The New York Times explored the issue of posting children's photos online in this revealing article from 2009. A must read.
Popular Mommy blogger Eve Vawter also wrote an excellent article about the issue on Mommyish.com, quoted in part here. We like her common sense:
"Kids try on their mom’s shoes. This happens every hour of every day in every house with kids. I did it, you did it, our kids have done it. There is nothing wrong with that. But posting a picture on the internet, of your 11-year-old’s bare legs, her toenails pedicured and painted, clad in peep-toe satin and glitter heels, it’s just plain creepy. Kate Gosselin doesn’t know every single one of her Twitter followers personally. She doesn’t know who is glancing at the photograph and saying “Cute, my kids did that” or who is uploading the photograph to some terrible child exploitation website. And by posting this picture, she is inadvertently sexualizing her 11-year-old kid.
It can be argued that child sex abusers can find any photograph of a kid “sexy.” That even the most innocent picture of a kid fully dressed and standing there can be exploited by child predators for nefarious purposes. And all though I agree there is nothing wrong with a kid trying on her mom’s high heels, looking at the picture of Mady it’s obvious to me that posting it on the internet was a bad idea. It isn’t a picture of a kid being silly and playing dress-up, it looks like a slightly menacing sexualized photograph of a girl standing, her legs apart, teetering helplessly on too-big heels in a darkened room. And Kate Gosselin didn’t need to post it, but I suppose it can also be argued that Kate Gosselin uses any excuse to exploit any of her eight children for attention and publicity, whether good or bad, to feed her gaping maw of a fame hole."
1955 sediments (sic) from readers:
«Oldest ‹Older 1801 – 1955 of 1955 Newer› Newest»Then what is your point, anonymous? Love, anonymous.
How many churches did Jon and Kate speak at after they became well-known? Many, I'm sure. If one or two of the churches took them to court for fraudulent misrepresentation, others might follow.
Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Anonymous, and this is my other brother Anonymous...
Anonymous and Anonymous - if you don't stop arguing with yourself people are going to think you're crazy! Although I want to agree with everything you say you're getting to be a little tiresome and I don't know what to agree with any more.
I think Who's on first, fidosmommy. What's on second. :o)
What, no tweeting today from the MASTERMIND?
The photographs were another scam, small and large for what, $10, $20? I guess it's not illegal though,, is it?
I'm finding our anonymice amusing but confusing. I haven't a clue what they're nattering on about, but it's good for a grin and a giggle or two.
Formerly Duped said... 7
The photographs were another scam, small and large for what, $10, $20? I guess it's not illegal though,, is it?
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Hey yeah. Don't you need a peddler's licence for selling your wares like that?
Readerlady (8)... Same here... Worst: I suspect THEY don't have a clue anymore. This thing of theirs has been going one for such a long time, I bet they forgot about what exactly the're bickering back and forth. So... for me, it's "Scroll, baby, scroll" when I see a post by these two (one? Three? Sybil?)
Where's the evidence that GMO foods are harmful to humans? For every study that they are harmful, there is a study that that the says the final proof just isn't in yet. Rats are dead, yes.
It's all hype, from both sides. You have to be really careful about the studies you read, who is publishing. I follow a site by scientists, medical doctors, who are not paid or backed by anyone, including Monsanto and they give the skinny on this subject. GMO food debate- undecided yet, organic food- avoid dirty dozen if you can, otherwise meh, and antibiotics, yeah try and avoid that in your food.
Formerly Duped said... 7
The photographs were another scam, small and large for what, $10, $20? I guess it's not illegal though,, is it?
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It's not a crime to be stupid.
readerlady said... 8
I'm finding our anonymice amusing but confusing. I haven't a clue what they're nattering on about, but it's good for a grin and a giggle or two.
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hehe. Neither do I have a clue what they're talking about. I wish Admin would just come out and admit she's Mrs. Doubtfire.
"Where's the evidence that GMO foods are harmful to humans? For every study that they are harmful, there is a study that that the says the final proof just isn't in yet. Rats are dead, yes. "
My son is a comptroller on a large farm that grows GMO corn. I fussed and said I wouldn't eat any fresh corn from there. He laughed, and said we all have been eating it for years now..mainly in the form of corn fructose that is in about anything you buy these days.
Winsome,
yeah, apparently corn is in just about all our food. I had no idea. I do try eat 'from the perimeter' of the grocery store and make meals from scratch, but it's still hard to avoid. I even changed my dog's food. LOL. But a little digging goes a long way and not all GMO is evil. Cuties (those little oranges) are awesome! :)
Sheri (163) said
"What's it in for the church then? Increased attendance? A cut?"
Let me preface this by saying that I am not trying to be argumentative, hateful, difficult, holier-than-thou, or any other number of unkind adjectives.
As a Christian myself, I have been in church my entire 47 years (And.... now you folks know I'm old, LOL), and as a military wife, we have been to many, many churches across the U.S. and in other countries as well. While I am sure there are unscrupulous "churches" out there whose only desires are to make a buck or promote themselves, I have to think that the vast majority of the churches simply desire to serve the Lord and the spiritual needs of their congregation, while reaching out to others in service and in love. At the least, I can say this is definitely the case with the churches I have been exposed to in my lifetime.
There doesn't have to be anything in it for the church. An agenda, if you will. More than likely, the vast majority of the churches that brought in Jon & Kate did so as a way to uplift their congregation and community. Our church has, I guess what you would call a motto, of striving to reach out across the aisle, across the community, and across the world. No, in our church we don't pay people to come in to speak to others, but I would be willing to bet that most of the churches that did so thought they were bringing in a young, Christian couple to speak about how the Lord was working in a difficult and unusual situation. And that is the exact same thing that I thought I was tuning in to watch on J&K+8. Unfortunately, that proved not to be the case.
When it comes to J&K, we were wrong, very wrong.
I should probably stay in my nice, dark corner and be quiet......
I remember that the Today Show Kate did in Oct 2009 when she was crying she couldn't pay her bills was the same time Vanity Fair was writing an article about her and the reporter was in Kate's hotel room after that show. I think it was mentioned here before in another thread.
Where Kate was saying "I want Nobu, I want Nobu! I want sushi!" And they told her "it might not look good for her to be out enjoying herself at a hot spot."
I hadn't read that article in awhile and wanted to mention a couple things that popped out at me. When they were talking about Figure 8 doing one of the first specials, they described Jon and Kate as "struggling to make ends meet". And Kate said "Life was so stinking difficult". And all I could think when I read that was "gee Kate, your kids will be happy to read that someday and see how they made YOUR life so 'stinking difficult'."
Kate also talked about doing her second stint at co-hosting The View and said "it comes to me very easily when I'm doing TV". BHAHAHAHAHA!! Sure Kate!
