Kate is Great, It's Jon I Hate

Kate is Great, It's Jon I Hate

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Message for those critics of Kate from "Jon and Kate Plus Eight:" You're sexist.

I just finished reading the posts Why I Hate Jon & Kate and Reality TV Mom: Abusive?. I am appalled by the amount of backlash being handed down about "Jon and Kate Plus Eight," the reality show following the chaotic lives of Jon and Kate Gosselin, parents of twins and sextuplets. I am particularly shocked by the anger spewed toward Kate. Kate, competent and organized, is portrayed on the show as a callous, irrational bully. Which is exactly how sexist American viewers like it: capable women are shrews beating down good-hearted men.

She's got eight kids for God's sake! That's the limit that some of us will allow our kids to invite to their birthday parties. And, heck, she has more to deal with than just kids. She's also got her bumbling husband. (One wonders how the two ever got together ... but that's another story.)

In one interview Jon tells the story of when he first met Kate:

"I was doing nothing myself. No career -- I didn't have any goals, didn't want to get married didn't want to have kids just bumming around. I was living with my mother."

Seriously, with his Mommy? TLC should change the name of "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" to "Kate Plus Nine" -- the ninth kid is Jon.

Often, the parenting choices this man-child makes are so misguided, I would defy any mom to keep their cool under the circumstances. Case in point: In a past episode, John is going on a bike ride with five of the eight kids. They're in their helmets and ready to leave from the driveway --- then suddenly Jon takes off WITHOUT THEM. Cut to Kate, who -- concerned for her toddlers' safety -- screams after Jon to wait for the kids. Gee, what a b*tch.

Come on moms, do you think if the cameras were rolling at your house, you wouldn't react the same? Or would you just smile and walk back into the house as your kids rode directly into oncoming traffic?

Kate, like any women who takes charge, gets a bad rap. Yeah, she's harsh at times, but at least she gets the job done. Which is more than you can say for her dumbass husband.

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Loosers…you all are loosers

- IronMike

Posted 11/10/08 11:03 PM

who cares??

- me

Posted 11/16/08 04:29 PM

I do think Kate is very harsh and she does act like a “queen bee” sitting around and giving Jon orders, especially in front of others. The other thing that bugs me is she is too much of a Fuss Budget….you can’t over-react to every little thing…It’s OK for kids to get dirty and be messy, without freaking out like she does. The kids are going to turn out neurotic like she is….she is also VERY fearful and passes that on to the kids too. I do admire how clean and organized she is…but a happy home is not perfect….messes are OK…the kids should be taught to pick up after themselves and to help more. Mady just needs therapy, she is obviously very jeaslous of all those other kids. I can’t really blame her, but she does irratate me…and can be a bully. Jon is a Saint….most the time….he helps alot, and should be appreciated more!

- Ali8

Posted 12/08/08 11:21 AM

Agreed! Most of the moms I know yell at their spouses just like Kate- and none of us have 8 kids! Gee, you think all these negative people are as sweet as pie…riiight!

- Sasha

Posted 12/22/08 05:28 AM

Sexist, women seem to throw that term around way too loosely, women today are more sexist than any man ever was. The best example is-if a woman is living at home is she considered a loser by other women-NO, but they assume a man is-any women who can say that is fair is sexist and fooling themselves.

- R

Posted 12/25/08 03:58 AM

LOL at IronMike! It’s spelled “Losers” YOU MORON. LEARN TO SPELL BEFORE YOU JUDGE ENTIRE SETS OF PEOPLE. AGIAN, YOU ARE A MORON. HAHA you even spelled it twice, DO YOU EVEN READ WHAT YOU POST? AGIAN, YOU ARE A MORON. I CAN’T SAY THIS ENOUGH.

- NotIronMike

Posted 01/25/09 11:07 AM

I agree that the portrayal of Kate on the show is sexist. HOWEVER. I really, really hate the abuse of fertility treatment that having 6 (or 8) kids at once entails. You do not need to have that many embryos implanted anymore to get a live birth, especially when you have already successfully carried twins. And if you already have twins of your own, can’t you just adopt? I find everything about the show weird and creepy (except the kids, who are of course cute). I just can’t watch it.

- Karen

Posted 01/29/09 02:13 PM

I do not think that anyone would end up looking that good if they were filmed all the time. Especially being a stay at home mom of so many kids. I only have three little ones and would love to have half of the organizational skills that Kate does and I totally get the stress that she is under at times. As far as Jon, well he seems to need to be reminded of what he needs to do with the kids, but isn’t that really just a guy thing? My husband and I are differently gifted in handling our children, and they need his relaxed attitude, especially when I am exhausted and stressed from a hard day. Thank heavens I am not being filmed, because I would hate to have everyone in the world pointing out my shortcomings. Way to go Jon and Kate, your not perfect, but you appear to be doing a great job with your kids.

