Reality TV losers in love
Jon and Kate Gosselin
The show: “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” an initially benign TLC docudrama revolving around the super-sized clan.
The breakup: After 10 years of marriage, the Gosselins filed divorce papers today in
How the show hurt them: What started as a light family drama, soon morphed into a series chronicling a crumbling marriage under TV’s microscope, and the stress celebrity can bring to already heavy parenting duties.
Related: Jon and Kate Gosselin ‘have decided to separate’ (but they’re getting divorced)
Compiled by Denise Martin, Emily Christianson, Todd Martens and Jevon Phillips, Times Staff Writers (Mark Arbeit / Associated Press)
The show: Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen + Dave, a series that gave the couple a chance to show off their eccentric side while trying to plan a (somewhat) traditional wedding.
The breakup: July 17, 2006, two years after the show ended.
How the show hurt them: Perhaps their relationship was DOA considering the morgue photo shoot they did for their wedding announcements? It’s really anyone’s guess since the camera-loving couple have kept quiet about their reasons for separating. (Dave Hogan / Getty Images)
