Jon Gosselin fired, bars cameras
By Alexandra Heilbron on October 2, 2009 | 33 Comments
Earlier this week, it was announced that Jon Gosselin would no longer be a regular part of the reality series, Jon and Kate Plus Eight — in fact, the new name for the show is Kate Plus Eight, perhaps because Gosselin seemed to be more interested in pursuing his love life than in spending time with his children. However, in response, Gosselin is putting a stop to production. He’s sent a letter to TLN, the network that airs the program, claiming that filming is detrimental to his children. The letter reads: “Effective immediately no production crews are to enter Jon Gosselin’s family home for any reason. In the event that anyone enters the marital property, Jon Gosselin will notify the local authority to effectuate police action against any trespassers.” A sign has also been put up on the gates to the home which reads: “Notice: No film crew or production staff from TLC is permitted on this property under penelty [sic] of trespass. Johnathon [sic] Gosselin.” Not sure if the spelling mistakes are his, or the fault of the printers.
I didn’t love the show but if that is the way to support the children, especially now, he is doing this out of spite and is going to harm his children. They were born with camera’s everywhere so why stop now. If they are divorced and she gets the house, he will have no say in it…so let his girlfriend support him.
What a two year old! ‘If I can’t be on tv, then neither can Kate and the kids!’ But yet, it was all good for the children as long as daddy was allowed on too, right? It wasn’t too “detrimental” then, was it? Didn’t Kate kick this loser to the curb? “Marital property”….what a joke! He’s just jealous because his big paycheques have ended and that Kate and those children won’t “need” him, financially or otherwise. Oh, and he wouldn’t want to be caught on video neglecting his children now either, would he? It wouldn’t look very good when he’s trying to get custody and support, haha.
kate wanted him gone so poof he is gone. i don’t think either of them are very good parents, but it’s really odd how they don’t seem to care that she has been caught TWICE on film hitting one of the kids! the show should be taken off the air and the kids allowed to grow up like normal kids.
Donna on October 2, 2009 9:36 AM “but if that is the way to support the children, especially now, he is doing this out of spite and is going to harm his children” “They were born with camera��s everywhere so why stop now” CLEARLY jon and kate BOTH made more than enough money to support these children “since they were born”. and i think that jon has every right to decide that he doesnt want his children on tv anymore. he is part of the reason they are alive, why would you assume he has no say in what happens in their life? if you ask me, kate is a terrible mother and shouldnt even be allowed to have children in the first place. i only saw a few episodes, but she is terrible with those children. if she airs any episodes of just HER and the kids, perhaps she can be charged with mentally abusing them? i saw one where the babysitter (i think it was kates sister?) let the kids have gum, remember the kids are only like 2 or 3 and kate comes home, finds the gum everywhere and yells at THE KIDS! clearly, they were just being their age. BUT she YELLS at them, calls up the sister and calmly says they werent allowed gum, then lets the one baby run around screaming and crying for about a quarter of the episode because shes pretty much yelling shes going to throw away his teddy bear because theres gum on it and he should have known better than to eat gum. is that a way to treat someone that is under the age of 5 and that clearly doesnt understand why they cant have gum? meanwhile, she lets them chew it on airplanes, so you can see how they would have misunderstood and thought gum was ok.
Nancy on October 2, 2009 9:42 AM since the tv show originally cast them BOTH couldnt he (if the show still airs) a) try for spousal support or b) attempt to still be a part of the show? or was there some written agreement somewhere that said if they break up the one thats kicked out has to leave the show?
tracy on October 2, 2009 10:03 AM i didnt see your comment! she HIT them?!?! wow, that just makes my “psycho mother” rant that much more true. i agree with you completely, but can you imagine what she will do to these children when shes NOT in the public eye, when she already mentally abuses them and hits them?
WHAT AN IDIOT! I don’t watch the show anyway, but WOW.
My husband & I used to watch the show here & there, with our kids & never cared much for bitchy Kate. Jon mumbles alot which is annoying, but probably only b/c she chewed him down so much, leading to his misery. When word of their separation got out, we wondered if and why they would subject their children to the media, by continuing the show, esp. with the level of bad press they were getting.
We feel that Jon, as their father has absolutely every right to protect his kids & pull them from the show…they deserve to live a normal life w/o cameras in their faces 24/7. So what if he waited until he got fired, point is…he’s their father, & his opinion counts…hear that Kate? You’re not the boss like you THINK you are..oh and good luck, those kids are prob. going to have a lot of anger toward you one day, when they see on tape the way you have berrated and belittled your husband for the world to see, driving him into the arms of another woman. Hope these parents can handle this in a mature, dignified manner outside the courts & OFF tv, for the sake of their kids. Kate its time you retire from tv-stardom & go back to nursing or whatever it is you do; you have eight kids to raise who deserve privacy.