- Amy

Posted 01/29/09 02:39 PM

People, grow up. Jon is an immature a&& and in the very least, the only thing he does is contribute to the stress that Kate has to deal with. I mean please, he is a boy child wearing man pants who whines, and DEGRADES HER. Have you NOT watched the shows? He abuses HER AND THOSE KIDS on the air. She is probably more pushed to the extreme by HIM and having to raise an ADULT child than raising the eight that she has. There is not a one of you mindless twits out there that would put up with being treated the way he treats her, kids or NOT.

- WhatsItMatter

Posted 01/29/09 03:29 PM

About Jon, he was 22 when he married Kate, when she was 24, a nurse. A LOT of 22-year-olds still live in their mother’s home! He got married while he was still a kid, he didn’t have a long-enough time to act the immature drunk 20-something, so he probably settled down before he was even ready to! My problem with him is, he’s such a jerk!

- Fabienne

Posted 01/31/09 01:40 AM

What the heck!! Yeah Jon was a bum when Kate meet him, but now he has a job and is the only one supporting his family. And you give him a hard time. It isnt easy to work long hours at work, and then come home to a house hold of 8 kids!!! Why do we put down men who are trying to do thier job!? And then complain that they dont do anything. Thier family obviously works, and thier marriage works, because it takes two. I give him alot of respect for putting up with a strong woman. They both deserve some slack!!

- V

Posted 01/31/09 11:38 AM

I really dislike Kate. How can you treat your husband that way and expect people to respect you. And to constantly scream at her children the way she does, that’s just plain sick! The problem is, while filming she cannot stand her kids. Why is that? Because she doesn’t care for them on a daily basis, other people do! Get off your arse and take care of YOUR OWN kids, you chose to have 8 kids!

- Georgia

Posted 02/03/09 08:10 AM

I could raise 8 kids with a baby nurse, nannies, a chef and housekeeper all of which Kate has! The baby nurse by the way was paid for by tax payers! They both sicken me, he doesn’t work and she is a neurotic b*tch!

- Paige

Posted 02/03/09 09:32 AM

right on! you go girl! who needs men? they’re all worthless anyway! sperm donation rules!

- Anonymous

Posted 02/05/09 11:57 PM

After watching the ‘packing and moving’ episode, there is no way I will ever think of Kate as ‘organized’! There’s a big difference between a control freak and an organized mind. And I agree with Paige. I was floored when I read that Kate said it was society’s responsibility to help them because afterall the medical profession encourages the use of fertility drugs, and a year of having a paid nurse was just not enough. More! More! More! I want more! That’s Kate’s mantra, and that’s why I dislike (not hate) her. I think Jon does a lot for his children, his interaction seems positive (while Kate’s non-interaction, always sitting on the plastic lawn chair just surveying them is unsettling), and he seems like he can let the kids just be kids. I hope he never leaves Kate or the only respite those kids ever have will be spent at Daddy’s house.

- Tita

Posted 02/06/09 07:22 AM

lol omG Cindy i feel for u - i have 3 and am a say at home mom and my hubbie leaves his brain at the office too

- Keri

Posted 02/10/09 07:39 PM

Life is easy when you are prefect right wrong ? it should be kate and 8 she never lets john be a parent he is a child in kate’s eyes. she is a sniffing biotch and she thinks the world revolves around her. her motto is want i want i want and no need to give back . she owes berks county for all the crap the show tlc put us threw . they have free houses and cars and vans and free clothes and toys for the kids and free food omg that is living large right and then they flaunt it around rubbing it under our noses the citizens of reaing and berks county and wernersville pa are benieth her. New flash i am from wernersville p and i am not happy about it more the merrier right wrong our sleepy little town is our town not theirs population of 2,100 is not for leeches like them move back to wyomissing pa and be wanna be’s like you think you really are……

- kristy s

Posted 02/13/09 12:26 PM

I wish people would compare Kate’s words from her shows and to when she is on TV giving her interviews as much she says doesn’t up as she is talking out both sides of her mouth. Most people forgot it was the Gosselin’s who were shopping around to TV stations as Kate said on Surviving Sextuplets and Twins. Thats how TLC came on the scene. Yes Also Kate Gosselin said she Quote “feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births.” She said this in an interview to the Associated Press| May 8, 2005 Titled.. Mother Of Sextuplets Faces Loss Of Medicaid-Funded Nurse. You can always put in a search of the title to read the full interview. Hey now that the Children have made their mom & dad multi millionaires and they both dont work Jon himself said he now stays at home and watched the kids while Kates off doing book tours etc, they can pay back the tax payers of Pennsylvania State their tax dollars that were used for hospitalization etc.

- Tax Payer in PA

Posted 02/15/09 10:08 PM

This is the worst article I’ve ever read. Thanks for wasting my time.

- Ryan

Posted 03/02/09 09:41 PM

Jon is Way to Strict with all the Girls. It seems to me the boys can do NO wrong- and the girls can do No Right! Minutes for Time-out are way to accesive.I tought Daycare for 7 yrs. U do 1 Min per the Child’s age! and thats IT!!!! iFor pete’s sake Give the Little girls a Break!! and Discipline your Boys the same way!! NO Favoritizm. Believe me The Little Kids DO Know the DIfference!!! Think About it!!!

- Annie

Posted 03/07/09 09:05 PM