Question by Paradox: Jon and Kate Plus 8 new house — what do you think?
Here are pictures of their new house:
http://tv.popcrunch.com/jon-and-kate-plus-8-new-house-photos-gosselins-without-pity-sound-off/
I haven’t kept up with the show for the past few months, but I had heard they moved into a new house. So I looked it up and this is what I see. I was shocked — and disgusted frankly. I used to LOVE the show because they seemed so down to earth and like a real family living in amazing circumstances. But now they seem like a huge sell-out — exploiting their children now to live in a million dollar extravagant mansion. I just don’t think I can watch the show anymore. They are no different than Nadya Suleman and her octuplets now in my mind. It’s no wonder she wanted to have all those babies after seeing what a money pit having all those children can be if you land your own reality show. It’s just very disappointing to me how Jon and Kate have changed.
Any opinions?
I’m not trying to say that they had that many kids purposely to make money like Nadya Suleman, so sorry if I made it sound that way.
Also, you CAN live in a “non-mansion” house with 10 people in it. My dad grew up in a family of 13 during the depression and they grew up happily in a modest five-bedroom farmhouse. Also, I had to share bedrooms with my siblings until I got into high school because I too come from a large family.
I’m just disappointed because Jon and Kate are no longer the simple “normal” family they used to be. No doubt they love their children, but they are just too different now in their mansion and rich lifestyle, and I will no longer watch their show.
Best answer:
Answer by Parish
I agree with you by benefitting by making so much money off of having so many children. I agree it’s wrong and messed up to get rich off it. But it’s mainstream media, they’ll get money as long as people find it interesting.
The reason I think Jon and Kate + 8 are justified and are not seceptable to such criticism as Nadya is for this reason. Jon works as an engineer or whatever, he was able to provide for his family without all their endorsements and media payments. It would be no where near as extravigant a lifestyle, but it’d still be a decent one for all those kids. Nadya has no jobs, and knowingly brought more kids into the world to basically be screwed from the start. Jon and Kate brought kids into the world knowing they could care for them.
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