Jon & Kate Plus 8 is heartbreaking, isn’t it? Truly heartbreaking. Their divorce announcement just came out of the blue.
Well, alright, not quite out of the blue – thanks to every single magazine in the world banging on about all the affairs that Jon and Kate Gosselin have allegedly been having all the time, you don’t have to be a genius to see that their marriage has been in trouble for a few weeks now.
Well, alright, not quite a few weeks – according to divorce papers, Jon and Kate Gosselin have been separated for two entire years. Oh, divorce is hilarious.
Ask any Jon & Kate Plus 8 viewer what they make of all this Jon and Kate divorce talk, and they’ll tell you that it’s depressing. And that must mean that it’s really depressing – remember, these are people who can happily sit through week after week of an interminable reality TV show about a sour-faced woman making soup for her billions of children without ever feeling the urge to hurl themselves in front of a truck as a protest against the futility of it all, so we can assume that it takes a lot to get them down.
But still, whatever anyone thinks of Jon and Kate Gosselin, you have to admit that they gave it their best shot. They’ve been together through thick and thin – which, incidentally, we believe are the names of Gosselin children #4 and #6 – and they’ve refused to give up on their marriage no matter how many magazines publish stories about all the different women who Jon has reportedly been pushing his peeper into.
But now it’s over. On Monday night Jon and Kate Gosselin decided to inform the fraction of the world with enough time on its hands to care about this sort of thing that they were divorcing. It was a spontaneous decision, and one largely blamed on the evil media’s sick determination to rip them apart in recent weeks.
Which would be fair enough, except that the Jon and Kate divorce papers state that Jon and Kate Gosselin have been living apart for at least two years. It’s all been a lie! Every Jon & Kate Plus 8 episode made since 2007 has been a gigantic lie! The one where they went to Dutch Wonderland, the one where Kate reorganised her house, the one where everyone stayed at home and watched a film – God, we loved that episode! – they were all gigantic lies.
Unless, as it’s been claimed, ‘at least two years’ is legal mumbo-jumbo for ‘about a week’, which Jon Gosselin’s lawyer says it is. The New York Daily News reports:
Reality TV star Kate Gosselin said in divorce papers that she and husband Jon have been living apart for at least two years – but lawyers claimed that’s just legal boilerplate. “They have been living ‘separate and apart’ just within the last week or two,” Jon’s attorney, Charles Meyer, said after the filing became public Tuesday.
But even if Jon and Kate Gosselin have been separated for two years, surely we should be applauding their tenacity. Even though things clearly haven’t been well in their marriage, they’ve stuck together for the sake of their kids. And for the several million dollars they get for pretending to be a happy family on television. Mostly the several million dollars, now we come to think of it. Anyway, well done Jon and Kate Gosselin.
The moral of this story? We’re not completely sure, but let’s go with ‘never have children’. They are awful, after all.
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cynrod says
What about the renewing of their wedding vows last year…all a big ol lie? Geez if I were the Hawaiian entity that gave them the free wedding the free hotel and who knows whatever else they got for free…I would ask them to re-pay it. Kate says “it’s all for the kids – everything we do is for the kids” the fake wedding was for the kids? Come on now, the vacays okay the kids enjoyed and that’s cool, not the free Hawaiian that was for Adults.
I’m done!
ashley says
If they been separated for two years, then Jon didn’t technically cheat with that teacher or whatever. :)
a person says
Yes the wedding renewal was in Aug of 08..what happened?
Dropship says
I am so sick of Kate this has all been one big get money ride for her not caring about the kids or Jon
Danielle says
Get your facts straight. The box that says that they were living separate and apart for 2 years was checked so that if Jon doesn’t sign the papers than 2 years from now she can legally prove that they’ve been living separate and apart since this week. It’s just a way to get things legally documented from this point on. It doesn’t mean that they have already been living seaparte and apart. If that were true the divorce would be final because she wouldn’t need Jon’s signature.
Jamie says
They were on a break!!! lol
tommy says
Separation isn’t divorce. Legally/religiously it’s still adultery.
Slum Dawg says
God made Kate infertile for a damn good reason. Their litter is the spawn of the devil !
I’m still optiomistic for a spectacular OJ style finale.
Paula says
I am also wondering about the renewing of the wedding vows last year! i guess it was only a matter of free trip, free clothes, free everything.
Karma is a bitch. And it is all coming back to them, with a vengeance!
Jennifer says
I want to know if the whole renewal of vows was fake!!! Was it fake??? I need to get a life, but I need to know!!!!
brutal says
Kate probably thought renewing the vows would help the relationship.
Darwin says
My only wish is that Jon will get full custody of the kids with Kate having supervised visiting rights. I think those children have received enough negativity and anger from Kate during this entire run.
Angie says
Yeah, Kate said right on camera that renewing their vows was showing the kids what marriage was, and that they would be together forever. What a load of bull!!Thats being a real parent,having a big wedding , telling your kids all this stuff and then the next year you are divorced.That really sends the kids a good message.Thats low!If they knew they werent staying together, why tell their kids that.Im so done with the show,it makes me sick how she is using the kids for her money supply.
gypsey says
A mother never uses her kids as a reason to gain money. Im surprised all these people have been watching this show for so long and no one ever wondered the only thing that matters: if it doesnt affects the kids being exposed or followed all over. PLUS Kate taking her frustrations on Jon and little ones, definetely had a serious impact on them.
Alexys says
Are u crazy why are u thinking that John is capable of raising those kids more than Kate.She is a great mom and she loves them and takes care of them better then anyone!If John cheated than it’s his fault and he should bear the outcomes.