Recently, Jon and Kate, of Jon and Kate plus 8, have faced more scrutiny than their jolly TLC family show has ever seen before. Criticism has ranged from claims that the show exploits the children’s cuteness to tabloid ninjas throwing daggers at Kate for her nagging ways and portraying Jon as an unsatisfied, glorified frat boy forced to chug beer with college volleyball players.
I have to admit, this saddens me, but does not surprise me. Not only does Jon perpetually look like he’s thinking, “seriously? this is my life. seriously??” but Kate acts equally disgusted with his inability to keep up. Still, their banter made every squabbling couple go, “aww,” and think for a second that they too have that adorably annoying partner in life, that very special bond also known as, relations of convenience and resignation. Moral of the story: If God really told you to have 8 kids before you were 30 and sell your soul as well as those of your children to the devil known as reality tv, I hope He attached the # of a good shrink and a bottle of Xanax to that memo because that quicksand’s not letting go any time soon.
