<p>How incredibly tacky for Jodi and Kevin to grant an interview like that. It’s become a contest of who stoops to the lowest level. They accuse Jon and Kate of seeking fame; well what are they doing by going public with this?</p>
<p>Many people think they did it to put an end to the fiasco. To avoid the train wreck from getting any worse. The interview looks painful for them. </p>
<p>Bottom line for me: what a stressful home those kids must be living in. And it sound like it’s nothing new.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s tacky. They love the kids and want the parents (especially Kate) to put an end to the charade. Aunt Jodi was such a big part of the kids lives but she too was pushed away because of Kate’s control issues. It’s obvious that Jodi and her husband are pained about the situation but perhaps this is their last try to get through to Kate. They understand how important her public image is to her and they may feel that by bringing this to the public’s eye, Kate will finally listen to reason. </p>
<p>I don’t find this tacky. I interpret it as a desperate and final attempt by Kate’s brother and Aunt Jodi to get through to Kate. Their heart is in the right place.</p>
<p>As I’ve said, I’ve never seen the show, but this video of the brother and sister-in-law is awful. Why are they carrying Jon’s water, making accusations about his sister and the body guard. They need to all crawl under a rock.</p>
<p>I predict that this is not going to end well at all, Kate is now saying that she doesn’t believe Jon. It’s not an unsurmountable thing to overcome infidelity, but in the public eye like they are…I doubt they stand a snowball’s chance. Unfortunately for those beautiful kids :(</p>
<p>We’ve certainly seen lots of opportunities over the last couple of years to see if so-called ‘public pleas’ encourage celebrities to get help, and it never works. Why do they think this will?</p>
<p>Those poor children. An ordinary family can perhaps heal in private and get things back together, or find a solution that puts the kids first. These poor kids are out in the world and will be hearing things, seeing the press… so sad.</p>
<p>I think she needs Dr.Phil for her control issues. I can totally believer her brother and sister b/c there is enough anecdotal evidence in the episodes she freaks out alot.</p>
<p>Was it really so traiblazing (I don’t think that’s a word, oops) for her to graduate from college? My great great grandmother, who was born a slave, graduated from college in the 1800s. That seems a lot more trailblazing to me.</p>
<p>I am always so impressed when people my age have moms who graduated from college. My mom was the HS class of 1950. The third of 7 children. Raised in poverty. Sons 1 & 2 quit school at 16 to join the Navy. A guy wanted to marry Mom when she was 16 and her parents tried to pressure her into it (one less mouth to feed). It was a major accomplishment for her to graduate from high school. Of the seven kids, only one has a college degree and that was due to VA benefits after the Vietnam war.</p>
<p>Of my dad’s siblings, there are 2 college graduates out of 6.</p>
<p>The amazing thing is, the lack of a college graduation continued to my generation. On my dad’s side of the family, out of 22 grandkids, 4 college grads. About the same with my mom’s family.</p>
<p>BTW why does she need a body guard? How can 1 bodyguard protect 9 people (if she was with kids). She needs one, but Jon doesn’t? How serious could any threat be? If it is serious enough that she needs one, but the kids and Jon don’t than you got to know she is ticking people off.</p>
<p>My dad’s uncle graduated from college as did several of his older relatives. My kids didn’t even realize college wasn’t compulsory until they were in middle school or so. </p>
<p>I’m impressed that
That is indeed trailblazing!</p>
<p>I do feel for “reality show” kids because they have no choice in the matter and their lives are so public. Part of the issue is many families are unreasonably large with no means of support other than pandering to the public and in essence being a public charity in the name of “entertainment” or by direct/indirect funding and services if there are insufficient resources to raise the kids/family.</p>
<p>When j&K+8 first aired, Kate was a very different person. The new tLC show should be called “How vanity and greed ruined a family.” I feel for those kids, who never had a normal life. The thing that bothers me most is how Jon and Kate traveled to all those churches asking for love offerings - I’m sure most of that was Kate’s idea. I think Aunt Jodi would be a good person to raise these poor kids. I don’t think Jon or Kate are fit parents.</p>
<p>I keep thinking about an episode where she states that she wanted more kids after the twins and Jon didn’t but he relinquished. I wonder if relinquished and wanted to have more kids or just did it to shut her up!</p>
<p>That to me is sad, thinking that she forced him into having more kids, and I just can’t imagine the resentment that he might have towards her for doing this to him. It also kind of explains why you never see him bonding with the younger ones. I am not criticizing him, I am just saying it’s hard to be a good dad when you didn’t want to be one in the first place</p>
<p>I just watched the interview with Kate’s brother and sister in law. Jodi looks like she is fighting away tears during the entire interview. This interview was not done so they can also be famous - you can see that they are sincere and want the best for those kids. Kate drove her brother and sister in law away from these poor kids - just like she drove away every other family member. It makes me sick to think of Kate going on so many talk shows this week - portraying herself as the perfect mother.</p>
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