and I think it’s flat out wrong to take fertility drugs, especially if you already have children. This woman seems to have a “poor me” attitude that is pretty insulting. I personally can’t stand the Duggar family who is prego with #18, but at least Mom Duggar doesn’t have the arrogant, self-serving attitude that Kate seems to have. Jon could have done better. If he doesn’t go nuts, that will be a miracle. And yes, EIGHT IS too many!

• I like Aunt Jodi and I’m sorry to see her go. You know the sextuplets and the twins seemed so much more relaxed at her house. I heard that Jon and Kate and the kids are moving to North Carolina where TLC is building them a dream house.

• Teri (above) said it all!
  I too think Kate DOES need some psychological help.
  If they do move to NC, at least they will be away from Aunt Jodi…that poor woman has been put thru enough~

• I absolutely love jon and kate. i have 3 kids under 3 and i understand the stress it can put on you. jon and my husband share the same personality and i am quite simliar to kate (minus having someone to put away my laundry or clean my kitchen).
  I can understand how some people think she’s bitchy and neurotic and that jon is a pushover or that the entire house is just in chaos…
  HOWEVER, does anyone realise that the episodes are NOT real time, they are bits and pieces and are edited and put together and you’re not getting the entire story. why would they film and broadcast a family getting along and playing nice and mom and dad drinking coffee and relaxing…..would anyone watch it?? no!!!!
  BUGGER OFF and leave them be, watch the show or don’t watch the show, just give it a rest already, you don’t know them, you don’t know the whole story and if it’s not in their show then it’s none of your business! SERIOUSLY! GET A LIFE!!!!!!

• JODI IS A LIER

• I think kate is the worse bitch I have seen with eight kids and a husband as nice a Jon, and who has not left her in the dust. I use to really like the show but kate has such a nasty attitude. I refuse to watch the show now. She is a sadistic and cuuel woman. I feel sorry for her. hope she reads this

• I think kate is the worse bitch I have seen with eight kids and a husband as nice a Jon, and who has not left her in the dust. I use to really like the show but kate has such a nasty attitude. I refuse to watch the show now. She is a sadistic and cruel woman. I feel sorry for her. Hope she reads this.

• Well let me tell you, kate is a BITCH. I am from their home town area and I run into them MANY times at a popluar restaurant, Austins, in the Sinking Spring area.

  On one of my visits, she walked by my table as they were leaving. I made a commit on how well behaved her children were throughout lunch. She looked at me and made a very snide remark, rather then just saying thank you. Two of the servers came running over to me and apologized to me on how she acted. I told the servers that they did not need to apologize, that it should be her making the apology. They then proceeded to tell me that she is like that everytime she visits.

  IF she is so concerned about her privacy, then maybe she should not be flaunting her children on TV. She talks about how hard it is physically and financially, she is so full of shit. The van that they travel in, the new home that they will be moving into soon and many other perks that she has, she got and still gets for free. And lets not forget, the show pays her very well. She should be VERY happy that these little angles came along, becasue THEY are now paying HER bills.

  Maybe BITCH is not a good way to discribe her, F—— BITCH is better.

• Whoever gave that barren bitch kids shuld be shot. The husband should back over her with that free van. And all you big fans of the show should know by now that Jodi is the bitch’s sister in law.

• Ican’t belie JODI ans her SISTER wld do this Kate I fully support j and k The kids love the crew and its not childlabor there are other reaity tv shows with kidsin it. jodi also neverwas asked to sit the kids ever single friday52 times a yr jodioffered and thn she wanted to be paid foor it all she had to do is say its too much the kids ae isa when KATE SAID THE KIDS AE TIED OF GOING 2 aunt jodis they ere tird of getting up ery day gettin buckled in2a carseat. katecoud have urvived woshow k peeps. the show isjust likeanyother show the kids are noy t nt going 2 turn ointo druggies or alcholishey are ok qiut ttacking katei knowher pees who have8 ids bt THERE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME AGE!! DUH U PEEPSEALLY NED TOO GET UR HEADS SCEWD ON RIGHT K OD UR ALL O NNYOING. IF U A 8 KIDLL THE SAME GE WOULDNT U WANTTHEM TO AVE EXERIENCES THEY GOT TE JUST KIK ANYOE ESE WOUDHA FAMLIES OF4 GO TODISNEY LANDANDSKIING AN TO THE REDWOD THEY AVE 8 SO ITSfair2 them k u l need to rewlzas a show that if nothing bd happened no one oul watch it aunt jodii bein overdramatic and iS WHINING LKE A MORONBBY XY MORN ALERT GOSHI O KNW EXACTLY EHAT HAPPED BC IM NOT KATE O JODIBUT I DO KNOW YOU AL NED TO LET THEMFIGUE IT OUT

• I AM IUSGUSTED DO YOU PEOPLE HAVE ANYHING BETTER TODOTAN WORRY ABOUT THI JUST WATH TV AND BE HAPPY And always remember-MVP =Mstvalubale pzza

• I am a grandmother of six. Twin girls 4 boys 7- 9– 10 and 13. I would not change anything in my life. I feel that my life is in Gods hands and everything in life is what it is. My feeings are that the creation of famly is the most important number one thing there is in this life . No one has the right to judge anyone. Jon and Kate have the right to raise their children. On the show everyone seems to make it through the day and get up he next morning. God Bless them and God Bless all of the wonderfull peple who took the time tosubmit their comments and yes they are your comments. I love the show and Jon and Kate and 8 you keep going and keep the FAITH.

• I predict a divorce in Jon & Kate’s future. Remember my name and remember I said it.

  Money is the root of all evil.
  :-)

• I don’t know why this drives me crazy, but the phrase is not “Money is the root of all evil”. It is “The love of money is the root of all evil”.

  If you’re gonna throw it out there, get it right.

• I really enjoy watching Jon and Kate and those adorable children. It can’t be easy, and don’t begrudge them trying to make a better life for their family. If you haven’t had money than you get it, that is a hard balance to stay true to ones self and ideals. I really like Jodi and feel bad she is no longer in their lives and has been so hurt. Kate can be insensitive and rude but I see that she is mellowing.
  They are all Christians so I hope they can all make up. There is too many evil things going on in the world to be spending time pulling this family down. Good luck to them all.

• Sorry Getitright….whatever you say

• Marla, I think you better learn how to type. better yet, learn how to SPELL. You are a perfect example of what is wrong with this country. You are an uneducated a– hole, and it shows in your typing. Get life you moron, and go back to school and study ENGLISH, not ebonics.

• Lynda, Keeping the faith is one thing, and treating people with RESPECT is another. Kate does not know how to treat anyone with respect. She is a true BITCH, and what goes around comes around. And she will get hers.

• IT’S A REALITY SHOW PEOPLE!!!!. Of course Kate and Jon have to make it interesting. Who wants to watch an everyday housewife go about her tedious chores day in and day out? I can’t blame them for accepting the free offers. It is called advertising. I love Jon and Kate and I am sure they love each other. As for Jodi, she is out to destroy Jon and Kate by publicly outing them and their business. Sounds like hating to me. Why should Jodi get a ontract? I can see getting paid for each episode she appears in though. Why isn’t Kevin standing up for Jodi?

• Thanks Tom
  If I ever visit their hometown, I’ll watch out for the huge van before I pick a spot to go eat. LOL

  I don’t have a problem with people capitalizing any way they can, but I don’t want to hear their sob stories after they have it “made in the shade”.

  Maybe they will build that dream home north of where they vacationed. (only accessible by driving on the beach through the dunes). There were plenty of lots for sale there to build on. Then they can take a ferry over every time they go grocery shopping. That will make for some nice filming.

• i have been watching the show off and on for over a year. i had a hard time with kate, her obsession with germs, the kids getting dirty, jon not being perfect. the six little ones are adorable, but the twins need some attitude adjustments. i hope that kate will realize that cleaning is not that important and spend more time with her children before they are grown and resent her ocd. i am curious as to why you never see or hear of any other family members, except for aunt jodi, do they have no other family?

• Patsy, Look up the word REALITY. It means REAL, right. She is NOT pretending to be a BITCH, she is a BITCH and a FREELOADER.

  There are many people that have multiple children, have honest jobs and dont expect others to pay for them. These people can’t go to Hershey Park, Disney, get transportation or a brand new house, FOR FREE. Why, becasue they are to busy working and taking care of themself and their children. And not CRYING about it like that A—- hole Kate.

  The only people that I know who want everything for free, are the healthy people STEALING from WELFARE. So I guess you can say, Kate is one of those people. She gets paid for EVERY episode and still wants everone else to pay for her things.

  POOR, POOR, POOR little kate. My gosh, what would she do if she really had to work.

• Wow, all of this information definately sheds light on the whole J&K show. It makes since why I never see Kate cook anymore, usually she is just serving the meal out of a slow cooker, never really preparing a meal. Also why you never see her doing the day to day tasks that a family of 10 would need to have done regularly like laundry, cleaning, etc. I know that doesn’t make for good TV, but they are just taks that have to be done and if they are filming 24/7 you would at least get a glimpse of it. Also i never see her read her kids a book, talk with them about…well anything. I wonder why we do place her on such a high pedastool, is it b/c she has 8 kids? Jon has not been to work in a really long time, and I am tired of watching episodes about jon and kate. She will probably home school the 6 kids to make the show last longer. What ever happened to Beth?
  I do wish Kate would quit complaining and be greatful for what they have.

• I love Jon and Kate Plus 8, I know all 8 of there names, I absolutley adore them.I watch it every time it’s on!And yea, Kate yells and so does Jon sometimes, but every parent does.They are REAL just like everybody else. And if you dont yell, I bet you would if you had the stress of 8 kids all of the time, Kate’s with them alot!I think they do a great job of taking on the challenge of 8 little kids, yea there cute, but they do pick and hit and cry like every kid does and that has to cause Kate stress.I admire Jon and Kate for all of the things they do for there kids, vacations,events,shows, and theme parks,those kids will have so many memories of happy experiences!And I think it is wrong for Jodi to say all of that about them when in the begining she volunteered to baby sit for them, she even said on the show that she enjoyed watching them.I mean she’s family, should want to help them out and shouldn’t get that nasy throuh the media over money to Jon and Kate!Alot of people in my family watch other family memer’s kids without pay, even I do, I love kids.But through this sitauation I SUPPORT JON AND KATE 100%!!!!

• the blog about the naked pics of hanah on u tube is just plain disturbing!!

• And for the people that say Kate is a Bitch, I like her, she’s real and not fake.Alot of people are Bitches and everybody is at sometime, and the twins I think are well behaved compared to alot of kids, don’t critize them because thier on tv. People that watch reality expect it to be real not perfect.And as for them being handed what they want, they do a show, what do you expect!?!And John works, Kate quit nursing to raise her kids, they spend alot of there money on thier kids and there house is only a mid class, everyday house. Jodi has a nicer house than they do! The people that complain about the $ are just jealous,anybody would accept $ and trips, so don’t hate them for it! I think the show is doing a good thing to help make the kids’ life better.And if you dont like it, why do you watch it!?!

• I think Jon and Kate are doing a wonderful job raising two sets of multiples!Yes,Kate&Jon yell alot but what parents don’t, especially with 8 kids,6 of which are young and the age.I love the children,they are adorabe.

  I think Jody, I think Jody is in the wrong for wanting money for babysitting for her family and for stooping so low to get back at JonandKate!

  The only thing that bothers me is that Alexis sleeps two floors down from everybody else in the (finished) basement.Whether it was because she wants to or because she wakes the other little girls up at 4:00 in the morning to play?Either way, I wouldn’t I woudn’t like the thought of it, but she obvisiouly don’t mind.But I like that Kate don’t allow the other two girls to form there own little “group”.

  Anyways I love the show,I watch it twice a week.Keep up the good work Jon and Kate!

• That is so dirty, I wonder how many others you errassed that supported Jon and Kate,you just erased mine because it was true,and I really got into details.Jody you are fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I am an advid fan of Jon and Kate. I do understand that this “reality show” is made for tv, and that some things are not always as they appear. I have been rattled by the gumgate scandal and had no idea about this at all until I stumbled upon it accidentally. I understand where Kate is coming from. IMO they are trying to get as much income as possible more then likely as they know the show will not continue for long. I cannot see this lasting into the school years. This being said, they are probably trying to build a nest egg for the years to come. If John makes under 40, 000 at his current job and Kate is not working, you can see where this will lead them in the years to come with the mouths to feed and education to fulfil.

  Several people seem to complain about her getting the “freebies”. These freebies work both ways. The companies providing the freebies are getting a return in free advertisement. I am positive, that what Jon and Kate are receiving would not compare in costs to what the companies would have to pay in advertising. The only thing I have found disturbing so far was the episode with the VTEC. That was weird. That was an endorsement plug for certain. It shouldnt have been there. A visual was all one really needed, I am sure that parents all know what VTEC is and what they make.

  I do love this show and can appreciate all sides. My husband always says, who cares what people think. Do we really need to analyse their lives to make ourselves feel better as we do not have as much? Really, the shame should be on ourselves for even caring or being so judgemental. (He would kill me if he even knew that I was posting this) Lets just watch the show, perhaps see things in Jon and Kate and the children that we can learn from (both good and bad) and change the things that need changing in our own lives. Their lives are their lives. We dont know how their children are going to turn out, we dont know what will happen in 4 or 5 years. We are not their best friends, or family and I am sure that they will not search me out to ask me what I think or what anyone else thinks.

• I don’t live all that far from them…..or have they moved yet??? If not, maybe I can go egg their house for you guys! lol

  I only watch the show once in a while but after reading ppl’s take on this show and Kate’s behavior I am watching w/’renewed interest’ and different eyesight. I didn’t realize what an anal, cold hearted wreck Kate was. Do you think she reads these comments in ppl’s blogs. I wouldn’t trade my OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT life for anything….w/re: to ppl scrutinizing every word I said.

  I can’t believe she dissed on sweet, fun loving Kelly Ripa. I can’t believe they put a sign on their lawn telling people NOT to talk to them. (No problemo. Your family doesn’t interest me that much.) You know, when I lst read negative stuff about them I thought it was mean but sadly, all these ppl (more regular viewers than myself) can’t be wrong. Neither can her sister in law. How sad.

  She needs to lighten up. Good for Oprah not giving them any more goodies. What else do they need? They’ve had plastic surgery, teeth whitening, hair implants, spa days, free babysitting, etc etc.

  And all Kate does is complain. She can’t even enjoy a sunset. One day there is gonna be a ‘sunset’, Kate. The camera won’t shine on you forever. And no one will care. And maybe even atleast one of your kids will have a nasty TELL ALL book about you.

• I have noticed that Mady seems very moody and angry. They may want to get her some counseling. I am sure it is hard for Jon & Kate to give each child the individual attention needed, but Mady is screamingfor attention.

• ummm what the hell is this stuff would you guys please leave your opinions to yourself im very sure jodi would never put that stuff on because first of all its too dark to see it and second she would not air that stuff for the whole country to see would you ?if you answer yes to this question then you are an idiot get a grip on reality go to work look after your kids and stay the hell off the internet because its people like you that make the world a terrible place to live in and

• How sad. I pray that all will work out between the families. Whatever the truths may be. They really don’t matter.

  These disagreements only hurt the children involved. Children who do not have the capacity to understand such adult issues.
  I am sure they (all 12 kids) do not know the details of the situation, nor do I believe they need to. IMO life should continue as normal, making precious memories with your family. The kids love each other and should have every opportunity to enjoy each others company.
  I am seperated by some 1800 miles from my family. My children have never played with their cousins. Not because of choice, but location. I can only wish to share such loving memories with my nieces and nephew.

  Jodi, be the mortar that holds the family together. If Kate is as rotten as made out to be, (by the tv show, not you) you should be able to not take it personally. I wish we knew how Kevin feels about the situation. As it his sister. That is a bond that shouldn’t be easily broken. I believe Kate shares that sentiment for her own children. In the episode where there are obtaining a will for the kids if something should happen to the two of them the kids should not be split up. It seems that the sibling bond is important. In times of stress, you need each other. I do not want to pass judgement on Kate or make excuses for her behavior. I only know what I am allowed to see by the show. I believe she loves those kids with all of her being. I believe that she is doing her best to raise them. I believe that the success of the show replaced the unthinkable anxiousness that must have consumed them when they found out they were expecting 6 more kids. Could their be mistakes, and mismanagement? Absolutely. Forgiveness for those mistakes – without a doubt. She is only human.
  The biggest mistake that could ever be made is your and Kevins absence in your nieces and nephew lives. Not to mention the affects on your children. I really am not advocating abusive behavior. I just want to be a kind voice of reason in this cruel world. I am not saying that you should be a door mat. Although they do perform a great service. They remove the crud that has collected and welcome you home. The dirt stays out. If everything that is said is true about Kate, her pattern is to shut out those of great importance in her life. IF all is true about Kate. She needs you and Kevin. I can’t qoute her from that episode I mentioned above, but she knows the importance of your siblings in times of stress. Keep the dirt out. Money or no money. Your being in their lives is of far greater importance. Kate needs Kevin in this time of stress. The kids need aunt Jodi, your babies need their cousins. The Gosselin babies need their true family. In the end that is all that matters. Keep it together – somebody has to do it. I believe that you know that and that it is probably out of your control at this point. My point, I guess. Just always keep the door open. God bless you and your dear family. I will welcome you into my home always. I only wish the best for “all” of you.

• The more I read on this and a few other blogs only convinces me even more that a majority of bloggers who have nothing but hate for Kate have a childish need for something/anything to cry, whine, complain, and B*&^h about. (Apparently the option of NOT watching the show hasn’t occured to them.) I don’t agree with how Kate usually chooses to speak to Jon, but she is who she is and if you don’t like it, do yourself a favor and stop watching. I do like the kids and I enjoy watching them. I am happy Aunt Jodi got lost, because if she’s so hurt by all of this, she should just focus on her family and stay out of the media spot light. Her 15 minutes are over, the Goesslins have moved on quite happily without her, so bye bye Jodi! Don’t let the door hit you…. BTW, someone ought to mention to her sis that the National Enquirer is not a certified journalistic news source like the NYTimes or LATimes. Just because it’s published doesn’t make it credible….Just like her blog!

• Appparently a whole bunch of you have no life. Unless you have eight children under the age of ten then you need to keep your mouth shut. Jon and Kate and their children are an inspiration to me. I have two wonderful boys, ages ten and eight and I think Jon and Kate are to INCREDIBLE parents.

• To whoever thinks that Jon and Kate are wonderful parents clearly have no children of their own.

  Or aren’t paying attention to the obvious.

• I have been waching Jon and Kate for quite some time now. It has been obvious to me from the beginning that Kate definitely has deep psychological problems. What has happened between Jodi and Kate is horrible. Jodi is so sweet and for a long time I thouught she only had one baby. Then all of a sudden I see she has four children and when caring for her own and Jon and Kate’s 8 she has the patience of a saint. In fact she has everthing I think Kate wishes she had and here is where lies the problem.

  I deeply worry about the children and how they will react when all of a sudden the cameras are no longer present. One can easily see that they have truly bonded with the crew and when one is missing, they immediately look for them. They crave attention. Each one has a very distinct personality and I fear what will happen when they get to be teens. Kate may be well organized but with 8 children and all the help they obviously get she really does not have to “act” so much. I feel bad that she is not getting help for herself now as her behavior is definitely rubbing off on the children. They already are showing signs of psychological trauma.

  My prayers are for all of the family. They get lots of help but not exactly the kind of help that they need. Family therapy now would not be a bad thing and definitely help for a troubled marriage. Kate is a nurse and she is NOT stupid but she is seeking help in all the wrong places.

  I have seen that they station has now taken on another large family with 14 children just before Jon and Kate comes on. You see only well behaved children and respect from all in this family and regardless that the children are not multiple births they adjust well to one another and the parents seem very respectful of each other and each of the children.

  All I can say is that wherever they settle, I hope Jon and Kate get some help now before it is too late for the children. they grow up way too fast. God Bless you Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin–you are both well admired.

• Aunt Jodi was a great influence in the kids’ lives.

  Jon does NOT have a job. He didn’t have a job when Kate was pregnant with the 6, either. After the 6 were born, the governor gave Jon a job. Jon QUIT that job. Then he said he was working for Beth’s husband Bob, but soon afterwards he said he was working for himself. Now it’s obvious he does not have any job. Isn’t it great that a father of 8 kids doesn’t work.

  Kate has said that she never wants to work again. She wants to be a public speaker. Ok, so neither Kate nor Jon want to work. Sounds lazy to me.

  I’m glad that others think Kate is a “loving mother”, but I see no love in Kate’s personality except love for herself. Kate is not a loving mother; Kate likes BABIES. Her kids aren’t babies now and she’s losing interest. When the twins were no longer babies, Kate wanted more. (Good ole Kate, always wanting more of something) Jon did not; he was happy with the “family of 4”. Kate went ahead with Clomid treatments whether or not Jon wanted more kids. Oh yes, I sure do see a “loving couple” there.
  Slap him again, Kate. We all know that it’s only a love tap, and that it’s playful, and it’s a joke, and you’re only flirting. Slap him harder and SHOW THAT LOVE!

• Aunt Jodi was a great influence in the kids’ lives.

  Jon does NOT have a job. He didn’t have a job when Kate was pregnant with the 6, either. After the 6 were born, the governor gave Jon a job. Jon QUIT that job. Then he said he was working for Beth’s husband Bob, but soon afterwards he said he was working for himself. Now it’s obvious he does not have any job. Isn’t it great that a father of 8 kids doesn’t work.

  Kate has said that she never wants to work again. She wants to be a public speaker. Ok, so neither Kate nor Jon want to work. Sounds lazy to me.

  I’m glad that others think Kate is a “loving mother”, but I see no love in Kate’s personality except love for herself. Kate is not a loving mother; Kate likes BABIES. Her kids aren’t babies now and she’s losing interest. When the twins were no longer babies, Kate wanted more. (Good ole Kate, always wanting more of something) Jon did not; he was happy with the “family of 4”. Kate went ahead with Clomid treatments whether or not Jon wanted more kids. Oh yes, I sure do see a “loving couple” there.
  Slap him again, Kate. We all know that it’s only a love tap, and that it’s playful, and it’s a joke, and you’re only flirting. Slap him harder and SHOW THAT LOVE!

• They need to take this show off air and see how well they live in the “real world”.I used to be a BIG fan of the show till everything went down with “Aunt Jodi” .Kate is such a Freeloader and a psycho who treats her husband like a child. Take everything thats been given to her for free and then we’ll see how glorous her life will be!

• Well just goes to prove they are a REAL family. Sadly because all us enjoy the show we are involved making a small problem into a monster. Haven’t any of you ever had sister in-law problems? You know little commits at thanksgiving about potatoes being lumpy or something that just sorta eats at you until you blow it and slap her down at the next family gathering with your tongue?? Come on surely I am not alone here?? Now thinking about all this I bet its a good thing Kate’s parents aren’t involved or it might be really messy? I just hope all this gets fixed before the holidays. I saw Jodie’s video and she was hurt so Kate you should try and fix it. Big deal about the help she gets with her house or cooking. There is always enough of everything unless you set limits so Jody should receive money for her time and involvement as you can see the public part of all of this has effected her and her life and she is entitle to it just as much as anyone else. I love the show the family and Kate and wish the best for all of you. As for the people who post about their hate of Kate that is really shameful please stop. Its not only unkind its harmful to yourself.

• Can Stephanie from the august post the one who brothers is in production tell us all more about Kates secretes. Stephanie said there is more to tell. I think it should be told so the public will know what they really are supporting.

• I always thought the “Aunt Jodi” was a big fake. That sickenly sweet attitude was just a show for the cameras.
  A real woman with class and any compassion for the children she claimed to love would have never brought that to the public like she did.
  What a money grubbing b****h.

• Just a quick note to Diana, from the 9/23 post. You don’t know me, I don’t need to know you, but I can watch the show, enjoy the kids and dissociate my parenting skills (because I am parent, thank you) from what I see that I might not agree with. Let me know when your daily life is on display and you can show us all how superior your skills are, and that you are aware of “the obvious” at all stages of your life.
  Were you this smart in your 30’s too?? No mistakes your inlaws have to complain about, right? Could we ask your kids, without you around?

  To all others:
  Jon and Kate make mistakes in my opinion, but so do my husband and I. When our kids are grown and we see the people they are turning out to be, then we’ll know where we could have done things differently, but we have to do the best with who we actually are today.

  The more I read about everyone else’s judgement of these two only makes it more clear to me there are too many out there who really think they are just so much better parents and people than Jon and Kate. Kate will never have to say she’s better, everyone hateblogging is making it clear they think THEY are the better ones, which only proves the saying that people will point fingers at others who are displaying the same traits to distract from their own faults.

  BTW, I saw the Gumgate episode, and Kate NEVER yelled AT Aunt Jodi. When she called her, she asked in a very plaintive voice, “no more gum please??”. She may have yelled ABOUT the gum when she realized it was all over everyone’s clothes, but it was because the kids KNEW they were not to have gum, and they flat out lied to Aunt Jodi, “yes, we can have gum.” Kate then goes on to mention just how sweet Aunt Jodi is, for taking the kids’s word for it. Just how many times have all of you yelled about something that happened within the confines of your own home, but when the situation needed to be dealt with publicly, you changed your voice and manner to suit the situation? Aunt Jodi’s response of “it’s just sad, the everyday simple pleasures, you just can’t do that with six.” shows me she understood where Kate was coming from, and did not take it personal.

  I refuse to see Jodi as a victim here. She needs to be a grownup.
  And get her sis out of the mix. Is their mother proud of her daughters behaving like Junior High Tweens??

  The episode where the kids were going to Aunt Jodi’s for the first “special day”, Kate again gushes about how wonderful Jodi is and that she loved them for who they are, not what they are. Kate gave credit where credit was due at the time.
  But come the issue of payment for her involvement in the show, Jodi didn’t get her way on that, and now her sister is claiming that the lifestyle the kids have is (suddenly) abusive and she created a denigrating blog to basically cause an even bigger rift in the family ad the media.

  Everyone points fingers at Kate for being a certain way, but here, we see that Jodi was fine and dandy being portrayed as someone who “loved the kids for who they were”, but now, since she can’t get “a piece of the pie” for her minor part in fliming a life that really isn’t hers to begin with, suddenly, Kate’s a monster and Jodi has been wronged? Someone’s pointing a finger to distract from their own actions; There’s the Pot (Jodi) calling the Kettle (Kate) black!

• So are you saying Jodi has decided not to be around the children because of the money? My understanding is Kate no longer wanted Jodie involved because she didn’t want her to get any money period. Referring to the kids life as a piece of the pie that isn’t hers to begin with. We don’t own our children or our family they are a gift we are lucky enough to receive. God placed that family together all of them including their relatives. Kate and Jon counted on them because they were family so I kinda have to disagree Jodie wasn’t forcing herself into that doorway.

• I started to read the blog but didn’t finish because I felt a migraine coming on so I stopped reading.
  I watch this show because it makes me feel better about my own family life & its just more interesting to me than Real World or Big Brother 100. I do feel sometimes that Kate can get a bit anal about some things while Jon is more laid back. When they went to Disneyworld & got ice cream spilled on their shirts, I thought her reaction spoiled the mood. Life will go on when kids’ clothes get dirty, “they’re not completely ruined”,it’ll be OK. Childhood = FUN!

  I believe they love their kids & just want to provide for them as best they can. I’ll believe this until I hear a story on the news that she’s murdered her children like Andrea Yates did. I have no idea why these other relatives want revenge on them. If they cared about their nieces & nephew’s, they should’ve kept all this between them. What will happen if one of the older girls googles this in the future & sees all this stuff being said about their parents. Its sad. Adults should discuss their disagreements in person & handle it maturely. This reminds me a of junior high slam book.

• oh & another thing….aren’t there worse enemies out there than these 2 parents…like cancer, rapists, murderers, terrorists…..puh-lease…focus your anger & energy where its needed more!

• i love this. i just watch it for the enjoyment of seeing all the kids and their cute expressions and “games” . i do agree that kate does not treat jon right but what can you do.

• I love Jon and Kate plus 8 but i think Kate can be a little harsh at some points. I think Maddy acts like here mother too!!! She is a brat and here mother is also. as we say
  well dont worry we are watching your show!!!!

• Jemm
  I guess you missed the episodes that show that poor sweet elderly women that comes to sort and iron all the clothes.
  Did anyone see the big beach house someone had let them use. Kate let the kids do “all the things she wouldn’t in their own house”.
  What a girl

• OMG!!1 people need to stop hating on jon and kate. this is rediculous. the show is amazing. even without the shwo the kids arent gonna change. they are perfectly normal. what about the other kids you see it tv shows or movies? is that the child labor law too? no as long as the kids are happy thats all that matters. you people need to try and be in jon and kates shoes. Jodi doesnt have to do all that. she is family that what family does!!!!! without getting paid.

• I bet you people would not think she is so great if knew what we knew. If you read Tom’s quotes, he is not far off. As a matter of fact, he is very close to right on.

  If you want to watch a show where REAL people deserve the help of the community and charity. Watch Extreme Home Makeover. These are the real people that need the help, not Kate.

• I am the mother of three and grandma of seven, so I know from experience that this is an extremely dysfunctional family. Maddy appears so disturbed that if she doesn’t get help soon she’ll may be shooting up a school in a few years.

  As for Kate — what a nutcase! I was thrilled, too, when my kids were potty trained, but to take photos of each of them with their first crap in the potty is sick!

  The husband is also a sicko for putting up with Kate’s putdowns and general abuse, especially in public. I’d love to see him haul off and smack her one of these days. But I’ve stopped watching because this crew makes me sick.

  The IRS should investigate them for their greediness if the assertions about the freebies are true. No wonder the grandparents want nothing to do with them.

• Shannon, how old are you??? 12 or 14?? If so you have violated the terms of this blog by being under 18 and posting.

  And about the show, exploiting kids is wrong, no matter if they are well taken care of or not. I might show a beautiful car in a car show. I would take great care of my commodity and wax it nicely, but it would be a trophy winner for me, maybe a money maker.

  Why would we want to walk in their shoes. This was THEIR choice and you are just a voyeur in their game.

  Your banter and spelling lends me to believe you are a juvenile.

• I can’t believe people are still fighting over this shit. GET A LIFE.

• As a sample of something I was thinking about.
  Rumor is Kate is secretly having all this extra help and we are suppose to know nothing about it because she wants us all to play puppets to her game? And her game would be to try and con us all out of our life savings so she can spa her life away. Well, I sadly got caught up in all this lets hate Kate then it dawned on me ..wait a min here…she did shows of herself getting help and interviewing nanny’s and even listed who her helpers were so she was never hiding anything. Then there was the DR Phill show where he gave them as a gift a nanny for 6months, and $3000 in toys. That nanny might or might not be Jenn I have no idea. Also I remembered her hiring someone to help with the cleaning so there was no secret about that either. Because we don’t see them cleaning just means they are trying to hide them. I feel really ashamed that I got caught up in the hating when it was uncalled for an unfair.
  Another thought was they are coming into money now God Bless THEM. And Kate could of given the money to the McDonald house or which ever group it was in private, but why??? That poor woman is dammed if she does and dammed if she don’t at this point.

  People picking on her about saying its an hour to the kids preschool…did she actually say ONE way or round trip? Unless she sits there it is a hour because 30mins there and 30mins back…(maybe it wasn’t on this blog but another if you dont know what i am talking about sorry) and I have used that claim myself because my grocery store is 27 miles away so I refer to the store as an hour away to my relatives.
  This is their first time at all of this so cut them some slack. I think my only real feeling of loss for them is if they were to be caught up in the glam and not be the same Jon and Kate we really do love. I think when I started reading all of the negative stuff about Kate that was what I thought I saw happening and it was what bothered me the most like another good decent family would sell out for money. Have all the money you can make but just don’t loose your head in it. Try to keep blending in with the common folk. Maybe that was what Kate was trying to do when she would say she is so tired ..she was just relating to the rest of the mom’s in the world with the fact that it really is hard work the consent giving even though YES its very rewarding.
  And some may not agree with me but think about this. If you were Jon and this was your family and you had a chance to be there 24/7 while they are young wouldn’t you? How sad it would be if he had to learn about his kids by watching the show. I think with all those people in the house all day it would be nicer to have him more involved as his wife. And to be perfectly honest you can see the change in them both..having this time together to do all this was a real blessing not only for Jon but for his family as well to have him there.
  So I for one am jumping from this nasty train wreck of hate before it ruins my out look on people.
  Ok and the last thought .. how can this gracefully be fixed so that Jodi’s sister can save face? Should she just maybe place an announcement on her website… fences are mending so we have decided to close this site to let things heal? BTW Jodi should be paid for her time there. But I do understand Kates protection on fearing people would be there only for the money and not because they loved them anymore. I think Kate should know better, Beth had a book to gain from this ….Jodi is their real Aunt and was there for the right reasons so I won’t change my mind on that view. I think right now its pride that is going to be the real main charactor in this folly of the blogs of who will win the internet…just remember internet is not the real world so one button and your gone. Sorry this is so long …I got a new espresso maker can you tell…..

• Ok, thought of something else I hadn’t thought of before. If Jody started getting paid on a regular bases and it altered her family’s income as it has Jon and Kates. Wouldn’t Jodi’s family then become dependent on the kids for support as well? That is a bit of pressure to be placing on the kids then when other people are counting on them for income. Maybe this was what Jon and Kate wanted to avoid??? Just a thought.

• Jon & Kate on Mon nite of TLC, reruns on Wed.
  mediocrity breeds mediocrity.
  The Gosselins are now pitching Proctor and Gamble products.
  Pls & Thx send an email voicing your opinion.
  A reminder that: http://www.topix.com/forum/city.elizabethtown-pa is an
  excellent site. Read comment #32, pg 2, 09/26/08 says it all.
  Should be framed.

• I really like Jon and Kate and yes they have flaws but dosent everyone?? Being a parent of five kids I understand the frusration of getting five kids ready and I think they are great parents and have great kids!! Lets all remember this is a show and of course they are going to get some help cooking and cleaning to have the time for the show!!! Plus dont we all want better for our kids and if they get paid, good for them! Here is a bit of advice if you dont like them then dont watch the show, have you haters ever been told buy your mothers if you dont have anything nice to say then dont say anthing!!!

• For all you people who believe that you are christians, Gossip is also a sin. If you feel that Kate needs help Try praying for her and her family. Your negative gossip is unwarrented. No one is perfect,not even you.

• Sorry, mom of four, but when you allow cameras in your house and pimp yourself and your children out on national tv, you kind of give up the right to not have people talk about you.

• When J&K+8 is canceled, you will soon be reading in the headlines…Jon and Kate Divorced? Guys, this show is the only string left in keeping their marriage in order. The renewal of vowel ceremony was all for the camera.

• I heard from someone who lived in the first town they lived that they burned every bridge there. Took all kinds of donations, home renovations, etc. and then turned around and sold everything and moved away. The consignment thing is true. Gota think that if your town and church don’t like, something must ne wrong.

• It looks like, imo, they’ll do the same again., according to locals, have
  ruined their welcome there. To save receiving winter clothes or paying
  heating bills, they should relocate in a warmer area of the country.
  They drive 45 minutes to church when Kates fathers’ church is right
  around their corner, & their families are in the area. One notices last nite that not one show can be seen without Kate correcting or interrupting Jon for doing the same to her.

• I’ve seen the show several times and I think
  Kate can be a bit much sometimes, especially towards Jon.
  She can seem too demanding and its a wonder how Jon can take all that crap from her. She treats him as if he was one of the kids.
  I think the only reason why Jon is sticking around for the most part is the fact that they have eight kids together.

• WOW!!! I watch the show all the time, but now I will see it in a differnt light. I wish Gymboree would give my kid free clothes!

• Has anyone heard how Pennmommy’s son is doing??
  Sounded critical yesterday.
  From what I’m reading – Kon’s personal appearances are a
  bust. Believe there is an appearance this weekend in Florida?
  To quote: time for this train wreck to derail.
  Someone or thing will pull the rug out when we get too
  confident.

• just wanted to say i really enjoy watching your show. I love the way you raise your children. Wish my family and your family could meet some day. Happy birthday to Cara and Mady on October 8th. Have fun. Hope you air their birthday. Keep up the good parenting guys!

• Jon seems to be a decent individual and caring father. At some point i wont be surprised if/when Kate is arrested for spousal abuse. She keeps punching that poor man and speaks to him in such a demeaning way. He, of course, with all those kids will be tied to this miserable excuse for a wife and mother for the rest of his life. I also would like to know what type of exceptionally high salary he makes working in an IT department. I know that salaries in that type of work can be quite generous, however, this family always seems to have nice wardrobes, do exciting activities, eat well both in and out of the house, and take very expensive vacations. How do they manage it? And IF they are given all of these things by manufacturers i am not thrilled about the fact that so many families in this country are really in financial bad shape and would never even think of having “spawned” such a large group INTENTIONALLY. Perhaps they did it so that they would never have to work again. But back to my first line, Kate is a real lazy bitch.

• this show is a horrible waste of air time stop commenting on it and stop watching it so that ratings go down and it’s taken off…thats all

• The previews for next Mondays show – gathering for a picture for the
  Good Housekeeping spread. Mady turns her back on the photographer. They still claim God gave them the children, actually
  God made Kate barren. It was science that provided the kids.
  Supposively, Jon threatens to sue anyone talking against the family.
  IMO, they will not jeopardize their millions on lawsuits when their
  family, cohorts, former church members, former employees, neighbors, and construction crews can verify the facts.

• Unless you are visiting this site: http://www.sixgosselins.com or TLC’s website, you will not be reading official information about our family.

  There are many imposters, people who are claiming to be us, answering emails, chatting online claiming to be us or writing about us…None of these are us! Just so you know

  there are alot of phoney people trying to start gossip dont believe them

• Edie – are you for real or just really out of touch. OH okay, I forgot, J&K’s word is the law. Oh please, they think just because they say it and say its true that makes it true????!!! Camera’s don’t lie, children don’t lie, take a long hard look at their faces. Am I the only one who doesn’t see smiles? Another question, How come JOdi can handle her four children and Kate’s “cast” (for free, yes that’s what familes do for each other) but not once has anyone seen Kate return that favor!! I believe because Saint Kon thinks they are above that, or wait….maybe they can’t handle it! I know when my sisters help me I am there to return the favor – I don’t think either one of them would ever to do the same for Jodi and Kevin…..Jodi, good move to get out now along with Beth and the others…wonder who they will bake cookies for this year! maybe the camera crew??

• I don’t know how Jon puts up with Kate’s abusive behavior, and I can’t imagine why he won’t stand up to her more often. There has got to be some truth to the ‘rumors’ of Kate’s actions towards her family (look how almost everyone is out of their lives, it’s just not normal), if what we see on camera is just a taste of how Kate is in real life, I’m sure her family and friends stories have a ring of truth.
  In my own family we have a little ‘Jon and Kate’ story. My niece worked in an Apple store in Manhattan. This past summer Jon and Kate came into the store (no kids along) and my neice was helping them, she told us that Kate is absolutely gorgeous, she’s much prettier in person than on TV, and she said that Jon was very sweet. My niece mentioned that she watched the show and was a fan and she said that Jon seemed genuinely interested and thanked her, she also said that Kate rolled her eyes and gave her a dirty look and walked away and then proceeded to completely ignore my niece and she acted like my niece wasn’t even there. Why would someone have a reaction like that? Is she that sick of being recognized? Why have the show then? I just find her very strange to say the least.

• I have to agree with Edie. There are some stuff being said there that are clearly lies. Why waste your time getting sucked into garbage? If you all pay attention to the facts. They haven’t been deceiving anyone.
  In fact the trip to Utah…Kate was telling Beth there next trip will be to Hawaii where we will get remarried and she gave Jon a kiss. If your just looking for something to hate stop because your harming yourselves with all the negative thoughts and actions. Spread a little love will ya.

• Hey Eddie, sure you want everyone to check out those sites. Because those sites want you to believe what THEY say. HOWEVER, those sites are SELLING/ADVERTISING the show. How much are you making?

  Stop being a jerk and covering for that BITCH.

• Granny, You brought up another point. The pictures that they had taken of their family were taken by Willow Street Pictures here in Reading Pa. As a matter of fact, one of their shows featured Willow Street doing a shooting at their friends estate in Wyomissing.

  A friend of mine was at a bennifitt were he placed a bid of $500 on a sitting that Willow Street was auctioning off. He won the bid and went to their studio to have the pictures done. When they sat him do to view the pictures, he picked 6 sittings. When he was getting ready to sign on the dotted line, he asked what the price would be. He was told 11 thousand dollars. He told them to take their pictures and stick them where the sun dont shine.

  So you see the kind of things that J&K get for free that everyone else has to pay TOP $$ for. They should be ashamed of them self. Stop living off of everone else.

• The Regis & Kelly appearance was laid back. Someone mentioned that Kate had diced Kelly on a previous show – anyone know anything about that?? Kelly was very cool – a very blond Kate let Jon do the talking.
  Typical PR, the People magazine spread will make anyone ill. Be interesting to read the letters that arrive on that one.

• I have to admit that at one time I loved to watch Jon and Kate. I was in awe of Kate and amazed at her ability to manage her household. But now I am totally dismayed and a little pissed off at TLC for letting us all believe that all was well in “Jon and Kate land.” Jon and Kate cannot be the only one’s to blame for all of the “illusion” it portrays on this show. TLC is also responsible. What people do in their own homes is one thing, but for the Network to let us all continue to watch this pack of lies is another.

• I am so sad at the way this family and show have turned out, so different now than from the beginning of the show. I absolutely LOVED the show…as did many millions of people. I still love the people on the show.

  Now?? I just don’t know….who can say what might happen to this family? I wish and pray the best for those kids, and pray for the awakening of J & K’s brains for what is happening to the kids. Please, Jon and Kate…give them a break! You do NOT need those kids to make your living, and make you millionaires. They need lives as kids. I am afraid the kids will care only about MONEY, as their parents seems to…..maybe I am wrong about that.

  I am sure they will never read this, nor care about my thoughts or feelings on the matter, but they are in my prayers.

  Let’s try to love them in spite of their cold, heartless, greedy personalities. Let’s pray that those kids can somehow have decent lives.

• I live right in back of where Jon and Kate lived in Wyomissing, Pa. By the way, Willow street is a ghetto and have had murders over the year,I have a friend living there now and he cannot leave his bike outside for 5 minutes without it getting stolen.Jon’s father was my son’s dentist and he and Jon’s mother went through a nasty divorce.Jon was known as being very lazy and never wanting to work.They had tons of inprovements done to their house here in Wyomissing while they were on welfare. Kate had a private nurse for one year and when the government would no longer fund it she went to Harrisburg to protest! I have the picture of her with the twins from the Reading Eagle.Go to the Reading Eagle to get back issues and you will be amazed at what she was demanding from the taxpayers.

• Are people stupid? Beth was the one that was rich. She had the HUGE pool and HUGE house. Looks like she was cut from the show too. I guess Beth said something Kate didn’t like finally. Jodi was treated like crap. She was there a lot of the time, and barely got credit. She cared for those kids as if they were her own. She even would drink fake coffee from Joel. Kate barely has time to touch her kids. She’s too busy going to spas, sleeping in late, and whining about how her life is unfair. How is it unfair? You got lucky. You made those kids into money makers. You’re richer than ever and barely do a thing. I haven’t seen her do wash in forever. I guess she officially has someone doing that. Since well we all know she was hiring a maid. For someone lacking money (as she tries to claim) you surely can hire a bunch of people… please note I think her kids are cute and all. I just think it’s messed up how she is. She never sees what she does. She calls Jon out all the time on his stuff. She even hates when he breathes. She’s so nasty and is lucky he’s still around. If it weren’t for the money… I think he might of went into hiding. Since who really would want to live with her? She’s so mean and Maddie is picking up her bad habits. She complains about Maddie, but is without a doubt the problem. Maddie thinks if Mom can do it… so can I. Oh boy, and the list can go on for yearrs!

• PEOPLE – are you all dazed and confused? “Aunt” Jodi has no class or taste – a real loving, caring family member would not allow others, and would not herself, display private family matters to the public. No matter how offended you may be “Aunt” Jodi – nothing positive can come out of your obvious contempt that you hold towards “your” family. It is quite obvious to me that Jodi is in fact an in-law, as a real sister would keep this problem in the family and in time, work towards resolving it – maybe giving it longer than just a few measly months. Jodi claims that she is an “advocate” for the well-being of the children and defends her motives with this. In seems to me that her real motive is to defend herself and her wounded pride after viewing how dingy she appeared on the “gum-gate” episode.

• I am just wondering how this family of 10 has health insurance if Jon does not work? They cannot possibly get it through the state…their income would be too high.

• IMO, the G’s are probably covered under a TLC group plan, with TLC
  paying for it. Family coverages are very expensive.
  However, they should be taking care of this themselves – be make
  self sufficient.

• Wow. I can’t get over all the haters! Why does it piss you all off that the Gosselins are an unusual family, and have found a great, unsual way to support their family? Are you all just mad because no one wants to watch YOUR family on T.V.? Maybe Kate really is a bitch, and maybe the whole thing is a total sham, but so what? How does that affect you? If you don’t like them, stop watching the show. Sitting behind your computer talking shit isn’t going to change anything. And for “family” to go out there and try to bring them down…c’mon. Surely you can see through that b.s.

• I love the show and faithfully watch it.I think kate does good andjon.keep the show going.we all are human and don’t please everyone.

• wow seriously jodi and her sister get over it stop trying to get your 15 mins of fame. Leave the gosselins alone, they obviously have enough to deal with. I love how one bad egg tries to ruin something. Its not kates fault no one cares about you and your family. It does not matter what they do stop running your mouth like a teenager and leave them alone. No one believes this bitch anyway.

• YOU GO GIRL!!!!!

• why is it such a big deal about having 8 kids? Lots of people have 8 or more children , but they aren’t a TV show.

• I hate this show. That Kate is a flaming “B”!!! She is a horrible mother. I can’t believe that she would mentally torment her three year old because he got gum on a blanket. Kate has a psychological problem. Please, cancel this show for the mental health of her kids. Oh, and that Maddy is a clone of her mother. Someone have that kid diagnosed with OCD and other issues and get her help before she completely turns into her mother! I hate Kate!!!

• Kate needs professional help without a doubt. I cannot imagine how she behaves when the cameras are off. She is bad enough when they are on. I have seen this expressed all over the web about her yet in the few minutes I can stand of the show lately she seems to be getting worse. About every 3 mos. I’ll turn it on, become angry, then go to one of these sites to blow off some steam.
  What an awful woman! WAKE UP! You aRE DESTROYING YOUR CHILDREN AND ALIENATING YOUR HUSBAND!!!! Your ego is out of control. Get a grip before you lose everything!!!

• I watch this show a lot and I agree and disagree with a lot of what’s being said here. It seems to me that Jon and Kate are both just parents who are trying their best. Kate reminds me of my mom in a lot of ways, particularly when she is being neurotic, but I also know that my mom loves me despite everything, and I am fully confident that she would do anything for me. I imagine my mom having eight children and I have to think she would be a lot more like Kate more of the time.

  I did not like the way she talked about Jodi, I think Jodi is a very selfless and caring person from what I have seen. I will not excuse the things she said about her sister in law because I believe it was wrong to say given the circumstances, and especially when she knew that her feelings would be broadcast to the nation.

  I think that Kate has made mistakes and we have seen them, but I think she has done a lot of things right as well. I really did not agree with her handling of the gum situation, but I also think it might have just been an over reaction to being thrown back into the mix of eight kids a opposed to the one she spent the day with. I could understand how that would be overwhelming.

  I would like to point out how much of the Gosselins lives we get to see. Kate has said that unless there is footage that they absolutely will not allow to be aired, anything the producer wants to air is put on television. This sounds biased considering Kate said it herself, but think about it. There are so many people on this site talking about Jon and Kate fighting and Kate hitting Jon and the way that they discipline their kids. The point is, we all think that it is very unflattering or even condemning footage of their lives, so we must imagine what they think of it. I wouldn’t want especially nasty fights with my husband on television, nor would I want video footage of myself threatening to throw out my child’s toy. I’m sure Kate does not consider these things her proudest moments, but they are on television anyway. Which means, to me, that she isn’t hiding much.

  The family that is commonly featured on TLC that REALLY scares me is the Duggars. They never argue, they are always smiling, they are always with one another, they are always perfectly content. THAT my friends, IMO is not a real image of their family.

  I don’t know what to say about the Jodi scandal. To me it sounds plausible but questionable, but I am not a member of this family and I do not know any of these people personally, so my opinion of that doesn’t matter much.

  As for the safety of the children? I don’t know much. It seems to me that the sextuplets like the camera crew and the producer, and because they have been around cameras since they can remember they don’t notice them much. Mady and Cara are a different story. I believe they understand the significance of the cameras, but notice that we rarely see Cara, and we see Mady a majority of the time. It seems to me that if they do not want to be filmed, for the most part they can avoid it.

  Also, as the series goes on I notice a change in Jon. When the children were younger he was more tired and cranky, but at this point he seems happier and more approachable. Though I do not agree with some of his parenting methods just like I have problems with things that Kate does. I think that he needs to work on how he disciplines his kids. When he puts a kid in time out he rarely says anything to them other than that they are being given a time out. He needs to explain what the child did wrong and explain the behavior he expects. Often he tells the kid that they are being annoying and that he “doesn’t have time for that” whatever “that” is.

• omg jodi you’re being such a baby
  one it never showed her throwing away the bear
  she just said she was going to
  and also she wasn’t even that insulting to you
  she was just saying her feelings about the matter

  i’m 19 and I wouldn’t start a blog and fight about something so silly
  you must be overly sensitive about things and you should just calm down about it all
  that’s ridiculous your son starting crying over the bear I mean I don’t believe that for a minute

  and we all know Kate is high strung but I love her and you shouldn’t be bashing her over something so ridiculous

  and all of you do not even know Kate neither do I so you can’t say you know her intentions and how much she does do with the children and at home and how many times they film their show a year anways, you don’t see all that isn’t on camera.

  can we all just calm down please
  life doesn’t have to be so hard
  stop making it

  gossip is ridiculous

  and kate is rude to jon on the show sometimes but he can be rude too also, who cares just let people live there life and stop criticizing and just try to better yourselfs

  everyone should just forgive move on and don’t have hard feelings it just makes your life more difficult not the person you’re insulting.

• Jodi’s sister needs to get a life – maybe eight kids, six of them toddlers so she can fill her time rather than turn everyone against Kate, whom, quite frankly, it seems she is jealous of.

  Jon and Kate are not perfect. Kate can be a bitch – most of us can – please -you know you’ve had moments like she has w/her kids AND w/her husband.

  That is the beauty of the show. Their kids are also not perfect, but do seem happy and likely are better behaved than most of ours.

• I truly hope the parents get Madeline into some counseling. The girl has serious issues–that is clear. And the mother’s OCD and feeling of “entitlement” will destroy her marriage and her kids. Just wait when they do a “where are they now?” in ten years. They will be divorced and the kids will be a mess. As for Kate, she has to be the worst parent ever and Jon is nothing but a wimp. Hate this show and will never watch it again. Who can we write to at the network to tell them to cancel this piece of garbage?

• Come on people, leave the Gosselins alone. Yes Kate may rant and rave a lot but you also must remember that we don’t see everything. Do you actually think that, as a prevous poster stated, if everything was honky dorey that people would watch. I don’t think so. If you don’t like the family and how things are done then don’t watch the show. It is your choice and no one elses. I only have one child, who was diagnosed at age 6 with ADHD who likes to act out, I could only imagine having 8. In regards to Mady, you guys need to remember that she is a child and stop belittling her on the website. Who’s business is it how the family makes their money. Do you think that it is only the Gosselins who charge $25,000 for a speaking arrangement? Maybe you should do your research. How about the motivational speakers do you think they come cheap. I think Kate and Jon are doing their best considering they don’t have much space at the moment, which can be very nerve wracking. Give them a break already!!!!

• I heard Kate interviewed the other day on a radio talk show promoting her pathetic TV show and man was she a complete snob. Gave one word answers, made it clear that she had better things to do like, shop. Yes, that’s what she said. Her mind was on shopping. This woman is an arrogant bitch. Kate, I hope you read these comments and realize what a complete jerk you come off as. Please just go away and stop sucking the system dry. You had the kids, you pay for them.

  Can you imagine being the neighbor of this complete idiot? I feel for everyone on her street. I’m sure she has no concept of being courteous either. Probably let’s the kids scream at 5am.

• I think Jon & Kate needs cancelled. My mom raised 10 kids alone, no show no extra help, no money, so can they. Kate is only in it for the money. her kids need her attention, they are brats, esp. Mady. Get off tv kate and pay attention to your kids true needs

• I would love to read the blog. Where can it be found.

  BTW, I love the show. They’re not perfect, but neither am I.

  Keep the show on the air.

• I just love watching this show and hope you never take it off. If it bothers some people so much maybe they should just change the channel. I really love the flirting that goes on between Jon and Kate, they seem to genuinely love each other. It comes on at 3 different times where I live and I try to catch each one of them.

  Those children are soo adorable, except for Mattie sometimes, showing her little Scarlett O’hara attitude. but I still love her too. It is also a great thing to be so organized when you have so much to do. I would want a chef, a maid , someone to run errands etc. just so that I could stay and enjoy playing with them while they are still so little.

• I have watched the show from the start but no longer enjoy it. In People magazine Kate says she does the cooking. In Goodhousekeeping it says on taping days someone cooks for them. The lies are starting to trip her up. My heart broke on their birthday when they made their own cupcakes. Poor little Aaiden didn’t eat all his dinner so he couldn’t have his cupcake. He sat there crying saying ” we don’t get our cupcakes?” It was their birthday for petes sake. Give in a little. I watched the show where they took the pictures for Goodhousekeeping. The kids were crying. Maddie was throwing a fit. I felt so sorry for them. They took a vacation and the place they stayed at was gorgeous. For free naturally. Their second wedding in Hawaii — free. Kate got her dress at Kleinfields on ” Say Yes to the Dress”. You know it was free. Did Jon really need hair transplants? And who took care of their kids while they were in California for this? Jodi. And half of them were sick. One of the worst things I saw was when one of the kids got sick. He had to lay on the floor in the utility room with the washer and dryer because Kate didn’t want him throwing up on her precious carpet. Is this not child abuse? Take a clue from the people who had 7 kids in Iowa some with disablilities. They decided it was not good for their kids to have them on TV and they took over their care themselves. Is money so important to them that their childrens welfare means nothing?

• Kate is one of the biggest bitches in the world. She says everyone is out to make her look bad, but really she does a good job of that all by herself. Aunt Jodi is pretty much a saint and those kids were lucky to have had her in their lives. I feel really bad for Jodi and everything that that bitch did to her, but it’s really no big surprise considering she cut her own parents out of the kids lives all because she wouldn’t accept the “free” beds, and clothes that were offered to her through her parents church (they weren’t good enough for her, because they weren’t brand new and matching) again…….what a BITCH!!

• I like everyone think that Kate is someone I would not like to be friends with. I do not think she is considerate. Poor Aunt Jody was used and dumped. So what that TLC wanted to pay her? If I was Kate I would say, “Yes, she deserves it, she watches my kids AND her kids” What is wrong with Kate? I woud be happy for Jody. The thing I can relate to is them getting whatever money they can get. They are not robbing banks. I would do the same thing, go for it. This gig won’t last forever and she has 8 kids to take care of. The kids dont look unhappy and they will have lots of memories to look back on. Kate, dont burn your last bridge with a good relative, go to Jody and say, “I am sorry for treating you like crap”, and MEAN it before its too late

• Did kate cut off her other sisters? I recall the kids knocking a hole in aunt jodys wall and she didnt freak out like kate did over gum. Kate didnt have to have to hire a drywaller and painter.

• http://www.sixgosselins.com/contact/contact.html

  You can go to their website, where the e-mail address is posted, and send the Queen Bitch Kate a quick note telling her just what a horror show she is and how her OCD, greediness and controlling ways are just too bizarre for TV and how she is screwing up the kids.

• Mady desperately needs help! I’ve never seen such a nasty, whiny child. Nothing makes her happy! I hope they get her some counseling soon!!!!

• What happened to Beth and Bob? Does anyone have a website where some information can be found?

• Good Lord. Get a life. I believe the truth is somewhere in the middle. I am sure that Aunt Jodi & Kate will work things out. Could you imagine your home being under a microscope. If you don’t like Jon & Kate then turn them off.

  I had 3 children and they are 28, 25 & 23 now. My oldest daughter reminded me a lot of Mady. Now she is a bright and beautiful young woman with a daughter of her own. Mady will be fine. Jon & Kate are aware of her needs.

  One person said that the Gosselins were on welfare that first year. I am happy for them that Jon & Kate plus 8 has helped the family financially. You all would be complaining if they were still on welfare.

• This is insane. This is such a nice family! Jodi and Julie sound like weak women who couldn’t handle their private family business appropriately. If they had a problem with Kate, why blog it? Why not just address Kate. She would either understand or, not and they could make desicions from there. But they took it public and that isn’t very Christian. Even if Kate is a bit abrasive she isn’t the one blogging mean things about people and criticizing their families or parenting styles. Kate is right to just leave mean family behind. I would too, in a heartbeat and without a second thought. She has 8 kids to worry about. She is their mom and she does get to decide what is best for them, with Jon. They seem to be doing great. The kids are happy and playful and healthy! Kate tries her best and adores her kids. Just like every other mom on the planet. Jon does too… so if they parent differently, and if their dynamic is insulting/annoying to critical posters… then don’t watch.

• From a social science perspective, watching the Gosselin family develop and grow is a unique experience. Scientists of the past would have jumped at the opportunity to tune in and observe the lives of a growing family. Granted, reality television is not entirely reality, and the viewers are dependent on what the producers provide. But it’s the closest opportunity we have until someone agrees to have a 24hour webcam aimed at their life.

  Aunt Jodi and her sister have certainly become part of drama of the story, and their blog obviously provides different aspects and perspectives. However, in watching Jon & Kate plus Eight, one must remember that science mandates an emotional separation to be maintained. When emotion and judgment of the observer are put into the equation, then not only is the original experiment altered, but the observer becomes part of the broader experiment.

• One has to ask themselves why Jon & Kate alienate themselves and their children from both of their families. I could understand not getting along with one sibling, but not to talk to any siblings or parents really doesn’t say much about them. What ever happened to Nanny Janet, Beth, and let’s not forget the older woman who folded and sorted all the laundry. Aunt Jodi was a wonderful influence on these children, as was Uncle Kevin. How quick Kate & Jon forgot all Kevin did for them with the little kids Carnival B/D party and organizing their garage. God only knows what else these two have done for them. I was a fan of this show, but I do think that Jon & Kate are using their children to get rich! I came from a family of 9 children, and most of us were a year apart. My mother took care of us while my father worked. We didn’t have a lot, but we also didn’t have cameras following us around all day either! In People Magazine Kate said she told the kids mommy and daddy could go out and work or we could work as a family. Right there proves Kate is using her children as a means to make a living. Shame on you! You don’t have to pay for much of your children’s clothing or trips. Everything is donated to you.

• I believe that Kate is doing a wonderful job with her kids

• Hope they do well in school

• i find myself watching this show like a car accident….the children are adorable and i can’t wait to see and hear what they do next. on the other hand, there is kate. from the first time i saw the show i found her obnoxious. the more the show goes on, the more obnoxious she becomes.

  she is lucky to have an easy-going and understanding husband….the way she berates him regularly is disturbing. every word out of his mouth is made fun of.

  i don’t understand why, because they have 8 children, they should be entitled to all the “freebies”…..if the freebies are to benefit the children that is one thing, but free trips all over the country, tummy tucks, hair transplants and all the “beautification” processes are outrageous. what one of us would not love to have those opportunities for free? they are like politicians….you can film my family and pay me to do it, and then, lets tack on all the “pork” we can get our hands on while we’re at it. that’s where the deadly sin of greed rears its ugly head.

  i do wish the very best for those beautiful children and i hope they won’t require therapists as they grow up under the microscope….

• My wife constantly watches this show — she thinks the children are cute. They are, to some extent, but no more so than any other children in that age range. So I see little in the Gosselin family that is remarkable — at least as far as the kids go.

  What I do see that is remarkable is that TLC would air a program that is little more than a tawdry example of child exploitation. It is patent that Kate and Jon Gosselin are “pimping out” their children in pursuit of the almighty buck. In that regard, they are no better than some of the D-list Hollywood types who appear on reality TV in hopes of a paycheck. In fact, the average street whore is more honest than the Gosselins — she, at least, makes no pretentions about what she is doing as she leans against the lamp post.

  It’s clear that Kate has some sort of innate dislike of males. Her comments about little boys being dirty reinforces this perception, as does her reprehensible treatment of Jon. She constantly belittles the man, even as he does his best to pick up the slack around the house and act as a father to his children.

  Her treatment of Jon at Toys ‘r’ Us, in which she humiliated him by screaming across the store, was appalling and, I believe, a true manifestation of her personality (OCD, some have opined — I see it more as bi-polar). Had I been in that situation, I would have considered handing her the keys to the van, leaving the store, hitching a ride back home, collecting my belongings, finding another place to live — and then filing a mental cruelty divorce.

  Marriage is supposed to be about love, sharing life experiences and nurturing each other. I see little of that in their relationship. What I do see is a prima donna who is, inadvertently perhaps, teaching her children to develop a “me, me!!!” attitude toward others. This is already apparent in Maddy’s behavior, who is a veritable drama queen well on her way to being the next Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan. Meanwhile, those “icky” boys are being, inadvertently of course, taught that there’s something wrong with them because they happen to have penises instead of vaginas.

  Kate’s constant denigration of Jon, her dismissive attitude toward other family members, her obvious placing of her needs ahead of those of her family (“I need a tummy tuck!”), as well as her incessant complaining about how “rough” she has it, conveys to me the impression of a woman with some serious psychological problems. If she were some poor black woman with eight kids and behaving in this way, children and family services personnel would be paying her a visit, and it wouldn’t be to commend her for her child-rearing prowess.

  As for TLC, if you people are going to continue to air this slimy example of greediness and dysfunction, how about if you focus more on the children and less on the parents? As for all you apologists who have attempted to pass off Kate’s behavior as excusable due to all those children being there, I say bullshit! It was Kate’s and Jon’s decision to go ahead with the pregnancy after learning what was in store for them. My guess is they both realized they could make a fortune from their children. As always, money trumps everything — included a normal childhood.

• SERIOUSLY?????

• LMAO at the comment before Seriously???

• We just returned from the Orlando Women’s Show where we met Jon and Kate. All I can say is what a waste of time!

  They both seemed annoyed to be there. There were hundreds of their fans at the show from Grandma ,moms, dads and kids. It was so cute to see the kids wearing shirts they wrote on saying #1 fan and as well as signs. The women’s show told everyone during the Jon and Kate Q & A session no pictures. We were like whatever.

  The Show had a Q & A forum style setting. Their fans were able to ask questions. Let me tell you the questions were screened first by the shows employees. They had no enthusiasm at all. Cara and Mady were suppose to to be there but, Kate said they were at Disney. One of the questions was what was one of your favorite vacations? Jon responded by they are not vacations with 8 kids. They are like working at a different destination.

  They then had a meet and greet session. Which we were lucky to get a number to see them . We thought at least we though we were lucky. They only had 150 tickets to give out to the guests to met them.

  We waited 30 minutes to met them . My husband told me Kate ordered for more security for them. Remember no kids were with them. The fans were totally under control.

  My kids were so excited to met them. We had two copies of the Good Housekeeping magazine fir the girls to get their autograph.

  When they both came out to the meet and greet they hide their faces to the ground and walked quickly to their seats. I never saw anything like this before. Once again we were told no pictures at all not even with the flash off. Like they are such big celebrities!!!

  When we arrived at the table to meet Jon and Kate they never looked up to say even a hello. They signed the girls magazine and Kate made a comment on my daughters named Hanna .

  My other daughter Haley was extremely polite and said to them that she is a huge fan of the show.
  There was no response what so ever.

  It looked like they were just there for a paycheck and nothing more.

  They need to realize that without their fans they would not have the nice things or be able to go on any of the trips they experience.

  My family and I rethought about all of the money we’ve helped them make and the support we have given them.

  If you ever meet with them make sure your expectations are very low.

  The Fame is certainly gotton to them.

  One more thing I did call the producer of the Womens Show and discussed in great detail our experience. Let me say It sounded like she was not surprised at all . She then recommended me to contact TLC .

  They do all of the J & K scheduling for their appearances.
  Well a PR person from TLC does .

  We wanted respect for our children.
  The same Kate would expect for her children.
  They were very rude!!

  Thanks for letting me share.
  Tracy

• looky, looky—time for a nice day in NYC….the gosselins visit GMA. then they’ll take a nice trip to american girl where the little girls will get their free dolls and maddy and cara can get new free stuff too. maybe the boys will get to do something fun for boys, if they behave and stay clean.

• I can not stand Kate She is only out to get free what anyone will give her All her kids are bad hitting on each other all the time I Hate The Show

• An Old saying: Expect nothings – for you won’t be disappointed.
  Sounds like alot of people in Orlando had a bad experience with
  that appearance. Everyone says they are rude – don’t acknowledge
  your presence – sounds like they’re on their way out.
  Word spreads.

• I love the show! I think the kids are sweet and smart and as cute as can be. Jon and Kate are doing a great job with their family.

• I think Kate just has to open up to the world and not be so mean to Jon all the time. I absolutely love this show non stop!!! I love Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, Leah Hope, Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, and Joel Kevin. I wish I could babysit them. I wish they could come to HAWAII. I don’t think Kate is a bitch like someone said but I think she is just a little to harsh.

• I enjoy Jon and Kate plus eight so so much. It is my favorite show in the whole wide world. I love seeing their kids grow up and doing different activities. I think Kate will have to learn to not always be so so so demanding all the time. One example is if they are going on a trip to a store and she forgets something she would ask Jon to go in the house and get it even if it is the fourth time. I wish their family could come to Hawaii just like Alexis said. I would like to see the show on Discovery Health because our family doesn’t have TLC. You might think you can only watch it on TLC but I saw it on Discovery Health once. Your probably wondering how I watch it. That is a secret, but anyways back to the Gosselins. I would like to meet them and babysit. Other than that their family is great!!!

• I knew this would happen! When Kate gave that ackward explanation about why their family was not involved with them it was really telling. They are the typical “Christians” that are messed up. NO Family! Are you kidding. It is so sad that those children will be scarred from this experience. I hope those two re-evaluate the commitment to the show and start commiting to their family.(off camera)

  They might have started this thing for good reasons. But now they have enough money to raise their family. LET IT GO JON AND KATE. It’s time!

• Really it is a shame about the kids not having family around, but I don’t blame Kate for all of it for instance if Jodi really loved those kids, she would have gotten her sister involved at running her mouth,

  I believe Jodi wanted a cut in the money as well as the Gosselins did, which was fine, but she went about it all wrong, who that loves their family runs their self pitied mouth all over the inter net? Jodi is the one who cut her self out, Not Kate, Kate would be stupid to ever let Jodi around her kids again.

• The last 2 seasons of J&K the kids are mostly wearing Gymboree. I know this because my own daughter wears the same clothing. We are always pointing out the lines. I hear they get it all for free. I have to say, I love watching the show. I have seen every episode and think the kids are adorable. Yes, it’s entertaining to see Kate bicker with Jon, but at the same time I can’t stand her. She is way too over the top and on every episode. Mady is definitly a carbon copy of her mother. I do believe Kate uses her family members (Jodi & Kevin) & friends way too much. Sure it’s great to have help, but she takes advantage of all that are willing to help her. She almost expects it. Why would she care if TLC wants to pay Jodi a little $$ for helping babysit. She receives $$ for sharing her whole life. What’s wrong with sharing a little of that with those who have helped her for free all those years. I guess when Kate is done with someone, they are out of her life. There is no question what kind of person Kate is, you can see it in every episode you watch.

• Really this is just MO, I know 2 girls who personally went to see the Gosselins, one in the west and one in the east, they both said thet were very friendly and got to spend quite a bit of time with them, They also said Kate and Jon were very easy to visit with and would answer any questions, this was not in the audortorium it was in the foyer where they had a table sat up. They both said all the kids and Beth was with them and they were wonderful.

  So I guess it just depends on who you are and what you are looking for, Maybe Kate was just having a great day then, and maybe when others saw her she was not, IDK, there are so many stories going around, and one thing for sure is I don’t believe it unless I see it on the show, these blogs are just filled with people who claim to have inside info, and all it is , is some thing they have read some where else.

• Um family doesnt pay family your there to support. I’m so on kate’s side just imagine if you had all those kids that would be tough! And jodi have you ever heard of saying no??? if you couldnt take care of them just say no!! its not hard. I think jodi is just a little messed up in the head. I love the Gosselins! I think jon loves kate and they actually dont fight its more of playful fighting. but i do think Kate shouldnt have told jodi she cant see her kids. But whatever family helps you should have never thought you did it forr money jeez its not a job!

• really missy just because you know two people who met with them breifly does not mean you are liek jodi dealing with them on a day to day bases.its sad because kevin and jodi do so much for others kate and jon and i felt as though kate and jon do take advantage of peoples kindness…they expect to be catered to.
  which is sad..
  they need to show appreciation and kindness with everyone who has helped them i wont watch ever again after this..jodi is great person

• Sonja, you are correct, except I have heard Jodi many times say I asked Kate to bring the kids to my house, I’m just pointing out that everyone wants to say Kate took advantage of Jodi, and I don’t believe that, Jodi had more in mind than just babysitting with the kids, Think about it, As Julie says , Kevin and Jodi went to Kate about the money, Well if Jodi really loved those kids like she wants everyone to believe, why did she ever mention money to begin with? b/c she wanted some to. I’m not saying there is any thing wrong with that, what is wrong is that she is a cry baby, she and Kevin could not battle it with Kate on their own, so Jodi went crying to big sister.

  What is wrong with most of what we read on these blogs, is that most of the stuff that is said there is no real proof in the puddin for it. I do not hear the Gosselins asking to be on all the talk shows, or for all the vacations and other freebies that they get, That make so mant peole upset, 99% of the naysayers on here would do exactly the same thing if it were offered to them, pleeezzzzeeeee don’t say you would’nt

  How do these stories start with no proof, b/c some one had a thought, and just b/c they are on a reality show does not give people the moral right to dig into their personal life, or for family members(Jodi,Julie) to spread stories about them that is none of their business,

  What happened to Jodi she deserved, she is no saint and Kevin is a whimp, and a sissy, I think Jodi did’nt want to help anymore and this was her way of stopping it, as for Kates family, if I were her I’d keep themout of the spot lite to, I think they are pretty messed up people, as far as the grand parents go, it is rediculous they don’t see their grandchildren, if they wanted to, they could, We do have laws for that sorts thing,

  I think what ever problem Kate has goes back to her child hood, I mean there is only one sister who lives and has any thing to do with mom, and dad and thst is the soster who started a blog against Kate like Jodi and Julie did, What does that tell you?,

• Bethany, I just read your comment from a few days ago, and all I can say is “you go girl” I loved it, some body who is not afraid to tell it like it is,

  I wish we could all be on more at the same time, It’s really lonely around here, hmmmmmmmmm!

• i wish I had all the time in the world to write about this family! I too was gaga for the show when it first arrived, but now I find so much fault with them it’s hard to speak! I was extremely upset when Kate and Jon were lamenting the fact that Aaden had to wear glasses! That should be the least of their concerns. They are so lucky that their children were not born with serious birth defects due to their prematurity. I hope they realize this. Also, since they are so religious couldn’t they see that maybe children would come sooner or later. They were very young when they had the tups. My grandmother was 16, in 1918, married, and had 5 miscarriages, at age 26 she adopted a 1 year old, at age 40 and 42 she gave with to two healthy children, so if you just wait it might happen, or maybe it’s not meant to be. I am lucky to have two children, one has asthma and diabetes, the younger one, thank goodness we stopped at two. I love my son, but he takes a lot of care, and if he only needed glasses I would thank my lucky stars, unfortunately now we have to worry about kidney failure, blindness, maybe losing a limb.

• As for family feuds, stay out of it. It only turns into a battle of “she said”, “he said”, “they said”. However, I have to admit I wondered what had happened to Jodi, Beth and perhaps a few other. And I did wonder if the episode over the gum incident, would bring on hard feelings.
  I really thought the show would start to run it’s course after the 6 started school, with maybe a few specials as follow ups on how every one was doing.
  Does TLC or the G’s really think that in the middle of an economic crisis, the audience really wants to see episodes about lavish trips and gifts, hair transplants, etc?

• I find the show so boring now. There’s no interaction with anyone.

• I have always loved Jon and Kate Plus 8. I am unhappy with the way Kate has treated Jodi. We can all use a little extra money right about now. I hope the two of them kiss and make up for not only the sake of the children but the sake of the show as well. The children should not suffer because grown people do not know how to act.

• Lynette, it is momma’s like you that my heart hurts for, I know as a mom, I’d rather had been sick or hurt than my kids, Even with them all grown I feel the same way.

  I certainly think it’s a miracle thet the Gosselins babes were all pretty healthy, nothing seriouly wrong,

  Have you ever heard or read the story of Chris & Diamond Harris? google it some time, I hope J & K have read that story, it certainly is different than the Gosselins, and they are a lovely couple who have had to struggle, not only financialy but lots of health issuse also, and yet they are Thankful for what ever help they get, and it’s not what the Gosselins have gotten either.

  I do enjoy the show some times, I do think Kate can be rude and very hard on Jon, but I usually don’t say a lot of negative things b/c I have been on a blog where they hate the woman so bad, and say some of the most hateful things and not really know for sure if it’s true or not.

  Any way heres some cyber hugs to ya(((((((((((hugs)))))))))))) hope you have a wonderful day. God Bless

• im srry 4 the mean comment im just upset i just wanted jodi to come back and i think kate should let u in im srry plz forgive me

• God Bless you all!!!!

• I think it sounds like Bullshit. I mean seriously the blogs name bothers me. I love John and Kate and they are far from perfect. I dont know them personally honestly but the whole situation just sounds like both sides are being exaggerated and it’s obvious that the person who wrote the blog strongly dislikes Kate so of course she is going to make her out to look bad and if she didn’t care about the money she wouldn’t bring it up all the time.

• I was shocked to casually come a cross a webpage about aunt jodi and what has been going on. shame on kate and john…. she is really mean to john and he just takes it!!!!!!! its obvious that kate has alienated all of her and johns family from their lives….. shame on them both!!!!!!!!!

• it didn’t take long to see what kind of person kate is. after all jodi has done for her and then to discard her from their life because their was a disagreement. what about the children. do the know what happened to aunt jodie and their cousins. the point is kate and jon don’t care. I wish they would take the show off the air. kate and jon are getting rich off their own children. they are without conscience. I guess the grandparents and siblings must have affended the queen. I will not watch these two anymore. good luck jodi.

• Aunt Jodi and sister, STOP WHINING and grow up. This is so ridiculous and a waste of time. Who cares if someone bitch about the gum. Get over it!

• Really you guys, what has Kate done to sweet little aunt Jodi? Jodi is just as guilty as Kate, no more so really, b/c Jodi wanted a piece of the pie more than she wanted to be an aunt, She is the one who severed ties between her and Kates kids, she is the one who wanted big sister to defend her, and for what? Money, yes money, See no one is above wanting their share, not even when you have a squeeky little voice,

  As far as the grandparents, well there are laws to protect grand parents and visiting rights, so evidently the Kreiders don’t want to see the kids. If they were my grand children, I guarantee you I would see them, What have they got to loose, a relationship with Kate? no b/c there is’nt one any way.

  So while Kate is not “Perfect” in anyway shape or form, she takes a lot of heat for things that she can not help, 2 being Jodi and the grand parents, Why is it so hard for people to place some of the blame on other family members? Look at Kates sisters and brother, they have nothing to do with the parents either except for Clarrissa, the others do not even live close to them, I don’t think the Krieder kids had such a wonderful child hood,

  As far as Jodi ever being around the kids again, If I were Kate she would not be, unless it was supervised, who knows what she would tell those kids, espically after running her mouth to big sissy, Jodi was wrong, any way you look at it she is a coward and she is wrong, Let her tend to her own and not worry about Kates kids, after all she is not getting paid for it, Right?

• kate is so self serving. If she and jon cared about their kids they wouldn’t put them on nation wide tv. kate treats people with no respect. she has some issues that she needs to get help for. When someone expresses an opinion that goes against what she thinks she does the only thing she knows how to do and that is kick those people out of her life without so much as wondering how that will affect the children who love these people. I wonder what the long term affects of that might be. I wonder when the last time those two paid for anything. I hope for the kids sake the show gets cancelled.

• Molly, ITA with you, I hope the show gets cancelled to, not for your reasons tho, just to see who you all will pick on next, The Dudders, or the Roloffs I’m sure, b/c what women on these blogs have proved is that they have been handed a lemon or two in life and they have to spew their hate at some one, even if it’s some one they don’t know.

• It’s Beth that has the mansion, not Jodi. But it’s hard to say that someone lives in a mansion. Where I live a home like J&K’s would be around 3,000,000 even though it’s not that nice inside, that land would be worth a fortune.

  I think Kate is sooooo rude to Jon, and she thinks it’s perfectly fine behavior. I hope that now that they have money he can divorce her. He deserves better. I believe the blogs, mostly because it’s not the first we’ve seen of Kate pushing people out of her lives. Those kids never see their grandparents. I believe kate’s term was that the grandparents ‘aren’t actively involved in their lives’. The episode where she wouldn’t let the kids walk on the hotel floor without shoes — OMG!!! what a freak.

• wahmof2, I know a lot of people who will not walk on bare floors, espically hospital or hotels, just as I would not sleep under one of their comforters, that does not mean they are freaks, they are using their brain, try googleing some stories and you’ll see why,

  As far as the grand parents, they don’t want to see the kids or they would, plain and simple. Grand parents have rights to, there are laws for that very thing, so lets put the blame where it belongs,

  As far as Beth, she is one classy lady, not like Julie and her pitiful sissy, if anyone had a lot to tell I’m sure Beth could, but she is to much a lady for that, unlike Jodi she was not in it for the money, I’m sure she and her husband could but all the Kreiders and Jon and Kate.

• That should have said “buy all of them”

• after watching many of the episodes and reading alot on this family i have come to the conclusion jon is just as sickening as kate.He is so whipped and says and does whatever kate says. I use to feel sorry for him,not anymore. He expects just as many handouts as she does.They both deserve other. I am a happy mother of two children who has a working husband as well as myself.I have never had as much help as that woman.we struggle daily to buy food,clothing and medicine.i may only have 2 kids but could only dream of taking some of the wonderful vacations they do.if most people got the same help they do alot more people would probably have more kids. EXP..personal chef,cleaning lady,someone who folds,irons and puts their clothes away and the list goes on and on…..Ive gotten to the point where i cant even stomach the show,and to whomever this may offend and youre saying ‘well then dont watch it’ GUESS WHAT I DONT.No wonder they have moved,probably no one in their hometown can standthem. HEY Kate@Jon isnt it so convienient that now your six babies are off to preschool your moving away from your help?You sure dont need them as much now. But i doubt youll turn any FREEhandouts down . I sure hope your next free handout is some counseling for Maddie,she seems to have serious problems like her mom,so sad….I think aunt jody seems like avery good person.Kate was probably so jealous of her,because she couldnt be half the mom jody is.By the way Kate and and jon dont count on any income from the twins in show business,they really dont seem to have any talent at all,except for maybe the crying at the drop of a hat,and split personalities..

• Any more the show is all about endorsements & freebies. I do believe it has run it’s course; it is time to call it quits. I liked it better in the beginning and they seemed like a normal family with a lot of kids.
  (I suppose they are moving because they do not get along with any one any more…hmm)

• I cant believe this is actually happening with kate and Aunt Jodi

• Lori, can you honestly say that if the free stuffs were offered to you, wouldn’t you accept it? I just don’t get why all you people don’t want this family to enjoy the benefits of being on this show. It seems that just because your family doesn’t get to enjoy the same thing as the Gosselins, therefore it’s wrong? Well, guess what? That’s life!!! Some people are lucky and some aren’t. So maybe it’s really not right for you to watch any tv show afterall!!!

  About this Aunt Jodi and sister… has it ever occured to some of you that if this women really love the kids (as they claim), would they even start this nasty blogs against the kids parents? And therefore these kids will suffer too if something bad happened to the parents like some wacko out there attacking them as a result of turning many people against them. This two claim they are their family, yet they don’t do what normal family do when there’s some misunderstanding… like fix the problem between themselves privately. So, therefore, this nasty blog is nothing more trying to get back at the parents and try to make the maximum damage against them as much as possible.

  By the way… do families really do this kind of extremely evil thing to their own??? Oh that’s it… they are actually just IN LAWS…

• I watched Jon and Kate last night and it was refreshing. It was just Jon, the boys and Cara. I noticed that when the people from the Phillies gave the children caps and shirts that Jon actually said Thanks. Kate , the girls and Maddie did not go. It seemed much more relaxed without Kate and Maddie. I wonder if Jon and Kate know what the children are missing without the grandparents in their lives. Unless the grandparents are alcoholics or pediphiles

• omg this is crazy im your 1 FAN im shaking please email me back lol

• I LOVE THE SHOW IT IS THE BEST I LOVE THE SONG TOGHTER THAT ROCKS PLEASE KATE YOUR A GREAT MOTHER DONT WORRY ABOUT IT…
  ILOVE THE SHOW PLEASE NEVER STOP IT AND WHERE DO YOU PLAN TO MOVE… I NO SOME WHO LIVES IN PA SHE LOVES THE SHOW LOL

• WHERE ARE THE GRANDPARENTS… THAT IS MESSED UP THER NOT ON THE SHOW WHAT IS WRONG JON KATE THE KIDS NEED THEM… ILOVE THE SHOW

• PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDERSS

• I LOVE THIS SHOW WE NEVER KNOW THE HOLE TRUTH ON WHATS GOING ON. AND TO HAVE A HOUSE WITH 8 KIDS IN IT YOU DO NEED TO HAVE CONTROL. AND BE IN CONTROL AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE KATE SHE NEEDS TO LET GO ABIT I FEEL BAD FOR AUNT JODI AS SHE WAS A BIG HELP AND WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN NEEDED AND I WOULD HOPE SHE DID NOT EXPECT TO BE PAID THEY ARE FAMILY ALSO KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO THE STORY BUT KATE NEEDS TO KEEP IN MIND NOT EVERY ONE WILL JUMP WHEN SHE SPEAKS.

• Jenny, I totally agree with you, evidently no one is reading our comments, which is fine, I just explained if the grand parents really wanted to see the kids, by our laws Kate and Jon could not stop them,

  As for sweet aunt Jodi, I think she was tired of helping and this was her way out, she really did not love that family or she would still be there, why is it so much harder to blame others than Kate for all the family B.S.? I believe Beth Carson and her family loved the Gosselins more than any of them did, and as aires woman said, no one on these blogs know the whole truth, Jodi’s sister just said enough to GWoP to get more mud slingling started, and some of the blogs have eaten it up, It has become the gospel truth to many of the Kate bashers, and sad but true, no one knows, So many people speculate about the life of some one they don’t even know, It’s one thing to blog or comment on what we see on T.V. but some of these women have gone to the ends of the earth to did up any thing about them, some have had petitions started to stop the show, some have xcontacted child social sevices, and some have gotten Paul Petersen involved, But the commonwealth of Penn, says they have not had any complaints on the Gosselin’s and that was stated on Fox News, and CNN.

  But this is just a few things people have done, Gosselin without Pity have done worse than anyone, and they drag up more dirt than any one. I don’t know how these people sleep at night after the things they say and do against this family, and yet say they do it b/c they are concerned for the kids, “No They Are Not”!!!!!!!!!!!.

• Lori, I don’t think you offended any one, at least not me, I just would think if you truly do have 2 children, you’d be more careful of how nasty you talk about Kates twins, who are you to say they have no talent? or that Mady seriously needs some help? Are you educated in that field enough to make that assumption?

  Be careful what you say about others kids, they are Gods children to, and he loves them as much as you love yours, if you have any. Some times what goes around comes around. Have a great day/evening

• Missy, thanks, you nailed it as well. But for me, I’m just worried about this family… Just like what I’ve said before, if something tragic happens (I pray and pray to God it won’t) to the parents (J K) resulting from all these hate blogs started by Jody and sister who claim to be their family (or more accurately IN LAWS FROM HELL) then this people should be held accountable (sent to jail at least)…

  Because you’ll never know what kinds of people are reading these blogs these days. And there are many nutcase out there (like the anti abortion bomber psychos) who might try the extreme and confront these parents and might even end up tragically. Then what will happen to the kids who these hypocrits profess to care about… Who knows maybe this is actually one of Jody and the sister’s objective, afterall what this sisters are doing right now is obviously how to make Kate and Jon pay regardless of any outcome….

  And if you think about it, this personal vendetta against the kids parents is simply because of the MONEY and that of Jody’s part on the show resulting in JODY LOSING HER 15 MINUTES OF FAME…which I think the malicious blogging sisters couldn’t take.

• I don’t think Jodi approached TLC. My understanding is TLC approacher HER and wanted to compensate her. People who appear on their shows on a regular basis get compensated. I thought they also approached her more than once. Can someone clarify this?

• Missy,By yhe way,i do have two children.Have you really ever watched these shows?Maddie crys or throws afit on just about every episode.FYI..Imight not be educated in that field as you say,but im not a total idiot.Obviously if you think these kids are normal and they do have talent,i hope you dont or plan to ever have your kids in show business.As far as them having no talent,Kate and Jonsaid they have been told by many people to get them in show business,WHY? just because they are twins,they dont even look alike.Have you seen the episode where the kids put on a “talent show” obviously you didnt.After you have seen that one then coment me back.I totally agree about “these are all gods children” but when youre a “television star” and you cant handle other peoples opinions,then maybe your time has come to call it quits.Thats the price of fame.Iguess like you said “what goes around comes around”Thats why i intend to live a private life.

• Jenny,If you would have really read my blogs maybe you would have gotten my point.You asked me”honestly if free stuff was offered to me ,wouldnt i accept it?” thats a really stupid question.of course most people would like handouts.Have you heard of any of the reasons why they are moving?well i have.ONE-they were told free medical was being cut from them because there was nothing wrong with their children.Those parents said they should be entitled to free medical.Why?Because they have 8 kids-who cares.They just want and expect it.And by the way i never said it was wrong because we dont get the same kind of help.And yes,we do plenty together as a family ,certainly not as much as them,but thats because we pay for ours.Did you really happen to read mine?it clearly states,i dont watch it anymore.i think it can be a wonderful thing when someone gets help,but you know what?maybe they could do the same.Starting off by them donating their things ,instead of taking their things to a cosignment shop.Do you know what that is?its a place where people sell your things for you,but you do indeed make most of the money for that item. My point is if they cant afford medical,Why do they have a nanny “kates helper”and are planning to adopt another child?I guess i do have a problem with anyone who are lazy parents that dont work,and are physically capable of it.Dont get me wrong,i think its great when a mother can stay at home with their family to raise kids,but why doesnt jon have a job now?They claim they deserve this ,but if you think about it,thats just like someone that keeps having more kids to get more welfare.Maybe if they cant do it without help,they shouldnt adopt into the family.

• This is in response to Jenny and Missy’s comments:
  Since you both are so high and mighty and NEVER say anything bad about people…which you are doing just as much as anyone else on here….get off your soapboxes!!!!! You both seem like you think you are better than everyone else….probably why you agree with Kate on so many things. Just as you are telling people that “if you don’t like it…stop watching the show”…if you don’t like what other people have to say and you think this blog is junk….stop reading it!!!
  There is nothing wrong with people getting “freebies” but when I have to contribute to these “freebies” by paying my taxes…I disagree with it thoroughly. They want everything to be handed to them on a silver platter and cry and complain about how they don’t have the money to cover their own children’s health coverage but yet they are adopting another child….gimme a break!!!! That’s called playing the government..and fraud…I’d like to know anyone else who can’t “afford” to pay for their children’s medical bills…but CAN afford a nanny, “Kate’s helper”? It seems as though you think it’s ok for people who are considered millionaires to get free handouts from the state? I guess I don’t understand why anyone would think this is acceptable. In response to this blog being malicious…..and Jodi and her sister are the (in-laws from hell)…they have every right to say whatever they feel like saying, you obviously don’t know the situation to be making these snide comments. Jodi didn’t approach TLC for the money…she’s been watching those kids for free because she loved them….Kate cut Jodi out of the kids’ lives because TLC approached Jodi for being a recurring person on the show…Jodi didn’t want to step on Kate’s toes because she knows that Kate is self serving and would be mad because there are other people “benefiting” from HER show. Jodi told Kate that she didn’t care about the money and was happy just being a part of the kids’ lives. That wasn’t good enough for Kate….Kate went on to say that Nobody will get anything from the show except her and Jon and told TLC that if they started to pay Jodi…she was pulling the plug on the show. As far as the grandparental rights and you saying that “if the grandparents really wanted to see the kids…Kate couldn’t stop them”….I don’t know where you are from…but to my knowledge..this law was cut several years ago and even if it was a law where they are from…what are the grandparents supposed to do…come and kidnap the kids in the middle of the night to see them. They couldn’t just walk right up in their house if Kate doesn’t want them around. It also kills me how you talk about how you can’t stand hearing the excuse that people give about “just being worried about the kids” but then you go on talking about it yourself. The children are beautiful kids but 10 years down the road you will see just how messed up they are after living under the ruthless, controlling, manipulative bitch that gave birth to them. If you even watch this show at all you’d see how deeply depressed Cara has been acting in this last season. It’s very sad…and Maddie…is definetly following in her mother’s footsteps. She’s rude, and thinks she rules the roost! I don’t enjoy saying that about a child but you know what?? as you say……THAT”S LIFE!!! Maybe you need to read some of the local’s comments…they know first hand on how Kate is and acts. I would be embarrassed if I were you…commenting on things you know nothing about.

  The family with 17 kids and one on the way—the Duggers–show is much better, they actually show the struggle of a large family…and ways to make life a little more cost efficient with their children. The family works for what they have and don’t expect free handouts from everyone they come in contact with, and their family is double that of J&K. The mother is not neurotic and doesn’t verbally abuse her husband. They all seem to be happy people and love each other. Very good show, and is refreshing to see a NORMAL family function and appreciate the things that they worked for themselves.

• jenny,its pretty funny how you had some snoddy remarks about jody .she has a right to defend her character as much as anyone.if you ask me youre just as guilty ,youre just on the other side of the fence that being jon and kates.she pretty much did them a favor by keeping all of those screaming brats so kate could do her thing.my god she even had someone watch the kids so she could learn how to cook organic foods,but its already out there she has her own personal chef,OMG,give me a break. Face it lady,this woman may seem like she does a lot for her family on her show,but dig a little deeper,she really hardlyhas to do anything

• cathy and lori,i agree with you guys . either missy and jenny have no kids or they are lazy and live off the system.gee isnt it funny anyone would think just because she is their aunt she doesnt have a right to speak her mind. personally im happy she was able to get out of that crazy situation and to not be used anymore.

• sounds like jenny and missy have never had a disagreement with their in laws

• Cathy, first about the Duggers, they are a wonderful family and they are raising their children pretty much in the same way my family came from, clothes and all, with that being said. Watch Out, the dirt on them is already starting to hit the fan, Michelle has already been called a freak, and she and her daughters have even had theur hair made fun of,

  Now back to the Gosselins, I have seen almost every show Thanks for asking, I don’t believe they are any longer getting welfare or your tax dollars are paying for their up keep, Who says they don’t have their own insurance? And it is not their fault companies want to keep on giving to them. So what? it’s not your money.
  As far as calling Kate names like you and others have, no I would not do that, but if thats the only way to get your point across more kuddo’s to ya.
  And yes the grand parents could see the kids if they wanted, no not kidnap them, that is a silly remark to say, there is still a “grand parents law” for visitation, unless said grand parents are proven to be unfit, this is America, we do have that law all over our U.S.A. As far as Jodi, I hope she never sees them out side of a television, she is squeeky clean-two-faced and a coward. She is as low as a family member can be, I don’t care what people say Kate said, I did’nt hear Kate de-grading Jodi, I heard Jodi de-grading Kate, Kate has said nothing bad about any of her screwed up family, and yes I believe they are messed up.

  The local comments you mentioned, is from who and where? mostly blogs and people like Julie and Jodi who are ticked off b/c they have lost their fame, Yes TLC are the ones who went to Jodi, but it was Jodi who chose to leave, How do you know it was all Kates fault? you don’t,

  I could’nt care less if you don’t like her, I’m sure she could’nt care less either, I just find it sad when grown women hate another women so bad, that they will attack her children, So maybe you and Lori need to take a step back, and if you can’y fight us fair, then don’t start fighting wiyh the kids, maybe you shouls pull up your big girl panties and brush the dirt off your little knees and play fair or just go home.

  I guess our opinions of the show and Kate is just as important to us as yours is to you, Just b/c we are not bashing the heck outta Kate don’t mean we agree with all she and Jon do, but they are young and they are learning, I’m sure when you started out with a family you made mistakes also, pleuuzzzzeeee, don’t let us think you are like these other perfect parents, I’m sure Kate and Jon have wished many times they would have said or done some thing different, but they are in this for the long haul, and they are doing it together, like it or not, they are together, Helllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo, they are together..

  Jenny. I doubt if any one couls be held accountable for what is said on these blogs, and it is to bad. We do have a lot of weirdos around, I to believe if Jilie and Jodi can make things look worse for Kate they wii, after all is’nt that why Jodi went crying to big sister in the first place, was just to start more trash on Kate, Who in their right mind does a blog about what a family member did to them, if the Gosselins were not on T.V. Julie would have never said any thing on a blog, well heres the proof, why did’nt they come out with this crap 2 years earlier? b/c they wanted Jodi to get some money also, thats what it was about Jodi making money, (off of the backs of Kates Kids) but it would have been okay for Jodi, but not the parents!! Wow

• that’s funny….I don’t remember EVER saying anything bad about her children… I’m entitled to my opinion as are you…And for your information…how do you know I am not one of their family members as well?? YOU DON”T. I think you need to check up on the grandparent laws…are YOU qualified in the laws of this country? Because, not all states serve to the grandparents law anymore. I know because I’ve been down that road before…..it doesn’t exist and hasn’t for a good ten years. I never said I was perfect but then I’m not on national TV making a fool of myself. I, too, have made many mistakes and am not afraid to admit it, I came off my soapbox a long time ago. Where has it been stated that Jodi said anything derogatory about those children??

  By locals…..I mean…in the same neighborhood or town that the Gosselins live!…and I don’t think making fun of people’s hair and someone calling Michelle a freak is nearly the same as what people say about Kate Gosselin…that’s not even in the same ballpark.

  Even though they are not perfect, I know they do love their children (kate and jon)….that’s not my point and I never said they didn’t….I just said the woman is screwed up, for whatever reason, she is under a lot of stress but so are a lot of people in this world and that’s no excuse for some of their “gimme gimme gimmes”. I too wish the “weirdos’ you refer to would make themselves known, because Lord only knows that’s the “only way you can get your point across”…don’t be a hypocrite Missy.

  And as the being jealous thing…..I don’t have anything to be jealous of….I’m not in an abusive, dysfunctional relationship like they are…and to plan to be anytime soon. I am not stuck and binded to my spouse only because we have 8 children and I don’t want to pay child support for them. Are you really that shallow that you have not paid any attention to the facts in this situation or do you just come on here to debate your “all knowing” facts with everyone?? Oh by the way….don’t bother to comment back because I will not be posting my opinion on this matter after this comment, and as a matter of fact will not come back on to read your statements….I agree that we disagree and let’s leave it at that. your not worth the time….I have a life! WOW maybe you should get one too!

• why are these people weirdos? because they don’t agree with you? i have to tell you you are in the minority on this page missy. you are the weirdo

• KATE IF YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER AND JODIE YOU WILL NO LONGER BE MAD AT HER JUST MAKEUP PLEASE IT IS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FAMILY THE SHOW ROCKS I WANT TO MEET YOU BUT THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN PA AND I LIVE IN VA JUST KEEP THE SHOW ON AIR YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIVE SHOW AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GET TO MEET YOU ARE SO LUCKY WELL IM GOING TO GO BUT I WILL LEAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS

• tom is being a real but it is not nice to call people those kinds of names just do what is best lol…love the show

• I agree with the blogger named Erin. I think the poor lighting in the interview with the “supposed” Aunt Jodi was to conceal the fact that someone was hired to say this to create controversy. People really need to get “lives” so that this is not an issue.

• Wow, this is my opinion, Jenny has nothing to do with what I say, so don’t blame her.
  Amy, I do not live off any system, except my husbands and our chosen life style, would’nt know what the system or welfare looked like if it knocked at my door, I am how ever probably older than you, my children are all grown and have their own lives, my husband and I travel and live very comfortable, tho we are far from being rich.
  And yes to another comment, I have over the years had a lot of dis-agreements with family, but never would I want to tell the whole nation about it.
  I have never said you Cathy were jealous or to stop watching, I could’nt care less if you do or don’t watch , and I do not know if you are a jealous person or not.
  I do not have all the “knowing facts” as some one said, I just don’t make up stories of what I don’t know, like so many do, where do all the stories come from? I was reading a blog today in ref: to Mon, nites show, this A.M. some one suggested that Kate looked like she was medicated (on drugs) well guess what? tonite it went from she looked like to she is over medicated, wait a day or two and it will be on several blogs that Kate Gosselin is doing drugs and TLC is paying for it.
  This is what I mean about where do the stories start, and we already know they don’t end.

  As far as Jodi (Again) how do you know how that really came about? b/c Julie said so? b/c Jodi said so? are there not two sides to every story? Oh yes Missy and we got 2 sides, Julies and Jodi’s, so what makes them so believeable? You ahve not heard any thing on the show about it have you?

  So now you guys want to call me a hypocrite, why, what have I said in a hypocritical way? That is not fair. I said I think J&K make plenty of bloopers, but they are young and they are learning, just as we all are still doing (only I’m not as young anymore LOL)

  3 or 4 of you got together and called Jenny and I lazy, living off the system, a hypocrite,a weirdo, and for what? b/c we have a different opinion?
  some one said Jodi had a right to defend her character, defend from who? from what? who was offending her? other than she lost out on her t.v. time and her money,

  Now heres a question, some one please answer this, if it it in fact J&K are exploiting their kids by keeping the show going, what would you have called Kevin and Jodi doing the same thing? was that not what they wanted was to make a buck off of not only J&K kids but their own as well?, and so many peole are up in arms about this, that J&K are making money off the kids, but yet are so mad b/c they believe Jodi’s story that Kate would not allow TLC to pay her to do the same thing, Talk about hypocritical, See all I’m saying is I don’t believe every thing I read on these blogs, every one has a different version and no one, no one really knows for sure,

  As for the poster who asked, “how do you know I am not family member?” so who cares if you are, why are you on her with us instead of helping that family of yours?. I have shared e-mails with one of Kates sisters, would you care to guess which one? if you are a family member, you should know the whole story.

  You are right about the difference between Michelle Dugger and Kate, not the same ball park either thats for sure, but give Michelle a season or two and she will be right at home plate with Kate Gosselin, the trashy stories have already started on her and her family, worse than their hair and clothes, I did not want to comment on it , but posters have made fun of her and her intimacy with her husband, dirty, nasty, dis-gusting stuff, and they are just getting started,

  I’m not going to try and change any ones opinion and I won’t change mine a lot either, I could say some negative things about the show, my pet peeve is how the kids act up, but that is from me being raisedin a different era. I don’t usually say much about them negative, b/c thats what everybody else does, and if we all agreed it would be pretty boring would’nt it?.

  One more small thing, but so huge, just b/c we do not agree, does not mean you are right and Iam wrong, that you are wrong and I am right, it only means we have a difference of an opinion.

• Honestly, this is by far the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. What right does anyone have to make money off of somebody elses life. To me Aunt Jodi sounds like a spoiled stuck up bitch. Who is she to criticize Kate for having extra help, you take 8 kids for the most what two days, yeah try living with them. Maybe, then you would be so cheery. If this women is so “Well-off” and didn’t need the money then why the fuck does she care soo much. You want your life to be filled with cameras just to make a quick buck. It sounds to me like she wanted her five minutes of fam and when she didn’t get it through the show she used this stupid fucking blog to get everyones attention. Now, here people are giving her exactly what she wants, attention. Honestly, had i been offered money to look after my neices and nephews i would not take it, and the fact that she not only did not deny the money but had her HUSBAND (not herself) go to Kate and ask for money is just sick. I would have acted in the exact same way, they are the ones who will have to pay for University for ten fucking kids, every single dollar to those people in an insured future for their children. Rather, then keeping that money for her kids she is expected to pay her family for something any of us would do for their family for the plain fact that they are family and you love them. Honestly, Jodi’s sisters blog should just be shut down, i don’t even understand why she would get involved in the first place. Everyone can clearly see those kids are growing up just fine, they are far more intelligent then most kids their age and eat better then any of us. Honestly, i don’t even see how Jodi could have made Kate look like a bad mother, she is a push over, she lets them do whatever they want, she lets three year olds out smart her. This is all just very grade school and both Jodi and her Sister need to grow up and realize that their not going to become stars out of this

• They are getting all of their trips for free and, believe me, they are milking the system for all it is worth. Did you see Jon at the Phillies game? He was grabbing up tons of food and souveniers. I never saw him pay for anything (I didn’t seem him being very grateful either). He is just as bad as she is if you ask me. There is a reason that they are not in contact with a ANY of their family members. They are in a position to help those less unfortunate but they are too GREEDY and too busy helping themselves. I can’t watch it anymore.

• Then Robin, if it hurts you or makes you that mad, you are right , you should not watch it any more,

  I agree with the above poster, I just could’nt put it in the words she used LOL, but Jodi is a cry baby, and she was doing it all along for the attention and her time on T.V. And Julie was right there to help her get it started, Two Peas in The Same Pod, just lovely

  She did’nt get her way and she just had to let big sister know about it, what is wrong with freebies? they are not on welfare, it’s not coming out of our taxes, Geesh why don’t people let that phrase go. How are they milking the system,? b/c they accept offers? well so would you and so would I, if it’s no longer out of your tax money, why do you care who gives them what, and where did Jon not act appreciative? I also have heard them many times over say they could’nt do what they do, if it was them paying for it.

  Also up thread some one said that Mady, would more’n likely grow up and shoot up a school, well you should watch your own spawn, did theses other kids that shot up the schools ever have a reality show? NO!! do you think their parents ever thought they would do such an awful thing? NO!! How can you people talk about some one elses kds like that, it may come back home to ya, Don’t temt God. be careful what you wish on others, it could come back home to haunt you. Say what ever dis=spictable thing you want about J&K but leave the kids out of it, and if you that said that are from GWoP please go back to your own play ground, I know it’s nasty and dirty over there, but please don’t drag this site in the mud with theirs.

  And yes thank you Erin I agree I believe it was all made up to, just to have more dirt thrown at Kate, B/c Jodi and Julie are the ones who are doing the throwing, Does Julie think Kate would ever allow her to be around those kids again? I hope not, Jodi did’nt love those kids, or she would have kept her cry baby tears to her self and stopped wanting the public attention, but I guess a bird in the hand is worth more to her than two in a bush. Why is it so easy to believe them? b/c Kate is not on here trying to mud sling, she thinks to much of her kids for that,

  But let me tell you, I think most of Kates family are messed up, her sister Clarissa is some thing else, on one hand she is preaching God’s word and in the same breath she was trashing her family, that is why it is so hard for non-believers of God to believe any thing that christians say, b/c most wordly people would’nt think of trashing their family on the inter-net, Think about that.

• I decided last week I hate Kate. When I saw the long bangs in her eyes all highlighted and the shorts that showed her legs during the interview I was done. The fame and money went to their heads as it ALWAYS does. I always cringed when she would yell at Jon. She called it “being real”. She was right it is “real” sin. Yikes. It scares me to think where that family will find itself in few years. Regret is not a fun place to be.

• robin,exactly my point.There sure is a reason why NO ONE in that family has anything to do with them.Not just jody and her family,but everyone else. Did any one happen to catch the episode when they celebrated the sextuplets birthday?Kate made her comments and laughed at the lady riding the pony.saying something like i bet the horse is thinking just shoot me now.,just because she wasnt skin and bones.How embarrasing for her.Maybe she wasnt offered free lipo or tummy tucks like kateShe says this lady is like their grandma.WOW, no wonder her blood family cant stand her.Thats really ashame she would put someone down like that.If i remember correctly kate looked pretty disgusting after having her kids.Not that most people dont, but most people dont go around laughing on national television about other people like kate did.

• Dear Missy or (Kate) because we know thats who you really are. It amazes me that a woman with eight children could sit back and find the time to defend herself to the world. Why dont you admit who you really are. Who is Jenny? Jon. Oh i forgot Kate never forwards any negative feedback to Jon. Who else would defend somebody else as much as you two do? By the way Kate, I sure am glad to to see you no longer in nursing when one of your kids had a bloody lip and you freaked out and yelled at jon. Go play with your kids, instead of spending all your time defending yourself.

• Hey, just wanted to say I have always loved the show but there are oters out there with sextuplets, and Kate has a lot of good ways, but why cant your kids play normal and does any of your neighbors visit does Mady and Cara have any girlfriends? Jon dont know how you deal with Kate, hope ypur marriage can survive it. I will always watch the show, just glad its you and not me. Good Luck!!

• Well, I think I have stirred the hornets nest because suddenly all this people are coming out from everywhere attacking my post and Missy’s in support of the hate bloggers – Jody and sister and others…

  Ok to Lori, Cathy and everyone else supporting and defending all those malicious bloggers. The common gripes that I noticed about what you are all saying is that you don’t like that this family is getting all this freebies from eveywhere and seemed to think that J & K and family are having an easier life. There’s a mention of chef cooking for them, cleaning lady, nanny’s, house cleaner etc. And, I’m not sure if this is actually true since all this allegations is coming from one side only – the hate blogs against J & K and family… And let’s just say this is true but so what???

  This is the one thing that I don’t understand. Why is it so wrong for you people that this family is having an easier life? They have a show and are getting all the benefits which includes money, gifts, freebies and more… Just because they started with nothing are they supposed to stay poor while TLC is getting all this trucks of money off of them? The truth is almost all super rich entertainers (actors, singers etc.) started as poor… Britney, Brad Pitt, Oprah … Even Paris Hilton got even richer because of that reality show which became a big hit and so boosting her skanky career… LOL. The same is true for the Gosselins. I consider them entertainers because they are entertaining millions of people for many hours a week.

  So is it really that bad that they are getting richer (just like other entertainers) because of their show? And don’t tell me about the “child exploitation” crap because if you go there what about all the parents of child actors of the past and present like Macaulay Culkin, Lindsay Lohan and others…

  Also, don’t you want to see the kids have a brighter future like a nice house, a secured college education… Or just because your family isn’t having it easier, then the Gosselins should remain poor as well and you rather want to see them homeless or live in a Trailer Park with both parents working and leaving the 6 little kids to Cara and Mady to take care of… Is that the kind of life you want for them?

  By the way Lori, this family isn’t getting anything from the government or your tax money (please stop being so gullible by believing all the lies of hate bloggers)… TLC and the show advertisers are providing them all that they need right now. Jon and Kate have now the means to stay at home taking care of their kids… And I’m very very happy for them and unlike some people here I’m not in the least jelous about it… I even wish they’ll become super rich because of the show just like many people in the entertainment industry…

• About what I called “MALICIOUS BLOGGING” by the sisters… a term the hate blog supporters doesn’t like. Well, it’s pretty malicious no matter how you look at it. I will even add “EVIL” to all these blogs because one of their sole purpose is to stir people’s emotion against this wonderful family – although imperfect since I myself don’t like K or J (mostly kate) behavior sometimes…

  Likewise, they are EVIL BLOGS because they have the potential to become deadly for the Gosselins. You might say “oh that’s not going to happen”… Well, just like the crazy people of the “anti abortion”, “anti Vietnam war”, and other causes that stirred crazy people to murder like Rudolph, McVeigh, Kaczynski, W. Ayers, this HATE BLOG BY JODY AND SISTER and others will likewise agitate some wackos of the “anti child exploitation” advocates in resorting to violence against the family especially Kate and Jon. Furthermore, just look at the anger and hatred that some posters here are expressing against this family… What I’m saying is, what if something bad happened (I’m praying it won’t) because of those bloggers? Aren’t you going to feel awful for at least supported and encouraged Jody and sister and others to stir up these crazy people to commit violence?

  Also, let’s be honest about this… Jody and sister’s main purpose in starting all these hate blogs is to derail the show or have it cancelled. This is obviously as PAYBACK to Kate and family because of money issues and Jody getting cut off from the show. Since when she is still in it they (sister and Jody) seem to be happy about the whole thing and aren’t writing blogs about this child exploitation crap. But now since Jody is out they (the sisters) cleverly stirred some gullible people everywhere including the wackos of America in all shape and sizes.

  This includes this “HAS BEEN CHILD ACTOR” in the 50’s named Paul Peterson (never heard of this guy before) who seem to think of himself as the SAVIOUR of abused children. I consider this as laughable because they are on camera by just being themselves and for a few hours a day and 3 days a week. By comparison the child actors are being forced to act differently than themselves on sets sometimes for weeks on end so that’s real work for those kids… So it’s only proper that he should concentrate more on those kids than this family. In fact, there are much more serious cases this guy should be going after like the parents of kids in pageants which is also on TLC.

  But because that TLC show isn’t as popular and this guy isn’t going to get publicity and extend his “15 minutes of fame” he isn’t going to CNN and gripe about it. So, it’s obvious that he is only interested in promoting himself. Besides, how come this person isn’t going after the DUGGARS family as well? Oh I see… they aren’t as popular as the Gosselins… so no publicity for him…

• HEY I AGREE WITH MISSY SHE IS LIKE ME I HAVE SEEN EVER SHOW…I HAVE NOT SEEN KATE DO ANYTHING WRONG SHE CAN BE A LITTLE BOSSY TO JON BUT SHE IS A GREAT MOTHER.HT..JUST DONT FIGHT T IN FRONT OF THE KIDS…JUST DONT FIGHT AT ALL…PLEASE DONT… JODIE IS JUST A PERSON JUST LIKE THE REST OF USE AND KATE TO…LOL LOVE THE SHOW…

• jenny,,okay first of all i have heard of no one hoping or praying of anything bad to happen to these little kids.Actually you are the only one who keeps bringing this issue up.Some may say you are the crazy one. You obviously are tracking down their every move and try to cyou orrect every thing everyone else says.Once again smarty,I will tell you ONE MORE TIME i am not jealous nor would Ilike to see those kids grow up poor.Its not their fault they have two very

• jenny,,okay first of all i have heard of no one hoping or praying of anything bad to happen to these little kids.Actually you are the only one who keeps bringing this issue up.Some may say you are the crazy one. You obviously are tracking down their every move and try to correct every thing everyone else says.Once again smarty,I will tell you ONE MORE TIME i am not jealous nor would I like to see those kids grow up poor.Its not their fault they have two very ungrateful parents.And I noticed again how you seem to believe this is speculation about kates helpers ,a cleaning lady someone who does their laundry irons and even puts it away. I guess it is one sided.Kate and Jons side.It was on one of their episodes.Any one who would constantly bring up this issue about crazy people and would know so much about it this in fact does concern me.And to answer your question Yes I would feel sad if anyt hing were to happen to any child .But it would not be my fault.Obviously I have not done my research on nut jobs like you have.Oh by the way i noticed you had nothing to say about the bday partyor were you actually there?do also happen to work for the govt?Y eah I didnt think so.

• I have six sibling. Me and my twin sister are fifteen, my two older brothers are seventeen and nineteen, my youngest sister is nine, my second youngest sister is eleven and my youngest brother is thirteen.
  I am old enough now to know that raising all of us was hard for my parents. My dad worked full time and my mom stayed home to take care of us. When my oldest brother was old enough to babysit, Mom started working part-time.
  We stressed Mom out a lot. She yelled at us all the time, but we always knew she cared. When my little sister was being picked on at school Mom told her a funny story that made her laugh instead of cry and then she told her what to do when if it happened again.

  What I am trying to say is that Jon and Kate are pretty good parents. I know what life is like taking care of a lot of children and it’s never easy. Our parents seemed to always yelled at us or each other, but love was always present on our home. It is the same at the Gosselins.
  When you have a lot of kids and a tight schedule of course you are going to get stressed. My parents were the same, and Kate is the same. What my parents did is they got my brother to babysit every Saturday and they went out to spend time with each other.
  Kate should do the same, except they should hire a nanny. It does wonders to relieve stress and I really saw the change in my parents when they started.

  I am a supporter of Kate.

• Oh My Lordy Be! (as Kate would say) Oh wait thats me LMAO, Jon are you in the closet? come in here and see me right now, do you hear me Jon? Hellllllllllllllllooooooooooooo Jon,

  Oh Jenny this could be so much fun, if I were a deceiver, “sincewearelyingaboutnames” what kinda name is that? Any way where do you come up with those thoughts, did you dream that up? or are you naturally used to just spewing what ever comes to your mind?

  lori there have been plenty of bad things said about the kids on here, evidently you just don’t read all the comments. And yes Kate did and does have help, but the funny thing is, is that those very people have said them selves they volunteered to do this, Kate did not have to ask,

  As far as the chef and others there now is TLC’S doing, and the only time the chef is there is when they are filming, So you are saying if you were offered a trip that you would refuse it? if some one offered you free service you would refuse it? Well honey send it my way, I’d love to have a freebie.
  and so that is exactly what Jodi got her panties in a wad about, she did’nt get the freebies Kate got, so what? You all think Jodi wasso sweet and loving, sure until she found out there would be no money and then whoosh she was gone, so was her love and concern for the kids,

  I am not Jenny, but as far as researching “nut jobs” all you have to do is watch the news or read the paper, Everyday it’s loaded with crimes against children, So Jenny did not have to go to college to research that did she,

  What was about the B’day party? b/c Kate was having fun and cracking jokes with people who loved her, I know it’s hard for some of you to believe that Kate can laugh and have fun. So she yells and she is some times anal about trivial things, have we not all done the same thing, About the remark (supposedly made about Nana Joan) Kate was saying that b/c all of the kids were riding ,what she said to Nana was not to fall off and get hurt,

  Well Jenny I guess (Miss Smarty) you are still in the closet, LOL where does this stuff come from? LMAO, missy is Kate and Jenny is Jon, Oh Lordy Be,

  I guess maybe if (Sincewerealllyingaboutnames) OMG what a name, if they really want to I’m sure the moderator or the IP Staff of this blog can check out who we are and where we are from, But Jenny, it’s nice to meet you , I just wish we could have or should I say, I could have carried that on for a while, it could have been so much fun, Me being Kate, hmmm, Missy shaking head, and wishing she had Kates bank account!!!! Have a wonderful day tomorrow Jenny and you to lori, and who ever this name person is, hope no one is mad, it’s a blog and it’s filled with POV’s and opinions, that don’t agree, but we are still adults and still can be civil.

• People get a life……..Noone is perfect….Ok Kate is disrespectful to Jon…..WOW, is that such a big deal..They are marride with 8 children……She has stress build up…..

  I say God bless them both and where ever the road leads them.

  Peace

• Oh Lori, are you being funny or what? Now you are assuming I’m the crazy one because I happen to know all this things and you don’t? That’s the problem with you… You only love reading gossips on tabloids and the internet while as for me, I’ve always love reading world events including historical. For example one of the people I listed as a one time crazy guy is W. Ayers, who is on the news recently because of his association with Obama. You should have known that but because you are interested in reading only about gossips on reality show people you don’t know anything about what’s going on.

  Also, are you accusing me of stalking someone? I’m confused really… what gave you sunch a ridiculous idea? Let’s see, I posted my opinion here about the ongoing feud between the Jody’s side and the Gosselin side and I happen to be pro Gosselin and stated my point and my concerns for the safety of the family especially the parents. Now just because you hated them so much (especially Kate) and don’t agree with my opinion you are accusing me of being a stalker and the crazy one? Wow, what a genius…

  Actually, after reading your response I’m thinking that you maybe one of the people I’m worried about regarding the safety of the Gosselin family. Because in your post you mentioned twice
  that you also don’t want anything to happen to the little kids but not once you included the parents…which in the first place are the one’s I’m more concerned about.

  It’s also very strange that you said that you don’t watch the show anymore and yet you are still obsessed with this family… especially Kate who I noticed that you seem to hate with passion. I find that really scary…seriously.

  By the way, who cares if they have hundreds of helpers, cooks… inside their house!! If they can afford it, why not? You said you aren’t jelous and yet you kept on bitching and griping about this same thing over and over again…

  Missy, I find it funny too that they think I’m Jon… They think that all people are all Kate or Jon haters so they don’t think it’s possible that some fans are actually defending them…

• I have to comment on this because I was a huge fan of this show. Reality show that my whole family could watch and we were so intrigued by the children.

  I’m still trying to understand this whole mess between Aunt Jodi and Kate. I can see why Aunt Jodi would be hurt by their belitting comments.

  Fast forward to the Philadeliphia Baseball outing where Jon took 1/2 the kids for a once in a lifetime event. You could see the jealousy in Kate’s face the whole time while Jon narrated the show. Kate missed out on this event. What stuck in my mind about this show was Collin running through the bases on the field and stopping because he didn’t want to get his shoes dirty. The camera’s focused on Kate’s face and she just rolled her eyes. He was afraid to get his shoes dirty and he’s only 4 years old.

  All I can say to TLC is bring Aunt Jodi back to the show. She brought character to the show. She’s kind and beautiful. I wish they could mend their relationship.

• let me start off by saying the reason i only said i would never want anything to happen to the kids as well as any one else.Thats only because you asked me wouldnt you feel bad if something happened to the kids. i absolutely would never want anything to happen to any parents.or anyone else for that matter. The reason i did get on this site is because it said “Jon and Kate Plus Eight Gets Nasty:Aunt Jody Tells Her Side” Any one who reads anything about anyone is just as much to blame when things are being said. Obviously everyone is entitled to their own opinions and im sure you have heard certain things as have i. I really dont have anything else to say you both made your point like i feel i made mine. i am not “obsessed ” with them just because i got on here to see what jody had to say,as well as anyone else does when they read anything on them .Ido have a life and could really give a shit less what they do or how they do it,but my only point is that they sure seem to do everything on their own,but they do indeed get alot of help. The fame in my eyes seems it is going to their heads. There are alot of people in the world who have alot of kids, that dont get help . Again this site was aunt jody telling her side,not kate & jons. Ifeel if any one wants to continually kiss their ass then get on their site. By the way i do have other things to do ,as i hope this is not the only thing going on for you.i am defending what i believe as you both are. Just because I dont agree with you doesnt mean you are right and vice versa.Again ,you are on here just as much as anyone else if not more so calling me obsessed is just plain ridiculous.

• I THINK ANYONE WHO IS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE PARENTS SAFETY, THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM. I NOTICED YOU (JENNY)WROTE TO THE LAST GIRL YOU READ ALOT MORE OF HISTORY AND WORLD NEWS , THEN WHY ARE YOU ON HERE SO MUCH ACCUSING OTHERS AS TO ONLY READING GOSSIP. ARE YOU ACCUSING HER OF PHYSICAL HARM TO THE THE GOSSELINS , BECAUSE THATS A PRETTY BIG ACCUSATION. GET A LIFE LADY , AND GO BACK TO READING ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE .

• all you progosselins can SUCK IT! you’re all a bunch of b******* that think you’re better then everyone else. just like Kate and Jon. I think thats what my girl Lori’s talkin about when she called you Kate and Jon. you seem like some stuck up, ungrateful a**holes. how dare you tell people they are obsessed and you fear for the well being of the gosselin family. you are the ones to be worried about. go back to reading your history since you’re so damn smart and stay off the lowly hate blogs if you don’t like it ya dumb b****, get over yourselves and crawl back up in kates a**.

• thanks tommy, you hit that one right on the nail .

• man you’re all nuts!

• Man I said lets be civil and we get called bitches for that, evidently tommy could’nt spell “bitch” there I did it for you, hope that you calling women you don’t even know bitches makes you feel all grown up like a punk, b/c real men don’t do that, As for you sticking up for your girl lori, it sounds like to me the two of you are about 12-15 years of age, Have you even gotten out of middle school yet, b/c you clearly can not carry on a civil conversation with out getting all bent out of shape, shame on you tommy, does your mother know you are playing on her computer?

  lori who could sound more rediculous than you , you are the one who wants to argue over the same ole comment, let that dog die,

  And to “no name” Jenny can have her POV just as you do and the reason she is on here, same as the rest of us “because she can”

  We are not the ones who are being smart asses, we are not the ones looking to argue over the old dog, Frankly I think Jodi is a whimp and thats my opinion, If you think she is so great, good for her, you think that, I just gave my reasons why I don’t care for her , no one is trying to change your minds, (Gee I’ve said that how many times?) but I won’t change mine either.

  Honestly, I don’t care what you feel or don’t feel about Kate or Jodi, I don’t expect everyone to agree, but can we dis-cuss with out name calling, so it gets a little heated up, but whats with the bitches? that is so high school, reminds me of what Jodi did, she could’nt fight her battles with Kate so she got big sister to write a blog about it, well at least Lori, I’ll give you credit, your Tommy stuck up for you, Jodi could not even get her own husband to do that for her, pretty sad huh? Looks like Jodi turned Kevin into a whimp just like her,

  Jenny, just wanted to say Thank You for your well thought out views and comments, and Thank You for your interesting thought provoking POV’S that keep every one looking for the better answer.

• Zoe, heres some humor for ya, A girl told her friend once “I think everyone is crazy except you and I, and some times I’m not to sure about you” LOL Yeah you are right, we are all nuts!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

• Alright , first off let me please state for the record ,Missy and Jenny are absolutely, positively without a doubt right. But I guess it is pretty funny how you said something about that boy (tommy) not spelling the word B**** right. Really the only thing i noticed was he was not so trashy as to write the filthy word out like you did. I did however notice you had some misspelled words -Rediculous and couldnt- the apostrophe goes in between the n and the t –so it can read could not. Yeah i learned that in the 2nd grade. I would not have brought that up , but since you seem to belittle any one who does not agree with you ,there you go. I really think you do care what others have to say , because I have seen more posted comments from you two than anyone else. Well believe it or not , this has been fun talking back and forth and waiting to see what others have to say. I think my time has come to call it quites , I have a family and a life and really dont have any more time to keep this up. Im sure there will be another person on here for you two to spend your much valuable time disagreeing with , Im just hoping you two have no little ones to look after unless of course you have a nanny doing that for you. Again , lots of fun but I really I cant stand either one of you. I will not be checking any more comments , so really the best of luck to everyone,,,,No really I mean it !

• Sorry lori, you are upset, and yes I really mean it to, I’m glad you got my mis-spelled words and it don’t offend me that you did, why would you leave? we are adults here and we have a different POV, it does not mean I am any smarter than you or any one else, so please quit saying that. I have not portrayed my self as being smart, just my own little .2 cents worth is all, just as you and others have, I mean you keep harping on the same thing and so do I in answering your comments,

  Want to change topic, hey lets do it, we can agree to dis-agree, but no one has to get mad and leave, I did however get ticked off when Jenny and I were accused of being trolls, that is worse than being called a B—h. BTW what is different in spelling out the word or abbreviating it? I think one of the worst I have seen on a blog is WTF? well it’s still vulger no matter how they print it,

  Any wy hope you stay around and chat with us, really as for me, I do not want to fight with anyone as I am sure Jenny does not either, Heck it’s a T.V. show, people we will never probably meet, I do how ever have compassion for that family, lordy be some one has to,

  I don’t think Saddem Hussein (spelled wrong I’m sure) was hated any more than Kate Gosselin is,

  Just think back a few short years ago, when the WTC fell, I don’t think you could have talked to any one there for a while that would have said they hated another person, And now the internet has generated so much gossip and hate about this woman it is really sad, If the dis-cussions were just what we see on the show, it would be entirely different, but it’s not, Gosselin without Pity people have had them staked out and several people have turned them into child services, They have explored every personal thing about their life, and when that was not enough, they started making up stories, This is what turned me off on Jodi, she knew all the trash being talked about the ones she claimed to love, and yet she and her sister had to make it worse, Even if what she says is remotely close to being true, why would she want to make it worse , she does realise some day the kids will read these blogs, and what will they think of aunt Jodi then?

  Did she need attention that bad, that she would take a chance on Money vrs her love for the kids, well evidently she did, and I guess money was more important. Kates sister was doing the same thing, only in the name of God, well God is not into spreading gossip, no way shape or form, His word even says “there is nothing sharper than the tongue, not even a two edged sword” But a few phone calls to her Pastor and her daddys church her blog was down,

  Now what ticks me off with some of these blogs from family members is that they can say what ever they want, but they are not open to refute, you can not talk to Jodi or Julie, and I think that is cowardly, If they are bold enough to start a blog then they should be brave enough to answer some questions, don’t ya think. Okay sorry for the long post again and sorry if any ones feelings are hurt or upset, that was certainly not my intentions. Hey Jenny if your on, hope you have a great week end, I am busy painting, DH is working on the car, and yard work, yeah it;s that time of year,

• I have to say I am fasinated with this show. I (also) think Kate is terrible to Jon, mainly because she has no respect for him, so she beats on him at every opportunity. But I want to know about their move to North Carolina. Does anybody know the lowdown on this house they are supposedly buying or building? And when is the “wedding vows” episode being aired? Having the film crew meals catered during a filming is standard procedure, so Kate’s private chef is really just part of the whole production. And of course they are being paid for this, who in their right mind would do that for nothing.

• You really think Kate beats Jon? are you serious?

  No one has said for sure when they are moving, there are so many stories about the size of the house and the 2-5 million $ price tag, but nothing the show has confirmed as of yet.

  I agree with you, if she has a chef, more power to her, and of course thay get paid, “Big Bucks” They probably have already more money than all of us on here will see in our life time, All put together. Good for them and God Bless em’ they are gonna need it..

• i just happened to find this website a couple days ago . i spent a while reading all of everyones responses. i just wanted to say all opinions were interesting and some funny. i think you missy have way to much time on your hands . not saying im disagreeing with all you have to say but i was just wondering why you asked if that girl was upset ? i read hers and all she said was she has a family and a life . so whats wrong with that ? it seems you comment on everything . maybe thats why other people were thinking you were Kate . why do you also say others are “harping” when you are spending just as much time defending what you believe in ? i dont know much about the gosselins and dont really care one way or another . i think this may have been mentioned before but i dont see why you spend so much time defending the family unless you are the family or her . im just wondering if this is the only website you post all of these blogs , or if your wrapped up in others as well . its seems like you are trying to wear people out so theyll stay off of aunt jodys site . thats what makes me wonder who you really are . i know youll come back and comment and thats ok , but you only seem to answer back to other people certain things , not some of the things you may feel deep down you are wrong .

• Does anyone understand what is being kept from the public?

  She has her laundry done for her, folded and ironed for her. Food cooked and cleaned up. All their vacations paid for in full. Her house is cleaned for her. Shopping is done for her.
  The new house is next!
  Neighbors and friends are helping out all the time. Yes, it is very nice of them, but I see Kate seeing these favors being “owed” to her.
  (for what? giving birth?) Take care of your own!

  Fans send the children gifts, cloths, toys, thousands of dollars worth of things each month, is very nice and there’s Kate being a control freak and bitching about EVERYTHING!
  (Do it yourself Kate! Provide what the public does!)
  Either that or stop crabbing about your life.

  She seems to always be looking for a pat on the back, every word that comes out of her mouth is I and me! She is so rude to her husband, correcting him, interupting him, and bosses him around like he’s 15 years old.

  I have four kids, 13 year old twins and a 9 and 10 year old. My husband works full time. I work part time at a school. My kids are A students and respectful. My husband and I did this without an ounce of help.
  There is not a mother I have ever met that has it as easy as Kate, yes eight kids and all. Give me a break.

  When it comes to her family (mom, dad, sisters, brothers, etc.)
  I think Miss control freak Kate needs to learn, “when every kid in the sandbox doesnt like you, it’s not every kid, it’s YOU.

  I really don’t think this woman could not take care of her children for one simple month without all the help and donations she gets.

  The only thing I see coming from this show is one of her children
  (in the future)
  writtng a book about their control freak, bitching, whining,
  complaining mother. If her husband is smart, he’ll be long gone once
  the children are grown.

  Who is this woman trying to kid?
  One other thing, get rid of that bird’s nest in the back of your head
  Kate, it does nothing for you.

• i think that TLC were paying jodi and all this is just made up to make Jon and Kate and TLC look bad…Jodi just probably wanted MORE money….also so what if Kate has a nanny or babysitter or a cook it not a big deal kate deseved a chef…the TV show is also probably not going to do anything to the kids!

• Forgot to add this to my last post I love Jon and Kate……………P.S Watch Them on GMA (i think thats it) they talk about how the respond to critism and how there show is very real…….also i would belive Jon and Kate more them i would belive ANY one eles!

• Kate is human garbage and a pathetic excuse for a human being. She is too holier-than-thou for her own good and she disgusts me.
  Her poor husband… ….I feel so sorry for him.

• glad to e a part of the gossip this is great b/c kate acts so wonderful all the time and tries to act so perfect its great to she shes a bitch

• Yes Gennie in Fla. I will comment to you, I ask why she was upset b/c she said she was, and I am new to this site as well, I couldn’t care less, and I really do mean that, I have said several times I don’t care who defends Jodi, why do you care if I defend Kate?

  I could tell you at least a dozen things I don’t like about Kate or Jon, or the kids as matter of fact, but why? Is that all everyone wants to hear? Why is it Pro Kate ppl, get so bashed all the time but you anti- Kate ppl think you should be able to say what ever? This is a blog, it’s how it works, your opinion, my opinion. Thats all “Opinions”

  No I do not go to other sites, and i”m sorry I came here, I did see one the other day, it’s pretty much like GWoP, ppl who love to hate J&K, yes thats the name of it, well hell thats what most of the blogs of the Gosselins are , Hate,

  No I am not related to the Gosselins, have never met them, and probably never will, altho that is usually the first question I have seen asked by Anti-K&J ppl.

  I just think their personal life has been talked about other than what we see on T.V. and ppl have had a hay day with it, I guess any one who likes J&K should just back up their little P.C. and stay of the blogs, b/c unless we have some thing negative to say , you don’t want to hear it. I just thought these blogs were dis-cussion boards but they are not, it’s a place to cuss, call names and fight, with ppl you’ll never see or know,

  I’m a big girl, I can answer any thing, thought I had been doing that, and how do I wear any one down, they say what they want to, and yes I did say she was harping and also said I was to in answering her comments, so please read my comments in full, I’m not blaming lori, or Cathy for their comments, nor do I care how they feel, Jenny and I were called names and I think that is childish and rude,but hey if it pleases them so-be-it.

  And maybe Genny, you think I spend to much time on here , well that is hurtful, b/c I don’t see where I have done any thing wrong, even being called a bitch, I did’nt re-taliate to much, but I’ve been called worse by better so it did’nt bother me that much. Maybe you ought to spend a little more time to get to know ppl before you call them out on things, well heck we all should. Maybe we could get some civil tone in this blog, but as of right now I won’t hold my breath, So again I will say I am sorry if I have offened any one, and if anyone else wants to jump at me feel free, Oh BTW I see Jodi and Julie have added some thing new to their site, you might wanna check out, Hope you all have a great Sunday.

• Missy

  With all of your opinion postings on this site, could you learn to put a sentence together properly? You write as if you were a third grade
  child.
  What is with a dash between so many of your words?
  Do you know better than to start a sentence with a conjunction?
  (ie: AND)
  Lighten up on the comma’s, learn where they belong.

  Don’t type like you speak! It is very ghetto, to the point of head
  aching.

  Thanks, Have a great Sunday!

• I’m sorry to hear that fame is causing problems with extended family members, I figured it would sooner or later. They really aren’t instilling family values into their kids by doing this. Seems like they are shutting everyone out of their lives. So sad cause this show won’t be around forever more

• I’am so glad that a mis-spelled word or conjunction, a comma, a period or what ever you want to belly ache about is more to your liking than actually a conversation about how you people hate so bitterly.

  You don’t like my 3rd grade writing, so what, no one asked you did they? So you can have your blog back, b/c most of you are a bunch of idiots and can’t stand a real debate, all you want to do is bait people and talk about hate and trash some one and if you can’t get it done than you start personal attacks.

  So here it’s yours. Have fun and “Enjoy Your Self”

• ok yea right this is all bull shit because first of all maybe kate has a point damn it jodi shouldnt even be asking for fuckin money she should of done it because she wanted to she should be happy she even got to be on the show how do we know jodi isn’t lying huh maybe she wants to become famous she is just jealous

• Wow …………….this is just PATHETIC. I spent a long time reading these comments and i’ve come to a decision my opinion is not going to change just because Kate didn’t want to pay Jodie, because Jodie shouldn’t need to be paid ,and we don’t know if Jodie made all of this up for publicity and whoever made all that crap up (and even if it’s not made up) they shouldn’t be making it global. If Kate’s a bitch let her be one but stop spreading it Jodie is trying to act all innocent but if you pay close attention she’s the bad guy.And one more thing………..STOP MAKING UP CRAP! LEAVE THE GOSSELINS ALONE YOU THINK THAT IT WON’T EFFECT ANYBODY BUT THINK ABOUT THE KIDS DO YOU THINK THEY LIKE HEARING CRAP ABOUT THEIR MOTHER NOOO NOW INSTEAD OF RUINING PEOLES LIVE JODIE AND JULIE GET FUCKIN LIVES.

• Yeah, we’ll all miss you!

  “See ya, wouldnt want to be ya”

  Go get an education, you idiot!

• Hey Jodi and your sister do you want some cheese with that whine. Are you kidding me, anyone who watches the show know’s how kate is. Sounds like someone has a little case of the jealousies. If you are the perfect parent that your trying to protray well for gosh sakes write a book! So I guess you have never said anything to your kids, you’ve never gotten upset with anything they have done and who in their right mind gives gum to a 3 yr get over yourself HONEY! When somebody gets their feelings hurt isn’t easy to pick apart everything to justify it and make you look like little miss april sunshine? As for me I will not stop watching the show and I like Kate seem’s to me she don’t put up with no crap and I wouldn’t put up with no crap from AUNT JODI
  BYE BYE BABY DONT LET THE DOOR HIT YA WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YA!

• 21996, you screamed at all of us to LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE, yet you get your jollies watching them on TV every week? You expect us to LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE when their own parents put them on display every week? You ask us to LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE when their parents parade them around like a circus act? You want US to LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE but YOUR obsession is so great that you’re getting freaked out over some internet postings and YELLING and cussing at total strangers? Sound like YOU’RE the one that needs to LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE before YOU go completely insane with anger!

  Honestly…calm yourself down, learn how to write (maybe you and Missy can take a class together), and quit being so self-righteous.

• HEY MISSY I NEVER SEEN THE WORD ” UPSET ” IN THE ONE GIRLS BLOGS . WHAT DO YOU DO , MAKE UP THIS SHIT IN YOUR OWN HEAD . ITS ALSO FUNNY HOW YOU WERE THE 1ST ONE TO BRING UP ABOUT THAT GUY BEING 15 AND MAKING FUN OF HIM BUT YOU CANT TAKE IT WHEN SOMEONE DOES IT BACK. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR ASS ON THE WAY OUT………………….LATER LOSER

• you know…about the stain thingy…i can totally relate to Kate on this one and i only have 4 kids. if she were allowing her kids to run around with stains and food all over their shirts…you people would bitch about that saying she doesnt care about her kid’s appearance…she cant win. i dont like my kids looking a mess because it reflects on me as a parent. people dont understand that mothers of little one dont have time to stand in a laundryroom and treat stains…its a bitch. And for all you people who bitch and criticie how kate raises her kids…why dont you volunteer to babysit if you think you can do better…i give you 10 minutes and all hell would break loose. furthermore, for maintaining a group of 8 toddlers in public…kate’s “control” is the only thing tht keeps those kids under control and as well behaved as they are. one last thing…if you had 8 mouths to feed in addition to your own…you’d be doing everything in your power to make every dime you could to provide for those children. if they weren’t seeking assistance or making money off the shows or working two jobs…they would be seen as lazy parents. wish you would just leave these poor people alone for goodness sake…if you don;t like the show dont watch…no ones holding a gun to your head making you watch…if you dont watch then that is just one less thing you’ll have to bitch about.

• to those who say that fertility treatments are part of God’s plan…

  If they are, then why is selective reduction not also part of the plan? I believe that if you go so far as to extend “God’s Plan” to include medical intervention, it could also be said that the odds were against Kate and perhaps she should have reduced some for the sake of the others. I am fully against abortion as much as anyone could be, but I don’t understand how you believe that God would want you to have fertility treatments. When God wanted Mary to have Jesus, she became pregnant. Did she have IUI? IVF? Nope, good old fashioned miracle, following God’s plan! And if fertility plans were part of his plan, then so is abortion.

• first of all i love this show and everyone who has somethin bad to say about them obviously has no idea what its like to have multiple kids!!!sooo booo effen erns to you assholes and for aunt jodi nobody asked you to put your face there anyways yes your family but you know what if your not there to help them piss off by the looks of it you were there for them at first now its sounds like your just there for the publicity and yer own personal fortay and yes the money for the show should only go to the family because ITS THERE SHOW!!!! why are people bashin kate like shes a monster or something? shes jus out for her family the way it should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!kate if your reading this you go girl stay stong

• dear jon and kate Iam going to be a grandmother for the first time since i started watching your show i can’t stop i love all your children very much in their own way . my son and daughterinlaw lost the first baby .Then they tried again on furtillaty pills it worked she is dew in feb. can not wait to be grandparents .ithink all your skills with the eight children are terrific i have been watching your show for along time it is great keep up good work . Ieven watch the reruns they are fun too. well hope you get this because i just want you to know your to great parents.

  Sincerely penny labbee grandma to be

• So There ya go!!! Thank You Lyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• ive personally met the gosselins, cant stand them and cant wait for the show to get cancelled. theyre a bunch of stuck up know it alls who make me sick. maybe if you two acted as though you werent such high paid celebrities you wouldnt have so much shit being said. if it wasnt for your “fans” YOU WOULD HAVE NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe someday jon youll grow a pair and punch that snoddy ass bitch in her face.

• Thats the problem, most people dont volunteer to watch eight kids lyn because most people arent so stupid to have eight . Anyways she gets alot more babysitting breaks than alot of people. I dont feel sorry for her at all

• people can be so mean….the only thing keeping her kids from going crazy is her order….if u don’t like it that your problem…if they were not doing something right people would have something to say…The kids could esally take charge but kates order helps! I LOVE JON AND KATE… KEEP DOING THE SHOW!

• None of this surprises me, at all! At the end of the second season, I told my husband that Kate needed analysis, and that 3 of her kids, ie Madie, Hannah, and Collin, would need some sort of therapy or “intervention” before they were 10! What a sad situation for all of them. I think that since the parents are not responsible to stop the show, producers should step up and do it for them. Failing that, where is Child Protective Services of PA? There is more than one reason (physical abuse), that they can be brought in to further prevent “abuse” and “exploitation” of these 8 kids. So sad!! By the way, the public can help these kids too. JUST STOP WATCHING THIS SHOW!!!

• I am a fan of Jon & Kate but I have noticed the abscene of aunt Jodie
  and also I think the Gosslins are taking advantage of every free perk
  they can get their hands on. They say they are not using their children
  for money but they surely are. Both of Jon & Kates personalities have
  changed this season. Kate is more overbearing than ever and Jon seems to have gotten an attitude. This show is starting not to be as
  enjoyable as it used to. I think Jon & Kate think they are some kind
  of movie stars,when its their children that have made them the money.
  This is a shame because this show started out great but I think greed
  has taken over. They should get back to the basics of the show and
  stop acting like they are some kind of super stars!!!!

• I saw Kate on the Bonnie Hunt Shot,
  her hair is awful.
  Anyone telling her it looks good must be
  laughing behind her back!

• correction : SHOW!

• jody go! Tell the those losers that you are a person and you are in charge of You go girl. Do not babysit the kids . tell them to go some were eles.

• Did anyone catch the episode last night when Kate gave Maddie and cara the pedicure ? I wish Kate would have dumped that dirty foot water all over that little brat for whining ,sent her to her room and told her she couldnt go to Hawaii!!!!! Speaking of break downs Kate had one on the plane flying to Utah. Like mother like daughter.

• Did anyone catch the episode last night when Kate gave Maddie and cara the pedicure ? I wish Kate would have dumped that dirty foot water all over that little brat for whining ,sent her to her room and told her she couldnt go to Hawaii!!!!! Speaking of break downs Kate had one on the plane flying to Utah. Like mother like daughter.

• The best thing to do is quit supporting the Kate habit. If everyone pulls their money she’ll have to go back to work like the rest of us.

• To all u ppl who are bitchin and moanin about this show…lemme ask u one question…why do u watch it? just so you can bitch and moan…your life is more pathetic than anyones if thats all you can do is watch tv shows you hate just to bitch about them. See where i’m goin with this? As far as Jon and Kate go…they are wonderful parents and are not exploiting their children. The network approached THEM to do the show…not much of a show there if the kids arent in it. Are the Duggers and the Big World Little People’s kids being exploited also? To all you people who think u know it all…these “freebies” Jon and Kate get and the free trips for the family are benefiting the companies who provide them also as a tax write-off. Companies are getting free advertising in a round-about way. Also, for my family to have an “outing” costs an arm and a leg these days. If the Gosselins had to pay out of pocket for outings it would cost them a bundle with 8 kids…i think its nice these companies do this for them. I think it also teaches the kids a good lesson that giving can make other people happy. Sounds like some of you are a little jealous. Furthermore, I am sure the film crew enjoys filming the family in all these locations and I dont hear you ragging on the film crew getting to go here and there. I think Jon and Kate have made every right decision when it comes to raising, providing for and nurtuting their children. FOr [kttp] who said “I dont feel bad for her…she was stupid enough to have 8 kids” I dont think I ever once heard Jon or Kate ask for anyones pity. Chosing to have all of them was HER choice so go suck an egg. Seriously if you people would spend as much time focusing on your own lives as you do on Jon and Kates…you’d be a whole hell of a lot better off. To [Appalled] in response to your post…what episode was there ANY physical abuse? How about dont speak unless you have facts. Ive never seen ANY physical abuse on this show! What channel are YOU watching? A message to Jon and Kate…in a world where you can be anyone…just be yourselves. KEEP ON DOING WHAT GOD INTENDS FOR YOU TO DO!!! THIS FAN WILL STILL BE WATCHING! I LOVE THE SHOW and MY KIDS DO TOO!!!!! Oh and one more thing…if Jon and Kate’s attitudes have changed…perhaps its because they too are sick and tired of listening to you people bitch and moan. I know I get sick of it…so how about “if you have nothing nice to say keep your mouth shut!

• Charlene’s post on Aug 27th…read it and learn something. Charlene hit the nail on the head. Very well spoken Charlene!

• Listen I’ve been watching j&k for years now since they been on t.v. and I thought she was just the best thing since sliced bread I mean I really looked up to her I thought wow she has 8 kids and shes organized and happy never in a bad mood has a great husband who does anything she says wow is she lucky now ever since i got my computer and been reading these blogs and all the inside gossip is coming out about kate I am shocked!!! Especially about Aunt Jodi I really liked her alot she was a great help to kate how can she do that to family? Oh well my point is my opinion on Kate is changing but to be honest all the gossip makes me watch the show even more now and im excited to watch to cause now i can just go online to one of the blogs and talk to other people from around the world and get there opinions on the shows this is great and alot of fun!!!! Well welcome me im new at this Sincerly Jenine Have a great Halloween everyone!!!!!

• The whole situation is very sad. The kids are not going to know how to live without cameras following their every move. They are going to feel very alone when nobody wants to watch them on TV anymore. I’m a stay at home mom of two and seriously, Kate has got it very easy with all the help she gets. Most of us have to cook, clean, do laundry, FOLD our own laundry (something Kate never does) and also look after our kids ourselves. We don’t have people cooking for us, coming in to do our laundry, volunteering to look after our kids for us. Yes, I know she has 8 kids … my Nan had 7 and did it all herself. I have friends who have 5 kids (again, not quite 8 but still alot of work) and do it all themselves. Kate really needs to stop whining and realise how lucky she is for all the help and free vacations she gets.
  I really liked Aunt Jodi, very warm and loving. She is missed in the show. Her sister’s blog .. the truth breeds hatred .. seems to have been taken down. Shame, I liked seeing the other side of the story.
  Happy Halloween everyone!!

• kate if u really dont like all the comments about your disfunctional family why dont u cancel the show or would that mean u and your whipped husband would have to support your own litter…you had fertility to make all these gifts from god,,,please anybody who has fertility treatments always comes up with a litter,,u knew what u were getting into,,,free trips free supplies, free clothes, and now PAID speaking engagements,,,,i myself dont want to hear anything about u or your brood, and i understand now u have gotten a free home, and your new van,,my god have u know shame there are people out there who really need help, and u just dropped a bunch of kids and u are a celebrity,,,thats entertainment i dont think so,,,,support your own family u and jon GET A JOB and stop living off freebies,,,by the way stop slapping jon and slap maddie instead what a brat

• I can’t wait for Maddie to write
  the tell all book. Good luck Kate.

• just commenting on “disgusted”, i personally think what you said wrapped it up. maddie is such a brat. even though people are going to say something about slapping someones kids its still funny , because i heard kate whips the kids all the time, and in some of the first episodes when you seen her holding something in her hand (i cant remember what it was) thats what she used on them. not saying i disagree with a good ole fashioned spankin, but that kid (maddie) needs one daily as soon as she wakes up!!!!!!!!!!! by the way, dont be surprised when someone comes on here and has something smart ass to say about your comment, some people cant handle the truth. there were a few other real good comments from oct.21-today. (Others as well) others do agree with us . just like one of a girls comments referred to a girl “missy” as to maybe being kate . after reading “missys” responses its possible . she had something smart ass to say to anyone who didnt agree with her, and sure did defend everything the gosselins do. there pretty funny you may have to go back and read some of them. just good to hear others feel the same as i do !

• Wah wah wah wah. They get to see all this places while I’m stuck here at home watching reality tv… wah wah wah.

  Wah wah wah. Kate got all this cooks cooking for her while i cook by myself… wah wah wah.

  Wah Wah Wah please please Kate I can’t take it anymore… STOP THE SHOW… please Kate… I’m so GREEN WITH ENVY…

  Wah Wah Wah I feel so sorry for myself they get all this FREEBIES Wah Wah Wah.

  Wah Wah Wah I’m such a PATHETIC PERSON… I keep on watching the show although I’m SO SO FREAKING JEALOUS….

• Really…all of this discussion. How much of the things we read are true? Who knows. Jon and Kate should either do an honest interview with a major interviewer or write the truth about these situations. If all of these things are true then the show will fall fast away. The kids are adorable and Jon and Kate probably need the income to support their family. What would they do if the viewers stopped watching? I hope these things about Kate are not true because it makes her look like a not nice person. Jon, why don’t your brothers add to this conversation or at least defend you? Or are these things being said true and they too are not fond of Kate? You really need to honestly defend yourselves or many of us will assume these things are true.

• I “allow” all my little stupid slaves to take care of my
  home and children. For free. Bow down to me!

  I should of had a litter years ago had I known I would live
  the life of Riley for free!
  I am a movie star!!!!

  Because I have nothing else to do, I decided to get remarried.
  I’ll go to one of the most expensive dress shops in the US.
  Someone will pay for it! As usual. (snickering)

  Since I have nothing else to do, eight kids and all! I’m going
  to drag my little money makers to Hawaii to this wedding. Jon
  will be there, if he likes it or not!

  I only got one of Jon’s nuts when I married him the first time, after “my” second wedding (that we’re not paying for), I’ll have
  his balls in a bag. Right were I want them.

  That’s right everyone, it’s all about ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!!!

  Chat soon, when someone else is doing my laundry, dishes,
  cleaning my house, cooking our dinners and watching my
  little money makers!

  Gotta go, gotta poof up the back of my hair, chicken style!
  Also have to smack and correct Jon every ten minutes to
  keep him in his place.

  Reminder: Find something to bitch about every half hour,
  pretend to be busy at all times.

• lol this is such a good show i am only 10 years old! i love AaDen and Leah .

• I LOVE THEM!!! And I think all, or atleast a majority of this is crap.

• STFU you stupid B…. Just because everyone isnt agreeing with them doesnt mean we have to kiss their ass.. just because we dont agree with you doesnt mean we have to kiss all your asses…………….. by the way b…. youre the pathetic person , smart ass know it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I watched the show a gain tonight. The kids are adorable and seem to smart. Although I do not agree with kids being on tv, it is certainly the choice of their parents. Without a doubt Jon and Kate need to address the issues. If they have a chef, so what, I would want one too if I had eight kids. The thing is they need to admit it. As for Aunt Jodi, I feel she added something to the show as does Beth. I certainly hope that the stories about Kate and her antigonistic behavior are not true. I admit she is not exactly charming, but I watch the show for the kids. Jon and Kate undoubtedly get many “perks” being on the show. Nothing wrong with that, but like I said, they need to admit to these things, or else people will not look fondly upon them. If they are no long looked upon fondly, they will lose viewers and the show will not continue. If the show does not continue then how will they survive with eight kids and no jobs? Wise up Jon and Kate…come clean. Tell the truth about the Grandparents and the other relatives. You claim to be religious but that is hypocritical if these things are true. Nobody likes a hypocrate. Fess up.

• Exactly Lulu!! It’s fine if they get help from family and friends etc, but it’s not fine to deny it and hide it. It’s fine to receive financial help too, but not fine to claim you don’t get any and then go to speak at a church and claim that you have nothing just so that you can get donations from people who undoubtably have their own problems. I think the problem alot of people have is that Kate claims she has such a hard life when she has everything handed to her on a plate.

• First of all I think it is hilarious that if Jodi was on the payroll this blog would not even exist.
  If I had eight children and people offered me trips and vacation houses for free I would certainly go. When they went to Utah it was free. So if the resort spent 15,000 for the week what would it cost the resort to put a commercial on TLC for 1/2 hour as many times as that episode has been rerun??
  I also read in an interview Kate defending her “Chef”. It is not a personal chef it is the craft services that is provided for the cast and crew of any show on TV.
  If they only showed the family sitting around the table coloring who would watch? Any one who has ever been on any realtity show will tell you about editing. As far as Kate yelling at Jon or the kids….Who doesn’t yell at their husband and children? I am not saying that Kate is not a bitch. I don’t personally know her and I can not judge. She might be. As far as Jon not working….don’t be haters!!

• I think everyone needs to relax. Who cares…it’s just good TV. I don’t think anyone here can say anything about the way they live their life because you have not been in there position. I watch the show all the time and the children seem very happy. They are very lucky and have had a lot of great experiences because of the show. No one in there right mind would turn down so many opportunities for their children. And I also could not believe the comments about how Jon and Kate should have just aborted some of the children. I don’t see how anyone could say that when you see what perfectly health, happy, adorable children they are. Aunt Jodi seem very fake to me anyway I don’t believe anything she has to say.

• I have to comment here…whether or not Kate gets help from family or the public or financial assistance is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. I have 4 kids (my youngest is 10 months) and my husband unexpectedly passed away this past April (without a will) and I dont feel its any of anyones business how I am financially caring for my family. It is NOT Jon and Kates duty to tell ANYONE how they financially care for their kids. As for Jody (Kate’s sister-in-law) if she wanted on the payroll for her appearances on the show then she shouldve asked for the show to be called “Jon & Kate plus 8 and Jody too”. If Jodi agreed to watch the kids and if she loves her neices and nephews the way she says she does…SHE SHOULD HAVE WATCHED THEM UNCONDITIONALLY AND HER WILLINGNESS TO WATCH THEM SHOULD HAVE COME FROM THE HEART WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. I hear a lot of speculation and rumors being rehashed just by what one disgruntled person (Jodi) has reported. You know…”the bad stuff is always easier to believe”. Unless you are there to witness things first hand…you shouldnt believe everything you read. Remember…”Believe most of what you see, half of what you read and none of what you hear.” Also, I resent the fact that some of you posters think that children which result from fertility treatments are not part of God’s plan. God created the minds which created fertility treatments and the Bible tells us to be fruitful and multiply doesnt it…I didnt read the clause in the Bible where it said …”be fruitful and multiply, just dont do it with fertility treatments because its not part of my plan”. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE to decide what IS and what ISNT God’s plan. My brother and his wife wanted children so desperately and could not reproduce on their own due to medical reasons, they tried to adopt but were inelligible…IT WAS GOD’S WILL that they were given the means to have a child of their own. My neice will be of age soon to access the internet and I pray to God that she never comes across your posts saying that SHE was not part of God’s plan. How damaging that can be to a child. Furthermore, how do you think the Gosselin children that you feel sorry for and who you think need protected will feel once they read some of your posts. Cara and Mady are 8 and I am sure one day soon they will access the internet and see all you people calling them and their mother and father nasty names and saying that their sibling will need therapy and that one person suggested “dumping dirty foot water on Mady’s head!!!” SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE…IF ANYONE IS DESTROYING THESE CHILDREN…ITS YOU!!!! Listen to what you are saying about this family! Do you even think BEFORE you post this crap? Think about it. If these were YOUR children would you want their friends coming up to them saying “…yea, I read on the internet where your mom’s a bitch and your dad is lazy…blah blah” YOU PEOPLE are the one’s who feel these kids need protected…then DO IT by keeping your hatred and your nastiness to yourselves. Clean it up people. In conclusion Jodi’s blog should be titled “Jealousy breeds Stupidity” Also, I hear alot of whining about the “perks” Kate gets from the show. As I mentioned in a prior post these companies “donate” things to people on the show …and Kate is NOT the only reality tv person to get “perks”. They ALL do. And as far as the 2nd wedding how do you people know that the network didnt suggest that to make for good tv? The network has a lot to do with the places the Gosselins go and the things that we see and dont see. Not you nor I have any ides what TLC put in the Gosselin’s contract. How do you know these theme parks didnt contact the network and “offer” these freebies to the Gosselin’s? You dont! And you know yourself if someone offered you and YOUR family a free day at the park…YOU’D take it too! You know…Jealousy is a sickness…get well people.

• Also, for the people who post nasty comments about Kate’s hair…why dont you post a picture of YOUR hair and we’ll all critique it as you do. My sister has been a hairdresser for 30 years and FYI that hairstyle is “in” for people who have short hair. Kate’s hair is already short…what else would you suggest she do with it? If she went shorter you’d have something nasty to say about it then…if she got extensions you’d find something negative to say about that…can she win here people? Unless you hold the autonomy on hair…shut the hell up! Also, you mindless pinheads…the guests who appear on these talk shows HAVE THEIR HAIR DONE BY THE SHOW’S HAIR AND MAKE-UP PEOPLE!!! Her hair looked great…you’re just jealous that perhaps you are not as savvy and hip and “in” as Kate is all whilst managing 8 kids, a husband and a household. Perhaps if you were taking care of YOUR kids YOUR house and YOURself instead of wasting your time posting your negative bullshit that NO ONE wants to hear…you could be a better person. Post a picture of YOUR hair…come on now…lets see it…

• With response to agreeing with disgusted’s post on Oct 29…how do YOU know that Kate used whatever it was she was holding in her hand to strike anyone??? were YOU there to see it? False accusations are the same as slander. Unless you saw Kate strike anyone with any object…keep your mouth and speculations to yourself. Forgive me…but your speculative post made you sound like an asshole.

• After thinking about this whole “Jodi thing” … would Jodi have voiced her info if she HAD been paid? I think not…she would have gone about her merry way with extra cash in her greedy little paw and would have probably kept her mouth shut. Jodi is the spoiled brat crying and whining that she didnt get her way. Looks to me like JODI would have been making a buck off the kids too. Knowing that…isnt Jodi the hyprocrite? Here she is bitchin that she’s not getting paid for her time on the show. She would have made money off the kids…isnt that the very thing she is condemning Jon and Kate for? Hmmmm…think about it people!

• Oh and (poster) mistyp…Ive never heard Kate complain that her life is hard…challenging perhaps…but not hard. Where do you people get off that she complain and whines about her life? Ive seen every episode and Ive seen nothing but a strong individual here…wish MY mother were as good as Kate.

• I have to comment here…whether or not Kate gets help from family or the public or financial assistance is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. I have 4 kids (my youngest is 10 months) and my husband unexpectedly passed away this past April (without a will) and I dont feel its any of anyones business how I am financially caring for my family. It is NOT Jon and Kates duty to tell ANYONE how they financially care for their kids. As for Jody (Kate’s sister-in-law) if she wanted on the payroll for her appearances on the show then she shouldve asked for the show to be called “Jon & Kate plus 8 and Jody too”. If Jodi agreed to watch the kids and if she loves her neices and nephews the way she says she does…SHE SHOULD HAVE WATCHED THEM UNCONDITIONALLY AND HER WILLINGNESS TO WATCH THEM SHOULD HAVE COME FROM THE HEART WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. I hear a lot of speculation and rumors being rehashed just by what one disgruntled person (Jodi) has reported. You know…”the bad stuff is always easier to believe”. Unless you are there to witness things first hand…you shouldnt believe everything you read. Remember…”Believe most of what you see, half of what you read and none of what you hear.” Also, I resent the fact that some of you posters think that children which result from fertility treatments are not part of God’s plan. God created the minds which created fertility treatments and the Bible tells us to be fruitful and multiply doesnt it…I didnt read the clause in the Bible where it said …”be fruitful and multiply, just dont do it with fertility treatments because its not part of my plan”. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE to decide what IS and what ISNT God’s plan. My brother and his wife wanted children so desperately and could not reproduce on their own due to medical reasons, they tried to adopt but were inelligible…IT WAS GOD’S WILL that they were given the means to have a child of their own. My neice will be of age soon to access the internet and I pray to God that she never comes across your posts saying that SHE was not part of God’s plan. How damaging that can be to a child. Furthermore, how do you think the Gosselin children that you feel sorry for and who you think need protected will feel once they read some of your posts. Cara and Mady are 8 and I am sure one day soon they will access the internet and see all you people calling them and their mother and father nasty names and saying that their sibling will need therapy and that one person suggested “dumping dirty foot water on Mady’s head!!!” SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE…IF ANYONE IS DESTROYING THESE CHILDREN…ITS YOU!!!! Listen to what you are saying about this family! Do you even think BEFORE you post this crap? Think about it. If these were YOUR children would you want their friends coming up to them saying “…yea, I read on the internet where your mom’s a bitch and your dad is lazy…blah blah” YOU PEOPLE are the one’s who feel these kids need protected…then DO IT by keeping your hatred and your nastiness to yourselves. Clean it up people. In conclusion Jodi’s blog should be titled “Jealousy breeds Stupidity” Also, I hear alot of whining about the “perks” Kate gets from the show. As I mentioned in a prior post these companies “donate” things to people on the show …and Kate is NOT the only reality tv person to get “perks”. They ALL do. And as far as the 2nd wedding how do you people know that the network didnt suggest that to make for good tv? The network has a lot to do with the places the Gosselins go and the things that we see and dont see. Not you nor I have any ides what TLC put in the Gosselin’s contract. How do you know these theme parks didnt contact the network and “offer” these freebies to the Gosselin’s? You dont! And you know yourself if someone offered you and YOUR family a free day at the park…YOU’D take it too! You know…Jealousy is a sickness…get well people.

• Also, for the people who post nasty comments about Kate’s hair…why dont you post a picture of YOUR hair and we’ll all critique it as you do. My sister has been a hairdresser for 30 years and FYI that hairstyle is “in” for people who have short hair. Kate’s hair is already short…what else would you suggest she do with it? If she went shorter you’d have something nasty to say about it then…if she got extensions you’d find something negative to say about that…can she win here people? Unless you hold the autonomy on hair…shut the hell up! Also, you mindless pinheads…the guests who appear on these talk shows HAVE THEIR HAIR DONE BY THE SHOW’S HAIR AND MAKE-UP PEOPLE!!! Her hair looked great…you’re just jealous that perhaps you are not as savvy and hip and “in” as Kate is all whilst managing 8 kids, a husband and a household. Perhaps if you were taking care of YOUR kids YOUR house and YOURself instead of wasting your time posting your negative bullshit that NO ONE wants to hear…you could be a better person. Post a picture of YOUR hair…come on now…lets see it…

• Oh and I wonder if Aunt Jodi would have come forward with all her “family info” had she been paid. Sounds like Aunt Jodi is the spoiled little brat here crying when she didnt get her way. If Aunt Jodi HAD been paid…wouldnt SHE have been making money at the expense of the children??? Isnt that the very thing she was condemning Jon and Kate for? Seems to me that Aunt Jodi is not only a crying little brat…she’s also a hypocrite! Oh and if you’re reading this Jodi…dont say you love and care for Jon and Kates kids…you cant possibly love them when you go on the internet and verbally bash their parents and air these childrens family problems as if they wont ever read your posts. Jon and Kate are probably better off without you.

• I love this show. When did kate ever say she was perfect? We all have issues.

• leave me a answer… i think jodis kids are but ugly don’t you…mostly ashton

• i ,agree with amanda

• I think Kate is a good mom !

• Well, I don’t know about you ladies
  but I think Jon is just absolutely gorgeous.
  I’d treat him like a real man ;)
  So who cares about Jodie and Kate.
  It’s all about Jon!

• In response to the post left above…Kate has never claimed to be perfect. In fact I recall an episode were she even said that she and jon and NOT perfect, nor will they ever claim to be because if you are perfect that means there is no room to improve yourself. Look it up. Kate even said that people dont want to see perfect anyway.

• Aunt Jodi needs a time out!

• Emily I agree with you that Kate is a good mom but I dont agree with calling ANY child ugly. ALL children are beautiful. Would you want someone calling YOU or YOUR children ugly. Be nice. Remember kids are easily scarred by remarks like these. For the sake of little one’s feelings…be nice. Honestly, I dont think what Jodi’s children look like is relevant to these conversations. Seriously.

• In response to ANONYMOUS, actually I have heard Kate say MANY times how hard they have it . Also I personally don’t hate them because of the things they get, I think they just seem to “ACT” as though they do everything on their own. Thats wrong. Fess up, is all people are trying to say. In regards to someone saying that something she was seen holding( in some of the first episodes) thats she used, I dont personally know if it’s true or not , but do you know? I have read something on it myself. Also,if you don’t like negative things that are being said, than why are you on here. You personally attacked Jodys character, so what the hell makes you any better . As far as you Lyn, my understanding is Jody was approached as to getting paid Kate said “NO WAY” Why? Does she think no one else deserves money but them? Sounds a little greedy huh? And from what Ive heard Jody has been pushed out of their lives. If thats the case, who did that except for the parents? They seem greedy anyway not not speaking unless they are paid a certain amount of money. For you people who gets so bent out of shape for the negative comments, GET OFF THESE SITES THAN. Go to the site where it reads KATE AND JON ARE GODS,if you can find one.

• Found this on another blog…and I agree with her.

  that girl
  Jul 10, 2008 at 7:41 am

  Oh my gosh – you people need to find some children who are really in danger or neglected or orphaned or starving somewhere and put all this concern to good use. Kate’s not abusive, Jon’s not mean, and the kids aren’t disturbed – they’re NORMAL.

• Perhaps watch this … food for thought
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SetB2saDMgg&feature=related

• You think the kids are “to” smart? You watched the show
  “a gain” tonight?

  I couldn’t bring myself to read the rest of your post.
  I hope you don’t have children and pray that if
  you do, you are not home schooling them.

  I wish stupid was painful.
  Do you know the diffrence between the words two, too and to?
  One more thing, again is ONE word.

• lyn i think everyone should have there own opioion and you have yours and i have mine. I sordof agree with you you should not call any ”child” ugly but like i said in my first comment i am only 10 years old!I still have my momments when i get jealous . like maddy all kids are beautiful but some are not

• Jon and Kate go to my church. They sit by each other while their kids are in children’s church. The workers in the kid’s department think the kids are great too.
  Okay, so Kate is harsh sometimes on the show and stressed to the brink. Aren’t we all? I like that she doesn’t edit the way she acts in front of the camera. Her and Jon don’t pretend to have it all together. Its reassuring to know that I’m not the only one who has problems.
  Of course things go on behind the scenes we aren’t aware of. They are real people with real lives.
  And about Jody..I hope they mend their relationship. Everyone has fall outs. Everyone mistreats people they love.
  Come on guys…cut them all some slack.

• If there isnt a site which says that Jon and Kate are Gods…perhaps Ill start one…there SHOULD be! LOL

  Nice try Julie…enjoy bathing in your stew of hatred and negativity…what a way to live.

• rock on Cara Mady Alexis Hannah LEAH cOLLIN AADEN joel

• lol i love all hotties

• Tammy you can HAVE your opinions thats fine and I have JUST as much right to post here as you do. A lot of this crap is taken out of context and YOU dont know what was said by anyone because all you have to go by is “hear-say”. I find it hard to believe that if the network approached Jodi and told her that they would pay her but Kate would not allow it…I think the network is a little more professional than to approach matters that way. Furthermore, I hardly think Kate has the final say as to whether or not Jodi gets paid…that is a network decision. Also, if the network offered to pay Jodi…why didnt they offer to pay Beth, Janet and the other kind people who “VOLUNTEERED” their time to watch the kids. I still dont think you people get it…”JODI IS BITCHING BECAUSE SHE DOESNT THINK THAT JON AND KATE SHOULD BE MAKING MONEY OFF THE KIDS…IF JODI HAD GOTTEN PAID BY THE NETWORK SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING MONEY OFF THE KIDS TOO!!!” She’s a hyprocrite. I guess it would have made it okay for Jon and Kate to make money off the kids so long as Aunt Jodi got her cut right?!?!? What a frickin joke. I dont think its greedy that Jon and Kate are the only ones who get paid…if Jodi doesnt want to help out for the benefit of the children she claims she cares so much about then tell her to stay the hell home with her own damn kids. Look how many years Aunt Jodi has been in the picture. If she TRULY had a problem with the way Kate is toward the kids (if there is any validity to her claims) then she’s just as guilty for not coming forward sooner. Shame on you Aunt Jodi. I would bet my last dollar that if Jodi were getting paid …not a word would be said from Jodi’s mouth. What’s that term I’m looking for…ummm “hush money”. As far as my attacking Jodi’s character…I would have attacked her character if she actually had some. Someone who comes out with all this “bullshit” simply because she isnt pocketing some cash has no character sorry. Jodi…how do you sleep at night? Has anyone ever given any thought to the fact that perhaps Kate felt that if the network paid Jodi, then the other volunteers would get upset and not volunteer the time that they so willingly gave unless they TOO were paid? You know that IS a possibility. Dont judge until you get the truth from the network’s mouth. Again, if the network WANTED Jodi paid…THE NETWORK AND ONLY THE NETWORK could make that decision…NOT Jon, NOT Kate, NO ONE except the network has that authority to pay someone. Also, the Duggars have little kids on camera…what damage is that doing to them? or is it just the Gosselin’s you people pick on? What about Tori and Dean…they have a baby in front of the camera too. Are you people picking on them? Yea…thats what I thought…of course they dont have an Aunt Jodi in their family to stir up the shit. Seriously people, I hope the network comes forward and explains FIRST HAND (not through the mind and mouth of Jodi) and sets the record straight as to what really transpired, perhaps then you might not be so hell-bent and determined to believe everything Aunt Jodi spews forth.

  Oh and one more thing…if Jon or Kate were mistreating the kids…I AM CERTAIN THAT THE CAMERA CREW WOULD HAVE APPROACHED THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. Now come on people…be smart…Jon and Kate would NEVER hurt those kids and you ALL know it. But like I said before “bad stuff is always easier to believe”. Sad, but true.

  P.S. Thank you antiquedresser for your positive post. Forgive us Tammy…we dont like negativity…but we DO like Kate!!! Ha Ha

• Oh and Tammy…I think Jon and Kate can decide for themselves what amount of money makes it feasible for them to speak in public. That’s not for YOU to decide. I manage my daughter’s music career and book all her concerts and gigs and such and I can personally tell you that the rising costs of travel expenses & hotel expenses have not made it feasible for us to book certain engagements. Perhaps the Gosselins didnt feel that it was not feasible for them to spend thousands of dollars making a trip to speak half way across the country to not recoup their losses. Afterall they DO have a family to support. I know I wont spend $4,000 in travel expenses unless a gig pays atleast $6,000…who would? would you? You seriously need to step back, stop being so narrow-minded and LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY!!!!

• Tammy you said in your post “If you don’t like negative comments then why are you on here?” My response to you is “I didn’t know this site was for negative comments only. I am on here to try to difuse the false accusations and one-sided path that this story has taken.” Let me ask you this “Why are you here? To breed negativity in a world that has too much negativity already?” F.Y.I. My reason for being here has merit. Does yours?

• lyn quit saying all this crap

• I am a 12 year old boy and I want to say that I love the show Jon & Kate Plus 8. My mom and i would wtch the show while she was pregnant with my younger sister and brother and it made me “okay” with the fact that I was going to have younger siblings at a time I wasnt so sure. Watching Jon and Kate raising 8 little ones helped my mom gain patience I had never seen her have before. I guess she watched them and felt that with 8 kids these parents survived and that I think gave her the confidence to raise two more kids. Thank you to Jon and Kate (and your 8 kids) for making my mom a better mom through your show. I get kick out of watching the Goselin kids because they are the real deal. They make reality tv worthwhile. I love how Kate and Jon are on the show because they are a lot like my mom and dad and I know my parents love each other. My mom obseses about cleanliness just like Kate does (it drives my dad nuts) but Im always proud to bring friends home because I know the house is always clean, Anyway Im a big fan thats all.

• To whoever: This is Lulu. I made a typo when I typed “again”, it is one word and you are right. And as for the kids, I left out a word. The kids seem to be smart is what I meant to type. You surely are critical. That’s okay if you don’t want to read the rest of what I wrote. However, I still believe that Jon and Kate should come forward with information regarding their relationships with their parents, Jodi, Beth and other family members. This religious routine that they play and then treating others the way they do, especially family members, is extremely hypocritical. Hopefully Kate is reading this site or someone tells her about it.

• First off , who the hell do you think you are Lyn?Just because you obviously have all the correct info,I guess i’ll shut the f** * UP!!!!!!!!How do you not know I dont know them? I am their neighbor? Iam part of the show? Kiss my a**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Second who the h*** lets their 10 yr. old kids on here? You Lyn sound just like another girl on here (missy)AKA (kate) By the way, you say im going off hear say, where do you get your info?Dont be a f****** hypocrite!!You talked just as much shit (but it was just not of j&k ).Dont be sorry about not liking negativity. I dont like stupid people LYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• To the person who posted TO LULU on october 30. Who the hell are YOU to correct people’s typos? You remind me of my english teacher. So what if LULU hit the space bar or misspelled a word or two (to, too) Who really gives a shit? Did you realize that YOU misspelled the word difference and the word home-schooled should be hyphenated. Wanna nitpick? We’ll nitpick. Keep on posting LuLu typos and all. We get the point regardless of grammatical errors. Hey LuLu I guess this is only a site for negative AND correctly spelled posts. Too bad we’re not leaving.

• Rock on LuLu! You go girl!

• Lulu I can defend your typos but I dont think its anyones business what lies between Kate and her relationship (or lack thereof) with her parents. That is not relevant nor is it anyones business. Also, this “thing” between Kate and Jodi has only been told by one side…so dont judge until you have BOTH sides of the story. Just hoping people will back off with the hatred and negativity until BOTH sides can be heard. P.S. I am glad that the negative posting toward the children has stopped. Bravo!

• To the person who posted TO LULU on october 30. Who the hell are YOU to correct people’s typos? You remind me of my english teacher. So what if LULU hit the space bar or misspelled a word or two (to, too) Who really gives a shit? Did you realize that YOU misspelled the word difference and the word home-schooled should be hyphenated. Wanna nitpick? We’ll nitpick. Keep on posting LuLu typos and all. We get the point regardless of grammatical errors. Hey LuLu I guess this is only a site for negative AND correctly spelled posts. Too bad we’re not leaving!

• I WATCH THIS SHOW WITH GREAT AMAZEMENT AND RESPECT FOR HOW THIS FAMILY KEEPS IT TOGETHER. I CAN’T SAY I COULD DO IT AS WELL AS THEY HAVE. AFTER READING THESE POSTS I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT LYN HAS MADE THROUGHOUT THIS BLOG. SHE HAS THE RIGHT IDEA HERE. I CHOOSE TO REMAIN NEUTRAL IN MY BELIEFS UNTIL I HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY AND I THINK EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD TAKE THAT SAME APPROACH BEFORE RIPPING PEOPLE TO SHREDS. I ADORE THE SHOW AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES.

• Well Tammy…to answer your first question “Who the hell do I think I am?” well…I’m lyn i thought you knew that.

  secondly, i DONT claim to have all the info just the knowledge that there are two sides to this story, one which we have not heard yet…and if you’re willing to shut the **** up then by all means please do so.

  To answer your question…I dont know who lets their 10 year old child on this site…i think the little girls name was Emily…so stupid I guess it is Emily’s mom and dad who let her on this site. Why dont you go ask Emily…Im sure she has the answer to that one.

  Thank you for telling me to kiss your ass, but I probably wouldnt be able to find it with your head so far up it.

  And to respond to your final comment…if you dont like stupid people then how do you stand to be around yourself?

  just so YOU know … i don’t get my info anywhere…I’m just smart that’s all. It doesnt take a rocket scientist or a psychology degree to figure this one out….but I guess that’s why YOUR not smart enough to see it!

  P.S. You dont like what I have to say…go away cuz this bitch ain’t leaving! Ha

• to tgjgnjtfjh … go love your hotties

• If you’re betting that I’m AKA “Kate” then I’m betting that Tammy is either AKA “Jodi” or AKA “Julie”. You’ve got an awful big hard on for the Gosselin’s. Why don’t YOU come clean and “fess up” as to who YOU really are, “Tammy”!

• Hey Jodi and your sister do you want some cheese with that whine. Are you kidding me, anyone who watches the show know’s how kate is. Sounds like someone has a little case of the jealousies. If you are the perfect parent that your trying to protray well for gosh sakes write a book! So I guess you have never said anything to your kids, you’ve never gotten upset with anything they have done and who in their right mind gives gum to a 3 yr get over yourself HONEY! When somebody gets their feelings hurt isn’t easy to pick apart everything to justify it and make you look like little miss april sunshine? As for me I will not stop watching the show and I like Kate seem’s to me she don’t put up with no crap and I wouldn’t put up with no crap from AUNT JODI
  BYE BYE BABY DONT LET THE DOOR HIT YA WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YA!

• Thanks for the compliment Tammy (AKA Jodi/Julie!) I am most honored that you think I sound/speak like Kate. Kate is a very a-matter-of-factish and well-spoken individual. Don’t hear much rebuttal from you regarding my perspective on things…I guess perhaps my posts and the possibility that the truth lies in the side of the story not yet heard has struck a nerve with you. Awww too bad. Grow up! Have a nice day.

• WHY CANT WE BE NICE TO EACH OTHER AND LYN I CAN GO ON WHATEVER SITE I WAN’T TO BE ON! AND HOW OLD ARE YOU ”56” HA HA HA

• YOU GO JHON P

• Ahem…my dear sweet 10 year old Emily…re-read the posts…it was TAMMY who was appalled that a 10 year old was on this site…NOT ME! I think its GREAT there are posters of ALL ages. ALthough you SHOULD practice what you preach honey because wasnt it YOU who made the nasty remark about Jodi’s children’s looks [post from Oct 30 @ 9:30]??? I believe it was. So BEFORE you tell others to be nice … perhaps YOU should do the same. Emily perhaps you need to post your comment to Tammy NOT me. And no sweetie…I have quite a number of years before I am 56 thank you…but you know what? BEing 56 wouldnt be so bad…the older the wiser! Ha Ha

• Ahem…my dear sweet 10 year old Emily…re-read the posts…it was TAMMY who was appalled that a 10 year old was on this site…NOT ME! I think its GREAT there are posters of ALL ages. ALthough you SHOULD practice what you preach honey because wasnt it YOU who made the nasty remark about Jodi’s children’s looks [post from Oct 30 @ 9:30]??? I believe it was. So BEFORE you tell others to be nice … perhaps YOU should do the same. Emily perhaps you need to post your comment to Tammy NOT me. And no sweetie…I have quite a number of years before I am 56 thank you…but you know what? BEing 56 wouldnt be so bad…the older the wiser! Ha Ha

• the only reason lyn i think your such a b**** is because you are ugly

• Oh dearest Tammy…do you EVEN realize what an asshole-comeback that was??? You call me ugly yet you have NO idea what I look like. Asshole! Come on Tammy…you can do better than that. How bout rebutting my perspective on the whole Kate/Jodi “thing”? Afraid you might be WRONG!!!! Yea…thought so. Get happy.

• Bottom line here…”Money is the root of all evil.”

• I agree

• i think kate is very sweet

• lyn let me just say i DID NOT post that last comment-“you are ugly” sorry about that,,TAMMY

• Also I didn’t want to leave out the reason I said “who would let their kids on here?” Yep, it was me TAMMY, and for you to think thats wonderful, theres something wrong with you. Lyn I really hope you dont approve of everything thats said on here. you (Lyn)have just as much negativity and bad language as the next. By the way when i said you sounded like KATE it wasnt a compliment . If youre really trying to sound smart and intelligent dont say stupid ass words like (“matter of factish”)and constantly end words with an “ly for kate g. being a nurse and you thinking she sounds like a “well spoken individual” Im just hoping you didnt spend money on that education.

• FYI-Lyn , this bitch ain’t leaving either

• apology accepted

• Tammy are you breaking wind or just talking out your ass again…i can’t tell the difference anymore. You want to talk about uneducated people…speak for yourself. You can’t even put together a complete thought in a grammatically correct sentence. I know you didn’t mean it as a compliment when you said I sounded like I Kate…I was being sarcastic, but I guess you weren’t smart enough to pick up on my sarcasm. I end words with “ly” when it is proper to do so. And there is a BIG difference between MY negativity and YOURS. Your negativity toward Kate is fueled by some personal hard on you have with her which is why you are probably Jodi or Julie disguising yourself with the name Tammy. My negativity is toward shitheads like you who think you know everything when you clearly don’t and you try and suck in anyone within earshot who is foolish enough to believe your line of crap. From a psychological standpoint, after re-reading your hate posts about Kate…honey you’re one f***ed-up individual. Your hatred, left untreated, is going to eat you alive from the inside out. You can keep on talking Tammy…but guess what? No one is listening anymore. No one cares what kind of hatred you have for Kate AND the kicker of it all is this…”Kate is probably at home with her loving family and she’s probably not giving a rats ass how much you despise her. Nope not at all. The hatred you have toward her is something that only YOU care about. I think what your real problem may be is that you dislike ANYone who may be better than you, smarter than you, has more than you, has achieved more than you or has what you can’t have…you’re just a hater and because of that you are a loser A loser who sits at her computer, foaming at the mouth like a mad dog, plucking away at the keys posting the hate that she feels for every person that she knows is better than her, tearing others down only to make herself feel a little bit superior. Your sick. You need help. I suggest you get it before you’re eaten alive by your own hate. Your pathetic. And one more thing…I don’t talk the way I do to “sound smart”…I AM SMART and I’m smarter than YOU that’s for damn sure. And ummm…what relevance is there why a 10-year-old is on this blog? Who the hell cares? Well…just from what was posted looks like the 10-year-old is smarter than you too, Tammy.

• I wanted to mention that if you watch the video of Aunt Jodi at the beginning of this blog you will hear her mention that she is on vacation. Well if she is boo-hooing about money and her being not as financially stable as Jon & Kate then what the heck is she doing on vacation? She obviously has money to blow if she’s on vacation. Must be nice.

• Shame on all you petty, pea-brained old biddies. What has Kate ever done to any of you personally?! How dare you call anyone such horrible names. If you don’t like her, don’t watch the show. All you perfect people should apply for your sainthood now. I watch this show faithfully and I have never seen where they asked anyone for any of the freebies. They are always grateful for what they receive. If people want to give them stuff, that’s their business. I think it’s wonderful that this family went from both parents having to work to being able to give their children terrific opportunities. More power to them!!!!

• this message is to tammy. stop telling people how they should talk and what words to use. maybe you should shut your mouth and listen you might learn something. emily has just as much right to post here as you do no matter how old she is. get lost tammy. for anyone here who has said that kate is a control-freak this tammy person has her beat by a mile. lyn i think you are sharing a good message to everyone. we should not jusge until we have heard both sides to this story. thats only fair.

• Tammy I’m curious …Do you have something relevant and meaningful to say about Kate and Jodi’s dilemma (which is the reason for this blog) or are you just posting to hear yourself talk and take up space? We”re all getting a little tired of hearing you bitch and moan…give it a rest.

• I like John P’s post…very sweet sentiments from this young man. Nice to see that Jon & Kate Plus 8’s show have drawn the interest of people of ALL ages. Kudos John!

• Tammy why don’t you grow some balls and post a message directly to emily (age 10) stating your disapproval of 10-year-olds posting on this blog. why are you going through ME to voice your concerns about kids posting? Then you can show emily and me where there is an age-limit for bloggers on this site. Quit trying to dictate to everyone…it’s getting old.

• ok,lyn from the sound of your your comments you posted , i can tell you are a very intelligent person. the only reason i said that about the ten year old , is because i do have an11yr. old myself and do monitor sites shes on. i do not speak in this fashion around my family, ( i just feel i should defend myself as well) i dont HATE the gosselins.i dont claim to be a perfect mother,and the list goes on…. My only thing is when people like you(lyn) jump on everything i say or correct everything i do it just gets irritating. i feel i am a pretty intelligent person with views of my own Believe me i absolutely have “no hard on ) for them as you said many times .All my point is you dont know how smart i am as i dont know you. if my 11yr. old daughter came to me after reading this and asked me what a hard on was ,i sure would have to have a long talk with her. so as to you thinking all of those nasty comments were from really me (there not)i think you sounded personally like one of the most awfully meanest people i have ever come across.last, just wanted to remind you that alot of people can come on here and write anyones name . the last thing i wrote was about the ugly comment wasnt true and this bitch aint leaving either

• Like i said, cut all this BULL SH*T on kate and jodi
  this is all about Jon!!!! he is sooooo damn hot.
  Kate does not deserve him! nope.
  He is way to sexy for her. I would take him any day;)

• I think ,actually I know it is a FREE country and if I want to be on this site i will be.I have every right to be on here if i can a flat screen computer i just have to take every advantege i can so if you don’t want me on this site cut my internet off.And Lyn if you keep on leaving comments about me I will do a lot of damage.Lyn like I said you are about ’56’ and i am a young thing. and i can do anything i want.EVERYBODY GIVE ME A COMMENT EXCEPT YOU TAMMY AND LYN YOU BOTH ARE WAY TO HARSH!

• I think ,actually I know it is a FREE country and if I want to be on this site i will be.I have every right to be on here if i can a flat screen computer i just have to take every advantege i can so if you don’t want me on this site cut my internet off.And Lyn if you keep on leaving comments about me I will do a lot of damage.Lyn like I said you are about ’56’ and i am a young thing. and i can do anything i want.EVERYBODY GIVE ME A COMMENT EXCEPT YOU TAMMY AND LYN YOU BOTH ARE WAY TO HARSH!

• Well Tammy…I was challenging everything you said because I wanted the other bloggers to see that there IS another side of the story OTHER THAN the negative anti-Kate one that has been put out there by Jodi & Julie. My problem with people like YOU is simply that you keep spoon-feeling the hate to everyone and as I’ve said before “people will always believe the bad stuff before the good” and that’s NOT right. The general public (or those interested in J&K+8) need to step back and look at the reasons for and the possibilities of the OTHER side of what really went down BEFORE they judge the Gosselins. That’s all. One of your first posts directed specifically toward me was that of an irate woman upset that I was trying to provide these bloggers possibilities as to why the Gosselins may have done or not done something…but your insistence portrayed you as someone who was INSISTING that her thoughts of what happened WERE 100% accurate. I was simply saying that the ONLY people who truly know what went down are Jodi, Kate and the execs. It is up to those directly involved to SHARE THE TRUTH of the matter with the public…which they are not entitled to do because IT’S NONE OF OUR DAMN BUSINESS. Get where I’m going with this?

• THIS SHOW HAS TURNED INTO A ADVERTISEMENT FOR JUCIY JUICE GARANIMALS, AND TV GAMES AND WHY Do u think MONEY,,KATE HAS FOUND ANOTHER AVENUE TO GET MORE MONEY AND EVEN THOUTH THESE ARE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS WHO DO U THINK ENDS UP PAYING THE TAB FOR ALL THEIR MONEY GRUBBIN HANDOUTS,,,,THE CONSUMER,,,THE COST IS EVENTUALLY PASSED DOWN TO THE CONSUMER, AND WE PAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOUND THE ULTIMATE MONEY TRAIN,,,LIVING OFF THE LITTER, NEITH OF THEM WORK ANYMORE, ABLE BODIED INVIDUALS, THAT LAY ON THE ASS ALL DAY, OR NO GO TO THE GYM AND WORK OUT OR GET FROSTING DONE ON THIR HAIR [so 60s] SO THEY CAN LOOK THEIR BEST FOR THEIR 25,000 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS….I DONT MIND ANYONE GETTING A HELPING HAND EVEN WHEN U WERE TOLD TO GET RID OF SOME OF THOSE KIDS 6 WAS TOO MANY, BUT U CHOSE TO HAVE THEM ALL THATS FINE , NOW SUPPORT THEM YOURSELF WITHOUT ALL THE HANDOUTS AND EXTRAGANT VACATIONS, HAWAII TRIP FOR RENEWED VOWS MY GOD ISNT ONCE ENOUGH? AND FREE WEDDING GOWNS, AND NOW BIGGER HOMES AND NEW VANS TO HAUL THE LITTER AROUND,,,MY GOD HAVE U NO SHAME’//////take care of your kids yourself,,i cant wait until u are cancelled and u have to pay for all the goodies u have received {taxes} then u can sell and live like normal people do and make ends meet where u can,,,,just out money aside for counseling for maddie and cara, im sure they will both need it and to the gal who thinks jon is hot my god u have got to be blind in one eye and cant see out of the other,,,but that is ure opinion and u are entitled to it,,,poor thing as for me i have seen a hugh change in the money grubbing jon like at the baseball game when he could not grab enough free stuff and food for the kids and i never heard one thank u, just get me a large box so i can haul home more, it has become about jon and kate and not the kids, and they are rakin it in,,,and the money grubbers want more and more,, if u cannot see past this as the new jon and kate then u are not seeing what has happened to a cute couple who started out with good intentions and cute kids, now the discipline is gone the kids are brats and maddie and cara need thearpy how sad and im sure they see nothing wrong,,,kate sits on her butt all day and screams orders, have u ever see her vacumn or dust or pick up a rag and clean, no i havent that is life they are not living it, she just takes pictures od bowel movements and runs around the house showing it to everyone,,how disgusting, grow up kate u are insane

• And that’s why no one cares about kate. She is just a person
  who is getting a crap load of money from a tv show because of
  her kids. If it wasn’t because of them, she’d probably be
  poor. That’s why Jon is so hot. He has a job, takes care of the kids, and cleans the house. I know I could treat him like a real man;)
  So hot! and Kate doesn’t know what she has. Oh well, she will just aslways be the person who takes and takes and never give back.
  Like all the money she is making and won’t even give a little
  to Jodi. Poor kids, they don’t even know why their Aunt Jodi never comes to visit anymore. BECAUSE MOMMY IS GREEDY AND WANTS ALL THE MONEY TO HERSELF. Good luck explaining that to them…

• I will not believe any of this until jon or Kate says something. P.S. umm… Lyn i think you are being a little harsh on emily shes only ten and you do not need to be swearing

• Gee you seems to know a lot of specif information about Kate right down to the type of hair coloring treatment she has done…sounds like this is Jodi or Julie posting again. Who EVER said anything about Cara and Mady needing therapy? Do you know that as a fact? Sounds like YOU need therapy you jealous, uneducated loser. With regard to the freebies, if you knew ANYthing about advertising…the cost DOES NOT fall on the consumer. Also, you’re pissin and moanin about a little bit of money going Jodi’s way…F*CK JODI…I dont see Janet or Beth or Carla asking for money and besides Aunt Jodi is family, she is the Aunt who should have been volunteering to watch the kids “OUT OF THE GODNESS OF HER HEART” not looking for a kickback. I’d be damned if I ever asked for money to watch MY neices and nephews. Looks like Jodi is the money-hungry one in all of this. Does Jodi work a job outside the home? Looks like Aunt Jodi was planning to make her money off the show by “volunteering” to watch the kids and when THAT backfired she grew wild hair up her ass and decided to bash J&K for it. Grow up Jodi. I’m curious…why did Jodi have to have her sister Julie start a blog to make her woes public? Doesn’t Jodi have the balls to do it herself? One more thing…when the kids start school and the airing ceases…WHO WILL YOU HAVE LEFT TO PICK APART AND BITCH ABOUT??? Get a life already and quit tearing people down to make yourself feel better about your lousy life. As Ive pointed out in other posts and will continue to point out…AUNT JODI WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING MONEY OFF THE KIDS IF SHE HAD BEEN PAID TOO…SHE’S CONDEMNING J&K FOR THE VERY THING THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING AND THE ONLY REASON SHE CAME FORWARD IS BECAUSE SHE’S A WHINY, SELF-SERVING, HEARTLESS GRUB WHO CANT VOLUNTEER WITHOUT HOLDING HER HAND OUT!

• How do you know if Kate is getting a crap load of money? You DON’T! Allow me to suggest you keep your mouth shit until you have proof to back this up. YOU dont know how much money these people are making. Jon and Kate still have to put food on the table, pay the utility bills, put gas in the tank (and to fill that van it HAS to cost a pretty penny)…these people have to pay to live aside from whatever they receive as donations. Donations are “things” not everyday living expenses. You dont know what plans J&K have after the kids start school. Kate may even go back to work as a nurse. I am certain that this show has consumed them for the time being … and this is their job now. How else would the show get the footage it needs with both parents working outside the home. The basis of the show is to show the American public what life is like on a daily basis with 8 kids. It would be a pathetic show to see that mom and dad are leaving the kids with sitters all day while they worked outside the home. Not much of a story there now is there. THAT is why J&K dont work ouside the home (bet you feel like a real a-hole now huh) You dont know if these people are trying to make as much as they can while they can for their kid’s future until the kids ago-out of the show and Jon and Kate go back to their normal lives pursuing other careers. The speaking engagements are inspirational to everyone who attends (otherwise they have no business being there to listen). Also, if you listen to the intro on the show…Kate and Jon were only trying for ONE more and got 6 more…THEY WERENT TRYING FOR MULTIPLES…but they were blessed with 6 more. Walk a mile in Kate’s shoes…if you were carrying multiples…could YOU choose which ones lived and which ones didn’t??? I couldnt and I’m betting you couldn’t either.

  Also, when the kids ask why Aunt Jodi doesnt visit anymore…J&K need only reply “because Aunt Jodi wants paid to come see you. She can’t come to see you out of the kindness of her heart.” IT’s that simple.

• You just contradicted yourself in your post BIG TIME which further proves you know very little about what you speaking of. You said “Neither Jon or Kate work, sitting around the house on their asses all day….then you make mention of their 25,000 speaking engagements” which is it? are they sitting around all day OR are they out earning money at their speaking engagements? It can’t be both ways. You and Emma need to post on the blog titled “Jealousy breeds Stupidity”.

• THE POST FROM DISGUSTED IS JODI … I HEARD THIS STORY TOLD ABOUT THE BASEBALL GAME. IT’S JODI HERSELF POSTING AS DISGUSTED. Hi JODI!

• wanted to mention that if you watch the video of Aunt Jodi at the beginning of this blog you will hear her mention that she is on vacation. Well if she is boo-hooing about money and her being not as financially stable as Jon & Kate then what the heck is she doing on vacation? She obviously has money to blow if she’s on vacation. Must be nice.

• Emily I have NEVER told you not to post here because of your age…THAT WAS TAMMY and she even admitted to saying she was appalled that a 10-year old was posting here. Re-READ THE POSTS HONEY. Oh, and don’t threaten me. Post all you like I dont give a hoot.

• How does anyone know Kate didn’t pay for the wedding gown?

• I am responding to some of these comments. I am pursuing my masters in Psychology and I have watched this show on a regular basis and I do not see dysfunction within this family unit. The only dysfuntion is that which has been verbalized by the aunt in this tell-tale blog “Truth Breeds Hated” As far as an outburst or tantrum or fight amongst the children that is typical of any family. Even the Brady Bunch had their fair share of sibling rivalry and tantrums. Some of the hate and jealousy posted here is a bit ridiculous. I suspect I will be reading about some of you all in my case studies.

• …ummm yes I HAVE seen Kate pick up a rag and clean. In fact I’ve seen her mop too! She even admitted to being obsessed with cleanliness. I cant remember which episode it was but she was sweeping the floor AND she was wiping down her stove. Get your shit straight BEFORE you post please!

• Taking care of children IS A JOB you moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Shame on all you petty, pea-brained old biddies. What has Kate ever done to any of you personally?! How dare you call anyone such horrible names. If you don’t like her, don’t watch the show. All you perfect people should apply for your sainthood now. I watch this show faithfully and I have never seen where they asked anyone for any of the freebies. They are always grateful for what they receive. If people want to give them stuff, that’s their business. I think it’s wonderful that this family went from both parents having to work to being able to give their children terrific opportunities. More power to them!!!!

• Emily should not have called Jody’s kids ugly. THAT was harsh.

• You negetive people suck. Kate is doing a great job with so many children. I give Jon applause for letting Kate vent at this frusturating time in their lives. It will get better and I think Jon knows this. Every day things get easier. I wish I had as an involved father for my 2 children. Kate tries to make each child feel special, perhaps you negetive people may have guilt in this department. I have personally seen mothers work the 3-11pm shift so that they didn’t have to deal with the children. Kate is not only firm and fair with the children but also consistant which is very important.
  Did you ever think that the freebies that Jon and Kate enjoy are the selfish endevors of the poeple offering them, hoping to be mentioned on the show, benefit financially from an increase exposure. Think about it!!

• AMEN mom of 2!!! AMEN! This is the point I have been trying to make all along with my long-winded posts! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you mom of 2! Thank you!n =o )

• Again, you need to not swear emily is 10!!

• Very few posters, if any, know Jon, Kate, Jody or their kids. This is a TV show. Realty or not, its still a “show”. Children’s lives go by very quickly, and I am sure that with a large family and many duties, it goes by even faster. Because of this, I commend Jon and Kate for recording their lives. Most parents, even the critical ones on this blog, would jump at the opportunities this family was gave. For all that say this family isn’t special, they caught your attention, huh? There are a lot of mothers like Kate, its not always pretty thing to watch, but we all know they exist. All the posters that write sentence after sentence being positive or critical, how would you fair in a TV show? Reading your rantings about people that you don’t even know makes me embarrassed for you. One thing Kate should try to practice. If she wants to portray herself as a Christian woman, the man is the natural leader of the family. This does not diminish the woman’s role, if anything it makes her role easier. If a man and woman marry for the right reason, this falls into place.

• Hey Ladies, haven’nt been on for a while. Seemed like some of the posters were pretty mad at me b/c Jenny, Lyn and I did not give in and agree with them, I was called some names (awwww boo hoo, hoo) LOL.

  I see Lyn you are on a roll and you are sticking to your guns, Good Job!! Several of the comments today have echoed exactly what we were saying a while back. Poor Jodi!! she is a whimp like her sister. She wants it both ways, kids and money, funny thing is if she was being paid it would be off the backs of Kates kids but some of these ppl think s that would have been okay, but not their own parents?.

  Any way “go forward girls” keep up the great debate.

• Thanks for your support Missy. A wise man once told me on his death bed “Only God Shall Judge Me”…THAT spoke volumes. Don’t you agree? Anyway, welcome back!

• THERE ARE THREE SIDE TO A STORY KATE’S, JODI’S AND THE TRUTH. SO DON’T JUDGE ANYONE UNTIL YOU HAVE HEARD KATE’S SIDE. AUNT JODI SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING IN WRITING WHEN SHE STARTED COMMING ON AIR ABOUT BEING PAID. WHY WAIT NOW.

• okay…okay…i found the clip of Kate cleaning…where is she being lazy here? wanna retract your negative comments regarding kate sitting around and doing nothing all day? she does more in one day im sure than most people do in a week…and if she gets help … more power to her. I’d want help too!

  WATCH!!!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4-OCGHvbv0&feature=related

• Lynn, I think you need some help. You’re kinda crazy… yelling at people, getting mad at 10 year olds….
  and by the way, i think you need to spell check. the message you left for me saying “Allow me to suggest you keep your mouth shit until you have proof to back this up. ” watch the language, they’re little kids on
  this site. So relax.

• Emma, if there are little kids here maybe they should go play in the sand some where else, as far as spell check, pleeeeeezzzzzeeee, we’ve been there and done that, it was a typo unless she meant to say it, but certainly was not any worse than [ppl on here calling others bitches!! Besides it’s the blog, and ppl do use bad words a whole lot worse than shit, So children should not be on here at all,

  So we are not concerned with spelling and grammer and conjunctions and all the crap that I was raked over the coals about, if our posting is hard to read or understand then simply “SKIP IT”. So before any of those cry babies start on me, I’m saying what I want and I’m not calling names, if you do thats fine it’s your keys so type whatever you want, Thanks lynn and yes “Only God has a Right to Judge as he will ALL OF US”

  Connie I agree with you there is always another side to tjhe story,

  Have you read about the Gosselins new home?

• Rebekah – thanks for a sane comment:)

• Oh holy Emma…please forgive my typo as I bow before your holiness. Please excuse my typo as I was typing in a dimly lit room. Sorry but I type on my laptop in the same room in which my kids sleep and THEY come first…not YOU! You wanna nit-pick…we’ll nitpick. Check your post from Nov 1st…you spelled always wrong AND you said bullshit and damn in the same post, so there! You’re not perfect so get off your high horse.

  About the Gosselin’s new home all I have heard is ppl complaining that it’s big…well ya know…they have 8 kids and they need the space! But that is the way ppl are these days…can’t be happy for anyone when something good comes their way. I, for one, am happy for every perk and every opportunity that the Gosselin’s receive. I know they are grateful for the things they receive. Just watch the clip from the Dr. Phil show…that is genuine gratefulness. I lost my husband this past April and the outpouring of support was incredible and I was thankful for the people and help I got with my children. I guess that is why I think it is so great that people are there to help Jon & Kate in ALL ways. Just when you think you’re all alone…you find that you’re not and that’s a very blessed reassurance. If feeling good about people helping others and those who need a little help receiving assistance is a bad thing…then sue me! I’m happy for them.

  Thanks for having my back Missy! ;o)

• Grow up Emma! I’m enjoying this debate. You don’t like it…go away! You’re not saying anything meaningful to this conversation anyway.

• you people are not nice

• Yes, Emma…do you have a point (relevant to the subject of this blog) you’re trying to make? just curious

• I originally watched the show the first season and enjoyed it. Boy was I wrong. The show started as something very cute and engaging but it now has become an infomercial for various products Kate and Jon are advertising during the episode. Has anyone else noticed that when an item is on the show such as Juicy Juice or a Playschool house, that same item is then on a commercial at the next brake? I noticed that starting from the first season Kate is drowning her kids in Juicy Juice, which is a full of sugar, but is claiming to be an organic only shopper. Jon apparently now makes enough from managing his kids careers to not work as his career is no longer mentioned and he is now around in every episode. I am also getting sick of watching these people go to Disneyland, Lego Land, Zoos, Philly’s Games etc. for free and with VIP treatment just because they paid to have Kate impregnated via modern science. If Kate had become preganant as the famous couple did here in the U.S. in the 1930s, the old fashioned way, their claim to fame would be a lot more unique. I think that at the very least the makers of the show should post a message stating that the following program contains paid advertisements from: Legoland, Juicy Juice, Fisher Price etc. and not pretend that is not exactly what they are doing!

• Hey Jay…plain and simple…if you’re sick of watching…then don’t…it’s just one less thing you have to gripe and whine about! Tada!

• juicy juice is 100% sugar you moron! says so right on the bottle…there is no sugar added! please get a clue BEFORE you post this bull. jay if ya got an issue get a tissue. boo hoo

• As far as the Gosselins new home according to The Imperfect Parent blog (which is getting bad) the Gosselins paid over a million dollars for their new home in Berks County. They are not moving to N.C. Now where these women got their info I’m sure came by the way GWoP they also show some pictures of the house, I my self hope it is their house, that will really piss off these ppl.

  I was reading back up thread (trying to catch up) and I see some one is still stating that I am Kate, that is so funny, Where oh where did Jenny go? wish she would come back, for a while Cathy, Lori, Carla, Amy thought Jenny and I were Kate and Jon, too funny.

  What is funny was some one telling someone off about spelling or how to put words together and they mis-spelled difference, Why is it with all the hateful things that are said about innocent children on here less serious than some one spelling or using a comma out of place? kinda stupid huh? As for me I am not a good typist nor am I good on the computer but we are not in school taking lessons and receiving grades so if my comments are spelled wrong or I use a comma or period when I should or should not so what? who really cares?

  You know Lyn I have been saying it does not matter to me what the Gosselins get for free or what they pay for, God knows their heart and they are the ones who have to sleep with what they do, I am sure they are doing what they feel in their hearts are the best for their family, and I still do not hear them begging for any thing, if they get every thing free so what, the tax payers are not paying for it.

  On the other blog I mentioned those women are crazy, they disect every part of every word Kate says and they are always coming up with info, and most of the time it is made up bull. They have 3 blogs about the Gosselins on one site and they are hateful, horrible women, the ones that are decent are ripped to shreads, but they have some strong defenders for the Gosselins also.

  Any away Lyn sorry about your loss and it sure was not that long ago, I hope you still have that support around you and your children, and you are right, when you think you are alone and every thing is crushing in on you, you find that there are decent caring loving ppl to help you make another day/night thru. Wishing you Gods speed for a quick recovery I know it does not happen over night. Take care you are in my thoughts.

• Jay from Ca. what does it matter if they advertise products? ofcourse they do they are making money for it, and why do so many care about their trips? it does not cost you any thing. I think it is great that they can do that, they always say if it was not for the show they could not afford to do this.

  Is it just some thing that sticks in your crawl or is it just that it really ticks you off, Honestly I just wanted to know, b/c there are so many ppl who have a fettish with all the freebies they get and I just don’t understand why. I think it is great that they get the chance to do this, there are many children in our neighborhood who will never get the chance to leave this town let a lone go on a vacation. Any way just my opinion thats all.

• Thank you for your kind words and comfort. I know it seems a little “odd” that I am blogging about J&K the way I do, but it keeps me sane. My husband and I had a relationship that few ppl understood (similar to Jon & Kate) but I will defend it to the hilt that way went on ‘behind closed doors’ with our relationship was something entirely different than what most people saw. i just wish people would realize that Jon and Kate are human just like everyone else (well, almost everyone else) and would stop tearing them and their children down. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO HAVE SO MUCH HATRED TOWARD PEOPLE WE DON’T EVEN KNOW. Spreading gossip and rumors can be so damaging to families on so many levels. IT NEEDS TO STOP. Bottom line…whatever problem Jodi had with J&K…it should have been handled privately not publicly. If she truly cared about family the way she said she does in her little video at the top of the page, then she would have protected this family from all this hatred. Enough said. Thanks again, Missy…and don’t feel bad…i was told when I first started posting to this blog that I sounded lot like you. LOL Great minds must think alike I guess. Great posting with you!

• oh my…you all need a life…and jillian you nasty

• i meant to say 25,000 DOLLARS to hear them speak about kate dropping her load and everyone else caring for her children,,,having a bunch of kids is not an amazing feat nor is caring for your family the way most normal people do without the help of donations or free vacations or promoting all the various products they indorse,,never knew juicy juice was organic,,,,i guess i missed the one episode where she picked up a rag and dusted,,,sorry it must of been between vacations, and yes i also understand the house was given to them by tlc……more handouts and they are standing in line to swoop down on anything free,,i am not impressed with her mothering skills or her houseful of kids, and NO i do not watch the show any more,,do i care? no just stating an opinion, which i understand this is what this site is for,,different strokes,,different folks…u think they are amazing I DONT

• I think if this site held everyone to one name when they signed on, there would be 1/2 of these posts.

• I have been watching the show for a while. I don’t care for Kate’s mannerism. At first I thought she was just plain rude, I am now seeing the same mannerism in her children as they get older.

  I then thought she was an attention seeker. The night the show
  was about Jon and the kids going to the baseball game. Kate had such a sour puss on during that interview. It wasn’t about her
  and she didn’t look too happy keeping quiet.

  After weeks of watching I think she is arrogant, rude and pushy.
  I think it all comes down to the fact she is boring.
  She is a hugh bore.

  Its time to get rid of everyone in your home, (tv crew) start
  paying one on one attention to each of your children.

  These kids will all end up seeking negative attention, acting immature
  when conversations are not about them. Also doing and saying anything for anyone who will listen to them, to the point of boring
  and annoying others.

  The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

• Lyn I agree with your POV on J&K’s relationship, as far as the smacking and hitting goes, where do these ppl get it is abusive? we have done that for many many years, And never in anger, I have never seen Kate take a swing at Jon in anger, she is always playing around and Jon loves it, but ppl are so shallow minded and only look for all the mistakes, like Kate only dusting once(in between vacations) that is so childish and just nit picky, which is what most of the naysayers are doing, just dragging up any thing to hack Kate about. It won’t matter what she does she will be damed if she does and damed if she don’t, when you see her do some thing different they call it “damage control”

  Now with Jodi and Julie, well that is just a tad to much of jealousy, So many posters think J&K are exploiting their kids, but if Jodi had been paid she would have been doing the same thing (using J&K’s kids) but they seem to think that would have been okay. I think Julie and Jodi both esp: Jodi are as about as low as a snake in the grass, as I have said before if I were Kate Jodi would never spend another ten minutes alone with my kids, God only knows what she may tell them. I think Jodi is a cry baby and her motives were always to be on the show and make money from it. If not why did it ever become such a big deal?

  Her little video here only speaks volumes of her self pity and tells alot of how she really felt about the Gosselins and it was’nt love.

  Hope you have a great week Lyn and we’ll be chatting again soon.

• Lisa, you are so right about holding every one to one “Name” I usually don’t respond to Anonymous ppl I think they take the cowards way out, say what they want to, to whom ever and just remain anonymous, well how chicken of them, I would say if they don’t have a name they should’nt have an opinion either, and usually their opinions are not liable or worth reading any way, Thanks for the comment Lisa.

• What the heck are you thinking

  this is not your right to be getting into other peoples lives when you dont know the whole thing

  *%$# you

• who the heck is sup1 talking to? hmmm…THAT person needs a time out! LOL

• Yeah !!! a time out sounds pretty good, and who were they talking to? and about what?, is this one of those drive bys? LOL

• You all need to get a real life and stop talking about
  someone else’s. And lyn, is this all you actually do all day

• Emma…WHAT is your problem. FYI I’ve taken a rest and let Missy take a whack at all you negative ppl because honestly your negativity depresses me. Well…if Missy and I are “one in the same” then you and Tammy are the same person. Get happy and get real….oh and listen to Jillian would ya!?!?!

• I watch this show all the time! I feel bad for Jodi and he treatment she has endured, I as unaware of all of this. Sadly I view the show entirely dfferent. Jodi, I wish you only the best you are a wonderful ad caring woman

• Callie – ICAM. If she is not involved or center of attention then she acts, says, does things to take away from Jon’s enthusiasm. She is so self absorbed she makes me sick.

  I just finished watching the San Diego episode and my heart just breaks for Alexis and Collin. They go on and on and on about how much of a wild child Alexis is but I have yet to see it, except her acting like the 4 year old she is. Poor Collin bangs his head while trying to catch up to his Mom and it is God’s way of handing out punishment because he didn’t listen to the nanny.

  I don’t care for Jon or Kate but I love watching the kids, which is why I continue to watch the show. They are adorable and watching them just makes me smile. Children are innocent and I hope that this show and what is said about them, and yes their parents also, does not affect their future mental health. I just love Alexis – she is always smiling.

• Lyn some of these ppl crack me up, really . First Jenny and I are J&K and now you and I one of the same, kinda funny huh LMAO, well thats okay. And to Emma, if Lyn is on here all the time 24/7 why does that concern you? it is not costing you any thing, oh wait I know you are afraid she might tell some more truths about J&K and you ppl can’t handle a good debate can you, it’s either call names or argue, well Lyn keep up the good comments,

  I think it just pisses ppl off that you don’t cave in to their negativity and lousy comments. You stand your ground and back up what you defend, You “All American Girl You” LOL Happy Posting

• I love the latest episodes where Kate is trying to “make” Jon take back or apologize what he said about something and he just won’t! He is starting to show the audience that he is trying to stand up to his possessive wife now. In many ways, Jon knows his weaknesses and relies on her for the strength he does not have but he also realizes she goes to the point of obessive control and does cross the line when he is told by her to recant and he just won’t let her win now. Good for him! He still has a long way to go and the kids are stopping him from breaking free now. He is just not a very happy man and feels trapped at this point.

  As for the show, it started out as a nice documentary of curiosity. It has escalated to a constant, round the clock reality series that invades the children’s privacy. They are a circus act for us now when we turn onto their show. Mady is in constant need of counseling (as in the episode where she just couldn’t steer the water ride well and she stormed out or how she throws constant tantrums whenever it does not go her way). She has said on the show that she does not want to be videoed during one of the times when she was upset over something.

  With this new home I hear they are building. If they intend to hide the cameras, it just validates how this is truely an invasion of privacy to the kids and they will one day truly see how awful the effect will be from this. This is fine with other shows like RealWorld or Road Rules because they are consenting adults and are aware of the notoriety it can bring to their lives. These children will grow up and others will smother them and criticize in every angle for as long as the circus shows are aired. This has become in my opinion, borderline child abuse. There should be a law against filming children in a reality series with no breaks and making such a profit for the family. These kids are without a voice in this now. The family has no other income to survive if this ends now but I do feel for ALL of the kids.

  I had twins and I remember how much attention that brought about everytime we left the house with them. We did receive free formula and diapers from different organizations. This kind of generosity is a blessing but I did not milk it by crying poverty the way Kate is doing. I didn’t have money to eat organic but if I had made money from my kids, this is the least I could do for them.

  Bottom line, this show has to run its course and we will get bored with it over time. There are so many others with huge families showing right along side of theirs and it will die down. The money they make now should be socked away because it is a finite and Jon will have to work again…

• Do you understand this is not a debate?
  You don’t need to answer every post!
  I think you need some friends. Get a life.

• Well “Missy Headache” I do understand it is none of your buisness how I post, when I post or how oFten, I have a great life and very full filled and I enjoy posting with some of the girls on here, So whats it to you any way? and why are you bothered with it? I have several friends and a lot of aquaintences and I am a busy lady, any thing else you want to know?

  To Bottom, I understand that the Gosselins are not building a home they are buying a million dollar plus house in Berks County, like 24 acres the house looks more like a mansion and they have room for horses, swimming pool and a guest house, I think it is wonderful and the kids will have lots of room and more privacy.

  As far as Mady the only counseling she needs is for her bottom to meet the back of her fathers hand, as well as some of the others, they are children and children need to know who is boss and it certainly should not be them, I believe Mady is a spoiled little girl and she just needs some loveing in the right place(her butt). She throws fits b/c she can and gets by with it, if Kate or Jon would snatch her up a time or two when she does that she would quit, b/c it is not cute nor should it be acceptable. Children only do what they know they can get by with.

  As far as Kate and Jons behavior toward each other, I think it is cute the way Kate tells Jon to say “your right Kate” and he refuses, and it is done in fun. I have never seen her smack him or hit him (as some have suggested) in anger, it’s always playful.

  Well “Missy Headache” was this post okay with you? and tell us why can’t you use your own name ? are you ashamed? it just boils my blood that some of you come on here and want to rant and rave about what some of us say or think but you don’t have guts enough to use your own idenity. So instead of you worring about how often I comment why don’t you figure out what you are hiding from. I’m sure you can come up with some thing if you give it some intelligent thought.

• Hey everyone, this is all really interesting to me! I really like the show, the kids are adorable!

  Question

  Does anyone know where I can read the full blog with all the dirt in it??

  Poor Family, but that Kate is a bit of a pain in the a*@

• Missy,

  Mady nor any child for that matter should ever be physically abused as you suggest in taming her behavior. Consistency in taking away priviledges after verbal reminders to cease are better alternatives. Children need to learn that if they break the rules whether in the family or past their front steps, there are consequences but it should NEVER by way of hitting them! If you ran a red light (because you want to) and an officer stops you for it, do they smack you? No, they will write you (warning) by way of a ticket. You do it often, your driving priviledges are taken away in lieu of caning you or beating you. Do you understand how they should be taught in order to be law abiding and respectful citizens? You hit them and the cycle of abuse will continue for generations that warrants more counseling to remedy.

  You know, they were invited to appear in the Oprah show and not only were the crew for TLC there to film, a producer from the Oprah show came also to film along with them before they headed off to the trip. That meant two flim crews inundated their home! Imagine the invasion of privacy to film this circus act now! I am appalled these children have absolutely no rights to protect them from national television! I am appalled that they have no breaks like other child actors and no teachers to teach Mady and Cara when they all travel so much. If the family are always shlepping off to trips, they need appropriate homeschooling.

  Lastly Missy, I don’t give a rat’s rump roast if their new home is newly built or existing. Modifying the home to accomodate hidden cameras are easy and I’m sure they will be planning that for this new home so the crew can really take over! And remember, if others sponsor them freebies, they expect to be alotted media airtime as well. They have every right to come in with their own film crew in addition to what’s in there now. No one comes out of this without a piece of the pie and the only ones you see in the end are the children with no voice in the matter. Believe me, they need to be investigated on who comes in and out of that home, how often they go out for appearances and what kind of daily life routine are these children going through that does not include the invasion of camera exposure. When all this dies down later, the home they have will still require them to pay taxes for as long as they own it. Where will the money come from after this is all over? Do they realize the upkeep when the income is gone? Surely they can’t believe they will be filming till they are in college. Even I got tired of watching the Dilley sextuplets and they didn’t do daily filming.

• Oh Bottom, first of all I guess you like many of the Americans have thrown the “Book” which is called the “Bible” out of the door, I believe it says not to spare the rod, and where does this generation get that a spanking causes so much trama? sure we have child abuse always have had, I’m not talking about beating, or a smack up side the head, I’m talking about a good ole’ fashion butt spanking, and hell no it does not cause drama down the road or lead to children being abusive. OMG where do ppl get that?

  Parents today find it is easier and less work to shout and scream at their kids. Also they like to remind them selves that they (the parents) can still count to THREE, that is the most stupidest thing I have ever seen, I hera it all the tyime while shopping, a mother will yell out “Tommy I’m gonna count to three” and all the while Tommy is tearing the hell out of packages that we end up paying for.

  Well frankly I’rather see her warm up the butt God gave him and see some results instead of her stupididy. But these lazy ass parents would rather others be disturbed by their btrats then get off their butts at home and teach them some manners, I guess that would cut into their time blogging about some one else.

  I have heard ppl say that Kate hits her kids, well all I can say if she does she must not make them feel it, and I even heard some one bitching about her using a paper towel roller on them, big deal, like that is gonna hurt them, but all you have to do is get their attention, you don’t have to beat, leave marks and shout, scream and yell, to me yelling is worse than any ass whiping,

  Sorry if you don’t agree, well really I’m not nor do I care, my kids were spanked and I have great adult children, and you can’t tell me you are a God fearing person and you just overlooked that scripture,

  As far as the new home, believe me you, they will afford it the rest of their lives, what about all the royalities they will get until the end of time, and how much money do you think they have already made? believe me they have nothing to worry about now or in the future.

• Truth Breeds Hatred….So does Jealousy.
  What a sad, jealous, pathetic person Kate’s sister in-law (Jodi)
  and her sister in-law’s sister (Julie) must be. Julie (Sp?) calls Kate fake and turns right around and says she shouldn’t let people know who her kids really are. I tell you fake. Jodi’s sweet little totally calm, always under control voice. She walked around on the show like she popped a couple valiums before filming with her smile, smile, smile. Oh goodness, he just put a hole in my wall. Oh well, we just need a little nap and some gum. Kids will be kids, smile, smile, smile. Really,.. is that how a REAL person would have reacted? Julie or her sister didn’t have a problem having JODI’S kids filmed when the spot light was on her. I guess it must be hard for Jodi not to be able to take her family on all those nice trips and not getting free stuff for her kids like Kate and Jon do. Seems pretty shallow and selfish on her part. I can’t believe Jodi would let her sister talk about Kate’s kids and refer to them as animals in show biz. How do you let your sister (Julie) refer or compare your on nieces and nephews to animals? Can you just imagine how expensive it is to take care of 8 children and give them good clothes, toys, field trips etc THAT WE ALL WANT FOR OUR KIDS? Who doesn’t want to put our kids in fun educational classes and watch their eyes sparkle when they get a new gift. That’s just being a loving parent that wants the best for your kid. We ALL do. How many times have you spent too much for Christmas or birthdays? But could you do any of that w/ 8 kids? Really think about that. Is it better for them to run around in rags, never get to do extra curricular activities or ever go on family vacations just so people don’t see 30 minutes of their lives a week. I don’t know about any of you and your home lives, but seeing 30 minutes of my life a week you wouldn’t have a clue what’s going on. It’s not like every second of their life is on TV for one and if you found a way to give your kids a decent life style that we ALL want for our kids as opposed to living and struggling like hell just to put food on the table, wouldn’t you choose a better life? Would you choose good food, a nice yard for the kids to play in, daddy be around more? Really, how else are Jon and Kate supposed to do this? It’s not like they can just put them back. Who would want them to have to give them up because they can’t support them? What about those mom’s out there that work long hours to support their kids, but hardly ever get to spend time with them, should they not work because it‘s not the ideal thing to do with kids? Much better to just live on welfare right? Yeah, tell that to the people that do have to live on it. You can’t fake a two or 3 year old beaming with happiness. This is what I see when I watch the show. Things may be clipped and cut and even done over, but you can see those kids are loved and happy. It’s just sometimes people get jealous. People love to talk about other people. It’s just truly sad when it’s your own family doing it. Julie and Jodi says Kate’s kids are so bad off and yet Jodi put her own kids on the show. NOW that SHE’S not on the show, well now it’s “Kate’s horrible… Jons pathetic“. Funny, it was “Kate’s a GREAT MOM and Jon’s just a wonderful dad” before. Don’t you remember seeing those clips? On another note, people keep saying Kate’s sooooo mean to Jon, look at the way she treats him. People, come on now. You have to remember this is at LEAST a whole week’s worth of footage cut down and pasted together in little bitty snippets and shown over and over and over. I’d be willing to bet if any of us were filmed for a week and it cut and pasted together how many times it would SEEM like all we do to our better half is fuss at them. All it would take was 2 or 3 snappy moments in a week’s time and there you have it. Are you to tell me you NEVER snap, yell across a room or give a love tap ONCE in a week or a month to your hubby or wife? NEVER? Never try to talk over the kids? NEVER get snappy at your better half because the kids are aggravating you when you probably shouldn‘t? NEVER? Humm, I don’t think anyone can say yes to that. Not without being a yes sir, no sir kind of spouse. Or anyone that is married or has kids would disagree with me truthfully. And well “drama” sales so what clips DO you think your going to get to see? The couple walking around like Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver? Also, how do you know what Jon says to her? How can you really judge ANY persons relationship from 30 min a week cut up into bits and pieces? What I don’t understand is how someone can talk about their own family member like that? If I was Kate’s brother I would be ashamed of my wife for letting her sister trash his own sister like that. Heck if it was me I would be filing for divorce for putting my sisters financial security in jeopardy like that. I love my nieces and nephews and would NEVER want to see them have to do without cause of me. Nor would I let my husband openly pursue trying to destroy my nieces or nephews means of support. That’s just shameful. Kate’s brother should be ashamed for letting her do it. Wonder how Jodi would feel if the shoe was on the other foot? THAT’S YOUR FAMILY GIRL. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? It’s not hard to put two and two together to see that what Jodi and her sister Julie are saying stems from nothing but pure meanness and jealousy. Where were they advocating against the show in the first or even the 2nd season? No Jodi and Julie were all smiles and saying it’s a wonderful thing. That’s why I wouldn’t take too much stock in what Jodi and her sister blogging about to be the truth or stretching the truth. I’m sorry but I don’t consider nice clothes, a descent roof over the kids’ heads, fun toys, healthy foods, exciting vacations and field trips or a mom and dad always being there, hugs and kisses all day DAMAGING. IT’S CALLED BEING BLESSED. HAVING THE GOOD LORD HELP YOU FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK. Especially when you have 8 kids ( that you did not plan on) to feed and support and can actually say you found a way to do it. It doesn’t take a child expert to know how hard it would be. All it takes is doing your check book and cringing because at times its hard and then imaging trying to do it with 8. I personally love watching Jon and Kate + 8. I think it reminds people of what it’s like to love your better half but know that at times we go through ups and downs and moods, but tomorrow’s a new day and we’re no different than anyone else. That our kids can drive us nuts at times, but we love them and we would do what we have to to make our family work no matter how impossible it seems. It’s not about who the kids are, but getting to see milestones and having a good understanding of the difference in children and how interesting it is how girls mature so differently than boys. How siblings interact with one another and what to look for in your own kids when it comes to them growing and learning. I have two young autistic children and I find it VERY beneficial to see when the children develop fine motor skills how their verbal skills grow. How potty training some kids are different than other siblings. When certain behaviors start to show up. How beneficial it can be to have a child on a good set schedule. What kinds of routines seem to work good with kids. Maybe not to all but to a lot of us that enjoy the show w/ or without typically developing kids, big or small families, new or experienced parents. We simply find it educational. And I am thankful to the Gosselin’s for give us the opportunity to learn from them and enjoy watching the children and their relationships develop. I am VERY happy for them that they are able to financially support all their children and give their children what they need and also have the opportunity to enjoy life a little. No matter what I have or don’t have, I would never wish someone to have less than me or to never have more than me just because I wasn’t given the opportunity. Regardless of who Jon and Kate really are or how people (in-laws) want to make them out to be, we need to remember why we starting watching the show in the first place and to not forget that not everything is as it seems (Kate being this or that etc). That it is what it is. “Reality” TV Not necessarily or completely “actuality” TV and you’re not always getting the whole story or your getting thing out of context. Jon and Kate are doing what they feel is best for their family to make ends meet and to have a good decent life and the network is going to show what sells.

  That’s my two pennies anyways,
  Choosy

• Thats more than two pennies worth. I agree with you, but how do you have the time to write all this stuff. You obviously love sharing in life of Jon and Kate plus 8. Where can I see a pic of their new house? Boy oh boy they sure need it.

• Oh my god, you people are SO awful and hateful! Such judgement… Do you believe everything you read on the internet? Do you really know what occurred between family members to cause an estrangment? Everything you’re quoting and citing is 3rd hand knowledge.

  You don’t really know what goes on in the families of people on reality TV. After all these years and the hundreds of reality shows out there, it’s pretty clear that they’re partially scripted and that people are on them for monetary gain. And why not? I think people should stop judging these reality show families and just turn their TVs off, if they’re so offended and outraged by what they see. There are true problems in the world and getting so angry about what other people do with their lives is absurd.

  If years from now, Jon & Kate’s kids, the Duggar kids, and the Roloff kids are all screwed up from their upbringing on TV, well then their parents will deal with the consequences, just like everyone else had with their specific childhood issues. They’re providing for their families in a unique way and benefitting greatly from their specific lifestyle choices. More power to them.

  If you’re jealous and bitter because no one is giving your kids free clothes from the Gap and giving you a free vacation, call TLC and let them know you’re available…

• True,.. I guess it was more like a full piggy bank LOL! Well, to be honest if I want to post to a blog or write one I just pull up word pad on the computer and write a little bit throughout the day until I feel like I’m done. If I wrote it directly on the web page it would timeout WAY before I was done or could get back to it. LOL. I don’t really know what J&K’s new house looks like. I haven’t seen, but looks like some people have.
  Blessing, :-)Choosy

• Well said ladies…sry I have been away tending to family matters, but I am glad to get back to this blog to see that positive points have been made. Missy, I don’t know ya from Adam…but I love ya and would love to meet ya. We share so many of the same view points. I’ll post more of my thoughts on the J&K discussion soon.

• Oh My Gosh GGG!! you are so fun, I’m gonna be the first one to call TLC, Damn I need a paid vacation, wait a minute!!! I don’t have any kids left at home, well dang there went my chance.LOL

  Al tho I think all these kids will be fine, the Duggers, the Rolloffs and the Gosselins, If they are not then the parents will deal with it, you are so right,

  And you just said both you and choosy what we have been saying about poor aunt Jodi and little sis Julie, they are unbelieveable, and yes as long as they were on TLC things were fine, even tho Jodi was there b/c of Kates kids, and if she had been paid it would have been b/c of Kates kids, but ppl were okay with that, but not if Kate does it, doesn’t make good cents.

  And Choosy I’m sure that all the problems with Kate and her family was not all Kates fault, I mean we have all had problems with family members but I sure don’t blame them for all of it nor them blame me.
  But I am sure Kate was taken advantage of until she wised up and saw what was happening, but youy still never hear her or Jon speak ill of any one in that family.

  The new house or rather what ppl are saying is the new house can be seen on a lot of different blogs, for instance if you go to Gosselins without Pity, they have a site where they show the house, and it is beautiful, if it really is the Gosselins house, I really hope it is. Oh BTW you can not comment on that site but be glad b/c they are horrible people.

  Looking forward to chatting with you more to Lyn, hope all is well and we will get to know one another here, Cyber friends are great, So hang in here girls, and lets watch and discuss our show The Gosselins.

• hmm interesting…

• you rock Darla thanks for supporting me

• I watch Jon & Kate Plus 8 and think the show. Now reading this has got me wondering what really happens behind the scenes and, if any of this stuff about Aunt Jodi and all the other things r true. I wish there was away to find out. I do wonder how they afford all that stuff with 8 kids cuz ppl with less kids have a hard time affordin that kinda stuff. I hope this isnt true.

• yea, for sure

• Anonymous, the Gosselins can afford all this b/c of the show, they have stated many times if not for the show they would not be able to do the things they do. Why ppl keep harping on them about the freebies they get is beyond me, they are offered these things by companies who want to advertise, no worse than our sports players who wear gear for a certain company. They (the G’s do make a lot of money) and they should.

  As far as Poor Aunt Jodi, in my persoanal opinion I think she is just a scamer who thought she was gonna make some big bucks off of Kates kids and alot of ppl think that would have been okay for her but that the Gosselins shouldn’t do it. I don’t think Jodi loved those kids as much as she said or she would still be there, when she found out there would be no ,oney, she quit, plain and simple. But then she had to go crying to big sister and start some crap, some will tell you Julie was only defending her sister, bull $$$$ who goes on the net to defend little sis. They knew it would bring many negative responces to the net about Kate and thats exzctly what they wanted and GOT.

  What I find is Kate and Jon have taken the high road and to not talk bad about their family and so every one wants to blame Kate for the distance between her and family members.

  I can not stand to watch a grown woman as Jodi in her video, whinning about how hard things have been for her, I hate the fact that some one will start a blog but fix ot where you can not comment back to them on that blog, well then it’s not worthy to even read, It’s like she and Julie can dish out all their bull but don’t want to hear any thing in responce to it, and they sure don’t want any comments back to them, like they have done to Kate,

  Do I think Kate is perfect, heck no, do I think she is a better WOMAN than Joodi and Julie, hell yes I do. Jodi is looking for pity and Julie made sure she got it, If I were to see Jodi I would tell her just what I told Kates sister Clarissa, she should be ashamed and ask for forgivness. she is a cry baby and a back stabber. Now remember I did say this is my opinion only, and I’m sure there will be some who is gonna jump on me, so -be-it.

• I think this is soooo sick ! I love the show and the kids love the crew members. So to say they are on tv too much is sooo dumb. I agree with Missy ( even tho I don’t know her =]). Aunt Jodi wasn’t saying this when she was on the show. Now that she’s off she wants to talk all this Bull ? She put her kids on the show too most of the seasons too,I think we should get child labor laws on her too if she makes that the case.By Jon and Kate saying they did this show basically for the kids and that they make money off of it shows she wants her kids to have a great life. Do you think if they didn’t have the show they could afford it? No , so she put her kids on the show , making sure they are comfortable knowing her kids can have what they want. What mother wouldn’t do that ? They don’t have to be stressed about money and it makes them better parents because they have more time with their children. If they thought this was the worst thing to do they wouldn’t do it because they love those kids so much , just by looking at them they love those kids. They are so real on tv you can never say they aren’t real.

• KATE IS SUCH A BITCH TO JON…HE SHOULD LEAVE HER..PAYING CHILD SUPPORT AND GETTING HIS KIDS ON WEEKENDS WOULD BE BETTER THAN TAKING KATES CRAP……JON PLEASE CONSIDER LEAVING HER. THEN SHE WOULD SEE HOW SHE TAKES YOU FOR GRANTED

• Come on Pamela, do you really believe that? Jon is not taking any thing he doesn’t want to, he loves it and all you people know it, thats why you are so fired up on Kate, she has got what he wants, regardless if it’s grumbling or bitching or whining he is not gonna leave her, and have you checked out what child support would cost him? And he could not handle the kids on week ends all alone, He is not gonna leave Kate, they love each other, what is wrong with ppl ? she did not do all this by her self, Jon was right there the whole time.

  You ppl really make some of us laugh when you make statements like “he should leave her” or “he is so hot” he’s hot b/c he is in love with Kate Gosselin.

• I don’t think that’s aunt jodi, Ive seen a lot of episodes and it seems like someone that is trying to imitate her

• hey people, forget about jodi. j&K have moved into to 1.1 million dollar spread. i live about a mile away in berks county. okay for all of you idiots that think they are so wonderful and are supporting the show. Guess, who is paying the morgage on this house? Everyone who watches the unemployed couple that exploits the kids. She is all about the freebies. Sad…whats going to happen to them when they finally cancel this crap. Don’t think they can afford this kind of morgage without employment. I have driven by the house and see them outside. Any by the way…..they have just built a new fence .

• And I own a piece of the Golden Gate bridge that I will sell “cheap” LOL

  Emma, I’m not about to say you are “lying” but do you have any idea how many ppl have said they are neighbors to the Gosselins? have had an affair with Jon? have baby say for them? cleaned for them ? traveled with them? c’mon you think we believe you?

  Thats like asking if we believe what pennmommy said, Yeah!!! NOT

  Okay, we have been blessed with Kate and Jon on theses blogs, Beth has been on theses blogs and several nannies, and pennmommy of course who swears she was in their home daily, what a load of crap, Oh don’t forger the one who said she was Kates sister, think I’ll come on as Kates mom, bet that would get a lot of attention and QUESTIONS!!!!!

• If this is the same “Emma” that posted on November 4th, then you are the same Emma who said that us bloggers need to get a real life and stop talking about other people’s… I suggest you do the same Emma. Perhaps you need a tissue or a dry mop to soak up the foam coming from your mouth. You sound like an angry, jealous little child who can’t stand that someone else has something they want. Be happy…your jealousy is gonna eat you alive.

• It is clear that a lot of you people need to get a life. There are two sides to every “story” and the fact that Jodi and her viscious sister feel the need to tell their “side” of the story makes me think there is jealousy involved. I have often heard both Jon and Kate say how blessed they are and how lucky. Seriously, would you tell people no if they were offering you clothes, cars or vacations? I think not! Until I hear Kate and Jon’s side of the story I will not think badly of them. Even if I DO hear their side of the story I will not think badly of them. If all you people bad mouthing don’t like it maybe you should quit watching. Like I said, some of you folks need to get a life!!!

• Sid, I am so proud of you for speaking up, I to have said I have heard the Gosselins say so many times how thankful they are for all the gifts and help they have and still do get.

  I guess some of these ppl hate Kate so bad they can not accept any thing good she would say or do, You wanna hear some real hate go visit Jon & Kate plus 8 Imperfect Parent, they now have 3 sites, and it is war, Some of those women are so mean, all they can see is hate. I don’t think I have ever heard any one talked so badly about as Kate Gosselin, and I give her credit for “Keep on going”. Thanks Again.

• Who cares if they get donations? Or who cares if people give them things for free? If any of you women were being offered all the perks that they were, its safe to say that none of you would turn them down.

  If you guys don’t like the show, then don’t want it. Its as simple as that, if Aunt Jodie and her sister is pathetic enough to post blogs about the “truth” then they need to start worrying about themselves and keep their minds off other people’s business.

• Way to go Sid! It is nice to see that people with common sense don’t “hop on the band wagon” when hate is involved. This is the message that Missy and I have been preaching on this blog all along. Hi Missy! =o)

• I am quite sure that Jon and Kate are better people, better parents, and are much, much, much smarter than 90% of the people posting here. Geez, there really are a lot of petty, ignorant freaks in the world, aren’t there? Oh, and Jodi and her drama queen sister are a joke.

  The Gosselins have a wonderful life, and I couldn’t care less that they get so much great stuff for free. It has no effect on my life whatsoever. Much continued success to Jon, Kate, and the kids!

• what happened between kelly ripa and kate?

• Jon & Kate aren’t perfect. I’ve seen more episodes of them being more real than not. Pin me down with 8 kids and I’d be a bit on the ragged side as well.

  So they get free things from various sponsors, don’t think the sponsors aren’t writing those donations off and benefitting from the advertising and plugs.

  I’m mean to my husband… I’ve spoken harshly to him, used sarcasm, even given him some sharp love taps from time to time.

  Life changes, people come and people go from our lives, sometimes we only have people for a season.

  I have seven children – blended – and it was crazy when they were all together with us. I know other families with more than the perfect 1.2 children. There is chaos, there is disorder, more than I’ve ever witnessed on J&K+8. I don’t condemn or judge – I marvel at the way the way they can do life under those stressful conditions.

  Everytime I read one of these sites, I’m disgusted by the meanness and spitefulness – it far exceeds anything Kate exhibits on the show.

  If you don’t like it, don’t watch. There are many programs on television that I find disgusting – I exercise my freedom of choice and don’t watch them. It’s that simple, people.

• I am not perfect inraising my two children and could not fathom having six more. I would love a nanny and a personal chef, if I could afford those perks, I would have the help.

  What we are all forgetting is this; Jon and Kate plus eight is a TV show that like all entertainment is edited for the viewing public. Until there is an episode that shows twenty four hours of unedited film, view this Jon and Kate as it should be, entertainment. As for not liking the show, turn the channel.

• “Guess, who is paying the morgage on this house?”

  Their family is. By drawing an audience and making millions in ad revenue for TLC, they are getting financial opportunities like any other TV personality. TLC is not a charity outfit. Jon and Kate make them money. Millions. They are not like you or me they are television celebrities now. They are no less entitled to buy a million dollar house than any other successful celebrity.

  Just like any other child stars the kids may have problems in the future, and just like any other celebrity Jon and Kate have sacrificed their privacy and opened themselves up to being scrutinized by millions of strangers who think they know better than they do how to raise their children and live there lives. I’m sure these very same people would say “No” to the wealth and privilege that comes with the one in a million television ratings success that has happened with their show.

  I wouldn’t do what they do for free.

  People driving past your house, gossiping about your family online (including your in-laws), and reporting every negative encounter they have with you.

  If you don’t like the show, there is certainly nothing wrong with that. If you hate Jon and Kate, that is a little bit sick. If you resent them for their financial success and opportunities, that is just too bad because there is absolutely nothing they owe you.

• don’t you just love this show

• I cant believe the CRAP I am reading. Jon and Kate are awsome parents and I look up to both of them, There are so many people on this blog that to me seem jealous of their life style. They are doing what they need to do to support their family, and if I were in their situation I would do the same thing, You all should be ashamed of your selfs for even talking like this. They are good Christian people and you all should not judge them, just remember that those who judge will also be judged in the end by the one who really has the authority to judge. Keep up the good work Kate you will always have someone in your corner in MO.

• I feel the show Jon and Kate plus eight should be called Jon and Kate plus hate. I can not even believe that as a christian man that Jon would get slapped around by her just to make money off his kids. It’s degrating because I have a gutless son- in-law that hides behind my grandchildren and his wife a woman. Gutless.There are just as good families out there that could use the money as well now that Jon and Kate have raked enough in. It’s sure is on alot of people’s mind about where is all of Kate’s family but of course they must have seen through her along time ago. To bad it took aunt Jody so long to clue in on such a pathtic little girl as Kate really is. Other people in America have alot better stories that I and I’m sure plenty more would like to see . SO Kate take what you made and take off on a life long holiday.

• The TV station isn’t stupid..they know what is going on, and they are ignoring it just so they can make a buck on the kids as well. TLC should be held liable for contributing to the delinqency of a minor(s). TLC should have to pay for all the therapy the kids will need in the future…because they are going to need it. Jon and Kate plus TLC are pimping this kids out. TLC wake up and cancel this show.

• Lyn, it was a different Emma…
  not me…i don’t even know where jon
  n kate live. so i would deff not be
  saying i see their kids playing
  out side.

• P.S.
  Why don’t jon or kate ever talk about
  their parents? i mean it’s cool n all if
  they don’t want to but i’m just wondering
  if anyone knows anything about them

• Look @ the post from anonymous on 10/30 @7:40..then look @ the post from lyn on 10/30 @ 7:57 they are the same post from 2 different ppl.. lyn is closer to the Gosselins then all you ppl know..her blogs are HUGE and she is on here all day long. I think lyn is on here blogging with many different names. lyn has the same controlling nature as Kate does…hmmm looks fishy to me.

• This is to “You ppl wise up” who do you think you are? it is a good thing you are on this blog and not some that have Moderators b/c you would be banned, how can you come on and accuse Lyn of being a troll? just what makes you think you have knowledge of that?

  I would tell these ppl to watch out for you, you are a trouble maker and if you have any kind of morals or pride you will leave here and not re-turn.

  Lyn does not spend all day on here and if she did it’s none of your damn buisness any way, she is not the only one who writes a long post, evidently you must enjoy it. And it is not costing you any thing.

  So little fishy who ever you are don’t worry about Lyn or any one else on here posting, you can do the same here as we tell ppl about the show ” switch channels” sounds like this little sandbox is full of players and there is no room for loosers like you. Go away , Good bye

• LMAO @ Missy are you another one of lyn’s alias sure sounds like to me. You have me confused with someone who cares about what the hell you think..because I Don’t..so blow your hot air in another direction… I can do anything I want without your permission so shut the @#%$ up !!! you are so psycho..its is hallarious!! STILL LMAO @ MISSY

• emma,
  jon’s dad is deceased. not sure about his mom. Kate’s pretty much estranged from her entire family. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if she just wrote them off. She seems like the type- if you don’t agree w/ me then get out of my life. Anyone see a pattern here? I think her parents even live in PA. regardless of what the hell happened YEARS ago, I don’t agree w/keeping the grandparents out of the kid’s lives.
  I have had numerous issues w/my family and what it all boils down to is that they’re STILL family regardless. You can’t pick your family so just suck it up and be at least cordial, especially when there’s children involved. Especially when they have NO OTHER grandparents!
  I quit watching the show months ago when I got wind of how Kate treated her sis n law and how she complains about her “tough days” with the nannies and personal chefs. Ugh.
  I also am not a fan of the way she treats Jon. Imagine how mean she REALLY is when the cameras are OFF? If she has no problem belittling him in FRONT of the cameras, she probably beats the hell out of him when the cameras are off. Scary.
  The kids are adorable but I can’t support them being exploited and this family profiting because the kids are “cute” and “entertaining”. Face it, this isn’t real life w/8 kids. This is candy coated garbage.

• *applause* *applause* I agree with you evilzoe. Hey TLC when are you going to cancel this show, before everyone stops watching the channel altogether?

• If you really want to analyze it, Lyn and Missy have the same Characteristics in their blog as each other, with in turn are like Kate’s. They all might be the same person.

• I have 3 children and would really have loved to have more, But my husband and I realized that we want to give our children more then we had. It was kate’s Choice to have all of these children. Now she is whoring them out for the public to buy by the 1/2 hour. People need to stop watching. These children did not ask for this and had no say so. Their greedy greedy mother has sold her children to make her life better. Kate’s not a mother she’s a “Madame”

• Keep working on that degree. When you have a family and bills you are responsible for come back, lets see how far that degree got you, the one your parents are paying for.

• I dont know why all ya’ll are hatin’ on them, because there regular people just like you. I know where your comin’ from but they have more responsibilities than you. So maybe thats why Jodi is actin’ like a fuckin’ byotch.

• Oh my God! I can’t believe this awful haters. It seems that if you are supporting the Gosselin family then they automatically think that you are the same person or a troll? . Hey guess what you JEALOUS TROLLS! Don’t you know that this show is the top rated show of TLC??? Do you think all those who watch this show is just like you – haters? Who are so pathetic and and are so jealous that they cant’ stand that this family is enjoying all the perks for having a sucessful tv show and having a great life!!

  Just wondering why if you so hate this family why do you continue to watch their show? ISN’T THAT SO PATHETIC? You kept on bitching about Kate and family and at the same time you can’t help to watch their show which is only helping Kate and family becoming even more richer!!! You might say “well, I’m not watching anymore” but that is EVEN MORE PATHETIC because that means there is something wrong with your head!!! It also means that you are OBSESSED with this show and you seriously need a medical help!!

  So my advise to all you trolls and haters is to seek medical help as soon as possible about your obsession on Kate and family and you’re irrational jealousy on people who you don’t even know in real life! I’m very sure it will help make your life happier.

  ALSO STOP WATCHING THE SHOW FOR GOD’S SAKE!!! BECAUSE YOU WILL ONLY MAKE YOURSELF EVEN MORE JEALOUS IF YOU DO!!!

• just to let you people know i am a kid and i have watched all the episods they ever made and Kate has done the best she can and she saig alot of times that the family would not be able to do the things that they do now. Just to prove that i watch the shows i can name all the kids names: Twins Cara and Mady sextuplets alexis hannha leah joil colin and aiden. aiden is the one who has classes and that is the best show EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Anonymous you are no kid, you misspelled a lot of words to make you look like a kid, but your sentence structure is not of a kid. Kids wouldn’t be on here blogging anyway, they would be watching Hannah Montana or Josh and Drake!

• You can tell that the same person is writing most of these blogs, even though the names are different. They are using the same type of words that Kate uses on the show.

• omg best show eber on aside from tim and eric. who cares if kates a meaner i still love her nom nom nom nom nom….now i understand why john always seems annoyed of kate :/

• To “You Ppl Wise Up” I have you confused with some one else??? no theres only one you “THANK GOD” You are a rediculous person, a shameful person, and disgusting.

  Evilzoe, if you quit watching the show, then why are you complaining about it, it really is no concern of yours and sure the hell is not costing you any thing. And why do you blame Kate for what ever problems with her family? how do you know they did not create the problem? B/C Jodi said so, well shes a two faced low life rat, why would you believe her? The grand parents don’t see the kids b/c they don’t want to, do your research and you’ll find the truth.

  And Suzanne, are the same same Suzanne/friend and many other names from CMG and Imperfect Parent blog? I’m sure you get the gist of my question.

  Sue P you should be ashamed to call your self a mother, how can you have so much hatred to another mother and be a decent mother your self? I really pity you.

  Jennifer Lyn and I are not teh same person, some one else tried that, I wish the moderators or site owners would check this out for you who think we are, b/c trolling is against the rules of blogging and can get a person banned altogether. As afr as Kate Gosselin, honey she is to much of a lady to play with fools like you on these blogs, do you really think she would waste her time playing on a blog? and how many blogs about her are there? You got to be Kidding. And now you want to tell some one they mispelled some words, oh my Lordy Be, “Pot calling Kettle”

  Linda , thank you for your thoughts and opinions and your views on Kate and Jon, But you are right these ppl need to turn off their T.V.’s and honey I doubt that they are happy at all, they need to take their anger out on some one and they feel this is a safe place to show their ugliness and get by with it, NOT, Any way Linda keep up the good opinions, Thanks and I am Missy

• thanks evilzoe,

  you’re really nice. you should come on more
  offten ’cause some of these ppl are kinda weird
  and i think you know who i’m talking
  about ha!

  cheers

• um, Missy, I have a right to my opinion just like everyone else. I don’t watch the show (anymore) but that doesn’t mean that I am not entitled to my opinion. I used to, therefore I am going to share my thoughts. If you don’t like reading not so nice stuff about your beloved Gosselins, then maybe you should start your own blog somewhere far far away.
  Oh, and btw how do you know for a FACT that Aunt Jodi is a “two faced low life rat”? That seems a bit harsh for someone you don’t even know. From what I’ve seen on the show, she’s the most sane person on there. Why would she start a blog in the first place? It only makes sense that she was somehow hurt and thought this was the only way to speak her peace. It was her SISTER’S idea anyway, not Jodi’s. I do believe that there’s 3 sides to every story (Jodi’s, Kate’s and the truth) but Kate is losing credibility every day…
  Also, for YOU to belittle MOTHERS on this blog says volumes about you. You know nothing about ANYONE on here so you may want to shut your pie hole and stop being hateful to anyone that disagrees with your opinion.

  THANKS EMMA! Wow, I can’t believe how silly some people are. Thank you for the shout out!
  Z

• Well evilzoe, I am not belittling any one, and for you to say I know nothing about any one on here is again the pot calling to the kettle. What do you really know about Kate? not as much as you think you do. but yet you will talk trash on her, or any one who’s opinion is in her favor. Pie hole!! I’d expect that from some one such as you.

  And no way did Julie do all the blog by her self, where did she get her so called info from? from poor pitiful sympathy seeking aunt jodi, thats where. But ofcourse Jodi loves that family Yeah right!!!!!!!

  I am not asking any one to agree with me, I do have strong opinions, I couldn’t care less if you do or not, your opinion makes no difference to me what so ever I just don’t under stand how a woman espically a mother could hate another woman espically a mother as much as you ppl do ( Kate)

  It’s one thing to dis-agree with things the Gosselins do, or get for free, or the trips they take and all that stuff, but you women go way over board with the drama, you say you are not jealous, well then you have to call it hatred b/c I just don’t get how humans can feel about another human being like you do, As I have said before I didn’t hear this much trash on the lowest of ppl,

  The Gosselins were created by the same God you were, and believe it or not he loves them as much as he does you or any of your children,

  So why don’t you get over your self and go find some thing that could make you happy or satisfy you? it certainly is not watching a reality show, and speaking of children what do you tell them about Kate Gosselin? I hope not what you put on this blog.

  If you and Emma ( who I think should grow up) want to defend Jodi and her weak spined way of getting back at Kate b/c she can not make money off of Kates kids which you all despice so much, so be it, I don’t give a wooo hooo, I am just glad I could never do that to any one in my family and I am sorry to hear you girls could do that, I certainly hope your family knows how you could turn on them in a heart beat OVER MONEY, now that is sad.

  Emma dear, do you even have a clue what weird means? I doubt it. Have a nice day sweetie and please try to have a good thought about some one, it will bring you some cheer, I promise….

• Poor Jon!!!! He is stuck with that Shrew for the rest of his life!! She needs serious help. Just because you have 8 kids, doesn’t mean you’re a good mother. No doubt she loves her children, but she better quit being so anal or she will have 8 rebellious teenagers on her hands. Maybe that would be a good thing. It would teach her you can’t control everybody & every situation. Run for your life Jon!!!!

• hey i think that is wrong of you

• Still laughing @ Missy

• 100 to what 500 cable channels to choose from?
  Isn’t it funny how some people on this board keep saying the show is awful and can’t stand it, but yet the same people can talk in detail about each show? Guess they can’t stand it but can’t change the channel on that complicated remote can we ladies? (((LOL)))
  You know,… I don’t remember that episode where Kate cusses at Jon even once or punches him in the face Or slams a door, says she hates him etc because you know,. she’s SOOO mean and horrible to him. . What episode was that? PLEASE refresh my memory. (( LOL ))

  Well,.. you know, SOME ladies learn to keep their mouth shut and their head down with their husband at an early age. I guess Kate’s mom didn’t teach her to be a real women. Being a strong women and saying what’s on your mind is SO over rated, right ladies? Who does Kate think she is? All she did was grow, carry and deliver {{{{8}}}} kids for Jon and found a way for him to stay home with the kids and enjoy “LIFE” and all that it entails. I mean, tell me why she’s not waiting on him hand and foot? He helps change diapers and plays with the kids, well that deserves a “yes sir, no sir” kind of woman right? LORD
  I tell you what kind of women would say that Kate is so awful are the same women that THEIR husbands don’t do JACK to help around the house, can’t do a load of laundry, can’t even cook for himself when hungry. And realize ladies when I say “can’t” I mean “WON’T”. He’ll tell you after sitting home all day watching TV while your running around food shopping, paying bills dragging this child to this appointment and that child to another, “What took you so long? I’m starving. Haven’t ate all day what are you going to cook?” Never mind he’s doing NOTHING while she still needs to put the food away, get the kids settled in, help with homework and still needs to do the dishes ‘cause he couldn’t lift a finger all day. And if they say it’s not true there LYING. This same type of woman can’t stay out long for a moms’ night out ‘cause her hubby will have a fit if she’s not home when he wants her to be home, but it’s ok for him to go out with his buds or be gone all day or days fishing, hunting, etc. She’ll fuss 20 minutes to you about how she can’t stand it and how it’s not fair and when you tell her to say something to him about it after all the complaining to YOU she’ll turn right around and say Oh, I can’t do that or well it’s no big deal, I trust him. Oh yeah, than why waste 20 minutes complaining about it? Reason? Cause she doesn’t have the BACKBONE to ever stand up for herself or say what’s on her mind to HIM. And can’t stand it when she sees another women opening their mouth when needed and getting some help from her husband and her hubby doesn’t go out all the time. I guess you can’t blame these women in a way. It must be hard to wait on your hubby hand and foot while your stuck at home and there out goofing off or chillin’ on the couch while you bust it every minute of the day until everyone’s in bed. ALWAYS giving in and still not getting what they feel they deserve while the other woman gets what she deserves from her hubby and then some and doesn’t have to act like a slave or a completely passive women to get it. I guess if you can’t have a backbone, no one else should.

  Well I’ve been around for a couple of years and one thing I’ve learned is to NEVER wish something upon someone else that you don’t want for yourself. How awful is it to wish Jon leave Kate? You’re saying SHE’S so horrible and YOU’RE wishing those kids are fatherless? My goodness what kind of person wishes for someone else’s family to fall apart? WOW that’s wild. Remember what goes around comes around.

  AND WHAT DO SOME OF YOU MEAN BY KATE CHOSE TO HAVE THOSE KIDS? Who knows in advance of conception how many your going to get? She or anyone else could not have predicted sextuplets, fertility treatments or not. . HELLO that’s why they have their own show. It’s VERY RARE!! Common sense people shall we? Kate and Jon didn’t choose to have 8 kids UNLESS you are saying she could have “chose” by having an abortion? OK so let’s not put them on TV cause you consider it “HARMFUL” to the children. Much better to “CHOOSE” to not give them life?? People’s opinion on abortion is people’s own, BUT OMG to “CHOOSE” that OVER having a camera follow your kids around while there splashing in Hawaii joyfully chillin’ in the sweet summer is just something I can’t fathom. LOL That’s a bit of an ass backwards way of thinking don’t you think? Is there anything floating up top in that head of yours?

  Well, I guess I do help support the kids and all by watching their show and I support Coke by drinking their soda and Keebler by eating their cookies and Disney by buying their movies etc. LOL. I guess it’s much better to watch the alterative like The Ozbornes. I bet some of the ladies on here that can’t stand J&K just loved watching OZ’s wife? LOL or maybe the Realworld? How about BADGIRLS? LOL I’m not saying one way or the other about these show, but you’re worried about “supporting” people by watching their show, I would MUCH rather “support” those wonderful children on J & K over the alternative ANY day I mean people are going to watch something. or maybe you think we should turn off our TV’s all together? Oh, that’s right, I forgot you can’t put that complicated remote down right? But I should. LOL You want people to stop watching the show? Well you first my dear LOL!!!! But then you would have nothing to complain about would you? It is kind of hard to complain about a show that you don’t watch to see what happened next right? LOL

  Well, to each their own but I really do hope people understand that Jon could be just as snappy to Kate or even more snappy at times but the producers could cut it out of the clips. I mean I don’t think I’ve EVER watched an episode that it played straight through for over 3 mins. It’s cut up in clips. You’ll see 3 min here and 2 mins there from 2 hours later in the day. So it’s something to consider before you think you know ever pc.
  And I guess it just truly blows my mind with so many shows on TV you could call harmful, dangerous, offensive repulsive today how you would choose a little family show like J&K+8 to be your show of choice to take your time and get all rebelled against and work to ban the show. And I REALLY DON’T mean that in a hateful way. I TRULY don’t get it. It’s your business what you spend your time posting about and EVERYONE has a RIGHT to their own personal opinion and you, just like everyone else, should have a right to “rate” a TV show, but personally if it was me I could definitely think of quite a few show over J&K+8 to take a stand against as shows that shouldn’t be on TV. That’s for sure. Did you get this worked up about oh I don’t know, The Howard Stern Show for example? Posting left and right about how his show should be banned? I mean come on. If you’re going to try and ban a show at least start with the scum.

  Blessing, Choosy

• BLAH,BLAH,BLAH,BLAH

• “Whatever Choosy Says”
  Oh,.. GOOD GIRL!!!!!!!! Can you say Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba too?!!!?? LOL

• Choosy, you have just wrote a book girl, I loved it!!! can you imagine how many women on here you just pissed off? What a girl, You know what? you just said it all, I can not imagine any one trying to argue with you, Yeah let em’ try and refute any thing you said, that will go by the way side,

  Now to “you ppl wise up” thats good honey, b/c I’m still laughing to, and yes this is still Missy. Can’t wear me down, sorry, it just don’t work, LOL Ha, Ha, Ha,

• Missy, Lyn, Choosy, Your conversations are like the waves of the sea. It makes me sick!

• What kind of mother would just sit there in a furniture store trying to make her mind up, while one of her boys is crying profusely because he is constipated. She ignores his crying, and its Jon who has to take him outside to the van, and puts a plastic bag over his hand and digs it out. This all happened on 1 episode, that was the day I said no more watching this show. What Kate did bothered me for sometime after. That little boy went through all of that because she couldn’t make her mind up over bunkbeds, and the whole time he had a camera in his face taping it. Her heart really is not in the needs of those kids, but the $$$$. I just got on here because this site is the talk around my city right now and I just want to say most everyone who has read these comments all agree….The show needs to be cancelled to protect the kids.

• I enjoyed the show at one point, but my likeness has gone down hill.
  I think they neeed to stop worrying about where there next free trip is coming from and start
  to realize that the little brett of a daughter maddy is out of control!
  “maddy was having a bad day”
  “maddy is in one of her moods..”
  “maddy was just being maddy”
  “maddy was acting out..”
  THAT IS ENOUGH!
  GAIN SOME CONTROL WITH THAT LITTLE SNOB.
  SHE CONTROLS EVERYTHING!
  I LIKED THE SHOW..
  but not maddy.
  the other kids are good {although dont always have manners}
  BUT cara needs an attitude change like her sister!!!!
  Agreee?

• Dennis, no one said the truth doesn’t hurt. Try some Pepto . LOL

  Missy, my hubby always says I should have been a defense lawyer or a prosecutor. LOL I really don’t mind peoples’ opinions and some people on this board have given me things to consider about the show as I hope we have given them as well. I just can’t stand when people talk without any substance to their argument. If people don’t like the way Kate treats Jon, how hard would it be to say that they feel Kate needs to ease up on him or if it’s the producers just showing her in a bad light to email Kate and say she needs to fix this with them because it’s turning some viewers off from her show and making her look bad to the point of not enjoying the show any longer? Or better yet give some alternatives to what other avenues J&K could pursue to support their children etc. That would be the productive thing to do if that’s how they feel. It’s just no need to bash everything sensible someone says in defense. You can’t have a discussion on the subject if you state the obvious and all some people want to come back with is YOU SUCK or I HATE KATE or JON SHOULD JUST LEAVE KATE. I think Catherine just posted about an episode that I don’t recall seeing and made me want to check it out, but that’s saying something with substance. Not that I agree with everything she said, but still some of it did get me to pause. But I guess there’s just no getting some people to have a real discussion on this subject, ya know? Too bad too. It could have been interesting. Blessing, Choosy

• jodi is setting a bad example for her kids by making this stupid video… why did her sister even make this blog? she was just asking for drama.
  while i agree kate has some issues and is rude to jon, we are not in their shoes and who are we to judge?

• Just so you know my mother is deceased and I attend college on an academic scholarship. Think before you speak please.

• if you don’t watch the show anymore then why the hell are you on here? be gone and take your pointless comments with ya.

• rebekah that’s terrible, i’m really sorry about your mother.
  but who were you telling to think before they speak?

• Choosy, Yeah you should have been a lawyer, a defence lawyer, you would have more money than the Gosselins LOL.

  As to what Catherine said, yes it is true, and I agree with some of her POV”S, I do have some opinions that are not always in Kates defence, but I never speak them b/c there is so much negativity already, and as you said some of these ppl can not have a general conversation about the show, it’s either love em’ or hate em’ and that is sad for the rest of us.

  I would love to speak as Catherine did, just like we do family members, but who wants to make a some what negative comment and have some one jump in and dicect it apart? The other day my daughter-in-law came to me about my son, she did not need me to beat him to death with words or tell her how wrong she was, I could see both sides and commented on both, She was a happy camper when she left, My son, well Dad will talk to him LOL.

  So what the heck we’ll just keep it between us I guess,
  I also liked what viewer 61 said about what kind of an example Jodi is to her kids, but yet she also said Kate has some issues but we should not judge, now that is fair.

  Dennis, oh what can we say? guess you should just dock some where else and get the heck off this boat.

  Cari, very good advise dear, think they’ll take the hint? hope so.

  Have a great day tomorrow “all you Kate worshippers” LMAO really

• Choosy, when I said that Catherine was right, I also meant she was right about the epi. that showed one of the boys having a problem while they were buying beds, it was Jon who did exactly what Catherine said, and yes it was a sad scene to say the least. I do hate when these kinda things are aired b/c I believe kids can be cruel at times and these kids (the Gosselins have had a lot put out there for all to see. ) and some day it may be thrown in their face. But again Catherine did not spew any hatred towards any one with her comment, Thank You Catherine.

• You guys are a bunch of hens sitting around clucking about bullshit. It’s hilarious when someone disagrees with you, you go for the jugular. Missy- please get a life and stop attacking random people. The show sucks, just like you.
  “I also liked what viewer 61 said about what kind of an example Jodi is to her kids, but yet she also said Kate has some issues but we should not judge, now that is fair.” You might want to practice what you preach.

• missy, i did NOT say anything about you
  nor do i care too… so keep your rude
  and negitive comments away from here.

  thanks,dear, have a good day:)

• cari,
  once again, I am entitled to my opinion, just like you. if you disagree with my opinions fine, but you really need to chill out and get a life. if you read all of my posts, you would know that I used to watch the show just like you bunch of morons. I have since discovered that the show is a waste of my time (just like this, talking to bitter unemployed nimrods on this website).
  Z

• I just recently stopped watching the show because I can see how completely dysfunctional this family is. I understand how some of you can defend this wretch, you’re probably just like her.

  I think the kids are cute, but the way Kate treats her manservant makes me want to vomit. I don’t understand how she can belittle, hit and disrespect him on a regular basis. If the tables were turned, you guys would go apeshit.

  Emma and Zoe,
  It’s refreshing to see some sane people on here.

• Well Thank You Emma, that was so sweet of you, hee, hee, hee!!

  Cari aren’t you glad that evilzoe knows all about our lives and if we have jobs or not? I guess she knows about us like she does the Gosselins huh, morons and nimrods, wonder if she was looking in the mirror when her little fingers were hitting the keys on her board, hmmm? Guess she enjoys us morons and nimrods. Funny ppl on here, still laughing.

  Have a great week end girls, and BTW i’m just waiting for your lovely comments.

• i love john and kate plus 8

• I was responding to the message directed to me on Nov 12th (the person rolling their eyes at my comment made on Nov 2) Thank you for your kindness.

• Jules said, “daughter maddy is out of control!” Agree?

  I totally agree on this one. But I have seen Kate start making her set out on the fun if she’s bad and that’s good. I do think Maddy needs an attitude adjustment. But I think the real problems lie with Maddy’s personality. Some children need to be the center of attention. Most of us either know a child like that or have one. And it’s totally normal for this kind of need. It just means she needs to stand out of the crowd and be noticed. That’s just what makes kids like this happy and feel special, but having to compete with 6 adorable sextuplets must be really hard on her especially for time and therefore I believe it causes her to act out. Because even though getting in trouble is not the kind of attention Maddy wants from her parents it’s attention none the less and she’s taking it how she can get it. Remember the episode where she went out with her parents on “her day” to get her ears done, well besides crying about the pain and we all know that hurts lol, she was a really pleasant charming little girl. She was totally not like she normally acts. That’s why it’s so important to give a child like this extra special time and attention because their personality calls for it, but I think not getting that has made Maddy just unmanageable. I know it’s hard when you have so many kids but Kate needs to take the time to do this for Maddy or she’s just going to get worse. And we all know it’s not easy dealing with an out of control teenage girl. I’m glad Kate is putting her foot down more about this, but she MUST feed her “need to be the center of attention” when she’s NOT being bad or it won’t go away. It’s just Maddy’s personality, just like some are leaders, followers, quiet, happy etc. Kids just need to be treated as individuals. But bad behavior as well should never be dismissed whatever the reason. As for Cara, I think Maddy’s attitude is just starting to rub off on her a bit cause I don’t see her as the needing to be the center of attention kind of kid, but when your sister acts up all the time and gets away with it well she’s bound to try and see how far her behavior gets her as well. But yes that’s a situation I believe MUST be dealt with above anything your spot-on on that one in my option. Anyone agree or thoughts? Blessings, Choosy

• I have been the mother of one. I had babysitters from time to time, but believe me, I paid through the nose for their services. I know what sitters or nannies are like, you pay them good money and then they act like they are doing you a favor! I don’t know if this is the situation with Jodi and Jon and Kate, but I could imagine it.

• No Janice, Jodi and her sister just thought b/c Jodi volunteered to watch the kids on Friday mornings that she should make a lot of money to, and b/c she did not get paid, she went crying to Julie (her sister) and Jodi and Julie started a blog, a disgusting breech of family affairs. simply put it was shmeful for a family member to do that to another and claim to do it all in the name of loving those sweet little kids. Jodi the big cry baby.

• Missy,
  Do you have any hobbies?

• getalifemissy, now that is funny, some of you ppl just keep the rest of us laughing, and why do you ask? are you nervous or just plain jealous,?

  B/C sweetie what I do is really no concern of yours, now some with a name or good common sece would ask me that question, I would have answerted, but sorry you just have no idenity.

  Hey Lyn, Choosy how is your week end going? hope you are having some good ole’ R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• To getalifemissy, how about you? It’s very obvious you come here a lot too since how do you know Missy. I just couldn’t believe all you people who are spewing all this hate. I just noticed that when someone tries to defend the Gosselins and doesn’t share your hatred and jealousy you immediately jump on them. Why? I just don’t get that you think all people are just like you. As I pointed out earlier don’t you know that most of the millions of people who are watching this show doesn’t share your jealousy and hate?

  Most just like me watch for entertainment and don’t care if they are receiving all this freebies and all the perks that goes with it. Because just like Missy, Choosy and others have said, TLC is making millions of $$$ off this show so are the Gosselins supposed to do this for free and not get anything out of it? As for Kate, I know she seem to appear not nice sometimes but how do you know she isn’t being edited that way just like all the other reality shows?

  Anyway, Missy, Choosy and others don’t let all this people intimidate you. They are the so called TINY NOISY ANNOYING MINORITY who thinks they know better than most of us fans of the show. Keep doing what you do. You are doing a great job in representing us millions who love the show in spite of minor imperfections of the Gosselins.

• give me a break…

• The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Get the verse right people! I don’t believe Jon and Kate love money, I just believe they desperately need it! And why does everyone act like they know all about Jon and Kate’s finances??? Do they have multiple accountants or something???
  And btw, what’s wrong with getting a tummy tuck or hair transplant if someone was gonna give it for FREE! Kate’s stomach looked like a big flabby butt before she had it fixed. Noone wants to live like that! And if someone offered to whiten my teeth free of charge, then by golly, I’m doing it!
  Also, KATE IS NOT THAT BAD!!! Yeah, she is obviously a little OCD, but its not like she’s Mommy Dearest beating her kids with wire hangers! She likes them to be clean, she likes to be organized! Big flippin deal!
  Her and Jon are two different personality types. An OCD person would obviously get frustrated with someone as laid back as Jon. If ever one of her outbursts is called to her attention, she apologizes for overreacting. My boyfriend and I are the same way! I’m a bit of a spas myself so sometimes my boyfriend has to call my actions to my attention. Then I work on it, just like Kate.
  And incase you haven’t noticed, THE KIDS DON’T EVEN NOTICED THE CAMERAS MOST OF THE TIME! And haven’t you seen the episode where they talked about the kids bonding with the camera crew? They love those people like family!
  From the beginning, before I ever read all this nonsense about Aunt Jodi, I noticed she was a huge fake. You can tell she is really cheesin it up for the cameras. The fact that she says all this negative stuff about Kate makes me think that she is really jealous of her and it seems to me that she is just trying to catch some of the spotlight for herself. If she couldn’t handle babysitting all the kids (most people couldn’t) then she should have just talked to Kate about. There are plenty more people who would offer their services for free just out of pure love for the family, myself included.
  And what is this JUNK about her having a personal chef?!? BULL CRAP, I’m sure. I do, however, remember that ONCE a girl from the Food Network stopped by to help Kate cook an organic meal, but I’m pretty sure I always see Jon and Kate in the kitchen whipping up a meal big enough for a family of 10. Even if she had a chef, I WOULDN’T BLAME HER!!! 10 mouths! HELLO?!
  I work at a daycare and one summer I had a class of 7 two year olds. IT WAS INSANE! Some days were pretty good and I didn’t go home with a migraine. Other days were unbearable and later when I thought about it I wished that I would have reacted to some situations in a different way. I loved those stinking little kids and I did the best I could, but I WAS NEVER PERFECT!!! I imagine Kate to be the same way.
  Bottom line, if you don’t like the show, don’t watch it. I LOVE the show and will continue to keep watching it for as long as it remains on the air. And I hope that will be a very long time!!!

• None of this is true. I love this show. I doubt kate would be that! Aunt jody always broke kate rules anyway. I cant belive you would say that.

• Haha, Missy is crazy. I love coming on here
  just to see what crazy comment she
  has written up.

• Oh Emma, you again? you are so very kind and sweet, I’m sure you just have loads and loads pf friends, and I’m sure you go out of your way to talk kindly to them, what a joke you are, Keep us laughing dear, you are a riot all by your self. Sweetie Pie!!!!!!!!!!

• Does anyone actually believe that that’s Aunt Jodi? Come on it doesn’t even look like her. I don’t see why everyone is so down on Kate. She has 8 kids and 6 that are under 5! Of course she has to be strict and set rules, be organized and make everything go the way it should if you give kids an inch they will take a mile. She has to be the way she is to keep her children as well behaved as they are. She and Jon love each other and you can tell that in all the episodes even if they do argue. She also mentions in an episode that if they don’t argue right there about the subject then it will never get discussed because they are so busy! And So what if they go on vacations all the time… The show pays them too and if someone was willing to pay me to go to places and take my children I would do it too! I’m also sure that without the show they would have it alot more difficult, the show probably helps them a great deal!

• just found this online. check out the pics. apparently the poor Gosselins sacrificed and bought a 1.3 MILLION dollar home in Berks County, PA you know, to accommodate all those children because a budget friendly home wouldn’t ever be able to fit all of the ankle biters, TV crew, producers and MASSIVE egos. I bet they even have a “money room” where they have one of those machines that spits money out all over the place.

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• Good Lord! Aunt Jodi! The show says Jon & Kate plus 8 not “Aunt Jodi”. Kate always sings your praise and anyone that helps them. She thinks the world of you and Kevin. Greed raises it’s ugly head. What is really sad is that not only have you turned on your sister-in-law but your nieces & nephews.

  Aunt Jodi thought everything was fine with the raising of the children. But because she did not get her way ($). What does Uncle Kevin think of all this?

  If this was my family I would be happy for them. The children are all well behaved, well cared for & loved.

  I taught a Head Start program. I have seen babies that are abused and neglected. The Gosselins will be fine.

  Mady is a little girl and will be fine too. I had a little girl just like that. We just gave her lots love and rules. Now she is 27, happy & successful.

  Now we have Twins, Twins & Sextuplets. The Mom does not work and the father is a police officer. How do they afford a family of 12? I am sure they have had help somewhere down the line.

  So everybody leave Kate & Jon alone and go criticize that family. What about 17 & Growing or Little People Big World.

  Jon & Kate could be on welfare. Then what would you all say.

• what a goof….

• After last nights show I am done watching. You could tell the only reason that they did this show was to please princess Kate. She wanted to to this so that the kids would see that Mommy and Daddy would stay together for EVER. Well those kids had no idea where they were. Playing with flowers and laying on the ground. Kate just wanted to be in the spot light as usual and get all the free be’s. And that dress she looked like she was expecting another 6. I just feel bad for John. He is being dragged through all of this by that bitch making money off of her kids.

• ok look, im a kid, and fan or jon and kate plus 8, and aunt jodi, if you dont want to watch all the kids just say no!

• janice Says:

  November 14th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
  I have been the mother of one. I had babysitters from time to time, but believe me, I paid through the nose for their services. I know what sitters or nannies are like, you pay them good money and then they act like they are doing you a favor! I don’t know if this is the situation with Jodi and Jon and Kate, but I could imagine it.

  That’s bullcrap! Nannies and babysitters get paid SHIT, and it’s the greedy parents that want these nannies to be like another mother to their kids. Wipe their dirty arses, cook, clean the house, and keep the kids overnight sometimes. And they pay about 5.00/hr. Screw that. I was a nanny and MANY of these working parents want you to do everything, but give you nothing for it. I believe Jodi.

• So, I landed here after reading a comment on someone’s blog that isn’t usually about Jon and Kate. I’ve been reading and what it all boils down to is this: If you’re a Christian, you should be praying for Jon and Kate and Maddy and Cara and Alexis and Hannah and Aaden and Collin and Leah and Joel. Pray that Jon and Kate’s marriage stays strong (or gets stronger). Pray that Kate learn to temper her tongue. Pray that Maddy and Cara don’t feel left out. Pray that the parents do what’s best for the well-being of their children. Just…pray.

• Oh Emma!!! everytime your little fingers start hitting your keys, you say some of the sweetest things, Have a blessed day dear.

• I hope one/some of the film crew writes a book, after the show is cancelled.

• BostonKate, I really doubt that any of the crew can do that , I’m sure they have signed contracts, just like Oprahs ppl who work for her, if they leak any kind of info, pictures, books or stories about the show, they will be liable and sued.

  I would bet that TLC has all that covered , BTW doesn’t Oprah own TLC now?

  And even if they di/could would you believe it, I mean look at all the ppl who said they have worked in their house, look at what pennmommy did, she went as far as to say her son was and did die, just to get some attention to her lies, she is one who said she had lots of info on the Gosselins b/c she had worked in their home. and was let go b/c a yogurt was missing out of the frig. wow what a story. but she had ppl believing her to the extent that they were sending her money b/c her son was and did die.

  Now I would not believe any thing I hear about the Gosselins b/c I have heard so many UNTRUTHS. What ppl get out of trying to make bad worse is beyond me. But they need to remember what goes around comes around. I will say most of the stories you read on these blogs came from GWoP and spectulations that ppl run with, most are like this!

  I will say ” I heard they moved into their new $2 million dollar home”

  A couple threads down some one will repeat it as gospel, not a thought or I heard but as truth, and it still has not been confirmed that they moved into that house, but you will read stories that ppl have driven by and saw the kids out side, but have not seen the camera crew around,

  I guess what ever blows your dress up!!!

• I KNEW SOMETHING WOULD”NT RIGHT.HER KIDS ARE IN PRESCHOOL NOW GET A JOB BITCH AND STOP LIVING OFF TALK SHOWS YOU ARE SALEING YOUR KIDS THAT YOU SAY YOU LOVE AND MADDY NO WONDER SHE ACT LIKE SHE DO .YOU ARE ALWAYS HITING HIM AND IT SHOW ON AIR THAT HE DONOT LIKE IT .BUT DONOT HAV NO BACK BONE TO BUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE.SOMETIME THE LOOK HE GIVE YOU IS LIKE BITCH IF YOU HIT ME ONE MORE TIME ITS ON.AND ACT LIKE YOUR KIDS ARE THE ONLY KIDS IN THE WORLD. NEVER SEE ANY FREINDS OVER .HAV YOU EVERTHINK THATS WHY THEY FIGHT SO MUCH.IT HEALTH TO HAV FREINDS OTHER THEN BROS& SIS. YOU NEED HELP BITCH.WHEN YOU WENT OFF ABOUT THE GUM I KNEW YOU WAS SICK.YOUR KIDS CAN ONLY EAT WHAT YOU SO CALL IS DOING ALL THIS COOKING YOU DONOT HEARD YOU SAYING EVERTHING ABOUT ALL THAT FREE FOOD WHILE YOU GETTING FREEIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.I THAT IT SAD TLC NEEDS TO MOVE ON TO A NEW SHOW

• After watching the show on TLC the one with 17 kids I don’t think that Kate and John plus 8 will be on much longer. This family seems genuine to all. The wife never yells or bosses around her husband like “Princess Kate” does. People can take so much of watching that stuff. And as Judy stated why doesn’t kate get a job. Those kids are all in school now it time to pitch in and not live off of the kids cash. Oh but how can she go to work her new adventure is going to China to adopt a baby girl. I read that in people magazine. Do you ever notice that its never good enough for Kate. No camera, house or trip is good enough for her.

• Why is everyone bashing Kate!!! She has EIGHT kids to feed, cloth, and educate. Do you bashers know how much it costs to send a child to college? Didn’t think so!! Its ALOT of $$$$. So what if she makes some money for her family. I think its great that they have this opportunity to travel and make money while doing it. They are not perfect but they love eachother!! She needs to be strict to keep a clean and orderly house. Stop all the jealousy and bashing!!!

• I love the show. Some of you need to stop with the child labor crap. Those kids have no idea they are working. They have had the cameras around since birth practically. They know all the camera guys and the producer. The only one who seems to be affected at times is Maddie and I think she just has some personality difficulties rather than “child star syndrome.” Kate might be “anal” as one person called her, but this is a REALITY show. What do you want her to do….dress it all up and seem fake? There always has been the question of “where are the grandparents” and that is really none of our business. It got a little confusing with the Korean aunt or great-grandmother. On the new episode with the Hawaiian wedding, suddenly all of his family lived in Hawaii. I had never heard that before. But, maybe their families don’t agree with the show, have their own issues, or just simply wants privacy. And as for Aunt Jodie, the blog was written by her SISTER, not Aunt Jodie. And those of you who condemn Kate need to also look at the fact that there is family strife on the part of Aunt Jodie because she wanted to get PAID too!! So her sister needs to shut up with the exploitation crap and realize that her sister WANTED to participate in the so-called exploitation of the kids. So I say, lay off Jon and Kate and start harrassing those people who have 17 kids and another on the way!! The baby is only 9 months old and she is pregnant again. Now THAT is a family to blog about!! Kate has only had two pregnancies….this woman has had 18! Can she spell HAVE YOUR TUBES TIED??? They are very creative with their way of life and I love the Christian values, but they need to stop having kids.

• Just a few comments from me:

  I see the valid points about the future effects this will have on those kids, but I am pretty positive that Jon and Kate love those kids more than any of us do, and have weighed out the positives and negatives of having their family public. If they both worked out of the house full time and had their kids in daycares all day and were totally broke we would all love them, (like we did) and really would their kids be better off? We all know the show will not last forever and I am sure so do the Gosselins and if they want to take the opportunity to take their kids on holidays and get some free clothes, some help with the meals, and put away some cash for the future then shame on us for critizing them for it
  Lets just remember that Jon and Kate are doing what they believe is best for their children. As you type such mean statements think how you would look under a microscope. Do they each have things they need to work on…….sure who doesn’t welcome to life!!!

  IF contact with family members has ended because of the the show I am sure they are all dealing with a mass of feelings. Think of your own family if some sort of feud has not happened yet don’t worry it will. Perhaps Jodie’s sister should have thought of the situation it was putting Jodie in when she thought she had the right to speak her mind. If we all told other parents what we feel they are doing wrong no one would be talking. She claims she was thinking of the children but perhaps she wasn’t because now those kids are in the middle of a family seperation all because she did not know to speak when spoken to.

• I alos stopped watching the show a few months ago, I found this blog trying to find out what all the fuss was about. Sorry folks, but I do believe Jodi. Kate is a very selfish ego centric woman who only is doing this show for herslf and she is elling her kids for whatever surgery or trip she can get outr of them. I feel sorry for the kids, because they know no life without cameras. If you look atthe older 2 they don’t want any part of this show anymore. They are acting out trying to get their parents attention, when thier mom is probably looking on the internet to see what else she “needs” to make her life easier.
  Anyone who has children realize that having someone watching them is a very difficult decision and you hope and pray that you make the right one and your kids are safe. kate should be down on her knees thanking Jodi for watching the kids, when kate needed her alone time,
  As for what would the rest of us do, I realized howmany kds I could afford and stopped getting pregnant after 3, because I realized how much kids cost. If Jon and kate were having problems paying their bills after just the twins, she never should have tried to get pregnant again.
  I really do hope that this show gets cancelled ASAP for the kids sake and so Jon and kate can get off of thier fat asses and get a job like the rest of us and stop selling their kids.

• Why did they get remarried anyway? Is it because Kate didn’t get her wish to marry in Hawaii the 1st time because the family couldn’t afford it. She said about 100 times in the last 2 episodes that she wanted her kids to witness the renewal so they know that the’ll be together forever. Funny those kids had no idea what they were doing there. Just another free trip. Free wedding dress. Free everything for this family.

• go away rachel…….and take ur jealousy with ya! :op

• Another Mom, ITA with you about Jodi, she was doing the same thing J&K are getting accused of, ” exploiting the kids” but Jodi and Julie thought it was okay as long as Jodi was gonna make money off of Kates kids, I think Julie and Jodi both are so wrong and yes it is the kids I feel sorry for, they loved their aunt Jodi much more than she loved them, I am so tired of hearing about poor aunt Jodi and how hurt she is, when all the time she was looking for the $$$$$ as well as wwhat Kate is accused for. At least they are Kates kidss, but Jodi was willing to sell them out and when she didn’t get her money she was gone, and I have a feeling that is what has happeneed with Kates other family members as well,

  Kate rose above the turmoil and hurt and controlling in her child hood and it pissed off the rest of them, in case you ppl don’t know out of all the kids in that family Clarissa is the only one who lives close or has any thing to do with the parents, Kevin sees them maybe once a year. What does that tell you. So I’m sure there is a tiff there, but how can you assume it’s all Kates fault?

  Thanks Lisa, a great comment, very refreshing to hear some thing kind once in a while.

• Judy, for shame, for shame, now really do you want to call some mother that kind of name? are you a mommy? You really sound like you might be about 12, sorry if your not but you just don’t sound like you know any thing about “Mother Hood”

• Alright, the only thing I am angry about is some of these comments. They are a bit disturbing and some people should learn to grow up; especially before posting such negative and vulgarly languaged ideas about someone. Not just any one, but an actual mother; maybe she is famous for her show, but she is still a mother. Golly! don’t we all know how to express our opinions in a respectfull manner. The immaturity of some angers me tremendously!

  As for the blog, I agree with both sides of the argument (well the respectful comments). I also don’t agree with Kate all the time, but I don’t agree with anyone all the time. As do many human beings. A good point to bring about would be that of how good of parents that Jon and Kate are as opposed to many others in our nation. Not only that, but another good point would be that of their decision to keep all of their children because of MORALS that they hold;selective reduction is not for everyone. As for the comment about the community helping and paying for expenses, Jon and Kate are not the only people that have done that, and they will not be the last because this happens all the time. As for the network paying for expenses, that is what it is suppose to do, and it will continue to do so because THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!! :)

• I really agree with SC
  All you nasty people need to get a life. Although I believe Aunt Jodis sister is posing as most of these people. I think she is a jealous bitter woman. And being as immature as she is has nothing better to do than stir the pot. (was she a cheerleader in high school??)
  I think Jon and Kate are great parents, sure Kate has had her moments more so when the kids were little. You try having 8 kids under the age of 4 and see how you react to situations. If you watch the early episodes She is more stressed. The last couple years she is not so much. That is cause the kids are getting older and can listen and do more for themselves. Not so stressful for Kate. Also I want to say I think Maddy really needs help. That girl is is going down hill more and more as she gets older, did you see how she acted in the wedding episode? Although at least Jon and Kate are starting to do something about it, like leave her behind when she acts up. I just don’t think that is enough they need to get her help.
  Also the comment from so many of you about them getting paid for speaking engagements, Our church pays people when they come to speak, we had Lisa Welch (from facts of life) come last year and she charged way more than Jon and Kate do. On top of the love offerings we put in. There is nothing wrong with that if they donated all their time for free they would be living in the streets!
  I think all the little kids are adorable and so is Cara. I like Jon and Kate, yes she may get a little bossy at times but if you put your self in her shoes I bet you would too. I for one will continue to watch this show I love it! I love seeing the kids grow up.

• P.S. I think Judy needs to go back to school and learn to speak and spell!!

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• Hey Fat Missy,

  Go get laid !!!!
  Make a friend that wants to listen to your boring blabber.
  Buy a dog.

• I’m sure that Jodi is a nice enough person, with her willingness to help with her 8 nieces and nephews. However, I personally think she comes across as a little fake. Where Jon and Kate don’t try to tone it down for the camera, I think Jodi made special effort to be super sweet.
  I can’t say I necessarily blame her…who knows how I may be with a camera crew stuck in my face at my home.
  Anyway, at this moment I don’t know what I do and do not believe about the situation between Kate and Jodi but Jodi’s gone for a reason (whatever that may be) and Jon and Kate Plus 8 is still on the air. Hmmmm….

• SC, that is the gospel truth, there should be more ppl who would stand up for the truth and more so the morals this country was founded on, Thank You for the enlightment of “TRUTH” and “DECENTCY” may God help us all to be better human beings and to remember to “Do unto others” and that the tongue is more damageing than a two edged sword!!!!!

• I watch the show as often as I can but as I have a busy life with my own two children I play catch-up all the time. Just a few comments:
  Skiing trip to Utah- There were two helpers along but they had to leave the day before the family was to return home. I don’t understand that but Jodi left her own 4 children at home to fly to Utah so that she could help on the plane. I don’t get why she would leave her own baby who is younger than the 6.
  Maddy’s day- At this point Kate is frusterated with Jodi and critizes her on air. Calling her on the carpet for giving the kids gum (which Kate has done on plane rides).
  Jon’s hair trip- Again I don’t understand why Kate has to accompany Jon when all the kids were sick with the flu. I wouldn’t even go to work when my kids were little and sick never mind take a 3 day trip. Kate was so intent on taking advantage of the free offer she left sick kids behind. Perhaps she is getting full of herself.

  Don’t get me wrong K&J are great parents but all the fame is getting to them–at what expense.

• THIS IS A BLOG. PEOPLE CAN VOICE THEIR OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS. ANONYMOUS, you can go away and take your stupid comments with ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• People get a life.

• I love this show,I guess it goes to show what jealous can cause,Lets wait and hear from Kate and Jon,then judge for ourself

• My, oh My………….who would have thought that there were so many perfect mothers and wonderful wives out in la-la land. Most of you should get a grip……………..you all bitch about the show………..yet…know every second and “inuendo” in every episode.
  Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, wonder why you keep watching??? I agree with Kim………”Get a life”..

• Grat advice Kim and Sheil, but be assured most of these mommas and wives won’t heed the advice, they wll keep watching, therefore keep bitching…. LOL

• Wow, many nasty spirited opinions and speculations…I guess the only ones that really know the truth are Kate, Jodi and TLC. I’ve spent time reading various blogs and trying to arrive at an informed decision. I’m shocked that people seem to hate Kate…and it’s disturbing how people feed off each other. There didn’t seem to be this “I Hate Kate Club” before Aunt Jodi’s sister created her questionable website. I see for some it’s become an obsession, where Jodi, or the soon to be Saint Jodi, appears to be placed on a golden pedestal and that confuses me because she’s only been seen on Kate’s show a few times. Infact, I cannot believe the hatred and jealousy towards Kate. So, after all the garbage I’ve read, I too have formed my opinion.

  Maybe Kate has a few issues, but it’s obvious to me that she loves her children and her husband. Maybe you don’t agree with everything Kate says, or the way she says it, but in contrast, the words that some people write are by far worse than anything she has said or done. What I mainly see are bullies (or disgruntled family members) hiding behind the posted name of “annonymous”. No, she’s not perfect, but I doubt that the folks constantly bashing her are either. Simple solution, if you don’t like the show, don’t watch. I don’t deny her and her family anything they receive, infact, all the power to them. As for Aunt Jodi, she seemed to be a welcome addition to Jon and Kate’s show in what I perceive as nothing more than a guest role. Let’s face it, she does not live this 24/7, and perhaps she’s jealous that she doesn’t – and her sister Julie certainly seems to be, is she a wannabe grasping for her 15 minutes of fame, or maybe a “guest role” on The Aunt Jodi Show?? What next, Jodi’s Sister’s Show?

  So, I conclude, this is Jon and Kate’s show, not Jon, Kate, Aunt Jodi and Jodi’s Sister! I have read that TLC offered Jodi a contract to continue on the show, but she demanded a seven figure salary, and was hoping to negotiate a show featuring her own family. Maybe she had some selfesh motives of her own while performing the daunting task of caring for 12 children (and I know, 8 of whom were sick…), or baking a cake for an hour or two. It also went on to say that TLC declined Jodi’s demands (thank goodness), and this was all making Kate very uncomfortable as she did not want their show to be put in jeopardy. Does that make Kate or Jon greedy, I don’t think so! She very openly has said the show was their source of income and how grateful they are to receive the many gifts offered to them…and there is nothing wrong with that, just as it’s okay for all the other reality tv show famillies to benefit from their shows…so, if that’s the case, I don’t blame Kate, afterall this is their show and as she says at the beginning “this is our life” and she clearly emphasises the “our”.

• How can you say you care about the kids when you have made this blog against their mother and father. That is not caring about the kids.

• Penny Rose, if you can would you please let us know where to go to the link where you read that info? I would love to read that, I agree with your therory about Jodi and Julie (the cry babies) Jodi wanted to be more than she was, simply put, her big sis couldn’t do any thing to make it happen so they started a blog of untruths and gossip. Makes one wonder what they are teaching their kids huh?

  See if you can come up with that link, Thanks

• I love the program. I could never do what both Jon and Kate do. Could you? I do hope they are still friends with Aunt Jodi-she LOVES those kids!

• As per your request Missy, below is the website. I don’t know how credible this is, but I say it warrants just as much attention as anything else.

  So true, what are the kids learning from this. Also, I imagine, Maddie and Kara are capable of surfing the web and how horrible will it be when they discover this stuff, if they haven’t already?

  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_won't_Aunt_Jodi_be_on_John_and_Kate_Plus_8_anymore

• Sorry, here’s the website again…

  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_won't_Aunt_Jodi_be_on_John_and_Kate_Plus_8_anymore

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_won't_Aunt_Jodi_be_on_John_and_Kate_Plus_8_anymore

  Maybe it will work this way…sorry

• Sorry to take up so many posts, not having much luck copying the address – I will just type in the missing part of the above address:

  d_Kate_Plus_8_anymore

• I love jon and kate plus ei8ht. No matter what. This is just another way to get new ratings, don’t even worry about it, I’m sure aunt jodi is getting some money out of this.

• I actually think Jon is so cute. I also think that the little boy with glassess is so cute too. Aden I think is his name.

• once again: English

  motherhood——–one word!

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• Kates little ?????????? what ? are you deprived of decent words? or is your english gone by the wayside as your morals have?

  You my dear “I PITY”

  And to “Hey Missy says” I didn’t rea;ize I used the word mother hood so maybe you are not reading correctly, and if I do or do not use proper grammer or spelling, as I have said before don’t you worry your Tush about it, It’s no skin off your tush!!!!!!!!!!!!

• The amount of money they get paid for taking advantage of their family is disgusting! Unbelievable and disgusting! Big deal! They had 6 kids as modern science was the root cause…. I LOVE and adore the kids and Jon seems like a great guy, but……… 50k per episode is disgusting! I hope they give major contributions to charity!

• Kate is like my mother bossy and yeller! I love show! I think Kate is C-R-A-Z-Y I am only 11 years old I watch the Show! I like Aunt Jodi better than Kate! My favorite kids are Cara, Leah and Alexis

• I love the Kate show. It good see how reel American famly live and love. Kate smart to have so meny kids and then the mony! She is princes to me. Love you Kate!!!

• Disgusted! I totally agree with you!
  I’m so glad there is someone on this
  site that makes sense :)

• That’s how they chose to live THEIR life and raise THEIR children. Why is it ANY persons place to criticize that family! I’m SURE not one person on this site who posted a comment is a perfect mother or has a “normal” life. If you don’t like her or the show then IGNORE it because it doesn’t directly effect your life. It sounds like Aunt Joan and the other lady have WAY to much time on their hands and are really jealous! How immature is it to go post a blog about their FAMILY!

• Ohh Myyyyyy!!!

• Okay! I loved this show til just now….did you hear old Kate say on the YARD SALE episode that she called the radio station…she wasn’t promoting the show….she didn’t need to.

  She should be more grateful

• I’m not sure who this person on post Missy says on Nov19 th at 7:31 A.M. and & 7:34 A.M. is but they are stupid and should find some thing better to do with their time,

  I will notify the Site Owners of this site and see what can be done,

  Everyone have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving, and count your blessings

• well i caught the show where the gosslins donated to pancreatic cancer,,and whos idea was that??? somebody had to be reading these blogs, and decided that something must be done to promote how giving the gosslins are since they have NEVER done it before,,,,both crazy kate and john looked totally bored when they were telling everyone how wonderful they were and saying bull about giving back, all of the stuff was probably free anyway, u never gave anything except what u should, since i doubt if u paid for very much of it, as i heard, u sell everything from your garage sale, and this time u donated the good for cancer,,,,i doubt this was your idea, promotional and damage control i think, since all of these blogs have been posted, im sure we are not the only ones reading them,,,kate u haVE

• I love this show. Yah, she does run a tight ship, but she has to. If she doesn’t they are outnumbered and the kids will take over. As for disrespecting Jon, trust me, if it bothered him, the producers would tell her to knock it off. It just doesn’t bother him. He is too lay-back. They are a perfect balance. And none of us know what she is like with him in private. She must be doing something right to keep him around. I love the consistency. I raised alot of kids and its a tough job. I wish I could do it over and be more like them. She is so efficient and he is so fun. None of us should know all about this “behind the scenes” stuff, like 30 yrs. ago. Just shut up and enjoy the show.

• I mean 30 yrs. ago we wouldn’t know about all the drama behind the scenes. There maybe was horrible things going on away from the cameras on “Lassie” or “Bonanza” or any other show. We just didn’t know about it because technology hadn’t reached that point yet. So just ignore all the blogs and enjoy the show or stop watching. But don’t spoil the fun for the rest of us.

• did Kate ever give the recipe for Monkey Munch? Did I miss it? thanks!

• I think it’s great that Jon and Kate held the yard sale and donated the proceeds to pancreatic cancer. I don’t care where the truck was from, or where they held the sale, or if they have donated anything before, (that’s just petty stuff)….the point being is that they gave back, just as they have been given to – they did a good thing, and set a good example for their kids. Also, Kate did listen to Maddy and let her take the ballet slippers back home.

• I also think that it was a good thing for them to do. FINALLLLLYYYY after everything they were given and everything they get for free, they finally give something back. Plus, it sounds to me like they have money to spare.

• Louise and Penny Rose, you know you are gonna get blasted for your kind words about Kate don’t ya? See they are dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t, Just read what disgusted said, what a sad comment, I suppose they are disgusted with their own life, They sound just like someone on another blog saying the Gosselins are reading these blogs and doing damage control, fooey, fooey, I doubt Kate gives a rats patooty what these blogs say.

  Keep up the kind words girls, and no P am not Kate!!!

• That was suppose to say I am not Kate!!!!

• I have never done this (offered my opinions as commemnts) before but its so irritating and you guys all need to stop being so critical and judgmental! My daughter who is 25 came over yesterday and sat down and watched it with me and she loved it too. And I just read something from “the official” website for the Gosselins and Kate dearly loves Jon, thinks he is a wonderful father and she totally owns up to her faults in her comments. She says her and Jon trust God for guidance. She also says she doesn’t pay attention to any of the negative comments coming out because she knows that some people don’t have anything better to do than to run down someone else and she honestly feels that what she and Jon are doing is good. One more thing…do you think Nick and Jessica or the Osbornes didn’t have reality shows for the money? What the heck is wrong with that? Trust me, if these kids were being neglected or abused in any way, there are enough adults around on a daily basis that at least one of them would speak up. I am pretty sure the whole “Jodi” issue has gotten blown way out of proportion. The only thing I do agree with that has been expressed is that Mady needs to be corrected for her behavior. She’s gonna influence the others if it isn’t handled.

• hahahaha

• Nick and Jessica and the Osbourns were public figures BEFORE their reality shows were even thought about. The Gosselins were a young family struggling under the pressure of too many little kids and money in short supply. TLC has made them millionaires, and they have decided to KEEP their family in the public eye — all for the almighty dollar. They are selling their children’s privacy and trust. These little kids will never quit hearing other kids teasing them about their very public potty training or how their mom screams at their dad. The older girls, twins Cara and Mady, already suffer embarrassment at the hands of school mates chiding them about their family.

  I have known Kate since she was a child. She indeed suffers emotional problems. She no longer has any of her family in her life. These precious children don’t know their own grandparents. Cara and Mady do remember them, as they had a wonderful relationship before TLC and Kate decided money is more important than family. TLC started all this madness, and Kate is unwilling to take her family out of the public eye, as that would mean the end of their gravy train.

  Jon has lost all his integrity. He goes along to get along. AND the perks ain’t bad. They are millionaires many times over, values are gone, friends and family are gone. They have moved to their mansion. The little kids think TLC crew is family! Kate has sent her family down the river.

• Carrin, now come on! do you expect for us to believe you really know Kate? please tell me you are kidding. Do you have any odea how many ppl have said that? how many girls on these blogs swear they have had an affair with Jon, played nanny to the kids? And now another one, Well a fig fat B.S. story.

  Thank you Emma I see at least you are unique if nothing else, cat got your fingers or what? You funny little girl you, Okay go ahead and ha, ha, ha some more!!!!!!!!!!

• Carrin, now you’re just gossiping. You really shouldn’t be repeating this stuff. Thank God I’m not one of your acquaintances or I’d be reading about it on a blog. Don’t you have a husband or some children of your own to take care of? For Pete’s sake, why do you make this your business? A survey was taken and about 75% of viewers love the show and 25% either have never seen it or don’t like it. Can’t it just be said that you don’t like the show and leave it at that without spreading all this gossip? You’re entitled not to like it. I don’t like Dr. Phil but alot of people do. You think I care? Not in the least. But I don’t talk about him to others because I don’t believe in tearing down anothers reputation.

• I’ve never posted here before but have read some of the recent accusations. I’m not sure what’s true or not (re: Aunt Jodi, etc.) but I recently watched some reruns of the beginning episodes of John and Kate and saw marked differences in the personalities.

  Firstly, very early on Kate seemed more genuine and warm, even affectionate to her husband Jon when she worked nights and he worked and they had what appeared very minimal help, except for family support. I find it interesting that during a stage in their life when stress levels would have been high (6 babies, 2 toddlers, limited finances, little help, working parents) they actually appeared more calm and pleasant to each other. Kate in particular had far more patience with Jon when she had more important issues to deal with. It seems that the family as a whole paid a very high price for the “TLC windfall” that significantlly changed this family, and not in a good way. Fame changes people and this family is no different, so sad.

  I will be a grandmother for the first time this January and raised several of my own children who were spaced close together. I can relate, a little, to the struggles of many babies all at once. I do relish those memories though and remember some of the most meaningful memories were times when money was tight and we entertained ourselves with limited funds (no lavish trips, that’s for sure). Our extended family provided support to our children in many memorable ways and we were appreciative of that support. I feel such compassion for all the children who are being deprived of a relationship with all their family members (grandparents in particular). When the cameras are gone, this family will need to rely on each other. I hope Kate/Jon can find the strength to move on and embrace their extended family back into their lives, if for no other reason than the fact that it would be in the children’s best interest and more importantly, a Christian act. A child never suffered from too much love and extended family could provide support in many non-material ways that children will take with them into their adult lives.

• I agree with Peggy, but she didn’t say anything gossipy. She merely is making an observation, but not touting it as if it were the facts. She isn’t being mean and slanderous like so many of you, like calling Kate a “B” and Jon “whipped”. I’m sure the cameras have brought alot of stress into their lives, but financial security for 8 kids future is something to think about, not the most important thing by far, but certainly a consideration. And I am sure that everyone out there would agree. I’m gonna give Jon and Kate the benefit of the doubt, and hopefully thats how I will be treated too, because arent we all trying to do our best? This is tiring and unimportant. You guys fight it out.

• Well said, Peggy.

• Wow, that’s awesome Peggy!
  i totally agree with you for sure.
  Keep posting. You sound like you know
  what you’re talking about and not
  bs’ing. Good job

• I have no idea what is going on. Would tell me and give me an idea about what is going on. Thanks!

• Love the show, more scenes of the children would be better, don’t care about Kate and Jon talking to the camera or her griping at him.

• HAHAHA so true

• wow. i cannot believee you people spend all of your time sitting in front of the computer and dissing this woman and her family. not every day of their life is on tape. its every few weeks.
  instead of worrying about your own life, you sit here and diss jon and kate and their beautiful 8 children.
  what family doesent fight?? i would say thats its pretty hard taking care of 6 small children, and then having the amount help they get from mady, and cara. it seems very frustrating. as jon said in a previous episode, if they were one big happy family, and they never fought, it wuldnt be good television. and what family is always happy and never fights?

  just chill out. if you dont like the way jon and kate handle their children, then stop watching the show. its that simple.

• jon and kate+8 iz da best show i dont noe wat ur talkin bout but who eva wrote dizz iz mad crazy and jus hatin on da family dey got cuz u cant raise a family like dat soooooooo who eva wrote better bakk up and stop hatin on diz family….and dey r a gud family b cuz dey dont fight dey might hav der upz and der downz but dey still stick together like 1 big happy family……and i luv der kidz der sooooo beautiful and funny…so haterz stop hatin on demmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I eleve that Jon and Kate are doing a VERY GOOD job keep it up I bet its hard. I love all of the kids they are wonderful except that i cant tell Leah and Hannah apart.

• It is disappointing to know that Auntie Jodi was hurt because editing or not, she was only portrayed as a very loving and generous person. I am not sure what the point of her video was. Anyone watching the episodes could see by her character and Kate’s who was probably the one in the right. I love the show and I probably have more of a similar personality to Kate than Jodi. I would hate to be caught on tape in my worst possble moments. I have a feeling that Kate is probably pretty stubborn. We KNOW Jon goes with the flow so if anyone stopped talking to anyone, I am sure it was initiated by Kate. But I can’t judge her without standing in her shoes and since I have two grown kids, I think I am pretty safe to say… it probably won’t happen. I love Jon. He is so tolerant and such a good dad. He seems to love Kate and I am pretty sure she is one of the most organized and better moms I have observed. I am sure that she forgets the cameras are on a lot but the other night I have to comment on the way she talks to Jon. He was pleasantly talking about something and she looked over at him and heaved a big sigh and he stopped and asked “What?” and she said “You just ramble so much!” Okay now that was mean to say in the privacy of their own conversation. But this was just mean spirited. She knew that the cameras were on because they were on the couch getting interviewed! She got so bent out of joint when he said something about a stick being up her! Why can she be mean but he can’t voice his frustrations? Okay, neither one was appropriate but her’s was no excuse since she was talking to the camera.
  I learn a lot from Kate. A lot of good things. But since I can be controlling and judgemental… I have also learned how I don’t want to be seen and that one was a huge example. I think that Kate would be a good friend and yet a hard in-law!

• i never knew that kate acted like this i thoght that kate loved her familly and she never had any problems kate shame on you i thougt you were nice be a parent

• i never knew that kate acted like this i t that loved her familly and she never had any problems shame on you i you were nice be a parent

• yea taylor.
  you tell em all.
  no one thinks kate
  is mean but woah
  meany

• i have so much to say on this topic…but lets say this first…there are 2 truths to every story. Putting your family in the public eye one must expect and except public criticism wether that be good or bad. When one person says something bad about anything or anybody many people follow in the negative aspect. In this case it just happened to hit jon and kate and their family which in my personal opinion is not right to comment on someone elses parenting unless the kids are in direct harm. When i watched the first episode of Jon and Kate plus eight I was hooked. I am mother of two and know that it is hard so I can only imagine having eight in her specific age range. who are all you people to judge Kate commenting about her kids being exploited and where does she get that mon. You wanna get ugly about Kate I am going to get ugly about all of u. And how come most of the negative aspect is focused just on Kate. SHE IS A MOTHER OF SEXTUPLETS AND TWINS…DO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE TALKING STUFF ABOUT HER THINK YOU COULD HANDLE EVEN ONE DAY IN HER SHOES AND NOT GET FRUSTRATED. SO WHAT SHE GETS MAD AND FRUSTRATED BUT YOU KNOW WHAT SHE LUVS HER KIDS AND IS DOIND WHAT SHE HAS TO TO TAKE CARE OF HER AND HER FAMILY. She is fortunate to have a show bring in money for her. If she didnt have the show could you imagine trying to feed her family and cloth them. OF COURSE THE SHOW IS GOING TO BRING IN MONEY FOR HER AND THE FAMILY DUH!!!!!!!!!!! WHOEVER HAS A SHOW HAS MONEY
  !!!!! THEY’RE LUCY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE SHOW TO FEED AND CLOTH THEIR KIDS AND SPEND ALL THAT TIME WITH THEM…WHY ARE PEOPLE HATING ON HER FOR THINGS THAT SHE IS GETTING FROM THE SHOW FOR LETTING PEOPLE IN ON HER LIFE. WHY SHOULD SHE BE PUBLICLY SCORNED BY IT. Should she think the cameras are damaging in any way to the kids she would stop them. But theyre not. As far as Aunt Jodi yes she was extremely helpful and loving to the kids and if the blog is true that Kate kicked her out of the kids lives well that was not cool but the attack on her from Aunt Jodis sister was not called for. Even though the article stated that it was not to state wether the ids are being fed and clothed and all that then why did she continually talk about the kids. Kate and Jon have not said anything ugly about Aunt Jodi so why in the hell did Aunt Jodis sister pop in. If kate booted her out of the picutre then fine but that lady did not need to go and say that her kids were being exploited was that really relevant. It kinda seemed like a low blow to get back at Kate. Revenge is sweet but not the answer. If Kate and Jodis relationship ended i think that its sad and should be mended Jodi was great help was portrayed as sweet and loving towards the Gosselins. It seems as though Kate made a mistake to boot Jodi out of their lives but everyone is not perfect you got to except the good with the bad. Aunt Jodi continue to be loving and kind and Jon and Kate continue to raise those beautiful children of yours. Of course I am not on the inside of all of this these are merely my opinions as a viewer and reader. But all in all Jodi I think you are kind and sweet and loving and Jon and Kate you are wonderful parents. I love the show!!!!!

• I have watched a few episodes and have taken a great dislike to Kate. I am not sure if exploitation is the word I would use for the children. But I would sure use narcissistic to describe Jon and Kate. How dare they go to great lengths to ask for free stuff just because Kate popped 6 kids at once. You know, how many people have 8 kids but don’t get “free stuff”. Has anyone seen the episode with the old videos they showed of Jon and Kate in college. You can see how Kate is very controlling then. I believe people should stand up and see Jon and Kate for who they are. They are users for their own personal gain. She is not a Christian. She is a b*#ch.

• I have tuned in each week to watch the real life challenges of two parents trying to raise 8 children. I have found myself of late with all the free bees that Kate makes no bones about accepting and at times appears to encourage, a real turn off. No parents in their position without the assistance of some type of income from a TV show could live the lives they live and raise this many children in this manner. This show has ceased to be real in nature as it began. I initially loved the show, but the innocence of the show when it first began which consisted of some of the struggles we saw this family go through no longer exists. This is what made the show so easy to relate to. Let’s face it, who can afford for a father to stay at home full time along with the mother to care for 8 children not to mention the assistance of others to help fold clothes etc., a nanny to travel with along with assistance from time to time of a film crew. There are times when I watch how Kate talks to Jon and if she is not embarrassed about the way she talks to him I am for her. This said I love the children and have enjoyed watching them grow up. However at this time things seem to be to commercialized. I also know that if there is any hint of someone saying something negative it is not read.This is only my observation of how things have changed since the show first began.

• I have watched Jon & Kate from the beginning. I don’t like the way she treats Jon and if it was my husband we would be fights every day. I don’t like the way she talks about her family no family in the picture for the children to grow up with and get to know. Kate now thinks the worl owes a living to her because she had 6 kids at once. Well I had 7 kids raised them on my own, put them through college and paid for weddings. No one helped us and no help was expected. She certainly has changed since the show began. Now is seems Jon doesn’t even seem to have a job now but is living off the show and they still expect everyone to give them freebees. So sad.

• I just stumbled across this site and no way do I have time to read all of the comments. However, the bulk of them reinforce my own perspective.

  It seems that, other than holding the hands of one of the little ones, Cara & Mady are rarely seen these days. How can they not be jealous of their sibs who not only invaded their world but now are the center of the attention – and who have disrupted their lives. Do they ever get a family outing that is at THEIR level of interest? No wonder Mady is so whiny & has so many tantrums.

  The amount of slapping and pushing among these children is entirely unacceptable. Maybe if Kate stopped with the “love pats” for Jon, there would be less of an example.

  On a recent episode, Jon & Kate agreed that they “have good kids”. That’s not going to last long . . .

  PS – I think the kids are probably dressed alike to omit a whole bunch of fussing about who is wearing what outfit. I’d do the same – at least for the sextuplets. Mady & Kara are certainly old enough to pick out their own clothes, within limits.

• I have been watching Jon and Kate plus 8 for about 2 years now and love it alot. Jon does alot for Kate and the kids and he does his best
  to show it to Kate and the kids. Jon and Kate do fuss at each other alot because the kids do get out of hand and its very hard to keep them un contol.
  Mady and Cara act like normal 8 year old and theres nothing wrong with them clearly. I love this show.

• 1. the langauge on this site is atrocious and I will not be back
  2. I noticed in the video Jodi refers to “all of this” but never specifically states what “all of this” is, so the video could be about anything – maybe she didn’t like what was served at the family dinner table?
  3. it is apparent that the green monster has reared it’s ugly head

• When I came across the show, I initially found it endearing, as many of us had. It showed a young couple trying to make the best of their situation with the day to day struggle of raising 8 kids. Kate said that she and Jon would not spend money on themselves if it meant taking away from the kids. Kate was even working part time as a nurse. Well, it sure has changed! It is painfully obvious that the episodes are now staged and paid for by TLC, which makes the show unrealistic and sad. It’s interesting to see how this ‘stuggling’ couple take trips all the time- even to Hawaii.
  In one sense they can’t be blamed for taking a salary, children are expensive,yet it’s a shame that their children’s mental health will be affected. The mighty dollar comes first. Better save some of it for their future therapy.
  Kate is a strong controlling woman. Sometimes it’s hard to watch her freak out over a mess and belittle her husband. Yet, he allows it.
  I too questioned about the extended family. The few that were previously on the show are no longer around. As for the grandparents, Jon said his father was a dentist and passed away a few years ago.
  Their life is not a life but a series of episodes and seasons through the exploitation of their children. Enough is enough. Take the ‘show’ off the air and let these children live relatively normal lives, as best they can. They have already earned millions to take care of their children. How can these parents be allowed to continue to exploit their children? It was fun while it lasted but its overkill at this point and more disturbing than entertaining.
  I picture Jon and Kate reading these blogs and laughing all the way to the bank.

• Hi where do i find “Aunt Jodie’s” sister’s posts
  please

• wow, first off you missed spelled nothing. you put noting..
  and second, how do you know this is even true. and technically Jodi would be apart of the family. and Kate seems like a really nice person, and you know what she is! you wanna know how i know this because i know people that have met her, and she would NEVER say anything like that to Jodi. somone who she loves and cares about. and if you watched the show like i do (never missed an episode btw) Kodi doesnt mind doing this for Kate for free because she knows how hard it is to take care of eight children and she does it out of the goodness of her heart because she loves Kate and wants to do nice things for her. and taking care of her kids is the least she could do. and she likes doing it and doesnt mind doing it, and doesnt expect to get paod because she offers to do it. So i think you should go get a life and stop talking and bashing on stuff that isnt that important, and you should just butt outt.
  kaythanksbye(:

• I am shocked at some of the things people have to say. Especially those who DEFEND Kate and how she acts. She is out of her flippin bird. Im sorry but that woman has issues. What does she do all day? NOTHING but give orders and complain. The way she speaks to Jon and the way she hits him all the time is just crazy. Someone said that the twins are normal. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Mady is out of control. If my 8 year old twins acted a tenth like her, heads would roll. There are people on here bashing people bashing KATE saying WE need to get a life. Well hello kettle its black calling. Gimme a break. They put themselves on tv. We didnt ask for it. They get 75 grand a show and with that comes a lot of bashing. WHATEVER..

• you go gurl!

• Some may know Katie personally but most of the real world only knows Katie from what we see and what TLC portrays her as.
  Besides treating her husband as her child she needs to relax and stop being so uptight.
  I have never seen anyone who has to have control over eveything.. does she have Jon on a potty sch as well????
  Of course he puts up with it, would you want to pay child support for 8 children???
  With all of the free vacations, operations, hair transplants, and who know what else, Kate is a small price to pay for luxury.

• Tobi, google “Truth Breeds Hatred” that will take you to Julies blog, thats if you want to read a bunch of B.S. Personally I think Jodi is a big ass cry baby, and some one seeking sympathy, and Julie was the one to do the dirty jog og bashing Kate to get Jodi her few minutes of fame, Jodi has lost a lot more than just money, of course she was only in it for the money any way, she never had the love for the kids that she portrayed or she would still be in their life,

  So when ppl are feeling sorry for Jodi and bashing Kate for exploiting her kids, they should remember that is exactly what Jodi was doing also, (using Kates kids) the very ones her sister Julie is complaining about.

• Laura, do you really think Jon is with Kate b/c he don’t want to pay child support? they have so much money by now child support would not really be an issue, and with all the royalities they will have coming in for the rest of their lives, not to worry.

  And besides it is very clear that they really do love each other. I wish ppl could get over Kate slapping Jon, ppl are crazy, they are only playing around and have you ever seen her do that in anger? Hell no.

  Evidently there are a bunch of old shrewds on these blogs that don’t have a clue about relationships, Any one who thinks Jon don’t like it, had better look again. JMO ofcourse

• LOL GosselinLover….

  You misspelled “misspelled.” hahaha. I’m sorry, but the irony was just so hilarious. I hope you can laugh at that, too. I don’t mean this as a personal attack. I just thought it was funny, no, hilarious.
  Btw…you also misspelled:
  apart: should have been “a part” in that context.
  paod: should have been “paid”
  outt: should have been “out”
  and doesnt and isnt actually require apostrophes between the n and t.

  LOL

  Spelling lesson aside –
  I have watched the show a couple times. I think Kate is a raving bitch and Jon is totally whipped. What a shitty example they are setting for their children. She completely emasculates him at every turn and he’s classic male with his avoidance techniques. Oh yeah, those kids have some great role models for marriage.

  LOL

• I am totally shocked that all that stuff was actually true I didn’t believe any of it until now.

