Gosselin Kids Earn More Than Jon on 'Plus Eight'

By Rob Shuter Posted Jun 16th 2010 02:22AM

As Kate Gosselin and her eight children get used to their new world on 'Kate Plus Eight,' the new TLC show sans Jon following the couple's brutal public split, all eyes are on Kate and the kids. All eyes and a whole lot of money, it seems. While Jon is being paid by the network simply to not be involved in the show, the kids are bringing in a whopping amount, in addition to what Kate makes. How much does the Gosselin kid army make? The answer, after the jump!

Kate's Kids Bringing Home the Bacon

Kate Gosselin's new TV show, 'Kate Plus Eight,' is another huge hit for TLC, and for their participation, mother and children stand to earn over $700,000. Though Jon is no longer part of the show, he is still under contract with TLC, earning just over $70,000 to disappear.

"The reason you don't see Jon looking for a job or doing embarrassing interviews is that he is still on the TLC payroll," a TV insider tells me. "Jon is basically getting paid to keep his mouth shut and go away. Although it must sting him to know his kids are earning more money than he is."

How much more, you ask? My sources tell me that of the $700K that Kate and the tots bring home, $200,000 of that is pay given directly to the kids, while mama bear brings in $500,000 for the 'Kate Plus Eight' tapings. Add that to the $500K she took in for five weeks of work on 'Dancing With the Stars,' and 2010 is turning out to be quite lucrative for the octomom.

Kate, has always said every dollar the kids earn is put away so that they have the money when they are older. Good, because eight sets of college tuition is expensive!

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'Idol' Tour Moving to Smaller Venues

You know there is trouble in 'Idol'-land when host Ryan Seacrest is having to resort to Twitter to try selling unwanted tickets to the upcoming Idol tour.

Ryan tweeted, "If u were thinking about getting tix to the @americanidol live tour, do it now – ALL TIX are $200 for the next 24 hrs!" Yikes. Sources tell me ticket sales are so poor in certain locations that there is talk about moving the concerts from huge arenas to smaller theaters that hold less than 2,000 people.

Thank goodness Ryan has more than 3,201,054 Twitter followers, because if he can't sell the tickets, I'm pretty sure this season's winners can't.

Justin Bieber Is Famous, But Still Can't Drink

Where isn't Justin Bieber a VIP? Anywhere you can drink alcohol! On June 5, he was at the Showcase Cinema de Lux in Foxboro, Mass., to watch 'Get Him to the Greek,' when he attempted to climb the barricade into the premium Lux Level seating. The reason for Justin's sneaking? "That section is 21-plus only," a spy tells Life & Style magazine. "Justin was caught and turned away by the manager, who told the singer he had to be 21 to sit there." Justin's defense? "He said to the manager, 'Chuck E. Cheese sells alcohol, and I have no problem getting in there!'" says the eyewitness. But don't worry, Biebs, you're not banned for life. "We'll be happy to invite Mr. Bieber back to enjoy our premium seating when he's of legal age," said company rep.

Kudos to the Showcase Cinema de Lux! We don't want to see Mr. Bieber wind up like so many of today's stars ... troubled and derailed before they're 21!

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Wednesday 16 June

By srerrn2

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Shame on you. Why would you wish bad thing on young children. What is wrong with people?

By LasVegasX

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Enough! I am sick of Kate Gosselin! People, stop giving her what she wants and stop watching her show! She wants to support her kids, then she needs to get a job and stop relying on TLC. Shame on TLC for ever bringing her around. All you Kate fans need to stop making it to where she stays on tv and help make it to where she get a real job. She isn't anyone special, so she should be working like the rest of us.

