In other news, it was heartwarming to see the Red Cross blankets providing their intended comfort to those who need it. Several people were spotted wrapped in the blankets attending a memorial service on Sunday in Newtown.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Discovery pulls 'American Guns' from line-up
The Discovery Channel announced yesterday that they've cancelled their successful reality series about a Colorado family that restores firearms. They also won't be showing any reruns. Other shows have delayed or pulled episodes, including TLC's new special "Best Funeral Ever," which was pushed back to January. Actually growing a heart, or just concerned about bad PR? Sadly, probably the latter.
In other news, it was heartwarming to see the Red Cross blankets providing their intended comfort to those who need it. Several people were spotted wrapped in the blankets attending a memorial service on Sunday in Newtown.
In other news, it was heartwarming to see the Red Cross blankets providing their intended comfort to those who need it. Several people were spotted wrapped in the blankets attending a memorial service on Sunday in Newtown.
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 905 of 905 Newer› Newest»I know people say Honey Boo is a good kid and they are a nice family. That may be so. But for Elaine what's her face at TLC to defend this stuff like she's actually trying to do a good deed is just insane. I forgot her exact quotes but I was scratching my head over it.
Elaine cannot admit that her channel is the circus freak channel, PERIOD, and that she makes money by exploiting circus freaks, PERIOD. Own it, she's been very successful at it, and it's not her fault if us the viewers can't help but tune in and line her pockets.
Remember when TLC was full of great shows like Trading Spaces and What not to Wear? It is sad to see what it has become.
TLC also used to buy some halfway decent British and some American documentaries about interesting people and they would air those and I would tune in. The dumbing down of America I guess, they are making boatloads more money airing CRAP.
Have you seen Idiocracy? If not, you should.
No haven't seen that but looks funny!
What's odd is I feel like there are still a lot of really decent, high quality movies and TV shows out there that people love. A few examples, Homeland, Breaking Bad, Lincoln, Les Miz. And yet we will watch so much crap too.
I guess sometimes you feel like a burger and sometimes you want a filet mignon?
Idiocracy is like All in the Family In that the people it parodies find it funny because it's them and they don't even know it, and people with a brain find it funny in an'OMG OMG, I should not be laughing but it's so true' kind of way.
Hubby and I are watching Bone Collector right now. Not exactly holiday fare. I close my eyes at the gruesome parts. 1999 Angelina.
As usual, the book is better.
Remember when TLC was full of great shows like Trading Spaces and What not to Wear?
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I thought I read that What Not To Wear was returning in January, or am I thinking of another show?
Shows like that are guilty pleasures for some, i get it, they just were never ever my cup of tea. I'm not at all a TV person, the only show I really watch regularly is DWTS, which I guess is kind of like a guilty pleasure ... but that's also quality TV! Len makes me smile :)
So I google searched TLC's history and apparently there was once a show they aired called My Monkey Baby, in like 2009? LOL wow, they hit rock bottom a long time ago.
Another big reason little kids really shouldn't be working is it puts you in an impossible position where a decent person would want them to have every dollar they ever earned, and yet, you'd be spoiling them if you do that. So what do you do? Even putting it all in a trust fund doesn't solve the problem because trust fund children often are too young to handle it even if they are adults.
Kids and money just shouldn't mix. It shouldn't be about MONEY when it comes to raising kids. Money is an adult matter, not intended for young children.
And kids are absolute blessings ... so innocent, so resiliant, so intuitive, so curious. They are meant to basically be care-free and have 1 job and 1 job only: to enjoy being children.
Once they are used as little money-makers, they are serving a whole new purpose, and it's so demeaning. And it makes parents look incredibly lazy and lacking of the desire to support their family themselves.
Not to mention, it's extremely dangerous. The world is full of wonderful people, but sadly it is filled with nutjobs too, there is no way around that . WHY would anyone willingly expose their innocent children to these people?
There are a couple child actors who truly truly had a real passion for acting and are darn good at it, and that I understand as I had my passions too as a kid that I was allowed to chase after with no ill effects.
I think a good example is Fred Savage, he really really wanted to act, he was incredibly talented, and so his parents let him act and continued to work real jobs. In that scenario it worked, he was getting to follow his passion and there was no money tied up to it. Now he's one saying this whole thing about child actors is overblown. He fails to realize for him it WAS but for others it wasn't because others weren't raised in a supportive and positive environment like he was. With the exception of those few kids, the whole thing really just isn't healthy. In any case, none of these Gosselin kids are passionate about reality T.V., gimme a break. And it's not a scenerio where their lives were kept as mediocre as possible, their whole lives have done a 180 from where they were before and that is a huge red flag.
Fleecing, What Not to Wear is still an active show and it's new season does begin in Jan. I've been watching the Roloffs and some of the bride/bridesmaid programs. Brides of Beverly Hills is so over the top it's almost campy.
To all of you here, wishing you Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever you prefer.
