As a side note, I think if you’re going to introduce a new food to a kid, the last thing you should do is give them the canned version. For instance, canned watery, salty peas with an expiration date five years from now are infinitely more gag-inducing than buying some plump sweet peas in season from the local farmer’s market, shelling them yourself and cooking them with a little butter. Yum. The same with sardines. Fresh sardines are actually pretty delicious, especially in Asian dishes. Canned sardines taste like, well, bomb shelter food. Give a kid processed food like that and they will swear off peas and sardines forever, unaware that a much better, healthier version exists out there they might actually like.
This episode is called “Hodge Podge Dinner” but notably, Kate went around for several weeks beforehand on Twitter laughingly calling it “Gross Dinner.” I guess since the kids were helping to make dinner some wise soul at TLC decided calling it “gross” was too mean?
Kate has the kids lined up at the kitchen counter and a giant black garbage bag taped to it. Several people have pointed out that it’s not safe to use a garbage bag like this because of the chemicals in the plastic. Sure enough, even the USDA has advised about the dangers of chemicals seeping from the bag into the food. Besides, isn’t that the point of that beautiful marble counter? You can easily wipe it down when you spill, good as new. I love how in her quest to save herself 30 seconds of clean up, Kate compromised the safety of the food.
“If it turns into a mess, you’re instantly done!” Master Chief Kate shouts. I half expect her to whip out a bullhorn. You know, a lot of people cook because it’s therapy, it‘s calming. Because messes can be cleaned up and mistakes fixed. But like most everything else, Kate treats it like it’s the Navy Seals and either you suck it up and hold that boat above your head in the pouring rain for hours upon hours, or ring the bell and get out.
By the way? Chefs don’t care about making messes, they have aprons for that. Jamie Oliver actually wants you to make bread directly on your counter, by building a well with flour and pouring the water and yeast inside. I’ve done this a few times and while it’s hard work, it’s fun. And it was easy to wipe up the stray flour when I was done, no garbage bags necessary.
The kids and Kate make muffins, cookies and brownies for the patients of the local dialysis center where she used to work. She specifically says it’s for the patients, and I don’t know, with so many diabetics and people with other health problems who have to go on dialysis, baked goods seems a rather insensitive choice.
Master Chief Kate shouts: “If your sugar spills you will get down and pick up every granule, and you know that I mean that!” My good God, Mommie Dearest is not in the best mood. I hope there aren‘t any wire hangers in the kids‘ closets today.
“Yes, Drill Sergeant!” the kids shout back. Ha, I wish.
Kate is sitting on the couch with an expression rather like she’s getting a colonoscopy. For someone who claims to love their job, she sure looks terrible. She hates messes, blah blah.
Kate hand feeds the kids raw cookie dough. For a nurse and for someone so obsessive, I find this a bit baffling. Raw cookie dough has raw eggs. Increases your risk of getting salmonella. I know about salmonella. I came down with it once when I was abroad, and it was two weeks of hellish diarrhea that (brace yourselves) looked like black tar and smelled like death. There is no medicine for it. You drink Gatorade and rest. I made it through it okay because I was a healthy young adult, but it can be very dangerous for children. By the way, did you know when you get salmonella your doctor reports it to the Health Department and then the Health Department calls you and interviews you? Probably to pinpoint outbreaks. That was kind of interesting, they were really nice and genuinely concerned for me.
On the couch, Kate is griping that the kids always abandon her and she is left to finish things up, but the footage clearly shows Kate yelling at the kids to go down to the basement. So how is that abandonment when you’ve been ordered to leave the room? She is nothing if not inconsistent, and confusing. I have read that narcissists get off on this, keeping people, invariably their children, in a constant state of confusion.
Aw, sweet and helpful Collin offers to feed the chickens. He and Aaden go out there and give the chickens some scraps and play with Shoka a bit. Poor, poor Shoka, out there in the cold, wanting to be inside with the family watching them bake.
Kate talks, quite sincerely actually, about how when she worked at the dialysis center, how inspiring it was to watch what the patients went through, and how happy she was when someone got a kidney transplant. You know what? I think she had a bit of a sincere passion for nursing at some point. I think she could go back, and take her kids out of the public eye, and work a quiet job like this and give her kids their lives back. She might even find herself, I don’t know, happy. She just doesn’t want to believe that kind of life could ever make the family happy, that’s all.
As I ‘ve mentioned before, my dad once told me about a Twilight Zone episode in which a man dies and thinks he is in “heaven“. He has all the money in the world, all the girls in the world, and always wins every gambling hand. He loves it at first, but after a short time, always having everything he could ever want starts to drive him absolutely crazy. Some kind reader here alerted me about when this episode was going to be on TV, and I got to see it. Thank you! Here’s a clip, when the mans finds out that this place where you have everything just handed to you, is actually hell, not heaven:
So anyway, when Kate always says her kids deserve everything, the obvious lesson is that no, having everything does not make you happy. I can’t help but think how immature her understanding of what kids really need and deserve is. And it’s not, everything just handed to them, that’s for sure.
Next, they wrap up the treats and head out to a rental van because the big blue bus is in the shop. Screaming and yelling, squabbling, Kate yanking Collin back by his jacket (I hate when adults pull kids around like plow horses, is that how you would treat an adult?), everything that makes charity work seem so appealing. The reason Kate quit her job at the dialysis center, she explains, is she couldn’t do the 16 hour Saturday shifts anymore. I like how she and her fans always make it seem like any “real job” she could ever go back to would require 16 hour shifts on Saturdays. I know half a dozen people in the medical field who don’t work hours like that, not all jobs are like that. And there are many other careers you could take up where you’d never have to work a weekend or holiday, ever. Though come to think of it, if Jon has the kids every other weekend, wouldn’t that be a perfect time for her to pick up a weekend shift? The bottom line is of course she can go back to a private career, just like Jon did. She just won’t.
Kate hugs some former co-workers, and even sees some former patients, everyone is very polite to her and act excited to see her. Oh, Kate really is such a tool. “My dialysis patients were my first audience,” she says. “Cause, they were strapped down, they couldn’t get away from me!”
So in other words, she always wanted a captive audience. It was never about the kids or college funds or just getting by. It was about Kate getting her audience. I’m not surprised, of course it always was. I’m just surprised that Kate let that one slip. This picture I have of Kate putting on some kind of bad vaudeville act with a top hat and cane in front of some poor sick patient is laughable, but sad.
You know what? Kate’s co-workers make her seem like she was really good at this. She made the patients happy, by whistling, remembers one. Kate whistling. Well, at least if she’s whistling she can’t be lying, right? In all honesty, as Kate would say, it sounds like this was a really good career for her. Why not go back?
Kate fumbles around with a dialysis machine trying to show it to the kids. And after a few missteps, remarkably, she gets it. On the couch, Leah explains how the machine works, and she is adorable. I think it’s good for kids to see things like this, and it sounds like they learned something.
Back at home, I can’t really tell if this is the same day, a second later I realize I don’t care what day it is, but Kate says they are going to do a “Hodge Podge Dinner” and they will each get to pick pieces of paper out of a hat listing one thing to buy at the grocery store. This dinner was all her idea, Kate makes certain to add. Ha. If this is such an unscripted reality show, why wouldn’t it be her idea? This is mildly fun, I suppose. But invariably there is a lot of bickering.
They arrive at the grocery store, and oh, I have so grown to love these hypocritical Kate moments. “First of all, we’re not making a scene,” Kate snaps at the kids, “so be quiet and move quietly!”
Kate? By virtue of the fact that you are carting in a production crew and filming this entire trek through the store while everyone else is just trying to do their weekly shopping and mind their own business and look after their children in private, you are making a scene. It is Kate causing the scene here with her crew, not the kids.
The kids basically pick out whatever they want, and they seem to be enjoying themselves. Ew, Kate is one of those people who gets a bagel with her bare hands without using the little pieces of tissue paper or tongs they always provide you. I know most people think that she is not actually a germaphobe at all. I agree, she just wants attention is all it is.
Kate demands that the grocery cashier, a woman she apparently recognizes from past shopping trips, look at all the food they bought. Kate? I don’t think she cares. She’s just trying to scan your items and get to the next customer and take care of her family like every other working woman. Kate keeps making a big deal about how hard it is to take all the kids grocery shopping and this is why she never does it. I don’t know, the kids seem behaved enough to me. They’re standing beside the carts, helping to push carts and helping to load bags. I don’t get why she acts like taking the kids here is like moving a piano down a maze. I think she never does this because she’s lazy. She’ll only do it if they’re filming. How Kate perceives what’s happening in any given situation is often vastly different than what an objective person sees.
Commercials. Uh oh, new show called I Kid With Brad Garrett. Seems kind of like a rip off of Kids Say the Darndest Things. Looks like some awfully cute kids there. Wonder if Kate feels threatened by all these new shows on TLC’s lineup. Some new show about a medium with a bunch of kids sounds like typical TLC fare that will of course do well for some odd reason. Next thing we know Kate will claim she can communicate with the dead too, she just never mentioned it before. Another season of Extreme Couponing, sweet, what will happen next, will another register crash from the 1500 coupons scanned into it? A hundreds bucks Kate’ll be back to talking about cutting coupons before the year is up.
Back at the house, they start cooking up the dinner. Kate keeps saying how gross it is, but I really don’t see what’s so gross about foods like bagels, burritos, carrots and pizza. Most kids like all those things. Surprisingly, the kids picked out mostly normal kid foods. But I guess since gross is the theme, Kate feels she must really sell it.
A lot of the kids are open to trying sardines. I don’t find this surprising, I’m not sure why. Maybe because they’re just, overall, pretty agreeable kids, from everything I’ve seen. Joel is so cute, laughing as he says he doesn’t like them. Collin loves them. Naturally Kate is one of the few who refuses to try them. I love when adults try to lecture kids about things like trying new foods, but then they won’t even try themselves. Whatever.
Shoka loved the sardines, says Kate, although I don‘t see Shoka anywhere around. :-( Maybe Kate carried a plate of them out to him in his outdoor doghouse in the cold after all the fun was over? “He said thank you for my hodge podge dinner,” Kate says. Ha, just like the kids always thank her, right?
The kids like this fun dinner, but as far as show ideas go, I see why TLC won’t make Kate a producer. The entire second half of the episode, the part that was all her idea, was excruciatingly mundane.
As the episode comes to a close, Kate gripes, “If you throw up tonight, you’re on your own!” I don’t get it, why would this be any different than before?
451 sediments (sic) from readers:
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Well, there you go. Kate has God on her side.
That explains everything.
And all this time I thought that Kate had an unholy alliance with the devil. Go figure....
Sheeple... The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Well, there you go. Kate has God on her side.
That explains everything.
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I tried to post before on this, but got the old "editing notice, blog busy." I think she played the religion card once before, but it dried up with the love offerings.
Was God on her side during the drunken bar scene/foot licking ceremony? You could have fooled me. I didn't think that He sanctioned things like that!
I wonder if Cara & Mady bring her highness coffee in bed.
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Give them another couple of years and they'll be dumping that coffee on her head. They won't take her shit much longer. Once they hit that rebellious stage the lazy narcissist is going to get a rude awakening. Sweet karma.
Wasn't it God who said, um, this is not a direct quote, you can't serve both God and money?
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Some of these sheeple are so darn dumb that I wonder how they even get along in the world! Did it ever occur to them that so many people donate religiously to food banks, spend hour upon hour volunteering to stock shelves, serving at soup kitchens, and offering whatever they can to feed the hungry? Many give hours to serve as directors of local shelters, planning programs and executing them, giving their time to attend meetings and conferences, all without the expectation of ever receiving any monetary compensation.
The difference is that we don't get paid for our "appearance" and we don't broadcast our charity work to boost our image in society. We give quietly, no fanfare, and we prefer it that way.
"It was the water softener. She didn't know that she had to add pellets. I don't think she even knew she had a water softener. Ah, but she did everything around the house, remember? Jon did nothing!"
Midnight exactly. LOL I am sure Jon took care of those things when they were exchanging for their time with the kids. BUT Jon had long gone, banished, when she filmed this. So, who did it? LOL She is such a fake. I would be ashamed to admit I knew NOTHING about the mechanics of my home, especially after living there for such a long time. But that is just me.
Oh, I keep forgetting, she is so helpless and SO overworked. blah
Eye roll. When the charity episode came around, so many people here spoke briefly and discreetly about the charity work they do. Exactly the difference, we don't have a need to talk daily about the charitable works many, if not most of us, are involved with on a consistent basis because, actually, that's not what charity is about.
I don't understand why someone would assume that those who are against child exploitation do not donate time and/or money to charity. Wouldn't you assume exactly the opposite? From many of us obtaining our dogs from a rescue, to the regular donations we give, to the actual volunteering, it does not surprise me that people who are so concerned about children working, are by nature charitable.
I remember some misguided tweeple once demanded what charities I'M involved with. I fired back with three of them. They disappeared after that.
Admin and all,
Here is an article I bumped into:
"When Reality-TV Fame Runs Dry"
Second paragraph: "They’re broke and living at Spencer’s parents’ beach house in Santa Barbara because of the free rent; Heidi’s body and face are forever changed from plastic surgeries she now wishes she had not gotten; their relationships with friends and family are severely damaged; and they have found themselves largely unemployable, both on camera and off."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/31/heidi-montag-spencer-pratt-on-plastic-surgery-the-hills-reality-tv.html
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Article is an interview with those people from some other reality show called "The Hills" - best quotes I liked:
“This isn’t a business. That was the big thing I didn’t get: Reality TV is not a career. Anyone who says, ‘Oh, you can have a career in reality’—that is a lie.”
“We were all getting paid to be people we weren’t for so long that you stop—there’s no line,” Spencer said. “The gauge is gone. The gray area is gone.”
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Sound familiar? Plus the fact that all their money is gone along with friends and family they alienated along the way....
Actually this could be a post on it's own Admin, I leave it to you... but many striking parallels, except that these twits didn't have 8 innocent children in the middle of it all.
