From TV Star to 12-Hour Shifts: Kate Gosselin’s New Life Will Shock Fans

Kate Gosselin was a big TV star in the show ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8.’ But now her life is very different. She works as a nurse for 12 hours a day to pay her bills.

In a TikTok video, Kate showed her real life after fame. She said her day is very tiring — taking care of a patient, giving food, and helping with bathing. After work, she just comes home, does some chores, and goes to sleep, then starts again the next day.

What Happened to All the TV Money?

A fan in the comments asked the big question on everyone’s mind: What happened to all the money she made from the hit reality show?

Kate’s answer was honest and shocking. She explained that the money went to three main things:

Providing for her 8 kids.
Paying for their college education. (She is proud she could pay for it all).
Paying lawyers. She said she was constantly “dragged into court” during her messy divorce and custody battle with her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin.

She called the situation “sickening,” saying that without the huge legal bills, her kids would have more money saved and she would have a retirement fund. Now, at 50 years old, she says she has “no personal retirement” savings.

A Complicated Family

Kate and Jon Gosselin have 2 big kids, Cara and Mady, who are 24. They also have 6 kids the same age, Collin, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Leah, and Joel, who are 21.

Since their divorce in 2009, the family has been through many public fights. The relationship between parents and children is broken. Jon is currently not in contact with most of his kids except Collin and Hannah. Kate is not in contact with her son, Collin.

Collin has said publicly that he and his siblings were “pitted against each other” as kids. He has accused his mother of being abusive, which Kate denies. Collin went to live with his father when he was 12 after staying at a special facility for help.

This new chapter of Kate Gosselin’s life shows that reality TV fame doesn’t always lead to a happy or wealthy ending.

Sources:

• People Magazine

• Entertainment Tonight (ET Online)

• Today Show

• Us Weekly