SUCH A LITTLE WITCH! P@SSY! CRY ME A RIVER, YOU DISGUSTING, UGLY BALDING FAT WANNA BE FRAT BOY!

Not something to be discussing in public - especially on national television. Suck it up! Probably had to stay with the kids once by himself and couldn't handle it.....

Honestly? I really think if he had been the woman in this situation everyone would be crying "emotional abuse!" But because he's a man we tell him to "suck it up" and "cry me a river?" Granted I think they're both being incredibly selfish, but come on.

he's confusing a bossy wife with an abusive wife

Emotional abuse if it were a woman?? hardly. Women are expected to be able to handle the children, home, work, etc.. no matter the volume.

he is a sissy mama's boy. Hee needs to grow up and take some of that responsibility

I don't feel sorry for him at all. Not at all.

He is a poor excuse for a Man and Father.

I do feel sorry for him.

Kate seems to bully him. She wanted eight kids (he was satisfied with their first three), and she is so hostile and unkind towards him. I don't blame him for leaving, and finding love with someone else.

If you've watched Kate, she's very careful in her interviews not to drag his name through the dirt. She presents herself very professionally and thoughtfully and doesn't shoot her mouth off about him.

I think feeling the way he does, he should drop off the
show, let her have it and find something else to do. He
can still be involved with the kids but the partying and
drinking, and women shouldn't be on national news every
day. That certainly is not good for the kids.

he was watching ''his kids''.why is he complaining?he's not geting any sympathy from me.why drag her name on the dirt on tv?very sad.....

They never had three kids to start with. They had 2 kids and they wanted another one but it turned out to be 8. She never said she wanted 8 kids.

Watched this show form the beginning. I stopped watching because Kate would verbally abuse Jon just about every show.
Jon is telling the truth. It was painful for to watch. This is one couple that should have never gotten married. Jon has escaped Kate. Good for Jon. I hope he is done trying to gain some his self confidence back. Jon isn't a bad guy. He just wanted to get some pay back for Kate putting him down for 10 years. Jon has to get his act together, Get some good lawyers and PR people. His one purpose in life should be getting shared custody of his kids. If Kate gets her way (Kate is a control freak), Jon will not have any part in rising them. Which would be a shame, because his kids love him.

If people think Kate wrote those books by herself...... I have some swamp land I like to sell you. Those books are half truths. Jon has said they would argue in front of the kids. He would back down because it wasn't good for the kids. That's way he doesn't talk to Kate.

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, LOOK PEOPLE, NO ONE BUT JON AND KATE KNOWS FOR SURE WHAT HAPPEND BEHIND THEIR CLOSED DOORS. IT'S EASY TO JUDGE THIS ONE OR THAT ONE ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SEE ON TV. NO ONE BUT THEM KNOWS WHAT WAS REAL AND WHAT WASN'T SO STOP JUDGING THEM.

anon, 14... it's REALITY SHOW. i think by now viewers should know that it was edited to look a certain way. Jon is showing his true colors... when it's his time with the kids he's always at the fence talking to the paparazzi. He's a loser! anon #11, Jon is already trying to get a NEW reality show called divorced dads that will also star Lindsay Lohan's dad. Real winners!

I think he is correct. Even Joel McHale on the Soup could call that one! She constantly belittled him, interrupted him, talked over him, called him every version of 'stupid', etc. Yes, his partying recently might seem tacky, but when Britney started clubbing after getting a divorce people cheered her on. I think if he were a woman, people would feel much differently about him and his situation.

He might not be a winner, but that doesn't mean that her actions are not completely horrendous.

I think she was a major b*tch, and this is what happens..

I don't know what to believe. Which side to take - not that it's up to me in any way, of course.
None one of them asked for eight kids, they wanted three, right?
And eight kids in the middle of something like this... It really is a shame. I was watching their TV show a few days a go, and to me it looks like Kate's got the control - at least trying and doing a good job - and she's a really good mother, but Jon... well, he's just their, treating his kids like they're thirty years old. But Jon is also a very good father, I believe.
Bless the kids.

I don't agree with the way Jon is acting right now, but I have also watched the show from the beginning and Kate was definitely emotionally abusive toward Jon. Everyone fights in a marriage, but Kate could really be just plain mean, and constantly belittled Jon in front of their children. It wasn't right. I do think Kate is a good mother, but she will even admit that she's been very hard on him. However, I think both of them need to shut up and do what Kate said she would do--keep their break up private and NOT public.

Looking after your kids while your wife is WORKING Jon not out seeing other men is really abuse.

#17 as far as Brittany clubbing after her divorce (and people applauding her and not applauding Jon) Look at what that did for her. AS IF! He should not be applauded for parties in Vegas. Thousands of miles from his kids.

