I write this blog with much regret: My favorite addiction and guiltiest pleasure, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, takes its final curtain call next month. I am honestly in shock. I thought I would follow the Gossellin children through the rough teen years and off into college. I don’t know what I’m going to do without Aaden, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Leah, and Alexis (pictured) in my life. I do have a sneaking suspicion that their camera whore of a mother, Kate will somehow find a way to bring them back in my life — until then I'm not really sure what to do. I have tried other shows with multiples — the Jon and Kate "knock offs" — but they never live up. Just because you have a million kids does not mean they are Jon and Kate's plus eight.
I am completely distraught over this and cant believe I will never see Joel get his first girlfriend (or boyfriend, I think we're a little on the fence with him) or Hannah have her first pregnancy scare. Come on, this is the point of reality shows! I am most disappointed in Jon. I mean, Jon was
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2009.