I should probably stay in my nice, dark corner and be quiet......
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No way! Excellent points.
Well, my two doggies are back after a long day at the vet. My old bichon guy tolerated being sedated and 2 more teeth removed. Old fart. A couple lab values were slightly off, but he's due for a certain test for Cushing's disease and we'll see if his meds have to be changed.
He's tired and whimpering and by my side on the couch.
Black lab gal had her ultrasound and there were virtually no changes in her liver/spleen spots, so we're breathing easier.
Thanks for all your support!
ok, I never get ads for Stephanie, but I do get ads for Nordstrom and Coach purses, so I am not complaining!
TLC stinks said... 6
That's what I say, no tweets, is she gone to NYC, Wednesday's are one of Jon's days with the kids. Or is the Gosselin book finally getting to her and she's slowly trying to fade away. Oh, but the saga continues!
Anonymous I agree with everything you say, and you can argue between the two of you, as long as you agree with one another.
Admin you run a great blog here, I know you're in family law but I couldn't care less if you were a cashier, doctor, panhandler, whatever, I love reading here. I learn, laugh, and have imaginarey travels here, where else could I get all that?
It is a crime to imply if you don't buy a photo our kids will go without food and diapers tonight. It's called fraud.
Where Kate was saying "I want Nobu, I want Nobu! I want sushi!" And they told her "it might not look good for her to be out enjoying herself at a hot spot."
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I'm pretty sure that Kate's purse full of bills came later and this performance was when they'd just split up, cheating rumors were rampant, Jon became an alien and Kate used her wedding rings to f*ck with the tabloids.
Is she wearing the rings (for the kids of course), are the rings gone?
Master of manipulation, I'll give her that.
After crying crocodile tears and dabbing her dry face, pausing for still photos with a big old pregnant boohoo pause and grimacing appropriately, she left her tears on the Today Show set and was perky, happy and raring to go once back in her suite on Central Park.
She wanted Nobu but had to settle for a photo op at FAO Schwartz, where she stepped on a little boy and kept on walking like he was gum on her shoe.
The Vanity Fair article is a must read.
Kate was very famous at the moment.
"At the moment??!!", she fussed, finding it impossible to believe that some day she'd be yesterday's news.
So you think Who's still on first? Not any more. Who stole second. What's the problem.
Who said he couldn't stay there forever. Who's in charge. What a mess.
Tucker's Mom, I'm glad to hear about your bichon, spoil him, he deserves it. As for your lab, I'm glad for you, how soothing to know that he's stable.
Auntie Ann you make me laugh, I can just picture Admin as Mrs. Doubtfire.
My post at 21, oops, I meant 'imaginary'.
I thought the bills in the purse drama and Nobu were the same day too. There was quite a bit of discussion about it on here, how utterly
vapid and self centered she is.
Tucker's Mom - Your name always brings a smile because that is the name of my precious yorkie. So glad everything went well at the vet today. Wonderful news!
I've got a little one-year-old male parakeet named Triscuit, myself. I've worked for a vet who specialized in birds, but this is the first one I have personally owned. I never cease to be amazed at how intelligent and interactive they are. Our little guy is just hysterical. He talks like crazy, nibbles on my fingernails, and plays chase with our dog. My favorite thing is when he jumps onto the dogs food bowl and eats with him. My sweet Tucker just looks at me in panic as if to say, "Mom, do you see this?? Could you help me here please!!!" I simply cannot imagine a home without pets - the joy and love they bring. I can only imagine the mischief the other poster (sorry, can't remeber who it was) with the African Grey get's into!
Angie - I am so sorry about the loss of your kitty this week. Our fur babies aren't just pets, they are our family, and it hurts so much to lose them. Please know that we are all keeping you in our hearts.
From the Vanity Fair article:
But Laurie Goldberg, senior vice president of communications at the Learning Channel, which airs Jon & Kate, doesn’t think Nobu’s such a great idea. Kate cried on the Today show this morning, answering questions about why she’s still wearing her wedding ring (“for them,” she said of her children, sniffling
*Note she says sniffling, as in, not really crying...
Well, I got my run in today Kate, couple of them actualy but I dont know if they count cause I work one of those mediocre jobs in the hospital and it was really busy with lots of drama so all those runs were indoors and not on a comped threadmill either! When I came home we had to bring one of our loved pet (rat) to the vet to get euthanized, so Im a little bit weepy right now, yes I cry about a rat! And tomorrow its gonna be a topday too, my youngest kid gets her wisdom teeth removed so that means prob no sunkissed run either, ready to battle unicorns and butterflies tough, cause those nasty little critters pestered her after she got her tonsils removed last year. Ill be filming the event just to make those memories you know, but we'll keep the results private + for family use only :-) Oh I did cook a meal from scratch too tonight, like I do any other night, but then I dont have 8! kids (just 5) and didnt throw up all my pregnancies either, so were just lucky to be mediocre.
Blessed To Be Mediocre Mother said... 27
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Your parakeet sounds hysterical! If a parakeet jumped into my dogs bowl she'd have a bunch of feathers sticking out of her mouth when she popped her head up.
She's got a very strong prey drive and has killed rodents but never eaten them like poor semi-feral Shoka.
I haven't had a bird for a pet since I was a kid, but when I was growing up, we had birds, dogs, cats, fish and a turtle named Myrtle that my mom rescued from the middle of the road and brought home to live in our basement. My mom was a sucker for anything furred or feathered, finned or scaled (except lizards. I brought home a chameleon once and she nearly freaked out, LOL) and my dad was almost as bad. When I was a teenager, we had a parakeet named Perky who talked up a storm. My mom got the idea to teach him to say "Happy Birthday _____ ___" to surprise my dad on his birthday. She worked and worked at it, but Perky just wouldn't say it. She finally gave up about a week before Dad's birthday. On the morning of the big day, Dad walked into the kitchen for breakfast and Perky piped up "Happy Birthday ______ ___". Mom about fell over!
fidosmommy said... 24
So you think Who's still on first? Not any more. Who stole second. What's the problem.
Who said he couldn't stay there forever. Who's in charge. What a mess.
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Funny!! :)
I guess Jon has the kids again. Kate's getting ready to get 'flat'.
her twitter behavior gives her away, it's so predictable.
You all can be too silly and baffled regarding the posts you permanent guys think you are responding either in serious response, rude response, or genuine jest response.
Can post with a name and get your cone of silence but yet post under anonymous or another name, yet again, and get a response. Hmm.
But Laurie Goldberg, senior vice president of communications at the Learning Channel, which airs Jon & Kate, doesn’t think Nobu’s such a great idea.
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Isn't it sad that even when Kate is trying to scam she still messes it up? I mean even a bad scam artist would realize it's not a good idea to show your face at a place like Nobu right after crying poor.
