It looks like nothing could have kept Jon and Kate Gosselin together a few years ago--and not even a paycheck. The former reality television star reveals that TLC producers wanted to keep the couple together to help benefit their reality show but unfortunately Jon already had one foot out the door.

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According to the Daily Mail on Wednesday, the father-of-eight, who recently revealed that he seldom sees his kids these days, said that he was given an incentive to stay married to his ex-wife Kate. Yet it wasn't enough to keep them together in their already tumultuous marriage.

Jon told Steve Harvey on his talk show, "We knew were going to get divorced and then the network tried to keep us together for the benefit of the show. So I quit."

And while his divorce to Kate turned out to be quite the public battle, Jon said he wasn't willing to air out his dirty laundry on the small screen even though it ended up happening in the tabloids.

Jon explained, "I said, 'I'm not having my divorce filmed. I'm not having it aired out for the public's consumption. And I'm not having reruns so my children can keep on watching the demise of their parents.'"

Yet the decision left him utterly broke.

He said, "I just took a moral stance versus a business stance. I lost everything. I lost all my money. I lost everything."

The ex-couple split back in 2010. For more, check out Jon's interview here and let us know what you think.

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