ITA...but I can't tell you how skeptical I am about Jon's motives...I would embrace the Rabbi's recent assessment of Jon's efforts to clean up his act if he (Jon) didn't have his girlfriend spilling her guts on TV with Starr and Kathy in the meantime...right now, I think that Jon's actions just speak a lot louder than his words...maybe in time, he can "grow into" his words...but for right now he is a pitiful example of a loving, caring father....
I don't think the Rabbi is finished with him yet. It's hard to know if anything will come of this, but IMO it couldn't hurt.
I never saw his show--but yes, he had one. I believe he went into homes that were troubled and riddled with issues that made for a very unhappy home life (marriage and/or kids)--and essentially counseled them through it.
So he isn't doing anything out of character.
I do find it odd though that he is doing anything at all and I wonder who reached out to whom and what the motivation is behind this match up.
Like I wonder--are there cameras involved and we'll get a "Jon's Side with Reverend Schmuli" show?
Rabbi Shmuley is a friend of Mike Heller, Jon's manager and the son of Mark Heller.
The event is part of a series of debates and discussions presented by the Jewish Values Network. Here's the posting:
http://www.jewishvaluesnetwork.org/events.php#nov1
Tickets are cheap! It seems that many of the previous ones have videos posted on
Youtube, but they're really the home movie quality type of video.
But we never trust Kate's words when her actions don't match. I am unclear as to why Jon's words are given so much credibility over his actions when they don't match.
I disagree with this. It seems like the pro-Kate posters believe everything she says, but even those who consider themselves on the opposite side of the debate don't give either of them much credibility. It's more of a "well, I would agree with that statement" type of reaction eg. when he stopped filming at the house, many of us agreed that it was the right thing to do, but we didn't say we believed him when he said why he did it -- there had to be more evidence to validate his statements.
He SHOULD have noticed. You always look at at cake (as he did) before taking it to make sure it meets your satisfaction.
ITA! I was always the one sent to the store to pick up my brother's birthday cakes, and there were several times they spelled his name (Alan) wrong. It was never a big deal to have it fixed, even at a grocery store bakery or on an ice cream cake. Having said that, I would never trust my DH to check my daughter's birthday cake to make sure her name was spelled right or was decorated the way she wanted it, let alone know what to do if something was done wrong.
Wow -- I just changed my mind about this while I was writing my post. It's possible that Jon did notice, but he was clueless.
I would guess, and this is just a guess - I'm sure someone here will have the real answer - that it could go either way. I'm sure there are people/celebs or their agents calling any and all talk shows to get themselves or their client on (maybe a "less known" star/person). Then there are the guests that the show is hunting down (like the pilot who landed in the Hudson River - just an example!) trying to get on to boost ratings. I'm not sure where Kate would fall right now. There's not a lot of drama and such (no missing money, no divorce announcement, ect) to bring huge ratings or "break" some big news on their show.
Yes, that's the way it's done -- the agent or the manager (if the person doesn't also have an agent) gets a cut of the pay or gets a fee (if it's a non-paying job)
But she's not going to leave him. 
