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« on: June 24, 2009, 12:26:35 AM » |
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With those words, Jon Gosselin announced what anyone who follows TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" already knew: That the couple began divorce proceedings on Monday.
Just a few observations about Monday's hourlong episode of the show:
* Kate seemed much calmer than she has in recent weeks. In the show's May 25 season premiere, she appeared to be vibrating with anger. Not so much Monday.
* Jon said he would not be around as much because someone might "offer [him] a job." What, exactly, is he qualified to do? He quit his job some time ago to be a full-time dad, and right now his only marketable skill appears to be "reality TV celebrity." Then again, next year NBC will need another crop of D-listers for "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" so Jon's agent (presuming he has one or gets one) should look into that.
* The couple has chosen to keep on doing the show. The kids will stay in the house, but the parents will rotate in and out. And where will they live when they're not at the kid compound? I guess now the Gosselins will have three homes to support -- Jon's, Kate's and the kids. So presumably this show will keep going ... and going... and going.
* The first part of the show was blatant product placement for the company who made the children's new custom playhouses. How disturbed were you by the fact that the children were, as James Poniewozik tweeted, "walking billboards"? I found it sigh-inducing but not particularly unexpected.
* I'll say this about "Jon & Kate," if the show's ratings continue to go down (of course I'm sure Monday's ratings will be sky-high again, but I don't expect that bump to last): What will and has driven people away from the show, in my opinion, is not necessarily just a dislike of the lead couple or a disinclination to watch a marriage erode. I think one of the biggest problems with "Jon & Kate" is that the show became, to an alarming degree, a vehicle for product placement and the promotion of other TV shows, such as "American Chopper." When "Jon & Kate" began, it was about a couple struggling to deal with eight kids. Now it's about a family that lives in a McMansion and has Emeril Lagasse stopping by to whip up a meal. People may be turned off by Jon or by Kate or by both of the Gosselin adults, but I think they're almost as turned off by the relentless marketing on the show. Personally I find the continual cross-promotion and product placement the most tiresome thing about "Jon & Kate," at this point.
* Some quotes from the show:
* Jon: "This is the hardest episode ever. I'm two hours late to shoot because I had reservations about doing it, because I didn't know what to say."
* Jon on the relentless tabloid attention: "It's a shame that our society has come to that."
* Jon: "I was too passive. I just let her rule the roost… Now I finally stood up on my own two feet and I'm proud of myself."
* Kate: "It's the next chapter -- not a chapter that's been brought on by our show, not a chapter that's been caused by our career choices at all."
* Jon: "I don't hate Kate but i have to do what's best for me and my kids."
* Kate: "The goals are different now, but I don't hate him, never have, never will."
* Kate: "I'm tired of smiling on the outside when I'm crying on the inside. I've been doing that for a long time."
* Jon: "Kate and I have decided to separate."
* Kate's biggest fear going forward is "the label that we failed, how that will affect our kids, how they'll be another statistic. ...I don't want to do this alone but it's required and I've got to do it."
* On the screen: "On Monday June 22, 2009, legal proceedings were initiated in Pennsylvania to dissolve the ten-year marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin.
Get rit of these people,What i really wonder was,while they are getting $50.000 per episode right and are sooooo much into there kids.Why in the heck then they won't go for counseling instead of straight divorce??? GTO
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