Just saw this too and was going to post it! You beat me too it!
I do feel bad for them, i was sure they were going to end the show and try to keep their marriage together. I didn't think they would give up over a TV show. Sad
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This makes me so sad. I really wonder how things would have turned out if they would have never done the show. I think the fame and money went to their heads--especially Kate. I feel bad for the kids.
Well I hope they already sat down and had the conversation with their children letting them know that it was their parent's mistakes that ended their marriage and not anything they may have ever done. Kinda sad even though this may be for the best.
That's so sad. I feel bad for the kids to have to go through this in the public eye. On MSN, reporters were asking Jon if they were getting a divorce and he kept telling them to watch the show tonight. I just thought it was very low class to "advertise" the show, if it is ending in divorce.
Very sad. Say what you want about them, but I hate to see any marriage fail, especially when it involves children.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I was just going to type that exact thing! I'm not a big fan of Kate myself and always liked Jon. But things must have been good and right between them for them to be together as long as they were. It's to bad they can't get over this hurdle and find that reason again. It seems to happen every time with families that sell themselves to the TV. It's very sad, exp for the kids.
Children of divorce can end up just fine, however children who have their childhood exploited for tabloids and profit is really another story...
As a child of divorced parents I think people can forget that! I think those kids will be better off having two parents living separately happy than miserable together.
Just saw this too and was going to post it! You beat me too it!
I do feel bad for them, i was sure they were going to end the show and try to keep their marriage together. I didn't think they would give up over a TV show. Sad
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
too bad for the kids, and jon. Kate has really gone off the deep end with this celebrity garbage. If she refuses to give up the show, what other choice does jon have if he hates it? Poor kids. Very sad
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
I'm sure they will spin it to be about single parenting. Or instead of Jon and Kate plus 8 it will be: Jon minus nine. ...Too soon?
It's sad to see what fame and fortune can do to some people. Those kids would have been so much happier with two happy parents in their small home than they are now with two miserable parents in a huge house with public attention!
I feel for the whole family and will not watch tonight. That show must end.
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
I'm sure they will spin it to be about single parenting. Or instead of Jon and Kate plus 8 it will be: Jon minus nine. ...Too soon?
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
I'm sure they will spin it to be about single parenting. Or instead of Jon and Kate plus 8 it will be: Jon minus nine. ...Too soon?
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
I'm sure they will spin it to be about single parenting. Or instead of Jon and Kate plus 8 it will be: Jon minus nine. ...Too soon?
Jon Plus Eight Minus Kate.
Those poor kids.
I don't know how they plan to do it, but I like that show title the best! Kate clearly has higher priorities over her children.
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
I'm sure they will spin it to be about single parenting. Or instead of Jon and Kate plus 8 it will be: Jon minus nine. ...Too soon?
someone on BOTB came up with the new show: Kate needs a Date
Am I the only one that thinks Jon is just as awful as Kate? He's been photographed with multiple women younger than him, runs around in Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and now sports two brand new diamond earrings. He's in a mid-life crisis if I've ever seen one, and I think he is just as much to blame as Kate. It's not like Kate grabbed his hand and forced him to sign a contract with TLC. I think it's all insane, and I think those children are suffering with TWO parents that are going off the deep end.
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Am I the only one that thinks Jon is just as awful as Kate? He's been photographed with multiple women younger than him, runs around in Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and now sports two brand new diamond earrings. He's in a mid-life crisis if I've ever seen one, and I think he is just as much to blame as Kate. It's not like Kate grabbed his hand and forced him to sign a contract with TLC. I think it's all insane, and I think those children are suffering with TWO parents that are going off the deep end.
Am I the only one that thinks Jon is just as awful as Kate? He's been photographed with multiple women younger than him, runs around in Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and now sports two brand new diamond earrings. He's in a mid-life crisis if I've ever seen one, and I think he is just as much to blame as Kate. It's not like Kate grabbed his hand and forced him to sign a contract with TLC. I think it's all insane, and I think those children are suffering with TWO parents that are going off the deep end.
