TLC Jon & Kate Plus 8 Jon Gosselin gives up custody rights

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Jon Gosselin

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The reality stars of Jon & Kate Plus 8 have come to a final divorce agreement that will see the marriage dissolved by the end of the year.  TMZ is reporting that Kate Gosselin will get primary custody of their eight children.  We are told that Jon did not contest the custody issue but that the couple were very far apart on how their assets would be decided.  

The agreement, reached yesterday, at an arbitrator hearing was not without Jon's misguided showmanship.  Jon greeted the Entertainment Tonight cameras with a bouquet of roses and a love note for Kate. Jon divulged, even though his lawyer had everyone sign non-disclosure agreements, that the note says that he loves their children, a part of him will always love Kate, and he will never let any harm come to her.  Kate Gosselin was seen leaving the hearing without the roses.

This news comes just one day before the final episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 that will air tomorrow night on TLC.  TLC is billing it, as the last time you will see them all together.  It is a very sad conclusion to TLC's most popular show. 

Jon Gosselin seemed to reach some sort of boiling point and melted down in full view of the public in May of this year.  His erratic behavior shocked many and drew the laser focus of the tabloid magazines.  In that harsh glare we saw Jon change from a fun loving Dad to a biker dude and jet setting womanizer who seemed to leave nothing but controversy and harm in his wake.

The droopy red roses were a sad commentary on Jon's attempts at redeeming himself not only in public but with his estranged wife and family.  Apologies were often laced with lies and barbs at not only his wife but his children.  During what was dubbed the, Rabbi apology tour, Jon told the world his children don't validate him and that he was stuck back at the mansion doing duties that he expected his wife to do.

We have also seen great hypocrisy in Jon's behavior.  His most stunning moment was when he suddenly decided to pull his children from any filming with TLC, just weeks after he had staunchly denied they were being harmed in anyway and signing a divorce document that allowed both him and Kate to make filming decisions on their own.  Within days, of Jon stating the filming was harming his children, he is seen allowing Entertainment Tonight film his kids as they get off the bus and head home for the Twins birthday party. 

During Jon's appearance on the Larry King show, Larry reads from a TLC statement that says Jon never formerly requested that the show be stopped, only, that he be released from the exclusivity of his contract and be given a motorcycle that was built especially for him.  Jon seemed more concerned about the motorcycle and his relationship with Hailey Glassman than his childen's welfare. In addition, Jon seemed to have no problem allowing a member of the paparazzi onto his property to take pictures of his children.  Jon is now being sued by TLC for breach of contract.

While Kate Gosselin is to get her own show on TLC this spring, we are not sure what the future holds for Jon Gosselin.  His 22 year old girlfriend has dumped him, promising to write a tell all book about the compulsive liar she was dating.  His lawyer and manager who are father and son, Mark Heller and Mike Heller, seem to be steering Jon into the abyss.  A future TV career may not be possible, with Jon being in breach of contract and now counter suing TLC for five million dollars, what network would take the risk?  In that legal filing there is no mention of any harm actually being done to his children because of the filming, only that some paperwork with shooting permits may be an issue.

With the holidays coming, Jon was supposed to spend it with his now ex-girlfriend.  We can only hope that Kate takes some pity on the father of her children and finds a way for the family to enjoy the holidays together as divorced parents.

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