Jon and Kate plus divorce lawyers; the Gosselins have filed divorce papers

**Moongirl** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:10 PM

I guess we don't have to wait for the big announcement tonight:

It's Over: Jon & Kate File for Divorce - E! Online

It's Over: Jon & Kate File for Divorce
Today 2:22 PM PDT

Mark Arbeit / TLC

A little TLC did not go a long way for Jon and Kate Gosselin.

The reality-TV stars, long rumored to be on the rocks, filed divorce papers Monday afternoon in Reading, Pa., People reports.

A "special announcement" is scheduled for tonight's episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8—the fourth hour of what has proved to be an emotionally tense fifth season—but documents filed at the Bucks County Courthouse played spoiler instead.

"Parents of multiples have triple the divorce rate," Kate said during the record-setting season premiere. "I was thinking we were going to beat that. I don't know if I can say that anymore."

The news comes several days after Jon was spotted apartment hunting in New York. He and Kate have been spending the majority of their time apart over the past month, with Jon sticking closer to their suburban Pennsylania home while Kate took the kids on vacation in North Carolina.

by Natalie Finn

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**mrs.v** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:11 PM

Well,that's that.

**Lalique** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:13 PM

Wow. I'm shocked. NOT.

**NicoleWasHere** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:26 PM

*Taps foot impatiently* Do I have to say it?

*DIVA! · June 22nd, 2009, 05:30 PM

Bullshit...publicity stunt!

**aabbcc** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:33 PM

A divorce article has already been posted in the other thread. Old news.

The Gosselins to make BIG Announcement on Monday

And I doubt it's a publicity stunt. You don't file divorce papers for no reason. From what I've been reading in various blogs, they've been more or less separated for months.

**greysfang** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:34 PM

I think the publicity stunt part is scheduling your filing down to the hour and then repeatedly saying in the media that there's a big announcement and you 'have to watch' to find out what it is. Whores.

**Fly_On_TheWall** · June 22nd, 2009, 05:39 PM

Now pull the plug on the show and go away.

**PrettyGirl** · June 22nd, 2009, 06:01 PM

The amount of children they had was beyond crazy. There was no time to nurture that relationship. Jon and Kate probably lost interest in each other a long time ago. Now they have wealth and fame and a reality show, but they also now have a broken home. The kids are the ones who will suffer in the long run and that sucks.

**Grimmlok** · June 22nd, 2009, 06:05 PM

boy, getting that motorbike sure was important!

**aabbcc** · June 22nd, 2009, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by greysfang

I think the publicity stunt part is scheduling your filing down to the hour and then repeatedly saying in the media that there's a big announcement and you 'have to watch' to find out what it is. Whores.

Oh, of course. I think it's quite obvious by now that I'm a bit slow.

**angelais** · June 22nd, 2009, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Fly_On_TheWall

Now pull the plug on the show and go away.

AMEN!!

I feel sorry for those kids. I wonder how the whole visitation rights thing will work out? I mean if it's 50/50, he needs to start some serious house hunting (if he hasn't already done so.)