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According to Radar Online Kate recently met with a divorce lawyer and the couple will separate officially by mid-July. They're not living together already, now it's time for him to get really taken for a ride - much more than on his new custom motorcycle as he watches Kate get everything. That's the American way.
The couple recently spent their 10th anniversary apart, with Kate taking the sextuplets to North Carolina. If John were smart like Kate, he would get in as much on-air time with the kids as possible, since that will probably influence the divorce settlement.
In a typical American divorce women get extra points to start out, even if they are terrible mothers or exploiting their children to make money as Kate is doing. Jon had better show that he has a decent stake in the kids and the show, or it will soon be Kate Plus 8, Struggles of a Single Mother (who makes millions off her kids and is hardly around for them).
At least Jon is getting away from the wrath of Kate. He has already confirmed an affair with Deanna Hummel and is now reportedly seeing Hailey Glassman the daughter of Kate's plastic surgeon. A nice tight circle of friends. For the whole story with music check out the video.
May we all realize that there is more to life than making as much money as possible or trying to fight against our natural instincts and stay married for life. And may all people come to love and appreciate their fellow humans.
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They need to quick the show it getting old. Kate needs to sell the house and get off the states money and get a job.
Kate is a NAG! Money doesn't bring happiness. I feel sorry for the children as they are innocent victims. Would be nice if their problems could be resolved. A start would be to discontinue the show and work on their marriage.
I met her at a book signing and she was as cold and bitchy to us as she is to her family. No wonder her husband was tired of her crap.
First of all Mr. Sieden, alot of people do stay married. You sound like a bitter unhappy man who doesn't need to be writing about anyone. Second it is sad about Jon and Kate. I don't think anyone should judge these people untill you walk in their shoes. I doubt anyone with 8 kids would pass up serious money like J & K have earned. Have you tried to feed a family of 8 or looked into college expenses for 8 kids? And as for Kate being mean and exploiting her kids, that is a load of crap. Could anyone live with that many kids and that much kaos without losing it every now and then? People need to think before they speak. No one is perfect.
Come on TLC Get rid of Jon and Kate plus 8. You are just as responsible for failing to protect their children! Any parent that loved there children would stop the show and work on their marriage for the kids sake~! Kate and Jon chose to have these children......now they need to do the right thing and get their marriage back on the right track. They both owe there children that much. All of us must come together to force TLC to get them off the show~! Together we can make a difference......as everyone can see that the children are not happy at all. Kate needs to go to counseling to realize how much damage she is doing to her children and learn how to become a caring wife and a caring Mother~! She is so lost......and so into her self. Please TLC do the right thing for those precious children!
Wow, a totally unbiased article clearly written by a genius of marital bliss. I can see why you write for the National Examiner and not for the Times.
Why would someone renew their vows to end up in a divorce?This is crazy!
Wow...bitter much! Unless you have walked a mile in both Jon and Kate's shoes you should probably not rush to judgement even if the show has shown what we all probably feel is some truth to both sides. No one is there when the cameras stop rolling and do not see what is going on behind the cameras! As for your statement at the end of the article.." trying to fight against our natural instincts and stay married for life." I am guessing you are either bitterly divorced or have never been blesses enough to find an amazing person with whom you can not imagine spending the rest of your life with. I have been married 9 years this December and together with my amazing husband for 12! And I have loved every minute of it...the good and the bad!
Jon and Kate are not perfect, but she is not on the state's money. Stop judging other people and get on with your own lives because this all sounds like sour grapes and mean spirited to me. Kate did not and has not exploited her children, and I think anyone saying that is so really should examine the truth. Children working in sweat shops that produce many of our clothes are being exploited, but her children are not.
The TLC show is cute, and if you do not like it do not watch it. I think sports are boring and the salaries that these athletes are paid is decadent, but I do not care either. We all need to learn to focus on ourselves more. The writer of this piece sounds a little anti-women to me. Kate may be harsh, but saying he is getting away from her is sort of rude. No one made him marry him, and this is really all their business you know.
I do not like either of these people and they both have stupid ugly hairstyles.
SHUT UP BARB..............
