Jon and Kate Plus Eight Gets Nasty: Aunt Jodi Tells Her Side
August 23rd, 2008 by Evil BeetYou guys may or may not have noticed, but a certain page of this blog has, in the past months, somehow become a de facto discussion board for Jon & Kate Plus 8 fans (and critics). If you don’t believe me, click here and read the comments.
A popular point of discussion over there is a blog called Truth Breeds Hatred, which is supposedly written by the sister of Aunt Jodi, who is married to Kate Gosselin’s brother. If you watch the show, you know that Aunt Jodi was very involved in the first seasons of the show, basically bending over backwards to accommodate Kate’s every babysitting need — sometimes watching all eight of the Gosselin kids, overnight, in addition to her own four children. For free! And then when she didn’t show up in the most recent season, people started suggesting that Kate was bitter because Jodi’s patient and kind mothering skills were making Kate look awful in comparison, and also noting that the producers offered to pay Jodi for appearing on the current season — she had been doing all of this shit for free up until then — but that Kate put her foot down, said “no one gets paid for this show except our family” and booted Aunt Jodi out of the kids’ lives.
The Truth Breeds Hatred blog discusses all this from an insider’s perspective — confirming the rumors and basically painting Kate as the most horrid, despicable, selfish person on the planet. But was the blog really written by Jodi’s sister? Were the things she said about Kate actually true?
Today, Truth Breeds Hatred ran a video clip of Jodi, who seems genuinely crushed by how Kate betrayed her, and confirming that her sister does write the blog, and that it’s the truth.
I kind of hate how fascinated I am to watch all this play out, but I really do love it.
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Hi Maris and Julie,
The interview with Hailey wasn’t much…I think it is being done only for ‘a cash flow’ since Jon cannot do interviews because of his TLC contract. I think they are doing it for a shock value to keep people interested. Honestly….what woman would get on national TV and trash the man she supposedly loves? You guessed that one right away without even seeing it Maris.
Ok, what is this show that is suppose to be on tomorrow night “Kate, Her story”? Not another poor me interview I hope.
yeap I bet , its going to be . oh woo is me , poor Kate, Pity Party. Isnt she gone yet?
that was me Julie who said that I dont know why it went anonymous? hahah … :p
I hear now that Jon and Hailey are taking some time off from one another… And Jon has already done interviews bashing TLC so I don’t see what a few more are going to hurt. They are already started to take him to court.
http://www.chattertonguegossip.com/2009/11/jon-gosselin-and-hailey-glassman-break-up/
Oh on people.com there is a bit of kates interview tonite , and it IS a woo is me party…. she turns it ON! .. blah!!!!
AWWWW Poor Kate. LOL Thought I would say it now for her since I am sure I won’t feel it when I see her drama tonight (although it should be funny to watch)
Haven’t we all been listening to poor Kate stories for months now. Do we really need another?
I do agree with Jon going to ‘a man of the cloth’ for help. What more of a nuetral person to speak too…but I disagree that it was televised and people were charged $20. to attend-it kind of looks as if it too were for the media’s enjoyment and not for mental healing. It should have been behind closed doors and private. I am sure the media would have found out and he could have still had the publicity without seeking it.
Enjoy the show tonight ladies (and Big Daddy) I plan to have a roaring fire and a cocktail for this one.
I think she was retaining water.
I read abit on people.com , same old crap from her .. at least she admitted what she did to Jon all those years and it was captured on tape!
Kate, has caused all of these problems. You don’t treat people the way Kate did, and not pay the price. A very high price I’d say. She has eight beautiful children, and she is responsible for destroying the family, not John. He is just stupid and can’t grow up.
Julie and Maris,
Have you guys heard that all this excitement for the past year with the Gosselins might be all fake just for ratings and attention. Something like the balloon boy. I read it somewhere (and can’t remember where).
rachel, Im not lieing but I thought it two days ago! I never head anything about it but almost posted it to you . I almost said what if this is all a joke and they get back together and the ratings are higher than ever and they can demand more and more money! I swear in my life I thought it a couple of days ago. I almost screamed when I read your post!!! IF it is true , I really feel sorry for those kids! rachel , try to remember where you heard or read it…. :)
I dont know why it went thru my head but it did.. what if this is just an act and they get back together and it was all planned out ?
Wow, Julie that’s weird!!! I can’t imagine them doing this because they will serve some time like balloon boy’s parents. But on the other hand it does make some sence. The Hawaii show with Kate repeating her self that mommy and daddy will stay together forever. Then the sudden breakup. Now Jon is breaking up with his soul mate and Kate is talking kind words about Jon???? Too weird.
have always thought kate was too bossy ,treated jon like he was a severant or hired hand, her body gaurd, leaving jon behind to take care of the kids and house to travel. she treated him not like an equal.
If they get back together, it’ll be because TLC and Kate twisted Jon’s arm until he said uncle, NOT because they really love each other and this was all a stunt. Nope, can’t buy that one. Now, I think there may be a slim possibility that Jon may be deluded or desparate or depressed enough by now to agree to give it another go with Kate, but I don’t believe it’ll have that “happily ever after” fairy tale ending and I don’t believe it’ll have huge ratings if they continue to film themselves. It’s true that people morbidly like to rubber-neck at accidents on the highway, but not a lot of them park their cars at the scene so they can continue to study it in every bloody detail…