Jon Gosselin Gets Axed from “Jon & Kate Plus Eight”

Separated reality show “stars” Jon and Kate Gosselin of “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” have had a hell of year, moving into a new house and then ending their ten-year marriage on national television, while their eight kids — eight-year-old twins and five-year-old sextuplets — have been caught up in the middle of it all. Life’s going to get a bit more sour for Jon, who has reportedly been axed from the TLC show, which will be renamed to just “Kate Plus Eight.”

The change is said to have come from waning viewership, which dropped nearly 80% from the beginning of the current season (I like to think of it as a silent protest of former fans of the show). The new spin will focus more on Kate as a single mother, with Jon just making occasional appearances.

The couple, who share custody of the eight kids, decided early on in their separation that while they would each get a different place to live, the kids would remain in the million-dollar house in Pennsylvania with one parent living with them dependent upon scheduling.

They announced their split on TV this past June, though Jon was snapped with a rotation of college girls out at bars earlier than that, and then made his relationship with Hailey Glassman public soon after. Kate was rumored to have been dating her bodyguard, though those rumors seemed to have fizzled out not long after they started.

Kate Plus Eight will premiere on TLC on November 2.

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