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I so just cried. I quit watching this season, but I loved watching the kids grow up. :( It was a good last episode...
but TLC, hate Jon Gosselin much?!
I haven't watched it yet! I have it taped but FI is playing video games right now.
I stopped watching that show about 5 episodes into this season. To be honest, both Jon and Kate really disgust me. It's an unfortunate situation.
I liked the show. Team Kate all the way.
I didn't have the chance to see the show today but after my wedding, I can't wait to get back to all of my shows!!
I am so glad it is over, I think it ended a season too late. They desperately needed out of the spotlight.
All I have to say is FINALLY! I hope those kids can live normal healthy lives now... I doubt it though with their crazy feuding parents and the media!! Poor children...
I agreed until tonight with those of you who said "I'm glad it's over."
I think watching tonight's episode really proved exactly what happened without anyone actually talking about it. I did not like them this year, but this episode really pushed me over to team Kate. I agreed with her 100%.
My FI actually just watched it with me.. occasionally I got him to watch a few episodes with me.. It sad to see the show end up its better for them with their split up.. I wish that they would have worked things out :( but now they can get out of spotlight (for now i guess, we will see)
I think Kate will be back.
And I hate to say it, but Jon's going to have to convince someone to give him a job, because there is no way he can keep affording his expensive lifestyle. So I don't think they're gone forever, just the kids are because of how Jon handled his termination.
I kind of think it's better for the kids, but it's sad for them too--the crew is their second family, as their own family (extended and immediate...) has totally sold them out! So you have to just feel bad for them in general.
I am so glad that show is over! I haven't watched it in a long time. It was very painful to watch, to me Kate was verbally abusive to Jon. (not that that justifies cheating or whatever else he may have done)
I used to love the show until all the drama. I didn't watch it this season at all, except the show where announced their divorce and I caught a bit of tonight's show. I'm glad it's over and I hope they can get those kids back to a normal life.
I liked the show when they were struggling and clipping coupons and trying to make a good life for their family. Then they got a huge house and plastic surgery and all this crap. It ruined the show.
I haven't seen the final episode yet, but I also stopped watching it this season. I'm so glad it's over and I think ending the show is what was best for the kids. I just hate knowing that all this personal stuff in their family is either caught on camera or in the media and the kids could easily 'relive' all of it one day in a second!
Good riddance. I'm just really sick of hearing all ther drama. I think Jon is such a sleaze.
I feel so bad for those kids. I really don't like either parent, and I am glad that show is over!
I've watched since their 1 hour specials began 4 years ago. I love this show. Don't worry Cinema you aren't alone. I cried and cried.
I think Jon is being an idiot... he ended the show because TLC wanted to continue with a show called "Kate + 8". After the announcement of the new show name his lawyer sent TLC a letter saying they had 1 hour to release him from his contract or else he wouldn't allow TLC to film on his property. We all know what happened...
I agree that he needs to find a real job because he's pissing his TLC money away... not to mention they're suing him for everything he's worth. In a way I feel bad for Jon, he doesn't have a good support system. He has no one to tell him he's being a d**che & to smarten up.
His priorities are all out of whack. Jon... go hug your kids & stop running around with D-list celebrities and young women.
I'm another long-time viewer who watched last night. While I think they're both at fault in a lot of ways, I couldn't help siding with Kate after everything. I mean, Jon's main argument that "I did kids in my 20's" just came off whiny and obnoxious. You made a choice to have kids (and A LOT of kids) at a young age and you just didn't step up enough for that. I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone who is clearly just wrapped up in his own life. As far as I'm concerned, once you have children, you don't have the option of being that selfish.
It was nice to see some of the old footage from the show, when the kids were really just hanging out, doing kid things. Before the show got so commercial, it was just fun to see a sweet, cute group of kiddos having fun. I do really hope that they're able to find a way to make things work, for the sake of their kids.
You know I think cheating is one of the worst things you can do to somebody BUT
can you really blame John for wanting a divorce? Kate treated him like trash.
Every sentence that came out of his mouth Kate had to put him down for it.
had to make him as stupid looking as possible. Even in public she spoke to him
like a baby! not an equal! If I was treated like that through a marriage you bet I
would want a divorce!
Again, im not justifying what John did, Im just not backing a clearly emotionally abusive woman.
I was so irritated with jon last night... what a dick.
If anyone watched... he was horrible to the older girls. Of course your children are going to be upset and act up if their parents are in the middle of divorce and if all of it is being captured on camera. Yet he flipped out and was so rude to them. How sad.
I also liked how Kate kept going on and on about their organic milk and then they showed the lady making it, mixing it with hershey's syrup ;) lol... ironic ;)
I am all for organic, but found that funny that she always is so pushy of it and then in reality her kids are drinking 3 cups of hershey's ;)
I watched it, I didn't like the way either of them treated the kids.
