Does Anyone Else Watch Jon & Kate Plus Eight?
May 20th, 2008 by Evil Beet
This is the new show that I’m a little bit obsessed with, and I desperately need someone to talk to about it and none of my real-life friends watch it. So I’m gonna try with you guys.
It’s a reality show on TLC, on Monday nights, but reruns show up all the time.
Here’s the basics: Jon & Kate got married. Jon & Kate had twin girls, Cara and Madelyn. And then they decided to try for just one more, and ended up with sextuplets, three girls and three boys. So now Jon & Kate have eight children. The twin girls are seven years old and the babies are 3 1/2. And the show is about their life.
At first I started watching it because I was like “Awww, babies! Babies are cute!” And the babies are cute, and it’s fascinating to watch how intelligent and aware and communicative children are at just 3 years old, but what got me hooked is the relationship between Kate and Jon.
I mean, is it just me, or does Jon absolutely hate Kate? I mean, Kate, while doing her very best to be a good mother, is totally neurotic and overbearing and controlling and just plain old mean to Jon. She corrects his grammar constantly, tells him how stupid and inconsiderate he is, and at one point even yells at him for breathing too loud. And Jon kind of takes it in stride because he loves his kids, but I think somewhere deep down he really just wants to murder Kate and dump her body in a river, and frankly I don’t blame him. But it’s hilarious to watch.
Is anyone else picking this up, or is this just how all married couples with children interact? If so, maybe marriage and children are overrated …
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May 20th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I seriously think he married her cause of how beautiful she was. Have you seen the episodes where they show pictures of her when they first got together?? She was like a bombshell. After all the kids she’s still pretty but nothing what she used to be. I think he’s a bit superficial and she knows it but they stay together for the kids.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I seriously think he married her cause of how beautiful she was. Have you seen the episodes where they show pictures of her when they first got together?? She was like a bombshell. After all the kids she’s still pretty but nothing what she used to be. I think he’s a bit superficial and she knows it but they stay together for the kids.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
You forgot to add how Kate’s always slapping Jon in the face.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
it sounds amazing. i want to see it
May 20th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
sounds good I need to tune in but her husband does look a little slow
May 20th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
YES! This show is a guilty pleasure of mine, it is so intriguing to see how they handle eight kids! And yes, Kate is such a bitch, she is so controlling over Jon and orders him around all the time. I feel so bad for the guy. She also seems to have a really stereotypical view of the roles of males and females. Like in one episode she was laughing at the fact that Jon and a guy friend of his had to take care of the kids by himself for one day. It was like she thought he couldnt handle childcare since he’s a guy. She is so obnoxious yet I keep watching it haha…
May 20th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I WATCH IT! I LOVE IT!
Ive noticed she treats him like that too. I think its the stress from all the kids.
If you watch it when its just them, like if they go on a date, shes not like that with him.
The past few weeks theyve had shows where John and Kate just 1 child and spend the day with them. Again, she doesnt treat him like that. Theyre actually pretty loving.
BUT
If i was him i would snapped and hit her at least once by now.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Me and my roommate watch this…they seem to have genuine affection for each other, but she’s pretty impatient with him (I don’t have 8 kids, so I can’t judge) and he tends to react to it with a roll of his eyes or a passive aggressive comment. I don’t know if that’s just his frustration over not being appreciated or what, but I get alarmed when watching them cause I want them to make it. Their kids are insanely adorable though.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Oh and i agree with Savna. Kate was a bombshell when they got married!
May 20th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
yay beet! further proof that you and i should be best friends in real life! =) i watched this show for like five hours when i was bored at a hotel (i don’t have cable at home). and it’s so addicting. i also watch because of jon and kate’s interaction. she is pretty mean to him. and he lets her walk all over him and i’m pretty sure they don’t have ANY sex. which is really depressing because sex (good sex) is really important in a marriage. i don’t know why they got married but i hope they don’t get divorced. maybe they should have a show called jon & kate plus eight= therapy. cuz they need it.
p.s. their kids are so beautiful! i love interracial babies. i’m having some. the end.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
god I love the little one with the glasses. best. kid. ever.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I haven’t seen it too much this season, but I used to watch it all the time! I actually made my husband come with me to see them talk at a Bible Church and we’re definitely not Bible Church people. They were really nice, and just like you would think. I’m not sure what I was expecting, it is a reality show! Kate’s really not mean to Jon, she just gets a bit cranky with all the kids. And yes, you do end up talking to each other like that when you’ve been married for a while and have kids, unfortunately. I starting watching it because my three kids are kicking my ass and I wanted to see how she managed. Please post more about it, I love the show. What about her obsessive cleaning!!! She cleans the floors 3 times a day. I’ve been in my house for a year and I think I’ve cleaned them 3 times.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I LOVE that show…she’s a wench, but hysterical
May 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I really enjoy it. I have a stupid little crush on Jon, hahaha. I think the marriage dynamic is just because they are such opposite personalities…she’s very high strung and he’s very laid back and both are kinda necessary to survive a brood like this.
The tensions do get pretty high sometimes but that’s realistic with a bunch of kids. When they’re in confessionals together, even when snarking on each other, it seems affectionate. I know I tease the people I love the most the worst.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I just think it’s hilarious how in every single shot Kate always looks WAAAAAY stressed out and Jon just looks tired. 8 freaking kids’ll do that to ya! As for Jon wanting to kill Kate… I’m not sure, but if I had that many kids under 5 years old at once, I’d probably want to kill myself.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Yeah… I don’t understand why Kate has to be so wretched all the time either. That’s pretty much why I stopped watching the show. Her bullshit was giving ME anxiety. I can only imagine how her husband feels. Then again, my boyfriend and I (we’ve been together for six years now, next year we’ll be common law! Yay. Not!!!) bicker kinda like that. But, I don’t slap him around or degrade him like she does.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I couldn’t agree more Beet.
Kate is seriously high strung - all with reason of course (i’m sure anyone else in that situation would be equally as neurotic). Jon is a saint to put up with her intricate little bits of psychosis.
