I haven't read the most recent comments, but it occurred to me that more than likely the little "tantrum" we see Kate having is probably her mocking one of the children, but they've twisted it to make it look like she's having a meltdown to get more ratings...just a thought...
Bubbles said... I haven't read the most recent comments, but it occurred to me that more than likely the little "tantrum" we see Kate having is probably her mocking one of the children, but they've twisted it to make it look like she's having a meltdown to get more ratings...just a thought...
Just a thought but not realistic. Kate is the one who has modeled spoiled, entitled, tantrum throwing, behavior to her kids. She's the one who demonstrated it for them. I don't think she was mocking the children, but more likely TLC chose that particular clip to mock Kate since they know that her histrionics is a draw for the show - but when the show airs we'll know for sure.
The theory that Hate's tantrum is an attempt to make fun of one of the children has already been hashed over to death at GWoP. I'd hate to have to read it all over again here, pleez!
h84k8 said... I agree. From the rumors it was much worse. And her behaviour has always been just as you said === spoiled, entitled, tantrum throwing. Yet, she takes no responsibilty for that at all.
(This is proof for me that some rumors from unknown sources cannot be dismissed as automatically false.)
I still would like to know what Kate and Steve did the two days they disappeared and the kids didn't know where they were.
Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...Then, US has the post from yesterday with the video clip, about the Khate episode. I just watched the TLC promo clip there and it seem to be the same one from yesterday but they redid it and changed the date. At least, I think so, I think the voice over and the onscreen graphics originally said the Khate episode was December 5th, but now they changed it to December 12th.
So, either TLC screwed up or they made a last minute change and decided to put the Khate episode on next week. I hope that doesn't mean they want more time to promote it next week. ----------
TLC's site had the Gosselin episode listed for Dec. 12th, which hasn't changed all week. TV listings are not listing the Gosselin episode for tonight.
It's good that UsMagazine or TLC (whoever's responsible for the clip) finally edited it with the correct date; however, it's too late that media reported this episode with the incorrect date.
If TLC made an error, why didn't they release a statement to the press with the correct date of the Gosselin episode? Why didn't UsMagazine release a correction/update when they changed the date in that same article (like when a correction/update is made it's stated in the opening of the article, usually in bold, to make readers aware of a change)?
This left me wondering whether it was another bait and switch tactic at the hands of TLC, conveniently done on a Friday so that errors wouldn't be fixed over the weekend.
TLC's excuse? They always had the correct date/listing for the Gosselin episode on their site. 'We apologize to any viewers who watched Sarah Palin's Alaska anticipating the Gosselin episode tonight to no avail, but you didn't miss it because it's on next week. P.S. Thanks for the bump in ratings for Palin's show.'
Fool me once, shame on them. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Kate Gosselin on Sarah Palin's Alaska airs December 12th, not TODAY.
Was that statement actually on their site - because Palin hasn't even aired yet. I for sure won't watch now if they are going to Khate credit for Palin's ratings.
Gosselin Gossip said... TLC's excuse? They always had the correct date/listing for the Gosselin episode on their site. 'We apologize to any viewers who watched Sarah Palin's Alaska anticipating the Gosselin episode tonight to no avail, but you didn't miss it because it's on next week. P.S. Thanks for the bump in ratings for Palin's show.'
Fool me once, shame on them. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Maybe I'm the minority, but I plan to watch Palin's Alaska TONITE and NOT watch next week when Kate's on. I'm hoping the ratings FALL when she's on Palin's Alaska.
Maybe I'm the minority, but I plan to watch Palin's Alaska TONITE and NOT watch next week when Kate's on. I'm hoping the ratings FALL when she's on Palin's Alaska. ----------
Great! You're not in the minority of people here trying to avoid the Gosselin episode.
I'm just trying to help and inform those Palin viewers avoiding the Gosselin episode that it is not today, despite TLC's foolish attempts at tricking its viewers. They can try to fool us into watching but anyone who follows this blog cannot say you weren't forewarned.
As for ratings, TLC might have done themselves in. I can imagine more viewers tuning-in tonight, anticipating the Gosselin episode as reported in the media, thus the boost in ratings. However, now the 2.2 million viewers who refused to watch last Sunday's Kate Plus 8 special will have advanced warning to tune-out next week, hopefully lower next week's ratings. (Although those intent on viewing this Gosselin episode might balance out those refusing to watch it. I'm referring to those casual viewers who will likely tune-in after all the media hype.)
I can imagine more viewers tuning-in tonight, anticipating the Gosselin episode as reported in the media, thus the boost in ratings. However, now the 2.2 million viewers who refused to watch last Sunday's Kate Plus 8 special will have advanced warning to tune-out next week, hopefully lower next week's ratings. (Although those intent on viewing this Gosselin episode might balance out those refusing to watch it. I'm referring to those casual viewers who will likely tune-in after all the media hype.) === Translator, please!
The theory that Hate's tantrum is an attempt to make fun of one of the children has already been hashed over to death at GWoP. I'd hate to have to read it all over again here, pleez! ~~~ Perhaps you read every blog out there that snarks on Kate, but not all of us do, at least I don't. Bubbles, you're probably right...I'm sure either way, it will again, let Kate off the hook.
They owned a TRAILER PARK, and K8, not being the helpful type, may never have set foot in it.
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No. It was a campground for RVs, never referred to as a trailer park, nor was it a trailer park. It was built for CAMPING vehicles. Kate's parents bought 26 acres of land in South Londonderry Township in the 1970s. They built their home on about 6 1/2 acres. In the early 80s, they built the campground to the northeast of their home, and in 1984, they expanded the campground onto the remaining acreage. In the fall of 1998, the received permission to install meters that would provide electric to the campsites, and they built wooden structures that would serve as bathhouses for the campground.
