The change is said to have come from waning viewership, which dropped nearly 80% from the beginning of the current season (I like to think of it as a silent protest of former fans of the show). The new spin will focus more on Kate as a single mother, with Jon just making occasional appearances.

The couple, who share custody of the eight kids, decided early on in their separation that while they would each get a different place to live, the kids would remain in the million-dollar house in Pennsylvania with one parent living with them dependent upon scheduling.

They announced their split on TV this past June, though Jon was snapped with a rotation of college girls out at bars earlier than that, and then made his relationship with Hailey Glassman public soon after. Kate was rumored to have been dating her bodyguard, though those rumors seemed to have fizzled out not long after they started.

Kate Plus Eight will premiere on TLC on November 2.

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This is a show that took off I think more than anyone thought it would. Out of nowhere, this real life story about having 8 kids was made into a reality tv show and viewers went crazy. I’m not sure if it was the fact whether no one could believe she was to have sextuplets, or that it was just a fascinating story, but whatever the case, Jon and Kate both grew very popular. I would almost go as close to saying they become famous, which is probably why they hit rock bottom. I think that is fair to say but the publicity and media is enough for people to go down if they do not know how to handle it. That is exactly what happened in this situation. Not to mention, it got a little bit to Kate’s head. Have you seen her 10 years ago compared to her pictures now? After all, Kate was the one who wanted to remain committed to their TV career where as Jon recently told PEOPLE he wanted a less high-profile life.

What I think is so sad is that the kids have not spent ONE day not being on television. Their entire life has been on tv and displayed to the public. I understand that they got good money for this and was very helpful to this, but revealing their kids privacy for their entire lives makes this a completly different story and I think very unfair. Especially with an outcome like this. What are the kids to do now? They only know what it’s like to be on tv let alone having a mother and father. Have Jon and Kate always been unhappy and just putting on a show this whole time for the public? or do you think they really were in love and gradually just wore down through season after season? Not to mind you have to handle 8 kids. That’ s a lot of work!

Their entire past must have made life boring and so ’set’ it’s no surprise that both Jon and Kate had a ‘wandering eye’. Jon had photos and there was talk of him being with a 23- year old school teacher, where as Kate had been seen with their bodyguard in close counters. They admitted they had problems and was unsure where their relationship was headed, and yesterday we got the scoop of exactly what direction that is.

My heart goes to those 8 children, and only hope this is treated in the ‘best’ – worst cast scenario.

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It was only last week that Jon was accused of being with a 23-year old teacher, Deanna Hummel. However she stepped up and told PEOPLE that there was absolutely nothing romantic going on between the two of them and that they are just simply friends. They have been spending time together however it’s always going to be hard to have a male/female friendship when you’re famous. You are just a walking target when it comes to anyone being seeing with someone other than their wife.

On the other side of things, PEOPLE tells us about Kate’s experience fighting reports that she has been having a more-than-platonic relationship with Steve Neild, a bodyguard who frequently travels with her and her family.

She can’t believe what she has heard and is in disgust. Kate and Jon are left with only few companions and friends after all they have been through, but this is cutting it close and Kate is terrified that after all of this, there will be no one left. She doesn’t want to loose her last set of friends. They have been bombarded with paparazzi and Kate thinks that is going to be the final straw even though she keeps calling to apologize.

They are the ones that chose this, and as Kate puts it “we opened our world to this” but that doesn’t mean that their friends and family have to put up with it. Well, yes and no. It was Kate and Jon’s choice to take this path however they must know that anything that is part of your life and family will always come along for the ride as well. You see cases like this all around the world. So if they thought they were going to get out easy, they thought wrong.

Could they have avoided situations like these though? Did they even do anything wrong or did the media take the first opportunity to jump in to make something a big deal. They are the ones who make the story and Jon and Kate will have little to no say at what story that is.

I feel for them, because it’s not as if they are in this together, they still have their 8 kids behind which is enough to think about. Added stress with something like this is juts a disaster waiting to happen. Unfortunately, it won’t get easier for a while. Once there is a story, it only embellishes from there. Privacy? forget it. They are now going to have double the eyes on them.

Seriously though, leave them alone.

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