• I enjoy watching the show to some degree. I’ve read through some comments and both sides have some good points. (yes, I should get a life…) Anywho, one observation I see of Kate is her ignorance. You can tell she’s only lived in rural Pennsylvania all her life. I can’t go as far as saying she’s racist (like you can’t say Joe Biden’s comments made about people from India was racist but rather incredibly ignorant and stupid) since she’s married to a guy who’s half Korean, but I can’t believe he lets her get away with saying things like her girls are like chinadolls, and…I can’t remember the other thing but I recall it was from the episode where Jon cooks a Korean meal. First, as a Korean woman, I feel some people seem to think it’s ok to group all Asians into one group. That’s a no, no if you’re familiar with the history of those countries. (Kate – read up on the history of Korea if you really care about your childrens’ heritage). This posting may seem to criticize Kate but I’m just trying to give her some advice. (and Kate, on that one episode you said you wished at times you were Korean. Well, we’re sort of alike so I guess you can say you are Korean in some ways.) I hope the children turn out well. The little ones are still too young to fully grasp all of this but in a couple of years we’ll see. Who knows, they may turn out to be the most well adjusted human beings around.

• love your family esp lil mady very adorable girl

• I love…… this show and admire the family, network and sponsers for sharing Jon and Kate’s family life with us veiwers. What family doesn’t have issues? Jealousy is a bitter weapon and shouldn’t destroy this family. I feel sorry for the unhappy ones, it could end a beautiful experience for all to share. Please…….kisss and make up, it’s the holidays for Pete’s sake. Let’s have a family reunion for the New Year!
  I’ll be watching…….

• I wonder is Jon really working a real job anymore? and why not donate half or more of the money they are making on the show to Pediatric cancer research, (their choice of charity).

• Okay, everyone who watches this show and continues to rip this family apart needs to stop and worry about their own family/life! I have watched the show from the very FIRST episode when the sextuplets were about 13 months old and I have watched this show slowly evolve into what it has become. First off, Kate was still working loooong nursing shifts on the weekends while being home with 8 babies/toddlers during the week for about 10 hours each day. ANYONE who has even one child can only imagine what this what like for her. I believe some many people watched the show that Kate was able to quit her difficult job and supplement her income. As far as her tummy tuck goes, I saw the episode that featured a woman who happens to be married to a Plastic Surgeon and she loved Kate and the show soooo much she CHOOSE to contact TLC and offered Kate the surgery. Kate was EXTREMELY grateful and prior to leaving her family for about 10 days for surgery I watched an episode showing her stay awake for 24 CONSECUTIVE hours to prepare 14 meals for Jon to pop in the oven every night she was gone. I personally have no issue with Kate accepting the surgery and lets be real folks, MOST of you would do the same. I also saw in the second episode a funny little part were the Camera Man asked Kate to show the world her stomach from holding six babies in it-it was undescribable what it looked like. Honestly, it looked like a flabby, loose Buttocks! Enough said! When the sextuplets were around 2 the show was on more often and the Gosselins moved from their tiny house to their current home and at this time Jon and Kate began being featured on Dr. Phil and similar shows. All of these shows would give them something (gift certificates to Toys r us, etc). I personally have no issue with this family accepting these gifts and traveling with 8 kids to go onto shows. WE ARE THE REASON THIS SHOWS IS WHERE IT IS AT! HINT: if you hate Kate and the show soooo much then you need to STOP tuning in and STOP complaining! I saw an episode that showed the behind the scenes stuff that goes on while taping! All I can say is besides Kate, Jon and their 8 small children there is also 3 producers, 3 cameramen, 3 assistants and at times Kate can’t even turn around without bumping into someone or some thing! They do not tape ALL the time. The crew/TLC comes in for a few weeks, every few months and tapes everyday footage and then makes a show out of it. The persona chef you all speak of-new to me. I saw Sara Snow on the show one time for the day and her purpose was to teach Kate about organic cooking and she taught the children about recycling. I think Sara Snow also benefited from this “advertising.” I think many of you are very jealous of Kate, I think you forget they are taping everyday life and who doesn’t get snappy with ones husband at times during the week or month-let me know if any of you are that perfect and teach me how not to snap at my husband!lol You all act like Jon is being abused or something yet none of you complain that he got free hair permentantly put into his head! Jon is a great dad and husband but I have seen many episodes were Kate has been up all night getting 10 suitcases ready and in the morning when its time to go, Jon is busy playing with a toy (by himself) when three kids still need to be dressed, changed, etc. I think Jon is sometimes a little too laid back considering the fact that they have 8 TODDLERS THE SAME AGE and 2 TWINS THE SAME AGE! The point is that none of you have the right to judge this family and as far as I am concerned all of you who hate this family soooo much, STOP watching the show! Also, I have one child and cannot even imagine having SIX of her plus two others. Also, what a miracle it is that these six children are healthy and Developmentally normal as I have worked with Disabled children/adults for over 4 years!

• My wife and I use to watch the show relligiously. Any more it makes me sick how Kate uses the kids to get what she wants. All the FREE trips they take. Wish I could take my family of four to Fla. and put it on TV. The way she treats Jon is unbearable to watch, yelling at him in a department store is rude and embarrassing. I hope they show the episode when Jon shoots Kate in the head. Shut the witch up!!

• Your site is trash and it must not be the truth or you would have display what I said, no need to ban me from your site I will not be back, one who can tell the truth does not have to use the words you do and keep people off your site, you need to get help.

• This is a great show, because of the kids and Jon. I think Kate is very into herself, obnoxious, never lets Jon speak (how rude), its all about her. I knew it from the beginning of this show, that she wants it all for herself. I not for once taught she was the little suzie homemaker as she tries to be on the show. I think everything they get for making the show, should be put in some type of secure accounts for the children so when they grow up they have a future, because if it wasn’t for the children, Kate will still be working as a nurse and not making all the money and getting all the free stuff they get. Jon you are great, and so are the kids.

• The show obviously needs to be taken off the air enough is enough! They need to settle down and raise their children in a real world, not made up for us to watch. Banking on the show for a way of life is also setting a bad example for the children.Some of the children already are showing bad behaviors that are not being handled appropiately. For God’s sake their are real families that need more help and attention than they do. Jodie and Beth need to be commanded for putting up with Jon and Kate!!!!!!

• I USED TP WATCH THE SHOW THEN REALIZED ALL THIS IS DOING IS MAKING THEM RICH FOR NOTHING, SO I STOPPED WATCHING. IT WAS THE EPISODE WHERE THEY WERE READING THIER EMAILS AND SAID THEY DONT READ THE BAD ONES. WHY KATE BECAUSE MOST ARE TRUE???? I GOT SICK OF HEARING HOW THEY HAVE EIGHT KIDS. sooooo!!!!. MY MOTHER HAD SEVEN AND DIDNT ACT LIKE THAT. SHE TREATED MY FATHER WITH RESPECT AND STILL DOES 55 YEARS LATER. SHE DIDNT GET A REALITY SHOW OR SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY FOR HER FAMILY, FANCY CARS, AND FABULOUS VACATIONS. AS A MATTER OF FACT HER THOUGHT WAS I HAD THEM, I MUST RAISE THEM. NOT ONCE DID MY MOTHER HAVE EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD DO EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING FOR HER LIKE KATE DOES. AND AS FOR THE ONE CHILD MADY WHAT A LIVING BRAT. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW KATE, KINDNESS GOES ALONG WAY

• Kate may not be my favorite reality character however, raising eight small children cannot be easy. I have to credit Jon and Kate with the discipline they try to instil in their children. They are obedient- one can understand occasion meltdowns. I have watched other shows such as Nanny 911 where parents cannot raise or discipline their only child.

  Nobody is perfect. Jon and Kate are human beings like the rest fo us trying to raise their kids. The only difference is that they have 8 and have opened up their lives for public scrutiny … so public criticism is to be expected.

  They couple is also Blessed to have 8 healthy children. That should make us all happy and hopeful.

  That said, I find the confessionals with Jon and Kate muttering very boring and pointless.

• I am really confused as to why people think they have the right to so harshly judge people. This is not your life, you don’t have to live with Kate or watch her, so why judge her? You are not Jon and you are not Kate, so why judge their relationship? You are not the father and mother of 8 children and you are not 1 of the 8 children, so why judge their family and Jon and Kate’s parenting? These children are a truly miracle and are so blessed just to be alive and healthy and they are truly lucky to be raised in a family and atmosphere that is so loving. There are millions of parents in America and the rest of the world that actually treat their children badly and verbally/phisically abuse them and you are attacking a mother because she is a control freak?!?! Change the channel! Don’t watch, but don’t blog on a site and judge people who you don’t know and have no impact on your life. Don’t point fingers at anyone other than yourself; this is a TELEVISION show about a loving family. Just because they are not perfect does not give you the right to judge their behavior, their life, their relationship, their parenting. It is pretty sickening.

• Are you kidding me? Do any of you remember the specials about the Dilley kids? Their parents had to bar them into their room like a cage, they were so out of control, and there were not bars strong enough to hold them because they’d make a human pyramid and bash the bars off! And they were like 2! And even then I felt like the Dilleys were doing the best they could – certainly better than I could have done in the cricumstances!

  Jon and Kate do a great job, and Kate may be a little over the top in the control department, but look at how well behaved her kids are! It takes a pretty unique personality to be able to handle the situation they’re in, and she does it spectacularly.

  And as far as the vacation and travel issue is concerned – many of their trips are what I would characterize as field trips, but aside from that – NOW is the time they are being offered all the subsidized travel, which could well disappear in 5 years, so heck yes! – GO! Every trip is a learning experience for the kids, and even Maddie and Cara are young enough that missing school is not much of an issue, so for heaven’s sake – they would be foolish NOT to take advantage of the trips!

  You haters need to back up and think about how YOU would handle 8 kids – and tell me that given the chance, you wouldn’t take advantage of an excellent situation that would not only support you and your family, but would provide numerous opportunities you wouldnt otherwise have!

• I think that if evey one would just stay out of theres lives we all would do alot better I think that they are doing the best they can and we all don’t know what they do when the camra is off so till you see it for you self then we can’t say any thing and for one’s with kids would know they take care of the kids well. there is so many others that don’t if we cared as much as much as we all do on here all kids would be better off there is so many other kids that are not takin care of that that is where our thougt should be. stay out of all personl lives is the best keep the nagitive thougt to you selfs and it could be a good thing. for all.

• I find it amazing how now you are stating that Jon and Kate are exploting thier children just because they won’t allow you to make money off of their children too….AMAZING!!!!!!!

• It sounds like someone needs to get their own life and quit being jealous of the Jon & Kate.

• I think this show is out of control. I guess John is not working no more since he is always home and the family is taking all these free trips. I have noticed that nobody is on the show no more that where on the first year or so, like the old lady that was coming over once a week to fold Kate’s clothes and her sister-in-law. It’s a shame that this family is not just receiving a pay check for this show but also getting so much free stuff sent to them and free vacations, do they not have to pay for anything anymore? Kate it seems like know you just have your husband and eight children as family because it seems like you have driven your other family out of your lives (I guess fame and money will do that). I used to love the show but now I am just sick at looking at these family getting everything handed to them and Kate being such a bitch.

• I’m just wondering how long it will be before Jon finds someone else, patient & kind who loves kids, and packs them up and leaves “Krazy Kate” behind? With the way Kate acts, I doubt she’ll miss the children and she’d probably enjoy having more ammo to play the “poor me” game. I know that not everyone is perfect and my mother yelled at me a lot and I have to admit that I yell at my kids on occasion, but I would NEVER blow up at my kids over trivial things. Nor would I ever treat my husband the way Kate treats Jon, no matter what kind of stress I’m under.
  I’m studying to become a child & adolescent therapist. If they actually move to NC, maybe I’ll be seeing their kids in session one day!

• Wow is the 1st word that comes to mind. I watch and love this show. I even Tivo it so I can watch when I have time. I have not read aunt jodi’s sister’s blog, but I think just by reading some of these comments I know what it says so I don’t have to go there. Most of these comments are harsh and way worse than anything Kate has ever said on the show. I couldn’t read all, but did see some questioning intelligence. Where is the intelligence in some of these comments? And I read a few about Kate pimping her family and whoring her kids – do you know what these words really mean? That is NOT what she is doing! Everyone who watches the show does not know Kate & Jon – I do not know them and I’m not going to pretend I do, but this is a T.V. show and I’m sure they are showing the arguments – the fussing to attracked viewers. I’m sure this is not how their life is 24/7. At the end of the day when the cameras are gone – you don’t see Jon and Kate. You don’t know what is true! I did read that they only tape 2 days per week so that leaves 5 days for just family time. As for the sister-in-law, that is so low and I think this all reflects more on her character than Kate’s. I have nieces and nephews that I babysit for free as well and even if my brother or my husband’s sister came into a ton of money – that wouldn’t change the fact that I truely love my family and would not expect just because they have more money to start paying me. I can see where Kate was coming from. You are all right this show will not last forever and if it ended tomorrow I’m sure it would not take long, with the costs of everything today to blow thru the money they have made with 8 kids. The show is about them, I’m sure anyone who does appear on the show has signed some waiver or is compensated in some way, but the stars should receive most benefits from the show – there children probably do have individual bank accounts. I think Kate on the show is frantic and may overreact at times, but it is a show and that’s what sells. It may be an act or it may be her, but there are far worst people out there and I think it’s so cruel to talk about someone so negatively and say how glad you are to know the truth now, but how do you know that is in fact the whole truth? It’s just one side and the side of the person who is pissed off. I have had moments (as has everyone I’m sure) when my sister-in-law has said something or did something that was so, IMO, crazy or pissed me off so when we got home I vented to my husband. Now if someone would’ve heard me venting they’d probably think I hated my sister-in-law and that she is a horrible person, but neither of that would be true. I did see the gum episode and chuckled at it. I didn’t think it was right to tell the little boy she was going to throw away his bear (she didn’t), but knowing what it is like to have multiples and coming home exhausted and thinking you now have to start dinner and baths and then surprise now you have to deal with another mess -that catches you off guard and gets you a little frustrated. I chuckled at it and thought she was very nice to the aunt over the phone and Kate even said she was so nice in believing them. I’m not telling people to like Kate or to watch the show, but to really hate a person you don’t know. Wow, that’s pretty bad. I have seen shows where Jon & Kate do individual things with the kids and I’ve seen where they do special trips with the twins. So obviously the person commenting on the twins and how much time is spent with them has not watched the show more than twice. And commenting on an 8 yr old’s behavior? Yes, she can google all of this and how would THAT affect her? This is a show and her drama will keep people’s attention – I’m sure she does not act that way all the time. I have twin girls as well that are very well behaved, but as all children do – they have their moments of whining and demanding things go their way. It’s normal! To keep complaining that they got all this stuff for free like the nurse – wasn’t that before they had a hit show and were really struggling for money? It’s okay to help people in that situation – the welfare department does it all the time. And if they get free stuff now just like all celebs do – it’s mostly companies trying to get free advertising or stuff the network is doing (like all of those trips and spa days) to make a show out of it. Please all of you commenting in here, including myself, would take a free car if it was available to us so why criticize them? I have heard Kate say on the show that there were times when they did not know how they would put food on the table prior to having the show. I believe that is what welfare is suppose to be about – to help people in need. Unfortunately most people on welfare abuse it and stay on forever. Here is a family that got an offer and made the sacrifice of privacy to provide for their family. It’s not for everyone, but when you’re talking quality of life and food on the table when you have 10 mouths to feed. I would probably put a sign up telling people to keep away too. I do not agree with the paparazzi with big celebs either – no one should be punished for the career they choose and if these kids have cameras in their faces 2 days per week than the other 5 days should be normal and people should leave them alone. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with strangers walking in my backyard with my young children out there playing. How can you tell the difference between an honest fan just wanting an autograph or an insane person coming to steal a child? I just think everyone needs to realize this is a show and they show the footage that will get attention and keep you coming back to find out more. T.V. is meant for entertainment and mostly not real. You shouldn’t judge people you don’t know and get caught up in rumors. We all say things we do not mean when we are hurt or pissed off – I think the sister-in-law was wrong pulling this into the public and saying she cares? What if they really did cancel the show – what would happen to those kids if the money stopped coming? I don’t believe that is any type of “caring”. I hope my nieces and nephews always have what they need, always have nice things and can afford to enjoy everything life has to offer because I care. I would never even consider trashing my family publicly – that’s sick!

• I can count on one hand how many times I have actually watched an entire show. As soon as Kate starts acting like a total female dog I turn it off. I would wonder to myself how Jon puts up with her. The one little girl Mady acts exactly like her mother (a totally spoiled little bitch). That is another reason I know longer watch the show. It’s all fake and made up just like kate’s boobs and tummy tuck. It’s sad to me that a family has to be divided over money. TLC should be ashamed of themselves exploiting these children. Jon and Kate are not the only people on this earth with multiples so what is the big deal? I love the comment that they are whoring out their children. LMAO!

• Kathie, what “Stuff” are you referring to as being true? please enlighten us a little.

• good example that people change when money comes to play.i think the family and the fans should take a break..i would be fine to not see a new episode for a few years.

• I love the show!!!! Kate kinda seems like a Bia and goes over the top sometimes… BUT I can’t imagine having that many kids..and them all being so young. I don’t think I’d be in a good mood ALL the time either if I were her.

• I think ppl need to stop baching otheres and just enjoy something for what it is. Don’t you guys have more omportant things to do that examine every inch of someone else’s life? Whether these things are true or not, they need to be left alone. If it wasn’t for all of these posts, neither Jodie nor Kate nor Jon would have their family problems explited. Keep your nose in your own business and view etertainment as entertainment. There are so many reality TV shows and we all should approach them not believing all that we see. BUt it’s not at all neccessary to get so wrapped up in ANYTHING that we feel the need to snoop into other peope’s normal family issues. Everyone encounters family difficulties at one point or another, EVERYONE has their bad days, EVERYONE has argued or become short, at one time or another, with their husbands, EVERYONE gets exapserated by children no matter how cute they are, EVERYONE is looking for extra financial support these days, EVERYONE would accept free-bee’s if it made their life easier, EVERYONE has opinions and things they like to control, and EVERYONE is a normal human being with normal human behavior. Is that not reality?
  I think it’s time that people went back to recognizing TV as entertainment, and investing more interest in their own family and lives. This will be the only post I will leave because even all of this commenting has taken time away from what I could be investing into my family. Seriously people…who cares. Stop wasting your time and focus on your own life and your own isses.

• Julie’s (Jodi’s sister) blog no longer contains most of the content where she spills the truth about the Gosslins, she admits that she removed it for her sister’s sake..
  Could someone fill me in on what was originally posted on her blog?

• I come she did not feel this way when she was on the show????????
  maybe she did not want to this for free?????

• I really like the show and watch it all the time. I think the kids are cute. Every person has a personality and we should understand that. We don’t have to like it and that’s what’s great about our country. We can openly comment about the good and the bad. I was wondering what happened to Jodi and Beth and I hope that they are still a part of the Gosselin’s lives outside of the show. They seem like really good support for this very large family. But, it’s like how the grandparents have been absent from the show. I get the feeling the show is about to end. I would be surprised if it makes it past the 5th season because what would they show when all the kids are in school full-time. I know the complimentary trips and such are awesome, but they constantly say how thankful they are for the opportunities they are given. I just hope J & K are saving money for the future. She dresses them in Gymboree and Gap Kids, which is expensive. But, who knows. We’ll just have to watch and see what the next episode will bring. I think they’ll end up moving to a larger house by the end of the show. I just hope they can afford it when the show ends, and interest wanes. Best wishes J, K, and the kids. I have a “Mady” of my own so you can guess, I’m just like K but I accept it and try to encourage my daughter to be a better person.

• …and for those who freak out about spelling mistakes…my apologies. :)

  I incorrectly spelled:

  baching = bashing
  omportant = important
  explited = exploited
  exapserated = exasperated

  Hope you guys really get something from my message other than the spelling errors. It is really important to stop investing so much time into these types of things and focus more on immediate matters.

  THanks.

• I WOULD STAY UP LATE AFTER WORK TO SEE JON & KATE. I LOVE THE SHOW THIS REALLY MAKES ME MAD. WHY DOES KATE NOT WANT JODI TO GET PAID FOR BEING ON HER SHOW? SHE IS FULL OF GREED!! WHY NOT SHARE THE THE WEALTH WITH YOUR FAMILY. SHE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW BLESSED THE FAMILY IS SO WHY GET MAD WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS WANT TO REEP THE BENIFITS.THEIR JUST AS APART OF THE SHOW AS YOU ARE.WHY IS KATE SO UGLY TO JON? SHE TALKS TO HIM LIKE A DOG. HE NEEDS TO CHECK HER,PUT HER IN HER PLACE. I WILL NOT SEE HER IN THE SAME LIGHT ANY MORE. KATE SEEMS LIKE MY SISTER-IN-LAW. YOU GET A LITTLE MONEY AND YOU FORGET ABOUT EVERYONE. “USE THEM WHEN YOU NEED THEM “. AND THINK YOU ARE BETTER THEN THEM. PLEASE KATE TELL ME IT’S NOT TRUE!!

• I love the show jon and kate plus eighty

• I think that jojo needs to get a grip. This is TV. Who knows what is true. To pick at a persons spelling on a blog…well it is just trash. This is suppose to be a fun thing and there are people who have made it into a cruel farce.

• I think ppl need to stop baching otheres and just enjoy something for what it is. Don’t you guys have more omportant things to do that examine every inch of someone else’s life? Whether these things are true or not, they need to be left alone. If it wasn’t for all of these posts, neither Jodie nor Kate nor Jon would have their family problems explited. Keep your nose in your own business and view etertainment as entertainment. There are so many reality TV shows and we all should approach them not believing all that we see. BUt it’s not at all neccessary to get so wrapped up in ANYTHING that we feel the need to snoop into other peope’s normal family issues. Everyone encounters family difficulties at one point or another, EVERYONE has their bad days, EVERYONE has argued or become short, at one time or another, with their husbands, EVERYONE gets exapserated by children no matter how cute they are, EVERYONE is looking for extra financial support these days, EVERYONE would accept free-bee’s if it made their life easier, EVERYONE has opinions and things they like to control, and EVERYONE is a normal human being with normal human behavior. Is that not reality? well I hope that the show goes on jode looks in side not the out side of a person and so what if she has her kids on tv what family dosent any more well i would have never given my three yea rold gum if that makes any sence if you have ever seen the show so leave all alone we will all do better to not mettle in other peoples bizzness.

• Anyone who wants to know more about Kate just review the Reading Eagle newspaper around the sextuplets birth. She refused help and clothes etc. because the volunteers were not trained nurses and the baby things were not all new. She angered many local groups who wanted to help and almost seemed to expect everyone to give her things because she was having 6 babies.

• Wow there are a lot of comments here. I love the show and watching the kids is the best part. I see Kate as wanting to make sure everyone knows how hard she works and that she is the better parent. Remember the wedding in Hawaii? She had to make sure that it was no big deal that the kids gave Jon more leis than what she got.
  I have no doubt she loves her kids but she is not all that warm of a person. She runs that poor husband of hers like a servant. Whenever there is things to be done she sits and orders Jon around. Remember the garage sale? He did he work setting it up and tearing it down. Remember the family picture thing? She sat there and “scolded” him for not bringing in the kids clothes. She may do the organizing and charting but I see it as Jon’s “to do” list. It is difficult to keep up with two kids and I can’t imagine keeping up with eight but she has people coming in for the last four years folding her laundry for heaven sake! She is not a very appreciative person for all that people do for her. She likes to play the queen bee with all her little worker bees doing all the work. How sad that she needs to be the center of attention. Wonder why her family (siblings and parents) are never talkeda bout on the show. Once she said something about them that left the impression that they were not a part of their every day life. Wonder why? Could it be Kate? She really does have emotional issues that should be addressed. Already her attitude is coming out in one of the twins. Nasty attitude with that one! The Duggers .. now that is one huge family but all of them are real, loving and honest. Great role models.

• I can sympathize with Kate. Being a women who most concider “bitchy” myself, I can tell you it’s hard to take. Just because your personality is different than Joan Cleaver’s doesn’t make you a horrible mother or a horrible person. Maybe, like me, she is the type of person you need to get to know- earn some trust and you’ll forever be in her good graces.

  I must admit, Kate does seem to have some inkling of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (which is NOT OCD), given she has a multitude of the symptoms such as: a preocupation with rules, lists, order, an inability to give up control, an inflexibility about matters of morality, ethics, or values, and extreme stubborness or rigidity….having been diagnosed with this disorder myself, I can tell you it’s not something as simple as being a “bitch”. In most cases you don’t even realize that you are doing something “wrong” (the word wrong is in quotes b/c 99% of the time you think what you are doing is the right and normal thing). And hey, if that’s not the case, maybe she’s just strict and you should stop watching the show if you disagree with how she’s handling HER family.

• I think you all have way too much time on your hands. Who cares if Kate and Mady are bitches and Jon needs a pair! My god, some of you even claim to be christian and you can sit on the outside and judge. Did ya ever hear, “udge not, lest ye be judged”. Good luck at the pearly gates, all of you.

• I’m amazed at all this “conversation” about Jon and Kate! Why do they elicit such strong responses?! I kind of backed into this blog and this is the first time I’ve responded to this or any other blog, but I find myself weighing in because I have opinions about the show.

  I’ve been watching the show for two years and have seen just about all the episodes, I think. I wonder why they’re selling DVDs of the shows and why the shows are on almost every day! It’s charming and funny at times, but who’d want to buy all that stuff? I watch the show for the kids; they’re darling and seem to be very well-behaved and polite. Of course they haul off and smack each other now and then…they’re kids!

  My take on Jon and Kate are that they’re just two middle-class people who, because of their good looks and the health and good looks of their children, have got a good thing going. Of course, now that they have all these children they need to provide for them and I don’t fault their accepting goods and money for letting their lives be filmed. However, they shouldn’t express any sense of entitlement which, apparently, they do at some of their appearances.

  Kate does seem over-the-top as far as her treatment of Jon is concerned, but he appears to accept it. He can’t really walk out, but he should sit her down off camera and firmly tell her to shape up. She might just do it since it’d be so out of character! I remember his saying in one episode that he was fine with just having Cara and Mady, but Kate insisted that they “try again.” I hope they realize how lucky they are that all the children are healthy!

  Kate is lucky that Jon does so much to take care of the children–bathing, dressing etc. Hopefully, his Asian serenity (sorry for the stereotype!) will compensate for Kate’s shrewish behavior. I, too, was appalled at her yelling at him in the toy store, about the gum incident and also the time she bellowed “Hellllooo” at him when they were at a farm or somewhere.

  I think all this has gone to her head and she needs to take time out to see a therapist. In fact, there should be a therapist on retainer on the set. Mady certainly needs some help and everyone could benefit from some sensible advice. The children need to learn that everyone doesn’t live like this! What will happen when they go to school?!

  I do wonder what’s happened to Beth and Bob who seemed to be very dignified and nice people. I’ve also wondered about the lack of involvement of Kate’s family; perhaps the story behind that is why she is like she is.

  I’ll continue to drop in and read this blog, but I have to say in conclusion that I find it hard reading all the replies that are either full of grammatical and spelling errors or are so full of foul language. Come on, can’t you express yourselves without being so gross??!!

• If that’s the case then “aunt Jodi” is wrong in the situation too..for wanting to get paid to help her sister…that’s wrong..seems like she is the one who is getting beside herself..it’s not about her..it’s about johna and kate and their family….she is jealous and she’s trying to turn people against them…that’s just not right..jeez..that’s her sister and she’s doing that behind her back…seems like she wanted to be in the spotlight and she wasn’t given that chance and now it seems as though aunt jodi is the “bitter” one…

• I started off as a big fan but am also noticing the changes; the trips, surgery, hair transplants etc. The episode when they are shopping for new beds. Aiden is clearly not well and their priority is not helping their child who is in pain…it is choosing beds. The beds can wait! When your kids are melting down on you, sometimes you just have to pack it up and take them home. The beds will still be there the next day.

  Show or not….put the best interests of your children first.

  More and more of the recent episodes are showing the kids upset and under stress. You never see Jon and Kate just stop and give that child the support they need to get through that moment.

• You know what I think? I think some of these really super long posts on here defending Kate are most likely written by Kate herself. What do you guys think????

• I love the show. I agree that Kate has some issues, but it’s obviously not ones that are affecting her marriage with Jon. He actually seems perfectly happy with the relationship and they even tease one another about outbursts when later interviewed.. if it works, it works. Who are we to act like therapists and dissect their relationship?

  If she is screwing up so bad in the mothering department then why do all of her kids seem so polite and well behaved (as far as kids that age, go). I’m often impressed at the attitudes of the children. As long as the cameras are doing them no harm (which is obvious, because I’m sure the kids know the cameramen well by now) then I don’t see any problem in having the show help them make a good living in order to provide for their children. Having that many children must put a huge strain on money, and if this is the best way they can find to support their kids and themselves, then so be it.

  People act as if their entire lives are on camera…a lot goes on behind those few outings they take that make up the show. The show is obviously not their whole lives.

  Also, this Aunt Jodie sister-in-law blogger needs to do something better with her time. If she’s Aunt Jodie’s sister-in-law, then she has no real relation to the family, anyway, so who is she to judge anyone?
  Not to mention she actually cited the NATIONAL INQUIRER as a valid source in her blog “Truth breeds hatred”!? Get a fucking clue.

• I am so tires of these two parents. They claim everything they do is for the kids. Everything they do is to get free things for themselves and of course money. What did Jons FREE hair transplant do for the kids?? And Kate’s FREE tummy tuck?? I am so sick of hearing Kate say how exhausted she is. She has never had to take care of those kids herself..as her dead beat husband doesn’t even work. They have more time to spend with their kids then most of us who have less children. Cut me a break! I can’t even stomach watching this show..I hope it goes off the air soon. They are so fake. Recently I heard Kate on a talk show talking about how she wrote the book for her kids…If thats true why did she publish it?? Only one reason..to get more money. That is fine Kate..but get off your high horse and be honest. You are out to make as much n=money as you can and to get as much FREE stuff as you can. I really do feel bad for the exploitation of your children. They will hate you for it when they are old enough to know better.

• Nicely put, “me.”

• Anne and Carolreed, I agree with you POV’s whole heartedly, I to think many changes can/should be made, but as far as the love goes there is plenty of it in that house. Those children are not going without, As far as Mady is concerned, I believe she needs her father to step up to the plate and show her what going out behind the shed means, I also believe Kate needs better control of her remarks towards Jon in front of the children (espically) Kate needs to start teaching the little ones that there is inside and outside manners and noise. Of course this is my opinion only, I have seen with my own grand children that kids are different theses days than ours was.

  Carolreed I hope you will give this blog a try again, I understand about spelling and grammatical errors but please try to remember sometimes one gets typing so fast that they hit a wrong key or maybe we just say we are not proof reading, there is a lot of discussion going on and sometimes very heated so ppl just don’t worry about spelling ect.

  There is another blog where that is brought up all the tome and it’s not fair, we are not in school or taking a test and most really can read through the errors being made, to make remarks about ones spelling is as offensive as one using foul talk to you, again this is my opinion.

  jojo if you think Kate is the one coming on here and commenting about herself, well dear you need to find something else to do with your time.

  Maccece, you are absolutely right about Jodi and her sister Julie, they are as low as a person can get, afterall this was family, but Jodi is just a big cry baby and her big sis thought she could help her, “Yeah Right”

• I used to like the show,especially the early episodes.
  It seems to me that Jon and Kate have let fame and fortune go to their heads. It will all come to an end someday. Where will they be when they have pushed all their family and friends away. Jon and Kate no longer work for a living,that disturbes me a bit when you rely on your kids for your every need.

• I can see a Sex Tape with Kate in it in her younger years being leaked out. And I would bet she would be the one leaking it out for the money. She is nothing but a Skank.

• WOW, you guys are quite passionate about this dysfunctional family! In the beginning I did watch the show, when Kate started to belittle her OWN husband in front of everyone to see, that really turned me off. I will watch an episode every once in a while but once she becomes unbearable, I turn it off. I do believe that Jodi does love the children as well as Jon and Kate. I find it interesting that J & K never defended the website and called BS. I guess they’re too busy pimping out their children for the next mansion they buy.
  Missy- I’m sorry I must have missed something, did you become the editor for this post? You seem to feel the need to respond to EACH and EVERY one that either strongly disagrees with you or agrees with you. This is a board for everyone to speak their peace. You have written plenty. In my opinion, TOO MUCH. Get a freaking life.

• OH YEAH! thank you Anne. Finally someone on this sight that has an active brain!

• I read through some of the comments and there is one point that few have mentioned….the kids are very well behaved. They have manners and speak plainly, they are not disruptive little demons, and mind very well. Therefore, there must be some exceptional parenting going on behind the scenes. Instead of bashing Kate about making money off her kids, look at how she is raising her kids. They might actually not grow up to be complete idiotic morons with no values or morals. I do believe that the twins have issues with the little kids getting most of the attention, but that tends to make one believe that the time in front of the camera is not as extensive as TLC makes us believe. They are not “in their face” all the time. They go in and tape and make the show. And those who bash Jon and Kate for the money they are making are just jealous. Also, I would like to comment on what Miranda said about Missy….I TOTALLY agree with you. Missy must sit and read this board all day and night.

• can you imagine the sex tape?
  Kate: “I said get behind me you ignorant ape! What are you doing? You’re nowhere NEAR my G-spot! Just get off me. Are you even in all the way? My cousin is so much better than you!”

  • your sick!

    Ill pray for you!

• I think is partly Jodi’s fault. If she had such a terrible problem with kate, why didn’t she just leave the show? She can’t be blaming Kate completely if she stayed on the show. i know she’s (Kate) not the sweetest person ever but i don’t think Jodi had any bussieness having her sister putting this in her blog. It’s not her battle to fight. And if Jodi had such a problem, why can’t she just tell everyone herself? She had her sister do the dirty work? And if it was all her sister, she had no bussieness in the battle. Then she had jodi come confirm it? What kind of children are they? ”iv’e had such amazing support” if she did why is she telling us how awful her life is? i’m sure she could go to the public with her problem and get some dumb sympathy! And she says all this like it’s the kids’ fault too. please, someone shake some sense into her!

  oh and Mairanda, shame on you for saying what you did! that is sickening!

  i will have both kate and jodi in my prayers until this stupid fight blows over.

• is jodi saying all of this crud bhind kate’s back?

• Oh my gosh, thank you, thank you and no I do not sit day and night reading this board, like thats any of your business any way, but miranda you filthy big mouth wuss you ought to find something better to do with your time, and

  for Another Mom, well sweetie don’t you worry your lil’ tush about what I do or why. Find some one elses business to get into like maybe your children, BTW do you know where your children are and what they are doing,? yeah as I thought your to busy on the key board to care.

• miranda, you are funny. thanks for the laugh. I totally agree with you about that heifer, missy. perhaps she should start doing something better w.her time like volunteering or crossword puzzles. just a thought.
  j & k totally lured me in w.their cute kids. after 2 minutes of watching I wanted to call tlc and tell them they’re creating a monster, or aiding a monster. sad stuff.

• Thats good orenishii, miranda gives alot of ppl a good laugh, every time she hits the keys, she is real bright,

  But wait you called me a heifer, wow you can honestly say words like that, so 2nd grade, Jon and Kate totally lured you in,? now thats funny stuff, b/c you just couldn’t turn the channel right? Boy that takes the cake, Kate has been blames yet again for another failure, lmao

• Remember the episode when Jodie took care of all their eight kids and her four, when they were all sick with the flu. So Jon and Kate could take off and get Free Hair Plugs for Jon. I could not believe they would do that to Poor Jodie. They should have paid her big time and you never see Jon and Kate take care of Jodie’s kid for her. It is NOT fair. Of course, I agree Kate is awful! She does have her moments, once in a while, when she let’s go of her “control Freak” personality and we get to see a softer kinder side of Kate. My mom had 5 kids under 6 and she NEVER talked to my dad the way Kate does to Jon. Kate needs to get some counseling before it’s too late. Money is important to, but having a happy home will bring you more joy!

• The reason Jodie couldn’t have her own blog is because when you appear on a show you usually sign a legal contract NOT to devulge anything about the show. This has become common practice, because of all the book deals like MOMMY DEAREST ect….I bet Jodie has a great book in her, but we will never get to read it….Dammit!

• I agree with Kate. Jodi is family. My aunt didn’t get paid to babysit for me and my siblings and my mom doesn’t get paid to watch hers. So what if there’s eight of them- they’re your nephews and nieces. It’s fine if she doesn’t want to take care of them but accepting pay for doing your sister-in-law a favor is a little strange. Also, I totally sympathize with Kate for not wanting the show to pay Jodi for her appearances. Her family is not a cash cow. If you want to be involved with the Gosselins you should do so out of love, not a paycheck. I would make the same decision for my own children that Kate made for hers. And give her a break, you’d probably yell a lot and get frustrated easily too if you had eight young kids to take care of.

• Ali8, we do not know that Jodi had to sign a contract, Beth Carson was on the show also and she helped write Kates book, actually she did most of it. But whats worse is that Jodi let her sister do the dirty work for her and she backed her up on it, that is a cowards way, Jodi used her squeeky little cry baby voice to get Julie to air their family dirt on the net, now all is better. Jodi is the one who lost big time, but ofcourse she has Julie to hold her little hand, and Kates brother Kevin is a bigger wuss for allowing his wife and her sister to do this to his own family,

  Jodi babysat b/c she asked to, Kate did not ask her to do it, Jodi had said in more than one episode she was the one who asked Kate to take the kids, but ofcourse that was while she was thinking there was gonna be a big check coming, when that didn’t happen Jodi went bye, bye, but now it’s all Kates fault, well whats new?

• I totally agree with Ali8.
  Has anybody else noticed when Kate meets someone she is totally rude. She offers her hand and does not look the person in the eye or even smile at them. Someone needs to offer her a FREE class of manners!

• I agree kate is a bitch. and if jon was a man he would take the kids and leave her. where will she tell the kids there daddy is now

  • Again, as Ihave said before, if you don’t like people’s attitudes on shows, then don’t watch. Editing is everything and no one really knows that really goes on on these shows.

• The show that should be taken off is that 17 kids and counting. They show them abusing their children by forcing ignorance down their throats; taking them to a “creationist museum” that teaches that humans used to ride dinosaurs with saddles! And that there’s ZERO evidence for evolution!!! For serious. OK, this is Jesus speaking and uh, evolution is real, creationism is indulgent. My dad really didn’t do much but it pisses us both off to see these religious zealot nut bags bringing an irresponsible number of children into on over populated world then forcing ignorance and their cult beliefs onto them. That poor baby factory mother, is she ever off her back?

  For a family that doesn’t believe in sex before marriage they certainly believe in it after! Ugh, I got nailed to a cross for THESE douche bags?!!!! I wanna do over!

• i didnt really notice that jodie had been gone. and i can not belive kate would do something like this

  • I can see where Jodie would be hurt and the way Kate talked when Jodie gave the kids gum and candy…is rediculous. In my world family comes before riches, but in kate’s world it is everything…
    Where is Beth now? I havn’t seen her in a long time..thanks,

• i dont belive kate would do this and any way jodie asked if she could babysitt the kids so it is not kates falt
  it is jodie
  if she had feelings about the show then why did she ask kate if she could help out? i mean that was a stupid thing to ask

• I thought Kate was a little rude in the early episodes, but lately she has turned into an insufferable person. How can she not watch these episodes, cringe, and then want to change her behavior? She couldn’t be anymore disrepectful to her husband. How does he allow her to treat him that way? There would be an outrage if Jon treated her the way that she treats him. He is in an abusive relationship and he needs help. I really think he needs to grow a pair as he is a grown man and should be able to stop her. How does he continue to tolerate her rudeness?

  She has turned into a spoiled brat for no other reason than she she had sextuplets. This is due to chemistry, not because she is as special as she seems to think she is. Please make this show Jon and 8 minus Kate. I cannot deal with her ego and the way she holds her left hand and plays with her hair in every interview. She is beyond spoiled and a truly ugly human being.

  • if you don’t like Kate’s attitude – stop watching the show.

• I was watching this show everytime it came on tv. The more episodes
  they do the worse kate gets. She seems very pushy with Jon. I wish my husband would let me get by with talking to him like that! IT WANT
  LAST!

• If Jon and Kate are profitting personally / individually from the show I have a problem. I think their PR problems would be solved if, for example, it was revealed that proceeds from the show were going into a trust exclusively for the benefit of their children (college education, private schools, an allowance for food, clothing and trips). However, I’m not sure this is the case. On the one hand, I think parents should enjoy themselves – it makes them better parents if they take time out for themselves – on the other, it’s a little tacky to show Jon and Kate getting teeth whitening treatments, spa days and expensive dinners out because even if not true, it’s not unreasonable to assume that these luxuries are funded by income from the show.

• Sorry So-Called-Jesus, your gonna get a do over and it’s not gonna be pretty,

  You and your so-called-father believe in evolution, well woo hoo for you, you will lose, then all of heaven will be singing “WOO,HOO”

• missy,
  please STFU.

• orenishii, GBYT.

• I can’t believe last nights episode when Maddy and Cara took over the household as “Mommy and Daddy”. That Maddy definately needs counseling. I think Kate is ready for a break down. I think she should rethink doing this show because she looks physically burnt out. She doesn’t smile and seems overwhelmed by her day to day tasks.
  Her job for the day while the older girls were takeing over was to change the kids cloths from summer to winter. A why not get rid of half of those clothes to charity. My goodness those kids don’t need that many outfits. And B, why not get help from one of her friends or family members. That’s if anybody talks to her anymore.

• So I love the show and I don’t miss Aunt Jodi at all. I see nothing wrong with the way that Kate acts around her kids or treats her children. Is it bad that she does not give in to every whim and is at their beck and call? No, its not bad.

  Everyone hates on both of them because they do not work. So what if they don’t work? She use to work as a nurse and he use to work but if its not necessary then why should they? TLC has provided them the means in which neither of them has to work, so why not take advantage of that? Please remember also that its TLC’s who renew the contracts, no matter how much they begged, if TLC didn’t want them, they could do nothing about it.

  Because of this show, these children are getting to experience things that otherwise they would not be able to experience. Do not knock their parenting because you do not agree with what they are doing.

  Everyone needs to be objective, no one has heard Jon and Kate’s side of the story. We have only heard Jodi’s, and there are always two sides to every story. Just the fact alone that Jodi has talked about it and has let her sister write those ridiculous stuff about the Gossellin’s goes towards her character. Because if she really loved those children as much as she said she did, then it wouldn’t matter whether she was getting paid or not, she would still be there for them. She wouldn’t have let the issue of money, ruin her relationship with that. But she has!Even if Kate kicked her out of the family’s life, she still has no excuse let her sister pimp out her story. The only reason why this happened is because she didn’t get money. I have not heard Jon and Kate say one bad thing about Aunt Jodi in the press or even mention this situation, so why does Aunt Jodi and her sister find it necessary to do so?

  It is Jodi who has chosen to create all this drama for herself, in order to get sympathy from people, instead of having class and dignity and not spreading her business around the internet. I have no sympathy for her and I am on Kate’s side 110%.

  • AMEN GIRL!

  • It is always interesting to me that everyone is an armchair quarterback when it comes to watching shows on TV. They all become experts at how people should act, how they should raise their kids, etc.

    Jon & Kate did NOT make the decision to have sextuplets because they may get famous someday. They did it because they love children and certainly did not anticipate sextuplets when they went for fertility treatments, ect.

    They have been blessed with beautiful children and, in my opinion, do the best they can in raising them. If people offer then things such as tummy tucks, hair transplants and such then power to them. It’s all about selling a product.

    If all you guys out there can do better then by all means try.

• First of all I am a 43 year old man. And I think all u women needs a mans perspective to set you all straight!!! No matter what Kate does someone is going to find falt with it. If she screams at the kids shes wrong if she doesnt scream at the kids shes wrong! So shes damned whatever she does! So the logical course of action is to do what she thinks is best. Which is what she should do in the first place. I have 6 children and they were all born one at a time that range from 27 to 6years old. I also have 2 grandchildren that are 6 and 8.

  As a father of a large family I can tell u when you work hard to have a decent home and have to pay for carpet and upkeep you dont let ur kids have gum because it gets in the carpet. You dont like others giving ur kids gum because it makes u feel like you are depriving your children, in your childrens eyes, of something they would like to have when you are doing the best you can to give them a clean descent home.

  My whole family watches the show and I think Jon and Kate do a very good job of keeping themselves in check in front of their kids. I would have jerked Maddy up on several occasions and tore her tail up if she was one of mine just from what Ive seen on the show.

  I think Jon & Kate are good parents doing the best that they can in a tuff situation. I remember when my wife was pregnant with our 6 year old. We were over 30 so down syndrom was a concern. We were offered the test they have now to test for down syndrom. We opted not to have the test because “YES GOD” would have given us the child and yes we would love it and deal with it regardless. Abortion was not going to be a option!

  I agree with the blog, that says if Jon and Kate were making so much money they would have nicer furnature and etc… They are modest and it does take a lot of money to support 8 kids. I support them because they found a way to do it!!! SUCCESSFULLY !!! THE REST OF YOU ARE JUST JELIOUS!!

  One of you wrote about them speaking at churchs every weekend and not spending time with the kids that are starved for attention! Come on yawll! they dont put out that many episodes. I guess if they werent trying to give back to the community they would be getting bashed for that too.

  As far as JON being abused. Thats part of being a husband and a parent is to make sacrafices for ur family and I bet you dont treat your spouses any better. I read somewhere that 90 percent of all marriages of multipule births end in divorce soon after they are born. I commend Jon for being a man and sticking around and finding a way to make it work. They children and his relationship with them and Kate are his reward!

  Belive me if I could get a tummy tuck, boob job and hair transplants and have someone else pay for them, I WOULD TAKE IT!!!!

  Give them a break!
  They had a tuff situation they made work!
  Regardless if it was their fault or not they took on the challenge!!
  The children will all be well taken care of College tuition etc.. thats more than a lot of people can say!!!

  Now haveing 17 kids! thats just rediculious!! There is no way even 2 people can support that many children. That couldnt be healthy for her and they have to be recieving financial aid so they are a drain on this countries resources! Like Im sure many of the people bashing Jon and Kate are.

• so, big daddy…you’re supposedly a 43y old dude. Riiiggghtt.
  You can’t even spell down’s syndrome.
  You want a tummy tuck and a boob job?
  You really think “tuff” is a word?
  If you knew anything about the Duggar’s you would know that he has made his money selling real estate. Before that, he was a state legislator. Or as you would spell it “ledgislatur”. Assuming that they are living “off the system” is pretty ridiculous.

• Well lisalisa, If you have to focus on the spelling, you really have missed the whole point of the blog. You need to look at the bigger picture. God Bless you anyway.

• Alle, and Big Daddy, your POV and well thought out comments are exactly what some of us have been trying to say, but some of theses ppl could get hit with a truck and still not get it, Big Daddy you are so right Kate is damned if she does and damned if she don’t and I’m sure by now she really don’t give a patotty’s butt either way what ppl think, any way I hope she don’t.
  Big Daddy don’t worry about your spelling, we are not in a spelling B contest or on school and if these morons don’t like our spelling well then they don’t have to read our comments, So stand your ground and tell to to stick to their own business which is not yours. And Yes God Bless them anyway!!!!

• that show “17 kids and counting” was terrible.

• You can tell a difference from Kate from earlier to now. You can see the same thing in Jon too. In the episode titled, “Mady’s Day” when she got her ears pierced, the mall at which they went to is very local for me. It is called Park City Center located in Lancaster, PA. That being said, it was nothing that while wandering through the mall on a Friday or Saturday you would see Jon or Kate.. maybe by themselves or maybe with one or two of the kids shopping. I remember a long time ago when I was walking to Auntie Anne’s Pretzels in the Food Court and Jon was walking out of Kohl’s. I had to do a double take and approached him and told him how much I loved the show. He said a sincere Thank You and I said, “I just wanted to tell you that.” Smiled and walked away since I didn’t want to take up any of his time.

  WHERE ARE THEY NOW!?!?! They are NO WHERE to be found. This brings me to the point where Kate was going shopping “she hated going shopping because the money could be spent on something more useful” or something like that she had said. She was shopping at Tanger Outlet’s in Lancaster, PA OR the Outlets at Hershey, right down the street from Hershey’s Chocolate World and the Giant Center *ice hockey aka Hershey Bears and concerts are held here.* I think it was Tanger Outlets though.. which is an adventure even from where they used to live. The WHOLE STORE was shut down in the early evening because they were at Banana Republic.

  Sooo I think this is why a lot of Lancaster County doesn’t really like them so much anymore.. they are all stuck up and snobby. I think the reason why they left Lancaster was that all of their neighbors complained about them.. I mean, who would want a lot of production vehicles blocking your driveway across the street because they didn’t want them in the shot?

• Its all true. I knew someone that worked on the show. They said that Aunt Jodi did everything for free, and that Kate flipped out when the show wanted to pay Jodi and her family for all the time they spent on the show. But Jodi never asked to watch the kids- the show asked.

• Well Yoohoo then Jodi is a liar, b/c on many episodes she says “herself, her words” I asked Kate if I could have the kids every Friday morning, to kind of give Kate a break, and I love having the kids here , so it seems to me that Jodi really was after the money as many have stated before, When that didn’t happen well lets just say then she no longer wanted the kids. So I believe what I hear on the show and that was straight out of Jodis mouth more than once.

• i think it is sad that this issue has had this much publicity. i think because of their role on tv, everyone feels they have a right to discuss their dirty laundry. funny thing is.. this would normally be seen as typical family drama, brush it off and move on. but because they are on tv.. ..
  i’m certain you can all find something far more productive to do with your time rather than sit here defending people you have never met in real life. leave them be.

• If I had money rolling in, free trips to everywhere, free clothes for the kids, about to move into a million dollar house, etc., etc., etc., I (like Kate) probably wouldn’t care what people said either. I would like to think, however, that I would still care about my kids and husband and want what’s best for them.

  First, the kids should have access to the widest circle of love possible, regardless of what she thinks of her family (assuming they aren’t doing anything more harmful than giving them gum or non-organic lollipops). To deny them that is being selfish. So Aunt Jodi might get some money for being on the show. Is that really any skin off Kate’s nose? Some think she should sell her upscale home instead. Really? Would it make Kate feel better to see Jodi and her husband (Kate’s brother) have to move out of their home? How petty is that? Kate professes to be a Christian, but lately all I’ve seen is her professing rather than practicing what she preaches.

  Second is the well-being of her kids. Mady clearly needs some kind of professional help. Is Kate so self-absorbed that she can’t see this? Someone suggested that they may be getting help for her and it just isn’t featured on the show. I cautiously beg to differ. My daughter is bipolar and showed symptoms from very early in her life. We were lucky enough to avoid giving her medications, but she did see a therapist for quite some time for behavior modification. I don’t see anything on the show that resembles the things we had to do with our daughter. Therapy doesn’t stop at the doctor’s office door — it has to be continued at home as well. Mady just seems miserable and her behavior seems to affect many of the other kids as well.

  Third, I hate seeing the way Kate treats Jon, both in the way she talks to him directly and the things she says about him to the kids. Just this past episode when the older girls were playing mommy for a day (which she let them know they’d failed at — great for self-esteem?), Kate noticed the oven wasn’t turned on, one of the girls said “daddy was supposed to turn it on” to which Kate snidely replied “big surprise.” Translation: “daddy is an idiot.” In fact, she’s said those actual words before to most all of the kids, and this is typical of Kate. Come on, now. Everyone who thinks it’s a good idea to tear down your childrens’ father to them, hold up your hand… She’s not only educated, she’s a nurse, not to mention professing to be a Christian where Biblically the man is supposed to be the head of the household. To “Big Daddy” who says every couple abuses one another at some point, I think that’s true to varying degrees, but can you just not do it in front of the kids? If daddy is indeed an idiot, the kids will figure it out on their own when they’re older. There’s no need for any intelligent, loving couple to degrade and insult each other in the childrens’ presence. It can wait until you’re alone. Give me a break.

  I think TLC should get Jon and Kate some help on how to deal with money and fame. I think they should get Kate a BIG mirror and explain to her what she should be seeing. With all the mistakes they’re making, I think they may wind up with lots of money, a million dollar house, a divorce, and 8 screwed-up kids. This show has changed them dramatically, and TLC needs to hire someone to put them back in touch with planet Earth… if there’s still time…

• kate is a nasty bitc, that’s all there is to it.. When Jon tries to be nice, she just snickers him. I hope her daughters will not frow up to be like her.

• How horrible to publicly attack your own family. This will cause more pain to Jon, Kate, and their 8 kids than a TV show ever will.

  I think Jodi is a super sweet lady, and more than capable of working things out together with Kate herself in private.

  This blog complains about exploitation? Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black!

• Oh, but I’m doing this to protect the kids and bring awareness to the public about cild exploitation in the growing trend of reality TV!

  This is what’s called “rationalization”. You are trying to make inappropriate behavior sound like a necessary evil. Its about the kids. Be honest and stop defending yourself. What is best for the kids? Work your problems out in private, don’t air your dirty laundry at the expense of the kids and your own relatives!!!

• The only thing that bothers me is people like a show that’s pretty much the same thing as filming their neighbors talking about the same things you do every day and getting paid for it. Are we that bored as a society that we now have to watch shows where people just live? My, what is next? I have to give them credit for pocketing change from essentially doing nothing other than living. Now they have books, a website and give talks? Wow. I might as well put a camera in my neighbor’s window and call my show “John and Kate Plus 0,” the groundbreaking series where you get to see a couple with no kids watch TV, eat food, pay bills and talk to the camera about nothing. Go watch something with substance or read a book people, anything to get your mind active because it’s clearly starving to death.

• looking forward to the show “Jon minus Nine”

• Looking forward to the show “Jon minus Nine”

• Looking forward to the show

  “Jon and Kate plus 8 go to the big screen”

• Hhahaha, how about John and Kate Plus 2, the stellar series concerning a family of four with two working parents, a boy, a girl, a dog and a house who you get to watch eat breakfast, talk about how to make breakfast, walk up the stairs, you name it! I love them! Just thought of another thing that bothers me. I know some people like to watch it because they think they’re getting family advice and get to see a bit about raising kids. Hey, did you know there are local family groups in your area where you can meet REAL people with REAL families who get paid to WORK and can tell you about REAL life. Half of this shite is staged.

• looking forward to the show
  “Missy gets a life and stops responding daily to the people that disagree with her because she is a troll with nothing better to do than smoke Kools, eat pork rinds and beat her children.”

• lisalisa, awww girlfriend you promised you would’nt tell any body our secrets!! you have been around Jodi to much, I told you you’d pick up bad habits from her, shame, shame, but it’s okay I’ll forgive you again and we are still best buds.

• I noticed something in the last few shows that no one has brought up. What’s up with the “We aren’t going anywhere. We are staying together” comments? Renewing their vows etc? I think maybe there was something going on behind the scenes that we didn’t see. hmmmm.

• Wow I just don’t get why you people are so critical about how John, Kate and the fam should live their life, how they should treat each other in their relationship, how their children should be raised. That is just sick and beyond personal boundaries. How would you like it if someone told you how YOU should or should not treat your husband/wife/loved ones or live your life. Why do you give a shit if they should stay together or not? it is NONE of your business (no I am not supporting their decision in bringing up a tv show about their family- it is beyond moronic) but it works for THEM, they managed to market themselves successfully and at the same time they get to raise some money for their kids and also for them as “parents” to spend that time TOGETHER because they are ADULTS. Also get it into your heads that, all tv shows are cut down to add “fake” drama, TLC did that to Kat Von D when she was on Miami ink and she had to “clear it up”. Its a TV show and it should not be taken personally or seriously.

  Lighten the f*ck up peeps.

• well i had to tune in one day to see if kate was reading the blogs about her brood, and indeed she is,,,,,i am so over this show and how much more free stuff we can grab and how many more trips can we get for free and so i did the normal thing and stopped watching,,so checking back in i discovered we are now GIVING BACK,,,,please,,,we all know what money grubbers u are we know what u are really like, this is p,r, inproving your image which i certainly think u need to do. I have noticed john isnt getting slapped around , matty is being segregated when she acts like her normal self{ a brat} and kate is actually letting john talk without being corrected every word by kate…now we are doing good things for the community and giving back,,,have u no shame, the only reason u are doing this is because of the bad things being said and about your money grubbin habits and gimmie attitude, u blew out 8 kids, now support them yourselves and quit looking for free stuff everywhere, u guys have alieanated your whole family by now that should tell u something, and dont say we are damned if we do and damned if we dont,,we all know who u really are, we saw it for many episodes on your show,,now its damage control time,,,,,,and i for one wanted to see if the gosslins were reading these blogs, and by the looks of the new give back attitude, someone is reading,,,,,,,,,have a nice life, get some jobs, and stop living off the fact you popped out 8 kids,,,,,,,most of their children are cute, but i must say they were cutier when they didnt speak or scream,,,,or knock each other in the head with trucks and other toys,,,time for a new show replacement,,,,they sould have gathered enough booty to supply them until all their kids grow u p get a life and a job and support mom and dad again,,what a waste of time

• kthxbai, maybe your message will be read loud and clear, but surprisingly enough it won’t be. It’s just enough for some ppl just to hate and bash others as they try to fulfil their own discrepincies in life,

  Some ppl just live to stalk others lives b/c their own life is so miserable.

• omg
  i would like to see you ppl raise 8 kids all under the age of 9!!
  kate quit her job
  and jon is only and IT annylist (how much $ can he really make)
  i think that they need the money more than jodi
  srry jodi i love you and think your a great aunt, but you only have 4 kids
  the show is called jon kate plus 8 not jon and kate plus 8 and aunt jodi

  and who cares if they have personal chef?????
  so what
  kate obv needs a break, so who cares if they have some one their to cook????
  they all ready have a baby sitter and tried a cleaning lady WHATS THE DIFFERENT

  i luv jon and kate and think that they are awsome!!!

• OMG, did anybody hold a gun to their heads and force them to have 8 children? They knew damn well what they were getting into having had a set of twins already. Having that many children in this day and age is irresponsible and in fact, selfish. They are in constant need of help, which is fine, but the demands they make on the environment are unconscionable. I wish people like these would pull their heads out of their butts and smell the coffee.

• “Good Job Brie”

  I wonder where little miss lisalisa is at tonite, she sure is quiet, I bet she is afraid I will spill the beans on her, nah I won’t lisa your safe.

• i was a jon and kate plus eight fanatic but i stopped watching a few weeks ago because something has changed in kate acts like a movie star a rude stuck up one the kids are too cute because of jon but that mady needs to be shaken i guess thats why her name is kate as far as aunt jodi i wish her the best she is a sweetheart just remember what goes around comes around kate has the big head and sense of entitlement i hope she remembers all the people she stepped on on her way back down including her parents

• I don’t know what all the fuss is. You know second rate TV stae\rs make $50000 an episode. These people like the Roloffs have successful tv series so if their making money per show good for them. Heck if their making $50K per episode I’d say that’s a screaming deal since you get a whole family for the price of one celebrity. Remember it’s cheaper to buy by the bulk. Ya Kate’s a bitc and that’s one of the reasons we all watch it. Yur all pathetic. The very fact this thread exists speaks to the reality of our boring little lives. OK so this show isn’t really reality anymore, at least not for you and I, but is for the Gosselins. Grow up

  • i am one of the yonger veiwers and i would like to say that i dont respect all the rude coments and i respect jodi and all the help she gives to jon and kate and remember thers people in the world that realy respect all of jon and kates family and freindsand jon and kate probobly do to so work it out for Cara, Mady, Alexis, Aden, Collin, Leah, Hannah, and Joel. and persinaly I love their show its my favorit

• lisalisa you are ONE f*cked-up bitch

• I am very dissapointed in this show. I know alot of people are saying this, but in my case it happends to be true. I used to LOVE Jon and Kate plus eight, I watched it religously.

  I myself have a 7 yr. old, and a 4 yr. old. So it was really neat to see someone else go thru the same obsticales has me. I got some really cool ideas from watching the show too! Dinner ideas, activities etc. But recently, it’s not about the family at all. It’s like they’re huge sellouts. All the show documents anymore is the expensive trips they take. And I’m not going to lie, it does make me alittle jealous that all these cool places they get to go are totally FREE! Not only that, but sometimes they shut the whole place down for them!

  Not to mention, Kate acting like she is the queen of everyone she comes across including her own children. It’s sick the way she talks/treats Jon. I will not be suprised if one day he either beats the everloving crap out of her, or just leaves. But all and all, it’s just very dissapointing to watch, therefore I will no longer do so.

• This is obviously a fraud. That doesn’t even look like Aunt Jodi.

• Also, we all treat our spouses poorly; it’s just not seen on TV.

  • Oh my god, I have what’s called RESPECT for my husband. I don’t treat him like some dog! Catch that on t.v.

  • OMG!!!! R U FOR REAL??? Why did you get married if you were going to treat your spouse like crap?
    I have been with my hubby for about 13 years and we respect an love each other since we met… You must be related to kate if you like to treat your hubby like crap.
    I feel bad for these kids as things will change when they go to school full time then what will kate do? and nobody will care…

    Jon you are a saint for putting up with her and deserve someone so much better that will treat you with the respect that you deserve…good luck!!!

    • I think all of you guys are hypocrite’s. Maybe what people need to realize is that no matter how much this show seems like “real life” everything is edited and twisted to catch the attention of viewers. While it may seem that Kate is absolutly horrible, she is simply a high strung human being, and that flaw in her personality is being overemphasized in the show because people like drama. I have a mother and a sister who is much like Kate. But believe me, in no way would my father leave because he feels he is being treated horrible. And yes, the family is very lucky for what they get. But I know that at least 90% of America would accept the trips and want to keep going with the show regardless of how there lives have changed since. Dont pretend like all of you are perfect. The world enjoys the show and people need to stop speaking up about it just for the sake of it.

• To “Mady Anderson” — we do not ALL treat our spouses poorly. Every couple has disagreements and arguments, but there’s no excuse for insulting and degrading a spouse, especially publically and most especially in front of the children. That’s just wrong, and if Jon did the same thing to Kate, I bet her opinion of this kind of treatment (and possibly yours) would change.

  To “Mommy23kiddos” — I completely agree with you, but my pampered pooch is confused… treat like some dog? Actually, I think more accurately she treats him like some germ.

  • Fair enough…

• I think Kate is a big “B”. She thinks she is soooooooo cool and treats everyone like crap. She doesn’t even talk to her parents or any relatives. She treats poor jon like a dog and he takes it. “He is such a whimp!!!! She also treats the kids like crap. ‘She is so controlling. They can’t have friend or eat a piece of candy. What a “B”. It won’t be long until they are yesterday’s news.

• Madi is a weird, rude child. I wonder where she got that??? Why doesn’t poor Kate talk to her parents? Do they hate her too? How can you not talk to your parents? She professes to be such a good mother, but she is keeping her children fro their grandparents!! What a big Bitty!!

  • I agree with you about Mady…she hits those younger kids and all kate says is Mady that is enough or Mady that is rude…but then when on e of the younger kids do it ….in the corner

    Cara you are a darlin!!!!

• I think all of of this is retarded of couse she gets paid what kind of person would start such a fukin stupid rumor like that. i mean Kate is kind of bossy sometimes but of course she gats paid. Get over it Jodie! Just cause you dont get paid enough dosent mean u have to lie. If this about her not getting paid is true, there would be more fuss heard about it. Whatever.

  • I AGREE! everyone is so quick to judge kate. does anyone see all the moments jon and kate make up with one another. just because we see all their fights when they’re mad, that doesnt mean they are bad ppl. they apologize to one another all the time. THEY ARE MARRIED, WITH 8 KIDS, they are gonna fight, and when ppl get mad, they say things they dont mean. i’ve seen spouses treat eachother wayyyy worse. These ppl are jon + kate, and we love them, not because they are perfect. but cuz they are human!
    im sure, if this is true, i can understand where they both are coming from, and so therefore i cannot take sides. This show is about their family, and if someone else was making money off of my family, i’d be pissed too.(although im not sure that is exactly what happened).

    AND JODI, she doesnt need to blow this all out of proportion, if u are FAMILY, u do stuff for free out of ur own will. i’ve taken care of almost all my baby cousins, nieces, and nephews all at the sme time b4,(which is about 12-14 kids) i do it out of love, not money! Kate and Jon should be getting money, cuz its their family, and they have 8 kids to take care of. i still love them, i dun care what anyone says.

    • I agree with you Laura! YOU GO GURL!

    • i AGREE WITH lAURA COMPLETELY! YOU GO GIRL!

    • i AGREE WITH YOU LAURA

    • i AGREE WITH YOU LAURA

• I was a fan of the show in the beginning,but not any longer.My children are in college and it was fun to watch but I have not watched in a year.I do not approve of the way it seems the children have become a product.The other reality shows little people and the one with the large family seem to have a life and do other things.Jon and Kate seemed to be one little outing after another.I was sick of seeing amusement parks.It is not reality just going on day trips and they seem to haveno real life.

• My Husband and I love the show, we play a game when we watch it. Any time you want to smack Kate, you have to take a drink.

  • HAHAHAHAHA!!! We need to start playing that game; only, I don’t want to get drunk and I know I would!!
    My husband has refused to watch the show for awhile now, and I, too, am sick of the hour-long “commercials”. My poor child, who is an ONLY child, does not receive as many toys and trips as these kids, and the sad part is that Jon and Kate aren’t doing them any favors. Look at Mady’s behavior. Need I say more?!?

  • i would be Drunk in 5 minutes…

• Hmmm… John and Kate drinking game… that is a great idea!

  • I thought so too, so I tried it. But then I missed the end of the episode and woke up with a terrible hangover…

    On a positive note, I did miss the end of the episode…

• Responders to this blog talk of physical violence and resort to name-calling a bit too casually for me. Isn’t it a bit hypocritical to scorn a family for their actions when you can’t even write a dignified post?

  Society loves the underdogs, but only until the underdog becomes more successful than ourselves–then we get petty and vindictive.

  • It is not about being vindictive..it is about exploiting your kids, in which they would be nothing without thier kids…time is coming when the plug will be pulled on that show, and she may have to go back to work awwww

  • Cheddar~ AMEN!
    You hit the nail on the head. Wouldn’t you hate to run into some of these people on the road? Talk about road rage! People who hide behind their steering wheels or their computer screens with all that RAGE scare me! Their little lives are very sad. Who cares about hair styles to the point of having to write about it in an insulting way? I actually think Kate’s hair was really cute in the last couple of episodes. But WHAT THE HECK???? The thing that scares me is that these people really think these things… Like I said we ALL have a little screw loose even coming onto a site like this lol… I love the show and when looking for their site saw this one and felt drawn to it. Silly me. But reading all of comments makes me wonder if they are the same ones that freak out in line at a grocery store if the person in front of them doen’t follow the rules or freaks out on the freeway if someone cuts in front of them…. Hopefully they just take all of their rage here on sites like this rather than out there in REAL life. Ya know?

  • you are completely right! these ppl are acting like the bitter ones. these ppl have 8 KIDS! give them a freakin break. no matter how much money,trips or “success” jon + kate get, EVERYONE HAS TO REMEMBER THAT! at the end of the day, they are still raising 8 kids. it takes a village to raise one child, u need a little more help for 8!

• I loved tonites episode, and I loved the part whare Beverly came to visit them, b/c so many ppl have said that Beverly was kicked to the curb along with everyone else, well, well, now what are they gonna say,? I know they’ll say TLC is doing damage control, what a load of crap.

  So I wonder when some of the others come back on what are you ppl gonna say then, with the exception of Jodi, and I hope to God she is never allowed back around those kids, God only knows what lies she would come up with next, she is such a whine ass, she and her sister, boo, hoo, hoo

  • I KNOW! what kind of ppl use a blog to bash their own family!, no matter what they did to them, u dont do that to family, U KEEP IT BETWEEN THE FAMILY! NOT WHINE ABOUT IT TO ANYONE WHO’LL LISTEN! “even ppl in stores would encourage me.” , oh plz jodi, give me a break! TAKE UR OWN ADVICE AND DONT LET “BITTERNESS TAKE OVER”!

  • ive been watching the show since it started and was in hawaii when they got married shes was very rude in real life too having 8 kids is hard but she gets alot of help and jhon does do alot for her on the shows try listing she gets up at 8.30 and kids are in bed by 8 and they get a 3 hour nap durning the day she doesnt cook the days she does her shows and she dont do the laundry either!

• Personalities aside, Can some thing be done about that atrocious hairstyle. I am sick of watching her hair bobble over her eye. How about a simple modern layered cut and a decent color job. She could lose five years and five pounds with a soft chin length coiffure. Or step it up and undercut it for a smart “Dorothy Hammil” cut.

  Now about the personality quotient. Kate has an imperious, denigrating manner with Jon & with Mady. It could come back to bite her in the ass if Jon ever decides not to be manipulated. No one likes a doormat. It boils down to this: he wants to take the easy way and avoid conflict because he knows he’s just a man. But most of the men I know have a beast lurking in there and if it ever breaks out he might assert himself and really grow and develop into a real leader of the family.

  • I agree with your hair comment!!!

• Haha Marie, you are so right on about the hairstyle. I’m not sure if the color job or the cut is more hideous! Is that an attempt to recreate the Flock of Seagulls style? It’s hard to even hear what she is complaining about cause I’m so focused on what could be the worst hairstyle ever of anyone on TV.

  This show used to be fun to watch but they have become so “Hollywood” it’s annoying. I would like to see a show about what it would be like to work a real job to try and support 8 kids with food and clothing, dental bills, etc., not taking them on fabulous trip after fabulous trip that no one could afford with a family that size. Something is seriously wrong with them and the fact that no immediate family is involved in their lives!

• I am going to respond to this in a very non-emotional manner. First off, if someone (family member or not) was gracious enough to watch all of my children while I went away and did whatever I would make darn sure that I compensated them in some sort of fashion, whether it be by money, a much needed weekend away, deposits made to their children’s college fund, etc. The ideas to compensate someone for their act of kindness could and should be endless. If someone does an act of kindness you repay in kindness. Good manners and Christian values are that simple. The questions one must ask of Kate is why she doesn’t want to be generous to Jodi and her brother, why she wouldn’t want them to share in some of the reward. Make the future of them and their children a little more secure, particularly in this economic environment.

  As for the personalities of everyone on the show … Yes, Kate is self-centered. If you watch closely, you can see half of the time she is bored to death, she is just going through the motions. (I particulary noticed it in the episode of the trip to St. Judes Children’s Hospital.) I also have noticed the smaller children swatting and hitting at people (if you take the time to observe closely) and the remarks out their mouths are not so nice all of the time. I used to watch this show and smile, now when I watch I wonder what the children will be like when older. It must be very difficult for them to grow up on camera all of the time. Always looking over their shoulder to see if they are being filmed or observed. This is a feeding ground for very self-conscious, self-centered, self-important personalities. I am sure there is a large amount of fear developing also. Jon is an adult and can defend himself, but he should be protecting his children better. One can see they are only focused on the money and what it brings (trips, clothes, larger home) all material things. In the end, the 8 children will never know what an upbringing that doesn’t focus so much on personal gain but about developing good caring long term relationships with other human beings can be all about. I have raised two daughters and the most important thing I tried to instill on them was always treat others as you want to be treated and if someone is a true friend, they are a friend all the time, not just some of the time.

• I am so sick of that brat and her Attitude! I liked Jodie…but Kate treated her like a doormat…..she only used her and never rewarded her. She never watched her children for her. When they went on the ski trip, instead of inviting her and Kate’s brother…they only invited her to come for one day and help take the kids back hone on the plane. That is only because Beth was totally BURNED out from watching those screaming spoiled brats. I feel for Jodie….I think Kate is pretty unforgiving about writing peope off and out of her life. I know this is necessary sometimes, because some family member can be toxic.

  • SHE TOOK HER TO OPRAH! CUZ SHE KNEW IT WAS HER FAVOURITE SHOW! shes not totally heartless!

• Mady is like the worst mannered child I have seen in a long time. She back talks her parents and is abusive to the younger kids on a regular basis. That child needs help, therapy, rules, boundries, and a lot of displine. They are not doing her awful behavior any favors by giving them everything they want for free, and taking them on free vacations all over the country all of the time. These kids are so spoiled that they are going to grow up thinking that its normal to spend every other day in an amusement park, and take lavish vacations 8-9 times every year. Give me a break! Honestly though, I hope they do something with that awful Mady!

• God Bless the Gosselin’s. Keep up the good work. Raising children in this day and age is tough enough. Hey this is reality tv do you really expect everyone to always be nice all the time??? Lets take a look in everyone’s home and see what really goes on. I enjoy the show and will keep watching…

• Like it or not, this is a tv show. We only see what is shown to us. Were you there when they took their trip to Utah? Were you there when they took their trip to Disney World? For the people who said Jodi was never compensated, how do you know? I don’t think you were there. Why is it that this show, Jon & Kate Plus 8 is receiving so much negativity compared to the Duggar family? I have nothing against the Duggar family, but they too are exploiting their children. How many tv shows have they made? Let’s see, they made one about building a house, they made one for the last two children they brought in to this world, they made one for when their oldest son got married, and the list can go on and on. Each family is different and each family raises their children differently. For all the people who have negative things to say about this show, how about let cameras into your home? See how well you handle it. Also, the people who complain about the trips Jon & Kate take, I believe your just jealous. I am! I mean why are you blaming the family for taking the trips? Why not the companies or business that offer the free stuff? As Kate said, she is grateful for everything has been given and if someone is going to offer anything for free, take it. I am sure the negative people out there wouldn’t be so quick to say no if they were offered a free trip to Utah or Hawaii. I mean c’mon. Jon & Kate aren’t perfect. They do things I may not like, but I am not as pathetic as other people who sit at home and bash them verbally. Remember, this is a tv show, grow up and get over it. I applaud Jon & Kate for taking up the task of allowing cameras into their home. I see it as they are able to perceive memories that they may have missed if it wasn’t for the cameras. If anything they are being compensated for having to put up with the cameras in their home. Again, grow up people and think twice before you type.

  • Thank you! Well said. First of all me included…anyone who mosied into this site has too much time on their hands which I don’t lol…. but sometimes I think we all have a little piece of us who would like to make the world go away. I have two grown children who I love with all of my heart. If my son had been followed around with a camera when he was little I shudder to think of what the small judging adults in here would have wished upon him as they have on poor Maddy! I agree she is shown as a BRAT more than not but I am sure there are sweet times that we don’t get to see. My daughter is the apple of my eye now but even though I see her as almost perfect…. I guarantee she had her bratty times too. Even today…. if cameras followed any of us around enough they would see our hateful times. Some of these people act as if they are so darn perfect. I say we all live in glass houses and need to put our fist full of stones down before we accidently break our own walls! Let the one without sin cast the first stone kind of thing…. Ya know?!!! Geesh.
    I think that some of us must have lonely little lives in here and our attitudes of judging and hate reflect why we are in here trying to judge someone else living their lives rather than trying to live our own in the best way that we can.

    • THANKYOU TO BOTH OF YOU! completely what i think as well.

• Jan and Marie what happened ? did yo get bored with your other blogs? well yiu won’t run this one like you do the others, Missy shaking head and wondering why nuff is not nuff!! sound familiar?

• I think the show is heartbreaking, though the kids are so beautiful they are so obviously being used by their parents. Glad I believe in Karma

• I feel for Jodie I really do, Kate has changed so much and certainly not for the better either, she seems to think she is the bees kness, but one day she will come back down to earth with a big bang. She takes people for granted and my goodness she has let all this go to her head, she should be grateful to ALL those that helped her out, why shouldnt they be paid, TLC should have told her to mind her own business when it was decided to pay Jodie for her time etc. Mind you what kind of person doesnt bother with her parents, to me that speaks for itself. Jon should stand up to her and put her in her place. I am no longer a fan of the show, love the kids, but unfortuneatly their mother is horrible and nasty. A few of us have abanded watching it now.

• Hello this is tv….I don’t find the show heartbreaking at all. Being used by their parents? Please with eight kids they need all the help they can get. what about the show 17 kids and counting just b/c they play nicey nicey on tv doesn’t mean that they are all the time. As I said before “God bless the Gosselins”.

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• To those of you who are saying “this is just a TV show” you are wrong. While it is a TV show for our entertainment, it is also reality. It’s not scripted nor is it a soap opera, and those of us who have watched the children growing up have come to care about them and what happens to them.

  Jon and Kate are grown-ups. If Kate can’t take some criticism about her hair or her nasty attitude, she should get off TV. If Jon can’t grow a backbone and stand up to Kate, then he has to live with her. The things I hate to see are those that currently, or will in the future, affect the kids. Kate cutting her family out of her life doesn’t just affect Kate. The kids deserve the chance to know all the family that loves them, not just the ones that Kate doesn’t have a problem with (if anyone’s left). And these statements by Kate that “daddy is an idiot” (whether it’s just implied or spoken aloud) are shameful. Kate has got to be one of the most self-absorbed, self-important, short-sighted people I’ve ever seen. Jon evidently likes it, or is too spineless to speak up, or perhaps just buries his head in the sand like an ostrich. That’s fine, but can they just not do it in front of the kids??

  It’s obvious to everyone (except perhaps Kate and Jon) that Mady has a serious problem that doesn’t seem to be addressed. Judging from all the shrieking, screaming, and hitting that goes virtually unnoticed, I suspect some of the other kids have problems too, but Mady gets the air time. Kate needs to pull her over-sized head out of her behind and Jon needs to take a peek up through the sand.

  C’mon, TLC, how about therapists all the way around — on the house, like everything else. Much of your viewing audience is becoming disenchanted with this increasingly sad and pathetic display.

  • I am a professional therapist. I do not know everything but I do know a little about human nature and behavioral issues. Jon and Kate “banter” with each otehr. It may appear as though they are abusing each other but the behavioral dynamics are unique to them. Neither Jon nor Kate should have to answer to others in regard to their behavior towards each other. Their unique way of relating to them work for them obviously (they are together and love each other (their statement). It is so easy to put labels on other people but bear in mind that everyone has they own way of relating to their partners. Do not be so quick to judge and label and do not assume their is only one correct way for partners to interact together.
    On to Mady…Mady is a yougster who demands immediate gradification and attention. This fact should not label her as difficult nor abnormal. You all need to understand that Mady went from being the center of attention to having to share her Mom and Dad with six other children (and her twin sister). Mady is very young; she is not an adult and her coping mechanisms are in the “state of becoming.” Both Jon and Kate handle her outburst well and in time she will get a handle on her stuff….give this child a break and stop being so judgemental. Mady is smart, articulate and possesses many positive elements. Her parents “get” her and are doing the right interventions when she has her melt downs. I would suspect that in time, Maty will move out of the attention getting behaviors and develop less attention seeking behaviors….remember she is still a very little girl manuvering the=rough a somewhat difficult life….be kind.

    • I too am a therapist and read them VERY differently. Kate is very abusive in the way she treats Jon and there is no other way to see that. I would encourage ANYONE that is treated by another that way, to leave them as you do not have to stay within a toxic relationship.

• As I do find Kate a little over board sometimes and the kids do way to muh yelling (indoors) I also think Kate is right getting Jodi out away from the kids, Jodi was in this whole ordeal for the money as well as you claim J&K to be, except at least J&K was using their own kids, Jodi was wanting paid which in my book was okay but she was using Kates kids (exploiting as you say) so why is it any worse for Kate to do it than Jodi? if they are being exploited why didn’t every one have a problem with it when Jodi was being filmed? and if it was as bad as Jodi and her sister claim, why did Jodi go along with it until she found out there would be no payment? now do you still think it was all about love for the kids? I say not.

  No Jodi was all for exploiting someone elses kids as long as she thought she was gonna make mega bucks for it, but when Kate said “no” Jodi said “goodbye”

• I used to like this show, but like many others have grown to dislike Kate. She is arrogant, overbearing and controlling to name a few. The sad thing is that she doesn’t see her personality disorder or maybe she just ignores it. It surprizes me that they continue to exploit their children in the name of money. If I were her, I would certainly take a personal inventory of myself and stop exploting ym family.
  Aunt Jodie- You are sweet and I feel sorry that your relationship with Jon and Kate and family ended, but you are far better a person than Kate. Wonder if Kate ever reads these blogs? Am I jealous of you and all your trips and fame? ABSOLUTELY NOT!

• I can’t believe how Kate is. She is self-absorbed, self-important, and short-sighted. She treats her husband like he’s a piece of crap under her feet and when he brings it up or they talk about it she always has a reason or an excuse and plays down the way she treats him. Jon evidently likes it, or is too spineless to speak up, or perhaps just buries his head in the sand like an ostrich. That’s fine, but can they just not do it in front of the kids?? Mady is already a loud mouthed spoiled little brat and treats her father the same way she sees her mother treating him. Cara and the kids are little dolls but really with the mother they have they don’t even have a chance to be normal. I can’t even watch the show anymore. I wish she could see and understand what she’s doing to Jon’s self esteem and to the children’s characters. I have never in my whole life met or seen anyone except actresses present themselves the way she does. To hear her you would think she was the most wonderful mom in the world…..sorry Kate but your sister in law Jodi is a million times more of a mom than you are. I know it’s hard with that many children and believe me I’m going through it myself with a set of twins, 2 sets of triplets and a set of sextuplets. The twins are 5 and 8. The triplets are 10. The sextuplets just turned 3 so believe me my husband and I know what it’s like to raise multiples. You have said on the show that others write to you and say they treat their own husbands the same way you treat yours??? !!! I am willing to bet a million dollars that you can count on one hand how many of those emails you’ve got. When you were asked about letting the kids hit each other, you justified it by saying it’s normal! My kids never beat each other in the head nor do my older multiples ever treat their siblings the way Mady treats your sextuplets! She is a miserable little child and she acts exactly like Kate. This is the product of her environment Kate whether you want to believe that or not. The fact is that you, Kate are a royal bitch and a condescending fool and what goes around comes around so your time will come, don’t ever think it wont. By the way, who cuts your hair??? I’ll leave on that note.

  • jealous much?

    maybe TLC should do a show on you and your 13-14 kids… confused because:”I know it’s hard with that many children and believe me I’m going through it myself with a set of twins, 2 sets of triplets and a set of sextuplets. The twins are 5 and 8. The triplets are 10. The sextuplets just turned 3″ Two set of twins or two sets of triplets? Doesn’t really matter… You more than anyone seem to understand the stress Kate goes through. I am not in any way excusing her moods or her ways but really!?! Is there really a need for all this hatred and ugliness? You did not exactly present yourself as a loving and kind person here. People might be just as quick to judge you by your choice of words as you are about Kate. Just putting that out there….

    I will pray for you!

• no way is this true I do not believe it. Kate would not do this. Also if you look at many of the episodes Jodi has been around. As frequent as she used to be, no. There are many reasons for this. The gosselin family often has ‘helpers’ that come in and Jon no longer works full time. The kids are older and not as needful. They might have started feeling bad or not needing as much help. Kate is a good parent, contrary to a belife some have. does she get stressed out. yes but my mother gets really stressed out with 2. And my stepdad works at home. Plus my real dad lives an hour away. she’s a great mom how sometimes gets overworked. I could never imagine having eight kids, and a husban who worked full time. My mother said having to babies was hell imagine having eight. Some say she isn’t nice to her children. She loves them and she tells them that constantly. she might slip up every now and then, but who cares? do you reaally expect her to be perfect?

• Sorry Missy. But like I said, my friend works on the show and my friend knows that the kids were thrust onto Aunt Jodi quite frequently. You can blindly defend J&K all you want, but you won’t be defending the truth. Stop trying to paint Jodi as the bad guy in this. There were plenty of times she didn’t want to do it (everyone in the house was sick), but she did anyway because the show asked her to. And the show WANTED to pay her, but Kate didn’t want anyone else to profit. That’s how it worked.

• yes yoohoo I know what it’s like to get inside info, I have a sister-in-law who works for TLC and she can tell plenty of stories , but they won’t sound like yours, and I am not defending Kate but I am certainly calling Jodi a back stabbing cry baby, TLC will vouch for that also, what you see on the cover of a book is not all thats conveyed inside.

• well a neighbor came over and told me about the give back show where the gosslins went to st jude hospital and gave donated toys by k mart to ill children and probably kmart donated the 10.00 kate gave to st jude thru the children donating 1.00 at the checkout register,,,please,,,,this is definately damage control and someone in charge is reading these emails,,i understand kate said we are not tooting our own horn, we care about these sick children and everyone needs to be aware of such a great cause,,,,kate everyone knows what a wonderful hospital this is, we do not need u and your money grubbin family to bring awareness to us,,,,writ a check gosslins, u can afford it,,give some of thr freebies your material children receive, that would be charity,,not having some big company donate all the gifts u took to the kids, and u really blew it when u couldnt even think of someone else while shopping, and snuck in an elmo for one of your whiners,,she just had to have it,,to add to her houseful of given freebies..you were there to pick out free gifts for SICK kids, not your own brood,,have u ever heard of the word NO, this is not about your kids, it was about giving back, which u and your freebie lovin family dont have a clue what that means. If u really wanted to do some good u would have gone on your own, bought a few gifts, not 3 a piece, these children have families that love and support them,,,and done this community service quietly, not broadcast it for all to admire and see how wonderful your family is,,,we all know what u are, how money grubbin and spiteful u are and what a physco…i see kate is no longer slappin jon upside the head or screaming at him, but the strain must be terrible on her, to keep her mouth shut and let someone else talk without correcting and slappin him upside the head, i notice maddie is stuck in the background somewhere so u dont notice her temper tantrums and rude bratty existence…u missed the mark with giving back,,,,again its all about u and your litter and slipping something in for your own brood,,,,we have seen who u really are and that will not change, the smell of money and freebies is too great and your whole family have been swallowed up by greed, a trip once in a while is great a new outfit is wonderful, but u people take it to the extreme and expect it,,,what a waste cancellation is about time,,,and i could care less about your new home, do all a favor and stop the damage control and trying to repair your images, u used to be fun to watch, now??? i change the channel when i see kates floppin hair and listen to what great thing she has done this week or what they have gotten free from a sponser,,,jealous??NO sick of the gosslins??? YES

• I had to just shake my head at the “Gosslins Give Back” episode. Wow, did that ever miss the mark! Yet another free trip for the gaggle, a free stay at the posh Peabody Hotel, donated gifts from K-mart, and Kate repeating “it’s better to give than receive” with a final remark of “we’re not doing this to give ourselves a pat on the back” thrown in like some kind of disclaimer. A lame attempt at damage control — that’s all it was. Leave St. Jude to Marlo Thomas, she does a great job without all the free trips and promos for K-mart, Elmo, the Peabody, etc. For all the expense associated with their “giving back” trip, they could have taken out their personal checkbook and given some real money. The trip was all for show, and it makes me sick.

  • Why doesn’t anyone think ill thoughts of all the companies who ask/beg Jon and Kate to come stay at their hotel or take donations from them to promote/ advertise their business? Why does it all have to be on Jon and Kate?

    Just throwing that out there….

    • Excellent point, “Young Lady”. I guess it’s because the big companies are just that — big companies, not families with children. They do it for the publicity and the tax write-off. When big companies fail, they take a bankrupcy and reorganize (or these days, perhaps ask for a bail-out!). If Jon and Kate fail their family, there’s no second chance to “reorganize” these children’s lives.

      I live very near Memphis and have donated to St. Jude all my adult life. They’re wonderful and I can’t put any fault on them. Marlo has done an absolutely fabulous job of carrying on her father’s legacy and dream of one day curing childhood cancer through support of St. Jude. If Jon and Kate had to select a charity to feature, they couldn’t have picked a better one. By the time the episode got to the end and Kate said they weren’t doing this to pat themselves on the back, however, I thought “you must be reading my mind” because that’s exactly what it seemed like — a big pat on the back for Kate from Kate…

• if you people had free trips dumped on your doorstep, wouldnt you take them? think before you speak

• Oh my God, what a bunch of bitter people we have here.

  All this non stop bitching about this family is getting ridiculous. If you don’t know anything about what they are talking about you would think that this too much hate is about a mass murderer. Or one who they knew personally and did a terrible thing to them. But the fact is what this people are yapping about is a family they only see on tv!! A family who was given the opportunity to have a tv show which became a hit and is just making the most out of it… just like everyone else will grab the opportunity if it was offered to them.

  But let’s see what’s some of you people are bitching about.

  * blah blah blah THEY ARE EXPLOITING THEIR KIDS blah blah blah.

  I dont think anyone can take you seriously about this child exploitation thing. This is obviously just a cover to justify the jealousy you feel for this family because if you do how come you are not bitching as well about the Duggars and that other show twins twins and sextuplets. Those families actually have more little kids being filmed than this one. But because they are not as succesful and famous you dont seem to be concerned that cameras are on their face too.

  Also, don’t you think your concerned for other people’s kids welfare is seriously misdirected? This kids seem to be having a great life, going on vacations everywhere and seem to be very happy, polite, well adjusted and who seem to love people. So what about directing your concerned on families who actually are physically and emotionally abusing their kids like those who are being raised by drug addicted or alcoholic father or mother. Or more simply, what about directing your time and energy on taking the best care of your own kids NOT SOME OTHER PEOPLE’S KIDS YOU SEE ON TV!!!

  * blah blah blah KATE IS BITCH, IS EVIL, THE WORST MOTHER I HAVE SEEN blah blah blah…

  Well, if she is that bad of a mother how come she is so well loved by her kids???

  Have you seen the episode “Mr. Mom”? If you do, you would have seen the video that the kids did for their Mommy while she is away for 3 days. They all left messages that “they miss her so much”, “they love her so much” because of all the good things she is doing for them. Also, on the episode “Twins play Mommy” you would have seen Alexis said and Hannah saying that Kate is a good Mommy. Hannah even said to Kate “I love you Mommy” while folding some clothes. So if she is such a terrible Mother do you think her kids would love her that much?

  Try to watch this video if you like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlyIiE0_3to

  DISGUSTED, you are truly a DISGUSTING person. A neighbor told you about the St. Jude episode?? Yeah right.. I’m also the queen of England YOU CAN’T FOOL ANYONE THAT YOU ARE NOT WATCHING THE SHOW!! And no matter how hard you try saying that you are not JEALOUS the less believable you are. The venom you just spew on this Family you don’t even know personally is a proof you are not only JEALOUS but Jealous to the thousandth degree. I just can see your face seething with anger and envy because you just can’t stand it that they are getting richer and more famous while you sit there in your basement munching on potato chips and burgers getting fatter and fatter. So my advice to you is GET A LIFE!! STOP ANALYZING SOME STRANGERS ON TV!!! GO OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD AND RAISE YOUR OWN FAMILY!!!

  Finally for other haters, why waste your time watching something you hated so much? And even more so wasting your time and energy writing and posting on something you seem to despise so much? I mean normal people will simply not watch anything they don’t like and do some other things instead. Or is it because just like this DISGUSTING PERSON here you think that the Gosselins are getting richer and famous and can’t stand it as well. So to make yourself feel better you have to spew all this nasty and hateful things on this family. Well, good for you. But please, STOP WATCHING THE SHOW IN ORDER NOT TO GET SO SO JEALOUS!!!

  • they missed her for the three days cause they were bored because they hadn’t had a trip in the past three days and wanted her to get home so they can take a trip..

  • Linda I absolutely loved your post!!!!!!!!
    I hope that everyone who missed it goes back and reads it!!!!
    People in here need a life. Sure, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if people are so off base they need a little food for thought! Thanks!!! You gave a buffet of all you can eat for those willing to partake and get a clue! Hopefully they will think twice about what they sound like. I know I have been angry about something (in my own life) and when I talked about it out loud… I realized how stupid it really sounded and re-thought my stand. As for exploitation… Go to the Pagent sites and rage at them.

• linda, just because my opinion about something differs from yours, does not make me wrong or jealous,,,,when u use the name of a renowned charity, and act like u really did something for those kids, by taking donated good to them it makes me cringe,,,and yes my neighbor told me about the show so i watched and laughed the whole time about what hippocrites they are,,,,trying to act like they have done such a good thing ,,,when i donate things, they are new, paid for by me and not displayed on the tv for everyone to say what a good person i am,, as for your tirade, u mean nothing in my realm of life and i have an opinion and will voice it anytime i feel i need too, if u like them that is great i do not, think they are doing damage control, and taking pats on the back when not warranted,,,my opinion, whether u like it or not is inmaterial..this is a blogging page where people are allowed to express their thoughts, i do not agree with alot of the things said here, but last time i looked it was a free country and u can say what u please,,,get a life, what u think of my opinion doesnt interest me in the least….. ansd as i stated before the show has become a joke

• DISGUSTED, so you finally admitted you are still watching the show!!! hi hi hi that’s what you call getting caught in a lie hi hi hi. So it means you are not only self proclaim LIAR but a self proclaim HYPOCRITE!! You know why you are an hypocrite? Well, you kept on yapping about this Kate is bitch, freebies this freebies that blah blah blah, yada yad yada and all this other crap… Well, why are you still watching the show then?? Don’t you know that by watching, you are just giving J&K a boost on their tv ratings?? Besides, why be so agitated about some strangers family on tv??? Also, please give yourself a break! Don’t you know that it is bad for your health to get so worked up on such a silly tv show? Oh my goodness.

  By the way, no matter how you deny you are not jealous, I don’t think you can convince anyone you are not. By exerting this much energy writing all this crap about a tv show means that you are strongly motivated by a powerful emotion of JEALOUSY AND HATE.

  So my advice to you is the same as before GET A LIFE!! STOP WATCHING THE SHOW!! GET OUT OF YOUR BASEMENT FOR A WHILE !!! RAISE YOUR OWN FAMILY THE BEST YOU CAN AND STOP ANALYZING SOME STRANGERS ON TV!!!

• AMEN LINDA!!!

  Rock it girl! :o]

• Linda,, Way to go!! I agree with everything you said. Is your real initails KG? haha I admire J&K. If I had the oportunity to do for my kids what they get to do for theirs I sure would. Just to think, they took a situation that was scarry enough. I cant believe what they must have gone thru and how scared they must have been and to see how great it has turned out for them. They still inspire me and my family. In fact the more faults that get pointed out, the more human they seem to be and more they seem like our family. Someone was dogging the way Kate talks to John, yada yada yada. They come from totally differect backgrounds. They are total opposites and in case you havent heard opposites attract. (DONT PAY ATTENTION TO MY SPELLING) She is the yen to his yang. I think they fit together perfectly. As for those of you that want to dog her. How do you tread your hunsbands, how long have YOU been married to them and the big question? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?? Before you sweep of your neighbors pourch, sweep your own.

• Linda, I don’t know you but I think I love ya Darlin LOL, that was so good, and you speak volumes of what a lot of us have said and thought, good job, you just told Disgusted how the “cow ate the cabbage”

  And Big Daddy don’t you worry your little tushy about spelling, we all goof up and contray to some of these ppl’s thinking we are not having a spelling b here, I have been jumped on for spelling and errors in ststements also but who cares? I don’t post to try to out spell amy one and if thats what they want then let them go some where else or just don’t read our post, LOL

  Darla exactly right, I’ll take one any time, so would they.

  As far as K-Mart donating all the toys, is that a fact or another assumption? I never heard for sure that K-Mart donated the toys, and if they did good for them, But it doesn’t matter if these complainers saw Jon pull the money out of his wallet, then they would say TLC gave it to him ahead of time,

  I am so sick of hearing how Kate hits Jon, my lord you would think that they are really mad and fighting, and shes beating the hell outta him, I have never seen her smack him in anger, and yes alot of us girls do that, what is wrong with it? as long as it is not in anger, nothing is wrong with it, but just like they were saying Kate spanks her kids!!!! well I hope she does, after all they claim to be bible believing ppl, and her using that empty paper towel roller is not hurting those kids, I actually read a comment where a grown woman said she hit her self with one and it really hurt, oh my , what a wuss, a piece of thin cardboard hurt her, and she said she didn’t even hit herself that hard, I just couldn’t believe a woman would actually say that seriously. I mean seriously ppl c’mon.

• Hi Missy, Big Daddy & Young Lady. Thank you guys for the support. It’s really nice that many of us are still here to counteract the many haters and jealous people who seem to be starting to takeover this site. Actually, I don’t come here that very often. But I was just getting sick and tired of the negativity lately everytime I do come here. The viciousness of the haters is just unbelievable. Oh my goodness. As I mentioned before, it’s like as if this people are talking about a serial killer or some monster sometimes. I mean the viciousness of the attack is just disproportionate. I know they are free to express their thoughts about this family but it’s just too much to take sometimes even for some average fan of the show like me.

  Anyway, Missy, Big Daddy, I also enjoy reading your very refreshing post about the show and the personal experienced you tried to relate when talking about this family while defending them against the haters. So keep on posting your positive take about the show. I’m sure many more people like DISGUSTED will still keep on coming here to spit out more hate… Btw, Big Daddy, about the initial thing, no it’s not.

• anut jodi- u used to get along really good with the gosllins buh now wat rong wit u????????????, i doh no if that was really u who rote tat buh, if it was-‘ wat rong wit u?” i hav to say i’m one of the frequent viewers of this show and i lov it, 4 the ppl who say they is dohtish well u shud try to raise “8!” kids!!!!! so wat if they got a lil lucky, they are livin their dream, if it wasn’t 4 the show where wud they get the money to raise their “8” kidzz??????????????? and p.s.- ppl who say that kate is crazyyy-” ur jus gelous!!!” – be real, so u rather be a mother of 8 kidzz????”no!” so shut ur mouth!! u hav no idea wat these ppl go throught , so doh talk wat u doh no k!!!!

• Has anybody who has commented finished high school? If so, please review the basic rules of grammar and punctuation! I worry more about what your children are learning from you more than what the Gosselin children learn from Jon and Kate!

• Up until this week, I watched the show religiously! I will never watch again. I loved Jodi, and cannot believe how unappreciative Kate has been. Jodi, as well as her husband, are the only family that has helped out. After reading all the comments, I am so disappointed in Jon and Kate. As smart as Mady is, I really think she needs counselling. You can’t just keep saying, “that is just Mady” – she needs help! Jon & Kate are both very immature! Have you ever heard the saying about being treated the way you let people treat you? Jon needs to say that enough is enough!

• IF JODI WAS PAID (LIKE I THINK SHE SHOULD BE) WOULD SHE BE COMPLAINING?

  • No! if Jodi was (exploiting ) J&K’s kids and was receiving money for it, she would have never complained about any thing, afterall thats what she was after “MONEY” she went along with (exploiting ) the kids until Kate said no to her getting paid and thats when Jodi and her big sister found all kinds of things wrong with the Gosselins, cx’mon ppl it don’t take a college degree to figure that one out, Why didn’nt Jodi say something early on? where was all the harsh words about exploiting the kids back then?

• How about Kate’s obvious obsessive compulsive disorder?

• I’m sure we “all” have some kind of dis order, such as you and I and thousands of others who sit with our computer day in and day out writing every thing imagineable about Kate Gosselin, true or not!! we still write it, so to say she has a disorder, well maybe but not any worse or as bad as we all do.

• I guess everyone of you have the perfect marriage and that you never snap at your husband. And your children are the perfect little angels that never throw a temper tantrum. We are all so close to our families that there are never fall outs. Aren’t we lucky.
  But the reality of it all is that we get mad at our spouses, our kids can be brats are families can be a royal pain in the you know what.
  Walk a day in the shoes of this family and after all is said and done you can do better then sainthood is the next step.
  Shame on you!

• hey wats is up i love watching this show whenever it is on i am so proud of kate and john because they try all they can to keep their kids under controll and they do a really good job of doing that.

  i kno because i was raised in a family of 6 and we where all close in age even thogh we didnt have any multiples

  well thanks
  always
  courtney

• Thank You Mem, Could not have echoed that any betterm very well said, now I’m waiting for someone to complain about me again for always being on here LOL, Again Thanks

• Well, I stopped watching this show long ago, but seems things are still the same. Kate still dominates, demands and grabs and John still takes it. I did feel sorry for him but realized that he must like her treatment or else she controls the checkbook for all the “perks” they receive. Many families have lots of kids. Just because some of them were born at the same time, doesn’t mean their needs are any greater than any other kids. As for Mady, poor kid, she is growing up just like her mother. But, what can one expect, thats what she sees so “monkey see, monkey do”. If people stopped watching this farce, Kate might have to live like the rest of us and save for vacations, houses and such. Kate should be ashamed of the way she treats her relatives. She will pay one day, but probably will never admit to herself or anyone else just how much of a user she is.

  • okay, some of these comments are really mean.
    Are you in this situation?
    Where you have 6 kids at the same age? And twins? If you are and are doing so much better than John and Kate, then i think you can make these comments legitamently. if not, however, it is completely unfair to make these comments. You don’t know these people. You don’t know all of their situations. You see kate being demanding but that’s just her nature and John obviously loves her for it. Yes, it is wrong for her not to let Jodi have any in at all, but still, we don’t anything behind this decision. So i don’t think we should judge her just from what the producers show us on film. so think about how much you really know about these people before you start being discusted, SusanB.

    • Well said. I concur with your thinking Alyssa.

      If a person beleieves everything they read in the news, TV, radio or what ever, they have a very narrow mind.
      This is real life. They act no different than any other people
      I love watching those precious 8 children. Don’t feel sorry for Mady, that little girl is strong and she will go far in life. Of course she needs attention. We all do young or old.
      I think Jon is a strong man and certainly he is not going to say anything to Kate to make her look bad. She is just human and has every right in the world to talk like she wishes.
      Before any one talks ugly about these precious people. I think you need to go into you own closet and get it cleaned out first. Think about it.
      I do not beleive Kate has any control of what the Producers pay any money to.

    • Hey are you two just gullable or what. The parents here do not have jobs. Every thing they buy is paid for by the TLC channel. All the clothes and toys are from various companies that provide these things as a favour. Kate is nothing but a money gruber who thinks of no one but herself. Her children and Jon are not even a priority to her. Everything is about her and no one else. Her sister in law who helped her from the beginning is being pushed out of thier lives because the channel offered to pay her. Kate would have none of that she is the only one that deserves ony credit or monetary gain. She does not do it by her self or things would be way worse than they are. As for the company paying money use commen sense if Kate says they will pull out if jodi gets paid they will take the show over jodi because of the money. This whole thing is about money remember that and then tell me Kate is an angel in all of this.

  • I stopped watching Jon and Kate recently because I could not bear to watch Kate berate Jon anymore. I am speculating that one day down the line a divorce will occur.

    • No no!! He is a boob, a kid himself…she HAS to! He has no motivation to do anything, he is the employee, not the employer!!

    • I believe Kate suffers from OCD, but mother hood made me more obsessive about things – like cleanliness and knowing where parts of toys were and having what I needed when I needed because I transitioned from it never really mattering to “Wow, it does matter, or someone is going to have a tantrum, or we are going to be massively late”

      You learn that everything has to have a place, that things need to be somewhat clean (kids put stuff in mouths), that there needs to be order.

      As my kids have gotten older, that urge has declined a bit, so I do think that there is a brain-chemistry component associated with having younger kids, being sleep deprived, being constantly stressed, etc.

      And I only had 2, and they aren’t twins.

      Kate is not someone I would hang out with ever, but I do see that she is under enormous strain, that her methodology is almost necessary in her situation and that John plays the boob maybe even to make her look worse. He’s lazy and whines a lot, which pisses her off, gets her made, makes her look like a monster.

      Don’t really “like” either one of them, but I can see that sometimes she can’t help herself.

• I don’t know, I wonder about the other side of the story. I feel like only half of the story has been told so far. If they are wrong for doing the show, then Aunt Jodi is wrong to expect money also. Personally, I I don’t care about the program either way, but my son loves it. It’s “The Babies Show” to him and he would watch it over any Disney movie on the market.

  My big question: why has “Aunt Jodi’s sister” made herself the personal savior of these kids? What has she got to gain from all this? I can see the first time if she was really pissed (I have a little sister too), but I think this family revenge-thing has worn thin.

  I think Kate acts pretty normal for a woman with so many four year old children. I only have one who is four and he gives me a run for my money most days. I love him, but I have to say that I am grateful there was only one of him. And as for the show, in this economy? Take it where you can get it, honey.

  • Aunt Jody seems a bit jealous..I babysit for my sister and there is no monetary exchange. Get over it and move on.

• I think most everyone feels the same way about Kate. I used to really like her and the show but I watched her evlove into someone that I would not like to be. If you think about it don’t you think anyone of us would change if we had the chance to have that many children and be scared to death in how we would manage and then all of that would change overnight with a T.V. show. I can kind of understand how she would not want anyone making money off of her family. However, Aunt Jodi was a GODsend to her and she was not just anybody. She is family. Since we are all into their family business I think we should pray for all of them and hope that they can heal and move on.

• Be strong Jodi you are a good person and a great Aunt! I hope everything works out for you and Kevin. I can tell that you really LOVE the kids. Hopefully you will be in their lives agian!!

• Karen, you have got to be kidding!! I hope Jodi is never around those kids again, how can you all think she is so sweet and innocent? all she was doing was using Kates kids to make money her self, and that is what everyone is so up tight about with Kate (exploiting the kids) well Jodi was doing the same thing, how many episodes did you see Jodi with the kids? well don’t think for a minute Jodi didn’t have a motive in mind and a clue about money, It just didn’t pan out the way she thought it would so she went running to sissy to fight her battles, whats worse is her weak spined husband (Kevin) allowed his sister-in-law to trash his own sister, now tell me again how much Jodi oh wait that is Sweet Aunt Jodi loved those kids, yeah right, well if Kate is smart she’ll never let Jodi see those kids “alone” ever again, lord only knows what garbage she would put into their heads.

• every families have problems. most moms are bossy, in-control, if they didnt do it, who’ll gonna do it? most dads are a doer, man they r from mars. u guys have to imagine if u r in their situation, to cope with their daily life and tv life. the aunt jodi thingy, she have to solved in within the family. family feud,it happened to everyone of us. it is just happened that their life r on TV.

• YOU ARE THE MOST SICKING PERSON.
  .
  I CAN’T SEE ANYONE IN YOUR LIFE
  THAT CAN STAND TO BE AROUND YOU
  AND YOUR RIGHTOUS MOUTH.
  .

• THIS IS NOT TURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I know that writing on here is going to make me a hyprocrit but I honestly think that they should be left alone to deal with the problems they are having…I undestand both sides…Jodi did work hard and it would have been nice to be paid for the work that she has done to help…but in the same Kate has the right of the mother to say to everyone “my kids are not your JOB” therefore telling people no for being paid for “helping”… it’s a family situation that should stay within the family and not with anyone else…I totally agree with Kusya about how most moms need to be in controll and demanding for the children since we do have that bond with them and know what they need….and really every family goes thru thier share of problems all the time…some of them hold grudges for a while and some dont…but what I don’t agree with is the way some of you are attacking Kate and attacking Jodi with your words…I think that the both of them have had a reason to do what they thought was best and frankly when one of you have two sets of multipules you can say something about the situation but until then you are going to have to keep your mouths shut with attacking…just give them support it’s what they all need and most importantly it’s what the children need.

• to the poster at 5:11 P.M. on Dec. 22

  I have a lovely family, a very close family, not that thats any of your business, you call me rude, no I am not. I just don’t agree with all the B.S. being said about Kate. b/c all you know of her is what you read on blogs that are filled with hate, most of these ppl do not care what they say even about her kids, and I think it takes a pretty low person espically a family member to go on a blog and spew things about your family you claim to love. So sorry to burst your little pee brain bubble but I have plenty of love in my life and real genuine ppl with hearts which is more than I can say for some on these blogs.

  Mindy, I do undrestand where you are comung from I just don’t understand how you could defend Jodi after she claimed to love Kate and those kids and then do what she did, everyone is so quick to blame Kate and say she is out for the almighty dollar, well at least she is doing so with her own kids, Jodi was using Kates kids to make that same almighty dollar, just b/c Jodi came on with that sweet little squeeky voice and “oh just loved those little kids so much” did not ever fool me, I knew all along there was gonna be trouble, Jodi was not all about family/love and kids. The one I miss is Beth, now that was love and class, and first and foremost she was genuine.

• I find it hard to believe that all you people are bashing this family. What do you know about Aunt Jodi other than what you see on the show. Looks can be deceiving. I thought it was wonderful to see them give to children in the hospital. It teaches children about giving. I haven’t seen any of the other “tv reality families” do that. Say what you want but that is the way it is. Now all of you have a wonderful Christmas and try to get a life in the new year!

  • Kate is a very pushing woman…was not like this when they were first being tellevised…but you know money is the root of all evil and true colurs come out then.

    Also not sure if you were aware that they did not give any of those gifts for the kids at the hospital..they were donated, do you actually htink Kate would pay for that???!!! NOT!!!

• okay, some of these comments are really mean.
  Are any of you in this situation?
  Where you have 6 kids at the same age? And twins? If you are and are doing so much better than John and Kate, then i think you can make these comments legitamently. if not, however, it is completely unfair to make these comments. You don’t know these people. You don’t know all of their situations. You see kate being demanding but that’s just her nature and John obviously loves her for it. Yes, it is wrong for her not to let Jodi have any in at all, but still, we don’t anything behind this decision. So i don’t think we should judge her just from what the producers show us on film. so think about how much you really know about these people before you start being discusted, SusanB.

• kate really didnt kick her out of the family and not let the kids see her any more… Did she??

• Go away Aunt Jodie! We will watch John and Kate without you! You are the selfish one, giving up on family because you are not getting paid! Yeah Right! John and Kate will go on without you. You don’t even have enough nerve to fight your own battles using your sister to do your dirty work! Whatever, you are the one everyone is seeing in another light now, your true self has come out! Shame on you!

  • Hell yes!! The show is not Aunt Jodi plus this other family. What a gutter pig!

• Who the hell care’s about this family. They have a lot of kids. Whoopie. They can all kiss my left nut.

• This is so ridiculous. You can’t fake love for your children and it is so clear how much Jon and Kate love their children. And if doing these kinds of shows was “exploiting” your children do you really think the Duggar family would have signed on to TLC? I mean that is a family who is so special and so close to God and none of that is for show. If they deem it ok for their kids to be on a TLC show then I am sure it is ok.

  I don’t have any idea of what happened with Aunt Jodi and I hope that she was not hurt in any way but the show has really helped me put things in perspective in my life. Sometimes when I am having a CRAZY day with just 2 kids, I watch an episode before I go to bed (like I am doing now) and say to myself “I can do this”, “it’s going to be ok”. :)

  I believe that because this show has been on for almost 4 years it’s part of the kids everyday life and they seem to do just fine with it. It also appears that the TLC crew is part of the family now. More people to love the kids, who can argue with that.

  Bottom line, it’s a great show and when people are doing well in their life there will always be those there to try and tear them down. Hopefully Jon and Kate will just continue doing what they have been doing and not even comment on all of this drama.

  • The Dugger family are not being greedy going on trips here and there,The Duggers don’t show thier kids that they have to go on trips to have family time..Jon and Kate have to go to Hawaii for that! gimmee a break, iIwill be so Happy when “HER” show is off air..

    YOU GO AUNT JODI!!!!!!

• Nomodrama, Go Back to your other site “GWoP” and please tell them we do not need their input, they are suppose to be protecting children, LMAO yeah right PROTECTING what a laugh..

• Way to go John and Kate and u to Laurie. Did you know that the Duggers are Baptist? I tought they were Penicostal “NO SPELL CHECK HERE” Why is that I am from Arkansas and Ive never seen a Baptist lookin like them. They are both nice failies.

  SORRY, IM NEWLY PREJIDUCE. I THINK ALL CAUCASIONS IN THE UNITED STATES NEED TO HAVE LARGE FAMILIES AND MULITPULE BIRTHS AS POSSABLE IF THEY BE ITALIAN, FRENCH, ASIAN ETC… BECAUSE THE BLACKS ARE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OVER AND WE NEED TO TIP THE SCALES BACK IN OUR FAVOR. BLACKS STILL CALL THEMSELVES THE MINORITY WHEN THEY ARE NOT. AND IM SOO GLAD OBAMA WILL BE IN OFFICE, WASNT AT FIRST, BUT NOW WE NEVER HAVE TO HEAR “BEACAUSE IM BLACK” AGAIN. NOW MAYBE SOME WHITE PEOPLE CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY NEED IT!

  • 12 steps, friend, 12 steps. Call AA. Now, I’ll post the number for you!

• Aunt Jodie’s sister has so much to say about the proper rearing of children and the failures of Jon and Kate. I wonder what makes her such an expert on what is “right” or “wrong” for someone else’s children. Whatever consequences result from the lives these children now live will be dealt with by their parents and siblings. Neither Aunt Jodie, her sister, or any other person has that responsibility. It would be such a better world if people would live in peace with their neighbors and MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS!

  P.S. I wonder how much money Aunt Jodie’s sister has made from her website discussing this family? Dare she answer that question?

• I have stopped watching Kate and Jon as I cannot bear to watch Kate berate Jon so much. I feel that down the road in the future there will be a divorce between the two. Jon can only take so much

• I just read Kate’s book and I was shocked that she lived off the welfare system so much. She clearly knew she could have at least 4 multiples again, yet when ahead having kids she could not provide for. She demanded Medicad pay for a nurse for a year. I hope she pays the taxpayers back for all they have paid to promote her must have the kids dressed alike in Gymboree lifestyle. She had a place to stay at her mother’s house and then expects the Ronald McDonald House to put her up and then the Hershey Corp. She sold donated clothes for cash. She is a disgrace to large families everywhere. My parents raised ten children without a handout or help. And when in the world is she going to lose the bibs the kids are 4. She hits her husband all the time. And who cares about her stupid teeth and hair plugs. Times are tough for lots of families and she is a spoiled, materialistic unkind person. I don’t watch the show anymore. Why did she write off her mom if she is a Christian. What a freeloader.

  • Kate had a garage sale , it was televised, and all proceeds went to Children of Cancer research… They sold all the donated items, she did not keep the money, They also donated a large amount to the Ronald McDona;d house and that was also televised in the episode about showing the kids the hospital they were born in. I’m not fond of the fact they get to travel so much, they get to do more than the average American family, and that aggravated me, I would love to take my family to Hawaii. However i just wanted to st least remind people to get the facts straight there is alot that we don’t see, and we don’t know what kind of time she has with her kids when the cameras are off. But, now that their financial picture has changed, they have been shown on TV as being generous…

• Wow……
  This is just sad, because even if Kate did do all the “bad things” they say she did, they shouldnt be making it public….Jodie has no right to do that, and all of the people who type up really rude comments, have no lives because they dont actually know her also Kate is a good mother, because none of you rude peoplke would be able to handle thoses kids!!!

• First off I would like to say that Aunt Jodi is my Mom’s friend and Kate does pay her and love her and because the Gosselins and Jodi are family and babysitting is something Jodi offers because she is a kind, loving person!
  You don’t see “Aunt Jodi” because the kids haven’t had their “special days” in about a year so that’s why you don’t see her. Not because Kate booted her off the show! Losers (like the ones who made up this sick rumor) have nothing better to do than make up terrible lies about people they don’t even know!

  • PAAAA-LEEE-ZZZZZ

• Well said.

• I hope that what is best for the children is always everyone’s first concern. Some of the comments on this page are not very nice and should make any reader wonder about that writer’s real intentions. I also know that what we all do in our daily lives rarely looks good when we are faced to examine ourselves in the mirror. Who is to say what experiences are really better or worse than others; it is just life. My prayer is that this family is happy, healthy, and that ALL involved are appreciated.

• PhilliePhan454, first and fore most to , “losers who would make up all these lies” well dear that was Jodis beloved sister, thats who, so if your mom is actually a friend (which I highly doubt) maybe she can tell Jodi off, after all the sister got her insider info from Jodi, as far as Kate and Jodi being friends, well theres no proof in the puddin, and did you actually see Jodi’s video? don’t think Kate would call that a friend. If Kate is smart she’ll keep Josi as far a way as possible.

  Detroitmom, who said Kate wrote off her mom? I have never heard that from Kate, but I have heard that several times on the blogs, just like the one who just said her mom and Jodi were friends, do you brlirvr every thing you read on the blogs?, I should hope not.

  I also read one girl who posted as several different ppl at the same time say that she had an affair with Jon while they were skiing in Utah, but when she was busted for being a troll (which is common doings with ppl from GWoP) she didn’t know why she did that, other than she needed attention. So just b/c some loud lame brain says something about the Gosselins does not make it gospel, Is it possible Kates parents are the ones who got upset and left Kate? ofcourse it is. If you ever read Kates sisters blog you would know that family is very controlled, and then ppl want to bash Kate, well I think it’s great she has got Jon and they are gonna be fine.

• Oh please!!! Kevin, get some balls and get your damn wife under control!!! If my wife put something like that about my sister on the internet, weather if it was true or not Id have to cause some pain and it owuldnt be on there any longer. My wife wouldnt do something like that because then Id turn around and put her sister on a blog.

  Kevin, get your woman under control or kick her to the curb!

  • Yep, you’re from Arkansas alright…

  • Could you PLEASE pick up your knuckles and quit typing. Your primative gruntings and pointings are hurtin’ my ears…boob. Git yer wife under control. Do you have a wife, not an inflatable one, or a bought one, b/c my feeling is she would box your god dammned ears for that bull shit. Big daddy. hmmfp. Perhaps your balls are in said wifes purse and since she is at work, cuz yo ass aint got no job, she left it at home and and you get to try em on. Good boy.

  • Kevin isn’t trying to get his wife “under control” because he’s the only one out of this sick bunch that has a JOB!!!!! Have you seen their house? They have how many kids? He’s doing it the old fashioned way….earning it! The only time we saw him on the show was when J&K had him install their garage shelving. Then Kate goes on about how Jon did such a good job installing the shelves. Kevin is staying away from them.

    • Exactly right…..Kevin was treated like a handyman and Jody was treated like a free babysitting service…..Jody took care of all eight kids plus her own four….never saw Kate reciprocate…..No Kate just Bitched and Bitched some more because Jody had the NERVE to give her Brats gum….Kate is getting worse and worse….she hasn’t got a humble bone in her whole body

• Suthunbelle, Shame on you, you ought to be so ashamed of your self, but I know that takes self re-spect first, which YOU DO NOT HAVE!!!!!!!

  • sure thing, go right out and pimp out my kids and buy some!! Are you big daddy’s wife??? I am SPOT ON and shame on YOU. Kick your wife to the curb. Pehaps, in all my typing flurry, I am confused as to why you are admonishing me and are aluding to that I have no self re-spect, which, should you kindly take the time to read the reply, I do. LOTS, enuf, infact to tell you, my friend, that when some idiot man starts talking about growing a sack, I shudder. He in FACT states he would cxause some pain, are you advocating that I have NO RE-SPECT B/C I think that to elude to violence against WOMEN that I am in some way to be ashamed?? Riiight, Ok, shame on me.

    • waiting…..

  • Awful quiet for someone who had so VERY much to say before.

  • still waiting…..

  • Gave you AMPLE time to reply…; GFYS!!

• Get your facts in line and ACCURATE before you start attacking reply-s, you seem to be on some upholstered soap box, and my point was that some asshole, let me rephrase that, some ASSHOLE, talked about causin’ some PAIN to his woman…maybe you have, maybe you have not, been around domestic violence, DO NOT EVER think it is okay for you to shame another woman for speaking up or out. Talk all you want about your fantasy life with Jon and Kate, but take note, there friend…unless you have any clue what the fuck you are taking about… and said post indicates you DO NOT…..do not EVER, EVER, shame me or anyone else for speaking up…..get some education. TODAY.

• My mom and dad had 7 kids + assorted strays that they helped to raise. They had to be on the same page when it came to raising us kids. One person did not “control ” our house. My parents worked together.

  On J & K + 8 …. for sure its all about Kate! Her needs, wants, expectations, planning and running their home and family. Jon can have a brilliant idea that makes sense .. but Kate trashes it and makes Jon look like a fool in the process.

  I watch to see what she’s going to do next .. withthe hopes that one day Jon will blow up on the air and let Kate have it.

• I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE SCRATCHIN” THAR HEAD WUNDRIN” WHO THAT THERE WAS FORE….; it was for our dear Missy, k?

• Quiet. Must

• I really want to see this show! I wish free to air Australia would show it!!!!! It’s funny how all the kids look more Asian than even the dad

• Suthenbelle,The only thing that I was admonishing you about was your filthy lanugage, I guess I am old fashioned but I think it is shamful and shows little self respect for ppl to use such talk,

  You said to educate my self, well dear not putting you down but I did not have to go to college tro learn thise kind of words, it does not take a rocket scientist to be able to use vulgar talk, hope you had a Merry Christmas and remembered what the season was “Really” about, have a great day, and remember “We Have The Power of Our Own Words”

• come on you guys if you had this many kids you would like some help and if i had that many kids i would probobly pull my hair out from emily 10 year old comment back

• Aunt Jodi treated those kids very good. An did t ou o love nothing else. However getting h news of tem getting paid she should get her cut. tcosts o feed tem when they stay over food , water. power , so kate nees to e of herhih horse and get ajb a nd stop tyig to putthem on display like a circus. The Dionne quints should teach them a fin point.
  they both need to et Jobs and put the kids in a daycare.

• C’mon Darby, what did you say??

• so im confused….aunt jodi is always on the show and has said ON THE SHOW that she like kate and everything she does is just of the moment and she doesnt mean it…what is the big deal….she’s the bipolar one…she cant have it both ways…whats her deal…and can somebody give me the link to what julie wrote about kate…the thing jodi says is true…this is too bazaar to be believed…

• I hope that all this between the Gosselins and Jodi’s family can be cleared up eventually. It must be really hard for you, Jodi. I’m a big fan of the Gosselins and I love seeing Jodi on it. I hope that all this will be cleared up, at least for the sake of the children. It doesn’t really suprise me, the Gosselins really have seemed to distance themselves from all family, bringing in their “fake family” such as Nanna Janet, Beth Carson, and Nanny Joan. I think that the Gosselins are good people, just caught up in the light of the camera.

• I agree with Big Daddy, and Kusya

  I am sorry for aunt Jody because very soon she might expect many problems in her marriage with Kevin.
  She doesnt’ work, live on her husband’s salary, and gossips about her sister in law. That way Jody actually creates problems in her own marriage. Don’t you think about your four kids, Jody?

• So I watched with my niece this weekend and WOW.. I am just shocked at how RUDE and IGNORANT Kate is. I am thankful that I dont know her personally. I hope that they show WHEN not IF when Jon actually grows a pair and leaves her. Then what will she do? NO ONE in their right mind would put up with her!!!!

• I have always wondered this .. can anybody answer me please

  Where is Kate’s family … mom, dad, sister etc ….????

  Where is Jon’s family … mom, dad, sister etc …????

  Very strange they never show up ??!!!

  Please advise : )

• ummm hey, the link to Julies blog is “Truth Breeds Hatred” but you can not leave a comment, that way Jodi and Julie can say what ever about family and not have to deal with our responces, pretty cowardly if you ask me, let us know what you think after you read it.

  Elizabeth, Nana Janet and Beth and Joan , Carley and her daughter were never (fake family) never pretended to be either, they were family friends, and just recently the Gosselins met up with Nana Janet and her hubby in Tenn. for a visit, so just b/c some of these ppl are not on every week don’t mean Kate “kicked them to the curb” Beth was Kates best friend.

  Tara, Jons father died just after the babies were born, Jons mother has remarried and does not live in the same town, how ever Jons grandmother has been at their house.

  Kates father and mother have never been on the show, only seen her dad when she and Jon were married and then his face was blurred, I have had e-mails with Clarrissa (Kates sister) and Kates family is very religious and I believe they stay away from the cameras, some think there has been a falling out between the Gosselins and Kates family, Kates two other sisters live out of state. Kates father is Co-Pastor of his church and the rumour is that he and Kate had a falling out when the babies were born b/c his church made a lot of donations to her and she was rude about receiving them. Said she wanted matching outfits and baby beds, but actually no one knows for sure, most of the information we read is not the gospel, it is spectulation from ppl on GWoP and other hate filled sites,

  The only thing I ever got out of Clarrissa was she loved Kate and the family was trying to stay out of the lime light, she is a cxhristian and said she would not go into no details about the family (unlike Jodi/Julie) I still can not believe Kevin would let his wife pull such a low life act on his sister, so to Katie, Kevin needs to grow a brain plus a pair as you so bluntly put it. Jodi is a cry baby and Kevin is hen pecked and a wuss.

• I have to say I am shocked at most of you after reading all this.

  I have watched this show from the very beginning and I have read their book as well. Sometimes I am taken aback from the conversations with Jon and Kate but alot of the times I thkn to myself that wow I just said that myself last week. Note to self- try and be calmer I do not have so many children to deal with. I don’t get nasty about it. They seem to be fine and with a 50% divorce rate it seems soooo stupid to say Jon and Kate would get divorced or NOT. Why is everyone judging so much? Don’t these children look happy? Don’t you seem ginuwine love anywheres? Because if you don’t, really if you cannot see it then I am not sure you understand what it is. What it takes to stick it out in super hard times of your life. Yes they get donations and free trips. Why wouldn’t disney World want to promote themselves on a FAMILY SHOW? Wouldn’t you take a free trip?

  I think this is soo silly, all this gossip and hatred. Aunt Jodi seemed nice. I for one can be super selfish and say that if it were me and my children I would think having a show paying an aunt is ludicris. Why should someone get paid to do what should be natural to them? Why would they want to be? I babysit all the time for a friend. It doesn’t hurt me and unless I am actually having costs incurred I don’t ask for money. The kids do not seem to be there all the time or anything? Am I missing something? The Gosselins get paid because it is their family on TV. SO what they make money, whats the worst thing, that they could set up nice trust funds?

  These ppl at some point had a really hard time. Even with the thousands they supposedly rack in now I cannot think its easy to raise more then twins at a time let alone film it. Yes I hope they ease up a bit, children need alone time with their parents, yes I hope Jon and Kate work on things and learn to both have better cominucation skills (I hope this for myself too) and yes I hope Jodi (if rumours are true of course) works something out so no one is greedy and its about the children.

  But at the end of the day this is personal stuff. It shouldn’t have been aired by any relative (tisk tisk) and I am not sure why everyone here is insulting each other on things that one are not your business and more importantly they are not things that anyone but those involved can control.

  All that one can hope is that in the end its the children that will benefit.

• I think jon and kate are great parents and their only being their selves. Jon was this way when him and kate first meet the fact that they now have eight kids didn’t change any thing personal in their lives just the number of mouths to feed and if they don’t do it for their children who will? If all of u critical people think so negative about kate and Aunt Jodi situation the stop watchin the show. I love it and I think she gives the most honest point of view of what it’s like to raise so many children. Kate and Jon I luv u guys show and keep doing U GOD BLESS U ALL.

• Kate needs help! The fact that she has problems with her own family is proof that she has something wrong with her. I learned a long time ago that if someone has problems with others, no matter what you do problems will occur between you and that person.

  It is embarassing to watch Jon be treated like a dog and it is embarassing to watch him take it like a dog. I cannot believe that he can tolerate Kate.

  The sextuplets and Cara are adorable. I do worry about Joel. Is there something wrong with him. Maddie needs counseling and soon.

• I am the mother of four kids, and two of them are twins. I work full time to help my husband support my family. We never got anything for free or used our kids to become rich. I stopped watching the show when I realized Kate was contradicting herself. She said: We are living on a “budget”. What “budget”??? If you have a TV show, you don’t live on a budget. I told my husband: “Does she think we are dumb or what???” She also said: “Always stock up on things like baby soap, wipies…”How??? Only if you have the money like you or get them for free…No Kate, my life is not as good as yours. Poor parents of multiples like me don’t vacation all the time. WE WORK all the time. And when we have a little money left, we go to Walmart and buy one big bottle of shampoo for the whole family to use.

• I have watced this show from day one, and I firmly believe that Jon and Kate are good people. I come from a family of 10, and I know that with such big familys there are two options:

  1.) Splitting up
  2.) Becoming a close family and learning love and humility

  Jon and Kate have obviously chosen the latter, and even someone who only watches thier show can see that Jodi may feel some negative attitudes towards the family, but her sister and “fans” have magnified this situation, and i may be wrong which i hope, it seems Jodi loves this attention. Also, if Kate were at all rude or selfish, the kids would reflect that, however they are all adorable kids. They would have also not have shown any affection to Kate if she were rude, however I have seen Hannah profess her love for Kate and Jon.
  I feel so bad that anyone would be such jerks about this!!!!!

  I feel bad also for Jodi for giving into the temptation of rudeness, and i really pray that she will find peace with the Gosselins.
  I stand behind Jon, Kate, Cara, Mady, Hannah, Joel, Collin, Aaden, Leah and Alexis.
  I feel bad that anyone would have tried to be rude about this….God bless the Gosselins through all the controvery these last few months!

• First off I love this site. As far as the Dave Mathews and Republicans I couldnt agree more. I came to this site because I’m sick at home with nothing to do and I start watching this show. WOW. A little about me. I’m a 41 year old gay man that believes two things about childern
  1. They are the responsablity of the parents and NO ONE ELSE.
  2. Childern are to b e seen and not heard .
  These two beliefs come from not being gay, but by the way I was raised.
  Now on to the show.
  What a mess. This show angers me. apparently they knew this brood was coming and decided to have it.
  That shrew of a woman has castrated that man. I would feel sorry for him but for the fact that he sits there and takes it.
  what makes me angry the most is that I’ve seen families like this before. They expect everyone else to accomadate them.
  I watched the episode where they went to Disneyland. I bet the bill was on Disney as it was nothing more than advertisment for them.
  I think what angers me the most though is that people like this are allow to have a brood of snakes while great gay couples are forbidden in some states to adopt.

  • NIGHTSTORM AND ALL THE OTHER WOMEN THAT DONT HAVE ANYTING ELSE BETTER TO DO. I dont have anyting against gays. I say love who you love. But as far as adopting children. I feel that in a gay couple there would be no absence of love, however you should not be granted something that you could not obtain on your on. Such as a normal couple could unless they have a medical condition. We, as white americans have loss sight of this and have stopped reproducing at the reate that we should be. All the white women are now with black men so that doesnt leave the white man from having any other choice but to sleep with other men. (EXCEPT FOR ASIAN WOMEN WHO ARE REALLY HOT)!! In a world and country where we are supposed to becomming more enlightened, where people are supposed to be judged for the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. Daily there are black males and females that are being promoted to positions over people who have tenyer, the experience and the education just because of thier sex and color! BUT NO ONE SAYS ANYTING! BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF A LAW SUITE. WAL-MART IS A MAJOR SUPPORTER OF THIS PRACTICE!! IT IS TIME THAT THE WHITE MALE STAND UP AND SAY NO MORE!!!! IM NOT SAYING THAT THE WHITE MAN SHOULD BE GIVEN THINGS BUT SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE. HE INVESTS IN COLLEGE THAT HE HAS TO PAY FOR THATS NOT FREE, HE WORKS HARD AND IS LOYAL AND BLACKS AND WOMEN ARE GIVEN JOBS ON A SILVER PLATTER BECAUSE OF OFFIRMATIVE ACTION! BULL SHIT. IT S TIME THE WHITE MAN GETS A FUCKING LAWYER, AND STARTS TO REPORDUCE, WITH MULTIPULE BIRTHS OR BY WHATEVER MEANS LIKE THE GOSLINS OR THE DUGGERS AND TAKE BACK AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • A racist homophobic bigot who suffers from “little dick” syndrome and feels that women should be kept in their place by use of violence if necessary… and you’re from Arkansas… are you that ignorant jerk I divorced 30 years ago?? Thanks for the memories, and once again, good-bye and good-riddance!! It’s been real…

    • Maybe if you learned to spell correctly or actually took an analytical look at the unequal distribution of jobs, opportunities and whatever else you’re so concerned about, your point might appear a little more valid.
      I also invested in higher education, and trust me, it wasn’t free for me. I’m still paying off my loans. I was hired at my first job with a white male whose credentials were obviously less impressive than mine. While I worked my ass off to prove that I’m worth the desk space, he fraudulently billed clients, showed up to work late and left early every day, and was subsequently fired. I don’t think I was given anything on a silver platter b/c of my gender or race. The only silver platter I was served on were good, hardworking parents who taught me the importance of responsibility and a great work ethic.
      I’m inclined to agree with Maris based solely on your comment. Additionally, your lack of command of the English language (probably your mother tongue and the only language you are fluent in) and horrendous grammar and syntax makes me think that you did not invest in your high school or college education. Investment in one’s education consists not only of money, but also of time and personal efforts at ameliorating one’s mental capacities. If you paid whoever taught you how to write like that, you have a decent claim against them. Find a lawyer and sue your teachers and professors.

    • “Take back America”? News flash — white people invaded this country! It’s NOT YOURS. Not that your spelling, grammar, ranting or other obvious displays of idiocy imply that you actually went to school and learned about Native Americans or anything. WOW.

      Look in the mirror to find the answer to your questions about others getting promoted ahead of you, women choosing other men instead of you and why you’re generally dissatisfied with life in this progressive, colorblind time. (Hint: It’s the content of your character, not the color of your skin.)

    • Maybe the Native American Indians should take back America and kick your stupid white ass out!

  • Nightstorm,
    I also have nothing against gay people, but lighten up, quit bein mad at the world, there needs to be more families like John and Kate’s, i absolutley love them, and if you dont like them then dont watch them, maybe instead of bitchin about other people’s life, you should do something about yours, “brood of snakes” and “children should be seen and not heard” , i can only pray you never reproduce, you bitch about people “hating on gays” wah, when your doing the same thing to someone who has done nothing to you, what a hipicrit you are…GET A LIFE!

  • Based on your comments about children, it’s a great thing that people like you cannot adopt. Not because your gay, but because you have no concept of raising a child. Children should absolutely be heard! I’m sorry you had such a terrible upbringing, but you don’t have to make the same mistakes that your parents did with you. Don’t repeat the past. You shouldn’t judge Kate either, because you do not know their situation. God gave them those wonderful children and I can’t believe that you would even suggest that they should have done anything but keep all of them. You sound like a troubled, hateful person. I hope for your sake, you can make some positive changes in your life and maybe one day a child will come into your life and you can be a good influence on them.

• Wow… This show really intrigues people and touches people in some ways, whether it be good or bad. As far as the show, I really like it. It reminds me of Roseanne because it shows that not every family is “perfect” and every family works differently. Because the Gosslins are religious, the abortion was never an option for them. If they didn’t take the opportunity that was presented to them, I would venture to say that Jon and Kate were bad parents because they would have denied the opportunity and the security that the children otherwise would not have had. Where do you think the lives of those eight children would be? I would think they would have required government assistance for a long period of time. Instead, they have security and a future that anyone would be envious of. Not only that but they have charity set up where they are actually helping the sick children thus contributing to the society. Some of you might argue that they are “made to do it” which I personally don’t believe but the bottom line is, the sick children are benefiting because of this family. Although I agree Kate can be a bit aggressive, but I don’t think it is as bad as some people make her out to be.

  • I watch the show, but am very uncomfortable in the way that Kate treats her husband. She is tyrantical and I would be embarassed if I viewed the show and saw myself browbeating Jon, and she does that almost every show. There’s no argument that it is a busy home, but she sweats the small stuff like a little ice cream on a shirt. She doesn’t like snow….doesn’t like water….does not like many things and I have to wonder what sort of household she grew up in. I hope that the boys won’t be as gutless as there father, who seems like a very nice man in the hands of a real fish wife. She needs to go to school and learn how to treat people. What a fuss budget!!

• Nightstorm, if you do not like the show or the little “brood of snakes” as you call them, why in the world do you watch them? is your life so sad (which I assume it is) that you have to nit pic at precious little children? remember God created them and he loves them, can you honestly compare your life style fit to raise kids to Kates? I personally would not let you raise my animals let alone my child,

  So why don’t you do us a favor and take your gross comments and go away, You will pay for your sins as we all will, and believe those kids are innocent little souls and you should be so ashamed of youe hateful self, You are not a man.

  • There is a special place in Hell foe people like you…akin to the MARTA drivers, who have to drive allthe child molesters and animal husbanders to court for there hearings. You. You are an abomination..ans clearly barren. Shut up. Pig. You are not a woman.

    • Suthunbelle….you are truly an odd one. Do you kiss your mother with that foul mouth?

• Sarah, you are a trooper and you are absolutely right, if nothing else comes from J&K plus 8 at least there are a lot of little kids benefiting from their funds, Thank You for bringing that thought up, it is good to see and read a decent comment once in a while about the Gosselins, see they do do some good,

  I agree Kate can be over the top at times but what loving mother isn’t? as far as her hitting Jon, well that is bull, she has never shown any anger when she has done that, I myself have done that before and no my kids are not serial killers b/c of it, I believe there is way too much talk about it and ppl will say any thing to try and make Kate look bad, however I don’t think she and Jon should ever have disputes in front of the kids, espically when it is about the kids, I do think they have grown a lot and are learning as they go just like we all did,

  I know I was totally different after my two oldest were born, and 9 years later when the thrid one came along I was in a different mode a gain, We learn as we go, and hopefully grow closer as a family thru all the chaos and turmoils and ups and downs, thats what counts being together for better or worse, believe me it does work.

  • The chances of you EVER making it into Heaven is the same chance that I have becoming a man. NONE. YOU are a disgusting foul, horror of a SHAM of a woman with no morals exxcept the wones you hide behind ona gossip site. PIG.

• I am sorry that Jodi will not be on the show anymore. She seemed like such a loving aunt and was often seen cuddling and hugging the kids – unlike Kate. Religion could come easy to me if I had all the donations that they have received. How about the donations stop altogether and then lets see if the religion sticks. I think that Kate is very nasty to Jon most days and it is rare to see her hug or cuddle with the kids. I wouldn’t for a million years want to be in their shoes but I also would not act the way she does on TV. Doesn’t she realize how she looks to the world?

  • What show have u been watching? I see Kate kiss and cuddle her kids all the time! I think she is doing a very good job with the kids in teaching them to be respectfull to all and each other as well as kind and loving. Its a big job to raise 6 little ones so close in age at one time Give her some credit please!

• As is demonstrated by the comments above, in a way the Jon and Kate Plus 8 debate is just another way to argue abortion/anti-abortion (though anti abortionists like to call themselves pro-life) because Jon and Kate like to make a big deal out of having refused selective abortion and following something called “God’s Plan”. The ongoing debate also encompasses the spare the rod/spoil the child issue. The Assembly of God school in our town believes in paddling kids and are able to objectify a child enough to hit them with a wodden paddle and the Gosselins attend an Assembly of God Church. Therefore, objectifying children possibly is part of their belief system. There is a webisode where Jon hits one of the boys and then makes excuses for it and makes the kid feel guilty.

  Missy, I don’t know how old you are. Perhaps you don’t have kids? Are you married? Jon and Kate are abusive to each other and abusive to their children. Do evangelicals Christians really believe it is okay to belittle one another, slap one another, sarcastically put down their own children, set up situations so that their children fail and then make fun of them for it (please watch the episode where the twins are supposed to be mommy for a day). Is it okay to make fun of your child’s problems with a bowel movement on television? Is it okay to show an eight year old girl in obvious distress have a temper tantrum on a television show that all of her classmates and their parents will see? Do conservative Christians think it is okay for children to be humiliated over and over again in order to pay for free trips to Hawaii (where their exhausted mother can have free spa treatments) and San Diego or wherever that family goes for free? Why is this okay? There are a lot of us who are writing on blogs and making comments on articles published in national newspapers, writing to the sponsors of Jon and Kate Plus 8, writing to TLC, writing to Figure 8 Productions to say we want the Gosselin children to be protected from their money grabbing parents. We are amazed that “Christians” like yourself actually defend these parents.

  It is NEVER okay to exploit children. Do your homework and research the Dionne Quintuplets. The Gosselins are an EXACT repeat of the Dionne girls.

  Is the loss of the Gosselin children’s self esteem really worth your enjoyment of seeing children herded around like zoo animals as their parents bark at them to obey? Or is it just the “spare the rod spoil the child” Bible justification for their exploitation.

  For a while the Gosselin supporters loved to accuse critics of the show as being jealous which soon had to even occur to them was a ridiculous argument. Now we critics get the above – “If you don’t like the show then just don’t watch it!” Sorry – we watch the show so that we can comment on it and voice our complaints to the sponsors with facts with the hopes that the Gosselin parents will soon realize they CHOSE to have 8 children and it is THEIR responsibility to support their children – NOT the other way around.

  The Gosselin children deserve a normal life. They should not be put on a television like a freak sideshow of sextuplets so that the parents (carnival barkers) can make money. It is scary to think of so-called Christians who support this behavior.

  • OMG. You are so right. Missy has a fantasy football league for this show and she bet the most. AND will not reply. Troll.

  • You know its so funny how there are alway critics (jealous people) sitting around waiting to tear down anything that is profitable or pleasurable to other people. Its not like the Gosselins are being paid from our taxes.They get paid by big Companies and people(Disney,Oprah, Martha Stewart,Big Hotels etc) for endorsing thier show or putting its name our there.Thats a win/win all the way around. The Gosselins get paid. We get the pleasure of watcing this adorable family,and the comanies,tv show, magazines, toy people,hotels get their product endorsed. As long as the kids remain developing emotionally happy,….. whats the harm ? Don’t be a killjoy!!

  • Seriously, people. Worry about raising your own children and running your own lives. You say you’re such a christian, but yet you’re doing the exact thing God tells you NOT to do…you’re judging people and talking bad about them just because you don’t think they live the way they should. Jesus was judged and was mistreated because people didn’t agree with him or like him. You’re doing the exact same thing. HIPOCRITES…That’s all you “God lovers” are. Nobody’s perfect, and with 8 children, I’m sure you couldn’t parent half as good as they do. Exploiting? Please. Shut the hell up. What the Gosselins do is their business, it’s their life and it works for them. They give back to the world just like the world gave to them. I doubt the children will grow up and be horribly messed up in the head simply because they had a camera crew around them. It’s been part of their life since they were born and it’s normal to them. So for Christ’s sake, quit griping and worry about your own life for once.

    • karee – were you actually responding to me? (Elizabeth) Probably not because I never claimed to be a Christian. In fact, you and the person above you simply reiterated (Jon would want to let everyone know that reiterated means “says again”) what I said – thanks for the support. I wish you had just answered all of the questions I posed to the supporters but you skipped that part.

      You critics of the KON critics keep falling back to two screaming points as follows: “You’re jealous!” or “If you don’t like the Gosselins don’t watch them!”

      No – I’m not jealous. My life is much fuller than the Gosselins in monetary, material and emotional terms. I had a great time with my four kids (all born within 5 years) when they were little and I played with them a lot – well, I can swim and am not afraid of the water. We had lots of time on the Outer Banks of NC and I didn’t scream at the sight of a little crab. I taught my kids to windsurf. Their dad taught them to sail. I can downhill ski and don’t hate the cold, can roller skate, ice skate, like camping. Being active with the kids was great cause for lots of laughter and bonding. They’re all adults now – professionals with post grad educations. Oh – and my kids were taught to support one another and speak nicely to one another – and to us. Most of all, we respected our kids and set them up to succeed – not to fail. (Please see twins as mommy for a day if you want to see how to destroy your children’s self esteem) Thanks for asking about my parenting though!

      And I’m going to keep watching the Gosselins’ show so that I know which specific sponsors to write letters of complaints to and so that I can quote specific examples of where the children are being mistreated to a Minor Consideration, Figure 8 Films and TLC. So you can scream at me all you want to “get a life” and “don’t watch” but like a lot of people – I plan to take time out of my week to give the exploited Gosselin minors the voice they don’t seem to have. If the state of PA isn’t going to protect them from TLC and voyeurs such as yourself who are entertained by the belittlement of children, the large group of us out here who object to child abuse will continue to watch, will continue to write letters of complaint and will continue to laugh at the accusation that we are jealous and probably not good parents.

  • You err. They are not anything close to the Dionne girls. I have no like for Kate. She could play in “The Taming of the Shrew”! Her comment tonight for instance “little boys are always dirty, they have dirt under their fingernails”….ridiculous and how demeaning! I really think that Kate is sick. OCD can explain part of it, but she is mean! I feel sorry for Jon and mostly sorry for the children with a mother that is so uptight all of the time. She is cold and humorless in most that she does. One of the older twins is also picking up on Kate’s behavior and that is scary.

• Olivia, I don’t think J&K claim to be christs just b/c of donations. They were claiming their faith before they had the show, I do believe Kate was in a very strict childhood, and her fathers faith was very cramped, I do know that pentecostal can be very strict, espically from the old school, no short hair, no short sleeves, no makeup, no shorts, no, no, no, even very little jewelry, some of the old pentecostal ways was mans way, not Gods, it was man telling ppl how to live not the word of God.

  So I can understand how Kate went a little over the top with her freedom, does that make her a bad person, absolutely not!! one thing for sure she loves her family, and I think what most ppl are so down on her about is that she does not talk badly about her family the way Jodi allowed her sister to do to Kate, so when ya’all are talking how sweet Jodi was just remember she is the one who opened the can of worms, That is not love my dear that is greed.

• @ Missy. Sigh, I have read countless posts spouting your bigotry and hatred and ignorance. Go away, friend. We get it. You’re no longer gonna control this post. You have crossed the line of playful stoopid-ness into I am a hag and a homophobe and a bigot and an opinianted BULLY who hates everyone. We have all patienly read your stoopid posts time and fucking time again, and friend, move on. Everyone here is TIRED of you bullying them with your wacked out fundamentalist ways. Show’s OVA sistah. SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU YEAST INFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • um…before you think you can tell someone off…learn how to spell idiot…it’s S-T-U-P-I-D. NOT STOOPID. God you people are idiots.

• Suthunbelle, you are as messed up as I thought, I truly hope you are enjoying your pitiful self, I really, really feel sorry for you, you sound like a very disturbed person, and all you are trying to do is ruin this blog for any decent person, but excuse me it won’t work, I am not leaving just b/c some loud vulger mouth has nothing better to do than spew bad words out of their filthy mouth, I certainly hope you do not have children around you,

  You are someone who ppl pity, btw stupid is as stupid does, just incase you want the correct spelling of STUPID.

• Elizabeth, I agree with you on several comments you made, stick around and we’ll dis-cuss it later if you would like, right now I am trying to get past what this other person just said, I can not for the life of me understand why any one would want to come to a blog and talk the way they just did, makes me wonder just what kind of ppl we share our planet with,
  Suthunbelle:
  Where did the troll come from and why? what are you talking about? or do you even know,If indeed you are a woman you really need to take a look in the mirror (even if you are a man) and ask your self “what the heck happened to make me so ugly” you are unbelieveable.

• Maris, You are a you are a cock clapping thunder cunt. The reason you got divorced 30 years ago is the same reason this country is in such bad shape. You should have stayed home and raised your kids like God had intended for you to do. Instead of being going to work, lowering the overall pay rate for men so people who want a traditional family can no longer have one because of the pay rates. Women got Adam got man kicked out of the Garden of Eden! Women have caused the detetation of he home due to joining the work force. This caused the deteration of the family due to the birth giver not being their for her children when they were needed. Now white women are mostly screwing black men. What the hell is going to be next. Men need to get their women and the country back under control before in any way they have too. What you think about that Maris? And what kind of name is Maris? Doesnt sound American to me! You need a man to get your ass in line!

  • You’re going to quote (loosly) the Bible and use that mouth to kiss your kids? You prove my point. What kind of name is “Big Daddy”? Screen name for a backward Arkansas “little dick” syndrome racist sexist bigot, probably underpaid or unemployed due to lack of education, not because some woman was in the workplace rather than barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. I assure you, not that it’s any of your business, that I am both white and American. I was living in Arkansas when I met and married the pea-brained idiot you so resemble. I got tired of him trying to slap me “in line” while his girlfriends could do as they pleased. I picked up a newspaper one day (as you should) and read that slavery had ended. I have a husband of 27 years now, and although he isn’t black, he is educated and respectful of me. I can keep myself “in line” all by myself. I had a career, raised two beautiful, successful children, and am married to an intelligent husband who isn’t threatened by it.

    Several things have happened that you may not be aware of. Women now have the vote, blacks are considered equal, and in some states even gays are allowed to marry. White women can (and do) marry black men all day long. Hispanics are the largest minority. Those “hot” Asians aren’t far behind. Your precious white country is becomming tan whether you like it or not. Our new president is bi-racial. You’d better pull your over-sized head out of your frightened little ass and take a look around, Big Daddy. This country is going to leave you choking in the stale, dry dust of Arkansas…

  • In case you did not realize it Big Daddy u are what is considered a Redneck AssHole. There are many more of your kind around but in this day and age the stay “in the closet” Why don’t you join them!!!!!

• Big Daddy, please don’t hang me for this, but what has happened to you? you seem to be so mad, and I must say your language leaves a lot to be desired, right now I am wondering if you hate women, and if I were you I’d be more careful with the racial remarks, again I don’t mean to make you mad but you never know who is on here and what you might get in responce . JMO

• I DO NOT NOT AGREE WITH ELIZABETH jon and r not abusive u r full of crap idiot

• what has happened to this site? If you were on most blogs , most of these comments would never get thru, all the racial and bad words are driving away good debates, no one wants to be involved in this,

  Maris, I really understand what you are trying to say to this person but I think now you are just wasting your time, it seems to me he has a big hatred toward women as well as blacks, oh my lord where did this all come from? no use in trying to talk to Big Daddy,who ever that is they want to just rant and rave on women or whatever and they are not even making sence any more, so just try to ignore it and hopefully they’ll go away, b/c frankly a lot of decent posters will leave,

  Big Daddy why don’t you find a place where you fit in with your kind of opinions and leave this blog to those who want to dis-cuss the show? I think you would be happier some where else. This is supose to be about J&K not other womens personal lives or blacks taking over America. Try this on some other blogs and you will be booted in a heart beat, don’t believe me just try it, ofcourse you may just enjoy that.

  • I certainly can spell. I made a post to someone else and you felt the need to inject your rather uninformed pseudo-christian opinion, and assumed, like some of the other posters can tell, that only your opinion mattered. I watch this show, I can, as a free woman, (and I am, and a mother, and a wife and a businees person, and EDUCATED far beyond your comprehension, clearly) comment how I see fit, as for swearing or being racial or offensive, I can certainly post this comment with none of the above, just fer yew. I do not need to worry about someone admonishing me for standing up to the person you just asked to leave “your” posting spot, and as for your impression and your comments on me, having read the other post you have so graciously swaddled us in, I’ll be okay. You are right about one thing…most folks would kick out the trouble maker as it were…and I am not the only one who feels it is YOU. The post is about Jon and Kate and the show, yet you have somehow made it about you. So, troubled friend.keep on posting, so will I. I read on and on about your personal life, which I could care less about and yet you open your big GIANT mouth and say something so incredibly stupid, see I can spell, and expected that I would just sit there and take it. The show is about family, and I was raised to be nice to my sisters, both spiritually and familialy, seems you might not have been, so I have quietly said what I am gonna say, and I am sure you will have soo very much to say, so the saga continues. Quit preaching, and quit bullying people whose opinions you do not find favorable to your own, and either get your own blog, or politley stfu….or I’ll tell Kate. I will.

    • In fact I had commented on jon and kate slapping each other, and his inablility to lead in the family, and Big Daddy had an opinion, that I reply’d to and YOU told me i had no respect. WTF ?? I didn’t even read your posts until then, and here we are.

  • some accountability on your end is due.

  • again, just the litigaor in me… I posted on Dec 27th for the first time in MONTHS about the show…Miss I got my sh** together, I made 2 posts, and you decided that the comment I made to Big daddy amd decoded that I needed a lesson on my personal morals, to which you felt the need to not comment on J&K but on your OPINION of my post which is none of your business, I just want to make sure we are all on the same page, as you seen to need things dumbed down for you, or you…um…forgot…So again with the soap box. I grew up surrounded by big ole girls like you…jsut full of hell fire and brinstone, meanwhile sitting at home …alone with thir cats and ungrateful kids who see dad part time, hopefully YOU can see th error in your ways, my “christian ” friend, I swear, but I tell the truth. You can not say the same, see post…LMAO, isn’t that also swearing, my God, such a hypocrit, hope YOU do not have your kids which WE ALL HEARD about in the same room. Mine are sleeping, peacefully in a home with a good foundation and NO BULLSHIT, can’t say I hold out much hope for yours.

    • I really feel sorry for you, Hope you have a better new year and a new look out on life.

• What happened to this blog??? Ithought people could speak their minds and have fun, when did the sad, tired holier-than-thous take over. I’m no church lady, but someone protests too much. Gosh, I must look for a christian/ only -my -opinion -counts web site. Whew. Thank God I found EVIL BEET. LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • maybe you should think about getting back on your meds??

    • I’ll second that…

    • third here…

• i’ve commented often on the ‘does anyone else watch jon and kate plus eight’ post that evil beet had long before this one, although i am new to this post. and i’ve read many of the comments on here and i do not like the language i read on here so i doubt i will be here as often as i am on the other one but..

  to anyone saying negative towards jon and kate – that’s fine by me. it’s your opinion, voice it anyway you want, i could care less. but i’ve watched the shows ever since it was only an hour special. i love the gosselins, and for many different reasons.. not just the kids. although there is alot of controversy about their marriage, one thing is apparent – they do love those children, LONG before they were multi-millionaires, and long before anyone though they were ‘selling their children for money.’ anyone with eyes can see they care for, and love their children, and to me, that’s the only thing that matters. they have love in their family, and despite all the negative comments said about them, they’re still going strong.

  i respect kate as a mother because she’s done what most could not do. and i’m not talking about now-a-days, since they’re wealthy.. but before all of the media and fame. they had no money and were thrown six babies all at once, and frankly what she did was remarkable, with the help of jon and his paycheck for a while. you can say they make money off their kids, and well, they do. it’s no secret. without the six, there would be no show, and i would not be typing on this blog. clearly this was in the cards for them and apart of God’s plan. whether or not kate’s messed up in the past, whether it’s about the aunt jodi thing or anything else she may be criticized for, she’s a human. she makes mistakes. get over it.

  i love the gosselins, and felt i should bring a little positive energy into this blog.. because well, there’s not much here, or so i read.

  • Thank You lesley, you are 100% correct about the positiveness of J&K on this blog, ppl would really rather have all the ugly, bad and negative, I do believe there are more fans than not, contrary to what some would like to think.

• I couldnt agree more with Lesley and the other few positive comments on this blog. The children are being used to make money, but would homelessness or other options be better? The children are atleast getting great experiences from the show through travel and other things… in todays economy you have to do what you have to do to make ends meet. I doubt highly that on a nurses salary and the salary of what ever it is Jon truly does that they could afford to clothe, feed and shelter 8 children with a somewhat decent standard of living. As for them not being Christian unless they are recieving things, I find that hard to believe as well. They were Christians long before the show came about and honestly show or no show I dont know if getting 8 children up, dressed, and out the door to church every Sunday would be worth any gift other than salvation? Kate hates mornings so why would she do that to get something free? I think that Jon and Kate are real on the show (hence the fact that we even see the hitting and other debatable mistakes made). If they were trying to make a perfect image for themselves, they could request things to be edited and removed before we even see them. And so what if they have a chef or other people who do things for them? The chef now has a job to care for his family…

  Additionally, suthunbelle, you are out of line in many of your comments. Having an opinion and sharing it is perfectly fine, but doing it in the way you choose is a little unnecessary. Share your thoughts, but dont personally attack others.

  December 30, 2008 at 8:45 pm
  There is a special place in Hell foe people like you…akin to the MARTA drivers, who have to drive allthe child molesters and animal husbanders to court for there hearings. You. You are an abomination..ans clearly barren. Shut up. Pig. You are not a woman.

  Do you know her? To say that she is going to hell for sharing an oppinion is outrageous. I, like Lesley, will likely not be returning much to this blog but I did think you should know that using the words you choose actually makes people miss your oppinion and get caught up in the lack of intellegence and class you are demonstrating.

  • I had five children under five and they have all done well. I would never drag our children around like they do. It has to be age appropriate and they seem to not care about that. Jon gets stuck with the children while Kate is in the spa….for instance. If you’ve ever put ski clothes on little kids….almost immediately they need to visit the bathroom! It’s just another example of how Jon is used while Kate lolls somewhere else. She’s a real spoiled brat. I watch their program as a way to teach our children/grandchildren about what not to do!!!! She’s a terrible example…..

• YIKES!!!

• Yes, Missy, I unfortunately understand all too well that in a thousand years, I’d never get through that thick head sitting atop Big Daddy, but he addressed me by name, called me a few choice names, speculated on my divorce and current marital status, and then proceeded to advise me on what I should have done (stay in my place and populate the world with people like him). I know the whole thing was off-topic (even if he did start it), but I’d evidently struck a nerve with the “little dick” accusation (aka “little man” syndrome) and frankly, it was just too tempting to resist. He doesn’t intimidate me in the least. So, I’ve had my say, and as long as he doesn’t decide to spew more ignorance and profanities my way, I’m glad to drop it. My apologies to those I may have offended.

  But….. as long as I’m off-topic, what’s with all those replies to your comments that (I thought) were speaking to me?? Someone (not calling any names here, no need to) is most definitely off her medicine, or at the very least needs a dosage adjustment. As Rachel said, “YIKES!!”

  Now, as for J&K+8, I may not agree with your opinion of the family and the show and Aunt Jodi, etc. etc. etc. To tell the truth, I haven’t just sat down and studied who said what. I do think this should be a place where anyone and everyone can come to voice their opinions in a respectful manner without fear of being attacked. Is that so hard? It would appear that for some, it is…

• well thanks, and i do agree with you jenny about the church topic. on the first hour they did, before anyone even knew jon and kate, they showed them getting the babies, mere one year olds, and mady and cara out of the door. they did it one baby at a time. waaaaaay before any donations or speaking engagements were offered to kate and the rest of the family.

  i hope everyone had a happy new year by the way.

• My question is Did Aunt Jodi get greedy? Who offered her money or did she ask to be paid? Hmmm??? I think the Gosselin’s are doing a wonderful job with their family. I enjoy the show and will continue to watch every week. I just thank God that my children came one at a time and not two or six at a time. I see a very loving family. Not a perfect family but a loving family whose parents are trying to teach their children the right way to live.

• maris, if you think, or if I have offended you I am sorry, truthfully sorry. and yes we should be able to speak our POV’s with out worry of a personal attack, and we should make sure it happens, if some one starts to attack personally the rest should jump in, So if I have offended you personally forgive me, Can we start over? and who ever Big Daddy is/was was way out of line,

  Thank You for your comment, it’s good to have some else open the door (so to speak) once in a while, While I do not claim to be perfect, I do claim to be honest and have a kind heart.

  • Offend me? No dear, not in the least. I’m confused as to what I may have said that makes you think that. What I understood from your comment to me was that you were letting me know the futility of responding to Big Daddy, as if to spare my feelings or save me the time and trouble of banging my head against a brick wall. While I already knew that, I couldn’t resist zinging him a bit. Too much fun to goad a moron such as he is…

    As for my comment about differing opinions of the show, I’m in agreement with you, and was just trying to let you know that I think mature adults should be able to disagree without being disagreeable. I have no doubt that you’re a nice person with a kind heart, and there’s nothing to forgive. Although I can be fierce and opinionated, I don’t generally attack without provocation.

    Unlike a certain “southern” gal (hardly a belle) with her illogical, disjointed, vulgar ramblings… pardon my language, but WTF??? I suppose I’ll have to go back and read the posts to see when and how this started, and who let this person out of her cage. Was she defending some point of view expressed by Big Daddy? Maybe she’s his bff or wife, and he slapped her “in line” one time too many. By one means or another, I think brain damage might explain it…

    • This is my last post, for this sight, but no, I did not defend said person, he is a creep, your partner in crime proceeded to berate me and so (see Dec 27) I let her know what I thought, but I am an idiot and you people live in the land of rainbows. I think Big daddy is gross, and I had no othert comment until Missy decided she needed to give me an etiquette lesson. Period. She is weak and I am done, so tag, your it. No meds, just think women shouldn’t be soo petty or stoopid, sorry, Missy, STUPID, so post on about j& K, no cage, makes me feel a little sad for those of you who think you have some answer. Missy, Fuck you, if you can get it up, everyone else, sorry it didn’t work out, epic fail.

    • I am the daughter of a missionary couple, and traveled for 13 years, I see GROSS misjustice and sad treatment of women and kids, and I have short time to have any “normal” time online, so no hard feelings on my end to you, but I only told Big Daddy to STFU about slapping his woman in line. I can not keep my “potty mouth” in check, again see 12/17, there was nothing out of ,line untilk precious Missy spode hers. I would have let it go. I like the show, and I was commenting on it prior, told Big daddy to stfu, then whomever, proceeded to get involved. So whatever. I still will visit this site, just not participate in this discussion, cuz, I am humbeled, as my father said I would be, and my husband, who is laughing hysterically, and as you all put it, too low class, or off my meds, or out of my cage, to deal. Hmmm. Look at your baby daughters tonight, and imagine not only some idiot fuck saying ‘I’ll slap you arouynd…funny, I asked Missy the same thing…are you his wife??” and then realising, that in some other place, she IS!!! Sorry I stood up fpr domestic violence and it wasn’t up to J&K standards. PUH-Leeze. As for illogical ramblings and what not, ladies, and gents, take a look around, yall ALL need meds, I’m all set. Again, see 12/17. Thanks , Missy, glad to know you.

  • Leslie and Missy, your very sweet people but watch out for that Maris! Shes an animal! hahah I wondered who that post would get fired up and I guess I found out. I like you Maris! Youve got guts!

  • You like me and think I have guts? OK, now I’m amused! My ex also found me very appealing after we divorced. He’s a nice guy in many ways, but I just couldn’t live with his views that I should stay in my place (as he defined it). When he took it to a physical level, I had to leave. If you had a woman who could and did kick the s*** out of you on a regular basis, I bet you’d change your opinion of violence in the home. It’s no fun when you’re on the receiving end. I’m an animal, alright. Human.

    Big Daddy, are you SURE we weren’t married??? You sure do sound like whats-his-name…

    • He called you a cunt. Hmmm. Everyone all chummy now?? WOW.
      IF anyone deserves a YIKES, it is this post. OMFG. Sad, girl, or not-a-bell.

    • Suthunbelle, I agreed with many of your earlier posts. Then you seemed to spin out into an orbit around Pluto or something, not really making any sense, just angry and vulgar. So he called me a cunt. So what? Doesn’t make me one. It just let me know I’d struck a nerve with him.

      You seem to be angry with a lot of people on this site. You really should lighten up, chill a little. Maybe you have bad nerves. Take a valium and go sit a spell, see if it helps…

• kate should take more time to recognize and appreciate all of the wonderful help she has in her life and shouldn’t let the show get to her head!

• Maris, thanks for your comment, sorry it took me a while to get back, I see the baiting is still going on, maybe he has nothing better to do with his time LOL.

  But he did say you have guts, and I’m glad you don’t let him run over you, I in no way blame you for your comments to him or what you said you were exactly right, as for “the belle” ha, ha that is a laugh,

  Any way look forward to your comments and hope you are haing a great week end, talk to ya soon, Cyber buddies need to stick together, has nothing to do with our opinions of J&K if we agree fine, if not thats fine to, just good ole’ fashion adult debating is good for me, and the rest of these (whatever they are ) we’ll deal with as we go along.

• Jon and Kate is a good show. I believe they are taking care of their family the best way they can. I mean come on if you were approached with the same offer you would have taken it to. Supporting one child in this world is hard enough with how the economy is, so Im guessing you can imagine how it would be with EIGHT. Every family has their own bad apples, but they are family and family sticks together no matter what. But you dont go spreading your family ISSUES all over the flipping internet. There are always two sides of every story. Did Aunt Jodi ever stop to think how this would affect those KIDS. Honestly if we are going to sit here everyday and worry about other peoples lifes that is just depressing. Maybe we all should take a second and look into our own lifes and try fix what needs to be fixed before going on and talking about others. Thats what wrong with people today, they cant keep their nose out of everyones elses business.

• When the show first started, I used to love to watch. This Pennsylvania family would go to places in PA that I have taken my children to. The Crayola Factory, the Pittsburgh Zoo. But then it got crazy. Trips to Hawaii and a second wedding. I have become quite disgusted with this show and as much as I love Aiden, I donot watch anymore. I wish some TV producer would pay for my family to go to Hawaii or for plastic surgery to get rid of my belly. John and Kate have used their children to get all this stuff handed to them for free. And she is downright nasty to John!

  • Dito Robin….At first I didn’t feel this way, but now the money, trips etc..seem to be way more important than anything. The show has gotten way off course from the original family. Speaking of family, Jodi was not a ragdoll that Kate could throw away because of a show, she is an important part of the kids lives. Also, nothing is being said about her own family i.e., mother, father and why she isn’t involved with them either, now her brother??? Is there a theme here???

• BIG DADDY NEEDS TO FIND A DICTIONARY.

  • ELKSUMMERS, If I got a dictionary it would take me too long to type in my blog. No one seemed to have a problem understanding what I was saying. Its not my fault they don’t have spell check.

• Of course, by putting themselves in the public eye, Jon and Kate have given everyone the right to judge them- it comes with the package. But people- sometimes there is a line you don’t cross- and A LOT of the comments on here cross the line. Get over yourselves and DON’T WATCH THE SHOW if you don’t like what you see. Your on here ranting about a family who LOVES their children enough to want them to have the best possible opportunities in life- the experiences that most families of that number would never have. SO WHAT? People today are so bitter that they haven’t been handed the golden ticket that they have to judge, and condemn. Well, there’s a little thing called sucking it up and being happy for someone- but I guess that sort of thing doesn’t happen anymore.

  As for the original point- I feel bad that this has occurred between Aunt Jodi and the family- but I cannot truly have an opinion because from this video- and what I have read- the story isn’t completely clear and of course, I was not there to witness any of it. The state of internet gossip leads me to think this could be a complete fabrication, and it could be true. But I do not know the facts. All I can say is that Aunt Jodi did a lot for those kids and I highly doubt that the family was not thankful. You can see their gratitude in the episodes where Jodi helps out. I hope they can reconcile.

  Lastly, I just want to say that this show is personally, for me, a release. I don’t have a family like they do- one that is close and loving. When I see the Gosselins, it reminds me of what I could have one day. I do not think that any of the issues discussed here are what matters in the long run, it is meant to show us the everyday happiness that a family can experience, despite the cards you were dealt. I do not know this family, so I cannot say for sure, but the show shows me that they love their children, and that their children love each other. As for exploitation- give me a break. Are you even remotely aware of the child exploitation that goes on in the world today? Maybe do a little research before you start on this family- who do a world of good for people- in big ways and small.

• i did not like it

• I do comment once in awhile and have to admire the Gosselin family. I find it funny how the majority of you think you know what is best for the children. They don’t look neglected to me. Mady (popular spelling by the way) is a typical 8 year old. Had one of those myself. Heck was one of those myself. Got to love this blog!

• Hey Maris, I liked your blog, but let me ask you this. If the world is supposed to be distroyed when it becomes as bad as it was before the flood dont you think that he was talking about a percentage? If thats true and there are billions of people of the earth now, what is it that we are doing so wrong? There have always been wars, and etc.. Is the percentage of wars up? Most of the countries at war have been at war for 100s of years. Dont forget Sodum and Gamora (Im not looking up these words, you know what I mean). What do you feel is going on in the world today. One study showed that people who were gay was directly perportional to the amount of Male hormone they were exposed to in the womb. If this is true, then its not thier fault they are gay. Why would God condem people for something that is not their fault? I dont hate gays. I dont believe that you choose who you fall in love with. It just happens and you lucky if the other person feels the same way you do. I dont hate blacks eather. I worked for the no 1 retailer in the world for over 20 years and I have constantly seen people overly qualified for a position be overlooked and someone, usually of color and female, with little or no qualifications be promoted. Then when they are asked why the decision is made, they say “IT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED”.? Why is that not challened? If you say anything about it and have proof you are being racist and a bigot! Why are people being chosen not because of the content of their character but because of the color of their skin or thier gender or thier sexual orientation? Why are they not being chosen because of their qualifications? I can tell you part of it, they are afraid of being suied rather than doing what is right. I dont believe in beating your spouse. I think they should be beat. I dont think kate beats Jon. Im sorry you got divorced. Im sure he was a AHole. You should have left him. How many others in the world though do you think get divorced just because they get board with their spouse and start looking else where or marriage just didnt turn out to be their cup of tea? Now Im quoteing from CROW the movie, ” Mothers are God in the eyes of their children.” Children are the most precious resource we have ever had, yet they miss their parents. Most kids spend half the day at school or at the sitter, the other half is spent with a parent or both if they are lucky trying to get super cooked, baths done and trying to get in the bed to start all over again. Kids are not learning from their parents becuse most kids only have one and that one is trying to pay the bills.
  So why do you think we are doing so wrong that the world is supposed to be distroyed again? seriously. I have another thought too that Ill ask you about later.

  • Wars, gays, injustice in the workplace, inequality of races, increase in divorce rates, evils and ills of society, destruction of humanity and the end of the world — that’s a LOT to respond to! Would you like me to move a mountain or two while I’m at it? I don’t pretend to have the answer for everything, I have my hands full just trying to manage my own life. To speak to much of what you ponder, I’ll just say that if your mama told you that life was fair, she lied to you. Lots of things aren’t fair.

    As for war, that’s an easy one. War is a necessary evil evidently, but I don’t like it. Human nature and history seem to dictate that we always have a common enemy, whether it be skin color, religion, or whatever. I think most mothers of sons don’t like war. Injustice in the workplace is relatively new, and I agree with you that the most qualified person should be the one to get the job. Affirmative action was well-intended but frequently went wrong. Minorities were being passed over because of their color, but the “cure” seemed to simply cause the reverse in many instances. Although I’ve been divorced, I don’t believe in divorce in many cases. I think young people today don’t see marriage in the “till death do us part” way that it was intended to be in the Bible. The breakdown of the family is the beginning of the breakdown of society, in my humble opinion. Fathers don’t stick around to raise children, women have children first and think about marriage later because marriage is a commitment and children aren’t (?), mothers have to work, couples break up over problems that could and should be worked out, and society seems to condone it all. What can you do?

    As for the end of the world and your percentage theory, I suppose speculation is a harmless pastime. In the Bible, however, it says even the Son knows not the day nor the hour. If Jesus doesn’t know, I’m quite sure that I don’t either. I do believe we’re living in the last days, and in fact each man should live each day as if it’s his last because it just might be…

    OK, those are a few of my opinions — BUT — this blog is supposed to be about Jon and Kate. Before we get blasted, might I suggest we take this elsewhere? I have an account with yahoo, and if you’d care to create one for yourself (it’s free) and dare to post it, I’d be happy to correspond and continue to opine.

    Oh, and don’t ever call me a “cunt” again. That was your one free shot. Next time I rip off your head and s*** down your throat…

    • Maris, I appreciate the words offered to suthunbelle earlier, she suffered her 3rd miscarriage. yes, she was off on Pluto. Angry. Nice of you to difuse the situation. Thank you (sniff). dare I sign off as, belle, now bun-in-oven.

      Glad to see you advocate for yourself about the cunt remark.

    • Oh, wow… I’m so sorry! I did not know that. Well, that explains alot. My sincere apologies and sympathies to suthunbelle. I would probably be off in orbit as well. Belle, if you’re reading this, I hope you’ll pardon an old lady’s insensitive remarks. I truly did not know. My thoughts are with you in your grief, and I wish you well.

      As for the parting remark to Big Daddy, I despise that word. It’s so degrading to women as if to reduce us to a mindless body part, and in such a nasty and vulgar manner at that. Since he has yet to respond or ask about the “other thought” he had, I suppose my threat has scared him off. Oh well, it is what it is…

    • Maris, your candor and grace is truly a God goven GIFT. She is my sister, really, by blood. She is also a trash mouth, but I still love her, and she is OFF LIMITS to the computer! She really loves God and she could not convey the real disgust she felt for the ruse commenters statements,a nd then someone else got involed and she spiraled. Thank you for extending the olive branch, You truly sho what my sisters and I have always been taught, compassion, even through nashed teeth, :)

    • also, Maris, bless you and your family in the new year, Suthunbelle took no offense, she is numb. Sad, and sullen, it is soo sad, as I am now expecting, pregnant with blessed baby number 4. Not as smart or witty as her, but so sorrowful for her, thank you for your kind statements, I found this on her computer and changed the log in and changed her mind about the way to dispell her grief. So sorry to the community for her billigerence. She is so distraught.
      Maris, I have read soooooooooo much here since the holidays and she was trying to speak up for the ones who can not, our lives built around this premise. BUILT. She loves this show, and we are huge fans. Would I be permitted to comment in the future about this show. It is humurous how people are so impassioned and find such a kindred spirit in this family. SOrry, laptop, in a car, on the road, UGH.

• Hey, “WALK IN THEIR SHOES” and see if you wouldn’t do the same!!!! Once a mother bear, always a mother bear!! We will do what we can, when we can and how we can to take care, protect and provide for our child(ren). If you don’t like what you see on the tv show, TURN THE CHANNEL!! No one is making you sit there and watch it. On the other hand, it is a nice show to sit and watch and see the growth in the family. Not an easy task…remember, those cameras put a spin on it so we see it the way they want us to see it…there are many things in a marriage, a family that happen daily that we are not privy to see on the show and we need to put this in perspective. We only have a GLIMPSE of what their lives are like. If you have something negative to say, keep it to yourself, look in the mirror and make some changes!

• This is in 5 parts. It certainly tells us what some men are thinking about Jon and Kate. I believe it is the most vile and shocking thing I have seen or heard.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXfhfQntH1A

• I am really confused… maybe someone here can help me understand. What is the deal with “Aunt Jodi” & her sister?

• Anonymous, IMO only, Jodi got upset b/c she was not getting paid for the show, (Kates fault? maybe) then Jodi started complaining to her sis- Julie and Julie decided to tell every one else that and any thing else she could dredge up, and to me that is exactly what they did, The way I see it, they and others say K&J are selling their kids, well as lond as Jodi was on the show she didn’t say anything about it at all, but as soon as she found out that there would be no money for her, then she had a big problem with K&J exploiting their kids.

  But instead of the little coward saying any thing herself, she went to her sister to do it for her.

  You have heard Jodi say how much she loved Kate and the kids, and how she volunteered to baby sit every friday morn, and she enjoyed having the kids at her house, but all of a sudden it was all Kates fault,
  The only thing I see is jealousy on Jodis part. Thats my opinion.

• Oh please Missy..I’ve read almost of your replies…you need something else to do during the day. YOU act as if YOUR in the house wth them. None of us really know the truth behind the Jodie situation. Perhaps Jodie grew tired of being used and abused, or maybe HER 4 children grew tired of competing with their cousins for attention.

  Love the kids but get really tired of Kate’s attitude not only towards Jon but others willing to offer free services (case in point, the cup cake lady) that was hard to watch…she was so rude! And Maddy needs some professional help,or a good old fashion spanking, or grounding. My chidren would never act like she does nor would they get away with it.

  Kate should be grateful for what TLC has given them, relax and enjoy it while it lasts, i’snt going to last forever. NOW they are moving to a bigger house good for them, but keep the complaining about the move down to a minium KATE! I”m sure your getting some sort of kick back or perks in your new hous because of the show..be grateful and show it in the interviews.

  • Well said.

  • kathryn i totally agree with u!!! And some of u people really do need to find other things to do with your time!!!

• Wow Kathryn, if you have read my “many post” as you say, then you would read that I agree with some of what you say, almost all of it, Kates attitude toward her husband, Mady and all of them needing a good ole’ spanking (forget grounding, they are on the run too much for that) But as far as J&K being grateful, OMG how much more can they say it? they are always saying how grateful they are that they can do these things for the kids, do they name each and every person who has donated trips, clothes, food, help ect, no they don’t and if they did you all would say they were looking for brownie points, But many, many times they say they are thankful for what they have and can do, and without the show they would have never been able to do that,

  Now as far as Jodi, no I do not agree that she is that sweet little loving, kind selfless person she “PRETENDED” to be, she wanted to be on the show or she would have closed her door to the cameras just like some of the others had done, no she wanted to exploit Kates kids and hers also, if not why did she ever start? Kates father had his face blurred out as he walked Kate down the aisle , No Jodi and Kevin (the big wuss) done exactly what they wanted, exploit J&K’s kids until there was no money involved for them, then they wanted out,

  They loved K&J remember how many times Jodi would brag about how sje just loved helping Kate, (without Kate asking) and how she loved that they lived so close so she and Kevin could help more, OMG how can you ppl defend her so much?

  Why Jodi didn’t get paid, we do not know, only what bloggers like GWoP has said, I don’t see why she should not have been paid espically since everyone else probably is, but it was not my call to make, and to tell the truth, we do not know that that is what happened for sure, all we know is what they say, and what speculation is going around,

  How can you ppl be so judgemental? do you know her (Kate) personally? do you know that some day you to will be judged? better know where your heart is at. Nice chatting with you.

• I’ve been watching Kate and Jon make Eight for over a year before they even came to the TLC network. I am amazed by how “cool” Kate handles all the stresses, noise, and confusion of having 8 kids underfoot all the time. She never raises her voice and the love she has for each one of them comes thru in every episode. So what if her and Jon get free gifts from businesses? Anyone that allows cameras into their home to film and show the world all their personal ups and downs deserve these “gifts”. Bottom line, each and every one of the children are very well behaved and the love they have received from Kate and Jon and other caregivers is reflected in their personalities. I raised 5 children as a Single Parent, and now have Legal Custody of my THREE Teenage Grandaughters and only wish I had half of the patience that Kate and Jon do. I only hope that Kate’s Mom and Dad live long enough to regret their lack of involvement with these sweet children that are their Grandchildren. I hope this program never, never goes off the air.

• I usually don’t reply to stuff i read of the net but this time i can’t help it. Reality show like this one are obviously not for everyone. It is hard to understand a situation when you are not in it. I have to admit that i’m kind of addicted to the show because i have seven kids of my own and my husband and i can relate to john and kate.All of you who are giving bad comments about their parenting skills and their way of dealing with one another are surrely not in control of a family the size of theirs. Everyday life can be sometime chaotic when you have to deal with every aspect of life plus being in charge of a family of 10 or in our case 9 ,providing ,caring cheerishing every moments and specially meeting the needs of everyone. Only one who is put in this situation can truly understand. Having kids is a bleesing from above and the best thing in life but it is also the hardest thing to mannage. Every mistake and wrong turn affect somebody and everything rely on the best ability of the parents. It is easy to watch the show and critisize their every move and words but sometime you have to pay more attention to thing that got to be done more than being politicly correct. Personnaly i think Kate is a wonderful woman even if she is sometime a bit to much but i understand her fully. The show is about a family with two set of multiples but some people want to dig deeper than that overlooking at their finances , matrimonial issues and so on. For those interested in these they are show like that so why don’t you watch them???? In regards of laboring their kids, it is stupid to think like that. Like Miss Judy ‘s sister said, the show is recorded only 3 or 4 day a week and airs for 1 hour a week just showing their every day life. My opinion on Judy is really different than others i guess. From day one i always felt that her reason to accepted to appear on the show was to show herself. The good cook the big rich house ,the mothery type and her little comment of and on while she was in charge of the kids. Ok maybe it was a bit selfish from Kate to refuse for her to get paid but before her sister make blogs about exploiting the kids she should look at her sister. John and Kate are the parents of the kids the live for their kids feed them take care of them educate them and they are the one living with the crew in their house daily in order to have what they have and if they do get money for it hey why not?????
  But what is Judy sacrificing for the show !!!NOTHING yes she babysat few times and helped around but isn’t this why family is for???? Again compare to me , i am the one with seven kids who would need help and i end up babysitting everyone esle all the time and i never once would charge a family member so this little missy should think twice before spitting words about John an Kate exploiting their kids i think her sister is the one who just saw an opportunity to make money over her nieces and nefew wich is really really low….It almost sound like if i have a reason to defend them but believe me i don’t i just think they are good parents and they are an inspiration to lots of people and i really hope tlc and them will agree to continue as long as the kids enjoy it.

• Nana Joan, where have you been. Kate has help with those kids. She has nannies, chefs and personal trainers. She doesn’t raise her voice because she does nothing. She just gave birth to those kids, she’s no mother!

  • There comes the clueless, I have being around my question to you would be ! How many kids do you actually have to be the judge of her being no mother!!!

• hotran, you are absolutely right, The biggest job/responsibility we will ever have is being a parent. and the most rewarding,
  You sound like a wonderful parent and I hope you know that all the deeds that you do will be returmed some how, God knows your heart and that is what counts,

  AS far as Jodi is concerned I think she became terribly jealous of Kate, and she wanted more and more attention. She never once mentioned “exploiting kids” until her sister got involved, and I don’t blame Kate I would never allow her to be alone with my kids again.

• What exactly trying to say?

• Rachel, who are you talking to?

• to Rachel, my last comment was about trying to understand how you can say that she’s “no mother” just because she has help around the house.Believe me all the help she has she needs it and all the help will never be enough.She is giving the best gift to these kids wich are the values of sharing ,giving ,loving an so much more. In many episodes we have seen her hugging the kids ,going down to their level to explain them stuff .they are teaching them valueable lessons , like family first , eating healty, keeping things organize, and so and so…..
  so i didn’t quite understand your point.You were minimizing her job as a parents just because she is getting help. good for her!! This tv show i am sure was a opportunity for them to be able to give something to the kids that they would of probably not being able to do on their own salary so i realy don’t understand how people can talk about them making money over it. If you really pay attention half the time the kids are not even paying attention to the cameras if when they do they are very friendly about it.They don’t look like remote kids wich then would be something to worry about. As some people comment, about j&k lettig their kids do thing that they could hurt themself or hitting each other or yelling ,crying,running around the house screaming,messing up the basement with toys…. well with that many kids that is what i call reality TV. Also another of my point of vue, i was reading above,someone was blaming kate for mentionning stuff about her kids saying that she was making fun of them or putting them down, it put a grin on my face. Everbody can identify their kids quality but not everybody can identify their faults because that is way more hard to do, most parents refuse to believe that their kids could be like that or like that but her in a loving way, she is able to see her kids personality good and bad with no shame and she deserve credit for it.Anyway, as a closure to my opinion,i just think that people with bad thought on how they manage their family should really not judge them until they live their life or something close to it….I wish them the best and i hope the shows last for those who actually enjoy watching it.

  • i agree with what you have commented on and hope that the show does last….

• I happen to love the show Jon and Kate plus eight….. If aunt Jodi and Kate are bickering…then let them be…. half my aunts are bickering about one stupid thing or another…like who looks younger than who and whose ribs taste better than so and so chicken wings… its a part of life…. and to me I think it is normal… Aunt Jodi shouldn’t be pissed at Kate …because if Aunt Jodi was so sweet and caring and wanted to help out if this was her true character…then she would of passed on the $$ opportunity and said… I help out because I love my family..nieces…and nephews… I have no intention of making bank off of this family who obviously needs it more than I do….Aunt Jodi has four babies… Kate has a family of 10..you do the math… and Aunt Jodi has 4 children because that is what Aunt Jodi wanted…. Kate on the other hand…. didn’t necessarily desire a family of ten….. which she has stated many times in many interviews… she accepts her family and loves her family and if I were Kate.. I would continue to do the show and provide for my family with all the wonderful opportunities that they have been given… someone commented on the Disney trip being a free ride by Disney…if it was… Good for them!!! If someone offered you a free trip to the destination of your choice…who in their right mind would say no!!!! Especially with a family of ten… and as for Kate and Jons relationship….. I think it is totally normal for the amount of pressure they have on their hands everyday… people are so funny to judge… you try taking care of 8 children by yourself….. and you would be accepting of those free hand outs too… Kate and Jon are only human…back off them…. .I think they are playing the cards that they were dealt as best as they can…

• I happen to love the show Jon and Kate plus eight….. If aunt Jodi and Kate are bickering…then let them be…. half my aunts are bickering about one stupid thing or another…like who looks younger than who and whose ribs taste better than so and so chicken wings… its a part of life…. and to me I think it is normal… Aunt Jodi shouldn’t be pissed at Kate …because if Aunt Jodi was so sweet and caring and wanted to help out if this was her true character…then she would of passed on the $$ opportunity and said… I help out because I love my family..nieces…and nephews… I have no intention of making bank off of this family who obviously needs it more than I do….Aunt Jodi has four babies… Kate has a family of 10..you do the math… and Aunt Jodi has 4 children because that is what Aunt Jodi wanted…. Kate on the other hand…. didn’t necessarily desire a family of ten….. which she has stated many times in many interviews… she accepts her family and loves her family and if I were Kate.. I would continue to do the show and provide for my family with all the wonderful opportunities that they have been given… someone commented on the Disney trip being a free ride by Disney…if it was… Good for them!!! If someone offered you a free trip to the destination of your choice…who in their right mind would say no!!!! Especially with a family of ten… and as for Kate and Jons relationship….. I think it is totally normal for the amount of pressure they have on their hands everyday… people are so funny to judge… you try taking care of 8 children by yourself….. and you would be accepting of those free hand outs too… Kate and Jon are only human…back off them…. .I think they are playing the cards that they were dealt as best as they can…

• If I have to watch Kate ONE more time, i will vomit, or force myself to! I will not, cannot do it one more time. Tonight I watched and thought it’s been awhile since I’ve watched…SURELY kate has gotten a clue as to how she is NOW acting…a total bitch! I watched with hopes that she would have changed ‘somewhat’. No luck, so no more watching the show, I cannot stomach Kate. The last time I watched, they were at an underground aquarium or something of the sort. The camera totally followed Kate around looking dreamily at seahorses! I thought the show was about the complete family with a focus on the children they are exploiting, but nope…..all Kate. So tonight, bravely…I watched again…and none of the kids would sit with her and she wondered why???? She is narcisstic and she cannot see how others see her. Normal people change behaviours upon realization that it repulses others…..
  I have been in large households before, and they were well run, meaning no screaming, no children ruling the roost…well ok, Kate REALLY does but she does not have good mothering skills other than to contantly berate everyone around her…..her sarcastic bite does not intrigue us! It was cute at first, now it just shows the side of her personality that truly believes she is above reproach……

• I saw Kate on an interview with the 700 club. She seemed so sweet and down to earth. After watching the show with her childern my mind has changed. She seems very unapprochable, sad or angrey. The way she talks to her husband is funny for other to watch but for him I feel sorry. Sooner or later he is going say enough then all Heck is growing to break loss lol. I keep wondering when is he going to make her respect him. Kate is good mother but childern pick up on how their parent treat others. (and thats the sad thing about it)

• Maryjo, you did say if “you had to watch the show one more time” didn’t you? well sweetie there is a off button, or a channel knob, I’m sure no one will EVER Force you to watch Kate Gosselin. So just don’t, I would never get caught watching some thing that got my self so worked up as you seem to be. Just turn the dang channel. Hey I just tried it, it really works.

• I can barley watch the show anymore. Kate is so full of herself and treats everyone as if she is better. She should sit down and really think of why her family is on tv its because of her kids not her. If she did not have all those kids kate would not even be on tv. Its not called Kate is great its called Jon and kate plus eight. I know that something went wrong with aunt jody, but i also know that what goes around comes around. One day when she is alone and needs family and friends in her life she will regret how she treated everyone.

• it is making me laught to read some of your comments. You guys keep saying the show is call JOHN AND KATE PLUS EIGHT but some of you are too busy obsessing on kate than you are about the whole show itself. Ya it is true that Kate is sometime a bit overboard and she sometimes have sarcastics comments that can seem a bit bitter and so and so that people talk about, but she is a person and surely not a perfect one. One thing for sure is we cannot reproch her of playing a game of the perfect mommy!!!Like i said before, my family is close to the size of hers and believe me she is running her ship with control and good for her!!And about John, i love the guy, he makes me laught because he is so lay back and i honestly thinks that he enjoys watching his wife going crazy for little things.When two people are married and one of them happens to be like Kate it needs someone like John to calm things down otherwise it would not last.Imagine if he would be as nervous as kate is it would be chaos and on the other hands if Kate would be as layed back as john we would be watching a whole different family. And about KAte and aunt Jodi my question would be to all of you. If you have kids and because of your kids you are giving a chance to travel or get extra cash to benifit your entire family and it would give you the chance to give somethings to your kids that you would not be able otherwise wouldn’t you take it? But on the other hand, would you ever let someone make money over YOUR FAMILY for their own pleasure?????????if your not parent you will never be able to honestly respond to that but if your are think about it! John and kate are not enjoying this money alone, they are as a whole family!!

• I would like to know which one of you lives in this house and knows who watches the kids. Or is it you know someone who knows someone who knows someone. I think Kate Gosselin does a fabulous job and no I don’t know them, live near them or knows someone who ect….

  • Really?? Kate does a fabulous job?? I don’t even know where to begin….

• Well, after last night’s episode, I’m feeling conflicted again. Overall, I loved seeing the kids visit the dentists, and her quirks aside, Kate seemed loving and endearing (like she was in the early shows). About half-way through the show, though, I noticed Jon hadn’t said a word with the exception of the one attempt he made to speak when Kate immediately shushed him. I think he got in about 4 sentences, or parts of sentences, the last half of the show.

  I’ve watched this family from the beginning and would like to continue viewing and watch the kids grow up. I’ve seen them all change a little, but Kate has changed a LOT. In the very beginning, she seemed to be a nervous and over-whelmed, but very loving mother and wife with a few “issues” (such as the obsessive behavior, phobia of germs, etc.) that actually made her feel more genuine and I guess a little vulnerable. Then she seemed to turn into some kind of obnoxious, greedy monster who took the definition of “control freak” to a whole new level. While she seems to have toned that down a bit in the last few episodes, it now seems she’s completely dominating the narrative, not to mention the rest of the show. In Jon’s few attempts to comment, she both interrupted him and silenced him altogether.

  I know there are a lot of Kate fans here, but is anyone else bothered by Kate’s “I’m the only one who can speak, I’m the only one with an intelligent opinion, it’s all about me” attitude? Unless Jon is the only one in the scene, he doesn’t get to say very much. If TLC based the show title on this week’s episode, they could call it “Kate, 8 Kids, and uh, some guy named Jon…”

  • no, you are not the only one disturbed by kate’s behavior toward her husband. i often find myself hoping it’s for the sake of entertainment and she is really not that demeaning to her husband. i know every couple is different, but she has conveyed to the world that she runs the show, he portrays himself as a wimpy weak man, that can’t have an opinion unless she says its ok. it’s ok for jon to make a mistake in his pronounciation or describe something using his own words and even pretend like snot is coming out of his nose when playing with his kids.
    kates house is neat considering she has 8 kids, the kids are always neat and clean, they seem bright, loveable and well discipline (except for maddy), but could all that happened without her husband helping out.
    she should really look at him and say thank you. maybe she would if she ever took notice that she is not the only person raisingseveral small children(maybe not multiples) and some get absolutely no help. she should be greatful that they’re healthy and her husband is willing to lend a hand
    i hope when the cameras are off, they both have a life away from each other. you know jon at the game with the men and kate scrapbooking all day with a group of girlfriends or something

• I Am the Mother of Four grown sons. I Can’t wait till her boys get a little older. She is such a perfectionist I Can’t wait to see her deal with them. She is so totally uptight about everything. Please , if you want to maintain your sanity….Lighten UP!!!! or those boys will do you in….Just a thought

  • Agree, Regina, but don’t forget the girls. My mother blamed my sister and I for her head of gray hair. Now that I’ve raised a daughter of my own, I do believe she had a valid point…

• what really happened with aunt jodi?

• Nancy, I’ve read this and a few other web sites to try to find out exactly what happened to Aunt Jodi, and it seems there’s two sides to the story. Evidently, TLC offered her some money (or some say she asked) for being on the show and to compensate her for all the babysitting she did. Kate found out and didn’t like it. She said if Jodi was paid, she’d leave the show. She and Jodi had a falling out over it and haven’t made up that I’m aware of.

  That’s just my understanding of what happened, and I don’t know anyone from the show. I think regardless of how things went down, it’s sad that the kids are deprived of the love they would otherwise be receiving from Jodi, Kevin, Kate’s parents, and I think a few others as well that Kate, for whatever reason, has cut out of her life. Personally, I believe kids benefit from the widest circle of love possible.

• I watched this show only because my wife found it interseting. From the start i stated that the explotation of children for profit would be damaging to there maturing in a natural way. Now that it has become obvious that the parents in this show have limited abilities at best. I am so glad my wife now sees them for what they are. But hey thats the american way. Grab all you can before they grow older and develope the emotional problems that having weird parents will give them. I feel sorry for the kids but i’m glad i’m no longer watching such trash t.v.

• Leave them alone. We are not in their situation so we can not judge.

  • Then what is this blog for?? Singing their praises?? Jesus lived a perfect life and still has his critics. It’s a free country and we’re all entitled to our opinions. God bless America!!

    • Yeah … and Jesus would approve of your gossiping ways too.

• Seems like ultimately if Aunt Jodi is no longer talking to Kate it is over Jodie NOT getting paid, so her sister is a hypocrite. It was okay when Jodi was on the show with the kids and now that she is not it is okay for her sister to be so judgmental? I think the sister is doing MORE HARM to the children by her constant, invasive attacks. I don’t know the Gosslins, but I certainly would not be judging them for trying to make money to raise their kids. If you don’t agree with what they are doing, don’t watch the show.

• The comments I have read from obvious Gosselin family experts are disgusting. I am curious – how many of you out there have a set twins in addition to sextuplets. Must be alot considering all of the expert opinions out there. I was looking for Kate’s recipes when I came across a few (one is WAY too many) blog pages concerning the Gosselin’s and I am absolutely stunned by the incredible number of easy to criticize, perfect people out there. You can all examine and tear apart the family (for the few minutes that you see of them in each episode) and claim to know everything that they go through and live each day/night. But clearly Kate loves her children and probably stays awake at night trying to figure out how to give each of them the individual love and attention that they need and deserve. Like all of us parents she also probably goes over and over in her mind about the consequences her actions and choices may affect her child (multiply that by 8 by the way). Each and every one of you who claim to be concerned for the children should be ashamed. Do you not realize that your comments will negatively affect this family and do so much more harm than good. If you really cared you would keep your comments to yourselves. Also, any intelligent mother out there knows that the best way to take care of your child is to take care of your child mother. On that note, I hope you enjoy each and every one of your spa days Kate – you deserve it!!!!!!

• You all are so negative and stupid. Their life is like no one else’s. Why can’t people be happy for a family to make it with that many children? And if she is gaining profit from the kids and being an excellent mother….awesome. If you were in her shoes you all would do the same thing. I really don’t care if she gets money…she should. She is an excellent mother and no one is her shoes. You can’t say anything. Stop being jealous and appreciate for what you have and what you do NOT have.

  • Let’s apply your logic to Aunt Jodi. If you were gaining profit from the kids and being an excellent babysitter — awesome. If you were in her shoes, you all would do the same thing. I really don’t care if she gets money — she should. She is an excellent babysitter and no one is in her shoes.

    Yes, I know, some of you would do it for love of the children. That’s awesome too, but you’d be a better person than I am. Watching 8 screeching, running kids while on camera, and for a boss like Kate who frets over trivial things like giving them non-organic lolipops? Wow, wouldn’t want that job. I fear Kate would come home to find them all secured to chairs with duct tape over their mouths…

  • lisa you write..that is so true..

• oh my god! the last two post were hilarious,stop kissing kates ass,she is a controlling bitch,bottom line,enough said and she would be one with 1 child or 20 kids so surgically remove your lips from her backside

  • sonya shut your fat face dont talk that way seemes like you have had a lesson or two on it two with kissin ass

• Regina,
  I have 2 boys and know exactly what you are talking about.

• I went and read Jodies sister’s blog and what I read I found hateful and jealous. The title of her Blog speaks volumes about her – it constantly amazes me in life how people find they are qualified to judge anothers situation when they haven’t a clue what it’s like to REALLY be IN that situation. I think this woman is trying to spread her dislike of Kate & Jon under the guise of concern for the children and using Petersen in an attempt give validity to her hateful mission.

• Karma has a way of paying indecent acts and people back….in due time. If Jon and Kate have reaped their “riches” legitimately and without screwing people along the way, then they and their children will continue to be blessed. If, however, they have done and said things that are untrue, then sit back and watch how this family will fall apart! Slowly, their world will start to crumble. I guarantee by the end of this year, Kate will have some serious health problems starting. Karma…..gotta love it!

• Would also like to add that Jodie got some benefits of Jon and Kate ‘pimping out their kids”. Remember the Oprah show? Jody not only got to attend the show FREE, all expenses paid to get there, I’m sure, I’d say it’s a 110% bed Jody also got to meet Oprah.
  If Jody has something to say about things between she and Jon and Kate, let her stand up and say them herself, start her OWN blog.
  Don’t stand behind her sister whose seriously, seriously disturbed.
  Putting up such a blog which is total bashing and not even allow comments back. That didn’t even give Jon and Kate, either together or individually, to comment to the attacks on her blog, had they choosen to do so. If Jon & Kate had anything to do with stuff being taken off that blog, I don’t blame them one bit.

  • ALL of Oprah’s shows are free! Ger a clue! Seriously, and shouldn’t her way be paid if she is volunteering her time away from her family to watch Kate’s? And her sister starting that blog is a result of sibling love, I’m guessing. Only others with brother/sisters understand that you never want to see your family hurt by others.

  • I read on another site that Jodi was barred from commenting on the show by TLC (in a standard contract she signed in order to be taped for the show in the beginning), so to start her own blog could get her sued. I’m willing to bet that Kate would let them sue her, too… in a heartbeat… family be damned… Bible verse “take not your brother to court” be damned as well…

• I found this blog looking for a preview of a new episodes of jon and kate plus eight. I understand that Kate has many faults but I’m pretty sure everyone does including my parents and myself.
  GIVE JON AND KATE A BREAK. They are great parents!!!

  And really who wants to watch a show about a perfect family with no struggles, no fights, and no family drama? I think life is all about the loud, crazy, confusing moments which is probably why I enjoy watching this show so much.

• Kate was seen smoking in the van at Target in Wyomissing! She is a fraud!

  • link she can do what she wants and what a stupid name…

  • Smoking? Smoking what? Tobacco? Oh… Probably not a good idea, but still legal, at least for now…

  • Were the cigs organic???

• where is cory so i can see jon and kates house…please reply

• I love the show, I do think kate can sometimes be a little rude to jon.. but your know what i sometimes have to look at myself…. face it we all can be a little bitchy at times! Kate has seemed to be a little more her loving self. Maybe with the book just coming our and the kids starting school she was over-welmed.

• It really doesn’t matter what happened between Jodie and Kate, it is not our business, but between them. Sister Julie is using the situation to spread hatred, which is never a good thing. It is quite obvious from her site that she had ill feelings toward the Gosselins before the falling out and has used it as an excuse to attack them. So Kate did something really crummy and mean to you. That sucks, don’t associate yourself with her, but don’t allow your sister to go out and create a site that spews nothing but hatred. “You we a jerk to me so now I’m going to tell the whole wide world that you were a jerk.”?? Come on. Whether it is the truth or not, that’s just juvenile. She hurt you, Jodie and I’m sorry for you. It’s like we all tell our kids, “Sometimes life is not fair”. Move on. Whether you like or dislike the show, you have to see the truth in this.

• Well I’m not sure what bothers me the most, Jon getting hair plugs, Kate getting a tummy tuck, a make over, them both getting their teeth whitened, Jon ” toning up ” the family going to Hawaii, the family going on a ski trip, having her own chef, someone to do laundry, a gardnerer, an assistant and more things than I can even remember. I know that this sounds awful but if they were real folks they would be taking care of 8 children, doing their own laundry, running their own errands ( in between working outside of the home of course ) cooking for 10 and having to pay for the ” vacation of a lifetime for kids that probably won’t remember too much of it b/c of their age:) Were they not on medicaid ( state funded health care ?) I’m just asking because maybe they should give back to the state of Pa. a little what they took. I can’t say they can’t do the job of raising 8 kids alone because they have never had to do it by themselves as of yet. So there for I can’t judge what they can and can’t do. Also there is the little task of just cleaning up after 8 people after having a meal. I mean I don’t even know how you would go about it. Anyway those are my thoughts on this subject right, wrong or indifferent.

  • I am so glad that someone finally hit the nail on the head. How many of us with 8 kids would have our own chef, people to do our laundry, paid vacations, and on and on. My husband and I still haven’t had a honeymoon. We gripe about how mean Kate is and her OCD and quite frankly I have never seen her bond with many of her children. Jon is a bit of a wuss, but hey, that is their problem and they have put themselves out there for all the world to criticize them. Mabye if they had to do the work that all of us “normal” folks had to do, they would feel differently about things and might start agreeing with what most of us are saying. So, Kate can keep on pushing everyone who cares about her away, and mabye she will never bond with her children because she doesn’t know how. As long as they have a “reality” show, they better be ready for the real comments about them

• Shugirl, I have bro and sis, and would never willingly let any one hurt them, but I would never disgrace them by opening up a blog and spew hate and lies about who ever done them wrong either, yes we are suppose to look out for our family, but not the way Julie did it (with Jodi’s help) they are wrong, and if Jodi was so hurt (which I doubt) why didn’t Kevin step in?
  I agree with what Sonic said, Julie put up a blog with no comments allowed back, that way she could say what ever she wanted and not have to answer any questions to Jodi’s fans (so-called-fans) how fair was that? I think it would have been interesting to be able to comment to Julie but she was a coward, She and Jodi decided to bash Kate the only way they could, you do see the video on this sight right? well thats all the fame they will ever get, hope they enjoy it.

  Talk about exploiting kids, yeah it was okay as long as they were being exploited in Jodi’s house Right? every thing those two sisters have said is B.S.

• Maris, I feel your recent comments are really spot on. I have been a HUGE fan of this show, and could care less if Aunt Jodi is in the money shots. I do see the change in Kate, you have mentioned before. But, might she have gotten her “sea legs”. I mean, think of how daunting a process to not only have so many little people to tend to on a constant basis, even with the help of all who graciously gifted this family with their time and supplies, waht have you, but imagine what she must think about daily. SCHEDULE!! I think she has, under the circumstances, provided the best care a mother could, she certainly loves her kids, and her husband, but he truly does not possess a leadership quality and sadly, it might be portrayed as him being rail-roaded but in life, there are leaders and followers. She is also quite the shrewd business woman, and Jon and Kate plus 8 is…sorry to disappoint some…a business. It almost has to be in these times. I do not advocate the glamorization of this family, but sometimes, I wish someone would offer me a free tummy tuck. Think about all of the folks who gifted this family with whatever, it certainly increased their business, and think about what it must cost to provide the basics for a family of ten, when, we all saw gas at $4 plus a gallon this summer. And she got all of our attention, those kiddos won’t be forgotten. Think Dilley’s. I am facinated, truly. What an amazing journey for them. And the kids have normal names, so we aren’t dealing with “Burrito Gosselin and his sister Monopoly…refreshing, really for a celebrity, as it were.

  • Oh, Bun, my stomach hurts from laughing! Burrito and Monopoly!! That’s priceless! Truly, thanks for the laugh!

    I understand what you mean about getting her sea legs, and for a time I saw that too. First, she looked like a deer in the headlights, frightened into a state of panic (as I imagine anyone would be). Then there was a time she started to look a little spacy. I remember telling hubby that I wondered if she was in the adjustment phase of prozac or something (I would have been on heavy sedation). Then, for quite some time, she seemed to normalize (quirks and OCD aside). Lately, it seems we’re seeing her at her worst, bitching, bossing, nagging, dominating, etc. I’m not saying I could do any better with 8 kids, I could not. I had one daughter and one son, then something in my brain said “one of each, perfect, enough.”

    But… I’m not on TV. I don’t know who decides how to edit this show, whether it’s Kate or if Kate even knows what’s shown. We don’t know if they pick out some of the least flattering moments to air or if that’s all they have to work with. You’re right about Jon, definitely not a leader, borders on spineless. Kate, definitely a shrewd business woman but borders on greedy. I have to wonder sometimes, however, if she’s capable of seeing herself as the public sees her. Perhaps, since she did tone it down this past week.

    Believe it or not, I’m also a fan, otherwise I wouldn’t tune in. I have to record it to watch after hubby goes to sleep (he can’t stand it anymore, the kids get on his nerves). I’m not ready to change the channel just yet, but I’ve come close…

    Good to hear from you, say hi to Belle for me… unless you think she’ll throw something at you! Kidding, just kidding…

    • Spot on, again, my friend. She is bordering in greedy. But, put ourselves in her shoes, she has 8 kids to send to MIT or Brown, in theory, and no one would stand in my way should that be the case. I think this show is soo peculiar in the voyeristic way it portray’s this family. Sweet, endearing, but also calculating. I guess a mama always has to be. Belle is better, and back to work (yeah) so sad for her, fragile. But, back to the topic at hand, you are in our families ( 9 siblings) prayers. Thank you for looking the other way when one strayed. Shane for the rest of them.
      As for changing the channel, I have, also come close, b/c it seems almost toooooooooo rehearsed, not so much with those adorable babies, but with both Jon and Kate, as if he takes on his “role” as it were, and hers..so controlling, and I believe SHE HAS TO BE…but, lay off on the dramatics, and the make up, dson’t you agree. Everyone on TV has teeth soooo white, they are blue. GRrrrrrrr.

• LETS FACE IT, WE ALL WATCH IT JUST TO SEE KATE IN ACTION! SHE HAS “CONTROL ISSUES” BUT HEY, DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR JON, HE KNEW HER BEFORE HE MARRIED HER!

• I think the family is amazing. We are not in their situation so all of you who think you know have no idea. I am a single mom of two children. Even there are only two of them, I think there is 8 sometimes. Kate seems to have her bad days, but so does Jon. I think they might be tired of having their life on display. But if it weren’t for this show, I don’t think I would be able to survive somedays. Seeing Kate show pride in her appearance, has made me take more pride in mine. As for Aunt Jodi, family should babysit for free. Families are not supposed to do things for money. I don’t even think she helped out all that much. She offered her services to help. Could you imagine what that house would look like if she left Jon in charge. She is doing everything is supposed to. She is a Mom and doing an amazing job cleaning, cooking and spending time with her children. He is doing what a Dad is supposed to do. Working and then being a man and coming home to his children. He ain’t like most Dads that treat the Moms like shit and never come home to help. He is there for her, she is there for him. There life might be crazy, but it’s their life and they are in it together. All you negative people who think you can do better, can suck an egg. DON’T FORGET TO CHOKE!

  • Family should babysit for free? What rule book is that from? If Jon and Kate had no money and had to work, then perhaps Jodi would be a bit more obligated to help out. That isn’t the case, though. She was watching 3, 4, or more kids on a very regular basis for quite some time while Jon and Kate had their “special” days with the kids, got tummy tucks, hair plugs, etc., etc., etc. They never repaid the favor by babysitting for Kevin and Jodi (yes, I know, they couldn’t). I bet you that when Kevin and Jodi wanted to go out together, they had to HIRE a babysitter. Expecting someone, family or not, to watch your kids for free (when you have money) is called being a user. Chasing after someone else’s kids all day is no walk in the park.

    If someone is watching YOUR kids for you for free, please remember to give them a big, fat “thank-you” when you pick them up. They’ve probably earned at least that much.

    • Isn’t it funny how that seems never to be the case?

• I don’t need any of these confessionals from the relatives to see that Kate can be kind of a tight-assed bitch. I get that just from watching the first season of the show. But then again, I might be on edge if I had to carry six babies at once and then run a household of 10, with 6 kids under five or whatever age they are now. I wouldn’t want to be in her shoes. Except now that they have all the perks!

• I love the show and I think Kate IS a good mother…granted, yes, some things she does comes across stern, especially with Jon…but who can say they have never done anything of that sort with our own husbands (I know I have and am willing to admit it)…I only hope with this BIG move to this BIG house that it doesn’t change the whole dynamics of the show….We all can relate to living in a normal home, that is probably too small for our family, and having to deal with all the normal problems that come along with it…but I personally think I will have a hard time watching and liking the same family in a semi-mansion.I feel it’s gonna change the feeling that they are just like us, and that’s why alot of people like the show…And don’t get me wrong, I am all for someone bettering themself and their family, but Kate already comes across snooty to people…and that’s living just like the rest of us, but imagine her in a HUGE, luxurios house and acting the way she does sometimes…………I hope for the best for them because I do love those little kids…..especially Aaden :)

• A Woman with real heart would have been satisfied with her first set of twins and not put her life at risk carrying all of the chemicaly produced fetuses.

  She could have died. Some of the babies could have died.

  She should have focused on raising those girls and been satisfied she could even do that, but nope. She missed having a “BABY in the house”

  So dont give me this crap about how amazing this twat is for forcing fertility treatments on herself when she was flat out told she could die.

  What would I do in her situation that she created? Well I wouldnt have CREATED the situation in the first place. Be thankful for what you have.

  I cant even believe the dopey ass comments i have read here kissing this selfish womans ass just because she had multiples ON PURPOSE.

  Jesus Christ

  • You should be careful how you use Gods name, that was uncalled for.

    • I dont believe in god, i believe in SCIENCE.

    • do not judge, unless you wish to be picked out as a person to be judged. IT IS STILL AMERICA. She can state her opinion with grace and respect, and you should give her that, and should you find yourself unable, the just read and not comment, excpet to your household.

    • that reply was for Missy. Sorry Um, LRBH :)

  • Yes, because God is checking on this thread everyday to see who is using his name in vain. Yep, that would be all he has to worry about.
    Well, that & what color sandals to wear tomorrow. Give me a break people, lighten up.

    • Listen goofy, God don’t have to sit any where, he is ever present,
      And Lisa some day your science will let you down and then what will you say? but he also forgives the ignorant.(:-

    • Ummm, that isn’t what my church teaches….you know something I don’t know? for real????? Science mimics church and vice versa, get a degree and retalliate. They are almost one…if you let go of the make believe. Think for a second and allow yourself to believe that YOU control, your destiny, and in church you do, CCD, blah, blah all the particulars in whatever your denomination, If you are willing to hear..he says all…LIKE, DO UNTO TO OTHERS..which you might need some practice, having seen you in the ” hot seat”. You seem judgemental, not willing to conceed. hmmmmm. What if Goofy was the person in charge of your kids. Might want to rethink your stand. All people have the right to a personal belief system. You have yours, allow others to have theirs. Please.

• Oh so you live with Jon and Kate and can tell me what the problem is??? Walk a day in their shoes and let us see how wonderful you will be. All sweet talk with your husband. Ha! I know I couldn’t and then there are days that I could just strangle the love of my life…. And do you hear Jon complain?? I hear him let her have it when she is wrong. There are worse reality shows than this one. Lets make our little girls dress in gowns or in skimpy outfits and wear makeup and dance provocatively. Now talk about awlful mothers exploiting their children. At least the Gosselins seem to be trying to raise their children the best they can.

• Okay…
  My take on it is Jodi deserved something. Who would babysit 8 kids without compensation? Family you say? But how many people have ever been in Jodi’s position? 2 of one age and 6 of another and all under six when she was offering the bulk of her time. Okay I will agree family can babysit in a pinch and even for free. But if there is money out there not coming out of the kid’s mouths. What is the problem? There is no way to explain it besides principle and we have seen Kate’s strong opinions about many things through out the years. We were not there and do not know the facts. There are two sides to every story and it really doesn’t matter what any of us think. I happen to like the show. I have a problem when Kate yells and screams and treats Jon so badly. I love my husband but I would not want anyone following me around taping how I talk to him all of the time. I definitely would have a lot of judgers out there blogging about me! I say whoever is perfect…. Keep posting your vicious judgements. Some of them crack me up. Some don’t have kids and therefore have no idea how one or two or three kids are let alone eight! I think that Kate has shown love and organization and humor in all of this. And who does that one poster think they are to judge how many kids one person should have? They didn’t set out to have six more. They set out to have one more. Those of you with 3 kids… How would you like someone out there like Lisa judging you after you had your second child and wanted one more? And why are you signing your letter Jesus Christ? Are you implying you are Him or know what He thinks? I will tell you one thing… He would not have written that letter!

• Oh, I figured it out… you weren’t signing the letter with His name~ you were using it in Vain.
  Not much better. :(

  • DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    :(

    Science honey, science and common sense are KEY.

    Look, I not going to sit here and kiss this womans ass because she CHOSE to put herself i this situation and if there was a god he would say her actions were selfish, self motivated, and dangerous.

• Wow and you ALL call yourself adults?? Have you all lost sight of what this show is about? Its about a family of 10 living their life and willing to share that with the rest of the world. They know that there will be criticism going into it and thats the risk they’re willing to take. So many people LOVE this show and it inspires people EVERY DAY! Just because you’re one of the people who HATE the show…how about this? DONT WATCH IT! I love that Jon and Kate never respond to all these cruel comments from others and its because THEY know that the one important thing in their life that they care about is their children! What kind of parents would they be if they got on here and slandered all of you?! YEAH that’s a great example to give your kids!
  They have received a lot of benefits while filming their show! That’s wonderful! If they hadn’t done the show…do you really think these kids would have gotten to see and do all the things that they’ve been able to do?? You would all do the same if you were in their shoes! We all want whats best for our kids! And as far as giving back goes..they are big supporters of many charities and constantly are giving back to those in need and to those that have helped them out in the past! Any of you who are on here to say things that are negative are only appearing to look uneducated and and envious…and its obvious that you actually watch the show if you have so many opinions on it..again if you dont like what you see..dont watch it and instead, go be a better example to your own children!!

• Saw this interesting tidbit on the other Jon and Kate website.

  http://www.parkrecord.com/sports/ci_11445037

• Oh my goodness !!! I am in shock ! Do you people actually believe that this woman watches her kids all the time ohhh poor her… Cooks her own meals ohhhh poor her…. does her own errands ohhh poor her ok you all get my point … Or do you ??? She is no better than the actress and actor that name their kids monopoly and yahtzee she has it made. and as for jon he’s just a guy that met a woman that controlled him from the first date, told him that he was going to marry her, when they were gonna have kids, probably how many they were gonna have, what to name all of them. And heaven ( for those of you that believe in it and for those of you that don’t put your own word in there ) knows that poor sap was too afraid to walk away. Anyway does he even work anymore or is it true that he does promotional speaking. Anyway they do not have a normal life!!! And if the life that she leads is a HARD one I for one will be more than willing to lead that HARD of a life.

• LisaRenas, God forgives ignorance and stupidity also, some day your science will fail you, but God never fails. Science will not prevail nor get the last laugh.

  • what in the world are you talking about ??? I am neither ignorant or stupid !! Although I think I could use those two words to describe you at this point. If you would take off your blinders and read my comment without them, you would see that my comment was one that allowed everyone to put their own words into that sentence.
    I actually believe there is a God you ignorant fool. And I will not have that part of my life challengened especially on a comment
    section for a reality show.
    You need to get back to the subject which is wether Jon and Kate are good parents. So get a grip on yourself and your religion and get back to the point.

  • Tina Marie, I do believe Missy was responding to an earlier post by someone else, not you. They were having a “spirited” debate as to the existance of God.

    Missy, my dear, you know I love you, but take time to read a history book. This country was founded on freedom of religion. Our forefathers didn’t like being forced to accept the religious views of the King of England. It’s one of our constitutional rights to believe and follow whatever religion we so choose, or none at all. I’ll say it once again, God bless America! (Or you may insert whatever you like in the place of “God”)

    As for the science vs God debate, you can actually believe both if you stop and think it through. Science has some pretty credible evidence about evolution, all the way back to the “big bang” theory. Science can’t explain what ignited that bang, though. Maybe God? It’s as good a theory as any. If, as the Bible says, time is of no consequence to God, then what’s a few billion years for God to sit around and wait for the right time to “breathe life” (insert a soul?) into Adam and Eve? That’s my theory anyway, at least until I hear something better. (…insert crickets chirping here…)

    If you want to debate religious beliefs, the first thing you should do is become very, very knowledgeable. Secondly, you have to respect others’ rights and feelings. Preaching hell and damnation, and telling others that “God forgives you” in the way that I see you do has about the same effect on them that their screaming “there is NO God” has on you. Defiance and anger. I know you’re well-intentioned, but your method is actually counter-productive, or futile at the very best. Knowledge is power, so pick up the Bible and a science book as well and educate yourself. In the meantime, I say live and let live…

    Everyone happy now? Good. Now we can get back to discussing our opinions about Kate, 8 kids, and uh… some guy named Jon…

    • Maris, a jewel in your crown, on behalf of my sister, belle, Missy, poplitely, RESPECT what others say/believe. We have ALL LISTENED to your comments with respect, time for you to do the same. Point taken. And some of us agree :) but not all, so tread lightly, as you wound so many with your hateful words. Gentle. Your message will be heard, and I hear you, and am a soldier of the Lord, but please, no more damnation. GENTLE.

• They’re nothing but annoying freeloaders. They’ve gone around to churches begging for money, claiming to be poor when all the while they were making plenty from their TV show. Now they’ve bought a big estate & a ski condo in Utah as well. And they don’t work- they’re scam artists.

  I so rarely wish anyone ill, but these two are shameful. I don’t watch the show anymore. They are not worth defending.

• last episode i was so awe struck when kate so snobbishly said to the receptionist that they need to update there books because pluto isnt a planet anymore. she was so serious. she could have atleast tried to seem sarcastic.

  • I caught that too. I’m fairly certain that it didn’t occur to Kate to try to sound sarcastic because she actually WAS serious. Besides being egocentric and the ultimate critic, it seems Kate has some kind of disconnect thing going on that shelters her from seeing herself as others might see her.

    As for Pluto being a planet, Kate is mistaken. I’ve been there and seen it for myself once or twice, and I’ve met a lot of people who are still there in orbit. My school books said there’s nine planets and Pluto is one of them. Maybe it’s just an honorary planet now, but a planet none-the-less. I think Pluto is also a Disney character, or perhaps Kate wants to dispute that as well.

    Seriously, though, if this is the most she can find to complain about, this woman has it soooo much better than any of us will ever know…

    • ummmmmmm. Please tell me you are not a school teacher? Please? omg. ok. breathe. just google it. PLUTO. Really???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
      She isn’t better than you………..

      or me or any of us, if you believe in all the retoric you spout, she is equal. I personally find offense to that. I am no worse or better than any one. PERIOD. Gosh. You might need a breath of fresh air.

    • grrrrrrrrr. wrong person, right pot.

      @ missy

    • Read again, Bun, the print is very small. I didn’t say she IS better, I said if this is all she can find to complain about, she HAS IT better than most of us do. Personally, if you find me complaining about my grand daughter’s science book being out of date, I’m having a most excellent day. Other days when I’m complaining about the state of the nation, my disappearing IRA’s, my home’s plummeting value, crimes in the city creeping ever closer to my neighborhood, my daughter’s marital woes, etc., then uh… not so much…

      Yes, I know that Pluto has been reclassified as a mere rock or something. I was speaking in jest. I’m not a teacher, and perhaps that’s why I can’t get too worked up that a book in the dentist’s office still lists it as one of the planets. I’m a retired RN with 23 years in the ICU alone. I’m just naturally more concerned with things such as blood pressure, so I’m sorry if I got yours up a bit. Deep breathing helps sometimes. Here, I’ll do it with you — breathe IN… hold it…twe, three, four… and OUT… two, three, four… I’m feeling better already!

      I have to look out for you, you know. I’d hate to lose you as a contributor to this blog. I’ve come to enjoy your posts too much.
      : )

    • Duly noted, ma’am. Hormonal, adn tired. Sorry for the misfire!! :)

• If you think that they are so evil why do you watch the show? I find them entertaining and thank the good Lord that I only had four and one at a time. Who cares if she gets help. Stop watching the show!

• Maris, Thanks point well taken and appreciated, altho I am pretty versed on scripture, as far as science well wouldn’t want to be without it, I do how ever just put God first and above all else, JMO.

  But thanks for bringing an end to what was simply getting lost in an argument,
  Also LOL again, Pluto is a planet as well as a Disney character, but don’t you realize Kate is just too busy to figure that one out LOL

• I know your heart’s in the right place, Missy, and any person of faith should practice what they preach and put God first. Otherwise, why bother? When you do preach, however, be sure you aren’t wasting your words on deaf ears. This advice holds true for atheists and theists alike. No one ever proved a point by shouting the loudest. Maybe I’m just getting older and don’t like to see people wasting precious energy unnecessarily.

  Thank you for being a member of the “Pluto is a planet” club. I appreciate the support. Yes, Kate is probably far too busy to entertain such ideas. We’ll just have to manage without her. Oh well…

  • Are the Gosselins willing to attend other churches for appearance sakes? As in, would they attend a catholic/ jewish sanctuary for appearance fees, or are they faithful to their church?

• I missed the Pluto episode oh that might be because I can’t stand to watch the ” her ” anymore! I agree that they have gone to everyone and said that they have so little. Well they have even less now and that would be 2 less eyes watching them

• http://talk.theknot.com/boards/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=58251867&forumid=17

• Maris, Yes you are correct about not wasting words on deaf ears, the bible does say not to cast a pearl before a swine, as far as shouting the loudest, never ever works, usually just goes overhead and left void.

• Rachel, those are the best pictures I have seen so far, but can you imagine living in that house? I mean, like, um is that for real? fo 10 ppl?
  LOL, anyway thanks for the link.

• here s what gets me…..kate has scripture hung all around her house….IF all of this is true, then its setting a bad example for christians to not be able to forgive and forget her sis in law jodi…..what a poor testimony

• Johnna, you are so right, what an example? I to myself am guilty of not setting a good example, and when Maris commented back to me, that was what came to mind, b/c IMO the biggest turn-off to non-christians is that we christians like to tell/talk all the goodies but rarely show/walk the walk,
  I don’t mean (as some of the ones I know, non-christians) that we should be some little wimp and just lay down and let others walk all over us, but a christian should be the first to forgive, our problem is not the forgiving but the forgetting, It’s so easy to say “I forgive” but that means never to bring it up again, Not sure Kate could do that, not to many of us can, Okay I’m done with (my preaching tonight LOL)

• bun-in-oven, please, sorry if I have offended you, really, really did not mean to, hope we can move on from this I am not a fighter, too old to fight any how
  When it comes to speaking engagements most of the ones I have been in does not matter what doctrine it is since they are not talking about said doctrine, Now you know K&J are only giving tips on raising a Large Family don’t you? or clip coupons or maybe how to prepare a meal. I’m only kidding now, but I don’t think it matters what church they speak at. Just so they get how much??? Lordy be my Pastor would love to get that LOL

  • I only want to participate in the spitrited debate. i am sooo not offended, moved to debate you…in good faith and in the SPIRIT OF THE LORD. GRACE will lead us into debate ALL together, bless you sister. I had not seen this post before. Hi, friend. Happy New Year!

• Maris, I just noticed some thing with the two houses, their old house and the new house has the exact same area rug, IMO. they actually look just a like, I was browsing some pictures of when their old house was redone and then I lookes at some pictures of thier mansion and yep it looks like one of the area rugs are the same pinkish colored one.

  So maybe they have already moved, I know some thought thats what was going on recently when Kate was supposedly cleaning out drawers, that she was really packing, and we know that the shows we see this week were filmed awhile back, Right?

• I like this post! For the most part the (aside from the name calling by one or two a few days ago) it seems to have intelligent classy people in here!
  I love the show and I have to say that I too was looking on the site for something else, never dreaming there were so many hateful blogs out there regarding this poor family. But my heart going out to Jodi’s situation, I had to hear what she had to say and am now hooked. Thanks Rachel for the pics of the new house! Weird though… Does it seem like there is enough seating? Around the TV and tables? Looks more like a model home, not a functional one for a family of 10~
  Anyway, I have to say that I am not in that position and so I feel like I don’t get to judge and none of us really should but because Kate had made it so we all get to watch… I can’t say that I don’t feel for Jon nor would I be a very good in-law watching her talk to my son, brother, uncle or whoever he might be to an in-law like she does. I wish I could say that I am the perfect wife and Lord knows if I had a camera following me around you all would be judging me too and I don’t have 8 kids! The things is… if I saw myself like she gets to and I knew that people were watching me, I would see how I sounded and at least make an effort to be nicer. Sure I know that she has way more on her plate than most of us can imagine and Jon sometimes is off in his own little world (but hey, I’d check out too if I was constantly berated.) Okay in defense of Kate… Editing is probably a huge factor…. to get the viewers… maybe the producers think they need to put more of the screaming and shrewiness in and feel that the nice fuzzy warm times are too boring but what is coming out of her mouth and the way that she says it… is what it is.
  I have watched the show from the beginning. I have had the marathons on in the background during my days off at times and so I have watched from beginning to end a few times and she really needs to watch herself. I know she does because she comments on the episodes! Someone in here mentioned that she may have a chip missing in the way she views herself. I think you may be right. As for the comments about scripture verses hanging all over her house and the example she is, I saw in your next post that you readily said you fall short too… as do I … that is why I don’t stick a bumper sticker on my rear! LOL. I know it may not be a good example to non believers watching and they may judge this as just another example of why they choose not to believe… but at least she has His word on the walls… The Bible says His word will not return void. It’s a shame we are all so mixed up about that. As Christians it is hard not to judge. Sometimes we are the worst. Me included.

  • Good thoughts. I feel that one thing about Christians that many believers and non-believers alike fail to understand is that being a Christian does not mean one is better than everyone else. On the contrary it means that one recognizes, like the Apostle Paul, that one is rotten to the core and therefore desperately dependent on the Lord Jesus for our redemption. For believers, recognizing our own fallenness should inspire us to be more forgiving of others, not more carping and critical.

    “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.” [1 Timothy 1:15-16]

• Coastalmom, glad you like this site, I enjoy your comments. It’s actually a lot like J&K in ways. For the most part, we’re a big family that includes many personalities and opinions, a fair share of bickering and squabbles, but we seem to hang around even if just to see what happens next. Once in a while, some rogue second-cousin or an uncle twice removed might show up to stir up some poo, but for the most part, I just shrug and say “Oh, that’s Uncle Bonehead, he can’t help himself, just ignore him and he’ll go away…”

  I saw the pics of the new house (thanks Rachel). I don’t remember what their old rug looked like, Missy, but I did recognize some of the furniture, and yes it would appear they’ve already moved in. Overall, I just have to drop my chin and quote Kate in saying “OH MY WORD!!”

  That’s a VERY nice home. Maybe now the neighbors (since there don’t appear to be any) can’t complain about all the TV trucks, the crew, the kids’ noise, etc. Maybe Kate will “make it her own” after they get all settled and it won’t seem so impersonal. Then again, Kate has said that she has no sense of decor, so maybe not. Surely with all the extra room, Kate will be in a better mood on the shoots. Then again, she IS still Kate, so maybe not…

  OK, after seeing the new house, I have to concede — I’m jealous! I want what Kate has! Then again, since it all comes with having 8 kids, not really… (Work with me, guys. Afterall, I did say earlier that I’m conflicted!)

• I heard that the pictures on the website were from when the previous owners were selling it. But, the Gosslins live there now.

• Maris !! Uncle Bonehead, that is about right I think we all have one in our family (or maybe a little in us) LOL

  You and Coastalmom hit it just right, and yes we do get carried away sometimes with our own views, I try to remind myself that it is a show and we all see things different, and I really don’t want to fight with any one (except that Daddy guy) wow he was something else.

  I to agree there are a lot of nice ppl on here and as being conficted “me to” there is some things I just don’t understand about K or J. One being the way they talk in front of the kids, the way the kids are allowed to scream and throw fits, espically out in public, I would probably be in jail b/c me thinks I’d be warming up a little toosy in public or not. So I guess I’m kinda telling my age b/c it seems that that is just not heard of now days, I don’t mean beat a child black and blue, but that bottom is for more than just the parents kissing it and saying “go ahead whatever” I have grandchildren and sometimes I ask myself “who raised their parents?”

  Okay I’m off my soap box, just wanted to say I do enjoy reading your comments and I really like it here, I hope bun in the oven is okay and not offended any more. Thanks ladies

• Yes, Missy, corporal punishment of children does seem to have gone out of style. A shame, really. My dad believed and practiced that “spare the rod, spoil the child” verse. He wore out many a rod on me, but not nearly as many as I probably needed. I spanked my kids as well when they needed it. My sister doesn’t believe in hitting (maybe because she got away with everything when we were young and didn’t see nearly as much of that rod as I did?) and she has a son that… well, let me put it this way. There was a story in the news of a woman who smacked her boy on the butt in a Walmart type store for telling her to “shut up” (among all the other stuff he was doing). The store had her arrested, put in jail, and her husband had to empty their savings to get her out. I was outraged. I wanted to borrow my nephew and about a dozen of his friends, go to that store, then sweetly say “no-no children, musn’t destroy all these nice things in the store…” while they had a field day, see how the store liked that.

  I know what you mean about grand children too. I’ve been watching my 5 year old grand daughter recently while my daughter settles into a new job. I’m telling you, I’m totally frazzled after about 3 hours. I find myself wondering if maybe it was always hard to watch kids and I’ve just blocked it out, or if I’ve just gotten old and my nerves are shot, or if this kid has ADHD. I know now why God created menopause…

  Uncle Bonehead, aka Big Daddy, seems to have vanished. Do you think I scared him off? Ahh, I’m really not a bad person. I try not to eat creeps before breakfast, anyway. Hey, Big Daddy, come closer and let me say something to you… BOO!!!

• Oh my gosh Maris was that incident about Walmart in San Antonio? We ahd just got into town and was waiting for our kids to get home when they arrived the little grandson was told to say hello to us give us hugs and ect and then go to his room until daddy got in there, I guess he was misbehaving at walmart, long story short our daughter was telling us that there was a mom who had talked to her 4yr old so many times and he kept throwing his fits and yelling “i want that” finally while in line to check out the mom just turned him around and smacked his bottom, Our kids said by the time they checked out there were police officers waiting,

  It really angered our kids that a mom couldn’t even correct her child that was really out of control, son-in-law said he was ready to do the same thing to our GS but decided to wait until they got home, but I will say one thing for him when they got home he took care of it, where I have noticed with some of the kids they say “wait til’ you get home” and the child is thinking so what, nothing will happen, b/c parents lie to their kids all the time like that, tell em’ no but then give in.

  If my grand parents or parents could see how parents raise their kids today they would probably turn in their grave LOL

  Now about menopause, well hope your doing better than I have the last 15 years, even tho I had a hysterectomy it is still bad, hot flashes mainly, and yes I am older and my nerves are not what they once were,

  Mr Big Daddy I think was afraid to try to debate with you, he knew he could not top what ever you said, he just looked foolish, as he was, so hopefully he did vanish, weird little guy LOL

• I have to boys and never have I spanked them. I don’t believe in it. I was spanked as a child by both my parents and feel they were taking there anger out on me. A parent is much stronger then a little kid and they don’t know there own strength. I feel (and it has worked for me) is to discuss with a firm voice. They seem to understand that way.

• Rachel, I to was spanked as a child, not very often but it never was as much as I probably needed, both my parents loved us very much and we have never had a problem with the difference in “spare the rod , spoil the child” I do how ever there are ppl who go beyond spanking and that certainly is not what I had or ever gave to my children, but I believe when they understand no is no, yes is yes and they do know the difference and the go ahead and defy the orders/commands any way, well some times talking is just that” and it goes to deaf ears” I see some of my grand children just wait for the parent to say “okay I’m gonna count to 3” oh my lord thats when I really want to whip the parent. The child just goes right ahead and I’m thinking okay doofus how many times are you gonna count?

  As far as Mady Gosselin is concerned, I don’t think she has a mental problem, she is spoiled and J&K have just let her get by with to much of “thats just how Mady is” I don’t believe all the crud that is said about her being unstable to deal with things, she just needs her Father to show her who is boss. The tups, oh my gosh I could never handle that screaming and yelling, most of the time over nothing major, my gosh how does Kate ever know when it’s a serious scream for help? but not only do they do this at home they do it in public also, and that is just not acceptable. And them going to the corner or time out is not getting it done. Surely they can’t do thet in school.

  LOL many years ago I decided I was going to drive a school bus, LOL and my husband said “if you want to go to work, fine but not driving a school bus, I could not afford to pay your bail and keep you out of jail” because he knows kids today are not raised to respect their parents let alone any one else,
  Now I’m not saying talking does not work for some, I know in some cases it was the best method, and I really guess in each individual like Kate it’s what ever works for you. But I will always belive a good butt warming never hurt any child.

  Hey everyone hope ya all are having a great Sunday, here in the Midwest are temps are above freezing finally and I am so ready for SUMMER.

• I am a firm believer in dicipline, but a parent MUST dicipline with love. My sister didn’t get as much of that “rod” because, truth be told, she didn’t deserve it the way I did (although it did feel like, at the time, that she seemed to get away with more). I do NOT believe in child abuse, beatings, etc. My dad went over the top only one time. He had just come home from the hospital having had back surgery, was still in a lot of pain and likely very stressed, and he had told my sister and I to stop fighting and stay in bed. In fact, he had told us at least three times that I recall. We were taking Judo lessons at the time, so each time he left our room we’d wait until we thought he’d gone to sleep then start back up with our “kung-fu” fighting antics. One of us threw the other into the wall, and just on the other side of that wall was a large medicine cabinet — that we sent crashing to the floor, breaking bottles, spilling shampoo, mouthwash, etc., and it in fact landed on the toilet which promptly broke in half sending a flood of water all over to boot! OMG! Well…. my dad snapped. He came into our room with his belt in hand, and when he was done we both had welts, bruises, and cuts all down our backs and legs. We indeed went to bed then and stayed there. About 15 minutes later, my dad came back into our room with a jar of vasoline (probably all he could find that wasn’t broken), sat on the bottom bunk bed, and cried out loud while he tended to our cuts. That was the only time in my life I ever saw my dad cry, and he vowed to himself and to us that he would never ever spank us in anger again — and he never did. When we’d act up after that, he’d tell us that he was going to spank us, and he always kept his word. It might be three days later, but when he was sufficiently calm, you could bet your life that a spanking was coming. My dad was an elder in the church and a righteous man, and also a very wise and loving father. He was a man of conviction who lived his religion. He taught me right from wrong (among many things), and I credit him with instilling my moral compass. He was my hero.

  I was a wild child by yesterday’s standards. My mother, bless her heart, put that “mother’s curse” on me, and I had a daughter just like me. (Don’t you just hate when that happens??) She needed spankings, and nothing else I tried had any effect. My son, on the other hand, was very sensitive, and I think I may have swatted the seat of his pants once. For the most part, though, all I ever had to do was speak sternly or let him know I was disappointed. His big, innocent eyes would tear up, and there was no need for anything more to be done… except to hug him and explain.

  I believe each child is unique. A parent must have that child’s best interest at heart and find what works. Corporal punishment is not often needed, sometimes never. When it is, a parent has to keep a cool head and a warm heart, and punish for the right reason — not because the parent is frustrated or irritated. The punishment, whatever it is, has to fit the crime and must also be beneficial to the child. That’s just my opinion, and I respect each of yours.

  As for the supermarket incident (don’t remember where exactly it was), I seem to recall that the boy was hitting his younger sister and pulling things off shelves. The mother had told him to stop several times, and had even taken him from his place under the cart and put him in the child seat portion. He wasn’t fazed and continued to reach down and smack his sister. His mother was still talking to him when he said “shut up” to her. She either popped his mouth or his behind, I can’t remember now, but it wasn’t in an abusive manner. I spanked my own daughter one time in the store, and I never had to do it again. She knew that being in public was not a “free pass” to act up. Luckily for me, they didn’t jail parents in those days for making kids behave. It was actually expected and appreciated by others.

  Now as to Mady and her outbursts. I don’t wish a mental disorder on her, but I do believe she may have one. Kate has admitted that she herself is OCD, phobic about germs, etc., so Mady would have the genetic component there to predispose her. If that’s the case, I don’t believe spanking is the answer. I would like to see them take her to see a child psychologist or psychiatrist and have her evaluated. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I would like to see her get some help if she needs it. Most all the other kids seem fairly typical to me. Loud, boisterous, screetchy, fighting, and irritating at times, but typical none-the-less. I think they’ll grow out of most of it… I hope, I hope…

• Almost forgot… Missy, so sorry about your hot flashes, and this has been going on for 15 years?? Good grief! You may want to check into a small dose of hormones if you haven’t already. I’ve seen HRT help lots of women.

  This may make you hate me (and is likely TMI for the rest of you), but I never had the first hot flash or mood swing or anything else. One month I had my cycle, the next month I didn’t. I may have been more irritable, but since I was already irritable to begin with, we’ll never know. My cycle never lasted more than one or two days at most, was always extremely light, no cramps, nothing. My daughter is royally pissed that she didn’t inherit that feature from me, and regularly tells me so… about once a month… LOL! Jealous yet?? I even gave birth without so much as an aspirin years before it was popular. A regular baby making machine, I was. I felt wonderful when I was pregnant, I could have had another 20 kids… except for the fact that raising ’em can kill you…

• Gosh Maris, you should be a writer, you are so good at explaining things and making one understand exactly what you are saying, I never gave thought to Mady having the genetic compotent as you put it, never would have even had that thought process LOL.

  Also I agree each child is unique, and has to be treated in a different way when it comes to discipline, My son would have much rather had a spanking than to be grounded, his therory was “a spanking only last a little while” the girls , no way “ground me” ofcourse until their teens.

  Now yes the good ole’ hot flashes, (early hysterectomy) started hot flashes early, and what ever is a light cycle? girl you are so lucky, I never inherited that from my mother either, she just didn’t understand how bad hot flashes can be, I just wonder when do they quit, I mean I’m not a youngster any more, Oh my hubby is hollering we need to go some where, excuse while I go smack him around a little LOL, talk to ya soon, Oh BTW I’m proud of your parents, look how great you turned out, any way sure sounds like from your comments you are some one that any one would be proud to call Friend. (:-)

• I can’t imagine Kate saying that! Is that really true? That is really selfish for all that Aunt Jodi did for the family!

• Missy and Maris… You guys are great! Wish we could go do lunch or at least coffee together! We seem to all be on the same wave length! That walmart story was crazy! You would think by the time the mama swatted that kid on his butt…. the on lookers would have applauded rather than calling the police! What kind of message did that send to the kids out there? The world is crazy when you can’t discipline your own kid and I was not one to raise my hand too often to either of mine. I on the other hand, had to cut my own switches our of my tree in the backyard and hated the sound of the wooden spoon drawer being yanked open! Anyone else have a wooden spoon used on them? Usually all you would have to do is open the drawer for me to get the message ha! It seems that we turned out okay! When I got remarried, my new hubby was testing the daddy waters and when my daughter was 4 seemed to spank her in anger and frustration and I put a stop to that at once. It never happened again. You don’t spank kids when you are angry or at your wits end… you spank them to teach them you won’t tolerate whatever they are doing.
  By the way Missy…. On the 22nd Oprah is focusing on HRT and her magazine for February focuses on it. The very last page of the Feb issue is reeeally inspiring. I’m there with ya honey!

• MARIS, Sorry, I havent responded. Ive been my children and I have been fighting a stomach virus. You, above all others on this blog should have your show and blog! And Im sorry for what I said. Im still upset over the injustice I feel has been done to me. It helps to have a completely new perspective. Im still trying to decide if I should retaliate against those who has caused my recent anger. I still feel a bond with them and friendship. However, the longer I am apart from them the weaker my friendship grows. I will get a yahoo account and send it to you.

  • Hi Big Daddy (pet name now Uncle Bonehead), glad you decided to come back. Sorry about the stomach virus. We’ve had something going through our family as well. I think my 5 year old grand daughter brought it home from kindergarten a few weeks ago, and it’s been making its way through everyone else since then. Let’s hope we all survive…

    Thanks for the compliment about having my own show and/or blog. I’ve actually thought about the blog. The show, not so much… I accept your apology, no hard feelings. I think we’re all guilty of saying things in anger that we later wish we could take back. When I figure out how to “un-ring a bell” I’m going to get a patent and be everyone’s filthy-rich new best friend!

    I’ll email you to get the details of the injustice done to you, although you’ll get more opinions if you choose to post them. (Maybe I’ll look into that blog thing…) I will say that I rarely advocate retaliation. I say rarely because I’m guilty of having gotten even myself a time or two. It usually just isn’t a good idea. The good Lord said “vengence is mine” and He likely said it for a very good reason. Anger is like a cancer and you have to get rid of it. If not, it’ll eat your wheaties every time. That’s not to say you should blindly forgive people you thought were your friends if they’ve wronged you. You don’t have to forgive anyone who hasn’t asked for forgiveness. Sometimes you just have to drop them, cut your losses, and move on. But retaliate? Probably not… Ever heard of the Hatfields and McCoys?

• Maris, here it is heckubus@rocketmail.com

  • does anyone know what happened to Hope?
    i see that the skiing episode was dedicated to ‘Hope’,
    i believe one of the ladies that helped them on that episode.
    any news about her?

• No offense to Jodi, but she did seem to be a little to into being on tv. We’re not getting Kate’s side, just Jodi. Has she considered how it affects her husband, Kate’s brother? I think before any judgements are made, 2 sides should always be heard so I will reserve judgement before just taking what Jodi…or her sister have to say. It’s hard not to believe that there are jealousies involves. Jon and Kate have gotten a tremendous opportunity because of the blessings…and struggle that was layed on them by having sextuplets. Why are they condemned for reaping the benefits of the opportunities given to them?

  • I for one would love to hear Kate’s side. I’ve looked through a few web sites and so far haven’t found any by Kate or her spokesperson. Tonight’s episode is supposed to be an hour of J&K answering viewer emails. Perhaps they’ll address why Jodi is no longer in their lives. Probably not, though…

    Speaking of emails, does anyone know how to email them? I’m bold enough to just ask outright. Maybe she could clear up some things. What’s the worst that could happen? She could just say “none of your business” or ignore me altogether. I’d be willing to take that risk. Inquiring minds want to know…

    • Maris, You should know by now Kate will NOT answer any question that would make her look Bad. I have decited to stop watching their show, because we see less of the babies now and more of Kate…Have you all not noticed how Kate covers up for Mady, the brat, I have never seen a child ACT and Talk back to their parents like Mady, and did any of you notice in the episode, Cara/Mady birthday, when they took all the children to the restaurant, and Kate made the statement how very happy Mady got when they served her the big red tall drink. Did any of you notice that Cara didn’t get one, nor did any of the other 6 babies, and if you watch closely how they all looked at Madys big drink. Kate takes up for Mady all the time, like Mady is going to MAKE A FINE TEENAGER, or Mady could BE PRESIDENT ONE DAY. Poor Cara, I just Love her, someone has to. As for Aunt Jodie, I feel she is a wonderful person, and had no thoughts what so ever in out doing Kate. I can’t understand all the people that takes her side, she for sure is in it for the MONEY. What is going to happend when the children are all older and no one watches anymore. Guess they will still have their 1, Million dollar estate, and all the material things they have afforded due to those 6 beautiful children. And do you know why Kate yells HELLO, HELLO, it is to bring attention to HER and the camera crew filming, it’s called ATTENTION!!! Kate and Mady are just alike, alway’s seeking ATTENTION!!! Wonder what happends we don’t see. Poor Jon

• Coastalmom, we have much in common. I’m very familiar with those switches, but the circumstances were just a bit different. Mom wasn’t the primary diciplinarian in our home, and as such, my sister and I tended to push the envelope with her. She wasn’t totally opposed to using a switch, however. We had a beautiful weeping willow in our backyard. Often times when my sister was acting up, I’d play “mommy’s little helper” and go get a switch and strip the leaves off for her to use on my sister. Don’t you know that every single time I did that, I would be the first one to feel that switch? So, I suppose I voluntarily cut my own switches! You’d think I’d learn…

  I never got spanked with a wooden spoon, I don’t think Mom owned any. Just the belt (forever etched in my memory), some switches, and an occasional fly swatter. I did use wooden spoons on my own daughter. I’m ashamed to say I even broke one on her once. In my defense, it WAS cracked a little before hand… I promise, it was cracked from prior use… from stirring thick, healthy stews… Yeah, I think that’s it!

  I also had a problem similar to yours when it came to my current hubby (her step-father) spanking her. It wasn’t so much that he spanked her too hard, because he was gentler than I was, but he seemed to spank her for every little thing and the love just wasn’t there. Our son was lavished with attention, but when my daughter would try to climb on his lap or throw her arms around his legs as he was coming home, he’d give her the brush-off with some excuse. Like you, I put a stop to it. I told him that I loved both children the same while he was biased. He didn’t like the idea but complied. Then (as all kids seem to innately do), she picked up on it. We had yeeeaaarrrs of “You’re not my boss!” and “I’m going to tell your mother!” He even threatened me one time that either she had to go or he would. I had to tell him in no uncertain terms that he didn’t ever want to make me choose between him and my children — he’d lose every time. So, there was tension in the marriage as well. At some point during her teenage years, the two of them got together and made a pact to work it out amongst themselves. According to them, the conversation went something like, “Look (to daughter), if you’re mad at me, come to me and say ‘you’re nothing but a giant A-hole and I hate your guts’ and I’ll say ‘yeah and you’re nothing but a snotty little b**ch and you make me crazy’ — but let’s leave your mom out of it.” Well, it must have been brilliant on his part because they became fast friends and still are to this day. Blended families… if I ever decide to write a book (another one, I should say), I could start there.

  As for the message that supermarket incident sent to kids, I think we’ve already seen that. I’ve heard of countless kids who threaten to call child protective services on their parents, and parents now have to look over their shoulders (or even directly at their kids) and wonder what might happen to them if they spank, even rightfully so. I do believe the law has to step in and prevent child abuse — I don’t believe anyone disputes that. I think they’re out of order, however, when they start trying to dictate how parents should dicipline. On one hand, they say parents can’t make their children behave. On the other hand, they hold the parents responsible for everything their children do. Malicious mischief — the parents pay for the damage. It shouldn’t be that way. The state can’t take all children and raise them, so they should let the parents do it and just monitor to make sure it’s proper and not abusive. Just my opinion…

  Now I’m off to answer Uncle Bonehead…

• Maris, you Dear are a riot!! and oh how I’d (like CoastalMom) meet you. Hey CoastalMom can you even imagine, you and I could just sit back and totally be entertained and just do that “really deep” belly laugh, the one that makes you pee your self LOL.

  I read Uncle Boneheads comment to you Maris and I was just waiting for you , I am sure it’s gonna be great, (was gonna say something else) You can handle this way better and more proper

  About kids calling police on parents, I have seen that done and I have also heard the policeman say to a teen aged girl, “if I had been your mother , you probably would have needed to call the police, if you were able” good for him, he could see right thru what she was doing, told her he would take her away but she still was not going out that night, awww she calmed down so quickly LOL.

  I know my son scared my daughter-in-law to death at Home Depot one day, he told their son from the time he was old enough to climb not to ever climb on shelves at the stores, well daddy got into another isle and mommy wasn’t looking and he decided to climb and the whole unit came tumbling down, What a noise that makes, but none to my grand son crying all the way to the bath room saying, “oh daddy I’m sorry” well no one called the police and my son was so aggravated at the time he didn’t even think of that,
  And then one time (talking about how kids push the parent) we were in church, kept him in there with mom and dad b/c he said he had a “hed egg” (head ache) he was really acting up, as dad was carring him out to the bath room he hollered ” pa,pa save me” now that was heart breaking when all pa,pa could do was just STAY PUT, they came back in and he sat there just like a little man LOL, so cute

  But as you said they grow up and they learn, and none of the spankings has made any of them maniacs or a danger to their own. I myself when I have to endure kids misbehaving in public I just wanna take mommy or daddy out side, and oh my lord Heaven forbid I have to hear one more parent threaten to count to 3, all the kids usually do is mock them and start counting and then the parents laugh and I shake my head and just think what an idiot they just made out of you. but you would be surprised (maybe not) how many ppl think a swat on the bottom or a spanking is real child abuse, and I think the goverment has to much to say about our personal lives already, and your right they don’t live with these little ppl,

  You remember Bill Cosby? I love that show, and when he used to do Kids say the Darnest Things? oh my that was a laugh, but the way Bill would refer to kids as those “little ppl” Okay Maris have a good one, we love ya girl,

• Kate is a self centered, husband basher. I feel sorry for Jon. Kate thinks she knows EVERYTHING. Mady is just like Kate.

  • AMEN, FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SEE’S KATE AND MADY FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE. Can you just think what goes on behind closed doors. I truly believe Kate and Mady has some kind of mental problem, I have heard Jon joke about her having a head injury. I believe Jon got roped into a marriage before he knew what he had gotten into, and one other note is how fast Kate wanted to have children. Jon wanted to wait, but Kate got the sperm implants within months of their marriage. Jon was only 22, Kate was 24. Kate is going to lose Jon if she dosen’t straighten out. Jon will get smart at about 35 years old, but he loves his kids.

• I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
  DONT HEAR THOSE JEALOUS PEOPLE!

  • Not to worry, Vero. I doubt very seriously that J&K read this particular blog…

• Maris and Missy… You guys both are wonderful writers. Ever consider writing a book? You both make me feel as if I am there! Very talented!
  I am so glad I found this place. I spent my day off cleaning and had Jon and Kate on in the back ground and went from horrified to appalled to retracting all of my negative opinions and cutting them some slack. The only one I had a hard time with was the episode on the plane ride to Utah where Kate started crying. (Though I felt like crying for her… what a nightmare being stuck in that plane with those kids that long!) That must have been a little traumatic for the kids. But… I have decided that those kids are for the most part happier than most… maybe not including Maddy who has “the worst day of her life” every single day lol. But they are healthy and taken care of and Jon and Kate do seem to love each other so I really could spend all day judging them but I am no better and know I would have more melt downs than they show Kate having if I had 8 kids all close to the same age!
  Maris so funny… Once my first husband and I were out with another couple and their two boys and our three year old son was throwing a fit…. I don’t remember this but he was a BRAT the whole dinner and they said that finally my husband had HAD ENOUGH and swatted him on his but and his sucker flew out of his mouth across the room and everyone clapped. Okay now I remember going out with them but I don’t remember the restaurant clapping lol. AND what the heck… if he was being such a BRAT why did he have a sucker? LOL… So even if it was an exagerated story on their part I believe that it was close! LOL. My daughter and her step dad are very close. She is in college right now and the house seems so empty now! I am glad your husband and daughter made ammends. Yeah, I hear you… don’t EVER make me choose between my kids and a man! I lucked out my husband had never been married or had kids. We tried when I was 38 and I lost it when I was about 4 months and we never tried again. I guess my kids were good enough. I would have had a 13 year old now!! I don’t know what would be harder, having 8 kids or one every seven years! Well, thanks for including me in your blog here!

• I just got done reading about two hours worth of posts because I was trying to figure who Big Daddy was and oh my goodness thing got spirited didnt’ they? Wow and Belle and Bun sure sound / write like the same person with the same old views… but then this blog is about Jon and Kate plus 8 but it’s more like Jon and Kate plus 88! (Us!) Ha! You guys are good sports!

  • boo. sisters in the same city. Same parents, and fraternal. I’m the ugly one, and yes, just like Mady and Cara… it can be frustrating. MOOOOVING on.

  • And yes, like my sis, I have an opinion, and yes, have a temper, and yes, said sorry…lots for herself and myself, so can’t I have an opinion here? I look over the things in theis particular post that grate on me, b/c I like, for the most part, what you all have to say. And one generic observation shouldn’t have outed my sister, but it did. She is so amazing, just opiniated to fault. Funny how everyone including Big Daddy, now Uncle Bone head and all fuzzy wuzzy, is back in the saddle, and I can not post without the constant scrutiny..and have said nothing to you or about you. I keep horrible hours TRYING, STUGGLING to get my thesis done, sosoooooooooosososososososo late and pregnant and tired. And I do not have 8 kids, I have 3 and one on the way and can’t get it right. And we, Belle ( Laura Marie and I, Diane Francis :/) still got each other, sad, tired, screwed up family….which, BTW, is the topic of this blog, as you pointed out. Hi. Forget first post, I am on the train and there is only light intermittently…tonight, good times…we are on delay..again. I look at this blog for insight. I am a multiple.

• In response to the recent comments on spanking… I wonder if TLC, perhaps, albeit, GENTLY, raises certain issues for this family to “entertain”. My mama and I were discussing this blog, and the matriarchs I read with delilght from this blog, as it were, as well all need to find our place in the pecking order, and she reminded me that daddy used to bait her into trying to get my sibs and I into situations that would result in those ” great dinner conversations” later in life, and spanking ALWAYS, I mean always, came up. It was either one or all of us requiring the hickory switch for something, and today, as a mama, I would not, but I don’t resent my parents for doing what they thought was right… corralling 9 kids at the time ( RIP Glenn) for bed, dinner, church, wahtever. I guess, I watch this show, sometimes with her ( mama) on the phone with me ( us, ) and we giggle at the “topic of the day” which is always close to home…for you and me, and the blog mama’s…God love yuns, hit on that regularly… with the stories and the commraderie. Which is why I post here. Not b/c i am trying to win some popularity contest, b/c as the yung’un in the heirarchy of the …please do not throw eggs, ….elders, no, wait…wiser mamas, I learn grace and civility, and can teach my babies such things. We all falter, and I am happy to be like my SPIRITED sibs…all of them, they are remarkable. And horribly flawed. Having said that…none of our neices or nephews are names after and instrument or fruit…or dragon tails. Peace.
  Back to my point, and I do have one… could the producers of the show perhaps prompt, dare I say it, the Gosselin Matriarch to ” create ” situations that might result in good/great ratings for the public, you and I, to have a good ole’ fashioned debate? and perhaps, in a weird way…connect?

  • A good old-fashioned debate or discussion around the Gosslins’ dinner table might indeed be very entertaining. Waaaay back when I was a child, we always sat down to dinner and talked about the day’s events, topics of concern to the family, etc., and I learned a wealth of good lessons from those informal talks. It might be tricky to keep it all sane with the little ones yelling and a fit or two by Mady, but they could start now and practice until it could be done in an orderly fashion. Maybe in a year or two?? Good idea, though…

• Missy, you were so delightful in your earlier posts. I really liked your thoughts and coments. Lovely, infact. and graceful and as my mum always says, girls are more spiteful, but also more forgiving. God knew that too.

• I didn’t know that all of you people live with the Gosselins and see them day in and day out. I guess maybe I was wrong and they are as bad as you all make them out to be… NOT! You all have perfect lives, and perfect husbands/wives and perfect children.. Aren’t you lucky.

  • Mem, this is the 4th or 5th comment of yours I’ve read that implies that unless “all of you people” either live with the Gosselins or have a perfect life, they’ve no right to state their opinions. Who specifically are you talking to? You love the family and love the show — I get that. Many others here love them also. However, some here have other views and they’ve every right to speak their minds. J&K willingly put their family on a reality show. They’ve gained a lot for their family by doing so, but by inviting the public into their lives they’ve also invited the critics. You’ve told people to change the channel if they don’t like watching. If you’re a close friend of the family and don’t like reading these remarks, you might take your own advice — change the blog you read. This one seems to be making you very bitter.

• Well, last night’s episode “Everything You Wanted To Know About The Gosslins” was pretty much what I thought it would be – disappointing, for the most part. Some of the early questions were the same or similar to questions they’ve answered in an earlier show. The clips, of course, were all from prior episodes. All of the emails without exception (that I noticed) were from people who were admittedly HUGE fans. No reference to Aunt Jodi, Kate’s parents or other family, Beth, or anyone else who’s left the show. It should have been called “What J&K Want You Huge Fans To Know About Them.”

  Kate was again toned down, but couldn’t resist interrupting Jon and even correcting his reading of an email by saying “quote – unquote”. (Poor Jon can’t seem to get it right…) I was hoping they might tell us some things we didn’t already know. Even Kate said “inquiring minds want to know…” I liked seeing some of the crew comment, but it felt scripted to me. Of course they’re not going to say anything that might cost them their jobs.

  Overall, I thought the show was pretty sleepy. I see next week is about the new house. That should be more interesting. After that, I can’t imagine what they plan to show. They might be running out of material soon…

  Just my opinion and I welcome all of yours.

• Maris, I have read elsewhere that Kate made a statement (while looking out a window of the new house) “and this is all mine” I did not see the show, so did you hear her say that? I hope not, as it should be at least “and this is all OURS” (or ours and the banks) but wait , maybe it’s pd for, do ya think?

  I just hope they are able to keep up with all that it’s going to require for that size of property and house, can you imagine the taxes? and all it will take to keep that land in manicured beauty as we see it now?

  • I do seem to remember her making a remark like that, but I didn’t catch whether she said “mine” or “ours”. Let us know which it is when you watch the show again. No offense, but one episode per week is plenty for me, especially this last one. I actually dozed off and had to rewind to see what I’d missed.

    It sounds like they’re counting on the show going on indefinitely since they made a remark about “doing this until the kids’ college is paid for…” I’m sure as long as the show is on, they’ll have no problem paying the taxes, etc., and I’ll bet the house actually is paid for, but they didn’t say. TLC will surely hire a gardener as long as they’re taping, although I expect we’ll see Jon out mowing the grass on occasion, you know, just for effect if nothing else.

    They’ve said taping and commenting on each episode takes 3 or 4 days, plus they have speaking engagements, etc. (Kate talked about how busy they were.) Forget the money — who has time for the upkeep on a property like that?? Tree trimming, leaf raking, pool maintenance, heck just changing light bulbs could take half a day. Maybe they’ll get the kids involved. That should make them love the new home… Hey, maybe it’s “mine” when she views her kingdom, but it’ll become “ours” when there’s work to do! lol

    • Lets all look back on something….If Kate did say , AND IT’S ALL MINE… AND THAT I DO BELIEVE……WHERE IS GOD IN THAT PICTURE???? ALL IS GODS, AND HE CAN TAKE IT AWAY AT ANY TIME, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE. I TRULY BELIEVE KATE WILL BE THE DOWN FALL OF HER WHOLE EMPIRE THAT HER CHILDREN HAVE MADE!!! THEY WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT THOSE BABIES, WHAT ABOUT IT FRIENDS. GOD GIVES AND GOD TAKES AWAY.

• i was reading the blog it is very hatefull and rude i know you are trying to help kate but all you did is betray her and the family if you really wanted to help her you would have said it to her face and not posted online for millions to read that was very childlike

• Missy, I thought i heard Kate say that looking out the window but i thought it was just me not hearing right. Interesting!

• Thanks Rachel, I will be able to see it again on Wednesday night here, so I’ll see if I can catch it, I also heard they had a vintage cadillac setting in the garage, I am so hoping next week will be at their new home, It does have some great curb appeal, Just a beautiful place for kids,

• Maris did you hear the episode on the couch where Kate said STOP BREATHING to Jon? I think my heart skipped a beat in sadness for him. There are two blogs from Aunt Jodi’s sister or that I found regarding Jodi when I was looking and I have joined both and I can’t remember which I mentioned this before but I don’t remember either responding to this one question. As I said, I watched a Marathon on Monday and I know they must love each other and I guess their ways work for them but it is still ugly to hear Kate constantly betate Jon on camera. She sure has grown comfortable in front of that camera. In a way I appreciate that she doesn’t perform for the camera and what we see is pretty much it. I think….she would do better with a cooking show. Not a how to raise kids show! Okaaay now stir in… a few insults to your husband, a few more…. a little whining…. a sudden hysterical fit when cleaning up your kids vomit, make sure to bake in a spa treatment, hahaha… I said I was going to cut her some slack but after a whole day of her in my background… I just can’t imagine why she doesn’t throw in a little marriage counseling. I am sure they could get it for free!
  Also… whoever thinks she goes to any site besides her own is fooling themselves. I think these people actually belive that she has time to scroll through each hate site…. Who would do that? I do know she is smarter than that! Maybe she may have at one time when a new one popped up but from time to time I see people either on one blog or another trying to actually pretend they are Kate answering us and it cracks me up… Sure you are a multiple… Multiple personality! Ha.

  • I actually DO remember her telling Jon to stop breathing, and it was on an older episode. I guess she has no filter when it comes to telling Jon what to do or not do. He puts up with her flip comments, but I can’t imagine he likes it. I especially hate when she tells the kids that “daddy’s an idiot”. That one had me talking to my TV saying “Really Kate?? And what is mommy??” Of course, I had to answer my own question and fill in the blank with all of Kate’s flaws I could think of. Like I said once before, I think Kate has some kind of disconnect thing going on that prevents her from seeing herself as others might see her. I know I’m going to get bashed for this, but here goes… She reminds me of Bush in that way. He can’t seem to understand why his ratings got so low (22%). He seemed to be in his own little world and didn’t think he’d done anything all that wrong. The few times he admitted he could have done something differently, he would continue the sentence with “BUT…” and go on to excuse his actions. BUT… that’s a whole other topic. I’ll just say “Farewell, Mr. Bush, this shoe’s for you…”

    Hey, I like the cooking show idea. I would watch it, at least for a while. They wouldn’t even have to script the insults for Kate or tell her they would be part of the appeal. Just put Jon in the kitchen with her and I’m sure they would fly. Remember the dinner Jon cooked? HIS family recipe, HE’S doing all the work, yet Kate couldn’t resist telling him how he could do it better by doing it HER way.

    I’m sure they love each other, but every little dig she gets in surely hurts him on some level. I suppose he tunes her out, otherwise we might be watching them fight. Maybe he adopts her attitude about Mady and says “that’s just Kate” but I’d be willing to bet we’d see Jon really shine if she showed him more respect. Like I said, no filter on her mouth.

    IF (no way in Hell) Kate were to read this blog, I don’t think she’d be upset with the remarks. She’d be too busy correcting everyone’s spelling, grammer, etc…. What are the two other sites you’ve found? I’d be interested in taking a look.

• Missy,
  My daughter is in an acting Academy and her hero is Bill Cosby! She thinks his talent is incredible. If she could meet him she would be blown away! She is 20 and so funny likes all of old timers like Gene Wilder …. She lives by the Grove and he had a book signing so I bought her the book so she could go to the signing when I was down there. Too funny. Anywaaay my favorite part of that show on was Kids Say The Darndest Things too!!!

  • I LOVE Bill Cosby, and I’ve actually seen him live twice and have his autograph. He is not only genuine, clean, a loving father and husband, and the funniest man ever, but is also involved in trying to steer black youth down the right path (mothers and fathers of those youth too). Have you read his book “People, Please”? I don’t know if he still does it, but at one time you could order an autographed copy. Sorry, I don’t remember where you could get them, but I’d imagine you could still find one on Ebay. (Nice gift idea for your daughter?) I felt so bad for him when his only son was murdered! So senseless…

    Have you seen him speak recently? I’ve seen him on Jay Leno and just a few weeks ago on Meet the Press, and I know he’s getting older but it feels like something is amiss. His thought processes remind me of someone in the early stages of Alzeheimer’s disease. That would be such a shame with all he’s done and all he could still contribute. Watch him the next time you have a chance and tell me what you think. I sure hope I’m wrong…

• Oh Maris, I do hope your wrong about Bill Cosby, I really love that man, he has a;ways been my favorite, and I can still see him doing “Kids say the darnest things” now that would brighten anyones day, It was so funny one time when he asked the kids aquestion amd then he asked “did your mommy and daddy tell you how to answer me today?” and everyone of them said “YES” I think it was about them arguing, so cute.
  I do think when he lost his son, he lost a big part of him also, I saw my mom after my sister and brother died really go down hill, I don’t think she ever really recovered over that. Just kinda took that spark out of her eye, KWIM?

  A few months back I saw Bill on Oprah, rather he was on via Web Cam, but the kids (was kids) that was on his show was there in honor to him, my they have grown into such beautiful adults, they told how it was to have Bill as their father and how he was such an inspiration to them, how their school work was so important to him, and what a great father he was on and off the show, That even tho he was their father on the show he cared greatly about them in their off show lives also. Any way it was great to hear such good remarks about a star on T.V. since theres not a whole lot left now days, Am I giving away my age? LOL I miss the good ole’ stars and celebrities,

  Back to J&K , yeah me to Maris, about her telling the kids daddys an idiot, or don’t listen to daddy, thats where she gets under my skin, I don’t think parents should bicker and fight in front of kids, and oh my gosh never take sides in front of them, one time when Jon had told Joel he could’nt eat if he didn’t quit whinning, and when Jon walked away kate told hom to goahead and eat and not to pay any attention to daddy, I almost yelled at the t.v.

  I remember with our youngins if I did not agree with what dad said or visa versa, we discussed it away from their earshot, b/c kids learn how to plat parents, and they will use it to their advantage, Oh yeah I remember kids will say or do the darnest things LOL

• Has anyone ever thought what it would be like to be in Kates shoes? She has eight kids and is tring to raise them the best she can. I think Jodi is great for all of the help she has given, but my sister watches my three daughters for free and I would not agree for her to get paid by a network either. Kate deals with the cameras day in and day out. Those are her children why should anyone profit from them? In the begining seasons of the show Kate said she only wanted people around who love her children for who they are not what they can get so doesn’t money kind of darken that? Like I said I think Jodi is great but her role is very different in the kids lives then their mother. Kate is putting this money away for college for the kids and she supports their every need would Jodi put the money back for kates children?

  • You’re forgetting that Jodie WAS in Kate’s shoes quite often. She also had the cameras, light, sound and crew in HER home. But, not only did she have all of that- she SOMETIMES had all EIGHT OF Kate’s children, plus her own FOUR!! So, you do the math. Plus, it’s always more difficult to keep children in your home than in theirs – where all of their things are. So, Jodi really put herself “out there” for Kate and Jon. In the beginning, there was no talk of money – she did it just to help her family and she truly loves the children. You would HAVE to love them in order to keep 8 kids for anyone!!
    But, then the show took off and Joni was in more and more of the episodes and the show’s producers decided that SHE deserved to be paid for having the cameras in her home and being a part of the show on a fairly regular basis. They were NOT paying her to babysit the kids!!! It was strictly business – the producers paying her for her part in the show.
    But, Kate did not want anyone else to be that important to the show – to be “paid” – to be “”making money off her kids”. But, it’s ok for her to make money off of them – free expensive vacations, free surgery, free spa trips, free hair cuts, FREE everything and special treatment everywhere they go. So, what would it have hurt to have allowed Joni, someone who truly loves the children, to be paid for the inconvenience of having crew and cameras in her home everytime she kept even one or two of the kids. Kate was simply – quite selfish and it’s cost her even more family members (in addition to the ones she’s already alienated) She needs to remember – the show will end, the money will end one day and all you are left with are the ones who truly love you – your FAMILY – not the crew or the producers, but her family. Sadly, Kate has pretty much burned those bridges with her family. Jon seems to be trying to reach out to his recently but even that was part of a FREE wedding trip to Hawaii. So, put this all in perspective before you say anything- I think the kids are adorable – they need some discipline but they’re great in spite of Kate. I know she loves them – that’s obvious – she just needs to check her MOUTH once in a while – especially the way she demeans their father in front of them. The next thing you’re going to see is one of the kids talking to Jon that way – because “Mommy does it”.
    Joni shouldn’t have to “put money back for Kate’s children” – that’s NOT what the producers were going to pay her for!!

    • Well said.

• Maris thanks for the idea about the book! Her birthday is in March and she turns 21 and I will add it to my list! She is my spoiled baby! I am probably going to get her a Verizon phone of her choice Anyone know about the Blackberry? My husband said that he has heard there have been a lot of returns. The good thing about the phone idea is it will mean another 2 year contract which includes her texting me every night: I’m home Mom when she is home safe. LOL. I know I am spoiled but if I am paying for her phone how hard is it to text 3 little words? She usually adds I love you but it is my security link to her. How did our moms survive without cell phones?!
  The other blog I found is:

  Jon and Kate plus 8 – Aunt Jodi on a blogging warpath.

  It has the video of Jodi on it and I thought it was connected to this one for some reason. I was watching their show consistently and wandered on the sites one day looking for more information about their book and didn’t even know about Aunt Jodi let alone sites like this and I got hooked… It’s not as mean as most.. we can all say our opinions without getting blasted for the most part. Of course I have my favorite bloggers on each site that I connect with more than others and ones that are totally disgusting that I wouldn’t want to know in real life but isn’t it what it’s all about? Getting to talk about what we are all interested in? Amanda, yes… we have all considered what it would be like to be in Kate’s shoes. She’s got a tough position. I keep trying to be compassionate toward her. I keep thinking okay cut her some slack… I like the fact that she is real. We see what is. I love what Maris described as a filter…she just doesn’t get how she sounds. My problem isn’t her mothering so much as the way she never cuts Jon a break. Why should we cut her one? She is on him constantly. He does so much more than the father of my children ever did! Their daddy thought he was “babysitting” his own kids! Kate is blessed to have Jon! If she had had my first husband with her situation she would have lost it permanantly long ago! I say… if she learns from the videos she views later and attempts to change her reactions from being so abrubt and harsh then maybe Jon will stick around for the teenage years. Hey Kate… time to change the filter!!!

• Oookaaay wait a minute Amanda, I reread what you wrote and I am confused… I am not sure if I read it correctly… My sister and I babysat for each other. We never paid each other, we just did favor because the cousins loved each other and we were making memories for them. When I would spend the summers with my cousin, I didn’t even consider that my grandma was babysitting us but that we were all hanging out together… I guess my poor grandma might have viewed it differently at times lol but I KNOW she looked forward to our visits or at least she made us feel that way. But if my sister ever had the opportunity to make some money that wasn’t coming out of my kid’s money or If I didn’t have to pay it. WHAT is wrong with that? I really don’t understand. Like the ladies that come and help with the laundry… now that she isn’t wondering where the money is coming from. If they aren’t getting paid now or rewarded for their good deeds, I think it is crazy. I think that no one should be working for them for free now that they can pay. The thing is…. people were volunteering because they were this average family not knowing where the next box of diapers were coming from. They started out with not that much but now they have been blessed. So what? Don’t share the wealth? My motto has always been…. those who help bake the bread should be the ones that get to eat the bread. Not rocket science!

• I might add that the state of PA. had the college fund set up for the tups, so I don’t think J&K have much to worry about there , also I will had I have defended them to the hilt, but J&K are well set in the money dept so far, They will always have a nice funding coming in even after the show is off the air.

  I’m not sure how much they have given back, they have nothing to prove to me, that would be like someone asking to see how much I pay in thithes each week, that is between us and God, I only hope they give back plenty, it’s b/c they have been blessed with much, that they get to live the way they do, you have any idea how many little kids will go to sleep tonite hungry? or how many will cry them selves to sleep b/c of bad conditions they have to live in? I mean if I were the Gosselins I would be scared to death not to give and give and give some more, because they at least have healthy kids and God has blessed them with much, but….. What God giveth, God can take away,

• Missy, I loved what you said about them not having to prove anything to you or to us for that matter. That is a good reminder. We bring them into our home every week or if we watch the re-runs every couple of days maybe… so we think we know them and are entitled to judge. Haha… I have a good one… yesterday I was painting a tree on one of the walls at church. (My friend wanted an apple tree in her Sunday School room) so anywaaay…. the pastor’s wife comes in and we are talking and I said something about wishing that I wasn’t so judgemental and she said she thought that I was one of the most unjudgemental people she knows. Oh my Gosh she doesn’t know me from here! Huh?! LOL. Goes to show how this place is different from how we are in real life *hopefully! ;)
  But Missy, I had to agree with you~ THAT was so good. We have this sense of entitlement in here like we should know this stuff. There are 3 sides to every story… Jodi’s, Kates, and the truth…. But I still hold firm to the fact that everyone volunteering for Kate (in the earlier days when they did not know where they were going to get the money from to raise those kids) should not be working for free NOW! I used to do art shows and had to get a babysitter for my kids and my 1st husband’s kids because he wouldn’t babysit!! Sooo this woman I knew came in the middle of one (art show) that was reeeeally busy. I was almost in tears… I couldn’t keep up with the sales and had a line coming out of my booth. Her husband dropped her off and she helped me for the rest of the day. He came and picked her up after and they both helped me pack up. I had made a decent amount in sales and took them out for a prime rib dinner. Her husband asked me….”Don’t you want to call your husband and invite your husband?” (We all knew each other as couples – he was our Bible Study Teacher) And I said, no…. just like the Little Red Hen…. Those who helped bake the bread get to help eat the bread. Metaphorically speaking! I agree that they should be giving back and not overlooking who has helped them in the past and are still helping~ as they are blessed now. I would never even think that I had a say in this BUT that is what the title of this blog is about!!!! So if anyone judges us for talking about it…. Remember why you are here…. just like all of us… you entered this site because of it’s name and you were curious…. don’t come in here and act like you are better than we are… if you were, you wouldn’t have even clicked on it… you would have passed it by and rolled your eyes rather than reading all of the blogs and then getting mad because we have opinions. Missy, in regards to God Giveth, and can take away………….. I have always felt that God does not cause tragedies…. He does not cause illnesses etc… but because this is a fallen world, He allows things to happen, though He is sad for us…. when things or people are taken away. I think that He loves to bless us…. Not take things away from us but as I said He allows it because of the sin… and He will use the tragedy to bless us so that we can learn from it. Sooo I think that He did give them the blessing of help but I don’t think it would be HIM per say taking it away… But He could allow it to be taken away… Does that make sense or am I rambling because I am procrastinating? I do think that’s what you meant but I just wanted to add my two cents….
  Gotta run and go open at work….

• Maris dear I am not bitter. I find it quite amusing really to read all the negative remarks made by you and others. I write what I do to see what reaction I may get. Nothing more nothing less. And yes I enjoy the show. Cute kids, gutsy parents… Thanks…

  • You repeatedly write comments telling us we aren’t perfect enough to voice our opinions about this perfect family — merely to see what reactions you can get?? OK… it all makes sense now. Troll. If not bitter, you certainly are a little too bored. Perhaps for entertainment value, you might pick up a book sometime. I believe Kate’s written a few. See? You even have a choice…

• Amanda, I think it’s great that your sister watches your 3 kids for free and without complaint, especially if you can’t afford to pay her in cash or repay her by watching her kids (if she has any) or running errands, etc. In the show’s beginning when Jodi (and many, many others) helped out, no one knew how long the show would last or how vastly successful it would become. I applaud each of them for their labor of love. BUT… Kate became wealthy beyond all expectations. Jodi has 4 children of her own, and although her house made Kate’s (old one) look small by comparison, she and Kevin (who works) also have expenses, not to mention the time she was taking away from her own family. The viewers all loved seeing Jodi, so even though her services were no longer needed in the way they once were, TLC wanted to keep her on. TLC offered to compensate her independently, not out of Kate’s money, so it was no skin off Kate’s nose. Kate would not allow it and even threatened to quit the show if anyone except her profitted from her kids. In my experience, a person (family or not) is capable of both loving the children they tend to and being paid for it as well. Isn’t that what Kate’s doing? If you justify Kate’s earnings by saying she deals with the cameras, doesn’t the same hold true for Jodi? She had the cameras in her home every time she babysat them, and it was quite a bit. Jodi didn’t quit the show because she wasn’t being paid — she quit when Kate threw a hissy fit over it and her feelings were hurt. Her love for the children didn’t change, but that slap in the face by Kate was the equivalent of telling her that she wasn’t wanted, needed, nor appreciated. In fact, because Jodi had been agreeable to being paid, Kate got angry and cut Jodi (and I’m assuming Kevin too) out of her life altogether… just like she did her father… and her mother… and a dozen or so others. Are you seeing a pattern here? Do you think the camera crew, producers, etc. should also be working for free? I bet whoever watches the kids now is paid, along with her new chef and anyone else they have to make their lives easier so they can film. Do you really believe they spend (or should spend) their money on the kids?? I love my grand daughter and watch her for free, but my daughter is struggling. If she won the lottery, I bet she’d be glad to help out dear old mom. Then again, my daughter is not Kate. Thank God for small favors…

• Touche!
  I don’t think I tell anyone they are not perfect. You voice your opinion that you don’t like the show or the family but you continue to write about something/someone you don’t like. I on the other hand write about something/someone I do like. Nope I don’t know them personally just enjoy the show. Sorry if I angered you that was not my intention. Troll? Not up on this lingo. Have you read any good books lately?

• A troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response. (You said you wanted to see what reactions you would get.)

  In your above post you say “You all have perfect lives, and perfect husbands/wives and perfect children.. Aren’t you lucky.” To me, that implies that only perfect people with perfect lives should be allowed to have a negative comment about this family. If you meant it otherwise, please explain. You’ve said similar things 4 or 5 times and told people to change the channel if they don’t like watching. I’ve never said I don’t enjoy (less now than in the beginning) watching the show. I do post my observations about much of Kate’s behavior. Technically, this site is intended to be about Aunt Jodi and the falling out between her and Kate. The Gosselins have several “fan” sites where you won’t have to tell people to stop the critisizing.

  Your comments about the show and praises for the family are welcome, as far as I’m concerned. If you’re expressing an opinion, good or bad, that’s contributing. If you’re just telling others in essence to shut up, that’s emulating Kate when speaking to Jon.

  No, I’m not angry. I can’t get bent out of shape over someone’s comments on a blog. Good books? I’ve read everything Wally Lamb has written — they’re wonderful. Just got his new one in and plan to curl up with it very soon. Check it out…

• I firmly believe in spanking as long as it’s done by an established set of guidelines and is NOT the only form of punishment a parent uses. For me, it was, and is (with my grandchildren) done only for certain acts of willful disobedience. They do not get spanked for every little thing. I NEVER SPANK WHEN I;M ANGRY – ever!!! That’s the first rule. I also tell them again, WHY they are getting spanked. Then I spank using my hand. Using anything else – and you may hit harder than you intend to. Using your hand, you know how hard you are hitting. Then, after the spanking, I tell them I love them and we talk briefly about why they had to be punished. Then IT’S OVER. I don’t bring it up again.
  If a parent will be consistent with discipline from the very beginning – FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ANY THREAT YOU MAKE. IF YOU DON’T INTEND TO DO IT – DON’T THREATEN IT!. Don’t use threats like “if you do that again, you’re not going on vacation with us”. They know you won’t follow through!!!
  Kids have to learn that you MEAN WHAT YOU SAY – EVERY TIME. I did this with my own two children and I do it with my grandchildren and it’s WORK in the beginning. But, they learned, early on, that I meant what I said. And, like magic, you’ll find after a while, you have to do very little discipline at all. Once they KNOW you WILL do it – they mind you most of the time. My grandchildren are not well disciplined at home and misbehave badly.
  But, here at my home, they mind us because they know what the rules are. That makes them more secure, I think. They know exactly what is expected of them so I rarely need to spank or even punish them at all.
  And, they would rather come to my house than go anywhere else!!! So, they don’t FEAR me or fear getting spanked. They just understand what the limits are here. I think children NEED to know the rules. It helps them function better at home, at school and, later, in the world. Knowing that the world does not revolve around them and every little thing they want helps them get along better in life.
  I think that Kate would fare better if there were more guidelines regarding the children’s behavior. It’s my feeling that Kate allows the twins to get by with more because she feels guilty about the fact they have 6 siblings to deal with. I’ve heard her say something like this before. That’s NO reason to allow them to act badly at home or in public.
  One short example – my oldest son was about 4 and his brother was not quite 2. We were shopping at K-Mart when the 4yr old decided to throw a tantrum. Something he had NEVER done but apparently had seen some other child do it. He began screaming and yelling “don’t hit me” (I had not touched him). People in the store were looking. I was in shock at the behavior. I thought “this cannot wait until I get home. It has to be dealt with now”!! So, I pushed the cart to the restroom – I took both kids into the bathroom. I talked to him about his behavior and that I would NOT tolerate it. Then I pulled his shorts down and spanked him and told him this is what would happen if he ever did it again.
  We never had another tantrum – at home or in public. As they got older, I could say, “please pick up your toys or please get ready for bed” – they would do it with no fuss because that’s what was expected of them. Rarely did they require punishment. I’m sorry but TALKING to a screaming 4 year old just doesn’t work. Used properly with love and other discipline, spanking can be an effective tool But, LOVE is the key to having it work as it should. And, yes, love and spanking can work together.

• Oh so that is a troll. Okay. I think that Aunt Jodi was very kind to help out family. That is what families are for.But did she get greedy? I am not sure that we have the whole story. Did Kate really say all those things? I don’t think we will ever know. You know its one side vs the other. Do I think Kate is a good mom? Yes I do. She could have easily aborted one or more of those babies but said no without a thought. Did they ask for all this show. (can you imagine being taped) No not from what I have read. That’s what reality shows do. If it helps the family (even the Rollof’s and the Duggards) then why not. I also understand how she can get nasty with her husband. I feel that way sometimes too.

  Ah yes Wally Lamb. He was my daughters high school english teacher. When she wrote a story as a boy he told her that she couldn’t write as a boy since she had no experience as a boy. Best selling author yes he is I happen to like his work too but didn’t follow his own advice. Read the “Red Tent” great story. Or “The Hiding Place” about the holocaust both excellent reads.

  • OMG!! You actually know Wally Lamb?? His book “I Know This Much Is True” is my all-time favorite! Any tiny trace of lingering irritation I may have felt is now evaporated and I’m green with envy! My friend’s daughter dated John Grishem in high school, but in my opinion, he’s not even in the same league.

    I mean, Wally Lamb!! OMG!! Will you be my new bff…?
    (text message talk for best friend forever)

    Isn’t it curious how an open mind and a civil conversation can open doors to meeting new and fascinating people? It makes the world so much smaller and nicer…

    By the way, the two stories you mentioned, did you write those?

• I stopped watching thid show about a year ago. I am sorry , but I just coukd not take the horrible way Kate treats her husband…

• Wally Lamb taught english at Norwich Free Academy in Norwich CT. My daughter graduated in 1992.

• Maris, you are truly a sweet heart, just wanted to throw that out there for any one who has an open mind and wants to have a civil conversation.

  It is amazing how things get so out of hand over J&K, when actually if we met in person we’d probably have the time of our lives together. I said to Coastalmom what a great time I think she and I would have with Maris, we could just sit back and be entertained and have that real good ole’ hard belly laugh, Thanks Maris you are an example.

  • Awww Missy… thank you (blushing)! You’re a sweet heart too.

    I’m having a barbeque and pool party this coming summer, and you’re all invited! It’ll be a blast! Good food, good people, good conversations, and only one rule: Anyone who disagrees with me gets pushed in the pool! (Kidding again, just kidding…)

• I haven’t watched this show in about a year.

  I can forgive screaming kids, Maddy’s (nasty) attitude and whatever else. What absolutely pisses me off is Kate’s disgusting attitude towards her husband on camera and even worse, in front of the children and the rest of the viewing world.
  It is absolutely horrible and unacceptable. And please don’t say “oh but she has 8 kids! You are not being fair blahblahblah!” You know what? Life is about choices. She chose to have a baseball team. Now its time to do what ya gotta do and be loving and respectable as often as possible while doing it

  Yes its hard, but look at the Duggars. Do you see the parents being nasty to each other? No. If they can be free of nasty comments, so can Kate.

  I am convinced if they never had more than two kids, Jon would have divorced her and her nasty attitude by now…

  • I agree with you, for the most part. I think if the tables were turned and it was Jon constantly correcting and insulting Kate, there would either be a lot more people speaking up about it or possibly the show would have failed altogether. The fact that Jon sits there and takes it not seeming to mind (except on rare occasion when he gets embarrassed) makes me wonder about him. I’m told some men like that. If so, perhaps he should just have a ring put through his nose and get it over with. I’m sure Kate could find someone to insert it for free…

    As for the divorce, I don’t think so. Cheating on her, though, who’s to say? That personal trainer looked pretty hot, and she was all smiles and veeeery friendly to him…

• Maris you are so funny. I don’t know Wally Lamb personally. He was my daughter’s english teacher and she was upset when he told her she couldn’t write in the person of a boy. She is by the way now a middle school english teacher.
  No I didn’t write those two books. The Red Tent is set in biblical times and is about Dinah one of Jacob’s daughter’s. She is mentioned briefly in the bible but the author took this little bit of information and wrote this novel. Anita Diament (not sure of the spelling) is the author. The Hiding Place was written by Corrie Ten Boom. It is her family’s story of the holocaust and how they hid jews during the war. Both awesome and real tear jerkers.
  I am glad we can be friends.

• OMG! I am so glad I am not the only one who feels that the show is turning into the “kate” show! I actually googled to find a site just to see if anyone else had noticed how kate seems to have changed. I mean, she was always bossy, and I hate the way she constantly cuts jon down. Last weeks episode in where jon commented on her eating habit was funny, he got a dig in on her and she seemed embarassed about it. I thought it was funny to see how disapointed she was when she had the tummy tuck and thought she would get a free boob job too. How awful for her!! I thought it was rather tacky of her to expect another “freebie”, since the tummy tuck was free. The doctor and his wife were kind enough to pay for their hotel, and had them stay at their house. Just shows how greedy she can be.

• Did anyone see the episode where during the interview classless Kate tells Jon to ” STOP BREATHING”. She told him that he breaths too loud. Right then and there my husband would have put a plastic bag over my head and see how I liked my breathing? I was SHOCKED that she said that then went into this tirade making faces etc about how he was breathing. Now that is just NOT right at all. I just cant stand her. She needs to be told to STOP breathing. For a long period of time. ( sorry couldnt resist. )

• Missy,
  Thank you for going over to that other site. I got them confused. Just two of them and I was like where am I? LOL. Isn’t that the slowest site you ever got? Hey and by the way you got an affirmation from one of the top dog bloggers over there! Ha! But I knew she would like you!
  Oh my gosh Katie… LOL… I was so blown away by that one too! I blogged about it a couple of times until someone nicely pointed out that it was an old episode. I still agree with you… I like Kate for the most part but if she thought she was being cute… it was sad. Also the times that she tells the kids not to listen to their dad and go ahead and do the opposite are appalling. I guess you take the good and the bad form your own opinion but there are some episodes that are hard to watch. BUT…. I can’t help it… I gotta keep watching…. :)

• I’ve been reading this blog for a while now. I’ve also been watching the show for a while; in fact, it’s my favorite show. I think the kids are adorable. As a teacher, I know that Mady’s attitude is somewhat typical at times. I also like to see the “normal” relationship between Kate and Jon. Their back and forth playful/argumentative attitudes remind me of my parents. I don’t think that Jon and Kate are exploiting their children. I think that they made a decision for their family after they were approached by TLC, not the other way around. I don’t know about all of you, but I find myself thinking, “I’d love to _____ if I had the money…” and they are lucky enough to have the money. For Jodie’s family or anyone else to make such snide remarks about Kate is terrible. Are these people thinking of Kevin?

  • Thanks KatyJo. I enjoy the show too and I don’t see anything wrong with Kate and Jon’s relationship. And you are right TLC approached them and why not take advantage of all they can to help their family. It’s not money coming out of my pocket so why should anyone care how they get their money. They are not evil people.

  • You should ask Kate that question….Is she thinking about anyone besides herself? I think she adores being the center of attention. She also Insist upon being in control…she is OCD and she is putting her own paranoia and compulsive behavior on her kids…..are there a lot worse parents out there, of course, but I am not of the mind to think giving your kids everything is a great idea….your time is much more important….why does Kate find 4 (four) hours to clean a refrigerator, but can’t find time to stop Mady from abusing her sister or help Jon take care of the kids? She is what she is, but you can’t expect people not to find fault when they see what is going on behind closed doors. I felt terrible for Alexis when she got beat down by her sister, that is twice her size and twice her age. Mady knows better, she just knows there will be NO consequences for her awful behavior….she is out of control and will only get worse with time. We all know there is going to be multipy train wrecks, if this show goes on….I foresee a lot of sadness and heartbreak in the next ten years. Also, I wouldn ‘t be surprised if there weren’t a couple of Mommie Dearest books cookin up in a few heads. Not the boys…they all seem a little slow…but boys and men are the weaker sex and they never do really catch up…:)

• You know I’ve heard several ppl say that Kate was expecting to get a boob job done, IMO and it’s just that, I don’t think she was really trying that. I have seen that episode a few times and I don’t get where she was asking for that, I think she was asking his opinion, and if you notice I think her boobs look great, she is not “Jugs” but she’s not fried eggs either.

  Coastalmom I have to go read that LOL, and I’m with you about the way Kate talks to Jon, espically in front of the kids, that was a big no, no in our house, I would have never told one of my kids “don’t pay attention to daddy” oh my word, what happens when one of them want to run in the street, or get chummy with a stranger? don’t pay attention to daddy when he hollers your name and says “don’t?” she better stop and think, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

  On another note, Have you heard that their old house is finally on the market? yep it is, and she left all the appliances, lordy be those washers and dryers ummmm yeah I’d take a set. It is listed for $350.000 and I must say I hope some one is gonna go in and clean it up, looks like theres trash left behind in the kitchen and laundry room, bathroom.

  Heres a link, I am not computer savvy at all, so I don’t know how to make a link, but heres the info, I bet Maris could do it tho,

  brwnstone.com/properties/details,

  heres somemore info
  Brown Stone Real Estate
  Debbie Tobias Lotier
  I just can’t get over that 350.000, they sure did not pay that much, anyway theres some good pictures of the house, just seems weird not to see all the kids running around,

• I think that jon n kate are doing a wonderful job with eight kids. Everyone who keeps badmouthing them are ridiculous. Eight kids is a lot to handle, and probably none of them could do it for let’s think….18yrs!

• Missy….
  As always, you are right on target with also MHO lol. It is scary how much we think alike! You also are right! We would have a blast out with Maris! I would probably come home with a stomach ache from laughing so hard! Even more than a hundred sit-ups!
  Thanks for the site! I can’t wait to go look!
  (Oh my gosh… can you believe how much faster this site is than the other one?) I wonder why it takes so long not just to see the posts as they wait for moderation but just to pull the site up! I am glad I found this one. You are right some people come on there and are horrid! But considering the titles of the sites… That’s what they may think it’s all about. You and I and others who are pro J&K plus 8 may have just been wandering around looking up information but others who don’t feel as warm and fuzzy about them may be just looking for a place to vent about them. The thing is that we DO see the things we don’t like and remark about them but we don’t wish that the harm on the family! Oh my gosh! Are there really people out there that feel that way? And to the point of actually cussing about it? Those are the ones that I say “get a life” to. It shouldn’t make you that angry. After all though it is a reality show and this family is probably the most real show we have the privilege to watch… it is JUST A SHOW and for people to get that angry shows how full their own life actually is. We can all have opinions but at the end of the day… everyone has one. I think that we are fooled if we think Kate even cares what we think… let alone has time to come on a site like this.

• Missy,
  You are right! That place wasn’t a mess but it certainly wasn’t photo ready for that realtor to take pictures for marketing. What was she thinking?? How hard would it have been to pick up the last few things? Unless she thought it would be a selling point… Add an extra $50,000 for Gosselin old dryer sheets & notes on the mirror! I do have to say that that house is a deal! Even in CAs crunch… You couldn’t find that price for that much of a house. By the way that site would not come up for me but you gave enough information for me to google a bit of the rest of the info you gave to find it!

• I looked through all the Brownstone properties by that agent selling for $350K but couldn’t find it. Missy, if you go to that site where you found it, click on the address bar at the top of the page once to highlight it in blue, then push “control, c” and it should copy the exact internet address of the page. When you come back to post here, hit “control, v” and it will paste it here as a link. (It’s called cut and paste, if you know how to do that.)

  I went to the other site you mentioned, Coastalmom, but it practically choked my computer! I have an older model computer, I think it came over on the Ark, and it just can’t handle that much information or something. Maybe if I try early in the morning while old Bessy is fresh and rested, I might have better luck!

• Maris,
  it’s under:
  brwnstone.com
  agent: Debbie Tobias Lotier
  2190 Andrew Ave
  Hershey, PA

  The picture of the house is of the back showing a screened in porch. I think it’s the only one for 350,000.00

  • Hey, I looked and there is no listing for it now. They may have removed it. Thanks for the address. Ill send them some mail! haha

• I am sure she’s an impostor. Look at her face really close. This is not Jodi. Fool of you who believes her.

• Maris… I copied it for you guys, but I forgot that the rules are that we can’t put a link up. Now I can’t find it either. But I do see a couple links to this site about us talking about it! LOL!

• Maris…. Also that other site is soooo slooow… I love this one! It pops up and you don’t have to wait to see your post. I can understand the other one choking your poor computer before even getting to read anything… it is THAT slow. I really appreciate this site but if you want to get really frustrated wait the hour it takes to be pulled up and then read all of the hateful posts… some are outrageous. This one gets it’s share of hard to read posters but it is much milder than the the one you tried to view. At least hear we talk about the show and don’t fight so much with people who have other opinions that are different than ours.

• When God created Adam, he was lonely, so God created Lilith from the same dust from which Adam was molded. But they quarrelled; Adam [the proverbial domineering male] wished to rule over Lilith. But Lilith [a militant feminist] was also proud and willful, claiming equality with Adam because she was created from the same dust. She left Adam and fled the Garden. God sent three angels in pursuit of Lilith. They caught her and ordered her to return to Adam. She refused, and said that she would henceforth weaken and kill little children, infants and babes. The angels overpowered her, and she promised that if the mother hung an amulet over the baby bearing the names of the three angels, she would stay away from that home. So they let her go, and God created Eve to be Adam’s mate [created from Adam’s rib, so that she couldn’t claim equality]. And ever since, Lilith flies around the world, howling her hatred of mankind through the night, and vowing vengeance because of the shabby treatment she had received from Adam. She is also called “The Howling One.”

  • Big Daddy, God created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs so that she should be a “help meet” for him and stand by his side — not from a bone of his head so that she should lord over him, and not from a bone of his foot so that he should trample upon her.

    Where did you come up with that Lilith, …uh, joke? Is that from the TV series “Cheers” joke book? Sorry, I don’t get it….

    • He did not make up Lilith, althought I don’t know why it’s being mentioned. Lilith is from the Jewish bible I think, I can’t remember. Not that I am saying I believe it, just that he did NOT make it up. It was on the history channel on one of their Christianity shows. Again, the story is as old as Adam and Eve and not made up.

    • Book of Isaiah. Only mentioned once. She is wildly reguarded as his first wife, predating Moses.

    • Bun, I think you probably meant to say “widely accepted” but “wildly” is indeed more apt…

      You’ll have to educate me on the Lilith of the Hebrew Bible. As for the Christian Bible, see my comments below. Lilith is born of myth and legend, nothing more.

    • This is why I hate religion……it get involved in every discussion and it talked about rediculous things like ribs and crap like that …..what idoits believe this garbage?

    • to any sane person the bible IS a book of Myth and Legend….not to be confused with fact….

  • Must you, Big Daddy, must you, make sense???? Why, now??? I so know this story, my God, it has been told over many a sittings. Gracious? NOW??? With all your woman bashing and all the hatred??????? NOW??? Christ, I have to agree. You are the person who caused Laura such hatred from some of these posters. And me, too. Great.

• Oh my Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever!!!

  • Book of Isaiah.

    • Sorry, Bun, Lilith is NOT mentioned in Isaiah. Perhaps in the Hebrew Bible, but not in the Christian Bible.

• Who is this guy?????????????
  I second the Whatever!

  • She is a rather well accepted deity in most churches, although, not reverered. Not to side with BIG DADDY, since I might be crazy, myself, but she is in the Bible. And, real.

• Here’s the website that shows the Gosselin’s house for sale:

  http://www.brwnstone.com/sites/designs/site2/index2.asp?id=128&page=details&listingid=10174495

• I love watching the show, but Kate has gotten really stuck on herself lately. I guess that money and free trips have gone to her head. Seriously, she needs to rethink family, and I’m not talking about John, and the kids, but her brothers, sisters and mom/dad. Those are the people you need when the chips are down. She thinks she can handle life without them? There’s going to come a day when she’s going to need her family and they won’t be there. The spot light she and her family are in right now is great and wonderful, but what happens when they aren’t in the spot light anymore. What is she going to do then?

  • Er, I’ve lived a very long life and my family has never, ever been there for me in times of trouble. But my friends have. Perhaps Kate’s family is a bit like mine: be a clone or be condemned. What will she do when she’s no longer in the spot light? Probably what all of us do when life turns down a different path in life. One adjusts and moves on.

• Girls don’t feel alone I thought I was pretty versed on the good word, but I sure don’t get this, so Whatever “good golly , miss molly, LOL

• Coastalmom, I think it’s okay to post a link as long as it is related to the show,(and that link is) Usually they will approve a link as long as it is not suggesting some one elses web site or advertising, KWIM?

• Coastalmom,”who is this guy?” well I am guessing he thinks he will be the thorne in Maris’s side, what he don’t understand is you can’t bug someone who don’t wanna be bugged, and she just may be the thorne in his ____! yep you guessed it. Ha,ha,ha,ha,

  • You’re spot on, Missy. If you allow someone to bug you, you give them power over you and your emotions. I don’t generally give away my power to strangers. I’ve too little power as it is…

    Since Bun said Lilith is mentioned in the Bible, he HAS prompted me to study the Good Book a little closer. But hey, that’s a good thing. My mom always told me that you can learn something from every person you meet. There ya go…

• Well, its really sad that Jon and Kate have hurt so many in their family. All that they have now, could be gone in a heart beat. I don’t care how much the producers wanted to pay Jodi…Kate had no right to hurt her brother or sister-in-law like that. It would have blessed them financially. If that was my brother and his wife, and I was in Jon and Kate’s position, I would have been so happy to help them in any way, even if it was from their nieces and nephews. So what….she is just being selfish and hurtful. She should be ashamed of herself. What goes around comes around. To Jodi: God Bless you and the Lord will help you get through this. Also, just trust in the Lord…HE said HE would restore what the theif has stolen from you…seven fold. God Bless you and Kevin.

  • Huh? So you are swallowing the sister of the sister-in-law’s story? Isn’t she the one who is screaming the loudest about “living off the children”? Me? I have no idea of the truth since the only evidence comes from the s-i-l’s sister and she’s simply not a credible witness. Somehow when Jodi was on the show, there wasn’t child abuse, but now that Jodi’s been ejected, it is? Sorry. But that just won’t hold up. It’s illogical and gives me a fairly decent insight into Aunt Jodi’s less than stellar motives. And about Kate’s “control” issues here. Kate IS the parent. She has every moral and legal right to retain control of something that affects her family and her children. IF Jodi signed a contract as a paid performer, how would that affect the relationship? If Kate preferred to call someone for travel or for help who wasn’t Aunt Jodi, would Aunt Jodi claim that Kate and Jon were squeezing her out of her “job”? What if Kate preferred to take along the new baby sitter, Jennifer? What claim would Jodi have over “air time”, therefore “pay time”? And since the show IS Jon’s and Kate’s job for now, how would having Jodi on contract affect their control over their show and their jobs? So OK. Kate wants to retain control. Good for her. That is the responsible thing to do both as a parent and as a businesswoman. Jodi thought she was being taken advantage of? Jodi should have done what Jon’s brothers did. Refused to sign a release. But she didn’t, did she? She took the kids in and it looked to me like she enjoyed the opportunities being on the show gave her.

    Another thing. Why is Kate at fault over this so-called family fight? It wasn’t Kate who went public with one of the most vicious personal attacks I’ve ever read since the MSM took out after Sarah Palin’s daughter. That would be Jodi and her kin who threw the first punch here, and in Kate’s defense, she has NOT responded in kind. Seems to me that Kate and Jon are the victims and a whole lot kinder about it than I would be.

• I completely agree with KatyJo. Why are people making such a big deal about how Jon and Kate are spending their money? it’s not coming out of our pockets. If I were getting paid alot of money for being a reality show, I don’t know about anyone else but i’m sure I would spend the money at some point just as they did on a house.

  As for people thinking the children are being exploited, i’m sure Jon and Kate know what is best for their family much more than any viewers. How can these people leaving rude remarks make such a terrible decision about Jon and Kate and their children without even knowing them?

• Book of Isaiah where? It’s a big book. Chapter? Verse? Please

  • I’ve got to look that one up, Coastalmom, even if I have to re-read the entire book. I’ve never read the Jewish Bible and have no plans to. Nothing against members of the Jewish faith, but I base my beliefs on the King James version of the “ordinary” Bible. I’ll get back to you…

  • Isaiah 34:14 is the chapter and verse from whence this “Lilith” legend was created, but the name Lilith is not once mentioned — not in Isaiah nor anywhere else in the King James Christian Bible. (One questionable version does say lilith, but even then not as a person, but rather as a type of creature of the night.) The Hebrew word “lilith” is translated to mean “howling creatures” but is not the name of a particular woman. Over the years, the name has come to refer to screetching, evil women of this nature, but it’s purely myth and legend, not Biblical. The Lilith legend is primarily used by radical feminists as a woman who will not bow to the will of men, and the concept that she was Adam’s first wife comes from the first two books of Genesis in a very poor translation by internet pseudo-scholars.

    Next time, list your sources, Uncle Bonehead…

• I think people shouldn’t make an opinion until they hear both sides… maybe jodi did something to them that nobody knows about… no one knows… i also don’t think it is their business putting all of this around the media… its something that happened in their life… deal with it… jodi is just jealous that she isn’t getting all the attention that kate is… it has to be hard to raise 8 kids and like they said it is nice that someone can video tape them because there is no way that jon or kate should or could be able to do that… the kids seem to enjoy the “crew”. Jon and Kate know their kids better than anyone else so i’m sure they can talk to them and deal with it themselves… they are going to get so rapped up in the show and making money that they put their kids concerns behind it… they are doing the best they can… everybody makes mistakes and has bad days… plus the crew is only there approximately three days so they aren’t there more than they are…
  thats just my opinion

• Hey guys. I just love to throw off the wall stuff out there and get everyones responses! Its wild! I love Jon and Kate. Glad someone put their new home address out there. My little girl is tooo excited. Kates birthday is comming up and she is planning on sending her a card! Ill tell you right now, Im jelous! Id love to ge living their life! No one is interested in watching my life. Theyd just see an old fat man with nothing better to do other than bloggin on the Jon and Kate site! hahaha

• Maris, you are too funny! Did you get ole Bessy fired up? Try turning the crank on the side! Does anyone know the new address? Thats what I thought you were looking for. I found the old house. maybe someone who knows Jodi can get it form her since shes upset with them. The old house is ok, but its not great! The washer and dryer is probably WORE OUT! I have the larger version with 4 kids still at home and I know I have to do minimum 2 loads just to stay even. Supposed to do 19 pairs of jeans in one load! YEA RIGHT, that sucker will walk out the back door. The cat did get in the dryer for about 10 minutes one time. He was nice and dry! Now he has brain damage and started pissing on everything! Hes an outside cat now!

• Lets no one respond… kay guys?

• Coastalmom, I agree!!
  I saw a clip of Kate at the new house, I don’t think she was saying “and it’s all mine ” in a bad way, she was standing at the ktn. window and look like she was cleaning something. now my ktn. is used by anyone who comes into our house, grandkids, hubby, kids, friends ect. but it is my ktn. No one can clean it the way I do, it has my mark on it, So since she is the mother and the caretaker of that ktn. I think what she said was appropiate.
  Our home is inviting to our family, our kids still call it home and they usually do whatever when they come home, they do not have to ask for some ting to eat, they can just go get what ever, but it’s still mine,b/c at the end of the day it’s my responsibility to make sure it’s all put into place, one of my pet peeves has always been, nothing setting out in the ktn. at the end of the night. No drinking glass or dirty dishes left in the sink, and even when the kids were all at home they knew I had not better get up in the morning and find even a glass sitting out.
  I always thought if the ktn. was clean and sparkling then the rest of the house was pretty much okay.
  Okay I’m off my soap box, now someone else can have a turn LOL, hope you all have a great week ahead of you.

• Coastalmom, I was doing some reading about Lilith, what I read was it was a myth as I thought. But read Col 2:8 and see what the Apostle Paul had to say about myths.

  I also noticed that someone had made a remark about the Duggers and said they were Catholic, I don;t think they are, remember at the wedding Annas father said there would be no dancing or drinking, well at any Cathokic wedding I have heard about those two things are almost as important as the vows LOL, so just another reason I don’t believe everything ppl on here say about the show, the Duggers and most certainly about God.

  I’m not sure what faith they are of, I do know know they are sincere, but even pentecostal churches have dancing, espically at weddings, afterall even David danced before the Lord, (only naked) now I am laughing but it is true.

  • I agree with you… she wasn’t saying it as a bad thing… she was just happy that she finally had a place that wasn’t in the center of everything… some place that was private and amazing!

• Missy… LOL… I knew we were alike! My mom always taught me from early on like elementary school days… If your bed is made… it makes the rest of your room look clean. I know anal housekeepers who don’t make their beds and it always shocks me.
  I also used to hate not even a fork being left in the sink. Why have a dishwasher? Also the humming of a dishwasher at night is a comforting sound to me. LOL… In the later years, obviously if my dishwasher is running I have let the family leave a glass or dish (RINSED) in the sink.
  I think that is why we like the show… we can relate minus the amount of kids. :)

• I feel the same way! Happy to know I am not the only one. Thought I was a weirdo for feeling like that. So how do I get DH to realize this???? He’s always leaving things on the counter and in the sink.

  I love the show as well and Little People Big World. Looking forward to tonights shows. And happy I found a web site with positive things to say about the show. And Kate is Kate and Jon is Jon and we have to accept that. W/O there wouldn’t be a show. And yes, we can relate minus the amount of kids. :)

• I saw the pics of the old house. Although it’s not pristine, it isn’t a bad house. But $350K?? Really?? In this market?? I’m no real estate expert, and I know it’s all about location, location, location, but that seems like an awful lot. Maybe they’re hoping some HUGE fan will buy it for the sake of saying they live in the old Gosselin house? They feature the washer/dryer in a few photos, but good grief, you can buy those and put them in any house. Someone needs to enlighten me, evidently. I just don’t see it…

  Some things I like about Kate: She’s a smart business woman, a great organizer, she keeps a clean house, she loves her kids, she’s pretty (yes, I even like her hair, I don’t care if some say it’s outdated), she’s intelligent and articulate, and… there’s probably some more things.

  Some things I do NOT like about Kate: She corrects and insults Jon both publically and in front of the children, she disowns family over trivial matters, she has a distorted sense of self, she puts herself first in all matters – even the kids in some instances (Remember when she told the girls they’d failed at being mommy for a day? That builds self-esteem — hers, not theirs.), she doesn’t seem to be adequately (if at all) treated for her OCD but in fact seems to think it’s cute, same thing for Mady, and her toenails don’t match her fingernails. Just had to throw that last one in for laughs — she isn’t the only one who can be petty and nit-pick… And again, there’s probably other things.

  I think if this show stays on the air, we’re going to see that Mady isn’t the only one of the kids with issues. Just for example, Cara is completely over-shadowed. I have a feeling, though, that if Kate’s grasp on the situation starts to deteriorate, the show will just disappear… with no explanation… just like her parents… and Jodi… and her friends…

  Anyway, tonight’s a new episode and is supposed to be about the new house. We should have more to comment on by tomorrow — good, bad, ugly, or indifferent.

• I saw the previews of tonights show with Kate at the window and I think she’s commenting about the mountains all around the house.

• I loved Aunt Jodi and Uncle kevin–couldn’t they have their own show?

• Hey girls, heres me talking to one of my teenaged daughters 23 yrs ago,
  ME “your not finished with the kitchen” (which she didn’t do alone)
  her”why? what did i not do?”
  ME”well for starters you did not clean the stove off”
  her”well aren’t you gonna cook tomorrow night?” Geeezzz

  Yes that was the same reason she gave for not making her bed, “it is stupid to make it, I’m just gonna mess it up again tonight”
  I’m like where did that come from? she did better when she was 5!!!!

  Maris, I would have rather seen a photo of the master bedroom and bath then 2 of the washer and dryers, I guess they just want ppl to see two very expensive sets left behind. And what is that on the back patio? I could not figure it out, maybe some shelving? looks like 3 of whatever standing there.
  The new house in the clip I saw of the kids running up the stairs, I was wondering if they bought the house unfurnished, it looks pretty bare, and they certainly did not have enough from their old house to furnish that mansion, the pictures of the new house before they moved in had some pretty large items in it, and we know Kate from her admission is not capable of decorating that home. Their old home was not decorated at all except with family photos.
  Also I agree with your likes and dis-likes about Kate, and the one that gets me the most is the way she does speak to Jon and espically in front of the kids, that should never happen. As far as Mady, I believe kids will do exactly what we allow them to do, She didn’t get by with that behavior with Beth did she, See now this is just my opinion but I think Kate just lets them be too verbal when they should be listening, I wonder if she has ever had a serious talk with Mady about being on t.v. and everybody watching her behavior? Lord knows at her age she is old enough to understand.
  Coastalmom, I don’t think we can put most husbands on the same level as our kids LOL, mine is the same way, leave it in the sink,why b/c the dishwasher is where? Lordy Be!!I know there are some men who just automatically do it right, not mine, my girlfriends husband will even wash down her mop boards for her, but he couldn’t hold a paint brush, go figure. And my hubby is very paticular about our yard.

  Now see Maris this is why we love ya, we can comment later on the “good,bad and ugly or indifferent, tomato or to-mat-o, Coastalmom and Cardinal yes , we can relate minus the kids, I’m sure there were days I was a be-yootch to, and Rachel good thought, there are mountains and a lot of scereny out there , I would say “all mine” too. Now I just wanna see them in that new home.

• shut up u idiots aunt jodi is not being cut from jon & kate plus 8 u disgust me.

• I first tuned into this show when the family friend was helping out with the kids. I was watched because my girlfriend said the show was awesome. Now from the one hour I watched this show I made some observations. The kids were cute, the husband was a push over, and the wife was someone that to be kind was a bitch.

  So I tune in tonight and find out her behavior has gotten worse. She insults and bosses her husband any chance she gets. She obviously loves certain kids over others as she constantly reminds them. She married this guy because she NEEDS someone to push around.

  Now since I have watched only 2 shows I will give you the wife in a nutshell.

  She probably has very little outside family that likes to visit her, not the kids or husband, but her. She is one of the most controlling people I have ever seen in my life. I bet she has absolutely no friends. I hear that she was a nurse. I am sure she does not work mostly because she cannot find a job and her coworkers would probably poison her on her shift.

  For the furture. Her husband is out of there as soon as his kids are grown or he will kill her after she forces him into insanity. Her kids are all doomed, she is going to screw those kids up badly. The boys will not be able to respect women or deal with them because of mom. The daughters will turn out to be just like mommy.

  This lady is one screwed up person and loves the spotlight. Please someone take her off the air and put her down.

  • I have followed the show forever and like everyone else, think the kids are so cute. But Kate’s behavior is just not normal and I have made a lot of excuses for it so I could keep watching without feeling bad, but after the “new house” episode, I am done.

    I don’t see her getting better and agree with Steve-at some point, Jon is going to wake up and not feel a thing for Kate. Right now, they are just too busy, but the constant demeaning is going to add up and leave him not feeling a thing. She is supposed to lift him up, not beat him down. My better half and I come from a family with many kids and siblings all have many kids–one has 14 and several have six or more. NEVER would any of us talk to our spouses they way she talks to him. We may not always be the Walton’s but we are always respectful. She talks so much of her faith–I think she needs to look at that again.

    And that is not the worst of it–at first I was just sad watching the new house episode–instead of exploring with her children, Kate is cleaning the fridge. So what if it is dirty–clean it later, hire someone, buy a new one. It is the kid’s first trip to the house–make it a memory for them!!!! Then I just got disgusted when she ignores the boys who need a little help in the poddy. For goodness sake, it is their first time in the house–they don’t know where to go, how to call, etc. She makes them wait until Jon comes in? She is just plain mean to them–it brought back many sad feelings of the gum episode when she threatens to throw away the “lovey”. And the one that made me the most sad–putting the kids on a blanket on the laundry room floor when they had the flu so they wouldn’t soil their blankets. My niece was sick over the holidays and threw up several times–never once did anyone even think of putting her on a hard tile floor so it would be easier to clean.

    Yes, raising kids is hard work. Yes, having multiples must be extremely stressful, but none of it excuses being mean to your children. There is no excuse for it–she is aware of it and has the means to have enough assistance that she doesn’t put herself at risk. The Dilley’s are from my area and live in a very tiny house on one modest income–everyone that knows Becky talks about how kind and patient she is.

    I don’t know what the future holds for the kids, but I am certain it is not one that involves a loving warm relationship with their Mom. They will love their Dad and have good memories, but Mom’s memory is going to be about yellling, no fun, and harsh. These kids will grow up so fast and Kate is going to have a lot of regrets about how she spent their childhood. It isn’t the vacations that matter, it is the everyday stuff that kids remember most.

    I wish them well.

• Katy dear, you need to do some serious research on Jodi before you come on a site calling ppl names. how long has it been since you have seen an episode? how long has it been since you have seen Jodi on the show? Jodi has been gone a long time , Heres something for you to read, Google “Truth Breeds Hatred” and read Jodis sister blog, and she will tell you what Jodi thinks. I’m only telling you this (since you must be a fan of Jodis) (I am Not) so then you won’t be looking like a fool.

• I am watching the show right now. I have tuned in an out for the last couple of years. I love how many of people comment on how they feel kate behavior is not disgusting.

  she treats her husband like dirt. She takes any and every opportunity to abuse him, scold him and put him down. Funny how we do not see anyone around them during the show. No family, friends, no one?

  Lets fast forward 10 years. Her kids will all have some issues developing. The girls will be bossing their brothers around and they in turn will treat women like crap.

  John will either have left his wife or completely shut down towards the marriage for survival. Kate will probably be even further off her rocker and be talking to the their video camera to get the attention she desires.

  Completely F)(&)(& up woman. It is amazing how one person is going to screw so many lives up.