The theory that Hate's tantrum is an attempt to make fun of one of the children has already been hashed over to death at GWoP. I'd hate to have to read it all over again here, pleez!
Administrator said... If it's his custody time and Kate isn't turning them over? You call the police and show them the family law order. The police will go in and get the kids for you. With full backing from the judge. The next day you walk it onto court and ask the judge to order a sanctions hearing on the other parent. If you have to play hard ball that's what you have to do. ~~~ My fear w/this is Jon MAY not be using an attorney, and I'm not sure if he is smart enough to know these things, or at least know who or where to call to get the answers. In Jon's defense, the narcissist cares only for HER wishes, so it's of absolutely NO consequence to her, how the arguing is affecting the children. Typically, it's the non-narcissist that gives in, if only for the kids sake. I hate to say it, but Jon is no match for Kate, unless he has a cut throat lawyer.
More news about Kate. So much is coming out, I'm beginning to wonder what the heck is going on. How could so many sources be coming out of the woodwork all of a sudden...or is there one source mad as hell and is telling all:
Kate Gosselin Is Suing Her Ex-Husband Jon For Child Support While She Lives A Lavish Life!
Yes, he needs to stop letting Queen Khate call the shots. He probably has given her too much control for many reasons: that's the norm with them and old habits die hard; it's his nature to be easy going and go along with things; and most importantly, he probably learned long ago that it's best not to inflame Khate for the sake of the kids.
The problem is that when one person is so domineering like this and gets crazy when they don't get their way, it becomes a vicious cycle. They continue to get their way on all things forever because nobody wants to upset them, it's just not worth it. And, don't think for one minute that the controlling narcissist is not fully aware of that fact. It's like they (she) are getting rewarded for their horrible behavior time and time again.
About the driveway situation, it's sad to say but I've been involved in many cases where the parents (usually just one of them) cannot be civil enough during the drop off and we end up with an order that they meet in the local supermarket/mall/bank parking lot for the exchange of the children. Sad and pathetic. I couldn't imagine growing up like that, poor kids.
And WHY, would Jon ever have agreed to this kind of arrangement? Can anyone please tell me that? He knew what she was like? He knew how she treated the kids? I believe in my heart this was about money for Jon.
If it's his custody time and Kate isn't turning them over? You call the police and show them the family law order. The police will go in and get the kids for you. With full backing from the judge. The next day you walk it onto court and ask the judge to order a sanctions hearing on the other parent. If you have to play hard ball that's what you have to do.
For pity sake let's hope Kate doesn't make him resort to that. What a messy situation.
According to the HollyBaby article (or whatever it is) Kate wants the kids on New Year's Day to film?? Who works on New Year's Day? Are they filming a New Years episode to be shown on Valentine's Day?
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I was thinking the same thing and then I realized maybe they think it's a good time to film a fake Christmas episode. Houses will be lit up, trees will be decorated, and there's likely to be snow on the ground. They can do a fakey fake Christmas episode like they threw together the Halloween one, and then get it on the air by the end of the month (or, as you said, just in time for Valentines Day, lol).
That is EXACTLY what I said, that a typical family law order will given even year holidays to one parent and odd to the other.
Of course Kate can't go by a simple custody order every other divorced family in America who has follows. She wants even AND odd years. She got Thanksgiving this year AND last year. Now she allegedly wants New Year's too. Jon must have the patience of Jesus Christ himself.
EXCLUSIVE! Kate went on the Today show and said she and Jon never fight over who gets the kids for the holidays — but an insider tells HollyBaby that’s not true!
Kate Gosselin is trying so hard to tell the world that all is well with her family life, but HollyBaby can reveal that she lied twice when being interviewed by Meredith Vieira on the Today show on Thursday (Dec. 2)! We’ve already told you that Kate lied when she said that her children were not expelled from their private school. Now we can tell HollyMoms that she wasn’t being truthful when she claimed she and her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin, never fight about who gets custody of their eight kids over the holidays. An insider tells HollyBaby exclusively that Jon and Kate are in the midst of bitter battle over who gets the children this New Year’s Day.
“She called Jon up and said she wants to film the kids for Kate Plus 8,” says our source. “He’s so upset and told her ‘no’ but she said, ‘Too bad!’”
The Gosselin kids ruin Christmas for their classmates, telling them Santa is a lie
According to our insider, the custody arrangement between Jon and Kate is set up so that every other year one parent gets the eight kids on the actual holiday. This year, Kate gets to see her kiddies on the actual day and Jon sees them the day or two after. For instance, this past Thanksgiving Jon saw the children the day after Turkey Day. But he is supposed to get the children on New Year’s Day — and Kate wants to put an end to that.
Kate Gosselin forces her kids to take stale food to school!
From what we know of Kate, she always gets her way.
ITA. I am always skeptical of any "inside" info, pro or against.
I am not a blind hater - I have my opininions based on what I have seen with my own eyes or heard/read from a believable source. I loathe K8 but I don't necessarily believe every "bad" story about her, regardless if the story could be plausible or not. I also do not necessarily believe any "kissy kissy K8" stories. Years ago there was an anonymous poster on GWOP supposedly attended the wedding and said K8 was "lovely". There was another poster who claimed she was at the spa with K8 and the girls and said K8 was a total biatch. I took BOTH stories with huge grains of salt.
There's so much confusion and misinformation out there about TLC's shows and their schedule. As you aid earlier, Admin, TLC is so unprofessional. I just came across this:
It's the team-up of the century: Kate Gosselin and Sarah Palin are going camping in the Alaskan wilderness. Yes, the time has finally come for the two very polarizing women to meet.
