At the TLC presentation for the Television Critics Association (TCA) yesterday, TLC executives admitted there would be some changes when ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8‘ returned in August. Of course we know about the obvious, but I wasn’t prepared for what they said next.
[T]he
couple’s iconic interview couch won’t be around in the new season.
Instead, the reality parents will film interviews in chairs – but that
doesn’t mean Jon and Kate won’t have company by their side."As
far as new people and places that may be cycling into Jon and Kate’s
life, we are taking it on a case-by-case basis," O’Neill said.But
she warned that Jon and Kate’s blossoming new relationships others
might not be similar to the headlines the couple has recently made."This
is real life. It’s important to remember that our cameras are only
there for moments in time, and those moments have limits," she
continued."Jon and Kate have never said they were
perfect, which has made them relatable and created an undeniable
connection with the viewers. We will continue to capture this family’s
journey in a respectful and sensitive way," [TLC president Eileen O'Neill] said.
I have to admit, I thought the show would just involve Jon or Kate alone with their kids. I didn’t think they’d even consider bringing in people they’re dating!
What do you think of this development:
- an honest acknowledgment of the situation,
- taking the desire to show reality a little too far, or
- not going far enough (since TLC is saying they won’t show everything)?
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like everyone else, it’s just going too far. it’s not about jon and kate plus 8, its about jon and kate plus life after divorce. its not even bout the kids anymore! im just thinking that they have to finish a contract they have with tlc and then the show will end. well im just hoping for those poor kids.
SO sick of them.. I feel really bad for Kate. Jon seems to have lost his mind
Option #2 and cancel the show already!!
If they are going to continue the show, they need to keep Jon’s skanks out of it! The last thing those kids need are strangers trying to get their 15 minutes.
I no longer watch the show, either. I refuse to help their ratings. I’m not a Nielsen HH, so it’s not like it matters whether I watch or not, but it’s the principle.
No matter what, I will still watch the show. I love the fam even if Jon and Kate are separated.
Come on! They are getting a divorce NOBODY DIED! The show is great and REAL. So. of course they should show it as it is. The only part that I do not think that people will want to see is Jon parading his weekly lovers on the show. He has been stupid and cheap about his affairs, and it has made him look rediculous. The show would be much better off only to show him with the children, if at all. After all, his inability to remain faithful to his wife is the reason that the marrige did not last, along with his stqtements that he is looking forward to his new live and he has his whole life ahead of him.
The guy just has NO CLASS! Kate on the other hand has maintained her dignity as well as her bond with her children. The show would really be great to show Kate’s struggles as a single mom and how she copes with the dating scene after such a long time. And of course, we can count on her to be classy about it. I love the kids and I think she has and wILL do a great job with them and the show. She really has been the only one with a real personality, whether it be sarcastic, funny, or sad she has conveyed that to the audience. Jon on the other had has done nothing more than say only what is required and played the victim. I personally think she is so much better of without him. He has made it publically clear that he did not like being on camer, but you know he sure likes spending that money and sporting his real babies around. Go team Kate~
Boy, TLC and Kate have really pulled the wool over your eyes!!
Getting divorced IS a big deal for those children. Truly a defining moment in their life.
I agree. Same goes for Kate’s “bodyguard”. The kids don’t need to see her kissing someone who is not their dad. Too soon for that…oops…all ready happened!
They should have canceled the show a long time ago…it’s what ruined their marriage. Jon didn’t like the spotlight, but Kate did so she kept it going – even though she was gone most of the time on her “book signing tour.” She should have focused more on her family and less on the fame.
Jon, is that you? Why do you keep turning things back on Kate? I don’t see her with men all over the place. There has never been any proof of her having any affair let alone with the bodyguard. Enough already.
if you look up the word class there would not be one word that would even slightly resemble Kate. They are both wrong. We haven’t SEEN either of them in bed with anyone but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen (Kate HAS traveled extensively with Steve). The whole thing kind of boils down that the show has outgrown itself, the kids will all be in school and there isn’t enough they can do that is interesting any more. The average viewer seems to resent watching these millionaires get more and more freebies while the average family is struggling to stay afloat. And the kids have reached the older non-cute age already and are typical whiney bratty kids, hitting, biting, kicking (with NO ONE – parent or camera person – saying, “hey, that’s not nice.
The show is not real. We have now found out that it has been all stage for a few seasons now. Everything is planned around the “freebies” that the family wants and Jon and Kate and the children’s actions and responses are scripted.
Grow up Jon and Kate.
