Monday, March 2, 2015

Recap: Celebrity Apprentice Episode Six: That low-down dirty bird!

Last time on Celebrity Apprentice! The teams had a whale of a good time doing tours for Circle Line, and the announcer, you know that guy who pronounces Kate's name Goz-land, lol, is loving the maritime puns too. Who doesn't? Kenya and Geraldo were both awkward on their tours, but Geraldo was awkwarder, so Sig's team lost and Sig had to be fired.  On the second task, Kate was PM, and Vivica and Kenya couldn't stop fighting. You know how when a fight goes on so long you can't even remember what started it? That's what's happening here. I really can't remember why it is Vivica hates Kenya and Kenya hates Vivica. Or maybe we never really saw what instigated it. In any case, their feud only seems to be getting worse. This all really distracted Doofus, who for some reason couldn't just ignore it or tell them to knock it off and get back to work. In the boardroom it kind of looked like Kate might slither by again because Kenya and Vivica couldn't stop whining about how much the other one sucked and both of them forgot about their common enemy, Kate, but mercifully, Trump fired Kate after all. They don't really show this in the brief recap, but that whole scene was hysterical in the sense that Kate really believed she didn't have a chance of going home. She just kept bobbling and pointing her thumb over at Vivica and Kenya the whole time, sort of like, see what I mean? Lol. She was certain either Vivica or Kenya would go, completely oblivious to the fact that they are both infinitely smarter and stronger players than she ever was. She never once believed she was also an option. If there's one thing she's excellent at, it's creating her own fantasy of how things are and will be, and believing it full throttle.


I guess sometimes that sort of attitude works for people, like believing you can become a doctor or win an Olympic medal or an Oscar and then making it happen. But it sure is funny to watch Kate employ it in such a delusional manner and then fall flat on her face lol.

Back in the suites everyone is so distracted by Kenya! They can't stop talking about her. Kate was born lucky. Of course there is a diva and narcissist bigger than her on her season everyone is gunning for instead of Kate.  Ian admits Kenya's actually a strong player but there's too much drama with Brandi which slows things down.  It seems to me many of them think they'd be better off without her. Haha, Brandi's face says it all when she sees Kenya's still here. Lol.

I think it's inappropriate that Geraldo says he felt like he was in Afghanistan in that boardroom. I mean, a whole lot of good men and women died there. But Geraldo doesn't seem to ever understand why something he says, or does, might be inappropriate or insensitive. That's just Geraldo.

Lol, "to Kate Plus 8," they all say as they toast with their wine and champagne. I find that rather amusing in the sense that it's true, she's nothing if she's just Kate. She's Kate plus eight. Her whole identity is wrapped up in that branding.

You know I hate to say it, but even though a few people really couldn't stand Kate, like the awesome trifecta of Brandi, Vivica and Kenya, it seems like most of the rest of the players didn't really mind her, or were at least indifferent.  I think though that could be more because they didn't see her as much of a threat or competition. There were bigger fish to worry about it. Kate was superfluous in their minds, mostly harmless. She wasn't going to win a task for them of course, but she usually wasn't going to cause a bunch of problems either, with a few rare exceptions. She'd go eventually, so there was no harm in dragging her along. (But as I said in my last recap, be careful with that mindset!)

Awesome, they're in the International Center of Photography. Photography is one of my great passions. Dare I say photography right now has never been more exciting. What is so incredible about photography in 2015, and one reason I love it so much, is it's one of the few art forms where once you buy the initial equipment, it doesn't cost hardly anything to practice with it. You could shoot 1,000 photos a day and play with Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom for eight hours every day for a ten buck a month subscription, the same as Netflix. So people are getting a ton of practice in, like they never did before with film because nobody could afford to process 1,000 negatives. As a result, people are getting good. I mean, really freaking good. There are so many folks I could recommend to you, but if I had to pick just one I'd say check out Marc Adamus. He's a young guy, been shooting about ten years, and he's practiced so much between his shooting and Photoshop he's become a real magician. I just love his work.



