I am not talking about the end of their marriage, either. Their personal life is theirs even though they are aggressively broadcasting it to millions. What I'm talking about is the production of the show itself.
Was it just me or was the same interview piece from each used over and over again, ending with Jon not knowing what is going to happen and Kate almost in tears and then cutting to a charming promo piece for Cake Boss? My emotions didn't know what to do. So I cried and had a cupcake.
Seriously, though, I'm okay with a little Rock of Love because it's pathetic in a funny kind of way. I'm okay with The Amazing Race and Survivor because it's not reality, it's unscripted (as far as you know).
But this Jon and Kate thing is just way too invasive, too real, and there are kids involved, to boot. I am a lemming, and I tuned in to watch the "big announcement" like millions of others (did I just admit that?), and what I was fed was 30 minutes of Crooked House building and another 30 minutes that used seven minutes of interviews and re-edited it so they could fill all their ad spots. Maybe the people making the show are too close to Jon and Kate at this point, or maybe they ran out of time, but the production of the interview tried and failed to turn this awful event for the couple into a compelling drama. It was uncomfortable. So way to go, TLC for attempting to gracefully fill us in on the lives of two people I will never meet and their 8 adorable kids who in ten or twenty years can re-watch the DVD version of how their rents split.
Daisy of Love is on. I'm Out.
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