On Sun., Dec. 5 at 9PM, Gosselin and her clan travel to 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' for a special ratings stunt camping trip. In the preview clip from Us Weekly below, Gosselin whines about being cold and hungry, Palin shoots some guns and lots of kids run around.
"She is going to rely on me to protect her," Palin says while wielding a shotgun. Uh-mazing.
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Btw, they have the video clip there from US Magazine, but now it says it's unavailable. So, I went to US Magazine's site and they have two different Palin articles with videos listed on their home page. They put up a post today about this week's Palin show, with a promo clip, and it's the episode where Sarah goes hunting with her father.
Then, US has the post from yesterday with the video clip, about the Khate episode. I just watched the TLC promo clip there and it seem to be the same one from yesterday but they redid it and changed the date. At least, I think so, I think the voice over and the onscreen graphics originally said the Khate episode was December 5th, but now they changed it to December 12th.
So, either TLC screwed up or they made a last minute change and decided to put the Khate episode on next week. I hope that doesn't mean they want more time to promote it next week.
"I look forward to Anon's posts just as much as anyone else, but we have to remember this person can only say so much without giving away their identity. I'd rather be able to hear a little bit in bits and pieces than nothing at all!"
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Here's my concern with posters who present themselves as having inside information. No details are given -- the info is generic. Anyone with writing skills can sound intelligent and report what has happened -- what they have read on other blogs. We have no idea if these people are just playing around because there has been no substantial information or insights given. We read comments on various blogs, such as "Kate is unbalanced, the kids are withdrawn, Jon is doing what he needs to do..." Isn't this something that anyone could write? I'd love to see some specific details given, not what has happened in the past, and not suppositions.
I guess I'm just skeptical. We've seen too many "sources" that masquerade as being someone in the know, only to find out that these were posters just out to have a good time.
Anyone on Jon's team, or a non-Kate fan could post as someone in the know, and we might all be taken for a ride. I'm not saying that some of these "insiders" aren't legit. I'm saying that since they can't reveal their identities, there is no proof, and we really don't know, so we can take it for what it's worth. We can believe or we can doubt. We can be gullible, grasping for any little bit of info that appears, or we can take it all with the proverbial grain of salt. It's up to the individual.
"However, if you read the PA Child Abuse legislation as it is currently written, none of this is abusive behaviour on the part of Kate or her staff."
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In PA, emotional abuse is child abuse, and most definitely can be reported as such. I have worked with social services on cases in which there was no obvious signs of physical or sexual abuse, but there was emotional abuse.
From the PA code:
"An act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age."
Emotional Abuse (PA is included):
"Almost all States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands include emotional maltreatment as part of their definitions of abuse or neglect. Approximately 32 States, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico provide specific definitions of emotional abuse or mental injury to a child. Typical language used in these definitions is "injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability of the child as evidenced by an observable or substantial change in behavior, emotional response, or cognition," or as evidenced by "anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or aggressive behavior." The States are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania..."
If the above definition of emotional abuse doesn't apply to the kids, I don't know what does: "anxiety, depression, withdrawal, aggressive behavior..."
SmileyGrl752 said... Good point. But whatever happened to her :"best friend" Jamie of 9 years, the one who went w/ her to Discovery Cove for the kids' 6th birthday party? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I honestly have no idea, but when Kate and the children went to Alaska, she had Ashley come along with only a couple of days notice. I think that Jamie was scheduled to go, and something very serious and upsetting happened that made her run - like Beth did on the Utah trip.
About TLC and the tv listings: I have Dish satellite and my on screen guide says:
8 pm(ET): Sarah Palin's Alaska - "Salmon Run" Sarah and Todd's July 4th family tradition is salmon fishing in Bristol Bay. (New episode/Episode 3)
9 pm(ET) Sarah Palin's Alaska - "She's a Great Shot" Sarah goes on a caribou hunting trip with her father and friend above the Arctic Circle. (New episode/Episode 4)
Whatever the story is, I'm just glad Palin's ratings went up a bit last week so if they go up again a little this weekend, the credit can't go to Khate. December 3, 2010 5:35 PM **********************************
I just want to update my post from last night. I checked my satellite guide again since it only goes eight days forward, so now I can see what's listed for next Sunday.
Sunday 12/12/10
8 pm(ET: Sarah Palin's Alaska - "She's a Great Shot" Sarah goes on a caribou hunting trip with her father and friend above the Arctic Circle. (Repeat episode, originally aired 12/5 - Episode 4)
9pm(ET): Sarah Palin's Alaska - No title Kate Gosselin and her children visit Sarah in Alaska; it's bear safety clases for their camping trip (New episode/Episode 5)
We know Chris sometimes shows up at the bus stop and takes pics. If I were a parent I'd be sure my kids weren't anywhere near those kids to have their photos taken. Maybe they're making sure the Gosselin kids are on the bus and out of sight and Chris isn't taking pics anymore, before exposing their children.
Some parents you know have a healthy fear of things like kidnappers, pedifiles, etc. December 4, 2010 12:42 PM
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I was just going to type about something like that myself. If my children were stuck going to school with the circus act, I would be very careful about not having my kids' photos snapped at the bus stop. Frankly, I would be the parent most likely to discus this with all the other parents at the bus stop and suggest we handle it just this way, meaning stay in our cars with our kids until Khate and her paid photographer leave the bus stop. Man, I can only imagine how the parents at that school privately complain about Khate.
Sad for the Gosselin kids to feel like they can't even have their friends stand next to them because their parents are maybe afraid of the paps. We so rarely see them with friends, but maybe it's less because of Kate and more because people don't want their children around other children so publically exposed. Your kids come first before the happiness of the Gosselin kids.