As for me, I've been at it about two, maybe three years. I'm nowhere near Marc's level, but it's exciting to look at my work at the beginning compared to now and see my growth. Here's one of mine I'm proud of, at this lovely little beach called Hermosa last weekend.


Anyway, this is cool, they're going to create a photograph and hashtag campaign for King's Hawaiian, including shots of New York. NYC is very photogenic, so this should be all fun. I'm not really into King's breads, they're too soft for me. I know, I know, that's what she said. I actually really can't stand them, mostly because of the texture. But I know people absolutely obsessed with the bread, who won't throw a party without them. They're super popular on the West Coast, there's like half a grocery aisle devoted to their products in every store.

Johnny and Kenya will be PMs. Lol, Kenya. This should be good.

Johnny says he wants to step up to win more money for his charity. You know, I believe him, and I like him. I don't recall very many other contestants as focused on why they are really here as Johnny is. Certainly never Kate.

Lol, Brandi thinks Ian is stuck in the 80's with his stupid slogan ideas. Johnny quickly goes with Brandi's idea of "rise to the occasion." That's somewhat clever. As clever as you usually see on this show. Always smarter to go with Brandi over Ian anyhow.

Ian thinks a cool thing to do is have the Statute of Liberty clutching some bread. Oh, I thought she had gone low carb. Ian knows somebody who has a helicopter to get this done. Of course he does. He knows everybody. He knows somebody in just about every profession there ever was, and he has their cell numbers. Johnny is just sort of cracking up. I know, it's just funny. Where did he meet all these people? He sounds like an expert schmoozer. You know the type who won't leave the party without taking to every single person and getting their contact info, just in case 20 years down the line he needs a helicopter. Few others have the sort of energy for such things, but Ian is a robot so that's not an issue.

Kenya and Vivica are still talking about the boardroom from earlier. Lol. Remarkably, the girls agree to wipe the slate clean, although Vivica says she doesn't buy it. Kenya has a super risky concept that kind of grosses me out, about superimposing the buns on a model's butt cheeks. Geraldo suggests Kenya be one of the models. Eww. Kenya is like, uh, yeah, no. Lol. Kenya now wants to put a baby in the ad, who I guess is sort of hormonal or something and wants him some butt buns. Geraldo hates that idea, and he's the king of bad ideas. Right? It's weird!

Johnny and Ian take their helicopter ride to take photos of the city. Speaking for nerdy photographers, this is an awful day for photos. It's way too sunny and bright out, the sky is a boring flat blue, and they're shooting in the middle of the day when it's really contrasty, a big no-no. Most real photographers wouldn't bother to go out today, or would have tried it at sunrise or sunset. But they're under such severe time constraints they don't have a choice. Ian as usual can't believe how amazing he is to have arranged all this.

Timelapse guy, however, knows what he's doing and can go out under the best conditions for incredible shots, and he got a sweet timelapse of Central Park under big puffy cotton ball clouds that they splice in as we cut to Kenya's team. Kenya is just recruiting models right off the street. Lol, that's awkward. In the past I seem to remember Celebrity Apprentice would pull models from a local talent agency. What happened to that? Kenya doesn't seem to be mentioning to any of these people they intend to superimpose buns on their buns. You might want to bring that up before they sign on.

Kenya tells Vivica that Vivica's not fit enough to be one of the models. Haha, Kenya! She makes Vivica hold her jacket and purse. Vivica's face, hehe. F--- ety F----! is Vivica's answer to this. Ha, she's losing it.

This is the most awkward, stupidest photoshoot ever. In one of the scenes a couple walks by Kenya and the guy's head turns to look at Kenya's butt. In another there's a toddler in a stroller and Vivica sitting in front of him. It's all just so odd. And how did we go from Vivica not allowed to be in the shoot f--ety f--- to Vivica front and center? Again the quick editing is leaving out huge important chunks of information.

"Coat!" Kenya cries. Lol, Vivica runs over and covers her majesty up so she doesn't get herself all chilly. Vivica feels unappreciated, as assistants often tend to.

