This couple is going onto the list together, because their financial issues are a joint problem. It's Kate Gosselin we feel bad for in all this though - they were living a handsome lifestyle with their TV show 'Jon and Kate Plus 8' until Jon decided to throw it all away by having an affair with the nanny of their eight children. Kate wanted nothing more to do with him, and without a 'Jon and Kate,' there was no more television show.
The fallout from the divorce was bitter, with the custody individually contested over each one of the eight children. Two of them stayed with Jon, while the remaining six stayed with Kate. The legal wrangling cost so much money that the $75,000 per episode they'd made during their time on television was used up rapidly, leaving Jon working as a DJ and a cook in his hometown to support his family. Things are a little better for Kate, who eventually got back on the air with her new show 'Kate Plus 8,' despite no longer having eight children living with her.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.