try to fix #44

src/Kubernetes.Auth.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using k8s.Models;
+
 namespace k8s
 {
     using System;
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ namespace k8s
             // set credentails for the kubernernet client
             this.SetCredentials(config, handler);
             this.InitializeHttpClient(handler, new DelegatingHandler[]{new WatcherDelegatingHandler()});
+
+            DeserializationSettings.Converters.Add(new V1Status.V1StatusObjectViewConverter());
         }
 
         private X509Certificate2 CaCert { get; set; }

src/V1Status.ObjectView.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace k8s.Models
+{
+    public partial class V1Status
+    {
+        internal class V1StatusObjectViewConverter : JsonConverter
+        {
+            public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+            {
+                serializer.Serialize(writer, value);
+            }
+
+            public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue,
+                JsonSerializer serializer)
+            {
+                var obj = JToken.Load(reader);
+
+                try
+                {
+                    return obj.ToObject(objectType);
+                }
+                catch (JsonException)
+                {
+                    // should be an object
+                }
+
+                return new V1Status
+                {
+                    _original = obj,
+                    HasObject = true
+                };
+            }
+
+            public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
+            {
+                return typeof(V1Status) == objectType;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private JToken _original;
+
+        public bool HasObject { get; private set; }
+
+        public T ObjectView<T>()
+        {
+            return _original.ToObject<T>();
+        }
+    }
+}