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Well, not the end. This is only the beginning, I'm sure, of what will probably be the most disturbingly public separation in television history. On last night's episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, the couple (finally and unsurprisingly) announced that they were filing for divorce, which begs the question: How, exactly, does a couple go about separating eight children, an enormous house and a television empire? If only it were as easy as the SNL joke from a couple of weeks ago implied: Two TV shows, one called Jon Plus 4 and another one called Kate Plus 4.
Our iVillage community had plenty to say about last night's episode, and they focused less on the specifics of the Gosselin family situation--Did Jon cheat? Did Kate push him into it?--and more on the money and publicity surrounding a family that, at one point in time, seemed almost ordinary. Here's a sampling of their comments:
--Laura Motta
"I think it's all for ratings. I bet they try a reconciliation for sweeps month."
--puss_boo_kay
"I wonder if their publicists will arrange the visitation/custody/possession schedule?"
--cl-alliandmollysmom
"They are going to keep filming, because Kate says "the show must go on". How many of you ladies would have liked to have had cameras filming your divorce and the effect on your babies? I think these people are insane and I can't say enough how much they both disgust me."
--zippinpippin
"I wonder how they're going to split assets? She ought to get a big chunk, in my opinion. She wrote the books and honestly, she is the one behind a lot of the TV stuff. Everyone keeps faulting her for it, so I don't see how that's up for debate."
--mainer2002
"The money coming from that show has turned Kate into a raging monster and Jon never seemed to have much backbone. He's just running away. So many people have made so much money from this show that the family's well-being stopped being a priority. People (me included) continue to watch like they would rubberneck at a traffic accident so money will continue to be made and the kids will continue to be emotionally misused."
--momnotbm
"It's so sad because they were supposed to be a good Christian family. They were appealing because they were like us, but happened to have 6 kids at once! Then they got greedy or let fame get to their heads. I bet the kids would trade the stupid house and fame for their parents to be together."
--cwinehart
"How classy to announce your separation and divorce on national TV. I think Kate is mental and her life cannot function without fame. Look at the video footage from when the sextuplets were babies. She looks like a completely different person. My, how money and fame can change people for the worse. The poor kids! At least they have good video memories of the happy times in there lives!"
--msheets2000
Producer, Momtourage
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I think they should take a long hard look at the decision they are making. First of all, their children just whitnessed last year the renewal of their vows!! How could this have happened so quickly? I think they are giving up too soon. They need to watch the videos of the show from the beginning to now and maybe they can see when and how their marriage dissolved into what it is now--once Kate began travelling alone and becoming more into herself and her looks (remember how a few years ago Jon had to take a "clueless-about-fashion-and-shopping" Kate to get new clothes?? The show, before our eyes, went from being about the kids and the incredible teamwork of the parents to being more about "look at all the fun things we get to do and the giant house we get to buy "for the kids"!" They have become way too self involved and that is the opposite of what the show was ever supposed to be about. I say PULL THE PLUG!!! It's so painful to watch.....
I agree with you Amanda, they are giving up too soon, a divorce is the most horrible thing next to a parental death, and even if a parent dies, they know (if the parents are married/together) at least they loved each other. They both are doing horrible damage to their kids. Take it from me, my parents spent most of my childhood getting a divorce. I'm seriously fucked up for it. And I KNOW it's not a good idea to split up children, siblings. They need each other more then ever now.