‘Jon & Kate’ Under Investigation
The mega-meltdown hit TV show “Jon & Kate + 8″ is under investigation for breaking Pennsylvania child labor laws.
The state’s Department of Labor is looking into whether the shows producers are complying with child labor laws. Investigators are gathering information from its represenatives, but officials are quick to point out an investigation does not mean suspicion: they investigate every complaint.
So who’s behind this complaint and what’s it about?
State officials aren’t saying. But the couple’s in-laws have openly called the show and the Gosselin parents “exploitative.”
From MSNBC:
It isn’t normal for children to be raised thinking they are the center of the universe!!Kate calls this book signing ‘thing’, doing her job..No,no.Her job is raising those children,she made that choice and they deserve it,a full time ‘Mom’.Not a celebrity ‘wanna be’ with French nails,body guard and fancy hair do.A full time 24/7 MOM.It’s thier RIGHT!!! Ask them!!!!!
If nothing else, I wonder if perhaps there won’t be some clarification of child labor laws re: reality shows, as a result of this.
I’d bet you anything that Jon & Kate consider being on that show “doing their job.” I can’t imagine how they justify it (making their small children also work) to themselves now that they have sufficient funds to meet their needs and their children’s education has been taken care of.
The debate between whether they’re being directed vs. documented is interesting.
But even if they’re not being directed, the cameras/cameramen/etc. are still intruding on their lives. There is still a camera being shoved in their faces, extra people around when they want to be alone with Mom and Dad, etc.
Interesting that it’s a state issue. I wonder what the law is in California, where a lot of this stuff is shot.
I think kids shouldn’t be allowed on reality shows at all.
It’s about time.