Agree with you 100% HealthBabe. The two of them need to stop this crap and move on.

While Im not Kates biggest fan she nevers says bad things about him and always compliments him even on television.

And just to clarify.. she was rude to him yes, but he never told her it bugged him. He acted as if it was just fun and jokes.

He went and cheated on her! No sympathy for a cheater. Its one thing to ask for a divorce but to cheat? And because of those actions the papz have been on his family's property 24/7 and in the faces of his kids. All because of his choice to cheat on his wife- thats what started this all.

agree with McFearless...also to add, yes she was very bossy with him but it's his fault for being so passive and lazy, he should have put his foot down from the beginning, he's always been a bum and whiner and he's extended that reputation even more.He's not a real man, real douche is what Jon is!

I think they're both a couple of fame mongering losers. If their #1 priority was really their kids, they'd have found a way to get OUT of the show when they realized their marriage was over. It's bad enough those kids have had to grow up in the spot light, now they have to deal with the two most important people in their lives splashing every detail all over every news source?

This shouldn't be about "Jon's bad" or "Kate's bad" it should be about what's best for those kids, and this spotlight is NOT it.

They both got themselves in this position, so this mud-slinging isn't unexpected. They get what they deserve.

kate is a witch. anyone who sees the show can see that she is poisonous. i would have walked away day two of that marraige. Please dont confuse Kate with a strong women she is nothing of the sort, a strong women is an educated women that can keep her man without having to emasculate him. She is not strong she lacks all kinds of class.

I think there's a difference between being emotionally abusive and being b*tchy. People who are emotionally abusive set out to destroy someone's self esteem and confidence so they can mold them into whatever they like. Kate was just a control freak and inconsiderate - if he'd explained how the things she said really made him feel (rather than just making light hearted jokes) then she probably would have make an effort to stop. She seems b*tchy but she doesn't seem like a bad person (if that makes sense)

I think I know what Sophie827 means - I am also a long time watcher of Jon and Kate + 8. She was rude to him, but it was usually related to something stressful, particularly when people were in her kitchen and she was trying to get something done. Her rudeness seemed thoughtless and impulsive instead of abusive and purposeful. When they were interviewing in their chair at the end of each episode (when things were quieter in the house) she always seemed much more respectful and loving with him.

At the time I was watching the show I thought that she could be really horrible, but as I watch their actions in the tabloids now, it seems like TLC may have highlighted those parts of their relationship for shock/entertainment value. I don't blame Jon for trying to laugh off her rudeness when the cameras were rolling (I would probably do the same thing, and then ask my spouse to be nicer when we were off camera), so I don't think that he brought all this on himself for being too passive; however, I do NOT think that Kate brought this divorce on herself by being controlling and mean. She wasn't always mean to him, even on the show.

Jon's actions since the announcement have shown him to be immature, self-centered and even a little vindictive. Kate has comported herself with a grace that I did not expect of her. I do not think that their respective attitudes reveal anything about what caused the divorce - but I do respect Kate more for her attitude in recent months.

If anything, people's comments on posts such as this one reveal our society's expectations for men and women. People who denigrate Kate as a "b*tch" reveal just how much pressure women are under to be loving nurturers. People who criticize Jon for being a pushover show the pressure that men are under to be strong leaders within the family. Jon and Kate didn't play by those gender roles in their family. Kate was the disciplinarian (even disciplining Jon) and Jon was the nurturer. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

I find Jon's interview here to be very disheartening. He is playing to those gender expectations (especially the ones that paint Kate in a bad light) and he is making himself out to be a victim when he is not.

Sorry for the long post. I've just been thinking and thinking about WHY this divorce has been such a hot topic.

I guess I should have said that I don't think there is anything wrong with Kate being the disciplinarian and Jon being the nurturer for their children. I am not trying to say that she was right to discipline Jon.

For the ones that don't have the numbers correct - they had twins - Maddie and Kara or Cara - then they deicided to try again - that is where the 6 came from which = 8 total.... I am not a John fan or a big Kate fan but I think actions speak louder then anythihng else. You do not see Kate off partying and hanging with her younger boyfriend like John is. Take it out of the public and focus on becoming friends or civil to each other.

Jon once said he wanted to be sure he behaved in a way that wouldn't be hurtful when his kids looked him up on Google one day - well, too late for that now. To trash the mother of his children in such a public way only points out his total lack of character and class. To say that he 'despises' her - on public TV no less - is absolutely despicable. Divorce is ugly and best left to private discussions. No matter how 'hurt' either party is, to use such degrading and inflammatory language publicly is just unacceptable adult behavior. It doesn't buy him sympathy. It's just disgusting. I'm sure Kate has some choice words for him. I only hope she keeps them private from the kids. His words will come back to haunt him.