Far be it from me to criticize Jon and Kate Plus 8....?

Question

But (for fans of the show) doesn't anyone think that the way Kate speaks to her husband and treats him is a RUDE and a little much?

I mean, my husband and I were at the brink of divorce and I NEVER treated him like he was worthless and acted as if he NEVER helped when it was obvious he had his hands full with something! We just didn't see eye to eye and worked on it!

I used to be a fan of the show, but now, I just can't watch it.

Does anyone else think she's being a little disrespectful to the father of her children?

What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

I think that she loves him and everything, but when you have a lot of kids, you are constantly stressed out and busy. I don't think that she should treat him bad, but she's not being that disrespectful and if thats how their relationship works, then thats great for them. Obviously peoples relationships vary, so their relationship isnt identical to yours and your husbands, and they make it work, so why are you worried?

Answer 2

It does seem at times that she wears the pants in the family and that her husband does most of the work associated with that many children.  I've not been particularly enamored of the show; have watched only portions of a very few episodes.  

I enjoy shows with a little more depth to them.  

Answer 3

yes!

she like bosses him around all the time!

and she yells at him

really annoying, idk how he handles it.

LOVEEE the show though. kate just gets annoying and tries to be the man in the family.

Answer 4

I have trouble accepting the whole "Well, she has 8 kids" thing. She did not have those kids naturally nor did she adopt them. They had fertility treatments done, so basically she has bought and paid for the life she leads. Therefore, taking her stress out on Jon and the kids is totally uncalled for. She treats him like another child and on the few occasions where he stood up for himself I wanted to shake his hand. But at the same time, he knew what her personality was like prior to having the children so he should have known what would happen! The sextuplets are cute and relatively well behaved but the one twin  (Mady) is spoiled and bratty and is badly in need of serious discipline and her parents just shrug it off as she's 'spirited'. Spirited my behind. She pitched a fit on one episode because she was given a chore to do and she kept whining and crying about it not being fair. I don't care how many kids are in the house, how on earth is that behavior tolerated? how is that good parenting? it takes more than ikea style organization and a big bank account to be good parents, clearly.

Answer 5

Well, since I watch the show as much as I can, I think Kate acts like that for the show. Don't get me wrong, i think she does act a little over the top towards Jon sometimes, but I think its all the show. If I had 8 kids then I would be a little stressed out too. You know?

Answer 6

Yes I agree with you. She's horrible. She treats him like c**p and lets the whole world see it! He even told her that it's embarrassing it one episode and she didn't even care. I hate her and that show. I can't stand to watch it.  

Answer 7

i think she's worse than they show. i don't see how he deals with the constant criticism  

Answer 8

She bugs me to NO end! She treats him like one of her kids. She also talks like she is the expert on raising kids. Ugggh, the woman bugs me almost as much as her late 90's soccer mom/child gymnast haircut bugs me.

Answer 9

Yeh I think she is way too hard on him. He seems like such a good guy and works very hard at his job. I'm surprised how well he takes it and i hope he doesn't get fed up and leaves her, though I'm sure he love the kids too much to ever do that. I think she need to show him a little more appreciation and respect.

I think also he understand her personality and knows that its like her insecurities or whatever that makes her act that way. She definably needs to get over herself. She is a good mom though.  

Answer 10

I totally agree! I watch every episode. Tho i cannot stand it when kate talks to jon that way. she is rude and to be honest- mean.  

Answer 11

I watch it with my mom sometimes. Yea, she realy has like behavior issues or something.. ha.. Did you hear? You know that Aunt Jodie lady (I think Jon's sister, the one who used to help with vacations and stuff, shes the one who gave the kids gum that one time.) Well, the show producers wanted her to be a paid participant, but they wanted to make sure jon and kate agreed. So, Jons like, "ok, yea! that would be great!" But Kate said "OMG! No way! The only people who are going to get paid is MY family. Its what the show is all about, so only MY family will be paid!" (sheesh, its not like it would take from her pay or anything). So then Kate went storming over to Jodies and started screaming at her for no reason. So then Jodie was like.. Okay?? And they havent talked for like 9 mnths. So Yea, I agree with you.

Answer 12

I don't think having 8 kids is an excuse to treat her husband, or anyone, as rude as she treats him. She just seems like a rude person, but this is my perception just from watching the show. Such as the episode where it showed their favorite and embarrassing moments, anything embarrassing that she did, she blamed it on him!

Answer 13

yes, she treats him like her 9th kid

Answer 14

Well she does talk to him A little mean but he puts up with it. If he was really mad or had a giant problem with it he would say something or yell back. So I guess its really not up to us since they are just a normal family that we have no control over. But I love the show and the kids are so cute! And they are Christians which is really great that they are teaching their kids about God and Jesus. I do wish she would be a little nicer but....its their life and they both tease eachother and laugh and stuff so its not my problem

Answer 15

yeah i agree. i am a huge fan of the show but sometimes kate addresses jon like he is one of their small children and it drives me nuts. i was just watching it on tv about an hour ago, and he put somebodys shoes on wrong and he said that he was sorry and she replied "I'm not asking you to be sorry, I'm telling you not to do it again! repeat back to me what i just said" and i was like OMG! i think its just her personality though. she seems extremely neurotic and obsessive, but i still gush over all of the kids whenever i see them. if jon and kate ever got divorced or something i would be extremely dissapointed. they seem to work well with whatever problems they have.

Answer 16

yeah she is a little rude and he's so nice and never calls her out on it

=[ i feel bad for him. he works all day and then has to come home to that. and she is really weird with how she like raises her kids and and when he doe something she doesnt like she gets all like arg!!!! she's not very nice to him, and she isnt setting a good example of what a healthy realationship is for her children.

Answer 17

Yes, she is rude in general

Answer 18

although she has 8 kids to deal with and it must be stressful, she is extremely rude to him. sometimes it seems as though she thinks he isn't doing anything at all. also, she is a bit rude and disrespectful all in all. no offense to her, of course.

Answer 19

She really has no reason to like that. She takes advantage of jon ,family members, and friends. She gets free stuff,she gets free spa days and all.their daughter Maddy , she needs a good whoopin .She gets alot and i mean alot for free. She really has not a reason to be so sour.Jon is a real saint to put up with kate's bickering. Jon is a good husband for not leaving