TMZ.com: Jon Vs. TLC…Every Story Has 8 Sides

Los Angeles, Ca—Sources connected with the production of “Jon & Kate Plus 8”, soon to be “Kate Plus 8”, tell TMZ.com all the hoo-hah has to do with money.

Sources on both sides tell us Jon Gosselin has been asking for his exit papers from the show for several months. Production sources say they were willing to continue giving Jon a full paycheck and not put him on the show, but there was one string attached…that he couldn’t do any other show without the permission of TLC. By the way, that’s a standard condition in TV-land.

Production sources say Jon’s lawyer was demanding that TLC let Jon do any show he wanted, but TLC wouldn’t budge. Production sources say Jon’s lawyer then threatened to shut down production by claiming the show wasn’t good for the kids, and that’s just what happened.

But, sources connected with Jon tell TMZ.com Jon had been complaining for months about his kids being on the show and that the kids themselves were complaining. These sources say Jon was blindsided when TLC released a statement that the show would be called “Kate Plus 8” and that the result would be that the kids would have to be on camera a lot more.