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Jon Gosselin has not been handling himself like a father of eight kids facing a potentially expensive divorce and the loss of his livelihood in the recent weeks since he and Kate Gosselin announced their divorce. Jon has been hanging out on a yacht in the Mediterranean, spending tons of money, wearing Christian Audigier clothes (Ed Hardy), smoking, drinking, dating two women at once, and hanging out with Michael Lohan in the Hamptons.
Life & Style has reported that Jon is convinced Kate is hiding money that she has earned from her two books and speaking engagements from him. A friend of Jon's stated, "Jon says he found out Kate had been hiding about $100,000 in cash in the house."
“It's turned into an all-out war over money," Jon's friend says. "Jon says Kate's books and speaking engagements were based on their children and their relationship, so he rightfully deserves a cut. As far as she's concerned, this is money she's made by herself. She doesn't want him to get a cent of it.”
Mean while, during Jon’s vacation/business meeting in France with Hailey Glassman he went shopping at Gucci and reportedly recently spent $950 on a pair of shoes, and his NYC two-bedroom apartment reportedly costs about $5,000 a month.
“Kate controlled the money for the longest time in their relationship. Now I don’t think he’s worried about money at all. He’s taking a bunch of us to Las Vegas at the end of August. It’s going to be wild!” the friend says. Still, if he’s not “worried” about money doesn’t mean that he doesn’t want what he sees as rightfully his. Since Kate made and hid the money while she and Jon were still legally married, this means he should get a cut and, because of this, he’s planning to fight her for it through whatever means available to him, the friend believes.
Do you think Jon Gosselin should get half of the money from Kate’s book sales, tours and speaking engagements?
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I didn't think this guy could sink any lower -- surprise, he just did. What does he want the money for? To spend on his cadre of twenty-something girlfriends. Pathetic. What a total loser.
Not only should he not get a DIME, but he should lose custody of those children - physical and legal. He puts them in danger w/ his need for attention from the paps - and demonstrates how little he cares for them by not spending time w/ them, even when at home he has a phone to his ear non-stop and spends more time flirting with the paps and smoking than he does with his kids. He is SCUM.
Jon deserves and should get ZERO!!!
Disgusting, is he going to take food from his children's mouths next? He did nothing to earn a cent of that money. In all honesty that money is their children's and should be divided and put into college funds, or savings accounts. He should get a real job, and meet someone his own age.
I agree with all the comments made thus far. The reason Kate put him on a budget and handled money in the first place was cuz he was blowing it on himself and other people (buying friends and women) just as he is now. He has not thought of his family (children) first. This was only one reason why Kate had to be firm with Jon. He showed distrust and irresponsible behavior throughout entire marriage. kate tried to real him in to no avail. We can see that he is doing exactly what she tried to keep him from doing now. Way to go Jon, show your true colors!
No one should watch the episodes that Jon does with the kids, he doesn't deserve any of the money. He certainly doesn't deserve any money Kate has earned.
I'm loving everyone's comments, I don't know if he should totally lose his rights as a parent there are much worse parents out there than Jon it's just he and his family are in the media, my god we would have been taken away if anyone filmed my mother chasing my sis down the street with a wooden spoon! lol But I don't think Jon needs to be hanging out with girls in their young 20's he seemed like he had a good time with the Chopper guys they don't drink or smoke, maybe he need to get his new PR guys on the ball ASAP!!
I don't believe Jon should get half of the money, but a percentage equal to that kate get and even amount for each child to be put in a trust fund.
Regardless to how people may feel about him, he is 100% part of the whole experience.
Also, legally he is entitled to a fair amount of the family's assets.
Good idea Jon - tell the world that there's money stashed in the house where your kids live.
Does anyone else think this guy is just about as ugly as it gets. I recall him whining and crying about the "media" bothering him. He doesn't seem to mind anymore. Ish!
I would hide my money from him too, if I knew he would blow it on booze, lavish excess, and girls. This money should be for his REAL childrens' future, not on the children he dates.
I hope she is hiding his money. Too bad she couldn't hide his penis, they might still be a family!
Everything about this loser makes me sick. He is pretending to be a father for money, not for them, but for himself. He shows up for TLC filming putting on a show that I will not watch. I hope none of you will either. We can put an end to his parasitic behavior and make him get a real job to support his kids if we boycott everything he is getting paid to do. Right now that would be TLC J&K plus 8. If the show returns as Kate plus 8 only, then and only then will I watch. Makes me sick to see him using his kids money and them to live a lavish lifestyle and buying extravagant gifts/trips for other losers. In fact, I am not watching anything on TLC until this guy is removed...
I agree that he should not get a penny and that he should not have custody of kids. For kids and kids alone, I think he should be allowed supervised visitation only as Kate deems appropriate and then as kids get older, if (when) they chose not to see him than his supervised visits should stop. This is the best way to protect these kids in all aspects. After all, they are what is most important and how/why he is swimming in the good life.