Over at Johnny's team, they're photoshopping the cityscape shots. They're squabbling over the hashtags, Leeza says they are not mentioning King's Hawaiian enough, both in the hashtags and on the bread in the photos. She's really fighting for this, which is a nice change from when before she's sort of looked the other way when things went wrong. It's too late in the game to let stuff like that go, she's playing this game just right. You have to fight and stand your ground at this stage or you're done. Diplomacy won't work at this hour.

Over at Team Diva, Vivica can't find her phone anywhere. She doesn't understand this, as she had just set it right down on the table and now it disappeared. Lol, I see where this one is going. Vivica is very distracted, thinking about all the contacts and personal info on her phone. I think it must be different to lose your phone as a celeb. You and all your celebrity friends could be the next big news story if the right person gets into it, which wouldn't happen if you or I lost our phones. Everyone should both lock their phone with a password and learn how you can swipe your iphone clear remotely with a computer if you ever lose it. Still, with today's smart hackers I can see how she would be worried anyway. I know what eventually happened here, Kenya stole the phone and tweeted from it. Kenya absolutely should not have done that and in fact was breaking the law in so doing it, but this whole thing could have been avoided if Vivica simply password protected her phone.

When they actually superimpose the buns on the models, it looks even stupider than some of them originally thought. Both Geraldo and Vivica think they should scrap that dumb idea. "Edgy" is putting it mildly, Geraldo.

Kenya's getting violent now, threatening to back that infamous bus over Vivica a hundred times until Vivica is crying out in agony every bone in her body broken begging her to please show her mercy.


Mercy, mercy! Then, Kenya will cremate her and add her ashes to a box of cat litter. Whoa. This feud just took a rather creepy turn. Vivica is now certain her phone was stolen. I think she would be right about that if I do say so myself!

Commercials. H&R Block is using the same "Money" song used in the Apprentice credits and their guy sort of shouts in much the same way Trump does.


Trump was upset about this. Because apparently if he pays for the rights to use a song way back in 2004, nobody else can do the same ten years later. And also nobody else is allowed to shout or they are clearly impersonating him. Last month, he told Block they suck for doing this. Leave it to Trump to be this immature. I think it's funny that this Block commercial is now running during Trump's show. Sort of a nice little F-U. Well played.

Johnny spends a long time explaining why he left the presenting to Leeza, but that needs no explanation. Why is Johnny's suitcoat 3 sizes too big? Or is that a jacket? Their project is badly photoshopped but it's rather cute, especially the one where Leeza and Brandi are sailing away on a bun balloon. I don't understand the buns on the building under construction. Buns are so light and flimsy, how would it support the structure? I'm overthinking this I'm sure.

Kenya presents, and goodness seeing it in front of the nice Hawaiian executives their concept seems even more embarrassing. One executive can hardly look at the baby one it's so awkward, hehe. Also, not really a baby. More like a toddler, which for some reason makes it seem weirder to me. Trump Jr. looks nauseous. I don't think the other team's concept was all that interesting either, but this is far worse.

Boardroom time. I hope we get to the bottom of cell phone gate soon, that's been the most interesting part of this episode so far.

I don't think Trump really was thinking about Leeza that much as a factor, but he has to admit he realizes everyone seems to think she's awesome. It's been obvious since the beginning she should make it to the end, glad to see he's caught up.

Predictably, Kenya thinks Geraldo was amazing but Vivica was just "good." Tee-hee. Kenya claims Vivica wasn't feeling well. Vivica's like, what??? No, I was fine. I gave 100%!

Rear ends are trendy on the internet-webs? I must be looking at a different internet-webs than Kenya. All I see is the great blue-black/gold-white debate on my internet-webs. (For the record, it's gold white!)

The executives liked Johnny's team and their skyline photos but felt the hashtags weren't on brand. They liked the viral characteristic of Kenya's campaign, but of course, they felt it wasn't family friendly and the baby thing was totally creepy. God, yes it was! Johnny's team wins it. It wasn't even close apparently. That's five wins in a row for that team.

