Yesterday there was a lot of speculation, including from Jon Gosselin himself, that Kate Gosselin had “hidden assets” from book sales and event appearances. Kate of course had a weepy appearance on The Today Show in which she revealed the Jon had stolen $230,000 from their shared account, in direct violation of a court order. She claimed that Jon had taken money she needed to pay the bills and feed her children. Many people expressed doubt that it was possible that the Gosselins only had a couple hundred thousand in liquid assets given their rumored income. Jon claimed on Larry King that they made $1 million last year, which he said amounted to $500,000 after taxes. Contrary to rumors that Jon and Kate were secretly loaded, TMZ is reporting that they have a mortgage on their house for nearly 3/4 of a million and that they have “significant debt,” including a mortgage on their old home that has yet to sell. They claim that contrary to reports, the TLC network did not buy the Gosselins their home.
You hear all sorts of stories of celebrities blowing through massive fortunes, and I guess given the Gosselin’s overhead it’s not surprising that they only had a couple of hundred thousand stashed away. It sounds like a very decent cushion to me, but my family doesn’t live that kind of lifestyle. Kate has a talkshow in the works with Paula Deen and while it was reported that she had some kind of quickie cookbook coming out, that seems to have been put on hiatus. She’ll do fine, and she’s also a registered nurse. She’s said she can go work at McDonalds if she needs to support her kids but she could of course go back to work as a nurse again if worst comes to worst. Nurses are in high demand and they make good money. It’s not like Jon can be counted on to go back to work.
USA Today has an excellent condensed timeline of the Gosselin divorce debacle, starting with Jon’s dalliance with a school teacher in May and ending with his theft of hundreds of the thousands from his family’s joint account. It seems like we’ve been inundated with news about this family for months, and many of you are expressing Gosselin burnout in light of all the back and forth stories about these two. It’s hard to resist reporting on them given all the asinine things they do. It’s like this couple’s start on reality television was just a primer for their inevitable crowning as tabloid king and queen. The sad thing is that there are way too many kids involved who are affected by these clowns. I don’t blame Kate Gosselin for clearly stating her case on The Today Show yesterday as she’s only responding to a significant violation and false media blitz by her husband. Many of you counter that she’s just perpetuating the media cycle that is so harmful to her children, though.
We’ll resist the knee jerk response to report on this couple unless the news is significant, as it was yesterday, and we’ll try to cut it down. It really depends on what they do, though, and given their unpredictable and sensational divorce, you can see why other outlets are covering this so heavily. If you saw an allegedly fictional movie that included all the ridiculous things the Gosselins have done, would you believe that it was possible? It sounds like something an inventive screenwriter would come up with, and that’s just part of the reason why all the latest developments are being so breathlessly reported.
Update: thanks to D-Listed for pointing out that Jon was on The Insider last night and that Nancy Grace chewed him out. “You talk the talk, Jon, but you don’t walk the walk.”
Thanks! I wouldn´t mind never seeing a Gosslin face on your website again.
i like your reporting on these two. jon’s just a big stupid kid and i hope he gets a severe wake up call. i don’t know what to say about kate. i sure wouldn’t want to raise 8 kids by myself. i’ve got two and it’s hard enough.
According to reports each child has a trust that’s in the six figures. So it’s not as if all of their money was spent frivolously. On one hand I’m sick of them but on the other Jon is so stupid that I can’t help reading about it. I think Kate should stop doing interviews and let Jon hang himself.
Neither is an example of healthy parenting or marital durability.
There seems to be more of an interest in following their behavior and revelations online and less in their reality show. A stumper for producers = )
Do you really see Kate going back to nursing? She is a celebrity now (in her own mind), plus she has 8 little meal tickets. I see those kids singing on a street corner before Either parent lifts a finger.
kate sucks,she treated Jon like one of the kids and when he finally decided to standup and be a man why is everyone surprise.Kate,is a trailer park girl with no sense and very little ability to appreciate any man. Why don’t she just move on,Jon does not want her sorry ass.
You know the part that’s eating at me? The famewhoring. And the only way to stop that is to stop looking at the little ‘hos. Prime example: “stolen $230,000 from their shared account, in direct violation of a court order”
Excuse me, in DIRECT VIOLATION of court order. So… illegal. Well, I know when someone does something ILLEGAL to me, I go to the talk shows. Not the lawyers, or the courts. The talk shows.