Jon is a loser in the worst sense of the term. He should not get a penny. I hope he will be kicked off the show and not allowed to make another penny off Kate and her children. Let him try and make t alone. Anyone foolish to geive him his own show or a clothing line will deserve to fail with him. Jon needs to get a real job and learn to hold it like the rest us. Kate had to get him jobs to help support the family, but he could nto kleep them. That is a fact! He fails at everything he does. So far, he has muttled through life handing on to others shirt-tails, including 8 little ones. He won't let go so we shold help him so he can experience what life is really all about and how to work at jobs and relationships. Get a real life and grow up Jon!
Kate, I think you are an amazing woman. You have always shown that you put your kids first and always include them in your life. If not for you, they would not have what they do and would not be as stable as they are. I am sorry that you have not had a real man along side you to raise them. I wish you the best and hope that you can control Jon's exposure around kids sa as to limit damange to them. Also, when you are ready, I know thousands of real men who would love to have a relationship with you (without your money). I have a job already and don't need money. Just looking for a nice, strong Christian woman who puts family first.
So he wants to take a bunch to Las Vegas and blow the moeny. Now we all wonder why Kate was in charge of the money. That is not the way to handle moeny. Can you imagine what the amount will be for that trip?
You know, he is right when he states that her books were about the kids and his and Kate's relationship and his is right but in the same regard so is the show. If any money from the show and the books, speaking engagements, etc. is going to Kate it should also go to him but first and foremost it should go to the kids. The kids should be seeing 99% of the money from all the monies this family receives.
There are certainly worse fathers out there than this man and probably worse mothers than this one but come on with their continual need for limelight they are putting the kids in danger physically and emotionally.
The blogger who said that if one of us had been filmed chasing our child down the drive and probably yelling and also caught on film hitting one of our children-we would be in court so fast our heads would spin----why isn't this lady????????
Glad to see that everyone finally thinks Kate is the important one....
Jon = FAIL
He doesn't deserve nothing period... the party animal! What a loser! He tried making people think that Kate was the mean one..... HA! I hope in time he has no money to even wipe is ass on...
He needs to take the money he has and give it to Kate for child support and such... Wait until the courts gets their hands on him... He needs to go back and learn what it is like to be a REAL man and work and pay child support for his eight children.. He will be in for a rude wakening when he learns what it is like to be human!
Well folks, we finally have it, it is now official. Jon Gosselin has publicly announced that he wants us (that would be you and me) to pay for his extravagant lifestyle and support his kids. He wants us to do this by viewing a show he is planning with Michael Lohan (another divorced dad loser) called, “The Divorce Dad’s Club”. Yes, I’m serious! The bum thinks he can have 8 kids, fail at everything he does to include holding down real jobs, marriage and fathering, and expect us to foot the bill for him to have a lavish lifestyle and support his kids, not that the kids would really get any of the money or there would be any left after he selfishly blows it all on himself, women and friends he has to buy. He needs lot of money to keep him in the lifestyle he has grown accustom to at the expense of his wife and kids. That includes buying expensive sports cars, paying for friend’s trips, buying lots of women extravagant gifts, giving friends money to gamble away at Las Vegas on a trip wit
Cont'd ...That includes buying expensive sports cars, paying for friend’s trips, buying lots of women extravagant gifts, giving friends money to gamble away at Las Vegas on a trip with him, buying rings for 180,000 dollars, one pair of shoes for 1,000 and the list goes on… He also wants us to buy children’s clothing to boost his lifestyle ever further all without having to work so he has plenty of time to spend the money. This loser keeps stooping lower and lower every time we think he gets as low as one can get. When they say scumbag, I think that is being nice. We need to give Jon a reality check along with the networks and sponsors who are using us to give him a free ride. He obviously has no conscience or scruples about himself or what he is teaching his children. Furthermore, a divorce dad’s show would be a mockery to the sanctity of marriage and rewarding dad’s for breaking up homes and harming children. Telling parents it is okay to give up on a life commitment when things get g
Cont'd... Furthermore, a divorce dad’s show would be a mockery to the sanctity of marriage and rewarding dad’s for breaking up homes and harming children. Telling parents it is okay to give up on a life commitment when things get good. John did not even try in his marriage and he did not have biblical grounds for a divorce, Kate does, but he does not. But then it is obvious that Jon has no interest in asking God to guide his life and role as a dad and has no interest in trying to salvage his marriage. He is just a parasite leeching off society and using his kids to live the good life while ruining his kid’s. Go away Jon, get a real job and don’t expect us or your kids to foot the bill. Afterall, divorce dads means you are still using kids cuz without them, you would not be a dad, divorced or not!
Comments are supposed to be short and to the point. If you want to write a book, this isn't the place.
Some people are way too invested in the Gosselins - try fixing yourselves first.
Jon deserves part of that money whether he is d bag or not. That is the society we are living in so, deal with it.
jon is a loser who behaves like a teenager,he doesnt deserve kates money from her books,ppl keep saying kate treated him badly but now we all know why,this is what she has been putting up with..i kno i wont be watching that show
i like jon too bad he had to chose her to marry. sorry for kids but glad he dumped her
he deserves half like the drill sargent
A $5000/month apartment and $1000 shoes? And this man has eight kids and no job? NO WONDER Kate had to keep him on an allowance. This man would have spent everything the family had. What an irresponsible jerk.
