Jon Gosselin Is Misunderstood!
Dirtbag. Womanizer. Alien abductee. Yes, many words have been applied to Jon Gosselin.
Here’s one that hasn’t: misunderstood.
Every year in America, hundreds of thousands of men divorce. Sure, Gosselin’s more famous than most. Certainly, he’s more infamous than most. But at the end of the Vegas pool party day, he’s just a guy.
Who’s being a guy.
Akilah Kamaria understands. She’s the founder of Hemancipation, a concierge service that caters to men in transition due to relocation, job status or divorce. And she’s seen lots of guys like Gosselin.
Because they’re the rule, and not the E.T.-probed exception.
“Men respond to divorce in a certain way,” Kamaria tells us. “And his response is fairly typical: ‘I’m free. I can do whatever it is I couldn’t previously do.’ ”
To one guy, that can mean eating pudding in the living room—true story, Kamaria assures us. To another guy, that can mean riding bikes, partying from Saint-Tropez to Sin City, and enjoying the company of young lady friends, very plural.
“It is a mad dash into a future that is very temporary,” Kamaria says—and we think: Is that not the world’s most poetic way to describe Gosselin’s last few trainwreck months?
When framed as an act of temporary insanity, Gosselin’s behavior not only demands that we cut him slack, it demands that we treasure our moments with him.