Milo has been tweeting about the declining health of an elderly aunt. She tweeted 18 hours ago that she had died. Didn't see a DM to Kate when she made it public. If they are so close, wouldn't Kate have publicly expressed her condonlences to the woman that thinks she is her best friend? This may seem unfeeling, just curious.
So sad when there are deaths in December. There have been too, too many this year.
We're about to leave to spend Christmas with our daughters. Just stopping in to wish every one of you Happy Holidays!
Kate Gosselin made the news again...but this seems to me a new low. She's part of TIME Magazine's 2012 parade of the horribles (alongside gross foodstuffs, movie-house flops, outrageous behaviors and bottomed-out celebrities, etc.).
From TIME magazine's "The year in HIGHS and LOWS: Our Guide to the WINNERS and LOSERS," two KATES:
Middleton is pregnant.
Gosselin was fired from her coupon-blogging job.
http://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/the-year-in-highs-lows/
(Someone mentioned this upthread, but I'm pulling it forward, so that no one misses it.)
There are a couple child actors who truly truly had a real passion for acting and are darn good at it, and that I understand as I had my passions too as a kid that I was allowed to chase after with no ill effects.
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Right, to me there's also somewhat of a difference if it's something a child truly wants to do. There's a difference between a child being extremely passionate about acting and having a natural gift for it, as Fred Savage did, and parents pushing their kids to pursue stardom for their own benefit, while claiming that their kids love it.
Either way, obviously, there could be some long-term effects that I wouldn't personally want for my child. But, it's the parents who push and rob their kids of childhood when the children were never given a choice in the matter, that's what bugs me.
By the way, you know who was a really gifted child actor? Haley Joel Osment, from The Sixth Sense. Wow was he good, many critics thought he stole the show, even alongside some very talented notable actors (Bruce Willis, Toni Colette, etc).
So there is true talent out there, I just hate when parents force it without the child having any say (i.e the Olsen twins).
Right, to me there's also somewhat of a difference if it's something a child truly wants to do. There's a difference between a child being extremely passionate about acting and having a natural gift for it, as Fred Savage did, and parents pushing their kids to pursue stardom for their own benefit, while claiming that their kids love it.
Either way, obviously, there could be some long-term effects that I wouldn't personally want for my child. But, it's the parents who push and rob their kids of childhood when the children were never given a choice in the matter, that's what bugs me.
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Yes I totally agree. And there is no question the Gosselins were pushed into it without any choice in the matter given they could barely string two words together when the show started.
My EX husband just sent me this; it is really a thought-provoking quote:
"Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God,
with the evil that is in him:
because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie.
But the very essence of the person is the image of God,
and this remains in him despite every disfigurement."
St. John of Kronstadt
I guess he meant people like Kate.
As for child stars: I was a kid in California who wanted to be an actor from the time I saw my first movie. Spent time composing plays and acting them out with my dolls and stuffed toys as "audience". I played all the parts myself, because I didn't trust my cousins to stay on script, LOL! One day I was with Mom at the hairdresser's when an actual talent scout was there also. She watched me as I acted out another one of my skits, playing all the parts as usual, and offered to send me for testing and a possible contract. Mom said "absolutely not!". Broke my heart. She said I could do that when I was old enough to choose. I knew the chance would never come again, and it did not. Wonder what my life would have been like if Mom had said yes.
Dotsicle fancy seeing you here! What probably would have happened is similar to the kids followed in the great documentary The Hollywood Complex. All incredibly talented, all incredibly passionate, none could get work. Too much talent spending too much money competing for two few spots.
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Mom said "absolutely not!". Broke my heart. She said I could do that when I was old enough to choose. I knew the chance would never come again, and it did not. Wonder what my life would have been like if Mom had said yes.
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Did you take acting classes when you got older?
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said..
Elaine cannot admit that her channel is the circus freak channel, PERIOD, and that she makes money by exploiting circus freaks, PERIOD. Own it, she's been very successful at it, and it's not her fault if us the viewers can't help but tune in and line her pockets.
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I'm assuming you mean Eileen. She's made TLC hundreds of millions. She must know human nature well and realized there were enough voyeurs out there who loved watching freaks that they'd make her and TLC rich. Sadly their old type of programming wasn't such a money maker. The all mighty dollar rules, always has, always will.
What really bugs me about KT is that she refuses to move on. It would appear by her tweets that she is reliving the past instead of moving forward, which has to put pressure on the kids to feed into her we want another show mentality.
At some point, she should just say we had a good run, we had great experiences, we traveled the world, the kids all have a college fund (hopefully) and we are thankful for the opportunity, but happy to move on. Sadly, I don't think she will ever reach that point. I think she is driving herself mad begging constantly for a new show to anyone who will listen to no avail.
It is entirely possible that if she quit doing that a new show might come to her, quietly, without fanfare. The overexposure of the kids and their lives and hers on Twitter is also contributing to not getting a show, I believe.
