Can Jon & Kate Plus 8 Brand Thrive Without Marriage?
Jon acknowledged that they no longer want the same things, conceding, “We’re going in two different directions right now.” The season premiere also featured a montage of the sextuplets’ past birthdays, which may as well have been subtitled, “Good Times in the Gosselin Household.” While Jon and Kate looked like a happily, if harried, married couple at those past parties, they now resemble work-weary business partners. Through the party planning, Kate emphasized again and again that she was handling preparations alone, without Jon’s help, because he needed a break from the kids.