I've watched JK8 since the beginning and noticed from the get go that Kate is somewhat damaging these kids. The shoes in the hotel thing...well, I've noticed that when one of the 6 get even water on their shoe, well, they have tantrums. She has treated her Husband like dirt on TV, cameras rolling and Jon usually just takes it. She treats him like one of her children. BOSSY and rude to him continually in front of the kids no less. I understand that I don't have the right to Judge and really I could care less. BUT let me also say, Good For JON...
At least Kate isn't out being a "Whore Dog" like Jon has morphed into.I don't blame her divorce him and take everything.
Wow, you certainly are a biased bitter man. My prayer has been that Jon & Kate would work on their marriage, but do what is best for the children. I wish everyone could have a marriage that lasts a lifetime. I personally have been married 44 years, but I do know that sometimes things just don't work out. I just hope this idiotic government says out of it and lets them take care of their children. They both obviously love the children. Bottom line, everyone keep your nose out of their business.
I used to love this show. Somehow it gave me strength to see that if they could make it through the day with 8 I could make it through with 2. Watching it now makes me sad. With the world the way it is right now I feel we need/want to watch things that "work" and are "ok"...Not another thing falling apart.
I wish them and anyone else in a marital problem situation the best...why not. But I will not keep watching the show!
Best of luck!
Whatever does happen to them I wish them all the luck in the world. I was a big fan and I still am. Now I think more than ever they need to feel support from fans.
These comments saying they need to get off the state's money are idiotic. They are very rich from the show & Kate has two best-selling books. Before that, they both had lively careers. People are idiotic. Kate was a nag, but John cheated so they are both to blame.
If I had a chance to do a show and make millions, I would do it, too.
Marriage is difficult enough as it is, and to live your life in front of the cameras is just asking for trouble. It's sad that their family has come to this. Wow.
Its time to concentrate on the kids and what they will be going through. Divorce is not easy and I just hope they can be amicable.
Mr. Sieden - your tone is that of a man who thinks strong women are b****. Kate has provided for the family, Jon is taking the family money and partying. Jon agreed to renew their vows. In a xmas episode, the children are told instead of presents for them, the family would be giving presents to children with cancer. Not many children would be caring enough to accept this without constant temper tantrums. Kids who can give to others are kids who have learned to care and love - by being cared for and loved. Jon needs to grow up and act like a man who puts his children in front of his own party habits.
who can blame him shes a contolling *itch maybe he will get his nuts back in the settlement
Well, considering you don't even know how to correctly spell JON and Kate, I don't believe a word that you said. Good day.
Who cares what happends to Jon and Kate. I hope there is money in trust funds for all of the kids. They deserve to be paid for being exploited. If not, they'll have plenty to write in "Mommy Dearest" books. The sad part is Kate is going to be the only one rich after this mess is over. And, we'll all seen just how much she really loves her children. You kids better go to college.
It's sad things have come to this. They should've stopped the show a couple of years ago. Maybe their lives wouldn't be such a mess.
Several years ago, I told my girlfriends that Jon and Kate will evidently get a divorce. A wife that talks and treats her husband as rude as Kate did...won't stay together. Can the bodyguard see and hear? Can you amagine what his wife is like, if he leaves her for Kate!Run, run, run away!
That must stink to have the papparazzi following you everywhere.
nice pathetic moralizing at the end, trying to justify your empty existence and the fact that you are a cancer to people's emotional well-being.
May we all realize that there is more to life than exploiting people's pain and suffering for the entertainment of the masses and for a paycheck. Two wrongs don't make a right, Steve. Hope you don't believe in Karma.
who cares?
I feel that Kate is a tool.
I think they were young and it's hard to be married and then to have eight kids before you know it is a whole lot to deal with. My husband and I are 26(he) and 30(me) and we have a 2,4 and 5 year old. There are days where he feels like he can't handle the pressure but we pray and move on. I think Jon feels like he has missed out on a lot and has realized that his love for Kate is no more. I think he feels like he's still young and though he loves his kids he has to live his life and be fair to himself. I think the same should go for Kate. She needs to live her life and find who and or what makes her happy. Divorce is a sad thing but you have to move on and do what is best for you and your children. Through time they all will heal. And you never know sometimes things work out and end up 100% better for everyone. I wish Jon, Kate and all 8 kids the best.
