Jon Kate Divorce Rumor

For the past four years, Jon and Kate Gosselin have lived their lives in front of millions of viewers.  As if raising eight children isn’t hard enough, evidently Jon and Kate thought adding a production schedule to the mix would be helpful.  Sure, money is tight and the added income would be helpful, but at what expense?  Thousands of Americans are searching the internet for “Jon Kate Divorce Rumor”.  Well, if you caught the premier of the fifth season, I think you can start searching for “Jon Kate Divorce”.

Whether publicised or not, divorce for any family is nearly identical.  Mom and dad can’t work out their differences and the children become innocent victims.  Dad gets stuck giving mom most of his paycheck for support and insurance, mom fights to keep the kids except for every other weekend and the battle continues until all the kids are grown up.  Mom and dad go back and forth to court because they can’t solve their own problems. Mom grows to hate dad and dad grows to hate mom.  The children grow up in a broken dysfunctional family, hearing every day from each parent how bad the other parent is.

Who knows if Jon and Kate could have made it, if not in the public eye.  I personally believe they would have had a better chance.  Just like the Jon Kate divorce rumor and rumors of infidelity, so many other rumors have been started about the personalities of both Jon and Kate.  None of us know for sure who was worse to whom.  And truthfully, it doesn’t matter.  Jon and Kate were once in love and probably remained in love after all of their children were born.  So when and why did it end?  I would venture to guess it was sometime around season two.  But, maybe it was season three. Not quite sure, I missed quite a few episodes so I’m not quite sure when the marriage started its downward spiral.  To be quite honest, I missed nearly every episode of every season.  I thought it was a horrible show and only served to do irreparable harm to Jon and Kate, but more importantly to the children.  What a terrible injustice to the sanctity of marriage and parenthood.

A family, regardless of its size, is not meant to live in the spotlight.  Look at the divorce rate for Hollywood actors, nearly 100%.  Raising a family successfully requires a type of bonding that can only be achieved behind closed doors.  Jon and Kate surrendered that when they invited an entire production team into their house for four years to document every argument, every family dinner, every vacation, every hello and every goodbye.  I’m no psychologist, but I feel safe in saying that the children haven’t had a normal upbringing.  How many times do you think the kids heard the words “ACTION” and “CUT”.  Remember, this is a production.  Not everything you see on TV was shot on the first take.

So are Jon and Kate destined to be divorced parents raising eight children?  Unless a quick and decisive change is made, the Jon Kate Divorce Rumor will become more than just a rumor.  I wish them both the best of luck, for the children certainly deserve a less chaotic childhood than what they’ve received thus far.

What are your opinions on the Jon Kate Divorce Rumor?  Do you think they need to find  a way out of filming a fifth season of Jon and Kate Plus 8?  Or, do you feel that all of this divorce talk is just a way to boost ratings?  Remember, it is a TV show and ratings are important.