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Jon On Kate 1.0: Abusive, Absent During Marriage
Posted on Wed Sep 2, 2009 07:20 AM PDT

Jon sat down for his first traditional tv interview since his divorce to speak out about the "abuse" he suffered from Kate during their marriage.
The father-of-eight told GMA, "I took a lot of abuse from her. I was put down."
He goes on to say that once they became famous, Kate was never around. "She'll call me like, almost like a lame fish. Like I wasn't going anywhere," Jon says. "Well, excuse me, I'm taking care of the kids. She's on book tours, she's doing all these things. You know, she's gone a week. You know, comes back. Packs up and leaves again. I'm standing there like, 'Oh, OK. Your mom's gone again.'"
Well, Jon's been anything but a "lame fish" these days, with trips all over the globe, a new life in the big city and a new girlfriend. Yet, he still takes his time with the kids very seriously.
Think Kate's regretting her words now?
Although what does a "lame fish" even mean?
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Comments
that beeotch. hes a good daddy. i dont understand the ppl that say "team kate" blah....im a mother too and I would never even dream about putting my husband down. she has such an attitude about her even with other ppl. like when they did the "green" episode how mean and dumn mean low blows she gave to the guys that were working on her house. pls...even watching the old re runs, shes just a control freak, mean person....jon is not a bad father and just bc hes single and can talk to girls doesnt make him a bad dad. he finally has his freedom and is enjoying his life.
Jon you are a selfish, ungreatful JERK. Really.. your wife writes two books and all you can do is trash her for it? You should be darn proud of her. She is a very talented and beautiful woman. I NEVER saw you compliment her and be proud of her. Yet you DEMANDED that she do that for you. I saw her make a very concentrated effort to be kind and supportive of you. I NEVER saw you compliment her on her looks, abilities and ability to take care of all those children and a home. You make one cup of coffee and then run off to a job you got fired from and you are the good guy? She made three meals a day and two snacks for eight kids every day. At least when she is away from the FAMILY she is working and doing something really good for families all over the WORLD. When YOU were away from your family.. Like UTAH all you did was PARTY and screw 20 year olds. You are soooo Pathetic. I don't know why that woman put up with you!! You were unemployed... how many jobs did you lose? You just didn't like haviing to look after the kids on your own for a change... and you had NANNIES!!
I saw you belittle your wife moments before she was to give birth to your six children. Being snide and unsupportive and chastizing her for panicing... she was about to give birth to six kids!!!! That is ABUSE Jon!!!
I suppose if the tables were turned and he was the one traveling every week to work while she was taking care of the kids everyone would say suck it up atleast he is supporting his family...give me a break it takes two to make or break a relationship they are both at fault for ignoring the signs that their relationship was falling apart...then again it may be the best thing for all of the children...Ask them in twenty years and you will hear the oopions that really matter...also everyone should remeber that every bad word you say regarding John and Kate has the potential to be thrown back at those kids at school, at the palyground etc. They did not choose their parents or their circumstance however they are very much a part of each one of their parents and all those negative words can be taken personally by a young child.
In a TLC interview. They ask Jon what if the roles were reversed and he was the one that wrote a book and did the publicity tour. ... he didn't get it... all he good do was scoff and laugh.. I can't write a book.. yeah no kidding.... He could NOT get his head around that if the roles were reversed.. Jon would think it was just great. He just HATED being a stay at home DAD and he has NO respect for Kate's talent and abilities.
So, is X17 doing image rehab for Jon now? I now have all the confirmation I need that celebutards employ X17 to run favorable stories/photos of them.
Dear X17: you might make a boatload doing this sort of thing for Brit or Blohan but I highly doubt Jon Goss is going to be a lucrative gig for you.
he sure is loving the money from all she did for them now right? If she didn't push and do all she could they wouldn't be in the financial state they are... she has been on every episode, Jon where have you been?
he is a douche. Doesnt realize how much his kids will hate him later on. this loooooooozzzzer is going to end up in rehab I bet which will be a real treat to watch.
I think it is really tragic that a father of eight that inlcudes five daughters that this man so obviously disrespects women. He supports the Las Vegas bimbo scene. He chooses woman far younger thatn him who are clearly very inmature. He is teaching his daughters to be bimbos and his sons to be selfish whining users.
Parents work together and share duties and both should know what to do in every moment of their kids' life. I guess Kate had to tell you every time what you should have been doing, Jon!