• I am starting to see that this is only a “kate” friendly site, not a , God forbid…Gossip site, or a forum, just a site that you must belong to the “popular crowd” or else…horse shit! No one is really talking about this show. It is a forum of well opinion, and if you do not like it, well, move on….sans one person.. what a joke. This is a television show, CREATED and SCRIPTED……….. it is for entertainment..I watch it too, but I also watch, Nat Geo…and Playhouse Disney. Not gonna start a religious war over it. I miss postings, but my knickers don’t get in a wad over the constant BITCH-I-NESS of Missy…who seems to e keeper of the post and God be damned any one who questions her opinion. Give it a rest. I mean, people can have differing opinions than yours and still be allowed to continute. God help you if you were in public service, which millions of Americans THANK that you are FAR FAR away from. Christ, take a valium, hypocrit.

• Wow bun-in-the-oven, who peed in your post toasties?, are you having a bad night?, I ‘m sorry.

  You can question me all you want, didn’t realize I was being bitchy and what did I do to you? You sound as if someone just told you to jump off the world or something. Gosh I only try to have civil conversations with the girls on here , where do get I am a hypocrit? I guess thats your opinion and that is to bad.

• Maris, I just saw that had commented on the Lilith ordeal, you are right on, I looked it up and saw that it was a myth, and I also use the King James version,

  I wish this blog had a different quote/reply version than this one, most of the sites, if you reply to someone they show up with the last one replying rather than the first, KWIM, In other words if you were to reply to this 5-6 threads down and I wasn’t deliberately looking back for a reply I would never have seen it. Thats how I missed yours and Coastalmoms a few days ago, And thats why I don’t use the reply on here, I just make a new post, Does this make cents to you?

  Also I’m not sure but just a feeling you know bun-in-the-oven, why do you think she is pissed off at me? I did not realize I had done or said anything so off the wall that would make her talk about me the way she did. Evidently I have rubbed her the wrong way some how.

• Who knew? Having multiples could catipult you into fame an unbelivable fortune??? Never mind the ski trip, Hawaiian vacation, Disney trip, and beach trip to North Carolina that came equipt with a swim instructor on site, hmmm I wonder how much it cost to take a family of ten on a horse and buggy ride through Central Park? It is hard to watch such greed and selfishness from what was supposed to be a glimpse into how to keep a family of 10 going. Simple, have multiples and turn it into a cash cow!! What is realistic about this family? Um, nothing?

• Jon and kate god where to begin. I watch the show once in a while with my daughters. Now I am a 32 year old military wife and mom of nine. 12-3mths. We only have his income which he is only an E5. All nine belong to us. We rent a house that is 1900sq ft and that includes the garage. We have four tiny bedrooms, no yard and we live in town. We cant afford to buy a house where we live, and we can’t afford to build a house. I would love to build in the country. We have a spot to build but we don’t have the $30,000 to put down to build a house. Jon and kate is getting so fake now. People need to realize that Kate is never, never never at home with the kids by herself. I have my kids for six months or more at a time by myself. All the kids clothes they get for free, all the juice and toys they get. Trips are all paid for. Basically they live for free. Hell she has people who come in and do her laundry, put her clothes away. I do everything myself, and i love it. I liked the show when the kids were babies because it was really neat and now it’s all fake. The six will be going to kindergarden next year and you can’t take cameras to school so what are they going to do. I wish someone would pay for me to raise my kids. Write my books for me, and everytime i mention wanting to buy something or go somewhere someone would call me up and hand it to me. They are not struggling like they use to. They just tell people look what happens when we go and out. We are rich and famous. What happens when the show goes off the air and they don’t have all the good stuff no more. I hope they are saving and with a house like that, wow every person’s dream. I would love for my kids to live in the country and have the freedom to run around. My honestly people. Jon did not make that much money to buy the house. People like you who support the show still bought that house.

  • Let me get this straight: you resent them because you had nine kids, are a stay at home mom and your husband is an E5 and they’ve succeeded? That makes a lot of sense. You must truely despise Oprah Winfrey.

  • You go mommy of 9. They need to cancel J&K+8 and give you your turn. I agree, they had it rough in the beginning, but now everything is handed to them. I have only seen the show a few times, but everyone I know that watches it talks about how terrible Kate is and how everything is handed to them. I think it was fine doing the show for a year or 2, but then it needed to end. I can’t believe people still care about the show so much! No offense to those that do, but to me for reality tv, it’s not realistic at all. how about showing someone that is actually working to support their many children (or even one child at that).

• Well-what did everyone think of the new house episode?

• I have to agree with mommyof9. I have 7 kids with my husband of 20 years. The ages are 19,16,12,6,4,3,2. We have a great time with all of them but we live in a small house without all of the extras. We have no dishwasher and all I do is laundry. We loved the show when it was all about how crazy life is with alot of kids, now they just get whatever they want!!!! My husband said all they do is mention something and its at their door. Do you notice how both Jon and Kate smerk now when they mention what they have. I am starting to feel that they are laughing at us watching them get everything. And by the way I understand that even before the kids were born Kate was begging for stuff. And if they are so christian why don’t we ever see them going to church as a family.

• I think that Kate is a HUGE snot. she is so rude to Jon. I used to love this show but due to her attitude and the way that she treats he children and Jon I do not watch it any more.

• The “New House” show disturbed me. Why was Kate acting that way to her kids? My own kids watching that could not believe that she would not help them in the bathroom. The house is HUGE. Do they really need something that big “so they are not on top of each other?
  It almost seems as if she doesn’t want the kids around them.
  She should enjoy this time with them and forget about her big trips and material things because time goes by so fast.

• The Truth Breeds Hatred link of Jodi has been deleted :( Anyone know where I can find the video?

• The newest episode is starting to show Kate’s true colors. Are you kidding me, none of the children are allowed in her bedroom? And her son has to wait to be wiped because he didnt “call out”? I wish I could have my husband watch my kids so that I could wash out the refrigerator for 4 hours. This woman is out of control!

• I seldom watch the show, just happened to flip it on the other day when NOTHING else was on. There was Kate, talking about their trip to the Keys, what a great time, blah blah blah. Then, with all the wisdom she always displays, she informed us that “it’s very important for couples to get away. I think a lot of couples forget that”. Yeah, kate, we all forgot. We had the money, and the sitters, and the free everything. But, gee, we forgot. Thank God you are here to remind us.

• The house was beautiful! I am very happy for all of them. I did have a problem with all the comments about the refrigerator. It did not look that bad to me. I know that everything needs to be cleaned when you move into a new house but why insult the previous owners? She made it sound like they were pigs.

• A thought just occured to me while I read Jodi’s sister’s blog… I think it’s quite hilarious and hypocritical that only now, when Jodi is no longer a part of the show, that all of this mean spirited crap is coming out. Does anyone else feel like that this is just her sour grapes for not getting paid to be on the show? If she was so concerned for the kids, shouldn’t she have said something a couple of years ago? What a piece of work!

• I think Aunt Jodi and her sister are hypocrites!! They bash Jon and Kate for having a TV show yet they blog and post about it. They are using the show for their own publicity!! If they honestly feel the show is a bad thing for the children, then they should talk to Jon and Kate about it in an adult way!! Making a blog about the show only increases the popularity of the show! I think Jon and Kate should not be judged for their decisions to take care of their family. Every parent makes millions of decisions for their family. Some decisions lead to increased quality of life and some decreased the quality of life. NO ONE knows the full effects of a decision!! Aunt Jodi’s sister needs to grow up and stop this stupid blog of hers. It is ridiculous! Until she has twins and sextuplets, worries for nights and nights about money, food, space, and every day life…I think she needs to look in the mirror and worry about fixing what she sees!!

• I found it kind of disturbing, myself. Kate is more focused on cleaning a refrigerator for 4 hours than tending to the kids while they discover their new home. The older girl kicking the younger one until she cried, the little ones throwing socks over the upstairs railing, Kate giving up her search for the boy who was in the bathroom…all the while complaining. The refrigerator is filthy, the house is too big to find her kids, the kids can’t come into her and Jon’s bedroom anymore. Wow – such love. Mady seems angry, Kara seems sad and the parents seem oblivious.

• Wow I can only shake my head (wobble, wobble) I wondered as Kate was complainig about the dirty frig if she realized that she laft the old house dirty, I mean there are notes stuck to the mirrors, laundry room was left with trash and worse yet the kitchen was left a mess. I’m not saying thats bad, maybe she lined someone else up to come in and clean it later,
  I don’t know anymore, when I read stories like the one above (Mommyof9) it breaks my heart, My son is a military man has been almost 30 years and it is hard with 2 kids, I can’t imagine 9, This is where if I were K&J I would read stories like this and I’d be the first one there to say “How may I help you?” I know the heart of military families and they are the first ones to say “let me help”

  When the Tornado ripped thru Ks and took the town completely out, it was our military men and women who were there night and day to help, many of the soilders wives went to deliver food and help any way they could, out of their own expence, I really believe when God blesses us with much, he expects us to return the same blessing to others, Sometimes I believe he will test us and see if we are good stewards of what he blesses us with. Okay off my soap box again LOL

• I was horrified at Mady kicking one of the little girls!!!!!!!!!! She needs help

• I am happy for them and their success. We can all judge kate and her family until we are blue in the face. People will be people. We don’t walk in their shoes. All of us could be judged harshly if people had camera’s in our homes. Cmon! I will say the cleaning and complaining of the new fridge.. i thought with all this money why not just buy a brand new one? Especially since shes a germaphobe. Anywho, I’ll will be jelous of their success and do wish I could still relate as much as I did in the begining, BUT I will still watch it. :)

• Oh and their kids are normal! Give me a break! Kids kick hit scream throw things all of that craziness. Be realistic here.

  • THANK YOU! Kids are going to fight, hit, sream, etc… it happens people!

• I don’t know if what all has been said is true but I do know that the show has certainly paid off. They now have a BIG house. And since neither parent goes to an actual job, tv must pay good.

• i am a ten year old girl and watching jon and kate plus 8 is what i wait for to come on on monday nights.so i think it is bad to make a blog about how mean you(aunt jodie) think that she is.

• Maris, are you haveing trouble getting my emails?

  • Evidently so, haven’t gotten any since the first one…

• Mady is a brat, she is spoiled because of the birth of her siblings, its reality kid lots of people have a ton of siblings, I understand its difficult to get attention but they the way they allow Mady to behave is absolutly sickening. I would beat the crap out of my kid if she behaved like that, my daughter wouldn’t because we don’t accept that type of behavior. Also, siblings fight its a natural part of the picking line especially when mom’s and dad’s are too busy to notice. Kids grow up they turn out just fine but to blow off Mady’s tantrums for that is just how she is… makes me sad she will get a real eye opening experience in life and be a terror at 15. Cara is super sweet and gets neglected a ton, but I guess who I am to judge I don’t live behind their walls thank god. What really kills me on the opening of their show is that they say they wanted to try for just one more… if you can’t have children and multiples are very likely because of the treatment you go through then ADOPT!!! There are 140,000 children in the US with out homes. Then when you find out you are going to have multiple babies don’t be surprised you just had twins… Its so frustrating. I watch the show religiously and Kate can be a serious bitch but what mom can’t at the right moment in time. The producers cut the show to make her look like that…

  • Riley, I really liked your comment and agree with what you have to say. i think Mady is a terror on wheels and she is so obnoxious and self centered! I couldn’t believe she kicked Alexis 5 times until she started to cry….That poor little thing looked crushed…she always has such a bright smile and I am sure she worshiped her big sisters….it had to make her feel awful that her big sister would treat her that way. I can’t believe Kate spent 4 hours cleaning….is she nuts? Why didn’t she hire a cleaning service and spend her time with the kids…..she said she so desperately wanted….. which is another thing that really bugs me….she wasn’t even married 6 months when she went in for fertility treatments….and she said she wanted to be a young parent….but she was only 24 years old….what is the friggin rush? When you have 7 or 8 embryos implanted….there is a good chance if the pregnacy takes there will be multiplies….I am not saying she planned this all out….but she does make me mad with her neurotic compulsive behavior. She is teaching the kids to be fearful and afraid to get dirty. How pathetic….as for treating her family the way she does….that is obviously the behavior of a CONTROL FREAK that wants to Isolate from others, so she can maintain full control and power. I hate the way she treats Jon….and corrects his speech and behaviour, like he were a 4 year old. I know they need money, so they don’t have to work and they have found a goose that lays golden eggs, but if Kate doesn’t get her act together and get some help….those kids are all going to wind up messed up and I think Jon may get his own show….Jon Minus NINE!

• Rachael, I picked up on Kate’s comment at the window “and It’s all Mine”! She reminded me of the Cookie Monster-GREEDY!

  She is such a fanatic about house cleaning. How will she even begin to keep that monstrous house halfway clean without a crew of cleaning people daily! I sure hope money is going into a trust fund for each child. I think Mady would do much better without all the hoopla that goes on in that household. Just my opinion!

  • What is wrong with what Kate said. I said the same thing about my house when we bought it. It doesn’t make her evil just normal. Mady is a typical 8 year old. I remember the fights my own kids would get into.

• I agree Barbara!

• Too bad about the family dirt! But doesnt everyone have that (family dirt!) Mady does need some help (I Feel) She appears very mean and selfish (always has). I always wondered why they never talked about the grandparents.

• I agree Darla!

• Oh my goodness…. Maris say it isn’t so…. You are e-mailing… Oh never mind…. I won’t even go there….
  Missy… I thought that it was very unprofessional of the realtor to not clean or wait for it to be cleaned before the photos were taken. I mean, how hard would it have been to move a couple bounce dryer sheets out of the picture?? If I were Kate, I would be annoyed that the pic was taken before I had cleaned or had it cleaned.

• cut her some slack she has 8 children and OCD. When you have OCD you are focused on one thing and feel like you have to clean that before you can move on.

• is the new house in PA as well? Is it really a million dollar home, or is that just specualtion—it was nice, but a million, really??maybe with all the property. I too used to be a huge fan, now i feel like it is just 1 big commerical for the item of the day….bring back the old episodes…a favorite that comes to mind is when they got new carpets, simple really about nothing, enjoyable. also, why does hannah have rher own room? I thought alexis was the early riser that was sleeping in the basement, personally, I would never sleep 2 floors away from a 4 year old, but thats my opinion. the hannah gets migranes in new, i am just saying, sometimes j and k say things that i think they are aware of the bad press and they are trying too hard to convince us they have rational reasons for things—the trip to hawaii: time change need to stop in Lego land….now I agree the air flight to hawaii is too long for kids, but just say the time change, long trip and lego land offered us a free trip….dont insult your loyal viewers intelligence, i’m just saying…agian just my opinion. thanks for reading.

• The little Dude at the bottom of the stairs seemed genuinely afraid of Mommy Dearest during his interrogation…………almost looked like he was going to make a run for it at one point.

  Big House…….Big Trips……..Not much Love!

  I won’t be watching anymore………bothers me too much……feel bad for the Kids.

• I used to enjoy the show until I really started paying attention. How can a mother be such a horrible daughter. Kate needs to wake up and realize money is not everything. Those children will realize that they were exposed not for our entertainment but to enlarge the mother’s pocketbook. Honestly, you move into $1.3 million dollar home with acres and you take 4 hours to complain and clean the frig. Why don’t you wipe your son’s bottom rather than the frig? You may want to pay attention to Madi kicking is not normal behavoir and by the way… your privacy…your bedroom excuse me but let’s not forget they are your children.

  • I agree…mom of 4, for an eight year old to kick a little 4 year old 5 times until they break down is abuse! I don’t think Kate or Jon have a grip on things and by video taping that BRAT Mady doing what she does, is making a case for not allowing that kid (Mady) to be alone with the younger kids….she is abusing them and should not be permited to get away with it. She is one sick kid! and the parents have even taken to leaving her at home when they go on some of their outings. She and Kate are like two peas in a pod….both can be mean angry control freaks who want to be the Center of ATTENTION…..I think there new house is beautiful, but really too much home for them….it appears to have been a working horse ranch at one time. I agree with the other person who wrote in saying the money should go into equal trust funds for the kids…..not just be squandered on luxury items for mom and dad. If they really have so much money, why don’t they hire someone to clean the new house…..oh that’s right…nobody does it right according to Kate.

• I used to love this show, but now it is all about money. Kate is not super mom. Watching the show the other day, she was more worried about the fridge than her own children, and then called Jon in the house saying she was to busy, yet she had not even started cleaning the fridge. She is a joke of a mother, and is to worried about money. At first the show was about raising a family on a little budget. Now it is all organic, and we all know how expensive that is, taking trips all over the place, and Kate is even heard quoting that they do all of this for free and that the companies send them everything in return they promote the business. To me that is sick. It has turned into a money show, not a family that has no money. Do the children even go to school anymore? The only person that pays attention to the children is Jon. These poor babies, and that fact that TLC is still promoting this is even worse. That company should be ashamed of themselves. I remember when she has her pink calculator at the store with all her rain checks and coupons, and her quoting that she should of done that with the twins and saved more, and now you never hear about money, its all about what they have and how much more they can get. Sick!

  • to janet:
    if you were offered a free trip to hawaii would you take it? i sure would and you probably would too! you’d be crazy not to. you can’t judge someone for accepting a FREE trip to wherever for a family of 10. they wouldn’t be able to afford it otherwise. also, their money is their own business. the show is about the family, not their money. i personally didn’t find it entertaining that they had a super tight budget at the grocery store.

• I think anyone would do the same thing as Jon and Kate. If you had 8 kids and no money, then people wanted to do a show about you and send you free stuff, most people would take it! And people not getting paid would get greedy too. As for the kids and how they act, put you kids on TV 24-7 and see what people say about your own family. Someone is always going to be unhappy with somthing you do or say.

• What Maddie needs is a good ass woopin! Im sure though if they did that on the show every one would be saying poor maddie! All the other kids I think a GREAT! As for you coastalmom get you some bidnes!!! Maris and I have bonded! So NA!

  • …….. uh, what?

• I Still enjoy the show. I agree w/ Darla & Barbara. There are two sides to every story. Kids will be kids…Mom has a lot to deal with…Sour grapes is probably right on. Jody over sensitive. Hope that kate does not burn her bridges w/ her family (kind of appears that way…san grandparents….brothers..sister in law…etc

• Jon is totally emasculated and berated on every episode and it is only getting worse. Maybe that is why she married a younger guy is so she could exert control over him. If a man spoke to his wife and forced her to repeat after him and ordered her around, we would all be appalled. Why do the people who think JK are great ok with this? I’d really like to hear some of their opinions because the excuses she gives for being “real” on TV are not flying anymore. Stress, “realness for TV”, etc. just don’t seem to make it right.

• I love the show and think that Jon and Kate are great parents. If you don’t like the show then don’t watch it. Aunt Jodi can play the victim all she wants but NO ONE cares. So what that Jon and Kate are making good money? They should be home to be with their kids and now have the chance to give them all the oppurtunites that they could not have if they did not have the money from the show. If you want to blame someone blame all the people that watch the show. And to all you haters who are watching the show you are contributing to their wealth:)

• Coastalmom, I’m here .

• Eight kids seems a lot, and although I am not a mother yet, Kate and Jon seem to have a lot on their plate to deal with…and isn’t financial problems always the worst? Their previous home seemed small, and I believe they deserve this home. It is not very exuberantly decorated, and it is the home that their children are deserving of: lots of room to roam and memories to be made for a family of ten. They need the space to roam around and if you do some real estate scoping and statistic searing on their new city, the income is not very high, and the prices of homes are not very high, relative to other cities. It is not like they are moving to some fancy shmancy overly priced and decadent suburban area. I love this show, so I may be biased. In addition, I am also an overly compulsive cleaner…I think it may be a result of being overly conscious about image and finding a way to tangibly sort things out in real life when one cannot sort things out in their mind. I do not know…just my two cents. As long as they kids are happy and well supported…I really do not care what they do.

• I cant believe you ppl have nothing more to do than to sit here and point fingers at jon & kate. i came on here to see where their new house is and i got caught up in all the crap that you ppl are sharing back n forth. lets not forget where jon worked. his dad was a dentist and kate was an RN and continued to work part time after the kids were born. i dont think anyone in their right mind would have said no to a television offer, trips and so forth. i think they are great parents! believe me, kids will kick, hit, punch,slap,bite and everything else under the sun. to single one out for kickin her sister is wrong. yall get a life here. stop being haters. im happy for the family : )

  • Deana…for an 8 year old to kick a 4 year old five times is NOT normal…I grew up in a family of 5 siblings and my parents had their own business and both worked. i did have a sister 4 years younger than me and I would NEVER have been allowed to kick her or abuse like Mady did. If you think it is OK for an older kid to punch kick and verbally abuse a 4 year old until she crumbles like poor Alexis did…you are a rotten mother, who just doesn’t care what the kids do, as long as you don’t have to be bothered…..just like Kate….with her head in the frig…..Mady should NOT be allowed to be alone with any of the smaller kids, until she gets help for her aggressive distructive behavior…it’s abuse whether the beatings are coming from an older sibling or from an adult…..don’t make excuses for the BRAT!

    • I have four children of my own and yes they do fight. Kick, punch, yell you name it. No family is perfect and no household is without their petty fights. Mady is a typical eight year old who yes should be punished…. Not my problem.

• I, too, have watched the show over the years and wish the Gosselins the best of luck in their new home, which I think any of us would have purchased with our T.V. show windfall. However, it was disturbing the other night to watch Kate at the sink commenting that “it’s mine – as far as the eye can see.” Come on Kate and TLC – millions of Americans are losing their jobs and homes. Try to tone it down a little, also please be careful with all of those kids and a pool. It only takes one second of not knowing where someone is. You’ve got the money so please make sure that the gate around that thing is iron-tight and kid-proof. Best wishes in your new home and success.

  • Just Wondering, I think the Imperfect Parent Blog is missing you, maybe you should check them out again, you think this site is bad Ha, Ha,

  • Couldn’t agree more about kid-proofing the pool. Even though some of us think parts of this show are a disaster, surely no one would wish a true tragedy on anyone. Lock that gate, Kate! Despite your own behavior at times, a lot of people have come to care about your kids… very, very much…

• On T.V. Jon demonstrates qualities of being such a great Dad, understanding the importance of spending quality time and caring for the children in addition to the responsibilities for the household. He seems to do so much more for the family than Kate. Kate is definitely the Queen Bee. Kate should lighten up and be a little more loving and playful.
  Brone

• Does it bother anyone else that they accepted christmas presents for all of the children, when there are kids who woke up christmas morning with nothing.

  • Absolutely!!!!

• Seriously, No one is perfect and i really do think kate is doing a wonderful job with the kids. How would you handle 8 children and running a house? I have one child who is 2 1/2 and some days i’m ready to pull my hair out with ONE child, I couldn’t even begin to imagine having 8. As for maddie is concerned, are you’re children perfect angels? She can’t possibly get all the attention a young girl requires having 7 siblings. Lets not point the finger because if you don’t have children yet you never know how yours will turn out. My daughter acts out and i give her endless amounts of attention. Some kids act out. It’s a fact. They also aren’t in it just for the money. They deserve the new home. They needed a home to fit all the kids and I’m so happy for them that they’ve finally got a chance to provide for their kids. I actually live quite close to them, about 20 minutes and locals love them. Tv doesn’t always make people look great. Things are edited out and you don’t always see the entire story. So for all the negative comments and feedback im sure i’ll be looking foward to. Look at the total picture before making snap judgments. NO parent is perfect and NO child is perfect.

  • I don’t accept that argument that “no parent is perfect” or “Mady is a typical child who wants attention.” My child is 9, he is a typical child. He knows that it is wrong to hit, kick, or resort to violence even if he is wants attention. Why does he know this? It’s because I TAUGHT HIM! Mady does not know this because HER PARENTS REFUSE TO ADDRESS IT! It’s easier to plead 8 than to address their kids’ or their own bad behavior. Stress, wanting attention, “realness for TV” is not an acceptable excuse for any of their behavior. And because they choose to put themselves and all their antics on TV, we all have the right to state our opinions.

    • My thoughts exactly…..I am sick of parents excusing this kind of behavior as Normal 8 year old behavior…..if some other 8 year old kicked Alexis 5 times until she started crying, I am sure Kate would be furious, but when her own Brat Mady does it….she doesn’t do anything about it.
      I also think it was a mistake to give Hanna her own room. I think they should have given the older girls there own rooms and let the three girls share a room, like the three boys do. I feel sorry for Cara having to share a room with Mady…..

• Kids kick kids, give me a break, you didn’t see the ten minutes prior where the little ones probably antagonized her into madness. I am with Kate, good for her, she works hard and has ocd, the kids can be expected to play by themselves it’s called seperation, she’s with them alll the time. You people are truly judgemental of someone’s life of which you only see edited snippets. They deserve whatever happiness comes their way

  • Why????

• I admit I watch the show religiously every week. I think that it’s sad that Jon and Kate, probably more Kate, have ticked all their family and friends off and the kids are never around their aunts, uncles, grandparents or anybody else that really cares about them. I can’t imagine not ever having any of your family around. All the money in the world isn’t worth isolating everyone you know.

  • Kate is a classic Control Freak…who eliminates anyone who does not allow her to Control. Jon does let her control…she wears the pants and he does as he’s told….I guess it works for them….but Kate has eliminated every other family member from their lives. Sad but true….these kids will not be spending Christmas with relatives…..because Kate has kicked everyone out of their lives…permanently…..but what goes around comes around…..so someday…her own kids may not want to be around mommy dearest.
    Poor Alexis….that look on her face after Mady kicked the shit out of her, when she was just trying to spend time with her big sister….I dispise Mady….she is one unlikeable brat!

• Kate was obviously treating Jody like crap, and she just wanted to explain why she’s not on the show anymore. She helped Kate out a lot with those kids, leaving them over there all the time, then had the nerve one time to call and cuss her out because she gave them gum. If Jody wanted to get paid for being on the show all the time, then she should have.

• I agree with the others….it’s a for profit show….at the children’s expense. Would like to hear a psychiatrist’s perspective of the situation!! Kate does not show respect to her children or her husband…no matter what they say about tv editing!! We will not be watching anymore. I feel she is totally in to making money!!

  What about the other’s who have multiples out there…..they need some financial help!

• This is the way i see this! Kate is a no it all,and keeps Jon like a injured puppy dog. One day her daughters are going to treat there husband the same way.Because that`s all they see from there mother.Also this is about 8 children.Now it`s all on kate the way she wears her clothes and her husband picking them out ,her WHITE teeth and he`s.They are getting carryaway now! What really gets me upset ,her husband left he`s job to be home with her .The way things are now people loosing there jobs and homes.Watch the NEWS! Now they moved into a bigger house,because it wasn`t good for Kate anymore,OH YEA too small.The other home they had was a very nice home. Kate is never happy,I know they where going to move in a bigger home.Because she would say on air,I can`t stand this,i need room and some day we will get a home we can fit in. I belive that Kate could never be happy ,she wants everything her way . They should do more for the people in this country that really need it .Jon should be out there working and taken care of he`s own children. I don`t feel sorry for them,there are more people that have it worst off then they do.I won`t watch them anymore. Like i said ,One day she might move in the White House.

• I think all families have thier share of problems. I was a fan of the show but lately it just seems like a show of what they got for free this week. I understand that having that many kids, help may be needed. But I think it should be help not trips and other superficial stuff. With the economy being what it is, its not always fun to watch people being handed stuff right and left. One day there time of fame will run out. I just hope that the kids will be able to accept the reality of life and that everything is not just handed to you.

• The show was ok in the begining. Now it seems like she let the fame and money go to her head. As for her leaving her kid on the potty as she began to clean the fridge, that lets you know where her priorites stand. I would have stopped doing what I was doing to help my kid. She might have alot of kids, but they are only in two age groups. Having a lot of kids in different age groups is harder to deal with in my opinion.

• I have always disliked Kate’s harsh tone and mean spiteful spirit, for that reason I have managed to stay away from most episodes which air. However, yesterday I caught the new house move by accident and it totally reaffirms how I feel. Jon is neutered. Kate is an ungrateful wench and their kids are pawns. So be sure to tune in to the next episode: “Kate lets kids play outside…” (watch Kate as she watches her children play outside freely for the first time…and whines the whole way through)

  • You are exactly right…..Kate will never be happy and she won’t allow her kids to just BE…..she has be in control and she has to conplain about anything and everything……Poor Jon…..Poor kids….except Mady….she is Mini Kate….and I can’t stand that brat!

• As a regular viewer, I can see both sides to the argument. Yes, Kate is a bit overbearing and Jon needs to stand up to her. But what we need to understand is that IT’S THEIR RELATIONSHIP. These are the roles they have chosen in their life together, it’s not for us to judge.

  As for exploiting the opportunities that are presented to them: so what?! They’ve earned it. They put themselves out there for the whole world to see; so what if they’re offered trips to Hawaii, California, New York etc… Anyone who complains is jealous.

  And Kate’s “Mine, All Mine” comment from Monday’s “New House” show? It is hers, all hers. And she has every right to proclaim it. She doesn’t need to feel bad that the economy is down, people are losing their jobs. Someone losing their job is not in direct relation to her being proud of her new home.

  • If they don’t want us to Judge them….they shouldn’t be on TV….showing themselves and their kids in unflattering light…..if you see what goes on behind closed doors….you are going to have opinions about it.
    It isn’t all Kates….according to her and Jon…they bought the house for the KIDS……

• I finally watched Monday’s episode last night, and like some others have pointed out, I found quite a few things distasteful. Kate, after having left her old home in an “as is” state constantly complaining about mouse poo and how “filthy” the house was in general, spending 4 hours to sterilize a refrigerator and too busy to wipe the boys’ butts, standing in her bedroom telling the kids “this is the ONLY time you’ll be in here” then screaming for Jon to come and demand he repeat after her the same thing, Mady repeatedly kicking one of the little girls for going in HER room (after all, Mady’s middle name is Kate), and I could go on… Each week, I swear I’m done with this not-real-anymore reality show, but like watching a train wreck, I seem to always take just one more peek. Now, I’ve met (so to speak) a lot of you good people on this site, and I suppose I’ll watch a little longer…

  Missy, “bun-in-oven” is the sister of “suthurnbelle”, and I thought they were both fans of the show (as you are). I don’t know either of them outside of this site. I’m not sure why she’s miffed at you. I guess all you can do is ask her and see what she says. As for the way this site is formatted, I actually like that you can reply to just one person as opposed to having to start a new post each time. To each his own. Probably depends on what you’re used to.

  Coastalmom, …uh, yes I actually did send an email to Uncle Bonehead. He had questions about things that have nothing to do with J&K, so it’s better IMO that he not fill up this site just to ask my opinion. As for him saying we’ve bonded? Wow… That was news to me too, but hey, everyone needs a friend and an ear sometimes, even weird old uncles. One of his last comments (about the cat in the dryer) is being trollish, but as long as he doesn’t call me names or get out of line, I’m ok with it… for now… Watch the pet comments, Big Daddy. I have a trained attack chihuahua, and trust me, you do NOT want to piss her off!! Grrrr…..

• Can’t figure out why Beth and Bob are not shown on the show anymore either, and if things are so bad for Jon and Kate how did they buy that house?

  Kate seems to think she is the Big Star and Jon is just a puppy on a leash, I hope he wise’s up one day and let’s her have it, Kate has gotten to be a spoiled BRAT, and she should never never treat Jon the way she does on the show.

  Kate should spend more time with the kids playing etc, for they grow up so fast,

• CLAP CLAP. Nice show you put on, ‘Aunt’ Jodi.
  No one cares about your little sob story. Quit trying to get publicity and attention-and FYI, your sisters in it for the attention too.

  Your adults, so handle the situation like ADULTS. Your just as bad as teenage girls, making blogs and hating on each other.

  Grow up and move on.
  Much love. Not.

  • You are the one being silly…..I do care about Jody and and kate’s brother, Kevin, the only relative she was still on speaking terms with. Jody took care of Kates 8 plus her 4, when they had the flu no less. Kate’s brother helped put in shelves in the garage…with Kate out there “supervising” and giving her two cents worth the whole time. I like Aunt Jody a whole lot….she bent over backwards for Kate the ungrateful. Remember when she flew all the way to Idaho to help kate bring back the kids…cause her other friend got fed up and left early? Kate Is Not an easy person to get along with and Mady is her mini me….also very obnoxious

  • I care too. Kate is the one who needs to grow up. Thank you to Aunt Jodi and Julie for standing up for Julie and not making excuses for Kate. Kate is a rude hag.

• I love Jon & Kate and all the kids. As for the kids not allowed in their parents bedroom………. I’m the youngest of 6, and we were FORBIDDEN to go into our parents room. That was their space.
  Trust me, I’m not scarred from this. As a matter of fact, my husband and I have the same rule in our home.

• I wonder if Kate knows that a clean refridgerator will become mouldy, if it is turned off and the door is shut? She didn’t need to make the former owners feel like crap by being so insulting!

  Man, I think it was so much worse, that Mady was kicking one of the little girls. I mean, THAT was the filth that she should have been concerned about, in her family.

  I believe that Mady needs some mental health help; and it would be good if Kate and she went into counseling together!

  Until then, please TLC, send Nanny Deb, from “Nanny 911” over to the house! This family needs some serious help. Things are getting out of control….where is their pastor? Kate is really not a good witness for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She doesn’t seem to have the gifts of “long suffering, forgiveness, honoring her parents, peace that passes understanding, honoring and respecting her husband, treating people as she would like to be treated”….which is one of her favorite verses in the Bible….

  Pray for them friends. Pray for this family.

• I wish I could say I like the show….I don’t. I watch it because I agree, if feel like a train wreck…I use to watch Anna Nicole’s show too, and look how that turned out. Wish I could say I think all will end well for the Goslings, but I don’t feel that way. I think the train is speeding up and getting into very windy roads. Kate and Jon have cut everyone out of their lives…..they have no family except what we see on tv….very sad…..the kids are getting more and more stuff and very spoiled…..Hannah is even getting that “Kate attitude” and Leah too, we all know Mady is has it big time….the only girls I still really like are Cara and Alexis….it broke my heart when the evil kid Mady was kicking the day lights out of Alexis…..she is trying to break that poor kid’s spirit….just like Kate does to all of them every day of the week. It’s Kate’s way or the highway.

• I really agree that kate is a rude, self centered, ocd, control freak! Sure, it’s hard to raise 8 children, but you would think that watching her mistakes would help her improve. What’s even worse is the way she treats her husband! But, I couldn’t believe that she spent 4 hours cleaning her fridge! She was supposed to be showing off her house, not cleaning the fridge while her kids run around helpless.
  Most of her kids aren’t like her, but mady, she’s a spittin’ image! I cringe at the thought of seeing her brutally kick innocent alexis! Alexis is always all smiles! But what I hate even worse is that the cameraman did nothing but stand there!
  I will continue to watch the show, because it is a little addicting, but it’s awful to watch kate!

• This show is getting more and more ridiculous. I liked the old shows when Kate seemed more down to earth and caring about her children. She should be ashamed for ignoring her kids when they needed help in the bathroom. She needs to learn that her kids come first and as hard as it may be for her she comes second. Mady definately needs some kind of counseling. How dare she repeatedly kicks her little sister. I really cant believe that TLC can air that. I’m done with this show!

• i missed the beginning of the New House Move-in show. Where is the house? they used to live kind of near me (lancaster area) Is the new house still in Pennsylvania?

  • Check out Jon and Kate’s house at this website. $1.1 million it cost them!

    http://marketing.remaxdesigncenter.com/45262/348034/index.ipv

• Kate seems like a difficult person. Every time I watch this show I feel sorry for Jon, Aunt Jodie, and all of the other “helpers” she bosses and takes advantage of. Kate needs to take a deep breath thank all of her helpers including her husband and sister in law. It would be nice to see her sister in law get paid for her time on the show too.

  Kate don’t be greedy.

  • If they started paying other people for being in their lives then everyone would want to just for the money. I think it is very smart for them to use the money on their family! And I have heard kate say many times how thankful she is for having help from those people. I think you may be a little jealous of kate:)

  • Wow I want to know what happened to Kate’s sisters and Jons brothers? What happened to Kate’s parents and Jon’s
    mother? It is sad the kids don’t have REAL family in their
    lives. Are they staying in contact with the older lady that
    helped them in the old house? I wish she would make
    Maddy accountable for what she does. I have NEVER seen
    her discipline Maddy! She is greedy but Jon seems to have
    jumped on that band wagon of playing to the camera also.
    Not sure why I watch it but I do, but feel like I it is really
    just the KATE SHOW!

    • Kate is a dictator and want NO input into rasing her family……Jon does her bidding, so for now he is allowed to be part of the family…..but Kate always has the final say in EVERYTHING….you can see the all the girls in the family picking up her Nastinesss…..except sweet little Alexis and Cara. Hannah is the favorite and gets special treatment from both Jon and Kate….I am not sure why…that little girl is getting a smart mouth also…..but Mady is the worse….by far!

    • I feel exactly the opposite! Mady is often in trouble and is held very accountable for her actions sometimes too accountable lets not forget thay are little children.

  • they are her family they should want to help

    • “they are her family they should want to help”

      poup123, I think the point everyone is trying to make is that Kate has basically alientated her entire family and any friends she had.

    • The children don’t have any friends either. The family gets to reserve places (like Gymboree and some trips) all to themselves. I have never seen them – even the twins – interact with other children. That’s dangerous to grow up that way

  • Did Kate piss off her friend Beth? We have not seen her in a while. Has anyone ever noticed any other family or friends around this family? hum….Is it everyone else or is it Kate, lets think about that….

• Didn’t Kate say in one of those catch up episodes that she wished the crew would have told her about the fights that went on when she wasn’t there! Seriously people, there is only one of her and she has a ton on her plate. Just because the camera caught it doesn’t mean she did. And why would the crew tell her anyway? They probably think that it makes good t.v. (Not that I agree with that!)

  About Aunt Jodi and her Self-Pity Attack- If I learned that people were trying to pay my relatives to watch my children I would be horrified! Showing love and kindness and reaching out a helping hand should be expected of any “loving” in-law. I cannot believe that you people sit here griping that Kate is selfish because she takes some pay and won’t give Jodi any. If I were Kate I would be afraid that people who I thought I could trust were using my children to their fiscal advantage. I don’t care what you people say about Kate exploiting her children, I would only agree with you if she caved into Jodi and turned her children into a franchise. The camera crew, as they have said many times, are like a part of their family. This can be translated into realizing that the crews and the wires and the schedules do make a significant impact on the course of their lives. Of course they deserve a pay for this! Don’t you think the Osbournes got paid! (Disclaimer: I don’t know this for a fact. I am just using common sense here.) Aunt Jodi and her sister (who does this lady think she is, anyway?) need a reality check. Family should not get paid for loving family.

  • You don’t think kate is using her kids for a financial advantage?

    • Kate is completely using her family for financial advantages. The story has been told and now they have come to showing an entire episode on the kids going to the dentist? Are you kidding me? Its OVER Kate… Now is the time to move on and have a regular family life. For the kids sake Kate.

    • OBVIOUSLY!
      In the People mag interview, she insists she has to keep on to support her family. How many average families would like to give their children even a quarter of the experiences that the Gosselin kids have had alreay – and for free!

  • As I understand it wasn’t Jody’s idea to receive money, TLC brought that up to her, and NO ONE can ever say that Jodi, isn’t a kind and loving family member, and has always done it for free. Sometimes even having 12 kids at one time ( the 8 plus her 4 ) has Kate ever watched her kids for a little pay back. NO, it is always about Kate, poor Kate, because she had 6 kids at one time, EVERYONE owes her!! I am with Jodi on this one.

  • Jodi and Beth should have been paid for being an integral part of the show. Family helping family is one thing, but those two opened their homes, and put up with cameras etc. They earned money as aprt of the show, not as babysitters. Too bad Kate couldn’t see it that way.

    Does anyone else think Kate is isolating her kids from the real world anyway?? The kids never have friends which would be important to Cara and Mady. Rumor has it they aren’t allowed to play with kids in the neighborhood. The had a SundaySchool class all to themselves.

    While I’m at it, how about this theory? TLC bought the house.

    • Yep! I vote for Jodie and Beth any day.

    • I am sure and paid for the tummy tuck – some tuck LOL and what all else????????

• Jon and Kate are out of control. Yes they do treat their children well but, the time bomb is ticking and someone is going to get hurt. Despite what kate thinks she is not super mom. She has some issues of denial. The Denial begins with Matty. Matty is abusive, and mean and is able to get away with it. She shows tendency of a split personality or just being spoiled. They has better get her some help soon or they will be on TV not for the wonderful family they have, but for the dangerous family they have created.

  Kate wake up and smell the roses, you daughter is crying out for help

  • you’re an idiot! do you even have kids! i don’t think you know what you’re talking about. Every child has acted out like matty at some point or another. she just wants to be heard. and that is not kate’s fault. I like to see how you would do it!

    • I haven’t seen any of the kids act out like Mady does….Mady behaves terribly and she does abuse the younger kids…she has managed to piss off both Beth and Aunt Jody…..Kate turns a blind eye to Mady’s troubled personality and aggressive behavior. If you have kids that act like Mady…it is NOT normal behavior.

    • how many kids do you have ali8? do you know what normal behavior is for children is a family of eight?

    • I came from a family of 5 kids and we did fight and there was a black sheep in my family, like most large families…only it was a boy in my family and he got in more trouble than all the rest of us put together….just like Mady does. My comment is that that behavior is NOT normal or acceptable. I also come from a family of teachers and how can a teacher teach if she/he has a class full of brats like Mady, that have never had to mind of obey adults?????

    • Are you kidding me Shelly? That behavior from Maddy is terrible and NOT normal! I keep kids all day (8) to be exact and none of them act like that, if they did, there would be punishment! If all the other kids are well-behaved, why isn’t she? I agree, she does get the most attention and is spoiled but needs to be treated like all the others.

    • Maddy is the oldest of 8 kids…(yes…including her twin sis Cara). I can see that she feels the need to act out to not be forgotten about in the mix. I am not saying that her behavior is acceptable but I dont think the child has psycological issues. I am the older of 6 kids, and when I was younger I always felt left out. I always felt the need to do things to get they’re attention whether it was fighting, yelling, screaming, or being plain ole whining. But as I got older I realized that I wasn’t forgot about, the younger children just had more things the parents needed and had to do 4 them. Hopefully Maddy catches on eventually before it gets too bad.

• Thats NOT aunt jodie…lmao. Nice try. I dont like J&K as much as anyone else on this blog. But dont lie to us and put up a fake Jodie.

• I feel sorry for the people that sold them the house, jon & kate
  make them out to be slobs, when it is a beautiful well kept house. He is getting as bad as her, he said the house was grimmy. She makes it look like she is the only one cleaning, I bet the cleaning crew came in after that show. They had better save their money, the show won’t last forever! It will cost big bucks to run that house. People are sick of seeing her complain about everything!

  • Emma, I had some of the same thoughts (about how the former owners of the new house must feel) while watching. As someone else said, refrigerators that sit empty can get moldy. Mice come in from the field when it’s cold, and mice poop. Does anyone know how long this house sat empty? Kate goes on national TV and essentially calls these people slobs, insinuating they lived in “filth” rather than considering it might have happened after they moved. No benefit of the doubt. She’s so quick to judge and critisize others, she has no leg to stand on when it comes to others critisizing her. If you can’t take it, don’t dish it out…

    • I thought that episode was disgusting. I am tired of poop programs anyway. It was OK for her kid to poop on the floor and she didn’t go find him because she was too busy berating the house and the owners.. How could TLC possibly have filmed that epi without cleaning the house to Kate’s specifications?? LOL

• Squatmonkie,
  I thought the same thing that it’s not aunt jodi, but a very good look a like.

  • agreed!

• Sometimes I would like to scream. I don’t know what this family is like. I know what my family was/is like. So I do not understand how anyone can pass judgement on the family. Remember to check for the plank in your eye before you try to remove the plank from someone elses. We all see things that we say “I wouldn’t do it that way” but who knows we just might. I enjoy the show; find it entertaining. I do need to laugh at all our remarks…who cares??? Do you ever wonder how the Duggard’s from “18 and Counting” can afford their large family. How much does TLC pay all these families to air their lives on the tv… Just wondering. God Bless

  • Mem, the Duggars had land and money before they had any kids. Not sure where I read that though, and have no idea what TLC pays them — or J&K for that matter. Maybe TLC will pick up a show on this new mom of octuplets in California if she decides to reveal her identity. I’m sure they’ll milk this for all it’s worth as long as the public has this fascination with large families.

    • Hey Maris,
      Just wondering about the Duggars. I just don’t think that the Gosselin’s are evil people. They have given back to the community for their good fortune. I don’t see that with any of the other reality shows.

    • I don’t think the Gosselins are evil either, Mem. I was just passing along some information I’d heard about the Duggars’ money before they went on TV. I’ve watched them 2 or 3 times, J&K since the beginning, and haven’t seen any of the others. There’s too many to keep up with these days.

  • I know the Duggard’s built their house, all by themselves. It took about 3 years, and really the only labor they incurred, was from all the kids. So basically free labor. Probably buying supplies to build as they could afford it. They also owe buildings that they rent out, to help supplement their income, and unlike the Gosselins, shop at second hand stores, make there own soaps, and a lot of their own clothes. They are very thrifty people.

    • Child labor? Thought it was illegal. Nothing against the Duggards but I don’t see much difference in the two families. Both on tv both making money to supplement their large families.

    • Mem, the Duggar kids helped to build the house after school and during summers, and it actually seemed to be quite a bonding experience for them all. They all had input into designing the house, and they weren’t forced to work but rather wanted to help. I don’t believe that falls under child labor any more than girls who help out with cooking or dishes. I have to side with Val on this one. Both families are out of the “norm” but they aren’t like each other with the exception of having a lot of kids. JMO…

• The show has run it’s course when they have to take up 15 minutes with Kate complaining while cleaning a refrigerator. She should be thankful, she’s never had to clean out a fridge after a hurricane.

• What has happene to Beth? She was on the show so often early on, but last season and so far this year you never see her or hear about her.

  • Donna, all I know is what I have read on the blogs, that Beth got fed up with Kate and Jon quit working for Beths husband, I don’t think Beth has been on since the Utah trip. She left earlier than the Gosselins b/c she (Beth) said it was one of her daughters bithday and Jodi flew out to Utah to help the Gosselins fly back home, b/c God forbid two grown adults have to handle their own kids on a trip, Thats another example of bad behavior,if they were disciplined at home and was taught how to behave they would not need so many ppl on a trip with them, b/c other than Beth the kids did’nt mind anyone anyway, But Beth Bless her heart, she took no crap from any of them espically Mady.

  • Kate did the same thing to Beth that she did to Jodi. Beth’s husband was getting ticked off about them being filmed all the time, and Kate didn’t want them to get paid either. I read that somewhere.

• Shelly, I have usually always been on the defence for Kate, but one thing I have always said is her kids are not well behaved, and yes I have kids (grown) and a slew of grandkids. I realize parents today parent a whole lot different than we did, as with our parents, But… there is no way I would have or do allow one of mine to ever behave the way that Mady does, andshe is worse in public. There is not one thing she is asked to do that if she does not want to that she has even a mild attitude about it, No she is all up in someones face and oh my gosh telling her parents “No”
  So when Kate says there will be punishment of severeness (what the heck ever) exactly when and who will it be for?
  I always thought that a mom starts nurtureing and teaching when they are babies, I thought by the time they were able to at least walk you would start teaching them the word “no”
  I can not imagine how Kate stands all the screaming “all the dang time” those 6 little ones don’t cry, they don’t ask, they scream (well except for “the little lady Hanny”) No wonder she wants them to take 2 or 3 hr. naps and in bed by 6:30 P.M. Who puts 6 little kids in bed at 6:30 at night? So when does she actually spend teaching time with them? when does she actually tell them that there are insde/outside voices? and when does she ever know when a scream is something serious? and now can you imagine being their teacher? not me b/c I would not only lose my job I would be in jail.
  So please before calling ppl idiots just know that no not all kids have acted like Mady does, not ALL kids even come close to acting like Mady, and I do not claim she has a mental problem as others do I myself would not diagnose that, I do blame her mom and espically her dad for her bad behavior, she is so far out of control, and yes all kids fight and cry and scream but when a child will deliberately do it in front of ppl knowing for sure there will be no punishment ( other than to get sent to mommys room and watch t.v. for some alone time) then I call that child abuse on the parents. Remember Mady and Caras birthday party? how Mady came in from school all mad about probably nothing, and kicked the balloons? mommy just made an excuse for her bad action, but did you all see that Mady went directly to “Kates” room, she did not ask, she knew that was where she was suppose to go. their new house, Kates bedroom will be for Mady and Hanny more than her and Jon.
  Many years ago I knew a family of a lot of kids and one was treated like royality just like Mady and Hannah, and to this day her siblings have nothing to do with her, the last time they even saw each other was many years ago at the moms funeral, Do you suppose mom is in heaven thinking what a wondeful job she done with the little brat?

  I just don’t know how any mom could have more than one child and make a difference between them, and to think every thing Mady has is b/c of the babies not her or her parents, and she acts like a spoiled brat every where she goes, she ruins most of their fun times, look at her behavior getting the pictures done, not just the magizine picture (b/c as Kate said “it was so hot” but how about the fall picture at Bob and Beths house, she was throwing a fit , and the worse part is Kate just allows it, Is Kate really afraid of her? is she and Jon afraid Mady will mess things up so bad or tell some thing she shouldn’t?

  I have read where some ppl think the kids get spankings when not on camera, well I don’t, b/c I think if they did their behavior would be much better on camera, I would bet Mady has never even had her hand smacked let alone a good spanking awww never and never gonna happen, What is gonna happen is one day she is gonna hit/kick the wrong person and wholla shes gonna go home with a busted lip.
  Well Shelly I feel better now LOL been holding that in way to long, Kate needs to get a rein on those kids, if she thinks that big,beautiful home is gonna change those kids, well yes it will , but…I’m afraid not for the better . One more thing I just thought of and I’m off my soap box, have you ever seen Mady treat Hannah the way she does all the other kids,? all of them are kicked or hit by Mady except Hannah. Wow how terribly sad,

  • That is because Hannah is Kates favorite and gets special treatment. Mady is a psycho child….the family DOES not disapline her at all I remember on show when the kids got a Ton of gifts and Mady was being a total brat and Kate told Jon to control Mady and get her to stop being a brat. She just kept opening presents she did not deserve! They should have made her go to her room and taken all her presents and donated them to some kids that really don’t have anything and deserve to have gifts…..Mady is totally like Kate and I think she is Kates Mirror, although Kate doesn’t like to admit it…..

    • i can’t believe Alli8 just called Maddy a psycho child. that’s really harsh! and you don’t see all of what happens at home so you don’t know exactly how they discipline her. i think you need to back off the whole maddy and kate psycho thing. GET A LIFE!!!!

  • Maybe you need to get a life loser……if your kids act like Mady and you think that is OK….you are creating a bunch of Psycos also….and let’s face it…..our prisons of full of people who where raised by people like YOU

  • Now Ladies don’t get violent. Its just a show and we all have our opinions and in the big scheme of things Jon and Kate could care less what we think of them or their children. Raising a family is tough enough. We don’t see what goes on after the camera’s are off. I have seen the other children act like why my goodness…children! Well, what do you think of that. Children acting like children….
    Lighten up.

• One more thing I just thought of while replying to Donna, when was the last time Beth was on the show? was it when they went to Utah? was that when Beth gave Mady a clap of the hand and sent her up stairs while following her up there? b/c Mady had lied to her about hitting the kids.
  I believe Kates remark to that (ever so slightly) was that Mady and Beth just didn’t see eye to eye and something like a love hate relationship, ugh No Beth was the adult not Mady, so maybe since she crossed Mady it was time for Beth to go, how sad that is, I would love to have Beth as my BFF, talk about class !!!!!

  • Exactly right…..about Beth….you notice she went home a day early….I bet Kate was upset because Beth wasn’t taking Mady’s shit…..and poor Aunt Jody had to fly all the way to Utah and than fly home with the them the next day. I bet Beth finally said enough is enough. Beth’s kids are always so well behaved and so are Aunt Jodies…..only Mady gets away with murder!

• You people are such haters – WOW – get a life and quit watching the show. Why can’t you be happy for someone elses good fortune? At least they are making sure their family is set – could you afford to send 8 kids through school and college – I doubt it.

  They compliment each other – Jon is laid back and fun and Kate is high-strung and organized – so what? They are showing an honest picture of what raising 8 kids in today’s economy is like. They are NOT eating at McDonalds every night and the kids DON’T sit in front of the TV or computer/video games all day long contributing to the nations highest childhood obesity rate – do your kids? They are together as a couple raising a beautiful family as a team – are you?

  At least they aren’t out drinking/drugging it up or gambling away their TLC money in Vegas. I think the new house is beautiful and they need it and deserve it.

• Wow – what a bunch of haters you people are. If you can’t be happy for them or say something nice or positive – quit watching the show – simple solution, eh?

  Jon and Kate compliment each other. Jon is laid back and fun and Kate is high-strung and organized – so what? At least they are raising their kids as a team in a positive way. They DON’T eat McDonalds every night and the kids are NOT plopped down in front othe TV or computer playing videos games and contributing to the nations highest childhood obesity stats – are YOUR kids?

  They are showing an honest picure of raising 8 kids in today’s society and they are benefiting from it monetarily. Could you afford to raise 8 kids and send them through school and college? I couldn’t.

  Would you people be happy if they were out drinking/drugging it up or spending all their money in Vegas?

  I think the new house is beautiful and they deserve it.

  • I really don’t think Kate compliments anyone…..I couldn’t believe when I saw how she acted when dating Jon…..Totally opposite of what she acts like now….but than again, I am sure it was all an act….the true Kate is shining through and she need to be in control all the time. I am a clean freak too, and I don’t like to be in someone’s home that is filthy or even messy. I am not a compulsive cleaner though and as a child I remember some of the best times were when I was playing in the dirt or making mud pies ect. I don’t think she should be so controling about the kids getting dirty…. I do however, love the rule of taking the shoes off. I lived in Hawaii for several years and I loved that rule and my floors were always so much cleaner there. Kate has some good traits, like cooking organic. She also has some bad traits like Over correcting Jon and undercorrecting Mady.

  • THANK you, Katelumpus. Thanks for pointing out that there are parents who do so much WORSE out there, likely the ones spending too much time on here, analyzing other people’s parenting and other people’s kids, while their kids are downstairs playing 8 hours of video games!
    Jon and Kate invited us into their home and lives, would our lives look so different if cameras were in each of our homes?

• If you would like to see the listing for the old Gosslin house here is the web site…
  http://www.brwnstone.com/properties/details.asp?listingid=10174495

• Did anyone else notice when Kate looked out the window when she was cleaning the “filthy” refrigerator, she said “Mine all mine!”? It really bothered me that she said, mine and not ours. Just an observation. I do agree that Mady does seem to get away with more that the other kids.

  • On the preview when she opened the door to welcome
    everyone into HER new home……she actually looked
    psycho and deranged!

  • Oh my gosh…I thought I was the only one who felt that way…

    • No, you weren’t the only one. Where is the website that says the Gosselins names are NOT on the deed to that house?

    • everytime I see the preview I think her head is going to
      spin and around and she is going to start spewing green
      pea soup! LOL

• You know, I’m not sure what went on behind the scenes, we can only speculate. As for their behavior, why don’t you guys try have six toddlers at one time. People do the best they can. Remember there is editing! They can shape characters, picking and choosing clips, for each of the children and parents. I used to act like Mady sometimes, I grew out of it. I just wanted attention.

  • In my opinion, Mady is imitating Kate, because Kate get her way most the time by acting tough and insisting she is right and everyone else is wrong. Mady now Hannah and Leah to a lesser extent are doing the same thing…..it is “Learned Behavior” that has been rewarded. Mady says and does whatever she likes without fear of consequences…..

• Well Katy girl, I guess if all these younger (than me) moms on here had a free not have to work life and still could live like the Gosselins do (only without the cameras) sure they could do it to, Who couldn’t? They live like movie stars and don’t even have to work for it, oh my what a chore.
  My comment was mostly about the kids behavior or lack of good behavior. Which makes me wonder why at their age they still throw fits and scream as much as they do, I mean either Kate or Jon are at home with them 24/7 right? so where and when does discipline come into play, I mean (as Jon would say I mean) Mady surely is old enough to know better, do you think that is how she acts at school? If I were Kate I’d be asking myself “why is she so much kinder to kids at school and shows so much more respect to her elders than she does those who have afforded her her life style (the tups)
  I have as I said been more on the defence of Kate, but it’s time Kate shows her kids who the adult is, I do not blame Mady, nor do I blame the kids at school who may tease her, I blame Kate, why would any mother want her child to be talked about so badly? But I see in the stores all the tome, kids screaming “I want” and mommy saying “I’m gonna count to 3” and the child will count for her they both laugh and the rest of the customers have to endure and pay for the mothers laziness of not teaching her own kids how to behave in public, b/c they are not taught at home.

  It’s b/c parents are too into them selves and the almighty $ and what they want, to take time to parent and espically so called christians, read the good book and it will teach you how to discipline your kids and teach Jon how not to provke them,

  Our country is going down hill so fast, b/c if these kids are what our future leadership consist of I’m scared, Didn’t Kate say one time Mady could be president? oh my lord can you imagine that temper being president of any thing?

  I think my defending days are comung nigh to an end, I will not bash them, but Kate had better quit doing her marketing and start being a mother, let me tell you young moms something, they may be little now but 15-20 yrs will go by so fast you will sit down and go “what the heck, where are my little ones at”?

  There are times I sit in this big empty house and cannot believe the kids are grown the grandkids are having babies and where has all these yrs gone, I am so proud of all of them, but believe me I miss them so much being little and underfoot,

  One of these days Kate is gonna read that poem “Wet Oatmeal Kisses” and she is gonna go nuts. I give that poem to any mother who complains about her messy house, laundry, and all the privacy she has given up for her kids, Google that poem and you’ll get my meaning, have a kleenex handy tho.

• Does anyone know what happened to Carla or Jenny, the babysitters?

• i dont know carla and jenny have been gone for a while

• WELL SAID MISSY!

• I used to love the show, I just saw a rerun of Kate, sick, sitting in a chair and the children comforting her. Now, it should be called “This Week’s Adventure with,,,” a trip to NC, HI, skiing, to make cupcakes, look for houses, not just normal stuff. I tuned in to see the house the other night and while the kids were playing, Kate is cleaning. No more for me.

  As for Jody, if the G’s are compensated for their time on the show, why wouldn’t they want their friends and family to reap the rewards also? I love my sister but if she takes my two teenagers (no potty training here) for two nights, I get her a token gift to show my appreciation. I feel badly for the kids who seem to be losing the family & friends who loved them “before they were stars.”

• Your not kidding Missy! I needed more than 1 tissue! I just googled “Wet Oatmeal Kisses”. I have never heard that before but it’s all true how fast time goes by with our kids.

  • Hey “KATE and EIGHT mistakes….:WHAT ABOUT THE “octuplets”.. planned, wanted, and financially PLANNED FOR, T L C , I HEAR YOU CALLING!!!! JUST KIDDING, we can pay for our own!!!!

    • Sure and they have six others at home. Planned??? Or looking for money?

    • I also heard that the mother of octuplets lives at home with her parents and no one knows where the father (of the previous 6? or the newly arrived 8?) is… WTF??

• Aunt jodie, Have you seen the kids recenty???/ Did you get to see them at the holidays??? I think your a wonderful person.

• OCTUPLETS “are” the next great TLC adventure….. THANK GOD!!! Hope u enjoyed YOUR time in the “SUN” (“HAWAII.. just joking… or maybe we’re not!) BEST WISHES, Bill and Michele. XOXO

• If Kate is using her kids for financial gain…what the hell does that have to do with us? If you had eight mouths to feed, you would be trying to find a way to make it alot easier on you too. Some of you are acting as if the money is just for her. That money benefits the whole family. Jon doesn’t have any additional financial support because Kate had to quit her job to take care of her kids. I would hope anyone else that’s in her shoes who do the same. What? Was she supposed to do the show for free? Heck NO! You wouldn’t and you know it. If she didn’t take any money to do the show and doing what people may call “exploiting” her kids you would be talking about that too. Every parent isn’t the same. Some of you are on here acting like you are perfect parents and acting like Kate is the devil’s spawn. Sure she yells, fuss, and a little too overprotective of her kids but what parent isn’t. If she so call doesn’t care about anything but the money then why would she care about what her kids are doing and what’s going on around them. And as far as Aunt Jodi….yeah she’s sweet as pie but at the same token she doesn’t ever put her foot down when it comes to the kids. She sends them home all sugared up because they always just want one more piece of something and she always give it to them. When Maddy throws a fit she just try to give special privileges, cookies and candy. She never disciplines the kids. I don’t think Kate ever meant for this situation to be what it is. But if I were to put myself in her shoes…I wouldn’t want anyone else to gain off of my family. “Aunt Jodie” once said that she does the things that she does for Kate out of love and doesn’t need compensation to care for her nieces and nephews. So why does this come about now? People get money hungry. Say what you want but I think all of this is just so JODI can get her 15 min of fame.

  • Why all the Jodi hate???!! There is nothing wrong with Jodi explaining her side of the story, I don’t think Jodi is looking for one minute of fame, but if she were, so what? Why can’t Jodi be afforded the same leniency (spelling?) that Kate and Jon are given by their cheerleaders? Just wondering why the double standard?

  • SO WELL PUT…!!! I Also commented on ” Kate plus eight “mistakes”… RE: HEY,.TLC is calling…. OCTUPLETS, CA.. . . ANY BITES? ? ?

  • SO WELL PUT…!!! I Also commented on ” Kate plus eight “mistakes”… RE: HEY,.TLC is calling…. OCTUPLETS, CA.. . . ANY BITES? ? ?

• well kate is in a great part .. the main attraction of the show….and negotiator. well spoken and educated. good!!
  this is why we are all here making comments. b/c the ways she has of doing buisness.. no cameras no money in the bank right right?
  her “reality life” i do think she knows she has to keep it up with the attitude she has. is helping to sell right? well i do remember watching the episode of the entire family going out on the
  X-mas shopping. to donate toys to st. jude’s hospital . remeber? well the first one episode i saw SHE said we went and we bought the toys to donate. and blah blah.. well repited episodes are shown.. any way one day watching the same show the words i remember seeing that sounded like here we are spending all this money. where EDITED ppl. they must have seen that it didn’t come out right. the way she said it so here they where doing it again the same show but this time worded differently..

• I have been watching the show from day one and I use to love it until this week when they moved in the new house. Kate was so discusting in her and Jon’s bedroom when she took the kids in there. All she kept screaming is if ANY of you ever come into this bedroom, there will be big consequences to pay. Nice way to treat your children! We have had no privacy for four years. Well, excuse me, but she wanted to have the children and now she treats them like that. You think she would have been happy that she just got a 6400 square foot house on 26 acres with a barn that has an appartment and built in pool with a hot tub. Come on, do you really think they paid for this house. Jon needs to start standing up to her! She has become so selfish. It is all about her. And Mady IS a BRAT!

• Hi to all.

  I’ve been watching this show since it first aired…I love it.

  What I see with Jon and Kate is they love their children a lot, and they care a great deal about giving their kids the best they possibly can.

  I don’t know what people are talking about when they say the Gosselin children are not well-behaved…unless you consider anything less than a miniature robot unruly.

  Since I don’t personally know Jon or Kate, and because I only see a small portion of what goes on their home, the only thing I can say about them is they look like decent people to me. As far as their parenting, they appear to be doing an excellent job of it because their children are smart, curious, affectionate, and seem happy, healthy and well-adjusted.

  The Gosselin kids are unbelievably cute. =)

• And do you think this web site is not making money off those kids too?
  anyway.
  The time Kate blew her stack over the kids getting gum! that blew me away. If I had kept that litter of kids and gone thru that mess and had myself belittled on tv for giving them a gum ball, I would never have sat with them another minute.
  Kate is crazy. Neurotic is not a good enough word. Manic, Narcissic, obsessive, dominating. I wonder where she keeps the jar that contains Jon’s testicles?
  That poor fellow walks around looking like he is in a trance. It could be the electric collar he wears and that look on his face is fear that she is going to push the button and knock him down.
  That stupid hair doo does take my mind off some of her remarks that cut at my spleen, but I almost wish he would pop her a good one, I bet he will one day.
  I admire the clean house and the picture of the kids at the table eating good food and being orderly warms my heart, most houses with that many kids would be a mess and stinky. Stumbling over toys and clothes, but then I hope it comes out how many house cleaners she has and how they are run ragged to keep out of Kates wrath.
  I would not be under her control for a minute. And the coldness of her mothering will show up when they leave that house as fast as they can if they have a mind left to enable the escape.

  • Electric collar — I love it! That apt description does seem to sum up how Jon acts quite frequently.

    *Note to self: take a closer look at Jon’s neck on next episode…. or do you think he wears the collar lower??

• Ali8, don’t you have anything else better to do with your time?
  Get a life!!!!

• look kate may be a total bitch at times and personally i think the show should come to an end because they are kids and they need privacy and well a normal life just like every other child i do agree with her sis on that.
  but aunt jodi seems so fake and conniving trying to mooch off the show? come on now thats just making it worse. she looks and acts so evil and fake in that video pretending to “break down” into tears shut up, you are just trying to make money now by getting media attention and causing drama. what seemed to just be a blog to raise awarness of the show getting out of hand is now turing into some high school dramatic cat fight. grow up
  if your sister in law says she needs you to help and babysit her 8 kids and she sounds upset and bitchy try to understand where shes coming from and help her dont get mad of course shes gonna have an attitude shes ridiculosuly stressed. she cares about you im sure youre just only seeing the bad in her. she took you to see oprah come on now.
  and when you agree to help her as well, dont expect money NO MATTTER HOW MANY CHILDREN SHE HAS reguardless they are your FAMILY you arent some teeny bopper trying to make a few bucks by babysitting the neighbors kids. you want a sallary now for appearing in a few episodes? now you are just contridicting yourself here hunny, when your sister is writing all this meaningful blogs about getting these 8 kids out of the spotlight maybe you should try talking to kate not doing the same thing by expecting a paycheck and then talking shit on her behind her back on the internet about how she is OH SO terrible.

  seriosuly lady, you’re not making any sense.

  • Wow, like I said before, when has Kate ever offered to take Jodi’s 4 kids and give her a break, can’t always be about Kate just because she has 8 kids and she is stressed. I don’t no if you have kids or not, but you don’t need 8 to get stressed Jodi does not owe her anything, she is not required to babysit for free, and Kate should respect that and understand that, she has a family of her own. Jodi has by far bent over backwards many a time to help. As far as Jodi making Kate look bad by talking about her, no one can make Kate look as bad as she makes herself look. Use to like Kate, but I think the stardom has gone to her head, she even seems put out when she has to do the question and answer segments, these days, for the viewers.

• oh so funny!!!
  jdypat.. that is tru he does seem to always be worried about kate pulling the stick out!
  and the kids starting with him getting a good one,

  • jodi , you are abetter person than kate. i think kate feels if she eats all the organic foods it will some how make her pure, also,every dog has its day! as soon as she pulls stick out jon should put foot in.

• Did anyone notice on the preview when she opened the door
  to HER new home she looked psycho and deranged!

  • no you are psycho jealous lady

    • why are you being mean to me……it was just my opinion nothing personal to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I agree! She did have that crazy look on her face! That was pretty scary actually!

    There is no way that one John’s salary that they could afford that house so how were they able to? Did the show pay for it?

    • are you serious? They could pay for that easily. Between the $250,000 plus they receive for each 30 min episode and the book deals for each of her books and the huge line of merchandise they have for sale on amazon, not to mention the dvds and appearances on Oprah and the Today show and every other show they have been on. They also did the Good HouseKeeping article, that alone was over $1 million. Of course they paid for it. They are looking at over $35 million for last year alone.

    • Are you serious? Think about it, they get atleast $250,000 per 30 min episode. They also have a line of products, their dvds, the book deals, all their appearances, and dont forget about the magazines which I read they received $1 million for. Of course they paid for it.

    • over the last few years of the show,ive noticed how kate’s atititude has changed,she wasnt too bad on the older shows but i seriously didnt like how she said “welcome world” like she’s a freaking queen or something..a few friends have said that it’s a good thing she got herself a new home cause with that new lady having the set of 8 babies…kate will be just a distant memory

• Ok I watch the show all the time and first the older woman who helped with the laundry moved to another state and Kate has said that she does miss her the kids to. Also my aunt used to watch me over night with her two kids and was not paid for it. I want to remind everyone we don’t know what goes on when the cameras are off. They are not there 24/7.

• Hmm I was wondering have you ever heard Kate call and beg Jodi to help out with the kids? On one episode Jodi offered to take them one or more days a week. What was the motive? I love having all these kids in my house or I want money??? Doesn’t seem to me that Aunt Jodi is doing it out of the kindness of her heart. Just curious.

• you are the biggest buncho complainers I evr saw. I guess every one of you is perfect and talks to all of your family members? I be somebody here has skeletons in their closet but they have to pick on Jon & Kate who are making a better life for their kids.
  Dont watch the show if you hate it stop the ragging.

• peace on earth and goodwill to all

• dudettes like relaxxxxxxxxx i agree with kalina man o manachevitz you all need to take a chill pill don’t pick on the sister and her fam……all you need is love

• kate is looking so much better than when she first had the kids. She is thin , nice hair and makeup, clothes. Jon should be proud. She is pretty!

  • kate only looks better now cause she got free lypo suction like come on now,did she seriously think her stomach wud be flat after having 6 babies…i think not,i just find her to be FAKE,she knows if she whines about something long enought someone will give it to her…like jon’s balding hair,her camera.i still laugh at that 1 episode when the kids ball runs down the drive way and heads towars the road,1 of the kids asked kate if jon was running away from home,lol kinda makes you wonder how a 3 year old know about that kinda stuff…

    • oh and you are perfect , I feel really sorry for you. I hope you don’t bring up your kids to be as jealous andjudgemental as you. I bet if you were offered a free tummy tuck (which you probably need by your comments) you would take it!!!!

• Check out Jon and Kate’s $1.1 Million dollar Home. I miss Aunt Jodi and Beth. I think these classy women are better off than having psycho Kate in their lives!

  http://marketing.remaxdesigncenter.com/45262/348034/index.ipv

  • WOW! if kates so psycho then why do you watch the show? BURN!!!!!!!!! and ya i miss them too and its ok you think she is psycho but i dont agree

• I finally got to watch the episode with the new house. It was recorded on the DVR and I didnt know it. My daughter records and watches every episode over and over and over. I think the end is near for the Goslins. I think the reason most people could relate to their family is because they were just like us. Working family in a normal home just with more kids than normal. WITH THE NEW HOUSE, however, I dont think most people will be able to relate to them in the same way. They place is too big and there is going to be no way anyone will be able to keep up with that many kids in a house of that size. Its just not possable. She cant even find a kid that says hes just pooped! My Gosh, how many bathrooms does that place have? IT IS HUGE! And yea, kate did overdo it on the frig. If I was the old owners I would be pissed BUT I TELL YOU WHAT! I HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF CLEANING OUR FRIG BUT I DID IT YESTERDAY AFTER WATCHING THAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!

• MARIS, I sent you another email. see if you got it.

• HOW MANY OF YOU CLEANED YOUR FRIG AT HOME AFTER WATCHING THE EPISODE WITH THE NEW HOUSE?

• I was just reading an article and it brought up a good point. Is Jon and Kate a cashcow for TLC and Figure 8 Productions? This show is interesting and we all watch it b/c we either like it or hate it and want to find something wrong with someone elses life and we don’t have to see our own problems…Food for thought.

• Most all of my 6 children are well behaved and respectfull of others. My youngest daughter, however, does act a lot like maddie. My daughter see how Maddie acts and hears how people talk about her. I find the show to be a good tool to help her to see how others see her actions.

• Missy,
  Do you think that Kate lets Mady get away with things because she is worried about how Mady will view her years from now? She really overlooks a lot. My grandaughter had a total melt down at Christmas. Too many presents and the only grandchild. Reminded me totally of Mady. My son said I am perfectly free to discipline her. She doesn’t have the best circumstances since her parents are not together and not very amicable unfortunately. I know she is just a kid and has had to deal with a lot but she is almost 7 and old enough to know better. My daughter says I need to explain more without always correcting so sternly. I hate feeling that my own grandaughter is a brat and very stubborn. It’s hard to know my boundaries because I don’t want to be remembered as being mean. I think Kate may have some problems with knowing where to draw the line. It’s hard with 7 other kids. It’s hard to watch when we have never heard her discipline her on the show ever. Have we?

  • I think I have heard Mady make comments on camera that indicate she knows her mother quite well. I don’t have a definite quote but Mady sees right thru her.
    Mady is a troubled child and needs some discipline BUT it has gone on for so long, she needs a lot of help understanding herself and a lot of hugs and cuddles, too!

    • I guess I mean that Kate may be afraid that Mady will really say the wrong thing on camera, and really embarrass the family.
      I am basically a kid advocate. I am on Mady’s side – she needs help finding out who she is in the midst of a mob scene that is her family

    • I want to adapt Mady – or both twins – and give her a lot of love and attention and discipline

• Oh my gosh Big Daddy, that is so funny. I just did mine on Wednesday. It only took my an hour though. Not 4 like kate.

• d.jodie,idon’t know how you watched hers and yours ? how could she even ask you? kate is a snob,and to think she is a nurse! what does her brother say about what she has done to you? look at the way she treats jon. every doghas there day.

  • If you watch the show you would see the episode where Jodi offered to take the kids one or two days a week, Kate did not ask. And if Jon had any problems with the way Kate treats him I think he would say so. I see him give back as good as he takes.

• After last week’s episode about Jon and Kate’s new home, I must say that my affection for the program has waned considerably. I was very put off by Kate’s behavior and the way that she spoke to the children regarding the master bedroom. What a bitch! My mother-in-law raised 9 children (including two adopted from Asian countries), was a foster mother to numerous newborns prior to their adoption, was a host mother to many foreign exchange students, and, owned an in-home daycare center. She never spoke to her children in that manner. In my opinion. it appears that now that Kate has milked her children for all it’s worth so that she can own her million dollar home, isolated from all the people she’s insulted in the process, she’s working on isolating the children and getting away from them as much as possible. What kind of parent tells her children that if they step foot in their bedroom ever again, they will be severely punished? Some of my best memories of when my daughter was young are when she would come into bed with me for a snuggle and a heart to heart or a story. She’s 19 now and I cannot believe how fast her youth flew by! Also, why would anyone want a home where her children are so spread out and sleeping so far away from their master bedroom? How is she going to be able to keep track of them? How will she know if one of them is ill or having a nightmare and needing comforting? Throughout the show, the message that I personally kept receiving was just how glad Kate was that she would be able to keep her children out of her hair as much as possible. Instead of enjoying the children that she supposedly so desperately wanted, all she seems to be doing is pushing them away. When your house is so large that you can’t even find your son when he is calling for you to wipe him, you’ve got a problem! Perhaps she doesn’t want to find them. Perhaps the best thing for Kate would be if she moved into the apartment located over the garage so that she doesn’t have to interact with the children at all. She claims that the children needed this big house and that it’s all for them. I personally feel that it’s all for her. The children seemed perfectly happy in their old house.

  While I realize that the Gosselin’s have made the choices they have so that they could provide for their children, I don’t like the way that their notoriety and increased income has changed them, especially Kate. Perhaps Kate’s extended family is absent because OCD,arrogance, and disregard for anyone else’s opinion but her own. If she keeps on behaving like she has been on the show, she’s not going to have any true friends at all. She’ll have a lot of nice things, but as they say, “The best things in life are not things”. If her ice queen attitude doesn’t change, she won’t have to worry about the kids even knocking on her bedroom door – they’ll look for affection elsewhere, and she can be alone to obsess about her neuroses as much as she wants.

  Yes, I am quite aware that given my new feelings about Jon and Kate Plus Eight, I am free not to watch the program anymore. And that, is exactly what I’m going to do.

  • I will continue to watch on Monday night because I think the children are more intersting now that they are 4 years old, but no more reruns. I am curious to see how this turns out. Kids who grow up with tons of money at their disposal and no real friends don’t always turn out too well.
    Ex. the Olsen Twins. Rich, messed up young adults. Let’s pray this stuff does not happen to the Gosselin children

• Just wanted to say that I watched the Duggars this evening and in defense of the Gosselin’s they are the same. Take a trip without the children, speak at different churches and drive a “sports car”. All the people in these shows are the same they are out for the money to help their families. None are different.

  • First off, the “sports car” that you saw Jim Bob and Michelle come home in was the same one that Josh took Anna for a ride in when they came home from Florida. I think it also mentions that the car is off of Josh’s car lot.And there is a difference in the way the Duggars dress and shop compaired to Kate and Jon.Kate and Jon are nothing but greeded money hungry leeches who are feeding off of their kids. SO and I hope so very soon this show takes a crap and then where will Kate the great and Jon be. It looks like Jon has some lipstick on in the show where they are walking across the lawn. He has on a yellow shirt and navy vest………..better check your lipstick Kate.

    • you dont have to be soo mean what if someone said that about you you wountent like it

• Are people here pretending to be dumb or are they really that dumb? First off, family or not, no one SHOULD do anything. Thinking that Jodie should be expected to watch 8 children that are not her own, in addition to 4 of her own, is just plain selfish and entitled. NO ONE owes you anything. But I do have to say that not even one time that Jodie was watching 12 KIDS, did I hear her yell, show frustration or lose her cool. Secondly, NO ONE is saying that Jodie should be paid to watch the children, as in babysitting fees. It’s called repeatedly being on tv as a “character”, the same way Jon + Kate plus 8 are. If Jodie or anyone repeatedly shows up on the screen of your tv, she should get paid for that! I really do think that Kate is arrogant and self righteous, and extremely opportunistic. Expecting people, family no less, to be at your beck and call to serve you, but then to show minimal to no gratitude and throw them away like trash after, well that’s just evil.

  • As I said before if you watch the show you will see an episode where Jodi offered to take the kids one or two days a week. Now why should she do that with her own four if not for money. Yes, she feels as entitled as anyone else. Looks to me that she is not the “saint” you all claim she is. Infact, Kate called her a saint because she had offered. Kate and Jon did not ask or beg her to take them.

• well im gettin tired of commentin on this because thisis old news

• sorry but this is gettin old becouse your just big babies so get OVER IT AND MAKEUP

• Hello Coastalmom, how are you doing? hope you are having a good week end, I took two little grand daughters to the movies today and lunch, now they are spending the night with us and will go to church in the morning,

  As far as Kate and Mady, I really hate to tell someone how to discipline their own kids, but yet there is an extreme LACK of it where Mady and or Hannah is concernrd, I have always been on the defence for Kate, but I’ll tell you after watching Mady tell her mother on national t.v. “not to boss her” and Kate just let it slide as she did with Mady kicking the little one, and then for Hannah to have her own room, that makes my blood boil, I don’t agree Hannah has migranes, and if she gets woke up so what, won’t she get up to go to school with the rest of them,? or will Kate keep her home?

  If any thing Cara and Mady should have been in separate rooms, they will be teen agers sooner than the tups, and Cara is completely different than Mady, does that child ever wake in a good mood?

  Back to discipline (sorry I got carried away) If Kate don’t do something and I mean like yesterday she is gonna be one sorry momma, Mady tells her and Jon how it is, As an older mom I can not believe how they allow her to talk back to them, did you see her on Access Hollywood,? It was so embarrassing I don’t know how Kate just sat there , I would havew had that little girl off that stage so fast, and she’d still be taking her meals standing up, it is no wonder she is so mean to the other kids, look how hateful she is to her parents.
  I have read some think she has a mental problem, I don’t, I just think she knows what she can get by with which seems about what ever she chooses, you know she does not act that way in school, not yet anyway, But one of these days she is gonna smart off to the wrong kid and get knocked on her butt. Kate seems to be fearful of her, why other wise would she let het do so much damage, She didn’t do that with Beth or Jodi, do you remember when they were all in Utah? Beth marched her right up stairs and let her know who was boss, now to think about it I believe that was the last time we saw Beth on the show, Kate said Mady and Beth had this love/hate relationship, that was her way of saying Mady didn’t do any thing wrong, No Beth was the adult and Mady had lied to her about hitting the kids, just like she did Jodi.

  As far as us grandmothers doing the discipline act, I hate that to, but my grandkids know the rules, and my # 1 rule is don’t ever back talk me , you can talk in a civil tone and ask a question, but don’t ever just blantely tell me no, or I don’t have to, our youngest is 2, our oldest is 24, and we have several grandkids in between, and sometimes a mommy will say “oh they are just melting down” well when it comes to disobeying thats not melt down mode thats time for mommy or daddy to nip it in the bud (butt), I would say Kate makes way to many excuses for Mady and it’s on;y harming her, and some day she is goinna find out the world does not revolve aropund her. For you as the grandma, when in your presence, if the parents don’t correct them and you are there than I’d say do it, espically if it’s your home, Oh my gosh here is another long post, sorry everyone, I just got a little ticked,

  I just really don’t know how I feel about this show and the kids behavior, it certainly is not getting better, I said before the way they scream, how will Kate ever know if it is a serious “I’m in trouble ” scream, I wonder what will happen when one of them take a tumble over the upstairs banister, Mark my words this house is way to big for them. The camera ppl can not stop Mady from kicking the daylights out of one of them, what if she decides to dump one of them over the banister, and yes I think she could do it in a heart beat. Just got hollered at , one of the girls needs me, check ya later Coastalmom ((((((((((((Hugs to you))))))))))))))

  • Missy, I say the reason why Kate lets Mady get by with so much is because she is just like KATE. And Kate knows this and she is not going to discipline her. Kate has a control problem she has to be in control at all times and if that means being mean and degrade then thats what will happen, watch how she treats her husband he is a door mat walks all over him he is not allowed to make a decision or do anything on his own she rips him apart. SHE HAS TO BE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. Just as she is with the crew the few very few friends they have left,she has ran them all off. Even her family and his. Give a few more years when this show is not popular anymore the money is not coming in and she is treating Jon like this he will be gone,and she will be alone. If she does not wake up and see what she is doing this is going to happen…

• Ick, Mady. Mady has needed an intervention or behavior plan a long time ago. She is such a miserable child and aside from their occasional “that’s just Mady” or she can be “difficult”, Jon and Kate don’t truly acknowledge the extent of her behavior/problems or discipline her. It will keep snowballing until one day she really snaps like Missy said, and GASPS, God forbid, throws a younger child down the stairs or over the banister.

• There is no excuse for Mady’s behavior – kicking her sister REALLY HARD. I am done with the show. I can’t stand how they allow this. Kate didn’t even care – she was too busy stressing about the dumb refrigerator.
  The camera man should have said no to filming that. Do they have any responsibility? I guess it’s ok if it’s a family member. Losers.

  • OMG. I completely agree. Kate acted like the refigerator was a toxic waste dump site. Cleaning it with a toothpick. Is she for real? I used to really love this show but I am so over the Gosselins. There are not real people anymore.

    • But when she left her own house……sorry I should say her “old” house, didn’t she just close the bathroom door on a stopped-up toilet.

      I gotta say the mention of one of those little children be pushed down the stairs or over a railing (in other posts) scares me………I pray that something like this will never happen. However, bad behaviour will only escalate if un-checked. I can’t help but think about a picture Mady drew of her family in an early episode, it did not include the little ones. It seems obvious that she resents them and I hope they get her some councelling to deal with these issues. I hope the best for all of the children and still will not be watching the show again.

    • Kate is such a b****. How anyone could put up with her I just don’t get it. I refuse to watch it. Everytime we watch they get free money to go on vacations, trips to the spa, new house!!!! What a bunch of crap. She needs to look in a mirror once in a while. And those kids, not so cute. Some look like they have special needs!! UGLY

• 1 child or 8, how many of you could withstand cameras in your house recording your every move and mood? I know that I couldnt. And should the Gosslins be paid? Sure, how is this different from any other story telling medium? And I can understand why there is a lack of trust by them in regards to people who are in their lives potentially for monitary gain rather than love, especially if all that it took for good friend Beth and loyal Auntie Jody to walk away was moodiness and being denied a paycheck… From what I saw when they were on the show, they werent hurting, larger homes, more furniture, fancier cars – it shouldnt be about that, but if we are getting down to the bucks…

• I have a problem with how insensitive Kate is on tv with Jon. She is always embarassing him by critisizing every thing he says. She also corrects his grammar and pronunciation. How about their opening every week when she says “but it’s “R” life. The word is “our” pronounced hour Kate. And how about the family you bought that house from. How many times did you embarass her by critisizing how “dirty” the fridge was. You saw it when you bought the house, so clean it and stop embarassing her. Your behavior is very unchristianlike.

  • I agree, see what money does to people. People always say “money wouldnt change me” Oh yes it does “KATE”

  • YANKEE!!!!

• Loved this show in the begining; becoming disenchanted now with what’s been happening lately. Can’t believe Jon & Kate can eliminate their family & friends from their lives so easily after all the generous help & support they always received when they were in real need. Mady’s behavior has always distuturbed me and she is mean, hateful and jealous. This child needs counseling and discipline like yesterday. Now, about the new house……it is indeed a huge house with lots of property in a country setting. I’ve been in real estate for decades and can tell you they didn’t think this decision through. Let’s hope they can afford a housekeeper & a gardner as they will need them. Can you picture Kate cleaning this house 24/7 by herself with all those kids? Jon would spend all his time mowing and plowing snow in the winter with that long driveway! The living room, dining room are enormous and are wasted space. I can’t picture the children hanging out there a lot. Children need larger bedroom spaces and privacy for studying, play, and having friends over (if Kate ever allows it). The bedrooms are so far away, she can’t even monitor what is going on with them and will need an intercom! The open staircase would scare me with all those young kids and I can picture one of them going over the railing someday. They were already fasinated with it and throwing things over. The swimming pool is another headache, and with 8 chlildren, you better be watching them when they are out there. And, how do the children get to and from school; is there a bus that stops on that isolated country road? Kate/Jon will have to drive them every day. I hope they are able to adjust out there, but I truly feel they bought the wrong house! In my opinion, this is too much too soon. Oh, and most people who sell or purchase million dollar homes usually hire a cleaning crew to come in to ready it for the new family. Kate did not have to spend 4 hrs. on that refrigerator (any frig left “off” w/door closed gets moldy)! An unoccupied home also gets dusty and gets bugs/critters even if it is left clean, especially in the country. I wonder if they are going to get horses to reside in that barn? That’s a whole other thing and a full-time job. I don’t think they can rely on Jodie or Beth to come running over to help out anymore. The lack of privacy for these kids is horrendous. Imagine when they go to school and other
  children start to tease them about things they have seen them do on
  TV (like going potty). I think I’ve made my point. I wonder how much longer they can continue with this show. A lot of viewers are getting upset and disenchanted with Kate and how entitled she seems to be.
  I lost it with the trip to Hawaii and the second wedding ceremony. Lastly, I agree with everyone when they voiced their distaste about how Kate disrespects Jon by correcting him, slapping him, and belittling
  him. I don’t know how the poor guy stands it! Everyone seems to be in agreement, so we will have to wait and see how this soap opera plays out. Bye for now.

  • THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO EVER READ OR RESPONED TO A “BLOG”. I LOVE THIS SHOW, I WATHCH IT EVERY MONDAY, AND UP UNTILL NOW I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGENED THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH NEGITIVITY OUT THERE REGAURDIGN THIS SHOW.

    FIRST OFF, OF COURSE THE MONEY IS IMPORTANT. THEY HAVE 8 KIDS TO RAISE AND SUPPORT, TO CLOTHE, AND TO FEED, SO ON, AND SO ON……….. THEY WOULD OF BEEN STUPID NOT TO JUMP AT THIS OPPERTUITY WHEN IT WAS OFFERED.

    AS FOR THE SIZE OF THEIR NEW HOUSE, YES IT IS VERY BIG, NOW. BUT IN EIGHT YEARS, WHEN SIX OF THEM START HITTING PUBERTY ALL AT THE SAME TIME, AT LEAST THEY WON’T BE FEELING LIKE SARDINES, AND JUST MAYBE THIS HOUSE MIGHT BE BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMADATE THIS LARGE FAMILYS NEED, FROM HERE ON IN, AND THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN.

    I ALSO THINK JON AND KATE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT KEEPING ALL THE KIDS UNDER CONTROL. MADY HAS HER MOMENTS, AS DOES ANY OTHER CHILD.

    WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD THE FIRST TIME I SPENT THE NIGHT AT MY BESTFRIENDS HOUSE, HER MOTHER CAME BACK FROM THE STORE AND OFFERED MY FRIEND AND I SOME FRUIT, AND MY FRIEND PICKED UP A BROOM AND STARTED BEATING HER MOTHER WITH IT, ALL THE TIME YELLING, “I DON’T LIKE FRUIT”. THAT WAS AT TEN YEARS OLD. MADY IS JUST A MOODY CHILD, I DON’T SEE J & K LETTING HER GET AWAY WITH THE “kiss my a__ __” TYPE ATTITUDE.

    THE SITUATION WITH JODI IS THE ONLY IMPORTANT TOPIC HERE.. AND IF WHAT IS WRITTEN HERE IS TRUE, THE ALL I CAN SAY IS ” SHAME ON YOU KATE “. THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND. I WOULD THINK NO MATTER WHAT THE AMOUNT THE SHOW OFFERED TO PAY HER, IT WOULD BE WORTH IT, JUST FOR THE PEACE OF MIND THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOUR KIDS AND WHO WILL PROTECT YOUR KIDS THE WAY SHE DID, AND THE WAY OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS HAVE IN PAST EPISODES.

    YOU KATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE DEMANDING THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM BE INCLUDED TO SOME DEGREE, AFTER ALL THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO ALLOW YOUR LOVED ONES TO LIVE COMFORTLY AND HAVE ENOUGH LEFT FOR THE KIDS. THE END

    PS PLEASE EXCUSE MY SPELLING

    • I agree people just seem to find something to pick on.Until they have 8 kids I think they shoul keep their mouth shut.One lady has even gone as far as saying the kids are ugly and may have special needs,that is just downright CRUEL!!!!.It is one thing to speak about the parents but for heaven sakes leave the children alone

• “1 child or 8, how many of you could withstand cameras in your house recording your every move and mood?”

  For the MILLIONS they are being paid, I guess quite a few would “put up” with the cameras. I am amazed by your blind loyalty to someone you have never met. She is not “putting up with camaras”….she has INVITED them for a nice, sweet check. And to say Kate deserves a check for having her show, but someone else does not for appearing on it is just silly. Comparing Jodi or Beths’s houses or income to Kates balances on sheer ignorance. Kate has had a house built that dwarfs any of the aforementioned peoples. And I really doubt either Jodi or Beth are MILLIONAIRES like Jon & Kate.
  When you get over the fan-love relationship you have, open your eyes. The show, the books, the paid lectures, the indorsments add up to quite a chunk of change, no matter how much Kate says they “struggle”.
  When the older girls hit age….I smell a lawsuit, to get THEIR money, that the parents have frittered away.

• Check out: musingsfromthemoon.com

  click on the video: Access Hollywood

• I think kate should be so much more appreciative of Jon. Thay sit on that wide chair week after week and she puts him down and all he does is roll his eyes. It seems she tries harder each week to be a little nastier. One day he’s going to get up and slap the snot out of her and leave her with those 8 kids. maybe he’ll take 7 and leave her with Maddy her clon. that will be the new show, the lost 8. she just not seem to realize how extremely blessed she is to have a husband that is there and willing to help with those kids so much. there are plenty of women doing it all by themselves.
  But, why doesn’t he say something? He looks so whimpy when it comes to her. It makes him appear extremely weak.
  kate should relax and allow those kids to be kids. get dirty and make messes. they can be clean. soon they will be lder and she would realize that she missed some fun times. get outside and play in the play-dough and make the mess. as long as they are not eating it, they’ll be ok.
  as far as aunt jody, why shouldn’t she get paid. yeah she did it for nothing, but it’s a lot and if someone is offering you a token of appreciation why shouldn’t you take it, who amonst us wouldn’t.
  i use to watch every week, now many times i turn it off as soon as i hear the introduction, because kate and maddy are just so mean and controlling and extremely ungrateful.

  • I have said it before, he should knock her inot next week and take 7 of the babies and leave.Then lets see where the show goes.

• I tried the video from access hollywood and it’s not on there. Anyway it was of Kate and kids getting ready to do a tv show. The kids were getting out of hand and kate tapped mady and of course mady tapped her back.
  Try to find the family with the bow hats on. Pretty funny!

• I didnt see the apartment over the garage everyone keeps talking about. Where was that at? Does anyone know the new address or where to get a picture of the whole house. The show I watched never showed the front or the back of the house. I dont really care about watching the reruns eather. Like I said, fewer and fewer people are going to be able to relate to them now that they have such a huge house. Im sure people dont really realize how crowded it was in the old house especially with the camera crew there but the new house is just toooooo big! I usually take up for J& K. But someone said maybe the new woman who already had 6 kids that just had another litter will have her own show. THATS REDICULIOUS!!!! WHO WOULD EVEN HAVE FERTILITY TREATMENTS IF THEY ALREADY HAD 6 FREAKIN KIDS!!!! WHO HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WOMAN?

• I found this blog under a picture of Jon on another site and thought it was soo funny I had to share it.

  MY NAME IS BIG DADDY AND I AUTHORIZE THIS MESSAGE!

  Oh, you poor bastard. I feel the need to buy you a beer every time you stare off into space on the interview couch with the look that says “I welcome the sweet, sweet kiss of death.” Maybe next season will bring the focus back onto your brood of charming little tykes, (not including Mady… she’s the devil), and less on Kate’s OCD and verbal abuse.

  Or maybe a drinking habit for you next season? That’ll liven things up. Hannah: “Daddy? Why did you sleep out in the front yard last night?” You: “Oh, daddy drinks to forget honey. Daddy drinks to forget.”

  Be strong, trooper. Rest up, because puberty is gonna be hell in your house.

• OMG lol why is this post still receiving comments on the regular?!!! This was posted in August…

• I love this show and I need to knom how Kate and Jon get all of thier money?

  • You have to be kidding!!! They get their money from being on tv. When they had the kids he was out of work and she obviously was pregnant and couldn’t work. But, they found a way to get rich and let the kids make the money for them. They are quite a pair.

• The majority of women in america behave just like kate. Gone are the days of humble, honest and kind women.

  • I personally take offence to this statement, “SO NOT TRUE” yes there are a lot of women who mistreat their husbands as there are men who mistreat the wives, but there are many more that don’t, I happen to be one of them. And maybe if more men would not act like Jon does, maybe the women you claim to be like Kate would not treat them that way. Espicall claiming to be christians, Jon does not portray a christian husband at all.

  • Of course Missy would feel offended! People usually do when they are forced to look at themselves. I agree with you Dr. Neptune. And you did say THE MAJORITY, NOT ALL! Just to show how unbalanced the world between women and men are, Why is it if a man cheats he is sorry lowlife SOB? But is a woman cheats, the poor thing must have done it out of love and because she must not be getting the attention at home that she needs. Men have hearts and usually feel things much deeper than women. Women, from a early age, learn to live with a whole range of emotions. Men shield their hearts because their emotions are soo intense. This explins why men go on rampages while women are more vendictive! Women are in more control of their emotions because they know that they will feel the same ones over and over agian. Where as a man will only feel them once the same way. Each time he allows someone else in and they break his heart a piece of him dies along with it.

  • Gone are the days of ummmmmmmmm KATE! oh I mean Dr Neptune!!!

• I still don’t have down how to post a link, sorry Maris I’ll keep trying, But…. for those of you who have not seen the new Mansion yet, scroll back a day or so to a poster named Cindy on Jan 30 and she has the link there and it wil take you directly to the new home, I must say it is something to be proud of.
  I don’t think Kate was being haughty when she opens the door and says “welcome World” JMO but I think she is proud, geez if that were my home I’d be having a Party. I live in a home similar to the one they are leaving, only I have 5 bedroomes and 2 family rooms, and a bonus room, 3 1/2 baths.
  Maybe because we all know how they got the house is why some think she was haughty, I also heard that they got over a million dollars for the interview with GH , if they are paid $65.000 an episode (which I don’t know) do they get paid for reruns? does any one know how that works? Just curious. I have also been told by ppl that don’t even know who the Jon and Kate show are, that if they have been on 4 seasons that they already have made millions, I can’t hardly wrap my brain around that figure, and now thats what the new mom of eight is trying to do, wow what concept. No not really, just how sad a young mom of 14 and no husband, well chances are if she gets a reality show, she won’t have a hard time getting a husband, atleast until the money is gone, This is where I think the grandparents or the child services or someone should be able to force who ever she contracts with that a percentage of each payment goes into separate accounts for the future of the kids and can not be touched by anyone until a certain age,
  To many times ppl have large amts of money handed to them and in no time at all they are broke, I have a neice who had a malpractice suit and won, she cleared after all atty’s fees and other cost were paid about !.7 million, in less than 3 years she was broke, lost all her new cars, new home, new furnishings and her childrens money that had been set aside had to be used , and she is still broke and lost another husband. Sad, so sad for the kids.

• I don’t necessarily fault Kate for saying “mine, all mine” when looking out the kitchen window. I may have done the same thing when we moved from our small house into the one we have now. In our family, it’s understood that “mine” means “ours” and surely that’s what she meant, at least I hope so. If I’m broke, everyone in the house better damn well be broke too, and visa-versa.

  I do fault Kate for other things (all of which I’ve mentioned), and Missy, I’m glad to see you can still be a fan without automatically giving Kate a pass on whatever she does. We watch this show, but we should watch it with our eyes open and critisize (or patronize) fairly on this site. This past Monday night, my husband (who is already disabled) had an episode of dramatically low B/P, passed out, had a seizure, and had to be rushed to the hospital. He almost died. I’m thankful that while I sat at his bedside, I didn’t have to be concerned about what I might have said to him that was hateful or degrading. My actions of the 30 years prior spoke louder than any words whispered in the moment of crisis.

  I believe J&K love each other and each couple has their own way of interacting, but some of the things that come out of Kate’s mouth are just blatenly insensitive and hurtful. It’s difficult to believe she can’t see it or just “can’t help” it. It seems she is very self-centered in that respect, if nothing else. She should consider that she may someday lose him, either by divorce (doubtful at present) or by one day looking into eyes that are vacant as I recently have. Is she really so independent that she feels she doesn’t need to be nice to anyone? It doesn’t take a lot of energy to be respectful of another, especially someone you claim to love.

  The people who say those critical of Kate are jealous of her, think again. Am I jealous of Kate? Not in the least…

  • My father suffers froma meningioma and developed a severe seizure disorder and subsequently has been rendered disabled, and has nearly dies from complications. My mama has been by his side the whole time. She could care less about their bank accounts or what assets they accumulated in their 39 year marriage. She was lost when she thought she had lost him. Family means everything. Sorry for your harship, Maris.
    Beat, Diane and Laura

    • grrrrr. Should read..Best…Diane and Laura

    • WHAT?

    • @ Diane…(singing) that’s my name tooo, whenever we go out….

• I feel bad for Aunt Jodi. I’m trying not to judge though because I’ve heard so many stories about it, some of which I’m sure are just speculation. I’ve read Julies blog before, and she seems kind of cynical, so in my opinion, she could be putting a negative spin on things.

  I’m not a “Kate lover”.. I try to stay open-minded and not to believe everything I hear or see.

  No one, except Jon and Kate, Jodi, and their families know for certain what happened with Jodi, we don’t know what peoples motives were, and the outcome.. So I’m trying not to judge until I get the whole story, because I’m sure there’s more going on than what we’re being told. Just dont believe everything you hear without atleast questioning the source.

  I’m sure Jon and Kate could be doing some things differently, but as parents and human beings – can’t we all say that about ourselves and one another? I think so anyway.

  I dont know what to say about their children. In my opinion, noone has a right to try and tell another parent how to raise their children. And while people can say “they should being doing this and that”, they’re not your children and it’s not your call.

• OK, I personaly think aunt Jodi should be on Jon and Kate plus eight. Because she watches the kids all the time. Well at least she USED TO, and she still should be able to. But NO according to Kate.(Of course!) and TLC was offering aunt Jodi a contract and was going to get paid to be on the show. But, NO, NO, NO, in Kates opinion. She says that no one should get paid on the shows besides her and Jon. Now that is wrong. Aut Jodi should get paid because she would watch the kids when Jon and Kate was out on a special day with one of the kids or even having a nice dinner with Jon. And there used to be lots of fun and laughter at aunt Jodi’s when the kids were there. But kicking her off the show you shouldn’t of done that. If I were you Kate I would take a second thought about that. I hope will take a second thought because I would really like to see aunt Jodi on the show again.

• The family’s new address is : 298 Heffner Rd., Wernersville, PA and I
  saw it on a blog under “Jon & Kate new home”. Apparently, it is near
  where Jon grew up & family is nearby (whose I don’t know). Someone lives near them and drove by and a gate has been installed at the
  property’s entrance off of an unpaved rural road. It is off the beaten
  path and is not easily found according to this neighbor. They purchased the home for $1.2 million in Nov. Don’t know if they have moved yet or not. I imagine they will have a lot of help to maintain this tremendous new house. I wish them luck and hope they adjust to their new surroundings. They have certainly capitalized on their children! I believe they all were given college scholarship from the governor of PA for all 8 of them when the tups were born. We should all be so lucky! Noticed there are a lot of multiples around today, but none as successful as the Gosselins.

• Maris,
  I’m sorry to hear about your husband. You sound like a loving, respectful wife to your husband. I wish Kate could read your blog. I don’t think she realizes how mean her comments to Jon are. She might think twice. I hope things turn out ok for you and your husband.

• Missy, I had to search my soul for why your comments grated on me…the honest answer is …I swear..you remind me of my mother in law. Sorry. I hate that. I am trying to look the other way, my God, I hope you are not her. I can’t take it. I can’t. You do. And, it makes me sick. She is opiniated and it rubs me the wrong way. Character defect, on my part, but it took me a few days to sit and truly say what was real and not just oh she was a rude person, or whatever. You “sound” like her. My husband is laughing his rather larger rump off but I couldn’t be like oh she is a blah blah blah, it is just that tone. hmmmm.

• One of the mothers in a playgroup I attend said to me, “well, those twins can’t have a normal life, there are strangers in her bedroom” and not that it was impurient in anyway, but she was right. I hear the Mady bashing and I think, what would my daughter,a dn then I am like well f*** this, how would I have acted. She didn’t ask for the gross ( meaning amount) sibling factor. I have a twin sister and it affected me in many ways…good and bad. Behavior isn’t always about discipline. It is about acceptance. And feeling heard. Is this young lady…and who are we to say based on scripted television -edited footage? Are any people really equipped to handle that many children, at once all the time…day care teachers..they get paid, right? They are treading water.
  Again, I remember the Dilley family who gets the token ABS annually check in and it was unprecedented. Not so much anymore. See Iraqi- national daughter in Cali. Way to set the invitro movement waaaaay back friend, if the rumors are true. God help us all.

• I wondered where the Jodie video went to. I am glad someone found it. Jodie is such a sweet person and I can’t for the life of me see why Kate would treat her the way she has. I think it shows Kate’s true colors and it shows when it comes to money that is all she is worried about. Kate has sold Jodie out and really if you think about it she has sold her kids to the highest bidder.

  • How is it that Jodie and her sister did not object to Jon and Kate filming their show and “exploiting” their children until Kate nixed Jodie’s contract? Seems to me it’s a case of sour grapes because she couldn’t cash in on Jon and Kate’s success. Think about it, how many years was Jodie willing to be on the show without once complaining of “exploitation” of the children?

• First of all I want to comment to Bun-in the -oven, I am so sorry you feel about me in such a negative way, really I am, I am 60 + yrs old, have been walked on, used, and hurt beyond words by so-called friends, but I have to say my life has been blessed, and I have hate for no one. I would not purposely or willingly say anything to try to hurt another,
  I know that on these blogs we do not know each other nor will ever meet, and maybe I am foolish enough to get to close to ppl on here, but I do like my talks with my cyber buddies, and we should be able to act like human beings and state our opinions to each other without getting out of control, I am working harder omn my part, Sorry you have maybe not a so loving MIL I wouldn’t understand that b/c other than my own mom my MIL was my best friend. Maybe thats what you are missing, So I guess the best thing is that You Just Don’t Read Any More Of My Comments, I mean if they “Grate” on your nerves that bad, just skip them.

  • Missy , let me tell you what I have been told that Jon and Kate mainly Kate comes on here on many different names and comments, and if you read between the lines on a few of the replys you might see what i mean. Just thought I would let you know. They really think we are STUPID. And that we fall for it. But anyone who knows who they are can tell by the manner of their words.

    • No offense, Cee Cee, but do you seriously believe Kate would have the time or the inclination to read, much less post, on any site other than her own?? I have a hard time believing Kate cares what anyone has to say. On the wild chance she does and thinks we’re stupid — who gives a rat’s ass??

• yep, still opinionated as hell. YOU asked why I was upset. I was sincere, REALLY sincere, even stating it was a character defect, MINE, and you…in your ,oh so humble way,, and hardly nasty, felt the need to correct me, rather that laugh or say okey doke… Correcting grammer. Kinda on the tacky side, eh?

• Also, Missy, I find it ironic that when I post about J& K there is no response. Or reply. Do you feel the need to only interject your personal disdane for me or my opinion when it directly corrolates to you. I mean, shouldn’t, at your age, you know better, and, as I have posted before, I read for insight from “seasoned mothers” , is this a problem for you? If so…. DO NOT READ MY POSTS. K?

  • Sweetie I have no hate or disdane or whatever else you call it for you, I have offered an aploigy and it was rejected, I am sorry, I just don’t know what else to say to you, I have tried and will continue to try and have conversations with you, I am not sure what brought this all on but I hope you are done with me in a negative way, I have nothing mean nor hateful in return to you, there is enough of that on her about the Gosselins with out you and I throwing mud at each other, K?

    • Deal. E-shake on it. :)

    • BIG DADDY HAS NOT, I REPEAT, HAS NOT CHANGED HIS NAME TO bun in oven!!!! haha

    • Shut up Big Daddy. I wasn’t speak to you…I’ll let you know when I am…there, Junior.

• Maris first and foremost a big ((((((((hug))))))))) for you girl. You sure brought back some memory, a few years ago I was just paceing back and forth waiting for the surgeon to come out and talk to me, well just the look in his eyes told me my husband had cancer,(vocal cords) Thank God he is doing great, but that night I sat beside the bed and thought of the little fights we have had over the last 40 some years, and I would ask him if he remembered this one or that one, and I’ll never forget this, he took my hand and he said “no sweet pea I don’t, I choose not to remember them, but I will tell you what I remember” and he just talked about the birth of our kids and how proud he was, he talked about how we struggled sometimes financially, and even a time when we wondered where our next slice of bread would come from, But… not once did he ever worry about our relationship. Now that means the world to me,

  And if he goes before me, I will know that we lived, and we loved and our hearts have always been one.

  And I agree that Kate does have it made in some aspects of her life, but her relationship with Jon I think leaves some thing amiss, it’s not her smacking him, IMO that is just little love pats, I remember one of their earlier episodes where she smacked Jon and he laughed and said to the camera she beats me, about that time my husband had walked into “MY” kitchen LOL anyway he said to the t.v. “well son let me tell, it don’t get any better” and I smacked him on the back as he was hurrying away.
  But it’s how she speaks to him in front of her kids and for the whole world to see, I am embarrassed for her, but it makes me very angry at Jon for allowing her to do that, just as they allow Mady’s behavior, and now allowing Hannah to have her own private room,

  Kate and Jon say they are christians, it makes me angry they claim it but yet their actions speaks volumes of a different way of living, unless they read a different book than I read, b/c I thought the Bible says the husband is to be the head of the home and to love his wife as christ loved the church. And maybe part of the problem is that Kate had such a controled childhood and strict and alot of her behavior comes from her christian background as a child,
  I know ppl from very strict christian families, no make up, no jewelry, no short hair, long sleeves and dresses at least to the knees, almost like the Duggers, not that there is any thing wrong with them, pretty much the way Pentecostal churches were, I came from an Assembly of God backgrond and it’s very much like the Duggers, And my GrandFather was very strict but the most loving and kind man you would ever meet.

  Maris you are right, when we loose someone to the grave it is so hard, but if we have to remember all the ugly things that were inbetween it would be a whole lot harder, someone once said once on the lips, always on the heart, see I know I have nothing in my heart but respect and love for my hubby and so if that day comes before me, I will have great memories and not have to grieve b/c of hateful ugly things said. As you said it does not take a lot of engery to be respectful espically to some one you love, and I’m not sure why her family is not around, but I do know this, as much as she and Jon have gained in the past few years, and as much as they have to offer (if they would) as much as they have been blessed (espically the tups health) if I were them I would be on my knees nightly thanking God, But I just don’t see how any one could be that happy with all the riches and all that money can buy and no one to share it with except a bunch of fans/nonfans who sit and talk about them, OH God forbid I ever have that life style, how can one be happy with so little? I wonder sometimes late at night when she and Jon lay their head down on their pillows just what their last words are to each other, I wonder if they are truly happy, Do they ever wonder what the other would do should one of them die? Can they completely give them selves to each other without thinking about the next interview, or what time the camera guy will show up?

  Oh my Lord I wish I had more money, I wish I didn’t have to ever make another house pmt, I wish , I wish I wish, but I am so happy to know I have a large family at at Christmas time we all crowed together and had so much fun with all the kids going to and fro, and all the parents telling stories about mom and dad, and that at the end of the day I held my beloved husband and know the one wish we both had that was most important was we would always be together and our kids would be healthy happy adults and love and serve God, And God has blessed us beyond what we ever could have ask for or thought.

  Maris my Dear please know that I am seriously and prayerfully thinking of you and your husband, they are our jewels, they are our right hand, and can not be replaced, May God Bless You and Him with another 30 years, Stay Sweet Dear your angel is as close as your breath, sending some hugs to ya…

  P.S. there is a show on right now, this man has 3 wives they all live in one big house, and he has kids with all of them, Oh my Lord, no way, no how!!!!

• Missy,
  Thank you for missing me! I have been in the throws of preparing for my hubbie’s Superbowl Party. It’s almost like throwing a Thanksgiving Dinner but with about 22+ people. My friend’s all help me clean up and my husband whipped around and got all of the trash and extra chairs and tables out of there so besides cleaning and preparing for two days and having a bunch of people in the house…it looks no different and I did a good deed which made him very happy. I took a few breaks and read some blogs and your posts but couldn’t take the time to write until now.
  Keep up taking the higher ground. I admire you! ;)
  Maris, I am so sorry to hear about your hubby. How scary for you! I will be praying. Your words really touched me. My dad dropped dead of a heart attack at 51. The age that I am now. My mom had no regrets. She always treated him like a King. I know. Her last words to him before he shut the door were :”I love you.” He was one of my best friends and I really have no regrets because of what you said… the life you lived before the crisis is what you hold on to. I have to say that made me think… I couldn’t exactly say that truthfully now. I think Kate’s behavior bothers me and some on here because it hits closer to home than we would like to admit. Thanks for the reminder. I think that you and Missy have a very awesome way of getting your points across without judging and it is refreshing. Again, I will be praying for your husband and you.

• Missy,
  Oh my gosh…. We must have been writing at the same time because I was watching the same show! That would NOT happen to me. At the end of the show it said they both divorced him. I wonder if the second wife had any legal rights? Are you on the west coast? We must be close if we were watching the same show. Anyway, your story and views hit me even more. I have a feeling God is talking to me about my marriage. I sit there thinking badly of Kate and yet who am I to judge? You and Maris sound like good examples of how to treat your hubbies. Your husband sounds like a keeper!
  Thanks for sharing!

• Maris, I swear, you should have your own website. “ASK MARIS”. You are soo insightfull. I loved what you said on Jan 1st. You have a unique gift to turn things around and look thru anothers eyes. I think you have kate pegged. She is feeling much more successfull and independent. That would explain why she seems less tollerant. But success is not permanent and failure is not fatal its the courage to continue that matters in the end. I think Jon does love kate its just the way they communicate. Jon knows Kate for who and what she is. He is with her a lot more than we see and Im sure he knows who she is in her heart. If I could aford a house like that Id be proud to show it off too. I cant fault her there. She just doesnt seem like one of us, the masses, anymore. She has moved up and I cant blame her.

• Big Daddy~ Amen! Now that was very insightful! You surprise me. Judging from your posts of the past… I have to wonder what happened?

  But success is not permanent and failure is not fatal its the courage to continue that matters in the end.

  That was awesome!
  I think that I learn more from the feedback of the show than watching it sometimes.

  • I wish I could take credit for that saying, however, it was Chruchill that said it first. I love to throw crazy stuff mixed with truth out there just to see the reaction it gets. You can learn a lot about people by listening to how people respond to certain stemuli.

• Good morning everyone, and big hello to you Maris, hope your week is off to a great start and all is going well for you and hubby, Please know you are in our thoughts and prayers. Isn’t it ironic how someone elses hurts and pain can put our thoughts and minds into a whole new different mode of thinking, thats what I love about some of the ppl on here, forget J&K and all their money and ect. forget about all the name calling and mud slinging b/c someone does/doesnot like Kates hair, I’m sure when you was standing there by your husband you could not have cared less what we or any one else thought of J&K, “J&K who?”

  Well just know when we read your post we didn’t care about J&K either, I shed a tear for you, I know this is only cyber space and I would not know you if I saw you on the street, but as Coastalmom and I have said before I think we would connect with you and have a blast, or if we would have known the other night we would have been right there beside you holding your hand (if possibe) But.. since we are only cyber friends I take that serious to,

  I read some where, some one was upset b/c we got off topic, so what, unless a moderator tells us we can’t, then we will continue to talk personally if we want, one thing for sure is no one else has to read it if they don’t want to. Have a great day and know you are thought about alot in the most sincere way. You are pretty special.

• Missy,

  I don’t care what you say on this blog for it is your opinion. I enjoy reading what you have to say. You and I might have different opinions about many things but this blog is a place where anybody can come and say what’s on there mind. Don’t let anybody tell you anything different. IT’S A FREE COUNTRY!!!

  • Thank You Rachel, I just really don’t want to fight with any one, I hate it when ppl are negative about me, but I can not control that, but I can not let it bother me a whole lot either I guess! Thanks Hon.

• Coastalmom, LOL I know what you mean about getting ready for super bowl, I have it made now, the past several years our church does a superbowl chili cook off, several ppl make chili and we have about 6 ppl to judge on the taste test, it is so much fun, we have a huge activity center and there are rooms for the footfall lovers, games for kids, and fun things for all ages, espically those who don’t know squat about football (like me)
  There is so much food, that you swear you’ll not eat again for a week, I have not went out for that the last couple of years, My health is not the greatest and I don’t have a high oxygen level, it’s easy to wear down, I hate wearing oxygen out in public.

  Anyway I live in the Mid-West like tornado country, I have lived in Ill., MO.( worst state ever) and Ks. and Ia. I know that when I am posting on here the time it says my post is made is way off than my time, does that make sence?

  Coastalmom you made mention about judging, I am with you on that, I think as human beings we know it’s wrong and we (some of us) fight against it, I for one am fighting harder, I am sure ppl could find fault in the way I raised my kids, or treat my husband, or walk my walk with God, it’s a choice everyday that we make, hopefully we will have tomorrow to do it better, but…I don’t want to lay my head down tonight with anything in between me and God, I don’t want my heart to be so clouded by digust of another human being that I can not sleep,
  and I think what Maris was saying is that she has nothing to regret if she were to lose her hubby, she has fond memories to carry her on, as with me , sure we have battles and ups and downs, but never have crossed the line of no return,
  I do not want to judge Kate harshly I just wish I could be a friend to her and a mother influence, I wish she had that in her life, if she does or not we don’t really know for sure, it just don’t show if she does, and I think that would be so lonely.
  Back to our husbands, I really believe that sometimes after we are married for so long we kinda forget what we had in the beginning, and the fire starts to fuel down, so sad, there is a country song called “Take the blanket from the bedroom” it’s a married couple who go down by the river with their blanket and remind them selves how it was when they first fell in love,
  I have had so many younger couples come to me in church and say “if I didn’t know better I would think you are newly weds, I saw him kiss your cheek durning praise and worship, and you hold hands going accross the parking lot” My husband said a young man ask him yesterday if we had ever really had an argument, if we have ever really been mad at each other, said he laughed and told him “yes, but very respectfully”
  I guess thats where it all is in the respect.
  If we believe God really joined us together, and we really believe his word, that thru him all things are possible than we have to know that our struggles are only valleys that make us grow, God will not bring us to it unless he will take us thru it, Just know that no matter what you may be going thru (which you have not said) that God knows your heart, and if there is a spark of love there he can turn that into a blaze, Love ya and will be thinking of ya and keep ya in my prayers .
  I have a poem that later I will post for you and Maris, or anyone who wants to read it, I am sure there are some who think I post to much already, LOL and sometimes I do. Have a good day. Talk to you soon.

• First, I want to thank all my new cyber friends (bun-in-oven, Missy, Rachel, Coastalmom, Big Daddy, and anyone else I may have missed) for your well wishes and kind words! I do appreciate all your thoughts and prayers, and I too have come to care for each of you and the uniqueness of who you are. Hubby is fine now and will be following up with his doctors to avoid a repeat episode. We had a superbowl party yesterday, and that went a long way to curing his low B/P! After one play, he jumped up from his chair where our little chihuahua was sitting on his lap, grabbed her up, and for a split second I thought he was going to spike her like a football! She looked at him as if to say “What’s with you?? I’m no pigskin!!” LOL!

  Missy, I missed the comment about someone being upset because we occasionally drift off-topic. Who said that? Queen of the universe? Whoever it is, they’re not the boss of me. I don’t fret about such people. Like you said, until a moderator asks us to do otherwise, I’ll post what I want to. The “queen” needs to tend to her own business and leave the rest of us to manage our own. Rachel is right — it’s a free country, and I’ll add God bless America!

  ((((BIG HUGS)))) to all, and again, thank-you!

  • lol “I’m no pigskin!” My mama carries her dog in her purse!! He’s a Boston Terrier, and slightly obese and she brings him everywhere! That made me giggle.

• As the kids age, Kate’s controlling attitude will hurt two things: The children, because the will learn to stay away from her, and her tv show, which is bringing her the funding for their lifestyle. It seems obvious that many more people across the country (as you look on the web) are upset by Kate’s behavior and will likely not watch the show very often. Well…that doesn’t make good television or a good fiscal decision for TLC. She will burn her own bridges and it won’t even be that far off. Maybe Jon can talk some sense into her before it is too late.

  • I think it is unforgivable that they have no gratitude for the people that helped them (Aunt Jodi, as well as their friends with the pomeranian dog). I think Maddy is a brat and out of control. Ignoring her is not going to help her.

    I feel sorry for Jon as Kate is very controlling and speaks to him in a degrading manner.

    Sadly – being famous went to their head.

    Hope they enjoy their new house.

• Tigger. you have many good points, however, if this is played right, I can see this going on for a very long time. People love someone to hate or dislike “Kate” and they love to root for the underdong “Jon”. Just look how successfull the books, blogs and etc.. are. People enjoy to point out Kates faults more than pointing out what, if anything, she does right. As humans we are problem solvers, thus we like to point out things that need to be fixed, thus we have this blog sight. Jon is like the comic relief. The show wouldnt have lasted this long if Jon and Kate had the same personality. That would be boaring. People would loose interest if both of them were like Jon. Its the chemistry between the two and the fact that they are opposites along with the fact that most of us can relate to them that makes the show so successfull. If in the future it starts to falter, and it will, they just need to spice it up and start showing some of the stuff that they probably tend to cut out. Me personally, Love Kate but Id love to see Jon, just once pick up something and throw at her, or shoot her the bird! That would cause such a stir!!!! I would really like to see them spank Maddy on the show. That would be awsome. And ohhh soo many viewers that would attract. There are just soo many direction that the show could take. I HAVE 6 KIDS. 27, 22, 18, 15, 10 AND 6. THE OLDERST TWO ARE GROWN AND MOVED. BUT OUR HOUSE HOLD EVERYDAY IS LIKE A BAD SITCOM. SOMEONE HIT SOMEONE, SOMEONE BROKE SOMETHING THAT WASNT THEIRS, THE TOILET OVERFLOWS, ETC… YESTERDAY, OUR CAT GOT HIT BY A CAR ACROSS THE STREET AND THE BUZZARDS WERE EATING IT. MY 15 YEAR OLD WAS FREAKING OUT! MY 10 YEAR OLD GIRL AND 6 YEAR OLD BOY WANTED TO WATCH THE BUZZARD EAT HIM. THEN LASTNIGHT, WHEN THE STORMS CAME THRU, A BRANCH BROKE OFF A TREE AND CAME THRU THE CIELING IN THE LIVING ROOM. ITS ALWAYS SOMETING! MY WIFE AND I DONT ALWAYS GET ALONG EATHER. I HAVENT THROWN ANYTHING AT HER “YET” BUT I HAVE SHOT HER THE BIRD! BUT I LOVE HER WITH ALL OF MY HEART. AS LONG AS IT DOESNT COME TO BLOWS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH FIGHTING WITH YOUR SPOUSE. I THINK IT HELPS TEACH THE KIDS THAT ITS OK TO DISAGREE, IT DOESNT MEAN YOU JUST GIVE UP AND WALK OUT. THATS BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY AND FAMILY SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON ONE ANOTHER.

  • You shot your wife the bird? And you don’t see anything wrong with that? And you love her with all your heart? You’re teaching your kids alright, Big Daddy. You’re teaching your sons how to treat women, and you’re teaching your daughters how men ought to treat them. You may want to strap on some of that insight you have ever so often and rethink this one…

• People want to complain about Kate. Whate is up with the nakid woman holding her tit eathing brocaolli on the side of the blog screen? MMMM makes me want to eat my veggies!!

• Big Daddy, you have such a different view of “love with all my heart” than most, wow,
  And why would you want to see Mady get a spanking? I hope she gets disciplined but I do not want to see it, I would rather see the fruits of it, I hate it when my grandchildren get disciplined in front of me let alone strangers, to swat one of the little ones on the back side in public is one thing but to actually spank them, well that should wait until out of site,
  I spanked mine very little, but not in the open to every one,
  I told a little story a while back, my grandson was sitting in church with his parents, b/c he said he had a heg agg (head ache) he was about 2 1/2 well he began to get squirmy, daddy told him a few times to stop and he just continued on, well a few minutes later daddy got up and carried him out while he was saying “pa,pa save me” broke my heart but he came back in and sat there just like a little man.
  If Mady were my child would I spank her? not sure, I do know with some of my grandkids I think I would, but funny thing is… when they are with me and pa,pa they don’t need it, So it goes right back to the parents, what are they doing at home, teaching them how to “shoot the birdie (at anyone?) well if I saw a child do that I’m gonna feel sorry for that child, and wonder what kind of parents is he/she in bondage to. My one and only son has never let me see him do that, if he has ever he’s been more respectful to me, I’m sure being a military man and being in Iraq a couple times he has seen/done a lot, but hopefully his manners and self respect kept him at bay. I just thought teenage boys did that kinda stuff, and young teens at that.

  • Missy, Big Daddy says he posts lots of these things to “see what reaction” he can get. I think he needs to google “troll” — or maybe he already knows what it means. Things can get pretty boring in Arkansas…

• Sorry, Maris and Missy, my point was that no one is without fault, except for you two aparantley.

  The point I was trying to make was that Parents make mistakes. Together you grow and learn as a family and you dont give up on one another. Im not perfect and my wife is not perfect, but we are also not hipocrites, trying to portray ourselves as if we dont make mistakes. Yes, when I shot her the bird I instantly wish I hadnt. Like when Jon told her to pull the stick out!

  Its thru making mistakes and how we deal with them as a family that is important. The children see the mistakes you make and they see how you learn from that mistake and grow as a person. I believe that is the single most important things you can teach a child. How to accept mistakes that you make, learn from them and grow. The worst injustice, I feel, you can do to a child is to make them believe that they are living in a perfect world. If they never see their parents argue, or call it disagree would probably be more politically correct, they dont learn that its ok to argue and learn from it and grow as a couple. Not just as a couple but as a family because the children will learn how to deal with conflict when they have families of their own.

  Maris I know some of what you went thru. I wouldnt wish that on anyone! And I am not talking about abuse. My parents were like you two are discribing. But children who dont get to witness disagreements when they are growing up, will not understand how to handle an arguement in their own relationships. They will feel that something is broken in thier relationship and remove themselves from the relationship. Then when they enter into another relationship the same thing happens. They argue, they feel somthing is broken so they leave. How many times will this happen before they believe that someting is wrong with them?

  You are right, children do learn from their parents. And they should learn how to live and deal with the things life throws you. ANYWAY, YOU GOT ME WAAAY OFF COURSE. I WAS TRYING TO SAY! IF THE RATINGS ON JON AND KATE GO DOWN THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO BRING UP THE RATINGS!!!!!!!!! Im sure there are a lot of things that they cut out that people would get worked up about. I find it interesting that from that whole blog that me shooting my wife the bird is the one thing that you sunk your teeth in! Let me say this “Often what is not said communicates more than what is said” I think that the fact that you focused on that one thing and ignored the rest of the blog speaks more than what you said.

  I AM BIG DADDY AND I ENDORSE THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!

  • Come on now, Big Daddy, you say you “put this stuff out there” to get a reaction. Would you rather I reacted to the limb through your roof saying “Next time it should hit you in your BIG head and knock some sense into it”??? You wanted a reaction, so there ya go! Gotta be careful what you wish for…

    Remember we’re bonded now, so don’t go getting testy on me.

    : )

    • IM NOT TESTY! HAHA

• And Missy, I have 2 grandchildren too and they act differently when they are with me than they do with their parents. Most Grandkids do! I did. My kids do. and my grandskids do. AND IN BONDAGE!!! Isnt that a little rough? Not that I have anything against bondage! ha But seriously, Ive always encouraged my children to do anything in front of me that they would do when Im not there. I know my kids arent perfect and I dont expect them to be. But I do expect them to strive for it. I know they are going to make mistakes and they know when they do, I will be there for them. My kids dont hide the big stuff from me. They come to me when they have problems that most kids wouldnt go to their parents about. Do your kids come to you? I never talked to my parents about problems because they made me feel they were perfect and for me to have problems ment I did not meet their expectations. Kids screw up. Grown ups screw up. But if one of my kids are at a party and their is drinking, or if they have been drinking, they feel comfortable enough to call instead of trying to drive or trusting someone else to drive them. What about yours. This is a new society we live in. We cant beat change. We can eather be realistic and help our children adapt and make good decisions while we are still here to help them. Or we can burry our heads in the sand and believe, oh my children would never do that!!!!

• this is fuckin sad.. theyre a family, just like any other. we ALL have our faults! (they just have a bigger family).. does anyone MISS the eps where Jon and kate speak greatly about jodie? & did you all miss the one where the great Auntie gave the babys GUM.. i mean come on. GUM!!?? not to mention shes not that much better than Kate on the parenting. shes actually nothin close to her. she let those kids run crazy!! why the blind speak i have no idea. as for the money situation. hell yah ide do it for the money. especially with 8 kids. anyone would be crazy not to! from what my eyes see. kate does the best she can. ive seen kids spit and smack their moms in the face… atleast maddys not that bad!! Aunties probably just jealous and who knows. people make stuff up all the time.. tabloids are a crock of shit.. im not even really sure why im lookin at this page or responding. i havent seen the new house yet. i only caught the end of the one last monday but im waitin for a new one to come on as of now.. but anways. get the fuck over it. its not your life. dont worry about it

  • April, I agree with you, however, you will find this site adictive and you will begin to BOND with the people on it. Sometimes its GOOD, BAD OR UGLY. SOMETIMES ALL THREE AND ONE TIME! As far as the gum. Try to get that stuff out of the carpet with one kid. Try to imagine it with 8 kids. And Carpet is expensive!

• Has anyone given a thought to the fact that the recent woman with 8 new babies has seen the lavish lifestyle that Jon & Kate have and maybe thought she could do that too? The whole thing has gone too far – reality TV can’t not affect lives in some sort of negative way.

• Okay let me re-phrase some thing, if children are taught (consistantly) at home about behavior, manners and respect, then when thay are out and about they would not have to be told a 100 times the same thing over and over (as what Kate was doing in the 4 inteviews ) how many times did she say excuse me a minute, tell them stop, don’t sit, fold your hands, sit, quit, listen? over and over. They are all to big for that. I think if they were taught at home and disciplined as some thinks she spanks them then it would show up later, and no way were mine perfect and yes they would mis-behave in public, but no I did not repeat my self over and over to them, b/c I didn’t do it at home, it’s called consistantcy.
  I don’t think either of us claimed to be perfect, or have a perfect marriage, I did not say we never argued or had dis-agreements, but I will say not once did I ever embarrass my husband in front of others nor tell one of my children not to listen to him,
  You said we have to learn as we grow, We did and still do, some times it amazes me how much I am still learning, but I have never been hit or slapped or cussed by my husband, I don’t care how mad he was, nor I to him.
  Yes children learn from what they see and hear, and believe me we have other family members who did exactly what I just said and just what Maris got away from, so my kids did know what a messed up family could be like.
  Yes they came home with their problems any thing from a hair pulling to a broken heart, a cut knee, a torn shirt and the worse hurt feelings, I hated to see my little ones cry cause their feelings were hurt, but life is that way, they learned whats it’s like to lose your best friend, or a loved one to the grave, and they also probably did things I never approved of, but they respected me enough to keep it to them selves, and the reason I say that is b/c I’m not one of those moms who ever said “my child would never do that” Believe me there is no perfect family, none that I know, I don’t see where anything Maris or I either one said anything remotely close to that, but I am proud of my life, we have been thru a many struggles and here we are “still together”
  So please don’t think I think I am better than any one, I do not, I think I have a better life style than some, but again that is all about choice, Just as Maris chose not to live in a domineering relationship any more she chose to do some thing about it, We can not help or control the acts or God or nature, but we can help how we control our attitude toward it, and how we deal with it, Evidently Maris chose not to waller in self pity and pulled her self up and said I am to good for this.
  A few yeras ago our youngest went thru a very bad divorce after 16 yrs, I was wondering if she would remember that she was to good for that so’ n so, and that she was destroying her self by staying in it.
  And you are right about helping them make good dicisions, but that starts when they are little, do it before the world gets a chance to mold their minds in their way of The New Way it’s Done,
  I believe in Job he says to “raise your children in the ways of the lord that they will not depart from thee” I didn’t want someone else teaching my toddlers and molding their little minds in someone else way, that was my job, God said I was to nuture them, not some one else. Which also means when they act up so badly (all the time) I’d have to think they don’t get much discipline at home, atleast not the right kind of discipline, and I don’t mean spankings all the time, Love goes a long way when not shown in anger, so does discipline.

  • Thank you, Missy! We can disagree about J&K (or anything else, for that matter) ’till the cows come home, but at the end of the day, you’re still a very sweet person. You can feel free to speak up for me anytime you feel the need! (((hugs)))

• Okay… lol… I never thought that I would be defending Big Daddy…. but I think I saw his first point… about loving his wife and yet living in the real world.
  Sorry about your cat Daddy… you were juggling lots of stuff yesterday… freaked out kids and branches peeking through your ceiling! Wow! But let me put this in perspective and lets see if I am “getting” what you were trying to say….
  I grew up in a leave it to Beaver, Donna Reed (Dare I show my age? Ha.)Home… My parents never fought because my mom treated my dad like a king. Not that he didn’t deserve it but he could be a bit of a tyrant at times… expected dinner on the table when he got home, we watched the shows he wanted to watch etc… He was an executive at Mattel and provided us with a nice life plus lots of tester toys! Ha! When he died, my mom married a wonderful guy who is now my step dad. He could do no wrong… and my mom loves and worships him. They both have been wonderful dads but then comes my life… and the example that was set for me was a hard act to follow. Kind of unrealistic. And I can’t help but feel like a failure. I love my husband too but I can’t say that I worship him like my mom’s example. I disagree and argue and get upset. My kids have seen us disagree and I feel so bad about it. My husband wakes up happy every morning. Let me just say that I don’t. :/
  And yet I judge Kate for telling Jon to stop breathing… lol.
  I think that we all have real life experiences and watching the show which is more real than most or more honest at the very least, helps us realize that we all have our moments. We love and fight and live…. cats get hit by cars, trees fall through roofs and health issues happen… God bless the people who have no regrets. I didn’t with my dad but I know I would with my husband. I think you guys and this show has helped me recognize that I need to start living life more like it could be our last day here and yet not to beat ourselves up for being real. I love my husband. I wish that I could worship him more like the wife my mom has been or some of us think that Kate should try to be but the point is if we recognize our shortcomings and try to improve and this show or this blog help us see that… then wonderful. Right?

  • Well said. Big Daddy needs to “bond” with you as well, and perhaps employ you as his translator. I also can see that he makes a lot of valid points, just has trouble at times in phrasing them. You know we love you, Uncle Bonehead! Just try not to flip your wife the bird when the kids are watching… and remember to kiss and make up later on… when the kids aren’t watching again…

    • Maris… Thanks! LOL… And then I read his comment about women cleaning and he lost my standing on a soap box for him! Maybe he does all of the cleaning in his house and we are judging before we know but if his sitting on his fat behind pointing at the dust bunnies in the corner and leaving dishes in the sink that he thinks his wife he gives the bird occasionally too (sorry I couldn’t resist lol) should be washing for him then…I am off the soap box and have kicked it out of my way…
      Ya know… he says thing that I can really relate to and then catches me off guard by his off the wall creepy statements. Geesh!

• I can’t believe this show is still on the air and these people are using their kids for monetary wealth. Maddy needs attention and counseling. She abuses her siblings. Cara is invisible.

  Kate is so mean and self centered. You never see her interacting and playing with the kids. Just bossing everyone around. Does she think this makes her look good? How does John put up with her. He deserves a woman that is grateful for all he does. They may have money, but kids growing up with cameras in their face and having their kids on TV and videos in peoples homes is creepy and an invasion of your privacy. Don’t these people realize our country is in a depression and all they can think of is themselves and using those innocent kids, who I am sure would rather just have a normal life. How much longer will people support and encourage this voyeurisim?

  • I really like the show. I too sometimes don’t agree with the way Kate talks to Jon. However, I do believe that this is all made up for TV ratings. Yes I said it!! It is all made up for people like us to do what we are currently doing…blogging! It is my belief that Jon and Kate’s family have chosen not to be apart of TV for this very reason.

    If… it is really real life for them guess what? Kate tells you on every show… “Its their life”… so get over it.

  • You people are crazy! You can’t judge someone else until you wear the robe! It sounds like most of you are extremely jealous. Do you think that they air every single minute of their lives or just hit the high and low notes…. do you think that they are not involved at all in what airs on tv? Why do you care so much, do you have 8 kids? If not then I suggest all of y’all just keep your comments to yourself. They are good parents, they have 8 kids, it is a struggle in itself to balance all of that and almost impossible to compare your lives with theirs. Just be happy for them and shut up!

    • Laney,
      For the most part, I agree with you. But your approach sucks!

  • I agree with Jackie. I used to enjoy the show, and now I see Kate being more and more rude, not just to Jon, but to the children! She even seems to pit Mady against Cara (you are good at this, you are better at this) and always seems to forgive “little Leah” because she’s so “little and cute”. I just wonder when Kate will totally flip out when the stress of keeping her new bigger house spotless drives her totally out of control. If she can’t handle it now, just wait until the kids are 10 or older and want to bring friends home or want to have sleepovers and she has “no control” anymore. Even worse, when they start dating! Kate and Jon, not the mention the kids, are headed for major trouble! I am sick of watching the show, I have quit now. It’s just sad to see how troubled Kate is and how she and Jon are and how they are over controlling their children. Stay tuned…in years to come you’ll hear about these kids falling off the planet….or at least taking off on the back of Harleys…..

• After watching the episode where they are moving to a new house, I have had it. Kate’s obsessive behavior and lack of respect for her husband is a mix of grandstanding for the camera and a deep character flaw. I hope Jon gets his own room out of the deal.

  • I watched last nights episode and couldn’t believe how she reacted when jon didn’t use a coupon. I mean really.. how can someone talk to another person like that. She totally went off on him, how will she feel when she sees her children (when they are adults) and talk to people the she talks to Jon?

    I don’t understand the appeal for these people? I feel bad for Beth and Jodi. They had good intentions for those kids and loved them.. you could see that! I am sure they feel so much hurt right now.. because the kids were cut out of their life!!

    I felt so bad for Jodi when kate when on her rant about the gum. THe episode that Jodi was being nice and watching the kids and Kate found gum on one of the boy’s bears and threatened to throw it away! I almost started crying with the child! The way she talked to them was terrible!!!!

    • I want to know what coupon she used to purchase that house!!!She should be so greatful and she just complained about the dirty refrigerator.

    • I agree. I decided last night to stop watching the show. I really used to enjoy it. But last night was the end. If these people can afforda million dollar house then why is this woman berating her husband about a coupon?? I really think KAte had better get herself in check or she is going to lose that wonderful man!

      Also…now that they have such a big house the family will be all spread out all over it. From what i have seen Kate spends much of her time calling out “where are upi?!”. it’s so sad.

      What I would like to know is, who is going to clean this house and keep up the property? What happens when the kids go to school…oh, please, Kate, don’t home school them, and TLC is o longer interested in them? What ahppens when the money runs out?

    • I HAVE WATCH JON AND KATE SINCE THE BEGINNING….I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY DURING THE SPECIAL”SURVIVING TWINS AND SEXTUPLETS”. I THOUGHT KATE WAS ABSOULUTLEY PRECIOUS AND CUTE AS A BUTTON. BUT HERE RECENTLY I THINK SHE JUST FUSSES ALL THE TIME..THE WAY SHE TALKS TO JON IS AWFUL…SHE CALLS HIM NAMES…WHICH I FEEL IS VERY VERBALLY ABUSIVE. POOR JON NEVER SAYS ANYTHING IN HIS OWN DEFENSE….I JUST THINK THAT ALL THE FAME HAS GONE TO HER HEAD, AND SHE FEELS LIKE THE SHOW IS ALL ABOUT HER. I JUST HOPE THAT SHE REALIZES THE ERR OF HER WAYS BEFORE JON UPS AND LEAVES HER.

  • You are all so jealous they are getting a better house. Parenting 8 small children is not easy. If Kate was not obsessive their home would be chaos. They are doing pretty good. They are both college graduates not freeloaders. If you could be in their shoes you would with all the fame and money. Who are you kidding?

    • Heather trust me I am not jealous that I don’t have a house that size. I realize that my life isn’t worrying how I measure against “The Gosselins”. It is about respect and yes i understand that if she wasn’t stict her household (of 8 kids) would be chaos, but when you cut people out of your life because the show offers people who help watch your children money.. that is a problem.

      Heather your comment about freeloaders.. um.. have you noticed lately how many times they have filmed “out of town” .. down south, hawii and apparently there is a vacation coming up that in Kate’s words is “really amazing” how can you say they aren’t freeloading? Jon doesn’t have a job. At least I don’t think he does. He used to work for Beth’s hubby, but since Beth has been cut out he lost his job.

      Yes they are college graduates, but Kate isn’t using her degree and Jon.. well who knows. Even Kate herself has commented that they haven’t stopped filming since 2005.. i mean really.. if it isn’t about the money.. then stop filming for a few months.. and she initailly said that all this was for ” remembering her kids when they were little” because she didn’t have time to take pictures or film them herself.

      I wouldn’t want to be in Kates place.. i woudln’t want to live my life in front of a camera.. and I wouldn’t want all the stuff that goes along with it.. FAME.. No thanks!!

  • If you have such a problem with this show, then stop watching it. Get a hobby or something, No one is making you watch this show, or making you complain about it in writing. If you have such a high moral code, than stop watching tv.

    • i did actaully stop watching it for a few months.. because i have other things going on.. I just happened to stumble on to this site.. when i was looking up what happened to Aunt Jodi and Beth.

      I catch episodes here and there.. and I do .. shake my head at her behavoir.

    • Jackie there is nothing wrong with traveling, if i could travel all of the time I would. This show brings in lots of money for them and they can use it however they want. I am sure if you had the money they did you wouldn’t work either. And if they lost everything, they have careers to fall back on. There are lots of kids to spread their attention to, so why would they give them less time by working? Those years when kids are small go by so fast. eventually they will all be in school and I bet they will both go back to work.As far as Jodi and Beth goes maybe the show should have asked Jon and Kate first if it was o.k. before they go offering money to their relatives. It in not the relatives show they should not expect anything for spending time with their own family.My relatives watch my kids for FREE anytime I want and do not expect a dime. Do your relatives charge you to watch your kids (if you have them)?I have seen every episode and I love the show and they do not film 24/7 they do have plenty of time to themselves. Do you actually think the camera crew is there 24/7??

• I believe that nobody shoud judge Kate and her parenting skills, until you have had and raised eight small cbildren you have no right to judge.If Kate was not as strict and organized as she is it would be a total disaster for the whole family. Having 8 kids requires discipline in order to run the household in a oderly way. As far as John and Kate go it is obvious they are still so deeply in love.
  I am looking forward to reading Kates second book when it becomes available.If it was not for the show the kids would of never had the many oppurtunities to travel to many places and see new things. I look forward to Monday nights as I watch their newest episodes.

  • What have you learned from her parenting skills? All I ever see are the many paid for field trips and luxury vacations. On every episode, she is bashing John and belittling him in front of the cameras as well as the kids. How do you see where they are deeply in love with each other?! He always looks like a child ready to get scolded! Also, she constantly says how gross boys are and definitely favors the girls. And, what about them making Alexis sleep in the basement away from the other kids in the previous episodes? That’s just cruel!! I’m guilty of watching the show, but I truly can’t stand Kate!

    • Clearly you dont watch the show if you don’t know why Alexis sleeps in the basement. Alexis needs more sleep then the other kids and they wake her up in the morning so she chose to sleep in the basement so she can get more sleep. Also they didnt have anymore rooms in the old house and now in the new house Alexis has her very own room.
      Really do you think that by watching this show you really know this family cause I think a lot of things are edited for tv. I have 3 girls of my own and 2 step daughters and I could not imagine trying to raise 6- 4yrs old and 2- 8yr olds. Judging the kids behaviour is on the show is not fair cause us viewers have really no idea what really is going on in that house. I do believe that Jon and Kate love each other and all 8 of their kids very much. I believe that they bring those cameras in there home and invade there privacy so they can give all 8 of their kids all they can.

    • Actually it was hannah that got her own room because the kids woke her up, Alexis slept in the basement because she was the one waking everyone else up

    • Dear Anonymous

      I nver said I learned anything from Kates parenting skills. What I said is that we should not judge her,because we are not in her shoes
      And if yoy despise Kate soo much then stop watching the show, or maybe you just watch because you are on e of those people who need to always have something to complain about. As far as them being in love how many people would survive a marriage raising 8 kids?Most people get a divorce after 1 or 2 kids, Jon and Kate just celebrated their 10 anniversary and have renewed their vowels in Hawaii, if that is not love then what is?

  • I agree! I love this show.

  • seriously! i hate how kate gets so much praise for having 8 kids!!!!

    my mom’s mother 1 of 10
    my dad’s mother 1 of 13
    my mom 1 of 8
    my dad 1 of 6

    and they were not treated the way kate treats her children and they did not have ocd the way kate does. the interacted with their children, nurtured their children let them be children.

    they all worked HARD with no handouts no crying poor us, poor me they took they decisions they made and responsibility they had bestowed upon THEMSELVES and did what they had to do.

    through them i learned how to be a parent, through them i learned what marriage is, how to treat people, and the value of if you want something in life you need to work hard to get it also the lesson never take on more than you can physically, mentally, emotionally or financially handle.

    they made a choice to take fertility drugs knowing full well what the possibilities are and kept them knowing the outcome of their actions they chose this life in so many ways. i don’t not feel for them (the parents)…time to buck up and get a job and teach those precious babies real life lessons. i feel maybe she choose it for them so she could live HER life. having babies should not be something we are rewarded for! i have a problem with all moochers people who pimp out their kids like she does and people who just keep having baby after baby to live off welfare!

    i feel bad for them also not having family , family is the most important thing and the way kate ostracizes them for trivial things what kind of message does that send? also, i feel that maybe why jon doesn’t leave her she’ll take his kids away!

    give me a break good parent!

    • Whoa frist jon is a i.t analyst 2 what you think its easy to be them. they have issues just like anyone else. did you even read the book? jon went through many jobs why bc the insurance did want problems. i leave you with this not one of you would switch with her

    • I loved the Waltons… what did they have 7 kids? Sure it was a scripted show based off of the author’s real life experiences. My stepdad reminds me a lot of Mr. Walton. I think that he would have been the perfect husband in the qualities I looked for growing up… They didn’t have a lot but they had love and morals and lots of joy…
      Now there is Jon and Kate… how can you possibly even compare? Even if your family had more kids in certain instances, did they have 6 all the same age and then a set of twins? When I was growing up, my bestfriends were a family up the street with 4 girls… 3 who were just months different in age from me and one a few years younger. I had my choice of who to play with! It was great. Now I am more friends with their mom than her daughters just because we have kept in touch and she has actually come and spent the night like I used to at her house. And she has told me very funny stories of how it was like to have 3 little girls all under 3 years old at once. But 6?? Come on, ya gotta be reasonable about this~ think about it…

    • She is as good as a parent as any. We only see what TLC wants us to see. Why do you think you or anyone else for that matter think they know what is best for them. Who are we to say that Jon is a beaten husband. Maybe he likes his life. I am sure he does. She loves her children, they are well fed, and clean. I have seen worse and better parents. I have four of my own and I am not always pleased with the choices that I made in raising them.

  • I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU! ! ! Everyone says,a “shes so mean, so strict.” WEll why dont you go out and have eight kids, then tell me and Melissa that again!!!!

• when the show first aired, i enjoyed watching it because this kids are adorable. and i noticed that “aunt jodi” was amazing – constantly watching them, sometimes 7 at a time while jon and kate had a special day with one child. during interviews, kate never said anything like, “she is our savior,” which i’d have to say if i had 8 kids and someone was willing to watch them. especially since alexis, joel, aeden, and maddy are so bratty. and didn’t she fly out to Colorado only to fly home with them and help? she was endlessly patient and giving, baking and babysitting…. amazing. i can’t believe kate is this controlling and narcissistic. it’s terrible. if the show wanted to pay jodi, it’s none of her business, and frankly she deserves it. what is kate getting paid for? she had a bunch of kids who are cute. congrats. but she’s nothing special. meanwhile, joel needs speech therapy, maddy is begging for counseling and attention, cara doesn’t speak and jon doesn’t speak to his brother now? awesome show, tlc.

  • Amen.

  • Dang

    If you have sooo many issues with the show STOP watching it.I think TLC has produced an awesome show!!!!!! Have 8 kids under the age of 8 and please get back to me after you do!!!

    • Melissa, why don’t YOU stop encouraging people to have 8 kids?? Don’t you watch the news??

• we think its time jon and kate were taking off the air the way they talk to one another and how undisciplined their children are .the have know patience .they are a poor example for family.jodie is a much better example of the way a mother should act with her children and her husband they seem so much happier then kate and jon and their childre. i think that kate and jon r only interested in the money even when she is going on these talk shows she acts as though she is doing them a favor,its a shame because we really used to injoy the show. so we decided to write to the sponsors and tell them how we feel and we will not buy their products. is she also not talikng to beth,you never hear or see her on the show.kate and jon need help

  • Sure write to the sponsers they don’t care. They have you watching their show. Just like deer in headlights you can’t turn away.

  • Pat Wade,
    Why do you care if she is talking to Beth anymore? If you are not going to watch the show? Your post didn’t make sense… you go on and on about how you hate the show and wrote to the network stating you wouldn’t buy from the sponsors any longer and then proceed to ask a question about the show. LOL.
    Which is it? Are you going to stop watching? Or would you like the answer about dear old Beth?

• I do not want to participate in the “Mady- bashing” but could she have a learning disorder? I mean we see her striking her sibs and totally manipulating her mother, and IMHO I feel she is trying to communicate, albeit immature ( she is a child), and it is made a to be a spectacle. Would they ever address, perhaps, a disability that any of the children are faced with or currently facing?

  Kate in denial?
  Jon in space?

  • No she is eight years old.

    • No, Lori, lots of eight year olds don’t act this way. Something is amiss with her and needs tending to.

• kate and jon are not good example of husband and wife or not good example of parents they lack patience and discipline with their childre,they r only interested in the money and allthe freebies they get we rather see jodie and her family they r much better example of parents wht happened to beth didnt kate need her any more, we r alsowriting to ur sponsors to let them know

  • PATWADE, Your not a little judgmental are you? Are you an expert on what makes a good parent and spouse. From your blog, you aparantly are not a good typer!!!!!!!!

    • Big Daddy, ahem, that would be typist as “typer” is not a word.

      Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and patwade was expressing his/hers. Speaking of judgmental … aren’t you being judgemental, hypercritical and harsh in your review of of patwade?

    • I agree big Daddy

  • You said it! Not a good example for husband and wife really! I just wish we could give everyday family this money that this show is getting to give to people who can’t make it on there own hard working income. Kate needs to really get over herself. Just a real sad story for those kids..

  • i hope you do. i agree with you. im glad others see this as well. “average American family” my a..!! Id really like to see some shows on others now that John and Kate have had their 15 min. Im bored with these bratty kids!! ( Cara seems allright) I also think kate is very snobbish and belittles jon too much. Jon on the other hand, belittles his kids too much, as is he is better than they are. im sure he doesnt think that way, but he just mocks them too much, its almost disrespectful. I say we turn the lights out on these two and move on to more “needful of attention” families. there are alot of families out there made up of multiples. Lets see it!!

• I felt horrible for the people who used to own the house as Kate kept walking around last week and this talking about how filthy the house was. We don’t know these people’s circumstances – or how long that house sat vacant before Jon and Kate and TLC’s money swooped in. I can’t imagine being the former owners of that beautiful property, tuning in to see the kids enjoying their new home, and being humiliated as this woman told the world they were basically filthy pigs. Regardless of how difficult it is to raise 8 kids – there’s no excuse for behavior such as that…. it was hurtful. Where was her “go to church every Sunday….” type personality? No matter if you love them or hate them – that just wasn’t right.

  • I completely agree! I had the same thought when I saw that episode- those poor former homeowners! I hope Jon and Kate are saving some money because I think the show is loosing steam and they won’t be making bank for much longer. They are no longer as real as they used to be. BTW- after watching last night’s episode- do you think they had a coupon to buy that house? Period…end of story…

  • You would thinkt that with all their ‘new’ money, Kate would have hired a service to clean the house and used that time to spend playing with and getting to know her kids.

    • KikiC and bwabs, I had the same thoughts as the both of you did.
      Apparently they have plenty of money considering the big house they have and enough money for the kids to go to college so in that aspect the kids are very, very lucky because what would their life be without the show? Most likely no trips, no big house, no college fund, etc., etc.
      Don’t get me wrong I love the show.
      But have you also noticed that the first two shows that aired, Kate seemed more carefree and happy than she is now?

    • …or far better than hiring help would be to delegate chores!

  • Me too. i actually live in the country, and in an older home, and I do NOT pull out my freezer and sweep under it monthly. Mouse poop, unfortunately, is a reality in my life. Just gotta keep up with it if you can. Part of living in the country. Get over it Kate. Just don’t let them eat it.

  • SHES LOST HER HUMILITY FROM HER “HUMBLE BEGINNGS”. IE, SHES A BITCH!

• 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!

  • Right on, Kacie, I read this post elsewhere and I have said this many, MANY times before…but I think the forum has been..what would you do in this spot…and not only that, but they CHOSE to put their “imperfect” lives on TV for us to view…and we do! I would rather enjoy not having the burden of said expenses, but can’t imagine having to do so at the expense of my family’s moral compass. These folks, may not have a choice. I, myself, would take the tummy tuck, and the perks, in a perfect world…:)

    Jodi may need to get a talk show…I would sooooo watch.

  • I am also SHOCKED at the Duggar Family. I assumed with the fundamentalist background ( I had the same one) this would be admonished…QUICKLY. But, these times are a changin’.

    For better, or worse.

    • I would NEVER exploit my children for any type of financial gain.
      It is not right they are children and not mentally capable at this point of fully understand their parents decision.

      I would teach them what my parents taught me money truly is not everything ask someone on wall street who just lost it all! LOVE is everything, FAMILY is everything, working HARD for what you want in life is everything, a child getting TO BE a child is everything! you can NOT put a PRICE on ANY of those things!

  • I would never exploit my family for money.TLC PLEACE TAKE THEM OFF THE AIR

    • shut it, you are so ignorant and are not in the situation so just back off.

  • THANK YOU KACIE

• Jon is a real sweetheart. I would gladly take him off of Kates hands BUT he would have to pay out too much child support.

  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
    BEST POST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ill take Kate if youll take Jon. Youd have to keep the kids 50 percent of the time. At least she wouild clean my house like a woman should!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • like a woman should? ?? ? AND WHY CANT MEN HELP.

• I watched the episode tonight and think the new house is nice. I think it is alittle to big though. They have alot of house to keep clean and maintain. If Kate is screaming now, I can imagine how much worse it’s going to be now. They have their hands full now, let alone with the kids. I’m happy for them and hope it all works out for them.

• I totally agree with a lot of what I have been reading on various websites. Originally I loved this show. Over time it has become more and more difficult to watch. I dont know how this woman can view herself in their television episodes and not be so horribly embarrassed by herself. The most disturbing thing is how she belittles her husband, corrects his grammar, speaks over him with no consideration or respect and is just out and out nasty. I too saw the episode where she complained that he was breathing too loud……UGH. That iced my I dislike Kate cake. No wonder they have no contact with their family.

• I had just went back and read a reply that you Big Daddy made to Dr Neptune, (what the heck ever) I really had high hopes for you of wanting friendships on here and trying to have a civil debate, but you just keep on with the baiting huh? I see where , wait, do you really think he is a Dr? any way I see where you think I should take a look in the mirror, I did and I really like the humble, honest and kind woman I have been looking at for the past 60+ yrs, thank you very much.
  So you and the great dr. think the majority of women are like Kate, just how many women have you and the great dr. been with? So see don’t lie, you don’t know the majority of women to be like Kate, heck you don’t even know Kate,

  You just can’t help your self as far as trying to get something started with some one can you?, well bud your out of your league , might as well quit while you are ahead. Does your wife know you play on the blogs? well shoot ofcourse it’s none of her business and she’s just a woman, and evidently she’s out of your equation, so why should she know,

  I think you and the great dr. needs to spend some time with a real woman, not one that you can shove around and throw aside like your dirty socks. You couldn’t handle it,

  • Missy, are you offering?

• i think that everyone needs to shut up about the show. it is my all time favorite to watch and you guys are just jealous.
  kate loves her children and her and jon are good together. its not your place to judge or tell them that they are bad parents.
  so just leave that family alone and let have their show because i love it!

  • “i think that everyone needs to shut up about the show.”

    Dear World,

    Please take heed, Suzy has spoken.
    So let it be written, So let it be done.

  • Suzy thinks everyone should “shut up” because J&K is her all time favorite show?? Pull-eeeze… How old are you? Come back when you’re old enough to vote — it’s a free country.

    Planet Earth to Suzy: “Bite Me!”

    Maris to Liz in PA: “YEAH STEELERS!!!!”
    Wasn’t that a great game!?!

    • All time favorite show?? You’ve got to be kidding…

• bun-in-oven, so sorry to hear about your father, from what I have read about your christian back ground I know you believe in prayer, so know that you and you parents are being in prayers tonight, Jesus said where 2 or 3 are gathered together in my name, so just know that is happening for you, you also know there is power in prayer and power in our words.
  Hope the rest of the night is a peaceful one for you , Take care.

  • (sniff, sniff) Thanks:)

    And you in ours.
    Yeah! Peace.

• I enjoy the show thoroughly. I Think most people on this board complaining would jump at a chance to be on reality show especially if you have 8 children and no real viable way to support them in comfortable way. I am glad some people in these world are successful. We need to give them the respect that they deserve. They are joy to watch on TV and very funny. Some of lines from Kate –I am still laughing. What I see is a couple dealing with ambivalence of this show and its effect on them. Thats what you idiots are seeing and can’t understand it because you idiots have your head shoved up your money pit. Let them be more successful and enjoy some breathing room from previous survivor mode and be able to support their children. Let them be. And give them respect of other celebes get. They are now full celebes including their children. I hope the show goes on forever.

• Umm… excuse me, but Patwade…who are you to decide if the show should be taken off the air? NEWSFLASH…..If you don’t like the show, don’t watch it! People need to get a life, you complain about how much you dislike the show, but yet you can write a blog about every episode? WOW! Kate is a fine mother. She and Jon NEVER let people forget about how grateful they are for every opportunity and gift they have been given. Her issues with any of her family members are NONE of our business. The show is to allow everyone to have a glimpse at the good AND bad times that a REAL family experiences. I personally respect Kate so very much for never pretending to be what she is not. and from what i have seen, her babies are wonderful. And how dare anyone criticize Mady or any of them! I am sure if you were a parent you would never allow anyone to say negative things about one of your own children. So for those of you who are to busy to recognize your own flaws because you are criticizing this family, wake up and most of all grow up and turn the channel.

• MaggieA…..you got that right. I wish I could have reached through my TV last week and pinched Kate’s nose off!! I also felt bad for the previous owners of the new house. I’ll bet they tuned in to the show to see their old house and then Kate acted like a lunatic ranting and raving about how dirty it was and she was there to “let the world know how much she was scrubbing”. So sad,……. And Jon….poor Jon….I just don’t see how he puts up with her. He needs to grow a new set of gonads and stand up to her. The little girls will learn to treat their husbands like door mats and the little boys will learn that it is normal to be treated like a door mat……..

• To me it seems like there could be some truth to the whole Aunt Jodi thing. Im not saying either side is right, but it seems like theres a bunch of different people that come in and out of their lives. Is that because they can’t keep people around in fear that the audience will fall in love with them and along with that love comes money or is the stress of the children and kate simply too much to handle for a long period of time. I think coming into their house would be very stressful due to Kate’s schedules, level of organization, and all the children. I can understand that they don’t want people making money off of their show, but doesn’t goodhouse keeping make money off of having them on the cover? I also live in PA, but don’t have 7 brothers and sister, but can say that during my childhood I experienced just as much as they did without a reality show. My family has been able to provide me with great experiences through hard work. So before you say that these children are getting great experiences from the show maybe their parents should be showing them that with hardwork and real jobs (9-5) they can go on vacations and day trips. As for TLC saying that its a luxury to have a stay at home mother I do agree, but both my parents weren’t stay at home parents and once I was older (in middle school) my mother went back to working full time. What will two stay at home parents do when their children (or source of income) grows up and can no longer spend weeks on vacation? Will the show and the money finally dry up?

  • the show may dry up, but the money nah, not for a long long time, they will have money coming in way after the show is gone.

• Coastalmom, I tried to reply to you on the other site, but I keep getting locked up over there, it takes forever to get thru.
  Did you see my post to you that I live in the midwest, the time Have here is 1:25, but the reply I just left a couple minutes ago to Dimock was like a 2 hr difference in time, So I wonder where this sites home is at,

  Any way I was going to tell you, that I really don’tr think Kate meant “this is all mine in a haughty way” heck I usually say my house instead of ours, like our cars, it’s this is my car and this one is our car, my hubby thinks it’s funny.

  The bedroom, well my kids were raised that “our room” was ours and nothing in there belonged to them, they also knew if they woke up in the night they were welcome to come in, do you remember seeing the epi. of M and C’s b’day party? when M came home from school in a not so pretty mood, she kicked the balloon and went straight to Kates room, and there have been shows where Jon was leaving for work and the tups that were awake were in the watching t.v. so I really think that was she was talking about, she even had said our old bed room was used for a playroom and a t.v. room,
  I was more upset that Hannah gets her own private room than any thing, except Kate should have not let them film her being mad about having to clean the house, They did pay a lot of money for it,
  When we bought this house, someone spilled coffee while moving out and the old owners gave us a check to replace the carpet, which we did not do until last year, most stains come up if quickly taken care of, and I’m sure Kate had a cleaning service clean their old house to, but she really ought to make the realtor pay for it since they put it on the web before it was ready to show.

  So just watch it and draw your own opinion of it, but I didn’t see where she was that bad about the kids coming in, One epi. she was in her room getting changed and one of the littles ones started to open the door and she pushed it all the way shut, I think her bedroom was so close to the family dinning room that the kids just ran in and out all the time, now in the big house she will not be able to watch them as close, heck if they are like a couple of my grandkids she better put a lock on the door or start warming up some little butts, Our youngest told me the other day, “mom I have told them a 100 times “stay out of my room” well thats the problem, quit talking, she has two teenagers that never dreamt of going in the parents room unless told to, but these two little ones, well a whole different story, why is it when you say “no” once the kids keep asking? b/c they have it down pat, keep dinging and sooner or later mom gets tired and says yes, and they do it all the time, but only to her, b/c they know that don’t fly with grandma. Heck if my mom said no and we asked again, or ask why it was double punishment.

  Any way just watch the show and let me hear your thoughts on it, I seen the little kids out side in all that yard and they looked so happy, I really hope it works for all of them, You know it’s a shame they are hated so bad, I read on another site that a rumour has stared that Jon id bar hoping, is that sad or what? that so many ppl want this family to fail,

• I like the show, but I was a little turned off by Kate when she yelled at Jon for not using coupons. Nobodys perfect. Does anyone know where (what state) they moved to?

• Apparently Aunt Jodi saw nothing wrong with having the Gosselin family’s privacy and her own shown to the world. Only now that Kate has so called “put her foot down” about her receiving payment does she and her sister find fault. Sounds more like these 2 sisters are only wanting to cause drama for a family that seems to be keeping it real. I would much rather see Kate be true to herself and her “ways” than watch how fake some other realty tv moms seem to be. (Duggar mom?)

• Now that you all think that you could run Jon and Kate’s life better than they could how about fixing the economy; education; the war and Iraq….I love reading this blog lots of hot air!

• i always thought maddie needed special help,the child is a total brat,even on other shows,like good morning america,and kate just sits there never saying anything to maddie,but she yells at the other kids,she seems like a ok mom,just for gods sake do something about that child.

• I started out loving the show but when you put the almighty dollar higher than The Almighty you have a problem. As someone stated she goes to church and then turns on everyone. I don’t know why those movers didn’t throw her through the wall – I surely would have. They have lost all their friends. She ranted and raved over a receipt for 10 minutes. She has lost control of herself too many times – she is unstable. Jon has no backbone. He takes all her bull, he isn’t much of a husmand or a man.

• I watched the last 2 episodes of showing/moving to the new house. First as a mother of 3 grown children & grandmother to 1 I understand she needs to be strict and run a tight ship, but she does not need to belittle her husband and talk over him. She obviously thinks she is better than him and trying to improve on him. She married him so why doesn’t she just love and accept who he is. I personally think he is nice looking and a great guy and he puts up with a lot. Second, I don’t blame her for “milking this” TV action. Supporting that family on a day to day basis would be really tough, so get it while you can. Third, as far as her being a neat freak – I don’t think so. while in the McMansion, one of the boys was using the facilities and she could not find him (oh my poor thing) and she told her 8 year old to wipe him. I can’t picture me telling my almost 8 year old grandson to wipe a yonger siblings butt without at least checking on them, and also that brings me to her supposed”germ/neat freak” thing, what about hand washing and 7 year olds, probably non existent and if you are “freaky” about that stuff you would be more diligent so I think it is just a TV ploy and something to try and make her interesting, a story line, because when all is said and done she is boring and controlling but pretty smart for getting it while you can.

• Oh, you all get a life,
  If you don’t like the program turn the channel, that’s why God made thumbs right? Have you read their book? I can’t even imagine how they do it with 8 even if they have the benefit of the film crew and a little extra cash. It wasn’t always that way. they are just taking advantage of the situatiuon they have. Tell me you wouldn;’t do that if you had the chance. ….. liar you would too! It isn’t cheap feeding all of those little folks. When those boys become teenagers, it really gets expensive…. I like the program. for me it’s an escape from my routine and rather simple life. I get a kick out of watching the kids interacting. Sure their kids aren’t perfect, but they behave better thatn lots of kids their age. They are respectful to adults and travel well…so what if they fight a little with eachother all kids do. Go watch “Super Nanny”, that should give you an appreciation for how well these little guys behave!

  • PARDON ME, BUT “A LITTLE EXTRA CASH” HARDLY FITS! THESE TWO ARE GETTING HIGHLY PAID FOR THIS SERIEES. AND THEY ARE NO LONGER”AN AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY” THEY ARE MILLIONAIRES AND NOW LIVING IN A MUTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOME SURROUNDED BY A HUGE FENCE. THE SHOW PAYS FOR ALL THEIR OUTINGS WE SEE THEM GO ON. IM TOTALLY NOT INTERESTED IN THE SHOW ANYMORE. AND TO THINK THAT KATE HAS OUSTED JODI SIMPLY BECAUSE JODI WAS OFFERED TO GET PAID FOR HER PART IN THE SHOW…. RIDICULAS!!! JODI SHOULD WRITE A BOOK OR GET HER OWN SHOW AS WELL.

• Anna, they are still in Pa. I believe if you go back a few pages someone on here posted a link to the new house, it is a beautiful place!!

• The whole thing stinks! Shame on us for watching the cr-p!

  Talk about using their family for montary gain. Both of those parents should be ashamed.

• the show has run it’s course. there’s only so much you can show once the little kids start going to school… maybe a yearly check in would be nice, but the weekly stuff….eh…it’s getting boring…

• I love the show and watch it all the time even reruns so I agree with others if you dont like it turn the channel. They are normal people raising normal kids. All kids act out not just theirs!! She has said before on the show this is their life so what you see is what you get!!
  Oh but by the way everybody is talking about her cleaning the fridge on last weeks episode did anyone notice last night they had a new fridge??? Or at least it looked like it to me.

• That is not really Aunt jodi

• you people must not watch this show enough Hannah has her own room not Alexis and she sleeps in the basement because she wakes up very early

  • no leah and hannah share a room

• I am on board with the critics, but for whatever reason i keep watching this show. i know that is so contradictory, but what is it about things we hate that make us not stop looking? it’s terrible, really.

  i don’t know if i agree with the comment that this was all made up for ratings. i don’t think so.

  i hope that kate reads these comments. i believe she could be a wonderful person if she got some counseling and took care to change her negative behavior. the way in which she talks to those around her is truly terrible and whether or not she chooses to see it, it has a lasting effect on those in her life. One of the twins (is it Mady?) is clearly acting out as a child that has a dysfunctional parent in the house. Kate needs help for herself, and Jon and Kate need help as a couple.

  And one more thing, to serve as an example for the above statements about Kate’s negative behavior: has anyone seen that episode in which Jon and Kate have ‘their day’ (in which they go on a date together)? When they are leaving the house, after Jon has already told the babysitter the rules of the night, Kate says to the babysitter to completely ignore everything that Jon told her. That was the most humiliating and de-humanizing moment, regardless of the fact that Jon wasn’t within ear-shot. To say that about your husband…I just, wow. I am without words. That is just so truly sad.

• THIS IS NOT JODI…. anybody who has watched the show can look at this woman and tell sh isn’t Aunt Jodi…. her face looks nothing like Jodi’s…

• totaly agree with you, they just do the same thing week after week, and then out of the blue. . .WOAH!!! NEW HOUSE! anyone else agree with me?

• I love your show i have a question for u does mady be hafe when shes at your house and do u think you can Kate and Jon to shing a picture of them selfs because i rellley relley relley love your show and u can shing it to so emial me back

• jon and kate are greedy and selfish! They get all their vacations for free and they are always getting handed freebies. They get 65,000 per episode! Kate is the queen of the house she always has jon do everything! did you see the newest episode where jon was doing things around the new house and she screams for him to feed the kids, cjange the kids, drive them to school, ab=nd return a showerhead!

• Love the show…If you don’t, the answer is simple…TURN THE CHANNEL PEOPLE!!!!!!! LOL!

• Love the show…If you don’t, the answer is simple…CHANGE THE CHANNEL…IT’S TV PEOPLE!

• OH GOD! You bitches need some Scientology in your lives!
  Or some cock.
  You bitches need some Scientolocock to play with because you are all clearly shit out of ideas for anything else to do.

  • well, whip the little feller out!

    • Sure let him whip out the little guy, I’ve got a big knife that Dundee gave me for guys like him, I’m ready!!LOL

    • atta girl, Missy!!

  • hahaha scientolocock, classic tom cruise.

  • And, Tom, btw, loved you in Top Gun, we do have lots to do..forging our little way into finding our little niches and healing and befriending…why not join in rather than be so coy…you’re really gonna need a thick “skin” to take on these “bitches” . Best of luck.

• WELL, FIRST JON AND KATE LIVE IN THEIR CHILDRENS HOUSE AND THEY BETTER HOPE THAT WHEN THEIR LITTLE DOLLAR SIGNS THEY CALL KIDS COME TO COLLECT JON AND KATE BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON TO THEIR SELFISHNESS. sECOND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY FAMILY MEANS SO VERY LITTLE TO THEM AND ESPECIALLY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO HELP THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. AND, KATE IF YOU EVER BOTHER TO READ THESE HOW LOW DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO REALIZE NONE OF THIS STUFF MATTERS UNTIL YOU GET HELP YOU WILL REMAIN A BOTTOM FEEDER.

• I know how hard this can be! And just to let you know I am related to you from kate my grandpa is related to Kate! So I feel for you! Love you guys! Wish for the best!

  Love you allways and forever!

• Alexis used to sleep in the basement in their old house, which was a very nice basement, I wish ppl would get over that, she was not in a dungeon, it was a completely finished, furnished basement/family room.
  Hannah now has a room all to her self, b/c she has migranes, and she sleeps late. That I do not agree with, but it’s not my house nor my kids, what ever works for them.

• Tom Cruise try talking to a man face to face like that and you’ll be eating the little feller.

  • Heeelllloooooo! Friend!!!!!

  • Mr Man, I think I’m in love! Are you single? Oh wait, I forgot for a second that I’m married…

    • (giggle)

• I always wondered why Jon & Kate’s families were not more involved with such a beautiful family. It seems that Kate discards family members at her own free will with no regard to the connection or impact they had with the children and the children to them. I am getting tried of them too.

• Jackie, I was reading one of your comments about why you are not jealous and why you would not let your family be invaded by cameras, Yes Kate said she wanted this for her kids to have memories as she was to busy to keep up with pictures and ect. but heres what I thought when I was reading you comment,
  First of all who films their kids all the time? I have a lot of 8mm movies of my kids , but not 24/7. and you always see her with a camera anyway, so I would think she could have just gotten a nice cam-corder and her new camera if thats what they were wanting,
  Yes I have always been more on the defence of Kate, but some issues just don’t make sence to me,
  I have tons of pictures of our kids and grand kids, and tons of movies but not 24/7.
  and as you, I have heard these little kids called all kinds of names, that would break my heart if someone talked about mine like this, I don’t care what they look like or how they act they are precious little kids , so anyway your comment reminded me of some thing that came accross my desk the other day and I just want to share it with every one, Thanks Jackie

  Remember; spend time with your loved ones, b/c they are not going to be around forever. (I know this too well)

  Remember: to say a kind word to some one who looks up to you in awe, b/c that little person will soon grow up and leave your side.(oh yes they do)

  Remember: to give a warm hug to the one next to you, that is a treasure you can give from your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.

  Remember: to say I love you’ to your partner and children, but most of all mean it, a Kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside you. (exactly)

  Remember: to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday THAT PERSON WILL NOT BE THERE AGAIN, (this I know too well)

  Give time to Love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your heart.

  And always remember:
  Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (I wish Kate could read this)

• Coastalmom, where you be?

  Maris hope you are having a good week,

  bun-in-oven! what can I say? just never know who you’ll meet on the net huh? LOL, who knows we could be neighbors, cause girl I’ll tell ya one thing we sure have the same christian background, STRICT!!!!Love!!!! STRICT!!!!peaceful!!!STRICT!!! LOL

  • Funny how the Lord works, huh?? Have a great day, Missy.

• Does anyone know where this site originates from? I am 2 hours later than the time these post say, I’m Mid-West. Just curious.

  • I originates from a place you should be booted out of.

    • Who yanked your chain, Mel? Get a grip…

  • I am souther east coast..same thing happens to me. I think it originates in Seattle?? Or Arizona?? The editor speaks of both of these places often.

• I cannot stand this show. Jon is a gutless puke and I hope he leaves Kate for treating him like an idiot. Kate is basicaly a walking yeast infection and just a dry twat that is in it for the buck. Who would subject their kids to lives in front of the camera? Lets’ not even mention that alot of the kids are brats and some are just starved for attention. Great parenting my ass. Kate is so selfish and self centered and really thinks she is a hot piece of ass.Kate you are sorely mistaken an you looked like an ass clown on Larry King all dressed up like you were going to the Oscars. Jon, you nee to find a woman who des’nt treat you like dirt. Grow some balls or settle in for a lifetime of that old ass.

• I also watch the show…you guys are better than me, didn’t notice that Beth and Aunt Jodie were no longer part of the show…never really thought about it because the kids are getting older and are more independant. Will now have to dig out more information.

  I am a widow, and a single parent of 6 children.

  I do enjoy the show, moving day is stressful time for me and does not bring out the best in me, I then take out the stress out on stupid things…like a coupon for 10 minutes. not right, but there it is.

  What made me cringe was went Maddy kicked her sister multiple times and was not disiplined for that.
  My children are not allowed to lift hands to each other, nor are they allowed to show disrespect to anyone.
  Shut up is not allowed in the house.

  One child was sent to time out for 10 minutes for playing on the boxes, this child had playmates doing it also. They were not punished.

  I did wonder about why there were no helpers on moving day to pla with the children while they packed, moved, settled in.

  I can’t get a feel for the layout of the house yet…it is bigger, thank goodness. If I had as many people on top of me 24/7 as Kate did I would be a little short on patience also.
  She even said that after the boys called out for the bathroom, that new rules will need to be made about the bathroom.
  One rule might be for the child to go into the bathroom that is closest to Kate so she can wipe and then return to her work.
  Large families are very hard to keep up on, and if our schedule break down it is very hard to catch up. Laundry is an every day event no matter what, I alos cook everything, and not open box food. I have 2 children that are allergic to food coloring and act out from certain preservatives, so I don’t have them in the house. Bedroom clean up, kitchen clean up, bathroom clean up…plus errands are every day or else chaos will happen!!!
  I change bedrooms around about 1 time a year, because you get tired of the bedroom mate after a while, at the same time I break down the room, freshen the paint, make sure that the room is clean. I do this through out the year.

  Maddy and Cara should have some time away from each other and some time together sharing a room…all the kids have time of sharing a room and time of having their own room.

  Also 4 year olds still have ots of bad dreams still, would neverkick a child out of my room but after they are comfortable after the fear of the dream, I do make mine go back to sleep in their own bed.

  Kate has always been high strung, she is older that Jon, and if there is a family spat going on…well then I can understand why she would be less that patient.
  Just because we go to church on Sunday…this does not make us perfect, but feeds our faith. THeir is not a person out here who doesn’t have faults.

  THey are blessed for their house, for their children and for the marrage they still have.

  I watch this family and think how blessed they are, and I love when Kate remind her children how blessed they are for what they have.

• I agree with Heather and some of the others who say that some of you guys are jealous. You sound like a bunch of haters! lol Judgemental ones at that.
  I can’t believe that some of you would sit here and judge Kate, when you don’t even really know her. Are you in that family? Do you know how Jon talks to her when the cameras aren’t there? Or she to him? I personally think that from what I can see, that what they have works for them. That is all that counts. Every family is different. People have different relationships and grow together in ways that outsiders will never understand. I have noticed that when Jon really does not like something she does, he tells her. He is not stupid you know. He is a big boy and thinks for himself. I am sure they talk alot about what has happened on the show and we cannot hear what they say in private. WE are not THEM!
  Have you ever been in someone elses house and you think that their family is sorta weird? Then the more time you spend with them you realize that it is kinda nice being there, and even though alot of the things they say and do are not something you are used to, you eventually realize that it is not so bad. But more importantly if it is working for them, that is what counts. I used to really care what people thought about me… But guess what? I don’t care what people think anymore. If you spend your life wondering what people think about you and trying to adjust your personality to conform to what other people like, you will spend your whole life trying to be what other people want you to be. Instead of being YOU! Like my mom once said. “think how boring life would be if we were all alike”
  I like Jon and Kate and their kids. But I am only liking what I see on TV. I may not think that if I knew them in the real world. I guess most of us will never know. I also think that when she “hits” him it is a form of love. She does not hit him hard. He usually does not act like it bothers him and he acts like he likes it most the time. My opinion would be that he KNOWS she does it out of love, and that is how she deals with certain things. SO WHAT.
  About Kate filming and taking pics all the time…again SO WHAT. WHY DO YOU CARE? She likes to document stuff for memories and she wants to do it for her kids. She has said that. Why does that bother you? Also, they did not set out in life to be on TV!! IT developed over a period of time. I am sure that if you walked up to them when she was pregnant with sextuplets and said, “can we come to your house with a bunch of people with cameras and film you and your kids and be there in your way, and then put it on TV and people will start saying mean things, and you will get sick of us and them and want to quit and you will regret some of the things you say and wish you would not have done it sometimes. But that is not how life works. It just unfolds and happens and you make decisions along the way that you hope turn out to be good ones.
  Vickie…what are you rambling about? you make no sense
  Beth.. you go girl
  Ruby..just shut the hell up
  Missy… Kate’s decisions and her life are not supposed to make sense to you, that is why it is HER life and not yours!
  Jackie, Shelley and Joy…can we say JUDGEMENTAL??
  Danielle..you are sweet
  Leena…jealous much?
  I for one, will continue to watch..until I don’t want to watch anymore..then I will TURN THE CHANNEL. Which is just what some of you should do.

  • Well Said!!!

    • Kate is that you?

      And if it’s not, here’s the thing – these two extremely lazy people are setting a horrible example for their children by depriving them of a “normal” childhood without tv cameras and at least ONE working parent. They are learning that tv cameras follow you around all day and your parents work the “family business” aka living off of their children.

      I think it is absolutely sad. And even sadder that people have bought into the lies of Jon and Kate Gosselin. Blasting anyone else who has a countering opinion. That’s what comments are for. DIALOGUE

• Missy..
  are you for real?
  You are thee most judgemental one of them ALL!
  Now you are telling Kate what rooms her kids should be in, and why?
  stfu

• Laura..if you don’t like it, why have a TV?
  How do you figure Cara is invisible?
  you live in their house with them?
  I think Cara is quieter and may not like to ham it as much for the camera as Mady. so?
  Are you there 24/7 ? If they showed Kate just playing with the kids , no one would watch. They are documenting as much of these people’s lives as they can get into a 20 or 40 minutes a week. I am sure Kate plays with the kids. When she has time. They even did an episode that included some of the games she plays with them. You should watch sometime. Before you comment. Ever heard in walking a mile in someone else’s shoes? How old are you people? Some of you haters are WAY more rude than I have ever seen Kate be. Grow up. Maybe you will be in the hospital some time and Kate will be back at work as a nurse. Maybe you will be her patient. LOL
  She might give you a little pillow therapy.

  • One of the shows was Friday night movie night,
    They had another show of family games, kids at the table learning to write, color, ….getting ready for school stuff, what it takes to get 6 children same age I might remind all to get out just for pre school.

    I don’t play with my children every waking hour of their lives…5 minutes here, listen to a funny story there, we do have family game/movie night every week….this is when in my schedule This time is devoted for me to sit down with the children as a family and spend time with them.

    How much time do you spend with your spouse every day?Do you have date night just to be alone? You can’t spend every waking minute of every day just doing the fun stuff.

    Kate is blessed to have Jon around, don’t know if he is working from home, unemployed…whatever…not my business!!

    Truth is this show is one of their jobs, and a hard one to boot.
    Look at Kate’s face when she watch herself or something comes to light. We all make bad choices that if we could do offer would hope we will react differently.

    I love watching her cook meals from scratch to make sure that they are healthy, well balanced, and she is a good cook from the point of her family

    It is a hard life…I have 6 children, no multiples bless Kate’s family, don’t inspect it. If it bothers you where you are not entertained by them, learning from them or what ever reason you pick for watching them them don’t. Your right as a citizen you can chose what you watch on your tv.v

    Either way, don’t judge Kate…she is human and does the best she can

    Sharyn :-)

  • Kate back at work as a nurse?? Now THAT’S funny!

• As mu great great great grandfather used to say…get the switch….Mady needs a whuppin! Unfortunately, she needed one about six years ago..now the problem has escalated…is ok..a little behavior mod and a good spankin..she’ll be fine…I would put her in a different school altogether that Cara attends…She is so jelous!!! BRAT

• really folks do you think TLC shows everything they film. NOT they only show what they think will make good tv. I am sure Maddy is not always hitting her siblings and maybe she is getting therapy, but is that our business? Cara doesn’t talk much maybe that is on camera, she chooses not to be the center of attention, and they respect that. As for the little kids, have you ever been to a day care? Jon and Kate live a day care, kids will argue, kids will tattle, kids will hit, and kids will love, kids will play, kids will get along. We see a smidgen of their life, maybe it is not Jon and Kate we should get upset with maybe it is TLC for not intermixing more into it, maybe TLC should not focus on Kates heated moments, because I am sure she is not not like that always. TLC should not have made and entire show of how Kate cleaned a fridge (I agree she should have kept some of her opinions to herself but that is just the way she is), She would probably die coming into my house ~ it is lived in and comfortable.
  And as many as you think if J&K were that belittling, were that mean, and did not spend enough time with their kids, then the kids would not be the loving kids that they are, they would not have those disciplined moments, they would not listen when told what to do. And have you ever noticed they have family dinners, how many families out there can say they do that. So what if they work from home, so what if they are both stay at home. I think that doing the show is working from home, who are any of you to judge how they live their life, if you don’t like it don’t watch it. For the record my daughter and I like the show (as well as my nieces and sisters), I don’t watch it to judge, I don’t watch it to pick them apart, it is just a show I watch it for escape, yes I am jealous when they get to go on a great vacation, but I am jealous when my neighbor does too! So what if their outings are funded by TLC isn’t that part of their job? Get over it people

  • Amen! Well said. Perfectly put! What can I say? I loved your post! :)

  • Move in day is stressful by itself and over whelming to boot.
    After reading your post wondered why did they spend so much time filming her cleaning a fridge. If I was being filmed for 4 hours, I might fill in the time talking about the job….maybe Kate was just filling time, maybe she was overwhelmed, maybe she was grossed out….we don’t know what happened…
    Good post!!!

• ps I do miss Aunt Jodi, and Beth and both their families. As I am sure the kids do too! Every family is disfunctional in it own way, and hopefully over time what ever pain is out there will heal for them (as it did in our family) and you will again be in touch with those who are not in your lives now. It is a shame, because all of you will miss out on so much and you can not get that lost time back. You need to decide is it really worth it?

• Missy,
  I have been working and throwing a superbowl party and popping in and out… I thought I commented but I love this site because things post so quickly… they don’t have a huge current screen though so if you say something you have to really search and back track…. I am not sure things are in order or it is just the replies… of dates gone by but I got frustrated and confused and thought I’d figure it all out on my day off which is today so you may hear from me more today… lol. I do love the speed of this site verses the other one though… I wonder why some are so slow? Anywaay, I finally got to see the house! I kept falling asleep on Monday night because I opened at 7AM that morning and that means getting up around 5 sooo…I was so mad at myself. Hopefully today they will have reruns of the current episode sometime on TLC. Well, I am going to back track so I am up to date where I left off so I can comment… Thanks for missing me!!!

• Jackie,
  As for getting hand outs…Do you know how much advertising costs these days?? A lot more than giving a family of 10 a good time for a few days! Believe me, I know!!! Marketing for our company just locally is crazy… When TLC advertises a hotel or an animal or train site…or a resort or zoo, etc….via the Gosselins do you know how much they are saving? How much it would cost? Well, much more than what they are spending on that family. And if they can do something good and give that family a good time while they are getting free advertising, why not? And why should Jon and Kate say oh noo thank you because people might judge us?
  Also, she worked after those babies were born. When she was getting “college educated” she did not have an inkling of what she had in store for her future. But when she was still trying to make ends meet, she did work. What would you have her do now? Work and leave her babies at home so that people don’t judge her for not using her degree? My goodness. Does that make sense? The whole fact that it was even brought up… has nothing to do with their life now. Face it, they have the money. They both don’t need to work and they are stay at home parents. Deal with it.

• This is unfortunate. I’m a big fan of the show – including everyone who is or has ever been on it. But I’m disappointed. The Truth Breeds Hatred is basically a “hate” site. Whether or not it’s true, it’s written in a way to be spiteful, mean and to hurt other people’s feelings.

  I’m disappointed in Jodi for encouraging the site. There may have been some bad things happen in that family because of the show, but writing about it anonymously on a website in such a mean way is unnecessary.

  I really wish Jodi wouldn’t have talked about the site. She shouldn’t associate herself with it.. it’s all negativity. I’m so disappointed :(

• This past Monday’s episode… where to start? The highlight for me was Jon’s reaction to Kate on the sofa when she made the remark about being good at telling men what to do, then laughed like she thought she was being sooooo cute. Jon stared at her as if he couldn’t believe what she’d just so proudly said, then mocked her laugh and slapped his knee, then as she looked back at the camera and laughed (probably thinking her comment was clever), he instantly halted the fake laugh and rolled his eyes! That was priceless, and may very well sum up how he must feel at times.

  The rest of the show for me was either boring, irritating, or just sad. The kids running wild through the house — nothing special, just kids being kids, boring for the most part. Then there’s Kate having a hissy about a $20 coupon — really Kate?? Really?? A $20 coupon is worth all that fuss? Or is it the fact that Jon didn’t follow orders and use it the way he’s been told to “over and over”? And again with Kate bashing the former home owners over some mouse poo and dirt under the freezer. When they were packing to move, didn’t we see Kate throw something on the floor and say that’s where it would stay, and how the nice part of moving is that you can leave your trash behind? One set of rules for Kate and another for everyone else. I think the politically correct term for that is “elite-ist”. Then there’s Jon, feeding the kids, dressing the kids, and Kate (back from a speaking engagement, I suppose) walking around the table inspecting them all, barking orders at Jon as to who needs new outfits, who needs their face washed, etc. And she was doing… uh, what at the time exactly? Supervising? Guess poor Jon has to earn his keep…

  I have to agree with Big Daddy on a comment he made a while back — although I’m never really sure where Big Daddy stands from one moment to the next — if not for Kate, this show would be boring. How sad is that? I like this blog now and the people I’ve “met” through it. If not for that, I’d stop watching altogether. Yeah, yeah, I need to get a life, bla, bla, bla… I’m working on it…

  • Shes gotten waaaay to big for her britches!

  • Yes Maris, b/c of Kate we have cyber buddies, LOL
    So It’s all her fault, Thanks Kate

• Hi – I have just discovered this website and would like to know if anyone has seen the entire outside of the house??? I try to catch all of the episodes, but sometimes miss them. The house looks huge from the inside, are there pixs of the outside – on line somewhere???? I do enjoy the show – agree Maddie needs help – the other children are precious and Jon is a saint!!! Looks like they live the good life. They must get paid quite well for the show.

• Hi – I have just discovered this website and would like to know if anyone has seen the entire outside of the house??? I try to catch all of the episodes, but sometimes miss them. The house looks huge from the inside, are there pixs of the outside – on line somewhere???? I do enjoy the show – agree Maddie needs help – the other children are precious and Jon is a saint!!! Looks like they live the good life. They must get paid quite well for the show.

• “Well” I guess Christy put me in my place huh? Oh Lordy be!!!!
  I guees we should quit being JEALOUS and JUDGEMENTAL!!!

  Oh my just take all the fun out of it why don’t you. LOL

  It just amazes me how ppl can take something you say and put such a different spin on it, absoulety amazing.

  Maris be careful or ole’ uncle bonehead will tell the good dr. on you and you’ll have to go look in the mirror like I did, Geezzzzzzzz

  • Missy,
    She obviously was serious… All the time she took to read everyone’s post and comment on each one. That’s not judging? Oh well, she must have had a day off like me. LOL…
    I guess the operative word here is: “So Anywaaaaaay…”
    And just move on! We know ya mean well!
    As for me… I am so ambivalent about that family. I love the opportunity to get to share their life. I love that they are real and what you see is what you get. I did like Cristy’s analogy when she asked if you had ever been getting to know a family that you perceive a little strange and as you get to know them better you like them and realize the strange things work for them. That was great! I guess the same thing goes for her getting to know you Missy… Not the strange part though lol just the getting to know you better and realizing you are actually one of the first to jump to that familie’s defense! I will have to go back and see what you said…. lol…

  • Missy, be nice

    • Why? are you ? to me? no. it’s my party and I can whine if I want to.

• I’ve got some questions……does Jon work at all? If he doesn’t work how do they have medical insurance for the whole crew? How do they plan on paying the bills after the show ends? This show is doomed. I used to watch it faithfully. I don’t enjoy it like I did before. The little kids are adorable. I can’t stand watching Maddy with all of her fits she throws. I cannot stand watching Kate degrade Jon. She is awful to him. I am also sick of all of their freebies. She gets a tummy tuck (and has the guts to make fun of Jon’s weight!) and a make over, his hair plugs, teeth whitening, all of their traveling is done for FREE! Do you realize how many places they’ve gone for FREE? Hawaii? Kate doesn’t appreciate it and she is just plain arrogant! Does anybody else feel this way?????

  • Yes, thats right. No longer like the rest of us in this economy. all they make from the show is just overhead. Imagine that! Theyre rich! just your average struggling everyday American family? Not!

  • yes i do

    • Me too. These people have both changed over the course of the seasons. They think they are celebrities now. Jon works out, doesn’t have a job, and gets ragged on by Kate all day. Kate thinks she’s a superstar and her arrogance has gone through the roof. Her and her coupons and “doing everything for her children” – completely fake. It is clear to me that she now has a sense of entitlement and is not truly grateful for anything. She thinks it is OWED to her because she pimped her children out for money that she and her husband were too lazy to go out and make on their own.

  • I’m sure that they have enough money to pay for private insurance.

    Is that really the bottom line, that they make a lot of money?
    College, plus expenses until they are grown will cost a lot of money. They have achieved the American dream…they are successful enough to have money in the bank, a nice home, clothes for their children, trips, Bravo to them!!!!
    Even though they have a lot of money, she still saves more by using a coupon…wtg!

    Maybe she had this talk with her husband 1 million times before about shopping sales, using coupons a stressful moving day, 8 children….she blew!

    I’m speculating here….
    We don’t know everything….maybe you are right…don’t know
    However the point is every eye is on this family, if CPS or any other service thought that something is wrong they would swoop in and make a stop to everything.

    They are a success today, and I wish them every bit a peace and happieness , and luck with their new home!

• I think it’s telling that Mady’s middle name is Kate…hmmm…’nuff said! Otherwise, the rest of the kids are adorable. I not only find Kate mean and ungrateful (reference the Gum Debacle), but she sees no faults in herself. Does anyone remember the episode where Kate was barking orders at Private Jon and he lost his patience and told her to “take the stick out her butt”?? While I agree it was an inelegant thing to say, (especially in front of the children, the crew, and howevermany million people), I was amused how Kate fussed and fussed until Jon apologized (she claimed that they argued, but they never said “ugly, hurtful things”). Clearly, Kate either a)has no idea what ugly and hurtful sounds like or b) is deaf and can’t hear herself on an average day. I’m disappointed in her behavior, because during the commitment ceremony, she swore she would mind her mouth…I guess for her it was just a pretty speech. No one who truly loves someone spends that much time putting them down, but I guess she knows Jon a) can’t afford to divorce her and b)would be miserable away from his kids.

• Thanks Coastalmom, I agreed with her on a lot she said, I guess when I made ref: to Hannah having her own room, maybe that just ticked her off, altho I did say “what ever works for them”
  I know Kate said Hanny needs her own room b/c she has migranes and the girls get up to early for her, My thought was are not they all getting up to go to school, but then again I guess they don’t go to early yet, I just think since so many ppl have made comments about Hannah being Kates favorite and getting more attention than any of the others that Kate may think twice about showing it to her fans,
  I certainly didn’t try to tell her or any one how to raise their kids,

  I just think maybe Christy read a comment or two and just jumped on it, so whatever, I was just having some fun, repling on her dirty little mouth to me. when she vulgarly told me to shut up, What a lady,
  I used to get real riled up at the first mention of a negative against Kate, not so much any more, I’m sure it’s gonna get worse before it gets better for them, espically since the mom of 8 is now being blamed on to Kate.
  And then the remark from dr. neptune, and mr. bonehead,(big daddy) and low and behold Tommy boy, geezzzz what men we have, and they talk about women,
  I did like what bun-in-oven replied and Mr Man, it was funny.

  gosh and to think this is all Kates fault, that we are on all here, well Thanks Kate b/c I have met some really nice, sweet gals on here, but as Maris said I’m trying to get a life, Thats good Maris, I just know where to get some, I’ll let you all know where they are later K?

• people who have to make up nasty things about a mother of eight , need serious help….kate loves each and every one of those children on and off camera…..maybe aunt jody was babbysitting the children because she was helping out her family….did anyone stop to think that…hmm maybe she does not want to be filmed anymore???jon and kate r great parents…lets just leave it at that :)

  • “…lets just leave it at that :)”

    Uh, how about let’s not? : ) We come to this site to debate just such things. You’re entitled to your opinion, but so are others. I don’t think there’s many here who claim J&K don’t love the kids, but they’re human and make mistakes. Since they put themselves on a reality TV show, they’ve invited the critics along with the fans. That’s show business.

    What’s up with those who feel empowered to tell people here to “shut the f*** up” or “stop saying this or that” or my favorite one “change the channel”? If you’re so insensed over negative remarks, you should take your own advice and change the blog you read. You’re not the moderator here. State your opinion and let others state theirs. If you completed 8th grade, you should be able to make your case in favor of “great parents” without having to tell everyone else to shut up. That’s just lame…

    • Maris, I believe even Kate her self said on LKL that they (J&K) put them selves on a reality show, so therefore “yes it is your business”
      Another favorite is “Get a Life” well honey I’ve got some coming LOL.
      If they think this blog is bad, oh my word they have not read many blogs yet, this is so mild compared to, I left one that was pretty balanced for a long time, and all of a sudden it switched and some women came on there and now all of the Kate fans are gone, They have 3 different blogs going on at the same time, Talk about hate, so yes this is pretty balanced compared to most. Now dang it Maris, change the channel while i did up a new life for ya,LOL

    • maris …first of all what kind of name is that…a dumb one thats what kind of name…and its weird im preety sure u dont have eight kids …so ummm…YEAH U SHOULD SHUT UP…now lets just leave it at that

• I’ve been in the hospital & then home to recup. for the past few weeks. I am lost about ‘the move’ and talk of packing, etc. What’s happening?

• Dolly, sorry I meant to answer you before, if you scroll back a few days there is a link here that will show you the new house, and yes dear they have lots of money, Even when the show stops their money will not.
  They have gotten paid quite well thats for sure.

• Sorry guys, Ive been away for a few days! Did I miss something? Missy, you didnt stop taking your meds again did you? IM JUST GONNA CHANGE MY NAME TO BONE HEAD!!!! HAHAHAHA And by the way, I know your 60 + but no one says gals anymore.

• Someone asked about pictures of the house. If I did this right the link should be posted with this. If its not, SORRRY!

• Sorry, didnt work. Go back to I think it was the 30th and look for a post by Cathy? There is a link there to the remax sight. I even found it on the satalite photo. I found it by the shape of the pool. But when I went back to find it again it was gont. Dont know if they hid it or if I was looking at the wrong place.

• So any new ideas?

• Well Big Daddy AKA uncle bonehead, maybe your right , not a whole lot of respect shown now days, so sad, b/c life is so short,

  Have you ever thought about if you only had a short time left on this earth, how you would spend that time? I know for my self I probably wouldn’t be on a blog about Kate.

  I think I’d probably be looking for the beauty that all humans (must have) some where with in them, and I say (must have) b/c God did not make JUNK. Thats all, now you be nice mister!!!!

• Oh Missy, come on!!! Youve hacked of how many people now??? Im sure you are a very nice lady, Your definatley tuff! Anyway, I understand Maddy.

  I just watched the episode of the little kids 3 birthday. The camera crew had Maddy on the side of the house and asked her what she thought about the party. She talked about how everything is soo much bigger for them and how they cant just do Spiderman or Hello Kitty. She feels abandoned because the little ones are the main focus. Shes feeling she and Cara have taken the back seat in the eyes of the people she cares most about, her parents. She actully was behaving and wasnt being mean. For the first time I can remember she was being sencere. You should rewatch it.

  Ill be myself later. Where has Maris been? Is she ok?

  • Pull out those glasses that make you look like you’re wearing a couple of coke bottle bottoms, Big Daddy. Are you sitting on them? They belong on your face, not in your pocket. Stop being so vain — we think you look just fine in them. Don’t go having a midlife crisis on us…

    Anywho, thanks for “missing” me! You make me feel so special! (blushing…)

  • Wow!!

    I’ll have to rewatch this one again when it comes on….thanks!

    Very insightful, hope Kate gets this pointed out to her.
    Maddy does need to be calmed down….

    Good post!!
    Sharyn :-)

• I’m not sure how many I have “hacked off” glad you are keeping track for me as I must have missed “my meds” this A.M. Shame on you.

  Michelle are you( don’t have to answer if you don’t want to) on a blog about parents not perfect? i worded it that way b/c I don’t think we are suppose to mention other blogs, I have before and realized I might get booted off, and gosh who would big daddy pick on then? Not Maris for sure LOL.
  Any way I see a Michelle on there (a Kate fan) if it is you I just wanted to say that blog at one time was a very well balanced blog, they had two going on, one was really bad but the other was a lot of fun, but as of the past few months some others have taken it over and it is all hate/bashing J&K. All of the more balanced ppl have left, I still read it but I do not blog on it any more, I do love the forum they have with the P.M. ing, it allows you to P.M. another with out anyone else able to see it or read it, kinda like e-mail, that is their best feature,
  If it is you, you will never be allowed an opinion with out not only one but atleast 7-10 women having you for lunch,
  I see where one women even stated that in so many words, it is sad that all the well balanced ppl are gone, So if it is you just know hang tough and don’t let them gang up on you. It was a good blog at one time.

• Maris, I guess big daddy didn’t see your earlier post, he is wondering where you are, Well she is over here getting her new” life”

  Here ya go Maris

  I went to K-Mart this morning, they are having a heck of a sale on “A New Life” so I pulled out my Proctor & Gamble coupons and here’s what I got off the clearance sheves!!

  Mundane, Happy-go-lucky, Mediocre, Over privileged, Under appreciated, Over-rated, Easy going, Catered to, Kicked-in the-butt, or just plain ole’ Humdrum,

  So what shall I save for you? and since I got my taxes filed and we have to cough up more taxes for ppl who want to have kids they can not afford, I’m giving these away.

  This is what happens to “Gals ” who don’t take their meds. C’mon Coastalmom and bun-in -the -oven, do you need one?

  • Hmmm… so much to choose from! Let’s see, I’ve never been over-privileged, so I’ll take some of that, and catered-to sounds nice so I’ll have some of that as well. I have lots of hum-drum and mundane, but I rather like it so I’ll take whatever you can’t get rid of. I think others can use the kicked-in-the-butt more so than me. I think Big Daddy may be interested, Lord knows he sure needs it at times!

    Good to hear you’re pitching in to help the needy “mothers of too many”. That “gal” in CA is going to need help with her 3 sets of twins and new octuplets, at least until she can get someone to buy her story for the $2 million she’s asking. Did you hear the details on that whole sordid mess?? Worked for a fertility clinic (possibly in Mexico), all 14 kids from in-vitro, no father in the picture for any of them, parents bailed her out last year then had to take bankrupcy themselves and move in with her (in the house they bought her), and she wants a show starring her as a child-rearing expert! WTF!?! Just when you thought you’d heard it all…

    • I’m taking the high road, and will never again say “I’ve heard it all ” It is unbelieveable what ppl will do to make a buck, but… there is no way I would ever choose to have that many kids, unless I could leave the country and someone else raise them, LOL, But the ones who are defending her is who amaze me, I’m talking about “Professionals, and Experts” I could hardly believe what I was hearing them say, Unbelieable, but now it’s the taxpayers job to take care of them,

• Well Missy, I agree with you about the tax payers are going to have to take care of teh 14 kids. What Maris left at is that they are from Iraq and the mothers father is supposed to be going back there to try to help support them. Dont really understand that one myself. And All of the kids were from the same Sperm donor. I could be sooo ugly but Im not going to. Im sure you all have the same thoughts I do!! Wouild want you GALS to get upset and HAVE ME FOR LUNCH! HAHA

  Ive had a stomach virus so Ive been laying in the bed laying on my glasses. Let me give you some wisdom. Never eat HOT WINGS when you have diareha. They come out as hot as they go in! OMG!!!

  Anyway, in the episode wth Kevin helping them hang the shelves in the garrage, you cant really see it happen but when Jon is moving the chairs and Kate sorta kicks him in butt, he hits his balls on the chairs. Thats why he goes and lifts himself up on one of the deep freezers and that table. That sorta relieves the pain. You GALS probably dont know that sense you dont have balls. Oh wait a minute, I know Missy and Maris have a pair! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

  • OH MY BIG DADDY….LOL Give a warning ..just spewed tea all over my screen…hot wings…bet you were glad you don’t eat them hotter…..lol!!

    Hope you are feeling better soon!!!!!

• I’m not sure if the octs’s moms dad is from Iraq or not, I’m sure thay are not American, but they said “go back” which leaves one to think he’s lived there or worked there before, if he has a military job he will make a whole more money going over there than he will in the states.
  When my son and son-in-law were there they got like 4 different checks a month, Their deployment check is nothing to sneeze at anyway,
  It’s a shame that a grandpa (didn’t seem to appear that young anyway) has to leave the country to provide for some one elses stupidity. But I did notice he told one reporter “she didn’t want 8 more she only wanted one” and maybe his little girl has got him believing that, My question would have been “under the circumstances why would she even consider one more?”
  she needed to get fixed so she couldn’t ever have any more, and yes I guess that is judgemental, but who is gonna pay now? monetarily the tax payers, emotionally the grand parents and sadly ALL OF THE KIDS,

  I just hope while grandma is home going crazy taking care of all the kids, that baby girl don’t get all heated up and go find her a “MAN” At her age how long you think she is gonna dtay home,

  I heard one stupid professional on LKL say she is going to have to get a job, Sure she will ,and who is gonna pay her day care?, even her other 6 are not all school age, or even out of diapers yet,

  • I knoooow Missy, Isn’t it ridiculous? They keep contradicting themselves! Especially her spokeswoman. She is worthless. First she says that they don’t want anything and she is going to work yadda, yadda, yadda. And then in the next breath she says that they are weighing all of the options and there are many they haven’t even opened yet. They need to get a better spokeswoman! She also says that they are not looking for hand outs and then they say the free stuff is pouring in. Geesh.
    At least Kate wasn’t trying for 6 more kids. It happened and I remember her saying…at first they didn’t know how they were going to make ends meet. This woman…. seemed to have more of an idea what she was trying for. Does anyone know what the ages of the six kids she already had at home were? Why wouldn’t six be enough? Angeline Jolie comes to mind! LOL.

• Well, then Big Daddy missed where I stood up for him.
  Oh well… Unless he wants to wade back through the days… he missed out on my bonding moment!

  • I saw it and I appreciated it too. Just trying to save you from the SHARK SISTERS. HUMMM WHO COULD I MEAN??? I know people like you, that are level headed people got my back. Just didnt want to put any blood in the water.

    By the way, where has Dr. Neptune been? Hes a real Dr you know? hahahaha

    I am such a nice guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I AM BIG DADDY, OR AM I UNCLE BONE HEAD? I GET CONFUSED!

• LOL… Thanks! But I love those sisters! I think that there is a lot of the same going on in the blogs as in our love/hate for Kate & Jon +8! If you know what I mean… We see an episode and we are all over the poor family…mainly Kate… and then we see another one that makes us soften up towards them and then pop another one and we are back at em… kind of like poor you! You say something so brilliant and we think… Well, okay… I “get him” and then you have to go and blow our socks off with something so off the wall that we pounce again! Poor Big Daddy! LOL

  • Yea, I do that on purpose. Since Ive gotten to know the sisters Its a little more difficult for me. I love them too. This blog wouldnt be any fun without them. But dont tell them that! Poor Me! I usually cant wait to see what theyve said next. I guess I need to get a life too. I know I do!

    As far a Jon and Kate though. Im just waiting to see. If they werent each others yen and yang the show would be so successfull!!! I just hope they dont loose what makes them soo special. If everyone agreed everything they did no one wouild watch the show or make blogs like this one and all of the others.

    They just said on the california 10 oclock news the crazy woman the the octuplits will show her face for the very first time on an interview. I wonder if shes getting paid for that?

    Everyone says they cant believe how they exploit their children! Hell, I wish I could exploit mine! Id even rent them out! Do you need some?

    Later BD

• OH my,my,my!! it’s 1:A.M. here, I am sooooooo tired, ,but I love this place and I just had to visit one more time before I take my “meds” and off to la,la, land
  Uncle Bonehead you are a riot, I just wonder if sister is asleep yet, Now that is funny stuff, I love it.
  As far as your kids, I have had my share of kids, and with as many grandkids as I have I need no more, those lil’ burgers are costly, Heres a quick story about some of them, My ten yr. old was sitting at the ktn bar counting her money, I asked her how much change she had, it was like .46 cents, I said well give it to me and I’ll give you a dollar bill, “Okay” so I did, she said (seriously to ) ” well here I’ll give you these 2 ones and you can just give me a five” I just looked at her and laughed and said “where did you come from?” she says “my mother, now wheres that five?”
  Where do they come up with this stuff? I mean my kids was happy with a quater at that age. Or they will tell me “well my mom didn’t have a t.v. in her room or she didn’t have a computer, an I-Pod, a cell phone” oh my lord that stuff nobody had back then, but all she can think of is her mom had nothing to play with and what did she do for entertainment,

  One thing I don’t ever remember is my kids saying is that they were bored, first of all if they did, they knew momma would find some thing for them to do, but kids then entertained them selves, We had a t.v. , one t.v. I have 5 t.v.’s in my house today,and why? but I think our grandkids have way to much time (idle time) on their hands, and they do get bored easily, Just amazes me what 30 years can do,

  My hubby laughs at me all the time when he goes to the store with me, I’ll look at something, and go Oh my lord I remember when that was .50 cents, he’ll say honey your telling your age,
  So any way Keep your kiddos, you’ll be rewarded in more ways than one. LOL Good night B.D. and Coastalmom

  • I agree with everything you said. The kids do have too much time on their hands. I just want my kids to get away from the video games. I joke and say they are made by satin! Bus I swear I wish we had never gotten the Playstation. They kids want the new stuff like the wee and I told them NO!

    My 18 year old is 5 ft 9 inches tall and weighs 236 lbs. Ive changed his chore from cleaning the kitchen after dinner to folding the families cloths. I noticed he kept snacking the whole time he was cleaning the kitchen and now he is playing football and excercising at school. All my kids have their chores and I have to stay on them to make sure they get done. Kids health issues, I think, are largley due to lack of exercise due to video games.

    All my kids crazy stuff. When my 22 year old was little we caught her playing with a naked Ken and Barbie. She said that they were married (SHE GOT THAT FROM TV) But anyway, she thought that Kens last name was MOORE. I guess because she had heard a KENMORE commercial at sometime.

    I remember when I was a teenager my grandfather said he would pay me 2 bits if I would mow his extra (4) lots that he owned connected to his property. I would have done it for free if he asked! I didnt know how much 2 bits was. I figured 2 dollars. When I got done he gave me a quarter. THAT PISSED ME OFF!!! haha

    Did you see the interview with the octuplits mom. It showed her and they repeated what she said but you never got to hear her speak. I thought that was odd. She said she had so many kids because she wanted to feel a connection. Well she needed to go feel her connection somewhere else, in my openion. And yes, she is an Iraqie. I read that on another site. Her name is Nadya Suleman. I hope this isnt the beginning of something larger scaled!

    I am BIG DADDY!

• WHERES EVERYBODY AT? IVE BEEN UP FOR 2 HOURS NOW!

• I literally fell off the chair when I read the last few days! My two babies have upper respiratory infections and my ankles are as big as cement blocks, so I haven’t even read or posted anything….I love this blog. I’ll come back and talk about Nadya v. Kate.

  • Bun, Im not a doctor but you might need to go get that checked out. Ive never heard of childrens resiratory infections causing ankles to swell! You may want to ask Dr. Neptune, Maris says hes a real Dr.

    • Just kidding

    • Cut it out, Big Daddy, you know I didn’t say that. Where did you say you lost those glasses at again? You were sick in bed, laying on them, and …what happened next? They fell into a hole?? Maybe you can get your wife to look for them… And before you ask, NO — we don’t want details…

      Get well soon, and wash those glasses off in alcohol before you put them back on.

• Big Daddy,AKA Uncle Bonehead, Puleeeezzzze don’t start handing out medical advice just b/c you hung out with dr. neppietunnie, I’m sure bun-in-the-ovens swollen feet has nothing to do with her children being sick, other than she is on her feet to much, and probably not getting enough rest, You silly “Man” you!!!!

  Bun, if we all were closer us “Gals” could get together and give you a nice cool foot bath and a good massage, heck we’d make a spa for you, hope your little ones get feeling better, Awwww when mine were (“were”) little, it hurt me so bad when they were sick, Quick story, even now I have one son and he is 44, he is a military man, once in a blue moon he’ll get feeling bad and his wife will call me and say @#$%^ needs his mommy, he’s got a fever, or he’ll come by our house and just lay his head on my shoulder, Oh for the days they were under foot,

  As an older mom, let me tell you and Kate cherish these moments b/c before you know it they are gone. I have said on here before if you have a chance google the poem “Wet Oatmeal Cookis” have a kleenex ready, it is one of my all time favorites. So true, today they walk on your feet, tomorrow they walk on your heart, even as they are adults the worry never goes away, The day my son left for his first tour in Iraq was like some one pulling cement blocks out of my heart, but he’s been a few times and God has really blessed me.

  Hope everyone has a great weekend planned and will get to talk to us on our lovely little blog, LOL

  • I was just kidding about the ankles

• Okay Sullenman Mom of 8 had a disability claim of $165.000, so maybe thats how she paid for the sperm doner,
  But as she is saying (so proudly) that she has herself to give to her 14 kids and that she can offer them herself , unconditionl love and time for each one, and… that not to many moms can say that ” well thank God not every woman out here wants 14 kids for someone else to support.
  Did she say how she can hold down a 40 hr a week job to help, and I mean just help support these 14 kids under age 8?. NO!!! She is planning on the community to support her 14 kids, oh yeah and her dad will go back to Iraq to work.

  I hope the public is so out rageous about this that it will cause an investgation into these stupid dr.s that allow this to happen, and if a woman goes to Mexico as is suggested, than let her stay there and raise her little ball team.

  I see the father is upset b/c of all the media attention they are getting well really sir? why? it’s exactly what your baby girl wanted, and b/c of the media you will probably never have to work again, but I’m just waiting to see how long it will be before baby girl has a boyfriend, I don’t see her as one who is gonna sit at home with 14 kids under age 8 just to bond with her kids,

  The more we hear about this woman the more she makes Kate look like a saint!!!

• Well, you know me, I hate to sound racest, but I wonder if there is not more to it than that. I got an email the other day that said that the Islamic religion is the fastest growing religion in the united states and in just a few years they will be able to secure the vote for the presdent of the united states. Considering, 1 she didnt have the children by natural means and 2 Benloden is trying to take over the US, I just wonder if this isnt the beginning of something larger plan. Like trying to invade the US from the inside and by using the US tax payers money to fund the take over thru programs ment to help the children.

  Sorry, I know Maris will sink her teeth into that one!

  • Sorry to disappoint, Big Daddy, but wanting the borders secured and wanting America to stay American is not the same as being a racist. I’m not a far-left nut. (Not a raving O-Reilly fan either, though.) Your conspiracy theory is kind of “out there” but hey, it’s only paranoia if it isn’t true. I wonder if their plans to “go back” to Iraq “to get help” really translates to mean bring over some more relatives to help out. As for BinLaden, I doubt he could have orchestrated this from whatever cave he’s in. I think Nadya is just a seriously disturbed nut job run amuk.

    This “girl” by the way is a 33 year old woman. I think that makes her a GAL. I hear her parents (especially her mother) were against this last batch of kids. Her mother was quoted to say her daughter was “obsessed” with children but she wishes she’d become a kindergarten teacher instead of having so many kids. The sperm donor also said he tried to object to her using those last embryos, but had no legal standing.

    This whole thing is just the height of insanity, and I don’t think we’ve heard the half of it…

    • Yea, its out there! A few years ago if you would have said someone was going to fly planes into the towers people would have said that they were out there too.

• Well what the news reprts is that while she has had that job at the mental heath facility for some years, she has always missed a lot of work, well duh! being pg 6 times and having an injury from a riot that landed her 165 grand, well shoot me.
  some even say her Angelina Jolie lips are from plastic surgery,

  I don’t care if a person has/adopts 100 kids as long as they can support them, but she is in a 3bdr home with mommy and daddy and 14 kids, where are those babies ever gonna be put that it will be safe ? with so many toddlers running around them all day.

  Calif, has called for all govent’ offices to close on Fridays, and that is cutting into someones wages to live on, and this woman “just wanted a lot of kids” b/c she was an only child? give me a break, her daddy should have let her played with more kids when she was little, she says she is going back to college to get her masters, and the college has a day care, Okay say that is true, but… when she gets there who is gonna tote at least 12 kids 8 of them little babies into day care?
  OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FOOT,

  and BD I won’t comment about racism or politics on a blog, even tho I’d sure like to but it can cost you some friends, I will say this tho, and for any one here who have ever read the bible, know that we are only starting to see the beginning of the end!!

  BTW Sullenman,just said again that all her children are Invitro, and sperm used by a friend, she said she can give herself and be present with all her children and be there for them, Uhh, I thought she was going to college, and how can she hold so many at one time and cuddle them , let alone every thing else that goes along with being a mommy, Oh yeah, friends, family, and her church, And the State of Calif.

  Well excuse me, when my baby was a baby, I didn’t want every body and his bro. holding and coddling mine, when those babies come home they are so tiny,
  My first one weighed 3.14 and my mom was almost afraid to pick her up, I just can’t imagine all those little preemies ,You see how noisy Kates tups are, well can you imagine those preemies ever getting any peace with all 6 siblings in that small of a house. Oh Lordy Be

  Oh wait a minute who is paying all of her college fees???? hmmmm

  • You are, Missy, along with the rest of us.
    Didn’t she tell you?

• She’s going to go to college, get a degree, get a job, write a book, sell her story, make the talk show circuit, and totally devote herself to all these babies… Right… I think she just took the word “delusional” to a whole new level.

  It’s been a while for me, so help me out here. How long does it take to rock a sick or cranky baby (one baby) to sleep? Bun-in-oven has a couple of sick kids, so maybe she can shed some light on this. Bun has TWO little ones needing attention and she can’t manage to read her favorite blog. What’s wrong, Bun? Were you busy writing a book, making the talk show circuits, studying for your degree…? Or could it be that devoting yourself to your kids means just that? This Nadya is a NUT JOB, and I can’t find any bigger capital letters on my keyboard to say that. What’s next? Maybe she’ll get on at NASA and go to the moon in her spare time… or maybe she’ll get in line for a government bailout… or maybe someone will lock her up where she belongs…

  Much as I hate to admit it, she does make Kate look tame. Just goes to show you, everything’s relative. Thanks a lot, Mr. Eienstein!

• Missy, Maris or whoever,
  Who supported this mother of 16 financially if she didn’t work much? And who paid for the procedures in the past? I haven’t seen any of the interview yet.

  • The first story I heard was that she worked for the infertility clinic for a time. There’s more interviews and information coming soon. Can’t wait…

  • Heard tonight that she did the Today show interview for free but asked for 2 million from Oprah. I think the taxpayers of CA are going to pay for these children. What she did was irresponsible and the doctor should lose his license.

• I LOVE THE SHOW BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW ABUSIVE MADY IS AND IT IS ALWAYS POOR MADY SHE NEEDS SOME SORT OF HELP I WONDER WHAT KATE WOULD DO IF THE SMALL SIX WAS TO GET TOGETHER AND ATTACK HER AT THE SAME TIME BUT THEN AGAIN KATE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO GO ABOVE AND BEOND FOR THE TWINS HELLO YOU HAVE 8 KIDS NOW I HAVE 11 YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND WAS ALWAYS TREATED THE SAME AND WAS TAGHT FROM THE GET GO NOT TO TOUCH THEM THAT I WAS OLDER AND IF I DID TOUCH THEM I WAS IN FOR IT

• Rachel, she had a job at a mental facility, she got hurt and got a disability payment of $165.000, she had 6 kids and decided she wanted (should I say it?) one more, any way thats what her daddy says, but she had invitro and had 8, her parents bought her a house then with her six children under age 7 or 8 they had to file bankruptsy and now they all live in a 3 bdr house, and no she does not work any more, Her employer said that while she was employed there she missed a lot of work.
  Now she is doing interviews telling ppl she was an only child and just wanted more children, with no father mind you, but wait til you hear how she says of all the attention she will be giving then,

  Heeellloooooo Bun, what you think? is it possible LOL how many days is her feet gonna hurt ? how many nights sleep does she think she is gonna miss? but I’m sure she had it all planned out, Lots of babies means lots of interviews, means lots of shows means lots of freebies= LOTS OF BIG BUCKS!!

  Until the shows and all the freebies, look out tax payers!
  I read where one woman said “since there are churches who preach against abortions, that at least 14 churches should sponser one child and pay for their up keep and college, I wish I could’ve seen her face to face when she said that, I lost my christian walk for a minute (again)
  Why should my church take care of her kids, we preach against killing to, but I’m sure not gonna sponser the murder,

  This woman has no more business with 14 kids than I do, and believe me you I do not, Maris yes she is a NUT CASE.

  • I heard also, Missy, that she worked for the infertility clinic at one point. I just heard on the news tonight that they’re going to look into the doctor who performed this to see if he met medical standards, which of course he didn’t. She publically admitted (to Katey Curic on The Today Show) she had 6 embryos implanted (the standard is 2) and that 2 of those turned out to be twins (thus 8 babies). The same clinic performed all the implantations and likely the same doctor. Sounds like someone may go to jail… and they should!

    Wonder who the good doctor is? Could it be Dr. Neptune?

• I finally saw the mother of 16 on the news tonight. Has anybody else noticed that she resembles Angelina Jolie a little? Hair, lips, tons of kids.

  • Well, If she looks like Anelina Jolie she sure didnt have to settle for invetro fertalization. She could have done it the old fashioned way!!! Yea Baby!!

• Thanks Missy for the info! :)

• Rachel, shes mom of 14, and yes she and Angelina look similar, I read that she had plastic surgery to have lips like Angelina Jolie, ummm why?

  Maris, yes maybe Dr. Neptune could be the one, wonder if BD aka Uncle Binehead has any info on that tid bit? LOL I hope they do find the dr. and some one else pays for this mess besides the tax payers, I love the way she said she don’t want welfare and that when she gets her masters she’ll be ablr to support her children, well lets see dear, who is paying the millions for their care right now? maybe the dr has good health care, or maybe daddys insurance covers it, LOL They all just went bankrupt a few months ago, sold one house and she is going back to school, but she don’t want any help , pullleezzzeeee.

  I can see her toteing at least 10 kids to college every day by herself, and then toteing them home every night, taking care of 8 babies plus, and doing home work all by herself, well she makes Kate look lioke a whimp. And Bun -in-the- oven says her feet are swollen, Oh Bun, I’d gladly give you a break, a foot bath, a spa, or just a day off, but I wouldn’t for this mommmy 14. I’m not being mean, but she did say this is what she wanted, well sister you got it, now get the hell outta t.v. land and get off the news. Cry your sad story to the fertility clinic that did this to help you “GET WHAT YOU WANTED” gosh Maris you are right, just can’t make those letters any bigger no matter how hard we hit those dang keys ewwww!!!!!

• OMG!! Glad to be back, swollen ankles as big as my belly these days!! UGH!

  Let’s get started… Big Daddy/ Uncle bonehead…you have the strangest way of finding humor in weird situations.

  Missy- I’ll take one of every coupon/clearance item you have.

  Hello to you all again. Seems I missed some spirited conversations and I assure you my tax dollars will support this latest go round. i have to put my little ones to bed, but I will ck back tonight.

  What dumbass doctor can possibly think that implanting 6 embryos was doing ANY one any favors? Was he the donor????????????
  I almost swore OUTLOUD.

• Oh sorry I don’t know where I got 16 kids from. Well what’s 2 more anyway!

  I think she will probably be fine financially. I’m sure TLC will offer her a show.

• Hey Rachel, after 14 I don’t know that two would make much of a difference, I did see grandpa getting a child off the school bus, so maybe one or two might be in school, but the six at home are under 8 is the last I heard.
  I seen on the news tonight that a lot of (22.000) jobs in Calif. have closed down every 2nd and 4 th friday, these are State pd jobs, so we are talking any whare from DMV and mental hosp. ect. and now miss octopussy needs help, (thats her new name)

  Well I am trying to hold my tongue, but I’d like to slap the water out of her.

  Bun, you should go to the State and demand that you get a nurse in your house, you are not in condition to take care of your little ones, your ankkles are swollen (and your belly LOL) hey it’s not your fault, I’m sure you didn’t ask for swollen ankkles I mean you slap down your hand and demand you get some help, it is our responsibility to help you, And while your at it, blame God to, he made us women to go thru this LOL. Really I hope you are feeling better.(((( Hugs))))

• OMG! Missy – OCTOPUSSY!! REALLY! I love it. I couldnt have done better myself! Im so proud of you! I must be rubbin off! hahahaha Everyone is saying the woman looks like Angelina Joli! I wish my mom would have looked like her. Id still be living at home!

  And Missy, you should blame God for making you women. He just trying to get your attention by punishing you for not doing like he wants you to do. Like staying at home, cleaning and cooking! AAAAGGGGHHHRRRRAAAAaaaa! I know Im gonna get it for that one!

  Im changing my name! haha love you all!

  • Is that “cooking and cleaning” your new pick-up line, Big Daddy? OOooo… that’s a real turn on! Be sure to let us know how that’s workin’ for ya…

• Okay… This woman makes Kate look like a wise and sane mother of 8! We are all sitting on the edge of our seats waiting at more details because we can’t believe the craziness of what we are hearing. I truly believe that Kate did not plan to have 6 babies. She herself has said that she knows that she is blessed that they all turned out to be okay and healthy. Who knows what problems these babies may have. Hopefully they will all be healthy! Did she consider the cost if their were health problems?
  Okay that’s not the issue… As soon as I read here, that there was an interview with that mother, I turned on fox news and another channels and yet another and she is all over the news! Clearly she is imbalanced and dillusional. This is a tragedy. This mother is no Kate! I mean Kate with all of her OCDness is heads above this other mother. This mother is clueless. Sorry, but she doesn’t look like Angelina. Not that I am a huge fan of her personal life…. but she is not Angelina. She may have some of the grandiose ideas about parenting a rather large number of children but I don’t think they look alike. I like Kate just because she didn’t set out to have a show or so many children. Peeking through her window for the most part is a positive thing. Peeking through this woman’s window would be more of a side show…. it just keeps getting better and better (in a bad way!) The woman obviously had alterior motives and is IN it for the money. If there was a show… I could see watching it out of curiosity but it would probably make to annoyed to watch the likes of that mother. Kind of makes us appreciate Kate! Huh?

  • You’re absolutely right, Coastalmom. Didn’t think I’d be defending Kate (gulp…), but Kate took infertility drugs that causes increased egg production, and while it’s not uncommon for that to result in multiples, it usually isn’t 6 and she did not plan it. She also didn’t plan the TV show. It just so happened that after the first 2 documentaries were so popular, it worked into a weekly deal.

    Miss Octopussy Big Lips had her eggs fertilized in a petri dish, then took all remaining 6 and had them implanted (2 turned into twins). That violates medical ethical standards, which is 2 at most. Dr. Neptune and his clinic could likely lose their licenses, and I hope they do. Plus, she was asking for $2 million before she even left the hospital.

    BTW, unless Oprah breaks her own rule, she doesn’t pay guests to appear on her show. I also hear that the big companies aren’t rushing in with free diapers, formula, etc. because of all the bad press they’d surely get. Sounds like she may indeed get a full dose of all the kids she wanted. Heck, it might just kill the grandparents…

  • i have read other “Maris” comments and u know what…i would really hate to meet her!!!!haha..

• Oh dear, I just reread my post and it is full of grammar and spelling errors. Sorry… I was titilated by the interview and didn’t edit before posting. Nighty night to the “Sistas” in their Big Daddy! :)

  • Coastalmom, please refrain from useing the word TITILATED. It sorta turns me on! haha

    • Did I just read tit? Awesome.

• I may have to find a way to work the word angina into a blog.

  • Angina? Heart pain? Did I miss something?

• Okay Uncle Bone head, be nice, Coastalmom might say something you “can’t handle” LOL,
  As for blaming God, nah, b/c see us “GALS” know that God did not make junk, he made us (contrary to your thinking) to be tuff as nails, thats why we can go thru the worst pain in the world and still love what we get for it, There hows that? LOL

  Now for Octopussy, that I stole from someone, but everyone is calling her that, kinda funny huh?

  Oh wait a minute mister!!! what did you say about us sista’s cleaning and cooking, oh you just wait til the other sista’s hear that one, you better not only change your name “you’d better find a new Country”
  Hellllllooooooo Maris and Bun, where are you? Uncle Bonehead just slandered our woman hood again, com’on lets drive him out the country , tar and feather that little fella, oh yeah, you’ve heard of Heffty, Heffty, Heffty? well here is Mr. wimpy, wimpy, wimpy. Oh my Lordy Be I need to go nite, nite.

  • Ahh, Missy, you know BD was only kidding. Surely by now he knows the sista-hood don’t do squat unless they choose to. He can slander until his tongue is hanging out, and we’ll still be secure in who we are.

    Now, what’s that last part you said? Did I hear you ask yet another man to “whip the little fellar out”?? You gotta be careful, Missy. Uncle Bonehead is kinda kinky… he might just loooove the feeling of hot tar and feathers… Then you’d have your hands full! Well, probably not FULL, but you get what I mean… LOL

    • Maris, you are sooo bad!

• Coastalmom, you are not alone on spelling and grammer, I do it all the time, “shut, shut up bonehead, not talking to you right now, I will tell the sista’s”.

• For my newest e-friends…I am off to deliver our next beautiful bundle of God’s awesome wonder. I’ll check in when I can get my head around the most incredible gifts that allmighty God above blessed us with. Baby number 4 is on his/her way so love and blessings to you all. Be in touch soon!! Love, Diane

  • Congratulations and best wishes, Diane! Be sure to fill us in on the details (sex, weight, etc.). And something my mother told me, be sure to love your baby with all of your might — infancy is brief…

• Bun,
  Congratulations on your new little bundle.

• People have told me that Jodi’s side of the story is all about money. Well .. maby some of it is. After all …. the camera people get paid, J & K get paid, the children are paid. Their cash is kept by J & K untle they are of age.
  Tell me why it is ………. that the people who take care of those children do not get paid. Like Jodi and Kevin watching 12 kids while Joh went to have his hair transplants ??? And the Gosselin 8 were very sick !!
  I would not disrupt my own family for a relatives hair transplant unless I was getting paid .. and good money !!

• Congrat to Bun! You can get internet on your cell phone now. You can write to us from the delivery room. hahah Congrats again!

  Missy, Maris and Bun get ready for this next one! I got to send it!!!!

• WHITE” Pride >>
  This is great.
  I have been wondering about why Whites are racists,> and no other race is…..>>
  Proud to be White>>
  Michael Richards makes his point…………..> Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TVs Seinfeld does make a> good point.>>

  This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in> his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points…>> Someone finally said it. How many are actually paying attention to> this?

  There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian> Americans, Arab Americans, etc.>> And then there are just Americans.

  You pass me on the street and> sneer in my direction. You call me ‘White boy,’ ‘Cracker,’ ‘Honkey,’> ‘Whitey,’ ‘Caveman’… and that’s OK.>> But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel> Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink .. You call me a racist.>>

  You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you… so why> are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?>>

  You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King> Day.>> You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day.>> You have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma’uled Al-Nabi.>> You have the NAACP. You have BET… If we had WET (White> Entertainment Television), we’d be racists. If we had a White Pride> Day, you would call us racists.>>

  If we had White History Month, we’d be racists.>> If we had any organization for only whites to ‘advance’ OUR lives,> we’d be racists.>> We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce,> and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays> for that?>>

  A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but> any color can be in the Miss America pageant.>> If we had a college fund that only gave white students> scholarships… You know we’d be racists.>> There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US. Yet if> there were ‘White colleges’, that would be a racist college.>>

  In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for> your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you> would call us racists.>> You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you’re not> afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you> call us racists.>> You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police> officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer> running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a> racist.>>

  I am proud… But you call me a racist.>> Why is it that only whites can be racists??>> There is nothing improper about this e-mail. Let’s see which of you> are proud enough to send it on. I sadly don’t think many will.> That’s why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We> won’t stand up for ourselves!>>

  I AM THANKFUL TO BE AN AMERICAN….AND I AM WHITE. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN HATING ANYONE FOR THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, THEIR RELIGION, OR THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BLINDERS ON NOT TO SEE THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE ABOVE STATEMENTS AND NOT ASK “WHY”???……SOMETHING IS WRONG WHEN “ONLY WHITE PEOPLE” ARE BEING CALLED RACIST…… JUST SHARING MY THOUGHTS

• What happened to the Aunt Jodie video?

• I stopped watching the show as soon as I saw Kate had some mental problems and Jon would enable her. Her abuse was outrageous and exploiting the the children is abusive. It’s not about the kids anymore, it’s all about Kate and money. They have no jobs but yet they take extragavant vacations every month, hair transplants, spas, tummy tucks, new multi-million dollar home, donations from strangers and all on the backs of these children. They are pimping their own children which is sick. TLC, you are a part of this ongoing child abuse.

• I found it extremely sad that the children were never allowed to play in the grassy backyard. They were forced to play in the garage or driveway. The reason being is that Kate did not want the kids to get dirty…how sick is that? I also remember the time they went to a bakery to decorate cupcakes, donated of course. Kate would not let the kids eat the cupcakes they decorated because she did not want them to get dirty, psychotic behavior! Another time, they went and had ice cream, in cups of course as cones may cause them to get dirty, and some of the kids wanted to play on the grass….she went nuts. This is a woman who should have NEVER had children. You can already notice the children are showing signs of the mental abuse they have had to endure. CPS should look into this dysfunctional family.

• I have concerns for the children and the price they are paying for their parent’s “FAME AND FORTUNE”. TV shows that involve children should be carefully scrutinized to ensure the children are indeed being well cared for, physically and mentally. Many child stars grew up having severe emotional problems. Children should not be exploited for their parent’s financial gain.

• Aunt Jodi was the only normal person these children had in their lives. She would bake, play and care for these children more than their own mother. They seemed to have fun..something they were not allowed to have at home. Jodi, you are a fantastic mother!

• I hope TLC reconsiders their involvement with this family.

• After seeing more clips of that interview with the octo mom.. you can definitely tell that the elevator doesn’t go all the way up! I can’t even read her. The comments she made are so random and don’t make sense. Kind of like our friend Uncle bonehead. LOL.
  Maris thanks for clarifying the procedures. That’s interesting about the twins splitting. I was wondering when they said that they implanted 6 how did 8 happen? Have you heard the mother’s dad I guess that would make him the babie’s grandpa yelling at the reporters? I can understand his frustration but he did seem rather rough around the edges himself. I guess who wouldn’t be with 6 and then 8 more bundles of joy to look forward to.
  Anyway, something definitely smells fish here. And as you said this is not some amazing story such as Jon and Kate’s. It is more like a freaky petri dish science fiction B movie. If I were the authorities I would definitely be investigating all sides of things. Including whoever approved and performed the procedure. You can’t tell me that this woman just wanted another baby.

  • I didn’t see the grandpa yelling at reporters; maybe they’ll replay it, probably over and over along with octopussy’s interviews. I can’t quite “read” her either, can’t get my head around all that circular disfunctional logic. Can you imagine how the grandpa (and grandma) must feel? Hmmm… Your daughter has 3 sets of twins with no daddy, you bail her out and buy her a house, then you have to take bankrupcy yourself and move in with her, then she does THIS?? And no, she didn’t want just “another baby”. She publically admitted she wanted ALL of them. I think the grandpa probably wishes he had a paper bag to put over his head before the reporters came… Stay tuned, I’m sure there’s more of the story to come.

• Something smells Fishy not fish! LOL.. See what I mean?! I type so fast…. I need to edit better. Sorry.

• Awww Bun, we are going to have to find a new handle for you now,Oh I’m so happy you are going to get rid of your swollen ankels, Hey girl heres a big whoof of “baby dust” coming your way with little angels to watch over your little one. Congrats!! Keep us up to whats happening.

• Lisa, the video is still on here , it’s at the very top of the page, still Jodi in all her “what ever”

• Coastalmom, I know some ppl really get ticked off with my errors, espically when I first started on here, they were pretty rude, I don’t see them on here any more tho, but we know what your saying, I am not a good typer when it comes to speed, and I know some just over look my errors , So just have fun and don’t worry so much about it, Hey girl hope you are having a great week end.

• Wow Big Daddy, that is so true, I wish I had that e-mail b/c I sure would send it out, You really surprised me, I thought when I saw that long post you were gonna go off on us “sistas” again LOL just kidding.

  Hey Maris hows your week end going? hope your doing great,

  BTW Coastalmom, I certainly agree with you about octopussy mommy. She certainly needs a Dr but she got the wrong kind, now the tax payers is gonna pay for her “WANTS”

• it’s crazy how people spend there time talking crap…honestly aunt jody looks like a recovering meth addict….not that im talking crap myself…lol

• MARIS????where ever you are honey..lets get this straight..ok….u need to stop. uhh like ok…dumb a$$

• nikki are you serious? or are you kidding? with Maris?

  • Just ignore her, Missy. She’s supposed to be studying so she won’t fail the 8th grade again…

    • wow its weird i thought doctors had to go to school for eight years…how many years did u guys go to school ..one if that….losers

  • no

• I don’t think the above picture looks like AuntJodi… any thoughts?

• Oh my gosh… I am so sick. My throat is on fire and I have to be at work by 7AM and answering the phone is a biggy. Ouch! Hey Bun… prayers for you and your little angel. Praying that all is fine!
  nikki you are picking on one of the mamas on this board… NOT advisable. Haha.
  Yeah Missy, sometimes all people see are the errors. Kind of metaphoricaly speaking….like Kate and her family… We need to learn to see past our judgemental eye so that we don’t miss the good parts of life. Not that anyone has commented on my type-os but I wanted to say I see em before someone else does… Well off to work, in the rain to open…. cough, cough, do I hear violins??? LOL.

• Crap, I still can’t find the Jodie video, I see the movie trailer videos, but no Jodie.

• i even turn the channel when there are commercials regarding jon and kate. ugh.

• Lisa, do you see the heading of this blog? “The Evil Beet”
  well just below that is Jodis video, any way thats where it is on mine, so make sure you go all the way to the top of the page.

• Coastalmom, heres aprayer that you are feeling better, honey us “sistas can’t get down, Really dear hope your feeling better, and stay out of the rain.

  Maris that was cute, I guess maybe she qualifies for a dumb ###.

• She is Maris, hear her RRROOAARRRR!! Lisa, be carefull before you get your feeling hurt! Maris can be a force to be recogned with. Now, go back and study! haha We need to start calling her Hurricaine Maris!

  Missy, If you google Michael Richard court, I think that will come up. It was a copy and paste from a website. Does Maris have ur regular email?

  If Bun remembered to take her cell phone with her to the hospital she could have texted us to let us know how everything is going.

  • That was “nikki” Big Daddy, not Lisa. I guess she’s still miffed because no one would “just leave it at that” when she told them to. (Her comment is on the previous page.) Now, you know from personal experience that you have to call me more than a dumb @ss to make me angry. I can’t be bothered by juveniles lacking in vocabulary and social skills. Sounds like she needs to settle down somewhere. Maybe you’ll offer to take her house off it’s wheels and put it on cinder blocks for her… that might help for starters…

    • OMG!!! You are RUTHLESS!!!!! I LOVE YOU!

    • maris have u read ur writing ….it sounds like ur in the 8th grade…so u shouldnt be saying anything…but u didnt answer my question …how many years did u go to school…but wait we all know that answer

• OMG, yall are freaks! (missed yall too) I have my cell, and my laptop and I am patiently waiting for more drugs. Good times.

  Daniel James 7lbs 4 oz. cute healthy
  I can’t stop smiling…I can’t. :)
  Thank you for the support, weird, it’s like I know yall.
  Today I am a better person, and I Praise God, and Jesus, my Lord and Savior, for that.
  Good night, friends. I will visit when I get home and get some resemblence of normalcy happening, again
  Thank you all, Missy, Maris, Big Bonehead/Uncle Daddy, er, you know what I meant. You all rock. Babydaddy, aka Baker’s man (lol) is laughing his a** off that I needed to come on and tell you, he thinks I should go to Bellview. What does he know?

• I am trying to post but not having luck.

  Daniel James 7 lbs 4 oz perfectly fine! Praise God!

  We are great

  I miss yall too. Coming back soon, must celebrate!!!!

• I think my computer is broke..third try..
  Daniel James 7 lbs 4 oz. Praise be to God, he is perfectly healthy.

  I am tired. And no longer pregnant, but happy to have morphine!(lol)
  Sorry if the other messages run thru too, just an update for my JK* gals…and you too BD/UB.

  Be back soon!

  • HOORAY!!! Congrats, Diane! WOW, deliver that baby and right back on her favorite blog! Now that’s a strong woman for you!

    Rest up and hurry back soon, you can see that you’re missed. Not too soon, though. Have some more morphine first and repeat after me: drugs are our friend… zzzzzzz…….

• OK, guys and gals, we need to start a list of suggested screen names for “bun-in-oven” now that she no longer has her bun in the oven. I’ll start: how about “Finally Baked” or even better “Finely Baked”. Diane can have a few to choose from when she gets home.

  Come on now, put your heads together and chime in…

• Congratulations bun!! How many boys does that make it now? I always love the smell of them when you kiss their new fuzzy little heads!
  Maris how about The Baker of buns! :) Oh well, I tried.

  • I didn’t notice she’d already signed in with “bun”dle of joy — that’s perfect! Guess she doesn’t need our help afterall… Good job on that too, bun!

• Bun,
  Congratulations on your new addition!

  Coastalmom: I never heard the saying “you can tell that the elevator doesn’t go all the way up! Love that saying. I hope you don’t mind if I steal it.

  Whoever is picking on Maris, LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!

  • Thanks, Rachel! : ) That was “nikkii” and looks like she’s gone now. Maybe she’ll take her own advice and “just leave it at that” — we can only hope…

• Hi, sleepy time, yeah, drugs…Laura is here (suthunbelle) and she is being named his Godmother, and so, she is a total nutjob, I sent emails and phone calls and this…please pray tonight for our family…for healing. And for more morphine. Yes, she is a pain in the a**, and offended MANY people, and well, she had some reasons to lash out, not at yall, but I digress.

  Coastalmom, boy, boy, girl, boy

  David, Dallen ( I know, family name) Deirdre, and now, Daniel. Yeah, D names. Hubby- Doug. I couldn’t deal with the current list of popular names. Call me old fashioned. We are moving from our current house in Foley, AL to bum f*** SC (Barnwell), so I can’t post for a few weeks, but I love you all, each and every one of you. I love you. And I pray that God touches your lives in ways that you see clearly and sends messages of peace and love to your families. My father is very ill, gravely ill, and so I need to be closer to mama.

  So hubby is complaining that I am divulging to much personal stuff, so I am off….and not in the way that would enable him to secure me a bed at bellview. Just off, to tend to my mama, and my new baby boy. I am happy that we e-bonded and I hope that I am welcomed back…or that yall are still here.

  So from my laptop to yers… I was once a girl in rural Alabama with no idea what God had in store for me, now I am…say it with me, just start making that sound and open your mouth, it is the most universal sound….mmmmmmma mmmmmmmma. mama. It is a gift. An awesome humbling gift.

  p.s. get along. :)

  • To Diane and the “D” family — my thoughts and prayers are with you in ALL aspects of your new life, as a new larger family in a new location, and especially now in light of your father’s illness. Yes, go be with your mother — you can each be a source of strength for the other. Your new “bun”dle of joy could serve as an implement of God to fill the void your father will surely leave in your hearts when he’s called home. God does indeed work in mysterious ways!

    As for Laura, tell her not to sweat it (this blog). I think we’re all guilty of lashing out without thinking at times. If a little ire from some e-strangers is the worst that ever happens to her, she’ll be just fine. Speaking personally, I hold no malice — it’s already forgotten.

    Now, you go enjoy the “high” as long as you can — not just from the drugs, but ride that pink cloud of new motherhood, little mama. It’s a glorious feeling! We’ll be here when you get back, fighting but friends, to eagerly listen while you share all the moments…

    May God richly bless and keep you, my new friend!

• WTF!!!! That morphine must be awsome. I got a VALUM before they cut my nuts ! It was awsome! I didnt give a F**k. Id love to have some more if anyone has some laying around! just kidding! Dont want the DEA showing up at my house! She was wanting a D name, she may be thinking DADDY as in BIG DADDY. Done tell anyone but Big Daddys real name is Dale! No jokes please!

  Congrats Bun! As far as new names sense the bun is out of the oven, what about ” HALF BAKED “?? HAHAH We had to decide with my youngest son who is 6 now between Daniel and Seth. We had decided on Seth but when he came out, he didnt seem like a seth so we decided on Adam. DONT KNOW WHY! GOD HAD A HAND IN IT!

  Maris, that was soo sweet, thank you.

  Ill tell you another secret, my wifes name is Stephanie. We joke about haveing a show of our own like Jon and Kate and calling it “STEPH AND DALE AND THE KIDS FROM HELL! ” HAHAHA

  Good luck. Ill be back to my rude self later!!

  TALK TO YA ALL LATER!

  I AM Big Bonehead/Uncle Daddy, WAIT A MINUTE, I AM NOT! MUST BE TEH MORFINE!!!! GOOD STUFF.

  I am BIG DADDY and I endorse this message!

• Maris, check your yahoo email!

• Jodi:

  You and your family did so much for Jon and Kate which was a true sign of kindness and love. You deserve to be paid since everyone else was too. Kate is a control freak and and that amount of control is not good for a child’s life. You are a great person and I wish you and your family all the best.

• You really need to check your mail. I got a really weird email

  • ….yawn…. I’m WORKING on it already!! Good grief, Big Daddy! I thought you moved out of Arkansas — the rest of the country doesn’t have to get up with the chickens! I have things to do in the morning (which doesn’t start for me until 10 or 11). I have to look at “The View” to see what the “gals” are fighting over, and I HAVE to have at least one cup of coffee before I can function. Give me a break — I’m retired now. The days of alarm clocks are over, and I don’t own a rooster… and don’t offer to send me one, either!

    • I have to get up early. I still have to get all of my kids off to school. Then I can take a nap! I love my naps! I eat, take a nap. Eat, take a nap etc…. Thats why Im getting so fat! I gotta get a life. Did you every find one? Even Missy has slowed down lately

• Bun, hope you get to read this before you are gone, I am so happy for you and your lil’ bundle of joy, Thank you for your kind words and I hope you can stay in touch, It is amazing how God has brought us together, even if a rough start LOL, You will be so missed, so please try to drop in now and then, Your cyber buddies love you to, and you will be in our prayers, espically your dad and mom, I know God said he’d never leave nor forsake us, just remember it’s in the valleys that we grow, and our faith grows,
  Love and Prayers always Missy

• WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET THE LITTLE PICTURE TO COME UP WHEN YOU BLOG?

  • What? what little picture?

  • What? what little picture?

• WHERE IS EVERYBODY

• Maris! if he sends you a dang rooster we” pluck it’s feathers and use them to tar and feather him, but… we’ll make the tar so hot he won’t like it, he’ll think he’s in hell, LOL

  I like what you told lil’ bun “fighting but still friends “BECAUSE US SISTAS STICK TOGETHA.

  U BH/BD your a Hoot!

• hey kate i love your show.

• BD/AKA/UBH, Ding.Ding, Dinging, you are right, it’s Missy, I loved who you thought it might be, that was funny, are you not glad it wasn’t him?
  I bet she ‘d get a laugh out of that, Any way thanks for the reply

• Missy, yes Im glad. Id really hate to cause her any real problems, especially like that.

  Sistas, if you scroll up to ALICE IN KAUIUI there is a little picture. If you go back to the page before she had the same little picture on all of her blogs. When I have looked at other blogs a lot of people have little pictures next to their screen name were the litt gray and white person is. I WANT A LITTLE PICTURE. WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET ONE?

  Today has been very calm on the blog. Do I need to stir things up?

• No, you don’t be nice, it’s only monday, maybe we are enjoying the G’S you know they are on, LOL
  Lets see what we can find out about the picture, lots of blogs have them.

• Now there is that error that Coastalmom and I were talking about, it should have said
  NO!you don’t,(stir up) be nice. I forgot the comma between don’t and be. KWIM?

  • WTF IS KWIM?

    • Know What I Mean (text lingo)

• Sorry Big Daddy, I looked and can’t figure out how to bring up a picture. Maybe it’s better…. who knows what picture you would have by that name of yours. LOL.
  I wandered around some other sites and there are some crazy hater sites out there for this poor family. I think that it is so strange how people say they are not wasting their time watching the show anymore and yet they search for a site about this family, take the time to click on it, read the posts and then post their own. If you don’t like the family why waste your time looking them up and then laugh at us for being here. Where do you think you are when you are telling us off? LOL. Too funny. I like this blog the best. We can at least talk like grown ups. You would be surprised how many people have to cuss through out their post to make their points. Geesh. Makes me want to run the other way. Not that I am a prude and haven’t used those words before but to actually take the time to type them on a blog shows a lack of character and imagination.

• I got this from my hubby today, hope ya all like it, Only his is all in color and very pretty

  For God so lo V ed the world
  That he g A
  L

• Oh my Lord I messed that up!!

• Hey I’ll work on that later, any way Coastalmom you are so right about the hate/bashing blogs, I mean most of the ppl here who have quams with the G’s can state that with out calling her every bad thing in the book, but the ones that get me the most are the ones who say they love the kids and they just want to protect them, but yet I have heard the kids talked about terrible,

  I told one party who said all the kids looked like ugly D.S. kids, that she should be very careful, she had no idea how many moms may be on that same blog with a child with dis-abilities, I couldn’t believe another mother would say that, I don’t care who,or what parents are like, all kids are like puppies, they are all cute, it’s usually the parents who make the kids ugly, not by looks but by actions.
  So I agree with you, this is a pretty balanced blog, Now if we can just keep BD at bay and straightened out, but I think he knows not to get to testy, Us Sista’s will eat his lunch, LOL
  Maris will have to “Whoop A$$” again LOL

• So decided to watch for the first time in over a year. Aunt jodi was on! And why did I have to see her boys sitting on potties? What the hell were they thinking!?!? Those 2 are gonna HATE HER FOR THAT ONE DAY!!!

  Does anyone know if Joel is a special needs child and they just aren’t mentioning it?

• Does Kate seem bored doing the interviews or is it just me?

  • No, last night I thought the same thing. Some thing was off!!

    I was also trying to figure out why kids would hate taking a walk in the woods ….Daddy time.
    I have been doing that since my kids could walk steady…about age 3

    glad the kids moved to the country, can learn to run and play without the attachment of needing to be by each other.

    Jon did a great job with the little ones!!!

    Where was Cara and Maddie?
    Knew Kate was in NY for 2 days….

    Last night interview was really off!

    • I assumed Cara and Mady were in school, but who knows? Perhaps they just need some time away from the cameras.

    • Cara and Mady were at school and Kate was bored because the episode had nothing to do with her

  • I think she must have just got back. She wasnt there for anyting on the episode so it was all Jon! Knowing how they are I thought it was pretty funny!!!!

  • I totally agree with you saying that “Kate” looked very much “bored” with the interview. For some reason I’m getting the feeling that “All” of this has gone to her head! So is it true about Aunt Jodi and Kate having hard feelings. I do remember how many times Jodi babysat for Jon and Kate….Kate didn’t do anything special for her?

    By the way when did they move? I just watched the Feb 10th show and saw they are in a new home.

    Shan
    Atlanta,GA

  • It seems the older the sextuplets are getting the more spoiled they seem to be (unlike when they were younger) They whined the whole time they were in the woods….most kids like it. Jon is great…and yes I think Kate (alot of times) is a princess…she’s not all that nice to Jon…he needs to put her in her place more often.

• Missy, this is my favorite, just because I can get on super fast and the people are pretty balanced here. It still cracks me up how some read the first post, don’t bother to read ANY of the others and then post their own lengthy one as if we are going to take the time to read theirs when they didn’t take the time to read any of ours. I don’t expect them to go all the way back to summer but just a few before theirs would be nice so that they could at least look as if they knew what we had been blogging. But I have to say that I pretty much don’t spend too much time on those that don’t show enough interest to research and blog their own opinions intelligently because those are the ones that blog one or two blogs on the same day and never come back to continue the conversation. I have wasted my time commenting back to some that may never return. But yes the ones that call the kids names are the most annoying. What are they? Nine ? Those are the ones that elevators stop short of the top floor! Ha. Maris of course you can use that! Funny huh? One of the Massage Therapists said that one at the spa I work at. I changed it up a little just now but you get the idea! Well speaking of work, gotta go OPEN catch you guys later….

• LUKIE, I dont believe that any of the children are special needs. Children develop at different speeds, sometimes because of gender and sometimes because of physical atributes. Girls tend to develop social and communication skills earlier than boys. ( As aparent with the SISTAS) haha Boys motor skills tend to develop first. However, I have seen children, usually girls whos communication skills begin to develop and then they just stop and their fine motor skills will begin to improve, then later their communication skills will begin to develop again. These children have lost ground and usually are a little behind the other little girls with their communicating. Girls do seem to be more flexable in their learning, able to absorb more information from their surroundings. Male children are usually more imotionial and show less ability to adapt to their surroundings. Depending on the child, these atributes tend to switch. Usually the change in the girls are more noticable and abrupt. This usually happens about age 14 or soon after they hit puberty. The change in boys is usually more suttle and happens over time. Boys tend to hide these changes and is why I believe that boys are less sharing of emotions as they get older. They do not want others to know they are changing on the inside as well as the outside. Inside changes are easier to hide and are very private, and easier to hide, this works, so they continue to hide thier emotion thruout their adolescent years. Anyway back to the question, I dont believe any of them are special needs. They are a mix of Asian / Anglo so you can not always predict how the features of both will manifest. The other emotional attributes I believe can be chalked up to gender, and their stage of development. If youll notice it is the boys you are talking about. Boys are much more phonically oriented and develop differently in this aspect. If they do not learn how to speak properly before they enter first grade they will have problems especially in spelling. EX sense some children boys will say DO for TO. When they write the word they will spell DO because thats how it sounds to them, However, girls may or may not make this mistake, they tend to want to project what they want others to see them as. So they are more likely to spell it correctly.

• Now for J and K!!!!!!!!!! Did anyone notice the frig? It is stainless steele now. Did they take off the wood grain front or did they get a new one. We all know Kate was not happy with that frig. The front is made to match the rest of the kitchen. Ive never known anyone to remove the wood front. I dont know why she left the awsome washers and dryers at the old house. The pedistals are $120. each. and the center inserts are close to $100. each. The washer and dryers are are $2000. a set. And they had 2 sets.

  If Maris had those, shed be willing to get up before NOON to wash cloths!

  • I noticed the fridge was different last week. Im assuming they got a new one!!! Did anyone see the preview for next week?? Looks like alot of new appliances are going to be moved in!!!!!

  • …yawn… What?? Get up before noon so I could … what? Wash dirty clothes? Now, that’s the funniest thing you’ve said in a while! We have a perfectly good wash board, and hubby is completely proficient with it.

  • Believe me….J and K make enough money to buy all new applicances. Think of how many yrs they have been on tv? The house is at least a million (I would bet) and Jon doesn’t seem to work these days.

• —- FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

  In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.
  The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, “Case dismissed!”
  The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, “Your honor,how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.”
  The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, “But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant.” The lawyer said, “Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists.”The judge said, “The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.”

  This is too good not to forward.

  PEOPLE SAY, THIS A SIGN OF WHATS COMMING! IS IT PEOPLE LIKE THIS WE WERE WARRENED ABOUT OR IS IT OUR LACK OF ACTION TO STOP PEOPLE LIKE THIS THAT WAS THE WARNING. IS IT THEM THAT WILL CAUSE THE END? OR IS IT US, THRU OUR LACK OF ACTION DUE TO OR DESENSITIZATION CAUSED BY ALL OF THE CRAP BEING CRAMED DOWN OUR THROATS THAT WILL CAUSE THE END.

• Best episode I ever saw (Mon 2/9) – it was totally about Jon and the kids as she was away and he did just fine. She hardly talked when they were in their interview room too, which was great. She was either sick or she and TLC are reading the posts about her and told her to make nice.

  • Oh, Vickie come on! People love to hate! The episode was ok. You could tell he was getting pissed! I liked that. I feel that they hide a lot of stuff on the show. I like when he grabbed the stick and broke it! And when he grabbed one of their hands. To me it shows they are not so much like the Cleavers as they would like people to think. I would love to see them make a cartoon version or comedy version of the show making fun of it. Like have Jon and Kevin go get some beer while Kate is gone, have a cook out and throw all the empty cans in the yard. Id love to see Kate come home and FLIP OUT! HAHAHAHA THAT WOULD BE SOOOOO FUNNY

• I have to agree with Vicki, last night’s episode was the best I’ve seen in quite some time. Jon finally began to find his voice, and except for the few times Kate tried to chime in with a snide comment (“Oh, suddenly you’re a botonist?” and “I’d hate to ruin YOUR time in the spotlight!”) he was the focus of the interview, and the whole episode in fact. I had to laugh when he turned to her and said “Do YOU want to do this? Were YOU there?” Way to go, Jon! Could it be he’s finally growing a pair?? Poor, poor Kate… All she could do for the most part was sit there in a semi-fetal position with her leg drawn up, her chin propped in her hand, and pout. Pul-leezeee…

  Seeing Jon in the woods with the little ones was refreshing. The kids were whining and crying and poking each other (typical kids, especially these days), and when Jon grabbed one of the kids’ stick and threw it, I think it made him look more human. You could tell he wanted to break the kid and throw him instead, but ya just can’t do that… He displayed typical parental emotions. Haven’t most parents wanted to choke their kids at one time or another? Gotta substitute something else, choking the children not a good idea.

  I see next week’s episode is about painting rooms in the house, and Kate the Kontroler probably doesn’t have a speaking engagement… except for on the sofa… Oh, I can hardly wait. I would love to see Jon sit beside her next week, curl up like a spoiled child, and pout… just like SHE did this week. (I know, dream on…)

  • Maris, grabbing and choking your child? Have you ever looked into anger managment classes? Ive never wanted to cause any physcal harm to any of my children no matter how they may have misbehaved.

    • Yeah, yeah, you’re a regular saint, you are… We’re working on erecting a statue in your honor. Oops, probably shouldn’t have said “erect” — put it away, Big Daddy, don’t want that visual here…

    • YOUR ARE TOO FUNNY! AND YOUR GETTING TO KNOW ME VERY WELL!

  • I totally agree with you re: Kate…..So many people think she is a princess. Jon does need to talk up to her more often. I did enjoy Jon’s walk with the kids…he was great….although I have to say just because Collin had more then one stick Jon didn’t have to let that bother him as much….but I don’t have 8 kids to deal with on a daily basis…I “Love” Jon….used to enjoy Kate more but lately all of this has gone to her head….house, $$$, speaking engagements….All in all I do believe She can be a good person….maybe this tv is getting to her

• Oh LOL Maris, Jon would be so cute curling up and pouting, I love it, I hope he does, and yes I loved when he in so many words told her to ” shut the hell up” I was saying to myself, c’mon Jon this is about you and your lil’ ducklings, not Katie girl.
  Now as far as him in the woods with the kids and the way he acted “yoo whooo” way to go Jon, typical daddy stuff, there are some saying that when he broke Alexis’s stick she flinched and was scared, no she wasn’t , she was mad daddy took her stick, but several say Jon should have never let them have a stick, what? shoot !! whats a walk in the woods with out a stick, heck at my age whats a walk any where with out a stick? LOL
  I think he did great, even on the tractor, so it’s a lil’ dangerous, so is living any more, heck going to the store is dangerous, And if ppl don’t quit losing their jpbs it’s gonna get worse, (another story)
  As far as grabbing one of the kids, your right Maris, I have told mine (still get kidded about it) like over Christmas dinner the adult kids was telling their spouses how mom (me) used to say ” I’ll knock those purly white teeth right down your throat” They think this is so funny, NOW back then it wasn’t funny. Believe there were times when as Bill cosby would say ” I brought you in this world, I’ll take you out”

  Now can you imagine ppl hearing Jon say that line LOL, So yes he was a typical parent and wanted to bust a butt or two, but he didn’t , Me I would have hog tied them and left them for the wolves, Just kidding, just kidding, I have 5 grown up kids that are as spoiled as they come, I have a reward for not killing them when they gave me so much grief, and that is 14 grandkids,
  Hey Maris, nithing like the grand babies huh? their little touch, awww so sweet, our oldest is 24 our youngest is 9, Hey have a great day, Did you watch the memorial for lilttle Caylee Anthony? She sure was beautiful.

• OMG, Missy! Knocking those purly white teeth right down your throat? Hog tieing your kids? Maris even mentioned choking her children? And you both said youd like to see Jon curled up in a fetal position on the couch next week? I think you are allowing your femanist fantasies to overcome your sense of morality! Mais has already said she makes her poor husband use a washboard to wash their cloths. Poor Mr. Maris! What kind of women are you? Sounds to me like you are both full of mispalced sexual tension! I know what you both need! If you cant find it at home, there are stores that you get helpfull tools from or you can probably order them over the internet. Last I heard you can get them an many different sizes and that use eather D size or C size batteries. In your case you may want to see if they have one that plugs into the wall. 220 outlet perferably. hahahahahahahaahahaha

  BIG DADDY IS BACK!

• I have to say J&K look really greedy at this point, sitting in their 1.3 million dollar house with boxes of donated freebies sitting all over the place, top of the line lawn equipment, new appliances being moved in every episode, and they have no job?? WTF are they going to do when the show is cut from the network?? And eventually it will be. Nobody will remember their names, much less want to here the same crap they keep telling people at the speaking engagements. I love it when fans say “they have a job” No they don’t, J&K show up long enough to pass a love offering bucket around and tell that same old drab story they have been telling for the last 4 years and leave. THAT IS NOT A JOB, for the last time. I can’t wait to see an episode of where are J&K now. They will be standing in the welfare line for a government check. Sad but true!

• Now isn’t that just like a man?? Take any remark you make in jest and turn it into something all about them… Big Daddy, you might want to let me and Missy (and our hubbies) tend to our own needs, or lack thereof, and check on your own wife. Were you going through her underwear drawer again? Is that how you learned about those battery-powered tension relievers? Or did you notice a large transaction on your credit card bill for batteries? If ever my own hubby isn’t cutting the mustard (after he’s done with cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, etc.), I don’t think I’ll be calling on you for advice or services. TRUST me on this…

  Yes, Big Daddy is back. Oh well, like all good things… We just knew it couldn’t last forever…

  • I know the shark sistas would smell the blood in the water. I love how you pick up on things Ive said in the past and try to use them against me. You r sooo predeictable! I love it!!!! hahahaha And you dont know if you need my services or not. Youve never asked why I call myself BIG DADDY! And let Mr. Maris have a day off. Hes tired of cooking, and always having to pick up after you! He said theres a bra hanging on every door knob in the house!

  • Maris, remember, If ever the day comes that I cant cut the mustard? I CAN STILL LICK THE JAR!!!!!

    hahaha

    I AM THE BIG DADDY AND DONT U FORGET IT!

• Maris, your right, and right now if I could be getting a hold of him I;d be kicking his white a%$ all over the place, he would see that it don’t take batteries to do that, it just takes a woman with a will, and some things us women do not share or talk about with him ,and that is beyond over the boundries,
  UBH be careful.

  • “White @ss” Missy? Never seen it, most certainly do NOT want to see it, but I’d guess it’s probably more of the raunchy red furry variety…

• best show was last night (2-9) jon was on his own with the kids as Kate was away. He took them all outside and managed quite well. the best thing was during the interview/talk portion of the show, Kate hardly said a word, it was as if they told her to shut up or she finally read all the negative posts about her attitude. It was great, I would take him in a minute.

• best show was last night (2-9) jon was on his own with the kids as Kate was away. He took them all outside and managed quite well. the best thing was during the interview/talk portion of the show, Kate hardly said a word, it was as if they told her to shut up or she finally read all the negative posts about her attitude. It was great, I would take him in a minute.

• Wow, great observation by Big Daddy. I didn’t notice the new refrigerator until I read your blog and rewatched last nights episode. I wonder what all the fuss was about her cleaning it. I bet Jon just gave in so he wouldn’t have to hear her complaining about it.

  • Yes, BIG DADDY is very wise.

• VICKIE! Get a grip. How many times are you going to blog the same thing? Yes, Jon took the kids outside, yada yada yada. We know already!!!!!!!! Talk about how Kate looked soo tired and why the cats wouldnt go near the kids with the sticks or something. Attack Missy and Maris or something. They can be exciting if you get them stirred up!

• Uncle Bonehead, don’t go getting testy, Maris will be the last one you want to stir up.
  Just b/c you think Bun is gone don’t give you free pass to start being “GOOFY”

• Vickie, you say what ever and you post double post, don’t sweat it, I do to some times, in fact just the other day I did,

  Hey I too thought it was cool when Jon asked Kate if she wanted to do the interview, (since she wasn’t even there) maybe theres hope for him after all, I am still seeing on a blog that ppl are saying Jon has been bar hoping, of course you know how that works, someone will say I think, and a couple more comments down someone else will say, “I ssaw Jon out at a bar” So just more Gossip and Spectulation.

  • Jon was seen out in a bar the weekend of Jan 30/31 near Albright College in Reading. He was signing pictures of the kids but was MISERABLE. Thought he would have been happy getting out without “her”.

    • Was it a Tiddie Bar?

• My goodness… I leave for a few hours and come back to chaos! LOL. You guys are too funny. I read a few of Big Daddy’s posts after I last posted and thought…what a wise guy he is and then read through to the end and thought what a WISE GUY! LOL. Now I know why you dubbed him Uncle Bonehead! How in the world could he be the same guy? Bipolar? Maybe?
  Well, I missed the show. I don’t know how but I was doing something else and dang if I didn’t let it slip right by… not that I won’t be able to catch a rerun but that makes me mad when that happens so I don’t know what you guys were talking about.
  Maybe it was part of the deal to leave the washer and dryer for the new owners of their old house.
  I am not sure why people get so upset that they have been blessed by the opportunity of the show and the money they make doing it. People are so worried about the fact that they are not working. It looks like a lot of work to me! They are making a huge trade off. Opening up their lives for public judgement verses being left alone. Having people like us disect every comment, look or thing they are given. And I wouldn’t worry about their financial future… They could put away what they make on the show as long as it lasts, and their book sales and their apprearances and be very comfortable for the rest of ALL of their lives if they invest wisely and from what I have seen of J & K they both are business saavy. I wouldn’t worry about it. Also I am sure that they will always be a house hold name that is known like the Brady Bunch… not forgotten…. re runs… sorry… they will be just fine. How sad that people are so jealous that they can’t stand the thought of them being happy. Sorry… didn’t have the greatest day and this is my release… LOL.

  • Amen Coastalmom! Thank goodness there is finally someone on here with a level head. Im sure they have enough money comming in to last them for a long long time! Their kids and probably their kids after that. If is could do what they are doing shoot yea I would! Would anyone want to rent some kids? I have six and Ill rent them pretty cheap!!!!!! I tried to get some of those people that stand on the corner to rent them and even they wouldnt do it!!!! Damn it!

    Yes, I have to feed the sistas ever so often. I have to put a little blood in the water ever so often so they will leave everyone else alone.

    Have yawll looked at all of the other sights about J and K? They are everwhere!!!! This has been built into a EMPIRE! It aint goin no where soon! I cant believe that people are saying it is near its end. Love or Hate, and people love to hate, it is growing not getting smaller. If you care enough to blog about it, negative or posative and your not turning the channel, then your hooked and adding to ther popularity. I personally love it. My 9 year old got us to watching it and now all 8 of us still at home does. I love to see them figtht! I love to anticipate that one day Jon is going to snatch Maddy up and whoop her ass, although she just feels as if she has lost her parents to the little ones. I love to hope they are going to poke that cat with t sticks. I love to hear Kate bitch about the frig then everyone dog her about it. etc…….. Its going to be around for a long long time!

    I would like to see Jon and Kevin drink some beer and throw the cans in the front yard. Then have Kate come home and see it. Her little head would POP!

• Hey Big Daddy, I laughed out loud thinking about those beer cans. You are right that would make her head pop! Yes, I have seen some of the other sites. Lots of jealous haters out there… All the same stuff… They hate Mady, they hate Kate, Jon should grow some balls and they don’t deserve the house. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Let’s face it kids are kids. They hit, they pout, they yell. They aren’t perfect. Mady is definitely stuck in BRAT mode and thinks she is cute when she is not… Kind of like her old mom… perhaps? It is really sad that Kate doesn’t realize that her example is damaging and someday she will pay for it when they are teenagers if she doesn’t start creating bad attitude boundaries she is going to have some huge problems. That doesn’t mean that I don’t wish the best for them or hope that everything works out. I read on another blog that one poster thinks that “we” are paying for that house! How the heck does she figure? They are not taking anything away from us that we would have had. Just because they are getting to move into a great house doesn’t mean that I am paying for it. Because she watches the show, she thinks she is paying for the house? That is just crazy. People just need to change the channel. But you are right Big Daddy… so many people spend so much time (LOL look at us) worrying about the Gosselins on more and more blogs, the lovers and the haters… it is pretty hilarious!

  • why cannot i get this to post on the blog

• Hey Boy whatcha mean a level head, Maris and will whoop your a$$ buddy, you want some bloody water well boy we’ll whip you in shape, and quit sucking up to Coastalmom, cause she’ll hold your big ole’a$$ so we can whoop on you, WE ARE THE SHARK SISTAS
  Hey Coastalmom, I love that “Mady is definately stuck in brat mode” oh my lord that is so good, you watch me tell my daughter that about a couple of hers, and yes UBH the ones I want to shell their purly whites for, LOL

  Coastalmom some of the stuff you read may not have had any thing to do with J&K, some of it was UBH thinking he could get testy with us Sistas, funny boy. You funny Bonehead!!

• Has anyone heard from Bun? How is she and the baby doing?

• Jon was seen in a bar the weekend of Jan 30 giving out signed pictures of the kids. It was a place near Albright College in Reading. Heard he was M I S E R A B L E. Thought he would have been happy being out without “HER”.

• Missy…. Now he’s softening up and caring about others.
  I’m getting whip lash at how fast he changes. His wife must be in traction the way he changes spots! LOL.

  • Coastalmom, Coastalmom, Coastalmom, Dont be a hater!

• yeah Coastalmom, I’ve had my neck brace on now for some time,
  Hey girl hope your having a good day, hope your feeling better.
  (((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))) for you.

• get over it pepole and get a life!!!!!!!

  • We’re all WORKING on it!!!!!!!
    Seven exclamation marks???????
    Someone needs a valium…

• Oh hugs my ass! I guess Coastalmom is trying to join the sistahood! You have to make sure you have all of the requirments first!
  Are You

  Harmonal?
  Crabby?
  a femanist liberal?
  make your husband wash cloths on a rock?
  Are dependent upon mechanical tension releaving devises?
  Have a good supply of batteries?
  You too may have what it takes to be a Shark Sista!

  I AM BIG DADDY AND I ENDORSE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT!

  • Hey, hey… get your facts straight, now. It’s not a rock, it’s a nice new wash board I got on eBay from a woman in Arkansas. I gave the rock to my daughter for her husband. Anyway, hubby says it was a nice rock, he liked it, and he misses it. Took him weeks and several scraped knuckles to get used to the new upgraded appliance. And what are you doing on the computer at 7:53 AM anyway? Are your chores all done? Don’t you have laundry to do?? I think I hear your wife calling… she probably needs you to go to the store for more batteries…

• UBH, Coastalmom don’t have to try and join, she already “IS A SISTA” where have you had your head buried? in the sand?
  Go ahead and endorse all you want, see where it gets you, you better be careful with your little comments mister, your messing with the
  “SISTA”S”

• wow it looks like I missed the best show ever!

• No, no Diane, honey haven’t you heard?
  “The Best Is Yet To Come”
  Just wait and they will tell you that it’s getting better and better,
  at this point in our economy I’m just not sure “Better for Who is”

• Missy,
  I hear ya. I just wish they were kinder to their kids. I really
  think Maddy doesn’t want to be the way she is but it is the
  ONLY way to get attention.

• I just heard that the hospital where the octuplets are is requesting from the state re-inbursement for the medical treatment, Well excuse me Calif. is broke, they already have cut out on all state employees two days of work each month, This is just not govern’t jobs but all state funded medical and or social services jobs.
  Thats two days of wages these ppl are going to have to make up in a differnt way now to keep afloat which is a struggle already.
  Now octomom is saying she has no welfare in any form, thats what she told on the Curry interview, well here goes the lies again with someone else, she gets food stamps, she gets 3 dis-ability checks for 3 of her children, and she lives in a free house, she is in debt to Student loans for a 50.000
  She said she saved money for her treatments, which tells me “some one else was footing the bill for her and her childrens lively hood and upkeep all along,
  her mother is out raged that this dr. did this after she and grandpa went espically and asked 3 dr.s not to do this,
  So here we are starting out with lies, did she not think the media would check her whole past out? They even have her high school picture up, she says she was not even thinking about Angelina Jolie when she did this nor did she do any thing to look like her, well excuse me again, but those big lips don’t seem to be there on her high school picture, She also had 165.000 in a dis-ability claim for her self, a back injury which led to depression, so who was taking care of her six kids when all of this was going on, Grandma and Grandpa, and they look like they need a rest.

  • I watched that Dateline special last night, and trying to wrap my mind around all her nonsensical circular logic almost made my head explode. She’s obviously educated, but she’s a perfect example of how intelligence does not equate with sanity. This chick is a total whack job, and I don’t think a jack hammer could break through to her — she’s in her own world. The grand parents, from what I could gather, lived in her house (which is actually their house) and watched the 6 kids she already had while she was in the hospital. It now sounds like they’ve moved out and she’s on her own. I think, quite rightly, they’re fed up with her delusions.

    I hope the state of CA steps in and takes these newborns away and adopts them out to parents who are able to care for them, and possibly even the 6 she already had. I could see her going off the deep end and killing them all. (She’s admitted to a history of depression and suicidal thoughts.)

    The octo-doc needs to be in jail and his clinic closed. I read where he already has 12 malpractice complaints and other ethical issues filed against him. It’s all still unfolding, and I’m sure we haven’t heard the last of it… by a looong shot…

• I saw part of an interview earlier with octopussy in the doctors office with my oldest son. Couldnt really hear what they were saying. They showed along the bottom of the screen that she was getting food stamps. AND SHE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANGALINA JOLI! She is freaking UGLY. Looks like some plastic surgery went bad, no offense to Maris. She needs to file a malpractice suite against her plastic surgen!

  • No offense to me?? Wherever did you get the idea I’m a fan of this freak? I never said she looks like Angelina, and I’ve never had plastic surgery. I found a web site this nut job has set up to ask for $$ donations, and you can also leave comments for her. WELL… I left her a comment alright… Big Daddy, you think YOU got a scathing comment from me a while back?? Sweetheart, it doesn’t hold a candle to what I had to say to psychoctopussybitch… I just couldn’t help myself…

    • Im sure you did. Where is the phycoctopussybitchs site at?

    • Can’t post an actual website here, but google “the nadya suleman family” and that should get you there. Now, you be nice… (NOT)

• Jon works from home now so not sure why everyone thinks he doesn’t work at all.

  • Oh please! Im a J and K supporter but even Jon and Kate said that doing the show was a full time job. “People say they they dont work, well with the book signings, the show, magazine covers etc. Its more than a full time job. THEY said that they work harder for the show than they have ever worked when they had jobs. ” Thats what they said of thier show. So from that I take it they are totally emersed in the production of the show and its variables. I do it if I could. Way to go!

• Do you guys laugh out loud when you read the blog? Maybe it’s just me but I sure enjoy reading the blog each day.

  Missy, Maris, Coastalmom and Big Daddy, I think you can take this gig on the road!

  • We probably should. Wonder if we could get a check! Mais, Missy and Cmom, check into that form us!

    • SORRY, FOR US!

• Yes rachel, sometimes honey my husband will ask me who am I laughing with, since there is no one here except him and the dog and me. sometimes I just can’t contain it,
  And as you can see UBH AKA BD he just keeps throwing mud at us, he really tries to get pissy with us and I think it makes him pissy b/c it don’t work to well,
  Maris will have to give him another good boot in the behind and then he’ll straighten up for a while, he,he,he.

  BTW Rachel, you come on board with us, be one of the “Shark Sista’s” it’s a great group and you love us already, don’t let UBH in tho, he’s on the out side looking like a little whipped puppy who wants to play, NO puppy go home!!

• OMG does Missy have even one functioning brain cell in her head?

  • Is that you, Dr. Neptune?? Shouldn’t you be at the clinic implanting some more embryos?? What’s wrong — can’t fight your way through the mob of angry reporters? Clinic closed? If you’re not the good doctor, are you just some troll jealous of brain cells that function?

    Loser…

    • ARE YOU NOT GETTING MY EMAILS FROM THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNT? YOU HAVENT SENT ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  • Not many, but be nice! Sometimes she doesnt take her meds in the morning and we have to help her.

    Rachel, be carefull what you wish for!

    I AM THE BIG DADDY

  • NOPE she doesn’t, Coke ate em’ all up. I am so happy, happy, happy, he,he,he,he, just playing my wittle piano, oh no wait this is someones con putter, Hey Doc, come get me some meds, hurry.

• Maris, I dont think the good Dr. visits us any more. I think You and Missy scared him off. Hell, yawll would have done scared me off too but I dont have a life or anything else to do!

• Hey BD?UBH, you check it, we are busy to, see thats like some men, want some thing and think he can just order some woman to get it for him, sorry pooh head we are not Mrs UBH?BD, you want it, you get it, Yes I know!! you have taken care of 6 kids today, oh come on now Kate, just “DO IT”

• Oh Maris, PULL THE STICK OUT! If youd do like God intended you wouldnt have time to blog, youd be too bussy cleaning your husbands house, cooking his food and washing his damn cloths! Thats why you are soo testie! You are fighting what you were ment to do! I take it you cant get pregnant anymore, are you still BAREFOOT? OOPs look at the time. You better go cook your husbands dinner.

  Did you hear about Jon being caught comming out of a bar? Is that for real or did someone read one of my post kidding about that and took it as fact?

  I think I will change my name to PIMP DADDY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

  • Barefoot? (looking down…) Yes, I frequently go without shoes. I like to check the bottoms of my feet at night to be sure hubby washed the floors properly. Barefoot is only derogatory when paired with pregnant, and even then only in certain backward states. As for the rest of that “God intended” rhetoric… well, you’ll just have to try harder if you’re looking to anger me… (she said with her feet propped up on the desk…)

    As for Jon in the bar, I read that on another site before you mentioned it here, so I don’t think you can claim credit… unless you had a beer with him and want to fill us in on the details. Be careful what you blog, though. Kate may be listening…

    “Pimp Daddy”?? No, definitely not. Change your name to Pimp Daddy and I’ll immediately put you on “invisible” mode. I don’t mind having an Uncle Bonehead, but I’m not in the market for a pimp… and don’t plan to go there.

• I think right now you are being an ass, so stop it! NOW

• wow you all are blowing this way out of proportion i doubt any of this even happened. do you ever see kate get real nasty on the show? no. so just stop maybe they aren’t fighting. They only film three days out of the week. you never know what happens on those other four days.

• Thanks Missy… I’d be proud to be a Sista if it’s okay with Maris. But am I Harmonial enough??? LOL! Okay… now I promised myself that I wouldn’t comment on anyone’s spelling errors but because I don’t spell check my own stuff but that was just too cute to resist!
  Who was that picking on my Sista and her brain cells? Geesh… They think they can come on in and mess with her? I don’t think so.
  I missed the ocotmom’s full interview. I saw pieces of it. But it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds. I still am bothered when anyone tries to compare her with Jon & Kate because they didn’t ask for this life but embraced it. This mother is trying to come across in the same way… ~It just happened~ I had 6 embryos implanted but I wasn’t expecting….WHATEVER!!!!! YOU had 6 kids already!!!! No husband, no job….WHAT THE HECK? Even if the best lawyer in the world wrote her script for her… she would still sound like a fool. Six kids already was the first clue…no job, no father for her babies, no home of her own… anyone need more? The way she looks has no bearing on anything!!!! What point are you trying to make besides showing your ignorance? BD… I think I like you and then WHAM you sling another and then another. WHY? What do you get out of it? I am sure if you actually do have a wife…. you get enough grief from her just being disgusted with you most of the time. Why come here and gather more females to disgust? What is the point? I read some of your posts and think… I like that guy and then a couple posts later it’s like you are your own evil twin.

  • Coastalmom, what do I get out of it. I get everyone fired up!!!!! Then I get to hear all of the chaos as the hens start to cackle! Dont take me wrong, I do it on purpose. I dont mean anything by it. I think the world of Maris and Missy, Bun, Rachel and you. Just having fun sturring things up a little!!!

  • Coastalmom, of course you have my approval to be in the “sista-hood” but it isn’t my club. Big Daddy (or his evil twin) came up with the idea of calling us the “shark sistas” and I assumed he was referring to ALL the “gals” who regularly take a bite out of his sorry butt. I thought you knew that he “goes bonehead” on us on a fairly regular basis simply to stir some s**t — I think he likes the smell or something… Must remind him of Arkansas…

• Actually, studies have proven that more attractive people get more jobs, better pay and are given more opportunities. So are men that are tall. Wearing the color white for a man or red for a woman also communicates power or leadership. So to say her looks have no impact is incorrect. Its distressing enough what she has done. But the fact that you can tell she has spent MONEY on a botched up facelift, and perfessionally done fingernails, as you can see during her television intervies, tends to send an even more negative message and helps to enrage the public. So I do disagree with your statment.

  THAT WAS BIG DADDY!

  Hey, Yes she has screwed the public and shes going to continue to the way it looks. Untill the goverment steps in does something about it its going to continue to happen. Its been going on for years and years just on a smaller scale. Sometimes facts have to be blown out of perportion before anyone will pay attention to them. What about all of the other teen mothers and crack heads that are having babies and drawing walfare and draining the tax dollars from everyone. I garonteeeeee you there is a hell of a lot more than 14. At least if she was hot, WHICH SHE IS NOT, it would be more barable to watch her interviews with a little eye candy!

  That is BONEHEAD

  • Maris,
    I am learning why you dubbed him bonehead. You actually gave him your e-mail address? Oh my. LOL. You are brave. At the risk of being dubbed one of the cluckers. He does amaze me sometimes with his insight and I almost like him and then Wack. I think he needs his lithium. I used to work in a Psych ward in my twenties and I am beginning to remember the meds that may possibly be useful in his case. Have you ever heard of the Thorazine shuffle? I think that must be what we are seeing from time to time as it wears off.

• TLC, If you every look at the blogs, Get rid of the Simpsons and replace them with another cartoon called the GOSSLINS! Id love to see that. I could see Jon being a little like Homer and Kate, well shed have to be a totally new character. I could see Maddy chasing the little kids around on the tractor while Jon is sitting in the livingroom drinking beer and Kate is cleaning the frig! Aiden could be doing experiments on the cat in the barn with his junior scientist kit that was donated to them. Joel and Collin could get the walkie talkies and be pretending that they were secret agents looking for spies, or Benlodin! Alexis would be preparing to be in a pagent like Jon Bennet’! Hanna and Leah would be pretending to be on the Martha Stewart show baking a cake and making a mess in the kitchen behind kates back and Cara could be in the front yard practicing to be an exotic dancer useing the flag pole in their front yard!!!!!!

  YOU WOULD MAKE A MILLION MORE DOLLARS!!

• Did anyone see Kate on Dr. Phil yesterday? I don’t always watch him (it depends on the guest) but he was giving his analysis of the octo-mom. As an expert of raising multiples, he had Kate come out at the end and describe what it was like to have (only) 6 new babies at once. She reminded me of why I started watching J&K in the first place, reminiscing the days when she got no sleep, had constant feedings, diapers, laundry, plus (only) 2 other children who needed her as well. Those were the days when my heart went out to her — not that I want her to continue to suffer for our enjoyment; I don’t. She did an excellent job, played it smart, and they got lucky with the TV series. I truly am very happy for their good fortune. I’m just sorry that she can’t be the sweet, kind lady I thought she was. She talked of all the help they needed citing “50 volunteers” but never once said the words “family” or “friends” nor gave them any mention. Sad, really. The show sure has changed, but I guess everything does…

  • My family loves the show, so when Kate had a book signing last night at local mall… I took my 13 yr old grand daughter. She was so excited to be seeing someone she adoes from TV..We bought the book ( 2 copies) waited on line 3 hours (yes grand moms will do that for their grand kids) How disappointing for my grand daughter to find Kate so unfreindly , even rude at times…Refusing photos from being taken..my grand daughters comment as we were heading home- I am not watching that show anymore cause Kate is mean! Kate is a beautiful girl that has recieved so many blessing.. and Im happy for her. But in her book- complete with Bible quotes.. doesnt she realize how its her fan base that keeps her on air..and how would she feel to have someone be less that gracious to her family

    • Oh Granny11, that is so sad for your grand daughter! I’m getting so disgusted with Kate these days. I’ve read similar stories from other people who’ve met her in person. It seems she’s so distanced herself from all the “little” people (just like she has with family and friends) to whom she virtually owes her fame and fortune, she’s completely oblivious to them. I’m nauseous when she starts quoting scripture. It seems “practice what you preach” and “do unto others” aren’t in her vernacular. Maybe your grand daughter can take some valuable lessons from this bad experience. Admiring people (to a point) is fine, but put your trust and faith in the Lord. People are merely human, and people will let you down. If you get the chance to see Kate again (and are so inclined), perhaps you could ask to touch the hem of her robe. On second thought, she’d probably think you were serious…

  • My family loves the show, so when Kate had a book signing last night at local mall… I took my 13 yr old grand daughter. She was so excited to be seeing someone she adoes from TV..We bought the book ( 2 copies) waited on line 3 hours (yes grand moms will do that for their grand kids) How disappointing for my grand daughter to find Kate so unfreindly , even rude at times…Refusing photos from being taken..my grand daughters comment as we were heading home- I am not watching that show anymore cause Kate is mean! Kate is a beautiful girl that has recieved so many blessing.. and Im happy for her. But in her book- complete with Bible quotes.. doesnt she realize how its her fan base that keeps her on air..and how would she feel to have someone be less that gracious to her family

• I remember when they went to Hawaii to re-do their wedding vows and I distinctly remember Jon or Kate saying both of them not on speaking terms with their own mothers? I thought that was interesting…never saw any family members watching the G’s except Jodi and other friends.

  • I remember Jon’s mom being at the wedding. Someone said his dad had recently passed away. I also remember his grandma being in an episode. I left a rather strong post on another blog. I think that the issue about Aunt Jodi has 3 sides. Hers, theirs, and the truth. We may never know what really happened. If in fact, it is because Kate didn’t want her to be paid then I find that hard to swallow because if they are being blessed because or their situation, those that help should be also blessed. Especially someone like Jodi who seemed very genuine and not in it for them money but if it was possible for her to be compensated, I don’t see the harm. The thing is we don’t KNOW. We don’t know what family members are involved in their lives or aren’t. Who knows they may have a great reason why they aren’t if that is the case. And if we knew… we may all jump on board in agreement but perhaps they just don’t feel like it is any of our business and don’t care to share. Or to throw their family under the bus and just let us think what we may. With all of the judgemental people out there…. I totally understand why they wouldn’t divulge more information for us to disect.

  • I agree I think that J and K should hang up and move on. She is awful. Just the way that she talks to Jon I can believe what she did to her own brothers family. I also think that Jon sort of needs to wake up and not put up with her crap.

• I saw Kate on Dr. Phil yesterday. I was as upset at her as I was with the subject of the show. Kate made the remark that she NEVER left the house for 2 years after the tups were born….hogwash. Did she forget her free tummy tuck among other things. I have become so discouraged with Jon and Kate plus eight and their “daily life “. I will no longer watch their public display of Kates mean demeanor, her attitude of greed and general lack of respect for just about everything. Her appearance on Dr. Phil was laughable..If he had ever watched her show..he would have offered her some straight talk advice.

  • Good point — I’d forgotten all about the tummy tuck, the new hair, clothes, and make-over, and possibly other stuff as well. I knew she was exaggerating about not sleeping or even sitting down for the entire first year — that’s not physically or medically possible. I think it probably felt that way to her.

    Whether or not Dr. Phil’s ever seen her show, I highly doubt he’d offer her any “straight talk advice” on anything. She’s one of “them” now… rich, pious, always right… She probably had a good visit with Robin before returning home to see what Jon had done wrong while she wasn’t there to supervise…

  • I agree with you as to say I do believe Kate “did” leave her house before they were two yrs old. I’m not saying they went that much, but all the same. I just remember Jodi and a few of her friends always babysitting. Kate would get her hair done, nails, pedi….tummy tuck, You mean she never went grocery shopping, etc? Come on Kate.

• Maris, I did not get to see it, I was so mad at my self b/c I was right there in the ktn. with the dang t.v. on, I was busy baking and just completely forgot about it, ewwww.
  I am glad to hear your version of it tho, there are plenty mad at Dr. Phil b/c he did not degrade Kate and ask her why she is exploiting her kids. Of course instead of some saying she was her old sweet self they are calling it “damage control” again.
  As far as their trip to renew their vows, I watched it also, but I did not hear then say they were not on speaking terms with their moms, I have heard Jon say he talks to his mom a few times a day tho. All I have ever heard Kate say is that the parents are not involved in their everyday life, so I’m not sure where Shan got that from, but I’ll watch a rerun and see.
  But some times it seems that at this point no matter what Kate does it will be wrong or damage control, if she stays home it’s wrong, if she leaves home then shes leaving her kids and thats wrong, I suppose K&J are used to it and don’t really read these blogs, but… I wuill tell you that some of the bloggers swear that Kate reads their precious comments,Like the one that swears it was her idea that they take the kids to a hospital “to give back” she swears that thats why they did it, any thing they do that is good, it’s b/c they read it on a blog some where first. so it is what it is, and K&J are not going to please everyone, all the time, or should I say anyone anytime LOL
  Maris I think BD?UBH is trying to push buttons, he is a mess. I wonder if he is really telling us the truth about being a man? and having 6 kids, I do wish he could put his picture up, but hen again how much can you trust that? Still laughing

  • Missy,

    Watch the Hawaii episode I don’t remember Jon’s mom being there….maybe his Aunt and grandmother…not his mom. (I could be wrong) also, have you ever once seen or heard of Kate’s mom or dad on the show? Only Jodi and Kate’s brother were seen…no other relatives. I swear on one episode I heard jon/and Kate say they weren’t close to their mom’s/and or parents. I’m not trying to be mean…I love this show and I do think the pressure of “everyone” knowing them and all the money they now have have gotten to them….Did they really need that big of a house? Kate said in her last house there was no room and the noise level was high? They also had a basement and it looked big to me.

• Missy, first of all, If you ever want to know if Im a man, Ill be glad to send you a picture of something that would prove it!

  Coastalmom, you are going to be Coastm from now on. But anyway, Jon still has contact with his mom, but she has gotten remarried since his father passed away, so I think that has a little to do why shes not around quite like she should be. Kates dad, as Im sure u know is a preacher. When she got pregnant with the six, the church began donating baby beds, cloths and stuff. Well she didnt want the beds because the didnt match and she sold a lot of the stuff she got to buy new stuff. I understand she also told them that if they wanted to donate someting, donate money. That sorta pissed of her dad and he felt she was being ungratfull. So, she pretty much told him and thus the church that they were her kids and she was going to raise them the way she saw fit and with what she wanted. Im sure being a preachers wife, and I think they are Assembly, she stuck by her man. Thats probably why her sisters arent around too.

  I can see both sides. But when it comes to your family you dont turn your back on them for any reason. Thats what unconditional love is all about. And if your family cant love you unconditionally, who can. Especially a father and daughter. A father is to a daughter as a Mother is to a son. I know my daughter has my heart and I would die, kill or go to the ends of the earth for her and NO ONE can, could or would be able to stop me!!! And thats pretty much what her Dad did.
  Everyone like to bash Kate, but I can only imagine the pain she has gone thru because of it. All you parents know, when you have kids you start to see yourself thru you own parents eyes. I swore Id never be like my dad and damn it, Im turning out to be just like him. So I bet there is a lot more to Kate than she lets show on the show.

• UBH/BD don’t get carried away, or you may be worried about a husband who can get carried away, remember your on an open forum so becareful what you say, I reminded you of that some time back, K?

• Coastalmom, I have never agreed with Jodis sister starting a blog about family matters, espically when she like Kates sister would not make it available for any feed back, to me that is cowardly, Except Kates sister Clarissa did at one time have an e-mail, but it’s closed now due to some e-mails that she and the church received,
  Julie could and has said what ever her little heart desired and didn’t have to worry about ppl calling her or debating with her on it, kind of like Gosselins with out Pity Blog, thats just not right.
  Kates Father had his face blurred in the wedding ceremony, so I do think it has some to do with being on T.V. (maybe not) as you and Maris have said before there is a lot we do not know for sure.
  Ppl like to speculate and think they know what is fact, but really they don’t. Thats why I like this place b/c we can on one hand say what we don’y like about her and on the other hand say what we do. I loved the way Maris came on and gave her version of Dr.Phil, On some blogs she would have been called an odiot and stupid, a sheeple, have blinders on, and even call her Kate in disguise.
  b/c most ppl can not have a pov unless it’s right down hateful, we can point out our dis-likes and also make excuses (if you may) about her with out telling ppl how stupid they are b/c they spoke a kind word in the mix.

• Whatever!

  • Now, now… calm down… Here — have one of my valiums. All better now? Good, glad to help!

• Missy, hope you had your TV on today. Dr. Phil did a second episode on the octo-mom, and he had highlights of yesterday’s episode. I tried to relate it like it was, despite my negative feelings about Kate’s behavior at times. I don’t know why some people think he should have “called Kate out” about exploiting her kids, even if that’s what he thought she’d done. That wasn’t the topic of the show and that wouldn’t have been appropriate. I’m not a Kate hater although it may sound that way at times. I just find some of her behavior extremely irritating, and I know she could be so much nicer if she tried.

  Coastalmom, I had to laugh at that “thorazine shuffle” remark! LOL — yes, I know exactly what you’re talking about. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it or not (don’t like to put TMI out there), but I was an RN in ICU’s for 23 years before I retired. Big Daddy — stop reading at this point so I can talk about you… Is he gone? OK, good. Yes, he emails me on occasion and visa-versa. He’s actually a nice guy and basically sane, although you might not know that from some of his posts. For whatever reason, he likes to see who he can get a rise from. He’s really quite harmless and seems good-hearted. Maybe he’s just bored… maybe doesn’t get cable TV… maybe just likes to be spanked a little too much…

• Oooh Maris you are a crack up. You put LOL (laugh out loud) into reality mode on this thing. Thank you! Dr. Phil comes on in 5 minutes here! See this place is productive. Though I have to say that I feel guilty on my days off I would rather hang out at home and check out this blog from time to time. I did clean out the fridge today! Got rid of all the superbowl left overs! Tupperware, I put dips in etc… I have started working out but I give myself a pass on my days off since it is 12 miles to town. If I don’t have to go… I don’t. My husband can come home, change or trade cars and go back but I think it is a waste of time and gas. Plan your day and be done with it. It really was hard when my daughter didn’t drive and needed to stay after for rehearsals or go to youth group. That meant a very long day for me. So now, I take advantage of a day off.
  Big Daddy…. thanks for the nick name! I feel as if I belong but you can call me Di since my name is Diane and that is my nick name and less to type. Also thank you for the update. That was a lot that I didn’t know! Missy also thank you. I didn’t know a lot of that either. Okay Dr. Phil is on…. see you later…

• Next weeks preview looks like Kate could be in one of her moods.

• i thank kate is a witch

  • Mac

    Why would you say that about Kate? Do you know her personally? She might not be the “perfect” person…….Are you perfect?

• I watched Sarah and the organic episode. I thought that Mady was cute. She had a few melt downs but you could tell that she liked Sarah Snow and I watched as the little kids said good bye and kind of watched from a different point of view…. You could look at it like Mady always wants center stage and and is spoiled or you can be an adult and look at a 7 year old kid who basically has a twin that is the “good twin” and 6 little adorable brothers and sisters. Mady is kind of in that awkaward age. Where she voices her opinions that are assertive and quite mature for a kid her age. She whines and complains more than her twin sister and has been dubbed the little brat. But I watched all of those brothers and sisters saying goodbye to Sarah and you could tell that Mady wanted to jump in but she must be more aware of boundaries now because you could tell that she had to hold herself back and let the “little kids” come first. As Sara leaves Mady grabs her arm and walks her out. It all kind of hit me. She never got her own time. From the beginning she has always shared it with a twin and now with 6 other siblings. Sure her sister is in the same situation and so are the other 6 who never had their own time ever. Some can handle it better than others. We don’t need to excuse her bad behavior but to understand it. I think that is where Jon & kate are coming from.

• Mac….
  Didn’t your mother ever teach you that calling names only reflects back on to you? Can you try again and use big people words?

• there is no reazen for kate to yell at jon the way she does jon works hard i saw the episode about the cupon whats the big deal. tlc pays them preaty good and kate aways says how they don,t have a lot news flash have you sean there new house and peaple pays there way to like disneyword and the weding and did you see the ballpark one the lady said get a few thangs. but thay get a lot. i say jon slap the bitch then leav

• For all those calling Mady a brat – Yes I’d agree at times it can be overbearing.. However, arn’t most kids a brat? we always see other faults in other kids but failed to see in our own..

  Come on ppl, relax, she has 7other siblings to compete for attention, would u prefer her to pick up and walk out or divorce her kids?? She has to throw tantrums, part of a normal development (for those of us with kids)…. If she’s always too considerate, nice and extra friendly and caring then I would say she’s a puppet ( and tht I’d be afraid of)….

  There many times when she’s caring with her other siblings, but TLC dsn’t alwys show us this,… they’re probably reading these blogs and hve noticed we gvn all the children personalities and knowing that they only show clips to condone our expectations…

  Think about it,…what would others say about our lives, if cameras were following us around… I won’t like it, but I’ll pretend for the $$$ and yes knowing it will be edited. why not???

• kate is a bitch

• RC
  Concerning the first comments from Big Daddy. First, I thought he was remarking about Aunt Jodi. Then I read about the 14 children, and knew it was about the octuplet mom. I thought this was a blog about Jon and Kate. Since we are on the octuplet thing, I thought I would give some of my comments. From some of the remarks from experts on plastic surgery that I saw on TV: No, she did not have plastic surgery because she looked the same as she did in younger pictures. My remark, Yes, she does look a lot like Angeline, and she knows it. Everybody has a double and this is her double. I have a counsin who looks like James Dean. Sure, Angie wants a lot of children too, but don’t forget, she adopted three children from different countries that probably would not have gotten a home, and only had two pregnancies. Also, the octuplet mom does not have Brad. They make a lot of money, but they do contribute to a lot of charities. Much more than the other rich people do. The octuplet mom used the sperm from a friend for the first six of her children. He them told her he was getting married and not to use it anymore. She did anyway and had the octuplets. How irresponsible. What must his new wife be thinking? She started out not wanting to be in the limelight, but now is asking for millions of dollars for a story of her life! It is sad how seeing dollar signs can change a person. Before she is allowed to take the octuplets home, the State should have her take a psychiatric evaluation and check out the home situation. If she doesn’t pass these, the State should take the octuplets. I hate to see this happen, but it probably would be best for the children. (How can she devote time for all 14 children.) The State will be paying for them anyway. I live in California, and am a member of Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser now wants the State of California to pay for all the expenses, which could total, all together, milliions of dollars. I would think they should let some of that money slide with all the free publicity they got!. California is bankrupt, and if it doesn’t get a new budget within a week, it is going to start laying off state employees. Governor Arnold S refuses to give any comments on the mom. He did not acknowledge the ocuplets’ birth or say they were one of the State’s treasures like the Pennsylvania Governor said about the Gosselin six, or offer them college educations from the State universities. Maybe this was an oversight, but he lives in the Los Angeles area, and knew full well about their birth. He probably heard some of the negative comments and decided to stay out of it. One good thing that happened last week, was, 15 teachers in California won the State Lottery. This was wonderful news because some of the teachers who shared the win were going to retire, and that will leave it open for some of the teachers that were going to be laid off to stay. So wonderful, 15 people got to share the $75 Million, which is way too much for just one person to win! So, God is providing. About Jon and Kate. She could have married for money, but Kate married for love. My mother told me when I was little when people are born their soul is cut in half, and it is up to them to find that other half to marry. She said some people will never find it and remain single. I was skeptitcal about this remark, but think it is true. I have countless times heard the phrase “Soul Mates.” Kate found the other half. My cousin, who went to Illinois State University, met a boy there and got engaged. After graduating, he became a doctor. She still stayed engaged to him and then broke the engagement. She said she did not feel comfortable with the relationship, and wanted a husband more like her father who was down-to-earth. She later met that person and got married to him. She could have had doctor, but did not marry for money. I think I am down-to-earth too, because I am very practical and part of down-to-earth’s meaning is practical. Kudos to her. I have heard it said that women marry someone who is like their father and men marry someone like their mother. Well Jon’s mother is probably just like Kate, and Jon is down-to-earth like Kate’s father. My mother also told me not to burn my bridges. She said to always be nice to people because you never know when you will need that person, and if you are mean, they will not help you. How true! This became very true when I quit my job to take care of my mother when she was very ill. This was my mom; I thought a lot of her, and I do not regret any of it. I was able to be with her in her final days. After she passed away six months later, I went back to where I had worked for a visit, and was rehired. When I was given a gift when I quit, I sent a thank you card saying how I had enjoyed working there and noting all the wonderful people I have met and become acquainted with. The only bad remark I am goimg to say about Kate is she has burned her bridges. They should have some marriage counseling and stay together because they were made for each other. This is what I think, and don’t care what other people think.

  Practical Person

  • about the oct parent, no one proved yet she was an unfit mother, so her children should not be given away.

    • I respectfully beg to differ. Albeit the key words here are “proved” and “yet” it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to recognize a home situation that is woefully inadequate for 6 children (3 of whom have disabilities), much less 8 new infants whose disabilities have yet to present themselves. As for unfit mother, I think that’s another no-brainer. She is not fit in her current mindset. Have you listened to her talk?? It’ll leave you speachless. She doesn’t have the where-with-all to fully appreciate the consequences of her choices. She may get help and do better, but for now those kids can’t put growing up on hold until she gets her life figured out. It just doesn’t work that way…

    • *speechless… (sorry) Don’t want the spell check police busting down my door…

• Yes, we women who have also done all the above mentioned jobs and are still doing them are sorry if we have offended any man who can not handle that “we women’ of The Good Ole’ U.S. of A. can and will stand on our own two feet. I for one am happy to say that “I stand beside my husband ” for almost 50 years, “stand beside, not walk behind. for when we said I do we were “ONE”

• Yes, we women are sorry too, if we have offended any man that we are and still able and do any of the above mentioned jobs. We women of the Good Ole’ U.S.of A. can stand on our own two feet, how be it when I said “I do” I have walked “BESIDE” him all the way, not behind him for a;most 50 years. B/C we are one.
  And that is b/c I am an AMERICAN and I am equal to any man except one “GOD”

• Substitute “female” for “male” and most of the same pseudo-apology applies to millions of strong, hard-working women. Big Daddy, you desparately need to knock the dust off that calender on your wall and check the date. If the year says 1960, throw the thing in the trash where it belongs…

• Ruth, if the octomom did not have plastic surgery then she needs to sue her neighbors and the media who say there is proof that she did, so if she sues that could be her ticket to some big bucks, but I do not see her big lips in her H.S. picture.
  Whoever said or started the rumour about Angelina look alike I think there is something to it.
  Just like octomom copying after J&K, but this may back fire on her,

  Maris Thanks for the calendar remark, you nailed it, altho I do think it’s mind over matter, I was married in 63 and have always been an equal in all ways, not just a knocked up and bare foot SAHM working in the ktn. all day. Thats us SISTA”S

  • Missy, on Dr. Phil the other day, he brought on a plastic surgeon of 25 years to analyze her photos from high school to recently to present. He said she most definitely HAS had a nose job, lips done, cheek implants, and likely something done to her chin as well. I also saw a statement Angelina Jolie made about Nadya Suleman. AJ said she’d received 8 letters from her but didn’t know the circumstances as yet. She said octo-mom was just praising her and talking about kids, so she didn’t consider her a stalker or anyone dangerous. When she heard that this woman was trying to imitate her, she was horrified — just like the rest of the world…

    Ruth needs to do more research.

• Sorry for the double post earlier, I was having trounble with getting thru. I’d do a post and when I’d submit it, it just went blank, I was surprised when I came back on and saw it went thru both times, have a good day every one,

  The week end is here, so now Maris we can spend our time working and slaving over a hot stove and even push the buttons on the remote, hell we’ll even take a pee,pee for him, LOL

• I wasnt giong to comment but you heffers totally miss the point on almost everything! You turn it around and try to make it all about poor little you. They point of the poem was that ,most women, women were on a pedistal and have fought get away from men when they had it so good! If all of you women are so HELL BOUND on equal rights why dont you fight for the right to be drafted? When you are an 18 year old male you have to register! Not if your a woman! Where is the equal rights in that? But you dont hear a woman gripping about that! Equal rights means just that, equal rights. How can this country boast about equal rights when people arent treated equally! Equal rights comes with the good the bad and the ugle! And Im not even talking about the octomom! Fight for the right to be drafted, not just to serve in the military! Fight to work as a plumber! as a carpet layer etc. Hell no. Its only equal when its something you want! I am so tired of every race and gender being able to bitch and complain about “OOOHHHH it not fair, Its not right Im being treated differentley”!!! But every time a white male is treated badley or is passed over because of his race or gender and says a WORD! He is being racest and recieves no support from ANYONE!!!! ITS LIKE A PACK OF WILD DOGS OUT FOR BLOOD! I used to be one of those people who to be passive and sit buy because it was politically correct! NOT NO MORE! I believe in equal rights and that mean equal for everyone! Not just half way so it convienent for whoever wants to bitch! Everyone wants to say it the END of DAYS or it a SIGN OF THE TIMES! The devil works in sneakie and mysterous ways too! AND I BLAME MEN FOR IT! The sign isnt whats going on, it what you think isnt going on. Its the fact that men have been beat down and have now become complacient, I know that not spelled right, to the point that he just sits around and lets all of this shit happen! Both in our homes and in the United Sates and the world. Thats the sign, The fact that we are letting all the stuff happen in the name of whats right and goodness! The world has become too politically correct! You shouldnt intentionally try to hurt someone but the truth should be seen as the truth! Women are not equal to men in the sames ways. They are not physcally capable of being equal! Men have gifts and women have gifts. Working together they can become stronger by useing those gifts! By ripping those gifts apart you make us both weaker, as individuals and as a collective!

  Yea, Octo mom is screwed up and has screwed up! Thats 14 children! What about the millions of moms who have done the same thing but with 1 to 6 kids? 64 percent of all black births are paid for by the goverment! Why doesnt anyone get upset about that? Ill tell you why! One, it would be politically incorrect! People need to stop focusing on one person! The truth is the truth! People need to stop worrying about if something is going to piss someone else off! Its the getting pissed off that fires the heart and fuels the soul! And this country needs some FIRE IN THEIR HEARTS! And geeeess Ruth, I thought I was long winded!

  • See now I liked your poem!!!

    And you are right about all the other parents on welfare.
    As I said before, I am a widow with 6 children. I don’t get any finacial help from the goverment.

    With hard work, plus my husband’s life insurance. We make it.
    The social security my children get from the death of their dad goes straight to the bank for their future.

    Keep sending poems like that, for it is the truth!!!

    • You seem to believe Big Daddy has the intellectual capability of writing poems like that. ‘Address of Apology’ was written by me and copied from my collection at franklludwig.com/quietsun.html, without my knowledge and consent.

  • my post didn’t post…so here I go again

    I liked your poem, thought it was true and well said…being cheeky but still well said

    I am a widowed mom with 6 children. I don’t take any money from the goverment to raise my children. With hard work, plus my husbands life insurance policy we make it. The social security my children get from the death of their father goes straight into the bank for their future.

    It is true about all the parents raising their children with welfare money, don’t hear the uproar about that. So she has 14 children, that is not against the law. No one has said she was a bad mother with her first 6 children, no reason to assume she will be a bad parent for the next 8.

    People have commented about my 6…all blessings every one of them!!

    • sorry about the double post

    • Hi sharyn, you refer to the poem as ‘Big Daddy’s’. As I have already pointed out, it has been written by me, and Big Daddy used it without my knowledge and consent.

      The poem is part of my collection at http://franklludwig.com/quietsun.html

• Quick!!! – Somebody grab a pail of water!
  Big Daddy’s hair is on FIRE!!

• I have only read part of BD’s post,but…I will finish in a moment, first I just want to say,
  I have a 24 yr. old grand daughter, married with one child, who is a supply sgt. in the good ole’ U.S. Army
  I have an 18 yr old grand daughter who will more n’ likely be deployed to Iraq,
  I have 2 neices who belong to the U.S. Army and one who has been to Iraq for over a year and she is a mother also.
  Of course my one and only son he will be doing his 3rd tour and several other family members,
  But the point is none of them were drafted, we do not draft, they go willingly,
  One neice will never be the same again after being over there, and she went b/c she wanted to make a difference. And she did , she saved the life of her buddy who “Himself” says if not for her he’d be dead. So don’t ever tell me any thing about women and the military again, at this point I doubt if you know much about it.
  Okay I’m done, be back later

  • MISSY, ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY? NEVER MINDS ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. I understand that you have a brave family that will do anything for their family or country. My point was if We are to have EQUAL rights, women should have to register for the draft like young 18 year old BOYS, and I do mean boys do!!!! EQUAL MEANS EQUAL, NOT JUST EQUAL UNTILL SOMEONE STOPS BITCHING ABOUT NOT GETTING WHAT THEY WANT!!!!!!!!!

• I believe men and women are equal, so if men are getting brow beaten by their wives it’s their fault, if women get beat up it’s her fault, I guess I’m not really sure b/c I have never been in that situation, I have had women tell me they can’t leave him b/c they don’t know where they would go, or men say they can;t walk out on the kids, well what is staying together doing for the kids? it ruins them and they have many problems from it,
  As far as race, it’s an old story, we have listened to it for years (as long as I can remember) ppl are always going to blame the system, or the ppl for what ever happens to them, ppl have a way of justifying their own wrong doings, with out thinking or caring what happens to those around them (such as Octomom)

  One race against another, one nation against another, and it is going to get worse, b/c we have stupid ppl in leadership, ppl who care about lining their pockets and making sure their livily hood is taken care of and to hell with mine, I do not wait for the government or any race to take care of me, nor do I hold any hope that they will carry out their promises, I take care of me and mine and any one else that I can,

  I can not say I don’t care what happens to my neighbor when I’m sitting pretty, no I have to extend a helping hand, We help, we are tender to those less fortunate, we hurt when they hurt, cry when they cry, and we Love, but we don’t have to be walked on,

  If you lead ,I may get lost
  If I follow, I may go astray
  But walk beside me, and we’ll go all the way:

  • Missy, BULL SHIT! So you are saying that Maris deserved to have the hell beat out of her? That is what you just said, if they are getting beaten, thats their own fault! quote!!!! We are the people that put the people in leadership! Therefore it is our own fault that the country is not equal. Its our own fault that promotions and jobs are divied out by race and gender! It is our fault that if a white person says anything about another race or gender they are being racest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BULL SHIT!! EQUALITY MEANS EQUALITY!!!! NOT JUST TO THE POINT THAT ITS COMFORTABLE FOR WHOEVER IT IS THAT IS BITCHING ABOUT THE SITUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Hear hear, Missy — well said.

  BD, I don’t believe men and women are equal in every sense. Men can’t have babies (well, except for that one “man”) but I see that as a blessing, not a curse. Speaking in generalities, men are stronger physically and women are stronger emotionally. They can complement each other perfectly. I don’t believe in discrimination against any person (even white males) because of race, age, gender, faith, disability, or anything else — so long as they can do the job, and I do believe in equal pay for equal work.

  It’s clear that you still harbor ill feeling about whatever wrongs were done to you. It’s lurking there just under the surface like a smoldering ember ready to blaze up when someone strikes a nerve with you. For your own sake, you really should make peace with it — talk it out with someone, do something about it, or whatever you need to do. Anger, even if it’s righteous anger, destroys you like a cancer from the inside out. This injustice (whatever it may be) that’s been done to you is eating your wheaties every morning and it’s going to get the best of you if you aren’t careful…

  I’m done for the evening. Have a good week-end all.

• That “hear hear” comment was from me — have no idea why it posted as anonymous. This blog is acting weird today…

• Maris, you truly are wise, that is why I love you so much! Your ability to look at a situation from every angle. BUT IT STILL IS NOT RIGHT! Yes you addressed the issue from a womans point of view! Which I do sorta agree with. Together we are stronger, apart we are weaker, due to lack of child bearing abilities or what ever. Thats why GOD made us inter dependant upon one another! And I agree equal pay for equal work!!!!!!!!! Where is it, Like I said where are the carpet layers or the plumbers that have to dig in shit for people??? There not around!!! How many guys are in child care facilities? I found a graph, there are none!!! Any guy who wants to watch kids is going to be seen as a potential child molester or a queer!!!! I know I would and you would too. And we all want to keep our kids safe!!!! I KNOW equal pay for equal work also translates into EQUAL WORK FOR EQUAL PAY!!!!! Im not trying to bash people I just want to be treated as an equal! One good example would be Missy, several blogs back, asking if I was a man, then felt the need to threaten me when I left a response! Basically, it is whites, which include, asian, hispanic and etc. which are all catogorized as caucasion! The whites are devided, however, because women want to have their own EVERYTHING! WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER! NOT AGAINST BLACKS OR ANYOTHER RACE, BUT WE NEED TO DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE!!!! WHENEVER THIS HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED WHITES, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY EVERYONE ELSE, ARE SAID TO BE RACEST!!! EQUAL RIGHTS MEANS EQUAL! THAT MEANS EQUAL!

• UBH/BD a few blogs back I thought us Sistas and you kinda bonded and we were all funnin, I think you had made kinda a nasty remark and somethun was said about it, I’m not intending to offend any one when they are kidding around with us.
  I think there have been a couple remarks made that should not have been, but we wear big girl panties and we can handle it, can you?

• Missy, Remember your neck brace when dealing with this guy… Ruth… I lost your point somewhere in your 8th paragraph… Maris thanks to you… I saw the Dr. Phil episode~ Thanks! Yes, when viewing the pics of that octo mom… you could tell some work had to have been done and the Dr. on, confirmed it.
  I still think the elevator is stuck between floors for that woman! And I don’t think that it will be as happily ever after as it has been for Jon & Kate. It sounds like some of the babies before the 8 have disabilities. I am not sure what she was thinking. The fertility doctor needs to be stopped! I am not sure what they can do to him but I hope they put him in his place. His elevator is stuck too!

• Ruth
  Sorry about the remark I made about the ocuptuplet mom not having plastic surgery I got that remark from an article on the internet. I did not watch the Dr. Phil show and did not follow up any more on this. You are right I should do more research.

  • No problem, Ruth. I’m sure there’s much, much more coming down the pike that we don’t know yet. Just sharing what I heard on Dr. Phil.

