By Anya
Jon Gosselin is up to his old tricks. The dad of 8 has apparently been without power since at least October 25th if latest girlfriend Liz Jannetta is to be believed. Liz tweeted on October 25th:
We’ve got this rare still and silent night together. No footsteps nor electric. Hot Tea and candles and a ne instagr.am/p/ROtfirsepZ/
— Liz jannetta (@LJisGaia) October 26, 2012
(Yeah, I don’t know what a “ne” is either. It appears her tweet may have been cut off or maybe it’s what middle-aged broke dads do with their (latest) 20-something girlfriends these days? I’m out of the loop.)
Jon-Jon has a long history of getting his girlfriends to do his dirty work so it’s kind of interesting to me that Liz decided to share this nugget with the world after not tweeting for two weeks. What’s the angle, Jon? I know you have one. You always do and it’s usually to make Kate’s life hell, but in this case I don’t know what you gain by admitting that you are an under (or non?) employed middle-aged dad that can’t keep his lights on. Hey, I get it — we are in a tough economy, but a responsible dad does not let things get to this point. How in the world can Jon maintain a safe and comfortable home for his kids to visit with no gas and electricity? Does he have water? Depending on how his water is provided, if he doesn’t have electricity, he may well not have water. And I know many people are currently in that same situation due to Sandy, but Jon’s situation appears at this point (unless he has information to clear things up) to be due to his failure to pay his bill. Sad.
So I’m going to have to give an Jon a “F” in the providing basic necessities department. Unfortunately, that’s not the only area where he is failing. Remember how I said Jon gets others to do his dirty work? And one of his main pleasures in life seems to be sticking it to Kate? Well, Liz’s next tweet was to showcase a picture of one of the Gosselin sextuplets with a pit bull. After catching some heat from readers about that, a few days later she petulantly tweeted another picture of a Gosselin child with her pit.
Liz, if you are reading this, I’m going to give you some unsolicited advice. Do not tweet pictures – or in any way share via social media – pictures of another women’s children without her permission. It’s not good form. If (and this if is so huge you can drive a mack truck through it), you and Jon end up “making it”, you have already clearly signaled to Kate that you are trouble with a capital T. That you aren’t interested in participating in an effective co-parenting situation. That you are just here to be used to advance Jon’s goals of pissing off Kate.
Now, the delicate part which I’m going to pretty much take a pass on. I know there are strong feelings on both sides of the whole pit bull argument. It seems people are getting lost in that particular argument and missing the big picture. Until Kate re-tweeted today a follower’s link about children harmed by pit bulls, we didn’t know for sure where Kate stood on this. Now we do. And I’m sure Kate has told Jon in no uncertain terms how she feels about the kids being around Liz’s pit bulls. We can argue until we are blue in the face about whether Kate’s worries are well-founded or not. It’s not the point. Kate is the children’s mother and her wishes deserve to be taken into consideration. At the very least, they should not be outright mocked by the latest girlfriend-of-the-month on Twitter. So because I know Jon is behind this, that’s another F for putting petty desires to hurt an ex over the need to maintain a harmonious and respectful co-parenting situation.
I’m well aware that Kate tweeted today and confirmed what we already know – that Jon is still without power. (I can only imagine how wonderful his house smells at this point. Especially with multiple dogs!) Do I think that this is employing effective co-parenting? Truthfully not. But, I also think that Kate has gotten it from all sides for months now (and yes, I’m referring to Jon’s bro/BFF Robert Hoffman) and has maintained a respectful silence. Kate isn’t perfect, but day in and day out, she is the one there doing the heavy lifting, making sure the kids physical, mental and emotional well-being needs are met. One slip-up isn’t going to downgrade her in my grade book.
I’m giving Anya an A on this one. You nailed every point.
I think Kates tweet about Jons power being out was to let him know shes done being pushed around by him & playing games. I hope he gets it, because I sense shes had enough.
Great post, Anya! You nailed it! ITA that Liz was mocking Kate. She shouldn’t have posted the pics of the kids with or without the dog. Yes, they are Jon’s kids, too, but before Jon closed his Twitter account his kids were off limits. If he wasn’t willing to tweet pics of his kids, or even talk about them on Twitter why would he let the girlfriend of the month do it? What’s changed?
I have to agree. I’d lend you my red pen, but see you already have one.
I hate seeing the passive-aggressive stuff on Twitter. It was painful enough when Jon did it on the show. Kate’s not perfect, but then neither are her detractors. Not even close.