I have decided to keep watching the show but if TLC allows Jon’s dates to be on the show then I will stop watching. He should not bring any other women into his children’s lives until they have had a chance to heal and until he is in a serious committed relationship with someone. I can tell you from personal observation that parading people in and out of your children’s lives will take a serious toll on them. Divorce is hard enough for a child, Jon should not add to it by setting them for more losses.
Kate needs to wake up. She acts so sad. Oh I have to put up a tent. Oh I have to put gas in my car now, Oh I have to make a fire to roast marsh mellows,Oh poor me. hey Kate; mothers have to do a lot more than you do. Sure its hard work but they do it for the love of the kids you act if this is such a burden to raise kids. I hope you don’t start to be little them and make fun of them in front of the cameras like you always did with Jon.
She says all this wearing designer clothes, designer sunglasses and designer hair and make up. She puts her kids in front of cameras to pay for all of this.
If she put in half the effort into her marriage that she does in acting like she a movie star. Maybe Jon would of stuck around.
Sad I can’t watch the Show anymore,
I feel sorry for these children.
And its fine if Kate is doing her body gaurds.
By the way does she really need body gaurds?
I am sick of them saying, “it’s for the kids”, baloney, Jon and Kate love the money and perks and fame. Do they think people are really stupid enough to believe otherwise.
The kids are not actors.
dude she has eight kids did any one ever think that she need the money. what if she did cancel the show what are they going to do for money because remember they probAbly wasted all of it on jon cars and girlfriend and plus the house that they bought. i mean think about the kids seriously one day they will undestand why there mother and father decided to take the show in the first place. because a regular job would not cut it.
I’m fed up with both of them. I never realized how immature Jon is. He’s
showing that he’s nothing more than an immature party boy. He keeps saying everything is for the kids and their being safe, healthy and happy are his main concerns. Hogwash! If he were truly concerned about their happiness, he would insist that he and Kate go to marriage counseling and not take no for an answer. He needs to be able to prove to this children when they’re older that he tried everything in his power to keep the family together. Instead, he took the easy way out. Jon and Kate are so self-absorded, they can’t see the light of day anymore. They brought these children into the world, and it’s their obligation to do everything they can to make this marriage work for their sake. They owe it to them. I don’t have one ounce of respect for either of them. They’re so busy blaming each other for their marital problems, they’ve lost sight of what this is doing to their children. Jon is a passive, immature party goer who has never had an original thought of his own. He’s dating much younger women with questionable morals. Kate is a greedy, power hungry, globe trotting, fame seeking, no talent, glory hound. She talks a good talk, but that’s all she does is talk. I think she likes the sound of her own voice, and what’s with these words she doesn’t pronounce correctly. She tries to sound so intelligent, but she’s showing us all that she’s not that bright, especially when she uses words that aren’t phonetically correct! These kids hit the jackpot when they got them for parents, They deserve so much better. I would love to know what Dr. Laura thinks of this situation!!
I’m fed up with both of them. I never realized how immature Jon is. He’s
showing that he’s nothing more than an immature party boy. He keeps saying everything is for the kids and their being safe, healthy and happy are his main concerns. Hogwash! If he were truly concerned about their happiness, he would insist that he and Kate go to marriage counseling and not take no for an answer. He needs to be able to prove to this children when they’re older that he tried everything in his power to keep the family together. Instead, he took the easy way out. Jon and Kate are so self-absorded, they can’t see the light of day anymore. They brought these children into the world, and it’s their obligation to do everything they can to make this marriage work for their sake. They owe it to them. I don’t have one ounce of respect for either of them. They’re so busy blaming each other for their marital problems, they’ve lost sight of what this is doing to their children. Jon is a passive, immature party goer who has never had an original thought of his own. He’s dating much younger women with questionable morals. Kate is a greedy, power hungry, globe trotting, fame seeking, no talent, glory hound. She talks a good talk, but that’s all she does is talk. I think she likes the sound of her own voice, and what’s with these words she doesn’t pronounce correctly. She tries to sound so intelligent, but she’s showing us all that she’s not that bright, especially when she uses words that aren’t phonetically correct! These kids hit the jackpot when they got them for parents, They deserve so much better. I would love to know what Dr. Laura thinks of this situation!!
I’m in agreement with option 2. I think they are taking this situation too far for the kids that are involved. They should have just cancelled this show and moved on with life as privately as they could. Their poor kids do not need to have other “parties” involved (especially pot smoking hagss) nor do they need all of this spread throughout the public.
I think this is awful. I was twelve when my parents got divorced and I wouldn’t want to watch myself going through that again, let alone have millions of people seeing it. Way to put the kids first Jon & Kate.