• I was upset with BD when he commented on plastic surgery or Ocotmom’s appearance thinking that it had nothing to do with anything that we were talking about… and then I watched Dr. Phil and realized that it did indeed have a LOT to do with everything. It showed how unstable this woman is. If she thinks that she is living a parallel life to Angelina Jolie’s and trying to be her or even trying to immulate her… in her own sad way…. (at the expense of innocent children) well then, so this mom has definitley put the appearance issue on the table and because of it… she has definitely given all those concerned, a suspicion regarding her missing the judgement chip big time!
  As for commenting on Kate’s appearance. I say so what. The stomach tuck was needed and if she wanted it. God bless her. If someone gifted it to you… would you say? Oh no… please let me pay for it myself… I don’t want you to give it to me…. I worked at a hospital in my twenties. Something happened to where one of the patients needed a plastic surgeon to come to our floor and see that patient. I ended up talking to him about a nose job for me…. my insurance paid for it and he excused my deductible. The only thing I had to pay for was the aestitician. You better believe I took what was offered to me… I have never regretted it! Those who judge Jon & Kate for what they are being given are just jealous!

• Testing

• OK, Big Daddy, I see your point (I truly do) and it’s a valid one in many aspects. Yes, I can see this from a woman’s point of view, but I have a 28 year old (white male) son and can also see things from his viewpoint as well. Let’s just start with war and the draft (even though we no longer have the draft). Women can and do serve an important role in any war, and many serve in the trenches on the front line. I personally don’t think that’s right, and I suspect you don’t either. Would you want your daughters drafted and sent to the front? I think not. There’s good reasons for this, however. Speaking in generalities again, young 18 year old boys are more easily trained to fight. They’re impressionable and maleable, and they have the testosterone thing going on. They can be “brain-washed” if you will, to shoot first and ask questions later. A young girl or woman, and even an older man (not previously in the military) would have the tendency to hesitate and see the enemy as a person, and that moment’s hesitation could cost them their life or the life of another soldier in a hand-to-hand combat situation. My father was the gunner on a battleship during WWII. He told stories of the war, and said it was so drilled into him “if it floats — SINK it” that one night, he caught glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye floating toward his ship. He swung around and fired 10,000 rounds into it before he could even see what it was, and there was nothing but splinters of wood left. Years later when he was mature, it haunted him. He imagined it might have been a family in a small boat just seeking refuge — or it could have been just a piece of driftwood. The point is that it bothered him later in life. I asked him once if he could have consciously, knowingly, willingly killed another man. He said no, not as a grown man, but that as an 18 year old boy he could and would have — he HAD to in order to be effective as a soldier, and that’s why they don’t send old men into battle. They’d take the time to look into the eyes of the enemy and see someone’s son, someone’s father, brother, etc., and that split second’s hesitation would get them killed… or we’d have no wars… So, unfortunately, the best candidates for the job are our young men. Remember, I told you I don’t like wars…

  So far as most other jobs go, I think the field is open to whomever can do the job. If I order new carper and a woman is sent to install it, as long as she has a strong butt-cheek and can knee-kick that rug into the corners, I’m fine with it. Same thing with plumbers. If I have a clogged drain, I don’t care if the plumber is black, white, tan, purple, or iridescent green so long as if, at the end of the day, my drain is open. Nurses used to be exclusively female and doctors were male. These days, not so much. Either sex can do either job if they’re so inclined. Many day care facilities hire men or boys as helpers or van drivers, and as long as their criminal and driving records are clean (the same I would ask of girls or women), I’m fine with it. Millions of men teach school, and women are as capable of molesting students as are men (as we’re seeing increasingly). Now, I feel I must admit that if my house is on fire, I’d rather see a big burly man coming up the ladder to rescue me. Guess I’m old school. But if a woman shows up instead, I’m ok with it as long as she can hoist my big butt up over her shoulder…

  In the home and family life, men can’t give birth but women can’t fertilize eggs. Fathers and mothers serve different roles but each are critically and uniquely important. Some studies show that as much as 80% of prison inmates come from a home in which there was no “involved” father or father-figure. Men are vital in teaching boys how to be men, and without them boys don’t learn that skill, or worse they learn it from the streets all too often. Fathers teach daughters how men ought to treat them. Case in point: my daughter’s father abused me and then wasn’t involved in her life. She has problems with relationships to this day. My son’s father was totally plugged into his role, and consequently our son is well-adjusted. He’d fight to the death for me, his sister, or any other “damsel in distress” because that’s what he was taught. I don’t mean to disrespect single mothers because many are very good and do an excellent job — but their job would be much easier if they were able to have a strong, good father in the picture. My own father is very likely the reason I was able to get out of my abusive first marriage. I just knew on some basic level that it was wrong — I wasn’t raised that way.

  That’s just my view on the whole male/female father/mother thing. I threw the “calendar” comment in there because you said you liked to see what you can stir up. Sorry you didn’t like it. I’ll save my views about race discrimination for another post. I think I’m probably already in danger of having you call ME long-winded…

  • OMG! I HAVE TO GO HAVE AN EYE EXAM AFTER THAT! I TRULY LOVE YOU MARIS!!!

• I’m really not sure what even to say at this point, maybe nothing would be better,
  I in no way said that Maris deserved to be beaten or treated badly, and she “did do some thing about it “she got out” no man or woman should be beaten, slapped or brow beaten, I have said many times that is the one thing that I really dis-like about Kate, is the way she talks to Jon not just on national t.v. but espically in front of her kids.
  I think Maris sumed it up really well what happens to those molding years when we adults act abuseive in front of our kids.

  Maris I to had a father who served in WW11 and he had several things that bothered him, I will never forget when he was out of his right mind 3 dats before he died, we went to see him, and the male nurses came in to help him with some thing, and he took my arm and pulled me close to him, he then told my husband to get me out of there, this breaks my heart, he said” they will get her down that long hall way and we’ll never see her again, they will use her and torture her til she dies” A couple hours later we went out side to have a cig, (my bro, SIL, husband and I) I realized I had left my purse in dads room, when we went back we could not find it, so we ask at the nurses station, and they tried to locate it but could not, to make a long story short, a couple hrs goes by and it’s time for dad to have a shot, when the nurse pulled back his sheet to straighten his bed a little, lo and behold there was my purse, he had evidently thought we left and was hiding it for me, Maris that was 16 years ago and I still have that purse tucked away. My husband said the Dr.s told him when my dad was trying to protect me and was fighting them so bad he more’n likely in his mind was back in WW11 some where.

  Yes I am proud of the ones in our family who are military, altho I am scared to death when they get deployed, but it’s their choice, even tho they didn’t have to carry a draft card like our fathers did ,
  I’m not sure what BD is so ticked off at me about I just know right now I have bigger fish to fry,
  as far as what I say (according to BD) is B.S. or have I lost my freaking mind, well we all have our opinions and if he truly thinks that so-be-it, I hope you gals (MY Sistas) have a great Valentines day, as for me, I don’t want to do any thing, hubby is trying to convince me that I’ll feel better if I at least go out to dinner, but today I just want to to NOT what ever.

  • I knew what you meant, Missy. It’s the “fool (or substitute hit) me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” idea, and I agree. Many (maybe not all) women choose to stay and take abuse for whatever reason rather than to leave, and I don’t “get” that mentality so I suppose I shouldn’t speak to it. Wow, these philosophical topics BD gets us off on are wearing me down… What’s next? Politics, anyone??

    Hope you feel better soon, and have a Happy Valentine’s Day all! Gotta go, hubby is waiting, I’m late for a spanking…

    OOooo….

• Oh hell Missy, go out and live a little! My wife is making me take her out on a date! So, Im fixing to go take a nap! Youll feel better if you get out for awhile. Youll be tired again tomarrow, you can rest then!

  Later
  BD

• Well, the date is over! We re home now. Maris, Missy, Coastm and Bun you so would have loved that movie!!!! It was a CHICK FLICK 100 PERCENT!!! We went to see “Im not all that into you!” It had Jennifer Aniston, the guy from Daredevil, Drew Barymore, Kris Kristopherson and a bunch of other people I didnt know in it. It reminded me sooo much of all of you! If you cant go see it at the movies, youve got to see it when it comes out on PPV or DVD!.

  BD

• Maris expressed to hear my political views, so here goes. I was not an Obama supporter in the beginning. Not that I was unsure of him but I, like Im sure a lot of people were afraid of how Americans would respond with a BROTHA in the White House. So far, Ive actually been pretty impressed with him. He most certianly is no slacker! In an earlier someone touched on the fact that we are in National Debt. The policticians in the past that have promised to balance the Nations debt can not do that. The fact that we are in debt is how the nation regulates inflation. I agree with him, spending is the only way to get out of the situation we are in. However, the American business are what is causing the problem. Every one, in one way or the other, is out to make sales. When it didnt look like gas prices were going to go back down, business had to increase their prices of their products to cover what is usually called, wharehouse charges. This includes the price of fuel to ship product from different countries and around the USA. Gas prices did go back down, however, retailers and other business have failed to take the leap and lower their prices back down. This is still causeing a lack of sales. To cut expenses people are now cutting PAYROLL, which is your number one most controlable expense. This, however, has caused their sales to drop even more. With less people working there are less people with money to buy the products that people are trying to sell. So it basically is a vicioius circle! Retailers eventually will realize that the only way to take care of business is to lower their prices, lower than before and make up the difference thru moving larger volumns of merchandise. I think in the near future, we will see prices go down dramatically. Dont know when that will be, but hopefully it will be soon. Increase in sales means they will have to have more employees to stock the merchandise as it come in and more people to check the merchandise out as it leaves the front of the store. There is a fairly new technology called RFID. I think it stands for RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION. It is being used some now to track merchandise as it is comming into the store. Soon, you will be able to roll a buggie of mdse under a arch and everything will be scanned, even if you are attempting to shop lift and have stuff in your pockets. They will be able to track a single item from the manufacturer, to the retail distribution center, to the warehouse, in the truck all the way to the store untill it is sold and leaves the front of the store. The only reason it is not in full effect now is it is controled in a micro chip in every item you buy. Not all manufactures have completed this transition yet. They other hold back is there is no way to deactivate the chip the last I heard, so someone with a scanner can drive down a street and tell everything that you have in your house and if there is anything in there that is worth breaking in for and steeling! Scary, hu? Well goodnight for now.

  BD

• Isn’t this supposed to be about Jon and Kate?
  How about the interview after the day Jon took the kids
  to the woods>
  Note Kate’s body language…..I think she HATES Jon.
  I hope this stays on the air for a long time…..just
  to see how Kate alienates her children.

  • Yes, Granny, it’s supposed to be about J&K. A few of us have been blogging here for quite some time, and after we’re done discussing the show we tend to get off-topic. You’ll have to scroll back a few pages to find where we all weighed in on Kate’s behavior on the sofa during the last episode.

• BD, have you seen the movie “Conspiracy Theory” with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts? It’s not a chick flick, and I bet you’d like it. Now, don’t go reading something into this I haven’t said, just see the movie. It’s entertaining and worth the rental.

• Granny, What? This site is supposed to be about Jon and Kate? Go figure! That would be boaring!!!! hahaha. I first came to this blog for the Jodi video. Then, once I realized that MOST every one on here was women. So, out of jest, at the time, I wrote a gender biast blog just to get under thier skin. I have hired and fired people for 26 years and over time, I have become very good at reading people, it was part of my job. I wasnt really planning on comming to this site again. But I got some very very interesting responses. From there it has grown and now I have actually bonded with many of the people that come here. I think a lot of people come back to this site just to see what is going to be said back and forth about a great many things.

  Yes, Maris I will rent that movie! For some reason, something is telling me that you mean something else!

  We really do ned to start our own blog. I think it would probably be very interesting. Does anyone know how? I get a web page with my Internet service. I wonder if I can turn it into a blog space. What could we call it?

  Does anyone hear from Bun from anywhere else other than this site? She has got to be out of the hospital by now! My wife was never in there for more than a 2 days. Hope she is ok!

  later
  Dale

• Granny,
  How sad. To each their own I guess. I want the show to stay on so I can watch how the kids grow up and only wish the best for them. Kate bugs me sometimes but I don’t wish her harm nor her innocent children.
  In my twenties, twenty one to be exact, I had 14 (2) two year olds. I was a preschool teacher. I was supposed to have help but there were times that I didn’t. I think that Kate has no choice but to take care of her kids the way that you learn how to as a teacher. She is very organized and yet loving. I’ve seen her hug and kiss them all. I don’t think that any of them will ever alienate her or feel slighted in the least.

• Big D…
  I didn’t like that movie at all. I love all of the stars in it and I was really looking forward to seeing it but I was like… when is this thing going to end?? I liked the ending but it just dragged out. Usually I love chick flicks. Maybe it was because we watched it without food and soda! LOL. My hubby and I went for Sushi but are on a diet so no sodas or popcorn or candy for us! That must have been it! LOL.

• Coastalom, you are so funny. I know you usually agree with me unless you are being preasured by the sistas which you are supposed to be part of! haha I didnt care for the movie eather! My wife, however, loved it. So did ALL of the other women that was there! They were clapping and etc…..! The funny thing is not only that you didnt like it but we didnt eat there eather. We had MEXICAN, no offense Maris, and didnt get anything at the theater! Dont tell my wife, but thru the whole freaking movie, I thought about all of you! How men say one thing and mean another. And how women over analize everyting! The only thing I did like was how The guy that worked in the bar finally realized he was in love with the dingie girl with the short hair! I sorta like when they guy and the blonde did it and she couldnt firgure out why she didnt like him but she couldnt sleep cause he had his leg throwed over her and snuggling.. That like us. My wife is like “DONT TOUCH ME”!!!! And Im all about throwing my leg over her!!!!! hahahahahaha

  later
  Big Daddy

  Maris and Missy, dont you say a damn thing about this blog!!!!

• I think a lot o fthe problem is TLC We have stopped watching a lot of their shows. I think they are beating a dead horse with Kate Is that what people want to see This is not a reality show is it reality that a family of 10 go on vacation once a month I hate to admit it but I am finding the duggars more interesting then the G’s now So maybe if we all stop watching they will get the point I have found that Discovery Health has more interesting families to watch the Duggars then came six an honest aproach to having six at once and Six for the road the Traveling family Maybe we can send TLC a message of how we are sick of Kate and her ways

  • Christy, I have an idea, why dont you watch LEAVE IT TO BEAVER! it would be more interesting than the Duggers! The Duggers and so many other show are too politically correct! Jon and Kate are too to some degree. But, atleast with them you never know who Maddy is going to smack next or what Kate is going to find to bitch about next, or when Jon is going to tell her to pull the stick out!. The Duggers are too sweet, they make my teeth hurt! I would like to see Mr. Dugger tell Mrs. Dugger to pull the stick out! That would be funny, although she probably wouldnt know what it meant. Its the unexpected and the imperfections that makes a show worth watching.

    Later BD

• well i am a thierteen year olg girl and i love to watch jon and kate lpus eight. i think kates does a great job on the show she may be grumpy but i would to if i had to take care of eight kids. and cause she dosent talk about her other family doesent mean she dont care so i think she and jon do a great job at takeing care of thier kids cause they are beutiful and i will still watch thier show

• BD I missed your poem. Did you write it yourself or cut and paste? It didn’t have any spelling errors so I assume the later. LOL. Just kidding. Hey and I liked Leave it to Beaver! I miss the shows like Donna Reed and Father Knows Best! Maybe that’s why I like J & K … another family show…
  Yeah remember the stick?! Kate was very bothered by that one and yet she can yell : Hellllloooooo and to get her poor hubbie’s attention and tell him to stop breathing. Seee… I am not all about standing up for her… The other site is bothering me… First off it is soooo slooow and now they are judging Kate’s Christianity. That really bothers me. Someone’s faith is no one’s business and I think that it is dangerous to judge someone else’s heart. Sure she doesn’t ooooze perfection but isn’t that why Jesus came? To save an imperfect world? Okay don’t get me started.. Just bugs me that everyone keeps bringing out the God Card on the other site. I don’t have a bumpersticker on my car because I reeeeally fall short (would be a BAD example from time to time on the old road!) and they are tacky… lol.
  My actual Valentines night sucked. Hubby had to work and I thought… oh well I will have a nice night e-mailing my buddies on line and watching TV. And………….. The POWER was out when I got home!!!! :(
  We live 12 miles out of town and I had just worked out so I couldn’t even take a shower… no blow dryer… no TV, no computer, no stove, even no microwave! Luckily I had picked up one of those roasted chickens at the grocery store.
  I made myself fall asleep at 8PM! Texted my husband that the power was out. He felt bad for me. Haha. But it truly sucked. LOL.

  • CoastalM, Ok, yes I cut and pasted it! You know my spelling sucks! Is there someway to get spell check on this blog? Im impresed by Maris’s ability to spell BIG words correctly! I think she sits in front of the blog with a Thesaourus! haha Im sure I spelled that wrong!

    Since my WHOLE family watches J&K when we go out in public, my wife and kids holler HELLO! Other people who dont watch the show have to think that we re aflicted!!! But its funny. We all talk about the show all of the time. When I find stuff like pictures of the new house and the property online, the first thing I do when the kids get home from school is to show Abbi, my youngest daughter!
    J & K is one of the few shows on TV that you can watch that can be exciting but you dont have to worry about language or sex. J and K are just like us I guess, they dont have sex eather! hahahahaha

    I agree with everyting that you said, as I often do, about them not judging Kates faith! People do they because they CREATE GOD IN THEIR OWN IMAGE! People usually say that they know that they arent perfect but then they will turn around and judge others in a second! Thats not their job, its Gods! But people love to hate, so they look forward to pointing out other peoples flaws! I guess its gets their minds off of thier own!

    What I really thought was odd, is that I really thought that the Duggers were Penicostal, probably Assembly of God, Because of how the females dress and their hair. I had J & K pegged as Baptist. I dont usually say this but I WAS WRONG! They are just the opposite! In case you didnt know. The Duggers are Baptist and J&K are Penicostal. I still havent figured that one out! I am very good at reading others and I never saw that one comming. Im a Church or Christ that goes to a Baptist Church, maybe thats done someting to my mind! haha

    Sorry to hear your Valentines day sucked! We live out in BFE too.

    Later
    BD

  • coastal, i’m new here and looking through and commenting on some of the posts (people here are funnnaaay!)
    but as for the Christian comments, I don’t know what other site you may be referring to (there are sooo many, i’m finding out…ha!), but I think people may comment because I have read where the family goes to churches to speak and asks for “love offerings.”

    I am a Christian and I would find that vile and disgusting, based on her televised behavior.
    I don’t question what she considers her own spiritual leanings, if indeed, she really does have any (i never hear them speaking to their children this way and that’s odd as few experiences in life can be shared without acknowleging God in them), but I do question someone holding themselves out to be “experts” or “qualified” to speak on something — when clearly — they are not — and then expect good ‘ol church folk to pay for it.

    I’m just learning about these Gosselin’s as I go — but I have just learned they go all over the country on speaking engagements; Kate especially, to women’s shows and book signings.
    It boggles my mind what woman would want to buy her book when they can just go to the library and get it for free if they’r that desperate to hear what she could possibly say about marriage and parenting.

• I think that I would like you and your wife. You guys sound great. Wouldn’t that be great if we had spell check on this thing? But really who cares. If we can pick around and basically tell what the other is thinking that’s good for me. I was truly just joking.
  I remember I went to a Southern Baptist church once that had this thing about women having long hair and wearing dresses and men having short hair.
  I think that most churches have modernized for the most part. My step dad came from Assembly of God and you couldn’t tell by the way they dressed. LOL. My husband was raised Church of Christ and I remember thinking… how sad they can’t afford a piano or organ. LOL. (They don’t have musical instruments.) I was raised with worship bands….etc… But thanks for agreeing with me about the judging. I would love if you would take a wander to that other site and set them straight It’s Jon & Kate plus 8 – Aunt Jodi tells her side… I never noticed but it is another Evil Beet… It’s very slow in posting so you might be spoiled from this fast one but there are some interesting people over there… I got Missy to visit but I think the slow moving pace got to her.
  Well, I’ll be back later ;)

  • On that other site, Coastalmom, I noticed someone who was critisizing Kate’s religion misquoted a scripture as “money is the root of all evil” — the verse actually says “the LOVE of money” is the culprit. That changes the whole meaning. They might still say it’s relevant to Kate, but you could at least tell them to get the beam out of their own eye before they fret over the moat in their brother’s, ie people who don’t know the Bible shouldn’t quote scripture.

• Big Daddy, why did you say “no offense” to me after mentioning Mexican food? Did you assume I’m Mexican because I grew up in New Mexico? News flash… New Mexico is a state, not a country. I do, however, speak fluent Spanish. Here’s one for you: En boca cerrada, no entran moscas… For someone who can “read” people really well, you sure do miss the mark a lot…

  Where’s Missy?? Missss-eeee… Are you feeling ok?

• Pinche bruja Maris! I dont miss the mark, you just dont like looking at yourself! The mirror can be a scarrrrrry place. But thats ok. Most women are that way. Yawll are all about dishing it out, like Kate does, but when its dumped back in your lap you want to run off crying and act like youve been wronged in some way. We gave you a rib and you got us thrown out of the garden. We gave you the right to vote and you elect Obama, what are yawll going to do next? So na Mamoon! Su necessita En boca cerrada! Excuse my spelling!

  Since you are from NEW MEXICO, are you from around Rosswell? That would answer a LOT!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha

  Where is Missy, she said she wasnt feeling well on Vtines day.

  maris, email me the sight that yawll are talking about. I looked and found one. It wasnt very impressive. I lift my gifted and insightfull thoughts there also.

  BD

  • Great — now I get to correct your spelling and grammar in TWO languages, like you weren’t keeping me busy with English. Well, let me go dig out my Spanish thesaurus…

    And what’s this?? You don’t like Obama? Who did YOU want for president — Rush Limbaugh??

• THE house they bought the new one 1.3 millon dollars. Why dont every one report them to child services?

  • That is the most rediculious this I have ever heard of! So, what if the house did cost 1.3 million dollars. Hell, If I had 1.3 million dollars Id buy one too. You know, its not just the kids that are on the show. Hell, I like to watch jon and Kate more than the kids! The show is about them too. Plus Kate has written a book about HER experiences. They do talk shows about THEIR experiences and do guest spots at churches and other organizations talking about THEIR experiences. So why would you want to turn them in to child services? They just wanted a place big enough for their children to grow up without falling all over each other and so the kids could have some space. Wouldnt any parent want the same for their own kids? You also have to remember, 6 of them were born at the same time so there is no pecking order. They are all going to be the same age for the rest of their lives. They need some room. Why the HELL would anyone want to report them to child services. They arent being abused. The freaking kids can only be cute so much. People watch the show to see what Kate is going to do next and how Jon is going to respond to it. If you dont like the show quit watching it! But you wont because you, like most of the women here love to hate. Your all like a pack of dogs after a piece of meat.

    • BD, is that you??

    • actually dude — you’re wrong. Kate did NOT write the book. Her former friend, Beth, did. No one is jealous except KATE of Beth’s lavish home. I can just hear her nagging at her husband now. Why can’t we……blah, blah.

      As for the comment about not watching — we no longer do!!
      This was a gradual thing, us thinking maybe Kate was having an “off” night, or the editing was bad.
      But it is obvious — this woman is a royal you-know-what and money-grubbing, sell your kids out for more, more, more!

      I honestly don’t care if they get a house, a washer-dryer, vacations, etc.
      I LOVE living in a big house and I LOVE my vacations.
      Why shouldn’t they?

      The big difference is – – they are pimping out their kids and exploiting them and stripping them of any privacy whatsoever.
      I don’t know ONE child who wants that kind of exposure.
      Kate said in an interview the film crews are there several times a week for several hours.
      That is child labor.

      But what is worse for me, is knowing that all this information on the internet — all this negativity, all the things she says to and about her husband are all now permanent records. There will be no escaping this for the kids and there is simply no question that will be extremely damaging to the kids and their development.

      The parents have to know by now the ridicule that is out there. Maybe it wasn’t there before (before Kate exposed herself as a royal b**ch — if she hadn’t — I surely would not have noticed and they could be churning out a daily show for all I would have cared) — but the fact is — it is there now — and what is said and put on the air and the internet and even Youtube — cannot be taken back.

      It would be in their children’s best interest at this point, to take their lives private.

  • I am surprised by your post Kate! I watch the show all the time and just because they bought a house for 1.3 million dollars means they need to be reported to child services??? I mean yes, Kate can come off as harsh at times, but I appreciate how she is, direct and to the point, she is real, and a good mom! I have 2 kids at home and there are days that I want to pull out my hair, she has 8! I could only imagine. You know, Jon & Kate are good people, the do the best they can for their kids and good for them coming up with the idea to allow people in their house. That was a smart move, unlike this other mother that has 14 kids and NO JOB!

    • i don’t think she gets “stressed” at all. this is just the way she is. It is clearly obvious now.

      She is never home enough to get stressed. And that is the truth!! When i went to look up the TLC network to write them concerning the children and let them know I do not approve of the way the network is taking advantage of the downward spiral this family is taking on national tv (and we are NOT watching anymore), I could not believe all the information out there about these people!!

      One of the items is Kate’s busy “speaking” and book-signing schedule.
      She goes to “women’s shows” at local malls and such and people line up (hundreds, even thousands — yes — thousands) to buy her book and get her signature!!
      She also goes to churches to speak and get “offering” money.

      She was on Dr. Phil talking about Octomom.

      Now — even Oprah uses SKYPE to talk to people from home.

      Why did this “busy, stressed out” mom have to fly to the Dr. Phil show to speak for two-minutes.
      Because they had a GIANT-SIZED poster in back of her promoting her BOOK!!!

      She is selling herself AND her family at every opportunity.

      How GROSS is that — that she is using the Octomom controversy to sell her own book?
      I think that is sooo weird and gross!

      So……if you think she so stressed taking care of her children — go look at her “speaking” engagement schedule.

      And think about why she has to go on Larry King and Dr. Phil rather than STAY HOME WITH HER 8 CHILDREN and Skype in her comments if they need them so bad?

      Think about it!
      Weird…..dontcha think?

    • Very good points, chris!

• Ok so you pick out tile for a room and then you paint the walls. Not the way I decorate!!!

• I am surprised by your post Kate! I watch the show all the time and just because they bought a house for 1.3 million dollars means they need to be reported to child services??? I mean yes can come off as harsh at times, but I appreciate how she is, direct and to the point, she is real, and a good mom! I have 2 kids at home and there are days that I want to pull out my hair, she has 8! I could only imagine. You know, Jon & Kate are good people, the do the best they can and good for them coming up with the idea to allow people in their house. That was a smart move, unlike this other mother that has 14 kids and NO JOB!

• Hey, Gena, Whey dont you post that 3 more times?

  Laura, so freaking what. Life is about the journey, not the destination!

  Who are all of you new people? Fresh Meat!!! you hear that Missy, Maris and Coastalmom? Blood is in the water! Freshmen scabs to pick on!

• I have never in my life seen so many kids who cry so much in my life. If I had free vacations, I would be more than happy to reciprocate in kind.

• Maris thanks for the scripture heads up. I like this site better. It makes me smile and shake my head all in the same 4 minutes. I love just watching the ping, pong back and forth between you and Big Daddy. I had to laugh when you said New Mexico is a state and not a country. You guys are so funny. Eeeeew Big Daddy… when I was a kid we used to pride ourselves on picking each other’s scabs! Yuck!
  What kids will do. Good we weren’t being taped… someone might have turned our parents into child services for not watching us well enough! I actually think Kate mentioned the cost of the house and then added the question about child services as an after thought, not because of the cost of the house. But if I am wrong, that would have been a clueless remark.
  Jon, great post! I second that!

  • Coastalmom, yea that Jon is a extremely wise man. He is the smartest man Ive ever heard from. I bet he is really good looking too!! ha CM, do you not recoganize his writting style?

    When I was in High School, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ha Scabs are what we called freshmen. That is what the scab comment was about. That was funny, you talking about them picking them! hahahaa

    Big Daddy

    • If that “Jon” is the smartest man you’ve ever heard from, perhaps you’ve spent too much time listening to the reflection in the mirror or the voices in your head. How dumb do you think we are? Never mind… don’t answer that…

• we love them all at our house…long story but in some ways our family is different…in addition we are happy…that seems to irk people sometime we notice…and if we were on a reality show and the focus shifted to another person?…be it Aunt Jodi or Santa Claus..that would bug us….and if there house cost $1.3 million I hope the next one costs ten times that….some people are jealous I guess…want good for others and it will come to you too…and no Jon and Kate arn’t perfect..thats what we loved about them (by the way neither are you :) and God loves you anyway

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  • WELL SAID JOHN! I hope you keep comming to this blog! We need another good male perspective! Wait untill you meet the rest of the crew here.

    • well, i can say i certainly am not jealous of a family that is imploding before America’s eyes.

      Our family has decided to no longer watch for that very reason. I think it’s unseemly to watch it for “sport”.
      Mainly, we just don’t want our kids exposed to that kind of talk.

      It is not “normal” at all. there are disagreements and there is constant degrading, humiliating, belittling, etc.

      That is a recipe for disaster and the folks who think it is normal interaction are the ones, i suppose, standing in line with jon & kate at divorce court.

      considering half the marriages end up there, it doesn’t surprise me that there are people out there saying that kind of behavior goes on in their marriages.
      i don’t doubt it does….and will end in court, very, very soon.

      so sad.

• I also hope that all is okay with Missy! I miss her too!
  By the way, I am not sure why everyone is so concerned about the cost of the house. It’s none of our business. We aren’t paying for it. So what if TLC bought it out right for them. It didn’t come out of our pockets. Quit being so jealous!
  And it may be the other site more but please quit coming on here and telling us to quit watching the show so that it will go off the air. If we wanted the show off the air bad enough we could figure out how to change the channel without you directing us…
  I like the show. I started watching it with my daughter who is now in college. We watch it together when she comes home. We also watched Little People Big World and I am watching the show where they go to Bagdad to help those children who are also little people and I am so ashamed of ever complaining. Those little kids are so gracious and happy and appreciative. They were dealt a hard hand in life and I can’t believe I complain about anything. Anyone who hasn’t seen it… needs to… it give you a kind of drive by wake up call to slow down and really stop to be grateful for all we have.

• OMG!!! Did yawll see the 13 year old boy that just became a father? I saw it when I was crusing the other J & K websites. It was like a little video on the side. The little boy spoke with an English accent so I assume they are from and hopefully in England. The interviewer asked him what he was going to do financially? He said, “WHAT DOES FINANCIALLY MEAN?” It was funny but very very sad! Cute baby though!

  You could almost have substituted the octomom in his place! “WHAT DOES FINANCIALY MEAN?” HAHAHAHA What are black people going to do if the goverment keeps paying for all of these little illagitimate white babies and Iraqi babies like the Octomom? There wont be any money left to pay for off of their illagitimate babies! OH!, DID I TYPE THAT OUT LOUD?

• Just saw the new episode of J&K. I thought It was pretty good. Alexis is soo cute. She can be pretty with braides and painting! Loved Jon and Kate on the couch. The two of them are so funny!

  I know tomarrow everyone is going to be bitching about Kate because she disrespected Jon. Guys, they are just playing! Jon knows it, thats why he turned his head and made faces. he knew the camera was on them. One of he most important things a person can have is a good sense of humor. Without a good sense of humor you will snap like a twig! Jon and Kate have that, but aparantly the Kate haters dont. Hey, I just made a new catch fraze, “KATE HATERS” Thats pretty good!

  I also noticed that they call the basement is the same thing that Remax called the recreation room leading in from the pool in their advertisment of the home.

  later, BD

  • As the owner of this site, I’m making a rare comment in this thread, which always gets very busy on Monday nights and Tuesday mornings. Dude, they are SO not playing. Kate is such a raging bitch to Jon, and I always feel so awful for him. And she’s getting worse! I love the kids, and I love Jon, but Kate is intolerable. If she’s this bad now, can you imagine how awful she’ll be by the time these children are teenagers? I can’t wait until the kids grow up and go to college so that Jon can divorce her ass. I don’t even really enjoy the show anymore, because I spend the whole time feeling embarrassed for Jon.

    • I couldn’t agree more. Honestly we haven’t watched the show regularly since the episode where she tormented Colin threatening to throw away his comfort bear because of a little gum. Wacko! The poor child was terrified and heartsick what a horrible thing to do.Seems the clothes and any time she’d “waste” cleaning them is more important than any damage she caused the child.
      The last two episodes of Jon and Kate have been particularly disturbing. She is way out of control demeaning Jon constantly. There is something definitly wrong w/ the woman. BTW judging from Jon’s body language I don’t think he’ll wait until the children grow up to divorce her.Sitting on the couch they look miles apart already.

    • First of all, Carole. THE OWNER OF THIS SITE Replied to me. You took my space. Please stay out of my yard.

      Evil Beet, thats soo long, How about I just call you Evi? Evi, I guess why I have a different feeling about Kate is because I have what is called a DRY WIT. Jon and Kate have a sense of humor. You show me a success full marriage who doesnt have a good sense of humor and Ill be amazed. I would hate to be committed to a marriage, and for those of you who say he ought to divorce him, comitted means when you say I do its FOREVER,

    • First of all, Carole. THE OWNER OF THIS SITE Replied to me, not you. She needs my guidance and wisedom. Its a good thing she doesnt need my spelling! ha You took my space. Please stay out of my yard.

      Evil Beet, thats soo long, How about I just call you Evi? Evi, I guess why I have a different feeling about Kate is because I have a good sense of humer and a DRY WITT.

      Jon and Kate have a sense of humor. You show me a successfull marriage who doesnt have a good sense of humor and Ill be amazed. I would hate to be committed to a marriage, where we had to talk and treat each other like we are polite strangers. If J and K were like that, oooh what a boaring show it would be!! When you are ONE with another person, as they are, you are more open and tend to be a little less politically correct because you have and you know each others heart! You can only watch a sweet kids be sweet for so long. If you have too many sweets, before long your teeth start to rot! People watch the show to see whats going to happen next! Guess what!the kids are going to play, the next episode, the kids are going to play, etc….. Its the way J and K shake it up thats interesting and keeps people comming back for more! Some people hate the show while others love it and the way they treat each other because they can relate to how they treat each other. Their populariy is aparent by the number of bogs there are about the show. Back in the Day, how many people do you think would blog about “Leave it to Beaver”? But, Hell, Im just a man that watchs Jon and Kate Plus 8, how weird it that?

      Now, let me ask all of the “KATE HATERS” a question. How many of you people who keep saying Jon should divorce Kate have never been divorced? Hu hu???? Could it be that the reason you feel so against Kate is actually because you still cant figure out or feel guilt because your first marriage failed? Or maybe now that your older your looking back and having regrets. Im not trying to be mean! I trying to make a point that too many people are willing to get divorced for the wrong reason. BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU ARE BEING CHEATED AND CANT LIVE WITH THE MOMORY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED, OR IF YOU ARE BEING PHYSCALLY ABUSED, GET DIVORCED! Im getting older now and Im looking back and wishing I had done somethings in my life differently. Could it possable be because the choices we made in the past were impulsive and because we were young and too pridefull? I read somewhere, 90% of parents of multipule births are divorced during the first year. (except for Octo mom, shes a statistic of her own), Jon and Kate has what it takes to last. Both as a couple and as a TV show. Way to Go!

      Now for Evi, I have a WORLD of questions for you. EX: how do I get a little picture on my blogs, no one can tell me. Please email me at HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

      I AM BIG DADDY AND I ENDORSE THIS MESSAGE!

    • Hi Evil Beet! So good to see you here — a rare treat. I enjoy all your blogs, I’m sooo your fan! Can I have your autograph??

      I agree with your comment as well. I wonder how many fans would watch Kate when she’s sitting alone on the sofa, kids all gone away to college, Jon off somewhere in his bachelor pad, no one for Kate to critisize, correct, or ridicule? What would she do — give the public a weekly tour of her big empty house with all the stainless appliances and the new dark gray tiles with invisible specks of brown that she’d surely have installed by then? Wow, how very fascinating…

      I might have stopped watching weeks ago if it were not for your blog. I hope you don’t mind that we get off-topic, especially after the Monday/Tuesday reviews of the show are all in. There’s only so much we can say about J&K before it becomes a very boring discussion…

      Big Daddy, your “backyard” is planted smack in the middle of Evil’s property. Go have your testosterone levels checked and stop being so damned territorial…

    • First of all, Carole. THE OWNER OF THIS SITE Replied to me, not you. She needs my wisedom and insight. Good thing she doesnt need my spelling! ha You took my space. Please stay out of my yard. ha

      Evil Beet, thats soo long, How about I just call you Evi? Evi, I guess why I have a different feeling about Kate is because I have good sense of humor and what is called a DRY WIT. Jon and Kate have a sense of humor. A good sense of humor is a must for a good marriage. You show me a successfull marriage that doesnt have a good sense of humor and Ill be amazed. I would hate to be committed to a marriage where I felt I had to treat my spouse like a polite stranger. That would be soo boaring!

      People love the show and keep watching because they love or hate Jon & Kate! Guess what? On the next episode of Jon & kate plus 8 the kids are going to play! The episode after that, the kids are going to play! etc… Its the way Jon & Kate shake things up that keeps people comming back for more. You can only watch kids being sweet for so long. If you have too many sweets your teeth will begin to rot! Back in the day, How many people do you think would have gone to the “LEAVE IT TO BEAVER” website to bog about it? Just the number of blogs is proof of their popularity.

      Jon and Kate are one. When you are one with a person you tend to let your guard down and your not so politically correct. When you know someones heart and they are holding yours, you know what they are feeling and what they are going to take offense to. Jon is not offended, he knows her true heart and what she says is just Kate. The interviews are my favorite part because of it not inspite of it! I read somewhere that 90% of married couples who have multipul births get divorced during the first year after the children are born? I think that after 10 years that is a tesiment to their marriage. But, Hell, Im just a man who watches Jon & Kate plus 8, how weird is that? (and Im not gay!) Maris, shut up!

      Now let me as a question to all of the “KATE HATERS”? Thats my new catch fraze by the way. How many of you that keep saying Jon and Kate should get a divorce has had a successfull first marriage? Ever think maybe its not them that is broken? Sweep your own porch before you sweep your neighbors!

      Now for Evi, I have a WORLD of questions for you! EX: how do I get a little picture by my blog like you have? etc…. Please contact me at HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

      I AM BIG DADDY AND I ENDORSE THIS MESSAGE!

      Sorry about the double post.

    • I agree. I dont like the show anymore at all. Whats the latest on Aunt Jodi and Beth? (and BTW you know Kate probably reads our blogs, looks like she would bring her pedestal down a few notches)

    • I was drawn into watching this show because of the cute kids and the fact that they were twins and sextuplets. For a long time I thought this was the cutest show I’d seen in a long time. After time though, I got real tired of the sarcastic remarks that Kate had for Jon. I got tired of the hissy fits that Mady was having. They have benefited by the following things because of this show: tummy tuck for Kate, teeth whitening for both Kte & Jon, hair plugs for Jon, many many major amusement park trips for 10+ people, Utah ski trip for at 10 + people, trips to New York, trip to Hawaii, numerous trips to the beach and the list goes on and on…..OK…so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and said “well, they have to have something to film a show about”…so why not all these nice trips or medical procedures that are being done that we all just wished we could afford to do too. Then I saw the 1st show about the new house and land that came with the house…Kate was at the kitchen window waving her arms saying “all that as far as you can see is MINE” or something very similiar to that. I emphasis the word “MINE” because that is what SHE said…not OURS, but MINE. Yes….greed has taken her over. How long does she plan on making money off of her kids? How long will people be interested in watching this family on TV? I feel if she doesn’t change her demeanor on this show that people will get fed up with her. I just hope that they are saving money for the kids future and education instead of blowing everything now for their own amusement.

• To Jodie: You really said it best about not being Bitter.

  I just read an article about Natalie Cole (a singer I just LOVE and wish we would hear more of today) and she talked about some rough times she went through (it’s in the latest Guideposts magazine, which you can also see online).

  Her line in there is about choosing to be “Better” rather than “Bitter” and I just LOVE that philosophy and Christian way of thinking and acting!
  It seems you have really adopted this way of living, as well.
  We also call it “exercising our spirit!”
  So, you just keep doing that, girl!

  Also, our family has finally come to the decision to turn off the jon and kate plus 8 show, mainly because of the unhealthy way kate acts on the air, constantly (and i mean constantly) criticising and belittling her husband. she says this is the way all couples act and she is just so wrong about that. the only couples i know who treat one another this way are those that end up in divorce court!!

  (i hope that doesn’t happen and our family will pray for them that it doesn’t come to that, but it certainly appears headed in that direction!)

• “did i just type that out loud?” — from daddy!

  It’s okay …..you can’t spell so no one can understand any of the gibberish you write anyway….so don’t worry about typing out loud.

  However, I did catch that you are a racist and think verbal abuse is “joking” around.

  plus….you can’t spell.
  what a bonus!!

• does it ever occur to people like john and bigdaddy that it will not be long before these kids grow up and are able to read all the negative blogs about themselves and their parents, not to mention all the mainstream media articles, youtube paradies (many are very cruel).

  The parents and the network need to get a grip and figure out another way to make money for this family, but not off the backs of these kids!!

  they are innocent, little children and one day, they’ll be able to see why mommy and daddy ended up in divorce court splayed right out in front of them on the world wide web. There will be NO ESCAPE!!

  don’t you get it?
  Enough is enough!! Unfortunately (and primarily because of the mom’s terribly abusive — yes! abusive!! — behavior toward her husband), the show — the mom — has spawned an internet sensation of BAD publicity. And for that reason and that reason only — they should stop dead in their tracks and stop what they are doing.

  Hopefully, in a few years, by the time the kids are old enough to start reading (and this will only be a few short years), the internet will be filled with many more items that will obscure this terrible time in their lives.
  But if this continues, the parents, now knowing what’s going on, will only have themselves to blame for exposing their INNOCENT children to all this.

  I’m very glad for the family’s good fortune and if the mother were truly grateful, she would get a clue and change her behavior. But we can all see, it has only deteriorated to the point where it is frightening, bizarre and intolerable. She clearly is ungrateful, slumps down in her chair, covers her mouth and grumbles out responses to the producers questioning her and uses every opportunity to berate her husand. I find it despicable! And because we watched it as a family, we have decided to tune it out now, because believe me, we do NOT carry on this way in our household.

  • Chris, YOUR A DUMB ASS. Is that gibberish enough for you? YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR EYES! Am I racest? After having my child, who has never heard the N word come out of my mouth, had bruises left on him by black children that would come up and say “HEY, white boy” and punch him! His bruises were so bad they covered one whole arm and one side of this chest! When there were so many black kids involved in it that he could not identify them all! After, all the BLACK pricipal, Dr. Rose at Stewart Middle school would only say, well have him stand here so we can watch him! After we moved to have my kids go to a school with fewer black kids because we didnt want my girls to go thru the same torcher! After twice seeing BLACK WOMEN get promoted, because they were black when there were more qualified white people there, and then get fired for theft! After the news show American children being constatly raped and beaten and raped by illeagl aliens AND THE GOVERMENT NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT! Yea, after 40+ years of being unbiast and supporting equality! I am finally a racest! None of my children have ever been taught to be racest in our home! They have been taught that all people have things to add to society to make us all better! My son is now racest, not because of me, but because of what the BLACK KIDS HAVE TAUGHT HIM! BECAUSE THEY ARE RACEST! BUT NO ONE WILL EVER SAY IT BECAUSE THEY ARE FREAKING BLACK! AFTER BEING PUT THRU ALL OF THAT, YEA IM FREAKING RACEST NOW!!!!!
    CHRIS, OPEN YOUR FREAKING EYES! GO ON TO YOU TUBE AND LOOK AT THE ILLEAGEL ALIEN NEWS CLIPS!

    As for my spelling, I know a lot of people who don’t spell as well as I do! And I keyboard at 225 WPM, documented! what about you?

    You are a dumb ass!

• I thought of something befitting of an “evil” blogsite.

  I would love for some gutsy blogger to show up at one of kate’s “events” – preferably one of the women’s shows — WITH their husband and just start yelling…..”Joooooonnnnn”……”Jooooonnnnn!!!”
  …..”JOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

  AND!!!! FILM IT!!!! And share it with the rest of blogger world on Youtube.

  Getting her reaction would probably be one of more hilarious things I’d see in a long time (as far as this show goes).

  Man….that would be funny!
  (just thinking about it cracks me up….ha-ha!)

• I thought the same thing Big Daddy. I think the whole thing is staged especially the end of last nights show. She really acted out of hand.

  Also, why would they get rid of that beautiful hardwood floor at the entry way to the “basement” and put tile down? And why would they pick out a color to match and then paint the room??

  • I have to disagree, Rachel. Kate was “real” in the beginning when she was so vulnerable and frightened, and although I’d like to think otherwise, I believe she’s just as “real” in current shows. I don’t believe it’s an “act” — I believe she’s just that insufferable…

    As for her decorating and remodeling savvy, I don’t think she’ll ever work as a consultant… not for me, anyway.

• Evil B…. I agree… for one who has constantly stood up for Kate…. She has said that they are working on Mady… Well my dear… I hope you get the same help Miss. Kate! When they are caught up in the midst of their daily routine… I don’t like it but don’t get caught up in the judging because you don’t know all of the circumstances but sorry Big Daddy, I have to jump on the wagon here and say…. she is sitting on the stinking couch in a controlled enviorment… There is no frustration or kids to excuse her behavior. When she told Jon not to interrupt. I am sorry but she interrupts him all of the time and he is just too gracious to say anything. I don’t think he doesn’t have a back bone… And you can tell he is bothered…. she told him how not to sit with his arms folded… how not to say certain things and not to interrupt when she constantly interrupts him. She definately has a chip that filters out not to just say what you think every single time you think it.
  So there you go my dear bloggers… For all who think that I only defend them… My problem is….some of you who act like you are in their house or were in their house and you know all these factual things about them, the amount they paid for their house, down to how she acts in public. If someone says that they saw her being rude then I have to believe it but for those who have just heard someone else say that she is rude in public because they read it somewhere but act like they were there…. bothers me. But last night she blew it. I am done defending her absolutely inexusable behavior towards Jon… I have said I wouldn’t want cameras following me around listening to the way I talk…. but for heavens sake be nice to your sweet husband Kate! No one else would put up with you.

  • AMEN, Coastalmom! Kate can sit on one foot and pout (last week?) and thinks it’s perfectly fine, but if Jon crosses his arms he’s a “ding-dong” according to her. One of her last comments to him “Don’t you ever learn??” may come back to haunt her. If he indeed packs up and leaves her one day, she can say “Well, I guess he finally learned…” He seems like such a sweet guy, and those cruel jabs that so belittle him just roll off her tongue without a thought like it’s second nature. She may find out some day that there’s loads of women who would snap him up in a New York minute…

• Big Daddy… I said sorry because you said that you knew that everyone would come on here doing just what I did! ;)
  Also I didn’t finish my sentence. I don’t think that he doesn’t have a backbone… or I should have said… Jon has a backbone he is just too gracious to say what he would like to. Or…. he actually has that chip that filters out how not to just blurt out everything he thinks.

• I loved watching the earlier seasons of J&K, but the last couple have really lost their appeal. Of course, no one expects Jon and Kate to be “picture perfect” parents, always smiling and happy. But with each episode, she becomes more of a tyrant and he gets more and more passive. Show some spirit, for goodness sake, Jon! He’s so “monotone” all the time. I do appreciate how he allows the kids more freedom than Kate though. I don’t enjoy watching Kate because, plain and simple, I don’t like her personality. But what bugs me the most about the current episodes is that they all feel like a darn commercial for one product or another. There are soooo many product endorsements, it’s getting so annoying. And the newer episodes feel more “staged” than the older ones. They get so much stuff for free now, I think they are less relatable than they used to be. Part of their early appeal was that you could identify with their real life situations, but now they seem more like celebrities which is so much less interesting, in my opinion. Of course, the kids are still adorable and I love to watch them grow up, but I find my enthusiasm for the show steadily fizzling out. (BTW, does Jon still have a job aside from the show?)

  • Ain’t that the truth! Is there anyone on the planet (that watches) who didn’t catch that HUGE Whirlpool endorsement? Big Daddy wants to talk about slobbering, OMG! His woman Kate was leaving a long deep trail of drool for the camera crew to wade through…

    Overdone, just a bit??

    And no, Jon doesn’t work as an IT analysis anymore, he works exclusively for Kate…

    • They should have called the show “Jon & Kate Plus a Whirlpool Duet” for that episode.

    • Either that, or maybe “How To Have An Orgasm Before The Spin Cycle Even Starts” — an instructional video by Kate…

  • I agree with Lynn to a point. Now that they are more like celeberties people cant relate to them as much. But I feel it was probably necessary for the kids sake. More money, bigger house. But notice, they are still driving the same old vans! But come on, if you could do it too you would! Come on, tell Daddy the truth!!!!

    I personally think Kate is sorta HOT! But Ive been worried about her health or she is starving herself! I noticed on another blog how skinny she was looking during a book signing. They say tv adds 10 lbs to you so I guess it wasnt so obvious but now she starting to look bonie on tv too. I live a woman with a little mo meat on her bones!

• COASTALMOM AND MARIS, You are like a couple of salvating DOGS! you let the owner post a blog and you start sloberin!!! Guss what? She aint gonna throw you no bone!

  I expected that from Maris but not from you Coastalmom. You need to change your name to Boastalmom! AAAAUUGGHHH!!!

• …

  • Nice hat. Was Aretha Franklin’s hat unavailable? Never mind, you probably didn’t watch the inauguration…

• Jon and kate are exploiting their children which will come back to haunt them. They will be sitting in rocking chairs one day on their fancy porch feeling emotionally alone. Obviously kate has no relationship with her own family and history will repeat itself.

• I caught that Whirlpool endorsement, Maris.

  • rach…did you catch the commercial right afterward, then?

    (I did and wrote whirlpool letting them know their little “trick” backfired and rather than considering their product, we will not be including whirlpool in our house in the future. btw, the “duette” kate managed to sputter out of her mouth in between telling jon to shut up and berate him, is whirlpool’s top of the line, most expensive washer (probably dryer, too) – $1800 bucks!

    i’m not one to begrudge the family free goods — i don’t even mind that they stick a commercial in there for the product.

    but what i DO mind is TLC thinking we are so stupid out here in middle America that we don’t notice.
    And we don’t notice that the whole thing is a big STAGED production. It infuriates me that these children are being taken advantage of in this way.
    To film once in a blue moon real-life occurances is one thing.

    But to stage every episode and force the kids to do things they clearly do NOT want to do, even if it is a walk in the woods, is abusive and should not be tolerated.

    I don’t think the twins are included because I really don’t think they want to be. I’ve noticed in the prior episodes, when Mady would see the camera, she would become annoyed. I actually believe I recall her making a statement to that effect, too.
    I feel bad for her most of all, because I really don’t think she’s a bad or misbehaving child, at all. It’s the way her mom talks about her publicly, that makes people think that.
    You would probably be just a tad miserable too, if you had cameras following your every move, even on “vacation” and without your permission.

    I have to say, tho, my all-time favorite is when she came home from school on her birthday and kicked the balloons in the kitchen.
    i just thought that was so funny and cute!! (but sad, too, if she really gets upset that easily). I’ll be she was mad because it was her birthday and she came home and……Surprise!! Here’s a nice Camera in your face!!!
    I would Hate that! :(

• Dear John,

  Best of luck. Great house, great family. Thinking, Kate is being so insensitive and rude to you, which makes her look so bad. Not you.

  Take care

• Maris, I LOVED the orgasm comment! I was so proud of you! If I would have said that you and Missy would have been on me like flies on cagotha de perrro!

• just some thoughts on this…what’s going to happen if one of these kids decides one day they no longer wish to live their lives like a spectator sport? or are they being raised to be so full of themselves that this will never happen? don’t mean to be nasty, but really…how could anyone exploit themselves (and kids who don’t really have a say in it) in such a way? my hubby and i have six children and another one on the way…its really not that hard…they may even find it a little less stressful if they were just left alone to get on with it the way most of us have to. although, clearly the perceived monetary benefits outweigh just about all else…all i can say is i hope they are prepared to one day face the consequences of the choices they have made for those poor kids…if the publicity they are getting is clearly becoming less than positive…maybe its time to stop.

• Hey!!! This is Landon Myatt From Lubbuck Texas i love your show i am 12 years old and i love Mady Karea Leah Hannah Alexis joel Ayden colin

  • Honey, don’t ever put your first and last name and location on the internet where just anyone could see it. The people on this site seem ok, but the internet is FULL of creepy people lurking around, looking for just such information. If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, go ask your parents to explain it to you.

    Just trying to be helpful and look out for you.
    Please be safe… : )

• I really enjoyed the shows that Jodi were on.I think it is very sad that Kate has to act this way about everything.She needs to stop and think about everything Jodi has done for her and her family.

• OMG, everyone! For a group of people, and by people I mean mostly women, that like to nit pick stuff apart you have missed the most important part of the past two episodes. Its not always what you see that matters, its what you dont see! NO CARA OR MADDY! They have been absent during the past two shows. I wonder if they are trying to tape while they are at school deliberatley because of all of the bad press Maddy has recieved? Because she has gotten too out of hand or is it just a coincidense? I think NOT! I had noticed that Kate had been making a point to say, “Maddy wasnt being kind so she is staying behind and missing out on the fun” on a couple of recient episodes. Almost she was embarrassed by her actions. Now, she is missing from the show? Couldnt tape with just Cara because the only time they could do it without making Maddy feel bad about herself is to do it while they are at school. What do yawll think?

  Big Daddy’s wisdom spreads far indeed!

  • I noticed that too, Big Daddy. I wondered if maybe the girls both made some statement that they’d like to be out of the spotlight for a while, or if perhaps Mady is seeing a therapist who suggested they take her out of the filming and Cara just happened to be at school as well, or what’s up? They’ve made no mention of it that I recall. Looks like they’d at least say “the older girls are at school” unless they actually want the viewing audience to wonder and speculate…

• Whats going on with Aunt Jodi and Beth?

• I loved this show when I first started watching a couple years ago. I just wanted to watch the cute kids. Now the segment in the basement has gotten longer and the time with the kids shorter. It should be renamed “The Kate Gosselin Show”
  How much longer will they continue to film the parents talking in the basement of the old house? Hopefully that house will get new owners soon.

• Maris, thanks.. I was thinking that too. Mama Maris!
  Big Daddy. Whatever… it looked as if there was a little drool on your lip as well but not to dissapoint you…
  I do have to say to Evil Beet that though I am always disturbed when Kate talks badly to Jon but I don’t ever wish a divorce on them. :(

• Okay Big Daddy… I am as smart as you now! Figured out that picture thingy…. Now you KNOW I am a blonde! LOL. I have to admit… the pic is from my old portfolio many moons ago…..

  • Not to worry, Coastalmom. Big Daddy found his pic when he finally got around to taking that calendar off the wall…

• So I drooled over Evil Beet a little — so what? Is anyone else a fan of American Idol? If so, she has a wonderful recap of last night’s competition (check over to the right). She had me LMAO! I’m capable of admiring other people and their works, unlike you, Big Daddy. I swear, sometimes you get so full of yourself, so self-congratulatory over your self-perceived “wisdom” — I think if it gets much worse you may have to buy a bigger hat… And that’s bad, because the one you have is already HUGE. What is that, anyway? A 15 or 20=gallon??

• Oh my!!! I just don’t know where to start! Over the fact that Coastalmom has a portfolio or the fact that Maris admitted that she has a problem with drooling!? And Coastalmom, its ok, your only a blonde if it didnt come out of a bottle!

  So, CM, you have a portfolio? What did you used to do that you would have a portfolio? Or is that a reference to some old pictures? seriously, when pics are black and white they are usually of some artistic quality.

  Im gonna have to go change my picture just to suit Maris. And who is Urithra Franklin? And, Maris, when do you find time to sit and watch all of these shows you talk about? I hate American Idol, although two of the people that were on there are from where I live. I even know one of their uncles. I sorta liked the Country American Idol they have sometimes. I forget the actual name of the show.

  And the comment about my hat being a 15 or 20 gallon? Did you come up with that one while you were reading one of your Depends packages?

  Still havent heard anything from Missy? Thats not good! I wish there was some other way to check on her. Does anyone on here know her personally?

  WHEN YOU REMOVE THE IMPOSSABLE, WHAT REMAINS, NO MATTER HOW IMPROBABLE, MUST BE THE TRUTH!

  • NO, NO, Big Daddy, DON’T change your picture!! I’ve got too many more hat comments! As for the 15-20 gallon comment, I got that from an old box of hubby’s condoms. What are depends?

• Looks like Jon went to Shorty’s and got plastered.
  http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww303/strea449/Jonatshortys.jpg

  Some people in Huntingdon, Pa say Jon’s been living at his mothers home since the first week of February and he’s been seen in many of the bars getting hammered around town and word IS is that they are separating. They have a year contract with TLC for the show, so they have to honor the contract, so looks like we will see what happens.

  The article below says a whole lot about Jon & Kate, and IMO gives a bit of insight at to why Kate was pushing a Vow Renewal so early in their marriage and would keep saying that they have to stay together.

  A writer interviewing Jon & Kate on the phone during a 4 way call which also included their publicist heard Kate yelling at her husband and putting him down to the point Jon just shut up and she felt she couldn’t write the story and killed it.
  http://www.kellydinardo.com/blog/comment1.cfm?ID=48

  • hello taxpayer; do you know where jon’s mom lives (what town), as noticed the bar, shorty’s, is in kutztown. is that near his mom’s place?

    because it sure seems in the other direction from the new house, am i right?

    help me out here.

    It looks like he either closed the place down or they haven’t opened up yet (see the upturned stools on the tables)….
    maybe jon is making “peronsal” appearances at bars while kate is at the women’s shows.

    anyway, i hope they get some serious marriage counseling. It’s bad enough the kids are being exploited and talked about so negatively – this would just do them in.

    and btw, i see nothing wrong with the guy tying one on every now and again – – i just hope it’s not a case of while the Kate’s away……

• GREAT LINKS! HOWEVER, Im gonna need more proof than that! I do believe Jon went to a bar. HELL! IF I HAD THAT MANY KIDS THE SAME AGE ID BE DOIN SOME DRINKING TOO!!! PARTY ON!

  But to think they are seperated, aaah I don’t know. I mean I can write all kinds of stuff that would sound interesting. but THOU SHALL NOT BARE FALSE WITNESS! Im sure Maris will find something wrong with my scripture quote, but I believe the point gets across.

  • The only thing I see wrong with your scripture is that it’s written to Christians, not the media. As for the story on the other blog and its validity, I suppose only time will tell for sure. I have to admit, though, it does sound plausible. I mean, that’s definitely Jon in the picture. If it was indeed taken at a local bar, what’s he doing there? Yes, we know YOU’D be throwing back a few, but you don’t have to sneak in the house and face Kate. I doubt she’d give him permission…

• Yeah I modeled when I was my baby’s age now. She is the little actress in the family and actually going to an academy in West Hollywood. She has more follow through and is determined not to fall in love until she makes it. Unlike her old mom…. I fell in love and gave it all up…yes BD for a boy! And as for the not from a bottle. It was all natural then so does that qualify? I never let myself know what it would like or if I actually have gray cuzzzz I hate roots! And I will never see what I would like with gray hair even when I am 70!

  • I HEAR YA CM! Ive been know to use a little color myself! ha

• No Big Daddy… say it ain’t so! LOL. *wink*
  I actually think that’s perfectly fine.
  As for Kate’s hair. What is that all about? I am so against talking about appearance but her striped hair and nest in the back is not getting any better. Did I say that? Oh dear.

• I loved the picture of Jon! He was plastered! Too bad he wasnt at a tiddie bar and had a couple of dancers on his arm. That would have really pissed Kate off!!!! ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF JON & KATE PLUS 8, SEE JON AND HIS BUDDIES HAVE A BIG DRINKING PARTY IN THE BACK YARD WHILE KATE IS IN NEW YORK! HAHA

• Yet another story about Jon and Kate separated, Jon cheating and Kate suspected of also cheating. (http://slackerchic.blogspot.com/2009/02/cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater.html) Did you guys see the other two?

  Our blog may be getting a little TOO interesting soon.
  Oh my, my, my…

• Okay we truly don’t know what goes on behind closed doors when all cameras are off. It clearly seems that they don’t hide anything when cameras are rolling. As Kate says what would the point of that be. What you see is what you get. My question would be on that blog about him cheating… How do we really know what the conversation was unless we were actually there? Another case of hear say. I think that it is ashame that once that these reality shows tend to tear apart people.. Like Jessica Simpson etc… It just seems too hard and then the papparazzis start in along with their own shows’s carmeras and they have no life. I am going to be sad if they can’t make it work. But those sickos out there that are applauding this is it is real make me sick. It’s kind of like when Opra gains weight. How many females are secretly happy. Misery loves company and if you aren’t happy… ain’t nobody else gonna be… huh?

• Wow, I saw the photos of Jon lighting up the town at the bars and all I can say is no wonder J&K say they are tired and wore out all of the time. They must mean tired after a night out rather than tired from taking care of the kids..and to think I thought they were Christians.

  • OH MY Lisa, There is nothing in the bible that says you cant go out and have a good time! It doesn’t even say that you can’t drink. It says not to become a drunkard. Which mean that you should exercise moderation in ALL things! GOOD THING HE DIDN’T DANCE! DANCING CAUSES SEX YOU KNOW! HA

• Big Daddy, you went from a pic of a HUGE hat to one so small I can barely make it out with my 3X reading glasses. Are those “man boobs” you have? Suddenly your comment to me about “bras on every door knob” makes sense…

  Where is Missy?? And where is Bun??? Our circle is shrinking, and I soooooo HATE change!!

  And unlike Big Daddy, I DON’T love the idea of Jon getting sloshed at a local pub with a young thing on each arm. I think it’s tragic if it’s true. BD, why are you happiest when someone is fighting? Are you a closet drag, uh I mean drama queen??

  But, like I said on another site, I smell a rat and I’m not talking about the poo under the old freezer. The older girls (who would be able to realize something’s amiss at home) are mysteriously absent from the last 2 episodes — why? Why no mention of where they were? The Hawiian wedding with the “I’ll love you forever” vows, moving into a new million dollar house, etc… It all smacks of a couple of “jump the shark” marital moments…

• I was looking at those pictures and I really dont think that its him. Pretty good look alike but not him or maybe its alot of cropping of the picture!!

• Yes, I put that picture on there just for you Maris to see what you would say. Wait untill you see the next one! I can’t wait!

  I just don’t see Jon and Kate seperating! If I had a situation that was making me that kind of money? I’d find SOMEWAY to be happy!

  If they were having that kind of problems, I really think we would see other signs EX: John driving a VERY EXPENSIVE sports car! etc… Ive looked at satilite photos of their house and I didnt see a new car. Just the old vans, UNLESS he keeping it in the garage! AAHA!

  If Jon really wanted to get away from Kate or was that unhappy, he would write a book! With all of the publicity they get from way he and Kate treat each other and everyone feeling sorry for POOR LITTLE JON he would sell 10 x the number of books that Kate has! I know all of you would buy one! How many of you have bought kates new book?

  Bun, is probably too bussy changing diapers and trying to sleep when the baby is sleeping. I am supprised she hasnt atleast popped in to say hi. But Missy, I think something bad must have happened. She wasnt feeling well on Valentines Day.

• Hey,
  how come nobody has mentioned next weeks show about them getting 2 dogs. What’s are your thoughts on this new addition?

• The dogs actually now that you mentioned them, will be a good thing for the family. At first I didn’t think so. Pets are good because they give young children 3 things. Responsaility, security thru repitition and how to deal with loss. If they make Maddy responsable for one dog and Cara responsable for the other, it will be great. It will give the older children a purpose, it will teach them responsability from having to feed them, and how to deal with death or loss, because canines life span isn’t nearly a long as a humans.

  This will be GREAT for Maddy. Giving her a sense of purpose and will supply her with a sence of responsabality haveing another living thing depend on her. Animals can be a great form of theropy for both kids and adults. This is a GREAT idea!

  I don’t think they are planning on keeping them outside though, like Jon had suggested a long long time ago if they ever got a big place. Big dogs are rough on the inside of a house when they are young. Picking up poop the size of a cow paddie IS NOT FUN! They are extremely rewarding after the first or second year. We have a mutt, mutts are the best due to decrease in inbreading, NO OFFENSE MARIS,. Our is half boxer and half yellow lab. She is the best dog. she acts like a human and undersands words that or not commands. She goes with us and is very well behaved. But when she was little !! OH MY LORD! Anyway, thats my thoughts.

  Hey did yawll catch the comment about Maris and Inbreeding? hahaha

  • They get rid of the puppies after a few episodes so, no, they weren’t a good thing for the family. This is such unconscionable behavior, to rush into getting not one puppy, but TWO, and then take them away from those children. Just awful.

• BD Do you continually insert in those NO OFFENSES to poor Maris just to work her up? It seems as if you insert one in every other post. I think I might be out of the loop and you guys may have a private joke going on…..??
  I’m worried about Missy… I haven’t seen her on either thread….

• CM, yea, thats my way of giving her a poke! Just like she does to me if you haven’t noticed! It’s what brightens my day! haha

  Yea, Im worried about Missy too. I something bad must have happened to her. I think her and her husband share the same email. Ive been emailing her but still have not had a response. I would figure that if she didnt respond, maybe he would.

  Later
  BD

• CHRIS, If your out there, go look at the reply on your post from February 17th. YOU DUMB ASS!

• Yes, Coastalmom, BD threw that “inbreeding” comment in there referring to my little chihuahua (I’m guessing). Such a “wise” man who “reads people” so well, he makes assumptions about dogs in the same ignorant manner he makes generalizations about race, women, and everything else in his tiny world. Myopic, to say the least…

  NO offense?? YES offense, so let me “brighten” your day, Big Daddy. Knowledge is power, so let me educate you just a little if that’s even possible. ALL purebred dogs are NOT from Arkansas, thus not inbred. I’ve owned many, many pets over the course of my life — cats, rabbits, birds, gerbils, turtles, fish, muts, rescue dogs of all sizes, breeds, and temperments. Much of it falls into the “goes with the territory of child rearing” category. I owned a rescue chihuahua years ago and knew I loved the breed, but did a lot of additional research when I retired before I chose my beloved pet. I brush her teeth every night, file her nails rather than clip them, feed her only 6-star dog foods and all-natural treats, and even wipe her butt after she poops. She sleeps in our bed and kisses us on the lips, neither of which I’d allow YOU to do. She’s highly intelligent and can even spell, probably better than you. She was the one who alerted me to the fact that hubby had fallen in the bathroom. She’s a companion dog that does her job with impeccable loyalty and richly deserves every “luxury” I can afford her. Anyone who dislikes her never sets foot in my house again.

  Now, even though you “read” people so well, it’s obvious you didn’t know all this about me, so you get the first mistake free. However, unless you want to SERIOUSLY PISS ME OFF, and I mean on a permanent basis, you should never go there again. You think a chihuahua is fierce? You’ve just raised the hackles of the chihuahua’s bodyguard…

  So BACK-OFF, moron, while I’m still willing to let it go.

  • RRRReeerrrrr!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS, YOUR ONE OF THEM!!!! Those crazy people that cooks for their dog! hahahaha My Father in law is like that! He was eating ice cream one time and let the dog take a bite of it off of his spoon then he stuck the rest of it in his mouth! YUK. We spent the night with them one time and had gone out to eat Mexican food, my favorite, and he was going to give the dog my left overs! I said, ARE YOU CRAZY? THATS MY BREAKFAST! If you are letting your dog kiss you on the lips I wouldnt want to go there anyway! haha

    Im just picking on you Maris! Like you do Me. I love and respect you just the way you are. I look forward all day to your blogs, seriously, Im sorry If Ive ever given you any other impression.

    I cant believe that you didnt say anything about the new picture!

    Later
    BD

    • “If you are letting your dog kiss you on the lips I wouldnt want to go there…” My first bit of good news…

• I just heard from Missy. She’s still a bit under-the-weather, but is feeling better and expects to be back in a few days. She said to tell everyone hi for her.

  I didn’t catch the preview for the next episode, so I was unaware they plan to get a couple of dogs. I must say, I’m surprised Kate would allow that. Even though dog diseases aren’t transmissible to humans, Kate is such a germaphobe and a clean-freak, I wouldn’t have guessed that. Yes, kids can learn much from tending to pets. I just hope they do. As you might surmise from my previous post, I am an animal advocate, especially for dogs. I can only hope the new pets don’t become a couple of yard ornaments…

• Don’t get too excited folks! The dogs, after 2 wks. w/the Gosselins, are already gone! The man who found/secured the dogs also placed them 2 wks. later. (He doesn’t have a high opinion of the G’s) They are in new homes (loving) and are doing well. There is to be an episode down the road where the G’s visit their 2 pups at their new homes. Supposedly, there was an allergy issue w/one or more of the kids. Sounds more likes Kate’s lies, again. T

  hough, w/the latest development in the Gosselin’s home, makes me wonder if they will be around for later episodes. Supposedly they separated 2/2 and there are now pics on the internet of Jon at a couple of bars in Reading. Supposedly, K is also out visiting the bars, according to Jon.

  • An allergy issue, huh? Riiiiiight… I’ll bet there was an issue alright, a Kate issue with the dogs. Sad really for the kids but probably a good thing for the dogs. Keep those “spoilers” coming!

    I haven’t heard about Kate visiting any bars, but I did hear about how chummy she’s been getting with a certain white-haired man who accompanies her to all her book signings and speaking engagements…

    This is turning into a soap opera, and I thought I was done watching those years ago. Guess not. : (

    • MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.

• Maris, thanks for the update on Missy. She must really be under the weather to not even blog once while being sick. I was so sick a couple of weeks ago and still have a cough. Two weeks ago Sunday I got sent home because I couldn’t talk and no one wanted to catch it. But my boss had given it to me! Ha. My hubby has it now and men are such babies. I know how sick it can make you because I had it but he went to the doctor and was told that a virus that kicks your butt for about seven to ten days is going around. Hmmm… I could have told him that for free! ;)

  • Kate, I mean Coastalmom, from that last blog its hard to tell you two apart! Would you like to substitute the word hubby for Jon? hahahahahaha

• Look guys, I’ve seen this show more than a few times. I can honestly say that I’m not obsessed like any of you.. But what Jodi is asking is completely ridiculous. Family does stuff for family because it’s the nice thing to do. I’m sure that if Jodi needed finacial help Jon and Kate would both be there for her. Kate would never be able to watch Jodi’s kids because she has EIGHT little kids that she has to take care of already.
  For her to ask for money is being a complete bitch. Big deal, she was on the show twice. It’s not like it’s a huge deal. You say that the fame has gone to Kate’s head but really the fame has gone to Jodi’s head. She has brought this out and mad it more of a deal than it ever should have.
  Yes, kids may be a handful and Kate may need a break from time to time so she goes to Family but I’m postive that they have done other stuff for Jodi that she won’t mention because that would completely make her seem terrible. We all lie and not admit to everything we do, but she shouldn’t start all of this.
  Sometimes, yes, Kate is a huge asshole to Jon, but I honestly can not blame her from all the stress of kids under the age of 10. Which is why she would not be able to watch someone else’s kids.
  I just wish that people would honestly see it from that point of veiw and get over it, it’s their stupid fight not ours.
  ………….btw, I’m 15 (:

  • btw im old lynch :)

• lov daaa show

• Yes, BD, I’m one of “those” people. Unfortunately, you stumbled onto a topic (my dog) shortly after someone else had made me angry about it, and I may have over-reacted. My nosey neighbor from down the street came over earlier in the week (uninvited and unannounced) in hopes of gathering details to add to her gossip about another of my neighbors who’s going through a difficult time. I already didn’t like the purpose of her visit when she asked, “Would you put your dog away? — I really don’t care for dogs.” Oh… I felt my face getting hot, and I’m not always good at holding my tongue before my first cup of coffee. I told her in no uncertain terms that NO, I would not put my dog “away” because this is my dog’s home and that unlike her, my dog was there by invitation and had done nothing wrong. Her visit was finished before my coffee was cold, and I’m sure my rude behavior was her next hot topic. You’ve heard the expression “love me, love my dog”?Well, apparantly I’m going to have to get a sign now…

  Yes, I saw your new picture, but I was busy being irate and spewing vile at the time. I don’t “get” the pic — a beer bottle (?) either covering the place your private anatomy would be, or standing in for it?? So you’ll have to explain it to me. Can’t wait for this one…

• Maris! Good for you about you telling off your own neighborhood’s Mrs. Crabbits! People like that have no clue! I bow to you with BDs hat! LOL. WHAT pics are you talking about? I have only seen one pic the whole time since he put it up. Big Daddy? Am I being left on the curb and out of the loop? :( If I’m a sista…. should I not be allowed into your private portfolio? huh honey?
  Natalee.. Hey hun you should read some of our old posts. We have covered that…. I don’t think Aunt Jodi ever approached TLC but then I wasn’t there… I think they approached her because they realized how much J & K were using her. I say good she got out of that deal because it seems she’d be being used a lot more now that both of them don’t seem to be home as much anymore…. Though that is only a rumor… all those pictures could be totally innocent fan pictures and as for someone saying that Jon took someone home with him to the garage apartment…. How do we know who she was or the details. Now we are seeing what the trade off is for all that money… you give up your life for fame and money.. Maybe not worth it. I don’t think Jessica Simpson thinks so. Or would have a few years ago when she and Nick split up.
  Just like Maris’ neighbor…. it’s all just gossip but then that’s what this blog is all about….

  • WAIT!!! PUMP YOUR BREAKS AND BACK THE HELL UP!!! JON HOOKED UP WITH WHO AND TOOK THEM WHERE??????!!!!!!! I MUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP OR DRUNK! I AINT HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THAT. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?????????

    CM, no hun, you aren’t being left out. I changed my little picture on the blog. I found one on the internet I thought you and Maris would get a kick out of! I guess it went over poor Maris’s head. I really expected a wittier response than she gave. I may just change it back to the one of me.

• “I bow to you with BDs hat!” — Oh, Coastalmom, I’m still laughing at that 15 minutes later! No, BD and I don’t have any picture exchange going on. He’s changed his avatar 3 times now since he discovered how. First the 20 gallon hat, then the fat guy with man boobs, and now some naked hairy guy standing behind a table with a dark-colored glass beer bottle on it poised just below his waist line, probably all 3 from a magazine. Does it not show up on your computer? We don’t have anything “special” going on, and I assure you you’re one of my “sistas” — the only one lately with Missy sick. I’d never leave you out of the loop. What you see is what you get, and I was truly PISSED at him about my precious pooch. But Uncle Bonehead apologized, and after all he IS family…

  As for Natlee and the many others who come on here once, post a comment, then disappear, I usually don’t even respond. I’d like to, but I doubt they’ll even be back to read it. They’re still digesting Aunt Jodi while the regulars are talking about future episodes.

  As for Mrs. Crabbits (was it Crabbits or Cravits?), I’m sure she’s off telling the other neighbors (the ones who will listen) about what a “witch” I am. I’m SO crushed… At least as long as she’s talking about me, she’s giving my other neighbor a rest. This neighborhood, maybe like yours too, is just like an office full of women. Some people have to be feeding on other people’s troubles because they have no life of their own. She does this all the time, and she’s not about to stop because she made me mad — she’s lived here about as long as I have, and my house has been paid off since before I retired. I’m sure if the economy hits her, she’ll be back to cry about her misfortune… Hopefully, she’ll at least call first… and keep her fat trap shut about my DAMN DOG!!!! (Just like Uncle Bonehead!!!)

• Maris, the bottles are not below the waste line! They are suctioned on to his nipples “pisonies” I thought it was funny! You’ve rained on my parade!

  OMLord, I didn’t say anything bad about dogs! I love animals. If I wanted to be mean I would have made a remark about you having a gerbil. You now about Richard Gear and the gerbil don’t you? That could be a blog all on it’s own. He’s the one being cruel! I simply made a statment that mixed breads tend to be smarter because of the amount of inbreading that goes on with people who bread pure breds.

  You probably did the right thing with your neighbor. Ive always been lucky with neighbors. Where I grew up, my mother lived on the same street all of her life untill she had to go into the nursing home. The whole street had families that had lived there for 2 or more generations. The whole street was like family and we were safe growing up. When I moved to Texas I had great neighbors that I had for 17 years. We always helped each other out. I guess I was just lucky.

  You go Maris, correcting Costalmoms spelling!

  • I wasn’t correcting her spelling — I have no idea how the neighbor on “Bewitched” spelled her name. I do see you’re starting to pick on CM more often. You looking for a fight… again??

    You’ll have to explain the pic you have up now as well. I can’t even see the thing to make out what it is. What’s with all these changing avatars anyway? We already know you have 2 personalities — are you trying to tell us there’s more???

    • Yea, now that CM has gotten a little more borken in I thought it was time to turn up the heat a little! hahaha

      And I have a lot more than 2 personalities! Just call me Cybill!

      Cant’t really explain the picture. It just made me think of your neighbor! You know if you have Crabbits, there is shampoo now to take care of them! hahahaaha Im watching Joe Dirt. Funnnnny have you seen it?

      Later BD

• Yes, I’m familiar with the theory that “muts” generally have stronger immune systems and fewer diseases and disorders, and for the most part it seems to be true. Years ago, we had 3 dogs at one time — a purebred German Shepard, a purebred Cocker Spaniel, and a rescue Pointer mix. We’d had a mild winter which evidently hadn’t killed off the ticks in the yard. Seemingly overnight, they all hatched and attacked the dogs. The cocker was on the back porch, weak and trembling, and absolutely COVERED with ticks. The shepard was in the dog house already dead from anemia the ticks had caused. The pointer mix was running around wondering what was wrong, and had maybe a dozen ticks, no more. Guess those ticks love purebred blood. There’s a lot of breed specific disorders as well, and yes I know it’s often from unscrupulous breeders and puppy mills who have no real concern for the animals they use over and over. They just want that almighty dollar. That’s why I did my research before I bought my little princess.

  Since you said you’re an animal lover, I’ll clue you in to another greedy scam going on in the pet world. Have you ever looked into vaccinations? Well I have, extensively. There’s a web site just to report vaccination reactions, and there’s tens of thousands of comments there from people whose pets have been killed by over-vaccination. Very frightening… I was unaware when my chi was young and let the vet give her shots for everything under the sun, stuff she’ll never ever be exposed to… until she had a bad reaction to one of them. No more. No more vaccinations for my baby and no more money in the pockets of my vet. Let me know if you’re interested.

  • I thought that reactions to vaccinations was more rare than that. Hum gives you something to think about. There was a dog in our drive way this morning on the way to church that looked sick. It looked like it was part blue tick hound. Ive only see one rabid dog when I was young but he was moving just like it was. By the time we got home, they had the sherrifs dept was here and the neighbors were calling us making sure our dog and family was in the house! Luckily it was not rabeeze, Sorry, dont know how to spell it! But I would rather the safe and have our Lilly, vaccinated rather than take a chance with her or the kids.

    Lilly is VERY smart. She understands a lot of English. The smartest dog I ever had though was Missy, she was half collie and half airdale. I couild talk all day about what she could do. I got her when I was in the 4th grade and had her untill I was 21. My dad took of from work early, which he had never done, not even for me, when he took her to have her put to sleep cause she had heart worms. He even came home and burried her where we discussed to burry her years ago. I still have pictures of her hanging around! Ill tell you later about my cat, POOPOO.

    As a retired nurse, did you take College Biology? One of the first things that we leared was, here goes my spelling, about lethal genes and heritary traits. Chiwawas were one of the first thing we studdied. About how if you breed a hairless and a long haired chewawa you would get 1/3 hairless, 1/3 with hair and 1/3 still born. The 1/3 still born, if I remember right, was due to the lethal genes because the breed was too pure. Im sure I could remember the mathmatical formula if I tried. But yes, I love animals.

    Since this is a Jon and Kate Blog, just let me say, KATE IS HOT! I’D LOVE TO RUN MY FINGERS THRU THOSE STIPES AND GET THEM TANGLED IN THE NEST IN THE BACK! KATE RULES! YOU GO KATE! YOUR HOTTER THAN THE OCTOMOM!

• I’mmmmmmmmmm back! LOL
  Hey Maris and Coastalmom, Rachel, how is every one?, I’ve been trying to catch up on some reading, I see some one I won’t name is still trying to ruffel Maris’s feathers, some ppl just won’t learn.
  Boy I was trying to find out where the comment was that Maris was correcting C.M’s spelling, LOL what a load of B.S. I have missed you sistas, but we’ll catch up, it’s to know that we have each other to “got your back” when one other is missing, so “someone” better watch out.

  I love your take on your baby (dod) Maris, thats exactly how I am with mine, one of my kids got ticked off at me a while back and left my house (over my dog) She said ” it’s just a dog mom” I said ” Yeah, you remember that when I say their just a kid sis” ewwww didn’t go over so well, but it’s my house and my dog, don’t like what she does, don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

  Any way I’ll be back later tonight hopewe can get on at the same time, and thanks for your thoughts and concern. ((((hugs to you))))))

• Sorry for the typos, and I wanted to say I am sorry I missed Evil Beet when she was on, I have been wanting to meet her, But maybe I will later,

  so Evil Beet if you read this , Hi, hope you had a great week end, it was nice having the site owner jump in on here with everyone, no matter what UBH said, just take that with a grain of salt. LOL

• MISSYYYYYYY, glad you’re back!!! What have you been reading? So what’s your take on Jon and Kate with the house painting and now they are getting 2 dogs. And Jon being in a bar and all the rumors flying. Not sure if I believe it all. Welcome back I’m sure you’ll be laughing out loud when you read some of these blogs with Maris and Big Daddy.

• ((((MISSY!!!)))) SOOooo… good to have you back! We’re taking in a movie tonight so can’t write a big post, but wanted to let you know you certainly have been sorely missed!

  You can go back and read all the arguements between me & BD. I have no idea why he singled me out to get a crush on, but he’s obviously infatuated. Maybe since you’re back, he can direct some of his “heat” onto you. Just take it easy on her, Big Daddy, let her build up some stamina…

• THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT’S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!

  ‘Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!’

  Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, ‘The Rest of the Story,’ and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord’s help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called ‘One nation under God.’

  Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the world. (It’s worth a try!) One Nation Under God.

  If this double posts, Im sorry. I think this is probably important enough to double post tough!

  I AM BIG DADDY AND I INDORSE THIS MESSAGE! AHMEN

• MISSY, MISSY, MISSY, don’t you scare us like than any more! We were all very concerned about you. We are sooooo glad that your back. Maybe you can talk some sense into Maris! hahaha You were missed! Thats all I will say. Just know, even though we have never met in person, we all feel that we know you personally!

  Glad your feeling better!

  BD/ubh

• Hey Rachel, how ya doing there cutie pie? yes I was reading some of B.D AKA UBH’s blah, blah, blah to Maris, I think it really ticks him and that he can’t rile her, LOL

  UMMM about J&K, who knows, I’m kinda on the fence with them, I think if Kate would leave the kids alone with the dogs that they would really find therapy with them, if Kate would be consistant in making them feed/water/walk/ and clean up after them, b/c what I have seen with some of my grandkids, they want the animals until it’s time to clean up after them , and these dogs I believe are puppies still and they will need some trainning, but Kate needs to realize it don’t happen overnote, just as with her kids, she is still working on them Ha, Ha,

  I have seen the pictures, not really sure it’s any thing more than Jon out and some one wanted to have a picture with him, There are rumours of Kate and her body guard too, I think some of this stuff is right down mean and hateful,J&K do enough goofy stuff on their own with out us making up more stories about them, I tend not to believe it until I hear it on the show, I understand that they have already gotten rid of the dogs, The guy that was suppose to have helped them get the dogs is the one who supposedily wrote a comment saying after 2 weeks he got them back, one of the kids were having trouble with breathing or some thing, I also heard Jon lives with his mom now, and that he took another woman home with him to the apt over he and Kates garage, But until I hear it on the show, I’m not getting to excited about it.

  Theres a lot of stories going around about the Duggers to, Guess thats what the internet is all about. Good talking to you Rachel, take care fellow Sista!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• MISSY, MISSY, MISSY, I know this is going to STICK IN YOUR CRAW, but you said the same thing that I said about the dogs! hahahaha

  So, what are they saying about the Duggers? He looks like a horn dog! I’m pretty verile, I hate to brag, but I couldn’t have had that many kids if I was trying. I usually don’t browse the other sites unless they have nudie pictures on them. I haven’t seen any of Kate though. I let you know if I do.

  BD

• Big Daddy, the field of study you’re referring to is genetics, and yes I’ve studied that along with biology 1 & 2, microbiology 1 & 2, pharmcology, human growth and development, on and on. It does fascinate me. The hairless trait you refer to is called a recessive gene as opposed to a dominate one, and well the whole thing is extremely complicated. The same process of receiving two recessive genes is also fatal in certain types of dwarfism in humans, just to name one thing among countless many. If I could go back and be something other than a nurse, I would have been a geneticist.

  I get what you’re trying to say, but the vaccination controversy is an entirely different matter. Vaccines are designed to stimulate the immune system to develop resistance against something, say rabies as you mentioned. If you live in an area where your dog is exposed to wild animals or other dogs who may be rabid, you absolutely should have him vaccinated. Did you know, however, that the same dose the vet gives to a 100 pound lab is identical to the one they inject into a 4 pound chihuahua? Not only is it a “one size fits all” but they also give several vaccinations at once, very frequently 5-in-1 and 7-in-1 shots. In a small breed dog or puppy or cats (and also old or sick adults), this can send their immune system into overdrive. They can and do have side effects from lethargy to personality change to seizures to death, and the vets often dismiss it as “normal”. I won’t even get into the additives and preservatives that cause cancer, or my theory of how cancer is linked to immunity. My dog is strictly an indoor pet and never exposed to any canine diseases, so my vet can buy his summer home with someone else’s money.

  This same vaccination controversy extends to humans, just in different ways. Some day I’ll tell you how it affected hubby. I’m not against all vaccines — I believe they’re a necessary evil. However, I don’t believe in vaccinating against every thing for which a vaccine exists, which is pretty much what most doctors want to do. I believe vaccines are not entirely benign, and one day science will come to the realization that the benefit must outweigh the risk… the risk that they are now denying or ignoring…

  Just my thoughts, and now I’ll step down from my soapbox.

• Maris, doesn’y your dog go outside to poop eather at home or when you go on trips? Parvo can live in the ground for 7 years. I would atleast have my dogs vaccinated against that also. I saw an animal with parvo one time. It was horrrrriable for anything to die. And no, I did not know that they were one size fits all.

  I did read that a lot of the meat in canned dog foods where from youthanized animals, cats and dogs, and that the meat still had the medication in it that they used kill the animal. I thought that was very gross.

  Did you read the thing that I posted from Paul Harvey? I thought that was pretty interesting.

  • Yes, I had my girl vaccinated against parvo. That IS one of the necessary vaccines. (I lost a rescue puppy once to parvo, already sick when I brought it home.) In fact, Ella was vaccinated for everything at first before she had a reaction to leptospirosis and bordatella, diseases she’ll never encounter. That’s when I did my research. She won’t need (and won’t receive) any more shots in her lifetime. I’m done with all vaccinations.

    I’ve heard that about canned (and dry) dog foods as well, but I don’t feed her any of those. I buy 6-star dry foods online (can’t buy them in stores and bet you’ve never heard of them) that have every single ingredient listed, and they’re likely safer than what the family eats. Me neurotic? Probably… OK, definitely…

    I’ll have to go back and read the Paul Harvey thing again. I have a sick child and had a very busy day yesterday.

• Hey why is Kate looking so thin

  • I’ve been asking the same question but everyone has ignored me! I thought I was the only one that has noticed. I first noticed it from one of the pictures at a book signing. They say TV adds 10 pounds so maybe its just now showing up on TV. I don’t know. But yes, something is going on. Most people loose weight during an emotional crisis. I know I lost 45 pounds in two weeks. Maybe some of the gossip is true? I don’t know.

    BD

    • Quit your Dang “Cry Baby Whinning” every body is ignoring me boo hoo hoo, I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter and make believe it came from Maris, Missy C.M, Rachel, somebody, anybody, boo hoo hoo,

      This is endorced by B.D.

    • LOLOL!! You go girl! Missy is BAAAACK!!!

  • i noticed that on last nights episode !!!!!! ( where they get the dogs) that she was lookig very thin. i just knew that the dogs were not going to have a forever home with the Gs.

• Missy, Sit right down and write myself a letter?, You are really showing your age there! Most people wouldn’t get that referance. I wouldn’t if my mother hadn’t sung that to me when I was little. Do you know “SHEW FLY” TOO? If you were an old shew fly, and I was just an old grey mare, Id sit around and let you bite me and never move a hair. hahaha Check your mail!

• I said that I wasn’t going to comment on every show but last nights is just bugging me. Why wouldn’t Kate let those kids pick out the names for those puppies?? That’s a big part of getting a new pet or pets in their case. I’m sure the younger ones didn’t have an interest but as we clearly saw it really did matter to Mady. Don’t understand her reasoning. And why did she have to be the first one to hold them. My she is so immature. Did she think puppies are trained when you bring them home. Come on is she that clueless. I feel bad for the kids when they have to get rid of them.
  Kate seemed quite glammed up last night. She looked quite tan, thin and beautiful clothing. I liked the days when she only wore those gray stretch pants.

  • I agree with you. But from what I hear they have already gotten rid of the puppies. Ill guess we’ll see on the next episode. They could have let everyone pick out a name and put them in a bowl and drawn two names. I wonder why they wanted 2 dogs, especially 2 big dogs to start out with. I would have have just gotten 1 to start with. That way there would have been such a mess. Puppies are going to be messy!

    I guess Kate is turning into a glamazon! And like I have said many times, the more upscale they become the less people who watch are going to be able to relate to them. She should put the gray pants back on and get rid of the tan and the hair. Ive alway supported Kate, but, she is taking it too far now. I know 2 women that are multimillion aires. And you would never know it from looking or talking to them. One, loves to wear jeans that have holes in them with flip flops, but by george her nails will ALWAYS be done! They other spent $5000 on a coctail dress for a party, and when her husband was zipping her up he started to take the tag off. She told him just to tuck it inside because she was going to return it the next day. haha Its true! Its usually people that want you to think they have something that act and dresses the way that she is starting to.

    • because two are about the same trouble as one to be frank, esp if they are the same age. dumping kibble for 2 dogs is little harder than 1. plus, with 8 kids, 1 dog to share….trouble.

      as the kids grow they can take more responsibility for the pets. each kid only having to care for 25% of a dog isn’t asking much. how much of a dog did you have when you were a kid? even if a couple fob off responsibility theres enough left to care for a dog or two.

      i dunno, kate looks no different to me:P

  • I couldn’t agree with you more…what happened to when she said she could care less about clothes and all

    • Looks like those days are long gone…

• There’s just so many things about the puppies episode that disturbed me, I don’t know where to start or if I can even remember them all. I agree w/ Rachel — who gets a pet or pets for their children then tells them they have no say-so in naming them?? Evidently, Kate does. I believe she decided to get them because it would “look good” on TV, like she was “making a sacrifice” (as she put it) for the family. Horse sh*t!! Just like everything else, Kate managed to make the whole thing about her. The only time she’ll sacrifice for her kids is when it isn’t too inconvenient.

  Did you catch when she was talking about the first time she met the breeder/owner at a church speaking engagement? She said he was telling her about the dogs and the whole time he was talking, all she could think was “Why are you bla-bla-bla-ing in my ear? I won’t be calling you…” I imagine that’s the way she feels about most people who bla-bla in her ear. Just shut the hell up and show her the money — that’s why she’s there, afterall… What a bitch!! Yes, I said it, an evil, black-hearted bitch who’s narcissim and greed are not just faults but rather character flaws that have likely been there all along.

  Those of you who are Kate fans or who hope she’ll change back into that endearing new mother are certainly entitled to your opinions, and I’m not going to challenge them. I’m just going to state my own now that I’ve reached a point of no return. I don’t blame Jon one bit if he leaves her; in fact, I think he should. Maybe if he gets his own place and a new woman (one with a heart hopefully), the kids could have a few moments of normalcy when they visit him. Growing up in that home the way it is now is giving them a very skewed view of what a family should or could be.

  And Mady is a damn mess! For crying out loud, get that child some help before it’s too late, if it isn’t already! I felt so bad for her when she said she wanted one dog for the other kids and one for her “that would only love” her. Is Kate so effin’ BLIND?? That statement speaks volumns IF you’re listening. Kate can feed them organic, keep them on schedules, make sure their coats match, yada-yada-yada, and yet be so tone-deaf to their emotional needs? In many ways, she’s no less disconnected and selfish than the octomom…

  That’s my opinion, and I hope my e-friends won’t hate me, but this woman makes me nauseous!!

  • How come they will not show you the house ???

  • How come they will NOT show you the new house ??????

  • nit pick nit pick. seriously if you raise 8 kids and add two dogs to it as presents, the condition that you get to choose the name instead of causing a ruckus as 8 kids try to fight over naming two dogs is simply rational.

    think people. jesus.

    the pop psychology nonsense is annoying, like a buncha bitter hens some people are like. making ridiculous conclusions over a 20 minute show.

    as for moody children, some children are moody, its a hormone storm shes going into soon and growing up isn’t fun for everyone. as far as i can see the children look fine. if you expect women to be some ridiculous copy of june cleaver or mary poppins you need your head examined.

    ” What a bitch!! Yes, I said it, an evil, black-hearted bitch who’s narcissim and greed are not just faults but rather character flaws that have likely been there all along.”

    maybe you should apply that critical eye to yourself sometime. considering the bile spewed at this woman over nothing in a 20 minute show i think it applies far more to you than to kate.

    bitterness..jealousy, its how some people are i guess.

    “Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend’s success without envy.” Aeschylus

    • Eight year old Mady suffers from hormone storms?? Are you serious?? You want to critisize others for their “pop psychology” analysis of her, so where did you get YOUR medical degree? Loser…

    • children grow rapidly at that age, everything changes all the time. its not unusual for some to be moody. what did you think made kids grow anyways. pubertys just another layer on this.

• Why is it that they will not show you the house ????

  • They actually did show the house, at least a lot of it, a couple of episodes ago. What part of the house are you wanting to see? There’s also a site (mentioned a few pages back on here) where you can go to see an aerial view and some of the rooms.

• Well said Maris!

  I forgot about the breeder and the blah, blah, blah. That poor man. I’m sure he watched last nights show. I was never taught to treat people like that and I make sure that my kids don’t treat anybody like that. She seems to have alot of anger this season. Not sure if it all stems from the Aunt Jodie situation or what. Does anybody know what happened to her friend Beth?

  • I think she’s way “over” both Jodi and Beth, and everyone else she’s alienated over the last few years. She’s a super-star, an entity unto herself, a legend in her own mind, and she doesn’t seem to care whose feelings (along with Jon’s) may get hurt by her tongue that’s tied in the middle and loose at both ends. I think her attitute is “just stay out of the way and you won’t get trampled…”

    I don’t notice “anger” in the way I define it, just irritation at having to pacify all the little people to get what she wants. $$$

• I think what Francis is talking about is the front of the house. I found one picture of the front of the house! It was ok but not impressive as the rest of the house. It looks sorta normal. But they have not shown the front of the house in the show. The only shot of the front of the house that was on the Remax site was from the street about a half mile away and there was trees in front of it. So you still couldn’t see it. I’ve thought that was strange too.

  Maris had a good point about what Maddy said. That goes along with the comment she made at the little ones birthday party. Why couldnt they just have a Spiderman or Hello Kitty party the way they did. Why does everthing that the little ones have always have to be soo big, like the carnival they had. Maddy is feeling neglected.

  I hate to sound like a KATE HATER, because I haven’t been , but I wonder is she watches the shows herself? If she did don’t you think that she could see how she appears to others? She was rude to the dog breeder and surely she knew that he was going to watch this episode of the show since he was going to be on it. Didn’t she see how she sounded saying all of that stuff about him talking to her at the church.

  Maybe some of the rumors are true. That would almost explain why she has changed. The cloths, the attitude etc…. Ive alway loved and supported her but now even I am starting to doubt her.

  And SHE BETTER NOT START TALKING ABOUT THE DOGS OR MARIS WILL GET HER!!!!! RRRREEEEAAARRRRRRR!!!!

  • You got that right, Big Daddy! I was just relieved when she said she wasn’t going to get a “little yappy” dog because the kids would break it. Kate mistreating a precious little chihuahua would just hit too close to home, and as much as I love you guys, I’d have to turn off the TV set… or double up on my B/P medicine… or risk overdosing on valium… PHEW!!

    • Thats funny! I forgot about that untill you said something abut the little yapping dog. I actually thought about you when she said that! hahaha

      Has anyone visited the Evil Beet Duggers site. I left my thoughts buy before me, the last blog was on Jan 29th. That was sad. Poor Duggers! But you ought to read the comments. They are freaking funny!

      Maris, I want a valium!

• I have been a fan for sometime of Jon and Kate and those beautiful kids; I feel like I have been there since they were born. But so many changes in Kate; not Jon; he has had it. I can tell as Alexis was on the laptop last week in the new house and he wanted everyone outside; grapped her shut down the lap lid and lets go. So harsh. this is not Jon; He does disapline better than Kate; I think the worse and saddest moment was when they were at disney world outside and end of day and so hot; so they got ice cream for the kids(rare treat); kids loved it and it cooled them down. Kate went bilistic!!!!!!!!!!!!! ice cream was melting all over the kids and their clothes; SO WHAT; they loved it and it cooled them down. Where is her mind with little kids; ice cream is GOOD and guess what it melts. that is why you carry baby wipes.

  I am so saddened that this show may be out after contract with these rumors; bars, separated; is this really true? how do you know this?

  I love the show and the kids; I do respect Kate for her orgranization.

  PLease send help to this show and God bless the kids

  confused

  • i really hope the show never ends i love it even though i have only been a viewer since last summer and i do pray that there family stays happy and healthy. God bless them.

• You guys they moved you cant expect them to see aunt jodi anymore.

• you guys may say kate is crazy because she controlls what the kids eat but whatever if you guys dont like it dont watch the show.

• TAKE THIS SHOW OFF THE AIR

• Yawll, there is something else going on. THINK ABOUT IT! TLC is packed with professionals! This is a camera crew and a producer in their house, not some ding dong with a video camera. Considering that J & K are thier cash cow, why are the letting this happen? UNLESS, they are wanting it to happen and it is just a ploy to get people wound up so more people will watch.

  Im sure they have a crew that searches the internet looking for what all people are saying. I know she says if she gets anything negative she says DELETE, but Im sure the TLC crew is telling her what people are saying. They show is a reality show, but Im sure the TLC company is giving them some direction.

  People LOVE TO LOVE BUT THEY LOVE TO HATE MORE! Sorta like SEX SELLS! I dont really see where this is going now though. Someone it taking it a little too far. People were saying they were mad but kept watching, because they could actually relate to what they were going thru, thats normal. Now that they have the new house and Kate is dressing like a glamazon and sheis seeming sorta disconnected people are starting to loose their conneftion with her. She is the one that holds everthing together. No one would watch a show caled Jon plus 8 or Jon and Kate plus 8 minus 1. Just wouldnt have the same ring to it.

  A little disagreeing between the two would be great, but no one wants to see them seperate or get a divorce, even though they may say that they do. maybe Jon should move to the garage apartment!

  Where did some one see that Jon took some woman home to the garage apartment?

• Missy!! I am so happy to see that you are back! Whatever you had must have really kicked your behind! I needed you so bad over at the other site. They smashed me, chewed me up and tried to spit me up. But I am still kicking. I need yooooouuu over there too! Come back for a visit. I know it is sooooo slooooow and frustrating but pleeeeease? Ha.. and I will bring Maris and BD for good measure! My hubby is still getting over being sick. Yesterday was his first day back to work! I missed the show with the dogs last night. Can you believe I fall asleep at 9PM??? Who does that? Old ladies like me who have to be up by 5:30 AM! That’s who. Anywaaay…. Welcome back Missy! We missed ya! Who loves ya baby?

  • You do, thats who, LOL

    Us Sistas “wuv” one another, just ask Maris and Rachel.

    No !!! UBH you are not !!!! are not a Sista

• Hello everyone, sorry it’s so late but I’ve really been tied up all day and couldn’t get here sooner,

  B.D. they did shoe the front of the house when they were moving in the new appliances, and boxes, remember Kate standing in the door way directing where every thing should go?

  Dana, sweetie you evidently haven’t watched the show in a while, b/c Jodi and Beth was out of the show loonnngggggggg before they moved, and telling ppl not to watch the show , well that just don’t jive here,

  We don’t think Kate is crazy b/c of what she feeds her kids (that would make us crazy) I just don’t think she is the christian she says she is, I really don’t care any more how she treats Jon, evidently he likes it and he thinks the monetary benefits out weigh his peace of mind/spirit/manhood or what ever or he’d put a stop to it.

  My problem with them is they are still claiming to be christians, do you know how many ppl are turned off of a relationship with christians b/c they say “if thats a christian and the way you are suppose to treat ppl you love, then I’m doing better off with out it”

  Maris I love your comments about the dogs, and I love how you feel about your baby, mine is 60+ lbs. but she is my baby, and your right no one better not even give her a bad look, LOL she’s Alllll Mineeee.

• OMG, IT JUST HIT ME UPSIDE THE HEAD. I THINK ITS ALL TRUE! Eather all of the rumors are true or the TLC team has been telling Kate what people are saying and now she is pissed off. Have any of you noticed that since the wedding in Hawaii Kate no longer give Jon “LOVE PATS” as she calls them when she slaps him on his leg or where ever! she hasnt smiled or even laughed that I can remember. Ive known something has been wrong with the interviews but I just havent been able to put my finger on it! The first one that I can remember was when she got back from New York after Jon had taken the kids to the woods. I thought she was just tired. NO NO, and now she is loosing weight like crazy! Probably because she is depressed maybe because of stuff going on with Jon? or because of what everyone is saying about her ? I dont know, but something is up!

  Coastal mom, what other site are you going to? Ive heard about it but I can never find it. The ones I have found all seem boaring!

• Big Daddy, your theory is as good as anyone’s since nothing’s been proven as fact, but I have another one. Yes, Kate’s losing some weight but she doesn’t look gaunt, at least not to me. She also doesn’t look depressed — quite the opposite, as you pointed out, she’s all glammed up. Typically, when a woman trims up her figure, makes sure her looks are just right, and stops those “love pats” to the man sitting beside her, it’s because there’s another man waiting in the wings. The rumors out there about her and the silver-haired man who accompanies her everywhere might have some merit. If in fact they’re (one or both) cheating or thinking of cheating, how would we know who strayed first? It’s the chicken and the egg debate.

  What I can’t swallow is the idea that the producers are telling her how so many of her fans are perceiving her in a negative light. Think about it — would YOU want to be the one to try to tell her that? I can hear her now… “I’m NOT listening to ANY of that garbage!” Frankly, I don’t think she cares one way or the other what people say. Give me a big house and set me up for life financially, and you can talk ’till you’re blue in the face — I won’t care either.

  The wedding in Hawaii, the million dollar home, and now puppies?? I do believe this show has jumped the shark…

• Poor Missy, I dont know what was wrong with you but eather they’ve got you on some pretty good meds, or what they gave you are iteracting with the meds that you were already taking. You should go back and reread your last post. Im shoe you will understand!

  BD

  • ??? — What are you talking about, BD? I just went back and reread her post, and I didn’t see anything wrong with it. You’ll have to explain what you mean. Are you sure you weren’t responding to my post? You’ve gotten us mixed up before, you know. Are you sitting on your glasses again??

• Maris, I think UBH just likes being mean to me, 9Or at least he tries) ummmm boy has he ever got some thing to learn, I guess he thinks we ahve to respond to him , I have no idea what he is talking about either, unless it was a mis-spelled word or two, as far as meds, ooooh wouldn’t he like to know? LOL

  Talking about Kate, I think she looked pretty good, but you are right Maris, there is definately some thing going on “some where” sure makes one wonder huh?
  And oh my gosh, Kate (IMO) couldn’t care less who talks about her, if she doesn’t care about her own parents and husband, not to mention her BFF Beth then why would she care what us lil’ peons think? in her eyes we are nobody, we help make her lots of money but beyond that, any more I have to agree she couldn’t care less.

  They have so far gotten everything that they set out to have, ( except if rumours are true) holding on to each other FOREVER) which is sad b/c of the kids, and I do they loved each other one time, maybe still I’m spectulating right now. But I’m kinda thinking like the scripture says, “what if you gain the whole world and lose your soul?” well what does it profit them if they have gained all this fame and fortune and fortune and lose each other? I would rather live in a box on the river bank than to give up my husband for Kates house or any one elses, B/C if thats all she has left at the end of the day, I think that there would be some awful cold/lonely/empty nights.

  When ppl come into money their lives change so greatly, and they change not always for the better, It’s as if she and Jon did not know how to handle all this fame and fortune, the one thing for sure I would not want is for my life and espically the lives of my innocent children put all over the inter-net to be nit-picked and pulled apart, knowing that it will forever be there for all to see,

  When these kids become young adults and have families of their own, what will it be like for them to have ppl say “I was searching the net and guess what I saw/read about your mother/dad ” or worse yet a young partner telling them of an embarrassing moment? I would have thought they would have considered all of this before signing a contract, I myself would not want for any amount of money to be displayed for ever as Kate as been displayed on the show or worse yet on these blogs, And the worse is yet to come I’m afraid. Sorry for the long post.

• Missy, OMG, what a long post! Im telling you, you are haveing a drug interaction! haha

  And as for awful cold/lonely/empty nights, thats when you put on another blanket and you use that ELECTRIC TENSION RELEAVING DEVISE, as Maris called it. hahahahahaha I just hope kate has enough batteries! With all of that money she has, I’m sure that she can afford to get the deluxe AC/DC kind that you can also plug into the wall. 110 or 220.

  No, Im just picking! I would be devistated if they were to seperate and/or get a divorce! I know the kids would. They need to work it out if the rumors are true and grow up. They made the decision to have the children and they have the right to be raised equally by both of them.

  Missy and Maris, have you ever seen any of Tyler Perry’s shows with Madea in them? Ive seen all of the plays on DVD. Now they are making movies of his plays. I think you would get a kick out of them!

• I THINK YOU’RE THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY KIDS…

  > A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an
  > attractive woman waving at him. She says hello..
  >
  > He’s rather taken aback because he can’t place
  > where he knows her from. So he says, “Do you know me?”
  >
  > To which she replies, “I think you’re the father of one of my kids.”
  >
  > Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever
  > been unfaithful to his wife and says, “Are you the stripper from
  > the
  > bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table with all my
  > buddies
  > watching while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery???”
  >
  > She looks into his eyes and says calmly, “No, I’m your son’s
  > teacher.”
  >
  >

  • What’s with all the cut & paste stuff lately? Come on now, have an original thought. We know you can do it, you’ve done it once or twice before… if I recall correctly…

• NO!!! you Didn’t, for shame, for shame

• Why don’t you guys “get a room” and leave this site
  to Jon and Kate stuff???

  • Granny, do be such a bitter old woman! Take some geratol and lay down hun. Youll feel better after a nap!

• Granny, c’mon be a sport, we’ll talk about J&K stuff, we do all the time, but some times it’s nice to talk about some thing a little more “real” than J&K, we like to joke around and have fun and pick on Big Daddy,
  he likes to (TRY) to rile us a little, never does suceed, po’ baby,
  But all you have to do is make a comment about J&K, I promise you will get a responce,

  This is a good place to be, we have different opinions and debate but the best part is we are friends, Friends that have never met but still have a cyber relationship, heck thats better than J&K. So come on board, have fun with us. We’ll grow on you

• Ummm B.D. next time you leave a comment , be a little kinder okay,
  Your turn for the nap!!!!

• Kate acts so obnoxious to Jon that it is so shocking that he tolerates it. Every time he opens his mouth she interrupts him or makes fun of him or criticizes him. For once Jon should tell her to shut her big fat mouth and HE should talk during the interview, and when he talks he should tell her to shut her mouth if she criticizes what he says.. Jon does almost all the work in the house while she just barks orders. She doesn’t buy the children decent beds- what is up with that???

  • A role reversal? Jon telling Kate to shut her mouth? That’s a novel idea — I’d watch that show!!

• Does anybody know what monday’s show is going to be about?

  • The TV guide said something about visiting the “old” house. I have no idea how they’ll build an episode around that. After the last time we moved, we drove by our old house to see how tall the trees were (that we’d planted) and noticed they’d put on a new front door, but had no desire to stop in for coffee or inspect the interior. Can’t imagine they could make a whole episode out of a drive-by…

• Jon and Kate are getting a divorce! Jon has been all over Huntingdon County the last three weekends. He has been seen hooking up with different girls. The only reason it has not come out is because they have one more year on their contract with TLC. But with the way he is slutting it up and not caring who sees him I would be surprised if they finish the season!!

  • Where did you get this information???

  • good for Jon if i had that bitch at home i would runaround too, no matter how hard he works at something she is always hollering at him like she is god not//

    • she is such a bitch even i get pist of but i keep watching the show i always ask my self why does he let him self be treated that way!!!!!!

• Melanie, honey, your just a little behind. go ask your mama for a cookie, ok?

  Missy, Im free next Thursday if you still need help putting your new house on the blocks!

• B.D okay I’m lost again, please explain, the house?, the blocks? what ever. Must ‘ve missed sumpin,

  Now be nice to Melanie, how the heck we ever gonna get new Sistas in here if you keep responding to them? I’m tired of cleaning up after you, Please leave the newbies a lone, Maris, C.M. Rachael and I will welcome newbies, seems you don’t know how, you bone head, dang ewwww can’t trust you with any thing, dang,

  • Missy, a few weeks ago someone came on here trash talking. I don’t remember the specifics, but I suggested that BD could help her take her house off its wheels and hoist it up on cinder blocks. Evidently he found that amusing and hasn’t been able to use it anywhere else, so TAG — you’re it. He needs to come up with his own insults and stop slobbering over mine…

• Granny, and Melanie, welcome, and please I G N O R E big Daddy AKA Uncle Bone head, he’s a little slow and some times just don’t know how to address a lady,
  Please stick with us together everyone acheives more, Yeah Team.
  Seriously stay with us, we are fun girls and you are free to comment on what ever and your opinions are as good as ours, we will not let any one be rude to you even if your thoughts and opinions differ from ours ,

• FUN GIRLS? I don’t know if you’ve noticed but its been awhile since, you, Maris or CM have been girls! hahaha

• I’m confused!

• Hello all, I have always enjoyed watching J and K + 8, heck even my three year old son hears the theme song and comes running. He calls it “his” show!! But I get so frustrated at the fact that just because they choose to have IVF and ended up with multiples that they are now rolling in all the money. I understand that they should be compensated for their time and all, but at some point enough is enough. I have three sons, stay home and babysit as well as the fact that I am a Pampered Chef consultant and my husband works two full time jobs, and it is just crazy. Maybe I should have had a few more kids then we wouldn’t have to worry about money so much, oh well, I am just ranting some. Sorry about that, it just drives me nuts!!!!

  • OMG!! ALAS yOU ARE NOT ALONE IN YOUR THOUGHTS! IT DRIVES ME NUTS AS WELL.

• I thought the “Puppies” episode was disturbing to me. Kate announces that they will be getting two puppies for Christmas….albeit, dogs that SHE names. I feel sorry for those kids. Shouldn’t they sit down as a family and come up with names? (Have the kids write names down in a hat and pick one!)…anything but KATE running the show. I feel bad for Mady. I think she is suffering from emotional problems. She appears miserable most of the time. Does Kate or Jon see this or turn a blind eye to it? It seems that Kate doesn’t like to take time out of her day to “deal with Mady” so she always orders Jon to “Deal with her!” How pathetic can someone be? I didn’t realize that they took back the puppies due to “allergies”. Well, they could get two poodles or bichon frises. They are great for allergy sufferers. More than likely, Kate didn’t want any dog poop or pee in their new home. I have sensed a coldness and detachment between Jon and Kate. They sit at opposite ends of that little loveseat. Also, I found it interesting when they renewed their wedding vows, I did not see them kiss, but just a hug. I wonder if the wedding was scripted for ratings. I hate to say this but I do think that it’s splitsville for Jon and Kate. How much nagging and verbal abuse can a man take?

  • If you go to TLC and watch this episode online you will notice that they did kiss then hug

• Oh my I’m gonna do about 3-4 in one.

  First Big Daddy, no hell no we have not noticed and your gonna keep yur mouth shut, notta, zip, K?

  2nd Rachel, honey why are you confused? can we help? I’m sorry it seems like we are always missing each other, you, Maris C.M and I, tell us why you are confused and see if at least one of us can help, and no uncle bone head I didn’t say you. Stay out of it.

  Jenn, Hi and if I haven’t noticed you before I’m sorry, I do agree with you about all the money they have rolling in, and I am not jealous but I do remember how we struggled to raise our kids, and I see our kids struggle some times, and the way our country is right now, I just think it’s hard for ppl who are at risk of losing their lively hoods and all they have worked for to see others just come into things so easily, Like I cannot for the life of me ubderstand why Kate had to have all new appliances, not only new but the best money can buy, When just think 4 short years aho they literaly had no means of supporting their family, Amazing huh?

  Ok Anonymous, this is really none of my business, but would you mind terriblely giving us a name? any thing, even if it’s a letter, not that you have to but it’s so much nicer/easier for us. I will still comment to you if you don’t but for example, there are two anonymous on here right now, are they both you? thats the only reason I ask, and I may get in trouble with Evil Beet for asking, hope not tho,
  Okay to respond to you, Have they taken the dogs back already? I did read that some where, but it has not been shown yet, and I believe the shows are still before the holidays, I mean they are in Pa, and they are out side with out heavy coats on, and I know the East has had a lot of cold ( which is one reason why Kate wanted to move away)
  I have noticed a difference in them (J&K) also, with Kate being gone (if rumours are true) so much, you’d think they would be more loveie dovey, I sure hope for the kids they stay together, well for them to,
  But you are right, I’m sure any tough skinned loving husband would get tired of the same ole’ same ole’ every day and night, I remember episodes where Jon was leaving to run errands and Kate would say, “will you hurry Jon?” “Jon don’t linger” and I’m thinking of all the fishing/golf and hunting that my husband has done,

  Yes she had 8 kids, 6 babies, but still my MIL had 14 and still had to help farm, and keep house and god knows she had no washer and dryer, let alone 2 sets of the very best, and if Kate is doing 5-7 loads of wash a day, all I can say is they have too many dang clothes.

  I used to love the show, and still I won’t call her names or trash her, but it has changed so much this last year, To be christians it amazes me we never see any thing about that any more, not even grace at meal time, now let me tell ya, (I’m sure nothing you don’t know) but when you are teaching kids it has to be consistant, cameras there or not, when I want to pray I don’t care who is there.

  My first opinion (and IMO) it just frustrates me that Jon don’t play the role that God says he needs to be, If he is claiming to be a christian then he needs to take control of his house hold, and IMO if he and Kate have maritial issues I blame him. He should have never let Kate have that power to begin with, Okay gals and UBH sorry again for the long post, Gosh I wish we could all get on at the same time Just once in a while. Love yas

• Coastalmom, where are you babe? I miss you, who wuvs you baby?

  I sure hate it that Bun is not here , that is sad, we were just getting to know her and having a lot of fun, Yeah I know she traded us for that new baby didn’t she? I bet she is having fun with her kids, But we miss her any way, One day she’ll surprise us,

  Maris honey, did you see BD had to try to rile us again, gosh dang guy will never learn, LOL ((((((HUGS)))))

• OK, where to start! MISSY, you said “I miss you, who wuvs you baby?” And you wonder why I think you are having drug interactions!

  Second: Let me use your own words here, and I quote!
  “it just frustrates me that Jon don’t play the role that God says he needs to be, If he is claiming to be a christian then he needs to take control of his house hold,” What happened to “GOD TOOK A RIB BONE FROM HIS SIDE SO THE WOMAN CAN WALK BESIDE THE MAN NOT FROM HIS FOOT SO HE CAN WALK ON HER”

  This is a perfect example of what is wrong with he country and Jon and Kate. You know you got to keep them in there or GRANNY will tell us to go get a room! Women want to walk beside the man when it is convienient. Then when things go to SHIT, it his fault for not taking control and letting her walk beside him in the first place. OMG do you not see my point! IT IS INSANITY!!!! I AGREE with you Missy, for the first time. Women should be keepers at home! I didn’t say it the bible does! Women need to stop trying to create God in their own image! If women would quit bitching and accept the man as the leader instead of trying to be equals things would be a lot better. If the man feels needed then he probably act like a man and there wouldnt be so many single parents. Instead the man doesnt feel needed and is told that he is not need so he leaves. Then he is bashed for leaving! A woman should be put on a pedistal by her husband, and although her openion should matter, it should be up to him to make the final decision.

  Missy, I really feel sorry for you MIL with all of those kids! At least Maris’s husband has electricity and she even bought him a brand new scrub board! He should feel fortunate! hahaha Seriously, back then things were different and hygen probably was not a priority. I have 4 kids still at home. We have the super deluxe washer and dryer like J&K and I still have to do 2 loads a day just to stay caught up. When I have to wash sheets or something there is more.

  • First, Big Daddy, Missy is a grown-up and can govern her own medication schedule — tend to your own. This reference is getting tired. Second, the comparison of Eve being created from Adam’s rib so she could be a “help meet” came from me, not Missy. Get your facts straight. Third, put your tin-foil hat back on and stop diagnosing “what’s wrong with the country” in generalities. If you think that’s what’s wrong with J&K, fine. Just because something is wrong in your own personal situation doesn’t make it true for the planet. You aren’t dictator yet. The next election will be in 2012, but you’ll have a rather short run since that’s also when the end of the world is scheduled…

• kate is a bitch tlc kick her off the air

• No, Missy, BD will never learn — he likes fighting. He likes watching Kate beat down Jon and if he can’t get his fix watching that, he’ll settle for whomever he can get a rise from because, well… he gets a rise from it, to be blunt as a spoon. Any minute now, I expect his tin-foil hat to slip off again and he’ll swoop in with yet another conspiracy theory. Pathetic, really.

  I don’t blame Jon 100% for the marital discord. Kate also professes her religion, yet she lords over him every chance she gets which is pretty much all the time. Yes, he needs to be a strong husband and step up, but she’s deliberate even if she doesn’t realize it. How can she expect him to grow a pair if she constantly castrates him? She’s smart enough to figure out how to train him to help her if she really wanted to, but I don’t think she wants to. I think she WANTS to wear the pants and have the final say-so, in fact the only say-so, and at the point they are now, I think it’s gone on too long to change. She’s too powerful for him and I think he’s missed his window of opportunity. Heck, maybe he never had one. Her nature is to be independent.

  As for the dogs being sent back, I believe the owner/breeder made a statement, but I don’t remember where I saw that. Surely TLC has stepped in by now to hush any spoiler alerts. I personally hope it’s true. Dogs, and puppies especially, need much more than “throwing down a bowl of kibble” as someone put it.

  As for the split, I have to agree with “anonymous” — their body language is very telling. We don’t know anything as fact yet. Time will tell, so I guess I’ll stay tuned ’till the bitter end…

• STOP BEIng. Jelous ALL you haters. I LOVE JON N. KATE show. LEAVE THEM ALONE

• MARIS, WHAT!!!! She’s smart enough to figure out how to TRAIN him to help her if she really wanted to, ? How do you expect Jon or any other man to act like a man if you women keep treating them like DOGS! If a man, and I dont have any problem, takes control, you say he’s being a jerk. If he doesn’t he doesnt have any balls! OMG make up your freaking MIND!!!!!! Sounds to me like Mr. Maris needs to roll up a newspaper and swat your little tail! haha You’d probably like that though! hahahahahahaaha Maybe Jon has taken the bull by the horns. Could be thats what shes pissed off about.

  If they did send back the dogs, I’ve got a box full of cats I’ll send them! jusk kidden! haha

• Hi. I am the anonymous that posted about the puppies episode disturbing me last night. I believe Missy was addressing my post. I will use my name, April, rather than using “Anonymous.” It really doesn’t matter to me. :)

  In response to Missy, I agree with you on some of the points in your post. However, I don’t think Kate’s issue is with religion as much as I think it’s some type of control issue psychologically.

  When I see her complain to Jon on the show, she is reiterating over and over again to Jon that she wants him to aks her what she needs, or if he can help her.

  I think that Kate feels overwhelmed at times. I think Jon can be quite passive aggressive in his behavior at times where Kate is more direct.

  I don’t believe that any marriage should be a dictatorship. It’s an equal partnership. Both partners should be sensitive to each other’s needs. God wants us to help each other and be there for each other through good times and bad. The Golden Rule of doing unto thers……should prevail.

  In my humble opinion, I think Kate should see a therapist and work on her control issues. She needs to loosen up and enjoy her children more so than worrying about what they wear. I do think her daughter Mady is crying out for help and I think Kate needs to give her more attention than bossing Jon around and telling him to “deal with her.”

  Parenting is a huge responsibility and as a mother of four, I know times can be stressful. Kate needs to let go of a lot of her beliefs about what SHOULD be, and just allow life to happen. She can’t control everything and everyone.

  • Very well said! A BIG welcome to April!

• BD, I’m quite sure it’s all just semantics to YOU, but there’s actually subtle differences (actually, they’re huge) between ACTing like a man and BEing a man, and between TAKING control and being IN control. Google it. On second thought, skip that — you’d be wasting your time. It’s obviously over your head…

  By all means, send Kate a box of cats. Just be sure they all have the “mashed-in” faces she specified. You know she’s very peculiar, uh, I mean particular…

• Hi, April. Glad to see you came back! That was very well said. I can tell that you have a calm personality. We really do have a lot of fun on here. And you can spell! You see that Maris, you’ve got some compitition!!

  • Sighing… Big Daddy, there you go again applying your standards to virtually the entire human race. Why must everything be a “competition” with you?? Your fight mentality is really getting pathological. Reel it in, big boy…

    • No Mam, you, women, are trying to inforce your standards on the world! Wake up and smell the coffee! The world is supposed to become more evil as time goes on! The Devil is sneaky and hides truth in lies. Is this just a coincidense that women try to be indipendent, and as they are chasing off the fathers of their children cant understand why, or that they are distroying the US and / or the world? OMG people, wake up! Untill you stop creating GOD in your own image and start doing what he says, start looking and exploring the fact that you might be wrong it will not get any better. Never mind the Bible already says that you will never understand because he will distroy it again. What I am saying is falling on deaf ears. Untill you stop trying to defend you position an accept the way things are supposed to be, it will not change. THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN IS THE MAN. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. There is no debait! God said it, not me! Now you change it to mean what you want it to! But it still doesn’t change anyting!

      Love

• Maris you are so right about every thing you said, as far as man vrs woman, well I guess some have a different opinion of how that should be, since I’ve not been in a (controled/abusive) relationship, I admit there is a lot I don’t know about that, only what I have seen/heard,

  About the “christian thing” all I go on is the way ( I ) read the good book, I believe as you do, husband should be the head of the home, I think where this gets confusing and lost in thought is some ppl think there has to be, for lack of a better term ( A BOSS ) We have never had that problem, Husbands are to be over the finances but that does not mean the wife has to explain every dime she spends, for me if I want to go buy that new SUV i’m looking at, I don’t think I should go out and just bring home a new vechile, it should be a dicision made by us both,

  Where dumb B.D. gets all this other crap he spews out I have no idea, it’s nothing we have said, not the way he puts it out there, In my marriage which is probably longer than he’s been alive, there is no “BOSS ” I am not one of those women who say “my husband is the boss, and I give him permission to say so” When we go on vacation with BIL and SIL us girls have so much fun giving the guys a hard time, and they love it, yeah even a little smack once in a while, (gotta keep em’ in line LOL) I could not tell you the last time we had an argument, even when the kids were at home , we struggle to raise a family mom and dad don’t have the time or the engery to fight when your fighting against the peers of your kids who would destroy them,

  I used the Bible as a word to say that if the Gosselins were truly living the faith they proclaim, then Kate would calm down and Jon would have more say, but I see it in some of our family, the man does not lead, that way when every thing goes to hell it’s the wifes fault, I’ve had grown men say to us “it’s easier to let her have her way” this is said while they are filing for welfare and bankruptsy, Why does any one in a good strong marriage use the term “my way/his way/her way? how about praying about it (as the Gosselins use to say they did) and then waiting for an answer? b/c (as Kate) we get in a hurry for all this world has to offer and God is just too slow , but the sad thing is at the end of the day what have we gained? B/c Gods timing is always “ON TIME”

  Oh yes an internet filled with all sorts of awful things about our family, so now I can assure my kids they will always have those memories and 1000’s of blogs to read about our family history, How terrible sad is that.

  And yes I believe it has gone to hell in a hand basket (their marriage) I will say Jon has kept his mouth shut on camera better than any guy I know. Thats what I mean about being a christian, I don’t care how mad or pissed off at my husband I was I could never embarrass him or MYSELF by talking to him like a child, No I don’t even talk to my kids that way.
  I guarantee you Kate comes from an AOG church and those women do not represent them selves as she does, but who knows maybe her child hood was so strict and controlled that thats partly why she is like this, But lets say we leave religion out of it, I still could not talk to some one “I LOVE” that way, and maybe thats the key words “I LOVE”
  from the looks of them you could get a ten foot pole between them,

  Okay one more thing to Stupid person, if you can’t comment with your own name then don’t bother b/c I will not even read your post BD if it’s Anonymous, that is rediculous for you to do that, And yes we are EQUALS to man, we walk beside him, not in front or back, get that straight once and for all. That is scripture also, I guess you have a pretty messed up marriage, but in mine we are equally as important as the other, You know we try to kid a round with you but you some times go beyond the boundries, and when you start talking about how women is to behave , well mister you are out of your league AGAIN, as far as my meds, ya better let it go, I really don’t have to talk to you and this crap is getting old,

  The reason for the “who misses you, I wuv you ” no you wouldn’t understand that phrase, and evidently you don’t read all the comments made on here, so tend to your own business b/c right now it’s not your business, K?

• April, welcome to what ever we are calling this today LOL, Thank you so much for adding your name, now after what Big Daddy AKA Uncle Bonehead did you can see why, I’m not sure why he did that but just ignore him when you feel the need to,
  I thought all children grew up at some point but I guess with some the body out grows the mind,
  Please stick around we are happy to have you with us, I agree with you about marriage being a partner ship, exactly how God ordained it to be, Thank You for thoughts and views, I hope you enjoy this site, we do have fun, espically overlooking some wanna bes KWIM?

  Maris your right honey about BD and google, wouldn’t serve any purpose. Thank You Maris, you are appreciated. (((((HUGS)))))

• Hi Missy,
  I was confused about the comment that BD/uncle bonehead made to you about putting your new house on the blocks. That’s all!

  • I’m laughing with you Rachel, I’m confused to with a lot of what he says, still haven’t figured that one out, and I’m not even trying to now. He can be pretty off the wall, no idea what he is talking about and I don’t think he does either,

    Men say women are confusing when they talk, oh my lord who could be more confusing than this guy? So just ognore him, I’m not even gonna ask him any more what he means by stupid remarks.

    Hope you have a great week end and hope we can get to gether on here more. Love ya Missy

• I ENJOY WATCHING JON @ kATE AND ALL THE KIDS. I LIKE THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS. BUT JUST REMEMBER ITS JUST A SHOW AND THEY ARE MAKING ALOT OF MONEY… WHY ALL THE FUSS!!!!

• This is what happens when women don’t have proper supervision. I was perfectly kind and respectfull to April and Missy tried to make me sound like some kind of infidel!!!!!

  Missy, you are from a different age, I don’t really think that you have a full understanding of how bad it actually has gotten. Ive been lucky. Ive had two good women in my life. The first was killed and the second I was damn lucky to find! But you, as older women have a responsability to raise and guide the next generation. To be good wives and mothers, and to train your boys to be good fathers, leaders of the home and providers. You must also understand that your sons role as a provider is deminished because the workforce has nearly doubled because of women are not taking care of the home as God has instructed. So, the pay rate is also deplinished so you sons can not make enough money to support his family. So, the Devil has won. You try to be good christian people, but you can support your family! WHO WOULD GUESS, HE IS PRETTY SMART, JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAID.

  GOD BLESS JON AND KATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Mady needs therapy!

• I wanted to thank those who gave me a warm welcome! You seem like very nice people.

  I think we need to not lose sight of the fact that the Gosselins were blessed with 8 beautiful children, all whom belong to God. I think these children are precious and deserve a good life. I only hope that they won’t grow up with issues due to the media exposure day in and day out. They deserve to live a normal life.

  And as far as Kate and Jon go, I hope God can help them heal their marriage. They have 8 children that need them to love each other for their sake.

  I once heard something that I felt was so poignant. It was the best thing a man can do for his children is love their mother. I also think the best thing a mom can do for her children is love their daddy.

  With that, I hope things get better for the Gosselins.

  • Very well said.

• Missy, that was my first post, so you did not miss me!! I just stumbled across this site yesterday and I think I may be addicted already!! You will notice that most of my posts will come late at night, while the kids are sleeping and before my hubby makes it home. I didn’t get to watch the whole episode with the puppies, but I did see the end when the kids were at the kitchen table and were chanting all together “Thank you Mommy for the puppies” and Kate was just like whatever and then the kids all started chanting “Mommy is mean”. I just thougt, wow craziness and now if the dogs are really gone, I can’t even imagine how that is gonna make the kids feel. Poor things. My cat has just developed allergies and now has to have a monthly shot to control the itching, add that to all the other expenses related to him and the dog that we also have…..I have thought about getting rid of one or both of them right now, but there is no way that I could do that to my kids, they love them too much. I know I have had them longer then they have, but it must still hurt them.

  Thanks for letting me do some more ranting…

• Jenn and April, thank you, and we do have fun here, even Big Daddy has fun, he gets a little testy with me and Maris and oh yes even Coastalmom, but we’ll whip that boy in shape LOL,

  I know how you feel about pets and kids, but right now I have a dog, she is mine, and I would never let her go, I know my kids had dogs and cats and they were just part of the family,

  I to hope what ever is going on between J&K can be worked out, I know they loved each other ( hopefully still do) and those kids need both of them for different reasons, it would be a shame after all they have been thru to let all they wanted to be the very thing that split them up. I think if Kate is going away too often that she realizes it and sees the greater need at home.

  You know when she is at home she expects Jon to be there to help her, but he can’t just be there at that house 24/7. but I have noticed the body language, mostly the way Kate acts at the couch interviews, like she is just ( don’t care) to be there. No matter what kind of settlement they would come up with would not be good enough to replace the two of them in the home with the kids.

• Coastalmom, where you be babe? Ummm I was trying to find that other site but… for the life of me I can not remember the name of it, Help please.

• Missy & Rachel, if you’ll go to the top of the page, I responded to you about the “putting your house on blocks” comment BD made. That’s my best guess, anyway. Can’t really know for sure unless he chimes in. Sometimes this guy just defies explanation. Wait a minute, did I say sometimes?? My bad…

  Welcome to you as well, Jenn. Yes, for some strange reason this site can be very addictive. Giving the devil his dues, part of it may actually be Big Daddy. Except for the time(s) he makes me furious by insulting my dog or me personally, I enjoy logging on to see what fresh new blather he’s dreamed up. The bigger part, though, is the new e-friends I’ve found here. We don’t agree on everything, but we respect one another’s viewpoints. It frequently gets quite engaging.

  Missy, I have that other site Coastal mom is referring to but can’t post it here. I’ve only read a few of her comments and the ones who’ve replied to her (since that site bogs down my computer) but it does appear she could use some help there. I’ll email you the link.

  I’ll try to get back here later with an opinion post. I need another jolt of caffeine to jump-start my brain…

• Big Daddy, once again — where to start?? You keep going off on these tears about how a man is supposed to be the “head” of the woman and how women are destroying the world by demanding equality, but the problem with your arguements is that you’re cherry-picking the scriptures you like and ignoring the others. If you want to preach a sermon, you should probably READ the Bible instead of parroting quotes you’ve heard. While the Bible does say that a wife is to be in subjection to her husband, it specifies that she is to obey him “in the Lord.” A husband has to be following what the Bible instructs HIM to do before his wife is obligated to fall in line. If we go by your understanding, husbands could say “go jump off a cliff” and wives should strap on bungey cords and hope for the best…

  And this notion you have that the Bible isn’t open for interpretation and there’s NO debate? Are you serious?? There are discussions and differences about the meaning of various scriptures even among like-minded Christians, and literally hundreds of differing churches based on the Bible. Are they all wrong, save you?? A bit bloated and egotistical, perhaps? If you have some kind of hot line to God or a secret decoder ring, you need to clue the rest of us in as to where it’s available. Otherwise, your rants are starting to make you sound like you aren’t hitting on all cylinders…

• Of course, Maris, your response is just as I expected. It is all part of the so-called enlightenment. It’s all CAUSE and EFFECT! If you flip off a switch the light goes out. You take prayer and the Bible out of school and the students sense of right and wrong deminishes. Take spanking from schools, and away from parents and the amount of violence in schools have increased! Its all cause and effect. People are calling evil good. We exploit the poor and call it the lottery. We reward laziness and call it Welfare. We kill our unbord children and call it freedom of choice. We have neglected to discipline our children and call it building their self esteem. We covet out neighbors possessions and call it ambitition. The world is polluted with profanity and dirty pictures and it is called freedom of expression. We ridicule time-honored values of our forefathers and call it enlightenment.

  But people refuse to see this because, the Devil also works in mysterious ways. Call it what you will.

  This is a Jon and Kate site, so God bless Jon and Kate! And may they fire on all cylinders.

  And yes the statement about taking the house off of the blocks was a referal to your earlier post. I found it very entertaining!

• Big Daddy, did everything I said go right over your head or are you incapable of staying on one subject?? I saw this Paul Harvey quote when you posted it the first time. I thought we were discussing the husband/wife relationship!?! Is it that you have no answer to what the Bible says a man should be, or is it that you don’t know what the Bible says about it? Just as I thought…

  Don’t presume to know how I feel about prayer and punishment in the school, welfare and poverty, freedom of speech, freedom of choice, morals and time-honored values, or practically anything else for that matter. You’ll get it wrong every time.

  Yes, God bless Jon and Kate, for the sake of their children if nothing else. While you’re in a “God bless” mode, why don’t you muster up a tirade about what’s RIGHT in the world. If you find that topic leaves you completely speechless, maybe it’s time for a new pair of glasses. OMG you can be so… so… well, now I’M speechless…

• Thanks Maris for the welcome. I really don’t have too much to say today, but would also like to add a God bless for Jon and Kate and especially the kids!! As well as a God bless to all the Jon and Kate fans!!

• I thought this site was to be about Jon and Kate and the kids. Why don’t all you lonely people find someplace else to trade insults and leave this blog to its original intent.

  • Mellen, did someone thump you in yours? Mellen that is or Melon! Whatever! Now, go back in your trailer and kiss your brother / husband good night!

• We were just talking about Paul Harvey — heard on the news that he died today… : (

• Yes, I looked it up on MSNBC. They said he died in the hospital and that he was 90. I will be missed! He was quite a man!

• I love J and K +8. I think I have seen every episode. I have heard many comments about Kate not treating Jon nice. I think she is a very passionate and dramatic (not necessarily bad) women and sometimes gets overwhelmed with everything. I think that Jon can at times be just as mean and quick with his tongue when he is overwhelmed and frustrated. She is just wired a little different. I have heard them both say, that it is just how they communicate with one another and they generally let it just roll off their backs. They have said many times that they love each other and are in it for the long haul. Marriage has it’s good times and bad and sometimes seasons of good and bad times. They just may be going thru one of those long seasons of dissatisfaction. I hope they get it worked out, but I am trusting that they do intend to stay together no matter what. I do think now that the kids are a little older that the communication should be worked on.
  I think we all have to remember that this is a show with many outtakes and cuts and we may not see the whole picture as it happens, due to how it is edited. And we all know that any show is going to focus on the times they think will cause the most controversy and will excite the audience whether good or bad!
  I too think that Mady has issues that need to be addressed with a professional. The tantrums she throws and the way she talks to Jon and Kate need to be stopped immediately. I definetly see Cara starting to act out more than she did in the begining and it will only follow with the others as they see she gets what she wants if she throws a fit and acts out. I have noticed that none of the sextuplets throw fits like she does. I definetly think the twins are aloud to get away with more bad behavior than the younger kids. I, on the other hand, am not raising twins and sextuplets and have no idea how I would handle the discipline. I think that the sextuplets are very well behaved and that is due to the consistent and loving care that they receive.
  I really love the show and hope that the issues with Jodi and any others, such as Beth, could be resolved. They were a great addition to the show and to their family. I do have to say that if the rumors are true maybe J and K need to look at the fact that they seem to have alot of probs with family members and maybe it is not just the other peoples fault. Maybe there is a break down of communication, or lack of appreciation, or just personality probs. But family is family and sometimes we need to work at those relationships harder than others. I agree with the other person on this site, the kids need to know their family and be around them at least at holidays. Extended family can teach and love those kids in a way that no one else can. I hope they can work it out. I just thought I would express how I feel after thinking many times about writing to them. Thinks for listening or I guess I should say reading. God Bless You!

  • Char, you sound like such a sweet person with a gentle soul. I very much enjoyed reading your comments. Try to ignor all the off-topic bickering you may see here (we don’t really hate each other, though it might seem that way at times), and feel free to come back and share your thoughts whenever you like!

• OMG Maris, you sound like you think you own the damn blog!!! Yes, Char you seem like a pretty smart and sweet person. Char must stand for Charles!!! hu?

  Has any of you looked the poor evel beet Dugger site? Poor site hasnt had a comment since like Jan 29th. So I left one. This Blog is great! Mainly because of what Maris refered to as the off-topic bickering! haha The new episodes only come on once a week. There is sooo much that you can say about each one. I finally stopped recording the repeats. We’ve see them ALL atleast 20 times each. Weve even taken all of the online quizes and we usually make 100s. Is everyone ready for tonights? I haven’t even seen what it is going to be about this week. Should be interesting. Can’t wait to see if the dogs are on there or not!

• Hello Maris, thank you for your kind words to Char, I do appreciate others POV’s some time it lets us just take a deeper look into our own. And I do agree with a lot of things she said, life is hard and lord knows we all have skeletons in our closet that I sure would’ve not wanted the world to focus on.
  My DIL has always told me when she and my son would have a terrble argument that she always felt at ease talking to me rather than her own mom, b/c the two of them (DIL/son )will make up, they will firgive each other, but her mom may hold a grudge, and that is so true with families some times they have fights (as with J&K & family) and now the internet has taken it to a whole different level, I mean really what do we know? just what we read that some one else has said, and it usually starts from “THE ONE and ONLY MAJOR BLOG” that I won’t mention. How much truth is there in any of it? I usually try to stay with what I see on the show.

  Thank you for saying (“we really don’t hate each other”) yeah with all the bickering, LOL we just pic and choose what is worth bickering about with a certain so’n so, boy you know I’m opening a can of worms now LOL. Good to talk with you Maris MY SISTA, WOO HOO

  Welcome Char as Maris said please come back, your comment was very thought provoking,

• Maris, where it says “Leave a Reply” I am having to fill that in every time lately, do you? it was not that way before so I’m not sure what happened. can you help?

  • Hey Missy, I’ve been having to do that too. I guess they must have changed something.

• B.D. “”she does own the damn thing”” don’t you forget it mister!!!!!!!!!!

• Since when has this site become so “Zen”? I feel listening to some new age music with chimes and bells everytime I come on here. Deep, Good thoughts, AAAAAaaaaaahhhh….

  I like to watch Jon & Kate because it shows me just how f__ked up my life could have been! And so its not so bad after all. You always have to look on the bright side! I would like to have the house and the property though! haha

• Have you checked out the octomom latley? I wonder if evel beet has made a octomom site yet? Bet they have!!!! Anyway, she was looking at a $1.24 million dollar house. “4 bedroom” Wouldnt you want more bedrooms than that for that much money? She got told off at the gas station too when she was filling up her tank with tax payers money!

• Yes Missy, I have to type in my name and email address each time I leave a comment. Not sure when or why this changed, but it’s been a few weeks. I was struck by Char’s gentle nature, and while I may have different views on J&K, I appreciate her contribution. Actually, the inflection of her words reminded me of Michelle Duggar…

  I’ve decided not to respond to a certain person any longer until he shows he can finish an arguement he starts. All his “stir the sh*t” rhetoric for the sole purpose of seeing how much he can make it stink is making me grow weary. Either he can finish the debate he started, concede defeat and say he was wrong, or find someone else for his entertainment value. I’m tired of the whole scenerio where he prods me with a stick into an arguement I don’t want to have, then runs like a coward when he sees he can’t win. He smacks of a simple-minded hate monger, and for better or for worse, enough is enough…

  Looking forward to tonight’s episode, see all you regulars here tomorrow for your thoughts and recaps…

• To a certain person I wont name, I thought the debate was over. There is no way you will ever admit that you are WRONG! And thats ok. We all know. We love you anyway! “If you immediatley know the candle is aflame, the meal was cooked long ago.”

  • OH my Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Thanks Maris, see ya tomorrow hun,

  As for Char, and Jenn,Mellen,April, and Sandy, please feel free to visit with us, we appreciate your comments, Nice to have you all here with us, and where is

  Coastalmom?

  And Bun? if you are seeing this, please know we are missing you, hope all is well. (((((((((hugs to you))))))))))) and hug that little one for us to,

  • OK, SNOW is piling up, really my first attempt at dial-up, deep south, friends. God, help us all. Miss yall. :8 ( smooch)

• When you guys read a blog from big daddy do you hear his voice in your head or is it just me? And what about when he laughs hahahahahaha. I can hear that too! Your a hoot B.D.!

  Maybe too much Jon & Kate blogging for me.

  • Thanks Rach, glad SOMEONE loves me!

• I saw Kate on Dr. Phil one afternoon and she looked as though she had had a nose job. Does anyone know if this is true. Her face definitely looked different.

• Rachel, You are a hoot sweetie, ummm I’m trying not to hear him, I was wondering what that “thumping ” noise was LOL, maybe you can help us figure him out, but don’t hold our breaths for a good out come, bever know what he is gonna throw at us next

  No, No, don’t say to much blogging girl, your a Sista, and we depend on you, hang tough with us, LOL Love ya girl,

  Now where the heck did Coastalmom go? grrrrrr!!!!!!!

  Hi and welcome Brenee, no dear we don’t really know if Kate had a nose job, or rather I don’t but I think one reason she looks different is because she dresses a lot nicer and looks like she has lost some weight,

  Do you all remember when she had the tummy tuck? so many ppl have said she begged the Dr for a boob job, well IMO I have seen that episode several times and I have never heard her ask for a boob job, and besides she looks like she has enough to look good anyway.
  and they say she looked all down in the mouth when he suggested she just buy a good bra, well I didn’t see that either, but now on those blogs ppl are actually referring to that as fact, as tho she indeed ask and was refused, this is what gets to me, when ppl make untrue statements and swear it is factual, Kate does enough all by her self,she really don’t need ppl to make up lies and speculate what she says/does.

• Am I the only one that thinks that Kate may be on medication now? She seems a lot calmer.

  • Good to see you back online, southernbelle (if that’s you). If not, your screen name is spelled a little differently from Bun’s sister, so my mistake.

    I thought she started taking something (Prozac?) quite a while back. She semed to go through an adjustment phase where she looked kind of spacey but then smoothed out. Lord knows, I’d have to be on heavy doses of narcotics…

• Actually Missy, I think I did see that episode. She didn’t beg but she did mention it, like she was joking. It may not have been her, it may have been another show. I used to love to watch “PLASTIC SURGERY, BEFORE AND AFTER” Great show!!!! And a Dr. did tell someone that. Maris, what did the Dr. tell you?

  OMG Im in for it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I am Big Daddy BUT I DO NOT INDORSE THIS MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• i think all of you need to grow up. i don’t pay my sisters or sister in laws to be my family. I would be pissed if my Sister in law tryed to make a buck off being family and off my acomplishments. there is nothing wrong with what they are doing. Making home video’s that will last them a life time. Also making sure that their children have a great life. DO any of you know what it is like to raise 6 kids all the same age and two at the same age. they all wear pretty much the same size. Everytime you buy something you have the buy 8 of them. there are not hand-me-downs. their is nothing wrong with making money and supporting your family. Jodi thinks it is wrong NOW that she is not making a buck off it and NOw you put your Brother’s family down because you aren’t making a buck. GROW UP AND LOOK UP WHAT FAMILY MEANS, I think yeah family have proplems NO ONE is perfect. but making money and supporting your family is nothing wrong with that. this is their life and show not your. Plus it don’t say Jon and Kate plus 8 and aunt jodi. She writing books, When do they have time for that? just as if they worked 9 to 5!! they go to churchs and speek, they do things to support there family. I don’t go to work for free. i think it is amazing to watch their kids grow up and some day it will end and i’m sure Jon and Kate are going to soak up the free trips and the chance to tell there kids we went skiing, we saw red wood tree’s in Cal. and infact you have been to your fathers home land and his family did get to meet you. I wouldn’t stop my sister for letting her take her children to places and learn. I think Jodi is just a fool and bitter that she would even do something like that.

  • Well, don’t we have our panties i a wad!!!!!

    • No she is stating her opinion…..

  • You are totally right!! Jon and Kate have to do whatever they have to do to provide for there kids.

    • As they should, but what does this have to do with aunt Jodi getting paid? I doubt her compensation came out of the $$$ the gosslins were getting.

  • I agree 110%11

  • This family is not “making home video’s that will last them a life time”. They are making money off their children by filming their childhood then broadcasting it on a national television show. Home videos would be filmed by family members and watched by friends and family AND are NOT subject to editing or framing episodes to have more drama or scandal (more drama = higher ratings). How would you like videotapes of you as a baby naked in the bath, or having potty training problems broadcast to the entire country??? Yes, the family needs to support itself, but not at the expense of the children.

    Secondly, can somebody teach Kate how to formulate a complete sentence with real words and everything?

    Lastly, I know Jon and Kate get paid a lot to speak at churches, but can someone tell me how god and fertility drugs mix?

• Hey I really dont think she was on med’s she looks fine to me with no probs u know da reason might be is she is stressed out with her kids as well as her husband! Sorry to say we all go through so I dont know why there is such a probles shes fine okay!

  • So what if she is taking medication…..you talked about her out busts enough time, maybe as she was watching the show she saw something she didn’t like.
    Maybe things are calmer in her life and she is less stessed.

    There is different medications for different reasons, don’t be cruel to people on this board who are taking medication for depression, or anxiety or other reasons one might take medication for mental health.

    THose of you that are reading this and are taking the medication…Good fo you!!! I pray that you are healthier because of it

    Also speak up for yourselves, don’t hide away like it is something to be a shamed of, I take medication for my heart every day and I am thankful fo the people who made this medication available.

    • Agree. Mental or emotional conditions or disorders, whether they’re temporary or permanent, are no different than physical ones. They’re as real as diabetes or heart disease. Those who want to stigmatize people taking anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds or any other psychiatric medication has never had a mental or emotional problem… or maybe they have and still do…

    • sharyn, to bad they don’t make medicaton FO your spelling! It might help with your out BUSTS

• Just watched the new episode. I saw that the puppies were there and they have grown quite a bit! So, I think that the have aged more than 2 weeks since the last episode. Looks like the rumor was just a rumor! Thank goodness.

• I have to tell you that what happened to Jodi doesn’t surprise me. Jon and Kate came to our church to speak. I really had no idea why they were coming but they came. Once they got there they didn’t actually speak, they just answered questions about their family. They were suppose to speak on I think how God has been in their lives…they said that they were speaking at churches to let people know that they are christians and the producers edit out everything about their faith in Christ. I personally think that is a load of crap because what about the Dugards they always talk about God and their faith. My pastor offered to cover traveling expenses like gas….my pastor received a bill of over $5000 for a limo that they were using to and from their home, they didn’t fly for some reason. Not to mention they didn’t even bring the kids….aren’t they the reason Jon and Kate are even famous??? Anyway when they were speaking poor Jon couldn’t even get a word in edge wise. After they were finished I was standing outside talking to my mother (we were the only other people outside) They come walking out, I proceed to say Hello with no intention of carrying on a conversation and she didn’t say anything or even look at me like there were a million people surrounding her. I really do believe she loves the attention. When they first started the show I think she might have been doing it for the right reasons but she’s got off….turned into a selfish, worldly, thinking she is all that crazy person….oh and a week later I had went to a Woman’s Conference in Hersey PA and she was suppose to speak there too….needless to say I was not excited!

• I thought last nights show was somewhat boring. I think this show has lost its spark as well as Jon and Kate’s marriage. Their marriage is definately strained.

• How does that thing get near our names? I didn’t put it there.

  • Its a cootie finder! ha Just kidding. I don’t know hot it got there but now everyone has one. I asked Evil how to get one several weeks ago. She directed me to the Gravitar link located at the upper right side of this blog. You can go there and choose your own. Have a loving and peacefull day. BD

• I use to love watching the show but Kate’s treatment of Jon makes me change the channel.
  I hate it when Kate rants on and on….the gum thing comes to mind. It is obvious she can’t stand to have anyone get any attention away from her. I hate it when she rolls her eyes at Jon when he answers a question and treats him like one of the children. I think he is absolutely amazing how he helps her and does everything she screams for him to do.
  I think Kate needs to treat others the way she demands others treat her.

  • I just vowed to never watch this show again over this whole last episode. The way Kate treats her husband Jon is appalling. She no longer has any humility or gratitude for anything she has. I feel horrible for her husband and children. What is her problem. She used to be humble, now she is an ungrateful bitch who needs to hide away.

• I love the new gravitar pictures. Especially Missy’s and Maris’s. Missy looks just like I picture her, a stop sign with glasses and Maris’s looks like a Naco Cheese Dorito! hahahaha Im going to start calling yaw’ll the Nacho Sistas!

• Don’t know why we’ve all been “assigned” an avatar, but if we have to have one, I think I’ll have to figure out how to make my own. Maybe a pic of my little fur baby?

  I have to agree with Rachel again. I thought last night’s episode was pretty boring overall. The tups aren’t nearly as cute running, screaming, and fighting as they were when they were a couple of years younger. They’re starting to look bratty. Seems like some lessons in manners and behavior are overdue. And what’s with Kate “shewing” them away constantly? Jon was either busy or with her, so who’s watching them? Is the camera crew the new defacto babysitting team?

  I don’t think Kate’s had a nose job, just think she’s gotten thinner. And tan. Hmmm… Jon, on the other hand, looks like he’s gained weight. Kate can’t be happy with that. Heck, she had him on a diet and exercise program back when he was looking good (IMO). His face and neck also looked flushed and puffy, and there was some kind of red mark on his forehead. What’s up with that? It looked like they filmed him after a weekend at the bars.

  I felt bad for him trying to save momentos of his father and other things he said were sentimental while the godess stood over him barking “stuff — it’s all just stuff” because it wasn’t important to her. But those pinecones are a keeper for sure. I believe she said “I’m going to decorate MY mantle with those…”

  And the puppies… Big breed puppies grow pretty fast, but it did look like they’d aged more than just a couple of weeks. I noticed they were still in their baby-gate fashioned pen. Guess they still aren’t house broken, but what can you expect — it took Kate 3 years to potty-train the boys, and I think she actually cared about them. Oh, I forgot, that was supposed to be Jon’s job. Wonder whose job it is to work with the dogs? Jon? The kids? The camera crew? Maybe she’s waiting on Victoria Stillwell to volunteer her time…

  • Didn’t you think it was odd that they both said they had no experience with dogs, didn’t know anything about them, and yet the KNEW that they wanted “pure bred German Shepards”? I guess they must have been reading up. I’m not a real doggie person but I love our 11 year old Scottie, the only dog we’ve owned in our 32 year marriage. When she’s gone there will be no more. Why? They require the care of small children. Vet bills are expensive (especially when you “child” is an onery terrier that has to be sedated to have her teeth cleaned.), and as they get older they get incontinent and stinky. Just imagine Kate dealing with that.
    Also, Big Daddy, I love your posts but please don’t critique the spelling of others when you don’t appear to spell check either. Don’t get me wrong, I like you lots, it’s just we all have our spelling/typo days!

    • Thank you Five and Dime! I found the solution to my spelling needs! You go to microsoft works and use the word processor, use the spell check, then cut and paste it to the blog! Ive done that once. Its an awfull lot of work just to post a blog! I know my spelling sucks. I’m not makeing excuses, well, I guess I am, but this keyboard drops a lot of letters. When someone makes a stupid blog, I can’t help but try to poke them thought!

      Later

• Kate what is the deal girl,i really don’t see Jon staying with you to much longer.you have such a bad way of saying things and yet you say you don’t mean it but why keep doing it if you know that what you say isn’t right. there are days when i sit and look at your show and i just hold my breath because i know oneday Jon will explode. oh boy you better calm down you have everything right there in your hands why are you so ugly to jon. he’s such a good man i say he needs to get a back bone and stand up to you,he don’t because of the kids but i see who wears the paints in that family and it isn’t Jon. sorry buddy i fell sorry for you.

• Almost forgot, hubby talked to his mother yesterday. She lives in PA a few towns away from J&K (don’t know if it’s the old house or new one). She’s always been a huge fan of the show, but says they’ve stopped watching altogether. Evidently, one of her friend’s friend knows the family and has told everyone how horrid Kate has become. She said Kate is rude, snobbish, and has no use for ordinary people any longer. She said the whole town has changed the channel for good. Yes, I know it’s just another rumor, but like all good gossip, I thought I’d pass it on… LOL!

  • I don’t think its gossip. Husband works for a local printing company and a member of Kates family also works at this plant…he told my husband and a few others one day that Kate and Jon do not bother with their family/friends since the money started rolling in to the tune of 3 million for last year; they keep to themselves; Plus he said that HER parents were totally AGAINST the filming of the show and that caused alot of trouble within. LOOK AT TODAYS NEWS HEADLINES, 3/5/2009 Jon was caught at a frat party and some bar kissing woman, acting like an idiot, etc. Watch the news video.

    • I just saw the clip about Jon. Frankly I’ve had it with the show. I can’t stand the way Kate treats Jon. If she was my wife I’d be at parties too. He’s a great dad to those kids. She makes me sick to my stomach. How offten does she get her hair done? I mean come on, she has it so hard!!!!

• I looked into the “gravitar” thing, and evidently someone else is already using the name Maris… SO, I can either come up with another screen name or stay a dorito…

• Yes Maris I caught that too that Kate is going to decorae HER mantle with the pine cones. Ya know the ones that Jon almost killed himself trying to get for her. My son walked into the room when I was watching the show last night and said “she (kate) looks anorexic.

  • Also, when they showed the old clip of Jon trying to put the box on the top shelf, they acted so much more loving and playful with each other than they do in current episodes. That’s sad, because I can remember thinking way back then that Kate was being a little too bitchy. Now, those are the good old days…

    Aaahh… I think the thrill is gone…

• Maris, Did you look at differnt combinations of upper case and lower case variations? Thats why I had to change from BIG DADDY TO Big Daddy.

• “Dial up” the speed of a snail. Hi to all, and first off- NO that is not suthunbelle, I took the only laptop. But interesting, and I have no cable, but plenty and I mean, plenty of things to keep me busy. See all is well, miss the show sooo much, and yall too. Baby is growing like a weed, what is with the weird faces next to all the names?? Maris, Rachel, Missy, Coastalmom, and sigh, Big daddy, I have missed our little debates/chats, but I have no time or access to something resembling cable TV so WSPA it is. grrrr. Kisses and best wishes to everyone, I’ll pop in when I can.

  Sleepily yours/or covered in poop/or Half Baked?!?! (thank you UBH, my husband affectionatly refers to me like that now),
  Diane

• WTF happened to my avatar? It better change back. I dont like this homoerotic picture! I hope it was just a fluke on that last blog. I re-watched the last episode of Jon & Kate. I think that Jon probably got the red mark on his head from disassembling the kids gym in the back yard. That would also explain why his cheeks were so red. Kate made a comment that it was cold. I’ve wondered before about Jon’s eyes always being so red. He always looks like he just smoked a big doobie right before the interviews. I’ve always chalked it up to his contacts. Haha I was surprised about the big storage area in the basement. I never knew it was there. At first I thought they were out in the storage building in the back of the house. But as it turns out, it was in the basement. Yes, I felt for Jon also when he was saying he had trouble getting rid of things that had belonged to his Dad. You can tell the loved him a great deal. Kate did seem a little insensitive. Kate and Jon also made the comment that when they were in the old house it was just too small and that was why they were always at each other. Maybe that is the difference that we all have been seeing. Maybe, now, they have room to spread out!

  To everyone who thinks that I don’t like Maris, I have gotten permission to tell everyone that she is my favorite person! I enjoy her sharp wit. The first time I came to this blog, I was just going to leave a racist, homophobic remark to get all of the ignorant women that don’t have anything else to do but bash people like Jon and Kate pissed off. I did come back and read the comments that everyone had left. I was so impressed with Maris’s insightful and sharp comments that I started coming back everyday. So, if anyone thinks I attack Maris’s because I don’t like her, your wrong. I make comments to get her riled up to see what she is going to say next! I was surprised by her tweeking out when I said that pure breed dogs were inbred! That took me totally by surprise! I also found out how to use spell check on the blog!

  • you need your own blog, like looking at a wreck…I’d read it faithfully!

    • Well, thank you bun, Its funny that you say that. I have my own blog. Im still working on getting it going. I still havent figured out how to do everything yet. Ill let you know when I do. If you leave me a message on HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM Ill send you a link.

      BD

  • If you didn’t see my comment elsewhere, I just wanted to second the opinion that you need to have your own blog. I love to channel my inner bitchiness incognito! Especially when I am trying really hard to have a positive self conscienceness (I know that sounds airy-fairy but I am having trouble at work which is why I’m home on a Wednesday blogging. Don’t ask!!)
    Big Daddy, I also need to find the spell check and if they had such a thing as automatic typo correct it would be the icing on the cake.

    • Thank you Five and Dime! I found the solution to my spelling needs! You go to microsoft works and use the word processor, use the spell check, then cut and paste it to the blog! Ive done that once. Its an awfull lot of work just to post a blog! I know my spelling sucks. I’m not makeing excuses, well, I guess I am, but this keyboard drops a lot of letters. When someone makes a stupid blog, I can’t help but try to poke them thought!

      Later

• I for one love the show and watch it religiously every week.
  I have noticed that the “spark” of the show is fizzling but I still enjoy watching it. I have also noticed that Kate seems different lately.
  She sits on the interview couch kind of slumped and like she doesn’t want to be there.
  I don’t care how “mean” or “rude” Kate is. After all it is her personality and nobody would watch the show if she was fake.
  Therefore, I will be watching it again next week.

• what happened to jon he wasnt on monday night ,did he finally was up and left kate we hope so.she really better was up before its to late and she loses everything she deserves to. we love the show before but cant stand the attitude kate has .she is so obnoxious/ wise up kate not for your sake but for your children sake.we dont think your evem talking to beth who was so god to you /and your sister-inlaw jodi.get your act together before you lose everything. know one will ask you for appearances or anything else you do/

• weird…like a deserted island.

• Yea, it gets like that sometimes. Its yak yak yak then nothing!!! I dont have a life so I usually check the blog every couple of hours. Just leave something if you want to, Ill see it.

  • WHAT is in your picture??? I nearly fell off the chair when I realized it was an ostrich? Funny/odd, why do we all have faces and you have a bird? Is it yours? My aunt and uncle live in Pensacola and they have emus. lol So, back to diaper duty. Attempting to get broadband, it takes me half an hour to dial in, so it is email and evil beet and then back to bed. I will send you my email so you can send your blog…my hubby LOVES your rants, he swears that BD/UBH should run for office. Suthun-ers. hmmm. Did J&K move?? My sister emailed me that they bought a million dollar house? And got a dog…WTF? * kids isn’t keeping you busy enuf? How far behind am I?

    • OMG, where have you been? Oh yea, you had a baby! ha
      You do have a lot to catch up on. Lets see. Yes, they moved to a lacish estate! People keep saying it was different prices but it was about 1.4 million give or take a couple of hundred thousand! Its on several acres. It well off of the main road. The very long drive is lined with trees and there is a flag pole in font of the house. It as 14 rooms and an enormous pool with hot tub. The pool conects with a recreation room that they call the basement. Huge room! Jon and Kate have a room wiith his and hers walk in closets and a huge bathroom with a jacoozie tub. I think Hannah has hr own room because Alexis gets up too early and it gives her headaches to be woke up so early. Ill send you the Remax sight so that you can take the virtual tour. It also has a seperate 3 car garage with an seperate upstairs apartment. I think they should move Mady to the spartment! haha But rumor has it that Jon took a woman home to the garage apartment! Thats just a rumor though.. There has been no confirmation.

      Jon has been sighted out in bars. There are even pictures of him on the net of him and two waitresses. Other blogers say they know the bar. Jon and Kate were acting different in the past few intervies. We also heard that they had seperated and that he was living with his mother. They also said that they were currently under a 1 year contract with TLC so they have to do the show. And that was why they were acting different. Now someone has said that Kate is on Prozak and at first she was spaced out but now is pulling it back together since her body is becomming adjusted to the medication. I dont know, it just rumor.

      Yes they got two german shepards. They got them from a former police officer that also breeds the dogs. Kate met him at a church that they did a speaking enguagement at. Kate admitted, basically that she had been rude to him. She said that when they met he was talking and she was thinking, “yayayaya”. But they got the dogs. Kate wouldn’t let the kids name the dogs. She gave them some weird ass names like Sushie and flac seed, I dont remember! Anyway, the rumor was that Kate got rid of them supposably because of allergies the following week. But they were on this past weeks show and they had grown quite a bit. It looked like more than 2 weeks growth. So hopefully the rumors are not true. Everyone thinks that the dogs will be very theroputic for the kids, especially Mady.

      And that pretty much sums it up! Youll have to excuse my spelling in this one. I dont have on my gass, SHUT UP!!, and I cant see. I got the kids off to school and my wife is in the bed and I dont want to wake her up by going to get them.

      Later BD

• The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.

• OMG!!! Yaw’ll have got to go visit the Evil Beet”Lookin good, Jon Gosslin” site. Its all about him! There is a bunch of shit on there about him going out and things that he allegidley has said. Below is a post that I cut and pasted!! You got to go visit this site!

  Well, who didn’t see this coming from the PR (that’s Public Relations) person:
  http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/rumor-control-jon-kate-still-great.php
  Rumor Control: Jon & Kate Still Great

  The blogs have been buzzing overtime with rumors that there’s trouble in the marriage of reality show stars Jon & Kate Gosselin. Hey with eight kids, who wouldn’t fight? But certain blogs have taken the next step, reporting that Jon was seen at a bar in Pennsylvania hitting on — and leaving with — a younger woman.
  But don’t expect to see Jon & Kate in divorce court any time soon.
  In a statement issued through his rep, Jon says: “It is certainly hurtful for people to spread rumors and lies about us. It certainly makes me reluctant to live my life like the average person would. This has made it very clear that the simplest innocent gesture — such as taking a picture with a fan, can be taken out of context.
  “As you can see on the show, I am not perfect, but I am a part of a loving family and couple.”
  Rumor dismissed, Jon. Get back to changing diapers!

  Yeah, the girls and bar background were photoshopped, too, RIGHT?

  Reply

• Bun, hellllllllooooooo, are you there ? Oh my gosh it is so good to hear from you, have you read back and seen we have been asking about you? How is the new baby doing? I’m sure you are ready to run a few miles LOL
  Any way just wanted to holler at ya , we have missed you girl, Hope all is well with you and yours, (((((((((Hugs))))))))) Missy

• I think that Kate is a narcissist (pretty sure I spelled that wrong!). I have dealt with these people who 1. can’t really help being that way and 2. can’t be cured of this nasty behavior. How come so many of these looneys are evangelicals? I’d like to feel sorry for them but they do so much damage to those around them. Look at the expression on Jodi’s face. I don’t believe for a minute that she was begging for money, after all she’d been helping out for free for years. I think Jon is close to a saint (he’s not quite 32, just a month older than my oldest son.). The kids are, for the most part, sweeties. Mady and Hannah need counseling badly. They aren’t hell-spawn, just little girls who have been influenced by crazy mom.
  Jodi is not the only one with issues. If you get your google on you will find Kate’s former co-workers, neighbors, etc who have plenty of opinions to dish. Paul Peterson thinks that the child labor laws need some revision and he has a point. There are more laws to protect working animals than children. These 8 children are supporting their family. If you doubt it try to picture a show without the kids involved.
  If you enjoy watching, good for you! There is something about reality television that makes it hard to look away. I watch too. I’m no better than anyone struggling to raise a family and it would be hard to turn down the dump-truck full of money if TLC offered to film my life. I’m just saying that my opinion is that Kate has a dangerous and hurtful personality disorder that makes it hell to be around her. Please look it up so you can get other opinions.
  Blessings to you all including the Gosselins and particularly aunt Jodi. I’d love to meet her and give her a big hug!

• My posts aren’t showing up so I must be doing something wrong…can you read my mind and know that I have NOTHING good to say about the Rush Limbaugh party? Actually, there are a couple of redeeming features of the GOP. It was the party of Senator Mark Hatfield, still a wonderful human being and the late Governor Tom McCall the best Oregon has ever had and this is coming from a 5th generation Oregonian.

• I’d love to have Aunt Jodi as a sister-in-law. Someday Kate will realize what she had and lost.

• BD, I saw your post on another of Beet’s blogs. For your sake, I won’t say which one so the regulars here won’t go looking it up, but you know the one I’m referring to. You sounded like an ignorant pre-pubescent boy looking for an audience or peer approval. It’s like I could hear you in my mind squealing with delight at finding a forum where the loose censorship allowed you to unload aloud all the ugly vile thoughts from the abyss of your soul. Why did you want me to see that? Are you really proud of that comment? Really?!? Do you have enough bravado to post it on this site? (I hope not.) Think about it — I mean REALLY think about it…

  • SO IT WORKED? I wish I was aignorant pre-pubesent boy! Don’t bash it, those were the best days of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Kate’s attitude lately could also be that she is lonely.
  She does have her husband and kids but what about other family and friends? She had a lot of people that were on the show and now nobody is around. She has this I don’t care attitude but eventually it will all catch up to her.

• I just watched an old episode of J&K when they got their teeth whitened. They seemed so loving, yes Kate loving. She had her hand on Jon the entire show during the interview segment and they seemed so happy. I felt really sad for them. Hopefully they can work out their problems. At least for the children. And yes Aunt Jodi babysat again so they could go to the appointment together. I’m sure those kids must miss her she truly loves them.

  • Rachel, honey, those are repeats. That means they are showing an old show again! It doesnt mean that she is baby sitting for them again. They live quite a way from her now.

    • Anonymouns, did you get the part where R said she watched an OLD ep? Please don’t shoot off until you fully comprehend what you’re shooting off about.

• I forgot this question. I heard that they get 25,000 per episode. Do they get money when the episodes are repeated??

  • Like most shows and celebs, I’m sure they get something for the reruns, just not the same amount they do for new episodes. I’m actually surprised they only get $25K for the new ones. Don’t know why, but somehow I thought it’d be more.

    • I read they make $80,000.00 per episode

• Yaw’ll, I love Jon & Kate and the kids to death! These blogs are all just a way to let go and have a little fun. I’m glad that to have been here. I didn’t know that you could feel close to people whos faces you had never seen. But, I feel that I know you all!

  Jon and Kate, probably do have some problems. But you also have to remember that they are experiencing things that all of us can only imagine! A lot of us have had large families. But none of us have ever had that many that close to the same age. They have to have unique situations on and off of the camera that we can not start to understand. My father in law was the youngest of 13. That was another era. I bet, if they were all the same age, they would not have survived.

  The rumors are just that, rumors. Its really none of our business what is going on in their lives. Who Jon is sleeping with, how Kate treats him etc.. It is a privlidge that they let us into their lives. There is no way that to support that many children today! Eather you would have to have one parent with a mega mega job and never be able to see their family so the other one could stay at home and take care of the kids. You have to hand it to them! They found a way to make it work! They are doing what they have to do. Im sure we can not imagine the preasure they are under and that kind of situation over time will change a person.

  I think the world of Jon and his personality brings a lot to the table. However, without Kate and her bitchiness and OCD, that house hold would have fallen apart a long time ago. I’m bitchie and I can’t keep up with the 4 I still have at home. And the Gosselins are just getting started.

  Wait untill they get to be teenagers. All of them wanting to play different sports in school, some in band, wanting to date and their hormones start to kick in. I wouldn’t want to trade places even for their money! These are the good years that they are in right now. I hope that the rumors are not true about eather of them. And I hope that they dont read these blogs!!!! They are probably just going thru a development phase. I just hope that if the rumors are true, that they find their way back to each other while they still can. They are a wonderfull family and I think an insperation to all of us. Showing us what we all can accomplish when we need to.

  That all being said, Its not nice to talk about people, BUT IT SURE IS FUN!!! The biggest disgrace is when the US goverment spent 12 million dollars to find out if President Clinton, the greatest president we ever had, was porking ole Monica or not! That was a crime spending that money on something that should have been between he and Hillary! By the way, Im from Arkansas too!

  GO RAZORBACKS!! SEEWEEE PIG!!!!!

• Hi Y’all.
  Where is Kate’s family? Once she said something like “it’s best they aren’t here”, or something like that. Her parents are not welcome. Any info on this?

  I just found you and have really enjoyed reading your comments and opinions. Kate has just about aliented everyone except those with the check book. She really took advantage of Jodi, but where is Jon’s brother (Jodi’s husband).

  Where is the new house? I’m shocked she agreed to get two puppies. Are they gone now? Thanks everyone, for being so entertaining and informative.

• Has anyone noticed that Jon has become more rude to Kate! It seems as tho there roles/attitudes have reversed and Jon is constantly cutting down everything Kate does and she has become very submissive.

  • Jon passive/aggressive, just a bit??

• I have always had trouble allowing my daughters to watch this show. The glorification of large families to the point of televising their lives IS influencing the younger generation. This is recently witnessed by the decisions of Nadya Suleman. Really scarey. This show and all large family reality shows are as of now blocked from our household at least.

• When I first watched this show its was entertaining and fun.Unfortuantely, in the past several years, I’ve found Kate to be inappropriate, self-centered, demanding, unappreciative, and in essence an obessive-comulisve woman hell bent on demeaning her husband, children, and even realtives,including her own mom and dada, because she has a sense of entilment and thinks it should be, as she often syas “all mine”. Its pathetic and then she guises this under the pretense of religion on her website and her carefully placed quotations around her home. It won’t surprise me if Jon leaves Kate as he deserves a loving, ind, partner.I think Jon is very helpful, fun, and a nice man….Kate is not. Sorry, kate, but the truth hurts, doesn’t it?

• When I first watched this show its was entertaining and fun.Unfortuantely, in the past several years, I’ve found Kate to be inappropriate, self-centered, demanding, unappreciative, and in essence an obessive-comulisve woman hell bent on demeaning her husband, children, and even realtives,including her own mom and dada, because she has a sense of entilment and thinks it should be, as she often syas “all mine”. Its pathetic and then she guises this under the pretense of religion on her website and her carefully placed quotations around her home. It won’t surprise me if Jon leaves Kate as he deserves a loving, ind, partner.I think Jon is very helpful, fun, and a nice man….Kate is not. Sorry, kate, but the truth hurts, doesn’t it?

• Where is everybody?

• Oh, Dale, Dale, Dale… Knowing you is like owning a pet rock. Can’t teach it anything, can’t shame it, just can’t do a damn thing with it but let it be. Guess it is what it is…

• WHAT !? ((((((HUGS))))))

• Here are some upcomming edisodes I found on another site. They were ment to be funny!

  “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”

  I really liked the “GOSSELINS 90210”

• Enjoyed your comments. I think Kate looks “funny” this season as if she had plastic surgery on her face. The whole dog episode was too much. I think they should have saved a pup in the local shelter…

• Anonymous from 3/4,

  I realize that when a show is played over again it is a repeat. And I also know that Aunt Jodi isn’t babysitting for them again because it is a repeated show. I was just making a point that Aunt Jodi used to watch the kids alot back then. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh

• Rose, Octomom started way before Kate did, and she is a few years older than Kate, Just saying, what others do we can’t blame it on Kate, I think she gets enough heat from her own doing, The octomom has had how many IUf’s (if thats what they are called)

  I have read severa; comments where people are saying they are writing to TLC and different agencies to “proclaim ” Kate is setting a bad example for their kids, well I would say “what kind of example are you setting?”

  I surely do not uphold J&K on a lot of things but there are far worse things on T.V. to watch, starting with some of the cartoons. JMO

  • I agree, Missy. You can’t blame Kate (or any large family shows, or even Angelina Jolie) for the horrifically bad decisions that Nadya Suleman has made and is still making. This whack job is in a class all her own, and seems determined to stay on a collision course with real tragedy. Very sad for her children…

• Okay this is for (blabber mouth) AKA B.D. AKA uncle bone head, or now as “SAY WHAT?

  What did you say about Clinton? he was the best what??? I had to read that several times to see if that was correct. snttt,snttt,snttt, for shame, for shame.

• Missy, OH YEA BABY!!! Ole Uncle Bill!!! You all knew he was a stud before you elected him. So why bitch when he got it on with Monica? Hell, if I was president of the United States I would do it in the Oval Office! Just think how many people can make that claim in history!!! I guarantee you Obama is nailing someone on the resolute desk right now! And she is probably a white chick!! Common, who are you kidding. You’d do it too if you could!

  The whole crime is that the goverment thought, while American Citizens are homes and starving, that it was necessary to spend 12 million dollars of finding out if he porked ole Monica L. in the oval office or not!!!!

  The goverment has a SCREWED up sense of morality!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Someone pass me a cigar!

  • Big Daddy, you sir, are an idiot. Do you ever turn on the TV or pick up a newspaper? The economy’s in the toilet, the stock market is tanking, nearly 10% of Americans are jobless, tens of thousands have lost their homes, the entire world is looking to our president to make it just a little better, and ALL you can do is imagine he’s “nailing some white chick” on a desk in the oval office?? Just tell me now, do you get even more moronic?? Even my brainless, spineless, dickless pet rock didn’t sit around all day striving to be more ignorant…

    If you really want to tell us about SCREWED UP, write us an autobiography. I’d bet (what’s left of) my 401K that it’d be a whole lot more entertaining…

• Big Daddy, please don’t pretend to know what I would/wouldn’t do. you do not know. as faras what you suggested, heck no, are you crazy? I would not even think of some thing like that, and degrade my self and break my hubbys heart. No I;m from the old school, and I did not go into marriage thinking it was okay to say my vows until some thing goes wrong, or we have financial struggles, kids srruggles, it was “until death do us part”

  We have never gave one another reason to even think like that, because we both believe “we already have the very best. So why would I want another when I already have the very best?

  No you can not tell us girls “You know you would to” You do not know us. Sorry to burst your wittle bubble.

  • Just guessing here, but his bubble isn’t all that’s “wittle”… Don’t let him get you riled, hon. Stay strong, sista!

• Missy, what if your husband was the president?

• I have wondered what happened to Aunt Jodi, and I’m so very sorry to hear the reasons behind why she dissapeared from the show. Sadly I can relate: My brother married a nurse, got off her depression meds to get pregnant, after the baby decieded that myself and my parents were not good enough to be around thier daughter, and that it was and I quote “Not a right to be an aunt but a privlage.”.
  Aunt Jodi if you see this please know that you are not alone, there are other rejected SIL’s out here who support you 100%!
  (What is up with nurses who are SIL’s and are unhinged, yell at thier spouses and kids/verbal abuse, and cut off family members?)

• I can understand the Gosselins desire to make a good income and this show apparently achieves that. The problem with the show and I believe the reason for the negativity towards the show is the hateful attitude of the mother and the complacency of the father. For me it makes the show unwatchable. I am willing to believe that the show is staged or edited to enhance the unpleasant behaviors of Jon and Kate, but how could rational people allow themselves to be used in such a fashion? Why would a couple show their dysfunctional marriage and family life to world or allow the producers to distort their relationship to show it as such? Why do 3 million people stop their lives to watch this ridiculousness and then waste more of their time to go on blogs and defend this couple and their show?

  • I couldn’t agree more. I stopped watching it when I realized Jon was born without a backbone and was not going to do anything to step up to the plate. Apparently, he enjoys being Mr. Milquetoast. Kate is simply too much for me to bear. I understand that they now have puppies. I pity the dogs! It is also absurd that they sit back as Maddy, DBA “Bratty”, has her meltdowns. Maybe that makes Kate feel better about her own behavior!

    • I have a neice who acts much like Maddy does and Surprise! her mother reminds me of Kate. I think that this child is screaming out for help with emotional problems. More than likely stemming from lack of affection and the stress of all of the other children. They need to stop filming and take care of their family issues. I have twins and used to watch as inspiration. If she can maintain her sanity staying home with 8 I can deal with twin toddlers and a teenager. After I found out how staged and full of lies their portraying I will no longer watch or support this show or family in any way.

  • I started having my doubts about this show during the episode where they went to the furniture store to buy beds. Little Colin was constipated and we got to see and hear all the details of Jon’s solution to the problem. Ah, childhood memories documented for the future . . or fodder for being beat up on the playground in third grade.

• I always enjoyed the show, i found the kidsto really being cute. Its sad to hear that their might be problems with mom and dad. I hope they can set aside their differances, and get back together. Reguardless, everybody loses, so stop the hurting and lets get happy.

  • I really enjoy the show. Everyone is dysfunctional in their own ways. That’s what makes the show good. I hope they can keep their family together and have 5 more seasons.

• I don’t know Pritrw, but it does keep us coming back here, don’t it?
  I guess maybe we are getting some thing out of it, I’m glad b/c of J&K I have met some very nice ppl on here, my “sistas” and my cyber buddies.

  Speaking of “Sistas” where the heck is Castalmom?

• SOME PEOLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT”S REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF CHILDERn. THOSE BABY BLUES ARE TERRIBLE< I KNOW I HAD THEM REALLY BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I WAS AN ONLY CHILD I HAD SO MUCH TO,I DIDN”T KNOW WHAT DO I LERNED THE HARD WAY I HAD HAVE HELP . FOR DR.

• TLC has an ad for the up-coming “Table for Twelve” followed by
  the CONCLUDING episode of Jon and Kate plus Eight.
  Does anyone have any info????
  Are Jon and Kate over???

  • Wow, haven’t seen any previews for either of those episodes. My TV guide says next week is about going to the vet, and I was gearing up to get pissed about the dogs again. Of course, I record the episodes and skip the commercials so I could have easily missed it. What’s a “table of twelve” for? J&K+8 adds up to 10 not 12, and they haven’t shown any family or friends for eons. Maybe the concluding episode is a part 2 of that?? I thought they had another year to fulfill on their contract with TLC. If the show’s about to be over, we’ll have to all go over to Big Daddy’s blog for a place to argue…

    • Table for 12 is a new show set to begin after the season finale of j&K +8 not the series finale. Hope that helps!

    • “Table for Twelve” is a different show with a different family.

  • The show isn’t over, it’s the season finale. I think I heard that Jon said they signed for two more seasons.

    Also….it is just a RUMOR that Jon has been cheating on Kate isn’t it?

    • I just read that story in this week’s Star Magazine. I wonder if it is true??

• I THINK JON AND KATE PLUS EIGHT IS A GREAT SHOW. ITS FUNNY AND CUTE. I MEAN ITS JUST A SHOW, WHY DO PEOPLE CARE ABOUT IT SO NEGATIVELY

• Comcast.net has all about Jon playing beer pong with college girls from P.A. He was seen kissing them and he left with some. I’m sure Kate will give him a time out for that!

  • Sure enough, Rachel, all those “rumors” are being reported by a lot of different sources now. I wonder if J&K really are “separated” with Jon staying in an apartment over the garage (as per one report), but just trying to keep up appearances (not terribly effectively, on Jon’s part) until their contract is up with TLC? If so, I wonder if they’ll explain the reason for the break-up? Nah, we’ll probably have to hear it from some bar waitress…

• These websites are amazing that people really have created blogs critizing the show. They actually don’t like the show, don’t stand for what they do and make it their life and time devoted to making “awareness” about it. Plain and simple: if you don’t like the show, their beliefs, how Kate treats Jon, you feel the kids are being exploited, you don’t like the “freebeez” she gets…here’s a thought: DON’T WATCH IT! Its their lives. Let them do what they want to do. You people who actually devote time to criticizing the show maybe need to turn that time into being with your own families.

• Maris, I also saw the next epi. is going to the vet,
  The table of tweve (I believe) is a new show coming to TLC.
  Also J&K have a new sason starting, so I believe thats what it means by their final show (for this season) JMO
  And Rachel, LOL, LOL alot, Jon will get more than “time out” you can count on that, I can hear Kate now “JOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  What were you thinking??????? that 20+ acres will not be big enough to hide on. Okay let me see how many states away I am, cause sista, I’m putting on ear muffs.

• OMG Maris, go to big Daddys blog, what might we find there?
  I will if you will. where are the other sists’a? Have you heard from Coastalmom, I so do wish Evil Beet had P.M’ing on here, I love that forum.

  • At last glance, Missy, there was only one topic on BD’s blog with one comment that said “no comments?” I don’t think he has a grasp yet on how to run a blog, keep current issues, attract people to post, etc. I think he just wanted somewhere to tell his story.

    I don’t know what happened to Coastalmom. She’s been mentioned several times but hasn’t yet responded.

    What’s “P.M.’ing”?

    • Maris, they left of the “S” its PMSing. You are PMSing! Oh, nevermind you probably don’t have those anymore! hahaha

• Maris, Missy & Big Daddy, Been following your blog for a few months now. I quite enjoy it, and agree with most of your comments, even BD’s at times. How can I locate BD’s blog? Wouldn’t mind checking it out. He reminds me of my father, always trying to throw the poop up in the air, and laughing the whole time it falls!! I would like to join you “sistas”, you’ve all become part of my day. It is funny how we get so curious about J&K. I started watching because of the kids and even at first thought good things about J & K. Unfortunately, Kate’s and Maddy’s behavior became apparent very quickly. Rereading these blogs I’ve thought so many times “Wow, I thought the same thing” Maybe its the idea of getting out of our lives and into someone elses thats so attractive. After all, they put their lives out for the world to see.

• what happened too Kates best friend ? The rich one whos husband Jon worked for.

• Cinoda, Hello and welcome “Sista” to this site, thank you for your kind words, we appreciate new gals . I would like to say it’s always peaceful, but… if you have been reading a few months you know some times it gets a little (hairy) but I like it that we can agree to dis-agree in a respectful manner,

  And you are correct we do like getting into some one elses business thats are human nature, and J&K gives us plenty to gossip about LOL, Well Kate said herself that “we put our selves out there , so I guess it is your business”

  Now back to Big daddy AKA uncle bone head, I’m not sure where his blog is, (if he even has one) he does like to rile us sista’s up, but he is so easily dis-appointed when he sees he gets no where, okay now he will have some off the wall thing to say about my comment, probably a scripture he’s found some where. Oh boy, Oh boy, Oh boy,
  Have fun and as little Hannah would say “enjoy your self”

• Ummm, that was suppose to read (thats OUR human nature) not are. sorry.

  Oh and to Neelie, welcome to you to, as for Beth, the rich lady, I know they have moved, well no I don’t, rumour has it they moved. also rumour has it that Kate quit talking to her, why I don’t know , but I’m sure there are blogs out there where ppl swear they do know. Right now there are a lot of rumours going around. All I do know was Beth Carson was a classy lady and seemed to love the Gosselins very much, and Kate refered to her as her best friend, Wish she was my best friend.

• Hi Guys…
  How have you all been? My e-mail took a dump and then I got it back and realized that it was kind of nice not to have spent so much time on silly stuff but I have missed you so had to come on back and say hey… Also all of the Jon gossip and marriage problems has bothered me… I hope it is just twisted reporting. Some of those pictures could just be fans wanting pictures…. or trying to get some fame theirselves… I just can’t imagine him not being the daddy of the house…

• Hello everyone!!! No one asked where I was! My Internet was down! I had to get a screwdriver and do some SOUTHERN ENGINERING on the phone jack to get it back up!

  Yes, I do have a blog. I havent had time to work on it much. Ill work on it Monday if yawll will come visit it. I havent figured out yet how to let other people post comments on it. Hell, it aint not fun if you cant share thought back and forth. I think you can get to if from this link. If not cut and paste it into the address box. http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/

  If you cant get to it from there you can email me at HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM and Ill send a link to you.

  For once, Im at a loss for words! Hush Maris! haha If the were to take J&K off the air OMG. What to do? I talk a bunch of shit but I will be heart broken if the two of them were to get a divorce! Or this could just be a ploy by the TV executives to boost the ratings. I saw on a graph the other day that J&K viewership is actually down by 12% for last month. Maybe they trying to get ratings back up! I hope thats what it is! If Jon moves out, Im moving in!!! Im sure my wife won’t mind!

  I saw Coastalmom on another site J&K site. Ill see if I can find her. Don’t know where she ran off to. Where is BUN? She sorta here then gone again.

  Cinoda, you sound pretty cool! Your Dad sound pretty cool too! Let the poop fall where it may. I that may be my new catch fraze!

• OH, THERES COASTALMOM. HI COASTALMOM!

• Coastalmom, you have been missed, don’t stay away that long, You know us Sists’s need you.
  I too hope this is just a bunch of balony, just would be to sad for all of them, I think Kate needs a wake up call and a kick in her butt ,, but definately not divorce.

  I wish “us Sists’s” could get ahold of her, Maris could give her a little bitch slap and we could entertain her in our “theory” of a good wife.
  gotta admit it has some spsrk to it,

  all jokes aside, I really wish she had Beth at her side right now. I wonder if she ever misses Beth. (thats if all this crapola is true.

  Coastalmom I love your picture. and we have some “newbies” here to

• Missy, do you kiss your kids with that dirty mouth? BITCH SLAP!! OMG. You wouldn’t do it on the desk in the oval office but you tell someone to Bitch Slap someone! hahaha What is this world comming to? Oh never mind, I forgot for a moment that we have Obama for President! hahahahahahaahaha

  • You of all people, Big Daddy, want to lecture someone on kissing their kids with a dirty mouth?? YOU, possibly the only living creature who could rival a komodo dragon, want to talk about dirty mouths?? I’m surprised you HAVE any living children, if you kiss them. That’s like a super-massive black hole trying to lecture the sun for being a dark spot. PUL-eeezeee…

    And what in the world does a dirty mouth have to do with someone having sex in the oval office? Oh nevermind, I forgot for a moment that in your twisted mind, filth, sex, and power are all inextricably intertwined…

• Guys, I think its ready. Big Daddy Says visit

  http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/

• Hi Coastalmom, you’ve been missed! I was afraid we’d run you off with all the bickering. I’m glad you’re back and hope you stick around. There’s strength in numbers. Also, welcome to Cinoda. Membership in the “sista-hood” is free. All you have to do is stomp on one of Big Daddy’s “wittle” appendages once in a while and you’re in. And don’t feel bad about it — he actually enjoys it! (He REALLY does!) To borrow one of the distasteful phrases I’m sure he uses, I’ve called him “everything but a white man” and he professes to love me the most! He’s masochism exemplified…

  I agree, Missy, Kate is in desparate need of a good “bitch slap” or three. She likely knew Jon’s shortcomings when she married him (and he hers), but now wants to berate him over every little thing when what she should be doing is building him up. She’s an intelligent woman who’s being very foolish. Those of us with solid marriages that have stood the test of time know that if you have a man who’s basically good and kind, it’s usually better to work with what you already have (and love) rather than attempt to “break-in” a new one. For the sake of not only the children but all of them, I hope someone can clue her in before she goes with a lesser (and in my humble opinion, tragic) alternative…

  • one time I went to Lillith Fair ( girly concert) and my friend and I were in line to get beer, and the guy behind us had on a teeshirt that said…” Don’t let my big dick scare you, I’m really a nice guy” and my friend, without missing a beat, said, ” well, whip the little fellar out!” I almost peed myself. You’re “wittle appendage” remark made me smile! Hi to all!

• Ooooh… I reread some of your posts and it warmed my heart that I was mentioned! You guys are the greatest!
  I love you all!

• U GUYS SHOULD JUST GIVE THEM A BREAK THEY HAVE EIGHT KIDS THEY SHOULD BE BLAMING U PEOPLE FOR EVERYTHING ECAUSE THEY WERE FINE TILL PEOPLE STARE AT THEM AND I THINK ITS TERRIBLE : (

• Ohhh we are all in agreement! LOL. I can’t believe our sista Missy has put down her gloves in defending Kate. So have I Missy! She is just too much! And I hate discussing looks but it seems that their spray tans, hair plugs and reconstructed tummy, teeth etc… was not being appreciated by each other enough so Jon has strayed? I really hope it isn’t true. I think that some of that money should have been donated for counseling. I think it would be a hoot if Dr. Phil got involved and yet we have heard gossip about his marriage. I am so worried about my daughter in the Hollywood scene! She no doubt, will make it in some way or another. And it’s not just because I am her mama! I really believe she will make a living doing what she wants to do. But fame comes with a cost and it worries me. Look at this family. It started with one show and it got to them all! I can’t imagine losing my family or the handful of friends I have had in my life that has stood by me during my childhood, my teens, my wedding(s) (only two… lol…but I hate saying that!) My babies and then their teens etc…and their graduations, babies…. etc… I am just feeling sorry for Jon who has probably lost a lot of friends because of Kate’s controlling ways and Kate who has lost a lot of friends because of her controlling ways… Ya know?
  Haaa nice to be back. Thank you my friends. Someday we will meet on Oprah. LOL!

• My family calls the show “Jon and Eight Hate Kate”…

  • I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO KATE’S MOTHER AND FATHER. SHE DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM. WE SAW JON’S MOTHER,, SHE WAS COOKING FOR THEM ONE TIME.
    IT APPEARS THAT IF KATE DOES NOT WANT TO DO SOMETHING-SHE DOESN’T GO ALONG WITH THE CROWD. THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO AND HER WAY ALSO.
    THANKS FOR LETTING ME GIVE MY OPINOIN

• Hey did you guys here the one about Kate refusing to meet with a dying child from the Make A Wish Foundation. She said that the “kids were too young” or something like that.

• Did you guys hear the one about Kate refusing to grant a wish for a dying child with The Make A Wish Foundation. This 10 year old girl wanted to meet J and K and the kids for her dying wish. Kate responded that “the kids were too young” Huh????? Again, don’t know if it’s true, but gee whiz, have a heart!! Gonna go check out BD’s site…ha

• Let’s hope Jon gets the kids when he finally leaves that bitch of a wife. Kate and her nastiness towards those children is stunning. I remember the episode where she found a missing knob off one of the kids’ dressers and she was verbally abusing the kids (then about three years old) until one of them told her who did it. Kate is psycho and Maddy is just like her. Jon should leave Madeline with Kate and run with the rest.

• First of all, that is not KENNY CHESNEY!!!! Kenny is bald!

  And no, I havent heard about the make a wish child. Where did you hear that from? Thats horriable! I dont think even Kate is that cold! I can maybe undestand not taking the younger ones, but J&K could have at least gone and maybe take Cara and Maddy. They are probably old enough.

  http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/

• I read about the Make A Wish on another blog site. Now someone is blogging that they work for Make A Wish and that it is all a lie. That’s the problem with all of this, not knowing what is true and what isn’t. The only thing I could add is that if Kate’s behavior wasn’t so bad, none of these ugly rumours would be circulating. I take that back, some people like to spread the nasty gossip regardless, but intelligent people would be able to make up their own minds and sort through the truth from the fiction. Based on Kate’s behavior that I have seen on TV, I find some of these rumours very believable. Each one of us owns our behavior through our actions and words. When you spew meaniness what do you expect?

• I am a huge fan of the show I am sure that they do the show to help provide for the kids and give them all that they wouldnt have had if they were not on the show. It often seems that they might take advantage of it at times…but who is going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I say if it is FREE take it! But they do help needy causes as well.

  It looks like the kids are happy and that they are well taken care of. It also looks as if the kids didnt want to be on the show such as Cara and Maddy…that they aren’t. I am sure that they are good parents and are doing what they think is best for their kids.

  I am at odds on how I feel about this issue…I can see both sides here.

  Aunt Jodi should be able to be paid for being on the show if she is on it as often as she had been. If she is helping out the family and part of the show then why not! She is a stay at home mom as well and this will alow her the oportunity to provide for her family and help The Gosselins.

  Just because Kate said No she should not be all of a sudden Children’s Right’s Activist! Oh, since I am not getting paid…The kids are being exploited. All those years before she had no issue. Funny how fast people can turn on you when $$$ is involved! Her sister posts a blog I guess on her sisters behalf protesting this issue. Why was she not saying anything before when her sister was on the show. If Kate would of agreed to the contract would they still be bloging about this?

  As for Kate…I can see her point that they are the show and the ones who has the camera in their home and they should be paid for that and has the right to her views on who gets paid and who doesnt. Apparently the producers allowed them this right to say who can get paid and who cant. Maybe there is more to the story and people shouldnt pay too much attention the the cat fight gossip.

  I do think since Aunt Jodi was family that Kate should of paid her as appriciation for all that Aunt Jodi and her brother has helped them with over the years. What is the big deal it is not money out of their pockets! Saying no only caused a rift in the family and POOR Publicity!

  I dont care who gets paid for what and who doesnt that is their issue! I am not a huge fan of gossip and to me Aunt Jodi and her sister are looking bad in my eye because of it. There is no need to spread evil out in the world!!!

  I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be!

  I only wish Kate would be a little a little less bossy!

  It makes her look bad and I hate that the world judges her on what they see on TV. I am often annoyed at times by it too…sad to say. I guess that is the consequence of being on Reality TV.

• I am confused. Are Coastalmom and Big Daddy Jon and Kate Gosselin blogging?

• I’ve been invited to join the “sista”hood on here by Big Daddy. I guess he finds me worthy of the association, as I sort of ripped him a new one, several times, on the other thread!
  I don’t mince words or sugar coat things, and I always say what’s on my mind. Oh, and if a fan of the show pisses me off, then get ready for my wrath! I don’t want to read anything about karma, jealousy, or having to get a life, as far as my comments about “Gosselin, 90210” are concerned! Got it?
  This looks like a great forum – I’m glad it was recommended!

  • he he he! HI Friend. He is a pain in the ass, but well loved, and the mommas on this site will surely make you feel loved and welcomed!!!
    I am a mom of 4 and my sister ( who is wel dipised here) turned me on to this site and the rest of the girls are terrific…and honest…and so is BD? Uncle bonehead…at least as best a man can do. Welcome!!!!!!!!! Missy gives e hugs which are nice…and easy to pass on.

    Good Luck-Diane

• I just read about the make a wish, and Kate was so wrong. Did you hear they make $65,000 a show and they get tlc pay for their trip, cook and cleaning. Has anyone ever seen Kate do anything.

  Me

• Bun, Hun, WTF is dipised? I ran it thru my femalometer even and it did have an answer? hahaha

  Bella, here I have many names, a few of them you can mention in public. This also includes Uncle Bone Head! Don’t Ask!!! Its a long story! But this is my home. You’ll love it here! I know I do. This place is why I have stayed here! You will understand why!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I AM THE BIG DADDY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • dispised. I am sleep deprived. leave me alone. Why do you have Kenny CHesney’s pix up for you, the ostrich was soooo much better. It totally fits. You have a femalometer? My spouse would love to get his hands on that. When we argue, he ususally opens the front door and yells, “Hey…does any one out there speak woman?” yep. thats my spouse.

• Bun, I think I know! After I have pissed I am then dipised!

• I really think this show is boring. Kate in such a control freak. That is a sickness. That’s why she married Jon. He’s younger then her and he was easy to control. Wow. Just think all you fools that watch her insult her husband and make fools out of the crew are making her rich. I hope she saved alot of money. Because this show isn’t going to be on much longer. I guess she could live off of the reruns though. Thanks to all you idiots watching this control freak.

• So much has happened since my time away… Big Daddy is now a Sista! Big Daddy is in charge of the sista’s?? LOL.
  Of course you are invited Bella! Missy and Maris are the founders!

• Who is anyone to judge this family?
  I can’t even image the cost of raising 8 kids and finding time to be with them when not working, hiring a nanny would be too expensive considering the 8 kids that would need to be tended to.
  Frankly, I think it is a great idea doing the show. They can make money, both be stay at home parents to give each kid attention [which will help in their behavioral growth] and they can do things that other families with that many kids can’t, which the kids will cherish the memories of. It is always better than living on welfare in a house too small and no free time or money to do anything with your kids. Kudos to them for having ALL 8 and doing what they can to provide for them.
  So what if YOU feel it is exploitation, they don’t need your opinion or care about it.

  I

• Melissa –
  Who are you to judge anyone who judges this family?
  Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, whether you agree with it, or not. Freedom of speech, my dear. Freedom of speech.
  If you don’t like reading the negativity about the show, then why not join a “Kate is Great” or “Gosselins Rule!” or “I Heart Jon & Kate” site?
  Makes more sense than getting so upset at the non-fans, doesn’t it?

  Do Jon & Kate need our opinions or care about what we say? Probably not. But neither do Nadya Suleman, Donald Trump, Miley Cyrus, Manny Ramirez, The Jonas Brothers, Bernie Madoff, Teletubbies, Barney or Big Bird. Oh, I almost forgot about Carrot Top.

  It’s just gossip, nothing personal. Simply put, it’s a way for people to “vent”.

  • Move over Goslins… tired of Kate being in control of EVERYONE. MOve out jOhn, how can you stand Kate telling you what to do all the time. !!!! Let’s find another family…ALL DONE

• Does Kate even have the say of who gets paid on the show? Should’nt it be TLC who decides that.

• Please remember that nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. It takes two to tango. Granted Kate is not so nice to Jon, however, I am sure she is under a lot of stress with 8 kids and 2 dogs. And frankly, he needs to give it right back to her. When he does on occasion she quiets down. Being a neat freak (I know I am one) doesn’t help. It is like a disease, you can’t help yourself. I am sure that they bought the dogs to protect their family. Isn’t that obvious with two german shepards. What’s wrong with that?

  • GOOD POINT KATRINA! How stupid! The one thing I never thought of was the most obvious! They probably did get the dogs for protection! Maybe that why Kate insisted on nameing them. It would be sorta hard for a burgler to take someone seriously if they were to say ” TINKY WINKIE & HANNAHA MONTANA ATTACK!!!!! HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA

    I TICKLE MYSELF SOMETIMES!

• I think Jon needs to get away and divorce Kate. He deserves to be respected and Kate doesnt treat him as a competent and capable father and person that he is. On the most recent episodes, Jon seems to be unhappy about his life. He is still relatively young and he needs to enjoy his life and not be dictated on how he should live (ex. keep things that are sentimental to him). He deserves so much better. I do hope that he decides to divorce Kate to set an example to his sons self-respect and dignity. Isnt Kate getting more and more annoying in the most recent episodes?

• Hi guys~
  Anyone know what happened to the other Evil Beet site? The title is something like Aunt Jodi on the warpath. Missy, you know… It looks like cobwebs and tumbleweeds over there!
  So Ocotmom thought she was going to jump on the Jon & Kate bandwagon but it looks as if she has hit a road block. As Maris and I say… the elevator in that gal’s building does not reach the top floor and now her 2nd publicist has quit. I normally say… don’t split up a family but this mom has definitely put that theory to the test! I say sue the fertility doctor for malpractice and then take that money to support those kids! Don’t let the mom have it though or she will go get her nails done!

• I heard that Jon and Kate plus 8 are suppose to be on oprah today.

• Wow!!! there is so much catching up, First I wanted to tell Confused that NO!! Coastalmom is not Kate, now as for Big Daddy who knows who he is today?

  So we just won’t tie the two of them togetger in any way shape or form, c’mon did you see her picture? djd you see B.D’s LOL

  Now some one rudely called us a bunch of idiots, awwww don’t hurt our feelings, I thought we hid that very well, dang it I was wrong again, No really all jokes aside, you don’t really want to call names, because you might get a lesson in calling names that you have never had, “SO BACK OFF” with the idiot.

  As far as “US ” judging, as some one said we have our opinion, and God and the military men have fought and died to give us the freedom to use our OPINIONS, Kate saud her self, that they put them selves out there in the public eye, so then it became the publics business, I think that ppl go too far with it, like stalking and just saying any old thing, but if I see it on the show, well if it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, then I ‘ll state my opinion on it.

  we have a mixed group of ppl here. some like em’ some don’t. just like Big Daddy. some like him, some don’t, but we still talk about him. LOL we just try to agree that it’s not worth arguing over, but we share our thoughts and opinions, and they are all different, but we share some thing bigger than opinion s about J&K, our friend ship, our sista hood, our ctber buddies, yes even Big Daddy, just look how lonely he would be with out the “SISTA HOOD” Really we do usually have fun, and it’s not about J&K, but… it’s because of J&K, so I do thank them for that.

  Welcome all newbies, look forward to more chats with you all. This is a fun place,

  Bun it is so good to have you back to share with us, how is that new baby?

  Rachel, yes it should be up to TLC, afterall it is their money, but I have read that J&K are going to be their own producers, how that will work, only they ,TLC and God knows.

• Ok people Jon & Kate are doing their best to raise not one, but eight children on their own. There are many people in this world we live in who can’t even raise one. So let them do what they do best. As far as the show is concerned Kate can be a handful at time’s, but what mother isn’t. Have you all ever thought that Jon may not want to cause any friction in their life?

• HELLO, MISSY

• Hey yawll! I cant believe those of you want Jon to leave Kate. You all must come from broken homes. Just because your parents didn’t raise yawll right doesnt Jon and Kate should do the same thing! Where is Big Daddy at? Hes the only reason I even come to this site, to see what he is going to tell yawll next.

  • Big Daddy, is that you? Or perhaps your “eviler” twin? Sure does sound like you…

• Just wondering if any of the “sista’s” watched the Gosslins on Oprah today and what your opinion was?

  • I saw your comment earlier, Rachel, and quickly turned on Oprah, but her guest was someone with a weight problem or something. Did they come on later in the show? If so, I missed it. I got turned off by Oprah several years ago when she got super skinny and started looking down her nose at folks, especially obese people. I was secretly (ok, maybe not so secretly) happy when she ballooned up again… I never got back into the habit of watching her.

• I have watched the show from the very begining and just in the last couple of shows have been a little disgusted with Kate’s belittling of John. I think she should watch the shows again and just see how she knocks him on just about everything he says. My mom always told me if you can’t say anything nice then don’t say anything at all (Kate) And go see someone about your OCD. Children get dirty, and it’s amazing how easy it is to wash them and their clothes!! And I certainly hope that it is not true about Kate being so selfish as to not include Aunt Jodi in the payload, she is family isn’t she Kate??? After all we viewers are the ones that made your payday and we can probably take it away.

  • You’d think she’d love the idea of children getting dirty the way she talks about doing laundry. Good grief, anyone who dreams of enlarging the laundry room to include a deck is… well, since she didn’t mention adding a deck onto the bedroom as well, it seems she’s more into the Whirlpool super sets than she is her husband. That spin cycle must really be something!!

  • I’ve watched this show for several years and usually in each episode, Kate is slamming Jon about something. There’s always some sort of criticism spewing out of her mouth. She needs to lose the Mommy Dearest attitude and show her husband a little respect now and then.

  • I have also watched the show for some time now. I have noticed that as of
    the last 5 episodes Jon and Kate’s attitude has changed completely. I got
    upset to see this because I really did enjoy their show. I, just like others,
    wondered why Jodi left the show. Now I can totally understand why. As I
    watch the episodes of late, I see a total transformation of the family.
    Kate thinks the world revolves around her. She is not thankful for what
    she has been given anymore…it is not genuine anymore. Quite honestly,
    they don’t need a home that big! I think there is more to the family that
    is not true that we as viewers don’t see and honestly these poor children
    need a real life, not a life behind the camera day in and day out. I think
    they should be ashamed of themselves for doing this so long. I think the
    people who watch the show just don’t understand this has turned into making money off the kids so they don’t have to work to support the kids they had.
    I think it is just so sad anyway you look at it. I think it is time to close the
    curtain for the sake to the children.

    • I think that something should be done because Jon is getting tired of Kate, I mean everyone can tell, I’m sure that he loves Kate and loves the kids very much but who could stand Kate. You know she is right because she says “our kids have a great life and we have a great life because of them.” Yeah because of them they have that big house and they now don’t have to work, I wish that my husband could stay home and do nothing all day and just so happenly have a camera following us all day and maybe that’s why Jon also went out a partied because he don’t have any room to breath with the camera’s and Kate always at him and the kids will be that way in another 14 years or so, you’ll see them on the news for getting in trouble because when they were kids they had no privacy. I always thought that kids had to listen to their parents and NOT the producers “who’s raising the kids??” poor Jon and the eight kids. I fell in love with the show but fell right back out as soon as i seen Kate’s attitude, she needs to be happy she has a husband that stays with her espically with a attitude like that, you can tell a difference in the old shows and the new shows how her attitude changes and yes that house is WAY to big for them, they had an extra room in the house right down the hall from Jon and Kate’s room but they said they was using for a “study room” Yeah right and they also have the basement and haven’t they ever heard of building on to the house that they had or was it just because that ol nice aunt Jodi lived right down the street. Kate just don’t want anyone else getting money but her. Well Kate what comes around goes around. And I think Kate is also jealous of Jodi because she would let the kids be themselves and not perfect little robots. thanks alot.

• Just out of curiosity…what exactly does Jodi need support for? If you have a problem, just don’t do the show. If she and her sister truly believe all they preach on their website, she should have never involved herself in the filming. Not to mention, she’s only pissed now that supposedly Kate blocked her from receiving proceeds for doing the show another season. It’s hypocritical and people like this should not be allowed to forum this way.

  • she never got paid before and she was fine with that because she already watched the kids. but now, kate has cut her off and left her without her nieces and nephews, whom she adored. how would you feel if your husband’s sister said she didn’t want you to get any money! i understand her need for support and hope that you come to your senses.

    • It’s not Jon or Kates place to give anyone money. My husbands family comes with hand out all the time and I hate it. GET A JOB JODI OR WHAT EVER YOUR NAME IS!

    • I’ve watched this show from the very beginning and Jodi has been nothing but nice to her. To be selfish, and not offer her some money that is NOT coming out of Kate’s own pocket is completely SELFISH to another level. If people all over her hometown did not offer her help, she would not be where she is now, it’s not Kate’s place to give anyone money, but it sure isnt there place to take away money from people who got them on their feet. I love the show and lately, Kate has completely changed and gotten sucked into the hollywood light. She’s not the same “nice” and genuine person she was in the beginning of the seasons. I have all the seasons on DVD and I know that Jodi definitely deserves a share of the profits.

      It’s a different story if your family members are coming with hands out all the time when they dont help you, but Jon and Kate need to understand that without them, they would have not been able to do half of the stuff they planned for like going away for his transplant.

    • how can you say that

    • Lindsay….It is kate’s place to give her money, as kate does to everyone else but not just Jodi who was there for her whenever she needed taking all kids who were sick, so Jon can go and get his transplant casue Kate didn’t like the way he looked anymore….I think Jodi deserves it! kate does not…
      Practice what you preach!

      GET HER OFF THE AIR!!! GIVE OCTOMOM A SHOW!!!

• I love watching the show, and I have wondered many times if I have been too hard on Kate. After reading the blogs, I know that my feelings were legitimate. She can be so obnoxious, and I feel sorry for Jon, he is not allowed to say anything that she does not contradict. It is no wonder that Mady acts the way she does, and it is no wonder that Kate always makes excuses for her bad behavior. I also feel sorry for the other twin, she looks like she may be “in trouble.” I hope that I am wrong. I hope that they can get it together. After seeing the article about Jon and his “mistake” I am really worried. They looked so miserable today on Oprah.

• are they braking apart or what

• Is it true that Jon has recently been seen out at Juanita college partying with the youngens???? Also been living with his mother becuase of Kate????

  • Yes it is true about the Juniata Volleyball gals. What is a grown man with eight kids doing partying with college girls. It’s creepy.. John go home to your wife and kids on Valentine’s Day

    • it is wrong, but can you really blame him being married to a harpy like Kate? He needed some time away to relax and have fun, we all know he deserved it. How would you feel being married to someone who insulted & corrected you all the time, plus the pressures of raising 8 kids on national television? I always thought he did most of the work, while Kate just sits around complaining. Give the man a break!

• I’ve watched a number of episodes of this show and found the following clip from the show at http://videos.howstuffworks.com/tlc/34586-jon-kate-plus-8-cooking-with-aunt-jodi-video.htm it is clear that the above video is not legit it was a nice try to who ever made this fake video but it is also slightly disgusting that people are so obsessed with hurting these people that they are making fake video clips. How about you show another clip of her and her husband Kevin so we can compare some more and prove even more clearly that you are just a jealous person trying to hurt someone who has something you don’t mainly monetary but everyones life has their upsides and downsides so worry about yourself and leave them alone

  • This episode is true.I did see this episode.

• LETS ALL BE HONEST!!! If any woman was spoken to or treated the way that john is on the show (and this is just what we see) oprah would be in an uproar over the abuse. she is dismissive of him. she speaks down to him. she slaps him. she corrects him. she shuts him up. I’m in no way saying that John is a gem but no one, male or female deserves to be treated this way. kate you should spend less time judging others and truly look at yourself. abuse is abuse.

• Kate gets on my nerves anyway! She has such a bad attitude! Poor jon! She is soo mean to him. She gets mad at him for not working when he is playing with the kids and she just sits around! She has a problem with everything and she needs to get over it!

• wow! i always new there was something fishy about Kate. Aunt Jodi was the best on the sow taking her off tottally ruined it! And as alot of you were saying she does belittle john and its sooo annoying especially in the past few new episodes. She is really being greedy and self-centered.

• I guess you didn’t watch enough episodes.This episoe was on the show.You don’t know what your talking about!!

• I was so shocked when i saw Jon in a magazine about him flirting with (much) younger girls.I used to look up to this large family of me being able to be like them maybe but now i am not sure after seing all of this(I am in elementary still,but i enjoy watching the show ). i never went on any websites for any behind the scenes stuff,because i thought everything was ok besides Kate hitting and correcting Jon so much.I cant believe Jon would deceive his family( Kate , Cara , Mady , Alexis , Hannah , Aaden , Leah , Joel, and Collin.YES I FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO LIST EVERYONE’S NAME).I have been wondering if this was all misunderstood gossip or for publicity.This could mess up all eight kid’s life because of the fact of not having a father.

• So let’s get this straight – Jodi’s sister created a website to bitch and moan about her sister NOT getting any money. Pathetic. It’s just a goddamn show about 8 kids. Creating online drama for the sake of “getting back” at Kate is unbelievably childish. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.

  • We ARE ashamed. Terribly ashamed. And now, we’ll never ever do it again. Not in a million years. Not even if we want to really, really bad. Thanks for dropping in to be our “goddamn” moral compass. Come back any time to monitor our progress…

    • well put!

  • I read Jody’s words, also her sister’s. There was not one word about money for herself. It was all about stopping the exploitation of the children, of closing down the show and allowing the children to grow up w/o cameras. They both agreed with the Dionnes and Paul Peterson. It is unfair and unkind to be so ugly to Jody and her sister. If you notice, Jody is still friends with her own family and that of her husband with the exception of Showbiz Diva Kate and her serf. Jody was always kind to Kate & Co. For standing up for the children she was thrown under the bus. She is now a non-person. More family the children will not be able to love and be loved by.

• Maris, are you still laughing at (you know who) my lord this man will say/try/do any thing. well I am not even going to respond to him or his more evilier twin, is that what you called it? Gezzzz, he needs to grow up.

  Yes Rachel I saw Oprah today, I will say I have never seen any more well behaved kids than they were today on the interview (from their house) actually I was so impressed with Mady (a miracle I must say) I noticed she was sitting at the left of Jon and Aaden was sitting by her, he touched her with a cloth or a a chewy and Madt did not even throw a fit, she just sat there quietly, all the kids were very well behaved,

  But I have read on another site, ( and this is what really pisses me off) people are saying Kate probably has the kids on “Ritilan” because one of their friends used to do that to make her kids behave when she had to take them out some where, so she thinks Kate had the kids drugged up, now IMO that is pitiful, I think there is enough for people to talk about with out making up crap like that, I wanted to post a comment and ask her if she wasn’t sure she was the one who fed her kids drugs,

  I thought the Oprah interview was pretty good, most say it was damage control, like they always do when J&K do some thing decent, shoot some of these blogs give themselves the credit for different things Kate does( such as giving to St. Jude) It’s all b/c Kate read their blog and thats where she got the idea, now she said she don’t want cameras in the kids bedrooms any more and thats b/c these women complained about it on their blog, well as Maris says Pal-eeezzzeeee.
  So thats why I say I don’t put to much into it unless I see or hear it on the show.
  I myself am very dis-gusted with Kate, but I’m not gonna make up lies to try and make her look worse, she has enough to hand out all by her self, sadly I don’t think she is getting any better.

  Maris, I knew you’d be pissed when you heard that puppy had to have surgery already, and what pissed me was Jon’s way of just shucking it off as “oh well their dogs” when my dog had her surgery, I treated her just like if were one of the kids, (of course I didn’t have 6 little farmonts running after her either, nor would I have had. Hey Maris when he said that “oh well their just dogs” I said “oh yeah, well those little kids of yours are just kids to” Ewwww that just really ticks me off when some one says “it’s just a dog” Yeah well it’s my DOG. Okay I’m off my soap box now,

  And no this does not need interpertation by B.D/UBH/ or who ever he may be next time he signs in, THE DEVIL HIMSELF

  • I missed seeing J&K on Oprah yesterday, dang it!! I saw Rachel’s notice so I quickly turned it on, but her guest was someone with a weight problem or something and thought maybe she was talking about a rerun (they’ve been on there before). I’ll have to browse around the net and see if it’s posted anywhere yet.

    Aww, the dogs… No, I wasn’t too upset because I already knew the episode was about going to the vet and I’d braced myself, luckily. Oh well, they’re just dogs, nothing important. Jon’s taking on Kate’s attitude now. Looks like some of the kids are as well. When Kate told the kids (or told Jon to tell the kids) to take the dogs out, I noticed one of the older girls opened the door and pushed them out by the butt. Wow, that’s really teaching them a lesson on how to care for animals and be kind and responsible! Play with them when it’s convenient. Othewise, push them out the door or lock them in a cage. If they swallow a toy, you’ll notice it after a few weeks of vomiting when they get “terribly skinny and listless” (Kate’s words). Like you, my dog is like one of my children. Therefore, I’ve decided not to let myself get worked up when they treat the dogs “like dogs” — to them, that’s all they are. Yard ornaments. Or cage ornaments. They probably had no business getting them with 8 kids under foot. Should’ve gone with goldfish…

  • Ritalin? Come on now, the woman feeds her kids organic food, why would she give them drugs? I dunno about this… how much is truth and how much is just bullshit theories?

• J.K. why should we be ashamed? we didn’t create Julie/Jodi or J&K. we just enjoy gossiping about them.

  To: I can’t believe this: honey if you are only in elementary school, does your mother know you are on a grown up blog? and are you sure you are in school? or do we know who you are ? thought so.

• I stumbled upon this site recently and was thrilled to know there are so many people out there that share the same perceptions of Kate..this woman’s sense of entitlement and lack of gratitude is appalling and she is teaching these children that through her actions. Its very clear that Kate does not respect Jon which can easily be seen by the way she demeans and humiliates him..I am quite sick of the orange tan and teeth whitening (dont get me started on her hair) With all the doting Kate does on herself has she put any of the money her children have earned FOR her, away in a trust for their education? I dont see this show lasting much longer and I wonder how they will make it finacially after splashing out on that house and all the best appliances, etc that Kate insisted on. Watching the GH photo shoot I was so mad at Kate and Jon for ignoring Mady’s obvious upset at being herded in front of a camera yet again..that child is crying out for help and I worry for her long term..I also hope they will find homes for the beautiful dogs who were nothing more than toys to the family and I hated Kate’s attitude towards the dogs..she is an insufferable criticizing shrew and I just cant watch the show anymore..her children have provided her and Jon with quite the lifestyle and she shows no appreciation for them..when that camera is off i shudder to think how truly awful Kate is to her family..all i can say is karma is going to revisit you big time Kate!

  • Uhhhhhh, people we watch 30 minutes of these peoples lives every monday……there is a thing called editing, we do not know what happens behind closed doors. Cant judge these people. Kate is a great mom.

• Thanks for the nice things that were said. I watched tonight and really was not struck by anything in particular, except how bad Mady was behaving. She needs counseling! I wonder if she would be like this naturally or if the filming, and the little ones being the main focus, has anything to do with the way she acts. I too think that the cuteness of the show in the beginning may have dwindled down some. I still enjoy watching, I just don’t seem to be as excited.
  I know that God gave those children to the best mom and dad for the job, even with all of their problems. I just pray that they will continue to look to God for guidance in raising all of them and that they will have the desire to get some professional help for Mady, and any of the other children that may need it, and marriage counseling for themselves.
  I believe that we all have our moments of outbursts and say and act in ways we wish we didn’t, we just don’t have the unique ability to see them played back for ourselves and the rest of the world to citique. Wow am I glad that all my times of overreacting and yelling and dramatic episodes are not put on display for all to watch. On the other hand this is the life they are choosing so it comes with it’s own set of unique problems.
  I envy and feel very sorry for them all at the same time. I will continue to watch, and will be excited on Monday nights to watch all of the TLC shows that come on that night( no I am not being paid or making an advertisement for TLC). Thanks for the forum. I’ll check back often.

  • I totally agree with you God gave the kids to the best parents He could as far as the marriage goes that remains to be seen. those kids deserve the best life thean they can give them, God bless them all

• hey i like the show

• sure didn’t take them long to furnish that mansion. wonder who paid for all the new furniture.

• Big Daddy –
  Please come back to the other thread on here. I’ve already had to rip Michael J a new one over there, and I’d like to keep all of my “ripping” in one place, ok? You and I haven’t argued in a few days – it’s time to go head to head again! Say something sexist or chavinistic – that’ll get my blood boiling for sure! How about a bra comment? That usually works, too.

  Fellow “sistas” –
  You ladies should come over to the other J & K thread, too. There’s a lot of “schooling” we need to do on those non-fans over there! They are throwing out a lot of “if you don’t like the show, then don’t watch it”, “who are you to judge this family”, “karma is going to get back at you”, “don’t criticize unless you’ve walked in their shoes”, etc. I am so sick and tired of being called jealous, told to get a life, that I’d do the same thing as Jon & Kate if it were offered to me, blah, blah, blah. It’s time to take this blog back! Are you with me?

• *Correction*
  I meant to say “schooling of the FANS over there”, not the non- fans!
  My bad!

• Going over, Bella. Thanks for the invite.

• Well at least it’s not a show about mom having too many kids and living on welfare. That show will be next…. bet ya !! “Welfare goes broke because of OctMom” lol

  • Just caught the end of an ad for the Dr. Phil show today, something about Octomom being on again… I’ll be watching! And yes, if someone would give her a reality show I’d SOoo watch that too. The J&K trainwreck show might be coming to an end soon, and I’ll need a way to satiate my morbid streak…

• I also checked out Evil’s other J&K site, Bella. I see Big Daddy’s been posting his usual incendiary comments there as well. He loves the attention it gets him, he really does. Masochism personified?

  I heard from him recently, though, that he thinks he’s now been banned from the sites here. He isn’t sure if it’s for his “sprinkling” of the N word (I couldn’t find any comments like that on the J&K site, but know he’s used it on another of Evil’s sites) or if it’s for posting a link to his own personal blog. I’m not sure either. I tried to shame him for the N word comment I saw, but he doesn’t “get it” that it’s not ok. To his way of thinking, if you can call Kate a bitch and use four letter words, then anything goes…

  Abrasive and ignorant as he is, I truly hope he isn’t banned — not for life, anyway. Perhaps just a time-out? Perhaps Evil Beet will grant him a second chance? Perhaps he’d learn something? Perhaps I’m a closet optimist? Hope springs eternal…

• Yes, Yes, Yes Bella, we are with ya.

  Maris, usually when a moderator bans some one they will send them an e-mail, or just tell them on thje blog that they need a time out, not sure why he would be banned, altho I remember way back when he first came here I scolded him for using some words , I told him you never know who you are talking to on here, just like when a woman said the tups looked like ugly D.S. kids. Do you know how hurtful that would be if we have a mom with a child like that? regardless that the poster her self probably looked like a. a.a. a. a. well you get my point.

  “Hope Springs Eternal” I l-i-k-e- that!!

• Sounds like the ravings of a jealous a bitter woman. The only people exploiting those kids are jodi and her rude sister. I remember jodi having her kids on the show but of course they werent being exploited right? I think Jodi wishes she had the money and security that jon and kate have for their children. i think jodi and her sister need to grow up and act as role models for their children.

  p.s. as for Kate wouldn’t you be bitchy if you had 8 kids??? um I wwould think so.

• Sounds like the ravings of a jealous a bitter woman. The only people exploiting those kids are jodi and her rude sister. I remember jodi having her kids on the show but of course they werent being exploited right? I think Jodi wishes she had the money and security that jon and kate have for their children. i think jodi and her sister need to grow up and act as role models for their children.

  p.s. as for Kate wouldn’t you be bitchy if you had 8 kids??? um I wwould think so.

  • kate doesn’t look after 8 kids she has so many people there to do her work for her.
    Jodi’s kids were not regulars on the show ,as the only reason we seen Jodi or her husband(kate’s brother) is when kate needed something she is a loser and user,. the world knows what she is like…karma is coming kate.

• Susan, there is a lot of things I don’t agree with on the show, espically the tone and actions between the two of them in front of the kids, but there are so many bad/ugly/negative things along with a lot of 1/2 truths said about Kate , thats why I don’t bad moth her alot, and mainly b/c of (like Char said) there are alot of times I am so glad that was not witnessed in my own life, Dad was the patient one, me I was the yeller and not many patients, Oh I wish Kate had a mother figure in her life, to tell her what I tell my girls and DIL, they grow uyp so fast and believe me the time will come when she will want to hear those footsteps, the bickering, the little “mommy” being yelled thru the house, or one of them waking you in the middle of the night to get rid of the boggie man. Now I’ve brought my self to tears again. Oh how I miss those times, even with grand children I still miss my little ones.

  If J&K’s show made me as mad as it does some, or I hated them as much as some say they do, I would never watch it, I have read blogs where grown women swear they never watch the show any more, yet they are commenting on Kate as much if not more than any one, To me that is stupid, to me that is like me dis-cussing going to the moon, when I have no desire to even talk about the moon, I think some of these ppl are pitiful women who are bored to death with their life, and they have found some one to talk about, and don’t ever have to worry about facing them, It just amazes me how cold hearted some women can be.
  As I said there is a lot I don’t agree with but.. I still know she is one of Gods creations just as I am and he loves her as much as he does me. I know there were ppl who thought I could have done things better (their way) but I did them the best for us “our family” it was OUR LIFE.
  Good bad and ugly, agree or dis-agree it’s their life. and I truly hope they make it “TOGETHER”

• Has anyone notice that Jon play up his victim role?

• I have watched the show off and on and I don’t watch it more because I am uncomfortable with the way Kate is rude to Jon. I cannot imagine treating someone I loved like that especially in front of other people. If my husband treated me like that in public there would be major fights and if things didn’t change he would be history. Before any one jumps to the conclusion that I don’t value marriage I have been married to the same man for 33 years. The kids are starting to seem pitiful. Cara has basically become the invisible child, she is quiet and gets little attention as I see it. Mady gets attention by being outrageous her failing to learn self control as she gets older is pitiful, sometime this child will be an adult attempting to live in a world of people who will not give in to her blackmail. As the little kids get older it will be interesting to see how the develop, I have worries that some of their obsessive behaviors indicate some real problems. But maybe it will all work out.

• I read the book Kate wrote and now I like the shrew even less and feel sorry for Jon the wuss…..and I’m curious about the fact that religion doesn’t come up in the show ….because her book is filled with religous comments, prayers, bible passages etc. !!!! Will the real Kate please stand up !!!

• UM every couple fights so what?? and i know if i had three kids i would go crazy yall are being ridiculous.. she dosen’t hit and abuse him she might slap his arm or something so who dosen’t GROW up!! i think kate’s a good mom for having 8 kids and i love their show if yall don’t like it quit watching it and quit talkin crap

• Missy –
  Are you one of the “sistas” on here? If so, then I don’t want any part of it!

  You wrote:
  “If J&K’s show made me as mad as it does some, or I hated them as much as some say they do, I would never watch it, I have read blogs where grown women swear they never watch the show any more, yet they are commenting on Kate as much if not more than any one…I think some of these ppl are pitiful women who are bored to death with their life, and they have found some one to talk about, and don’t ever have to worry about facing them, It just amazes me how cold hearted some women can be.”

  Why are YOU on here, then????? You need to go over to the other
  J & K thread and find Michael J – you two would get along GREAT!!! You self-righteous “saviors” are kindred spirits here in the blogosphere.

  DANG! Whatever happened to free speech? I guess that doesn’t apply to blogs. The fans of this ridiculous show are more rabid than the haters! Why IS that???

  • Bella? Yes Missy is a fan, not so much now as she used to be. In her defense, however, she personalized her opinion saying “If I hated the show… then I would…” It’s stating what she thinks she would do, ie: free speech. She’s a very nice lady, and I personally welcome her thoughts as I do yours.

    What gets me (actually, used to get me) are the ones that swoop in ever so often, state with certainty that “Kate is great, Kate is perfect” because they say so, tell everyone else to stop watching and STFU, then are never seen again. Juvenile mentality. I stopped responding to them for the most part because they never come back anyway. I think Big Daddy has dubbed me one of the “sistas” as well, and I’d be glad to come over and help you fight off some of the rabid fans on the other site if you’d like. I need a forum to channel some of my inner bitchiness…

    Sure is quiet without Big Daddy… rather boring… actually totally boring… (insert sound of crickets chirping here)

• Does anybody know what happened to Kate’s friend Beth?

• I just got a phone call from a friend who knows I watch Jon and Kate all the time. The kids are all beautiful. I epecially feel for the twins as they seem so saad. It has bothered me a lot. I do hope they especially Mady) get couseling. Myy friend saw the interview tonight on Inside Edition and they interviewed Kate. She confirmed they were having problems and it breaks my heart. I will pray for their marriage for their sake and especially for the sake of these precious children. I feel like a member of my family is in trouble. I watch them all the time. I agree that Kate does put Jon down. he should stand up to her. My husband sure tells me if I do something wrong in a loving tone.

• Its very sad that their relationship is on the rocks, but honestly why are so many people puttinq Kate down! I mean come on the woman takes care of 8 kids! These woman that are sittinq here trashinq her are jealous and bored with there own lives so they deside to put someone else down. && this pitaful bloqs about Kate on breedhate or w/e come on they are so aweful and mean its sad. Kate is a great person, shes doinq all the best that she can, NO person should be qivin her shit for doinq the best she can for her family, qivin her babies everythinq they have every wanted thats love!! those blogs that were posted are absolutely ridiculous! Jon & Kate are doinq what they believe is riqht for them, they are qivinq there family the life that they never were able to have! I can tell you riqht now that most of the people out there that don’t have money wish that they had money to qo on amazinq vacations, to qet education like no other, and to do thinqs that would have never been posable before. I think that Kate is a qreat mother, there are only 14 sets of sextuplets in the world and why don’t they talk to some of the other families and ask them what they would do!? Do any of us understand how hard it is to raise a family that biq! I do and I know that I would have loved to have been able to do all those special thinqs and qo anywhere with my family, qive me a break i think that it is fabulous! These kids are so privlaqed. & this Aunt Jodie stuff come on the reason why she is qettinq so mad is because she asked for money and she didn’t qet it, and everyone is calling Kate money hunqry? hmm maybe a re-evaluation is needed. Who knows the truth, but I know havinq a biq family it would have been wonderful to have done as many thinqs as that family qets to do!

• Missy –
  I’m sorry. I totally apologize for misunderstanding your post. I’m really not as abrasive as that reply post of mine made me sound. You are a good person for seeing the good in ALL people, especially Kate Gosselin. I need to take a page from your book. I really do.
  That being said, I think I am going to take a long break from blogging about Jon & Kate now…my brain hurts.

  Carry on, “sistas”…

  *Whatever happened to Big Daddy??? He’s gone AWOL, or something.

• No Bella don’t take a break, honestly it’s okay, Maris fixed it, be one of us “Sistas” we always need help,
  I do see some pretty dis-appointing things with the show, more than I’d like to, but I just try to go with what I see not what I read on these blogs,and believe me this one is mild compared to some,
  but it’s good we all can vent, share our opinions and agree or dis-agree and still get along. I know I see Kate in a whole different light than most on here and thats okay, I read on a blog the other day (a new gal came on said she was a fan, and it hurt her to see so much hatred going on, ) well one other poster come right out and told her that she may as well move on, they have 4 blogs on one site and they all are the same 10-12 women saying the same thing over and over on each blog and running people away as fast as they can. sad thing is it used to be a well balanced blog until last fall, and the older gals that had been there all along just gave up and left,now it’s just like the GWoP, sorry don’t want to offend anyone.
  Any way don’t go away, if Kate gives you a head ache imagine what she does to Jon LOL.

  B.D. says he gets bounced off when ever he tries to post, so I told him to contact Evil Beet, he said some one accused him of using the “N” word, hopefully he didn’t.

• No Bella don’t take a break, honestly it’s okay, Maris fixed it, be one of us “Sistas” we always need help,
  I do see some pretty dis-appointing things with the show, more than I’d like to, but I just try to go with what I see not what I read on these blogs,and believe me this one is mild compared to some,
  but it’s good we all can vent, share our opinions and agree or dis-agree and still get along. I know I see Kate in a whole different light than most on here and thats okay, I read on a blog the other day (a new gal came on said she was a fan, and it hurt her to see so much hatred going on, ) well one other poster come right out and told her that she may as well move on, they have 4 blogs on one site and they all are the same 10-12 women saying the same thing over and over on each blog and running people away as fast as they can. sad thing is it used to be a well balanced blog until last fall, and the older gals that had been there all along just gave up and left,now it’s just like the GWoP, sorry don’t want to offend anyone.
  Any way don’t go away, if Kate gives you a head ache imagine what she does to Jon LOL.

  B.D. says he gets bounced off when ever he tries to post, so I told him to contact Evil Beet, he said some one accused him of using the “N” word, hopefully he didn’t.

• I used to watch Jon and Kate Plus 8 all the time. Kate actually gave good advice that I used for my now 2 1/2 old son. Anywho, my jist about Kate is she does dog Jon. When I last saw the show was when he got his transplant done. I thought then she was rude and mean to him. So, from what I have read she has only gotten worse. I believe in what goes around comes around and I think she’ll regret her actions in a few years if not sooner. If the recent rumors about Jon are true, I’d believe it. Honestly who would think that he could hang in there and be verbally abused by Kate and have a smile on his face and walk through the door each day.? Not I. I hope it isn’t true. Those children need both of thier parents around. I hope Jon and Kate will find a way to solve their martial problems and focus on the children. I keep my fingers crossed for Kate to see the ugly mother/woman she has become. Maybe she could receive some counseling solo…? Then she and Jon can work the children.

• I approve of Kate most of the time. She is very organized and consistent usually…When talking of her and the Ocoto-mom, most of my friends would very much rather have Kate and her family live next door, rather than the Octomom. Kate knows what her kids are doing and knows how to parent them. I pity those poor neighbors of the Octomom. Kate is a very detailed, as am I. Those in complex situations benefit from those who pay attention to the details…There is a little of the victim in Jon and a little OCD in Kate. Kate clearly works hard to show her family in a good light. Her hair, her style are fine–it is always easy to find a reason to criticize, people not in her shoes should stop doing it.–I congratulate her for her efforts and her ethics.

• Jodi- beyond pathetic. SHUT UP and stop trying to milk this for all its worth.

  • I like this: Caring about the welfare of your family when you suspect abuse is taking place equals trying to reap fame and personal fortune. Glad we got that straightened out.

• Hi~
  Thanks Missy for setting Cofused right about me. But I am confused that he/she was confused about! LOL.
  Ahhh I can’t believe I missed Oprah if they were on! Darn!

• Coastalmom,
  You didn’t miss much on the Oprah show with J&K. If anything it was rather sad. They all seemed very depressed. Kate did most of the talking and she appeared quite different. The kids didn’t say boo. Oprah asked how do you keep them all so quite and kate said “lollipops”. Mady piped up and said “everyone but me”!

  • Rachel, I’m so happy to see that someone else picked up on the unusual mood of the Gosselin family during their recent visit with Oprah. Jon was quieter than usual and I noticed one of the boys sucking his thumb while holding his “chewey.” Maybe I’m nit-picking but I can’t recall ever seeing any of the children sucking their thumbs. Also, am glad to know that many of you are upset about the dogs. I thought that Kate and Jon had more sense. Who were the idiots that gave or sold them the dogs in the first place? I’m new to this discussion, so thanks for letting me vent.

• I thought I was posting here and Posted to the other Beet site!!!! I’m doing great today so far. Kate had a short blurb on Inside Edition admitting that there was trouble in paradise. She said it’s being caused by the “strains of raising a large family in front of the cameras”. I wonder if they ever read these blogs. I would imagine that John would get a little sick of hearing that he needs to grow a set, and being called a wuss a lot of the time. I think that would get to any man’s ego. Did you see that plastered smile on this face on Oprah, Oh man, I bet his cheeks were sore after that. It looked so apparent to me that he was trying his best to be cheerful. Oh Big Daddy, Uncle Bonehead, where are you? I never talked to you, but I miss you and you bonehead comments, I even miss some of you nice comments. (far but few)

• kate you are so mean to jon you needed those dogs like you need more children whats up with mady anyway spoiled little brat
  its all going down the tube you milked it for all it was worth run jon run…………

• TESTING, TESTING 1234

• WELCOME BACK BIG DADDY.

  We felt like oprhans!

• kate has become a mega bitch this last season…no wonder jon is finally leaving her….i loved the show…but hate kate

• Big Daddy is BACK!!! I don’t know if they decided to unblock me because of the posts wondering where I was or because of Maris told me to go toss my cookies? But something worked! Thanks everyone for your support! Good thing too, I read all of the updated blogs and it sounds like some cat fights were about to break out without Big Daddy to keep all of yawll in line!!! RRaaaawwrrrr!!

  Dang it, I missed Oprah! I saw the blog saying they were comming on but when I searched for Oprah and the subjects, I didnt see anything about Jon and Kate! Maybe it will come on again.

  I hate to admit it but, Id watch the Octomom show too. I love to watch shows about people whos lives are more screwed up than mine!!!! haha Ive been gone for a couple of days. Went to Shrevport LA and Ate me some crabs at Joes, it was GREAT!!! So, Im back now and I can share my wisdome with you all!!!!

• I think Im back, I just made a real post and it didnt how up? Don’t know whats going on!!!

• I fell in love with the show the first time I seen it, which was one of the old reruns and then a week later I seen one of the new ones and I seen Kate’s bad attitude towards Jon and I don’t see how any man or child puts up with her big mouth. You know there is something that Kate is right about and it is when she said ” Our kids have a good life and we have a good life because of them” correct Jon and Kate has a good life because of the kids, if they didn’t have the kids they would just be ol Jon and Kate Gosselin and both would be working and probably would be living in their first house that they had so I think the show should be call “Eight Kids plus mom and dad”. I feel sorry for Jon and the kids and she is just wanting to show the world that she has Jon in the palm of her hand. I really don’t blame Jon for going out and getting a little wild because he has no room to breath with Kate on him saying “hheellooooooo” across from the store embrassing him, I mean I felt embrased for him, but he also has the camera’s following them every where they go, I’m suprised they don’t film their every crap they take, oh wait they do when they film Kate’s big mouth. I am tired of her mouth and she needs to know that really her kids bought that $1.3 millon house not her and Jon from “working”, the kids paid their life for it. So what’s wrong with Kate letting someone come in their life and waving money in her face and saying “let me do what i want with your kids and i will give you MONEY”, she is pretty much saying she would rather have money instead of her kids and i thought kids listen to their parents only and not producers. well whatever.

  • A friend of mine offered a great insight into the title of the show for subsequent seasons. “Jon minus nine”. This isn’t meant to sound morbid, more so an attack on how much of an incredible bitch Kate is. A man can only take so much!

    PS Jon’s hair job turned out great!

  • Actually, many people know exactly why Kate is estranged from her parents. Her dad had the members of his church pull together to help Jon and Kate when she had the sextuplets. They donated clothes and cribs, among other things. Kate rejected the cribs as she only wanted NEW, MATCHING ones, not gently used. Also, she told her dad she only wanted CASH. Kenton Kreider could not go back to his church members and tell them his daughter refused their overwhelming generosity and would accept only cash. So, Kate cut her mom and dad out of the tups lives. They are estranged. So, when Kate says on the show, “They don’t know how to help us,” what she means is that she did not get the cold, hard cash she insisted on. Jon and Kate’s PR people can spin it anyway they like, but the reality is that Kate cut her parents out of her lives because of money. Kate, a self-proclaimed “devout Christian” should know the “money is the root of all evil.”

  • well if you had to take care of eight kids you would do the same thing so you meed to shut ur ass up cause she es a good person and ya she does love her kids or else she would have put then up for addoption or not took them when they were born so like i said shut ur ass up you have the big mouth not her

• Glad to see that you’re back!!!!!Glad you tossed your cookies!! Glad you got some crabs!!

  Be patient on the postings…I thought it was me going crazy, but I would send in a post and it wouldn’t show up for 5 minutes or so. I have no idea what is going on, but I’m glad it doesn’t happen just to me.

  • No, before, when I would click n post, I would click on Submit Comment, the whole screen would go white and I would be thrown out of the site! Still not totally sure what was going on.

    • How would jon leave his family, and then he would have to pay Kate a VERY large portion of Child Support. YOu all better reread comments before making Real decisions. We have heard other rumors before about alot of people. And were they true. WE see all kinds of gossip on those rag pages in the market. Until they say for sure that all is real we should just assume the best for them.
      Keep them in your Prayers first and gossip second.

• Holy crap the whole screen goes white. It’s a CYBER EXPLOSION It’s trying to fight you…no no no not him again!!!! Welcome back

• Get this!! Over at the other site, I posted a comment. It went up. My Gravitar was there. I left and came back and IT WAS GONE. SO MUCH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?

• Aunt Jody has been taking care of Jon & Kate’s 8 kids forever & never asked for a dime! When Kate found out she was offered money to be on the show as part of the cast, Kate freaked out saying “NO WAY!…No one makes money off of my family except us!” I refuse to watch this show any longer! I could never stand Kate, but now I am completely finished! This is sickening! Not only does Kate expect Jody to watch her kids but she had the audacity to say that the kids were getting tired of going there! After the whole gumball incident, if I was Jody, I’d never take those kids again!

  Did you know….

  1. Kate has around the clock help that the show pays for?
  2. Kate has an organic chef that is never shown on the show?
  3. The crew cleans her entire house everytime they arrive so that they can set up their equipment? Kate doesn’t lift a finger!
  4. Kate has people come and help her clean and do laundry free of charge!!!!!
  5. All of their trips and outings are pay for by the show!
  6. They have made millions off of the show! They can pay the poor people who have helped them out of the goodness of their hearts!

  Kate’s behavior is repulsive! She should want what’s best for those who have stood by her and helped her out ~ not axing them from her show or whitholding pay to them! This is sick!

  I refuse to watch this show any longer….do you?

  7 months ago

  • Poo, I heard some of those rumors too. Have you been able to confirm them somewhere? Where? Id like to read them too.

    • Yo Big Daddy
      check this site out

      poo

    • Hey Big Daddy
      check this site out!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Ms Missiepoo,

  You forgot that Kate has a personel trainer and they have nanny’s for the kids.

  • Jon has the personal trainer too…..

• Good for Kate and Jon I think they are a great couple and Jon has a a sense of humor I like in a man. If all this is true what these negative comments true or not I like the show. It represents lives with a bunch of kids. They handle daily living well.

  • I couldn’t agree more. I think Jon & Kate compliment each other very well. When Kate says something negative towards Jon, he handles it well. You can tell they have a deep love for each other. I wish more people would see that it is pure great entertainment. The Gosselin children ALWAYS seem happy, healthy, and most important of all – loved. Kate & Jon are wonderful parents and if people don’t like what they see, they should not watch. I love the show and can’t get enough of it. The children are adorable!!!

• The above person doesn’t even look like Jodi…I do believe Kate is out of control sometimes but if her husband puts up with it-it is his marriage not yours

• All of the sites seem to be stuck. Anyone else trying to leave a message and not getting through?

• Oh, it must have been me or my computer cuz I posted that and recent posts just came up after all! I am so bummed that I missed Oprah’s interview! Thanks for the video of Aunt Jodi baking with the twins. I forgot how sweet she was to them. Very patient. And did you see their cousin kissing Cara when Maddy was being such a little brat to her. Almost like she felt sorry for her and how cute… she wasn’t that much older than them. And how sad that this rift is keeping the cousins apart! Kate is really too stubborn for her own good. I am sure Jon is not the one who made the decision to cut them out.
  I also thought it was interesting how Cara told Maddy to get her hand out of Cara’s face! Good to hear Maddy was nicer in this last interview. I know we are talking about kids but someone needs to get a handle on her before she gets too big for her britches… Literally!

  • One of my favorite episodes is when they are with Jodi and Maddy is not minding and Jodi chasses her ass up the stairs! That might have been Beth, Im not sure, but it sure was funny!!!! And they do not tape them 24 / 7. Ever noticed how they are wearing the same cloths thru the whole episode? Eather they wear the same cloths for a week, which would mean there wouldnt be that much cloths to wash or they usually tape one day a week, which isn’t that bad. Can u pull up episodes of Oprah online like with Dr Phil? Ill have to try that.

    Later BD

• Hey there Coastalmom, yes the Oprah interview was pretty calm, you would not believe how well behaved all the kids were, I mean even Mady, all of them loving on each other, Now I have read some other sites and they are saying that Kate had the kids on drugs, ofcourse they say Kate is on drugs to.
  Jon was very quiet, they were not on a long time but I was very surprised how well the kids behaved, and it was early in the morning, and now J&K are getting trashed on for having the kids up early and being with them, I don’t defend her as I once did, but… I don’t think it matters what she does or does not do, she is trashed. JMO tho.

• Does Kate really have a trainer? What’s up with the new look?

  • yeap and it is FREE like eveything else. Do you see here doing anything?????

• I did enjoy the show but always thoght that Kate was a (B) and very controling. I even down loaded the season one and two but have since delete. As much as I like Jon and the kids I think there needs to be a garss roots effort to have peopel stop watching the program. See how fast Kate wakes up I rather see a new show Jon plus 8 and good bye kate.

  • If the rumors prove to be true, they could call it “Kate plus 8… looking for a date…”

• Maris, How about “John minus 1…..the damage was done….”

  It does seem like the rumours are true…which is too bad for the kids…it will be very hard on them.

  • Yes, I do believe the rumors are probably true. They’re just coming from too many independent sources. That’s not to say the damage is necessarily permanent. Lots of marriages suffer infidelities to varying degrees and are able to survive and even become stronger in some instances. I hope, for the sake of all concerned, they’re able to work this all out and rediscover what first attracted them to one another. If they can find their way back to each other, I believe the best thing they could do is to shut off the cameras. They surely have plenty of money by now, and the strain it seems to be causing on their marriage, the kids, and even the dogs (as one of the girls pointed out — rather telling of how the kids must feel) is no longer worth the toll it’s exacting…

    We’ll miss our weekly voyeristic peek into their lives, but we’ll find someone else worthy to pick apart. We always do, it’s just our human nature… Maybe they’ll grace us with a yearly update?

• I feel they have been on long enough!!! Kate is so B—-! She is not much of a roll model for her children or TV land. I agree Maddy needs help. She is just like Kate (heaven Bless Her). Maddy needs professional HELP! She is a Bratt!!!!, I am sure Jon cannot say anything to her (maddy) or Kate will raise H—!!! I have lost any interest in the show, and do not intend to watch it anymore!! TLC should listen to the people for a change. It is only going to get worse! Kate is calling all of the shots, Even when it comes to TLC. Why can’t the producers stop her It could mess up TLC

• I am just going to say this Whatever!!! there two sides to every story

  • Actually, there’s usually three…

• When I first watched the show I loved it and so did my kids.We never missed an episode. The kids are so cute. Lately though,Im not liking it so very much. First off,Kate treats Jon aweful. Yeah, I know everyone says shes stressed out and all that but what about when their on their interview couch? Shes always correcting him and making fun of him,she gets mad when he jokes (sorry kate but get a sense of humor) and she never hardly lets him get a word in. It really irritates me that she lets on that she does all the work and has no help. What about the fact that Jon gets the kids up in the morning burshes their teeth and gets them ready while shes in bed then as the day goes by shes always yelling at him to get the kids. Then hes the one to bath them,put them to bad and all that. Also she has people doing her laundry,cleaning the house and a couple of Nannys come during the week so she can “get stuff done”. In my opinion shes got it easier with eight kids then someone thats only got two or three but does all that stuff by theirselves.
  Shes sooo picky and drives me nuts by wanting the kids to stay clean all the time. Let them be kids and have fun for once! Dont take them for ice cream and freak out and throw it away when they get it on them, whats the chances that a child under five wont? Let them have fun and scrub ’em down at the end of the day,for gods sake.
  She seems to be a good Mom but she needs to lighten up. It seems as the show has continued shes gotten more dramatic and inclined to freak over the smallest things. Maybe shes always worrying about what people thinks,I dont know.
  Anoher thing that kills me is when she goes on and on about how they cant afford this or that. Is she looking for a handout? Cause we all know they shouldnt have any money problems. I would bet that if she mentions something a kid needs on the show,it pops up in the next day or two. If you havent noticed they always wear gap,its like their kids are walking advertisements.
  They shows supposed to be a reality show but it seems to be getting faker and faker. If Jon did get out with those girls,who could blame him. Hes been put down and walked on for so long,he would probably eat it up if some girl hung on to his every word and made him feel like a man. I hope they saty together for the kids sake but I think Kate needs to get her priorities straight,for it to last.

• Jon was 22 yrs old when he and Kate married. He is quoted as saying that he wasn’t ready to have children yet. They had the twins some months later. Apparently, Kate talked him into having another child several years later. Does it surprise anyone that this guy (who has tried very had to be, and is, a great husband and father) finds himself in need of a little alone time? I watch the show, think it’s great, and the kids are adorable. But let’s face it – this guy had 8 kids before he was thirty. I think it’s time to stop watching the show and gossip about someone else. How about the Toddlers and Tiaras or Little Miss Perfect. Now, there are some sick moms!

• Well said, Crystal.

• wow everyone is just hating on the gosselin family now
  leave them alone.
  you dont even know them stop judging so quickly
  yes us viewers see kate being a bitch to john a lot, but that isnt the whole scene they film, we only see a bit of it not the whole thing.
  they just make kate out to be so mean, but i am sure she isnt that bad.
  she is human to. she makes mistakes.

• Did you know that a femal dog, “known as a Bitch” will attack another Bitch because she is jelious? That is what you all are doing! Your so freaking jelious of Kate you can’t stand it!!! Instead of giving her advise or encouraging her to change her ways, you are all just bashing and bashing her!!!! Why dont you try to help and guide her? I know why, do you?

• Quit picking on Kate. Yes, she is a perfectionist but she shows those kids a lot of love. Mady does take after her. So they will take care of that. Jon is a great husband. My niece married a man of the same race as Jon and is expecting a baby in May. I hope it looks like Leah. In fact her name is going to be Madeliene (called Maddy). I watch every episode I can see. I’ve seen some of them 3 or 4 times. Don’t take it off the air. I want to watch the kids grow up.

  Doriss

• I guess I’m just a romantic at heart. I really hope the rumors about Jon and Kate’s marriage troubles are just rumors. I love the show and would hate to see it end. Yes, Kate can be bitchy at times and Jon seems distant…. but I don’t believe there would be much of a show without a little controversy.

• Very well put Crystal, and so nicely (kind)

  B.D. don’t be on here calling us ‘BITCHES” and I guarantee you mister, there is nothing to be jealous of, I don’t believe all I read about J&K but even at that just with the rumours, they could not pay me enough to have those things said about me, First of all I respect “myself” to much second I respecy “my husband” and I to go to church and I sure the heck would not be doing what they are doing and go any where where ppl knew me personally, ummmm I have to much self respect and theres not enough money to buy that away from me, and believe me ,you I could use money just like the ole gal.

  So take your (JEALOUS) and shove it.

• This should have read
  believe me you,

  I could use the money just like the next ole’ gal,
  Sorry for the typo’s B.D. just brings out the worst in us,

• Listen people. If i had 8 kids and someone offered me a TV show with money in return I would take it. wouldnt you? and then lets say my show was a HUGE success so in return we did it a couple seasons more and made millions of dollars and was able to purchase a huge house and have lots of help along the way i would take it too!!! what a lucky break this coupld came across. you dont know what is true and what isnt. someone posts crap and every single person believes it and it goes from website to website!

  honestly, i think the world is jso ENVIOUS!! because not only do they have 8 adorable children but now they have a hit tv and lots of money!!!
  you all say its crap but you all keep watching!!!!!!!!!!!
  all this cricticism is giving them more and more publicity which gives them more money.
  people cant be happy for others when they arent happy with themselves.
  grow up and get a life

• B.D. Help and guide her????? You don’t know too much about many women do you?

  • Cinoda, unfortunatley, I do. Thats my point. You all want to preach self help, sticking together, female this, female that. But when it comes down to it, its all just ME, ME, ME, ME,!!!! Thats why you need a husband, to tell you what to do and what to think! But MOST, I said MOST, Missy not all, of you keep running your husbands off. Thats why you all get married soo many times. The only way you can keep a man is to get one that is too old to run anymore. Thats why men die younger than women, you nag them all to death! haha I understand why you keep trying, you know you deep inside that you need a man to give you direction, and I respect that. Im not trying to bash you, Im supporting you and saying that I understand! I think it would be great if we had a female president! Then we could have a week off every month for PMS week! Just make sure a man is in control of the nucular weapons! Wouldnt want her to start crying and push THE BUTTON because she upset that the president of Russia’s wife didn’t like her dress!

• Big Daddy – please, please, please paint us a picture of your home life. Is your wife a total doormat? Does she act exactly the way you’d like all of us on here to act? Does she have an actual voice in the marriage, or are you the “alpha male” who rules the roost? I’m learning more and more about you and your caveman ways with every post I read from you! Alarming!
  And I really wish that men would stop playing the PMS card! YOU try dealing with that every month and see how YOU like it! You’d be going to the emergency room after 5 minutes!

  The bottom line on Jon & Kate is: They lied, they cheated, they have no integrity, they scammed thousands of people out of their hard-earned money, and they got what they wished for! Their little plan is starting to catch up to them, and their house of cards is starting to fall.
  Open your eyes, fans! Try to look beyond the phony baloney “good Christian family” facade. These two are a couple of con artists who are using their children to bankroll their lifestyle. Period.
  Take your rose-colored glasses, off, people. Their gig is UP! Sit back and watch it all unfold…

  • Bella, Bella, Bella, Please, I cant take all of the credit! The PMS CARD? Honey, that is just the curse that all women have to suffer for getting Adam thrown out of the Garden of Eden. Its the curse of Blood. Didn’t you see Carrie? So Yawll did it to yourselves! We just have to find a way to live thru it every month!

    And Jon and Kate being scam artists? Please. You want scam artists? Look at Jim Baker and Jerry Fallwell! They took little old ladies last dime thinking they would help them get into heaven! When they were actually using the money to pick up hookers! And buying their DOGS air conditioned dog houses! Now those are scam artists!!!! People who want to buy J&K stuff have the money to spare and do so with no preconceptions! They know where the money is going and they understand that they do not know what the money is going to be used for! They may be oportunistic but they not scamming anyone! Hell, if I could make money like they are I would and I bet you would too.

• BD – That’s kind of what Bush did isn’t it. He wanted his Big Daddy to be proud of him so he sent thousands to their death. PMS Hell, what’s the male excuse….”my daddy didn’t love me enough”…..no wait, “He pushed me first” how about “it’s not my fault”

  And no “we” all don’t want to preach self-help”,”sticking together “, and ME,ME,ME. A lot of us women do form special friendships and bonds, but believe me if anyone can see through the female psycee, it’s us women that are honest with ouselves. Women like Kate, know it all, it’s about them only and would never listen to anyone’s opinion. I know a lot of men like that too. It has nothing to do with the gender card my dear, it has do to with each and everyone’s morals, values, and self-worth. It also has to do with giving back to the world not taking all you can get. Kind of sums up the trouble the world is in right now!!

  • Cin, Cin, Cin, HU???? WTF are you talking about? Bush? What did you want him to do? You just opend me up into a whole different direction now! He sent thousands off to their death? Let me get a drink first before I get started!!!!!!!

    I guess you have forgotten the THOUSANDS that they killed when THEY flew the planes into the twin towers! To many people have forgotten and have become desensatized to what happened!

    Bush acted like he should have! He could have dropped the bomb! But that would have killed innocent along with the guilty and still not have gotten them all.

    He could have started a holy war by attacking every Muslum. That would have swept the entire world.

    He could have declaired war on all Middle Eastern people. That would have been wrong too. So what was he supposed to do?

    The draft is not in effect, so the people are in the armed forces chose to be there. The armed forces is not a goverment job like delivering the mail!!!! Its there to protect and defend the U.S. and to defend our way of life which is being eroded from the inside!!! There are people still joining the armed forces, they know what the possabilities are when they enlist and they are proud to do so!!!

    What IS wrong is the way that they are being treated by the goverment! They are sending soldiers to jail for doing such things as having the prisoners get naked and laying on top of each other or haveing them kiss a pig. Because is humiliates them! Thats freaking wrong! Hell, its WAR! They need to be gratefull that they are not rapeing and pillaging as other countries would have!

    It probably is time to start pulling out! But the US need to let it be known RIGHT HERE AND NOW!. That if something like this EVER happens again on US soil, that THEY will be RESPONSABLE for THEIR ENTIRE COUNTRY being wipped off the face of the earth and that the bomb will ge dopped!!! NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!!!

    The other crazy think is that Muslum is the fastest growing religion in the U.S.. Now this is a religion that believes that you can secure a place in heaven by killing someone who is not islamic! This is in a county where the people, who has seen all of this, should know better! I believe in allowing people the freedom of religion but there are exceptions to every rule. Im sorry , but the muslum religion should be banned from America! Its too dangerous and is a time bomb waiting to go off!

• So, let me get this straight — we girls need to get together and give Kate advice on what she’s doing wrong and encourage her to change her ways, huh? I’ve got a better idea, Big Daddy. Since you’re such a tremendous (albeit self-annointed) expert on the female condition, why don’t YOU sit your big butt down and write her a letter? Get really worked up like you do in your “what’s wrong with the world” tirades and tell her what’s wrong in her life. Be sure to use spell check so she can focus on the content. Get back to us later on she says. Oh, and please excuse us if we don’t hold our collective breath waiting on the response…

• Maris, my point exactly….some people are so closed minded that they don’t want to hear anything other than their beliefs.

  BD, Now if Bush would have gone after the radical Muslims that flew the planes into the twin towers, I would agree with you completely….but his intelligience staff got it all wrong. The people of Iraq didn’t attack us, Bin Laden did, a extremist radical Muslim. Whether he is hiding in Pakastan or Afganistan, and their government knows it, I agree “Drop the Bomb” (I forgot you are from TX), I guess I opened up a can of worms……As far as our military goes, once again you are correct, there is no draft, our troops are there and fighting for what the government says they should believe in. I just wish the gov. would get the facts straight before they send them off to war. And again for punishing a private or corporal for doing what they were ordered to do is again BS. But to lump all “Muslims” together as a “hate group”, I think you need to do some research before getting those fingers typing. Get ready BD, but I think our beloved President is going to get us in deeper……We both can go on and on, and probably never agree on everything

  And yes, I so crazy, or maybe a “sick puppy” I ask for the abuse!

• Big Daddy, just sent you a response and I got blowed up, it wouldn’t post. I will see if it shows up later, and if not will try to respond again!!!!!

• Lets get something straight right now! Bush is not MY President! Bill Clinton is MY President! He is my IDOL!!! WAY TO GO BILL!!!!!!!

  • Because he got his knob polished in the oval office — right?? Can you name one other thing he did as president to win your undying loyalty?? (He did some good things, but I’ll bet you have no earthly idea where to start…) Just like Bill did with his signature event, you’re thinking with the wrong head. Typical and predictable…

• okay as per the whole jon ad kate thing this explotation happened
  happened before in the thirties. The difference back the Dionnes were natural. Its not right to exploit children anyway and thats whats happening thughs kids have a right to grow up out of the publics eye and the money from it should go to them not fancy houses for their parents or spa days

  • Im sorry Sweet but mad, I found your post confusing! I understood BEFORE IN THE THIRTIES and Dionnes? Are you talking about the Osmonds? I loved the Osmonds. Donnie and Marie, they came on right before Sonnie and Cher and The Flip Wilson Show!!! Those were good times! Thanks form making me remember!

    • You found her post confusing because you don’t know who she’s referring to… just like you don’t know LOTS of things… Big Daddy, have you ever heard someone say “knowledge is power”? Can you think about it and figure out what THAT means? Educate yourself if you want to have some power. Or you could just continue to blather with your tongue tied in the middle and loose at both ends..

• Big Daddy, Cinoda hit the nail on the head. As USUAL, you have less facts than Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Rumsfeld did when they jammed this Iraq war down our throats and made us think we needed to go there. Even the 911 commission has determined that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to invade, there were no weapons of mass destruction, no mushroom clouds looming like Bush and Cheney publically said was “beyond doubt” (video tape lasts forever). We, the American people, were misled and virtually raped by the Bush/Cheney administration, and you’re evidently still having an orgasm over it. You need to “sprinkle” a few facts on your idiocy.

  And why do you feel compelled to lump people into groups? Are you so totally incapable of viewing people as individuals? And you think we should what?? — BAN the Muslim religion in this country?? You believe in freedom of religion but there are “exceptions”?? What exceptions would that be — the ones who don’t conform to YOUR rules?? Are you insane?? We should trample on the very freedom that our country was founded on?? And just a few days ago, you were whining about not having freedom of speech on someone else’s blog…

  You are an uninformed, hypocritical MORON!! Sorry I couldn’t find any bigger CAPITAL letters to type that with…

• Maris, dont be so AAuugghhh!!! You show the same amount of passion to this remark as you did when you thought someone was talking about a CHEWAWA! Do you see something wrong with that?

  • Don’t be so “AAuugghhh”?? How profound! For a man who professes to have all the answers, you sure do go out of your way to avoid the questions. Reread my post, then see if you can answer any of the 7 or 8 questions I posed. Surprise me and prove you’re able to stay on-topic for just one minute, and not a complete waste of internet space for once… If you can manage that, we can talk about my passion or my chihuahua, or your wife being a blow-up doll for all I care…

• Maris, are you or were you a teacher. You sound very intelligent.

  • Thank you, Rachel, I love to read and watch TV documentaries. I also follow politics, even more so since I retired. I wasn’t a teacher, though, unless you count the nurses I taught (I’m a retired RN). Unlike our lovable Unkle Bonehead, I’ve always opted to study a subject and form my own opinion rather than to adopt one from someone who may know less than I do. Also unlike him, I don’t jump in with both feet on a topic I know nothing about like he did with the Dionnes sisters comment. I bet he still hasn’t mustered up enough curiosity to google them. I also bet he was always the class clown. Oh well…

• OMG Maris, we got some one else telling us “get a life” are we ever gonna sit up and take notice? Geeeezzzz guess I’ll go shopping again for some new lives for us gals, be back later with some, so stay tuned for the continuation of ‘ GETTING A NEW LIFE” supplier MISSY, ordered by: all those who don’t understand us.

  Maris I love your comments, and you are ONE SMART GAL and too much, waaaaaay to much for UBH.

• Ommigosh I can’t belive it. At all, why would Kat do that, that is so unfair. I really hope this isn’t true but I guess it is if Jodi confirmed it. Im such a big fan of there show but I eard so many rumors about Jon and kate getting a divorse and now this?

• Maris, I use AAAUUuggghhh as a way to bite my tongue! Maris, are you a Muslim? The comments that I made were sound. Perhaps YOU need to Google the Islamic religion. They did find evidence of nerve gas and biological weapons! So what if they didn’t find nuclear weapons? The air planes that they were flying did not have nuclear weapons on them but they were highly effective! I do not see how you can cheapen the lives of the people who died in the attack of the towers with your statements! Are you even a citizen of the United States? The people were not radicals, they were following the directions of their belief system! A belief system set forth by the Islamic religion!

  You may want to hug a tree right now and preach good will. But what are you going to be preaching when one of them are sitting on top of you or one of your loved ones, slowly sawing your head off of your body! Then holds it up in front of a camera! That was on video tape too, and remember, like you said, VIDEO TAPE LASTS FOREVER! What kind of people could do such a thing? They can cut off our heads, no, that would be too human. They can slowly saw an American Citizens head off of their body and get away with it. But a soldier can make one of them kiss a damn pig and be sent to prison, and you do not see anything wrong with it?!!!!!!!! OMG, here I go again AAAArrrrrggghhhhh!!!!!! We, the country of the United States of America are being eaten ALIVE from within! So go hug some more trees, bake some more cookies and open the door! You think Bush Raped you?!!!! Wait till Osama get his hands on your ass!

  Rachel, yes Maris is very smart! She is capable of delivering an intelligent debate at mach speed. You can never tell which direction she is going to come from next! That’s why I love to rile her up. What is very disturbing about her though, is the times that she gets stirred up when I don’t expect it! She is my favorite person on the internet!

  It is somewhat like Jon and Kate, the President is damned either way he goes. So, if we had had President Maris in the White House when everything had happened, with your extraordinarily insightful and elevated level of intelligence, what would you have done as President of the United States?

  I was kidding about the freaking Dionnes! OMG, Maris, IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT JON GOSSELIN, PULL THE STICK OUT OF YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I personally knew Kate years ago when she was dating a guy named Adam. Kate was not a nice person then. Kate never cracked a smile and when she walked into a room she brought a tremendous amount of tension with her. Never ever did she greet people with a smile, it was always with a harsh glare. Many people tried to befriend her , but made very little progress. Kate’s jealousy was a huge problem. According to Kate everyone was out to get her boyfriend. Her boyfriend Adam was an usher in my best friends wedding. The girl that Adam was partnered up with was a mother of two small children who had absolutely no interest in Kate or her boyfriend. At the reception Kate was crazy, at one point throwing a glass at Adam because he had to dance with his partner for the wedding party dance. Kate left the reception (which was at the Kempton Fire Co) drunk and proceeded to walk in the middle of the road. The girl who was Adams partner, the girl she had been absolutely rude to, was the person who went after her and convinced her to get into the car and she would drive her and Adam where-ever they wanted to go. Kate never apologized or thanked her. Ms. Gosselins relationship with Adam ended because of her treatment of him, which is very much like she treats Jon. YOU CANNOT TREAT YOUR MAN LIKE A CHILD, HE DOESN’T NEED A MOTHER, HE NEEDS A WIFE AND SOMEONE WHO TREATS HIM WITH RESPECT AND AS AN EQUAL. The episode of them at Toys R Us is when I knew that the true Kate was still alive and well. People are starting to see who Kate really is, she is the exact same person she was when I met her back in 1995. Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason, some people are just down right mean, and Kate happens to be one of those people. I understand she has her hands full and yes the show gets edited, but the words are her words and belong to her, you can’t edit that.

• Holy crap…we have our own WWIII going on…..I responded to BD’s comment about a women president pushing the button if a Russian didn’t like her dress…

  But I do believe that Bush went after the wrong country for the wrong reasons. I strongly believe that we should have left Saddam where he was. He actually brought some stability to the region. He was so crazy, his bordering countries thought twice before they attacked. I don’t think he was a threat to us. His own countrymen yes, us no. We have bigger problems with Iran now since his demise, and after Obama gets through possibly with Pakastin and
  Afaghanistan. And don’t underestimate North Korea…..so BD, yeah the world is a mess. No rose colored glasses here…..

  I hate to admit it our own country is a mess. I think we have all been touched by someone who lost their retirement or their jobs. Here where I live, we have people giving up their dogs because the shelters can’t keep their animals, only their children…How sad, especially for the little ones. It’s very scary….At the same time AIG who received 2 bailouts are giving their top people millions in bonuses

  What’s the old saying “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem?”

  I don’t know what the answers are….we just have to be careful to to destroy each other in the process. I think that’s the fascanation with J & K, getting out of our own lives and into theirs. I love the ppl who tell us “to get a life”. Hell we have one, we just choose to leave it once in awhile. Thanks for the Kudo’s Maris….and Missy when your shopping, look for a new life for me if you would….I’d like to switch back and forth between the two…..would make things interesting…

  • Yea, Cinoda, I agree with you! Even though I didn’t vote for Obama I was impressd the way he went right to work. Atleast he is trying something to try and straighten things out! I have to give him a koodos for that! If it doesnt work then I guess he will try something else. But there will always be people that dont agree no matter what he tries. The solution lies in getting people to spend. But they cant spend when people dont have jobs to make money. I realize that they cant pull american business out of other countries without hurting other countries economies because they have become dependant on the jobs. But! If there is no one to buy their products when they ship them back here thats going to hurt them also. They need to first, put a halt of moving American business outside of the USA. Tell them if they move, they will not be able to ship their products back here to sell. I would like to say they need to limit the amount of imports that are already comming in, but they are cheaper and the American People will need lower prices in order to get back on thier feet. The root of the problem is that companies are having to show stock holders that they are making a profit. They do this by cutting cost and payroll is their number one most controlable expense. Not realizing that buy cutting out those jobs they are also cutting their profits because they are taking away money from the very people who buy thier products! I dont know what the answer is. Maybe if we could get Maris to get up off of her fluffy white clouds and come down here with us little ignorant people she could give us an answer!

• i think its a shame and will not alow my family to watch anymore. any one who acts like to dont desevere to be watch they should end the show

• leave this family alone. they only do what all of us do at some time.
  do hate because cant be them.

• I think the show “jumped the shark” a few seasons ago. I won’t watch it anymore.

• i am a john and kate plus eight fan. i know what john and kate are going through with all their children and they love their kids. everyone needs to stop talking trash about how kate and john argue. they are parents of eight kids. you would do the same. kate and john are different people and have different personalities. they kids love them and they love the kids. dont talk trash about them.

• i have to state a another response.
  what do u haters care? if you dont like the show dont watch it.
  who cares if they have trainers. who cares if the camera men clean the house. they have been part of the family since the twins were 4 years old. the kids are all healthy, clean, cared for and loved. they have food weather kate cooks it or not. i think she does because the kids never say anything and 4 years spill the beans. im going to keep watching the show because i cant get enough of it. john and kate are married and have a deep love for each other and they put up with each other.

• Come on NOW! Aunt Jodi needs to get over it!! The show was never about her – and as a matter of fact it really her segments weren’t very good when she was on…. I watch because I think that the kids are hilarious and so are Jon and Kate. I love Jon and Kate and their quirks

• “jon and kate have a deep love for each other”? wonder what show S. is watching.

• Cinoda, I do believe we may be kindred spirits. I agree with virtually everything you said and believe we could have an intelligent discussion about what the current administration could or should do, what may or may not work — IF this was a political forum. Seeing as how it isn’t, though, I’m going to respond to one or two things BD said, then drop it. I don’t know why I let myself get sucked his illogical and self-contradictory arguements. He admittedly likes to get me “riled” up, and I let it go until it builds and builds, then he comes out with something so preposterous (like we need to ban certain religions) and I take the bait. I know he’s incapable of informed debate, and I know I need to just leave it be. I’m working on it…

  Big Daddy, in no way did I cheapen the lives of those who died in the 911 attack, nor do I disrespect the soldiers on the ground fighting the war. What I disagree with are the lies and deception of the politics that got us there. Your take on it evidently is (and I quote) “so what?” We’re at an impass, so I’m done with this discussion, as it were. You think all Muslims believe they should try to behead Americans, not just the radicals, and I believe the attacks were orchestrated by extremeists. (Another impass?) They exist in every religion and every group of any kind. Take for instance Christianity. There is a sect that believes in handling snakes because it is referenced in the Bible. I don’t subscribe to that, but I uphold their right to practice that so long as it doesn’t break the laws of the land or injure innocents. Let’s look at Catholicism. When some priests were in the middle of a scandal over molesting young boys, should we have banned the entire religion because of the wrong doings of some of the high ranking members? The pope recently brought a cardinal (or bishop?) back into the priesthood who had publically denied that the holocaust ever existed. Is that reason enough to ban the religion? Many catholics still believe the pope is infallible, and that’s their right. You can’t (nor should you) legislate what people choose to believe — it’s a constitutional RIGHT. You can outlaw the deeds or acts people commit, even when based on a belief, but not the right to believe it. I know it’s a fine line, but get your glasses out and look at it. (I think they’re still in your back pocket…)

  No I’m not a Muslim, and yes I am an American, and I don’t know what “white fluffy cloud” you think I’m riding. Perhaps the cloud of reason and common sense? I’m not a politician, don’t have all the answers, and don’t want to be president. I think we have a good man already in that position, and I support his efforts. He’s got one helluva job and I think he can use all the support we can give him. I think he’s more than just an eloquent orator. I think he’s keenly intelligent, hard working, listens to ALL advice, then makes up his own mind based on what he’s given and facts he knows. He’s even honest and humble enough to admit when he “screwed up” unlike other presidents — even your role-model Bill…

  So, I’ll step down off my soap box now and try to keep any future debates between me and my pet rock. I think in doing that, I’ll likely make more progress…

• –Come on NOW! Aunt Jodi needs to get over it!!—

  I’m sure she is over it. It’s the bloggers and the Kate fans that keep slinging mud at her and bringing her name back into the forefront.

  Jodi could come out and tell the truth but she’s respecting the kids enough not to. Family or not,
  most people wouldn’t stay silent and I think Jodi shows her class by staying silent.

  • I agree with you totally I think Jodi was very smart at the way she approached this situation. I think se let the views know that she loves her family know matter what and that she just needed a break from Kate

• Maris, I love you, there is no doubt. However, your comparison and contrasting of the various religions is flawed! No other religion or religious text instructs its followers to “KILL THOSE WHO ARE NON BELIEVERS!” This meaning, ANYONE who does not believe the way that they do. The people who carry out the horrendous acts of violence in the name of their God are not radicals! The people who follow this religion that are not committing these acts are not totally following what they have been instructed to do. In my eyes, and many many other Americans, this is a TIME BOMB, set and ready to explode! I know several Muslim people. I like them, they seem kind but you never know what lies beneath the persona that they are projecting! The American citizens that knew those who flew the planes into the Twin Towers did not perceive them as a threat either.

  I did notice one thing that I thought odd. As soon as the attack happened, You could not find a person of Middle Eastern descent anywhere! Car lots owned by Muslim were emptied, Mini Marts owned by Muslims did not open, etc….. I cant say that I wouldn‘t have responded in the manner, however, something about it still doesn’t set well. ,

  • My comparison is not flawed, only your understanding of it. There are factions in the Islamic nations and debates among scholars as to the interpretation of the jhad and the koran, just like any other religion or holy book. Again I say (and for the last time), it’s the deeds that should be banned (and are) — NOT the belief. I too know Muslims, and none of my acquaintaneces are threatening to cut off my head — are yours??

• this is stupied i dont belive none of this

• Big Daddy –
  Just curious…what is your opinion of Octomom?

  Wait, wait…don’t start typing yet – I need to go take some Midol and get a life, right? You know, since ALL women suffer from PMS and some of us think “Jon & Kate Plus 8” is a WASTE of TELEVISION!

  Your turn…

  • Bella, so good to see you back! I’m past the Midol and PMS stage, but I could use some morphine for the enormous headache that trying to debate BD has given me.

    So you asked for Big Daddy’s opinion of the octomom? According to my secret decoder ring, that translates to “TAG — you’re it.” I’m going to get a cup of coffee, sit back, and watch for a while. This should be good…

    Good luck, girl, give him hell!! (I’m rooting for you!)

• i think jodie is saying the truth but i still like kate somuch

• I posted a wise and deeply insightfull response to Bellas request. I dont know where it is? It was sorta wordie so I guess Evil is holding it untill Monday Morning so they can learn from my wise and truly insightfull opinions. So, Maris and Bella, get your morphine and midol ready! I did save a copy, just incase they were to accidentally hit the delete button while reading it.

  • I haven’t seen a “wise and deeply insightful” response from you about anything, so I can hardly wait. Looks like it didn’t post for whatever reason, so whip out that copy you saved and let’s see it. My morphine’s ready and my coffee is getting cold…

    • I have posted it twice now. I even when in and tossed my cookies befor I posted it the second time. Im afraid that if I keep posting it, they will all pop up at one time. Then Ill look like I had the trimmors when I was clicking on the Submit Commint button!

• Hey Maris, you need to go check out the Evil Beet Michael Jackson blog! Go tell them what you think! I just couldnt get the nurve up to do it! It was very amazing how fast they say that the tickets sold.

  • I saw the Michael Jackson pic (blog) when it was first put up. He looks like a corpse, but he didn’t look all that good to me before he vanished overseas (or wherever he went). I don’t care much about him one way or the other. I liked a few of his very early songs, but not enough to go to a concert even then. I don’t see the attraction but if people want to see him, it’s their money…

    What did you not have the nerve to say? Did you have a racial comment in mind? Newsflash: nuts come in all colors…

    • I wouldnt know, Ive only see mine!

    • Then you’ll obviously have to defer to me on this one. Trust me, they come in black, brown, tan, pink, white, and blue… All true. Stop picking on the ones that don’t match yours.

• Here’s my take on Jon and Kate. I watched back to back episodes this past weekend because I was sick and in bed. The kids are adorable and Kate is a machine! Jon’s demeaner is lackluster. He looks like he’s checked out most of the time. He acts as if he is imposed upon when Kate asks him to step up to the plate. She’s handling everything…no wonder she gets insistent with him. Two total opposites. She does get overbearing with him…like the times she yelled out in public…that was tacky of her… Yes they go through the motions of day to day living but in observing their body language while sitting there talking to the camera it’s like…hands to themselves and no matter what side Kate’s sitting on she’s cuddled into the arm of the chair away from her husband…seems like thre is some silent resentment going on. You just want them to touch one another once in awhile…or look into the other’s eyes. He just has this blank look all the time of “What the ___have I gotten myself into”. He needs to count his blessings for they are in a fortunate place compare to other families.

  • Well said, I totally agree with every word. There is no way that Kate can possibly be chipper and wonderful every minute of every day while parenting 10 kids and having to motivate and direct her husband to do the simplest of tasks. I am thrilled, for her, that she will get a break when the little kids go to school.

• i believe anything i haer on jon and kate cause they are the most two greedy people i have ever seen. and jodi doesn’t have a reason to lie cause kate is rude to people,and i guess kate thought that paying jodi would cut hers and jon’s 60,000 a episode like they are hurting for anything.jodi should have gotten paid for helping with those crying and unruley kids, i never saw kate help jodi by keeping her kids over night or anything no kate thinks she is better than jodi. i am glad to see the show go off the air all i can say to to jon and kate plus eight show is good-bye and good riddens.

• OMG Maris, lets see all in one comment he says “wordie” wth? and wise and insightful opinions” oh Lordy Be give me a break, hey Sista’s will you please share some of the morphine woth me? hey I’ve got some Oxycotin if ya need some.

  Okay Maris “give him hell” we are in your corner, not behind you, but right up close and personal with ya, ready to kick ass!!!!

  • Not me, Missy. I’m drained from the last tirade over banning religions he doesn’t agree with. I think Bella’s going to take him on about the octomom — if he can get his comment decent enough to post…

• I think Kate is way too bossy to Jon. Sometime she talks to him like he’s stupid. I’ll be very surprised if this marrage laast.

• Maris, Missy –
  I’m ready for Big Daddy…what happened to him again? I hope he didn’t get kicked off, or something! The editors of this blog must have one heck of a time proofing his posts!! I have a hard enough time trying to figure out what he’s trying to spell! (nucular…is that anything like nuclear?)

  Come on, BD – where ARE you? My sistas are getting anxious…

• I don’t believe anything jodi or her sister are saying. I love both kate and jon and I think they’re doing an amazing job raising their kids the best way they can. Yes, I think kate goes a little over the top sometimes, especially with jon in telling him how to do things, she reminds me a lot of my grandmother and mother. But thats her and thats how she will always be, no one can change her. Trust me they’re a lot better off then other families.

• Okay Bella Dear, it’s up to you, and I know you are ready, I don’t have the energy it takes any more to rip him one, LOL I think I’ll turn up my oxygen tank,

  He’s a mess thats a for sure, we’ll see what he’s thinking of bringing to the mat this time, knowing full well he’s gonna lose, His tirades (as Maris called em’ ) is enough to wear ya out.

• Bella, Missy, Maris – I think he’s gathering his thoughts. He got so p”d off at me last time that he pasted our debate on this blog site. That way I think he can rant and rave how he wants to without being edited or kicked off!!!! LOL I left him a message on his blog today with no response either, maybe he’s out…….

  • He’s OUT alright, Cin, on a permanent basis. Gathering his thoughts? You mean both of them? Oh wait, that’s brain cells…

    • If I may..is this blog intended to be taken in a serious nature? After reading through all of the posts available I am shocked at and even disgusted at the comments made by many of you. I am in no way better than anyone on this earth but really?? The only reason people be-little other people is because they are not secure with themselves.
      Up until this post I found the debate going on in the posts here somewhat interesting; now they have turned into bashing and belittlling… I believe this is what you all are criticizing Kate of. I thought the point of a blog is to share your thoughts and opinions?

    • Jen, I suppose you could say there’s actually two blogs going on here. When the regulars all insult Big Daddy, it’s in a teasing manner. He knows it, and actually likes it — all in good fun. So no, insecurity is not the only reason to belittle someone. I know it’s off topic, but we run out of material about J&K sometimes…

      The comments about Kate are usually what someone actually thinks about her or the show, and I personally never bash anyone for stating their opinion — good, bad, or indifferent. Just please don’t tell others to change the channel or shut up, because the non-fans have as much right to watch the show and have an opinion as the fans do to read and post on a gossip site.

      Make sense?

• I don’t think I believe this. Jon and Kate are Christians and it breaks my heart to see how the media hates that there are families in this world that are happy and can raise a good modest family. We need not to be a part of this vicious rumour cycle and we need to mind our own business and all God to decide what will happen with this family. As for the rumours about “Aunt Jodi”, I will admit media and money can get to a person, and if this is the case then let them deal with their issues. We do not need to criticize them for what happens in their lives. I am also not 100% sold that that is really Jodi in that video blog. There are a lot of look alikes in this world and until proven otherwise I will not believe the lies.

  • ***I am also not 100% sold that that is really Jodi in that video blog. There are a lot of look alikes in this world and until proven otherwise I will not believe the lies.***

    So funny! There are none so blind as those who will not see!!

    I’m grateful not to be a Christian if this woman is what some think is a good example. She lies in church! That isn’t very Christian.

• omg, this is ridiculous. if jodi didnt want to watch those kids she could have said no, obviously there is something inside her that felt the need to help out. shes married to kates brother for heaven sakes. get over yourself jodi, kate may be a control freak sometimes but shes been thru alot more than you have. shes a great mother, read her book, it says alot about her character.

• I fell that the biggest casualty to the show might be Jon and Kate. I’ll bet that at the time the show offer came about, the financial strain made the decision easy. Get paid for doing normal, everday things? No brainer. The the extras started being offered and they hprobably felt they’d be foolish to turn them down. It would be virtually impossible on a single income as an IT Analyst to afford any vacations. I think that the blog supposedly written by Aunt Jodie’s sister looks at the negative side of one aspect of their situation. She is obviously not an unbiased bystander. Are there some downsides for the kids? Sure. Are there downsides to every family due to the jobs held by the parents? Sure. My kids didn’t see their father tonight because he unexpectedly had to go out of town for work. When my nine year old complains about the hours he works, I tell her that is what pays for life: mortgage, heat, dance classes, lights, food etc. She doesn’t understand fully, but we are willing to bear those challenges to provide neccesities and opportunities for our kids. Most parents do the same in some way shape or form. I think the most important thing here is to pray that Jon and Kate make it through this rough patch. Rather than tear them down for their decisions, be helpful and supportive. No one walks their life but them and only they can make the informed decisions needed to be made.

• LMAO, You go girl, I’m just glad he’s got more than one to get pissy with, maybe all of us together can teach him how women need/want to be treated, but….I’m not holding my breath.

  • Missy, Honey, I know how a woman need to be treated even when she doesn’t!!!

    • Once again, getting out my secret decoder ring… He knows how HIS woman (ie: blow-up doll) needs to be treated when she doesn’t. She has no idea she’s made of plastic, so he has to be gentle with her, careful not to have anything sharp in his pocket… nothing too big in his pants… likely not a problem…

• Kate is using the kids for a business.
  She is not an authority on raising kids – she has a platoon of helpers around all the time.
  Hasn’t everyone else noticed her saying, “My house, my kids, my dogs, me, me me!”
  Poor Jon – she certainly does not love him, or need him now that her career has taken off, and her ego is the size of a zeppelin!
  Jon treats the kids like a dad – Kate treats them like public icons to make money off of. NEVER like a mom!

  • I agree with Bob,
    Kate couldn’t make a decision on her own if her life depended on it.
    I could just picture her in the hospital during a stat, she probably would stand there yelling for HELP as she does with Jon.
    Her kids are her money makers and she forgets that she will never be able to keep up with Beth and her husband.
    She wants the big house and all that goes with it and doesn’t care who she uses to get there.
    Her treatment of Jon is very sad and i’m surprise he didn’t check out long ago.
    Kate acts as she’s the whole backbone of the show, take away all the help, her 6 beautiful babies and she has nothing.
    Its no wonder the one twin acts like such a demon child, she gets it all from her mother, i pity this child as she grows older.
    If Jon leaves Kate i don’t blame him one bit, he will remain the dedicated father , just not Kate’s gopher.

  • I agree BOB Kate has been gone alot lately and Jon is left at home with the kids. He seemed much happier when he was working outside of the house as an itt spec. Kate seems to be trying to push her popularity so she can gain stardom. She has used her family for fame and fortune and now that she is out promoting god only knows what, he is left at home with the kids. She is the worlds greatest mom, just a greedy selfish one………..Hello people.

• Cinoda, Bella and whoever else, I have finished gathering my thoughts! I have had my shot of testosterone and Im good to go! Thanks! I have submitted my post twice and it does not show up. Don’t know why! You can email me at personal email at HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

  or visit

  http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/

• Cinoda and Bella, go to http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/ and or email me at HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

• I USED to watch Jon&Kate plus 8, but NOW, I change the channel when that show comes on. Kate has become and angry, egotistical, hateful women, who does NOT appreciate her husband or the blessings she’s had in her life.
  …..If I were jon I would have DIVORCE that angry woman.

  and I can’t wait for that show to be off the air.

• Hey Sista’s here is one funny picture, it is freaking hilarious,
  Google this ” Best Mardi Gras Costume Ever” it is so dang sweet!!
  Let me know what ya all think.

• I was soooo immpressed when I first started watching Jon and Kate….
  It thrilled me to think I was going to see love manifested in the rearing of those precious children…..However, after 4 0r 5 times of watching J@K….I realized Kate was not the sweet humble person that forcaptivated my interest in the beginning. My husband and I hurt…..when Kate starts putting Jon down…whatever happen to their christ like examples? How refreshing it would be to see them reach out to their minister for help….In this day an age of divorce and split up families….It is my prayer they reach out to someone…for Help!

• OMG, OMG, OMG!!!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE ADVERTISMENT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE OF JON & KATE? I don’t know if they are going to address the question of if Jon has been having a fling or what? But is sure does emplying that they may! Its eather a ploy to get people to watch or its the real thing! But it is deffinatly what they are trying to imply!!!!! DON’T SAY CRAP ABOUT MY SPELLING!! IVE HAD A HARD DAY!!!

• Did yawll see “TWINS, TWINS AND SEXTUPLITS”? Im watching it now! Its awsome!! You can relate to them!!!! I love Jon and Kate, but like said when they bought that new house, people are not going to be able to relate to their lives! I hate to jump on the bandwagon but, it doesn’t look got for the Gosselins!

• I just saw the preview for next week’s episode and thought the same thing. I missed most of tonight’s show. Did I miss anything exciting????

• Well Lordy Be Bella I am laughing so hard right now, I just gotta go, gotta go, gotta go,

  Big Daddy you are for sure biting off more than you can chew.

• Oh my gosh, I just heard on the news that Octopussy is on vacation, she has gone to Knox Berry Farms and to Disney, While the AIW is at her new house with designers and U-Hauls trucks setting up the nursery and placing brand new furniture, I am so pissed right now, the nerve of this woman, and I have sent Gloria Allred a e-mail, this is the most rediculous thing I have heard,well that and the billions being used for bail outs, our damn money,
  Calif, can not pay their state tax refunds and they have cut two days a month off of all state workers b/c they are broke, and she gets to go to not one but two theme parks, hell she can’t even pay her medical bills, the hospital is wanting about 3million dollars, oh wait she had to go blow a $1000.00 on make up at Nordstroms, and yes she did, now she gets to go on vacation.
  Hell my husband and I worked all our lives and still couldn’t do that, but I guess it just goes to show ya that we are not good scam artist.
  How can this woman even live with her self? one thing for sure she is not discreet about it, Well what ever our church was gonna do, I’m sure they’ll think twice before they do now, we have ppl right in our own town who can use our help, I understand she has re-newed her faith and she will be speaking (stop laughing, STOP) at a church, sound familiar? Sorry I just closed my wallet.

  • But Missy, you HAVE to get past your disgust over this troubled young woman and keep in mind that there are 14 innocent children here with their futures at stake! Dr. Phil said so! He said we should open our hearts (and wallets) and do everything we possibly can to help her! He said we just have to get over it! Blaming her now or holding her responsible for her actions will only impact the children! And we all know Dr. Phil is always right, just like Oprah! After all, he dug deep into his own pockets, uh… I mean his sponsors’ pockets, and got her half million dollar house furnished for her — isn’t that wonderful?!

    Excuse me now, I have to go vomit up my coffee…

• Missy, that’s what we did wrong!!!! We didn’t have 20 kids each. I get your point, and boy do I agree. Earlier I was on BD’s blog venting my heathcare situation. I sometimes wish, just wish, that I could be one of those types that takes, and takes, and takes, but then I guess I would lose my soul.

  Keep me posted on the J&K thing. I’ll try to TIVO it, so I won’t miss it,but if I do pleaZZZE give me a recap.

• Well last nights show wasn’t too eventful. This family does get alot of extra’s being who they are.
  The interview section of the show again was strained. Good thing Kate has that long block of hair hanging it’s a good shade so she won’t have to look at jon.
  Next weeks show looks interesting. I have to agree with BD they are trying to get the viewers to watch. I don’t think they will discuss Jons private doings. I think it might have to do with the dogs not working out.

• Big Daddy –
  I think I just had a mini heart attack!
  Are my eyes deceiving me?
  You (actually) wrote:

  “I love Jon and Kate, but like said when they bought that new house, people are not going to be able to relate to their lives! I hate to jump on the bandwagon but, it doesn’t look got for the Gosselins!”

  FINALLY! Hallelujiah! Free at last, free at last, God Almighty BD’s free at last!!!

  (It took you long enough, dude!)

  Now scoot over…you’re taking up too much room on our bandwagon!
  Oh, SNAP!

  Your turn…

  • Well, Bella, don’t get too comfortable on the Band Wagon! We have to stop by and pick up the Octomom, shes needs a ride to Disney World!

    • Ummm…she’s like, SO not getting on OUR bandwagon.
      Gross!

      I’m still waiting on your opinion of her…

• Missy –
  Amen, sista!
  I couldn’t agree with you MORE about Octomom! I can’t even stand to look at her over-collagened lips! (Her plastic surgeon screwed her over on that procedure!) I wonder if she spent $1000 on lipstick???

  Something is totally wrong with the universe when the Greedlins and Octomom get to have the world HANDED TO THEM on a silver platter, just for giving birth to litters. (Yeah, I said it, litters.) When the rest of us are hard WORKING, HONEST, TRUE Christians who can’t afford even 1/4 of what they have been GIVEN. (No, I’m not jealous. Just voicing an opinion.)
  The planets must no be aligned right now, or something. Something is definitely wrong with this world. God must be up there just shaking his head or trying to figure out where (some of) the human race went wrong.

  No offense to the citizens of PA and CA, but I’m really glad I don’t live in those states right now. I don’t think we could afford to have any MORE taxes taken out!

• New to this blog…. Watched the show last night. They both looked like icecubes sitting next to ea othr. I say contract up, show over….tg .

• A few thoughts on last night’s episode… Typical posture on the sofa, always leaning away from each other. Not as much sniping on Kate’s part — maybe she’ll going to have to treat him a little better IF there’s a separation in the works, you know, be civil and all…

  I loved seeing Jon with Cara. They both seemed to be having a good time, bonding and all. And even the things Jon did without Cara were fun to watch. Heck, he was acting like he was alive again!

  The dogs looked smaller to me than they did last week when one had to have surgery. Was that clip a filler? And if Jon was away, who picked up the dog poop while he was gone? (Probably the camera crew.) I would have liked to see Kate out there with the pooper-scooper exclaiming “Oh my word!!!” But alas, no…

  And who said they aren’t still getting freebies? Do you think Kate paid for the box seats at Sesame Street? And they get to meet all the characters, get goodie bags, yada-yada, same sh** different day… Sesame Street recently laid off 20% of its workers, but they can still cater to the G’s?? Bet the out-of-work ex-employees love that…

  The kids’ melt-downs are getting even cuter as they get older (not). Hanah threw a fit in the parking lot that would cause most kids to get the seat of their pants warmed up. And when they started to get bored in the show, they were up and wandering around… as usual… Maybe that’s why they were given box seats. I mean, would you want to pay admission to see the show (or anything, for that matter) then find out your seats were behind them??

  And the preview for next week’s show… Don’t get your hopes up, folks. I doubt they give us the real story on what’s going on with them. Kate would never give anyone the satisfaction of hearing her say she’d failed at something. I’m sure it’ll all be smoothed over and played down. If ever a show was scripted, I’m betting it will be next week’s. Big build up, big let down…

• Yes Thank God we don’t live in those States, Ca. residents is losing big time.
  And to Uncle Bone Head ( I love it that Maris gave him that name) Bella is not giving octopussy a ride any where, first of all Bella couldn’t get those big lips to fit in her car, and what? you want Bella puking the whole way?,
  Oh Lordy Be I can’t stand her lips either Bella, this is one sick woman, Bella if you haven’t yet Google “Best Mardis Gras Costume Ever” You will love it, but hurry before they take it down, I would put the link here but I don’t know how to do that.

  Cinoda, you can bank on us keeping you updated, I think and hope for all concerned they do work their problems out, but once again it seemed to me Jon is taking the blame, Kate said ” we are at an odd place, but we are working on it” and Jon said “yes but it’s harder on my part” but of course he’s taking the blame, he usually does, he is programmed that way,

  I truly hope Kate was as happy to see Jon when he and Cara came home as she was Cara, but… knowing Kate ummmm, makes one wonder huh.

  • I caught that comment too, Missy. Kate was soooo happy to see Cara, couldn’t get her seat belt off quickly enough, gave her hugs and kisses… and not one word about Jon… Perhaps he sent Cara home in a taxi??

    • Maris, good observation on the pups being smaller than in the last episode! I think that was a filler. I noticed that she was wearing the same orange shirt that she wore a episode or so back. It was the one that kept falling off of her shoulder and showing her bra strap during the interview. Did you notice the guy that was with Jon in the red and black flannel shirt? Jon sat right next to him during the bob sled orintation, then he patted Jon on the back on the way to the bob sled. He looked Asianie. I wonder if he was a relative of Jon’s. Everyone was saying here awhile back that they had bought a villa or something in Utah. Is that true? And where did the information come from? Also did you notice the mini kitchen in the recreation room? I wish they would show every knook and craney of that house.

    • Good observation on the shirt, Big Daddy. Of course, you WOULD notice a bra strap! LOL! Personally, I have a hard time getting past her hair. The beginning of the rerun episode that followed had her hair looking like it used to before she got all glammed up… quite a striking difference…

      I haven’t heard anything about Jon’s family and don’t know who the guy with him was. You’ll have to find out the details and catch us up.

      I have to babysit the rest of the day, so I won’t be back on the blog… unless I can remember where I put that stash of ritalin…

• okay, honestly. There have been so many rumors!
  At the top, whoever wrote this said,

  “If you watch the show, you know that Aunt Jodi was very involved in the first seasons of the show, basically bending over backwards to accommodate Kate’s every babysitting need — sometimes watching all eight of the Gosselin kids, overnight, in addition to her own four children. For free! And then when she didn’t show up in the most recent season, people started suggesting that Kate was bitter because Jodi’s patient and kind mothering skills were making Kate look awful in comparison, and also noting that the producers offered to pay Jodi for appearing on the current season — she had been doing all of this shit for free up until then — but that Kate put her foot down, said “no one gets paid for this show except our family” and booted Aunt Jodi out of the kids’ lives.”

  For real, who has any proof that this even happened? Kate may be high strung, but Im pretty sure she would never do that, if you read it off another website, its probably wrong, kate said herself that there is one website and one website only, other then the TLC website, And she said there has been so many rumors which none are true, unless she or jon wrote something on there website. Why should she have to pay Jodi, its the kids aunt, if she didnt want to babysit all 8 of them she would have said no.

  JUST LEAVE THE FAMILY ALONE!

  • The reason we all know this story is true is because Jodi’s sister, Julie, had a blog last summer. She explained what happen and why Jodi was no longer on the show.
    People doubted Julie and thought she was a fake. Then she posted a video with Jodi clarifying that everything Julie said was true.
    Julie eventually took down parts of the blog at Jodi’s request.
    The video is on this site but you might need to view it in IE.

• “OKAY GALS, HERES ONE FOR US”
  A story of Kate and Octopussy, the names have been changed to protect the innocent (who ever they are!!!)

  Kate and Octomom are outside their nursing home, having a drink and a smoke, when it starts to rain. Kate pulls out a condom, cuts off the end, puts it over her cigarette, and continues smoking.

  Octomom: What in the hell is that?

  Kate: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn’t get wet.

  Octomom: Where did you get it?

  Kate: You can get them at any drug store.

  The next day, Octomom hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms.

  The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is afterall over 80 years old) but very delicately asks what brand of condom she prefers.

  “Doesn’t matter sonny boy, as long as it fits over a CAMEL’;

  THats when the pharmsist fainted!!! LOL Enjoy

  • Missy, you are baaaad!!!!!

• I hope kate and Jody can not let this become such a monster because you are related and family is so important. Jody you seem to be so kind and sorry this has happened. I hope you keep your heart open to her because she has a strong personality. My sister does and she feels like she knows what is best for me but I love her so much that i just listen and go on with my life. I hope you both can talk this out because all the kids had alot of fun and it isn’t fair to punish the kids. They need their uncle and aunt love to you jody because you are sweetand kind

• I hope kate and Jody can not let this become such a monster because you are related and family is so important. Jody you seem to be so kind and sorry this has happened. I hope you keep your heart open to her because she has a strong personality. My sister does and she feels like she knows what is best for me but I love her so much that i just listen and go on with my life. I hope you both can talk this out because all the kids had alot of fun and it isn’t fair to punish the kids. They need their uncle and aunt love to you jody because you are sweetand kind

• Jon and Kate have become so fake and staged….He seemed to be the most relaxed and normal skiing with Cara and away from the nasty boss at home. Kate looks great, has gotten quite glam and is off working her career, which is of course, books and videos of the kids. Jon, I think, is looking too plain to her now and now that she has her gorgeous huge new home, and can handle the kids alone without him, she can kick him to the curb and be the “victim”. Kind of makes their wedding last year a really phony, just for the $$$ and trip to Hawaii. As in most households….simple is best. I think they have just gotten too fancy….too big and too expensive……Will be interesting to see how many of their kids end up in rehab a few years down the road….they can be Jon, Kate’s 8 and Dr. Drew !!!! The Hughes family is so much more honest and seem genuinely happy with each other….

• Kate is a CONTROL freak. I hear they are getting a divorce. Kate has anger and control problems.

• I hope this isn’t posted twice, had a problem with the first one.

  Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Joe from Supernanny visited the Gossleins. I started watching that show quite by accident. I was channel surfing trying to find something to veg out to and tuned in during a temper tantrum. Of course it caught my attention!! I couldn’t believe the behavoirs of the kids and the PARENTS!!!! I think it would make a very interesting show….and I bet it would receive extremely high ratings!!!

  • THAT WOULD BE THE GRESTEST EPISODE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could see Super Nanny and Kate getting into a fist fight!!! That would be so cool!!!! Jon and Kate’s viewership was down by 12% last month. Im SURE that would boost their ratings!!!! I’d Tevo it for sure!!!!! Maris would have an orgasm and Poor Missy would have to turn her Oxygen up to MAX!!!! What were you saying about Kate’s hair? I very seldom look at her above her neck! I’d love to make her my BLOW UP DOLL!!! If Jon decides to move out!! She wouldn’t be looking for a Camel anymore!!

• Missy, loved the “camel” joke!!!!!

• There will be big changes if they divorce. If Kate is the custodian of the kids and keeps the house, she will be surprised at how much it costs for upkeep, i.e. taxes, insurance, utilities, yard work, plowing, etc. Once the show ends, gone will be the freebies, vacations, etc. It is possible that bot will have to get a job and their standard of living will plummet but Jon, in particular, will most likely be happy.

  Once the show is gone and they are out of the limelight, they will no longer be in demand for speaking engagements. After all divorce and spousal abuse are not very Christian. Without tv exposure, the book market will dry up as well. Who wants a 48-page photo album of someone else’s children? Perverts and child predators, I suppose. They always want to look at pictures of little children undressed like all the photos of the G children.

  • OMG! You are so wicked! It’s not like he is paying anything now! All he does is play with the kids. Kate probably has hired someone to pay the bills for her! Ie, taxes, insurance etc… I just hope they put enough back in savings to make it thru the rest of the kids lives! I know they have! They continues to talk about the kids college tuition but the governer of PA was at the little ones 1 birthday party and said they would pay for their college! Theyve got enough money to last 10 life times! The only problem would be if Jon did leave she would keep EVERYTHING! And you know she would! And everyone would say poor mistreated kate! WHATEVER!

• You women need to get a grip on reality! Kevin, Jodi’s husband needs to be a man and get her under control. I be damned if my wife would go onto the internet and talk about my sister! Jodi is just a winnie lilltle pizmar! O o o ohhh poor little Jodi didn’t got no money! weey weey!!! Get the freak over it! Kevin help your wife and her sister to control their emotions! Go buy them some Midol or Primison PMS meds!!!! OMG like they can’t find something else to cry about! I bet you if Kevin would take away Jodi’s freaking dish washer, washer and dryer and her damn curling iron her ass would be too bussy beating cloths on a rock to be able to post stupid ass videos like this one, like a woman should!!!!!!!! Same thing with the Octomom, if she moved away from her parents so she didnt have her mother to wash her kids cloths she would be too bussy to be going to amusment parks! Her nails would be distroyed and she wouldnt give a damn about her big freaking lips!!!!! She needs to take some of that money and go get a boob job before she trips over them! They way they looked on her last interview she probably has to throw them over her shoulders to wash her stomach! She wont ever get a husband now!

  • Your “wife” couldn’t go anywhere and say anything because blow-up dolls can’t talk or type… You should rephrase your arguement.

• Geez Big Daddy,
  You are a big fan of Midol. That’s all you talk about. Is that what you take for your PMS?

• Big Daddy –
  Some of your recent posts haven’t sounded like you at all – too “polished”, almost. (And no spelling errors – what’s up with that?)
  I think someone is posting as you…

• Big Daddy –
  Forget about Aunt Jodi for awhile. I really want to hear how you feel about Octomom! (And not about her lips or boobs – about her life, her decision to have the extra 8 kids, her complete idolization of Kate Gosselin and Angelina Jolie, etc.)

  Oh, and make sure you clean it up (your post) so I can read it on here, ok? I’d like to keep our sparring matches to one site only, if possible.
  Thanks!

  • Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin make me sick. Their jealously is sickening.

• Bella, oh my gosh girl, you want Uncle Bone Head to go into more detail about octomom? Honey I am already laughing my butt off, I don’t think I can handle much more, but I’ll try, Go For IT!!!!!!
  I’m sure he will come up with some thing, Oh Lordy Be!!!!!!!

  BTW I love your sparring matches, LOL

  • Who actually love the Gosselin children? Mady has complete melt downs on a constant basis. I don’t see positive reinforcement. Lots of criticism. Where are the hugs, kisses, love, compassion, and understanding?

• If you havent seen it, here is a link to the stuff about jon that was in the Star.
  http://preesi.lefora.com/2009/03/05/star-magazine-scans/page1/
  I wrot and posted another comment about the octomom. I don’t know why its not up yet!

• I think Jon and Kate plus 8 should just have their own damn channel! In the past week TLC has had that show on sooo many times.

  Its on here Everyday 10-11 and 5-6, Monday Nights (marathon), Wednesday nights (marathon).. then last weekend they had it on Saturday night (marathon) and Sunday .. ALL DAY!! (marathon)… I am so tired of it!

  I did watch the original .. “Bringing up Twins and Sextuplets” and Kate was actaully nice.. now she is just a C yoU Next Tuesday!!!

  • People on message boards seem to have more love for the gosselin children than their own parents, as well, aunt jodi and uncle kevin.

• Bella, Ive submitted the comment you asked for. It hasn’t posted yet. I never thought I’d have to say it, but, MAYBE ITS TOO BIG!,.!!!!! If its not up by tonight, Ill try to send it in two parts.

• Big Daddy –
  I checked out your website (which I’ve bokkmarked, for future reading), and finally got to read your post on Octomom. You wrote –

  “I know that I haven’t bashed the Octomom like you probably have expected. I don’t agree with here and I think, no, I know she needs some mental help. But I love kids, and foster kids is a subject that is very close to my heart. Sorry, I got a little wordie!”

  I wasn’t expecting you to “bash” her. Just wanted to hear your opinion of her. That’s all.

  Thank you.

• Big Daddy –
  I checked out your website (which I’ve bookmarked, for future reading), and finally got to read your post on Octomom. You wrote –

  “I know that I haven’t bashed the Octomom like you probably have expected. I don’t agree with here and I think, no, I know she needs some mental help. But I love kids, and foster kids is a subject that is very close to my heart. Sorry, I got a little wordie!”

  I wasn’t expecting you to “bash” her. Just wanted to hear your opinion of her. That’s all.

  Thank you.

  • Honey, you only have to hit the “Submit Comment” button once to post your comment!!! hahaha I know what you mean. It wasnt directed at you. My Comments are usually so one sided and I dare say, harsh, I just ment that the comment might seem a little out of character having come from me.

  • Bella, Honey, you only have to click on the Submit Comment button once!!! haha I didnt mean YOU! I was tryng to say that most of my comments are so one sided and sometimes, harsh, that the Octomom post might see a little of character for something that I had written.

    Im haveing a LOT of trouble posting. I just tried to post this comment and got a 504 time out what ever that is.

    • BD –
      That’s what happened to me – that timeout warning thing. That’s why my comment posted twice.
      My husband loved a joke on your website – the one about the 3 fencemakers. (He is completely anti-Obama, completely anti-Democrat, yet somehow we manage to make it work!)
      Sorry about the double-post. I hate it when that happens!

• what has happened to the family members & freinds that were on the episodes prior to the hawaii vacation? it’s very strange that none of them were there for jon & kates renewal of vowes. it cant be because of money issues, that would have been taken care of by show.

• I used to love to watch the show… then I started to see things I didn’t like. To name a few…

  1. Poor little Joel got sick and vomited on his comforter, Kate threw a fit over this and put the little sick boy with a blanket on a cold hard floor in the laundry room, turned out the lights and closed the door on him and left him there as sick as he was with the washers and dryers running.

  2. Furniture shopping when Collin was constispated so bad he was crying his bum hurt, so Jon takes him outside to the van to help him.
  How humilitating is that going to be to watch when he gets older, and Kate only concerned on which beds to get so they match.

  3. The trip to Disney, when they had ice cream and it was melting. Kate threw such a fit, SHE’S RUINED, SHE’S COMPLETLY RUINED. What kind of message does that send the kids? God forbid they get ice cream on their perfectly matched outfits.

  4. When Jon took the boys to play at the golf course while he played and Collin got upset because O MY GOD he got dirt on his hand.

  5. The gum… poor little Collin crying his eyes out over his buddy Kate threatens to throw away, yelling like a banshee and its the end of the world.

  6. Another Collin moment, when she’s potty training them and makes him sit in the dark bathroom for at least half an hr till he put p in it.

  7. When some of the little kids got out of their beds at nap time and were at the door she makes them go bad to bed for 45 min. Sorry Kate but kids that age should not be punished for that long.

  I could go on and on… And not to mention the way she treats her husband. We have all seen it. People say she treats him like a dog, well if I treated my dog that badly someone would call and report me for animal abuse.

  Poor Mady, some say shes a spoiled brat, my heart breaks for her, she is a child crying out in desperation for emotiional needs that are not being met by her over bearing out of control mother. Cara has issues too if you didn’t notice, but she is good at “holding it all in”, well the dam will break and at what price do these kids have to pay ?
  It is only a glimmer of things to come as the little ones are also subjected to a mother out of control. So sad.

  Kate doesn’t know how to play with her kids, she dictates to them. Let the kids be kids, let them have play outfits so they can go outside and roll around in the fresh green grass and throw leaves at each other. I realize it’s alot of work to do laundry but other large families manage, im sure Kate can manage also.

  Not to mention also the extended family and friends that the kids love now seem to be missing from THEIR lives, whats more important Kate, for you to be controling and get YOUR way or the emotional needs of the children you and Jon brought into this world.

  I really could go on and on, so many issues I see in this family that really should be a wake up call to someone.

  Kate: “I would do anything for my kids, they deserve it.”
  Jon: “I would do anything it takes for my kids.”

  Kate: She needs to take a good hard look at what shes doing for her kids.
  Jon: He needs to get a back bone and stand up for the way hes treated and they way his kids are treated.
  To the both of them: get real jobs and stop exploiting your children for fame and profit and stop alienating your friends and family.
  OK, enough said for now.

  • I can’t believe you would say that

  • Cinara — great post, insightful observations.
    I couldn’t agree more.

  • this is my fav show ever
    however,all of this is sooo true

    she can be really horrible with the kids. but i work with kids and sometimes you have other things to do and you cant be sitting down playing 24/7. yer you need a break from it al

    so saying i cant believe you would say that says more about you
    you obviously couldnt like the show that much or you would see that she gets so tired she cant always be sitting down with sick kids.

    but madi just pisses me off…
    shes so stuck up and they just laugh at her
    what is that telling her?
    its ok to be rude and direspectful?

• what happened to the 2 german shepherd puppies they bought

• Why is Kate pinned as the “mean one”. I’m sure that she is doing the best that she can to take care of those children. That is not always such an easy job. Someone has to set rules and be firm. Somwhere along the way she’s gotten overwhelmed with so much responsibility. In time she will mellow down. God will help the family.

  • You are so right, you have said it all, but getting real jobs will never happen, these people are now millionaires and from what I have read Kate is out there on a regular basis pushing her books and DVD’s and then of course the speeches they give where they pass the plate to get money, these people make 2.3 million dollars a year on this show, why are they asking for even more money, these people have absolutely exploited their children to the MAX! No wonder the Octuplet mom wanted all these kids most likely she will get a show also, this is all so sad for these children because no one can possibly mother all these children!

• why does everyone have to have drama. those situations that you talked about kate being so horrid is a lie. they were dramaticized. especially if you were not ignorant she did not leave joel sick in the laundry room to be a horrible parent. if you watch the show he was one of the last to be sick and she is a nurse and even normal people know you need to isolate infections/viruses to avoid spreading them and that was what she was doing. I do not feel she uses her children for fame and i feel for having eight children she does a damn good job. her children are well taken care of and loved and she always has new creative ideas to work with them. You should not prey on drama with other people because your life is uneventful. If you were a decent respectful person you would respect she is nothing like the mother that now has octuplets and already has six. that woman has issues. kate has a little ocd but with that many kids you need something to try to keep some order. I commend her for handling the situation and would recommend everyone do the same until you have walked in their same exact shoes.

• I have watched jon and kate since day one. I think they both need to go to dr. phil for help,since they where on his show. Kate i think deals with all the kids all day . When jon comes home i think she cant stop talking to him like he was one of the the kids> Saw the show where they where shopping for toys for xmas , SHe went off on poor jon in front of everyone in the store. Jon did tell her he didn’t like the way she talked to him > LIKe she was talking to a dog . She needs some to see somebody for her controlling ways .

  • Kate deals with the kids all day with nannies, house keepers and Chefs. How can she be worn out? John dosen’t work any more . It appears to me that Jon does all the dealing with the Kids.It amazes me how some of the posters on here seem to still think Kate is overworked and tired,And all the wonderful things she does with the Kids is set up by the studio, not Kate. You need to wake up and realize this show is a scam. No reality to it. Except i do believe Jon has all he can take of Kate and will soon be Jon minus 9.

    • ok how in the world can you possibly tell they have chefs and nannies and maids!! I do see a nanny when they are on vacations but that is just smart. You need all the help you can get. I do recall the episode about her finding a house keeper but obviously that didn’t last long.Plus she enjoyed the day playing with her kids while the “maid” did her work , but then Kate had to go behind her and fix what she missed. If you had a little money wouldn’t you do the same so you were able to spend more time with them?? Why does it seem that unfathomable that a mom thinks of projects fro her kids i do stuff like that with my children all the time it just takes a little imagination and time so why is that hard to believe? Do you have children? Didn’t you da anything fun with them when they were that age?? Come on people give a break.

• Love to watch the show but Kate is getting really hard to take!! Jon must have an extra dose of patience to take the constant critisism by Kate even down to his use of language. Obviously she has led a very narrow life with little common sense. Her limitted knowledge of general knowledge makes me wonder just how she can constantly correct every word he says.

• Don’t be so quick to judge Kate. For a moment, I will step out of my usual serendipitous stature to give you a better understanding of Kate’s behavior. In Kate’s current psychosocial level of development, she is feeling that she has ceased to be Kate Gosselin. She has now taken on the persona of being THE MOTHER OF TWINS AND SEXTUPLITS. Her intensive touring and book signing are an attempt to distance herself, temporarily, to recapture her own individuality. She is attempting to tell Kate’s story, not the story of the children. This also manifests in the behavior she exhibits as she continues to change her outward appearance. The cloths, hair, tan, teeth etc, all are attempts to regain her individuality and sense of self worth .The guilt that she is obviously feels also explains the abrupt behavior that she continues to exhibit toward those who are funding her exploits. Her obvious disconnection from her empirical beliefs are a sign of underlying guilt brought on by her lack of involvement in her families lives. Is this fair to the children? Not at this time, but in the long run, it will be healthier to have a mother who is confident in herself and in her abilities rather than one who is unable to effectively deal with the onslaught of miniscule daily tasks that currently cumulates into an explosion of unsubstantiated rage. She eventually will find herself and will be a stronger more loving individual.

  • What site did you cut and paste this from? Just never mind for a moment that you don’t posses any psychological diagnostic skills or that you very likely don’t even know the meaning of several of those words or the context of the anaylsis, it’s the correct spelling that gives you away. Would you have us believe you’re in a trance and channelling Abraham Maslow??

    Nice try, though. And what’s up with that picture? Maybe you could channel an expert in multiple personality disorder…

    • Damn it Maris! Now I have to google Abraham Maslow!
      I told youall I leared how to use spell check on the blogs! Works pretty good hu? Maxine’s doing fine!

    • LOL! Education’s a bitch, isn’t it?

• I heard jon and kate are getting a divorce is that true?

  • He has been seen at bars in the Reading area hitting on young girls. So I don’t know. He sure isn’t acting like a married guy. We’ll see.

• Big Daddy, “Maxine” says to wipe your mouth, there’s a little bit of B.S. still there.

  I love Maxine, she’s cooooooool mommmma,

  • Missy, WTF is Maxine? Unless you mean my inflatable love Doll! How did you know her name? She had a leak so I bought a can of “Fix a Flat” for her. I think I used too much because now she looks like the Octomom, before she gave birth. I like the larger lips but I could do without the belly! And she sorta smells funny!

    • Why do you have a picture of Kevin Federline as your avatar now? First Kenney Chesney, now him?

• Missy, Bd blow up doll is named Maxine? Picture that!!! I actually laughed out loud…..I also would like to know WTF that post was about? Been reading too many psycobable books? No, honesty, I hope you were trying to be sarcastic for laughs…please tell me I’m right!!!!!!

