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According to MSNBC, Jon and Kate get paid a reported $25,000 per episode. Multiply that by an average of 35 episodes a year and that’s $875,000 a year! Plus, you have to account for the sponsored vacations, free furniture, products, plastic surgery and I’d be surprised if they pay for much of anything.
US magazine reports that Jon and Kate have raked in as much as $100,000 in free merchandise from various sponsors including Disney World, airline tickets, Sky Box tickets to various sporting events, house rentals, groceries, clothing etc.
They’ve come a long baby...a long way since the birth of their sextuplets where they were reportedly in a much different place financially. Allegedly, the Gosselin births were paid for by you, the tax payer via Medicaid. While Jon and Kate certainly aren't the first or last parent(s) of rabbit sized litters to rely on some form of government assistance to pay for the births, it's hard to feel sorry for their current, luxurious lifestyle. Multiple births are a huge financial drain on the medical system. The births of the Gosselins sextuplets could have easily cost the tax payers 20 million plus.
It would come as no surprise for most if the couple decides to stay together, if for no other reason than a business arrangement. It’s lucrative, if nothing more than a business partnership. And this may very well be the crux of the criticism against the couple. I’ve heard critics lament about the children being exploited. I don’t think it would bother people that much if they were only doing this to themselves, but the children aren’t able to give consent. So, are the Gosselins selling their children out for money? Of course they are, but it the real question is, would most people do the same thing under the same circumstances? Almost a million a year? That’s no chump change. Especially when neither parent is working a 9 to 5 job.
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I am a 33 year old stay at home parent of one.
I just wanted to say I love this family & john and kate are very good parents,what one lacks the other has in ampel amounts. JOHN & KATE PLEASE DONT GIVE UP ,AND KNOW THAT MY WHOLE FAMILY IS PULLING FOR ALL OF YALL.
P.S. I COULD NOT IMAGINE ANYONE BEING BETTER AS PARENTS!!!!!!!!!
LOTS OF LOVE
cherrylsimpson@yahoo.com
Ya'll leave them alone now. They didn't ask for any of this.
there getting seperated which i have a feeling will actually bring in alot of money
John, I don't know how you have stood it this long. Your excellent parents, but what about your life? As a man do you have a life? or is it only what Kate "allows" you to have.
I really would like to know what % of the money has been put away for the children.
They just need to move on and end the show. Kate is never home with her kids much now always on the go. If you watch the show listen to Kate complane all the time, look at the kids do this and this and this is that cute who cares. Tape your kids and watch them all day.
Her kids go to a private school now and she controls the school,no pictures in the class room or you have to pay her $10.00 per picture of her kids. She controls the school to make sure her kids get everything what about the other kids. Everyone needs to stop watching the show. She also gets free daycare and a lot of there things.
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