Anyone who has actually watched the show will realize that Kate has a real adversion to working. She had people doing almost everything for her…there is no way in hell that Khate would ever go back to being a nurse – that might ruin her manicure!!!
BTW – Jon was on ET and gave a lot of information and proof that Khate is lying. Again, this is all a play in the media to gain sympathy for Khate. He also made a point of saying that Khate left the kids home with nannies to go and promote herself yesterday.
@ linda: you took the words right out of my mouth regarding kate working as a nurse. lol That would require her to touch things that are dirty and like you said actually have to work.
I like how the media focuses on Jon but I remember reading that Kate took money out in the first place and was ordered by the law to put it back in. Yet there is rarely a mention of that in the news anywhere. Sure Jon seems irresponsible and people may think she had a good reason to in the first place but quite frankly she seems like the greedy person who assumes that everything is hers. This whole story about Jon taking the money seems like a shrewd move on his part to try and secure some money that Kate has assumed is hers. There is no doubt in my mind she has money hidden in other accounts which I’m sure Jon was too stupid to care about until KATE FILED FOR DIVORCE. Seems like the media has forgotten Kate is the one who gave up on their family. I really believe that Jon didn’t start sleeping with other women until Kate told him it was over. Come on. If anyone has seen an episode of the show, it’s clear that Jon obeys his master Kate. Otherwise she’ll stomp off his balls. I doubt he had the courage to betray her while he thought they were still in a marriage.
It’s easy to blame Jon especially since his douche behavior in the media recently but he had to put up with that shrew for 10 years. That’s enough to drive anyone crazy. Seems to me the media always needs someone to be the angel or devil in a story. Kate has been getting all the sympathy and everything Jon does seems to be blown out of proportion and focused on by the media. Suddenly that shrew Kate is a saint? She’s just better at articulating her thoughts which translates well in the media spotlight whereas Jon fumbles with words. I’d sooner believe what Jon has been saying then Kate. Jon is too stupid to come up with complicated lies whereas that is all con artist trailer trash Kate knows how to do.
I’m sure she’s been planning this for years now and has hidden bank accounts. They are both stupid twats who need to start caring about their 8 children.
Team 8 all the way.
A Gosselin Free Zone?! Thank you. How did these two individuals who are on a low rated cable television program become worthy of network news attention? Is this the state of entertainment, sometimes I wonder who elevated these people to such a lofty status with their pathetic immature behaviour. If I was Kate’s mom I would have flattened that spikey little head with a firm swat and don’t get me started on Jon..sorry I went off the rails for a moment. Once again, thank you it will be refreshing to be in a Gosselin free zone.
Well let’s be serious if Kate were to go back to nursing to try & feed her kids, we would next hear stories about how she doesn’t spend time with them. Why aren’t we discussing Jon working? And to the poster abv.
“kate sucks,she treated Jon like one of the kids and when he finally decided to standup and be a man why is everyone surprise.” So hanging out and partying all the time and bringing various women around his kids are what a man is supposed to do?
I think most men and women would disagree.
Jon is the one that’s allergic to working. This is a ploy by Jon to have the TLC deal declared null and void, so he can move forward with his own projects….he himself said so on one of the stupid *news* shows. He’s the one who quit working while Kate was taking care of the kids. Kate herself was still working as a nurse when the kids were little, so the argument that Kate doesn’t want to work doesn’t fly.
All of Kate’s treatment of Jon wasn’t warranted, but it’s obvious that he is a child and needed to be treated that way, especially in regards to the money.
“Millions of Milkshakes.” LMAO!
Oh SNAP NG tore him a new ass! The last 30 seconds was the best part! She’s my new hero! Oh how I have wanted to say those exact words.
Nancy Grace is barely human vulture who feeds on the suffering on others, so her opinion is the LAST thing I want to read about.
