Jon and Kate Plus 8 Announcement June 22: Jon and Kate Divorce

I watched the show a couple of times. The kids are very cute and mom's attitude is not.

How he ever put up with her, I don't know. Needed a lot work with Dr Phil, she does.

I saw a lot the seasons and to say the truth she is indeed a control freak. She as to have her say to everything. When he talk she talk for him. When he does things, she got to know everything and have her say.

He not perfect but you can tell where this was going to lead. You could tell from the last season he was sick of it. And I truly believe the show made her worst. She LOVE the attention and I feel it was more her show than a family show.

They did the right choice, let her now have her own show. The single Kate mommy that deal the single mom life.

As for Jon the bad father that left his family behind.

Jon, you did right to divorce her. But take care of those kids my man that all should matter to you now and screw that reality show let her deal with it..beside she love the spotlight!

I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO JON WITH EARRINGS ON.  I HAD BEEN ON HIS SIDE THROUGH OUT THE SEASONS. I BATHE THE KIDS BEFORE BED TIME, DRESSED BEFORE AN OUTTING AND PLACE THE KIDS IN THE VAN BUCKLE THEM UP. THEN ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO GO POTTY THEN HE WOULD TAKE THEM IN THE HOUSE AND THEN BUCKLE THEM UP ALL OVER. KATE WOULD JUST SIT IN THE VAN WAITING UNTILL JON FINISHES EVERYTHING THEN JON DRIVES TO DESTINATION! PLUS HE WORKED 40 PLUS. KATE DEGRADED MEN ALL THE TIME. MADE STATEMENTS THAT MEN HAVE TO PUT GAS IN THE CARS, ETC. KATE NEVER KNEW WHAT SHE HAD. TO FIND A PERSON THAT IS SO INVOLVED IN THE FAMILY AND DID WAY AND BEYOND "THE HONEY TO DO LIST"! ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN VERBALLY, MENTALLY AND PHYSCIALLY ABUSED WILL REACT OUT IN SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR ! I BELIEVE JON IS ACTION OUT. BUT WHAT A SHOCK FOR ME I THOUGHT THAT HER WOULD DIVORCE BUT WANT TO BE WITH THE KIDS. NOW HE IS REBELING ON WANTING TO BE YOUNG AGAIN. FREEDOM AND TO BE SINGLE AT THE COST OF THE KIDS THAT IS WHAT I SEE. I COULD BE WRONG. BUT IN THIS LAST SHOW THE KIDS IN THE CROOKED HOUSES THE 5 YRS OLDS. SOMEWHERE TALKING ABOUT "MARRING MY BOY" AND "GET OUT BECAUSE MY GIRLFRIENDS ARE COMING OVER! WHERE DID THEY LEARN THAT TYPE OF MENTALITY! I DOUBT IF IT WAS MADDY OR CARA!  THIS COMES FROM THE PARENTS. THEY ONLY MIRROR THE PARENTS....... I AM SO SHOCKED WITH EVERYTHING.........I WISH THEM THE BEST IN LIFE. "NOT MATERIALISTIC ITEMS LIKE THEY ARE HAVE BEEN GETTING"! BUT HAPPINESS AND TRUE LOVE FROM THE PARENTS. "THE WAY IT LOOKS IS THAT THEY ARE BUYING STUFF FOR THE KIDS IN REPLACEMENT OF TRUE LOVE AND FOR NOT BEING THERE!

My heart goes out to those kids.  I have never been a big fan of Kate, she doesn't treat Jon very well.  It is obvious he adores his children by the way he spends time with them, and in the way they interact together.  I think Kate is the one who needs to move into the 700 sq foot apartment in NY and spend her days like she has, with her book deals and selling pics of her kids for $20.00 a pop.  Jon should get the house and the kids and let Katezilla move on down the line.  She didn't appreciate him, and in my opinion isn't the better parent with the kids. 