Sometimes the less obtainable something might be the more desirable it becomes, particularly it seems in the "industry."
Brad Pitt would not have been paid 7 million dollars for a 1 minute commercial that makes no sense yet riveting, if he had been readily available.
At any rate, I hope they all have a good Christmas this year, as well as all of you here.
Pity Party said, "What really bugs me about KT is that she refuses to move on."
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Kate did not make a plan B. Remember when she got upset with someone who referenced her popularity with a "...for now." She challenged their statement. She thought she was the star forever. Based on what?
I imagine her sitting the in darkened room watching "The 6 Little Maghees" or Honey Boo Boo and getting angry. They are stealing her spotlight and in her mind they are so much less deserving.
She will be the LAST one to admit that her television career is over.
When you're the butt of everyone's jokes and you find your way onto a national news magazine's year-end list of LOSERS...I think you've drawn the last card from the deck o' Fame.
I know we've said this a hundred times but wouldn't you want to crawl under a rock if TIME MAGAZINE was making fun of you? I read that my whole childhood and then to suddenly find my name in it? MORTIFIED!
Last year they were comparing her to Gaddafi.
She just has no shame, she just keeps on trucking the butt of every joke. It's not normal.
OMG guys ... get this.
I'm reading in the newspaper about a family that is very local to me in Feasterville PA, the Carey family, who have 18-month old sextuplets and a 3-year-old daughter. 7 kids under 3.
The parents are very humble and unassuming. They seem to have stayed under the radar for the first year-and-a-half of their childrens lives, because, as the mom puts it, she was busy taking care of her wonderful babies. So really, hardly anyone even knew about this family until this weekend. I'm pretty sure anyone within a 200-mile radius of Kate knew her story months before the tups were even born.
The mother and father of the seven children are very accepting of help from family, friends, and their church, but I am reading nothing about them being in talks of any kind of reality show. The mother is a respected math teacher at a nearby high school and the father is a bar tender. My guess is, when things die down, they will work hard in their careers to make a wonderful, nonexploitive life for their beautiful children.
Hey, Kate, guess what? These parents have 7 kids under the age of 3, and they are not milking every feebie they can possibly get. They are not plotting to get their kids on a television show. They are living real, healthy lives.
Guess what else, Kate? You are over, yesterday's news, sets of multiples are NOT that huge of a deal anymore, so you do not need to remind your tweeties every other second that you have 8 count em 8 kids. Not a big deal anymore, doesn't make you special anymore (not that it ever did). Suck on that.
In Entertainment Weekly magazune, at the back there is a feature called Bullseye where they rank pop culture items every week...the middle of the bullseye is good, and the farther out is bad...WELL-there is a tiny pic of KG at the very outside of the bullseye, and under it it says "Honey Boo Boo, we've seen your future" hahahahhahahahahaaa! I wish I could find it online so you could see it . SO funny.
under the age of 4 I mean :) Phew!
I'm truly surprised the interest in multiples has lasted this long, although I think most people are over it. Finding multiples fascinating after decades of them is like finding a child of in vitro fertilization fascinating. Yes they're all wonderful and miracles but it was a miracle decades ago and America is fickle and isn't impressed for long before they want the next big thing. The first few times it happens it makes front page news but after that people get over it.
The McGhee show really surprises me that Oprah would find this interesting. So they're multiples, what else is new?
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Kate did not make a plan B. Remember when she got upset with someone who referenced her popularity with a "...for now." She challenged their statement. She thought she was the star forever. Based on what?
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Based on her raging narcissism and TLC giving her everything she demanded because the show was making them money. When people began turning away, she was done.
Now she sticks her fingers in her hears and says lalalalala, I can't hear you and tweets meaningless platitudes and reads only the words of love she searches out on Twitter trying to get back that feeling of "stardom." She promises them cookbooks and picture books and has her own production company and after 16 months the only thing she's done is get fired from a coupon blog job.
Her fans don't help her with their encouragement. They merely fan the dying embers of a fluke in her life, a "reality" show. Her narcissism prevented her from having a plan B. She thought she would always be a star. She still lives in a staged reality.
I should feel sorry for her but I don't. I watched portions of a couple of clips that were posted here yesterday. Watching her clomp through department stores like she owned them, thinking she was so sexy and so clever only disgusted me. I couldn't feel any pity at all.
Plan B indeed. Most successful celebs have plans B, C, D, E and F all ready to go should plan A fail. If we had a nickel for every time we heard about someone's project that never makes it. It's fine, you have your back up plans if your current idea doesn't make it.
Kate's problem is she shopped around her scant few ideas for a show that were all basically the same show she always did--travel shows, swap shows, dating shows and the same show she did for five years that got cancelled, and there were no takers. At that point she had NO plan B! She just rinsed and repeated and tried the same thing over again and failed again. Come up with something better, something different, like everyone else who has made it.
