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I told myself I wasn't going to watch the "Jon & Kate Plus 8" season premiere Monday night, and I didn't. But, I couldn't resist much longer. Thank goodness it was on Tuesday night, too.
The show was every bit as depressing as the previews made it look. Quite a bit of the hour-long special showed seperate interviews with Jon and Kate, sitting by themselves on the couch. The interviews were interspersed with scenes getting ready for and throwing the sextuplets their fifth birthday party.
The tension and animosity is clear throughout the entire show. Jon and Kate barely talk to each other. In fact, I think the only times one spoke directly to the other were when Jon asked Kate about a bouncy castle for their kids' birthday party, and when Kate snapped at Jon to take off his sunglasses for the family photo. Watching the show basically is watching a marriage teetering on the edge of divorce.
I feel for both Jon and Kate. Jon talked about how he quit his job to stay home with his kids and, though he loves his kids (it's obvious when you watch the show), I think he feels a lot of resentment, especially since Kate gets to jet-set around the country. I expect some stay-at-home moms have those feelings too when their husbands go to work. I think Kate is looking too much at how much she has to do and not really realizing how tough it is for Jon — even though, as she points out, he does have help. He still doesn't get to have his own job or his own life anymore. He's staying at home with eight kids, and he's on TV all the time. Earth to Kate! That's not an easy job.
Meanwhile, I think Jon is a little bit too laid back and naive for his own good. I'll go ahead and take him at his word that he didn't cheat on Kate, but he was quite naive to think that the media wouldn't latch onto him going out with female friends late at night without his wife. That was a boneheaded move on his part, and Kate has the right to be angry about it. She must be incredibly embarrassed to have everyone in America thinking that her husband is cheating on her, especially considering how incredibly hard the tabloids have been on her.
I think the pair needs some serious marriage counseling if they want to stave off divorce. Their marriage may be able to weather this storm, but only if they get some professional help. And here's the clincher — it needs to be away from the cameras and away from the kids. Jon and Kate need to reconnect without any other distractions, and get back to the heart of their marriage if they even want to have a chance to survive this with their marriage intact.
I hope they do, because it's sad to watch their marriage collapse on TV, especially with eight adorable children who will be affected if their parents split.
Did you watch the "Jon & Kate Plus 8" season premiere? What did you think? What should Jon & Kate do to save their marriage? Is it even salvageable?
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