IMO, the only thing Kate has going for her right now is that the tabloids/media were not present and accounted for to capture HER every move (PRE DIVORCE) while she was absent from home and off gallavanting from state to state on her ‘book signing’ tour. If I recall correctly, Kate spent some 20+ days away from home and her CHILDREN ( and admittedly didn’t even call home) on her book signing tour and various appearances. I highly doubt that these book signings and various appearances consumed Kate’s every waking moment and more than likely she particpated in some ‘socializing’ of her own kind. Fortunately for Kate, the extended periods of time that she spent away from her home and eight CHILDREN were conventiently timed PRE DIVORCE with her return home only days before the ‘big announcement’and the huge media/tabloid coverage that soon followed. It is ONLY NOW that Kate has found it within herself to return home to her children, and the outing of J & K’s divorce do we see the release of daily photos of KATE AT HOME playing mommy. IMO, Kate Gosselin did not come HOME TO HER CHILDREN because she wanted to, she came home to play mommy because knew darn well that it would have been HER instead of JON being portrayed in the media/tabloids as the selfish non existent parent. She is there for the money and I do not blame Jon for wanting his share after being the hands on parent for all these years.
Thank you!! I’ve had the same thoughts as well.
I didnt know you were close personal friends w/ Kate and new every phone call she mad to her children. She was a stay at home mom for years, God forbid she make money doing the book tour while her husband (who in interviews on TLC) said he was more then happy to stay at home with the kids because he “loved it” and he could never write a book the way she does. But apparently you are close personal friends and no everything about their lives b/c your close to them like that. Thats why you have every right to judge her or even him.
I think that since the Gosselins have chosen to keep on with this farce of a “family show,” it further solidifies what the public has thought for a long time…they are only in it for the money. They have turned into a brood of respectless, fame and money-hungry gluttons. Very few of their children have any manners. Those older two should be smacked in the mouth for their bad attitudes (especially Maddy)! I personally do not see how TCL, in good conscience, could keep this show going. I for one do not want to see these 6 brats go on to school. And when they do, what is TLC going to shoot for the entire school day? Kate all day long? OMG! I’d rather stick pins in my eyes! And as a parent of small children, I sure would not want my child’s elementary school put on TV just so those 6 can be filmed going to school. Someone with taste and an ounce of common sense needs to tell the Gosselins that their gig is up. Maybe Kate can go back to being a nurse full time while all 8 of her rugrats are in school and earn an income like everyone else in the real world instead of exploiting her children on TV to pay for their expensive house, vacations, and all those sickening matched outfits! When she has to go and actually WORK for a living, I bet she will find herself buying store brands to stretch a dollar instead of all that organic food she prides herself on feeding her kids. As for her selling books, I don’t have a bit of interest in reading anything she has to say about parenting because I think she stinks as a parent! I have 5 children myself, and while I am not a perfect mom, I try really hard to teach my children honest values, how to be mannerly, thoughtful, and respectful. It’s no wonder Jon wants out of that marriage. It’s only a matter of time before she turns the kids against him.
I’m with Option 2 as well. This really is going to far.
They should just cancel the show for the kids sake, usually under these cuicumstances families want privacy when dealing with a divorce, but in this case… they want to use it to bring in the $$$. when is social services going to step in?
#2 is the best option….I agree with all the statements above. This gone entirely too far! For goodness sakes….these parents have forgotten about what is the best option for the children. These kids are going to be disfunctional in the real world when they get older. —em’s
So true, WW.
It’s really soon for these people to be bringing their new relationships around the kids, period. It doesn’t matter if it’s just for taping or if it’s for “real”, these poor kids have to be so confused and hurt already, Jon and Kate need to stop the crap and focus on their kids. Since they seem incapable of doing that, it would be nice if TLC would step in and handle it for them, but of course money is more important then the lives of 8 innocent little children.
cancel the freaking show!
I was a zealous viewer of Jon and Kate Plus 8 from it’s beginning. In 2008 i began to get tired of the snippits between the pair, it’s not as if they can’t view the episodes and see what jerks they BOTH were being, however, it escallated so badly this year that i am totally burned out with them, their program and TLC in general. If TLC wants the ratings, they need to accept the fact that their viewers are not ignorant. Jon is going through a major change of life, acting a jerk, and not being an adequate father to his 8 children. Kate is trying, maybe so hard that Jon felt left out? Who knows, but there is no accepting this show continuing as it is now. I will not be watching when the new season begins in a week. Tori and Dean in Hollywood i will watch, Kendra i will watch, The Discovery Channel i will watch, but for now, TLC is no longer on my tuner
As others have said, they should cancel the show and be there for their kids, and not distress them further by introducing flings every other week. But they’re greedy, both of them.