But you guys are forgetting something - Kate is in TIME magazine!!!!!!!! And you aren't - so she really is special dontchaknow
OT - storm stayed for day three - got out briefly sat but roads made us turn back - and guess what - its snowing again - DH out blowing the 100 foot driveway - again - happy white Christmas everyone
Kate did not make a plan B. Remember when she got upset with someone who referenced her popularity with a "...for now." She challenged their statement.
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Dmasy, seriously??? She actually challenged someone who indicated that her "stardom" would not last forever?? How pathetic. Do you remember where/when this was?
Isn't in funny, you always hear real celebrities with actual talent, like country singer Carrie Underwood, say that they enjoy every single second of their experience because you never know when it may end. These are people who are actually deserving of fame and longevity, and yet the still express enough humility to recognize that stardom is fickle.
And here's Kate who, as Carrie Ann Inaba hilariously pointed out on DWTS, has no real talent or claim-to-fame whatsoever other than her kids (which is no reflection on her, but rather, on her fertility doctors) actually thinks she is famous for the long haul.
Unbelievable, I have never seen anything like this in my life.
As the great Sir Richard Attenborough once said, never believe your own publicity. You're done the second you do.
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But you guys are forgetting something - Kate is in TIME magazine!!!!!!!! And you aren't - so she really is special dontchaknow
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I've been mentioned in lots of well-known publications, cast in a positive light, for whatever that's worth. Not that it matters--you're only as important as you think you are, lol. So far as I'm concerned, it's all about the bonds we forge with one another, and the work we do for the greater good.
Working Woman, we will have to plea to other posters. I don't remember when or where. Maybe People magazine ....
I will put my old brain to work on trying to remember.
Help, anyone....
What was Kate's EPIC statement she mentions on Twitter, that she would work at McDonalds?
Says she is 'tired' before Christmas preparations?
i hate when her tweetie gals refer to her as Katie Crocker or whatever her current persona is...just feeds into her delusions.
EVERY other mother in the world is tired around the holidays.
Kate doesn't do one damn thing that every other mother doesn't do. And I'm sick of her twitter fans acting like she invented the concept of parenting and every other woman to ever take care of children didn't know what the hell they were doing.
Kate is sick and her sheeple are sick.
Formerly Duped said... 39
What was Kate's EPIC statement she mentions on Twitter, that she would work at McDonalds?
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You mean this tweet:
@Kateplusmy8
@deannatweeting @subareads lol... It was an epic moment when I stated that, wasn't it?;)
She's referring to this:
@Kateplusmy8
@subareads well, as @deannatweeting often reminds me, I once said, 'I live tired'- its her favorite quote of mine!:)
That's really epic, isn't it?
OT - just put kitten out on harness for the first time in snow (16" on deck) - started sinking and trying to keep feet out balancing on one paw at a time - what is this stuff?? - feels cold - tastes like nothing and hard to get a full mouthful - what?? What?? Let me back in - NOW! Funniest thing I've seen
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Oh...thanks. "lunchbag let-down!" lol. yeah, quite epic.
(Anyone remember that commercial about boring lunches?)
The comment about only being famous "for now" is from the Vanity Fair piece that ran when Kate was at about the top of her popularity, post break-up. Downhill from there ...
mim, thank you. I kinda' knew it was in written word. I was thinking People. Thanks for the answer.
Merry Christmas to you.
Thank you Mim! I think I remember that article...is that the one where Kate says over and over that she wants to eat at Nobu (probably because of the notable celebrity following of that restaurant) and is gabbing on the phone with Kelly Ripa like they are gal pals? LOL
#allinthepastnowKate #startlookingahead
The infamous Nobu interview, God bless Vanity Faire for printing that. No way would many others put that in, LOL.
I think it was Steve or some PR person who had to tell her now now Kate we can't do that we just spent all morning trying to spin a tale of woe and hardship and purse full of bills are you nuts? It was a total collapse of the facade and it was sweet justice. They had to tell her that wasnt appropriate, like she was a child who didnt know any better!
Oh my, speaking of which, I don't think anything has ever made my blood boil more than that interview Kate did (Today Show, maybe), where she accuses Jon of taking money from their joint accout and is actually crying, saying that she has a purse full of bills that she can't pay and that the children have "one parent who is looking out for them"
First of all, if he took money and you can't pay your bills, WHY are you on a talk-show crying about it instead of doing something about it????
Jane - Is @deannatweeting still defending Kate at every turn or has that ship sailed? I noticed that Kate mentioned her a couple of times yesterday.
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Jane - Is @deannatweeting still defending Kate at every turn or has that ship sailed? I noticed that Kate mentioned her a couple of times yesterday.
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Very few tweets from Deanna over the past 2 weeks. Nothing worth repeating LOL She mentioned that she was working 14 hour days on a 'show' but would be on hiatus over the holiday. Didn't she do makeup on one of the singing shows last year - The Voice, maybe?
