Report: Jon & Kate Gosselin allegedly announcing divorce
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We know that a supposedly big announcement is coming on next week's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," and if one report is to believed, the announcement will be that the couple is seeking a divorce.
That, at least, is the word from RadarOnline, which is saying that Jon and Kate Gosselin, the TLC stars whose marriage has been the subject of nonstop scrutiny for the past several months, will say they're splitting up on Monday's show.
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Radar cites "a source close to the situation" as saying that Kate has met with a divorce lawyer, and another source that says the couple had agreed to separate by mid-July. "That timetable has now been moved forward," the site says, adding that Jon will file divorce papers next week.
TLC would only say "We have no comment" in response to a Zap2it inquiry about the story.
The speculation about the couple's future -- and that of their eight children, 8-year-old twins and 5-year-old sextuplets -- went into overdrive Thursday following the release of a TLC promo about Monday's episode, with on-screen text calling the Gosselins "a family in turmoil" and asking "Where do they go from here?"
Even as speculation about the Gosselins' marriage has heated up, ratings for "Jon & Kate Plus 8" have been trending down since the show's record-setting premiere on May 25. That episode drew nearly 10 million viewers, but its audience has shrank each week since. This week's episode brought in 2.9 million viewers.
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Gee, I didn't think they looked that happy in HI. But really, don't we have our own lives to lead?
Time for Kate to run to Oprah and cry her woes...poor Kate, it's tough being a *****
Too sad...makes me sick. I'm praying for those kids and what a mess this has become.
Sucks for the kids but those two needs to be apart. I dont think i could have lasted that long with kate being that big of a bickity bish.
Kate makes me sick, she chose money over family.She reaps what she sews. If "family" was so important she would have stopped the show or put it on hold. Now go yell at your bodyguard from across the room ALL THE WHILE PRETENDING to the audience that you have to do it all even though you have hired help.
what the heck am I going to do with 8 kids? What was I thinking?
Cool, time for some fresh meat!
I hope this means the end of the show - and with any luck, the end of TV's fascination with hyper-breeders.
Excellent idea, lets let the duggers get divorced also and kate can marry the old man and have like 50 kids between the two of them, great tv!
I am having an affair with jon, thats why he is leaving Kate!