It was announced today by TLC that they have pulled the plug on the heart-warming-turned-trainwreck show known as Jon and Kate Plus 8.

In case you've been holed up in a basement somewhere playing World of Warcraft non-stop for the past 6 months or so, Jon and Kate was a show about a family of 9 who filmed their day to day lives. They hit it big, got fat checks from the TLC people and began whoring themselves out on magazine covers and book tours and the like. Hey, it's for the kids, right?

Not exactly. Jon decided to use his celebrity clout to ink a deal with douchebag clothing company Ed Hardy. Kate appeared on talk shows to say how swell things were going and how hard it was raising 8 kids on a multi-million dollar budget. Then Jon decides to cheat on his cranky bitch of a wife, who, by the way, has the fashion sense of a gerbil. After that, all hell broke loose. They announced that they were getting a divorce. TLC crapped their pants because their cash cow was about to quit producing milk. Until the ratings came in from the divorce announcement episode.

After realizing that people enjoy watching a family fall apart on national TV, TLC decided to continue the show. Jon continued his tubby, douchey-ways and Kate continued to be a rabid bitch. TLC then announced that Jon would guest star in his kid's lives, calling the show Kate Plus 8. Jon, realizing that his paycheck was soon to be gone, barred TLC from filming at his house because he had the epiphany that the show "was harming the kids".


TLC basically said "eff this", and decided today to pull the plug on the show.

I feel sorry for the kids. I don't like the idea of placing these kids on national television in order to get yourself big cars, a big house, and everything else. Sure, the kids have a good life for now, but at what cost? Hopefully, the money from the show can pay for the years of counseling ahead.

Labels: idiot celebrities, idiots, Jon and Kate, kids, television