Didn't Deanna mention some 12 hour days? I think she actually WORKS FOR A LIVING, and good for her, and people who work for a living don't have time to listen to Kate's moaning and groaning.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 31
The McGhee show really surprises me that Oprah would find this interesting. So they're multiples, what else is new?
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Several things come to mind. The family is African-American and for now at least, they appear to be pretty much doing it on their own, and the parents are still working 'regular' jobs. It's also crossed my mind that by airing this show, Oprah's making a subtle statement about TLC's programming choices and Kate's behavior over the years. She only had the Gosselins on once, right? Did she ever have Kate on the show by herself? Maybe she saw something, tuned into Kate's lies and half-truths.
Improbable Dreams said... 26
When you're the butt of everyone's jokes and you find your way onto a national news magazine's year-end list of LOSERS...I think you've drawn the last card from the deck o' Fame.
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Wow, Kate is just down the list from pink slime and bath salts.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 200
Is it true Barbara Walters named Honey Boo Boo one of the 10 most interesting people?
See ya, Kate. You're old news.
On a serious note, what child deserves to be on that list? What child should have that kind of intense scrutiny. It's so wrong.
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http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20656001,00.html
Sorry, still don't know how to make the link clickable. I think Barbara Walters is slowly losing her integrity. No child should be on that list and by putting her on it, she is also helping TLC to continue exploiting her as more people might tune into the show to see what it's all about, which lead to increased ratings, which leads to more cameras in a young child's face for no other reason in that their lifestyle is different. I know she named Kate as one of the most fascinating people in what?--I can't even remember the year--and I can give her a pass for that as she did so before information started coming out about Kate's manipulation and behavior. But I think she should have learned from that and the fallout from other multiple shows as well as TLC's crap programming (as a whole). Or maybe they're all in bed with each other--does her network own TLC or something?
If I'm not mistaken she put Michael Jackons's kids on the list last year or the year before.
WHYYYYY? Just because their dad was very famous and died? Leave them ALONE.
I'm very busy with extra choir and church services the next couple of days, but I wanted to check in and wish everyone who celebrates a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. May your holiday be filled with family, friends, and fun. For those of you who don't celebrate the day, I wish you peace and happiness. For all, may your days be filled with warmth and peace. See ya in a few!
Respectfully, it's almost like you guys seem to make a career out of hating Kate and wishing for her to fade into oblivion :(
She has made some questionable choices but, you kind of have to admit, her kids seem happy. Even in the episodes where Kate is acting out, her kids are smiling and having fun for the most part. Some people act like she's ruined their lives and scarred them, and they seem to be doing pretty well. Kids who are starving in third-world countries, kids who lose their parents to HIV in Africa, THOSE are kids to feel bad for. Those are the kids who are in true danger.
I just don't think she's AS bad as some of the public makes her out to be. She's a human being, just like all of the posters here ... do you really feel like she deserves to be mocked and ripped to shreds?
This is just my respectful opinion. I am not trying to disrupt the flow of the blog, I am just curious to hear what your thoughts are on this.
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Pity Party said, "What really bugs me about KT is that she refuses to move on."
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Kate did not make a plan B. Remember when she got upset with someone who referenced her popularity with a "...for now." She challenged their statement. She thought she was the star forever. Based on what?
I imagine her sitting the in darkened room watching "The 6 Little Maghees" or Honey Boo Boo and getting angry. They are stealing her spotlight and in her mind they are so much less deserving.
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Dmasy you said it- Kate feels 1) her family is deserving and 2) no one else's family is.
WHY? Why does she feel so highly of her own family and then, to top it off, so poorly of others? It's not one bad attitude, it's 2!! This is why I don't like Kate. She is so full of herself.
Her family doesn't deserve anything- accept the same as ALL other families and that is a stable home with food on the table- and that has to be earned by the parents- that's their job to provide those for the family. And then to think that others are less deserving than she and her family is just plain, well, despicable.
Kate, if your family deserves the best, then go out and work for it, dont demand it from the rest of society, we dont owe you squat diddly and quite frankly, I dont think your family deserves it.
The fact that some children are dying of aids in Africa doesn't mean we can't do better by our own children here. Thank god that's not the standard.
She is as bad as we say but when she does right we say so.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 55
If I'm not mistaken she put Michael Jackons's kids on the list last year or the year before.
WHYYYYY? Just because their dad was very famous and died? Leave them ALONE.
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Just so. Also, she had to have seen the news clips of Honey Boo Boo's mini meltdown on Dr. Drew. She's just contributing to the problems. Why do we put these no-talent people on TV? Just because you can be INFAMOUS is not a reason to get your own TV show. As for the Jackson kids, it's too early to see if they will be as talented as their father and they deserve the privacy to explore their interests
Years ago (mid 1970"s), my nursing supervisor had triplets. Since I was only 20ish at the time and she was in her 40's or 50's, they could have been anywhere from teenagers to my age or older. So I'm pretty sure they were conceived without the use of fertility drugs, at least she never mentioned it. My point is that she carried on with a normal life, worked a demanding job and did not expect any favors or a TV show. I know I'm dating myself, but it's sad to see how people/the world has changed.