I just read Bonnie Fuller's article. What an about face from a woman just six months ago saying that this was so wonderful because of trips. She once was lost but now is found. She's blind but now she sees. The prodigal son comes home!
The poll on the site is at 93% saying get these kids off our damn TVs and let them have a private life.
We know Chris sometimes shows up at the bus stop and takes pics. If I were a parent I'd be sure my kids weren't anywhere near those kids to have their photos taken. Maybe they're making sure the Gosselin kids are on the bus and out of sight and Chris isn't taking pics anymore, before exposing their children.
Some parents you know have a healthy fear of things like kidnappers, pedifiles, etc.
Sorry if this has been discussed but it was news to me and maybe explains why Kelly Ripa is so accommodating to K. Kelly has a show on TLC that aired last night. From TLC program listing Dec 03, 10:00 pm
(60 minutes) Homemade Millionaire Fashion TV-PG, CC
Kelly Ripa hosts as women with big ideas for new fashion products compete to win a life changing deal with HSN.
Michelle said... Looks like TLC corrected the US Magazine clip. Before at the beginning it said December 5. Now it says December 12.
Looks like hunting is this week, Kate is next week per TLC's website, commercials and the US clip.
Re: TLC's info on when Kate will be on Palin's Alaska. Sarah went hunting with her dad AND Kate was filmed taking a bear/hunting safety class -- so which show is which? I don't think we'll know which show Kate is on until we watch them. And, I wonder if TLC is sure which show is which.
LOL, Behroke! I thought the same thing but didn't mention it b/c I wasn't sure how many Americans are as aware of the Royals as Canadians.
Just a thought: I agree, the people watching the filming are just gawkers, not fans. Movies and TV shows are filmed here in Toronto and it's natural for folks to stop and see what's going on.
Delusions of grandeur. She thinks everyone is looking at her, the paparazzi is surrounding her, she is Kate Middleton and not Kate Gosselin (by the way did you heer Kate Middleton keeps insisting she wants to be called KATHERINE not Kate? I'm sure it has nothing to do with Kate G. but I had to laugh at that--the Kate name has been tainted!)
Of course she can go back. Proof she can go back? JON WENT BACK. Jon is rarely in the tabloids unless Kate is throwing him under the bus again. He is quietly going about his business, working, in a steady relationship, picking up his children on weekends and living a private life.
anon on this said... Please dont watch those kids on TV or online. It's rude. They are just little kids. They didnt ask for any of this and they have no choice. Some of them are aware they are being watched and they verbalize that they "feel like a freak".
I cannot put into words how sad this statement is. If Kate has heard these words come out of her children's mouths, & continues to film them, that makes her more of a monster than I ever thought she could be. At 6 & 9 yrs old, saying that they "feel like a freak", how can ANYONE justify watching now?
I don't think it has a darn thing to do with being this "elite" private school. The public school in my old town had several famous celeb children going there including Pam Anderson's kids. Those kids were guarded like precious gems. No paparazzi would dare come near that school, and no parent has ever breathed a public mention of anything about those children
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I think this is quite true of public schools in wealthy districts in particular, and, having lived in the Pacific Palisades area, I know that what you say about public school there (and undoubtedly in other areas where the children of the famous attend public school) is completely accurate. However, that kind of awareness does not necessarily (or automatically) extend to geographic areas where this kind of entertainment-related fame and sudden wealth are anomalies, as, for instance, in southeastern PA.
It's very unlikely that Pamela Anderson's children could have attended public school in Mt. Joy and had anything like the experience they had in LA. Ditto for all the other celebrity kids who've passed through Paly High and its ilk.
But I totally agree with the rest of your comment. Good parents, and most parents, do everything they can to protect their children. Polar opposite to what is happening with the Gosselin kids.
I don't think it has a darn thing to do with being this "elite" private school. The public school in my old town had several famous celeb children going there including Pam Anderson's kids. Those kids were guarded like precious gems. No paparazzi would dare come near that school, and no parent has ever breathed a public mention of anything about those children. I know for a FACT that a child of a rather wealthy and famous family was kicked out of preschool for pushing a little boy down the stairs and breaking his collar bone. It was much easier to expel him rather than deal with the victim's parents. This happened in about 2000. Did you ever see anything like that in the tabloids? Obviously not. People protect kids under normal circumstances, both the victim and the perp.
I think people protect children as part of a natural instinct and you don't have to pay for the privilege to find good people out there who want what's best for your kids.
I think good parents are good parents, and I do believe that the vast majority of parents (as evidence by the many, many families of multiples who have turned DOWN this lifestyle) want privacy for their children. I think most reasonable, rational people know that Kate is a basketcase who exploits her children in every breath and that there is absolutely no point in responding to her lies. It would only hurt your own kids who are trying to go on at school and be private.
The kids feel like a freak show? Well, that's because their mother has put them in one.
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Bubbles said...
I haven't read the most recent comments, but it occurred to me that more than likely the little "tantrum" we see Kate having is probably her mocking one of the children, but they've twisted it to make it look like she's having a meltdown to get more ratings...just a thought...
Just a thought but not realistic. Kate is the one who has modeled spoiled, entitled, tantrum throwing, behavior to her kids. She's the one who demonstrated it for them. I don't think she was mocking the children, but more likely TLC chose that particular clip to mock Kate since they know that her histrionics is a draw for the show - but when the show airs we'll know for sure.
Bubbles,
The theory that Hate's tantrum is an attempt to make fun of one of the children has already been hashed over to death at GWoP. I'd hate to have to read it all over again here, pleez!
h84k8 said... I agree. From the rumors it was much worse. And her behaviour has always been just as you said === spoiled, entitled, tantrum throwing. Yet, she takes no responsibilty for that at all.
