Perhaps the Gosselin family, of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight," should have stayed in this house in their old neighborhood.
TLC reality TV stars Jon and Kate of Jon & Kate Plus Eight may be revealing tonight that they plan to file for divorce. At odds with each other, it seems that struggling reality TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin aren't getting along with their neighbors, either.
The pair -- parents of twins and sextuplets and known for their television show, "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" on TLC -- don't seem to be making many friends in their new hometown of Wernersville, Pa., according to at least one published report.
Made popular by their televised portrayal of their supposedly happy family -- which includes eight little ones all under the age of nine -- the two have been making headlines with their marital discord and rumored affairs.
The family relocated to a Wernersville $1.3 million estate last fall and are still trying to sell their modest Cape Cod house in Elizabethtown, Pa. (Click here to see Jon and Kate's for sale listing on Cyberhomes.com.)
The Gosselin children may be happy with their new house -- which offers a swimming pool and plenty of acres on which to play -- but the locals aren't thrilled with their new neighbors.
But who could blame the neighbors -- what with the throng of paparazzi that follow Jon and Kate to snap photos and gain more fodder for stories of their rumored extra-marital trysts. The clan's neighbors are now forced to tape off their driveways to keep the prying eyes of the press away.
"This is a nice, quiet, small, little town, and it has become freaking nuts," People quotes one Wernersville resident as saying. "We just want to be left alone."
Besides the unwanted extra drama that the Gosselins bring to their new hometown, it's not difficult to see why they don't get along with the locals. Their home is worth much more than the average home in Wernersville, which has an estimated median value of $164,835, according to Cyberhomes data.
And while the Gosselins' income was much more modest before they became reality TV stars, their income of $75,000 an episode far surpasses Wernersville's median household income of $69,854. The Gosselins may be worth as much as $10 million, the Huffington Post says.
Combine their income, Kate's oft-reported sense of entitlement (no doubt spawned by her new riches) and the couple's much publicized hatred for each other, and it's no wonder that Jon and Kate don't fit in with what People calls the "real-life Little League and Tastee Treat family culture of the town."
As a (former?) fan of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight," I think it'd be great if they could go back to their seemingly happy life in their old Cape Cod -- they haven't been able to sell it, anyway. Sure, their new house is big and fancy, but it's no doubt expensive to maintain. (No wonder Kate feels the need to continue the show, despite the pressure it's putting on her family.) And often, bigger houses -- and more complicated lives -- aren't as great as they seem.—Lauren Baier Kim