I have to admit that I was more interested in the show once all Jon & Kate's issues became public, but I have watched the show & kept up with it over the years.  I have to disagree with the public opinion that the root of the problem is "Kate-zilla".  She has always been a control freak; but what mom wouldn't be with 8 kids!!!  Jon has NEVER spoken up, never spoken his mind & is now blaming Kate for not having the balls to stand up to her??  No one forced him to marry or have the kids, regardless of his age at the time.  I am so sick of hearing about "Poor Jon" I could barf.  By the way, that 700 square foot apartment in NY that Jon's been looking at...is in TRUMP TOWERS!!  I also do not believe his line about "doing what's best for the kids".  You can't destroy the foundation of a house & expect it to stand for years to come.  Their marriage is the foundation on which their family is built.  He needs to man up, tell Kate what HE wants & do whatever it takes to make good on the commitments they made to eachother & their kids 10 years ago.  Jon has not cornered the market on "growing apart" in a marriage; it happens to us all, the trick is to grow back together & not give up.  I wish them all the best, but I cannot agree with the decision to divorce; they are all making a mistake.

I personally feel bad for Jon & Kate...I think that too many people are reading way more into their lives and making to many judgemental comments about them. Does Kate over react sometimes?...Yes she does. But people personally do not know how hard it is to raise 8 kids and to have 6 of them all the same age. Sometimes she likely feels that she has to be a certain way in order for things to get done. I have seen so many things about her in the media that does not paint a very nice picture of her. They have said that she was a mother who never looked after herself, and that now that she is famous she is a diva. How many mothers do you know that would want to get all dressed up and looking their best to sit home and feed 6 babies all day. I work at night and I am home during the day, and when I am here I lounge around and relax in comfy clothes. I would imagine that her having 6 babies and 2 small twin girls would make any mother not really care about whether they looked their best 100% of the time. Now that her kids are older it is easier for her to care about how she looks. I think that the stress of having a large family did not leave alot of time for Jon and Kate to spend alot of time together and they grew apart. I know in an episode earlier (The New one for the season) Jon comented that he did not cheat on Kate, he has just made a few bad choices and that they were ones that he could not take back. Also Kate said that they do not talk about things. If things are not talked out then they do not get resolved. I think that they just have alot of unresolved issues and that maybe some time apart and a good talk would really help them go a long way in repairing their marriage. I wish them all the best, and hope that they are eventually in a position where they can resolve their issues and work things out. Especially for the sake of their family.

Why would anyone in their right mind watch a "scripted" reality show. Peoples lives must be so mundane that they have to turn on these stupid, so called reality shows that now seem to be on every station on television. Take a walk, work in the garden, play with your kids and turn this stupid stuff off! I feel for any child that is going through a family of divorce it is heart breaking but get these kids off tv and give them some sort of normality. GREED is more important to this family. We now have a million dollar house, hair transplants, capped teeth, designer clothes...GET A LIFE!

It is sad to see another family split apart.  Jon and Kate did it to themselves.  Kate is a money hungrey mom and Jon wants to be left out of the spot light.  In the end Kate ran Jon away.

I knew it was going to happen. How could it not, Kate always took control and always put Jon down.  Maybe if she wasn't such a control freak and put some of her energy on her husband, things could have been different.  Did she try to change, NO! I feel for the kids, but Mady is becoming her mother.