Trump says Kenya really didn't help the losing team by going over there. Ouch. Vivica thinks Geraldo enabled Kenya and her bad ideas. The guy is kind of a bad idea magnet though.

Leeza and Ian are like, what were they thinking going sexy? This family company has been around for ages, if they ever wanted to sex things up they would have done so by now. Duh. What a stupid decision. Vivica thinks Kenya is toxic.

Geraldo breaks it down for Trump as if he's not completely crazy himself. Kenya's idea was crap, and Vivica didn't do much. Well, in fairness, it didn't seem like Kenya was really letting Vivica do anything. Vivica's still pissed that she was told she couldn't be a model. Lol, never poke a celeb's ego. You'll pay for it for days.  Are these two girls too dumb to realize they could team up and get Geraldo fired? I mean everybody else has said they think he's the weak link, despite all his bluster. I'm starting to think they're right.

Kenya says Vivica tweeted the other day that she's going through menopause, so maybe that had something to do with her poor performance.  Haha, Vivica freaks out, calling her a "dirty-ass bitch." That's a new one, and a good one. This is not the ghetto! Kenya insists.

That's the only place you'll be prevalent in, Vivica retorts. Oh shit. This is a knock down drag out. Don't hurt me, but a teeny, tiny part of me wishes Kate were still sitting here, just to see some good shocked and awed faces while this is all going down. It would really help round this all out. For some odd reason this doesn't seem to excite Trump Jr. too much. Rather he looks like he's struggling to stay awake.

Vivica has hit on Kenya's Achilles heel, and now just throws things out like "Ghetto Star." Lol. Both Leeza and Ian agree the menopause comment is way out of line.

Vivica says she did not tweet anything about menopause. Why isn't she mentioning that she couldn't have tweeted that because her phone has been stolen since at least yesterday? How long is it going to take these doofuses to realize that Kenya did it? It's so obvious, and it's taking forever for them to put two and two together. Kenya keeps bringing it up, made some mention of just starting to follow Vivica, and won't let it go. Wake up, she did it!

Vivica's like, wtf, I don't even tweet that often, I'm more of an Instagram girl. I know, Instagram is so much better!

By the way, how pathological do you have to be to assert that somebody tweeted something knowing full well that that person knows they never tweeted it and knows their phone was missing during that time period so it would be impossible to have tweeted that even if they wanted to? How did Kenya ever expect to pull this off?? Bizarre.

Trump says Kenya should prove it to him or be fired. But how would just showing him the tweet prove anything? Hey, this is a great example of a concept a lot of people don't understand about the court of law and proof. Having an email, or text, or tweet for that matter, unfortunately does not necessarily prove that the person it is "from" really was the person who sent it. Sometimes you can spend days in court trying to show that nobody else could have had access to that computer, or whatever, etc. It's super hard to demonstrate the sender is who it says it is, rendering such evidence useless sometimes even if common sense says they sent it.

Trump Jr. finds the tweet: "This menopause is killing me. I can't think straight. I might be a damn fool half the time. 50 just isn't sexy." (In the actual tweet, "is" is mistakenly spelled as "id")

Trump immediately cannot believe she would actually say that. Neither can the rest of America, there's just no way, even in a drunk text. I'm curious whether any of her twitter fans actually thought that was a real tweet. I'm betting many were skeptical, especially since it doesn't even sound like her.

Why does Kenya look so smug? She's gonna get caught with this, it's inevitable. If you're going to fake a tweet, at least make it credible. She insulted Vivica four times in the tweet, come on. Even Doofus would never be this dumb or do something this stupid, congratulations you even topped her. There's a line you can cross where being this nuts isn't fun anymore and becomes rather scary instead. Ian's brand of bananas is fun. Kenya's has long ago crossed the border into frightening land.

Vivica finally realizes oh wait my phone was stolen and "this low-down dirty bird" (lol, I love Vivica) must have taken it and tweeted from it!!! My God, took her long enough.