  • I don’t know what you mean!

• OMGosh, I’m still LMBO !!!! I like that phrase “Psycobable Books” yeppers!!! Yeah picture that!! Oh no Cinoda, Ewwwww how vastly awful, butt ugly ewwwwww!!!!

  Oh yes “Maxine” for sure will eat his lunch, the only way he could cope with “Maxine” is to have her as a blow up doll Geeezzzz,

  Bun in oven, how is your newest “baby?” hope you all are doing great.
  As for BD and his new (face) only God knows, b/c I’m not sure even BD knows why/what he says/does most of the time.
  Good having you back Bun, (((((((HUGS)))))) now watch BD say some thing smart (or try to) like he did when Coastalmom said “who wuvs ya baby?” I’m gonna b%$&^ slap him all over the place.

  • family is great…all in a good place and giving Grace to God.
    Can’t watch the show anymore, so have no clue what they are doing. Trying to pop in every now and again, i am tired and sleepy most everyday…but it is all worth it. He is amazing. BD is off his rocker!! Have fun.

• Hey look I figured out how to do avatars. Now I need to upload some cool pics to choose from, this was just a test sample. I’ve got a Newfoundland Dog I might use, she’s adorable…..yes BD, I’m one of THOSE people……Had to laugh Missy, I’ve always used the term “psycobable” and never thought nothing about it. Heck, with all of the “self” help books on the shelf now adays…

  OMG, Maxine, I’m still laughing…….

• what is with this “gateway” timout 504 error????

• Thank you Maris. You have unwittingly uncovered the point that I was attempting to procure.that The use of proper syntax and vernacular are perceived to be an indicator of better developed synaptic skills. With this information helping to guide our search, it is not impossible to believe that thru proper stimulation of certain parts of the brain, people can be encouraged to believe any information relevant to a situation. The posterior of this is also true. This same encumbering way of thinking may also be utilized to thwart other attempts at persuasion. Not to belittle the contributions of Abraham Maslow but to quote Froid, “SOMETIMES A CIGAR IS JUST A CIGAR”. To quote the great, Big Daddy, “I FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE SPELL CHECK!” Using big words doesn’t mean you are not intelligent, sometimes it just meant that you cant spell the words that you want too. hahahahaha

  • Well… this post is tripping over itself in places, but you actually DID google Maslow? You do me proud, my little protege!
    (blushing…)

    • PS: Just FYI, it’s Sigmund Freud… BUT — great example of his philosophy!

• Wow, you’re right BD, it’s more fun over here.
  Also your last post had me going. Thought to myself, wow, the man’s been fooling us all along. Then the “Froid” thing. I came back down to earth. Poor Sigmund, aka…Frued. I now have to find your web page, I’m intrigued.

• Oh my God, I spelled Freud wrong. My tail is between my legs, and now I need a drink.

  • LOL, me too! Since you’re up, would you mind? We’ll toast to Big Daddy’s new found vernacular (albeit plagiarized) and use of spell check. Guess we gotta give the big guy his props for trying…

• I had one for both of us Maris!
  So where does one find Big Daddy’s webpage, I shudder to ask? I really don’t feel like looking at all the past blogs.

  • JULIANNE,HERE IS MY WEBSITE AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS. FEEL FREE TO JOIN IN OR CONTACT ME ANYTIME.

    http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/

    HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

• Julianne, I’m glad you are here and you like this site, maybe with all of us “Sists’s” together we can get B.D. straightened out, but I’m not holding my breath, Hey we’ll either straighten him out or lay him out
  “UNDER A TRUCK” some where LOL

  Julianne did you read my little story of Kate and octopussy, it’s back up a couple threads, not to far back, but it is funny.

• Yes, I’m proud to be a potential member of the anti-entourage for Big Daddy. I love all your comments about Kate and wait a minute, did you say octopussy? Love it.

  • Yes, Julianne, The Octopussy is Missy’s attempt at plagiarism. But its still pretty funny!!!! Did anyone hear how Octopussy’s vacation is going? Well gotta go. Me, Kenny Chesney, Kevin Feterline, and Maxine are going to do jello shots at Hooters!

    • Well, add another word to the Big Daddy Arkansas dictionary! We’ll get that thing updated sooner or later… if you don’t come home from Hooter’s too drunk…

• Jon & Kate was on this morning – the Collin/Alexis days, where Aunt jodi watched the rest of the kids.
  That woman in the clip above is not Aunt Jodi. Not even close. Apples to oranges.
  I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the whole Aunt Jodi story/Jodi’s sister’s blog were made up. Anyone can spin a story to make it sound good and gain sympathy. Anyone with red hair can pretend to be Aunt Jodi.

  Do I think Kate treats Jon horribly? Yes.
  Do I think they are continuing the show for the wrong reasons? Yes
  Do I think they have covered every single aspect of their daily lives
  that they possibly can? Yes
  Do I think we have watched plenty of trips, vacations, outings, visits to doctor/dentist/hairdresser, marital discord, screaming kids, meltdowns and obvious product placement? Yes.
  Do I think those kids deserve a normal childhood, no cameras? Yes
  Do I think both parents need to stay home and start raising those kids? Yes.
  Do I think they give a monkey’s butt what I think? No.

  Their show will go on. My opinions about them aren’t going to change a thing or even matter to them. The clip above and seeing the real Jodi on tv today snapped me back into reality. I’m done for good writing about them. Back to the real world for me.

  Carry on without me, ‘sistas’…sorry I ‘jumped ship’!

  BD/UBH –
  Although I don’t believe in a LOT of things you say (caveman), your website is interesting. I do agree with some of the people who have posted comments on there about this country. I will focus my attention on writing about that now.

  • Oh Bella, come on! If you read this, just know that the whole Aunt Jodi problem died long ago. The regulars that come here do so to banter and debate about many things. I, myself, like to get people fired up and then read what they ARE NOT saying in their comments! Here I have found, not only an outlet but also a group of good friends. People, I guess come here for all sorts of reasons. What I don’t understand is why some people get so upset over a comment that they try to slash you then put their Instant Messaging on Stealth mode. Like that showing em! Good luck Bella, hope that you come back, but atleast hope that you find what your looking for.

• you all are weird and need to find hobbies. who cares how jon and kate raise their kids…stop focusing on them and maybe get lives. really sad how ppl think bashing them on ur little pothetic blogs actually makes a difference in the fucking world!!

• Bella, I would hate to see you go. Big Daddy is right (for once) that the regulars here have long since stopped talking about Aunt Jodi, whether that’s her or not, if it’s her what should have happened, etc., and just enjoy debating other things. If you have better things to do, however, it’s understandable.

  Big Daddy, I tried to put you on “block” mode earlier today, but don’t take it too personally. That flicker version of Yahoo messenger you’re using with all the background scenery, dancing animated characters, advertisements, and such nearly crashed my computer. Seriously. I was trying to do some business online, and every time you sent an IM my screen went blank (except for the IM) until finally everything froze. I had to reboot to even get back online. I meant to email you but got busy. Sorry… What are you talking about, though, that I got upset and tried to “slash” you??

  • Because, at the same time you were trying to block me, someone, who has embilished your writting style, ripped me a new one on my site! And, by the way, Im still blocked from your IM!

• Kate, this is you.

  Narcissists are often callous- and even ruthless. They tend to lack empathy and/or a conscience.

  Google Narcissist – Mayo Clinic

• pjd, are you serious? you really think Kate is on here, and do you think she is? (what name is she using?) Sorry to burst your bubble, but I’m here to tell ya Kate is not visiting us, But I’m really curious to who you think she is.

• Maris, have you heard from Coastalmom lately? she has not been around for a while has she? I’m a little concerned here. sure hate that Bella is going to leave us, And we do have fun here and we really talk about alot more than J&K, hey we can talk about me!!! the whole site is “All Mine, as much as there is to read it’s all mine” But… I will share.. LOL Have a great weekend Maris, don’t forget we’re here !!!

  • THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!!

• OK, Big Daddy, you’re unblocked now. Just please find another version of IM besides flicker — it crashes my computer.

  Now for the “slash” on your site. I guess if I make you google things, it’s only fair you make me go read the comments on your blog. While I’d love to take credit (there were some real zingers in there), I’m afraid I have to disappoint you in this case. Sounds like someone’s got you riled but good! Again, only fair since you like to rile others… Do you need me to come over and help, or should I stand on the sidelines and cheer you on? You’re Big Daddy (accept no imitations), so you tell me what you want me to do.

  • Maris, I follow BD blog also, and WOW!!! I emailed him this morning , told him he’s gonna have a heart attack if he keeps getting that riled up. I try to limit my posts on his site, since people like to twist points of views and life expericenes to suit themselves and then spew hate instead of intelligent debates. I’ve got my own personal battles going on right now, so to get myself “worked up” over being attacked for my views is something I don’t need right now. “Pick you Battles” is one of my mottos. But I’ve tried to give BD my support on his personal email.

    • Yes, Cinoda, I read his replies and I could hear his blood pressure going up — he was on a tear to end all tears! I thought “Oh no, he’s going to stroke out!” And he thought it was ME posting against him, not that I don’t enjoy getting him riled up….

    • Maris, Now that I’ve reread the above blogs, did I realize that BD thought that was you on the attack. WOW…. I didn’t put it together at first. I know I don’t know you that well, but you will attack with class not with shear hate…..

    • Maris, Now that I’ve reread the above blogs, did I realize that BD thought that was you on the attack. WOW…. I didn’t put it together at first. I know I don’t know you that well, but you will attack with class not with sheer hate…..

    • Trying this again Maris, got the stupid 504 time out error again. I didn’t realize at first that BD thought you were the one who posted that!!! WOW!!!! I know I don’t know you well, but I think I know you well enough that you would attack with intelligience and class and not just pure hate….

    • Oh no, now Big Daddy (aka the double post police) is going to get all over you! But to answer your question, when you see the Gateway timeout thing come up, just sign off and come back into the site anew. The post is usually there. This site is much faster than some others I’ve seen, but at times it can take a few minutes. Not sure why…

• Excuse me Jackie but do you have some new kind of tv that only gets TLC? If you don’t like the show DON’T watch!!!!! Plenty of other stuff on. I love Jon and Kate and their family, hoping the marital problem is just a rumor .

• No Missy, I haven’t heard from Coastalmom except for the comments she left here a few days ago. I don’t have her email address. Did you and she stop posting on the other site? I’d go check for you, but it bogs down my computer.

  Have a great week-end yourself!

• Are you all going to Big Daddy’s and blogging? Sounds like a party.
  I’m confused. Help.

  • julianne, I don’t know about anybody else, but I do. I just started posting on these sites about a month ago. I followed them for probably 4 months, and got quite a few laughs, plus Maris, Missy, BD just to name a few seem to have great senses of humor.

    I try to keep on the J & K topic here, but sometimes there is just nothing more to say at the moment, so when I get “off topic”, I post over there. Usually BD and I debate or sometimes just discuss issues. The only thing I don’t know how to do over there is leave my screen name, so I always start by Cinoda: There are some strong opinions over there, not for the meek……..LOL

    • Cinoda, did you see my comment about Me, Kevin, Kenny and Maxine going to Hooters? I really expected you to make a comment of some kind. I think Maris is the only one who saw it! It was back a few posts ago. The party is going on at my house Julianne! Come on over and visit.

      http://breedtruth.blogspot.com/

    • Naw, I saw it, and didn’t think anything about it. I was laughing still at the thought of you and “Maxine”. Have you ever seen who Maxine is????? I don’t think you have, or you definately wouldn’t have named your blow up doll Maxine!!!!!!!!! LOL Or If you do know who she is you ARE ONE SICK PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

    • No, I have no idea who Maxine is. Who is she?

• Kate Goselin is the worst wife, family member, and mother ever. She never communicates with her husban and her childeren, also she is to quick to judge things. What I hate about kate to a bloody maner is that she denied Aunt Joie as a kind family member to aid her own kids, because she was offered a paying part in John and Kate plus 8 for her kind and lovly role in the show.

• I have basically been watching Jon and Kate for the past 2 yrs. I have noticed a “Big” change in Kate from 2 yrs ago. Money “Is” the root of all evil….and now they all live in a huge “Mansion”!!! Did they really need that sized house? Soon, they will find they were much happier in their old home. With kate constantly yelling at Jon on camera, they most definately will be having some marital problems…if they don’t already. I have a feeling this yr will be their last…..

  • Actually, the Biblical quote is “the LOVE of money” is the root of all evil, but your’s right that Kate seems to love that money to the exclusion of all else. I think you may be right that this year will be their last, and for the sake of the family it probably should be. Let someone else have the ruinous spotlight…

• OOOPS! Someone used the “N” word on the Obama on Jay Leno site! Ive never even heard of those kinds of cookies! I wonder if they are all chocolate or if they come in white chocolate as well! hahaha Sorry, couldnt resist!

  Watching Twilight AGAIN with my girls. I AM BIG DADDY!

  • What site is that, and why would they use the N word? The only slip he made on Leno was the one about Special Olympics, and he’s apologized.

    • It was on the site you turned me on to. The Obama Jay Leno site. They were talking about having some food named after him. Then someone said something about “N” cookies. So of course I had to ask if they come in white chocolate and dark chocolate too? Or just milk chocolate! hahahahahaahahahaha

• I was talking about Jon and Kate and accidentally sent it before I was done.
  Sorry.

• The more Jon takes care of the kids alone, the nicer Kate’s persona is portrayed and the meaner Jon’s persona is comes out! Editing, editing, editing.

  Aunt Jodie’s a whiner. She sort of seems passive aggressive to me. You know that “really” nice person that undermines you and gives the appearance of nice.

  I’ll take Kate any day over Jodie … Kate’s in your face, you know what’s up. She’s awesome. Love her to watch her and the family!

• Hey “Sista’s” a note from Maxine

  Is’nt it great to be a woman? Help the sistas live longer, share a laugh with all we know and remind them thats it’s great to be able to giggle at lifes little oddities (aka as Big Daddy)

  nana.nana boo boo, we know who Mazxine is and we ain’t telling, and yes I’m singing that little tune, nana, nana boo boo , OMG I’ve got to find a different hobby, B.D. has caused me to lose my mind. LMBO

• “SISTA”S I have such a beautiful pictyre of Maxine, I was gonna send it to you know who, but I’m afraid that you know who would be so depressed when he saw Maxine is such a beauty compared to his (Blow up) omg I almost spit coffee just trying to type that.
  Actually we all (Sists’a) know what a beauty Maxine is, so I think I’ll just insert some messages to you know who from Maxine once in a while, for a while, Oh lordy be, did any of that make sence? I wuv you guys((((((Hugs)))))0 big, big ((((cyber hugs)))))))

  • Missy, This is Maxine, Now listen to me and do EXACTALLY what I say! Go wake up you husband and tell him you took too many of you Lithium AGAIN! You are having a psychotic episode! You’re comment made no since! Hahaha (((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))

• Okay I just heard from Maxine and she said while visiting with Jon and Kate this is what she over heard,

  Jon took a clean pair of underware out of his drawer, he shook them out and some white dust flew out of them , he’s like WTH? he hollers
  ” Kate why did you put talcum powder in my shorts?”

  Kate still looking out the kitchen window at “this is all mine” hollered back “Jon it’s not talcum powder, it’s miracle grow! Men they don’t know nothing”

  Bless their hearts, what a way to start the day.

  • LOL, give me a warning next time, Missy! Now you made ME spew coffee all over my computer screen! BD made a comment the other day about doing hiw own laundry, something like having to go get his “big boy” shorts out and start another load. Guess we can surmise now why he would want to help with the wash. Maybe he was getting a rash from all the Miracle Grow! His poor blow up doll, uh… I mean his wife…

• OMG, now thats funny!!!! I think Kate needs to start sprinkling some of that miracel grow in her bra! Then her shirts would stop falling off of her during the interviews! haha Thats an idea, shes had her teeth done, hair, tan has a personal trainer. Maybe thats why she keeps wearing that orange shirt that falls off of her, so some plastic sourgens wife will notice and offer her a free Boob job! Maybe they will give Jon free penis enlargment surgery too! Do they have penis enlargment surgery? I wonder how much it runs?

  • “Do they have penis enlargement surgery?” Big Daddy, PUL-EEEZEEE!! We ALL know you’ve checked that out thoroughly by now and have a special piggy bank for every spare dime…

• My Husband and I watch Jon and Kate plus eight and we just laugh, We watch the show only for the sole purpose to see Kate act like a total B**CH. I thought Jodi was being used to watch her kid’s while Jon and Kate went on there little one on one with there kids. I agree with the poster who said its not Jon and Kate its the kids that got them to were they are today. Poor Jon he needs to grow some much needed b**ls and tell her to stop her crap. Other then that the kids are so cute and I love to see them happy and have what they deserve in life.

• Hey Bid Daddy, how’s Twilight?

  • It was alright. Its a BIG thing at our house. We went and saw it at the movies. So my third oldest daughter, Samantha, bought all 3 current novels and is currently on her 9th time thru reading them. Really, 9th time, and these books are about 4 inches thick! I heard her crying one evening in her room. I thought she was hurt and went running, well waddeling hurradley, to her room and she was reading the damn book! I found a spiral in her room with some weird ass shit written in it. I thought she was loosing her mind. I hid it and showed it to my wife. She laughed and said that they were songs that she was trying to write! She is absolutley obsessed!!! Now my youngest daughter abbi is getting the same way! She has poster of the guy hanging all in her room! And he’s UGLY! I might could understand it if he was atleast handsome but he’s not! I think some kind of subliminal backward masking hidden in the movie or something! They, together, have researched every boy on the show and Bella ofcourse. They can tell you everthing about their careers and etc!!!! But the movie is ok. Im looking forward to the next two movies. One, New Moon, I think comes out in November. Im really looking forward to “Buffy the vampire slayer the new movie” and “Aquaman” to come out! They are going to be awsome! Saw Watchmen, it wasnt all I thought it was going to be.

• That was a pretty darn good review, thank you!
  I agree, the guy that stars in it, is just plain weird looking to me. Strange eyes, he does nothing for me. I was all into True Blood, now there were some might fine men vampires in that. I guess that’s the grown-up HBO version. I wonder what it is with vampires being sex symbols all of a sudden?
  Is anyone here a Big Love fan? I am, and tonight is the finale of the season, so it won’t be back on for about two years. Hate that about HBO. I guess that’s another site, but I’m tired of finding all these places. I just want a one stop n shop site, so I don’t have to constantly surf the web. Adios guys.

• Oh My God, I was laughing so darn hard reading the above posts, I also spewed coffee all over my laptop!!!!!! You know I must say, I really really enjoy all of you guys. Gosh, my life was so boring before!!!!LOL Just getting moving today, will post later…just wanted to share…

• I can’t believe I just wasted 5 minutes reading this diatribe!

• Risking the posabilty of looking stupid, WTF is diatribe? I always thought that was a group of women that was watching what they eat!

  • Let me help you rephrase that, Big Daddy. How about “at the risk of looking stupid…”? Yeah, I think that reads better, because its not really a “possiblilty” in your case — it’s almost always a certainty…

    Sorry, I just couldn’t resist, and you didn’t use google like I thought I learnt ya…

• BD, Don’t fell bad, I had no idea either. I googled it LOL

  “fulmination: thunderous verbal attack ”

  Man, she will never get those 5 minutes of her life back……..

  • That must have been her new word for the day and she was trying to fit it into a conversation. Ok, well Im going to stop being anthropocentric and go back to bed now. I had to get up and shake the miracle grow out of my underwear! Damn Maxine!

    • Dude, everyone uses that word. I hear it everyday.

• I hope this posts right…..just for the “sistas” and BD.

• Darn it, I changed my gravitar to Maxine, and it won’t post…

• TOUCHDOWN!!!!

• Oh Big Daddy, don’t sweat the small stuff, I don’t take Lithium, I use much stronger drugs (prescribed by Maxine my PCP. And you are my psychotic episode, (oh my lord another night mare) You know a man gotta do what mans gotta do, and then “Us Women Go Around doing What They Can’t” then a man wants to know why we are so tired, Geeeezzzzz, wonder we are worn out, b/c exactly what do they do?

• I think ole Jon will leave that Kate and I will laugh my A** off, theres not two dogs in the house as kate is concerned there’s 3 and kate treats Jon like a dog. I was reading other clips and it was saying how Jon was cheating on Kate was caught and even have photos with other woman! My thought is you go Jon find a woman who will treat you better. Could you sleep with her after the way she treat’s him on the show with her H E LLLLLLL OOOOOO! And as he said Kate you treat me like a DOG. I hate that woman! Makes me wanna go hug my man and tell him I love him…lpl

• Thats because us men have to leave you something to keep you bussy. You kow, idol hands are the devils playthings! We give you children, what else do you want? (((((((( hugs )))))))) haha

• Whew!!!!! I had to come post over here. I was on BD’s blog and it gets really deep over there, time to lighten up for awhile. So, tonight it is the “BIG KATE AND JOHN MYSTERY”. I need your sistas help. My husband is layed off so he’s now home almost ALL OF THE TIME with the remote being an extension of his right hand. I got him watching American Idol and Celebrety Apprentice, how, just how, can I justify K&J. I asked him if he knew who that was and he had NO idea………I might just have to tivo it for later when he’s sleeping…..LOL

  • Cin, just tell him there is a really hot blonde on the show who wears shirts that she can’t keep from falling off of her shoulders. That should work!

• Kate has the kids 24/7. There is no way that one person could possibly be chipper and wonderful to the entire world every minute of every day without any outside help. All things considered, maybe Jon can stay at home and Kate can go back to work. If all else fails, the little kids are about to start school and Kate will have some time to collect herself and Jon and Kate will have a chance to get better

• Cin, I hope you can get Maxine up as your picture, I would love it, but be careful “you’ll make ole’ uncle bonehead jealous. LMBO

  Gosh Lisa please tell us how much you dis-like Kate, but I agree there are times I look at my hubby and wonder how any woman could talk to their husbands that way ( a christian woman at that) let alone on national T.V.

  Hey I get stressed and we have had our share of dis-agreements/arguments but even when I thought/knew he was in the wrong I could never embarrass myself let a lone him in front of any one else, first of all I wouldn’t want ppl to think I was stupid enough to lower my self to that way of treating my husband.

  Out in public you might (years ago before cell phones) hear him holler “sweet pea where are you?” but never in anger, I remember one time I was having a not so nice day and I kinda snapped at one of the kids in the store, when I went to check out I didn’t see hubby or kid any where , he took him to the car cause Momma was in an ugly mood, no hollering or yelling just separating ones self from the issue at the time, hey worked great for me.

  • Dang Missy, your life has been filled with unicorns and rainbows! I have good kids but I hate to take them to the store. One will be in the drink box trying to get a soda while one is at the DVD red box while one is pulling on me to let them go to toys while the oldest is in electronics playing a video game! Then while Im distracted, my 6 and 9 year old will use that oportunity to slip Polemon stuff into the shopping cart! Like Im not going to pay attention to it when we get to the front checkouts! They call my younges one Little Daddy when we go into the store because he is so much like me! Then they all have to take trips to check out the bathroom EVERYWHERE we go! I made the mistake several years ago of taking my youngest 4 plus the 2 grand kids camping in a state park! I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN! OMG!!!! I don’t scream at them in the store, I just talk to them with my teeth together! Life at my house is WILD! One will get their head stuck in a chair while another one is dressing the dog while my 14 year old stand in her closet and sings into her hairbrush while the eldest one sneaks over to his grandparents house to look at dirty pictures on his grandmas computer! NEVER A DULL MOMENT!

  • Finally got Maxine to appear!!!!!! Picture this: Big Daddy with Maxine…LOL, HA HA BOO BOO. BD, meet Maxine, Maxine meet BD….

    We need to rename your blow up doll, I don’t think I can take any more imagines of Maxine and you in my head!!!!! Ok sistas? we need to hold a contest on a new name for BD’s special friend.

    • I suggest “Big Bertha”. Maybe he’s using the Miracle Grow so he won’t fall in… let’s hope he doesn’t get any on her… he’ll be lost to us forever…

• I have been through some of the Aunt Jodi stuff with my DIL and it is not fun–she also is in the med field and on a “mood pill”I do not think Jodi was in it for the money and it makes me sick to see Kate screaming at he about gum when the woman had just taken care of her kids for the upteenth time for free-she also screams at John about not using a coupon for something about the bathroom and not once but for 10 min at least.The woman is in need of some help and that producer should call that show quits.Those kids are over indulged and the tantrums are way out of line. The one twin has the same problems as her mother.It runs in families and should be looked into.Those kids are on display and the parents should stop the gravy train and see the damage it is causing.Is living in a huge house and cutting your children off from the real world worth it.I will bet they are the kids that have zero friends-kate has told her new neighborhood that she is not willing to “come for coffee” much less be friendly.I feel sorry for these people and the greed they are living by.A true Christian wife would not berate her husband like that in private much less public.If you are going to preach the life- live the life.Get some help Kate and by doing that you will help your children and your marriage.

  • stop judging them. you dont know the whole story.. and you’re so quick to jump on aunt jodi’s side when you dont know everything. just leave them alone

    • “Just leave them alone”? On a gossip site?? Really?? You should land your balloon and join others on the actual planet…

• Cin, TIVO it, don’t tell him theres a hot blonde on the tv, as that is not true, there is a mother of eight little faces who you don’t want to embarrass you in front of your hubby, ( oh wait on second thought) he may think you are Queen Bee compared to Kate, oh what the heck afterall she has a right to be stressed,
  she has 8 little faces and one big one to deal with, (oh yes and maybe the dogs) What am I talking about? heck no one has ever done this before on a budget or less than a budget and no help what so ever and no vacations,
  heck she has every right to be down hearted and talk to Jon worse than I have ever talked to my dog, or allowed anyone else to talk to my dog like that.

• HI,
  My hasband and I have been married for 22 years now and have three daughters.About nine years ago he had left me for a month because he thought this was the way to confront our problems.We are back together now and have discovered that the “love taps” like Kate gives(*which is what I always did)does get on a person’s nerves after a bit.Marriage is give and take and I think maybe the tapping should be curtailed.He doesn’t do it to her ??I love the show and think the family is acting like human beings.

• Missy I only dis-like Kate because I can, lol. My husband and I like to watch the drama unfold right before are eyes. I agree with you! Public embarrassment is totally inappropriate and I feel sorry for him. A christian woman wouldn’t treat him or her family like total crap!! It makes me appreciate the way I treat my husband. I would just love for her to get on national T.V. And say how she is ashamed with the way she treats him. Maybe a man stray’s if his Wife treats him like a DOG. If I treated my Husband like that I wouldn’t blame him for getting his picture with a HOT SEXY BLOND. As for the 8 kid’s that’s her and his choice the way I see it the show should be called Kate and eight and the dogs and Jon roooooofffffff roooofffff.

• Cinoda, you watch AI? I first watched it last season and really got into it. I liked both Davids, but I voted for Archuleta. (His voice and eyes were just so dreamy!) I think they were both awesome, as was Syesha. The only one I couldn’t stand was Castro and his flip attitude. I think he was like Bob Marley in more ways than one, if you get my drift… puff, puff…

  Who do you like for this season? My favorite at present is Adam Lampert. That (Johnny Cash on LSD) version of “Ring of Fire” (or Nine Inch Nails does country) with the Indian flavor, citars, etc. was certainly unique, even strange, but I swear it had me mesmerized and I don’t even like that kind of music.

  Yeah, yeah, I know I’m off-topic, but J&K is coming to an end, at least for this season, and AI is heating up… I try to read BD’s blog, but his posts are so loooooong, I lose track of what he’s trying to say at times. I’m not going to start up with “Table of Twelve” or any other mega-family show. That leaves AI, or I’m open to suggestion…

  • This is only the second season that I have watched. I got into it the year before last when Jordin Sparks won. (she was my pick). I didn’t watch last year, but got into it again this year. It’s on here at 7 or 8 PM, so I tivo it, then watch when its almost over so I can fast forward the commercials (there is sooooo many of them).

    I love Adam, there’s is a lot of flack about him out there. Have you seen the pictures of him in drag? I am very open to lifestyle choices. I look to the inside of what is in a persons heart and how they treat others.

    I also loved the Ring of Fire adaptation. I think it shows his talent of taking a song and putting his flare on it. There is no way Adam Lambert could sing a country song and he knew it. He’s very true to himself. What did you think about his Rolling Stones Satisfaction rendition? I really liked that too.

    How about Alexis Grace getting voted off….I was shocked at that. I do not like Megan Corkey at all…..I have no idea what she is doing on there. Danny Gokey is great, but I don’t think he would do great after AI is over. I love Scott, but I think it’s his inspiration and his humor in dealing with his blindness is what I love. He will be great as a spriitual singer, not as a AI winner. I was also upset that Danny’s best friend didn’t make the cut.

    I don’t know if Adam will make it though…..I don’t know if the AI world is ready for somebody so flaming and flamboyant, He deserves it on what I’ve seen so far.

    SO Yeah, if no one minds, I would love to recap the weekly shows with you, especially since the season is ending. I don’t know how many more shows of J & K they can put out…..how many times do you go to the dentist, go on vacations and such. Anybody else mind?

  • The “Johnny Cash on LSD” I am still LMBO………good description….!!!!!!

• I know I am about to get my teeth knocked by the “irregulars“ on this site! That’s my new name for the “Sistas” because you never can tell when they are going to be running off at the mouth and most of the time they act like they are constipated! But I would love to be married to Kate! Jon has got a sweet deal! From Jon’s point of view he has a wife that’s easy on the eyes. She is motivated and makes sure the house is clean and the cloths are done, no matter how she does it. She has organized their finances and keeps the money flowing in. And all Jon has to do is a few tasks and the rest of the time he gets to spend with his kids and to play with them! If you ask me, it sounds pretty good! She has moved them to a palatial estate and now is gone most of the time doing book signings and appearances. How much better can it get? I would be more than willing to put up with a little anal retentiveness to have his life!

• Hey, Big Daddy, don’t duck, I see your point. Hell at this stage in my life, broke all the time, job that I hate, I’d marry her myself. So what if she’s a bitch. At least she’s made a heap of dough for the clan. Of course down the rode one might miss the things that are really important, like real friends and family, however life on easy street , ain’t looking to bad from here either. No I’m not a lesbian, “not that there’s anything wrong with that”, to quote Jerry Seinfeld.
  And to Maris: I haven’t gotten into AI, but I will. Last year I liked the guy who won, yes my memory is gone right now. I also liked that Carly Smitherson. Seems like she disappeared. I’m not going to watch Table for Twelve either, they seem to loving and normal. Who needs that.
  Take care.

• I am appalled by the way Kate talks to Jon on their show! If it’s THAT bad with people recording her comments,I can only imagine how she treats him when no one is listening!! Shame on you,Kate!! Jon,don’t take any more from her! For heaven’s sake,stand up for yourself! The watching world will applaud you! I can’t even bear to watch anymore. I’m so embarrassed for YOU!!!!!!!

• for Cinoda. As for J & K. If they went to the dentist one more time, I was officially calling their show an infomercial. Hated those, So boring.

• big daddy, if kate was married to you she would have you memorize the dictionary because you SUCK at spelling

• BD, I just now read your reply to Missy about your kids. I was LMBO reading it. You know if you could get a hold of spell check more often, you could be a writer!!!! I had perfect images in my head of your odeal with the kids….LOL. I have to agree with Julianne, heck, if you need no morals, value only money, and want no friends – it would be perfect married to Kate. I screwed up too, I married for love, not money..LOL

  Jules, (hope its ok, it’s shorter than juliaaaannnnneeee…..) Start watching AI and we can get into some real discussions for the J&K break…..

  • I tried watching it when it first came out and everyone was raving about it. I just couldn’t get into it. Ill give it another try though for all of you.

    Not trying to support Kate, but, I have 4 kids still at home and I don’t have time for friends. If I cant text or email them…. I know many many people. We can go all the way to Memphis and Ill run into someone at the mall that I know. Im from Arkansas and now live in Tyler, Tx. and I ran into a girl that I was in the 1st thru 3rd grade with. But, friends? I have a couple who text me but I just dont have time to hang out because of all of he upkeep on the kids. Even now that Im not working I still dont have free time. And what little I do have Im blogging on here and thats just with 4 kids. I can imagine if I had 8 kids all about the same age! Anyway, cant wait untill the show tonight. Im gonna fix a BIG drink and watch it while Im probably cleaning the kitched and doing yet another load of fricking cloths! Then Ill apply my Miracle Grow and go to bed! I wonder if its safe to mix miracle grow with alcohol? Missy do you know? I started useing some reducing cream I bought from Wal-Mart on my stomach! When it heats up it runs down. END OF STORY! HAHA

• Yes Jules (I like that!), we’ll have an AI discussion each week. It’ll either make BD crazy or he’ll have to start watching it with us to have a clue… and he may STILL not have a clue…

  The one you’re talking about (last year’s winner) was David Cook. He was great as well, and I’ve seen him since on a few late night shows. I just thought Archie was soooo adorable and sweet. I didn’t know there were any pics of Adam in drag floating around, and like Cin says I don’t particularly care. His rendition of Satisfaction was also smokin’ hot! I also don’t think he’ll win the whole thing, but I’m going to enjoy him while I can (and bet he’ll still get a contract with someone). Megan sings ok I suppose, but that twisty thing she does distracts the hell out of me! Reminds me of a Barbie doll I had with a jointed waist. It’s evidently tied into her singing voice too, because when she holds the microphone and can’t do that physical stutter thing, her song is flat. I don’t think Alexis should have gone home. I think she was waaaay better than Michael, the country lug who picked his song like he was in a memory contest (and like Simon, I couldn’t understand it anyway). She’s also better than Scott, who I predict will be picked up by a Christian rock label but not go much further on AI. Inspirational and sympathy votes can only go so far…

  It’ll be on Wednesday this week since Obama will address the nation on Tuesday. Get your picks in… (Beet usually posts a separate blog about it as well and does a great recap.)

• OK I don’t really watch much of the show but my girls do. They came to me appauled that this family got not only 2 dogs but herding breed dogs…. DUH! Did they not do their research about herding dogs. I breed raise and do all kinds of showing with herding dogs. It’s a shame and I can assure you that these dogs won’t last in this family no matter how bad “John” wants a herding breed. These dogs have nothing to do but chase the kids around. So how bad is “Super Kate” going to freak when the dogs nip at the heels and butts of the kids when they run. I am disgusted with the breeder that sold these 2 poor pups to this commercial family.
  I have a family of 6 but I, we, all of us have lived the best we can on our own…not with the help of anyone else giving us everything.
  FYI: Dogs don’t train themselves!!!!!!!!!!! Herding breeds can be off the wall if not given a job to do, they will make one up themselves and you ie the owner won’t be happy about it I assure you
  ….Hell next thing you know we will see an episode of a trainer coming to their house to train their dogs for free. …..But then again they get tons of promo things for being on TV….like they are the only large family in the world….really??? wow can’t wait to see when the kids are much older….wow I wonder who will be paying for college…..
  P.S. I would classify Kate and Maddy as agressive dogs……can you say PROZAC/ZOLOFT etc.???
  One of the posts above mentions Kate alienating her family….I agree…where are her parents? John’s dad may be dead but where is his mom. Saw his Korean G’ma once but that’s it….Kate is un-appreciative no doubt and her kids will be also….hell look at how they act.
  Poor dogs will end up in rescue in PA somewhere……An agressive uncontrollable family causes agressive uncontrollable dogs. I can’t believe they could be that ignorant. But that goes for the breeder also….another back yard breeder looking for a buck, don’t care getting $$$$$’s and a small spot on the tube. Breeder should be shut down and
  I hope they at least neuter their dogs….and for those of you don’t know….it is castrating for a male and spaying for a female so don’t bother to flame me.
  Flames go out from my kennel to the kennel that sold them the dogs…don’t watch so don’t know the name of the kennel that sold them the dogs….
  I pray the kids don’t get hurt by the dogs since they won’t be trained worth a flip….Gosh already a surgery on a dog for eating a stuffed toy.
  Gee Kate you are such a clean freak why was there a toy within reach of a poor dog who doesn’t know better….man makes me wonder what you let your kids put in their mouths.
  Regards,
  A concerned parent and pet breeder/owner for 30 years

  • J, If I’m not mistaken, I think the dogs are German Shepards, not a good choice either, but they wanted guard dogs. You are so right about the border collies, Again, shepards are highly intelligent and will get bored very quickly and really HAVE TO get a trainer in there. There is no way the will have 2 happy balanced dogs without, daily exercise, and as you know shepards need the proper direction. I’ve had three Newfoundlands in my life, and even though they are lazy by nature, the still need daily exericise, swimming and lots of loving….

    • Just an fyi, Cin, German Shepards are herding dogs — thus the “shepard” name. I wholeheartedly agree with “J” and have to mentally brace myself anytime I watch an episode that includes the dogs. They didn’t do their research and have no idea that the dogs even need to be trained, much less how to train them. I think they wanted to appear more like a normal family by getting the kids a dog or two, but IMO they (and TLC) “screwed the pooch” with this idiotic idea…

• 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!

  I AM THE BIG DADDY!

• Well just finished watching the final episode of the season, and a big yawn from me. This was the most boring ever. And, I feel like an idiot even watching that show anymore. Or should I say watching the commercials. I swear, it’s maybe 2 minutes of show, mostly of J&K on the couch, and a very cold couch tonight, I might add. The point here, it’s all commercials. There is nothing else I watch on any network that has more. I bet altogether it’s 10 miinutes of actual show.
  Poor Jon isn’t happy. You could sure tell that’s right after he got caught with the college girls. Kate seemed happy as a lark, especially since it wasn’t her in the hot seat for a change. Well Jon, you can always quit the show, but then you wouldn’t be able to live in that big expensive house, help you mother out for eight days, or travel to Utah to ski. Yep, you’d actually have to work. Not to mention how much of a royal B…. Kate would be without all the money rolling in. She’d actually have to cook, clean, and watch the kids.
  I’m getting right on the AI thing, starting tomorrow.

  • Exactly Julianne, my point exactly! 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. Ok, there! Now I’m finished! Go ahead and give me your blah blah blah blah blah blah freakin blah!

• OMG!!! Where to start! I think that the damage is already done. It has become VERY obvious that Kate is attempting to change. I personally miss her slapping Jon and the comments they would make. You could tell then that thru it all that they loved each other! Now, because of public scrutiny she no longer gives him her “love pats”.
  And you can tell that they are trying to conform to what the public “says” they want. But the reality of it is that the controversy is what made it exciting and kept people coming back. It is going to be a VERY boring show if the have to become like robots and have to worry about being politically correct all of the time in fear that someone might disagree with something that they do or say. I think they need to do what they want to and to hell with public opinion. They are going to be damned by somebody no matter what they do! So they might as well do what they want to. I feel that they are becoming fake trying to please everyone! All of the spontaneity is gone! Now they are trying to be perfect and no one, is perfect! it’s the screw ups that makes the show exciting and worth watching!

  Jon, I thought got across a very good point without many words. He is no longer Jon, he is Jon from Jon and Kate plus 8! But of course that’s part of becoming a celebrity. But still, it doesn’t make it right!

  You cant please every body so why try? Did you notice Kate’s Orange sweater? Orange must be her favorite color now! Also the set! I wondered if they were driving back to the old house for the interview part of the shows. Surely the old house has been sold by now and they never showed the new corner in the new house. It appeared to be a real set from the tops of the walls. Very interesting!

  • Kate has changed?? I don’t think so. She’s trying to “act” nicer for the cameras now, but did you hear her tone when she handed Jon the picture she’d painted, he tried to compliment her on it (even though I don’t think he meant it), and he was moving too slowly to suit her? Her core personality slipped out and she barked “Put it down!” And you think the show would be boring if…? Newsflash — the show already IS boring. And they clearly love each other?? Again, I don’t think so. Kate is loving the money and Jon is lamenting the way things used to be. I think it’s all very sad…

• When the camera man asked where their dad was, anyone notice the kids referred to their grandma as “Dad’s mom”?

  That’s disturbing to say the least, that’s the first time I’ve ever heard anyone call their grandma “Dad’s mom”.

• I tivoed J & K tonight..haven’t watched it yet. Jules, that’s why I tivo, to fast forward over the commercials. It is absoutely insane how many commercials they air. Sounds like I haven’t missed anything…..to watch or not to watch, that is the question……

• I’m not going to bash you Big Daddy. So there. Yes it’s become very politically correct, and Jon did make a good point. The price of fame is a big one indeed. No privacy and scrutinized for every move you make.
  Really though these last shows have been a real bore so staged and generic. If it started out like that it never would have lasted this long. I hope when it comes back it’s different, but I doubt it. I can’t even imagine watching it. Actually the only thing that has kept me watching is posting on here.
  Just being nosey here, but which state is everyone from on here ie, Maris, Cinoda, Big Daddy, etc. If you’ve said it before I missed it. Just interesting to me where everyone’s from . As for myself I’m in Philly about 5 miles from The Please Touch Museum that Kate the the kiddies went to.

  • I love to talk about myself. Glad you asked Julianne! I was born Memphis, Tenn, raised in Helena Arkansas and have lived in Texas for the past 21 years. I don’t know were Maris is now but I know where she has been! They may not want it posted so Ill let them tell you if they want to. If youd like, you can get me on my email.
    HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM

  • I was born in Missouri (the “show-me” state) but raised in New Mexico. I now live in Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis just a block south of the state line. My in-laws are in a suburb of Pittsburgh, and I hear some things about the more personal lives of J&K from my MIL who has friends all over the state of PA.

    Thank you BD for letting me speak for myself. As for where I’ve been (and I’m never quite sure how you mean things), I’ve lived all over the world at different times in my life. Adds to my diversity…

    • “THE SHOW ME STATE?” HU? Well, SHOW ME!!!!!

    • As usual, BD, you have it back-ass-wards. It’s you who must show me. You’re getting it mixed up with your state, the “show off” state…

• Just me again, major insomnia. Forgot to add this. Is it me, or is Jon looking chubby. He seemed so red and fat. Especially next to thin, orange Kate. Maybe it’s a little to much brewski with the coeds, that’ll do it.

• Hey Jules, I was born and lived close to Cleveland, OH until 10 years ago. I know live on the borders of Arizona and Nevada about 95 miles south of Las Vegas.

  • You can tell I don’t have spell check!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• ok
  everyone needs a chill pill…I don’t have EIGHT children but HELLO it can’t be easy and who are we to tell Jon and Kate what to do?
  Do Jon and Kate have problems, probably…who doesnt?
  I’ve had two children and it’s complicated, school,church,sports, music, church, youth group…
  come on everyone let those who can do better case the first stone!!!!!!
  Life is hard for everyone, if you’re really feek that you can do that much better start a gift giving program, oh and you have to give!!!!!!

  • …uh, most of us here aren’t on a reality show. When they put themselves out there, they invited the critics along with the fans, just goes with the territory…

• kate thinks shes the best the kids are great kate wants it all she treats him very badily the dogs were bought for the kids but now there out in the cold kate dont care for the sweet puppies the kids feed the puppies through a crack in the patio door and slammed it before the dogs came in the house how rotten. maybe kate should get off her high horse and treat every one nicley she sure has act like a witch with out that show she never would have got that house or all the great things she has maybe her brother would tell her off/

• Ok so jon is upset because people recognize him. That is too funny. I guess he didn’t like being noticed playing drinking games with the college girls! Well, jon by exploiting you kids on this show you are able to stay at home and not work and get all the free stuff that goes along with it.
  How many families are able to afford the H. Globtrotters show and sit on floor seats. You’d better think twice about your decesion not to do the show next season.
  Now if jon says no to the show, kate won’t be able to shop at boutiques like she did on the finale show. Didn’t she ever hear of Walmart or Target like where most of us shop?????
  I’ve had enough of this family. I am looking forward to NOT watching this show next season

• the new babysitter is ant Jodi

• Hey thanks guys for telling me where you’re from. Bd, just saw a segment on the news the Texas is a good place to go for work. Your situations seems different, but I know Texas is a big place, so I guess it depends which part. How do you like living out west. Cinoda? A close friend of mine recently moved to Phoenix and loves it. I have never been further west the Hershey Pa. pretty sad. I did live on the west coast of Florida for four years, hated it. To hot and to many alligators and really big bugs. The people were really friendly though, but no one I met there was from Florida, everyone was from the mid-west. Have you guys ever seen a tornado? I’m sure Bd has, since it seems like the areas where they hit. Can’t imagine dealing with them. One good thing about Philly is no real natural disasters, just crime, but my area isn’t bad. I guess one of these days I really should try out your email BD, I’m probably boring the other blogers to death with all this trivial personal stuff. I do love hearing about you guys. Have a great day.

  • Well, Jules, Texas sucks! But then so does Arkansas! I really guess they both suck about the same but for different reasons. Texas Has HOT summers! But they don’t really have winters, which I miss. The law here sucks, they enforce the law to the fullest! If you have a unpaid parking ticket they will throw your ass UNDER the freaking jail! The people her, especially the white people, are mostly back stabbing little bitches! They all seem super nice to your face but then you can feeeeel the knife go in! I thought they were super when I first moved here, then I found out how things here really work! That’s one koodoes I have to give to Arakansas. There, if someone had something to say about you they had the guts to say it to your face and you really knew who your friends are! That’s the main reason I guess I’m so against this politically correctness that the country seems to be fascinated with! I wasn’t raised that way! Texas is more financial stable than Ark. Arkansas, however, has the best evenings I every experienced. The evenings there are cool. You can smell all kinds of sweet smells in the air. And the Cicadas are deafening in the evenings but you get used to them and ignore it but you can’t help but to miss them when their gone. I heard some Cicadas on TV awhile back and it was weird how my mind reacted. I found the sound relaxing. Where I’m from is right on the Mississippi river. All along the Delta there is a very dense population of a certain people who it is seen to be non politically correct to mention them by name. Remember the Astro Dome? The people who destroyed it in a week during Katrina? That’s my peeps! 98%!!! Its that way all along the Delta. One of the wealthiest churches here opened their doors to the evacuees. They don’t like to be called evacuees, sound familiar? But anyway, now we refer to them as the escapees because that’s more of what they acted like. Anyway, they tore up the church gym and even shit on the floor. When they were told they needed to clean it up, they responded with “you clean it up, you owe me!“ Once again, sound familiar? The ones here are different. More refined I guess. I warned people when they started to evacuate that they were different! They found out for themselves! Never seen a tornado but my wife has. They have been all around us though. All in All, I guess Texas sucks a little less. I just love the Arkansas weather. Go to You Tube and look at Helena / West Helena Arkansas! Most people have never experienced that level of crime!

    • HOLD YOUR ASS DIG DADDY. FIRST OF ALL DO YOU HAVE A JOB. A LIFE. YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THIS POST. IM SO TIRED OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU DISSING WHITE PEOPLE. THAT IS JUST YOUR PERCEPTION OF THINGS IN YOUR WORLD. LIKE THE PERCEPTION IN MY WORLD IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS. LIKE TEXAS IS FULL OF ……. NEVER MIND.

    • BD…..just pay your darn parking tickets already. Would hate to see you kids without their Big Daddy LOL

  • Jules, Up until I was 28 years old I was never west of Ohio, south to Florida but not west. First time I drove cross country in a Ford Escort with no air conditioning in August, I fell in love.

    I always wanted to move out here, but never had the guts to leave the kids…then my sis was diagnosed with a disease and had to get out of the cold. She wouldn’t leave without me, so she headed to Phoenix and I here. She loves the city atmosphere, where I like the rural. It gets up to 130 degrees here in the summer!!!!! You either love it or hate it…..everything is brown and full of mountains…If you want to know what 130 degrees feel like, turn on your oven to 250 degrees and put your arm in it, that’s what it feels like.

    Tornado’s Oh yes, Living in Ohio. I’ve got a great story, hope it’s not too long.

    One evening after work my husband went to take a nap, naked as usual. We were in the midst of a terribel thunderstorm. I was watching out the front door, and all of a sudden you can just feel the difference in the air, rain pouring down, thunder, lightning, but the air was different. I went screaming into the bedroom, Put some clothes on a tornado’s coming. I could just picture my husband sucked up into a tornado naked!!!!!LOL Dorthoy and Toto visions in my head!!

    He thought I had lost my mind, but he did get up. We went out about 1 hour later and here at the end of our street a tornado was spotted in the air, it never touched down thank god, but was only feet from the ground before it got sucked back up again.

    I was like “SEE, you could have been sucked NAKED up into that tornado………………

    • How funny. That would be so embarrassing! I have always wanted to visit Virginia and or move there. I hear it is BEAUTIFULL but also very expensive to live there. We have too many damn kids though and her family helps out when we are i a pinch. Someone get sick. Has to be picked up at school. The usual X’s 4.

• I think that Kate has a very stressing life and I think you should just shut-up and go on with your life!!!!

• Good morin’ “Sists’a” and ofcourse B.D. But…B.D. change your picture, have you lost your mind? LOL

  Just wanted to give you “Sista’s” and BD a story about Tornados, do you all remember/heard of Greenburg Ks.? the town that was completely , I mean completely wiped out? well I’m about 100 miles east of there.
  My son is in the military and he was called to work down there as he was in the one that hit Haysville Ks. and Andover Ks. but Greensburg was totaled, it was so sad, but the ppl are rebuilding , if you google it you can see how bad it was,
  I’m orginally from Iowa so I have been close to many, many tornados, so far have been spared, I believe we are called tornado alley, we had another warning last nite.
  I have kids who live in Texas, and yes the law is tough, but when Katrina hit so many ppl were sent to Houston and San Antonio and yes they destroyed much of what was given them,
  I know one gentlemen ( aPastor) had an apartment building that he had just updated with all new appliances and AC ,washers/dryers, he let 5 families from Katrina (husband/wife/kids) move in (FREE) until they could find jobs and get on their feet, within 30 days the fire marshall came out and red taggeg the whole building, he said they were averaging about 30 people to a 2 bdr apt, well that really made the Katrina ppl mad and they really tore the place up, what they didn’t steal and take with them.

  Another family I know had a 35 ft fifth wheel (a mobile home basically) and they let a mom and 3 kids move in, and in less than a week she had 15 other family members move in with her, and then they were always running into the house for what ever they needed, I call them ppl leeches and ungrateful, It took the police to get them out of there and then there were threats made to the nice ppl who offered them a beautiful home to live in.

  So while I do feel sorry for the ones who went thru that mess and I don’t think the govern’t stepped in soon enough, I still feel that some of these ppl think we all owe them some thing and that is bull.

  Do you remember how the oh so famous “OPRAH” uggghhhh!!!! went down there and built the Famous Angel Lane? how all those donations from home depot and lowes and target came pouring in? every thing brand new right down to the landscaping, well, well wonder what it looks like today? I have heard that it’s not very pretty, but the ppl she put in there came from where? you have heard that you can take the boy from the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy? so what I am saying it’s like ppl who win the lottery, if they don’t have help with in a year or two they are broke, they have no idea how to do different b/c they were not raised that way, nor lived any different, oh and the Katrina ppl well Oprah even had huge park and a gym built for them.

  Most of those placed in that new enviorment had not lost any thing really (unless they lost a loved one to death) they gained more than they ever had before and from what I hear it’s trashed. as far as the loss of a life you just can’t ever put a price tag/replacement on that.

  Oh my gosh look where I went to, and it all started with a tornado, sorry “Sista’s” just got riled up LOL and ole’ Uncle bone head didn’t even do it.LOL It just gets under my skin to hear ppl complain how life has been so bad to them when they don’t do a thing to help themselves and then have no thanks or gratitude for what is given them,

  Cin, I hope you know I am still laughing at your story, one of these times I might get brave and tell you one, it is hiliarous (any way to me) and it was long ago but I still have a great memory of it,(hubby thinks I remember to much LOL)

  Jules, if I haven’t told you I am so glad you are one of us, really gld you are here, I love this site, and we do have fun, I love that we can dis-cuss J&K or even tornados or a little personal story and have fun, oh yes we can even have a difference of opinion and still have fun. Love ya alll “Sista’s” and ofcourse B.D But where is Coastalmom???

• Mornin Missy, You must share your story….come on women…you can find the courage. I’m a pretty open book, maybe too open at times!!!!LOL

  Not to spred untruths, but I told you before I was surfing J&K sites out, I was having some thoughts about the show, and was wondering if anyone else felt the same. I know Costalmom was a regular on here, but I saw here on another site also. I think she likes that site better, she mentioned she sometimes had trouble dealing with Uncle Bonehead. Again, I apoligize if I misspoke, I enjoyed her comments here also.

  Costalmom, if you read this, please don’t take offense!!! Come join us again, I’m new here and have never “met” you yet. And together we can keep BD aka Uncle Bonehead in line!!!!

  Need to work today, talk with you later…..

• Well, I watched Jon & kate last night, BORING!!!!! he needs to leave her dumb butt!! she is money hungry, and Matty is the biggest pain in the butt!!!!

• I also record J&K, not only to skip the commercials but also because my husband can’t stand it. I got around to watching it at about 2 AM, and I’ve got to say it’s become a real chore. Sorry (to the Kate fans), but I’m actually a bit relieved that last night was the season finale.

  So many things I could say, where to start? If they look back over all the episodes, they could rename the series “Slow Demise of a Marriage” or something to that effect. I remember when Jon had to shop for Kate’s clothes because those things just weren’t important to her. Now she’s a clothes horse. They used to look happy, even the “love pats” let us see how comfortable they were around each other. Now they sit next to each other on the sofa and they’re still miles apart — it’s glaringly apparant. Kate has a “dream job” and has never been happier, and Jon is either sucking up to her or playing the victim, I can’t tell which, but he’s clearly miserable. He looks like a whipped puppy begging to be let in out of the rain. And did anyone else catch that “it’s the sofa’s fault” excuse for their body language during the interviews?? And how many times did Jon mention his mother’s broken foot as the reason he wasn’t in the house? Maybe like eight? Yes, he looked puffy and red, and his demeanor was sheepish and frustrated, even saying once “I just don’t have the words…” It’s as if she outgrew him, left him behind, and sits there as if to take the high ground. She may as well tell him “If you don’t adapt and change, you die…” because that’s what it amounts to. I felt like I was watching their relationship in its death throws…

  I feel bad for the kids, not just because they’re caught in the middle of what their parents are going through, but because I don’t think they have any idea of what “normal” is for most people. They’re on a non-stop vacation, and a privileged one at that, where they always get to meet the Disney characters or Globe Trotters or go backstage wherever they are at the moment, and I think they’ll come to expect that special treatment from the public as they get older. I think J&K had it right back when they used to give each kid their own day with special treatment from mom and dad. I expect in the future we’ll hear tragic stories about many of them much like those of “child stars” — because in many ways, that’s what they are…

  I would have stopped watching long ago if not for this blog. I hope Beet doesn’t mind that we use it to discuss other things as well (I don’t think she does…) because I’d surely miss all my new e-friends. But miss the show? Not so much… Sadly, I think the best thing TLC could do is put it out of its misery…

• Now onto a different topic — tornados! (Shudder…) Those of you who watch AI, do you remember Lil Rounds talking about how a tornado destroyed her house? WELL… my husband and son were in our front yard (yeah, really stupid, but someone had to relay weather reports to me under the bed…) and watched that very tornado come down from the sky, touch down briefly, skip OVER our neighborhood, and touch down again where it wiped out the area where she lived. Waaaay too close for comfort! That’s just one of the half-dozen or so close calls I’ve had, and basements aren’t practical in this area. What’s on my mind lately, though, is earthquakes. We’ve had several small shakes, we live on a major fault line, we’re overdue, and all around the world we’re hearing about volcanos erupting (which are closely linked). I’m thinking of having cable installed under my bed so I don’t miss my favorite TV shows… oh, and a frig… maybe a fully stocked bar… and a supply of cigarettes…

  • Well, Maris, if you’ve got that bed jacked up high enough for you to fit under you can probably already fit all of that damn shit under there!!! Hahahah haha ha ha………. Yea, your sitting right on top of the New Madrid fault. The last time there was a pretty big quake, the Mississippi River shifted and covered a whole town. But it does feel good there in the evenings!

    • I barely weight 100 pounds and I assure you I can fit under there and I can’t talk any more right now because we have a storm rolling in and I have to go get under the bed and take my little dog with me… If my house is hit by a tornado please tell someone to look under the bed and pray for me in the meantime and I can’t talk anymore right now…

• Well this is a touchy subject I can tell by all of the posting. I have always felt bad for Jon. Kate puts his ideas, feeling and thoughts about everything down. Since they have not been living together anymore or not as much. He can handle the children better then she can. He seems much more confortable with them she does. I think Jon wants out of the marriage because of Kate not because he is overwhelmed with demands of his children. Who would want to stay married to someone who thinks they are perfect, when in reality they are flawed terriblely. She puts him down to make herself look better which does not work. I do not blame him from wanting away from her, I don’t think any man would be good enough for her. I feel for her children they are being taught to be judgemental if they don’t have perfectly clean clothes, shoes, jackets. She agrues with him about everything. You can tell he is done with her. He has the money for child support and will be able to see his children on his terms.

• I wouldn’t be surpriesed if Jon leaves Kate. She using the kids for income.

• Maris you are so funny. My husband doesn’t like J&k plus 8 either. So I tape it too. My son use to watch it but I don’t think it’s really a family show anymore. Hope you are safe with this storm rolling in. Let us know how you are doing as soon as you get online.

• I am sorry to see everyone in this situation especially a loving, kind person like Jodi who didn’t ask for this attention. I use to watch this tv show and couldn’t watch it after awhile because the problems with Jon and Kate were very obvious. They need some counselling and help to get through this. It is obvious that Kate has some big issues and mainly is a perfectionist and everyone has to jump through her hoops as she yells and demands everyone to do as she bids…I am sad to see that and do not want to watch how she treats her family on tv it isn’t entertaining.

• Oh my gosh, loved all your stories. I really did have a west of the Mississippi vibe towards you guys. Must be beautiful out there. Never saw a tornado in person. My husband use to be a trucker, he was out west and in Texas, and said in parts it reminded him of a Road Runner cartoon, complete with the tumble weed. It’s so cool hearing your little bios.
  Maris, your take on the whole J&K thing was brilliant. I would have written the exact same thing if I had the intelligence. You hit the nail right on the head as far as their love for each other right now. Boy can you sense the tension. Of course the little ones think all of this is normal, and maybe they’re too young to have this damage them.
  I think they’ll be damaged enough just having the parent’s genes. Especially moms, which are quite apparent in Maddy already. When I think back to the moment this show got me. I turned it on and Hannah was folding clothes. She was so adorable, I was hooked from then on. How it’s changed. You hardly ever see close ups of the kids faces, or interactions anymore. Just going from here to there. If I see them putting them in that damn van one more time. Dispite all the “talk” about them, I really do hope they all fair well. God, I sound like that Jerimiah Johnson movie. I’ve lost it.
  Oh and just for the record, not that anyone cares, Philly has four seasons, great fall and spring. Horribly humid summers, and pretty tame winters. We all talk kind of funny, we say “wudder”instead of water. A fact I never even realized until I moved to Florida for a spell, and that was pointed out to me. NYC is only 90 miles away, but it’s much meaner there. The people that is. Don’t go there much, talk about traffic.

• Jules: OMG dont talk to Maris like that! Her freaking head is big enough. If it get any bigger she wont be able to fit it under the bed with that little 100 pound body and her beer cooler! I have a mental picture of her under there with Her Magisty Ms. peka pooo pooo! I just hope Ms. peka poo poo doesnt take a doo doo while their under there!!!!!!!!

• Maris, Maris, Maris are you out from under the bed???? Heck, I couldn’t fit under mine (NO BD), I have stuff under there. The very first fight my hubby and I got into was about my shoes under the bed. Long story!! Also my baby weighs 140 lbs, and she’d be trying to get under there with me.

  DUH, I know German Shepards are herding dogs, just didn’t put have my brain together (I think) LOL. For whatever reason, when J said herder I was thinking border collie. LOL Thank you for being gentle with me, you could have said Hey Dodo!!! Regardless, we are in agreement that it was a poor choice on their part.

  Earthquakes YIPES! I’ve been in 2 small ones. One east of Cleveland OH, and one here. There is no place to go. When the one hit close to here you could feel the ground rolling under your feet. If one hits in Miss. DO NOT AND I MEAN DO NOT hide under the bed. You and your little one need to find someplace else. Not quite sure where, but NOT UNDER THE BED!!!!

  Hey Jules do you say “soda” or “pop’? “rubberbands or gumberbands”?? I’ve spent some time in PA with friends. My youngest son went to the Art Institute in Pittsburgh also. NYC, been there done that and have no desire to go back LOL

  BD, you paint the most vivid pictures!!!LOL

  Check in with you guys later

• Maris, Maris, Maris are you out from under the bed???? Heck, I couldn’t fit under mine (NO BD), I have stuff under there. The very first fight my hubby and I got into was about my shoes under the bed. Long story!! Also my baby weighs 140 lbs, and she’d be trying to get under there with me.

  DUH, I know German Shepards are herding dogs, just didn’t put have my brain together (I think) LOL. For whatever reason, when J said herder I was thinking border collie. LOL Thank you for being gentle with me, you could have said Hey Dodo!!! Regardless, we are in agreement that it was a poor choice on their part.

  Earthquakes YIPES! I’ve been in 2 small ones. One east of Cleveland OH, and one here. There is no place to go. When the one hit close to here you could feel the ground rolling under your feet. If one hits in Miss. DO NOT AND I MEAN DO NOT hide under the bed. You and your little one need to find someplace else. Not quite sure where, but NOT UNDER THE BED!!!!

  Hey Jules do you say “soda” or “pop’? “rubberbands or gumberbands”?? I’ve spent some time in PA with friends. My youngest son went to the Art Institute in Pittsburgh also. NYC, been there done that and have no desire to go back LOL

  BD, you paint the most vivid pictures!!!LOL

  Check in with you guys later

• So I have been nonchalantly checking out the blogs on the net in regards to Jon and Kate and their overall relationship and it is just so depressing… I am a newcomer (of about 2 months) to the Jon and Kate Plus 8 show and believe it or not, the very first episode I watched was of Jon and Kate on their very first 1 hour special… my oh my how things have drastically changed! I just wish and hope that they make the right decision and choose not to return to the show again… You know how they say “Money is the root of all Evil”… It never fails how true that is… When the hour long special occured Kate AND Jon cared about nothing except the well-being of those children, and not that she doesn’t now… but her priorities seem a bit off… LIke last nights episode, when going shopping, that was the first time I ever saw her leave to go shopping without giving each and every one of her children a goodbye kiss and hug, she just walked out, which she may have been in a hurry but I just hope that the drama that has been involved in this season is blamed on Editing and not on the true circumstance of their real lives. I pray for the best for them and if there are marital issues, they take my suggestion, a suggestion that saved my marriage, and get the movie “Fireproof” and the book “The Love Dare” and watch and read both and put God at the center of their marriage AGAIN and let the fame and fortune go to the wayside… Fathers, for the most part, were not made to stay at home. They have this God-given drive to be the providers and breadwinners and I can’t help but think this is part of Jon’s problem because both of those feelings of responsibility have been stripped of him and he is having severe issues with Kate’s fame… (People Magazine article)… but what do I know anyways…

  I have enjoyed reading all of your thoughts… God Bless!

  • Mom, let me go ahead and tell you before Maris gets to you. It is the LOVE of money is the root of all evil!

  • You do not know if she kissed her kids or not before she left to go shopping, we dont see everything that happens in a day. seriously. let me see you raise 8 kids and see how well you do. give her a break

• I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS MADY IS IN NEED OF BIG HELP SHE RUINS THE DAY FOR ALL SEVEN PEOPLE AND HAS DONE SO FOR THE ENTIRE SHOW . I HAVE SAID SO SO FROM THE BEGINNING…….I JUST WANT TO COME THRU THE SCREEN AND SMACK HER BAD PERSONALLITY THAT IS NOT GIVEN ANY GOOD DIRECTION GET WITH THE PROGRAM

  • Bashin a child? Wow. This girl is forced to live her life in front of cameras, her twin is treated better, she’s ignored by her parents, her little siblings are the important stars, her teeth are messed up, her mom says she’s “mean and ugly” and you wonder why she misbehaves??

    This poor child wanted a dog that would “love just her.” She’s crying out for attention and assholes like you call her names? It makes me so sad that you cannot see that it is her parents you should be ragging on, not a child.

    • A BIG AMEN!! I recommend therapists all around, on the house.

    • Very true…blame the parents, she acts just like Kate. apple does not fall far from the tree

    • Very true! Blame the parents, hold them accountible. Hey the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, she acts just like Kate!

  • The thing about Mattie’s behavoir.. is that they justify it. I they don’t do anything about her tantrums. They just brush it off. If she was one of my children.. she would be in a heap of trouble (for smacking her brothers and sisters) and in Therapy!!

• WHERE IS BETH? WHERE IS JODI? WHERE IS KATE’S PARENTS WHERTE ARE JON.S PARENTS? I KNOW HIS DAD DIED ,WHAT ABOUT MOM ??? KATES PARENTS ARE DEAD OR WHAT?????????????????????/ THEY SHOULD BE IN THE MOVIE I REALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT BETH THESE PEOPLE REALLY HELPED KATE WHATS UP???/

  • Kates parents want nothing to do with the show i dont know much about jons mom and aunt jodi and jon and kate are fighting

  • beth is a producer on the show

    • Beth is NOT the producer on the show. She wrote the book that Kate is out promoting.

      She doesn’t have anyting to do with the show. Once the book was written we never
      saw her again.

      I guess Kate was done with her.

• It’s been bugging me lots when J&K Plus 8 show opens each week & Kate says, “…but it’s ARE life”. You mean, “OUR” don’t you? Like to smash a pie in her face. I’m in Kentucky & some people refer to all carbonated drinks as “Coke”. We grew up saying either soft drinks or sodas. I like the gumberbands. My grandmother used to refer to her car as her machine. Guess that could go on forever. Kinda cool.

  • I grew up in the Midwest and we said “POP.”

• Well, I know that most of you said that you are not going to watch, “Table for 12”, but I did and I thought it was awesome. The dad looks and sounds like the bald guy on “Ghost Hunters”. The Mom looks like Ann Murray. She has a great smile and a great personality. They have two sets of twins and sextuplets, one of which has curable palsy. The Dad is a cop in New Jersey and on the way back from taking the family to the aquarium, they get pulled over by the police for speeding! It was hilarious. The cop asked them if they were a church group, because they were in such a large van! Their kids seem more like mine. The older brother took the little brother to the restroom. But he had to poop so he had to take off ALL of his cloths! And the older brother couldn’t get him to put them back on!!!! So, they were stuck! My youngest used to do that! I know you all like AI, but you really need to give this show a look!

• Its too bad that someone hadn’t had the good sense to repost the video to YouTube while it was accessible. It would have continued to “exist” that way.

• TV Snark, What? where has anyone here been bashing a child? as for myself and I think I speak for most on here we would surely say some thing if some one was bashing a child, and when did Kate call Mady ugly and mean? and since when can you call us names? I don’t recall anyone calling Mady any names, I however said her father should take her out behind the barn and teach her a thing or two, but he would have to know himself in order to do that, and his boss will not allow him to be head of his home as his Heavenly Father has instructed,

  Yes Mady needs attention, she gets the wrong kind of attention right now, but I have never seen Kate say any thing cross to her, the child gets by with murder, one of the most dis-respectful kids I have ever witnessed, and it is her parents fault, when I hear J&K say “but they are good girls” I laugh my butt off, evidently Kate don’t know what respect is,
  I believe Kate was very controled as a child, espically in the AOG church, and when she got free she was free,
  Anyway welcome to this site, but please keep in my mind if you come in with words a blazin’ you probably ,won’t like it here, “Sista’s” we are ASSHOLES WE ARE NOT thank you very much for understanding that.

  • Missy, I never called you a name. I’m sorry if you read it that way, it was not intentional.
    The post I responded to was very mean towards Mady. We all know she has issues but I hate seeing people talk about her as if it’s her fault. To me she is the biggest victim so far and it breaks my heart to see how much she’s hurting.

    I like it here and I’ll try to be nicer. The ALL CAPS POST ABOUT MADY kinda set me off. I hate all caps!!!!

• TV Snark, where on her has anyone been bashing a child? I don’t believe we have done that. I think I can speak for most on here regardless of the parents and some of us agree, some of us don’t but we do not talk bad about the kids,

  If you want to join in with us great but if you come on here with your “words a blazin'” well you probably won’t like it here,
  WE are the “SISTA’S” WE ARE NOT ASSHOLES, whew, glad we got that straightend out.

• ooops sorry about the dbl posting, I thought I had lost the first one, Okay this is off topic (again LOL) but it’s good,

  Patriotic Retirement—this would work!!
  The Business section of a Sunday NewsPaper had asked readers for ideas on “How Would You Fix The Economy?”
  I think this guy nailed it!!!

  Dear Mr President,

  There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; pay them each $1 million dollars severance with stipulations:
  1) They leave their jobs….40 million job openings-unemployment fixed
  2) They buy new American cars…40 million cars ordered- auto industry fixed.
  3) They either buy a new home or pay off their mortgage- Housing crisis fixed.

  All this and it’s still cheaper than the “Bailout”

  • Great ideas. Where do I line up to get my $1,000,000.00?

• In defense of Kate saying what sounds like “ARE” life and not “OUR” life…….I was born and raised in the same area as Kate and people from Philadelphia and it’s surroundings do say “ARE” life. It’s not necessarily proper or correct but it is, indeed, “ARE” way! ! !

• Where do I sign up for that patriotic retirement!
  We sad soda, and rubberbands, Cinoda. And just for the record, a paper bag is a paper bag, not a “sack”. Pittsburgh is like a foreign country to us Philadelphians. Don’t know anyone from there, never met any. Too far away. Actually much closer to Ohio. Also not to far west of Philly you start seeing the Amish. The little horse and buggies, their dress, their beards, and their pristine farms.
  I guess enough about the geography, better get back to the topic at hand. What was that again?
  Oh yeah, Daddy, the poop under the bed? Really.
  What youtube video are you talking about, Janet?

  • Yaw’ll need to learn how to tawlk! Buch of Yankees need to come down south and me and Maris il teach ya!

• I think that aunt Jodi is the new nanny thats why we can’t see her face!

  • -I once thought that kate could do it “all”, cook(homemade meals/from scratch) clean and still be 100% there for her children, then I come to find out she has a personal chef and a nanny! She is a scam, her whole t.v life is a scam- letting on like she does it all with very little help. I will NEVER give that show ratings again.

    • Excuse me, wouldnt you need help if you had 8 kids, 6 of them under the age of 5. shut up.

    • “Shut up.” — Really?? How old are you? How about we all tell you to just disa-damn-pear? Rude, juvenile behavior…

• Well I do have to agree with Big Daddy (this is a first) that Table for 12 is a good show. It’s more of a family show then J&K. No whining or belittleing anyone. Yes it’s definately loud, but they all seem to really like each other.

• I find it interesting that Kate says, “They love us and we love them” about everybody in their life until it goes sour. We heard about Bob and Beth allowing them to have their many photgraphs taken at their home and the kids to stay many nights on end and Kate says, “they love us and we love them” and then TLC wants to pay Beth and Bob and it’s over for Kate. Then about aunt Jodi who Kate describes as so graciously watching all of those kids every Fri. for FREE and then TLC wants to pay her and Kate falls out of love very quickly. All of the endless nannies, babysitters and adopted grandmothers, Nanny Joan etc. “They love us and we love them.” They all got ditched in a hurry. Now they refuse to allow the new “babysitter” to even be shown, but her comment about the new sitter is that, “she loves the kids and they love her”. Kate is terrified someone will steal her spotlight. It’s no coincidence that Kate has no relationship with her family and now throws in the subtle comments about how she never got to do any of the stuff that her kids get to do. Kate seems spoiled and selfish. I really and truly hope that’s just some angle to get viewers to watch, but I kind of doubt it.

  • She does seem to throw the word “love” around pretty loosely… I think she meant it in the truest sense of the word when she said she loved her job. Translation, she loves fame and money…

• Jules, LMBO about the “sack” heres a story about Texans, I was in S.A, went shopping with DD and two little grandsons, we were leaving a food court and I asked “did you get your sack?” the older grandson said “g’ma we don’t say sack, thats a boys part, it’s a bag” well what do I know LOL, then they were @ their other g’mas she had told them to take their baths “and be sure to wash all your parts” she said, well to find out mind you (since us g’mas don’t know) the one said to g’ma “boys have penis, cars have parts” Oh my lord my DD could have died when she heard this from g’ma the next day, I mean they are older grandparents very religious, and I bet this women has never had an ill thought in her life, and here is a 5 yr old telling her about boys penis.
  While we were sitting eating sunday dinner, the boys were talking about how they saw mommies thong undies on the dryer, I thought my SIL would die of embarrassment, he and the boys went out side Thank God.

  We also say sack, rubberbands and pop, I also say worsh instead of wash, my grand kids get me on that one all the time, I say wills instead of wheels, I say Set tember instead of September, I say hoe for whole , I can spell em’ just don’t pronounce them correctly,
  I was born and raised in Iowa, and no they don’t all talk funny, we do say little phrase like “it’s higher than a woodpeckers hole” or ” we’re going up to Cripple Creek to kill a lame Duck” one time favorite that got us kids in a lot of trouble, was “don’t let the door hit ya, where the good lord split ya” let me tell ya my maternal g’ma was 1/4 Cherokee and seldom did she threaten to spank, but when she did , SHE DID, she was very, very pentecostal, I doubt she ever said the word damn, but I do remember her using the phrase “well thats queer” b/c back then it was used just as webster says it is meant, not as ppl use it today,
  So BD. just b/c we don’t speak perfectish (hey a Kate word LMBO) or spell correctish (another Kate word, damn I’m good LOL) we are all in it together, Oh for the English Language!!!!

  Maris, babe hope you are okay, please check in. You are thee “Head of Sistas, can’t do this without you”

  • Ok Missy, That was pretty good. I Ive always heard how my Daddy’s side of the family, who live in the Ozarks, liked to listen to my mothers accent because she was from east central Arkansas. But the people in the Ozarks! OMG, I can spend a weed up thre and come back talking like them! They say were for where, thurr for there, ye instead of you or ya. And some of the older ones call a bag a poke, ie, “pig in a poke” and they say flitter for pancake! Do yawll say youse guies for you guys?

• All of your word stories made me smile. I am always told that I have an Ohio accent. I’m like what in the heck is that? I’m told it’s the way the “o”s come out. Like in college. I have no idea how I’m supposed to pronounce it, but people get me on that all of the time. I was raised to say “pop”, and people out here are like what? It’s soda. Missy, I love the “Worsh”, I’ve heard a lot of that also. I’m told I say that strange also. I can’t find the phonics to try to explain it. It hasn’t something to do with the “a” sound.

  BD, If I hear that Texas drawl I’d probably fall in love, The “darlings” will get me everytime!!!!!

  We also used to go into Amish country on Sundays for breakfast, talk about some great home cooked food!!!!

  Back to J & K, before I started reading these blogs, my first reaction to Maddy was “WOw WHAT A BRAT!!!! She needs a good butt kicking. But after reading all of the different views, I agree with Missy. That poor girl doesn’t stand a chance. I guess I sort of realized that on the one episode where she came in from school kicking the balloons and Kate was like “that’s or Maddy”, she needs to go upstairs and destress”. I couldn’t believe Kate’s reaction. Just ignore your childs poor behavior, and patronize her. What a way to go Kate.

  I hope Maris is out from under the bed….

  check in with you sistas & BD later. Thanks for the regional stories, that’s what makes us all so special.

• All of your word stories made me smile. I am always told that I have an Ohio accent. I’m like what in the heck is that? I’m told it’s the way the “o”s come out. Like in college. I have no idea how I’m supposed to pronounce it, but people get me on that all of the time. I was raised to say “pop”, and people out here are like what? It’s soda. Missy, I love the “Worsh”, I’ve heard a lot of that also. I’m told I say that strange also. I can’t find the phonics to try to explain it. It hasn’t something to do with the “a” sound.

  BD, If I hear that Texas drawl I’d probably fall in love, The “darlings” will get me everytime!!!!!

  We also used to go into Amish country on Sundays for breakfast, talk about some great home cooked food!!!!

  Back to J & K, before I started reading these blogs, my first reaction to Maddy was “WOw WHAT A BRAT!!!! She needs a good butt kicking. But after reading all of the different views, I agree with Missy. That poor girl doesn’t stand a chance. I guess I sort of realized that on the one episode where she came in from school kicking the balloons and Kate was like “that’s or Maddy”, she needs to go upstairs and destress”. I couldn’t believe Kate’s reaction. Just ignore your childs poor behavior, and patronize her. What a way to go Kate.

  I hope Maris is out from under the bed….

  check in with you sistas & BD later. Thanks for the regional stories, that’s what makes us all so special.

• All of your word stories made me smile. I am always told that I have an Ohio accent. I’m like what in the heck is that? I’m told it’s the way the “o”s come out. Like in college. I have no idea how I’m supposed to pronounce it, but people get me on that all of the time. I was raised to say “pop”, and people out here are like what? It’s soda. Missy, I love the “Worsh”, I’ve heard a lot of that also. I’m told I say that strange also. I can’t find the phonics to try to explain it. It hasn’t something to do with the “a” sound.

  BD, If I hear that Texas drawl I’d probably fall in love, The “darlings” will get me everytime!!!!!

  We also used to go into Amish country on Sundays for breakfast, talk about some great home cooked food!!!!

  Back to J & K, before I started reading these blogs, my first reaction to Maddy was “WOw WHAT A BRAT!!!! She needs a good butt kicking. But after reading all of the different views, I agree with Missy. That poor girl doesn’t stand a chance. I guess I sort of realized that on the one episode where she came in from school kicking the balloons and Kate was like “that’s or Maddy”, she needs to go upstairs and destress”. I couldn’t believe Kate’s reaction. Just ignore your childs poor behavior, and patronize her. What a way to go Kate.

  I hope Maris is out from under the bed….

  check in with you sistas & BD later. Thanks for the regional stories, that’s what makes us all so special.

  • Cinoda, we heard you the first time!hahaaha

    • Trying to post here reallty P****es me off sometimes. Sometimes it shows up, sometimes it goes for editing, and then others 3 times!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Good one BD :)

• The only crazy person on Jon and Kate plus 8 is that crazy bitch Kate she is the most selfish person I have ever heard about. She doent talk to her parents because the right gifts werent donated, she doent talk to her brother and aunt Jodi anymore because shes jealous of poor aunt Jodi. Oh yeah and the Christmas gifts they said they donated were really bought by TLC just like all her fancy clothes, shoes and accesories. Shes such and evil woman thats why Jon had to Yes HAD TO CHEAT dont blame him .

  • KATE IS SO RUDE TO JON. SHE NEEDS TO BE SMACKED. NOT MANY DADS HELP LIKE HE DOES WITH EVERYTHING. SHE NEEDS TO GROW UP AND REMEMBER HE IS HER PARTNER NOT HER SLAVE.

• Look if you don’t have a good relationship with you’r parents (where’s Kate’s parents)how can you have a good relationship with anyone????

  • Kate’s parents are alive and well, and in fact her father is the preacher/pastor of a church. There were ill feelings (I’ll let you google them) around the time of the tups’ birth, and they don’t really speak now…

• I’m ok guys, and I do appreciate your concern! LOL! I don’t really physically get under the bed, but I’m nervous about tornados, earthquakes, and exploding mountains, among other things. A few phobias, a little neurotic, a fervid passion for dogs, elephants, and all animals majestic… hey, we all have our eccentricities — it’s what makes us each unique. I must confess I do think about going under the bed to escape things, but it might be a tight fit (and no, BD, not because of my towering intellect). I was on a health kick for a while and bought different exercise equipment, like the ab-buster that you use for 5 days then wake up on day 6 feeling like Mike Tyson just gut punched you, then it goes under the bed. I can remember shopping with hubby once and seeing a high-tech stationary bike that monitored your pulse, calculated calories, etc. It was on sale (even better!) and I told him I wanted to get it. I could see him thinking of a perfectly reasonable arguement for a few seconds, but instead he just rolled his eyes a little and said “Just be sure it’ll fit under the bed…” Well, it didn’t, but luckily it made a wonderful clothes hanger!

  I grew up in NM where a lot of people speak like newsmen with no accent, but my parents were both from Arkansas so I can relate to a lot of the pronunciations. I used to get teased for saying “worsh rag” instead of wash cloth. I think I settled on wash rag. Someone told me “it’s not a rag” to which I replied “mine are…” My parents said “sodie pop” but I just call it a Pepsi or Coke, etc. I met a man once at a convention who could talk to anyone for 2 minutes and tell them where they were from. With the way so much of the country moves around these days, he might have more trouble discerning.

  I love Missy’s story about sack and bag and body parts and penis! I use the word penis, likely because I was in the medical profession and that’s what it is, but my parents would probably sooner choke! LOL! And btw, if a sack is a scrotum then a bag is an old woman who uses not so nicer words for it!

  Table of Twelve… I saw an ad for it where they were eating out with all the kids going in different directions and decided I don’t really need to see that. It’s probably a perfectly wonderful show, but my nerves are bad enough as it is and I don’t care for ill-behaved children, even if it’s just running wild through a restaurant. With politics being my new soap opera, my TV calendar is pretty full as it is. So you guys enjoy and I’ll just read the recaps…

  • Maris, What kind of pooch do you have? A Peek-a-poo as BD said??
    I love dogs….In fact right before the economy plunged I had financing to open up a doggie day care. I was actually looking and designing buildings, but just had one of those “gut” feelings to just wait a few months….so glad I did……My main investor still wants to make a go of it when the time is right. I just have to see if I can wait it out. I do some dog training on the side, more like a hobby than a job. I’ve had the priviledge to learn from the trainers at Sea World, it was awesome. That’s one of the reason’s I laughed at myself for the German Shepard comment!!!!!LOL

    I’ve got a obsession with Newfoundlands. My Hallie Ann is the 3rd one that I have had. The only bad thing with Newfs is their life span, maybe 10 years or so. After my last one, I promised my husband no more dogs……I cried for 45 days or so. Finally, I’m crying and asking my husband “Please can I get one more dog” He says “Sure, anything for you”. So then I push it still crying “Can I get another Newf?” He responds “ANYTHING, JUST STOP CRYING”. Hallie and I do our weekly therapy work at the local hospital and senior car center. She’s wonderful with people and expecailly kids. She will approach a wheel chair, sit up and put her paws on the chair handles, then lean in so that a person can give her a hug.

    I just watched Adam on AI….WOW!!!!!!! This guy has got to win it….I think he will make an amazing recording artist!!

• Kate is a screaming control freak who gets off on bossing people around–camera hands, her husband, anyone within ear shot. Why John hasn’t left her is beyond me. He does try to father very well and consistently and seems more sensitive to the children. Kate, on the other hand, is obnoxious, hung up on the fame (it’s very clear), loves the spotlight and is using her children for fame and fortune. All the other multiple family mothers on TV do not come off like this. They are almost embarrassed by the fame and constant attention of the camera. Their true mothering comes through. I hope they cancel this show forever. Enough of her demands. She treats workman like serfs, she is rude to them and ignorant. She has embarrassed her husband so many times, I do not know how he takes it. No wonder her extended family have nothing to do with her.

• To all those who think Kate is wrong with telling Jodi that she cannot get paid to be on the show, (although I sometimes think Kate can be rude, especially with Jon), I think she has a point, if Kate were to pay Jodi for her time, then wouldn’t she have to pay Nana Janet and everyone else who has helped them on the show, that would be ridiculous! If you wanted to help Jon and Kate with their kids, then expect to do it out of the goodness of your heart, or don’t.

  • TLC wanted to pay Jodi because they filmed at her house.
    They didn’t film at Nana Janet’s house.

• I am just kinda SHOCKED to say the least! I don’t even know what to say as “First of all…” I do think it is VERY possible to read into ANYTHING and also EDIT!! (keep that in mind!) I think all the time…if I was on a show that I could be recorded 24/7 but only 30 min a WEEK makes it to air…WOW!!!! I’d prob look like the WORST wife and mom!! People simply have too many “moments” a day that can show their flaws. Is Kate mean?? YES SHE IS…she has 8 KIDS!!! She is REQUIRED to do whatever it takes to make it work! As they age, she IS calming down, enjoying outings, etc…. I am the same way and I have TWO children…TEN years apart!!! The picture of “John” at the bar…COME ON!!! that is NOT JOHN!!! The US is acting like crazy people who say the racist comment “All Asian people look alike” HELLO!!! If you are THAT dumb…then go on ahead and PRETEND that that picture w/ the 2 chicks is of John…It’s NOT! Does he have some REAL photos out there somehwere??? Perhaps but these are not them! Use your eyes and brains PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOO over it!

  I am saddened because I do indeed think there is some DRAMA brewing but I think it is being encouraged and grown in ridiculous blogs and etc..by RANDOM people that do NOT know them!

  I do miss Jodi?? Is she OK?? Did that REALLY ahpen to her??? I honestly hope not. Surely Kate would be smart and heartful enough to know that she isn;t in this for fame but because she loves the kids. She seems great. If I was her and someone offered to pay me for the SAME thing I had been doing for free?? YES SIR I’d DO IT!!!!!!!!

  I just wish the best and hope and pray for the best. They simply CANNOT separate…TOOOOO many precious babies that NEED their mommy AND daddy’s daily love and care! So I believe they BOTH love their children enough to work through differences and find a middle ground. They WILL work!!!

  Has ANYONE noticed how YOUNG they are??? Most of the time “Fertility” clients are a BIT older (NOT old, ladies!) but they are YOUNG!!!! 32 and 34??????? COME ON!!!!!!!

  The haven’t even been able to have “NORMAL” drama yet! Maybe now that the children are a bit older, they can relax and re-meet each other!!!

  Maybe they just need a break..MEXICO ALLLWAYS does the trick for me and my hubby!!!!

  Good luck if you are reading (which I know you are NOT, but I had to say it!!) and I wish and even more PRAY that GOD himself will bring you through THIS trial exactly like HE has for EVERY other trial you have faced so far!!!

  For TRUE fans, PLEASE keep loving and praying! Life is HARD! For all of us, can;t you honestly see their point of views and troubles? BOTH of them!!! Stay encouraging and TRUE!

  There is nothing in this world like your family and TRUE LOYAL friends!!!

  I wish them the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • If it isn’t Jon, why did he say it was???

    If you are a TRUE fan, you’d want the show to stop and let them work on their marriage.

• I think it is incredible how judgemental people can be when the camera is not on them.

• Bottom line—jon puts up with her “stuff”. The saddest part about all of this that attracted me to the show was the survival mode they were in from the beginning. Since ultimately this show doesn’t seem to cater to anybodys needs except it seems Kates is sad. I do agree that all of the people and “moral behaviors” portrayed in the first three seasons have gone out the door. Since its not a twenty four seven show you have to wonder why the producers aren’t focusing on what the demographic makeup of the show wants. If it is as bad as people assume its not beneficial to anyone to be on the air at this time. God bless

• I am boycotting John and Kate plus eight after watching the video of Aunt Jodi! That was the final straw. It is clear to me, especialy after watching the final episode that Kate is a complete psycho! How on earth she can go through life treating people the way she does, including her family, without any consequence for her behaviour is beyond me. Now she is being paid to behave the way she does because we allow it by watching her show!
  I hope she can somehow come down to planet earth and humble herself and ask forgiveness from all the people she has hurt and treated so horribly including her children and husband. There is more to life then fame and fortune! Kate can obviously not handle fame and fortune humbly and graciously! She is really awful!!

  • Remember…There are two sides to every story.

• really think kate is great she is who she is the kids are like everybodys kids you always have one that is rough around the edges, and all familys fall out in that video I did not hear jodi say anything about kate I think us as amercians like drama something to talk about who are we to judge it makes us feel better about ourselves to judge other people!!

• So what is it for the fourth season yeah or nay…….????

• Anna, as far as I’m concerned Jodi is as bad as anyone, espically Kate, Jodi is no saint, what she was doing and did do is just as bad, no really worse , she was using Kates kids for her fame, at least Kate is using her own kids,
  I’m not defending Kate as I once did, but I will never ever defend Jodi or her nutty sister, They both just wanted a little fame, well they had their turn, and it cost Jodi, now she wants to whine about it, Don’t be fooled by that sweet little squeeky voice of hers, talk about fake, there you have it.

  • **just as bad, no really worse , she was using Kates kids for her fame, at least Kate is using her own kids,***

    I respectfully disagree. Jodi didn’t seek out fame — she was helping family. She and her sister may not be 100% innocent but I don’t think either one of them wants “fame.”

• It’s sad to see how America has not learnt from the Canadian Dionne quintuplets; pimping children for fame and fortune is wrong. How much money is placed in the children’s education funds? All theses TV reality show families could never afford the free trips and massive homes they have with out pimping their children. With four seasons and book deals, its time to just do once a year updates these poor ROBOT children need to play and get dirt not without fearing their mom will freak out.

• I wanted to weigh in on the show K+8 and how it has turned into such a stressful family to watch. I used to enjoy the family but this last season has left me feeling that Jon is tired of being barked at and talked down to constantly. The children follow Kate’s lead and she is the ringleader of the “BRAT PACK”! I feel their 15 minutes were up along time ago and now they need to just have a fresh start in the new house without a camera crew and half the nation aware of their every move and fart. It’s over for me I have truly outgrown the intrest in this obnoxious family.

• Dear Jon and Kate: I saw the last show and it looks like the whole family is in desperate need of a break from the TV cameras for a chance to get hold of reality. School for the children is a good reality setting for their individual growth. Kate could use a break from being super mom and get back to nursing or something else that she would like for her reality check. Jon needs a break as well, to get separation from work and home. It appears that everyone in the family – parents and children are stressed and need some time to blow off frustration without being photographed for the whole world to see. Comments made about snipets of family situations are hurtful not helpful. I feel the love in this family but it is being strained by all the media attention they have had. I think it’s time they take a break and get reacquainted as a family. God Bless and Keep you all. Pat in Kansas

• To Cinoda: I love love love dogs. I think they’re the greatest things on earth. I have always had them, from mutts to currently a Jack Russell.
  The Jack Russell definitely the smartest, and most fun of any. We all adore her and are amazed by her intelligence. She’s thriteen now and has slowed down, but just cute as a button. I love all breeds. Cats are cool too, but I’ve never owned one. My son is highly allergic to them.
  I guess I better add something about Jon & Kate. I say “nay” to another season. I think it would be good for them too to get out of the spotlight.
  They can always make money with endorsement deals and public appearances. The constant filming seems to have taken a toll on this family.

• OMG, people get up to date on the show and get your fact straight! I just read the post from yesterday and Ohhhh my!!!!
  FIRST of all, Missy, Jodi is Kate’s Sister-in-law, not her sister.
  SECOND: Their college is already taken care of. The sextuplets were guaranteed a college education by the Governor of PA. The bank also opened a trust account for the kids education when they were a year old I believe? But the amount that is in the account is confidential. But you can actually donate to the account online if you wish.
  THIRD: The picture that has been circulating is JON. He has admitted it, his Public Relations person has made a statement and Jon has made a statement. Maybe, IM stupid but I don’t think Jon and his PR person would be saying it was him if it wasn’t!!! Jon’s just pissed because he got spanked! I don’t think he cheated on Kate or that he played Beer Pong at their Sorority House. You know every little college girls has got a cell phone with a camera! There would be a lot more picture of them floating around than just the one! They could have sold them for big bucks!
  FOURTH: Why should Jodi be paid? It’s not the Jon and Kate plus8 and Aunt Jodi show! If she was keeping the kids out of the goodness of her heart let her do it from the goodness of her heart. Sounds to me like she was doing out of the good of her wallet. Thinking that she might score some cash! You know her brother had to have told her how much they were getting paid!
  FIFTH: They are not taped 24hrs a day! My gosh, they do one show a week, do you really believe they wear the same cloths for a week at a time?
  SIXTH: They just finished the FOURTH season. Not beginning the FOURTH season.
  SEVENTH AND FINAL: Its not time to take them off of the air and they are not going to! I know Jon said he doesn’t know if they will be back, but they have already signed the contract for the fifth season. So they can ether do the show or be sewed by TLC and I’m sure they don’t want that. And if people hate the show so much, WHY DO ALL OF YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE KEEP WATCHING IT?! Its because, just like the sayings, SEX SELLS. And PEOPLE LOVE TO HATE! It the fact that the EDITORS keep things shook up by showing the Maddy tantrums and the Kate being Kate that keeps people coming back for more. Hell, its not the kids being kids! You can only watch someones kids being cute for so long then it gets boring! The popularity of the show is evident just by the sheer number of blogs and posts that people put on them. The whole Jodi thing was a year ago and people are still blogging about it! That shows you right there, IT AINT OVER YET!

  I AM THE BIG DADDY, ACCEPT NO IMMITATIONS! ……

  • Big Daddy: You are right about why most of us watch the show. We are curiously watching Kate go in “reverse”. She has miraculously completed one of nature’s impossible evolutions. The once lovely butterfly has spun her cocoon and is emerging as the ugly catapiller that destroyes all the beauty around her by devouring it. The recent internet chatter about Jon is just a taste of what is to come for all of those children. They are going to be fodder for the media and internet for as long as they live. As soon as they become teenagers and get into trouble of any sort, it will be gossip all over the place. They are sacrificing a normal childhood and life for Kate’s NEW RELIGION. Kate now worships a new GOD, THE GOD OF THE FAKE TAN AND MONEY, MONEY, MONEY FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE SEE.

    This new religion doesn’t come cheap. It demands sacrifices at the alter every now and then to please Kate’s new GOD. Jon has been sacrificed, but just a little of his blood has spilled so far. As he sat in that chair for the last episode with a look on his face that was painful for all of us to watch because we could almost feel his pain, Kate went on and on and on about how happy she was with her new life or “job” as she called it. She could care less about how much turmoil her husband was feeling. It was all about Kate and only Kate. For the first time, I think Jon realizes what is in store for his family. He sees a train wreck waiting to happen. Kate on the other hand will continue to worship her new GOD because she loves her new life. IT’S ALL MINE FOR AS FAR AS I CAN SEE!!!!!! But will it ever be enough for Kate????

    • Nice post!!

  • Big Daddy, why don’t you stop being so rude to the new posters?? TLC has been showing back-to-back reruns off and on all week, so they’re getting up to speed as fast as they can. You need to back off and stop being a BULLY — this isn’t your blog…

  • And btw, they had to stay to fulfill the contract of the 4th season, which is now over. On the sofa interview, they were debating whether they’d be back for season 5 or just let it drop. Did you TIVO it? Go back and watch again…

  • Hi Big Daddy,
    Nice to meet you.
    There is actually more than one picture.

    http://www.twoheartstohold.com/photosofjonflames.htm

• I love all kinds of dogs — Newfies are wonderful for hugs and love, and JRs (or Parson Russles, if you prefer the new updated name, which I don’t) are definitely smart as a whip! I’m a fierce animal advocate, most especially dogs, and have owned several breeds over my life. At present, I own a chihuahua (not a poopoopeepee head like BD called her majesty). I love the breed and have wanted another since my first died, so after I retired I got one. I love their loyalty and how they’re a “one person” dog, but alas mine loves nearly everyone! She’s very smart (even knows when we’re talking about her), knows dozens of tricks, and even responds to commands given in American Sign Language. (No, BD, I’m not deaf — I was an interpreter at the hospital). She’s also very pampered, as all dogs should be. Why do people think it’s stupid to brush your dog’s teeth when dental disease is the #1 cause of preventable death, especially in small dogs? Cin, I think you have a good shot at success with the doggy day care center. Statistics show that people will cut back on all kinds of things before they cut back on their pets, the ones who pamper them anyway.

  Now for a J&K moment… I’m going to have to disagree with BD and even Missy in part. I think that probably was true about Jodi, not just because I read about it on so many different independent sites, but it’s in line with the way Kate seems to treat people. And BD, I think Jodi did do it because she loved the kids at first, and I think she would have continued to do it for free if the G’s were still struggling. It was TLC that approached Jodi, not the other way around, and since the $$ wasn’t coming out of Kate’s portion she said why not? Kate objected, and that hurt Jodi’s feelings. I think it would hurt mine too if family begrudged me any benefit when I’d been kind. I wonder how long you’d be so hot for Kate if she dropped off 8 kids for you to coral every morning? A mere peek at her bra strap on occasion might not suffice…

• On to AI for those who follow. After 3 smokin’ hot performances by Adam Lampert, I’m picking him to win it all (I should say I’m rooting for him). He’ll at least be in the top 3. He’ll definitely get a contract out of this, and I’ll buy his music…

  Megan “twisty girl” messed up her song royally! Scott sang well, but still can’t see him winning. The first guy (??) sounded good but is obviously forgetable since I can’t remember his name or what he sang. Michael the oil rig guy needs to go — no star quality what-so-ever. Lil was disappointing. It’s obvious she can sing but I don’t think she has the ability to personalize the songs. So tonight, I predict Michael will go home… Stay tuned and we’ll see…

  And one more thing… Paula and Simon are annoying the hell out of me!! All that chit-chatting while the other judges are talking and while the contestants are singing is SO disrespectful!! I mean, she brings a coloring book and crayons?? And he draws a mustache on her?? So, it’s all about them?? Last night I was screaming at my TV, “For crying out loud!! Just GET A ROOM!! already…”

• This site eats posts!
  I posted this twice..

  Here’s my take on the final episode
  JMHO

  poor Jon
  he can’t come to grips with it all-He can’t be himself or be normal anymore.Umm No you can’t.You gave that up 4 seasons ago.

  If “Normal”
  Is doing shots with sorrority girls
  then go to Utah where you can snowboard your trubled life away
  or where ever a father of 8 can get away with that sob story.
  Please..

  I notice there are never golfing, camping or fishing pictures of Jon
  spalshed all over the internet. Now that’s “normal” stuff for a father to do.

  as for kate
  she is fine with all the attention.
  maybe it should be ust “Kate Plus 8”?

  she could handle that.
  Just show her the money.

  as for Jodi
  I too think she is the anonymous nanny
  Perfect way for kate to save face with Jodi an her Brother.
  and from all reports the kids have missed her terribly
  so all’s well that ends well..

  as for Maddy
  God help that girl
  I had a brother who acted the same way from day one.
  at the age of 3 he was full steam ahead
  Hitting other kids,temper tantrums ,slamming doors
  and isolating were the norm.
  Nothing my parents did stopped him.
  He was cruel an selfish one minute and then sweet the next.
  he was finally diagnosed Bi Polar at 9 years old.
  he finally was able to function with meds.
  I see the same Bi Polar behaviors in Maddy since the first season.
  it jumped right out at m-.brought ii all back.
  She does not need more attention from J&K
  she needs a professional STAT.

  as for theh 5th season
  Jon should buck up or bail out now.
  Go play beer pong.The bars are always open
  or
  he can take responsibity an realize what he has.
  Good or bad
  A Greedy wife but kids that need you.
  hey it all balances out right?
  I have an idea-
  stay till they are 18
  then run fro your life!

  conclusion:
  They all need a break
  maybe they can salvage what is left of their lives
  an maybe even themselves.

  They are living on a wing an a prayer.

• This site eats posts!
  I posted this twice..

  Here’s my take on the final episode
  JMHO

  poor Jon
  he can’t come to grips with it all-He can’t be himself or be normal anymore.Umm No you can’t.You gave that up 4 seasons ago.

  If “Normal”
  Is doing shots with sorrority girls
  then go to Utah where you can snowboard your trubled life away
  or where ever a father of 8 can get away with that sob story.
  Please..

  I notice there are never golfing, camping or fishing pictures of Jon
  spalshed all over the internet. Now that’s “normal” stuff for a father to do.

  as for kate
  she is fine with all the attention.
  maybe it should be ust “Kate Plus 8”?

  she could handle that.
  Just show her the money.

  as for Jodi
  I too think she is the anonymous nanny
  Perfect way for kate to save face with Jodi an her Brother.
  and from all reports the kids have missed her terribly
  so all’s well that ends well..

  as for Maddy
  God help that girl
  I had a brother who acted the same way from day one.
  at the age of 3 he was full steam ahead
  Hitting other kids,temper tantrums ,slamming doors
  and isolating were the norm.
  Nothing my parents did stopped him.
  He was cruel an selfish one minute and then sweet the next.
  he was finally diagnosed Bi Polar at 9 years old.
  he finally was able to function with meds.
  I see the same Bi Polar behaviors in Maddy since the first season.
  it jumped right out at m-.brought ii all back.
  She does not need more attention from J&K
  she needs a professional STAT.

  as for theh 5th season
  Jon should buck up or bail out now.
  Go play beer pong.The bars are always open
  or
  he can take responsibity an realize what he has.
  Good or bad
  A Greedy wife but kids that need you.
  hey it all balances out right?
  I have an idea-
  stay till they are 18
  then run fro your life!

  conclusion:
  They all need a break
  maybe they can salvage what is left of their lives
  an maybe even themselves.

  They are living on a wing an a prayer.

• First I just want to say, I really do agree with Maris, I will explain in a second,

  BD, do you really watch the show? maybe you don’t have your facts straight, I mean you have stated things backwards or not known who is who, I did not say Jodi was Kates sister, so read the comment correctly, and again quit being a bad ass with new ppl, as Maris said they are showing all re-runs,and we do have ppl come and go who have not followed the show since day one, and if they comment on a episode that was 3 yrs ago, so what? either comment nicely or just pass it over, How are we to get friends if you want to bash them? there are some sites I have been to, a newbie comes on and boom!!! they get hit with a dozen Kate haters kicking them to the curb, usually the first thing they say is ” Tell us five reasons why you like Kate, or tell us one reason why you think we shouldn’t think shes a bitch” I sure don’t want to see that on here,

  Maris, what I blame Jodi for is that those kids loved her so much, and yes she they also, but when she found out she would not get paid she got her sister involved, she had to know what it would do to her relationship with the kids, then she allows her sister to start a blog about how bad J&K are, how terrible life is for the kids, what I don’t understand is why didn’t she feel the same way when she was all about being in their lives?, I do not blame Jodi for accepting payment from TLC and I think Kate was way in the wrong to refuse, as you said it wasn’t out of her pay, I just can’t believe that Jodi and Kevin would help exploit the whole Gosselin family like they did.

  I know, I’m sure most familie could say we have things/people in our lives that have hurt us, but we don’t want to exploit it all over the net, and make things uglier than they are, I have two cousins who done one of the biggest jewelry heist in the U.S. I don’t tell anyone who they are, I am ashamed, i love them but they are trouble, I just think Jodi could have done it a lot better, she knew about all the ugliness on the blogs already, and it seems to me she just wanted to get her name out there, she said herself, ppl come up to her in stores and say they are sorry, well sorry for what? if her sister would have stayed off the blogs, then they would have not known.

  Maris also I agree with you about the dogs, I am a dog owner and I think I have said before, that even our kids are jealous some times of our dog, but she is an Aust. Shep. and she is so beautiful, and yes one would have to fight me to the death over her LOL. Yes brush teeth, pamper her above anyone else,she is a great guard dog with me and the little kids when they are here and out side, She also knows when dad and I are talking about her and she will do tricks for the kids just to see them laugh, (or to get a treat) as far as cutting back for my dog, well I gave up two weeks vacation last year b/c my regular setter was not available, I don’t leave her with anyone except my best friend, not even my kids. Sorry again for the long post. Love ya “SISTA”

  • I didn’t see the enrire video before it was taken down (by Jodi), and I don’t know to what length Jodi participated in it, but I don’t think we can hold Jodi responsible for what her sister does. I have a sister, and bless her heart, but she can be a real idiot — and I can’t do a thing to stop her. You think BD is impossible to have a rational arguement with?? You haven’t met my sister — he can’t hold a candle to her. So I do feel Jodi should have been paid and I don’t think her sister should have taken it public (even if she was trying to defend Jodi and thinking she was doing good) but I’m just not willing to assign blame of the sister’s sins to Jodi. Just saying…

    Aussies are one of the most beautiful dogs! If you have a pic, you should make it your avitar so we can see. My pics of “her majesty” are on an external hard drive that crashed, but I’m hoping to have some new ones soon. Hope the glare from all her “bling” doesn’t blind anyone…

  • OMG Missy, I’m rude? To new bloggers? You give free sermon with every new comment! Hell, its like standing in line at a soup kitchen! You get a free sermon with every meal!

• I wuv ya Maris, I swear I will wear my sun glasses when you put “her majesty” up for us, and I wll try to get mine on there , I’m not very good at the computer stuff, but hubby is, or heck our 9 yr. old gd is to.
  Gotta run, I have re-hab today, and it is cold here, we are expecting a snow blizzard by tonite, can you imagine? after we have had 70-80 degree weather. I am so ready for summer, these Ks. winds are horrendously horrendous, hows that for a Kate word? LOL
  ((((((((HUGS DEAR)))))))

• Missy, Im soo soo sorry for the jokes Ive made about you cutting back on your medications I didn’t know you really had a problem. Good luck at re-hab!

• I love da show!

  • Busted, boody… You forgot to change your avitar…

    • Damnit!

• Oh BD LMBO now, yes it’s re-hab but not b/c I’m a pill popper or street drugs, it is for lung function disease, COPD (Coranary Obstructive Pulmomary Disease) believe me you I some times wish I had an addiction instead of a lung function problem.
  Re-hab really helps you learn to strengten your lungs and breathe a whole new way, somedays even with the oxygen it’s a task,
  But pills I have never had a problem with, I had to throw away a bottle of Oxycontin b/c it was out dated, a friend of my gd’s said she wished I would have gave them to her, she would have sold them, wow I guess ppl really do that, me, well I’d be scared to death to take any thing unless my Dr said to. So the pills I take are all for a good reason and not addictive, I don’t think. Heart, thyroid, blood pressure and breathing ,thats it.
  But anyway , not to worry, you can joke with me, I’m a big girl, I could tell you two things that my family know not to joke with me about but then you would and I’d have to smack ya, Cheers

  • Big Daddy can only draw from his own experiences. He got busted once for shooting up peanut butter…

    • You are showing your true colors there! Don’t forget lighter fluid!

    • Thanks guys, I just got the first laugh of my day. Chat with you all later tonight

    • Oh that’s right!! I forgot about the time it was dark and you couldn’t see, so you lit yourself on fire… really innovative…

  • Missy, we all love you, but the first step in overcomming a problem is to first admit that that you have one?

• Kate is incapable of truly loving anyone else! More money and fame is her only concern. She lives for being in front of that camera, which is a definite given for sure. Kate is in need of some serious therapy ASAP.
  Ever notice how Kate NEVER does anything one on one with just her sons, take time to think about that one, then tell us when she has. Kate favors Mady and Hannah because they are just little minature Kates and will grow up be just as controlling as Kate.
  Jon must like being a pussy whipped husband, because he allow Kate to belittle and put him down on camera. Ever wonder how bad it is off camera for him and those little kids?

• The video is still up on this site!!
  You just need IE to view it, not Firefox!!!

  (I just watched it)

  Thank you, Evil Beet!
  I thought Julie was in the video too???

• Oh, yeah, Kate said Mady was acting “mean and ugly” during the Twins Play Mommy episode. My daughter heard that (same age as Mady) and thought that was the meanest thing a mommy could say to a daughter.

  Yes, she was referring to her behavior, however her words were not the best choices, IMO.

• OMG Maris, did he shoot it up or snort it? I guess what ever blows his dress up.

• Cin, just so you know I love your picture,
  I’ve got some more mesages from Maxine I need to get them on here,
  see ya all later,
  BTW Maris have you gotten mail from me?

• Snark, You and I need to have a conversation!!!! You seem pretty cool! Just don’t let the “irregulars” get ahold of you! Ive have been pertataking of some Libations tonight so escuse me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me and Jon hung out tonight and played some ponG!!! he not very good at playing quarters but he is pretty good at playing Pokemon diamond!!!!! Well, holler at me latter!

  I am Big Daddy!!!!!! The biggest, the coolest, except no whateve I usually say!

• Ok, I just looked at the pictures that my new best buddy “Snarkie” just sent me and believe me! “Jon got him some fo sho!!!! They were ugly and desperate! The best kind!!! Im gonna go hook up with Kate and yawll wil be seeing me on the show and bitching then! All he does is sit on his ass and tells Maddy to get him a beer!!!!! Damn right, and Ill be having Cara clippig my toenails! THEN ILL BE SAYING, “THIS IS ALL MINE”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I AM BIG DADDY AND I NEED SOMEBODY TO VOLINTEER TO SHAVE THE HAIR OFF OF MY ASS!!!!

  • Snarkie!

    I love it!!!

  • r u a retard

• KOOKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE MADE ME DO IT! IF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS WITHOUT GOOGLING IT LET ME KNOW!!!!

• OK guys, what in the hell have I missed???? Did Big Daddy go off his rocker? I reread all of the blogs, but he seems to have rounded a corner that I missed!!!!! BD, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FREAKING MIND????????

• Cin, wow “Sista” who the heck knows what he will say/do next, I have no idea where/what he’s coming off from. Honestly I don’t think he does, maybe he just likes hearing him self on the key board, Okay get a picture of this, don’t let it scare you tho,

  BD sitting in his little boy undies at his key board,in front of him is a 8X10 mirror, on his head is his earphones, a can a beer in his hand and he is talking to (sitting next to him is Lou,Lou) his blow up baby doll, b/c Maxine just bitch slapped him for trying to be cute, b/c that corner he just rounded was not one Maxine was willing to round with him, so she just straightened it out with him on it, He talks out loud as he types, Maxine said the boy loves to hear him self talk,even tho he has no idea what the heck he’s talking about.

  Okay BD you need to clean it up a little, seriously “shave what?” ummm thats not really cute.

  • Did Missy just say “bitch slap”?? Are we corrupting her?? Am I hallucinating again??

• You got it almost right. First of all I dont wear undies, picture that! And I have 2 cans of beer! I have one of those hats with the tube straw that reaches around. That way Idont have to use my hands to drink my beer, I can just keep on typing!

• Will you get rid of that “GOOFY” picture???????????????

  • I like the picture, but it’s just incongruent with Big Daddy’s messages. Maybe he’s hoping it will elevate his IQ?? Sounds like his logic, anyway…

    • My IQ is 122. Whats yours?

    • I said your IQ, not your hat size or your blood alcohol level…

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

  You sista’s and BD need to see this. It has nothing to do with J&K, those poor sheep!!!!

• Big welcome to TV snark, I enjoy your posts. Nice link to the “Yawn” pics, too. Also enjoyed the sheep, Cin. I actually saw that on some TV program a little earlier.

  And please, Big Daddy, no more visuals…
  I got seriously nauseous and dizzy…

  • Thank you! I like this site!

    • Snarkie, I have a question. I’ve always wanted to know what you Avitar is a picture of. It sorta looks like a valcanic cloud? What is it?

    • It’s actually just a section of some kind of watercolor landscape.

      I like pretty colors.:)

    • MMmmm, P R E T T Y C O L O R S… HAHA

• So, do they put the lights on the sheep so the preverts can find them easier in the dark?

• Yawll have got to watch this! They are making fun of Jon & Kate! its too funny!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrR9iHH9psQ

• Yaw’ll have got to watch this! Its The Soup making fun of Jon and Kate!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrR9iHH9psQ

  • Oh, that is seriously funny!! Also, BD, you still use the word “groovey”?? Oh my, my, my… We’ve just got to find a way to knock the dust off of you, bring you out of the 60’s…

• where is beth???????????????????????

• I dont no why all of you is so angry. Kate got her act together! That nice house and M’mm that good lookin husband! Id be glad to take her place!

• I am not a huge fan of the show. I like it and watch it from time to time. How can I not? Its always on TLC before or after anything I am trying to watch. I have always found Kate annoyingly A- type and her very whatever husband, a product of his own inability to tell her to stop controlling him and the free world. Last week I watched one of the shows and was really taken back by Kates comment on how she wants to give her children the opportunities that she has never had. This seems to be a reoccurring theme in the show. Today I was a little bored and Googled her parents. To my surprise, they are married and religious. In one of the earlier shows I remember her saying something like she always wanted Jon to be their unlike her childhood. I have always thought, watching some of the shows, that Kate grew up in a trailer, on food stamps, with no father with distant relatives. I was shocked to find that was not the case. Her personality does bother me, but I have always thought she was just very OCD with a lot of kids. The more I read online and the more I put it with the show, the more I am sure she really is a selfish, brat of a person. I have read some posts by her friends saying you cant judge them. Well, if you are willing to go on National TV and air your life, your life is fair game to judge. A wise woman once told me that a lie will die and the truth will rise to the top. You know if something is true or not, it either makes sense or it doesn’t. All the things I have read about Aunt Jodi, Kate rejecting her father’s congregations gifts,putting cribs in consignment shops that were given as gifts because they didn’t match, wanting only cash as gifts, Jon’s “working from home” or even not working for no reason when the 6 were born, all rings of truth. If you said this kind of stuff about the woman on the Table of 12 show, it wouldn’t add up. She seems like a genuinely nice person that really could care less about the world and how to get ahead or look good in it. This is an unfair comparison, because that show just started, but you usually get a good idea about someone right away. I have no doubt that Kate’s life is stressful, but she seems to make it that way and reminds me of a very spoiled teenager that is not grateful for anything! That she will never be popular enough and her life, no matter how good, will never be good enough. Nothing bothers me more than a person who is never grateful for those they step on! If you dont want the public to judge your life…. don’t live a public life.

• BD, ummmm Kukla, Fran and Ollie are more’n likely older than you, Right?

  • They were on for a log time! Ive seen both the balck and white ones and the color ones. Yes they are older thatn I am but I used to watch them all of the time. Im just amazed that younger peple dont know about old shows. I know people in their 30’s dont know who Buffy or Jody are. If there was a show called “Family Affair” on today, we both know what it would be about now a days! What started the whole thing is our dog was barking at us and Maxine said, “”Whats wrong girl is Timmy in trouble?” Our kids looked at her like she was crazy!!!! Like, who the hell is Timmy? Of course I knew what she ment. Then I started showing them shows that I watched when I was their age. Lassie, Flipper, Leave it to Beaver and of course, Tarzan, the real one with Johnny Wiesmuller! on You Tube. You Tube is really groovey! They have everything on there! Yes, know there were 9 actors that played Tarzan before JW, but he was still the best! My next to the youngest daughter, Samantha is 15. She came home from school just talking about the three stooges! She had never seen them before. They got a guitar hero a couple of years ago. They really thoght i was cool because I knew all of the words to the songs that they were trying to play. They would say how do you know the words to all of these songs!? I guess they thought they were new songs! Songs like Mississippi Queen, Hit me with your best shot, Baracooda etc… It was so funny!

• WOW, I submitted a post last night and it’s not here…are we allowed to mention other web sites about J&K. I didn’t say anything nasty, just mentioned to take a look and check out some links that she had posted about the 5th season and a look at the body language from the last show.

  Did I get censored????

  • I have only been censored once, Cin, and a screen came up right away and told me so (and it wasn’t even a bad word!!) — so try posting it again. Just spell out the “at dot come” and see if it lets it through without the proof reading. I’d kind of like to see them.

• That has happened to me several times. A think their system flags certain posts because of different things. Sometimes it takes a long time for posts to show up if they show up at all. But be carefull about using the word censoring. They will ban you if you every accuse them of that for certain reasons. Read the comment guidelines at the top of the page.

• I LOVE JOHN AND KATE! I KNOW WHATS ITS LIKE, I GOT 8 KIDS TO. BUT I HAD ALL MINE ONE AT A TIME! I WOULDNT HAVE THEM DOGS. THEY GONNA BITE THE BABIES!

  • what’s that sound? is that crickets?

• I’m not sure what’s going on…I could see your comments posted on the side under Recent Comments, but it wouldn’t show here on the posts. I just cleared my internet history and viola I can now read the posts. I think my laptop needs some cleaning up. Let me see if this posts…..

• BD, I know what you mean about the good ole days. I have a 10 year old neighbore that has adopted me as his second Mom. I got him rock band for Christmas a year ago. He was like “wow, these are pretty good songs for being as old as you!” I had to teach him about Bon Jovi, Bob Seeger, and the Rolling Stones. LOL

  I remember my Grandma wouldn’t let me watch the Three Stooges because it was too violent!!

  Well, my other post still hasn’t posted……..

  • TRY TOSSING YOU COOKIES!

• I just tossed my cookies and rebooted…..hmmmm…….there must be a trigger word in that post…..I apoligized if I broke a rule and asked for some feedback on what’s wromg. WE will see……..

  Need to go join the real world for a while, check in with you guys tonight. Looks like my hubby got recalled to work!!!!! He doesn’t trust them yet….Human resources told him last night that he was back, but it was going to take a few days to get the paperwork processed. He won’t believe it until the big boss tells him……

  • GIRL YEA, ONE OF MY BABY DADDIES GOTS LAID OF FROM HIS JOB TO. HUMANS RESOURCE CALLED HIM BACK AFTER 4 WEEKS. HE BACK AT WORK NOW.

    • I bet your relieved, mine has been laid off about 4 weeks also, but my kids are grown and out of the house. How in the heck to you keep your sanity with 8 children? Does your husband help you with the kids?

    • Girl naw! My babys Daddys dont do nothin! But thank you fo askin! You woult think with 8 men more than one of them would pay some child supporte. I caint even work because I gots to watch my kids.

    • Shall, girl…….you got babies by 8 different fathers and not one pays child support???? You need to go to the legal dept of you county child enforcement office and get them to file the papers. They will go after the Dad to pay for their child. I don’t mean to be personal, but do you mean that none of the kids have the same dad? I don’t mean anything by that….just wondering? Does any of the fathers have a decent job that pays well?

      They will go after the fathers, even garnish their income tax checks……

• Didn’t mean to ignor you earlier, Missy. Yes I’ve received your emails but haven’t read them all yet. Big Daddy keeps me pretty well bogged down cleaning out his mailbox…

  • W H A T ? ? ? ? You just need to learn how to read faster!!!!!!!!!! Most of the emails I send you are from Missy, Cinoda or Bun in the Oven!!!! Unless Im ranting abou something!

• I LOVE KATES HAIR!!! I IS GONNA GET MY HAIR DONT THAT WAY!! WHAT DO YAWL THANK?

• OK sistas….that’s a good topic from Shall…what do you think of Kate’s hair? I’ve read that a lot of people hate and make fun of it. I personally love the colors through it. She pays a pretty fortune to get those colors weaved through it. The style….well……if it wasn’t for that piece always in her face or her flipping it out of the way…Overall, I don’t think it’s bad at all.

  I read somewhere that a lady said she had a bird’s nest on the back of her head!!!! The devil on my shoulder did laugh at that description……even though I don’t care for her personality and think the kids are going to be screwed up from all of this publicity, I still don’t want to attack someone just to be mean or catty.

  • WHY WOULD THEY MAKE FUN OF HOME GIRLS HAIR? HER HAIR IS KICKIN! SHE GOTS SOME SISTER HAIR! I LOVES IT! SHOOTS IF I HAD DAT KIND A MONEY I HAD SOME BLING TO!

  • Cin, I read on another blog where someone called it a “toilet brush” on the back of her head! The devil on my shoulder made me laugh until I nearly hurt myself! Personally, I’m ok with it overall. I’m like you, I’d do something with that piece in the front forever falling in her eyes, but I feel that’s the very least of her problems…

• Hey guys.
  Cinoda: I said in the past Kate’s hair remids me of a cross between Dennis the Mennis and Victoria Beckum. Who would get a callick on purpose? Hate that sticking up chunk on the top of her head. Head the crew cut back. Love the color. I just wish she would grow it out a little more, especially in the back. Kate is a pretty girl, so she can pull it off, but I’ve never seen that style on anyone else. I’m a fan of longer ones.

  • Jules, After I posted this last night I remembered a girl I worked with about 6 years ago got her hair like that. Everybody at work was making comments, they either loved it or made fun of it.

    I never thought anything about it until I started reading some posts..LOL I like that callick on purpose………….LOL

    • CINODA GIRL I JUST FIGURED OUT YOU WAS TALKEN TO ME BACK THERE. YOU CALLED ME SHALL. SHOOTS I THOUGHT YOU WAS CAJUN. YOU KNOW THATS HOW THEYS SAY GIRL, SHALL. OH I BE BUSSY TODAY. MADE SOME GREENS AND CHITINS. THOSE KIDS OF MINE LOVE THEM SOME CHITINS. TO ANSWER YOU QUESTION MY BABIES DOES HAVE DIFFERENT DADDIES. LITTLE SHAQUANS DADDY WORKS AT A GROCERY STORE. HES PAYS CHILD SUPPOTE. THEYS TAKE IT OUT OF HIS CHECK. HE BE THE ONE OFF WORK FOR 4 WEEKS.

      MARIS GIRL I JUST READ THE OLD MESSAGES ON HERE. I SEE YOU STAYS OUTSIDE MEMPHIS. GIRL ME TOO. I STAYS IN WEST MEMPHIS. WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AT THE MALL ONE DAY AND EAT LUCH AND SHOP. WHERE BOUTS DOES YOU STAYS AT NEAR MEMPHIS? SORRY IM HAVEN TROUBLE TYPING I JUST GOTS MY NAILS DONE AT THE BEAUTYSHOP YESTERDAY. THEYS TO LONG.

  • jules, I have to laugh…when I read your post I think Dennis Rodman and Victoria Beckum, not Dennis the Mennis…

• gurls, i stay down form memphis in walls. we cans all gets togheter fo a mess of grens, i cooks tem all teh time. fat baks to. shal, u gotz 8 baby dadies? u no that not esie. i jus gots the 3 an its tuff. an u no kates hair is a plum mess, bont be liying u dont be liking teh mess. tell the trufe now.

  • Glor…..I’m from the north and now live out west. What do you mean Memphis in Walls? Is Walls a place in Tennessee? We’ve all been talking about where we’ve been from….

  • HEY GLORIA WHAT U BE TALKIN BOUT? KATES HAIR BE TITE! I HAD MINES FIXT LIKK DAT A WAYS BACK AN FOKES LUVED IT. I GON GET IT DONE AGIN WHEN I GETS MY CHECK. LORD GURL, UT WUS EASY WITF JUS 3 YUNGINS I MEMBER. I AINT BUT JUS 24 AN I TELL U ITS RELY HARD BUT WE GETS BUY. I DON’T WUNT NO MO NOW. I GOTS A ANTIE DAT STAYKS BY WALLS. I CULD TAKE A SHOTE CUT NEST TIME AN SEE YU. AINT HAD ME NO FAT BAKS AND GRENS IN A WILE AN I CULD MAK HOT WATR CORNGBRED TO HAF WIF IT. HOLA BAK.

• Lol, Cinoda, yes, him too.
  Is it me, or are some of these posts requiring I learn a new language?
  I am a Yankee, maybe that’s my problem.

  • Jules, How’s the weather in Philly? I know the US has been getting some strange weather the last week. It’s a beautiful spring here about 85 degrees and sunny. We had high winds the other day, that’s bad weather for us.

    I mentioned before that this is the first time I’ve ever posted on any site. It’s really neat the people you meet and new friends. I’ve read some blogs where people get real nasty with each other instead of just giving opinions and sharing. I do love how most of the people on this site are pretty cool….. later

• Being a yankee isn’t the problem, and I’ll just leave it at that… I think you get my drift…

• ya i gets u drift, u makin fun me. ok i jus stop then. u all so hi an mitty, i jus cuit then. buy hav som fun now. taht men u to shal fake as crak ho pil hed.

  • GIRLFRIEND WHAT DA HELL IS YOU TALKIN BOUT? YO ASS NEEDS TO PUMP YO BRAKES AND WHO DA HELL IS YOU CALIN A HO!? HO! YO BIG CRUSTY STANK ASS! SHIDT.

• Hi. Yes I consider you,(cinoda), and Maris the nice ones around here, as well as some others, just can’t think of who. The jury’s out on Big Daddy. He seems okay, but I think he has a little too much time on his hands, among other things. He sure is into his computer, among other things.
  The weather in Philly is just fine. A little rain yesterday, but now nice and almost in the 70’s. It looks like a fine week ahead too, sunny in the 60’s.
  Some other parts of this country are going through hell. I really feel for them.

  • Julianne, thanks? I’m nice too! I like to have fun and I dont have a lot of time on my hands, Im just good at multitasking! I thought you were my friend!

• Maris, I get your drift, and I will say I am tongue tied and I will be leaving it at that, KWIM?
  Just what ever blows their dress up!!!!

  Hope every one is having a great day, be back later, gotta run

• My sincere apologies to “gloria”, I did not intend to offend. You’re as welcome here as anyone. Taking a big step back now…

• shalandria says:
  March 29, 2009 at 1:24 pm
  GIRLFRIEND WHAT DA HELL IS YOU TALKIN BOUT? YO ASS NEEDS TO PUMP YO BRAKES AND WHO DA HELL IS YOU CALIN A HO!? HO! YO BIG CRUSTY STANK ASS! SHIDT.
  HEY GLORIA WHAT U BE TALKIN BOUT? KATES HAIR BE TITE! I HAD MINES FIXT LIKK DAT A WAYS BACK AN FOKES LUVED IT. I GON GET IT DONE AGIN WHEN I GETS MY CHECK. LORD GURL, UT WUS EASY WITF JUS 3 YUNGINS I MEMBER. I AINT BUT JUS 24 AN I TELL U ITS RELY HARD BUT WE GETS BUY. I DON’T WUNT NO MO NOW. I GOTS A ANTIE DAT STAYKS BY WALLS. I CULD TAKE A SHOTE CUT NEST TIME AN SEE YU. AINT HAD ME NO FAT BAKS AND GRENS IN A WILE AN I CULD MAK HOT WATR CORNGBRED TO HAF WIF IT. HOLA BAK.

  Hey, Posters – Could it be any more obvious that this poster is fake?! Most likely it’s a white, middle-aged racist moron (sound familiar to anyone here?!) trying to be funny in HIS own perverted way. Who apparently is also a fan of the old “Amos & Andy” radio show speech patterns-what a freaking jerk! And ten to one, GLORIA is fake, too!

  • Cynthia, let me apologize if I am wrong but, I feel you post is aimed directly at me. I am not racist. I simply do not agree with our countries acceptance of peoples who are putting a strain on our governments financial situation. I also do not agree with people hollering racism when it is the white male who is being punished in our current society. I take offense to your accusations.

    We accept as gospel the widely-reported statistic that women earn 77 cents on the dollar. Fact is, according to research by Dr. Warren Farrell, when all variables are controlled for: for example, actual hours worked, experience, work hazards, commute distance, and performance evaluations, for the same work, women earn more than men. Yet white males continue to see more and more efforts to help everyone except white males

    The real question is why have African-Americans not achieved socioeconomic parity? If it is, as the activists claim, because of the legacy of slavery and lingering racism, then why is there not one country of the world’s 200—whether majority black or majority non-black, previously colonized or not—in which blacks have even an average standard of living, while other groups such as the Jews, who have been persecuted for thousands of years—from the Roman times through the Inquisition, through the pogroms, through the Holocaust, and with anti-Semitism remaining even today–on average, do well. Asians have suffered discrimination in the US, even placed in internment camps, yet, on average, do well. Arab- and Muslim-Americans have been and are subject to prejudice, yet have done better than have African Americans. I believe we must engage in a more thoughtful examination of the reasons why African-Americans continue to struggle before imposing the terrible pain of reverse discrimination on white males. In my office, many, many of my white male clients–competent, well-adjusted people–have cried (and occasionally yelled) in frustration at their inability to get a decent job while less qualified minorities and women leapfrog them.

    If I were a fan of Amos & Andy I would not be “Middle Aged” I would be elderly. And I think that you need to take a little more time to educate yourself before attempting to attack someone and calling them a racist, a moron or a jerk!

    I have read the posts, however, if I had participated in this, how would you be able to tell one from the other unless YOU were the one instigating the conversation?

    • BD, are you saying you resemble that remark… uh, I mean resent that remark?? Nice post, btw, who’d you swipe it from?

    • http://www.martynemko.com/articles/are-white-males-getting-shortchanged_id1229

      BOOM. ROASTED.

      way to steal off the internet, loser.

    • Where I got it from is not make the point any less valid! Im the one who posted the original link here to begin with a couple of weeks ago so everyone could read it. So, what ever name you want to go by, be it gloria, lisa or cynthia you need to take a step back and look in the mirror because you are probably a prime example of what the article was talking about! I don’t try to hide from the issues! I’m pretty sure form your posts that you have several illegitimate children and draw checks on every one of them with no husband in sight! So if working all of my life and never receiving a penny of government assistance makes me a looser then I guess I am!

    • By the way looser is spelled looser not loser!

    • no it’s not. Looser = loose- er, as in, more loose, less tight, etc. LOSER is one who loses. If you are going to correct someone on their spelling, at least make sure that you’re correct.

      And you can’t just plagiarize something and act like it’s not a big deal. Weirdo. I wouldn’t have known if you had posted some stupid link because I am not a J & K regular. I was bored and this thread can be awfully entertaining.

      I have no children. I am not on welfare. I go to a good college. Oh, and I am white, just in case you were going to ask me that too.

      And just because you read an article on the internet, doesn’t mean it is true.

• I thought this was supposed to be about Jon and Kate. It seems people go off on other subjects, which I guess is fine, but the fake people are really obnoxious. Why do people even respond to them??

  • Snarkie, I know for me, (I’m only speaking for me), sometimes the J & K subject gets redundant (sp). Unless there is a new episode to discuss or a new poster. I enjoy chatting and sharing opinions with some of the regulars on here.

    Wasn’t sure about the “fake” people, that’s why I figured give the benifit of the doubt and reply. Shalandria sounded real enough to me and nice enough. I may not share a lifestyle like hers but no reason not to get along. I don’t know about Gloria? If she is real, she got offended and I don’t think anyone meant to do that until after her last post. ?????????????

    I did post about the last J & K episode, but it never made it to print. I’ll have to rephase it or leave something out and try it again!!!!!

  • I see my name for you”Snarkie” is catching on! haha I dont know what peoples problems are. They need to “PULL THE STICK OUT”. To quote Jon Gosselin! There is only so much you can say about a single episode of the G’s, so we wonder off subject. It has really been fun. Getting to know each other. We have made some friends and lost some along the way. But it is very seldom boring here! Or atleast not for long! But we have a good group of core people here. I call them the “irregulars” because the are always running off at the mouth but usually sound as if they are constiated! But I love them. So don’t get discouraged little soldier. Hang in there little fella! Don’t go into the lite! Here we have found a forum to share and express ideas and feeling about not only Jon & Kate but also about our daily lives. Here we have found people to whom we fell akin. People that we have bonds with and have decided to share part of our daily lives. Ok, thats enough. I guess Snarkie, just have fun with it. Dont let folks ruffle your feathers. They have pretty tuff skin and can take a poke.

    I am Big Daddy!

• Didn’t mean to hurt your feelings Big Daddy. I just thought I would join in on the Daddy bashing just a little. My husband is making me mad today, I took it out on you, since your a man. ( I assume, one never knows on these computers.) Sorry.

• Well, I don’t know if I should be offended by the last post or this one. For the record “I AM A MAN”!!!!!!! Thats ok Julianne You have to be able to take it if your gonna dish it out! And if I wore underwear they would be big boys underwear! “that is in refereacne to one of Missy’s comments, no offence intended”! So when you have a bad day, feel free to poke me all you want! Thats why Im here.

  I AM THE BIG DADDY! ACCEPT NO IMMITATIONS!

• I know I just keep making it worse, sorry again. And no underwear, that’s different. I guess you like to free. What do people buy you for Christmas? Socks?

• I really should read these posts before I hit send. I left out the word “be”. As in I guess you like to be free. I better just go to bed now.
  And Cinoda, after I wrote the weather was beautiful here in philly, we had a tornado warning and got a sever thunderstorm with hail. No tornado thank God. So much for my report.

  • Typical for that area. Same thing in OH, it could drop 30 degress in one day.

    Don’t worry about Big Daddy, he’s cool and has a great sense of humour….He sometimes goes around some weird corners and we have to real him back in, but basically he’s ok…

• Hey there Maris, I don’t see where you offended any one, I know we all mis-spell words some times, hit a wrong key, or just plain mis-spell, but… I have to say some of this is just rediculous, It don’t matter what race we are, ppl live in America for Gods sake, we need to talk and at least spell words we learned in first grade, some of these were harder than hell to read,
  Maris you are one of the kindest ppl I have ever met on a blog, and one who always is fair with others opinions/point of view, so I think I can safely speak for the other “Sista’s and BD that you did not offend any one,
  as far as us changing topic of J&K, yes we do and inless Evil Beet stops us we will continue, I love you gals and guys and I get a lot of pleasure of being cyber friends on here, And to who ever has a problem with it just let me tell ya, that you never know who you might be helping by just listening to some one, On another blog I had a girl that would P.M. me about things going on between her and her hubby, it was really bad, and I have never met her in person, but guess what? she has my home phone number and she really needed a friend, so just be kind and know that if we are off topic and you have some thing to say, just do it and some one will respond to you.
  But as far as us talking about out lives and the dang weather or what ever we will,
  Which let me tell my friends, the weather here in Ks, sucks, it was so bad Fri and Sat, sleet, ice and then snow, by this afternoon (sun) sun is out and it’s all melting away, I am so ready for summer.

  Hope you all have a good week and lets stay in touch, never know when some one needs a shoulder, ( like me) my son just found out for sure he is going to be deployed again.

  • Missy, I was thinking about you today when I saw the weather forcast for your area…..BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR….

• listen yall … yes they did go on tv but its NOT ur right to trash j and k they have to make money just like u thats their choice how they do it . Leave ur rude oppions to urself how would u like to b tashd like that . hu BACKoff every family has problems and rather they stay together is up to them REGAURDLESS they love their kids!i love that show i do agree k is ocd but so is my husband every one has an opion but that mean open ur damn mouth . in the end i hope they make it know someone on thislil chayt page has been cheeted on or hurt would u want ur shit on blast c-on now b real and shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  big fan, rock it jon and kate

• Two things, First read the post above from kim. Then think of gloria and Cynthia. Humm I wonder?

  Second, Is the number out beside the “recent comments” column to the right and up some the number of hits? If so, most sites have like 5 or 10. This site has 2968! OMG! On the site that talks about some actress having spiders in her hat even mentions this site. There is also a site talking about how the main guy from Twilight has a little personal hygene problem. I had to post on that one!

• I remember reading months ago a blogger was mad that we were still posting on this site. Actually on the other evilbeet Jon & Kate one. They were jealous. Talk about booming. Frankly I’m sick about talking about Jon & Kate, but there are still many just finding this one to voice their opinions. The ones that kill me are the ones that ask, ” Where is Jodie/ Beth? I could scream. I have to dig deep now to come up with new stuff about J&K just so I don’t get kicked off. So who’s the lady with spiders in her hat? And what personal hygiene problem? Do tell.

• Evil Beet on Vampires Are Allergic to Holy Water, NOT Soap and Water! I found the title very intriguing so I checked it out. Im not to up to date on my teen idols, however, this is they guy who played Edward, on Twilight. His real name is Pattenson. On the set of the next installment of the Twilight series, New Moon, the crew members have been reported to have been complaining about Pattenson’s “less than favorable AUROMA”! Not to worry though, Pattinson is reported not to be taking the whole issue laying down. He is writting down names in his “little black book”! By God, he’s showing them!

  Helena Bonham Carter Accepts Best Actress Award, Hatches Tiny Spider Babies From Her Hat (16). Its just basically she is wearing a hat with small black beads worked thru the laticed design surrounding the hat. It sorta looks like spiders, if you squint your eyes and use your imagination. They site appears to be home to a number of lesbians. Not that there is anything wrong with that. GO GIRL POWER! However, they do make refeerance, to “The Jon & Kate Plus 8, Jodi tells her side” site. Remember, Winners never hate and Haters never Win!

  I am Big Daddy! And this is the rest of the story! Page 2!

• Thank You Cin, for thinking of me, that is what I was talking about earlier, that we are friends and we think of others on here even when we are not commenting, you all cross my mind several times a day, and some times I can hardly wait to see who is on and what are we talking about today/night, And no it’s not gonna always be about J&K) thats what makes us special.
  Jullianne (AKA Jules) don’t worry about the lil’ stuff as spelling or leaving a word out here and there,all of your post are very readable, I my self will look at some thing I just sent and go “oops” for got. it or that, for, maybe, but we all do it, at least you spell where we can read with out getting our brain/tongue/eyes tied in a knot.

  Jules I agree with the Jodi/Beth question, ugh how many will ask that same question, I just think maybe some of these our new posters and maybe they just don’t know, Maybe we should start each day with a Recap of where they went, which we really don’t know for sure.
  And really dear I don’t think you will ever get kicked off of here for “not talking about J&K” If Evil Beet had a problem with our conversations I’m sure she would let us know,
  I really do enjoy you “Sista’s” and of course UBH, we don’t have to agree on the topic of J&K and we can have lots of other things to talk about thats why it upset me when I thought some one thought Maris had offended them, well I may be out of place here (forgive me if I am) but… at least I can read what she writes with out strainning my eyes/brain to understand it, like I said this is America, we learned how to talk as toddlers didn’t we? My Lord 1-2 yr olds speak plainer tha some adults. I can even understand the little things such as
  r for are
  b for be
  2 for two/to
  u for you
  that is texting (Iguess) but some of this talk is an embarrassment even to their own race, (what ever that is)
  So I say “lets have fun” stay in touch, think of others and use/write word we can read.
  and hows the weather in your neighbor hood? JK (just kidding)

• Have any of you seen Coastalmom, or Rachel on any other site? I can’t believe Coastalmom just dis-appeared like that, and Bun has not checked in for a while either,but I’m sure she has her wittle bundle taking up much of her time.
  I really miss Coastalmom, BD get your guns out and go hunting.

  • Missy, Cinoda tracked Coastalmom down to another site. She, previously, had just been posting away but hadn’t left anything is a couple of weeks. I left her a message for her to come back. We’ll see if she gets it and if it works. Bun-in-oven is doing fine. Got an email from her about a week ago. She’s busy with the baby and has computer problems. I think she has dial up.

• Jules, LMBO, you ask BD what ppl buy him for Christmas, well honey he don’t get any thing except notes on( how to ) from Maxine, b/c he can’t stay out of hot water long enough to get on a Christmas list.

  Oh BD (UBH) what are we to do with you? LOL

• Missy, I said “if you get my drift” and gloria came back with an affirmative, then proceeded to get angry. I apologized because it was in very poor taste of me to insinuate she was of a particular race and/or uneducated. An apology was indeed warrented for that. Big Daddy pointed out to me that in a previous post from gloria (same one? different one?) the spelling was correct, so she may have been faking it — or maybe not… I know of the area she claimed to be from, and it is in fact impoverished. But the apology stands, if she ever comes back to read it. My comment was to Cin who was having trouble reading it, and my reply to Cin was insensitive and wrong.

  I enjoy a debate on various topics as much as anyone else, maybe even more so in some instances. I’m not here to judge anyone, I like to live and let live. I’m not the spelling or grammer police — or I’d have my hands full with a certain uncle…

  • Maris, a BIG affirmative there if you mean Affirmative Action! Did you read the post from Kim? The writting style sure does sound familiar! I have a really bad head cold or sinus infection so my posts will probably be short and simple for awhile. Later But Ill be watching! Oh and by the way, it was the same gloria. They both had the same asigned Avitar. Hers is a Purple triangle, just like Maris’s is a green Nacho! We should start calling her Nacho Vidal. Google it! hahahaahaha Later all!

    • No, you know that’s not what I meant and I don’t appreciate you putting words in my mouth. For one, I can speak for myself. Two, your words taste foul. Don’t cozy up to me on this one because you know I don’t agree with your prejudice.

• Big Daddy, way to steal your whole conversation off the internet.

  http://www.martynemko.com/articles/are-white-males-getting-shortchanged_id1229

  • How do you think he got the nickname “Uncle Bonehead”?
    Clue: it wasn’t from being brilliant with his 5 watt bulb…

• Gottcha Maris, I just thought some of those post were very hard to read, and if some one was offended by what I said I’m sorry but the fact is they were hard to read, now you being the grammer and spelling police, nah, not you, only when you go after a certain bonehead, and that is acceptable LOL.
  You are one of the fairest ppl I know when it comes to opinions and views and I don’t think you have ever really been harsh to any one, I remember one time you were constructivly honest with me, believe me when I say it made a difference, I have learned much from you when it comes to blogging and how to respond to ppl, and I try hard to remember that, some times I know I sound a little harsh and I’m not really trying to, Thank You for your encouragement and your honesty,
  (((Hugs To You))))) have a great week.

  Sorry BD you don’t feel well, best you take care of your self so you can keep up with the “Sista’s” or we’ll be leaving you in the dust.

• Sorry, but I about spit my coffee out,still laughing with anonymous

• Helena Bonahm Carter sort of looks like a vampire to me all the time. So pale, so strange. Here I go again not talking about Jon and Kate. No new show, so nothing there. I’m exhausted anyway, our computers were down at work, I’m a teller and we actually had to “teller” using our brains. Very scary. Have a good evening everyone.

• WARNING TO ALL:

  If you’ve noticed a pop-up on Beet’s site, comes up every time you navigate to another page (Ad-ware, Adobe, something like that) do NOT allow it to install in your computer — it’s a virus. It sounds similar to a “configure” virus featured on 60 Minutes this past Sunday, and if it is, it can get your bank info, any credit card info if you shop online, etc. So, my e-friends, beware…

• This is in response to Maris’s earlier comment about the 5 watts.. I only use 5 watts because I try to be eco-friendly and live green. However, does you 220 tension relieving devise still make the lights dim in the neighborhood when you use it? Just wondering?

• Maris: I noticed something weird like that a few weeks ago. Every time I tried to get on here, that Ad-ware would pop up. Wouldn’t let me go on. I think you meant conficker. Weird name, scary worm.
  One of the good things about have bad credit, if any scammer got mine, they’d give it right back. I don’t do any bank accounts online either.

  • Jules, That conficker virus is supposed to get new instructions on April 1…..basically it can be dormant on your comp and come to life. (best way to explain it). The other one Maris is talking about tries to reroute you to a page that looks like a legit windows page and asks you to update your virus protection or put up a firewall, DO NOT do that ever. The other one that can really screw you up is a message from Adobe telling you that there is an update available for your reader. DO NOT do that one either.

    I love your remark about your credit LOL, but I don’t want your computer to freeze up on you……

    I did the adobe thing without talking to my son first and had to reload my hard drive. Thank God I have ghost images.

• BD you are stepping over that line again, now apoligize, you are being bad in a bad way, not good mister

• Hi you all, long day today. I replyed to Jules about the spyware and such popping up, I’ve got something going on with mine, but I think it’s just cause the laptop is 5 years old and bogged down. Need to wipe it clean again and reload….one day……I use my laptop to goof around on the net and keep things bare, so if I do pick something up I can just reload it.

  Hmmmm…..5 watts………220 watts………..hmmmmmm Ok guys, I gonna get brave and tell you something I’ve only told one other person……….Here goes………For my birthday about 4 years ago, that’s what my husband bought me. He overheard me telling my sister that I have never owned one………LOL……..Don’t start BD, this is girl’s talk………..Just thought I’d give you a good laugh………

• Missy, You brought something to mind when you were talking about friends/people and the diffeence in someone’s life it can make.

  6-1/2 years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My step son was getting married as I was undergoing chemo. My sister decided to go shopping for me at Chico’s for a dress and stuff just to brighten up my day. While she was checking out she started talking to the cashier and told her about me. The cashier gave her a $55 pin that has an angel, with the words hope and love to give to me. My sister tried to pay for it, or at least split the cost, but she said NO.

  I have no idea who this lady is, what her name is, or where she lives…..she just wanted to reach out.

  And people on ‘the other blog’ make fun of us….LOL…….Too bad “they” just don’t get “it”, they are really missing out…….

• FYI, I have been cancer free all along.. I get regular PET scans and Bone Scans and viola, NO cancer….

• Cinoda, I am so happy for you, you seem like a nice person. The kindness of others is truly a beautiful thing. My husband has stage 3 colon cancer and has been fighting that for a year. As of now he is dong well, but not done the chemo yet.
  People have been wonderful to us since this whole nightmare started.
  Boy, I really am getting off topic now. I’ll be thrown off if I don’t start saying something about the Gosselins, I guess. Let me think, I know.
  Where’s Aunt Jodie? Just kidding.
  I saw all about that conficker virus too on 60 minutes. What a name, where do they come up with this stuff.
  And speaking of wattage, had one of those once. My dog thought it was a toy, (bright Green), she stole it and had it in her mouth right at our picture window with the neighbors on our front patio. They didn’t notice. I had to fight her to get it back. Don’t know where the heck it is now.

• Oh my word, if your talking about what I think, ummm well I’ve never owned one either, not in wattage anyway LMBO.he he he ha ha ha,
  Jules we can get off topic, who cares? we don’t, thats what makes us unique and (special) and makes others jealous LOL

  See just to hear Cin’s story made me tear up, to me that is far better than anything about J&K, Which makes me think we ahve so much to be thankful for,
  My hubby has been dealing with vocal cord cancer, about 5 yrs now and three surgeries, but thank God it was not invasive, his voice is ruff (sexy) I tell him, but at least he still has a voice,

  Cin you surprised me when you said “your stepson getting married” I thought maybe you were in your very young 30’s, I wish I had a .25 for every time I guessed some ones age and was wrong, remember how they always had some one at the state fair who could do that? well not me, I am always wrong.

  Today the weather was beautiful here , everything starting to melt away, but we have some more cold coming in, ewww i am so ready for summer,

  Jules hope your hubby will be blest with renewed strength and health, just know we are thinking of you and saying a prayer for you and yours. That is what has got us thru so many struggles in almost 50 yrs, a lot of prayer, espically with teen agers, oh my that was the day, I guess God thought I had asked for patience and believe me you, they were tried, but we are so very proud of our kids, did I mention that our son is getting ready for his 3rd tour in Iraq? he is in special trainning for deployment right now.

  Hey “Sista’s” I watched Table for twelve tonite, so far Ireally like it, I think Betty is such a sweet mom, and she sure loves her little rebecca, did you see where they took her to a place for kids with special needs for exercise, and she was on a pony? This family is so down to earth, and I love the husband, hey they were not all whining and screaming all the time either. Okay I’m done lol

• OMG! WHAT HAVE I STARTED! Missy you had one without wattage? That gives me a mental picture I don’t need to have. And Cinoda, it’s open season on you! I bought my wife on several years ago. I got up AFTER all the kids stuff was done and slipped it into her stocking. And no, thats not a code for something else. She was soo embarrassed when she got it out of her stocking! It was purle and it lit up! I told her she had asked for a flashlight! haha The kids heard us and of course they all wanted to see what we were talking about.

  Yes, table for 12 was good tonight. For those who did not watch it tonight, the mother started crying and had to leave the interview. She was talking about how she would love to be able to hear Rebecca say “I love you Mommie” just once. It was very touching. I hate to agree with Missy, but she’s right for once. They are very down to earth and I can relate to them. When one kid has to go potty you have to take them all. She told one of them to get his finger out of his nose etc…. Sounds like my kids.

• I hate it when I can’t sleep…it’s now 1am and I have to be up about 7am……..yuk.

  Where to start? Fun first…….Yeah, BD, look what you started….I think you tried before, but now CINODA IS HERE AND SHE IS WOMEN!!!!! LOL. My Mom was living with me on this birthday, I’m cracking up and she’s like what….OH my, let me see it, I’ve never seen one before!!! It was great. Jules, your pooch probably buried it out in the backyard!!!And Missy, I love you…you got one of the old fashioned kind…LOL and BD, there is a reason you don’t let your wife on this site right?

  Wow, isn’t if funny how God puts people into your life for reasons. Especially about the Big C. Both husbands will be in prayers, girls let me know if you want to email about the more private things with dealing with the C word and especially caring for people with it. I held my fathers hand as he died from it, and cared for my mother for 9 mos before I found her passed away in bed. I’ve experienced some wonderful things in both of those tragedies. Anyway, just let me know.

  I forgot about Table for 12, I will put it on Tivo for next week. I sounds like a decent show. Kind of like the reason for watching J&K in the beginning. Missy, I loved the Jodie remark..LOL

  Well, I’m going to try once again to get some sleep…………Hugs……..

• PS…Missy, when is your son being deployed? and to where? We got so much going on over there right now could be a number of places..
  He’s automatically added to the prayer list.

• That goes for me too Missy, prayers for your son. His third time there? What does he say about it? He should really know.
  BD is going to throw up with all this nice stuff and prayers we’re talking about now.
  I hate it Cinoda, when I can’t sleep, and have to get up early. Happens all the time, and this is where I go when it happens, the computer.
  Oh I have some actual J&K dirt, don’t know how reliable it is, but it was in print. A local paper had an article about a family that was at the PleaseTouch Museum, the day Kate was there filming. Her grandaughter was playing near some Gosselin children at one point and this woman took a picture of her grandchild. Kate saw it, took a hissy fit and got one of her producers to come over and make the woman destroy the picture. Don’t really know cell phone stuff, so I can’t explain it good. Also she said, I never saw Kate interact with her children unless the camera’s were on. And each child had a member of the staff doing stuff with them while cameras were off. Remember she made a point of going by herself. Anyway that’s my J&K stuff for the day.
  The Table for Twelve people look great, and down to earth.

• Well!!!! BD agrees with me on something and he hates it? well I thought you were told by Cin that a certain subject was just for us “Sista’s” only, infact she told you to stay out of it, do you agree with me now? Just couldn’t help your self could ya? and no I don’t have one with or with out batteries,
  Ummm, Jules and Cin I have that same problem sleeping and yes this is where I come to, the key board, altho when I submit a comment I see our times are about 3 hours different, have you girls noticed that, or maybe you are closer to the time frame of where this is coming from.
  I take two little grand daughters to school every morn, this morn the 8 yr old called me at 7:15 and wanted to know of I would come get her “right now” and take her to the store so she could buy her little friend a donut and a juice, “not at 7:15 I won’t but we’ll stop on the way to school”I could not believe she would call at 7:15 and want to go to the grocery store, goofy girl.
  My son will be going to Afghan> not exactly when but he is doing special trainning right now, he has about 35 guys he is trainning for this mission, I also have a grand daughter who may have to go, his daughter, and another 18 yr old grand daughter who is in, I’m hoping she will get to finish college before any deployment, but ya never know. Thank You for your prayers, the first time he went was probably the hardest day for me of any thing he has ever done.
  Jules what my son says about it over there , well he calls it the sand box, but he was so dis-appointed in the media and the stuff they reported bavk here, he says they never get the stories straight, and the one thing he made me promise was that “if I don’t come home, do not ever blame Pres. Bush, I signed up for this many years ago and it’s my priviledge to go for my country, no one forced me to go” I know this is a long post but do you remember the Cindy Sheehhan mother? who was all about bashimg Bush, going all over the country to say terrible things about the military, b/c her son was killed? well my son said if she knew how much she was dis-gracing her own son she would shut her mouth and stay away from the media,
  He says her son was a great guy and loved what he was doing, and he said “mom don’t ever do that to me, or I will come back and haunt you LOL”
  This is the thing that I don’t understand, we don’t have the draft law any more, these men and women do not have to go into the military, they choose to, just like my grand daughters and my son, he is 44 and he has been in the military since he was 17.
  Oh back to J&K, Jules I heard that same story, only I read it on a blog , but I guess some woman took a picture with her camera of her little girl and Kate happened to be standing there, and she didn’t like it, the woman should have told her to bad and kept it any way, Kates ppl would not have scared me in the least, what are they gonna do? beat me up? I would have made them call the police before I deleted any thing, and then Kate gave her a picture anyway that she had signed, pullleezzzeee I would have told her where she could have put her picture, I mean come on she is not a movie star,regardless of what she thinks. And they did say that Kate did not interact with her kids only when the cameras were on,
  I guess b/c she is so stressed out and exhausted, I mean ummm she ummm does ummm travel ummm alot and umm she ummm does ummm have umm 8 kids. Oh lord I am tired.

  • Where haven’t heard about the picture thing with Kate. When and where did that happen? I do not know what kind of agreements they have to sign when you get a contract like they have but that seems odd. I wonder if they get fined or something. We all know that the paparazzi take pictures when ever they get a chance they get. I know people that are friends with Garth Brooks. They go to his house at least once if not twice a month. He doesn’t live too far from here. They have invited me, but I’m no fan so I don’t go. They have all kinds of pictures of them with Garth and Trish out in the back yard doing different activities together. Even pictures of Trish without makeup on! AND OH MY, THAT’S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE! HA But he has told them never to let any of the pictures get out of her hands. But he will give them all of the glossy photos of them signed to whoever they want for free. I also grew up with the wife of Jerry House’s. He had at least one big song, “This is me missing you”. Which I like the song but once again, Im not a big fan. We are friends on face book and My Space and all of her family photos on there are professionally done. None of just snapshots. I would think the more pictures that were in circulation the more famous or infamous you would be. Hell, look at poor Brittany Spears! Hahaha So, I just wonder if there isn’t more to the whole picture thing. I’m not a star so I wouldn’t know.

• I, too, can relate to all of you in the fight against the big “C” — don’t think I have it (yet) but I lost both my parents to it. I cared for my mom for the last year of her life while she lost the battle, and I was holding my dad’s hand when he drew his last breath. I’ve had one mamogram in my life, they found a lump, and in the 2 weeks I waited for test results I lost 10 years off my life. SO… I don’t do mamos or paps any longer. I know, I’m an ostridge with my head in the sand, but my nerves can’t take it…

  My prayers go up for your loved ones, Missy. I think people can be against the war in Iraq (not Afgan) without being against the soldiers, at least I am. The men and women doing the fighting are doing their patriotic duties, and I have the utmost respect for them. I do believe Bush/Cheney got us into the Iraq war needlessly, and I blame them for the deaths and injuries. People who hold the military responsible for the war are ignorant of the facts. It reminds me of Viet Nam, which my husband fought in for 7 years. When those veterans came home, it was like America despised them rather than celebrated them because they didn’t believe in the war. That’s wrong, just wrong. It doesn’t seem to be as bad today but there are still some who misplace blame. The blood should be on the heads of the politicians who sent them into battle, not the soldiers. Just know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours, and may they come home safely.

  I probably won’t be posting again today, not feeling so hot. I was up ’till after 5 (what’s with all the insomnia??) so hopefully it’s just fatigue, but I’ve been sneezing my head off as well. Hmmm… Maybe I’ll take a vitamin, drink some juice, and go back to bed. And no, BD, I won’t be taking my toy with me, and it’s not a 220v — it’s only a 120v. AND hubby makes sure it stays very dusty… Does Maxine have plenty of lube, or do you need to make a run to the store??

  One more thing — where’s Waldo, …uh, I mean Aunt Jodi??

  • Gosh Maris maybe you caught it from me! Im so congested now after 2 days Im miserable! Its movig down into my chest now. No, don’t have to run to the store as long as we have a can of Crisco in the Kitchen. Im sorry, I must have been confused. I didnt understand that you meant your husband when you said you loved Jack Daniels because he is a hard liquor! haha

    • You got me mixed up with Missy again, BD. The Jack Daniels joke was aimed at her originally (and btw, it’s getting old, we all heard you the first time). Is it that you can’t tell women apart? Do you confuse Maxine with other women, or do you give her the stick pin test? Are they all the same in the darK? Are you quite sure you aren’t my idiot ex?? As for the hard liquor remark, I prefer gentle and smooth, and only as a prelude for better things to come, not as a main course. And please don’t confuse gentle with soft — I don’t want you thinking I’d have a thing for you. I begged you not to cozy up to me, and now I’m sick. Gee thanks for the virus…

• wow..i never knew that kate was so horrid to aunt jodi.. she watched those kids for free all the time for them just so kate could go to the spa!! anyhow i can’t believe that kate gosselin can be soo greedy!! i know that kate is abrasive sometimes to jon..but to do it to someone who bends over backwords for her for free is just not right!!

• kate can be nice but very little do we see that. i hear from some people she has 8 kids & no out-let. that can be understandable to
  a degree. i know everyone has their days. but she makes jon look like a whimp. im sure now he wishes he married a laid back dark haired asian women. who would have been happy with 2 kids. God love the little kids. theyre so cute and wondeful. but must kate be so mean and nasty. poor jon being the good man that he is. probably feels stuck because of the kids. where are her parents. did she chew them out as well. i really enjoyed watching the show until she got to be mean to jon. i really hope that the show goes off the air only because of her.
  i would miss the kids so much. you would think with all the freebies she could be a little kinder. sure they do charitable things too. kate has good morals. but just a witch of a wife. looks like mady is going to drive her hubby nuts too. oh well please keep supporting the kids and hang in there jon.

• The last four years were interesting, do we really need another season? I think by now we know the family well enough and personally I think you all need a break. Kate and Jon, you are no longer on the same page. The children should be your first priority. Nothing should break up this family unit. Jon stick to your guns and say what you mean and Kate please listen, this might be the most important test of your lives. God Bless and remember we learn from our mistakes…….Love xoxoxoxo Susan

• Loved the “where’s Aunt Jodie”, Maris. I agree with you again. Love our soldiers, not so keen on Bush and Cheney. Also, meet another Ostrich with it’s head in the sand. Just the thought of being diagnosed with anything would kill me. Rather not stir things up. I know, really stupid.
  I don’t have the Big C in my family, they all dropped dead of heart attacks. Still have my mother around, she’s 85 on no medication, not that she couldn’t use a pill or two, especially for her mind, but she’s just like me. We call it Doctor phobia. It runs in my genes.
  Missy, Afghanistan seems to be the real trouble spot now, not surprised that’s where he’ll be going. My prayers to your son, and potentially your grandchildren. Wow.
  BD. Don’t know when exactly Kate went to that museum, not too long ago. Am I missing something with the Crisco? I’m afraid to ask.
  Time to add something about Jon & Kate. I know, how about that hair of hers!

  • Jules, going out on a limb here,.. Afgan is in the news and where we’re focusing at the moment (and things there are very dangerous), but I’m going to predict the real trouble spot is about to be North Korea. Dear God, I surely hope I’m wrong, but they’re launching a missile in the next few days under the guise of it being a satelite… instead of a inter-continental weapon… all while holding Lara Ling and her producer under arrest… It’s as if they’re saying “Shoot down our missile and we’ll kill your correspondents.” Very scarey…

    • Maris, I agree about the North Korea trouble. I have a family friend that is a fighter pilot We were chatting not too long ago and his remark was to keep your eye on North Korea. Of course he couldn’t elaborate, but makes you wonder………………

• I always forget something. The time thing. That has always confused the hell out of me on here. I’m in the eastern time zone, and it’s 7:55 Pm now. I don’t know what time zone this site is on. What one is three hours behind me, pacific, or mountain?

  • Pacific (I think), it’s 5pm here, 3 hour difference. Here’s a quick one for you…Arizona doesn’t change it’s clocks when the rest of the country does. So for the winter months it’s a 2 hour difference,then in summer 3 hour. In addition, My hubby works in Neveda. in the winter he has to leave work at 7PM to be at work at 7PM….Across state lines…………Just getting home, chat later

• That’s what it must be, pacific time. Thank you.
  Interesting thing about your husbands time travels. Is that you’re picture with the dog? Love it. I don’t know how to do any of that picture stuff. If it is you, we have almost the same hair, style and color.

• Cinoda, WHAT? That would get confusing as hell! I’d get fired!

  Just talked to Bun-in-da-Oven. She is doing fine and says HI YAWLL!! She cant get onto the site. It keeps telling her she needs to download something and she is afraid to. I can’t blame her. I told her everyone has been asking about her.

  julianne, the Crisco thing? Read the comment before it and see if it helps any? hahaha

  Later, I am BIG DADDY, it’s so easy a caveman could do it!

• WHERE IS THE FREAKING DOG? CINODA SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A PICTURE THE OTHER DAY! I DONT SEE NO PICTURE! WHERE IS IT! IS IT ON YOUR AVITAR? ON MY COMPUTER CINODA IS A OLDER WOMAN WITH WHITE HAIR AND A BEANIE WITH A CUP OF IRISH COFFEE!! WHAT ARE YAWLL TALKING ABOUT??????????????

  • Get those damn glasses out of your back pocket, for crying out loud!! You’re bad enough when you CAN see…

• BD aaahhhh, are you blind? the dog is just as plain as can be, what are you looking at?

• Okay I posted in my time at 9:26 AM, on here it was 7:16 AM so theres the difference in tyhe time. I’m mid-west

• Wow guys, just read BD’s blog and the other J&K site on Beet…need to get my thoughts organized before commenting….I got up this morning, life started happening and I decided to go back to bed and restart my day. It is now 1:30PM and I am sitting here in my robe!!!

  Not a good couple days, more later

  • Mee too! I got up this morning, Went back to bed at 1pm and got up at 4PM. Yes, I wear glass. Im blind as a bat! That was always a plus when I was dateing. I never would wear them! haha

• Ok, I dont know if yawll are pulling my leg or what! I still dont see no damn dog! But now Cinoda’s Avitar has changed from an old lady to a Nacho Cheese Dorito. Whats up with that?

• She’s now a nacho cheese Dorito on mine as well. Hmmm, a mystery.
  Could there be a Cinoda imposter? Or does she use other email addresses. I must confess, when I first started posting I used two different names, sort good guy/bad guy. But now it’s always me. I would have an almost toothless octogon with glasses. Come to think of it, Big Daddy, you’re all sorts of things. Which one is the real you?

  • Well, I dont look like Obama thats for sure! haha

  • Jules, Im changing my Avitar again, same set of pictures from the same trip to Shrevport, just a little different pose, just for you!

• No guys, it was me…as I said I’ve had a heck of a couple of days. When I left that message it wouldn’t “bring” up my email address to highlight, so I entered it manually, and viola “Nacho Cheese Dorito”

  OK, Jules, if you are the good guy who was the bad guy???????Come on, come clean……

• I’ll give you guys a recap after AI tonight……Megan has got to go. BD just told me that Beet has an Octomom page, going to go check that out also

• I never said I was the good guy. My other name was the good one, go figure.
  I bet these Beet people are making some serious cash from all of this, do you think. I have no idea how all this blog site stuff works.
  So that is you Big Daddy? Wow, not at all hard on the eyes. Now I can place a face with the can of crisco. thanks

  • Well, I think julianne (jules) is the good guy!!!!!!

    BD and a can of crisco……..what a picture!!

• First of all, my new picture has not shown up yet but it will. Sometimes it takes a day or so. But I can tell you this, from experience, The only thing that will remove Crisco from a bath tub or your hair is Dawn!!! Ill just leave it at that!

  Jules, Im like Cinoda, what was your other name?

• When I first started posting on here, months ago it was a whole different cast of characters, and seemed like a lot of teeny boppers. Not too many remain, if any. I came on timid, not wanting to offend anyone. Also my opinions of the Gosselins were changing. Started out liking them and the show, and that has changed.
  Say hello to the former Janet. Okay I fessed up.

  • Jules, what are you doing up at 4am??? I just can’t sleep again!!!!

    • DUHHH…Is it 7am there?

• BD, Cin

  s picture has a dog in it, what are you looking at?

  Jules I am so glad you are only one person now, b/c it is so much nicer to keep up with, if BD is posing as some one else “Shame on him” to me that is just silly,
  besides I was a huge fan of J&K, still am, but my views have changed a whole lot, I tease about some things and I also give MO I won’t call her (Kate) names or trash her kids as some have done, I have read names those little kids have been called and it breaks my heart that grown up ppl can lower them selves to trashing children.
  I really enjoy the friendships we have on here, and different things we can talk about other than J&K, I enjoy talking about with you “Sista’s” and BD about our kids, hubbies, where we live and oh what the heck the weather, making fun of our grammer and spelling (if done in a joking way) b/c I am not the greatest on a key board,
  I love the humour and the thoughtfullness each one brings, I really love the way Maris kicks BD’s butt all over the place, what is funny he tries so hard to rile her up and he has not yet figured out how to master that,
  So keep on posting on what ever topic you want, as long as Evil Beet has no problem with it neither do we, oh yeah these others, we, call them “drive by”bloggers, they drive by our site, shoot off their venom and then they dis-appear.
  Best way to deal with that is don’t even respond, they will leave. as Kate would say”Ignore and Delete”
  I heard from Coastalmom, she is fine just real busy, she will be back tho, just another example about our cyber friendship, I love it, never know when that one somebody needs a shoulder to lean on or a kind word from a stranger/cyber friend. Just as we were talking about the C word, I cried when I read you “Sista’s” post,b/c it is so close to myheart, I lost my dad, my brother, and my very best friend (my Mommma) in 8 months, and even tho that was back in the year of 94, I miss her so bad sometimes I can’t hardly breath, many nites I sit here in the quiet and I can hear her speak to me, she was the most precious person I have ever known, and I ache some times b/c I need her so bad, Okay I’m bawling again so I;ll quit for now,
  But please you “Sista’s” and BD don’t stop posting, we all need each other,
  Maris, hope you are feeling better today Sweetie, heres a big “Sista” Hug for ya ((((((((((Hug)))))))))) Love Ya

  • Missy, I loved the “Drive by Blogger” discription. That was funny! But you are mistaken about one thing. I DO know how to push Maris’s buttons! Both of them! There are two things that will get under Maris’s skin. And I know them both. I just don’t do it because, like you said we are all friend. I too was once a drive by blogger. I just tried to stir things up and didn’t plan on comming back. But I did and was so impressed by the responses, mainly you and Maris, that I kept comming back. If ever comes a day where we are block form this site, everyone meet on mine. We can turn it into the meeting place. Does everyone know what it is?

    • I agree….I love the “drive by blogger”. As I said, I never blogged before. I started on the J&K because I was having these thoughts about the show and was curious if any one else was having them. Was I in for a surprise…..I couldn’t believe such hate that was out there. I may disagree with something but as you said Missy, to call people names and spew such hate was a little too much for me. Again, something about your, Maris, BD’s posts appealed to me, and now, Jules. The joking around, the seriousness….the fact that we can have different opionions and respect each other for our differences. That’s what friendships are made of.

    • no as deanna jon& kates plue 8

• I have really grown fond of our little site, and especially you guys. It’s now the first thing I go to when I go on the computer. ( It use to be my horoscope and email).
  I love all your blogs. This is also my first time posting on anything. I found it by googleing “Jon & Kate Gossip. This is what I got.
  And Cinoda, funny, I was on here at 4AM, my time, but didn’t post. Was having a charlie horse, hate them. And everytime I would lay down it came back. Drove me crazy. I was super tired at 7, when I had to get up for work. Now I’m off until Monday, tomorrow is my Best Friends Wedding. A big fat Irish wedding.
  Looking forward to seeing what’s up with you guys.
  Adios.
  PS. I’m an Aries.

  • i was up at 4am too. Infact I had just got home. And by the way, Im a Pices! You know its strange I just got an email about horiscopes this morning from Missy. If You will emial me at HECKUBUS@ROCKETMAIL.COM I will put you on the emailing list. I get all kinds of emails from the people who post here and I forward them on to everyone else.

  • Hey Jules have a great time at the wedding…the booze should be a flowing!!! Aren’t the Irish celebrations of any kind a hoot!!!

    My sleep habits this last week are way out of whack. I have some medical situations that add to it also. I am Scorpio on the cusp on a Libra. Don’t know the capatability with an Aries, but no wonder BD and I get along with him being a Pices. Oh my spelling!! Have a great day tomorrow and will touch base on Saturday. What do you think of J & K’s new house? LOL

• Has anyone seen the new Gerber baby snack commercial with the black lady who can see what her kid is doing behind her back. It is hilarious! If you Tevo everything like I do, You miss a lot of the good commercial. I’m embarrassed most to even watch TV with my kids in the room. I swore I would never grow up to be like my parents, but damn it!!! The older I get the smarter my parents get! I’m so tired of hearing about peoples erectile problems and minstrel cycles I could puke! You know now there is a erectile pump for old men! And Medicaid will pay for it! Hell, I had insurance and it wouldn’t even pay for prenatal vitamins for my wife. But oh lord, let a old man have an erection problem and it a freaking national crisis! I hate for my kids to be hearing about it too. My son now wants me to buy him some O.B. Tampons! Because he heard that if you have OB tampons you can go horseback riding, skydiving, surfing bicycling, etc….

  Now for J&K. I still want to see Kate on wife swap! Just imagine! The husband would probably be balled up in the corner crying by the end of the show! hahaha

  • I have to admit that my favorite part of “Wife Swap” is when the men cry. I don’t know why I love that part so much. The families are CRAZY but I definitely relate to the “easy going” parents over the “organized” crazies.

• I tried to send you my email Big Daddy, but it was way too confusing.
  Are you a virus? Don’t take that personally. I’d just tell you on here, but then everyone in the world would see it. What’s with all that ingoing outgoing stuff. And the server stuff. I’m computer stupid. Don’t answer that.
  Haven’t seen the gerber baby commercial. Hate that McDonalds Filet of Fish commercial with a passion. It comes on and that jingle is stuck in my head for hours.

  • Jules, try it again. Once I get your email Ill send you the REAL email address. I made a mistake once and opened a naughty email. It was spam! I just checked the heckubus email and there were 750 naughty emails there with links to other naughty sites. OMG! And no, Im not a virus! You can ask Missy, Maris, Cinoda,and Bun in the oven. Theyll testify for me.

    • JULES, DONT CLICK ON IT LIKE A LINK. THAT MAKES YOU HAVE TO DO WEIRD STUFF! JUST CUT AND PAST IT INTO YOUR ADDRESS BAR ON YOUR EMAIL.

• Oh I get it now. Okay will do. Here I come. Don’t mind me if I sound giddy, just being off work until Monday has me euphoric.

• Ok, Ill be gone for a few days. Im going to have my garage sale at the house this weekend so I have to stay there. I dont have a lap top. Feel free to purchase one for me while Im gone. Hey, I cleared my cookies and I can see the dog now! And my other pose came up too! YYeehhaaww!!!!!!! Have a good weekend! If I do come home for a while Ill email yawll. Maris must REALLY be sick! Her computer isnt even on! Or she has me of stealth mode again. Get well soon Maris! I bet she didn’t listen to me si why shes sick! I told her to only use Crisco, that Pam wouldn’t work!

• Thanks Cinoda, and yes, those Irish celebrations are a hoot. They know how to throw a party. I just hope I can stay awake. Talk about sleep patterns, I’m so out of whack now. Maybe it’s that darn daylight savings time. I know you don’t have it in Arizona. I like it light out at night, but it’s so dark when I get up at 7. Now tomorrow because I’m off, I’ll be up at the crack of dawn and raring to go. That’s how I am.
  And it’s happened, I’ve been emailed by the Big one himself. I’m not a virgin anymore.
  That J & K house is something!

• Hellllllooooo, any body home? I am having those sane sleep LESS nites, first hot flashes, than the “gota go, gotta go” then the brain (whats left) just won’t give up and shut up and sleep, wheww I think I covered about every thing, Jule when I was working in aircraft I was at work at 4:AM I loved getting to work before the rush, less traffic wasn’t bad either, (altho in the winter I hated it) but I loved getting off at 1 PM , had the whole afternoon, and I got out of the traffic rush and the hottest part of the day, in aircraft it can reach up to 125 in some parts of the bldg. I had a nice AC’d office but I had to go out in the plant quite often,
  But I loved that job better than any I ever had, I went on vacation in Aug and 911 happened before I got back and there were about 15oo jobs lost b/c of it, mine was one of them.
  Cin, I understand about the meds and sleep, some make you drowsy and some cause you sleep less ness, ugh can’t win for losing huh? I am on dis-ability and will not be able to ever work again, but I do enjoy being at home,
  So when ever we can’t sleep we’ll just meet on here, I remember one time Coastalmom and I were talking about how much fun we could have if we ever met in person, we nominated Maris to be the leader of the pack, and we would just sit back and laugh our a$$$$ off, espically if she was letting unclebonehead have a kick in the butt, LOL
  You know if we were all out together we would be the best of the best, the biggest ducks in the pond (as my mom would say) all jokes aside I love ya girls and I do enjoy being here with you, I hope Maris is okay, I miss her, More ((((((((Hugs and love )))))))) to you Maris get feeling better friend.

• Hi Missy. I would love those kinds of hours. I had a job for seven years that started at 6:30 am and ended at 3. Loved being home so early too.
  I think the earlier you start, for some reason, the day goes faster, and before you know it, poof you’re on your way home. This nine to five jazz is for the birds. By the time I get home now I’m pretty much done for the day. Which state are you from, Missy. I can’t remember. I think you guys are a lost closer to each other, for as of now, I think I’m the only one not west of the Mississippi. It would be cool if this blogging continues. I miss reading Maris’s comments. Hope she is okay.
  Have a great day everyone.
  And now for something about Jon & Kate. Read an interesting comment about them on another site. Don’t remember word for word, but the gist: Jon & Kate use to have a real documentary feel, interesting to watch. Now, it’s become a show about a family that has a show. Okay that’s my two cents.
  Have a great day everyone.

• Good morin every one, hope all is having a great Friday, Maris baby hope you are having a sunshine day filled with good health.
  Jules my hubby and I always looked forward to Wednesdays, he called them hump day (shut up BD) you know the middle of the week, and that seemed to make the rest go by faster to LOL,
  I remember those 9-5 days yuck and always seemed like the evenings went by so dang fast.
  I read that about J&K to, I think one of my biggest dis-apointments with kate (other than Jon) is the way she favors Hannah, for a long time I just over looked it but it is so apparent espically when Hannah wanted to get her hair cut and Kate said “NO” and then she and Jon remarked later on the couch about Hannahs hair and how hard it is for her “wittle short arms to bwush it” awww poor baby, no one should have that problem, ewww I wanted to throw up!!!Kate says she always tells the girls if their hair hangs in their eyes then it’s gonna get cut. WTH? what about when Hannah is sitting in the garage and every one is waiting on her to go, Joel tells her she is gonna get left and she starts screaming “no I ain’t” her hair was all in her eyes, and WTH about mommys hair? half the time you can’t even see Kates one eye,

  Hey there ya go we’ll call her “ONE EYE” LMBO okay theres my .02 cents, Next

• …ah, …Ah, …AH, …AAAHHH–CHOOOoooooo…..!!!!
  (sniff, sniff…)

  No, I’m not alright just yet. Big Daddy gave me a damn virus, and don’t let him lie and tell you otherwise! And no, it’s not from some stinky moldy can of Crisco he uses on Maxine — I don’t use other people’s lube, especially his. With as many avitars as he has, ain’t no tellin’ where he’s been…
  (probably everywhere BUT the White House!)

  Where are my kleenex?? Oh, there they are… I’m taking my little dog and going back to bed. Still enjoy reading all your posts, so carry on without me. Somebody kick BD in his butt for me. I’m too weak at the moment…

• MY PLEASURE!!! Maris, here ya go!!

  >>>>>>>>>>Stomp >>>>>>>BD’s a$$

  Feel Better Sweetie

  Oh yeah @ the white house, well probably Monica had already used it on you know who LMBO

• Kate gets on to Jon quite often about the way he talks to the kids and deals with them. And I always want to ask her why she thinks she has room to criticize Jon when she is 10X nastier to him than he ever is to Kate or the kids.

  Kate, you are just not getting it. You are going to be raising 8 kids alone or at least with zero affection from your husband if you don’t start treating him differently.Love lights in a man’s eyes often don’t come back once dimmed. You are a very loving soul, Kate, and I know you are unhappy and stressed to the max. Time to ask for and get yourself some help. Raising one kid can’t be easy but 8 would over-tax anyone. Take care of yourself. Big Hug to you and Jon and your kids.

• Let’s see right about now our friend Jules is probably having a great time. At least I certainly hope so. I got the best sleep last night than I have in over a week. I go through some nasty cycles. Part of the problem is I am not a morning person at all. Never have been. For over 25 years I had to force myself up at 6:30am. When I moved out here I worked swing shift 7pm – 3 am, now that’s my schedule…..Then when I started working for myself, I can sort of set my hours. So some days I’m up early and moving, while others I can sleep. Probably helps mess up my sleep patterns.

  Hot flashes, oh my Missy, I started during chemo with them. They would get so bad I would vomit from them. I actually went into a deep depression last sping for 5 months. I had no idea what was wrong. I even went to the ER and begged them to put me in the hopspital. My Rheumotologist and Endrocronogist both insisted it was my thyroid and auto immune problems. Finally I begged my regular dr to give me estrogen. I had to sign papers that neither I or anyone in my family would sue if I had a reoccurance of Breast cancer. With in 2 days, I was close to myself again. My breast cancer wasn’t estrogen related, so I can give somewhat of an argument for its use, since I can’t function without it. I couldn’t read a book or watch TV because I couldn’t comprehend what I was reading, I couldn’t remember the last scenes in a TV show. I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t even hold my head up without resting it in my hand. It’s like my body quit working. And the thoughts…all I can say is thank god that had a loving family to keep me going. No joke, I can know understand where a person can commit sucide, to lose the will to live….believe me, I did a lot of praying…..It was so bizarre!!!! So much not like me, it scared me to death. The cancer never bothered me at all, but this like being the walking dead. Don’t know why I told you all of that….

  Maris, Keep on cuddling with your “magesty” and keep lots of fluids in. We’re having a hard time with allergies out here in AZ. We had some rain this winter and boy oh boy is the desert blooming. It’s quite beautiful, but with the blooms and the 35mph winds it does a job on your sinuses.

  John & Kate, let me see…..I’ve just seen where they are doing a season 5 with “big” surprises and one that takes them back to their roots. Internet chatter is betting on a trip to Korea. I only started to watch the show again after joining you sistas and BD. I got fed up with Kate’s behavior sometime last season. I just couldn’t believe the way she treated John. I still feel no one deserves to be bewittled like that, personality or not. To me, it’s just respect for each other. Doesn’t have anything to do whether she loves him or not, it’s just RESPECT. Some of the things that turned me off; the little on on the laundry room floor – shocked me; to letting the boys eat their cupcakes – how mean; and the final straw when I quit watching was the interaction with Maddie and how excuses were always made for her.

  I believe the comments are correct, it “became a show about a family that has a show”, I think that a lot of the stuff is hyped up for viewership. I mean come on, the could edit out anything they want to….but this is TV and ratings, the more controversy, the more ratings, the more money. So now I think that some of the behavior is intentionallty shown. I guess that I never thought about that before.

  And I think your right Missy, we would have a blast if we ever got together…you never know stranger things have happened, maybe one day I will have my own TV show about “?” (heck, I have to think of something), then I will become rich, then we will all meet, then I will share some of the wealth with you all (heck, I sure wouldn’t move to a bigger house, just more to clean), then we could get together like every 3 months for a long weekend!!!!and laugh and laugh and laugh…

• Whew, what a long post…….with lots of typo errors, just insert the correct words…sorry

• Me again, Can you tell I haven’t had much going on today?

  I mentioned to you all that I was following this blog for a while before I decided to join in….thank God I wasn’t following sooner. Today I went back and read some old posts from the end of December into January. OH MY!!!! I am so glad to see that friendships have been formed since it seems it was a very rocky begininng. (that’s a nice way of putting it)

  Missy, I wanted to address you personally due to the post I left on the other J&K site. I want you to know in NO WAY would I ever begrudge you, criticize you in any way shape of form for your beliefs. I was just giving my opinion what works for me, that doesn’t mean it would work for you. You have embraced what work’s for you and I admire you for it. I think I can even learn a few things from your beliefs as from many others. If I would have read what I read today I would have Never joined in here, so I guess everything happens for a reason.

  Congrats on all for making it through that difficult time. I don’t know if I would have been able to. To Maris, I think you missed your calling – you should be involved in peace talks around the world! (and you handled BD wonderfully). And BD, you are baaaddddd for stirring up the crap! <<<<>>>>

• Well Cin, My “Sista” thank you for your comment, I did have a hard rocky road a few times, but with the help of Maris I continued, as she pointed out you can’t be on both sides of the fence at the same time (sorta saying either poop or get off the pot)
  I remember one time I left here b/c some of the coments were so bad to me, then I met Maris, and Bun bless her heart then she had to leave for a while, she still don’t get to come by a lot but she is one of the “Sistas” and she checks in now and then.
  Then you gals came along, I reall don’t like talking about religion or politics alot b/c as I told BD one time when he made a racial comment you never know who you are talking to,
  I really don’t want to be mean or harsh or try to sway anothers opinion but when it comes to my belief in God I don’t sway either. It’s whats in our hearts and I know I am older than most on here (probably) and some times old dogs are hard to sway LOL

  So cin thank you for sticking around and giving us your thoughts and opinions, as for J&K topic well theres so much you can say and then “we’re off, to something more pleasant” besides we need your help with BD LOLhe was way baaadddd, still trys some times. we knew all along what he was up to and using different names , well there are some blogs that if he tried that he’d be booted after the first try,
  We have formed friendships and the “Sista” hood and I really enjoy this site so I hope that you don’t let any thing from the DEC or Jan comments run you off, shh, shh, shhhhh, don’t tell any one but it is FUN here.

  And your right about Maris, I think if she were at the white house we”d see a whole different ball game LOL, Hope you have a wonderful week end Cin, talk to ya later. BTW don’t worry about the typo’s, I do the same thing, not b/c I can’t spell, b/c I’m not a good typer.

• Feeling a teeny-weeny bit better today, thought I’d check in. Cin inspired me to go back through the “ages” of our blog — we most certainly had some lively discussions!! Now J&K are either inbetween seasons or not coming back on, and BD is on vacation at a garage sale or something… Our blog is getting sluggish…

  When Missy mentioned “white house” I had an idea, but I don’t know who’d want to participate. I’ve gotten into politics again since I retired, and with the country with the shape it’s in these days, watching the commentators is like my soap opera. We could discuss where we stand on which issues and why, who we like (or would like to see) for President now and in 2012, even in 2116, and why, etc. etc. etc… Subject too boring?? Too personal?? Let’s see a show of hands — yea or nay??

• Hello everyone back from my wild weekend. A bit groggy, I did have a super time at the wedding, lots of booze and food. I took full advantage of the open bar. Then today, of all days, I had one of those focus group surveys. Do you guys have them? You get paid for your opinions, tv shows, products, etc. I couldn’t pass it up, since it was 175$, for four hours of my two cents.
  Then out to dinner with friends. I’m plum exhausted.
  Never too tired to read your comments though.
  So it’s politics as a potential next topic. I’m embarrassed to say I’m not to up on it. My only response is give this new guy a chance. He’s been handed a real mess, and I feel he’s really trying his best.
  I wasn’t for Obama at first, Hillary girl here, but he grew on me. Time will tell. Can’t even think of who I’d want in 2012. I know one thing, not Sarah Palin. Sorry if I offend anyone.
  It’s so quiet and around here without…you know who. Must be one big yard sale to last all weekend.
  Now trying to think of a J&K thing to end with, but can’t.
  Take care ladies.

• Jules, so glad to hear you had a good time. It’s so funny that I was thinking of you at the wedding!!! I’ve heard of those focus groups, but never parcipitated in one. Wow, $175 for 4 hours, not too shabby.
  Missy, Naw, I wouldn’t even try to “teach al ole dog new tricks” LOL or even “sway”. I just wanted to make sure you knew where I was coming from. I just could not believe what I was reading, all on a J&K blog so less…
  Maris, politics??? Whew girlfriend, why not? Ya know BD will be raring to go!!!!! I can see his fingers typing away already, teeth gritted..LOL

  I was for Obama even before he announced his candidicy….I hope it proves to be true….McCain 8 years ago would have been a good choice, but over the last 8 years his views got to be too much in line with Bush’s. Hillary, I think is much better as Secretary of State. Have you guys seen the Will Farrell comedy show with him impersonating Bush. It’s pretty funny.

  What’s been the hot topic now is all of the shootings across the US…Oakland, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, NY and Washington state, just over the last few days. I think it’s in direct result of our economy.
  I’ve got a heck of a week this week, but will gander on here in the am before I leave and probably at night. Chat later…

• I agee with you Cinoda. Hillary is just fine where she is, and I’m happy, so far, with Obama. At least he’s doing something.
  All those shootings are terrible, and also agree the economy, and that “copy cat” syndrome are to blame. You don’t hear of any of these shootings for awhile,then once there’s a new one, others start popping up. Horrible, to say the least. I think I’m still hung over! Boy am I slow today, especially in the thinking department. Catch you guys later.

• Like others have said, I wasn’t for Obama at first, but then I watched the debates and was impressed at how intellectual and analytical he is. Then I listened to some of the interviews Sarah Palin gave (sorry, any Palin fans) and that sealed the deal for me. One heart beat away from the presidency was waaaay too close for her for me. I may not agree with all of his policies, but he’s my man. If there’s such a thing as an honest politician, I think he’s it.

• Ok, Big Daddy is back!!!! Yawll remember me telling you that Maris has two buttons and I knew what they were? Well, if yawll start talking politics your fixing to find one of the buttons!!!! I was not an Obama supporter! Not because I didn’t like him, rather I was more afraid of how the blacks would react once he was in office! I mean we’ve all had to hear “its because I’m black”! Hell, I don’t care if its politically correct or not! Truth is the truth, no hate, just fact! I do like Obama now. Like Maris said he is articulate and analytical. I personally think that now he is in office, that black people now realize they cant use the “Because I’m Black” excuse any more.” At least he is trying to do things to positively effect the economy. You do know the definition of insanity? Keep doing things the same was and wondering why the end result keeps being the same! I do know quite a bit about political economics, I usually just don’t share because no one will believe it if you told them.

  This is sorta prophetie but I’ve heard some of this years ago. I heard it again yesterday, during the garage sale so I will share it. That there would one day be a leader who, for the first time would be able to bridge countries and bring piece to the world. Then he would be assassinated and the antichrist would come to power! I don’t know. Your talking about the year 2012. The end of Several different calendars from around the world. The year that they have now determined would be 2000 years after the actual birth of Christ. I have to admit, its sorta scary!

  Love Kates Hair!

  • Wrong again, genius. Insulting my dog is one button but politics is not the other. Politics is my soap opera and I enjoy talking about it, as long as you can hold an intelligen conversation.

    What makes you say I have “two buttons” anyway? And a button is very different from a passion. Whew!! I’m so glad we aren’t married any longer…

• Ok, I didn’t know if the whole post would get posted so I split into. This is the rest of it! JULES: , I’ve been emailed by the Big one himself. I’m not a virgin anymore.? Do I even have to say anything? Was this remark aimed at me? I don’t know if I’ve ever been refered to as the Big One before, but thanks!

  And Missy, some times old dogs are hard to sway LOL! OMG! Yawll just keep on giving me material! This is how I picture Missy, tell me how close I get? I picture Missy as a Woman who is tender but can get quite rowdy when she get fired up. She only wears Es’telauder pourfume. Gets her hair done at the beauty shop, probably by the same person. Likes for it to be up off of her neck and curled and a little poofy on top. She like to wear ether silk or rayon blouses that are loose and not constricting. She used to really like shoes but now only wears orthopedic slip on’s and she has a pair in every different color. She drives ether a beige or cream colored cadalac and speeds up to go over speed bumps. She likes chunky necklaces and only paints her fingernails ether mauve or dark rose. So how did I do?

  The garage sale was at the house that we are getting ready to sell. All of the stuff was outside for several days so I couldn’t go off and leave it. Didn’t do very well. Still have about 90 pairs of shoes, my wifes and about 200 garments to go! So I will probably do it again next weekend while I’m down there working.

  Ok, I’m gone to check the other site! Later

• Like I’ve said before…..get a room!
  This site is about Jon and Kate!!!

  • We’ve GOT a room, and you’re in it…

• uh oh, people have noticed us, and want us to “get a room”.
  Now I really better mix jon and kate stuff with what I really want to say.
  Yes, Bid Daddy, I meant you. And your welcome for calling you the big one. Sorry you didn’t sell all you shoes and clothes.
  The prophacies your referring to are I beleive, that Nostradamis stuff.
  Seems like the years are always adjusted when things don’t happen when they’re first predicted. I haven’t seen it in awhile, but it did scare the hell out of me at first. I have to say, I don’t lose any sleep over it now.
  And jon and kate, let me think. Read on another site she had on big stripper shoes at a book signing at a church. So there.

  • How come were only told to “get a room” right after The Big One gets back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm What does “Camper” know that we don’t?

• Well, Cinda, be assured that the camper don’t know nothing about me. I’ve really been at a garage sale over the weekend, not camping at a rest stop! haha And “Camper” this site is actually about Aunt Jodi, so get your facts straight. Obama makes a negative statment about the special Olympics, or rather a slip, and the media tries to crawls all over it! If it would have been any other president in HISTORY there would have been no end in site to the chastising he would have received. They even make a site about it. But go look at it! I was the last one who posted something there and that was a month ago. Now that site is dead and you can hear crickets chirping, but this one keeps going and going and going! Guess that says something about us getting a room hu? I do have a question. If women, like the Octomom, if you can call her a woman, can buy sperm and get herself pregnant thru artificial means and the sperm donor not be held financial responsable. Then if Jon and Kate got divorced would he still be financially responsable for the kids since she got pregnant the same way? It also was not his intent to have that many babies? Im thinking so, but is it because of intent? The Octodad knew that the Octomom had the intent go get pregnant just not to what extent.

  • Kate and the octomom didn’t use the same method, BD. Nadya went to a fertility clinic where they removed her eggs, fertilized them, then implanted them. Kate took drugs to increase her egg production, but Jon got to participate without benefit of a Playboy magazine…

    A sperm “doner” does just that — donates. The woman who chooses to utilize the sperm takes responsibility. Jon, on the other hand, is Kate’s husband and would technically be responsible for ANY children she gave birth to while they were married.

    Any sperm doner “knows” some woman is going to bear his children, that’s the whole point. If anyone’s responsible besides octomom, it’s the shady clinic and doctor.

• OMG, camper, who ever you are, we got a new life , we got a room, and guess what!!!!THIS IS IT!!!ya wanna talk J&K here’s your chance, any time your ready we’ll bite, but we do have “Important Things” to talk about like,

  First of all I need to address Big Boy aka Unclebonehead, aka BD, my, my by the time we are done with this blog BD you will have so many names that when and if your wife ever calls you by name you won’t know who the heck you are,
  Okay (still laughing)
  I am soft and tender (according to hubby and kids)
  I can and will get rowdy (according to hubby)
  My all time favorite parfume is indeed (White Linen by Este’ Lauder)
  I do indeed get my hair done by the same person (which is a short hair cut) I do my own hair, it’s very short, years ago it’s was long/up in curls/off the neck,
  I do not like silk /rayon blouses/ ( except on a very special occassion)
  and they are not constricting, (your right)
  I do not wear orthopedic shoes, how ever I do wear slip on heels, flip flops/ and tenna shoes, ( I do not own 100 pair )basically black/brown/white and navy, oh don’t forget the boots.
  I hate chunky jewelry, I have no costume jewelry,
  I drive a 2005 Grand Marquis,which is blue
  and still own a 1990 Red Subaru Legacy that has 265000 miles on it, runs like a top,
  Currently shopping for a Mercury SUV,
  well sounds like you got close on a couple, and dead on the parfume, altho it is my favorite it is used mostly in the spring and summer, I am not a clothes person, I am not a shopper as some women, I d spend more on shoes/boots and under garmets than outer ware, and I’ll come closer to spend more on good parfume/jewelry than on clothes.

  Now what in the world caused you to even want to try and guess what I wear/like or drive? just funny thats all, I am 5’2 and weigh 112 I have brown hair/ with grey if I don’t get my bottle of dye LOL, blue eyes that are getting weaker, Goodnees thats about it,

  Cin, Camper don’t know SQUAT, just more n’ likely another drive by, KWIM? IT’S MONDAY< SHOW TIME

• Oh BD who knows about octopussy, she will come out of this clean as a whistle, just watch her play the system, she knew exactly what she was doing, but… IMO i think the Dr and the sperm ( eww I hate that word, it even looks nasty printed) doner should both have to pay child support, the thing with child support tho is still a lot less responsibility tha actually being a part of the kids life,
  I have a daughter who gets &700 a month for child support, father loves 15 hours away and sees the kids once a year, and complains that she will not meet him 1/2 way, ugh the idiot.
  but the tax payers are not raising these kids , she is, sure she struggles, but the gover’t don’t own her kids she does, it’s not just men, women do the same thing, have kids and leave them for the hubby/grandparents to raise, well kinda like octopussy has done, but I hear they are really talking a reality show for her, even tho she said back in Feb, she would not exploit her kids that way, hell she already has,
  I wush I had one of those little ones, one of the 8 or one of the 6,I’d gladly take one, there are so many children out there needing love, and then yes Madonna goes to another country, I guess b/c the kids here are not worthy of love, like Oprah (can’t stand the women) building the school in africa, which was great, but with her monet and all her resourses why not go to the getto’s and the slums of her own city and do some thing for all those pitiful under fed, unclothed, unlearned kids? I loved in Chgo and I’ll tell ya every state has their own horroe stories, but I saw some in Chgo that would rip your heart out, I think Oprah is a big mouth and her fame has gone to her head, of course this is my opinion.

  • I guess the reason I had to guess and how I got many things right is that the things you say sometimes reminds me so much of my Great Aunt Margarette. She was my favorite Aunt and passed many years ago. So I was actually discribing her I guess. So was I right about the fingernail polish? Aunt Margarette would never call me by my name. She always called me boy. And she couldnt say boy, it was more like bowwia! she lived in Orange Texas most of her life. She sorta had a drawl. Loved her to death! And I don’t think that Oprah could help those people. That place dont make those people. Those people make that place. I agree the children need to be gotten out of there in order to “break the cycle”. Im sorry to hear that Maris is still so sick! I couldnt breath for 2 days. Thought I was going to have to go to the hospital at one point. My chest and shoulders hurt from coughing. The stuffy nose I can live wtih. But now I cant hear out of my right ear and Im suffering from IRREGULARITY! Strange symptoms for a head cold or upper resperatory infection. hu? Later Tater!

    • So, Big Daddy is finally conquered and admits to being one of the “irregulars”!!! About time…

• Hey Big Daddy, since you’re guessing what we might be like, why not try me? Go ahead.
  Maris, I only wish I could think of the stuff you write. I love it.
  Missy. I use to like Oprah, a lot, but lately I to think she’s gotten full of herself. I once heard Kathy Griffin say she was on her show, and during commercials she humped her leg. Not literally, but I can see how Oprah would assert that alpha female authority, every chance she gets.
  She’s earned it no doubt, but I’m over her.
  I noticed that the “Camper”, has the same icon on the other site with different names. I think June was one, and another. Hmmm. How dare she. Of course I have “beer” muscles now that everyone else is fighting back. I’m such a pansy.

• JULES, I will figure you out. Just give me time. I havent gotten to know you well enough to tell you a lot. I do know that you tend to be pretty flighty. You keep yourself pretty private. You have a tendancy not to let people get too close to you because that gives them the power to hurt you. You tend to be a little flighty. Once someone hurts you, you tend to cut them off. You probably have brown hair. And you like sweets. Thats about it for now can tell now. So, how did I do?

• ummm I wear (color) nail polish a couple times a year, Christmas being one for sure, Garnett Red, but other than a time or two it is just clear, and I do say boy also and it has the Iowa draw, LOL we use or should I say I use words like :listen here missy for the girls, or boy for the little rascals,

  Jules I used to watch Oprah everyday, like you said she got to full of her self and talk about racist, more than ppl know, I just have seen her go beyond favoring one race over another,and she does not apoligize for it either, so no one else should have to if thats how they choose to be. She is not only one of thee richest women but as many articles have said one of the most dangerous, she has the money and resourses to back up any thing she wants,

  And yes BD Oprah could help those ppl to change and change the place for the ppl, not all would be appreciative, but she could have a shelter built or a place for unwanted children to be taken care of there in chgo, she did it in africa, I am all for helping all over the world, I am all for helping others in my home state, I will mkae sure that my own house hold is fed first, i don’t mean we have to say live like the rich, but to have food and a safe place to come home to, espically Oprah after being sexually abused her self,but some of these ppl with lots of money, the first thing they want to do is get the media involved and go over seas and start building or adopting and to heck with their own country, kinda like our leadership is doing,
  So Oprah has a big name, big bucks and big high dollar friends, I guess thats what it takes to make her happy, I do know of a personal friend who begged her for help, all they got was a note saying that they will try to read all letters they get and try to respond, this was several letters hand written, e-mails and phone calls, never a responce, Oh well I’m done

  Maris I hope you are feeling better hon, you’ve had this crud long enough, And don’t let UBH pass you any thing again, he is contageous. LOL

• Well Big Daddy, I’m pretty much an open book to anyone that knows me. I let people get close all the time, and luckily, I haven’t been hurt that much. Thank the Lord for that. Flighty? Not so much. Nutty, yes.
  I love sweets. I have blond hair. Or I should say I have blond hair now. My natural was almost black. I’m very tall, 5″10, to be exact. I am very timid in unfamiliar circumstances, hence you see my flightiness. Still new to this chatting thing, but love it.
  And Missy, yes I see a change in my beloved Oprah. She just seems snobbier now. The way she cuts people off, and her taste isn’t the greatest either. She’s a good business woman, there’s no doubt.
  I do like her latest flavor of the month, Dr. Oz. Always hated Dr. Phil.

  • What Dr Oz is a freakazoid! What the hell is up with those eye brows? He looks part vulcan!

• He’s Turkish, I looked him up.

• I was watching table of twelve, and I noticed that the 6 little kids were not dressed alike, omg and they went out in public and skating, and they did not have screaming melt downs,a few whines and wimpers but no screaming, and mom never yelled at dad, I’m being snotty if you haven’t noticed LOL
  I just thought with their baby girl with CP and 9 other children, how calm they are, and I think there house looks pretty nice for all those kids, but when mom was going to meet her friends for the evening I thought iot was sweet when dad said she deserved a nite out and she should not feel guilty, and he managed the kids with no melt downs, where did that word ever come from? honestly I never heard that until J&K.
  Ok I know this is a J&K blog but what the heck, I really like this show and oh I hope and pray it don’t go south and sour.
  I just think they do a great job at taking care of that many kids and still showing love and respect to each other and the kids.

• Ok guys, I’m just gonna come out with it….Been a busy day, and I am so overtired I probably won’t sleep. I decide to chill and watch some TV and decided to get caught up on my House episodes. On tonights episode one of the doctors committed suicide!!!!!!!It’s just a character on a damn TV show and here I am crying my eyes out OVER A TV CHARACTER……….!!!!!!!!!!

  I tivoed Table of Twelve and actually J & K (just to keep in the loop with ya’ll). Not going to watch them now, need to finish crying my eyes out…maybe it’ll help me sleep better.. UNBELIEVABLE, crying over a TV CHARACTER once again. I also cried when Lucy died on ER, when Dr Green died on ER and when Bobby died on NYPD Blue…..not even real people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I like your posts today, be back tomorrow (I hope) with some comments..

• Missy, you hit on it honey! Sorta! I could not imagine having a child like that! They are so loving and deserve so much attention and it is so hard to give it to them under regular conditions. She is a GREAT MOTHER and I hope that she hears this! Those are a lot like my kids that I have been talking about! One kid gets their head stuck in a chair while their other is hanging off of the roof! It’s not that their bad, its just that they are kids. Its part of being a family! And yes, one of my kids, while I was washing dishes, was hinging off of the roof! I freaked out and got her off of the roof!

  I normally wouldn’t tell people this, but, Me and my first wife and I went to a H&R banquet one night. We went to pick up our kids from a friend house where my wife’s sister was keeping our kids and hers. It was just about a half of a mile from our house. My wife decided she wanted to stay for awhile but wanted to change cloths. My Brother-in-law, Glenn, offered to take her to our house which was not very far away on his friends motorcycle. They were gone about 20 minutes when someone came to the door and said there looked like there may have been an accident. My kids babysitter and I jumped into my truck and rushed down there. Just a couple of blocks. We ran upon my wife laying half way into the road. The motorcycle in the middle of the road, and my Brother-in-law off by a tree. They had hit a tree doing 35 mile per hour. Glenn, my brother in law had no face left. My wife, the love of my life, laid there like she had so many times at the plasma center, with a look on her face, like hurry up and get this over when they were sticking her with the needle. I have no medical training. But I did what I had seen on TV. Trying to resistate her. I hit her chest and tried to breath for her. Until white frothy bubbles started to come from her mouth. Then I knew she was gone forever! The baby sitter and others say that I do not remember a lot of what happened. I guess I blocked it out. I really hate to burden all of you with this, but I have really begun to feel toward most of you like you were family. I know that I am an asshole. But maybe you will understand why I am the way that I am. And this is just the beginning of my story!

  • BD, I’m reading between the lines again. “I know that I am an asshole” Hmmm…. A line my brother says. More later. I am so very sorry for your loss, a piece of my heart aches.

• Insomnia has struck.
  Missy: That family in Table for Twelve seems like a heck of a nice one. The kind I’d like to be friends with. Makes you kind of see how dysfunctional J&K are, or at least how they’re portrayed, I’ll give them some benefit of the doubt.
  Cinoda: I can’t even count how many times I’ve cried over TV. I won’t even watch hospital shows because of it. I stay clear of sad animal shows as well. Heck I balled my eyes out over Carrie and Big.
  And last but not least Big Daddy. I was on an hour ago, read your post and tried to go back to sleep. I couldn’t. My heart aches for what you must have gone through.
  On a lighter note, I love the stuff you’ve been writing about on the other evil beet. The teen pregnancy stuff. Couldn’t agree more.
  And for your kids hanging off the roof? I bet you were just like that as a little one. I can imagine that.

  • Thanks Jules….Carrie and Big, it made me smile. I think part of my problem yesterday was that it was the 4th anniversary of my Mom’s death and that my best friend committed suicide 2 years ago. Need to get ready for work now. Later

• Cin, sounds like you,Jules and I cry over the same shows, I do with lil’ House on the Prarie, Walker Tx. Ranger the one where lil’ Lucas dies,
  and have you Jules seen the commercial for the humane society that Sara Mc Laughlin does? she is singing “In the Arms of an Angel” oh my gosh I bawl my eyes out, it shows all these poor animals that have been abused, and one scene it shows an officer kissing a kitten on the nose,
  I used to watch animal police, still do some times but what I have seen on there would break your heart,
  Speaking of Oprah earlier did you ever see where they sent Lisa out to do a story on animal ranches, (not the correct name) now that was some horrid stuff, (Sorry about all the typo’s in that post)
  So we can be cry babies to gether,

  BD you are right, we are like family, we “Sista’s” get to chew you out LOL. all kidding aside, we are cyber family, and thats what I love about this site, we make friends and if we get personal it’s okay to, like I said the other day, we never know when some one needs to share, or needs a burden lightened, so any time big boy we are listening, and I don’t think we have ever called you an A–H—.
  I remember when my little sister was killed in a bicycle accident (many yrs ago) and how devastating it was on my parents, espically momma, I had no time to grieve my self, I had to be there for momma, some day I’ll tell ya how the media was so rude concerning this and why I’ll never trust them for the truth.

  BD sounds like you have had a pretty rough road to hoe for some time, but you are seeing your kids thru it, some times no matter how bad we ache and hurt we have to sit on the back burner for the sake of others, and sometimes thats not always good, so just know we are here for ya if you ever need to share your feelings,

  Well Maris I’m so glad you are feeling better, can’t have you out on us to long, it’s not the same with out all of us, I heard from Coastalmom and she asked about you, she is suppose to drop by , I do miss her too. Well gotta run it’s therapy day ewwww, so many things to do, and not enough energy to do it, when I had the energy, I didn’t have time, now I have all kinds of time and really it gets done when it gets done LOL

• Alot of people are quick to judge Jon and Kate, while at the same time lacking any true discernment. Aunt Jody seemed like a sweet person on the J&K show, but if she was truly “above the fray” you really have to question why her sister has this website that stops just short of saying Jon and Kate should have their kids taken away. I think from the way this situation has played out, it seems possible that Aunt Jody is jealous and hateful, and if I’m right then shame on her for manipulating her nieces and nephews. SHE is the one who is saying (through her sister, how cowardly) horrible things about J&K and their children. I think her sweet act on the show was all about making a good impression for herself and trying to get a “piece of the pie.” If she was truly just a good aunt and sister and babysat the kids out of family love and goodness of heart, she never would have been seeking financial recompense from the show (or thrown a hissy fit when she didn’t get what she obviously thought she deserved). If she was that great, and the TV execs liked her, why didn’t they offer her family their own deal? If the the execs really wanted a business relationship with Aunt Jody, I’m certain Kate wouldn’t have the power to call the shots and tell the execs they weren’t “allowed” to offer Jody money. Please. This story is so not believable.

  Of course, none of us really know the truth, so I’m just saying this based on what I have gleaned from the whole situation. If I’m right, Shame, shame, shame on Aunt Jody and her sister for being so low down. If their true concern was for the health and functionality of J&K and their children and for that matter, the whole family (since Jody is married to Kate’s brother) there would never be a website to blab to the whole outside world of strangers. This would have been handled discreetly within the family. I have never heard one word from J&K about this (maybe I’ve missed it) but if you notice Jody is the only one who is running her mouth (via her sister while playing the victim) and in the process hurting J&K and their family. SHAME on her.

  Jon and Kate don’t have a perfect marriage, and they do have some level of dysfunction. Umm, hello people, don’t we all? So who are any of us to be so haughty to think we can judge their family? And I can assure you that Aunt Jody has her faults and parenting failures that no one has seen. But the bottom line is, J&K are together, raising their children, and it is obvious they love their kids. I can identify with Kate. My major flaw is that I am a control freak. I hate this about myself, and I am getting better. But it’s just the way I deal with stress, because I want everything to be right for my family and there isn’t enough time in the day to do everything. I can’t even imagine the monster I would be if trying to manage 8 kids instead of 4! I give Kate kudos for checking herself as often as she does. And I give her and John all the praise for being courageous enough to bring all of their children into the world. If this show is the best way they can support their family, kudos to them. Also kudos to John, because he deals perfectly with Kate…he just lets her blow her steam off and ignores her.
  The irony is that the same people who act like it’s the end of the world that J&K have their children on a TV show (and call it exploitation) are simultaneously all for other types of child exploitation and abuse not limited to but including abortion, child pornography as free speech, adoption of children to homosexual couples, etc. I could go on and on.
  Also, J&K did not bring children into the world thinking they would be able to have a TV show as a result. The TV show happened as a result of the interest people have in J&K’s crazy life with a big family. In my opinion, J&K took an excellent opportunity they never anticipated, and there was nothing negative about it (you see the good and the bad in their family just like everyone else) until Aunt Jody had a hissy fit when she didn’t get to exploit Kate’s family to her own benefit! It’s clear to me what Jody’s true intent was with all of the “selfless” help she gave to John and the kids while she had access to the show, how convenient. I also think it’s clear that if Jody could have finagled a deal for herself and her family or a show or money or whatever, she would have taken it, but now she is criticizing Kate for doing the same thing, and not because she cares about the kids, but because she didn’t get what she wanted. I don’t blame Kate for not wanting family involved in the business/money affairs of her show…that’s just asking for trouble, people popping out of the woodwork when they want something, and fodder for family fights and everyone fighting each other for access to the family for their own gain. I honestly can’t believe people criticize Kate for being honest enough to be who she really is, faults and all, on the show, while buying into poor, perfect, mistreated little Aunt Jody’s act! Shame on Jody for her blatant selfishness, and what about her husband? He is no doubt the one really suffering for all of this, because now he is between his wife and his sister! Talk about a rock and a hard place! And I’m sure Jody’s kids haven’t benefitted from her hissy fit and no doubt the conflict it has created between her and her husband. The kids I really feel bad for are Jody’s kids. Jody thought she was “in like Flynn” for fame and fortune and showed her true colors when she didn’t get what she wanted.
  Like I said, if Jody truly was such a sweet, selfless person, her sister would never be blabbing about it so tastelessly. This was a matter that a loving, mature person would have handled behind closed doors. As I said, no one is perfect, but you don’t see an accessory of Jon and Kate’s with a big website talking about this. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. If my instincts about this situation are correct, then good riddens to Aunt Jody because who needs her manipulation? J&K have enough of their own drama to deal with.
  Yes, I did just crawl out from under a rock. Apparently this happened like almost a year ago…but I just watch the show and I like it. All this internet chatter about the family is not something I agree with, and you won’t see anything else from me, but I just felt like I needed to pop in here and stick up for the family. If there is anything negative about having a reality show, besides jealous family members trying to get something from you, it’s opening up your life to crazy people who focus in on you and have no lives of their own. It’s okay to watch the show as entertainment, but it’s unhealthy to be so obsessed that you think you personally know them and talk about them 24-7 on the internet. That’s not fair to the family, and not cool. Think about your own families and what you would want for them. If I were J&K, I’d do the show long enough to secure my family’s financial future and then float off into obscurity! Because unfortunately, there are way too many busy bodies in America!!!!!

  • You equate adoption of a child by a gay couple to child pornography and abortion?? Sorry, just couldn’t read the rest of your bloviation.

  • I’m glad you are going back under your rock you bigoted delusional homophobe!!!

• Sarah, I agree with your comments, and please stick around, we do dis-cuss other things besides J&K,
  I have always been a fan of J&K, altho I have to say some of my views have changed lately, but I will never trash them nor call them names, I’m just dis-apointed with some things just like ppl would be with me,

  As far as jodi, well it wouldn’t matter what I think or feel about the Gosselins I will never have any thing nice to say about jodi, she is a cry baby and she exploited Kates kids and her own, so she should have kept her crybaby mouth shut to big sister, thats all I’ll say about jodi, except even her voice seemed fake to me.

• Hi guys. boy Missy, you have been through the wringer too. I can’t imagine what that must have been like losing a sibling, and as bad as it is for us, the parents suffer the most.
  The Sarah McLaughlin commercial… Oh my God. It gets me every time.
  The sweet faces on those abused animals. Can’t even do animal cops.
  Boy, there are some pretty big blogs up there. Figure I have to get a drink and something to eat to read the Sarah one. Then there’s that anonymous. The one with many names but the same silly face.. hmmm.
  Cin: No wonder you were feeling a little blue, with the anniversary of your Mom’s death. I’m so blessed to still have mine. I lost my best friend 10 years ago from a car accident and I still think of her everyday. I hope you’ve all had great days. You guys really are special people. I’m starting to like Jon and Kate a little more, because of them I’ve met you.

• This show is the best, but if they are really cheating, i am so deleting the TLC channel from my cable TV, yeah i said that Jon and Kate

• Wow, no new comments on here. I hope its not kaput. Maybe the blog hosts are on vacation. Just testing to see if this gets posted.

• I appreciate the fact that John and Kate have both changed since the start of their show. Many things have happened since then. Their financial growth is just one of them. I hope that Kate will listen to some of the viewers and realize that by not having a relationship with family members, she is teaching her children to do the same. I predict that Kate will not have all of her children with her as they become adults.

• Hey Jules, we’re not far away hon, this site is not gonna go kaput, LOL
  just gets quiet some times, but it will pick back up, hope your having a good day, and all rested from the wedding par-tay LOL.

  Rosie, I am not one to predict things on others , i believe karma will/can come back and bite right in the pa tooty, KWIM? alot of changed with the Gosselins as it does every one as they grow older, I just hope they learn some thing from the past shows and will show every one a new side of them, like Kate a little more SAHM and a whole lot sweeter to Jon. as far as the kids leaving them, well that is only some thing God really knows for sure, I don’t think we have a right to judge that,

  I know many great parents who have lost their children to the ways and the trends of the world, raise them in a good decent home and they decide to turn a new leaf and go astray, and it wasn’t the parents who caused it.
  So I think every child is different, and they all handle things differently, who knows, the kids may all grow up to become great scientist,lawyers. heck maybe the president, don’t laugh b/c you never know.

• OK, I’m just going to go out on a limb here, and I fully expect that my “weighty” opinion(s) are going to break the branch and this may well be the end of my participation on this blog…

  I fundamentally disagree with the post of “Sarah” on many levels. Since someone picked up on the gay adoption comment, I’ll start there. Sarah states she considers gay couples adopting a child to be a form of explotation, and in fact DOES equate it with child pornography and abortion. In my most humble opinion, she is not only pious and closed-minded, but she’s dead wrong. Heterosexual couples give birth to and raise children that turn out to be gay — does that mean they taught them in some way to be gay? More often, the case is that they taught them that homosexuality is a sin, or at the very least that it would be very problematic for them in life. Why do people continue to believe that being gay is a choice?? Who would choose a lifestyle that would cause them conflict and misery in virtually every aspect of their life?? I know I wouldn’t. Just because you believe homosexuality is a sin doesn’t mean you should encourage people who engage in willfull ignorance, by which I mean “don’t know the facts, don’t WANT to know the facts…” So, if we agree (which I know some of you won’t) that being gay is NOT a choice, why would you think that a gay couple would somehow teach a heterosexual child to abandon their own feelings and “turn” gay? Why would they want to? (Is this making sense to anyone but me??) A gay or lesbian couple has to go through the same inspections and scrutinies (and usually more so) as does a straight couple. Would you prefer a child languish in an orphanage or a foster home where they are FAR more likely to be abused by a heterosexual person rather than be adopted into a stable home where they are wanted and loved by a couple who just happen to be gay? Really??!! And Sarah puts this in the same category as child pornography and abortion (which, by the way, are clearly both CHOICES, and statistically most often choices made by straight people). I repeat, I fundamentally disagree with Sarah — and Missy, I mean no disrespect, but if you do agree with her as you said, then I fundamentally disagree with you as well. I hope this doesn’t end our friendship…

  Sarah defends Kate, tells us we don’t know her circumstances, calls us busy-bodies, admits that none of us have all the facts but goes on to bash Jodi, attributes her sister’s actions to Jodi, and even claims to know what Jodi thinks. Wow, she can read minds! Well, give me your 1-800 number — I’ve got questions! We’re all entitled to our opinions and here’s mine: she’s “holier than thou” and pig-headed, and her post is hog wash. She seems to look down her nose at people whose actions she finds distasteful without bothering to get to know them or be inconvenienced with the facts. She swoops in here to set us all straight because “it’s unhealthy to be so obsessed that you think you personally know them and talk about them 24-7 on the internet…” as she sees it, then announces that she won’t be back to grace us with more of her narrow-minded opinions. Well, thank you so very much for your concern over our health and habits, and I say good-bye and good-riddance. I’ll manage somehow…

  • Great post, Maris.

    I read Sarah’s post and was dumbfounded! Thanks for saying what I was thinking.

• Hey guys. Id like to respond to Rosi’s post. She is right about Kate not having contact with her family teaching her kids to do the same. That’s one of my constant fears. I have an Aunt “Diane” that I refer to me kids as their crazy aunt. She is 7 years older than I am and we were raised together so she is more like a crazy sister. She didn’t have anything to do with her mother for 2 years because she didn’t call and tell her that her 22 year old daughter, who asked her not to tell her mother, had stopped by for a visit. She accused my Uncles son of being gay, her nephew. He may be, who cares? So now she doesn’t have anything to do with my Uncle or his son. She wont have anything to do with me for over 5 years because I felt MY mother should have an open casket at her funeral. When my Grandmother, passed away, she didn’t call ether me nor my Uncle to tell us from Tenn. We found out from a former neighbor of my Grandmothers in Arkansas. So, yes she is crazy. She used to me the center of my world! My youngest daughter acts and looks just like her! I’m really afraid that when she gets older that she is going to be the same way! I’ve told her I am not going to let her turn out like that! I used to tell her that she is acting like her crazy aunt! My wife has forbidden me from doing that any more! She has not been raised that way. I don’t know how much of it is hereditary and how much is taught behavior. Bus my aunt does act somewhat like Kate.

  I just watched Law and Order. I usually don’t. But people were stopped from using the constitution in court as a basis for their defense. I thought that was odd. Seeing how that was the foundation of now court system. I usually don’t watch the news. Its usually just bad stuff and get me fired up. But, did Obama really make the statement that we are not a Christian Nation and that we are not founded on anything? I want to know. I usually stay away from politics because it just makes me mad, but I might have to end up being like Maris even if it does give me a stroke!

  • Careful, Big Daddy, politics can be very addictive… But to answer your question, no, Obama did not say that we are not a Christian nation or that we aren’t founded on anything. Like I told you, you need to either stop listening to fixed noise (FOX news) or at least listen to another source as well, such as MSNBC or CNN (the first is more entertaining and the latter is a bit more dry).

    Something Obama DID do that has me disappointed in him is to not only give the Bush/Cheney administration a pass on the illegal warrentless wiretaps they did, but he went on to make it illegal to sue the government if your 4th amendment rights (privacy) were violated unless they willingly make it public. Translation: the government can continue to wiretap you without a warrent, and now you have no recourse… (I expect some ambitious lawyer will take this one to the supreme court.) Still, I’m disappointed…

    • I got the information from an email that I got this morning and I passed it on to you thinking you would respond back to it. If he had have said that, I would never have a kind word to say about him again. What he did say doesn’t surprise me. Not because it came from him but the government does what they want when they want and pretty much hogties or ignores anyone who disagrees. That’s why I was so astounded this morning when I saw that the constitution was forbidden to be used in a Federal Court! It was on TV show but still. I am not an expert by any means, but from what I hear, Law and Order is pretty close to reality!

      In defense of the government, however, I don’t say anything on the phone that I don’t want anyone in the government to hear anyway. They’ve had computer programs monitoring telephone conversations for years, searching for certain key words. And if those key words show up, they listen to the conversation. I suppose that is considered probably cause so they wouldn’t need a warrant. I guess I’m going to have to follow your example. Although I hate to admit it.

      I love Kate’s hair!

• Ok, I just read Maris’s and Snarkie’s take on Sarah’s post. I have to admit, I did not read it! I tried to but it just became blah blah blah after about the 6th sentence. I thought it was Missy’s when I say how long it was! Until I saw the name! hahaha Just poking you Missy! Just kidding! But I would like to bring up a subject. I agree with Maris’s post. Believe it or not! I have very mixed and confused opinions on Homosexuality. I will admit, I do not follow the Bible the way that I should. I do consider myself to be a Christian. I know that the Bible says without a doubt that Homosexuality is a sin. But like you said, Maris, why would anyone choose a lifestyle that would almost certainly cause them so many problems? I’ve seen reports on the news that homosexuality is directly proportionate to the amount of testosterone that a fetus is exposed to while still in the womb. But, still, why would God say that something is a sin if it is something that we have no control over. I know he wanted us to go forth and repopulate the earth but still. And why is sodomy a sin?

  I know many many gay people. Some I like, some I don’t and some are close friends, but not too close! Ha One gay friend of mine said that he did not think that he was gay when he was in school. The other children kept calling him queer and other names because he didn’t like the same things that they did. He was not aggressive and preferred to be by himself. He was called queer so many times throughout his school years that he finally decided that he must be one so why fight it if everyone was going to treat him like he was regardless. I have a cousin that is gay. He has never admitted to it but it is soo obvious its not funny. His father and I know my parents are all in or were in denial. If he were to ever admit to being gay, they would all turn on him, regardless of how many people he has helped and tell him that he is going to burn in HELL! He, my cousin, is one of the most loving, and caring individuals that you will ever know. He helps a hell of a lot more people than I ever have and is probably a better person than I will ever be. One preacher said that just because you have those kinds of thoughts doesn’t mean that you have to act on them. But isn’t being gay what you are on the inside? So, once again, my question is, why? Why would God have this put in the Bible if this is something that as an individual, we are not able to control? Just wondering what your thought are on the subject.

• Whew, I’m glad to see everyone back on here again.
  Well here I go. First of all that Sarah blog, talk about repeating herself. Yawn
  When I hear/read people saying that idiotic stuff about homosexuality, right away, I think ignorance. No one can choose their sexual preference, about as much as you can choose the eye color you’re born with. There may might well be different degree’s, as in the kinsey report, where there are some people that are a little big gay, hence the bisexuals. But I’m not even going to go there, too much typing.
  I saw what Big Daddy (think it was 60 minutes) about the testosterone in the mother’s womb that can have an effect on sexuality. Too much with a girl, you get KD Lang, too little with a boy, you get Perez Hilton. Then there’s the gay guys you would never suspect, like Rock Hudson. You can hide it, especially if you come from an environment that would not except it, but it’s not anyone’s fault.
  Most of the gay people I know are wonderful human beings, and deserve to be parents.
  Then there’s that religious thing, isn’t there something in our constitution about seperation of church and state. Not to mention freedom of religion. (not just Christianity). I am a christian, but I don’t want my religion messing with my government, or vice versa.
  So there it is. Maris I would have been disappointed if you took any other stand then what you did.
  And Big Daddy, you cracked me up with Kates hair.
  Missy and Cinoda, hope your having great days too.

• Forgot my Bible opinion. Yes, we’ve all heard its a sin for a man to lay with another man. In the Bible no doubt. Well, so is Thou shall not commit adultery. That even made it as a commandment. Every one seems very forgiving about that one. And if you’re all going to take the bible literally for every word, there arent’ too many of us who are not guilty of that one. They blow up the homosexuality “don’t” as if there’s a whole book on it. Well there isn’t. I’m not a scholar on the Bible, but I do love God. I believe he loves us all.

• amen sarah!

• Jules, I am so proud of you, you are not a bible schloar, well neither am I, nor probably any one else on here, and you are right, God does not hate homosexuals, he hates the “SIN” to God not one sin is greater than another, and remember what I said awhile back about the tongue? well he probably hates the gossip and lies above all, in fact one commandment says “not to bear false witness against thy neighbor”
  So just wanted to confirm what you were saying about “God loves us all” he just hates the sin, not the sinner

• i really really love Kate Gosslin. I would like to see some of you people raise sextuplets and twins. Would Jodi get paid if there was no show? Probably not. So why should she get paid because of the show?

• I thoroughly enjoy Jon & Kate. I am very impressed by all of the opportunities they have been given for the kids because of the show. I am quite sure their lives are not 100% roses, nobodies lives are! I am sure it is a very stressful household for not only Jon but also for Kate, afterall there are 8 kids in the house! Put yourself in their shoes and how would you react? I have every confidence in Jon and Kate’s relationship and feel they are totally committed to their family!!!

• Thought I’d just over to this side of the fence, and oh my, you guys are all over the place.
  I can’t believe some of you don’t like Aunt Jodie over Kate. Are you kidding me. Doesn’t the fact that Jodie has family the stick up for her tell you something. Find me a sibling, or friend of Kates that’s doing that and I’ll shut up.

• I saw on the comcast video that jon and kate are in the May issue of ladies Home journal. They discuss that they are not getting a divorce and that jon didn’t cheat on her. They are coming back for season 5.

• I just read some of these other posts. Religion and politics, teen pregnancy on the other site, and must not forget the gays.
  Who’s that simple Sarah, what rock did she climb out from.
  Neanderthal thinking, it’s all over the place. I’m on the side where decent people should have babies, regardless of their sexual preference.
  Just please at least one of them have a job, so the government don’t have to give them money. And then the Bible. Eye for an Eye, turn the other cheek, which one is it?????

• um isn’t this supposed to be about J&K? why are people posting personal letters to each other?? uck weird…get a life!!!

  • Bean bean your a musical fruit. The more you eat the more you poot. The more you poot the better you feel, so why not have beans for every meal!!!! Get yourself a life BEAN! I bet thats your real name!

  • Yeah, they do that here.

• Yes, It says that adultery is a sin. BUT doesn’t it also say that Blasphemers, Whoremonger and Homosexuals will not enter the kingdom of heaven? Ill have to do my research. But I believe that homosexuality is one of the unforgivable sins.

  Yes, we have to include something about Jon and Kate so we wont be bashed by Beans! Or Drive By Bloggers. Haha

  I love Jon’s hair plugs. They came in real good on the front. Why didn’t he get them on that big bald spot on the back of his head? Now when all of his regular hair gets finished falling out and he is totally bald he is going to look weird with just bangs!

  • No, Big Daddy, while homosexuality is considered by virtually all religions to be a sin, it is NOT the “unforgivable” sin the Bible speaks of. That sin would be blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. (I’ll explain it in detail in an email if you’re interested.)

    LOVE your comment on Jon’s hair plugs and the bangs!! Maybe he could use them for a comb-over… or a comb-all-over…

• First I just wanna say, that J&K does not get trashed here like a lot of blogs, this is more of the decent ones,
  Second, yes we get personal and we are friends, and we joke and poke fun, if that bothers anyone, well there are other blogs, unless evil beet has a problem with it then I guess you’ll either just skip over our comments or skip to the lou my lil’ darlin,
  third, we are not gonna argue politics or the bible, sin is sin, big or small it’s a stench in Gods nostrils, thats it.
  as far as homosexuals, well, wouldn’t want them to have one of my kids, thats my opinion, and thats all I’ll say about that,

  And Lauren I really don’t think we should call Sarah simple, she was only giving her opinion which we all do, she has every right as we all do, she did not come out from under a rock, that is hurtful, just b/c you don’t agree with her opinion you really shouldn’t say that,

  I do not agree with jOdi in the least, I won’t argue with anyone about her, b/c frankly she is’nt worth me wasting time on, I have a brother still living, I don’t care what he would do, I would not go on a blog and tare him to shreds like julie and jodi did, I might raise hell to his face but it would be between he and I, Jodi couldn’t even do it herself she had to get her bid sissy involved, she is a coward.
  And how do you know that she has the whole family behind her? b/c of what Clarrissa (Kates other sister) has said none of the kids are close to their mom and dad, (except Clarrissa) they all stay to them selves, so jodi and kevin have jodis sister around, so what, thats not kevins family. But really who cares,?
  K&J are gonna do what they think is best, and if they fail it will be on them and them alone, they will have to deal with eight kids how ever they see fit, As far as going broke, well they would have to do more spending than a million dollar house to go broke, if they have no season five, they will still have money coming in, so they are not to worried,

  But lets try to be a little kinder to new ppl on here, if ya wanna jump on me, feel froggie and start leaping, I can handle it, but I don’t want new ppl think that they are gonna be called simple just b/c they stated their opinion and it differs from yours or mine, it’s a bolg thats what it is for. not bullying.

  • Missy, Sarah herself said she “came out from under a rock.”

• Missy, But I wanna I wanna I wanna I wanna I wanna! Just came back from comcast and watched the Jon and Kate thing. They said they would be back for season 5! So get ready. They also said they were going to be talking about Jon’s little excersions in the May issue of Good Housekeeping.

• Missy,

  I made a prediction that kate may not have a relationship with all of her children in the future. I based that on the fact that she doesn’t have all of her family involved in her life. That is not judging her. You, however seem to judge many people.

• Good Morning people.
  Where’s Cinoda? I hope she’s okay.
  I think I’ll stick to some lighter topics now. Sorry if I offended anyone with my opinions of things.
  Yes, love Jon’s hair plugs. I’m not surprised J & K are coming back. I just hope the new season is more like the older ones. Please no more dentist trips. I really like them when they’re at home just hanging out.
  I’ve noticed, (has anyone else), that our basher has the same icon face as many different names. Mostly comes up anonymous, Bean has the same one.

• Hey guys I’m here (I think). Just got up 5:30am and have another full day. I won’t be home til 5pm tonight absouletly exhausted. I get myself in these binds sometimes. I have my own business that can get exhausting at times and really cool at others. I was so tired last night that I got home about 5pm and went to bed..I fell asleep about 9pm (unheard of for me).

  Jules, you didn’t offend anyone..thoses are your thoughts and don’t let anyone take them away from you. I respect all types of people as long as their heart is good. I don’t care what their sexual preference is or what color their skin is. I can also respect other people’s opinion as long as they don’t shove it down my throat.

  Thanks for thinking of me….I’ve missed you guys and can’t wait to get a life again. (back on this blog)

• Mornin! Ive been up most of the night. Just got the kids off to school and then the wife. Im about to go to bed. I wont be up untill late. Got another garage sell this weekend, so If you need any cloths or shoes let me know! You pay postage and handleing and Ill ship them direct to YOU! Last night at church the Octomom came up. I think they were suprised that I knew so much about her and sextuplets! I even knew that premi’s sometimes have trouble with their vision due to the oxygen they give them in the NICU! See bloging can be educational!

• Morin’ backat cha everyone,
  Cin, you keep hours like I used to, sometimes meet your self going and coming Right? I am having terrible sleeping times,not sure if it’s the meds or just plain ole’ old age and pains, whatever it’s a pain in the pa-tooty LOL
  Jules I don’t think you said any thing offensive, like Cin said it’s your opinion, thats why I hate it when ppl get called names, b/c we all have our opinions, thats the trouble with our country today, someone always wants to be the right opinion, and look where that has got us, in a horrible mess!! right,
  I am sorry rosie thinks I am judging ppl I guess I didn’t realize that, so any time some one thinks I am just call me on it, maybe there is no difference in opinions and judging but I thought there was.
  Cin, I so agree with you about respecting othres opinions and pov’s just so they don’t try and make me believe it, but… sometimes others can show some light on things and cause you to see things different, such as Maris (Bless her heart) has done so many times, I have a different look on some of my opinions of J&K, but I just choose not to trash them as Jodi/Julie did.
  I have even seen things a little different concerning my spiritual beliefs thru the years, but have done a lot of reading and researching the word to do that, but I will never believe I came from a monkey, but if some do , hey I can live with that, I would never argue that point with them, but b/c I don’t believe it don’t mean I am judging their point of view, thats not up to me,
  I believe we should all have a Godly fear of the almighty, but some on here don’t seem to, and thats okay to,
  Hope you all have a great day, I am going out of town over the week end, Taking a couple grand daughters to see another grand daughter before she starts her military training and shes off, I will try to catch up with ya tonite some time, til then as Bun would say “peace”

  Where is our Maris? hope you are doing well sweetie.

• Big Daddy, this is in response to your earlier question about why God would create people who are homosexual if it’s a sin. While I am deeply religious and have read the Bible cover to cover many times, I too am no scholar. I don’t pretend to know all the “whys” of God, and they seem to be endless. Why does God create children who are physically or mentally imperfect? Why does he allow them to die? Why do bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people? It all seems so unfair — to us. I have theories for many things, but I wouldn’t preach them. I do believe He has a plan, and I believe His ways are beyond our understanding.

  I look at this life as a test of sorts for us. I can’t take your test for you and you can’t take mine. We each have to seek out our own salvation “with fear and trembling” (meaning be deadly serious in your search). If you do only that, you’ll have your hands full. Perhaps I’ve overlooked some scripture, but I don’t recall any instructions to judge other people, homosexuals included — that’s God’s job. I’ll let them take their own tests and wish them all the best.

  The point I was making about gay adoption, however, was a matter of civil liberties and law rather than moral values. Missy has said that she would never want any of her children to be raised by gays, and that’s her right to feel that way. I just see it differently. I have a family member who is lesbian, and she is as close to me as either of my children. She frequently watches my grandchild to give me a break, and I’d have no problem with her raising any child if she so chooses — mine included, if they weren’t already grown. When people such as Sarah insinuate she is “less than” by grouping her with perverts, it tends to make me angry. People are allowed to have their own set of moral values, ignorant or not, but they should not be allowed to force them on others. Every person’s “rights” should end where someone else’s begin…

  • Very well said.
    Please note that most gay people have been raised by straight couples. They were born gay. Just how we are born who we are; so are they. There are many kids that need homes and why would you deny them a loving home? Yes everyone has their values and morals. Preaching hate is not spreading God’s love .Glad there’s people out there that step outside of the “box” and make their own assesements about what’s right or wrong.

  • Very well said.
    Please note that most gay people have been raised by straight couples. They were born gay. Just how we are born who we are; so are they. There are many kids that need homes and why would you deny them a loving home? Yes everyone has their values and morals. Preaching hate is not spreading God’s love .Glad there’s people out there that step outside of the “box” and make their own assessments about what’s right or wrong.

• Heard on TV yesterday that the octomom has indeed signed a contract to do a reality show. They say it will be a combination of they mega-family type shows (they mentioned the success of J&K+8) with shows like “The Bachelorette” where she’ll look for love… or at least a daddy for her kids… Made me wonder what she’ll give out in place of the rose — perhaps a uterus??

  Sorry, it made me laugh and I had to share…

  • I saw that Maris, I was cracking up…Who in their right mind would want to participate in a Bachelorette style show? But who in thier right mind participates in any of those shows?

    I don’t know about you, but I know I will check it out….tells you how sick in the head I am…LOL

    AI – Adam is on a run…This kid is amazing to me.

• Ok, guys, where is everybody? Do I need t shake things up? Lets talk about car insurance! Wouldn’t the right thing to do is if a person can afford car insurance let them carry full coverage if they wish instead of making everyone carry liability? Seems to me it is an attempt for the government to generate revenue. With people loosing their jobs, how are they going to ever get a new job if they can’t drive. So how are they going to drive if they can’t afford car insurance? And how are they going to be able to afford car insurance if they don’t have transportation to go find a job? Seems like a no win situation. I’ve seen on TV that police have a new computer program that will be able to tell by your license plate if you have insurance or not. Here in Texas, if you get pulled over without car insurance you are immediately arrested and your vehicle is impounded and you are fined out the ying yang! They also do a residence search to see if you have anyone living in your home that is old enough to drive. My two middle children are severely dyslexic. Stephen is 18 now and we just started getting to drive. We held him back from driving and made him take drivers education. Our insurance, however, went up when he turned 16 although he was not allowed to drive. Samantha turns 16 next year and our insurance will go up again. Just for our liability, our insurance is $1500. Every six months. I buy it by the year or six months because you can get an additional discount. So, what do all of you think?

  • CAR INSURANCE…The blog isn’t that slow BD!!

    I do agree with you though. I hate that I have to pay additional premiums for “underinsured” or ‘Noninsured” motorists. It’s also very strict here in AZ. I thank my lucky stars that our kids are grown and on their own. I couldn’t imagine what our rates would be with 5 boys.

    I also hate that they base premiums on your credit rating. Especially now in today’s economy. They say that the worse your credit is the more likely you will be careless driving?????!!!!! WTH

• Me too, Cin — I will definitely check out the octomom show! Can’t imagine what kind of guy she’ll attract. A Brad Pitt wannabe??

  And Adam Lampert is amazing!! He just blows me away every week! If he doesn’t win, I say the whole thing is fixed (and I really don’t think it is). So, this season is like a race for second place… Do you blog on the AI site? There were some really PO’ed people when they ran long last week and their DVRs didn’t catch Adam’s performance — and I don’t blame them. Sorry to any Paula fans, but if she would shut up and stay in her seat, they could stay on schedule. The way she and Simon carry on is so rude!! These kids are singing their hearts out, the other judges are trying to give them advice, and Simon is coloring a mustache on Paula! Sheesh, get a room already…

  Car insurance?? Expensive, boring, but I guess it’s at least safe to talk about. Guess I was getting too far “out there” with my opinions… Big Daddy, liability is to cover the other drivers on the road, and I think it’s pretty much mandatory in all 50 states. I think I remember paying even more than you when my son started driving. I didn’t know they based it on your credit!! That’s just wrong…

  • I didn’t get to watch AI live last week, so I knew about what happened before I watched it and was able to see Adam on youtube performing. I would have been pissed if I was Adam, talk about being unfair. You would think that they would have aired his performance on the following night when they announced the results. Not everyone has computers or the know how on finding his performance on line. I’ve looked at the AI site, but have never blogged on it yet.

    I might not have liked that Meagan girl, but that is one thing she did do correct. She sang in the judges faces so they couldn’t goof around while she was singing. She called it by saying how rude they were.

    I don’t think you were getiing ‘to far out there’ with your opinions. Maybe because I agree with you regarding the gay community. I was so tired when I was reading the posts last week, there was no way I even wanted to expend any energy getting involved in the debate.

    Have you ever heard the saying “He is so ignorant he doesn’t even know what he doesn’t know”? A business mentor of mine taught me that many years ago. So I try to keep an open mind, it’s amazing what you can learn, good and bad, by listening first. I too have had family members and close friends that are gay. I have absouletely no problem with their sexual choices and do believe that it is not a choice.

    One male gay friend of mine once made a comment on how the thought of being bisexual was SICK!! The thought of having sex with a women was also sick to him…The only thing that seemed “normal” to him was being a homosexual. Just like a lot of people think that homsexuality is “sick” he thought the opposite. Clearly not a choice.

    I think this Octomom show will be something else. It’s like the damage has already been done (choosing to have 8 babes and umemployed).One way or the other the public will be supporting those children, we might as well be entertained by it. It sounds like they want to narrow in on Nadya herself instead of the children. Kind of like a Anna Nicole show. I watched her a few times just to see if what I was hearing was true. Not a surprise that her life ended the way it did. Also watched a little of Ozzie Osbourne for laughs.

    It’s the nature of the beast. Sensational headlines occur and we watch and say “wow” talk about screwed up people. I’m guilty LOL

    And yeah, car insurance is now also based on your credit score among other things. Also a lot of employers are now using your credit score to judge on whether you would be a good employee or not. I think that is hogwash also. Luckly I’ve got a pretty good score, but what about all the people who might have bad credit due to medical bills, or a layoff.

    Big Daddy loves to throw things out here. Some of the things he has brought up I’ve never given a lot of thought to or maybe never really debated about. I’ve always figured “to each his own”. So this new ‘blogging’ thing is quite new to me.

• Guess what? Someone on another site called me a stud! Koodoes to them! Since it is sooooo slow here since J&K has no new episodes. Lets talk about stupid shit that our kids have done. Tonight my kids, wife and Mother in law went to the Grocery store to get stuff for Easter. Maxine, my wife, hahaha, asked if there is anything else that they needed. My son, Adam said he needed some new boxes! My wife said what? He said boxes!!!!! He meant boxers! Underwear! My wife said, “ I don’t think they sell those at the grocery store! “ He is so cute! I don’t know what it is with his physical make up, but, no matter what he wears he always has a butt crack! No matter what underwear, pant or whatever! Perhaps he was meant to be a Union Man? He is so funny!!!!! What has your kids done that was funny?

• Good one stud muffin…LOL

  Let me see, for me it has to be my grandkids….My oldest is 5 yrs, lets call him B.

  I called him one night to chat. His Mom answered the phone and I say “Is B there”. She is yelling and I cannot understand a word she is saying, but B comes to the phone crying “Gramma, Gramma, help me, my mommie is TRYING TO MURDER ME” I was laughing so hard….I said “B, your mommie loves you she would never murder you”. He states “Gramma, my mommie just came home from work and I didn’t put my video games away, you need to talk to her and straighten her out”.

  The same grandson also informed me that he wanted candy and toys for Easter, but his brother (who’s 1-1/2 yrs old) wanted a “bible”. I asked him if he wanted a bible also. He told me no that he already had one that’s why he needed candy and toys, but his brother needed a bible because he doesn’t have one yet.

  Got to love them…..I’m 2000 miles away from them so it’s rough sometimes.

  • I talked to my oldest daughter a couple of hours ago. They live in Bell Mead next to Waco. They were playing dominos at her brother-in-laws house. I was on the phoe with her when the police showed up! Someone had called and complained about the music being too loud! I asked her if everyone put their teeth in before the police came to the door! She said “HU?”

    This is the same daughter who’s hot water went out about a year ago in their HOUSE! She called the neighbor and asked them if they had any hot water! hahahahaha We will NEVER let her live that down!

• Hey guys. I’m back from the worst week of work ever.
  I have enjoyed, as usual, reading all your blogs. I love the “kids say the cutest things”. I don’t have any grandchildren yet. I’m so jealous.
  My only son isn’t married yet, plus he just broke up with his girlfriend after 6 years, so now he’s single again.
  He was a real character when he was little. One time my husband was out in front of our house, my son was around 4 at the time. He called for my son to come outside and my son replied, “I can’t Dad, I’m watching Goofy The Sex Story”. He meant The Goofy Success Story.
  The best all time “goof”, (ha ha), When he was little he called hippo’s, “pitminises”. My friend was with us at a McDonalds, she had on a shirt with two hippos on it. (She was pregnant at the time), he asked her very loudly in front of dozens of people. “Let me see your two pits”. Very funny indeed. All my friend could muster to say was, “what did he say”. Never forgot those two.
  Have a great weekend!

• My youngest daughter who is 10 now. When she was 5 ish had a stuffed dinosaur toy that had sparkles on it. She decided to name it Sparkle the Dinosaur. She couldn’t say Sparkle however. I don’t know why but somehow when she would say Sparkle, it would come out fucker! Fucker the dinosaur. It was pretty funny around our friends. We would have her tell them what her toys name was. Their eyes would always get as big around as saucers! It wasn’t so funny out in public! She would always carry that thing around with her. And she would talk to it and about it! Comer here fucker! Have you seen fucker? Where is fucker! She still asks why we had her tell people its name. She doesn’t know what it sounded like!

• Oh, you guys have me laughing too hard! Kids and animals, they make for the best stories and pics because there’s no phoney factor, just hilarious but honest truth!

  Here’s one of my favs… My mother had a mastectomy when my son was just a toddler, and he was just fascinated by her silicone bra insert! (a future boob man??) She tried explaining what it was and called it her “tittie”, but if she didn’t keep it put away when she wasn’t wearing it, she’d have to retrieve it out of his toy box at her house! Well, I was getting ready for work one afternoon while he was running around in my bedroom, and he was proud to be “helping” me. He was gathering items he knew I’d need. He said “Here mommy, here’s your bra…” I thanked him, and he started looking around in earnest and said “Now where’s your titties?” I had to laugh and tell him “Mommy doesn’t have any, dear…” We still joke about it at times.

  Since you all know now that I’m a size “wanna-B” I’ll add another story that still sends my daughter into hysterical laughter. She was grown, maybe 20 or so, when my grandmother passed away. She lived in another town, and my daughter and I were the only ones who could go. Well, I’m not a “dress” person (prefer jeans, t-shirts, scrubs, and pj’s) so I had to go buy an appropriate dress for the funeral. I found one that looked very nice except that I couldn’t quite fill out the top. The sales lady suggested a “miracle bra” and it did make the dress look much better, so that’s what I had. Later at my father’s house, my daughter and I were getting ready, fixing each other’s hair, etc., and she saw me for the first time wearing the dress. She complimented me saying “Oh, that really looks nice on you!” Then she added “You know what really would have made it look a little better? If you’d have gotten one of those miracle bras.” I looked at her stone-faced a few moments and quietly said “I’m wearing one.” She turned beet red and started trying to apologize, but she kept breaking out in laughter! Tears were rolling down her face, mascara running, while she simultaneously tried to say “I’m so sorry…” in a serious tone and suppress her laughter! Oh Lord, it went on so long I thought we weren’t going to get to the funeral on time… Then I was afraid that she would lose it again during the service… Guess I should insert here that my g-mother had like 10,000 grandkids and we weren’t really terribly close, but still I’d never want to go to her funeral just to have my daughter crack-up laughing! Oh well, those are a couple of my stories….

  Who’s next?? ‘Fess up, you guys!!

  • LOL, my sister and I even tried one of those “water bras” from victoria secrets…..I joke with people now that I have 1 and 1-3/4 boobs (from my lumpectomy). After my surgery a girl at work was asking questions about my surgery. So I showed her my “boob”, and told her that they did a great job with surgery and that I never felt a need to have a reconstruction. I showed her that one boob was just a little smaller than the other. SHe lifted up her shirt, pulled down her bra and said, “Heck Cin, mine are crooked like that and it’s natural”. Again I laughed

• OMG My husband thinks I’m crazy I’m laughing so hard!!

  BD reminded me of another one. The same grandchild was about 2-3 years old and we were visiting him in Cleveland. His mom asked him if he wanted to watch a movie. So she asked “what movie do you want to see, dora the explorer, spongebob, spiderman, nickelodeon, bugs bunny, she listed like 20 movies. He looked at her and said “I dont’ care, just put in a fucking movie”. My eyes got huge and I was like “Did I hear that right?” Needless to say his dad spanked his little butt, and made him apologize to his mom and me for using language like that. I had to leave the room I was laughing so hard.

  I wonder where he heard that from?

  • Oh, my side’s hurting now!! That “just put in a fucking movie” is one of those spew coffee on the computer screen moments! Art Linkletter would have quite a job with today’s “kids say the DAMNEST things” wouldn’t he??

• Cable and internet were out so my daughter and I were on the couch, both reading, with her laying sort of on top of me in a funny way. I asked her, “do you think people would laugh if they saw how were were reading right now?” and she said, “Yeah, if we were in clown costumes!”

  Another time her dad and I were joking around. he called me a knucklehead, I threatened to give him a knuckle-sandwich, our toddler, at the time, looked very confused and then said, “I’m wearing a knuckle shirt.”

  • That is so adorable!! Don’t you just love the way children’s minds work?! They’re a fascinating study…

    btw, I love your name! I’m trying to talk hubby into letting me get another dog. If I succeed, I’d like permission to name it “snarkie” after you!!

    • Big Daddy is the one to credit. I was just TVSnark but he made my name so much more friendly sounding!!

• This is a scream. You guys are cracking me up. I see we have a new friend. Welcome TVnsarkie.
  Here’s another one from our archives. My husband and son, again around 4, were in the local grocery store. A few cops came in. My son said loudly to my husband, “look dad Cops. Good thing we didn’t steal anything”. My husband said they all turned and glared at my husband.
  Another time I was in a department store. My little boy vanished for a minute, found him with his pants down looking at his butt in a three way mirror near the dressing room. Thank God I got to him before anyone saw that. This same child once asked me when the 4th of July was. The sad part is, he was in high school at the time. No wonder he’s still living at home. Hey, I love em.
  Keep em coming guys, this is too much fun.

  • Oh God, you’ve got to stop, Jules!! I’m still laughing at this!! (I think I peed a little!)

• Your right Jules…great to laugh like this on a Sat morning (afternoon). I need to go get some grocery shopping done, sorry to leave, but I will be back!! LOL This has got me thinking back to the “good ole days”, I’ll see what else comes to mind…do the same.

• Oh my, I was just reading some of the posts on the other Evil Beet, and our own Big Daddy is having a tiff with anonymous,Heather,Bob, Kelly, Katherine,rachel. Mind you they must all be the same person, and this moron doesn’t realize you can tell when it is. They’re changing the name but not the email, so it’s always the same icon face. This person, (who knows what gender), is even congratulating themselves on opinions.
  You go Big Daddy, go after that schizophrenic. Whew try spelling that last one.

  • OMG, I had to use gooooogle on that word! And yes, as Cinoda can testify, I know they are the same person. She also goes by Lisa on another site. I actually know even more about her.

  • Don’t look now Jules, but BD is really fired up on the other site!!!!!!OH MY!!

  • if you put in a different email, or no email, I believe it goes to the default avatar

    • test test

• Hey Cin, you mentioned once that you watch “House” and that one of the doctors (Kal Penn, I believe) died on the show. I saw yesterday that he’s been given a post in the Obama cabinet. Just a bit of trivia for ya…

• Hey Maris, I heard about that too. Maybe Obama will hire the Octomom and put her over Homeland Fertility! haha I’m telling yawll, you need to watch Bones! it’s a really really good show! It wasn’t when it first started but now it is GREAT!

  Here’s one. I was taking My youngest daughter to the store with me. There was a car in the wrong lane driving toward us. I said “Oh Shit!” For the next 3 months all she would say is “Yoshee”!!! Constantly! Yoshee, Yoshee, Yoshee. Thank goodness I was the only one that knew what she was saying! I just ignored her and eventually she stopped! Just shows you, you have to watch what you say around kids!

  I try not to use bad language around my kids but I do say freaking a lot. My youngest son will get made at his sister and tell her to just freaking do it! I guess I’ve got to break myself from that now. It sounds cute but I know its just a step away from bigger and badder things!

• Jullianne,
  I’m rachel and i’m not having a tiff with Bd on the other site. Not sure what you are talking about.

  • Didn’t know if you are the same Rachel or not. I hoped that you weren’t but that is a common name. I’m sorry and would like to extend my apology if it wasn’t you. I tried to take the higher ground but one can only take so much! Sorry again for what I said and for butting in to your reply to Jullianne!

• The mystery of the same face continues. And the C word was used?
  Wow. If that’s a different Rachel, my apologies. But it’s still the same face.
  Just saw Yes Man with Jim Carrey. You either love em or hate em.
  Love him here. The movie is kind of over the top, but some real funny scenes in it. Especially in a part where his old lady neighbor pays him back for putting up shelves. Can’t really explain any more, except that she takes her teeth out for it. Hysterical.
  Yes, that schitzo word was a doosey. Thank God my husband went to Catholic school, he’s the only one who can spell around here.
  Happy Easter, and or Passover to everyone.

  • Can’t always be sure who’s who on these blogs, but I’ve got to put in my two cents worth on behalf of Rachel. That pink, frowning face avitar, if you’ll notice, is always beside the “anonymous” comments, and I’ve seen it by others who do list their screen name. It even came up by one of my comments once when I forgot to type in my email address, and I promise I’m not any of those people. I think it may be some kind of “default” avitar. Also, I’ve seen another “Rachel” and also a couple of “Rachael” and even another “Maris” (which is why I can’t claim that name and put my own pic selection with it). So, I say innocent until proven guilty…

• Yes, everyone, once again, I used the “C” word. So, those of you that I do consider friends, I’m sorry if I offended any of you in any way. I make no apologies for it except to you.

  I’ll have to watch “Yes Man” now. I saw that it was on PPV. I like some comedy. I’m really more into Scifi and Science & Technology shows. NCIS, Bones, Stargate “all of them” , Star Trek “all of them”, Dr. Who, Fire Fly etc… Can’t wait to see the day the Earth Stood still. Would have like to see it at the movies but I had to go see “Bolt”, about the little white cartoon dog! So, now that its out on DVD I’m going to see it ASAP.

  Here is one for you. With all of the cooking last night for Easter and my wife not getting home from work until after 11pm. We forgot to put out the kids stuff from the Easter Bunny. My 10 year old found it this morning in our closet when she went to get my shoes for me. She said, “what is all of this doing in here?” We told her that the Easter Bunny must have been afraid to go into your rooms because the dog was in the house! Quick thinking on my wifes part.

  Now, for J&K Did you hear about Jon getting a new Sports Car. I read it on another site.

• Well it’s not me. First, I very rarely comment on the other site, 2nd I never use that word, and third I don’t have any issues with
  BD. And if I did I’d get the sista’s to help me. Especially Maris!

  From,
  Rachel (one of the sistas)

  • why are you guys saying “the other site”? Do you just mean the evil beat site, just just specifically the John/Kate threat?

    • They can call it what ever they want! We know what they are talking about. And by the way, it is called a ‘THREAD” not a “THREAT” although they could be seen that way.

• That would have been fine. The “Sistas” have more class than that and would have never have said those things to begin with.

  You guys have to watch this. It little kids.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWmISaz-pk

• Jon’s new sportscar.

  http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e3nEDa-UvhM/Sd-Sl2woRqI/AAAAAAAAQNI/tHDq-tCnI-o/s1600-h/cuntmobile.jpg

  • that’s a porshe!! I think……

  • No, not a porche. That’s either a Niessan G35 Infinity or a 350Z, maybe even the new 370Z, year either ’09 or ’10. Definitely a nice car either way.

• How was everyone’s Easter?
  Rachel, I now understand that the face in question pops up for anyone not using an email address, so sorry.
  Yes Big Daddy, try to get Yes Man on PPV. That’s where I saw it from.
  There’s another scene with a fly, that has us all cracking up.
  So you’re a Si fi guy. I heard The Day the Earth Stood Still, stunk. Not even half as good as the original, which I thought was brilliant for it’s day.
  But to each his own, maybe my critic was too harsh. You’ll have to let me know.
  Speaking of si fic, I have the Killer Cold From Outer Space. I’ve literally been walking around my house sneezing all day, or feeling like I have to sneeze. And my nose will not stop running. Work should be fun tomorrow. There’s no way I can call out sick, we’re short handed, plus the regional manager of the financial institution where I work, told us point blank on Thursday, that “we’re all lucky to have a job, since there are millions of qualified unemployed people ready to take them if we screw up at all. Isn’t that just lovely. Is that legal? This all came about because he called the office and a very part time employee, who was having a bad day/attitude told him all these complaints about it. She’s the laziest one there, plus she’s always late or calls out. So he came in and told us all that. Sorry this is so boring. I’ll stop now.
  And now for some Jon and Kate news. Ahhh, glad to hear Jon’s getting a sports car!

  • No Jules, its not boaring at all! I know exactally what you mean. It is usually the lazy ones that call in sick all of the time that do the most complaining. They do it in order to cover for themselves. “The first priority of the guilty person is to misdirect attention.” I worked in the public for YEARS and I pretty much learned a saying for each problem. I don’t know about everywhere else, but I do know that in Texas there is a right to work law, which basically means they can fire you for ANY reason. I have noticed that, around here, everyone says, “oh everyone is loosing their jobs” but there are NOW HIRING signs everywhere. And everywhere we go there are new employees, especially in restaurants. They give horriable service because of no experience. So I think they are fiering anyone who has been at a job long enough to have accumulated any kind of pay decent pay rate and hiring in new people off of the street in order to lower their overall rate per hour. Thats just here though. At my old job we were constantly threatened. They would day, IF YOU CAN’T DO IT WE WILL FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL! Business are still trying to achieve increases in sales to show a profit to their stock holders but they can’t do it when everyone keeps firing people so that they don’t have any money to spend to give them the increase in sales. So they are trying to cut all of the fat that they can!

    Anyway, I liked the old version of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” also. I also find that I like a lot of shows that critics didn’t. I’ll try to watch it today if its in the movie box at the store when I go to buy groceries.

• Here is what the story of the sports car said.

  Jon Gosselin’s birthday was April 1 and look what his hard working kids got him, it’s a$40,000, two seater sports car, how generous of them.

  There is speculation out there that, Jon received the car as a “present” to stay on for another season of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8”. Oh my, Kate and the producers must have been really desperate for the show to go on.

  Jon was against continuing the show for another season, but was out voted, or maybe he was just out maneuvered. He and Kate were quoted saying, “we’re together”.

  Hmmm, when was the interview done and when exactly did the car come along?

  Why does he need a two-seater? Has he completely lost his identity among Kate and the children? If so, then this is the way to get it back, I guess. A car that screams, look at me, look at me, I am somebody.

  Poor guy!

  • Only a man who is very “small” needs to drive a car like that.

• I’m very “small”! ! Can I get one too? You would have to be small to just fit in a car like that! haha Oh, to have his troubles! Have yawll ever noticed that it is people who whine and complain like Jon and the Person who Jules was complaining about that everyone else complains about but seem to get everything handed to them on a silver platter? Is that not backwards?

• Does anybody know what Jon& Kate’s show is about next sunday?

  • They are doing an episode on “going green” and having solar panels put on the roof of their house.

  • Going Green! It is a one hour special. Yay for us. I know I am tivo-ing it.

    I love this blog site. It is my first one too. So Big Daddy you should be honored another virgin pops to you. You all are so entertaining and fun. I love to read about it all. The “drive bys” that get so pissed and hate that this is used for other comments are just a hoot. Anyway, I have been reading this blog for about three months, but just now decided to write. I live in Utah! That’s right, the place Jon loves to ski. It is gorgeous here. I live about 45 min. from where Jon bought the condo. My kids ski and snow board, I am so out of shape that I don’t, but they go with their dad alot. Anyway please be gentle with me since this is my first time. I work 7days on 7 days off and tomorrow is my last day of 7 on so I may not be heard from until next week. I don’t have internet at my house. I will try to read up and respond if I need to.

    Big Daddy, my mom is from Leslie Ark and my dad is from Marshall Tx and they met in Southern California, got married and eventually moved to Utah.

    Small world huh? Thought you would like that.

    • Hi, Holly, great to hear from you! You need to chat more when you get a chance. I could use some help!!!! I don’t know where Leslie Ark is but I will look it up. I have been to Marshall Tx many many many times. When I was younger, a buddy of mine and I went to something like the Lousiana Hayride there. When one woman got off of stage she was crying because we were laughing at her so much! good times! Isn’t that where they have the annual “FIRE ANT FESTIVAL”?

• Ack. I have very little time to even read EB these days, and so a BIG HHEEELLLOOOOOOO!!! to all.
  My comment is on the “going green” episode, and it sticks in my craw.
  Solar panels are sooo ridiculously expensive, and according to our realtor, and friend, it would take 20 years to pay them off ( and by expensive, I mean 20K and up) I was hoping for a run down memory lane, since I finally got cable ! !Hip Hip Hooray! I really would like to see a show about how the family ties have changed, for better or worse, with all the gossip out there now, it would be great to see a “real” epsiode again, and in the beginning, they seemed real.

• Forgot something…

  Maris, I really liked the comment you made about the “tittie”. My mom had a mastectomy and one day the UPS guy came to our house and my brother told him he had to wait at the door until mama gots her boobies on straight. He nearly fell over laughing. I was mortified. We went to Myrtle Beach that summer and she got a tee shirt with fried eggs airbrushed on them, and she never wore those boobies again. LOL

• Great stories bun!!

  From: rachel (sista)

  • I never went to the beach with her again. She is a “shoot from the hip” kind of mom. But when you little, that kind of humor gets you sitting alone in the linch room at school. She was just in your face about it. When she stopped wearing them, she was a better person, from that moment on. SHe was just herself again. And proclaimed to be the president of the now-defunct Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

    • grrr. LUNCH room. sigh.

• My son was in 5th grade and got the “talk”. My mother-in-law was visiting from New York and asked my son what he had been learning in school. He said that he learned he had to wear a condo so that he wouldn’t get ADD. We’ve never laughed so hard. He still gets upset when we remind him. :)

• do any of you know J&Ks email??? if you do please tell me it

• 2GOLDNES, As far as I have been able to determine, you have to go thru the TLC site. Then they will screen and forward it on to them. It wouldn’t be humanly possable for them to read all of the emails that they would get every day. Jon would never have time to drive his new car.

  Love the way that Maris is now a “car expert” on top of everyting else. Maybe she would put on her “Wonder Bra” and take Jon for a ride in his new Porche?

  When the younges daughter was about to be born we were trying to come up with a name. We only thought it fair to ask our other kids if they had any suggestions for names. My oldest son was 8 and loved “Beast Wars”, a cartoon….. His suggestion was “Scorpia”! We laughed so hard! She is 10 years old now and he is 18, we occassionally call her Scorpia just to mess with them both.

  • I never claimed to be a car expert, smart ass. My son just happens to drive a Nissan 350Z and it looks similar. And no (before you make a comment that will get you in trouble), I don’t think it’s because of his anatomy. He’s just a young man with a good job and a nice car, no real responsibilities except for himself, not having a mid-life crisis…

    • RRRrraaarrr, hisssss hisssssssss!!!!!!

    • You know, Big Daddy, what exactly IS it with you that you seem to think you have the market cornered on feeling slighted?? Is it because you get insulted more than anyone else?? You come on here with a diatribe (your new word) because someone said something about one of your kids, but if I try to warn you in advance not to do the same to me, I get this “rraarr, hisss” shit?? You’ve told us all what a real man you are — so you can feel free to focus on something besides being a royal dick!!

    • Get you panties out of a wad! It was a freaking joke!

• Ashamed to say, but while I was pregnant, I grew a whisker…on my chin, so my middle boy declares at supper one night…”look, moma is a wally( he didn’t know how to say wooly) manmoth. So for Halloween, I dressed like the bearded lady from the circus. Cured that, real quick, now I asked him what mommy is and he says..you are thin and beautiful, like top model. he gets a dollar everytime.

  • Oh, you must be pretty young.

    I’m so sorry to tell you this but there will be many more whiskers in your future.

• OMG! Do I have to start recording the reruns again? As I recall, the woman, what ever her name was, was cute but she wasn’t very realistic. The little “buckets” she utilized wouldn’t have even been effective for a family of one! With 10 people in the house hold? I don’t think so. I think even Jon said something about it later. It would have been fine but they should have use 55 gallon trashcans! As for her, I’d let her come clean my house.

• P.S.. If she wanted to go “green’ while cleaning my house I would have shown her the shower! Theres plenty of green in there! hahahaaha just kidding!

• I Just watched Australia . Great show! I would recommend it to anyone. I think I will stay away for awhile. Apparently everyone with ovaries on this site is on the rag. So I’m Gonareaha! Tired of being sniped at all of the time.

• O-kay… Look, Big Daddy, you “sniped” first by implying that as a woman, I couldn’t possibly know anything about cars, and that I was touting myself as a “car expert” — which I was not. When I replied to explain why I thought Jon’s car was a Nissan, I was keeping in mind the remarks about sports cars and lacking anatomy. I thought you’d surely pick up on that and make some remark about my son, which would inevitably irritate me, so I looked to avoid that. Your retort of “rreeaarr hisss” was as if to say I was merely testy and not really making any point.

  You constantly say you want to stir things up, get a fight going, but are very quick to anger when you feel people get out of bounds with such things as your kids. Well, my kids are important to me too, and I didn’t want you saying something “cute” that I would find hurtful, so I got a little sassy. Now you say MY panties are in a wad?? Hell, if things aren’t going exactly the way you want them to, your boxers are on a journey to your esophogus.

  I don’t often do this, so I hope you enjoy. I concede. Yep, I give up. I’ve grown weary of having fights instead of discussions about practically everything. If I have to be your friend on your terms only, it isn’t worth it. So have at it, the blog’s all yours now…

  To everyone else, you’ve been a great bunch of people and I’ve enjoyed knowing you. I wish you all the best of everything, and I’ll try to check in from time to time to say hello. It just won’t be my first order of business, and I hope you understand.

  Now I’m off to write a $%@#!! check to the government for taxes, which (as Big Daddy would have known if he’d been paying attention to someone’s feelings besides his own) is the reason I was irritable in the first place…

  J&K moment… go brown, go orange, go purple, go white or black, go irredescent green, I don’t really much care. They’re rich enough now to do whatever they want. Hope they have a nice life…

  • The comment about the freaking CAR was just a FREAKING JOKE! Thus the Reaaarr Hiiiss comment! Good Lord, I wasn’t “IMPLYING” anything. And I don’t give a damn about my freaking spelling!!! And you cant leave becuse “IM” leaving first! So NA!

• Your a class act Maris! This blog will be boring without you. I’ve pretty much checked out too. Got sick of the same B.S.

  You will be missed Sista! :(
  Rach

  • I’m out…. Can’t deal with the weirdness/scaryness.

    Peace.

    Rachel, Take care, I’ll catch you on another blog. This one went off the deep end.
    Maris, you are a peach.
    Missy, I wish my g-mom was you.

• I think “Maris” needs to go read the older blogs on the other site and see “who” has been taking up for nurses “on her behalf”! And, sorry, people on here can not read you mind and tell that something else is bothering you. Sorry you have to pay the *!@#$%^ goverment money but jeez!

• i cant find the email what is it????

• Anonymous, shut the hell up, go back to your rock you have been living under, Maris may not say any thing to you but I sure the hell will, who the hell do you think you are? you are a nobody, and Maris was not expecting anyone to read her mind, but the regulars on here know each other well and usually are very respectful, and people like you scum bucket come on here and tare things up,
  you can say what ever you want but when you go getting mouthy with Maris then you will have the rest of us on your ass to,
  Don’t like what is said, don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya,

• Bun, thank you sweetie for your thoughtful words, that was so heartfelt, just want you to know that, know that really did touch my heart,
  I am so sorry that Maris and Rachel, You said you won’t be around anymore, Coastal mom is gone and so am I , not sure what happened to our blog, we were having some good times here and there, made some good friends and “Sista’s” love ya all and hope to stay in touch, lets at least drop by once in awhile to say hi. or if any of you want my e-mail ask evil beet and she will get it for you, I’ll be fine with that, again thanks, and ((((((((hugs to my “Sista’s”))))))))))))))

  Sorry I was out of town and didn’t get in on telling kids jokes, or should I say jokes about the kids, I loved your stories tho, keeps grandma laughing ha,ha,

• Maris, I know I haven’t been part of the sisterhood for long. In fact, I once sayed that I would have never blogged here if I would have read the things from Dec and Jan before. Those seemed to be the “worst” of the “worst” times here.

  From BD’s remark “Love the way that Maris is now a “car expert” on top of everyting else. Maybe she would put on her “Wonder Bra” and take Jon for a ride in his new Porche?”

  I took that as a compliment!!!!Maybe I have a sick sense of humor? Maris, we are ALWAYS saying and complimenting you on how you handle yourself and your words. So yeah, ‘the car expert’ was his sense of humor, but the ‘wonder bra’ I didn’t take as a slam being a women, I took it as being like “wonderwomen” BD can be something else at times, but I do think their are a few of us that has his number, and that includes you. I’m not trying to stick my nose in your business, just wanted to give you my opinion and wish you the best. If there are other factors in your decision, no need to explain.

  I hope you have a change of heart….I know taxes are a bitch. We just paid our fair share and my hubby is laid off. Hope you were having a bad day and will reconsidor your options. If you already have considered them, I will miss you <>:(

• I wont’t put MY name on here but Ive been monitoring these blogs for quite some time. I get the biggest kick out of the people that call themeselves Bun-in-in -the -oven, big daddy, Maris, cindoa and missy…….. I can tell they are friends…….. I love to read their blogs….. If they are not going to be one here there is no reason for me to come back here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know BD wasnt perfect but neather was anybody else……………. But BD, MARIS, CINODA AND BUN are the ones that kept me cuming back… So, i hope that charlotte, lisa and heather are happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why dont you go somewhere else and blog? you have ruined this one!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Hello, everyone. I do appreciate all of you watching our show! I have read your comments and find them very interesting. We are a Christian family. I try to raise our children with a strong moral center as best as I can. I am not perfect, as no one is. I know that I will make mistakes and hope that you, as our television family, will forgive us when we make them. I appreciate your opinions and I do take them to heart. I hope that Maris, Big Daddy, Missy, Bun-in -the-oven and Cinoda do return. They seem like fine people with opinions that I respect.

  • i like your show & your children are so cute .why does hannah has redish looking hair but don’t get me wrong she is the cuteist one you have. and collin is fine.and maddy is meanist of them.why is she so mean ?can you email me a pic of them know i watch you show all the time i haven’t seen them sence you moved in your new home .well i don’t care what any one says .compare 2 my mother but my mom is the wonderful lady .you remind me of her when she only had 3 girls but only thing is we didn’t have our in our father like your kids does. keep up the gooooooood work

  • Whats your email i want to email you so i can tell u some stuff

• Hello out there. Cinoda? Are you still on here? Wow, I haven’t been on all week, (computer problems), and now I see that BD and Maris may not be coming back. What’s new with you? I haven’t seen Missy on here neither. What’s going on? The last time I was posting was all about kids say the cutest things. I’m kind of shocked. Well I hope everyone is okay.

• Jules, My friend there you are!!!!!!

  Yeah, my oh my how things can change in a week. I guess that’s why we need to live each day to its fullest. I’m not quite sure what happened, but only know that last Saturday was a wonderful day sharing with friends and laughing our troubles away, and now 1 week later friends are no longer friends and I don’t think anybody is laughing about it. I’ve got some speculations as to what happened, but it’s not my place to say, especially if I am incorrect.

  So it looks like its us for now……I think I have your email from a joke that BD sent me. I’ll drop you a note tomorrow (Sat).

  I’m so glad you’re still here!!!!!!!!!!! <>

• Hello “Sista’s” I was gone also and came back to an empty of friends site, (heart breaking) I too think I assume what was the problem, by just reading a few post but not sure, I just know I am sorry about all of it,
  we were having so much fun, and I really do miss everyone, but some times some ppl come on here and start in on spelling,grammer and how we put or lack of sentencing and it’s sad, I say so what? we can all make mistakes and it’s a blog. As long as I can understand what is being said, I mean we all know how to structure a sentence but when your in a hurry and want to get a point across we make mistakes, at least I do, I am not a good typer,
  Hopefully Maris will come back and Bun,
  But as Cin said about reading some old comments, ppl can be very mean, I left once to, but I have seen newbies on here torn to shreads by what I call (drive by bloggers) for the way they spell or write, or have a drive by say the same ole BS “I thought this was about J&K?” or “you all need to get a life”

  So to the anonymous on April 16, hang around maybe we can get up to speed again,
  And who ever is writing as Kate Gosselin, nah, don’t think so.
  Jules and Cin hope you have a great week end, and you can get my e-mail from BD or Maris also, I got an e-mail for someone from asking evil beet, so please e-mail me if you want to, I’d love to share with you also, for now your thought of often and in my prayers.
  As Cin says we never know what tomorrow holds so it’s best to be on good terms today,
  Bun-in-oven if you read this, know I am thinking of you.
  Love ya Maris, hope to hear from ya soon.

• Hi Missy, Cin, Jules, and whoever’s left… or coming back…

  Well, seems I need to offer an explanation, even if it’s not in-depth. The tax thing was about #6 on a list of 25+ things that went wrong all in one day. I know you all have those days, and they aren’t “hormonal” necessarily, although sometimes they are. I blew up at BD (yes, I over-reacted) and I’ve apologized to him. He admitted he was pretty freaked out, so I don’t know if he’ll be back or not. Before this, he would send me instant messages and we’d chat outside of this blog. I had dropped some hints that a couple of problems were bothering me, and (like a typical man) he totally missed them. I shouldn’t be surprised since the men in my real life didn’t see I was stressed either. Like BD, they were caught in the fall-out zone as well. Anyway, tax day is over for another year and the other problems are working themselves out, so I’ve missed you all and hope you’ll forgive my insane nuclear explosion.

  Missy, the “anonymous” from 4/16 and “Kate” you mentioned are both Big Daddy, along with another post I spotted. It’s his way of letting me know he considers me important on this blog and trying to apologize for whatever he’d done wrong, even if he couldn’t figure it out. Big Daddy, if you’re reading this, it wasn’t really you I was truly upset with (and I have apologized) so you can stop posting under different names. Just be yourself and we’ll either take it or leave it. BTW, doesn’t Maxine ever get moody?? Just saying, I’d think you’d be accustomed to it by now…

  So, this is me trying to put a band-aid on the damage I caused to the blog. I hope it holds… (I guess we’ll see.) I promise next time to just shoot my husband like ordinary women…

• Maris I/we love ya no matter what! yes we all have days, and yes we even want to shoot our husbands, (now lets all pray one of them don’t get shot, I’ll be watching the news LOL)

  Maris you are a very dear lady to us and hey what the heck, this is a new day, Us “Sista’s” stay together,
  I was wondering if those posts were BD, and I wish he would just use one name, I really hate trying to respond to anonymous posters, as we all know my real name is not Missy, but it’s one I use and one is all we need.
  I am looking forward to some good ole’ times on here with every one so come on “Sista’s” let em’ rip….. Oh BTW J&K umm ummm ummm well shoot what can I say? Oh yeah, they are on Monday “going green”

• Maris you truly do have the gift of writing. I loved your last sentence, of you latest blog, I only wish I thought of it myself.
  Missy, I just checked out the other evil beet, and damn there’s some mean drive by’s over there. Not going near that site, not with the grammar police in tow. Good to see you back, or I should say again, since I’ve been gone a while. Hopefully, we’ll get this place back up to
  par.
  Seems to me they’re right, (whoever they are), about religion and politics being taboo. From now on I’m sticking to lighter subjects.
  Hey, here’s one. Any fans of the food channel on here? I absolutely love Paula Deen. Especially since butter is my favorite food group.
  Anyone else?

  • I love the food network. Im not real sure about Pawwwla Deean, though. I think she can cook but I cant stand to hear her draawwwwll!!! And why don’t they have to wear gloves when they are cooking? She’s alsways wearing that big DIAMOND ring. You cant hardly see what whe is cooking because of the glare from her damn ring! I love Iron Chef and Rachel Ray though.

• Well, I had a good chat with Big Daddy. While he feels wounded, he says he isn’t angry. We even ventured onto the sticky subject of torture. We were able (after a while) to agree what defines it, just agreed to disagree about whether or not it should be used. (You can use your imaginations to deduce who came down on which side of the debate…) AND — we didn’t even scratch each other’s eyes out completely!!

  Based on the above post by “Kate Gosselin”, he also evidently refuses to give up his multiple personality disorder. But hey, since I only recently came back to inhabit my own body, I’ll not cast the first stone…

• Well, I’ll be darned. Yeah!!!! Almost everyone is back. BD is back to as Kate now. I think the man has split personalities. LOL Have a darn headache again…third one this week…allergies.

  Maris, Last time I had one of thoses “days”, I went on BD blog and let loose. I know what you mean when life just “builds” and “builds” and you’re ready to blow. I’ve done some damage in the past by letting it fester or responding without thinking. I have one of those tempers that takes a lot to get it going, but once it does, BLAM!!! I physically get sick, my blood pressure shoots up….240/170. My doctor explains it to me as this: Some cars you push on the gas and they putter up to 60 mph, and other cars you step on the gas and they go from 0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds. Thats me. I have meds to take if I get to that point to get the BP under control before I stroke out. Anyway, you have our email addresses…vent to one of us….we can’t help you but we will listen, and sometimes it does good to just get it out. That way we don’t have to make apologizes. (I hate to apologize). Can’t speak for everyone, but I do think Missy and Jules are guenine, and you know that BD is on a personal leverl, and I sure as heck am. (how’s that for a run on sentenace)!!

  Funny about the names…I thought Missy was your real name!!! I figure as long as the whole world doesn’t know your last name or such you’d be safe from the weirdos. My name Cinoda is a mixture of my real name and my first Newf’s name. You’d never be able to guess my dogs name…(challenges anyone)? And Jules you got me also!!

  What’s the old saying? Never discuss politics, religion and money? Is it money? That’s one of the best things about us “sistas” and BD – for the most part we’ve discussed these things and have agreed to disagree. That’s what makes friendships, having the respect for each other to be able to disagree without malice. It does take a lot of time and hard work to get to that point in friendships, but I really do think that we’ve made it to that point. I’ve only watched the food network when I’m in Seattle visiting my daughter-in-law. Then I come home, get on a cooking kick for a week or so, then it’s back to normal!!

  Big Daddy, you do need to meld your personalities into one Big Daddy. You can raise enough hell under your BD name, no need to make any others up. One of us can usually tell if it’s you or not. (not always, but most times) LOL

  Glad to hear from everyone. I know this is “just” a blog, and I always thought that people that blogged needed to “get a life”!!! Did I learn a thing or two!! I’ve come to look forward to hearing from everyone, and checking this blog a few times a day is something I look forward to everyday. <>

• Awww… Cin, you’re so right about this not being just another blog. I have to admit that even though I was only gone a day or two, I did miss checking in to see what everyone was saying. Excuse me for a second, I’m having an emotional moment… Can I just get a big (((((group hug))))) from my e-friends?? Thanks, I needed that…

• Funny “Kate” should mention about Paula’s drawwwwllll. My husband can’t stand that either, but it doesn’t bother me at all. Maybe it’s just something men or a Kate, (wink), can hear. Sort of like a dog thing.
  Well, I’m so glad to see everyone’s back. I have plenty going on in my life, and I love my little blog here, and all my new friends. I don’t care if anyone knows my real name now, but if I change it on here I might not get my same face. And my one toothed glasses wearing face has grown on me.
  Later everyone, my girlfriends are taking me out for my birthday, which was yesterday. We’re going to a karaoke bar, another one of my passions. I’m waiting to be discovered! Have a great night.

• Group Hug (((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULES!!!!!!!!!!Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Jules, Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!!!!!!!

  Hey Jules we’ll get you on that British Americam Idol. I’m sure you’ve read about her this week….ps….there’s no age constraints over there). Maris and I would get you on AI here, but I think WE”VE all passed that magic number LOL!!!!!!!!

  So glad you’re back Maris……and Missy!!!!!!!!

• umm, does this mean we have e-kissed and made up (btw, Diane AKA Bun)

  Sorry, I got an email that TOTALLY went the wrong side of weird and sometimes, mama bears do what they have to do. No apologies, but I needed to reevaluate my efriendship with someone. I am hoping for a favorable outcome, but time will tell. Glad to be back, and I’ll post a s Diane from now on, no more bun ( for now) LOL.

• TVSnark made the comment that I must be young to only have a whisker or two, I am approaching the big 40…and I assumed to get whiskers, you either needed to be a dude, or be in your 70’s and then go to the parlor and have those bad boys depilatoried off, just like mamaw!! Soooo wrong, and never mind the stretch marks and cellulite…like HAIL DAMAGE!! Grrrr. Love the babies, need Kate’s money to get, well, Kate’s body…hell, I’d take ocotomom’s upperhalf. Not so much down below. I am sure lypo and tummytuck offers are FLYING off the shelf for Angelina…I mean Nadya.

  I loved reading all the days gone by stories, my kiddos are getting so big, so fast, and you don’t get that time back, but memories…

  • Diane, Let me introduce myself formally.Hi I’m Cinoda..LOL I almost typed “bun”. I’m glad you changed from Bun in the Oven. I kept asking myself if you were going to stay with that “handle” after your little bun become a bundle of joy!!! I went back and read when you gave birth than announced it on this blog…that was so neat!!!

    Hair on the chin, oh my…I just turned 50, but had chemotherapy 6 years ago for breast cancer which thru me into a menopause from “hell”. If my mother ever told me that I would grow hair where I never had it before, and lose hair where it was supposed to be, I think I would have done myself in!!!!! I never realized growning “older” was so darn hard. And I say older, not old. There is a Bon Jovi song about how things are older, not old. That’s ME!

• ((((((((( Group Hug, a Great big Group Hug))))))) I love ya “Sista’s” I feel all warm and fuzzy inside right now, I think it’s that darn margarita I had the other evening with my daughter LOL, ( Oh crap it’s rainning again) Maris, I know those emotional moments, and a hug always works.
  “Happy Birthday Jules” you little partier you, hope you have fun,
  My daughter and I went to On the Boarder the other night, just the two of us, for about 3 hours of peace and quiet, it was noisy but it wasn’t her kids or our company so it was peaceful, we sat out side and it was great.

  Cin I was out of town over Easter visiting my grand daughter who is getting ready for military special training, not sure where they will send her, but I took her two little sisters with me, they are 9 and 10 and they are a mess, the 9 yr old took a shower and came out and told her sister she had a sore on her leg, and it was bleeding, nah she was lying, she shaved her legs, so my oldest GD was asking her what really happened and she kept trying to say it was a sore, GD said no it’s not, you were shaving your legs weren’t you? (laughing all the time) well 9 yr old says “okay I did shave , but I have man hair on my legs and it had to go” OMG man hair, 9 yrs old? what they don’t come up with, so then the 10 yr old sticks her two cents worth in (to make things worse) and she says “well little sister just wait til’ you start your period” OMG WTH? so older GD says how do you know? have you started yet? she said , no but I want to, gezz where did they come from? oh yeah they belong to their grandpa LOL

  Now Bun, I’ll try to remember that you changed your name, but you mentioned “mempries” well sweetie I think I’m probably the oldest one on here,but I’m sure others with grown children would say the same, but I live on memories, sometimes I set here late at night and “bawl” my eyes out, it just seems like 25-30 years have gone by so dang fast, my great grand daughter was here the other day, and I could see so much of her grandpa (my son) in her, it seems like it was only yesterday that my own were little and under foot, and I miss that time so very much, so cherish every moment of the young years,b/c before you know it they will be leaving home,
  Oh yeah let me mention J&K lets see ummm, ummmmm, they have more money than I do LOL

  • OMG, your granddaughters are a hoot!! I did the same thing as a kid. I was in 5th grade and I had the meanest Mom in the world. (LOL)She would not let me shave because I was too young. Anyway, I had hair from my ankles to my you know where….I used to shave from my knees up and then wear knee socks to cover the hair on my ankles. Well one day she wanted me to wear bobby socks…BUSTED…I tried to tell her I “Plucked” it all out..LOL I don’t know what I would have done during the summer wearing shorts. My Dad was like “Now I know what’s wrong with my razor”

• My oldest…is DRIVING, now. A car. Alone. Talk about bawling…

  • Wait until you take him/her to college!! I creid for over 4oo miles all the way home!!

    • I’ll definitely be crying…he wants to go to MIT…I’ll cry when I get the bill!!! LOL

• Big Daddy Where are you??????????????Come out come out whereever you are!!!

• Cin, you are so right about losing hair where you shouldn’t. I did that many years ago, I was on a medication that caused hair loss and I’ve never gotten it back, which my daughters are so jealous of, LOL, I can shave the front of my legs about every six weeks, and underarms nah no more, and yes Iam hairless, heres a secret shhhh don’t tell, my hubby calls me baldy, isn’t that special LOL, he such a , a ,a well he’s a darlin! ha, ha. and a smart ass.
  Menopause, oh lordy ley me tell ya. I have been battleing with that since 1993, had a hysterectomy when I was 30, and talk about hot flashes, my hubby says I don’t pull the covers down I throw em’ across the room, we have patio doors in our bed room and ther have been nites that I just go stand/sit on the patio, they don’t last log but they seem to always hit at the wrong time, like Sunday morning sitting in church, Geezz! Okay so lets just feel sorry for each other LOL

  • Missy, I wish I could say that about my wife. I could take the paint off of the walls if I rubbed her legs on them.If she rubs her legs on me I hit her with my toe nails!!! That will show her!!!

  • Missy, How long do these blasted things last? I said something to my doctor about 10 years and she just gave me a look. I think I mentioned before I actually vomit during some hot flashes. At one time I was getting them every 12-14 minutes. I am now taking estrogen AGAINST my doctors advice since I’ve had breast cancer. My cancer was not estrogen related but still I know what the ristks are. I could live with the sweating and hot flashes, but I get physically sick and go into a deep depressive state. I’ve tried every natural thing I could find, but nothing worked. So, ok, let’s have our very own pity party for each other!! LOL

  • ps…that’s one thing I liked about chemo, I didn’t have to shave my legs hardly at all!!!!!!

• Has every one saw the video of that Susan Boyle? and that beautiful song she sang? if not I can send it to you< it is amazing,
  The most amazing part was to see the look on simeon cowls face, the judges were blown away, as well as the audience,

  • Missy, “Richard Head”, says hey!

• Ohhhh, where to start? I to am very very glad that everyone is back. I don’t know what it is about this site. All I can say is that “WE” have found something special! I would like to say that I am sorry to any of you that I have offended. Even though I may seem harsh at times, it is only because I feel so close to all of you. I have known many of you’re your real names for a long time and have never let the secret out! I communicate to many of you thru email and Instant Messages. I feel very very close to many of you! I would like to extend a special apology to Bun aka Diane, I have known her name for quite some time. I am a scifi fan and I saw an episode of “MONTER QUEST” that was in her area. I gooogled the area and asked her about it trying to surprise her but I believe that she took it the wrong way. I am truly sorry! If you don not want me back on here I will understand. I love you all……….

  • Cinoda says: I want you back!!!!

  • Apology accepted. Thank you. Now, back to being resident A-hole.

• So does this mean we all have to watch John and Kate go green? Do we really, I mean really have to…….I like Maris’s sentiments: I don’t care if they go green, black, purple, yellow or orange.

  PS…Kate already went orange..

  • Now thats funny! I don’t even record the reruns any more. I have seen them all atleast 100 times. Im sure when they start season 5 I will be watching! My wife and I really enjoy table for 12. They are a lot like she and I. In the episode where they were going to the aquarium and to eat pizza they went to get into the van. She looked at him like he was crazy and said, “Oh, your driving”!!! We laughed our heads off. We thought we were strange! You can tell that she usually drives the van. That the same thing that we do. The van is my wifes and whenever we go somewhere in it she always drives!! We have had that conversation before about feeling strange that she drives us places. I just hate to drive.

• Good Morning everyone. I’m still here, I didn’t get discovered last night, shucks. That Maris always comes up with the wittiest lines. Kate already went orange..Brilliant. Lately a quick cure for insomnia is me watching Jon & Kate, so tomorrow if I feel I need to go to bed early I’ll watch.
  Speaking of hair, I’ve never had any on my legs, neither has my mother, so I was lucky to inherit that gene. Unfortunately I also inherited the cellulite one, darn it. I told my one friend about our little group, she thinks it’s great. I just love how we’re from all over the place.
  I remember Cinoda is Arizona, and BD from Texas, where’s everyone else from again? I can’t remember. I am older now, I forget everythign. Thank you, Cinoda for the birthday song. Loved it.
  My son went to college but it was about 5 miles away, and he stayed home. Very good for me, no tears. I remember balling my eyes out when he went to Nursery School. I can’t even imagine a loved one going off to war. Missy, that must be something. My heart to you and your family. Catch you later guys.

• Hi BD. I always drive too. With us it’s because if my husband drives we always get into fights, due to his road rage, plus he’s a tailgater, and that “drives” me crazy. I try to keep my mouth shut during the rides with him , but at some point I always have to say, “you’re going a little fast, aren’t you?” That does it, then he goes faster. I remember once we were going to Florida and on the way to the airport I had taken a valium for the flight. I didn’t care if my husband drove sideways that trip. Too bad I can’t become a drug addict, then we’d be fine.
  That Table for Twelve family is awesome. I loved how they ran out of food. That’s us.

  • Mmmmm, Valiummmm! I was given one when I went to get my vasectomy. It was WONDERFULL! They could have cut them off and I wouldn’t have cared! It’s the only one I have ever had but YES I could easily become addicted to them! Maxine doesn’t drive very well, so I have to continuously give her direction. Slow down, get off of his bumper, etc…. But I hate to driving! I hate riding too… I love cruising though! Went to Mexico last year on a cruise…. When we got off the ship on one of our stops in Mexico, I said, Hell, this looks like Tyler! Haha. But it was beautiful and the weather was wonderful! We saw dolphins and the food on the ship, OMG! It was like the stuff you see on TV… No Roman Noodles there! Then we discovered that you can ask for seconds! We had one of each desert every night! It was great! There were ice sculptures and a big statue of Neptune made out of butter. I wanted to go take a big scoop out of it! But I didn’t dare, someone put a LOT of work into that thing! There were jungles and palm trees, white sand and blue water. Oh, we will go again.! Anyway back to driving. I have road rage too. I like for her to drive, it frees up both of my hands so I can use both of my hands to shoot the bird to the passer bys that can’t drive! I hate these young punks with their hats on crooked, not paying attention while they are talking on their cell phones! Aagghh! Then there are the women in the mornings trying to drive while they are putting on their freaking makeup! OMG! I make sure that Maxine has on all of her makeup before she leaves the house! hahaha

• Have you seen this advertised? My fake fiance? It is supposed to be on tonight. it looks FUNNY!

• it makes me sick how just because a family has more kids than they can finacially afford, they sell their pathetic lives to allow everyone else to pay for their cars, house, vacations and time just so they can get whatever they think they deserve that no one else can do with their own kids who have to work for their money with no free rides like them. Maybe i should try for invitro so i can get a free ride through life like them.

• I hate Kate, I can’t stand the way she talks to Jon and it would tickle me if he up and left her and sued for custody of the children…

• Jim, I agree with you. I was raised to believe you do not have what you cannot provide for. And these nuts go out and get TV shows that support them. Kate is always whining and I hear that the OCTOMOM wants a reality show too. I would like to see the State of California go in and take all those kids away from her. She of all people on this planet has no business having children. I for one am tired of supporting everyone on welfare, food stamps and medicaid.

• Oh my, my, my… Our blog seems to be alive and well! Even the “drive-bys” are back and enjoying it… Cin, I think that means we’re going to have to watch the new season to stay current — ugh! But if I watch, you have to watch too. I’ll see if I can find a valium to stay calm and you can rig a coat hanger to go in the outlet so you can stay awake. Last one to puke wins!

  So many funny things here, I know why I love this group! Hairy legs, hairless armpits and other anatomy, long toenails, cellulite hail damage (LOL!!), Cin singing to Jules (btw, happy birthday from me too, but I have to skip the song), road rage and relaxing cruises, and of course the “octo-slut” — we seem to have it all…

  Empty nest syndrome… Brace yourself, Diane, it’s real and it’s awful. My oldest went to a nearby college, but my baby went to one 300 miles away… and he drove himself… and I sat alone in his room at night, looking at the things from his childhood, wondering who I was if not “the mother of ____” and nearly lost my mind. One thing I never understood was some of the women at work who would say they couldn’t wait for their kids to grow up and get out of the house. I just found that beyond curious. Maybe their kids were giving them problems or something, I don’t know. I just know I’d keep mine at home for as long as they’d stay. Over-protective mother hen?? Who, ME?? So what…

• I do agree that it is unfair how aunt Jodi was treated, almost “used” actually.. However the discrepancy seems to be over Jodi receiving payment. If kate had not acted selfishly and agreed with the producers I am sure Jodi would have willingly accepted the monies offered to her to appear on the show which in turn would have provided herself and her family a better quality of life. So the reality is this is not about concern of the children. It is all about money…Jodi would have willingly accepted payment and therefore would have not been any different than Jon and Kate whom jodi and her family are now stating all kinds of negative things about. You are also contradicting yourself. It was stated that the kids would not remember the trips, the matching designer clothes etc..yet at the same time stating they will remember all of this and have negative thoughts….make your mind up either they will or not remember this time in their life.

  • Unfortunately, whatever the kids don’t remember they will be able to watch on DVD when they are older. Collin might have forgot Mommy threatening to throw out his comfort bear but he will be able to watch it when he is older. What a lucky boy.

    Jodi never said she wanted to get paid. She and Kevin asked Kate why they weren’t informed that TLC wanted to pay her. Kate went berserk and dropped Jodi and Kevin from their lives. Jodi never had to chance to accept or refuse the money so it bothers me when people say she’s just as bad as Kate.

    Jodi limited the filming in her home. She would prepare an activity for the cameras and then insist the cameras leave and the kids have a safe haven. I think the kids love Jodi and Kate couldn’t handle that.

    Jon said that Jodi got tons of fan mail but he just deleted it. They used Jodi and Kevin and then kicked them to the curve. When did Kate EVER watch Jodi’s 4 children so THEY could have some time alone? NEVER! Jodi and Kevin were more generous than anybody I’ve ever seen and they were treated like crap.

    • Of course, I meant “kick to the curb.”

    • I absolutely couldn’t agree with you more, snarkie. Maybe I should have volunteered to watch the kids so Kate could have something to compare Jodi’s skills to. It would go something like this: Kate drops off the kids with Maris, Maris kicks out the camera crew, blank screen, Kate comes back to find all 8 kids tied to chairs with duct tape over their mouths… “Oh my word” exclamations are heard coming from a shocked Kate, “bleep” exclamations are heard from elsewhere in the room…

• I’m right with you there, Maris. I only have one child and he can stay as long as he wants. I adore him being home. Good thing too, because it doesn’t seem like he’s in any rush to leave. I moved out when I was 23, never to return, just visit. I seemed much more independent then he does. Could it be I’ve babied him?
  I’m going to try to watch the Gosselin Green special. Yawn. I’m really hoping this one won’t be as boring as the last 6 episodes were.
  Did anyone on here ever see Say yes to the dress with Kate on it?
  That was the last time I was entertained, although I found it sad and strange she didn’t have anyone with her. Hey, I’m actually tallking about Kate. What will people think of me!

• After hearing Kate critize jon so many times about hiis grammer, I am surprised to hear her repeatedly use the pronoun “myself”incorrectly. When one finds fault with the other, it is always the fault finder that people disagree with.
  kate is so lucky to have jon. He is a wonderful father and helper. There is no “i” in team.

  • I, personally think that it is strange how they use the word logistics so much. Has anyone noticed this? I guess they think that it is a big word so it will make them look smarter to work it into sentences whenever possible. Dough!? (Homer Simpson reference. ) And you talk about what a good father Jon is? We only get to see what TLC wants you to see. As far as we know, he may sit around in his underwear all day watching football and drinking beer. We all know how Jon likes his beer!

• Maris, you are right about the women who say they can’t hardky wait fortheir kids to leave home, the day will come they eat those words, better enjoy every moment you have with them and make lots of memories b/c someday memories will be what will sustain you in the wee hours in the night alone in their room with all the little things they left behind (for safe keeping LOL) and “Sista’s” believe me you, that will come quicker than you think, just ask us we can tell ya,

  Now as far as Jodi, oh my,my, I will not elaborate b/c thats a can of worms I should not open, just as the can of worms Jodi should have kept shut, IMO and I speak only for me, Jodi was so very wrong, and to this day we only have “one side of the story” and Paul Harvey is not here to give us the “Rest of the story”

  Jules I felt sorry for Kate on the “say yes to the dress episode” it was sad that espically her best friend Beth was not there, not going to speculate but I would think Kates heart would have felt heavy, but…I didn’t see no sign of that, You know just think how we as cyber friends really care for each other, and enjoy talking back and forth, and we would not know each other if we met face to face, now try to imagine going for a wedding dress and having no one in your life except cameras to share it with, it is so sad, I truly think Beth had the Gosselins best interest at heart, no strings attached.

  Seeing how Kate is I imagine it’s too much to hope someday that any of these ppl will come back into her life, and what a sad,lonely and miserable life Kate will have someday, She may think right now all she needs is her show and Jon and the kids, but someday that will kick her right in her butt, that mansion she has can be pretty lonely, remember the song “Satin Sheets?” All I know is I would not trade what I have for all the tea in China. It may not be a lot material or financially speaking, but it’s ours and we have a lot to share it with.

• I just watched the Gosselins going Green….. It was pretty boaring.. I sorta liked Kate and the green guy bantering back and forth but that was about it. I really like his comparison of Kate and the cookie. A hard outer shell with a soft center. Thought that was funny. BUT THE BIG SCOOP WAS the panels didn’t arrive until the second day which was Valentines day. TLC tried to edit it so it would look like Jon was there but as we all know, Jon, was at his “Mom’s / AKA the bar” on that day. But apparently he was back the day after. I thought that was interesting…..

• I totally got the timing of the Green episode all wrong. Thought it was tonight, (Monday). Oh well. I’ll just let you guys fill me in. From what BD said, sounds like another boring one. They have to pep these shows up.
  And their new season starts May something? Well that wasn’t much off time.
  I’m frantically cleaning my house cause a friend I haven’t seen in 4 years is coming over. She lives in Arizona now, she’s home for a visit.
  I still have Easter Bunnies all over the place, better get moving.
  Have a great day guys.

• Ummm BD how do you know for a FACT that Jon was not home on V-Day? is that just something we have heard others say, or did that actually come from the horses mouth?
  I thought it was a pretty good episode, giving all the bad news we have read about them, I thought Kate was very sweet, and more like the Kate in the beginning of their show, she baked cookies every day, for the green crew and what was really sweet was when the green guy said Thanks, and she quickly answered “No! Thank You ” and he kissed her cheek, then they hugged, I’m sure some would say “no big deal” but I’m sure that took Kate out of her comfort zone.
  You could really tell the kids were having a blast out there in the cold helping the guys out, and the crew seemed to really inter-act with them and they and Jon really had a good time, C’mon I know Kate can be a beyootch, and Jon an ass but lets give them a little credit.

  BTW did you notice the “DOGS?” yep still there, but if you read some blogs they say the dogs was gone as soon as newyears, but… of course some of the blogs tell how they are writing all the sponcers and saying they will never buy their products again, now I (just my opinion) think that is way to much hate in anyones heart, and they have done the same thing with octopussy mom, said they contacted proctor and gamble about Kate and Nayda Sulleman,
  but… this is all done b/c they care about the kids, they have called CPS on J&K b/c they are concerned about the kids,as if Social Services don’t know who these ppl are, rediculous

  • Missy, We may not share the same views of J&K, but I do agree with you on the what is in one’s heart. I read something about Kate going on some talk show in NYC around May 7th and people will be protesting out front of the studio. Ghee Whiz, I can think of many many things to protest, but never have thought of protesting Kate!!

    I know I can get catty at times, especially on a gossip web site, but to wish someone harm or to go out of my way to cause another human trouble, just because I don’t either #1 Like them, or #2 Disagree with them, well geez Pick your Battles.

    The entire “Jodi” situation really fired up the public. I half agree with you on that issue. I think it would have been really nice of Kate to offer Jodi some cash. Heck, I know if I were in Kate’s shoes, I would set my entire family up plus a few friends. To air family problems on the internet for the world to get involved in is just plain wrong. She knew what she was doing, she was “getting even”.

    • ps..I’m by passing the entier contrervsy on the child exploitation. What’s done is done. It was their decision and TLC’s to go in that direction.

• I have been following the show from the beginning and thought it was just an adorable family..My oh my have things changed. I am an older mom of many kids. Three adopted and many foster children who have passed through our family and ALL still keep in touch.Money can do funny things to people right?? I am not surprised by Kate’s behaviour to not allow Jodi to get paid, albeit how awful is that. There she is clipping cupons but can’t let her sister in law benefit from a job in which she is participating in.If you notice, Kate really has no support system from her family. No mom dad or siblings. No cousins. No work friends who call. She has alianated almost everyone. Did you see the episode when they went to the cake making factory after church?? Rude rude rude was she? Behind rudemess and anger is depression. With all the money she will make, she will have children who will have lots of STUFF but STUFF aint enough!!!!Jodi is a perfect lady who will go on with her life and as time goes on Kate will not be all that she thinks she is now. If she humbles herself though ….gee she could be fabulous.

• Behind all that rudeness, is a bitch. Have you ever heard of anyone on any of these site’s saying. I met Kate, she was so nice. Never. The most you might get is, she smiled at me and said, how are you. She has her loyal subjects out there, that seem to stick up for her no matter what.
  I really just wish someone would say, hey, I’m her sister, her cousin, her FRIEND, she’s really great. Nope. Kate is a very pretty girl, but to me, she is a prime example of how what’s on the inside can even make you much less attractive on the outside. Just my opinion.

• Well, I’m wondering if I saw the same episode as Missy and Big Daddy. Funny how we can see the same thing but come away with totally different opinions…

  I agree that the episode was a real snooze fest, but I didn’t see Kate being “sweet” in her treatment of the green guy, and I don’t think she was bantering either. I think she was condescending and rude, just in her own sneaky Kate way (“I’m smarter than you, I’m better than you…”). He seemed to be just an ordinary Joe and trying to make nice with the kids, trying to tell Kate something about solar panels, trying trying trying… I thought Kate treated him just like anyone else for whom she has no use. Even the way she yelled his name when they were on the interview sofa — I just saw it as belittling. You’d never hear her speak that way to or about someone for whom she has respect, like say Dr. Phil or Oprah. She knows they’re smart enough to catch on and might call her out on it. This poor smuck green guy was just trying to be nice… to no avail… Typical Kate, queen bitch of the universe…

  And the cookie comparison? Hard on the outside and soft on the inside? Kate? Uh, I don’t think so. I think she’s “green” on the inside, as in cold hard cash. Did anyone count how many times she mentioned money? Even the green guy got her attention momentarily in the cherry picker basket when he started talking about how much she’d save, how many tax credits she’d get, etc. And just a few minutes before, she’d said how she didn’t want to go up in it because she was afraid of heights. Nothing like talking money to get Kate over her fears, way better than valium…

  Yes, the dogs are still there, and they seem to be happy enough. Lots of room to run, lots of kids to play with… When Kate compared the panel boxes to “dog pens” though, it made me wonder how much time they spend in one… I also noticed that they don’t follow her orders, like when she told one to fetch the stick. Good for the dog!! Looks like someone has a pair… since we never saw a “getting the dogs neutered” episode… Maybe if Jon spent more time with them, he’d learn some secrets…

• Just got on here, after a day of cleaning up bunnies, all kinds too.
  Maris, I could read your stuff all day. “Green inside”, love it.
  So glad to see the dogs are around, so much for all those rumors.
  Now I have to watch this thing. It will be on tonight at 10PM.
  Five bucks says I won’t make it through the first 15 minutes before I’m out, but I’ll give it try. Seems like the most exciting part is the cookie reference. Not much to look forward too, oh and the dogs not responding to Kate, that should be a highlight.

• I swear Maris, you should have your own show! Kate had Jon neutered so I’m sure she will get around to having the dog done too! Haha! They many make a whole episode out of getting the dog fixed. I can see Joel saying “On dis eqatode of Jon and Kate puss 8 we’s gedden Shoka’s balls cut off, Boys has balls, Daddies don’t have balls they just got weenas” Hashaha!!!! I crack myself up! Anyway,

  Missy, Kate wasn’t trying to be sweet, she was being sarcastic when she said “NO, Thank You!” But I do think that you have a point. Some people just have that kind of personality. (I KNOW THIS MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE) But I’ve been told that I have a dry since of humor? Hard to believe, I know! But I am also very sarcastic, “as my Mother In Law” likes to point out whenever she gets a chance! And believe it or not ONCE IN A WHILE, I offend people! But you all know me well enough by now that is not what is in my heart. I am also obsessive about cleaning the house and keeping it clean. So, I don’t think that Kate is trying to be mean, although I will admit it does come across that way sometimes. I just think that is her sense of humor.

  If the “going green” special is a precursor to season 5, I predict we will see more interaction between Kate and different people and her being rude with them. People are tired of seeing her just be rude with Jon. Face it, if it was just Jon and the Kids, it would be a very boring show! He would talk about how the logistics of taking the kids to the woods makes some kind of difference. BOREING! It has been Kate’s, rolling her eyes, and bitching about cleaning the frig and etc.. that has made the show interesting, even if only to complain about her actions. However, now that they are moved into their new mansion, people have trouble relating to her on the same level. So, now TLC will have to try something new because people are really starting to loose interest in the show for real. They need Kate to “shake things up”!!! Its her interaction with people that I like to watch! Jon’s too passive and I can only watch kids being cute for so long…Zzzzz…

  Missy, Jon already admitted that the pictures on the net were indeed him. That came from the horses mouth. I haven’t heard him say anything about the dates, however, if he was going to admit or deny something, he probably would have said something about the dates also…. He even made reference to it in that one episode that he cant just go out and be Jon, he has to be Jon and Kate plus 8. But before the shit hit the fan, the green episode had already been shot, it was probably already edited too. See how TLC edited it to make it seem like he was there? We only see what they want us to see. And since Valentines day is Kate’s favorite holiday, as she said last year, why wouldn’t they show Jon opening his present or Kate opening hers? Could it be because HE WASN’T THERE? Think about it….. And the panels, I heard cost $25,000. So I don’t call that being very cost effective, even with the rebates and the tax cuts. That’s probably why more people don’t have them. I also think they had to pay for them or they would have shown the name of the company on the side of the truck as free advertisement like they usually do with free stuff instead of having it blocked out.

• Maris you “Sista” just have a way, and I love it, you mean that dog did not fetch when she ordered it to? LOL your right, his name is not Jon, I only seen a little bit of the show, where she up in the basket, and the dog not fetching LOL (looked at Kate like WTH? did she command me?) what I thought was different was when she let the green guy kiss her cheek, and she did seem genuine when she said thank you,

  But…But… on another site I was reading they have the green guy being creepy toward the kids like (to friendly) and kissing Jons butt so he could flirt with Kate, they saw a whole lot that I didn’t see, said Kate was beyond flirtations, did you see that? and of course they made fun of her cookies, but hey maybe the green guy liked her (cookies KWIM?) Laughing, if you get my drift
  what ever blows their dress up!!! I will watch tonite, and we’ll see if I glean something different, Maris you little sweetie you always make me SMILE babe,

• Yes BD you are right about V-Day being her favorite day, and yes I know he admitted the pictures were him, but I never heard him say the dates, that was rumours from other blogs, but it makes sence we did not see them opening gifts, but maybe this year they couldn’t afford a gift with the new solar panels and all, J/K J/K LOL
  I do believe they saved a lot of money with the solar system, and they will continue to save money every month,
  Dang I want to see the swimming pool,
  Now about the kids going to the woods, heck I’d send them little suckers out there everyday and tell them to scream as loud as long as possible,so when they went back inside to either be to tired or their throat would be to sore for them to scream .

• kate grow up and get a life and stop being mean to your kids you feed them what u want them to eat im glad your not my mom

• Hey guys, I thought J & K was on tonight. I just sent up tivo to record the show, then comment. LOL I can’t be left out!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

• Ok, guys, excuse me “gals” you need go check out the other site! Oh excuse me “TheLisia” who can’t put a spafe in her freaking name!! go check out “Does anyone else watch Jon and Kate plus 8″…. On Evil beet!!! The fight is going on there!! Woohoo!!! Thats all I gots to say!! My baby mama is home, so I gots to go!!!… If you don’t see this as part of the problem then it means that you is parts of da problem!!! I don’ts give a damn!!!!

• I have been cruising around some other sites… I just emailed TLC and told them that we the viewers want to see Kate be on Wife Swap and see the Super Nanny visit the Gosselins…. They probably won’t but they are supposed to email me back within a week. I told them that their ratings would go thru the roof! People who don’t even watch those shows would be tuning in! I also saw that the Dugger’s son that just got married, wife is already pregnant! I swear, they could open up their own sperm bank! If Kate had of married a Dugger she probably would have had to have fertility treatments! Never known of people so potent!

• i love this show and i think the kida are so adorable and i dream of you every night,but i wish i could go somewhere with you..although i know you have waaay 2 many people to take care of on trips right now i would like you to know that god has blessed you’re hearts and you are all so adorable!<3!-anr-age 11

• Well, finally stayed awake for the “Green” episode. I thought Kate was kind of flirty with the “This Old House Guy”. Was it me, or was there a dead raccoon on his head? It was okay. So how’s everybody doing?
  I predict in 100 years we’ll be Duggars!

• I finally watched J&K go green at 4am last night. I was sort of hoping it would help put me to sleep, but no such luck. I wanted to blog this before I read the comments again so I wouldn’t have any influences.

  The “little” kids are at the age where they are adorable. I did enjoy watching them play and such. I think TLC is really capitalizing on Kate’s personality. She is who she is, sarcasm and all. The “green guy” had her number from the beginning and seemed to enjoy the banter back and forth. Kate couldn’t care less about going green, except in her wallet. She didn’t treat the green guy rudely, but did not show any respect for him and his cause. She did appear to love the attention she was getting from him. She was playing up to the fact that she only wants what she wants when she wants it!! Typical Kate. The whole baking cookies everyday..???…what to show the world she is still a June Cleaver? What about making the guys lunch? Would have been nice.

  I loved Jon’s comments to the green guy, he has Kate’s number…thoughts of his to the green guy “just do it so she will shut up” I also liked how Jon wouldn’t touch the “stud” comment with a ten foot pole !! LOL

  What I did notice right away was her many derogotory comments about men and males. I would say she has some definate issues with who she is. I do think she has self esteem issues. Many people act like she does to try to cover their inner defects. The glam, the dieting to fit into Hollywood, white teeth, orange tan, designer clothes. I still think it’s to cover many insecurities. Don’t get me wrong, many women love to look nice and take great care of themselves for themselves, but I think Kate does it for the public and the postive sterotype. The kids seem to be doing well, the little one’s seem happy. Maddie put in her two cents, about one of the kids singing over and over and over. (shine for the camera).

  All and all, I don’t see myself watching too many episodes. I even fast forwarded some of this one. I just don’t like people who act like Kate.

• Hi Cinoda. I felt like Kate was “acting”. Just the way everyone now expects her to. I just watched Adam Lambert sing on AI. I don’t like the song he picked, but he gave me goose pimples regardless. That’s it for me, he’s the winner.

• Cinoda, You just reminded me of a couple of things. Lets talk about Jon! I just wasn’t really impressed when he made the comment about his “Crib”! Hell, I thought he was fixing to start wrapping or something. For those of you who have never watched “Cribs” it’s a show where the film crew are allowed to enter some Mega Mansion that belongs to the super wealthy and they show them around. I just sort of got the feeling that Jon puts himself in that same category now. Also, what the heck was Jon going up on the roof for with those other guys? WTF was all of that about. I guess since it was on TV he felt that he should get involved? That just struck me as odd. When the satellite guy came to install my system, I didn’t feel the need to climb up on the roof with him! And, I want to know, The Green Guy said that the panels will last for 50 years. Well, that roof isn’t! How do they re-shingle a roof when it has those panels the water heating system attached on top of them. Seems to me that it is going to be a big mess!!!

  • Perhaps Jon went up on the roof to distance himself from Kate, because we know she wasn’t happy about having “people, too many people” all around her and in her house getting in her way. You didn’t go up on the roof when your satelite was installed because Maxine would yank your butt back down and make you finish the laundry… Maybe you should buy Maxine a nice new pair of Whirlpools… so you can get out more often…

• Jules, I can see where you would say she seemed like she was “acting”. It’s like Maddie showing off for the cameras!! She was putting on a show for all to see, no doubt about it. I really really hate to admit this, but I remember being in my late 20’s early 30’s and being like that at times. It’s your ego that’s not in check. Long time ago, and thank God I figured it out. It’s like the kid that “acts out” when company is around – all for attention. That’s the feeling I got from it. It was like, That’s right, Look at me, I’m cool……….

  BD, Jon…….well Jon was in his “he man” element. Hanging with the guys, cracking on the wife. Did you catch his comment, about how he used to climb mountains and rocks when he was younger? Heck no, If you had solar panels involved there is no way the company would probably even let you up there with them due to liability. Can you imagine if one of the ‘green guys’ knocked into you or a panel into you and you fell? I saw they did have safety gear on, but you could still get hurt. Again, I think it was just for the cameras.

  Since I haven’t watched in a while, answer me this. Do they always spend so much time of the interview couch? It seems like they used to show more filming and not as much time on the couch.

  To reshingle the roof will be more of a task now. All of the panels and frames have to come off also. So you will probably need to hire a company to take everything off, hire the roofers, then the company to install everything again.

  Jules, I haven’t seen AI yet. It will be an hour before it comes on out here. I told my husband he has to take a break or go into the bedroom to watch his basketball game, because I wanted to see AI tonight!! Adam has been my winner since day one!!!

• Awww the little song that (I think it was )Alexis was singing was “I will sing of your love forever” we sing that in our church also,
  And BD and I was discussing about if Jon was there V-Day or not, did you notice that when Kate was in the kitchen with all the kids and they were telling her what V-day meant to them that Maddy said “I thought we lost daddys present”? didn’t know if you picked up on that or not , which does not mean he was there, but doesn’t mean he wasn’t either. so maybe he and Kate did exchange gifts, altho I am surprised they did not show it,
  another thought I had was if Jon had left Kate to go help his mom with a broken foot, then why was she at the bar/club where she was suppose to talk to the dean of the college b/c Jon made an ass of him self?
  I know there are people who get all these rumors started and then we see things like this that just don’t jive, just like everyone said the dogs were gone 2 weeks after they got them, ummm guess not huh?
  Not that I think Kate is a saint, b/c some of you know I was at one time a die hard defender of her, but I have seen so many dis-turbing things ,but… I think I stick to what I see on the show rather than believe every thing that is guessed about them,
  Cin I to have heard Kate say many times “thats a man for ya” or “men they just don’t get it” “men they are just another child” and I say ummm not mine, I think that is my biggest complaint with Kate is the way she talks to Jon, in front of the kids, let alone in public, I have been around both men and women who do that and if they think it makes them look smarter, cool, or better they are so wrong, makes em’ look like idiots.

  • Good catch, Missy! I totally missed the part where one of the kids thought they’d “lost” daddy’s present. Hmmm… You could read all kinds of things into that, I suppose. Since I see Kate in a different light than you do (but by now you know I still love you), I might be inclined to think Kate had gotten angry at some point and threw his gift away (or more likely taken it back for a refund), then told the kids she’d lost it. We all know Kate is super organized and doesn’t often lose things. Now, if it were the other way around and Jon had lost Kate’s gift, we could just figure it was with that infamous coupon…

• Thought yawll would get a kick out of this!

  SMILIN’ BOB BE CREEPY!
  You know those Enzyte commercials? The ones with Smilin’ Bob and his smilin’ wife? Well, they creep me out. Big time. I’m glad I don’t have neighbors like Bob. Everytime I see Bob and his wife, they seem to be cooking out with neighbors or at a party with his creepy co-workers. They remind me of a bunch of swingers that the I would prefer to stay away from. I definitely want to keep my wife away from Bob! Heaven help her if she I come home and see that big ol’ sh*t-eating grin on her face one day!
  Anyway, guess what? Enzyte, a male unit enhancement drug, doesn’t work!! That’s right! More than that, the President of the company is going to the big house! Enzyte’s founder Steve Warshak, 42, was found guilty of 93 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering. His 75-year-old mother, who has cancer, was found guilty of conspiracy and other charges, and was sentenced to 2-years, but is free pending appeal. What angered the judge was Enzyte’s refund policy. Enzyte would refund any customer, provided the customer submitted a doctor’s note stating that the customer had a small unit. Very few customers went through with this! Well, 20 years in the hoosegow should give Mr. Warshak time to “soften up”…so to speak.
  The bad news is, the company can go on…so we’re probably stuck with Smilin’ Bob and his horny wife.

  • So, we’ll probably be “stuck” by — I mean with Smilin’ Bob?? Uh, that doesn’t sound entirely unappealing to me…

  • I don’t know quite why, but Big Daddy is hot as heck. I know that’s wrong, but it feels so right…

• Oh BD, this is absolutely a far cry from politics or religion, it’s a topic all of it’s own, I guess you never cease to amaze us with “something”
  Now commercial over “back to Jon & Kate plus Eight” Ha ha

• Hey, I found this too. They are called extreme tree huggers. They are a bunch of freaking crazy people! Here look at this. These kind of people are one reason we are in soooo much trouble! OMG! BTW, Has Jon last some weight? Didn’t think so. Here check this out!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUDEmMjC-c

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUDEmMjC-c

• Thanks Big Daddy, I had my morning laugh before going to work today!!!! Later

• Please tell me this was a stunt!!!surely “real people” with a brain is not doing this out of pain, hurt and devastation,
  I can see why Cin went off to work laughing,
  I wonder if these people are related to Octopussy?
  Hey I can handle Kate Gosselin, but this is just over my head!!!
  BD what will you come up with next?