You never know...
What you said is true. Jon made all those choices. The only thing is how much would he have done if Kate wasn't money/power hungry and rude to him all the time? It's almost more like the rebellion against an overbearing, strict parent more than a mid life crisis. He is only in his early thirties.
ETA: I totally disagree with his actions. I definitely do not condone adultery, or any of that. It just seems like Kate is the main issue to me.
Am I the only one that thinks Jon is just as awful as Kate? He's been photographed with multiple women younger than him, runs around in Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and now sports two brand new diamond earrings. He's in a mid-life crisis if I've ever seen one, and I think he is just as much to blame as Kate. It's not like Kate grabbed his hand and forced him to sign a contract with TLC. I think it's all insane, and I think those children are suffering with TWO parents that are going off the deep end.
You never know...
What you said is true. Jon made all those choices. The only thing is how much would he have done if Kate wasn't money/power hungry and rude to him all the time? It's almost more like the rebellion against an overbearing, strict parent more than a mid life crisis. He is only in his early thirties.
I think it's a HUGE cop out to blame your actions on someone else. He's a full grown man and perfectly capable of standing up for himself. I don't believe for one second that he was forced into any of this.
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Am I the only one that thinks Jon is just as awful as Kate? He's been photographed with multiple women younger than him, runs around in Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and now sports two brand new diamond earrings. He's in a mid-life crisis if I've ever seen one, and I think he is just as much to blame as Kate. It's not like Kate grabbed his hand and forced him to sign a contract with TLC. I think it's all insane, and I think those children are suffering with TWO parents that are going off the deep end.
You never know...
What you said is true. Jon made all those choices. The only thing is how much would he have done if Kate wasn't money/power hungry and rude to him all the time? It's almost more like the rebellion against an overbearing, strict parent more than a mid life crisis. He is only in his early thirties.
I think it's a HUGE cop out to blame your actions on someone else. He's a full grown man and perfectly capable of standing up for himself. I don't believe for one second that he was forced into any of this.
he seems pretty weak to me. not that i agree with the way either of them are handling this. but she is very dominating over him so who knows what was his choice vs. what was her choice for their family.
as a viewer i would definitely place more blame on her than on him, but that's just the way i see it.
I get why people place more blame on Kate, but I think Jon's actions are ridiculous and entirely too immature. I don't believe he had no idea what he was getting into. He's making just as much money as her.
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Am I the only one that thinks Jon is just as awful as Kate? He's been photographed with multiple women younger than him, runs around in Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and now sports two brand new diamond earrings. He's in a mid-life crisis if I've ever seen one, and I think he is just as much to blame as Kate. It's not like Kate grabbed his hand and forced him to sign a contract with TLC. I think it's all insane, and I think those children are suffering with TWO parents that are going off the deep end.
You never know...
What you said is true. Jon made all those choices. The only thing is how much would he have done if Kate wasn't money/power hungry and rude to him all the time? It's almost more like the rebellion against an overbearing, strict parent more than a mid life crisis. He is only in his early thirties.
I think it's a HUGE cop out to blame your actions on someone else. He's a full grown man and perfectly capable of standing up for himself. I don't believe for one second that he was forced into any of this.
I absolutely agree, he shouldn't blame anything on anyone. Everything he has done is wrong. And I was mostly kidding about Kate forcing him to sign.
I just think that she's crazy, and Jon wasn't happy. And I am not sticking up for his actions, they were wrong. I just don't know what else he could have done. If he told Kate he wanted to stop the show, and she refuses, what options does he have to be happy? I don't feel sorry for him, I just feel that in a marriage both parties should be happy, and a refusal on Kate's part to support her husband's well being is a form of marriage abandonment. She basically said her career is more important than their marriage. Is he supposed to passively sit at home and do what he's told? No! He needs to go out and try to be happy. He went about it in the wrong way, though. Instead of going partying, he should have been seeking counseling.