Geraldo has to back it up that yes her phone was stolen, and he realizes it too! The Trumps look like they're kind of buying this, thank God. Trump Jr. is smart in that he says he read some other tweets of Vivica's, which are indeed kind of sparse, and they're all about god bless you and positive shit like that. One of these things is not like the other, one of these things does not belong.

Kenya's all like come now, you can't be serious. Would little ole me do that??? Hehe.

Trump is totally buying this whole convoluted mess! So awesome! Trump and the Jr. are all like, well who else would do this? The tweet has grammatical errors for pity sake and doesn't really make sense. What did Kenya think, they were going to blame this on Geraldo? There's really no one else they could pin this on. She's so dumb.

Why is the other Trump Jr. not saying anything? He's totally mute this whole time. Maybe he's just popping the popcorn like I am now, drinking a soda.

Trump's all like, they lost because of you Kenya, you didn't help your team, and it's really serious if you stole her phone. Like, really serious. You're fired Kenya!

Good grief, I'm happier Kenya was fired than I was Kate was fired last week. Thank God.

Vivica cannot even look at her and literally gives her the hand and just tells her to "bounce."

Vivica, go file a police report. Seriously. You can't just steal somebody's phone. It's ridiculous and is breaking the law and psycho Kenya needs to be put in her place. What's more, she doesn't even have the phone back yet. It's still missing. Kenya still has it!

Kenya can't make eye contact as she says this accusation she stole the phone is the most ridiculous thing she ever heard. I agree, it's ridiculous in the sense that I can't believe you did that.

Haha, Geraldo's all like, oh my god, I can't believe this phone thing! That was like committing a crime! It's LIKE committing a crime? Geraldo, you're an attorney. Stealing is a crime. There is no special exception for Kenya, reality shows, or the Trump boardroom. She stole, plain and simple and Vivica should call the police, plain and simple. It was a freaking gift Vivica didn't have that nutjob arrested.

Haha, Vivica is so mad she's practically crying. Dirty trick! she exclaims. She and Geraldo are being so loud in the hallway Brandi can hear them, and immediately begins rejoicing that her nemesis is gone. Hehe!

The winners also can't believe the phone thing.

"What's next, poison?" Geraldo says. No kidding! Geez! Easily one of the worst things that's ever happened on this show. Kenya was psycho, period. Also I resent her for making Kate look like a victim. She does not deserve such a gift.

Just a few final thoughts on Kenya. It's really sad that your self-esteem is so low that your only game plan on this show is to sabotage other contestants. She did it to Brandi, she did it to Vivica, and quite frankly she even went too far with Kate, taking completely unnecessary pot shots at her. It's desperate and unoriginal. Did it ever occur to Kenya that menopause is not too far away for herself? She's forty-four, she has only five to ten years left before she's going down that road. How would she feel to be made fun of this brutally? Kenya was not a bad player. She had decent ideas and she worked hard. What is missing inside of you that you can't just rely on those strengths like Leeza or Brandi do, and forget all this drama? What a sad little woman. Goodbye, Kenya.

Next up, they're going to be making a jingle for Anheuser Busch's lime drinks. The legend Joan Rivers is back!

Trump switches Leeza over to Geraldo and Vivica's team. I'd like to think this show isn't scripted but I know that's not always true, and knowing the outcome, this already looks like a set-up to be able to get rid of a bunch of weaker players at once so we can get down to business with the finals. Leeza feels pressure to help the team win. It will be Leeza and Brandi as PMs. Aw, that stinks since they both work so well together. They have a genuine friendship, says Brandi. But they'll be mature about this competition, so that's fine and I'm sure it won't come between them.

