Let’s Talk Jon & Kate

Jon & Kate Plus 8 are like this freaky little guilty pleasure of mine.

At first, when people went on and on about the show, I’d be like: “Uhh, I’m single and in my twenties, why in the world would I watch a show about people in the suburbs with a breeding problem?” Then it sucked me in like a succubus. Damn those adorable kids who are slightly incomprehensible, but adorable nonetheless.

Except Maddy, she’s a she-demon.

So, yeah, I’m totally sucked into their family melodrama, especially now that Jon is caught calling some other woman “babe” and riding off from a bar with her at all hours of the night.  Yeah, Kate’s kind of a bitch, but the show is probably more “reality” than any other reality show I watch, and I’m suspecting that any woman with that many kids would probably be a bit high strung.  I mean, my mom only had one kid, and she’s awesome, but she had her moments. I can only imagine what she’d be like with seven more.

Oh, and let’s just face it, Jon is a wuss.  Seriously, dude, if you feel that downtrodden stand up for yourself, don’t cheat on your wife and kids.

I see a lot of comments on other sites saying that Kate deserves to be cheated on because she’s a bitch. Umm, he married her and I’m guessing there were signs of bitchdom pre-nuptuals… oh, yeah and no one deserves to be cheated on.

Having said that, last night’s season premiere was all sorts of depressing.

Kate actually seemed like a real person with feelings, which made it harder to hate her.  Jon, was wearing way too much hair gel.  There comes a point in life when the gel in the front, balding in the back look has got to go. Oh wait, that’s all the time.

The show was sweet and cute when they were a family with adorable toddlers just trying to find their way.  Now, it seems like a show about marriage counselling and a family unravelling and that’s just uncomfortable and depressing.

Part of me feels like the show has never been more interesting… yet, for the sake of the people involved (and basically I mean the kids), I feel like they need to kick the camera crew out and learn how to be a family without public scrutiny. Of course, that could be rough seeing as how neither of them have jobs and the majority of their income comes from the kind people over at TLC.

You know you watched it… so what are your thoughts on Jon & Kate?

Time to call it quits or bring on the drama?