Well it didn’t take long for the ending to this story to come about…well the end to one and beginning of another. I can’t say I’m surprised by the divorce, but how quickly it came about was a little surprising.

Let’s face it, the average American couple doesn’t have 8 kids every day, but if they did, they wouldn’t be able to hang up their hats so quickly over troubled waters. You’ve got all kinds of factors that contributed to the speedy decision. I would say the largest ones being that they can financially do so with the help of stardom. Their kids will get the house and they will rotate in it, how marvellous I also can see how the fact that the whole world was watching would push the divorce button to just “make it all go away” so to speak.

Even the best of marriages and families would have a hard time at sustaining a certain image for many years on “reality” television. When you think about it, I can’t name one that hasn’t been tarnished in some way. It’s probably amazing they lasted as long as they did.

So what’s the show going to be called now? Kate Plus Eight and Jon Sometimes? Of course it’s not funny, but it’s “reality”. In their last interviews I saw , only a few things stood out that were really important. One that Kate had no problem wiping herself off and “steering the ship” by herself. I think she did much of the steering before. Maybe that’s why Jon is so angry Kate? Especially after the whole world has pointed it out to him? He says he has communication problems. No, I think he’s communicated his anger quite clearly, but in a hurtful way. He says, I’m only 31. In translation this means, I am still attractive enough to get attention and get laid.

These people asked for this, but they didn’t. After having 8 children and barely being able to physically survive, who would really say no to reality television? There are child labor laws being brought to the table. If they didn’t have the show, do you really think they would have dogs, crooked playhouses and the great life they’ve been able to acquire (minus the media attention)? They have struggled and managed to survive a long time under the spotlight but forever is a foreign concept these days and in Hollywood it’s almost non-existent.

I’m still amazed by one little fact though, eight kids yet no counseling? I’m not sure there’s anything too “realistic” about that.