Anonymous37 said... 34
You all can be too silly and baffled regarding the posts you permanent guys think you are responding either in serious response, rude response, or genuine jest response.
Can post with a name and get your cone of silence but yet post under anonymous or another name, yet again, and get a response. Hmm.
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Whaaa? I want to agree but I don't understand. Love the Get Smart reference though.
Kate Gosselin How She Fooled the World
38 Chapters.
303,980 Words.
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That last chapter he added oughta be a humdinger.
Squirming Kate?
Bwa
Bwa ha
Bwa ha ha ha.
Can post with a name and get your cone of silence but yet post under anonymous or another name, yet again, and get a response. Hmm.
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Are you saying you only get a response IF you post as Anonymous?
funny bird story:
my mom walks in her living room, one of her little dogs had made a mess...she looks at all of them trying to determine who was the guilty party...she says,'who did this', and her african gray said..'dodi did it!"
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yrs later, her hubby dies...every morning when she goes in the living room, the bird says 'morning mama'...in the same tone, inflection, as her deceased hubby. I told her it's a gift, she gets to hear his voice every day.
Are you saying you only get a response IF you post as Anonymous?
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You know it might be fun one day to just all post as anonymous. On Halloween or something. We can all be in "costume." And then we can guess who is who and enjoy the confusion.
I agree with anonymous. No, I don't agree with anonymous! Anonymous are you there?
Yes, I'm terribly immature and silly. This is the real me.
ooo Sounds like fun Admin. I'm in!
Let's do it for Halloween. We can all describe our "costumes" and have a party and all post as anonymous.
I'll see if I can grift for more prizes to give away.
I'm immature and I own it.
Sounds like a plan Admin.
This is the best party bunch in the entire blogging world.
And I love bobbing for apples, too.
Can we bob for Nobu instead? Please?????
Otherwise, I'm in too!
Interesting article/interview about TLC and "reality". The spin is quite impressive, lol. (Sorry, the URL wouldn't shorten for some reason)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/honey-boo-boo-tlc-chief-eileen-oneill-371240#disqus_thread
Anonymous37 said... 34
You all can be too silly and baffled regarding the posts you permanent guys think you are responding either in serious response, rude response, or genuine jest response.
Can post with a name and get your cone of silence but yet post under anonymous or another name, yet again, and get a response. Hmm.
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Well why didn't you say that in the first place? Now it is clear as mud.
I am planning a nervous breakdown. Family Thanksgiving is at our house. Forty. Two. People. Seriously. Not kidding.
All the folks who gave to the J&K clusterf**k and feel snookered should tweet Kate's a$$ and ask for it all back...money, gifts, gift cards.
Oddly, the ad at the bottom of My page here is for a Couseling Service (clearly, they may get my business soon). THE best part of the ad says " Now accepting most insurance companies" because, daaamn, insurance companies need counseling most of all.
PS...I don't feel sorry about my language tonight. I'm entitled. See first paragraph. Forty. Two. People. 4. 2.
Gosselinbook.com is in blog form now. The newest quote is
"That's why TLC wants us to continue to be 'normal' ....
Wonder how we will explain the $2M house? :) "
– Kate Gosselin
I'm not surprised by the TLC article. Eileen O'Neill is still spinning her BS. Just substitute honey boo boo for Kate.
Tucker's Mom - believe me, it wasn't instantaneous! My little yorkie, Tucker, just turned 9 last week, so I was pretty worried. Since yorkies were bred to kill rats and other quickly-scurrying varmints, I took it reallyyyy slowly over the course of a year. Now, I trust them together completely. My only worry is that sometimes Tucker uses his little paw when he tries to play with Triscuit and I am afraid that he might accidently squish or scratch Triscuit.
Readerlady - I'm like your mom, I'll keep any critter I can get a hold of - except snakes. What a great story about Perky - he must have been a hoot!
AuntieAnn - Thanks for your post - I thought the number of words and chapters seemed different, but I wasn't sure.
AggieMom - Love the stories about your grey - what a precious tribute to your mom's husband!
Funny Bird Story Too - One of the veterinarians at the animal hospital I worked at, the one specializing in birds, held a Christmas party for us all one year. They had a yellow nape named Hosea that had been willed to the hospital that had a 200+ word vocabulary. At the Christmas party, one of our veterinary technicians walked by Hosea's cage and said "hi" to him, and Hosea reached out and bit her. When she quickly jerked back and said "ouch", Hosea said, "Did that hurt?" Dumbfounded, the technician replied, "Yes, yes it did." And Hosea the often nasty yellow nape answered, "Well good! Ha, ha, ha ha!"
Eileen is still spouting her B.S.: "We've been doing this for a number of years, and we're consistent with our approach: If the family is uncomfortable in the production of the show or the way the show is presented, we're going to make changes or get out. Why would we want to do anything differently? So we're really proud of the show."
Um, Eileen? Jon was so uncomfortable doing your show he had to put up a "no cameras" sign on his gate. Then you sued the pants off him. In no way shape or form are your subjects not at your complete mercy.
Ah here's another one: "I think to judge is always really tricky."
Nope, wrong again. There is nothing tricky about child exploitation. It is what it is, Eileen.
She really is quite the tool.
Admin - excellent, excellent idea. I'm in!
Flight Of The Kiwi - 42 people, oh holy cow!!!! Please tell me everyone is pitching in and you are not expected to do all of the cooking??
fidosmommy said... 44
Can we bob for Nobu instead? Please?????
Otherwise, I'm in too!
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I'll make a golden platter full of stuffed wonton wrappers shaped like little money bags. Enough so each person gets eight, count 'em eight of them.
GosselinBook has another post up. Holy cow!!!! No doubt that it's Kate's email!!!!!!
With all the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proof positive that Kate grifted companies and asked for freebies and USED HER CHILDREN to market goods.
Disgusting.
On gosselinbook.blogspot.com, the guy is counting down the days til what? The book comes out?
So far he has the 8th day of the gosselin book, the 7th day, and the 6th day (dated today 9/20).
So....are we talking a release date of next Tuesday?
Oh my that book is gonna be good. I certainly hope it is released soon. He has a new post up.
Kiwi...so many guest for Thanksgiving is both exciting and challenging. make a menu with a specific timeline and you'll be cranking out the food like a pro.
TLC is also being lambasted as fraudulent in the news online today for misrepresenting Breaking Amish as a show about young people just now leaving the Amish (which we knew here wasn't true, too). Note TLC's word spin at the end of the article - maybe they are the ones who trained Kate in word play, lol.