But what gets me about that show is how horrible Maddy is… I definitely would be selling that kid on the black market. She’s such a snot!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SHOW ON TV. THEY DO NOT HATE EACH OTHER, JUST CAN BE ALL LOVEY DOVEY ALL THE TIME. THIS IS THE WAY MY BOYFRIEND AND I ACT AND I LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF HIM. SOME PEOPLE JUST ARN’T INTO THAT MUSHY STUFF. THEY ALSO HAVE 8 KIDS AND ARE STRESSED 24/7. THEY ARE AMAZING PARENTS AND PEOPLE. MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIKE THEM.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I love this show!!! The one show where they went skiing was crazy. Kate got sick and Jon had to take all those kids to lessons. That”s crazy. I agree she’s mean to Jon but I’d be crazy too, looking after all those kids.Makes me tired just watching them. Good show that will last years. I bet they have a another show in ten years about living with teenagers. Maddy will be the star.lol
May 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
lovee this show!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I adore this bitch. She says all the things to her husband that I wish I could say to mine. Mine world say something mean back…. But i sure feel like it, sometimes… I mean all the time. I couldn’t imagine 8 kids, but she needs to lighten up and get these kids some daycare. Mine works wonders!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
BEST SHOW EVER! none of my frinds watch it either but its soo great!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I love that show!!!!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
never hoid of it.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
i agree that jon must be very unhappy. although, i bet he doesn’t want to kill kate. i bet he just wants to shoot himself in the face. she is everything you said; neurotic, negative, mean. and she used to be beautiful and happy. then all the kids came. she had a tummy tuck on one of the shows, did you ever see that one? i was like, so you’re telling me i can totally abuse the concept of fertility, spending hundreds of thousand of dollars on treatments and pouring hormones into my body, pop out eight kids, have everyone else pay for them because we become a media sensation and everyone gives us whatever we want, and then i can get a tummy tuck for free too? i can’t seem to change the cahnnel when i come across it, but it does make me a little angry that they didn’t just adopt. there’s children and teenagers who never even know what it feels like to have parents, meanwhile jon and kate bring eight (somewhat unplanned) kids into the world and everyone loves it. but i certianly get into it, especially when kate’s barking orders at jon and he’s rolling his eyes and then in their confessional they act all normal. and they’re so not.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
ive watched this show several times, jon looks very unhappy, but he cant do anything about it.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
OMGOSH I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! I never miss an episode!!! LOL i think it wuld be so fun to have so many kids!!!!! but i dont like how kate treats him!! She treats him so bad and she needs to be set straight!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
This is normal. And overrated.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I watch this show all the time. You people must not have kids, I only have 2 and believe me you snap!! I couldn’t imagine handling 8 of them. He gets to leave the house every day, she is stuck with it all!! I would need to be on meds 24-7.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I watch this one, too. We will discuss at the studio on Thursday!
May 20th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
OMG Beetie buddie…..might wanna seek TLC Anonymous, gf. But hey if it’s keeping off ya the ciggies….addict yourself out on that insanity. (Seen a snipet but flip after disgust.) Lesson for infertile couples….if ya can’t have kids, there might be a reason. Havta be careful what you wish for. What’s wrong with adoption?
May 20th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Yes, I’ve seen a few episodes of this but not in a long while.
Kate is rather bitchy with him to the point of shaming him and he is passive aggressive. Neither are good for a happy relationship.
She was/still is very attractive and he must make a lot of money to keep them in a nice home, cars, vacations, etc so it does work both ways.
This kids are really cute and somehow, at the end of the day, they keep it all together and that’s what really matters.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
THIS IS MY SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Beet, we were meant to be!
I absolutely LOVE this show. I love Jon, Kate & all of the kids.
Kate does act a little shitty to Jon, but you gotta remember editing! I’m not saying they only show the bad side, but they rarely show the good side of her. I think she’s great, she’s had 8 kids & has to deal w/ a ‘grown-up kid’ (Jon) Yes Kate is VERY anal, but sometimes he’s just a little too nonchalant about things. But I love them!
You’ve got to remember-EIGHT KIDS! They do act lovey some of the time, you can tell they really love each other. Kate’s nagging (etc.) is a way of showing it, I think. And the way Jon acts like he doesn’t care about things, but he really does. (Valentine’s Day=Cutest Thing Ever!)
I think Jon is absolutely gorgeous (I know, I know) I’m not digging what he’s doing with his hair nowadays, you’re balding, get over it!
He looked better w/ it gelled back instead of swooped to the front-it looks kinda goofy.
SOOOOO-obviously I love this show & I think they should change the name to ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8, Plus Ashley’ hahahaha! And DUSTIN is right-the one with the glasses is the cutest. kid. ever! (Aaden) All of their kids are sooooooooooooooooooooo cute! ♥
May 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
sorry so long-i always hate it when other people do that-it’s jon & kate-i had to-sorry.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I just started watching this show yesterday. My friend was over and put it on…so weird that you’re writing about it today.
I definitely thought that about Jon and Kate’s relationship, too. We watched like 5 episodes on demand and I was very intrigued watching them together. I even said “can you imagine what it would be like if they divorced?” because it seems like all of the love between them is pretty much because of the kids.
However, it’s difficult to really know because we only see what’s interesting for tv.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I love watching that show, but it grew on me. I don’t know if I want to have kids, and I really thought a show about eight kids would scare me. But…those kids are so funny and cute. My fave is little Aaden with the glasses. He’s so cute. I also like the twins.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I’m so addicted to this show. It’s too great. I mean I’m exhausted just watching. I also love that they show them having arguments and getting overwhelmed. It shows that its normal and they are human. They showed that other show with the couple with like 18 kids and it was erie how perfect they were, i didn’t buy it.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
OH MY GOD-I’VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW!!!
they had a documentary on this family and it was so popular they made it a show. she really is a bitch and a crazy clean freak.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I looove this show, however I don’t admit it to many people. I think Jon can be equally as annoying as Kate, although Kate would drive me insane.
But I gotta say too, if I had even one kid like Maddy, I would go crazy too. Have you ever paid attention to her? She’s the most annoying brat ever, if she were my kid she’d have been spanked a loooong time ago. I would be nuts too!!
But Cara and the sextuplets are adorable, and sweet for the most part.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
her hair was long and straight; sort of surfer cute girl style. then she decided on a severe butch style to scare jon away from her because she is afraid of giving birth to 18 babies at once. God bless them.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I LOVE THAT SHOW. and no im sure he loves her, thats just the interaction caught on camera
May 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I LOVE that show! Those kids are so damn cute!!