That interview with Joy Behar makes me want to spit. There ARE times when I wish Jon would go on the record to defend himself. It seems that because he is now avoiding almost all press and media, that he is forgotten. Out of site, out of mind.
Joy gives Kate sympathy for being single and needing money, therefore the show is now just fine. Joy swallows Kate's BS that there are zero negatives that have come from and will continue to come from Reality TV. That's just inconceivable.
To approve of the commercialization of children in which privacy is gone and secrets no longer exist is simply vile and unacceptable.
Kate's personality was like cardboard. Joy couldn't make Kate laugh for anything, and that's saying something because I find her funny.
Kate's twittering, "Zero Truth! Not going anywhere!!!Tons of fun2 be had!"
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Is Kate playing her games again so that she can't be accused of lying? Remember the question about the boob job? She said she got a good bra. She never denied the new inflatables. When she was asked if the kids were expelled, she said they were removed, and technically, they were.
She was asked if the show was canceled, and said she's not going anywhere. FOR NOW. Until September 12. She will not say if the show continues after that...why it's not on the fall schedule. So, she really isn't lying about not going anywhere. The shows will be aired until September with, according to her, lots of fun. She's living in the moment, but won't address what happens after September 12.
Maybe TLC hasn't told her anything. She thought the latest vacation episode was being shown on August 8. Wouldn't "essentially a producer" know those things?
Like......OMG!..........like how many times can Khate say 'like' and like act like an adolescent girl!!!!! Like, isn't it, like, cute????
http://perezhilton.com/2011-08-05-exclusive-clip-kate-plus-eight
Actually, she looks, sounds and IS ridiculous. I was sorry to see her acting like that in front of her daughters, but then literally laughed out loud that poor Chad had zero idea who she is! Boy, is that poor guy gonna catch some flack after this show airs!
My parents divorced when I was about 10. It hurt us deeply to see them moving on, dating, etc. I know it happens (and despite Jon being so oppressed/repressed, I feel he hurt his children by doing it so quickly), but it is like a small death over and over as children realize their parents will never be together again - even if they realize that in their hearts, and even if they know it's for the best.
Oh good grief. First of all, way to make an outing with Mady and Cara ALL ABOUT HER. Did she once focus on Mady and Cara or was it all about chasing down a man? How inappropriate.
Second of all, the guy was a dead ringer Steve look-a-like. Just admit you....want....Steve, period.
Third of all, hysterical the guy had no idea who she was. He thought she was the cupcake shop owner. Hahahhaha. Kate is all like, that's fine. Yeah sure Kate.
Just when you think her narcissism could not get any worse.
Not to mention, I don't think it's healthy for kids to see their mother constantly obsessed with finding a man even stopping everything to pull somebody off the street! What does that teach them? That a woman can't function without a man? That a woman is not all she should be without a man? That a woman should make a complete fool of herself to get a man? Gross.
Oops, forgot to say, in the video above, the way she put her hands straight up in the air and snapped her fingers to summon Steve to do her bidding really burned my biscuits. My mom was very like Kate in many ways and that's how she treated us. It is SO disrespectful. I don't even get my dogs' attention that way. You do not snap your fingers and point to get people's attention. Period.
Shouldn't Steve be focused on security for her and the twins, not on hunting down a man for her?
Really even Steve must be embarrassed by this.
Can't believe Kate tries to pick up a guy in front of little kids. Am I the only one embarrassed for her? Is Steve always incredulous when someone doesn't know who Kate is? Loads of people don't watch this dreck or buy tabloids.
Now we can add "man grabber" to Steve's resume; it's right up there with purse holding. Kate and her gal Friday, Steve.
It's so weird and narcissistic Kate's obsession with whether people know who she is. She is in a niche area, many people are not going to know who she is. It's like a sports star worked up because the cashier didn't recognize him. Lots of people don't follow sports and would never recognize a sports star, just like lots of people would never recognize Kate.
A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said...
I wonder if Cara & Mady bring her highness coffee in bed like Jon used to?
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LOLOL I hope not!!! How pathetic would that be?? They are NOT meant to be little worker bees, they are children & should get to play. It's their summer. I swear she ONLY had kids so they would work for her until they could plot their escape. I wonder if the kids all meet in a big closet & have it mapped out somehow while Kate's twittering...
~Hippie Chick~
"Mom In Lancaster County said...Some of these sheeple are so darn dumb that I wonder how they even get along in the world! Did it ever occur to them that so many people donate religiously to food banks, spend hour upon hour volunteering to stock shelves, serving at soup kitchens, and offering whatever they can to feed the hungry?"
So TRUE. My God. It just is plain, in your words, DUMB. To make an assumption that non fans do not give to charity is just asinine. I don't get the "challenge". Because I am a non fan I must contribute to this charity in TN? To prove what, exactly? LOL I will not give to someone just to try to make a so called "celebrity" look good, as some of the fans did, making a BIG show of the receipts they had from their donation. Making sure they told them they were donating in the name of KATE. Why the big show of "charity"? LOL Why not just give for the KIDS. Forget about making Kate look good. Do it from your HEART. A public figure will promote charities, that is fine, make a donation, if you truly support that charity. BUT to make such a huge deal of it, just to make a person look good, is just disingenuous.
I think she/he would be shocked to hear what some of us do, sometimes on a DAILY basis. When one gives, you don't broadcast it, nor get paid, nor film it. Unless it is a marathon. Or a PS announcement for that charity. Which real celebrities do for FREE, I might add. Charity is done from one's heart NOT for publicity for yourself. To 'improve' your image.
What a stupid tweet.
Also, most genuine charitable people don't go around throwing their money at whatever favorite celebrity happens to be supporting a charity at that moment. Their charities of choice usually are a bit more meaningful than that--perhaps they know someone helped by the charity, they were helped themselves, they have some kind of personal and family or location connection to it. For example I know for me, one of the charities I've gravitated toward is a local animal rescue organization--because I'm a dog lover. And I don't recall a celeb ever sponsoring this charity. Or they've researched it and just feel right about it. Rarely, because a celeb told them to.
Kate fans are proud to give their money wherever Kate tells them to--let them I guess.
Hi Beejcctx!!
Haven't seen you in awhile!!
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Just saw this tweet:
indyweek Independent Weekly
Movie-making with NC-based actress Melissa Lozoff and the "Kate Plus 8" kids (airs Monday at 9:30 pm) is.gd/wH2POz @TLC @kateplusmy8
35 minutes ago
Here's the article they link to:
http://www.indyweek.com/artery/archives/2011/08/05/movie-making-with-the-kate-plus-8-kids
Friday, August 5, 2011
Television
Movie-Making with the Kate Plus 8 kids
Posted by Danny Hooley on Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:59 PM
North Carolina-based actress Melissa Lozoff runs filmmaking classes and workshops for kids at Movie-Makers, a project she founded in 2001. Fans of reality TV can get a glimpse of her teaching process on Monday, Aug. 8, at 9:30 p.m. on the TLC channel.
"I basically make films with kids," Lozoff says. In fact, she's in the middle of giving classes and summer camp with kids right now at her property in Orange County. She also just got finished doing some acting work on One Tree Hill in Wilmington.
"The kids help come up with the ideas for the script," Lozoff describes Movie-Makers. "They basically learn the aspects of filmmaking, and then they get to star in their own movie."
Those classes and summer camps always take place on her Orange County property, with one recent exception—the movie project she did with the Gosselin kids at the family's Pennsylvania compound for this Monday's second episode of TLC's Kate Plus 8. (The first episode airs at 9.)
Lozoff's brief involvement in the reality TV show came about because of a longstanding North Carolina connection to the show. The original incarnation of the series, Jon & Kate Plus 8, was created by Advanced Medical Production (later known as Figure 8 Films) in 2007, back when Jon and Kate were still a couple whose experiment with fertility treatments yielded twins, then sextuplets. (That version of the show ended when Jon's infidelities nixed the marriage.)
Lozoff taught filmmaking to the daughter of one of the producers at Figure 8, Kirk Streb, a few years ago, and he fondly remembered the experience when the Figure 8 staff were brainstorming ideas for upcoming episodes.
He also knew that one of the 10-year-old Gosselin twins, Mady, really likes putting on little plays. So Figure 8 flew Lozoff to Pennsylvania in March to make a "cute little movie with the Gosselin kids."
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Lozoff isn't allowed to discuss the particulars of the movie she and the kids came up with. She did say that the two older girls, Cara and Mady, came up with the story, and the 6-year-olds stuck to acting. Even though they've all spent their lives in front of the cameras, acting still presented a bit of a challenge.
"They're comfortable in front of the camera, but all of that acting and blocking—that was brand new," Lozoff says, adding that, otherwise: "They're basically like all the other kids that I've worked with."
Lozoff went back to Pennsylvania in late May/ early June for the "premiere" of the film in the family's basement. That was the first time that the mom saw the mini-movie, according to Lozoff.
"Kate wasn't really around while we were making the movie, because they wanted it to be a surprise for her," she says. "We rented a red carpet and sort of decorated their basement and did their little premiere."
That's typical of Lozoff's process with her Movie-Makers camp kids. After the films are made, she'll spend a few weeks editing and then will rent out a venue to show her kids the finished products. Most recently, she rented out The Varsity on Franklin Street.
She also has "an advanced group" that makes more professional-caliber films to submit to film festivals.
Another particular she's not allowed to talk about much is Kate Gosselin, the fiery star of the show (which, interestingly, is not on the fall schedule recently announced by TLC).
"She was always very gracious with me," Lozoff says, and leaves it at that.
Melissa Lozoff has appeared in numerous films, TV shows including The Young and The Restless and Days of Our Lives, and theater productions with the Common Ground and Ghost & Spice companies. In 2010, she won for Best Actress at the Carrboro Film Festival for her work in Nic Beery's Twelve. To find out more about Movie-Makers, go to www.movie-makers.net.
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Yeah, that sounds like a "real" reality show, just having the cameras following them around on what they are normally doing. Like we have always said - it is all SCRIPTED, they sit around brainstorming ideas for EPISODES!
What a joke!
That movie making thing is a fun idea but naturally Mady doesn't get to go to film camp or anything that would be awesome for her, they have to fly IN someone from the camp to the Kate compound. How fun is it to make a movie when it's just you and your siblings???
@Hippie Chick! Good to see ya too....
I've been lurking here and at Preesi's blog - but usually when I read at work (my lunch time) most everybody has already said what was on my mind and there are so many comments, I can think of little to add substantively to the convo. LOL
But that article was very interesting, though I can see that those two twits are also depised somewhat by the public - the comments about not making it as a "stah" in the reality tv biz is interesting to hear from someone on the "inside"
Anyway, my break is over... y'all have a great weekend!
Don't you know on any normal day you call up someone from a camp, fly them VIP to your house, and have them make a kiddie movie with your kids?
It saddens me so much this was all just done without any other kids. These kids seem so isolated all the time.
Crazy idea here....why not fly THE KIDS down to the camp???
Why couldn't those poor kids get off of the compound and go to the camp where they could be with other kids? Why does everything have to be filmed?
They have nothing that they can hold on to as their own. Kate could have sent them to NC and let them have a great, private time. But, that would be a waste of an episode idea, wouldn't it?
So true Admin. These kids only experience things with each other, not with other kids. Outside of school, that is. Thank goodness for school! But, they need to start developing their own identifies, apart from this pack of 8, or 6. They each should be involved in different groups, sports, activities, as most kids are.
BUT, Kate is too cheap, too lazy, and too selfish to have them all in activities or sports that interest them. Plus, she needs to have them available for filming all the time, and for the trips that are filmed. Unlike most moms, she isn't running around juggling practices, sporting events, rehearsals, concerts, competitions, games, etc. In their world, it is all about Kate, Kate, Kate.
This article just proves how fake and phony this show is. Also, that they really have run out of ideas. They sit around and try to brainstorm what they could possibly do for an EPISODE that they haven't already done once, or twice, or 5 million times before.
The article says she was flown out to PA for this in March. I wonder when that was. Was it during a break from school, a weekend, or after school? Then, she came back in May for more filming when they had they move ready to show Khate. Again, I wonder when that was. these kids never get a break.
It bothers me too that even though it was made clear that film-making was Mady's thing, she is forced to involve all her seven other brothers and sisters. Not to mention millions of viewers. What, an episode about just Mady making a film wasn't good enough?
Why can't Mady have something that is just hers? Why do the six-pack have to be involved?
Send Mady to film camp, Cara to sports camp, Mady KATE could fly down to see Cara's big game and Mady's film. And obviously, no cameras would be preferable.
Kate must have said "like" about 363 times. Good grief!!
During our summer vacations, my mom would let us just be kids, except for Saturdays and Sundays. On Saturdays, she would make chores fun for us by letting us draw slips of paper out of the "job jar." I inevitably always ended up with the bathroom cleaning. Lol. On Sundays, we were permitted to be children after church. My mom was horribly OCD and yet she was still a wonderful mother who respected and cared for us.
My mom would have called Kate "Cheap", and she would have been right. An elderly teenage wannabe using her bodyguard/handler as a pimp to pick up a strange guy, while her children and others watched.
Why on earth does TLC see this as interesting or appropriate family fare?
Just making it clickable:
http://perezhilton.com/2011-08-05-exclusive-clip-kate-plus-eight
Uugh, I just watched it. She said "like" at least a dozen times in one minute. She is the most obnoxious person I have ever seen. I LOVE that not only did that guy not recognize her, but he still didn't even know who "Kate Gosselin" was when they told him her name. LOL, he thought she might be the owner of the cupcake place. Ha ha ha!
Okay, so how did Perez get this clip? Did TLC feed it to him, or it on their website?
"Kate fans are proud to give their money wherever Kate tells them to--let them I guess."
ADMIN you are right. At least they DID give. Just the way it was handled was creepy to me.
"ADMIN Why can't Mady have something that is just hers? Why do the six-pack have to be involved?"
You forget, the show is centered around the tups Multiple birthday parties,etc all included in practically everything. Except the DC Cupcake thing. The sad thing about this, the twins know this.
