It's all over the news, at least in the “Jon & Kate” world, that TLC is suing Jon and Jon is counter-suing TLC…or something like that. It really doesn't matter who is suing whom.
So I wasn't surprised that in Monday's penultimate (a fancy word for second to last) episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the show was edited to portray Jon Gosselin in the worst possible light.
The episode, titled “Broken Dreams, Broken Promises, Broken Episodes” included footage shot over the past nine months that were going to be parts of various episodes, but were never aired for a variety of reasons; the main one being that the show's ratings are in the toilet.
I can just envision Kate and the TLC executives chuckling and editing the footage to depict Jon as lazy and irresponsible and Kate as a burgeoning rock star. Now I am certainly not defending Jon or his actions over the past year. But last night's show was so one-sided that it can be compared to Fox News coverage of an Obama health care speech.
(OK, I will try and be fair and balanced. Last night's show was so one-sided that it can be compared to MSNBC coverage of a Sarah Palin press conference. Everyone happy?)
The two most anti-Jon segments (which I am sure Kate's lawyers will try and enter as evidence if their divorce somehow goes to trial), were one called “Dog Training” and one called “Soccer and Swimming.”
In the former, Kate says “I kind of left it (the dog training) to him and not a lot of training occurred,” implying that it was Jon's laziness that led to the family having to return the two German Shepherds to the kennel. Kate added “It takes a whole lot of work, energy, training and time…and as the dogs got bigger they got worse.”
There were also shots of Jon manning the electronic dog collars for the dogs followed by Kate (probably auditioning for her inevitable talk show) then quipping “maybe we should have used a collar for other people.”
In the “Soccer and Swimming” segment Kate complained that Jon doesn't do “projects” with the kids, followed by a shot of Maddy whining “I don't want to play with Daddy.” Kate added that “he is on the phone a lot.” Cut to a shot of one of the little girls begging Jon for a Popsicle, while he ignores her and texts on his cell phone. Kate then asserted that Jon's phone usage involves calls to “friends,” while when she is on the phone it involves work.
There was also a rather lengthy shot of Jon yakking it up with the evil paparazzi while the kids wanted to go swimming.
Moreover, to demonstrate how popular Kate is with her fans, there was a segment titled “Book Tour” that showed her speaking before a cheering throng at a Southern Women's Conference in North Carolina and later at a book signing where one couple admitted to standing in line for 12 hours to finally meet their idol!
Finally we all saw how big Kate's heart is, as she prepared dinner for the families at the Ronald McDonald House, and later announced that “dinner is served from ‘Jon and Kate Plus Eight'…minus Jon.” Of course the TLC crew laughed at all of her quips.
So now only one episode remains, and supposedly it will include both Jon and Kate together, and according to a report in the NY Post, this “sitdown” will "provide new insights on their recent life events" and forecast "what the future holds for them and their eight children.”
I hope things turn out better than Michael Corleone's “sitdown” with Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey in “The Godfather.” Watch out Jon if Kate excuses herself to go to the bathroom!
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