They're a perfect example of how 1-sided, controlling relationships cannot endure. From Day 1 Kate called all the shots. She married a young man she knew she could manipulate. She couldn't get pregnant, so soon after marriage she started fertility treatments, when most newlyweds are still trying to get to know 1 another. Jon's said numerous times that he was content w/ just the 2 girls, but Kate wanted "another" child--so she had 6 embryos implanted. As we learned from the Octomom debacle, placing that many embryos in a woman as young as Kate is a no-no. She didn't have trouble carrying to term, she had trouble getting pregnant, so there was no reason to implant so many. 6 embryos should = 6 babies--and voila! Kate continued her controlling behavior w/ Jon on TV, often chastising him like a kid. She exploited the kids for $; he became uneasy. She traveled; he stayed home. She segregated the family from friends/fam./neighbors); he longed for relationships. She's 2 blame.
This is not the only reality show on television with children. I think that the public needs to work on their on problems and stop judging. Yes Kate may be a little harsh, but I feel that she is a great Mom. I could not even imagine doing what she does daily. Hopefully their problems can be worked out. The grass is not always greener on the other side.
I feel so sorry for the children who are just money makers for two very disturbed folks!
the first ever girl sextuplets were born here in liverpool uk.that was 25 years ago.in the begining the Walton family had a fair amount of help when the girls were born.we used to get an update on these little girls once a year til aged about 5 when they started school.then an update at 11 years then at 18. these lovely girls are now 25 with careers earning their own living.dad went back to his job as a painter and decorator after the first year and when the children got older mum went to work at the baby unit where her girls were born she is in charge of fund raising for the special care babies.it is a joy to meet this lady and when asked about her girls her face lights up and she looks so happy.
john and kate stop this exposure of your lovely family before its to late.
olivia uk
I love the show, byt they should quit it and try to salvage their marriage and family
Did anyone think to tell Jon, yo, you have 8 children, grown up. You don't cheat on your wife, you don't go acting like you are in high school. Get a grip, grow up.
You know, Jon made the decision to have the show too - why is she the exploiter?
If he didn't want to be with her, he could've left her instead of stepping out. He brought this upon himself and she deserves everything she gets.
I'd be a nag and a control freak if I had 8 kids all under the age of 10 in my house!
Well,i love their show and i'm 11 i cant beleive theyre getting divorced!i feel so sorry for mady ,cara ,alexis ,leah ,hannah ,collin ,adden and joel! when my parents got divorced i was so upset!that was two years ago and im still sad!
Guys, hang onto your balls. Emasculating Kate will be out on the market very soon.
Kathleen, do you really believe the kids didn't get anything for Christmas??? Everything that is said on that show is only for the purpose of scoring ratings to make more money for KATE. What would make great ratings? Witnessing JON grow up and put KATE in her place for all the world to see. That women needs to get knocked off her pedestal. Trust me it will happen, what goes around comes around.
WHAT ROMY HAS TO SAY IS ABSOLUTLEY CORRECT! HERE IS THE DEAL, LADIES....WHEN YOU TREAT YOUR HUSBAND LIKE CRAP, HE SOON FALLS OUT OF LOVE WITH YOU!! THE WIFE LOSES RESPECT FOR HIM BECAUSE HE DOES NOT STAND UP FOR HIM SELF! THAT IS IT IN A NUT SHELL!
MEN NEED TO RESPECTED, LOVED AND APPRECIATED TO KEEP THEIR SELF ESTEEM. WOMAN NEED TO BE ROMANCED AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE FOR HIM.
IF KATE HAD TREATED JON AS AN EQUAL AND SHOWED HIM SOME LOVE HE PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE LOOKING FOR SOME LOVE AND SELF ESTEEM SOME PLACE ELSE. I KNOW WITH 8 CHILDREN IT IS OVER WHELMING, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT EARLY ON AND FORMED A PACT TOGETHER TO BE RESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER. THEY WERE NOT LIKE MINDED. I THINK IF KATE WAS NOT A CONTROL FREAK AND HAD STOPPED BOSSING JON AROUND LIKE HE WAS ONE OF THE KIDS THEY WOULD STILL BE TOGETHER! I THINK JON TOOK ALL HE COULD HANDLE FROM KATE. SHE DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM. WHAT A SHAME! MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMAN FROM VENUS... YES, IT IS TRUE!
