Kate Gosselin has been particularly bitchy lately – and it couldn’t be more inappropriately timed. Kate’s at a point where she needs to ingratiate herself with the public, not act like a demanding, entitled queen. According to several sources, Kate desperately needs the money from her show in order to support her kids – even though she tries to play it off like she doesn’t.

Kate Gosselin denied on the TODAY show that participating in “Jon & Kate Plus 8” had anything to do with her marriage falling apart. And while that’s likely accurate, a source says the reality show star is underplaying the role the show plays in keeping her financially afloat.

“She understands that she needs this show for income, to support the kids. The show feeds the interest in her books, and her books just help add more money to the bottom line,” said the source. Gosselin has published two books about her family, “Multiple Bles8ings” and “Eight Little Faces.”

Kate actually wishes soon-to-be ex-husband Jon had a keener sense of what was at stake financially, should he turn his back on the show, the source says. Despite rumors that Jon Gosselin and fashion designer Christian Audigier were teaming up on a kid’s clothing line, that isn’t going to happen, according to the source. “He just got the clothes for free.”

“Jon thinks that he’s bigger than ‘Jon & Kate,’ but he isn’t and it’s frustrating to (Kate),” said the source. “He needs to focus and make sure the show does well so the family can be well.”

[From NBC’s The Scoop]

Yeah I don’t think Jon could possibly care less whether his family does well. He probably does want the show to do well, but that’s just so he can support his now lavish lifestyle and buy more thousand dollar shoes. You can tell Jon really does have a big head about him, which I just don’t understand. I’m sure Kate does too, but she seems equally driven to support her family as be famous. Jon doesn’t seem to share that drive at all.

Speaking of Jon, he was supposed to have a rebuttal interview on E!, in which he’d respond to Kate’s allegations. That never happened, but his ex-girlfriend Kate Major happily went on anyway. Turns out it was because TLC, the network that airs “Jon & Kate,” pulled the plug on the interview.

Jon Gosselin has met a foe mightier than Kate Gosselin – his own network. RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that TLC forced the cancelation of Jon’s scheduled televised interview with E! The interview was slated for Monday night but never happened. Instead a few quotes from Jon appeared on E!’s Web site.

A high-level TLC executive intervened and killed Jon’s interview, a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com. Jon is under contract with TLC for Jon & Kate Plus 8 and apparently needs the network’s approval for certain deals. The network approved Kate’s interview with the Today Show on Monday, an interview that featured tears and anger.

Jon gave an interview to In Touch magazine last week and at least one source says that may have been beyond the scope of his contract — and repercussions may ensue. When he tried to go on E! all sorts of corporate executives swung into action on Monday, the source close to the situation told us. CEOs were calling COOs as an alphabet soup of execs threatened, countered and created a three-martini crisis. In the end the three-letter network (TLC for the alphabet impaired) kicked the one-letter network’s exclamation point and Jon was muzzled.

But don’t count on Jon being silenced forever. TLC still needs him for filming (even though public opinion seems to have turned sharply against him). And we’ve heard of things like “I’m not available” today where employees put pressure on employers until they get what they want. Hey, we’re not saying that’s what’s going to happen, and really, who would resort to that? We’re just saying we’ve heard it happens.

[From Radar]

Maybe it’s just me, but if I were Jon I’d be trying to kiss some serious network ass right now. I know they say they need him for the show, but frankly I think they could film it with just Kate. Single mother of 8 kids? That’s intriguing. It’s not like she and Jon will be filming much together anyway. I’d think it’s possible that if he pisses off the network enough, they could refuse to deal with him. Of course they’ve been dealing with Kate this whole time, so he’s probably fine. Clearly TLC will put p with some annoying personalities to keep this show on the air.

Here’s Kate shopping at FAO Schwartz yesterday in New York City. Images thanks to INF Photo.