I HAVE WATCHED JON AND KATE PLUS 8 FOR YEARS AND HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE ADORABLE KIDS GROWING UP. JON HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A HANDS-ON DAD WITH MUCH OF THE DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE KIDS AND THE KIDS LOVE AND ATTACHMENT TO HIM IS OBVIOUS. ABOUT THE ONLY THING I ADMIRE ABOUT KATE IS HER ORGANIZATION. HER USE OF "I", "ME" AND "MINE" IS CONSTANT.....SHE NEVER USES "WE", "US" AND "OUR" WHICH IS A HUGE SELF-CENTERED MISTAKE IN A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY. HER CRITICIZMS OF JON ARE CONSTANT, HER DEMANDS ARE RICICULOUS, SHE IS SO SELF-CENTERED AND MEAN-SPIRITED IN HER INTERFACE WITH HIM AND TREATS HIM LIKE HER SLAVE NOT HER HUSBAND. HAS SHE NEVER WATCHED RERUNS OF THE SHOW TO SEE HER OWN BAD BEHAVIOR. THE CHILDREN ARE ALL WELL-BEHAVED EXCEPT MADY WHO IS A TOTALLY OBNOXIOUS BRAT WHO NEVER SEEMS TO BE CALLED ON IT. OBVIOUSLY SHE TAKES HER LEAD FROM HER MOM WHO DEFENDS HER AND SAYS "SHE HAS A GOOD HEART" NOT SO SHE IS A SELF-CENTERED LITTLE OBNOXIOUS BRAT PLAIN AND SIMPLE. JON WILL BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT KATE'S CONSTANT BELITTLING BUT I DOUBT SERIOUSLY THAT KATE WILL STEP FORWARD AS A NURTURING HANDS-ON MOM....AFTERALL, JON HAS BEEN THE DIAPER CHANGER, THE BATHTIME PERSON, THE CLEANER UPPER, THE POTTY TAKER, THE ONE WHO TRIES TO LET THE KIDS DO NORMAL KID THINGS AND NOT SCREECH AND SCREAM CONSTANTLY. IT'S A SAD SITUATION ALL AROUND THOU I AM NOT SHOCKED THAT DIVORCE IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE DISFUNCTION OF THIS FAMILY WHICH HAS CLEARLY BEEN LED BY NONE OTHER THAN

THE SELF-ANNOINTED QUEEN, KATE!!!  

Kate wanted this to be about her and she will see what it is like to be about her, taking care of 8 kids isn't easy I had nine my husband worked nights. He came home in the middle of the night when the kids were sleeping and went to work before they came home from school. He was very helpful with what he could.  Kate will have the convience of nanny's and such more than likely. I didn't my husband passed away and left me with 4 at home. Lucky they knew how to help. The twins are so spoiled they are not going to know what to do and Maddy will quickly learn to work one against the other that is sad cause she sees this from her mom already.  This is just a sad situation and these two should really look at this again. talking to someone and working out the problems instead of running. The show was good  but it has become the root of all evil. MONEY!!!!  and it broke up this home.

I would rather see the show go off the air and see Jon and Kate back together.  Enough of the Kate bashing - some women are or seem controlling when they are under pressure.  Someone has got to be a leader in the family.  Jon is so laid back, she has to take over.  In the heat of the stressful moment, she's delegating orders.  It's just her takeover personallity.  I react the same way w/ 2 small children of my own.. My husband knows how I react under pressure.  I still love him and he still loves me.  I can only imagine she is thinking the same thing. 

If we all had a camera following us around, we would not want everyone to see our own reality moments.  Life and reality is not always a bowl of cherries. 

Jon got fired from his job.  Yes he is great w/ the kids.  They both work well as a team.  Kate is responsible for bringing in the money now and maintaining their lifestyle.  So, don't place all the blame on her.  She's taking care of business.  I do like Jon, but I think he's made poor choices.  The fact that Kate was willing to work on the marriage shows strength and devotion to her family in my book.  Too many people give up too easily.  Marriage takes work and effort.  Not every day or moment is peachy.  They are both people and people are not perfect. 

Please try to work it out Jon and Kate -  don't go down w/out a fight!  Make it work.  Cancel the show and have a simple life w/ your precious children - don't let the people's negative words about you cause you to seperate.  That's not who you are - just things you've done.  We can all say that.

Hello,

I am sorry to see Jon and Kate, break up, i still dont believe this is really true, and believe they are doing this for the ratings. Look at the Bachelor?? That was done for ratings.

I will miss seeing Jon and Kate together. Personally i think Kate was hard on Jon, did she have to put him down in front of the camera, she is so controlling, and bossy, you can bend a bit. Life is full of  good and bad, and you have to take them both in order to have a good marriage. I know it is hard with 8 kids. i love them all, i love the little girls and little boys!!! Lea is adorable, Hannah is a little doll, and Aiden, oh my favorite, they are all good kids, and will do well,

I continue to pray that Jon and Kate, can work this out and come to peace and get back together, that is my wish

good luck

Lea

I hate to see divorces especially with children envolved however, if I were Jon I would have bolted to the door "long" ago..... Kate is a complete nag....there was nothing Jon could do to please her it was always her way... So obviouis how she belittled him, constantly...I wouldn't want her even as a friend!!!!!!!!! Kate brought this on her self the righteous B.....