those kids are innocent in all this BS..Kate is a total B*t(H for the way she treats Jon.He is one hell of a man for putting up with her this long.I believe Jon was kept in the dark on alot of decisions made about how the show would play out.She seems so rehurst and he seems so clueless..i'm surprised no one has slapped her anal attitude yet. I pray jon gets the kids and gets control over the kids trust cause the way kate is going she would blow every penny. come on 10,000 dollars a week for a rental beach house going to the spa every other day coming from a woman that bitched cause jon didn't use a coupon.i would love to be locked in a room with her for 5 mins. to beat the crap out of her.evidently she forgot where she came from.A trailer Kate!!! the show is about raising 8 kids not all about kate and how much she can belittle her HUSBAND Jon.Remember it was for better or worse and kate said it twice..was she acting both times?
She treats him like he's an idiot because he is ONE!!!! I hope he loses everything!! She is mothering 8 children and he's partying. Talk about her all you want, she's the ROCK of that family. He never could hold a job down, goes snowboarding with his "FRIENDS" on her birthday. While 3 years ago she plans a trip to Key West for his birthday as a surprise 2 because he had never been there. Add up all the things she does and compare them to what he does!! he does NOTHING!!. Believe me she'll bounce back and have men knocking down her door while Jon won't have 2 nickels to rub together to take out his many girl friends. See how many GIRLS will be after him when he is worth nothing. Kate, you hold your head up and let him make an idiot out of himself which he is a pro at doing. He is worthless. Kate is strong, smart and a fantastic mother. She has not exploited her children. Jon couldnt even support them. Clean his plow Kate!!!
Apparently J & K loved each other and decided (together) to go ahead and have 6 more children, sooo one would think that they could forget about the greed and, quit the show, and get to work on their marriage and making a happpy home for those 7 adorable kids (Maddy is a pain and needs a smack on the rear to get her attention. The parenting mistakes they make with her could fill a book). They could certainly live on revenues of the products they've already done and with the kids in school soon, if worse came to worse, Kate could always go back to nursing IF her family is truly the most important thing to her.
There's two side to every story we will never know the truth. Jon needed to be a father and not a college kid going out on the family to bars what was he thinking. Kate was gone trying to make more money for the family, which with Jon home with the children -- nothing wrong with that one parent home while the other is working. Jon doesn't have a clue of what he has done to his family, and yes the kids will know what happened, so sad for the children. The family has a very small window to make money and Kate is doing what she can to make the most of it sorry Jon is such a child himself. Look at Jon he is enjoying the money -- note the new car -- a chick put up kind of car far from the very overside van that a TRUE father of 8 would drive and by the way the new car that was earned by his FAMILY not him. Jon and Kate made the choice to do TV which made it possible that he not work anymore how fast they (jon) for gets the true blessing he has (wife and children)
No man will stay around and be treated the way Kate treated Jon. She made fun of him and acted like she was so much better than Jon. A man will look for someone to treat him nicely and Jon found a few people to make him feel like a man. Kate is rude and only thinks of Kate and I think her day is coming. I hope she has not spent all the money on her hair, clothes, tan, trips and new boobs. TLC may not want Kate alone because she is so rude to everyone.
they are being so selfish.
the children obviously need their parents now more than ever and they are splitting up. there are times when you just need to grin and bear it
I feel sorry for the children. I divorced after I caught my husband cheating. They were 6mo. and 3. They have been like yoyo's back and forth. It has effected their lives permanently. I think they should just take some time apart. Quit the show. It is ruining their lives. We are tired of John and kate. They should not put their personal lives on tv. We have our own lives to live. We do not need to watch someone else and their problems.
The great American tragedy of couples not sticking together in the face of adversity continues and the media loves it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if people quit bashing these two and started encouraging them to remember why they were together in the first place, how to get back there, and how terrible it is for any child to have a once happy, solid family torn from them? Yes, Kate is "intense" and Jon is "immature", but show, ratings, and money aside (right or wrong), divorce is horrible for children (in most circumstances). And everyone who has participated in the limelight and gossip about the family (from TLC, to paparazzi, to Aunt Jodi) shares in the blame in the break-up. Shame to us all.
They've already announced what they're going to announce.. the group over at vostuu found out already and uploaded it to their site. But they make you do a questionnaire before they let you see the "behind the scenes" video where you can see Kate and Jon make the announcement. Anyway, it's over at vostuu.com/watch28015.html
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