"An industry source remarked that in reality TV, "often times networks turn their head and play the 'we didn't know' card" when it comes to the staging of a show, especially if it draws high ratings...TLC noted that it does not advertise that the cast of "Breaking Amish" is leaving the community for the first time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201209201755reedbusivarietynvr1118059575-20120920,0,2128801.story
thanks for the info about the updated book site.
all I can say is holy sh*t! omg, when this info gets out, PA residents within a 50 mile radius better batten down the hatches...she is going to go balistic.
day-um!
just bought shower spray yesterday myself to try to avoid one growing in mine:)
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a tweet from the exhausted-ish super mom. Wonder what she doesn't want growing? a conscience? a heart? one, count 'em one baby???
"Here's just one of many, many, many examples that I have and know about.
This is a letter written by Kate shortly after her sextuplets were born."
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Seems like this guy really has the goods on her.
Read it and weep Kate.
If you have a desire to help, please contact me at 610-374-0179. In addition, if there is a way my children could be a help in marketing your clothing lines, we're all for it! Gymboree's wholesome and hearty clothing is definitely worth our time!
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Ugh this woman is just to gross for words.
and our kids were all too happy to open the surprise of the day."
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Those kids have been raised to accept anything and everything. Some day the well is going to dry up and then what?
How will these kids get a work ethic if all they know is that they're so special!! and they deserve to have anything their heart desires.
It's bizarre.
We've already seen some pretty ugly behavior with them expecting "servants". Having a staff around is second nature to them.
The latest entry on the Gosselin Book site has to represent the beginning of the end. I hope the book is published soon and is available for the Christmas gift giving season.
bm
If true,
did she write things like this to the dollar store? or Kmart?
or just, you know, expensive name brands like Gymboree?
Oh Good Lord... Just took a peak at Gosselin Book site. She's toast. The masterminder has met her master.
I still think Mady and Cara's book will come out before Robert's.
Librarylady: thought Breaking Amish was too good to be true. That other Amish show is, I hope the real deal. The one on A & E or Lifetime or was it National Geo. These suppose young people are too, green especially the more modern ones, that have electricity. How they manage to get on a plane, book a plane etc. Not surprised, it is a fraud, after all it's TLC.
White Organza said... 66
Oh Good Lord... Just took a peak at Gosselin Book site. She's toast. The masterminder has met her master.
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Yeah, because Khate can currently only fool about a dozen mostly stupid people and Bob can fool a dozen mostly intelligent people. They deserve each other.
"I was famous for calling all the local Gymborees if two of things were not available!"
Yes, even back when the 6 were just babies, Kate thought she was "famous" for just making a phone call. Now, she is "famous" for hoarding sports equipment, opening a can of vegetables and plating it as a from-scratch meal, ...
Poor Kate is going to find out soon that she will become "famous" for cheating Churches, all her exposed lies, her FAKE show, her FAKE boobs, her FAKE parenting, her FAKE life!
chefsummer said... 62
If you have a desire to help, please contact me at 610-374-0179. In addition, if there is a way my children could be a help in marketing your clothing lines, we're all for it! Gymboree's wholesome and hearty clothing is definitely worth our time!
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Ugh this woman is just to gross for words.
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She sure is gross.
Not an ounce of shame either.
Now is the time for those loyal fans to come through for their Kate. Give up your college funds, sell that house, get a second job, do whet ever it takes not to let Kate fail.
She needs them now more than ever and they will support her with their own children's lives. Kate comes first for these ignorant wannabees.
aggiemom09121416 said... 59
thanks for the info about the updated book site.
all I can say is holy sh*t! omg, when this info gets out, PA residents within a 50 mile radius better batten down the hatches...she is going to go balistic.
day-um!
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I don't know.... that sound... it's so peculiar.. I can't put my finger on it... Wait!! I know!!! It's the sound of shreiking and wailing and shit hitting the fan all at the same time.
Anonymous37, 34
HUH?
OK, is this person making sense?
The last time I was there, Kelly wrote down the customer service phone number and urged me to call – explaining that she feels that Gymboree should hear my story and should donate to our eight children!
I held the number for a while and finally called! Kelly was very insistent – she knows my passion for Gymboree and understands that with eight children, times are tough!
Awww, how sweet! Kelly had to prod Kate into contacting Gymboree Corp. Had to have her arm twisted into inquiring about free Gymbo. Kelly was soooooo insistent! I'm sure Kate had to discuss this matter with God until she felt "led" to writing that email.
When in reality, Kelly was probably hoping that Gymbo would just mail Kate her free clothes and keep her crazy ass out of the store.
I am going to buy that book.
I am going to sit down with a preferred beverage and read that book.
I am going to enjoy every moment of seeing truth come to light.
That sounds exactly like Kate, I buy it. Right down to the undertone of "who me? I'm just a sweet, cute struggling mom trying to make ends meet!"
I can sniff this woman's writing style out from a mile away.
Also, it sounds exactly like the kinds of emails Em Tanner said she would get from her. She really did have no shame.
It looks like a letter where you could easily plus in whatever company name you needed to suit your purposes. And how dare she offer up her children as commodities. For god sake they were infants!!
Which reminds me remember her tweet denying they are commodities? Kate, in 1,000 words or less please explain why this email doesn't prove just that?
Well, I can't say that I'm shocked.
I wonder what other companies she tried to shake down, or prostitute her kids to?
Thank you to Robert for not backing down under pressure.
Looking forward to ordering Gosselin Book.
Kate could spit in her fans faces and they would still love her.
Sassy Lassy said... 71
Nope Kate has no shame at all. When she began taking money from churches she proved that.
610-374-0179 is in fact the phone number attached to the old domain sixgosselins.com.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 35 Isn't it sad that even when Kate is trying to scam she still messes it up? I mean even a bad scam artist would realize it's not a good idea to show your face at a place like Nobu right after crying poor.
I once had a friend who constantly lied about things. Inevitably she would slip up and forget that she had told a lie and the story would change. It always caught up to her. You'd have to be a genius to keep all those thoughts and details in check. When Kate was constantly lying (like crying poor and the Nobu incident), she couldn't keep up with her stories. If she was acting on TV like she was broke, she should have stayed in character to pull off that stunt. But she couldn't remember that she had to stay in character. Just goes to show you she would make a terrible actress.
HA!!!!!!
Love the way kart said in her letter that Kelly at the Gymboree store told her to call for freebies. kart, proper and reticent, held onto the customer service number for a while (I bet for about 1 day), but then Kelly finally made her call to beg for freebies.
All Kelly's fault, y'all!
I wonder how Kelly will feel when she sees her name in lights as the grifter's guide.
Administrator said, "I can sniff this woman's writing style out from a mile away."
It is a really good thing that you can smell her style for afar. If you had to get your nose close for a sniff, you would get poked in the eye with an exclamation mark.