OH AND THE PEREZ CLIP~ My God in heaven. Twirling her hair like a teenybopper LOL In HEAT no less. Gawd. That woman really needs to mature. (AND get laid, SORRY had to say that) I realize when you out of the dating scene for awhile. it takes a minute to get back into it. BUT wow she just keeps showing her immaturity. And in front of the twins? Did you see how Mady was staring at her? I wonder if poor little Mady was embarrassed? I sure would have been.
What a fool she makes of herself.
“We were all getting paid to be people we weren’t for so long that you stop—there’s no line,” Spencer said. “The gauge is gone. The gray area is gone.”
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Altho this rings true, I wouldn't put alot of stock into anything Spencer Pratt says. He's just lookin' for sympathy.
"The original incarnation of the series, Jon & Kate Plus 8, was created by Advanced Medical Production (later known as Figure 8 Films) in 2007, back when Jon and Kate were still a couple whose experiment with fertility treatments yielded twins, then sextuplets. (That version of the show ended when Jon's infidelities nixed the marriage.) "
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Anyone else bothered by this published bit of a lie as to why J+K+8 turned into K8+8?
Yeah really. Um, no, that version of the show ended up Jon refused to film anymore and wanted his private life back, wanted his precious young kids out too, and there was a nine month legal battle until a judge said he had to continue to allow the crap to be exploited out of his kids.
OMGoodness - Kate actually tweeted she's abnormal! Of course we all knew this...
Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...Thanks for posting that about the camp. That would have been GREAT for Mady to attend by herself. WITHOUT cameras. BUT without cameras, Kate would have to pay most likely. Sooooo :(
Anyone notice how Miss OCD Germaphobic runs her fingers through her hair and then handles the cupcakes? Shouldn't she be wearing a hairnet (or at least have her hair pulled back) when working around food for public consumption? Yuck!
(That version of the show ended when Jon's infidelities nixed the marriage.) "
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Anyone else bothered by this published bit of a lie as to why J+K+8 turned into K8+8?
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That marriage was over before the fows (fake vows). They were done and you know what? Once you end the marriage and separate, your life is your own to do whatever you want.
People act like no one can date when going through a divorce. You can.
This writer as obviously never watched season 4's final episode when Jon made it very clear that he was done with filming. Kate was having none of it, and the divorce has only served to bolster her case that she NEEDS to continue filming.
Best thing to happen to her career, sad to say. She played it like the woman scorned, and people bought it hook line and sinker.
It didn't help that Jon was acting like a schmuck.
There is certainly a point in many marriages that are headed to divorce where you look each other in the eye and admit it's over and you just want to lead separate lives now.
What happens after that? Maybe this isn't the morally right answer, but I don't consider that cheating. Divorce can take years. I'm actually quite shocked that Jon and Kate managed to get a divorce as quick as they did.
That charity tweet was ridiculous. Do half of THOSE tweeters donate their time to charities? How dare they even try & make assumptions about people they don't even know? Do they know Kate did that giving back episode ONE time, & got paid a crap-load of cash, had a limo, a 5* hotel, a police escort that cost that town thousand of dollars (that COULD have gone to the particular charity she was helping!), & she was there "helping" for about 4 hours? And does that tweeter know she begged to drive a race car & got her wish because she's a spoiled brat?
Also, does this tweeter know that when Kate went to Australia, Kate visited a zoo & got so hung up on a koala bear & swore up & down she would do ANYTHING to help them? What is that I hear from Kate now about koalas? Crickets. That's right. Kate only thinks about Kate. She talks out of her ass & says the 1st thing that pops into her brainless head IF it suits HER needs. How can someone be so flippant about helping others?
If Kate TRULY cared, she would have foregone her paycheck for the hungry & donated it to them. She would have stayed there longer & helped. She wouldn't have been so selfish when she first had the children. She would give back to her community. She could donate all the old clothes & toys of her kids to someone in need instead of selling them for profit (seriously, I can't believe she does this when everything was gifted to her!!) The list literally goes on & on. Unless charity makes HER look good, she won't do it.
~Hippie Chick~
"PaMa said...Anyone notice how Miss OCD Germaphobic runs her fingers through her hair and then handles the cupcakes? Shouldn't she be wearing a hairnet (or at least have her hair pulled back) when working around food for public consumption? Yuck!"
YES I did notice her touching her hair. And when I see someone with long hair preparing food, without a net or their hair isn't pulled back, I do NOT buy from them. Even the cupcake girls didn't have nets. Wow Yuck is right.
TLC stinks said... Reading more and more online about the purchase of fake twitter accounts to enhance " brands"
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I must admit I'm very naive when it comes to Twitter. I don't have an account but I read the tweets. Just within the last week, all the new "followers" seem to say the say thing:
-I just found you
-You are awesome
-You are so strong
It's the same language over and over again. And how about all the men showing up all of a sudden??!! Not buying it. FAKE
I watched the Perez Hilton preview. Now we know that Kate is attracted to guys that look like Steve. I thought that guy resembled Steve.
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There is certainly a point in many marriages that are headed to divorce where you look each other in the eye and admit it's over and you just want to lead separate lives now.**********
If Jon and Kate were sincere in seeking help from Dr. Phil, they would have headed his perenial advice to leave no stone unturned BEFORE you end things for good. Walk away without anger knowing you did everything you could and be at peace with your decisions.
Jon and Kate both had horrible anger and the vitriol seeped from both of them. Kate's still angry. She's like a dog with a bone that wont let it go.
BTW... anyone catch the "good hair" comment in the film clip? So anything polar opposite of Jon is what Kate is looking for. Kate doesn't get that she picked him and her rejection of all things Jon speaks volumes about HER.
Kate has described her ideal man before. Silver-haired, 40's. I.e. STEVE.
Who puts such specific qualifiers on a man at her age? Unless you are 16! I've heard 16 year olds describe their type. Blond or whatever.
Kate is 36.
It would help if both parties were willing to go to therapy. And acknowledge that the therapy is for the COUPLE.
Kate clearly wasn't on board with that. The therapy was for Jon. You can't fix a marriage when the only thing your partner thinks needs fixing is you.
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Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...Thanks for posting that about the camp. That would have been GREAT for Mady to attend by herself. WITHOUT cameras. BUT without cameras, Kate would have to pay most likely. Sooooo :(
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You're welcome! I agree that it would have been so nice for Mady to attend this camp by herself. BUT, let's not forget something here - WHEN IT COMES TO KATE, IT IS NEVER ABOUT THE KIDS! (Sorry, but she makes me want to scream!)
This is a scripted television show and that's it. Kate puts out NO effort, time, or money ever as far as making her kids happy, normal kids, pursuing their interests and hobbies, and learning about the world as they grow up. It is ALL about coming up with ideas for EPISODES to keep KATE on tv, keep Kate getting $$$, and keep Kate getting tons of freebies (hair, makeup, nails, tanning, clothing, shoes, a "bodyguard"/personal assistant/gopher/babysitter, any and all "gifts" for the kids, clothing, shoes, school supplies, toys for the kids, free "vacations"/trips, etc.)
Kate will never realize it, but some of her kids already are already becoming very aware of that sad fact. When some of them become teens and young adults, out of her evil clutches, and begin to truly understand what she did to them, then, it is going to be very, very ugly. And, she effing deserves it!
Unfortunately, the kids don't deserve this now, or when they are adults. I truly hope that Jon gets married and that they have a wonderful relationship with his wife. I have actually seen situations where the kids as adults see their narcissistic mother for what she is and end up being very close to the stepmother. I have a friend like this. Her husband is about twelve years older than her and she is like a mother to his adult kids (and grandmother to their children). In fact, one of his kids lives in another state and was just visiting them last week with her husband and kids. They all stayed at their dad's house and did things with him and my friend, their step-mother. It kills their mother that they do this. They ended up just stopping at her house for a quick visit on their way home so the grandchildren could see her and basically, just so they keep in touch and know who she is. But, his adult kids and his grandchildren all love my friend and consider her more of a mother and grandmother. I predict a similar adult life for Jon's kids.
Did you guys check out that movie camp? It is a day camp, but the price is really reasonable for what it is. What a fantastic experience for kids. I WANT TO GO lol
FROM THE SITE:
Movie Makers' summer day camps are like a whole session in one week! Each week 16 young people will participate in the writing, directing, acting and camera work to create their very own movie.Beginning only with the theme for that week (see below) we'll create our story, develop our characters, design sets, even work on costumes and make-up. Then we'll get a crash course in camera work and filming techniques using digital video equipment.
Each week-long summer camp costs $275, and includes the week of camp, the premiere party, and a copy of the movie on DVD. Camp Hours are 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM each day. If your child needs extended care, we offer extended hours of 8 AM - 5 PM for an additional $50/week.
I was raised in a home by a mother who had a daily lists of chores for me to do, starting at age 6. Once I got older, I not only had chores in the house but farm and garden chores, as well. I was made to work a LOT growing up, but once my work was done I was allowed to do things that were fun, too. I wouldn't feel so bad about the kids having chores, but I do think it's terrible that the kids never get to do fun things, both at home and away from home.
What a sad piece of trash, our K8 - latest tweet is about how the highlight of her day, while running errands (interesting in that she says she has no help this week to watch her kids), an older woman shouts out to her how much she loves her. The transparency of her love for herself cannot be more blatant. For me, a highlight of a summer day would be something I did with my kids or something they did at camp, or said. Nope, she gets off only on the fan-love.
That would creep me the f out some stranger recognized me and started shouting at me!
What Kate considers ego stroking and the best part of her day, normal people would consider creepy and weird and the exact reason why you should get off TV, so random strangers stop shouting at you on the street.
Ok, it's been a while but I just can't resist the "God is on her side" + foot licking episode. Here's my little snark.
Um, seriously, like God was on the foot licker's side because he, like, got a flash of the coochie. Hey but wait...the coochie looked like a DARK abyss with cob webs! Oh, like, that's right, supposedly it's been a LONG, LONG time since she experienced the big O, from anyone.
The cupcake incident. WTF is WRONG with her?! She, like, acted like a teenager in heat. She didn't care about the G8's feeling or even noticed their reactions...if they did at all. Snapping her fingers @ Steve to chase a stranger down. As usually, she didn't care if he was available or NOT. She wants what she wants without regard for anyone. HAHAHA, he didn't know who the F--k she was!! Now THAT was entertaining to watch!
Perfect example of Katie Irene Krawford reliving her teens!!
Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...
Just making it clickable:
http://perezhilton.com/2011-08-05-exclusive-clip-kate-plus-eight
Uugh, I just watched it. She said "like" at least a dozen times in one minute. She is the most obnoxious person I have ever seen. I LOVE that not only did that guy not recognize her, but he still didn't even know who "Kate Gosselin" was when they told him her name. LOL, he thought she might be the owner of the cupcake place. Ha ha ha!
Okay, so how did Perez get this clip? Did TLC feed it to him, or it on their website?
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Oh dear Lord, that was painful to watch.
Kate is FRIGHTENING!
I'll betcha that poor soul's testicles flew deep into his body when she picked him out of the crowd.
Kate comes across predatory, not cute and coquettish.
And to boot, her behavior was witnessed by her innocent daughters.... tsk, tsk, tsk. What a slap in the face to them.
Kate comes across predatory, not cute and coquettish.
And to boot, her behavior was witnessed by her innocent daughters.... tsk, tsk, tsk. What a slap in the face to them
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Predatory-- good word to describe her behavior. It was overly-aggressive and innappropriate in front of pre-teen girls. This is not what you want to teach them about boys.
I don't want them to be timid, but lordy, I hope they preserve their dignity growing up with that example.
Hi, everyone.
The Perez clip is so totally Kate.I hate it when people snap their fingers and demand attention like Kate does freqently.The twins act more mature than she does.Poor kids ,to have to watch their mother acting like that must have been sooooo embarassing at their age.
What kind of example is she setting for them? If you like a stranger,a boy on the street, just snap your fingers. Send your b/g, pimp, friend to chase him down and bring him to you. Why? - because he's cute!!!
Why couldn't Mady have gone to that camp to meet other people and have something that was just'hers?' The twins never get to do much alone and they need activities seperate from each other and the 6 pack.
Kate has to control everything.Soon, the twins are going to be so resentful about these things and are going to unload a big can of 'whoop-ass' on Kate!
Now, that would be drama! Teen- age karma coming soon on Kate & 8!I swear those twins are more mature than their mother- how pathetic is that?? There will be the usual teen behavior, then all the resentment about always being 2nd best to the tups.
Kate thinks she has drama now?- she has no idea what's coming. I just hope they don't internalize these feelings and act out in self-defeating behaviors. It sounds like she's training them to be mini-Kates by making them look after her wants-massages,etc. and parenting the tups, doing laundry, meals for tups.
WTH does Kate do all day since there is no filming and no show,really? Someone needs to shove that phone up her behind and tell her to be a mother,like she claims to be-Supermom!I know tweeting is exhausting,but really,grow up.
I wonder if the twins have a cell- guess they wouldn't need one, since they aren't allowed to even have friends. I know Jon gave Mady a laptop for her birthday.Who wants to bet she's on the internet, while Kate is away, tweeting or sleeping? I sure hope not....
I was walking down the street in Wyomissing when a blond floozy came up to me, grabbed me by the arm and said"I'm Kate!" She shoved me into a nearby rocking chair and began to complain about how much her feet hurt. I looked at her shoes and understood why, so I got up, motioned to the chair, and said "No, Kate! YOU ROCK!" It was very hot on the sidewalk; we were both dripping with sweat; I suggested that what we needed was A BIG FAN.
As an older lady I hope I did the right thing. The Kate person didn't look happy with me. She turned her back on me, and tried to get her assistant to pick up a young man who was standing nearby.He looked confused and got away as soon as he could.
The best thing 2day: as I was doing errands,an older lady on the sidewalk in passing exclaimed 'Kate,u rock!Big fan!' Made my day!thx!!!! 34 minutes ago
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Kate failed to mention that first, she knocked the old lady down. Then she sat on her until the poor old woman was forced to say, "Kate, u rock! Big fan!"
Sheesh, Kate! YOU are your biggest fan.