Hope she doesn't take her hostilitys out on her kids...which by the way are so spoiled, she better start with teaching them dicipline................................

Kate needs to work seriously on her control issues.  It does not always have to be her way or no way.  She will never find happiness until she learns to give and take.  Being a "control freak" is not a pretty thing to be.  Jon needs to quit crying poor little me for all of the attention they are getting, they brought it all on themselves.  I am sure the show has afforded them many luxuries they would not otherwise have.  He should suck it up and roll with it.  Quit trying to act some big movie idol!!!!!

Regarding the news about Jon and Kate splitting up.  one of the reasons why alot of people watched the show was because it showed the struggles of a large family and of course having 6 the same age brought on even more challenges then perhaps a typical large family.  The fact that they were a young couple trying "Together" to do the best for their family was admirable.  To be truthfull now that the children are 5 and the twins (?) I cant remember they are just another family and there is nothing that spectacular to see.  What has happened is they have become spoiled both the parents and the children and lost sight of what was important.  I really cant see this show carrying on, what are they going to show us next - another trip ?   another new extravagent toy for their children?  I dont doubt that initially the show was a godsend because it was going to help them pay for even just the basics as it is expensive to raise that many children and 6 the same age was alot all at once, but now they are in school and frankly the novelty has worn off they are cute but they are just 6 children not any more special then any other kids.  Its not like Jon and Kate have any words of wisdom worth hearing after all they are not together any more and lets take a look at them in 10 years when the kids are in their teens and see how successful they really are at parenting.  They certainly cant give us marital advice either - Did they try counselling?  Somehow I doubt it.  Yah yah everything they do is for the kids - sure it is I bet the Million dollar house and the new sports car +++ were all for the kids.  They have used their kids as circus clowns simply to benefit themselves allowing them to perform in front of cameras and then complain about the loss of privacy and the paparazzi - sorry you cant have your cake and eat it to, perhaps you will have to decide whether you want the 75 000/episode and the trips or not.  Im sure that decision wont be difficult for them to make - obviously its all about the money.  I wouldnt go in my backyard to see them - they are a sad example of  deteriorating values and the longer television continues to broadcast this type of thing all it proves is that we accept this as OK and the norm.  I for one will not watch another episode of spoiled children and parents.

Well, TLC I've lost some respect for you. Where is the counseling? You folks have paid/assisted in the finances of this families needs for how long and made how much money off of them? The least you could have done was offered to find or even pay part of the counseling WITHOUT having to insist on one of your camera's being present at all times. Have Jon and Kate get family counseling, the kids need it more than anything. If you think the belittling from Kate was bad before its only going to get worse with a divorce (hopefully Kate and Jon will realize when they point one finger at the other person just how many are pointing back at themselves) and the kids dont need to hear their parents being belittled by each other for the sake of ratings and that will happen, Mark my words.

I just feel extremely sad. Another divorced family. Lost what was important the foundation of the family was jon and kate. When he did not want to do the show any more. It should have stopped but nope she was selfish. Now the kids have to deal with a broken foundation, The two parts that make all of them whole. mom and dad. broken. broken . broken. as for anything that is broken. you can glue back together but is never really the same. my prayers are with all the gosselins.

I find the news heartbreaking, divorce is never a better thing for children. You can accuse Kate or Jon, but it all comes down to personal responsibility. they should have stopped the show and worked on their marriage.

I was indeed sorry to see how this couple has allowed the children to divide them.  Kate is consumed with the children she seems to have forgotten Jon.  I don't blame her as she's trying to be a great mother.   I wish I would have heard I still love Jon.... and I would have liked to have heard Jon say we need counceling. 

Really when is the last time these 2 people have had time away and alone.  If they are solid the family will be as well.  I hope they will reconsider salvaging this relationship for themselves and their family.

