Sorry about the long pause since Monday...but I am trying to absorb all the information that has been thrown into the media spotlight this week as well as winding the school year down. But let's begin with the season premiere this past Monday.
I don't know about you but all I can say is....WOW. I feel so sorry for the both of them...especially Jon. (I know...I know...) Your probably looking at the computer and thinking "are you serious?", yes I am. If they ever show the season premiere again (and you and I both know TLC will) look at Jon throughout the show. He looks like it is pure torture for him. I bet it probably does feel like it is prison. Now I want to make it very clear that I think Jon coming out of bars and being "whatever" with that school teacher is despicable and that he should for once stop thinking with his d*ck and more with his heart and mind. I really do feel and think that he is remorseful for what he did (IF he did anything at all) and resentful at what he has become.
Which brings me to Kate...I would say by the look on Kate's face there is so much more to this story that none of us will ever be privy to. My heart does go out to her...because as they put it in Gone with the Wind...hell have no fury like a woman scorned and Kate looked like she had been scorned. I am glad that she was able to admit to Jon that she had been hard on him over the course of their marriage. (But come on now wouldn't you if you had THAT many kids in THAT short of time.) Can I be real honest here for a moment??? And tell me what you think...was Kate more mad at Jon or the tabloids? My best guess...the tabloids and I can't say that I blame her. If my face was plastered all over the grocery store and my kids saw that my heart would break.
Now I have my own opinions about the show that I know will rub some people the wrong way...but I feel I would not be true to myself or my site if I didn't truly say what was on my mind. I felt if Kate was making herself the victim and painted Jon as bad as the Joker villain in the Batman movies. To be pissy because Jon needed a weekend off is just downright egotistical. I understand that the love is gone. I have been in a relationship were that has happened and it is sad when it happens. But to paint your significant other in the worse light possible when you can tell (tell me you guys saw it to) is trying to make things better only puts you in a worse light. I like Kate don't get me wrong...she is a stronger woman then I am to be able to go through this publicly but don't play the martyr role. It will only burn you in the end.
My husband watched the show with me and pointed out something in their interviews that I had not picked up on. He told me that it surprised him how much Kate threw Jon under the bus. He stated "Man...did you notice that Jon did not once talk bad about Kate in his interview and she bashed him in hers." Now my husband could care less about Jon and Kate but was surprised to hear that in the interviews. As for me...maybe I didn't listen as closely as I should but I saw two people who are running parallel to each other.
Now I have one more thought and then I will stop rambling. Jon and Kate use to be clearly in love with each other and while parenting does tend to get in the way of intimacy (and I just don't mean in the bed but being each others best friend too) in a relationship you have to work even harder to keep it going. In my opinion I think Jon and Kate let other things get in the way of it. I hope they will sort through all of it and find their way back to one another. I guess only time will tell and the next episode will show them actually talking to each other.
3 years ago
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I completely agree with you!
The thing that stuck out to me was how she kept saying, "I'm here for MY kids", She must have said it five or six times. My My My, Never OUR. Jon said, "our".
I'm fed up. It's always about her. She's the only adult that matters. She's thrown him under the bus in front of the kids and the country repeatedly since the show started. She makes it so clear to everyone that she thinks he's a lazy, incompetant idiot who couldn't wipe his backside the right way if she wasn't there telling him how to do it.
She needs to get a grip.
I'm so glad I found your site.
A few days ago I came upon the blog Gosselins Without Pity and decided to post... As I read over the posts I was taken with how one-sided everything was. There were virtually NO other viewpoints other then "we hate Kate and she deserves to be punished." They actually say that. Among other worse things I won't even print. I am certainly not Jon or Kates biggest fans right now. I do not approve of the choices they are making and I am heartbroken for their precious children. I do not condone either Jon or Kates behavior. But as I wrote in my post to GWP: None of us really know what's going on. The show, the magazines...They are edited. All we know are rumors. We are not privy to every single moment of their life, good or bad. I believe we can make a greater impact by showing a little kindness and compassion. By not resorting to the very behavior we say we are condemning. None of us are perfect. I'm sure not. And whether you hate Jon and Kate or feel sympathy we should all be allowed to voice our opinions. That's what makes America...America. When I wrote my post asking people for a little kindness and compassion I was ripped to shreds. Then when I tried to respond to those comments the moderators refused to publish it. I wrote a letter asking why and received a response that made me sit back and say...Wow! Unbelievable! Basically GWP moderators said: We will not post any opinions that are not the majority, that do not agree with the moderators viewpoints and that do not bash Jon and Kate...I have the copies if anyone would like to see them.... One of the things I love about blogs is hearing different opinions. I learn something every day from those who are different from me. The GWP blog supports censorship and intolerance. Something I just can't abide. Something that should make us all very concerned. If anyone has the time please go to the GWP site and read some of the posts. They really need a more balanced viewpoint and maybe you'll have better luck. Nothing on the GWP is fair or balanced. It's one way, one view...all the time. And in my humble opinion? That's just wrong!
Thank you for having a site that is balanced and fair.
Allyson
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I have been DVRing the show and have tried to watch each episode of each season in order, to the best of my ability. By doing this you can see when things start getting "cold" and turning for the worse. You can actually feel the love drifting out of their marriage. You can literally see where they go from bickering to hating. It is really sad because you see them morph from being a family to a business. They have lost what attracted the true fans to the show in the first place. I, like many others, started to watch because the kids made me giggle and the parenting was relatable. Now with the motercycle, cakes, countless vacations (I can only take one big one a year, like most middle class families) and all the other crazy things they are doing its just not the same show and I didn't start watching nor will I continue to watch the drama.
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