Dork Queen said...hahahaha CUTE!
It IS allllllllll about me, me me mememeemmememe Even the tweet about the kids coming home, they 'mist' the pool/house just as much as ME! memememmemememeem
TLC's story description for "DC Cupcake Visit":
Kate takes Mady and Cara and their two best friends, who are also sisters, to visit and bake with the stars of TLC's DC Cupcakes, Sophie and Katherine. Back home with the sextuplets, it's a boys vs. girls summer games competition. Who will win?
Would most parents find that appropriate for another parent to be flirting like that while supervising their kids?
My God the twins actually got to hang out with friends. Only they can only squeeze that in while working.
I don't think most parents, especially parents of tween girls, would want their girls around a cougar on the hunt for a man when she's supposed to be watching your children.
I also don't think most parents would want their kids to be filmed. I would feel terrible telling any child you can't go on a trip with your friend because there will be cameras there filming you, but it would have to be done.
Ok, (regarding the 8 movie maker post above)does this not sound right to you: Lozolf was not allowed to talk about Kate, but said: "She was always very gracious with me"Lozolf says and leaves it at that. What is wrong with this? First the article says Kate was not around mostly, but she was always, very gracious with me. So was Kate there or not?
I think why Kate would not let any of the kids go to the camp(and we have discussed this before) is cause 1. Kate had to film, 2 the kids might talk, 3 Kate would have no control.4. it was not about her.
Even Little People sort of used to do episodes about one kid. An episode about Zack dating, an episode about Jeremy looking at college, an episode about Molly 's school.
Have you noticed Kate Plus 8 never does that? ALl the episodes relate back to Kate. She is the one front and center on the couch, she makes sure everything somehow relates to her. Hell if Kate will ever let the children take the spotlight for once.
Same with the cupcakes. Uh oh, Mady and Cara are being cute making cupcakes they are stealing too much of the spotlight, quick turn it around and make it all about Kate by picking some random stranger off the street and flagging him down.
Oh my, I just saw the clip on perez site. Wow, how old is she? From what I saw some of the kids were there, bless their hearts, it looked as if they totaly ignored her. They must be so used to her adolescent behavior, that they just let it roll off. The kids really need to be off t.v. I can't believe people don't see what she is doing to those kids. fine if she wants the fame, but for the love of those kids ,give them their childhoods back. I will not watch on Monday. I watched one episode a while back, saw some of the kids expressions, felt so guilty to think that I gave some of the ratings to this. Never again.
Why oh why is everything to do with these children steeped in gender stereotypes and competition between the children, especially girls vs. boys?
I blame TLC AND Kate. Not only are these children not allowed to be individuals, they have to compete by gender, and it's OBVIOUS that Kate favors the girls and always has.
Gingerbread: Kate has a high school mentality. I see high school girls to college age girls, act like that not grown women. Kate must be watching that other reality garbage, that is on TV and picking up a few pointers. Shame on her.
The Kate looking for a man clip is just a ratings ploy by TLC to get people to watch. Don't fall for it. I guess since the ratings for her NYC show with Jamie were higher, they hope to draw viewers in with her man hunt.
Kate, don't use fun to describe your show. Your show is not fun.
It is interesting there are friends with the twins in DC. Is this to counter the criticism that the 8 never have friends?
PaMa- not only did Kate run her fingers thru her hair, with no gloves or hairnet,she went outside and gave it to the guy.When she came back into the bakery, she put that cup-cake down on a tray to sell someone else!
Great advertisement for the cupcake place, too. Soooooooooooo stupid and unsanitory, yuk!!! Guess she didn't learn about micro-organisms in training- yeah,she's some kind of a germaphobe all right.
Did you notice when they were baking those treats for the dialysis centre, that she yelled at one of the tups for touching their hair and Kate and Hanna,I think,both touched theirs and Kate said nothing! At least there is no playing favourites at their house!(snark)....
Regarding the twins' friends at the cupcake place- they're Jamie's twin daughters.
Admin! You're troll that you blocked has come over to my blog! I blocked her too, & sent her over to tolerance.org. I don't think she can even view my site!! If you wanna know how to go that far, email me! LOL I hope it worked, but so far, it's been peaceful & quiet & no name-calling in at least 6 hours!! (immature people, it's unbelievable!) I hope you are feeling better today! :)
~Hippie Chick~
First, I SO agree w/ ncgirl that the guy was a setup and a ploy not only to make people curious in an obvious attempt to up the ratings but to throw people off about Steve...they've been doing the nasty for years. Also, I want to comment on Twit's latest tweet about the "older woman" saying she rocked. An older woman would not use that terminology, and I'm sure she will appreciate your condescending ageist remark about her being an "older woman." Kate, you are a gum-chomping, classless LOSER in every way describable and imaginable.
Great advertisement for the cupcake place, too. Soooooooooooo stupid and unsanitory, yuk!!! Guess she didn't learn about micro-organisms in training- yeah,she's some kind of a germaphobe all right.
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Yep. She talks about never eating icky things the kids make and then look how she treats food. I wouldn't take a bite of anything that skank has touched. She's a pig and that little clip just proved it.
Re:Kate's tweets:
As an older lady than you,we do not holler 'Kate, u rock. Big fan!' I would most likely tell you to 'get out of Canada; we don't want u here.' Then, I would probably turn around and hurl politely into the bushes...
So, Kate calls the tups her crew now- I wonder if they have a meeting to decide who the daddy is going to be that day?
The list for the day probably says:
1. Don't wake Mommy up !
2.Wash your clothes; I put them in piles on the floor for you.
3.Do not go outside to play, you have work to do.Do not anwer the phone or the door- unless it's the p. people.
4.C&M make lunch and remember to eat it in order! Clean up after, there better not be one crumb on my floor...or else!
5.Do not have any fun.You may watch 'our' show, but no tv.
6.Do not get sick or hurt,and if you do, call 911. Wake me up if someone is dead.
7.Wake me up at 2 pm.Bring my lunch and coffee and make sure it's the way I like it.
8.If you don't like this list, you can be a Palin. Love you, Supermom......
Kate's doing errands today, but she has no help @ home. Does that mean she's leaving Mady and Cara alone w/ six kids?
Kate needs to get her head out of her ass and see what kinds of comments are out there regarding Mady and Cara. It's really sick what some of these people are saying about these young girls. They deserve the protection of their mother, which they are NOT getting. Jon really needs to step in and take these kids.
So now she has Steve chasing down potential dates for her? One more "skill" for Purse Boy to add to his illustrious "Body Guarding" resume: pimp.
Iwana seems to have joined our ranks. At least he deleted his twitter account. And did it apparently right after the airing of Kate's hunger for a man leading her to finger snap and shoot out orders at the nearest thing to a breathing male she has around. Yep,that would pretty much kill any warm and fuzzies I was harboring about her.
(I do not know that Iwana deleted his account in disgust with Kate. I am just surmising from twitter saying that account does not exist. And her treating him like chopped liver and him acknowledging it.)
Sorry just posted about Iwana. He didn't delete his account he just renamed it. You can see how much I follow what goes on over there!!
5.Do not have any fun.You may watch 'our' show, but no tv.
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Correction:
You may watch MY show, but no tv.
"Kate, u rock! Big fan!"
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When people talk to Katie, all she hears is "blah blah blah" remember? So what this older lady REALLY said was "Kate, you have rocks in your head, ya big damn fart!"
You guys all missed Kate saying she has a Keurig right in the bedroom with her. She probably just has to roll over far enough to snap a K cup in, pull the handle down and put her cup under. The kids probably come into play only when the container needs to be emptied.
Kate tweeted: "Zero Truth! Not going anywhere!!!
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Honest Translation:
Zero Truth: Truth evades me!
Not going anywhere: TLC isn't taking us on any trips anymore!!!
Also, it was noted above that Kate spoke of cleaning the kitchen floor on her hands and knees every day (shopping for a housekeeper episode). She actually told the applicant
that she did it 3 times a day! Sure, right.
The OCD theme was being stressed at that time.
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Regarding the twins' friends at the cupcake place- they're Jamie's twin daughters.
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I'm fairly certain Jaime has twin sons not daughters, but I could be wrong.
http://thelyingchannel.blogspot.com/2010/06/jamie-ayers-appears-on-kate-plus-8-as.html
Who is Jamie Ayers? She was married to Mark Ayers. Has a twin daughter and a son. Was living in Michigan.
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She is now married to Dr. Kirk Stubbs but I suppose the gender of the twins is still accurate.
The sheeple were giddy and tweeting this on Twitter earlier today:
http://rumorfix.com/2011/08/are-kate-gosselins-days-on-tlc-numbered/
Are Kate Gosselin’s Days On TLC Numbered?
Posted on August 5th, 2011 at 7:50 am
Kate Gosselin’s day on TLC are numbered – this according to Perez Hilton. The gossip blogger claimed earlier this week that Kate’s show, Kate Plus 8, may have been canceled.
“Ruh-roh. Something isn’t right,” Perez claims. “TLC unveiled their new fall schedule and looks like a certain mother of eight is missing up from the lineup. No signs of Kate Plus 8 are anywhere on the fall schedule.”
So is Kate now unemployed? Are her and her brood done entertaining the masses with their brand of crazy? RumorFix reached out to an executive at TLC who tells us Kate hasn’t gone anywhere. “New episodes begin August 8th,” she explains, adding that the new shows will air through the end of September.
Kate also shot down the rumors on Twitter, telling a follower who asked her about the show’s future:
“Zero Truth! Not going anywhere!!! Tons of fun to be had!”
And there you have it …
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LOL, the sheeple think that debunks the rumor that the show is ending after September 12th! Clearly, reading comprehension is an issue for them. The article says RumorFix spoke with a TLC executive (unnamed, so I have some doubts), and the exec only confirmed exactly what WE have been saying - that there are new episodes from August 8th through September 12th! NO word at all on beyond that!
If TLC had a definite contract with Khate past September 12th wouldn't they confirm that when asked? Like I said here last night, I don't think TLC wants to confirm it with Khate until after all the shows have aired, because they know she will go nuts.
TLC is, wisely, making sure they always have an out here.
They film about 6 episodes at a time, enough so if they need to cut ties they aren't losing much, they air them and see how they do. This has been there pattern for a year!
They have left themselves an out every single time. Otherwise, why aren't they just filming 20 episodes, or filming constantly? Why the short spurts? Why do they wait until the 6 odd episodes air first before they start filming another 6?
They are blatantly obvious, they are stringing Kate along in spurts watching the numbers.
TLC didn't lie, they're going to air the six they have in the can. But they were careful not to confirm there is ANYTHING ready beyond that. The bottom line is, they will decide after they see how the six do.
Look at how they treated this summer. Kate hadn't a clue what she was doing until the end of spring. TLC strung her along seeing how things would go before they made any big travel decisions.
Perhaps this has been addressed before, but here's a crazy question: Is it possible that the contract with TLC forbids the family from doing anything fun, such as camp, vacations, going to the movies, and the Statue of Liberty 2 years ago, unless it is filmed?
Didn't Jon say that the family was not allowed to take pictures on the Disney vacation, because it was not in the contract?
Yes, I think kate is a cheap bitch and does not want to spend any of the family money on anyone but herself, but I also believe that J&K would have been greedy enough to sign a contract with such a ridiculous limitation to their personal lives.
Those poor children. Yes, they live in a nice house with nice things and take fabulous vacations, but I cannot bear to watch what freaks they are, in the sense that they are missing out on SO many basic things, because their greedy, self-centered witch of a mother chooses tho isolate them from outsiders. In that sense, they are no better off than children raised by a cult, with no or limited access to non-believers. So sad that the powers that be in Pennsylvania cannot see what is happening here.
Kate's tweet: Ha! You all think I got flat already? Think again. Just settling in now... GN. I outlasted you all tonight! So much to do! Way to go, me! :)
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Way to go, me! It doesn't end, does it? The "I am amazing" spiel. I hope this doesn't rub off on the kids.
Does she know that she's doing this and how incredibly egotistical it is, or is she doing this just to stir the pot? It almost seems deliberately executed - it's in every post. It's all about her.
Moose,
YES!!! I agree that the I'm-supermom-and-everything-revolves-around-me IS deliberate-- it's her current "brand," in addition to dressing like a cheap hooker and being in heat all the time. Nice example you're setting for the girls, kate.
Most people are interested in the trainwreck, her 3 fans are dumb enough to believe every word that she and TLC say about her, and idiots in the media are paid to not pick on poor widdle katie.
I remember having that stupid HLN entertainment show on once, and the panel was discussing her freaky "monsterish" face. That moron AJ closed with something like, "Well, there you have it! If Kate says she didn't have plastic surgery, that's good enough for me!" Dude, seriously?!?!?!?!
You're right, Admin. It will be interesting to see what Khate is doing and tweeting about the rest of August and in September. But, especially after mid September. If there's no filming going on for a couple of months, there likely will not be any more shows this year. It will be very interesting to see what happens and how Khate tries to drag out the sheeple expectations on Twitter, and how she spins it when it's finally over.
Hopefully there will not be any back to school filming in the next couple of weeks. Sadly, we were all correct when we said as soon as they came back from that long trip, they would have TLC there all day doing couch interviews. The kids never got a break, all summer. Just look how "busy" Khate has been the last two weeks, hardly any time to Twitter all week because TLC is at the house. Well all know that she's only quiet when she's filming.
Btw, about that tweet she did this afternoon about "an older lady" telling her "you rock" - note, she said this was while she was out "running errands" today. C'mon people... what's next??? Bingo! We'll see fake, phony, staged "pap" pics this weekend, all in advance of the new show Monday! So predictable!!
Like many others, I can't stand it when she drones on about her "list" for the day. Who the hell does that, come on. If you were a working parent outside the home, I could see making one for the weekend but when you are a lazy sloth like Kate who doesn't work outside of the home and instead pimps her kids out, she has every day to screw around with her mundane errands. Her twatting takes away valuable chore time. Just like me sitting here on my computer. I could be cleaning a toilet but nope. This is more fun.