So…we care because?? Just so everyone knows I plan to have 10 children, 42 cats and live on a boat alone and I’ll call the show “Samantha’s Ark”. Do I get my show now? I mean, come on already. TLC must just be using this for the free publicity because this whole premise has been insane from the beginning. A “Documentary” is one thing but a show where we basically do with the children here what they did with the Dionne Quintuplets in the mid-twentieth century. Why do we so love “freaks on parade”? Well, once this post goes live please tune into Samantha’s Ark on the Freakshow network coming to reality TV real soon. ARGH.
whatever. she’s a freak who needs to go back to being a mother instead of a fame seeking witch.
he needs to grow some balls and take those ridiculous earrings off.
but at least through his immaturity, maybe the kids will now get back their privacy that was taken from them!!!
Im sorry but he has a right to get on with his life, and she treated him like crap! I would have left the woman as well.
They should both be ashamed of turning their children into gravy-trains
Oh now he’s crying foul because he got fired – Good riddance! If he really cared about his children well being he should have stop the production long before things got out of hand – not after. This only makes him look like a juvenile who is having a temper tantrum. Jon needs to grow up and man up!
Mandee: I am not sure. The way I took the article, was that TLC basically ‘fired’ him…and they would hold any and all contracts. I can’t see them getting rid of him if they couldn’t.
I haven’t watched the show except the other day, I think it was probably a re-run, my daughter put the tv on that channel and I saw this Kate person getting her hair done and then whining to Jon for him to put off going and getting the trailer (for their Disneyland trip) so he could watch the kids instead because she was “exhausted”. I remember saying to my daughter, “Oh, so SHE goes and gets her hair done and then expects HIM to just drop the stuff he needs to do because she is ‘exhausted’..?? That was all I saw and I don’t like either of them.
Kristen & Dave: I believe everyone has choices. I’m no fan of either Kate or Jon, like I said, I’ve seen very little of their show and probably wouldn’t recognize them if I walked past them (unless they had their 8 kids in tow, LOL), but I would never accuse someone of ‘driving their spouse into the arms of another woman/man’. To me, there is no excuse to ever cheat…they could separate first. Maybe she drove him away but, in my opinion, it wasn’t into the “arms of another woman”…that is all on him!
But, Nancy, that doesn’t make any sense. Your comment doesn’t appear sexist at all, come on now, get back into character! LMAO
Who cares any more? Cancel the show already.
Okay…if you insist! It’s all HIS fault! Right, demigod? hehehe.
As someone who has watched the show from day 1, I was sad to hear of the breakup of their marriage. I was sad for everyone involved, but especially the kids. Divorce is hard for everyone, add in the media and paperrazzi and you’ve got a heck of a mess. The show is just not the same. The show should just end. Everyone has made enough $$$ from the show, the books, media appearances. They can raise the children as close to normal as possible. Eventually the media will move on to the next story. We don’t have the right to judge if we haven’t lived their lives.
Personally, I used to love the show. They were committed to doing things right and letting everyone see the trials and tribulations of a full house.
Once the celebrity hit both Jon and Kate, it seems they both fell hard. Even relatives in the early shows, remember the aunt that gave the kids the gum… she admits that Kate is in it for the $$$ and has put the kids best interests aside (hense why you dont see them on the show anymore.) Furthermore, there have been reports of adultry on both sides.
I think with all this garbage out in the air, the show should end and both Jon and Kate should get back to making their kids strong and healthy individuals. You can see the behaviours of the older girls on the show being reflective of their parenting (i.e. talking crap about one parent to the other = super unhealthy.)
Please just go away… you have done your part in showing the world what its been like.
I think it is up to both parents to decide what’s best for their children. They should put their differences aside and make a decision. If this is the only means of supporting the children (there are 8 of them), then maybe Jon should take that into consideration. Unless of course he has figured out another way of taking them out of the spotlight and being able to provide financially for them.
On another note, as a parent I think these kids may be living a life of ‘unreality’. What happens when the audience loses interest, the people disappear and the spotlight fades? These children have been exposed to this lifestyle since birth and do not know what it’s like to be ‘normal’. I fear there may be repercussions in the future.
I have never really liked the show(only have watched it because it was always on at a friends home). There is alot of finacial help out there for multiple birth families. I think these kids have been finacially EXPLOITED. Both parents and media r responsible for this. If Kates personality on the show is even a resemblance for how she is normally…I pity the kids. The show should end and more than anything ,,the kids should be helped to lead a normal(or as normal as they can given the nature of attention that this family will always receive). I would hope Jon finds a wife that treats him well ( and in looking, hope he is discreet) and the kids grow up to be well adjusted INDIVIDUALS.
kim and bev, i dont think you 2 understand. the amount of money these people made off of their children since the day they were born is probably more money than any REAL HARD WORKING person has ever saw in their entire life. they dont NEED financial help from anyone to raise these kids. sure, he will have to pay child support because he gets half of the money and stuff, but does anyone really think he will only be paying what is considered HALF of the child support? or do you think (like i do) that kate is going to go over board here and demand more than it costs a month to raise her kids? i know someones going to mention the amount of kids they have, but if its too hard for one parent then maybe they should take turns (joint custody) or split them up (i know people will be mad with that idea) and each take half. or, go to marriage counselors(spelling?) and try to work this out and he can leave his new girlfriend. either way, this is bad.