Every year our church adopts a family for Christmas. This year it was a recent immigrant family with four children, two boys and two girls. The oldest boy is autistic.
This morning after church we were treated to a huge box of home-made chocolate chip cookies, and another of baklava, from our adopted family, to say Thank You.
This was the FIRST time in all the years that we have been doing this (mostly for Christian families) that we have got a tangible thank you, and especially from people for whom spending money for ingredients would be a hardship.
Our family this year was Muslim, from a very poor country in Africa.
Events like this are the reason that Kate Gosselin makes me want to throw up.Her selfishness is beyond belief, and for her to REALLY be grateful for something and show it, would be completely out of character.
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@Kateplusmy8 I am almost ready I am just grating chocolate for epic hot chocolate and finishing wrapping x x
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I guess "epic" has now replaced the word "amazing?"
UGH!
Just dropping by to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, and best wishes for a very happy, peaceful, and healthy New Year.
I hope & pray that next year is better for all.
With love,
Pink
@Trishmeli22
@Kateplusmy8 my daughter Morgan turns 10 jan 8th. I wanted to surprise her by meeting you and your children. I also have a 19 month old.
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This is really out of line.
What is wrong with these people?
The children are not clowns who make birthday appearances with balloons and games. They are real children with school, other activities, friends, a mom and dad to spend share time with, and lives. Good lord.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 65
What is wrong with these people?
The children are not clowns who make birthday appearances with balloons and games. They are real children with school, other activities, friends, a mom and dad to spend share time with, and lives. Good lord.
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I just looked at that person's tweets. Creepy. She/he/it signed on Dec. 2 apparently to specifically ask to meet Kate and kids. Only has 13 tweets.
Wow.
Her daughter's birthday should be filled with family, friends from her class at school, cake, happiness, laughs - not an ex-reality star's children who have no idea who the girl even is.
Is Kate still going to claim that they had perfectly normal childhoods, and were just "playing," only with a couple extra cameras round?
Because it's perfectly normal for 7 and 12 year olds to be asked to make an appearance at a 10-year-old stranger's birthday party. Happened to me at that age too.
On a happier note, wishing everyone a wonderful, blessed holiday and New Year.
Anybody have any interesting New Year's resolutions? :)
First of all, if he took money and you can't pay your bills, WHY are you on a talk-show crying about it instead of doing something about it????
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What's even more INSANE? Kate admitted she took out money too! There was like two media outlets that reported this fact, we reported it, but the story was ever spun that JON took all the money when the judge ordered BOTH of them to put back what they took.
Maybe both of them were taking money so they could pay their bills, most people can understand that. Whatever, but I can't believe her nerve to be so hypocritical about it.
Kate Gosselin@Kateplusmy8
The count down is on... And although I've got a good handle on it, every moment counts and there still lots to do to make THE day 8-MAZING!
...... so now she's just randomly adding 8 into words, even when it makes no sense?? Eight-mazing sounds nothing like a-mazing.
Hmm. Um, okay, whatev8 Kate!
OT -- totally OT. I am in the kitchen. Part of the prep involved cleaning out the refrigerator to make room for the holiday dishes. Interior of the refrig sparkles and looks rather "staged"....makes me realize that there is something I will NEVER want. Even on a good day, I am not interested in one of the refrigerators with a glass, see-through door.
Mine just isn't a decorative item!
I think 8-mazing was a stretch and an epic fail.
She hasn't picked up on "iconic"yet, like everybody else in the world seems to have done.
Let's see if she tries after she reads this, which she no doubt will...
Kate seems to glom onto words like her 'typically' and 'yum' etc. I guess 'epic ' is it now. As for the adding '8' into everything, it's just silly- she's out of jr high.It's so funny she thinks she has the gift-o-gab and is well-spoken. She is really not good at speaking or writing English!
(This does not make her a bad person- just a figure of fun- it's the other evil events like child abuse and exploitation of her children that do, for the reader above who doesn't understand Kate or this blog)
She's made me hate the word "yay."
Disillusioned #57 - I respectfully disagree with you. In your comment you stated that the children look happy, and I just haven't seen that. They rarely looked happy on Kate +8, they rarely looked happy in the pap photos. Sometimes they don't even look happy in the photos Kate posts. However, if they do smile in the photos Kate takes, it looks forced, and I believe she directs them to smile. On the shows, they rarely looked happy and the only info we get about them being happy, delighted, and squealing with joy, is from Kate.
The only time I have ever seen genuine smiles and happiness on the kids faces have been pap photos taken when they were with Jon, or when he picked them up at the bus stop, etc.
I just do not think, from her words in magazines, talk shows, and her own shows, that she is a good mom doing the best she can for those kids.