• I watched AI last night (I know a couple of you do), and I agreed that I didn’t particularly like Adam’s song choice. That being said, I still think he blew everyone else out of the water and literally gave me chill bumps! He’s just got crazy mad hot talent, and I can hardly wait week to week to hear his next song. I’m seriously thinking of getting an i-pod so I can download his AI songs. Anyone have one? Instructions on how it works?

  Second choice was Kris, closely followed by Allison. Poor Lil just doesn’t “get” what the judges are trying to say to her about artistry. I think she’ll probably go home tonight along with… maybe Matt? …maybe Anoop? What say you??

• We don’t have smiling Bob, and or wife here in the Philly area. Also never heard of Enzyte. Good thing!
  Tree Huggers? If they are in fact for real? Heaven help us.
  I’m speechless on them. I don’t have an Ipod, Maris, so I can’t help you out. I had the chills from that Adam as well. No one else comes close to him. I can’t even remember anyone’s name besides him. And last but not least: Jon looks a little chubbier to me, at least in the Green show.
  And Kate seemed to have a goofy eye. No ones perfect.

• Just got in from work and of course had to check out our blog to see what is going on!

  Missy, People are unbelievable anymore. I just have to laugh, I figure it’s better than getting angry or trying to figure people out. I told BD this morning to check out Beet’s interview with Ranae Shrider. She is the lady (and I use that term loosly) that dated Mini Me. She is going all around and making fun of him and his private parts. There is a lot of negative heat coming out of it for Beet. I didn’t find the interview funny at all, very low class, and the comments are something else. Low and behold, I did read it though….At first I was just interested in seeing Beet, but then I just kept reading, not believing what I was reading! People are just so mean and hurtful anymore.

  Maris, I didn’t really like Adam’s song choice last night either, but loved his delivery of it. I would have really liked him to sing Dancing Queen or it’s Raining Men. Of course, he would really be pushing the envelope if he did that. LOL I don’t even know if AI would have permitted it! I don’t have an I-Pod, but know plenty of people who do. So if you decide to get one and need help, let me know. I was going to wait until Adam releases his first CD. I’m sure he will have most of his AI song choices on it. I would also love to see him in concert. I’m pretty close to Vegas, and I would think that would be a stopping point. I haven’t had any interest in any musicians like this in many many years. My oldest son and I have traveled the US to see Bon Jovi in concert. It’s kind of neat, just something that the two of us do.

  Need to chill for a while. Talk with you sistas and BD later.

• I think Lil and Anoop will be gone tonight. If not Anoop then Matt just like you. (Maris)

  Jon must spend a lot of time outside, his face was very red!!!

• I cant watch AI because two other shows are recording at that time, but the very end, with the clips records before another show records. If the guy all of you are talking about is the one I think he is, “I SEE WHY THEY WOULDN’T LET HIM SING DANCING QUEEN”!!! Good one Cinoda! He does seem very talented, if that is him. But he need to get a hair cut!

• Yes, there’s little doubt that Adam swings on the same side as Clay Aiken.
  The eye make-up alone give him away. But that voice of his is something.
  Cin, you follow Bon Jovi around, I love that band. Didn’t when they came out, but they grew on me. And Bon Jovi himself seems like a fantastic person. Rich Sambora just bought a zillion dollar condo somewhere in downtown Philly. One of many homes, I’m sure. I was kind of disappointed with him with the whole Heather Locklear/ Kim Richards deal, but you never know what really went down with that.
  Big Daddy, what other shows do you record?
  My Favorites are The Office and 30 Rock, love them. I think I’m the only person in this country that has never seen a CSI. I’m really a cable girl. I love my HGTV.

  • Well, Jules, Im really a scifi and technology fan so I watch Star Trek (TNG and Voyager), Stargate (Sg1 and Atlantis) Monster Quest, Charmed, Angel, Buffy (when shes on), Bones, and NCIS I guess thats about it for me. My wife got me to watching NCIS. She records and watches all of them! ICS vegas, ICS Mexico,,,, you name it! I just started recording “Everyone loves Raymond”. We’ll see how that goes. Caught the tail end of it lastnight and it was hallarious! So, Im recording them to see what I think! Oh, yea, and we both like Jon & Kate and Table for 12. We like Table for 12 because the two of them are so much like us. Even things that we do that we think is weird, they do the same things! So, it wouldn’t be too weird? right? Most of the shows that I really like, like Star Trek and Stargate, which are my favorits are all repeats. I cant wait for Stargate Universe to come out! They should have had that ready before they took off Stargate Atlantis! Bones will have to do for now! It is really good! And I love the history channel…. Sorry, didn’t mean to rattle… And yes, the tree huggers are real! I find them to be scary. Just to think these people could live near me!

    • Hay BIG DADDY ITS CSI NOT ICS GET IT RIGHT I LIVE IN VEGAS

  • Yeah, I love Bon Jovi. Heck if I lived in your area I would be looking for the little holes in the wall he likes to pop into just to play. They never advertise it (of course), the will sometimes, or he will sometimes just hit a place and start playing. I turned my son onto them when he was in middle school, then he started playing the drums in 9th grade or so. Our house was where all of the kids hung out and I always had band equipment either on the third floor (finished attic) or in the basement. I could probably still tell you the beginning chords of Sandman by Metallica

    Funny story: Seeing Bon Jovi concerts happened quite by accident. He has been to many many over the years, and when he wanted to move to Seattle he wanted me to see what it was like up there. He also wanted his Dad to see it also. So he called me up and asked if it was ok to make plans with the two of us. I talked with my current husband and he was like sure, no problem. So I spent 2 days in Las Vegas and 3 days in Seattle with my oldest son, his wife, and my ex-husband. (My current husband is a gem) My son bought floor seats for the concert without telling us…..well, I was in heaven…I couldn’t hear for 3 days but it was awesome. My son was very surprised (at my age, I think), that I would get into it so much, singing and dancing. Since then we’ve been to at least 6 concerts. He will call me up and just announce that he bought 3 tickets to Bon Jovi..I will ask him in what city…then ask him if the third ticket is for me!!! Of course he says. It’s a game we now play. Sometimes he pays for air fare other times I spring for it.

    I’ve told him that before I die, I would love to have front row floor seats…(thinking this would be impossible). He says that on their next tour don’t be surprised if this happens. He has played with a few bands and has some connections I guess, or else he’s just playing with me! Anyway, its one of those things that just tickles my heart, spending time with him as an adult on a friend level not a parent child level.

    • I like Bon Jovi but Im not crazy about them. At the Auditorium North Hall in Memphis, I have seen Van Halen,(The real Van Halen with David Lee Roth), Iron Maiden and Prince…. Yes, Prince… His concert was awsome! It was his Purple Rain concert and they had puple lights in all of the light posts down on Beal Street and they gave all of the women white roses when thy entered to Auditorium. In Texas, I have seen Reba!!!! Now thats the one person I am crazy about is REBA!!!!! I love me some Reba!

  • I think you mean Denise Richards. Kim Richards is from “Nanny and the Professor” and the original “Race to Witch Mountain.”

    When I was a kid I wanted to BE KIM RICHARDS.

    You couldn’t pay me to be Denise Richards.

• Hey guys, I just got a response from TLC concerning my suggestion that they put Kate Gosselin on Wife Swap and / or have The Super Nanny come to visit them! They basically blew me off but here is a copy of the letter..

  Dear Viewer:

  Thank you for contacting Discovery Communications. Our family of US
  networks include: Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health
  Channel, Discovery Kids, The Science Channel, Investigation Discovery,
  Military Channel, Planet Green, HD Theater, FitTV, Discovery en Espanol and
  Discovery Familia. We also distribute BBC America and BBC World in the
  United States.

  We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to reach out to us with your
  idea. Suggestions from viewers are very important to us as our viewers can
  tell us what we can improve upon and what our audience enjoys. Viewer
  ideas, such as yours, help us create and improve programming.

  While we share viewer suggestions with our management and staff,
  unfortunately, due to the high volume of suggestions, we are not able to
  respond and follow up directly with you about the outcome of the review.

  Thank you again for expressing your interest in our programming.

  Sincerely,

  Viewer Relations
  Discovery Communications

• BD, sounds like you got the “standard” reply form from TLC. I just saw somewhere that there is going to be another new show on TLC about a couple that had a mutiple birth (can’t remember how many babies). Anyway, they both work and she is a PA assistant in the ER at Kingman Regional Hospital. That’s where my doctor is….maybe I can get the inside scoop??? So if this new show takes off, I can be the “insider” trolling by their driveway, going into the ER under false pretences, snapping pictures!!!!! (I AM JOKING!!!!!) There will probably people doing that though.

• Whoops, I did mean Denise Richards.
  Cinoda, that is awesome that you do those things with your son, and I bet a front row seat is in your future.
  Big Daddy. I love the Wife Swap idea. I wouldn’t miss that one.
  Kate would probably never admitt her little ones need any help.
  I totally forgot you’re a scifi fan. What was I thinking. I would have loved to have seen Prince and the “real” Van Halen. Love both, and have many of their CD’s, as well as Bon Jovi. Also love Reba, she seems like a dynamite person, as well as a performer. My last big concert was Bruce Springsteen. I like him, but went because my friends dragged me.
  He puts on a great show, though. Also saw Paul McCartney awhile back in a huge stadium, so he was about the size of toothpick to me.
  That was awesome to see him. He did a bunch of Wings stuff though, which I’m not a fan. But when he did some Beatles tunes, the crowd went wild. That was a long time ago. In my youth I saw many. David Bowie put on one hell of a show back in the day, as did Elton John, with his Yellow Brick Road Tour. Boy, I’m showing my age. Heck I’ve even seen Frank Sinatra. I went with my parents for that one. Great show. I’ve seen many more, but of course the brain farts set in.

• I think we are all showing our ages!! haha I have met Neal McCoy’s father. I can not stand him!!!! Neal, not his father! I am personal friends with his Aunt Mary and 2 of his cousins. Ive known them for years and years.. Before he became someone! My first wife worked with his step mother and used to try to get him to come over for super. Of course, she would make me cook! Garth Brooks lives not too far from here, I know friends of his. Been invited to his house but I dont like him eather! And some little girl from AI lives next to Tyler, her last name is Lambert. I dont remember her first name. Oh, and I love LeAnn Rhymes!!!!! Ever sense she was little! Then she grew up overnight and got married. I hear that he is gay so maybe I still have a chance! I would have loved to see Paul McCartney! The Beetles are a little before my time but everyone loves the Beetles! I like Frankies music but he was WAY before my time! I love the old Janet Jackson! Not the new frekie one. Guess it must be genetic! I like John Michael Montgomery’s music although you dont really hear a lot about him anymore except when he get arrested……

• BD how come you never did fix my picture?

  • I never got the picture that you wanted me to use… Did you send me one?

    • Missy, Im trying to open you an account. They are supposed to send you an activation eamil within 24 hours. Forward it to me and Ill take cre of the rest!

• What is J&K email i cant find the email address

• Hello everyone. Missy, I love the picture of your dog.
  Big Daddy. I never heard of Neal McCoy. I guess me being a Yankee, doesn’t help. Leanne Rimes has/had a beautiful voice. I loved the Blue song, when she first started. So what’s the scoop on Garth. I remember hearing that his wife, Trisha Yearwood, isn’t a big fan of Leanne. Am I getting that right.
  I’m sure showing my age, alright. I’m 52. Thought I’d tell just so no one thinks I’m even older. When I was in my early twenties I was in a Beatles cover band, and we played around Philly and New Jersey. It was my fifteen minutes of fame, and I loved it. The hardest part was talking between songs. I was always petrified. It was the most fun I ever had making money.
  Here’s a topic. What kinds of jobs has everyone had? This could lead to nowhere, but you never know. My first was at Dairy Queen.
  Me and husband also owned a bar in Florida for four years when we first got married. We had no clue what we were doing, and lost our shirts. Some great memories though.

• Neal McCoy is all that. He is a country singer. His mother was Phillipino… He is a bald headed man that wears a cowboy hat so no one “will notice” !!! sshhhh! Trish probably doesn’t care one way or the other about Leanne… As long she has her MAN!! Yuk… But they did both sing “Unchained Melody” I think it was.. And they there sorta competing against each other at one time! Of course Leanne won! I have pictures of her and Garth in the back yard.. You would believe how huge her legs are! Don’t know how they hide it when she performs… Garth and his wife live across the street from each other. That way their kids can run back and forth..

  Jobs. I started with Wal-Mart and College 1983. I graduated from college and transferred to Tyler in 1988. I left Wal-Mart in 1996. I became a store manager for Dollar General for one year. I quit after not having a day off for 160 day. I then became a store manager for Payless for 2 years. Loved it, but didn’t make very good money. Got remarried and was expecting a child, so I left and went back to Wal-Mart and was there until 2008. So except for 3 years, I worked for Wal-Mart AKA, “The Evil Empire” all of my life….

• For those of you who liked the video about the tree huggers, Youll love this one! Its two guy making fun of them…. Watch it all of the way thru!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmQLccLYOYY

• Thank You BD, thats my baby,

  Well Jules, I am 10 yrs older than you, BD was gonna put my picture up as a sexy girl in a swim suit,Ha Ha , that would have been a hoot,as well as a lie, LOL
  My very first job out side the home I was 14 and worked at Holiday Inn, for .40 cents an hour plus tips, but from 10: P.M. tp 6: A.M. there was not a lot of tips, then when I got married I was a sahm for years, my youngest was in school before I went back to work, I was a manager for Shoneys restaurant for several years, I was a manager for a Ramada Inn for a few years and then I worked in Kansas for the aircraft industry, that was the best job I ever had, absolutely the best, I did that until 9-11 happened and then took a lay off, then I had to go on dis-ability,
  The most stressful job was certainly working in the restaurant business, espically as a manager, Shoneys paid very well,had the best trainning I had ever seen, but the hours were long and it was hard to ever have a day off where “no one would call you at home with a problem” they are the toughest people to work for. When it came down to vacation time which was 2 weeks and believe me well needed, if I was down one person, regardless, cook, dish washer, waitress, bus boy, dinning room supervisor or salad bar person, I could not leave,do you know how hard it is to be fully staffed all the time?
  Hey I love the job I have now, SAHW LOL , I just stay busy making a new “honey do list” that does not ever get finished!!! to much Golfing!!!

• Ok BD why didn’t my Sadi come up?

  • You must have entered something wrong when you were putting in your email…. It is showing up on all of your other comments….

• So what’s it like working for the Evil Empire, I’m intrigued. My husband saw a documentary on them, and couldn’t believe how they run things. I missed it, and it was never on again. A good friend of mine got a job at Sam’s Club about 10 years ago. She’s racking in the dough now. I guess she just got lucky. I’m scared that they’re going to put all the union jobs out of business before long and we’ll all have to end up working there, cause there won’t be any other jobs left. That is if you’re not an accountant, computer wiz, or engineer that is. Interesting to see where you all worked.
  Retail/resturant jobs are killers with hours, I know from friends. You basically can’t have a life outside work. Pretty sad. My sister in law lives in Spain. Most fulltime jobs are 35 hours a week, and four weeks vacation your first year. What has happened to us. I don’t think there’s any other country that works it citizens more, in the civilized world that is, except maybe Japan.
  Cinoda, where are you?

• I’m here Jules….I figure I talk way too much, and pretty soon people are going to be “telling me to get a life” that I post too much!!

  Missy’s post reminding me of my first job. I was 15 years old and worked in a Tuxedo shop. I measured guys for tuxedos!! I wasn’t allowed to measure inseams though, I had to measure out seams and subtract 10 inches!! I then worked for Sears through high school as a secretary. After my first son was born, I stayed home for 9 months, then got sick of my husband at the time telling me “I didn’t pull my own weight”. He would dole out $30 per week, and that’s what I had to buy groceries, diapers and anything personal that I needed. (what a man). I then went to work in the banking industry for 4 years. I started college at night and it took me 10 years to get an accounting degree. I had another son during that time and finally got up the nerve to leave my husband. I worked in management from the time I was 22 years old until I moved out here.

  You’ll love this one. For 5 years I worked as a black jack dealer at one of the casinos. It was a lot of fun in the beginning, but like anything it gets old after a while. For whatever reason my “cards” always ran hot. I was the “clean up dealer”. I would walk into the pit and the boss would look at me and say “see that $35K over there, go get it all back”, and I would. Don’t ask me how, because I don’t know…I could never “change” the cards to let someone win, but I could “change” the cards to beat the heck out of someone. It was great when the customer was a real asshole, but not so fun with the really nice people.

  I quit that job to care for my mother. Unfortunately that lasted only 9 months before she passed away. What a privilege it was caring for her. We traveled quite a bit and I became her bestest friend. It got difficult sometimes dealing with her personality morning, noon and night, but overall what a privilege!!

  I now am self employed. We have a huge senior population here, and I do anything from cleaning to running errands to watching TV with my clients. What ever they need help with (with in reason). Sometimes I pet sit, house sit for the snowbirds through the summer, take them grocery shopping and to the bank and post office, work on their computers, help them sort out their medical bills, make phone calls….I’m sure you get the picture. This allows me to pretty much set my own hours and take time off to go see the kids and grandkids pretty much when I want.

  I love that you sang for a cover band when you were younger. I would have loved to do that (if I could sing). My oldest son is in a band also. I don’t know where he got his musical talent from, but it wasn’t from me!!

• I knew you’d have a great story, Cinoda. I never get tired of reading about you guys. It’s just fascinating to me. How do you like that!
  Yes, the band gig was a dream come true, and I never had illusions of grandeur, so I wasn’t disappointed when it was all over. I could belt out a song alright, back in those days, but I had no ambition to make it big.
  That business, the little I saw, is a very sleezy one. You can meet some real creeps that are just in it to well, get some.
  Cinoda, I also just love your business. Heck I do that every weekend for my Mother, and it is a privilege as well. I like how you said that.
  I should think about what it would take to start something like that here.
  I absolutely hate my job now, in banking. It just isn’t me.
  Do you have people that work for you too?

• Your husband probably sayw “The Age of Wal-Mart”. It was actually very interesting, especially the parts about the new stores in China. There fresh department is VERY FRESH! It actually crawls out of the tanks! They have turtles, eels and etc… Anyway, I graduated in May and was about to go into the Air Force when I got my call to Wal-Mart in 1983. I have worked in every area of a store. And I have held every level of position in the store. I finally made assistant manager about 12 years ago. That’s about the time that this big politically correct diversification started. Unless you are black or Hispanic there is very little or no room for advancement. I have scores of people passed over because they were the wrong color. Anyway, that’s pretty much beating a dead horse! After the class action suit carried on by females, several years back, because they felt they were being overlooked for promotions, the District Manager announced in a Store Manager meeting that if you were a female, you would be receiving extra points on their evaluations! They have a base salary and really work for their bonuses of $125,000 a year plus. But that still isn’t right. And I’m sure that trickled down to the assistants as well. I’ve seen District Managers getting caught screwing around with associates then marry them after their wives found out. Store managers screwing their service desk clerks, payroll clerks et…. But lord don’t ever make mention of it! You will be fired on the spot. They claim not to be Anti Union but Pro Associate. Bull Shit! They are so afraid of unions that whenever the word is even mentioned you have to call a special department at the home office! If a Union Card is ever found, they will flood the store with associates from all over the U.S. to keep them out! There are just too many things to mention! I am so glad to be out of there. As a salaried member of management I was forced to miss all 4 of my children that still live at homes birthday for the past 5 years. I have worked in excess of 80 hours a week. You would be scheduled off for 2 day but get called in for one of them. I would have to be at work before my kids went to school and didn’t get off until they were in the bed. So my wife would bring them to work so they wouldn’t forget me! We were treated like Shit and told things like, “if you cant get it done your replacement will”… The Regional would tell the Dist Mgr that. The Dist Mgrs would tell the store managers that and they would tell the Assistants that. However, they would say now you cant tell the hourly associates this! We were forced to donate money from our checks to support the companies Presidential selections. Etc… They supposed to offer this great insurance plan! Bull Shit! Its more like major medical.. It wont help you unless you have major surgery. Then while you are out, they will cancel it on you unless you continue to make the payments while you are out of work. So that’s how the sucker you into paying for their short term disability, which only pays 80% of your regular pay. The majority of the people who are hourly’s have to get on welfare to survive! You would think that companies making 90 billion a year could afford to pay their associates descent wages! This is just one of the many ways that the company saves themselves money. The CEO was forced to retire after being caught embezzling funds. Several million… So when he was forced to retire, they GAVE his several more million dollars as a severance! Every Saturday the higher ups in the home office have a meeting then have a big drinking party at one of their houses. One time the guys who’s house they went to said, here, Let me put in a movie! It was a movie of his wife and one of the other higher ups having sex! A big fight began and the one who’s wife it was got disciplined! I could write a book about all of the trash I know on that place! Not to mention that the suck a town dry whenever they move in to a community! Aauugghhh!!!!! Anyway, that’s my life!

• I think that Kate Gosselin has a mental enbalance and so does her daughter Mady.I kinda feel sorry for Jon and the other seven children.You know I thought about it, and here’s a better name for the show.”All about Kate and screw Jon and the kids”.

• Jodi thank your lucky stars that you are no longer on that reality show with your ungrateful and unappreciative sef-centered sister-in-law.Your a very caring and loving mother and your own children does not need to be subject to all the drama of Kate and Mady.It seems that the only time Kate tries to show a little bit of affection towards her children is when she’s in public.

• Ok, guys, I know that you are out there monitoring……. My wife called me on her way to work this morning. We listen to Mix93.1 when we are in the car. She said she just heard the tail end of what they were saying but it was in referance to Jone and Kate plus 9…. She thought they were talking about moving in Jon’s MISTRESS????? Have any of you heard anything new about “Jon the studmobile”????

• 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

• 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

• I read that article earlier, wow. Poor Jon, he’s probably gotten another whopping by Kate. He’s got to learn how to be sneakier, or at least wear a disguise. I’m betting it was innocent, ah maybe. Who knows.
  I bet they never figured on the paparazzi and all the stuff that goes with fame. Meanwhile Kate seems to be drawing large crowds where ever she goes. Hey, Big Daddy. Thanks for the Walmart bio. Boy what a place. It makes me hate my employer a tad less. It was the documentary my husband saw, he mentioned the China thing.

• does anyone know where we can see the video now?? It has been removed…

  • The video has been comming and going. I have noticed that over the past couple of days. Its like that on all of Evil Beets blogs. I emaild Sasha thru her face book, I am assuming that she got the message. But, its there right now….

• The newest J&K gossip is starting to spread. I also read on a gossip site about a security man seeing John at a Hotel in the stairwell kissing on the girl from the car. And away we go………….

• Well “Sista’s” and guys this whole mess makes me sick, as a mom I’d like to take both Jon and Kate out behind their barn and give them the ass whooping they would remember, What the heck are they thinking? you all know I was a die hard fan since the beginning but this is just rediculous, I don’t care what they think they have to do to make a good livin for their kids, this S@#$ is destroying not only them but the kids as well,
  Kate wanted more kids, yet she is gone most of the time, and when Jon is out running around with other women who is watching the kids? how can Kate continue to think her time away is that damn important,
  Can you imagine what Mady and Cara will hear at school? You have no idea how I wish I was a friend of Kates, I might go to the slammer but she wouldn’t ever forget the ass kicking I’d give her first,

  Now have you all heard “again” another little 18 month old Emma was killed by her mommy? what the heck is happening to our world? Please tell me that I had a bad dream, moms killing their kids or someone elses , what is wrong with people? how can anyone harm a child, and if they don’t kill them by death then they kill their little spirits (such as J&K are doing) so sad, so sad.

• Hi guys!
  Sorry I haven’t been on… reading some of the latest posts made me miss you guys. Missy has been keeping up with me and I appreciate that!
  We had a kitten dumped on our front yard several months ago. It was really a pretty and sweet kitty. But that is all I needed! It was funny I would walk the dog…and the kitten would walk with us… well we didn’t know if it was a boy or girl… it’s a girl with two kittens in our closet! UGH! At least it was just two. They are finally opening their eyes today!
  Anyway, I have been working more and this weekend go off to my daughter’s grad play in West Hollywood so will be gone for the next 3 weekends. I am trying to clean before I leave cuz my father in law is watching the animals and I want to leave the house spic and span of course!
  Well, the latest gossip about Jon and Kate are sad. If they are true. Sooo was it worth the money? The last episode where they were discussing whether or not they were going to do another season….seemed to me that Kate was being a little nicer… I wonder if it is a little too little too late? I know that Kate was enough to drive any man away at times but that is no excuse… if all the gossip is true he is acting like an teenager with a fake idea. Stupid and sloppy!

• I meant an adolesent with a fake ID
  :)

• Jon is an absolute idiot!!!! y would u go out to a bar when u should be home with ur wife and kids!!!!

• Jon should not be around with other girls when u should be with ur wife and kids!!!!

  kate probalby wouldnt be such a b**** if she wasnt stressed with the show!! she has 8 kids!!!!!!

• Oh please, you people, Kate isn’t there eather! She was off doing a book tour on the other side of the country. I usually take up for men when whenever I can, however, JON GOSSELIN IS FULL OF SHIT!. Did yawll read his release? “I used poor judgement yada yada, my family is the most important thing to me, yada yada yada….. Im sorry but if it quacks and waddles its a freaking duck! This is twice he has gotten caught in a very short period of time. I have female friend too. I had them before I had my wife… She is friends with them too… But I dont stand in a stairwell at a motel trying to touch their tonsils with my tongue!!! Jon, you got caught! You just need to do a Jim Baker and say, “I HAVE SINNED AND MY ASS GOT CAUGHT! KATE PLEASE STOP HITTING ME!! LORD, MAKE HER STOP!!!!!!!!!

  • LOL!! You are so right! Maybe she’ll sit down with him and have a come to Jesus moment! Probably not, though.

    • She may smite him alright! Most people want to jump on the Kate bashing train, mainly because she doesn’t hide who she is. But Jon is probably the more dangerous of the two… I think he “hides” his real self when other are around. He seems very sneakie to me. He is one of those people who shows you what you want to see. But his hides his inner nature. There is no telling what he is really like. Im very anal about most everything. But people know who I am and they know my heart.. But even if my wife treated me badly I wouldn’t be seeking solice by cruising bars at 2am… And, if I had their house, my friends would be comming to see me even if it was only when Kate was gone…..

• check out people.com

• Did you all see that J&K were on the news again tonight? HLN was doing a story on reality show couples who have not made it. how ever they did say that most of the couples like Hogan, Britney Spears and such were already stars and knew what to expect, where with J&K they were blind sided when they signed the contract and did not realize what they were getting into, Very interesting tho, one reporter from US Weekly said you can’t always believe what you see and read in the tabloids, So dang true.

• Hey guys, long time no talk to!!!!!

  J&K have definately gotten themselves into a mess!! I’m sure they had no real idea what they were getting into when they came to the conculsion that having a TV show would be wonderful for their family.

  Their monetary issues were solved, Kate got the attention that I think she craved, and John kind of just went along with the flow. I don’t think they had any idea about losing their privacy, nor do I think they ever thought that a lot of the population would “turn” against them.

  John has some serious decisions to make if he wants his family to last. I personally don’t believe he’s cheating on Kate right now, but he is sure setting himself up for a huge fall. His in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong people…..isn’t that one of the first things we try to teach our children. If you put yourself into these situations too many times, trouble is likely to follow.

• I personally don’t think I would have a problem with it. Maybe I was meant to be rich and famous…. If TLC ever want to put my family on a reality show, IM THERE! People may want to bitch about seeing me sitting on the couch in my underwear eating and watching TV but like Kate said, Im not going to change who I am just because Im on TV… So I wouldn’t be able to go to Wal-Mart! Big Deal! I could hire someone to do it for me… Id have a place like never never land… Their fame is not going to last for ever.. At least Kate realizes this and is attempting to take advantage of it while she can. Once the TV show is off and they loose their popularity no one is going to want to buy her books then. They should be using this oportunity to get into acting or some other form of intertainment. If they don’t want to continue to be in front of the camera they should learn more about the business and how to direct or produce other shows. What they have learned would be envaluable…. Most of us will never have this oportunity they should make something of it while they can.

• Hey there Cin, you lil’ burger, it has been a while,
  I am really dis-appointed in J&K, do they not realize they are ruining their lives and that of the kids?
  Geez I would think Kate would really think twice before flying off some where else. The way she was with the kids when they were little I just can’t believe she leaves them so much now (if she does) but from the way the news was talking tonight they are gonna be around for a while.

• Hey Guys. Well, I agree with you Missy, I think the cat’s been away too much lately. By the looks of her book tour schedule, she’s hardly ever home. I do feel so bad for the kids. No matter what Jon is or isn’t guilty of, he’s home alone way too much. Maybe he should go on some tours, and Kate should stay home once in awhile. I just feel bad that these kids are now with sitters all the time. Seems like this all started when they moved to the “big house”.

• This is for Alyssa comment and whoever concur with her. No one has to have 6 kids at the same time or be in Jon and Kate’s shoes, because they put their business in the street so we all see how they live and how Kate disrespects her husband on National TV. Alyssa everyone has the right to freedom of speech weather it is mean or not. All of the comments made are peoples opinon and they have the right to express them. From what was on the show and on the blogs for Kate to say that aunt Jodie should not get paid for being on the show she is very selfish and mean. Also for Kate to interupt her husband and talk about him on national tv the way she does is mean and hurtful. When the show first started the Gosselin were just average people and now that they have much money and moved up it makes the show less interesting to me (thats my opinon). So, if you enjoy they way she disrespects her husband and talks to other people rudely that is your opinon….

• I personally like it! My 9 year old, now 10 is the one that got us watching the show because she liked watching the kids… Hell, she even wanted to move in with them.. My wife and I got such a kick out of Kate picking on Jon and Jon turning his head and rolling his eyes that even we got into it. I guess because as a couple with a lot of kids, not as many as them though, that we could relate to their situation. We got a kick out of it because we could see ourselves in them…. But I agree, now that they have moved to the “Estate” we have trouble relating to them… We also HATE that Jon and Kate sit on oposite sides of the interview chair and have had to become so politically correct about everything they say because people kept bitching about how Kate treats Jon…. I hate political correctness and I would hate or my life to be that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• new story of Jon and Kate and Jon’s new “friend” on http://www.people.com

• I don’t think for one minute that Jon’s intentions were totally innocent.
  Maybe “nothing happned”, but no one goes out at that time of night to meet friends of the opposite sex, just to show them your new car. Especially if your spouse is hundreds of miles away. I also think if it weren’t for the show, they would be at least separated at this point.
  There’s no way Kate is going to allow her marriage to fail now, not with the gravy train still in full steam. I bet Jon boy is in deep s….!
  That’s just my opinion.
  And Big Daddy, I love your blog, I just can’t figure out how to post on it yet. I’ve tried. Good work with that.

  • Just a shout out to you Jules. Been pretty busy lately, but will drop you a line this weekend. Hope all is well!!

    If J&K are smart, they will pull the plug and concentrate on their marriange and children right now. If they do work things out, maybe the idea of doing 4 shows a year would be possible. Even if the allegations are false, so much damage has been done, I don’t know how they could still televise the show the way it was formatted. I know I wouldn’t be interested in watching an episode titled “Jon and Kate go to Marriage Counseling”

    • Oh, I disagree. I think there are many people who would love to watch the show blow up just to see what happens. It’s so big now, I’m beginning to wonder if it wasn’t all planned by TLC for May sweeps…

    • I never thought I would admitt, to now becoming so dang discussed with Jon and Kate…

      I feel as thou I was played the fool!! Like may we please bury this beatten subject, once and for all.

      I was a 100 percent fan,,but now need strong antacid, to even think of going near radio or tv,,satan gets us all, one way or another,,, I for one refuss now to even glance anywhere near that station…TLC you hit rock bottom, to continue airing this excuse of a show…Over, and OUT >>>Blah!!!

  • I am a nanny, i would like to know do you think nannies are a good thing or bad thing?

  • To me it comes down to this…as much as I love reading about people on TV, certain things should never be made public. Regardless if anyone had an affair, Jon and Kate should do what is best for the family. No, I’m not oblivious to the fact that they are on TV and they asked for this “fame”, but for the sake of the children, an affair should never be made public (even a hint of an affair). Kate is who she is. For those who think she’s some evil force…maybe Jon should grow a pair and stand up to her. For those who think Jon is the evil one…maybe Kate should fight for her man and show him how much she loves him. Either way, the children are the ones in the middle of all this. I don’t think anyone (besides the Gosselins themselves) will ever know what really has happened when the cameras are off. As far as “family” stepping in and saying stuff about Jon and Kate…to me, they are all out there to get their 15 minutes of fame again. It’s easier to ride the coat tails than to do something yourself. I know, lots of people think that is what Jon and Kate are doing and to some extent I agree…but by doing this show, they are able to show their children some amazing things that a lot of parents haven’t been able to do. I see the good and bad sides. I just choose to believe that marriage is just a piece of paper that you sign in front of a witness. A relationship, on the other hand, takes a lifetime of ups and downs to get it right (if you ever do). I really hope they can get things together and make a wonderful and loving life for themselves and the kids.

• The **it has hit the fan. Check out the gossip sites….The brother of the girl Jon was seen with has confirmed the affair!!! gossip, gossip, gossip, I wonder if the truth will ever come out.

• I get online tonight to check out the comments for AI tonight. Boy, what a surprise to be reading about Jon and Deanna. Those two names don’t even look good together. From what I’m gathering so far, it appears that the pictures and the comments from 5 people close to the source appear to be true. If not, I think that the magazine that broke the story will be headed for a huge lawsuit.

  Fame brings on some awful consquences. As much as I can crack on J&K, this is just sad (if true). As Kate always said “the show is their life, and their life is the show” (I think that’s how it went) I couldn’t even imagine having marital troubles for the entire world to see. I sincerely hope that Kate has a support system in place, and that the children recieve some professional help with the feelings that they may be having.

  I may not personally like Kate, but no one deserves to be humilated this way. Can you tell I have no sympathy for people that disregard their marriage vows by having affairs. If they have decided that their marriage is over, for God’s sake do something about it. Don’t destroy each other and the children in the process.

  • Anyone who is willing to broadcast their families lives for the world to see, while getting paid handsomely, has to also be prepared to broadcast things when they’re not all peaches and cream. If they’re that greedy to sell out their family for a few trips to Hawaii, then maybe this is their karma. I wonder if TLC will take back the house they’re paying for when the show goes belly up.

• Maybe if Kate treated Jon like a man, and didn’t talk to him like he was one of the 4 year olds……..he wouldn’t be doing the things he’s doing. She’s emasculating and belittleing him constantly! He just smiles and rolls his eyes! I’ve only seen him “talk back” once, when she screamed at him across a store when they were shopping with all the kids.

  • I am so sick of hearing this!! Kate is who she is, JON MARRIED HER!!! Why does everyone blame Kate for all of this, when she clearly has ALWAYS been this way and Jon knew this going in?? If she were a man, nobody would be saying anything, but because she is an aggressive woman, everybody blames her for her husband cheating, including other women.. it is PATHETIC!!! This is what women do, we stab each other in the back!

    • Uh no, if she were a man, she would be in jail. Tell me what man is allowed to hit and control his wife? Because that’s what Kate does. Could you imagine if a man had yelled at his wife in the toy store like Kate did to her husband?? Or was constantly hitting her?

    • Here is the bottom line. The way Kate talks to her husband IS VERBAL ABUSE. It is NOT OK to talk to ANYONE like that. At the same time, having an affair is NOT the answer and it is WRONG. The same thing happened with my parents when I was younger. My mom constantly berated my father and belittled him and never stuck up for himself. Eventually all that pent up frustrations led him to an affair. Let me just say that even 5 years later it still effects me all the time. It ruined my family and it sucks. If Jon and Kate’s number one priority was their kids like the constantly claim then they would cancel their show right away before its too late. Obviously fame has gone to their heads and soon, as their kids understand more what is happening, it will go to theirs too. They tell people to mind their business..well they are on a REALITY SHOW. What do they expect?

    • Exactly, I couldn’t stand Kate from the beginning. She is extremely abusive to Jon for no reason except she is a biach…. She not only abuses Jon verbally and yes constantly but physical abuse is ridiculous. Which is why I am so surprised that no one has bothered to point out the kids are being abused by this situation. They see what she is doing to him and are constantly there when she goes off. This will have a substantial effect on thier lives. Prime example, look at Mady. That kid is a raving mess BECAUSE OF HER MOTHER. Yes she is very jealous but look she went from total attention to loosing her life. It’s no longer what it was before the little ones…. She’s a total brat but honestly it’s not her fault.

      I was surprised to hear about Jody. Not surprised that Kate would do something like that though. Her morals are somewhat tainted. She’s just in it for the money how petty a relative wouldn’t be allowed to make any she’s nuts.

      However, I think Jody was sweet and should be thanking her lucky stars she’s out of their lives as…. Didn’t you notice Kate always treated her like chit and repremanded her as well? All this and Jody was a helping Angel.

      The garage sale for the hospital was a total set up joke. Kate with her attitude.
      They probably ended up spending more to set it up with all the tables and tv and advertising for what very very little they made. They would have been better off if they would have just donated money the people would have gotten more.

      I had hoped Jon would leave her during the first season. That’s no life for anyone. But he couldn’t stand to leave the kids…… The perfect idea here would be to build another living quarters on the other side of the garage, two separate addresses, joint custody….

      Kate holds so much hatred for her parents and her upbringing and jealousy because Jon had fun growing up. She’ll never be able to pass up the prepaid entertainment and free money…….

      I’d say boycott the show but, I really do want to be able to see the kids grow. Kinda like the old Ozzie and Harriet (rumors there too) or the

    • i’m incredulous that someone would call what kate does “verbal abuse”. only in north america would people label that as abuse… seriously.

    • Kate wasn’t always this way! In the beginning shows she wasn’t anything like the witch she is today.. the Camera’s changed her alot, and not for the good

    • i agree completly..i used to love this show and the family…money really is the root of all evil!!!

    • I don’t agree that Kate has always been this way. If you watch early episodes she did not talk to Jon like she does now. After her makeover she changed her whole attitude. I hate infidelity but everyone has their breaking point. I also find it interesting that you see very little affection on the show. Maybe TLC should have filmed them laying on the couch watching a movie together or going for a walk alone or something that shows Kate is human. She is too busy making sure the kids clothes match and that they are clean at all times. Jon shouldn’t of handled the way he did but maybe he is looking for a way out. I feel awful for the kids!!!!!

  • WELL JODI YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT PERSON AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU PUT UP WITH KATE……JON IS A SAINT AND ONE DAY THEY WILL PAY FOR THERE WAYS. WHO IN THE HELL HAS 2 NEW HOMES WITH 8 KIDS AND THAT MATTY NEW SO SERIOUS COUNSELING….. SHE IS A BRAT AND NEEDS HER ASS CRACKED….. I WILL NOT LET THE KIDS WATD THIS SHOW BECAUSE I CANNOT GIVE MY KIDS WHAT THEY ALL HAVE THEY NEED TO GET REALL JOBS AND FIND OUT WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.. KATE LOVES BEING IN THE SPOT LITE… AND SHE NEVER EVER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BOYS WATCH SHE NEVER HUGS THEM. TIERD OF THIS SHOW GET SOMETHING NEW

    • Get real all u people! Give the poor girl a break! So what kate has a mind of her own ,Shes determined and out Spoken good on her !my heart breakin 4 her at the moment she n her kids r going through a hard enough time with out readin ur shit that is written about her and im sure u have all watched the show more thn once so stop whinging get over it!! N jon ur low n u stink

• Oh yeah, the marriage may not be over, but the relationship is as dead as can be. He seems like a good Dad, but iin terms of the husband and wife issues He’s too passive aggressive. He needs to set some boundaries for how he will let her treat him. And Kate needs some major couch time. She’s always looking at the negative side of everything and refuses to see how her actions and attitude play into that self fulfilling prophecy. People have raised more than eight kids before. She’s no role model. Where is it written that they must have the upper middle class lifestyle????? Where is it written that all their kids are entitled to a college education??? Kate has more than most women will ever dream of and the things that cauee chaos in her life were HER CHOICES. She has no reason to expect so much of the world and her husband while expecting so little from herself. She’s just a naturally negative person. If she were a man, the wife would have taken the kids and left by now. I’d rather have the extra work and the alimony than spend the rest of my life married to someone who treats me like a servant. Kate….eight kids or not, a man needs to be appreciated ocassionally even if he isn’t perfect. If you keep ragging on him non stop…..guess what? He’ll be asserting himself with another woman. Is it right? No. Is it understandable? Yes.

• Jon finally rebelling against the treatment he gets from Kate? Imagine that. So what does Kate do? Does she schedule an appointment with a marriage councilor? Does she schedule a sit-down with Jon to find out what the problem is? No. She says she believes Jon has been faithful, then immediately promotes her book and schedules her appearances on the talk-show circuits, beginning with Oprah this week, among others. Is it about her relationship, or is it about the money? You be the judge.

  • Oops, I have to correct myself already. She’s already appeared on the Today Show saying they want to handle this privately. Ironic really, since she’s making a public tour to announce this. Hey Kate, while you’re making a mad dash to save the show, who’s watching the kids? Who’s watching Jon? Anyone who can’t see Kate’s transparant true motive of damage control isn’t really looking. How sad for these kids.

    • Since when did a grown man need watching? Oh yeah, when he’s a cheater!

  • It’s the MONEY honey!!

• Its so sad, that this is happening I pray for the family, Its sad that media and showbiz runs peoples lives. Also ruins it People need to , keep there noses in there own lives. And just pray for this family. God love and bless this family.

  • Think your a little confused…. The media puts on shows like this for people who openly want to be in the public eye. It was thier choice to invite us (yes you too) into their lives….

    As for the marriage it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand this is a bad match due to Kates psycho abusive tendencies against EVERYONE in that family. Scratch that, Kate has been rude to everyone they come across…

• Why would jodi need to be paid to watch her nieces and nephews?
  If she didn’t want something out of being on tv ,she should have said NO i wont watch them,i don’t have time.Its about spending time with
  those little kids and lovin them, NOT MONEY! (GREEDY)
  I hope kate the best in the world, Everyone is in my prayers.
  Everything happens for a reason,Kate should take her kids and get as
  far away from jon and his family as she can!

  • that doesn’t even make sense

  • Why should jodi NOT be paid…….the kid’s mother is being paid to be on the show………so, why not their aunt……….I used to like Kate, but now she is getting on my nerves……..I feel sorry for Jon..
    The kids are so cute. I think they should get off tv as soon as their contract runs out……..get real jobs, take care of the kids, and get some help with their inner problems.

  • How many people do you know would watch 8 children, on tv, for free? Even teenage babysitters get paid for free.

  • Then kate shouldn’t get paid for her show either because it’s about the kids having video of there childhood ,not about the money , at least thats what Kate said on one show . I think it’s about time he left her , he was treated badly on the show .

• My heart is broken for Kate, whether the aligations are true or not. I love the show and these “8 Blessings”. I raised two children on my own and Kate if you can read this – you can do it if you had to on your own. You are strong and most of all you have alot of faith that will get you through this. Everyone knows the show as “Kate plus Eight” and it stands alone just well.
  Jon…Only you know the real story and you have alot to loose so think about it.
  God Bless you all I will keep you in prayer

• I feel that Kate has become very money oriented. She forgets that this show puts her children and her marriage in the public eye…is the money worth it?? I don’t think so! Money isn’t everything!

• I must be the only person in the world that hasn’t heard the news about Jon and Kate . I haven’t heard about the Jodi problem or that Jon is having an affair..BUT ” in the name of decency how can you blame him”..I’m surprised that he would know what kindness and respect from a woman would feell like or how to react to her. .Why this show has gone on for so long I will never understand. Those poor kids, Kate has totally ruined them..the episode when the kids were eating at the table and she told the kids to ignore Daddy “he is mean”. And that child Maddie (Kate’s little minnie-me) please get her pschiatric care before it is too lateeShe definitely has Kate’s problems of needing to control, mean mouth and extreme anxiety disorder. But as Jon said “Kate has her 1.5 million house now”. But for Kate it isnt good. Jon made it very clear he wanted no more of the show
  but Kate made it clear they would do another season. May God bless those little kids and Jon they never deserved this.

• I agree with pj ! Kate is really awful to Jon at times she “belittles him embarrasses him and thinks she can just say anything to him and it’s okay! I think she should count her blessings to have such a good husband to take care of 8 kids some men don’t even want to take care of 1.I hope this thing opens her eyes to realize where her blessings are.And get help for her (minnie-me) Maddie that child really has some serious emotional issues!

  I think Jon is “crying out for help,I am not condoning infadelity,but he is a man and I think Kate has really cause all of this.

  I pray that everything works out especially for those sweet children!!!

• No, no PJ you are not the only one who is hearing this for the first time this evening. I caught the news on Entertainment Tonight. I was shocked to hear about Jon and saddened to hear about the whole mess. I have enjoyed this program, first because it’s hard to find good clean TV to watch anymore. Secondly because the children are so precious and it has been fun watching them grow up. I don’t necessarily think that the show has to be in such detail and seemingly 24/7 at times. I agree with most that Kate needs to draw in her reins and allow her husband to be the head of the household as it was intended with their christian wedding vows. There was a time when I admired the fact that they spoke out about their faith, but as time has passed it has been more so on the back burner. I pray that this family is redeemable and God knows that we all make mistakes, no one is PERFECT but HIM.

• I agree with most of what you all said about how Kate treats Jon, it is sad, but what is sadder is, he is suppose to be the head of the home and the leader, so what ever Kate dishes out Jon should take it like the littl eboy child he is acting like,
  I don’t blame him if he is tired of her “mouth” but he should do it the right and legal way, the only worse thing than cheating on your wife ra ther than getting a divorce is “murdering her”
  Now in Kates defence we have read scores of comments that she is tanning and is tirning orange, well she sure was not orange on the talk show this morning, I still say the camera lights do a lot of deceiveing the looks when they are on the couch,

• Now I wonder why my comment came up as anonymous?

• Hi Missy! I still can’t believe all this has happened to the Gosselins.
  I only wish Kate would just stay home right now, where I’m sure her children would want her to be. She seems more concerned about saving her show then making sure her kids are okay. And no, she does not look orange, not now anyway. She probably used one of those no sun tanning products a while back that temporarily turned her orange.
  I’m sure she’s mad as hell, and tremendously hurt, but she sure dosen’t show much personality on all these talk shows. Read where she was on Larry King as well, with the same boring answers.
  Have you checked out Big Daddy’s site? Pretty cool. I can’t imagine how the show will play out. Bet they take a lot of day trips, without Daddy.

• Guys Kate isnt a money ioriented hag. anyone who has seen the shows would realise she only buys things with a coupon or on sale. Anyone who says she’s just looking for money is dead wrong. Kate can be controlling and rude at times, but she doesnt deserve all this bs being said about her! Jodi has been great throughout the shows shes been in, and she is an absolute sweetheart. However Im a little dissapointed she would go so public about her disgruntlement. makes you wonder doesnt it? As for Jon, I’m still undecided. If he;s cheating or not, it is the business of the family. I am hoping to god he isn’t and I am standing firm in my belief that this is another hurtful scandal, caused to put strain on their tempestuous relationship. Stay strong jon and kate! and be true to each other.

• Saw Kate on the today show yesterday (www.nbc.com) she really didn’t say much. Still think the show will go on. She’s way into the money. Also saw her on Larry king where she really didn’t say much abt Jon only about the “tabloid rumors”. I’m sure she has jon in the time out corner indefinately.

• Kate & John , NEVER LET ANTHING COME BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. Nothing means more then Family. It is sooo important that the kids stay close to their Grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles. This is the BLOOD LINE Stay Strong. A family that PRAYS TOGAHTER STAYS TOGATHER . It takes money to make it in this life but don’t let it part the FAMILY.

• S, just so you understand, Kate does not by every thing with coupons, altho I do not believe every thing that I hear about them and absolutely nothing a tabloid would say, ( would not even waste my money on a rag mag) Kate does a lot of shopping when she is away, she does not use coupons for every thing, Kate buys what she wants when she wants, money is only a peoblem when Jon was buying, but recently looking at the new cars and the money spent at bars, all of Kates new ward robe, nah money is no problem, and I doubt Kate worries too much any more about a .25 or .50 cent coupon.

  Hey backatcha, Jules, it is so very sad to hear these rumours about J&K I feel sorry for both of them, even tho they caused it, and they knew that they would be like prey to the vultures they continued to do what ever (Jon going out, Kate flying all over) Jon should have known by now he would be spotted, my goodness the tabloids are just sitting and waiting to spot them what ever they are doing, he knew being out late at night with Kate out of town was the wrong thing to do, It’s like he just don’t care any more, which is fine but he should at least think about what it will cost his kids, but I have to agree with the majority of comments he nor Kate act like they are concerned about what their kids will grow up to read and see about their lives and the God awful things said about their parents,
  And to think I was one of the big die hard fans at one time, but they are talked about so badly I don’t know how they even sleep at night, Can you imagine Kates out rage with Jon in private,
  I saw an older episode a couple shows back) where Jon was saying he was at his moms for eight days and missed out on being with Kate when she took the little ones to some where , and when he was explaining why he was at his moms, Kate had this look on her face like a bubble over her head saying “yeah right you liar” she was not confirming what he was saying, “he was bar hopping with the college kids, I think it’s fine for him to have a night out on the town with out her, but lordy be, do it with some guys his own age, “other men” not young college girls at their homes, To me that just said he was done, he don’t care who says what or who sees him and then he done it again, I’m afraid to even guess how long it will be be fore one of them leaves the mansion for good, And guess what “the kids will be lost” I imagine J&K have come accustomed to being with out each other by now and it’s the norm, I think their “together forever” has ended, so sad, so sad,

• Kate only treats Jon how he lets her.I don’t think kate is bad person she just is a strong womon.So I just wanted to say you go Kate and keep being your self…

• just read that kate makes 50,000-75,000 per episode. They are going to call the next series Jon and Kate plus the school teacher.

  • not a very nice thing to say

• I think you should all consider that “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” is a reality TV show, and we all know that these shows are often pretty far off the reality of the situations shown on them. On the show, different things are edited out- we don’t see Jon and Kate and how they interact constantly with other… for all anyone knows they could be two completely different people than the couple the show portrays them to be. Many couples have difficulty adjusting to the stresses and challenges of even just one child, let alone eight. Everyone should just let the two of them work this out. True, they have put their lives on public display, but they will never get through this if they aren’t given a chance to deal with their issues without worrying about the criticisms of others. The well-being of their children and their family relies on having two people who share in the care of their eight children.

  • Good point..If it is true that Kate is emasculating to her husband in their private lives…she should be real about her problems…if she is all about being real. It would be nice to see her take an honest look at what drives her to be so controling and critical. They are both opperating in a whole lot of woundedness. Getting councelling and healing some of the root problems could save their relationship. It would be an amazing journey for the world to witness how we can all change our own issues and heal relationships if we have the courage to take respondsiblity for our stuff and not blame anyone else!

  • I hope that Jon and Kate think of the children first and the family as a unit.
    I pray they are able to get through this.

• What I am not understanding is how anyone has the right to cast judgement upon anyone?
  I have been reading the comments and many of them focus on how much of a B**ch that Kate is or how she belittles Jon or how she should learn to talk nicer and maybe he wouldnt stray?
  Jon and Kate are two incredible people who have shared their journey with us. It must not be easy to have your life known so publicly. Yes they may have chosen to be in the public but they still do have the right to their own privacy.
  Whatever problems that they are facing should be their problems not ours to disect and make comments where we are not aware of all circumstances.
  I am a huge fan of the show have been since the beginning and have been truly inspired by their story. This cannot be an easy time for them so would it be to much to ask anyone that instead of mocking or easily casting our own judgements that we think about what it must be like to walk a mile in their shoes? Maybe if we did that we wouldnt be so quick to judge.

  • bull……

  • Have you seriously ever watched this show. They put their lives on TV, they continue to put their kids on TV with their mother yelling at them sometimes by degrading them. We judge them, because it is wrong that they treated their families poorly, they exploit their children and the list goes on and on. I don’t watch their show anymore, I stopped when she degraded the people who were previous owners of their present house, she basically said they were pigs because they did not clean their kitchen properly, so she went on TV to degrade them, the show is about raising a family, not Kates time to make sure she can make someone feel bad, it has lost its meaning they lost their way on this show and it should end soon, for the sake of those kids. You have your right to feel how you feel, but let other’s feel the way they feel. I guess I don’t understand how people can say Kate inspires them, inspires you to do what? Go out and have many children and than make as much money as possible off from them, how is she different from the octomom?

  • No one twisted their arms to do the show.

• Could someone please recap for the rest of us what is going on? I used to love J&K but have stopped recently. Then the whole cheating scandal broke and somehow I found out about bad blood between Kate and Jodi. I always loved Jodi on the show and had no idea. The blog that was supposedly written by her has been wiped clean for some unknown reason. And now, the video on this site doesn’t work. Can someone point my in the right direction to find out what Jodi said about Kate or what actually happened? And also a link to where I can watch the Jodi video?

• I made a decision before Jon’s dilemma that I will never watch Jon & Kate + 8. I adhor the way Kate treats Jon & Jon has expressed how he feels about the way Kate treats him. I will not watch & endorse spousal abuse especially the physical hitting of Jon. Celebrity & $ changes people. If everyone would stop watching this show & if everyone who feels the way I do, there would be no audience & guess what!? the sponors would lose $ & would stop endorsing this show. Jon stated that he is not happy & Kate had no qualms about doing a 5th Espisode. I wish she would listen to her husband more carefully & stop emasculating him in front of millions of people & stop hitting him!

  • It took me a while to realize how kate treats jon.. personally I feel there are other issues involved… kate seems very bitter, jon is passive. I think both are unhappy. They need to take time for for each other… work on thier marriage.

• I can’t believe all that has happened. I used to like the show not so much any more. At the end of the 4th episode Jon was making a comment he has to be Jon and Kate plus 8 and that he couldn’t just be jon any more and that he was frustrated that cameras are around and it’s hard to deal with. I think they should have thought about that long ago. Jon and Kate say that they will do whatever for their kids, but are they really thinking about the kids? I mean this can’t be good for them!! I could care less about Jon’s fling J&K need to do the right thing and quit doing the show FOR THE CHILDREN.

• I’m so sorry that this has had to happen to a great family like Jon and Kate’s. I think Kate did the best she could with eight children, heaven for bid that a woman takes care of her children so well that her husband has to act like a baby! The Lord will help Kate out in this alful time in her life and I know if she talks to the Lord, he will guide her in the right direction. Taking good care of children is the first thing in a marriage and at the end of the day if there is time for the man, so be it, after all he helped make these babies. GIVE THE WPMAN A BREAK!!!!

• Hi Missy, how are you? Long time no talk to……Well, I just watched the little preview of Kate with Rachael Ray. I must say, I actually can respect Kate when/if she is being honest. This is the first time that I saw her when I felt that she was being honest about her TV show. I still don’t like her personality and never will, but I can Respect her if she will just calle a spade a spade. Don’t give me a lot of garbage about clipping coupons, or poor me stories how exhausting it is raising 8 kids, just be honest. How she raises her children or how she treats Jon is their business not mine. I have a choice of whether I watch the show or not. I find it rather funny that the people who dislike her the most are the ones that watch the show!! Who is the smart one here?

  I am curious about the rest of the interview with Rachael Ray. I hope Kate just laid it out, we will see……

• cinoda, i am so glad that someone besides myself knows that tv or remote controls have power button or channel up or down on them if all of you nay sayers are so unhappy or angry with the way this show is done or how kate and jon inter act then change the channel or hit the power button i for one would love to use the mute button when it comes to your comments.i know i chose to read them and i am now dumber for doing so.they both knew who they were marrying and accepted and loved eachother inspite of it.live and let live dont you think they are both hurt enough with all thats going on with out all your negative comments and energy being spread aroung go take a walk you all could use some sunshine and happiness in your lives if you have time to belittle and bash people you dont KNOW take a good look at your life is it all that great if your on your comp. talking smak about a reality show!

• I think Jon thought cheating on Kate was part of his script on the show for next season.. oops .. Kate your getting paid double for all those magazines your selling.
  You should just thank Jon for it this time.

• Jon and kate has lost respect for each other in national tv. He might not be the greates father or husband but who is ready to be a father for 8 kids at 32. Give him a break. Now as for kate she has lost the meaning of the show. This show was about a mother being home with the kids showing everyday life raising 8 kids and the husband working a to support the family. shes now making book deals appearing on all kinds of talk shows, while the husband if running around with 23 year olds. Kate should stop and start being a wife the poor man has needs. both should just seek help. Quit the show while you are still ahead family comes first.

• I use to like the idea of the show and still a fan. I loved the idea of a tightknit family and I was saddened by the rumors of jon cheating because they have 8 kids that bond should be strong for the kids . I think its great they made money to do the show to raise there kids and give them a wonderful life . Not many children have the oppotunities that they have had . I have twins and a 3 year old and it would have been a blessing to me to be a stay at home mom for them. there are so many things to worry about as a parent, daycare how to pay for it diapers , clothes, shoes for there little growing feet. its hard and a chance for them to stay with there little ones is opened they should enjoy every precious moment with them because it wont be long and they will be grown and angry with jon and kate for not letting them have privacy as a family . they have enough money now! just be a family!

• It is sad to see the way Jodi has been treated. I stopped watching the show because the way Kate treats everybody. Also, since when does a mother tell an eight year old sister to go clean the the backside of the four year old brother after he went to the bathroom. Not a good show for children to watch.I think enough is enough.

• Jessica-

  click on the top of this page for the dirt about Ant Jodi. A short version is that she felt that she should be paid since she was helping kate watch the kids and she also was on the show. Well, kate didn’t agree with that and therefore does not bother with her.

• Whatever!!! Jodi is a cry baby and they ‘ ALL’ need to pull their heads out. All of them thrive on drama. That’s what makes the show so interesting. Jeliousy,greed,verbal and physical abuse, manipulation and control. Isn’t that what reality shows are !? You’re all a part of it. GROW UP !!

• It’s so hard to live up to any expectations, we just do the best that we can. I am sure that Jon and Kate love their family regardless of what personal issues they might each come across. People are so critical, and are so easy to issue blame of why he did this, or she did that. No one should judge, as none have the slightest idea of the tremendous pressure this family has. So what if Jon wants to play around, Kate is a beautiful sexy woman that any man would jump at the chance of being with her. What is the big deal anyway! The couple has alot to resolve, like any other couple, they just need space from everyone else. They are both great people, and they have lovely children, they can find happiness and still be there for each other even if it is as friends. They have their whole life ahead of them, goodness “THEY ARE ONLY HUMAN!

• Totally disagree with the last two comments. Jodi helped kate out a number of times. Why shouldn’t she get reimembursed. Kate is just a greedy person.
  As far as Jon is concerned he should have thought of his 6 children before going out drinking with college KIDS. What does he think nobody is going to recognize him? And now this new women he’s been seen with. Didn’t he just renew his vows with Kate??? He should be ashamed by his behavior.

  • the show is jon and kate plus eight not jon and kate plus eight and jodi…. All of us want the best for children and it takes money to make sure they have a good one we are talking about eight and six at once that is alot of money to come up with. So if life gives you a way to make there life easier you do it. This is a show and they want you to see that side of Kate it makes for better T.V. the way they are behind close doors we don’t see. Jon is a big boy he needs to act like one.

• i think they should stop the show when the contract is over. everthing is going down hill if the rumors are true or not. jon and kate obviosly need some help and should get it without the stress of the show.

• I just want to say that Kate is very nasty to Jon. How would she feel if he treated her like that….She would be cring ABUSE. I do not by any means think that affairs are ok, but if one did happen maybe she should get some of the blame. Lets face it we all need respect. And I do agree with the Mady situation. That little girl is going to have MAJOR issues and needs HELP.

• WAY TO GOOOOOOOOOO JON> HES HOT I WILL TAKE HIM

• Way yo go Jon….. You are much to good for her. I think you are hot and you can come to me……………………….You desearve much better

• All the tummy tucks, teeth whitening, spray tanning and hair extensions that Kate has had, too bad there’s nothing for that attitude?

• do u think mady will be exactly like her mother when she gets older?! i hope not

• They need to go to a Marrage Doctor. She needs to shut up & ask him to help her & not scream. But still it’s not her fault he cheated if he did & I don’t belive he did. Any way it probley was some poor dude that looks like him. We all have a double out there weather we know them or not. As of Aunt Jodi would she be doing all this if there wasn’t a show? What is Kates brother Kevin saying about all this? About what his wife & wife’s sister is saying about Kate? My God Kate is only looking out for her kids! Don’t she know kids are #1 on Kates life list? these MONEY HUNGREY PEOPLE would leave them alone they’d be better!!!!! 1st the affare & 2nd Aunt Jodie get a life! Jodie has 4 kids take care of them & leave Jon & Kate alone

• Jon and Kate have never been angels and have never had to take care of their children. Kate demanded that the state give her round the clock nurses right after she had the sextuplets (?) and they were on welfare. Jon didn’t get a job until the show started and that lasted how long? Jon freely admitted that he only wanted the 2 kids, but Kate insisted on more (Octo Mom anyone) and would have continued if Jon hadn’t put his foot down.

  I used to love the show. Kate only gave her kids homemade organic food. She had a budget. Now the show is one big product placement ad. I wonder if they were ever what the show portayed. She thought the world owed her a living from the beginning and Jon followed meekly along.

  Anyone else think it is weird the kids have honorary grandparents and Kates parents are never seen or heard from, even on holidays?

  Also, look at their touring schedule. Yeah, the kids come first.

  Believe what you want but based on their lives before TV and their lives now … Jon and Kate are one big fake. I wouldn’t be surprised if they both had affairs, And yes, I am judging. It’s my prerogative.

• First and foremost Jodi looks like a saint of a mother compared to Kate, she has patience and kindness that I just don’t see with Kate at all. Secondly, I would never exlpoit my children in that way for my own financial gain not to mention the number of creepy pedofiles and others that may watch this with horrid intentions. My job as a parent is to protect my children not throw them out to the wolves. As for Jon, cheating is never ok however, with the emotional and verbal abuse I can see how it could happen. If he does not want the show to go on then its his right just as much as Kate. I don’t blame him for wanting normalcy in his life.

• Bull Shit We all only see what the T.V. wants us to! All of it people we are watching arent we so they keep making one the good one one the bad. It is T.V.!!!!!!!!! If we had the chance to make the money they are the way they are you all would jump at it stop kidding youself people

  • Where would they be if they didn’t have a show ? on food stamps.

• Everyone it’s Kate who has a new love.. Jon is just in her way now. (he is behaving like a dumped husband) She wants to have a fifth season for the money. Oprah promised her a talk show of her own. She plans a pretend family for the fifth season and then she leaving for Cali. She will let Jon have the dogs. Don’t you see the pattern in her life? She takes what she needs and moves on. It is very sad. read between the lines of what Kate said on TV She only cares about Jon if it gets in the way of her plans. But Kate is in for a surprise. The world fell in love with Jon and Kate plus 8. NOT KATE

• Although appearances might (ha!) be deceiving, I think Kate is a total bitch and missed her calling as a drill sgt. Jon may not be perfect, but if he killed her he could probably get off w/justifiable homicide. Regardless of your opinion of mom & dad, if you watch the behavior of the kids I think that gives you a true clue of what’s going on. The kids are darling but hitting, screaming, etc., kinda shows that mom is more concerned about dust bunnies, than a loving family. I’ll take a loving family any day over a military mom who worries more about dust bunnies. After several seasons, it is clear that she is a shrew, I feel sorry for those children and wonder how warped they will be when they grow up. Loving family my ass!!!

• I think money changes people. Also fame is blinding.

  • True money changes people, and in the case of the women who allegedly is “In Love” with Jon. Interesting that her brother was the one who gave the interview to the People magazine, Jon don’t you get it, she is in a position to get rich off of your fame, the longer she holds back with her interviews and talk shows the higher price she can ask. if she is such a loving decent person as her brother claims, than she would never try to make it appear to others that she is cheating with not only a married man but the father of 8 children, boy too bad all women aren’t as decent and pure as she is ????? Jon and Kate you may have problems, but hey are you not both just like most every other couple, so whether you stay married or not is up to you, your precious children deserve to be raised in a loving home, not a father in one place and the mother in another place. Jon and Kate check your priority list-has this fame really been worth it if it destroys the life of your family.

  • i think we should stop judging. they have been great parents and need to continue doing so especially through this mess that they have made. (which could easily have been any one of us writing on this blog). We just didn’t get offered mega bucks to tape our families–fame also creates JEALOUSY among others which I believe is the biggest reason for this blog site.
    Kate, use your strength to get through this. Jon-start realizing what you are about to LOSE! Kids–keep up the cuteness!!

  • I think it’s time for Jon & Kate to GO WAY…..spend what’s left of your quality time with your children. Get the Cameras out of the house and all the perks that go with being a faux celebraty and tell them thank you but it’s time for you to go home and we to close our doors. How terrible it will be for those children later in life whenever an episode airs about them being potty trained or their accidents that they have had happen. Jon & Kate do not get an A for parenting from me nor do they even earn the title of good parents. Go out and earn your living to support your family the same way the rest of us do ….by having a job. oh , and by the way…. I could have had 8 or more children too if I knew that I could have had everything paid for and be able to get all the vacations /cosmetic surgery and college education paid for !

    • thank goodness you don’t have 8 children–you obviously have no idea what it takes to raise 8 children these days, Hockey Mama

  • You ROCK Aunt Jodi !!!!!!

    I have two boys who would love to have a sweet ,beautiful antie like you. You husband is also a gem. Your children will grow up knowing how kind, caring and loving the two of you are and as far as Jon & Kate…..they are acting like spoiled brats that need a dose of reality to hit them and I’m not talking Hollywood style. Let them go off the air and get out in the real working world……. bodyguards ,babes and everything else !

    • hockey B**ch, how the heck would they pay for the kids to be fed, clothed, sheltered??? 8 kids!! I have 3 in daycare and can barely do it—I think they are doing exactly what they HAVE to do to make it! No one understands until you are in they’re shoes. Twins at once made me and my husband broke!! Kudos to Jon & Kate!! Those kids are going to be well-educated and make something out of them selves–mark my words!

    • really?they might HAVE to have a show to make money for their kids,but do they HAVE to treat their kids like jerks and like they bother them so much?newsflash KATE! kids get dirty ,make messes,cry,throw up, pee their pants and lots worse. that doesn’t mean you have to treat them like they are pigs. kids are a product of their environment and if Kate thinks they’re so horrible maybe it’s because they are made to be that way by HER.I’d be horrible too if i had to deal with that douche.

  • you are so right–can you believe her own brother is selling out on Kate? aunt Jodi has to be paid to spend time w/ her nieces & nephews? Incredible to me!! I feel sad for all of them!

• i think that kate is just as bad as that mom on big people little world ha ha,,,,,,,,they both let money and fame go to their little heads ,,, good luck with both husbands….cause you ladies need it……the kids on lpbw are a lost cause—–but plus 8 kids still have a chance to be normal by ending the show with mom and dad still in tack/////////

• Aunt Jodi was showing up Kate as a kind and great Mother who seemed to be able to handle Kate’s kids plus her own while Kate needs help with everything.. Miss you lots Jodi! U deserve better!

• It’s funny how some of the ppl in here talk about how u don’t have to watch the show and that they don’t, but yet they come in this site and blog.. Kate get your head out of your ass before you loose your Husband.

• I hope you all mend the fences befor your family isnt able to come back together, there is nothing worse then a family thats ripped apart especially by money or fame, I hope she dosent keep you away from the kids, they need their aunty, show or not, its about family.

• ps miss you lots

• I can’t get over how they shove Colin aside, Jon said once ‘if u leave me with Colin again, i’ll leave him there….r u just a little immature Jon, ahhh poor Jon…sad but Colin is getting use to it, they ought to be ashamed…Watch your reruns Kate and Jon u’ll see….

• go on http://www.people.com

• PEOPLE TREATS KINDNESS AS A WEAKNESS!!!!

• i think aunt jody is a very kind person that sacraficed some of her time to help the children. she isnt self centered if she wanted to help her sister in law with the kids. i mean come on!

• i just thought of this now but i think its cool how they have all these different faces right next to your name when what u say comes up.

• This is simple Media Evil. All the media needs is a pic of Jon standing next to any woman and the next day it will be all over the media that Jon is cheeting on Kate. That is what the media does. If it has no news it makes it up. I do not care for Kate but I do not think she would cheet on Jon, nor do I think Jon is stupid enough to cheet on Kate knowing that around ever tree is some freak with a camera. I think Jon and Kate have a very nice law suite to file against the media and i hope the win a lot of money!

• http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=67315259166
  On facebook
  group
  save jon from kate!

• On Face book there is a site set up called
  save jon from Kate. A lot of the women on the group side with Jon!
  I think that is interesting.

  • I have felt sorry for Jon from day one. Kate treats him like hes gum on her shoe……..shes a bitch! I won’t watch the show anymore……..can’t stand her.

• I think that kate is awesome!!!I think jon should grow up! she can do so much bettr than him and he should know that!kate puls 8 sounds good to me!!!

• No woman would ever treat her husbad like Kate treats Jon. Yet he allows it. He needs to find his manhood and take back control……if he ever wanted it ,,,,,,,or live with the life she has allowed to be chosen for him.

  Nn of this crap would be happening in the south. Our men have the final say. They deserve our respect. But perhaps when Jon sold out to the 75000 a show he sold his manhood.

  I’m appaled to see how Kate treats him. He was destined by her to seek consulation elsewhere. Although I would never condone adultery.

  He has been put in a no win position. Not that he needs to win….but he needs self respect as a man. Kate has stoen this from him.

  I will not watch the show anymore as I ca not bare to watch him humiliated on national tv.

  He is no man and she is no woman. They are both worthless in my eyes and simply stumbled by luck onto this show. they should have made the best of it. But Kate let it go to her head. And Maddie needs some serious counceling……and she is just the first in line.

• Did you hear about kate cheating on Jon? With the bodyguard of all people. I found it here. http://womensthougths.wordpress.com/

• I believe that Kate is money hungry and loves the spot light, she likes to be the mother of 8 yet doesn’t want to have to do the mothering. Watching the earlier seasons I completely understand why Jon would want another women….the way she speaks to him and the kids is horrible. Now with saying that I also believe that Jon is lazy…he doesn’t care for the spot light yet he doesn’t want to work either. A real man would work and would also have the guts to tell his wife not to speak to him or his children the way Kate does.

• Although we may all have our opinions has anyone out here never heard of “Judge not lest ye be judged”? Or Don’t throw stones f you live in glass houses? perhaps take the wooden plank out your eye before attempting to remove the spec of dust out of your brothers?

  I would truthfully have to say that if anyone of you who ahd anything harsh or judgemntal to say I would love to see 1 week of what goes on in your homes.

  Serioulsy perhaps some positive encouragement on what they could try whould be better suited to publish? But thats just me?

  God bless you all and remember you only have yourselves to answer for on your judgemnet day som make sure you get your life story streight before you try and tell God that your neighbour was so much worse!

  • IF, I GET $75,000 AN EPISODE. COME ON OVER. I’LL EVEN MAKE YOU SOME COFFEE.

• You can’t treat your husband like crap, order everyone around you to do things you should get up off your A$$ and do and expect that your husband won’t go find a nicer woman to get affection from. Kate deserves what she gets, karma is a b$%#h.
  As for her being able to financially now be home with her kids, give me a break, she isn’t home with them. I am the mother of a disabled child, can’t walk, bath, eat, nothing without assitance and I do more in a day for my 1 son than Kate ever thought about doing for 8 kids. Must be nice to bark orders and then take the credit when something gets done. gives us all a break kate, you insult our intelligence if you think for a minute that you are some kind of hero…
  Karm is a bitch. getting a big ol bowl of it right now huh Kate. Is it YUMMY!

• i think it it is so wong for a woman (kate) to display her kids in the fashion she does, who does she think she is to treat Jon the way she does, she always has to be in control, she never lets him complete a sentence, does she think that she is super mom, I think not, she is a woman who wants to exploit her kids for her own wealth, not matter the outcome. I have disliked her from the beginning. Quite trying to show us how you are, let Jon b the head of the house for once, he deserves to tell his side and not b interpertued by you all the time. You are so self centered it makes me sick. I feel sorry for your kids. they deserve to have both parents, but not parents who want to get rich of them. ou chose to have a lare faml now support them without having to make us watch your anger any longer. Kate get a life

• Where is Kate’s friend Beth? Havent seen her lately. Bet she is totally let down by all this crap they have gotten into. I thought they were both Christians!

  • Beth actually wrote “Multiple Blessings” and now Kate is taking all the credit for it.

• Check out people.com

  They might split up. Kate may do it on her own. This is what she wanted from the start. “Mine all mine”.

  • Do you think that anyone would watch if it was just Kate and the kids? I think some people really liked how Jon and Kate would argue, I guess some just like the drama.

• Kate’s a mean B##ch and Jon puts up with an awful lot on the show. The kids are cute except Maddy is going to grow up like Kate and Hannah is the favourite in Kate’s eye’s so she will either be a spoiled brat all her life or eventually turn to drugs to escape the pressure. Colin is basically ignored so he will also have a complex maybe have depression in his teens. There are very loving parents and families on TV reality programs that treat each other well. i.e. Little people, Big World and The Duggar family. My parents had 6 children, we are all loving and caring individulas as this is what we experienced growing up. I would never trade my childhood for what those kids will be put through.

  • Also “Table for 12” put John and Kate to shame. These families really are a loving family and treat each other with respect. Jon and Kate are a real joke. Haven’t watched them in a long time. Can’t stomach Kate.I’ll be glad when they are gone.

• I have watched Jon and Kate since it came out and I am shocked in a way and another I’m not. I don’t approve of the way Kate Kate yells at Jon but neither do I approve ok Jon cheating on her which he has clearly done. Is that the answer when a man has problems at home run into the arms of another woman? When I first found out I was so mad at Jon because not only because he cheat on Kate but he betrayed his children. He has no respect for either. I know Kate has a hard time with eight children and she deals with it the only way she can by sometimes yelling at her husband. He is suppose to be her partner in life. If he had to step into her shoes for one minute he would see what it is really like being a mother to eight children. As far as the accusation of her cheating is just Jon’s way of trying to take the heat off himself. I wish Kate and the children Good Luck.

• I just wanted to ad something to my comment. I think all of these people that are calling Kate names and accusing her of all sorts of things neeed to get a reality check. Jon has to be fussed at from time to time because he seems to need it. He has a hard time getting anything done without Kate keeping after him. Kate haters, I have seen Jon yell at Kate on more than one occassion and he has been down right nasty. So it goes both ways, Jon is NOT the innocent everyone thinks he is, Do they also aprrove of his CHEATING?

• I really used to love this reality show but I just couldn’t stand to watch the way kate humiliated Jon. Kate just wants to be a big star and it’s so pathetic to watch.

  I feel sorry for the children and it’s not fair to them. I also agree that Maddy needs some professional help and soon.

  Jon needs to straighten up like a man and take charge. I do believe he had enought abuse from Kate and just tried to get some attention in the wrong way. Not a good way to go Jon! You are a good Dad and tried to be a good husband but your way is not the answer.

• First off, I think a lot of us are failing to remember we do not live with these people so we do not know what goes on in that house 24/7. Each week we get a glimpse of what they let us see. Sure Kate is snappy with Jon, but have you ever stopped to think how frustrated she might be with this man? She did not know when she married him that he would turn out to not have any real skills at finding a good job to support her and the family. Now they are the parents of 8 kids and he sits home doing nothing. Sure he helps with the kids but only in his time not hers. I can tell you from experience this is very annoying. Over time the frustration can build up to the point where you hate to even lay eyes on this person. I think Kate is at this point with Jon. And yes we see it on the show. It can be a bit harsh but I can see what leads her to it.

  Secondly on who cheated on who crap, I personally do not think Kate has cheated. I think she is bit friendlier to her bodyguard than others want her to be. They see her treating him better than she treats Jon and it upsets them. I think her and the bodyguard have a close friendship. She has found she can talk to him about everything under the sun. He probably speaks to her and listens to her in a way that she wishes Jon would. She is able to laugh and have fun with him on these trips and it gets her mind off the stresses of home, but that does not mean she is cheating. Jon may feel she is cause he is seeing how well the two get along and he wants that type of relationship from his wife. I do feel that Jon has cheated however. There is just too much evidence against him for him to deny it.

  As for the money..of course Kate is protective of their show..it is after all paying the bills. Something Jon is not doing. She has tried to depend on him to support the family but he has failed over and over again. Do you people honestly think Jon is going to be able to pay support of 8 kids and pay alimony to Kate if they divorce?? His current track record does not say so. That man is basically screwed if they divorce. So of course she is going to do all she can to protect that income.

  I feel Kate’s brother Kevin and wife Jodi should have kept their mouths shut. If you they wanted to talk about it then they should have went to Jon and Kate personally and spoke face to face with them. I feel these two are bitter for the way Kate cut them out of making money off this show.

  America needs to stop judging this family and needs to start instead praying for them. They need prayers to make it through this mess. I personally feel they need to put the show to the side for a while and really get their life in order. The one thing Kevin said that made sense to me was the marriage and family is worth more than fame and fortune. I will continue praying for them and I hope others in America will to.

  • I agree with you on so many levels.

    I have to say I did not realize he was no longer working. Gotta say that’s a big issue. Worse since she is a better speaker and us gals usually want to hear from her, he is stuck with these mommy duties. I am sure he is frustrated.

    I have seen first hand what can come of a marraige when you feel trapped or bitter. But I have also seen first hand if you stick with it, you get over the rough patches (remember for better or for worse) they are hitting the worst.

    She bossy and yells. I laugh cause sometimes that is me! I have twins and if i wa a rapper my name would be Yella.

    I dount she cheated. she is smart enough and one of the more cunning monkeys around, so i doubt she would chuck what is being reported 75k an episode for a romp or to “go bowling”.

    There might be an octomom, but Kate aint octo-stupid, she is octo-smart.

    As for “Aunt Jodi”, can i just say I hate people like her. the victim, can somebody please giver her a leg up on to the cross for Gods sake. I think her sister or who ever did the blog, gave courage and put a flea inher ear and now she sits humilated, looks like a sour grape. The brother is just a creep. Maybe if they didnt “sell” there story I might have bought it was “for the children”. Save your selves first. Keep the dirty laundry off the line.

    I mean no offence to her fans or haters. I am sitting here with 1 sick twin and the other is fussing about in support and decided i would add my minds worth.

    • Also Are Jodi and Kevin hurting for $$. Makes you wonder??? Good aunt, poor motives and made to look like a weak cowering fool. No offence, I would rather Aunt Jodi, than mommy Jodi. She is just to weak and meak. Bet Kevin runs her, like Kate runs jon. Cause bullies run in families.

      Just a thought folks, just a thought.

• This is a reality show. This is not real life. I feel for the children, I’m hoping they don’t read any of these rude comments being made about their parents. Considering I think Jon and Kate have both been good parents, with different parenting styles. Any parents out there should realize this is pretty typical. I wonder if any of those trashing these two people they don’t know are also dealing with raising eight children in hte public eye. What’s more disturbing is how excited people get over others failures.

• I really liked watching the show, but sometimes, cringed at the way Kate talked to Jon. Even when she was defending him by saying he made bad choices, she sounded like she was his mother.I thought Jon was the better parent because he actually played with them and was always watching out for them when they were in public. Even though he was more into letting them do kid things, he wouldn’t put up with their tantrums. Even with all of Kate’s self-absorbtion, she didn’t deserve this, and especially the kids didn’t. I don’t understand how he could possible think he wouldn’t get caught. As for staying at him mom’s house to help her, that sounded fishy from the start since I thought they were estranged and she had remarried. I didn’t believe the rumors at first, but now with the teacher scandal, it appears it probably is true. Too bad Kate couldn’t start thinking about her family and stop going on tour promoting herself. As high-strung as Maddie is, one can imagine what hell she is going through. But how would Kate know since she’s on tour selling books and herself. Do I blame Jon? Of course, he should have thought about what his kids will go through. Very, very disappointed in him. It’s like learning Ward was cheating on June. Boo hoo.

• I agree that Kate is very tacky to her husband. However, I also think Jon should have put his foot down, instead of cheating on his wife. When the show orginally started they were a normal family that was excited when given the opp. to do a show. Kate even worked on the weekends as a nurse to help support the family. I am not saying Kate is a saint, but she did work hard to get where she is. Given the same oppt. most of us would have done the same. I believe $ and fame does make you a diffrent person, and it is time Jon and Kate do something about it, for their family. I would love to see them sit down togather and say this is what happened we are going to fix it w/ counsling or we are going to go our seperate ways. As far as Jodi, I think Kate had no right to say she could not get paid as well. She is a very good person, but I would not have let a little $ keep me away from my nieces and nephews. I would have been upset but I would have just dealt with it and went on.

• I think it’s time for us to stop watching other people’s lives on TV and take care of are own. It is all very sad. People go on these show’s
  because of money problem’s and think were the answer by watching
  the show. Get jobs, work like the rest of us and take care of your kids.
  You used America to support and take care of you and that’s sounds like TV welfare to me. Fame and fortune isn’t all it seem’s to be. Your
  marriage and your kids have been destroyed because of it.

• I can’t believe that anyone would defend such a couple, they are exploiting their children for money. I would have so much respect for them both, if they would walk away right now. Kate has a degree, she is a nurse, go back and to work as a nurse, and Jon could find work. With selling books, and the TLC show, they really should have enough money. they do not have to continue to have their names smeared all over these magazines, it is time to end this circus and save their family.

• I really feel for those kids, Jon was the one to bathe them and put them to bed everynight. Now they must be confused and worried. I hope Kate stops this before its too late. I believe she asked JOn to leave right aften they moved into the new house. She wants him out of the way. She has plans that do not include him. She is making a mistake.

• Looks like Kate got new teeth. Not just whitened, but new.

• My big problem with Kate and the show is……….how often do you see her pick up a child. hold it and kiss it……..there is no bondiing there as far as I can tell……they are like little robots… there is no affection whatsoever on that show with Jon. Kate or the kids…..only to each other……the kids hug each other………How sad.

• Great observation Dgrang2u. She acts like a drill sargent barking out orders. I still grab and hug my son and he’s 12!

• hola,soy de carolina puerto rico. deceo saber si es verdad que jon and kate se van a divorciar.por favor comunicate conmigo envienmen un mensaje electronico.para saber como se encuentran todos.muchos saludos a toda la familia.bye

• Can someone PLEASE provide a reputable source for all this? This has all the markings of rumor. Just a couple of things to point out…

  Kate’s hair is still short–it was long when they got married, but she had to chop it off because she didn’t have time to take care of it. If you actually watch the show, she mentions quite a few times that she would love to have long hair again. If she were truly so absorbed into her career, I would expect her to grow her hair out. I know that’s something completely subjective, but it makes sense to me.

  The gossip magazines are raising suspicion over Kate’s bodyguard because he’s constantly with her as she tours the country…umm, call me an idiot, but isn’t that what a body guard is supposed to do? That’s their only fact, and they assume an affair is going on? Sorry, but I need actual proof.

  To the idea that Kate just wants to further her career and keep herself in the spotlight at the expense of her family, even though they’ve already made millions–in the episode itself they discuss how Jon doesn’t want it to continue because its hard on the family (understandably so), but Kate wants to keep going because the show provides opportunities that would otherwise be out of reach. I’m sure they’ve made enough now that that doesn’t hold quite as true as it once did, but even if they’ve made millions, that’s still not as much as it sounds. To put it into perspective, a million dollars is a good nest egg for a comfortable retirement for a single individual. Jon and Kate have ten individuals with a whole lot of life ahead of them to pay for as the kids continue through their childhood and adolescence. It just doesn’t add up.

  I’m not saying necessarily that I believe Jon and Kate are just going through a “rough patch,” but that there’s nothing objective out there to make me believe otherwise.

• I’ve been watching your program for the longest time and feel, Kate and Jon, you’re both doing a wonderful job with the children. I just think that you should “cool” your (outside) activities and sit back and take a deep breath with what you have. Fame has come so fast for you. Perhaps you should ask the photographers, etc. and your relatives, to step back for a while and just relax with your beautiful family. Weigh the pluses and minuses that have come your way since you had your 6 children after Maddy and Cara, and then, after “resting” from all of the excitement, if you still feel you can handle the popularity and IF IT ALL DOESN’T INTERFERE with the upbringing of your fantastic family, then continue with what you were doing.

• The kids are hitting and screaming…sounds like normal kids to me. Do we try to teach our kids not to hit and scream? Yes. Do they sometimes do it anyways? Yes. This doesn’t make the parents bad parents. With so many siblings to share attention, toys, and mix of personalities, occasional hitting and screaming seems normal. For the number of kids they have, I think they are basically well-behaved and sweet children.

• I have an idea here. I agree with the children being exploited and maybe if everyone stopped watching or said something to the network, it would stop. Kate is a very selfish person and doesn’t care who she hurts if it will make her money. Anyone wonder why now all of her family has turned on her? Let’s stop watching. If the ratings aren’t there, maybe the network will cancel the show and save those kids from being exploited by their money hungry self serving mother.

• Poor kids. I feel sorry for the little ones. Especially the little boys, Kate never pays them any attention, not like she does the girls. She is awful, self centered, so full of herself. She forgot she has a husband that needs to be treated as a man. All about Kate, thats all that matters.

• I think this is all a big hulabaloo…..the gossip is phoney! They have started this “scandal” to get big ratings for their new season…..that way they can ask for $150,000 per episode.

• Kate is a greedy pimp who prostitutes her kids for the mighty dollar and Jon is a lazy ass who rides on her coat tails. They are both garbage and the ones who are going to suffer are the kids. They got a money hungry bitch for a mom and a cheating fuck up for a dad who will turn them out to any camera that will shoot them.

• jon, kate hang in there fight for your right to privacy be friends, lovers ,parents ,partners nothing is more important than family you never know what you have until its gone and your left with what ifs believe me, i know. god bless

• Jodi, Jodi, Jodi, you didn’t seem to think Kate was that terrible when you were going on trips with her, getting attention. Now that you see that might end you’re will to throw anyone under the bus to extend that attention a little longer. Jon and Kate’s marriage troubles, real or not, are not for you to do interviews about. No matter how cute and wonderful the media say you are, you become very ugly when you become a family gossip. By the way gossip and jealousy are sins.

• I am a mother and I feel no matter who dominates in the relationship it has nothing to do with poor judgement of Jon who says” I got married to young blah blah blah” woman don’t think the same, he got married and that was the day he became a man with responsibilities especially having children and becoming a father. Get over it and move on, We are all suffering in this economy and causes alot of strain of couples but does not give him the right to look for younger companion to make him feel young again while his wife is away trying to promote their new book/show. I enjoy watching the kids and yes everyone sees the conflicts of their marriage but that is who they are! I am going through the same thing with my husband not happy in his job since the economy took a toll on it and none of us know what the future will bring except we have our family and thank god our children are healthy! We are not looking for a different partner we are trying to get through our lives and look how far they have come from their before and after pictures, they accomplished alot in their lives no matter what their goals were.

• Has anyone noticed how Kate loves to be the disciplinarian for TV, but when Jon tries to intervene, she blasts him in front of the children and accuses him of being in a bad mood. Jon told I think it was Aaden to be quiet one day at the table, and Kate says, “No, YOU BE QUIET.”

  I think Kate is jealous of Jodi because Jodi is so loving and sweet and treats the kids so much better than Kate does. Jodi gave the kids chewing gum one day and my gosh, if Kate had her way, Jodi would be tarred and feathered, as if that was the very worst crime that has ever happened in the world. I couldn’t believe how Kate went tearing around the house, yelling that she was going to throw all the clothes away, and all the toys that had gum stuck to them. I was waiting for her to throw the KIDS away next!!

  Since Kate seems to have an okay relationship with her brother (as long as he is working around her house) does anyone know why Kate has no relationship with her parents?

• I have followed and studied this family relentlessly. I own all seasons of Jon & Kate+8, I have the book, “Multiple Bles8ings”, and have seen and/or read everything about them that the media has to offer. I have to say, at this point, that I am not going to take sides one way or the other. The truth of the matter is that people lie. People hurt other people. People misconstrue things that are said or done, and sometimes it is to meet their own personal agenda so that they can play the part of the victim. I’m not easily swayed or influenced unless I have seen cold, hard proof first hand. I’m sorry, but a bunch of hearsay, video clips, and articles are hardly what I call evidence. Even in a court of law, in order to prove one guilty, it has to be done so “beyond the shadow of a doubt upon a preponderance of the evidence”. Who are we to form our opinions based on what we are fed via the media? They’re all in it for one thing-ratings. Ratings=money.
  Granted, Jon and Kate both made the choice to have their family’s lives taped, therefore public exposure is inevitable. But to be judged by so many who have not “been there, done that” is simply an injustice. We don’t live the day to day with them, nor do we personally know or have experienced a day in their life. We will never know the whole truth, and frankly, it’s none of our business. People thrive on drama. Unless there is some, then the story-line is no good, boring, and thus unappealing. Again, unappealing=less ratings=no profit. That’s just the way it works.
  We should all consider ourselves thankful that it is not our lives and marriage that are up for grabs for anyone with an opinion.

• I love the show BUT I agree with Aunt Jodi. You can tell from the show that Jodi is a much better parent than Kate could imagine being. I understand its hard to raise 8 kids, but apparantly not too hard when you’re never around and make everyone else do your parental jobs, while you sit around and bark demands. Her poor husband gets treated like crap and her older kids are usually responsible for the younger ones. I only have 3 young children, but I wish I had half the time that she has to go to the salon or do whatever I wanted.

• Skyler, where have you been??? Kate does not speak to her brother anymore because he is married to Aunt Jodie. Kate is extremely jealous of Aunt Jodi because she is a kind and loving person. She does not speak to her parents either.

  • I began watching the show because it was about “happy things” – a family, happy,disciplined, well-adjusted children in a sea of rude, self centered, unkempt urchins who have no family leadership in life, that we see all around us.
    These children are clean, mannerly, and loving toward one another. This does not happen by coincidence – it takes training and time.
    Aunt Jodie should remember that family is forever. Aunt Jodie may move on, but her children will always be biologically tied to the Gosslins. Speaking out critically in public about our families is not acceptable to me.
    The Gosslins simply may not be able to handle the prosperity and fame that life has afforded them. What an wonderful financial windfall they received-to care for these children -but – there is always a price to pay.
    I think it is not fair to take the $$, then complain about the papparazzi and press (Jon) —
    I thought their marriage was more solid and am disappointed that Jon appears to be (new sports car, chic tattered blue jeans) having his 2nd adolesence in light of the fact he has 8 children who will look to him for role model and leadership. Come on Jon- suck it up and be a parent and forget about all the shallow flattery.
    Also, come on Kate – forget about the tours. stay at home more and be a MOM too these 8 children.
    The children are PRECIOUS – If they go off the air, I shall miss seeing them. I do not enjoy observing the bitterness that is developing between Jon and Kate, I can observe that almost anywhere, — and feel the taxpayers have paid a lot to bring these children into the world, nurtured them until they were able to enter the world, and dadgum it – you owe it to them to STAY TOGETHER UNTIL THE LAST ONE LEAVES HOME. Learn how to compromise and get along. You guys brought them into the world, now stay together and take c are of them.
    How sad. You guys had a good thing going and you messed right in the middle of it.

• Has anyone noticed in the preview episode with Emeril, Kate hits Emeril on the arm with red spatula? Where does she get off? She not only constantly slaps & punches Jon but now it’s anyone. I’m surprised that Emeril didn’t say something to Kate.
  Another thing…Kate bitched & bitched the entire FOUR hours she cleaned the fridge in the new house. Calling the previous owners slobs. House had been empty for quite some time…why didn’t Kate get someone to clean the place out? I read that the Gosslins have made MILLIONS off of this show. I never really liked Kate, there was just something about her…now I know why. I will no longer watch the show, although it will be hard..like a person scared to death of snakes but watching them all the same. Jon & Kate divorce? Never, too much $$$ involved…too much dirty linen to aif.

  • Did you notice that the fridge that Kate spent four hours cleaning (she must be a slow worker) was replaced by a new fridge? I’m sick of her whining and abuse to Jon.

  • I completely agree. After watching the season finale from last year I canceled my dvr from recording. I won’t have anything to do with this show anymore. I think that Kate has changed so much, I wouldn’t want to be married to her either. I have to admit that I bought her book, what was I thinking?? I just gave her more money. I thought that whens he flipped out because Aunt Jodi gave the kids gum, was horrible. So what!! that’s what aunts/gmas/gpas do.. They spoil kids.. Why is that any different??

    I will NOT watch anymore of their shows!

• I dont think the show proves who is the better parent. Every parent has their good moments and their bad moments. And most children are well behaved when they someone else is watching them. I dont like some of the ways jon and kate discipline but there is no manual on how to do it right. and on some of the episodes Jodi was on she seemed kinda like will I dont know, does your mom let you. Lets see use common sense would you give your three yr old gum? especially when you have 6 of them? No, alteast I would never. Gum means a mess, all over hair, clothes. And I understand how kate feels about laundry because she doesnt want to spend all her time on scrubbing things out and wants them to look presentable not slobby.
  I just feel that the saw does not show who the better parent is. every parent has good moments and bad, and the cameras caught her in a good moment to kids that arent hers.

• They are so sicking iam happy that they might not be on the air anymore they used that to there advantage

  • learn how to spell!!! (it’sickening and their)

• O my God! Suck it up! Don’t be jealous because your kids and family are not as excited as your sister-in-laws. You weren’t talking crap when you were on the show getting attention. Why do you think you should profit from someone else’s kids. Go get a life and try to get your own tv show and stop hating on Kate.

• well first of all i love to watch the show and i find that Kate is a very good mother to her children and that the way she wants to raise her children is how she wants to raise them and Jodie although you are very kind to her children doesnt mean that you can make her look bad because the truth is that she is a good person and i dont know how long it is going to take for YOU

  • or anyoneone else to see it….well keep up the good work Kate.

    • I totally agree. About the interview that Aunt Jodi and Kate’s brother gave radar.com, it is shameful that Kate’s own blood is bashing her by saying that she is not thinking about her children when he is not thinking that him talking crap will affect her emotionally as well. Instead of talking crap about his own sister he should go to work and make his own money because obviously he is jealous of the money Kate is getting and the only reason he is giving such an interview is probably because he is getting a good amount of cash too. That is sad and Jodi and her husband, along with the nosy sister (Aunt Jodi’s sister) should mind their own business and stop making money off of the Gosslins.

    • The interview that Aunt Jodi and Kate’s brother gave on radar.com was NOT bashing. They were stating facts because THEY WERE THERE and THEY KNOW THE FACTS. Kate’s MAIN PURPOSE for the show, as she stated, is to insure the children live a COMFORTABLE life. WATCH THE EPISODES! Kate stated this several times. Kate’s emotional well being is NOT tied to her relationship with others, if that were the case, she would have been kinder with ALL her family and friends. As far as the “talking crap about his own sister he should go to work and make his own money because obviously he is jealous of the money.” It WAS Kate who appeared to be jealous of Aunt Jodi’s lifestyle because they had a bigger house and comfortable lifestyle. Carmen, if you don’t have the facts, stop your crazy ass-umptions! Remember, Bravo allegedly proposed to pay Jodi and allegedly Kate had a diva moment. If Jodi, her husband (Kate’s brother) and Jodi’s sister felt a great need to speak out about their concerns about Jon and the children then I WANT to hear it. Kate is greedily making her tours and making money off of her children, Jon and everyone who was involved in “JON & kate PLUS 8” SHOW. I feel sorry for Kate’s supporters. Please share your concerns with Kate and tell her to stop the greed. It is TRULY affecting everyone in her life.

  • Ok. Do children normally cringe and tremble when a mother starts a tyrate? Go back and review some of the videos when Kate becomes unhinged. So how did Jodie make Kate look bad? Jodie makes Kate look bad when Jodie babysits the children so Kate can exploit, no I mean, film episodes away from home. Jodie makes Kate look bad because Jodie doesn’t yell and threaten so the children LOVE to be with Aunt Jodie. Jodie makes Kate look bad because Jodie HELPED without making the profit the Kate made. Oh, and Jodie makes Kate look bad because she and her husband (Kate’s brother) are no longer allowed to see the children because Kate said so. Humm, hope you spend some time analyzing the episodes more closely. Remember Jon did most of the changing, bathing, feeding under Kate’s dictatorship and micromanaging. So rethink your position.

  • What show are you watching? Kate is totally self absorbed. She does not care for her children. John and the nanny’s do. She is TOO busy travelling and promoting her book.

• Thank you Alexandra Keyes I think me and you are the only two who think Kate is an Awesome mom and that other people need to get off her back. As for maybe the reason people talking crap about her is because they are jealous and yeah i would be a bitch two if my husband was at a bar at 2 o’clock in the morning with another woman! If you say you would then you are a lier.

  • Holly Lane and all supporters of Kate. PLEASE, you must be delusional about Kate’s behaviors. ARE YOU KIDDING!?! You sound as pathetic as Kate. Yes, John made poor choices in his behaviors BUT NO ONE SHOULD CONDONE AND SUPPORT KATE’S BEHAVIORS toward Jon. Go back and review the episodes where she’s belittling him in public, she CONTROLS his EVERY MOMENT but telling him who, what, where, when, how and why he should behave with his children in ALL arenas. Examples, examples. There are too many! In one of the episodes the family goes shopping for Christmas and she starts to scream at and BELITTLE him in the store while he is trying to manage the most of the children. Is that a good example of being an awesome mom while her children are watching? Is that good “Christian” behavior (one of her soap box topics she LOVEs to talk about) a woman should behave toward her husband? Or how about her dictatorship when Jon bathes, clothes, feeds the children then she decides to micro-manage his performance. I’m surprised that Jon lasted this long. Once upon a time I thought she was doing a pretty good job, I came from a family of 12 and understand how tough that job is BUT she has become a screeching banshee. Watch closely when she is chasting the children, they literally appear to be cringing and trembling in her presence. FIRST, Kate needs to go into individual therapy. She is verbally, emotionally and YES, physically abusive toward Jon. Her family is NOT supporting her behaviors…that tells me something about the kind of person she is. Then if Jon & Kate REALLY WANT TO SAVE THEIR MARRIAGE for the sake of the children, they BOTH need to go into couples therapy. Jon & Kate made vows, for better or for worse. Jon had to put up with Kate’s bad behaviors for LONG, LONG TIME. He makes one mistake so where’s Kate’s forgiveness. Jon has needs that obviously Kate is unable to provide. This is the price anyone pays when they become public figures. You expose yourself to the world and everything you do is no longer private. Good Luck.

• Dear Holly Lane- Not only are you an idiot, but you sound to be as controlling as Kate. She is a horrible mom. She never plays with them. She is only concerened about how they look when they are on the Oprah show. And if a grown man wants to go to the bar until 2:00 a.m. married or not married so be it. I feel sorry for your husband. He probably really needs a drink being married to you.

• i will never buy that dumb book or watch that show again keep it up and write a tell all book, we all know kate is trailer trash and fake

• This is dumb you have eight children you need to take care of them togetherso they will know the have a mommy and a daddy. Jon you need to stop what you are doing same with you kate you need to put your problems behind you go to a marrige conselor. I really love you show Kate you are doing a great job I understand what you are doing, but Jon you need to calm down understand what you wife is trying to do for you and your kids.

  JUST STOP IT RIGHT NOW GO TO A CONSELOR

• I just think you really can’t judge someone’s parenting until you have been in their shoes……8 kids! Do you have 8 kids you to take care of? Parenting in general is really hard and for someone to criticize another person (especially when they have 8 kids!!) is not fair.
  I think Jodi’s sister should mind her own business. Who is she to have a blog talking about Jon and Kate…..get a life!?!?

  • Just to let you know 4 leaf clover, Kate is very rude to her husband and kids, and I think that the kids and husband should live without Kate, but still do the show. Because Kate is soooo worried about money, which they have no problem with. And Jon on the other hand, is much nicer about the money and doesn’t act like a retard about it, such as Kate does.

• i can’t stand kate anymore. I used to watch the show but now kate is so fakei that I cannot stand it . Jon seems to be a good guy and i cannot blame him for getting tired of kate . Whenjon is around he does all the work and she stands there and micro manages like he does’nt know how to give a bath . Also she never plays with them jon does all that .

• A friend put me on to this show a year or so ago. From the beginning I found myself saying (to the TV) “yes, Kate, it’s all about you!”
  She is a first class bitch to her husband. She publicly berates, belittles and emasculates him.
  She doesn’t seem to do any of the physical care of the children except the laundry which seems to be her favorite thing to do. On the episode in Utah she chose to do laundry rather than go outside with her children and play in the snow!! Her “helpers” did that–Beth and her daughter?
  Her behavior toward Steve what’s his name — on the episode with the solar panels was appalling!!!! He was essentially and guest in her home and she was RUDE toward him. Big deal she brought out coffee but that is something she does cuz she knows she will receive praise for it. . .and Kate lives for praise.
  These hyper-religious types always seem to fail to live up to their hype. They can talk the talk but can’t seem to walk the walk.
  I hope the show ends purely for the sake of the children. They are already so damaged that they need to be in Jon’s custody with limited visitation by Kate so that he can show them the love they have missed all these years while Kate promoted Kate.

  • Why is Mady ALWAYS involved in any conflict with the children? Kate, watch the videos and see how your child is so manipulative. She is definitely YOUR child. If you loved your children so much, maybe you would spend more time with them. I understand you need time for yourself, but John gets the kids up, dresses them. etc. Every show I see, he is the one dressing the children, much to your constant criticism. Yes, your teeth are white and your tummy is tucked, and you new hairstyle is god only knows what! What about your children???

    • Mady is an eight-year-old child that didn’t sign up for this, but has peers old enough to read the trash written about her. Have some decency and leave what you see as the shortcomings of these children out of this. They’re innocents.

• STOP THE NEGATIVE BLOGS THIS WILL DESTROY THEIR LIVES>>>>>>>>>>>>BOB LINDH

  • And they certainly don’t need any help with that. They’re doing a fine job all on their own. You can take comfort in the fact that at least they will have rich destroyed lives.

• If anyone has seen the episode where Jon goes out a buys something without a coupon, you know Kate is insaine. They have plenty of money and don’t even need to worry about it! To tell you the truth, Kate is a ree-ree!

• I really think Kate is bi-polar! She needs pills for that!

• she truly has problems and takes it out on jon and jon should jus leave cause I shure would

• Listen Bob, Jon and Kate distroyed their lives on their own. This little blog is not responsible.

• I’d watch a Jon + 8 show (minus Kate) – wouldn’t you? It might be fun to see how Jon manages the kids without Kate? OMG, I’d bet they’d get dirty! How horrid!

• Who is really this obsessed with the show you people are freaks! If you know everything about every episode you need to get a life!!!! Kahu09 and Margaret you people need therapy and find something else more productive with your time!!

• I cant believe that Kate wouldnt want her brother to get some money. Kate doesnt speak with her parents and now her brother and has one friend that we know of. At some time she should start looking at herself and stop blaming others. I always thought she was so giving having sales and donating the money. Then shes worried about her brother getting something. If I was getting rich I would love to share it with others.

• i am thankful that jodi and kevin have finally spoken up on behalf of these kids.

  this past year i had trouble watching the show because as a grandmother of six myself its heartbreaking. kate is the most obnoxious, self absorbed, cold person i’ve ever seen.

  ifind it deplorable that TLC condones this behavior.

  the difference in the kids is quite obvious too.
  as much as they are cuties, they are getting very nasty and aggressive. as much as i feel bad for madys control issues she needs some serious counceling and support.i am surprised she hasn’t seriously hurt any of the little ones the way she kicks and slaps them.the little boys are definitely the underdogs.

  i’ve seen some pretty pathetic episodes but the sickest one was when miss kate sat in the furniture show totally clueless and heartless while colin was in agony and begging for help.

  my daughter and 2 grown granddaughters went to a book signing to get me kates book for christmas.
  they came home and said she was the meanest, rudest person to everyone in the store and never cracked a smile or spoke to one person…not too nice considering they waited 3 hours to get a book signed.

  i hope and prayers are that jon steps up to the plate and the family and friends rally around those kids and see that kate is forced to seek help.

  • I agree with you totally. Mady has been obnoxios and abusive to all of the other children. She needs the spotlight, just like her mom, Kate. A couple of the little girls are now picking up on this attitude and abuse. Shame on you Kate. When John was putting the bunk beds together and you said to the children, “Daddy is not concerned about your safety”, Kate you are WAY out of line. They could have slept donwstairs and John could have finished the beds. Kate, you are such a BITCH!! The world does not revolve around Kate. Wake up. Who else would take you with eight kids?

• l am worried that no one will watch jon & kate + 8 anymore. so TLC, let start with jon + eight to keep the show go alive and if you can add aunt Jodi & uncle kevin that would be great. now, I know why Jon goes out to the bar at 2 am. It’s ok, Jon! Don’t let that woman control over on you anymore Jon. I know you tried your best yo take care the family. God bless you and the kids.

• Here are my questions.

  Why doesn’t she talk to her parents?and other siblings?Who blots out a father’s
  face in a wedding video?
  Why doesn’t Jon go to work anymore?Maybe spending time away from his
  controlling wife will do him some good.
  What happened to her rich friend Beth?and Jon’s supposed new boss, Bob?
  Why don’t you ever see people or other cars on their street near

• I would really like to get just half the stuff they got for free. I raised six children and some of them would have liked to play violin or the piano but I couldn’t afford it. My stomach is also very saggy so where is my free tummy tuck. Do we all need to be on TV for company’s to lend a helpng hand to families

• to all, you know there is always two sides to every story and then we don’t know all the facts. if kate is making all this money and putting it away for these childern for their future, great. one child is hard enough and costly enough to raise, how about eight, I;m sure jon is getting some benifit from this, and you know life is not perfect and with all eyes on you 24/7 even worse. we only see whatthe papers print and they are out to make money too. its all about the money. the childern need their mother and father. jon and kate need to suck it up and make the best of their lifes. take care of these great kids. time is short and this is not a rehersal… appreciate what good you have… good luck

• Me thinks that the new show should be Jon Minus Kate Plus Eight.

  • Hey, I already suggested that 2 days ago! I think it would be fun to watch Jon with the kids. He doesn’t take Mady’s behavior either. Somebody needs to get control of that girl before she turns into her mother.

• Wow, it’s amazing how a family goes to nobody and then there living the high life. I was watching the reruns and watching them grow or should I say, fall apart. Kate use to be nice but the more money they got, she was not nice. Jon is a great dad, u can see it on the show and Kate can be too. I just think money has a way of hurting people in ways they can’t think of. I hope and pray they can either work out there issuses or part and put the children first. My parents divorced when I was 2 and I really don’t remember a fight, infact my mom had coffee with my stepmother twice aweek or more. I don’t remember a holiday without my dad, stepmom, mom, stepdad. Years later I found out that my dad and stepmom hated having my mom and her husband in our home but they done it for me. Hope all parents can do that for there children.

• Right now, I am watching the Christmas episode where they go caroleing. Kate says to John, “Do not speak to me like I have no brain cells.” OMG How many times has she done this to him. If they are going to “work on their marriage”, maybe Kate should quit her book signing tours and looking like a hoochie while traveling with her body guard. I was disgusted that she passed out her books when they went to the children’s hospital. Shame on you Kate!! What does she need a body guard for anyway? She is way too full of herself!!! I feel sorry for the children.

• Considering there’s a camera in their face every waking hour of the day, the Gosselins seem to be doing just fine. My God, 8 kids, I would have been in a nut house a long time ago. All you people who got nothing to do but complain about somebody elses life, you need to get a life of your own. Jealousy gets you nowhere but on this blog where you can vent your idiotic trivialities. The stress and pressure must be unbelievable. The paparazzi, photo freaks and all the other losers who hang out and pick apart other peoples lives are nothing but scum bags who do nothing but destroy other lives to their own financial gain. I’m sure they didn’t go ask TLC to do the show, and I’m sure there are dollars involved, but which one of us would say no. I think they are doing a good job of raising their kids considering all the crap they put up with.

  • You are truly the loser. Not realizing that these children need more than what their parents are giving them. Television does not provide this. I would LOVE a show when they are all teenagers. They CHOSE to have the cameras in their faces and their children’s faces every waking hour of the day. I am in NO WAY jealous. I am very concerned about the children. YOU SHOULD BE ALSO!!

• I got it. Jon & Kate SeperEight

• J&K +8 is marketed as a reality show…but from everything I have read…what the camera shows us, is infact not the Gosselin’s reality!
  Lets face it..the only time Kate acts motherly is when she hears”ACTION!” Kate deserves an Oscar for her role!

• i agree light camera emmy!!! She is the most pathetic women in reality t.v. I hope tlc wises up and lets her know . I haven’t watched the show in a year and kate is why . I love jon but seriously Jon get a backbone. I would be in the bar @2 a.m. also if my wife was kate. I think the kids are all whiny brats but look who their mom is the biggest complainer in the world . She whines more than my own child and kate is never sastified so if you dont like it kate diy (do it yourself ) you LAZY BITCH!!!!

• I dont believe in cheating while married, HOWEVER, all along i kept wondering how long Jon would/could put up with his sarcastic, overly dramatic, pushy, emasculating wife and felt that since they had so many children he would never be able to afford to separate from her. CONGRATULATIONS, that the poor guy has someone in his life. I hope she treats him well. And we all know that the witch he is married to can afford to take care of herself and the kids without bleeding him dry. What a pompous witch he is married to and no one deserves to be treated the way she treats him. If it came to talent she would never have the house and whatever else she has bled over these past couple of years and i do hope she is off the air soon as i would love to see something else on that channel rather than her and that older daughter of hers who also acts like the heavens gift to society maddy is it?

• TIPPY,

  EXCELLENT!!!!!

• I think this whole, he cheated, she cheated is just a bunch of bull to keep us all watching this show.

• Used to like Kate but now she’s turned into a “star” and isn’t the super Mommy she used to be. I always used to defend her crazy ways and say that she had to be that way to keep 8 kids from making her go insane. I think the kids are smart, well groomed, and adorable. I also think Kate has overdone it with the cleanliness deal. I mean, these kids are actually afraid to get dirty! Besides that, I feel all the innocence of the show is gone now that it’s become their meal ticket. And that’s fine, if they want to open up their lives to scrutiny by being the subject of a hit show, then don’t complain about the fallout and negative publicity when things aren’t going so well in your personal life. They can’t have it both ways.

• I agree that Mady has demonstrated some mean-spirited behavior but I don’t BLAME her for it, I believe she needs attention.

  Mady does not want to be a part of this circus. She does not want to be part of “two sets of multiples.” Mady wants to separate herself from the others. You can see it when she says things like she is the most Asian looking, or when she marvels at how differently she and Cara can do the same activity.
  Mady wants to be Mady and not part of this zoo her home life has become. She is a young child and does not yet possess the vocabulary to articulate her feelings.
  I am afraid that Mady will be the one to have a baby of her own at 16 just to have someone that will love her for herself and not how she fits into this gang.
  For a couple that “knew we wanted children” J&K don’t seem to be willing to devote their lives to raising them. Admittedly Jon is the more devoted parent but he needs a backbone and stand-up for his children. He doesn’t seem able to do that.

• Aunt Jodi needs to keep her mouth shut! She has no idea the stress kate is under! Jon and Kate are both excellent parents, and roll models! Why is the media trying to ruin their family?!?! They have no choice but to keep doing what they are doing. People are so mean.

  • who in the hell cuts kates hair ,wow what a mess ,and ya money went to her head ,

• Aunt Jodie was the only stable person in those childeren life. She calmly spoke to the children when they did wrong and kindly babysat for the witch so she could have an afternoon to herself. I’m sure kate misses her now. Along with the rest of her family and friends for that matter. She scared everyone away!

  • Aunt Jodie didn’t do those kids any favors. Trashing their parents for bucks, so good and loving.

    I don’t care if she* thinks* its all true or even if it *is* 100% true – she shouldn’t be making the rounds on radaronline. Trash.

• Its getting a bit tiring listening to Kate complain about how overworked she is. From what i see, Jon does most of the things with the kids including dressing them etc. Yes, kate does the laundy, but how many times have you actually seen her carrying it down to that river and beating it on the rocks? They always seem to have people with them when they go anywhere. So what does she do except bitch constantly and berate her husband. I used to wonder how he would survive living with the tyrant and would never be able to afford to simply move out. With all the money she has ‘earned’ from the tv show as well as leeched from manufacturers and stores for the kids, she is in great shape. I say go for it Jon. You made a huge mistake, many times over but as we can see Kate has even been the bitchy role model for maddy who is a mini her.

• I think that everyone should stop trying to analyze everyone so closely… no one is perfect. Jon and Kate are doing the best job that they can given the circumstances. They are always going above and beyond to make sure that their children have good lives… I bet your parents never did shit for you!! So leave them alone and let the rest of us enjoy the show!

• if aunt joldi was a loveing woman see wouldn’t be saying bad things about her family she is mad beacuse kate didn’t give her enough tv time ya’ll need to stay out of jon and kate life’s just beacuse they have a show doesn’t mine we need to know everything going on in their life’s jon and kate know the true ya’ll just look stupid saying all the lie’s and for kate brouther how could you late your wife say bad things about your sister and for who every say kate doesn’t love her kids kate love’s her kids more then you love your kids ya’ll wish ya’ll were them but ya’ll nevery will be so get a life they are better then all of ya’ll

• MY HUSBAND AND I USED TO ENJOY THE SHOW. I THINK WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FAMILY OUT THERE YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PREBARED FOR ALL THE OTHR THAT GOES WITH IT. AND AS FAR AS HER SISTER INLAW WHO CAN REALY BE THAT SWEET ALL THE TIME. I BET IF WE WERE IN HER HOUSE LIKE THE GOSSLINS YOU WOULD NOT SEE THIS LITTLE MISS PERFECT FAMILY.AND HER BROTHER YOU SHOULD BE THERE FOR YOUR FAMILY AND REMMEBER THEY DID HAVE THE SAME PARENTS SO YOU KNOWN HE HAS HIS FLOSE. I SAY IF A PERSON IS THAT UNHAPPY GET OUT DON,T CHEAT OR GET HELP.I SAY LETS PRAY FOR THEM.AND YES WHEN THEY GET ALL THE BUGS OUT WE WILL START UP AGAIN SEE THEM ON TV.UNTIL WE WILL NOT GIVE OUR TIME TO THEM.

• MY FAMILY ENJOYS THE GOSSLINS FAMILY.YES KATE HAS HER TIME.BUT THINK COULD WE HAVE HANDLE WHAT SHE DOES. AND HOW DO WE KNOWN THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN UNTRUE TO HER FOR A WHLE AND SHE IS AT HER BRAKEING POINT. YA SHE MAKES ME MAD HOW SHE IS SO MOODY.BUT WE ALL ARE AT TIMES.I LOVE HER KIDS THEY ARE SO CUTE.AND IF THEY WERE NOT LOVED THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THEM BIG SMILES ALL THE TIME. AND HER BROTHER SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIS SELF.TIME IS TO SHORT FAMILYS ARE TO BE SHERISHED.JUST REMMEBER YOU CAN NOT TAKE MONEY WITH YOU WHEN YA GO. SO WORK IT OUT BECAUSE WE LOVE THE SHOW AND WILL BE LOST WITH OUT IT.

• People get real, has anyone ever heard the word “EDITING”?
  They can skew the show any way they want, to make either one look good or bad…We all have our moments…Besides its in all the news that now TLC is working on re-EDITING the first episode that is airing on the 25th to fit in the “divorce talk”…Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

• for some reason i was a big fan of jonandkate plus 8 but the more and more i see the show i have notice kate changing for the worse! kate needs to learn how to treat jon bc if jon would treat her the way she treats him she would probly hav a nervous breakdown its good to be a strong woman but u need to know when to shut up and let jon be the man of the house! it seems as kate is taking advantage of everyone who has helped her but within time it will come to a end! Hey kate dont let money ruin ur family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

• It’s obvious Jon is a great guy and Kate treats him like a dog on national television. One can only surmise how she treats him when the cameras aren’t around. Jon has specifically said he can’t be just Jon, it’s Jon & Kate Plus 8. Kate has made it clear she likes being home and the perks. I doubt she could afford all the trips and other amenities if it weren’t for the show. Kate has recently said that Jon isn’t handling the publicity of the show well at all. Now I hear Kate is blasting back at the tabloids about what they’re saying. Hopefully she’s feeling how the other shoe fits. Kate can criticize but can’t take the heat hersef. Since Kate loves the show and the perks, she should star in it alone and allow Jon to be himself. If Jon did have an affair, who wouldn’t after being treated badly by Kate for so many years.

• It’s time for Jon and Kate to get off of TV, for their own and their family’s sake. No amount of money is worth losing your family over, and a reality show is way too much pressure for any marriage. Come on guys, what is more important to you? Money or your marriage?

• Editing plays a role but some of the things make me wonder,

  when they bought the new house, Kate says you will never be allowed in our bedroom, I do understand wanting private time but to say never allowed in the room seemed a little cold.

  • Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jodi shame on both of you.
    Jealous, eh????

    • Jealous of what? A sham of a marriage? A relationship soured by greed? A pending divorce?

    • how are they any better? no matter what family does, you don’t sell people out like this.

      that’s his SISTER. this is all for ratings. if they didn’t want to help for free, they shouldn’t have done it. can’t hold it against someone later on. that’s unfair.

      how CHILDISH of them to air jon & kate’s problems as if they’re their own.

• I don’t care how “true” anything Aunt Jodi says is, from her perspective or from a more objective one. Her public career as nemesis is neither loving or helpful to the Gosselin family, marriage, or the young children, nor neutral, but destructive, vindictive – and, whether she can admit it to herself or not, about the cash.

  She’s not only no better than the flawed Gosselins, she’s worse.

  • I couldn’t have said it better myself!

    • I agree with you, this is so sickening, even worst when its your family…so-called family, Jodi got paid how much for that interview I wonder, and all the dirt they are saying, they are simply awful, even if all of it was true, love covers a multitude of sins…I feel horrible for the Gosselins, even if they have some fault, they seem genuine and really into their family. Every one falls, but get back up and fight…I wish the Gosselins peace and joy…and to Jodi and her family you seem desperate, and jealous…snap out of it, you are far from perfect!!!!

    • I agree with so many of the other posters pertaining to, “Aunt Jodi.” She has betrayed all the Gosselin children.

    • Aunt Jodi has only added more fuel to the already out of control fire surrounding the, “Gosselin Children.”

      Shame! Shame! Shame!

      Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin. Both media monger whores.

• I just watched the preview clip for season 5 premiere airing on Memorial Day and in the clip Jon mentions that he loves his children and he loves his “family” I thought it was very odd that he did not say “I love my wife.” Maybe that part just wasnt in the preview clip which has now been posted on their facebook page. Typically a husband who is in love with his wife would say “I love my wife, I love my kids, I love my family.” hmmmmm maybe it’s just me but it just seemed really really odd. Definantly very obvious there is tension. They are also not seen in the previews sitting on the couch together. They are interviewd seperatly, again this is just the preview though.
  here is a link to the preview:

  http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/jon-kate-plus-8-season-premiere-sneak-peek.html

  I like this family and I hope they can work out whatever differences they may have. I dont have anything bad to say about anyone involved in the mess. It’s just life and the only difference is their dirty laundery is aired for everyone to see…..

  • J&K +8 panders to the empty headed voyeuristic “reality show enthusiast. “”Reality Shows” are just another way for the corporate media to rake in even more money. They do not need the support staff that a dramatic presentation requires. They have no need for script supervisors or continuity assistance.
    It’s all profit. What have we turned into? When the mundane day by day lives of this chemically induced “family” seems so interesting?
    Kate is an obnoxious whiner. She is righteous and pushy, she is a shrilling harpy with an overblown and selfish sense of entitlement. She overtly wishes for the whole world to bow at her feet, for doing nothing all that extraordinary.
    TLC is not about family, it is part of a faceless corporation with nothing more important on it’s agenda but profit$, profit$, profit$.
    Those poor little test tube children will be the ones who pay the dearest. Now we are starting to see Maddy acting just like her useless mother…The Tyrant Twinsie.

  • I agree their dirty laundry should not be aired any longer! This show should not remain on the air it should be cancelled!!!! They have made enough money exploiting their children!!!!!!!!!!!

• Kate is a very sad person, that has used up her family her husband and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • If you really watched the show you would see that there is no way they could make all those kids do what Aunt Jodi suggests. Have you ever tried to get one child to behave let alone 8? It’s funny how no one had an issue when they were poor and in season 1 and 2 but now that they are successful everyone wants to cut them down. It’s sounds like Aunt Jodi and her husband are a little jealous. They basically have gone internationally to insult their family. Did I miss the episode where Kate insulted Jodi? OH WAIT, that never happened. In fact, she and Jon have never said anything bad about Jodi and Kevin. They should take a long look in the mirror and get over themselves.

• Kate could care less about her marriage! as long as she’s racking in that money off of her kids,and pretending to be something she is NOT,she don’t care! if she cared so much the so called book written for her kids wouldn’t have been published,it would have been given to them,and now she has a 3rd book coming out? i read an article from a Detroit newspaper,people were angry she acted rude,was snotty,and thought she was all that while in their city,she’s making a fool of herself,and don’t care about that either! she loves the attention! if she wanted privacy and to fix her marriage,she’d pull out of the show,she wants that money! bottom line!

  • I agree with Krista! I think that the show, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, took a wrong turn after the first season.When I first watched the show, I too loved it. The family appeared ordinary and sincere. I think everyone wanted to reach out and help them. However, the next season turned into a thirty minute commercial. Every week this family was selling something or promoting something. The kids were involved as well. The twins appeared sad all the time. Even the kids’ websites have extensive little messages from the sextuplets and maybe two sentences from the twins. I think the twins know that they are not as valuable to the parents as the sextuplets. Even Kate has very little patience for the twins and their problems. She is always asking Jon to “deal with them”. Also, Kate acts out in public places. There are many mothers who have eight “little ones” and don’t scream across a crowded public place for their husbands to come and help them. Kate thinks she is just a little bit too special. She needs to start giving back to her community for all the love and help she and her family have received. But don’t hold your breath!

    • Phony, Phony, Phony…

      Aunt Jodi!!! You have ruined any type of relationship your children could have with the Gosselin children.

    • its not aj fault its j&ks fault shes just jeolues that aj does better with kates kids

    • I loved the show in the beginning. Then Kate started to control Jon and embarrass him every where they went. I feel for Jon. she tried to make him look like a wimp in every episode.

    • i now she is really rude

  • i totally agree with u. u hit it on the head

• I think its very sad. Everyone is going to have their own opinion but the truth of te matter is; its a family on the line…not a reality show. Everyone wants to hurry and jump and say he should have cheated or it was just a matter of time is seeing it in the form of the reality show. You cant replace a family. No matter how hard it gets theres always a way to work through it. I really hope this works out well for them and their children, not the reality show.

• I am from Canada and loved watching Jon and Kate plus eight. After watching the show for a long time I can’t understand why Kate is so critical of Jon. He has put up with a lot of crap from Kate, I have to wonder why he is still doing the reality show. Kate wants to be the centre of attraction. She is a real bitch to Jon and I don’t blame him if the show ends any time soon.

  • you cant expect her to be all peachyy nice while dealind with 8 kids, dummy!

  • I agree with you one hundred persent

• Its a lot of work raising 8 children, I know my sister raised 10 childern in the country with no inside running water or toilet. No one needs there dirty laundery to be aired on televison. The childern are the ones who suffer in the end. I don’t know how Jon sits with Kate during there interview with the reality show. Kate is such a rude and snotty person. However Jon just rolls his eyes and lets it go. This needs to stop for the sake of ther childern.

• I know what we say will never be seen by the two bickering couple. but those kids are caught in the middle of a mess. If they do read this amybe they should see Dr, Phil since she loves the spotllight this willget her more exposure then she will ever get.

• I am 11 and I love Jon and Kate plus 8. I hope that they aren’t getting divorced. But if they were why are they doing another season of their show Monday night. I’ve seen all kinds of magazines that say all kinds of stuff, but maybe paparatzi is just doing that to make them look bad. I don’t know what to beleive! I wish that I knew everything I need to know.

• well I think that if she cared more about her family than the “show” and her own agenda then she would have agreed with her husband and stopped the filming. This is what typically happens when and husband and wife want two different things, they grow apart. He didnt want to be in the public eye any more and she thrives off it so naturally they are running two seperate directions. I have many times followed my husbands choice in direction instead of my own and i have never regreted it and we are stronger together because we choose to run the same direction together. too much fame to fast!!!!!! she thrives on it while the rest of her family is withering away and she cannot even see it cause the sun is blinding her view.

• She’s got “the look” going again. She seems to be more aware/conscious of the way she looks in public based on her rapidly improving/changing appearance over the last year. Usually a good sign there’s a new rooster in the hen house. If they’re saying it’s the bodyguard, it probably is. And they’re worth a lot more now than 5 years ago, so they can afford to pack it in, if that’s how it turns out. If it’s all a big publicity stunt to refocus the viewing public on J&K+8, it’s pretty diabolical. Maybe they decided there were just too many new huge family shows popping up, and they were desperate to keep their little empire number one. No matter what’s going on, they profit from it all, because we just keep tuning in.
  Pretty sad statement, really.

• This show was never an intrest of mine however my kids did enjoy. So I have dealt with it. From the start I had issues with kate her manner the way she talked to her husband and kids. she labeles her self as a perfectionist I see her as selfcentered. She has and always will be. The twins especialy mady seem to have some special problems. Having eight kids might be a big deal to some but back in my day most familys had six or more. The difference back then was hard work moral and values. Kate has only one agenda money at the expense of her children who she says she does it all for. Please if she wants to do anything for them she should start with some good old fashion values.

  • I so agree with u.My mom had 10 children,2 were accidently killed,her and my father raised us without TLC.Thank god. This is obviously all about money.Kate is so about herself.I do watch the show but seriously considering not watching it. Kate should go back 2 a real job.and Jon should get the kids and Aunt Jodie help him if she really cares as much as she says she does.Raise these beautiful children the way god intended them 2,if they stay together.Mady needs help as much as Kate does.Jon would be so much better,even if he does have a girlfriend.He could slowly bring her into their lives,OFF of TLC.

• So what all of you all are saying is that she deserves to be cheated on because shes a bitch or high strung? WOW! I hope you all dont have childern or husbands. If he chooses to put up with her for whatever reason, he should be faithful to her. Its not fair to the kids to see any of this.

• i dont believe jon cheated he loves his family to much i believe this will work out people just want to start news and i think its sad the kids need both mom and dad noy just one my pray go out to you dont listen to what people say im your #1 fan i started watching the show when it came on when they were baby you need to stay together

• jodi you sounds like the evil one…i hope you read this and i hope you are ashamed you look just as bad as you think kate looks…..you can tell you have made her brother go against her…. she should stay out of it…..those kids need their parents to have money from the show and they have alot of fun b/c of the show…. dont be jealous

• I can understand the purpose of Jon and Kate to make some money and then provide much better life for their gorgeous children.

  What I can not understand is is why suddenly everybody judge them so

  much.I loved that show and their children.I raised three children on my own.I think Kate is direct and strict ,however it seem to me that all children are extremely well behaved and always look happy.

  does she snap??Yes wouldnt YOU???????her house is clean …always. children have snacks holidays and awesome cloth always clean.

  They maybe be going trough rough time in their relationship.All of us been there .They are for sure hurting one way or the other and I am hurting with them.

  I hope they work things out but if they dont ,last thing they deserve is harsh words from us.

  I love and respect them and their children .The lady who said that there is a problem with Mady???Please !!!!!!!!!!The girl is very clever “little stubborn “and she will grow out of it..moms genes lol.

  So……..lets see them as a two very young people who forgot to pay attention to each other,because they have EIGHT!wonderfull children full of life.

  I hope they will make the decision based on their children well being

  • Amen Amen Amen…no one is perfect and it seems eveyone can judge when there is negativity.
    If we have walked in their shoes….then we can judge. Give them a break, say prayers for all of them as a family and stop the media from posting all the negatives and what ifs !

• Seriously KATE IS A NASTY BIT**. I WOULD OF DIVORCED HER DAYS AGO. I FEEL BAD FOR JOHN. KATE IS A TERRIBLE MOTHER, PERIOD. She is a sick and sad individual. John seems way more mature and responsible.

• I hate all the venom that seems to be spurting in all directions.

  Seems to me these are two young people who, by virtue of technology that outpaced their maturity, got in way over their heads. Neither of them is an evil person, I think; both of them are just unable to cope. Too many kids (and I’m sure they disagree with me there), too little time and space in between, too young, and too little sense about discipline. Clean houses are wonderful — but instead of scrubbing the floors three times a day, maybe they’d do better to cultivate more time for the family to do relaxed sessions set aside for playing and otherwise enjoying themselves together. I know they’ve tried, but I think they need help for their very particular situation in these enormously demanding circumstances.

  What I wish is that the two of them could find a really good place for the children to stay for a few weeks, and get themselves to an able counselor, minister, social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist, and try to put things back together. I believe they did love each other, despite their often awkward ways of expressing it, but that there have just been too many demands pulling them apart — the publicity of having this kind of intense examination of their lives, the care of so many young children at once — and their inability to carry through with any effective discipline to place limits on the children’s behavior, which is often intolerable — whatever the stresses of family disagreements, etc.

  The pressure of all this publicity cannot be making anything better, it seems to me.

  It is just really, really sad. For all involved.

• To those of you who have spoken to the true heart of the matter which is the entire family, Thank you. The Gosslein family is about to be torn apart and no one can feel it more than them. Been watching the show from the beginning and when I recapped, I can see how TLC saw the weaknesses in the family (Kate’s need to be clean with the camera’s around, Kate’s need to control not Jon but her fairly tale “TV family look”, and Jon’s inablility to head up his household, and the children’s craziness). The interviewer asks questions that have made the show what it is. Kate didn’t see the media coming at all. They planned (TLC) from the beginning. Otherwise the show wouldn’t have aired. Cash in Kate! Jon get with the program. As a leader all you have to do is smile and go along with the program so you don’t have to work so hard for money. Live for yourselves and not care if the public talks about you. Jon don’t let fame get you to feeling yourself. When the rest of the world throws you away—there Kate will be. Same for you Kate. Kate you are disrespectful because you don’t want Jon to sllip and say something. When you treat your husband like a boy, he’ll find some woman to make him feel like a man.

• A former fan of the show, and after seeing and reading what I could to see if I could decipher some tidbits of what is really going on with the Gosselins – I have come to the conclusion this IS all about saving the TV show, TLC and Jon & Kate are trying to save their revenue generating TV show FIRST. If their family was more important, why not take some time off and handle the situation if it really is as bad as the media is making it look? No, instead, Kate is working it so she can get 2 more seasons out of the mess that has just erupted. Check this out http://www.vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Kate+Plus+Marriage+counseling+deal+extended+Kate/1621399/story.html
  I’m done, I’m not contributing in any way to the demise of this family for TLC’s or Jon & Kate’s benefit. If we stop watching and buying the magazines she’s on the cover of, maybe they will focus on the kids.

• Like I said, I don’t think Jon is the only one who has “wandered”. She probably told him to go do his own thing, but be discrete, so she could feel less guilty about her indiscretions. He got caught out. That was the first domino.
  In a perfect world, they seek counselling, patch things up, and everyone lives happily ever after.
  Now, back to reality…..
  They’re no better than any other “celebrities” getting too much, too fast, and falling from grace. They’ll seek our forgiveness any way they can because that’s what drives the ratings, and keeps them in the public eye. TLC are just as much to blame, for this style of show. They’re the ones who allow couples to get into these situations. They deserve the vitriol in my opinion.
  It’s the way Hollywood works. Get used to it, ’cause they weren’t the first to crash and burn, and they certainly won’t be the last.
  Money, money, money, makes the TV world go around……

• Yall…start watching the re-runs. It was there the whole time. The one that I am watching right now is before Jon changed jobs so he could be home more. She wanted him to spend more time at home. He changes jobs. That wasn’t enough. Then the quit/got fired. Now he is home all the time. Watch them…he has an attitude towards Kate long before all of this was public. She is so controlling and mean. Not a strong woman, controlling and mean spirited. Look at how they sit on the couch. Not wanting to touch each other. Come on guys, think. This is a young man who was living a simple life, working hard, providing for his family. Yea, they weren’t rich, but they were making it. 2 yrs later, he is a full time dad with camera’s and paparzzi following him with cameras. All he wants is his life back. This, friends is a shining example of the cost of fame! Sucks doesn’t it? Stay tuned to see what happens.

• I can understand Kate’s desperation for money. We struggle two kids – much less 8. However, to expect the world to support her and her family for a decision they made is absurd.

  I can also understand their desire to go on the show and remain with it. It’s obviously been very lucrative. I would do the same in a heartbeat. However, they’ve been given gift after gift after gift. If I’m not mistaken, the state has even paid for the kids’ college educations. Have the Gosselin’s given anything to anybody in return? Nothing that I can think of.

  So, while I understand where they WERE coming from initially, they have gone overboard. The show could end tomorrow and they will be in a better place financially than the majority of people in this country.

  Regarding Kate, she is the shrew we all suspected her to be. Her brother, sister-in-law, father, neighbors, employees all say so. I don’t understand continued public support of this vile woman.

  And, the treatment she heaved on Jon over the years has been completely unacceptable. She treats him like hired help rather than a partner. This is the part that bothers me the most. I can’t even watch the show because it is too painful.

  Jon, on the other hand, let it happen. He really needed to get out from under her but for whatever reason, he could never find a way. Until now, apparently.

  From a parenting perspective, it seems to me that Kate doesn’t interact with the kids on any level that doesn’t involve basics. Yes, she feeds them, dresses, them, etc. But I never see her hug them, tickle them or actually even play with them. She really does seem like a drill
  sergeant more than a mother and certainly more than a wife.

  Jon does that. I think Jon is the better parent because he is less neurotic and actually PLAYS with the kids.

  I support Jodi for telling her side of the story. Jon and kate don’t need one more ounce of support. They’ve received and taken plenty and still can’t get their act together, and Kate still doesn’t know how to be a nice and reasonable person.

  I, for one, think Kate needs to be taken down in a big way and I’m glad all this is happening. Honestly? I think they should get a divorce. The kids should live with Jon for a healthier upbringing and the show should end.

  For this thing to drag on in public would be a travesty for the kids. The plug should be pulled immediately.

  • ya, I agree.. I especially think it is ridiculas when Kate has to correct Jon for calling it a “lunch picnic”… yells at him to DO NOT use the pink hair ties for just at home !! has to tell him to go pick out her clothes, because that is what a husband does !! A good husband does what Jon does… buys Valentine gifts, bathes the kids, goes roller blading with Cara ( Kate can’t of course) paints bedrooms, loads up the van, and does as much as he possibly can with a mean, controlling selfcentered wife..

• my qustion is jon do you really love kate weknow you love your kids and family but you don’t say any thing about loveing your wife it seem you have mixs feeling about kate in how you reaaly feel about her well i don’t blame you with al whats going on in the media and your sister and brother in law it can be confiseing jon I have fate in you about doing the right thing but remember don’t just stay together cause of the kids belive me you will be unhappy you can’t just think about the kids they will be ok as long as you show them how much you love them and care they will be fine its your happeness that matter if your not happy the kids will notice in time you need to happy if you can’t deal with what’s going on step up you have the right to stop it don’t let the media or jealous inlaws mess up what you have kate the only time you ever let jon have a say so is when you and him went out to buy you some clothing he did a wonderful job picking out your clothes and shareing that with you he made you what you are kate cause really you needed that your a great mother but you have to work on being more loveing to the kids you make it seem like its a job and you need to put in your hours and thats that so the show will look good andyou need to be more of a wife to jon and his needs and what he likes and wants it’s not just about the kids or you kate it’s about all of you your a family is what you are remember that and as far as aunt and uncle grow up you know your jealous about the attention that jon and kate are getting if kate didi what your saying she did in time mark my word’s ( sorry kate) but kate will get her just watch and see and jon also if all what is said is true let them handle it in time all will come out and I mean the truth about jon and kate so auntie and uncle get a life without jon and kate cause by you doing what you and your husband are doing dose not make you any better in what your saying and doing to your inlaws is not right and if it’s all lies I hope that you get it 10 times worst and if its true so be it this is not the frist time that couples have done this and it won’t be the last its a shame that this is the only way you know how to make money hay auntie and uncle get a real job and leave them alone bye christine

• No… I think they should get divorce. I hate the show due to her treatment of him. She treats him like hired help/babysitter only.
  I agree with those that IF she cared about their marriage, the show would be put on hold and she would work like HELL, to patch it up. What does she do?? Another season?? Extremely telling on what HER priorities are.
  As for Jon, I also find it ironic and telling that when a man “cheats”, he is treated like a vile fiend for betrayal. However, I see when a woman cheats on a man, she usually has “cause” to do so, and it usually is due to the actions of the man, she is betraying.
  Even with TAPED evidence of the treatment he gets, some here still say he has no “cause”??!! He shouldn’t have done it??!! Get real. If she can’t treat him like a partner and spouse, that I have seen him do, then Kate deserves it. I guarantee Kate wouldn’t put up with that treatment if the tables were turned.
  I forget which showed aired something on “wandering” men and their “mistresses”. But one of those interviewed has been a mistress(several occasions no less). She said something in her interview that was so true. She said for every “wandering” man out there, there is a wife at home not doing her job. I will give Kate this, she takes care of the kids in a rudimentary fashion, but her family she doesn’t take care of. This INCLUDES her marriage. If her marriage falls apart due to her neglect, he does not deserve any scorn for failings on her part.

• Okay, I’m watching a rerun featuring Jodi. I’ve never seen her that much and I was happy when I did see some extended family relationships being featured on the show. Now I think I see why Kate distanced herself from her family. If “family” talks about you and trashes you the way Jodi and Kevin trash Kate in the video, it’s a disfunctional family. I think Jodi is the one focusing on the money. Kevin is doing the speaking but she’s there in silent affirmation of all he says. He’s just a puppet spouting off what she’s put in his mind. Where are these men’s balls? Kevin is not better than Jon and Jodi is worse than Kate. This is a family with 8 children. Let’s all give them a break and quit picking at their flaws. They aren’t perfect! Neither are those of us who watch it. I’ve been married 25 years and have 2 children. I’ve worked a very demanding job that helped pay for a large home I had to clean. I’m afraid I focused on a clean home at times, homecooked meals, ironed clothes, etc. at the expense of spending “quality” time with dh and kids. He gave them baths, played, read bedtime stories, lay down with them until they fell asleep, etc. We all make choices. If your choices are dictated by economics, sacrifices are made. Ask any working mom. Kate is a caring mom but she is the one who keeps the home going. I really hope they can work out their problems. And I really hope Jodi and her supporters let them!

  • I was thinking the same things as I watched the videos of Kate’s brother and his wife trashing them, somehow Jodi got the boot and she’s mad. The blog is just as discusting, an entry from May 15th ends with “The easy thing to do would be to remain silent. No one wants to open themselves up to public scrutiny, but family means everything to Kevin and Jodi. They are not going to take the easy way out, and turn their backs during a time when their family needs them more than ever.” I got some news for you two the BEST thing you SHOULD do is remain silent. Family means everything to you?, you are both full of it. No matter what the situation is as you see it FAMILY does not spew nastiness about a family they supposedly love or are concerned about. Your worried about the children and how exploited they are, well give yourselves a a great big pat on the back for doing just that yourselves. I’m sure the children will love and thank you for airing your “opinions” and “stories” of their parents to the world.

• i love the show jon and kate plus 8 but it seems that they both let fame and fortune get to thier heads. i feel sorry for the kids because as they are getting older they know more and more about whats going on. but i think that kate has the bigger part in why jon cheated and why they have so many paparatzi chasing them. They were a target from day one, the perfect little or BIG i should say american family who has an exception of 8 kids. you knew the stories would be flooding the shelves of the stores as soon as we seen kates “not so good” side. i think that if they didnt get all the fortune and fame then they would’ve stayed together because of the time it takes to take care of 8 children. now they can just pay a nanny to watch the kids so they can go and do whatever they want and as far as kate saying that they dont have a nanny and never will then whos the lady who wont show her face on camera that you pay to take care of your children? that sounds like a nanny to me. If they spent more time with their children rather than going out then they might still be having a compatable marrage. this thing is just a whole big mess. i think they need to stop doing the show (like they can afford to though with a 1.1 million dollar house) and focus on thier marrage and staying together for the sake of their kids. its a sad situation and id hate to see the loved american family of 10 fall apart.

• hey jodi u are just being a tv whore now! if u love those kids u wouldn’t say anything about their parents. if jon is cheating that sucks and kate well i think she can be alittle pissy but wouldn’t u be if u had eight kids. and she probably has to be prett organized to take care of 8 so if things aren’t as perfect as possible it probably gets annoying cause like i said she is trying to keep 8 kids healthy and happy….YOU GO KATE!!! i love ya and as for jodi and kevin you guys are f—— stupid!!!

• aunt jodi i hope your happy to not be invoved with your neices and nephews all because of your stupid self

• I hope each of the kids have their own trust set up and all the money isn’t going to the greedy parents. Pictures of the kids, they do not look happy. nice work parents. You have cut the grandparents who love the kids off and you love only yourself. who love the kids. nice job.

• I think the people making these nasty blogs are dispicable. Jody and her husband,(Kate’s brother), and Jody’s sister are mean gossips. How dare they put out there, that there is maybe an affair without proof? I am disgusted beyond words. What a loving family??????I mean, if they truly cared about the children, they would have done the right thing and prayed for them, counselled them and KEPT IT OUT OF THE PRESS AND THE INTERNET AND THE TELEVISION MEDIA!!!I think they need to look in the mirror and tell themselves the truth….its about the money for them.I get that Kate needs the money, as she has 8 children to support with or without Jon. I pray that Jon and Kate see this through and end up married for the duration. This public thrashing of this lovely family of ten must stop! All the best to the Gosselins.

• Dear Jon & Kate and your adorable Eight,
  Wow, I never new the World new so much about what you did wrong, what your doing wrong and how you should fix it. My Question is why when their lives are so screwed up that they have time to comment on yours. HERE IS SOME IMPORTANT NEWS YOU CAN PASS ON. NO ONE ON THIS PLANET IS WORTHY OF THE TITLE JUDGE…..period!!! wE WERE ALL GIVEN THE GIFT OF FREE WILL. If Kate & Jon can earn a successful living on the reality show, lucky for them. all these hurtful comments are based on pure evil jealousy. Thats All> While poisionous, it is curable. If,… there is trouble in the marriage, only the two of you have the receipe to fix it. It will take the following: patience, understanding, attention, and a ton of love from the heart and soul. Kate, it can be done if you want it. Jon, dont do the show, Kate is capable enough to handle it herself, if u want out. Every problem u have can be worked out between the 2 of you and no one else. While it may look impossible, dont be fooled, you will win the war and the battle. I truly love your children, Hannah the helper, Colin the collector, Aiden the Zoo Prof, Alexis aldergator girl, lovely leah, her smile can lite up the sky.(Look at her face next time she smiles, especially her eyes.(It is a JOY), Joel Jons boy, No, Mady and Cara I havent forgotten you. Caring cara your adorable, and last but not Least…….MADY. Your very intelligent. So smart that the average person boars you and cant keep your attention for long. You get impatient and frustated by everyones stupidity. Your a quick thinker and no one seems to be able to keep up with u , leaving you feeling alone. Guess what Mady, I WAS JUST LIKE YOU.!! yOUR A SURVIVOR and you wont take no crap from no one in your life cause you wont have to. You have the born gift. You will learn thru friends to become more patient and you will be the life of the party. You will grow to be a loving and compassionate person. You just have to grow into yourself.
  Dont worry Mom & Dad, she needs your love and approval and she will do just fine. God Bless your family with the Gift of forgivness and healing and an organic garden of love. Sholam

• as a grandmother of 6 wonderful kids i’m a little concerned that due to some of these comments i might have been watching the wrong show.

  how is kates mistreatment of jon and her kids jodi and kevins fault?
  if anything they should have spoken up and reported her long ago.did you even notice the quiet and calm at jodi’s house when she watched all 6 plus her own kids?
  sylvia,
  i feel sorry for mady too but i wouldn’t commend her on her behavior but maybe you missed all the episodes where she kicks and slaps the kids.
  i highly doubt thats considered being too smart.
  being disrespectful and acting like a brat in my day would have gotten her a smack on her butt or my hand across her mouth.
  i don’t think anyone begrudges them from making a living but how many of you defenders make over 3 million a year plus get everything free?
  i would really dread seeing how she would be if she didn’t know where their next meal was coming from if she’s this nasty now.
  money will never buy her happiness and if you look into her eyes you will see a sad, cold, unfeeling shell of a person with no self esteem who needs to belittle and intimidate and talk down to everyone in hopes of making herself feel important..someone or something needs to break that wall down that she has around her before there is any chance of her changing and coming down off her high horse.
  my guess is her baggage goes back long before a husband or children.
  she might need to be more pitied than censered by she needs an intervention immediately if not soon.JMO

• I am amazed at Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin. Regardless how they feel about Kate where is Kevin’s loyalty to his sister and her children. What they said can only hurt those eight little ones. They are also feeding into the horrible comments about an eight year child. Apparently there are many child psychologists out there writing in about Maddie. They are the cruel ones. How can people attack a child and call her names and say she needs help. Are all their children perfect? I think not. Kate was wrong in letting the cameras show Maddie acting that way. I am sure everyone’s child has temper tantrums.

  Everyone loves Jodi but after her public comments I do not think she is any better than the woman she is criticizing.

  They must have been paid for their comments. If not, why did they go public instead of writing Kate a letter or e-mailing her. There is no excuse for their behavior and lack of family loyalty.

• I too was very surprised to see Ant Jodi and Uncle Kevin on the NEWS no less making a comment about Jon and Kate. I’m sure they were and still are upset about the incident from way back about not getting paid for being on the earlier shows. But, I feel this isn’t the was to go about it.
  I also blame TLC for all the hoopla going on. I believe they are trying to boost the ratings and are mostly responsible for the recent Gosslin gossip. Enough already let this show be a reality show and leave this family be.

• I will not take sides but im starting to think kate is a little egoistical

• I can’t IMAGINE why that poor guy stays with her. First of all, he LOVES playing with the kids. It is terrible about her scheduale, rules, INSULTS!!!! I had 5 kids, and I cou;d only WISH my husband took the role that Jon has. I DO NOT BLAME HIM for going out of his marriage. WHO WOULDN’T????> She spends so much time worrying about dirt on her kids clothes, and less on the fact that they are kids. GOD MADE THEM WASHABLE!!!!! SHE IS SO WORRIED ABOUT BEING CLEAN, (yeah right)!, AND MONEY, that she is ruining the kids childhood. This IS going to backfire on her. You can already see it in the twins. They think they run the house already. To me, she is a POOR mother. She is going to be sorry for her actions when these kids get older. Be prepared. You will be in for BIGGER problems when they are teenagers cause they will be looking for ANYBODY that shows them fun and not rules. You are hurting your children. She is a bitch as a mom and as a wife. I say “GO JON GO!!!” GET OUT NOW!!! THE KIDS WILL ADJUST!!!! They will become better adults WITHOUT you both together. YOU (JON) and kids are in my prayers. She is too, but I’m PRAYING she gets some help. This is a sad family in my eyes. I must say, it helped my daughters marriage, cause she saw “WHAT NOT TO DO”> THANKS FOR THAT!!!

• i’m sorry but i think aunt jodi is just sad. her and kevin say they are doing this “to get the word out” and i read somewhere that its “for the kids”. how in the hell is this helping those children? you are just making things worse for them. and i’m sure its made their pockets a little fatter and they feel better at night thinking they “helped.” no wonder kate doesnt want them around.
  let me be the first to be SUPPORTIVE of kate. i dont believe anything i read. i’m sorry but jon had to know how she was when he married her. she’s always been kind of a b*tch, but honestly who cant be? and with 8 kids she HAS to be a little obsessive. the two of them need to be left alone to work this out and do not need anyone’s opinions. IF jon did cheat then thats something that SHE needs to decide how to deal with. its none of anyones business. and if she would decide to leave him-more power to her. shes strong and independent. and i’m not bashing jon-i’m sure if its best for the kids and they split he will still be a good father. but what the hell do i know, i dont know them.

  either way they are people and some of their issues arent any different from the ones anyone else has.

  as for the rumors about the secret contracts and stuff….do you really believe anything you hear? honestly.

• I wish the Goselins well, and they work things out.

  Kate treats Jon like dirt IMHO, it’s no wonder he looks like he has been beat down, when you listen to the way Kate talks to him.
  YOu don’t see hem complimenting each other nor do you see much affection to each other, no matter the children they need to make time for each other If they are going to remain togeher else I see nothing but un happiness in there future

• Kate is a biatch and controll neat freak….the kids will have nightmares for a very long long time.
  Kate says Jon’s “friendship” with the woman has been for a very long time and she knows all about it. Her brother and people who really dont know anything other than gossip have blown it out of proportion.
  Her relationship with the bodyguard is just that…they are with eachother often becasue of the show and the filming. When the filming is done. They don’t spend time with eachother unless they go somewhere and need a bdyguard.
  I do think Kate should keep her hands to herself. She is always hitting him. So, if there were both having affairs..they should just call it quits…cause relationships of love are built on faith and trust once those are gone..it’s time to move on. Jon should get the kids cause she is so mean. She should go back to being a nurse and he an IT professional…in this economy they probably couldn’t get jobs.

  JMO…Emaline

• What a tangle web we weave when we first………(you fill in the rest–it could be many endings for Jon and Kate. There are lessons to be learned in life—and it takes a lifetime for all of us to learn them—no one is exempt. Money comes and money goes—but if a family goes—it often never returns—so I hope there are value lessons for both of them to think about.

  Incidentally, what press, what media they are getting for the show–the producers, J&K, will make much money from this exposure. Do you think it is all for ratings/money?????

• Because of Kate’s Selfishness those poor children will not have a supportive Aunt and Uncle EVER in the picture nor 4 loving cousins to grow up with! My aunts and uncles and cousins AND my great aunts and uncles and 2nd cousins are a BIG part of my life and I cannot imagine how it would be without a majority of them.
  God Bless those Children and Help them make good decisions about THEIR family lives!

• THIS SHOW SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR.THEREFORE THE MONEY WILL STOP.ALSO NO ONE SHOULD BUY THE BOOK OR ANY OTHER STUFF KATE HAS OUT THERE TO MAKE MONEY. OFF OF.ANYONE THAT INSISTS ON BUYING ANY OF THESE THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING HER BAD HABIT(MONEY)SHE IS A WITCH WITH A BIG (B).ITS WAS A BENIFIT FOR THE GOSSLINS AT THE START,BUT NOW KATE IS TAKING IT FOR GRANITE.ITS ALL ABOUT HER AND NOT ALL ABOUT HER FAMILY. AS FAR AS JON IF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS TRUE HE IS A S.O.B AND JON AND KATE ARE A POOR EXCUSE FOR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT.THEY WERE ONLY THINKING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND NOT THERE PRIDE AND JOYS (HELLO JON AND KATE) YOUR CHILDREN IF U HAVEN’T FORGOT THEM. I KNOW OF SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT HAVE STOP WATCHING THIS SHOW BECAUSE THEY CANT UNDERSTAND WHY KATE TALKS TO JON LIKE HE IS AN IDIOT.BUT NOW I CAN SEE Y SHE TALKED TO HIM THAT WAY. AND SHE ACTS LIKE HER (–)IT DONT SMELL

• I personally think it’s all just human nature. It’s easy to sit back and point the finger at the Gosselins and/or just Kate being money grubbers… but put yourself in their situation. It’s tough having a family of 8. It’s easy to say “I’d put my personal values above gifts”, but when push comes to shove and you’ve got all those mouths to feed, it’s hard not to turn down those offers. And then sometimes things spiral out of control. I’m not going to villainize them because truth be told – as much as we claim to be the better people – it could happen to any of us. I wish them the best.

• i think they are good people (gosslins) and so is aunt jodi and uncle kevin!!!!

• Bottom line……..Kate is a control freak. I love watching the Table of 12 Show…that couple is honest & loving and NOT PERFECT…plus they have a disabled child who they openly love & care for. God Help any child of Kate’s if they had been anything less …Mady is going to need intensive therapy…Cara seems very sad & quiet most of the time. The only child from that family that is probably going to grow up normal is Hannah…she gets way more attention than any of the other kids. As for John???? My husband said that if I talked to him like Kate does he’d be gone.

• What bothers me most in the Jon & Kate fiasco, is the lack of respect all the way around. Kate never shows any form of respect towards her husband and even with the kids. The twins don’t show any respect towards Kate, and she tolerates them, especially Mady, when they mouth off, perpetuating the bad behavior. Kate’s shrewish treatment of Jon is well documented, and if what we see when the cameras are rolling is bad, what is it like when the cameras are turned off? Jon is at fault for tolerating this behavior, although he had to be aware of it before they were married. She (Kate) sets down all the rules, of which there are far too many, and determines the “tone” of the household. She has alienated too many friends and family members with her selfishness. What is she teaching these children when it comes down to respect and common decency? The children’s happiness should not be determined by annual income. The kids, particularly the twins, NEVER appear to be happy and well-adjusted. It’s time to let them just be kids: fewer rules, more germs and no cameras.

• Kate is a disgusting pig! I watched Jon & Kate + 8 for the first time today and what a disgrace! I can’t believe that people actually watch this stupid show and let these scum capitalize off of these poor children. TLC should be ashamed of themselves! Whats going to happen to this family when the glitz & glamour goes and they have spent all the money on new houses, vans, cars, and self improvements? How are they going to provide for 8 kids? Kate thinks she is some type of celebrity but wants to act like any old normal mother. If you want a normal life then quit doing this show and take care of your kids you pig! What she gonna dump Jon now and hope someone famous will start dating her? What a dirty pig!

• My heart goes out to Kate. Jodi is deplorable, what an unfeeling and uncaring person trying to grab her 5 minutes of fame, shame on you! You are family and if you honestly cared about those children you would keep your hurtful comments to yourself. Kate, keep the faith, you are going to be fine. It doesn’t feel that way now but you will be. Jon’s immaturity came through loud and clear tonight, insinuating he was put out because he had to get the cake and your phone when you did everything else certainly speaks volumes. Your an amazing person and not many people could do as good a job with everything as you do.

• Think abut if this was you? What if your sister in law made sure you were not paid or given credit. Aunt Jodi was offered to be pain for the time she puts in. The cameras disrupted her life also. She was not being payed off to spend time with the kids. It was for the crew being in her house. Kate had no right to kick her off the show. She said that no one is to get any money accept them. They are selfish. Those kids are going to grow up and see all of this. They will grow up to see how mom and dad sold them. Those poor kids. They are a pitiful excuse for parents. I wish DHS would come get those kids out of there. It should be against the law to sell your kids the way they do.

  • Your complaint is internally inconsistent.

  • First of all, if you had 8 kids and the same circumstances you wouldn’t be a perfect parent either. Hell I have 3 and sometimes feel like I need to go to the nut hut! She is a typical mom. For as much as I see the shows, I think she remains calmer than I could. You go Kate. Second, its DSS not DHS, it stands for department of social services. I don’t feel that they are selling their kids! How else do you think they could provide for these 8 precious children?? They work other jobs too but I am sure it takes more than an average pay check. I wish Jon and Kate the best, I know the children are in the best hands and are loved dearly no matter what happens. I hope you two can make your marriage work. 10 plus years is worth working to resolve the problems, you have spent too much effort and time to make your marriage work this far.

    • I wanted to let you know that it is “DHS” Department of Human Services, not DSS. The departments are different from one another. I hope Jon and Kate are able to go through this tough time as a family and without everyone else putting their two cents in.

    • Having grown up in a family of 9 myself, having an aunt & uncle with 10 children and growing up in a town with two other families with 8 children each and another family with 14 I can say without a doubt that the Jon & Kate way of treating each other and their children is not normal. My mom didn’t work outside of the home until all her children were in school full time. My aunt worked part-time and the other mothers stayed home like mine. That said, there wasn’t a rude child in the bunch. All of us treated out siblings, parents and the community with respect. Our parents treated each other with respect and integrity. Not one of these families, mine included never took charity but when there were community gatherings to help, an elderly neighbor that needed help or even a family going through a rough time we all pitched in and help. Every child is growing up to be responsible, respectful, fuctioning members of the community. Kate treats Jon horrible and if you have watched all the episodes you can see his self-esteem is non-existent. If a man spoke to his wife the way Kate speaks (yells) at Jon I guarantee there would be a whole lot of intervention to get her out of that abusive situation and fast. It is unhealthy for the kids, period. Kate will get her due, as will Jon when those kids grow up and cut their parents out of their lives. You can already see that they turn to each other and not always their parents. Those kids will have a bond that no one will be able to break. What goes around will come around Jon & Kate.

    • marg, you are so right. you sound like you had the right kind of family which now-a-days are few and far between. its all about greed,which by the way is a sin.

    • so “the right kind of mom” shouldn’t be employed… then when Jon has his affair she can be unable to supoprt herself. Women need to pay their own way and how 1950s to assume she should be home being some doting wife… gag me!

    • Ha, it isn’t about there being a right kind of mom. My Mom is definetly no 1950’s model. My Dad is not doted on, far from it. The both work very hard and by the way did you miss the fact that my Mom went out to work AFTER all of us were in school and with 9 children you better believe she worked 24/7/365. My Mom has been paying her way just as my father has. She was creative in her work when we were small and took on all sorts of paying jobs that were temporary to help contribute financially. It is all about respect and communication. That is what makes families work not more stuff and celebrity.

    • Not all states call it DSS. In Iowa it IS called DHS, Department of Human Services. So, don’t think you know it all lexus12004.

  • Really.. has anyone ever heard of HEARSAY?!.. who is to say that Aunt Jodi is telling the truth?!. i think everyone clearly needs to just mind their business and not comment on Kate’s parenting skills. there is NO PERFECT parent. not aunt jodi or any one of u for that matter. so just leave it be.. and Aunt Jodi is quiet rude to air out everything that goes on. she’s doing it to get paid… so really come on now.. how could u believe her?!..

  • This is just sad, what makes Jodi and Kate’s brother any better than Kate is “supposedly’???? OMG, so I suppose they didn’t get paid for their interview on here either, yea right, , I mean lets face it, either reason for doing this interview was unacceptable. You either did it for the money, or you did it to humiliate Kate and the family. You can’t come on here and talk major smack about your “family” in one breath and in the next breath say how much you love and care about them!! At least Kate, whatever the circumstance is, never went on the show and talked smack about them. Kate is not perfect, as none of us are, but she is the ONLY one here that has not , until tonight in her show, talked even remotly negative about any of this. I bet if any of you were getting cheated on, muchless in the public eye, you would not be so quick to say that “YOU” lead your husband to do this. Shame on all of you! I hope you all have a mirror you can look at and be proud of yourself that you can so easily pass judgement on someone! Man, I wish I was as “perfect” as all of you! As for Jodi, I am not real sure how you lay your head on your pillow at night and sleep! You should be ashamed of yourself! As a “Caring” family member you should just keep your mouth shut and quit whining about not getting paid! I am SURE you NEVER got any OTHER perks that come with being on the show, RIGHT!. If it’s not about the money, then why did your bring it up??? And happen to throw out there EXACTLY how much you DID get paid for it??? Before you go pointing fingers, remember there are three other fingers pointing right back at ya!

  • It is a great show! The parents are both very likeable and the hcidlren are darling. The problem I have is anyone who is involved with babysittign the children should be compensated for their time, effort, and the cameras being around. This should be a daycare expense and not thought of as fame or money taken from the family. No one babysits 8 kids for free and anyone who thinks that is off their rocker. It sounds like Kate has over stepped her bounds with family and is taking advantage of others, although, there should not be any back stabbing going on and all personal differences should be kept private to prevent any damage among family members. Being angry and selfish will only cause harm to one self and I think that Kate should have a heart to heart with her family to come to a better understanding of what is needed to keep happy healthy relationships alive with her extended family. Kate, Jodi, and her brother need to talk.

    • I don’t like Kate at all I think she is a B, I can’t stand the way she talks to every one around her including Jon.

    • I AGREE!!! she is a camera hog and LOVES the attention. Jon is a great father, and NEVER got any thanks from Kate. She treated him awful. IF she really puts the kids FIRST……SHUT THE CAMERA OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • First, Kate had total right to kick her off her show…it is not the Aunt Jodi show and I don’t understand why, if Jodi loved the kids so much, she insisted on being paid. If there was not money involved, would she still be seeing the kids? Why should Jon, Kate and their 8, pay Aunt Jodi’s bills? Is it possible that Aunt Jodi is the greedy one? The viewing audience seemed to adjust just fine without her. If Aunt Jodi wants a show, let her sign up for the “Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin Selling Out the Family and we are Really Jealous Gossip Hour”. This whole thing started with Jodi’s “sister” and her blog after Jodi didn’t get a contract. She comes off as a coward, always hiding behind people to target Kate and if people can’t see through this for what it is, well, I don’t think I could explain it to you. Desperate for her 15 minutes of fame. As for selling the kids, against the law…give me a break…how are they being sold? They have had nothing but opportunity to see and do things that most adults don’t get to experience. As you say “DHS”, maybe they should seizeget them out, from where…the spa, a farm trip, skiing, swimming, the beach, the zoo, Legoland, Sesame Street, Colorado, Disneyland, Hawaii, Florida…get real!

    • you are stupid

    • Good comeback…you must be a real winner!

    • How naive you are. :)

    • Far from naive…but you are gullible

    • You are so right about Aunt Jodi, Riley. She’s a selfish greedy fake that is now proving how hateful and cruel she really is. I like your headline she’s after:
      “Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin Selling Out the Family and we are Really Jealous Gossip Hour”.

    • Thanks and you’re right, she is so fake and cruel. I can’t wait for Jodi and Kevin to take a fall off their high horse.

      I notice above this post, I’ve been called both stupid and naive:) for not agreeing with someone. I prefer realistic and able to form my own opinions, unlike being some simple gullible sucked-in follower.

  • The children are no more or less child actors getting paid. It’s their show. The Gosselins were struggling before this show. Their children can actually have a nice home, some luxuries and even college paid. They are no more exposed than a child actor is.

    Jodi doesn’t need her cut. It’s not her show. No one cares who she is. It’s greedy to expect money for being around the family just because they’re getting paid to do THEIR show. Should grocery clerks expect money? Should any background cast expect money too. No way! It’s reality tv. You either agree to be in the background or you don’t. It’s not their job like it is Kate’s. If they don’t like being on the show then they should just come around when the cameras aren’t there. There is plenty of time the cameras are not on. We never see the kids as school every day. Jodi doesn’t have to be a part of the show to be a part of their life. She just got jealous and greedy!

• Everyone knows she is a bad MOM! You are so patient and you let the kids be kids!!! The truth is best!

  • It’s all an act with Aunt Jodi! No one kind would post hateful comments about family on a web. Don’t be fooled Amy. What do you know about Jodi being a good mom? The two seconds that she puts a good show on while the cameras were there. The kids came home with gum in their hair. My kids are 3 and 5 and they still haven’t had gum. That’s the 2 seconds of Jodi’s parenting skills I saw. Seriously, the beast in her is coming out now. She’s showing just how jealous and spiteful she really is.

• you guys are all stupid Kate as a bad tamper yes we all no that but it is very hard to have 8 kids, jodi is family and if she dosent get paid o well i think kate and jon are trying very had and everyone should leave them alone.

• Kate thinks she is better than everyone else because she has 8 kids? Big deal, she is not better, she needed medical science to create a litter of humans, and she needed medical science to deliver the litter of humans.

  Had Jon and Kate managed to have 6 kids naturally, then she might be able to have something to brag about, but until then no one should pay her loud mouth any attention.

  My advice to the paparazzi : move on and ignore Jon and Kate… they are not special and they only represent all that is wrong with American gluttony!

  • Really only people who have the fortunate ability to impregnante themselves naturally have the right to be called special parents. I had both of my children naturally which was a miracle because I was told I would never have the chance to be a mother and to hear someone as nasty as that.OMG>wow.i feel sorry for your kids. maybe your jealous the paparazzi isnt chasing you and invading every facet of your life. jeez.people are insensitive and like the rest STOP JUDGING THEM HOW DO ANY OF US KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH 8 KIDS>its so easy to judge and not pay attention to who you need to…yourself and your own family.

  • I think you are rude to comment on “medical science”. It doesn’t matter how the children came about, but it matters how the media decides to portray the family. Kate thinks she’s “special” because she let it all go to her head….she’s not special for having 8 kids.

  • This is just ignorance here! It doesn’t matter if she conceived naturally or by insemination. She’s a mother of 8 regardless. She carried them. She was layed up in the hospital with them. She deliver cesarean; which is not fun to recover from. She has the blessing and responsibility of 8 children regardless of how they were conceived! You insult all women who have had fertility problems or who have chosen to have artificial insemination. Neither of which I personally relate to but I have the common sense and decency to have compassion for others.

    You then talk of American gluttony? Only someone not from this country would use this label. If we’re all so selfish and over indulgent then why do you have interest in us? Why do you watch American shows? Perhaps a little bitter jealousy? If you truly lived in America you would see first hand that some, yes, have it made but a large majority struggle. On trips across the country I’ve seen many states and it’s eye opening how little many people have. What you know about America is NOTHING! That’s true if you actually live here or not.

    Also how is it gluttony that Kate would want to give birth to the sextuplets instead of getting an abortion? It’s over indulgent of her… how? She didn’t know she’d do a show. In fact she must have feared never having a penny or a minute to herself again….that’s over indulgence?

    Your comments all come from ignorance!

• I have watched the show with interest. They were doing what they thought best to support eight children. I know it is hard. I have notice since last year that Kate has made awful remarks to Jon to the point of belittling. No one should have to hop to your every command in a marriage. She has in several shows it seems to try and put Jon down. Men try the best they can, my husband is an example of this. She wants too much too soon and I think it has gone to her head. I hope they can work out their difference so the children will not think they are the cause. As a teacher I see this an awful lot. One person is not to blame and reason it out for the children, not yourself.

• when i first started watching john and kate, i was fascinated and impressed about how well and functionally the family and household ran, but it did not take long to see kate as having to have total control, and it actually hurt to see how she talked to and treated jon, and this behavior of kate’s has only gotten worse. i would like to see those precious children dirty from time to time, not just with pudding, for that is the reality of children, particulary with so many. the 5th birthday party turned my stomach with kate’s moaning about having to shop “by myself”, when she had just returned, and her display of affection toward the sextuplets seemed forced and for the camera, while she continued to ignore, berate, and order jon around. if they do split, my personal opinion is that kate pushed jon out with her unwillingness to bend even a tiny bit. fame seems to have gone to her head, while it has knocked jon for a loop, as he seems to have lost the woman we first saw, at least the woman there were small glimpses of that gave me hope. it requires a lot to raise such a brood, and kate is going for every perk and freebee she can gather. she should watch the dugan’s and family of 12 – there are lessons in both about living with joy and compromise, while still maintaining order. i do not believe jon has done anything wrong except try to have a little fun for himself, for from what i see, his only regular fun is with his children, when kate “allows” it. how very sad.

  • Kate pushed Jon out??? Obviously Jon and Kate are mismatched personality wise. It is difficult for a strong women and weak man to be married. Especially when there are children involved.

    Jon is weak. This is proven by his inability to envision how his children would be affected by his recent indisgresions. Where is the example for this children??? He did not put his children first. His behavior is disappointing to me, a mere viewer of the progam. His behavior will be dispapointing to his children FOREVER!

  • I cannot believe somone would watch the Duggars and be fascinated by them. What kind of parents make the older kids parent the younger ones? No comment on that family.

    • To Petra:
      AMEN! The Duggar woman keeps having children for her children to raise. Why would any normal person want a child to “schedule” one-on-one time with a parent. Don’t we bring them into this world to REAR THEM ourselves.

  • good advise. kate should take a lesson or two from 18children and counting!!! that family is amazing, even if you are not into the lord like they are, you have to give them credit. they are teaching their children the REAL values in life!! kate you really need to look at yourself and what you have become before it is too late and you ruin your marriage and scar you beautiful children for life!!

• I think Kates a terrific mother. She has a bit of a bad attitude, but she has 8 kids! That would definently put alot of strain on one person. But I think she does a beautiful job of raising the kids, she sees every child as a individual she does not see them as a pack! Which I love. I think shes the ultimate mommy! I really like Jon too, hes a very good dad but I think lately he is jealous of Kate. She looks awesome, and shes gotten alot of publicity and is traveling, shes doing excellent! And men do alot of times get threatened by a strong woman, hes not the one bringing home the bacon, and I think he does not know what to do with himself, an thats why he cheated, because he wanted to feel wanted and needed for something. But all in all, their both terrific people and great parents! Even if they do get divorced, I know Kate can do it! And Jon will find himself again, an he will reliese whats really important. And btw if u have 8 kids, you need to take a quick buck! They have 8 kids, and kids need cars, college money, etc etc. Theyre doin what they have to to get by. An im sure if it really started affecting the kids, they’ll know it, and know when to cut off the cameras an say theyre goodbyes.

  • YES’ MA i AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT 100%

• jon and kate are great parents – thats obvious. in the most recent episode its obvious kate is hurt and trying to hide it.

  i feel that jon has an honest gripe – not having a public life would suck! stalking is illegal, why isn’t the paparazzi?

  they are simply two different people… kate is loud, bossy and has ocd. jon is mellow and chill. hell, look at who lets the kids get messy and who doesnt let them. jon is a cut-ip and kate is all serious. these alone are a few of the obvious proofs of their different attitudes. opposites attract. it isnt them being different thats killing their marriage. its the overwhelming stardom and lack of privacy.

  on a more serious note – can half of you guys who posted above not spell or use half way decent grammar? seriously, if you are gonna post, at least proof read your shit!

  • Before berating other people’s spelling and grammar, you may want to proofread your own message. You don’t use capital letters and you say “not having a public life would suck!” when clearly you meant to say “private”.
    Have a nice day!

• I think its funny. How quickly everyone is to judge people. That they’ve never even met. People you’ve only saw on TV. How can you go by that? Its a show. There’s cutting and plenty of editting that goes on. If you were put in that situation who knows how well you would handle it. There normal human beings. Who are not perfect just like the rest of us. Get off em. Hell.

• “Truth Breeds Hatrid” website claims it is by the “sister” to Jodie?! oh come on, what BS! how does anyone know if it is true – may be YET ANOTHER [B-word] who is JUST JEALOUS OF (and there are many out there that hate her success) Kate’s success at being a REALITY TV “Lucy (of Lucy & Linus)” a Ms Bossy Fussbudget! Get a Life! These website critics are getting their 15 min of fame just Trashing Kate. And TLC is just loving it – if they are smart, they will televise Jon & Kate marriage counseling – face it, both seem to be guilty of infidelity and this is a very common problem today, so we would all “Learn” alot from “The Learning Channel” if they would televise all the counseling sessions – the RATINGS would Skyrocket and we all know that even the critics who say they would not watch, will watch!

• I saw the new episode tonight. It was very very sad. I cried with Kate. Everyone makes mistakes. And when the daughter told her daddy I dont want you to go away anymore, I just lost it. Im just heartborken over the whole deal. There is more on the new episode and some other stuff about tonight I found here. http://womensthougths.wordpress.com/

  • Vanessa, I sooo agree with you. Coming from a broken family, I was crying during last night’s episode because of the children. When the daughter told her dad that she didn’t want him to go away anymore that was so heartbreaking. I feel terrible about the pain this innocent kids will go through.

• It’s awfully amusing how a number of these comments actually believe some blog that easily, then continue to just flame on how ‘evil’ kate is on aunt jodi…seriously, you people make me wanna shove monkeys up your poor asses… ah~ that blog just reeks of angst… so damn much… and, plus, it’s even hosted on a free blogging community —- because nothing says “serious” and “i’m determined to take down my in-law’s precious life and oh!, don’t forget, a whole fan base” like a free hosted blog…yes siiir! —- i don’t give a damn whether or not this really is jodi’s sister, i do appreciate her standing up for the kiddies….but c’mon, right now, she’s acting as if she’s got some sort of fetish on kate, her kids, or dare i say it, an imaginary nirvana where reality shows with children deem to be nonexistent.. there is so much hate in show business… why, i ask, is she persistent in adding much more?

• In one of the more recent episodes, Kate was looking out of her new kitchen window, and commented at the vast landscape, “This is all mine!” I thought to myself, what kind of comment is that? What has she become? What else will she want at the expense of her family?
  From that episode I thought of her in a very different way.

  If this couple is or were having problems, then maybe the show (or the business as they called it last nite) should end for them. I know I will not be viewing it as I have in the past. I don’t want to watch another divorced couple try to bring up a family “together”. Can Kate walk away from this “business?” This is a very, very sad situation for all.

• ALL I HAVE TO SAY,,,IS I WATCHED THE DIFFERENCE TAKE PLACE. JON WENT FROM THE WONDERFUL DAD ,,TO A WHIPPED PUP,THAT COULD’NT DO ANYTHING RIGHT IN THE EYES OF HIS WONDERFUL WIFE, KATE. IN THE BEGINNING SHE COULD DO NOTHNG WITH OUT HIM,,,,NOW SHE CAN DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS,INCLUDING BUYING ALL HER EXPENSIVE CLOTHINGS. SHE HAS A PUT DOWN FOR HIM IN ALL THINGS.; HE CAN NOT TALK RIGHT,OR AT LEAST FOR HER,,YET HE CAN JUMP WHEN SHE COMMANDS. AND HE WORKS AS HARD AS ANY MAN I HAVE EVER SEEN ,WITH HIS KIDS AND FOR HIS DEMANDING WIFE.
  I SAY ,,,LET UP KATE,,,COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS,AND LET SOME OF THIS GO,,LIKE THE TRIPS AND THE PUBLIC EYE,,,ALL CAN SEE IT REALLY DELIGHTS YOU,,ARE U WORRRIED ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN,IF SO,,DO SOMETHING ABOUT MADIE,,SHE ACTS JUST LIKE YOU.

  • Betty.
    I cannot agree with you more…
    But, STOP YELLING, please.
    Also…
    One of J&K’s twins is named Maddy (Mad-Dee) (not Mady May-Dee)
    Such mis-spelling is pervasive within the posts on this blog.
    The ability to acurately convey even our vaguest thoughts is what separates us from sub human primates.

    • You are incorrect. Her name is spelled Mady – check any of the shows. It is not a word, it is a proper name. Most people know that proper names can have many different spellings. You are not as educated as you may think. And her full name is Madelyn anyway, Mady is her nickname but that is how Jon and Kate spell it.

• I watched last nights show and I’m very confused. What is the problem here? Kate doesn’t come out and explain really what’s going on. Sounds like Jon moved out but where did he go. Kate’s fake tears were really unnecessary. Is tlc trying to make this the first reality show with divorce in the future.
  After watching 3 days of this family Kate has changed drastically. Not for the better i might add. All the money has gone to her head.And her body. None of us can relate anymore. And by the way nice nails Kate!

• OH PLEASE…The only thing Kate needs John for is a whipping boy. In her eyes he can’t do anything right. At the end of the show last night they had a barbecue…John is barbecuing and she comes out and says OH did you just put the hot dogs on…she’s never ever given him credit for anything and if it’s not done her way there is hell to pay. If this show is supposed to be about a family raising multiples…then you tell me why she has to be gone “doing work”? AND kept pointing out last night that she was doing the party all by herself. WELL in her eyes that made it right because if John had been there I’m sure she would have been yelling and or criticizing everything he was doing. I’ve had enough…

  • Re: the Hot Dogs! And did you hear her telling Jon on a previous episode to not breathe so loudly? What an evil woman she is.

  • I agree! She also repeats, she loves her children so much, they come first….. Not as much as she loves herself and the cameras, then they come first. This show should have never gone on this long if at all. Of course Jons had enough, maybe the kids and other family members have too. Kate is the one that wants to keep it going. WHY? MONEY?
    Jon divorce Kate, take the kids and don’t look back.

• How come child services have not step in is my question when these children are under camera’s and now the paparzzi. This is not a way of living

  • Are you retarded??? Child services? PLEASE!
    These kids have a great life. They are loved, cared for, have a beautiful home, vacation…the list goes on. Don’t even suggest that this is a child services situation. With all the crappy families out there that abuse and neglect their kids….this is by far a great family going through a “marital” issue.

• I had never seen J&K+8 till yesterdays marathon.. wow.. I was struck by how does this women rate all the attention unless of course it is leading down the road to child/husband abuse. I often say you don’t know what is going on behind closed door but here we apparently do. She needs help with anger management and control issues. Just my opinion. I will get off my soapbox now :-)

• I don’t care how many kids they have….that is NO excuse for their behavior. I know a couple who has 18 kids and they surely did not go the route of televising their life or asking for free handouts. Jon and Kate are selfish people who are looking for a free ride by using the kids….good parents, I think NOT!

• Jon and Kate are selfish people. I have a friend who has 18 kids, did they take the route of televising their lives or asking for free hand outs….NO, they did it on their own. Jon and Kate have USED their kids for stardom, money and freebies…..are they good parents….I THINK NOT! Anyone who uses their kids, should be put to jail!

• 18 kids what are they trying to be the Dougers!!!

  • Believe it or not there are couples out there that actually want large families or believe because of their religion that it is in God’s hands to determine how many children they have. Yes, the Dugger’s may be a much more modest and simple family but have you ever noticed that they respect each other and step up to the plate to help no matter what? Now THAT is what I call organized. I come from a family of 9 children and believe me my mom never raises her voice. She looks us squarely in the eyes and asks, politely. Being from a large family you can feel sometimes as if you get lost in the crowd. Good parents (like mine) are checked in and know their kids really well and give that child a little extra attention when needed. TLC should have the Duggers show the Gosselins how it is done. As I have said, if a man treated his wife the way Kate treats Jon there would be a huge outcry for Kate to get out of that abusive relationship for herself AND her children.

• Jon & Kate I am praying for you and your family. The best thing you and
  Jon can do Kate is to LOVE one another. You know your priorities God, Family, then work…. Yes, the best thing you can do for your children is
  for mom and dad to LOVE ONE Another. Forgive and Love! How many
  times you showed us you knew how to show your children ‘now go and
  say your sorry.’ Time out now hug and love. Your children need you.
  Be in the world and not of it. Time is going to fast. Shut off
  the public and love one another.

• I think she really loves her kids and she wants what she thinks is best for them. I think she wants to give them a lot and the only ways the can go on the vacations and live in the big house is to do the show. She might have had more to her reasons than not wanting to share money. She can be very harsh and should think before she speaks to people she loves. I understand your anger for her but the family is going through a very difficult time and I think you should deal with your issues with her privately. I love the show but I think they shouldn’t do anymore for a while. They should step out of the spot light and work on their marriage for the kids. She can write more books or come up with some products to sell. The show is sad now. I think you love your family and you are probably a good person but you should think about the contents of this page.

• I have to say I find it interesting that suddenly Jodi is saying all this isn’t good for the kids when she was told she wasn’t going to be compensated…that seems like she is doing just what she accuses Kate of. I know Kate seems demanding but you know what 8 kids could do that and all the help in the world doesnt’ take the mommy away that the kids are seeking the love and attn from her. Those kids are loved and cared for they are not scripted and all though Kate is not the touchy feely type she is responsive to their demands so people need to stop judging her and accusing her of not sharing the wealth b/c that is what it seems like Jodi is doing to me. And Jon cheating on her b/c she is demanding seems like the woman is blamed no matter what she does. So what about Jon why is it okay to be following his own things now saying he lost himself in it well he chose to allow invitro too…so once again a man trying to blame the woman and all the women agreeing that are jealous of the money. So Jodi worry about your own kids and stop worrying about other people’s kids. I am sure Jon will share visitation with you so you can babysit when he is out huffing and puffing her his new womans mothers house according the the new “woman’s” brother…sounds like a great family already Jon wake up and go back to your family and stop complaining…men just can’t take being fathers today oh he wants a job again whatever Jon…now Jodi wipe Jon’s butt he needs it maybe he will pay you for it…

• I have to say that I have watched Jon and Kate plus Eight since the beginning and it seems that as we keep hearing about how we’ve changed into two different people, I don’t think Jon has changed. He still devotes himself to him children. Kate has become more into the outspoken, go get em type. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I feel that she has excluded Jon from that. She keeps saying that she has to keep on for the kids, to support the kids. What about Jon? They both invited this into their lives and unfortunately didn’t count on it gettiing to this level. Kate is reveling in the popularity while Jon wants it to be more low key, to be able to go somewhere and be himself. I think Kate is more into the money and glamour. Look at her before and now. Jon hasn’t changed, Kate has, she has become even more snooty more demanding. I don’t think neither one of them has done anything wrong within the relationship, but hey you have pictures (ok) and then the writing. I mean come on, if you paid me a lot of money, I could probably make you look bad also. The fact that Kate wants the show to continue, I don’t know about that. I think you need to take time off and focus exclusively on your family and then say you’ve tried everything. Get away from the cameras and such. Things can work out. Maybe this good thing has ran its course.

  • I think you’re right!!! We have watched Jon turn Kate from an ugly duckling into a somewhat attractive swan. Now she wants her space??? Whatever!!!! She’s a control freak!!!! And what about their marriage blessing in Hawaii?? All the money that was paid and all the bells and whistles SHE had to have. That wasn’t too long ago. So, how did their marriage go sour that fast? Is it that Kate has to be the actress now…..because that’s what she acts like anymore. She treats Jon like a dog!!!!

• Several years ago I deleted all the Jon & Kate plus 8 shows I had recorded and e-mailed TLC that someone needs to stop Kate from abuse to her husband and her children. The way she talks to her family is abusive and damaging, but she thinks it is being loving. Kate not wanting Jodie to be paid is so Kate. I am disturbed with Jon’s comment on not wanting to be J& K plus 8…too late buddy! You only have to be Jon plus 8 and Kate only has to be Kate plus 8. I think the show is doomed…good! Like everyone else, I love these kids and want the best for them!

• I have watched Jon & Kate for a couple of years. I think they are both good parents. All of you who are bashing Kate have you really watched the show? She’s the first to admit that she’s not perfect, that she is hard on Jon, that’s she’s OCD, etc. Jon is not a wimp. He stands up to Kate. He’s more laid-back so things don’t bother him as much as it bothers Kate. Also, it’s a TV show. They are going to edit the film to make the show as interesting as they can. More viewers and higher ratings bring in more money for all involved.

  What I got out of the latest show is that Jon is having a hard time dealing with his choice to quit his job and be a full-time, stay-at-home dad.

• I’am so sick of these family members coming forth with all this awful stuff to say ,I have 7 kids and I know it is hard ,so what if they did not do alot of that stuff before ..maybe now that they have been given this chance and the money they do more with the kids …hell I’am so busy with my kids I don’t have time to sit and make cookies etc all the time …you know it is a sad when people are so news hungry to throw dirt on there own family because they are jealous ,why can’t we all just be happy for people and not be so thrilled and finger pointing when they fall or make human mistakes or even just assume and make it all up in our minds how it truly is …This world would be a much happier place ,I watched the show last night and found it all sad ,Iam sure going in it sounded so great this whole tv Idea ,it didn’t work out so great and we are feeding on it ..how sad

• kate has let all this fame & money go to her head. was it worth losing your husband. and she has change since he begining of the show.
  she treats JON like he one of he children. and always putting him down like he stupid.( BUT HE’S THE SMART ONE HE HAS REALIZED THE SHOW HAS BROKE UP HIS MARRIAGE) and wasn,t worth the heart break he feels now.

• I agree with some of the comments here. I especial like the comment from Betty. I started watching this show in the first season and I had enjoyed it until a season or two ago. Kate emasculates Jon at every chance she gets. If he says he did not cheat with that woman they just met with some other friends. Kate doesn’t believe him, that he has stepped out, yet when accusations fly about her and her bodyguard everyone is supposed to believe her. What other man would stay home as a Mr. Mom while the wife is out touring the country making speeches. You know, maybe he needs to go back to work, gee Kate you may want to also so you get out about other people of the working class world. And then I read an article and she brags that she made more money than he did when they worked. Who cares, thought you two were a team. Everything is fine as long as Kate is getting her own way. I agree, she is selfish, and hopefully she will snap out of it. She needs to stop exploiting those children, they are all going to need therapy. She is also ungrateful, Aunt Jodi, her brother, friends in the neighborhood come fold laundry, babysit, help her with the kids. She thinks everything has to be so perfect, you have a lifetime to clean and make everything spotless, your children are only small a very brief time. If the show wanted to pay Jodi, that really was none of Kate’s business. She always says they are in this together no matter what, yet she is letting this show dictate her life. I guess she got used to the money, recognition, and not have to worry about nice vacations, they get everything for free. I could go on and on, but I think I will stop now. I taped the season premier, depending on how it goes, I may just stop watching, cause I am sick of Kate’s insulting Jon all the time and that whiny Maddie. If Jon were smart, he would leave her and sue for custody. Kate, you need to grow up, for better or worse. Most women would kill to have a nice man for a husband, now it will be hard because you have turned him into a Class A Wimp.

  Rene

  • I love the show its more realistic parenting than i have seen on tv in my entire life and i think it is absolutley none of anyones buisness whats happeneing in ther lives if they want you to know it they will put it on the show but now they werent given that choice really were they i think its sad i get on the internet looking for some pics of the kids and i run into disgusting crap like this from a bunch of idiods who apperently like watching them or atleast there ruin…. complaing about someone elses life really people worry about your own there normal like you and i quite personally i see my husband out with a woman other than me his butt would be on the street regardless if he slept with her or not there are somethings you just should have more respect for your other and your children than to go out in public or private acting like a jiggalo!!! this was meant to teach people what its like having so many multiples and people like you have driven it to the place it is now protruding into the private off camera life of a couple and there family its hard enough to raise children in this horrible world without other people bringing out crap to purosley distroy your marriage! Kate we love you and jon and sincerely hope everything divorce or not goes well

    • Christy, they made the choice by doing the show. The put themselves, their children and everyone that has been helping them out there for public scrutiny. If they didn’t want it NO is a complete sentence.

  • You can’t turn a real man into a wimp. He either is or he isn’t! You even insult their children (“whiny Maddie”)…your opinion doesn’t matter after reading that. And by the way. How do you know that she wasn’t grateful to Jodi for their help? Because they weren’t paid? Money is gratefulness?

    “Mr. Mom” as you like to refer to Jon had the easy end of the deal. Kate was out WORKING. The kids are all in school during the day. Jon even had tons of help. They have staff now…people to fold laundry and watch kids…meanwhile he’s off partying. Yeah, that’s dad of the year! No wonder she has to tell him what to do and how to do it.

• i think jon should leave kate he is better off with out her!!!!!!! she is not a nice person.

  • What Kate needs is a real man! She wouldn’t talk to Jon like that if he didn’t NEED to be talked to like that. He’s clueless! He knew how she voiced her thoughts. If he’s not man enough to hold his own then he shouldn’t have married her to begin with. If he doesn’t know how to express in words how he feels how is she to know or change? What Kate needs is a real man, not a loser as a ninth child. They have 8 kids! There’s no time for “dear sweet hun could you please….stop doing nothing and waiting for direction.”

    I hope he does leave her so she can find herself a strong REAL man. Jon is a child and gets treated like a child! A “man” like that will always have a women telling him what to do. His 20-something floozy will get old and want kids. And do you think she will be all sweet and carefree with a husband that’s an additional child- no way! My husband is self sufficient and can think on his own….thank God I don’t have to dictate how he does everything! Poor Kate!

• Jon and Kate are struggling to keep a marriage alive, just like a lot of us do when we have children and even those who don’t. I have seven children of my own and it is a struggle to keep the relationship between a husband and wife going. You forget you are husband and wife and live only as mom and dad. We do not know the realities of Jon and Kate’s life, most of these people talking are people that might be being paid for all of what they say. So what if Kate is’nt perfect, tell me who is neither is Jon for that matter. They have made mistakes and hopefully someone can help them learn from it if they can’t see it themselves. oh and by the way all of you who were correcting people on their grammer, well that’s just petty.

• Although I have not watched all the episodes, there have been many I’ve enjoyed. Not being aware of whatever else might have been involved in the dissolution of their relationship, I’m afraid I will have to agree with those who believe that what began as an interesting idea has turned into a rampant exploitation of this family. I can’t disagree with the premise that the mother has fed on this notoriety to an unhealthy extent: unhealthy for the marriage, unhealthy ultimately for the children of it. Too bad, that the respect and affection that were evident in the beginning has disappeared. I don’t plan to watch further episodes as the family breaks apart. I really doubt my husband would put up with being sidelined and bossed about as has the husband here. I really doubt that the mother is “doing this all for her kids”. I believe the turning point for me was at the time when the family was preparing to move into a new home and the mother was stating, “The kids deserve it”. That’s erroneous thinking. What kids deserve is parents who work together to make the family a cohesive group, not to be taught that the world owes them everything. A mother who encourages her husband first to work from home, then to quit his job so she can become all and more than she ever envisioned possible, is not a mother I admire. My strongest suggestion is that the show come to an end now. It has nothing else of value to teach. How much better it would be to revisit the family as it was, every few years or so to see how the children have grown and changed. It’s a tragic waste of a family.

• How many times did Kate say in last nights show that “she does all this for the kids”. “She’s there for the kids, she does it all alone. Well even if jon were there he certainly wouldn’t do it the right way! She’s there for the kids for the show for the MONEY. This has totally gone to her head! She’s lost her family, all of her friends and now her husband. It won’t be long before those kids realize what’s going on and she’ll loose them too.

• Aunt Jodi did get some perks from the show, when the family went on the Oprah show, they brought Aunt Jodi along for the help and apparently Aunt Jodi was a Oprah fan, and she got to be on the show and a free trip to Chicago. She might not of gotten paid for babysitting the kids, they are family and do you charge family for babysitting there kids, I babysitted my second cousins when I was younger and did not get paid for it, I would not of felt comfortable asking for money. They are family and families do things for each other and not ask anything in return. I am a fan of the show and watched since the beginning, I hope that Jon and Kate work things out and stay together, they are not exploiting there kids, I say more power to them, if someone wants to pay them let them, college for eight kids are not going to be cheap, just think right now it costs about 60k to 100k depending on the school for four years of college and there kids are still young and be the time there kids go to college it will cost them over 1million dollars to put them all through school. They are dealing with adults so if other adult people with stuff that they want to gove them for free let them, it’s there choice to give freebies away and more power to them for accepting the freebies. I don’t believe Jon cheated on Kate, they need some help to find there way back to each other, marriage is hard and they are going through some growing pains, there lives have change a lot in five years, and Jon not working in a traditional job for the first time in his life is trying to find himself again, it’s hard for anyone giving up a career to staying at home, even though he made the decision for the well being for the kids, it’s still hard for someone to give up something that they worked to build there whole adult life. Kate has changed she found a new career, she went from being a nurse to a public speaker and author, she adjusted to change a lot better then Jon has, they are at different points in there lives, they need to take things one day at a time and work things out, I believe that they still love and care about each other a lot, there is hope that they will stay together. I pray for them and will continue watching the show.

  • First of all …
    To Jon and Kate .. this is a business. To further their business .. they have needed Jodi and Kevins help in achieving trips, appearances and babysitting when they travel without the kids.

    Anyone who is sucessfull in business knows that if someone works for you .. they get paid for the job they do. Regardless if it’s family.

    Kate has stated that she will not stop what she is doing. It doesnt matter if it is breaking up her family. She is determined to think only of herself and her new “Job.”

    My opinion .. that’s a pretty sick attitude and the person who feels this way needs therapy.

    I think this family needs to be left alone to work out their own problems. No one has the right to follow this family and make their life unbearable.

    At the same time …

    Kate needs to be informed that it doesnt take a whole lot for people to see thru her charade. She organized a family party in a public place where everyone can watch, video and snap pictures of her
    children, herself and Jon. Not to mention aired all their dirty laundry to the public about whats going on in their lives.

    She made it very clear during the sextuplets 5th birthday party .. that she craves attention.
    It doesnt matter if it’s negative .. or possitive attention.

    It was chrystal clear after their show last nite. Kate will break up her family because she solidly feels ………. that it’s all about her and her twisted needs.

• you have some nerve ,getting in thier business and spreading it throught out the media.how do u sleep at night they have enough people talkin shit and you wana go make all these little interveiw videos comming out to the whole world about people who arnt even you .karmas a bitch and i hope u get it soon .

  jon and kate stay away from these people

• That’s CRAP! This whole entire website is a lie. Things like these are the things that are tearing up the family, and whoever wrote this absolutely disgusts me.

• Does anyone find it a little ironic that this story is coming out now?!!! What happened to family sticking together? Kate’s brother and jodi should be ashamed of themselves!! It’s not like things aren’t bad enough for them and then their own family have to chime in too!! I watch my friends kids and my families kids for free and i’m not throwing a hissy fit to be paid. Sometimes you just do things out of the kindness of your heart and you don’t want anything in return. It just seems to me that Jodi is being a bit petty. Why don’t you try supporting your family instead of running your mouth to the media!!!

• I wonder how much they will make when Jon and Kate + Eight heads to the Dr. Phil show.

• Jon and Kate + Eight meet Dr. Phil!

• If she was doing “what’s best for her kids” she would back away from all the media, money and “stuff” and be a family with her husband and kids. Is money or a mother and father more important for her kids well being?

• Okay seriously, why are people so quick to judge them. No one has except Jon and Kate have all the details. Unless anyone knows every detail of their relationship you have no right to say who’s to blame or that she treats him worse. I’ve seen many episodes where Jon makes demeaning comments behind her back, at least she says it to his face. Relationships takes two so they are BOTH responsible for the state of their marriage.
  They are also loving parents doing the best they can for their children. They are trying to make the best choices the can to provide for their children and their future. They have 8 children give them a freakin’ break.

• The Gosselin family had five years of entertaining the public. We certainly enjoyed your precious children as well as Jon and Kate. Though you have both changed, not for the better. Only you know what really happened. You had a great run but it is time to end. Children are not forever darling. The sextuplets have reached their peek in cuteness. This is your chance to get back to a normal life and just remember, it’s never easy.
  It is better NOT to GIVE your kids everything. Just LOVE and a HAPPY HOME with two parents who care and stay with them for years of loving memories together. They will grow up and leave you and it comes quicker than you realize.
  Apologize, and mean it, not only to each other but to anyone who’s toes you may have stepped on. (If you must continue, once a year updates in Good Housekeeping would be more than enough without being invasive.)
  With thoughts and prayers to you all. Thanks for sharing your adorable family with us.

• Kate~
  I feel for you as a wife & mother BUT I have to tell the truth here….
  You go around life using people for your own personal gains or needs…and when you are done using them they are thrown away like trash!!!!
  Why do you have to have this as your career..???
  Why cant you go back to being a nurse?
  I dont think the marriage is your problem…it is your attitude…BUT you will NEVER change…YOU will continue to use people as objects for your own personal gain & it is a DAMN SHAME!!!!

• This is all a bunch of hooey just to get the ratings up.

• I think Kate had every right to not allow them to be paid. It’s not selfish. Kate’s family is so well known that they can not even walk into a store and not be recognized. Aunt Jodi is it? I had to scroll up to recall her name even though I’ve watched ever episode. I could not picture her children if they came knocking on my door now. I don’t even know how many kids she has or if they’re boys or girls. The Gosselins have allowed “their” lives to be filmed. Yes, at a cost but no more than actors do. It is a CAREER for them. Does Tom Cruise’s sister get paid, no! Does he have a sister? Who knows, who cares! The Gosslins need the money to support a private life and they work for that money…not for freeloaders to come jump on the bandwagon. As if Jodi’s house isn’t big enough already, how greedy.

  The fact that Aunt Jodi would even request money is what’s selfish. It’s not extra money the network will make appear, it’s money they would have otherwise given the Gosselins.

  If Aunt Jodi was so “kind” to help for free. Then why does she want to be paid now to watch the children? Why does she have to be on the show? She’s trying to jump into Kate’s job and space and take money from her. That’s a nice person? I see right through that squeaky voiced, innocent facade of hers. If anyone is selfish here it’s Aunt Jodi! I’ve watched my neices and nephews countless times. For a week at a time even. I’ve never received a penny. We don’t want anything, that’s family!

  Then to have someone in her video “backing her up.” She’s vicious and Kate’s not a fool. Seriously, how dare her even ask for money for being around their family or watching the kids…that’s what family is for. It doesn’t have to be done with cameras on. She has some nerve sitting there on her high horse talking about family. What a fake beast. At least if Kate has something to say she lets it be know. Jodi however is just FAKE!!!!

  Kate has never said anything bad publicly about Aunt Jodi. Not that I’ve seen anyhow. Yet Jodi’s rantings are everywhere. A genuine kindhearted person wouldn’t put things out on the internet about family for Kate’s children to one day read and for her own children, whomever they are, to also see. That’s a conniving vicious person, she can quit the nice innocent act! She’ll get her money from tabloids I’m sure. Which is why she’s on her, just trying to milk for a story. Seriously, she is SO FAKE!!!!! Her crying on the video made me laugh. She sits there saying mean things about someone else, publicly, without their presence to defend themselves and then cries about “family”…it’s like a 5 year old crying for her money cut. So funny! Go get your own job Aunt Jodi and learn what family really means!!

• I really don’t care about the Gosselins, what used to be a “feel good show” is now a “Hollywood Style” production. Kate has gotten to be a bigger b@tch than she already is. She states she will go it alone without Jon for the 25K perepisode paid because she has a family to raise. Are you kidding? First to kate” You are not a celebrity woman. Stop acting like one. This marriage between Kate and Jon. WHO CARES!!…These people have gone a bit nuts are in it for the bucks and the sweet show I used to watch is gone. SO AM I – NO MORE JON AND KATE PLUS EIGHT!! Funny when people ask me if I know who Kate Gosselin is that is on the cover of PEOPLE. Maybe it’s all for the money..who knows..but they aint gettin’ me. other things to watch besides this staged production of a “normal life”..

• The question is: Do they really need all these materials to be happy??

• It’s like watching a train wreck. It used to be a fun show … but as time went on, Jon hardened … who wouldn’t? Kate always boasts how hard she works. What she does, how she cleans, how she packs, how it is all her. Seldom does she give credit to anyone. Almost every sentence begins with “I …”
  The season opener was tough. Jon seemed sad and angry – like a dog that has been beaten. Kate appeared arrogant and indignant. Almost as if this was her master plan – and her acting has awarded her the opportunity to scoop up the sympathy of her fan’s – and move on. Sans Jon. My guess is that that was the plan … and with a little timing … she
  executed perfectly.
  Will I keep watching? Yup. But what I want to see is Jon to straighten up – regain his humor and self respect – and recognize he has more fans than Kate. You’ve been played.

• People need to get a grip! It’s a television show…obviously episodes are edited to look like they need to for ratings! Let these people alone and quit exploiting their family.

• They really have everyone’s attention don’t they! I don’t think Kate is a “bad mom”. She has turned herself into quite a business woman, and gotten everything that her heart desires hasn’t she? It is her choice to make (don’t forget that we’ve helped her by watching and reading).

  While I don’t think she should treat Jon the way she does (and i’s painful to watch at times), he has not “run” until recently, and it was cowardly behavior if it’s true. If he didn’t want all of the attention then he could have put his foot down a long time ago!

  I feel awful for the kids here. Children are extremely perceptive (as we all saw from the “daddy I don’t want you to leave” comment from last night), and know that something isn’t right between mom and dad. If they divorce there will be scars.

  It is so sad to me that Jon and Kate would allow this to unfold on TV. They’ve always said that this is being documented for the kids. Is this what they want them to remember? Again, so sad, but this was the choice THEY made.

  To everyone that is “up in arms” and being so judgemental. STOP WATCHING!! No one is forcing you to!

  One final thought…No matter what, you DON’T talk about your family to the media!! I don’t care how mad you are. Shame on Kevin and Jodi. I hope you’ve enjoyed your 15 minutes. Was it worth it?

  • “One final thought…No matter what, you DON’T talk about your family to the media!! I don’t care how mad you are. Shame on Kevin and Jodi. I hope you’ve enjoyed your 15 minutes. Was it worth it?”

    I fully agree!

    • Very true. Maybe they got some money to do so.
      But yes I agree. You never talk about family to media.
      Now they have probably severed any hope of fixing this issue.
      And watching kids of family shouldnt require payment.
      Just because your on TV. I would just want to do it to spend time
      with them 8 kids or 1 kid.
      Jodi this wasnt they way to “tell the truth”
      Very bad call.

    • I agree!

      Being vocal on TV because you have a riff with your family can be so much more damaging. I doubt Kate will ever speak to her brother again for trashing her on tv.

      I know that I would not talk to him again for a long time.

  • I think you people aredisgusting. All of you. YOU especially are not even Jon and Kate’s family sticking your stupid nose into their business for MONEY. Kevin and Jodi should not be selling out Jon or Kate. Why would they not just be there for them and be there for the nieces and nephews at the time? All of this accusing Kate of being money hungry, it looks like Jodi and Kevin are the ones pissed because they are the ones not getting profit from the show. They act like they’re perfect auntie and uncle, well the kids don’t need people like them in their lives. They disgust me. If they want what is best for the family then STAY OUT OF THE MEDIA. Talk to Jon and Kate about how you feel not the media. Help your freakin sister KEVIN, be there for her and her children. Getting paid to rat out your family is shameful. Let Kevin and Jodi know about Karma, it WILL come back and bite them in the butt.

    • WELL SAID! I completely agree.

    • I agree that Jodi and Kevin are just jealous on Jon & Kate’s financial success, and now they are trying anyway they can to benefit financially. I bet they didn’t refuse the monies they received for their interviews. If they truly were speaking out on the behalf of their nieces and nephews, their point would be more believable if they were not benefiting financially. Shame on you Kevin…get a backbone and stand up for your sister with Jodi. Karma will indeed find its way to Jodi and Kevin.

    • i think u all need to GET OVER IT!! ur all talkin like little high school kids i think kevin n jodi are good people i love them. ur ALL JUST JEALOUS!!! u dont know what gos on behide closed doors so i dont think u should point figners!! i think ur all jealous over there fame…if i was them i would tell u all to kiss my ass!!

    • I agree, Jodi is jealous and wants what Jon and Kate have.

  • I agree, Jodi nothing I have seen shows you care anything about these children. You look to be a nasty bitter women that is working very hard to distroy this family. I hate to think what kind of damage you are doing to these children you say you love. Jodi please for the sake of your marriage and your children stop this. When it all comes out in the wash I’m sure your husband will resent you for distroying his sisters family and so will your children. Please do the right thing by everyone and stop this.

  • I think people don’t think about the fact that they are now celebrities and they have to make enough money to pay for protection, possibly forever. It’s not like they can go back and get regular day jobs and live in a normal neighborhood and have the kids in public school. I think they really have no options. Since Jon is a lop and doing nothing to support the family what choice does Kate have, unless her writing career takes off and she can totally support the fam that way. Sometimes as parents we have to make tough decisions to do what we believe is the best for our children. There are plenty of other parents explointing their children, ie pageant moms, and nobody is writing blogs about them. Or what about moms who strip to provide for their children. e all point fingers but what if it was all of america looking at our daily lives and criticizing.

    • You are stupid Danielle. Jon has stated many times that he would prefer to have worked a normal job but his vapid cunt wife Kate forced him to stay at home full time so she could travel the country to promote her shit book and Jon could stay at home and take care of the kids. Kate is disgusting and if she wanted to do what is best for the kids she would have the show canceled.

    • I used to really enjoy watching the show the first few seasons. They were “normal” people then. Now Kate has turned into a money-hungry, arrogant, spoiled brat and I can’t really blame Jon for needing to get away from the spotlight. If Kate really wanted what was best for the kids, they would end the show, end the book tour, and everything else that puts the family in the spotlight. If she really didn’t want the “paparazzi” around the kids, she would’ve had the birthday party in the back yard of her new multi=million dollar estate where there would be privacy. Instead she has it at a public place where she knows there will be paparazzi. There is no way I could put up with her bossing me around and talking down to me like she does Jon. This show is no longer a show I like to watch since she has turned into such a hateful, arrogant person. I feel sorry for the kids and Jon.

  • Business woman….yes. However, this show was initially about the trials and tribulations of raising a family with two sets of multiples. Its sad to see that Kate seems to have been caught up in the limelight and has chosen to spend a great deal of time away from her family. Watching the show it appears from their comments that her family is falling apart – she doesnt know why and her husband does not want to be around her. Hmmmm…..doesnt take a genius to figure out that maybe the dynamics of the family have been thrown off due to her greed and callous attitude towards her husband. Say what you want – she talks to her husband like a dog and I for one am not surprised that he is very unhappy. And she talks to him like this in front of others, including his kids. She should be ashamed of herself. Rolling her eyes, she is the one who needs to be in counseling instead of the spa. Those children obviously love both of their parents and I am sure that they have accumulated enough funds to secure their future. She acts as though this is her job to promote the show and her book. That was her choice to get a job that entails her to be away from her family for so long. She is a nurse – get a job locally at a hospital and stay home with your husband and kids. Its not as though these people are uneducated with no skills and this is their only means of income. Bottom line – its all about the greed.

  • I so agree with you. Shame on Kevin and Jodi. You do not throw your family under the bus. Kate I applaud you. You are a working mother with eight children. Oh excuse me nine (including Jon). Yes, at times you are a little tough, but when someone is so unmotivated like it appears Jon is it is hard to remain calm. I will continue to watch the children grow and I hope the two of you can work things out. People are so quick to divorce today instead of working on their issues. Kate I am sorry that Kevin felt it necessary to try and sabotage your success. Could He and Jodi be jealous!!! I was a single working mother with three girls and I know how complicated it can be. Don’t feel guilty, as long as you are putting them first, that is what matters. The girls especially will grow up to see that they can accomplish anything no matter what obstacles are placed in front of them. I hope that you will be able to continue with the show. I have so enjoyed watching the children grow. “Kate Plus Eight” sounds fine to me. My prayers are with all of you.

• I was watching all the videos Kevin and Jodi made (and most likely sold for money). It’s appalling how they will sell out with family. Who cares if they think Kate’s cleaning and cooking isn’t done by her every day or if she’s the one folding laundry. Everyone knows that they have enough money now that it’s not necessary they be the ones to do it. Some people do have house cleaners and nannies. Who doesn’t try to cook nice meals for company or maybe try to impress others with being a good housewife or cook? Could you imagine the pressure to look good on tv with 10 million viewers? I’d be scrubbing the walls, the floors, the ceiling…all night and I certainly don’t do that all day normally. How dare them call her out on it. It’s so spiteful. The two of them just look hateful sitting there speaking so badly about family. If they don’t like it, don’t say anything. Nothing good can come of what they’re saying even if something held merit. Kate’s not going to say “oh hey, I see your point, thanks.’ Their videos are all from hate and jealousy.

  If Jon really did come to them and say “I have a contract” what business is it of theirs? I really doubt it’s true anyways. Jon has been there with the kids and not only to put a show on for the family. You can tell the kids are used to him being around. In the season premier in May 2009 the kids were saying they missed him and were sad. The children will tell you the truth. He hasn’t been around recently. If the last couple months were an act it was for the sake of the show. It IS a show. Even if they did have to fake it for a while just to place the marriage issues into the show…it’s not exploiting the children. Divorcing parents have to fake it for the kids when around each other for the kids on camera or off. I also don’t think they faked it long if they had too. Just the last episode seemed off.

  Still, even if Kate asked for a divorce first, which I don’t know is true or not since Kevin and Jodi’s story has so many loopholes, I would still think there’s nothing wrong with that. So what if she said wanted a divorce six months ago, if she in fact did. What business is it of Kevin and Jodi’s? Even IF they had to put an act on with the show for a couple months, so what! Kate’s own brother is a sell out and his wife is a huge fake. She’s no angelic creature. Look at her snarl in her videos. I feel sorry for her children when she gets angry.

  I think that if Kate had been cheating or asked for a divorce six months prior to Jon’s tabloid circumstances he would now be pointing fingers back. He wouldn’t be saying “it’s my fault” and going on about how he got married and had kids young….hence his need to sew his oats. He wouldn’t take the wrap for being in a position to be claimed of cheating or for being a bar goer if his wife asked for a divorce six months prior. He would defend his name for the sake of what the children would think later at the very least. He’d say, yes I’ve been out but we’ve been separated. Kevin and Jodi’s story is filled with lies that cannot be true which is obvious even through the eyes of a viewer.

  Kevin and Jodi wanting there to be laws against children in reality shows is new. Did they want that when all was well and they were in the show? No! Their children got their 10 seconds of fame. Did they exploit them too then? Or is it just like them accusing Kate of having no gratitude for watching their niece and nephews?,,, it doesn’t count if you don’t get paid. They are just greedy!!! The only reason they are talking all this trash now is because Kate wouldn’t let them take money from her family for THEIR show. They figure if they can’t get their money they’ll spread these lies and make sure Kate doesn’t get any more money either. I hope the show thrives and Kate gets more rich. She greatly cares for the children and I know she’ll use it to take care of them. I’m ready for “Kate Plus 8 Goes on a Date!!!” She needs a real man- then there would be no need to talk to him like a child.

  KEVIN AND JODI mind your business and get real….the innocent act isn’t fooling anyone!

  • I feel Jon has been a real man to put up with all the crap he has put up with from Kate. She makes him look like he cant think for himself. And when he does he gets reamed every time. Everything is her way or no way! And thats for everyone. Not just him. Shes been like that to people other then him. Getting mad at Jodi for giving her kids gum! Please. What kid hasnt had gum? Obviously she didnt have that in all her little notes she leaves everyone when they take care of the kids. Even when shes not there things have to be her way (hence the notes. ) I have watched this show for yrs. and feel like they are part of my family. I give bothparents alot of credit. And I do feel like they both love their kids and want the best for them. But I have seen the changes in especially Kate in the last yr. Her wardrobe, her hair, her make-up and definately her personality. She seems so done up now. Fake. Not reality. I just hope they can manage to work things out for the kids sake. If they do divorce I hope they can get along enough for the kids.

    • Well I didn’t give any of my kids gum under the age of 5.

      Seriously, kids take gum out of their mouths and PUT it somewhere. And where would that somewhere be? In their hair, in their clothes, in their lovies. That is what Kate was pissed off about.

      As for Jon, he is a wuss from day one. He has been unemployed off and on and IT is a position that has a ton of unemployed right now. He enjoyed the perks and got himself a snazzy car but holy cow, ” I didn’t party much in my twenties” is his excuse for being a douche and party boy with a girl at bars and bathing at his HOUSE while the wifey is away? That makes him a douche even if they didn’t DO anything.

      Kate has changed but that is not always a bad thing. She is working to insure her kids have security.

      I hate to say it but the rags are really terrorists with cameras. Shame on them for overstepping their bounds. Ask Brooke Shields about the nasty tactics they use.

      Aunt Jodi and Hubby are just pissed off that they are not getting money. Throw your family under a bus and they will never speak to you again.

    • that should be:

      Sunbathing while wifey is away!

• get over it, who is ever gonna date kate with 8 kids, and jon how much will child support be?
  jon get a job away from home, get a nanny or two, and tell the bitch to respect you…
  or you can be a coward and run, grab your balls and be a man not a whinning kid that would make 9…
  you all wanted fame and fortune now deal with it, i do not feel sorry for you at all… and kate is this what you want to document for your kids??? you are there now for the money hope it is worth it, save some of it for your kids mental therapy… they will need it.

  • YOU AR SOOOOO RIGHT.COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF-
    ON EVERY LEVEL.

    DON, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

    • I SO agree with you!

  • His whiney “i didn’t get to party in my 20’s” just grates.

    YOU have 8 kids, it is not about you being a little party boy.

    Fame is fleeting and in a few years they will be so over. Make the money now, bank it invest and be done.

• 1. They need to forget the show and get into councelling if they really care about the kids and their vows.
  2. Kate needs to resist the temptation to always be in charge. She should be Jon’s helper/partner not the leader of the pack. This is totally opposite her nature but if she really loves those kids and God she will work hard to do it.
  3, Jon needs to do what he needs to make a life that will be good for the family. That includes selling the big house and going back to a simpler life. Maybe he should even put his foot down about giving permission for his kids to be filmed. Take charge man!
  4. They both are very self centered self serving people, which has been amplified by all the TLC attention.
  5. They both need to seek the councel of a older Godly man and woman who can give them support not of the media type.

  My guess though is Kate will continue to get off on all the attention and perks of being a TV celebrity and Jon will continue to look to get his masculine ego stroked by anyone who will.

  • Kate’s nature is to be in charge and she’s to be commended on her sharp business skills and the way she controls her children. This whole “Kate is mean” and “Kate is bossy” is making me sick. She’s a woman who knows what to do and knows how to do it. As far as selling the house and going back to “a simpler life” – well that’s a bunch of baloney. There are eight kids in that household and they just didn’t fit in the house they use to have anymore. I believe the large house (it’s large and it sits on a large lot – but believe you me it is neither super appointed not incredibly luxurious) has just about enough space so that eight children can live about as normally as any their peers who don’t have that many siblings. Those kids will go to college and they will have lives comparable to those coming from families with one or two children. If you really care about your children, raising them in relative poverty is not the best option. They’d better thank their mom for the good nutrition and good grooming skills she’s teaching them, and for making sure they’ll be able to go through college without crushing college debt. They should also thank her for teaching them that if you’re ambitious and focused you can still make it financially even when you’ve got eight little mouth to feed, eight little bodies to clothe, and eight little minds to educate. It’s in Kate’s nature to take care of her brood, and she should be commended for that – the children have a lot to learn from her. That doesn’t mean Jon’s a bad guy at all. But he’s laid back and a bit contemplative. That a good business man doesn’t make. But it does make a great father. The children love them both and I hope they’ll be able to patch things up and continue to be the nice people they really are.

    • This post has been the most well thought out, intelligent piece of work I have seen on ANY website.

      BRAVA

    • Finally, a voice of reason.

  • If you are going to comment, learn how to spell. The words are counselor and counsel in the ways in which you used them.

• I always had an inckling kate was a b%$^&*((^, ,,, now we know …

  It’s all about kate and her precious Love.. But jon loves them without condition.. she’s in it for the money ……

  • Kate didn’t even acknowledge her little guy saying thank you until she realized the camera was on her. When she cried the few tears she was worried about her make-up. She has much more than that to be worried about. Her husband shows love to his children even when his back is turned to the camera and she shows it only when the camera is facing her.

    • I agree. Jon is always showing the kids love. I have always been his fan, not Kate’s. I love the fact that he is always playing and having fun with the kids. I know that someone has to be responsible, however Kate is NEVER shown having fun with the kids unless they are out of the house or Jon is around. I’m not saying that she doesn’t love them, I just think they are “cash cows” at this time. Good luck to all of them, they’re gonna need it!!

    • I agree that he loves his kids, but I don’t recall a whole lotta love during the episode that Jon had the kids by himself, and they were outside having their walk through the bushes…with sticks…in the new mega-yard. He was really impatient and sarcastic with them – even snapped at one of the little boys to quit acting like a baby and be a man. I remember thinking, wow, what’s going on with here? Now as we know, Jon was doing his stay at home dad job that he didn’t choose to do. He really didn’t dig it too much, wasn’t very nice and looked very unhappy. So, he has his moments too.

• What I can’t understand is…. Jodi was all for the show until Kate shot down the idea of her getting paid to be a regular. So now Jodi and her husband are going on every show possible that will pay them to complain about Jon and Kate. It’s amazing that Jodi was all for the show, even let her kids on the show but as soon as she wasn’t going to see any money from the show…. all of a sudden Jon and Kate are the worst parents in the world. Jodi continues to comment on Kate and the money aspect but she is getting paid to give statements and appear on entertainment shows.

  Jodi comments on how Kate isn’t home with the kids, that Kate doesn’t do this or do that but really is it any of her business? So what if a Nanny is taking care of the kids. If the kids are safe, fed, clean, attending school… does it really matter?

  Jodi and her husband are adding so much fuel to the fire and it just shows them as completely jealous! Again… who cares if Jon and Kate are fighting or getting divorced! It’s not your business! If Jon did come to you and tell about his marriage it wasnt on Jodi or her husband to tell the media. He came to you in confidence and you used him and completely detrayed him to make money. Shame on you!

  Just to let Jodi know… you look completely desperate while you are on these paid appearances. Just wait until Jon and Kate’s kids are old enough to Google what went on and they see how bad you have behaved and betrayed their family just because you wanted some money.

  Again Jodi, shame on you!

  • Well, wouldn’t you be upset too if you were doing all the grunt work and wasn’t getting compensated while the sister you’re helping is becoming a millionaire?

    I’m sure you wouldn’t be such an upstanding sibling if you were in that situation.

    Look at how Jodi was on the episodes, she was more than helpful. It can’t be easy to help the way she helped for nothing.

    • Aunt Jodu shouldn’t even have a reason to be upset. Her and her husband are trying to make it look like they’re great people, that they weren’t in it for the money. That Jon and Kate are exploiting the kids. But aren’t Jodi and Kevin exploiting them as well? Yes, by going on these shows and airing their private business is destroying the kids as well. No only that but if money isn’t a big deal, then why is Aunt Jodi bitching about it? If Kate threw a fit (which I doubt) they shouldn’t be accepting the money anyways. Her sister writes a blog about Kate and all the money, but nothing about Aunt Jodi, and the idea of them accepting any money form TLC. They’re hypocrites.

    • What the hell is Jodi’s sister doing writing a blog about the Jon & Kate? Who has been feeding her crap-why my guess would be Sweet Aunt Jodi who is jealous as hell.

      My guess is Kate didn’t want her being paid anything due to this little blog thing. Which I just looked at and am disgusted by “I am writing this out of concern for the kids, while I support my sister who is TRASHing their parents on TV.

      Note that I would be ticked if my family were trashing me via their siblings blog about MY FAMILY.

    • Of course I wouldn’t be upset, I am not ruled by money. When I babysit for my family I do not expect anything in return, other than for my siblings to watch my children when I need a babysitter.

      It is not any of Jodi’s business what Jon and Kate make for money, and just because Jon and Kate may be making money it doesn’t mean that their money should trickle down to Jodi.

      Jodi said on tv this morning that the kids are being exploited… well she wasn’t worried about them being exploited when she was on the show. It’s amazing how much venom is running through her while SHE goes on entertainment programs for PAID appearances.

      I do agree that what we saw on Jon & Kate Plus 8, Jodi was great with the children. But in my world, I help out because I want to help my friends and family not because I expect something in return. So, she obviously is a tit for tat women and expected something other then a thanks which is completely sad.

      It’s crazy that Jodi and Kevin (I think that is his name) are again being paid to go on every entertainment program possible to talk about a relationship that they don’t really know what went on 100%. Is Kate overbearing…yes, has Jon been out at bars lately…yes. But we don’t know what went on between Jon and Kate when the cameras were off and they were in their house discussing their relationship. As much as Jodi wants us to believe everything she is saying is the truth she doesn’t know the 100% truth either and she shouldn’t be commenting on it at all. It’s not her business. She is doing exactly what Jon and Kate are doing…making money off the Gosslin family but she is doing it the sneaky and vindictive way.

    • I had heard on a show and read somewhere, long before all this even started, before Jodi’s sister’s hatesite, that Jodi was wanting a six figure contract and was even talking her own show. JK8s production, or TLC, couldn’t come to a mutual dollar amount with Jodi and production was being held up on JK8 due to the contract terms. They were frustrated because their show’s production was being compromised. Seems like Jodi was too greedy, then and now.

  • Very well said!!!

• Jon needs to ask Kate for his balls back. Kate needs to say sorry to her brother. Her brother has to tell his wife Jodi to let it go. They all need to care about the kids. The money should be in a trust with an attorney and accountant paying for everyday expenses for the children and future college funds for the children. Everyone involved needs to get a real job. The show should not be aired more than 8 times per season. They do not need to be getting body lifts and hairplugs. They should give those perks back. The chimpanzees in entertainment have more rights than those poor children.

• Family is Family. Love ’em or hate ’em. But never bad mouth them in public. If you don’t like what they’re doing, duke it out in private or just stay away. Aunt Jodi looks like as big a jack-ass as Jon does. Someone has to be in charge. Although Kate is onerbearing, she does have 9 kids! This fame is not going to last forever so what’s wrong with building a nest egg? People offer free stuff, there is NO one out there that wouldn’t take it. I know I would. Kate will probably have to pay support to Jon in a divorce

• It must have been hard for Kevin and Jodi to feel like they needed to set this all straight for the kids sake. I will never forget that show where one of the kids got gum from their loving Aunty and Kate BLEW a gasket!! OMG! End of the world.
  Yeah, Jodi did make Kate look bad. I mean, as in, what a loving mother looks like and all. She never asked to be paid for anything.

  Oh, and where is Beth these days? And her daughter and friends, and all the “old” help that did the laundry or traveled with them? Gone… All gone.. Heck even the woman who used to do the interview was gone. No one can stand Kate. I’ve always called the show, Kate and 8. Jon might as well not been there. Now It’s Kate & Hate for me..
  Those tears she was crying last show… Not for her marriage, but for how Jon is ruining her business.

  I remember her saying one show that she got up at 5:30am and jogged for an hour or so. First thing I told my wife, she’s got a “friend,” something is not right there. Sadly, it’s a train wreck waiting to happen.

  Best episode ever was Jon taking the boys golfing. I LOVED IT.. You need to find that space again Jon, and stay there.

  • Beth and her daughter were on the premiere of the show. Maybe you should watch it again.

  • Well as a mother of multiples and 7 kids. I can tell you NO KID under 5 has had gum in my home. Why? Well because the little kids take it out of their mouths and stick it all over. In hair, clothes, lovies and it is HARD to get out.

    As for the ladies who where helpers, some where old neighbors and that naturally would end when they moved away. Not that anything is bad about the relationship it is reality.

    Beth and daughter were in the season opener-watch again.

    Her brother and aunt jodi need to SHUT UP for the kids if they really want to help them as they claim.

• i think she should stop running her mouth. telling everybody her families business. Ya lets all go to the media when your having a fight with your husband.
  what goes around comes back around.

• I think Jodi and Kevin should mind their own business. You don’t discuss
  family matters in public. I saw them bad mouthing family on national T V
  this morning. It has gotten them five minutes of fame.

  John and Kate need to hang in there and fight for their family. We need
  to pray for them and love them. How would you like to be in their
  situation. You would not like to have media in your face all day long.
  Have enjoyed watching their children grow up.

• I love aunt Jodi and hate Kate.

• Well I read all of the postings and shame on some of you (re: some of the postings i have read, in here) too! Whose business is it, for us to judge others? Are we all perfect? Dont think so. We all have our problems with life and relationships. I love the show and always will. Jon and Kate, if you get to see this, please just do what you both think is right for you and your children. Nothing else matters! I myself, enjoy the show immensely and you both have beautiful children that are fun to watch, thank you for allowing us to come into your home and watch. But, if it comes to us not being able to see you all on tv, any longer, may God Bless you and your family in finding happiness!
  Sincerely from someone that does care about people and likes to see them happy..so my wish for you both and your family is to find that happiness again!

• i always loved the show.and i will keep on watching it
  reruns and all
  i hope and pray that
  jon and kate will get there lives straighten out and put all of this mess behide them.and have a wonderful life together.and blessings to them and their wonderful children

• I love watching jon and kate and they are both wonderful parents. I am sure when the cameras are off they are still great parents. Nobody is perfect. My husband and i have 4 children of our own and I can’t Imagine 6 five year olds all at once. My five year old is a handful. If we were in the public eye with our lives all of the time omg. I can only imagine the judgement that would come from people other than my mother in law.Jodi and kevin really should be ashamed you had to know what kind of hurt you would bring to the 10 of them you are rotten to the core and i feel very sorry for your jealous and envious souls.I never noticed or cared about seeing either of you in the show.I have nieces and nephews too and i never ask for money to watch them. They are family and its nothing but a joy to be a part of their lives. Get over yourselves and fix the mess you created with your family.I will keep Jon and kate plus eight in my prayers. God bless

• Kate has become so absorbed in herself and her children that she has completely forgotten her husband. This is her betrayal. She is losing her husband and doesn’t understand that it’s her fault. All she talks about is “the children, the children”. Does she even think about him anymore?

  How is she taking care of the children when she’s out promoting her book and traveling.? She has forgotten her priority – husband. Shame on her. She is losing a good man because of her own selfishness. So self-absorbed in herself.

• kate needs to remember that a marriage and family is a unit made up of a number greater than 1.
  while i have enjoyed the show – almost since its inception – i do grow weary of all the berating jon takes.
  i further grow tired of kate using “me, my, and I” in her interviews – the more appropriate words are “us, our and we”

  jon is clearly not a person who has confidence inhis ability to confront his wife or communicate his feelings to her – probably has had the futility of the exercise proven to him repeatedly in the past – however, he needs to learn how to do this

  further kate needs to review the show tapes – how could anyone be proud of herself once you do this – you’ll see if you look what everyone else sees.

  it’s pretty obvious that kate herself is not the brightest bulb and they was she speaks is so unatural and stinted that she gives herself away. clearly she is not the person she wants the world to believe she is

  jon and kate – get some help – you have such beautiful children –

• Jon doesn’t exactly seem like the type of Dad to get in there and help out on his own. Raising eight kids is no easy task and cost a lot of money. You would have to be a very organized person to handle it. Eventually they will have all kinds of school activities that cost money and then there is college. Kate is a go getter and if she can write a book and make money to pay for a good life and future for her family…Awesome for her. Maybe her bum of a husband can’t handle being the “Stay at home Dad” while his wife brings home the bacon. And I’m sorry but what kind of Dad wouldn’t want to plan a cool birthday party for his kid(s)!

• Has anyone that knows Kate personally stood up and defended her? That should be a red flag to the clueless. Unfortunately I think Mady or is it Kara, will become a pole dancer.

• just came from a few blogs around the web and am amazed at the callow, superficial entries that are almost delusional in tone regarding Jon and Kate – I think ‘get a life’ fails to convey the breadth of foolish thoughts on the subject. I entered one blog with some defenses of Kate based on my own life as a mother of eight – and received back an answer with the confident point that Kate is not warm or caring toward the children. So rather than getting irked, I re-watched Jon and Kate Plus Eight several times yesterday to jog my memory, and after observing Kate kiss, hug and comfort her kids the whole day am at a loss for these reports on her behavior. Do they think because she’s disciplined herself and disciplines well that she must therefore be cold? What does here? I do research for a living and it never ceases to bewilder me how many people who have no responsibility for what they say, say anything that encourages whatever feeling state they are seeking, no matter how little it relates to reality. I was prepared for normal disagreements, not borderline disturbed ones. Truth is – both parents are strikingly warm – no matter what you think of either ones overall personality. I happen to interpret this my own way – that Jon and Kate were both fairly spunky mouthy people who got along like clams until there was far more responsibility. Slowly but surely Kate has made a wonderful adjustment to this and is obviously the leader, while Jon has not made a mature adjustment, which is complicated by the fact that she has. Meanwhile in his frustration he attacks Kate – a big mistake on every level. Welcome to the world of men and women. This is bringing out misogyny in everyone – men and women alike – who seem to lose their bearing in a frenzy of insults. I hope we all take a lesson from this that women really never get a fair shake. My hope is, if I let myself get so involved I have a hope, is that once Jon comprehends how awful the world really is – and the people in it – he’ll run back to dear old Kate like a drowning man to a life raft, and himself discover that it was never Kate he had to deal with but his own maturation process.

  • …here’s another amazing post. Well put.

• Shut up! Kate stopped Aunt Jodie from making big $$$$$, and that’s what the problem really is.

• I love this show. And i hate what all is going on. I just hope jon and kate can talk things out (away from cameras)! You know they love each other. i Mean Geez 8 kids together you cant just all of a sudden hate them. Put God in there with you guys and it will all work out.. They always say a marriage takes 3 You, your spouse and GOD. Let go and let god help you handle it all. I come from a divorced family and it was hard growing up. And i have told myself no matter what i will do what i have to to keep my marriage going specially with 2 kids. GOOD LUCK.. Maybe the show needs to stop for a while that way you can work on your family. its hard to be on camera all the time cause you know people are always out there judging you. and so you do put on a show. And for auntie and uncle really thats your family you need to stop the BS and just help them work through things. MONEY isnt everything!!!! it cant buy love and happiness!
  You can make it Jon And Kate

• I don’t care how mad you are. Shame on Kevin and Jodi. I hope you’ve enjoyed your 15 minutes. Was it worth it?”

• IMO, Kate has whored out her entire family. She’s sacraficed her privacy and the privacy of her children for the sake of fame and money. And clearly, she’s sacraficed her marriage. She could have, and SHOULD have, stopped with the TV show (she’s getting 25k an episode–is this not enough?). Maybe written a magazine column, or a more interactive website–something that could have kept her closer to home. But, no…she had to have more, more, more…all at the expense of her family. Shame, shame.

• why cant kate skype and still be at home? why does she have to travel?I think she did want “things” from the show and got them. Beds, whiter teeth, trips , clothes, organic food, bunk beds, the girls room. Its just my opinion but she really does need some therapy , Jon wants it but she doesnt, why? she cant be in controll then? I feel for those poor kids they need 2 parents who are strong , inlove and support eachother, with major respect. Im praying each day they find a way to fix this. I feel for Jon when he says he cant be himself and he feels like he is in prison. Whats in Kate’s books that we dont already know from the show?

• I am praying for jon and kate and their 8 kids. I love the show and wish them the best! As for jodi and kevin… shame, shame on you for going on national tv and bad mouthing your own flesh and blood. You try to make jon and kate look bad. It didn’t work for me. You are the ones who look bad! stay at home! keep your mouths shut!

• Unfortunately, the need to provide for 8 kids has brought this family to the brink of collapse. In any marriage they should be order. God, spouse then children. If the spouses are putting their faith and trust in God then in turn their marriage will grow and be strong. That strength and love will filter down to the kids. If the marriage is weak the family will start to crumble. It’s sad to see this happening with this family.

  Kate’s focus seems to lie in her job, then her kids, then Jon. She seems to think her job is the key to happiness for her family and providing them with opportunities to experience the world. What? There are millions of ways to do that without your own TV show. Was that million dollar home necessary? Now you have to support that lifestyle, which means she now has to continue working which in turn bothers Jon and fuels his anger and so on and so on. Is this couple so blind? When Kate says “What’s the answer? I don’t know” Come on , she doesn’t know!!! She doesn’t know her husband is tired of the cameras and invasion of privacy. She doesn’t know that most men need to have a fulfilling career and to be the bread winner? When she points out that she makes more than Jon did, doesn’t she get it that she is putting him down? Is it that she is so clueless or is it that she can’t let go off the big bucks that’s she’s come accustomed to?

  Jon’s part in the whole mess is not speaking up in the first place. I didn’t see him refusing the perks he was given. He doesn’t like the media attention or paparazzi but he’ll take the 350Z and the motorcycle. He needs to be a man and stand up, loving, to his wife who can’t seem to let him take on the role of dad and husband.

  If this couple could have seen down the road what fame and fortune would have cost them, do you think they would have signed on for this? My guess is NO. Let’s hope they come to their senses, regroup, take some time off from the show and do some counseling to work on their marriage so these beautiful 8 children can have a intact family instead of a fractured mess.

• People should check out the family on the other TLC show called Table for Twelve. They are a nice family to watch. The husband and wife are really nice to see. They obviously love and respect each other and are partners. The husband is a cop and they have one child w/ cerebral palsy. They don’t have a fancy mansion or sportscars. I loved Jon and Kate plus 8 also, but it didn’t take long for her voice to just make me sick. She keeps on saying how her kids “deserve to live in this house,” but please !! My Mom grew up as one of 4 in a small row house like TONS of other people have. The house they had was fine.

• ok aunt jodi was just trying to help the ppl that made this show were offering her monye read the story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kate has turnded into a brat know just see how she treets jon now and her kicking aunt jodi out? what was that!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i used to love her not any more though!and also if she says this is all about the kids she would quit the show i mean its commom sense!!!!

• Now, I don’t know what to think. This may all be a ratings-boosting scheme. They should talk to the couple from Table for 12, and 18 & Counting (there’s another show, I can’t remember the name, but she has red hair). What a mess! Big houses are nice, but LOVE is the most important thing in it. Counseling, please!

• Kate needs to get her priorities straight. Her marriage appears to be going “down the tubes” and she just doesn’t get it. She needs to go to Jon, sit down and talk, and both of them decide to end this show, for their marriage and for the children.

  I would never buy a book by Kate nor would I go to any event where she is speaking solo. BUT, I would go to watch Jon speak. And I believe that he can, and I would be interested in what he has to say.

• The problem is two fold. Kate is a bitch who is always putting down Jon. Jon never stands up to Kate and is lazy. I do believe he had an affair, who can blame him. Kate is so cold when she spreads her legs a little light comes on.

• Everybody is just jelous yall need to leave them alone how would yall do it if yall had 8 kids and jodi and what ever your husbands name is get over it dont hate if u want the same treatment they are getting go have babies yall see she has red hair and red head people are the worst stop being jelous and get on with your life

• First of all, We think Jodie was a extremely sweet and helpful to Kate. I t was disgusting to watch the way Kate screamed at Jodie when she gave the kids gum!!!!!!!!!! After just babysitting for her, for free!!!!!!!! Kate has no appreciation or any respect for the good hearted gestures that Jodie has extended to her and has no problem screaming at her and telling her off!

  So Kevin and Jodie have had enough and came out and talked openly. They have no reason to hide and I am sure they are bombarded with a zillion questions on why they are no longer part of the show.

  They have simply answered the questions. They are honest people and have remained true to that. Kate is not an honest person. Thats all they are saying. And because they ARE family are the only ones who can SAY IT.

  They are hurting over the rift in the family. But they are far from responsable for it.

  I think TLC should give Kevin and Jodie their own show! We would watch them. They would be honest. Look we have nannys, free vacations and boxes of clothes sent by gymboree all for our children to wear on the show! Jon and Kate act like they bought all the pottery barn playsets and trips they take!

• Kate is a bitch. She is just out of control and should be in the field with our troops fighting terrorists. She is not fit in civil society. She treats Jon like shit and you can see how much she hurts him on the show. And she does it all the time. I used to watch the show a lot, but I got tired of her treating Jon so badly on national TV, that I quit watching because it was painful for me to watch her embarrass him. She is a bitch and deserves what she gets. She needs to get a day care set up and get back to work. She made a comment somewhere (I will look for the link), that it is up to the state to care for her kids since the invitro program is state funded… What is that all about? Is she just another octomom? I think so…
  Anyway, good for Jon to look for happiness. I am sure that once he dumps Kate, he will have great job openings. He is a good guy and deserves better than Kate. Their children are very lucky to have a Dad like him. If Kate wants her man back, she better step back and apologize to him and make new vows to treat her husband better.
  Just my opinion.

• Jon & Kate – Where Did All The Money Go? *Hint* Kate Took it
  Posted by trix

  Holy Crap, did you know that Jon and Kate earn $75,000 per episode. We’re taking a 40 episode season, that’s crazy.That is some serious money, something like $3,000,000 per “season”.

  Despite the fact that they are earning more money per show than an average family of four makes in a year, Jon is flat broke.

  Does he have wild spending habits? Did he empty his 401k to buy his alleged mistress expensive gifts?

  He had to empty his 401k to survive. Now, I don’t know if that means that he had to use it to pay the bills or buy his kids food, but the fact that he felt he had to use it, is telling.

  According to Kate’s family, she’s all about the money. She has such a tight grip on the finances, there isn’t any slipping through her fingers for things that aren’t on her list.

  She raking in the dough out of the home too. She has her book, 8 Little Faces, that she is promoting right now, and she’ll be out again in October promoting her cookbook. She charges fans $20.00 for an autograph and $150.00 per person for special tea party meet and greets. She also commands $3,000 per hour for speaking engagements. She spends all this time away from home, doing this extraneous stuff, but has such a tight fist on the money coming in, that she’s let it take over and it’s now her number 1 priority.

  All this info came from her family so, even if you filter out the B.S., you figure that at least half of this info is true. If you watch and think Kate is a big meanie and treats her husband like crap, then all of it is true. If you think Kate can do now wrong and think I’m awful for printing this than none of it is true. Take your pick.

  I’m inclined to believe it’s true. My one hope is that the kids can take the best of each parent and learn from it.

  http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2009/05/15/jon-amp-kate-where-did-all-the-money-go-hint-kate-took-it.aspx

• Funny thing is, I believe every word that Jodi and her sister’s blog says. I feel like Jodi is more trustworthy because she doesn’t have a camera stuck in her face all the time.
  I have never liked Kate (sorry obsessive Kate fans) because I watched her turn into a greedy little whore as time went by. She’s always treating Jon like a kid. Plus, she’s a control freak! Also, from season one to where it is now, did you notice her sense of style changed? She got more and more expensive clothing. Or how she’s worried about her makeup when her marrige is going down the drain.
  At the little kids’ birthday party she bossed Jon around all the time and said, “I want to do this! I want to do that!” Not to mention she whined, whined, whined. And she pretty much blamed Jon about their marital problems.
  Jon hasn’t changed at all! She’s the one who began liking all the media’s attention.
  I pretty much want to slam Kate for her actions. Don’t worry I might want to do the same thing to Jon.

• Family Speaks Out: It’s Over For Jon & Kate Gosselin
  Posted by Sassy Smith

  Jon and Kate Gosselin are in the midst of a media storm – cheating allegations for both, and lots of damage control, all while getting ready to start season five of their hugely popular TLC reality show, Jon & Kate Plus 8. Both have spoken out, denying any wrong-doing, and Kate has said she plans to focus on their eight children. Although she admits to bumps in the road of their relationship, she’s hopeful they can repair it. However, there are some that say that won’t happen – that Jon and Kate ARE OVER!

  Kate’s brother Kevin Kreider and his wife Jodi, spoke with RadarOnline and claim the marriage of Jon and Kate is “over.”

  Here’s part of that interview, and the video is here:

  The marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin is “over”, Kate’s brother Kevin Kreider and his wife Jodi say in an explosive new video interview, only on RadarOnline.com.

  On the stunning video, Kevin Krieder, 32, says “Six months ago Kate came to Jon and said, ‘Hey, it’s over.'”

  Kevin’s wife Jodi says everyone ignored the problems in the marriage to keep the show’s ratings high. She says: “The show is not reality, and has not been for a long time. This is a train wreck.”

  Kevin adds: “Their family is in shambles.”

  The couple also gave a print interview with Star:

  Jon & Kate Plus 8 wife Kate Gosselin got on her high horse Tuesday slamming reports that she may have been cheating with her hunky married bodyguard. But what she didn’t know when she spoke to a magazine was the source of those explosive revelations!

  In the May 25 issue of Star, we have an exclusive tell-all with the couple who were closer to Kate than anyone else — her brother Kevin Kreider and his wife, “Aunt” Jodi. They were mainstays of the TLC show for its first three seasons.

  Kevin and Jodi’s shocking revelations about Jon and Kate include:

  -Jon told Kevin he believes Kate is having an affair with bodyguard Steve Neild;

  -Kate drew up a secret contract that allows Jon to have girlfriends on the side — as long as he stays on the show;

  -She has cut off her entire family — even her parents — and spends less and less time with her eight children while she promotes her career;

  -Her explosive temper and controlling ways have led to bitter battles between the TV couple.

  And Kevin and Jodi reveal why they are no longer on the hit show. Kate freaked out when TLC suggested they be paid for their time. “No one else is getting paid but us!” Kate screamed at her brother. “We’re done!’

  Kevin has a simple message for her family members. “Kate and Jon, I urge you to focus on what’s most important, and stop trading your marriage and family for fame and fortune!”

  Is Kate’s brother speaking out to get back at her because he and his wife are no longer a part of the TLC show? Or is he painting a true picture of what’s happening? But… whether his portrayal of his sister and her husband is true or not, why is he talking – his last message to Jon and Kate was to think of their children – his nieces and nephews – so, why would he talk trash about them, especially if it could hurt the children? Don’t families usually keep this sort of thing private and not blab it to the world?

  What a huge mess!

  [Source|Source]

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  Jon and Kate Gosselin Talk Exclusively to EW

  http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2009/05/14/family-speaks-out-it-s-over-for-jon-amp-kate-gosselin.aspx

• Jon and Kate Gosselin are in the midst of a media storm – cheating allegations for both, and lots of damage control, all while getting ready to start season five of their hugely popular TLC reality show, Jon & Kate Plus 8. Both have spoken out, denying any wrong-doing, and Kate has said she plans to focus on their eight children. Although she admits to bumps in the road of their relationship, she’s hopeful they can repair it. However, there are some that say that won’t happen – that Jon and Kate ARE OVER!
  Kate’s brother Kevin Kreider and his wife Jodi, spoke with RadarOnline and claim the marriage of Jon and Kate is “over.”

  Here’s part of that interview, and the video is here:

  The marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin is “over”, Kate’s brother Kevin Kreider and his wife Jodi say in an explosive new video interview, only on RadarOnline.com.

  On the stunning video, Kevin Krieder, 32, says “Six months ago Kate came to Jon and said, ‘Hey, it’s over.'”

  Kevin’s wife Jodi says everyone ignored the problems in the marriage to keep the show’s ratings high. She says: “The show is not reality, and has not been for a long time. This is a train wreck.”

  Kevin adds: “Their family is in shambles.”

  The couple also gave a print interview with Star:

  Jon & Kate Plus 8 wife Kate Gosselin got on her high horse Tuesday slamming reports that she may have been cheating with her hunky married bodyguard. But what she didn’t know when she spoke to a magazine was the source of those explosive revelations!

  In the May 25 issue of Star, we have an exclusive tell-all with the couple who were closer to Kate than anyone else — her brother Kevin Kreider and his wife, “Aunt” Jodi. They were mainstays of the TLC show for its first three seasons.

  Kevin and Jodi’s shocking revelations about Jon and Kate include:

  -Jon told Kevin he believes Kate is having an affair with bodyguard Steve Neild;

  -Kate drew up a secret contract that allows Jon to have girlfriends on the side — as long as he stays on the show;

  -She has cut off her entire family — even her parents — and spends less and less time with her eight children while she promotes her career;

  -Her explosive temper and controlling ways have led to bitter battles between the TV couple.

  And Kevin and Jodi reveal why they are no longer on the hit show. Kate freaked out when TLC suggested they be paid for their time. “No one else is getting paid but us!” Kate screamed at her brother. “We’re done!’

  Kevin has a simple message for her family members. “Kate and Jon, I urge you to focus on what’s most important, and stop trading your marriage and family for fame and fortune!”

  Is Kate’s brother speaking out to get back at her because he and his wife are no longer a part of the TLC show? Or is he painting a true picture of what’s happening? But… whether his portrayal of his sister and her husband is true or not, why is he talking – his last message to Jon and Kate was to think of their children – his nieces and nephews – so, why would he talk trash about them, especially if it could hurt the children? Don’t families usually keep this sort of thing private and not blab it to the world?

  What a huge mess!

  [Source|Source]

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  Jon and Kate Gosselin Talk Exclusively to EW

  http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2009/05/14/family-speaks-out-it-s-over-for-jon-amp-kate-gosselin.aspx

• I think Jodi is a great Mom and Aunt. I feel bad that Kate no longer lets the kids see her or their cousins. I think Kate is getting everything she deserves right now. I feel so bad for the kids. They are going to get older and hate her. If they divorce I hope John gets custody..

• I liked this show, and its like a car wreck now. i just cant look away no matter how mad or awkward it is to watch. i feel bad for them and theni feel angry too. i do not have children so i cant say i know what its like. but it seems that if kate wanted her marriage to work, she would end the show, go to some therepy for her marriage. it would be so simple for her to just say hey, i need to work on my marriage. when we went through pre maritial counseling, we were told that the most important relationship is with your spouse, because if thats not healhty, then things can quickly fall apart. i hope the kids are goign to be ok. i know or it appears they have alot of love around then. but i hope the show doesnt ruin theri marriage.

  it did make me angry tho whan kate said she was annoyed of her fans b4 this whole thing. wow. thanks kate.

  and for jodi and steve, i would be pissed to. they were so good to jon and kate and the kids and got treated like crap. they are pissed and went to the next level, fighting fire with fire…. but hey mayeb it wil knowck some sense into everyone….but probably not…i have to say i am a jodi and steve fan….

• You are such a loser get a life!!!

• Jody what is your problem?

  The kids would never have had the life they do now if it were not for the show. They would probably never have been able to go on all the vacations they have and also where would they have lived in that small house they started out in.

• If you saw the interview on CBS this morning, it would be very clear that AUNT JODY is not concerned about her nieces and nephews welfare or she would not participate in the exploitation! How would Cara and Mady feel if they saw Aunt Jody on TV talking about them and their parents. She said she hasn’t seen the kids in a year, so how does she know how they are doing. So sad…. I thought you were supposed to support your family when they are down… Kevin will be the last person Kate calls for help now!!! Jody showed her REAL concerns this morning… she is just jealous! We can all pray for the family…not get on TV and talk trash about them.

  • Classic not getting mad, but getting even. Aunt Jodi is an opportunist with her own agenda and it doesn’t involve sincere concern or anyone’s well being, At least with Jon and Kate, what you see is what you get. Aunt Jodi is a bit more dangerous because she is so phoney and has so many fooled. If it’s ever confirmed that Jodi and Kevin have not received any $$$ for throwing their family under the bus, I will reconsier my opinion.

• Jon & Kate Evict the word divorce from your vocabulary. Seek godly councelling with forgiveness in your hearts. Allow God first place in your lives and next to God allow each other first place, then your children come first after God and each other. You both NEED GOD , You both EACH OTHER and your precious chilldren NEED MOM AND DAD. Make this a matter of your fervent prayers. We will too.

• Jodi and keven are mean to Jon and Kate for saying all that. With everything Kate and Jon are going through that was unecessary. How can you say rude things about your family on tv??????

• Boy Aunt Jody and her husband sure didn’t have a problem with the show when THEY WERE ON IT!!!

  Nothing like family kicking you when you are down. Jody should be ashamed of herself for trying to cash in on the Gosselin’s misfortune to get her 15 minutes of fame.

  It is awfully convenient that just now this has become a concern for them, why didn’t they speak out during previous seasons??????? Oh, I guess the payday was higher now that Jon and Kate are having marital problems. With family like Jody and her husband who needs enemies. They should be ashamed of themselves.

• I totally agree that Jodi & Kevin should NEVER have opened their mouths to the public! Family is family is family!!! And, I pray that whatever happens, Jon & Kate do what is best for the kids. Two parents in one home who do NOT want to be there together is very bad for the kids! Better two parents who do not co-exist in the same home, the kids will be happier. The kids need to live in a “happy” & “healthy” home & not one where their parents are miserable being in the same space. I would really love to hear what the “crew” on the show has to say about what goes on…a fly on the wall so to speak… they are probably the only ones, besides Jon & Kate, who really do know the state of things. I feel for all involved. Together or separate, they should all just be happy….& I hope that someday, soon, that that all comes to fruition! :-) (You gotta smile too!!)

• Great interview with Jodi and Kevin on CBS this morning. I’m glad that someone has finally mentioned the welfare of the children. Well as most of us predicted it’s all about the money for kate. What a shame to put fame and fortune before her children. I wonder what big daddy thinks about this?

• Well, TLC got there wish. On monday’s show there were 10,000 viewers. I still think that this is all blown up so kate can get more money. If Jon were really out of the house don’t you think that all the kids would go running after him when he first came to the party? This is all rehearsed like most reality shows.

• I think what everyone needs to remember these are REAL people with REAL problems I realize they made a choice to put their lives out there for everyone to see….but come on, everyone has problems and I sure wouldn’t want my dirty laundry seen by everyone. I think if there is a chance to fix this marriage they need to for the kids sake, but if not they both need to move on and act like grown ups….for no one else but the kids. And I agree with everyone who said that Jodi and Kevin need to keep their mouths shut!!! They are family they should be support to both of them and if not for Jon and Kate for the kids!! Some day the kids will see what their Aunt and Uncle said….and they will not forget.

  • Very well said Vicki…I would like to add : What we see into these people’s lives are only snippets of what really goes on and come on for these people who are so hard on Kate. She was doing the best she could with her kids! I had a mom who snapped at me, did a few eye brow raising things along the way, but she loved me and I felt it and that is what mattered. I am sure if my mom were being filmed, my dad (who was docile and distant) would have looked like a SAINT in comparison to her when they both had their strengths and weaknesses. I think Jon and Kate both are doing the best they know how given the situation. I had a terrible temper (snippy, kirt, short w/ my husband) when I was Kate’s age; I can only imaging how I would have come across on TV! But somewhere along the way,I grew up and mellowed out and am more like a loving lap dog. What is horrid is as you pointed out Vicki, what these “relatives” are doing. Care for the kids safety? Oh come on! If there were a real safety issue CPS would be in there in a heartbeat. You are looking to sell a story at the expense of selling out your family “Aunt Jodie”. If you were getting paid, you wouldn’t be acting like this.

  • I think family should be their for each other and if their is a problem
    then she should take it up in private. The aunt jody i think is doing this for her own agenda why else would you blog and then go on tv unless you are looking for support for something you know is wronge if she dose agree then don’t go back on the show.
    Brenda Mother of 4

  • On camera troubles and just signed on for 40 new episodes. I’m sure the children are leading well balanced live with cameras in each bedroom and “family trips” organized and approved by the producers.
    I suppose what makes be really sad is watching a couple of video lips of how Jon & Kate were before the whole family and TV show came along. If I could predict the future 10 years ahead of time I would have definitely chosen a different route!

• I think Kate is a real Bit–

  • Do you know her or are you going off the edited clipped tv show and gossip magazine?

• This is all about keeping the money coming in..
  Capture photos to create controversy, let it stew up, plaster them everywhere.
  First show of the season is a hit, woohoo, here comes the cash!
  Play on it for the rest of the shows.
  Both of them know this is too good to throw away.
  BTW, its funny how they are mad at the media, that probably helped double the viewers!

• Dear Jon and Kate,
  As much as I loved watching, it’s time for me to turn off the TV to your show.
  In my opinion, you should walk away from your contract, get counseling and try to save your marriage. Your kids need you both.
  Go back to providing for them in some other way even if it means cutting way back on things.

  • I totally agree. Forget the money,fame,ect. Your family is much more important. All this is not what is going to make you happy. The love of money and fame is not going to help this marriage. Give it up, let John work kate go back to nursing and have a normal life. Do this for those precious children.

    • Wow! You people really have some nerve telling them to quit their show & only income! I mean, can you hear yourselves? They have 8 children! They need every dime they can get! Stopping the show won’t save their marriage or be any better for their kids. That show is providing for those children; they are so much better off because of it. It also makes it possible for both of their parents to stay home. It’s not like they plan to or are going to be doing the show forever! They realize that the kids won’t always be so tolerant of the cameras & attention or the ratings won’t always be there. So, why shouldn’t they ride the wave as long as they can? So, let’s see…tons of money & tons of time with mommy & daddy (which otherwise would be impossible!)…those poor children. If it were you you’d do the same thing! That show is a blessing! You all sound ridiculous & jealous!

    • I’m sorry, but you do know that they make 50-100 grand per episode, right? Each of the previous seasons have had over 20 episodes, and the current season will have 40. This means they have made millions of dollars on the show already. If they invest the money they have made so far, go back to their normal jobs, and stop their outrageous spending habits, those children will be set. And kate has been traveling on a “book tour” off and on all year—doesn’t sound like she has had much quality time with her children. The show may have started out as a blessing, but it has obviously gone way too far. Children cannot possibly grow and develop into emotionally healthy individuals under these circumstances.

    • How many millions does it take to be happy? They have made over 4.5 million just with the show. Do you really think they cannot provide for their family with that? Wow! Where do you live? I have four kids and will never make that kind of money. I think they need to think about what did bring them together in the first place. Kate does admit she treats him badly. It is very noticeable that he does not appreciate her bossiness. It makes me think she is even more so off camera.

    • I completely agree with these two previous bloggers. The Gosselins are definitely going to be finacially secure if they stop the show. They make $75,000 per episode. As for Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin, I completely support their decision to go public about the exploitation of the children. As said in the paragraphs above the “comments” it stated that Kate said “no one gets paid for this show except our family” regarding Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin getting paid to be in the the recent seasons. (a.k.a. babysitting all of the eight kids plus her own kids while Kate gets her weekly trip to the spa.)
      Kate obviously means she doesn’t consider them her family. I admire Jodi and Kevin for standing up for the kids even though their mom betrayed her own brother and 24/7 beck-and-call girl. They haven’t been payed for anything, and I truly believe they are going to the media because they do care about Cara, Mady, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel. So stop bitching about how their going against their family. Kate started it.

    • I completely agree with these two previous bloggers. The Gosselins are definitely going to be finacially secure if they stop the show. They make $75,000 per episode. As for Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin, I completely support their decision to go public about the exploitation of the children. As said in the paragraphs above the “comments” it stated that Kate said “no one gets paid for this show except our family” regarding Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin getting paid to be in the the recent seasons. (a.k.a. babysitting all of the eight kids plus her own kids while Kate gets her weekly trip to the spa.)
      Kate obviously means she doesn’t consider them her family. I admire Jodi and Kevin for standing up for the kids even though their mom betrayed her own brother and 24/7 beck-and-call girl. They haven’t been payed for anything, and I truly believe they are going to the media because they do care about Cara, Mady, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel. So stop bitching about how their going against their family. Kate started it.

      If I were Jon, i’d have an affair too.

    • See, clearly you only think with your WALLET Holly. What are you 18-19, short term bf, no kids, cause you act like it. The KIDS don’t really want the camera there shouldn’t they listen to them. Kate, being an RN and John being in IT can live a life (if they work at it) to support their children. They also have WAY more than enough money now from TLC to bank it and live off it.

    • Back in the good ol days, people had 5 or 8 or ten kids or more.
      I’m sure it’s very hard for Kate and Jon, not to want to do the show, it is their job.
      There will come a day when they don’t do the show, and that is the day they will have to plan for.
      The public is fickle. One day the show is hot the next it’s done.
      I wish the best for the family, and yes they can make it even with 8 kids. So many family’s have before them

    • Are you serious? That show is ruining their whole family. Everyone is watching and hearing what is going on in those poor kids life and you don’t think any of this will come back to them and haunt them when they grow up? I love the show but Kate you need to stop thinking about money and let the show go! Real life isn’t walking around with cameras everywhere you go. Its just hurting the children and their family. LET IT GO!!!

      The show wont be the same without them together. Monday night was just strange and I felt so bad for the kids because they don’t want their dad to not be there. Jon and Kate need eachother and they will realize it. A friend of mine made a comment that on Monday night did you see the house, it wasn’t as clean as it normally is. Kate isn’t on her A game. It’s not the same. Cancel the show. Be adults. Work on your marriage.

      Oh and they have plenty of money. 10 million dollar divorce.

    • Holly I agree that the show was great. Both Jon and Kate are capable of making money doing other things. They both had jobs and now that the kids are older it would probably be a whole lot easier for them to work. They have the money to put away for their kids education and to enhance their lifestyle but certainly they did not think that this was going to be the only show that lasted forever. I think that even if the marriage survives the show is running its natural course and will be over soon. I don’t think that the kids lots of time with mommy maybe more with Jon but I think Kate is very busy outside the home. I don’t personally think that the show is a blessing for the children and they are what really count in this situation.

  • I also agree. We happened upon the new episode this past Monday when we were flipping channels. My husband said, “Change it. I can’t watch, it’s too sad.” We won’t watch the show any longer. Instead we will pray that they get counseling and work hard to stay together.

• I think it’s disgusting how Kate’s own brother and sister-in-law are doing interviews about the lives of Kate and Jon and their 8 children. They make sure to say on The Early Show that they are doing this for their nieces and nephews but in actuality they are doing the same thing they are accusing Jon and Kate of doing–exploiting that family for the media attention! What does going on national television, laying out all the problems their sister’s family has, do for those children? It sickens me that her own brother could do that. And Jodi, your not fooling me with that sweet, innocent, “I’m doing this for the children” crap! You just love fact that your getting national attention! You don’t have that new hair style for nothing!!! As for Kevin, nice job trying to make yourself cry on The Early Show…..you better practice that a little more before your next interview!

  • I agree Lisa, Dear “Aunt Jodie” and her husband, Kate’s brother, are disgusting. They aren’t doing one good thing for this struggling family – they want to get their attention and get paid for whatever trash they are willing to talk – hey, even if some of it is true. How hurtful to Jon & Kate during such a painful time. They don’t care about those kids one bit, all they care about is getting their name out there so someone will pay them for a story. They are terrible people and hurling accusations that the kids are being harmed to get their moment in the spotlight – SHAMEFUL!

  • I think Kate treats Jon like crap. She acts like his mother instead of his wife. She needs to sit down on watch herself on tv just to see how she really is. I used to love the show and stopped watching it do to the way he is treated. He is a excellent father and NONE of them are perfect. I dont like my boys watching it or my girls due to i dont want them to think you can treat your spouse that way.

  • I agree with Lisa. I think Jodi would still be involved in the “exploitation” of her neices and nephews if she were getting paid!!! Jodi is speaking out of jealousy not concern. I am a loyal fan and even more now since kate is being berated daily by complete strangers and now her own family. What Jodi and Kevin are doing is not only disloyal but shows no moral character what so ever. How do you sleep at night Kevin??? I read Kate’s book and she had nothing but nice things to say about her brother and she even named Joel after him!!!! I have watched almost every episode and all I have seen is happy well cared for and welll loved children, who through tlc have been exposed to more oppourtunities than most children dream of. Who cares about ratings?? I am sure that is not in Kate’s mind as she is watching her children learn new things and see their smiling faces. If tlc wants to pay for it so be it I do not think many people would turn down the chance to travel to Disney World with their family for free. Kate is an amazing woman who is strong, capable caring and a wonderful Mom. Who is Jodi???? HMMMM The backstabbing sister in law…..Such a shame!!

    • I completely agree with you I love Jon and Kate I think thye are great parents and who in the right mind wouldnt take tlc up on any offer they want to pay for for this family I know I would.and so would anyone in there right mind.So some of there dirty laundry is being airied so b it just goes to show it is real tv not a script.Aunt Jodi get your own life!!!

  • I am one of ten kids. No food in the house when I was growing up. Two second hand dresses to wash out every night so I could have a clean one every day So let these people alone, i say. I enjoy watching the kids grow. Jon needs to grow up and Kate needs to watch what she says to him on TV. News people need to keep out of their lives and let them work it out. I am seventy-two and all my grandkids live away from me. At least they can live in a nice house, have toys, have decent clotes and shoes. Will have money for sports and colloege. So I agree with all of you people who say let jon and Kate be and stay out of their lives. Brother and wife betrayed them.

  • Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin are the epitome of the pot calling the kettle black. Seems to me some people are incredibly jealous that they are not reality stars. Why else would they turn their back on the kids they “care about so much” and talk sh*% about J&K to the world? Talk about exploiting the kids. The more derogatory comments that they make, they more media coverage Jon & Kate get. So obvious that Jodi and Kevin want their 15 minutes too. Let’s not forget that there is a lot of depth to this story and Kate is not to blame for Jon’s poor judgment. So what if she is a control freak? How would you be if you were dealing with 8 kids? Give her a freaking break. The media has made this fairytale a nightmare and all you naysayers are making it worse by buying into the drama.

    • You go showphia. I agree with every word.

  • Going public with private matters is what the show is all about. By taking this job, jon and Kate opened their lives for the public to see all, even the stuff they would rather not have shown. They have no control over their private lives and that is the price I guess of earning 75k an episode.
    Reality shows work a little better for those people who were already in the public eye.

  • Supposedly, everyone is “doing this” for the kids. What a bunch of hooey. Everyone in the family and extended family and TLC is working overitme to make money. They are all behaving immorally and the children are the ones that suffer. This is beyond a train wreck. It should be a lesson to all of what happens when personality disordered people breed for the wrong reasons and when emotionally unintelligent people desire money more than family. The show should be cancelled and this family should fade into shallow oblivion where they belong.

• Long before all this showed up, it bothered me how Kate potty trained her boys. She once sat Colin on the potty and told him not to get up until he went, shut out the light and closed the door for nap time.

  I raised 4 boys. Boys identify with dirt, sticks, wiping their hands on their shirts and standing to pee. I once said to my son that I wondered if Kate makes Jon sit to pee too. There were times when Jon expressed how he felt about his children not being allowed to be children. Unfortunately, Jon didn’t stick up for his son’s or for himself. I don’t see Kate promoting any male situations even though she has 3 boys. She excluded herself from their day out while Jon went along for the girls day out. Kate cannot relate to her husband or her sons.

  Looking back on the Dilly family, I don’t remember all that screaming like in Kates home. She had control of her children but did it with love and respect for them. She also did not expose the kids to more then what she had to, to make ends meet. She didn’t allow greed to take over but instead thought of her children first.

  Kate is no longer a mother of 8. She is a tanned, well dressed on the road self centered person who threw away her children’s happiness along with her husband.

  Jon on the other hand allowed his wife to abuse him & the children without standing up to her. Now, he doesn’t want to be connected, he wants to be Jon. You can’t go back in life. If you have a backbone you’ll fix what is wrong and move forward. If not, he’ll be half of his children’s unhappiness.

  As for brother, Kate has managed to get rid of all of her family and Jon’s even before the show started. The loss of a brother won’t matter to anyone but the kids. It made me very uncomfortable when Kate referred to a neighbor as a grandparent. How painful for the true grandparents to hear.

  The only way this could have a happy ending is if Jon becomes a man and father. End the show, move to a cheaper home, demand Kate be a mother again and go back to work. Jon needs to stand up for his sons and make Kate back off. He needs to demand that his wife & daughter get help.

  I see Jon as spineless and he’s up against a monster who has deleted all family members and friends. He has taken his share of the fame and wealth and retreated like a child to whine and get drunk and blame Kate for his lack of guts. It’s now Kates show, her life, and as she puts it, her job. What sticks with me are her words, “It’s all mine”

  • Yes! Yes! Yes! I only want to add that when they got the puppies for a “Christmas Present for the kids”, it was Kate that insisted on naming them, and Kate that said, “this one is mine’….I thought they were for the kids, and Kate that said “I have my dogs, lets go home now”.

    I can see how Kate has had to take control because of Jon’s unwillingness to do so, but its time to step back and reevaluate.

    • Holee & Mary –
      Calling Jon spineless and unwilling to take control of the family is more than a bit unfair, in my opinion. The times I have seen the show and Kate’s behavior towards him leads me to believe he is a broken and beaten down man due to Kate’s verbal, mental, and emotional abuse. Abused people, especially those who have been abused over an extended period of time, tend to not stand up to their abuser as a matter of self-preservation. Since Kate’s control of the children tends to be one of her abuse triggers, I can understand why Jon has just given up his. I’m not saying Jon isn’t partially to blame for how crazy things have gotten but the situation he is in is far from ideal.

      Everyone else who is defending Kate –
      To use the excuse that the viewing audience doesn’t live with her so we should all give Kate a break is asinine. You don’t live with her either. How can you know that she isn’t as monstrous as the TV show makes her out to be?

      It’s been my experience that where there’s smoke, there’s fire. People have been coming out of the woodwork to demonize her and now, so are family members. Family members that do know her personally and have lived with her. Now you expect us to believe that the family members are jealous and should keep their mouths shut? You can’t have it both ways. People that actually know Kate and have lived and worked with her are verifying what the media has been saying. You can continue to blindly support her all you like but I refuse to support an abusive person.

      Everyone calling for a reconciliation in the marriage “for the kids” –
      It is precisely for the children that Jon and Kate need a divorce. The last thing any child needs is to be around an abusive mother. Kate needs serious mental help. Until she receives it, she should be far away from her children.

    • I agree 100%

  • I didn’t realize you where the world’s expert on potty training! Where is your book? DVD? Credentials?

    • Christine your being kinda of smart acting, She was right about the potty training thing. BOYS stand up to pee! I have raised 3 boys and 2 girls and now 9 grandchildren. They were all potty trained by age of 2 and only took less than a week. YOU DO NOT SHUT them in the room and not let them up till they go.

  • Why is it so bad to teach your son to go potty while sitting on the toilet? I have a 19 month old little boy and every mother of a boy that I asked, initially taught their son sitting down then eventually taught them to stand and aim.

    I did not see the episode, but maybe there was a reason that she told him not to stand up until he went…they do not show everything on the show.

  • Holee, I agree and I might add it is sad to see them turn away from church and let the material things take precedence over what matters. I am afraid Kate has taken all the compliments and praise she gets and has become proud and arrogant. God has richly blessed this family and I hope they will realize this before it is too late. The grass is always greener until you jump the fence. They keep saying they don’t think this will harm the kids….let me inform you that is impossible. Those kids already have lost a lot of their happiness. Please get the help needed to hold this family together. Jon, stand up and be the man the family needs. Kate think about all your family and previous friends. Where are they? Could it be that you are the one making the impossible demands on everyone? When all the people I have a relationship with starts disappearing from my life I think I would take a survey of what is going on, claim the problem and work on it. Everything does not have to be done ‘Kate’s Way’.

    • Potty training was an example of Kate’s unwillingness to allow boys to be boys. I did raise 4 boys. I never once sat any of them on a pot to train them, especially in the dark. Her actions speak for themself. Boys get dirty, actually, kids get dirty, grass stains and all. Her constant outbursts show a woman who badly needs help. Even in Disney with Cinderella in the background she was having a HUGE fit over one child getting ice cream on their dress. Don’t be blind to this woman’s actions. She never should have had 8 children without constant counseling or parenting classes on a weekly basis, especially parenting boys.

      Jon is not without the need for counseling. He is unable and unwilling to stand up for himself or his children. Dumping them is not a good reaction to that.

      The first thing Jon should do is open his life to both sides of the family, even without Kate. Family is important and they often are the comfort that both adults and children need is situations like this. I think Kate’s father is a Pastor, that could only be a good thing for them all. Next he should take Kate to court if she refuses to give up TLC. In the best interest of the children, they should no longer be on TV, even if that means much less money.

      Christine, you don’t have to be an expert to know that females sit and males stand at the potty. If you can’t figure that one out, maybe you do need a book.

      No Excuse, it takes TWO people to parent. All Jon needed to do was tell Kate he would end the show if she ever spoke down to him on air..the very first time she did it.

      Carrie, it might not be bad, but in a house with 5 girls, those 3 boys need to know they are different, they are boys, they do different things, think differently. It’s all too easy for them to end up like Jon, unable to speak out for themself and not know they can and should.

      Wilson, you and I can pray for them since we seem to be on the same line. Thanks

    • Sorry, forgot to add my name..the above is my reply.

    • Holee –

      You’re right, it does take two people to parent, however this is not simply a parenting issue. This is an issue of one of the parents being verbally, mentally, and emotionally abusive to the other and the children.

      It’s easy for someone living outside of the abusive situation to look in and say “Well, you need to do this.” or “You should just do that.” However, it’s not easy for the person being abused to stand up for themselves because of all of the abuse they have endured. Self-confidence can be a fragile thing. If a person gets told something often enough, they can begin to believe it, especially if they are constantly told that they’re no good at being a parent and provider which is why I think it’s unfair to call Jon spineless. He has been abused by Kate for at least five years.

      As far as Jon telling Kate he’d end the show if she ever talked down to him on air, there is no way it would ever be that simple. Anyone who thinks it is should really read a television contract sometime. They are not easy to get of. Any attempt to do so would almost assuredly end up in court. Court costs, attorneys fees, and damages arising from terminating the contract before the end date could easily cost in the hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Simply declaring bankruptcy might not make all of that debt go away.

      Now, put yourself in Jon’s position; you’re the father of eight children. You can choose to either financially ruin yourself and your family for the rest of your lives or quietly endure the abuse you’ve been enduring and hope it gets better.

      The problem is, it didn’t get better. It got worse. Now, everything is coming to a messy, ugly head as the media and the world watches.

    • I was abused for as long as I can remember. First by several sets of foster parents and then by a husband. Counseling taught me a person can only be abused if they allow it. I allowed it as an adult and was spineless. I got help. I found out why I allowed it. The day a person decides to not allow anyone to ever abuse them again..no matter what it costs, even in a court of law, they become a healthy person and so do those around them.

      The contract could have been ended if Jon took it to court in the interest of the children. That’s what courts are for, especially when it is about the health and well being of children. The court must rule in the childs/childrens best interest. Frankly, I don’t know of any clear thinking Judge who could look at the past year and conclude that the show is in the children’s best interest. The children didn’t sign up for this. That’s why they need a lawyer and a court to speak for them.

      If I were in Jon’s shoes I’d have some backbone, and I’m not a man. I’ve been through counseling and know what the results of not sticking up for yourself will lead to, just about where he is right now.

      Running around with women half his age is not going to fix Jon’s problems, not now or ever. Buying a sports car may feel good to him for now, but the only thing he does have left of his family is a heart for his kids, so in the end, after they have lost all that makes a family, the women, the car the running around like a teenager will not make him a better person. He’ll forever be tortured with the faces of 8 children who he left down.

      The children’s future mental health is worth more then a million bucks. These kids would be better off with family and a row house then with a million dollar home where there is no happiness.

      With all the acres Kate now own’s, she chose to have the kids party in view of the P people instead of on her own land out of view. She is enjoying every minute of this. Jon, did nothing as usual, just went along for the ride at his kids expense.

      So Jon, get your kids a lawyer & counselor and have them sue Kate and TLC for their freedom. You have walked away, they are stuck.

      Jon doesn’t seem to have enough sense to get counseling, instead he got a young girlfriend. It may be an ego boost for a while, but it won’t last.

• Kate—-instead of writing and promoting a book….why don’t you read one! Here’s a starter for ya…..how to sell your kids, disregard your loving husband, b.s. about God, faith, renewing vows while simultaneously choking the very joy out of life for those around you. You’re not as bad as OctuMom…..you’re WORSE!!!!!

  • A Better Mother then Kate wouldn’t write such nonsense about someone they don’t even know…You are perfect huh? You get a TV show’s perspective of what goes on and what she is like and you think you know it all. People who live in glass houses….

    • I agree with you.

    • I don’t think it is just a tv perspective – if you know thousands of people are watching you and you still act like big grabby bitch than i guess the shoe fits

    • Precisely. You get a TV show’s perspective of what goes on and what she is like and you think she behaves any differently off screen? Family members are coming out and saying that the way she is portrayed on TV is how she behaves all the time. Or perhaps now you want us to think that the family members just didn’t live with/associate with her enough to know how she truly is?

    • All this hoohah about Kate being an overbearing Mom and Jon a wimp is all irrelevant! Nobody accused either of them of any of these things when the series were going along merrily. Everyone loved them, their marriage, their bantering and of course their kids. Nothing has changed with their personalities – they have known each other for a long time and they are still basically the same. The THING that has changed is the thing nobody seems to be talking about and that is – Did he sleep with that girl?! That’s all we need to know – has anybody spoken to her? All this twittering around the inanities – what people want to know is did he or didn’t he?

  • And all of us are so much better that we have nothing to fix in our own lives, so much that we have time to point out all the imperfections in another. Wow! We are all such great people!
    P.S. Helpful Tip: He who is without sin can cast the first stone! He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

  • And all of us are so much better that we have nothing to fix in our own lives, so much that we have time to point out all the imperfections in another. Wow! We are all such great people!
    P.S. Helpful Tip: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

  • Good idea “Better Mother”
    I use to watch the show quite often, but Kate is an anal retentive control freak and talks to her husband like he is a dog. She is a harpy on the kids. THey can’t roll down a hill or play because they might get dirty? They are kids..let them be kids. John should have retained his “family Jewels and been the man in the house.
    They love the money they make and I doubt they care what type of people they end up looking like in the public eye.

• Kevin and Jodi should be ashamed of themselves!!! In the early days Jodi was always trying to show all of the activities she did with the kids, in actuality she turned them loose with a bunch of costumes. I have never seen such a gold digger in my entire life!! What a fake !! If I were Kate I would leave them cold in the dark. Jodi is probably the most transulcent person ever!! It is sad you can tell the only reason Kevin and Jodi were in the kids lives was to be on TV!!! Because they definitely didn’t have any sort of personality for anything else!!!!

• A. It takes a lot of money to provide for 8 kids.

  B. I think her sister in law is just jealous. She sees her getting attention and looking better when her sister in law is butt ugly!!!

  Jodi get a life! You are hardly an expert!

  • Kristina, you nailed it….I would like to add that the ridiculous blog by Jodi’s siter Truth Breeds Hatred, should be retitled “Jealousy Breeds Hatred” These people are taking their story on TV, the very medium in which they are bashing Jon & Kate for using! Hypocrits Kevin & Jodi….

    • I totally agree with you. I would like to see the “sister” interviewed, as she has crowned herself the self appointed expert on the family and her contempt for Kate is disturbing, pure jealousy and hatred. She’s a coward hiding behind her blog. I have never seen a picture of her and that makes me suspicious. For all we know, this could be Jodi. If Jodi had been paid, would the “sister” still be so concerned?

  • the part of all this that is the most cowardly is the family memember coming in like scavengers at a kill and giving their “voice” for the children’s sake. how dare someone be so bold as to say they want to be the “voice” of someone else’s children!? I wonder what someone else would say about these relatives? I’d like to be the “voice” of any children these people have. Their parents are gossip mongers and want to take other people’s children away from them, go public with accusations that are totally not their business, and are only PLAINLY jealous of funds someone else is receiving. someone needs to read them the 10 Commanments. they can start with “Thou shalt not bear false witness”… then follow with “Thou shalt not covet”.. etc. Nothing is more pathetic than hangers-on going to taboids, web sites, news programs, etc. bleeding their hearts out like the ones harmed. they didn’t get paid for their appearances and this is the result. The father is mad because they didn’t take 8 used skanky cribs when they knew they were going to get new ones. I would not have taken them either. The brother and sister in law spread rumors and malign their own family for fame. the bother of the “mistress” talks about hearing his sister have sex and how stupid she is and how he is only “protecting” her but coming forth.

    Does anyone else see what I see? A mother of 8 children with limited education and funds trying to solidify a financial future and a good life for her children. Jon whines about not have his job, which is one of the lowest jobs in the inudustry, IT Tech, a monkey could do it, he loves the freebies, he just doesn’t want to work for them. He should be down on his knees thanking his wife for doing the work to support him and that new car he let his “girlfriend” drive around. And as to the picture of the “girlfriend” nearly naked sunning on Kate’s lawn in front of him? We all know what is going on. He is playing footise fast and free with an emotional affair and believe because it didn’t get to physical sex he’s home free. An emotional affair is just the same, it’s betrayal.

    Kate Gosselin is doing what any mother of 8 children that is not independently wealthy would do. I would do it. She is taking careof her family the best way she can. These children are not being exploited, they are simply being filmed 3 days a week along with the family. My chidlren would have been in heaven if someone paid them this much attention when they were young. And these children will thank their mother when they grow up for being able to live the lives they will live.

    Sure they could have stayed on welfare and medicaid and let the state pay for it, but Kate is a survivor and took the reigns herself and is doing a fine job. She loves her children, they know it, she is providing for them, and Jon just sits there and has to baby sit. Poor Jon, he can’t be “just jon”. Who is Just John? A philander? A liar? A betrayer? Yes their lives have become a business. So what. He should be thankful this “business” is picking up the tab for his life. Instead of barhopping and letting half nude single women drive his new car around he should be taking care of his own family. He knows all this. He just got busted and in a big way and is now crawling into his hole. Shame on Jon. shame on this brother and his wife. Shame on the father.

    yeah for a mother who has the guts to use what she has to help her children’s future. Jon certainly can’t make enough to secure college for 8 children and a 1.2 million dollar home in the trees. Grow some Huevos Jon, suck it up, beg your wife to forgive you, and get on with your lives.

    Kate? Hang in there dear, there are literally millions and millions of human beings behind you telling you that you are doing the right thing. Kiss the babies and keep the faith.

    • Amen Sister, Amen!! and let us all remember … there but by the grace of God go I.

    • Always felt Jon was being abused or didn’t stand up for himself and that Kate was a B**** for being so controlling, rude and incredibly BOSSY. *BUT* “keep the faith” is 110 % RIGHT. The fact remains that these 8 blessings will have to be taken care of and MUST come first. GOOD FOR YOU KATE. All this woe is me, I can’t be Jon, I want to just live my life without the cameras is BULLSHIT. He probably just wants a regular Joe’s privacy to do what he wants to do. Whatever you don’t like about Kate’s demeanor, attitude and general tendancies… Jon either needs to grow his balls back, provide and stand up for himself or MOVE B**** – get out the way while the MOM gets the work done – as in 99% of the households around the world… Sorry so rude sounding but I feel strongly about this. Bottom line is the KIDS not the whining adults who want their old life back.

    • You cannot be serious. In the same post where you state that you always thought Jon was being abused, you demand he grow his balls back and continue to let his abuser be abusive? That is downright sickening and offensive. I cannot believe anyone could be so callous and cruel.

      “Mom” is not getting the work done. “Mom” is abusive and controlling and is doing precisely what “Mom” wants to do. “Mom” does not care about her husband and children. If “Mom” did, she would have sought the help she desperately needs a long time ago. To praise such a “Mom” is disgusting.

    • noexcuse4abuse – Thinking he kept quiet for the sake of the cameras I felt sorry. Seeing MIA and needing a break for the kids b-day preps and complaining about not being able to be himself shows him in a different light. She may be all sorts of thingsthat may require therapy but whe will provide for her children always. I figured when push came to shove he could and would buck up (as he had shown signs of having a spine on occasion) YOU cannot believe someone so callous and cruel? What kind of rock do you live under princess? Get a grip. Whatever she (Kate) is in her mannerisms and need for control… at least she will make sure those kids get some security out of it. “Mom does not care about her husband and children” – You know them personally right? The only thing that is clear is that we all have an opinion and if you feel offended and disgusted – Don’t read other peoples’ posts and feel you have to reply.

    • Thanks Human Being for speaking my mind.

      Kate Gosselin, if you’re reading this…you go girl. You wouldn’t be the first intelligent, organized, strong female perfectionist to get put though the wringer and you won’t be the last.

      Jon Gosselin…your mid-life crisis has come early. Your choices reflect someone who is desperate to feel young again. Trust me, when you are 85, you’ll not think back and wish you’d had a faster car, or a younger partner, or more parties. you’ll wish you had been a true role model for those children. And you’ll wish that you had had a part in making them good people. Take a deep breath and go home.

      Jodi and Kevin…you’ve said your piece to the parents of your nieces and nephews. In doing that, you’ve done all that you should. The rest is obviously being misunderstood and you should stop.

    • a human being –
      How dare someone NOT be so bold as to stand up and want to be the voice of someone else’s children when those children have an abusive mother!

      Since you seem fond of quoting the Ten Commandments, let me quote to you one of the two commandments that Jesus said where the greatest: Love your neighbor as yourself. It can easily be assumed that commandment should be applied to a person’s children because after all, children are little blessings from God. Kate does not treat her children with the same love she has clearly shown herself. She is verbally, mentally, and emotionally abusive towards them. My heart cries for them, the abuse they have endured, and the many problems they will have in life because of it.

      Instead of shaming Jon and their family members, you should be shaming Kate! While you seem to think there are “millions and millions” of human beings behind her, I am confident there are millions that are condemning her, and rightfully so. As far as kissing her babies, you’re right she should kiss them: kiss them good-bye and get the help she clearly needs!

    • Do you feel better yet? Have a Prozac will you?

    • I completely agree! Would anyone in the same situation really turn down money that would guarantee life-long security for their family? I know I would not! I would thank my lucky stars. I remember seeing an episode where Kate said none of the kids are forced to be filmed on any given day, if they don’t want to be filmed they go somewhere else for the day.

      You have to figure that the show will end soon, the kid won’t always be so adorable, plus they will be in school. I think Jon and Kate need to work on their marriage and decide what is best for them, but I don’t fault them for making the most of this situation. These kids will go to college and maybe beyond with the money that is being made now.

      I mean seriously who among us would turn down the chance to provide for their family this way? I hope they can work out their differences and continue as a complete family.

  • Your right it does take a lot of money to raise eight kids but to exploit your children to get your 1.5 million per season is a little too much. You should of thought about this before having fertilization -and many people in the world have eight kids and NO tv show

• Kevin and Jodie are SOOOOOO FAKE!!! We all see that you both are bitter jealous haters!!! Kevin – put a muzzle on your ugly witch faces wife. You both are SCUM!!!! You didn’t have a problem when you were on the show before and we all know if Kate agreed to have you guys get paid that you wouldn’t be complaining now!!! Kate pegged you both from the start….she knew you both were back stabbing crap. Mark my words that when these kids get older they will see right thru you both as does everyone else. Get off the tv and internet – we don’t want to see your bitterness anymore – YOU HATERS!!!

• wow…you guys are harsh! lol; that said, I think everyone has a point. Kate has definitely let fame get to her by her believing that she’s doing all this publicity stuff “for her kids”. I agree with some comments out there that how can she be writing books, taping a show, going on talk shows to publicize her books, ect and still be an effective mom? She said on the new season premiere “the kids know I love them….that they are loved..ect” The worst part of this is honestly, how she treats Jon. I honestly felt sorry for him on the season premiere. She seemed to make him out to be nothing more than a guest at the children’s 5th birthday party. Not excusing the fact that he made poor choices, but all this exposure they give their marriage problems to the show are not helping the children. She claims the kids are “so far clueless to all the problems” , but I doubt that. Kids are very observant. They know when there’s problems. And obviously he must not be living at the house, because she said she’s pretty much got them “by herself” .. good luck to them both of them and god bless the children, that they make it thorugh this tough time…

  • Dear, you must not have watched the same program I did. Jon WAS a guest at that party. He had to “take time off” and let her and chidren plan the entire party and get the goods. Where was he then? Taking time off rom what? Doing what? Driving around with the teacher? Please. Jon is a coward who has let his ego be bruised because he can’t take care of his own family and is pouting like a child because the entire world sees him as he is. He knew who this woman was when he married her. He knew who she was when they did the fertility treatment. He knew who she was when they had the twins and the sextuplets. He knew who she was when he agreed to the contract. Now he can’t be anything but Jon and Kate plus 8. so what? What and who else does he want to be? Jon minus everyone? Fine. Let him be Joh alone and Kate plus 8 will survive. I don’t blame her for being angry. He broke the trust. and he knows it. All he can do now is try to recover his dignity and leave the teacher behind and get on with his life. And yes, one day soon they will google their father’s name, and yes he will have to explain all the photographs of him and another woman while his wife was away working for the family. so waht. Tell the truth. You blew it. and beg their forgiveness as well. You didn’t hurt outsiders, you hurt your wife and children. he infuriates me. And the outside family? All trash digging in the garbage to feed themselves.

    • Life changes with money and she became a greedy person who had to travel to promote her book (that she didn’t write to make money -hahahahahah) and left Jon at home with the kids and so her fancy fun trips you call work and leaving 8 kids home over and over again to profit your selfish greed.

• This is all getting ridiculous and even dangerous for the children. I will miss watching the children but its time to take them off the air Kate. You speak about the kids hovering close to the cart for protection from the photograpers. What are you doing?? Every body in the country knows your kids. Their faces, names, and even where you live now. You cant watch them 24/7. your not even home anymore. Theres to many crazy sick people in this world taking kids right out of their own homes. You might as well be parting a target on their backs. You have shown now you have money!! Why do you think calebs cont alow pics of their children a lot. Kidnapping thats why!! How irresponsible. I worry so much for those kids. They are helpless and you two need to protect them. Take them off the air. I dont care about you two. you and Johm have made your beds, but they are innocent in all of this

• Since things have gotten out of hand!!!, I hope John & Kate agree to sit down, in private, with Dr. Phil. He gets right to the point & makes constructive comments that could possibly get them back on track. It takes 2 to make a marriage work & 2 to create the problem(s). Too many people are putting their noses where they don’t belong. All a divorce does is create another set of problems. Marriage counseling may help, if not publicized. Too much has been shared with the media, and Kate’s brother & sister-in-law need to mind their own business. None of us would look so great if our lives were on TV; especially with 8 children. I still give Jon & Kate alot of credit for their parenting. Perhaps more time out socially together, once issues are resolved could help them as a couple.

  • Dr.Phil is a joke. Jon and kate need to take a time out until they straighten things out. I think they are good parents. But the whole thing is overwhelming. Kate does need to talk to jon alot nicer.

  • Ya Vickie..that’s just what they need to do is sit down with Dr. Phil..Are you serious? He is a quack.
    Too many people putting in their noses??? Come on…they choose to be on TV I have no sympathy for either of them.
    I’m still laughing at your Dr. Phil idea..hahahahaha

• Me an my husband have watched the show since it started. He always liked it because he felt for Jon. I liked it because i could relate to their situation. Not having 8 kids but having to be a mother for the first time.

  That aside this whole thing is completely ridiculous. The end of their last season i knew something was going to be different about their new season. I thought to myself “wow they really are having problems.” ANd then BLAM everything blew up so big.

  I realize they put themselves out there. So naturally things are going to be made public. But jesus christ seriously..this has gone wayyy to far. I mean all this crap about Jon being “unfaithful”, you don’t think that the older girls know what that means? C’mon. Like Jon said one day his kids are going to google his name. And can you imagine their disgust?

  Kate has bad points too. But that doesn’t mean that if you put yourself in her shoes you wouldn’t do the same thing or make the same choices as her. You can’t say i would have done this or pass judgement at all because you aren’t in her shoes, “what you would do” is irrelevant.

  Another thing that is shitty. Why all a sudden has Jodi and Kevin came forward? OH wait maybe for the same reason the “other woman’s” brother came forward..MONEY! Seriously… could you be anymore obvious. They are trying to cash in for the scandal as well. An it’s sad because they aren’t helping the situation they are adding to the fire. It sick, and they are to blame as much as everyone else in this crap.

  I do think the best thing for them is to take a step back from the show. To seek counseling. To give the kids some space til they are older and can choose to be on the show again. That doesn’t mean i will quite watching. But i think it’s in their best interest. Only my opinion like the rest of you.

  respectfully.-A.

• This is season 5. These children are 5 years old. They have spent their entire lives thusfar in front of cameras. And behind those cameras are crews.

  Now imagine….your entire life spent with paid strangers in your home…in your home…..taping everything. It went from 8 episodes a year…to 42.

  42 episodes a year. There are only 52 weeks in a year. How many days a week does it take to get one episode worth of airable footage? 3 days? 4 days? More?

  And the people who are supposed to be protecting you are Kate; mean and unfeeling, and Jon; weak. The two of them together; snarky and toxic.

  Would you put your kids in there? Well…..would you?

  • They don’t film 24/7. As they said in the last season they pick and choose when the camera crews are there and usually less than 3 days a week.
    If I had that many kids and needed to take care of them I’d do it.
    What am I saying? You can put my family on TV now. I would love the opprotunity to provide EVERYTHING my kids will ever need and give them soooooooo many great experiences.

    • Well, then maybe it’s just me…but 5 seasons, a boatload of money, a big ole house, fancy parties, and every toy you’d ever want, a couple of book deals, some plastic surgeries later…and gee…..they’re just one big giant financially secure……happy(?)…family. Wow.

      And that’s only at, what did you say? 3 days a week of cameras and crew….Yeah Ok….No thanks. I’ll pass.

  • What makes you say “their entire lives”. Have you inside information on how many hours and days a year they are filmed? According to Kate’s statment it is 3 days a week. Hardly their entire lives. Everyone that is saying they should not be in front of the cameras? should quit their own jobs, stay home with their children and live in poverty before they speak. Because you are asking them to quite their jobs and do what everyone else wants them to do. One cannot live their lives doing what every tome, dick, and harry want them to do. It’s their life. They are their children, and what they do and how they raise them is their choice alone.

    why aren’t tese millions of do-gooders crying out in disbelief and demanding all cult followers to give up their children and their livelihood in the cults? why aren’t they telling all child molesters to stop molesting and raping children?

    You all continue to say this is “dangerous” for the children. these children are so well protected it’s not even a question.

    All the childrn living in poor run down ghettos in this country are in danger, why not cry out for them?

    Get your priorities straigt and fight for the true innocents in dnager in this world, women and children being beat and raped and molested every day you live.

    • 3 days a week of filming for 52 weeks a year spread out over 5 years is 780 days of filming. Roughly half of each week is spent with these children in front of the camera. Since Jon and Kate Plus 8 is not a scripted show, camera crews have to be there the majority of the day in order to get enough usable footage.

      Have you ever been on a film set? I have. It’s not sunshine and roses. It’s hectic and stressful. Yes, the camera crew is at their house and supposed to be filming just their usual day-to-day activities but it’s still hard having a camera in your face for HALF THE WEEK. I would rather live in poverty (and trust me, I have) than to subject my children to a such a circus during the important, formative years of their life.

      These children are in danger. It might not be physical but it is emotional and mental which can be much worse.

      As far as getting my priorities straight, they already are, thank you very much. I will defend ALL the true innocents in danger in the world, not just the ones being molested, beaten or raped.

• Everyone needs to realize that there are a lot of things that go on that is edited and isn’t shown on TV.
  People forget that when times were hard for them financially and emotionally Jon was the one leaving everyday to go to work. He said multiple times that Kate had a harder job and that he (though he loves his kids) would much rather be at work than at home all day.
  Staying home and taking care of any amount of kids is hard. I have 2 (and am pregnant with 3rd). This is the first time I’ve gotten to stay home. My husband was the stay at home Dad and I know at the end of the day he was tired and worn out too. Imagine how she felt then when they had all of the stress.
  What does Jon have to be stressed about now when he stays home? They have babysitters. The kids are old enough that they entertain themselves most of the time (plus they are in school!) What is he crying about? Everyone forgets about the 2am partying because Kate is hard on him? He seems to act like a child and more like a playmate than a parent. Kate does EVERYTHING!
  Jon seemed like a “guest” at the kids party because that was him needing his “weekend off.” Did everyone miss that? He should have been there and if those kids meant as much as he claimed then he would have been.
  Accept the fact Jon that you can’t go out partying and get away from your family! I’d be hard on him too.
  As far as the brother and sister-in law they are real a-holes for adding to the drama. They should have kept their mouths shut.
  Nobody is perfect and I’d be a b+tch if I had to raise 8 kids by myself too.

  • OH PLEASE – Kate has to do everything alone. In case you haven’t heard she has fired 30 some nannies. How often do you see her take her kids anywhere? She has people clean her house, watch her children, do lawn work. I am a stay home mom not with eight kids but I do it all with out nannies, some one to help with laundry. It was her choice to be on TV and make the big bucks. Free tummy tuck, teeth whitening, Hawaii trips, houses etc. POOOOOOOOOOOR Kate.

    • Julie – Wow – you sound like a huge hater!!! Kate got a tummy tuck because a wife of a plastic surgeon watched the show and offered it to her. She carried 6 babbies that a doctor had recommended she abort a few of them…but no she had morals not to do that. As far as the teeth whitening – practically everyone I know has done it, including myself. I am genuinely happy that this family has had this show to experience these opportunities….because I am NOT a hater like you! Stop feeling sorry for yourself because you are not happy about your own life. And if you watched the freaken shows she cleans all of the time!!! Oh, and you believe everything you read….get a life!!! POOOOOOR JULIE…NOT

      I am so sick of people who comment that don’t watch the show and are bitter haters!!!

    • What about all the people who comment who do watch the show and are bitter haters of Kate because they see her for what she truly is?

      As far as defending Kate for getting a tummy tuck because it was offered to her, give me a break. She didn’t have to take the woman up on the offer. Yes, her body was stretched out from having six children, however having those six children was HER CHOICE.

      Please don’t expect me to think Kate a saint for refusing to abort any of the six babies. She chose to have that many implanted and knew the risks involved. I’m confident she also knew the potential rewards involved, too. The media has always been fairly fond of promoting parents who have small litters of babies, often resulting in gifts and sponsorships from local and national businesses. I really wouldn’t be surprised to discover that Kate had been eyeing the rewards involved when she made the decision to keep all of the babies.

    • Like I said, people who comment that don’t watch the show should not comment. Do you watch the show??? THEN you would know that they intented to have ONLY one and were suprised when they found out they had six!!! THEY didn’t choose to have six – I am so tired of people who say they watch – if they did they would know this fact. Oh, and I am HAPPY that SHE chose to have the tummy tuck because I am not a hater! You should’nt be a hater because she chose to, did it hurt you personally? No it didn’t, that is why you are a hater too. I am confident that many more would have said yes also!!! So please stop being haters because you look bad. Seriously, you are mad because she chose to get a tummy tuck???? Get something REAL to be mad at and be happy when nice things are given to people, not BITTER!!!

  • Heather –
    Having children old enough to entertain themselves does not give someone a pass on parenting. In fact, it can lead to even more stress as children have a tendency to get into things they shouldn’t. I can imagine all the mischief six 5 year olds can cause when left to their own devices.

• Both parents created this situation and both parents are responsible for fixing it. There is a lot that none of us know but it may not matter. Kate has time and time again been abusive to Jon. Even once is too much. When you love someone you don’t treat them that way. Jon has lived with it for a long time and when you are beaten down and beaten down it can become impossible to fight back against someone who doesn’t care about how they treat you. Jon is an abused husband. Don’t for one minute think that Jon is the only one. Abusers spread it around. Look at the emotional abuse that Kate inflicted on her son with the gum incident. His was made to believe that his security object would be thrown away. For a kid his age that is a tremendously traumatic thing. Kate is abusive and self centered. No one around her matters as long as she has what she wants the way she wants it and when she wants it. I have watched from the begining and I don’t really see that Jon has changed but Kate is an entirely different person. The only thing to do that will help those kids is to get them out of the public eye and give them a more stable and normal life. Of course to do that Kate would have to get out of the public eye too and she doesn’t seem about to do that. Kate needs ot be evaluated for Manic behavior.

  • remember when she said to one of the boys pottty training “do you want to be the only who wears diapers in school?” that was stupid and cruel to say . SHE IS MEAN!

• I think Jodi and her husband are trying in the only way they have left to them to get Jon and Kate’s attention. Google the Dionne Quintuplets and find out what this kind of scrutiny can do to kids. The circus that their lives have turned into will be tremdously damaging. Years from now when the stresses on the kids really start to show (perhaps they already are, get a load of Maddy’s behavior) you all will be saying, “Why didn’t someone do something?”

  Jodi is absolutely correct, Jon and Kate say that their kids are the priority but their actions clearly show that the kids are not the priority.

• Anybody remember the movie, The Truman Show, with Jim Carrey? Where his whole life, from birth is a TV production and he’s the only one who doesn’t know it.

  This is season 5. These children are 5 years old. They have spent their entire lives thusfar in front of cameras. And behind those cameras are crews.

  Now imagine….your entire life spent with paid strangers in your home…in your home…..taping everything. It went from 8 episodes a year…to 42.

  42 episodes a year. There are only 52 weeks in a year. How many days a week does it take to get one episode worth of airable footage? 3 days? 4 days? More?

  And the people who are supposed to be protecting you are Kate; mean and unfeeling, and Jon; weak. The two of them together; snarky and toxic.

  Would you put your kids in there? Well…..would you?

  • Reality check. the truman show was a fantasy. don’t forget what is real. You can’t make a comment about living human beings based on a fantasy movie.

    entire life? please. get your facts straight and in reality before you speak.

• I say Kate and Mady are spoiled brats>:( those two just make my skin crawl the way they act around the Cameras, 2 whining B*&^%$! and for Jodi and her Husband….I say at least their letting everyone know the “Real” childish Kate! She acts like her kids on Camera and we now know she worst off Camera! If I we’re Jon too I’d have an Affair!LMFAO Having a Wife like that would make me want a Different one! Mostly knowing he could have had a Different wife since Jon was with someone else when he meant Kate! Poor guy….Jon you should have been with that lady instead!

• God Bless Cara, Mady, Alexis, Hannah, Leah, Joel, Aaden, & Collin.

• If Kate’s main concern are the children as she stated about a million times the other night then she needs to stay home and pay attention to them. She even stated that the kids called her by the babysitters name. What does that tell you, neither kate or jon are with the kids when she is out drumming up more money for her glamerous life. Enough is enough Kate you are exploiting your children for your own means.

• Why doesn’t someone call dyfs on these people??

  Kate: “oh know here’s the papparazzi!”
  Child: “what’s papparazzi?”

  Kate: “Did you here that?? He said, ‘where’s the papparazzi?’ I don’t want them to use that word.”

  Kate, then stop using it!! Start listening to your kids. When your walking through a parking lot, walk behind your kids to make sure they are okay. Stop walking in front of them to get in the photo! Stop playing such a martyr, too. We REAL MOMS all go to the party store and get ready for our kids’ parties without our husbands!

  This whole thing is just a scam. Funny how her husband cheated the week her book was released. DYFS ~ please intervene and place these kids in a house with sane parents!!

• An old friend of Jon’s (not Kate’s) Speaks Up! (very interesting): http://tinyurl.com/oyqsfm

• yea ive only watched a few episodes and have figured out jon seems like a nice guy, and the other hand kate seems like a real bit–.

• Could you imagine life for the 8 kids without something like this tv show, maybe its not what everyone envisioned but at least it won’t be one of poverty and hand-me-downs and hand-outs like welfare and public assistance, they will get their act together but it will be harder if people like jealous jodi and her bitch sister (who on gwop wished kate would step in dog-shit) would but out and stop crying that its not about the moeny its about the “kids”.

• Oh wow another “old friend” or old boss, or old patient is now coming out and speaking publicly i guess aslong as the $$$$$$ is being dished out then people will keep coming, and yet people dare to question or dispise the gosselins for having a tv show where (with the exception of the haters and paparazi) the kids are safe, loved, and well provided for.

• I wonder if Jon was out on the road like Kate, would there be the same outcry? He would be commended for finding a way to provide financial security for his large family. He complains about Kate travelling, but enjoys the monetary benefits of “her job”.

  It’s the public’s response to Kate that keeps the speaking engagements, tv interviews and the book signings going. If nobody showed up, bought the book, or paid for the speaking engagements, I suppose she’d be at home with her kids and I am not implying that I think that it should stop. Stereotyping? Women with kids do travel, work and, struggle with guilt for being away. As for the kids being exploited, when the kids start showing up and performing tricks at the book signings, only then would I ever consider them to be exploited.

  No matter, I wonder if the critics would rather that the family be destitute, dependent on tax dollars to survive?

• it a little funny that the friends are coming out and telling about them.those people seem to have been the ones they trusted the most. i believe that there is truth in some of the things that have been put out about them. if u actually sit and watch the show, the children were the cheap glue holding them together lol they were bound to break apart. Kate new what she wanted to accomplish and she did. she used her kids to get to where she wanted to be and that strategy worked. although its not a good thing to explode your children but hey. on the season premiere of the show Jon was like a another person at the party. Kate didn’t speak to him and they didn’t talk at all. but its crazy, they both decided to just ”document” their lives together as a family and look what happened…THEY WERE NAIVE…WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PUBLIC EYE PEOPLE WILL SAY AND DO ANYTHING TO TURN SOMETHING SO LITTLE INTO A BIG STORY. THEY BOTH DUG THE HOLE.IN NOW THEY ARE SITTING WITH LONG FACES ON TV. THEY MARRIAGE HAS BEEN OVER IN MY OPINION

• My comment regarding Jon & Kate: It’s about time Jon got out of the totalitarianism of Kate Hitler. How mortified he must feel with this “BB” controlling him and especially the segment where this mad woman went crazy with the way he breathes. If you had an affair Jon, good for you, as I’m sure Kate Hitler directed every move of yours. Good luck Jon – I know you LOVE your children. Come to Chicago Jon, there are an abundance of polite and caring women who think you are beyond handsome, intelligent and witty (when she permits you to speak). Stick to your guns Jon – put Hitler to work for a change!
  Good luck my friend.

• You make sense Dar, I totally agree with you. Kate is out for Kate and Kate only. She now has designer clothes, and is fashion savvy, except her mouth – Jon sure shut it up for her – GO JON GO!!!! IT’S ABOUT TIME !

• Aunt Jodi,

  I bet if you were still on the show getting paid you would have absolutely nothing to say right now. If you were so concerned about Jon & Kate’s kids, why were you on the show in the first place? It’s amazing how family will stab you in the back just to get their 15 minutes. Shame on you and shame on Kate’s brother!

  As for Jon & Kate, they had an opportunity, took it and ran, who wouldn’t? So everyone who is trashing them is saying they would turn their noses up at the chance to make a lot of money and have all of the perks that would go with it? The kids appear to be healthy, happy and normal. They are absolutely not a perfect couple, Kate is absolutely overbearing, we all of us can relate to them in some way. Jon chose an ignorant way to show his unhappiness. If they stop doing the show that is their choice. I can guarantee that alot of folks who are trashing Jon & Kate will be watching the show, reading the blogs, and commenting, what does that say about you?

  • I so agree with you. I didn’t read your comment before i posted mine but i see that we have very similar thoughts.

• I honestly didn’t see Aunt Jodi complaining when she was bieng featured on the show but now suddenly she can’t wait to express her “concerns” about the children. She should be home taking care of her own kids instead of trying to get her 15 minute in the spotlight.

• No matter what goes on between their family, it is just that; Their family. And to anyone who wants to pass judgement, i say, have you ever had sextuplets? Or twins? Or even 8 children for that matter? Probably not, so maybe we could all try and be a little more understanding, and a little less rude.

• ithink that this is all a big mistake even thoe jhon dosent seem happy i dont think he would cheat on kate

• Listen, Aunt Jodi and Uncle whoever should be ashamed of themselves. How dare they get on the air and complain about how Kate is exploiting those kids and Kate is the one not being sincere and Kate is the one who is blah blah blah… interesting words coming from the couple who are so mad they didn’t get paid that they betrayed their family out of spite… If Kate is exploiting then so is Jon and by the way so did Aunti and Uncle… great legacy for those kids. I enjoyed watching the show for a time, but I really wish they hadn’t signed up for a new season… but then no body could have predicted that the American public was ready for another pedestal toppling… vultures the lot of them

• I got tired of her begging for everything early on in the show. And I did not like they way she treated her kids and slapped Jon. Glad to see he came to his senses.

• what makes you different from kate you don;t let your husband talk either

• Kate is a witch. Anyone who takes up for her is taken in by her fake personna. I would hate to see Jon divorce her because of the kids but I don’t think he can stand to be with her anymore. She doesn’t seem to realize how ignorant she is yelling at Jon, being curt with the kids, criticizing every opinion Jon has and rolling her eyes like the audience agrees with her. OMG, she makes me want to scream at her an point out her stupidity. She corrects Jon for things that are not wrong, making herself look like the fool she is.

• Wow. I have been watching the show for years, and loved it. I never thought about the kids being exploited! This is getting bad. Just cancell the show Kate. Do you know how lonely I am? no, you don’t. You8 kids and a husband that love you! she needs to get over herself.

• This show Jon & Kate + 8 has now gotten pathetic and should be taken off the air. That what this family needs to try and mend the tears in their relationship.

• jon and kate should sit down talk to each other and figure out were they want to be in this marriage if they want out then get out……there is alot of talk about cheating on both there parts well if u arent happy get out…..your kids are old enough to know that something is going on in the family….u are hurting them the most u argue and yell at each other they can hear that …they no u arent happy and u are making them all unhappy

• This is whole thing is due to media hype and Kate getting a taste of fame an fortune. Jon stated he no longer wanted to be apart of the show, Kate is making Jon out to be the Devil. I coudn’t believe my ears when I heard Kate bad mouthing Jon on national television. The last episode, Kate said she is doing the show for her kids, putting clothes on their backs and food in their mouths??? They are millionaires!! How the heck is she doing the show for her kids? Bank the millions and live off the interest. Kate is selfish on one crazy power trip. I was so happy to hear they are being investigated by child services.

• Everyone seems to forget America’s first sextuplets who were shown for profit for a short time, maybe to get them over the first financial hump. They turned 16! yeah, without destroying them or the marriage. They grew up in a regular home not one that cost a million dollars +. Mom home schooled them and enjoyed it. Two of them are wonderful dancers. They were not dressed alike in designer clothing. They were allowed to become who they are today, not a bunch of dolls lined up to put Mom in the spot light for giving birth to them.

  The parents did not sell their children for profit. They did allow us to see them grow up through the years and it wasn’t under a circus tent.

• did anyone read the recent People article? granted, much should be taken with a grain of salt, but coupled with her onscreen personality, Kate is a serious bizNatch! she intends to “take Jon to the cleaners and restrict access to the kids”! what an a–wipe! he is the father of her children and nowhere near as boorish. i hope she remembers that there are 8 other lives she will affect in her selfish, megalomania!

• For the children’s birthday, Kate obviously had the party at a public park with the “p” people (as she wants the children to call them) hanging out in trees snapping pictures. If she didn’t like the news people stalking them, why didn’t she have the party on their property. I understand they have a million dollar house with several acres.

• All you people who watch the show is the cause of all the problems. If you really want them to have a normal life then stop watching. I’m sure TLC won’t keep the show on the air if rating drops. Yet you want to entertain yourself watch other people’s lives.

• dera jon and kate plus 8 i love the show and all of you i will keep watching everyday i will never stop watching i love jonand kate cara mady alexis hannah aaden collin leah joel i love you all god bless you all i will pray for you all

• I think Jon and Kate should cancel the show because I think the show is getting between their lives and the kids and you have to put your family first in these situations they are dealing with. This show has been phenomenal, I’ve never seen a show that i liked so much. It made me realize not every family is perfect. But i think the way the show is going now will jeopardize their relationship towards themselves and the kids. If that doesn’t work out then Jon and Kate should at least speak to each other, if you dont talk nothing gets fixed.

• TO EVERYONE HI I WILL NEVER STOP WACHING JON AND KATE PLUS 8 I LOVE THE SHOW AND ALL OF TH GOSSELINS I LOVE THEM ALL WHY ARE YOU ALL SAYING BAD THIS ABOUT THEM I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THEM WHY DON`T YOU PRAY FOR THEM AND STOP HATEING THEM KATE IS A GOOD PERSON AND A WONDERFULL MOTHER AND PERSON I DO NOT WANT THE SHOW TO EVERY END I LOVE THE KIDS AND I WILL NEVER STOP WATCHING I LOVE THEM ALL SOME AND THINK ABOUT THE KIDS IF THIER HEAR THE SOME POEPLE HATE THEIR MOTHER THINK BEFOR YOU SPEAK THINK ABOUT THE KIDS FEELINGS I DO I LOVE KATE AND THE KIDS IF JON CHEATED THE LET HIM GO I LOVE (CARA MADY ALEXIS HANNAH AADEN COLLIN LEAH JOEL AND KATE AND JON I LOVE THEM ALL I WILL PRAY FOR THEM ALL(XXXX0000) TO THEM ALLBY NUMBER ONE FAN

• What about Beth? Where is she lately? Why did they put “In memory of Beth” at the end of one of last year’s episodes? It made it seem like she passed away. Was that Kate’s way of saying “she’s dead to me”? Did Beth do something to set off Kate? Based on what I’ve seen on the show, I don’t think Aunt Jodi & Kevin need extra money from doing interviews. They seem pretty well off and I believe they are telling the truth about their experience with Jon & Kate.

  • We are several seiries behind in the UK. what caused the fallout with Beth?

  • Well is Beth dead? I would love to know.

    • Beth is not dead, just her friendship with Kate.

• I disagree of the public watching the show is the problem. I have been a fan of the show since it started and I have never seen trouble. Kate may nag, but what woman don’t. Kate may blow up, who doesn’t. John should have better sense than running around a club late at night with another woman. He is the one who has started all the problems for Kate and the kids. Kate needs to kick John out and raise the kids herself. She is a strong women I am sure she can handle it. She also needs to delete the Aunt & Uncle since they are jealous and causing trouble. Family should support eachother. I feel that if Kate wants the show to continue than so be it. It is her way of supporting her family. We should not down her for working. Anyone of us would jump at the chance to have a TV show and the money to go along with it.

  • Jody seems jealous. She appeared to be so kind. I guess you can’t trust everybody. Is she going to financially support those kids. Kate worked as a R.N. eevery Saturday for ten hours. when the kids were younger. They are going through a hard time now. that may change.

    • Jody should be paid if she is on the show, but Kate’s brother and Jody did not need to do that interview on T.V. This is a private matter and should not be made public. Hope everything works out in the end for all involved.

    • It turns out Jodie and Kate’s brother get paid for their media comments. What relatives to have in one’s family!!! Doesn’t this family have enough to handle with so many multiple children. Jodie and Kate’s brother are the problem. With relatives like these who needs enemies and jealous ones at that!! My best for the Gosselins. Jodie and Kate’s brother get a life, Don’t be so cruel!!!

  • I really don’t see Kate as this strong woman. She has a very strong personality but she always seemed to need Jon. I don’t think that we know what happened with Jon but I do know that those kids love their father very much and that he has been the primary care parent for the last 2 years. Those children will be devastated if they do not make their marriage work but even more so if their father was not part of raising them. I think that Jon is a great dad and he loves his kids and making a mistake in his marriage does not change this.

  • I’m not a fan of the show, but watched it on a recent marathon weekend. Kate needs to take a chill pill. Jon is a laid back person and brings the calmness in the household. From what I have watched the kids loved the production crew. For Jon and Kate, having cameras and being miked for hours is stressful enough. Never knowing what might slip out and be recorded. Never knowing what the Producer/Director may leave in for the show. Documenting the kid’s life is their job. This is how they are able to provide for their children. They love their children you can see that. If they thought this would hurt them, they wouldn’t be doing it. I think Aunt & Uncle is just plainly jealous. They don’t have someone paying them thousands of dollars to document their kids. No one wants to hire them to be a Speaker or write a book. They can’t travel to Maui or take their kids to Disney World and get the VIP treatment. Aunt can’t afford cosmetic surgery. She’s doesn’t have a million dollar house or nice car. It’s sad, that family members want to bring down family members who are financially more successful then they are. Their actions will end up hurting the children, who they say they want to help by destroying their world.

    • ok so ur saying tht u watched a marathon nd suddenly u kno everything about them! no one, not even me, knows wat theyre going thru nd no one really knows them so we as viewers dont hav the right to judge jon or kate or jodi or beth or ANYONE cuz how would u like it if they judged u!!!! so w/e

    • I don’t think Kate is a strong person either. she has a strong personality (I’ll give her that) but she is weak because she is sacrificing her family for her massive ego. She is nobody w/out those kids. and about supporting them, isn’t she a nurse? she can always get a job to support her family. haven’ they made enough money exploiting these kids, I would hope w/ supposed 1o million at stake they should have put most or some of that away for the kid’s future.i think both adults are at fault but mostly kate. shane on her for being such an egomaniac. she needs to get back to real world and start earning her keep those kids won’t stay cute forever kate does not deserve them except maybe the oldest, madie, she is bratty like her mother.

• It’s all a PUBLICITY STUNT PEOPLE….All of this is to boost the ratings…The children are getting older and pretty soon people will stop watching…

  GET A GRIP!!!

  However, I love the kids, their Adorable!

  • i can see kate trying to put jon up to this as a stunt for more ratings……but i think there really is some trouble in this marrage…..i hope the children will be o kay.

  • You r soooooo right

  • Puplicity stunt….. give me a break like jon and kate would want to fake all of that and have even more problems.. it breaks my heart. I watched the show last week of the kids turning 5 and you could just see the tension, so sad i love the show and them. They both have changed sooo much and i wish it could go back to the ealier years.
    concerned fan :(

• Both of the above comments were left by idiots, as evidenced by their grammar and spelling, so both post are completely useless.

  • Hootie Hoo:

    You have a nerve making comments about posts.

    HOOTIE HOO….What a name, and, what planet are you from??

    GO BACK!
    I still say it’s all about ratings!!

• We should be caring about this family, its terrible when somebody gets a divorce, and yes maybe you don’t like Kate and Jon, but think of the 8 little kids, who saw their parents renew thier vows in Maui and were told mommy and daddy will be together for ever!

• I think anyone who complains about Jon and Kate are haters… her family are haters because they aren’t the ones getting paid…. the media has alot to do with this garbage.. for all the people that trash talk this family are disgusting there are 8 children involved and two which are old enough to understand what is going on, why can’t people just live their lives and stop hating if you don’t care for Kate don’t watch their show Jon is not innocent by any means… again if you don’t like them don’t watch them get a grip people… the tv show came to them any one of us given the opportunity would say yes if you knew you were going to get compensated is Kate wrong for that to want to keep going heck no shes providing for 8 kids…. so many haters…. i thinks its pretty pathetic that because the fame isnt being directed to her brother and sister in law that they have to attack Kate grow up.. this wasn’t about Jodi this was about a husband and a wfie documenting their life with 8 children that’s the purpose of the show…

  • I agree and hope people will come around to understand that. I really can’t stand the Aunt and her husband, they are so obnoxious! They just want a little fame in all of this, you can tell by the video up top when she introduces herself and has her sister say “hi”. Honestly is that necessary, the interview was not about you and yourself, but about the family. DUH!

