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i am waiting to see what happens on the show but does anyone else maybe think this is just a tactic they are using to increase their ratings since it has signficantly declined? i would hope not but you really can't put it pass reality stars nowadays

@mrbee - yah i would hope not, that would be totally exploiting the situation and their children for sure, but lol to your title

I don't know.... the timing on this big news from People is just a little *too* perfect.  Jon and Kate aren't stupid, and they've been in the spotlight long enough to know how the tabloids work.  I have a really hard time believing that they would file papers on the day that the show was supposed to air.  I'll believe it when I see the show.

I'm not surprised, and I don't feel bad for them -- having eight children and putting your lives on television is asking for negative attention.  Kate is a total bitch, and I'm actually happy for Jon that he's getting out of the relationship (but, to be fair, he should have stood up for himself better, rather than just letting her treat him like a child in front of a national audience).

I *do* feel really badly for the children.  They are old enough to realize that their parents are not getting along, but maybe not old enough to understand what divorce is and how it works. 

What they should really be doing is ending the show.  This is going to be a difficult experience for the two of them, and probably traumatic to the children, and they should not broadcast that to the public.

OMG the whole show made me SO MAD.  It's like they're not even trying at all.  And I got the sense that Jon just really wanted out.  I mean, I get why and all, but seriously- there was no mention of counseling or anything.  You would think they'd at least be willing to give it some kind of shot.  They've been married for 10 years!  I went and snuggled with my husband and made him promise that no matter how mad I made him, he'd always communicate with me, instead of clamming up and refusing to talk.

I feel absolutely terrible for all 10 of them. NO ONE enters a marriage expecting to divorce. Until each of us have walked a mile in their shoes - changing diapers for 8 children, making thousands of midnight bottles, took care of 8 kids sick with the stomach flu, etc. etc. .. I don't feel that I am in the position to pass judgement.  

Can you imagine the amount of stress and strain on their marriage the past 6 years?? Maybe Kate did say some things she now regrets, maybe Jon should've spoken up a bit more.. but I feel terrible for the entire family and incredibly sad after watching that episode.

Can I add in how much I hate tabloid magazines and the paparazzi that keeps them in business? WHY do we need to see every waking moment of celebrities lives? Haven't we seen, numerous times, the horrendous outcomes from the stress and pressure this causes?? I think we, as an entire population, need to realize how terrible this practice is and stop supporting these methods of media.

I feel bad for Kate personally, Jon acts like he's the ninth child most days and if she didn't tell him what to do he'd never get anything done. I think she's super organized and very much of a germaphobe but honestly with that many people in and out of your house all the time you'd have to be. She absolutely puts her kids first above everything else. That's not so bad. Jon seems to put himself first...in last night's episode she kept talking about what she needs to do for her kids and how they are her first priority and he was talking about what he needs to do for himself.

They do get alot of freebies and extras I think just because they've got a show but isn't it great that the kids get to have more experiences and do things they wouldnt' have been able to do otherwise?

I think it's really sad that they're not trying harder to work on their marriage and that Jon is just giving up. Kate obviously still loves him but I totally think he needs to grow up and act like a man instead of whiny teenager.

IMHO, I think they need to just step back from things, end the show, and protect their children. I feel truly bad for those kids - not because they are the only kids in the country who are experiencing divorces parents, but because they have to go through it on national tv. The youngest of them don't have any concept of the controversy that is swirling around their family right now, but one day they're going to put 2 and 2 together, and I wonder what effect it will have on them to realize all of this was happening (especially all of the tabloid coverage, John's supposed affair, etc) while they were oblivious to it all. I think it's a really uncomfortable situation.

While the show has afforded them many amazing opportunities and a beautiful how that is such an amazing fit for their family, there comes a point where you really need to say enough is enough and just end it. I can't imagine they thought the show would run until the kids were in college, right? Take the kids out of the limelight and just be a family. I don't care at all as to what is happening in their relationship - it's not my business - but I do care that those kids get their privacy.

Yup, she filed for it yesterday - I had to confirm it through the Montgomery County, PA Clerk of Courts website - I had no idea it was her that filed - I figured it was him. Wow - so sad. And you are right - it was one of the most depressing hours of TV I had seen in a long time. I thought I had been sitting there for about thirty minutes hearing them talk b/c it was so much reality at once - however, it was like five minutes - I had to change for a while b/c it was hitting a bit too close for home with my sister's present divorce.