Good grief. Nancy Grace is another fame whore herself and makes her money exploiting tragedies. Just because Jon is not as articulate as Kate, or as crafty, doesn’t mean he is in the wrong. Kate is too busy trying to shame him, that she is never home it seems – that nanny must be making a bundle! As for the kids being angry and screaming about the show being taken off the air (for now . sic), I would have loved to hear how Kate told them. There is a way the kids could have been told without a drama ensuing …but then that wouldn’t work for Kate now would it? She’s disgusting. No one seems to focus on her endless manicures/pedicures, the maintenance on her hair, the many clothes she’s now wearing, the shoes, purses …. come on. How about that new kitchen? What was wrong with the old one? and Kate chose all of it .. at what expense. Get real. Sell your stupid million dollar house, stop all this malarky – you aren’t a celebrity Kate. You’re just another money hungry abusive woman who will use anyone in your path.
I want to see NG tear KHate a new one, as well.
BOTH Jon and KHate are just as much to blame and (ir)responsible……..
I can’t imagine that germophobe KHate touching another human being that might be sick….give me a break, some nurse she makes
Well it’s two days in a row now and it’s Khate’s turn with the kids…instead we have nannies again for the second day in a row…this really shows how Khate is only interested in manipulating the media – just like she did Jon for all those years. Remember the stunt she pulled “crying” at the gate to be let in when Jon had custody…now she could care less who is with the kids, she’s got talk shows to go on – after all – kids are her #1 priority…right???
Nancy Grace is just as bad as Gloria Allred.
Any time kids are a part of a story, rest assured Nancy Grace will be there to yell at someone for doing wrong by them.
It’s like everyone surrounding this story are the most awful human beings ever.
They SUUUUUUUUUUCK!
Nancy Grace appearance = It’s official Jon & Kate are White Trash.
Princess Pea, Linda, and Cindy: Agree with each one of you. I’ve been involved in the legal field for half my life and think Nancy Grace is a bitch. I believe Jon does care about his children and that Kate is the one who has something to hide. I have nothing good to say about Kate–it will all eventually come out. I, too, am sick of seeing this reported on.
Domestic Goddess: Spot on.
Jon continues to make stupid decisions like going on a show that had Nancy Grace. The only interview he comes off with some common sense is on Entertainment Tonight’s Mary Hart. He doesn’t stumble over his words as much and is able to get his point across. He is not a public speaker as he has indicated, and why he left it up to Kate to do public appearances. I feel that the people that put him down for his behavior never saw the shows where he was abused, and where he did an excellent job as a parent. As much as he comes off as a Bimbo I can visualize him taking care of Colin’s severe constipation while Kate lamented over what type of wood for the bunk beds! To me that shows character that all those that contemn him should have seen.
Team Nancy Grace!
I don’t care who Nancy Grace is or how bad a fame whore she is, she put that douchetard in his place -he needed to hear that. And I hope hope hope she says the same thing to Kate. At least someone has the balls to say it, and on tv! Priceless.
I guess if they weren’t making what was speculated they were living way beyond their means. She probably feels entitled to because she is a celebrity. It makes her comment on the Today Show make more sense- she didn’t take them to see the Statue of Liberty because she wanted someone else to pick up the tab. Wonder how much they actually set aside for the kids?
I sort of find this train wreck compelling, it is a lot of drama, kinda fun. This would be a more compelling show and they wouldn’t have to film the kids. Clearly other people would watch, their divorce episode was by far the most watched.
As much as I hate to drag them into this, at it’s new – not rehashing things that happened four years ago. I bet Brad, Angelina, and Jen are enjoy their break from constant speculation.
Plus these Kate and Jon are actually saying it they are not cryptically buying gerbils that cause a month of analyzing what it means.
Who is all in favor on a moratorium on the Gosselins as we did with “Speidi”.
Without even realising that I had the channel on TLC, I looked up and there was poor poor Kate, with two professional organizers who worked with her for 2 days (at how much?) to organize her basement. Sorry … um why didn’t you have time to organise it Kate? And don’t tell me that you couldn’t have got one of your little slaves to go and buy you a labelmaker? And why did the kids have to wait for their toys that had been packed away for how long? Oh that’s right … you’ve been too busy proving how busy you are! This woman needs to be slapped up the side of the head and brought back down to earth … but I am sure that’s going to happen sooner than later.
