Papers were filed yesterday, the announcement of their divorce aired on ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8′ last night, and now Kate and Jon Gosselin are supplementing all that with separate statements about their decision to divorce.
Kate has this to say:
"Over the course of this weekend, Jon’s activities have left me no
choice but to file legal procedures in order to protect myself and our
children," Kate said in a statement Monday night. "While there are
reasons why it was appropriate and necessary for me to initiate this
proceeding, I do not wish to discuss those reasons at this time, in the
hope that all issues will be resolved amicably between Jon and myself.
As always, my first priority remains our children."
This is Jon’s statement:
This afternoon, Kate filed for divorce. Our kids are still my number
one priority. I love them and want to make sure they stay happy,
healthy and safe. My job is being the best, most supportive and loving
father that I can be to my kids, and not being married to Kate doesn’t
change that."
Read the rest of what Jon had to say by clicking on the "click here to continue reading" link below the thumbnails
Photos by Wenn.com
"This will be a difficult transition for all of us," Jon’s statement
continued, "but Kate and I will work out a schedule that enables our
kids to have plenty of quality time with both of us at home in
Pennsylvania. In terms of my marriage, it’s no secret that the past six
months or so have been very difficult for Kate and me. We are no
different than other couples and parents who are facing a crossroads in
their marriage. I am of course deeply saddened that we are divorcing."
Their divorce papers are sealed, according to People.
What’s up with Kate’s statement about Jon’s activities over the weekend? Hopefully they will be able to keep the conflict to a minimum in their divorce for their children’s sake!
At least they’ll have privacy. The LA Times is reporting that TLC has decided to put the show on "production break." Next week’s show will be clips from previous ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8′ episodes, and the next new show won’t air until August 3. This is reportedly TLC’s decision, not the Gosselins.
I know some hate Kate but divorce is never an easy choice or easy on anyone. I’m concern more for the kids, I heard on the news that the show will go on, but they will shoot scenes with John and Kate separately. This is their only source of income, as long as people are tuning in and TLC is willing to pay they’ll do it.
wow, it took this long for TLC to put a stop to this madness…they probably realized that the ratings were going to dramatically drop because of the divorce nonsense…they should have gone into hiatus a long time ago and dealt with this in private. it totally disgusts me because they call them selves so called christians…turn to prayer and God and maybe you can find some peace and happiness in that. Maybe their marriage could have been saved if they didn’t splatter it all over tv for everyone to magnify, what did they expect. what i don’t get is that jon from the very beginning said that as soon as the show starts affecting his life he was going to pull out, but i guess kate didn’t let him and it had to boil down to this….is this how you call putting your children’s priority first. kate seems to be very selfish and only think about herself. why don’t you work like the rest of us and do it all on your own then i’ll have some sympathy for you. the kids are the ones who are going to suffer in the end….look at those statistics kate…not the ones about how many marriages of multiples fail, but how many celebrity children turn to drugs, alcohol, etc…..look at those statistics…start saving for those children’s counseling sessions, they are going to need it.
I feel very badly for Kate, she has always been the backbone of the family. She figured out a way to provide for her family despite having a husband who could not excel at a career of his own. She never asked to have such a large family, but she put her own health at risk to deliver these beautiful healthly children. She is an amazing woman, hopefully the children take after her and not their father.
PS. Any Mom out there should be backing her up not tearing her down.
I can’t believe it took this long!! Kate has had NO respect for that man as long as I have watched. I can’t believe the way she talks to him. She uses him for a whipping post. I hope now that they are divorcing, the kids don’t feel the brunt of her anger, since she doesn’t have him to yell at anymore. Betsy
I don’t think they had a choice when they signed the contract for a tv-show. Honestly how do you provide for so many children with a normal job? It dosn’t matter who is wrong as long as they children are taken care of.
I think Jon is going through a midlife crisis and Kate has to protect the assets that they have made for their children. It seems to me like Jon is extremely immature and selfish and no matter how many times he says I do it for the Kids, The Kids, The Kids. I just don’t believe him. He proved it last night while trying to put the kids crooked houses in the forest rather than someplace they could actually use them. Then when Kate tried to explain it to him, he was rude and arrogant and hung up on her! He needs to get into therapy and figure out where all this anger towards the mother of his children has come from and possibly how he can control it before he explodes.
I don’t see how anyone could respect Jon he is so passive/aggressive. She has never been anything but good to those children. You try keeping your cool in such a stressful situation.
i’m sorry, but I have no sympathy for either one of them. Any one who watches these so-called reality shows is just as bad. All of these shows are exploitive and destructive. This is what comes from a society that places so much stock in celebrity and being famous. The best thing for all involved would be to stop filming these shows and for the viewing public to stop supporting the networks that produce this garbage. The only ones who deserve our sympathy are the children. They didn’t ask to be thrust into the spotlight and now that their parents don’t have the sense and decency to remove themselves from the scene, this will follow those children forever.
As a level-headed adult, I needed to get this off my chest. We need to stop watching and supporting these shows. It’s time for the networks to take a good look at the product they put out there. Nothing good comes from catering to the lowest demoninater in an effort to make a buck.
Well said, and I agree 100%. Personally I don’t watch any of the reality garbage that’s being put out there.