Jon wouldn't let the twins go to the fire dept b/c of their "attitude". One of them said something about how they have more fun with things they do with "mommy". Thats when Jon said she coudln't go. Then he just targeted the other twin and.. she really didn't do anything.
On the way to the farm, one of the boys started to cry and Kate told him to act like a man.
What kind of message does that send to their children? I'm not an avid watcher, but I've seen the show a handful of times and I always see something I hate about they way they talk to their children. I'm glad the show is over. I'd be so angry if I was one of the kids, all grown up, watching the old episodes, and seeing that America saw how rude and mean my parents were sometimes. Gross.
I'm so glad this show is over. I strongly dislike both Jon and Kate and think they both have some serious fame-mongering issues.
Not only that, neither of these parents is at all interesting or has anything anything of value to say. The only reason they're famous is because of their kids and a bad haircut, and that's just wrong in so many ways. I hope they disappear from the spotlight forever and live their lives off camera.
I'm with everyone else who has watched this show for season after season. I think it's time for it to end, considering all of the negative publicity, but I'm sad to see it go, none the less. Jon and his "lies lies lies" t-shirt, aviators and huge CZ earrings... oh please.
I've watched the show since it started and I'm sad to see it go. Yeah Kate was bitchy, but I also think Jon has a whimp who wouldn't stand up to her and I think when any man let's some woman dictate his every move, eventually he's going to break from it. That being said he still has responsibilities and it seems like he just wants to go have fun because he gave up his 20's too early. I think it's a perfect example of why a man shouldn't even think about getting married till after the age of 25. I'll probably get a lot of grief for saying that but I firmly believe that both men and women need to get that partying and going out crap out of their system before they settle down.
I think I can safely say, that as a parent, I have said things to my children I wasn't proud of. Sometimes sheer exhaustion and frustration just take over. The difference is, their mistakes are all documented. Even people who aren't parents say stupid things and if we were all followed by cameras for 4 years, they'd be bound to catch something unflattering. I know this was their choice - to do the show.
I loved this show in the beginning, but it turned into a circus and I quit watching long ago. I think Kate will be fine and Jon is going to struggle. Actions speak louder than words and she my be losing her mind, but she's holding it together on the outside. From the parts I saw last night I thought her statement about still wanting him to be in the driver seat was interesting. She's obviously still loving him and hurting.
I stopped watching once the show got big. It just didn't seem like reality anymore and focused on adventures/perks they got for being on the show rather than what it was like as a real family of 8.
It's undoubtedly been a tough year for everyone in that family and I hope everything eventually works out and the kids are not negatively affected in the long term.
I loved watching J&K+8, especially in the beginning. I've watched every episode and will be sad to see them go!
How about Jon's comment last night about the apartment he purchased in NYC and how he bought it before he knew the area and looking back he would have done things differently?? He's such a d-bag.
Team Kate!
I'm glad the show is over. I feel bad for those poor kids. Hopefully they dont grow up and watch it and think WOW my mother was a controlling witch and my dad was a grown man baby. Seriously, he's such a douche. He just looked completely stupid on the show last night, like a teenager sulking that he let go of his youth too young. Ugh, gag!
I can't be on either person's team. Both Kate and John have character flaws and allowing their lives to be filmed 24/7 not only documented these flaws, but exacerbated them--they seemed to get totally caught up in being tv stars and taking it as their due that they deserve bigger houses, fancy vacations, plastic surgery, yadda yadda yadda. I think they are self-important and self-indulgent.
Divorce brings out the worst in all parties and I'm seriously so glad this show is over. I hope John and Kate reprioritize once they're out of the spotlight and focus on their kids instead of making the rounds of media talk shows and tabloids. I SRSLY hope no one gives either one another show and I have to agree with those who say it's perhaps unethical to have filmed these children so much.
And I sound like a cranky old lady. Ah well. ^_^
@Mrsbee - That's exactly why I stopped watching it. It's crazy - but a real family of 8 can rarely afford all of the things those kids got to do. I think it's great that they got to have these experiences but even Kate said last night that she was sad the show was over because it gave them so many opportunities ... I believe she sad "it's now over for us." My first thought? No, it's not, it's a change ... get over yourself. Then I got a little sad for the kids. It's just so depressing how their lives have been thrown in such turmoil that could have easily been avoided.
Also - Jon looked like a babbling idiot last night. I'm the first one to admit that if Kate were my wife and she treated me the way that she treated Jon - I would run for the freakin hills. Neither one of them was ready for what they got themselves into when they had eight kids but when Jon was complaining that he "got married at 20, had twins at 22, and had sextuplets at 27," I just wanted to smack him in the face. Get over it, dude, that's the life you chose!
