Kate Gosselin of ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ Admits She Has Nothing Saved for Retirement Despite Reality TV Fame
Kate Gosselin is giving people a look at her life post-reality TV.
In a recent TikTok video, the former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star loaded the dishwasher after a “very busy” day as a pediatric home health care nurse.
“It was another 12 hour day,” the mom of eight said as she recapped all the activities she’d done with her patient.
“And so now I work again tomorrow, so I have my dishes loaded into the dishwasher, my dishwasher running, and so I can go to bed and get up early and do it all over again,” she said.
‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ mom says she covered all her kids’ college expenses
Some commenters were surprised that Kate was still working given her years on TLC. Jon & Kate Plus 8 (later renamed Kate Plus 8 after her 2009 divorce from Jon Gosselin) aired from 2007 to 2017. She also competed on Dancing With the Stars, and appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap and the first season of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. She’s also written multiple books, including Multiple Blessings and I Just Want You to Know.
“What happened with all the income from the show? I hate that you are having to work 12-hour shifts,” one person asked.
Kate hinted that she’d be better off financially if it weren’t for her expensive divorce from Jon.
“Honestly? Providing for 8 kids, college funds which I am proud to say covered all of their college and more and LAWYERS. Sickening but I was [dragged] into court constantly and that costs A TON. Sad bc my kids could have a lot more saved and I could have a retirement saved if it weren’t for lawyers :(. It’s okay. I’m helping other families and I feel needed and I enjoy helping,” she wrote.
Kate Gosselin says reality TV doesn’t pay as well as people think
In another comment, Kate reiterated that she had sacrificed her own retirement goals to provide for her children.
“Raised and supported 8 kids alone and now they have enough college money to go to college and beyond. I achieved my goal but have no personal retirement,” she shared.
“Reality tv doesn’t pay as well as it should when you have to provide for 8 kids on your own,” she told another follower.
Kate was granted custody of her and Jon’s twins, Mady and Cara, and sextuplets, Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Hannah, Joel, and Leah, after their divorce. In 2018, Jon received custody of Collin, then 14, after he was discharged from a residential treatment program for children of special needs. The same year, his daughter Hannah also went to live with her father. Collin has since accused his mother of abuse.
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