“The Orlando Sentinel’s” TV Critic, Hal Bodeker posted on his blog tonight that Jon and Kate Gosselin have been living apart for two years. TWO YEARS! Not the 4-6 months they have both mentioned on their show. This makes me mad.
That makes their Hawaiian wedding renewal ceremony a big, fat fake. The photos of them dressed all in white with beautiful Hawaiian leis around their necks, fake. Adorable, happy children dressed in matching outfits, fake. Smiles all around, fake. Fake, fake, fake.
I know it’s reality TV and I shouldn’t trust it, but I fell for it. I didn’t watch the show very often, but guess that I watched it enough to care. I believed what I saw. I felt it was a real portrayal of a young family dealing with how to cope with eight children. I wanted to get tips on how to organize my own family life.
Now, I find out it’s a “ruse” as Hal says.
*UPDATE*
Thanks Slopez for commenting and letting me know that Hal updated his blog with corrected information from the Associated Press — Jon and Kate were living apart for two weeks not two years.
So, maybe I won’t be quite as mad about the reality of the show not being real, but I still think the wedding was a poser. I think it was probably TLC’s idea to have them renew their vows and they did it for the fanfare and the trip to Hawaii.
ABOUT ALICIA: Alicia is the founder of Balancing Motherhood.com. Last year, she managed to stay sane while completing an MBA, working full-time, blogging, and still baking amazing birthday cakes — all while raising a young family at home.
fidget says
that was my first thought as soon as I saw they had been living apart for 2 years: FAKE renewing of vows- wow. That’s just SAD
Chris says
TLC needs to seriously consider this error. Although we paid nothing (except our cable billls) to watch the show, they let us believe that this show was something other than what it really was and called it reality. That is not reality that is a lie. TLC committed a hoax at the least and at worst, intellectual fraud.
Not only does this show need to end, TLC’s brand in my opinion will now ALWAYs be suspect because how can I know that what I’m seeing isn’t contrived.
Sad for Jon and Kate, Shame on TLC. Maybe they should hire James Frey (million little pieces) to run the network.
Slopez says
Hal’s updated with a correction; that it was 2 weeks, not 2 years. That I can handle; but if it is 2 years I would feel very, very betrayed! I was just sick watching the “announcement” show — it just really shocked me when Jon said “I’m EXCITED and sad (or hurt or something…). That was just so telling — this guy can’t handle the responsibility that comes with being a husband and father – he’s “excited” that he’s “free” and can build a new life: GROW UP buddy! People get “excited” when they finally make a decision to leave a job they hate, but to be “excited” about leaving your children is sad, sad, sad!