By BIGFOOT

TLC's new reality show...."Leave It To Bieber"

By sandy

just keep on givin them money/..let them (the parents suc the life outta their fifteen minutes of fame....going on three or four hours now...I wouldnt watch this show if I was paid...Jon is a loser..Kate is a Media/Im so pretty hoe... if it wasnt for the kids...thye'd be living in a run down trailer with fourteen cats and a herd of dogs outside under the ford up on blocks...get over it..whe are you stupid moronic producers gonna get a life of your own and quit shoving this crap down our throats...if I wanna see some bimbo with a herd of screaming kids -all I have to do is go to Wal-Mart

By John Smith

once people continue to watch the show, they will make money if you think they don't deserve the money stop watching the show it will be cancel

Thursday 17 June

By Joyce

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Eveyone is entitled to their opinion. People see things from many different ways, but so much .hatered??!!
Let's be honest, people are going to usually take the easiest path to achive what they want.Like it or not that's what the majority of people do. And as we can see from this and many other items out there one person may think whatever someone does is very wrong and another person thinks it's very right.
If you don't like what Jon or Kate or anyone else on a show or in the public eye is doing.....then by all means, don't watch or contribute to their popularity. If you enjoy watching whatever show then do so.
But the name calling and put downs and he said/ did...she said/did, point is no one really knows for sure but the people involved. Lies get told, media blows things out of perportion........they all suffer. The kids have no say in the things their parents do.. But, I know I can look back over the years at things I did and say If I would have known then what I do now....or Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Hopefully all turns out okay in the end.

By bili

TLC,would make better and humanitarian thing to give that kind of money to poor people and children in the world.These kind of people make me sick,esspecially that greedy,arogant Kate.I,can't stand that snub.

By Debbie

LOL!!!

By Joanna Casteel

I would never watch the show it's boring.

By bt

Anyone who watches this show is an idiot!! Period. You call that entertainment?

Monday 15 August

By crystal

Awsome! You are right 100% LMFAO!

By michael

wtf!!.....they are a pair of nobodies!!...what moron keeps giving them money?

By Elizabeth

JOY you are such a bully!!! People can voice any opinion they want!!! whether they hate Kate or not! Get over it!!!!!

By Mary

She emasculated Jon day in and day out. He stood for it much longer that he should. I can't believe TLC is signing her up for another hour of watching her scream at everything. Stop it. Everything is not so dramatic.
The Duggar's support themselves with real estate holdings, and towing business. They also never buy new.

By Lazy

The Duggars would have nothing if they didn't have the TV show paying for their vacations, their houses, their food, etc. Face reality, they would not have the life they have without the money from the TV show. I feel sorry for the older children because they are the ones that are raising the family, not the parents the way it should be. When i was growing up we had to help out and do chores but those kids do everything and they parents sit back and collect the checks.

Same for Jon and Kate. They would not be living the life they live without the aid of the show. Their children are learning that you can get through life without doing a thing.

By Karrie

All I can say is, these people must be freaking geneous. According to so many of you, before there ever was reality tv, Jon and Kate, and especially the Duggers, came up with the idea to have multiple children to get on tv and make money. Wow, amazing. After all, the Dugger's would have had to decide this more than 20 years ago. And Jon and Kate were the very first ones, and it was only a 1 time thing. They just went back a year later to see how the sextuplets were doing. GET A GRIP, AND PULL YOUR HEADS OUT AND THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!!!

By Elton

I think that it's disgusting how those parents live off their babies. Why couldn't she and Jon get real jobs and support their children? All this stuff with Reality Shows is taking the real art of acting, singing, and dancing to the trash. We might as well set up cameras in everyone's homes and live in each others' houses. Then give each home hundreds of thousands of dollars and that will stimulate the economy. Kate and Jon should be a shamed of themselves. Those poor kids will never have a real childhood.

By yoli

lol... setting camera's on everyone's house i like that

By Emily

Let's forget Kate for a second, and discuss Justin's story. Justin tried to sneak into a 21-yr old section and was talking back to the manager. He said, "Chuck E. Cheese sells alcohol, and I have no problem getting in there???" Once again, here's another stupid, stuck-up pretty-faced teen-booper star who thinks he's all that and acts all "Oh, I'm so sweet! I want you to be my GF" to lure girls in. Ugh stars these days....

By rob

anyone who even supports this show even just watching it should be ashamed of themselves. What a discrace that only here in the US can we be so involved with paying people to make money off of their kids. TLC has no ethics clearly to support such a show. Those who follow it are as disgusting as those on it and behind it. Anything to fill the void in their own lives i guess.

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