After a while though it gets old and I believe she couldn't take it anymore.
If you were a man and a father you should have stepped up to the plate.
You are so pathetic!
The impression Jon gave at last season's ending was that he hated the attention, loss of privacy and did not want to continue like that. Why is he now constantly in the limelight? He is going to wild pool parties, running from woman to woman, talking to paparazzi at his fence and constantly throwing himself out there to be filmed. Don't even get me started on Kate! Both parents are guilty of exploiting their kids under the pretext that everything they do is for their kids...it's for Jon and Kate who are two greedy, spoiled people who use their children for monetary gain. Their kids will be emotionally scarred forever from this experience.
NICE HAIR...
Jon needs to suck it up and be a man. Seriously, Kate atleast is working to support her family and who cares if she has to be away for a week at a time. For those who have parents that work in the business field that's a reality in a lot of their households. He needs to stop being a baby and grow up and get a job! He just can't assume that he can take any of the money Kate is making; he doesn't do jack shit besides host pool parties and jumping around from woman to woman. He wonders why no one takes him seriously because he isn't doing anything to make us take him seriously. Yeah Kate may seem like a bitch but atleast she's working to support her family unlike lazy ass Jon. So grow up Jon, grow a pair and deal with it.
Yeah Jon, blame your wife. He is such a huge douchebag! Did he try to work on his marriage? No, he just whines and complains and blames Kate for everything. She did a good job as a mother, she had to organize everyone, because obviously Jon is incapable. Kate is better off without him, Jon obviously needs a woman who will always tell him he's the best, which of course is a total lie!
I've seen every episode of the show and Jon speaks the truth. He was abused. He was put down. She even disciplined him because she didn't like the way he breathed. Sometimes it was painful to watch. At times I admired how he handled those situations. He was upset but if he tried to argue his point she would just get louder and nastier and he didn't have a chance. Any guy that stuck that out for 10 long years and probably because of the kids is a good guy.
Work out his marriage with Kate? Not a chance. Give her six months and she'd be back to her old controlling ways. That's what therapists say - the good behaviour lasts about six months and then the slip back to their original behaviour.
Jon Gosselin is so disgustingly ugly. I am so ready for his lame ass 15 seconds to be over with so I don't have to look at his face. I'd almost rather look at Spencer Pratt's flesh toned beard than Jon's hideous face. Every angle makes me want to puke. If I was Kate, I'd leave his ass at home too. Can't believe she made children with his ugly ass.
I am for TEAM JON! I have watched the show and even before this downfall started anyone could see that KATE put her husband down, regardless of who is making the money, who wrote a book, who is working, there is no reason to put your husband down!!!!!! So now Jon is out and about here and there, so what... let him do whatever he wants when he has down time, who fricken cares! There is clearly no love between them, and hasn't been for years, it's shows all over their face on the shows, and has for months! No one wants to be married to someone like that, male or female! A person is to enhance your life, not take away!
Let's be real here...This couple started out with two kids, careers and a normal life. Jon's family already had money. Kate was a normal wife & mother. Then she decides to pull an Octomom, therefore making the decision to be responsible for these children. Not saying Jon is off the hook by any means, but it was her who insisted on doing this, regardless of how Jon felt. It was all about the money from the gitty-up for her. Then the tummy tuck & plastic surgery started, the money was rolling in, the fame was overwhelming, but she was totally loving it and wanted it all. She had to control every move, every word, all of it! She totally disrespected her husband at every moment, criticizing & tearing him down, IN FRONT OF HIS CHILDREN & THE WORLD!! Yes, Jon should have put his big boy pants on, but he was more involved with his children, his intentions were about being with his children, adjusting to all that was brought on by Kate and her greed. She is not the same woman who was pregnant with six kids back then, she has totally changed, self-absored, selfish, egotistical, greedy, fame hungry and all about her & her money. You don't just up and leave your 8 kids for weeks at a time to self-promote your own selfish agenda. Those children are your first and only priority!!! I love that she as a woman is ambitious, but you made this all happen and then got caught up in all the hoopla. When things started going wrong, all of a sudden she wants to be at home with the kids, trying to make it seem like you're the best mother in the world and Jon is just a retard & useless man. Oops, now Jon is leaving/divorcing you and you just can't seem to unglue yourself from your kids...for the camera's? So that everyone is stupid enough to not know the game! Everything is her's, the money, the kids, the house, the fame, EVERYTHING! The bitch needs to grow up and put her kids & family first. You don't demean, disrespect, belittle or try to control your husband - NEVER. Why would he want to be married to a bitch like that? Would any of you? Jon didn't leave his kids, he left his wife!!!!