(This is proof for me that some rumors from unknown sources cannot be dismissed as automatically false.)
I still would like to know what Kate and Steve did the two days they disappeared and the kids didn't know where they were.
Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...Then, US has the post from yesterday with the video clip, about the Khate episode. I just watched the TLC promo clip there and it seem to be the same one from yesterday but they redid it and changed the date. At least, I think so, I think the voice over and the onscreen graphics originally said the Khate episode was December 5th, but now they changed it to December 12th.
So, either TLC screwed up or they made a last minute change and decided to put the Khate episode on next week. I hope that doesn't mean they want more time to promote it next week.
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TLC's site had the Gosselin episode listed for Dec. 12th, which hasn't changed all week. TV listings are not listing the Gosselin episode for tonight.
It's good that UsMagazine or TLC (whoever's responsible for the clip) finally edited it with the correct date; however, it's too late that media reported this episode with the incorrect date.
If TLC made an error, why didn't they release a statement to the press with the correct date of the Gosselin episode? Why didn't UsMagazine release a correction/update when they changed the date in that same article (like when a correction/update is made it's stated in the opening of the article, usually in bold, to make readers aware of a change)?
This left me wondering whether it was another bait and switch tactic at the hands of TLC, conveniently done on a Friday so that errors wouldn't be fixed over the weekend.
TLC's excuse? They always had the correct date/listing for the Gosselin episode on their site. 'We apologize to any viewers who watched Sarah Palin's Alaska anticipating the Gosselin episode tonight to no avail, but you didn't miss it because it's on next week. P.S. Thanks for the bump in ratings for Palin's show.'
Fool me once, shame on them. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Kate Gosselin on Sarah Palin's Alaska airs December 12th, not TODAY.
Was that statement actually on their site - because Palin hasn't even aired yet. I for sure won't watch now if they are going to Khate credit for Palin's ratings.
Gosselin Gossip said...
TLC's excuse? They always had the correct date/listing for the Gosselin episode on their site. 'We apologize to any viewers who watched Sarah Palin's Alaska anticipating the Gosselin episode tonight to no avail, but you didn't miss it because it's on next week. P.S. Thanks for the bump in ratings for Palin's show.'
Fool me once, shame on them. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Maybe I'm the minority, but I plan to watch Palin's Alaska TONITE and NOT watch next week when Kate's on. I'm hoping the ratings FALL when she's on Palin's Alaska.
h84k8 said...
Maybe I'm the minority, but I plan to watch Palin's Alaska TONITE and NOT watch next week when Kate's on. I'm hoping the ratings FALL when she's on Palin's Alaska.
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Great! You're not in the minority of people here trying to avoid the Gosselin episode.
I'm just trying to help and inform those Palin viewers avoiding the Gosselin episode that it is not today, despite TLC's foolish attempts at tricking its viewers. They can try to fool us into watching but anyone who follows this blog cannot say you weren't forewarned.
As for ratings, TLC might have done themselves in. I can imagine more viewers tuning-in tonight, anticipating the Gosselin episode as reported in the media, thus the boost in ratings. However, now the 2.2 million viewers who refused to watch last Sunday's Kate Plus 8 special will have advanced warning to tune-out next week, hopefully lower next week's ratings. (Although those intent on viewing this Gosselin episode might balance out those refusing to watch it. I'm referring to those casual viewers who will likely tune-in after all the media hype.)
I still would like to know what Kate and Steve did the two days they disappeared and the kids didn't know where they were.
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I bet Gina would like to know even more than you and the kids would like to know! ;-)
I can imagine more viewers tuning-in tonight, anticipating the Gosselin episode as reported in the media, thus the boost in ratings. However, now the 2.2 million viewers who refused to watch last Sunday's Kate Plus 8 special will have advanced warning to tune-out next week, hopefully lower next week's ratings. (Although those intent on viewing this Gosselin episode might balance out those refusing to watch it. I'm referring to those casual viewers who will likely tune-in after all the media hype.)
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alana said... Bubbles,
The theory that Hate's tantrum is an attempt to make fun of one of the children has already been hashed over to death at GWoP. I'd hate to have to read it all over again here, pleez!
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Perhaps you read every blog out there that snarks on Kate, but not all of us do, at least I don't. Bubbles, you're probably right...I'm sure either way, it will again, let Kate off the hook.
Well, I think Sarah should have saved the food Kate threw down and served it to her another day until it was all eaten.
Anonymous said...
Kate's never been "real" camping? Really? Her parents OWNED A CAMPGROUND WHILE SHE WAS GROWING UP. Puhleez.
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They owned a TRAILER PARK, and K8, not being the helpful type, may never have set foot in it.
Anonymous said...
Well, I think Sarah should have saved the food Kate threw down and served it to her another day until it was all eaten.
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I'm with ya on that, Anonymous!
Unfortunately Kate is the only one that practices that kind of food abuse.
Something tells me that Sarah is like the majority of us who just throw away the warm, uneaten, day old food.
They owned a TRAILER PARK, and K8, not being the helpful type, may never have set foot in it.
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No. It was a campground for RVs, never referred to as a trailer park, nor was it a trailer park. It was built for CAMPING vehicles. Kate's parents bought 26 acres of land in South Londonderry Township in the 1970s. They built their home on about 6 1/2 acres. In the early 80s, they built the campground to the northeast of their home, and in 1984, they expanded the campground onto the remaining acreage. In the fall of 1998, the received permission to install meters that would provide electric to the campsites, and they built wooden structures that would serve as bathhouses for the campground.
Bubbles,
The theory that Hate's tantrum is an attempt to make fun of one of the children has already been hashed over to death at GWoP. I'd hate to have to read it all over again here, pleez!