Jon is a loser! Tell the world there is money stashed in his house. Is he out of his mind!!
I doubt Kate ever had him on an allowance, and his recent lifestyle leads me to believe that Kate is NOT hiding money from him.
He has turned into such a loser!
I will not, under any circumstances, watch this show. The only chance those kids have for some peace is if the viewers do not tune in. The the numbers won't be there. TLC will finally have to do the right thing and cancel the show. Kate & Jon should be so ashamed of themselves. Putting the show before the kids is horrible. They will regret it later. We will read about all their problems with drugs.
I read somewhere that Kate said she doesn't have alot of people to turn to, therefore she feels especially alone. WELL KATE, IF YOU HADN'T SLAMMED THE DOOR ON YOUR PARENTS, YOU WOULD HAVE SUPPORT NOW! You did this to yourself, every bit of it, and I don't feel one iota of sympathy for you!
Jon, you were the poster boy for the beaten down husband before, now you are just the poster boy for LOSER! How can you let your kids see you all over the country with other women. THINK OF THE KIDS FOR ONCE. CANCEL THE SHOW AND BECOME A PARENT! For real this time, without camera's in their faces.
Forgot to add, YES, Kate should split the money with Jon because when she was traveling, he had to stay home with the kids so she could go. He had to give up his job for this. Definately half that money is his. Its unfortunate that he will spend it on his ditzy girlfriends. LOSER
John is behaving badly..he recently let the barmaid babysitter sleep above the garage..(huh, huh)..with his kids in the house...(online news) He parties till all hours at Legends bar..and is likin the ladies without any discrimination.
Kate may not be perfect, but I believe she is trying the best KATE knows how to keep her kids secure and safe..keep hidin that money Kate..Jon will just party iT away.
I think Jon is losing control...he needs to talk to someone before he spirals out completely...its like Kate said in one of the shows..he does not completely know the ramifications of his decisions. His insecurity and upsetment about this situation is doing him in. He should talk to a professional and help himself, his children and his reputation.
Jon needs to grow up. He is so immature and needs to think that one day his kids will read about how badly he is behaving. For someone who said he hates being in the media all the time he certainly seems to be hanging out in all the right places to be seen. I think Kate deserves the children and the money and Jon needs to clean up his act.
Jon shouldn't get a cent of the money Kate made from the books. He blows any money he gets on HIMSELF and his "sleazy girlfriend of the week". There are eight kids that have to be taken care of and educated. Eventuallly, the TLC gravy train will end and he certainly won't ever be able to make any money to support the kids. If he does get some sort of show, it will last a couple of weeks and that will be the last anyone hears of Jon Gosselin.
Jon Gosselin should get nothing from Kate. Jon should be ordered to pay Kate alimony because of his public display of adultery. He should pay child support for his children. His behavior sickens me and I hope he doesn't have shared custody. He is a creep!
I used to feel so bad for Jon the way Kate treated him and I KNEW this was coming. However, I dont believe he deserves anything because everything that was done; was done by Kate for the most part. I believe Kate was not smart to treat her soon to be ex husband the way she did on tv and in the spotlight but I dont believe she deserves to be treated this way now -- so I guess basically "what goes around, comes around". I DO NOT, I repeat -- DO NOT believe Jon is doing the right thing with seeing all these girls and spending all this money, but I can say one thing -- hes probably thinking like a kid again (He has been married since like 1995 or something) Can you blame him ladies, hes a man...some men are pigs...end of story...Jenny A., Hickory Hills, Illinois
They came into the relationship with nothing, they were together and made this money together he should get half. She should have thought about it before she embarassed him on tv. No man deserves to be treated like that especially in front of millions of people. No his actions are not right but he would have had more freedom in prison
The money belongs to the children....if it wasn't for them they would not have any of this...they make me sick! And no I am not jealous...I am happy in my home with my husband....as Jon & Kate have proven...money DOES NOT BUY HAPPINESS
The money should be put in a trust for the kids...
The question wasn't a matter of who the money should go to, these kids are set for life and yes the money should be split 50/50 regardless of which spouse brought home the bread the and butter.
A friend of Jon's stated, "Jon says he found out Kate had been hiding about $100,000 in cash in the house." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! What kind of "friend" and/or the media would release something like this? Talk about a motive to hurt the Gosselin family! Has anyone even thought about the Billings family getting murdered because of the mere thought of $$ being in the house? Leave them alone already! Let them just get along with their lives!
hailey glassman(jons girlfriend) was spotted with another man in the park near the family house.kate needs to be nicer get back with him and jon should leave that bitch(hailey)
Kate said she hates the pazz. and fans that swarms her and kids. WELL, Kate stop having the camera crew in public places. Maybe people won't notice you as much! She says Jon change but she acts like a diva and better than everyone else. She use to be a PA mom, now she has plastic surgury to go with her paltic personality! Tell her kids to shoot the Pazz. and laugh at it was sicking. She is telling and taking kids into this enviroment to make money. Who is she kidding. She is from another planet!
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