May 20th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
This show is so awesome and I’m completely addicted to it. Their kids are adorable for the most part (Maddy does seem kind of mean, but who knows because it’s like 1/1000 of their life that’s shown. Can’t wait to see how long it will go on for!
May 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Muffy,having six children at once is not normal!!! WERIDO!
May 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I love this show tooo!!!
May 20th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
I love that show, but I can not stand Kate. Its like everyone in the house has to live by her iron clad rules, and I think she gets way to rough with the kids when she’s mad at them. Like one of her little boys had gum on his socks, and she screamed NO WAY, yanked off his sock and like dragged him off the ground in the process. She treats Jon like shit, and you can tell, if the camera’s werent there, he would probably say a thing or two. I’d like to see him give her a nice smack in the face once or twice, maybe she would stop then.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
love the show! i used to watch it all the time until house came on at the same time….but now i should be able to watch it again since house is over for the season!
May 20th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I am so excited you posted about this show. I watch it all the time- along with Little People, Big World- another great show. And to add to the end of your entry with the gum, she almost threw away Colin’s teddy bear and when he started to cry and say “his my buddy” I wanted to die!
May 20th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Kate acknowledges that she acts cowish, which is a plus. Once the kids start treating Jon the way Kate treats him, she’ll have a reality check and be all repentant. Let’s face it, what can either of them do- child support, separate residences, joint custody of eight kids- divorce isn’t a realistic option for them. I think the tension of their relationship is what makes the show so fascinating, it’s so much better than watching the Duggar family with their 17 kids.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
they already had two - why didn’t they just adopt? i’m over these fertility treatments that give women litters instead of a baby. i have no sympathy for these two - they are in a hell of their own making. the kids are cute, though.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I love this show! My brother-in-law and my friend got into a HUGE fight over this show (who knew J&K would be so controversial haha??)! The kids are so friggin cute and yes…Alexis is my favorite (I think). Maddy is from hell. I think Kate is sorta bitchy, and my sister (a doctor) said her friend worked at the hospital where she delivered and she was a raging bitch. I am sure I would be too, but I think it was just more than the labor…it was to staff everyone. So I don’t think it’s editing. Then again, I’ll be a bitch when I have a kid coming out of my body too.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I LOVE this show and none of my friends watch it. But yeah Kate is always slapping Jon in the face…
May 20th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Wow Beet, LiLo post and nothing. Jon & Kate Plus 8 and over 50 comments!
May 20th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
They are going to have so much fun paying for college when those kids grow up. Hopefully, financial aid will have mercy; oh wait, they never do.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I love the show but if they don’t get control over Maddy they will have a huge problem by the time she is a teenager. She and all the kids are really cute.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
i was wondering if anyone knew what happened to all the grandparents,i once heard kate say they are not in their life.wondering if u knew!i love the show too
May 20th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Jon definitely wants to kill her. I haven’t seen it in a month or so… THinking he digs the $$ from the show and the trips… but she is a serious pain in the ass. Anal, compulsive cleaner… damn, i’m getting hives thinking of her.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Amanda, you’re a bitch~
I was answering Beet’s question directly, don’t judge!
Let me spell it out for you….
Beet said: “or is this just how all married couples with children interact? If so, maybe marriage and children are overrated …”
And I said, what I said. F you.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
i love this show.
i think kate secretly blames jon for the sextuplets.
…or the fertility drugs.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I definitely watch the marathons.
I got hooked after the episode where Kate hired a maid. First she would not hire a woman who would not get on her hands and knees to scrub the kitchen floor (something Kate does tree times a day apparently). She finally gives one a try for a day and the maid cleaned almost everything perfectly, including an accident one of the kids had in the bath tub. But she did not dust inside one of the entertainment units and forgot to vacuum under a night stand. UNFORGIVABLE. Kate said that the job would not have met anyone’s standards and instead to talking to the maid (I will admit that she did not speak English well) and working on it, Kate gave up after one try and started complaining about how she had to start looking all over again.
I just know that one day she’s going to have a heart attack from her need for control. I like to think that I’m trying to learn how to not be like her, but I’m pretty sure it is because I’m evil
I do also love how Jon and Kate have mismatched personalities.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Yes, I have always thought that Kate and Jon have a really bad relationship, she seems to think he’s an idiot. Actually, she seems like she hates everything and she does treat him really badly. I feel bad for Jon.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
YES! It’s so in my TIVO! I think they really love each other. If I remember correctly they were together for a while before the kids, so Jon probably knew she was neurotic and bossy already (I’m sure the kids didn’t help that though). And we must remember this is a REALITY TV show on TLC but reality nonetheless. Meaning it’s edited to tell a story and usually exaggerates characteristics. So I don’t think their life is that bad, but I do feel bad that people judge them so harshly.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
ive seen lots of loving couples have a relationship like theirs and the mismatched personalities seem to really work. but glasses kid is like the coolest kid ever born i love the little guy
May 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I love it as well. I think that both of them bicker at each other, and Jon pulls the frustration snippy card to Kate too. I like the behind the scenes show where they will talk about where they are at in their mind set in each clip. You can see their love for each other, and I mean come on my hisband and I bicker with 2 kids let alone 8. HAHA I just cannot believe how put together and orgainized they seem- they always know where everything is! Every morning seems like a battle for me to find shoes, jackets, get dressed, hair combed…yada yada…they are super stars and a team. Love em!
May 20th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I watch this show and love it! Kate completely reminds me of my own momma which is hilarious and creepy at the same time. I think Jon has a really really dry sarcastic sense of humor and is probably half dead most of the time, I’m pretty sure he works full time as an IT Annalist. Kate on the other hand, is/was a Nurse so she has the energy to keep up with the small things, and by small things I mean the little ones lol. I love how cute of a family they are, I want to squish them alllllllllllllllll!
May 21st, 2008 at 12:10 am
Dude…thank you.
I thought I was the only that saw that Jon fucking HATES her, because she is a psychotic, controlling, anal bitch.
I had to stop watching the show because every single time they sit the two of them down in front of the camera it just made me uncomfortable seeing how they interact. I get weird about stuff like that anyway though…so that might explain that part.