Administrator said... If it's his custody time and Kate isn't turning them over? You call the police and show them the family law order. The police will go in and get the kids for you. With full backing from the judge. The next day you walk it onto court and ask the judge to order a sanctions hearing on the other parent. If you have to play hard ball that's what you have to do.
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My fear w/this is Jon MAY not be using an attorney, and I'm not sure if he is smart enough to know these things, or at least know who or where to call to get the answers. In Jon's defense, the narcissist cares only for HER wishes, so it's of absolutely NO consequence to her, how the arguing is affecting the children. Typically, it's the non-narcissist that gives in, if only for the kids sake. I hate to say it, but Jon is no match for Kate, unless he has a cut throat lawyer.
More news about Kate. So much is coming out, I'm beginning to wonder what the heck is going on. How could so many sources be coming out of the woodwork all of a sudden...or is there one source mad as hell and is telling all:
Kate Gosselin Is Suing Her Ex-Husband Jon For Child Support While She Lives A Lavish Life!
http://www.hollybaby.com/2010/12/05/kate-gosselin-suing-ex-husband-jon-child-support/
Yes, he needs to stop letting Queen Khate call the shots. He probably has given her too much control for many reasons: that's the norm with them and old habits die hard; it's his nature to be easy going and go along with things; and most importantly, he probably learned long ago that it's best not to inflame Khate for the sake of the kids.
The problem is that when one person is so domineering like this and gets crazy when they don't get their way, it becomes a vicious cycle. They continue to get their way on all things forever because nobody wants to upset them, it's just not worth it. And, don't think for one minute that the controlling narcissist is not fully aware of that fact. It's like they (she) are getting rewarded for their horrible behavior time and time again.
About the driveway situation, it's sad to say but I've been involved in many cases where the parents (usually just one of them) cannot be civil enough during the drop off and we end up with an order that they meet in the local supermarket/mall/bank parking lot for the exchange of the children. Sad and pathetic. I couldn't imagine growing up like that, poor kids.
And WHY, would Jon ever have agreed to this kind of arrangement? Can anyone please tell me that? He knew what she was like? He knew how she treated the kids? I believe in my heart this was about money for Jon.
If it's his custody time and Kate isn't turning them over? You call the police and show them the family law order. The police will go in and get the kids for you. With full backing from the judge. The next day you walk it onto court and ask the judge to order a sanctions hearing on the other parent. If you have to play hard ball that's what you have to do.
For pity sake let's hope Kate doesn't make him resort to that. What a messy situation.
q said...
According to the HollyBaby article (or whatever it is) Kate wants the kids on New Year's Day to film?? Who works on New Year's Day? Are they filming a New Years episode to be shown on Valentine's Day?
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I was thinking the same thing and then I realized maybe they think it's a good time to film a fake Christmas episode. Houses will be lit up, trees will be decorated, and there's likely to be snow on the ground. They can do a fakey fake Christmas episode like they threw together the Halloween one, and then get it on the air by the end of the month (or, as you said, just in time for Valentines Day, lol).
This farce is so tiresome, isn't it?
That is EXACTLY what I said, that a typical family law order will given even year holidays to one parent and odd to the other.
Of course Kate can't go by a simple custody order every other divorced family in America who has follows. She wants even AND odd years. She got Thanksgiving this year AND last year. Now she allegedly wants New Year's too. Jon must have the patience of Jesus Christ himself.
Kate & Jon’s Bitter Holiday Feud — Kate’s Forbidding Jon From Seeing Kids!
EXCLUSIVE! Kate went on the Today show and said she and Jon never fight over who gets the kids for the holidays — but an insider tells HollyBaby that’s not true!
Kate Gosselin is trying so hard to tell the world that all is well with her family life, but HollyBaby can reveal that she lied twice when being interviewed by Meredith Vieira on the Today show on Thursday (Dec. 2)! We’ve already told you that Kate lied when she said that her children were not expelled from their private school. Now we can tell HollyMoms that she wasn’t being truthful when she claimed she and her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin, never fight about who gets custody of their eight kids over the holidays. An insider tells HollyBaby exclusively that Jon and Kate are in the midst of bitter battle over who gets the children this New Year’s Day.
“She called Jon up and said she wants to film the kids for Kate Plus 8,” says our source. “He’s so upset and told her ‘no’ but she said, ‘Too bad!’”
The Gosselin kids ruin Christmas for their classmates, telling them Santa is a lie
According to our insider, the custody arrangement between Jon and Kate is set up so that every other year one parent gets the eight kids on the actual holiday. This year, Kate gets to see her kiddies on the actual day and Jon sees them the day or two after. For instance, this past Thanksgiving Jon saw the children the day after Turkey Day. But he is supposed to get the children on New Year’s Day — and Kate wants to put an end to that.
Kate Gosselin forces her kids to take stale food to school!
From what we know of Kate, she always gets her way.
Do you believe?:
ITA. I am always skeptical of any "inside" info, pro or against.
I am not a blind hater - I have my opininions based on what I have seen with my own eyes or heard/read from a believable source. I loathe K8 but I don't necessarily believe every "bad" story about her, regardless if the story could be plausible or not. I also do not necessarily believe any "kissy kissy K8" stories. Years ago there was an anonymous poster on GWOP supposedly attended the wedding and said K8 was "lovely". There was another poster who claimed she was at the spa with K8 and the girls and said K8 was a total biatch. I took BOTH stories with huge grains of salt.
There's so much confusion and misinformation out there about TLC's shows and their schedule. As you aid earlier, Admin, TLC is so unprofessional. I just came across this:
Kate Gosselin on 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Preview (VIDEO)
It's the team-up of the century: Kate Gosselin and Sarah Palin are going camping in the Alaskan wilderness. Yes, the time has finally come for the two very polarizing women to meet.
