Jon Gosselin on Larry King Live: Drama!

on October 5, 2009 at 7:00 AM

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On Thursday night, Jon Gosselin and his lawyer appeared for an interview on Larry King Live. Five minutes into the show, his lawyer said that TLC terminated Jon's Jon & Kate Plus 8 contract on Tuesday because Jon was planning to go on the show and announce he was ending the program by no longer appearing on it and by refusing to allow his children to participate.

King challenged the claim about Jon's plan to announce he was shutting down Jon & Kate Plus 8, because only moments before Jon said he had "no idea" he was being fired, and that he "found out just like everybody else…saw it on a laptop as an [Associated Press] newswire."

As for his kids, Jon says, "I need to be a father. I need to take my kids off the show." He also said he was putting the brakes on his divorce.

Rebutting Jon's claim about their kids, Kate said: "Jon has never expressed any concerns to me about our children being involved in the show and, in fact, is on the record as saying he believes the show benefits our children and was taping on Friday with the kids." Her lawyers also say that the divorce is moving forward.

He's also trying to halt production of Kate Plus Eight. People reports that Jon and his lawyer have demanded the show to cease production and have sent out a letter saying, "Effective immediately, no production crews are to enter Jon's family home for any reason. In the event that anyone enters the marital property, Jon Gosselin will notify the local authorities to effectuate police action against any trespassers."

So what is TLC doing? They say, "We are aware of Jon Gosselin's recent statements, and remain deeply disappointed at his continued erratic behavior. He and the family were shooting as recently as last Friday, without incident, and his latest comments are grossly inaccurate, without merit and are clearly opportunistic. Direct filming of the children has been currently suspended, pending further conversations between both parents."

Yikes. What do you think about all of this drama?

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Comments (4)

Peajewel

on Oct 5, 2009 at 9:04 AM

I think that they let the show go to their heads and make them people they were not and it ruined their marriage. I think it is now time to think of the kids and what effect this is having on them and they need to stop the show. But they both seem to crave that celebrity image they have made for themselves and I don't think they want to give it up. They are no better than the octo Mom at this point.

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MomIWant

on Oct 5, 2009 at 11:34 AM

I think it is a train wreck and we can't stop watching the meltdown of a family. While they are morbidly fascinating, I think the permanent damage being done to the children because of a permanent record of their parents' behavior is very sad.

Freela

on Oct 5, 2009 at 5:12 PM

I agree with MomIWants... I think if he REALLY had the best interest of the kids at heart, he could handle his legal issues privately rather than airing the dirty laundry on Larry King for the kids to have a record of. They need to sit down with some sort of mediator privately and work out their divorce issues. Many parents let things get out of hand in a messy divorce and say regretful things.. unfortunately they are doing it so publically that there will be permanent paper trail for the kids to track down when they are older and I think that's very sad.

mikazuki

on Oct 5, 2009 at 11:15 PM

And within days of him pulling the plug she now is claiming he stole money and that she and the kids NEED the TLC program in order to survive. Uh huh. Can we say, "liar, liar, Kate. Careful 'cause a nose job is a very expensive surgery to undergo."