But yeah, that guy is definitely miserable. Part of it probably has to do with the fact that he’s probably afraid to even bang her anymore, lest it end up Jon and Kate Plus 14. So that’s got to just add to his misery…
May 21st, 2008 at 3:28 am
I admit I don’t watch it regularly but once I saw her HUGE belly while pregnant and the belly butt after I was loving it. She is a miserable bitch but honestly I would be too with 8 kids, 6 of them being 3 years old. The freaking effort they have to put into just managing a meal is obscene. I have three kids and some days it’s a lot of work.
Thanks for the reminder of how I should be watching that show to thank god every second that my husband had a vasectomy!!!
May 21st, 2008 at 5:09 am
i love this show. it’s fascinating to watch. i love how tender the little kids are with one another (not all the time obviously). it’s so sweet the way they hug and kiss and care for one another.
kate is neurotic and definitely does not treat john that well.
mady is a complete and total bitch.
May 21st, 2008 at 5:50 am
Kate may be neurotic, but come on! She has 8 kids! If she wasn’t totally organized the house and their lives would be a wreck. If Jon was left in charge, mayhem would ensue.
Jon doesn’t hate her. He says all the time about how much he thinks she’s hot!
Speaking of that, did you see the earlier episodes where she got the tummy tuck because her stomach was so stretched out after having the sextuplets?! That was crazy! She called it her butt stomach.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:15 am
She is such a witch to him! I love how he takes it in stride though. Butttttt, it seems now that he is standing up for himself more and saying NO when she aks him to do something! There is most def. a divorce somewhere in their future! Oh and she was not worried about her teeth would look sitting next to him, she was JEALOUS!!!! The kids are lovely though, they are just so sweet to one another (besides Madey).
May 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am
Beet, your observations are right on. I do watch the show, but then I get super irritated because I can’t take all of the crying and screaming. I als can’t take how mean Kate is to Jon. I am married and I have a kid, I can relate a little bit because my daughter is moody just like theirs, but goddamn!
May 21st, 2008 at 8:57 am
Ok I get the whole “she is home with 8 kids all day” argument BUT she has neighbors folding her laundry, nannies all day long, friends on every trip so it’s not like she is there all day ALONE. She’s a raving bitch when he gets home. His “quality” time with the kids is baths and bed. Two things they are not all that fond of, while she does all the playing with them.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:55 am
I have twin boys who are just a little big younger than their sextuplets….and i go NUTS dealing with just the two of them. In Kate’s defense, it must be SUPER hard to deal with all that chaos daily. When you have to plan for so many kids on a daily basis, you can tend to get snappy(total understatement!). I have done it to my husband…but let me tell you…watching the show makes me feel LOADS better about my situation.
Yeah…she’s a bitch….but as they say “you’ve gotta be in this business” and her business is an extrememly busy and nerve-wracking one. The husband has it easy. I know mine does too…sucky as it is.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
lmao @ morning sick… i totally agree with you, i like to watch this with my husband, cus then i get to just say “see? see why she’s mad?” hahaha.. And i don’t have to just say it myself… But yeah, i love the show, and i do think Kate is a bit of a bitch sometimes.. And that Jon either loves her very very much, or he’s just slow… lol..
May 21st, 2008 at 11:43 am
Oh and by the way… I hate Madelyn.. (whatever the spell is..) She is so fucking annoying!…… I can’t stand that girl..
May 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am
Have you seen this Jon & Kate parody? http://tomandtrix.blogspot.com/
May 21st, 2008 at 11:51 am
I absolutly love this show . I have been watching it for at least a year now . But I must say She treats him the way married people are when they have kids . She is a SAHM and he works so she in turn I think is kind of envious that He Gets to leave the house everyday .At least thats how I felt when I was a SAHM . Now the slapping is her Love Taps and he gives me the impression that he likes it .I bet they are pretty Kinky when they are Alone ……
May 21st, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Love this show. They do well being the parents of eight children. If they don’t drop kick them, they have done their jobs. Yes, I’m a mother of two, and I say this with love.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I’m addicted.. the show is like watching a train wreck. So many kids! But I’d be super pissed if I had to ruin my body cranking out 8 kids and every single one of them looked like their father! So TOTALLY unfair!
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Can’t stand her, sorry. Used to watch it but she’s just too much of a bitch.
Instead of all the freebies she’s accepting all the time, maybe she should take some of that hard earned cash her kids are making for her and her husband and get some marriage counseling/take some parenting classes.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I can’t stand bpth of them. Jon is NOT working he quit his job. She is not home alone with them all day. she has nannies twice a week. every other month she and Jon go on tour telling how harad is is. They get a loy of money ffor doing this show. The commerical of stuff around the house Like JUCY JUICE is always shown. She says she is disappointed becasue one of the boys is not perfect her words because he wears glasses. She does not go out on the boys special days. WOW ONCE a year? they get more freebies than most famlies. they are not the only family with sixtuplets. she demanded the state of philadlephia give her a nurse for another year even thought Jon and a host of volunteers were helping her. She has a volujnteer come in and fold the wash. you need to go and read http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3172271&st=1050
this couple begs for every thing. All clothes are free,most toys the same. If they go out is a free meal. I think MAddy is a favorite of TLC the poor kid is ignored. I have seen Cara have lots of melt downs but its very small air time. Kate is always tired. I think she makes work for herself. Like the story she tell when the kids were babies and they need paper towels and some one gave them 250. and then a box of them came. Kate you could haved saved a lot with cloth towels. thats what I use. did you know the house they are in the rug has been changes twice and they are having a mega mansion built for them. Guess that hard earned money some of you are sending them will be put to good use. Also did you notice they are hardly outside in the back yard? there is dirt out there and kate will not let them play in dirt. also they have been reading the site I am on and are changing. these poor kids are always on display. perfect clothes
May 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I love Kate. I think she is so funny. Jon gets her and you can tell they love each other. When she yells he doesn’t take it personaly, he understands she is just venting. She is greata with kids.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I love this show. It is probably my favorite, and yes this is how married people interact. I think I watch it because it is real, and I’m sure a lot of married couples with young children can relate.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I didn’t think jon quit his job, I thought he could work from home with his new job?