Jon you are such a loser it is pathetic! When Kate was interviewed a week or so ago, she didn't say anything negative about you at all!! What a low life to publicly bash your wife. So what if you were left with the kids while she traveled to promote her book(s), at least she was working (and I suspect you benefited from the money as well!). I seem to remember in the early years, she was left with them while you raced off to your job. Then you were fired and being home all the time, appeared to do nothing. No wonder she called you "almost like a lame duck"!!! I would have called your lazy ass a lot worse!! And you are still doing nothing!! You play out front of the big house with the kids for an hour so all the paps can get pictures of you with the kids and then you hand them over to the nannies. Then on your time off you party with people that are half your age. And the incident about the babysitter should never have happened. You should have offered to let Kate be with the kids if you weren't going to be. Anyone that was actually thinking of the welfare of their kids would have done that. Grow up Jon!!! Nothing looks worse than a fat, dumpy, old many trying to act 20 years younger!!!
this family is garbage ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
this family is garbage ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
this family is garbage ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
this family is garbage ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
this family is garbage ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
How many soldiers died this week in Afghanistan and Iraq? Why is this clown Jon Gosselin headline news when the very people creating his freedom get unnoticed? It's time to rethink the priorities of this America. Continuing down this Gosselin goose hunt is non-productive.
What a EFFIN LOSER! Pictures DONT LIE JON....we've seen HER with the kids WAY more than you honey and since you are obviously NOT to be trusted to take care of anything aside from your HAIR PLUGS and EDHARDYTEES who can blame her for oh I don't know...WORKING! STFU nobody cares about you pig!
you went of the deep end with these people x17 these peoples values and leadership is unfounded
GET WELL SOON [BEAUTIFUL PPL ]]
you went of the deep end with these people x17 these peoples values and leadership is unfounded
GET WELL SOON [BEAUTIFUL PPL ]]
you went of the deep end with these people x17 these peoples values and leadership is unfounded
GET WELL SOON [BEAUTIFUL PPL ]]
you went of the deep end with these people x17 these peoples values and leadership is unfounded
GET WELL SOON [BEAUTIFUL PPL ]]
September 2, 2009 8:41 AM
Posted by: Anonymous
I've seen every episode of the show and Jon speaks the truth. He was abused. He was put down. She even disciplined him because she didn't like the way he breathed. Sometimes it was painful to watch. At times I admired how he handled those situations. He was upset but if he tried to argue his point she would just get louder and nastier and he didn't have a chance. Any guy that stuck that out for 10 long years and probably because of the kids is a good guy.
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I totally agree with you and I am a woman. If a man spoke to and abused his wife the way Kate did to Jon on that show there would be an outrage. She put him between a rock and a hard place. I don't condone his recent actions, but I really, at the same time, don't think he has done anything horrible that can't be corrected. I think he acted out once he left her to rebuild some of his self-esteem she had taken over the past few years. Watch some of the old shows she is an abusive spouse, Jon was the abused.
He isn't even a real man, anyway. He always seemed like a sissy. "Lame fish" sums him up pretty well. For him to have agreed to the show in the first place tells you what kind of guy he is: lazy, opportunist, egotistical. He should care about sheltering his family, not putting them all over TV. A woman can be irrational and emotional, but it takes a strong man to reel her in and set the rules.
You mean he takes his time with his kids seriously by hiring a babysitter during his time with them so he can go clubbing? Give me a break. Kate is the one making the money to support them so he should watch HIS children. She has to promote the book. She spends more quality time with their kids then he does. He makes me sick.
Well Jon, BOOHOO! Are you a man? On tape you never answered back to Kate, why not? Regarding Kate's traveling: Idiot! She wrote a couple of books, she has to promote them. She is out making a living, what are you doing? Hanging out with Michael Lohan? How can you make a living hanging out with the likes of him? You can always continue to be a party host, but then you would turn into more of a joke than you already are!
Be a man, step up to the plate, write a book of your own!
Kate didn't say that you were abducted by aliens, she said it was like you were abducted. Not the same thing!