Admin, I liked your insight about the kids not responding to her touching them when she does do it on the rare occasion. My mom never touched me when I was growing up because she was such a selfish woman far too interested in her own needs. Now that she is old, she sees the error in her ways and now wants to touch me. When she does, I literally cringe. I just can't fake a feeling I don't genuinely feel. It is just not there no matter how much I try to feel the love.
One more thing. Kate saying the kids all prefer to watch their show rather than anything else on TV reeks of little stars getting a taste of stardom, "look at me, look at me!!!". It was only a matter of time. They are officially egocentric and learning to love themselves just like their stupid mother.
Ug, why did I watch that clip? It was AWFUL. They need to just re-name it the Kate, Kate, Kate, Me, Me, Me Show. I did love that the guy had zero clue who she was, even after being told who she was. I think MOST people out there just don't really care about her and/or aren't even aware of her.
As for her Twitter feed, wow, she's getting pretty desperate, isn't she? The stuff about a random person telling her she rocks? Made up. Narcissists, as we know just form watching Kate, are as prone to lying as they are to breathing.
And way to go, me? If she weren't a real person, I'd swear up and down she was a parody. You can't satirize Kate because she's already walking satire!
Narcissists, deep down inside, are totally messed up where their self image and self worth is concerned. They feel they HAVE to pump themselves up constantly and keep the spotlight on them constantly or they'll just cease to exist.
I used to wonder how she could read all the negative stuff said to and about her (twitter, blogs) and she DOES read it, no doubt (narcissists CANNOT resist hearing about themselves, even if it is horribly bad). But then I had an epiphany: to a narcissist, they are NEVER wrong, nothing they do is EVER bad or misguided. They are always, in their disordered mind, right and perfect. So she does read it all, but she probably just blows it off as all wrong. Even when the criticism is catching her in baldfaced lies and the evidence comes from her OWN mouth in previous episodes, she somehow turns it, in her head, into she's right and everyone else is wrong.
The one thing that has always baffled me is the idea that anyone could be jealous of Kate and her life. Oh my GOD. Jealous? I think her life is HORRIBLE. She has EIGHT kids (yes, they're sweet and all, but no thanks to having eight kids), she doesn't seem to have a relationship with any of them, she doesn't appreciate them, she doesn't have any friends, she's divorced, she's banking EVERYTHING on a failing reality show, she has no talent, no intelligence, she looks like old boot leather and looks 10 years older than she really is, she's superficial and shallow and has something really twisted up in her head. So why in the world would I want to be her or have her life?
When I saw they were going to 'make movies' I had it pictured that the kids would just go around taking whatever video of whatever or make up a little skit to film which TLC would edit to make it work--ike normal average kids would. I should have known the greedy wench would get something free. She is probably hoping a scout watches her show so she can keep them in acting etc and spend all their money. (IF they are talented enough)
And that poor guy at the cupcake place! I can just him getting picked on by friends or family who do know who/what she is. LOL!
I think that young guy is an actor. Everything was staged. He was standing on the side-walk,(waiting for the 'walk' sign to appear)looking, it seems at the cupcake store, and purseboy/pimp was ordered to go get him? The young man came over.... Nawwwww, all staged. Wanna bet? The winner donates whatever he/she can offord to their favorite animal charity in Shoka's name :)
Administrator said... I'm not sure why this never occurred to be before, but knowing Kate, of course the twins will be expected to look after the little kids as soon as the twins are old enough.
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I remember in an episode when Jon was painting one of the girl's bedroom. Not sure if it was Mady or Cara wanted to stay and talk to Jon. Khate said no and ordered her from the room, the girl protested and cried to stay with her dad, and Khate screamed at her to get out, saying the little kids were alone outside and she (the twin) needed to get out there and watch them. Khate has been grooming them since the tups were born to be her servants. Anyone remember that episode. I've looked for it on Youtube, but can't find it.
Does Kate know that most "real stars" don't sit around watching themselves on TV all day?
Number one, there's no time for that. Number two, they're too busy watching other projects out there getting ideas and inspiration from other things. Any watching of themselves is usually done in the editing bay or watching the dailies. Maybe a cast party when the project airs or a premiere, but after that that don't just pop DVDs in night after night and fawn over themselves.
The children I nannied for had only seen a few current projects their mom had done, and none of the old stuff. The family didn't sit around watching her be a star. They are already confident she is.
Admin., Sorry this is OT, but maybe you moms have some ideas.
Do you remember seeing anything about the tooth fairy on Kate plus 8? I know they were told there was no Santa or Easter bunny , which I thought was cruel!
Poor kids aren't even allowed a little dream or wish in their lives- how awful for them. Anyway, my 6 yr. old grandson just lost his 1st tooth! He was all excited and came over so he could show us.
Grandpa and I made a big deal about it and I gave him the little'tooth fairy' box I bought him. Told him she would leave him some money and he said no!He's keeping it and got quite upset about it.
No amount of money was he giving it up for! Finally, he says' who is she, do you know her?' I tried to explain that she was magic, like Santa. He looked at me and said:'You're going to let her come in my room when I'm sleeping? But, she's a stranger, Grandma!'
He kept his tooth.What do say ? Help!
Ingrid said: ..."She is probably hoping a scout watches her show so she can keep them in acting etc and spend all their money. (IF they are talented enough)"
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Since Kate did take the twins to a talent scout several years ago, we know having the kids be "in the business" is something she's interested in. It gives me chills.
We're hoping the show is ending so the kids can have a normal life, but really, is Kate ever going to allow normal? I think she'd rather be drawn and quartered than live like regular unfamous-ish people. If the show gets canceled or reduced to a couple of yearly specials, I bet Kate will have those kids in Cali so fast our heads will spin. I'm sure she imagines that two of the boy tups will be the next Zack & Cody or the twins the next Olsen twins or Tia & Tamera Mowery. As Kate said in a magazine interview a couple years ago, "we can never go back." I believe her. She's not going to go away quietly.
Isn't it sad that "The best thing 2day:" for Kate was a stranger telling her "u rock."
How is it that the best part of her day wasn't hugging and loving and interacting with her beautiful children? How is it possible that the best part of her day wasn't experiencing and treasuring all the special and interesting things her children did that day? She is a nit twit totally devoid of any loving motherly instincts.
Perhaps this has been addressed before, but here's a crazy question: Is it possible that the contract with TLC forbids the family from doing anything fun, such as camp, vacations, going to the movies, and the Statue of Liberty 2 years ago, unless it is filmed?
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What I think is more likely, along the same lines, is that the contract requires Kate to keep herself and the kids available whenever TLC decides to film them. For instance, if TLC decides the best time to film a summer trip is July 11 through July 23, Kate has to make the family available. Kate can't say, oh, I have the kids in summer camp that week. So she just doesn't book anything for them at all and leaves all her time wide open to be at TLC's whim rather than have to deal with the hassle of canceling or rescheduling things.
It would be absolutely standard in a contract that a star cannot double book themselves, that a star must seek permission before doing another job. This has been a problem for some people Dancing With the Stars has tried to get--their contracts with other things won't let them do DWTS, too. Or, there is hot and heavy negotiations to permit them to do DWTS. Only problem is we're talking about kids here who are missing out on so many of life's NORMAL experiences to keep an open schedule for TLC.
Administrator said...
Does Kate know that most "real stars" don't sit around watching themselves on TV all day?
Number one, there's no time for that. Number two, they're too busy watching other projects out there getting ideas and inspiration from other things.
Number three, some real stars have admitted that they don't like watching themselves on screen, even when it's for the big premiere.
There were two things that stuck out during the dinner half of the episode. The first was when Kate had the cashier confirm that she's never seen the kids in the grocery store before, to which Kate firmly said "and you never will again". Wow. She's really setting these kids up for failure. What happens when they go off to college and for the first time ever have to shop for themselves?
Kate is so blinded by that silver platter her kids "deserve" that she doesn't see the value in the free things she can pass on to her kids. I won't repeat the lessons others have shared that a kid can learn from grocery shopping, it's such a simple thing most take for granted but is a very valuable life lesson.
It's concerning how isolated Kate keeps the kids. Granted they travel a lot but will anything they've learned so far help them in their daily living? It's really nice to see that Jon takes them out to do regular every day things. Amazing how he's able to corral eight kids to get pizza, but Kate requires three nannies, a "bodyguard", a film crew and producers to take them to the grocery store.
The second thing that stuck out was Kate kept saying both on twitter and during the show that the kids were making dinner. I fully expected to see them in the kitchen making a mess or two. But no, their only contribution was choosing the food. Is that really them making dinner? Personally I think it would have made for a much better episode if they had been let loose on the kitchen. After all, it's not like Kate was going to eat the result.
Teresa, I remember that was the episode where Jon and Kate's brother? were painting the twins' bedroom. Mady kept coming up to watch and Kate kept screaming at her because she was getting paint tracked thru the house.
The other thing that was horrible was Kate brought their lunch up to them.They couldn't even get a break from the paint! I recall there was just a haze of pink paint, no fresh air at all in there and they didn't leave until it was all done- gross and so healthy!
Jon did so much for that witch; he's lucky he got out before she killed him from stress and overwork.
Such a twit! she is always addressing digs made at her, today it is that one chore is 'play date drop off'. SEE her kids DO have play dates (or at least the idea makes her to do list - probably waaay down on the list with have a glass of wine appearing several times before it).
She is so into herself it makes one vomitus. she values $$$$$$ ($$ for M&C) over how people see her (lacking in any redeeming qualities).
Wait until the 'krash of kate' outdoes ANY earthquake to date!!!!!! (!!).
"Nobody Likes a Narcissist said... I truly hope that Jon gets married and that they have a wonderful relationship with his wife."
From your great post above. I hope he gets married also. The kids NEED to see a loving couple in a 'normal' relationship. (I truly hope this is what their relationship is like) When kids grow up in a dysfunctional household - (Kate and Jon's marriage) The kids have problems with their own relationships later in life. We all have seen that. They need good role models to form their own loving, normal relationships, when they are older.
Speaking of role models, I do hope the girls do NOT try to get a guy like their mother does. Ugh She wouldn't DARE date off the internet "I would rather be dead" or some sort hogwash. Yet, she can try to chase down a guy on the street? LOL I don't think the guy was into you, Kate. LOL
Kateplusmy8Kate Gosselin
GM all! Lots to do again today! Playdate drop offs, cooking, a run, errands, etc. I'm awake and ready for the day--Are you? :) Let's do it!
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"Playdate drop offs" what a coincident! Wasn't this discussed here yesteday? LOLOL
Kate so now you DO have help? I wonder why you haven't announced that? You made a HUGE deal about NO help. OR are you leaving the kids alone? Come on, kiddo.
"2exhausted2name said... The first was when Kate had the cashier confirm that she's never seen the kids in the grocery store before, to which Kate firmly said "and you never will again"."
She really said this? Did the kids hear it? If they did, can you imagine how that made them feel? Wow, from the short clip I saw they weren't being unruly at all.
"Kate is so blinded by that silver platter her kids "deserve"
Not to be nit picky, but Kate said "golden platter". She can't even get that right. LOL
"It's concerning how isolated Kate keeps the kids."
Ha, just posted her tweet from this AM. She is going to busy with PLAY DATE DROP OFFS. I am SURE it is just coincidental! LOLOL
Kate's twitter page was filled with non-fans last night, none of Kate's regular groupies waiting breathlessly for a chirp from their leader. Kate waited around until about midnight for a "tweetie" to show up and when they didn't she tweeted this:
Kateplusmy8
Ha! You all think I got flat already? Think again. Just settling in now... GN. I outlasted you all tonight! So much to do! Way to go, me! :)
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"Way to go me." So if there isn't anyone around to tell her how great she is she tells herself! LOL
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
GM all! Lots to do again today! Playdate drop offs, cooking, a run, errands, etc. I'm awake and ready for the day--Are you? :) Let's do it!
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She must have been reading again. She has to let everyone know the kids get playdates. I knew it would only be a matter of time. But we know just because she says it doesn't mean it is true.
hey jude said...
...No amount of money was he giving it up for! Finally, he says' who is she, do you know her?' I tried to explain that she was magic, like Santa. He looked at me and said:'You're going to let her come in my room when I'm sleeping? But, she's a stranger, Grandma!'
He kept his tooth.What do say ? Help!
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(OT I know, I'm sorry but I just HAD to respond to this!)
LOL! and then more LOL! God bless his little heart! I must admit I envy you, Grandma! I have 4 grown children and not a grandchild in sight. And the clock is ticking frankly on some of my girls who are Kate's age!
I guess I would leave the Tooth Fairy Box out where he can see it, and remind him that Tooth Fairy ALWAYS came to see YOU and also his mommy/daddy when they were little - so this is someone you do trust to be in the house. And then let it go. There will be more teeth.
Such a smart one there! Thinking things through, contemplating the ramifications of his decisions and actions. Geez, I am still smiling over here! Thank you for sharing.
Choaking on my Cherios....
Watching E News on the E Channel they just did a blurp on Kate.
First questioning if Kate's show is over since not on TLC fall line. Then reporting they contacted TLC and it was confirmed that a new episode is airing monday, and others to air at a later date.
Great....
Dallas Lady said...The one thing that has always baffled me is the idea that anyone could be jealous of Kate and her life. Oh my GOD. Jealous? I think her life is HORRIBLE. She has EIGHT kids (yes, they're sweet and all, but no thanks to having eight kids), she doesn't seem to have a relationship with any of them, she doesn't appreciate them, she doesn't have any friends, she's divorced, she's banking EVERYTHING on a failing reality show, she has no talent, no intelligence, she looks like old boot leather and looks 10 years older than she really is, she's superficial and shallow and has something really twisted up in her head. So why in the world would I want to be her or have her life?
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None of that matters to the sheeple. They see Kate's THINGS, the material money-bought and grifted THINGS. Everything you mentioned above is so far down the list of importance because it is all far outweighed by THINGS.