May 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I THINK JON’S OUT OF THERE WHEN THOSE KIDS TURN 18!I read all the responses & I didn’t see anyone mention about the fact that Jon DID NOT WANT ANYMORE KIDS after the twins! During the 1st season, they mentioned that, but now they gloss over it. He said that having a family of 4 fit perfectly into everything. But she had to have her way & have one more. I think the kids are cute & fun to watch. But my favorite part is when Jon snaps & tells Kate about herself. I also think that after the first season, when she came off SOOOOO bitchy, that they tried to soften her up & make her seem more human. Which I think is pretty hard to do, because she is absolutely the most demanding, neurotic, bitchy, germiphobe I have ever seen in my life.
I’d love to know how much they make from exhibiting their children. It must be a lot if Jon could quit working (which I did not know). I have to check out that website that Mary talked about.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Note: They have 8 children, they are bound to get a little tense with each other. Yeah, Kate can be overbearing at times but a lot of this is due to editing. If you want to pretend that what happens on reality TV is EXACTLY what is actually happening then I feel bad for you. These people are being recorded 24/7 and it gets filtered down into a one hour show. Do you honestly think they’re going to make shows out of a couple that loves each other and never fights? No, they’re going to take every petty argument from one week and turn it into a show, because that’s where the ratings are.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
My mother and I love this show we watch it together all the time. It’s funny my mother loves Kate and hates Jon she thinks he is a jerk. And I love John and think Kate is a bitch. Well to John anyway. And the kids are the best. The are the cuties kids. But Aaden is by far my favorite
May 31st, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I love this show. My husband says the same thing. He thinks Kate will end up dead sometime and this show will be John’s way out of the klink!!! LOL
She does make me think that if a neuro like her can handle 8, then I should be able to handle one!
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
Coach and who ever else thinks “mady is a bitch” you are all crazy!!!!!! she has her good and bad moments just like any other human!!!!! could you even imagen the stress of having 7 siblings!?! give her a break!!!!!!!
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Reading the comments, I’m surprised to hear so many people think Kate is bitchy and overbearing. I actually thought Jon is somewhat boring, emotionless, and mean. When he reacts to Kate, it makes him look aggressive and short-tempered. But, I can totally see now, how she puts him down a lot. But, I honestly think they get along well, or at least normal. Anyways, I’m loving this show! The kids are SOOOO adorable. I watch only for them. Aaden is such a cutie, with his glasses and small eyes. But, I love all of them. Mady is just a kid, so she’ll be brat sometimes. I think she’s pretty, smart, and very aware of surroundings. She has a quite a personality, making her outshine everyone else.
June 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Okay, Kate is a (nagging) bitch most of the time, from what I see on the show, seems like her way or no way. Mady desparately needs her butt whipped, stomping around, slamming doors, sneaking around hitting the little ones like she’s running something. And Jon, needs to slap Kate or say something in his defense. Most women would be just happy the man stayed around long enough to help take care of all those kids, who, by the way, are absolutely adorable. Its almost like she’s trying to run Jon off, and yet, I cannot stop watching this show. I have seen all the reruns twice or more times. Its amazing how I love this show. I hope it doesnt go off because I want to see them at 13 - 18 I love them, they are too funny.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:23 am
i love this show!!! asian babies are soo adorable
June 5th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
We have this show here in Australia and I watch it religiously. I think Kate is the pants wearer in their family but like most I do reckon it has been edited to pick on her bitchy moments. I have four kids and they seriously do my head in at times and the oldest three are at school. I have one baby and he is hard work but to imagine that times six. No thank you.
I think the focus is very much on the kids so they forget about each other which is done by everyone when you are busy. I bet it wont still be a ratings success when the kids are older and home life isnt so frantic.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! !! !!! !!
i hink that jonh and kate only bicker b/c of all the stress of having eight kids!!!!!
like thats ALOT of kids. can you imagin not ever having peace and quiet unless its late @ nite???!!?!?!!?
i Dont think Kate i ANAL i think she just CONSTANTLY worries about her kids… which isnt bad. they love their kids AND each other!!! !! !!
if you every see when they are just alone there REALLY sweet, and she slaps him like joking… my parents seriously do it ALL the time… LOVESLAP!! HAHA
but I do love the show expecialy Alexis and Aaden!! ! !! ! SOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!
LATER!!!!!!!!!!!
June 5th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
also the strange thing is that even though their life is CRAZY and must be SOOO hard i woulnd mind that mny kids crazy but true !!! !!! !!! !!!
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!
