Jon And Kate Gosselin Implode
It looks like the final, bitter end has arrived for Jon and Kate Gosselin, the two latest reality-TV whores to find the pressure of being married while being filmed to be too much. It’s a trend that’s been playing out for years.
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston couldn’t remain together under the harsh glare of the spotlight. Neither could Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. Need I mention Hulk Hogan and his beloved Linda?
Out of so many reality TV celebrities who pimped out their privacy for cash, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are one of very few couples who remained married after the show ended.
The Gosselins at first seemed like they would make it. The couple took on the TLC show because the expense of having so many kids was intense. With reality TV show cash coming in, they could pursue their lifestyle and have enough money for the demands of eight children. But somewhere along the way, the fame went to their heads, and despite the high level of entitlement they became accustomed to, the pressure of life in the fishbowl proved more than they could handle.
Now the grand times are behind them, and Kate and Jon Gosselin will soon have to adjust to life without the glare of TV cameras and without the huge paychecks provided by being “trainwreck” entertainment for millions of Americans. They are just two former lovers going through a divorce, and like so many others in the same situation, they are hurling accusations at each other while scrambling to asset their independence.
Jon Gosselin has decided to become a pudgy Lothario. He is routinely wooing women half his age. Kate Gosselin, for her part, seems less than eager to release her tenuous grasp on fame. She was reduced to tears the other day after learning that Jon had drained their joint account of $230,000. That left her with only $1,000, which was not enough to pay her bills. In a sense, being unable to pay the bills for her un-naturally large family was what was fated for her before she began filming “Jon and Kate Plus 8.” Now, just as water seeks its own level, Jon and Kate Gosselin seem to be heading into the gutter from whence they sprang.
Both Jon and Kate are now claiming to speak for their children. Jon says the kids hate being on TV, and he plans on not allowing them to be filmed. Kate says the children love the crew from TLC and love the attention they get as mini-stars. In reality, it’s hard to believe the kids even understand half of what’s going on. To watch them suffer through a televised divorce seems rather cruel.
What’s left for Jon and Kate?
Plenty of time in the tabloids, all the while paying lawyers whatever money they actually earned for the television run. One thing seems certain, they haven’t done that great of a job with their personal finances.
The still owe $720,000 on the mortgage for their $1.1 million home. That’s just for starters.
“I have a stack of bills,” Kate said. “The last thing I wanted was to do this show and end up not being able to pay our bills.”
If true, Kate Gosselin is right back to where she was before filming started. Only now, she’s in even worse shape because she doesn’t have a husband to help.
Jon Gosselin isn’t letting any slight go unanswered. He said that Kate is making up the story about him taking the money.
“I’ve never taken any money out because, over 10 years, Kate handled all the banking,” Jon said. “She’s hiding money.”
One thing we can all bank on. The children in this marriage will definitely be used as ammunition when Jon and Kate go at each other. Jon Gosselin has already attempted to pull the kids from filming, which would destroy TLC’s idea of a “Kate Plus 8.”
TLC announced on October, 1 that filming has been halted. They announced their actions after one of Jon Gosselin’s lawyers told them he would not allow filming of his kids at the home any more.
To an outside observer, it seems as if this is a ploy on behalf of Jon to retain some control over the money coming in from TLC. The letter came in on the same day that TLC had announced they were dumping Jon and going with Kate.
The future of their marriage is clear. The future of any potential televisions projects is now very much in the air. Jon and Kate Gosselin have come full circle to where they were when the whole journed started, only a bit wiser and a bit worse for the wear.
At this point the real question is: does America still care? They seem to be eating up the tabloid accusations, but once that dies down will people still be interested in watching a show involving these two? For Jon and Kate, that’s the multi-million dollar question.
I feel bad for Kate and hope she can make some money to feed all those kids. She can go back to nursing and isn’t he an IT tech, lol. But Jon has made us all hate him. I used to like him the best, but no more.
Kate has the $$$ already to take care of the children if she just limit the SPENDING on luxury items…stop go to Starbuck, use USPS instead of FEDEX, fly coach class (which she has refused to fly since became famous) instead of first class, stop buying designer and matching clothings for all of them.
She has received the $$$ from books deal, speaking engagements, TV Guests, interviews.
They have 11 other banks together. Basically, Jon is not allowed to spent anything. So, he is entitled to something.
It did happen when they were broke. Jon was given $5.00 allowance for his lunch when he worked as an IT. It happens now…. she controls him …. nobody can touch her money.
There are intellegent people like Kate who are smart in building a good business and a good life but are not wise in who they allow into their lives. How many otherwise smart people have dragged an idiot into the mix who only knew how to tear everything down. Parasites like Jon are always looking for someone superior to them selves, then become jealous and begin to destroy themselves, everyone around them and all that someone else has built. They are grudging and resentful and then spend their lives looking for others to blame for their selfish and out of control behaviour.