Some folks are so obsessed with THINGS, it overwhelms them. So strong is this need and desire for THINGS they assume everyone else is also obsessed. I have found that they likely were raised this way, so their entire family unit is of the same mindset. It is the value system they have been taught. They can only relate in their personal lives to other like minded people,so any friends they might have are of similar mindset. So it is their only frame of reference; they literally are not acquainted with anyone who is not craving THINGS.
They assume that all humans crave and need and desire THINGS; to not have those intense emotions about THINGS must mean you simply are in denial of your true self, since ALL people clearly crave the THINGS that Katie has grifted for herself.
So intense is their desire, that they see nothing wrong at all with dumping your marriage, family and friends in pursuit of THINGS. And if your children are the only items available to you to sell in order to obtain THINGS then that is what you do! (And since even most sheeple can crank out some babies, they see Kate as one of their own.) The rest of us are 'jest jellus'; they literally cannot comprehend that most other people have a totally different value system.
I'm sorry, but WHO doesn't cook EVERY DAMN DAY??
Stop trying to make yourself out to be MORE than what all of us are...moms, dads, PARENTS!!
Geesh! So sick of every mundane daily task sounding like she's trying to find the cure for cancer! Plus, with EIGHT kids, she should just pull out one of her 'ready made meals' she's got stocked in her freezer...BAAAHHHAAA! yah, right! As IF she even does that anymore, if she EVER did!
-Vanessa-
hmmm... I was reading all of your insights and opinions on the clip that TLC has leaked of Kate cougaring some guy in a parking lot... Clearly TLC noted the uptick in the ratings when they heavily promoted the foot licking episode, so now they will promote her cougaring.
Perhaps they have finally found something they can focus their Twisted Kate show on; a profession Katie can easily take up that they can film and clearly sell:
The World's OLDEST Profession.
Teresa said... I think that young guy is an actor. Everything was staged. He was standing on the side-walk,(waiting for the 'walk' sign to appear)looking, it seems at the cupcake store, and purseboy/pimp was ordered to go get him? The young man came over.... Nawwwww, all staged. Wanna bet? The winner donates whatever he/she can offord to their favorite animal charity in Shoka's name :)
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Yes, I also think he was an actor and the entire thing was staged. Hey, Kate, since you are obviously reading here, if you REALLY want to improve ratings, try being HONEST just ONE TIME--a good place to start would be to admit your long ongoing affair with Steve. We would all tune in to see that. Since that will never happen and the truth is foreign to you, sociopath that you are, guess your ratings will continue to plummet. Oh darn.
Filed under, how good t.v. used to be...
xxxToday is Lucille Ball's 100th Birthdayxxx
I truly LOVE & miss "I Love Lucy".
She was a real STAR, unlike that sh*teous crappity crap Octo-Kate Gosselin. Yes Kate, you are an Octomom- AND THE WORST ONE at that.
Lucy must be rolling in her grave at what is allowed to pass as entertainment nowadays.
Kate Gosselin has nothing to offer- at all.
She (and her stinkin' show) are not entertaining, educational, or uplifting.
F*ck, at it's best, it's pretty depressing.
Thanks for nothing, TLC. Your channel will go down in history for promoting nothing more than a sideshow of bad t.v.
On a happier note: I know that there are plenty of us that know what a real star is, and how entertaining t.v. used to be. So if you have the opportunity, tune into The Hallmark Channel today. I Love Lucy will be playing all day long :o)
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
read the comment made about making a list for the kids. I had a daughter-in-law who made a list that took three sheets of legal size paper. My grandson was invited by his uncle to come down to VA for a visit. This was her way to have a free slave for the three weeks he was there. Sounds like the Gosselin gang is headed in that direction with Kate. BTW, when his uncle found out the list was trimmed to one regular size sheet.
Play date DROP OFFS huh? too busy to participate is she? Do the kids' friends ever get to come to THEIR house? (would the other parents even let them)? Or is it always Kate farming her kids off on others at her convenience...sure seems so. In my time, play dates involved the moms AND the kids. Sleepovers, now those were drop offs.
Then reporting they contacted TLC and it was confirmed that a new episode is airing monday, and others to air at a later date.
Exactly, Kate has shows scheduled from Aug 8 through Sept 12. TLC said nothing. LOL They're just playing with everyone; they love the controversy.
Teresa said...
I think that young guy is an actor. Everything was staged. He was standing on the side-walk,(waiting for the 'walk' sign to appear)looking,
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If it were staged, wouldn't you think that he would be all ga-ga over Kate when she handed him the cupcake? Why would they set it up and then have him admit that he had no clue who she was? TLC wants the world to know who Kate is - they would at least have arranged for the "actor" to tell tell the cameras that he was a BIG fan!
TLC is so careful with their words and it's obvious. They are not lying, they will air new episodes. The six they already have in the can.
They said absolutely nothing about whether they are still filming, only that they will air the six in the can.
They are ready to cut ties if they have to. They might not, but they want to have the ability.
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None of that matters to the sheeple. They see Kate's THINGS, the material money-bought and grifted THINGS. Everything you mentioned above is so far down the list of importance because it is all far outweighed by THINGS.
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Exactly my "sediments." It became clear to me after following this saga for awhile that the tweeple and us will never see eye to eye because we simply don't value the same things. I don't think you can come to an understanding when one person values oranges and the other apples. We value time spent with family, a little hug and kiss there, the precious moments with children that you can't put a price tag on, like a cute conversation about the tooth fairy. We believe happiness stems from these moments.
Tweeple value what Kate values. They think if you just have the right money, the right house, the right job, the right trips, the right products, and the right stuff, they will be happy. They are sort of exactly who commercials and ads and the media prey upon. People who value all the junk they sell. Kate is selling this sort of parody of the American dream, and some people, fortunately, a very few at this point, buy right into it.
I ask her tweeple, does Kate seem happy to you? Because I see a very miserable person sitting on that couch. A woman with children who don't even want to bake with her for half an hour, a woman with no friends, no family, and a woman with no man to share her life with and raise her children with. A woman who has absolutely no plan for her life when her show ends. I don't see happy there, in any form.
Admin said…
They are ready to cut ties if they have to. They might not, but they want to have the ability.
According to an interview with Eileen O’Neill, Aug. 5, “Our audiences are smart, loyal and growing, so one of my favorite challenges is to find those great characters that people will love….or hate; and those great stories that keep you engaged — across all platforms.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/fishbowldc-interview-with-discovery-and-tlcs-eileen-oneill_b47005
Yes, Kate reads the blogs and tweets and so does TLC. They are the “platforms” O’Neill talked about. They love all the controversy and are taking full advantage. The controversy will last and Kate will too.
Everyone knows how to make the controversy end.
Hey Jude!
Tell your grandchild that the tooth fairy will make a very special exception for him & will let him keep the tooth AND the money because he is such a good kid!
~Hippie Chick~
Good afternoon fellow bloggers! I love a rainy day off work with nothing to do and being able to catch up on all your posts.
How sad it must be for Kate to constantly have to try to be what other people want her to be. One day she's going to church, the next the kids are going on play dates, another day she has no help, but then we never hear of her doing these things again. It's a one time thing just to give her critics what she thinks they want. How very sad not be able to just be who she is without constantly trying to please thousands of people. Like Dallas Lady said who in the hell would be jealous of her fake life and want it?
I love how Kate is stressing the drama now in her shows. It's all she has left. If it weren't for her temper, rudeness, and self-centered ways she would have nothing. I am totally convinced Kate is looking for a boyfriend only for the shows ratings. She knows it would make them rise and it won't matter much who the man is as long as he is willing to be filmed. She is so pathetically desperate.
They said absolutely nothing about whether they are still filming, only that they will air the six in the can.
They are ready to cut ties if they have to. They might not, but they want to have the ability.
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It's all about the ratings. If Kate drops down to that 600,000 level she'll be gone. If she can average 1 million for six weeks she stays.
Ah playdates, she's such a crock - at this point, and seemingly an isolated incident in the waning summer, I am going to read it as another way to not actually spend a weekend with your children, the ones you worked to death all week. So, you don't read her twatting about having kids over to HER pool, or about taking her children to a movie, or out for pizza, or to any number of the local family spots. Nope, she's dropping kids (not all I'm sure) off so she can run errands, jog, etc. Who is watching the rest of your children, crazy lady? And isn't it interesting that she's out and about the weekend before the show returns - look for pap conveniently placed somewhere for hooker clothes summer shot. Maybe you can fool your 3 sheeple but the rest of us are way over you K8.
Kate probably bribed the kids, if you work all week on the couch I'll let you have a playdate on the weekend.
The camera crew doesn't work on the weekend anyway so might as well.
The best thing 2day: as I was doing errands,an older lady on the sidewalk in passing exclaimed 'Kate,u rock!Big fan!' Made my day!thx!!!! 34 minutes ago
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Wow - the BEST thing of her ENTIRE day?
Well, it wasn't the best part of my day yesterday, but I was having a medical history done by a new doc (dermatologist) and she began by saying "you're 47 now? - I'm 58! She reached out and examined my face and then my arm and commented again on the softness and elasticity. (that sounds braggy - don't mean it to be) Must admit I don't sit in the sun, and am blessed with very good genes. My gram never ever used soap on her face. Used to talk about needing to buy her "pink stuff" (oil of olay cream in a jar) and "lard" (ponds cold cream) LOL she had gorgeous skin and so did my mom. No expensive beauty creams in this house :) My mom's only beauty advice - never wear makeup to bed and line your lower eyelid with white pencil (jury's out on the wisdom of the last part)
Better part of the day was a rare treat shopping with my daughter - she was in town on business and had a chance to meet up with me. We were at Macy's in the jewelry section looking for a gift for a friend of hers. The sales woman thought we were sisters...my daughter is 33. Not sure if that was a compliment to me (I took it as such) or an insult to my daughter!
But the BEST part was of the day was being with my grandchildren that evening - all 3 of them. We danced and sang and laughed and laughed. The littlest lives out of town and doesn't get to visit as often as we all would like so his cousins were ecstatic. Ages 2,7 and 10 having a ball. Family.
Kate's overwhelming need for attention speaks volumes. Her low self-esteem manifests itself yet again. The love me, look at me, know me, want to be me, wait on me, I am somebody, neediness is really very, very sad.
I think it would be very interesting to hear Kate's answer to the question, perhaps asked by a Dr. Drew type:
Who are you?
I think it could be VERY telling.
What was the best part of everyone's day yesterday, since we're on the subject.
Mine was a phone call with my sister across the country and laughing over something, just having sister giggles we've had since kids.
What was the best part of everyone's day yesterday
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The best part of my day was a surprise by a parrot. I'm teaching my bird to sing "American Pie." He only gets to the "Chevy to the levee but the" part, and we've been working on this for quite some time.
Yesterday I was baking and I heard him singing his heart out in the other room. He finished with "levee was dry." Finally...he got it! He didn't tell me that I rock or that he's my biggest fan, although occasionally he will give me a wolf whistle and that always makes me smile!
The best parts of my day yesterday was selling 2 houses in one day and then coming home and getting a phone call from each granddaughter. There's nothing better than the sound of "Hi Grandma!" on the other end of the phone.
Ingrid said... Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
GM all! Lots to do again today! Playdate drop offs, cooking, a run, errands, etc. I'm awake and ready for the day--Are you? :) Let's do it!
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She must have been reading again. She has to let everyone know the kids get playdates. I knew it would only be a matter of time. But we know just because she says it doesn't mean it is true.
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I just LOVE saying this over and over:
If she's talking, she's lying! :-)
Hope the kids really are getting play dates, especially Mady and Cara. The younger kids also need friends besides their siblings. These kids have been stuck by Kate's side working all summer = they deserve a break. Hopefully they get to spend some time with a friend's "normal" family. A mom that doesn't scream and smack their husband. Interesting a comment or two posted on a web site or twitter then viola - kids have play dates.
I can picture Mady and Cara in their respective dorm rooms, meeting new friends at college. They start talking about where they grew up. The new friends talk about their town's pool, the local park, going hiking through the woods, riding their bikes through the neighborhoods, going sledding down the big hill behind the hardware store.....carefree childhoods with just enough responsibilities to make them appreciate all the free time they got to do what they wanted.
Mady and Cara, tell us about you! Well, we lived in this huge house with nannies and other hired help, Mommy was always busy, Daddy wasn't allowed to come see us, we had cameras in our faces a lot, and all our plans to do something had to be pre-approved by TLC because they wanted us to be available NOW. Mommy said we really belonged to TLC, her job was to keep us clean. But we got to go to zoos all over the world, take long boat rides right after eating, spend what seemed like weeks at a time on airplanes, and almost got to go camping a few times. When we weren't filming or traveling, we got to watch our very active little brothers and sisters so Mommy could sleep. Aren't you jellus?
New friends: Naw. Don't think so. That sounds
confining. We'll show you a really good time here. No nannies, no Mommies, no one to tell you where you have to be when. Yeah, you'll have a great time feeling free.........
This new found freedom happened to one of my college roommates. She flunked out because the freedom of college was more than she could handle. She just went crazy. Funny, she went back to school and is now (Mary Jones) M.D. Not a stupid woman, just one who felt the call of parties, going for drives, playing at the bowling alley and skating rink, hanging out with friends into the wee hours of the morning for the first time in her life. Organic Chemistry classes don't like it when you do that.
The best part of my day was at midnight. I gained another very welcomed year. Lucille Ball and I share a birthday, which is yet another reason I love her so much. That was comedy at its finest.
Kate Gosselin? Not so much. No entertainment factor there. Keep her off my TV listings. I'm doing a great job keeping her off my TV. Give me Lucy back!
The best part of my day yesterday was spending the afternoon with my first granddaughter. She will be leaving for college in two weeks and I will miss the fun things that grandmas and granddaughters do. Shopping, eating out, cooking, playing cards, the zoo, school musicals and plays,sleepovers and long private talks.
It's so sad that the Gosselin children have never known that kind of support and love from their grandparents.
They have the devil herself to wake up to everyday and spend the entire summer locked in that house away from loving family members that would surely enjoy spending time with them.
I will miss my beautiful granddaughter, but it's time for her to spread her wings.
That gives me more time to spend with my 12 yr old grandson (he carries a very special place in heart) and a darling baby girl of two.
