Opinion: Sorry, Jon - Kate Gosselin Is Not an Absentee Mom

Jon is a money grubbing man who doesn't like to be shown up. When he was travelling last summer and never home no one ever said he was a "bad dad" but when Kate decides to do something to boost her ego and make some money WHOA BOY, Jon is right there to take everything away from her. I find it very interesting that on the today show Kate said she is home during the week with the kids and practicing there and only back for the shows....how is that abandoning your kids??? JON get a life, you are a moocher and don't really have much to offer except some sperm....

Can anyone tell me just how much money they made when they were doing Jon and Kate plus 8 that they could afford the lavish life style they live today?

$1.3 million house in penn and $20,000 a month to jon in child support? I read somewhere better than $70,000 per episode. Thats beyond the FREE cars, diapers, toys etc etc etc.

good for you.some one needs to sit him down and tell it like it is.is all this because he is not in the lime light but kate is
kate you go girl and remember the best revenge is your new life so good luck and dance on.

U know I really don't care about Jon and Kate a marriage takes 2, noone was there to know what the heck went on with there relationship, so who r we to judge. I just feel that Kate dancing with Stars is a joke, she is always crying and fighting with her partner, and wants people to feel sorry for her, she doesn't belong there, the people are only voting cuz they feel sorry for her, she should of been gone the first cut. The action with her making a heart and saying I love u, is getting old. She makes other mothers that are going thru tough divorces like me rethink all over again, when she is crying in the dancing session, and reliving jon, that is what I have to go thru with my life!!!! get on with yourself Kate, I don't want to be reminded, it seems that you still luv jon, they way u bring ur life up in every show, I know by the face of your partner he is tired of u also, and feels sorry for u!!! Hope u go home today!!! go be with ur children they miss u!!!

Jon is just one of the many reasons that I will continue to vote for Kate on Dancing With The Stars -- she is not the best dancer but kudos for leaving it all on the floor!

Jon makes me sick. He is so jealous of Kate and he wouldn't know what to do with those kids. I've seen him in action and he is not patient at all with those kids. He has a temper and I wouldn't trust him to have custody.

You're absolutely right. Seems like he was play dad and she is have to discipline and do all the work mom even when show was on (which is prob how she got her reputation but that frustration is horrible - not a huge fan of hers but she needs to support her family).

This dude was partying in my hometown not far from PA (with people I KNOW there) while they were still married. The court won't give him custody no way. Hopefully SUPERVISED visits.

Jon as just as much right to primary custady as Kate. It seems niether want to be around the children for long periods of time. If Jon is paying $20,000.00 a month in child support why is that not enough to keep Kate a home to raise the children? Most large families live sooo much less than that. The reason is, is because she wants to be in the public eye, she thinks herself a celebraty now and wants to continyue with the it regardless of the price she has to pay. I am not saying Jon is any better cause he seems to want the same thing. My concern is that these poor children will end up being raise by strangers becuase of their parents' selfishness in obtaining stardom.

Jon turned from a hen pecked husband to a cheating crybaby. Im tired of him trying to get revenge on kate because she treated him badly in their marriage..he shouldve stopped having kids with her and left long ago if he was unhappy..Now they have finally split and hes being an even BIGGER whiney crybaby. He needs somne therapy and a boot to his a**. Grow up and get a life jon..you tured out to be a real loser.

when i first started watching their show,i thought it was great, and then i saw the way kate treated jon and i wanted to smack her myself. She showed no respect to him.I would never let my husband talk to me that way in private let alone on national tv. She is very controlling. But remember folks, it takes TWO in any relationship. they both need to grow up and think about their children

Jeanne you are so right . I could not have said it any better! Jonboy is a loser.

AMEN! Jon is roaming all over the world for publicity and fun and he slams Kate just because she is a working mother. Double standard and so last century. Hopefully the judge sees through his idiocrity.

She's a spoiled bitchy no-one-can-do-anything-right drama queen that can't dance and he's an immature whiner, so who cares anymore. WHO CARES?

Poor guy, he apparently isn't to smart. He can get past that though. She is a pure bred bitch, which has no cure.
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John maybe living in a fantasy world Jeanne, but so is Kate! This no talent, got no rythm woman wants to be in the limelight at any cost. And sad to say, it is at the expense of the children. If she is spending 6-8 hrs. a day practicing, and then she has to get on a planaae to fly back to Pa., which is a long flight from Ca. to Pa., what kind of mothering is she doing? Even she said she is so tired after all this pracaticing that she just can't keep her eyes open. And if I am not mistaken, she admitted that she and Tony did an all nighter. Excuse me, but the last time I looked, mothering is a full time job, and she is noat home full time to take care of the kids, all "8" of them. This isn't making a living for her family, it's Kate doing what she likes to do best, whine and bitch and complain, and get her picture taken for all the tabloids. She loves the camera, but the camera does not love her. She is a joke when it comes to dancing, two left feet and no style or grace or class! Go home Kate and take care of your family.

Kate is doing the same thing to some degree. She's jetting all over the country with her Bodyguard, while the kids are constantly being dumped with a nanny. Kate states she works to support the kids, yet she's shopping around for a 3 million dollar home in Hollywood??

Jon maybe living in a fantasy world, well, so is Kate. She's too busy trying to be a star. I am so tired of seing her whining and complaining how hard things are. She trys to control her dance teacher Tony like she did in her marriage, that's part of the reason her marriage fell apart. She needs to stop being a control freak, after all, she can't dance and she needs to listen to her instructor. Hell, I was a single parent, I ended up getting a route sales job driving truck to make ends meet. I did it so my kids could have food and clean clothes. My exhusband didn't pay any child support, so, when I hear her whining every week, I really don't want to hear it. She's a nurse, and the make fairly good money, go back and get a real job than. With children it would work out on a schedule at a hospital or even a private physician. Just quit crying on air and listen to the instructor. I can't wait until the vote her off. I'm just tired of her and I never watched her show!