I watched the season 5 premiere today and also have been forced to keep up with the gossip surrounding the family. I have to admit that I feel bad for them, I never want to see a family split up and have all those kids go through a possible divorce. Everything they have been thru and to split up now is tragic.
During the show they kept saying that they didn’t know what the problem was, it just happened all of the sudden and they don’t know how to fix it. I think the problem is having your life under a microscope, being bothered by paparazzi, and all the celebrity that comes with it. I don’t believe they are handling it well, john seems to be mad and sick of it, saying things like it is our personal business and just an overall sense that he thinks that they didn’t ask for this. Kate is the opposite, she seems to be enjoying the fame that came, she now travels promoting the family and her book.
I think the show and fame are the problems with the family. Everyone can agree that the paparazzi is nothing but lowlife parasites that will do anything for a buck, including bothering a family out shopping. You have to know what comes with being on a television show, John is either ignorant or delusional to think this wouldn’t happen, in a way they did ask for it. Kate is so caught up in the celebrity that I think her family is suffering, they are now set financially and need no promoting, everyone knows who they are. The fact that she fooled herself into thinking she needs more poularity is stupid.
If they want to save their family they need to stop doing the shows and appearances across America and just be a family. They have enough money so that isn’t an issue, and they used to be happy before the fame. I know that they have both made mistakes and they are pretty big, but this is an unusual situation. Forgive each other, quite all the stuff that is causing the problem and get back to the basics. They keep saying that they do it all for the kids but a seperation or divorce won’t help them much.
