Back in May, when the Jon and Kate break-up  fiasco began, I wrote a piece called TLC Publicity 101. And I quote:

Are we all catching on that last week's "explosive" cheating scandal was in all probability planned. Word is the Jon and Kate split up months ago, and have been playing it for the camera ever since. I realize the season premiere is just around the corner, but this is not the only reason you’re being sold this. 50 bucks it will be Kate Plus 8. TLC following a single mom of 8 kids around, while she works, dates and manages her time –it could be Jon, but she has the stronger personality and it makes for better television, plus Jon Plus 8 doesn’t rhyme.

TLC announced today that JON & KATE PLUS 8 will be renamed KATE PLUS 8. Jon's officially unemployed.

Now before I change my last name to Nostradamus, and set up a booth at the local flea market, I will concede that TLC didn't really have much choice. Jon, with his serial hook ups, no longer plays well to the demographic TLC is courting (that would be other moms with too much time on their hands).

I'd recommend him for an upcoming season of THE BACHELOR, but who in the blazes would date a divorced dad of eight kids (all of whom are under 12)? Even if you landed him, his monthly child support payments pretty much guarantees a life of coupon clipping and food stamps. Jon better beg Kate for a reconciliation. It will be far cheaper to live with that woman. But no need to tell Jon this, he released the following statement this afternoon:

“Even though we were heading for a divorce, it appeared that Kate had been suffering from this divorce as much as I had. That’s why I asked my attorney to put the brakes on this divorce so I could try to regain control over the future of our family. So Kate and I could join on a cooperative course that would benefit our family — not destroy it. I regret my conduct since Kate and I separated [on June 22]. I used poor judgment in publicly socializing with other women so soon.”

Good luck with that Jon.