Well everyone, I am signing off until after Christmas. I just wanted to wish all of you a very merry and blessed Christmas.
I enjoy coming to this blog and talking with the friends I have met here, even though we don't know each other personally. You are all very special, compassionate, loving people with a great wit and humor.
I wish you all peace and joy. Merry Christmas.
Love,
LMG
Just popping in to wish everyone here a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!!
Leaving tomorrow to go to my daughter's will be back later in the week. Until then, I will not even think about Kate. I'll be celebrating with family AND friends. Can she say the same?
Looking forward to Kate's worst moments of 2012.
Enjoy!!!
All I have to say about Kate vs Honey Boo Boo.
See Kate! It's not about weight or wealth! It's about a personality that the greater community can identify with! Greater community = viewers!
Do you get it yet Kate?
Skeletally thin, ignoring your children, hating your ex-husband, being nasty to co-dancers and TV execs DOES NOT = viewers.
Honey, that's why you are out of a job ... and no one is knocking at your door.
I know you'll never get it ... but just wanted to do my part in trying to clue you in.
I remember when TLC used to air brilliant documentaries on things like the pyramids and Stonehenge ... I'm probably aging myself here but I swear I was addicted to those types of shows. America is tired of reality tv and wants stuff like that back.
Kate's only Plan B was to exploit her children on her own ... sans Jon. She never expected that not working out! She somehow thought her children would never grow up and people would never get tired of seeing the G8+Kate. Goes to show the woman has NEVER seen the world beyond the end of her own nose and IMO will never be able to.
@Trishmeli22
@Kateplusmy8 my daughter Morgan turns 10 jan 8th. I wanted to surprise her by meeting you and your children. I also have a 19 month old.
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This is really out of line.
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I think quite a few on here are calling this -- Kate's encouraging the fans (even if she's drunk tweeting it's not excuse) is not going to end well. Is she supposed to bring the kids to the birthday party to entertain the 19-month-old as well...with what, Cookie Monster cupcakes and Sponge Bob pacifiers?
The count down is on... And although I've got a good handle on it,
every moment counts and there still lots to do to make THE day
8-MAZING! 69
Hmm. I expect this type of behavior to escalate as she becomes less
and less relevant.
More outrageous statements. Can you smell the desperation yet?
Um, katie? Robert and Ethel Kennedy had 11 children.
I realize that RFK was before your time, but he was the US Attorney
Gerneal, State Senator form NY and Presidential Candiste assasinated
in 1968, leaving his wife, Ethel, to raise theirr 11 children.
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth had 12. Two of whom wrote wonderful books
about their family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheaper_by_the_Dozen
Frank and Helen (North) Beardsley's combined family consisted of 20 children
http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl/YoursMineOurs/
B,b,b,but no multiples you say? No, just multiple pregnancies and
deliveries. An NO fertility drugs. Oh, and they WORKED for a living.
Well....since there was so much talk about the 'school time' episode, I watched it on YouTube. Mistake!! Good Gawd but she is just an absolute PIG! Seriously, I just can't think of another word for that....that.....B*TCH! I cannot believe there is even 1 person out there that actually thinks she's a good example of a Mother.
Wow.
Sheeple are Delusional said... 79
''I remember when TLC used to air brilliant documentaries on things like the pyramids and Stonehenge ... I'm probably aging myself here but I swear I was addicted to those types of shows. America is tired of reality tv and wants stuff like that back.''
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I loved those too. In fact, I'm going to watch something like that that I've dvr'd, called Crop Circles. I caught the very tail end of it when it was on before, and was intrigued bye the complexity of some of them. They're not man made, and I don't believe that space ships are doing them, so I'm interested in seeing what the show has to say about them.
I'll be around some in the morning...then it's off till Christmas.
Hoosier Girl said... 80
Kate's only Plan B was to exploit her children on her own ... sans Jon. She never expected that not working out! She somehow thought her children would never grow up and people would never get tired of seeing the G8+Kate. Goes to show the woman has NEVER seen the world beyond the end of her own nose and IMO will never be able to.
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Kate thought the world would never tire of seeing HER.
I almost can't blame the fan. Kate encourages them to feel like BFFs such that they are expecting her to show up to their birthday parties. It's absurd.
Merry Christmas (Happy Holiday) to all who are signing off for the holidays! If I'm not posting, know I'll be reading in the New Year! Best wishes to all the 15 Minute posters and admin and the blog gals!
@Trishmeli22
@Kateplusmy8 my daughter Morgan turns 10 jan 8th. I wanted to surprise her by meeting you and your children. I also have a 19 month old.
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This is really out of line
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But, Kate set herself up for this type of attention, so you get what you get and you don't get upset!
lol..
Yay!
I was comment 888!!!
Do I get a gift card???
*snicker*
Jo 85 ...
So true. It did become the Kate show. Hence all the plastic surgery!
Did't Kate's deceased Grandfather that she thinks SO MUCH of ... ever tell her 'pretty is as pretty does?'
