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Friday, November 27, 2009

Jon Gosselin reveals more "secrets" we already knew

Stop the presses, hold the phone, and for the love of God, make sure you're sitting down for this one: Jon Gosselin thinks his marriage is over.

"It will never be fixed," the father and star of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" told "Good Morning America" on Tuesday morning, in a segment billed as his "breaking the silence" surrounding the demise of his marriage. Excerpts of the interview also appeared later in "Primetime: Family Secrets."

Wait. Family what

Is there anyone left in America who doesn't know that Jon and Kate's marriage will never go back to what it was in the early days of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight," when cameras swarmed their house in Pennsylvania, capturing every runny nose, untied shoelace and passive aggressive interaction in the Gosselin family? And was there even a time when Jon Gosselin held on to his silence long enough to break it? Because between the reality show, the tabloid romps with the daughter-of-his-wife's-plastic-surgeon, the New York apartment, and the party in Vegas, some of us thought he had been trying to make a spectacle of himself for a while.

Other shocking "secrets" Jon revealed include:

  • marriage at age 22 and eight children by age 27 is stressful
  • having a nationally televised marriage and eight children is stressful
  • being married to Kate is stressful
  • appearing in "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" may have taken a toll his marriage.
  • his atrocious taste in t-shirts was the first external tip-off to his mid-life crises

Okay, the last is pure lies and conjecture, but wasn't it a relief to read something with actual (and admittedly, useless) insight?

Here's a real secret worth revealing: That Jon Gosselin can be a very good father. Reveal it, Jon! Reveal it! No one will see it coming.
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  • Rowdygirl's Avatar
    Posted by Rowdygirl Wed Sep 9, 2009 7:21am PDT

    I think he's doing everything possible to lose custody of those kids.

    No real man would EVER speak about the mother of his children this way. He's immature, irresponsible and pathetic. How will he ever justify his behavior when the kids get old enough to ask him "why?".. and they will. Maybe he doesn't plan on being around and he won't have to answer for all his stupid behavior.

    Kate is being the smart one by keeping quiet. How she will ever get support from his sorry a** is the million dollar question.

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  • Suzy's Avatar
    Posted by Suzy Wed Sep 9, 2009 9:05am PDT

    I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS HORRIBLE FAMILY, INLCUDING THIS STUPID POST. IF YOU HATE JON GOSSELIN, THEN STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM!!!!!!! KATE IS AS BAD AS JON. BOTH OF THEM ARE MONEY HUNGRY LOSERS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING FOR A BUCK. I HOPE THERE STUPID SHOW GETS CANCELLED AND THEY GO BANKRUPT. STUPID AMERICA FOR EGGING THESE LOSERS ON!!!!!

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  • Jed's Avatar
    Posted by Jed Wed Sep 9, 2009 9:27am PDT

    ...and how about the TV producers who keep these poor kids on the air? How do they sleep at night.

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  • BrianaR's Avatar
    Posted by BrianaR Wed Sep 9, 2009 9:42am PDT

    I feel bad for Jon, and I'm beginning to think I'm the only one in America who does. Sure, he's acting out, but who wouldn't? I would be doing the exact same thing if I had been in his situation and then regained freedom. Yes, some of the things he is doing is questionable, but give the guy a break.

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  • colleen c's Avatar
    Posted by colleen c Wed Sep 9, 2009 11:50am PDT

    I have mulitples and can relate to the stress, but please get over yourself. Jon Gosselin is ugly, narcisstic and a loser. I really feel for those poor kids. I refuse to ever watch that show ever again. Jon what kind of father are you to do this to your kids? You and Kate are ruining their lives.

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  • ShebaBaby's Avatar
    Posted by ShebaBaby Wed Sep 9, 2009 11:54am PDT

    I agree with you BrianaR, I had never watched the show before, however after seeing excerpt of the way Kate interacted with her husband I was blown away, there was a complete lack of respect there and if I was Jon, I would have snapped a long time ago. Kate is a b---- , and Jon is like a child finally off his leash, he will wear himself out with his newfound freedom soon and come back to reality.

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  • Katie W's Avatar
    Posted by Katie W Wed Sep 9, 2009 1:30pm PDT

    He knew it would be stressful just by having twins but he went along with having more kids

    He needs to focus on his kids and not the fact that he was put down and so forth

    Get a job jon or can you?

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  • Barbara's Avatar
    Posted by Barbara Wed Sep 9, 2009 3:26pm PDT

    I think the kids are the ones that are going to suffer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!its sure not the parents!!!!!!!!!

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  • Becky's Avatar
    Posted by Becky Wed Sep 9, 2009 5:33pm PDT

    I don't feel badly for Jon at all. Even if he didn't choose parenthood - which he did - once you are responsible for someone other than yourself, it is time to grow up and shoulder your responsibilities. He is behaving wretchedly. I understand that their marriage has been difficult but so have a lot of people's. When my parent's marriage crumbled, they always treated each other with respect and I am so grateful for that. Those poor kids are experiencing a painful, humiliating, difficult time, and it's being made all the worse by their parent's bashing eachother publically. I agree with Suzy though. If we don't want to support it, we shouldn't watch it, which I don't. I did for the first season, but then it started to feel exploitive to me and I stopped. Jon & Kate both need to focus on protecting their children and not on making money or having fun at the expense of their children.

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  • Katie's Avatar
    Posted by Katie Wed Sep 9, 2009 5:38pm PDT

    What did they expect when they were using med's to get pregnant? Don't they know you are mostly going to end up with more than one child? And besides, I'm sure it is stressful, but they have a lot more help then other families do who raise multiple babies.

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