Everyone knows Jon Gosselin kind of a tool, but I’m having trouble scoffing at him for refusing an appearance on a Florida radio station’s morning show. They apparently offered him two Applebee’s gift cards, which is a lot less than his appearance fee of a whopping $10,000-$12,000. Ten grand! Pssst, you guys, goofballs in Ed Hardy shirts will show up places for a lot less money than that.
I guess I’m supposed to pooh-pooh Jon’s asking price, because he’s basically talentless and is a scourge on society, but eh. (I’m actually more surprised that the person booking guests for the show does so through a Yahoo email address.) It doesn’t make me happy necessarily or proud of American culture at the moment, but isn’t Jon Gosselin $10,000 worth of famous? He’s, you know, really, really famous. It’s probably not lasting fame — just ask any former Real Worlder, if you can remember any of their names — nor is it something the collective public ought to be proud of, this desire to elevate someone’s profile so we can more gleefully contribute to their demise. But it’s there.
Save your money, radio show, and instead of booking Jon twice, buy yourself a cupcake car. It’ll probably last longer, and it’s much more fun than a halfway divorced manchild father of eight who wears garish CZ earrings. You’re with me, right, PopWatchers? Cupcake cars for all?
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Cupcake car? I haven’t been this intrigued since….well, ever. Tell us more!!!
I want a cupcake car. I do. I do!
I like the cupcakes better !!!
The question of whether he’s worth $10,000 for an appearance depends on one thing: what will people be allowed to throw at him?
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I mean, if it’s just water balloons or wet sponges, no. He gets $1000, TOPS. But if we have eggs, rotten fruit, and some recently-deposited cat fur-balls at our disposal, then, yeah. No limit on the throwing, though. And he has to leave the chippy at home.
Good Idea! Dunk Tank! Charge $10/throw or maybe $50/throw if there’s no safety cage around him. You’d make back your 10 grand in no time.
tuna salad past it’s expiration date, pumpkin insides, apple cores, the gum from underneath my shoe, the stuff I swept out from underneath my kids beds, the after effects of a sixth grade science experiment gone horribly wrong …
Quite frankly, the radio show was being too generous with the TWO Applebee gift cards.
lol! you can’t just be handing those out…
Love the picture you used for this “article”. I mean like I may print this out and include it in everyone’s birthday card because it’s so hilarious kind of love.
I agree!! Best picture I’ve ever seen of him.
I am really tired of everyone dissing on Jon, he IS divorced, he CAN date, their is no solid evidence that he is not a good father, Ive watched the show since it began & he has ALWAYS was good to his kids, Kate is the one you should be bagging on, she is a witch to Jon AND the kids.
Haylee, is that you?
“their is no solid evidence that he is not a good father”
How many good fathers have people said that about?
Actually, he’s not divorced yet.
Actually He tried to stall the divorce and He was fooling around with this Haylee girl BEFORE they even filed. That is why this show started getting so much attention!
Thanks for ruining the funniest run of comments I’ve ever read on this site, Kristy. Killjoy.
Kristy–Yes there is solid evidence that he is a bad father-the names and the hate he shows on the talk shows for his kids to see and the striper he invites to watch his kids from his bedroom. Kate has NEVER been inapproprate in word or deed. Snapping at Jon is as bad as she has gotten and I have seen him snap at her too. I also have watched from the begining.
Or, um, how about he not make 1/3 of what the average American makes in a year for simply existing.
I’d like to hear him answer the questions Kate will be asked on her TLC special – somebody hire him for the night and ask him all the same things – I’m guessing his answers will be less polished but 100% more honest than Kate!
EW please stop!!!!!!
Stop covering these idiots. Why must I see a story on these non-celebs every single day? You’re better than this EW!!!
The man disgusts me. Please stop talking about him!
I agree with Kristy.
What a loser. But someone will pay that kind of money I’m sure.
I was going to post a comment but I really can’t be bothered wasting any more of my time and energy on any of the Gosselins!
I listen to the morning show that asked about booking Jon. It was never a serious offer. They heard that his agent was going around asking various awards show to pay him to appear and sent him an invitation. His agent responded with the request for 10-12 thousand dollars. After the radio show told the story and TMZ covered it the agent came out saying that they were lying and he wouldn’t have appeared on the show. Jon was and IS the joke.
i hate to be THAT guy but our society takes another step into the black abyss..