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By MOLLY DAVIS
It’s separate couches for Jon and Kate.
On Monday night, the Gosselins announced they are splitting.
I was not surprised.
Neither was anyone else, because People magazine broke the story about 7 hours before the show aired.
The papers were filed on Monday in Montgomery County.
Of course, they waited until the day of the one-hour special show to file.
Did they do that for ratings?
It would seem so – people won’t rubberneck – I mean, tune in – if the show is a drama-free zone.
I’d hoped the big announcement was going to be that the show was ending.
No such luck.
And although the estranged couple claimed they “don’t hate each other,” they took some swipes at each other.
Jon: “I don’t hate her, BUT…”
Kate weighed in that “Jon won’t talk to me” with a sneer.
Earth to Kate!
He won’t talk to you because you talk AT him, not TO him.
The back biting was comparable to a tween mean girl with a grudge.
During their separate interviews, Jon seemed relaxed.
Feet up, reclined, and rockin’ diamond studs, sideburns, skull T-shirt and sporting chucks.
Kate’s tanned gams were greasier than Gwyneth Paltrow’s on Letterman, although she looked a bit more tense.
Both have undergone major outward changes, but have remained the same inside.
Therein lies the problem.
You can alter your appearance, but not your personality.
Kate seems OK with the spotlight – Jon is not.
He is passive; she is aggressive.
Neither should be miserable, and this is probably the best possible outcome.
People who say they should get counseling and try to work it out should mind their own business.
It happens, people, and no amount of religion or couples therapy can fix a broken relationship.
Period.
They are intelligent people, and obviously exhausted their options as far as their union is concerned.
No one should stay together for the wrong reasons, and “for the children” is the most overused statemtent in the English language.
They bother deserve to be happy, and if it’s not with each other, so be it.
Now Jon can talk freely.
No more being interrupted by Kate’s obtrusive hand in front of his face mid-sentence.
And he is excited to “only be 32 years old.”
He may be starting his pimp/player days a bit late in the game, but he has pierced ears and hair plugs, so he’s all set.
I don’t know many women who are enthused to be a stepmom to eight kiddies, but go for it.
Throw into the mix that he’s unemployed, is supposedly a cheater, and you’ve got the man of your dreams!
What a catch.
Jon seemed relieved.
Kate had tissues.
I switched over to Team Kate for a few minutes during the episode.
She seemed genuinely upset, and although she is a bossy nightmare, I don’t relish seeing her in pain.
The special also focused on the kids (surprise) getting crooked play houses.
Now the kids have a place to retreat when the tension in the big house gets out of hand.
They can thank the show’s sponsors for their sanity.
The brood all voiced that they wanted to live in their new “homes.”
I don’t blame them.
Because Jon and Kate are going to “share” their current abode.
The arrangement will be whomever has the kids will stay in the house, and the other parent will have to vacate the premises.
If Kate had it her way, Jon would be staying in the dog house, or maybe in Cara’s Haunted Crooked house in the backyard.
So both will have their swingin’ single pads.
Maybe they should rename it “Jon and Kate Sharing 8.”
This is show biz, and reality TV must go on.