It’s no secret (really, no secret) that the Gosselin clan of Jon & Kate Plus 8 have seen their fair share of troubles lately. And with their anticipated fifth-season premiere on May 25 less than a week away, TLC has put up a sneak peak on its website. Yay!(?)
First impression? Things are looking pretty desperate, both in the show’s arc and the look in Jon’s eyes. (Okay, I know it’s sort of hard to feel bad for him and his current predicament, but the minute he opens his mouth, you can sense he’s a pretty unhappy guy.) The kids, who are still as adorable as ever, are celebrating the sextuplets’ fifth birthday, but you can’t help but wondering if this year may feature some drama beyond spilled milk and scraped knees.
While there is a genuinely sweet moment when Jon interacts with his brood while they are in a moon bounce and Kate (who, at one point in the clip states, "My kids are the reason I have always done everything") is up to her usual self by being in control (here, during a game of pinata), there’s nothing about this clip that really makes me want to watch the upcoming season more than I did before. In fact, although I gladly admit that I have been sucked into this show in prior seasons, I’m starting to get a bad taste in my mouth because of all of the scandals surrounding Jon and Kate — they’ve kinda turned me off. What about you, PopWatchers? Does this clip make you want to see the upcoming season more? Or do you feel like me and that 8 is enough already?
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God, no. I’m out after reading the People magazine interview where Kate talked about how she’s trying to do the best for her family, but she aired ALL the dirty laundry for the world (and potentiall) her kids to see.
I never watch any of these shows that glorify large families. I guess I can understand why a large family would put themselves on T.V. (they need to support their family, after all), but I am not interested in watching them or the Duggars.
I could just never get into cheering for breeders for breeding. No wonder the Octomommy thought the simple fact of having a working womb qualified her for a TV series. Let this show die already.
When is social services gonna step in for these kids? If this isn’t child exploitation…I don’t know what is.
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I’ll watch “Jon minus 9″. This guy should be on suicide watch.
I had no idea this show existed! Makes me wonder if this scandal is tailor-made to get more eyeballs …
Erin@ you win the prize of the night for the best one liner…..
I’ll watch “Jon minus 9″. This guy should be on suicide watch.
I’m sick to death of Jon’s unhappiness over the fact that the life they chose has made him rich, and boo hoo his personal life is gone. He should watch the tapes and realize how she treats him and how little love there has been between them. Check out the Duggars or the family of 12 for a real dose of family.
my son loves this show and at 11, he even seems to think that KAte is kind of mean to Jon, just watched that clip and it’s so clear how miserable and sad Jon is, I remember an episode where Kate said if it ever got uncomfortable for her family they would stop, clearly, she lied
Yikes, that’s sad. Who at TLC thought it was a good idea to go ahead with that? I don’t get the impression that Jon is unhappy about the attention even though that’s what he always talks about but that Kate runs him ragged and will not even let him talk without running all over him.
I think it’s sad that TLC is even going ahead with Season 5. No family is perfect but not every family gets their dirty laundry aired in every magazine and talk show imaginable. This is not good for the kids who will (and believe me, ARE) old enough to know that something is up with mom and dad. Jon and Kate should kick the cameras out and focus on each other and their family. The $$ and the speaking engagements and the free trips and tans and tummy tucks can’t bring back your family. Maybe they should refocus on family and faith — like they used to. And stop berating each other and both grow up. This is a show about 8 children, not 10….or is it?
Have to call Erin on stealing a line from “The Soup” which first called it Jon Minus Nine. I agree, however, that Jon should be on suicide watch, he’s five minutes from going postal.
Damn if Jon doesn’t need to RUN for the hills! I rarely watched the show before, but now I can see the differences between the 2 of em. Jon lovevs his kids, and his family, but interestingly enough he did not mention his wife! Kate abuses Jon to the point it is uncomfortable to watch
I’m with B Ro. It’s odd because The Soup has been playing with Jon leaving for a long time.
Keep Livin Jon and doing your thing. Many people have multiple wives, you can’t control love. http://christiansinglesdate.com
“Okay, I know it’s sort of hard to feel bad for him and his current predicament”
Quite the opposite really.
I found it kinda strange that they did their interviews separately. I know they did that a bit last (?) season because they were really busy with the kids (or some such reason), but it seemed REALLY obvious here. Made it feel like they were already divorced or something.
Kate is a TRAINWRECK of a human being. First we had “Octo-Mom”, now we have “Monster-Mom”.
I agree with some of the other comments, it is incredibly irresponsible of TLC to continue with this show in light of what has been going on lately. I think they should stop immediately. There are 8 beautiful children who hang in the balance, John, Kate, and TLC would all do well to remember that. I bet when their kids are older they really will resent their parents behaving in this manner because with all the madia coverage this will haunt those 8 children forever.
Yeah, everything is for the kids,you mean everything is for Kate!!!!!! Quit dressing those kids alike already, they’re individuals. It’s just not cute anymore. She just loves the money, in fact she’s greedy to a point that it’s sickening. Raise your kids the way others do, stop pimping them out! Get your child Madie some help – she’s beginning to be a lot like you Kate. Kids have to learn they can’t have everything! Quit begging people to send gifts. Why don’t you speak with your parents kate? Why does everyone dislike you including your own husband?
I watched this show from the beginning, and as the show progressed, Kate got worse and worse. I kinda liked her at first, but now I can’t even stand to watch her. She treats Jon like crap and I feel bad for her kids! They have so many strict rules, it’s like they can’t enjoy being young and carefree.
How pathetic…these idiots should have known what they were getting themselves into..but money sure is showing them. Poor kids…
This show should have ended after season 1. These stories will live on the Internet for years, and I’m sure the older girls are already hearing rumours from other school kids. Let’s hope they’ve banked some money. I read that Kate said people want to see the little ones grow up. Fine, end it now and do a follow up in 10 years.
I’ve never watched the show and only know of it from clips on The Soup. I just read an interview with the mom in People magazine and she comes across as such an opportunistic, self absorbed shrew. She is complaining about the choices he makes – when she isn’t around. She’s on tour and this and that and it sounds like she’s never home. Sorry, but he probably, if given the choice would not have signed up to be a single parent to 8 children. Maybe she should stay home a little more often and co-parent these kids she paid to have.
PS – I hate that he says that their life is about “God” – maybe if they had listened to God in the first place they wouldn’t be in this mess. It always cracks me up when these people who have paid a ton of money to force their body to make a baby say “it’s a miracle” – uh, not really. You paid medical professionals a lot of money to create these children in a lab and then forced yoru body to do what God didn’t intend. Oh well, in this case they def got what they paid for.
The two of them can sleep with all of READING for ALL I care. TLC and J&K are nothing but self promoters while perpetrating a fruad to the American TV viewing public ALL OFF THE BACKS OF LITTLE CHILDREN FOR MONEY!
I WILL NOT WATCH THE TotallyLecherousChannel AND THEIR KON ARTISTS.
It’s all the media’s fault. Just leave this family alone.
These people are truly pathetic. Kate is whoring out the kids…she might as well dress them up and troll out on the streets with them. They will all end up in therapy. Hopefully she can earn enough money to fix that awful hair. She is in total denial about everything.
I will not watch anymore because they have turned me off. This family is now dirty no matter how TLC spins it. Don’t buy into their crap. Be smarter than they give us credit for. TLC and the Gosselins will only profit more. DON’T WATCH.
Yeah, it’s the media’s fault that Jon & Kate decided to exploit their kids for cash. Uh huh. Right.
Idiot.