"That's why TLC wants us to continue to be 'normal' ....
Wonder how we will explain the $2M house? :) "
– Kate Gosselin
Well I'm just heartbroken that it appears Kate was intitially looking in the $2M range and had to settle for $1.2M. Talk about letdowns.
And silly TLC for wanting America's Favorite Dysfunctional Family to look "normal" To look relateable to the everyman. It's a good thing Kate knew better and was confident that buying a mansion and going on expensive trip after expensive trip would blow those ratings through the roof and keep R show on teevee forevah ;)
She must have sent one of those begging letters to Health Tex. Wasn't that the company she supposedly represented for a while that went nowhere (her representation that is)?
"Wholesome and hearty clothing" -- Is KK describing something to wear here or something to eat? If I were the executive of a company, I'd be embarrassed to have a representative who came across as so inarticulate and downright ignorant! I can't believe that companies actually fell for her line of BS. Can't wait for the book! I've already blown my book budget for the month, but I'll scrape up enough extra to buy it regardless. I sure hope it's available for the Kindle!
It is a really good thing that you can smell her style for afar. If you had to get your nose close for a sniff, you would get poked in the eye with an exclamation mark.
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LOL I know right. Well in any case you too can learn to sniff her out too.
First the exclamation points of course. And second look for undertones like "who me?" and "oh my I'm just sputtering along here being a good mom oh oops did you just give me 10 grand oh my thanks!", "how would oyu like to exploit my kids today??". Stuff like that.
Oh I saw good ole Kate Coyne from People magazine (of, Kate ain't so bad fame) spent about two hours on 20/20 the other night being the expert on every TV show known to man. My God that woman is quite the piece of work. I like in the old days where they would interview real fans like that uber fan of Betwitched who even wrote a book. I much prefer to listen to him than Kate Coyne.
Speaking of books, just publish this darn Gosselin book already and stop with the games. If he's not afraid to post stuff like this on the web site I don't understand what the difference is to publishing a book.
I wonder if Kate and her PR person are busy scrambling to set up future interviews for her "denial, it is all a lie" tour.
They will probably have meetings to figure out ways to deny everything, ways to blame everything on somebody else, say how terrible it is that this innocent mother of 8 is being picked on and when to turn on the tears.
Of course she will also use the kids saying how could someone hurt her kids by publishing this. Use the kids as usual for sympathy.
"Wholesome and hearty clothing" -- Is KK describing something to wear here or something to eat?
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I think the letter she sent just before this was to Quaker Oats and then she just deleted out Quaker Oats and plugged in Gymborie.
"That's why TLC wants us to continue to be 'normal' ....
Wonder how we will explain the $2M house? :) "
– Kate Gosselin
Remember Kate? There was very little splainin' about the $1.2M house. TLC shot it in the tightest angles and showed none of the extravagance of it until the intital hubbub died down.
I fondly remember how the sheeple said we were dirty liars for even insinuating Jon & Kate would make such a purchase. We were over the line! Libel! They don't have the money for a house like that! Then when the house purchase was confirmed, the sheeple loved it and said the kids deserved it. Sigh.
Right now if Marty Singer is any kind of a good lawyer he will tell Kate that if this is all true she really needs to just stop wasting her money on him because frankly there's nothing he can do.
She should have just let the book be published and not put up a fuss and it would have faded away in short order. Now it's become this huge deal. Typical.
No, Administrator, Eileen O'Neil is not a tool. She is an asshat. (Thanks Dwindle. I love that word and I've wanted to use it to describe someone other than Kate).
I've been gone a few days with a nasty cold and boy did I have alot of comments to read. You guys continue to make me laugh out loud. Keep it up.
OK, betting pool now open:
WHERE WILL SHE BE AND HOW WILL SHE RESPOND
We need to start a pool for where kart will be when the book comes out. I vote for her going quietly on a trip without the kids. Maybe somewhere like a spa out of the country....
It's up in the air whether she'll
1) turn into Badger Bitch and attack
2) Ignore everything
3) Beg for (paid) interviews so she can 'tell her side'
If/when this book does come out, it won't be pretty in the konpound. I hope for the kids sake, they are will Jon for a few weeks.
It will also be interesting to see if ANY tv show offers her an interview, AND IF THEY DO, will they try the old softball questions?
If she always had her questions submitted before and had boilerplate answers for all channels, I imagine the interviewers might press her a bit. After all, she scammed them too. I hope they feel foolish.
Foolish enough to ban her from interviews.
Cape, can she be an asshat holding a tool?
JoyInVirginia:
I want to say once more that I am very sorry I spoiled the Big Brother finale winner. I will use the Cone of Silence in the future, to make sure I don't spoil anything!
Thanks for the apology Joy. I try not to sweat the small stuff. I watched the show and even though I knew who won Big Brother, it was still exciting to see it played out. I think this is one of their better seasons. A lot of strategy this season, especially with Dan! Good to see the underdog win.
Mary said... 88
I wonder if Kate and her PR person are busy scrambling to set up future interviews for her "denial, it is all a lie" tour.
They will probably have meetings to figure out ways to deny everything, ways to blame everything on somebody else, say how terrible it is that this innocent mother of 8 is being picked on and when to turn on the tears.
Of course she will also use the kids saying how could someone hurt her kids by publishing this. Use the kids as usual for sympathy.
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I do smell a "Setting the Record Straight Tour 76.0" coming on. I'm sure she has her fake tear dabbin' tissues all ready.
Now this is what I can't wrap my mind around.
Kate lives in a very nice house that cost a lot of money.
She also has three cars as well and travels when she feels like it.
So...how do her sheep think she's struggling?
Oh, she won't care if this is true and a huge deal - because she'll think it's more attention on her that she can try to turn into the continued desperation for "martyred mother" role. She's probably got her bags packed for the big denial tour already.
Yes, the phone number in that email grift is available as public info. Can see where she/they lived and the addresses back to at least 1998 (didn't they live together before marriage for a time, or something like that?)
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think when something is purely, truly absolutely correct Kate often acs like she hasn't even heard the news. This happened with the Lane contract story. No response. This also happened with the 50-50 story. No response for months until her sheeple practically forced her to respond and even then she snapped at them to DROP IT. LOL. I think this is because when things are more like 60 to 70% true she feels more comfortable telling her lies and half truths. Faced with cold hard facts she can't handle it.
So for those reasons I will predict that she will completely ignore this book.
Admin 89 -- Or maybe Campbell's soup?
Permanent -- I'm in. I say she'll retreat to that ranch in Wyoming again. Maybe pull the twins out of school and call it their birthday trip.
Oh, oh, oh!
Wait just a little bitty minute - I wonder if she might "call a press conference"........... gawd, that would be the height of conceit....