Predictably, Geraldo has bad ideas. Leeza steers him onto more of a sports style jingle and pitches much better ideas of her own. Geraldo seems upset her idea is not Latino or about Rita. Rita? Oh, Lime-a-rita. Cute. Leeza says no, we need to focus on coming up with a jingle you can't get out of your head. Yes, exactly. I don't like jingles and I watch as few commercials as possible, I even usually mute them if I can't fast forward them, but she's right that a jingle should get stuck in your head. I remember this one jingle or song from years ago for SmartforLife, a company that looks slightly shady or gimmicky, and my God, I'm still singing that thing today. They borrowed the line "who stole a cookie from the cookie jar" from a classic children's song, but they sang it in a way that made it stick to your head like superglue.  I even sang it to my dog once like a total freak. It's just bad.

Leeza finally borrows one of Geraldo's lines about it being nice over ice, praising him profusely for it, which seems to appease him.

Ian requires absolute silence for his brilliance to flow. Lol, Brandi says they can't talk when "the Lord" is speaking, tee-hee.

I am still debating whether Ian just created this narcissistic, ego-maniac nutjob character for this show as some kind of bizarre self-marketing strategy to get people talking about him I guess, or if this is how he really is. I'm leaning more toward the former after he made a few over the top comments last week that I can't possibly believe he really feels. If it is in fact the former, it could just be one of the most brilliant things anyone has ever done on this show to draw attention to themselves. I mean, he gets more airtime every time he acts like a freak, and it gets viewers talking. About him. Otherwise he could end up kind of forgettable like Johnny, bless his heart.

After all of the Lord our father in heaven's efforts, Brandi and Johnny hate his ideas. The composer, engineer and musicians arrive. Johnny apparently is a musician and has a lot of music friends and is trying to come up with something good, but Ian butts in with another dumb idea to the tune of La Cucaracha. Brandi is really getting annoyed with Ian, to the point where she has to give him something to keep him busy to get him out of her hair. Brandi says Ian is great at everything all in his little head. Lol, he does literally have a little head when most celebs have big ones, which makes him look out of place.

As for Ian, he thinks Brandi is indecisive. He has misinterpreted Brandi trying not to piss him off as indecisiveness.

Things are really flowing at Leeza's team. Their jingle is working. Except for Geraldo. He keeps pushing his ideas, which are totally different than what the girls are working on.

Why in the world is Geraldo bringing up his war correspondent experience again? It really has nothing to do with anything this time, and just sounds like more name-dropping from him, which is getting really obnoxious. He keeps pushing his dumb ideas which even the professional musicians are explaining to him would be really difficult to make work. Leeza calls him aggressive. She's finally had it with him and has to basically tell him NO to his bad ideas.

Brandi listens to both Johnny and Ian's jingles, and really likes Johnny's. But Ian starts pouting "like a little bitch" Brandi says, hehe. It's totally true, he's being a big baby. She finally loses it on him and calls him condescending and disrespectful. He starts insulting her performance, saying the only thing she's good at is using a pen to cross things out and has brought "zero" to this. Whoa, way out of line! This isn't Kate! How come Kate wasn't really picked on like this? How does she get away with everything? Brandi has experience with cat fights and knows what she's doing. She tells him he needs to sit there and shut the F up. Hehe.

Geraldo finally seems to realize that hey, I've lost five tasks, I might as well let Leeza call the shots here and see if it goes any better than when I was running things. Fair enough. Their jingle turned out to be sort of a rap that isn't that bad, "mix it, love it, drink it up!" Vivica and Leeza are dancing like nobody's business. Hehe.

While Leeza's team seemed to have nailed things down, Brandi's team is floundering with absolutely ridiculous jingles that are more stupid and uninteresting than catchy. Johnny's jingle is a little better, sounds like something you might actually hear on a real commercial, but Ian hates it of course, shaking his head in disgust. Brandi says for sure they're going with Johnny's, it's sexy and creative. And there's nothing I-an can do about it, hehe. I think Ian is right that it's a little hard to understand the words, but that doesn't make the jingle worse than his idea.

Time for the presentations, and the choreography for Leeza's team is good, the jingle snazzy. Go, go, go Lime-a-rita or something like that. The executives including Joan and one of the Trump Jrs. seems to really enjoy this. Joan is clapping vigorously. Aw.

