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By MOLLY DAVIS
I’m a bit put off with TLC.
Why?
Their decision to continue filming the train wreck that is “Jon and Kate Plus 8” after everything that has happened.
It seems to me what once was an adorable endeavor has now turned into a money machine.
Yes, it’s the network’s highest-rated show.
But at what price?
The destruction of a family?
If you read all the gossipy blogs, it seems that mama bear Kate is the driving force behind keeping the show alive.
Which means she’s ignoring the obvious impact it has and will continue to have on her cubs.
I’m curious how TLC will incorporate Jon’s supposed cheating ways and the possible pending divorce drama into the reality nightmare.
What, is she going to sit on that oversized chair and actually be civil to Jon?
She never has in the past, so I guess this season won’t be any different.
The usual boring, harmless questions they answer, such as “How was the recent trip to the dentist?” or “How many loads of laundry do you do a week?” now seem silly with everything else that’s gone down in their world.
Some new question suggestions?
Field these, Gosselins:
“So, Kate, are you still banging your bodyguard?”
“Jon, tell us about the 23-year-old hanging out at your house in a bikini. Did she spend time with the kids while there?”
It won’t shock me if Kate pulls out a shiv and scalps those awful hair plugs of Jon’s.
But that would be hypocritical.
Have you seen Kate’s new beaver-tail-in the-front-porcupine-in-the-back do?
What on earth is going on there?
Yes, I digress.
I honestly feel TLC is enabling the downfall of a family for monetary gain.
And if I were one of the elite eight, when I hit 18, I would turn on my parents and sue them for squandering the money that I earned by being exploited every week.
Karma’s a b—-.