Monday, 05 October 2009
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Kate Plus Eight Minus Jon
TLC has informed Jon Gosselin that he will be removed from the show, 'Jon and Kate Plus Eight' and it will now be 'Kate Plus Eight'. It will 'follow her journey as a single mother raising eight children'.
Jon has filed a law suit against TLC saying he no longer wants his children being filmed because he feels it is unhealthy for them. He said the reason they terminated him from the show was because he wanted to end it. He no longer wanted his family on the show. Kate says if she really felt they show was harmful to the children, she would end it.
Good for Jon. Its abot damn time he grew some balls and put a stop to all of this.
Do you agree with what he has done? What are your thoughts on the Gosselins?
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I say that until Jon's money train was halted, he had no problem with the children filming. I wouldn't believe a word that he said if his tongue came notarized.
Jon only wanted the filming to stop because he was axed, not because it was "unhealthy" for his kids. He only has his best interest at heart these days. Team Kate!
@gwacemom - Very well said.
I haven't really been following this whole mess, but based on what I've seen of his behavior, what he's doing is just as unhealthy for his children as having them on television. I don't think it's inherently bad for the kids to be filmed as long as they have two stable, functional parents, which doesn't necessarily seem to be the case.
I don't know if Jon's motives were pure in trying to put a stop to all of this, but since it would mean losing out on lots of money, I tend to lean towards thinking it was a noble act.
Regardless, I hope he wins. Those children have suffered enough.
@gwacemom - AMEN!!!! I feel so bad for the children, Jon was only thinking of himself and not how this would affect them!
I don't know much about it, but from what I could tell from the show, Kate would not be an easy person to get along with. Kindness sure does go a long way. A lot more relationships would work out if people put that into practice.
Wait a day...the headlines will change...one of them will do something else crazy.
Heavens...you could almost just make a show "Jon and Kate"...and leave the kids to live a normal life.
Hoorah, I agree with alot of these comments, but I can't say I support Jon. He had no issues until they tried to kick him off. And Kate has to support those children somehow, at least this way she can spend time with them too
The show is unhealthy for the kids. It needs to stop. Greed is keeping the show going. $75,000 dollars per episode. That's ridiculous.
@gwacemom - I agree. He was fine with it until he was dropped from the show. I dont agree with kids appearing in reality shows but Jon isnt a saint. He didnt work during it & he's been acting like a damn fool for months.
As for Kate being "greedy", what other job can support 8 kids? Lets consider that before assuming she's a cash cow. She was a nurse before having all these kids & she does engagements & wrote like 2 books I believe. Jon hasnt done crap.
a lot of things people think about jon are completely false. like him "cheating", when in fact kate basically cut him out of her life and told him he could date other woman as long as he pretended to be happy on the show so she could have her cut. she's a psychotic woman, and i wouldn't blame jon if he HAD cheated on her.
also, he's been trying to end that show for a long time. and how can it claim to follow around a single mother raising her kids- she has JOINT CUSTODY! how can they keep jon out of the show? it's so stupid. i bet her life is soooo hard with her 70,000 dollars per episode. how does she keep from going bankrupt?
I think it's a little late for him to try to claim the moral highground about having his children filmed. Obviously he doesn't care a bit about how Kate will support the kids (especially since he took the $230,000 they had in their account).
He wanted the show to be stopped because he's off of it. And you know what? That's his right. He's their parent just as much as she is. It was a family show, now that they're not allowing him on the show while he's part of the family, he has every right to stop it. And with the show on, it allows Kate to bad-mouth him without him being there to defend himself.
@gwacemom - I do so love you and your way with words, too! LOL
@kvdubs@xanga - I wonder if there's a way to fact-check? Probably not for certain... :-/ I had heard that it was $26k per 30 minute episode...? I don't know how true that is, but there's definitely a lot of different info being passed around.
They only film a couple days per week; I don't see how that's going to scar the kids for life...and if Jon thought that the show was affecting the kids negatively, had a responsibility to stand up and say it, like, 4 seasons ago! Like @Shinbi_Belldandy@xanga - said; Kate wrote two books. When the show started, it was really "Kate Plus 8"; Jon slithered off to his analyst job...which I'm certain didn't pay for the 1.1 milion dollar estate the family now enjoys. His only marketable skill is lap dog to a surgeon's daughter, he knows it and he's just lashing out now...pathetic.
@gwacemom - Agreed.
I have a hard time believing he is doing this JUST for the sake of the kids, but if he is, good for him.
@filtered_sunlight - either way it's a lot of money. they get a lot for free, and the show is not healthy for the kids.
@XxFireXboltxX@xanga - I totally agree, he's not just doing it for the kids either. he's as big of a tool as kate is.
@filtered_sunlight - LOL, I stole that one from Judge Judy.
@kvdubs@xanga - My kids would love to have a camera come follow them around a couple of days per week. LOL. I...just don't know if anyone here is qualified to say what is or is not healthy for the kids without knowing the kids personally or even speaking with them. They seem to be doing quite and enjoying all the luxuries that, yes, the show has afforded them.
@gwacemom - FYI, I just snarked my Dr. Pepper through my nose. (I know, you're going to be breaking down the door now...teh sexies.)
@filtered_sunlight - LOLOL, I am so there!! Oh, you should see the text I got from Sarah...kitties and baked goods.
@filtered_sunlight - Really, you think living in a fish bowl is healthy? Look at child celebrities, they grow up and usually end up not very normal, not mentally healthy. Empirically, living in a fishbowl is not healthy. I think you have to have common sense to realize this.
Also, most people would like being followed by a camera. Our society has an obsession with fame and being known. But is it really worth the fame when every move you make is criticized? That's why it's not healthy. Let a kid be a kid, not an object.
@filtered_sunlight - Seriously, if I could find some producer stupid enough to want to film my crazy family? Bring it on!! I could use a few grand extra per week. Maybe we could make it a threesome; "The Life and Times of Three Crazy Women Blogging". It would be a hit, I tell ya.
@kvdubs@xanga - I think with a lot of the child celebrities, the question has to be asked; were they all that stable before they were put on television?
I never was crazy about the show to start with, and now I really don't care for it at al! Don't know about Jon's motives, but there's enough divorces with single mothers all around us, that I hardly think a show about it is anything this world needs to or wants to hear more about. The only thing fascinating at all would be the amount and ages of the children. Think about it, broken families is a horrible thing, would you want your childhood of that publicized,whatever the amount of money??? Yes I think It is unhealthy all the way around!!!
@gwacemom - I think it's mainly the environment once they are famous. The problem is probably more the parents than the kid. A five year old cannot stable under that environment. It's a lot to deal with, even for someone who is mature. People get mentally unstable from that environment, young and old alike. You can't tell me that interviewing day after day is good for a kid. If you want to subject your kid to that kind of scrutiny (which is hard to deal with at any age) that's up to you. However, realize it's not a healthy environment to grow up in. You can't even argue that, because it's fact.