I WATCH IT RELIGIOUSLY… 
IT’S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH LOVE IT>>and i think Kate is a great mom that love jonh but just gets flustered and stressed!!! >:(
June 9th, 2008 at 8:14 am
I do and I forgot what the name of that park is. it is the one when they went on the memorial day picnic
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I love this show! Considering everything Jon and Kate have to deal with, they handle most everything as best they can. I know I would be much worse. I think Kate’s a mom that works hard and makes sure that her kids have what they need. Just feeding them is a full time job and she does a great job at it. I only wish I could be that good at it. The kids are so adorable, but they have gone terribly wrong with Mady and the fact that Kate makes excuses for her. Mady has issues alright, nothing a good spanking wouldn’t take care of. Mady is absolutely hateful to others, but don’t say the wrong thing to her or she goes ballistic. That episode when they were playing dress up and Kate takes Mady to another room and asks Jon to close the door behind him was once again Kate protecting Mady and then Mady came out in a wig and glasses all happy and ready to be the center of attention, but when Cara told her “that’s mine” Mady took off running pitching a fit and then Kate tells Cara “that’s not nice Cara.” Of course, Mady said “Cara hit me” which wasn’t at all true. Yet Mady can violently jerk and grab things away from the lilttle kids and hit them on the head, not to mention lie and there’s no punishment, only excuses. I can’t understand how they let her storm in the door after school and go into the bedroom to watch tv to let her calm down. She has serious anger issues. I loved when they were in Utah and the lady that went with them ran up the stairs after Mady to make her do something. Jon & Kate need to handle Mady a different way because what they are currently doing is not working. I don’t like to watch the show too late in the evening because I find myself going to bed and feeling angry that once again Mady got away with murder. Enough about Mady but I could certainly go on… Again, love the little ones, especially Aaden and Alexis. Too cute for words.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Kate is a jerk. And no, it is NOT “normal” for couples to act like white trash and treat their spouse like crap just because they have some kids and have been married for a while. I am 7 months pregnant with our 5th, we’ve been married for 15 years (since age 18) and we have NEVER treated one another OR our kids with so much disrespect. Stop making excuses for people who are just horrible in general. Kate would find a reason to be a witch with or without those kids, they just give her an excuse. Unfortunately, in many homes today it is COMMON, but it’s NEVER normal!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I really like this show and Kate reminds me as myself omg that’s so weird but either way i love there kids and i love the show
June 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Kate is the epitome of a woman that can effectively start a divorce. So if you’re planning to dump your husband, just imitate Kate.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
If this show rates a lot higher, I’m sure Kate will be the most devilish she is and might even have the illusion that she’s as great as Britney Spears. Shame on her.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Shame on anyone who takes fertility drugs and finds a way to have everyone one, but themselves, pay for their selfish choice. They already had 2 kids. Look at their body language, they can’t stand each other! Free tummy tucks and hair transplants have nothing to do with the poor kids, but only with their own selfish wants. These are very undesirable human beings who percieve anyone who critisizes them as being unhappy. Hah! I have never seen two more miserable people in my life. Lastly, shame on me for watching this dreck… never again.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Wow! Everyone on the page is so quick to judge, and rather harshly I think. To call a seven year old child a bitch and a brat is unreal. Kate and Jon, from what I see are doing the best they can to raise 8 kids. Yes they can lose their temper with eachother, but they are so normal. Everyone loses their temper with kids around, and I have never once seen them handle a child roughly or take discipline too far, which is admirable. Couples fight, and they are in a pressure cooker situation. I think Kate is a great mom who loves her kids and Jon loves them as well. They are a very young couple to have so many children and I do not think many people would do so well as they have. Clearly Kate had a difficult upbringing so to do so without a good family role model is even more impressive. Most importantly the children are sweet and love eachother. They don’t sensor themselves in front of the camera, which is what makes the show so compelling. Anyway, I just think people should give Kate some slack, and why all the criticizing for taking freebies. With a ten person family I would take whatever i could get, little luxuries make life worth living, and if someone wants to give them free juice or a piano, where is the harm?
June 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
i like the show
June 11th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
She talks too much that’s for sure. And even though she keeps saying that it’s arealit show, I think she aways make a show. I used to love the show but could stand her no more.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Kate is such a b - - - -, & so lazy. she alwasy has help with the kids, always bossing & yelling at poorJjon . Jon works & has to come home & do a lot around the house. Poor Jon had to move furniture and lay the carpet & still watch the kids while she was getting her hair done. They also need to get Mady in check, she is so mean to the other kids. always yelling , hiting them. always mad for one thing or another, she is just like her mom Kate. Kate cant even pick out her own clothes.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Poor jon he should kick Kate in the ass she is such a bitch & their daughter Mady is a bitch just like her mom, I would like to c Mady get a good ass wippin. she is such a mean little bitch.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I love this show…the dynamic between the two is more honest than most people would like to portray of themselves. they clearly love each other and their children. they do argue but never do they ever say anything really mean to each other or call each other names even when disagreeing, which is more than most people can say about their own relationships. They both recognize that they are very different, but for them it works. they have eight young children which does create alot of stress, but you can see the love between them all. And anybody who can’t understand that needs a reality check. Kate is a neat freak and uptight, but that doesn’t make her bad she wants what is best for her family. Unlike alot of other parents, she doesn’t curse in front of her children and she promotes respect for each other.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Hey! I’m totally obsessed with the show as well. It’s summer vacation and I watch it all the time. I do think Jon and Kate are in love and I’m sure they have sex. It’s just with the stress of eight children it gets kinda hard to be nice all the time. I love the kids as well, they are so beautiful and adorable. My personal favorite is Aaden (the one with the glasses) and Alexis (the “wild woman”) I love the show because the Jon/Kate relationship reminds me of my mother and father’s relationship, so it’s comedy for me.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am
omg and I totally love when Kate makes them kiss and hug to resolve their problems. Those are some of the cutest momments.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Are you people watching the same show
Leah is banished to basement to sleep ALONE.
if the kids are sick no comfort from Kate she yells at them for making her do more laundry.
the kids are just in underware because they can’t get clothes dirty. they have a big back yard but them are not allowed to paly out there because the will get dirty.
she refuses to go out on the boy outings. she have lots of babysittting, mother helpers, and people to do other work
Jon quit his job Both John and kate go out to different churches to tell thheree s ad stories. Now how many of you have found enough money in your couches and chairs to make a morgage payment.
They get free trips, food, clothes, toys, all other stuff you will see around the house as placement for advetrisements.
Jon does all the work.
she justs sits.
the kids are not allowed to have any fun Disney, crayolo
she hardly feeds them a few grapes and crakers, long naps
she call her boys icky, and gross
she put a little boy who had a high fever and flu in laundry room and closed the door.
she has around 10 of those filthy potties on each of the floors of the house.
then BOTH of them left all 8 kids who had the flu one who had been in bed for 4 days and had not eaten in 3 days for a FREE trip to LA for Jon to get a hair transplant..
would any of you mothers leave you sick kids yeah she left them with thier aunt and uncle who own kids were sick…. No Kate likes the title but not being the mother. (Last episode) Ohh yeah on another site its reported they make 65,000 per episode. They are building a new home.
keep watching you will see its all about KATE. Poor kate
she is never seen playing with her kids only when they make believe for the camera’s
June 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Mary, you hit the nail on the head! But how many thoudsands of people idolize Kate and sympathize with her “hard” life, and they make excuses for her horrible behavior. What a sad, sad mess American’s are in, when they watch the show because it “reminds them of their own homes”. No wonder the kids I teach are so messed up. Parents now think dysfunction is normal. Verbally insulting and abusing your loved ones is the new way of “showing your love”(Kate and Maddy’s love taps). The thing that makes me really sick is that this is being portrayed as someone’s half cocked idea of “Christianity”!!! Puke!!!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:44 am
i am hooked on them! i think they should get a medal! there kids come first, couples with one and two kids are not like them. they should be motivational speakers for people with children. you can tell they will stay togeather of course they love eache other but the children come first. GREAT!!
