Jon Gosselin Too Famous To Work?
November 14, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
Too Famous to Work Bitches
Recently released court papers reveal that Jon Gosselin may be the first person ever to plead “famous.”
Documents from Gosselin’s recently filed contract lawsuit against “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ network TLC itemize the octodad’s issues in his own words, reports RadarOnline.
In an affidavit, Gosselin states, “Now, I find myself unemployed and without the ability to secure non-entertainment related engagements because the enormous Media interest, cameras, reporters and public interest makes it impossible to carry on normal daily activities, let alone find, secure and maintain a job with an employer who is willing to be exposed to the daily Media intrusions that has impeded by life.”
While he may have a point there, Gosselin, 32, discredits himself by implying that TLC played favorites with Jon and estranged wife Kate.
“The Plaintiff has promoted and even facilitated opportunities and appearances for my wife,” Jon states, “yet attempts to restrain and enjoin me from making a living for my family.”
It is all part of Jon’s $5 million countersuit against the network, accusing TLC of violating Pennsylvania’s child labor laws, cutting Jon off from the media and owing him $175,000.
TLC to Subpoena Everybody
November 6, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
Jon Gosselin’s girlfriend Hailey Glassman and his friend Michael Lohan are among the witnesses TLC plans to subpoena in a breach of contract lawsuit filed against the reality star, according to new court papers.
Maryland’s Circuit Court of Montgomery County has granted motions filed by the network’s lawyers to depose Glassman, 22, Lindsay Lohan’s dad Michael, 49, as well as Gosselin’s lawyer Mark Heller, manager Michael Heller, bodyguard Thomas Meinelt and his talent rep Matthew Kirschner.
In October, TLC sued Gosselin, 32, for breach of contract, accusing the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star of making paid and unpaid television appearances without TLC’s permission. At the time, Mark Heller called the action “baseless” and said the network “exploited, manipulated and abused the Gosselins’ vulnerability and financial hardship.”
Rabbi Shmuley helping Jon with Moral Compass
November 4, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
'I got this shit Jon, you just relax.'
“I’m working on Jon’s moral development,” Shmuley told PopEater. “Jon was once a good husband and father and somewhere along the line that changed and I am helping him to return to his former self.”
Shmuley wants to let folks know he isn’t Jon’s mentor, but more of a spiritual advisor (note Shmuley was also Michael Jackson’s spiritual advisor). The two have been meeting for a few minutes a day and sometimes more. Jon is also working with a local pastor.
While Jon had Shmuley over the weekend, Kate found solace in her go-to public pulpit, the ‘Today Show’, by allowing morning show host Natalie Morales to conduct a teary tell-all TLC special that aired on Monday night. Kate admitted she was sorry for berating and bossing Jon during their marriage saying she was “wrong to treat him that way.”
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Jon and Hailey reportedly SPLIT
October 31, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
The same week Hailey claims to be verbally abused and that Jon has Man Tantrums, they have decided to go their own ways. Though, odds are they’ll be back together within two weeks, and claim it was all a big misunderstanding. They’ll probably also explain that they have gotten better at communicating with each other and that they really do love each other.
We’ll see though.
Is the ‘Whole World’ Turning on Jon?
October 30, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
'Why are you so mean to me? I'm the only one that likes you.'
We know the media doesn’t like Jon, his Producers, other Producers, his wife, friends of his wife, most people that read the articles about him, but what about his girlfriend?
“He’ll call me and take his anger out on me. He has ‘mantrums.’ I shouldn’t have to put up with being emotionally abused. I cry and say, ‘Why are you so mean to me?’… Sometimes he has trouble with the truth, and he will dance and dance around his lies. He’s like Jekyll and Hyde. But I still love him… but I dislike him at times.”
Sounds like he’s on the verge of losing her too.