The original reason they did the show as far as I’m concerned was so that they could afford to feed and cloth and buy everything that was necessary for the kids. Eight kids is a lot to feed. I think that it’s originally why they agreed to the show. Now it’s gotten out of hand. No other show with multiple kids is getting the same press. This is retarded. I think a show that’s worse is 17 kids and counting. Seriously! 17 and counting? The world is overpopulated as is.
i think “the original reason” was really because they are greedy, money hungry people that wanted to cash in because they had more than one child. if so many people werent amazed by how many kids one woman can have, this tv show never would have lasted even a full month on the air. thats the only reason any parent would force their child(ren) into being a star(s), they dont save all the child(ren)s money for THEM…they use it for their own personal gain. do you think they started a bank account for each child they have and deposited even HALF of what each child made? no, they kept it all (and have probably already spent most of it).
Has everyone forgot, Jon wanted off the show last year before they separated. Watch the last episode of last season, he clearly stated he wanted the show to stop because it was interfering with their lives far more than he ever thought it would, and Kate said no, she wanted to keep doing the show. She was a complete bitch to Jon. Every single episode she screamed at him and complained about everything he did ‘wrong’ according to her. He always had a sad look in his eyes and never fought back. Quite often she was nasty to the kids too. Who threatens a two yr old to throw away their ‘security’ bear!!! (one of her many times ‘freaking out’ over stupid stuff!) Now she gave away their dogs that they loved too!!! Nice mom! She hated the dogs from day one and Jon and the kids love them, she did that to hurt Jon, not caring that she has hurt the kids more! They need to get those kids away from all film crews and papparatzi so they can have a safe and normal life…..well safe if Jon gets custody, if she can hit them in front of the cameras, who knows what goes on behind closed doors!?!? The worst he’s done is to have a few new girlfriends, well why not he’s a single man and she refused marriage counseling so he know they won’t be getting back together…and why would he want her back anyway!
Jon & Kate plus 8 should be renamed “Greedy parents worrying about their financial welfare before the welfare of their kids”. That would make more sense…can we also say Conceited parents of 8 children….I’m sure there is a better name for this show.
Enough Already with these two loosers.Kate’s a skank and
Jon’a a wanna be Brad Pitt.Sad thing is there are couples
out there that are not able to have childen because of a
number of reasons and these two media hungry clowns have
eight ? The network is justas much at fault for allowing
the show to continue on at the overall expence of the kid’s well being.You can already see what affect all this
insanity has done to the children in the way they are now
behaving.Reality shows have gotten way out of hand and this is a prime example.Hair plugs & tummy tucks and all
the $$$$$ they get is what drives these two to continue.
Kate is a supreme bitch and Jon is the ultimate wimp.
Just goes to show that reality TV is a crock
I think they’re both morons and the fact that
anyone cares about this whole thing does not bode well for our society
Donna on October 4, 2009 10:05 AM the bear was over the gum!!! you saw too !!!!
Well supposedly now it is being reported that Jon cleaned out their bank account…..WOW! #1 Daddy!!!
Just goes to show that it was ALL about the money for this guy…and yes, probably Kate, as well. He doesn’t give a damn (as stated in the article) about his childrens well being. It was ALL about the cash in his pocket. Sad.
of course they dont care about their kids nancy! as soon as they heard they could make money off of them, they didnt NEED to love them anymore.
Nancy, did you not see the show where Jon proved with bank statements that he’s not the one that claeaned out the bank accounts…Kate did!!! Jon has taken less than 10% of HIS pay from TLC since March, she took the other 2.25 million then blamed him! If she worked as hard at being a good mom as she is trying to show what a bad dad Jon is she’d be better off. I’m not saying Jon is a saint, he’s obviously made mistakes too, but, I’m sick of people feeling bad for Kate when she’s not the victim here, her kids are (not that she even sees it) and now she making up stuff to get sympathy from everyone, what other lies has she made!?!?
No Donna, I don’t watch the show. I just saw a headline last week that said Jon cleaned out the bank acct.
I don’t feel sorry for her or him.
Jon’s an ass, they are better off without him…sounds like a mid-life crisis to me. You don’t see Kate sunning around with other men. Anytime I see her she is with the kids, he is with young girls trying to score. it certainly shows where the priority lays. Sometimes people confuse bitch with someone who knows what needs to be done. If that’s so I guess I am a bitch also.