It’s also sad to me that she is hounded by the likes of R. Hoffman who admittedly set up a hate blog owner with a fake “Jon steals the chickens” story years ago for…fun? At Jon’s (and the blog owner’s) expense? Why would anyone trust what that man writes or believe he wouldn’t make up anything?
I see Jon is still trying to move back into the garage apt. Is an F- allowed? I am meaner than Kate. I would not keep silent like she does. I would try not to hurt my children, but I would not keep quiet either. Enough is enough.
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.
Divorce 101 – Girlfriends need to stay in the background when it comes to the kids and be sweet!
I think someone wants a reaction. A reaction = a story that can be sold to a tabloid.
I just looked at the pictures of Jon on Oct. 26. I think “ne” is “new toy.” Anyone else?
If you click the link for the picture, the rest of the post comes up. You might need to hover your mouse over the picture. It says, “We’ve got this rare still and silent night together. No footsteps nor electric. Hot Tea and candles and a new plan for tomorrow. No better way to end the night then w a seriously competitive game of Mall Maddness. <3"
I was wondering if there was a “G” grade?
Great article Anya. Appears Jon will never grow up and put the kids first!
@Ann, I vaguely remember that tweet. There was also a pic. You could see Jon in the background. She tweeted about a new board game. Mall something or other.
Oh, I see that now. Mall Madness, lol.
Jon and Kate resolved a lot of their issues between the two of them. When a third party involves themselves into the mix, the F comes in. There are boundry lines, some just never need to be crossed.
Anya gets an A+ for this article!
Jon continues to prove what a dirt bag he is.
Sigh. Jon really isn’t going to get it together any time soon, is he?
Great article.
Thanks for the positive feedback, everyone. I do appreciate that Kate shares very little (as it should be) of the reality of what she has to deal with regarding her children’s father. I do give a ton of credit for that. I have the strong feeling that there is much (much!) we do not know.
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This may seem petty, but I have to ask — Jon, how much do you spend on cigarettes weekly? How much of that could be put towards paying your overdue bills? I don’t really feel it’s my place to inquire into other’s financial situation, but it’s been put in front of us quite clearly by Liz. Jon can’t afford his power bill. I have to ask – why?
Great post Anya!. It seems like the attacks on Kate have been relentless lately. ROL and RH seemed to have teamed up lately and I am pretty sure that Jon is not unhappy about it at all. I seriously believe that these people are interfering with Kate’s ability to get and maintain a job. They go after anyone and everyone that is associated with Kate. The way she was treated for tweeting during the storm was horrible. Here is a mother alone and responsible for eight kids during a terrible storm. I’m sure she was nervous and probably a little scared and it was probably comforting to her to be able to communicate with other people. I have never seen anyone bullied as relentlessy as Kate is and the sad thing her ex not only encourages it,he instigates and profits from it,than he is sainted by the haters for his despicable behavior. It is really unbelievable.
Great article, Anya. I wonder if Jon is even working. By the looks of it Jon only has to take care of Jon and he can’t even do that.
I agree Carol, Jon is is willing for Kate to be attacked, and wonders why the public dislikes him. I wonder if RH has kept all the money from the stories he has sold to ROL and Jon was left out. RH said himself, he was going to destroy his friend Jon.
Kudos, Anya! So many things here that I agree with. I don’t care how many “Gaia” type current GFFs Jon dates and tosses away, the bottom line is Kate will ALWAYS be the mother of his children and not these ‘zerox copy wannabes’…Kate’s wishes trump ANY and ALL of the current GFFs. Period. Putting the children’s lives in *possible* danger would be a total dealbreaker for me…I hope Kate can get some sort of legal action to protect her children because it sounds suspiciously like “Gaia” wants to rub *her* decisions in Kate’s face!
And speaking of suspicious people, do any of you find the writing style of @HolaIsCJ on Twitter a tad familiar and similar to a dear friend of Jon’s? Things that make you go hmmmmm.
Anya – congratulations! You took a rough topic & kept it G-rated.
Like Kate…or not, Jon has certainly given his lil’ bits of stuff great latitude in publically involving themselves w. the mother of his children. This divorcee may THINK she knows it all, but she sounds like she has absolutely NO concept what Jon has put these children thru’ w. his vast array of ‘soul mates’ – or chihuahuas to pitbull!
So wow, not caring how Kate felt, GF decided to use the G kids as the poster children for PB Awareness? How many days is that held on? Those are the only pics she’s ever taken of her dogs? There’s no reason for GF to use the kids to get at Kate. Jon-Jon, again is being a sleaze. Insert your choice of any of my previous comments about Ellen. (How’s that tattoo looking now? Jon-Jon)
Anya, as always, your stuff is A+. 🙂 You are right on. Once Kate made it known where she stood, it was clear that Jon-Jon and GF weren’t innocently posting pics. You’ve given her some wise advice. But, she looks to be the same ole, same ole.