Imagine her standing on some steps in front of a courthouse, or at the end of her mine-all-mine driveway... a bank of microphones in front of her, paps and news agencies all kneeling to get her photo as she wails and sobs "it ain't true - they are all out to get me"
Yeah, I can see Gloria Allred standing beside her taking questions as kart blows her nose into grifted tisses (she'll be holding a box in one arm, the brand name strategically to the cameras).......
Oh, and the glorious finish, she'll stomp off into the sunset TO REHAB! Ya know, there is rehab now for everything. Rehab for drugs, alcohol, rage, anti-semitism (Mel Gibson), and probably NPD bitches too.
Of course, her rehab will be paid for out of the kids' college money and will be a 5-star 'facility' on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean....
Um, I heard they take your cell phones away at rehab. HA, she'll last a day.............
Do I sound mean tonight?
Either her sheep are very stupid or very gullible.
Permanent Name in Blue said... 93
OK, betting pool now open:
WHERE WILL SHE BE AND HOW WILL SHE RESPOND
We need to start a pool for where kart will be when the book comes out. I vote for her going quietly on a trip without the kids. Maybe somewhere like a spa out of the country....
It's up in the air whether she'll
1) turn into Badger Bitch and attack
2) Ignore everything
3) Beg for (paid) interviews so she can 'tell her side'
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I'm in! I say she manages to get on a couple shows and her defense will be: She did what she needed to do to support her children and she isn't sorry for a bit of it. She wanted more for herself.... err.. the kids, yeah the kids and she feels she attained that. She's going to be defiant and unapologetic.
And........... her spa will come with it's own plastic surgeon so she go home 'looking refreshed'.
They'll have to have a rectal surgeon there too to remove the stick, if she's ever to have any chance of reintegrating into normal, mediocre society..........
Yikes, I am scaring myself with my mean comments. I'm usually a nice person.
AND....... after the stick removal she will have to take the waters at some European spa. Removing sticks is very delicate surgery. It's been up there so long there are bound to be tricky adhesions...
I just hope the docs get their money up front and don't wait to bill her after the fact - we know how well that works with her........... ha
OK, smack me and put me to bed. I'm ashamed. Don't tell Ms. Manners where I went! THanks
Yoo hoo? Robert? It would personally make MY YEAR if you can out Kate for calling Chris and other paps and arranging her own photo ops. She gave enough interviews about the hated animal p-people who followed her relentlessly, to paper the entire surface of the US. No one griped more about paps than Kate. Please prove that she was behind most of it!
Permanent Name in Blue said... 93
OK, betting pool now open:
WHERE WILL SHE BE AND HOW WILL SHE RESPOND
We need to start a pool for where kart will be when the book comes out. I vote for her going quietly on a trip without the kids. Maybe somewhere like a spa out of the country....
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I predict that she will do her best Wizard of Oz impersonation- pay no attention to that man behind the curtain (Robert Hoffman)...
Right now I can't even begin to predict how Kate will handle this. I suppose her "people" already have some sort of plan in place for her, though.
wayward said... 103
Permanent Name in Blue said... 93
OK, betting pool now open:
WHERE WILL SHE BE AND HOW WILL SHE RESPOND
We need to start a pool for where kart will be when the book comes out. I vote for her going quietly on a trip without the kids. Maybe somewhere like a spa out of the country....
It's up in the air whether she'll
1) turn into Badger Bitch and attack
2) Ignore everything
3) Beg for (paid) interviews so she can 'tell her side'
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I'm in! I say she manages to get on a couple shows and her defense will be: She did what she needed to do to support her children and she isn't sorry for a bit of it. She wanted more for herself.... err.. the kids, yeah the kids and she feels she attained that. She's going to be defiant and unapologetic.
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I can see it now.
Interviewer: Kate we ready the Gosselin book what do you have to say?
Kate: Um um um..honestly Robert is a liar and I'm disgusted by him.
Interviewer:This book say's you're a thief.
Kate:Um um I have 8 kids to provide for as a single mother. Um um.. Honestly I'm not it's all untrue.
Interviewer: This book say you had almost 2mil while crying on the today show care to explain?
Kate: Um well...um Jon honestly stole tons of money. And the figure isn't true Roberts a bully.
And so on.
Pat 108,
Does she still even have 'people' anymore?
New info at Gosslein site. A whole blog post this time.
It is getting good.
This would be a good time to remind everyone that Kate, according to the Reading Eagle, contacted them directly FIRST. It's not like the Reading Eagle sought her out for a series, she came to them.
This woman has a pattern, and it's that she contacts people for freebies, money and gigs, not the innocent other way around she tries to pretend. She'd have a lot more credibility if she would just admit it. She used her situation to make bank. Just say it.
Remember her, Oh my this beach house in Alabama just randomly contacted us! Does ANYONE believe that? She probably pulled out her form letter and plugged in the name of every beach house up and down the East Coast until one bit. She conveniently leaves out how she contacted them first.
It's not a crime to be stupid.
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Tamara, fraud is fraud. If the people who donated were naive enough to be duped but were led to believe that the kids were in need, then yes, this is fraud and it is a crime. There have been cases reported where parents set up internet scams to solicit money for a child who was terminally ill. It is a scam and yes, it is illegal.
"But we have proof that they only accepted cash offerings. Why?"
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Because checks are a pain in the neck...because checks bounce. It could very well be true that hiding donations from the IRS could have been one reason for asking for cash only, but I'm not going to state it as fact because we didn't see the copy of the donations that were reported to the IRS.
It will be interesting to see if copies of that filing are available and exactly what was reported as cash donations and how they handled all of the freebies that they allegedly collected.
I don't care where Kate flees. Just not here. Unless, that is, she's willing to give up tips on alienating family in the next 8 weeks...
Kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding!
People are busted quite frequently for misrepresenting their situation and taking good people's money.
I just found this story from the other day:
"EL PASO — It's a confession that most didn't see coming. Angie Gomez pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking $17,000 in public donations for her Achieve the Dream Foundation. It's a foundation based on her having leukemia, which is a disease she never had."
I don't blame the people who gave Angie Gomez money. Most people assume when you're helping out someone with cancer that they really have cancer. Think about it, how many people have you known afflicted with this horrible disease that you "vetted"? Of course not, most people wouldn't dream of doing that.
So no I don't think good people who give to charities are "stupid." Unless there are major red flags, which at the time this happened, there really wasn't unless you dug really, really deep.
In any case, fraud is fraud, whether or not the victims were stupid, and shouldn't the stupid people be the people we protect most of all anyway?
Maybe a better solution is for Kate and Jon to add up every penny they ever received from these churches and make a matching donation to a favorite charity.
Yes, the phone number in that email grift is available as public info.
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How fast do you think the person who now owns that phone number is going to change it?
