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Jon OR Kate Plus 8

25th June
2009
written by evancurry

I don’t really watch TLC’s hit reality series Jon & Kate Plus 8, but I did tune in with Amanda for this past Monday’s episode, where Jon and Kate announce that they are “separating” (now, getting divorced). The whole thing was them saying, “This is what’s best for everyone. This is for the kids.” This is for the kids? Seriously? Yeah, I’m sure your children are saying, “Whoa! Mommy and Daddy need to break up because things are crazy here.” Now, I’m sympathetic to people who get divorced for real reasons, but Jon and Kate seem to care about the TV show more than the kids. Jon and Kate, how about you stop the show and take care of your marriage? Has no one thought about this?

I pray that they work things out. Divorce is never a fun thing, and it always leaves scars on all those involved, especially kids.

I think this comic sums it up well:

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2 Comments

  1. Tim
    25/06/2009

    What a great comic!

    I’m a little new to this whole John-Kate thing but since their marital problems, I hear about them everyday. The shame is that I’ve found it difficult to show mercy because I am repulsed by the surrounding context. And then to suggest that this is better for the kids??? My hope is that they forget the show and start from there.

  2. Jeremy McGinniss
    25/06/2009

    Disclaimer: I know very little about this show and wish I didn’t even know the little I did, but I do so here we go. What if, in a very twisted way, this was actually just to drive ratings and this was a publicity stunt to grab attention? That their divorce was actually fake and designed to bring more attention to the show as, so I’ve heard, attention was starting to wane. There would be a sick bit of brilliance in faking a divorce. Again I’ve not seen the show or the press around it so I’m not sure how the tone for this has been set.
    The other thing that disturbs me about this is that if we, as a culture, are able to take the splitting of a family (not just in a movie or sitcom-supposedly though a reality show seems often as scripted) and drive it into an entertainment mold then we will have succeeded in completely amusing our marriages to death. This idea of divorce as dramatic foil is not new but this show seems to be pushing the limits even more than previously.

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