Jon and Kate...WHO REALLY CARES?

I can understand why Michael Jackson has been in the media spotlight for months...I can even kind of understand why scandals involving sex, money or cheating are continuously discussed in the media for months on end. However, no matter how much I try to wrap my brain around it, I CAN NOT understand why Jon and Kate Gosselin are still being talked about in every entertainment media show, and even in some regular news shows!

For those of you who don't know who Jon and Kate are, here's a real quick run-through: Basically, Jon and Kate had some twins and some quadruplets, or something like that, and ended with eight kids total. Since having eight kids is apparently some great accomplishment in our world, TLC decided to give Jon, Kate and their kids their own show called "Jon and Kate plus 8." So, they become famous, Jon and Kate's marriage ends up on the rocks, Jon apparently had an affair, Kate apparently had an affair and now their getting a divorce and apparently decided it would be better to televise the entire divorce.

My fiance and I live in a small apartment and we have an old TV that only has bunny ears to receive channels (for some reason it still works even though all the stations have switched to HD...I have no idea why). So, we basically get one station (ABC and like two WSU Research stations). Obviously, ABC is really our only source of entertainment. I am so tired of being forced to sit through an hour of entertainment news that literally only seems to talk about Jon and Kate and all their martial and kid problems. First, Entertainment Tonight is on, providing us with 20 minutes of "Guess who Jon was seen with last week?" And "Jon and Kate's first face-to-face meeting at their twins birthday!" Then there's maybe five or 10 minutes of other entertainment news. Then, I have to sit through The Insider. I really do not care what Lara Spencer has to say about Jon and Kate...if she's so concerned with them, she can go live with one of them.

Another thing about Jon and Kate that really gets me is the fact that they each keep talking about how they can't live normal lives because the paparazzi follows them everywhere and blah, blah, blah. If you guys are so tired of people asking you questions and following you around, why do you keep doing all these interviews with Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight and every media station that asks for it? Why do you guys want the entire world to witness every aspect of your divorce and your problems? Honestly, your kids are going to be messed up when they get older...I won't be surprised if they all end up as drug addicts, theives and prostitutes.


Here are some articles about Jon and Kate that really make you ask, "Who cares?"

Kate still wears her wedding ring

TLC drops Jon fromd Jon and Kate plus 8

Marriage on the rocks

Did Kate make Jon sign a contract?

A final thought - more news about celebrities and people like Jon and Kate who really don't deserve any attention is in the news these days. Things like genocide in Darfur, world hunger, even the Iraq war, are in the media WAY less than any celebrities - yes, even Jon and Kate.