Unfaithful Jon minus wifezilla Kate equals canceled show

By: Danielle Torralba

Posted: 5/13/09

Before social networking sites devoured humanity, reality television shows captured people's attention.

Shows such as "The Real World" and "Road Rules" were the legal substances viewers chose to become addicted to.

The first step to coming clean is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, I am going to stand up and admit I have TLC addiction.

"The Learning Channel," the little catchphrase the network likes to attach to its name, has me hooked to its string of shows, such as "What Not to Wear," "Take Home Chef," "Take Home Handy Man," "10 Years Younger" and, of course, the infamous "Jon and Kate Plus 8."

With the recent news of Jon's alleged infidelity, I must say that I am still on "team Jon."

After listening to Kate's interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," it's clear that Kate is more comfortable with her family's celebrity lifestyle.

In her transcript with King, she said, "I feel that Jon is having difficult times realizing that, you know, you can't go to the grocery store without people whipping out their cell phones, calling everyone they know and taking pictures of you. He is dealing very poorly with it."

With this comment, it sounds as if she is sending out a public service announcement to Jon and the rest of America that if he doesn't shape up, he can ship out.

If we rifle through the episode archives, we can clearly see that marriage to Kate is no cakewalk.

It is understandable that after bearing eight children - a set of twins and a set of sextuplets - you are not going to be the most favored mom at the PTA.

In season one, episode six: "Shopping for Ten," Kate pretty much humiliates Jon inside a toy store by snapping her fingers at him to come and meet her in line.

I honestly do not believe a man that has that short of a domestic leash could have an alleged affair and not have been caught sooner.

If this so-called scandal were to happen to any other ordinary horn-dog Joe Schmo, his dirty laundry would have been hung, dried, fluffed, folded and put away already.

In a more recent episode, after the Gosselins move into their new home, Kate sends Jon to the hardware store for some home improvement supplies, and like the obedient, Kate-fearing husband that he is, he goes ... but forgets her coveted coupons.

Cue the shrilling of the shrew.

When Kate learns of his "frivolous" shopping, she, like usual, rips him a new one.

With all of the controversy and rumors that are being spread about Jon, I can see that it might look suspicious.

For example, take a look at the pictures of his late-night

socializing with college girls. But attempting to cheat under America's watchful eye is quite difficult to do.

Cheating, whether it is from either party, cannot be justified, especially now that Kate is under fire for alleged infidelity too. The world is now trying to crumble their cookie-cutter image.

I might sound like I am standing on top of my "team Jon" soap box, but in all honesty, there are eight little people who are being affected by this controversy.

With the widely known statistic of the country's divorce rate at 50 percent, why would we contribute to failing families all across America?

I don't want to see a spin-off on TLC in the near future called "Jon minus Kate plus 8 (only every other weekend and select major holidays.)"