15 celebrities who exploited their breakups for publicity (With Pictures)

2. Kate Gosselin

When Kate Gosselin was first introduced to audiences, she was seen as the overbearing wife and mother from Jon & Kate Plus 8. She was highly criticized for the lack of affection she showed her husband, and the strict and controlling method of parenting her children. What was once a lighthearted television show about the stresses involved in raising eight kids, quickly became a show about how surprising it was that someone even married Kate in the first place. When photos came out with Jon frequenting nightclubs with a number of different women, the world seemed to change their tune about Kate. She was seen as the poor victim wife, and her philandering husband was promptly thrown under the bus. Not only was she granted her very own reality show, Kate Plus 8, but she went on a variety of daytime talk shows to promote herself. She became a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and even became a published author. It seems like Jon cheating on her was the best thing that could have happened, since it helped to turn around her negative public persona.