I pray that when I'm gone that they will have good memories of a loving and fun grandmother.
Oh yeah....I forgot to mention that, they also came from a divorced household, but never once had to wonder who loved them or were ever kept away from loving family.
They have grown up to be A students and actively involved in sports and music all their lives.
I think to be deprived of loving grandparents is one of the most selfish things a mother can do to a child.
They love that special hug and security that only a grandma can give them.
And nobody can bake a cookie like grandma, even if it is from a frozen bag of cookie dough :)
The way Kate has treated her husband and her children, she doesn't have a chance in hell at happiness and I say....good for you bitch !
Think you're lonely now, just wait when your kids are grown and moved away on their own. Nobody will be knocking on your door saying "I'm home Mom ! "
Admin, I agree.
The best part of my day was talking to my brother. We don't get to see each other as he lives in another state far away. Also, the best parts of my day are listening to my kid laugh, going on nature hikes with him as he does "Mr. Nature" & teaches me about different plants, & then getting that wolf whistle on the way home. JUST KIDDING about that last part!!
I just love being with my family, friends & pets. That's what makes my life worth living. Being happy. Nothing monetary, & it can't be what anyone said artificially because most of the time what people said can be fleeting, unless it comes from the heart. It's time spent that means the most. It's the small things that turn into the big things, ya know?
~Hippie Chick~
xxxToday is Lucille Ball's 100th Birthdayxxx
Please folks - go to the Google homepage today (Sat)!
It will make you smile.
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Aww, thank you for asking. I had 2 things; the first was that we went to lunch at a WWII themed resturaunt. It was nearly 1/2 hour away but worth the drive in the sun with the top down on the Miata! The ambiance was amazing and it's right next door to a rural airport so we had that extra bonus. The food was very good, the prices were excellent! So greatful to our friends who invited us to join them there! We barely wanted to leave.
The second was when honey-bunny tried a new dog-grooming attachment on our vacuum. Started with our oldster laid-back mixed breed who loved it. However, my 2 year old Lab and her 2 year old Rott brother climbed into my lap in terror! My big brave 100lb babies! "Our little buddy is being killed by that other human! Save us!" Turns out they didnt mind being 'vacuumed' at all, but their initial reaction was to jump together into my lap! It was so funny! (guess you had to be there.)
All in all a great summer day. Hope you are feeling better, Admin.
Best part of my day was getting on the webcam with my husband who's away doing his yearly training with the Army National Guard.
"Dulcina said...Please folks - go to the Google homepage today (Sat)!It will make you smile."
Wow Goggle kicks butt! You can change the "channels" even. GREAT thanks Dulcina LOL
Best part of my day? The best was a 'conversation' with my one year old Grandson via Skype. Instead of saying "Gwanma" in a normal voice, he has ALWAYS yelled it, since he has been talking. So I heard GWANMA GWANMA wha you doin? GWANMA GWANMA. LOL you get the picture. GREAT CONVERSATION.
(BTW when he talks to Gwanpa he says that in normal voice. We cannot figure out why he yells my name. LOLOL )
Happy Birthday, fidosmommy :o)
Wishing you excellent health, wealth, and happiness!
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What was the best part of my day yesterday, Administrator?
At night, when my hubby, doggies, children (and a couple of their friends) sat in our livingroom relaxing, and having fun conversation.
Now, if you excuse me, it's time for Zumba :o)
What was the best part of everyone's day yesterday:
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I sent both my kids a text message at 330pm 'challenging' them to a pool basketball match at 4pm. (They were upstairs playing video games, text messaging, etc - I allow this on weekends.) Said all electronic are off from 4-7pm.
Made myself a martini and waited out there at 3:55pm. I built a regulation size backboard and hoop next to the pool, a few feet off the ground. I have a bunch of colored basketballs and they were in the pool with 3 giant water guns. They used to LOVE to wrestle and climb all over me when younger - and have me throw them into the air in the water. Now they are older they swim less (??) even though I'm in the water 3x a day this time of year.
At almost exactly 4pm I could hear them bounding down the stairs. Our dog and another I was watching for the week also came out and they couldnt find me. As they were standing by the pool i jumped from behind a tree and did a world class can-opener soaking them to the bone along with the dog.
Game on.
We laughed and wrestled and played hoops for 90 minutes! Both dogs swimming around us the whole time. I threw them into the air and 'tried' to wrestle the ball away from them like when they were younger and we had THE BEST DAY.
AFterwards I asked them to make dinner, I had some fresh hamburger and fixins and potatoes. I had the reggae tunes blasting and they made potato wedges and we grilled burgers and we all laughed so hard we cried. This morning I can barely move - my back is KILLING me from tossing them around. I'll take it any day, even with the massive mess in my kitchen I get to clean (in order to make a NEW mess for lunch.)
I love summer.
Personally, I think he likes ME best haha
Hmm, best part of my day yesterday was talking to my 2 year old grandson, who will say Hi Nana to me and then ask "Where's Poppa?". Another good moment was finding out a dear friend is traveling from North Carolina to California to be with us at our daughter's wedding next month. For me,it is truly about the relationships we have with our friends and family. So sad for Look at Me Kate. Sadder for her children.
fidosmommy, Happy Birthday! Lucky you, to share a birthday with Lucille Ball.
I love reading all the posts here.
Favorite part of my day? It's hard to choose. My just turned 11 year old is constantly cracking me up, to the point where we are laughing so hard that I can't even get any sound out of my mouth anymore. I was telling my husband last night that I don't think I've laughed that hard since maybe college. The best part of that is that we are so very close that we have some inside jokes, and we are constantly finishing each other's sentences, or knowing just what the other is thinking. Also, he reminds me of my dad, who had the best sense of humor in the world.
I was telling my husband last night about how our son cracked me up because it came to mind after I laughed at something my husband had said. It was a real "laugh out loud" moment and it made me think of how lucky am I that after a dozen years together, he still can say something that I find so witty and has me laughing. Plus, I still get excited and happy when he calls or sends a text that he's on his way home. And no, I don't snap my fingers at him and order him around, lol!
Awww. That's so cute--she's teasing her tweeties again. She won't tell them if she saw that cupcake guy again or not.
Isn't it obvious from the clip? If not then I will let the cat out of the bag: NO. He wasn't interested. He wouldn't return her phone calls because he is not into desperate predatory aging bimbos who make fun of his dietary restrictions behind his back. (And why did she feel the need to do that by the way? "You know I feed enough people. . . I just can't do the 'dietary requirements' ahahaha" or however she phrased it. Many, many people actually do have gluten issues now. How snotty, snide and thoughtless of her. Except, of course, she was able to turn even that into an I I ME ME moment.)
She looked like the Freaky Friday movie: 17 year old actions and facial expressions coming from a middle aged woman. She has become a caricature, like someone else said up thread. And not a good caricature like a Pam Anderson but a pathetic caricature like a . . . well, like a Kate Gosselin.
(I am just guessing as to the outcome of cupcake guy and Kate. I don't really have any cats to release from any bags--only just my own thoughts!)
Dulcina said...
xxxToday is Lucille Ball's 100th Birthdayxxx
Please folks - go to the Google homepage today (Sat)!
It will make you smile.
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Thanks! I love Google Doodles, but that one was the best one ever! And like "No Regrets" said, you can change the channel. They have some classic scenes there. Love it!
FYI Regarding Kate's declaration of "No Regrets".
My name has nothing to do with no regrets in my life. (Narcissistic) I used this to answer a post long ago about something else. I just kept it.
I am NOT like Kate at all. Far from it. Just wanted to clear that up. LOL
Kate is too cute for words and such an inspiration said...One of her uber fans posted this about that guy. LOLOL
BigFanofKateG
@Kateplusmy8 K8, that guy looked like Steve the bodyguard from afar!!! lol!!!
BigFanofKateG
@Kateplusmy8 and then he looked gay because his eyebrows were manicured / waxed!!!
The best part of my day was our trip to the dog park. Seeing my fur girl playing with her friends; chasing, play-fighting, woofing, rolling around in the dust; seeing the newer pups there for their first visit;having conversations with dog owner friends about the fur kids.
I think of the trips as Nouschi's play dates.Other times she has friends come over to play in the back yard.
I wish Shoka could join us, he would have a wonderful time. There are several GSDs there to keep him company. I bet he has never been to a dog park.
The best part of my day yesterday was when I got home and my bully practically wiggled himself to death becasue he was happy to see me...normally we're lucky if he just lifts his head off the couch to acknowledge our presence. Love that bulldog!
Love reading the best part of the day posts! Awww. Seems for all of us it's about FAMILY!
I didn't see the clip - does she really crack on the guy's gluten free dietary needs? Celiac disease is NOTHING to joke about. Like she even consumes a carbohydrate, Miss Lettuce Wrap. Gluten intolerance can start at any point in life. What an insensitive witch with a capital B. She of the incredibly unhealthy diet. Damn!
NO Regrets, for the record it NEVER occurred to me to compare you to Kate.
Best part of my day was having lunch with my nephew Matt, his wife Colleen and their little (3 months) baby Milly.
In addition to that my niece Laura blessed me with a new great nephew Connor. That brings the total nieces and nephews to 11 and the greats to 8 with another one due in October.
I love being an Auntie!
ADMIN hope you feel better.
See you all later, have a great day!
That preview clip is here (just in case you don't want to give Perez Hilton hits from Khate, lol):
http://www.theinsider.com/screen/43196_Kate_Plus_8_clip/index.html
I don't usually talk about such things, because it's crass, but when it comes to material things, I've got her beat there, too. Not only that, my house is paid for. It's only 2000 square feet, but beautiful and paid for. I'm 40. She's not smart with her money.
The best part of my day yesterday? Talking to a friend I haven't seen in a while and making plans to meet for lunch next week. Later, curling up with my Kindle and having my big mush of a kitty jump into my lap, purring and making kitty biscuits.
I can't believe Kate made fun of a person's dietary needs and stated she didn't cater to dietary preferences! She should be on her knees every day, thanking God that all of her kids are healthy, have no feeding problems and no food allergies or intolerances. She's very lucky. The odds of all 8 not having some sort of allergy or problem were not in her favor. Of course, what could you expect from "nurse" Kate. Zero compassion. The more I see and hear from her, the more amazed I am that she made it through nursing school. Every nursing program I ever heard of puts applicants through a battery of psychological tests before entrance and constantly evaluates things like patient care and relations. She may have been able to manage the bookwork and clinical skills, but I'll never know how she managed to pass direct patient care.
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Kate making fun of the man with celiac really got me too. About 7 years ago my mom's good friend, her youngest daughter started sleeping all the time. Like we're talking 16 hours of sleep, and she was still tired. She was a 19 year old kid trying to do the college thing, so this was very trying. Then came the tests. Two years of tests. They diagnosed her with chronic fatigue syndrome at some point. She didn't respond to any treatments or therapies. She nearly had to drop out of school. They thought it was cancer, or something else serious. She thought she'd never have energy again. I remember all the prayer circles we would have praying to just give that young woman REST. Two years down the line, they eventually figured out it was celiac. She changed her diet and within a matter of weeks she was back to her old self. But she suffered so much those two years trying to get to the bottom of it. I think now we're getting more aware of this disorder and that's actually one of the first things they brought up when I was having stomach issues last year. But if they can't figure it out it can be so painful.
She could have done a lot of damage to her body over those two years. She's already put herself at higher risk for cancer. She has to be so careful about her diet so she doesn't go back to feeling like that again.
Anyway, it certainly is not a laughing matter by any means. Sorry if people like her inconvenience Kate. Perhaps Kate should suffer through two years of tests to give her a little taste of what it's like to have that.
I think it's okay for the Gosselin kids at 7 and 10 to be dropped off for play dates. Actually, it's probably GREAT for them. They need time away from Kate, to grow up a little and gain some independence. Mady and Cara probably shoo her off as soon as they jump out of the car. For 2, 3, 4 year olds, most mothers would stay and the play time would only be a few hours. At that age you're still feeling out their friends families etc. to make sure you're comfortable with them. If any of them did have play time today - I think it's great for them.
I doubt very seriously she actually took them to a play date.
If any of them did have play time today - I think it's great for them.
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I agree, I just think that it's a VERY BIG if.
I agree, I just think that it's a VERY BIG if.
Someone tweeted that they saw Kate's kids at the movies today.
I didn't see that tweet, but no one said a playdate would be bad for the kids. We WANT the kids to go on playdates. It's just a long freaking time coming. Worked all summer a week into August and they finally get a chance to do something normal.
In other news, someone on facebook is also reporting that Jon Gosselin applied to a position in their dad's IT company. I say, good for Jon.
Hi, everyone.Admin. What a nice idea for everyone to say their fav.things that happenned!Mine is of course talking to my grandson about the 'Tooth Fairy.'
Also, my daughter from Minot, N.Dakota phoned and they are coming next Thurs.with my gr.daughter and gr.son.Can't wait-haven't seen them since Easter.They lost their home in the Minot flood and are living in his dad's basement.
'just dwindle away'-Thanks for your help re: tooth fairy.We put the box on his dresser and he hid it-he has his tooth on him constantly!
'hippie chick'- tried telling him he was special,etc. Told him to write a note to T.F.and ask her if he could keep his tooth & get money, but,nope.He said, 'it's ok,Omma(he calls me Momma w/o the M),I have money, but I could give you some if you need it!'
'Out of the mouths of babes......'Now, he has 2 more loose teeth on top,his 2 front teeth!Omg,now he'll have to ask Santa for them!
I can't believe that Kate has 8 sweet kids, but would rather tweet to her 'imaginary friends' than be with them? I bet they just feel special. Does Kate think these tweeters are going to care about her, after her kids leave home? What a sad, pathetic excuse for a mother!
She's not really a mother, she just plays one on tv......
She has damaged those poor kids, by refusing to let them see their family.
You're right,gramof5. There is nothing like gramma's cookies! Grandchildren are so special, they fill up all the little corners of your heart you didn't know you had. They tell you things they're afraid to say to their Mom.