Brandi's team performs theirs. They aren't quite as into it as Leeza's team, and I have to admit it sounds rather wordy. The judges seem to like this one too.  Johnny, bless his heart, has always reminded me of Curious George. There, I said it. Beautiful skyline sunset timelapse, photographers.

Geraldo and Vivica say Leeza was a real asset to their team. Of course she was, she's great, always has been. I have to say it makes me feel somewhat proud that I called this one so right. I shared in the first recap that I know friends of Leeza's. And I don't mean people that once met her at a party. I mean they're so close that they even have traveled abroad with her and their respective kids. Anyway, they say she's just a gem. It is nice to see their description of her validated episode after episode.

In her final act Joan Rivers really isn't getting much of an edit. She's barely said a thing this whole episode and is mostly just sitting there sometimes looking rather out of it. Kind of disappointing, I miss her zingers.

Oh Lord, Geraldo compares himself to Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks. Gimme a break, Geraldo. These questions are starting to get boring. Who cares what Leeza thinks of Geraldo? Of course she's going to say he's great. This team is too low drama and boring, hehe. Leeza says they were in an "emotional coma" after cell phone gate. Lol.

The questions to Brandi's team are equally boring. Trump, Johnny and Brandi look orange, and Ian looks pink and purple. Uh-oh, Johnny chokes when asked to sing his jingle. Brandi says she could sing it but she's a bad singer. I totally get that, it's obvious the whole singing thing has embarrassed her from the beginning and it would me too. I absolutely hate singing for others, I'm terrible and I won't do it. Ian retorts she should step up. The hell? Trump asked Johnny to sing it, not Brandi. Ian is being a baby who says he thinks they might have lost. Whatever. Even Trump seems to think that's a bit disloyal. Haha, Trump refuses to hear Ian sing his jingle. Exactly, what the heck does that matter?

Joan says the branding and ice in the jingle was good, but it was too wordy, which is what I said, and wasn't catchy. They also found "señorita" was too man-based when this brand is for both genders. I would have thought this brand was for women actually. Wine coolers usually are. Where I'm from if you're a man and drink this thing all your buddies will call you a wuss. But if they say it's for both that's what they should have targeted.

As for Leeza, the executives loved "nice over ice" and "for the thirsty in your life." Geraldo's ego explodes, as he came up with both of those ideas. There weren't any negatives! Wow! They win it of course. Because Leeza is all class and refuses to hold grudges, she pats Geraldo on the chest even though he was extremely disruptive to her on this task. She understands exactly how to handle Geraldo. She handles him in much the same way Kate did, lavishing him with praise and admiration. Except Kate really meant it, and was not smart enough to realize that as smart as he may be he has consistently been a disruption. Leeza's just stroking his ego to appease him because she's savvy.

I of course love Leeza's charity for caretakers of Alzheimer's, as that has affected my family very deeply. This money will allow her charity to open in her hometown, she says as she chokes up. This is where this show is about more than satisfying guilty pleasures, it's doing something really good for a lot of fine charities.

Brandi too is all class and says you really shouldn't fire Johnny, it should be Ian or myself. That's just being truthful. Some people hang onto their ethics during these shows to their own detriment, and I have to admit I wouldn't have expected that of Brandi. It's kind of a bummer they're going down in flames not because they didn't work as hard or as smart or as fast, but because one team wrote a better song. I mean, you can be the strongest candidate in the room but you might not be able to write a jingle and would fail this task. Is Trump really concerned about the winner's ability to write a jingle? Doesn't really seem fair, but then reality T.V. is not fair!

Brandi says Ian is disrespectful, to which Ian interrupts her by laughing, proving her point.

Ugh, normally Trump's chauvinism doesn't really bother me and as a working woman I tend to believe we see less chauvinism today than we ever did before. By no means do I witness it every day or even every month. Maybe once a year, tops. We have come a long way since the Mad Men days, and women my age should be appreciative of where we are and all the women before us who paved the way for a friendly workplace. But Trump says, nah, Ian's just very confident and doesn't suffer fools. Why is it if a business woman is disrespectful, it's disrespectful? But if a business man is disrespectful, that's not disrespect, that's just confidence and not suffering fools. It makes me so mad I could spit on that little pile of pee hair.