Kate let Jon slide on CS, it’s likely she kept his butt out of jail. I remember saying all he had to do was keep a roof over his head. Good grief Jon-Jon.
Lol, I see the khaters have pulled out their old GWOP glasses. They say the kids are unrecognizable in the pics, so it’s no big deal. Another big “Wowzer” on that one.
Having no problem with people posting pics of their kids, post your own children. 15 minutes of bad press can only bring more shame to a situation of ones plight, (electric bill) which was posted by current gf. Seems like wearing out another couch is a choice he has made. Jon needs to really check out what is wrong with his work ethic. Showing your children you love them, mens you also provide for them. What happened to the 3 companies you said you were starting, what about your foundation?
Changing Erin to Liz might be a challenge.
Anya, This is the best! You get an A++ from me! It sickens me that the haters turn every event around and bash Kate when she is NOT the problem. I have always felt like she puts up with way more than we know about. I think it’s time for her to go back to court. There is no way rationalizing why these children should be sleeping in an unheated and unsanitary home with dogs that may be dangerous. How some can overlook this and twist the words around to blame Kate is beyhond me. Jon gets an F- from me and as for the current GF, there are no words…
If Jon’s electric is turned off, do you think he has internet? Maybe he doesn’t know his GF posted those pictures. I am not sticking up for him. I am just throwing a thought out there.
What was I thinking? He knows everything. Just ignore me.
I think they both have internet on their phones. There are lots of places to keep them charged. The local libraries have free internet. They know what is going on.
Great post Anya, I really enjoy reading at your site since you are so rational and fair in your approach. Jon is really behaving like a child and now he has Liz as his new puppet he can pull the strings, make her look bad and take none of the heat himself (apparently!). I agree with Carol, Kate is treating so terribly and the haters make it impossible for her to keep jobs when they bombard the employers or any one who supports Kate. But on the other hand they want her to work without the kids. Even if she went back to part time nursing and did everything they wanted, nothing would change. They hate for hates sake.
The haters have rounded up every single pit bull owner they can find to come bash Kate about the GF’s dogs on Twitter and they are blaming the fans for this. These sick, twisted, and evil trolls are rotten to the core. I’m sure the majority if them care nothing about pit bulls… they are using this, AS THEY ALWAYS DO, to make trouble for Kate. It’s obvious that they care nothing about the kids.
I agree with you, Judy. As for any pit bull “fans” who have gotten dragged into this, whatever….
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From what I have seen in the past, they are not very open to opposing viewpoints or rational and thoughtful dialogue so they should fit right in with the Kate bashers. The core issue for me remains a mother’s right to make choices regarding her children’s well being.
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Scarlett, thanks so much for the kind words. We appreciate. 🙂
So lemme get this straight, neither of these parents (Jon and Liz) have managed to keep the electric on? These two are responsible for 11 children between them, correct? I haven’t really kept up, are they living together? If so, why isn’t Liz keeping the utilities on for her children? We know deadbeat Jon won’t do it for his, but what’s Liz’s excuse? Poor Kate I cannot fathom how she manages, I would go apesh*t on them!
I know without a doubt that Liz only posted those pictures to get under Kate’s skin, Liz has never posted pictures of her own kids with those dogs why did she think it would be ok for to post pictures of someone else’s kids?
Kate is such a better woman than I am. I am amazed at her strength to keep her mouth shut. I’m sure there is so much more that happens from Jon that we do not know about.
There is new drama in the saga. The father of these children had Robert over at the house during his visitation. Robert then wrote a nice blog about how great the dad was and what a disgusting person the mom was. If Jon deserved an F before now he should be expelled.
The upshot of the blog was that ALL of Roberts content has been removed. ROL has all the details.
So why does Jon want the kids? Does he think if he gets the kids he will have the house and the money? He can’t even afford the power bill now.
arie,
I would be very concerned for my family that a grown man was stalking and reporting my every move in life. It’s time for the law to get involved and have some serious questions asked to RH and Jon. I wonder how RH would handle things if the tables were turned. You can bet he would be in court ASAP with a law suit to claim he has been damaged. Until Kate, TLC, etc, sues him, this will continue. 🙁
We were working on a new blog post to go up about it.
Here it is https://imperfectwomen.com/google-removes-robert-hoffmans-blog-posts-regarding-kate-gosselin/
Marie: What stood out to me about the last blog post of RH’s was all the sugar that the kids were eating while with Jon. That probably explains why Jon is so overweight.