I would be going to court and trying to help Jon get custody or g.parents' rights to see them. I hope they're trying to and maybe Jon takes them to see his Mom and brothers' families?
Who was it who said,"if I had known grandkids could be such fun,I would have had them first!"
Radar was none too kind to Kate:
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/08/kate-gosselin-tries-pick-guy-new-episode-kate-plus-8
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Kate Gosselin paid a visit to Georgetown Cupcakes for a new episode of Kate Plus 8, and tried her best to get a hunky bystander interested in her. Not only did the divorced mom of eight fail to light the guy's fire, he had no idea who she was!
Kate and her kids were all in the shop -- home of another TLC show, DC Cupcakes -- when she spotted the man in a crowd of people out on the sidewalk watching the taping. She sent her bodyguard Steve Neild out to ask the cutie to come in.
He did, and when Kate offered him a delicious cupcake, he didn't ask for her phone number -- all he wanted to know was if he could get his treat gluten-free!
The cameras caught up with the unsuspecting bystander when he left the shop, and asked him if he knew who he'd just been talking to.
His answer is priceless, and you can watch the scene here on RadarOnline.com.
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In other news, someone on facebook is also reporting that Jon Gosselin applied to a position in their dad's IT company. I say, good for Jon.
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It's too bad Jon's private job searching made it on to someone's Facebook page (what if current employer didn't know?). Also sucks that the Jon bashers now have something to speculate about once they read it here. Give the guy the privacy he wants for crying out loud.
I didn't mean to imply play dates were a bad thing at all - is dropping 7 and 10 year old off at friend's houses really called play dates these days? I thought that was for toddlers and pre-schoolers. Something moms' got together for. Our church has a "Moms Day Out" twice a month where the mom's trade off babysitting at church social hall/classrooms so the others moms can have some free time, but that's not considered a play date. It's also only for 3 and under. My bad I guess. If they went to the movies with friends, yay, again, I guess, but that's not a "play date" either, at least around here. That's just hangin' out with your friends. Even if chaperoned (which I think 7 and 10 year old should be, even at the movies), Kate would take her turn chaperoning, or hosting...and maybe she does...???
I was commenting more about the drop "off" and the sudden play date tweet. Has there ever been a reference to hosting a "play date" at the Gosselin abode? (b-day parties don't count, especially those that are filmed). It seemed an odd tweet (but what else is new) and out of left field. But As Admin wrote, about time!
Personally, I think the kids having social time with other kids other than their siblings is a fantastic thing, so I think we're all on the same page.
She's such a c word, ditto!!
I'm still not a Kate fan but I do remember when people complained that she never taught the kids how to do things around the house like most mothers do. Or she doesn't get them involved to teach them what skills they need when they grow up. I remember my older sibs. taking care of me, them being older and all. I do agree though that she has plenty of time, and should do it herself, but it does teach them good skills.
flight of the kiwi, you mentioned that Kate didn't know how to use her iphone. This is why I believe that TLC taught her and got her twitter acct. for her. It was the same time ratings were so low. I thing they used it as a ploy to get her tweeting to raise ratings. She said on jandk that she cared nothing for learning electronic stuff. She left that up to Jon.
Perhaps Kate should suffer through two years of tests to give her a little taste of what it's like to have that.
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Yeah well let's just thank god for all miracles great and small. If she or any of her kids were unfortunate enough to have some kind of illness or chronic condition you can bet that's ALL she'd talk about. Look what she did with her self-diagnosed PCOS. I'll never be convinced she actually had trouble conceiving but obviously she did a fine job persuading Jon and her docs that she did.
Favorite part of the day will be if Blogger lets my post get through. Freaking thing hates me.
It's alive!! Yay!
Dulcina said... NO Regrets, for the record it NEVER occurred to me to compare you to Kate.
Thanks, I hope not. LOL Just felt the need to explain my NN.
BTW I have watched the Goggle front page about 5 times. That truly was a great tribute to Lucy. I appreciate you posting that, I might have missed it. thanks again.
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flight of the kiwi, you mentioned that Kate didn't know how to use her iphone. This is why I believe that TLC taught her and got her twitter acct. for her. It was the same time ratings were so low. I thing they used it as a ploy to get her tweeting to raise ratings. She said on jandk that she cared nothing for learning electronic stuff. She left that up to Jon.
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Jon and Kate have both mentioned in the past that when communicating about the kids they text.
Just thought I'd share, my son called last night:
Son: Hey mom, what're you doin?
Me: Just reading some tweets.
Son: You're reading tweets? What kind of tweets?
Me: Oh some tweets about Kate Gosselin.
Son: Jeeze, I hate that woman. Is she still on T.V.?
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I got to thinking about it later. I've never talked about Kate to my kids, my friends or co-workers. Her name has never come up. I don't know if anyone I know even knows who she is. LOL
I hope the publicity about her and that cute gay guy doesn't boost ratings, but I imagine it will. :(
Fidosmommy...
You had a birthday yesterday! Lucille Ball would have turned 100! Happy belated birthday!! I hope you had a beautiful day!
~Hippie Chick~
I bet kids in the 7 - 10 age don't call them play dates, to them it's just hanging with friends. Lots of kids that age probably just go down the street to be with most of their friends, but the Gosselin's are so isolated and don't go to a neighborhood school - life is just very different for them, and not necessarily in a good way. (I didn't mean anything special in my original comment,just my view from having kids that are now grown.) I would hope if they were at a movie, they were with an adult.
I would hope if they were at a movie, they were with an adult.
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Kate probably snapped her fingers at Steve and demanded him to take the kids to a movie.
I don't think Kate's trying to snag a guy off the street is as salacious as the foot licking and I don't think it will get as many viewers. I watched the clip through a link here (I won't give anyone else hits) so I don't know if she getting a lot of publicity over it. I don't even go to radar or inf any more. She looked and acted like a fool snapping her fingers at Steve and telling her pimp to run and having him run out to get her that guy. As others have mentioned it didn't put DC Cupakes in the best light because of the sanitary conditions while baking the cupcakes.
I won't watch. I did send a message to Joy asking her to ask Kate why she(Kate) now refers to the realest reality show as episodes and seasons when she once told Jon not to refer to their "life" as seasons.
I don't follow Kate but I do read her twits. I know that others have said this, but it really does sound like different people twittering. Maybe it's Kate on meds and Kate off meds. Many times it's very manic and other times it's calm. Right now it's just a commercial for the show tomorrow...watch ME, ME, ME and don't forget to tell your friends to watch.
For my studies, I have to do critical book reviews. :)
I had to read a book about celiac disease. It was incredible what the body goes through when one develops this disease. How restricted the diet becomes, how careful one must be about eating, no glutton in ANYTHING. That is why a lot of food packages say "No Glutton" now. It makes you very ill.
I agree with the poster who said that Kate was very lucky to have those 6 babies without ANY issues. In this day & age of people being so afraid of germs & allergens & leaving ones shoes outside & using anti-this soap, this is why kids today have the 4 A's: allergies, ADD, asthma & autism. I know most of these cannot be helped however. Kate is again, very, very lucky. And she complained that Aiden needed glasses, like half of the country.
To make fun of someone for having a disease? Is she going to make fun of someone for having cancer next? Has she no compassion?
~Hippie Chick~
I watched the clip and I don't think K8 was making fun of the guy's gluten-free request..... however, it's clear that she has no desire to 'cater' to anyone else's needs. I pity the person who has the misfortune to get involved with K8 in any way because it's obvious that she can only relate if that person becomes her slave (or financial supporter).
hippiechick, I had to laugh. Your post was a serious one, but you made an unintentional funny.
You were talking about the food problems a celiac sufferer endures. Eating too much of trigger foods would be one of them. So, your NO GLUTTON was perfect.
I know you meant "gluten", but I think I like your take on it better.
You made me smile. Again.
I was such a "task master (monster)" LOL When my kids left for college they knew HOW to do basic cleaning (dusting/vacuuming), how to do their own laundry - sort white and colors, lint givers and lint takers (they STILL brought bags of laundry home LOL)what a box of color remover was for, how to check out public washing machines for left-over dye, how to iron AND how to type. For both son and daughter (they went to different HSs) we had to get special permission to get them into a typing class...college prep tracks didn't include that. Really short sighted (heck stupid) on the school's part, I thought, as the first thing the prof's in college demanded was typed (printed) work. At home we supplemented with the tried and true "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" (hubby is still slaving away to that program as we speak LOL).
Lessons really sank in for my son - he made extra spending money at school doing laundry, ironing and typing papers for others...his grades might have been better had he spent the time on his coursework. Oh well. At 36 he's got a great job, beautiful wife, 2 amazing kids (of course they are!) a wonderful house 2 dogs, 2 cats, a lizard, and 2 pygmy gophers. My daughter-in-law has told me more than once, though he complains, he DOES know how to clean house and do laundry and I did a good job with him :)
Thing is. They knew HOW to do the laundry and the ironing. Didn't make them at home. I did it. Well, hubby ironed the the daughter's uniform skirts - ain't enough Bailey's Irish Cream on the planet for those accordian pleats - MY requirement for ironing ;) I HATE ironing...
Those things are basic skills. We didn't have making money in mind for our son when teaching him the settings on an iron, but as an alternative to say small time pot dealing for pocket cash (which 2 of his roommates freshman year engaged in - and got suspended) the benefits went beyond clean, well pressed clothes.
Now that the kids are grown with homes and families of their own, I can get through ironing with the Bailey's minis...if anyone is interested ;)
I don't think the word compassion and the name Kate Gosselin belong in the same sentence.
To make fun of someone for having a disease? Is she going to make fun of someone for having cancer next? Has she no compassion?
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I missed it. When did she make fun of someone having a disease, and what disease?
I know we've talked about how horrible (and stupid) it was for Khate to snap her fingers at Steve when she wanted him to get that guy she saw outside the cupcake place. BUT, what strikes me as even MORE odd is the fact that Steve dutifully complied! It's truly a case of that old expression - she snaps her fingers, tells him to jump and he says "how high?"
Now, what "bodyguard" would (a)go running for his charge when she snaps her fingers, (b)go outside and leave his charge in a crowded store, and (c)willingly go drag a stranger off the street to come and talk to her?
It's also interesting to note that Khate just KNEW that if she snapped her fingers, Steve would come running immediately, and if she barked an order, he'd run outside to do it.
Hi! Teresa, I saw one of your comments and I found the episode where Kate needs Cara to watch the kids, it's called Babies and Bedrooms.Any episode you or anyone else might want to see(for whatever reason), you can find it here: http://watchseries.eu/serie/jon_and_kate_plus_8
Now, here's the link to the episode http://watchseries.eu/serie/jon_and_kate_plus_8 The moment you were talking about(Teresa) is at around 25:00 .
Hippie Chick! I LOVE you!!!! Autocorrect bit you too - Labels with no "Glutton" too cute...that's one for Damn You Autocorrect website!
But celiac is no laughing matter at all. Gluten hides everywhere and there is no FDA requirement to disclose it. It's even in medications - coatings and stuff. Cross contamination. Even a tiny bit ingested causes the symptoms and furthers internal damage. The pain caused by gluten intolerance is awful. For adults dx'd it can take 2 to 3 YEARS scrupulously following the diet to feel complete relief. This disease is incurable. At least these days more and more gluten-free products are readily available at local grocery stores, gluten-free menu items on restaurants and even restaurants themselves advertising as gluten-free. Cookbooks and recipes abound - internet, apps for iPad and smartphones. Still a sufferer has to be a diligent label reader. Can't dip a knife in peanut butter that's touched a piece of wheat (including white) bread.
I'm grouchy and touchy about this at the moment. I've developed some odd issues and just last week my docs began discussing celiac as a possibility. Just a possiblity, among other things. It's just so odd that this clip of Kate came out right now. I haven't watched and won't. Just as I have yet to watch her rudeness toward Brad at the Skyjump. When I find myself actually getting angry almost to the point of tearing up (the celiac) thing. it's time to step back a bit. She may think herself funny. I find her her rude, insulting and insensitive and self-involved.
I have to laugh at my CP and other "when life give you lemons" issues. It's my way. It's my family's way to deal with tough times with humor. It works for us. It's not denial. There's sadness, crying and grief too, but looking for the bright side, for hope, looking forward has gotten us through some really horrible situations. Sometimes though it doesn't always come through in the written word.
I truly don't mean to offend anyone - with the exception of Kate Gosselin.
Everyone seems a bit surprised that purseboy would jump when kart snapped her fingers......
Once again, reminder that the whole thing is SCRIPTED........
The producer talked with them before filming and said "then you'll see the cute guy across the street, then signal to purseboy and he'll run over to get the guy". purseboy had to know ahead of time to know which guy to go get....
purseboy-pimp (new name for his new duties: getting kart a boy toy) knew exactly what was going to happen....
No doubt kart thought she was DWTS cute when she raised her arms, snapping her fingers so dramatically.....
I wonder if these filming sessions are the last. tlc now has enough to last through the late-summer, early-fall schedule. Once the new laws go into effect and school starts, it might just be too much trouble for them. They have so many new lives to film, pillage, ruin. And the newer victims are probably easier to work with that kart.
Don't go to that site, people. It's full of malware.
Kit said...
I watched the clip and I don't think K8 was making fun of the guy's gluten-free request..... however, it's clear that she has no desire to 'cater' to anyone else's needs. I pity the person who has the misfortune to get involved with K8 in any way because it's obvious that she can only relate if that person becomes her slave (or financial supporter).
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She made fun of him at the end when she said that she has enough mouths to feed and she doesn't do dietary restrictions. Not to mention the face she made when she brought the cupcake back in. If old Kate had Celiac disease, I'm sure it would be quite different.
@ROXY.....Thank you SO much for finding that! I was up till 4:45am this morning STILL looking for that clip! I thought TLC had removed all the horrible moments of Khate. Thanks again. You're a gem!
Laurie said... I watched the clip through a link here (I won't give anyone else hits) so I don't know if she getting a lot of publicity over it.
Clicking on a link that is posted here takes you directly to the site where the link originates, so you're giving them a hit.
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