John and Kate plus 8

so... i made FH watch it last night and he said, 'That guy [John] HAS to be drunk.'

It's such a change from past seasons though. She used to be all ocd about cleanliness and last night there was stuff everywhere. I didn't really see last season and didn't even know they got dogs.

what did u guys think.

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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Posted by christine2010

i have seen every episode. but last night i cried the entire show. lets face it not all marriages work out & it was obvious at season 4 finale that Jon was finished. he doesn't want the show anymore & i think kate should listen to him. although i would love for the show to last for the kids entire lives at this point its very sad to watch. they need to work on their marriage & stay together for their kids. those kids only have their parents since they are not close with their families.

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ITA

That episode broke my heart! I wish they would just get off TV and work on their marriage I mean they have 8 kids! How could anyone do it on their own? How would visitation go? Child Support!?!?! Could you imagine???

I like them and think the media is really giving them a bad rap. Their kids are adorable and I really hope they work it out for them.

I agree Kate can be tough but sometime's it's like she has 9 kids (Jon included) so who wouldn't snap from time to time????????

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Posted by soontobecruz

That episode broke my heart! I wish they would just get off TV and work on their marriage I mean they have 8 kids! How could anyone do it on their own? How would visitation go? Child Support!?!?! Could you imagine???

I like them and think the media is really giving them a bad rap. Their kids are adorable and I really hope they work it out for them.

I agree Kate can be tough but sometime's it's like she has 9 kids (Jon included) so who wouldn't snap from time to time????????

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It's so true, I couldn't even imagine. I was babysitting on Saturday and the three kids were asleep on the floor in the living room as me and FH were watching the reruns and I looked at him and said imagine if there were 8 kids sleeping in here right now, it's insane. I hope it all works out for them!!!

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Posted by AdriandSteve

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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i only agree with that to a certain extent. prior to the show & having the sextuplets, Kate was an RN & Jon was a computer analyst. the both had well paying jobs. like Jon said last night by doing the show they both lost their jobs. the only extras they got from doing the show is that they get to go on vacations like crazy. but come on what 3 year old kid has gone to Hawaii or skiing in Utah. that's a little much in my opinion.

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Posted by christine2010

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Posted by AdriandSteve

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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i only agree with that to a certain extent. prior to the show & having the sextuplets, Kate was an RN & Jon was a computer analyst. the both had well paying jobs. like Jon said last night by doing the show they both lost their jobs. the only extras they got from doing the show is that they get to go on vacations like crazy. but come on what 3 year old kid has gone to Hawaii or skiing in Utah. that's a little much in my opinion.

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I THINK they also got all the kids diapers, clothes, baby products and stuff like that. I think that cuz every so often i see/hear things on the shows that are def plugs for those brands lol.

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Posted by christine2010

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Posted by AdriandSteve

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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i only agree with that to a certain extent. prior to the show & having the sextuplets, Kate was an RN & Jon was a computer analyst. the both had well paying jobs. like Jon said last night by doing the show they both lost their jobs. the only extras they got from doing the show is that they get to go on vacations like crazy. but come on what 3 year old kid has gone to Hawaii or skiing in Utah. that's a little much in my opinion.

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Honestly given the opportunity if I had 8 kids I would have done it, not to go skiing in Utah but for my childrens college education's... Yeah I would have done it. I would also have quit my job.

Flame away, but I think Kate is atrocious, as mother and as wife.

She does *nothing* but berate John. She screams at him if he doesn't use a coupon, she harps on him all the time. She is a straight-up control freak. If you watched season 5, he made it CLEAR that he did not want to do another season. Kate kept saying that doing the show made her happy. She chose to sacrifice her marriage/family for what she thinks will be some Hollywood career. I've read that she has a full-time staff of over a dozen people who care for the children; she sure as shitt ain't caring for them all by her lonesome.

Who knows what their marriage is really like, but one thing is sure and it will be the kids who suffer. She's got delusions of grandeur that she's gonna be the next Oprah...well, don't dish advice when your marriage is falling apart, you're traveling across the country, and you can't even remember your own kids' names.

She's making Octo-Mom look like Mother of the Year

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Posted by AdriandSteve

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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Yeah, but she also looks a gift horse in the mouth and turned down free cribs because they didn't 'match' her decor. She went into this being a greedy biitch. She loves the attention, she loves the freebies, but screw the hubby and kids.

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Posted by AdriandSteve

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Posted by christine2010

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Posted by AdriandSteve

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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i only agree with that to a certain extent. prior to the show & having the sextuplets, Kate was an RN & Jon was a computer analyst. the both had well paying jobs. like Jon said last night by doing the show they both lost their jobs. the only extras they got from doing the show is that they get to go on vacations like crazy. but come on what 3 year old kid has gone to Hawaii or skiing in Utah. that's a little much in my opinion.