Kate Gosselin Q&A to air on TLC
TLC is billing next week’s Jon & Kate Plus 8 as “You Ask, Kate Answers,” in which Kate Gosselin will answer viewers’ lingering questions. Okay, I’ll bite: Is there actually anything left that we don’t know about Kate Gosselin?
We know the details of her marriage, we’ve watched her parenting skills, we’ve seen her get surgery, we’re in the process of watching her get divorced. We’ve seen her at some high highs and strange lows. We’ve watched her substantively change, and in the process we’ve sort of changed, too; First we loathed her, then we sympathized, then we sort of just winced as she and her soon-to-be-ex-husband aired all their dirty laundry on any news outlet that would have them. It wasn’t that their personal business was particularly tawdry. If anything, it was disappointingly banal, its own self-perpetuating cliche about fame and ambition.
My question, I guess, is less for Kate and maybe more for you and for me then: What is it that makes Kate Gosselin a person of interest? Why do we watch her shows, why are we following — and in doing so, creating — her story? What part of ourselves do we see and are we afraid to see through the lens of a Jon & Kate fame cycle?
TLC sues Jon for Breach of Contract
Jon Gosselin: Going down in Flames
Public enemy Jon Gosselin is still holding tight to his title. Last Friday, it was reported that the Jon and Kate Plus 8 (minus the Jon) star has been sued by TLC for a breach of contract. That morning, the network filed the lawsuit in Maryland for several reasons.
According to E! Online, TLC didn’t sue because Jon tried to stop production for the show. It’s because the reality TV dad signed an exclusive contract with TLC and isn’t supposed to be whining about his life by giving unauthorized interviews . The thing is, the network hasn’t allowed him to blab on programs like The Insider or Entertainment Tonight, since they’re paying him to appear there.
Another reason why TLC has been on Jon Gosselin’s case (and who isn’t?) is that he’s ignoring obligations to shut up about his private life. For months now, the network has supposedly been trying “privately and patiently” to convince the dad of eight to honor his contract. Of course, we all know that Jon’s stupid stubbornness have made “those efforts [...] unsuccessful,” as TLC’s statement says.
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Jon Gosselin sued by TLC
October 17, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
The TLC network is suing Jon Gosselin for breaching his contract as star of the now-shelved Jon & Kate Plus 8.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Maryland, alleges that the Father of the Year (just kidding) hasn’t met the obligations of his contract as an exclusive employee, has appeared on other programs for pay and made unauthorized disclosures about the show.
The network didn’t mention Jon’s various affairs with bartenders, nannies and college students.
Jon Gosselin can’t even work for FREE
Jon & Kate minus $200k
The odds that Jon Gosselin soon could slip into obscurity are increasing, and not just because there’s an end in sight for “Jon & Kate Plus Eight.”
The reality-show dad reportedly has approached awards shows with requests to appear as a presenter, and has been turned down by at least two productions, according to producers.
And while Gosselin was asking for appearance fees in the $30,000 range as recently as September, he’s now offering to present for free, asking only to have travel and accommodations covered.
“There was absolutely no interest in having him be a part of our show, no matter how much it was not going to cost us,” said one producer. “He thinks he can attach himself to any project that has cameras. I guess he doesn’t realize that the world is not his personal reality show.”
Jon Ordered to Give Money Back
October 14, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
Sneaky Bastard
Jon Gosselin has been asked to return a whopping $180,000 to the bank account he shares with estranged wife, Kate, a Pennsylvania judge ordered yesterday.
The cash, which was part of an account that originally had a balance of $232,000, was ruled to have been taken by Jon in violation of an arbitrator’s order. Kate, who had starred in the TLC reality show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8” with her husband, originally alleged that Jon had taken the money and left her with just $1,345 to pay bills for their eight kids and attend to household expenses.
Kate’s attorney Mark Momjian told TMZ that the remaining $55,000, which Kate used for household bills and expenses relating to the children, “will be subject to further determination by the arbitrator at a later date.”
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