Comments on: Jon Gosselin is a no show at court (update: TLC wins injunction)

By: Boo

Boo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:37:00 +0000

well, not to mention that the kid’s “job” was to go to a bunch of cool places, or have super-fancy campouts/movie night and other activities that I would have gone ape-sh*t to do when I was younger (okay, I’m still jealous) and then be filmed for it. It sounds like the kids had good relationships with the filming crew (perhaps a more stable “family”…) and that TLC had some flex with filming, so if the kids really didn’t want it, they could push it back a day. Just saying…those kids got some great experiences from the show that normal kids wouldn’t get.

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By: bella

bella — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:35:27 +0000

bros,

No, not legal, but technical enough. And I totally agree that the children should never have been put in the position of financial providers. It is not a child’s role to support the parents or themselves. Yes, money should have been put away for them, and maybe it was. But if it was in trust funds, they may not be able to access it until the age of 18 or 25 or whatever age was decided for them. Neither Jon nor Kate strike me as the type to plan ahead for when the show was no longer their primary source of income. So, the bottom line is, Jon did put an end to the financial support of his family by pulling the stunts he pulled. He also made it impossible for Kate to continue with “Kate + 8″ or whatever it was by refusing to allow the children to be filmed.

While I would never put my children out there for any reason, I believe Jon was being spiteful. He saw absolutely no problem with his children being filmed as long as he was being paid. It was only when he was no longer included that it became “detrimental” to the children. Hypocritical.

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By: bros

bros — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:21:15 +0000

@bella-that is not a legal explanation. I am personally very glad jon killed the truman show his kids were living in, no matter what the motivation. that would have been ultimately more damaging than being screwed of their livelihood-which no 5 and 8 year old is even legally supposed to have a livelihood at that age. they shouldnt be working, they should be living as children and not earning $$ for their parents. they werent screwed of their money either. the gosselins have, or shouldh ave put enough away by now to live comfortably and put them throguh schol and should go back to work and support their kids like every other human.

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By: bella

bella — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:15:35 +0000

bros;

Also, the only reason the show was cancelled is because Jon threatened TLC. Jon told them if they wouldn’t let him do what he wanted and TLC wouldn’t still pay him, he would make sure production of the show was halted.
TLC didn’t, Jon did, and in so doing he screwed his 8 children out of their livelihood. What a great father, right?

TLC threatened to remove him from the show for his behaviour, and when they did that he forced their hand and they kicked him off.

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By: bella

bella — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:59 +0000

@ bros:

Jon was misbehaving as of Feb 2009, when he took Deanna (the school teacher) with him to Utah. After that, he started the bimbo parade, as well as all the other crap he pulled, like giving interviews to anybody who gave him a second glance and threw a few thousand bucks his way. He was paid for those interviews, which weren’t sanctioned by TLC. TLC has an “exclusivity” contract, meaning that anything he did outside of TLC had to be approved by them. Additionally, there is a “morality clause” in the contract, and since Jon paraded his tarts in front of the paparazzi and took girlfriends to France and stuff, he violated that as well.

Kate’s interviews were all sanctioned or approved by TLC, and she was cautious and/or guarded in her statements regarding Jon, and she never bad-mouthed TLC or the show. Jon, on the other hand, ran his mouth to everyone about how he didn’t want to do the show, how awful his marriage/wife/family was, etc…

NEVER BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU. Especially when that hand is a huge company with the best lawyers in the state.

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By: bros

bros — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:41:59 +0000

how can TLC prevent him from doing anything and claim that their contract is still in force when the show isnt on anymore and has been cancelled? and they kicked him off anyway, even before the show was cancelled. Im confused. someone who is a lawyer please explain.

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By: TaylorB

TaylorB — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:56:01 +0000

Who in the world gives advice to these people on the sunglasses? Granted if he is going for the ‘I wish to look like a total dipsh*t with no taste in eyewear’ thing, he TOTALLY nailed it, well done Jon, oh and p.s. lay off the booze, you have drunkface and you are getting a bit hefty.

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By: Squirtle

Squirtle — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:08:26 +0000

Get ‘em TLC!!! Whoohwhahahaa karma does exist!

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By: bigelle

bigelle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:32:37 +0000

what is so deeply, desperately sad about this whole saga is that he is a father and yet so evidently unable to act as one

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By: canadianchick

canadianchick — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:51:17 +0000

I read Jon was in the computer industry and Kate was a nurse, those two need to get back to actual reality and co-parent like adults with regular jobs.

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