I am curious now … having watched the interview with Mary Hart. Jon actually handled himself well. I think more than ever Kate has alot of ‘splainin to do. And Jon put it well when he said that all the kids were concerned about having been told about the divorce “what’s for lunch?, as to how she may have told them about the show not being on air. So why, if Kate wants the best for her children, is she not sitting down with Jon, in a mediated environment, and put all this garbage back in the bin where it all belongs. She is definitely acting as the woman scorned, and usually I would have a tad of sympathy. However, she used and abused her husband, for the world to see. Just because we don’t particularly care for how Jon acted out once he had some freedom, doesn’t in any way negate what she did for ten years, to lower his esteem and make him feel less of a person, never mind a man. If a man had done this to a woman, you had better believe every feminist would be screaming their heads off for his blood. So because he’s a man?, who also loves his children and perhaps didn’t know how to fight back without being slaughtered by this woman – again doesn’t make him wrong in that Kate isn’t telling the truth. Thank you to GOMO1313 for reminding us of the constipation episode! I think of all the times Kate screamed at people to get out of HER kitchen … just wondering where for all those years did Jon have a place to go for his own peace of mind? Nowhere til they bought that huge house. The poor sod just put up with it for far too long. Now the monster has to be put back in her cave! She didn’t want him, because he started to grow up. I loved it when Jon said oh sure she wants the old Jon back … the slave. Ain’t gonna happen. She set him free and he’s never going back. Now if a woman had made that statement we say good for you! Well good for Jon. I hope that he stays on the right path and the show stops for good.
Personally I think both of these fools need some serious therapy. That being said, of course the kids are being taken care of by nannies, Jon doesn’t work and isn’t trying to, so Kate has to work in the form of book signings, etc. she is the one who set aside accounts for the kids, she pays the bills (and according to Jon, always has), she is aware of their finances. Does that mean she is a nice person, no! but she is the financially responsible one.
I am sick to death of people b*tching that she needs to be home with the kids. They need nannies because she needs to go to work, be it book tours or talk shows, to make money and provide for the family. What is with the double standard? Jon trots all over Vegas and no one says he should ‘stay home with the kids’. Sure she is a nasty bitch, but Jon is just plain lazy, so it falls on her to provide. If she worked as a RN, or a waitress, or a stripper, or a CEO, wouldn’t she still need a nanny for while she was away? Someone has to secure the financial future of the family, one way or another. As a RN she couldn’t take care of 8 kids and their college funds, while the money is good it isn’t THAT good.
I find it perplexing, and rather sexist that it is assumed because she works outside the home and uses nanny services she is a ‘bad mother’. There are millions of working mothers, does that logic apply to them as well?
Domestic Goddess wrote: “she didn’t want him, because he started to grow up”
Are you actually suggesting that his recent behaviour is suggesting in any way that he is ‘growing up’? Are you sure you didn’t mean ‘acting out’?
Gosh if I was married to either one of these idiots I’d left with the kids, the money and pulled a Letterman with a cute younger production staff member, and then let the divorce lawyers sort out the mess…
NANCY grace owned him!!! oh yeah!!
I’d be willing to watch Nancy sit down with Khate.
In today’s day and age I can not stress the pitfalls of having too many children.
However, Jon didn’t need to pull the income out from under his kids when he has no way of supporting them in the lifestyle they are accustomed to.
Putting the kids in the possible poor-house is irresponsible.
Geez there are 8 of those expensive little humans running around. Cameras….pish. Those kids in Utah working on the farms at their age don’t complain. And they don’t need a damn lawyer to protect them from daily cow milking, egg collecting and poop shoveling.
And don’t get me started on this “the kids need therapy” thing…..
Buncha wet noodles.
I loved this. All the other reporters are too nice and fawn all over them. Nancy Grace OWNS!!
Taylor B – Perhaps he simply started saying “no”. We still don’t know or at least I haven’t, as to what started all of this in the first place. I hazard a guess that he wouldn’t play nice and do as he was told and that never ever sits well with Kate, as has been made public by many a person, including her family. And true to form, anyone who doesn’t do as she orders, is dismissed. She dismissed Jon, he listened and left.
When an individual has been with a person who is nothing but unkind, cruel and abusive, any form of affection or attention would be welcome. He made his mistakes. He says that clearly. So I am going to wait and see just how he is going to turn this around. Thankfully nothing new today so that’s a relief.
Nancy Grace is nothing but a parasite. She didn’t do a dang thing to Jon. He lived with Kate for 10 years – I don’t think one word NG said made one iota of an impact on Jon.