• Kate can not shut the show down, those spa treatments are too expensive. Oh holy cow I saw the previews and she has taken Miss Maddie to the spa. She really should take the kid to a doc for her personality disorder. No more of this show for me. Poor Jon.

  • I agree! Mady needs help of some sort. I am not picking on this little girl, but if her parents can’t see that she has some issues that need addressed they are blind. If you watch the earlier episodes, both Jon and Kate do seem to be focused on the kids and connecting as parents. However, the recent episodes are disturbing because the whole family seems disconnected. Plus, J and K did a speaking engagement in our town a while ago. I was not there, but I heard from several people that they were shocked at Kate’s attitude and out-right fund raising for the family. My opinion–and it is just that!–is that Kate in particular has become enamored of the money, fame, and all the perks. The hair, the clothes, the snippy attitude all seem to indicate that she thinks she is a little more special than she is. I read somewhere that she said, “The public wants to see my kids grow up. I owe that to them.” NO….what you owe is a normal life to your children, who did not ask for this. I’m not defending Jon, because if he did cheat that is horribly wrong, but the whole situation is so screwed up they should stop the show. I’m sure that won’t happen, since the money makes the world go round, but I for one cannot stimanch watching another episode. Good luck to them and their beautiful children….they’ll need it! In about 10 years I’m sure we can all look forward to the Gosselin children on the covers of magazines telling about their issues. I hope not for their sakes!

  • You know what’s funny? I got my husband into watching this show years ago, and he made a comment about 2 years ago: “One day Jon’s gonna go out for a carton of milk and never come back.” You could still see on his face his happiness with his kids, but what appeared to be disgust, when he interacted with Kate…she was rather hard on him…

    • When i told my husband (who occasionally watches) that Jon and kate might be breaking up. His first response was ” it was only a matter of time”. My girlfriend said her husband said the same exact thing. There is nothing wrong with having a strong personality or wanting things a certain way… but the way she treats and talks to Jon… it would only be a matter of time for anyone…..

• jodi is starting all of this trouble because they are cashing in on these children with all these tv. apperances & story telling ..she should be ashamed of herself…as for john… kate should kick his ass out just with the attitude & his expressions on the show monday it’s like oh poor me !!!!but he’s the one that brought on all this gossip on his family himself..he should be ashamed if someday his children google him kate’s brother & so called sister inlaw also…( you go kate you don’t need any of these selfish realatives or a husband that is constantly on a pity trip) as far as jodi it is all oure jealousy

• Hot off the press — looks like the law will be looking into J&K concerning possible child abuse, you know, pimping your kids on TV then spending their money… They may have to cough up a bunch of dough to put into a trust for the kids when they’re grown, and stop all this living high on the hog at the kids’ expense. Gonna be a helluva fall for Kate… Hope she doesn’t mess up her hair…

  • Child abuse, yeah right. Child Labour Laws and that’s a joke, is what they’re looking into. They are different. What makes you an authority on their finances? How do you know they’ve spent all the money or how do you know there isn’t already trust accounts for the kids? If living high on the hog means the new mega house, the kids do benefit from that too.

    • I think the “abuse” referred to is better defined as exploitation of the children. Google Jackie Coogan (a child star back in the silent film era) and how he sued his mother and step-father, and all the child labor laws that his (and other) law suits began.

      Thus far, there’s been no law to protect children who aren’t really stars but rather used to promote reality shows. Say what you will about Jodi and Kevin, but bringing attention to this will probably bring about some new laws governing how children may and may not be pictured in this new form of TV entertainment, and what protections they need to be afforded. I claim no expertise (and neither should you), but the time does appear to be right to look into such matters.

• i don’t believe that kate does all of this for her children, i think it is all about her …..something about her is very creepy to me and others that i have talked with feel the same …..john seems to truly love and adore his children and the time he spends with them ……kate seems always annoyed by her children and always looking for ways not to have to be with them!!

  • I agree with you. Jon needs to take the kids away from Kate. She is a hateful women who has become so ingrossed with money she forgot the meaning of family. I saw the last episode of the kids 5 th birthday, I felt sorry for Jon she ignored him until he wanted to do something and then ordered him to do it.

    • Right, taking the kids away from their mother so Jon and his 23 year old girlfriend could play house with them would be the best thing for the kids. What a sad thought. You say Kate ignored Jon, well, I watched the same show and didn’t see Jon knocking himself out to acknowledge Kate either.

    • I saw smething else, when jon finally got to the party one of the little kids said; something about she didn’t like daddy being gone and Jon said; Daddy has to work.

    • Well it would appear to make sense for Jon to make this statement to his child, that he “has to work.” It wouldn’t seem proper for him to say “I’m gone because Mommy and I are possibly breaking up our family”…

    • 23 year old girlfriend???? What about Kate and her bodyguard or did you just block that out.

• kate needs to stop being so greedy. She needs to put her kids first. I’m sure they would love to stop this show and get some privacy and stop supporting their mothers spending problem.

• I truely hope this reality show ends soon. Who cares if Kate looses out on monies – Jon and the kids are the ones suffering. Kate is a disgrace to mothers and women. To be so degrading, demanding and outright rude to her family as well as strangers. Kate is a monster – no wonder Jon is spending more time away from home. Who would want to be in the same visinity as Kate.

• I don’t agree with everything Jon & Kate are doing but, I think “aunt Jody” is a uncareing, self centered evil person! She is seeking money at the expense of her family’s live’s. And Kate’s brother is a jerk for allowing his wife to do this! I would never do this to any of my family member’s or anyone else for that goes…and I don’t get along with my family either. Personly can’t stand some of them but, certainly would never do what Jody is doing! It will surely come back to her!

  • I cannot believe you would even say thing i seen poor aunt jodi looking after those kid’s more time’s than not and also her own children so that is so uncalled for. I stopped watching after the episode when Aunt jodi took all of them all weekend and her own and all the children were so happy to be going because she spend’s time doing art’s and craft’s with them. Everytime i watched it seemed that they were over there and it did’nt look to me like Aunt jodi needed money by any mean’s actually it looked she was very well off and then that weekend she asked the kid’s if there mother allowed them to chew gum!!! and the older one’s and the little’s one’s said yes. I could not beleive the response from kate the kid’s i guess got some on there clothe’s. Kate phoned over to Aunt Jodi’s and flipped out on her it sounded so unbeleiveable after taking her children all weekend and then for kate to belittle this woman on national T.V over Gum and saying how she could’nt afford new cloth’s on a weekly basis. I notice when Kate want’s something for free she just say’s ohhh!!! i wish i could afford and then the camara that she went on and on about like she was hoping someone out in T.V wondeerland would send her one. I laughed when i heard that did’nt happen Jon ended up buying her one. You go girl Jodi you are a good person and don’t let the world tell you different there are people like me that did notice what a good mom you are!!! and i do hope all those kid’s have money left for themselve’s after there mother’s spending habit’s. I’am a fan Of Aunt Jodi

• I love this family, but I cringe when I hear Kate emasculte Jon. It has steadily gotten worse. No one can stand up under that kind of continual psychological tearing down without reacting in some way. I just wish poor Jon would have sought counsel and tried to get the strength to stand up to Kate and put his foot down on her bullying and browbeating. Instead it has come out in “rebellious” behavior. She has treated him like a child and now he is acting like one.

  Kate is a beautiful and amazing woman, but she is not just a Mother, she is a wife too, and she left that role behind when she delivered the 6. It is a very demanding job to do what they are doing, but somewhere along the line she completely forgot about her husband. You cannot treat your husband the way she has without huge negative repercussions. For one thing have we not seen the same behavior played out in how the little girls talk to the boys AND their own Father? The disease in the family is called disrespect. And it started with Kate treating her sweet loving husband like her 9th child.

  The relatives should not have spoken to the press, they should have spoken to Jon and Kate, and then they should have prayed.

  And so should we all pray for this family we have gotten so much pleasure out of watching. The family we have cared about is in trouble. Lets hold them up in our prayers.

• Finally the law is looking into these children being exploited by there own mother. It’s about time somone did something about this problem. Thank you to Jodi and kevin for bringing it to the attention of the authorities. I’m sure the older kids will express how they don’t enjoy doing the shows to support their mothers spending problem.

• i do not understand anything do jon and kate still love each other do thet still live together did jon really cheat or did kate?

• Oh please Jodi and Kevin only started complaining when they couldn’t get paid. Of course they want the show to go off. Losers.

  Kate should have the show without Jon the cheater. He’ a whiney stinky baby.

  • I love the family, the children are sooo cute, yes kate sometimes can be hard, but Jon is living in la-la land is soooo low-key sooo pasive, and sometimes seems inmature and not prepare for the big responsability of a big family, he seems like other child. Jodi is jelous, why she complains of abuse when was not anymore in the show? I pray they can resolve the situation with respect and love, staying toguether or not. God bless.

• I think everyone needs to stop picking on kate! she’s a pretty cool mom and id like to see you raise 8 kids, not as easy as it looks! And jon only went out one time its not like they slept together. We all need a little break sometimes. Were all human and make mistakes and we learn from them. Judging other people doesnt make you any better! Get a life and leave them alone! freaks

• Listen, if Jon and Kate were so worried about the paparazzi, why have that huge birthday party in a public park? They own a huge house with a great amount of property. She also explained her custom of singing to each kid by referring to her TV show. Did she honestly think that she could go on free trips accept free goods and get paid for speaking when she is an expert of nothing and not have to pay any price. She asked for this notariety– she enjoyed her free wedding gown from Kleinfeld’s didn’t, the wonderful Hawaiian Vacation– come on– if you do not want to be in the press– then get out of the press. Stop whining. Her lifestyle was bought by everything she is now whining about.

  • you reap what you sew. Kate should of handled the separation better too. making jon sign a contract to do as he wanted to do as long as he showed up for the show. She sounds like she is worried more about losing all that money. Kate is as guilty as Jon. Kate treats jon like a little boy a man can tolerate a lot from a a woman but not that. And jon should of been more of a man an left her instead of whinning to a 23 year old teacher. And another Question where are kate’s parents? And why is her brother such a back stabber to his own sister. I know jodie is jealous that’s her problem. But why is she airing the families dirty laundry for all the world to hear that will hurt the kids a lot more I guess people can not see past the hate. What i fear the most is this stupid show’s ratings will either break this good family up or get those kids taken away from their parents. That would be sad

• I just want to say… Number One: dont believe everything you hear. If Jodi and Kevin cared that much about their neices and nephews, they wouldnt go on CBS and dog their parents. AND Im sure they got paid for their appearance…so they are, also, making money off of the kids. And until someone shows proof that Kate refused to let TLC pay Jodi, I dont buy it. And of course Kate wasnt paying her to babysit…. typically you dont pay your relatives. I just think that everyone is so evil in this situation. Leave Kate alone. Leave John alone. Leave the kids alone. Leave the other family members alone. Watch their show, and enjoy it. I dont get why America is so obsessed with ruining everyone’s lives!

  • alison i sooo agree with you!!!

  • I disagree here. Jody and her husband have been talking to Kate and Jon about all of this but it has fallen on deaf ears. going public is the only way that they can get attention focued on the kids and the problem there.

    If the kids fall apart 5 years from now all of you would be saying, “Why didn’t anyone do something?” At least they are trying to get some attention focued on the kids which Jon and Kate are not.

• Wow People…. Don’t you see that Jon and Kate have been apart as a “couple” a long time ago. And the Christian front that they tell America about is just another way for them to make bucks. The saddest part about all of this is the children are the losers. Just because Kate started looking at other large multiples who made a hit with the public when she was pregant, explains her intent right away. I have never seen this family who professes to be Christians and uses GOD and Christianity as their guide show ONE kind of daily lesson about Christ to their kids like other TLC show parents do. Kate travels across America accepting mega bucks from churches promoting how she is such a great CHRISTIAN MOTHER. She also signs and sells copies of her book for a lot of money. But the biggest thing that I see is even though she thinks she is such a great Christian and GOOD example for other moms, she seems to have distanced herself from her kids as the months go by. I know she loves them, but isn’t this suppose to be about the kids and not their Dad and Mom. Don’t the kids have the right in the TLC agreement to get more time to tell America about their life? Why is it that Kate has went through many many nannies and can’t seem to see that her kids make enough money for their mom to stay home with them. They didn’t sign up to have their mother stay away. I thought the show was about raising the kids and how it all works. Not about how little time their Mom gets to spend with them. As far as Jon, no wonder the poor guy looked elsewhere. My Lord, if you lived with a mean and calculating wife like Kate, you might run as far away as you could. This doesn’t dismiss his unfaithfulness, but does Kate’s hate and need to be famous take away from her kids and Jon. I have to say, I have NEVER seen someone who keeps saying they are a Christian and lead a Godly life look like Kate. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS. THEY ALL NEED TO GET BACK TO SERVING GOD AND PUTTING HIM FIRST IN THEIR LIVES INSTEAD OF MONEY. If they did, they would have a great marriage and family life.

• I tried to leave a message the other day on this blog and got a personal response that was very discouraging so left off for awhile to think this over. I find it appalling that women are the main critics here – people say things like ‘Jon could put his foot down.’ On what? Kate isn’t his underling unless you believe things like that. If Jon presented his concerns in a more mature way maybe his life would change, but he would rather use more aggressive immediate means to force change. Is he putting his foot down on the care of his children? Well, yes, I guess so – he feels his lack of interest and preparation should be covered over first and the children taken care of second – and many women agree! What I don’t understand as the mother of eight is that there are eight lives here totally dependent on Kate. Not on Jon – he’s the one who when asked to hose off eight chocolate covered children before they go in the house, says, ‘Why?’ I think we can dispense with the idea that Jon could ever in a billion years fathom making real schedules and rules and enforcing them without being curt and selfish, even if he had any idea why the children needed the schedules and rules. This is Kate’s first career – raising children. She is the boss, he’s not. From my own culture in academia I do not hear this being questioned by well-paid career women anywhere out here. All I hear is laments about blogs like this one. How many of you writing in have important jobs, perhaps with men under you? Do you want them to rise up and put their foot down on you? If they did wouldn’t you just fire them? Last week I had the notion that it would be a good thing if Jon and Kate got back together – not a deeply held opinion but a thought certainly. Now I believe and hope that Kate rides out this insanity going on now, and moves on to divorce and a new husband, were she to want one, who is more sensible and cooperative.

  • Raising your own children is not a job title. To parent healthy children there must be input from both, not just the mother. Two people joined together does not mean one is the boss and one is the lacky. There is nothing wrong with a husband telling his wife she needs to back off and allow the kids more freedom to be kids. No one said beat her up, just have an equal say in the raising of the children.

    Jon managed to hold a job before the quints were born. The household seemed to be on a more equal level when he was a working parent and not under the constant tearing down of his ego by his wife.

    If Jon treated Kate in the same manner, Women would be outraged! You would all be screaming for her rights. If anyone married Kate after this with 8 kids, it would only be to put their finger in the huge pot of money.

    I don’t think it would be possible to talk to Kate with her overbearing personality and need to be the center of attention.

    I think you miss read Jon’s intention with the pudding problem. Since HE is the one who gives ALL the baths, and since the pudding was dried on the kids, I saw his statement as one that made more sense, put them in a shower with warm water and soap…centainly would have been less painful for the kids then being power sprayed with cold water and no soap to breakdown the fats in the pudding.

    If Kate treated another woman like she treats Jon, you would see the claws come out. What Jon should have done is go to the door and call the children inside to get a shower and WHEN Kate started her OH NO JON..blah, blah, blah…he shoud have said, “You wash them and I’ll wash down the outside..by the way…he had to do both while the family mouth ran on and on for the camera’s.

    Take away the 8 kids and Kate is nothing more then a woman who needs mental help.

  • Kate isn’t his underling but in a committed and loving relationship you don’t denegrate your spouse let alone present such abusive behavior. Each spouse has a right to stand up for themselves, hence the put his foot down comment. We teach others how to treat us and Jon has taught Kate that it is okay for her to treat him this way because he has not stood up to her about it.

    Jon, needs to put his foot down. This kind of abuse is rarely isolated. You can be sure that if she talks to him that way, she talks to the kids that way as well.

• I started watching this show when it first came out and loved watching the kids grow up in front of us. It is obvious that Jon & Kate love their kids and that we have seen their entire lives unfiltered for all of america to see. There are so many families out there that probably watch the show and see themselves in it. There are so many husbands and wives who treat each that exact same way but they just don’t share it with the world. Kate is not the only person who acts that way but because she is on TV we feel the need to judge her and paint her as a horrible person. Yes, we have seen the changes occur over the seasons and the different people they have become because of the limelight but isn’t that true for everyone on TV? Yes, most of us feel like they should take a break from the show and concentrate on their marriage. Yes, Kate should treat Jon better and not be such a tyrant. But isn’t that why we all watch TV? Isn’t it all about the drama? That’s what america is obsessed with. Do I think that Kate & Jon should be charged with child abuse for all of this? No. What about all of the other kids on tv, what about the other shows? They are not the only people who have ever had their kids on TV. How about the shows: Table for 12 and 18 Kids and Counting? If you want to look into one family for supposedly exploiting their children then don’t you think that you should include all of those shows and not just pin point one? These shows exist because it’s what we want to see, if america didn’t watch them and obsess over them shows like this would not exist. No family is perfect, we just have the luxury of not having ourselves televised for the world to criticize. Let’s just hope that for this family’s sake that Jon & Kate can come to terms with the changes they have gone through and concentrate once again on being a husband and wife. Let’s hope that they can resolve their issues and keep their family together. Some of us our praying that this family will make it even if it means taking themselves off TV to do so. Nobody wants to see a broken family and I don’t want the next show to be called, “Jon Minus Nine”.

• kate needs to grow up and fix her and her kids additudes i stopped watching the show because they turned it from a family show to not so a family show. so if they want to act like that, they shouldn’t be on the TLC network.kate should just give the show up, because the kids mainly have been in the spotlight since the begining (5 seasons). KATE GIVE YOUR FAMILY A BREAK!

• Look I think they need a nice vacation with no paperatzzi cause they (paperatzzi) are wrecking their marriage. All of the paperattzi out there are just college dropouts that need to get lives. Seriously this could be a very happy family if the Paperatzzi would just give them a break. If Jon or Kate look at this remember your promise to always be together to the kids.

  Paperatzzi is spelled wrong but give me a break ima pretty smart twelve year old. First honer every marking period.

  • Does anyone know what will happen to the kids if they get a divorce?

• I think Jodi and Kevin will get custody of the kids, now that Jon and Kate are in trouble for exploiting there children.

  • You are joking…right? Get your facts straight and quit just reading headlines.

• The way she treated Jon is a disgrace, she belittled him every time she opened her mouth. she needs to spend some time with Mady who is a brat that should spend all day in time out. mady is a brat jealous of cara and the 6 litttle ones. i sure would’nt trust her around those little ones, better watch her she cannot seem to control her nasty attitude and somebody should pay attention to it.

• I am a follower of Jon and Kate and their precious brood. I was a fan, until the discomfort and pain etched on Jon’s face was more and more evident. These two make (or made) a huge point of sharing their faith, that this was a family who kept their faith as a foundation in their lives.
  I Tivo the show, and in preparation of this seasons expose episode, every episode was aired. I had seen most. The abuse Kate delivers to the father of her children on national television has become unbearable.
  I was appalled the first time I viewed Kate feeling it was her place to chew out Aunt Jodi (who was a loving, devoted, helpful, constant in these kids lives) for allowing her 3 year old have a piece of gum. I cringe EVERY time Kate has a melt down over her 8 children trying out some fun, stimulating activity because it will ruin an outfit and she will need to spend HOURS taking stains out of clothes. I have seen her kids ‘afraid’ to get their feet dirty, get sticky from an organic lolipop, feel the sand between their toes. Kate has virtually castrated this fun, funny, smart, sensitive man. This man is the father of her children, but she is teaching the boys how to accept verbal abuse by their future mates and the girls that they should not show respect toward their future mate. I can’t count the ways she has damaged each of her 8 with her super controlling ways. I know 8 kids are demanding (I used to care for up to 13 at a time) but it is critical that they experience life in a realistic way, so that they can become useful, fulfilled adults. I pray for the family. I pray that Jon will find some peace and give himself permission to refuse her domination. Big houses, lots of land, nice cars, extra money can ruin people. Kate has suddenly become a tanned, manicured, styled self centered woman. These things, preparing to be seen, take time. In addition, she has decided it’s ok to leave her 8 frequently for the “job” she loves so much. Jon… I get why you are sad. You were a victim of a storm that blew through your life. Sometimes, kids need parents who are healthy more than parents who are hateful, spiteful and self absorbed… I mean, as hard as it is to make the decision, they might be better off if the Kate ‘dog and pony show’ stopped. If that means Jon steps in and says enough… my kids are suffering, I am suffering. One last thing. On the season ‘opener’, Kate was having a ‘pity party’ while she planned her little ones birthday party. She was revolting in her display. I also didn’t get the ‘marching all 8’ to the party store in cute outfits and having them duck and cover from paparazi… and why the public park for a party when she is now the proud owner of her own park… they would have enjoyed their day in a bouncy house in their own backyard and maybe the Paparazi wouldn’t have been along. Her obnoxious preselected outfit, that was inappropriate for the weather… requiring a wardrobe change. Her barking orders at volunteers (was it me or did these people try hard not to react?) It was CRAZY. Her desire to manage everyone has chased some wonderful people away from her children and husband. It was sad… the tables seemed empty, all of the wonderful family and family friends through the years were missing. What does that do to a child? I am all for seeing Kate on Intervention, Jon taking his 8 and finding normal.

  • Janine, you are right on. Regarding the dogs, I heard Kate at one of the book signings telling someone that they could have the dogs and I don’t think she was kidding. The “birthday party” was just plain sad. It was really all about Kate.

• OH PLEASE, there is NO difference between standing in front of camera for 5 years on TLC or if a news person takes your photo. The only difference is KATE is not getting paid!

  I’m sure the kids are confused. She is scaring them about the “P” people and all they are doing is taking photo’s which these kids are so used to.

  I’m confused. When did this show turn into Kate & Kate? Didn’t anyone wonder why there wasn’t a show in the new house this past Christmas? And the latest show of Kate having her pity party…where were the dogs? I guess they are gone too. I think Kate said they would be the Christmas gift for the kids…the dogs she didn’t like or want but picked out and named.

  Something awful happened after they got the million dollar house. Maybe it’s all connected to the loss of Aunt Jodi. Maybe this was the last straw that Jon could take, the last of the family being shut out. It seemed to me that Kate’s brother was the only male friend in Jon’s life.According to the papers, Jon didn’t start his running around until Janurary, but something happened before that or there would have been a Christmas show, they wouldn’t have just ended the season with the purchase of the dogs.

  If they had stopped at the twins, there would be no Jon and Kate plus 2. Jon & Kate were not why people tuned in to this show. It was the 6 little ones that we all loved seeing growing up…until we got a taste of Mommy Dearest.

• I definitely agree with that comment!

• Really … there is nothing wrong with these children to be on television really just leave them alone everyone goes through family issues and so its not that big of a deal I am a big fan of John and Kate plus 8 and i always will be i love to watch the kids grow and play but i know exactly what they are going through my parents went through the same thing my mom was accused of being “crazy” aka ” a monster” because she was not afraid to speak her mind. and i compare her alot to kate.

• I have advice for Jon and Kate. It is free and totally disposable!

  I think that this thing has gotten bigger than either one if them ever imagined. Times change, situations change, and we all know that money changes everything. What started out as a way to support these beautiful children has turned into a circus. We have seen simular situations before on reality TV.

  We were facinated by this family, because somehow, they seemed to make this unusual and overwhelming situation work. Also, the kids are not only adorable, but they are all so healthy and vibrant.

  Out of respect for their beautiful family, I think that they should take a break while these personal issues are going on. These kind of things are hard enough without cameras. Maybe they (if the kids want to), can pick it up later.

  At this point, I feel mostly for the older girls. Every kid in school not only gets to see every tantrum and tear, but they also have front row seats to what is going on within Mom and Dad’s relationship.

  This whole thing seems very traumatic for the children. Jon and Kate have made quite a bit of money. They will be fine without all of this!

• Well, I think that all of you Kate lovers should go back and read what I posted over 1 year ago on this site. And now maybe you will believe what I said about her. “Once a bitch, ALWAYS a bitch.”

  I know John and his brother Tom, (Tom more so then John) however, Kate was always a bitch, even when she worked at the hospital poeple could not stand her. Now she is crying on how she likes her fans. Well, she should have thought about that when she was treating them like crap. What goes around comes around. And she will get her’s.

• THE ULTIMATE LAST EPISODE:

  THE FAMILY VAN IS HEADING DOWN THE ROAD. THE VIEW IS FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE.

  WE HEAR KATE REPREMAND JOHN. HIS IS REPLY IS: WHY AREN’T YOU WEARING YOUR SEAT BELT? WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE YOU SETTING FOR OUR CHILDREN?

  KATE’S DOOR FLINGS OPEN AND OUT SHE FLIES!!!

  THE VAN SCREAHES TO A HALT. THE TWINS GET OUT, EACH PICKING KATE UP BY EACH ARM. THE REMAINING SIX KIDS EACH TAKE A SHOT AT KICKING HER IN THE SHINS OR ???

  THE SUN SETS, JOHN AND THE KIDS RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET MUSIC PLAYS AND SCREEN GOES BLANK.

  THE END!!!

• I watched the show a few times because they live near
  where I live. Mount Joy, PA is up the road from Lititz, PA.
  I understand from the people who know Kate, have actually helped her with the children, that she is a horrible, over
  controling and terrible to her husband. Maybe for the
  family TLC should end the show. I understand it’s all about
  the money. Maybe 5 shows are enough money for their
  family. Money has a way of spoiling marriages and children.

• Hey lily, lisa is right abt the custody. After all it is all on tape the way she ignores her kids. Remember the episode when she wouldn’t even help one of the little ones in the bathroom. Kate should have thought before having her temper tantrum before the camera.

  • She does not ignore her kids and it’s impossible to be everywhere at once. I have 3 kids and I’m sure there’s places I should have been when my kids needed me, but I wasn’t perfect…doesn’t mean I didn’t try, or love them…and yes…there were melt downs. We watch 3 days of filming – edited by the TLC crew to try and present a 24 minute show. We don’t see what goes on in private or what lands on the editing room floor. If you think the $ister-in-law should have the kids because Kate didn’t help one of the little kids in the bathroom, then that’s sad. Are you perfect and how would you be portrayed to the world if you were filmed and edited?

• Hmm, the custody issue? Right now custody is not what is being investigated. The state is investigating the hours the children work. That would be against TLC.

  I don’t know what kind of a state you live in but here in Pa., they don’t take kids away from parents just because they ignore them or even dislike them.

• Hey anonymous wake up. If your children are being taken care of inapproiately the state will take them away. No one said that custody was being investigated. What is being investigated is the fact of the children being filmed for this show to much, too many days, too many hours. Get it?

  • I’ve had a lot to do with the custody of kids in Pa. Children are not easily removed from parents. GET IT, anonymous.

    In all cases, the court works to keep the children with parents, even bad parents & drug parents. The goal is to rehab the parents and children, not to end a family. Inapproiately? That is the most stupid announcement I have ever heard..roflol, try and tell that one to a Judge. Better yet, try and explain it.

    You just rewrote my exact words…the state is investigating the HOURS the children are working, not if the parents are “inapproiate” ROFLOL..Get it?

• Ok… I love Jon & Kate plus eight. I DONT WANT JON AND KATE TO GET A DIVORCE I WANT THE KIDS TO BE HAPPY~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Last week, I watched the birthday party episode and cried for Jon. I have watched this program for a long time and have noticed how Kate belittles Jon in almost every episode. I just wonder how he lasted that long. I adore the kids and could see how they love their father because he is so calm and so commn sense about any “disaster”. Kate on the other hand is very controlling. Sure I can understand how schedules have to be kept, but trips and trips and trips can cause chaos. Jon handles all the chaotic times with a cool, calm leadership. Leadership that Kate never allowed him to show.

  Most important, Kate spoke of the “mistake” Jon made. She does not even acknowledge the part she played in turning him into a quiet, hurting man. I hope that I will never hurt my husband of forty years in the same way that Kate hurt Jon. Just a small message for Jon, I have put my tobacco down and have send a prayer (Native way of offering a prayer)

  Kate, please take a look at yourself in truth and make peace with Jon by accepting your part in putting him where he is today. I will be praying for you too.

• Yes Kate has been mean and insulting to Jon. No doubt about that but Jon is now acting like a Child having a tantrum. I agree with the person who said that something must have happened around last christmas to set this all off. I just think that Jon should man up and deal with it in a more appropiate way. He should stop pouting and acting like a spoiled child who didn’t get his way.

• Regardless of whether Jon is guilty or Kate is guilty, ultimately what matters are the kids and their lives are changed forever. They are going to be reading these horrible comments about the parents they love. There are no winners in this and the biggest losers are the kids. Their innocence is gone forever. All 8 of the kids are blessings and should not be subjected to this public scrutiny…unfortunately even if Jon and Kate would end the show now, the public is still going to want to know the outcome for the sake of the kids.

  Having been through a divorce myself due to my husband’s infidelity, I had to take my share of the blame in the breakdown of our marriage. It did bother me on the season premiere that Kate was having a pity party for herself.

  May God Bless the kids and Jon and Kate and guide them down the right path for the sake of the family.

• Kate reminds me of Nurse Rachet in ( One Flew Over The Co-co’s Nest), scary isn’t it??
  I say get off the boob tube, take turns watching the kids while the other goes to work thats how real people live.. just maybe you will learn to get along..

• POOR JON!!!!! Kate is horrible. She should not talk to him the way she does. She should watch Michelle on 18 Kids and Counting so she can see how a Mom should act.

• I got sucked into the show over the memorial weekend marathon. I saw how Kate was pretty hard on Jon when the show got started. She is a self admitted control freak and with that many kids I am sure it is amplified. So I get the whole schedule thing. Jon would come home from work and he was in Saturday mode for the most part, so she would get snappy. Did anyone else notice how it became evident when Jon was at home full time? Kate got less snippy and Jon got more snippy with Kate and the kids. (really, did you guys not notice?) Now it seems that Jon has become one of those guys who wants something more then gets it and has a little midlife crisis. (the typical resentment of if my wife brought in more money, if my wife looked cuter, etc) Remember he took her shopping stating her sense of style was bad. Since then she has gotten her style on, written a couple of books to increase their income, fulfilled her obligations promotion wise for those. Now Jon is unhappy that his wife has had success with the books, she has gotten her style on and has more than that 1 shirt in various colors. He has way more help with the older kids now than she had with the younger kids when he was working full time.

  It seems to me Jon got what it was he wanted then realized it wasn’t his wife’s issue that made him “unhappy”, turns out it was his own. 2 words for Jon now MAN UP!

• This is a sad situation, I continue to hear all of this poor Kate on other sites and it sickens me, I used to watch the show, but after NUMEROUS, of put downs from Kate towards Jon. It was obvious that sooner or later something had to give. She has put the man down, screamed and yelled acted as if her was a second class citizen for the last several seasons. Well although I hate it for the kids, GO JON, take your kids out of that mess and raise them to have dignity, self respct and pride!!!

  In todays world child teasing is at it’s worse can you imageine what those kids will go through?

  The whole world watched them potty train, watched them be placed in time out, no child wants an audience when they are being disciplined. I wiahe the best for Jon and the kids, but dont see much changing unless he developed a backbone and puts Kate in her place, He wants to be “just Jon. Hey Jon maybe your kids just wana be themselves too.

  And by the way, KATE can speak at churches etc, but I am surprised that No Pastor has caled her on her attitude and belittling of her spouse. THAT is not what God cals a wife to be. She needs some serious help and I hope the show goes off the air just so those kids can have some normality in there lives, but thats only going to happen if Jon steps up to the plate.

  • Nann,

    I’ve wondered the same thing about no pastor stepping in and correcting her. Or why a brother or sister in Christ has not lovingly taken her aside to show her Scripture about how to treat each other in marriage. I guess everyone wants to be liked more than to really make a difference, by stepping up and doing the right thing (albeit the hard thing).

    They both need counselling. Jon needs to learn to stand up for himself, and Kate needs to learn that her behavior is unacceptable, and horribly destructive to those precious kids – and Maddy.

• Shame on Kate! She is such a B…some people have said she is a “strong woman” and if she were a man no one would fault her. WRONG!! Any person, man or woman would be at fault if they acted this way. She has a strong, obnoxious personality (I’ll give her that) but she is so very weak because she is willing to sacrifice her family for fame, riches and perks. She is a nobody w/out those kids. When the kids are no longer cute and people don’t want to watch them any more andthe cameras are off, how will they deal w/ that? They already have a bratty, psycho brat in the oldest, Maddie (she’s got issues, man!). J and K have supposedly made a reported 10 million from the show. I would hope they have put some if not most of that money in a trust. And by the way what is this talk about not being able to “support” their family? This is assinine: both of them are healthy able adults, Kate is an R.N. she can earn enough to support her family. She has job security as a nurse, but that would mean actual work. Also, by the way if Kate is so “committed” to her kids, why does she always go off on book tours and personal appearances? Stay home and actually BE with your kids!! What silly uneducated person would want to watch her speak or read her book (supposedly written by a ghost writer!). I for one will no longer be watching the show and everybody should stop also, maybe it is the only way from creating a bigger monster in Kate and maybe an only escape from a fish bowel life for the kids.

• I’m not sure if i’m believing all this hoopla. Every news show, magazine and radio station is talking abt this family. Why isn’t jon living above the garage at the house? Why did he mention to one of the girls at the party “do you miss me”? Thought that was alittle odd asking that to a kid. I think TLC is just enjoying the ride. The temporary ride!

  • I’ve watched the show since the first episode as I’m sure a lot of you out there have. I think Kate has changed SO much over the years. It use to be about the kids. Now it seems like it’s about her. I understand she wants to “document” the children’s lives.. but to what expense. Sure, she wrote a couple of books, with a third cookbook on the way. But why does she “need” to be out promoting it? Being gone from the kids for so long? Jon is the one who is home with the kids while she is gone. He did say this was chosen for him, meaning lifestyle. She is SO unbelievably mean to him. I can’t stand it.He is very mellow and laid back seeming to want to just please his wife but she takes total advantage. ANd come on.. all the free trips, free stuff, she meets with Emeril to cook in her own home, in an upcoming episode she meets with Paul Sr from that bike show, and they get motorcyles. COME ON! for her kids.? how is that documenting the kids. or they benefiting from that? they are not ! she it. I think it’s all become about her and the $$$ the lifestyle, she loves it. Jon does seem to be absent from the upcoming episodes though. they don’t even show the dogs anymore. awww Hope she didn’t give them away. And what about this bodyguard she needs? WHo is she the freakin president? who does she need protection from? I just don’t get it. She needs to re-evaluate and see if continuing the show is still in the kids best interest. OH, one more comment. . about Aunt Jodi. Everyone is saying they are getting paid to speak. the morning show where they first came out publicliy denies paying them any money at all!. I think they genuinely care about the children and Kate shut them out of their lives just like everyone else. What happened to Beth? Jons mom apprently he still visits her. no family or friends to speak of. WHy? perhaps because they might get paid and Kate says ” no one makes money off our kids” or something to that effect. Last but not least. Those kids are adorable.. look at what happends to child stars.. I would hate to see similar future for these kids. I wish them all well.. and hope they can really get back to a NORMAL life.

• I’M SADDEN BY THE SELFISHNESS OF BOTH PARENT’S. THEY’VE LIED TO THEIR CHILDREN AND THE FRIEND’S AND FAMALIES WHEN THEY
  DECIDED TO GET MARRIED AGAIN. THEY BOTH SHOULD GO INTO THREAPY TOGETHER. AND THEY CARE ABOUT THIER CHILDREN WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM????

• Well anonymous, you said it all!

• go on people.com I think kate has had implants. When will this women stop?????

  • woman dickhead????

• mushrooms and pie!!!

• i THINK IF THEY WERE NOT IT THE PUBLIC EYE NO ONE WOULD CARE.
  PERSONALY I THINKS IT IS THERE BUSINESS NOT ARE ..
  i SAY TO JON AND KATE BEST OF LUCK AND MUCH HAPPINESS TO YOU BOTH WHATEVER YOU DECIDE

• there are too many opinions out there . i think the gosslins can work this out if people would stay out of the gosslins lives and just enjoy what they have brought to so many lives including mine and my family . the reason for so much lives destroyed is because of cameras watching their every move and things get twisted , rumors start flying , backstabbing , betrayal , deceit . they do the show because it is entertaining to viewers and fans and they have a lot of fans . people always start thinking it is because of greed . it is a no win situation for the gosslins as well as other families . the gosselins do their show about their every day life and so do so many other families . bashing them and others is wrong . think about the children and what this can and will do to them . they are so precious and this is their livlihood . people who talk about people all the time thinks they are saints . this is not bashing but i am so tired of people being drug through the mud even if they make one little mistake it gets blown out of proportion . let this family and others work out the problems they have , don’t destroy them , the children suffer .

  • Totally agree

  • isn’t that what they are getting paid for?no offence but everything for free and your upset over other’s and their views?

• First of all something that may help the situsation is Kate should change her horrible hair style. Next, don’t for one minute think this situation has not already had an impact on your children. You are only fooling yourself & your children’s comments may have already made you realize this. Kate if you had only not been so often criticle of Jon when the cameras were running, he may have not been so hurt. Off the air is fine between the two of you. Both of you calling your children “kids” is awful. Kids are goats, I didn’t raise goats & neither are you, they are children. Jon & Kate, where have your family’s been all this time? Never see any of the grandparents with the children, why?? Only Kate’s brother Kevin & sister-in-law Jodi were brave enough to assist you with the children. Kevin also helped Jon with projects around your house. Jodi was often there to help out & I am sure they were concerned with the welfare of the children, maybe that is why they helped out. Jon & Kate you both have certainly changed since you have been able to upgrade your family. Kate, you the most. I can see you are very happy with the material things you have managed to receive. You are into the show, people & your personal gain. Jon, it appears you have made some terrible choices & if they are not at all true, then get up & try to make up for lost time, as you say, “for the sake of your children.” Both of you are true “fools” if you think this has not touched any of your children at the ages of 8 & 5 years old. Children today are wiser than we think & they are aware, but perhaps have not yet said anything. In the new season birthday party, one of the little girls said something like this to Jon after kissing him…..”Don’t go away anymore Daddy.” Jon replied, “Sometimes I have to go to work.” She is aware of the change no matter how you try to cover it up or what you say. All the children are already hurting & it is up to both of you to turn that around before it is truly too late. Good luck & God Bless all of you.

• i think kate should get the kids they need to be with the mom

  • i thhink ur wrong

• I think that Jon should get the kids, because Kate is a BITCH!!!!!
  She treets Jon like a kid. I think that the whole matter is disguesting. Kate said it all whenever she would continue the show for the money. It’s always about the money!!!!! What about the KIDS?

  • I agree with you totally!!!!

    • me to kates a bitch always telling jon whhat to do leave her jon

  • u r so right it shouldn’t be about the money it should be abuot the kids jon messed up but the kids forgave him kate needs 2 also!!!!

  • I think it is none of our business

• I think it is absolutely disgusting how her BROTHER and his wife (Aunt Jodi) are running to the media acting like they are completely outraged. I think it is funny that jodi was on the show for three years and did not give a care about it until she was denied payment for being on the show. Do you honestly think that if she got paid she would be saying anything to the media right now? Jon and Kate have issues like all families do. Noone is perfect and I feel all those who are putting their two sense in should look at themselves first and if you are without flaws then lecture on. They do have much to fix and maybe it is time to end the show. But to sit here and side w/ Aunt Jodi and her sister who are bad mouthing the mother of the neices and nephews that they love so much thinking this will help and they are not doing it for publicity is ludacris. If they really cared they would handle it within the family and try to honestly fix it. This whole situation is ridiculous and I think it is just how showbiz goes, the public builds you up to tear you down. Not really caring who’s lives it truly affects in the process.

  • Danie,

    I don’t necessarily agree with Jody and Kevin publicly speaking out about Kate and Jon. What I heard was TLC offered Jody money to be on the show and Kate wouldn’t accept that, so off the show and out of their lives Jody and Kevin went. It appears that is what Kate does with people. If only Kate could have unconditional love for family and friends……….

    • That goes further about Jodi and the money. I read long ago, on a site that is no longer around, that Jodi was offered a contract, but she wanted more money, something like 6 figures and the possibility of their own show. TLC was not going to pay Jodi what she wanted, and Kate’s production was slowing down. Kate said just forget it about Jodi, she didn’t want Jodi’s actions to risk their show. The outcome was that Jodi was greedy and not worth what she obviously thought she was, but she’s greedy and still looking for ways to ca$h in.

    • That sounds more like the real story.

  • Totally agree with you

  • i think their marriage should stay out of the puplic.your marriage and sex life has nothing to do with the show he made a mistake so let them work this out in privite.this is supose to be all about a family raising their kids.you dont hear of to many women giving birth to kids like this 2 and then 6 at once.let jon and kate work this out.just remember jon and kate always be there for your kids no matter what the turn out.they need you both.please read the serenity prayer it may help you both get through this.

    • i think no matter how many kids you have, you change. my husband and i had a completely different life and then came 3 kids. we are both stressed with finances and life in general. it happens. is it right to cheat? NO. do both people play a part in it? yes. but if they werent happy with eachother, they should have ended it before all of this.

• aunt jodi i really thought you were a sweetheart but after your interviews i think you and your husband ought to be ashamed of yourself your worse then jon and kate airring their private bus out on interviews and your worried about nthe kids????be ral. your money hungry and jelous and im glad the gollins found out your intentions befor you hurt them anymore.they need to stay away from you and keep those kids away from both of you…you two will say and do anything for a buck and attention for yourself….

• What I think is interesting is Kate’s brother Kevin and his wife Jodi’s sudden stance that they are explioting the kids……..they seemed fine with it when THEY were on the show……….only NOW it is a big problem? and of course they are not getting paid for speaking out… hypocrites!

• Aunt Jodi,
  Butt out! You wouldn’t want people speaking out publicly about your family and butting into your marriage so don’t do it to them. And quit making money off them! Everyone knows you get paid for saying these negative things and how pathetic is that!

  • i think u should go 2 hell

• I think she (Kate) gets what she deserves, a divorce! I think she is an overbearing shrew of a woman, and Jon needs to get as far away from her as possible, and take the kids with him. However, I do think they should continue with their show, how else are they going to afford to raise their kids, neither one of them work. As for Kate’s brother and sister in law, shame on them both! They are only opening their FAT mouths for the money. If any part of what they are spewing is true, don’t you think one of them would have come forward years ago, or anyone that has been involved with the Gosselins? The reason Jody and her “puppet for a husband” are speaking to the media is for the money, it’s that simple. Jody was axed from the show, and this is her revenge. Congrats to all the media outlets, tabloids, news papers etc they stand to make so much money on the collapse of this family, it’s really sickening! This whole mess IS going to effect those kids, who cares right? Who gives a d^^^ what it does to Jon or Kate!

• Totally agree with everyone that can see Jodi, Kevin and “sister” Julie for what they truly are…troublemakers! Those two, fuelled by “sister” Julie, are so toxic and consumed with greed and envy, they would probably say or do anything for a $$$. Hopefully, they’ll all just slither back under their rock and take Jodi’s “sister” Julie with them.

• Glad to see the legal authorities have finally stepped in with an investigation. This is not the only show that should be investigated for exploiting minors so hope the rest of the states investigate the other ‘reality’ shows and not wait for them to have marital problems. These children’s safety and privacy has become a insurmountable issue and something needs to be done to protect them.
  Anyone can raise a family of eight children without exposing the children to the world media. For this particular show, Kate has a marketable degree and should use it as well as the dad. Get rid of the fancy stuff and live on those salaries.

• Aunt Jody has said that the children have told her they do not want to be video-taped constantly. Imagine for a moment how your childhood would have been if it was you on tv constantly. Pooping, peeing, fighting, sleeping, changing your clothes, not speaking correctly, going to the dentist, having your mouth x-rays shown on tv, lying to your parents, etc……. How embarrassing as a teenager. Kate is money-hungry and will not stop even to the detriment of her children and marriage.

• I think people need to stop the all the garbage about them using their kids. What about the other shows on the same station that have MORE children and yet no one is saying that they are using their kids for money. This is crazy. Just leave them be.

  • Well, I think they are exploiting their kids as well. It is actually sickening to see the kids and parents endorsing brand names and stuff. It is blatantly obvious, and you can even tell that the camera crews and such coach the kids to do certain things, and to say certain things. Just because the law has not kept up with the times does not make things acceptable. Spousal rape was still despicable, even when it was not illegal. Laws have not kept up with a lot of things, including the use of children in reality shows.

• I think Kates great..love the kids and wish them the best

• kate needs 2 get over her self and stop being a bitch

• I love one of the comments above that stated that Kate is a shrew! Love it! She is!! Look at the earlier episodes compared to now. She is all about herself. Her children appear to be an afterthought. Especially now with her “book tours.” I’m sure that she will be complaining soon enough that she HAS to do them b/c she is the main breadwinner, no income coming in, blah, blah, blah!!! She needs to do some major soul searching and watch some episodes of herself. Maybe then she will see that she is really just a nasty person. As for John. He’s lazier than the smoke off of a cigarette. Also, little to no spine. He needs to grow some balls, get a job and get his act together. Sorry,but he’s not much of a man. I honestly think that Kate had a plan a long, long time ago. She knew that having these multiples would be her cash cow. I think John was “along for the ride” but when the roller coaster ride didn’t come to a stop, he was ready to bail. However, you can’t tell me that he’s not loving the money just as much. Oh well! I say cancel the show. Let’s see how they get their money then.

• I have watched the show for EVER, I must say that I DO NOT like the way Kate talks to Jon. She said on the premiere that she has felt bad about that. Has she stopped, NOOOOO! I also think if he did cheat, then good for him! only because she is so nasty. I wish them the best and could someone PLEASE tell Kate that he hair has GOT TO GOO< I HATE IT!!!!

• What a hateful Aunt. Perhaps she is childless and does not have enough life experience to know what it is like to raise children (many) 24/7. And then perhaps her only motive is to point some attention towards herself. Since I have six, I feel qualified to respond. What we see is the type of behavior for mother and children in order to get through the day. Yes the mother appears overbearing, but the reality is it takes a super woman to handle that many children and yes some children needs aren’t met daily since there are so many. But in the end when they grow up they aren’t so self centered and are more self reliant than fewer children raised in families.

• Last nights first episode was a little too much Kate. And why did she wear a tank top outside without a coat in March?
  The second episode was better thank goodness. Mady also seems to have improved her attitude some.

• I have watched this family since the very beginning and the struggles they have indured. Jon and Kate renewed the wedding vows last year and “promised they would be together forever”. It is very sad to see this family crumble bit by bit. I have truly admired Jon to be such a loving father and at such a young age,but to me he has changed the dynamics of the entire famuly. No married man should be out to clubs drinking let alone “hanging out” with friends of the opposite sex. Men and women can not be friends as you can see it has taken Jon down the wrong path.Jon does not want to be on the show then fine give up the new sports car,Harley, and week ends away from your family and get your act together and move on or better yet get a 9 to 5. Your wife and children do not deserve to be treated this way. Remember Jon you could be running yourself to an early grave working so hard to provide for the eight children you have, yet your attitude is worse than Kate’s yelling. You are looking at divorce here and it ain’t gonna be pretty. Can’t you see Jon is going through a life crisis or wants to be young again and do the things he could never afford before this show came about. They both need anger management and marriage counceling ASAP. Give up the show and take back your family.

• I hope the state I live in does the right thing for these children. Pa. needs to make new laws concerning these kinds of shows.

  Consider how a 5,6 or 7 year old will enjoy the world seeing them at age 3 1/2 sitting on a pot with their pants at their ankles. If you all have children, you all should consider how the children will feel. TLC has been showing this over & over again for weeks.

  Consider how bad it is for Maddy to see herself. This child already needs help without having the world looking at her. This is not entertainment.

  Children don’t do well in homes where divorce is looming. These children have the TV to see it over and over again in the future. That’s not entertaining, it’s very distructive to these children.

  It looks to me like TLC is breaking up the show in bit & pieces so they can avoid having to admit that these kids are faced with many hours of camera’s in their face. They seem to have gotten the message after destroying the lives of these kids for 4 years. Notice, we don’t see the new bedrooms or the bathrooms, baths or naps, or sleeping.

  It’s time to stop these shows with babies as the subject. You may have thought you were being entertained, but because you tuned in, you were helping TLC and the parents to use these children for money while no one cared about their privacy or what would happen to them in the future.

  • There is an episode, from a few years back, where Jon and Kate just answer questions from viewers. They answered a question then about filming 24/7. They said, back then, that the crew was there 3 days per week and if any of the kids did not want to be filmed, they weren’t. She said they are very respectful of the children’s wishes on being filmed and they are not required to participate. In particular, Maddy and Kara. If you notice, we really don’t see each child in each episode and we certainly do not see all their entire life.

    We don’t see their bathroom or bedroom habits because they are not babies anymore and that has been respected.

    I’ve seen more troubling situations in the different “Nanny” shows, in just one episode, than I’ve seen in the entire 4 seasons of this show.

• I watches the show last week and came away feeling sad. It was as though the sweetness was gone, the joy was gone and the innocense was gone. The detachment between jon and Kate was obvious to me so how must their own children feel. After watching the show last night I started to feel angry. It is awful that God has blessed these two people with these eight little gifts and they have almost become forgotten because of all of the drama that has come about. I have been married almost 23 years and my mom always taught me to 1. fight fair and 2. never take my husbands dignity and I have to say that I feel as though kate had done the opposite. She is however right that we are all capable of making choices and I think that the both of them continue to make the wrong ones. Watching last nights episode I felt as though it was being rubbed in our faces the money that they have now when Kate took Maddy to a spa in California. How many moms wish that they could do that never mind with an eight year old. I was also taught that money is the root of all evil and it hurts my heart that these two have thrown away their walk with the Lord for money and fame! Keep in mind that he can take it away far quicker than he gave it. I was also raised to believe that a woman should raise the kids and that the man should be the head of the household as that is what is important to God. Always remember that you can’t take any of it with you when you die and you have to ask yourselves is it worth losesing my family for? Is it worth a bad reputation? As for Jon, I feel like he is resentful that Kate is touring and being absent but maybe he should get a job (because he claimes that he quit his job because of this show) and take care of his family the way that he should. Remember the moment you become pregnant it isn’t about you anymore! To all of them I wish that they could resolve their problems and get back to the root of what is importand, eight little people are looking to them for the answers and for them to do the right thing. If asked I am sure that all of those children would rather have their parents happily married then to have all the monetary things that they have been given. For those who say that their lives are none of our business keep in mind that when they decided to do this show it made it our business. I personally feel that I don’t want to watch anymore because it is depressing and that wasn’t the intention of it in the first place I am sure. Good luck to all of them and God bless.

• Did you all see the episodes last night? Im so glad to see Maddy getting some individual attention, atleast from one of her parents. I think that has been a lot of her problem all along…. Jon is just out of control…

  There is quite a bit of stuff here about the shows lastnight.
  http://womensthougths.wordpress.com/

  • OMG!! Mady was just a little Kate sitting there!! And Jon out of control? Out of Kate’s control, maybe. Looks like it felt pretty good to him. I think he was totally hot — even all that snow couldn’t cool him off… It’s no wonder the school teacher went for him. Bet he’s learning some sizzling new lessons from teacher… In the meantime, Kate gets a pedicure but doesn’t seem to notice that the only one looking at her in that way is HER! But hey, who needs someone else’s love and adoration when you have SO MUCH for yourself??

• I am keeping them in my thoughts and prayers. It is sad how many of you can be so judgemental. This is not up to any on us. I wish I could help in some constructive say. They are good people. May the Lord bless them with what they need. And I doubt if anyones negatrive comments about either of them help…

• anonymous, just wanted to say you and I share the same viewpoint on children sitting on a potty seat waiting to take a dump while cameras are on them. It should not be done, it’s like being at home with a big picture window in front of you watching the same thing. I also remember the show when the kids had the flu, Kate put them on the laundry room floor to sleep ( she was afraid they might poop or puck) on the bed clothes. She stated they had fevers- so she put them on the floor. THE COLD FLOOR!!!! The so called nurse. I wanted to jump into the TV and smack the shit out of her. Putting babies on the floor to sleep while they are sick, so she wouldn’t have to clean up after them. Then when she got sick she layed in a chair to sleep. I have yet to see any of the children eat off of stoneware/china plates. It seems every meal they have ever eaten is on a paper plate. They are going to think when they get older that paper plates are the norm. They are not!!! Kate has got to be the laziest mother I have ever seen. Anywhere, anytime. What in heavens name does SHE do for her children? The only thing she seems to be good at is making charts. and taking pictures.
  Jon seems to do everything for those children, helps with their meals, gives them baths, dresses them for bed, school, special events and whatever comes along-and all the time Kate is b*tching about the clothes he has picked out for him. On top of that she is sooooo tired all the time— from what she hasn’t done a thing to even work up a sweat. Can’t mess her nails or make-up or miss going to the spa. I have stopped watching Kate Gosselin. She thinks she is the show “THE SHOW”. If Jon calls it a show he is wrong, if she calls it a show it’s A SHOW or should we say part of the season.

  • Oh no paper plates!! Get real that is not going to hurt the kids get a life and go examine your own. You go and try to have 8 kids then you can come on here and bitch all you want

• This is no different then Shirley Temple. The parents got wealthy off the labor and exploitation of children, along with TLC.

  As for Joel being put in the laundry room, the worse part of that was the washer & dryer were pounding away while the poor kid laid on the floor next to them. If I had been the camera man, I would have been fired. I just couldn’t take a photo of a child in that situation.

  Pa. needs to set a standard for these new shows when children are being exploited.

  Don’t buy her books, especially her new cooking book. This person doesn’t cook so why would anyone want a cooking book she is suppose to have written? TLC and Kate need the carpet pulled out from under them. We are the ones who can do that by not watching them exploit these children and not buying her books.

• I think Jody is just jealous because she isn’t going to be on this seasons’ shows. I really really like Jon and Kate and think it isn’t fair how Jody is being soooo mean. Well that’s just my opinion and I could care less if you don’t agree with it.

  • wow….that isnt true…aunt judi is right…and she is the nicest person ever…..but whatever its YOUR opinion

    • just shut up.. YOU need help

  • You must be really naive if you think that Jodi is being mean. And if she is being mean, how do you like Kate, who is truly mean, especially to her husband? I’m sure there is a lot more she COULD be saying that she has refrained from. She wasn’t on last seasons shows, either and I don’t recall season three, but if it was just jealousy I feel like the whole thing would come across differently. As in…she would be blabbing all kinds of secrets, not talking solely about the kids.

• It seems as though Kate has the new look and showing off of her body for a reason. I think she is going through a phase like most women do when their husbands leave. She looks great except for the haircut. When I went through a divorce and my husband left me for a much younger women (20 years) he was 53 it was the hardest thing I ever had to do. I put all my efforts into my child,home and myself and that is what she’s doing because she knows whats coming. People should not judge her especially her family”Aunt Jodi” even though it appears she is cutting you out of her life it could be it is hurtful for her to look back at happier times and easier to move onto something else,I did the same thing. The memories are the hardest thing because it”s all around her ,so she is grasping on to this show for money,fame, attention anything just to keep it together. Kate does like to be the boss!
  I really need to say that Jon dating a 23 year old “teacher” and I use that term loosely, is disturbing . If viewers lived in her school district and know how she behaves their children would be pulled from her class ASAP. Hold onto your husbands girls cause once a cheater always a cheater. Good example to set for the children in her school,don’t you think? The excess drinking alone is grounds for her to lose her job.

  The children are so beautiful and up to the last few episodes I can’t remember them using words to be mean and hurtful. The children know and will start to act out in ways the viewers of the show have never seen before,just wait. I hope God blesses them all and see’s them through this awful time in their lives because Jon and Kate have lost sight of what is important . Love and family!

• Kate is a bitch but shes a good mom and i think that if the gosselin family wasnt in the light they would be able to have a good life and nothing would of happened its stressful to have someone watching your every move and wondering what someone will think.. So i give the best of wishes nad luck to the gosselin family.. they will need it!!!

  • And who put them in that light? They did, and Kate wants to keep them there. TLC needs to turn out the lights and let this family see if they can heal while there’s still time.

• i think kate gosslin is one of the best people i have seen and i think she was mad because you wanted to make money off of thier family! i agree you have been kind to thier family and have not asked for money which is nice, but i dont think they should pay you because you are FAMILY and FAMILY does not ask for money when you help them out

• kate i love you and your family so much i hate that everyone blames you thats not fair and sick of it if you need anything at all i am here i wanna meet you and the family and i have learned so much from you and im sure you here this all the time but really i am your biggest fan thanks for takin the time to read this we love you guys

• Ya, someone said it’s their personal life…HELLO!!! They’re the dingbats whop put their lives out there for everyone to see. I don’t blame Jon if he did cheat on Kate. There is no way in he|| I’d put up with that woman…she thinks the world revolves around her and that Jon is supposed to be at her beck and call. I cannot stand that b|tch….Jon if you can find better, GO FOR IT! SAVE YOURSELF!!!

• I think kate should stop being so bossy to jon

• jon is adorable and kate is loud mouth bossy crab

• it’s great the kids look like jon. he is sweet and kind. kate is soooo lucky to have him. she doesn’t know what she’s losing.

  • yeah she is losing a no good cheater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who is a lame husband

  • yeah she is losing a no good cheater!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who is a loser

• enough is enough!!!!!! TLC should d iscontinue the series….i have watched this series from the beginning when it was sweet..now its all about Kate and how beautiful she can make herself look…send them both back to work and stop the trips, gifts, homes, cars..etc etc…has the Gosselin family heard “we are in a recession…..we cant relate to all her “celebrity” anymore….please…for the sake of the children…make the series go away.

• I THINK KATE HAS BAD HAIRSTYLE JUS LIKE HER ATTITUDE ITS EEFFIN UGLY K’MON (MAKEOVER)

• O YEAH I ALSO FEEL SORRY FOR JON NO WONDER WHY HE IS HAVING AN AFFAIR……KATE IS A AWFUL LADY TO HAVE FOR A WIFE….I DON’T EVEN TREAT MY BABY’S DADDY THAT WAY…..Y? B-CUZ I’M A WOMEN…..KATE SHOULDN’T BE SUCH A HAG…..GOOD LUCK JON!!!!

• I really like Kate and think Jody and Kevin are just out for money and that is why they do interviews. She is just mad because she wasn’t paid for being on the show.

• I feel sorry for the kids. I hope they won’t grow up thinking a life on television is a normal life and most people have to WORK HARD to get everything they have.

• A therapist on Entertainment Tonight said that Kate just needs to be loved and she’s crying for attention.

• Kate should really get a grip, she has pushed away any other family members before the show. When the show first aired my friend and I noticed no grandparents in the picture only 1 aunt and uncle. Oh yeah she had neighbors and an older woman she took advantage of by giving them jobs(she treated these people like her own slaves). Kate believes she is entitled to everything a lot of people have many children, they don’t get the world handed to them on a silver platter. She is just setting the example of being a RUDE,& SELFISH person to these children. Maddy already is a mini Kate if she was my child she would never get away with the brattiness and rudeness she is so well known for!

• KATE GO FOR IT
  YOU CAN GET BETTER

• KATE GOOD LUCK YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN JON

• I adore Kate. She is feisty and strong and I find it interesting that when a man steps out, (or appears to), the strong woman is blamed. Listen, Kate has to be in control as her EIGHT children need her guidance and constant overseeing. It is a hefty job she has and if she gets crabby on occasion, who can blame her? At least she is open and honest and keeps her sense of humor. Listening to gossip, and repeating it is just dumb and reading and believing everything in a tabloid or what “family members” (and I use that term loosely), say for MONEY doesn’t wash with me. Get real people.!! The children seem pretty happy and well fed. If you are so concerned about exploited children, why don’t you donate your time to aid those in Africa who would gladly trade their lives with those Gosselin darlings.

• Well, they had too many kids and as much as we’ve all loved the show, in “real” life it’s not that great trying to raise that many children at one time. Jon should have stayed at his job and as Kate is a wonderful organizer, she should have had the help at home. She has been nasty to Jon, but show me any wife who doesn’t feel like she’s doing it all when your children are babies. Jon has a right to feel the way he does, but he needs to grow up. Maybe after he’s finished playing with all his new friends in the sandbox, he’ll go home and be the father to those eight children who need him in their lives.
  Good Luck Jon & Kate….you’ll need it to make this marriage work!

• I think any of you who think Jodi is a problem and think she should butt out must have forgotten all the times she watched all the children when Jon and Kate had to go do TV Interviews. I vividly remember that Aunt Jodi loved all of the kids and they all loved her. I also remember Kate’s brother Kevin helping Jon out with many projects. I believe that Kate was threatened by Jodi when TLC offered her money to be on the show and that Kate was afraid that Jodi would come off as the nice mom while Kate came off the bossy and controlling mom. Kate would get mad if Jodi was watching the kids and Jodi would give them gum. Now Kate lets the kids have candy and cake and you don’t see her cooking organically anymore. I used to support Kate the first 3 years, but it only takes common sense to see who is at fault here. Kate has driven all of her family and friends away and now she finally did it to her husband. Kate and TLC has ruined this family and now the kids will suffer for it. :^(

  http://myspace.com/gosselinfamily10

• If Kate reads any of the comments about her, on any site, she should realize that at least 75% of the comments about her are derogatory. She isn’t liked at all. This alone should help her to decide to quit this show.

  Some say she is strong. There is a difference between being a strong woman and just being rude. A person can be firm and not be so self-serving. She fails terribly in this category.

  Someone needs to tell her to shut up.

  • i just want to say that i am a big fan of jon and kate and their kids, and truly, they should not be ridiculed by any body nor be judged, i hope they do quit the show and focus on themselves and their family. and i wish them all the best in the future, sending nothing but health and happiness for all of them!

    • dont forget to send kate a kick in the ass!

    • don’t write bad words

    • Shut up idiot!

    • Shut the hell up you idiot!

  • I think you might want to take your own advice and shut up…Kate is a grown woman and will make the decisions that is best for her and her kids…I think that all of you people that have nothing better to do that sit and judge and down-size people need to get a life or manage the one you already have and let her be her. You live and learn.

    • i agree completly

    • I agree too….Sure she is strict and can be rude, but I know people a lot worse than her. “Aunt Jodi” and Kates brother are making themselves look like complete idiots and making it WORSE for those kids in their future. They have no right to go out and rant, they are just looking for their 15 min. of fame. They need to go away and shut up.

    • You also need to go away and shut up!

    • If anyone should shut up and I don’t like that word, but I am quoting you. Where is her family? Where are her friends??? She turned her back on her own family NOW that is PATHETIC..I turned it on last night and turned it right off after1 minute no lie. She insulted someone in regard to the scooter. SHE MAKES ME SICK…

    • you are right. I think kate has changed alot and i do feel sorry for Jon. She is really enjoying the fame and all the freebies.

    • Jon should accept things the way they are or he could grow some ***** and quit looking like a big baby. He is just soaking up all this pity that people are feeling for him and sticking out his bottom lip.

    • Wanna go fishin’?

    • Shut up and go run the sweeper!

  • I can’t watch the show. It truly makes me sick now. Where is Kate’s family? She is going to do the same stuff to her children that she says she’s loves. I doubt that,..She just sees the dollar signs….And sweetie let me tell you that won’t last forever but your family is there forever andever. I think the show should end before it does more damage to the children…

• Kate is very controlling and unwilling to look too closely at herself. It seems that all she does is bark orders at Jon. She is seen having down time, but she doesn’t ALLOW Jon any. As the seasons go on her reactions to everything seem more and more over the top emotional, she really should go to acting classes, she doesn’t come across as sincere. I think she is headed for big trouble as those kids get older and start acting out. She won’t be able to handle the opposition with any kind of grace, and those who oppose Kate….. pay. This will include those kids. She will continue to push everyone away who will not comply with her demands.

  • your truly right.

• What does everybody think of the grey/white haired bodyguard.. Is that Kate’s boyfriend or bodyguard?

  • In her position of fame he is obviously only her bodyguard. I wish people would smarten up and realize that she can’t go out on her own now with the children. Not even for groceries! There are alot of weird and crazy people around. Anything could happen to the children or her if on their own. There are eight children to watch every time they step out the door and if attacked in any way what could Kate do on her own! Stop all these malicious thoughts and start thinking logically.

    • r u serious? have you happen to notice the way shes been dressing since the break-up? HELLoooooooo?

    • He is just their bodyguard. He has worked for many famous ppl and Jon has been pictured AFTER the rumors talking to him and laughing. I don’t know anyone who would talk let alone laugh w/ someone if he knew or thought cheating was going on. Get over it.

    • He probably don”t shiv a get! He wants her gone! So would i !!!!!!! In fact i would pay someone to date her if she was my old lady!

    • Kate is very wrong Jon did somthing nice for her.

  • why did you say that.

  • thats her boyfriend , Jon should just dump her

• I love Jon & Kate. They have beautiful children. Yes, they have had problems, just as any family. I do hope Jon & Kate can work our whatever problems they have. One of the things that concerns me is when they say they are living for their kids. They’re first priority should be each other. After all when those babies grow up, it will be Jon & Kate. As far as the criticism Kate gets, I think she’s doing a fantastic job raising her lil ones. Having multiples takes alot of organisation, planning & discipline. I commend her for having the energy to do that. She’s also looks great and if her working with the TLC show to film her children than so be it. It allows her to stay close to them and their not going to a daycare. The kids being filmed is no worse than any other parent that videotapes their moments. I think what they’re doing is fine. And I pray that Jon & Kate will work out their differences and be one as is said in their marriage vow.

  • I think it is alot of work raising 8 kids. It looks so easy on TV but I am sure we do not see everything. Kate needs to chill out a little and Jon needs to get with the program. Has anyone mentioned marriage counselor?? The only way to get past this if they want to stay together is for Jon to come clean with what he did. He didn’t only hurt his wife…he hurt his children most of all!

  • who are you kidding ? kate is a terrible mother….however if they went by the motto “spoil your spouse and not your children” maybe things wouldnt be this way! meaning…they should spoil eachother and not the kids! whos with me here?

    • no one. She is not a terrible mother….there are so many worse. She is just not the overly loving type. I like Jon from what it seems, but I think he can have his downfalls too. Go babysit 8 kids and see how you feel after. They spoil each other sometimes, sure, wouldn’t you if you could? They give a lot to charities and their children too, don’t judge them w.o thinking first.

    • Shut up DORK!

  • Anothe rperson that has no clue! Imagine that! If you watched the show you would know he dont want to save the relationship! Dah!

• Kelly, I agree with your views.

  Moreover, the people who say bad things about Jon and Kate I think have so much envy in their hearts.

  Every parent has his or her own parenting style. I think those parents who regularly send their kids to tv or movie auditions are much worse.

  just get over the fact that it’s not your family that was offered with a tv show, getting the fame and the money. if this is their way to financially support their family, then fine, let’s respect their decision. let’s just be happy for them. in the end, if something bad turns out to their family because of these choices they are making now, then let them handle it and learn from their mistakes.

  now the cheating is another matter….these stories could probably be just fueled by the media. blown out of proportion. how do we know if those who talk to the media are really telling the truth or just riding on their fame?

  I think Aunt Jodi is ENVY. If it were true that kate said those words about no one else gets paid but them….then it somehow gives one an idea that Aunt Jodi’s motivation (or the sister) for spreading rumors about the family is because she’s not getting what the family is getting.

  But that’s just my view :-)

• This type of envy in families is not unusual. I feel sorry for Kate as other members in a family tend to take their jealous frustrations out on the family that is financially secure. Instead of being happy for the family who has succeeded the opposite occurs. They are only around from the start to try to garnish some of the monetary gains that might blow their way. You have to be more careful Kate who you let into your life and who you ask for help. Help from family members usually comes at a price; not always monetary. Jealousy is a very real sickness and unfortunately family can become your worst enemy when it comes to financial superiority. I learned the hard way and as you and Jon are now learning. Pull back and do more for yourselves; involve less people then there is no one to comment on anything you might do or buy. Help from family always comes at a price and it is not worth it. There are other alternatives; I found them and brought up six children of my own. Become a more private couple for your sake and the children’s also.

• let them fight their problems stop the show untill their better

  • don’t let them stop the show i’m a BIG BIG fan.

• It is time for the show to be cancelled. I have watched the show for 4 seasons and if you think Kevin and Jodi were anything but loving people you need your heads examined! It sure took a long time for Kevin and Jodi to become greedy people like um 4 seasons. They didn’t get anything for helping with the kids. This is true love for your family. KATE WANTS ALL THE FAME AND FORTUNE FOR HERSELF. Her Kids would rather have their parents together then have all that money. But Kate has already driven Jon away and someday the kids will resent her to.

• I’m with you 100% Patti.

• Kate is bossy and treats jon like one of her kids. That episode where kate yells at Jon in the toy store was very embarrassing. They stress the time out for discipline, but their kids still whine and interrupt while their parents are talking. Mady needs to be taught that she is a child and needs desparately to be put in her place. when these kids become teenagers, they are going to be a handful.

• I just watched an episode where Kate took Mady and went on the little retreat together. Being a mother of 4 children I 100% understand the need to provide individual attention to each of your children, so I commend them for that.
  On the other hand I must admit that as much as I didn’t want to feel negative about the show I could not help it. It seems that little Mady is a replica of her mother, as they both seem slightly narcissistic.

  I see the peaceful attitudes of both Jon and Cara to be refreshing and sincere. It seems that what Kate is breeding in Mady is going to become an issue for this little girl as she ages. I hope Kate understands that although the rest of her children are doing well with the show, and seem to be okay children. Mady has gained nothing but negative attention. I just felt that the whole Mady and Kate moment as wonderful as it was, was missing something special, and sincere. They both seem over the top and dramatic. I honestly was rooting for them, but could not help but get the vibe of two very selfish, self absorbed individuals. I have four children including a pre-teen daughter and I am that source of reality to keep my sweet girly grounded. I feel sorry for Mady, too bad all the money in the world won’t buy you a better mother. Please Kate keep the camera’s away from the special moments, they are your private time with your daughter. Trust me you can’t put a price on that. Also, I wish she would stop with the over-the-top dramatic screaming over trivial things, it is very silly and I feel embarrased for her. I wish their family lots of luck, and hope Jon and Kate’s marriage can survive this.

• people just need to stop doin this to jon and Kate’s family its wrong for the kids to have to go threw this. And a possible divorce is hard on anybody but all this media just makes it harder 4 the kids and thats wrong. someone everyday is goin threw family problems are they goin to film them too. these paparazzi people need to get a life. i love jon and kate and i hope they get threw this okay

  • I agree. Every marraige has its problems, especially an unique family like theirs. I agree that Kate is sometimes hard on Jon, but he married her for a reason, and despite her controlling and agressiveness, she’s a beautiful woman that is dedicated to her family 100%. People criticize her for getting plastic surgery but after bearing 8 children if I could afford it I would want some of my beauty back,too. There’s always dirt to be revealed in any family. No one should judge anyone before looking at themselves.

    • Ok! I looked at myself! I bet she is one nasty looking hag with her clothes off! Nasty stomach and stretch marks everywhere!!! Yucky!

  • Do you mean “through”?

• hopefully tonights show will be more of the “family show” that we are used to. Although kate i’m sure will give a few “dig” as she has done this season, it will be nice to see the kids happy and having fun even if it is with emeril. Perhaps he will sign Kate on to be a permanant on one of his shows. She will love the attention and of course the$$$ that goes with it. Unfortunately that’s what she’s all about.

• My opinion of being a strong woman and being just plain rude is , not yelling in a public place such as a toy …..”hello” who does this? Someone who is self obssesed ! Who freaks out over some ice cream dripping on their kids clothes in the summer ? She (Kate) totally freaked out at Disney over that ice cream. She has Jon shower the kids , put them to bed, get them up , make the beds ( he does it best she says) comb their hair, get them on the bus, sweep the kitchen floor. She has had someone fold the laundry , put it away . What the hell does she do beside complain , correct Jon’s english in interviews , cook, and whine about how tired she is. I wont watch the show anymore, I for one have had enough. I hope those kids will be ok and have healthy lives. God Bless the 8!

  • You are right on the bulls eye my dear!

• Seems every time someone says something nice about the dogs, Kate offers to give them to them — and even follows up with “seriously, take them…” What’s that teach the kids? To get an animal or two, then don’t give a damn about them? I wish someone would take her up on it and take the dogs to a home where they could be loved while there’s still time. Stupid bitch…

  • get real she is just kidding!! people love to pick everything she says or does appart give her a break! i don*t necessarily agree with everything that she or jon do who is not innocent in all of this. i think people need to leave them alone and let them try and work things out. i hope they can work all of this out and be a family again. i really like both of them and their addorable kids.like everyone they are not perfect their stuff is just very public and sometimes blown out of proportion. people need to stfu and let things calm down for their sake and their children!

    • She is NOT kidding and she has said so several times. I can “give her a break” about a lot of things, but be real — no one deserves a break for every single thing they do. Open your eyes! I too hope they can let things calm down and see if they can work out their marital problems, but the only way that’s going to happen is if they get off the damn TV and get serious about it. When you put yourself and your family on a reality show, you invite the critics along with the fans. The only ones who need to stfu are the ones telling other people to stfu.

      Wonder where the dogs were this week? In a cage somewhere, out of Kate’s hair? Out of sight, out of mind… Did you notice that when Emeril told Kate to let Jon talk, she smacked him with a spoon? Old habits die hard…

  • How about they keep the dogs and give Kate away?

  • who do you think is spending a majority of the time cleaning up after those dogs. I’m sure she is making the children do some but she must still have to tell them to clean up after them. I am not a dog lover so I agree with her.

• Kate is a mentally ill.
  Jon is a fake, liar and has not liked Kate
  for a long ..long time. When he started working out..worrying about his weight..getting hair plugs & new car ..new clothes. &etc. these are typical middle age crazy
  things all cheating husbands do. They worry about looks, weight, clothes…start riding bikes, taking vitamins & etc.
  Men follow a pattern when they start cheating with a younger woman.
  The show needs to be canceled!
  Jon, Kate & Matie need a psychiatry to help them.

• what a bitch! i would have had her fitted for cement shoes and would be taking her out fishing on a boat!

• Jon worried about his weight because Kate kept making fun of him. She insisted he get the hair plugs for her like she got a tummy tuck for him. Maybe if she would have shut her mouth he would now be a fat, bald happy man and she would still have a husband.

  I didn’t watch the show. I read that the show is no longer about the children but about Kate, TV stars who visit and new adult toys. Time to cancel this poor excuse of “Jon & Kate plus 8”.

  • Well if it was Kate’s idea for Jon’s Hair, then who’s idea was it for Jon to get BOTH ears pierced in the seperation episode. Jon needs to man up and grow up. He’s so very young and fatherhood is to much work for him. The show needs to be cancelled. They have made more than enough money to support the kids. I have enjoyed watching it but can’t imagine how the next 40 episodes will play out.

• I’ve thought about this. If I had 8 kids, and was struggling to support them (well, I would never have 8 kids, sorry, because I know I COULD NOT SUPPORT THEM), and someone approached me to do a television show that would give my family stability, I couldn’t say no. And I doubt any of you would say no. The problem here is not the “show”, the problem is that the more shows they’ve done, the more money they’ve made. The more money they’ve made, has allowed them more free time, more toys, a bigger, more expensive home, and now the entire premise for why the show was created is gone. They are no longer a down to earth family struggling like the rest of us. The money did not turn Kate into a monster, she has always been like this. It’s just that before, she had less money. THE KARDASHIANS are more down to earth than they are now! And, the reason they get offered so many freebies is the FREE advertising on the show. It’s a small price to pay to have your business on national tv. Remember the episode where Jon said he had to do some “work” on the internet before they left, and then showed an Allstate website? It’s called advertising and marketing. The whole show is about making money now. Personally, I don’t want to watch other people who have the opportunity to buy a million dollar house. SORRY, I’m not jealous, but I’d rather watch someone and be able to relate to someone who is in my boat (I don’t have the money to maintain the haircut that Kate says EVERYONE NOW WANTS- BAH!). Hey, if I had the money, I’d get my hair done just like her, no one should attack her for having the money to be fashionable! But I’m not interested in watching her snitty attitude, something she ALWAYS had, and watch her emotionally and mentally abuse her children. Guys, the best thing to do is stop watching it, and boycott the businesses who condone this. Let the network know that we are NOT WATCHING.

• The last show I watched was the opening…where Kate took Maddy for alone time. I’ve seen people on here say they were happy to see Maddy get that time.

  It made me very sad to see her dragged off to the spa. Kate said we had a great time at the spa and shopping. No normal 8 yr. old would ask to go to a spa for her special time.

  Then we got to see the beach scene where well dressed mother sat in her beach chair in sunglasses while Maddy shifted a little sand around.

  What we didn’t see was a laughing, smiling child jumping waves with her mother or a mother helping to make a sand castle … or a trip to an amusement park, eating cotton candy. No wonder this child is so messed up!

  We did get to see at the end when Jon was explaining how one of the boys dropped the toilet tank lid and broke it…first Kate jumped in..YOU DIDN”T TELL ME THAT, and then Maddy jumped in..YOU DIDN’T TELL ME EITHER….okay, now Jon is suppose to not only answer to the adult boss but also to the mini boss…..that is the last time I will be a part of helping Broadzilla Kate earn more money and TLC continue to get high ratings at the expense of these kids.

  The sad thing is I used to enjoy lots of TLC’s shows, but now they are shoving Kate reruns down my throat everytime I turn it on…so I am now tuning into HGTV or Bravo.

  • i dont blame at all

• I’ve only watched the show a few times and did catch the first episode of the new season. Here’s what I think, somone has to wear the pants in the family and keep it moving forward and in this case it seems to be Kate! Thank God for her intuition and straight up back bone. Poor Jon he quit his job as an engineer or whatever to do the show, now he can go back, the economy is so great, knock yourself out and GOOD GOING Kate, you’ve made enough through the show and your books to support yourself and 8 children. Your strength and fortitude will allow your children to live a good life and get a great education which is something they will have forever. You see, I too created a good life with my now ex, 17 years and when I met him all he had was debt during our marriage he was perfectly happy not knowing how the bills were getting paidand I worked 2 or 3 jobs, he didn’t even once ask. I continued to work full time, set him up in his own business as well as run the “family” business. When we reached close to 1 million in net worth he dcided that I was no longer capable of handling everything and wanted the control back…I told him he couldn’t have it, needless to say I had a decision to make…that was LEAVE. Reading some of the blogs on how you are demanding and micro managing Jons life puts knots in my stomach. Does Jon think he’s this new star come into the public eye. Look at the car he was driving, would he be able to afford that with his salary and eight kids to feed? Please, he is pathetic and spineless, things are good now, he has money and status and now he has a problem with his identity not bein his and looking for freedom from Kate and the kids. He has shown he has no desire to work it out, he was so disconnected, why put everyone through that torture… I didn’t. When it was time to end it, it was time. Move on with your life Kate and the lives of your children, do everything you can to earn enough to keep them in the lifestyle you have come to know. If push comes to shove KEEP EVERYTHING! Pay Jon what he was worth when he came into the marriage and add 20% for his services. Make amends with your family if possible, it’ll benefit the kids.
  I SALUTE YOU AND ALL MOTHERS who have made it!

  • Jon inherited a lot of money from his Dad..the ortho doc. Maddy was taken to that office for her braces because Jon knew the dentists.

    Your not only a bitter woman but stupid too. Kate didn’t earn that money on her own. What doesn’t go into an account in trust for the children belongs to both Jon & Kate, including the house.

    The children love their father. If they divorce, that doesn’t mean he is divorcing his children, just the broadzilla Kate.

    Your right though, Jon did quit his job for the show and would have to be compensated for it. Didn’t matter who wrote the books. As long as they are written in the marrige about the family, Jon and the kids share in too.

    Most of all, TLC needs to end the show. There is nothing worse then documenting all this saddness for the children.

    • Thats a BIG “AMEN”

    • why doesn’t everyone start bitching about all the other reality tv shows out there. How about little couple, they are trying to have a baby, but honestly is it right for them too. or 18 kids and counting, that’s alot of kids getting home schooled. or 12 at the table or something like that. jon and kate aren’t the only ones out there!!!!

  • Mary… first off, you need to watch more than a couple of shows to base your opinion of Jon. If you did that you would know that he came from money… Kate did not. His father, who was a pretty well off dentist dolled over the twins until his passing just after the tups were born and left them over 30K in inheritance money. So actually, she hit the jackpot marrying him, not vise-versa. If you had watched “more than a couple of shows” you would have seen Jon doing the brunt of the work involving the kids while Kate is barking orders and rolling her eyes because he is not doing it her way. One can only take being belittled and humiliated, not only on public television but behind the scenes for so long before they become “broken souls.” If he were doing to her what she does to him he would be blasted all over the media for being abusive and probably would have CPS on their doorsteps. If you watched more than a couple of shows you would see that she has changed which is why Jon wanted to stop doing the show at the end of season four…. because he saw the effects it was having on his family!

    You can say that he knew what he was marrying but if you watched “more than a couple of shows” you would see the video footage of their honeymoon and before and know that she was a very childish and nieve woman with not many life experiences. Ask yourself, since you have based your opinion off of only a couple of shows why the majority of polls are vouching for Jon despite him being the one accussed of an affair. It’s because she is a Narcissist to the highest degree. He is more grounded, level headed and will let the kids be kids. Money isn’t everything. At the end of the day you will leave this earth with the memories you’ve made, not the millions!

    • You get a “Gold” star! I Love You! He who dies with the most toys or money,still dies!

• When i see women on here side with Jon,it leaves no doubt in my mind that Kate is the real problem here! Thank You all you honest women for setting things straight! Kate is obviously way,way out of line!

• freddy- A big thank you to you for saying thank you to all of us girls and women who believe that a man should have our respect and gratitude for who they are. Kate drove Jon away and she has no one to blame but herself. I hope he gets custody of the kids when they divorce. You just can see by Jons actions he doesn’t want to be with Kate anymore. He deserves someone better!

• Just have to say I love Freddy…….. you crack me up!!!

• Keep it real…..I love you too!!! Lol Thank You ! I speak the truth…the whole truth and nothing but the truth! I swear! Everyone should thank the moderators too for not removing my comments!!! much appreciated! this site is this shiznit!

• Hey my kids all call Kate “Rathead” because her hair looks like a rats nest
  They say “Rathead and Eight” are on

  • Gotta’ love it!

• Hey money has to be split 50 / 50 just like in any divorce – Kate could not have made the $ without Jon lets be fair – if it was the reverse thats what would happen !!

• I am just so sad by the events of such a popular TV reality show….unfortunately in my opinion the kids are the ones who will suffer no matter how Jon and Kate try to protect them now. With all the rumors and news media daily it sickens me really.
  Let they be in hopes that they can resolve their marriage differences. As we who have been married a long time knows, it is hard hard work and no person is perfect…..all this publicity can only cause bitterness and more damage.

  • I would have to say that Jon has thrown in the towel. I cant blame him! She will never ever change and who the hell would want to live with her? Cummon!!!! Shes mean and bossy! Plain as the big honkin’ nose on my face!

• It’s time for the plug to be pulled on Jon and Kate Plus 8. I’ve watched it from day one because it was entertaining. But Kate is too rude, too demanding, and always needs to have the last word. Jon needs to grow a spine and give her a piece of his mind. They both need to go to counseling to see if their marriage can be saved. But all of this needs to be done off the air for the sake of their children.

• Jon keeps saying it’s “their” business and he’s right, it is if they keep their business behind closed doors. When you take your business to the street and try to use it to make money, then it becomes public. Can’t have it both ways buddy!

  Maybe TLC should change the name of the show and not use the kids. They could call it “What not to marry”

• I’m pretty sure they have signed a contract and they may lose out bigtime on the cash and benefits if they break it. They may even get sued or something of the sort if they breach the contract. Just guessing. Or else i would think they would have pulled the plug on this show by now! This is exactly the kind of thing the producers want………..meaning keep the tape rolling no matter what ! After all,it’s a reality TV show! This is “REAL LIFE” drama! Some people watch with more intent now moreso than when things were “normal” I for one am interested in seeing what happens! I just wanna “mute” it though because i can hardly stand to listen the the “biotch”!!!!!!! Dude does definately need to grow a spine though! I very much agree!!

• I have always thought Kate was very bossy and overbearing when it came to her husband. You can tell by the look on Jon’s face that he is not happy, but Kate is. If she was really thinking about her children and marriage she would say enough is enough and be done with the whole thing. The bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil and this whole thing has certainly turned very evil. When you go from clipping coupons to not have a budget at all it can turn you very selfish, self centered, snobby, and all the other ugly things. I pray Kate eyes are opened and she soon figure out that you cant put a price on true happiness.

• There was a good reason why God did not let Kate get preg. the natural way and now we all can see why! He knows beginning to end and now the kids will pay the ultimate price. Jon said he didn’t want anymore kids after the twins but we all know that what Kate wants Kate gets. But Jon should have said no because there wouldn’t have been anything she could do about it. For those of you who feel Kate cares about Jon and the kids and there immediate families ,watch the reruns, then blog your opinions,because Jon and all of Kates family and friends have been nothing but supportive of Kate and all her selfish needs. I’m not rich but I try to do things for my family and friends , my mother had lots of kids and she still found time to help others without complaining. When have you seen Kate do anything for anybody without complaining. Jon loved to see the kids have fun, get dirty and not worry about it like Kate. My mother wanted her kids to enjoy being kids that’s why she had a washing machine. Kate has many washers but for the life of me I don’t know why when she never lets them get dirty.

• iWOULDNOT WANT TO HAVE HER FOR A NURSE! ugh,i WATCHED BUT NOW,TO SHOW MY GRANDCHILDREN HOW NOT TO ACT!jUST GOES TO SHOW U CAN’T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A COW’S EAR’SHE IS PSYCHOTIC! MADY IS A REPEAT.LORDY,i AM FINISHED,SORRY SHE ALIENATED HER FAMILY,ESPECIALLY,AUNT JODI. SHE I WOULD WATCH SHE IS KIND & LOVING.MONEY IS HER GOD KATE!!!!! lOTS OF PRAYERS.

• I’m not watching any of their shows. I hate having something shoved down my throat. They are poor excuses for parents. I’m watching Bravo, Life time and HGTV. Everytime you tune in to ANY of the shows they did, it’s money in the pockets of TLC…why do you think you can no longer turn on TLC without a rerun or an up coming show being on or advertised.

  Stop watching the shows and the kids will be much better off! We control the ratings and now it’s our fault if the show continues.

• I have watched since the beginning. I have been annoyed with Kate’s behavior toward Jon since early days. Kids need to learn respect for parents. That is pretty hard to do when one parent is continually belittling the other. Since she was first on the show, Maddy has been moody. A lot of young children can be but when you are part of a family you need to learn that it does not rotate around you. She has never been made responsible for her attitude–much like her mother. I had watched initially to see how big families cope. I guess I wanted to learn some tips on economy, organization and how big families cope. I didn’t want to watch a show where nannies took care of the children, no one needed to budget and mothers became more interested in themselves than their spouses and their children. Let’s be honest, we all need money but when it becomes God than it is time to change our ways. I am sorry for the family and hope that the show is canceled as no matter what happens they need some privacy. Too bad they don’t seem to know that and the public does. Years ago the Dionne family was badly criticized for the way they dealt with having multiple children. They tried to secure a financial life for them but family life was ruined as was the lives of the quints. You would think decades later, people would be smarter. I guess not.

• i think that everything is being blown out of porportion. i think thee is two three and four sides to everything
  people will see certain things differently. when you are a mom it doesn’t matter if there is a man a husband in the picture. you feel alone when you tend to everything yourself all day. she had eight kids to take care of guys. i am barely ever in a good mood after the whole day with two. the husband is helpful but how much does he have to be asked before we saw him doing something. being on camera and in the spot light fools people by not being able to fit everything that makes sense in the show. nobody sees what goes on behind closed doors so to speak. not every aspect was shown. jon seems to be the victim in ways but lots of lazy in some. he has always had to be asked to do stuff. that in itself is very frustrating when they know it has to be done but won’t do it til they are asked. i think most woman understand because we know what its like to be moms and feeling frustration and what it is like to have a man. its like having another child cause you have to tell them what to do. i think kate has actually shown great restraint and i don’t kow why people are bashing her. I can tell you this jon plays it well but he is not the wounded animal. funny how men are the ones who only see jons perspective and don’t see hers. and the women who see jon as the injured party either don’t have a clue of the frustrations being a mom or want to sleep with him…..lol….i think being any mom is like being a single parent cause the mother usually does everything or spends so much more time with them that they have too. i did not write this to be mean or rude. it is simply a perspective from a mother in a relationship and kkids who understand.

  • I raised 4 kids alone, am 63 and don’t want to sleep with Jon. I happen to be a woman who see’s Kate as a poor excuse for a mother. I worked a mans job, and spent a lot of time loving my kids. I did ALL the work around the house, alone.

    I don’t remember ever seeing Kate do anything for the kids. Jon gave the baths, dressed them, sat them at the table, bibbed them…and they had a cook…Kates on camera “cooking” was a set up. Neighbors did the wash and folded & ironed it. Kate made lists, demands and if she had anytime for the kids…it was for the girls only. Do you remember her saying..boys are born men..yuck…and making an awful face?

    She NEVER had 8 kids to care for…everyone else did that. I for one would never jump in and do anything for a peron with Kate’s personality…it would be wrong no matter how hard I tried. Jon knows his place..jump when you are told to jump only.

    The show was about the kids…the 6 kids. The twins would not have made a show that anyone would have been interested in. Without the 6 babies, there was no show. We don’t have to see every minute to conclude that things have changed, and not for the good.

    The show is no longer about the kids. It’s about stars showing up and the toys they can buy now. Who wants to watch that? If I want to watch Emil, it won’t be on Kate’s show. I didn’t see the lastest and won’t see it…I’ve tuned them out.

  • Hey lady! I think first of all you need to go back to school to learn how to type and or spell!!! Second,you need to go to the cement shoe maker with “Kate the waste” Third.I raised a son of my own by myself from 6 years old and he turned 25 on Monday,June 8th. Apparently you have never watched the show?! There is absolutely no excuse for the mean,loud bitching that goes on constantly during the show which you know damn well goes on when the cameras aren’t on! My sons mother needed a constant reminder as I’m absolutely sure you do as well,to run the sweeper and wash clothes! Let me know when you get your new shoes and we can go fishing!! OK? Your so far off on this that it pisses me off like you don’t even know! Hey Look! I can spell and you can’t! I bet your hubby feel like he has another child in the house to watch and clean up after! If your so tired after watching only 2 children…maybe you shouldn’t have laid on your back a spread you legs! The women on here that favor Jon have the story straight! You don’t!!! I think it’s time for you to go get your G.E.D. What did you cook for dinner tonight? Burnt grilled cheese sandwiches? I thought so! Hit the road! How bout it ladies?

• Why would Kate wear a skirt while doing a motorcycle show? She just craves the attention.

  • You got it my friend! She needs to see the shrink and get on some meds like this other waste up above!!!! Her and “Kate the waste” I bet “Kate the waste can’t spell BOB either!!!

• Sha- I agree with 63 year old anonymous. Ive watched for 4 seasons and Jon was always the one who wanted to spend more time with the kids when Kate had her little projects lined up,like carving pumpkins, they weren’t done yet and Kate was yelling at Jon to help her get the mess cleaned up. He said they weren’t done yet and she said I don’t care you know how I am and I can’t stand this mess. The most important thing is to spend quality time with those kids, and Jon likes to do that. There are always going to be different opinions on this subject, but the truth Sha is Jon was the one being ordered around by Kate everyday. My mother would have never disrespected my father like that, she had 6 kids and always found time to get things done. Jon loves the outdoors so do the kids, Kate has said shes not an outdoor person. Jon is not lazy and if you have watched every episode I suggest you watch them ALL again and journal your findings. I think you will change your opinion on who is lazy and who is not!! Jon saw the importance of taking time to smell the roses.

• I also agree w/ the 63 year old lady. I’ve watched since the very first episode, but I finally can’t stomach another show. This week when Kate struck that “look at me” pose on the interview sofa, I had to have a conversation with myself as to why I torture myself watching this silly bitch. It hasn’t been entertaining in a very long time, and I guess it was just habit to tune in. No more. I pushed pause on the DVR, then erase, and it just felt soooo damn good to be free of this disfunctional family once and for all. If anything noteworthy happens, I’ll hear about it on the news or read about it in a blog. Jon & Kate made enough money long ago to support themselves (and then some), the state of PA has guaranteed the kids’ college educations, I’m sure they have a nest egg, and with all their fame has cost them, they still persist. Looks like enough will never be enough for them. I wish the kids all the best and hope they haven’t suffered too much harm at the hands of their now obviously greedy parents.

• They name streets after people like Kate – ONE WAY!!!

• Yep! they name booze after people like her too!! “MAD DOG”

• 63 blogger you said it all. It’s all about the stuff.

• Freddy and Larkin- You two should be comedians. Freddy you are always funny. Larkin this is your first comment on here but keep it coming. Sha you don’t stand a chance here with those of us that have Kates number. Why do you think our world is in the mess its in? Its because witches like Kate are not letting men be men. She didn’t put a skirt on till after Jon was sick of her. I like watching orange county choppers and when I saw how Kate reacted to riding on the bike with the dad and didn’t want to touch him because he was sweaty, I thought what a puke. Everytime someone does something nice for her and her family she has to complain. I would be more afraid of catching a germ from hugging Kate then a sweaty old man!!

• Jon & Kate Gosselin have done nothing more than to exploit there children for there own personal financial gain, not considering the safety of there kids because fame and money means more to them.
  Jon & Kate are perfect examples of cheating the system and that of there taxpayers. They chose to have these babies but relied on the public to donate and support them……it’s ridiculous!!!!
  These parents set no example to anyone and it’s amazing that the public boosts there ratings by watching this show….I can tell you that the kids are the ones suffering and caught in the middle….it’s sad that anyone would support this show or the book sales/signing of Kate’s book tours. Jon & Kate are famous for WHAT???? being parents of multiple births……….What a joke!!!!!

• I’m sooooo sick of these people! I can even tune into the news to see how Iran is holding up without a story about this family being the joke of the day.

  First she drinks water and won’t let the kids have any then she hits leah, the smallest of the kids, pushes her away screeming and walks off with her coffee in hand.

  There is also a lovely photo of Kate with the cops…she doesn’t look so cute when she’s in a rage….I live in Pa. Someone, have the good sense to shut this show down for the sake of the kids!

• Kate is absolutely hateful and all about Kate. Watch and/or read her interviews, the number of times she says “I” is amazing. She gives no credit to anyone, but herself. She keeps going on and on about how she will go on as a single mother and everything is for her children. The single mother thing is a joke. Celebrities, even “D” listers, aren’t single mothers like the rest of the world. They have nannie, cooks, cleaning personnel, etc. It makes me sick to hear her act like she is some poor about to be single mother that has to sacrifice for her children. Her children are her income, that’s why she’s a mother first.

• I just loved the show and now i wont watch the show anymore taht is all I will say. Too Much Drama, whats happening to aunt jodi and what Kate has been doing they are both in the wrong thats just my opinion!!!!!!!!!!!They both have eight children together and to continue a show of them leading seperate lives i just dont know if I want to watch.

• I always said that I thought they were spanking the kids and that Time Out doesn’t get them to act as well as they were, except for Maddy ofcourse… Here is some more.. And I heard they are going to make some kind of announcement this comming Monday.
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• I’ll wait and hear their “announcement” on Fox news. I’m not tuning into their show ever again. Tuning in to keep hearing all this junk only prolongs the ratings and keeps the kids in the public eye where they don’t belong.

  • If you want the accurate account, don’t wait for it on “fixed noise” — tune in to some real news.

• I thout Kate was afraid of getting hurt by taking crazy chances. So, why is she riding a motorcycle?

• All I know.. is that I woudl not want my whole entire live critisized by everyone on this earth!! We are all human.. we all make mistakes.. give it up.. geesh.. My sister in law beats my neice.. now they dont talk to us because we tried to get them help.. should I be nailed and stoned for doing so.. how many of us parents spank our kids?? hello.. give it a rest.. life is not fair.. we either do things and care for children from our heart.. or we don’t…

• Kate is in it fo kate, when has she ever done anything to help another person? Beth was very good to them where is she now? I don’t think the kids constant crying and fighting is good behavior, Kate’s rudenss is a poorexample to those kids.

• Jon and Kate
  If I was mother to either of you I would put you over my knee!!
  After that beautiful vow renewal ceremony, in your words Kate, assuring the kids you would always be together, what now?? Can they trust you anymore? Shame on both of you. Kate you must be a real gem to live with. As for me, I will miss seeing those adorable children but I’ve had enough of the two of you.
  Grandma P

  • I agree, the renewal ceremony was wonderful – they need desperately to put their marriage and family before everything else!The mony they have already made os more than most of us would see in a life time, so enough already and work on the family!!!

    • In my experience, almost everyone I’ve ever known, that had a renewal of vows ceremony, split up within a year…its like they’re desperate, and hoping that will somehow magically make everything better…

    • you know Nancy – come to think of it – you are rigght. My cousin and her husband did the same thing – renewed vows and whan she left him for another guy the next year. Never thought of it as a desperate act but you seem to be right.

  • I feel exactly the same way Pat !!

    I thought TLC was the learning channel .. not the ” bad behavior and gossip” channel.

• i beleive Kate should donate every penny that was donated to her while she was in need she is selfish and rude and beleives everything should be given to her. She would not be feeding a family of 10 organic had it not been for the kids. Oh ya the kids!!!!maybe some one should attend to there needs all they do is fight /cry/wine let them live there childhood in private.

• okay look, you guys really need to leave the gosselin family alone……they are trying their best to raise their kids…….yes i know they are having major issues wit their family right now but so do a lot of families. just think, if one of you guys had that many kids, you would want all the money you could get to raise them right? jon and kate wasnt their kids to be anle to explore the world just like a family of 4. so just let them be they dnt need any more problems.

  • well guess what, My husband has a good job, but we can’t afford holidays – or half of what they do!

    • they chose to have their lives video and be in the public eye if it wasnt for us they wouldnt have the fame and money now they want to be private?

  • HATERS…you are an illiterate fool!
    They don’t need to be on t.v..that is half the problem..the other half is their surge in wealth in a short period of time. Basically if you don’t work for it and earn it..you don’t appreciate it. Kate is a greedy bag and needs to take a step back…stay home with her brood and get the hell off of my t.v and out of my face at every friggen magazine at the grocery store…we get it , you’re a rich bitch….and your kids are not even that cute( my kids are 1/4 asian as well)Unfortunatly they are going to grow up to be ungrateful bone heads like thier parents….Good riddance to old rubbish!!!!

  • The Gosslins need to give themselves a break and get off the television. Like you said .. they are trying their best tor raise their children.

    I imagine a huge amount of stress exists when parents are trying to raise 2 sets of multipules. Much more than most people will ever know.
    So Kate … why put your family in jeaopordy by demaning that they be filmed approx. 40 episdes a season … non stop since Aug. of 2005 ?????

    TLC is The Learning Channel … not the
    ” Gossip and bad behavior channel !! “

• I hear they are worth 10 million….They better set up a fund for counseling because those kids are gonna need it. What mental health problems they didn’t inherit from Kate, they’ll get from Kate using them, avoiding them and running their father into another womans arms.

• This hoopla is all a stunt for ratings. And money for kate!

  • You’re right…don’t tune in tonite just to make Kate and TLC get more money in their pockets….Tomorrow they will be all over the news anyway and will know their big “family Plans” without adding to the ratings.

    Protect the kids…make the ratings drop and get them off the tube!

• I think the announcement tonight is going to be that they are going to stay together for the kids. Jon did an interview on TMZ and said that he doesn’t see the 23 year old teacher much and he doesn’t go out to clubs anymore that he learned his lesson. He said that he doesn’t know where kate is. He was home caring for the kids. I think that this whole think is a fake for the ratings.

• Anon,, that is what Ive been saying from the very beginning!! And everyone has been saying I am crazy! And it wasn’t really an interview… I think they P people caught him at the front gate when he went to sign pictures of the girls for the teenagers that came by and yelled Happy Father’s Day to Jon…. But it was a good video..

  If they are so concerned about their privacy and people not watching them like the other day when Kate spanked one of the kids. Why do they keep doing everything in the front yard? They have acres to do stuff in and a huge back yard and a huge pool… Why don’t we ever see them there or in the pool?
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  • If it were to ever come out that they’d put those kids through all this publicity (ALL the talk shows are making a big joke of the situation, and video lasts forever), that would be the cruelest stunt of all. So, having marital problems is terrible but understandable. Faking the whole thing for higher ratings would be horrific and inexcusable.

• Has anyone noticed that Kate suddenly appears to be better endowed? Did she get breast implants now? …so much for being strictly organic, eh.
  (Referring to her declaration that she does everything she does, “for the kids) -Did she do that for the kids too? sheesh.
  All this money they reportedly make should be put into trust funds for those kids. I liked this program at first but now am very disillusioned by how they have changed, the greed is sickening. I feel badly for the children and for all the good friends and relatives who went out of their way to be supportive and helpful only to be treated w/disrespect and cast aside. Exploitation seems to be her pattern, use ’em and abuse ’em.
  It seems No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
  Way to be Christlike, Kate!

• I HAVE WATCHED SINCH THE BEGINNING AND HAVE ENJOYED THE SIX PACK THEY ARE SO CUTE AND WHAT CHILD DOES NOT WHINE AND CRY AND FIGHT? HOPW THAT THEY WILLL FIND THEIR SAY BACK TOGETHER AND KATE GROWS UP AND JON TELLS HER WHERE TO GO FOR A CHANGE, I SURE HAVE NEVER TREATED MY HUSBAND LIKE SHE TREETS JON POOR GUY. THERE IS ANOTHER FAMILY WITH 6 THET I HAVE BEEN WATCHING SO WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT INSTEAD.

• i feel sorry for those kids. They can’t even get a drink from Kate for GOD’S SAKE. She is a hot mess for sure. She is immature and attention seeking narcisist. John seems like a pretty nice guy but easily swayed. You have to give him credit for taking that @#$%^& ‘S CRAP for what, 10 years. What a mean, bully she is and her daughter Maddie is a clone of her. They all need counseling. Now we know why the grandparents aren’t involved.

• well there you are they are indeed another statistic, 7-8mos ago this all started and now they are giving up without a fight. The haven’t sought out marriage counseling they just gave up, but you see Kate not giving up the money wagon. She will destroy those kids before she gives up the limelight, the show should just be named Kate. I have seps 17yrs ago..a few freebies, a van and free diapers and formula.. guess what my husband and I are still happily married and just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. I am not saying it was easy but neither one of us gave up thats what happens when you put your kids first.

• I watched the show tonite. I was very sad at the end. Those six babies are beautiful, perfect in every way. They Jon & Kate have a lovely home, everything they could want. The children have all that is needed, I’m sure mother & father love all the children very much. Maybe what mom & Dad need is a few days away from the kids so they could find themselves again.
  Jon seems to be a simple down to earth guy. Kate on the other hand is a good mother a bit bossy but what mother is’nt with a gang like that.
  I am sad I do not want this couple to break up that is the easy way out. Life was not made to be easy. Jon has to find a job. Kate will need a lot of sitters if she wants to travel like she has been. How about if she went back to the old hair do, which was real cute on her when the babies first came into the world.
  I have been married almost 58yrs had 7 single births I stayed at home did my own cooking, laundry, cleaning. once in a while I had help.
  They have to try harder, think of each other.

• I think in the end you will find out that Kate needs to “come out” of the closet. She needs a Rosie O”Donnell in her life. Think about it….she is repulsed by Jon esp touching her. She is angry all of the time (anger being another word for depression.) She has no maternal instinct and will not have until she experiences love. And she is left-handed as 70% of gay people are. (Sorry, Barack and Clintons are also) Hey Jon, what’s with the double pierced ears…..diamonds? I love gay men. The ones I know would make me the perfect husband. Who needs sex……..right Kate??? She even managed to conceive without it. This show needs to go bye bye. With the kids in school all day we will be stuck with Kate running around looking for people to write her “books”, Emeril stopping by to make PB and J with “POW!” and Oprah’s spontaneous phone calls…like they have something in common. Here’s an idea—-How about HARPO initiating a program just about Kate…called “How to feed a family of 9 in tough economic times (Or “You too can potty train in your driveway.” Asian men take note…Do not become prey to American women.

• I just wanted to say that being part of the public, I probably am not getting the full story. I thought that the show was cute. It gave me hope that there are families out there that are making it. I felt sorry for them when I saw all of those things in the tabloids about them. What I do know is that people are human. If I had 6 babies at once, I would love all of the attention that they are receiving. With that said: they need to keep paying for that big house and all of those matching clothes. I hope that the show lasts for as long as they need. Seeing those kids, they look WELL taken care of. Kate might have her faults and so my Jon but they deserve the benefit of the doubt. Well I wish them GOOD LUCK! together or apart.

• i once was a fan until you became a diva wannabe.you treat jon like your bitch. i would have left your butt a long time ago. p.s. not your fan. mary o

• Well, from what I have seen of the show, Kate tells John not to speak over her, but she wouldn’t let him finish a sentence. It didn’t seem like she gave him any respect as the man of the household. I know it’s rough with a whole lot of kids and you have to have a routine, but you don’t cut everyone down who tries to help even if they’re not doing everything to your liking.

• Does anyone ever think that Kate had the same personality when Jon married her as she does now? He loved her then, so what do you think happened for that to change? Could it be fame and college girls thinking he is “cute” and that going to his head? With 8 children you have to think about providing for them and their college educations and so forth so why not do a reality show. Those children would have never gotten to do all the wonderful things they did or go to all the fun places they went without the show. So what if cameras were around sometimes. I personally think Kate made sure the cameras weren’t to much for the kids. John talked about the war and how papparazi should be covering that instead of him. Well I dont see him giving his new motorcycle to a VA Hospital for the vets to enjoy. Jon just wants his freedom and isn’t man enough to lay the truth out…That is my opinion…

  • We definitely don’t know the whole truth I’m sure the cameras wasn’t around most of the time,and I agree with you she always was that way, so what changed in their marriage ? I think He,s been cheating long before this and she became less tolerant of him and that’s what we see on TV her trying to pretend that every thing is alright when it wasn’t. so she comes out looking bossy and mean to him, But guess what if that was me that’s exactly what I would look like mean and bossy to my husband if I were in that situation.

• I agree with Jan – Jon has had enough of Kate and the children – he wants his freedom so he can enjoy life – remember he is only “32” as if that entitlles him to freedom.

• Thank You Kay! I’m so glad to know you agree. I see so much about “Poor Jon” and I don’t think people really stop and think about what Jon has done. Anyway…I won’t rehash it. :)

• JUST WATCHED THE SHOW PROBABLY FOR THE LAST TIME. CONGRADULATIONS KATE YOU FINALLY RUN OFF JON. I WISH HIM AND THE KIDS LOTS OF LUCK AS THEY WILL NEED IT. AS FOR KATE YOU GET WHAT YOU REAP, HURTS DOESN’T IT

• I don’t know that I would blame Kate.. she has had to raise 9 children all of this time…

  If it werent for Kate the family would probably be on welfare. Jon cant or wont keep a job.. He finally got a chance of a lifetime and has blown it off.. He probably thinks he will get enough from the divorce settlement to last him.. But Im sure he will spend it all on booze and women…

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• I’m hearing two different stories abt the Gosslins. Last nights show did state that they were seperating and a blurb stated that they filed for divorce on 6-22. This morning they said that they are seperated. Anybody know the real facts.
  I’d love to hear the opinions of the old bloggers (sista’s) and big daddy. Alot are blaming Kate wanting the fame and cash. And alot of viewers are saying that it’s all Jon not being able to grow up. I’m feeling that they are both at fault.

  • Rachel…..Big Daddy and a few others have been gathering on

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    We still enjoy EB but this way we can choose our own topic to argue about!! You can also find Big Daddy and myself on Zelda Lilly quite often. It’s a sister site to EB and has some very interesting and contaversial posts. Hope to see you on Women’s Thoughts.

• I too believe it was mainly Kate’s fault. She repeatedly belittled him on national television. I am however disappointed that they never made an effort to reconcile their differences. That I believe is because Jon has found someone else therefore he does not want to patch anything!

• Unfortunately, this might be the only way to force Kate into spending anytime with her kids on “her” days. It seems she has gotten into the habit of being on the road while Jon stays home with the kids. Now when he’s with them it’ll be because he wants to be, not because he is the only parent available. Of course the show will go on because Kate see’s herself as a star…she’s not, it was always about tuning in to see the kids.

  She thought Jon would always be there to be abused and she thinks we all will be there to be abused too. The show will go on only if WE tune in. She’s like the robber who got caught and is only sorry because he’s caught. Kate’s tears are only because HER life is not the same and SHE has to change HER plans. I don’t understand when HER job became the show and traveling? With 8 kids, HER job should be MOM. But she never really was that, anymore then she was ever a nurse.

  Jon inherited money from his Dad, the dentist. He actually loves his kids. No man or woman will take abuse forever, especially when the world is seeing it and remarking on it. I knew there was a huge problem the second they moved into KATES house. There was no Christmas show in the new house. I wish Jon & the kids the best. I hope KATE falls on her newly inflated chest and blows up…next it’ll be her lips…gads…with that hair do she’ll look like a sock monkey.

• I’ve watched from the beginning, loving those precious, beautiful children and their really good looking parents, who only got better looking as the show went on. I would cringe when Kate would put Jon down, but believed her when she made excuses for her ways, after all, between the both of them, they sure seemed to get it all done. Kate so organized and concerned with healthy food and healthy schedules, Jon bathing babies, tirelessly buckling them in and out of the van, moving furniture, taking apart and putting together beds, etc. I am still a loyal fan and will watch, but, was just sick to see the way they just gave up last night. I couldn’t believe it. My husband was sure Dr. Phil would come to the rescue and wouldn’t that have been great…they need that kind of help and maybe they will still get it later. This is what happens without grandparents and siblings, with life experiences behind them setting a good example and helping out, and with Jon & Kate, they don’t even acknowledge their siblings and parents…They are so needed by Jon, Kate and all 8…Someone run to the rescue of this family!!!

  • The show should be renamed “Jon and Kate Plus Hate”. Kate has progressively become worse toward Jon and certainly grown more and more self-centered. She says she does everything for her kids, her whole life is about her kids. She needs to grow up and realize what lies those statements are. If she and Jon were doing everything for their kids, they would get extreme help for their marriage. What kids need most are good parents! A good marriage covers a whole host of parenting mistakes. But a failed marriage creates a whole host of new problems for kids. Hey Kate, how about self sacrifice? Hey Jon, what about self sacrifice? What a concept! But it is guaranteed to work for the sake of your family.

• I was appauled to read all the blogs on this site. Jon and Kate chose together to have these children and chose to go on TV to help raise the children. I do not see anything wrong with that. Does anyone criticize Brad Pitt, or Tom Cruise etc… for what they did in their past relationships??? Give me a break. Does anyone question why Kate has been so stressed? I am sure there is more going on behind the scenes than we are all aware of. TV does not make its ratings on good things people. They have to ruin people to get the ratings. As to the children, give me a break, I would go crazy with 8 kids. I have two and they whine and throw fits at times, that is NORMAL. All’s I have to say is if my husband was seeing another women I would be a rip. I was in that situation awhile back and I have to say it was not a fun trip. Layoff of Kate, I am sure she is doing her best. One last comment; Jon who were you thinking about when you were seeing this other woman? Surely not the kids so please get off your pity party and say you are doing all of this for them, we all know who it is for. SHAME ON YOU! Kate, smack him, smack him hard, then go get some counseling. Noone deserves to be cheated on and used. You gave your life to him ad devoted to him with these children. I applaud you for not cleaning his clock on tv, move on, enjoy YOUR children and life because I am sure Jon is. Jon you are such a jerk.

• WHO CARES IF KATE’S A -ITCH! THAT’S WHAT ALL YOU MEN LIKE ANYWAYS! ONLY ONE PERSON NEED’S TO MANAGE THE ACCOUNT. LOOK’S LIKE KATE WAS THE RESPONSIBLE ONE. ALL KATE NEEDS TO DO IS CHANGE HER HAIR STYLE. THAT HOME WRECKER DEANNA WILL ALWAY’S BE UGLY. AT LEAST KATE DIDN’T GET BUSTED IN PUBLIC UNLIKE SLOPPY JON! JON COULD HAVE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN! INSTEAD I THINK HE IS A WEAK LAZY WIMP AND WAS LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO TAKE OFF FROM HIS RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS CHILDREN. DAD’S ARE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, NOT EVERY OTHER WEEKEND! KATE IS TERRITORIAL AND A LEADER-NOT A CONTROL FREAK! I BET KATE DON’T HAVE HEALTH PROBLEM FROM NOT INTERNALIZING ALL THAT STRESS BECAUSE INSTEAD SHE EXPRESSES HER SELF!

• Jon may think being 32 and bald with no formal education will open doors for him we will have to wait and see. He will no longer be around to crate the dogs on the show. Good Luck to them both.

• PoonTang and any of you others blogging about Jon . He had a job,Kate had him quit his job when she started going on her book tours and speaking engagements. Have you ever watched all of the episodes? If you were married to a woman like Kate who complains about the way he talks,breathes and everything he does for her, you would escape to. I which Jon would have put her in her place a long time ago,but he didn’t. Now he is sick of her treating him like crap. She took his man card away and now he has taken it back. Her family and friends were always there for her but she ran all them away to. Do you think since that happened everyone else has a problem or could Kates greed for money and fame be the problem. When Jon told her he didn’t want to do the show anymore did she listen to him? NO!!! Jon has manned up a little late, but I don’t blame him for wanting to have someone to love him and show him respect. Kate only changed how she dresses after Jon didn’t want her anymore. The kids would rather have their parents together then to have all those things. But if the kids would rather have the stuff then Kate has done a good job of raising those kids to be just like her. They should be learning to work for what they get.

• I THINK THE GOSSELIN’S NEEDED A FEW OLDER(WISE) NON-ATTRACTIVE NANNIES’ WITH ENERGY TO ASSIST THEM! THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND QUALITY TIME AND TRAVEL TOGETHER…

  KATE IS NATURAL AT DOING HER VERY BEST TO BE AT THE TOP OF HER FIELD. A JOB WELL DONE IS A MATTER OF PERSONAL PRIDE FOR HER. SHE IS NOT SUPERFICIAL. SHE IS INTENSE OR DISMISSIVE WITH VERY LITTLE MIDDLE GROUND. SHE HAS NO TIME FOR IGNORANT OR SMALL MINDED PEOPLE. SHE IS PURE AND VERY GOOD. SHE GIVES HER ALL AND LOVES SINCERELY BUT THE NEXT DAY HOUR OR MINUTE SHE MAY BE DISTRACTED BY SOME IMPORTANT PLAN OR EVENT. I THINK JON IS JUST A LONER. HE WANTS TO SIT AND THINK FOR HOURS AND COME UP WITH WILD PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. HE IS SPONTANEOUS AS WELL. HE DOESN’T TRUST HIMSELF TO KNOW HOW TO SPEAK HIS MIND. HE PROLLY HAS FANTASTIC IDEA’S BUT TENDS TO KEEP THEM TO HIMSELF.

• I do believe Jon just wants out of the marriage, he thinks the grass is greener on the other side. He will find out its not and will run back to Kate and I hope she slams the door in his face. He is so upset that the paparrazi follows him and I’m sure the only reason is because he knows he will get caught cheating and doing things he shouldn’t be doing. He is a piece of work. Kate ur better than him and that girl friend of his. You will do better without him.

• Been expecting this. Had friends similar to this(without children). She was sweet and accepting of him being kind of kid like, but as time went on she became sarcastic and belittling in front of friends. When others warned her he wouldn’t always take it, she explained he would never leave her, he needed her to much to take care of him. Then one day, he was just gone. He went on to another relationship, grew up a lot. After 15 years he is still married to the 2nd wife. She never really recovered from the loss. She’s never been happy in another realtionship. It is sad when two people who could be happy together won’t get counseling to try and make it work. Especiallly when kids are involved.

• Kristie, You hit the nail on the head! Everything you said was right on! I’m giving you a standing ovation!!!

• As soon as they got the house Kate changed. It seems that all she cares about is the material things and what she can “get” for the family. I think jon just got fed up with the was she disrespected him. Jon is definately no angel but we all knew that before long he was going to look for someone else.
  Good point Carol about Dr Phil saving this family. Why didn’t they go to counceling? Why not Jon go to counceling since he won’t “talk”.
  I still think this whole whoopla could be just for the ratings.

• As someone who is old enough to be Kate and Jon’s mother, I have to say that I, too….jumped into divorce when I was in my 30’s and now, my ex is a lonely old man while the kids and grand-kids spend time with me.
  As the Gosselin kids grow older, they will resent and hate their parents for the divorce….and there is always a parent who is left out of the lives of the children and grand-children.
  It is worth sticking together and remembering what brought them together in the first place and find that love again.

• Where do you get it that Kate only cares about the material things she can get? I have never seen her do anything that even resembles her asking for perks or handouts! On the recent show where Jon got a motorcycle and she got a scooter she immediately let it be known she was giving hers to charity…I didn’t hear Jon say that he was giving his bike to a VA facility for the Vets to enjoy since he made the comment about the war and the papparazi…People make the most unrational comments on here…

• Kate filed divorce papers to protect herself and HER children? C’mon, they are Jon’s children too, Kate.

  Kate cares about herself first. Her husband was thrown out the window a long time ago. When was the last time she ever listened to him, or ever cared about him? Women lose their men for these very reasons.

  If she would have been barefoot and poor, you can bet your mighty dollar Jon would still be in the picture. She just doesn’t need him anymore. And people ask why he possibly cheated?

  If this show only has Kate and the children on it, I won’t watch it. I’m only looking forward to the parts with Jon.

• Jan – Unrational comments. Give me a break. There is no way possible that you have watched any of these episodes except the one where Jon got a bike. Kate doesn’t like anything associated with outside recreation. If you had watched the other shows when they took the kids iceskating, roller skating, skiing, etc. Kate didn’t do any of those things, she likes the spa treatment. I suggest you buy or rent all the episodes and WATCH them, then comment on your findings. Kate would have kept the scooter if it would have been something she would have wanted. When her father who is a pastor and his church tried to give Kate cribs after the 6 were born she refused them because they didn’t all match. The church also did remodeling in their house before they came home from the hospital. Guess what, Kate doesn’t have anything to do with any of her family and old friends who were always there for her. Write down as you watch all the tapes how many times Kate is talking about getting all the free stuff. Your comments are utterly ridiculous!!!

• I am so sad over last nights episode. Jon needs to grow up and Kate needs to loosen up a little. I agree with Nana Connie it is a shame for the beautiful kids. Jon and Kate need serious marriage counseling. They owe it to their 8 kids. Jon should stop being “excited” about leaving his wife and 8 kids and start supporting them. Get a job and it will make him feel and perhaps act like the man of the house. Sell the big house and all the stuff get jobs and act like responsible parents of 8 beautiful kids. They should put God first their vows to each other and their kids next and make this marriage work. There are many couples who can’t have children, Jon and Kate are truly blessed and they can’t see it.

• Jon is playing the Get our of Jail card. After 10 years I can’t say I blame him. The State of Pa. gave the babies free college and a free nurse in the beginning. When they took away the nurse, Kate took the State to court. She lost. The babies were healthy and there was no reason for this family to not take care of them without free help. In the meantime, Kate was sending out video’s to studio’s trying to get on TV.

  I often wonder if Jon was pushed into the second pregnancy like she pushes him into everything? I think when he realized he had lost his privacy, his job and his family he finally stood up for himself. But, even when he said he didn’t want to be on TV, Kate said, “I like what we’re doing” and so the show went on.

  I hear Jon is moving to New York City. Of course he’ll have his days at the house with the kids while Kate runs around like a movie star. She’s not of course and the show was never Father Knows Best or Make room for Daddy. The children were not groomed to be in the lime light, they were just tossed into it from the privacy of their own home, rooms, potties and punsihment corners.

  For a child like Maddy, it has to be the worse thing. Years from now, she can look back and see how mean she was to her siblings and everyone. Cara has a personality like Jon and so I don’t think this is good for her. She’s just not old enough to react like he did. She must hate having her privacy taken away.

  Kate hates men and so has not much use for her male children which she has shown many times. These children may have everything you can buy, but they don’t have parents who love them…without the condition of making money for them. Kate NEVER took care of the kids and NEVER will. I truely think Jon is the better parent because he does love his kids. Maybe he can makeup with all the family members and have them be involved in the kids lives without Kate interferring.

• Jan, you obviously don’t watch the show very much with that ridiculous comment. Kate was (somewhat) normal before the new mansion came along. Remember the refrigerator episode where she had to clean it then ended up with a brand new one. What about the episode when she is looking out the window stating “mine all mine”. Ya, she doesn’t care abt material things.

  Great comments Patti!

• These are comments on here are so ridiculous i just cant take it. First the one that says she is all into material things my goodness how? because she cherishs what she has? or because she has enough money that she can be happy with that things that she now can afford. People that are even a little bit on jons side & says the understand are completely as disgusting as he is. How dare you back up what he has done to his family, and having the adacity to say he is “excited” its a new chapter in his life such an exciting chapter huh that now he will NOT be there every morning to see his kids or to serve them breakfast DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A MEN. Some of these people commenting clearly have not watched the show so therefore should have no say in what is going on, you watch 1 episode & think you know. Kate has been this way for the longest read her book i have, she has always been the strong one, always been the one who needs to be scheduled & in control. I personally think that kate is a great mom, a wonderful mom & really is fully in this for her kids. You can tell she loves her kids she gets choked up when just talking about her children. Anyone who calls her money hungry needs to grow up, money hungry how? She recieves alot of money for each episode is it so wrong that she goes to a spa, gets her nails done blah blah?? No its is not, you can not be in the lime light looking a wreck. She looks absolutely great. Can anyone who is behind jon tell me what he has done? Anyone…yes he dresses the kids so does she…anyone else NOPE, Kate has done something with her name she has released 2 books 1 of them being new york times best seller & goes on speaking engagements so she can have a PLAN B not just follow PLAN A she a smart strong women, & what does jon do? Stopped going to speaking engagement with kate because he didnt like it, which on the season 5 premier episode kate states she did not understand why because he was always good at talking & dealing with fans, then he said he doesnt feel like a man go back to school or get a job kate says & what happens nothing he would rather go sleep over his little flings house and leave at 7 a.m thats exceptable. He talks about this situation so nonshalantly & so smug its gross to watch. Anyone who watched last night could clearly see that kate has been crying alot, and thats whats so sad because she looks like she doesnt want this to happen but then again she knows that she has done all she can. Do i think she has been hard on him yes, but wtf jon grow a back bone you are a man she is women. Men claim they are so strong but yet look at this “man” running away from his wife & his 8 children basically running away from his real life thinking the grass will be greener with some 3rd grade teacher. How dare anyone support infedelity or running away from your family. I think kate will do it all on her own why? Because like all GREAT moms she puts her CHILDREN first & will not let tabloids or some husband take her down to the point where her kids see her unhappiness. i feel extremely bad for the kids & do agree maybe she should take some time off the show more then a month, but like she said the show will go on & if she has to she will do it by herself. I for one believe in her, think she will raise her kids VERY well. My heart goes out to her & her children as far as jon i think we all know what will happen with him he will dwindle away slowly but surely lets just watch wait & see.

  Read & watch everyone before leaving comments, dont be jealous.

• Anonymous I’ve watched EVERY episode and I know a joke when I hear one. The “mine all mine” was meant to be funny. Amazing how people twist things! About the refridgerator…Maybe the one that was in the home didn’t work once they tried to use it? Maybe it wasn’t big enough? There could be numerous reasons? Can you give me the facts on that? I try to be open minded and give the benefit of the doubt. My comment was not at all ridiculous, I’m just not narrow minded like some people. :)

• One of the places that Jon is looking to rent is a apartment at Trump Towers. I saw that on TV. Now WHO is trying to be a movie star? hum?

• Patti??? Just because she has talked about a freebie doesn’t mean she asked for it. Did you hear her ask for it? Did she make a plea on TV for something free? Nooooooooo! She is just commenting on the free item. As stated before I have watched every episode and I am not going to dog Kate. She isnt the one out acting single. She is at home with her children. And I comment on what I know to be true. Not what I want to make out of something. That is something you should think about doing too.

• The show will only go on if people like you keep watching. The ratings are dropping. Only the mentally disturbed want to watch a couple fall apart in front of their 8 children..that’s not entertaining, it’s a darn shame for the kids.

  Kate’s tears are for the money she’s see’s slipping away. A real mother takes a child on vacation and enjoys it with them. Sitting in a spa is not a vacation for an 8 year old, she is a child, not a pal. Not once did you see Kate have any fun with Maddy, no ocean, no building a sand castle, no visit to anything a child would enjoy. Kate is a moran.

  Had Jon taken the child to the ocean you would have seen him enjoying the water with her, playing in the sand for her benefit, site seeing on the childs level. MONEY is not what makes a child happy…the time and love a parent has for them brings the most happiness.

  At this point both parents are doing a bad job but I know the time the kids spend with Jon will be with love, something Kate has no clue on and never will.

  You keep living in lala land like Kate is…the one who will go down will be Kate. Jon & the kids will survive because he loves them and they love him.

• Anonymous…Not once have I said if I am going to continue watching the show or not. Kinda makes you look silly to presume and actually put it in type doesn’t it? I have only defended Kate from narrow minded people with blinders on like you. As you know (since you seem to know everything) TLC takes hours of footage to make a 30 or 60 minute show so who is to say that they didn’t do fun things like building a sand castle or other fun stuff. ALL I’m asking is for people to think rationally before making moron comments. This woman has been slammed for every move she has made and Jon has gotten a free pass. We don’t REALLY know all the facts so let’s act like adults and spread the blame? Is that to much to ask? Have a love evening.

• Shyann-So you say those of us who are taking Jons side are as disgusting as he is. You must hate men. We just call them as we see it. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck by golly it must be a duck! You weren’t there either. You don’t know if Jon cheated on Kate but you are judging him without proof. Kate isn’t there in the morning serving her kids breakfast. She’s on her book tours and let me say it again, thats why Kate had Jon quit his job,she says that on one of the episodes. So get your facts straight! So what if Jon didn’t like going on Kates speaking engagements, Good golly miss Shyann I wouldn’t want to listen to her after listening to her at home either. Kate crys fake tears for the camera, Jon has been belittled long enough by her. I never said this was going to turn out good for any of them, the kids will pay the ultimate price but its Kates job now(Kates words) not mine! There’s no jealousy on my part. I live a simple life and have lots of family and friends which is more then Kate has. I’m glad you have us to vent your anger on. That way you won’t take it out on your husband or boyfriend like Kate does. I don’t know what a love evening is Shyann ? Could you explain, I Just want to get the facts straight before I comment.

• Jan – Poor delusional Jan did your daddy drop you on your head when you were little? I would be on Kates side if the facts warranted it. You won’t dog Kate but you will dog Jon. I said in an earlier comment that Jon should have put Kate in her place a long time ago. They are two different people(Kates words) You say Jon is out acting single and Kate isn’t. She hasn’t acted like their marriage was a partnership for a long time. So, UM wouldn’t that make it singular, DAH!!!!! Your kinda like the pot calling the kettle black. Take your own advice moran-act like an adult-take those blinders off and stop blaming Jon for wanting to get away from that nice lady. Lots of people get divorced and still have a life with their kids, but I bet you think Kate is the only one who can do that.

• Patti – Poor delusional Patti…I didn’t know they allowed 8 year olds to post on here…As I said before and I will say again…The bottom line is ….Share the blame….taaaa daaaaaa!!! How hard is that to understand? You keep giving your OPINION and contrary to your beliefs that IS NOT fact! I’m not saying Kate will charm the socks off of ya, I’m just saying she doesn’t deserve all the ragging she has gotten because people are stating their opinions and not FACTS…They don’t see all the film on the cutting room floor…They just see the parts that TLC wants to show to make good television…But you knew that already didn’t you? OK, I took the blinders off and all I could see was John out in public numerous times with a woman that IS NOT his wife while his wife and children are at home. I see him renting a apartment in New York at Trump Towers, which was on TV while his family is far away and I guess he can fly home and act like a daddy at his convenience? We dont know what goes on behind the scenes but lets just go ahead and blame it all on Kate…That’s what the mature people do…Sure, I’ll play the moran and you make a mighty fine idiot. :) Have a marvelous night.

• Jan- You have some serious issues when you start name calling those of us who have an opinion on this subject. Right away the claws come out and you start name calling. Morans and idiots are words you use. When you read our comments right away its what is wrong with you people cutting Jon so much slack. This isn’t a boxing ring if you can’t handle what people say you should seriously find a different past time. I don’t take these sites seriously, its just fun to see how serious some of you take peoples comments. Its not real!!!! what we blog isn’t going to make or break their marriage. They have done that all by themselves. Peace out…

• Poor Patti and Jan… they never learned to spell. They insult one another by using the word “moron”, but they both spell it incorrectly as “moran”. I guess they both proved that they really are morons.

• Jan, you did make one good point. We get to see a little of the hours & hours & hours & hours of tape. That’s exactly why they are being investigated by Pa.

  Take note Jan, all of a sudden the show is broken up, the kids are not the show anymore because TLC is afraid to continue with the hours of filming of the kids……..It’s against the law! These kids have been abused for 5 years by TLC and their own parents.

  You will never get to see an hour of the kids anymore, or even a full half hour. In order for them to get all that we sat and enjoyed for the past years, they had to have the camera’s on 1/2 the week, every hour..that’s not legal to do that to kids.

  Just like the show started out about the kids and turned into a show about the awful parents, this thread changed from Aunt Jodi talking about the abuse to the kids and turned into a poll on who likes Jon or who likes Kate.

  At this point I think they both stink as parents, Kate taking the lead as usual…and the kids…need to be off the tube and have the privacy other children enjoy.

• Well, TLC has finally halted the show. These people need to get their lives in order since they claim their main concern are the children.
  Let me know when anyone hears that Kate is selling her diamond necklace and earings on e-bay.

• Anonymous- where did you hear they were halting the show? It will be a real blessing for those kids if that happens. Have a nice day…

• Patti…I do have issues…My main issue here is getting so tired of people being unfair to Kate. I never said she was innocent of anything, I just wanted Jon to be held accountable of his actions too! I play fair and I’m glad I do. As far as name calling goes you called me a morON, said my father dropped me on my head, said I was delusional …blah blah blah so for you to call me out for name calling is a little hypocritical isn’t it? AND GISELE…spelling moron wrong hardly makes me or Patti a moron so your post is ignorant. I feel Patti and I are both passionate about our feelings and at this point neither of us is willing to do much giving or taking. It is good to stand up for what you believe in and maybe we both went overboard at times and if I hurt Patti’s or anyone elses feelings that was not my intent and I apologize.

• Patti,
  I read that the show is halted by TLC on comcast news. I also read that they are taking a “unscheduled hiatus” on fancast.com

• good rides to jon he stinks and a cheayer

• There was a discussion about how greedy and materialistic Kate is so I found this interesting and wanted to share…Us Weekly tracked down Gosselin’s old boss, David Rothermel, who says Jon Gosselin was fired for misuseing company resources. Instead of doing his job he trolled the internet most of the day looking for freebies for the children. So maybe Kate didn’t force him to quit his job afterall…I’m just saying…

• Kate was the one who said on national television that Jon had to quite his job so he could be home with the kids while she was on her book tours. So that makes them liars to!! I’m just happy for the kids because after they finish the 5th season episodes hopefully TLC will not film them anymore. They will be in school full time and then both Jon and Kate can get real jobs!!

• I agree…they are both liars about why Jon wasn’t working anymore. In my opinion neither will go back to work because they have enough money that they won’t have to but I think they should.

• Everyone think about this. If you had already been separated, would you be so surprised if it happened again? They were separated before the 6 came along. All those tears are for nothing other then the loss of money.

  They fooled the public with their happy little family…it never was!

• I agree Anonymous, it also came out after divorce papers were drawn up on monday that Jon and Kate had not been in a relationship for the past 2 years. If that is the case, then yes everthing but the kids has been a lie.. I never did think they were really happy, because if you’re happy in a relationship you don’t nit pick all the time. My mother had six kids but she still found time to kick back -let things go -and spend time with her kids. Life isn’t always about having a schedule. To me it would be very boring to live this way everday. I hope that the kids are out playing, getting dirty, making mud pies etc. enjoying this time of not having the cameras on them. I will picture them in my mind doing this because I don’t ever want to see them on tv again. Except for maybe an update on how their doing every few years.

• The only reason the papers say 2 yrs is because in Pa. you have to be separated for 2 years to get a divorce. I don’t know how she’s going to pull it off claiming they have been separated for 2 years with the TV shows clearing saying they were not. Their first separation won’t count because it was years ago.

  She filed the papers in a hurry after she saw John go to NY and look at an apartment in TT. That would cost $60,000. a yr. of what she thinks is HER money…not in Pa., she’ll have a fight on her hands. It’s gonna get nasty! Then she went out and bought a car for $65,000.00…just to show who is in control!

  I hope someday the kid end up with a “sitter” who will allow them to be kids…the kind that do make mud pies! Yep, we get to see the Dilly kids every few years and that’s plenty! By the way, those parents are still together and the kids are happy 16 yr. olds.

  • Separated for two years in PA before you can get a divorce? Try 90 days. But the fact they filed in Montgomery county will bode well for both of them. Berks County has the second highest decision reversal rate in the stae. Berks county is by far one of the most incompetent courts on the east coast, with two of the most incompetent judges (family court) in the state. If this were to unfold in Berks, it would take years – as the non-English speaking clerks in the court routinely blunder dockets, filings, and process. However, it is hysterical watching these Berks county idiots make complete asses out of themselves. I think they believe they are wealthy. I can’t wait to see how long they survive with an $11M net worth, 20% of which is from an overvalued property. I’d set the over under at 3-1/2 yrs. HAHAHA

• They make more then that for a half hour doing the show. $60,000 and $65,000 isn’t much to them right now, but when the milk cow drys up-then what? Supposedly, no one knows where Kate is now she’s been gone for 4 days . Jon is with the kids. Hopefully she is making up with her family and old friends like Beth. I’ll bet the kids really miss them…

• Patti, Also on Fancast.com they said that they have a total of 40 shows for season 5. I must have read that wrong thats too many for 1 season . Kathie lee said on the today show that she wants to take the 8 kids and Dr. Phil should take Jon and Kate away to solve their problems. Didn’t someone say that in here??

• Well, I reread fancast.com and it did say that they were to make 40 episodes for one season. I don’t know one show that films that many shows in one season. WOW that’s alot of cash!!!

• Read womensthoughts.com. It says that Jon’s new girlfriend is going to appear on the show. Oh, this should be good!

• No you didn’t read it wrong. They’ve already done 6 of them so they have 34 to go. Its over 3 million for 40 half hour shows. Plus the trips and other things they do. But it’s not true about that girl appearing on the show. TLC has said that isn’t going to happen. The fact that they are getting a divorce now leaves it open for both of them to begin relationships with other people.

• I don’t get the divorce filing. The county she filed in is not the one she lives in. Montgomery county is over an hour away from where she lives. I think she made a bad choice. Reading has both regular people and wealthy people. Montgomery co. has only wealthy people. The Judges in Montco. sway with the wind and who it blows with…so her lawyer better be the one best known and liked by the Judges. They also have no time for men in divorces, so Jon is screwed right from the beginning.

  I know people who ended up with less then the lawyers did in a divorce in Montco. I’m sure the lawyers have stars in their eyes. They can keep them fighting for a long time while the dollars roll into their pockets.

  • Divorces filed in Berks are public, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties are sealed. Sway with the wind? Berks has the second most incompetent court in the state, next to Potter county (wherever that is) Do yourself a favor and spend an afternoon listening to an idiot judge named Lash. The incompetence is unbelievable. It’s like going back in time to the 1800s. But what do you expect for a county where judges and coroners can be elected regrdless of whether they hold a degree.

• I am not not understanding the divorce filing either. Kate is saying that Jon wanted the divorce. Why did kate file instead of Jon??

• One way this could have been remedied is by both of them agreeing to quit the show, and perhaps signing contracts for four specials a year, say…Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July, and Birthday Parties. The children could have had a bit more privacy, Kate could have written her books, Jon and Kate’s life would have turned back to semi-normal, and the money could have been put into the bank for the kid’s educations. Instead, greed stepped in and took over everything.

• I also believe that since Kate says they haven’t “been together” for two years, this could mean “no sex” for two years. Jon was 30 – two years ago, and at age 30 sex is very important in a relationship. Hormones are still very high. What was he supposed to do, take a lot of long, hot showers??? Did she show any interest at any level, either sexually, emotionally or mentally? None.

• It is so easy for all of us to cast stones. BUT, we don’t know what went on behind the scenes. I watched the marathon week end of Jon & Kate, over Memorial Day week end. If you look back at the early shows both Jon & Kate smiled seemed genuine and in love. As the years passed the smile on Jon’s face slowly goes away. Kate seemed to develop and morph in to what she is now. Did she nit pick Jon, YES! Was he passive about it, YES! Should they be getting all the media attention they are? NO! But they chose this life, and they are in it together. I feel bad for all parties involved. But thanks to Kate it made me realize how mean and rude I am to my husband because he can’t live up to my expectations at times. It really opened my eyes to my marriage. And oddly probably saved mine. I wish Jon & Kate well, as I do the children!

• This should help explain the two year separation dispute…It was copied and pasted from TMZ…word for word…

  There’s a report floating out there that Kate Gosselin has been separated from Jon for two years. That’s not true, and we have the lowdown.

  We now know what Kate checked on the divorce papers, which are confidential. There are two grounds for a no fault divorce in Pennsylvania — the first is waiting 90 days after the papers have been served. Then, if both Jon and Kate agree the marriage is “irretrievably broken” … the divorce can proceed.

  And there’s a second option — that they have lived separate and apart for 2 years. But that doesn’t mean they’ve actually been separated for that long. It means she must wait 2 years from the moment she considered the marriage kaput and began living separately (if only in different bedrooms). We’re told the real separation between Jon and Kate is very recent and Kate checked the box just to get the clock ticking.

  We found out Kate checked both boxes, and here’s why. Jon may not agree that the marriage is irretrievably broken. If that’s the case she has to wait the two years. So by checking both boxes, Kate is hedging her bets.

  Ultimately, she would have to prove to the judge when she considered herself separate from Jon.

• Berks county might be in the 1800’s but Montco is just about the worse court house for corruption. She won’t have to prove anything. Just get the right lawyer whose in with the Judges and she wins.

  She’s “protecting $ herself $ & $ children” so she says, because of what went on this past weekend $$$$$. Jon’s apartment in NY would cost $60,000. a year…..out of HER money. (The guy is always dressed in raggy jeans) I think she see’s him as living in a dump while she sits in the castle with her new $65,000. car and fashions. She wants to make sure she cuts him off at the pass before he spends too much of HER money…don’t ya all see the writing on the wall…It’s all about money with her. The way the 2 of them are spending it, she better stay home and write a ton of books!

  I wonder if anymore Churches will be asking her to speak on Family?? What a joke!

• I doubt that any churches will want her to speak about anything. I read where Christianity Today now questions whether or not they should have been speaking out more against having babies the way they did. I believe that there are reasons why God does not allow some to get preg. the natural way. I think the way their lives are going it’s quite evident. I do believe that Kate wants to protect the money she is making for her books and speaking engagements. But if Jon is watching the kids then he has a right to the money to. I should correct myself, most of the money should be put up for the kids. Depending on what the court says in splitting up assets I to see this getting ugly!! RHONDA I’m glad things are going better for you. Jon should have stepped up and changed things a long time ago. But I do believe with a personality like Kates it would be her way or the highway.

• This whole situation is very sad, with which anyone would agree. I found Rhonda’s comment very interesting, that all the Jon-Kate flap has caused her to take stock of her own marriage. How many sit-coms have we watched over the years have portrayed the father in the family as idiots, liars, in which the fathers are maligned and ridiculed by their wives. one of my favorite shows, “Everybody Loves Raymond” is a perfect example. Even the long-running family comedy “The Cosby Show”.
  Kates constant rude comments to her husband on the show make me cringe, and feel so embarrassed for Jon. And honestly, not to be unkind, but in my opinion Jon IS a dork, but Kate obviously saw something in him that attracted her, she married him. EVERYONE deserves at least common courtesy, especially someone you are supposed to love. This does not give him the right to cheat, but if your wife constantly belittles you and tells you how stupid and incompetent you are, and corrects you, especially in front of others; and a younger woman is enamoured with you and tells you how wonderful you are…what do you expect Kate, REALLY! No one wins here, especially the kids.

• We all as people allowed modern medicine to do what only God should be doing. If you can’t have kids, there is a reason…adopt and give a child a home instead of messing with God’s job.

  If you are on the list in heaven to die, then don’t mess with God’s will…no stem cell stuff. I can say this with conviction because I have HepC from a bad blood transfusion in 1979 after the birth of a child when blood was not screened by the FDA. I could have gone on the liver transplant list…I didn’t.

  Money is evil…we all need it, but pimping out your kids to get it?…I believe we get back double what we give or take in this world…

  Jon has mentioned his Mom and Gamie (grandmother) several times. He’s adored his father. These are good values in a person. Compared to Kate who has replaced her parents with older neighbor’s and has no love for any of her relatives.

  Jon has gone wild in the past months and that’s not good for his kids. Maybe he just didn’t know how to get out. Believe it or not, I think Jon is looking ahead now. He knows if TLC decides not to continue the show, he will not be welcome in the “Castle”. He has in the past enjoyed time with his kids in NY city park. I think he also likes being with people. In the past he said he liked having the camera men around…he had no one else that was allowed in his life.

  I think his choice of NY is good for him. He can take his kids to his place, maybe with his Mom and Gamie, maybe even with Kates relatives and enjoy them. He’ll be far enough away from Kate that she won’t be on his back, and again, he likes NY.

  Kate said she’ll never be away from her kids on holidays…well I hate to tell her, putting her name on divorce papers allows Jon to have his time and most likely she will see her kids every other holiday. So, maybe she better start spending sometime with them when its not a holiday.

• Thats why Kate said on the last show that Jon will come to the house and stay because she wanted the kids to only be in that house that they bought for the kids. But we all know that will change. Because once the two of them have relationships with other people, this arrangement will never work out. And then Kate will have to let them go wherever Jon lives. It’s just her way of staying in control. Although Jon did agree to it for now. I just hope he doesn’t sign papers on this matter or he may not be able to change it later. Jon I believe has taken a good long look at his life and realized that he doesn’t have to live like this anymore. Granted he should have realized it sooner but I think seeing his ridiculous marriage play out on tv has opened his eyes. He didn’t want all those kids in the first place. He said he was content with the twins. I would like to believe he could have said no but come on ,this is Kate were talking about!!

• I feel sorry for these kids. I’m sure they will hear comments from other kids when they start school in the fall. Hopefully Kate will get them into some kind of counseling. Although I don’t agree what Jon has done I hope that she doesn’t bad mouth him in front of the kids.

• Well, we all know Jon is a douschbag… I just wonder how long it going to be before one of the kids slip up and call Kate’s bodyguard “Daddy Stever”?

  Rachel, if you read this… I saw your comment… We are all still here we are just posting on different places on both EB and Zelda Lilly…

  There is a special place on Womens Thought for us to argue or talk… Here is a link to the site. http://womensthougths.wordpress.com/

• To Jon & Kate- you are 2 very selfish people whom are only thinking of yourselves. Did you forget that you brought these innocent 8 children into the world and now that things are a little tough, you are just going to crush their worlds? Shame on both of you. Money has taken over in this situation. Grow up and get some counseling.

• I have watched this show/marriage unravel for the past few years. I asked myself…how much more will he take from her? Unfortunately, Kate has erased everyone out of her life who could bring her down to earth…or give her a swift kick in the butt!! She has no one to give advice and to call her on her stuff. WHERE’S MOM? FRIENDS? I noticed at the little kids 5th birthday, that none of the friends and family who were at the flashback parties were there…what does that say? She had paid assistants.

  I always thought that Jon was very helpful, far more than most men…I could see the drain on his face…I saw how they both acknowledged the fact that the last time they were really happy was at the McDonald’s house right after the little kids were first born…I remember thinking…I hope the little kids don’t see this…as it was such a before and after they came moment. I think in many ways Kate has pushed and pushed….forcing her will on most everyone around her. People will only take it for so long. I predict that her children will one day be estranged from her. Nobody can take the acid that is projected from her.

  I think Jon was wrong to have an affair, but come on, I think he just wanted out…there’s enough money; he’d never have to go to work again…and he just wants to be free again. If it’s true that she told him to go ahead and cheat…well then, he was a real idiot, the way he was so blatant…gotta keep the $75 K coming in per episode…

  As I always tell my daughter…”The woman always pays the price when the relationship breaks up and there are children involved.” Even with all her money, there is nobody to do the little/big things with, to consult with, to care with, to be invested with. You cannot pay someone to care. I get the feeling with Jon that he might slip slide out of alot of the responsibility of the day to day…living over 120 miles away…he won’t be there to attend to last minute things…he’s going to put himself out to a comfortable distance so it will be convenient for him; certainly not his children… then she can handle it all. He may even do it to spite her, so she can see what it is like all alone. It happens all the time…now if he gets the new chick prego and then here we go…second family comes before first…stepmoms, jealousy etc.

  In many ways I can relate to what is going on with this show. My parents marriage looked alot like this one. They both went on to marry even nuttier people than themselves…and, No matter if they each remarry lovely people, the children will never be what they could have been…rings in the pond that go on and on. Take it from me. I lived it as a child. I wish that parents could only see what will become of their kids. I have lived a good life, I have been successful, happily married…but I can tell you that the decisions made by my parents, left many scars on their kids, and I still feel them everyday…it fades with time, but there is always a reminder somehow. One of my sisters has been married 6 times, been physically abused, and gives up what’s most important to her with the men who come in and out of her life, she lets he kids take the brunt. Why? No self-awareness to see that she is still stuck on when our father left and now she puts all of her trust in men over and over…and then they hurt her…she never had much of a relationship with my dad…why? Jealous new wife. Who literally drained the life blood from my father.

  Wake up! Someday when they both wake up and see what they sold out for, what the ultimate price will be…they would run, not walk to someone who could help them work through all of this. It is doable. Both of my parents told me years later that they both wished they had stuck it out with eachother…that the problems they had were actually the same with the next partner. The problems that came upon our family increased 10 fold when the new partners were thrown in with all of their problems, past relationships, children, financial problems, it just added to the mess. In the end who payed the highest price?

  The children, so if they are so devoted to their kids…shut up, do the hard work, grow up and TURN THIS INTO A WIN. NOT A LOSS.

• Hi…Just wondering if you could share the link or source where you got your information that Kate has no friends or no one to confide in? And again I will say that TLC shows only what they think makes good television and it’s possible they pull those moments of Kate acting harsh out of hours and hours of footage…Maybe Jon has harsh moments too but for entertainment sake they have “good guy, bad guy”. By no means do I feel either is totally innocent or guilty but hindsight is 20/20 and I think if Jon had come to Kate MONTHS ago when his cheating began and told her that the marriage is in trouble maybe there could have been counciling or something to help save the marriage…but, Jon’s decision was to begin going out, smoking, cheating and not communicating with Kate so the end result would naturally be divorce. I wish editing would have been more fair and maybe Kate wouldn’t be cast in such a bad light….Just My Opinion…

• There is no proof that Jon was cheating either. You’re just going by the few things the tabloids have printed. Kate herself said she has been hard on Jon through the years, she said you have the tapes. So it wasn’t about what they edited or didn’t she said it was so. It doesn’t matter now anyway their getting a divorce. They let the money and fame dictate their lives and this is what they get. The kids are the victims not Jon and Kate. Kate has paid people around her now because she chose money over her family and good friends she once had.

• When you think about it, Kate’s not much different then Micheal J. father was. $$$$$$$$$$$

• I do know how to spell…just hit the keys too fast…Michael

• It isn’t any different. I cryed when I thought of how Michael’s dad treated him when he was younger. It’s no wonder he was as messed up as he was. And that is probably how some of Jon and Kates kids will end up. I hope not,but only time will tell.

• Maddy & Lexie are already children who need special care and aren’t getting it.

  Kate refused marriage counseling. Then “I think” TLC told her they would continue the show only if she attended. Soon after everything fell apart.

  It seems to me that Kate doesn’t want counseling for herself or the children. I hope the court orders it…they can.

• Here are pictures posted on April 29th of the same woman he confessed to cheating with recently so I guess I am right about that and I didn’t go by the tabloids. Here is the link so you can see for yourself.
  http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/04/29/jon-kate-plus-8-jon-gosselin-cheating-scandal-photos/
  There is a difference between being “hard” on someone and being a monster which is how most people describe her. I agree she has been “hard” at times. I still think it was entertainment (although sad) to see her over react and melt down at Jon and TLC saw the draw to it and made sure to show it when possible. Kate has done alot of good with the children and shown alot of love towards them. I hope people can give her some credit.

• I dont know if it is the same on your computers but the last comment was made by me but it gives Anonymous credit…strange…

• Ok, here’s a novel idea. STOP WATCHING THIS TRIPE! Both of these people have problems in the honesty/integrity department, and they are only in it at this point for the money. If you all would just stop watching it, the temporary hiatus would become a permenant cancelation. Then they could go back to being real people (maybe).

  Honestly, there are so many better things for us all to be worrying/talking about. How about we spend a little bit of the time you all are spending here thanking the young men and women in our nations military for the sacrifices they are making in the cause for freedom?

  Oh, and by the way, I feel the same way about how inundated we have been since yesterday in connection to the death of Michael (a.k.a. child molester) Jackson. Get over it people!

• Is this an adult forum or what? All I see are a bunch of childish comments being made.
  We DO have much better things to deal with….forget about the deaths of celebrities….yes it is sad to hear about people dying but what about our men and women protecting our country and risking their lives for us?

• Rose and Robin-Did you notice that you clicked on a site that says Jon and Kate gets nasty, Aunt Jodi tells her side? Do you know that I have a nephew and a niece over in Iraq and they are in my prayers and every man and women who is fighting for our country. Do you believe that we spend 24/7 of our time on this site. I not only feel great loss for our service men and women when they die or are seriously wounded, but I also feel sad about other human beings who die. Maybe instead of spending your time telling those of us on this site that we should have much better things to deal with- why don’t you go spend time in a v.a. hospital like I have helping to make someones life a little better!! Next time resist going to one of these childish websites and find a purpose for your life….

• anyway…

  im so tired of kate always playing the victim. she will NEVER get that she has eight victims of her own. oh yeah, the kids……..

  what REAL mom would air their own children’s dirty laundry and inner most private feelings to a national audience. shes not a “mommy”, shes a “mother”. she is constantly preying off her own children. she never has enough time (her own words) to deal with her own children and their problems, but she will tell the camera all about it. when have you EVER seen her get off her butt and deal with her own children? the camera would follow you, kate. get up and deal with your children. she would rather spend that time reassuring her audience that she just cant handle it. how many times and for how long do we have to listen to her say that she cant handle it? has america missed her cry for help all along? she cant handle it and that is so painfully (her childrens pain, mind you) obvious. even jon can handle all eight ALONE. thats right. no nannies, no bodyguards…..

  she doesnt invest in her children. she is very hands off. pointing fingers, barking orders, there is no compassion in her what so ever. just run to people magazine and expose the most tender, innocent moments about your children to anyone that will listen. if you are a mother, would you ever do that? she doesnt know when to stop. and i dont think she ever will. she treats her children as commodities and posessions. they are hers to do with as she wishes, no matter what that costs the kids. she has stripped away their innocence, their security. these children have no safe place. mommy is not even a safe place. if you notice, in all of the episodes, kate is constantly trying to reassure the public of her actions and words. save it kate!!!!!! we saw and heard it live…your version is so very very skewed. she is cold, frigid, insecure, self-centered, selfish, immature, weak, mean, but most of all SHE IS WRONG!!!!!

  i feel sorry for jon’s children. i feel sorry for jon. i feel sorry for anyone that has ever invested their heart into this family. the sad thing is, kate is always saying things like “when everyone has walked away, it will be the ten of us” why would everyone walk away? why has she set her family and children up for failure? why does she need an audience? when ever someone walks away (and they all do) the kids are still there with her. adults cant handle kate and her demands and they all scatter leaving the kids in the most vulnerable life. they will never learn stability, compassion, or coping skills. if we have learned anything from kate, its that SHE CANT COPE.

  giving birth doesn’t make you a mommy. organizing a staff doesnt make you a mommy. brow-beating daddy doesnt make you a mommy. real mommys are too busy to cry to people magazine, tlc, bodyguards, the chopper guys about their problems. real mommys just get out of bed, put their feet on the floor and get busy raising their children. snotty noses, dirty hands and all. she thinks she is TOO GOOD for her own children. how did jon ever have a chance. no one is good enough for her….including her children.

  jon has raised those kids. 5 years old and she still makes them wear bibs. she is always trying to take the easy way out.

  real mommys know there IS NO EASY WAY OUT, KATE!!!!!!! being a mommy is not easy. no one ever said it was.

  it will all come back to bite her. karma is knocking at her door. thats right kate, when everyone walks away…….i know of eight little people that will grow up to be eight adults that will eventually walk away from her too.

  the best advise my own mom ever gave me when my children were young was “kids arent stupid, they are just short”. they hear and see it all. kate can fool herself all she wants. (and what a fool she is) but she doesn’t fool REAL MOMMYS!!!!!!!! us real moms out there are not fooled by kate.

  dont feel sorry for kate. THATS her full time job. leaving eight children by the wayside to feel sorry for herself. real moms dont have time to feel sorry for themselves, you take a deep breath and move on with your day. she is addicted to the camera, it has become her crutch and her only friend. what a sad, sad life for those children.

  stay tough, jon. your children need you. you have never let them down. KATE let them down and thats where she likes people, makes her feel big and better about herself.

  jon can handle the kids. she dumps her kids on beth (beth has quite a few kids), but steps up and takes all of them. she dumps her kids on jodi (jodi has a lot of kids), but steps up and takes all of them. name one episode that kate has anybody else’s kids over to just play? name one episode that kate has anybody else’s kids over to babysit for someone else? name one episode that kate has ANYONE over (kids or adults) that aren’t there to DO SOMETHING FOR HER? its all about “what can anybody and everybody do for kate?” take kate out of the picture and its relief for everyone.

  kate the mother just cant handle it. stop hanging notes. stop going to the spa. stop putting everyone down. stop reminding everyone you cant handle it because frankly ive never seen you even try. she has the mindset that she cant do it. tlc has shown that several people that used to be involved CAN HANDLE IT. and the gosselin circle just keeps getting smaller and smaller and smaller. because she the mom she gets to call the shots. she doesnt deserve it and frankly hasnt shown me that she even WANTS to do it. thats what the staff is for.

• The format of the show is for Kate and Jon to sit and talk about the kids. THAT is why she sits there and reassures the audience she can handle the kids, which I feel like she does just fine from what I see. Furthermore this is the first season that Jon did not want to do it so why are we blaming Kate for using the kids as a commodity? Jon spends freely and goes out with and without dates just as if he is a free, single…fatherless man…choosing to not even live in the same state so that he could be close to his kids and what do I read…Another person wanting to bash Kate. Please tell me what Jon has done that is so great? They have both parented and taken the mother father roles in their childrens lives like most parents do but now only Jon is the parent? Crazy comments people make on here. As far as children or anyone coming over to play with the kids I am thinking about the different shows with lots of children on them (and there are quite a few now) and off the top of my head I can’t think of kids coming over to play on any of these shows. I would bet that TLC kind of guides how each episode goes and if they wanted a show with children visiting then I’m sure that would happen…Poor Jon…I hope his nice tan, ears pierced with the nice bling, new motorcycle, cigarettes, new apartment in New York rented from Trump, girlfriends and his party life make him happy…Thats what every decent and wonderful father should do, don’t ya think? Seems to me he is the selfish one…but that is only my opinion…

  • laundry folding – bev or nanna
    baths – jon
    transporting to school – jon
    dressing kids – jon
    logistics – jon
    cooking – organic chef has prepared their meals since season 2
    yardwork – landscaping and mowing crew since season 2
    clothing for kids – free
    juice for kids – free
    haircuts for kids – free
    airplane for free trips – tlc
    housecleaning – maid since season 2
    van – free through tlc
    author of her real book – beth carson
    pin cushion – anyone involved with kate

    resident winer – kate
    resident note writer – kate
    pity party organizer – kate
    resident degrader – kate
    run to the tabloids describing detail emotions of kids responding to divorce news – kate
    picture organizer for second book ( if you want to call it a book) – kate
    traveler that goes for weeks without speaking to kids – kate
    nurse grossed out by anything her own boys do – kate
    mother with favorites that not afraid to announce and show it – kate

    if you believe everything you read, then read it all.

    im sure both extended families, all their friends that are not connected to the show, their church, and community are all wrong. oh i forgot, kates always right. get off the punch jan. (marcia, marcia, marcia.)

    jan, you are always so eager to jump on peoples opinions. another type A. cant control your feelings. no one else can have an opinion. another poor, poor me. have a great day, sweety!!!!

• Anonymous- You crack me up!!! I helped my son move today and it was a long day, but you have given me a good laugh. Keep’em coming.

• um…Anonymous…I never said everyone else could not have an opinion…I just said I think people should be fair about Kate…Seems to me that YOU are as eager to jump on opinions as you say I am…You gave lots of “facts” here but please send the links for these “facts” so I can see for myself…ok? We see the few minutes of this and that concerning the kids but that does not mean that is the way things are all the time…I think I’m just a little more realistic than you are and ummmmmmm Anonymous? To put it plainly, you are really gross and way out of line…On this site, in another forum about Kate you had the gall to talk about her hair and then compare it to her pubic hair…Making some kind of sick joke (but you probably were serious) so I’m not even open to anything you say anymore…There is a line that people with morals and class do not cross and you have gone way past it…One last thing…The marcia, marcia, marcia shows your immaturity and the poor, poor me??? What have I said to try and get pity for myself??? hummmmmm? I think I wrote my opinions very calmly and you have JUMPED me more than once for mine so join the TYPE A club!!!

  • Facts?? What good would facts do you? You don’t seem to accept evidence. I think “anonymous” is exactly correct and I’m not surprised that you disagree. Of course, you can’t reason with people who don’t deal in facts…

• Anonymous, you need a name. Too many anonymous bloggers on here. You deserve the credit for that one. It was right on!
  Loved that you mentioned about kate having favorites and definately not the boys. Remember “boys are gross”. On the last show did you notice that she didn’t have enough snacks, so she wanted the boys to share. Oh that was a surprise. Wasn’t it yogurt???
  MOTHERS DON’T HAVE FAVORITES KATE!!!!!

  • Rachel, did you ever get the message? We go back and forth but we usually comment on http://womensthougths.wordpress.com/

    Come holler at us..Maris, Cinoda, Me, Missy sorta took off…

• You don’t need links to anything or proof if you actually watched the show from the beginning. Kate lacks the ability to bond with her children. She hates men. She picked Hannah as her favorite child over all the others. Hannah is more like Jon then Kate, she also lacks the ability to fight back, just like her daddy. She’s a pleasant child and willing to be the “go for” and do it quietly.

  Cara rarely smiles. She looks like her Dad, like a beaten down dog. these 2 quiet children who are most like Dad, will someday do the very same thing that Dad did. They’ll just walk away. At that point, maybe the 3 boys will follow. The boys have taken a back seat from birth. It’s depressing to see have far behind the girls they are. They have had to bond to each other because they weren’t allow to bond with their Dad, their mom doesn’t like them and they were born with Dad’s nature, quiet and non aggressive, although Colin does have Kates mean streak.

  Kate’s hair: She looks like a plucked chicken in the back. The front: Looks like an amish bowl cut on one side, the other side is a total disconnect to the hair-do. It’s really ugly and she does look like a smacked a—-.

  Jan, if you want to be like Kate, go for it. She has no class. She’s cold hearted. She’s really an unhappy person and has emotional and mental problems at the very least. She’s the mother of 8 but I wouldn’t hire her to take care of my gold fish.

• Anonymous…Whatever your opinion of her hair is fine…You were just way out of line comparing it to her pubic hair. That made you look cheap and I’m sure I am not the only one with that opinion. You keep throwing your insults at me and then say I insult you I don’t allow you to have opinions. Read back over some of your posts and see how you have done the exact thing to me. The laundry list you gave were mostly your opinion. Because you choose a side and try to make a big deal out of every move she makes does not make it fact. I do not get the same ideas out of the show that you do, sorry…but I try to be fair and realize there is alot that goes on behind the scenes that lead up to what we actually see…Granted Kate can be mouthy and I think she goes overboard at times that is not my debate. I am defending her from the ones that say she is such a terrible mother. For example, that she didn’t speak to her kids for 5 weeks while on book tour. That is outrageous and totally unbelievable and I really want facts on that one!!! Nobody is perfect and I am in no way, shape or form saying Kate is right in how she talks to people. If you can’t give her credit for anything good then that is on you but I feel like you are just “caught up” in bashing her and not open to reason. I am awaiting your next “put down” on me. You seem to think that is how to treat people. Kinda reminds me of what you say Kate does…

• We should have a little challenge here. Let’s watch all the episodes for the past 2 seasons and journal negative and positive against both Jon and Kate, then see who leads in both. NOT… I personnally don’t have to because after having already watched all of them I know who would win. This womens so called bedside manner needs much improvement. You can’t watch the show and not know this. The most damming evidence of all is that there are not any family members and old dear friends in their lives or the lives of their children. Nanna who would help with laundry and watch the kids was not at the kids 5th birthday party. They only moved about 50 miles from where they use to live.. Don’t you think this women who was always their for Kate (the one who planned the whole party all by herself) would have invited her, or gone to get her. No this would have been out of the way for Kate. I just keep repeating this because some people aren’t getting the fact that this is the biggest point to be made about this whole subject- THAT KATE- has chased everyone away including her husband. She chases everyone away who won’t become what she wants them to be-GOPHERS….Like what was said before, what have you ever seen Kate do for someone else? Its easy to give away things that are given to you(like a pink scooter) but try giving of yourself or your money to help others. All the free stuff that was given to them, Kate decides to have a yard sale and donate the money to charity. She complained about people not being there on time with the tables and was ready to leave. If her heart would have really truly been in helping someone else less fortunate, come hell or high water she wouldn’t be complaining!!!!! Kate has isolated those kids from everone but the camera guys and the spa workers where she went with her oldest daughter. These kids will go through life without having their aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and nanna’s. IT IS KATE who has caused all this and no one else. Jon loves having family around.

  • Right on…
    I agree that the most telling thing about Kate is the fact that she has no friends or family members involved in their lives. What happened to her girlfriend who used to travel with her, babysit for her and her husband even gave Jon a job. What has she done with them.
    You left out commenting on Mady, the most screwed up of all the kids who has a personality and temper like her mom.

• Jan, if you could see so clearly, you would be able to pick out the different “anonymous” posts as different people. I think you have more than one anonymous person who does not agree with you. I don’t always type in my name because I have 2 braces on my hands. I posted the last anonymous where it says, “Cara never smiles”.

  This cold blooded poor excuse for a mother doesn’t need you to defend her. If she knew you, she would step on you like an ant if you couldn’t do anything for her…like take care of her kids, wash her laundry, iron her clothes.

  She has NO one left in her life that was inplace when this show started. Those that she didn’t get rid of before she had the babies because they weren’t giving her cash, she got rid of one by one.

  I only hope Jon gathers them all back up and allows his children to have a “family” again.

• By the way, the reason people with money GIVE things away is because they need it for a tax write off.

  I give a lot away. It comes out of my Social Security check…that hurts, something that Kate will never really know- how it feels to really give to someone and gain nothing back but the wonderful feeling you get when that person smiles.

• I’m sorry Holee but I just don’t agree with you…That is what makes this country great! We can have our own opinions. Have a wonderful day…

• Patti,
  Do you know what ever happened to Kate’s friend Beth. Ya, know the one with the beautiful house that the Gosslins had there family pictures taken at?
  Thanks!

• You are right Jan, that’s why you don’t need to defend her against those of us who see it different..it’s our opinion to see her as a bad mother.

  When the kids lived in the smaller house they had a wonderful birthday party at their own home with lots of caring adults and children enjoying the carnival.

  What a huge contrast to the 5th birthday!

• Nobody said you couldnt have your opinion…I just shared mine…Sheesh! These Hate Kate people are really defensive!

• Rachel-I don’t really know(hard to believe) Ha ha- I know Beth was one of the people who first volunteered to help with the kids after they were born. They didn’t know each other before this. But whatever the reason Beth and Kate are not friends anymore, Beth is one class act. She has not taken to the tabloids to comment on this. All of us who have watched the show know what a blessing Beth had become to that family. We know they didn’t need money so they most certainly were in it because they truly cared for the family. I’ve got a strong suspicion though why Beth isn’t in their lives anymore-It’s a four letter word. KATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I need opinions please. Does anyone else think that all this divorce talk is all due to ratings. It seems to me after watching previous episodes before the big blow that Jon and Kate were quite civil to each other. Does anyone else feel that this is all fake?

• I think when the ratings started dropping and because of all the negative response to the show that TLC is getting, Kate knew that they could possibly drop the show and she wasn’t going to let that happen. So there might have been a moment where she wanted everyone to think she was being nice. I believe they are getting a divorce. Jon has come to a point in his life where he is not going back to a life with her. It will be about Kate protecting the money that she thinks is all hers so it will be interesting to see what her strategy will be next.

• Patti…Kate and Beth are still friends and here is the link to prove this…
  http://theanti-gosselinswithoutpity.blogspot.com/2008/12/beth-finally-talks-about-book.html
  Also Patti…could you share the link with me showing me that Kate thinks their money is all hers, cause I just don’t get that idea from watching the show… Thanks!

• Jan, December 12, 2008 was a looooog time ago in Kates life. Didn’t you notice there was NO Christmas show in the new house?

  Why do you keep asking for links of proof? Anyone one of normal intelligence can figure it out. The divorce papers were filed because Kate stated she needed to “protect her and the children”.

  Lets see now, do you think Jon has become violent? I don’t think so. What then could she be protecting?? $$$$$$$$$$$$ Put that together with what happened that weekend. Jon shopped in New York City for an apartment….not a dump, but one that would draw $60,000.00 a year for the rent.

  Oh wow, now lets run off to a court house and file fast, lie and say we have been separated for 2 years, trying to protect the income from the books, and to get a quick divorce so Jon can’t touch any of HER money.

  Hmmm, did the divorce papers deal with the children, custody or visitation? Most often in Pa., it does. Not in this case…it was a hurry to clamp tight on the money. The kids are not something she is concerned about as a first priority. Besides, she needs Jon as a babysitter…hmmmm, I bet he sees himself as a father and one half of the marriage which would mean one half of the money.

  In Pa. since they are both earning the same amount on the show, they would both be responsible for equal support for the kids. ooops…if Kate claims the books are soley hers, then she is earning more then Jon and would be responsible for more of the kids support.

  Try to rely on you own common sense and don’t put so much into links and the things you read. Montco court house has a library. If you really want to know why she is running for the law to protect HER money, you’ll have to do a little legal reading. Maybe you should rely on the Pa. rules for child support which can be found on line.

• It wasn’t recently they wrote the first book. They started it one year after the kids were born it took a year to finish it, so the kids would have been two. I went to the web site and I didn’t find where Beth and Kate were still friends. Just because she made a comment last year about writing the book to someone doesn’t mean their friends now. I said in a recent comment that Beth is a class act. Just because a fan of Kates is blogging and telling all you fans of Kate what you want to hear doesn’t make it so. But that’s your problem you don’t get it that’s what we’ve all been trying to get you to understand. And there is no link about Kate and the money, it comes from watching the show that shows you it’s all about money with Kate. With all the cameras following Kate around I’m sure if Beth and her were still friends we would have seen a picture by now. A picture is worth a thousand words. Produce a recent picture and you’ll make a believer out of me.

• Holee-Bravo I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s so nice to be blogging with people who have good common sense. I keep going to all these websites that Jan puts up and I don’t find any hard facts about what she’s talking about.

• Won’t Jon get half of the money anyway because he was also in the shows/books?

• Here it is Patti…copied and pasted since you were unable to read it on the Fan Website and this is a Fan Website for Jon AND Kate, not just some random blog…………This was such a great positive article to read, leave it up to the Trolls at GWOP to try to make a negative spin on it saying that Kate and Beth are no longer friends or that Beth is “sticking up for herself saying ONLY she wrote the book”…………..When I put up a website I put it because it backs up my statement…Since you Hate Kate people have your blinders on and would rather rely on “good ol common sense” than facts that would be your problem…A lot of the theorys and statements the “three” (and you know who you are) have made are quite comical. Thanks for the laughs. You can make all the insults you want at my expense but I am still glad that I am the person that I am, not running to jump on people until I know facts and placing total blame on one side. I am expecting to see a group of you request Jon for Sainthood next. I am sure there are others that agree with me but have not said anything. On other sites I have read a lot of nice things about Kate as well as Jon and that is how it should be. I wont be back posting here anymore because I’m taking this site out of my favorites cause I’ve had all the laughs I can handle from you three. When you cut me down you make yourself look just a little silly…Have a nice life girls!

• Jan- I know you won’t read this but you have been one who has defended Kate and didn’t have anything good to say about Jon. If we all defended Jon you jumped in and defended Kate. How are we any different then you. You have said a lot of negative things about us because of our opinions concerning Jon. I honestly didn’t find any absolutes from the sites you put up. I had said over and over again that Jon should have manned up before now. I haven’t got one hateful bone in my body for another human being. You have taken everything so personally. I know the rest of us have strong opinions on this subject but I can speak for myself and say that I have not had one moment since I have been on this site where my blood was boiling over comments that have been made. Its just for fun we had nothing to do with Jon and Kates breakup. I don’t understand-you knew we were all negative toward Kate on this site, why would you have it on your favorites? You have judged Jon by what the media has put out there. Yet when what Kate has done has been evident on every show you still defended her and said, ya she was a little hard on Jon at times. She crys and you believe those are real tears. Bottom line- if she loved her kids and her husband she would have said a long time ago stop the show!!!!!!! she is the one who controls everything. Then she would still have a marriage because Jon saw where this was going and he told her he didn’t want to do it anymore (it’s on the tape of last show season 4) and Kate said NO I like what I’m doing!!!!!! So there you have it Kate chose fame and fortune over her FAMILY…………..

  • This is true. It is very obvious that on the last show from last season that Jon didn’t want to continue with the show, but OH, NO!! Miss Kate wasn’t having that!

    I stopped watching the show after that. I haven’t watched any of this season’s shows, not that you have to, it’s all over the airways. I really did enjoy the show at the beginning, but it started to be all about trips and stuff–that “regular” families trying to make it from day to day could never afford, and at that point it wasn’t a reality show–it was a fantasy!

• Rachel- yes Jon will get half of everything. Which he should,he was half of the show. Lets see… what will the kids get? lots of stuff from both parents so they can become all about things and not loving caring people toward others. I’m correcting myself Kate was a third Jon was a third and the kids were a third of the show.

• I read somewhere that the kids will get free college education from the state of PA. Just wondering if this is true and why would a family with this much $$ get free education?

  • Yes it is true… The governor or PA was at the tuplets first b-day party and promised them all a free college education. They also set up a college trust fund at that time.. I guess the gov didn’t think before he opened his mouth and figured the state would need some help! The trust account records are sealed and you can not access how much money is in it… You can, however, go online and make a donation…..

• Rachel- I think this was given to them before they started getting the big money from the show. Just like I think they should pay the hospital over a million back for their kids care when they were born. Wouldn’t that make them a couple that cares more about what people have done for them then the money. After all it was Kate who wanted to have kids the unnatural way, why should everyone else pay…

• I live in Pa. I did live in Lancaster 3 yr. ago, now I am in western Pa. When these babies were born at Hershey Medical Center everyone was ready to give. Who knew Mom would send out tapes to studio’s and they would end up with so much.

  When Kate’s Dad got his church members to give items he also had no idea. He thought as a father he was doing the right thing with the daily cost facing them all at that time.

  The State of Pa. is providing college for these kids…but since they are now wealthy, Kate should tell the state to give it to others who need help…we all know she won’t do that.

  In the beginning she had a free nurse provided for the babies. When they decided the babies were healthy and she wasn’t entitled to the nurse, Kate took them to court, and lost.

  When people start to think they are “owed” the things they get, they usually end up like this family. They get the goods and are left without the love they once had for each other. Jon is not natured this way in my opinion. He weakly tried to tell Kate he wanted to stop, wanted back his life and privacy…but with Kate’s nature, she loves the attention.

  This is a problem we see in Maddy. The more attention Maddy gets the more she wants and when she doesn’t get it, she lashes out out everyone, but especially her younger siblings who she must blame for her lack of attention.

  It’s unfortunate for all these children, but I don’t see anyway Jon could have continued. He seems to enjoy the contact he has with his family and I don’t think it makes him feel very good that his mother and brothers have been cut out of his life. Jon is a person who needs family and friends. I think he will continue to be in his childrens lives if Kate doesn’t end that and as long as Jon continues to do the show for her, she won’t. The shows stands between him & his children having a relationship now.

• I think that Kate is obsesed with power, money, and publicity. Jon he is very tired of ALL of the things going on. But the one who will be most unfortuante will be the children. Poor kids I cant belive Kate would put her own family through this whole thing. I hope everything thing will be alright with the children.

• Why does Jon want to move to New York?

• kate is so coldhearted she belongs in a mosaleam she has no soul like a vampire’poor jon he got bit once to much by her no wonder she is always at the dentist she has to get her teeth sharpened; people like her should not have children; ever’ her skunk haircutwill get white sosmeday and she will look like the evil ghost she is with the white stripe down her back[ god help us from people like her run jon far awaynever look back; then maybe the sun will shine for you again;

  • Oh PLEASE,,, Jon is a total duschtard! And yes I stole that word…. He is a beer gutted thug wanna be…. He is always high during the interviews. Ever notice his eyes? And I guarantee you he has been cheating on Kate since probably before they got married. The only reason he is leaving is because he got busted and finally realized he can’t go screw arouind now because someone will see him….
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• When we want to get a bad reaction against someone, the norm is to say they smoke pot and drink beer. I’m not against either so I’m not swayed by your statements.

  As for cheating, that is between a man and a woman and in todays world, is pretty much the norm…take Clinton for example, who continued to sit as the head of of country.So, I’m not swayed by that statement either. Who cares what adults do to each other, that’s their problem. I didn’t watch the show to see them. I watched to see the beautiful children.

  My test for a father is about the 8 children. Did he show love for them? Did he show concern for them? Did he have normal expectations for them?

  Right from the beginning we saw the babies excitement whenever Daddy was home or around. Many times Kate said this. Jon was always concerned about Kate not allowing the kids to be kids, get dirty, enjoy a project and always having them dressed to the nines was annoying to him. I think he was totally against her constant restriction to having a normal piece of candy etc. What Jon expects from his kids is that smile he gets when they are enjoying something he is doing with them. He expects them to be children.

  On the other hand, Kate shows no love to her boys and little to her girls. I’ve heard Maddy call her mean. She doesn’t bring out the smiles and best in the children. Just look at Cara’s expression, she doesn’t smile. Kate doesn’t care about the kids feelings or the outcome of her demands. She expects them to be camera ready robots at all times for her benefit.

  As a father, Jon ranks towards the top of the chart, while Kate is off the chart. Somewhere waaaaaaay below normal.

• I love the clip of kate having a meltdown on the airplane. She cries just like her kids do.

• Finally, some relief for the kids!

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090630/en_top_eo/131873

  And the cook book….most likely trashed! Exactly what she should get, nothing!

  Maybe now she’ll have to eventually move out of the cold, echoing house and into a home, where the kids can form friendships outside their own clan!

  If anything, she needs to move to NY and Jon needs to live in the house with the kids. He loves the woods, getting dirty, having fun. She hates it all and I can’t understand why she moved there in the first place. The dogs??? We all know she’ll never let them out of their cage.

• The last 3 comments were right on. If anyone has wanted his kids to be kids it has been Jon. Remember when he told her to pull the stick out of her ….she says I can’t believe you said that, you’ve never said anything like that to me. She was admitting right then and there that Jon doesn’t say mean things to her, but she says a whole lotta mean!! And the true test of a loving parent is all the different things Jon wants to show his kids and teach them things besides how to get your hair and nails done. I also watched the show because of the kids. I loved all the cute things that they did and said,but we haven’t seen much of that lately.

• They weren’t going to tape any new shows until Aug. 8th anyway.

• Yea, last nights episode sucked. It is taking so long from the time the do something until the show actually airs the news about what has happened is already out. We all know about Kate going to the beach with the kids and Steve. It wont even be on until next week….. I would rather be suprised…. Is an article on lastnights show…
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• Jon and Kate isn’t even going to be on next week.

• This whole thing just makes me really sad. I am 26 years old and in a stable long term relationship with a good man. As sad as this is, and as embarrassed as I am to admit it I believe that subconciously I look to some of these examples like Jon and Kate to help me guide my way. No, I have never never said that I want to be just like… (fill in the blank with random reality show star’s name) but I do need examples and television is unfortunatly one of the only places I have to look too for examples of what my “next stage” in life might look like. (P.S.- I don’t really watch alot of this type of thing but these kids are so cute and just caught my eye) Kate was a nurse before and I think that we need more examples of professionally educated women parenting. (By the way before I get blasted by everyone out there, I am aware that Kate quit working before parenting eight children.

• The mother of my granddaughter was a nurse, but that was never who she really was. What your profession is has nothing to do with who you are.

  She ended up on Phila. most wanted list, a drug addict who brutally assaulted a man to get drug money.

  You wouldn’t have wanted to see her raising her child. The basement was filled knee deep with dirty clothing. She would stop on the way to the hospital and buy a new outfit after sleeping all day.

  Being professionally educated doesn’t make a mother. Kate admits to emotional problems. I think they are more mental problems, but I’m not a doctor.

  Television is a poor example of real life. Try looking at the families in wal mart. The mothers who drag their kids while they are screaming (like Kate did), those who speak to their children quietly, those that shake and push their kids and those mothers who ask dad to remove the child from the situation and take her/him to the car.

  Kate is the very worse example of a mother. I haven’t seen a good mother on TV since : Father knows Best, Make room for Daddy, Leave it to beaver or the Brady Bunch…none of which was a real example of life.

• Holee-I agree with you completely. There have been so many professional people who have done terrible things. There are however very wonderful professional mothers who can work and be good mothers,too. I watch the sextuplets on WE, their mother is a nurse and still works. She lets her little ones get dirty and just enjoy life without getting upset like Kate always did if the kids got dirty. Things don’t have to be perfect in her house. I also grew up on the shows you mentioned. Just think how different our world would be if we could go back to those days. But we have become such a materialistic country and the results of that is destroying our common sense and our families.

• i just have four words jodi is a bitch

  • Anonymous- I guess you haven’t watched any of the episodes where Jodi and Kevin were always helping Jon and Kate with something. Jodi was such a loving aunt to those kids. I say was because Kate no longer has any of her family in her life. But I repeat from other comments I have made that ALL OF THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE VERY GREEDY……NOT…..but if you believe everyone but Kate is at fault all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!

• anyone who is criticising kate for getting her nails done is stupid because what is wrong with looking good

  • Anonymous-There isn’t anything wrong with getting you nails done if your priorities are in order. Kates priority is not her husband and kids otherwise she would have stopped the show a long time ago.

• There’s nothing wrong with looking good. With 8 kids spending time with them comes first. Taking kids to a spa is not spending time with them. Your kids are not your “friends” to pal around with.

  The only places Kate took the kids was planned by TLC. I wonder what the kids were doing and who was being mommy while she wrote 3 books? When you miss the early years, that’s bad for the children.

  Too late now, they are school age. She missed the learning years and so did the kids. Of course, part of the early years of learning is allowing kids to see, touch, get messy. You can’t do that with nice nails and designer clothing and your hair hanging over one eye.

  Hasn’t anyone noticed how far behind the boys are? Boys need to experiment to learn. These boys were restricted, ignored and left behind a lot of the time. Kate has 8 kids, but only has time for 1…Hanny.

• Why is Hannah the favorite? Does anyone know?

  • Hannah was her little helper. Liked to fold clothes etc.

• Anonymous,
  Jon and Kate and those children were very lucky to have Jodi and Kevin in there lives. I give credit for Jodi to take those kids once a week to give Kate some time to herself.

• Here is my take on why Hanny is Kate’s favorite. She is not a screemer, she does what she’s told to do, she longs for attention and found a way to get it. Gee, does that sound like Jon?

  If you notice, right from the beginning Hanny was the only baby not crying. She has dad’s quiet personality. Grant you, so does Cara, but Cara has a fault. She likes sports and outside. She can’t relate to Kate in any way.

  The boys are also quiet, but they came with the wrong plumbing…Kate does not like males at any age or in anyway.

• Sorry, that was my post…keep forgetting to put in my name

• Wow Holee. Thanks for the explaniation of “the favorite”. You sound like a pro at this. Good job.

  • To the 2nd anonymous on this site. You sound alot like Jan who use to post her comments on this site. Are you her ghost writer?????

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• anonymous, thanks for that! If was well worth the look. I needed a good laugh this morning.

  This is not the tropic’s. Pa. has not had enough days in the eighty’s to get a tan like that.

  No matter how much money you have, once you are past 28, have had kids….you don’t belong in a brief swimsuit. Someone here was pitting Kate becaue she looked so thin at the 5th birthday party..seems like it might have been her fashion that day…she seems to have gained some pounds to me! Thunder Thighs!

  And the kids…exposed to that!

• I hate not having a button so I can fix the words I type in wrong! That was not pitting..it was pitying…

  Don’t ever pity her..pity the kids!

• I just got finished getting caught up on the most recent commnets. And some of you Jon supporters are nuts. Jon, give me a tiddie to suck on because I’m a big freaking baby, Gosselin could care less about the families privacy… All he is worried about is his own or rather the fact that his cheating ass got caught!

  Jon chose to stay at home. Jon chose to stay on the phone and peddle his kids for free stuff while at work and got fired. Jon chose to dress like a juvenile and wear big diamond ear rings and Jon chose to sleep with Deanna Hummel…

  He is the one feeling that he is entitled.

  He has had the oportunity none of us has had. He gets to stay at home and raise his kids. He gets to live in a mansion. He gets to make tons of cash by doing nothing other than be himeself, or rather be the person people want to watch on TV. He may have to live with Kate but there are wose things. Living on the steets, not having food to eat. NOT BEING ABLE TO BUY CLOTHS OR FOOD OR SHELTER FOR YOUR KIDS…

  So what is it called? Oh yea, the sweet life….

  Jon just needs to quite being a baby and grow up! The good parts of his life far out way the bad..
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  • There are a lot of privileged people in the world and there are a lot of poor people. I grew up poor, now I live a middle class life. I have worked hard all my life and have tried to always help others. I don’t begrudge them having things. But it’s the attitude of Kate when Jon wanted to quit the show and Kate said,”I like what I’m doing. I have always said and I repeat for the tenth time, Jon should have manned up a long time ago. This show has become about money, they have more then enough money to live on for the rest of their lives. Yet Kate wants to continue on so she can provide for her kids.. She should teach them to work for what they get in life. Kate should also pay back the hospital over a million dollars for her kids care after they were born. I’m sure there are some people who are living on the streets that could use some of that free hospital care……And before Jon and Kate got married Jon wore earrings and you weren’t there, how do you know if he cheated on Kate? My husband wears a earring big deal, so do a million other men in this country. All we are saying on this site is that Jon is the lesser of two evils……..

• For me this is not about Jon & Kate and never was. I tuned in to see the kids. It doesn’t matter what the adults do to each other. It’s still about the kids for me.

  Jon loves the kids. He would have enjoyed them if he would have been allowed. As a PARENT, Jon is much better than Kate. He was willing to allow the kids to explore the world, eat candy, get dirty, touch him. Even when it came to buying the kids beds he got it right. He said he would have bought white for the girls and pine for the boys and been done with it.

• Kate’s book’s were written by Beth Carson. Kate and jon are also on the book as co-writers. Beth is the wonderful friend who has the big house and let Jon and kate have their picture’s taken there. remember they offerd their home and we took their offering to have them done here. Kate said it. People offer and she takes. Everyone wonders where Kate’s friend has gone. Maybe she too has been dismissed into the black hole where people who help Kate are sent. She used Beth to help put together a book about her life. Maybe Beth wanted to get paid, maybe she wanted to be reconized as a co-author. One will never know in Life according to Kate.

• Why doesn’t someone step in and help these parents. Someone stepped in and helped Kate with her tummy., and someone stepped in for Jon’s hair. Why doesn’t someone with some kind of marriage counseling help these parents. They have been thru alot. Not just having the six babies but then thrown into the media. Please someone help them.

  • It’s clear that Jon doe not want help. He’s off enjoying himself like a guy just graduating high school!!!

• I think it was wrong for little miss so called family (aunt jodi) is wrong for what she did. She was trying to be so nice but yet when things got ruff between jon and kate the first person to talk crap was her. She just wonted some tv time. If i was kate family or not what she did was wrong and family doesnt do that to each other. Next time tell it to her face if you what to talk crap about them dont put it on tv for your pleasure.

  • Becky-How do you know that Jodi and Kevin didn’t talk to them face to face. They had both tried to warn Kate as to what they saw happening and what the kids had been telling them about not wanting the cameras around all the time. I think Kate not wanting TLC to pay her brother and sister-in-law after 4 seasons of helping them out with the kids and everything else for free kinda shows the world how much Kate doesn’t love her family. Becky if you had a television show and after 4 seasons of your family helping you all the time would you be mad if you had to share part of your $75’000 Per episode? I know I wouldn’t have. In fact I would have insisted on sharing my blessings with the family I love….

  • I agree Aunt Jodi needs to keep her nose out of their affairs, the children aren’t being beaten, they have a beautiful home, clothes to wear, food on the table, Aunt Jodi needs to from something constructive to do.

    • Cathy,

      It is great that the kids have clothes, food, toys and a beautiful home, but what about the fact that they have had cameras following them for most of their life. Kate once said they have “never stopped filming” since they started.

      How do you think other kids view them? When they go off to school.. other kids will know them, know everything about them. It isn’t healthy for kids to be “on camera that much”. I do believe that Aunt Jodi is looking out for them, but they need to stop going in front of the camera themselves and saying this.

      So.. kate needs to provide for her family. This year aren’t all the kids in school? Why can’t she go back and work as a nurse for a few hours a week, while the kids are in school? She won’t because she loves what she has created. She loves having cameras following her and all the fame that has come with it.

      Her tears on camera .. some i believe are real.. but most I think aren’t real. Yeah it is very sad.. but if you look back at the past year episodes.. they both look miserable.. and this was going to happen!

• Jodi took care of all the kids plus her own once a week so Kate could have a break. Boy i wish I had a sister in law like that. Kate’s just a selfish bitch. “mine all mine”.

• Jon and Kate are a product of these days; Jon has everything to succeed in life yet he choose not to. He has the laid back attitude typical of people these days, lack of energy, strength and patience, (remember being quiet does not mean being patient) qualities that were a staple in parents years ago. Kate went from the humble gal in the first episodes (remember her keeping food stamps) to a money hungry machine that will not stop until gets or believe to get all the money that is possible. Nobody told her that hitting her husband even as a game repeatedly in many episodes was just deteriorating her relationship, and that is what happened. I can see yet a fiber of goodness that may fix this relationship, I mean the Kids there will be at least one or two that will bring them back together or at least they will try their hardest. Jon enjoy your plush life but mature fast and get back where you really belong, with your family and I mean whole family, be a man at last.

• Looks like jon has a new girlfriend. It’s kate’s tummy tuck dr’s daughter. I thought that they didn’t have any kids??? Check it out on people.com

• I’ve never watched the show, nor will I. I honestly feel that Jon & Kate are exploiting their children…more so now that they’re “divorcing” “separating” call it what you will…from what I’ve heard and or read Jon & (especially) Kate need to get their priorities in order…Kate is playing the Prima Donna…and Jon…doing the thing in France…gimme a freakin’ break…real people don’t get to do those things…especially people with “real lives”

• Wow, Jon is in the news again.

• Who is this Jon of which you speak (so much)?

• Jon,try to think clearly. Do you remember ever seing about six little children????It seems I read someplace that you donated your sperm.
  They are really cute little kids Jon,do they ring a bell at all????
  NO?????
  How quickly we forget you big fool

• Jon Gosslin

• One question, why does Kate have a picnic on her front lawn she has 20 some odd acres? Yet she picks the front lawn so the photogs can snap her? I just dont get it .OHHH one more thing .. does anyone think Jon’s new gf looks like Kate in some odd way?

  • its because Kate loves the attention.

• I cannot believe Kate would not allow anyone get paid who appeared on the show. They do it for other shows. Kate said that it exploited the kids. Well if it wasn’t for the kids, Jon and Kate, would not be getting free vacations, dinners, clothes etc. They would not be living in a million dollar home, free cars, motorcycles, toys for kids, tummy tuck, and hair transplant for Jon. People quit giving these millionaires free stuff.

  I no longer watch the show. It is not the same. She talks about how the kids think she is wonderful, how she is not at fault, and so on. I am mad at Jon for not standing up to her, and telling her to not talk and treat him like that. He is just as responsible as she is for the downfall in the family. It is not the same anymore. I now watch 18 kids and counting. What a kind and loving family.
  no more jon and kate plus 8.

  • I agree with you Renee I like 18 kids and counting. I also like the couple on WE that have sextuplets. Those little ones get to be kids, it’s fun to watch them having fun being kids. They don’t have them dressed so they can’t get dirty…

• I agree maybe they should have a reality show on families who live ordinary lives that dont put on a show for the money. People who really could use th money for real life reasons.Such as household bills, medical bills ect.

• I used to think Kate was the wacky one , well now I think they BOTH are.
  I feel so sorry for those kids, the parents seem to think that “things” will make them happy instead of a healthy happy home life. One parent comes home and the other leaves? Nice living Jon and Kate plus No brains in your heads. You both sold your souls for money and material things, and to that I say SHAME ON YOU. You both sold out . I hope those kids dont have life long issues. I will never ever watch that show again and I hope many others will follow in that same path. DONT give those brainless idiots anymore money! For uhmm motorcycles , cars, trips to France … Im so over this show …..

• Julie you said it all!

• young women are only interested in short and ordinary looking men because of money and fame. John is fooling himself if he thinks that she is interested in him. Fact is down the track she will be nagging him just like Kate does. Because like all ‘easy going’ men that is usually a cover for irresponsibility and lazziness and they look for a women to make all their decisions and keep thier world in order and then they complain abourt if. He is a fool who has been taken in the wrong direction because of his ego. Famous saying any man can sleep around it takes a real man to stay married to one women all his life.

• Well, I was just thinking about this.. Jon said in an interview or talking to the photogs….she is an old family friend. Well for gosh sakes Kate the tummy tuck when .. the kids are only 5! sooo she is 22 .. he knew since she was what…. 16-17? sick!They are both nuts, the older girls have clearly stated they dont want cameras….. but Kate says” The show must go on” …….for the $$$$$ and things. Like I said before she is having a picnic on the front lawn, they have 20 some odd acres!Thats what reality tv has done to our culture…. easy money and quick!

• I’m not going to tune into ANY shows that exploit young children for money. The kids have no say in what is happening to them.

  What ever happened to parents raising their kids with the help of family instead of having kids and dipping into the pockets of shows that produce extremely bottom level, brainless TV shows?

  My grandmother had 18 kids, they grew up to be doctors, nurses, own businesses and some were just good parents. They did it on my grandfather going into the coal mines for a living and my grandmother sewing & doing laundry at home. All 18 kids respected them and loved them.

  Already we see Maddy telling her mother she is mean. What she really meant was her mother was selfish when she denied her water while getting some for herself. This is not entertaining. It’s not good for families to tune into this and think it’s entertaining.

  • Holee, I agree in everything you said. Maybe more people will NOT watch , youre right its not entertaining. I will not watch Jon and Kate plus no brains in their heads ever again. Somone else posted awhile back Kate went from clipping coupons yelling at Jon for not using them. Remeber that show she screamed and went nuts on him I could barely watch it, she wanted that reciept and she wanted it NOW so she could get a refund. I hope someone from TLC watches the blogs and knows how us the viewers feel. Axe the show ! Cut the parents off from using thier children to get them wealth and celebrity.

• I think some people are missing the point .. why they want money (after being offered some by TLC) as nothing to do with the kids.
  See if your brother or sister or best friend would make millions of $$$
  with a show that you helped promote in any way (babysitting,show your house ,taking care of the kids ,give your opinion ,show your face ,
  give away a bit of your privacy ..) you would be entitled to some sort of compensation . You would be part of the show and TLC ( like they did) would offer you a paychek its just normal and logical.
  Some people say : why didnt they come out sooner with all these allegations … maybe they didnt know how to deal with all that. I mean it took us a couple of years to realise that they were lying and probably faking a lot of it .. just knowing that they make 75 000 $ per episode and still act like they need the money for the kids is really disturbing !! I didnt watch every episode since the beginning but i watched a lot and it would of been great it they would of stopped right after knowing that they had enough for college education and grocery shopping for a lifetime ! Who needs 10 millions and more to raise 8 kids ??? That is insane ! But i guess the more you make the bigger you buy and then of course the payments are even more bigger !
  One final comment : What is the purpose of the show again ? to show us how to live and deal with a big family … if its true that they already had an agreement for college education everything was already paid by the state or whatever .. why need all that money ? I am from montreal canada and i heard a lot of things about the dionne 5 .. it was so sad and they never had a normal life .. imagine now with the internet how these kids will be in just about 10 years from now !! the paparazzis can be very patient look what happened with prince william and prince harry … they waited 20 years !! but they better not spit on the sidewalk now because it will be news .. imagine those poor kids !!

  • brigitte , agreed .. great points. We cant forget that Kate thinks she is entitled to all of this cuz she had mulitples , which is crazy. Just like Holee said in a previous post her Grandmother had many children without any handouts. I just keep stating here , I hope more and more people dont watch the show, the ratings go down and they loose the show. How do other single moms survive they get a job! Since Kate had all these kids she has had nothing but help and handouts from her friends neighbors and the show. Like you said I was aware those kids already had their education taken care of since birth. This is all icing on the cake for Kate and Jon. Their egos are so far gone. Are they realling thinking of their kids? I think not…. money and things is what they care about .

• How in the world can Jon Gosslin afford that new apartment in Manhattan, NY. He is spending this money like water. I hope they have put some of the money away for the kids since they earned it.

• I agree with you !! they are now spending money like crazy ..
  They never heard of modesty? keeping a low profile?
  Its one thing to win the lotery and let it go to your head or lets say you have a really good job and make a lot of money who are we to tell you how to spend it right ? but in their case its different .3 or 4 years ago they needed all the money and help they could get with 8 kids..
  if their marriage would of stayed strong and if they (kate mostly)would of been more gratefull ,kind,generous and honest … i would of said :you are millionaires now ? good for you !!! the more you have the more you can give and you can share with the people you love .. and charity …but now i take it personnal because i felt for these people and i honestly watch television only about 2 or 3 hours a week maximum ( i dont count hockey of course .. being french canadian its my religion !!)
  i feel like the time i spent with them in my living room was a big lie and i feel for the people who didnt have much to give but sended them money prayers and articles for the kids .. is that a way to thank them?
  keep it low .. you have no right to buy the most expensive toys for you and the kids .. you didnt earn it properly you were just lucky i guess.
  Times are hard now with the economy and people need to relate to something honest when its on a family channel like tlc.
  One last thing: i remember in the beginning of the show when kate was kind of nice .. one time she received some stuff from some people across the country and someone asked her a question and she said something like: sure i am gonna keep them if they WANNA send things to me !! It was not in a very appreciative tone it was more like saying :if your stupid enough to send it to me i will take it ! I still remember that from years ago and i am a very sensitive person and i dont know why this stupid show is getting to me ..why i am here kind of wasting my time .. i think something is very wrong with this picture and FRAUD is a word i think we may hear one day.

  • brigitte, Oh I feel just like you , Im not jealous of thier money and Im all for someone having something and being happy for them, but how youve explained itt is exactly right. Fraud IS a good word here . Thier spirits are all wrong and seem in the wrong place. I guess for us to vent here and put into words how we feel helps us. We ( who wachted the show) did spend alot of time a week watching and “rooting” for the couple with not so much money to make it through and fight the fight of everyday living. I know in my heart I felt OH they get to have organic meat , Im sooo happy for them. But come to find out thats was what Kate the show to give them! Like the bunk beds, white teeth, tummy tuck, hair transplants and many trips ( Hawaii ) what a farse that turns out to be. Im just going to do my part to watch and make the ratings high, so they get more money . Im for closing the show down. Give the kids somewhat of a normal life with no cameras.

    • Ops my post was meant to read im going to do my part NOT to watch and hope the ratings go down.. ( sorry for that typo)

• Jon is a dog any way you slice it. So what if Kate put him down and / or stayed on his ass… I think he has probably been doing the drugs for a long time which will make you lazy. She is now just making sure she can make the best life for them as she can. She knows she will not be able to count on Jon all of the time and it’s just going to get worse with him.

  Once the show is over his visits will be fewer and fewer. Until he isn’t there hardly at all. And the kids, especially Alexis, really is attached to him. Did you see at the B-Day party where she told him she didn’t want him to go away any more??? It was so sad..

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/

  • If you and the others like you really feel this show is all about the kids, you’ll BUTT OUT now that the show isn’t airing!! Let the kids try to pick up the pieces of what’s left of their private lives. Watching this show has become the equivalent of voyeristic perversion, and the “chatter tongue gossip” site you mention is not much better (although it does at least have some other topics). Watching this family in its death throws is what’s sad…

• JUlie,
  I agree with you, Jon’s new girlfriend does resemble Kate, I noticed it right away

• I THINK JON IS DISGUSTING WALKING OUT ON THE KIDS. DIDN’T HE EVER HEAR OF COUNSELING. AND WHAT IS KATES PROBLEM THAT SHE HAS TO BE LIKE A DRILL SERGENT ANDIF SHE KEEPS ON THE PATH SHE IS GOING SHE WILL BE A VERY LONELY WOMAN. SHAME ON HER FOR TREATING HER PARENTS THAT WAY. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. TELL HER TO WATCH THE NEW SHOW THAT HAS SEXTUPLETS, THESE PEOPLE HAVE SUBSTANCE SOMETHING JON AND KATE ARE LACKING. I AM DONE WATCHING THE SHOW.

• Big Daddy…your’re a fool if you are on the side of either parent. Your example of Alexis is a perfect reason for everyone to never watch this show again. This is about the children, exploited and now filming their most painful moments, the dirty distruction of their family unit.

  I dread Aug3rd when they will try to put the show back on TV. I will program my TV without TLC because I refuse to have this awful display shoved down my throat. I will miss the other shows like What not to wear, but until I read that the show has been canceled and ALL reruns stopped, TLC will not be part of my life.

  Until everyone stops talking about the two awful parents, these children will continue to be exposed to seeing their lives torn apart. Who cares what Kate & Jon do…I so pity these children.

  • Holee, good for you . Im thinking about doing the same , NOT watching TLC. Shame on them also for shoving” Jon and Kate pluse no brains in thier heads “down our throats. Jon brings all NEW things to his new apt in NYC….. do you we have to see that place too , when the show goes back on…. Well I for one will not be seeing as Ive posted earlier. Holee, good point , its about the kids, not the parents. Ive read that Kate hired that body guard back that Jon was jealous of and said she was having an affair with him. Its all game to those two!Shame on them… so much for them not talking to the media.. hahha I knew it wouldnt last. They love being in the media, could care less how it efffects their kids.

• well, the reports are out that jon got engaged. I wonder how kate feels about sharing custody with jon and his new fiance?

• Jon does not care about what this is doing to his kids or he would not be so public about his new love affair, have a litle bit of decency! I can not possibly watch the show again as the whole thing must have been a joke from the beginning. I know Kate was not always the nicest wife to him on the show but he should have stood up to her off camera and told her how it made him feel, however Im sure the bickering helped the ratings. Not that it matters to anyone except me but I have no respect for Jon at all and I hope that TLC has the guts to take the show off the air so Kate and the kids can get on with their lives in privacy. Jon go back to work and stop spending money made at your childrens expense, but i guess people magazine paid you well for your recent article. Wonder where your 23 yr old girlfriend will be when your hair starts falling out again.

  • Maybe this new 23 year old won’t MAKE his hair fall out. Jon has as much of a right to happiness as the next person. It won’t be long before Kate announces her engagement as well, just watch and see. She just has enough sense to do it in the right way — timing is everything. She wants to make sure she gets all she can from playing the victim card first…

    I feel sorry for the kids. Oh, and the dogs.

• I just saw the preview’s for the return of Kate plus 8 today. I guess they are coming back after all.

  • of course they are ! do you really think either of them really want to leave the grand life styles they have been living! just remember someones paying for there lifestyle and it ain’t them!!!!!!!!!!

• Anyone with a half a brain can see how Kate is a witch….I don’t know how she acted when they 1st got togather but if it is how she’s been for the last 4 years he was crazy…He should have known what he was getting himself into…She’s always complaining about how much she has to do well she is the one that wantd more children after the twins…Why hasn’t the department of Human Services stopped this “circus”…I could care less about either adult but thoe 8 children are going to have a hard time…Mady is already acting like Kate being a witch…I pray for the the kids they are going to need it with parents like Jon & Kate….I hope her security guard sees how she acts in time before he is in a BAD SPOT…..

• All of this publicity is making them more and more money! IT IS SICK! These poor kids that have had cameras on them since birth, do u really think they enjoy this. If you ever look at all the “loving” family pics half of the time the kids aren’t even happy or smiling. Give it a rest already! You want reality then get real jobs, pay your own bills and actully feel good that you can support your kids on your dime-not ours !! PATHETIC….stop taking trip,talking to magizines and crying poor me, getting tummy tucks,hair implants,teeth whittening and start worring about your kids mental state and how they may be dealing. Get a friggin clue, oh and im sure a friggin month and 1/ 2 hiadus is not going to help your children heal from the whirlwind media frenzie they BOTH created!

• PEOPLE dont watch the show ….. let the ratings go down. ALL I can think of is when Kate and Jon are the chair for their “interviews” or whatever you call them thru the shows … and all she does is correct his english or his sentences… but if HE says something she goes nuts. DONT INTERUPT ME…… and that yelling thru the stores in public.. HELLOOOOO-JONNNN
  she needs a good course on manners and etiquette. How she speaks to those kids too , I hate it. Its soo kind of talking down to them and belittling. As for friends , WHAT friends….. she blew them all to wayside.
  All I can say is she is gross. I can see how Jon ran and ran fast. I dont agree with his publicness . I personally think he should be closer living to his children.

  • SOOOOOooooo TOTALLY AGREE!!! This show has gone waaaay beyond entertainment and into the territory of just plain wrong for the children. Maybe TLC has earned its name “The Learning Channel” afterall — learn how to wreck a family, learn how to screw up kids… I’ve learned how to change the channel, which is what I’ve done. God bless the kids and the grown folks can go to …..

• After watching the old shows it’s hard to believe what has happened to this family in such a short time. Jon and Kate sitting close in the interview chair, arms interlocked and kate’s love taps to jon. And now divorce. Hard to believe what money and fame can do to a family. I too will not watch the new episodes in August. Enough is enough.

  • when is the knew episode??

  • Rachel . I was thinking the same thing.Remember the show when they moved to the new house and got the puppies they showed alot of the memories from the old house, what the kids had done and gone through. Maybe it was ALL a lie way back then too.with Jon and Kate and their realionship. Oh well, they got what they wanted … Money and Things. I saw online something about the kids are sad.. well heck ya they are…. one parent comes home and one leaves. Wont watch.. in August…

• Go Julie!!!!

• OH MY , we got ourselves a new Kate … its now.. Jon and Kate times 2. What is this guy thinking? Does he really want to hook up with young girls who want to have babies of their own? He has 8!! plus 2 dogs , that he said he just loved. Can anyone help me understand why this guy had to move to NYC. and not stay back in Pa.? I sit here shaking my head and wonder what the heck is this guy doing ?

• Jule, I wonder the same thing about Jon moving to New York. And the price he paid for that apartment/condo. And i heard that he doesn’t even have enough room for all of the kids. I just don’t get it!

• hi john$katie plus eight…i love the show and all the kids r so pretty i hope everything works out for u guys.i hope u guys take time for each other as a family, be a happy and be with each other…if u need time take all the time u all need….

• Ok i just watched the episode when Jon got the hair transplant. Tell me why wouldn’t they cancel this procedure if the kids were that sick. Come on it doesn’t take a genius to realize that most of there tribe are very sick as well as aunt jodie’s kids. I never left the house when my kids were sick at that age. Are they that gready?? Never mind don’t answer that.

• Ok, I don’t know about you guys but Jon Gosslin has my head spinning. He’s in the news again! He now has a new women named Kate. And she’s very young! And now he’s hanging out in the Hamptons. What about hanging out with his own children?????

  • We all think the same thing rachel. Odd isnt it? thats what I said on my earlier post . Ive said it before Ill say it again. I feel for those kids. All the things those kids get or trips they get to take, are not going to replace a beautiful home life with two parents. I think Jon and Kate both need come counseling. Im wise and old enough to realize people do get divorced, but one min these guys are in Hawaii renewing thier vows, and the next filing for divorce. Something is just wierd about the whole thing and them. IM NOT WATCHING ANYMORE.

• Myself I use to watch Jon and Kate plus eight everyday, no more, when the babies were little toddlers the show was cute and interesting,and as jon said quote it became a business,the children got older it wasnt as interesting anymore, and watching kate hitting jon wasnt amusing that was an insult to him in public for the whole world to see, as for dear little aunt jodi , why should she get paid for babysitting ?that was her choice.
  when I listened to kate talking about how she didnt like to spend money on herself and her and jon would rather put that money toward the children.and how she only spent 15o.oo on groceries per week, yet they spent a thousand on meat beef actualy at one time,so why would you need to spend a lot per week. money has turned both her an jon into greedy people.that marrriage wasnt going to last anyway,instead of jumping into another relatinonship now they should both be thinkng of those eight children.

  • Totally agree with you Ano..How Kate treated Jon .. infront of all of the world was totally wrong. I was embrassed for her ! Her shouting in pubilc and yes hitting him and kicking him. Terrible. She would then defend herself by saying , I dont see anyone when Im out blah blah Im too busy … or thats just my personality.
    At any rate , the more of us that dont watch it the lower the ratings and maybe it will be cancelled . Please dont get me wrong I dont wany hardships on the kids and I can only hope they grow to be great people, and dont have any isssues over cameras in thier faces since birth and how thier Mom shouted at them all. Jon and Kate grow up.

• From the previews it looks like the new shows is going to be a “poor me” from Kate.

  • Ha Ha rachel, its sort of what the press are doing too …. Jon the bad guy and Kate staying home.I dont buy it. And I wont watch it.

• as a mother, grandmother and lover of children this family has put me in a tailspin.
  i find it almost unbelievable that these parents are so clueless as to their kids happiness and well being.
  kate is as repulsive, arrogant and obnoxious as you can get but jon is really disappointing me now too with his dating young girls that have terrible reputations.
  i was hoping he’d step up to the plate since its clear to see he enjoys the kids and she does not.
  i pray that by some miracle something is done for these kids and that kevin, jodi and the others that love the kids will be given access to nurture them again.
  their sad faces break my heart.

  JON, WAKE UP AND BE A HERO TO YOUR KIDS.

  • Oh Nana you hit the nail on the head, very well stated……tailspin is a good word, its almost like we see what they dont see, and feel helpless . Very well stated tho.. I liked it.

• Wow how did all of this get out of hand for the Gosselins. I thought the show was about raising eight kids and two parents trying to figure out how they would make ends meet. Then in less than one year all of it was gone, the family, homelife, good tv show, and the marriage. What happened to the Christian values and the mission statement for their family. Jon and Kate saying they were in it together. Well I pray you all find happiness for yourselves and those beutiful children God gave you. What miracles of twins and sixtuplets. I am not judging but sad to hear so much trouble for you all. God bless your family

• Well Well Well, Jon finally stated he is going to be more careful, and doesnt want his twins to “google” him and find out whats going on, he doesnt want to break their trust with them or his ex. A little too late you ask? Well better late than never? I think they ALL need some therapy
  and need to have normal lives minus cameras. Get real jobs. So much for for the crap they used to say on the show , what was that, uhmm we are in this together… ,maybe they figured they can get more money apart? and its all a ploy….. I wouldnt put that past Kate, she loves things and money. I just want those kids to have a happy life …. Please God watch over them……..

• I went to TLC’s home page to see what next weeks show is going to be about. Well kate takes the kids to the beach while jon deals with the new installation of kitchen cabinets. Tell me please what was wrong with the old cabinets??? I guess the money tree is still in bloom!

  • quite a differnce from clipping coupons aye rachel? totally sick sick sick….new new new… more more more……

• Rachel, are these new episodes?? I haven’t been to the home page, but my TV guide hasn’t shown any new episodes in several weeks, only the reruns.

  J&K have certainly made an impact in more ways than one. I saw a “new” mega-family ad, two young parents of sextuplets about 2 years old now. In their interview, they were asked if they were afraid that what happened to J&K would happen to them as well. Looks like J&K are the new standard for how to screw up a perfectly wonderful marriage and family…

• I know that Aug. 3rd and Aug 10 are new episodes. Not sure about the rest of Aug.

• somepeople needs to tell aunt jodi off she is acting like a bi#C# it is jon&kate plus eight not her get a life . kates old man let her with eight kids come on people what the hell . some of you are takeing up for jon i know kate was hard on him .but she is there now and he is out fuc*ing everone he can , and she loved him and did not do that to him she is hot to have eight kids she is a good mom kate if you every read this comments i’am sorry for what he did to you i know i’am not the one to tell her that but i’am

• Kate bought a condo in Maryland to be near her man the bodyguard.

  • Yes, heard that confirmed on the news this morning. Kate is very angry at the invasion of her privacy. Too bad she’s never stopped to see how her kids might feel at the invasion of theirs…

  • She never ever bought a condo. She has a place but its a secret

• Strange isnt ……. this was in the news a couple days ago…. Im still sticking to my decision , of not watching the show . These two are out of control.

• Oh Julie, I said the same thing. But I know I will have to watch just because I am so shocked at the behavior of these 2 so called “parents”.

• rachel, I can barely think of things to write anymore… I think they lost thier minds. Plain and simple. So in the next show you get to see her new kitchen being installed is that it… I saw on US… they had a little thing about it. oh well…… money cant buy happiness…….

• Just disgusted by both parents’ behaviour! Its all about the money. Kate says show must go on as she needs to support her children. How much money does it really take for her to support her children??? Don’t they already have millions?

  I hope TLC comes to their senses and shuts the show down.

  • Gigi youre right … totally right… didnt they get college from the state when they were born? … they have millions by now . shame on them….

• come on people the news is shi* if she would like to live around her badyguard oh well like a jon he is fuc*king a 22 years old you people need to see the big pictures that loved and lost what’s meant to be alway’s find it’s way and there way is over and kate is a good mom she is hard on them at times but what mom is not if you have kids you would know not like 1 or 2 kids i’am talking about 8 or more you fu*king people make me sick i hope it would never happiend to people like that but it dose when there are babys why the hell would you feel like you need to talk sh*t about her if something is not right in your life would you like people to talk sh*t about you why know you would not so why do that to her that bit*h of a aunt did it for you all i cryed for her and fu*k you all look at jon and not kate

• PRIVEY you go girl i hear that people get over IT my man did me the same way i have three kids and somedays i feel like not ever let people back around me but i did and for that i have a good man we love TLC and my 2 girls to jon and kate was good and there kids aww man poorpoor babys my kids hate my oh ex- habby and he is my kids dad my 18year old will not talk to him it is a good thing they did it why the babys are so young but the older to that is not good it is going to be someone fait

• wow u guys are so gay leave kate and jon alone i no jon screwed kate over but this is a family matter and the god dam critics and ass holes that follow them around is making it worse

• Well, last nights show was pretty much all about Kate. Paradeing around with her many bikini’s. She is craving for attention and Mady is right there behind her. She belittled Jon as usual and he follows her commands as a little puppy would. Speaking of didn’t see the dogs at all. I hope they at least donated the old cabinets to someone less fortunate because there was nothing wrong with them. Just not up to par for princess Kate. What’s next her own comedy show? She cracked herself up with every line that came out of her mouth. And don’t get me started with that hair.

  • rachel you made me laugh with your post, laughing at herself. She is and always will be an abrasive person. Well, she sit alone in ther 1.1 million dollar home, no family, no friends, no husband. I guess when you think youre always right you dont need to fix anything about yourself. OH well, I wonder if the ratings went down.. have you heard anything . I read on a site that 86% of the people were NOT going to watch the show…… take care Julie

• OMG. How ridiculous. Aunt Jodi – Please – I implore you (and your husband Kevin), Get a REAL life and leave the Gosselins alone. No matter how noble your intentions – it only looks like you are bitter because you aren’t getting any money out of the whole deal. Get over it! We don’t want to see any more of you!

• Why doesn’t everyone chill for a while and let all of this go over. Jon and Kate plus 8 are still on TLC. So no matter what, they are still moving on. I think anyone should not cast stones at another person because you may have some yourself. So no matter what the press says or what happens, don’t judge until you know what is really going on. Maybe Kate does act like shes all that, but who wouldn’t? She is still making money and has a show. As for Jon, well who knows. Just don’t be so critical of them. Other reality shows come up with some crazier things than this.

• Kevin and Jodi’s main concern are the children. Jon and Kate should worry about them alittle more than what to spend the cash on. Can you just imagine the problems that these poor kids are going to have when they get older?

• Ok so they are going through a divorce nothing out of the norm. You know I would have hated it if eveyrone saw my divorce on the news it was bad. We do not know the truth thats it. We can’t judge anyone for anything. The kids will be fine I am sure. They are not the first kids to go through a divorce and I am sure won’t be the last. I feel bad for Kate only because I lived with a passive husband and it makes life hard because you do have to take charge. I feel bad for all of them and hope they can pull there lives together and people can leave them alone.

• Granted this is not the first divorce for kids. Just remember these kids are being filmed for a tv show.

• Too bad none of Kate’s family is around much for her. Kevin is her brother and now no ones talking to anyone. Jodi got her feelings hurt but enough is enough. I wish all of these people good luck and get their acts together. Too much back stabbing and hatred in this world. Like I have said before, this was a good family show to watch and enjoy something different. So why does there always have to be drama. No one else hardly get shown on tv anymore from earlier episodes either, but you don’t hear them making comments about not being on there.

  • Well, they are not family, and those kids are not realated. Kevin and Jodi are. Kate has isolated herself from everyone. NO friends NO family NO husband.The drama IS the money. Kates family isnt around because she wanted it that way. One thing youre right about was.. the show “used” to be good. :(

• Ok, Jon needs to pull it toghther. He was a complete moron to go to that bar and get drunk. He needs to remember that he has eight kids he needs to provide for. I’m not saying that it was all Jons fault but, he shouldn’t of gone to the bar and then had Caras (i think) science teacher jump in the car with him. Kate is doing a great job, for now being a single mother with eight kids and the pap. all ways following her around. They do get money for the show but, you have to remember that eight kids need to go to college. Most people have trouble with that. Jesus died on the cross for them and they right now need god’s guidance. They need to get they’re act to gether. They have eight kids that are gonna grow up without really a father. We all know the consquences that come with that.

  • I’d have been drunk long before Jon if I had to put up with Kate’s nasty attitude and treatment. And they need God’s guidance?? I thought they lectured at churches (for money, of course) to tell everyone else how to live. I surely hope Jesus died on the cross for a lot more than the likes of these two.

    BTW, the kids’ college educations are already paid for by the state of Pennsylvania. Guess you hadn’t heard.

    • I hear ya gloria , yes I heard that also about their educations. So much for “we’re in this together” .

    • Drinking isn’t an excuse. It doesn’t make you happy all it does is get ya in trouble with the cops. They don’t lecture they preach maybe you should go to one and see for yourself >:(. Jesus came for the sinners not the rightoues. Jon ‘s a moron. People figure it out!

• Rachel, there was one brief view of the dogs in the background of this week’s show — they were in the house in their pens while Kate and kids camped out. They have pens for inside, pens for outside, always seem to be in a pen somewhere. Can someone please tell me why the hell this selfish ass family even got pets?? The kids aren’t responsible for them and really don’t even care about them anymore (the novelty wore off just like it does with everything else and probably will for the rest of their lives), and Kate couldn’t care less about them or how the kids feel about them. She’s raising 8 little “me first” copies of herself. I truly wish she’d just donate them to someone who’d love them and care for them. Donate the perfectly good cabinets and appliances while she’s at it. What a bitch!

  • Those kids are going to be soooooo screwed up when they’re older! If Jon did not do that to Kate this would not be a problem but I think I know why he did it; he was so sick of Kate’s crap that it drove him to a different woman’s arms!

• Just read ratings dropped by 61%… bye bye meal ticket. How long will
  TLC keep them on the air with such low ratings? Then Jon can say to her
  “what planet on your on” .. since he wanted to stop the show earlier and not be on it. I only know that part since I saw the commerical , Im not watching the show.. …

  • All of you really need to get a life! Don’t you have your own families to worry about? Oh that’s right your watching and reading all about the Gosselins so you don’t have time and that makes you a better person. Why is it that everyone is sooo fasinated with this family and not the Duggers or the family Little people, big world who we have all watched grow up on TV and enlarge thier home as they go on making episode after episode or how about Tori & Dean and their little ones, oh gosh and how about Denise Richards and her girls lets see the list could go on and on. STOP watching if it bothers you so much and STOP taking sides everyone is guilty including YOU!

    • Sounds like you’re gonna be hurting bad when this show goes away. Maybe it’s YOU who should be shopping around for a life. Just sayin’…

    • Right on! At least you have sence!

• Julie, as I was reading your blog, I thought that you caved and watched the show. When she gave Jon that “comment” I thought to myself “why am I watching this stuff”. I’m giving the excuse to watch because I want to see this elaborate kitchen. One question though. Why does she have an industrial chef’s stove if she doesn’t cook?

  • Because she’s an industry. Industries need industrial stuff.

• check out http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• rachel thats a good question, haha did you see the kitchen finished? I love shows the redo homes and such too . Nope not watching but , as far as those numbers of 61% less people watching thats alot. is that address to another blog? ……. have a good day rachel…..

• hey… god isnt real and jesus didn’t die for anyone. Anyway this whole drama is fuckign retarted.

• there would really be no craziness if everyone would just boy-cot the show like i have- lol – let these spoiled parents grow up- and figure out how to actually make a real living by getting jobs- and not use thier kids as puppets- it’s very sad- no ratings means no show-it made me sick- watching 18 kids and counting- the duggars helping their friends (who also have 18 kids ) put a much needed addition on their house- and then the preview for j&K+8 came on- and they were putting in a whole new kitchen-can someone please tell me what was wrong with the other one??

• what about the kids?u two need take cold cold showers! what about the kids? stop and think u both….

• some of you folks are saying the childrens’ privacy is being invaded and what not. sure… i get that. but you’re so worried about these kids, and not any others. what about the duggars. they’re on tv. there are so many other families that have their children on television, but no one seems worried about it because they arent in the tabloids. face it. everyone bashing jon and kate: youre helping them become celebrities. the more you talk badly about them, the more attention they get. they arent bad people, they just havent made all the right decision. but who has? no one is eligible to judge this family. some people praise jodi for watching out for her neices and nephews, but in my opinion, shes making it worse. everything got worse for the gosselins when jodi’s sister came out with that blog. honestly, if people hate the show so much, they shouldn’t watch it. we all have better things to be doing. everyone knows that jon and kate love their kids to death, so what else is there. so what, they spent over a million dollars on a house. so what, they like to take vacations at the beach. so what? what good does it do, to complain and whine about how selfish they are? how about instead of writing hurtful things on a blog, you go help out at a soup kitchen or an animal shelter or leave an anonymous donation at a church? there is so much wrong with our world, and all we care about is how a family from a tv show runs their life? i find it pathetic. stop complaining and do some good. that is all.

  • Well we have much right to come and post as you do….Im not trying to be rude or anything , but if some of us want to say what we feel, thats what blogging is all about. We could say to you , dont come here and read this then. Do something good.How do you know what we do in our private lives , thats an odd thing to say. Youre here posting as well. I infact do help with handicapped children. I for one stopped watching the show. If we find that Jon and Kate in our opinions are acting a certain way, well they chose a life in the media. Thats all too clear for the whole world to see. Not just america but all over the world. Thats just my opinion…

    • Buzz off, you got all pissed when i spoke my opinion about jon and Christ. I back you right up all the way about church stop-its pathetic! I agree if you don’t like the show quit watching it.

• Oh, please… Most people just say that becasue TLC doesn’t want to watch your or my family… It’s all pretty boaring… I like to watch because it shows my life isn’t quite as screwed up as I think it is…

  It would make it a lot more tollerable, however, if people were paying me $70,000 per episode to watch my kids do stuff. Hell, we would probably do everything in the front yard too.

  At least on one of the last episodes we got to finally see part of the pool. That is the first time they even admitted to having a pool. the still didn’t show the hot tub.

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• Julie, I guess you could call that web site a blog because you can click on the title and leave a comment. They didn’t show the finished kitchen yet that’s next weeks show. Yes, I have to admit I will be watching again. Not sure if you read it yet, but the new kitchen was donated. Interesting!

  • rachel , the new kitchen was donated? they didnt have to purhase it ?hmm .. woow… more freebies…hmmm

• Goodness who cares if Kate got a new kitchen. I say don’t watch the show if you like what is going on with it. Also who cares if the kitchen was donated or not. Is it that big of a deal?

• I guess its going to be “he said “, “she said” … so much for not wanting their kids to find things out… I hope these two think before they speak. There is something in the back of my mind that says to me , is this a game, are these two for real? I just feel badly for the children, they never asked to be born. In less than a year it from renewing vows to divorce. I guess if they talk to the media that means more money for the show if the people watch….. pity…….

• kate is a loser

• Kate is going to be on the Today show on monday for and exclusive interview. Not sure why though. I thought they were suppose to keep quiet until the divorce is over.

  • rachel, you have to let me know what she says….. she is the one who asked Jon for a divorce in October after going to hawaii in August.. nice one Kate….she drove him away… she told him if he wanted to go to cousling go and get what HE needed fixed .. she wasnt. Who would ever want her? Big mouth always right , sarcastic, self centered over bearing woman. Yuck…..

• Wow all this stuff about Jon and Kate is getting good. How does one know so much about what Kate is doing? Sounds Crazy to me.

• Julie, I’ll let you know what happens. I have my dvr already set for monday. I can’t believe she said if he wanted to get it fixed to go to counseling. Why should I be shocked that’s Kate all the way.

  • ok .. good :) ………. heard anything about the Today show ?

• I don’t know anything about the today show. I don’t watch much tv. I still am surprised to know how everyone knows so much about Kate. I live too far away and only hear what goes on in the news or on this blog. Thats how I know things.

• i am on team Jon, i think he is the better parent Kate is phoney and hateful and treated Jon like an idiot. she has had a lot to say about him nothing good, he has not said one bad word about her. You only need to look at all the early shows. Kate is mean and this was bound to happen…I mean has everyone forgotten she asked him to leave . So the whole act from Kate about how she just wanted to talk to Jon and he would not talk to her blah blah blah is crap. come on she was having a fling of her own and wanted Jon out of the way. so he did what she asked. so what if he is going out. she wanted him to leave so he did. as far as the kids go ..no doubt they are going to have some serious problems. but Kate you brought all this one yourself.

  • JoAnn youre right, Im more into what you are saying… totally. The only think about Jon I wish he would be more discret about his personal things.. not for the sake of anything else but the kids. I think Kate drove him away and for the first time feels like a real human being let alone a man. If anyone needs to go for some help to fix something it sure isnt him.. Its Kate…

• Well does everyone actually know that Kate asked Jon to leave? He should have known that raising eight kids was going to be alot to handle and I think he wanted out for a long time. So who is to blame for the breakup? Remember it takes two to make a marriage work and one to give up. So who really knows what those two have done. Seriously does anyone really know? Maybe its been a series of problems and it finally exploted this year. But who cares they are still on the air.

• well if you are going to believe what you read about Jon then you have to give what you read about Kate asking Jon to leave the same truth. kate is bitchy and mean and always has been… watch the previous shows and just because Jon chose to not respond to her contant rudness to him on TV doesn’t mean that he was weak. What would the world have said if he came back at her on TV oh then he would have been the bad guy. its ok for her to treat him like crap for 10 years but now cause he is trying to make a life for himself …POOR kate. give me a break. he has always been the better parent. all this stuff about how she is devoted to her kids is a show. Again the kids are the ones who will suffer. Even her kids know she treats their Dad like crap. I wish they would take her off the air. give the house to Jon and let the show be about Jon plus eight.

  • JoAnn, I want to say I agree with you. I felt in what we saw on the shows of past, Jon did most of the kids things.. bathing , beds, getting them up, dressing. etc etc.. All Kate did was be scarastic. I also think he was blindsided by Kate in more ways than one. About their realionship and the show. I think SHE needs help…

• Sooo Jon turns out to be the good guy and Kate is the bad person. Maybe they both should go to counseling and find out what seems to be their problem. Once again no one can tell what one person did or said to the other. It has to work both ways and maybe people need to quit judging so much. Really who can judge this show or how the parents should raise those kids. Kate keeps her kids clean and doesn’t abuse them either. It would be hard to keep eight kids together without a tight schedule and a clean home. Jon helped out when he could. So who is the good person in this situation?

  • Well, we (I) saw on 4 seasons of shows. They are not some random couple that lives next door , they put themselves in the public eye for all to see,and from what I saw on all those shows, was Jon doing things, dressing bathing, hair, getting up early to get the older girls off to school, sweeping the kitchen the floor, and doing many things .. The only think I saw Kate do was bark out orders for him and some cooking. As far as abuse , well Ive seen belittle those kids with words, saw her on TV not give Maddie the water she asked for but she took the water and drank it. I never went into stores or public places and screamed my husbands name or HELLOOO…. and then to say oh thats just how I am. Well thats how she is .. is ODD. So to say Jon helped it when he could is an understatement. What I saw he did most. I saw neighbors help with folding laundry and putting it away. Im not saying having all those kids isnt tiring Im sure it is.. When they would sit and narrate the show why did she have to correct his english all the time and finish his sentences? ……. I find it all rude and not called for. I saw her on those show belittle him … I dont think Im alone . in thinking Kate drove Jon away… He wanted to stop the show and she didnt . She wanted more , but ended up with less.. Jon and Kate Seper8…..

• Well I guess I got told. But its a show. We don’t live their lives so who cares. I really like watching those kids. They do have cute kids. Anyway I will continue watching it. I don’t care what Jon or Kate do. Their show is still on.

  • Im not here to tell off anyone Sandy , its just my opinon. YOU can watch the show , sure . The kids are cute no doubt. I think soo too , I think thats why most of us started watching it, but I dont think its right that now after all thats has happened , money , fame etc etc. I dont find it fair to the kids they lost thier family unit over this show. I feel like me watching and letting the ratings go up is like standing by and lauhging to kids , for my pleasure to watch you , your mom and dad are no longer together. I just dont feel good about that. I wonder if they hadnt gotten this oppertunity for the show if Jon and Kate will still be together . I think , and this IS just my opinon, they would be fighting the good fight for their family. They did say we are in this together , its a crazy life but , its our life……

• People are not going to stop watching the show.. It’s too out there! I hate it for the kids but have you not noticed how the attention is off of the kids and all on Jon and Kate…

  Thats whats so wild! A show about a family with twins and sextuplets has turned into a show about Jon and Kate who just happen to have kids….. Who would have ever believed this is what the show would turn into?

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• people.com

• Well, a very soft spoken Kate was on the Today show with an exclussive interview. Not sure if I believe much of what she said, alot of “um’s” and I don’t know’s. She actually broke down when asked about her wedding ring. Not sure though if those were actual tears or just fake. She had a second question period when asked about the bodyguard who she claims is a friend and also her brother and sister in law who are trying to make money off of her show. You can watch it on nbc.com.
  The only good thing was she didn’t have that spiky thing on the top of her head.

  • rachel there sure were alot of ‘ums’ woow…. This is not the woman that comes across in the show… and because of that , she looks fake . Because on the show she said that is the real her take or leave it. ( her words ) I think she is not really saying things like they happend. Speaking of her hair, that long stuff in her eyes… ewe…I wonder if she realizes what she has done and lost over a show… sad really…….hahah @ the spiky thing :)

• Julie you are entitled to your opinion and I can have mine also. That is what seems to be going on here. So I still am sticking with what I say. Like I said before I will continue watching the show.

  • good Sandy do what is best for you…. :)

• I saw Kate on the Today show and I thought she was trying to be someone she is not. Trying to get people to feel sad for her.
  I have watched the show from the start and I can’t imagine talking down to anyone like she did to Jon.
  I think once she was away on her book deals, he began to like his life. I also feel that people must have asked him why he allowed her to talk to him as she does and her thought that he could leave her and find a life away from her actions.
  Also, she says everything is for the kids, yet she looked out the window when they first bought the house, saying…..ALL MINE…ALL MINE. Also, the dogs…she was the one who chose the dogs, named the dogs…walked away with the dogs, later allowing one of the twins to take them to the car. She isn’t kidding anyone at all.

  • exactly… I agree with you…….

• Julie and Me, you guy nailed it exactly. This isn’t the Kate that we all know. And she’s definately not saying things how they really happened. Good point Julie. And yes, I will be watching again tonight to see that new kitchen. Oh excuse me FREE kitchen!

• Just watched “Poor Kate plus 8”. Why is Hannah Kate’s favorite?

  • haha “poor pitiful Kate” the only thing I can think of , was way back she said Hannah was the most like her in the way she liked to “mother” everyone. Ive seen other people post that also, they think Hannah is her favorite.

• Kate is going to be on Regis and Kelly tomorrow (Thurs.)

• rachel,oh my gosh.. she is making the rounds aye? Funny you should post this rachel, but I didnt find her “real” in the last interview… I wonder if she thinks to herself all these other females see Jon as a nice good guy,was she crazy to let him go? I know I know its totally different being married to someone and just starting to date someone. She said they would have ended up splitting up even if they didnt do the show .. I wonder ?…..for one thing she surely would not have had the money and the means to get by as she does now… remember she was clipping coupons to make ends meet… that yelling she did to Jon about NOT having the reciept to get the discount. So she can say that on TV and let us believe that but…. they barely had any money….my best guess as she being a mom of eight she would not have…. I dont believe her……

• Julie, funny you should say that you didn’t find Kate “real” in the last interview because that’s what I immediately thought of when I heard the ad that she was going to be on Regis tomorrow. Is she going to have that quiet voice that none of us has ever heard before. And do we have to hear anymore about that ring? Maybe it’s just me, but Katie Lee on the Today show (yes I watch too many talk shows) said that she felt her pain when she heard that interview. Apparently K.Lee hasn’t seen kate in action and doesn’t watch the show.

  • rachel.. Im really laughing when you said the ‘soft voice” I know exactly what you mean…. remember her yelling JONNNN in Toys ‘R”Us.. or Helloooooo on thier one outting.. I love talk shows too, Im with you on that… hahah… I think the first show i watched actually was her yelling at Jon in the store telling him to stay put and keep the kids away from registar then scolding him for doing it? I felt embarassed for him . I always felt like she never let him be himself in those interviews always correcting him…. I wonder how long this talk show tour will last her this time? …..

• I heard that Jon is fed up with people blaming him for the divorce. He said in an interview that Kate came to him in october and said because he didn’t want to do the show anymore and she did, she wanted a divorce. Jon had every right to get on with his life. She is always crying crocodile tears. She created the mess by being such a witch and now that Jon doesn’t want her anymore she is playing the victim. He has experienced a breath of fresh air and he’s not going back to the thunderstorm(KATE). He loves his kids but as in any divorce the kids get part time parents.

• Julie,
  The Helloooo episode was the pumpking picking episode and my very first show. I couldn’t believe what i was hearing. Never have I heard a wife talk to her husband that way. For some reason that’s when i was sucked into this show.
  And Molly yes you are correct she is playing the victim. Love the thunderstorm part. Good discription of Kate. I think she wanted the divorce so she could be the one to get most of the $$ from the show since Jon really doesn’t want to be involved anymore.

• I just read on US Magazine page their ratings are down …. again .. and their divorce and such going on the show might not stand the transition and people might not want to go from watching a happy family with two parents go to a single parent blah blah… well we will see.. interesting , very interesting……

  • After hearing news reports today of police being dispatched to the family home because Kate was upset by Jon’s choice of a babysitter it came to mind that Kate just may be on the edge & quite possibly may do something unthinkable! If you watch her closely during the show & interviews it is my opinion she needs serious help before she goes over the edge. Hopefully someone else is aware of her state of mind & takes necessary steps to avoid a disaster. Anyone else thinking along these lines? Family or friends who might be able to get her much needed help? Sure hope so & will pray they do. Bless the little children.

• In the beginning we got to see the kids alot more. I would sit up late at night to see and hear all the cute things the kids would say and do. Now its just about a bad marriage, new cabinets and more vacations. A few years from now we will see an update on (where are they now). Kate and the kids will probably be living in a trailer park. I absolutely do not have anything against trailer parks. But even that is to good for Kate!!! Am I bad??????

• hahahah Miss Molly no youre not…. I think we can just see what has transpired thats all…… someone who cut coupons, to who she now , arrogant and selfish. IN the beginning remember this.. ” its a crazy life but its our life” , were in this together” ….. THATS we wanted to see, not where they are now….. and I dont judge others here who want to watch the show .. thats up to them , but for me I feel like Im putting those kids on display now….. I think enough is enough. Maybe with the ratings going down the show will go off, and those kids can have some privacy and have a somewhat normal childhood whats left of it. I read earlier that one of the main guys said he doesnt know if the show can survive what has happend to the parents… that no one wants to see single parent and knowing what we know about them.. there was also people ouside the house with signs saying Jon is not a Loser , Kate is not a loser the Plus 8 are losers :( …… we shall see what happens aye?

• One thing I forgot to say too is this, they renewed their vows in Hawaii in August and by Jan or so they are seperating .. hmmm she said on tv in interviews things havent been right for a “long” time ….. well they sure took that trip to Hawaii, things fall apart that quickly , hmm I think not. Im just sick of it all in our faces…

• julie,
  like you i have no problem with people wanting to cotinue watching but personally its gotten about as exciting as watching the weather channel.
  we are bombarded with reruns on our cable. its almost non-stop.
  unfortunately i don’t think their lives will be better until and unless kate gets help and makes a 360* change and i don’t think thats even an option with her..she is a very mental person IMO.
  this week they showed the crayola factory trip..she is barbaric and enjoys making a scene.
  another show had joel sitting in the garage crying and she told him to stop immediately and followed up by saying”i better not be able to hear you breathe”
  as a grandmother of 6 i find this so disturbing and frustrating because i feel helpless in knowing how to save these kids.
  i wish they could live with kevin and jodi and in the meantime i keep praying that jon will stop his nonsense and take charge of the kids.

  • nana, its funny you should post what you did before I got here, I was thinking to myself , if someone asked me why do you care about this etc etc, I was thinking what you said in a nutshell, its sort of a feeling of being helpless to help those kids. Youre right!. I have to agree with you Kate some sarcastic things to those poor little ones, about potty training and such. She talked to them sometimes as if they were all teens and could really understand she was b being sarcastic. Right also Kate NEEDS HELP… for sure. One episode that got me totally angry was Disney World and the ice cream! Holey smokes , you think someone was about to die , getting ice cream on them! She actually freaked those kids out, she was making such a scene. Comeon… wash them up and call it day Kate-get real! carry some wipes with you for gosh sakes. She changed alright from show one till now. BIG time.. Like i said in an earlier post would she have been so quick to tell Jon “its over” if they didnt have any more ? I think not….

• I watched the first two episodes, but I won’t be watching anymore. As Nana said, its about as exciting as watching the weather channel. You never know what your going to get. Kate now is trying as she said to control her messy fobia. She let the kids paint themselves with pudding. She didn’t even make an attempt to change for Jon so they could remain a family…Now when it’s to late she wants to be seen in a new light. Good luck with that one Kate…..

  • Miss Molly , like I posted to nana , hasnt she heard of wipes or .. water or washclothes? She does have fobias thats for sure…. NO! she made no attempt to try to fix what was wrong or compromise for her family . She just shut the door to it all… She going to be sad and lonely who wants her? NOT anyone with half a brain.She has no one. Family ? Friends? Husband? …. Her with nannies and staff. have fun Kate.

• check out http://www.chattertonguegossip.com
  it’s about the cabinets

  • rachel, hahah! thats funny…… she (Kate ) has NO clue.. about things…thanks for sharing that with me … have a good day :)

• I’m having trouble posting tonight so this might post twice.
  Good point Julie about the Hawaii “renewal of vows”. I think intentions are to get as much handed to them as she can.
  On regis today he made some strange comments in which I don’t think he’s up to date on what’s happening with the Gosselin family.You can read and watch the video on people.com

  • rachel, these interviews and her saying “uhm” very other word makes me nuts! She is a terrible speaker. If she thinks she can make a living out of speaking she better eliminate that word. The interview the other day was the worst, on NBC she said “uhm” every other word…. Annoying as usual she is….

• Oh gosh, Jon is in the news again! He is hosting a “pool party” in Vegas. Kate must be in an uproar about this one. When will this guy grow up?
  It was on the radio yesterday about Kate’s interview on the today show and how many times she said “uhm”. I think I’ll go on and rewatch the interview and count.

• Oh boy things are really getting ugly and I’m talking abt Kate’s hair. The cops had to go to the Gosselins last night due to a fight between jon and kate. Read it on people.com
  Recounted the uhm’s on the today show’s interview with Kate. Sixty-three uhm’s and that was only in the first interview!

• rachel, have you seen people page, the police were called to the Gosselins house thursday nite , kate didnt like who was babysitting while jon was there .. and due to the custody agreement the police couldnt let her past the gate while jon was there. NOW tell me what if there was an accident of something with one of the kids? So she checked into a nearby hotel… in tears… What the hell is going on there, tell me this is good for those kids? .. if you have time .. read the article…. this is getting worse and worse……. I think she sees the end of her show insight… low ratings … so she is freaking out. Who wants to watch a show knowing this crap is going on? NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• hahhah we posted at the same time!!! .. 63 ? .. man oh man… I think she is nervous , its going to come to an end! …….

• Ok, so neither Jon or Kate can’t be around when the other is with the kids. That’s just too weird for the kids. Jon was on entertainment tonight with that ho hum attitude and didn’t seem too concerned that Kate couldn’t get in. I really feel for those kids. I’m sure they heard her screaming from the end of that driveway. I think dr. phil should come to their rescue.

• Actually there now is a video of an interview with jon abt the whole night. He sad that kate tried to “cry it up for the cops” . This situation is getting ugly. Does the state child services have any say with things like this going on in front of the children? Not sure how this works.

• Julie, only you would appreciate this. Google kate gosselin wig. I’ll get one if you get one. ;)

  • hahah rachel! those are funny!!! those poor kids , Jon better be careful. She drove him away but he better stay smart…… she is acting… totally acting. He was always the smarter of the two.. just cuz he got some freedom he should play it smart…….but in the end those poors kids to have to see this.. we are in this togehter remember? .. hmm ?

• Guys, things might be bad for all of them right now but you know what kate is doing? She is acting out like the victimized wife and good mother spending her free time with the kids while she is giveing Jon enough rope to hang himself. And he is doing a pretty good job!

  Jon is too stupid to realize that once the divorce is finalized and custody is established, she can have a, no shack up clause, put into the custody papers… I personally think Kate is just biding her time and letting Jon hang himself so she can go for full custody…

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• Very good PoonTang. I never thought of that. That’s exactly what she is doing.

• Did it occur to anyone that Kate is more laid back now because she is minus her ninth child – the fat ugly stupid lazy one??? I support her and would have been bitchy too with that slug around. She is better off without him and I am sure there are plenty of young chickees out there to keep him satisfied. He is certainly not there for his kids though, he may be there for their “babysitters”.

  • Shan , maybe we watched two programs, the slug youre talking about put the kids to bed, gave them baths ,got them up gave them breakfast( while kate slept )she says she is NOT a morning person. got the older kids off to school, swept the kichen floor made the beds ( kate said he made them best) put the beds together, organized the garage. Kate is more relaxed cuz the money is still rolling in the show is going on. Altho I dont agree with Jon making his personal life public, he ran and ran fast from the over domniant wife of his, who corrected his sentences and berated him every chance she got. I rem one show Cara or Maddie saying Mommy just sits and tells Daddy what to do all the time .The only losers are these innocent 8 kids who didnt ask to be born to a Mom who wants things and money over her marriage and family.

• And one more thing……..is it me or do these kids always have to be having “up” time…..does this family ever just sit around doing nothing, hanging out, or is it constant field trips and shopping sprees??? It’s not normal…….are they in public school so they can at least have some down time there???

  • I guess all these “things” they do is for the purpose of the show to make better ratings. I think at some point they will be used that life style and then what? We might have 8 kids who run away or look to drugs or drinking, whenever the show gets dropped.. I think Kate should be really careful of what she wishes for…..

• JON IS A NOGOOD LOAFER AND A IMMATURE CHILD, HE IS NEITHER A DECENT HUSBAND OR FATHER AND OH BY THE WAY HE IS ONLY 32 YEARS OLD. (hehe)

• Ratings still going down. Who knows how long this show will stay on the air. Maybe there is a chance those kids will get a regular life afterall.

• julie,
  i bet hate is really worn out and exhausted after touring that battleship and steering those guns to point and shoot at the paparazzi…she is a complete and total mental case and thrives on every second of attention..good, bad or ugly.

  although i wish jon would be more descreet and i think before long he will calm down.

  i would still rather watch him interact with the kids any day of the week. he genuinely loves his kids, i think he really likes all kids.she has not one ounce of warm and fuzzy running thru those ice cold veins..brrrr
  ps: i think her new kitchen is ugly and i wish those beautiful cabinets and appliances could have been given to needy families,soup kitchens, shelters or whereever they would have been appreciated.

  • Nana I agree with you .. she is NOT warm and fuzzy one bit, she says take me or leave me thats the way I am. Did you ever notice she could never say to Jon I loveyou , it was always I like you… Odd ? Like I stated before in previous posts we nevers saw Kate do much , but cook. Jon was more or less in charge of it all. Even when buying the beds who took one of the little guys out to poop cuz he had a bad stomach ache and was constipated.I could not sit in the store looking at catalogs knowing that was going on outside in our van. And boy did she take her time! Well, my hope is the show goes and the kids have some sort of nomal lives if its not too late……. and the media gets over the parents so they can move on.

• i need to clarify that when i said beautiful cabinets i was referring to the ones that got ripped out.

• Shan and everyone, I agree with all of you… The new cabnets is ugly and you could tell Kate thought so too but she was holding back from saying anything… It is against her “NEW” and improved image that she is trying to project.

  Kate has got to be trying to improve her image while letting Jon hang him self with all of his ho’s so when the time comes she can get custody by showing herself as the more responsable parent.

  Jon only cares about the kids when he is around them. If he cared so much for them wouldn’t he have gotten a apt there where they live instead of getting one in New York?

  And Shan, they have down time. They just do the trips for the show and they do not tape them 24-7… Notice the cloths that they are wearing. If they were tapeing every day each child would be wearing 7 different outfits in the show. They only wear one, unless they go on an overnight trip like to the beach. Then they get taped more than one day in a row…. It’s only logical.

  The rating are dropping not because people are loosing interest in the kids. People were tooning in to see Jon and Kate roll thier eyes at each other and make snide remarks. Without it, the show is a little boaring.

  I thought the last episode was halarious! There were so many undertones in what Kate said compairing the boys on the ship with Jon. Am I the only one who noticed it? If you Tivoed it go back and watch. I loved when she had the boys point the guns at the Paparazzi! Most mothers would have said “you never point a gun at someone”… She didn’t she said the shoot us all the time now its our turn….

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• I just watched the latest of “It’s all about Kate”. I just want to watch and listen to what the kids have to say not Kate’s rambling mouth about how great she is. I’m going to mute her from now on. This show was pathetic. I think this is the last season.

  • what does Kate have actually to talk about now? … Anything ? …

• she doesnt have Jon to pick on anymore…… and correct sentences and boss around and slap…… she is loosing her power…….

• Alot of digs I imagine towards Jon and she wanted the boys promise that they’ll take care of her. Blah, Blah, Blah. I thought she said not long ago that the boys are gross. She’s done such a turn around my head is spinning.

• ok come on all of you that have watched this show since it started, this is not the Kate we have seen for years the real kate is a shrew a yeller a winer, a person who treats her husband like he is an idiot and yells at him in front of a million viewers. all of sudden she lives for the kids, everything is about the kids, she lets them get dirty with ice cream and just ha ha laughs it off. hello remember them in the park i believe in lego land or disneyland when she was screaming about them being dirty with ice cream. this is all for the press, poor kate yeah right. she is having an affair with the body gard ….remember she asked jon to leave she was done with him. what was he supposed to do. sit arround till she decieded he could live like a bachelor…Leave him alone. he has suffered enough

  • Agreed JoAnn, yes it was Disneyworld she freaked the kids out over that ice cream incident. Im with you about Jon, he was pushed out Poor Kate my eye!
    she is shrewd! She never thought she would get his much money and fame over the tv show.. Remember she stated she thought it would just be a couple hour thing and they would have some nice videos and pictures of the kids. Now she just about things and money….. Hope the show goes offl. IF they were a regular family on one person income she would not have asked Jon to go with 8 kids . NO way. Now she has money she can. Selfish!

• JoAnn, someone said that she is acting this way because she wants full custody of the kids. Trying to act like she is “the better parent”.

  • OH boy .. rachel thats a thought :( ….. oh oh

• Jon is deffinatley digging him self a hole! Kate will get the kids for sure now if she goes for custody. I think Jon and Kate are both crooked. Jon has been that way all along and just hid it and Kate was having to deal with it.

  I’m no fan of Kate’s but if he has been cheating on her like Im sure he has been all along, I’d probably be a shrew to him also…

  I’d like to see the two of them go on that show. Tell the Truth. I don’t know if its still on or not. I want to see them hooked up to a lie detector and asked questions.. LOL

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• I like the show better as their is less tension now. The kids were sitting 3 to the loveseat talking about the smores they made and how they loved them. The battleship show was cute too. I admit Kate is very picky, but when she picked out the beds, she did admit she had to get something sturdy as they have to last a long time. I would be the same way. I think Jon never seemed to have any friends. The only guy I saw was Kate’s brother Kevin. He has to do all the heavy work himself. That is enough to make anyone grouchy. I think if they had more friends to associate with , maybe the tension wouldn’t have reached the breaking point. Everyone needs friends!

  • Ellen I do agree with you that we all needs friends, but in many shows Kate said she is the interavert and Jon is the extravert .I think also thats part of the problem, Kate didnt need anyone but herself so taping a show in her own home or on a location was just right for her. Picking out the beds to be sturdy yes sure, but if my little guy needed my help to go to the bathroom, Id stop the shopping and help him. Maybe this is what she always wanted, no family no friends just her 8 kids in the house with her?

• I would have stopped tapeing the show if my son had that problem. Can you imagine what that kid is going to feel like when he’s 8 yrs. old? Kids are sensative to things like that. She’s a pip!

• I am not a fan of either of them, but Kate didn’t have 8 kids–she had 9 & Jon is the biggest baby of all of them. At least she does something to bring in income, supposedly TLC had them sign morality contracts & Jon is in violation. Guess he will be hosting alot more pool parties, gotta make the $$ somehow. Honestly if I hear him say “I am only 32” one more time I may go thru the television screen. He gets under my skin so bad with his constant whining & moaning.

  • Renee I feel the same way about Kates constant whinging , she is so tried blah blah.. blah blah… but back in the day what she do ? JONNNNNNN I COULD USE YOUR HELPPPPPPPPP… everyday…..She didnt do much to be tried of, He did most and her neighbors and friends. She was tried from her ADD always in her brain. Dont get me wrong I like to be tidy and clean but when she freaked out over icecream, I was in shock. I truely dont think its fair to say she had 9 kids , she treated Jon terrible, not like an equal, and just cuz he didnt always yell back I find that more mature. She was not just on national tv but INTERNATIONAL, that show goes out over all the world. She couldnt wait for him to get home early or not go to work. Ive said she would have not asked him to leave if they lived on a 9-5 income like normal people. She went from cutting coupons to big bucks,She never knew this show would bring this much money , she has said in differnt interviews, it was a way to get some film of the kids and photos. BOY did that change. Well tummy tuck and teeth whitening and trips round the world to a new home , now she alone with her 8 kids, and having to do it all on her own. Like they say becare of what you wish for. As for Jon and his personal life in the public , thats not so right either. But I always felt better knowing he was around to guide to Kate because sometimes ( most of the time) she was clueless. OH well I hope it all works out for those 8 beautiful innocent kids.

  • I have watched the show for quite some time, and I feel that the Gosselin marriage is very real. Kate is a very real mother, she cares about the same things every mother does, and that includes her children getting their clothes dirty. Everyone has to remember that when the show first started the family was relying on only Jon’s full time income and Kate’s Saturday shift at the hospital. Any mother knows that when you shop for kids the price tags can be high now times that by 8, a $20 shirt now becomes $160. Even though they now are now rich it is hard to get that kind of thinking out of your head. Society expects mothers to keep their children clean, well behaved and proper at all times. I bet if you walked into any household anywhere you would seethe same behavior, and not criticize. It is only because they are now public figures that they are so strongly scrutinized. I applaud Kate for showing the real side of her and not sugar coating things. Also remember that Kate is a nurse and this is a profession that trains you to be out spoken, detail/task oriented, organized, self sufficient and good at problem solving. Kate is definitely all of those as well as strong minded, and high strung. She wants the job done and she wants things to go well. Watching the show you can also see that Jon is a typical father who gets distracted easily and waits for his wife to give instruction.Jon allows his wife to organize it all and he just shows up for the party, I am sure it has always been this way. Jon also has the pleasure leaving that household everyday and going to hang out with other people in the real world. Since the birth of the children that has been Kate’s life completely, she is actually friends with some of the camera people and of course her bodyguard…and people are surprised? Kate has also made many efforts in the show to thank people like Aunt Jodi and the nurses that cared for the babies while in hospital. She has nothing but good things to say about Aunt Jodi. I am a mother of 4 and that was enough for me, I could not even imagine 8. There have been many days that I have lost it in public and at home, despite also having lots of patience it is human nature. I’m sure that a lot of this has come as a big reality shock to Kate and that is the reason for her recent change in behavior, not only is her fairy tale world crumbling but she is losing the love of her life , and that is clearly humbling. I also agree that he show is becoming more Hollywood in the sense that there are now celebrity visits and many more trips out and this must be stressful as well.

• old show tomorrow night. does anybody know why?

• How much more can you bash kate. She is trying to make a living for her kids while she can……. Jon is an idiot and a lazy one at that. He will not make a living for those kids. OK people if the show is cancelled do you think Jon will or can be able to support the kids. OH maybe Aunt Jodi can help jon and Haileys father can help support EIGHT kids. OK Jodi you are really jealous of Kate tell the truth. If you were married to someone like Jon you would boss him around just like Kate he is just like one of the kids…………………………………. Get real and stop bashing Kate or at least shut you mouth……………………

• Donna , you telling people to shut up and keep their mouths shut, you related to Kate? YOU sound just like her. Incase you havent noticed this is a blog , its a place where people to come to voice (post) thier opinions. You have the right to feel how you feel, and others have the right to feel how they feel. Its abit rude to tell someone to keep thier mouth shut, no?I dont think anyone should boss anyone around if they are married to them or not, I find that rude also, hmmm funny Kate always yelled Jon I need your help ,so who was the lazy one?Now- she can do it all on her own, she drove everyone away, friends , family, Jon. Now who will she yell to? oh the answer to that is noone.

• Donna,
  If the show is cancelled why can’t both Jon and Kate go out and fine jobs. The kids will be in school for the day so no excuses now. Except maybe kate will break a nail.

• Maybe the reason she was yelling was because Jon was siitting and was I Don’t know what to do
  Get real Jon just do something… You don’t need to keep asking. No I do not know Kate. But I could see she had her hands full. And being a woman you think it is alright for Jon sneaking women into the house for SEX while his kids are are asleep. What if your husband was sleeping with other women and still married to you. You think this is ok for him to be flaunting these women. Kate was over the top on things but no woman should have to see her husband with other women sun bathing at her home while they are still living together for all to see…….. so you think this is ok

  • Donna Im not here to argue with you or anyone else here, did you see Jon sneeking women in on the show? hmm I think not , Ive only talked about what Ive seen on the show. And how do you know my husband DIDNT sleep with others married to me , Im not coming to the blog to put people down or sling mud at them so this is the last post I will post to you. Ive posted with a few nice people here who have their own opinions as well,without being nasty. Nothing was said in a mean or defaming way. BUT I will say this … you say Jon was sitting , hmmm thats funny , I always saw him on the show busy, helping Kate. Kate was on Jon way before women were in the picture the world saw it. One of the very first shows at ToysRUs proved that . Im not saying anyone should cheat man or woman, but I can see how someone can be driven away . Kate is the one who told him it was over, and didnt want to try to fix their marriage.But I agree with rachel too why cant they both work instead of her pimping out her children? Why they cant they have normal private lives? They already got her , her big home and lots of travel. She was nurse , go back to nursing? Well, I hope the best for the kids they didnt ask to be born. I hope peace will find them in the end….

• You think it is ok for Jon to tell magazines that he has bought his girlfriend a new SUV and he is living in this fancy apartment with her.
  The man is still married. He could at least wait until the divorce is final. Then he could have sex and show the whole world if he wants everyone to know how happy he is. But at least be decent for the kids .

• OH I’m sorry you said Kate has no friends remenber. No I do not know her. But for women to say it is ok for Jon to flaunt these women this is not right. He is living in fancy apartment, buying his girlfriend a fancy SUV, and running around like he already single how can you say Kate deserves this. Since you know him so well why not tell him to cool it until after the divorce. lf only for the sake of the kids. And for him to sneak women into the house for sex while the kids are asleep you think this is ok too!!!!!!!!!!!! If any of your friends get a divorce remember you think this behavior is ok.

• I am sorry I did not understand this blog was only to bash Kate.. And for you to tell your side of the story…. The kids as you say are being used.. TLC has stated the kids are not being filmed at all times.. The State is suppose to be checking this to see….DFC is watching to see if the kids are being abused. Are the cameras on all the time. Maybe everyone else is missing your point of the abuse….

• donna,
  i’ve been married to the same man for almost 48 years but i assure you if i had treated my hubby like she has treated jon he would have been long gone with good reason.
  you sound very much like kate so i feel very sorry for your family as well as hers.
  i DO NOT condone jon’s womanizing however it would never had become an issue if not for her 10 years of belittling,treating him like a servent and showing him total disrespect.
  he hung in there thru it all until she kicked him to the curb.
  the chances of jon going thru this party time will end and he’ll calm down alot quicker than kate will ever be able to change her spots and become a warm, kind pleasant loving mommy that would smile as often as skoll.
  with all the access to so many children and yet she has not 1 friend except a hired person just being referred to as such.
  i would rather see jon have those kids in a heartbeat.

  • Donna the purpose of this blog isnt to bash Kate , but you told us who think a differnt opinon than you to shut our mouths, thats not very nice. Jon and Kate dont live together true, should he have all his personal business in the public eye probably not. But what a few of us have tried to say in our own ways is that Jon didnt just one day up and leave, he thought his life was going on just fine. And for the pictures from the photogs, do we really know Jon snuck women in for sex? I have mostly spoken about what I saw on the show.Do we really know Jon bought his gf a SUV?….To say he is living in a fancy apt, so what Kate is living in a 1.1 million dollar home that they redid. Where should he live ? Now thats silly to say to me tell Jon to cool it. Comeon…. what he and Kate do now in their personal lives is that personal. How can we judge when he is to date or not? YOU put words into my mouth did I not say in the last post I dont believe its ok for anyone to cheat, man or woman. Did I say it was ok for Jon to sneak women in and have sex NO I DID NOT… so please stop saying that. You cant come here and attack people not knowing whats is going on thier lives, you dont know if I was cheated on , married divorved or not. MY POINT IS THIS, like Nana said , I think Kate pushed him our of her life, simple so now she cant expect us all to be poor Kate, I never liked her behavior when they did the show from day one. I was in shock how she treated him, this is what I agree with Nana on. I never yelled across a public place for my husband children or anyone! I never corrected anyone senteces in my life , I let people talk, Im not an english teacher ( nor is Kate). I never slapped my partner all the time either. Those pictures they take can mean one thing and they try to make it look like something else. So more or less everything Kate says in the rags is true and everything Jon says is lies……. well my best intrest is for the kids. Well abuse is a huge word, TLC is to blame and or the state, those cameras were there way to much and for too long. I never said the word abuse either YOU DID…… boy you can twist things just like Kate.. woow….I never told anyone on this blog to shut their mouths or anything rude like that ….

• Donna,
  Watch some of the older shows and see how kate belittled Jon. Granted he is no angel but he really did help Kate alot while she barked out orders to him. On one episode she said that he was breathing too loud. No matter what he did it wasn’t good enough for Kate. He wanted to go to counseling but she refused.

• Nana, I have been married to the some man for 25 years and he is still here. Thank you…. YOU would rather Jon have the kids, well remenber Jon said he was only 32 and now was his time to “you know have his own time to do what he wanted”. And that is what he is doing now having the fun he could not have with 8 kids because he was to young to have them. He is not grown up yet to take care of the kids by himself. Or would you rather he have different women coming and going while he takes care of his children. I would feel very sorry for them.

• I agree with those that think Jon is a lazy, immature jerk. He’s out flaunting his….what? money? looks? physique? Without the show and the happenstance that he found himself in, he wouldn’t be on TV, but in a 9 to 5 grind like the rest of us.
  He’s sure to get his 15 minutes of fame, but come on…32 years old and whning that he didn’t have any fun as an adult because he got married and had kids. GROW UP! He is already sliding off the magazine covers, and his personal income is in the tank. He’ll soon find himself looking for another job to pay his child support when the divorce is final and the judge rules on his responsibilities as a father. What a JERK!

• I am in shock that it is not important enough for either of them to fight and fix their marriage. Go to counseling! You have 8 children and 8 lives you are going to mess with…why? because you are selfish! Jon needs to grow up and remember he wanted these children with Kate and now they both need to do anything in their power to fix their marriage and he needs to stop acting like a teenager because he has money now. Hailey is an idiot as well. She does not care about the children at all or she would bow out and allow them to fix and work on their marriage as the people who have created 8 children and this life. She makes me SICK! Three adults here acting like children that NEED to act like adults and put the children first. It is apparent Hailey is a child herself with all of the childish comments she makes about Kate and everything else she comments on, so I guess in reality Jon now has 9 kids.

• Time will tell how this will all unfold…C.Gettings….Im in shock too because it went from…… “were in this together” to seperate. Kate said she didnt need to fix anything( she said) and if Jon did he go and fix it with some counseling. At any rate we could go on forever , but the bottem line are those beautiful 8 children who did not ask to be born and put on tv to make money. I only hope the best for them and rest of their lives, to be productive great individuals with upbringing they can feel secure about.
  I feel Jon and Kate love their children, but have gotten off the path of right and wrong. Its a shame…..

• I think Hailey is out. He’s on his 3 rd women now.

• ALL OF YOU ARE LOSERS AND NEED TO GET LIVES OR YOUR OWN!

• The question was, “…was the blog really written by Jodi’s sister? Were the things she said about Kate actually true?”
  Truth Breeds Hatred responded with “…a video clip of Jodi, who seems genuinely crushed by how Kate betrayed her, and confirming that her sister does write the blog, and that it’s the truth.” That was simple. Yes, Jodi’s sister wrote the blog.
  With that in mind it’s interesting that the focus turned to bashing Jon. Yet, this blog is about the relationship between Kate and Jodi. Let’s all go there. Kate was VERY FORTUNATE to have Kevin and Jodi in their life to help with the 8+. The 8+ aunt & uncle TRULY LOVED the kids. They were helped Jon & Kate with the children for many years. Kate is at fault for the deterioration of their relationship. According to information posted in numerous articles and website, TLC approached Jodi wanting to offer her compensation for participating on the show. Multiple sources stated that Kate flew into a rage because she DID NOT want to share the wealth. REALLY. Perhaps TLC recognized how awesome Jodi was with the kids and appeared to REALLY want her on the show. Now who’s the greedy one? Kate just kicked her family to the curb. What a b—ch!
  It’s inconceivable for me to understand WHY Kate’s perceived as hardworking and mature. Evidence about hardworking: (1) Mady and the other kids stated in numerous episodes, “…Mommy sits down and tells Daddy what to do…Daddy can do it better…Daddy’s always busy working…” (2) Jon going to work, coming home, bathing ALL the kids and preparing them for bed. Kate preparing dinner from packages (or was it the chef who did it) on paper plates. Kate screaming out orders, “…Jon do this…Jon do that…” By the way Jon is already in the process of doing whatever needs to be done. Kate just wants to hear her screeching voice barking out orders.
  Evidence on maturity: (1) The Toys-R-Us episode. Jon is walking with the kids, Kate is screaming from the back of the store. Yes, that was REALLY mature…shoppers had a look of shock on their faces because of behaviors. (2) Disneyland and ice cream. And all the others episodes where food was involved. Kate’s meltdown every time their ice cream melted or their clothes were smudged with food. (3) The airplane episode where Kate has a meltdown because the flight was longer then she planned. REALLY. Her children had to calm her down! How mature was that?

  • CSI , I agree with you and understand what you mean about Kate, Ive posted similar posts….I totally get what your saying…

• Kate’s support system now consists of paid employees. I read that she has a very close relationship with her bodyguard’s wife. Hummm, I believe the bodyguard is a PAID employee. TLC probably had to procure a bodyguard because Kate had a phobia about “irritating fans.”

  I agree Jon’s behaviors are unacceptable but it is typical of someone who has experienced extreme domination/authoritative control then was suddenly set free. He will calm down soon. He also loves his children very much. I hope he has a good lawyer who will subpoena TLC’s videos and records so the courts will grant joint legal and physical custody. That would be the best decision for the sake of children NOT for $$$ or TLC’s contract.

• It cracks me up how many people always say “oh those poor beautiful children!” “I feel so sorry for those poor kids!” Really? Then stop watching and discussing the show thus keeping it going. Anyone who watches this show is hurting the “poor beautiful children” as much as the parents. Stop trying to make yourselves look good by saying the PC thing when you still support this show.

  • Anotheribtmous, if you look back at my post Ive stated I DONT watch the show. I stopped because like you said I feel like I was adding to those kids mixed up lifes. Why do you have make a statement we are tying to make oursleves look PC, I dont understand why people come here and have to be mean to others who post . Oh well I guess thats how some of you were brought up. But in any case I stopped watching the show in hope the ratings go down and they can maybe have some sort of a normal life . Have a good day …..

• Kate was just on Larry King on CNN. She would not answer 1 question that larry king asked. Larry asked really good questions that we’ve all been wondering and she just smirked and avoided answering it.She wouldn’t say if there would be a show next season and larry asked what will she do if there isn’t. She said that she has big plans. Hope you saw it Julie, it was quite interesting.

  • rachel I didnt see it but Ill look online to see if I can. Big plans?? hmmm . wonder what that means?Maybe more books or something? If she didnt answer questions why did she go there? She is a control freak !

• Julie, That’s exactly what I said “why are you doing this interview”? She was very calm and closed mouth. Even Larry made a comment about it. He asked all the questions we’ve been wondering about like why did you renew your vows and now divorce? How and when did it all start? What’s the future of the show? Nothing! She answered nothing except she and the kids will continue doing the show. Oh and that hair was hanging in her right eye. Drove me crazy!!

  • rachel hahah you know how I feel about that hanging in her face … I saw something about Jon again really NOT wanting to do the show like he did before, someone said he didnt look happy doing the show I have to agree. He wanted to have back his life and not be in the public eye back months ago thats when Kate told him go, his goals were not the same as hers. She wanted to be on the show for the money for her kids furture( yea right). at what cost ? When they started this journey they never knew how much they could make off thier kids :( ……………… well rachel have a good day….. oh yea her hair did look somewhat better when the side was shorter, not in her eyes all the time. take care ! :)

• I saw the Larry King interview and thought WOW this woman does not get it yet. Larry King said this is Kate Gosselin and she is raising 8 kids alone. She didn’t even correct him. She sat there with this smug look on her face and when he asked her if the show contributed to the end of their marriage she said NO very firmly, it would have happened anyway…Kate will never take responsibility for her actions. She is trying to come across now as being a thoughtful loving mother now but those of us who saw all the episodes for the past four years know that she is only changing for the cameras. She wants Jon to do the things he’s doing so he looks bad in the publics eyes. She is the one, and I repeat, who told Jon since he did not want to continue with the show she wanted a divorce!!!!!!!! Kate chose money and fame over her husband. She doesn’t need him anymore, after seeing her on Larry King its’s obvious that she is still playing the wounded bird. It doesn’t work with those of us who have seen the show. Kate has big plans she said. We could see how she treated Jon on the show that she didn’t love him. Even you donna should be able to admit that you don’t treat someone like that EVERYDAY if you truly love them. The writing is on the wall donna take time to stop and read it….. You won’t be as uptight as Kate if you would..

  • Miss Molly , how can she say she is rasing 8 kids alone? !. Jon is in the picture and the father of the children. 2. She has hired help. Maybe she forgets we can see into her life? Wither it be the people who still watch her show or see whats goes on the news. I think youre right Miss Molly she will never get it. She traded a happy lovinly family for things and fame. She wanted Jon to be Mr Mom or Mr Kate… to do what she said when she said it. Remeber the show when Jon was putting the beds together and she wouldnt flex and let the kids take thier naps in the basement. She slapped her hand together and said we have our routine wither youre home or not. THEY ARE TAKING THIER NAPS UP HERE!! She went totally ape that he would have an opinion and wanted to get his job done. She needs help with her temper and her mouth. Then she goes out of the room on the same show and says to kids “your daddy doesnt care about your safety” Is she nuts , one for saying that and two for involving the kids in her insane things? Well I guess we have to wait and see what her “big plans” are…. she cant write anymore stupid books the books are already about what weve seen on tv! Also I remeber Kate saying she wasnt going to say things to media hmm thats changed! …… I never knew anyone like her in my life.. Double talking control freak.

• OMG! Julie, Just read that Kate is going to be a guest host on the View while Elizabeth is away. Yes, I do record this show too. No way will I watch it when she is on after her smirk to Larry King last night when he asked what will she do if the show gets canceled “I have big plans for the future”. Yikes! My initial thought was she’ll take over your show Larry, but who the heck will watch it. I’m just sick and tired of her acting like the victim in this situation and bragging that she is sooo wonderful. I guess it really hit me last night watching that interview. It’s all about her and her things!

  • Oh gosh rachel, I dont belive it how will she cope with other women on the view, she likes to be in control and top dog! I think if her show is cancelled she will have her 15 more mins of fame , and will be forgotten. ( as it should be) . Why does she think she is so special? She had a load of kids thats it. ( like many others)
    I guess my main thing is this…… Why didnt she want to fix her family, save her marriage? Why didnt she want to go with Jon to counsiling? For the sake of those kids? I say she sold out for things and money, just like you have said. She thinks she is a writter and a speaker !!! saying uhmmm 63 times! no way. Sh never even gave an honest effort to save it.
    She is only fooling herself, going from a coupon clipping mom to this ? And please dont think I begrudge her or anyone a way to improve their life. Im not jealous of her and her things I just feel she got caught up and has forgotten whats really important… HER KIDS!!

• I am hot and cold on this. Don’t you think the media along with all the magazines like Star, Us, People etc. have blown all this crap out of sight. It is no longer a show I watch. Jon makes me sick to my stomach to tell you the truth. Man he is such a mansy pansy. Always has been. I cringed when Kate would yell at him but he is so stupid. I too am so tired of him saying he is just 32, when will he be 33 so he can change his tune, Ha! It isn’t right that Kate belittled him all the time but hey stand up for yourself don’t just leave with all those kids being your respomsibility along with your wife. Mercy man grow up, speak up or something!
  I think TLC ought to get him off the show the truth be known. And that Hailey good golly miss molly what a mess she is for him to get mixed up with. I don’t know her and of course only going by what the mags say so there you go.
  Just my opinion, don’t go getting mad at me!

• PS:
  I think the kids will be fine. this will be over before they realize what’s happening. They may be a little confused right now but it will work out I believe.

  When Star Mag. ran that story from Kate’s old boy friend I was so mad at them I wrote a scathing letter to the editor. The guy wanted money and they gave it to him. How low can you get. The things he said were beyond hateful and I am sure a bunch of lies to get people to read it and for him to get the money. I blame the mags for alot of this. The older girls are able to read all that and that’s just not right. Shame! Shame!

  • No one would be writing anything about them for money or any other reason if Kate hadn’t put them out there on display. Star magazine does it for money, TLC does it for money, Larry King, The View, it’s called show business and it’s messy. Kate wants to stay in it for more money, so I’d say there’s plenty of blame to go around.

• I’m really surprised that the View is having her co-host because Whoopie didn’t seem too thrilled with her when this whole thing exploded. Whoopie said that they should stop taping the show and put this family back together. Maybe Whoopie will be off that day too.

  • rachel, This will be interesting! … hahha will she say alot of “uhms” … If Whoopie is on I wonder what she will say to her? Maybe she will be the first to tell her like it is!…

• People.com has a article abt the older kids starting school today. I feel bad for them since there family has been all over the newspapers, news and magazines and not in a good way. Kids can be mean.

• me too! :( .. really bad……………

• Did everyone see that I was right once again? Kate filed for full custody of the kids… Thats what I said was her plan all along…

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• One question , why does Kate need a body guard, who would want her ?

• Big Daddy, when you publish a poem (especially one that is mine), you should have the courtesy to mention the poet as well.

• You were right Big Daddy! Amazing! I wonder if her soft spoken voice will come down some if she does get full custody.

  Good one, Julie!

• rachel do you think she will get it? ( full custody) remember in the episode
  that was so famously name “gumgate” with Aunt Jody and gumballs,boy did I hate her telling Joel she was going to throw is teddy in the garbage that was so mean. I was thinking Kate said she never put gas in the car, that was a “mans job like taking out the garbage. She said Jon always did that for her even before they had kids, so she didnt have too. Well now who is going to do it for her? The show where they all did the dress up for the nite and it was over Kate says ok Jon bathe them hurry up. Well , its just like her to want sole custody, she is a control freak she wants to be able to control Jon that way too from the legal end of things. She is trying to make him look so wrong when she drove him out. I hope the kids will be ok thru it all.

• julie,
  they were showing the show at the battleship one day this week and i noticed the boys and kate all chewing gum as fast as they could.
  of course she was chewing her cud as usual.i don’t think it would be possible to have less class while walking around thinking she’s got it all.
  she’s the curd in the bottom but acts like the creme de la creme on the top.
  i could shake jon until his teeth rattle for not getting thru his party trip he’s on. i wish his mom would influence his decisions but i none the less can truly say in my heart seeing the love and bonding and the smiles on the kids faces when with daddy as opposed to mommy dearest speaks volumes.
  kate has a permanent nasty scowl on her face at all times but i’d describe the kids expressions as fear and sadness when with her.
  any judge that did his/her homework, which is watch the tapes, would be generous to give her unsupervised visitation.IMO.

  • nana I understand comepltey whare you are saying.Those kids need need their father in thier lives.Maybe this is the reality check he should take and watch what he is doing. Kate wants to control him no matter what . I can see how he is trying his darnest not to let this happen after already 10 years of her being the lord and master in that house. ….

• Yes, Julie I do think that she will get full custody of those children. With Jon in the news every other day and with a new female every week, he’s really cooked his goose. Read the article on that web site chattertonguegossip.com
  I’m not sure if those shows will hold up in court in a custody battle. Many times Maddy expressed how she felt her mother was mean. I think it will get really ugly in that court room.
  I do remember the day when she said that Jon puts gas in her car because it’s a mans job. Jon did alot around the house to help her. She just barked out orders and he did it. Now she has nothing to worried about because she has the hired help doing it for her.

  • rachel, I surely hope it doesnt come to that . :( Yes I do know Maddy has expressed that , remember the drink of water incident? IF kate got those kids soley, she would have pushed every single person away and she has them all to herself …. its a fine of line of being sick! Like a dictator. Im hoping this will not happen…… :o(…..

• Ok so here goes again. I wrote a blog earlier but it got rejected. Probably because i was talking negative about the princess.
  Comcast.net has a really good video of Jon and Kate bringing the little kids to school. Kate’s body guard was there for whatever reason and jon was just pacing around him. kate knocked on Jons car window and someone said see ya gotta go. So then Kate said “but then your gone”? What does she expect from this guy. The best part was Kate was wearing these stacked shoes that she couldn’t walk in with skinny jeans. Try to google it it’s called Tense Farewell for Jon and Kate 1st day of school.

  • rachel, i jsut read some news on another page , and Ive come to this conclusion, Jon did that opening for the pool thingy in Vegas last weekend then they had a pic of Kate having the “body guard”and his family over fora picnic, blah blah blah. The body guard was riding Jon’s 4 wheeler thing. I was thinking as a I read the article about Jon they had a video too , his Mom was there with him. Well if someone like lets say Tom Hanks had signed on to “open the pool” whould there be such a hoopla? I think no matter what Jon does ppl will attack him. One min they say grow some balls Jon and when he does stand up to Kate and wont take her controlling ways anymore , then they say is a jerk. I dont get it. There was a girl at the pool who held up a sign that said “TEAM KATE”. Well her little picnic was nicely timed for the weekend Jon was away in Las Vegas. She is smooth ! She knows how to milk it good for the paps. I think people who are against Jon just want him to sit in dim lite shack of a place and do nothing till Kate tells him waht to do next. I dont get it . All I know is this…. I could never stand how she acted on the show for the first 5 seasons or whatever it was, she admitted she is a controlling A type personality. The comments Ive read about her tho saying she needs help and will ruin those kids minds and how Jon was right to finally stand up to her . I guess there will always be 2 sides to this story. I for one tho even if they were still together wouldnt like how Kates treats people including her kids. NOW I have to say this I havent seen any of the this seasons show I dont watch anymore so I dont know how is realating with her kids these days.I only know what I saw with my own two eyes and heard on the first shows. I didnt like it at all. So in concluison I think ppl will pick on Jon no matter what he does, I for one would nt want to be degraded on a daily basis like that for doing what I thought was the right thing. Again I will end with saying .. I feel bad for those kids what will they remember from all of this :( ………

    • ps. What I meant in saying two sides to the story is this…. there will always be people who think Kate is right and always people who think Jon was right.

• You people call yourselves God fearing people. All I have seen is gossip and bad talk. You are family and this is a time where Kate and Jon needed you both. where are her parents? How could you people do this?

• Jon will never catch a break in all of this. From the beginning when he was with the college girls talking at a bar. Not saying what he did was right but perhaps it was only talking and drinking beer. You have to figure day after day this guy was put down and dragged through the the kids diapers by his wife.Your right Julie, she is so smooth.
  Thats what i immediately thought when she made the comment about jon leaving the bus stop ” but then your gone” what was that comment all about. What did she want him to do.He was there to get his kids on the bus kissed them and wished them well. At least he showed up. Oh yeah, the camera’s were there and she wanted to make jon look bad, again. Hopefully soon people are going to realize what she is all about. When they announced that she was going to be on the view the majority of the comment were negative and weren’t going to watch. Along with me! As for the show I’m done too.

  • rachel, for that comment you said at the bus stop , see she is still abusing him after he left her ( because of her ) . Well rachel I guess its not up to us. Like ,you and I and nana state she will get hers in the end , when those kids realize what a terrible soul she really is. As much as I dont want to say this , in a few years when the kids are older , we will prob see them going thru thearpy because of the dictator kate and ADD or what ever she has. As for Jon and all the crap he gets from people , I think to myself who are they to say who he should date and how long he should wait . I know I know he has the kids to think about but these people that say he is a bad dad , Im sorry I dont see that. We never lived behind their close doors but he didnt seem like that bad of husband either. As we h ave said he helped ALOT and I mean ALOT . Kate wants the cameras to show “reality” when it suites her for her best interest, but for Jon it seems to be all bad. We will have to see how this all plays out . I dont think she will get sole custody.

• aunt jodie was kind

  • dog , I think she seemed really nice too, she would watch the kids on the speical days and every Friday for Kate. But i guess to Kate being nice , shows a sign of weakness and she will pounce on them. All the “nice” people including Jon she has gotten rid of . No more Jody and Kevin, Beth and her husband, family no one.Oh YEA the body guard and his family, but then again he is the hired help. She can feel superior to them. One of the twins and Beth’s daughter were best friends hmmm I guess thats gone too. OH well, I hope the old saying
    ‘what goes around comes around”. Have a nice day dog…..

• I just read in people magazine (the one with kate on the cover) that Kate thinks that jon is an alien.

  • rachel, remember the episode of the pumpkin patch , Jon did it all , got them ready , put them in the car, took them out . Came home got the whole garage ready for the kids to cut them and in the middle of it all she HAS to clean up. She couldnt wait a few more mins for them to finish. And Hannah got some dirt on her hands picking apples and Kate went nuts! Talk about phobias! Im sick and tried of people saying Kate had 9 kids , Jon did most of th work in that house. While she sat back and acted like an idoit! HE was far more intouch with reality than she was.Well if people really think Kate is ok in the head , I just dont get it.

• Well I’m very proud of myself for not watching Jon and Kate tonight. I just can’t stomach her. Although my kids are watching and were cracking up because she had on a pink hat and they said she looked ridiculous. And that she is craving attention. hmmm…

• I haven’t watched a lot of J&K+8, but I have heard that Kate was bossey and hard on Jon. Well, guess what ladies and gents, look what the nit wit does when she’s not around to tell him what to do!

  She had 9 kids!!! She’s smart…he’s dumb. Let him find someone else to lead him around by the nose…..Lord nows he’s not capable alone.

• Those kids are already showing signs of trouble. Maddy is just the tip of the bout ready volcanoe ready to erupt and fall apart… guess that’s what you get when two people with incompatible genetics have access to Frankenstein resources…

• Julie, Jon did everything from getting those kids ready to loading them in the van to cooking/feeding and kate just barked out orders. And it was never good enough for her. But everybody is blaming jon for his actions. The poor guy probably wanted some attention. Not just screamed at. After all he is a young guy in his prime. He asked her if she wanted to go to counceling and she said that she didn’t need anything. So what was this guy to do. Now she crying the poor kate card. Well, i’m sick of listening to her. But i still think that she has a good chance of getting sole custody. She seems to get whatever she wants. It’s her way or no way. Not sure if those old shows can be used as evidence in court. He was clearly verbally abused!

  • Oh P L E A S E … It might has seemed that way from the editing and I’m sure that he was more attentive since the camera crew was there. After all, you wouldn’t want to look like a slacker on TV, now would you? But they didn’t show all of the behind the scenes that still had to go on, and I believe that was before they had the nannies, housekeepers and the cook…

    TV crew or not, someone still would have to wash cloths (daily), fix lunch and dinner, clean the kitchen, bathroom and the rest of the house. Anyone can show off for the camera.

    They also didn’t show Jon going out and porking anything that would move or that couldn’t get away! Someone doesn’t get seperated and turn into “INSTANT MAN WHORE”! He had been out getting whatever he could for a long time… When everyone got to knowing who he was he couldn’t do it any more without getting caught so he left!

    I AM the origional Big Daddy, accept no imitations….. I endorse this message…

  • rachell, for people to call him a slacker I dont get it. I must have watched 5 different seires then them. OH well you cant change someones mind if they think Kate is wonderful. There of plenty of people who think she is horrible. I did see on the E channel her going over to Jons car and knock on the window and say that to him. She is such a shallow person. She throws him out yet he is wrong in the eyes of the public, cuz he finally stood up to her. GOOD FOR HIM
    She will never get another man in her life, who would want her, if so they might think they can use her for her money. Who would want to be berated like that ?
    hopefully those girls wont think its right to treat their partners like that when they are older.

    • Julie,
      I never said she was great, however, I would do her…

      Anyway, If standing up to her means saying “Yes, I’ve been screwing around and I finally got caught” then maybe he should be out…

      Jon is a hodog! And he has been for a long long time. Probably since they got married. There aint no telling how many “outside babies” he’s got running around! The tension of knowing about his affairs and trying to hold it in could explain some of her behavior, don’t you think?

  • I agree with you Rachel. Jon did so much work around the house and for Kate. He made her coffee in the morning so she could sleep late, took care of the kids and did everything around the house.

    I remember when he was working and the kids wanted to see him, Kate would let the kids go where ever he was, regardless if it would interfere with Jon’s work. But if Kate wanted to accomplish something, he better keep the kids away.

    And I can’t imagine if one of my children had the stomach flu, shutting them in the laundry room and shutting the door. Poor, poor little kids.

    I think they new things were almost over around the time they bought the house. Kate did nothing to calm her meanness toward Jon, even belittling him on National TV when he bought the showerhead without using a coupon. That would be the straw that would break anyone.

    Not to mention, so often she would correct the smallest thing he said during their interview session for the shows. The one that got me was that he was breathing too loud.

    I’m sure he had to get away from her, she was terrible to him.

    I’m not saying a agree with his actions now, but living the way he has, he just might not be thinking clearly. She drove him nuts!

    • I agree 100% with you and have said the exact same things on here but for some reason , people want to call him a slacker and douche.. I dont get that?

• BOY! This page has really slowed down. Do I need to come back and get you all in line again?

  The new episode of Jon & Kate sorta sucked. I do, however, get a kick out of Kate’s undertones. Did you see where she was going to shoot a gun and said, “Now, I can take out some of my frustrations”, or when she said, “I’ll be the first one to shoot someone and scream”? I took them both to be meaning Jon…. She even had on a hat covering up her chunk striped reverse mullet porcupine weave.

  Where is Missy, Rachael & Jullianne? Are you still here?

  • Big Daddy I noticed that too but just blew it off as my imagination. And you look pretty hot is that your real picture?

    http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• Daddy, where have you been. It’s pretty much Julie, nana and me on this blog. I had to stop watching “It’s all about Kate” because I just can’t tolerate her.
  I do have to disagree with you on the earlier blog. John has not gotten any attention from Kate only when she yells, or belittles him. When he met these girls he got attention and he liked it and when he got attention from other girls he was shocked i’m sure because kate took all of his self esteem away. I think now he’s just with that Hailey girl. And I don’t think he cheated on her earlier though because he was too busy with the kids.

  • Hey Rachel,
    I tried to get in touch with you for awhile but never could find you. Who is nana? Is that Missy’s new name? I can’t get her or Julliane to email or talk to me any more…

    Personally, I don’t think Jon is lacking in the “self esteme” department… LOL And lieing just has seemed to come too easy for him, he’s too got at it! A lot of people have a tic when they lie. Jon’s is he puts his hands up aroung his mouth or rubs his face. If you look at the video of him talking to the pap after the police were called you can see how he puts his hands all around his mouth. Actually, Cinoda pointed it out to me. He has been banging that baby-sitter…. So he couldn’t be just a Hailey boy…

    He’s more like a all-you-can-eat chineese buffet! You can have all you want, but you can’t take it with you!

    That would mean he was doing Kate 2.0 too…

    He’s got laid more times in the past month than I did, well, in a very long time………. LOL

    He might have been busy with the kids but not just the ones in his house. He likes em young!

    Do you ever talk to Missy or Jules?

• bIG daddy,
  never talk to missy or jules. Where is maris?

  • Oh, Maris is still around in one form or another… I talk to her usually every other day most of the time. Now that school is back in session we are on totally different schedules.

    I don’t see where she has been on here in a while. But she’s doing ok. If you go to http://www.chattertonguegossip.com you can leave her a message there. She will get it although it may take her a day or 2. She is so wrapped up in Political stuff she has lost interest in J&K.

    She actually had something she wrote mentioned on some news show she watches.. She says she has arrived and was offering signed photo’s of herself for $20.00 each.. LOL She is a mess…..

• rachel have you seen US… Jon states he was abused by Kate…. YA THINK?

• No Julie I didn’t. I’ll have to check it out at the grocery store tomorrow. Won’t buy it though, too expensive. It seems these gosselins are in those magazines every week.

  • no check online….. its on there….you can read it right there + a little video clip
    http://www.usmagazine.com

• Julie, Thanks for the info. I hope I don’t forget to watch that special. Funny it’s what we’ve been saying all along. This divorce is going to be really messy.

• I just read that the Duggars are expecting another baby!!!!!

  • Yes they are.. Isnt that just freaking crazy? She found out because she wasnt loosing weight and because the baby she is breast feeding was getting fussy…. She said she knew from experience thats what happens!

    The must be the horniest people on earth or they really need to get cable TV…

    http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• Well, I had to drop by and see what you all are saying. I finally googled to see what the misfit parents were up too now since I no longer watch TLC because of them.

  Seems to me that TLC decided Kate needed to parent her boys since she never did from the day they were born..sending her to a dude ranch. How FAKE! This “poor excuse of a mother” does not like men/boys and nothing will ever change that. Most likely has something to do with her and her father. She’s a sicko, needs to have all the attention and uses her kids to get it.

  Jon on the other hand was in prison, allowed her to take control of him, his mind and life. Seems he is now running wild like an animal who was caged up and put in a zoo for show…the daddy image hidden in the slave. It will wear off at some point and maybe he’ll be able to do some good for his kids in the end. Mommy dearest will never be able to get past herself so for now the kids are on their own to suffer through their parents mess in the eye of the public.

  It doesn’t matter who did what. It only matters that these 2 can’t get past TLC and the money to love & help these kids get through divorce. Every step of the way is about Kate. Instead of putting the twins on the school bus first day of school, They made a production out of it with both parents showing up separately…give me a break. We didn’t need to see Kates outfit, the distance between the parents or the sad faces on the girls. When they showed this on a news show, it broke my heart for the girls. It looked to me like Jon was directed to show up for the photo shoot to claim his share of the money…or else.

  Get a life people…turn this pair off so these kids can have some kind of a life.

  • So Holee let me see if I understand. Youre saying that

    #1-You would turn down MILLIONs of dollars and the chance to make more if you had 8 kids.

    #2- Your relationship would have worked out if YOU had been married to Jon, although 75 to 95% of couple who have multipule births end in divorce.

    Well then you must be quite the woman. I personally would have no idea how I would even be able to feed 8 kids. Let alone make a marriage work that statistically speaking is nearly impossable.

    I don’t agree with everything Kate does but it’s easy to sit back and point fingers when your not in that situation. You never know what someone goes through until you walk in their shoes.

    I think Kate was and is in a scary situation that could potentially be disasterous for her children and doesn’t have time to deal with a man who can’t see past the end of his penis. He may have helped with the kids but he has had the same opportunities as Kate and has done NOTHING to better himself or to secure a future for his kids.

    If he cared so much about his kids and they keep talking about not saying stuff that the kids may be able to read about or watch on YOU TUBE when they grow up, he would keep poking every thing he runs into.

    Jons been passed around more than a bucket of chicken at an Alabama pot-luck….

    • Big Daddy Ive tried hard not to comment on your posts because all you seem to post about is sexual things with Jon. TALK ABOUT WALKING IN SOMEONES SHOES? YOU try to walk in those of his being belittled by Kate for years not just in private but across the world, that show goes all over the world not just america. And to ask Holee if she could have made the realionship wiht Jon work seems sort of out the topic. MAYBE they could have made it work if she wasnt such a HITLER type person. The women who have posted here seem to think Kate is wrong in how she treated Jon, you would think us being women we would agree with her , but NO we dont. She is and was an aweful person. I think the ladies here come to post about the show and what we saw , not about what we “think Jon has done sexualy. I for one am not here to comment on that .I happen to think Jon on the show was a good dad. Now Im only commenting on what I saw on the shows before this season , I dont watch anymore. I cant stand how she talked to those kids in the past , so sarcastic and odd they were just kids for gods sake. Well, thats just my opinion, and you certainly have the right to yours……

  • Holee , good point about Kate and men…I have … turned them off. I said the same …… hopefully those kids might get some kid of childhood, if the show is cancelled……. My friend and I were talking about the garage oragazaiton show , where Jon says to Kate in the chair , to the cameras Kate has a hard time saying please when she wants something done. She replys well isnt that a given , he says NO not when youre trying to raise 8 kids in the right way. SHE IS NUTS!

• Sorry Julie if I offended you, however, if you and Julie has turned the channel, why are you still talking about them?

  And I don’t see how asking Holi if she could make her marriage work with 8 kids and Jon is off subject? I think it’s right on subject since that was a large contribution to their marriage failing.

  I’m not saying that Kate is right by any means. I’m just saying that you don’t know what all she was going through or how the show was edited. Jon is no Saint! At-lest however she has enough restraint to not be out deminishing her reputation during their divorce so that she might be able to get custody of the children.

  And women agreeing with other women? THAT WAS FUNNY! A woman likes nothing better than to take away or see another woman loose something that they want, in this case Jon. Sorta Like Kate Major. She knew about Jon cheating on Kate. She knew about Jon and Hailey but she went for it anyway. It wasn’t until Jon wanted to pick her up on the 4-wheeler and sneak her into the house while the kids were asleep that she started to get the picture. But somehow, she thought it would be different for them… NOT!

  • hahah NO she did that while they were married she doesnt have to do it now.She showed her true colors on the TV in the show(deminish her reputatation) . I guess I dont speak so much whats on in the news more what I saw on the shows for the last few years.I ve talked more or less what led up to the split. Hey I dont want Jon so why would that be funny not to agree with Kate . IF Jon were on the show and rude like Kate I would be speaking about him. Imagine him having to tell a grown woman and mother of 8 to say please if she wants something and to teach their children that. I did like the idea from what the show would show us that Kate wanted to make memories for the children and make them feel special. I just dont like how she treated Jon and other adults. I would never do the things she has done or said. If Ive turned the channel why cant I speak about them?I dont think Kate would have been so eager for the divorce if Jon were still a 9-5 job , she wanted him home to help her and work shorter days as it was. She would not have had the luxury to have that in her life.Well she got what she wanted a big house with her kids all alone…. no family friends and no husband. I wish they could have worked it out not for the sake of having a show but the sake of their famiy, most of all the kids ….

• I agree with you 95%. H o w e v e r,,,, Jon also wanted to be at home at the time. Not all of us have that luxury but because of the show and or Kate he was able to.

  I never have understood why Kate was the one who stayed at home actually, it wasn’t like she was breast feeding…. She is a nurse and would have made a lot more money for the family than Jon ever could.

  But lets look at Jon’s past…

  1. Jon says he left his last job to become an IT analyst. But actually he got fired from the cabinet shop he was working in because he was using his work time to call sponsors to get free stuff before Kate even gave birth. So, first he lied and second he got fired because he would do his job. And that came from his boss on the job.

  2. He claimed to be an IT analyst but has no formal training or education. I’ve looked in on the position and there are no entry level positions with out training or the educational background that I can find. So he was probably a “Telemarkerter”…

  3. He said he was going to go to work with Beths husband so he would be able to work from home. That sorta got shut up real quick and it was never mentioned again. Don’t know why and they never said.

  So basically, Jon didn’t want to work.

  You missed understood what I was trying to say earlier. Yes, Kate is a shrew… She did show it on the show, however, I guess I should have said try to rebuild her reputation rather than deminish it…..

  I think she has purposly tried to appear as a good mother, doing things with the kids and seemed caring while letting Jon show himself as a gigolo so she could file for custody of the kids. I’ve been saying that long before she filed for full custody…………………………………

  Kate is manipulative, she’s a woman… It comes natural. Jon is a ding dong, not trying to sound sexual there, but for someone who claims to care about what his kids are going to read about them when they get older he doesn’t seem to mind flaunting his affairs with 22-year-olds around for everyone to see and document….

  I’m sure their seperation is on both their parts. Kate’s a controling shrew. Jon is a whormonger… But which of the two would be a better parent?

  Jon has already tried to sneak Kate major into thier home while Kate was away on his 4-wheeler.

  Stephanie the “baby sitter”and nude model, “who he’s not sleeping with”, spent the night, or at-least a couple of hours in his over the garage aprtment and was photographed leaving at 5am after she and Jon left the bar at 3am. I’m sure she was baby sitting then too.

  Hailey Glassman, is a known drug head and is just a hair away from being jail bait…

  Then good ole Deanna Hummel, who he also didn’t sleep with but you can purchase the bed they slept in on e-bay for $15,000….

  Do ya not see a pattern here? LIE LIE LIE… He is a pathalogical Lier!

  Kate is a controling shrew, yes. That could also be called using structure and discipline. Maybe too much at time but still. Jon is a proven lier and whoremonger. So any way you cut it, the kids are going to better off with Kate.

  And like I said before, people don’t just tweek out overnight. Jon has been like this for a long time. And I think, and others agree, that Jon is always hi during the interviews. Ever noticed his eyes? Thats why he is so layed back. Not because of his nature but because he on drugs! He probably keeps the munchies from all the weed he smokes, that would explain why he’s so fat now.

  I’m just saying. All of the evidence is right there….

• I have been coming on this site and just reading everyones comments but not responding recently until now. Big Daddy where do you get Jon was a whoremonger, ding dong etc. before? After he told Kate he didn’t want to do the show anymore she told him she wanted a divorce (last year.) Jon was never seen out with other women until after Kate asked him for a divorce. If Jon does any kind of drugs now he will pay a great price down the road, but I am with the other girls in that Jon was always there for those kids and to say otherwise is just idiotic. And to say Kate is manipulative, she’s a women, that’s just natural. Dude you are barking up the wrong trees here. You just insulted all the girls who comment here. I have never liked your comments on any site I have ever been on where you are!!! Jon didn’t want to be at home all the time but what Kate demanded Kate got. She wanted to be able to go on her book tours etc. If she was a good mother she would never have considered leaving those precious little ones for those book tours. After all they didn’t need the money they are making 75,000 an episode. She wanted to get away from the daily pressures of having 8 kids. Jon was always tending to the kids, Kate was just the dictator as Julie said. Your comments on many different ocassions leads me to believe you are a very sick man in need of some serious help. And yes that is a JUDGEMENT call BIGSICKO!!!!!!!!!

  • Miss Molly I wanted to say I agreed with you and I think you were understanding what my posts meant. Thanks… Money did get to them I said on some post way back months ago, sometimes couples do better when they have a common ground or a struggle to fight for, all of a sudden that was taken away , the never dreamed they would this much money for doing this. She went from a coupon cutter to not having to worry almost over night. She thought she was going to get some free footage of the kids young , well she got much more, a divorce. When she said she didnt have anything to fix in her life and Jon could go onto counsling himself , I really knew she was nutcase, that shows she ISNT doing everythign she can for her kids. Like I posted to Big Daddy I dont know about Jons sex life I m talking about what I saw on the shows.Thanks for understading where I was coming from…. I was h ere to post about the show not sexual things…..

• Big Daddy…your way off with your remarks to me. You read into my comments what you felt like saying. Your apples have nothing to do with my oranges.

  They knew what the possibilities were when they used help to get pregnant. If they didn’t look ahead as to how they would raise 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 kids, that’s there problem, not the problem for the people of Pa. where I happen to live. Our tax dollars offered them all a good education..free. Our tax dollars saw these babies through birth and the first months of their life. Once they were out of the woods and deamed healthy babies, the burden was put where it belonged..on the parents. Helping hands reached out from Kate’s fathers church body and turned down because it wasn’t good enough for Kate.

  Using those babies to become millionaires is wrong. The Dilly’s managed to raise their crew with only a small amount of airing the kids on TV. They didn’t end up with a mansion, instead they raised the kids in a modess home…HOME it was, unlike what we see with Jon & Kate plus 8. That mansion has no LOVE in it.

  I don’t believe any man or woman needs to be owned by the other like a dog. I wouldn’t have had 8 kids and wouldn’t have abused my partner.

  You missed the entire point of my post. It was NEVER about Jon & Kate. It was about the babies. Without the babies they would never have had a show. Once the show became “All about Kate”, there really was no show anymore.

  What they did, and I think it was directed by Kate, was use the babies for the purpose of MONEY. Many times I looked at the twins and saw sad faces.

  No, if I would have had these babies, I would have relied on the love of my family and the church body who was willing to help provide for these babies. How normal a life they could have had. Being poor does not destroy our lives if we are surrounded with love and family.

  Now that we have seen two parents under the influence of the evil money brings with it, it’s time to turn off the tube and give these kids a chance to fade out of the lime light and continue their life without US looking into their sad faces.

  Who cares about Jon & Kate? They are just another pair of selfish people and in the end, their clocks will get cleaned and neither will end up with any happiness. Maybe then the kids will again have parents, even if they don’t live in the same home having them back would be a breath of fresh air for all 8 of them.

  Why you want to continue to talk about Jon’s sex life when this is only about 8 sweet kids is beyond me. I don’t think anyone but you cares about Jon’s sex life.

  • I agree 110% Holee, as I man I would think Big Daddy would put himself in Jon’s shoes about being degraded and belittled, how long can someone take that.? On one episode he was taking care of the kids and cleaning the living room up before him and Kate went out for a Valentines Dinner she yells in there Jon quit playing in there and help me in the kitchen, he could never do a right thing for her .IF he would have been in the kitchen she would have yelled get in the living room before we go and clean that up. My thoughts were about Kate and these interviews , why couldnt she SKYPE them from HOME? Saving time and money all the way around? In these hard times it almost makes sense. No she goes on the Today show or Goodmorning America Im not sure which and says “uhm” 63 times! Great speaker, SHE Is the only one who thinks she is a speaker. For those to say Jon made all the mistakes I dont get that , Kate surely has made her share and paved the path for this family being broken into pieces. You made great points here Holee.. thanks……… NONE OF US OWN ANYONE… to be treated like that.

• Holee and Julie, you both sound like sweet caring individuals and might I say, the world would be a better place with more people like you.. However, yes the show started out about the kids…

  But people continued to tune in because of Jon and Kate. Yes, the kids are cute. But how long will people tune in to see cute kids before it becomes booooaarrrinnggg……

  The show now, has very little to do with the kids…. It’s all about them!

  I don’t disagree with either of you, except that Julie needs to make some paragraphs in her comments….

  I simply saying that I couldn’t afford to have 8 kids…. My neighbor nor anyone I know could afford it…. Yes they made the decision to have them and they found an avenue that worked for them, until now…

  I agree it shouldn’t be about them now, it should be about the kids… But Jon has shown his true colors and they were there long before they seperated… Do you disagree?

• Well,I do disagree the show was about the kids in the beginning and I think people tuned into the show to see the twins and the sextuplets, not Jon and Kate. I truely think Moms and or families wanted to see the kids and feel inlove with them. We used to talk all the time about them affording things, but now we know the show paid for all of that, there is no way one parent could afford those trips and such. How long does Kate think this show will go on, kindergarden , middle school, high school, and college? Hope she is planning her money well. I hope it gets dropped and those kids can have some sort of normal childhood. I have said and will say again Kate got greedy , those kids already had thier educations paid for by the state of Pa. She is pimping her kids out for things . Shame on her. I feel sorry for them…..

  • From what I udnerstand, Kate is happy doing the show and wants to do it for as long as they will have her and her famiy. So we might see the kids all the way through College unless TLC cancels the show… Their rating have dropped, so I don’t konw how long it will last.

    Have you heard that Kate is going to be a guest host on “The View”? Whoopie has made it clear before that she doesn’t care for Kate and you know she has a mouth. So I can’t wait to see what happens. I don’t watch the view but I will have to record those episodes to see what happens….

• In reading remarks, the thought of a man talking ON A SHOW to his wife, the way Kate has belittled Jon, would not be allowed. He would be browbeating her, emotional abuse, verbal abuse and the show would be off the air after one show!

  No one should be spoken to the way she did to Jon.

  I can’t imagine, being on an outing and YELLING JON as she did. You respect others, not just your own family and you take the time to walk over to him for help…..even if a little one ended up peeing on the floor…you DON’T yell as she did, in public or in front of the kids.

  She would say things about their dad, right to the kids. No excuses.

  Now on the show, TLC is trying to show Kate has changed, by lowering the camera on the dripping ice cream on a child’s shoe with no reaction or a happy normal reaction from Kate.

  I don’t buy it. She’s doing it because of the criticism she has read about her overreaction in the past. BUT…has she ever tried to calm her reaction to Jon when she knew she was a shrew? No…

  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the coupon issue broke the back of Jon.

  I also think, Kate being away, coming home just to do the laundry, repack her bags and out she’d go, left Jon thinking that he too can have a life outside of the house.

  When going out, do doubt people would ask him why he allowed her to talk to him as she does. I think he started to realize how bad things really were. Sometimes you just don’t see it until it’s mentioned.

  I believe marriage should be worked at and I don’t believe in divorce, but this is on the shoulders of Kate and Kate only.

  Jon is not acting as he should, but I think he is still in a state of a person who has been demeaned and ridiculed for quite sometime and he too, is trying to find himself…who was lost in the likes of Kate.

  I’m sad for the children, very sad and I do hope Jon comes through this as I think he was a good dad. Once when one of the children had the stomach bug, he went in to comfort the little guy and once again the child threw up and Kate again was mad. Yes, a mess, yes a lot of wash but you have to realize the child is sick and needs comfort, not guilt.

  Gotta go, but have so much more to add! JUST wait for the book by Cara! I think she is the one to come through this and just might tell all!

  • Oh me, you said it just right…. Ive been trying for a long time. Thanks for you opinion….. and the last part about Cara and the book… woow! Also what you said about people asking him why he let Kate treat him like that, I think thats clearly a good statement , I think he was doing what he thought was right as husband and father then every move to be picked on by Kate. It was always JONNNNNNNNNNNNNN I need HELPPPPPPPPP. Im sick and tried of reading Jon is a douch or a twat. I dont believe that for a second. I think many dont realize they got married young. Not that is an excuse to act out now , but I think he really wants to do the right thing. Him telling Kate to say please and show her kids that … gezz…thanks for your post….. have a good day

  • Jon is not acting as he should. Are you deminted? I should have been married you then….

    There is a lot of ways to find yourself without doing what he’s been doing while showing your keeping the best interest of your kids in mind and not just saying it.

    • well Big Daddy you talked about walking in someone else shoes , can you for one moment walk in his, all those years of abuse? He is doing what Kate is doing promoting himself, she is out and gone too. You tell me if they had hired lets say , Tom Hanks to do the pool party you would flip? I doubt it. I think you are just on the bandwagon to bash him . simple. You told us “girls” blah blah .. and to feel for Kate , dont you feel bad for him at all? And NO Im not deminted. Hardly. …….I just know abuse and bad manners when I see it.

• Great blog me.

• great blogs ! I agree with Hole on the last blog. Like you I live in PA and actually 5 minutes from their home in Wernersville and I can speak on behalf of most of my community that we are disgusted they decided to move here.

  I have had the unpleasurable opportunities to see her at the tanning salon and you would think that with all the media attention and her pretending to be the sad, lonely wife whose world has been turned upside down she is still as down right nasty and arrogant as she always has been…..

  • tina , that doesnt suprise me at all. I think she IS her true rotten selfish self on that show we have seen for years now. I always wonder about the twins if they hear things in school ? If they do my heart goes out to them :(……. Kate made no bones saying she was who she was .. take or leave it….. well she is all alone now..she might be trying to put on act , but no one is buying it.

  • Tina, tell us more!!!!! Was she orange? LOL I have friends that have their own tanning beds in their homes. I wondered if she had one. Seems like she uses it a lot. Didn’t know she was going to a tanning salon.

    What else do people say about them there?

• Wow, Tina I just didn’t think that she could by that bad. Your poor town.

• You must check out people.com under Kathy Griffin Channels Kate Gosselin.

  • rachel, that is too funny! that wig !

• See Julie, we should have bought those wigs. We could be famous.

• i heard that she had a spray on tan not a bed. not sure if it’s true.

• Did anyone see the video of when Jon asked Kate to marry him? She opened the box with the ring and when she said yes, he was so elated and happy, he was clapping his hands in delight.

  I think the shrew in Kate came out slowly and it was more difficult to confront it that way.

  I can imagine how Jon’s spirit must have been diminished with someone constantly demeaning him.

  Say what you want about me for feeling bad for Jon, I’ve been married for over 40 years and would never humiliate or demean my husband EVER the way she is still doing.

  I think if she would have taken an honest look at the past shows, she would see what she truly was like. She says she was sometimes hard on Jon, but when she was terrible, it usually wasn’t so important that she could have handled it a different way. If she would walk in his shoes for one day, have someone talk to her, yell at her they way she did to Jon, she would understand.

  I for one, don’t think she had the children for money, I think she truly wanted a nice family. I hear things about free college handed to them as well as other things, and I’m sorry, now that they have money, they are not giving more to people in need.

  I feel terrible for saying these things, I didn’t walk in her shoes, but I must say, I found the early shows when she was belittling Jon, very uncomfortable. Adult friends of mine who also watch the show would make comments, wondering why Jon didn’t walk right out the front door.

  I wish he had handled it differently. I wish he had filed for divorce and full custody of the children. She seems too happy on her book tours. She didn’t need that sort of thing, they were financially fine with the show and the book sales as they were.

  And I can’t buy the “all for my kids” thing as they need both mom and dad much more than THINGS. They would have had their education and that was all that was needed…not all that land “ALL MINE” keeps popping in my head “all mine, as far as you can see, all mine!”

  It’s just such a sorry state of affairs and I pray Jon will become healthy and see things as they should be.

  I really wish I could write to Kate, or talk one on one with her……or someone could finally get through to her and knock her off her high heals and back down to earth where she had a wonderful family and devoted husband.

• I don’t think that Kate had the kids for money, but I do think that Kate is using the kids to make money.

  • rachel, I agree , I guess I said it in a crude way she is pimping them out for things and money and being a celebrity……. sad sad.. : (

• me, I agree with you , I felt unconfortable too watching those shows. If he would have talked to her like that .. woow. I think being the man either way people would bash him and they have. I wouldnt treat a female friend the way she treated him and he was her husband.She never said please or thank you, the only time I saw her say thank you was at the park with the silde and he took all 6 up and down so she didnt have too…… she did say thanks in the chair but other than that . NO , he never did anything right for her standards. That toy r us thing she told him to stay there and then still yelled at him! He came out and said how embarrased he was that was hard to watch.

• I would cringe when she would yell at Jon for the crazyest things. My son would watch it, but I made him stop because she really isn’t a good roll model. The best one was i think this year was when she yelled at him because he was breathing too loud.

  • rachel, I rem that , did you see the way he looked at her , like , what now? Can you imagine how he must feel now not to be put down all day everyday?

• You people are nuts! You make it sound like he had nothing to do with it! I agree Kater could have been nicer, but I garantee you he was already screwing around on her! You don’t just go 0 to 60 like that!

  • hmm there you go with your sex stuff again, and I never called you nuts so dont call me nuts!. Please!! I never called anyone here names! LIKE I SAID WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE SAW ON THE SHOW Big Daddy. Some people just cant talk or discuss anything without attacking others … ( KATE) and YOU
    no wonder you like her so much , you see yourself in her! Big Daddy…. YOU must have thoughts about screwing around thats why you talk about it so much! This is my last post to you … done and over it. If you feel like you have to attack me or others go for it big guy….

  • I was thinking the same thing Big Daddy! When someone cheats the other one usually becomes mean and bitter. Some counseling may help.

• I just skip right over comments made by Big daddy! :-)
  I guess I don’t care what he says.

• Well, Just like with Jon and Kate, turn the channel. You dont have to read my comments if you don’t want to. Nobody is holding your eyes open making you read my comments.

  Time to pull the stick out and look at reality! And as far as the sex stuff…. Hell yea! That is a big part of their breakup!

• If you don’t water your garden it will die. No marriage will survive one partner being absent, let alone with 8 kids.

  Just to satisfy Big Daddy’s question, in the beginning there was no money for sitters. They were together as a couple with lots of kids. It wasn’t until Kate darling decided TV wasn’t enough for her. Her need to be a movie star took over, she packed and left the nest.

  The big cold echoing mansion is what she see’s as “hers”, all hers. Now she has what she wanted, but her slave decided to run for freedom, so he did.

  This is no “show” when you have 8 kids being looked at with pity. They deserve so much more but until the trampy mom falls on her face this is what they are left with.

  As for Jon, he has a new life because he wasn’t included in the life he once had. Kate’s recent show with the police over the baby sitter just about shows how she will push Jon out of the kids life if shes get a chance. Just why would she make this kind of mess in front of all the kids? Because it’s all about control and she never thought she would not control everything. If she can’t control Jon’s new life, then she will control every second he’s in “her” house, even at the expense of the children who once again are exposed to negative news articles because of their emotionally disturbed mother.

  None of this has to do with sex…it’s all about control.

  • I agree with Holee and rachel, she even the other day had to “control” Jon with the bus thingy and the sextuplets off to school by knocking his window of the car and saying the rotten thing she said… “oh yea youre already gone” again in front of the cameras. She is still trying to control him to this day. I for one also dont think he was out of the house running around before the seperation. Have a good day ladies….

• I really don’t believe that Jon was cheating on Kate before the decision to seperate. He was too busy taking care of the kids while the princess barked out orders. Plus she would have had a fit because he didn’t use a “coupon” for it!

  • that “coupon” show she went totaly out of her mind, just like setting up the new beds and nap time. WOW… that made me uncomfortable watching. Like Ive said in other posts that show goes all over the world not just america. Imagine what other places think? ( if they watch it )

    • I forgot about the setting up of the beds and nap time. That was terrible!
      I just can’t understand why she would be like this, knowing it would be shown on TV. Didn’t she have a clue as to how to treat a loved one?

• Ok, so all of you are telling me that you do not believe that he was having an affair with Deanna Hummel?

  The Pictures were of just him and a “friend”.

  Both of her brothers were lieing.

  Her one brother couldn’t hear them through the walls.

  Them getting a motel room was innocent.

  And that the bed on ebay that was selling for $5,000 was all fake.

  Wake up people!

  Beside all of that, back to when the police got called. You’re telling me that she over reacted or needed to feel in control and shouldn’t have been upset becasue her “seperated”, “NOT divorced yet, but “seperated” husband had gotten someone whe he cliaims to have been a baby sitter who,

  Had been photographed coming out of his above garage apartment at 5am after arriving there at 3am…

  Who is an “inspiring” NUDE model.

  And who is a cocktail waitress….

  Thats so fake. Every person that I know, wether they be female or male would have thrown a fit if the spouse they were seperated from had snuck someone in that they were sleeping with under the guiese of being a babysitter so they could sleep with them in OUR house with OUR kids there……

  You can not make me believe that you would have felt the same way….

• Sorry, if this posts twice, but I think my last comment just got lost….

  So none of you think that Jon was messing around before the seperation… So he and Deanna Hummel werent having an affair and they were just “friends” like he said he and Hailey were just “friends”..

  So you believe that Them getting caught at the motel was innocent.

  The security guard that caught them all over each other in the stair well was lieing.

  Deanna’s brother was lieing when he said he had seen them together all the time and had heard them through the walls.

  That Deann’s other brother confirmed the rumors was also lieing.

  And that the Bed that sold on E-bay for $5,000 was also a lie…

  Thats an awful lot of lieing coming from an awful lot of people when its more than likely that Jon was the one doing the lieing…

  And you think Kate just has a control issue that she was showing when she went to the house and the police were called? Everyone I know would have done the same thing.

  How would you have reacted if your spouse who you were seperated from, NOT divorced but seperated, snuck a woman disguised as a babysitter your home that everyone knew you were sleeping with while you were gone?

  She had already been photographed coming out of Jon’s above garage apartment at 5am after having got off work at 3am after getting off work from the bar.

  She is a “wanna be” nude model, and a cocktail waitress.

  I’m sure they are “just friends” too…

  Would you want this woman babysitting your kids and sleeping with your still married husband under the roof with your kids there? I wouldn’t.