God bless them all

This is may be the best thing for both of them, but when there are so many kids involved the kids will suffer in the long run...nothing is the same without a father! (not on a part-time basis).

This is a shame.  I am sorry for everybody.  I am sorry for our society, their family and most of all the kids.  I am not sure what good can come out of this lesson, but I guess eventually everyone will learn something positive out of a very tradgic situation. 

We are also partially responsible.  If we didn't watch the show, they wouldn't be as popular or as rich or as spoiled as they've become.  It's so disheartening to see people use innocent children for their own selfish well-being.  If she truly cares about her children, she's stop traveling all over promoting her own self-righteous books & photos & stay home to raise her children instead of pawning them off to nannies, (soon-to-be ex) husband, or whoever will watch them.  Do they ever mention the parents of Jon & Kate ??  I hope not as I wouldn't want to be associated w/ their spoiled-rotten behaviors as grown adults.  How embarrassing to other family members (except for those who've gotten their fingers into the money-grubbing pie).  I've only seen a couple of episodes because I can't stand watching "reality" tv when there's nothing real about it.  How can a home be "real" when it's loaded w/ tv cameras & strangers telling me what to say & how to act.  To Kate & Jon:  Grow up & quit exploiting your family.  For $75k a episode, shouldn't you have enough money banked away to raise your children for quite some time in a normal household atmosphere.  Who truly does your cooking, laundry, housekeeping, & yard work.  Kate, with you traveling everywhere we all know it isn't you.  And Jon, grow up & at least date women your own age if you're going to be a slug (but hey, I wouldn't want to be close to a chronic witch either - but wasn't she selfish & controlling when you met her).  You knew about the possibility of all of these babies when you decided to get pregnant again.  And in this society, two should have been enough in the first place.  Not to say that your other 6 aren't beautiful, they truly are but they've been turned into pawns to pay for your selfish lifestyles.       

if John treated kate the way she treats him a lot more people would be angry. I watched the show twice-I could not believe how often she put her hands on him. IF it had been the other way around I doubt TLC would have kept them on the air. She seems very controlling and abusive-but its ok I guess since she's the woman (not).

Everyone followed the gross misconduct; I would have rooted for Kate to sock the homewrecker in the kisser then turn to Jon and say, "I'm fighting to give our children a 2 parent home."  It would have been a powerful statement against giving up if they would have fought to keep their marriage together. 

     I personally have loved this show for a long time. Yes, Kate nags a lot and she screams and she yells. But she tries. I see that she is 'trying' to make this process as painful as possible but my first problem is, why did she not believe Jon when he clearly stated that he did not cheat on her? On the opening episode of the newest season she said over and over again, 'I can only speak for myself, i can only speak for myself...'. What Kate you don't even have the decensy to stick up for or help Jon out or even believe in him, just this one time?

     Also remember about two seasons ago, or maybe even less, they renewed thier vows. Yes, Kate ws the one that was all gung-ho about it and such, but she said that 'we are doing this for the kids to show that we love each other and we will stick together.' Yeah...what happened to that? Was that just another free vacation for you guys? Listen I know that you guys would never be able to go to these places with all your kids in tow, but hey, I came from a family of 4. My mom, dad, and younger sister, and we barely went anywhere. Not half the places you've gone. So was this just for another free trip, or antoher interesting aspect to the show? Huh?

     Also, yes I know that Kate is probably cracking under pressure, but you know what? my dad came from a family of 9. Growing up in the early 1930's and my grandmother stayed home and coked and cleaned, plus helped out around thier farm and took care of all the kids. And the men didn't help out half as much as Jon does. It was just that way it was back then. But you know what? She was the kindest person people ever knew, she kept her feelings to herself or her family. There are times you are off the air Kate, okay, you don't need to blow up when you are!

     All I can say is good luck to Jon and Kate, and especially the kids, they are gonna need a lot of help because if they ever run out of money to not be able to have this lifestyle (god forbid!) the children would not know what to do with themselves. This is all they've ever known and yes they are cute, kind, little children now but they need some dicipline too, and not just being yelled at because they brought a little dirt in the house.

Best wishes,

N. Rae