As I reported yesterday, the Gosselins have filed for divorce.  If you missed it, here are all the clips that you’d probably want to see  where they discuss how it all went wrong (start at the 7:00 mark on the first clip).  Jon cops to being too passive in the marriage and you can tell that he’s totally already picked out the inevitable two-seater convertible.  Kate looks like she’s definitely trying to appear sad and I suspect has already picked out her out-for-blood attorney.

Needless to say, Kate’s brother Kevin Kreider and wife Jodi raced to RadarOnline.com to share their opinion of the episode and to urge viewers to stop watching.  “We’re just so heartbroken and sad about the announcement they made… an announcement that could be so life-shattering for a young child. It was used to gain ratings without any regard for my nieces and nephews.”  You can watch the entire interview — where they discuss the announcement that could be so life-shattering for their nieces and nephews — here.

Now, TLC has announced its decision to halt production on Jon & Kate Plus 8 until August.  Due to the couple’s “marital turmoil” there is not enough film footage to put together new episodes.  Though the ratings have been steadily spiraling downward, they have 34 more episodes to tape to fulfill their obligation for the season.

The good news is that they now have two months to do all sorts of separate and filmed activities with their brood so that there will be new episodes ready by the end of summer.  I’m thinking “The Kids Help Daddy Pick Out Furniture” and “The Kids Tell Mommy All About Daddy’s New Friend” would be great topics for new episodes.

See after the jump if you want to know what tonight’s big announcement is on tonight’s Jon & Kate Plus 8.

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As Beet told you yesterday, the Gosselins have an important announcement to make.  It’s a forgone conclusion that they’re announcing their divorce despite the fact that Jon still wears his wedding band while sparking up his mysterious looking cigarettes.  God, they are really keeping this sham going right until the bitter end.  Oh, and I’m warning everyone right now, if their “important announcement” is that they’ve decided to separate, you can’t even prepare yourself for the fit I’m going to pitch.  They’ve been separated for months and months.

Now, a Gawker reader reports, “I was at my friends apt at trump towers on 66th and riverside blvd….. we were in her apt… then left to go to dinner… in the hallway was the realtor of the building and she was with JON from jon and kate plus 8. It was CLEARLY him. He had bloodshot eyes. We all rode the elevator together. He was looking at an apt on the 8th floor.”  Was Jon Gosselin really apartment hunting at Trump Towers in…Manhattan?  I understand that Jon is really checked out and just wants to smoke joints and screw college girls, but would he leave the area where his eight kids live to move to New York City?  Is this the only place where he could find an apartment large enough to house all the cameras necessary to film his weekend visits?  Will I be able to tolerate Kate’s weekly, “I’m here.  I’m doing this.  He’s not.  I do everything for my kids,” tirades any longer?  When the divorce is final, will there be a new show titled Kate & a Date Plus 8?  Jon Movin’ On Without His Spawn?

So.  Many.  Questions.  Monday night can’t come soon enough.

As Wendie reported yesterday, ratings for Jon & Kate Plus Eight are nose-diving after a huge initial premiere. What to do now? Make a big announcement, apparently.

“Jon and Kate Gosselin have an announcement.”

Those are the words that appear on the screen in a new TLC promo for a one-hour Jon & Kate Plus Eight special episode, airing Monday (9 p.m. ET).

In the spot, Kate Gosselin says, “Recently, we’ve made some life-changing decisions — decisions that will affect every member of our family, ones that we hope will bring each of us some peace.”

The stirring spot, which also flashes phrases like “A family in turmoil” and “A relationship at a crossroads,” first aired Wednesday night on TLC.

Wow, are they really going to drop the “we’re divorcing” bomb so early? I thought TLC had signed up for 40 episodes of this season. You’d think they’d draw this out a little longer. Or maybe TLC is just trying to strike while the iron’s hot, and J&K are still infuriating Paris and Lindsay by being on the cover of every damn magazine. You’re driving Lindsay Lohan and your husband to drink, Kate!

Meanwhile, Gawker Stalker spotted Jon in Manhattan this morning, sporting a diamond stud in his ear and smoking a cigarette. Sa-weet!

I’m sure you all caught last week’s video of Kate Gosselin denying water to Mady before a live, televised interview. But did you see the incredibly awkward interview that followed? The one where Kate practically bitch-slaps Alexis, who is busy murdering Joel (or is that Colin?), and then Mady says she likes her dad better than her mom and then announces that she hates the sextuplets? And the interviewer has absolutely no idea what to do with the whole mess, despite being a mother herself? No. Well, it’s above.

Why anyone would choose to put all these eight children in a live interview situation is a total mystery to me.

Thanks Tako!

Prayers are answered!  I think I can officially stop talking about the controlling clown car uterus and her passive-agressive lap dog — you know – The Gosselins.

When the Jon & Kate Plus 8 season 5 premiere aired, it brought in 9.8 viewers.  Sure, there was a curiousity factor in the first week which definitely helped them get to that number.  However, the numbers have dropped way off.  June 8th’s episode brought in 4.3 million, and this week’s just 2.9. 

America’s over it.  We don’t want to watch unhappily married people who are contractually prohibited from announcing their intention to divorce.  The economy sucks.  We want happy!

It’s over, folks.  Not just your marriage, but your show, too.

GASP!

Paparazzi captured some footage of Kate Gosselin spanking daughter Leah. It hit the Internet tonight. This should give the Gosselin’s some of that publicity they’ve been so sorely lacking.

I know I should be outraged or something, but at this point I’m just so over being mean to Kate Gosselin. The story’s been overplayed, like that Flo Rida track about a girl going down. (Is anyone else so over that song?) I’m just ready for the media hype to die down and for these kids to get a little peace and quiet in the midst of their parents’ divorce. I know that’s not going to happen anytime soon, but pics like this don’t help. I mean, really, what were you thinking doing this in public, Kate? What did you think was going to happen?

You can watch a snippet of the video from The Insider’s teaser here.