On Sun., Dec. 5 at 9PM, Gosselin and her clan travel to 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' for a special ratings stunt camping trip. In the preview clip from Us Weekly below, Gosselin whines about being cold and hungry, Palin shoots some guns and lots of kids run around.
"She is going to rely on me to protect her," Palin says while wielding a shotgun. Uh-mazing.
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Btw, they have the video clip there from US Magazine, but now it says it's unavailable. So, I went to US Magazine's site and they have two different Palin articles with videos listed on their home page. They put up a post today about this week's Palin show, with a promo clip, and it's the episode where Sarah goes hunting with her father.
Then, US has the post from yesterday with the video clip, about the Khate episode. I just watched the TLC promo clip there and it seem to be the same one from yesterday but they redid it and changed the date. At least, I think so, I think the voice over and the onscreen graphics originally said the Khate episode was December 5th, but now they changed it to December 12th.
So, either TLC screwed up or they made a last minute change and decided to put the Khate episode on next week. I hope that doesn't mean they want more time to promote it next week.
Here are the links in case anyone wants them:
Video: FIRST LOOK: Kate Gosselin Goes Camping With Sarah Palin!
Video: Sarah Palin Goes Hunting for Food
"I look forward to Anon's posts just as much as anyone else, but we have to remember this person can only say so much without giving away their identity. I'd rather be able to hear a little bit in bits and pieces than nothing at all!"
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Here's my concern with posters who present themselves as having inside information. No details are given -- the info is generic. Anyone with writing skills can sound intelligent and report what has happened -- what they have read on other blogs. We have no idea if these people are just playing around because there has been no substantial information or insights given. We read comments on various blogs, such as "Kate is unbalanced, the kids are withdrawn, Jon is doing what he needs to do..." Isn't this something that anyone could write? I'd love to see some specific details given, not what has happened in the past, and not suppositions.
I guess I'm just skeptical. We've seen too many "sources" that masquerade as being someone in the know, only to find out that these were posters just out to have a good time.
Anyone on Jon's team, or a non-Kate fan could post as someone in the know, and we might all be taken for a ride. I'm not saying that some of these "insiders" aren't legit. I'm saying that since they can't reveal their identities, there is no proof, and we really don't know, so we can take it for what it's worth. We can believe or we can doubt. We can be gullible, grasping for any little bit of info that appears, or we can take it all with the proverbial grain of salt. It's up to the individual.
"However, if you read the PA Child Abuse legislation as it is currently written, none of this is abusive behaviour on the part of Kate or her staff."
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In PA, emotional abuse is child abuse, and most definitely can be reported as such. I have worked with social services on cases in which there was no obvious signs of physical or sexual abuse, but there was emotional abuse.
From the PA code:
"An act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age."
Emotional Abuse (PA is included):
"Almost all States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands include emotional maltreatment as part of their definitions of abuse or neglect. Approximately 32 States, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico provide specific definitions of emotional abuse or mental injury to a child. Typical language used in these definitions is "injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability of the child as evidenced by an observable or substantial change in behavior, emotional response, or cognition," or as evidenced by "anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or aggressive behavior."
The States are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania..."
If the above definition of emotional abuse doesn't apply to the kids, I don't know what does: "anxiety, depression, withdrawal, aggressive behavior..."
SmileyGrl752 said... Good point. But whatever happened to her :"best friend" Jamie of 9 years, the one who went w/ her to Discovery Cove for the kids' 6th birthday party?
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I honestly have no idea, but when Kate and the children went to Alaska, she had Ashley come along with only a couple of days notice. I think that Jamie was scheduled to go, and something very serious and upsetting happened that made her run - like Beth did on the Utah trip.
Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...
About TLC and the tv listings: I have Dish satellite and my on screen guide says:
8 pm(ET): Sarah Palin's Alaska - "Salmon Run"
Sarah and Todd's July 4th family tradition is salmon fishing in Bristol Bay. (New episode/Episode 3)
9 pm(ET) Sarah Palin's Alaska - "She's a Great Shot"
Sarah goes on a caribou hunting trip with her father and friend above the Arctic Circle. (New episode/Episode 4)
Whatever the story is, I'm just glad Palin's ratings went up a bit last week so if they go up again a little this weekend, the credit can't go to Khate.
December 3, 2010 5:35 PM
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I just want to update my post from last night. I checked my satellite guide again since it only goes eight days forward, so now I can see what's listed for next Sunday.
Sunday 12/12/10
8 pm(ET: Sarah Palin's Alaska - "She's a Great Shot"
Sarah goes on a caribou hunting trip with her father and friend above the Arctic Circle.
(Repeat episode, originally aired 12/5 - Episode 4)
9pm(ET): Sarah Palin's Alaska - No title
Kate Gosselin and her children visit Sarah in Alaska; it's bear safety clases for their camping trip
(New episode/Episode 5)
Administrator said...
We know Chris sometimes shows up at the bus stop and takes pics. If I were a parent I'd be sure my kids weren't anywhere near those kids to have their photos taken. Maybe they're making sure the Gosselin kids are on the bus and out of sight and Chris isn't taking pics anymore, before exposing their children.
Some parents you know have a healthy fear of things like kidnappers, pedifiles, etc.
December 4, 2010 12:42 PM
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I was just going to type about something like that myself. If my children were stuck going to school with the circus act, I would be very careful about not having my kids' photos snapped at the bus stop. Frankly, I would be the parent most likely to discus this with all the other parents at the bus stop and suggest we handle it just this way, meaning stay in our cars with our kids until Khate and her paid photographer leave the bus stop. Man, I can only imagine how the parents at that school privately complain about Khate.
