In Defense Of Kate Gosselin

Up till now, we have been carrying a torch for 'Team Jon' in the Gosselin pseudo-celebrity deathmatch arena. But St. Tropez? With a cut-off-short-wearing, ciggy-smoking 22-year-old mistress-turned-fiancee? To commemorate some upcoming t-shirt line? All while Kate is at home picnicking with the children and STILL wearing her wedding ring??!                                                             Jon Gosselin Introduces Mistress In France       Jon Gosselin Engaged?

Look, last month we called Kate Gosselin a lady douchebag in a survey for Lemondrop.com...but we at YourTango have officially changed our minds: Jon Gosselin is the douchebag. Kate's douchebag, to be exact, at least until the divorce is final. And if you're still waving Jon's loud and unflattering flag, the time has come to accept that maybe, just maybe, he's kind of a douche. And we're talking literal definition, i.e., "a device used to introduce a current of water into the female body for hygienic or therapeutic purposes." 

It may appear an overly contrived and painfully crude metaphor, but this idea of Kate using Jon to flush her sense of worthlessness works. You need eight kids, a giant house and a TV show to feel important? Come on, Kate. For years she has been funneling her anger and hostility through Jon and fortunately away from her children much in the same way that a woman uses a douche: to purge her most intimate area (her heart) of its impurity (her greed) so that it may be more agreeable (for the well-being of her kids). But what's come out as a result is just plain gross. 

However even with all that said, Jon's no longer off the hook. His recent activity reeks of douchebaggery, and we're finally smelling his true colors.