June 14th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Yes, I must admit, I am slightly addicted to the show.
Also, No DUH Kate is bossy over Jon,and yells alot.
Lets make you take care of eight kids every single day, for years and see how calm and patencet you are.
There are kids screaming, making a mess, refusing to do something, complaining and ugh.
Kate is extremely organized-which is what needs to happen if she wants to have them have a fun childhood. Jon most likely likes it that way, imagine what would happen if Kate died or something? It wouldn’t go smoothly when they went out, they wouldn’t have a fun childhood at all.
So far, they have raised outstandingly well behaved children, and I think they have earned more respect than most people are giving them-esceppelly when those people would scream if they had eight kids to take care of, six at once, eight two days every week- during school at least.
Also, there is money, and their futures. They care very much and put their children first.
They are doing an excellent job, and no doubt about ti those children while grow up wonderfly, and become a successes.
June 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This is horrible.
Kate does a damn good job.
I would LOVE to see you guys take care of eight kids, every day and see how f—ing take it! Would you do it all alone? No! You wouldn’t, people are glad to help and she smartly takes that offer.
She does laundry, she cleans, she cooks, she watches them, she tries to get to know every single one of them, so of course she needs a break once in a while!
She is HUMAN she is not perfect, and neither am I or anyone else here!
It is a good thing they took a break, or else they would not be able to do their jobs.
Oh and I am pretty sure Jon liked switching jobs, he doesn’t exactly hate the kids, he wants to spend time with them to.
Kate is organized, and that is EXACTLY what needs to happen!
Kate is doing a GREAT JOB, she is HUMAN and is doing a better job then most of you could.
Jon and Kate are actually communicating when they are arguing, and when as you might see if you didn’t focus of the tantrums when they are relaxed they talk perfectly nice to each other.
Also, what the fuck is wrong with you, those calling Mady a bitch?
She is Seven! You expect her to be perfect to? No! She is going to have tantrums, she is SEVEN AND is living with seven other children! They all crave needed attione! It is perfectly normal! A basic human needs attione, and to relax every now and then.
Kate could have gotten rid of the kids if she wanted, but did she? No she loves her family, as does Jon.
Kate works hard every single day, trying to make sure everything is going smoothly so they can be happy! She could have gotten an abortion, but No! She loves her family, and Jon? He could leave if he wanted to. Kate could get help with the kids, get a few Nannys, do some advertisements.
Answer me this; How many of you actually take care of eight children, with a camera crew following you around all day? She is doing the best she can, and is proubly doing a whole lot better then most, if any, of you could.
They are all human, as everyone here is. Your the ones with the image that kate her family should be calm and perfect.
So what? She freaks and wants orgainzation with eight kids? Oh no! She is a bitch now!
No.
She and her family are HUMAN.
They have needs that really needs to be fufilled.
They need money,
They need some time to relax.
And they need some attione.
It is only human
June 15th, 2008 at 9:25 am
THEY do not need money. They should stop all the beggining. Its reported they get 65,000 per episode. Jon and kate run around the country every other weekend going and telling thier story and getting money for doing it. What parent would leave 8 children who 6 was sick with the flu. One child had been in bed sick for 3 days and had not eaten. Kate’s brother and sister in law who have 4 kids of thier own (who was also sick) came over to watch the kids while Kate and john left for Jon’s hair trasplant.
who has those germ filmed potties all over the house. those Children should be using the toliet. they NEVER ever wash thier hands. she uses Purel. (gets free for product placement and kates mentions)
she travels with them also. there every where in the house. ok what is with bibs and sippy cups.. those kids are not going to find those in school. They have not let these kids become children they are still todlers.
she has her favorite all the time. Hanna is stuck like glue to her. she does not care for the boys. she never goes with them on special days.
Once a year to take your child out. (yep not being paid for special outing) she said she was so disappointed the AAdain was not perfect because he has to wear glasses. She does not care for boys she has said this calling them icky,gross.
putting a sick child in laudry room on floor , closing the door and forgeting him until jon walked in (when he was working)
all she cared about was laundry that would be have to be done.
I do not understand why she has so much laundry. how many times a day do those kids change? they can’t get dirty because she will not let them.
Relax thats all kate does. she has to much help. If she cared about her family she would kick those camera;s out Jon go back to work and kate go back to work like millons of other people and stop the begging. you do not see other families with muliiples beg. she is not the only one with sextuplets.
I could go on about Jon but i do that later.
June 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
OMG I LOVEEEEE J and K! me and my friends all have our little jokes with them. Like i have a weina! daddys have weinas!! when i saw that i was laughing SO hard! they are so adorable but that lil matie can be … how should i say this…. like a bitch
June 15th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I love this show. Me and my brothers and sister, watch it all the time. We like how cute they are. The funniest episode we saw was when Kate was obsessed with her kids taking a poop! I’m 15, my brother 12, my sister 11 and my youngest brother 6. I still can’t believe how they took all their kids to Disney world. Well at least they’re trying to give their kids a normal life, instead of their kids not being able to do things cause of their big family. I also don’t believe Jon married Kate because of her beauty, it’s just this thing you see when they’re around each other. You could just see fireworks bursting out. Anyways, I think this show is great, because you could just see how their life is, and how hard it is to have eight children, but all the benefits of having that many children. I have one question though, how much money do they get for doing their show? I know it’s none of my business but you must confess it does tackle your mind every now and again!
June 16th, 2008 at 7:29 am
it was posted on another list they get $65,000 per episode. that is what they are gettting to invade thier children’s privacy. Those of you all hate poor Maddy. Maddy is her mother she acts just like kate. when she grows up she will be another kate.
June 16th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
yes i watch it all the time and i love it so much.
June 16th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Seriously, can we all just focus. They are a normal family, if of course, you had eight children and most the same age.
I just want to say that Kate for all she has to do is incredible under all that stress. We all have stress, Kate has it so much over anyone would get like that.
As for the money mentioned, Mary…You try to save money for eight children to go to college in the future for four years or more, cloth and feed them for eighteen years. 65,000.00 is not relly that much.
As much as you all think that jon does not love his wife yes, he does. It is so clear that he really loves his family, but hey you be a Dad of eight childen all wanting your attention! Can you imagine how hard it is for him to leave his family to go to work??
They are an amazing family!