Every grandparent I had told me that at one time or another.
And here's Kate who, as Carrie Ann Inaba hilariously pointed out on DWTS, has no real talent or claim-to-fame whatsoever other than her kids (which is no reflection on her, but rather, on her fertility doctors) actually thinks she is famous for the long haul.
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Carrie Ann actually said that? Which week? I remember her saying that she's never seen anyone so unaware of herself as Kate, but not that she had no talent or claim to fame other than her kids. Can you link the YouTube video? I recall Len saying that she's no dancer, but that at least she gets out there and tries.
It's interesting Kate has memories of her grandparents.
I bet the 'littles' have ZERO memories of HER parents. I don't recall what yr Kate showed Jodi and Kevin the door, but maybe they have a few fuzzy memories of them.
Sad.
Geez, when they had the yard sale at the church, Kate tried to sell the twin's Christmas ornaments Jon's dad had given them. Her reason? They had glitter on them and were messy.
wtf?
Well, I spent the whole day baking and loved it. No complaining here. My brother came over with his wife, and my fantastic nephew and his girlfriend and we spent the evening just yucking it up. I am one of NINE...count them, NINE children. These are the moments that matter. The true love between family members is irreplaceable. I'm so thankful for my very large, very loving family.
My kids will all be over for Christmas brunch and dinner so I'm very excited and happy. It's going to be a wonderful day.
I just want to wish all of you a very, very Merry Christmas! I wish you love, peace and joy.
I'm not sure she said it herself but Carrie Ann agreed with another panelist that Kate was a "brood sow" and did not have any other reason for being famous than the kids.
I do remember this when they were talking about Kate:
"Um, um, um, um, what's her name?"
Baw-hahahahhaha! Classic!
She also said it was "bizarre" to talk to her. LOL.
She NAILED IT. Carrie Anne of all people NAILED IT. ANd here I assumed she was a narcissist herself. I don't think narcissists recognize it in others. She totally saw it.
She also said Kate has an unawareness of herself she has never seen before.
http://www.realitytvkids.com/2010/09/dwts-judge-carrie-anne-kate-is-unaware.html
This from someone who has met HOW MANY other celebs?
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 27
She just has no shame, she just keeps on trucking the butt of every joke. It's not normal.
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What would you like for her to do, have a public breakdown? Would that make you happy?
Why would I want anyone to have a breakdown? A hint of remorse at all the things she has done that have put her on these lists might be nice.
Rhymes, have you seen HBO's documentary, Ethel? It is outstanding. That lady really instilled a love of philanthropy and serving in all her kids. She was an amazing mother.
Anonymous said... 96
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 27
She just has no shame, she just keeps on trucking the butt of every joke. It's not normal.
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What would you like for her to do, have a public breakdown? Would that make you happy?
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As long as Kate puts herself on Twitter, on talks on radio/tv shows or gives interviews, this will be her row to hoe, I fear.
What she can do is stop talking in the public arena. That would remove her as the butt of
jokes and mockery. It's her call. She's practically begging to get noticed and discussed.
If you care about her maybe you can get through to her that she is making herself a target - and not even a moving one.
fidosmommy said... 99
If you care about her maybe you can get through to her that she is making herself a target - and not even a moving one.
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Huh? Why would you assume that I know her or have any relationship with her? I don't, nor do I have any desire to. And no, I don't tweet her either.
Huh? Why would you assume that I know her or have any relationship with her? I don't, nor do I have any desire to. And no, I don't tweet her either.
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Anonymous, you are so tiresome. You just like to stir up trouble. Please just go back to your sheeple barn. I think everyone here is just so tired of you that you really just don't matter. It's the same thing over and over.
Anyway, have a Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate.
Anonymous #nonamenoguts
I thought that was #nonamenonuts.
Either way works I guess. Lol
To be fair Jo, a lot of the posts here are "the same thing. Over and over."
I think Kate's pretty much gone away. All that's left really is her twitter. Big deal.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
My holiday is complete! Just found The Sound of Music on Abc!!! Cara and Mady and I are happily watching... #bringonChristmas
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
The Sound of Music is so hopelessly romantic that it makes me cry....:) (this part anyway...)
Anonymous #nonamenoguts
I thought that was #nonamenonuts.
Either way works I guess. Lol
You are equally anonymous, "Mel." Sorry about the loss of your nuts. Or your guts. Your choice.
I think part of it too is understanding just because you didn't get a response doesn't mean posts are not appreciated. I myself have spent most of the week out of town and have been able to check in to read once in awhile but certainly not comment much. It is unrealistic and frankly unfair to expect everyone to respond to every comment when people often have lives. If you post enough and say something worthwhile you will get responses eventually. Be patient.
Ironically Jenni the one complaining about cliques got upwards of 10-15 responses if I recall correctly. There were a lot. Even when she was upset and attacking people folks still chimed in to try to help her with books. That's not my definition of a clique.
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