As for the show. Do you really want to stop it? It is your only source of income other than being a 'party joke, oops I meant host'. If the show completely stopped, do you think you could actually live the way your baby girlfriend wants to live on your residual checks, if TLC would keep the repeats on the air. I don't think so. I would suggest to you Jon, to grow up, and take responsibility for yourself and stop blaming Kate for everything!
Don't be a mud slinger! It will only hurt you in the end!
You know what?? You posters are real sickening!!! Go, look in the mirror, your life isn't any better. Some of you are fat and too lazy to go look for a job. You sit in front of a cheap t.v. and stuff your fat face with saturated fat foods. Mainly, you are just ugly!!
signed: a family therapist
Six children? Big task, someone has to put food on the table. They both love their children, it's too bad the media suffers the family; but that's America.
Team Jon!
Jon, I am glad you speak up and finally stand up for yourself.
Every story has two sides. Kate and TLC have been smeared Jon enough, Jon has every right to tell his side of story.
Kate is a lying whore. Jon was a dumb dumb who took the blame and abuse. Now he is waking up.
Oh my God! There's a lot of TLC interns on this board defending Kate and bashing Jon. It wasn't like this before.
Good job, X17, for not taking side like other stupid gossip blogs.
Kate is a tramp. TLC paid them well enough for her to stay home and take care of her children. She has been using book tour to get away from her annoying children, have fun, and spent time with her bodyguard alone.
Absolutely, who eve said that he needs to put on his 'big boy' pants. He profited then and now from the show and Kate's lectures, books, etc. It afforded him a lifestyle that none of us have. I've never been to Hawaii, France or taken my kids to other expensive destinations.
Jon, if you are trying to prove who you are today. Then take a serious look at your life-style since leaving Kate. That is what you are being judged on by the public. And it is pitiful. You're still legally married and openly dating multiple women. What message is that? Quite frankly your bad-boy, playboy, behavior doesn't sell well. You're not a rap star. You made money as a image related to a busy dad of 8. With that gone.... well you said it.... lame fish.
Why not get a t-shirt with that printed on the front?
I never once saw Jon console Kate, compliment her and be proud of her. How many surprises did Kate plan for Jon? I never once saw Jon plan a surprise for Kate. This guy lives in the moment and is a perfect personality for a bachelor. Kate on the other hand is a hard working woman who can plan ahead and provide discipline and structure for her children. She bent over backwards trying to do everything just right and all he wanted to do was play with the toys. This guy really annoys me. I really dislike him. Everything he does is horrible. Losing his jobs, not being emotionally supportive of his wife. Whining and shirking his duties. Trashing his wife for writing two great books and doing a tour for a whole month? Sleeping with other women before they were even seperated and now publicly anouncing his lover for a the child of a friend of the family, before he is even divorced? Ugh... He is everything that is wrong with America and Hollywood today.
Jon needs to STFU. He is a big whiney baby. If he had balls he would have stood up to Kate when she got bitchy to him. SHE was the one out earning the money for the family, not him. If he felt emasuculated by staying home with the 8 kids, the HE should have been out earning money. He is a big immature dope.
What a wuss!! She is the one who is making the money and he is the one spending it like crazy! If he were a man, there would have never been any "abuse". A real man would have been able to find a common ground with Kate. Whiney, whiney, whiney little boy.
Methinks there are some paid X17 posters doing Jon's dirty work of trying to somehow defend him.
X17 is on Jon's publicity payroll. Good luck trying to get this pig's public image to turn around. Its too late.
He took that abuse willingly. I'm sure we all know couples where one partner calls the shots and the other one just goes along and lets them. Too bad the wake-up call came after they had all those kids.
If he was out making money and she was home with the kids that would be fine, but because she is out making the money and he is home with the kids he's the abused husband. What a bunch of bull.
Actions speak louder than words..Jons actions over the months have more than proved his low life character..Even for him to comment on her Larry King interview..He was setting people up to give him the interview because he would give answers..What a pathetic accuse of a man and father..It seems to me Kate gave was willing to support Jon in going back to school..or what ever he wanted and he chose not to..Because he is a CAPITAL LOSER..WHO HAS NO PRIDE OR SHAME.
Actions speak louder than words..Jons actions over the months have more than proved his low life character..Even for him to comment on her Larry King interview..He was setting people up to give him the interview because he would give answers..What a pathetic accuse of a man and father..It seems to me Kate gave was willing to support Jon in going back to school..or what ever he wanted and he chose not to..Because he is a CAPITAL LOSER..WHO HAS NO PRIDE OR SHAME.