Of course she doesn't get it. She's a full blown narcissist. Three people looking at her can be a "mob" in her mind.
Sad for the Gosselin kids to feel like they can't even have their friends stand next to them because their parents are maybe afraid of the paps. We so rarely see them with friends, but maybe it's less because of Kate and more because people don't want their children around other children so publically exposed. Your kids come first before the happiness of the Gosselin kids.
I just read Bonnie Fuller's article. What an about face from a woman just six months ago saying that this was so wonderful because of trips. She once was lost but now is found. She's blind but now she sees. The prodigal son comes home!
The poll on the site is at 93% saying get these kids off our damn TVs and let them have a private life.
http://www.hollybaby.com/2010/12/02/bonnie-says-kate-gosselin-stop-attacking-jon-on-tv-living-off-your-kids-youre-hurting-them/
We know Chris sometimes shows up at the bus stop and takes pics. If I were a parent I'd be sure my kids weren't anywhere near those kids to have their photos taken. Maybe they're making sure the Gosselin kids are on the bus and out of sight and Chris isn't taking pics anymore, before exposing their children.
Some parents you know have a healthy fear of things like kidnappers, pedifiles, etc.
Sorry if this has been discussed but it was news to me and maybe explains why Kelly Ripa is so accommodating to K. Kelly has a show on TLC that aired last night. From TLC program listing
Dec 03, 10:00 pm
(60 minutes) Homemade Millionaire
Fashion
TV-PG, CC
Kelly Ripa hosts as women with big ideas for new fashion products compete to win a life changing deal with HSN.
Michelle said...
Looks like TLC corrected the US Magazine clip. Before at the beginning it said December 5. Now it says December 12.
Looks like hunting is this week, Kate is next week per TLC's website, commercials and the US clip.
Re: TLC's info on when Kate will be on Palin's Alaska. Sarah went hunting with her dad AND Kate was filmed taking a bear/hunting safety class -- so which show is which? I don't think we'll know which show Kate is on until we watch them. And, I wonder if TLC is sure which show is which.
LOL, Behroke! I thought the same thing but didn't mention it b/c I wasn't sure how many Americans are as aware of the Royals as Canadians.
Just a thought: I agree, the people watching the filming are just gawkers, not fans. Movies and TV shows are filmed here in Toronto and it's natural for folks to stop and see what's going on.
Delusions of grandeur. She thinks everyone is looking at her, the paparazzi is surrounding her, she is Kate Middleton and not Kate Gosselin (by the way did you heer Kate Middleton keeps insisting she wants to be called KATHERINE not Kate? I'm sure it has nothing to do with Kate G. but I had to laugh at that--the Kate name has been tainted!)
Of course she can go back. Proof she can go back? JON WENT BACK. Jon is rarely in the tabloids unless Kate is throwing him under the bus again. He is quietly going about his business, working, in a steady relationship, picking up his children on weekends and living a private life.
Proof she can go back.
anon on this said...
Please dont watch those kids on TV or online. It's rude. They are just little kids. They didnt ask for any of this and they have no choice. Some of them are aware they are being watched and they verbalize that they "feel like a freak".
I cannot put into words how sad this statement is. If Kate has heard these words come out of her children's mouths, & continues to film them, that makes her more of a monster than I ever thought she could be. At 6 & 9 yrs old, saying that they "feel like a freak", how can ANYONE justify watching now?
Administrator said...
I don't think it has a darn thing to do with being this "elite" private school. The public school in my old town had several famous celeb children going there including Pam Anderson's kids. Those kids were guarded like precious gems. No paparazzi would dare come near that school, and no parent has ever breathed a public mention of anything about those children
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I think this is quite true of public schools in wealthy districts in particular, and, having lived in the Pacific Palisades area, I know that what you say about public school there (and undoubtedly in other areas where the children of the famous attend public school) is completely accurate. However, that kind of awareness does not necessarily (or automatically) extend to geographic areas where this kind of entertainment-related fame and sudden wealth are anomalies, as, for instance, in southeastern PA.
It's very unlikely that Pamela Anderson's children could have attended public school in Mt. Joy and had anything like the experience they had in LA. Ditto for all the other celebrity kids who've passed through Paly High and its ilk.
But I totally agree with the rest of your comment. Good parents, and most parents, do everything they can to protect their children. Polar opposite to what is happening with the Gosselin kids.
I don't care whether Kate is on this week, next week, or next month. I don't watch TLC and won't watch TLC until the witch is gone. Why are you??
Looks like TLC corrected the US Magazine clip. Before at the beginning it said December 5. Now it says December 12.
Looks like hunting is this week, Kate is next week per TLC's website, commercials and the US clip.
I don't think it has a darn thing to do with being this "elite" private school. The public school in my old town had several famous celeb children going there including Pam Anderson's kids. Those kids were guarded like precious gems. No paparazzi would dare come near that school, and no parent has ever breathed a public mention of anything about those children. I know for a FACT that a child of a rather wealthy and famous family was kicked out of preschool for pushing a little boy down the stairs and breaking his collar bone. It was much easier to expel him rather than deal with the victim's parents. This happened in about 2000. Did you ever see anything like that in the tabloids? Obviously not. People protect kids under normal circumstances, both the victim and the perp.
I think people protect children as part of a natural instinct and you don't have to pay for the privilege to find good people out there who want what's best for your kids.
I think good parents are good parents, and I do believe that the vast majority of parents (as evidence by the many, many families of multiples who have turned DOWN this lifestyle) want privacy for their children. I think most reasonable, rational people know that Kate is a basketcase who exploits her children in every breath and that there is absolutely no point in responding to her lies. It would only hurt your own kids who are trying to go on at school and be private.
The kids feel like a freak show? Well, that's because their mother has put them in one.
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