I still say if Jon was a woman, all these naysayers would be whistling another tune. Just because he isn’t as cunning as Kate doesn’t negate the truth of what he is trying to do.
As for Jon staying home that was agreed on by both of them according to both of them. She wanted him at home. Sure she did … she has to go out and take all the credit for the book that was written by three people, and talk about how she is just another normal mother who can afford manicures/pedicures/expensive hairstyles that require serious maintenance. Absolutely nothing she does is about her children. She has certainly succeeded in proving that.
You guys all need to get real about how much nurses make. I have nurses in my family and circle of friends and they make about $40,000 a year (which is the national average for RNs). Tops. If Kate is working, who watches the kids? Day care can run about $5,000 (or more) a year per kid. $5,000 x 8 = $40,000 right there. How is she supposed to buy food?
Kate NEEDS to have a high-profile celebrity type job where she makes hundreds of thousands a year to keep those kids in school, and food, and clothes, and with a roof over their heads. She’s totally dependent on her celebrity status for their sakes, now.
All of this, just to once again prove how much of a nitwit Nancy Grace is. She’s terrible, and even though I could care || much about the Gosselins (not even drawn to scale), she’s just another moron that somehow got a television show; so she pretends to be judge and jury on whatever offends her delicate sensibilities. She’s a moron through and through and always has been.
lol … I can’t believe I’m so into this. Tonight TLC aired the episode where Kate was over the moon that Jon was home more and where she slapped him across the face, calling it a love tap. Um yeah – read “abusive”. It was clear at least to me, that because of his love for her, he didn’t make an issue of it, though he did laughingly say “help” where upon she immediately called him a victim. Um no Kate, he was being a gentleman. Some men would slap you right back! One last point – Kate asked for the divorce and she’s getting what she wanted. I think he started standing up to her, and she didn’t like it. He’s not grovelling back to her and that is just driving her insane. I’ve watched this show from the start, and given that, Jon is a good dad. Just because he isn’t as anal as Kate does not a bad father make. I think all of this horrible behavior started with Kate, who again, and to use one of Kate’s big words, “historically” has always wanted the control. He finally said NO! He’s been saying that for months, Season 4, final episode. I think he was tired of the game that Kate and TLC were pandering to us all, wanted his life back and wanted to move on. I believe he loves his children, and will straighten out. He I feel, has been honest with the kids. They love him. As for Kate, she got what she wanted. Her manufactured children, her big house, and fame. Jon was nothing to her but a sperm donor. I’ve always felt that. I guess really, it comes down to this. If Kate had honoured Mother Nature, they wouldn’t have had any children (unless they were successful in adopting a Korean child as they had originally planned). This is what happens when you mess with Mother Nature. She does know best! Kate probably wanted children that she could mold and manipulate because they are easy to control. Her insecure pleadings with her children “do you love me” are pathetic. Her insane need to control everyone and everything around her, at any cost, has been clearly evident. Her cumuppance will come … wait for it. Given how sly and cunning Kate has proven to be, I think Jon is doing the best he can. He knows her better than any of us.
Having said all of this, I honestly hope that they sort it all out! I’ve got laundry to do! lol
Thank you, Taylor B. I hate the “she should stay home with the kids” crap. People RARELY say that when a man is away a lot working. I don’t know about her as a wife, but to say Kate is a bad mother because she leaves her children with what id probably the best care available for a few days or even weeks in preposterous.
Keep on drankin the milkshakes, Fathead …
Jon and Kate are both loving parents. The children can not be fooled. Either parent would be very foolish to speak against the other. I am so sorry the tabloids find their personal lives so fascinating. I hope, and believe that surely the children’s moneys are legally looked after. She hopefully does not keep all those moneys in the same account or even the same bank. It is none of each of their business’s what the other does with a personal account. Both of them should know that each and every child has protected accounts. I am a widow. Thank goodness my late husband and I each had a personal accounts. We also had a joint account in a different bank. The reason we did that was to stop banking errors. He did also have difficulty just keeping his account balanced. It took me three months to get his death certificate. Meanwhile I was able to pay my bills and take care of business on my own. I was Mrs Shirley Walker, not Mrs. Frank Walker. There is a difference.
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