I have to admit that I am a J&K+8 fan. Although I know it can't be 'great' for the kids to be surrounded by media and have their entire lives broadcast to the world, they don't know any different. This is also how their parents afford to give them the nice things they have - it's work just like any other way a family makes money (kids who live and work on farms help contribute to the family's budget, so, Jon and Kate's 8 kids are too and gosh darn it I think they had fun clowning around!!). :) I'm sad to see the show go, and hopefully Jon will fall flat on his face and realize that without the show nobody cares about his publicity stunts and silly 20 something year old girlfriends. I think he will get a big wake up call when he realizes that the money train has stopped and he has to work for a living again. I just hope Kate finds a way to continue to support her kids financially - I agree with what she said last night about this was a way for her to support her kids and 'take her kids to work' and be able to spend time with them and still support them financially. I just hope that the kids get some stablility in their lives - bad situation for all.
Bella
I am so glad that the show is over! I have also watched the Gosselins since the very start, but stopped watching about a year ago.
Honestly, I think both Jon and Kate are at fault and have taken advantage of their kids. I also think that the reason that the reason that so many of you are "team Kate" is because that is how TLC has spun the entire matter. I still remember Kate when she was high strung, bossy and very mean to Jon.
I think no one wins here and that both of them contributed to the failure of their marriage and the strains it put on their family. I also think both of them are money and fame hungry.
I just about died of shock when Jon snapped at the older twins while they were making their signs. He shows up completely unprepared for the craft, with markers that don't work, and of course the girls get frustrated. Of COURSE they prefer doing crafts with mom - she's crazy but at least she is always prepared and organized. Then Jon goes bezerk and basically tells the twins that THEY are the reason they can't spend time together. What a terrible message to send to a kindergardener who is struggling with divorce! I was literally speechless for about 5 minutes.
You know a friend of mine just sent me this little comedy video about Jon and Kate and it really just totally sums up how I feel about the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0dPS5aamQ
Everyone involved should be ashamed, and that includes TLC, the tabloids, the paparazzi, the american people and our culture as WELL as Jon and Kate Gosselin. The real victims here, as always, are the kids. What did they do to deserve this? Their lives are the ones ultimately getting affected the most, and the most negatively.
Only one comment: Reality television is not REALITY. TLC is going to of course make Kate look like the better person. When a marriage ends, both parties have some fault in it. In this case, both parties agreed to allow the TV cameras into their home. It was bound to cause some issues once money starting flowing and egos started growing. "More money, more problems." TLC only allowed America to see what it wanted us to see abou Jon, Kate and the 8 kids. SMH.
BTW I was Team Jon UNTIL he said he's "Excited" bascially about his new divorced life. I think it was the episode when they actually anounced their divorce. I hope Kate gives those kiddos the life they deserve WITHOUT all the tv drama
I'm glad some of you brought up when he told the twins they couldn't go because one said they did more fun things with mommy, and his general lethargy about doing anything with the kids. or what about when he was "volunteered" to put on the fire gear, not that he volunteered? It's the way he talks now, it just emphasizes that he doesn't care and America needs to not throw money towards him.
And to those of you saying kate was controlling--I agree! She was controlling. But I think that people change, and it's possible she's changed somewhat, too. Jon certainly has.
I was on "team Jon" but I'm not a fan of how he has been acting lately. Kate has always be a control freak, and yes, maybe she changed but it was obviously too late!
Either way I can't wait to read the "tell all" book one of the kids writes in about 15 years (I'd put money on Mady).
Well said blargfrit.
I used to really love that show but refuse to watch anymore. I stopped watching it, stopped the DVR from taping it & change the channel whenever they're on E!, Extra, etc. There are few people in this world who can so quickly squash my faith in the fact that people are inherently good. Kate Gosselin is one of them. I'm just making my judgment from what I've seen on the show in the past but I think she's a terrible person. I used to be team Jon all the way (although notsomuch anymore) - he's handled this whole thing like a horny 13yr old boy. If he had grown a spine a few years ago & told Kate to put a sock in it, I doubt they'd be in this situation.
Kate was domineering, condescending and spoke to Jon as if he were a difficult child. I'm so tired of seeing Jon in Ed Hardy &sunglasses acting like an ass and seeing Kate with her woe is me sob story as if she's innocent in this. Their actions are exploiting the family instead of protecting them - it shows lack of maturity and class. I'm not even a wife or a mother yet and I think it's horrible and feel so bad for these kids.
I bet one of those kids will write a book someday -- and it'll sell like hotcakes!
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