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I THINK they also got all the kids diapers, clothes, baby products and stuff like that. I think that cuz every so often i see/hear things on the shows that are def plugs for those brands lol.

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i know that they where given diapers, clothes, baby products, etc, but those aren't extras those r necessities.

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Posted by mrsdraskin2009

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Posted by AdriandSteve

yeah. Part of me thinks.. gee... she's crazy to let her kids be exposed to all the bad press.

BUT.. she's gotten awesome things out of this and so did the kids, that w/o the show they would never be able to do any of this stuff.

I'd be flipping out if i had 8 kids.

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Yeah, but she also looks a gift horse in the mouth and turned down free cribs because they didn't 'match' her decor. She went into this being a greedy biitch. She loves the attention, she loves the freebies, but screw the hubby and kids.

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yeah... that's retarded that she turned down cribs.

They don't play re-runs of last season a lot. I missed it all.

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Posted by mrsdraskin2009

Flame away, but I think Kate is atrocious, as mother and as wife.

She does *nothing* but berate John. She screams at him if he doesn't use a coupon, she harps on him all the time. She is a straight-up control freak. If you watched season 5, he made it CLEAR that he did not want to do another season. Kate kept saying that doing the show made her happy. She chose to sacrifice her marriage/family for what she thinks will be some Hollywood career. I've read that she has a full-time staff of over a dozen people who care for the children; she sure as shitt ain't caring for them all by her lonesome.

Who knows what their marriage is really like, but one thing is sure and it will be the kids who suffer. She's got delusions of grandeur that she's gonna be the next Oprah...well, don't dish advice when your marriage is falling apart, you're traveling across the country, and you can't even remember your own kids' names.

She's making Octo-Mom look like Mother of the Year

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ITA with ALL of this. I really really hate her and I don't feel bad for her because she brought this all upon herself.

John though...man he looks so DEFEATED. I feel sorry for the guy, but he didn't want to do this anymore and she did so she's wrecking her own marriage.

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Posted by KatieG2010

When I saw Tom and Kate I assume Tom Cruise was having another baby... why is this post named this way?

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i was confused as well

aaahahahaha.... it was early when i posted it!

apparently no one else noticed it lol.

First I want to say, that some people have criticized the family for 'pimping out the kids'. My personal opinion on this is...parents need to work to make money to support their family, a big challenge facing parents is that they can not afford to stay home and not work and it's difficult to find a job that will allow you to work from home, especially a well paying job. If the opportunity was given to many parents to do this, they would jump on it and it would be such a relief to know they could afford to take care of their children while making sure they could care for them as best as possible and not have to have someone take care of them and also incur a cost as well. If the kids were on the show alone, number one, and number two if they were being made to do something besides carry on their normal activites, I could see this as so called 'pimping out the kids' but this is obviously far from the case and obviously the parents have put them self as the center of attention as well since they have been shown as a family. As far as them going on vacations, etc. I think every parent hopes to make enough money to not only cover food and shelter but also to be able to take their kids on vacation and do some things that are not part of their everyday life. I dont think they should be criticized for taking some extra money they may have saved up or whatever and using it for something nice for their kids and themself.

Noone will ever know the whole story and what their relationship was before the show, during the earlier episodes of the show or now. It appears that the publicity and fame that the parents have gotten off of the show, Jon is obviously not comfortable with and could of either led their marriage down the wrong path or it could of already been on the wrong path for reasons that having nothing to do with the show but the conflict of Jon not liking this new life and Kate dealing with it and trying to make it work, created their current problems.

Yes, the episode was very very sad and I know they are contractually obligated to do another season. I guess noone knows if they couldve gotten out of it or not and what their financial responsibilities would have been if they did break it. It could've been something they just couldnt afford to do if they were to break it- who knows. Well anyway, Kate sees this as her job and her duty to continue on with it if she is obligated to do so. Jon obvously wanted out. It is what it is and although I feel like the continuation of the show is complicating matters for their marriage, it shows what millions of families go through when being seperated. The kids sometimes suffer, yes, it's terrible but something that often cant be avoided. It just simply isnt always the right choice to stay together for the kids (I know my parents divorced when I was 2 and although I went through a lot, God knows I would've been worse off if they wouldve stayed together).

And two last things...regardless of how many other people she has helping with the kids, who cares...she doesnt hide it and I think anyone who had 8 kids would also most certainly need help, and if one parent isnt going to be there 100% of the time anymore then all the more reason! Ok, here's the last thing, lol...there were times she wasnt very pleasant to him and what not but personally if my life was documented, and only certain parts were chosen to be shown on tv and the producers like to give a good story, I might also look like a biatch too, if all my bad moments were grouped together in an hour episode. Maybe, she really wasnt nice to him and maybe vica versa??? I could say though that I always find her very honest and she doesnt deny making money off the show, not being a lovey dovey couple etc, she always admits these things and imo, has good reasons to back her choices up if she must explain.

Ok- done, Im bored at work, lol