Jon Gosselin Can Go Back to Work... at Foot Locker
Dude, shut up.In the latest skirmish in his war with TLC, Jon Gosselin has filed a $5 million claim against the network, saying its representatives damaged his reputation and career by preventing him from working with other media outlets.
In the suit, the reality star dad claims that the network contacted various media outlets he'd been in touch with to persuade them to stop dealing with him.
"Their behavior has caused Jon great anguish and it has caused him financial losses," says his attorney, Mark Heller, who maintains Gosselin did not have an attorney or a manager present when he signed the contract for Jon and Kate Plus Eight with TLC last year.
Nobody owes you another show, another shot, another anything.
"Damaging your reputation and career?" WHAT career? Before the show, Gosselin was an IT analyst. And even though unemployment is at 10.2%, I'm sure, if you put your limited mind to it, you could hit monster.com and drum up a gig at Cisco Systems. Or figuring out why the Wifi doesn't work at Corner Bakery.
TV doesn't owe you a job. TV gave you a job. Then, TV decided it didn't want you anymore.
You can go now. You can disappear into the corn, never to be seen again, like 99% of the people of Survivor or American Idol. We barely remember the winners, why would we waste valuable brain space on the losers? Nobody owes you fame... And nobody is stopping you from doing what you did before you were on TV.
It didn't pay as much, and it didn't get you dates despite your penchant for Ed Hardy douche-wear, but that's not the point. You can find another job, anywhere else you want.
Just not a day care center, or as a relationship counselor, okay? Because I'm sure the performance reviews on both were pretty damn negative.To obscurity with you.
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Ahhh, what a well written post! Succinct and on-the-money!
I'm late to find this, but I concur! Mr. Marmel nailed it. Gosselin sucks so terribly and has no idea everyone just wants him to go away. Of course, he's also getting counsel from Michael Lohan, lol.
Nobody, is responsible for this toxic breakup, both of them have lost what really counts and that is their children. I agree with you, he can go and get a job, he and kate. Nobody, knew Jon & Kate and we tuned in to see the children, not them fussing all the time at each other. They both blew it, and now it is time to feel normalcy again and make some adjustments, because we Americans are moving on as well as they should.
I think Jon has done quite a fine job damaging his own reputation with or without TLC's help.
I agree with the writer of this article, and I agree with the other poster's comment about winning the lottery..
Jon Gosselin is a cautionary tale for all of us: which is why if I ever win the lottery (first I need to play, though), I'm going to disappear and go into hiding. I will quit my job, pay off my house, car, and other outstanding bills, buy my mom something super fabulous, take a very fabulous trip around the world, give a lot to really needy children, and then save the rest.
Spending a lot of lottery winnings on beer, chicks, and Ed Hardy t-shirts is SUCH a bad idea. Fail, Jon G. Fail. :-(
You hit the nail on the head with this one....good job!
Great post!
I can't believe both Jon and Kate are whining about "losing" their careers. What they had was equivalent to the average Joe winning a lottery ticket. Enjoy the rewards gained, and consider the fact that most people will not win or reap such rewards in their lifetime and just be thankful that luck actually smiled down on them for a while.
Their talents? None. The fact that they actually allowed having so many embryos implanted and by an unscrupulous fertility doctor, show's that aside from their own greed and selfishness, they had no common sense to begin with in addition to no special talents.
Jon needs to go back and get another IT job and Kate needs to get back into nursing...and just deal with the situation they created by having more children than almost anyone could handle.
They have become a joke and the poor children will most likely end up paying a hefty price for their parent's continual bad judgment.
So well said.
Great Post! Great Comment!
hey, don't be so quick to bash on kate. she actually did something and renewed her nursing license.
Here here!
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