12. The Gosselins
Jon and Kate Gosselin‘s brood includes eight children: a set of twins and a set of sextuplets. Having that many children at one time made them a prime candidate for their own show. That show, “Jon and Kate Plus Eight”, eventually became just “Kate Plus Eight” after the two divorced in 2009, largely due to to Jon’s multiple indiscretions. He said he’d married at 22 and never gotten to “sow his oats”, as if that were an excuse. Now he sees his kids but never all at the same time (some refuse to see him), and he reportedly owes over $1 million to his former company Securus, who sued him.
For her part, Kate has admitted to giving up her children’s freedom and privacy in order to maintain their lifestyle, even though the kids have a clear disdain for the show. Kate has appeared on several reality shows, begging the question of how far she must actually go to support that lifestyle, when she also seems to enjoy it so much. In this family, the parents are the ones to blame, but their issues have impacted their children greatly.
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