# Jon Gosselin is the worst person ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387 "2010-01-02T10:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/1 "2010-01-02T10:28:16Z")
I don’t know what else to say. What a douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/2 "2010-01-02T10:35:29Z")
You can’t think of _anyone_ worse? Not a single committed terrorist, serial murderer, or bad game show host? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/3 "2010-01-02T10:42:02Z")
Come on just a hint. Who? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/4 "2010-01-02T10:46:03Z")
Jon of Jon and Kate plus 8. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/5 "2010-01-02T10:46:15Z")
I googled him and the first thing I saw was: _Hailey Glassman is ‘very scared’ of Jon Gosselin; he is 'trying to …_ I also don’t know who Hailey Glassman is. I’ll read on. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/6 "2010-01-02T10:48:23Z")
Oh dear I’ve never heard of _Jon and Kate plus 8._ but now I spot the phrase **reality TV** and it all makes sense. Or no sense as the case may be. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/7 "2010-01-02T11:11:42Z")
A douchebag married to a cunt . . . at least the kids will turn out alright. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/8 "2010-01-02T11:31:11Z")
Meh. Back when [del]I[/del]my mom still watched the show, I always thought Kate was the one with problems. But I assumed there had to be something wrong with Jon for him to put up with her. ---
**Author:** ![mecaenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/9 "2010-01-02T12:03:10Z")
I have no idea who he is, but at seeing a mention of reality TV, this right here is why that garbage is so successful. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/10 "2010-01-02T12:12:37Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > A douchebag married to a cunt . . . at least the kids will turn out alright. I don’t know about the last bit. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/11 "2010-01-02T12:13:39Z")
> [@mecaenas](#): > > I have no idea who he is, but at seeing a mention of reality TV, this right here is why that garbage is so successful. I’ll second that. It’s disgusting the amount of press these people get. It’s disgusting the amount of interest people show. It’s pathetic that someone might think he’s the worst person ever – even if it just hyperbole. “Reality TV” makes me worry about the future of mankind. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/12 "2010-01-02T13:22:39Z")
I have no idea who half these people are, and to the extent that I’ve heard about the other half, it’s all been from reading the covers of magazines while I wait to pay for my stuff. “Reality TV stars” have no talent, they do nothing, and they make nothing, yet they’re so desperate for fame that they’ll risk their dignity and their freedom (in the case of the Heenes and maybe the Salahis) to get it. I just console myself with the knowledge that, in another 10 years or so, Jon Gosselin will be an obscure trivia question. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/13 "2010-01-02T13:41:36Z")
[moderator] Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society [/moderator] [just another poster] Really? Worst person ever? You must not get out much. [/just another poster] ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/14 "2010-01-02T15:04:20Z")
Oh come on. This is the same board where someone stated that they thought Faramir was every bit as bad as Sauron because of how he treated Gollum in the movie. The hyperbole, it burns! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/15 "2010-01-02T15:31:36Z")
I didn’t know who Jon was at the beginning of 2009. I vaguely knew about Jon (hell, I spelled it John here before correcting myself) and Kate Plus Eight but I never watched it and didn’t always know that this was the John people were referring to. I knew exactly who he was by the end of 2009 though. I suppose there’s some pride to not knowing about a stupid reality show but if you’ve never heard of it or Jon by now you’ve been living in a cave or something. Also, the Beatles are no longer a group. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/16 "2010-01-02T15:34:11Z")
Jon and Kate were _both_ horrible people who just happened to have eight kids. Sure, Jon’s douchiness really showed post-split, but if you had ever seen clips of Jon & Kate Plus Eight show, you’d know Kate was a massive, massive bitch, and I don’t know of anyone who could keep a marriage with her alive. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/17 "2010-01-02T15:37:27Z")
Can someone do a YouTube Hitler Downfall denouncing of Gosselin just to make it sound more stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/18 "2010-01-02T16:06:42Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Can someone do a YouTube Hitler Downfall denouncing of Gosselin just to make it sound more stupid? It’s probably in the making. And yes, I agree. He’s quite awful. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/19 "2010-01-02T16:38:38Z")
I thought [JohnEdward](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0Jt2jnLOQ)was the biggest douche bag in the universe. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387/20 "2010-01-02T16:53:17Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The hyperbole, it burns! Actually, hyperbole is \*\*\* the worst thing ever.\*\*\* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-gosselin-is-the-worst-person-ever/523387.md?page=2)