A Review of Jon and Kate Plus 8 Premiere
The Downfall of the Once Family-Orientated Show
May 27, 2009
Martial discourse and divorce are such hard things for any family to go through, but having to watch it play out on national television just made it all the more ill to watch. Clearly, Jon and Kate are not in love with one another anymore and as Kate says as the show opens, they have clearly grown into two completely different people. It’s fast becoming more like Kate plus 8 and Jon every other weekend and holiday.
Sextuplets Turn Five
They held a birthday for the sextuplets as they turned five. Kate clearly seemed to be “on show” the entire time, and completely removed from the goings on around her. Jon, on the other hand came in for a few shots and stayed to the sidelines. Even their interactions with one another over pinatas seemed strained and almost as if they were afraid of one another. The kids, especially Cara and Maddy, have to be aware of what their parents are going through which makes it inevitable that the younger ones will soon be made aware as well. Even if they do no pick up on it, which is hard to believe because kids are very intuitive, some peer of theirs on the playground will eventually call their familial issues out to one of them because of the television show.
They need to stop while they are ahead. They are no longer doing it “for the kids” as they claim. That million-dollar estate that they now live in, must have a large up-keep to it alone, not the mention the kind of lifestyle that the couple have become accustomed to - Kate’s wardrobe, appearance and Jon’s fancy sports car. They’ve become a product and if they don’t see it, the kids will be the ones to suffer.
What’s worse is that ratings are only going to go up for them. Let’s face it, America loves watching drama hence such television gold as I Love New York and The Bad Girls Club. Neither of those two are going to find happiness. Jon seems to be searching now for the girl who will adore him because really, what does a 23-year-old have in common with a 32-year-old married man? Very little. Whomever he moves onto will be starry eyed over being the next Mrs. Jon-and-Kate-Plus-8 while Kate on the other hand seems to be drifting into her own lonely life as a controlling celeb-mom whose focus is now off of her brood of eight and onto her books, talks and appearances.
Jon and Kate's Early Years
They had a typical beginning before all of it, however. Kate is several years older than Jon. She met him when she was a successful nurse and he was an aimless boy trying to find himself. Now, the aimless boy had a plan and Kate seemed to run with it, demanding children before the ink was even dry on the marriage license. Though Jon seemed more than happy to stop after the couple had twins, Kate talked him into “one more” which turned into six due to fertility medication. Medication, that Kate might not even had needed. Kate insisted that it would “only happen with help.”
Out of Religious Beliefs
The even sadder part of the entire ordeal is how innocently their role in the public eye seems to have started out. Both Kate and Jon used to be deeply religious. Soon, though, the show took off and church appearances were forgone for talk shows and book signings. Before, they knew it, they were media fodder and now the family seems to be at a turning point.
They need to pull the plug on their show before it starts impeding on their children’s development and overall lives.