I reviewed some documents for an attorney once as part of case I worked, and was privy to how forensic accountants work.
If someone scammed cash and deposited the haul into a bank account and didn't report to IRS, they're caught.
If they scammed some cash, and kept cash at home to spend on groceries, gas, etc to avoid paper trail, then the forensic accountants will see that certain weeks, 'there is no check, debit or charge for groceries'.
So, Ms. Fraudster, did you buy groceries that week?
No = well tell us where you got food then?
Yes = why didn't you use your usual method of payment, ie credit card?
Hmmm, I see, Ms. Fraudster, you went an entire month without buying groceries on credit card... didn't eat for a month?
Oh, you bought lots of food the previous month, stocking up? OK, let's look at all your weekly/monthly grocery charges for the previous 12 months...
Yep, forensic accountants rock! Some folks think accounting is boring... I think it's better than a good crime novel mystery!
Permanent Name that's fascinating. Tell us more! :)
The other really despicable thing about receiving cash donations is that it's entirely likely that no one kept track of how much was donated.
Scammers don't like to let anyone touch the money but them. That way they have total control and total secrecy over money.
I have to wonder who might have been collecting the bucks at those functions. Did someone count it before passing it on to the speakers? Hmmmm
Tucker, and Kate told them someday if they work hard they can get servants to do shit for them.
The reality is most people can't afford hired help or at minimum maybe just a housekeeper every so often. What will happen when they grow up to work mediocre jobs and suddenly don't have the money for such things? How do you adjust from having everything done for you to suddenly not being able to afford anything other than a bottle of Lysol and a sponge to do the job yourself? I've always found it fascinating the idea of celebrity children or wealthy children making this transition. So many of them want nothing to do with their previous life or resent it and yet when faced with actually having to live in the real world so many are not content with that either not to mention blindsided by how hard it is.
Admin,
It was about 10 years ago and I did some legal nurse consulting. It was a case where there was medicaid fraud and the person involved was making tons of money on the side, way more than was allowed. But they continued to claim poverty to keep their medicaid benefits. They were living, essentially a dual life, a medicaid benefits life and a cash income life.
First trigger to investigation was living beyond his means. Actually, one of his 'friends' ratted him out. HA!
I was part of team working on the case. It was a first for me, and I happened to get to know the forensic accountant pretty well over the course of about 5 months.
What he told me was fascinating! They look for things that are there and things that are NOT there but should be. Patterns are key. He tracked down every single charge, check, deposit.
FAs LOVE trails!!! Yes, he had nerd glasses and really and truly had a pocket protector, and wore suspenders, but by the time he finished teaching me his tricks and the case was over, I was in love with that sexy, sexy accountant.
Story ending - DH told me to quit drooling over the FA and the bad guy went to prison.
I wasn't there for most of trial but I heard that the accountant testamony can put ADD people to sleep.... oh well, he sure looked good up on the stand!
Most of my very short LNC was doing chart reviews. Most attorneys want someone who can review charts and testify as expert witness. I was too far from clinical to qualify as EW. Loved doing those chart reviews though! I think most nurses LOVE charts and the stories they can tell.
Ph, here's another interesting pearl he shared about another case -
The prosecuter actually had PI follow the woman to see how she was getting her groceries, so in addition to all those weeks where there weren't any grocery charges, they had photo proof that she was getting groceries and paying cash.
He said the depositions were sizzling. The woman never thought about the 'non-trail' cash leaves. And neither did I until I met that FA....
Oh, his report was a work of art! Every single transaction, every single one!!! He'd have been a good IRS drone.... well, except that he was so sexy.... LOL
Midnight Madness said... 113
It's not a crime to be stupid.
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Tamara, fraud is fraud. If the people who donated were naive enough to be duped but were led to believe that the kids were in need, then yes, this is fraud and it is a crime.
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My comment was in regards to paying 20 bucks for a stock photo. Not the donations.
And another thing I didn't know until he told me... forensic accountants specialize, just like lawyers, nurses and doctors do.
This guy didn't to international wire transfers investigation, there was another group who did that.
Everyone is a specialist.... sigh......
I am so excited about the Gosselin book coming out. I really thought he took a payoff, so I will be so happy to be wrong.
Robert has another post up explaining why the delay.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 120
Tucker, and Kate told them someday if they work hard they can get servants to do shit for them.
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And Jon told people at work that he's never have to work again. What a pair of, a new favourite 15 minute insult, asshat tools!
Hmmmm, does premeditation make fraud more serious in the eyes of the law? And would TLC or the production company, or their manager be tried as well?
So....... if there was any hinky hanky going on back in the day, and anyone cares to pursue it, there will be exposure.
Dun, de, dun, dun......... dun....
Not that I'm implying anything. Just saying, forensic accoutants rock!
Yes, there is a new blog post about the delays and his hope the book will be released within the next week.
ADMIN, he says kart's lawyers are trying to have his website taken down. How can they do that?
ADMIN, he says kart's lawyers are trying to have his website taken down. How can they do that?
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I don't see how they can as long as everything is the truth.
Does anyone know if this well be an e-book or a hardcover book, or DTB as Readerlady told me 'real books' are called...
DTB = dead tree book
My comment was in regards to paying 20 bucks for a stock photo. Not the donations.
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Same difference to me.
I don't understand the lie detector test at all. I can't even speculate why anyone would want him to do that. As Kate would say, I just don't get it.
If I were defending Kate I would want a copy of the book, then I would go through it line by line and ask Kate if she had proof it was a lie (because as a public figure, it's her burden.) If she were able to come up with any proof on anything, I'd show it to Robert and demand a retraction within 5 days or whatever or I'd take him to court. A lie detector test isn't going to help you want darn bit in court, it's not even admissible.
Off to bed... please ignore my atrocious spelling tonight. I'm really off my game.
BTW, the GABA Calm works great - took it, off to sleep with 20 minutes. Only woke once to visit loo. Slept until 7:30 AM. No muddle-head hangover either.
Not a recommendation, just a note about how it worked for me.
all I can say is holy sh*t! omg, when this info gets out, PA residents within a 50 mile radius better batten down the hatches...she is going to go balistic.
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Going to Lowe's for some plywood to board up the windows. Speaking of which, when I hear the "My Lowe's" commercial, visions of Kate's bestest tweetie comes to mind.
Could Milo be heading for PA to be with Kate when it hits the fan? She could console her with endless hugs, snuggling her head in Kate's endowment, and the perpetual commiserating would bring them all the more close while Milo pledges her eternal love and butt-kissing till death do they part.
