Jon and Kate Plus 8…Minus Jon, Minus Kate, and Minus 8
By Kayla Hamilton
Gerald Ford said it first, but People magazine says it best when talking about the demise of Jon and Kate plus 8. “Our long national nightmare is over.”
How right they are—it has been season after unending season of pointless television, of just watching Jon and Kate Gosselin trying to raise eight children they conceived with fertility treatment. Surely the show (in its first couple seasons) had merits and functioned as a great opportunity for the Gosselin to make money to support their large family. However let’s face it, enough is enough.
The show has faced problems with ratings in recent months with the divorce of Jon and Kate. Afterwards, the attention-addict publicized his relationships with women, proving to himself a raving moron time and time again. Not only were he and his girlfriend Hailey Glassman “desperately” in love, but Kate (of course) had to be bitter and jealous about it. Every tabloid in America printed what Jon said about his new relationship. Flaunting how much “better” their life is than their spouse’s only weeks after a divorce hardly seems fitting (or responsible) behavior for an adult.
Not only is Jon facing fire from Kate, but Nancy Grace of CNN Headline News had more than a few things to say to him; she told him he was “self-absorbed” and that they both needed to “get a job.” In the past couple of weeks, a lawsuit ensued between the ex-couple, both claiming the other stole money from their individual bank accounts. To add another nail to Jon’s coffin, TLC (before cancellation, that is) renamed the show Kate Plus 8 and cut Jon out completely.
This isn’t to say Kate is a saint—she has her moments as well. In recent months, Kate got rid of the kid’s puppies (not monumental, but still heartbreaking) that the parents bought for the kids. In addition, she has employed the same childish tactics as Jon, including fights over money and even who gets the kids for their birthday. These arguments only give the tabloids something to print and show the public how much you really care about your kids. If you wanted to protect them, Jon and Kate, then keep your lives out of the media.
Now that it’s (thankfully) over, maybe the public (and Jon and Kate) will get over themselves and embrace real life, where people have real problems that can’t be solved by calling your producer, and where people go to those things called offices where they do a little thing called “work.”