June 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Mary if you don’t like the show stop watching.
June 17th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Two things:
1) It’s possible that Mady is going through a really annoying/obnoxious phase (a long one, granted, but still) and will turn out just fine. Anyone who has children or spends a lot of time with children knows that this is normal. It’s kind of sad that everyone is judging her as if she were a fully realized human being - she’s just a kid with a ton of brothers and sisters. I bet things will turn around for her with time.
2) It’s so obvious that Jon and Kate are crazy about each other. I think that all the people who are criticizing Kate for being a bitch do not have kids. Mothers I know with 2 or 3 kids snap, even the nice, reasonable ones, and when I discuss the show with them they all say that they CANNOT imagine being in Kate’s shoes and they don’t know how she manages not to be a bitch 24/7.
June 17th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
One last thing…the kids are very sweet and considerate to each other, apart from the normal sibling arguments. They enjoy each others’ company and are affectionate and cute with one another. They had to learn this by example for the most part - that is generally how children learn how to treat others, by watching their parents. If Jon and Kate really argued all day long and Kate was always horrible to Jon, the kids WOULD NOT be so sweet and caring to one another.
The way the kids behave is proof that Jon and Kate have a loving relationship, even if it’s not perfect.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! I can’t believe how negative some of you are… get a life and turn the channel but I bet you wouldn’t like whatever is on the next one or the next one or the next one. The people who dish out such negative things should get some serious help to find out why they continue to watch something that they dislike so much. You have the choice to watch whatever you want so please instead of going over detail by detail all the negative things you are pointing out here, please just watch something else that can suit your negative life. Do you hate your own lives so much that you have to put down others??? GET A LIFE
June 18th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Loved the show about Kate and Jon from the start
June 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am
ADORE the show, and all of the participants. I rewatch episodes time and again. The parents are brilliant, empathetic, sympathetic, and incredibly efficient. God really has blessed their family, and I feel privileged to be an observer. You chose a wonderful topic.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Where are the grandparents? Do they live near them?
June 18th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
HI ME IS SAMANTHA
AND AM A MOTHER OF THERE KIDS,THEY BOTH ARE GIRLS
I REALY LOVE YOUR SHOW!!!!I THINK LEAH AND ADDN ARE SO FUNNY
WITH THERS WORDS.I THE THINGS THAT YOU WITH YOUR KIDS,LIKE
WHEN THEY HAVE THERE DAY BY THEM SLEF’S. I THINK YOU KATE,AND JONH MAKE GOOD PREANT’S OF 8!!!
OH,AND KATE,AND JONH YOUR THE NUMBER 1 .
June 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
HI ME NAMEIS SAMANTHA
AND AM A MOTHER OF THERE KIDS,THEY BOTH ARE GIRLS
I REALY LOVE YOUR SHOW!!!!I THINK LEAH AND ADDN ARE SO FUNNY
WITH THERS WORDS.I LIKE THE THINGS THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR KIDS,LIKE
WHEN THEY HAVE THERE DAY BY THEM SLEF’S. I THINK YOU KATE,AND JONH MAKE GOOD PREANT’S OF 8!!!
OH,AND KATE,AND JONH YOUR NUMBER 1 .
June 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
HI,MY NAME IS DOMINICA
i am a mother of FIVE KIDS. i know have 8 kids and i it ceames to me
like i have 8,and some times think i cant whait on till me kid are a
litte big so when i dressing them up i don’t have to be late for work.
I LOVE YOU SHOW!!!!!!!!!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I LOVE YOUR SHOW SO MUCH!!!!!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Did anyone else catch that one of the production crew asked John & Kate when they found out about the multiples, she said 6, no 7…
what is that about, did they loose one early on? (This was a repeat of an early show that was on tonight 6/18)
June 19th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I’m a little tired of this show. How long can you watch Kate being neurotic, controlling and demeaning to her husband. To listen to her go on and on is truly excrutiating. She truly thinks she is ‘it’. Also tired of all the freebies; tummy tucks, hair plugs, vacations, products, etc. It’s all very transparent. They are also getting a nice income from the show along with the book deal and appearances. The show about the little people is just as bad. I put both in the same category. Time to move on!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Jon and Kate plus 8 rocks.
some people need to be a little less negative. Kate is still very pretty. They both talk about how different they were in appearance when they were married they agree they were different. If I had 8 kids my hair woud have gotten short too, its just easier to maintain, and it still looks nice!
If you cant tell they are in Love then i am not sure what show you are watching. so they have arguments, doesnt everyone? and I am pretty sure if you had twins and 6, 3 year olds , you would be yelling at your husband aswell, even for him to hear you over the noise thats in that house. They are both just very open with everything which makes them argue!!!
anyways the show is fantastic and if you dont like then dont watch it!!!!!!
and DAWN I am 99% sure there were 7 and they lost 1……
anyways I love the show and i just hate reading things that are mean and negative towards the family. they dont deserve it….no one does!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:34 am
and i really doubt they get 65000 per episode……maybe per season!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:08 am
I appreciate your enthusiasm for the show, but please, get a hobby. I think you are a little too absorbed in the show. Remember, like many modern day couples of multiples they were on fertility drugs. They knew the chance of another mulitple birth was significant.
I am also bothered by the fact that there is absolutely no inclusion of religion in this show. That tells me the family has no religious foundation at all. I guess Kate’s only worship is herself.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:17 am
It was 7 kids, Still i think kate is so mean & still a fucking bitch. The poor kids can not even have some ice cream, at disney she was sooo mad 1 of the kids spilled ice cream on gersel, what the hell kids spill thhings on them self & get durty , that is normal with all kids. When i was small my dad told my mom let her get dirty & play in the dirt, let her have fun. Kids should be allowed to play, have fun get dirty, they are little kids not little adults eat ice cream & candy once in a while .fucking kate makes a big deal about the shoes they wear. when the kids are outside, she sits on her fat ass & yell at Jon go get the kids , look at what they are doing, dont leave them behind do this do that & she is still sitting on her fat as. she has help all the time, there is always someone helping her. And yes bitchy mady needs as ass kicking for being so mean & a bitch, she is just like kate. Funny how kate does not have a relationship with her parents, she said she does not have a relationshioe with them & would rather not talk about it. WONEDR WHY.