I forgot if I mentioned when a few of you were talking about Breaking Amish that I flipped to it for about two minutes and was so bored out of my mind I changed the channel. The fact that it might be fake I'm sure contributed to the boredom. You can't fake authenticity that well. I may do a post on that. Whatever, Eileen, your network is all about money. Just admit it. I mean it's not like most hardworking Americans don't go to work to make money. Sure it's great if you love it too but come on it's about money and supporting your family. Just like YOU, Eileen, are about money.
On Robert's blog..."I now feel pretty confident that we're inside of seven days until an announcement will be made"
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He doesn't say within seven days it will be released. He says "an announcement." Announcement of what -- when it will be released? Announcement that it can't be released?
I see this as pretty simple. Make sure every line of the book is true, then publish the book. If Kate bothers to sue, you'll win. I'm not a fan of this delay and teasing. I am not understanding it. If he were really scared off by attorneys why post anything on the blog at all?
I still hope this is costing Kate more $$$ than she thought she would have to spend for this prestigious law firm. I'm sure she was under the impression they would have been able to nip this in the bud immediately.
Admin...rumor going around twitter that there are now THREE (count 'em) THREE admins here. Do the "blog girls" know that they have new titles?
I have three heads and I am soon getting my own TLC show.
I already said that we have a staff of three here--me and two other blog girls. Sometimes I find them out behind the shed making out with the mowing boys.
Am I the only one rubbing my hands together in Flounder like glee saying "oh boy this is great!" as I read all the little tidbits on the gosselin book site?
Permanent -do I have you to thank for the GABA tip? I asked the doc and she didn't see any harm in my taking it. I've been using it for about a week (GNC brand) and I've never slept better. I'm still using the glycine also. I only get up probably twice but go right back to sleep. When I get up In the morning I actually feel like I got a restful sleep.
Am I the only one rubbing my hands together in Flounder like glee saying "oh boy this is great!" as I read all the little tidbits on the gosselin book site?
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Yes. Well also it's everything we kind of KNEW but laid out with more specificity.
We knew she was one rich bitch. We knew she grifted massive amounts of money from companies like Lane furniture. We also knew she aggressively pursued companies for freebies and no one just falls into her lap wanting to help, not until she drags them there.
It's stuff we knew based on intuition, clues, the big picture, etc. But it's nice to see it spelled out so simply.
Oops forgot to say NEW POST.
TLC's f-ed up. Again.
Gymborees wholesome and hearty clothing is definitely WORTH OUR TIME!
What a filthy piece of work! I so hope she is freaking out right about now ala 'this is SO over'. You know...just raging away! Karma is a comin, Katie!
As for maybe future 'it's all a lie' tour of 2012.... I hope just one BIG news show would put up on screen right behind her a few of her shining moments while she blabs on about "all for MY kids" .... Maybe water denial-gate ( shhh were filming...turn on the fake smile...."oh good morning Meredith" ). One second while I physically abuse my toddler daughter out in front here.
Or impact ion-gate. Gum-gate. I WANT to fish while all my kids did you get that one on film-gate.
Admin, the Saturday Night Live skit about Honey Boo Boo and her mama ended that way. ” if you marry into a family of werewolves, or fill your house with cat skeletons, TLC will HOOK YOU UP with your own TV show”
The skit is online at nbc.com, look under Saturday Night Live video clips.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 87
Oh I saw good ole Kate Coyne from People magazine (of, Kate ain't so bad fame) spent about two hours on 20/20 the other night being the expert on every TV show known to man. My God that woman is quite the piece of work.
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I cannot stomach that one. What a freaking know-it-all. Did you know that if you took the head of pig and put it on Coyne's neck you would still think you're looking at the same person. She is just that nauseating. I wonder if she's still buddy-buddy with Kate.
Auntie I can't see Kate Coyne making it farther than this. She looks too much like the snotty prom queen you wanted to see trip on her dress. She's really not cut out for T.V.
She seems to know what the public sentiment, sorry sediment, is on every T.V. show known to man. Is that her job, punch in at work and watch T.V., then survey the public for how they feel? Sounds fun. When she started waxing poetically about the charm of Spock's ears which brought us all together, I was done. Also how old were you when ER was on, 11? How do you even remember?
Snotty prom queen is a good comparison. She had to have known someone at People otherwise I don't know how she got that job. She doesn't seem to be very people-ish. She may as well just say Don't argue with me, I'm always right, after everything she says.
Snotty prom queen is a good comparison. She had to have known someone at People otherwise I don't know how she got that job. She doesn't seem to be very people-ish. She may as well just say Don't argue with me, I'm always right, after everything she says.
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I think the reason she is so grating when say Jane Doe from whatever other network who does the same thing isn't at all, is because she tends to speak FOR people. Everyone liked this because of this. People hate Kate because of this but she's really like this. No Kate Coyne, you're just totally off about that. Even when it's something small, it's like no Kate, I will decide for myself why I liked E.R. You don't tell ME how or why I liked something especially when you were in fourth grade when that show was on.
It just doesn't work in terms of making you a nice, easy T.V. personality to listen to. I'm shocked someone at People hasn't realized how truly terrible she is on T.V. She really is awful at it. Can she speak and look pretty, yes. Are the words coming out of her mouth of any value whatsoever? Nope.
I already said that we have a staff of three here--me and two other blog girls. Sometimes I find them out behind the shed making out with the mowing boys.
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Before or after they've cut the grass...and how many mowing boys?
Sleepless you're awfully nosey! Hehe.
wayward @103
I'm in! I say she manages to get on a couple shows and her defense will be: She did what she needed to do to support her children and she isn't sorry for a bit of it. She wanted more for herself.... err.. the kids, yeah the kids and she feels she attained that. She's going to be defiant and unapologetic.
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And least we forget: wo was she to say no if those nice folks wanted to donate their hard earned money to her family.
Now is the time for Matt Lauer to interview her the same way he attacked Christy Brinkly. I would also love to see Bill O'Reily interview her.
I really hope this book is published soon. Since the author added another chapter, I wonder if it has the custody split or if it is about all of the legal issues Kate used to try and stop publication?
Blessed To Be Mediocre Mother said... 16
There's a new post so I hope you see this, Blessed.
Thank you for your kind and intelligent reply to my questions. I sincerely hope I didn't offend you by asking.
I certainly wasn't trying to be snarky or insulting, my question was out of genuine curiosity, but looking back on it now I can see how it may have come across that way. My apologies.
I haven't been to church, other than my brother's funeral a few years ago, in a very, very long time and I honestly have no idea how/why they decide to bring in paid guests.
Truly, I'm just disgusted that Kate and Jon would stand in front of any congregation and cry poor with 2 million dollars in the bank.
Again, thank you for your respectful response.
Sheri,if Mediocre Mother doesnt see this, you can copy and paste it over onto the new thread, if you want. :-)
Thanks Dwindle, I did just that. :D
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