  Yes, the coupon thing was over the top. Yes, Jon was probably tied up more before they had the money to afford proper child care. But Kate was home more then also…. There is a lot more to this story that we don’t know. There has to be.

  Have a good day “ladies”, yes I caught that Julie…..

• I believe they were seperated when Jon was with Deanna. Jon approached Kate and asked to go to counceling and she said she didn’t have a problem. She had a plan from the get go. When she got a taste of the money and the free be’s she was loving it. As soon as she landed the mansion, she no longer needed Jon. Remember “mine all mine”.
  Big Daddy, don’t be sucked in by that pretty smile,trimmed figure, big breasted women. She’s not real.

• The separation didn’t just happen. Kate had separated them long before the day they announced it. People are separated for years without a divorce..this is 2009 BD, separated people have affairs looking for a new partner. Some of us need a partner to be happy while others just need money an attention.

  As for the choice of sitters, Kate put them in the lime light with people like this who also do anything in front of camera’s to make money. So what..it has nothing to do with what has happened to these kids.

  No one I know would have caused a scene in front of the children over such a stupid thing. Each one of these problems kate causes in front of the kids will be lasting to them. For those who read it, it’s just entertainment. Remember, this is about the kids, their happiness, their life.

  If Kate could, she would be showing it all…for some reason this woman thinks money has turned her into some kind of a Madona. The truth is she has an animal face & fat legs. No matter how much she does to herself, she’s just a woman, any woman, walking through a super market…she’s no one.

  Back to the real show…the KIDS…who are being harmed by this show for ever. Big Daddy, I think you are paid to stir the pot, to keep people interested in this mess. Otherwise, why would you continue to harp on Jon, sex and the adult mess? The show was about the KIDS, the harm being done is to the KIDS…Again, no one really cares about these 2 adults who pimped out their kids for money…whom ever used that expression hit the nail on the head!

  • holee thanks again for clearing stating what Ive tried to here for quite some time, I dont really comment much on the news stuff mostly what Ive seen with my own two eyes from the show. In other words I agree with how youve said we dont know how long were seperated etc etc…. before Kate ended it. I know Ive said she pimped out her kids for money and things, and I stand by that. I dont feel she needed to write the books it was what we saw on the show anyway. Yes again youre right she is just some Mom in the store ( does she still shop) lol….Those poor twins in school I wonder if they hear things :(…. Kate cant control that now can she? The sextuplets will soon understand when people are saythings in school. Well she wanted to create “memories” she has! and not the kind we want them to favor. I said have a good day ladies because I commented on thier posts

  • Point taken about them already being seperated and were still living together…

    About getting paid to stir the pot, however, don’t I wish…. Thats just how I roll….. LOL

    But she show stopped being about the kids along time ago. They are sorta like sidekicks now. I really find the show boaring now that Jon isn’t there. their constant bantering is what I always found amusing. Why?, I guess it made me feel better knowing that my life isn’t really all that bad after all! LOL

• Just read on People.com that an ambulance was called to the Gosselins. Apparently Jons grandmother fell. Jon tweeted earlier and was excited that the kids were able to play with grandparents and great grand parents finally! The broom rider must have been out of town.

  • i saw that racel, poor grandma ;( yess i read soemthing interesting, I almost posted this persons repsonse , something about having family at the house, other than jody and kevin was nice for jon to see, the kids must have had a nice time. Too bad about Jons grandma tho :( I hope Jons interview goes well also……

• Did you guys hear about Jon being on Good Morning America in the morning? He is supposed to come clean and tell the truth about Kate!

  chattertonguegossip.com

• I believe jon is going to be on a special tonight on abc.

• Holy Crap, Jon is letting go on Kate. I saw the interview this morning. They only showed part of the interview this morning. They are going to show the rest of it tonight on ABC. It’s call Family Secrets Jon Gosselin. It comes on at 10pm 9:00 Central.

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• Yeah so what…Jon despises Kate, we could tell that from the shows. If he weren’t such a whimp, he could of stopped all this a long time ago. He didnt want to be in the lime light and clearly Cara didnt either, so why not stop the show. I know they had a contract to fulfill, but find the loop hole and pay your way out. I saw one show where the twins were narrating the show and one of the kids ran out of the room and caught Jon screaming at Kate, I am surprised they left that in the show. And for someone who didnt want to be in the limelight anymore, he sure has put himself out there. Doing interviews, being on magazine covers. He is just as full of crap as she is, but at least she is being truthful about wanting to do the show to take care of her children, its her job. WTF kind of job does Jon have. Oh year bar and whore hopping. (Yeah nice job Jon),

• Imagine if you saw them actually on fire wouldn’t you get an extinguisher or throw some water instead of discussing what they did to you last week. Isn’t enought that the tabloids are all over them and now their family has to get involved too. Of course every family has disputes but why would you want to be the one to add to the list of awful things that strangers are saying. It’s their families buisness and family should not be the ones involved exacerbating it. It may feel like it but its not about you and never was. You have made it about you by speaking out and adding fuel to the fire that is already buring them.

• Kate has never been truthful a day in her life. The only reason she is doing the shows that exploit her children is for the MONEY!!!!!

• Where were all of you when I was being attacked? I have agreed that Jon is a ho-dog, however, in this interview, from just the little parts I caught, he brings up some valid points and maybe he will let everyone one in on what really was going on behind the scenes…..

• The only preview that i saw was when he said that Kate made him choose between his family and the kids. That is just awful to do to someone.

  • Oh, there is a lot more than that.. Its on right now. Im about to watch it….

• I watched the entire interview… It was sort of a let down if you ask me.

• So it will come to this…
  The show will fold. The money will stop. Jon will finally have to get his lazy backside to work and support his kids. Kate will have to stay home and raise them alone. Jon will not be able to afford his expensive bachelor pad.

• Kate will have to get a job too to pay for that expensive house she wanted. The kids are in school full time no need to have her home.

• Kate NEVER raised those kids alone. Jon is the one who raised the kids while she barked orders to him.

  • rachel , remember when they went to the Dutch kids park on rides, and Jon took out his camera and she told him to “put that away” now! What she is the only one who can take pictures of the kids? And yes youre right she never raised them alone! IF she did something that was some amazing editing on the part of TLC cuz we barely saw her do anything!She had Jon , neighbors and friends helping out.

    • That’s terrible about telling Jon to put the camera away It’s truly sad the way she treats people.

      I never got the feeling she was ever very grateful for the help people gave to her. Even that wonderful lady who would fold all the clothes each week. Kate would say how much people who help, truly love her kids. Yes maybe true but I would think she would be so very grateful, so overwhelmed by the generosity of people that she would have made much more mention of their kindness. Maybe even telling them to appear on the show once in a while and make a little money. BUT NO…off limits. Come on the show, but don’t expect even a stipend. I could never understand Kate, what a wonderful husband she had. (Back off Big Daddy) I can’t imagine sleeping until 8, having coffee ready for me every morning, having someone else bath the children every night. Jon did more than any husband would do and at first he was working full time. He would come in the door to barked orders and off he would go to bath time. Washing hair of the six little ones had to be quite an ordeal. On the flip side. Each experience you have with your children is such a gift. She missed out on many moments, I’m sure.

      Sometimes we don’t know what we have until we lose it.

      Kate was one lucky woman who lost a great man.

      I wish with all my heart he had chosen a different way to leave, but I do hope he will get his act together, if not he will be on a downward slide, just as Kate is.

      Talk about lonely, Kate, if only she would see what she is doing to people.

      Again….just wait for that book by one of the girls and I bet my money on Cara!

• I quit watching J&K some time back, but I did catch “Primetime” last night with Jon’s interview. I’ve always thought something more was going on when the cameras were off, and Jon seemed to confirm that. He seemed to be evasive on a couple of issues, but for the most part I believe he was speaking from the heart. He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but Kate is a manipulative greedy bitch who’s honed her skills into a fortune — and now she wants to play the victim, the better parent, anything that will keep the interviews and book deals flowing… AND I’d be willing to bet that Jon wasn’t the only one cheating when he was sent to live in an apartment over the garage to keep their viewers from knowing there was trouble in paradise. I don’t think Kate is now, nor ever was, really concerned about what or who Jon did — I just think she was concerned about how it would look and how that would impact the show, not the marriage.

  • good post Maris, I agree with you she is a good manipulator. I felt when I watched the show Jon was down to earth and the idea of letting the kids be kids, getting abit dirty and such. But her NO WAY she needs help .I also quit watching this season, for the sake of the kids hoping they get some sort of chilidhood if the show got cancelled.
    Im with you Kate is NO victim. When she tried to play that card on Larry King
    “im lonely” I thought to myself YOU dont need ANYONE but yourself. Who would want her after seeing her for years moan and groan all day . I dont think she can change how she is , controlling and self centerd for anyone. She was the first to say , this is me take me or leave me………

• after seeing primetime, I am more on Kates side than ever.

• MARIS!!!!! Welcome Back!! :)
  Glad to read your blog. Big Daddy said that you moved to another site. I too have finally stopped watching J&K. Although I have to give the credit to my friend Julie on this web site for me not tuneing in to that most annoying show. I do feel less stressed not watching( Kate’s poor me hour). I watched Jon’s interview last night and I thought it was rather good. I’m glad that Jon admitted that he definately isn’t perfect. I’m sure we will never hear that from you know who. And what about that Dr. Phil? Is he really a Dr.? Well from what I’ve been reading Kate is pretty mad about Jon’s interview so I imagine it’s her turn to talk nasty about Jon. Although I don’t think that she’s ever not.

  • Rachel!! : ) Good to be back, but I stay pretty busy these days. What do I think about Dr. Phil… hmmm… I think he can probably relate to Oprah better than I can! How’s that for PC?

• Kate could go back to work as a nurse and make decent enough money to help support her family, maybe not in the way they are used to now, but at least she has decent skills. Jon is a computer “tech”. Heck I could call myself that too, I know my way around computers. He probably worked as a data processor. You saw him leave for work, but I dont believe he ever really worked full time during the entire show.

  I honestly think Jon was holding her back. Now that he is gone, her personality has changed. She is enjoying her kids and the things they do together. When Jon had the girls and played dress up he acted like it was such a chore and didnt seem happy to be spending time with them. But Kate got out there and did things she has never done before. I applaud her!

• Here is something interesting I found on the internet:
  Jon Gosselin of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” says kids “beat” their dogs

  In a recent interview with People magazine, Jon Gosselin spoke about his eight children’s relationship with the two German Shepherd pets. Mr. Gosselin stated that his kids “beat them up, climb on them, pull their tails, bite at them, drag them around and everything you can imagine not to do to an animal, they’ve done.”

  Following this statement, an investigation was performed by the Humane Society of Berks County which found, according to the Los Angeles Times, that “no credible reason to believe in way that there is cruelty going on (sic)”.

  Why would you admit that? Is that responsible parenting. To bad the parents didnt get charged for cruelty to animals or at least Jon for making it public. How smart is he? DUH

  • I don’t doubt for a minute that they didn’t treat their dogs the way I treat my dog, and I’ve also thought from the beginning that it was a moronic idea to even get them. Kate despises dogs, so what’s she supposed to teach kids about being kind to animals, responsible for their needs, sensitive to their feelings, etc? She’s morally bancrupt in that area herself. But do you ever watch the animal cops shows? Do you know how horrid you have to be to animals before they’ll take them away? I’ve seen dogs, and especially horses, just skin and bones and the animal cops give them a warning. With the economic bad times we’re having, it’s only worsened it…

    • Hell, how about how bad people have to treat their kids before someone will step in? Animals are being treated better than and have more rights than kids these days.

      Look at the little girl who was taken out of her mothers home because she was allowing her boyfriend to abuse her. Then broke her legs during a visitation. Then after the mother and the boyfriend got married the judge took the little girl from the grandmothers home and made her move back in with the mother and the new “stepdad” kicked her in the stomach so hard it killed her….

• Kate only recently has just started to play with her kids because she wants full custody. She’s putting on a show of “poor Kate raising the 8 kids all by herself. She’s quite a good actress. Maybe that will be her new career after all she’s already going to be a talk show host on the view (which I will not be watching)! As far a Jon not wanting to dress up in womens clothing, WHO WOULD BLAME HIM. Especially with the camera’s on. Come on people don’t be sucked in by HER!!!!!

  • Kate is going to be a host on The View?? Seriously?? Oh my God! I thought Elizabeth Hasslebeck was nauseating. Guess there’s one more show I can scratch off my “watch” list…

    • I agree Maris… what kind of subjects can she talk about, will she correct their english too? Finish their sentences? This should be interesting Whoopi isnt a fan of hers…. I dont think Kate is a girls kind of girl.

  • Kate has to be a type A person, to and has keep everything organized for this family. Jon is the biggest baby I have ever seen. Buck up & get a real job and maybe you can someday become a man, father, a person that your kids can to proud of. For Kate I believe she has tried her best, to keep this family happy, healthy, and money coming in, I’m a nurse myself and a mother it is hard to be happy all the time if you are doing all the work to keep your home running.

• I only saw kate sitting the garage, never playing with the kids. Jon is the only one that plays with them. Have the kds quit crying? Can’t watch crying 5 and 8 year olds anymore. Kate need a pill

• I think whatever Jon says people would take of context . Those team Kate people dont get that he was abused by her and didnt want to take it anymore. Simple. If he would have yelled back at her on the show in the taping of the shows , he would have been an idiot for doing that.So for him taking the high road and not doing that he is called names. I think people that cheer for Kate cheer for abuse. IM NOT ONE OF THEM, and as Ive seen some of the ladies who come here to post are not either.I only wanted to say that no one deserves that in their life , having 1 child 2 or 8. I thank , rachel , nana , holee, maris and the few others who have stopped by here to say Kate is a monster and wrong for how she behaved on the show. In the end of all of this I did stop watching the show hopeing it would be cancelled so the kids could have a normalish life .( if thats possible now )

  • sorry should read “take out of context”

• I’m not a Kate hater or lover and I feel pretty much the same way about Jon. I do agree with him on one point, he has made a lot of bad decisions lately. Learning what he has, that everything he does is going to be taken out of context, he should be more careful of doing anything that can be seen as being in bad taste. He needs to stop worrying about Being Jon and start worrying about how the kids are going to view him when they get older. When you become a parent, your life becomes theirs…

  Kate, yes she is a uber bitch. Most successful women are or at-least have the ability to be a bitch when needed. Kate has put herself in the publics eye weather it is doing book signings or guest hosting on The View, showing she has more sides than just being a mom.

  The show isn’t going to last forever and I predict that it probably won’t be around much longer. She has opened up new avenues so that she will be able to continue to provide for her family while I haven’t seen Jon doing much of anything.

  In the interview he made a comment about haveing to live in the garage apartment while “HE” is paying the mortgage on the house. From what I understand, the house was purchased for them by TLC. So if he is lieing about that it makes me wonder what else he is lieing about.

  Just my thoughts on teh subject.

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

  • Ok now that you say what comes out of Jons mouth should be considerd? But not out of Kates? Has she made mistakes? Well in my book yes JUST BEING HERESELF. Im sorry I dont see anything good in that woman. She is NOT a successful business woman she just got lucky in a couple of books that which the content was what was on the show. BIG DEAL. She cant speak , she thinks she can but all she says is uhm uhm uhmm. but she corrected Jon’s sentences every show. What gave her that right? What gave her the right to knock him down every show? And sometimes the kids? I m not saying she doesnt love her kids Im sure she does but I think she needs help in life skills and communication skills. She is terrible. She must have had something happen in her life to make her act like this. Im not saying Jon is and was always right , NO ONE is. I just feel for how he was treated. No one deserves that. Why can Kate use her satus on making money and Jon cant. I find this crazy……. If Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks opened that pool party no one would have said a thing, and they have children. People are being mean just for the sake of being mean.

    • I agree with you….and I think the people who leaning toward Kate, are people who are only recently exposed to the show.

      I was horrified at the way she would put Jon down, time after time. He had no choice, he couldn’t talk back to her the way she did to him because everyone and every organization in America would have been down on him.

      He took it too long but I wish he had filed for divorce, stayed in the house and let her go. He would have had custody of the children and could have gone on with his life in a while. But had I walked in his shoes? I think anyone would have run as fast as they could.

      Jon is in my prayers along with the kids.

• I was very happy when jon stated during the interview that he is in love. He seems so happy when he spoke. Finally, after 10 years not being put down and treated like a person.

  • I wish with all my heart, Kate could have seen what she was like before the marriage ended. I can’t for the life of me, understand how she can think that ‘some times she was hard on ‘ Hard on Jon? If she reversed the way she was like and lived with Jon talking to her that way, treating her like she treated him, she would know what life was like under her rule.

    I wonder why they haven’t turned to their church? But I guess if you can’t see your own faults there is little hope.
    So sad.

    • Ok now, someone get on to Me. She is talking about Jon’s hard on…

• I totally agree, Rachel. She treats him worse than those 2 dogs, separates him from his family, blind to his feelings of worth as a human being, …well, you’ve seen the show. He’s not perfect (and she’s SURE not), but I believe he truly tried for as long as he could. Like “Me” said, if the roles were reversed, she would not have stood for it nor should she. I was glad to hear him say he has a woman now that treats him like a man — good for him!! Long overdue…

  • I do too he would prob still be there if Kate hadnt said its over. Remember the show of him cooking the aisan dinner how she damn freaked out about him being in “her” kitchen , she never shut up about it. Poor guy. He wanted to do the dinner his way like the recipe called for, she said anyone that follows a recipe is NOT a cook.
    About Jon feeling good about himslef.. BRAVO! He is critizied for where he lives who he dates , where he goes , what he wears. These are all people who cheer for abuse. How people can say he was lazy just makes me wonder did they watch the same shows I did? One person says he should stay home and help the next says he should be at work. These people dont know whats going on.

    You could tell those kids love their daddy…. and if Kate tries to screw with that , they will blame her in the end.

    • Yes, she did freak out when he was in the kitchen at first but then she praised him for how good it was….

      About Jon feeling good about himslef.. BRAVO! He is critizied for where he lives who he dates , where he goes , what he wears. These are all people who cheer for abuse. How people can say he was lazy just makes me wonder did they watch the same shows I did?

      Yes, BRAVO ABUSE! The fact that he wanted to stay home or the fact that he is still MARRIED has nothing to do with it hu? I’m sure some day the kids will wonder if their parents could have worked it out if it werent for all of the other women….

      I think for the kids sake the HE claims to care so much about he should have held off dating atleast untill the divorce was final…

      Also the fact that the internet is littered with photo’s of his “Soul Mate” smoking dope shouldn’t have any bearing in it either. Or the aspiring Nude Model he hired to baby sit the kids shouldn’t matter either. ….

      Open your eyes!

    • And YES, I have watched the show from the beginning and I’m still watching and proud of it!

    • I’ve gotta hand it to ya — you never, ever miss a chance to be willingly ignorant and damned proud of it. You just never cease to amaze me…

    • And you never miss a chance to be arrogant and condisending…..

• rachel, you are going to die when you see this ….Kate is Enough:The Kate Gosselin Story…. that wig!!!!!!! on Kathy Griffin… I didnt add the link here I wasnt sure if that was ok…. its on Utube….

• Julie, THAT WAS GREAT!!! We have to get that wig. I had a note to tape Jimmy Kimmell but I forgot to. Thanks for reminding me. Loved the tummy tuck scars and when she was so rude to the kids. Sounds familar. Boy you can find anything on youtube about that family.

• Maris, I told him I would never post to him again and he keeps it up. When I said he was just like Kate I meant it did you see in an earlier post he tells me how to write ( use paragraphs) he must be related to Kate she told Jon about his english and his grammar. Some people just need to control others. I have never said a mean or cruel word to anyone here. I have said to others in earlier posts you have the right to your opinon etc etc. I dont want to come and argue with him , so Ill just not post .. :) to him.
  Like others have said they just skip his posts. ….

  • Sorry Julie, didn’t see where you weren’t posting to him and reacting to his sheet-stirring. He isn’t happy unless he has someone else UNhappy, and you can’t argue with him ’cause he works from an entirely different set of “facts” than most people do. I ignore him as well… for the most part…

• How can anyone be “proud” of supporting something that is harmful to 8 children? I’m so glad I didn’t get anything from the gene pool that BD and Kate pulled from.

  The show is NOT entertainment. Eight children seeing their family fall apart can only be entertainment to those making money on it or to those who are so selfish they watch for their own sick joy.

  Entertainment is found in reality shows like Top Chief or Project runway where ADULTS make the choice to be seen as dumb as…es.

  • yes youre right. thats why I said way back in earlier posts I wont watch it because I feel like Im slapping those kids in the face. I watched from start till the last season. Oh me saying season Kate told Jon on the show where the kids were four I think … WE DO NOT MEASURE OUR LIFE IN SEASONS, and then continued to correct his sentence by saying use the particple balh blah… who knows. I say what goes around comes around….maybe her next guy will correct HER english!

    • Yes with a fist to the mouth,but if that happens she will find a dentist who will do her dental work for nothing.

    • She doesn’t have the grammar skill that she thinks she does.

      She uses words out of context all the time and she uses the wrong phrases in the wrong places.

      Her favorite word is “purposefully” but she uses it when she shouldn’t.

      LMAO!

    • Your are righgt Miranda , she always made up words, and thought she was right! but the day she told Jon about using the participle I just about died . Someone on the staff of the show should tell her to shut up and just do the show. She said on one show she had a younger sister, I thought tomself , Oh really? She said she would come home from school and her younger sister would have touched her stuff….never heard much about her ?

• Holee, great “gene pool” comment. And you are right the show is not entertainment. Please tell me that someone else has seen the previews for Monday’s show. Kate with that stupid pink wig.Sickening. I definately won’t be watching.

• You women just kill me… Do your husbands know what kind of shit yaw’ll are saying? Sounds to me like they need to get you all in-line…

  If you were doing your job and washing your husbands cloths and cooking his meals you wouldn’t have time to worry about someone elses kids or have to to be defending a cheating low life like Jon Gosselin.

  • Aww, big daddy,

    You’re only saying that because you can’t get a wife of your own.

    Your big fat sloppy mother does your laundry.

    • Actually, Miranda, he actually has a wife believe it or not. I think you may still be right about his laundry, though. I’ve heard Maxine refuses to touch his underware. Probably refuses to touch anything IN his underware as well. Guess that would explain his obsession with sex…

    • YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! I’m a born again virgin. I no longer have to practice abstinance, I have it mastered! LOL

    • “Mastered” is not spelled correctly, unless that’s your shortened slang term for it. Think about it and try again…

    • Put it this way. I can’t see to spell and I have hair on my palms.. What does that tell you?

• I have never watched the show until the past week or two.

  That chick is off the wall. She bosses EVERYONE around. I don’t think she can control it.

  What a poser! She claims to be organic? She mad a project out of chalkboard paint and garbage cans for seperating the recyling…. why not just us a marker? Who knows. I even take home water bottles from all the employees at my office and throw them in my home recycle bins.

  Then she stated that she buys 1300 paper plates every 3 weeks.

  HOW IS THAT BEING CONSCIOUS ABOUT RECYCLING?

  I absolutely cannot stand that woman! Why is “The View” having her as a guest host? She is worse than Elizabeth Hasselbeck. (Whom I’ve only seen clips of.)

  But don’t forget, TLC has other controvercial shows, too. “TODDLERS IN TIARAS” for one. I think the ratings go up because people LOVE TO HATE!

  I’m sorry you were abused by this c*nt face, Kate!

  I hate her!

• I just watched Larry King (that I had recorded) and his guest was Kathy Griffin. They showed her bit about “Kate is Enough” that I think you were talking about earlier being on You Tube — hillarious!! I also laughed when she called Kate’s hairstyle the Rosie O’Donald look because it “can’t decide what it wants to be”!! Too funny!

  What’s this about a pink wig? Is Kate supposed to wear a pink wig on Monday’s show or something? She thinks her current hairstyle isn’t funny enough and maybe something more outrageous will boost ratings? Maybe someone will post it on You Tube so I can see it because it’ll take more than that to make me watch the show again. Let’s see… therapy for Jon – $24,000, Pennsylvania divorce — $72,000, estate style house that is no longer a home — $1.3 million, shocking pink wig to boost ratings — $125, ruining the lives and minds of your 8 children — priceless…

  Guess I could throw in a bone to the Kate loving caveman of the blog. Perhaps if Kate had stayed busy washing Jon’s clothes on a rock in the stream out back, he wouldn’t have had to stray. That get it for you, or did I get it wrong again??

  • hhahahaha Maris…… caveman ;D … I gotcha . Clever clever!

  • I just left you a message back several messages ago…

    I can’t say that I love Kate, But they both made mistakes, of-course thats easy for us to say. We aren’t there with them so we don’t really know what going on. However, people, especially women are all wnating to jump on the Jon band wagon and praise his feats by his “breaking out”, “being strong” and being a strong woman. Oh, yea, I forgot we are talking about Jon.

    Jon should have been a man before. You can’t live a certian way then just decide to grow a pair overnight or ask your wife for her permission, “May I have balls please”? You can’t do that.

    It’s not Kates fault that he refused to be a man and put her in her place a long time ago or to have even allowed her to gain that kind of power over him in the first place.

    All he has done is run off crying becasue he says she was mean to him. How 1st grade is that?

    He allowed her to become the alpha souce in the relationship long ago. He was happy with it because it releaved him of any responability.

    Maxine is gone to a church function right now. I’ll ask if I can get back on the computer later on tonight….

• Here is a link to the video of Kathy Griffin as Kate Gosselin everyone has been talking about…. It’s halarious.
  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/09/kathy-griffin-is-kate-gosselin/

  • Thanks Poon, I havent seen that….. That was halarious!

• Does Princess Kate realize that she mispronounces the word “our?”

  In the opening of ever show: Jon: “It may be a crazy life.” Kate: [butts in as usual] “But it’s “are” life.”

  That and she and Jon both pronounce ‘on’ as “awwwwwwwn.”

• Miranda, yes, not sounding like hour life instead are life.. youre right! Someone send Jon over to correct her for once! hahhaa …

• Use guys mus by yankies. People pronounce things differently in different parts of the U.S. and the world. So what…

  • Yes, I am a Yankee and proud of it. My ancestors came here 350 years ago. I am Dutch.

    I don’t walk around like a princess and correct everyone like that c*nt Kate does. She shouldn’t.

    I am going to create and market Kate Gosselin VooDoo dolls.

    When people watch the show and she bitches at someone, we can stab her. = )

• Pardon me, but I missed something earlier and I’ve just got to backtrack for a second. Concerning the Asian dinner Jon cooked and Kate’s behavior surrounding it, BD said “Yes, she did freak out when he was in the kitchen at first but then she praised him for how good it was….” and to him, this makes perfect sense and nullifies anyone’s comment that Kate was being an overbearing abusive bitch. (btw, I’m still not convinced BD isn’t that idiot I divorced 30 years ago)

  This is the exact same backward mentality men of his caliber use when they beat their wives then later make love. In their minds, it’s all fixed, all better, just forget it and move on to the next time. No need to profusely apologize then get help to figure out why you’re such a brute, just buy some roses to cover the smell of the rotton thing you just did. This way of thinking is why I believe BD (like Kate) doesn’t “get” it, and neither of them ever will. Regardless of the degree of abuse or who’s being abused, it’s fundamentally wrong to excuse it rather than correct it. Those of you who know what I mean, no further explanation is needed. Those of you who don’t, just never mind…

  • well she did say to Jon that she didnt have to say please that was just a given like go sit down you dont have to use the work you for got sit down, He said no thats not right if youre rasing 8 children. She then just kind of knew she was wrong and went silent………. that was the episode about arranging the garage, and rem my post the other day of her on him about seasons???? Well if you go to the TLC page they call them seasons too! … shows she knows nothing.
    Still laughing that divorced statement Maris… hahah

• Isn’t poontang and big daddy the same person?? Oh and big daddy it isn’t “use guys” it’s “you guys”. Just correcting you like your friend Kate would.

  • I don’t think they’re actually the same person, per se. They’re just two of the many voices rambling around in the same big head…

• No Rachel you would be incorrect… That is how they say “You Guys” up north. Use Guys…. Just like I say Potata or Warsh Rag. Kate says are life instead of our life….

  Has anyone ever noticed that people that Attact Kate also voted for Obama?

  • Has anyone ever noticed that people who begin sentences with “has anyone ever noticed…” often just pull some unrelated nonsense out of their ass?

  • Wrong Big Daddy,

    The only ones who say “Yous” are white trash, gutter snipe, gutter scrotes, hispanics and non-caucasians.

    Where, I went to school, we’d be shot if we said “yous” or “aint.”

• Not true big daddy. I talk about Kate and I didn’t vote for Obama!

• She is saying OUR life, just because her pronounciation is different from others in different areas of the country doesnt make it incorrect. You people just have to find something to pick at. I say wash differently than a girl I work with and she laughs at me, but what makes her so sure her way of saying it is correct. I have heard other people say it the say way I do. Its people that are control freaks that do that to others, so that makes you ladies no different than Kate.

  • Thank you ShortnSaszy!!! Finally someone with some sense……

  • You’re not very bright, are you? I know it’s her accent.

    Here in the North, only black people pronounce on as awwn.

    That was my point.

    Kate is a control freak and isn’t even aware that she makes fauxpas, too.

    I can’t believe she was on the VIEW!

    EW! She kept trying to talk about herself.

    When Victoria Beckham was on, Kate went silent.

    BAHAHAHA.

• I live in the same area as Kate. I didn’t vote for Obama. I say OUR life. I don’t say use guys either. Please don’t put those of us from the north in the same boat with Kate.

  A lot of how people say words has to do with the school they went to. You might find people in Philly saying use guys. Ten miles in any direction they will say you guys or maybe they wouldn’t use that term at all. “Are” life is incorrect. “R” life said anyway is incorrect.

  What does that have to do with anything? The important words to Kate is “It’s all mine” and of course “Money.”

• Holee, what else do you say there? People make fun of me for the way I say some things. But they have no idea!!! I have relatives “kinfolks” that live in the Ozarks…

  They say:
  Poke – for sack.
  Flitter – for pancake
  Tater – for potato
  Winder – for window
  Warsh – for wash
  were – for where

  It goes on and on and on….

  Where I’m from is near Mississippi.. Now they are really diverse! With in a 40 mile radious there are about 4 different dialects… I cant even start to describe them…

• what does voting for Obama have to do with Jon or Kate or the plus 8? I miss the comparsion?

  • Not a damned thing, Julie. That comment was likely aimed at me since I’m liberal. He likes to stir shit simply to see how high he can drive the smell. As I said earlier, he most happy when someone else is UNhappy…

• Maybe those “folks” need a webster dictionary for correct pronunciation.

  • Maybe the people in England and Australia could use a dictionary also seeing how they also pronounce things different than YOU!

• IT IS QUITE APPARENT THAT BY THE COMMENTS OF JON’S FRIENDS THEY ARE ALL AS IMMATURE AND RIDICULOUS AS HE IS. ENOUGH SAID.

• It is quite apparent that by the comments of Kate’s friends that they are all… Wait, what friends?? Enough said…

• Oh great, Kate had such a good time on the View today now she wants to have a show of her own. Wonder how many days that show will last? Ummmm

  • first she has to remember not to say uhmm in all her interviews!… did she say that today on the view?

• I hope you all know who I am talking about when I say Ozzy. He was the famous one, but for some reason his wife thought she was. Sharon had her own show..it flopped.

  The 8 kids are the famous ones. For some reason Kate thinks she is. If she ever gets a show..it will flop.

  I think Kate would love to break away from her famous children since they are not the loves of her life but the competion.

  I am stumped at how this stupid woman looks in the mirro and see’s a STAR instead of the dumpy Pa. housewife with a litter of kids to take care of alone.

• Kate didn’t say ummm as much as she has done on previous interviews. Whoppie didn’t seem to care for her. Kate tried to be funny and it wasn’t working. I said that i wouldn’t watch it but i caved and did. She repeated herself again by saying that she is a single mom raising her kids. Well who is watching the kids while she is appearing on the view??? She seems to forget that Jon is also raising the kids. Funny you never hear him say that he is a single dad. I watched part of last nights show and wanted to vomit because all of a sudden she loves her boys. I remember past shows where she said that boys are gross. My how she has changed. CAN YOU SAY FULL CUSTODY!!!

• Oh, and on last nights show the kids are now saying that mommy does things that are more fun. Wonder where that came from?

  • and why should they have to compare? Kate is so competitive! Well I keep thinking about the young ones 4th birthday, sorry to repeat, but her and the cupcake place and dont get dirty blah blah and Jon you dont do the wash and worry about stains. Why did she even bother to go , he said to let them be and have fun dont monitor everything they do, thats the one about the “seasons” well on the view she said “seasons” too. Im sorry she is a nut bag. For anyone to call her a celebrity is wrong , she is just a mom of 8 kids. Big deal. I can barely write about her anymore. If she thinks she will have her own talk show , there are so many people that dont give a care what she says. I think she would be rude to the guests she didnt care for, and correcting their sentences as they spoke to her. I dont find anything about her endearing. And rachel youre right about her saying she is a single mom , she doesnt even know what that is. She has plenty of help, and single mom to me is a woman who has no male in her life to help her. Well Jon is there. She can pimp herself out but if Jon does thats wrong? She is doing the same thing he is…. selling their image . Whatever that is….. in her answer to Joy do you get paid enough. I think she lost the point of the question, I think Joy was saying you more or less sold out, and in the end are getting all this stress for money and things. They never thought they would be that successful with the show. They only thought it would be one show.

• Kate says she wont marry for a long long long time. hmm who would want her? Ive always wondered why her parents are not in their lives? What grandparent wouldnt want to know those adorable kids? She seems to be losing everyone. I read an intersting post on The View page , about those Dionne children born in Canada they are now 63 years old and it was soemthing about a letter posted by them saying they felt that their country more less put them out there for entertainment , they felt children shouldnt be used for that purpose or the purpose of selling merchandise. hmmmm … Kate hope you read that one! Her new wavey hair of the day looks not so great. I guess Im just totally sick of her . She had double standards she can do things but Jon cant. She will be sorry in the years to come when the kids really get how she is. No mess, no mess , They will be seeing a shrink to figure out why they are the way they are. poor kids … RIP in Patrick Swayze ….

  • The story about her parents goes back to when the ‘tups were first born. Her father is a preacher and he’d asked the congregation to donate things to help them out. Kate didn’t like that the things didn’t match and she didn’t have receipts for them so couldn’t return them. She wanted her father to instruct the congregation to either include the receipt or just donate cash. He was embarrassed and wouldn’t do it, so she got angry and distanced herself from him (and her mom too, I guess).

    Since we’ve never heard from either the parents or Kate directly about this, we can’t know for sure. It seems petty to me, but a lot of people have confirmed this particular story. Maybe it was just the cherry atop the sundae…

• I didn’t watch this week’s J&K (don’t watch anymore) but I did catch Kate on The View yesterday and today. The tension on the set is thick as stew! On Monday, Kate had about 3 or 4 short comments about things, one of which was clearly scripted for her. I think it was the lead in to the next guest and went something like “Unlike ME, out next guest has been happily married for 10 years…” None of anything she said caused the other ladies to pick up and expand on what she said nor laugh at how witty she was. She seemed to just sit there with proper posture and look very awkward. If not for the few times she moved the hair out of her eye, you might have thought they had a cardboard cut-out figure in her chair. I’ve only watched part of today’s episode, but enough to hear her talking about how much her wedding ring means to her kids and how terribly difficult it is to explain to children what divorce is and how it will affect them, bla, bla, bla (like she’s the only one in the world who’s ever done it). Typical “I’m the victim in all of this, Watch me suffer, Look at what their father has done to his children” Kate stuff. Then she started to mention a movie she’s making — at least I think it was a movie. I had to go puke and missed the rest of what she was saying.

  Yeah, I wish I’d have had the opportunity to be the kind of “single parent” she is. Odd, but I never found the time to go on talk shows, write books, make movies… If I could find the time to do my nails, it meant I had to dig out the nail clippers. If I wanted to do my hair, I had to run a shower and plug in the hot rollers. I thank God I was lucky enough to have my mother to help me, otherwise I might not have had the time to wipe my… Well, you ordinary women who’ve faced raising a child alone get my drift…

• Ok, so now she’s going to have to hire her own personal hair dresser to keep up with the new hair style. Sorry kids your going to have to do another season like it or not.

  • You don’t think her movie will be a box-office hit? I think she said the name of it is “Precious” or something schmoosy like that…

• she will be telling the director what to do, and correcting his english and sentences! She was so smug rachel said she said she had big things coming… hmm Didnt you find it wierd she had the body guard and his family over like good press thing for herslef. She pushed Jon away and now its , oh woo is me .. poor me. Well people that have watched the show since day one , know thats not true. Those kids will be six in May and they have had a camera in their faces since birth almost. People keep saying well she has to pay for the college. Im sick of hearing that. Lots of kids pay for their own education.Some people are lucky enough to have saved for their children but in these bad times who can. I heard from day one that they already had that paid for by the state of PA. Im not sure Im on right on that tho. Well she will pimp them out as long as she is able……. poor kids .

  • Actually, I think it was the governor that was at their 1st B-Day party and said they would pay for their college. By that I would take it he meant the state.

    They then set up a trust fund at a local bank and people could make donations to them for their college educations. I used to have a link to he site. You can make a donation online, however you can’t see how much in actually in the account….

• I can’t even bring myself to watch the view today because she’s on it. I do want to hear what Whoppie has to say about Patrick Swayze because they were good friends. I’ll just have to mute that amazing single mother.

• You need to hit fast forward then Rachel. It was pretty touching. AND YES, I’M RECORDING THE VIEW NOW! Next I’ll be hanging out with the PTA Moms…. LOL

  Whoopie was holding back tears and her voice was very rough as she spoke about Patrick. The showed part of the interview that Barbara W. had done with him then Whoopie talked about the relationship he and his wife had…

  Kate, then talked about her hair and Jon….. I have to admit, Kate does seem out of place and isn’t really bringing a lot to the table…

• Being around REAL stars on THEIR show is no place for a NOBODY. Did you or she or the producers really think she would fit in?

• I get the feeling that haveing her on the show as a guest host is like having a reallllllly long Kate Gosselin interview. Each day she tells a little more about whats going on between her Jon and the kids.

  I guess they are trying to get people to continue to tune in to see what shes going to let loose of next.

• I was reading on aim news this morning that Intouch Weeking has the nanny Stephanie on the cover saying she had an affair with Jon. (above the garage apt ) . Im asking myself is she looking for 15 mins of fame or could this be true? Why does she go to the magazine? Does she think what this would do those kids? Is she now helping Kate, whats her motive of comeing forward? ….. Your thoughts ?

• http://www.popeater.com/2009/09/16/gosselin-nanny-admits-romantic-affair/?icid=main|main|dl2|link2|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.

  here is the post……

• Did you see Kate say to Dr. Oz.

  “I don’t know if you watch the show, but we’re Organic.”

  BULL SHIT!

  Juicy Juice isn’t organic.

  Did you noticed how every item is blurred out- because Kate isn’t receiving money for endorsing the products so she doesn’t want the companies to get a free endorsement.

  She is a selfish c*nt.

  No wonder why Jon cheated on her. Who wouldnt?

  She and Jon are exactly like Spence and Heidi.

  Reality show dipshits.

  • Sorry M, but Kate doesn’t have that kind of control. That is TLC.. Just like they decided to blurr out Jon’s Ed Hardy shirts..

• Okay, Since this is pretty much an opinionated blog i’d like to state my opinion, Its a reality show, what do you exspect. Theres bound to be family dramaand shit and im pretty sure if i was on tv and i was a bitch, the world doesnt need to know, jodi i see where your coming from but ignoring it would help wouldn it? I think so, personally like the show, and i do believe what im hearing im not gonna disagree but I also feel bad for kate, if people keep hearing about this noone is going to like her or the show and thats a shame and what goes on between two married people usually stays between two people , im a sixteen and i think i know better. THANK THE FUCKIN LORD IM NOT FAMOUS, stupid drama keep it to yourself thanks bye

  • Drop dead Shelby you stupid c*nt. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.

    Jodi,

    I saw you on TV for the first time today. You are beautiful.

    I’ve only been watching the shows for the past 2 weeks. I am home recovering from surgery.

    Kate is so jealous and greedy!

    Why wouldn’t she want to share the wealth?

    WHY IS SHE ON THE VIEW!?

    I am boycotting all of their sponsors.

    Glade, Delta, Johnson & Johnson, Olive Garden, Red Robin and Sharpie.

    I really, really, really, hate Kate. Jon is no prize either. He’s banging young twits. I can’t say I blame him. He shouldn’t parade them around. They’re not even hot. He’s being a bigger d*ck than Speidi.

• Excuse me? I dont see your name owning this page.. nope didint think so. I personally dont need to listen to anyone, i can state my opinion if i want cant i? Yes i do, I think jodi is right she should get paid for babysitting eight kids, would i do it? No i wouldn and ive gone threw enough in my life that i know getting back at someone is not the answer, miranda this has nothing to do wiht you, althoguh i think you have a great idea and jodi shoiuld take that idea, and not publish it somewhere cause the world doesnt need to know, i know from experience its not fun when the world knows your buissness it hurts even if you are the one thats trying to get back at the other person.

• Kate wasn’t on The View today. Was she only booked to co-host the show for two days? I thought I’d heard somewhere it was supposed to be for the whole week. If so, I’d say that’s some rapid-ass response to Miranda’s boycotting!!! (lol!)

• No Maris she was on Monday and Tues. trust me that was enough. Like someone said “who is she”? She didn’t bring anything to the table and kept making faces. That was only on Monday’s show. Tuesday’s show I had to fast forward, couldn’t watch her.

  • I heard she will be back on Friday , she was invited back for that show

• Kate will be back on The View on Friday.

  Let’s EradiKate Gosselin!

• I think Kate is great and should run for public office…

  • Riiiight… She could run in 2012 as Cheney’s VP. She could torture the detainees without going near a waterboard or violating the Geneva convention. They could set up a secret prison in Russia where it would get Kate the fuck out of the country but Palin could still keep an eye on it from her house. Yeah, you’ve got some great ideas about politics…

• OH JULIE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Say it aint so. I guess another day of fast forwarding.

• I just read on abc.com that kathy griffin is also going to be on the view on friday. It might be interesting since she does a great impersonation of k. gosselin

• yeaa :( so much is going on with this couple I cant keep up anymore. Jons lawyer dropped him.. the dogs are going back the breeders. Kate is out and about doing her thing. I read Jon said he wanted to kill himself. This family is in BIG trouble!!Those kids need help.
  The parents are not acting like adults! Kate said she is taking the high road? what high road did she take the 10 years she was married to him?Always mean and cruel. Im kind of out of words…..

• http://www.abusewatch.net/CAN_TLC_JKFile.php

  We can write here to insure that Kate doesn’t make any more public appearances.

  Let her earn her own money. She’s a nurse. In CT, she can earn $54.00 an hour. She can receive food stamps for groceries. Jon can pay child support.

  She created this mess. God chose for her to be infertile. She used free will and created her own pregnancies.

  I always wanted an Ed Hardy T-shirt. Not anymore. I am writing to Ed Hardy and telling them that we are boycotting their merchandise until they fire this schmuck.

• Does anyone know why the dogs are going back?

  • rachel, I read that Jon said Kate doesnt take care of them when he is not there and he cant take h ave them in his apt. If you have the time read the link above that Miranda shared with us, those letters are deep to the people at TLC
    about taking the show off the air, and boycotting all thier sponsors. Those poor kids ..

  • Jon doesn’t take care of them when he’s there? Translation: He leaves poop in the yard. You know Kate can’t stand her own kids’ poop, much less a couple of dogs. Teaching the kids to care for pets went out the window, I suppose. I’m willing to bet that she hires someone to pick it up when she’s there, but they’re off work when he’s there. Bottom line — I’m just glad they’re going back to the breeder where they stand a chance of finding a loving home.

• Oh my gosh! I just read those letters. Those poor kids.

• Who is Kate Gosselin , is she a celebrity , NO , just a mom of 8 kids.
  My idea of The View guest hosts , should be REAL moms! They should have women email in and chose them randomly. They have to pay for the celebs anyway to get there . Why not pay for real mothers who have something to say. I think they should do that all thru the year. I think lots of moms have things they would like heard, and it would be a nice day out.

  • Shsss… Don’t let Kate hear you say that. She’s a HUGE legend — in her own mind…

• OH no listen to this………or I should say read this. Kate got her own show!
  With Paula Dean ……… BUT the funny thing is this, on the a poll 63% of the people said they would NOT watch it, and 57% of the people thought it was BAD move for for her .

  Maris good comment ! hahha………

  • Kate and Paula Dean?? Are you effin’ kidding me?? I think they’re going to need to bring in Ny The Science Guy (or whatever his name is) as well to figure out how to deep-fry organic butter…

• I record the View daily, but today’s show I’m not even going to watch because she was on again. And if they keep putting her on I won’t watch the view at all. Guess It’s time to write a letter to ABC. Julie, I just read that about her show. Oh boy! How come people are not sick of her yet?

  • IM SICK OF HER!

• THE VIEW blocked me from blogging on their site.

  They blocked my IP address. LMAO.

  I guess they don’t like the truth.

• Let me try miranda.

• What station would Kate be on if she pairs up with Paula Dean? any ideas?

  • Something NOT in my cable package, I hope.

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• I declare a WITCH hunt! Grab your pitchforks and torches. Lets burn her! LOL

  (All you Wiccans back off, I don’t mean you. I mean a mean wretched woman, nothing to do with her religion.)

• What do you think of Kate’s new hair style?

  It’s called the Bitch-Fro.

• Kate is not ORGANIC. She’s a fkn poser.

  JUICEY JUICE is NOT organic.

  She makes me sick.

• I watched Friday’s View and I’m going to start tuning out as well — not necessarily because they have guests I don’t like but because whenever one of them starts up with a guest, asking tough questions, they yank their chain and go to commercial. I mean God forbid they be rude to their guest just because they occasionally scratch each other’s eyes out! Got to be as boring as possible, and polite…

  Whoopie started asking Kate questions about when she got the police called on her for showing up at the mansion on Jon’s weekend. Kate mealy-mouthed some crap about her “mother’s instincts” regarding the babysitter (who’s now said she slept with Jon), and wanted to tout how her instincts were right even though she’s never met her and didn’t know anything about her at the time. Whoopie was interrogating her pretty hard, saying how if the tables were turned and Jon objected to a babysitter of Kate’s choosing based merely on a hunch, that wouldn’t fly. Of course, Kate wanted to keep turning the conversation back to “but Jon had a tryst with her therefore my instincts must’ve been right” type of defense, but Whoopie (who clearly doesn’t buy her bull shit) kept pushing with examples of how unfair and not right that is, saying “but you CAN’T DO that…” I probably looked like someone egging on a dogfight, leaning forward, talking to the TV, saying “Getter!! Slap ‘er!! Hit ‘er!!”

  Then just as it was about to get REALLY good, when Kate made the comment that she wound up just sitting at the gate and crying and how the kids weren’t even there — and I was rooting for Whoopie to scream something like “If the kids weren’t even there, why in the HELL were you so all fired concerened about a babysitter!?!” — they went to commercial… DAMN!!! I wanted Whoopie or some damn body to ask her if it was Jon’s “custody” weekend and the kids weren’t there, what the hell are they sharing custody of?? Was she freaked out that Jon might someone else in her bed? Where were the kids anyway? She should have been asked the tough questions, but instead she got more air time to play the victim, paint the image of her sitting weeping at the gate while that ugly, nasty man had some slut around HER children… even though they weren’t there… WTH???

  When they came back, they were talking about Kate’s hair and how her style had been named “most memorable” by People magazine, and not in a good way. Kathy Griffin came out, they showed her clip mocking Kate, she said her usual outrageous things and Kate sat back showing how offensive and distasteful she found most of it since it goes against her family values, yak yak yak… And I turned the rest of it off. Barbara Wawa wasn’t there again, which is fine since she’s a bigger control freak than Kate about some things.

  Yeah, I think The View is on the verge of becomming a snooze-fest…

  • OH Maris you had me laughing so hard! This WAS the best post ever. I can really picture what went on with your words! …. Well, as far as the “New Project”
    all I read about Kate and Paula Dean was something about the show being about mothers. I hope they know what they are doing, since soooo many people can not stand Kate. Poor Paula Dean there goes her ratings for that show. Kate and family values? hmmm family vaules being, hateful , sarcastic, cruel, and rude? SHE needs a good class in family values. She sometimes talks to those kids like an older sister NOT a mother. All her jabs and scarcaism.All thise attention those shows give her , allows her to think she is right. She is totally wrong! I saw a clip today on E! and the dogs leaving to go back to the breeders. Kate won again! Poor kids.

    • The name of the new show (in case they’re taking a poll or asking for suggestions) should be called “Fried Lip Service” — Paula can do the frying and Kate can provide lip service to nearly anything.

      I’m glad the dogs are going back. They’ll find out what it’s like to live outside a cage. Kate wasn’t about to teach the kids anything about pet care anyway because she doesn’t know anything and doesn’t CARE to know anything. So, I’m happy to let Kate win this one. The dogs win as well, and the kids are no worse off. Guess they’re no better off either, though since they can’t send their mom back…

• If you ask me, Babba Wawa is a wretched c*nt, too.

  She’s made a living off of humiliating popular icons.

  My father, whom I’ve always had the utmost respect for, never let us children watch her specials.

  “She has bad manners”, he said.

  And that was that.

  He was soooooooo right.

  I think Jon Gosselin is a douche for showing no restraint, he’s only made Kate look good.

  He should have held off with the schtupping for a while.

  He’s so courageous to have left that wretch.

  • I don’t condone Jon’s teenage f*ck frenzy even though he’s probably been years without… uh, affection — he could indeed use some grown-up discression. Maybe Kate didn’t raise him right, didn’t teach him to be discrete. Maybe he’s still walking around in a Kate-induced stupor, just happy that his head didn’t explode…

• Maris I also watched the show and it seemed that Whoopie was getting alittle steamed. On the past shows when all this hoopla with the Gosselin family arose Whoopie didn’t seem to be a fan of Jon or Kate. I can’t remember exact words but she was like who the hell are these people. As for the shows this season they are extremely boring.

• OH girls I just had this discussion with my friend about the whole Jon and Kate thing. Everyone who thinks Jon is bad for cheating like Kate didnt do anything wrong. I for one dont condon cheating by any strech. But why cant they see how badgering Kate was to him? Its like a one sided converstaion . She said like cheating isnt bad? I asked well isnt verbal abuse bad? For others they say verbal abuse can be worse than phyiscal.
  Im not saying Jon should have ran out and have done whats he done,but like Miranda said he was smart to have left her. If it were Jon abusing Kate that way they would have shouted loud he should be locked up. I guess the bottem line is you cant change peoples way of thinking. I think he has made some bone head decisions. But milllions and millions saw her on tv do and say what she did. How else would we know what she was like? All I know is I wasnt raised like that to , make other people feel little about themselves. What about that golden rule , treat others like you would like to be treated? AYE KATE?

• Yes Julie, millions and millions did see her “verbally abuse” Jon on camera but why is she crying that same “poor Kate song”. Very few are taking Jon’s side because of what he’s recently done because it’s all over the news. Most people didn’t even know about the show so they didn’t see Kate in action. Now they are taking her side.

  • ahh thats true too rachel , I didnt think of that. They are just playing the blame game based on the tabloids. Hey Im not saying Jon is 100% without fault. But what I guess what Im most upset is her and how she treats everyone and acts like she is always right and perfect. Well I WATCHED the shows and I know. She would NOT be my type of friend. AT ALL.

• Ah hell..

  I guess what Im most upset is her and how she treats everyone and acts like she is always right and perfect

  She is just acting like most women……

  RRRRrrrr….

• Looks someone has an issue with women.

• Good morning everyone.

  Would you all please join the Facebook Group called

  I HATE KATE GOSSELIN

  http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=11582&uid=136626238330#/group.php?gid=57881713438&ref=mf

  Happy Witch Hunting!~

  xo

  MJ

• I think it would be a smart move if Jon started to advocate for a Reverse Domestic Violence Group. Meaning…the wife is the abuser.

  He should have made complaints or at least kept a diary of her tongue lashings and fist slaps.

  Julie is right…. this situation is no different than the movie “Sleeping With The Enemy.” Only this time, the WIFE- KATE is the abuser and she’s abusing her CHILDREN, HUSBAND, STAFF and FAMILY.

  Why can’t we start a class action law suit against her? Federal Child Abuse charges and Sexual Abuse. Ew… she kisses her children on the lips and takes pictures of their poop.

  I wish I lived near her so I can make complaints.

• OH EM GEEE..

  I cannot believe this wretched c*nt is quoting the bible?

  SHe is guilty of the sins of Vanity and coveting…..shall I continue????

  She is the BIGGEST POSER ASSHOLE in the world.

  AMERICA HATES KATE GOSSELIN MORE THAN THEY HATE OSAMA BIN LADEN.

  Check this out… for a laff..Matt 7:12 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

  Such simple words that hold such heavy meaning. I try to teach my children this daily… Whenever they squabble over a toy (which I might add, is VERY often!) This verse is referred to as the Golden rule. Recently, I was reading a Berenstein Bears book about this verse to
  Hannah. In the book, Sister bear excluded a new girl from her play group at school. She felt very guilty about it and remembered a time when she was excluded and how she felt. Her mommy taught her about the golden rule and she went to school the next day and treated the new
  girl how she would have wanted to be treated! She invited her to join her play group!
  What a great book about this verse! When we are tempted to treat others less than well, we need to remember that God loves us and created each of us equally no matter our abilities, appearance or talents! I admit, sometimes that is a very hard thing to do!!!!! Lord, please help us to treat others the way we want to be treated remembering that you love us and created us equally!!!!! Amen.

  • Lord, please help us to treat others the way we want to be treated remembering that you love us and created us equally!!!!! YA……maybe you should take the Log out of your eye honey before you go picking twigs out of others..Im sure the good Lord thinks Kate is also a “wretched c*nt” and “BIGGEST POSER ASSHOLE” You dont strike yourself as crazy?

    • Did you kill yourself yet?

• Philippians 2:14 Do everything without arguing and complaining.
  Last night at dinner, Mady announced that she had this verse memorized from reading it so often while she is at the table eating!! Hallelujah! My white index cards of verses posted everywhere are doing some good! After she recited it, we went on to talk about this verse… It is quite a feat!!!! Does it mean to do EVERYTHING without arguing and complaining? Yes. Wow! That’s a hard one! I know that complaining steals your joy…. And by remembering that, it helps me see the
  positive and good in situations instead of the ‘complainability’ (yes, I think I made that word up!) of things! So, this week, count how many times you start to complain and instead, stop and think of any good in your situation and good in your life….. It will lead to feelings of joy, I bet!!!!! Your complaints will go right out the window!!!!

  ARE YOU KIDDING ME, KATE????? I CAN’T WAIT TO TELL WHOOPIE ABOUT THIS!

• I’m sorry but “Let ye without sin cast the first stone”….. or “Judge ye not yet ye be judged”. How about those?

  Philippians 2:14 Do everything without arguing and complaining?. Isn’t that what all of you are doing? arguing and complaining about Kate?

  Did you see her on the View yesterday? I can’t believe they had Kathy Griffin on there and showed that video…. Kate said she thought it was halarious but you could tell thats not what she really thought…. OMG!

  • Isn’t EVERYBODY on this forum judging Kate?

    I don’t believe in the bible, anyway. It’s just a bunch of politics.

    The bible has been edited so many times by different kings and authoritarians, it’s taken out of context, and it’s misused.

    Case in point: Jon and Kate… Kate tries to make herself look better by using bible quotes, yet she’s the biggest hypocrite on the earth.

    • OK, so….you boast your daughter has memorized such an important verse, then you go on to say that you have post it cards EVERYWHERE with verses YET you dont believe in the bible its just a bunch of politics……um…. You need to get your marbles straight or something…and please PLEASE for the love of God dont mention him or anything about him in your future posts.

      The Greatest single cause of Athesiam in the world today is Christians.

      Who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny them by their lifestyle.

      THAT is what an unbelieving world simply finds Unbelievable.

    • You’re a fkn retrart!

      I was quoting Kate- you fkn idiot.

      Just please… go kill yourself…. no body loves you.

    • You have soooo many issues Miranda. You are such a loser. Grow up and tend to things more important. It is so obvious that you are jealous of Kate. People like you are just unstable with your own life. Maybe you should actually read the bible instead of putting it down. Maybe YOU would become a nicer person. Telling people to go kill themself…what a waste of skin you are. God bless your horrible soul.

      Grow up stupid!

    • Ok so you dont believe in the bible you think its just a bunch of politics BUT you boast about your daughter memorizing an important verse AND you have white index cards EVERYWHERE with verses on them. Um ….anyway could you please Leave God out of any posts.

      The greatest single cause of Athesiam in the world today is Christians.

      Who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle.

      THAT is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

• Now that Kate is a big hollywood star (haha) she is going to have to get a backbone and suck it up when someone mocks her. Kathy Griffin won’t be the only one.

• http://www.chattertonguegossip.com
  Whoopie and Kate

  • Woopie =1 Kate=0 ……….hahhaha She sounded stupid! (Kate)

    • Actually Whoopie is the one who looked like a bitch. The other two stood up for Kate and Kate kept her composure. I think she did great.

    • stood up for her to break the law ? Or stood up because the one is divorced and a single mom who is bitter? I only saw her stand up for her. I thought Kate looked nervous and out of place and abit set back.

    • I agree… Kate was hideing the fact that the photogs had already photoraphed Stephanie, Aka the Nanny, leaving Jon’s garage apartment so Kate already knew they were seeing each other before the blow-up when the cops were called. For some reason she didn’t say anything.

      If Whoopi would have been better informed she would have known it.

      The other ladies knew some of the story because one of them made the comment that he had her in the hot tub and thats straight from the interview with Stephanie…

      http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• Wow,

  Kate was so calm on last night’s show.

  She had no pussy-boy to whip. I feel sorry for the kids to be away from their daddy, but at least they don’t seem him get screamed at and chastised all day long, anymore.

  • you know she said she missed Jon well “the old Jon” do you think she misses ridiculing him and berating him? It gets lonely all by youself when you think you do nothing wrong….

• Julie that’s totally what she misses. She can’t do that to the kids because the cameras are rolling and she wants full custody.

• remeber the show when Cara had her day out , and at the end with the Jon and Kate on the couch, Kate tries to correct Jons sentence then she realizes she is wrong. This is one of the shows where I saw Kate actually laugh and have a good time. Cara was rollerblading…

• Whoopie made Kate squirm. Notice how Kate kept adding comments to the end of beginning of her sentences?

  She adds words out of context and out of place to make herself sound more intelligent.

  I.E. : “I haven’t….until recently…been able to enjoy the kids..as much as before..as you’ve seen on the show, my previous responsiblilties.. weren’t as challenging.. for me.. a single parent.. as they are now.”

  WTF?

  She keeps changing her mind mid sentence. She hesitates. and she talks in circles. She wouldn’t answer Whoopie’s question other than saying: “my maternal instincts kicked in and I knew something wasn’t right.”

  The only thing that wasn’t right was that Kate had no one to bitch at and control. So she felt out of sorts.

• guess what ?…….. I read Kate said the dogs could back when she has more time so in the winter they can pull the kids on their sleds. The posts I read people were livid at her. If you take a pet you dont send them back and forth when it suites you . Also I read Paula Dean said something to effect it was HER show not Kates, and she would be on for only certain parts . The show is filmed in Manhattan, soo now what? She can live in Jons apt while there if jon is watching the kids. ha ha. Those kids have a revolving door of parents going there. Will Katezilla move them to NY now?

• Author: Crystal
  Comment:
  Lord, please help us to treat others the way we want to be treated remembering that you love us and created us equally!!!!! YA……maybe you should take the Log out of your eye honey before you go picking twigs out of others..Im sure the good Lord thinks Kate is also a “wretched c*nt” and “BIGGEST POSER ASSHOLE” You dont strike yourself as crazy?

  Crystal? Do me favour and go slit your wrists. This forum is to bash Kate. Not pray.

• Crystal,

  My daughter has never laid a finger on a bible. I don’t think she’s ever seen one in person.

  I was quoting Kate. Kate’s daughter memorized that verse.

  Please stop with the personal attacks here, trust me, Ill win.

• Julie, Loved the Katezilla, that’s great!
  Ok, with all the new “projects” that kate is involved with, I keep hearing her say that she is going to be there for her kids. How can that possibly be when she is traveling all over the freakin world???

• In my opinion I think Whoppie knew the facts but egged Kate on , but I might be wrong. I think she tried to get a rise out of her . Hasnt Whoppie been a single mom all these years? I think she has just got on with it and has done what she has had to do. I just feel that Sheri Shepherd is abit bitter about her own situation and now has a buddy to bash men with. I could be totally wrong , thats just the feeling I got…

• Miranda, Julie, Crystal and Rachel….

  There is an article about you here!!!

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/09/the-real-jon-kate-experts-marinda-julie-crystal-and-rachel/

  • Which one am I?

    I was the unfortunate one who was home recovering from surgery… and that’s how I came to know Kate….. that’s right… just in the past four weeks. I’ve been watching syndicated episodes of the show on TLC.

    I saw the J & K show once about 2 years ago. I changed the channel and stopped watching it because all Kate did was yell and scream that the kids were getting dirty.

    Don’t blame me, Crystal, for your cognitive difficulties. It’s not my fault you have no reading and comprehension skills, so you misinterpreted what I said.

    Have a great day everyone.

• Julie, you are right on about whoppie and sherry.

• Ok so who wrote this article??

  • Im guessing one of the girls who runs the blog page….. who would have htought someone listened to me! hahah….remember when Jon took the boys out golfing and Collin was upset because his hand were dirty and Jon said who cares, your mom has you brainwashed you cant be dirty, youre little boys I dont care if your dity or not. Just think…. August or so renewing vows, come Oct she tells him its over and by Jan moved and split. I still say and I stick to this, if they didnt do the show and didnt have that money she would not be so eager to have split up. If Jon just worked a 9-5 job and her home everyday with 8 kids I think no way would she have started all of this. She is just lucky to have that money coming in from the show. Uhm maybe she needs to spend abit of that on some help and NOT from Dr. Phil. Just a thought….

• Oh, definately Julie these two wouldn’t be splitting up if they didn’t have the show. It was all sudden the trips, Wedding in Hawaii, new house. I think they or shewere just going through the motions to get as many “things” as possible. I was changing channels again last night and it was on again. I think it was the same one from Monday night. Not sure why they need to be on two nights in a row. Anyway, the kids seemed very loud and fighting constantly. And like Miranda said in an older blog Kate was very calm. The kids were arguing in another room and she just continued cooking. Cara suddenly seems to have alot of anger. I thought in the past she seemed pretty care free. I hope Kate pays attention to this and less concerned with her next paycheck. I had to turn it off. It was too disturbing.

  • rachel, I think Cara was close to Jon, I kind of remember her going to him alot and talking etc. Well now she Kate doesnt have another pair of eyes and hands to help her.( well the hired help) but not a partner.

    I agree she better keep a close check on the kids, they MIGHT need to have someone in to help them with this , seems like Kate is pushing it all under the carpet. They really might need to talk to someone and have their feelings hear, especially the two older ones : ( I heard Cara was acting up , I dont watch so i havent seen her … poor girl…..

• http://www.parentdish.com/2009/09/23/mom-says-dad-says/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl4|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentdish.com%2F2009%2F09%2F23%2Fmom-says-dad-says%2F

  Did anyone see this?

  LOL. Front Welcome Page of AOL.

  • 55% are on Kate’s side! Well, I think most of them never watched the show then. If they had they would have seen her abuse from her.

• Monday 09/22 was the 1st time in 5 seasons I did not watch the show. I just cannot support this catastrophe any longer. TLC, Jon and Kate’s behavior is beyond beyond.

  http://www.sixgosselins.com now posts Hailey Glassman’s twitter account. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
  & Kate your not off the hook either…Havent you made enough money to stay home awhile and regroup? Or are the spa and latte’s that important.
  And, TLC woe man I do not know where to start. I know this, big trips, organic food, etc etc cant cover up the REAL story. These are REAL people handled very poorly for the bottom line A PROFIT.

• Welcome to the group, Irene. Several of us here no longer watch the show for much the same reasons.

  For the last several months, I’ve noticed that “Jon & Kate” jokes are common place on all kinds of shows — Jay Leno, The Soup, Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show, even politicians mention them, and I don’t mean in a good way. The list is endless. I wonder if these two “grown ups” realize that their “brand” has become a joke that will likely still be around when the kids are old enough to see how the world is mocking their parents?? Wow, gee thanks mom and dad…

• well ,well ,well, the ratings are dropping fast. Do you think the kids are ready to retire? I know their mom isnt! Remeber last “season” when Jon and Kate sat in “the chair” and did questions from viewers, and she STILL embarrassed him and corrected his english!I totaly understand why he left her, she said in that interview “stop smerking and acting a kid or a teenager and act like a adult”. I would have pulled off my mike and left that the split second! Then I come back to the fact…….. those kids, I feel sorry for them.
  She has an excsue why she did that to Jon, she said she wants him to sound as smart as he can, because when she was young she was told that , if you speak well you will be …………. I forgot what she said but I think she is totally nuts!

• Well I’d like to know when is she going to start to sound smart. I love when she makes up words. She sounds like a total idiot. On the View one time she said something about making up words and Whoppie said “no we don’t make up words”.

• Can anybody guess when show will be canceled? They have 25 more episodes to do this season.

• well what I read was this…. on the show where they announced the split it was ove 10 million last week it was about 1 million 6 or something.She needs to be reminded she is NOT a celebrity, she is a mom of 8 kids. Period!

  rachel, that was funny about Whoope .. she must think she is one crazy person.

  Irene, I have no idea, but we can hope its soon… right :D hhaha

• If I can make a wish it would be to humiliate Kate in front of millions of people.

  She needs to know she is NOT a celebrity.

  She’s a rotten bitch with a TV show. Much like Martha Stewart.

  Martha Stewart is such a major fkn bitch, it’s not funny. My husband did work on her property. She didn’t like the stones in her drive way, had them redone a million times. Same with the marble tile. She’s a mega-cunt cuntrol freak. Just like Kate.

• well did you hear what martha said to poor Jessica Simpson about her dog being taken by a coyote. She said you should have watched it better!
  Then tried to give some lame ass apology. Poor Jessica . Who needs something like that rubbed into your face? What is wrong with people anymore?

  Miranda I know what you mean about Kate , she should be told off. I heard Jon say about Kates brother and his wife , they dont even know where we live and have never been over!…… what the heck is that ? So I guess she left her WHOLE family behind!!! I remember one day on a show she said she had a younger sister, I thought what? So she has NO friends NO family NO husband. What does that tell you?
  MAJOR CONTROL FREAK.. all she has is hired help! She needs help. God please watch over those kids.

  Oh yea and NO MORE DOGS…….. she is one hot mess.

• Kate’s new stupid hair do makes me hate her even more.

  I saw the CBS Morning show where Jodi and Kevin were intereviewed and told America that those kids are being exploited and it must stop.

  Their Hawaiin Wedding was staged, just for the ratings.

  Lovely TLC.

  Torure Little Children

  We should start a class action lawsuit against that network.

• Torure = torture

• Has anyone ever got a reply to mail to the Figure 8 production company?

  I was thinking today that one of the sad parts of Jon and Kate agreeing to this season 5 with all this turmoil is the people employed. Figure 8 only has 10 employees plus contractors. I think the production company should have made the gosselins take a hiatus for at least a year til they got their house in order. Because they didnt they now really have a mess. Viewers are being lost by the week. Many think the show has hit the bottom but I am not so sure.

• I think that I am going to watch Monday’s show. At least I am going to try. Someone else watch it too so we can compare notes. Julie, how bout it???

• Where is TLC Headquarters?

  How much work would it take to compose a million mom march to the production headquarters and protest this show?

  I think Kate Gosselin will know how America feels about her.

  I am going to the Halloween Store to buy a Kate wig and put it on a dummy. Then I’m going to hang the dummy from my tree.

• WoW people Jon is just a little boy…..It was more like Kate Plus 9. Why don’t people just stop and think of what it must be like to have 8 kids….shit I have 2 and some days I can’t get a breath. Don’t make a call on someone until you have walked a mile in that persons shoes.

  • That should read “walk a SEASON in their shoes” and most of us have walked several seasons with them. Yes, Jon seems a bit immature, but he was like that when she married him. He’s not the one who’s appeared to changed over the seasons.

• Anonymous, it doesnt matter how many kids you have to treat your spouse right. Verbal abuse is verbal abuse, plain and simple. And to do it on tv infront of cameras. Too bad you feel for the old sob story of Kate doing it all alone, if that was the case why did she always say she couldnt wait for Jon to come home and help her. Granted most of us less children than her, but if you would have read most of comments here they are about how she is abusive and how she treats others. She acts so ungrateful.I dont care if you 0 or 8 or 10 kids, there is NO excuse to be rude and let everything you think fly out your mouth. SHE IS NOT AN ENGLISH TEACHER! I think she needs to get over that !! I find that fact that she has pushed her whole family away sorta of odd.

  Ive said it before Ill say it what I saw on the shows was Jon helping Kate all the time, infact I saw him do more than her. She just sat back and shouted orders out. NO PLEASE…. nothing. And for the comment about making a call on her SHE PUT HERSELF on tv for all of us to watch, and what I saw I didnt like. She nothing but a mom of 8 kids she is not a celebrity she needs to realize that.

• Kate’s reason for constantly correcting Jon was to make him “sound” smart? That’s an insult in itself. It shows that Kate’s embarrassed by what others perceive his intelligence to be, but typical of Kate to always make her problems someone else’s problems. And she excuses this behavior by saying someone corrected her when she was small? O-kay… let’s see how this works on child molesters — they got molested when they were small so it’s ok to molest other children once they’re grown… Nope, doesn’t work there either. Lame…

• Yeap Maris she is a nut! She is a total user too, think of it… she used her neighbors for their help ( but she said they love my kids) yea whatever.
  She used Beth for her time and babysitting and helping her write her book. She used Aunt Jodie to babysit. She ever used Jon. When she is done with everyone she just tosses them to wayside. Her Dad and his church were not good enough for her so pushed them away too.

  There is no reason on this earth she couldnt fold and put her own laundry away. She would NOT and I repeat NOT be my type of friend. Always a user and taker. Can you imagine working with her!??? NO WAY!

• Does Kate know that TLC is using her for entertainment purposes?

  She’s being punked, I think.

  Where is Ashton? This cannot be real.

  Who the heck would be a REAL Kate Gosselin Fan?

  I think the only people who vote for her- have NEVER seen the show. They’re basing their judgement on the Tabloid expulsion of Jon, from my perspective, that is.

  (I writing in Katenese)

  • I think you’re absolutely right about the majority of people who side with her not being those who witnessed her treatment of Jon. Of course, there’s always a few who are die-hard fans but most favorable opinions of her that I’ve heard are from people who (like you said) are going strictly on the tabloids’ version. One of my favorites was when she appeared on Regis & Kelly and Regis said he thought they could iron things out and make it all work… and he didn’t even realize that this was weeks after divorce papers had been filed. People really need to see her in action to see what a piece of work she is before they decide…

• For Kate Gosselin:

  IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER – by Erma Bombeck

  (written after she found out she was dying of cancer).

  I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.

  I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

  I would have talked less and listened more.

  I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

  I would have eaten the popcorn in the ‘good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

  I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

  I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

  I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

  I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

  I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

  I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn’t show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

  Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

  When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, ‘Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.’ There would have been more ‘I love you’s’ More ‘I’m sorry’s.’

  But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute.look at it and really see it . . live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!

  Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what

  Instead, let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

  • This sounds like something Kate would like to recite, but not something she’d likely take to heart.

• Well, I am a fan of the whole Gosselin family. I just dont like what has become of the whole thing. I am very conflicted. My thoughts right now are not about tearing Kate and Jon down they are doing that to themselves. I feel for the kids and refuse to watch because of the best interests of the children.

• yes, kate is such a user. on the kids circus birthday party when aunt janet was on the poney kate says nana janet, don’t hurt yourself “we need you” thats her game is I need, yada yada. But there is a bright spot in all of this. Kate is so not that interactive or amusinr or funny to continue the show with her having to come up with “activities’. She will soon run out of what she thinks is comedy and the show will die a slow death ! She has the personality of a stump, so the show will fizzle out eventually.

• I just read how the ratings are way down. I think this is going to be the last season. Hopefully they (jon and kate) will then concentrate on the kids.

• To be honest , even if Jon and Kate were not divorcing, I think its time for the kids to have a normal life. How much more can we watch of them? They are really beautiful children dont get me wrong, and I enjoyed seeing them grow up. But there is something inside me that says, did I contribute to their family breaking up? If Jon and Kate were still together
  they should have stopped. Maybe once a year like at the holidays, have a Christmas special or something. I dont know its just a thought. I looked on the website last nite to see if I could see anything about the show ratings. I did see btw Kate’s new kichen. There she cooked in her little castle. She makes me sick, making money off her kids like that. “its all for them” RIGHT~ NOT!

• Julie, I read about the falling ratings on comcast news. Something show be brewing soon. Things have been quiet for the past few weeks.

• I was thinking back about this………. Remember the “Thomas the Tank”
  episode …… remeber Kate being to crabby because it was”crowded” like she should always have special times for her and her kids. Well, she talked to those kids who still young like “walk with a purpose, hurry up”
  one of the little girls I think Alexis was having trouble with her shorts or underware, she barely helped her and said to Jon I helped her “50” time already. Now comes the good part, when they got to the second and third train NONE I mean None of the kids wanted to sit be her! She even said how come no one sits by me today. WELL IF SHE MADE THE TRIPS FUN AND LESS STESSFUL……………… maybe then they would!

  Her way of speaking makes me ill! I wish someone would get in her face and talk to her like she talks to others.

  Rachel, youre right things have been kind of quiet since The View.
  I cant imagine her and Paula Dean, Paula Dean is too down to earth. Kate thinks she is all that……. she is NOT.

• I wish someone would get in her face, too. WITH A STEEL PIPE.

  Knock out her teeth or break her jaw so she’ll STFU and go away!

• Miranda- the best place to get Kate is in her pockets! $$$$$$ then she no longer will think she is a celebrity………..( remember its her mind , that she is ) hahaa

• I swear the only reason the dogs went back to the breeder was because they were fully grown and no longer puppies.

  Did you see K*nt when they were selecting and buying them? She said “the breeder said he’d take them back….”

  Then I saw an episode where Jon and K*nt took Alexis to see the Aldergators. And K*nt said “we should get one, they’re so cute.”
  Jon said: “Hon, they grow really big.” And then K*nt said “then we’ll just…” and wiggled her fingers like she was shooing something away.

  What will she do when the tups have zits and mixed dentition and are not cute anymore?

• TLC is renaming the show Kate plus 8 ? …….. how can they ? Jon is still their father……

• as of Nov 2 Jon will no longer be on the show…….. TLC is sure whitewashing Kate, thats all they have left. Hmm wonder how this will go over…….

  • It’ll go over just great with her fan base, which is shrinking daily. With others, it’ll go over like a stone…

    • I wish they would take Kate off and leave Jon on and then Kate would be the one doing all the complaining. She just wants the money.

• As of today, mainstream news, ABC, CNN… are stating that TLC is dropping Jon from the show. It will now be called Kate Plus 8, and TLC has come forward saying that they are working on something new for Kate in 2010. Hence, I am surmising that the show will be over after this season.

  Now what will happen to these blogs?

• I don’t know how this show can possibly stay on the air. I watched last nights show and it was soooo boring. The only nice part was when Jon bought earings in NY for Mady and Cara. Cara sure loves her daddy. The princess was having tea with the other girls and many times kate and the girls were bashing the boys. Well, I guess kate has them brainwashed too.

• You should read the comments on people.com. They all love kate and support her. It makes me crazy because they obviously don’t watch the show.

• I think watching Jon’s life would be MUCH more interesting. Call it “Jon Minus Nine” and let’s see him make up for lost time!

  Don’t let those fan comments make you crazy, Rachel. People these days seem to believe anything. Kate will either use them and discard them like she does everyone and everything else, or she’ll become the next Oprah. Like my mother used to say, though, a person wrapped up in themself makes a very small package. If playing the rich victim is what makes her happy, I suppose she’ll be deliriously happy — and how sad is that? I wouldn’t trade places with her…

• Sorry guys, just had to share this.. If you think Kate is bad here is some perspective for you… Did you hear about the woman who tried to sell her kid for some gas money?

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/09/4090/

• Im thinking Kate gets what Kate wants, how does she do it?

• This situation with this beautiful family is soooo! sad. IT does not matter who did what. I wish they would get back together,though I think when Jon said he dispised Kate. He put the nail in the coffin.WORDS are like arrows they wound.Still I wish them well

• I heard on The View this morning that Jon has asked for a 90 day halt on their divorce to try to “open the lines of communication” between him and Kate. Looks like he’s finding out that the only thing worse than being married to a shrew is divorcing one…

• do the math. it’s been reported that they film approximately 3-4 days a week. if she has them half the time – guess how they will be spending time with mommy? that’s right – on air!!!!!

  50,000-70,000 per episode? and she is still wining about money and that she can’t support them without being on air?

  if you watch earlier episodes, there is one where they are on the couch talking about getting real jobs. . . she said flat out that she has told the kids if they quit the show, mommy and daddy have to get real jobs and they will be at the babysitter. they are constantly with the nanny anyway. kate is nothing but a manipulator. she even manipulates her own children.

  she says that she will get counseling for the kids “later.” SHE is the one that needs counseling.

  women from the view said she was only good when she was talking about herself. HMMM. . . just like the show. . . BORING!!!!!!!

  ironic how she decided to leave jon right when the youngest are going off to school. i guess she was done using him to raise her kids. jon has always been the hands on parent, kate is just a dictator.

  ironic how she was always talking about the “ten of us”. “when everybody leaves, it will be the ten of us.” little did we know the ten were: her, the kids, and WHO? . . . . that’s right TLC.

• tune into Table for 12.

  a true loving family
  a woman that respects her husband
  a man that loves and honors his wife (because she deserves it)
  a bunch of kids that are respectful, kind, have social skills
  a family with a common bond and purpose
  a mommy that doesn’t prop herself up with her own ego
  a mommy that hears, cares, demonstrates
  a mommy that sees beyond her own family
  a mommy that is a safe place to fall with no strings attached
  a mommy that isn’t fearful of life
  a mommy you would want to have or be
  a daddy that is allowed to be the daddy he is capable of being
  a daddy that lives for his family
  a daddy thats strong and the most tender-hearted
  a daddy that you would want to have or be
  a family that truly smiles with their heart
  a family that just “does” not tells you they do
  a family that is not hypocritical
  a family with a physically handicapped child and they make her shine
  a family you wish you had
  a family you would want to be a part of

  . . . a family.

• Great first blog “real single mom”. Kathie lee said the other day on the Today show that when she was on Larry King, Larry asked Kathie Lee for advise for Kate Gosselin and Kathie Lee said “turn off the camera’s”. Kate heard the comment and said “it’s a paycheck”. Kathie Lee’s 16 year old daughter was right there when Kate made the comment. Ya, it’s a paycheck for you while you make your kids work. When will she get it?????

• Jon just stopped filming of the show! Take a look at TMZ for the actual sign on the property. Guess like if he can’t film, no one can!

• OH great this is going to be really good for those kids ! :( … what the heck is going to happen now ? …..

• Just heard this morning that Jon’s lawyer (per Jon’s request) has issued a “stop filming” order to the show. Hmm… Kate fires Jon, Jon shuts off Kate’s flow of dough, can’t wait to see what’s next. Jon says his reason for stopping TLC’s production of the show is to cease “exploitation” of his children. Wow, just wow. Guess his new motto is better late than never??

• It seems to me .that people just love to bash Jon and Kate. Is it envy!!!we all do the best for our kids. Most people would love the oppertunity to make money. they didn.t ask for eight kids, they just wanted ONE more and got SIX.Why don.t we try to be KIND !!!!!!!!try to walk in their shoes. THE MEDIA PLAYS THINGS UP!!!

  • Maria why doesnt KATE TRY TO BE KIND? I wouldnt trade places with her for anything. Im not jealous Im not envous of making money . I am happy in my own life. I dont like how she treated her family on national ( internatinal) tv. Maybe she thought she was funny, but many didnt. The day over the showerhead and the reciept I thought she was going to have a heart attack. Enough said about her…….. I hope this family can be saved and the kids will be ok………

  • Excuse me Maria, yes they did ask for eight. It wasn’t an accident that they have eight kids. I would never have eight kids that I could not or would work to feed. This show needs to be taken off the air. Kate and Octo mom. There is no difference. Kate just got there first.

• I don,t believe half of this crap, about JON@KATE there is 3 sides to a story. HIS! HERS! and the truth. UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THEIR HOUSE nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. AS for FAMILY JODI and KATES brother I,m glad your not my family.

• well for all the people who said jon should grow some b@@ls. Now they will say he is this and that. He is actually doing what he said he wanted to do long ago, when Kate said she wouldnt stop the show. She said
  “the show must go on” …….at what price Kate ?

  • I must say it is disappointing to see comments such as these…Jon is not stellar…he accepted his life (and enjoyed the money and perks as much as Kate) until last year, when he decided he had enough…then he decides to start skirting around behind’s Kate’s back. He now has an apartment in NY, drives a 2-seater car, “dispises’ Kate, and is excited to be on his own. Seriously? That is best Jon can do? Thank goodness he is not the father of my children. For all the negative comments about Kate…she is with her children when she can be…she is not out running around, she is not speaking ill about Jon and she genuinely loves her children. She is also trying to ensure that she can continue to support her children…is Jon? or is he just mad that TLC realized he is no longer a good fit for this family show and has taken the next bad step…

• Well, Maria, I for one don’t envy Jon and Kate in the least. They are exploiting their kids and have been before this messy divorce. If you have ever watched the show in the older episodes Jodi and Kate’s brother Kevin were both very helpful and supportive to Jon and Kate. Kevin was always at the Gosselin’s house helping Jon with a new project. As far as Jodi she would take the kids once a week so kate could have some time to herself. This does not include when jon and kate went away on vacation or seminars to promote coupon clipping and spiritual speaches. Well, those days are over. Do you notice that Kate doesn’t have 1 friend or for that matter doesn’t speak to any family members. Did you know that she doesn’t talk to her father because he asked members of his church to help out the gosselins when they were expecting the 6 and some people donated used items. Now that’s a good reason not to talk to your own father. Yeah, we all want to be Kate and Jon.

• People all over the world exploit their children to make money — the circumstances and profits vary widely. In the Phillipines, for example, they sell their daughters into prostution so that their other children can EAT. What a heartbreaking choice to have to make, and that still doesn’t make it right — just a bit more understandable.

  I don’t buy this bullshit (and that’s exactly what it is) that Kate continues to HAVE to use her kids for filming just to put food on the table. Her house is paid for, the kids’ college is paid for, you’d better believe she has money in the bank, profits from her book sales continue to roll in, etc., etc., etc… Kate has discovered that she likes the spotlight and rubbing elbows with the higher ups, and her excuse that she needs to provide for her children is nothing more than that — an excuse. Period. Jon has decided that he missed his single days and now he wants to relive the days of his youth. Boo-hoo, Jon, but you’re a little late. Suck it up — we all have a sob story.

  Either one of these two supposed grown-ups could have halted the shooting long ago. They had enough money to support their family after the first few hour-long specials, just not enough to live like they wanted to. They were greedy at the expense of their children and their marriage. So, when is enough enough??

  Maria says those of us who bash them are envious, and we have no right to judge them because we don’t live with them. Sorry, not so. They invited us into their home every week, the fans and the critics alike. Would we all like to have more money than we do? Sure. Would we sell our souls to get it? Probably not…

• MARIS FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!

  • LOL Rachel! You’d better hear my views on politics first… I’d start by firing everyone in Congress who’s taking money from special interests to delay reforming healthcare — which is pretty much everyone!

    • Maris so right about … yes they did invite us into their homes and lives. And then when the heat is on… we shouldnt have an opinion, WRONG!… we do. They are all for us watching them and keeping quiet so thier ratings stay on top. Im just laughing abit how Jon got Kate at her own game… thru her $$$$$…. Kate says she needs money to bring up her kids, well maybe she can buy her old house back and have lower house payments and go to work! THere are many people who have lots of kids who dont pimp them out.

      And the remark from Maria about them wanting one more and having mulitples well come on Kate is/was a nurse, dont tell me she wasnt aware of the chances of having more than one were more than likely.

      NO EXCUSE TO BE VERBALY ABUSIVE…….

• I also wanted to say like others have here before …. Shame on TLC
  they care about ratings and money. Where are they in all of this, do they offer counsiling do they care about this family these 8 lives? They should have stopped this show when Jon and Kate were having problems and let them work them out however the way they saw best, together or apart.

  Kate just sent out some press thingy , saying the kids dont mind doing the show… well heck no , thats all they know! Theyve been doing since they could open their mouths! In this whole divorce Kate has gotten some great PR people , telling her to act 180 degrees diff than she did with Jon.
  If she can do things now that Jon isnt there , why couldnt she help more when he was!? And make life easier for the whole family ?

• do these people not remember where they came from if it wasn’t for the children they wouldn’t have near what they have now. EXPLOITING THERE CHILDREN? Who would have thunk?????

  • AND if it wasnt for the public watching their show . But Im sure they (Kate) sees it differently. Im all out of words on this.

    How do you all feel about Jon wanting to take control of his life again? Right/wrong? Ive heard others say about being on reality shows there are no books to prepare you for what lies ahead. And its overwhelming, without a
    “support system” on hand they got taken over big time.

    I feel ( hope) Jon loves his kids enough to go ahead and take this step.
    Just my thoughts… whats yours?

• Jon was on Larry King last night. I do feel that he most likely stopped production of the show due to the fact that they dropped him off of it. If that’s what it takes who cares. These kids need to live a normal life and the parents need to get regular jobs to support them. Kate needs to sell that million dollar home, cars, jons NY condo etc. Sorry people your 15 minutes of fame is over, so get over it. Raise your children in a normal enviroment. You can’t give them away like you did the dogs!

• Jon was treated just like those dogs, when he was done being boss’d around and swatted on his fanny on the show she sent him back to the kennel too. I think it’s a shame when people really do have to work hard to support there family’s that she continues to make sweeeeet $$$$$ stating family values, religion, and good mothering skills. Always seen a boss on tv not a good mother, Jon was a good mother.

• I saw Larry King last night too, Rachel. I agree his motive may be questionable — dropped from the show’s title, hit Kate where it hurts ($$$), sudden epiphony, new onset of family values, or all of these and more. He does seem to love his children, though, and I totally agree with him that he needs to get his kids off TV. Funny that his primary complaint against Kate is that he wants filming stopped and she wants it to continue “for the benefit” of the kids. Hmm… Who shall I side with?? I do believe she has him out-lawyered, courtesy of TLC. Those were some fancy statements “she” put out. Did you hear Jon when he shook his head and said “typical”? I knew exactly what he meant…

  He DOES seem to certainly have grown a pair without Kate around to keep him neutered! And did you notice that Larry didn’t have to correct his speech even once??

  Jon is exactly right, whatever his reason and however bad his timing. Get those kids OFF TV while there’s still time for them to have a normal life, whatever that may now be…

• Like I’ve said before there was a reason why God did not let Kate get pregnant the natural way. Jon also got a taste of freedom after ten years and went wild. On the last episode of season four we all remember Jon said I don’t want to do the show anymore but Kate said she did. End of discussion so Jon thought. Then better late then never Jon came to his senses and found a way to stop the show. He didn’t have legal representation before. Yes I think Jon got caught up in the freedom from Kate and that money aloud him that chance to live away from her, but all of us who watched the show know that out of the two Jon allowed those kids to be kids as much as he could with the control freak around. His first step was to get away from her first now he can change things for his kids. He is even talking to Jodi and Kevin again can you imagine how excited the kids will be to see Aunt Jodi again and their cousins. To the one who commented about not wanting Jodi to be in her family You have got to be kidding. Jodi and Kevin gave of themselves unselfishly all the time!!!!! If you saw Larry King you heard Jon’s lawyer say that the paper work was filed before it came out that they were only going to use Jon once in awhile. Kate has been sceeming to find a way to get rid of Jon so she could have full custody and all the money for herself. Those kids don’t know what it’s like to work for all the perks and trips they get. When all of the attention and always having to be going and doing bead work etc. ends what will those kids think because their mother has made this the norm for them.

• remember when Jon stated last year he wanted to quit filming and Kate waved her hand in his face and said oh yes will will go on filming.

  Kate has one set of rules in life- Kate’s rules . She is truely arrogant.

  She goes on tv and sheds a tear or two and now is human. I dont think so. She is all an act. Ive seen on other blogs people call her pure evil and the devil in deisguise.

• Julie, Maris. I know Jodi and Kevin were very good to Kate and Jon,but to turn on your family !!! (they got paid to say the things they said) but you think thats OK!!!!! NOBODY says anything about 18 kids and counting,or the family from NEW JERSEY .they are all making MONEY to feed their kids, like I said the MEDIA twists things around.

  • Jodi and Kevin were taken off the show because Kate didn’t want tlc to pay them. Jodi and Kevin had seen what the show was doing to the kids and wanted them to stop filming. Isn’t that what most of us want for the kids? Jodi said the kids would come to her and say they didn’t want the cameras around anymore. Maybe they stayed on the show for 4 years without getting paid so the kids could have family members in their lives that were normal.

  • Maria hey hey hey hold on a one minute I have never made on statement about Kevin and Jodie being unkind,so dont try to include me in this. I never watched the show 18 and counting so why would I make a statement? So keep all your exclamtion makrs to yourself. Try reading the blog before you go attacking me or anyone else here. This blog page was about Jon and Kate . Maria before you go saying people said things they didnt get your facts straight! THANK YOU

  • I’ll just add to what Julie said by saying I’d tend to believe Jodie and Kevin a lot sooner than I would Kate, but you defend her all you like. Anyone remember the drive-by bloggers of the old days who used to all but cuss us out for discussing the rumors about J&K divorcing saying it just wasn’t true and it was just US being bitches?? Oh, wonder where they’ve all gone lately…

    • Aint that the truth!

      And as for Kevin and Jodie, I would have put a lot more belief in their story if they would have come out with their story BEFORE Jodie was kicked off the show.

      I wonder how much they got paid for their interviews, I’m sure the didn’t do them for free.

• I so happy Jon is deciding to stop the show. The children are growing up. They feel the rejection, the feel the aloneness due to camera’s. Kate wants their behavior to be perfect and that’s impossible. With Jon & Kate going through a divorce will be way too emotional and scary for the whole family. How can they express their true feelings with a bunch of peopl around. Plus with the kids being in school you just know that they will receive harassment from the kids who are always cruel, and there are some in absolutely every school. Thanks Jon

• I have another comment. During the show Kate foundst every way possible to put down Jon in front of the kids. I went through a bad divorce, with a man who did drugs, was a alcholic and didn’t want to work. I never discussed him with my children and if I said something it was possitive in some way even if it was hard. I don’t believe Kat can do that with class and dignity. When the kids get older they will ask questions because they experienced the breakup. Don’t push one parent again another because instead of safe and well adjusted kids they will become the opposite, and end up hating their parents. Kate has never done that since the kids were born and sadly she will pay the price in one form or another.

• I can understand the cameras might be an intrusion on the kids lives but how do you think Kate + Jon’s child support is going to be able to support 8 kids when the money is gone?

  I would like to hear some responses??? Really. Jon doesn’t have a formal education and he won’t work and when he did it wasn’t a high paying job. Even Kate who was a nurse can not support 8 kids on what a nurse makes.

  How do we, you, us think they are going to be able to support them?

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• I don’t understand your thought, Big Daddy. Back in the 1970’s a woman in Philly had a litter of kids. Her hubby walked out. She didn’t go on TV. The kids got raised, not in the style these kids have come to know, but they grew up like everyone does.

  There are lots of families with lots of kids who grow up, go to college and have a happy life without having a TV show where both parents exploit them for money. When the money is gone, the house is gone, the gifts are gone, these children will stand a chance to be whomever they are suppose to be without us looking on and documenting the mess their parents have made.

  The twins already look unhappy, and have for a long time. They knew something was wrong but couldn’t express what it was. The parents will have to figure out how to get them raised without TV. That’s not our responsibility. In my opinion, the boys and Cara would be better off being raised by Jon and the others by Kate. I managed to raise 4 children alone, a woman without a man’s wages, like so many women do. Actually, 4 more kids would not have made much of a difference. Once you have a roof over you head the rest comes easy.

  No, they wouldn’t have matching clothes. They might have hand me downs from other people. Making a big pot of pasta goes a long way…adding 4 more would only mean no leftovers. The might have to attend public school. My kids went to a private school and I paid plenty for it so they would be taken care of and not thrown into the pot when there was no parent at home..because, I had to work 2 jobs.

  Kate could make $45. an hour as a nurse. It might knock the chip off her shoulder.

  If Jon doesn’t work and pay court ordered support, he’ll go to jail. WE don’t want to pay for his kids. Since the court order is in Montco, they are hard on child support. I know, my support order was there. I witnessed my X’s expensive overcoat being rolled up and shoved in a bag as he was hauled away to jail for constantly withholding the support for his kids while off on a vacation to Egypt or Russia. Of course, Kate will have to come up with HER half…she doesn’t get off free and if she makes more then Jon, she will pay more.

  Frankly I don’t care how they get raised as long as its not on the tube where their lives are destroyed in every newspaper, magazine and the internet. They’ll have to learn to do without like most other kids already do.

  If the money has been invested for them, none of this means anything since they’ll always have money.

• I agree that they don’t NEED to live in a lavish lifestyle. But I’m just talking about basics for life.

  If Kate was makeing $45 an hour thats pretty good. However, I never heard what kind of nurese she was but of the ones that I know personally the most experienced and well paid one I know only made $30 and that was with yers of experiene.

  Jon, even if he got a job would only have to pay 20% max if what I understand is right.

  But I’m just talking about the things other than electricity and water. I guess they could all live in a 3 bedroom house the 5 girls in one room and 3 boys in the other. By law, at their age, or atleast in texas boys and girls have to be seperated by a certian age.

  Child care would be out of site. Food bill would be crazy, even with coupons. Electricity and water would also be out of site with 8 kids, 8 baths etc…

  Other than going on welfare I don’t see how they would be able to supoprt their family without the show and welfare is only supposed to be a temporary solution.

  If the kids knew they wouild all have to live in a 3 bedroom house. Wear hand-me-downs. Couldn’t go anywhere because of the cost of gas and maintanince on a vehicle capable of transproting them all, so there goes all or any extra activities. They would be pretty much restricted to school and home. I think the kids would rather be in front of the cameras.

  I hope that at-least Kate planned for the future and made some wise investments.. If so they may be ok. Other wise the family will end up having to depend on others for their survival and will become a drain on the states finances.

  I personally belive that after the show is over, and yes I do believe it won’t be much longer, Kate will go on to do something else in TV..

  http://www.chattertongegossip.com

• Big daddy, did you ever hear of being frugal. First of all they would have to sell their house, cars, the condo in new york. And no more organic food. Kate wouldn’t be able to dress in designer clothes and the kids clothes would have to come from walmart or target and not a cute speciality store in a quaint town. Lucky for them the childrens college education is paid for and that is the biggest expense that they would have. As far as daycare if Kate wasn’t such a bitch and had some family and friends they could help them out. But we all know how she’s too good for everyone. It can be done on 2 paychecks and who knows what type of nurse kate is and what the pay scale is. As for Jon so what he didn’t go to college I’m sure he could find some decent paying job or jobs for both of them. Let’s just hope they have good medical insurance because those kids are definately going to need counceling for a long time.

  • rachel very good post. She can stop going to STARBUCKS!!!!!!! that place is $$$$… they can move back to their old house. Isnt it still for sale?

    Kate can now accept hand me downs ( that dont match )

    She made her own greedy mess I hope she chokes on it!

• In Pa., the nurses make $45. without a lot of experience. You’ll find wages in NY, Pa. Ca. more then in other places. When I raised my kids, I gave the master bedroom to them and I took the smallest room. Single Mom’s often have to take the back seat for the kids. Rentals in Pa. have rules, but not home owners. For that matter, Kate could sleep on the sofa.

  Public school kids in Pa. get to go on class trips to lots of places. These kids are no better than any other. Most kids do NOT get to travel the country and stay in expensive places.

  Nothing wrong with hand me downs. I bet if you asked Cara to wear used cloths and have her dad back in the house..she would say yes in a heart beat!

  We live in an area where food is cheap off the Amish farms. Where menonites have stores with great food buys. Where Menonites have wonderful thrift stores. The Dilly kids were raised in a modest home and they are NICE, HAPPY teenagers.

  Kate is not a movie star. Sharon Osborne tried to feed off her famous hubby(Ozzy) and have her own talk show…she failed. Without cute young sextuplets, Kate is NO ONE SPECIAL. I say, get your butt out to work and raise your kids…stop thinking your someone…YOU ARE NOT KATE.

  Your wrong, go to PA. child support. Support is on a scale and both parents pay equal to what they earn. If the dad doesn’t want to work, he goes to jail instead.

  Child care in this case could have been family & friends…she is the one who ruined that..but soon the twins can step into that role.

  The area where Kate lives is mostly well water..free. Low income families get help with utilities and heat, but with all that has been made, I don’t think they would be considered LOW INCOME.

  Give me a break! Most kids only have school & home.

  • great post Holee – I agree with you…. and what rachel said . If Kate didnt push her family aside Im sure they would have loved to help out. Jon said he was sorry to Kate , but I think she thinks she is above him and something special.
    NOT………Holee like you said there are plents of single moms and households with two parents who make sacrifices for their kids , like you did with the bedroom. She is a nurse she had to know the odds of her having just one more baby was not really going to happen.
    You know how we talk here about her correcting Jon english and sentences, well I remember an episode she , was talking about a horse being led around by its leash, arent horses on bridles? She always an excuse for why SHE wants something or NEEDS something and most of the time it sounds so lame. She just thinks she is entitled to everything!

• No disrespect to anyone here, but these two people are NOT going to get ordinary jobs — not now, and especially NOT Kate. They’re going to be TV reality stars, even if it’s on the D-list. Their names have been out there so long now that someone will offer them something, trust me, even if it isn’t what they’d like. Jon will wind up on something like “Bachelor Dad” like he was talking about (or something designed just for him) and Kate ALREADY has a new show with Paula Dean in the works, something about frying organic butter neatly where she’ll correct Paula’s slang and southern drawl. Kate work as a nurse wiping butts?? Give me a break! Not to mention that she’s at least 4 years behind the times. Things change quickly in medicine — I know, I was an RN in ICU for 23 years, and if you want to make the good money, you’ve GOT to stay sharp. By now, Kate’s as sharp as a spoon… And the biggest reason she won’t backtrack to nursing is that the only cameras are closed circuit!

  Welfare, Big Daddy?? Are you serious?? When was the last time you had your bodyguard drive you from your mansion to the food stamps office?? Pul-eeze… Welfare is for people in need, not people in greed. Kate would have to revert to a modest lifestyle before she would even be considered, and you couldn’t pry her from that million dollar house with a crowbar.

  Nope, they’re destined to be in the cameras’ spotlights with a nanny or three to finish raising the kids, especially Kate. If Jon wants to work an ordinary job, his child support will be set in accordance with what he makes — which probably won’t be enough to pay for Kate’s hair bleach. She’ll have endless opportunities to bash Jon for his immoral lifestyle, not contributing enough, thus not being as good a parent as she is, talk about how she’s been victimized, how she doesn’t understand what went wrong, yak, yak, yak… all while being paid to say it into a camera… or write about it in her next book…

  They’ll BOTH make more money than any of us, if nothing else than from the reruns. So long as Jon sticks to his guns, the kids will be spared from further filming and one day may become anonymous… IF they’re lucky. If not, I suppose they can follow in mommy’s and daddy’s footsteps and be on “Celebrity Rehab” or the likes…

  • very goood post Maris, and yes that makes total sense. I was laughing so hard at the “Kates hair bleach” hhahah ! Youre right they will not fade away. Kate totally got a taste of the good life..( I mean its all for the kids) cough cough.
    RIGHT! Its all for the kids when none of them wanted her to sit next to them on the train episode. All this comes at a cost…….. 1. screwed up kids
    2. being alone -what man in his right mind would want her ? So in the end she will be lonely.

• remember when she went to get her belly done (free) like everything else and wanted the doctor to do her breast too?

  • Isn’t that the doctor whose daughter is now dating Jon?? I think it is. Guess there was something in it for Jon too…

• First Maris let me say, as a for ICU nurse you should be aware that typing such a long comment might put you at risk of developing Corpal Tunnel.

  Second, I realize that its hard for you to see the comment I left on the computer from that lofty perch you sit on, but if you would have read it you would have seen where it says, when and if all the money is gone….

  I agree that they won’t go back to being regular people having regular jobs unless they have no choice… But others have had to do it before.
  Look at:
  Jerry Mathers
  Tony Dow
  The girl from different strokes
  Gay Coleman
  etc….

  Sometimes it does happen even though people still know who they are…

  • No, guess I didn’t see that in the first post. I was busy reading your second post where you line out some plans for supporting a family that Kate would laugh her ass off at. You seriously think Kate is going to blow through all her money, sell her mansion, and apply for welfare causing you to have to pay for her with your taxes?? I think your tin-foil hat has slipped to the side again…

    And what’s with this “lofty perch” dig — did I yank your chain? You must be cranky from tending to that dog someone ran over…

• Okay….It is expensive to raise children…With or without Brand name clothes. Health insurance????Dental insurance….??/ What about Braces. or even school books…Daycare…Or how about protection for you children? I am sure Kate has money put away for these children. And has been thinking about the future. So if the show is over…then her kids will be looked after. I am sure she will get a job she she need more money. But as for Jon….you better start looking because child support for eight kids will cost you. And don’t forget you spoiled rich girl that will be with you only until the money is gone. Jon is you don’t put a lid on your stick…you maybe paying for more kids…

  • MAMA MAW,
    NOW THAT IS A GOOD COMMENT!

• There house was originally on the market for 2.8, they got for low 1 something. (TLC foots the difference)

  She pays nothing for the kids clothes and wont let them really play so she can resell them.

  She pays nothing for the kids haircuts.

  She pays nothing for their dental work.

  Can anyone say Juicy Juice, Clorox, and Allstate. (drinks, all of her cleaning supplies, home and vehicle insurance free)

  She has “coupons” for local building store, grocery, and bulk food store. (free, free, and oh yeah, free.)

  They got their van for free.

  They pay no travel expenses (private plane from tlc for “family trips” included)

  I would almost bet she has a clothing allowance from tlc. can’t have the princess running around in “real” clothes. thats too much reality for reality t.v.

  and they do have nursing jobs at night and on weekends allowing one parent to be with kids all the time. lets not forget, these kids aren’t babies anymore. full-time school, after school care, a lot of us make do and make ends meet.

  precious kate. . . PUKE!!!!!!!!!!!

• Yes, they are in the news again. Jon took two hundred thousand from their joint bank account and left one thousand. People.com has the story. The picture of Kate is priceless. We hear more about this family then what is going on with the war.

  • AOL reports that Jon left her with “only” $100 grand in their “regular” savings account. I doubt they even know there are two wars going on that don’t involve them…

• uhm… so much for keeping a low profile and keeping the kids away from this whole mess aye? …

• GET THE SHOW OFF THE AIR, PEOPLE WON’T BE WATCHING ANYWAY.
  GET THE SHOW OFF THE AIR.

• Kate called into The View this morning to whine about how broke she is and what a pig Jon is, and she started her conversation by saying “this is the worst thing I can imagine talking about…” Really, Kate!?! Really!?! Jon taking some money that you’ll probably get right back is the absolute WORST thing that you can imagine talking about?? I’m sorry, but this self-absorbed greedy bitch makes me want to puke out loud. I think some mothers and wives of soldiers in those OTHER two wars can probably imagine much worse things, along with ordinary parents of children with swine flu or some other dangerous ailment. Can she be any more transparant??

  She went on to say she’d “work at McDonald’s” if she had to — which proves to me that she’s a pity whore. If she were serious about working, she’d have said she’d go back to work in a nursing position if she had to. But NOOooo… Kate at McDonald’s has a much more pathetic visual for her vast fan base…

  I agree with Jan — GET THIS SHOW OFF THE AIR!!

• I bet in six months..the show willl be over. No more freebies. The lawyers will bleed them dry. Jon will not have any young girl chasing him.. They will have to sell their house–move into a smaller one. Both have to work to support there kids. Oh well….I will feel sorry for any women(rich or poor) who is stuck with a man like jon. If you are unhappy get out don’t go chasing, drinking and behaving like a teenage boy. grow up…Kate get a reality check…you will have to get a job to pay for your kids. Every other women who is left with no money does.

  • Likewise, I feel bad for any man who is stuck with a shrew like Kate. She moved him into the apartment above the garage BEFORE he began to cheat on her. The show may be over (the one with the kids in it, anyway) and Jon will probably use the most of that $200K on HIS lawyer (Kate’s is compliments of TLC — he said so on Larry King) and a lot of the freebies may dry up, but if Kate EVER has to utter the words “Would you like fries with that??”, you can bet there’ll be a camera filming it…

• Ok the View was pathetic today with those women sticking up for kate. That money was jon’s as much as it is kate’s. As far as 200,000.00 well that’s pocket change for them. Now she doesn’t have a job because jon’s stopped production of the show. Boo Hoo. Poor Kate. She’s a pathetic baby. Oh and by the way I’m done with the View she’s on way too much.

  • Rachel, did you notice that when Lisa Ling (or is it Laura? — I get them mixed up) tried pressing Kate on why she wanted to continue filming the kids during a messy divorce, Barbara Waawaa politely shut her down and went to a commercial??

    (That’s as far as I watched…)

• Yes, I did see that . Actually I watched it online. I don’t think they played it from the very beginning. I can’t stand that Barbara Waawaa. That’s what she did to Rosie O’donnell when she didn’t like her opinion. Go to commercial!

• Don’t feel sorry for this women they have 11 bank accounts. McDonalds won’t be seeing her pretty face anytime soon.

  Read people.com for another update.

• 11 bank accounts!!!!!? what??? oh my lord…. Maris you should write a book…….. youre too funny! rachel, did they say that on People they have that many accounts?……..Kate working at Mcdonalds … ha!
  She really dresses to the nines now! always different shoes , jewelery
  bags, everything…. she eve pumps her own gas!!! She is not humble at all.. she was abit in the beginning ……… but that left quickly! she makes me sick!

• Which one of you would be blaming Kate if your husband had drawn out the money needed for paying bills and you had no other source of income? And he stoped the production of the source they had?
  I’ve been in a position where my husband held the paycheck and I could not pay the bills, It is very scary…
  She has no reason to lie about what Jon did, what would it benefit her? I hope he goes to jail for drawing out more than his share of their money..
  He is a very messed up person..Needs to get a job and some backbone..

  • Very scary, Mae. Too many parents have been left ‘out there’ with zero dollars to pay the bills, as a result of family breakdown. I hear that. It’s devastating.

    Jon and kate’s story however, would seem a tad twisted. and far more ‘apples and oranges’ than what the mainstream experience would tell.

    Common now… Celebrity Drama hardly mimics real life.

    Kate has plenty of cash and it’s all just tabloid frenzy.

    My intuition has always ‘flagged’ crazy abusive wife. Even years ago, when they first debuted.

    She presents as a personality disorder. Reason to lie? Most definitely.

    Jon has his stuff to work through too, I’m sure.

    You failed to mention the children…

  • You made the statement that Kate had no reason to lie. She had absolutely every reason to lie. I’m a woman who raised two boys alone and I know it’s not easy. I rode the poverty road every week, not just paycheck to paycheck but paycheck to half a paycheck.
    This woman is the most manipulative, hateful woman I have ever seen. I can’t even stand to see in a picture anymore. She may have cared about her family at one point very early on, but that is not her pushing force now. It’s about Kate, what Kate wants, Kate will get and no one will stand in her way. Those children will end up hating her for how their precious lives were broad-casted all over the world and she wouldn’t give in and stop it. Yes, all parents make mistakes but this is so “right in her face” and she’s damned determine to win. In the end she will lose, lose the love she should have been nurturing during these most important years. I see it all over one of the twin girls. She feels so neglected, pushed aside, in so much competition, and Kate seems to be stepping all over that and her daughter. Kate is in the lime light now, but the day will come when it’s all over, all her youth is gone and she’ll have to answer to her neglect one way or another. Shame, Shame on her and may the Lord up above have mercy on those children who are caught up in her scheme.

    • no way!!!! kate was and is still a great mom,she has so much stress on her now bcz she worries all the time about jon being a bad influence on the kids and worrying if they r ok while he is around. she is the one taking care of their needs while jon bs’s around like a 20 yr old.

  • i agree,jon is a screwed up person,he destroyed everything they had built up 4 their kids,now he doesnt care about anything but his own selfish desires.

    • JON selfish?? JON screwed up the good thing Kate had going?? Wow, just wow…

    • hahah Maris , Im with you laughing on this one! *wink wink* ……….

• Yes, Julie on People.com the whole article of he said she said. It’s quite funny. Anyway, Jon said that they have 11 accounts. I wonder if people who work at McDonalds are insulted by her comment? I know that I would be be. After all what is wrong with working at Mcdonalds if it puts food on the table. I worked at Target and made 8.oo an hour and was told that Mcdonalds pays more than that.

• Mae, If it’s or on the bank account it goes to either one.

• i think everything she say is not true one way or another. since the begening where is all her family why is her family not with her while she is “suffering” i think she is hidden allot of things an attitude.

• Both of these “adults” need to keep quiet – that’s why they have high-priced lawyers to speak for them. Please do not continue to air your dirty laundry in public — your kids are likely to hear about it.

• Thank you Kiki for being the only person with any common sense!

• when Jon gets a “BACKBONE” thats not good for you Kate lovers! I think everyone wants him to act like a coward in a corner somewhere and do and say nothing. Marisela you said something I think is interesting,I think Kate has hidden alot of truths also, knowingly or not knowling she needs help , she really does. She is too self centered for one person. This attitutide she has that everything is due to her , THAT is what makes me sick. She is not living in the real world with her constant digs and criticisms. I feel she is unhappy, truely unhappy about something. Maybe her Father didnt love her enough.
  I just would like to say I dont think all of Jons actions have been smart ones, but I feel for the guy who was brow beaten for years. From what TLC showed us Kate was never happy with anything he tried to do. She always had some smart mouth comment to make. Who knows what years of that kind of abuse can do to a person. My friend and I had a conversatation about this , she feels he wasnt abused , well I do.No one needs to be treated that way in an adult realationship.
  Im not here to tell anyone how to feel, these are just my opnions.

  Take care all……… :)

  • WOW Julie as far as smart mouth comments, you sure have a mouth on you.What makes you any different than Kate? Because You don’t like what she has to say?You have an opinion why can’t Kate? Is it because she’s a public figure? How would you feel if you couldn’t feed your kids??And you think it’s o.k for Jon to drain the bank account? How are the kids going to have their needs fulfilled? Doesn’t anyone see what a tool Jon is? He lives in New York City(not cheap) not to close to the kids if they needed him..He’s dating a hard partying 22 year old. And what 22 wants to be step-mom to 8 kids when all they do is party? I’m not a fan of either Jon or Kate, and I do agree Kate might not have treated Jon very well when the kids were little. But who do you know that has 8 kids? I can tell you I love my husband but if we had 8 kids and he acted like the 9th, well he would be treated just like Jon.. And how was your relationship with Your father? Julie. ask yourself

    • Renee I have mostly commented on what I saw on the show not what is in the tabloids, who knows what is really true or not. I just mostly commmented on what I saw with my own to eyes since day one. I havent watched this season so I dont anything that has gone on there. If you would read the whole blog youd see I have said Jon is not an angel he has done things wrong also. What Ive said is ( and others here ) I can see why Jon acted like he did after many years of Kate treating him like she did. I have no idea who took money out or any of that and I have not commented on it. And of couse I wouldnt want anything to happen to their children.If you go back and read the whole blog Ive said that over and over . Ive always said I hope those kids are going to be ok and hope nothing bad happens to them.As far as my father goes not that its any of your business he was a kind person, built us a ice skating rink in the winter and had a nice swimming pool for us in the summer. Worked hard and was a wonderful dad. Was always in our lives until his passing a few years ago.

    • oh yes why am I such a smart mouth? I havent said any mean things to anyone here if someone posts something I might not like I just dont respond. Im not here for that.j
      Just because you think Jon is a “tool” (what kind of word is that ) dont take it out on me. I thought him moving to New York also was silly, but then again you didnt read that did you?You cant just come here and read one or two posts and think you know what someone is talking about.And for him dating and who is dating I dont respond much to that its all tabloid things, like Ive said I mostly comment on the show and the shows that I have seen.
      What kind of question is that to ask me who do I know that has 8 kids? My partner comes from a family of 6 boys and one girl and they didnt have hand outs and freebies she was a stay at home mom too , the dad worked and kept the family going. Without expensive trips and such . Every Sunday they packed up HOMEMADE sandwiches and fruit and drinks and went for a day ride and that was it. Nothing fancy or expensive. NO “crooked houses” no trips to Hawaii,no ring with 8 diamonds and mother of pearl.Their uncle owned a grocery store and sometimes they got free potatoes. As for Jon acting like the 9th kid thats your opinion not mine. I saw him working and doing things for Kate on all the episodes while she barked out orders and was always negitive. Read abit more before you come here try to say I have a smart mouth. I have been and always will be sympathic for those children!

    • oh yes and one more thing my partner is a hard working guy who is a director of a company with customers all over the world. He did just fine with parents who loved them and didnt feel the need to buy him and his siblings love.All his brothers and his sister have done really well with their lives and very accomplished , going to school abroad and working abroad. Being loving parents themselves. All on their own- NO HANDOUTS….

    • Julie….don’t let anyone get to you…you’re posts are right on! I know you have watched the shows and know what you are talking about. Keep it up, you are doing well!

    • Me agree with Me.

    • Renee, I don’t fully disagree with your thoughts about Jon or Kate, but the way I see this reality (if thats what it can be called) JON-has been controlled and degraded for so long…he is lost and trying to find himself and some comfort in life. He will stumble and fall, and at this point lash out to protect himself. Can you say you wouldn’t? Seems to me Kate is now working on this ‘new concept’ of only her on the TV show. Is this another visious attack so she can cut Jon out of the shows proceeds? Put some thought into that one.
      Kate is an opportunist! Julie is only voicing what is obvious. Both my parents have many siblngs…11 on dads side and 13 on moms. Both grew up poor and without the things we take for granted….but with so much love within- I honestly think that having the show was a good decission to support the family….at first. It was Kate who made it the most important part of their life. Remeber, Jon continued to keep his job for how long???? I am finding that these bad decissions are being brought on by Kate in many ways. But I think she has made some good decissions also.
      Bank accounts- one each for the kids, joint checking, joint savings….other is probably a retirement fund. What is wrong with that?
      BUT…Jon is entittled to half of everything, so if he needs to tap into the funds he should. I can’t see him ever touching any of the childrens accounts.
      Kate may have wrote the million dollar book…but Jon was also a part of it/even if only as the supportive husband.
      Poor Julie! Your are being attacked for being a normal mother and wife. These children are your relative and you only want whats best for them. This is obvious by watching how you parent. As far as your family life…back off you guys! Why would we attack Julie? This is about Jon and Kate. As far as Julie getting paid for her role in the show…isn’t she entitled? Every entity in corp america is paid for their services and appearances…..

    • Please, she can feed her kids! I know what it’s like to not be able to feed my kids, I’ve been there, but this is so out of proportion, it’s amazing really. Who knows what she’s got stashed away. We know nothing, nothing at all! Again this is media, media hipes up things and blows absolutely everything out of one word.
      As far as Kate goes, she’s just angry that all the money isn’t all hers.

  • I have to agree here…Kate tends to dictate everything Jon should do, think, say and probably even feel. I tend to cringe when she speaks to him so I could only immagine how Jon would feel/especially when she did it on national tv….didn’t she see there was something wrong with it? She is a ‘grown up’ right?
    Kate is truely an actress…its all in the way she walks and fake laughs etc….all too obvious to me.
    It is good that Jon is no longer there. Brow bashing-no. He was continually verbally abused! Each episode she became more abusive and Jon finally had enough…I don’t even speak to my dog that way

    • Kim S ,youre right she is an actress. She can turn on those tears for her interviews now. Also that show goes all over the world, think what people in other countries think? Her and her maddness over coupons to him, him putting together the beds for the little ones and her freaking out about naps. Her slapping him all the time. Telling him to get hair plugs, loose weight so he would look when they met. Yelling in public at him. And the list goes on…. She is not teaching her girls how to treat thefuture male partners. Or her boys on how to be treated in a realtionship. She never said please, even Jon said to her something about that . She might end up a lonely woman if she doesnt learn how to treat people.

  • Thank you Julie!!! I stand right with you on your comments. I like Jon a lot and yes he has made mistakes but I truly believe in him and why he did what he did. In the beginning she said she set out to get him and ended up breaking the relationship he was in. He was young and still is. Her demanding personality must have been horrid to deal with. If she knocked him down like she did on this show, then she tried her best to take over his personality. There are some men when young and marry, do everything within themselves to make the wife happy, anything. Even woman alive knows how demanding a woman can get, if they’re honest!!!!! He had said on numerous occasions that he loved his job and working. Maybe he didn’t make enough, but other people make it. She took away any sense of dignity this man had. In her eyes he was worthless because he wasn’t a millionaire. The show ended up airing such crap! Like they didn’t have help, she became a cry baby, poor Kate! Well I never bought it! I’ve seen too many of women like her, that end up destroying everything and everyone in her path to gain what she wants, and her appetite was never satisfied. I’m sure she has done her bout with stepping out, she’s just a better concealer than Jon was. She’s a pro. If there would ever be anyone in her life he’d have to be a millionaire, and honestly I can’t think of anyone who would ever want a hateful woman as she is. I’m sure he went through hell when she became pregnant with 6. Can you even imagine the things she must have said to him to degrade him. People need to know that there are abusive women. Men don’t hold all the keys. I became a single Mother of two because of abuse. It is not easy to hold your head up high when someone is cutting, slicing you into bits with words. I’ve lived it! Jon is no different!! In the end if he went to outside sources for love and friendship and its because he was starving!! I just can’t see any intimacy she may have given him or attention. She almost devoured him alive, but he reached a point of pure survival and honestly, I do not blame him in the least, even for the mistakes he made. Her on the other hand, doesn’t deserve mercy any longer.
    When will women get it! Men are subjects of abuse too! Maybe not as often, but it does happen!!! Women get educated!!

    • Thank you very much, Hannah! Couldn’t have said it better myself!

    • I have 4 step children. 3 boys and a daughter. We ride quads together…act like children together and we adults are 49 and 50…sometimes the kids just look at us like we are insain/jumping in a mud puddle, standing in the rain or pushing each other from the porch into the rain. So I guess that I do not feel Jon is inmature at all. Just having some fun. Life is such a wonderful thing. Enjoy it.
      Kate screams at a bug…acts as if cleanliness is her main goal. Her house is no cleaner than mine….seems pretty fake to me just like so many other things she says and does. Where is her family???? Mine is always around (sometimes too much) Sundays consist of BBQ with all my ‘now grown’ step children-their friends, and friends of mine. Always a house full on the weekends. Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Kate having a friend, and don’t see her family there. Its neighbors who had given her a hand in the beginning…now its hired help. Did she becoming demanding to the charity help she was receiving too?

    • KimS I think that all the time what you’ve asked, where is her family , she pushed them all away and friends also.Jon was more let them get dirty and be kids , have fun. You always see him kissing and hugging his children.
      Kim she is left with hired help , thats it. What man is going to want to be with her , in her demands and put downs and sarcasm.

      Youre right life is to be enjoyed and goes by so quickly.Kate has missed somethings Im sure because of her crazy ADD or whatever she has. I like to be organized dont get me wrong and Im sure she had to be with that many kids, but she went too far. Its her way or no way.

      Good luck with your family and keep enjoying them.

• I torchered myself again last night and watched the show. You guys need to tune in tonight. I believe they repeat last weeks and this weeks show. She (kate) was organizing the basement with hired help of course. From the beginning of the show when she met the women the uncorgial handshake was enough to get my blood pressure boiling. I always tell my kids when you meet someone and shake their hand look them in the eye and smile. I guess princesses don’t need to do that. Well, those kids are totally out of control. So selfish and rude! Worst than mady has ever been. Kate had a friend helping, yes i said “a friend”. Actually i think she said her “bestestest”? Whatever! She spoke quite often with her made up words and the show was pathetically about her.Oh and of course quite a few digs to Jon.

• OMG! I just watched the interview on today.com with Kate and Meridith. This women is full of BS! Blah, Blah, Blah. “Now i can’t pay my bills and put food on the table”. Well, maybe she shouldn’t have her nails done, designer shoes and dress. So why can’t she take money from one of the other 11 accounts they have?????

• They still are paying on first mortgage(old house) and second mortgage(new house) Total mortgage payment is about $775.000. No money coming in. Two ever expensive lawyers. Bills and eight kids to feed. You do the math. It won’t be long before they loose it all. Do you guys want them to drain there kids accounts. Which of the 8 of 11 should they drain. I am sure her clothes, nails, hair and shoes are all freebies. I think that we will learn how much money they do have or don’t.

• Seems to me, that Kate really needs a friend!!!! The Hatred that is in these blogs really turns my stomach, Yes she yelled at JON on TV and then they RENEWED THEIR VOWS.!! IF JON HATED KATE SO MUCH WHY DO IT. I think they are both to blame for the mess, it takes two to argue. BUT some people on this blog, BLAME EVERYTHING ON KATE!!!!!

  • Maria good question WHY DID THEY RENEW their vows? I never said I hated her I ve said I dont like how she has acted on tv.I have the right to my opinon and Ill state it here! Ive said in posts Jon hasnt always made the right choices so read what we say before you post negitive things. She doesnt need a friend, Kate is one person who is fine just by herself. She did have many to chose from where are they? GONE! She pused them out she didnt need them anymore. Jon is no saint by any means but Kate showed us on tv who she really was. She even said take me or leave me. I am who I am. Maria if Jon treated her tv even half the way she treated him and OTHERS . That show would have been off the air. Kate pushed her family and friends away….. for money and things and being a “celebrity”……………

• well its expensive to be going to Starbucks everyday … what are they 5 dollars a pop, and if the kid or kids she takes with her want something?
  hmmmmm whats that expression………. Karma ? she lost her humility and BOOM something comes back to bite your backside!

  Rememer the show where Jon takes her clothes shopping because she doesnt know what to buy for herself? ( that changed !) well she comes out with an outifit on and Jon says something like “oh thats really nice!”
  trying to be supportive… and she makes fun of how he says it in a mocking way. I was soo embarrassed for Jon at that moment. But I think people say he should grow some balls and say something back. Then HE wold be the abuser. Im glad he kept quiet at least on the show. SHE MAKES ME SICK!

• Maria, they renewed their vows because IT WAS FREE!!!!! Kate is out for Kate and only kate. You obviously haven’t watched the shows from the beginning. Can you imagine telling your husband in a live interview that he’s breathing too loud. He had to get hair plugs because she wanted him to look like he did 10 years ago. Can’t she accept him as he is??? No, not Kate because she wants perfection.
  Well Anonymous, I guess you don’t buy another house if you can’t sell your first house. They have plenty of money don’t you worry, those kids won’t starve.

• First of all no one really knows Jon and Kate and what goes on when the camera is off. I am really tired of people saying just stop the show. It started out as a one time special on them and then there was a follow-up special a year later. When they were offered the opportunity to do the show they had 8 children to feed and take care of. Who wouldn’t take the chance. As a couple they were very entertaining and I liked their sense of humor. I think many comments are based on jealousy becase “wake up” America, they have fame, money and opportunities that most families would love to have. The show itself just looks like home movies most of the time and the kids are just reacting to things they are lucky enough to get a chance to do. They don’t look like they are mistreated and you can tell that both Jon and Kate really love those kids.
  I hope they can work out their issues even if they can’t be married anymore. If the show ends, I hope Jon and Kate find careers that enable them to have the lives that they both will be happy with………I think it was and is a great show and not many people could have pulled it off like they did.

  • Char wooo hold on a sec Ive said it before Ill say it again IM NOT JEALOUS!! OF Kate or anyone else. I hope they can work out being good parents wither they are married or not ……….. for their kids….

• It just never ends — half of the drive-by bloggers seriously think Kate will starve and Jon is the entire problem, and the other half think anyone who can’t stomach Kate must surely be jealous. To both sides, I say wake up and smell the Starbucks!

  Think about this for a minute. You’re a celebrity in the middle of a divorce, you have a corporate lawyer, actually a law firm, and your spouse takes money out of the account without your knowledge. Wouldn’t the first thing you do be to call up the lawyer and see if what he did was legal and allowed?? Evidently it was, because why else would Kate go on this recent pity junket, hitting all the major talk shows? Is she asking people to send her money? No, she’s trashing Jon and looking for sympathy. She’s trying their divorce in the court of public opinion, and to hell with what the kids may hear now or later. Yep, she loves “those” kids, she’s sure to win mom of the millennium any day now…

  Evidently, she’s convinced some people that she’s penniless and on the door step of the poor house. No one ever questions her about her book sales, profits from the reruns, etc. I don’t buy it for a minute. Whether they have one bank account or eleven, I bet Kate has more hidden away that Jon doesn’t know about.

  I don’t condone the way Jon went about getting away from her, but I do believe he had to leave for his own sanity. I’ve heard her talk and I’ve heard him. She is an actress and a phoney, carefully parsing her words for maximum effect. Granted, he isn’t the sharpest crayon in the box, but he speaks from the heart. I wish them each exactly what they’ve earned and are destined to have: for her, lots of money and an adoring (albeit ignorant) fan base who’re sure to keep her in the spotlight one way or the other; for him, peace of mind and happiness with a woman who loves him for who he is. I have no idea how all the kids will end up, but I’m willing to bet that Kate will write a book and tell us all about it…

• I think KATE needs a friend! Their is soooooooooooo much hatred in these blogs for her. Give her a break, cut her some slack, if you can,t say anything nice,think about the kids reading these comments.The MEDIA Has done a hachet job on both these people. and you people believe all the crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I’ve just read some of the comments and I’m appauled!!! Shame on all of you. This is a marriage breaking down with 8 children . This started as a good idea to document the childrens lives and help them pay the bills. Kate, you’re doing a great job. Anyone with 8 kids can be condescending at times, we all says things out of stress and frustration and Jon, grow up!!! I was married to one like you, wah wah wah!!! You don’t just run away. You have responsibilities. But, if Kate’s as smart as I think she is, she can’t go back. I couldn’t,my view is, you must always go forward and good will come. Kate I love you and Jon, you’re okay too, but keep it away from the media. And all of you that listen to the media, STOP. They like to take a small story and make it big. And even if there’s something else going on, it’s probably none of your business!!!!

  • Shame on who? All of us who viewed the show, without whom this would be an ordinary mega-family going through a private divorce and no $millions to fight over?? Oh, ok… We should have all diverted our eyes from the media and not watched this family who chose to air their private lives and dirty laundry. Blame us, it’s all our fault. We should have stopped watching after the initial good idea of 2 documentaries. Well, can’t change the past, but we can turn off the show now, and many have.

    As for being appalled, what exactly did you expect to see on a gossip site? Hugs and kisses and well wishes? That’s all over on the Gosselin’s site where the posts are strictly monitored. Shame on you for not recognizing the freedom of speech and freedom of the press. As for telling us what we should and shouldn’t be watching, that’s none of YOUR business.

• I forgot, Aunt Jodi, nice of you to help, but if you were looking for something in return, then shame on you!!!

• here we go again none of our business……… but its our business to watch when its all honky dory right? whatever! Being on tv and us watching is our business they invited us in to watch and make them money. We cant have an opinon thats why people come to blogs!!! Like people say if you dont like the show dont watch it well if you dont like we we way dont stop here. And if you want to post something do but dont attack the people who also have something to say……

• Aunt Jodi should have been compensated for all that she did for that family. She would take the kids once a week so kate could have some time to herself. I’m sure those kids miss her.

• As predicted, this illegally produced show is blowing up in everyone’s face and all are to blame. Kate says she needs it and the kids are okay with it…is she for real and as if a 4 year old can calculate the future damage this is going to cause many of the kids. I see severe emotional, addidictions and behavious issues with many of the children and they are not too blame. SHAME ON TLC, Kate and now Jon for being absolute nutters for not shutting everything down and getting real jobs. This train wreck is going to be real sad to watch over the years and I boycott all TLC CRAP.

• great post diane!

  I watched the Duggars and their ?? whatever amt of kids. Although I don’t agree with having that many children, they are one nice family.
  The wife talks to her husband with total respect and the children are all helpful and very kind to each other. Very different from the Gosselin family. It’s a nice change.

• thanks Me for taking the time to respond, its really appericated. Have a good day …

• If I had eight kids and my husband did as much as jon did i certainately would not treat him like a 9th kid. I would totally respect him for giving me the help that he did. What ever happened to team work????

  • rachel I agree with y ou on this. I guess what you and I have talked about before , he made her coffee every morning!!!!! because ‘she wasnt a morning person’ , got the twins up and off to school. rachel did you hear about her new ring she wants ? she told the kids she is going to get a ring with eight diamonds and a mother of pearl. WHY? cant she go without a ring? and it has to be diamonds? ……..

• I just saw the above posts where “Renee” attacked you, Julie. Don’t let her get to you — she’s one of the drive-by bloggers I was talking about, and it just never ends. You don’t owe her any explanation for your opinions and she was waaay out of line. Who does she think she is?? Queen bitch of the universe?? Uh, I think that title already belongs to Kate…

• Julie, I did hear about the ring. Of course diamonds! And why does she have to tell the kids?? I also saw in an interview with Jon about the “missing money” on entertainment tonight last night. He claims he doesn’t know where the money is. He seemed pretty honest and quite upset. This will be interesting when we find out who’s pocket or designer pocket book it went in.
  Oh and just what Maris said, ignore those drive by bloggers! You are not rude.

  • thanks rachel….. thanks maris… I just got back to my computer….

• wre the blogs out of order?

  • rachel sometimes I find that happen too or someone posts a reply back in previous posts.

• Wonder if the judge will make her turn in her information about the several withdraws that KATE made IN EARLY 2008, thats right, NOT 2009. stashing money maybe katie poo poo?

  this has all been a plan since early 2008 for kate. jon finally grows a pair and she cant control him anymore, so she cuts him loose.

  the thing that i don’t get about people supporting kate is:

  she was more than willing to put out this charade to the public that their marriage was still together until jon got busted out with another woman. so basically she was willing to “ACT” like a family while forcing her own children to participate in this charade. she kicked him out october 2008.

  but THAT wont affect them? HUH???

  she rants about how the kids are so broken up about halting the filming because they have “relationships” with the crew. HMMM. . . trying inviting them over for a meal, hanging out like real people do. she acts like none of them can have a relationship with anyone unless it’s being filmed.

  i am sure that she considers her book money, “her” book money. who was home with the kids when you were running all over the country promoting? if the situation was reversed, everyone would be standing up because the woman was being victimized. im sorry, kate is not a victim, never was. it’s “THEIR” money.

  i believe tlc has crossed the line in the gosselin marriage. everybody has an opinion and everyone has their version of the “truth”. its one thing to have a “friend” in your corner to keep you sane while you are going through a divorce, but to have a corporation driving a father into the ground for corporate gain and money is utterly disgusting to me. jon has been a good father. we have seen the shows. its obvious the marriage is over, parenting will never be. kate needs to grow up. she tried to keep jon and those kids under her thumb 24/7. no outside relationships (remember, “its always just going to be the ten of us”).
  they aren’t allowed to have opinions, feelings, or a voice.

  i find it very interesting that BOTH of them have said that kate has ALWAYS handled the money, but it wasn’t until “recently” that “she” established the trust funds for the children as advised by her attorney. so. . . it wasn’t until you filed for divorce that it FINALLY occurred to you that a portion of that money tlc gives you should be put away for your kids? kate is once again talking out of both sides of her mouth. she has said for seasons money was being put away for them. another lie.

  yeah, when my husband and i decide to carry two mortgages, brand new vehicles, living well beyond our means that i finally woke up and decided to have my 5 and 9 year old go get jobs, take their money, smile all fake-like and head to the spa because im a mommy and i deserve it. HUH????????

  kate is such a poser. get over yourself kate, we are.

  • Real Single Mom…. good good post…………. toally agree. He grew some , now she cant stand it. Too bad for her!

• KATE, My Mom had seven kids without a camera! She worked in the lunchroom at school, walked with us to school and was there to walk with us home. She always had supper on the table after a hard day at work. My Dad was always at work. Try that! My Mom will be 81 years old November 27 and is the most beautiful person in the world!

• She probably has one account for each of the Children’s colledge funds. Have you people ever thought about that.

  He has been acting so erratically how can anyone believe a word that comes out of his mouth. The guy’s a WEENIE!

  How does he expect to support those children? He doesn’t even have a job. What the hell is he doing renting a $5,000 a month apartment when he has 8 kids to support. If he wants the show to stop he’s going to have to live in his freakin car.

  I can’t stand Jon Gosselin.

• they are carrying two mortgages. they still havent sold the old house yet. but instead of staying there (45 minutes from new house) she chooses to stay at a hotel when she doesnt have the kids. if they are that broke, maybe they should move the kids back to the old house. (too close to jodi and kevin for kate. living with the common people is soooo beyond kate, i forgot)

  kate wants it all. kate thinks she should get whatever she wants.

  the kids have had college funds (free) provided by the state of pennsylvania. so where IS all the show and book money?

  her children are in school full time. with getting 8 kids ready for bed, feeding them, homework, when DO these kids have time to film? why can’t she work when the kids are in school. a lot of us moms do it. kate will never “make do”. she would rather ruin her childrens and husbands life to keep “her” money.

  she sure has a lot of time to talk about her problems. thats all she has ever done. if its not something, its something else. kate is a miserable person. she one of those people that wants, wants, wants and never can stop and she what it is she already has. look to the past. past behavior speaks for itself. the twins werent enough, she went behind johns back and made appointments to conceive the 6. and everyone wants to put kate in a different light than the octomom. really, they are quite the same personality. only concerned with themselves. even having many, many children they are both the most self-centered immature woman ever.

• Did you hear this, Kate wants to screw up Jons visit and his time with the twins for their birthday? See how she HAS to controll everything. Those girls love their Dad. Why shouldnt they see him on their birthday?

  I think Nancy Grace was really rude to Jon, she almost seemed not imformed enough so she picked on instead, she didnt even let him speak much, when he did she was rude. She need to do the same to Kate now.
  Not just Jon. Jon was saying he knows now he was the “passive” one and talked about his father also. Nancy Grace interupted and said “why is always about you Jon Gosselin”. I think she was out of order.

  Jon I believe is trying to say he made mistakes and is now trying to fix them. Isnt that what we all do? Who is prefect. Anyone who has been abused like that for so many years- well who knows?
  He also said about taking the children off the air and filming while going through the divorce isnt right to do to them. Kate says the kids love the crew blah blah… well sure its the only sort of “family” they know – she pushed away their real families. So yea they have been the only real constant sort of “reality” in their lives. More of her controlling ways.
  The one thing that was said on the show with Nancy Grace that might hold some truth is they probably all need to go to some counsling together as a family …..

• heard something interesting…. Kate sent Jon an email about spending less time on the twins birthday since things between them are strained and she doesnt want to spend time with him….. well is’nt that what Nancy Grace is accusing Jon of- everything being about him ? So I think she needs to sit one on one with Miss Kate and yell at her the same way, I know Miss Kate would be tears, at least Jon stood up to Nancy. He grew some. lol….. I dont often post about things in tabloids but this was on tv for all to see. At this point I think well all know Kate pretty well to say , it always has been and always will be about her! Lots of couples divorce and suck it up and spend time together for the sake of their kids. Its not the kids fault after all the parents divorce. She needs to learn how to suck it up and become an adult and really really think of her kids and put them first….. Like she says she wants to do…. or does she? ………

• DID EVERYONE SEE JON AND NANCY GRACE? She tore him a new one!

  Sorry, I havn’t been around, the kids have had Swine Flu, not that anyone cares…

  Maris LOVES Nancy Grace! I want to hear what she says about her now that they are on opposing sides.. LOL

  Here is the video of Nancy and Jon together……

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/10/nancy-grace-rips-jon-gosselins-ass/

  • Now that’s just a baldfaced lie — I’ve never even SEEN her show, so neither you nor I know how I feel about her. You need to post your opinions without constantly finding a way to drag ME into them. Do like Jon and grow a pair…

• I don’t know what episode YOU watched but what I say he didn’t stand up to her…

  He kept turning everything back toward him when they kept asking about he kids and Nancy shot him down with one question…

  Here, watch the video agian…
  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/10/nancy-grace-rips-jon-gosselins-ass/

• Cheers to Mary’s mom. We need more moms like you in this day and age. Kids today are out of control. Parents seem to be more involved with their own career’s and money. I always say that I will die poor but without any regrets.
  Happy Birthday Mary’s mom on Nov. 27! You are a great role model!

• I watched the video with Nancy Grace and Jon. It was extremely frustrating to watch. Nancy did not allow a two-sided interview. She interrupted Jon all the time and barely let him speak. How did she expect to get his side of the situation? She was obnoxious and overbearing!! You definately knew who’s side she was on –Kate’s. I am (was?) a fan of Nancy Grace, but she showed very poor interviewing skills in this segment. It would be interesting to see how she would treat Kate if she came on the show…

  • I agree P.S. , I (was) a fan of hers also till this. She looked unprepared and like she didnt even know what was going on, so she chose to lash out at him. I thought she looked very unprofessional she would ask him a question and didnt even let him answer. Kate needs to sit there next and get it from her. It was like Kate was there all over again the form of Nancy Grace. More verbal abuse.

    Something Ive been trying to understand is this, why does everyone think its ok for Kate to make all these apperances and if Jon does something its so wrong?

    Have you seen the new piece Kate did for Jay Leno, Ill post it below, its so true to life its almost sacrey on the verge of disturbing. They say she has a sense of humor? hmmmm…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iro1kO6QhBs&feature=player_embedded

    • Julie,
      That was the funniest thing I have EVER seen!!!!

• I wish that Kate, TLC, the media and the public would stop bashing Jon. It really is unfair that the media has villified Jon to the public. Do I think he’s a wonderful guy?….no, but he is definately not as bad as portrayed. I certainly think they both have more than their share of faults, but Kate and her machine have done a number on Jon. He’s the most hated guy in the US. It’s a shame. I wish somehow the media could be convinced to stop talking about the Gosselins and not allow them on their shows anymore. Jon & Kate and the public need to move on.

• Julie, I agree that was disturbing.

• I came across this today , I dont think Ill post an comment since its more or less 3rd party comments to a magazine. But I wasnt sure what to make of it.
  Whats your thougths?………Ill post below….http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/jon-gosselin-pal-kate-spanks-kids-all-the-time-2009810

• Well Julie, I just read that article on us mag. I have to say another disturbing write-up about the Gosselin family. I can picture her kicking the leggos. She does have quite a temper. I’m trying to find something about the twins party. I wonder if they settled their differences about who was going to stay although I should say i wonder if kate got her way and not have jon at the party??

  • rachel, those poor kids :( ……….how must they feel? All that negitive energy around them . You could tell on the show the twins love their Dad, I hope they have a Happy Birhtday …

• Going out of town for a couple of days , have a great weekend everyone! :) Be safe and have fun! …… Positive thoughts right!? …….

• Have a great safe weekend, Julie!

  • thanks rachel! … back home now had a great weekend …

• ok so i seen the nancy grace video, and i used watch her show, in my opinion, Nancy Grace rarely lets anyone talk. as long as viewers keep watching the show (jon and kate plus 8) they are still going to get paid. i’ll admit that i’m the same way with my husband about nagging, but than again my husband expects for women to stay home and do everything. we have three children and sometimes i do get stressed out. now i’m not however agreeing to the way kate and jon are acting. i’m 23 and my husband is 26 and we are a lot more mature than that. it is very clear that they are both in it for themselves. after like five or six years now he wants the show to end because his name was takin off. just be honest and stop using the kids. again folks just my OPINION.

• For all of you Kate lovers….
  Do you really think she did not have money to pay her bills?
  She gets paid by TLC (each show), Book sales, Book signings,show apperances and if that is not enough TLC pays her bills … TLC even pays to have the grass cut at her million dollar home.
  She is just hurt her husband went out and starting living again and left her home with all the kids. Altough she is out traveling all the time with her book.
  Jon is wrong for all the women out in public. That hurts his kids too.
  He just got a taste of not being a whipping boy.
  Kate should have never started crying out loud about money.

• I had been a fan since the 1st show and take Jon’s side in this mess.

  I have never posted a message on any website before but I have a question that I would like to ask.

  Have they paid income taxes on all these “freebies”?

  Just wondering….

  • Anne, good question……interesting ….

• I just got around to reading the article Julie linked to and also the video Kate did for Leno. I also find it disturbing, and I don’t see anything “hilarious” about her skit for Leno. It’s actually disgusting in that she seems to think her behavior is cute to others. I’m not amused. Another thing I’m getting tired of is the late night comics (and others) taking pot shots at Jon when it’s obvious they’ve never watched the show and don’t know the circumstances at all. A joke about them — BOTH of them — is fine, but I’m increasingly hearing spiteful jokes about Jon, and Jay Leno is one of the biggest offenders. His show has already dropped dramatically in the ratings since the time change and I think he’s about to lose one more fan. I have a new resolution that’s been working well for me: I don’t watch shows that irritate me. First J&K, then The View, and I may be moving on to Jay next. Craig Fergeson is waaaay more funny anyway…

  • Maris good resolution. Glad you got the see the video, I too found it disturbing, why is Kate so funny to these people and Jon is “tool” Im so sick of that word. Its just annoying. I know we have all talked here about this subject, but why does everyone think its so prefectly fine and dandy for Kate to go on these shows and do her thing, when Jon does anything its just wrong. I dont get it! You know if Tom Hanks or some other actor would have opend the pool thingy in Vegas no one would have said a thing. In some of the posts here lots of people have stated Jon broke free from Kate did his thing now is coming back around. For the people to make fun of him being abused by Kate shame on them.I believe she is hiding money, that really sounds like something she would do. All her book money from two books and her speaking things. She couldnt pay her bills whatever! I dont believe any of her sob stories!

• hello people…well ill start bye saying the reason i believe kate has 11 bank accounts is because 8 of those must belong to her kids if you know any thing about the entertainment industry it’s the law…… any minor child that works in the entertainment industry must have whats called a ‘jackie coogen’ trust account..parents can not tauch this account nor can the child untill the child turns 18 years of age…….also nancy grace putt jon in his place witch was funnyer then heck…i loved it…jon needs to lay off and stop been such a pig..he says he wants whats in the best for his kids?i think if that where true then he would stop all this crap he is doing with tlc…that show helps kate better support your children jon…kate has always been straight forth about what the show has done for there family and the doors that have been opened for them because of the show…and yes the money as well…y are there so many haters out there wanting tlc to cancel the show?if this opportunity came to you and you all where offered that kind of money…..u no you would do it to…because who would’nt…if you new it would make life better for you and your family my gosh be honest…i no i would do it….

  • i agree brenda-totally,jon wrecked his family’s life,kate is still trying 2 carry on a life 4 her kids…jon is just pissed bcz he doesnt want 2 c kate make it without him.

• brenda, interesting comments, for one thing I dont think you can say anyone would do anything. You dont know if I or anyone else would sell their kids souls for money. Its been done for centeries and will continue but I dont know if I would. I have two sides to that, maybe in the beginning I would say yes but once the kids got school age and interacted with other children I think not. Then one side of me says hmmm no, you have no life anymore. You life is an open book to scrutiny and constant criticisms. You ask why so many haters,( I never said I hated her) thats a strong word, but Kate has showed her real side of being a mean cruel, abusive person not only to Jon but to those kids also. She talks to down to them sometimes
  ( in the past) like they really could understand her sarcasims when they were quite young. If you go to some other boards you find also lots of people think Kate is unappreciative and self-centered. Being married to Jon didnt give her the right to cut him down and belittle him every chance she got. Slap him and lets us all know she wanted the thin Jon with hair she met years ago. Comeon she is nurse she knew her chances for one more child after the twins were quite impossible. Dont get me wrong Im sure it was difficult with the many babies she had, caring ,feeding, and wanting the best for them. She just came across on the tv as woman who thought she was right 200% of the time, and used people , friends neighbors people from church to make her life easier. ( no family??) What grandparents wouldnt want to know those lovely kids? Unless something terrible happened between Kate and them?

  Im hoping in the end those children will look back and feel they had once a wonderful life minus the cameras , thats not natural. Im also hoping they get help with their feelings if they so ask for it or show signs of needing it. My last thought is peace for them and a happy life ahead.

• I pray Kate plus 8 will continue. I don’t think it is wrong to have this family on T.V. I just wish Jon would go back to Kate work things out and stop acting like an out of control teenager. The kids are adorable and so well behaved. Kate seems like an awesome, well organized mom. I know she is bossy with Jon, but she has eight kids. Give the woman a break. I just think Jon and Kate needed to spend more time alone with just the two of them. You can be parents but you still have to work on your marriage. God bless the Gosselins!

• I was thinking today for those who call Jon a “tool” or the ‘9th child”
  He was the one who got up in the morning emptied the dishwasher, got the girls up, swept the kitchen floor if needed, got the twins off to school, got the little kids up and make Kate her coffee. Oh yea and made all the beds bathed the kids boy and girls dressed them for bed and whatever else Kate had for him to do. Took trash to the recycling center. (Kate is not a morning person) (even tho a mother of 8)

  Lots of women would love a partner who helped like that, this woman was spoiled. Jon has said on the show he was attracted to Kate because she had direction. Well I think she used that way and beyond of what most adults do.

  Giving Kate a break because she had 8 kids doesnt give her a pass to be rude, obnoxious and selfish. Lots of people with many children are kind caring and loving. I understand she was busy , but so are many others. Its all realitive. Some moms have to work outside the home, still does’nt give them the right to be cruel when they get home.

  In my opinion Kate blew it with her family. She didnt listen to anyone but herself. Did she even try to work on her marriage. No. She wanted to do the show and that was her bottom line. When Jon expressed his opinion to stop, she waved her hand in his face and said , the show will go on or something selfish like that. It takes two to be in a marriage not just one making all the decisions and taking over. Her opinion was her and Jon wanted differnt things out of life. Shame on her for not even trying to undertand he didnt want to be on tv anymore.

  Ive said it before Ill say it again, I hope the kids will have a great productive lives….. and arent scared by a tv camera in their faces since birth……

  • AMEN

  • Julie, I could not have said it better! I totally agree!

• Julie, you forgot one. She never went to the gas station. She felt that pumping gas was a “mans job”.

  • right! she never pumped her gas Jon went in the night to do it….. she was one spoiled person. The episode he is talking about how much the girls use in shampoo and conditoner , she is looking at him like what? Since she never seemed to do it…… the episode where she wants Jon to play with the kids he came home from work early so they go outside, then she tells him to clean the garage then watcht the kids then shouts and goes in to make lunch. When she gets angry she has to clean or cook. Cara says in the episode Mommy tells Daddy what to do and she does is sit on the chair. She always tells Daddy what to do. …. they see it Im sure of it. :( Remember pumpkin carving they are all having fun and she freaks and has to clean it up they were almost done! She needs help……. with her ADD or whatever she has.

• Julie, I remember now when she waved her hand at him saying the show will go on. It seems now that she must have thought that as long as she let him have what she thought he wanted (other women? — they were having trouble at the time) then he would let her have what she wanted (more money, more air time). Well, that didn’t go as Kate planned, obviously. Jon may be acting like an out of control teenager, but it looks to me like Kate is throwing the bigger fit. She’s just more sophisticated, cunning, and manipulative about it, and she’s obviously got a lot of people fooled.

  Did you see where they went to court yesterday? Jon was ordered to give back much of the money he took, BUT the judge also ordered Kate to produce records of how and where she’s spend HER money as well. They both have until Oct. 31. Hmmm… There might be a new spin on her expression of “Mine… ALL mine…”

• Well, if Jon is a “tool” , Kate is a “tool-ette” and Im sure she is hiding money.

  Maris , right she says .. mine all mine…….. but her mine all mine is all alone. Kate plus Kate =loney.

  • Every time Jon opened his mouth she’d either CORRECT HIM OR ROLL HER EYES AS IF TO SUGGEST HE WAS SUCH AN IDIOT’ ! What a ‘B’… I actually felt sorry for him. I stopped watching the show because It made me feel uncomfortable that SHE WAS SOO RUDE TO HIM. She picked him! And then ‘HEN PECKED’ him right to divorce court….SURPRISED????? And STOP with that quivering,victim-like, fake voice KATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Julie….AWESOME!

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    • I love the “Tool-ette”

• Great post Nancy! I thought that I was the only one that heard fake voice from Kate.

• Has anyone been on the TLC site lately? I went to see what they had to say about the last show being in Nov. There is place where you click there it says “best top 10 moments” but , you have to put in a password and username? whats that all about? I dont know if I want TLC having any info on me. I didnt do it….. whats your thoughs about TLC saying they are going to sue Jon ? Im no leagal beagle but from what they both said when they signed to the show they had NO legal representation. Not so smart , I think Kate just saw dollars signs. Well I dont want to say too much about this I dont have too many facts. Have a great weekend everyone! :) …………

• Julie, I heard that too about not having any legal representation. Actually it was Jon that said it on Larry King. Let’s just say the drama continues.

  • rachel it sure does!

• It won’t matter what any prior contract says if Jon no longer wants his children filmed — NO judge will order him to allow that. The most TLC can do is sue him for breach of contract and be awarded money. BUT, if Kate won’t let him HAVE any money, what exactly do they hope to gain?? I personally think it’s a scare tactic to try to force him to finish the season. Jon is in desparate need of a really sharp attorney (and I’m surprised one hasn’t stepped forward yet) to return the favor and sue the hell out of TLC for violating his children’s rights under the Jackie Coogan law. Jon (and even Kate) might not have known, whether or not they had representation at the time, but TLC damned sure should have. Yes, the drama just goes on and on…

• fyi brenda: gosselin kids dont fall under the actor law. kate has said herself the kids are not actors, they are reality t.v. Thats part of the reason that jodi and kevin are so upset, because those laws dont apply to the gosselin minis. it wasnt until she filed for divorce that she set up accounts for the children, as advised by her attorney. she said it herself in a recent interview. so she has been lying this entire time. another lie. jodi and kevin are trying to get the laws changed because of this very reason. it wasnt until she thought jon could blow the whistle on her about money for the children that she FINNALY set up accounts for them. HMMMMM……. they both have said that kate controls the money, so it was her responsibility and she didnt do it until recently. (five years later) HMMMMMM ……..

  hey brenda: bet u hate the hennes though. . . how is that any different. just another lying family. use your kids to get the camera on you. kate is so transparent.

• My question is…how are they gonna support the kids now that the gravy train has left the station…Jon and Kate will have to get jobs. Jon’s lifestyle will go down the drain. Kate will have to sell her houses, have no nannies,personal assistance or anything else.. Jon is a teenager–time to grow up. Kate…climb down from that horse…

• Kate can always go back to her old house, its still not been sold. That was a cute house, not good enough or BIG enough for her.Who is she trying to kid I knew plenty of large famlies that lived with ONE bathroom and couple of bedrooms. She just has in her mind nothing is good enough for her unless its big and large, the funny thing is she has 24 acres or whatever and the kids played in the front of the house for the photogs to see! Did they ever play in those $$$$$ crooked houses?

  She had been pretty quiet I bet she has something up her sleeve. Kate gets what Kate wants. When she met Jon he had another gf but she made sure she got him. Like her old bf said Kate ALWAYS wanted more and more….. she needs a doctor and not a tummy tuck this time , she needs one for her head! …………

  Did anyone hear this , that Jon and Kate signed a paper saying he could date and do anything he wanted as long as he showed up for filming of the show?Thats why she cant sue him for infidelity in the divorce. Thats how much the show meant to her , more than her marriage! I read that on the Balitmore Sun newspaper online.

  Well…….. IF thats true she IS one crazy woman!

  • I don’t think she is crazy at all but she is VERY GREEDY. She let him do whatever so he would do the shown so she had the checks still coming in the mail.

• Julie, I heard that about Jon could date anyone as long as he show up for the taping of the show. That was kate’s idea. I watched the today show with Kathie lee and Hoda. Some entertainment reporter said that Kate will get half of Jon’s money. I really don’t know what that means? I thought that everything will be split in half. Maybe I misunderstood. Just doesn’t seem fair.

• Oh Boy! It didn’t take long. She’s on people.com
  Her kids are struggeling.

• You have to read the article on Vanityfair.com It’s quite long,but boy is she something else!

  • rachel, did you think Kate contridicts herself alot ? In that atricle she did . One minute she says I never cry , its a waste of energy, and the next she is on tv crying poor. The article kind of made her look silly. I could tell her and that Sherrie from the view “bonded” both men bashers at the moment, since that Sherrie is going thru a divorce too. See the end of that aticle , books by the Gosselin kids, it bound to happen. I believe went to Jon and said it was over thats what Kates bro Kevin said too. I can see her saying why did I ever marry you anyway. Cruel as cruel can be. The one thing I dont belive is she having an affair wtih the body guard, only because he would be nuts to do it. She is NO prize. That article said they haev 36 acres!!!!! amazing.

    My friend and I have this converstaion all the time over these two , she says I know you like Jon but I would have kicked him out long ago. Why? I ask. He helped her all the time. Most women want that . I said to her last nite, listen, its not that I really like either one of them I think they are both nuts, but my point is and always has been I dont like how Kate treated Jon and others. I can understand why he has done what he has done, Lots of it isnt right but I understand. At least he wanted to try to save the marriage thats more than she did. She just wanted to save the “brand” give me a break!

    I dont think I will ever be able to watch another show she is on. How she said in the interview … its easy for me being on tv.. BLAHHHHHHHHHH! she makes me ill! she is just full of herself!

• Entertainment tonight just had jon on with his new girlfriend in New york city. I do have to say that I am happy for him that he has found his sole mate. He really seems very happy with her. You have to figure after 10 plus years of being dragged around by a leash the guy deserves a break. I saw one of the earlier shows this morning (news is too depressing for me) and Jon was making “her” coffee and waiting for Kate to get up and “start barking out orders”. The comments from previous show are very funny from Jon. I think that their problems started long ago.
  Julie, I did notice that Kate and sherry on the View bonded and that’s the reason why I stopped watching it. That article was really funny. What about her shopping in FAO Shrwartz. She is a real beauty!

• OH MY, Octo mom has a crush on Jon, she thinks he is hot! hahahah
  can you imagine! Octo and Jon plus 22! hhahahha!

• OMG Julie! Where did you hear that from? I’m sure TLC will get right on that one with a new reality show.

• I don’t know if anyone remembers, but in one of the first couple of seasons Kate said that if any one of the family decided that they didn’t want to do the show anymore they would stop. What happened to that? Obviously the money and greed is what happened to that. As far as what do they do now to support their children? They start acting like the majority of north american families today and they get up every morning and go to work! The life of the working class would likely be easier with family to lend a hand, so they’re outta luck there since they’ve pushed them all away. Sometimes it sucks to have to sleep in the bed you’ve made for yourself. So incredibly sad how this whole thing has turned out. I feel very bad for the kids and hope that they find peace.

  • stella , youre right, but she started getting so many free things , it took over her life. And now she stands there like she is really someone imporant. She is a mother of 8 kids thats it. She thinks she is an actor , it comes easy to her haha
    no lying comes easy to her and snowballing everyone. Im not sure she knows what the truth is anymore. Im with you on the kids, hope they have fine peace in their lives. BUT what is she takes out them she doesnt have a show anymore, she says THEY are acting out. What is SHE acts out? She will have no more crew members to chat with all day. Dont know if she will keep her”bodyguards” and all the hired help. Should be interesting…..

• Julie, I caught that line too in the interview that “acting comes easy to me”. I couldn’t stop laughing. I remember that she fired most of the recording crew. Only a few of the originals are left. Boy, I bet they could write a good book about their experiences with Miss Kate.
  Once this show is cancelled I bet it’s not going to be the end of this family or at least Kate. She will try her hardest in the “hollywood world” because she craves the attention. It’s too bad those poor kids will still be suffering.

  • oh rachel thats a good comment, I wonder if anyone will say anything about her and OCD or OCC or whatever she says she has. Germphob! Remember when she was looking for a cleaning lady? Who would be up to her standards? NOONE!
    In one show she says Jon dusts so well and get the corners and does windows! what the hell!? She better think about moving back to their hold house , she may have too! Take the money from the new house and save it! Her and her 36 acres! Maybe she will just slip away into the ex reality show losers hall of fame. And leave the rest of the world alone. Take care of her kids who she says are acting out. YA THINK? with all that is going on their lives? Dont tell me she cant be in the same room with Jon for her kids sake? Many “adults” have done and will continue to do it for the sake of their children. Lets ask TLC to send HER to shrink when she is done with the show , she may need it! Reality show withdrawl syndrom!

• I have one question. If this family has a home with 36 acres, why do they always play in the driveway or front lawn??

  • rachel that is what Ive always posted too, and even at the their old house why the garage and driveway, they had a nice bigish backyard there too. Wonder what Kate’s one hour show is going to be about her answering viewer questions.
    Blah…… get her off tv! ….

  • It is so she can sit on her butt and bark out orders for the paparotsie to catch on film.

• I heard that 9,000 people e-mailed her questions. A radio announcer said the other day he has only 1 question to ask. When will she get the heck out of here.

• I was just thrilled to find so many other viewers felt the same way as I do. I watched the show from the beginning and loved it. But I hated the way Kate treated John. Once all this divorce stuff started I just cannot bear to watch the show. I even started watching 18 kids and counting instead. I always feel as though Kate is not only acting, but also lying to make herself look better.
  I just hope she is not going to get away with it, get John off the show and carry on by herself. And I do not see John as the big villain he is being portrayed. For those who watch the show, we know what he had to go through. I will never forget her almost screaming at him in the Supermarket.

• has anyone ever noticed how Kate folds her arms/hands infront of her by her chest? Drives me crazy! Like she is superior to others.

• That’s why she does it she wants everyone to know that she is superior.

• Actually, in most people that’s considered to be a defensive stance as if you’re expecting to be attacked. In her case, however, perhaps it’s an offensive stance since we seem to find it offensive!

• she left handed too………. so she does it in an odd way .. blahhh!!!

• Julie, You have to try and watch Mondays show. I doubt you will be able to get through it, but if you haven’t seen her in a long time it will definately be entertaining. She talks in a different way not sure how to explain it maybe just because she’s just full of B.S. I can’t believe that 9,000 people actually emailed questions to her. Oh and the laugh, she thinks she’s on Comedy Central.

• well is the way she talks on interviews , kind of “softer” ? Like the vulnerable? The wounded Kate ? The Victim Kate? You know what I say to that? WHATEVER…….. she is fake, phoney and hipocrate. I dont believe much that comes out of her mouth. She laughs now? woww!

• Kate is so fake because she is interested in only the money. Watch the show on WE to see how parents of sextuplets should behave. These parents display so much love for their children. Kate is interested in whining about herself yet she finds time for spa days, and she spends a lot of time at the salon.

• I like them both: yes they both have issues and one is no better than the other, especially to those kids.
  They are both over whelmed and need a break, and I don;t see that coming with Jodi gone, for a long time.

  MONEY is the root of all evil, and it also help keep you out of the elements.(No one has mentioned parenting classes for neither parent). And some help for Maddy, who is a L. Lohan waiting to happen.)

• Rachel, she IS on Comedy Central… in fact, she and Jon are the butt of jokes on nearly every channel except TLC. Whenever anyone wants to reference how reality shows can go horribly wrong, they cite Jon & Kate. It’s actually rather sad when you consider how heart-warming the show started out. Jon is right to want to get his kids off TV. I just wish he’d done it a few years earlier…

  And you know I’ve just got to repeat myself (for those of you who know me) that it’s the LOVE of money that’s the root of all evil. Greed, enough never being enough, putting money ahead of your family’s welfare because you love it so much. It’s a damned downright shame that Kate can’t see that she (and especially her kids) will be the butt of jokes for eons to come because she wanted “more” for them…

• Well said Maris. I watch the earlier shows and often say that they ruined a good thing. They were just normal people trying to get by like the rest of us. What ever happened to the speaking seminars that they use to do?

  • yea the girl keeping coupons! those days are longggggggg gone. hey did you see Jon had Kevin and Jodie over to the new house while kate was gone?She must have freaked when she found that out. Whats your opinion , will Kate have alot of work after this show stops?

• Kate didn’t show up for court today. She was in California at a womens conference with Maria Shriver. She is moving up the ladder fast. Although she thinks so.

• Julie, I missed that about Jodi and Kevin. I hope they were able to visit with the kids. Kate will be STEAMING when she hears that. Will Kate have alot of work when the show is over?? Good Question. I think that this talk show thing with Paula Dean will most likely happen but not for long. I think it will be cancelled early.

• I have only watched this show for the last 6 months…recording all reruns to catch up on this family, and watched them in order as much as possible, so their life is very fresh in my mind. In the begining I loved them…what a wonderful family who made smart choices. Jon worked a ‘real job’ then would run home to help with his family….Kate (however overwhelmed) did her best to keep things under control and be a good mother. But as time went on Kate became such a evil wife. I would think to myself…she needs to watch the show and she how she is treating poor Jon. He couldn’t even get the door closed before she was barking out orders…no ‘hi honey-how was your day’. I honestly believed she did not realize how she was perceived from our end. As I continued watching…my heart went out to Jon and the kids…AND Now I think..what a monster! What a fake…what a piece of *#@! this woman has become.
  Why isn’t her family ever over to visit? (Sometimes I wish mine didn’t visit so often LOL.) Where are the girlfriends or the ‘marital friends’ ? Only ever heard of Jon spending some time with friends. Guess Kate didn’t have any…not from childhood or left from her days as a nurse…
  I would like to see the original Jon and Kate + 8 continue for the financial wellfare of the family and it could be done if she got off her high horse, kept Jon in the picture and acted like a civilized grown women with the true intentions of the children coming first….but Kate just isn’t that kind of person. It is now all about her….screw Jon, screw the children….her true colors are now showing.
  Why didn’t my question get answered during her Q&A last night on TLC?
  “Do you feel that the problems in your marriage are due to the fact that you continually belittled your husband on national TV and do you feel that it is acceptable to treat other people with such disrespect”.
  Only nicey, possitive questions were aired. LOL

  • I’ve watched the show since the very first hour-long documentary through all the changes and seen how it’s devolved into the K-eight disaster it is now. I don’t condone cheating, nor do I think divorce is the solution for everyone, especially when children are involved. I don’t blame Jon for needing to get away from Kate, however. Who can live their life with their spouse’s constant belittling and criticisms? Has he no right to be loved and respected?

    As for friends and family, Kate had those in the beginning. She alienated her parents before the show began. She shed the friends, family, and neighbors as TLC began to provide more help and she no longer needed them. (Keep watching the reruns.)

    And finally for your question — sorry, but I got a big laugh from that, and I thank you! Questions like yours (and I’m sure there were many) were weeded out long before air time…

• OMG is everyone sitting down!??????? Kate wants to me in the movies!!!!! She has a piece on People.com. She thinks she has done enough tv years, and its a comforable place to be. She would like to be a voice in a cartoon!………….. Im flabbergasted! I dont even know if I spelled that correctly, but she thinks she is something! Oh my gosh guys what do you all think? I dont even know what to say ?

  • Hate to say I told you so, but… Kate’s gotten a taste of the limelight, showbizz, and she’s NOT going back to wiping butts (as a nurse) — you can bet your bottom dollar on it. If she can’t get a part as an actress in a movie or a cutsie voice in a cartoon, she’ll go from one reality show to the next, but she’ll stay in the spotlight. Bet on it.

• Julie, I honestly believe you had to expect that one! She HAS been practicing for awhile now. She won’t make it however-she is such a bad actress.

  • Kim S … I should have expected it , youre right! I saw on us.com she was Ellen.
    I think ( hope) her 15 mins are almost over.

• I started to watch the show last night but her constant blah, blah, blah, me, me, me put me to sleep.

• OMG!!! Just read it on people.com She is a beauty. Oh and about the dogs, that got me fuming. Are they gone forever, “I’m hoping not.” Yeah right. I could bet a million that she does not even take those kids to visit the dogs. I’m sure It was all her idea to get rid of them.

  • Don’t worry about the dogs returning to her. It was televised that she didn’t care for them or about them, and anyway, Once a dog has been returned to a breeder they will not ‘release it’ so she can have another chance later! Any good breeder will take their dogs back if they are unable to be cared for and find a new home for it and they also would not allow that person to adopt another dog. I think the dogs will be safe!

    • I heard her comment about the dogs — not that I believe for a second that she would ever want them back — but it made me wonder just what does she expect? That the dogs should just be held in some cage until she has further need of them? Sounds to me like the exact same attitude she has about people…

    • maris and Kim I dont think she will take the dogs back either. I think its too much work for her, and I think she thinks they are dirty. Yes I also feel likes she thinks she gets speical treatment from everyone and the dog trainer included.

• Kim , rachel, and Maris….. I knew she loved herself, but gosh, so was that the last show ? Or will they put more together , till they run out of things the kids did? Did you see Jodie and Kevin on tv again advocating for children in reality series? I saw the piece on net. They were glad to see the kids again. Did Kate have to approve that or just Jon since he had the kids? About the dogs I think they are too messy and needy for her to cope with, I think she will never get them back ( or should I say want them back) .. Did you see on people.com that she said the kids education money can not be touched? Did she account for the money she took. I feel for Jon there are two sets of rules in place one for him and one for Kate .
  She always gets her way… makes me sick!

• Say what you want, but it looks like Hailey Glassman is getting ready to jump ship! She says Jon is mean to her and has mantrums.

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/10/hailey-glassman-says-jon-gosselin-is-mean-and-has-mantrums/

• Oh my gosh..Did anyone think eight kids single mom two dogs…I think two kids-hubby a full time job is enough let alone a dog in the mix.How about Jon being abusive to kate when the cameras weren’t on. We don’t know what happened when the doors were closed. All I can say he is messed up and need serious help. Kate needs to relax and get help for ocd. I think Hailey is looking to make some cash before she bails on Jon.

• I hope Jon can find some peace thru all of whats gone on in his life. If seeing a rabbi helps him be a better person, father, friend and really feels like he is back to a place where he wants to be , I hope he can. I think Haily Glassman dumping her problems on tv is wrong. If she doesnt want to be with Jon fine , but to add to the mess of his life , she knew he had 8 kids when she met him and a soon to be ex wife and was in the spot light. I think she is not mature enough to understand what really went on or is going on. Ten years of abuse from Kate and not being able to trust anyone anymore would be crazy. I cant imagine it. If she felt that strongly about how things were going why not end it or talk to him about it?……. maybe its time he just think about himself and his kids . I think Jon is a people pleaser and Hailey saying he has trouble with the truth is somewhat true. I think for all these years he walked on egg shells with Kate and had to dance around many subjects. I dont think he should lie , Im not saying that at all. I hope he finds a good place to be in his life along with the kids…

• I think that Jon should just be alone for a while. Not sure why Hailey had to discuss their personell life with the press. Jon also needs therapy(and not from Dr. Phil) living with thReat crazy one for 10 years I’m sure he doesn’t know what end is up.

  Regis and Kelly were dressed up as Jo and Kate they very funny you can watch it online.

• I just saw a clip of Kate and Jon at the Dentist with the kids when they were abit younger, in the chair with Jon she states that Alexis was
  “thrasulatious” is that a word ? I think not….. is that what she meant on The View about making up words? Oh rachel that wig … hahha…

• Exactly Julie. That long chunk in the front is hidious. Even Kelly Ripa said it’s hard to see with it.

• I haven’t seen or read any of the interviews Hailey has given, but here’s just one thought. Maybe Kate is trying to strip Jon of so much of his money that he wouldn’t even have enough for a lawyer (or for whatever reason he might need money). If Hailey earns $$$ for her story, whether or not it’s true, Kate couldn’t touch that. IF she truly loves Jon — and I really don’t know since I don’t follow the whole mess any more — she might just be willing to help him out like that. He’s being depicted as evil by the press anyway, so why not be paid for it? Wouldn’t that piss Kate off??

• Hi Maris and Julie,
  The interview with Hailey wasn’t much…I think it is being done only for ‘a cash flow’ since Jon cannot do interviews because of his TLC contract. I think they are doing it for a shock value to keep people interested. Honestly….what woman would get on national TV and trash the man she supposedly loves? You guessed that one right away without even seeing it Maris.

• Ok, what is this show that is suppose to be on tomorrow night “Kate, Her story”? Not another poor me interview I hope.

  • yeap I bet , its going to be . oh woo is me , poor Kate, Pity Party. Isnt she gone yet?

    • that was me Julie who said that I dont know why it went anonymous? hahah … :p

• I hear now that Jon and Hailey are taking some time off from one another… And Jon has already done interviews bashing TLC so I don’t see what a few more are going to hurt. They are already started to take him to court.

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/11/jon-gosselin-and-hailey-glassman-break-up/

• Oh on people.com there is a bit of kates interview tonite , and it IS a woo is me party…. she turns it ON! .. blah!!!!

• AWWWW Poor Kate. LOL Thought I would say it now for her since I am sure I won’t feel it when I see her drama tonight (although it should be funny to watch)
  Haven’t we all been listening to poor Kate stories for months now. Do we really need another?
  I do agree with Jon going to ‘a man of the cloth’ for help. What more of a nuetral person to speak too…but I disagree that it was televised and people were charged $20. to attend-it kind of looks as if it too were for the media’s enjoyment and not for mental healing. It should have been behind closed doors and private. I am sure the media would have found out and he could have still had the publicity without seeking it.
  Enjoy the show tonight ladies (and Big Daddy) I plan to have a roaring fire and a cocktail for this one.

• I think she was retaining water.

  • I read abit on people.com , same old crap from her .. at least she admitted what she did to Jon all those years and it was captured on tape!

• Kate, has caused all of these problems. You don’t treat people the way Kate did, and not pay the price. A very high price I’d say. She has eight beautiful children, and she is responsible for destroying the family, not John. He is just stupid and can’t grow up.

• Julie and Maris,
  Have you guys heard that all this excitement for the past year with the Gosselins might be all fake just for ratings and attention. Something like the balloon boy. I read it somewhere (and can’t remember where).

  • rachel, Im not lieing but I thought it two days ago! I never head anything about it but almost posted it to you . I almost said what if this is all a joke and they get back together and the ratings are higher than ever and they can demand more and more money! I swear in my life I thought it a couple of days ago. I almost screamed when I read your post!!! IF it is true , I really feel sorry for those kids! rachel , try to remember where you heard or read it…. :)
    I dont know why it went thru my head but it did.. what if this is just an act and they get back together and it was all planned out ?

• Wow, Julie that’s weird!!! I can’t imagine them doing this because they will serve some time like balloon boy’s parents. But on the other hand it does make some sence. The Hawaii show with Kate repeating her self that mommy and daddy will stay together forever. Then the sudden breakup. Now Jon is breaking up with his soul mate and Kate is talking kind words about Jon???? Too weird.

• have always thought kate was too bossy ,treated jon like he was a severant or hired hand, her body gaurd, leaving jon behind to take care of the kids and house to travel. she treated him not like an equal.

• If they get back together, it’ll be because TLC and Kate twisted Jon’s arm until he said uncle, NOT because they really love each other and this was all a stunt. Nope, can’t buy that one. Now, I think there may be a slim possibility that Jon may be deluded or desparate or depressed enough by now to agree to give it another go with Kate, but I don’t believe it’ll have that “happily ever after” fairy tale ending and I don’t believe it’ll have huge ratings if they continue to film themselves. It’s true that people morbidly like to rubber-neck at accidents on the highway, but not a lot of them park their cars at the scene so they can continue to study it in every bloody detail…

  • I agree, I do not think that people will continue to watch the drama very much. We get bored by overexposure. If it were on the show and we get to watch Kate mistreat Jon and go “I wonder why he lets her treat him that way”. Well Jon showed us how he deals with bullies!

• rachel, I saw in the new Taylor Swift do Kate on Saturday Night Live….
  she used the word “acutally” alot. She was cute! … Unlike the real one.
  I was thinking of the show where Kate goes ape on Jon about her violin
  where is it , where is it? blah blah blah.. when the twins were going to take music lessons…. hope she stays away.

• Julie,
  I just watched the video of Sat. night Live. That was a good one! Gotta love that wig!

• They’ve been quiet lately. Something should be brewing soon.

  • rachel probably , I was thinking remember the show when Jon and Kate went out to dinner and Jon was ironing his shirt, and Kate went ape shit on him. He helped with the dining room and that still wasnt enough…… Im glad she is gone… She kept callilng him a girl and taking so long to get ready.

• seems as if Kate is pretending to redeem herself. Her last 2 episodes were her saying ‘she should not have’ treated Jon that way…she over reacted…she was stressed…etc. Hell, she even used the line ‘treated him like a dog’ (isn’t that my line?)
  I don’t know if I am reading too much into this…but it seems that she has made comments to the things we are saying here-almost as if her PR rep is keeping her informed.
  I was happy to see Jon ‘calming’ things down on his end. And taking a break from Haley was a good move. He has so much to do within himself at this time, and should focus on that. I understand he has been beatten down and he is lonely….but Haley is just a child and Jon needs to move on. Besides…I feel she betrayed him that night in their joint interview….
  Glad he is with family in Hawaii. Think he needs that positive reenforcement only family can give.

• I think that Kate was way too hard on Jon at times. He would let go on her at times too. That was just the way their relationship was even before Jon and Kate plus eight came along. When they would show home video prior to the kids, she was the same ( granted she was just a tad bit bubblier). She was over critical of him then and treating him like a lesser half. But that was the way she was. Then the pressures of trying to keep everything so perfect finally got to her, I think. Because there were times when she behaved a little eccentric in the beginning as well. Jon always struck me as a go with the flow type guy. i always enjoyed the way he handled the children because he let them be kids. Kate just wanted a perfect little family. I think that Jon went to far when he began an extramarital affair with that Glassman chic. I think he could have done that a little more gracefully. There is a way to do everything. I cannot blame him for wanting to get out and be with someone new after being humiliated for years by the woman he loved on national television. But was it really love? Kate, by pretty much her own admission, just wanted to be with Jon for his asian genes and Jon was just there for the ride. She was the controller. I do not think Jon would have even considered going out with Kate ( he was already in a relationship at the time that she started going out with him, which he ultimately ended once when Kate told him to). Then she pushed the kids issue on the poor guy way to fast and way too early in the relationship. I mean the poor guy just barely had time to get used to being married then suddenly he is the father to eight wonderfully gifted and talented children. Most of their marraige they have been surrounded by kids. I think the breakup will do them both some good if they can just get over it and get over themselves. I honestly only watched the show because of the eight children. i thought how wonderful it was that they are all so bright and healthy. I thought what a blessing it was to be the mother of such a fine brood. Kate did become a little hollywoodish as the seasons kept going by and she was still on the air. But which of us can deal with that type of exposure to our daily lives. I honestly think if the show had been like Little people, Big world, or 18 kids and counting, where the people tend to keep themselves grounded and approachable like the normal people they are, there would not be such a big buzz. I think Jon and Kate stepped out of the box of normal house wife and working dad and into the world of we do not have to make a living for ourselves anymore, we will just live off the fame of the show. This show was merely supposed to be a look into the hectic and daily goings on of a family that is not quite like your own. It was like an opportunity to get a glimpse into someone else’s life and how they really do keep it together amid all the chaos of having that many children all the same age. The new family also looks well grounded (Table for 12). I think once that hollywood environment takes over the home, the effects are irreversible. Now it is like they are both addicted to the fame their children brought to them inadvertently. I think Jon should have realized he did not want a life with Kate prior to going to Hawaii to renew the vows. I think that did more harm to the children than good. Especially when love the spotlight Kate told the kids that this ceremony means that mom and dad would be together forever. How damaging do you think that kind of confusing stuff is to Cara and Mady, both old enough to halfway understand the message. My heart goes out to those children and I hope that they never grow bitter toward their mom or their dad for their mistakes or shortcomings, because we all have them.

• No matter what or how much Jon did it wasn’t good enough for Kate ever. I watched an old one about shoes. A pair of shoes didn’t fit any of the kids but kate had to keep them. And then the hair ties. Jon was doing the girls hair and she was moaning about only using certain ties if they are staying home. She was just way too controling. With eight kids she just has to let some of that stuff go. Hopefully she has learned a lesson. But, I doubt it.

• well Kate wanted Jon home more so she could do her “own” thing and help her with errands and dr appts and such. So he does that and people call him a tool and he is lazy blah blah.. I only saw him work on that show. Kate sat back and barked. How she acts in that interview like some calm quiet woman. HA HA………. WE ALL KNOW better those of us who watched the show since day one. She says she will buy the ring balh balh for her kids so she has a ring on. WHO cares .. care about the kids and NOT A RING. Get a job! stop worring about things. Maybe she should move back to the old house? Its still for sale. Make her “bills” lower . I hope she just goes away and concentrates on her kids. She is the biggest phoney and will one day pay for what she has done to her family.

  • Hey Julie, it isn’t even who watched all the shows from the beginning that can be objective to what has been seen. Being new to ‘kates drama’ I saw in 6 months of reruns how Kate went from the occasional degrading to the attacks on this poor mans every action and thought.
    I truly enjoy the reruns from 07 and some of 08. What a beautiful family and life she had….how did she turn into such a monster? SHE just got worse and worse…and now has become this bitter women!
    Even these last episodes…always the caddy comment against Jon-and she thinks it cute. She will probably die a lonely women.

• Great point Julie about Kate moving back to the old house. Although she would never do that now. She thinks she’s a movie star and would never move back into such a small house. Remember she couldn’ t have anyone in the kitchen with her because she couldn’t breath. I wish my kitchen was that big! I’m curious to see what the next two week will be like on the show. I’m sure she will be pouting alot and claiming that the kids are sad because they really enjoyed filming the show. Oh and that ring. Those kids could give a rats ass about her getting a ring. Does she think we are stupid???

• Oh my god you people are very mean. I don’t see any of them helping the situation. Soon these people will just be a memory. Who cares as long as the kids are being taking care of.

• to Anonymous,Oh my god , no we are not. We just say it as we see it. She put herself in the public eye.We HOPE she takes care of them, how she talked to them on some of the shows is just a fraction less then a bi#$% to her own kids. She talked to them as if they were all 15 years old and could understand her mean comments and andsnide digs and how she treated their father infront of them. SHE is mean not us. Says something when your own family isnt around for support doesnt it? Where is the nice Beth who wote the book for her ? Where are her parents ? Where are her bros and sister? Where is her husband ? yeap all GONE. She shoved everyone away . Who is coming for thanksgiving dinner ? Her body guard and his family..whoopheee do! Says something.

  • So true, Julie, and the sad thing for her is the worst is probably yet to come. Kids grow up, go to college, move away, get married and have families, makes lives of their own. If she continues to behave the way she always has, her kids (and/or their wives, husbands, friends, lovers, etc.) won’t want to be around her. There could be some very lonely Thanksgiving dinners in her future…

    • Well she was so brass and cockey saying take me or leave me. Well guess what ? They all left. Maris, right ,future Thanksgivings could be very lonely in her household. How much longer does she need a bodyguard? Her show is done. Kapot! Do you think she learned any lessons in life on how to treat others? Her way is the only way or hit the highway? After the kids go to bed at nite she sits on her “all mine” what 35 acres and a big house all alone. Hope you enjoy it Kate. Wonder if she reflects on her past mistakes? Was’nt only Jon.

• I’ve heard it said that the wisdom of experience is the ability to recognize a mistake… right after you make it. Kate’s said on more than one occasion that she doesn’t (didn’t) watch the episodes they taped — she’d put in one for the kids to watch at nap time, but that’s about it. If she’d take a long “sit down” and play those shows from beginning to end, she might get a clue. If she continues to live in the moment and act on what her feelings are, she’s likely to act the same since she feels the same. If she were to choose to reflect on the past by really watching those old episodes, really open her eyes and imagine how Jon and others might perceive her, who knows? I remain skeptical. People at her age don’t tend to change their basics. I think it will take some lonely Thanksgivings in the future before she’d be willing to take a cold, hard look at things. For the sake of this once charming family, let’s hope it isn’t too late…

  • Hi Maris, this is what I have said from the beginning. It went from small comments to a vicious attack on Jon every time he did something. In her last few shows she does acknowledge these things that WE comment about and just blows them off as ‘oops I shouldn’t have said that or I was a bit tough on Jon’ but five minutes later she makes a comment similar to them. As she became more comfortable in her fame her ‘true colors’ came out more and more. We are all ‘who we are’, but I think her being so uptight and controlling is a personality flaw that she will never be able to change.
    When you wake up in the morning you choose what your day will be/ you pick your attitide. She needs to stop and really reflect on herself. Watch her own shows (poosibly in order) and maybe, just maybe she may see what the world has used to make these judgements. If she could only do it with an open mind she may learn to humble herself. I am sure it was never easy on her to run a household with 8 children and she did start out in the right direction back in 2007. She needs to reflect on what came next and how she turned into who she is today. I kinda think that she has made such a mess of everything that she is now at the point of being so overwhelmed with the life she created and doesn’t know how to fix it.

• I just read on comcast news that TLC is developing another show for Kate. Some of the comments are quite funny and Kate is definately not loved by many. I guess this blog will continue.

• It just said at the end of tonights show “In memory of Nana Janet”. Does anybody know what happened to her. She was such a nice lady.

  • rachel, all I know is a few weeks ago in the news it stated she died, didnt say how or why. ;( .. what a nice nice lady . If Im not miskaken she had 10 grandkids of her own… She was sweeteart.. :(

• Thanks Julie. I just googled her and the obit. came up. She must have had cancer. And yes she did have 10 grandchildren. People wrote in and said that she took care of Jon when he was little. I think that is wrong didn’t a lady with dark hair take care of Jon. I can’t think of her name. Nana Janet did Kate’s laundry while kate did????? Whatever!

  • yea whatever is right. I was thinking of the show where Mady got her ears pierced and she was getting ready to go out and Kate looked at her teeth ( Mady’s) and said “JON DIDNT YOU BRUSH HER TEETH LAST NIGHT?” my gosh almighty didnt Kate ever bathe them, or help them at night. When Jon was doing all the bath routine WHAT was Kate doing, on that show he is explaining how much conditioner the girls go thru a week , and Kate sits there like the husband clueless! Jon did all that work for her . Kate was spoiled !

• Oh yeah Julie, she was very spoiled. I wonder who fixes her morning coffee now?

• Anyone else hear the rumor about TLC floating the idea of a show featuring Jon and the octo-slut?? Surely it’s just a joke, although she did say she had a crush on him…

  Wonder what we’re supposed to be “learning” from The Learning Channel?? Perhaps keep your skirt down and zipper up??

  • hahhaa! please dont let it be true………. that octomom is gross! blahh! I know it would be a paycheck but please Jon NOOOOOOO!

• I heard that she had a crush on him but nothing about a tv show. Oh Boy, here we go again. I just read that Kate had a boob job along with Jon’s girlfriend Hailey. Anybody hear that one?

  • I heard about Kate’s a long time ago, but didn’t know about Jon’s GF. This is the girlfriend whose father was Kate’s surgeon, right? Seems like Kate had hers done at the same time as the tummy tuck then tried to keep it quiet. Worked for a while…

    • No, That surgeon would not do it for her because he said it was not needed. She had it done recently but the word is just getting out now.

    • Hmm… Oh well, seems like a while back that I either heard about it or noticed a difference in the way she looked, but I haven’t watched K-eight since it was J&k. So, one surgeon said it wasn’t needed but another one over ruled him. How convenient…

• Maybe Kate Gosselin’s new talk show can take over Oprah’s time slot.

  • I also heard Sarah Palin said in her book that she’d like a talk show. Maybe the two could share the new spot, do a lot of talkin’ ’bout that ole Jon and his runnin’ round and that ole Levi and his doin’ all this porn lately, don’cha know…

  • hahaha .. rachel…. and maris…. maybe she needs a rest from her last show .
    Reflect on herslef… where she went wrong…oh yea i forgot she doesnt make mistakes :P

• read people.com

  • rach , about their divorce being over by the end of year… or the flowers?… what a year. ( poor kids ) : (

• I don’t get the flowers. Not sure why he brought them to her. I have to read that article again. It’s always the kids that suffer.

• She was really bad mouthing Jon in last nights show. Those kids are in for a long haul.

  • rachel what did she say about him? have you seen and heard the audio on radar on line , jon talking to someone… I m pretty sure he didnt know he was being recorded… this world is sick……. I wouldnt want that life for all the money in the world, you cant trust anyone . The only think I saw on line was Kate saying it all ende too soon. Thats cuz it was an easy paycheck for her. Now what? on the web site of TLC and Jon and Kate there is the kids playing in the basement did you see all the exercise equipment?

• “HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE “… be safe and dont eat too much ! :)

• On the last show she did the usual blah, blah, blah about Jon how he doesn’t take the kids anywhere and how it wasn’t her idea to end the show. The kids were really rude to Jon and he did punish them , I believe it was the two older ones. I’m wondering what’s going to happen next.

• Ilove jonandkatepluseight i watch them everyday the littrley kep me on my feet when times where getting hard i just turn on TLC and iam releved and the kids are so cute but when i herd that they where splitting i didnt like it at all the kids dont diserv that they are so nice ( kinda not mady) and they need better than that and it broke my heart because she promised that she would be married forever!!! and that hurt me so much! all i want is whats best for the kids!! and no show them being divorced is not!!! good! even thought iam 10 i still know alot P.S. DONT BELIVE THE MAGIZENS!!!!!! EVER!

• ilove jonand kate plus eight!!!!! the kids dont dezerv what is crashing down upon them!!!! it is so so so so so so… sad i want whats best for the kids!!! and this is not what i had in mind!! even though iam 10 i knpw alot! DONT BELIVE MAGAZENS EVER… and if the poperozy sees this! just to let you know you destroyed a family and you should be ashamed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

• ILOVE THEM! magizens are terreible and poperozy s#cks!!!!!!!! kate if you are looking at this think about the kids! and dont forget about there special days!!

• Reading the comments above by Elizabeth, two things come to mind. One, where are her parents and why is she parked in front of a TV instead of playing outside?? But two, TLC should be ashamed to break the hearts of little girls who still believe in fairy tale endings…

  Wouldn’t it be nice if The Learning Channel would get back to showing things we need to LEARN so kids like Elizabeth could have their time in front of the TV be a little more productive??

  On a different note, I watched the very last episode (since I once said I’d watch it to the end). I noticed Kate talked about how the kids were already “missing it” — meaning the filming, not their father. I thought Jon was a little hard on Cara since from what I could see, Mady had indeed been the one causing the trouble, as usual… So, except for reruns, guess that’s the end of it until either Jon or Kate gets their own show, or perhaps Mady in a few years…

  I’m sure you guys saw the reality show wanna-be’s that snuck into the State Dinner at the White House. WTH is wrong with people these days that they’ll do any damn thing to get a reality show??? Pretend to fly your kid off in a helium balloon, smash your jewels into anything unusual, light your face on fire… Where does it end, and WTH is next — the human sacrifice channel??

• Why are you all mean to me? didn’t i say i was sorry?

  • Who are you and what are you even talking about?? Is that you, Big Daddy??

• Maris, I saw the last show as well. I agree that Jon was really hard on Cara but I think that the comment made from her or Mady that “we have more fun with Mom” really hit a nerve. The kids have said that in the past few shows. I’m sure that was all due to Kate telling them to say that. These kids are in for a long haul with their bickering parents even without the camera’s rolling.

  • I’m pretty sure it was Mady that said that, but I didn’t rewind to make sure. That’s pretty typical of kids of divorced parents — play mommy against daddy, and both Jon and Kate (especially Jon) are going to have to buck up and learn to play the game, not throw a tantrum and take it personal. Fame and money, hope it was worth it…

• what parent allows their 10 year old come here and post? I find that odd.

• True Julie. And what 10 year old writes “crashing down upon them”?

• Opps! Sorry that above message was from me.

• LOL I thought when Kate first said ‘they were already missing it’ she was refering to Jon…but just for a moment.
  The funniest statement was when she said she didn’t want her kids to see the anything negative between her and Jon. Does she plan to have all the episodes burned? That is the only way the kids will not see how she constantly throuws out her digs at Jon.
  maddy reminds me of Kate. Someone should have disiplined that child long ago. But they have allowed her outbursts so you have to expect it will filter into the other children eventually. Its a shame. The sixtups are currently well behaved, Cara is generally well behaved….
  I still like to watch the reruns, but I mostly look for the old happy family ones.

  • oh Kim so true, and how will they NEVER see the stuff that has been on the internet and gossip magazines?… see how much out of touch she really is in life….. She acts like she grew up under a rock and didnt know anything.Thats where I feel Jon kept her grounded. Wouldnt that be something if she “had” to move back to their old house? Right around the corner from her brother who she doesnt talk too.

• Julie, that house hasn’t sold yet???

  • rachel I could be wrong but I think I read in a couple of places on the net it was still for sale… Ill look around abit and try to see…….

• http://listings.listhub.net/pages/CPMLPA/10176738/?channel=trulia

  rachel, I think the price is lower than before but look its almost 3500 sq.ft.
  thats NOT a small home. 5 bedrooms! Lots of people would LOVE to have a home like that. Its a new home not that old at all. Kate wanted acres Im sure of that. Remember in the show where they go to by the organic meat, she says somethign even way back then. SPOILED!

• Have I missed replies from Big Daddy? Has he been online? He had written a note that his kids had swine flu and I’m not sure if he has ever said anything else. Ya out there BIG DADDY? KIDS OKAY?

  Not sure why Kate doesn’t rent out the old house if she is waiting for the market to turn. Would make sense for Jon to live there for now instead of NY.
  Be it the bleeding heart in me, but I find it so terribly sad to see what has happened to a once beautiful/loving family. If any of us could have the opportunity to ‘watch our lives’ on TV I think we would have been able to see what we were actually doing wrong and make changes. Now they have lost each other, Kate has become bitter and has poor me syndrom and they lost a very large income that provided them with a wonderful lifestyle. I myself would regret being without the man that truly loved me more than the TV show fame…..they had it all.
  Kate needs to pull out the recordings and really see what she has created for herself. We are not just imagining these things. Sometimes truth hurts.

• Wow Julie, great detective work. I wonder what is keeping people from buying that house. It’s in good condition even after having that tribe living there.

• why can’t we post on this site anymore?

• finally! Tried all day. Check out http://www.chattertonguegossip.com

• check out the web site of chatter house gossip. I tried all day to post this.

• Do you mean the new Gosselin Christmas CD?

  http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/12/the-gosselin-christmas-cd-funny/

• Thanks big daddy. I tried all day to post it and it wouldn’t let me.

• testing testing… can you see me?

• I see you, Julie. Loud and clear! ;)

• Does Kate know how stupid she REALLY sounds now!! She says her kids are “sobbing” not being infront of the cameras! Then something is really wrong with them, its good that they left!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe its the company of the people “behind” the cameras. But still she sounds like an idoit saying that. That was her easy money for work and not to leave the house to go work.

• rachel, the Gosselins old house just sold for a profit….. read on radar
  online……

• Julie, Do they still get paid when the repeats are on?

• Julie, What is the radar web site?

  • radaronline.com

• yeap thats its radaronline.com…. I would think they would get paid for reruns… do you?

• Thanks, Julie for the web site. OMG did you see her hair. That old style was better then this one. So she is still going to have a show. Unbeliveable! I’m sure it won’t last. Ya, I thought that they would get paid too for the reruns, but not as much. Those poor sobbing kids. I feel so bad for them.

• She’s back!! Check out http://www.people.com

• Kate Gosselin is one of Barbara Walters Most Fascinatig People of 2009? That women is CRAZY! She’ll probably pick Tiger Woods as her number 1.

  • fascinating? hmmmm…..

    looked the word up in the dictonary……fasinating -extremely interesting, or charming.

    My best guess is Barb wants ratings…

• Well for being one of the most fasinating people of 2009, Barbara Walters sure did make Kate look like a complete ass. They showed all of the classic tapes of Kate screaming at Jon and the kids beating up on each other.

• Happy Holidays everyone ……………….be safe and enjoy!

• Thanks Julie. Merry Christmas!!

• Well, the divorce is final. I feel for those kids.

  • me tooo! And tlc wont let Jon work so now what ? He caves in to allow the show back on the air with the kids ? Poor poor kids ! :(

    • …are YOU kidding. Jon can get a Job in IT or a regular job. He has no skills and HE looks for the publicity. He should have saved his money better. What a douche.

• Why won’t tlc let jon work? Also, I use to see the old shows at 6 a.m. now I never see the show at all. What happened with that?

• I still love kate no matter what you say she is nice carring and loving to the kids

  • Are u nuts kate is all for the money if there was no money there would probly be no show!!!!!!!

• you go jon

• Anonymous what kate are you talking about?

  • hhaha rachel….

• I just heard on the radio that Jon has to make a hefty child support payment. How does he pay this when he is not working?

• Hi Rachel…. They had a lawyer on the view a few days ago that had all the scoop on both the Gosselins and on Tiger Woods….

  She said Jon’s child support was well up into the 5 figure range every month. I know he was going for spousal support but I never heard if he was going to get it or not but she did say that Kate was the Bread Winner in the family.

  She also said, what we all have heard, that TLC was pondering the possability of making a show with just Kate but didn’t think anyone would watch it.

  They also said, 3 days before the divorce was final, that Jon was BROKE because the judge had ruled in TLC’s favor that Jon was not to make anymore unauthorized appearances.

  Now, Jon is stupid, yes, but Kate is not. And when wealthy people say they are broke isn’t the same as us saying we are broke. So, I’m sure Kate has made investments that will continue to pay in the future and now Jon has his hands on some of that continuious income…..

  I figured this for a long time but haven’t said anything about it because I like to talk shit about Jon but I’m sure we will be hearing more about it in the future.

  What I want to know is, now that they are divorced and Kate has custody of the chiltlin, will she be able to go forward with Kate Plus 8, or does she have to have Jon’s permission since they are also his kids….

• She only has primary custody. As long as he’s paying support and has partial custody, he has a say in the lives of the kids. I hope Pa. wouldn’t allow them to get away with the constant filming of the kids in the future. I think the court would have a lot of say in that part of their lives if one parent says no to TV.

  I am glad the kids are no longer being used as a pay check.

• stuped you

• Happy New Year!

  • Happy New Year rachel……… :)

• Kate is really just in it for the money I have no dout jon is the best parent out of this all and I think kate if she had the right she would keep the kids to herself.yesh I know I’m only 14 but I never want to be anything like her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jon is NOT the better parent. He is unstable…has girlfriends pose as nanny’s and spend the night. Shoots a gun on the property, cannot manage money or control his mouth. Has attacked the mother of his children on national tv. He is a loser. Who cares how controlling Kate was…Jon was clearly the 9th child in all of this.

    • syb YOU sit behind Kate’s strings for 10 years and lets see how you turn out. Im not saying Jon is better person or parent, Im just stating Kate is NUTS in how she deals with people INLUDING her own kids.

• Cheyenne, it’s good that you don’t want to be like Kate, because she is definately not a good role model. Another reason why I’m glad that this show was taken off the air.

• Me too Rachel. I really could never figure out why someone would want to sit and watch a show with a bunch of screaming kids and parents on it. It just didn’t make any sense to me. Why is everyone making a big deal of these people its not like they are movie stars or anything. People need to get a life, and worry about their own families instead of watching a screaming MOTHER and her KIDDOS!!

• me too!!! seeing reruns makes my skin crawl! YUCK…..

• I think the show was great. But no one, including the big mouth sister-in-law, knew what was really going on in private. I’ll bet Jon was a rounder from the beginning.I can’t understand why the money to the brother’s family would bother Kate but lets not forget that Aunt Jodi allowed the kids to run wild like little animals and gave them things they shouldn’t have had. Gum, candy by the fist full and outher junk food isn’t a sign of a careing, cautious baby sitter, free or not. When your child calls you to complain about Daddy feeling up the nanny something is really wrong.

  • whats a rounder ? aunt jodie let the kids run wild like animals , I never saw that on the shows.

    • Big mout aunt Jodie ? Or big mouth Kate over that gum, once she finds the gum she makes Joel cry saying she is going to throw is bear away and made such an issue that Maddie was trying to comfort him. THAT was so painful to watch Joel get verbally abused in that way when she knew darn well she would not throw that bear out. But she just lets her mouth run wild , doesnt care who is listening. What mother does that crap? So the Aunt Jodi I saw was loving and caring
      not at all like you make her out be.

• Imogene where in world did you get your facts from??????

• Aunt Jodie was Kate’s saving grace. Notice she was the only one in the family to help out with that tribe. She got nothing but aggrivation from Maddy but she still took them every Friday so Kate could have some time for herself. Yeah, what is a rounder?????

• Oh brother she’s back!!! People .com Kate got hundreds of extentions in her hair. I wonder if that’s what jon’s alimony money goes to?

  • hahahh I saw that but I didnt have time to write you. What do you think? Everyone on there with comments were saying it looked good.I for one dont like extentions. I didnt like it.

• I read the comments too and was shocked that people loved them. I’m with you I don’t like extentions. Too FAKE. I’m sure she will be all over the talk shows now to show off. You know how she loves being the center of attention.

• rachel, go to CNN website they have an article about kate there with a video , about her new hair. VERY interesting what they have to say!

• It’s great you enjoyed my poem, but apart from the fact that you failed to get my permission, you also left out the name of the author.
  For those interested, the poem was taken out of my collection ‘From the Year of the Quiet Sun’ at http://franklludwig.com/quietsun.html

• I think it’s funny that Auntie Jodie is all for Jon now just since she can’t cash in on the show herself. Personally I hope we never hear another thing about any of them including AUNTIE JODIE,AND AUNTIE JODIE’S SISTER.!! LOL But i wish Kate and the kids well. oh yes, Arounder is a scum bag that screws everything he can get his hands on including……….possibly family- in -laws???

  • I think it’s funny that people delight in spreading lies and unfounded slander about someone they don’t know while well-wishing someone else they don’t know. Rounder?? Guess you’d know.

• ALIMONY??? YEAH RIGHT. HAHAHAHA

• Thanks Julie, I missed that one. She is a piece of work!

  • 7,000 dollars and 20 hours work……… they said they would rather see her spend that time having the kids in therpy

• I knew it wouldn’t take long. Kate’s new show starts late spring early summer. Here we go again!!!!!

  • Then don’t watch the friggin show…stupid ass

• Now she says she hates her hair………. hahah she thinks it looks over processed ……… ya think?…. they are nasty!

• Haha, that is really funny Julie. Where did you hear that. I just wonder if she had to pay for the extentions and Where were the kids while she was away for 20 hours?

  • on people.com , I think………… 20 hours!

• Off topic, I know, but if anyone is interested in donating to the horrific tragedy in Haiti, you can text “Haiti” to 90999 for an automatic $10 donation to the American Red Cross. The measure of a society and of our humanity is how we treat the least fortunate among us.

• Thanks anonymous. I mailed in my check today. Thanks for the information.

• Kate looks like a slut w/new hairdo … all she needs to do now is walk the streets! When things should be kept the same at this point for the kids … she is making radical changes. She cares for the kids …. that is a bunch of BS!! It is all evil, mean Kate …. looking in the mirror.

• Kate can you and your kids come to wisconsin

• Julie, You good?? I’m just waiting for those extensions to be ripped out. I’m sure that will be all over the air when it happens.

  • hey racel , yea Im good… thanks… I think she doesnt like them either. On the Jon and Kate plus eight web page they showed in a videoof her getting them put in. Her real hair looked like a nice bob at the time..and not the old way she wore it. take care!

• You are all a bunch of bitches and just jelous of Kate! She was married to a cheater and a looser, “and YES HE WAS CHEATING ON HER ALL ALONG! However!!

  Kate looks GREAT! Her hair NOW looks great! She is back on the right path!

  Jon will end up dieing from aids!

  • Dying of AIDS, Big Daddy, dying. Get out your dictionary. And I’m pretty sure that after 8 kids, he stays stocked up on his favorite ribbed rubbers. As for Kate, her hair may appeal to you and not so much to others, but on the inside she can out-bitch any bitch on here. You’ve got a thing for bitches so just admit it and be real!

    • that was a good response “SE” you made me laugh.

• OH, COME ON BIG DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would we be jealous of that? Do you blame him for cheating on her after the way she treated him. She constantly put him down, he couldn’t even breath right.
  As far as her hair even she doesn’t like it. She looked much better with shorter hair. Don’t know what path she’s on, but I haven’t heard about the line waiting at her door either.

  • rachel, Im with you , Im pretty sure NOONE is “jealous” of Kate.

• Where are the kids other relatives, like grandparents? Never hear of any family members except kates bro& si-in law. Once saw jon’s grandmother at a birthday party long ago. Anyone ever seen anyone else? When’s new show start?

• Do these kids have grandparents? Anyone know.?Where are they G.P. from?

• Kate doesn’t speak to her parents and Jon’s father passed away. His mother is still alive but I’m not sure how often she sees the kids.

• Aren’t we tired of this yet ? They are off the air and are old news. I wish only the best for Kate and her kids, and I hope everyone else feels the same. Jon can go to HADES,and take his morals with him.

  • The ones who are tired of it can change the channel. If you’re tired of the blog you can get creative and find another one to bitch on. Let’s see, you wish the best for Kate and her kids but Jon can go to HADES. I’ll take a wild guess and say you’re Christian. Take a deep breath and go pray about it.

• rachel, I was on aol.com news and they said Kate has a job on the view for guest hosting . you should see the comments about her. woow!

• Thanks Julie, I just read it. I can’t see how this is going to help the View. I heard that the ratings aren’t good now.
  Did you also see that Jon will let TLC film his kids if the lawsuit is dropped. I think the money is running low for both Jon and Kate. They are bound to do anything. Have you heard if she still has her bodyguard??

  • right , if he cant work because of them he cant make money. catch 22. Youre right Ihavent see any “body guard”.

    • Maybe the bodyguard’s wife got a clue.

  • rachel go to radar.com there is a picture of Kate in New York I think with her hairdresser but Im not sure, but I have to say that long hair doesnt look good on her … she looks bad……and her outfit .. well ;( blahhH!

• OMG, Julie. She looks like a stoned hooker. What kind of an outfit is that for the winter? Since when do you wear stappy sandles when the temperature is in the 20’s? She still has no clue of fashion. And no Big Daddy I’m not jealous, just stating a fact. I look better than her anyway.(haha)

  • rachel , she chopped them off! ……….. 7,000 dollars!

    • go to Us.com she made sort of a bob?

• That’s cut?? I didn’t even realize it. Her hair now looks like the mop I used to wash my floor. See she has no value of the dollar.

• rachellllllllllllllllll Kate has a new book out! hahhahaha check People.!

• OMG! She can write all the lovey sweety stuff in this book but she is forgetting one thing. EVERYTHING IS ON TAPE. In time those kids will go back and watch those tapes and will agree that their mother is a BITCH!!!!!

• The kids can remember back when Daddy was feeling up the nanny and they called their mom to rat him out. lol Also when Auntie Jodie got mad because she wanted money and she sold a smut story for 20 g’s . No wonder Kate dosen’t have anything to do with them. HEY WAIT !!! Daddy dearest was :taking care of his sick mom: the night he got caught out with his girl friend wasn’t he. With family like these on both sides, Kate and the kids don’t need to keep in touch. Neither of you sisters can make money without using Kate and those kids, look at you now. You keep this old news going.

  • How long have you had a cob crossways? Go suck on another lemon and say 10 prayers to Saint Kate. Either that or get laid. It’s increasingly apparant that sex is “old news” with you.

• Also Julie you don/t look good yourself. you and that died frizzy hAIR AND THAT FLAT SHAPE . I have not seen your sister but i have you.

  • Yeah, that “I Hate Men” old hair style of Kate’s was really impressive, a total turn-on for Imogene, evidently.

  • what the hell are you talking about youve seen me?dried frizzy hair ? what is wrong with you? sister ? I DONT have a sister? get your facts straight! If you dont like what is said here , get lost! NONE of us has said anything negitive to you . Dont read what we say if you dont like it.. gezzz This will be my last post to you…… Infact i wasnt talking to you I was talking to rachel.

• lol Julie, that Imogene is quite a character. Almost sounds like big daddy but the spelling isn’t half bad. He always did call everyone “sister”.

  • rachel, yes people get behind a monitor and think that gives them to right to be rude and disrespectufl… sad really…

• People.com has the article of kate going out on the town (NY) with her hairdresser and bodyguards. I guess she doesn’t have any friends. Don’t know why???

• RACHEL, RACHEL, RACHEL… My ears were burning so I had to come check it out!!!

  First, Julie is my friend so I wouldn’t NEVER talk about her… And I think Imogene probably ment “Jodi” when she said Julie, but I’m not for sure..

  AFTER ALL HER SPELLING IS BETTER THAN MINE! LOL

  Big Daddy might be quiet but he aint gone!

• According to the comcast news the Gosselins will be pimping out the kids again. When will this end??

  • According to all the pop news, the Gosslins are yesterday’s news. Looks like all this will end when there’s no one left to act as pimp and pay them. It’s rather nostalgic now to think back to the time when they were a young couple in love, just struggling to make ends meet, have a happy life, raise a nice family. All gone now like a vapor.

  • terrible ……… just terrible

• Hey Big Daddy,

  What happened to chatter tongue gossip?

  • Had to change web servers and now I have real problems….Still trying to figure it out.

• Sorry to hear that Cinoda. I enjoyed the web site.

  • It will be back even if it is the death of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been on it all day, and can you tell I’ve had it up to here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Julie, brace youself. Did you hear that Kate is going to be on Dancing with the Stars? Well they just lost me as a viewer.

  • yes rachel!!! doesnt she have to stay in California all those months ? to practice? Who will watch the kids ? Jon? Maybe she will take the extensions out to dance ! hahah ! Can you imagine her dancing ? NO !

  • OH MY ‘EFFIN’ GAWD!!! I suffered through Tom Delay last season, but I’m with you, Rachel — they just lost me as a viewer. I can NOT stomach watching and listening to her. Very good point, Julie — poor Kate watching all those kids without help from her “douch bag” ex-husband while writing a book, speaking at various functions, and now practicing her dancing in California just to earn a meager living for her family… Get ready for another “mom of the year” award from her fans. Excuse me now while I go puke…

• I was just thinking the same thing. She can’t walk in those heels, can’t imagine her dancing in them.

• Hey guys,

  Did you hear that Kate has a new boy-friend? They are calling him a “love interest”…. People thought men would shy away since she has 8 kids but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

  He has 5 kids and is an indoor football coach… I think I saw in on MSNBC…

  And Chatter Tongue Gossip will be back, it just may take awhile.

• Kate +Bernie = 13…………new show perhaps?

  • Thats sorta what I was thinking… If they were to get married and have one more they could give Octomom a run for her money!

    BTW, did anyone see The Octomom on the view? She was either on Crystal Meth or she’s just plain InSaNe!

    • I laughed until I nearly peed my pants! Did you see the way Whoopi jumped a couple of times when Octomom burst out in a cackle?! Drugs, lack of drugs, whatever her problem, that chick is a genuine whack job.

    • YOU AINT KIDDIN! She was speeding her head off! She HAD to have been on something… Normal people just don’t act like that!

      Yes, it was halarioius when Whoopie jumped. I though Whoopie showed a lOT of poise the way she asked her if she understood that people “THNK SHE IS CRAZY”!

      And the woman said she isn’t against the idea of having another kid if she meets the right man!

      You know some man is going to take her up on her offer just for the publicity!

      I even recorded it to show to Maxine she got home! OMG!

    • If there’s a man out there who wants to put up with her incessant speed-talking and spontaneous cackle outbursts, and wants to add “just one more” to the litter — just for money — well, that’s one crazy f*** I never want to meet in a dark alley… or anywhere else…

• Who is this new guy and what does he look like??? Yes Big Daddy I saw just a small clip of Octomon on the view and she is INSANE!!! What is her problem?? Couldn’t believe what I was seeing!!!

• Marissssssssssssssssssss nice to see you. How have you been??

  • TYVM, Rachel! I’ve peeked in from time to time but stopped watching the show long ago. I simply can’t stomach Kate and get tired of her supporters blaming everything on Jon like she’s some kind of saint or something. When I heard she was slated to ruin DWTS for me, I just knew someone would have comments — so I couldn’t resist coming back! LOL! Good to see you all, even (ugh) Big Daddy!!

    • Call me out-of-touch but what is TYVM AND DWTS?

    • thank you very much & dancing with the stars

      I wasn’t going to but since you insist… you’re out of touch!! lol (that means laugh out loud)

• His name is Bernie Nowotarski. I’m not one to scope out guys but he is a football coach and seems to be pretty fit. And he looks, and yes I’ll say it, HE LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN JON GOSSELIN…

• Maris, I feel the same way. She has ruined DWTS for me too. I really enjoyed that show. As many have said on People.com and usweekly.com she is not a star so why is she on and most are not going to watch like us. It’s too bad. She needs to stay home with those children. And forget about herself.

  Big Daddy, DWTS-Dancing with the Start.
  TYVM-Thank you very much.

• I just checked out Bernie on youtube.com and he doesn’t seem like he’d be Kate’s type. Are sure that this rumor is true?

  • I saw him on lime lite.com. I think I read he is 50 … I saw her in an interview last nite, she said she is going to go back and forth to Calif ? And the professional dancer is going to come to her and dance in her basemant and some studio near her home? Sounds crazy . Hope her extensions dont hit her in the face.Thats a whole lot of air time back and forth for her. Joke!

• oops! DWTS=Dancing with the Stars.

• Hi Maris! .. :)

  • Hi Julie! : )

• Julie, I heard on the today show that the “star” dancers make 125,000 even if they don’t make it to the second week.

  • WHAT!?…………… OMG……… well there you have it!……… $$$$$

  • Shit! Big Daddy needs to go be on DWTS then….. LOL

• hey! love reading this stuff…..anyone know the truth about KG’s love interest……I do! let me know what people are saying, funny!

  • Ive only seen one and it was msnbc… You might look there for more information…

    • MSNBC?? You?!? Oh get off it, you don’t watch that channel and you know it (or read the site). I understand, though. Too many facts could make your already big head explode…

• Mirabella I read about it http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Kate-Gosselins-New-Love-Interest/34719.html

• Mirabella,
  I read about Kate’s new man on youtube.com

• hey does anyone think Kate got new teeth? they look different.

• YES!!!! I wanted to say that in here but I figured that big daddy would say that I’m jeaulous. Which I am, I’d love to have new teeth but my kids education comes first. Ya see, my husband and I don’t pimp out our kids.

• New TEETH! She’s only what, 35-years-old? Surley not… Do you really think she was having to gum all that organic corn?

• Dammit!!! I just heard that another of the dancers this season will be Evan Lysechek, the gold medalist figure skater who’s very attractive and a nice guy to boot. I want to see HIM but don’t know if I can take looking at HER. Decisions, decisions…

  Hey BD, maybe all that organic corn is what ruined her teeth!

• Oh, Maris watch it. Do you know how much fun we’ll have in here talking about it. I have to watch the first show at least just until i vomit.

  • Well, I guess maybe just for you, plus I really want to ogle that piece of eye candy, Evan. Between Kate’s dancing and all the republican talk about the healthcare bill be “shoved down our throats, rammed down our throats” etc., I’ll surely have to keep a bucket handy!! I think I can feel the saliva bubbling up already…

    • hahhaha!!! Good one Maris.. I think she did the teeth over for cosmetic purposes.

      Rachel I just cant imagine her dancing! She never did a “sportsy”
      thing in her life. Remember she is an “indoor girl” BLAH!

    • How the HELL can you turn DWTS into a political platform… I think you need to go get some from Obama! Lord knows he’s given it to the rest of us!

    • And I think YOU need to spend some time on your knees praying. Remember praying?? It’s what the country did when Bush was in charge with his finger on the “nuclular” button.

    • Well there is no need for that.. Obama just wants to open the door and invite everyone on in….

    • Yeah, right. Keep your nose in ClusterFOX — you’re just who they love.

• Have you heard the news? Jon Gosselin has been offered $20,000 to pose for Playgirl… I guess thats $10,000 per inch! LOL

  http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272630679.shtml

• I don’t think i want to see it.

  • Silly,,, I’ts not the spread… It’s the article telling about it….

• Rachel, remember Kates made up word- “thrashulashus”, maybe SHE will be THRASULAHUS” on the dance floor…………

• I’m sure she will. lol She really has a hard time walking in heels i just can’t imagine her dancing in them.

  No kidding big daddy, that’s what i’m talking about. I don’t want to see jon posing in playgirl.

• hey did you guys get an email from here about Big Daddy and some poem and some guy saying its his? I dont know what its about do you?

  • WHAT? I don’t know anything about a poem…. Although I am very talented, I don’t do poetry…. Julie, I do still send you stuff on your email sometimes but it is under my real name…

    Be carefull opening emails and messages from people, especially if it is a video… On facebook there is a virus that is hacking peoples accounts, getting peoples friends email addresses, sending them all emails and then crashes their computers.

    I got one from a friend and it said it was a link to You Tube but there was an ip address attached to it. I did click on it and noticed the graphics looked cheap so I closed it before it had a chance to load and contacted the friend that it was from…. She contacted some of her friends and all of the ones who had opened it, all of their computers crashed…

    So be carefull all……

    • No this was an mail that lets us know when one of us has posted and the person said you stole his poem? ……something about that ?

    • Let me go get my glasses and I’ll check mine! lol

    • Big Daddy you never sent me any emails….

    • Aren’t you Julie that used to go by Julianne that we started calling Jules?

      If no, then sorry, it was a different Julie.. If yes, the did you change your emial address?

    • Nope thats not me…..

  • Oh wow Julie, I just got that! It has a link to his site and everything. Big Daddy, you better be careful whose material you use. Not everyone loves you the way we do…

    • I have never been to his site before today, trying to figure out what he was talking about… I’ve never posted a poem on her, EVER, before today and it what I wrote for him…. So, I don’t have any idea what he is blathering about….

      I can’t even find where he posted that comment on this blog.

• I found it! Here I copied some of it..

  Author: Frank L. Ludwig
  Comment:
  You seem to believe Big Daddy has the intellectual capability of writing poems like that. ‘Address of Apology’ was written by me and copied from my collection at (blah blah blah) without my permissoin or consent.

  I added the (blah blah blah) part… I don’t know what he is talking about. He may just be trying to drive traffic his way but unfortunatley, for him, he didn’t make the link to his site correctly… I did find his site and his poetry really sucks. And not just because they say nothing about Trains, Mama or guns….

  So, since he’s smearing Big Daddy’s name let me try my had at writing him a poem.

  Dear Mr. Ludwig, I dudst think thou art a pig,
  For after reading your poetry,
  I need a beer and a cig,

  Your first name is Frank,
  For you are what you eat,
  And are not intellectual capability enough to sit at thy feet,

  So to you Mr. Ludwig I bid you adue
  In hopes that yourself,
  you may go screw!

  How’s that?

• Hey, does anyone know when the new season of DWTS starts? I can’t find it on my guide.

• It starts March 22nd. I saw it researching Kate Gosselin! You know I’m gonna watch!

• Let me jog your memory: http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/08/23/jon-and-kate-plus-eight-gets-nasty-aunt-jodi-tells-her-side/comment-page-30/#comment-442394

  I have already issued a takedown notice to the host.

  • Well, I stand corrected, SORTA!

    Mr Ludwig,

    First, I did NOT scrape that off of your site! It was sent to me in an email…….

    Second: I don’t really call that a poem….

    Third: I would think you would enjoy haveing your stuff posted so you could hook a link below it and get more hits on your site and increase your popularity….

    Fourth: Thats been OVER a FREAKING YEAR AGO!

• OMG! — once again, Big Daddy, you’re busted! Yep, red-handed and should be red-faced. You owe the man an apology, or at least go back and give him credit for his work, even if you didn’t know at the time whose work it was.

  Nice to meet you, Mr. Ludwig. You want to join our insane little group? At the time Big Daddy posted your poem, I see I was railing against it as being unfair to the fairer sex. We fight like hell here but you may enjoy it. So come on in, the water’s fine! No, it’s hot… no, it’s cold… no, it’s fine and I can prove it!!

• Thanks very much for the invitation, Maris, but I’m not really a blogger or chatter – apart from that, I wouldn’t know any of the soaps you’re talking about.

  I don’t really consider myself a hardass when it comes to my copyright. When my work is used non-commercially, I am named as the author and a link is provided to my website, I let it go.
  If that’s not the case, I contact the site owner asking them to add these before I take further action.
  In blogs and forums, when it’s possible, I comment on the infringing content pointing out my authorship. That’s what I did here.
  The decision in favour of a takedown notice was only taken after Big Daddy’s initial reaction.

  Thanks again for asking me to join, but I imagine you have enough disagreements without me being here ;)

  All the best,

  Frank

• Thanks very much for the invitation, Maris, but I’m not really a blogger or chatter – apart from that, I wouldn’t know any of the soaps you’re talking about.

  I don’t really consider myself a hardass when it comes to my copyright. When my work is used non-commercially, I am named as the author and a link is provided to my website, I let it go.
  If that’s not the case, I contact the site owner asking them to add these before I take further action.
  In blogs and forums, when it’s possible, I comment on the infringing content pointing out my authorship. That’s what I did here.
  The decision in favour of a takedown notice was only taken after Big Daddy’s initial reaction.

  Thanks again for asking me to join, but I imagine you have enough disagreements without me being here ;)

  All the best,

  Frank

  • Soap operas? Well, in a sense I suppose they are. We get deep into the weeds about so many other things, though, especially if we get Big Daddy stirred up about something or other — and he has a LOT that gets him stirred up. He mocks me for my politics, I mock him for his bigotry, etc.

    If you aren’t interested or don’t have the time, I completely understand. Just know you’re welcome. For what it’s worth, your point about your work is valid and well taken, at least by me. Unlike some people, I “get it” that an artist’s product, while intangible, is still his property. If you want Big Daddy to understand than what he did equates to theft, you’ll probably have to break into his trailor and take his big screen TV. Yeah, yeah, Big Daddy, I can hear you growling already…

  • I have searched your site and I do not see it there nor any reference to it.

• First off, How did you know I have a big screen TV? Have you been spying on me…

  Second, like I said, someone sent the “poem” to me in an email that was forwarded to me from other people! Thus, the author wouldn’t be known…

  If I’m not mistaken, you can set your site so that people can’t copy from it….

  So, sorry if you got offended but I did nothing wrong….

• Hey BD, I hear your other girlfriend (Sarah) is shopping TV networks for her new reality show. It’s called “So You Think You Can Think.” No wait, that’s wrong. It’s called “So You Think You Can See Alaska.” Or is it called “Who Wants To Make Me A Millionaire?” Maybe that last one would work for her and Kate too…

• Oh, YES! I would love to see Sarah Palin and Kate Gosselin on QVC… I’d have to tune in for sure!

  Both of them are hot so don’t be hatin!

  BTW… I was flipping through the PPV channels that are right next to the porn channels and my eye caught something about Jon & Kate…

  It was “Jon & Kate do Eight”!… LOL I didn’t tune in, although I was tempted…. LOL I even showed it to Maxine….. LMAO!

  • “I was flipping through the PPV channels that are right next to the porn channels…” Riiiight… Oh go on and watch it, BD. We all know you want to! The lump Maxine puts on your head with her iron skillet will go down in a week or two.

• radar online shows Kate’s new guy over interacting with the kids……. 5 pictures…..

  • oppsss my mistake it was her dance partner… not the new guy

• I guess she had her extentions taken out and new ones put in. More colors.

  • Did you see her say.. Why cant a Mom have fun?

• Oh Julie I didn’t hear that. She is still all about herself. She just doesn’t get it.

  • …and never will.

• rachel , maris, go to usmagazine.com , it says her kids are depressed she is gone 3 days a week. They are minded by 5 nannies, count them 5!! they keep asking when is Mommy coming home, only 3 months after the divorce. Cara and Maddie seem depressed when Kate isnt around.
  OMG are you ready for this , she compares herself to Brad and Angelina!
  The 3 boys got into trouble at school for talking back to the teachers at school. I cant stand it. She wants to be a huge star and says Brad and Angelia are away from their kids for a long period of time. HOW much does 5 nannies cost? I hope she off the show week 1! She is in New York and Los Angels all the time now. Why wont she let Jon have more time with the kids now she is so busy ? She blew off time with the kids for tanning time. SHE IS NUTS!

• I just read the article and that is awful! What is her problem? She thinks that she will become a famous “star”. Comparing herself to Brad and Angelina, what a joke. WHat is her problem??? Where is Jon and why can’t he stay with the kids why she is becoming famous?

  • I read Jon wanted more time with the kids while Kate was busy but she wouldnt allow it. Regardless of what people think of Jon isnt a Dad better to have around than 5 nannies some of the time ? Lets hope hope she home week one.

• Jon is to busy trying to get laid and trying to rip off insurance companies for priceless ming vases that he never owned to take care of the kids…

• Ok now I’m really mad. The dogs are coming back. Now that the weather is getting warmer, Kate decided to take them back. Someone wrote in and left a comment that she’s taking back the dog for more votes on DWTS. What’s going to happen in November when the weather gets cold again??? She’s a real beauty!

  • Where have the dogs been all this time?? I thought they went to a new home?? Who would “loan” their dogs back to Kate for her props?? Poor dogs, they’re going to be as effed up as the 8 kids…

• rachel, I wouldnt put that past her , bringing the dogs back for more votes
  thats about her style of doing things. How long have the dogs been gone? And shame on the breeder! HOpe she goes home the first week.

• she was in South Bend Indiana speaking today at a confrence. Not home on the weekends ?

• She is never home. Who is she kidding. It’s all about her!

  • rachel I was just about to post this, I was on Prez site and you should see the comments there , someone said she hasnt been on Feb 21- March5. Plenty said they will not watch the show til she is gone, and she doesnt get along with the other ppl on the show ! hahah thats not news , she thinks she is a diva. Lots said they cant wait to see her make a fool of herself…

• And still all the jokes and disrespect are aimed at Jon being a douche bag. And for what? Leaving the shrew? I could understand if he’d beat her face in or even mistreated her in some way, but he found someone who made him feel human and left the bitch. Sheesh, I’m still wondering what took him so long…

  • Maris lots said on there if Jon is a douche Kate is a C**T. They dont like her either there . Im with you about him leaving. Kate can leave the kids for weeks on end with nannies and such , and she finds that ok. She has an odd moral compass thats for sure!

• read usmagazine.com

• Okay she has eight kids to support..Jon has no income…..how do you expect her to feed her kids….

  • That’s a joke, just not a funny one.

• It’s just me- Why does kate need to live in that million dollar home. Yes, i realize that they have 8 kids and they need the room, well what was wrong with the old house?? How about shopping at stores like walmart and target for the kids clothes and not cute little boutiques. Those kids are growing daily, what a waste. Does she really need to go to the spa and have her nails done? And don’t even get me going on the hair!
  She is a nurse. From what I’ve heard there is a shortage.
  Kate is a showboat. It’s all about her. She will do whatever she can for the attention.

• Now she was on the view? Is she ever home? I guess its about her and big mouth before . And the post about Jon not having any income, well her and her team made sure of that. He couldnt go out and do things but she can. She said on the view how can you be cool with the other people on DWTS, she is 3000 miles away , uhm yea sure . She was in Indiana last weekend . Rachel Im with you who said she has to have 7000 dollar extensions and nails etc etc. Her kids have been and always be dressed to the nines. I dont trust what comes out her mouth, she always doubles talks herself into stupidity on the view. They could have stayed in their old home NO prob . She wanted bigger and better!

• enough of kate and her ego. stay home and be a mom. she is disgusting.

• omg. enough with these two sicko. the poor kids.

• Kate also said that Jon has been staying at the house while she is away… Even though they may have showed Kate being a “shrew” on the show, which one of you are perfect? I’m sure Jon is not either…

  So what would any of you do if your husband was running around and sleeping with women half your age and bringing them home “get-it-on” in the family hot tub? I’m sure you would focus on changing your ways… Right? NOT!

• Julie, I can’t believe that she is doing the view too. When will she stop? What is the deal with the babysitters? Why won’t she let Jon be with the kids while she is playing dress-up?

• You are a couple of very jealous “ladies” lol Kate is very pretty and at least she is working and feeding her kids. If she wants to get some new sex, more power to her. At least she dosen’t do it in front of the kids like their “perfect” pop did. No one really knows whats going on now because she has banished all the fair weather friends and family, thank goodness. Everyone can speculate about the kids but no one knows for sure. And I wonder WHO is supporting Jon now ? Maybe his girlfriend, huh ?

  • jealous? uhm the word is disqusted. NO family no friends , using people left and right , uhm NO Im not jealous of that that at all. Looks like she learned alot fom her Father that is a Preacher. ( NOT ) She pushed Jon out the door , she has herself and her selfish demanding complusive degrading ways to blame.
    So in a word I could care less if she is pretty or ugly thin or large. Its her INSIDE that is disguesting. One last question , why was it wrong for Jon want to end the show and have privacy? Thats what pissed off Kate, she wanted fame and money and to continue.

• Oh my..does any one really think that she could go back to nursing and make enough to support 8 kids…and pay for child care….really and I bet the hair changes were free people…the hair didn’t cost her a dime.. people pay her to shop, visit and go into their stores….as for the dogs she is probably trying to have them home again…remember people it was a difficult time when she go rid of them…she is still a bag…but lighten up….rocks and glass houses..grow up people…..

• Kate, You have deligthful children, i just love love watching your programme. I know you are going through a difficult time now but unfortunately that is the price of fame. I have been reading blogs and there are some sad people ready to comment harshly on others but, i would love to see THEM on a reality programme . Kate and Jon i am sorry you have drifted apart but you will do what is best for you children i just know it………….. love to you both xxxx Nancy

• Nancy, FYI no need to write to Kate she doesn’t come on this blog. She’s out playing dress up while the babysitters are careing for her childern.
  And in real life or on a reality program I would never treat my husband the way kate treated hers. She belitled him constanty. The guy couldn’t even breath right in her opinion. And they didn’t drift apart, Kate pushed him out the door.

• Hey guys, what ya think about Jesse James and Sandra Bullock? I can’t believe he messed around on her, first of all, and second, not with that tattooed woman… She is sooo nasty lookin… I feel bad for Sandra, she is super awsome..

• Big Daddy, I think this is the first that I totally 100% agree with you about Sandra Bullock and the creep that she is married to. What scrum he is.
  I first saw him on the Apprentice and didn’t think he was a good match for her at all. After seeing him at the awards with Sandra and the kinds words that she always said about him I felt truely that “love is blind”. Well I was right and that thing that thing he messed around with, NASTY!

  • I just hope it was worth it for him…. He really screwed up! Sandra is my MOST FAVORITE actess of all time and has been for years and years…..!

    I heard she left him… I don’t know if she’ll take him back but I think she really really loved him and so probably still does… I just hope is she does, that he has learned his lesson…

• So, did everyone watch Kate on DWTS?? I’m glad I decided to watch, if for no other reason than the one good laugh I got, and it was indeed a good laugh! After Kate’s performance, one of the judges made the comment that Kate’s dance partner looked like he was pushing a shopping cart around the floor!! LOL!! I’m sorry to the Kate fans, but that came so unexpected that I just had to laugh, and I just know that somewhere Jon was laughing as well! I almost felt sorry for Kate, she looked like he’d just thrown a glass of cold water in her face, and of course the audience booed. But (again, sorry) I just thought it was hilarious to see someone publically critisize and embarrass Kate in the way she used to do Jon. Karma…

  Now about her appearance, and I’ll have to defer to BD on this one since he’s the one who’s studied her body so closely. I know she’s had breast implants, but her boobs looked extra huge to me and I don’t remember them seeming that dramatic before. She also looks like she’s gained about 40 pounds — she’s thick in her stomach, and I saw her looking slim and sexy in her bikini on the beach. After all the bitching she did about Jon getting out of shape, getting him a personal trainer, etc., I’m rather surprised. I also don’t think her hairstyle is flattering, and actually I liked the “toilet brush” multi-color style better, weird as it was.

  So, I guess Kate is now a reality show contestant for a living. Maybe this dancing will help her get back in shape. If not, I guess her fans can hope to see “more” of her on the Biggest Loser…

• I watched as well, Maris. I don’t think she will win the contest by any means. Her fake smile at the beginning of the show was hurting my face. But that soon faded when she got her scores. If looks could kill.
  I noticed the fullness of her midsection as well. My husband kept saying how different her face looked. I contributed that to botox or a filler. But perhaps it is weight gain. She does have a strong fan base following her so perhaps she will be on longer then we all think.

• I didnt watch but – I saw her online, dance.. she looked stiff as a board, that one kick she did behind her looked silly. She didnt look prepared, but when her partner says he doesnt really know her and she is chilly, well that says it. No chemistry, I think since she changed her changed her hair she looks , uhmmm sorta butch…. give her a week or so shell be gone.

• YOU WOMEN ARE EVIL!!! Poor Kate was up against, “Professional Olympic Athletes, Professional Actors and Pamela Anderson! What do you expect? She is just a mother and I think it had guts just to get out there and give it a shot! It’s more than I would do….

  I agree her dress was a lilttle, “I Dream of Jeanie”, and I wonderd about that… I first thought she was dressed like that because she may have thought it unapropriate for the kids to see her dressed like a hooka, and you know they were going to watch…. But she has been photographed in her bikini, so I don’t really see the difference..

  I think Kate and her breasts did a GREAT job considering… And for all of you “KATE HATERS”, people said for her to quit using her kids for money and to get them off TV, so their off and people are still bitching… At-least she is trying new and different things unlike Jon who is STILL trying to hock his sperm to the highest bidder…. For those of you who are a “little slow”, that is a reference to Jon’s girlfriends……

• Big Daddy we are not evil we are just stating some apparent facts. Her physical changes are noticable by all and like Julie said kate and her partner have no chemistry. The football player and his partner 1st dancers had chemistry and Pamela Sue Anderson and her partner had chemistry.
  She often said that she doesn’t dance. So why would she embarrass herself with this new adventure?????? I’m not saying but I know that Julie and Maris know just what I am talking about.

• Well, all I can say is “nothing ventured, nothing gained”. I have to admit, I admire Kate for having the guts to even be on there… And I think Kate’s new breasteses look maaaavalous….

  As for Maris, seeing that she is a Liberal, and “PROUD OF IT”, She would be all about slinging mud…..

  I also noticed that most of the people who said, “OH I’D NEVER EVER WATCH THAT SHREW ON DWTS”… most of them did………….

  • Since you’re an expert on absolutely everything, perhaps you’d care to tell me just WTH you know about liberals and WTH that has to do with mud-slinging?? If you’d change the channel from ClusterFOX once in a blue moon, you might see some of the nasty lies, racial and homosexual epiteths, and other mud-slinging being done by those of your political persuasion, going even so far as to proudly spit on black members of congress in full view of national cameras. Or based on what you’ve told me, perhaps you don’t have a problem with that type of behavior. This site is about Kate and Jon, or at least I thought it was. I’d appreciate it if you’d stop trying to target me personally.

    I don’t know who said they didn’t intend to watch DWTS, unless again you mean me. I did say that at first, and indeed I wouldn’t watch to see Kate, but Evan Lysechek is a piece of eye candy I’d like to take a loooong look at. You keep on drooling over Kate’s udders…

    • the only thing he is expert on is talking about sexual things.I dont ever answer that crap. I dont call people names on here so I dont even acknowlege it . I was one who said I wouldnt watch I just saw something on the net. Bur even if I did watch so what ? He isnt the police DWTS police.

    • Thanks, Julie!
      : )

• Just heard that kate spent 35,000.00 on Botox. And no big daddy i am not jealous!

  • That’s a boat-load of Botox, and I thought weight gain smoothed out wrinkles naturally. Wonder when she got it? If it was before yesterday, maybe that’s what made her look so stiff…

• Looked it up on extra.com and it was 12,000.00 for the face. The picture is funny her whole body it an orange tint and her hands are white. Guess she ran out of money to do her hands.

  • Do you think she gets those things done for free? Wasnt it just a few months back she didnt have enough money to pay her bills? hmmmm All the botex in the world wont make her beautiful on the inside. She is just in her early 30’s and she needs those things done? I think she is really insercure and trys this bulling act out on people because she inst secure enough in herself . Maybe her realationship with her parents growing up, she always said she was brought up
    in strict family. In any case she is just a clown, thinking she is imporant. NOT!
    Her poor kids :(

• Yaw’ll just aint right!!!!!

• Those poor kids is right, Julie. Especially the older ones. They can see and understand more then the little ones.
  Not sure if she has to pay for the botox etc. She really didn’t need any of that and actually it makes her looks worse. I didn’t see any support in the audience of DWTS the other night. Ya know, Aunt Jodie, Uncle Kevin, Beth. Oh, thats right she doesn’t talk to any of them any more.

• This one’s for my political foe, and I think he knows who he is…
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmlgwwCHof8

• I don’t really follow politics and I’m no expert, like most people.. I do know if you don’t remember history we are bound to repeat it.. So, although I’m not a “foe”, CHECK THIS OUT, FOLKS. It’s only the first half but still…

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5OnW0-HInI

  • Yes, improving the economy for them middle class and insuring that everyone has access to healthcare is part of Obama’s plan however comparing this to Hitler is like saying that anyone who tries to help the public is evil and that’s just ignorant!
    I suppose that we should seek leadership that wants to eliminate the government and bring about massive job loss, endless wars, falling wages, healthcare that is so expensive that only a few can afford creating a truly free market with total privatization of all public services with no government restrictions. I doubt then that most of you could afford the services of the private police or fire departments, let alone the cost of driving to work on private toll-roads. Of course you would not have to pay government taxes anymore, just private use fees for your dwelling and the amenities the private city you live in has to offer like a rain fee (since your lawn benefits, and a sunshine fee etc.
    Get the point? Conservatives are anything but; most conservatives only dream of being a conservative because to be a REAL conservative you have to be worth millions of dollars. The GOP uses slick hot-button marketing to get your vote because the mega-rich can’t ever get their way in a fair hones vote.
    I wonder how many conservative wannabes like working for companies that pay you less every year while the CEO, senior managers, board of directors and major stock holders get filthy rich. Of course they’re not really getting rich, it’s a liberal lie; the real reason is their taxes are so high supporting all the liberal free money giveaways to the lazy poor right?
    Don’t take anybody’s word for it, take some time and learn to read a spreadsheet for yourself.
    I had a manager recently tell me that they were cutting jobs because the company was paying over 44% in taxes due to the dems taking office. I checked their public financials for the last year and found that they actually paid only 4.43%! It’s true that their tax rate was around 40% but after all the deductions and special IRS incentives they only paid around 1/10 of that; there’s much more corporate welfare out there than government free money giveaway programs to the lazy poor, if you ask me. Did you know that if make your income as an investor you only pay 15% taxes tops! That’s before deductions!
    This concludes my pearls-before-swine rant!

• HUGH? this had to do with J & K in what way? I come here to get away from that.

• Me too Julie!!! Anyway’s are you going to watch mondays show. You have to see her other then her dance. She is just so uncomfortable and the fake smile is sickening.

• I agree with Rachel and Julie…. I guess that woman must be crazy!

  • Well, at least you didn’t blame it on me. As a matter of fact, though, that “woman” (person, actually) is NOT crazy, but rather just stating his/her opinion in a forum that you first tried to polarize politically then couldn’t carry through. I’d actually like to have a conversation with anonymous about the fake conservatism going on in the Arizona primary, but on a different forum, of course.

    As for me, ladies, I’ll be watching Kate and her udders and her stringy hair and her fake face and her botox overdosed body dancing (or being pushed around like a shopping cart) and talking about her 8 wonderful children and how very much she loves them… if for no other reason than the off chance that I might get to see her fall on her butt!! (Yes, BD, I’m evil — deal with it.)

• LOL Maris. I have the same feeling about watching kate falling on her butt! And your udders comment was the best! I watched an early show this morning when they went to the pumpkin patch. She looked normal back then and acted a little bit down to earth( yet she was still screaming to Jon) then she does now. I really feel she ruined a good thing. I wonder if she ever has any regrets??

  • I don’t think she’s self-aware enough to have any constructive regrets. I also feel she ruined a good thing, in fact several of them. She ruined her marriage to the father of her kids by driving him away, she ruined her body by trying to make it more sexy (tummy tuck excepted), and she’s on the path to ruin the lives of her kids by becoming a reality show joke, among other things. Don’t you just know that the kids’ hear some of their friends at school repeating what their parents have said? She’s evidently blinded by the limelight she so craves. It’s really pathetic…

    • agreed with you both , the whole family unit she tore apart. Maris I agree I dont think she has it in her to feel she did anything wrong. Well, she wakes up alone and goes to bed alone.Do you honestly think that guy will stick around her? has she learned to tell somenoe not to breath not to talk a certain way , not to do this and that? Nahh I dont . I dont think Ill watch , I catch it on the net and see what happned.
      I bet those kids do hear things at school :( … Poor Cara and Maddie.

• Tonights dance was just painful. Maris, I hope you watched. What is your opinion of Kate and Tony’s fight. Do you think that it was staged? I just don’t know why they would leave that in the show if it was real.

  • fight????? what happened?

    • ahh I read on People.com he said she underminds him as a teacher …. typical…….

• Read what happened on DWTS on usmagazine.com
  The comments are pretty funny too.

• Julie, It was so uncomfortable. It brought me back to the Jon and Kate plus 8 days when she would scream at Jon. She hasn’t changed a bit. And Tony was FURIOUS!!!!! It made her look like a total ass (again)!

  • rachel if you go to people.com and see what people say about her there , its the same thing. She is a control freak. She think she knows it all and it always about her! She said what everyone has left her in the last year…. well go get some help from a real doc and dont use that as an excuse. She pushes everyone away.She really does need help . Someone said on the forum she treats her partner like one of her kids! thats totally wrong. Lots said they want her to leave. all I can say …. we saw it with Jon now we see with her Tony. Maybe this will finally open lots of peoples mind to fact she is a spoiled self centered person. She should NOT be on tv. Same crap from her differnt show.

• Yes, I saw Kate’s part on DWTS (I’ll watch the rest later). I don’t think it was staged, either. It was too true- to-form typical controlling Kate, and her partner looked totally pissed and frustrated (like Jon) when he quit and walked out. He told her “You want to tell me how to teach?? I teach TEACHERS how to teach!!” Somewhere, Jon was kicking back with a beer saying “Tell me about it, buddy!”

  Did you notice when she was looking all forlorn, shaking her head and repeating over and over “I don’t understand, I just don’t understand…”? Sad thing is, I really think she doesn’t understand. Most people learn things about themselves by listening to what others say about them. Kate, on the other hand, listens to no one. In her mind, her own opinion is the only one that counts and everybody else is just wrong. Remember we used to say “…when she watches these episodes back and sees how she acts…” then she’ll get a clue? Forget it. It’ll always be someone else’s fault with her. And when one of the judges (who’s obviously never seen J&K+8) was trying to help her create a closer bond with her partner by comparing it to a marriage, I thought surely someone in the audience would laugh out loud!

  Oh, and btw, her dancing stinks. Last week a shopping cart, this week a Stepford wife… I thought she looked very nice, though, at least from the neck up… excluding the fake smile…

  • Maris , youre right , and part of her pity act saying I dont understand over and over is she cant belive someone called her out on her nonsense! She goes there thinking she dont stink , so maybe what they said about her there was true, she is to herself and aloof, cuz she has NO self esteem, and masks that with her sharp tongue and putting everyone else down. Her tears comeon. When it doesnt go her way, its poor Kate. NOW those people see how she drove Jon nuts and out the door. She needs a good Dr. and quick…..

• OMG!!!!!!! I can’t believe that she wasn’t kicked off tonight! Did you see her sour puss face all night? I really can’t believe it. she must have trained those kids to call and vote because I don’t know one person that would vote for her. Well, except for Big Daddy.

• Wasn’t Kate awsome? I’m so glad she didn’t get kicked off DWTS! Did you see her when she was talking about something to her dance partner? She was saying something and stuck out her tongue when the camera zoomed in on her.. She saw she was on camera and pulled it back in real quick…. It was sooo funny!!!!

  WAY TO GO KATE! YOU ROCK! ME AND THE KIDS ARE ALL VOTING FOR YOU YOU YOU!!!!!!

• I’m with you, Rachel. The only one who danced worse than her was Buzz Aldrin, but at least he’s an American hero and a pretty nice old guy. I saw what you mean about her having a sourpuss expression every time the cameras caught a glimpse of her. There was one shot after another couple had just danced (quite well) and the camera panned the other contestants. Everyone was clapping for them and smiling — everyone but Kate, that is. She looked like she’d just finished sucking on a lemon.

  I know you’d find her tongue sexy, BD, not that she’d come near you with it. I never knew you liked women with a pole up their… well, let’s just say I thought you liked women with more personality. You should pony up and put some triple D’s on Maxine. You could sit back and drool to your heart’s content…

• I saw a poll online that said 53% of the people wanted Kate to leave.
  Then she could sit at home and say” I just dont get it” “I just dont get it”

• I can believe that — it’s the 47% that don’t want her to leave that have me scratching my head. There were some pretty nasty comments about her on the usmagazine and people sites. Except for the totally blind, it’s got to be harder and harder for her fans to support her seeing that her “issues” are with everyone, not just Jon. I actually find it more amusing than I would have thought to see her try to pull her bullying act on a “real” man, not a pushover like Jon. Maybe what she didn’t “get” was why her bipolar manipulation didn’t work on Tony. I also enjoy seeing BD’s lame attempts to claim how awesome she is! If he would be honest for just one second, he’d admit that while he’s a fan, she looks like a deer caught in the limelight!!

  The one who was eliminated, Shannon Daughtry (sp?), used to play on Charmed. After she left, I saw her interviewed on something or other and she’s a real life bitch as well as a TV witch! I heard a lot of her fans were offended by things she’d said and done. Guess it takes a while for fans to drop off. Kate’s day is coming…

  So, who are your favorite dancers? I like that tall, cool drink of gold medal eye candy Evan Lysechek. My favorite pro is Derek, and I’m sooooo glad they didn’t waste him on Kate! I want to watch him as long as possible, and Kate can’t last much longer than another few weeks…

• The whole thing is the audience voting. Who cares what the 3 judges give them. I am so voting next week. The comments on people.com and us.com are funny about Kate and how she has had such a rough life with Jon. And being a single mom she is just doing this for her kids. Blah, blah, blah. How can people be so STUPID?????

• well the new count was 67% of the people want her gone. Her best friend is the camera , because it doesnt talk back. She classified herself in the same sentence with the other celebs , something about they are just normal people. I had to laugh. I havent watched the show but Ive seen outakes etc and you notice how stiff and unrelaxed she is with adults. She has no personality when it comes to being with adults, thats why she treated Jon like one of her children, as for her “help” she is still “in control” of them so it works more or less. I think this backfired on her and her pr people, they havent found this new “fuzzy warm ” Kate like they wanted to portray, instead the world ( and those who think she is wonderful) got to see the same control freak she was on the show with Jon. There is a reason she is alone and she better think clearly before she says again for the pity party, “everyone quits on me”. SHE PUSHES THEM ALL AWAY! her new saying “I just dont get it ” ……… well Kate, WE GET IT LOUD AND CLEAR, youre crazy self centered control freak, you need to see someone about it.

• Oh my god…so what!!! she is control freak…get over it..she is a celebrity and trying to make a living…you don’t like it..don’t watch…she will be voted off soon..the show is rigged just like every other reality show. I don’t see Jon making any money to help out. As a tax payer do you want to support her and the kids…Once the house is sold and other the money is gone. Look at Octomom you will be paying her bills soon. A lot of women are bitches….and act accordingly. I bet if we looked in your past if bet a few people would say the same about you…

  • After the house is sold and the money gone?? Are you serious? Kate would compete on a show about pole dancing before she’d let her riches slip away — that’s all she has left, and she loves that limelight regardless of how bad it makes her look. And what would you have Jon do to “help out”? Make a fool of himself as well? As for looking in our pasts, you won’t see much of it on TV. Kate is a celeb wanna be and therefore invites the critics along with the fans. If you don’t like reading our opinions, I suggest you look elsewhere on the world wide webb…

• hahhahah she is a celebrity ………… she is a mom who pimped her kids for a show and some material things and money, boob job, tummy tuck, trips, new house, whiter teeth, oh yea renewing her vows in Aug in Hawaii and by Oct called it quits. If she is a celebrity, Im the next pope!

  And I dont watch the show! I just read things here and there on the net.

• I couldn’t stop laughing when I read “she is a celebrity”. Is that what people see her as??? When will they realize that she is a money hungry, self-absorbed wanna be.

• lets see she is on/in every gossip magazine, gossip website or tv show. She is on dancing with the stars…paps follow her around..Oh yeah…you haters keep talking about her….I don’t see any of you people on PEOPLE…She is a celebrity,,,even if she is a control freak bitch…get over it…She is being used for ratings. Because people like you haters keep talking about her by the water coolers…

  • hmmmm Jack the ripper and Jeffrey Dahlmer were in the news doesnt make them a celebrity. She IS on dancing with the stars but 67% of people polled wanted her off. That we talk about her doesnt mean we want to see her. I for one wish she would never be on TV again.
    You have the right to your opinion but notice no one says to you , grow up or get over it, sounds abit like you go in the same way of talking to people like she does…. your way or no way…..interesting. At this point I think Ill quote
    Kate with a sad sack face and say ….”I JUST DONT GET IT, I JUST DONE GET IT”
    knowing full well she knew what was going on but caught in the act .. someone stepped up and told her off .

• Happy Easter weekend, rachel and Maris……….

• Hey guys. I subscribed to your comments months ago. Ya’ll keep the Jon & Kate saga real.

  To the supporters of Kate you are aiding & abbetting a complete narcissist. Kate is no longer mothering her kids she has abandoned them for celebrity. She is not a true celebrity. Her kids are no longer being exploited (for now) and so now they are exploiting Kate.

  DWTS is just reward from Corporate TLC for allowing them to ruin the father of her children. If you agree to this we will do this for you.

  Please join us at Z on TV Baltimore sun. During DWTS we have started the 1,000,000 mother virtual March. Take a stand and defend motherhood. I do not think we need our youth & teenagers or other real single mothers to think you have to be Kate Gosselin as a measuring stick for motherhood. She is no longer a mother, she is a fake, phoney manufactured corporate mannequin to what happens when you sell your soul for Monkey munch.

  Thanks ladies for keeping it real!

• Happy Easter to you too, Julie and Maris.

• Thank you Rachel & Julie, and Happy Easter to the both of you as well!

  Am I mistaken, or was Irene a fan just a while back? Maybe I’m thinking of Imogene. At any rate, I think if Kate is being exploited it’s because she’s allowing it, craving it even. And the definition of celebrity has drastically changed, evidently. It used to be that you had to actually DO something, like star in some good movies, etc. Now, all you have to do is get your face on a cheap-to-produce reallity show and you have instant stardom. Mark my word, you haven’t seen the last of Kate after she’s voted off DWTS. She should have just let Jon have the kids while she went off to follow her dreams…

• Oh, Kate will be back when DWTS is over. I’m sure she will bless us next with her talk show. Of course she’ll go on the View and boo hoo poor me when she gets kicked off DWTS. One thing that I don’t get that you mentioned, Maris is why can’t Jon be at home with the kids while she is acting like a shopping cart? I’m sure that she has to pay the nanny’s and isn’t she short of cash? So it makes sence to me to have their father watch them. Right????

  • lol @ the shopping cart remark!! Yes, I think Jon should be in the mansion watching his kids so “poor Kate” can save some money. In fact, what I was saying is that she should just let Jon have them altogether so she can go pursue whatever her fancy of the moment is. Jon may have been a lousy husband in some’s opinions, but it was obvious he loves his kids. Merely giving birth doesn’t always make you the better parent. Having the most cash on hand, however, DOES buy you the better lawyer. Kate is always going to be a selfish hog when it comes to custody, not wanting Jon to have any happiness — just like the episode of her outside the mansion gate making an ass of herself because she thought he had some girlfriend in there with him… Absolutely pathetic…

• Some good comments on people.com

• Jon doesn’t want to watch the kids…he is off doing the playboy thing…If he did he would live in the same town as his kids and he would with them…

• I see “anonymous” is “growup “, sames face and same( …… )as they write.
  like Kate is, has been ? News flash DWTS is in Calif she lives in Pa. And on The View (NYC) and Leno etc etc…

• Kate is working where ever she can so she can feed those eight kids. Jon can’t be trusted to keep the kids cause last time he was feeling up the “nanny” and the kids called their mom and told on him. I want Kate to work so the kids can keep their home. If Auntie Jodi could have cashed in, she would still be keeping the kids. You need to get real and decide if you want Kate to work and support her family or quit working and let the government support them.

• Imogene, She would have a lot less to worry about if she stayed in her old home,
  but she felt she needed a 1.2 million dollar house. No one pushed her to move there that house they lived in had enough rooms , lots of big families dont have that big of house with acres, they play on the front drive way anyway, so whats the point to all the acres? Lots of big familes share ONE bathroom. Dont push off Kates kids on Aunt Jodie they are not her responsiblity … Kate had them,she can take care of them. I think Aunt Jodie was nice enough to watch all the kids for her for a break and that still wanst enough for Kate. She had to complain about everything.
  Get real? Get real means to me means Kate is Mom nothing more, not a celebrity, not an actor, not a dancer , singer nothing …. a MOM and thats it. If she thinks she can make money by writting well let her try that. We already know her story from tv and the show. Other than that
  she is has no talent to make her worth while a celebrity or such. Granted she can talk to a camera ( they dont talk back )

• Imogene sounds like Big Daddy more and more. Are they one in the same? And where does she/he get their information from? Kate is working in the spot light because she craves attention. She could always go back to nursing since she needs to feed her kids. Well if she stoped getting glamorized perhaps she could use that money for her organic foods. Oh and I imagine the 5 babysitters have to eat since they are there so much. But then again ” miss kind” probably makes them brown bag it.

• Ok this is really funny. I just watched a video on comcast.net.
  They said: “Kate’s got a big ego and even a bigger crush on Bachelor Jake. Her whole body launguage changes when he’s around. Every chance she gets she pulls him aside for private chats and tells him he’s the hotest guy she’s ever met. Kate invited him to dinner and not with his fiance but he turned her down”.

  • hhahahhaaaaa Rachel you made my day…..I love it……. haaaaahhhaaa

• rachel , go to radar online and see the video of kate talking about her kids , she looks odd her eyes look wierd, let me know what you think?

• Julie, I just watched it and her eye lids look totally over Botoxed.

• Her eyes do look weird — is she wearing green-tinted contacs? I don’t remember what color her eyes were before, but I don’t remember them being that green. Poor thing, dancing her little heart out just to support her kids and put contacs in her eyes, uh… I mean food on the table. Riiiight…

  The avatar is always that pink face if you don’t put your email address in, but I agree that “grow up” is the same person as anonymous. The writing style is identical down to the ‘…’ insertion between all the sentences. I also think Big Daddy is Imogene, even though I think Imogene had a last name when he/she wrote before. Guess BD forgot that. But again, the writing style is the same as are the caveman ideas and defensive attitude towards Kate.

  They’ve been talking about Kate on various talk shows (Chelsea Lately, The Soup) and I think it’s hillarious that she has a crush on Jake! Someone said he’s gay, which I don’t know about. I do know that he’s a reality show contestant for a living, just like Kate. Let’s see… first, he came in second place on the bachelorette show and played that pity of being a single father, a pilot, etc. for all it was worth until he got his own show of being the bachelor. Then he picked one woman as the finalist but ended up dumping her and taking off with the second-placer on “After the Rose” which of course let to yet another show where he picked this one that shows up to see him dance — no marriage yet that I know of. Hmm… Yep, he’s a perfect match for Kate!! I can hear the cogs in her brain turning now… What would be a great idea for the next limelight?? A pilot and a nurse escape their humdrum “real” lives to pursue true happiness in their new “reality” lives…

• I don’t know why I’m bothering ,but I am a 66 year old mother and grandmother who started watching Jon & Kate pluss eight when it first started. Now lets get truthful about that show. Kate was ok at first but Jon usually stood around with his thumb up his butt and a stupid look on his face. I have no symathy(spelled wrong) for any man who lets a woman talk to him like she did.I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED HER DOWN THE FIRST TIME SHE DID IT!! He let her get by with it for years, and I couldn’t see why. That still does not make adultry ok. Neither does it make breaking your kids hearts and making the whole family food for the paparitzzi. I have watched the other reality shows, and haven’t heard anyone else talk to their husband or wife in such a vile way. I don’t think the Duggars have ever said a cruel word to each other.Now while I would never want a large family like Kates, I can see where the damage is done and now the kids have to be supported. I don’t believe the big house can be sold because i have heard Jon say it is the kids. So what would you people suggest JON and KATE each do now ??

• Maris, I think that you are right about the contacts. Looks like she’s having a hard time keeping her eyes opened. Or else maybe she had a late night with her new hottie “Jake the Bachelor”.

• OMG!!! What was that?? First of all the pity party at the beginning of the dance of what a rough life she has, poor kate. Oh please!
  Julie, wait till you see this one. BAZAAR!!!!!

• Julie, check out radaronline.com
  she’s on it again. I think she got new teeth again and they are way too big for her mouth.

  • oh rachel, I think youre totally right, I have to say I think she went from feminine to almost butch looking. She doesnt look good with long hair , thats just my opinion. So if we think she has fake boobs, tummy tuck, teeth, hair extensions and work done to her face. It looks like too many teeth for her mouth. She looks totally different from the pictures taken in her bikini in NC
    vacation to know….. and I dont think its for the better. She is still spinning her life as woo is me , Im always getting picked on …. well thats what Jon thinks she did to him a constant pick pick pick. When will she leave this show ? She CANT dance …..

• OMG! You women are like a pack of wild dogs with a piece of meat! Give the poor woman a break. Her teeth are too big, her boobs are too small, she cant dance???? You can’t please everyone so you just gotta please yourslef!

  • The poor woman?? You seriously think what she does on DWTS can be called dancing?? Seriously?!? Listen, Imogene, why don’t you write her and see if you can be on her next reality show? BTW, we said her boobs were too large — it’s you who thought they were too small…

• like imogene i’m a 66 yr old mom and nana but thats where the similarity ends. i looked at photos of kate’s egg hunt and i felt sick..she is a witch, her mean face says it all but if thats not enough for you kate lovers then check out the kids faces. not one smile from them.

  i looked at jon getting them at the school bus stop. they were hugging him, had their arms wrapped around his legs and were laughing and happy looking. pictures don’t lie.

  anybody that thinks being a dancer or a celebrity should seek some serious therapy. if she isn’t voted off tonight its obvious the show is rigged and she is shameless to even go out and make a fool out of herself for the sake of being in the spotlight.

  i was embarrassed for her. i have no idea what her childhood was like but its hard to image why her parents and siblings do not step up and intervene or at least have a relationship with those kids. how do they sleep at night?

  if she’s looking for approva,l dancing is not going to do it for her.

  • Amen! Nana, she’s pushed everyone out of her life — parents, siblings, friends — they all go when she doesn’t get her way. Her father is a preacher and when she was first pregnant with the ‘tups (and not yet rich), his congregation donated lots of things for them. She wanted her father to ask them to either give cash or matching items, or at least include the receipt so she could return things. He was embarrassed (duh!) and wouldn’t do it, so they don’t speak. We poke fun at her but she’s really pathetic, and I’m not sure therapy would help at this point. I predict the kids will leave her when they’re old enough and go to their dad — and despite what “Imogene” aka Big Daddy says, adultry is NOT the ultimate sin. AND she had banished him to a room over the garage before he stepped out anyway. Sheesh, I don’t know what took him so long…

• hey big daddy…i think she’s make a great wife for you but give the kids to jon.

  if i was YOUR mom i’d tell ya to set your standards ALOT higher.

• Nana, I don’t think that she’ll get voted off tonight. Although she deserves it after that” walking act last night”. I want her to stay because she is quite humerous to watch. Actually pathetic that someone is starving so for attention. As soon as she does leave DWTS she’ll be off to do something else to feed her starving children. Maybe she can auction off her chicklet teeth on e-bay to earn a few bucks.

  • lol @ chicklet teeth!! You’re too funny! You’re like a funny, funny wild dog with a piece of red meat!

    I don’t think she’ll be voted off either, but that “walking” with the stars episode last night was plum painful to watch. I cringe to think of her kids seeing that, mommy looking and acting like a damn fool. Other than that, it’s effin’ hilarious!!

• Nana, thanks… I wouldn’t mind haivng Kate as a wife if I didn’t already have one… I’d even keep the kids!

  I wouldn’t complain about being able to live in a million dollar home, and not having to work. It would be like like being the best paid baby-sitter in the whole world plus you get to baby-sit your own kids…

  New cars, fame, cloths and money all from just taking care of my own kids!!! I think I could put up with some nagging for all of that! Most men put up with nagging for a lot less….

  I know a lot of people don’t like Kate. But, she has written books, co-hosted The View and is now on Dancing with the Stars… They asked her not the other way around… And atleast she is trying to do something to secure a future for her kids while she has fame and the lucky oportunity to do something about it… What has Jon done other than try to get hooked up with other women he thinks have some money?

  • Oh stop it, you can’t even stand the bitching and nagging we do on here, much less Kate’s 24/7. Money doesn’t fix everything despite what you may think. And Jon trying to hook up with some women with money?? You’re painting Jon as the money whore?? Put those drugs down, you’ve had enough for now…

    • hahhaha Maris!!! i really laughed at loud at that one! :) HIGH FIVE! good comment!

• GOOD ONE, MARIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I knew when I saw there were new comments I shouldn’t have clicked on it!!!! LOL Maris, you are soo full of crap…. Money might not be able to buy you love but it sure can make misery a lot more interesting…. And money whore? Yes, I think that discribes Jon Gosselin to a “T”…

• Big Daddy I like your style lol . Kate may not be everyone’s ideal, but she sure knows how to make money. Also, knuckle-headed- Jon didn’t move to the garage apt(future love shack) till AFTER he let loose MR. Happy. lol . Also, those kids werent smiling so big when they called their mother about Jon feeling up the nanny in front of them. Also on one show Jon was down at the fence laughing and talking to the cameras while the kids and legit camera crew sat up in the drive way watching him, as were we all. It’s just a pity his girlfriends all run down the size of MR. Happy and his prowness in bed. Hummm……….. maybe thats why Kate was so mean to him. hahahaha You ladies are entirely too vindictive and jealous , lighten up. lol

  • MR. HAPPY…. HAHAHA, LMAO on that one! Thas what I’ve said all along..

    • Imogene likes BD’s style, BD thinks talk of “Mr. Happy” is funny, Imogene and BD each misspell words identically… OF COURSE that’s what you’ve said all along, Big Daddy, because now you’re talking to yourself! Does Maxine not pay enough attention to you?? Is she aware you have issues?? Or has the air gone out of her? Slap some duct take over that leak and blow her back up. You’re in desparate need of some entertainment…

• I think it is time for Jon to get bitched slapped. Kate stay home with your kids. Before this lazy playboy gets his way.

• Yesssssssssssss, she made it through another week. Can’t wait to see her make a fool of herself again and again. Next week is her time to go though. Time for the self-absorbed, money hungry, pimp,siliconed , MONEY WHORE, to go home!

• listen up Imogene, I think I said to you before and Ill say it again
  I AM NOT JEALOUS OF KATE………I see you and Big Daddy always have to talk about sex…. IF infact that isnt Big Daddy himself. IM not jealous one single bit of Kate , infact I pity her, pimping her kids out for money and things . I like having friends and family around. She is a household name alright for what ? Having 8 kids and being a bitch on tv…. no thanks I like my life much better. I dont live in a 1.2 million dollar house but Im happy.

  • HOW CAN YOU NOT TALK ABOUT SEX!!!!!? Jon is the one out messing with everyone!!! ARE YOU, KATE AND EVERYONE ELSE, JUST SUPPOSED TO IGNORE IT? You need to get over yourself!!!!!

    • uhmm incase you havent noticed I dont respond to you much at all
      like I said way back when. So I guess ignore is the right word, maybe you should get over yourself, I guess you would like being dominated by Kate or someone like her … go for it.

• Who would be jealous of that?

  • Maris…. She knows she jealous! She wishes she looked like Kate….. Hell, she already acts like her! LOL…. Sorry Maris, couldn’t resist the poke…

    • Sorry for what? We’ve already been through all this a dozen times, and the only one drooling over Kate, her body, her money, etc. is you and your female identity Imogene. It’s really gotten tired — you should retire it and come up with a new comedy routine…

• I just read that DWTS beat American Idol in last weeks ratings…. I wonder if that is because of Kate? And as far as for Julie, you ignore me all you want. It dosen’t bother me one bit…. Just don’t run into a wall with your nose stuckup in the air!!!!

  • dont worry i wont, I told you long ago I wasnt here to talk about sex and Im sticking to that statement….. I dont care who Jon does it with how big he is or what is going in his sex life. My point has been and will be that Kate drove him out, in the way she acted toward him and acts to others. Last update on Us says it all, how she treats people…. well I think she doesnt know how to get along with adults, only children ( who she has power over) and cameras (they dont talk back ) She is trying to treat her dancing partner like a child and he wont have it.

  • If DWTS beat Idol, it’s because the Idol contestants suck this year — they found their star last season with Adam Lambert and no one will ever measure up again. Next year is their last season I hear. DWTS also lifted their 10-votes-per-caller rule this season, so fans can call in as much as they’d like falsely elevating the perceived viewing audience. But more importantly, you think people tune in just to see Kate?? No credit for the millions that watched the olympics and want to see Evan Lysechek? No credit for the astronaut Buzz Aldrin? No credit for the other money whore Jake? A soap star, a singer, etc., all the rest are just irrevelant? You are truly delusional…

• Julie and Maris, Read usmagazine.com

  Kate Gosselin, acts like a major celebrity. Too Funny!

  • rachel I didsee that , isnt that hoot? go thru her body guard .. whatever! Sh is only imporant in her own mind….

• She is more disturbed than I thought. Those poor kids! What about the story that Jon wants custody of the kids because she is never home. Haven’t heard the whole story yet but i am curious.

• This is off-topic, but does anyone with an iPhone or iPod play “Words With Friends”? It’s like electronic scrabble with friends or even strangers. If you do, post your screen name and we’ll play!

  • Oh yeah, and Kate didn’t dance as well as Buzz — she should have been the one to go. If she wants to stick around and give us even more to laugh at, however, I’m OK with that as well!

• Sorry Maris no iphone here

• You know I think it is funny how everyone jumps on the I hate Kate Band Wagin. Yet says nothing about John, you know Mr. I can’t decide whos bed I wanna be in next? The man has been so full of himself for as long as the show started, he thinks hes gods gift to women and toi be honest, hes nothing even close. Not to mention he treats his kids mean on television. He has no patience with this kids at all. And you talk about Kate and lack of patience. Get a grip ppl start thinking for yourselves at both sides, not just about what is or will make hot news.

  • Kissa if you read the whole blog youll find out Ive said Jon isnt always right and has made bad choices, but, Kate pushed him out the door because she wanted fame and money. He treats his kids mean? hmmmm Kate treated him mean and the kids, the time when she was torturing Collin his blanket or bear would go in the garabage because of the gum. Even Maddie tried to comfort him. Jon
    made Kates coffee so could sleep in, got the twins off the school, swept the floor, made the beds ( he did it best acccording to Kate) bathed the kids, brushed their teeth, did other things around the house and worked, but Kate wanted him home more since she couldnt cope. How much could one person take from her , correcting his sentences on tv, degrading him every chance she could get .Im all for staying together for the sake of the family. But to point when do you say enough is enough? He wanted to end the show she didnt, so she said go. And now her reputation is preceding her on this show
    she is on now. Sorry Kissa I have no sympanthy for her. I have a grip , and I dont like her and how she acted on her show.
    One more thing Kate had patience ? I didnt see that when she was potty traing the boys she belittled them on tv on the shows I saw. Too close in the kitchen, she would freak.You certainly have the right to your opinion and I have mine.

• Julie/Maris, Can aunt Jodi get the kids if the court (judge) feels that Jon and Kate are unfit to care for the children?

  • hmm, I dont know ? I would think they would go into some kind of care , but I really have no leagal idea on that…….or how that would be handled.

• Rachel, how the heck would Julie or Maris know? Maris would want them to be raised by Obama and Julie, well, she’d want them to be raised in a convent so no-one talks about sex….

  Julie, I have one word for you.. It’s , “Xanex”….

• It’s all about the money. Kate, Jon and the networks.

• OH, SO YOUR JEALOUS BECAUSE I DIDN’T ASK YOU. BUTT OUT BIG DADDY WE ARE NOT TALKING TO YOU. AND I’M WITH JULIE TOO, KEEP THE SEX TALK OUT OF THIS BLOG. I’M SURE THERE ARE OTHER SIGHT WHERE YOU COULD GO AND GET YOUR BRITCHES IN AN UPROAR. SO BEAT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• rachel, Kate has her own new series on TLC, called “Twist of Kate,” her and the kids…. People.com

• I don’t know where they’d place the kids if both were deemed unfit, but I don’t think that’ll happen. Have you heard that Jon was ordered to pay $20K in child support each month?? Boy did he ever get a bad lawyer! He’s petetioning now for custody, and I hope he gets it. I’d like to see Kate dance her butt off to pay that to him! Nothing I’ve seen would make him unfit as a parent, just unfit as Kate’s husband — and who wouldn’t be??

  As for Big Daddy, talking about sex isn’t his only issue. You see how he brings up my politics every chance he gets even though he accused me of injecting it where it doesn’t belong. Here’s the deal: he talks about sex because he isn’t getting any; he drools over Kate because that’s all he can do; he hates Jon because he’s jealous that the only man on Earth with a smaller apendage than his seems to get so much action; he rags on Obama because no man of color should be smarter than him; he throws out political jabs because he can’t hold an intelligent discussion on the topic. To summarize, he’s a racist, homophobic, chauvinistic, ignorant, broke-ass, bigoted moron with white trash mentality, and the only thing he can half-assed do is blather and bloviate — and he can’t do that without spell check. He’s an idiot who doesn’t seem to realize that he’s becoming insulting rather that just cute. One day, he’ll go too far and I’ll REALLY have to tell him off…

• I cant believe my eyes, I read on Us…. that Kate told Tony her dancing partner , she was the reason anyone knew his name, because he was dancing with her. It also states he cant stand her and cant wait to get rid of her. She made him come into her home thru the basement door not the front door. She was showing him she was boss.

• Wow Julie, I just read the article. You can tell on the show of Tony’s body language that he isn’t too fond of kate. Unbelievable that she is still so controling!

• Well you ladies” are right. It’s perfectly fine for Jon to feel up the nanny in front of the kids and to take the ho girlfriend t o the garage a pt. and leave his kids alone in the big house in the middle of the night. What was I thinking. Jelouesy,( yes spelling sucks) doesn’t look good on anyone, but especilly not on middle-aged women when running down someone is all they can do. Also, I don’t think much of any of the dancers this season, really they all suck and so does green-eyed envy.

• Well you ladies” are right. It’s perfectly fine for Jon to feel up the nanny in front of the kids and to take the ho girlfriend t o the garage a pt. and leave his kids alone in the big house in the middle of the night. What was I thinking. Jelouesy,( yes spelling sucks) doesn’t look good on anyone, but especilly not on middle-aged women when running down someone is all they can do. Also, I don’t think much of any of the dancers this season, really they all suck and so does green-eyed envy. Sorry Big Daddy, bet you get blamed for this one too. lol imo4384@yahoo.com

• Imogene for the last time about Jon feeling up the nanny in front of the kids , who here said that was alright? I didnt , rachel didnt maris didnt.
  You come here and you just want to argue well be my guest , I wont with you , this is my last post to you , its about the 3rd time you say the same things , Jon feeling up the nanny we are jealous, please read this
  IM NOT JEALOUS of Kate, and as far as middle age? hmmm you can see thru monitors too now? Jealous you can google to find out its spelled.(just a middle age hint) I never saw rachel or maris say they were jealous either infact I KNOW they arent. Maybe you can find some others to argue with, and as far as your comment way back when about the goverment paying for kate and the kids, What was her plan on rasing them ,she thought the govererment SHOULD pay her. Did she have any kind of plan before for herself and family before there was ever any kind of Jon and Kate plus 8? Uhm NO , she is using the fact she had 8 kids and pimped them out for tv. She was a nurse when she had them. SHE WANTED jon home and the everyone calls him a tool or whatever … thats what SHE wanted. There was no pleasing her. She didnt want 9-5 jobs she wanted celebrity. I also watched it from the beginning… I know this , people that keep prasing Kate see nothing wrong in bulling someone and degrading them I for one am not one of those persons.

  • Julie, that’s Big Daddy, I’m sure of it. I’m with you on ignoring him/her. Until and unless BD answers my question (he knows what I’m talking about), he’s on “invisible” with me as well. I’m fed up with his nonsensical arguments just for the sake of arguing, his typical slinging bullsh** just to see what sticks. Totally juvenile.

• Just read that queenie is dancing the tango. That should be classic.

  • I think you meant to say “walking” the tango — yes, that should be a riot!! I kinda hope she stays another few weeks just for the comedic value… as long as my gorgeous golden Evan doesn’t get booted.

• lol, Maris. Yes walking. I feel the same way about her staying another week. It is really entertaining watching her not only on the dance floor but the way she is so anti-social with the other dancers. I think Evan will be on for quite some time. He better be!!!

• Ah, first, You shouldn’t be useing Big Daddy’s name in vein. Second, Daddy has been working at the house and I’m going back at 7am so I wont be around for awhile until it if finished and ready to sell….

  As for Julie, SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX… Maybe you should try it! It might help you get the stick out of you butt!

  Maris, I will answer your question when I have time…. I don’t have you on silent! Even though you might piss me off sometimes I still consider you a friend and wouldn’t do that…

  Imogene, you keep fighting the good fight! It probibly won’t do any good but watch my back for me till I get back…

  AND FINALLY, I AM NOT IMOGENE! Ask EB, she’ll tell you! If I was going to have an alias it would be something like, Lulu or Tomeka! lol

• Big Daddy, funny your so busy working on a house but you always find time to stick your big ass nose in our business. I’m with Julie as well we don’t talk trash on this site so go to the approiate one and have a field day there.
  How weird is it writing a blog to yourself, IMOGENE! We all know it’s you, your terrible spelling gave it away.
  And speaking of things up someone’s butt, get your’s out of Kates.

  GET LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • lol @ BD’s nose up Kate’s butt! And what’s this about us not using Big Daddy’s name “in vain”?? Like he’s what?? God?? See, I told you he was delusional. This house he’s fixing up to sell, wasn’t he doing the same thing last year?? May be yet another delusion. Wonder how many houses he fantasizes he has?? Maybe he thinks he’s Kate going to fix up her smaller house to sell… put food on the table for the kids and all…

    Can’t wait for tonight to see Kate walk the tango! I’m almost tempted to vote for her just to keep watching her make a fool of herself — almost, but not quite. And WTH is up with her make-up?? Hubby took one look at her and said “Good God!! She looks like a street walker!!” I added “And a cheap one at that!” Way way waaaaaay over the top, clownish and virtually unrecognizable…

• Great idea about voting, Maris. I think that I will just for more laughs. Although, I can’t imagine who they would kick off. Could be another shocker if it isn’t Kate.

• 82% of the people wanted her gone ……………she can tango herself out of there…..

• Watch her eyes tonight. It looks like she has a hard time keeping her eyes open. Perhaps it’s from the false eyelashes?

• I definately think that she will be voted off tonight.

  • rachel, I just saw the video on the net, oh boy, I have to say I cant dance a beat, and I would probably look just about like that. Of all the dancers left she should go. Now she can concentrate on her news show/shows. AND KIDS!

• Sources tell me that in between dance practices, Kate Gosselin has been house hunting in the Hollywood Hills for a mansion big enough for her and her eight kids.

  “Now that Kate has tasted the excitement of Hollywood, there is no way that she is going to return to Pennsylvania,” a friend of Kate’s tells me. “She is looking at homes in the Hollywood Hills in gated communities in the $2 million range. Kate is insisting the properties she sees have a pool, at least six bedrooms, an outdoor hot tub and, bizarrely, a recording studio!”

  And it’s not just a home that Kate has been looking for in Los Angeles. Sources tell me she has been meeting with agents, managers and publicists.

  “Kate wants to be a movie star,” one insider tells me. “Kate thinks that after Jennifer Aniston’s last few films didn’t do so well, America needs a new girl next door. And who better to fill Jen’s shoes than Kate!”

  That’s right. Because when I think girl next door, the first thing that jumps to mind is a single mother of eight with more public baggage than Grand Central Station. Keep dreaming, Kate, and please don’t tell us you are planning to record an album, too

  I cut and pasted this article from Pop-eater….. this is not my words.
  wow! …. whats your thoughts?

• Oh Julie, that is the BEST!!! I love the fact that she wants a home with a recording studio. Too Funny!!!!!
  The only thing that i have is that she said that she was on fire last night. She was very proud of herself and her scores. That was from Usweekly.com. I can’t dance either and would give credit where credit is due, but she just stinks as a dancer. She’s sooo stiff and that scowl on her face. YIKES!

• I saw that she was on GMA earlier today complaining that Jon is trying to get custody by saying she’s an absentee mother while she says she’s only a working mother trying to “support” 8 kids (pity ploy). Also, she’s scheduled to be on Jay Leno this week, I guess to garner more pity. First of all, when does she find time to practice dancing? No wonder she looks like a mannequin on the dance floor! Second, she’s all over the country swearing she’s not an absent parent?? Who’s watching the kids? I hope Jon gets custody, I really do. They’ve both said the house belongs to the kids, so will Kate let Jon live in it if he gets the kids, or will she force them to move elsewhere? Unfortunately for the kids, I don’t think Jon will get them. If he’s been ordered to pay $20k/month in child support, he’s obviously been out-lawyered. Figures…

  I’ve never been crazy about her but lately she makes me sick! She never misses an opportunity to put Jon down (and I thought she did enough of that when they were married) or to whine and cry about missing her kids. Pul-eeze… Now if she gets an even larger mansion in Hollywood, she’ll have to work even harder to put food on the $2 million table. Wonder what the kids are learning from all this? Go to college, work hard, make something of themselves? More likely it’s get a reality show, be shallow and fake, get filthy rich by making a fool of yourself. Will Kate still be out there somewhere bragging on her 8 little reality stars??

  I’ve heard that money, power, and fame are like drinking seawater — the more you get, the more you want. Enough is never enough…

• I don’t understand why she won’t let Jon watch the kids while she is an absent mother. That boggles my mind everytime I see the kids playing in the front yard when they have acres upon acres to play on.
  I thought to myself last night, perhaps she wants to be kicked off so she can go home and live a normal life. She must miss those kids. I know when my kids stay after school for a sport I miss them terribly. But you said it Maris, enough is never enough and that is definately her. She loves the attention. Did you happen to see the 500 pictures on the web site that Julie mentioned? Popeater.com I got to the 11th one and exited out. It’s all about her. I feel so sorry for those children. And I wonder who came up with that figure of 20,000? That’s 2,500 per kid. That’s an awful lot of money for what food and clothing. I think Jon should demand that she takes her maiden name back, then nobody will know who she is.

  • rachel WHO could afford that child support ? holy cow! Did you know she has 3 sisters along with her brother Kevin? I was shocked. No mention of them ever .
    We shall see if she is really going to move to LA…… land of dreams. Like I said earlier this week HOW did she plan on taking care of those kids before the
    show ever happend? “I dont get it …. I just dont get it” ( her words )

• Now she is going to be on ET with Mary Hart co-hosting , she got another job! Oh boy , she would rather be at home with her kids … hmmmm Do thaty film that in Pa? hahhhaa ( US.com )

• OMG!! I can’t take this! What am I missing? What do they all see in her? She better not do the pity party like she did this morning on the Today show.

• OH CRAP!!!!!!! She’s staying another week!

• HEY BITCHES… I’ve decided to no longer read your stupid insults and blather…. But since your so freaking stupid that instead of washing your husbands cloths or cooking his meals your on the freaking computer that he pays for plus the interenet, I’ll just let your know.. KATE GOSSELIN IS STILL ON DWTS!!!!!! Hahaha@! IN YO FACE! So go put your bra’s back on and do what your are supposed too….

• Well well well, now I really can see why he sides with Kate , cant hold down a conversation, with hurling insults and degrading remarks.Thats why he is in HER camp. And I shudder to think if Jon had spoken to his wife this way what would have been said about him.
  So narrow minded to think we as women are “slaves” to a man cooking, putting bras back on, blah blah blah. I hope what he says is true and really doesnt come back and sling his mud. Maybe he doesnt know woman work and clean, feed the kids and still have time for the computer.
  MULTITASKING? Well if you excuse me I have to take off my bra and go wash floors on my hands and knees , wash the clothes outside with two rocks, and and kill the cow to make dinner and serve my man!
  P.S. I can say for one I never insulted anyone here…. take a look in the mirror. Good luck on the cave, I mean house…..Oh yea Kates still on DWTS.. So what ?

• He’s more of a sick-o than I thought. Glad he’s FINALLY leaving.

• Julie, just a word of advise. You probably want to keep your bra on while your down there scrubbing the floor on your hands and knees… You can’t scrub the floor if you boobs are on it!

• If you want to hurl insults, caveman, aim them at me. I’m the only one on here that’s called you names, and if memory serves, you started it with your chauvinistic, bigoted, racist remarks over a year ago, even going so far as to call me a cunt when you couldn’t defend your position intelligently. Just last week when you made an ignorant statement and I asked you to answer ONE question, you changed the subject because you didn’t know the answer. Absolutely, typically, unchangingly YOUR style because (like Julie said) you can’t hold your own in an intelligent discussion or debate. You only know how to deflect and mouth off in a rabid, nonsensical circle. And bitches?? I’m a high-riding bitch alright, but Julie and Rachel have been nothing but lady-like to you even when you didn’t deserve it. You say you like to come on here to “stir things up” but as soon as it gets too hot, you blow your top.

  You seem to know a whole lot about boobs on the floor. You got man boobs, BD? They make bras for men now too. And btw, who are you to tell us to go do chores and stay off the computers and internet our husbands pay for?? I thought you said you’ve been out of work for some time now while Maxine works. I think it’s you who should strap on that bra and go wash some floors. There’s more women in the workplace now than men. Is that what has your tighty-whities in a wad? If your ego is suffering so much, get a damn job so you can feel like a “real” man and stop taking out your frustrations on Julie and Rachel. They’ve been far too kind to you.

  I’m glad Kate is still on DWTS — that’s more entertainment for us. I heard just last night that Hugh Heffner TURNED HER DOWN for a photo shoot! Yep, your ideal woman wanted a spread in a girly magazine. She’s a lucious dream — in her own mind. Another thing you two have in common…

• ROCK ON MARIS!

• i never said a gross word to that guy….. oh well I ll consider the source and its over now….. he is like on the igore list…. fineto…

  A nice thank you to rachel and maris. I feel we come her for a laugh and a giggle.

• Me too, Julie. I look forward to reading new blogs.

• I read somewhere on one of the web sites, that people are voting for Kate just for a laugh.
  I also read that kate scolded Tony last night because he was laughing at her when she was crying when the couple got voted off.

• I don’t really care about what people say about me, for the most part.. This is an open forum and yes I do like to stir things up… However, I have never taken information that has been given to me in confidense or in a closed enviroment and posted it to an open forum such as this.

  When someone, “Maris”, takes information that is given to her in a private setting and then posts it openly, that is crossing the line.

  I have NEVER, EVER told or posted ANYTHING that you have told me in private….

  I never betrayed Missy, Bun, Cindy or Jules…. And just like the rest that we got to know off this site, I will never post on this thread again unless you continue to run your mouth…

  Maris, I have NOW, removed you from my IM. Do NOT e-mail me or contact me in any way…. I am trying to take the higher road and not retaliate against you by telling your personal information that I know. This is your one chance..

  This site is supposed to be for entertainment. I am gone!

  • This site is supposed to be for entertainment — for ALL, not just you personally. Julie asks you to tone down the vulgarity and you come back with “SEX SEX SEX SEX — you should try it sometime”. If that’s your idea of entertainment, you should get that out of your system elsewhere. Other people have rights too.

    I am sorry for telling everyone that you have man boobs, though. You’re right, that was private. BTW, was that bra store I recommended able to fit you comfortably?

• Is he FINALLY gone??

• nahhhhhhhhhh I doubt it…… people that like to “stir things up” can’t stop.
  He always misunderstood what I meant about the sexual thing, my comment was about him always talking about Jon’s personal life, after leaving Kate. Thats all I meant, but he took it farther and farther. Oh well
  doesnt matter…….

• He might be back after he cools off, but that’s about as mad as I’ve seen him. But like you said, oh well… Isn’t it curious, though, that Imogene also quit posting?? Reckon she’s mad too??

  I’d sure like to be a fly on the wall in the courtroom when Jon goes for custody! I’m afraid Kate has the better lawyer, but I can still hope. What are the chances that the judge will be a Kate-hater? 82%? Actually, the chances are that judges don’t watch this garbage…

• Well, I was offended by all that sexual talk that came out of his mouth. Filthy and discusting! I don’t talk like that and I don’t hang around people who do. Also, the way he downs women. I have never heard a man talk with such disrespect about women before. I feel sorry for his wife and his daughters.
  Maris, did I read yesterday that the custody battle is over? I thought that I read something on one of the sites, but I could be wrong because I have been reading so much about the Gosslin family. I did read today that Jon just purchased a house closer to the kids. Hopefully Ms. Hollywood will let him see his kids.

• I feel KGosselin’s 15 minutes of fame are long overdue. I wish she would self-destruct as she is a disgrace to womanhood. She is a no talent user who will get sow what she reaps. Karma wins everytime. I feel alot of sympathy for her children who are the true victims…..

• Well ,she has to stick like glue to those kids thats her money chain, her bread and butter . THEY make her money. Its terrible. Right maya those kids ae the ones who are suffering . So Jon gets a place near them in PA what if she moves to CA? ……….

• True Julie. You know now that she will find a house I CA, just to spite Jon.
  I was wrong Maris, on Joy Behar’s show last night she did say that the custody hearing is not settled.

• Just read an article on people.com about how she won’t loose her kids. People blogged in saying that she is bringing up a tragedy “there was a 7th baby” . They don’t know why she is bringing it up now. They are also saying why does she need to work if she gets 21,000 a month for child support?

  • what person ( guy) unless millionaire could pay that much a month? there is no 9-5 job that could afford that . Dont get me wrong I totally agree he should pay for his children, without a doubt. I sort of rem there being somthing about a 7th and someting went wrong if Im not mistaken. She says she wants Jon to have a productive life , but I dont think she really does. I think she would be a grudge holder till the end. Did you ever notice in interviews when asked a question she really never answers them she just says alot of words,but never really answers. Do you think she will take those extensions out anytime soon?
    I think they look so bad, so cheap and fake. Too much hair for her face.

• Well, I’m sure Jon has had to make payment already right? How is he paying them? Did they make that much money doing the show? Clearly she’s spending money on herself.
  Julie, I know exactly what you are talking about that Kate never answers “the question”. In an interview on the today show, Merideth asked her a specific question and kate came out saying a bunch of workds not even coming close to answering the question. I love it when that happens.
  As far as those extentions, they remind me of my mop that I wash my kitchen floor with every time I see her.

• Did anyone see Kate on Jay Leno last night? OMG, she had Jay playing right into her pity party. She was promoting a new book (I forget the title) she says she wrote for her kids to explain why mommy had to work so much, yada, yada… you can guess the rest. Well, if you have to write your kids a book to reassure them that you love them, you MIGHT want to stay home more. Jay was asking things like “does their father work” and “does he help you with them” and she’d shrug her shoulders, give a little coy smile, and answer “what can I say?” I wanted to scream at the TV “you COULD tell the damn truth!” As usual, she made Jon out to be a complete jerk while she explained herself as “just a mommy who works and has to travel to work” so she could “put food on the table” — yes, she actually said that. My mother told me to always try to find the good in something, and I certainly did watching her — I thought it was a blessing that this stinking cow of a human being isn’t my daughter-in-law!! Can you imagine someone treating your son and grandchildren like that? I’m afraid I’d be blogging from prison… I think she’s more than just OCD, I think she’s a sociopath, devoid of any empathy. What a complete waste of air and space! It’s no wonder that people always leave her, and yes, she really, really doesn’t “get it”…

  • hhahahah @blogging from prison! Maris , youre right on totally with your thoughts. Like Ive said in the past Jon hasnt made all the right choices, BUT
    she drove him out ! I really believe he was in it for the long haul. Remember the show where they did the “best of each child” and the most embarrassing things
    well in that show they talked about the the box of pinecones from California. THere is when Jon finally talked back to her in the interview chair, then she always turns things when the heat gets on her , saying something like well lets not argue about it blah blah blah…. you know I think TLC has given Jon a raw deal too he was as much a part of that show too as was Kate and she got to go out and do “side” jobs , why couldnt he? THEY created this monster we now know as “celebrity” Kate … whatever! The more she talks about being the best mom the more I think she is trying to convince herself.
    That first one hour special they showed she talked like a regular mom to her kids and laughed and seemed truely proud, but soon as the show started , that all stopped. She was on E! news with Guiiana talking about how she cant trust anyone blah blah blah and she has a small small circle of friends . UH HUGH…. she used everyone up and pushed them out after she didnt need her clothes folded and kids to be fed.All I can is .. what Ive always said… those poor kids :( …………..(you could tell in the one interview Jon was really pissed off too )

• No, I am not gone, just spending a lot of time with my only son before he deploys to Iraq. I am truly getting bored with the subject. I just hope you all have a life after Kate and Jon. lol One thing for sure, she can’t dance and you can’t hurt her with anything you say. Have a good day, hugs Imo lol

• Ya know I’ve come to the point where I can’t watch her in an interview anymore. She lies, totally defends herself and does that pity party way too much for me. Maris, I don’t think it’s just ocd I think she is just starving for attention. Where are her friends and family at DWTS?????

  • did you know she has 3 sisters? I didnt till I read it the other day…….

• And I cant’s stand when she does baby talk!

• I didn’t know that she had 3 sisters. I knew of Kevin and thought that she only had a sister. Where are they???

• Check out radaronline.com she’s at a book signing in LA. She is soooo fake!!! Tell me why is that gray haired security guard always two steps behind her? What is really going on with those two?

  • That gray-haired security guard is the one she’s absolutely politively NOT sleeping with. WTH does she need a security guard for anyway?? I’ve always wondered that. Does she carry her money around with her? Are her book-signings in dark, secluded places? Is her beauty so overwhelming that men throw themselves at her? Are grandmothers and the nine-year-olds with them threatening, like that one she refused to speak to? Let me borrow a phrase from Kate: I don’t get it, I just don’t get it…

    • hahahh ! .. who wants her!?

• “The Soup” was poking fun at her on Friday, saying how she was on every talk show that would have her (and she was) complaining about how the media portrays her while pimping a new book and flying off to do her latest reality show. So, it’s not just us who find her to be a complete hypocrite.

  With all the shows she’s been on this week, wonder when she’s had time to practice dancing? It might not help anyway, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt… Does anyone know what dance she’s supposed to make look robotic tonight?

• No, Maris I can’t remember the dance that she will attempt tonight. I do know it won’t remotely look like any body elses.

• hey have you guys noticed how now she talkes to radar online, cuz of the show.. and she is phoney to them .. smiling all the time and then at the end …byyyyeee radar online thank you”……….before she never said a peep to the paps ! ever! she hated them……….what a joke!

• hey I posted something and dont see it so if this on twice sorry,

  Have you seen her interviewed with radar online and she is so fake and phoney with them smiling all the time then saying “byyye radar online thank you” she hated the paps before and never said a word to them!
  nothing ! what a phoney .. she is just being nice because of the show.

• What i love on the radar online book signing is that she walks around the corner all grumpy then she immediately puts on his big fake smile.

• Well, with her pity comment at the end of her stroll, I’m sure she won’t be voted off again. She needs to go.

• Oh, and I forgot to mention, poor Tony.

• Have you ladies noticed, except for me once in a while, you three are usually the only ones that comment on here. I wonder if we’re the only ones that still read this site ? I’m sorry Big Daddy got pissed- off. It was interesting reading more than repeats. imo4384@yahoo.com

• people.com article DWTS about Nicole. The comments about Kate are priceless. I guess we 3 classy women are not the only ones that see Kate for what she really is.

  • haha rachel did you see what someone named Carol wrote?
    She said “I save Kate ‘s dance time for putting clothes in the dryer, loading the dishwasher, bathroom breaks whatever. She never improves, Her exit will make alot of people happy”……….. Another lady named Caroline said, “get her off DWTS and get her off TV.”

    I watched a little video on the website …. (dwts).

• Many read and agree with Rachel and and Julie…and skip over anyone like Big Daddy. Not to worry, this web page is read by many.

• lol Julie, I read that one. A classic. I hope you watched before they danced. She really acts like a dumb blonde. Whine, whine, whine. Even worse than before.And she has no energy. You can tell she never chased the kids when they got into something. She was lucky that she had Jon to do that for her. Watch it on abc.com. You won’t believe the way she was acting. And Tony doesn’t take anymore of her crap. I feel so sorry for him. I’m sure he will be happy when they get voted off.

• OMG Whoopee just called Kate a Bitch on the View. You should have heard them all exept Elizabeth of course. I wish that I taped it. You can see it online after 9p.m. It was definately a classic. They were saying all the things that we have been saying. One of them even said that she had a broom handle up her …

• SORRY FOR USING CAPS…I AM NOT YELLING BUT MY EYESIGHT HAS GOTTEN BAD..IF THIS IS A PROBLEM I’LL STOP POSTING..THANKS
  I ABOUT WET MYSELF WHILE WATCHING THE VIEW THIS AM…IF SHE DOESN’T GO TONIGHT IT IS DEFINITELY RIGGED WHICH IS DISGUSTING.
  IF I WERE TONY I’D THROW IN THE TOWEL, SHE’S MAKING A FOOL OUT OF HIM.
  IT IS BEYOND FRUSTRATING TO THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY BELIEVE HER GARBAGE AND EVEN MAKE EXCUSES FOR HER.
  HE’S BEEN CALLED A SHOPPING CART..STEPFORD WIVES AND LAST NIGHT A COAT HANGER..SHE’S VERY PATHETIC AND NEEDS ATTENTION, EVEN WHEN ITS SO NEGATIVE.
  AFTER ALMOST FALLING ALSEEP WHILE DANCING WE ALL NOW AT LEAST KNOW SHE NEVER TOOK CARE OF THE KIDS BY HERSELF..WHAT A JOKE!

  • NANA I dont care if you use caps its not a problem with me , and youre right POOR TONY ! He looks miserable.. ;( No she hasnt she has had Jon and now much much help…….. youre right………

• hahah Ill look for it later on……… rachel honestly I think the more people are seeing her they more they are seeing what Jon and many others saw way back when. She is over exposing herself right in front of the whole world to see. This is not meant as a dig but rather as a very serious comment she really needs help in how to be interactive with adults. I think she missed out in something her childhood. She almost has a
  “hitler” syndome about her … that need to control and that bullying she does to everyone. She said she needs to watch how she talks to others , ya think????? From what I saw on the net about her dance this week at least her makeup looked better ( softer ) . But she still cant dance . Like I before I cant either . I ll check out the view later ….

• rachel! i saw it on aol.com . hahah Omg ….. Whoopi was going at it alright! ,hahah wonder if she will guest host on that show again!???

• JULIE,
  YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD NOT BEING NORMAL. I HAVE 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT OVER MY DEAD BODY WOULD I REMAIN INVISIBLE WHILE MY DAUGHTER IS SCREWING UP THEIR KIDS…HER SISTERS DON’T STEP UP EITHER…ONLY JODIE AND KEVIN TRY TO HELP THE KIDS BUT SHE HAS BANNED THEM FROM HAVING CONTACT…THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE TO THIS WACKJOB THAT IS BEING KEPT QUIET….
  WHEN ASKED ABOUT BEING TIRED LAST NIGHT SHE SAID SHE HAD EIGHT LITTLE FRIENDS VISIT HER…..HER POOR KIDS AND POOR TONY.
  I HOPE TONY SPILLS HIS GUTS AFTER THE SHOW ENDS OR WHEN SHE GETS THE BOOT.

• You type as big as you need to, Nana. I have to put my nose up against the computer screen (or am I just nosey??).

  Before Bruno compared Kate to a frock on a hanger, I’d just finished saying I thought Tony would’ve done better dancing with a vacuum cleaner and hubby added that especially if it was the ball vacuum. Then she blames being tired on the kids after running to every talk show all week? She’s such a fraud! I do feel sorry for Tony and I do hope he’ll spill it after she’s voted off (but I fear he’s too much the gentleman), which should be tonight — but… I’m secretly hoping she stays just to see how ignorant this whole thing can become… AND to see her fall on her… (insert anything except partner!)

  I didn’t see The View, guess I’ll have to watch it online tonight. Guess if Kate stays on, I’ll have to start recording it on Tuesdays. Now I’m off to read people.com…

  PS to Imogene: Sorry we bore you but there’s lots of other blogs you can read. I think Big Daddy may even still have one. I agree he could be interesting. I probably shouldn’t have told everyone about his man boobs. He’s really a sensitive guy at heart…

• They are saying that if she stays tonight the show is fixed.

• There is a GOD!!!!!!How everdid she stay on this long who knows. I wish they would just take her off TV completly. Problem being is she knows who brown nose.

  This is just my words, but if I were her security guards wife I would tell my hubby to quit. I just canot wait until the day they get caught.

  BTW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kate is not the only woman who has had eight kids. I know some who had many more and a lot less help. aAlmost put them to the streets.

  Kate knew what she was doing, bring a nurse……….Does anyone ever think about that. They seem to be her money pit. New clothes, new hair doos. Kate knows all she has to do is say the mane or just show up. PEOPLE PLEASE STOP AND THINK…………. There are so many other families out there that could use this type of help.
  SHAME ON THEM.

  Dear Lord Please do not make it possible for Kate to move to LA. Please keep your arms wrapped around the kids and do what is right for them.

  Uncle Kevin & Aunt Jody I know this must kill you inside. Just remember you did nothing wrong. Infact we will take you into our family. YOU ROCK!!!!

  • I just read about Aunt Jodi and i can”t beleive Kate is that greedy. I don”t like her she was a monster when Jon was there treated him like shit.And thats what had happen Aunt Jodi showed her up. If i babysitted for free and the Camera Crew came to my house i would want paid for it. Who does Kate think she is. The 2 oldest girl are Ball babies if i went to school with them i would be the first to call them Cry babies. The little ones don”t cry like them two girls do. I hope they take it off the Air for what Kate did to Jodi i will no longer be watching Kate Plus Eight. Kate sucks get a life.

• My Dad came from a family with 13 kids my grandma didnt have help. My Mother- in- law had 7 kids with no help. My Mom is from a family of 5 kids No help and they all shared bedrooms and bathrooms! Who said they had to have each their own room and bathroom? Totally out of control and reality. If she had stayed in their cute old house she wouldnt have to worry as much about her “bills” . I surely dont want anything bad to happen to those kids , but her I wish she would just leave tv altogether. Her sense of being owed things bothers me. Like its her right because she had them.

• I am so sick of all the interviews now. The announcers are now saying that her kids can’t go to college because she was kicked off. The kids college is paid for already by the state of PA. So sick of the poor kate stories. Like you guys said she isn’t the only one with 8 kids. She has help, cooks, nannies, and lots of $$$$$. I’m afraid this is just the beginning of “poor Kate”.

  • right rachel, and there are plenty of SINGLE MOMS with wayyyyyyyyyy less money than her! Some work 2-3 jobs to make ends meet! Some with NO income. I want to know where are her 3 sisters!? Her Mom her Dad? … You know , we set an example for our kids, what if her kids get older and just kick her to curb , like she has her family? …….

• I’ve never heard anything about her family except when her dad asked for help when they found out that they were having the 6. Not even sure if i know the whole story. One of those sisters will break sometime and give the story I’m sure. Kate and Tony are suppose to be on Regis on Friday. I don’t know if I can stand to watch it. Kelly supports her 100%.

  • the story I a read a few times was this. her Dad and his chruch offered many things for her when she was going to have the 6 kids and they didnt match , she had a fit and told them no, she wanted the money instead to get what she wanted. She didnt want hand me downs she wanted new things. Thats when her parents and her spilt ways I guess ? And hearing about the college fees over and over is getting tireing . Its been stated that those are all taken care of.
    In one show she talked about her sister touching her things other than that I was shocked to read she had three.

• I just watched my recorded oprah of Octomom. OMG, I’m exhausted. And disturbed. How can any women raise 14 kids. She said that she will never do a reality show and expose her kids she also stated that it is abuse. I was really surprised at that because if she did a show it would be her ticket. She would be able to hire more nanny’s she only has 3 during the day and she does it all at night, sometimes without any sleep. Pay her mortgage and feed these kids.

• It always bothers me when Kate would defend having a lot by saying “MY kids deserve all of this”

  I don’t get it. Why would her kids deserve more than most children have, as far as material possessions go?

  I think they would trade having mom and dad around for that new house with the land and pool. There was more room in that old house than many people have.

  And who can forget Kate looking out of the kitchen window saying “ALL MINE…AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE…ALL MINE” Not all my kids… She can say all she want’s but she isn’t fooling most people.

  • Boo, youre right …… why do her kids deserve more than others? Its all about her and always will be. SELFISH……

• Ding dong, the witch is — voted off! WTH was all that boo-hooing about?? She goes through a public and supposedly painful divorce without shedding a tear, but lose the limelight and on comes the water works. She truly doesn’t “get it” and never will. Good riddance…

  If Octomom said she’d never do a reality show with her kids, she should have said she’d never do ANOTHER reality show. She’s already done one that only aired in England. I can’t watch her, though, it makes my IQ plummet. I don’t think she worked in that mental hospital, I think she escaped from there. I did hear on Chelsea Lately how Oprah seemed to be overly curious about whether or not she would do a porn flick… Really Oprah??

  • Maris, I thought there was ALOT of “fakeness” on the show when Kate got voted off. All of sudden they are all saying she gave her best blah blah, single Mom, 8 kids… so darn what! I didnt watch the show , just what was on the net and and the E! channel, but at the end it was prasies all around. I found that very odd.
    Youre right she didnt shed a tear at her own “real” life but on a dance show she does, I think its all PR ……. she wants to come across like Mom of the year, now she is in the limelight again. She keeps saying she got divorced because she wanted differnt goals than Jon. HE WANTED TO STOP being on tv, she didnt.
    She thought that was the big ticket for easy $$$$. Like I posted abit earlier in the week , she didnt have the time of day for the paps who followed her, now she is all buddy buddy. She is gross! …….

• hahah …. Mommys home… sort of……… came home and packed to go to be on Kelly and Regis, couldnt she skype from home ? , Im sure all would understand shes been gone long enough.I thought she was so fricken excited to be home with her 8 ? I dont even think she knows what comes out of her mouth anymore. Pathetic! Left with a nanny or nannies again.

• if you go to E!online there is a picture of Mady standing on the porch as Kate leaves looking pretty sad. Kate is sorta waving half hearted by.
  I feel for those kids , who she said when she thinks of them , she thinks of herself in the kitchen cooking and baking. WHATEVER. So much for monkey munch this week kids…

• Maris, I couldn’t believe what i was seeing when i was watching oprah. Wouldn’t the state like DCF take a look at that tape and see that those kids are not properly taken care of. Her 3 yr old was stepping on on of the 8’s. It really bothered me watching this. I was surprised that oprah got involved. I just read that people are sending in money for octomom and that was her intention. She also said that she wouldn’t do a reality show. She corrected that and said she wouldn’t do one NOW. She is a wack job! These people when will they get a life? They all exhaust me!

• lol no monkey munch this week. Too funny, Julie. She can’t be bothered with those kids. She go into a limo with her body guard. Someone please tell me why does she need a body guard????? I don’t think that I’ll be able to sit through Regis tomorrow with her sob story. Blah Blah Blah! She probably practices in front of the hotel mirror all night. “I’m a single mom and someone has to make the money for this family, we need food on the table and a house to live in. My kids are DEVISTATED that I got voted off DWTS so now I have a new show on TLC and it’s all about MEEEEE!!!! MINE ALL MINE!!!!!

  • She needs the body guard to fill a hole in her, uh… soul. Hey, it could be worse, Rachel. At least there’s no camera behind that mirror, so we’re spared that. Let us know how it went — I can’t stand to watch.

• read the kids can go back to work! all is clear for them to start earning their way! crack that whip! toe that line! get that paycheck!
  Kate always does and always will get her way! ……….grrrrrrrrrr

• Amazing, but not really. Wonder if the body guard knows she’s boinking a lawyer as well? I wish Kate actually did read this site, I’d like a chance to tell her what a horrid bitch she really is. Oh well, guess there’s kids abused all over the world I can’t do anything about — what’s 8 more??

• Maris, what lawyer is she boinking?

  • Whomever she’s using to fight Jon — he seems to lose all around…

• OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! According to radaronline.com Kate Gosselin is suffering from Post DWTS Depression!! She will do and say anything for the attention. Unbeliveable!

  • see how she talks to them now? before she wouldnt give them the time of day.
    she is nuts, she misses them all, whatever. She is so fake.

• Oh Julie, how true. I didn’t even pick up on that. Ya before she use to ignore them and go about her business. She is fake.

• 94% of the people on us magazine poll said they couldnt care less about Kates book…… its a bomb! Soooooooo, she cant write, she cant dance,
  her mothering skills are left to be desired, her chance as a wife sucked, her people skills are terrible……
  hmmmmm .. what can she do? Yap her trap…. thats it.

• Since Jake (the other fake reality star) got voted off the week after she did, they could hook up and think of new stupid shows. She’s supposed to start that “Twist of Kate” show for TLC or Discover soon, but there’s a facebook page/petition to keep her off. I can’t think of anything she could do that I’d watch, least of all yap yap yap… That has gotten so old, surely even her fans are growing tired of it.

  Gotta get Kate some new material. Let’s see… If she started a bachelorette show “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire With Eight Kids” it might be amusing to see what the men say about her in the confession booth… Since she didn’t lose any weight walking around the dance floor, she could still be on some kind of celeb fit club. Just anything that doesn’t involve team work…

• Now what is the show that Jon and Kate are suppose to be doing? Or is he not involved with one?

• oh great. Read people.com

• look at her on radaronline.com she looks so miserable.

• rachel I saw today a rerun of the show where Jon takes the boys and Cara to the Phillies game, and when they are in the chair for the interview, she looks sooo put off cuz she didnt go to the game, like she was left out but she didnt want to go! But she still corrected his sentences!…. remember the one with the yard sale, she was on the phone the whole time they taped!she used to say Jon was on the phone all the time. We never saw him on the show on the phone. Did we? She id wierd!

• I do remember the yard sale show. She was on the phone the entire show. I don’t remember ever seeing Jon on the phone. I didn’t know that they were still showing the old shows. Ya, she is very weird.

• On usmagazine.com she’s looking extremely top heavy.

  • rachel, I thought the same thing she looks really differnt than before. I think that hair doesnt suit her at all long hair isnt for her. Can you belive the little ones are 6!?…

• Im going on vacation back home to visit family so if you dont hear from thats why! Ill try to come on if I can…. take care rachel, take care Maris ! byeeee for now ! Be back in a couple weeks!

• Have a great and safe vacation, Julie. The new show starts June 6th so we’ll have plenty to talk about when you get back. ENJOY!

• She thought that she would make it to the final four, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

• YIKES!!!!! Radaronline shows kate in a bikini.

• Next week on DWTS they’re bringing back all the contestants who’ve been voted off to dance again, including clothes hanger Kate. Wonder what dance she’ll walk??

• Well, she did walk again. And boy it was terrible. My son asked why it was done in slow motion.
  Notice how she plugged her new show’s. She’ll never change.

• Julie, are you back yet???? I hope you have been reading all the comments on People, radar on line and us weekly about Kate’s new show. They are really funny. Finally people are seeing her for what she’s all about.

• I just got back today!! ……………. she is and always will be nuts. MONEY MONEY MONEY………… make those kids get back to work!!!!

• Ill catch up on the other sites too…………. and see whats going on

• Julie, you watching tonight?? I have to check it out but I know that I won’t last long at all.

• I watched for about 10 minutes and couldn’t stand it any more. Mady hasn’t changed a bit and I think that it would be a good idea if Kate turned off the camera’s no matter how much money she needs for manicures and designer clothes.

• I love the way this little bunch of coffee clutchers worry so deeply about what Kate doe’s. They write little hate messages all day long. I can tell you all what Kate doe’s. She laughs all the way to the bank It’s people like you who manage to keep her in the spotlight Who has who figured out? Time to make another deposit Katie.

• rachel are you getting emails when we post? I didnt get yours this time? No i didnt watch…..i saw a couple of things on the net….

• yes, julie I’m getting them

• wonder why Im not? all of a sudden? I never did anything before I just started to get emails when we all posted……

• the comments on usweekly.com are quite funny

• rachel do I have to click anything to get the emails? do you know ?

• I don’t know.

• New layout here ?

• this is interesting. Is that really aunt Jodie, Julie???

• Julie, I just read on Huffington Post that she made 500,000 on Dancing with the stars.

• rachel, looks like we right about her boob job! does she think no one will notice!?

• Ha, ha, Julie. I think that was her 2nd boob job. What does she tell the kids when she has this surgery? I would be totally embarrased telling my kids this. Those poor kids. Has her new show been cancelled yet? I never see any promo's about it.

• Just read the second show is July 11 I think..

• ok Julie thanks. Not that I'll watch it! :)

• Poor Kate got a botched botox job. Does she bring the kids with her when she gets her treatments, manicures, pedicures, hair extentions?????

• rachel did you see her botox face now ? she looks aweful! it was on Us…….. woow

• she is nuts and looks scared with her new face! hahahah she must be insecure about herself to keep having all this work done

• I did see her new face. One of the magazines showed a before and after and she looked fine before. Now who do you suppose is paying that bill? I thought that she was having a hard time financially. Didn't she say that she didn't know how she would feed her kids? OH NO!! I smell a LAWSUIT!

• Julie, did you read that kate is saying that she only had a tummy tuck and no botox or a boob job. Running has gotten in shape. Oh Please!!!!!

• I cant believe kate. shes a horrible mom

• The pamela anderson video is really shocking, poor chickens!

• Please tell me that someone else saw Kate’s show on sunday night. It amazes me that this show is still on the air. She was complaining that nothing worked around the house and how difficult it is taking care of 26 acres of land. It was hilarious watching her with the hose. If it is too much for you to handle Kate SELL IT!!!!!

  • If she sold it, she’d just buy a bigger one, Rachel. Besides, she can’t hire help?? Oh, I forgot, no one else does anything that suits her, not good enough. And no, I can’t stomach any more Kate shows…

    BUT — I do miss you guys! I hate that this site stopped notifying us when a new comment is posted.

    • rachel, maris , hello! I didnt watcht the show , Ive seen about the the child labor laws… what will happen to her bread winners?

• You should all read the story above on the left hand side of this blog about Kate being screwed for breaking child labor laws. Interesting.

  • I tried to click it I cant read it. This blog has gotten so much stuff on it now , its not too people friendly :(

• I know Julie it seems like it’s been changing every week in here with a new set up. Well the article basically states that you must be 7 years old to be a tv show and the little kids are only 6. I’m surprised that this is the only place that I have read about this. I’m sure she’ll get off. She’ll just falsh those pearly whites at the judge.

• Julie, check out popeater.com. They said that Kate is the only one not invited to the DWTS reuinion.

  • rachel I heard that too! what does that say about someone? hahhaha

• Tune in for double the pleasure, double the fun: Kate & kids to go camping with former half-term govenor Sarah Palin! Double the reasons to puke!

• Rachel have you watched her new show at all?

• Julie, I watched a small part of one show when she got chickens. Maddy hasn’t changed at all. I think Kate should really concentrate on her kids rather than being in the public eye. I will watch the upcoming show with Sarah Palin though. Kate is quite the actress. Phony, phony, phony. Have you seen any of them?

• rachel, more gossip about Kate and her body guard…… what do you think? Thi is the second thing in a couple of weeks

• Why is she at the Emmy’s??? She is not a celebrity. She is a money hungry,child abusing, eye rolling *itch.
  No Julie I haven’t heard any recent gossip about her and the body guard. Been out of the loop recently. Just sent our oldest to college and I’ve been a little out of it. I’ll have to catch on Ms. Gosselin.

• rachel, kate was on Regis and Kelly show looked like she now had her teeth done.

  How is it going with the oldest off to college?

• I missed that show. I usually record regis on my dvr but we had a switch over and they got rid of all of my shows to be recorded. I did hear that she said that the kids don’t like going to jon’s apartment. So wasn’t she the reason?
  Things are better thanks. Such a change in the house. So quiet! He’s my chatty one and I really miss him, but he loves college. It’s hard to let go. Thanks for asking Julie. Hope all is well with you!

• Julie, check out radaronline.com Kate and the bodyguard are in Mexico together. I guess she needs protection no matter where she goes (haha).

  • rachel, I just read some of the comments about her in the store with her twins from radar lots of ppl cant stand her . She is playing with her phone and not paying attention to her twins, the caption is Kate tickled pink about her twins. hmm looks like she is tickled pink about her pink phone..

• I just read her show has been quietly cancelled because Jon wont sign the contracts with TLC so the kids can be on tv. She is addicted to being famous what will she do now?

• So much of her chewing gum with her phone glued to her side at all times. BLAH , she just loves to hear herself talk.

• I just read in the store magazine that she doesn’t care that she stole a married man away from his wife or family. Sounds like her to me!!!

• Julie, did Kate’s show get cancelled? Haven’t heard anything about it, have you??

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• Huh??

• rachel, maybe its all about John getting the kids of tv again. I heard something about them being in court over that etc. ?

• rachel, go to Us weekly and see what they say about Kate!

• OMG! Thanks Julie for pointing that out. I don’t go on that web site much any more. What is she doning??? Those poor kids. And what is going on with that so callede body guard. She won’t win mother of the year now!!! Thanks for pointing that out. Hope all is well.

• Julie did you hear that 2 of the kids got expelled from school! This is just the beginning!

  • Yes Racel Ive read on another site they say she has the stero type of that of Joan Crawford in Mommy Dearest and she parralles the movie to a T. She is a narccisist ( sp) someone from her town talks about her all the time and really knows things about her!
    this is the start of the kids going off. We said it along time ago.
    They talked about her and Maddie in Alaska something about shaking her hard? did she? And Sarah Palin wanted to report her or something? Is that what happend?

• Wow! Didn’t hear any thing about the Alaska trip. I don’t watch the show any more actually I thought that it was taken off the air. I’m wondering if Jon will get custody of the kids. I think when they are 18 they can decide which parent they would like to live with. I bet they will choose Jon. Small apartment and no frills yet hopefully some calmness and love.

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• Julie, how have you been???

• Hi Rachel, how’ve you been?

• Maris, Doing good, how are you? Haven’t been on this site in months. Guess our famous Ms. Gosselin is yesterday’s news. Which is a good thing. Keeping those innocent kids out of the media is what they need. I do think that she will try to make a come back for the attention and of course the money!! : ) Hope all is well! Do you go on any other chat blogs?

• Hi Rachel! I’m good. I use Facebook & twitter, and an occasional site here & there but nothing like we had going here at one time. That was some fun, huh? Do you ever hear from any of the old gang? Big Daddy kept in touch for a while but got PO’ed at me for something (I forget) and won’t answer emails. Missy emailed me a time or two until she mentioned the Katrina victims in a derogatory manner — and I told her I felt she was wrong, since I’d been a volunteer. Oh well…

  Hey, Kate had (or has?) a show with just her and the kids. I found it channel surfing but couldn’t stand to watch.

  Good to chat with you again! Keep in touch!

• The old days were fun on this site. That’s when the Gosselin family had their show and Kate was in the news daily. I guess her 15 minutes of fame are over. Hopefully she is spending some much needed quality time with her children.
  For a while I would come in here to talk to Julie. Big Daddy use to give us his two cents worth and finally he left. Hope all is well with you. Nice chatting!!!!

• Ugh! Don’t understand it, but her show is back on!!!

• What?? I hadn’t heard and can’t imagine it will last. Is there no depth to how low she’ll sink, pimp her kids, all for a dollar??