The Jon and Kate saga is now down to the eight little ones, an issue we've all been dreading ever since this whole problem started. With the Gosselin parents being in court most of the time, the pressure was bound to take its toll on the Jon and Kate Plus 8 children. Unless of course this is another ploy for Kate to stay on the tabloids since Jon's been hogging headlines these days. Well, probably not.
On an interview with Vanity Fair, the mom of eight revealed that her eight kids have been "acting out" more and more. From the divorce to the cancellation of their reality show, things have just kept falling apart. Even so, Kate believes that it's all a phase that her brood will get over soon. We doubt it.
"I'm trying to give them the grace to see, if they're acting out of line, I'm trying to look deeper into why that is," she says in the article. "Why the kids are acting out. Cause it's all inter-related. I mean, they don't see it, but it's all interconnected."
The children's misbehavior can easily be attributed to the see-saw life they've been exposed to given their parents. They're just not used to having simply one of them around, and Kate even admits that the kids miss their father.
"They say they miss him," the Gosselin matriarch explained. However, she still wouldn't give the whole sentiment to Jon. "I imagine they say the same thing when I'm away," she added.
Part of their "acting out," Kate went on, is how they reacted to finding out that
Kate Plus 8 will no longer be filmed for now. It was already a significant aspect of their routine, it seems.
"Over the weekend I told [the kids] that we're not filming at this point," she declared. "And actually, times eight, there was wailing and sobbing. They love our crew, they love the interaction, they love the events. There is nothing harmful about it. They are angry."
Kate Gosselin also defended herself against those who claim their TLC show is a means to take advantage of the kids. "The ones claiming we are exploiting our children are the ones exploiting our children!" she said.
We know it's not easy, but maybe Kate should just stop putting the blame on people and keep working on her kids' condition. Surely we'd all appreciate that.
-Maria Gonzalez, BuddyTV Staff ColumnistSource:
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