Much like the mucus that coagulates in the cervical canal during the initial stages of pregnancy, the scandal surrounding “Jon and Kate Plus 8’s” Jon Gosselin’s three-month affair with school teacher Deanna Hummel continues to thicken. After Deanna’s brother Jason went on record earlier this week to confirm Jon’s multiple trips to the Pennsylvania home he shares with Deanna, his sister responded by telling the press Jason was an unemployed former drug addict and a liar. Us Weekly says

As for Deanna’s accusations against her brother for being “very shady” and “having no job” and a “criminal background,” Jason Hummel — a full-time student at Reading Area Community College - was candid about his history. “I have a bad past and I’m not proud of it,” he told the magazine. “I was selling drugs. I’m on probation. When I made my mistake, I was the same age as my sister is now, making her mistake. Hopefully she can learn from it.”

Meanwhile…

A security guard at a Pennsylvania motel has come forth, telling RadarOnline.com that he also saw Jon kiss a woman who fits the description of Deanna at Legends Lounge on April 19. (Jon has denied kissing Deanna at the club. He also denied that he wasn’t wearing his wedding ring, even though photos clearly show him with no band on his left hand.)

Perhaps even more shocking in all of this is the revelation that people actually watch this show. I had honestly never heard of it until this week. I figured the only people who tuned in to “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ were stay-at-home moms and guys who stumbled across it thinking was some kind of gangbang porno.