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Just saw this too and was going to post it! You beat me too it!
I do feel bad for them, i was sure they were going to end the show and try to keep their marriage together. I didn't think they would give up over a TV show. Sad
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This is how I feel too.
I really hope a positive comes out of all of this and the family takes time to heal and get their lives back in order.
Children of divorce can end up just fine, however children who have their childhood exploited for tabloids and profit is really another story...
I agree!
You took the words right out of my mouth. I was just going to type that exact thing! I'm not a big fan of Kate myself and always liked Jon. But things must have been good and right between them for them to be together as long as they were. It's to bad they can't get over this hurdle and find that reason again. It seems to happen every time with families that sell themselves to the TV. It's very sad, exp for the kids.
I think that probably IS the announcement tonight.
As a child of divorced parents I think people can forget that! I think those kids will be better off having two parents living separately happy than miserable together.
They probably were hoping that maybe the filing would not be publically accessible until tomorrow, if the filing was today.
this exactly. It sucks in this case b/c they might have never gotten to this point if they had never done the show.
very sad
Uh, I am afraid the national media is your spoiler here. This is all over every news outlet I have looked at, so I figured everyone already knew.
But, I will add it to the title if you insist.
It's always sad for the kids but what else are they to do if Kate won't give up the show? I can totally understand Jon not wanting to be in the spotlight and I think the fame and money has taken over Kate. Its sad to see a marriage fail and especially one with so many kids involved. This will be a hard lesson for them!
I'm sure they will spin it to be about single parenting. Or instead of Jon and Kate plus 8 it will be: Jon minus nine. ...Too soon?
I agree, its the fame and fourtune that has ended this marriage. Well at least the inability to realize those are not the things that matter in life.
Bet you she'd save her marraige if she still looked like a a woman who had 8 kids before all that free plastic surgery!
It's sad to see what fame and fortune can do to some people. Those kids would have been so much happier with two happy parents in their small home than they are now with two miserable parents in a huge house with public attention!
I feel for the whole family and will not watch tonight. That show must end.
Jon Plus Eight Minus Kate.
Those poor kids.
Really? I mean, really?
That post was pretty presumptuous.
I don't know how they plan to do it, but I like that show title the best! Kate clearly has higher priorities over her children.
someone on BOTB came up with the new show: Kate needs a Date
Word.
Well said sspyles.
You never know...
What you said is true. Jon made all those choices. The only thing is how much would he have done if Kate wasn't money/power hungry and rude to him all the time? It's almost more like the rebellion against an overbearing, strict parent more than a mid life crisis. He is only in his early thirties.
ETA: I totally disagree with his actions. I definitely do not condone adultery, or any of that. It just seems like Kate is the main issue to me.
I think it's a HUGE cop out to blame your actions on someone else. He's a full grown man and perfectly capable of standing up for himself. I don't believe for one second that he was forced into any of this.
he seems pretty weak to me. not that i agree with the way either of them are handling this. but she is very dominating over him so who knows what was his choice vs. what was her choice for their family.
as a viewer i would definitely place more blame on her than on him, but that's just the way i see it.
I absolutely agree, he shouldn't blame anything on anyone. Everything he has done is wrong. And I was mostly kidding about Kate forcing him to sign.
I just think that she's crazy, and Jon wasn't happy. And I am not sticking up for his actions, they were wrong. I just don't know what else he could have done. If he told Kate he wanted to stop the show, and she refuses, what options does he have to be happy? I don't feel sorry for him, I just feel that in a marriage both parties should be happy, and a refusal on Kate's part to support her husband's well being is a form of marriage abandonment. She basically said her career is more important than their marriage. Is he supposed to passively sit at home and do what he's told? No! He needs to go out and try to be happy. He went about it in the wrong way, though. Instead of going partying, he should have been seeking counseling.
I would watch...