Jon Gosselin is suing the network that made he and his family famous. Jon alleges that his family was not adequately paid for television show due to their signing a complicated contract without the advice of a lawyer. Gosselin also says that the network violated child labor laws related to his eight children working on the show.
Interestingly, Gosselin is also suing TLC because production on the show “Jon and Kate Plus 8” has been halted, and the series is slated to end on November 23—leaving him unemployed. In addition, Jon is suing because he is he is unable to gain non-entertainment related employment because of the media’s interest in his daily life.
While it is probably true that he won’t be able to secure a “regular” job for a while, is that something one should sue over? In Gosselin’s case, he technically signed up to be famous. Can or should you sue for trying to get your old “private” life back? What do you think?
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In my opinion, Jon is just being a whiner and media wh### too. I was a fan of the show and watched the first several seasons. So horrible to see what they both turned into. Money and fame are not always a good thing.
I think the lawsuits stem from him getting cut from the new show. He wasn't cooperating with TLC, so they went ahead and were going to turn the show into "Kate Plus Eight." That's when he filed the lawsuit. Once he saw that he wasn't going to get paid anymore look who turned!
I wish both of them would go away for a very long time. Poor kids.
Well, like you said in the post, Jon signed up to be on the show, so suing in order to get back to his "private life" sounds stupid. He has been under public scrutiny for a while now and, to me, if he were smart, he should have been setting up some contacts/networks to find another source of income in the entertainment/television industry. We all know these reality shows don't last forever and he will always be known as the husband from "Jon and Kate plus 8". I say he needs to get over it. And furthermore, he may just be setting himself back financially trying to sue.
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