The saddest part of it all is that bored, lonely, people watch these trainwrecks on the tube and project their own feelings and experiences on to the so called “celebrities”. I mean COME ON! Heidi and Spencer? Jon and Kate? Paris Hilton? How very sad that I know these names, and have never once watched anything with them in it. They are everwhere. People watch something else! It’s taking the “idiot box” (tv, for those of you who never heard the phrase) to new all time lows…..
About time they put a stop to the show. Maybe TLC will figure it out before August and cancel the show completely—em’s
I totally agree, she does talk to him like a child because from everything I’ve seen- he acts like a child. People talk about how she is so overbearing but she’s got 8 kids to take care of and with Jon being so disconnected from the whole situation it seems like the only way she can manage to keep things together. I’ve only seen maybe 7 episodes but it seems like Jon earns the treatment he gets and Kate is forced to act like that to keep everything in line.
Agreed. He deals with situations rather immaturely, he needs to man up and figure out what it takes to be a husband and a father
Well Jon and Kate didn’t ask for sextuplets, but it just happened- there was no way they could provide for 8 kids ,and be around to raise them, with out finding an alternative income- I think their initial intentions were good, they believed they were providing for their children, they probably felt that the opportunity was a blessing and the only way they could put 8 kids through college. I don’t think that the design of this show was ever catering to the lowest common denominator, it was about a family with abnormal struggles for a long time, it only recently turned ugly and Hills-like
poor kids, that what bothers me. they have to see all of this happening and then in years to come, they will be older and able to see everything that has been said about their mom and dad.
glad they stopped the show..
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All moms should not be backing her. We do not live there. We do not see what all goes on. I personally think Jon has the interest of the kids more in perspective than she does. You don’t see many paparazzi shots of the kids when he has them and she is on the road promoting her book but you see alot of pap shots of her with and without the kids. She said it all when she said THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
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THANK YOU!!! I don’t agree with the way she treated Jon but he doesn’t seem to have a lick of common sense. If they lose that show, he can say GOOD-BYE to his swinging bachelor life and HELLO to the unemployment line!
AGREED! Someone has to be the grown-up.
Sooooo passive-aggressive! Right on!
no but you see a lot of pap shots of jon spending time with his new girlfriends and smoking weed.
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Who cares. This whole situation is so lame. If anything, this is the most mature and adult decision they have ever made. They need to do what is right for the kids! And that means stopping the show.
I totally agree.
It’s about time someone look out for the best interests of those kids. I feel sorry for them because their parents are such self-absorbed tw*ts.
It should be interesting. A shame they have to go throught this so publically with America taking sides.
kate is psycho
I assume she is talking about him shopping at the Trump Towers for an apartment. By filing for divorce, their assets are frozen until they are divided and Jon can’t blow through all of their money. I heard he bought that sports car without even consulting Kate, so it seems like a logical idea on Kate’s part.
yeah, the shots of him smoking a joint probably helped
Kate has a new Land Rover. Did she ask Jon??? I’m not on either side, but just asking!
It is absolutely logical and necessary! Wake up ladies. Jon’s priority now is to get laid, have a slamming bachelor pad and go bar hopping. She must protect her assets.
Thank you TLC for finally putting a stop to all this madness!
Why didn’t they quit the show when it got to stressful? If it’s true that their kids are their priority then they should have eliminated the source of the stress. THE SHOW. I would never let anything like this break up my family. Marriage is supposed to be through the good & the bad times. Too many people bail out when the bad times hit. I know that families with multiples have a very high rate of divorce. I have twin 4 yr olds and when the stress hit we don’t turn on each other. We stick together and work out the issues. It’s very hard sometimes but when I got married I decided that I wanted to be forever. Of course there is a lot of respect in our marriage and we would never speak to each other the way Jon & Kate did. She put him down so many times and on national TV.
Agreed!
Research shows that if a couple comes to a cross-roads because of fighting a such and decide to stick it out 8 out of 10 couples (80%) are “happily married” 5 years later. We just don’t know commitment and how to stick it out anymore. I honestly feel they will regret this decision.
I believe that in order for a couple to make it they will have to fall in love with their spouse twice. Once when they are dating and decide to get married. And a second time when trials and heartaches come during the marriage.
JOn missed out on being young and crazy so he’s letting loose now with the clothes, the women and smoking joints.
And his 8 children pay the price for his selfishness. Not exactly father of the year.
Beautifully said. I totally agree.
Right on.
The “production halt” is due to the fact that they don’t have enough footage now that they have been sidetracked by the preemptive divorce proceedings in order to freeze assets. TLC, nor the Gosslins have the integrity to do the right thing. The reason they didn’t stop the show is because they were receiving $100,000 per episode. Bottom line, the money took precendese.
Oh PLEASE! This woman is a MONSTER! I saw the very first TLC special they had, and all I thought about how she treated him was “God, I hope one day that guy will divorce her, no one deserves to live with that!”, and here they are, 3,4,5 years later? She is nasty, overbearing, and controlling. If you ask me, he is just cutting loose after having to live with such an evil woman, and I can’t blame him for it! As for “protecting her children and assets” its called “I always get what I want because I am a selfish &*^%, and will always be a selfish *&^%!”
I agree too.
And Kate is mother of the year when Mady catches her kissing her bodyguard! Yep, she’s MOTHER of the year all right.
According to who? I haven’t seen any proof of that anywhere.
It’s been well documented. I guess you only see what you want to!