Ian is convinced his jingle would have won, and now Trump finally says fine, fine let's hear this so called winning jingle. Ian sings it. Trump is like WTF, that's La Cucaracha! WTF were you thinking you dummie, you can't just copy a song, it's not even legal! LOL! The last thing Ian wants to do is try to get Trump on board with ripping somebody else's idea off, not after H&R Block-gate. Ian says well I never intended to rip off La Cucaracha for that jingle, it was more like a springboard to other ideas. Yes, just like Sam Smith never intended to rip off Tom Petty, of course not! Snark! Trying to explain copyright laws to Ian is like trying to explain child support laws to a sheeple. Not gonna happen.

I am not at all surprised neither Trump nor Joan understand why the heck it matters that you had some song you couldn't use but that you were going to use that to springboard it into something you could use. That makes no sense whatsoever. Ian's completely batty and they finally realized it. I just love that Trump validates Brandi about Ian and so does Brandi apparently. Of course that's the dumbest idea ever. Thank you, Trump.

Am I going crazy here? Trump asks. At some point everyone who spends significant time around somebody as nuts as Ian asks that, it's normal.

Ian is gaslighting, now trying to claim that he never said they should use his jingle, oh, no, that's not what I meant. Except that he just said that and said that many times before. Shaking my head. I really wish he would fire Ian and only Ian, he's a freak who didn't help whatsoever on this task.

Lol, Eric finally says yes, you're right, Dad. I think that's the first thing he's said in two hours. "Good son," Trump says. Tee-hee!

Ian, you're fired!

Brandi and Johnny try to leave but Trump tells them to sit down. Oh, no. He says he wants to fire somebody else. This is so unfair. Boo!

Brandi refuses to say anything bad about Johnny. She is willing to get fired refusing to throw that good man under the bus. Eric tries to help her saying what about the fact that Johnny wrote the jingle? Brandi says yes but I approved it. Johnny also won't say anything bad, says Brandi is a kind woman, they've been through so much and they'll be friends for life. Geez, I didn't know they were such good friends. I think that means a lot coming from him. I am pleased that credible people on this show really took to Brandi and count her as a real, serious good friend, as I always quite liked her. I love to be right about D list reality stars, my ego explodes like Geraldo.

Trump looks to Joan for help. Now what the hell do I do??

Joan's like hell if I know, lol. She says ultimately I guess it comes down to the PM, but this seems upsetting to her, she even says I can't deal with this. Wow. Brandi looks at Joan with respect and admiration and says she understands. Brandi, you are a class act.

Trump says Johnny is fired, and Brandi breaks into tears. Then two seconds later Trump says Brandi you are also fired. Oh no, what a tragedy.

Brandi and Johnny both seem very upset. They hug and tell each other it's all good. Aw.

How are they going to show all three of them in the car? They might kill each other.

Thankfully Ian got a separate car I guess and doesn't get to do his goodbye car scene. Haha, ignorant fool. Johnny and Brandi are in the same car together and say nice things like that they are so glad they met each other and it was great to help the charities. That's nice.

The other day I was reading Entertainment Weekly, which I get for free with my airline miles (this grifter can't beat a free deal!) and writer Dalton Ross called this show the "best bad show in the history of television." I concur. It's so bad it's good. I get sucked into the stupid drama with Vivica and Kenya or Brandi trying to manage crazy Ian. I like when Sig freaks out and almost punches his fist through a bar, or Shawn whines about her period only to have somebody bring that up in the boardroom, or Kate blows the whole thing by sitting her ass in hair and makeup all day. The tasks are quirky and fun. I love the Trumps and their weirdness, awkwardness, one-liners, slobbering, and occasional grace. I love Ivanka, Joan and George and the other eyes and ears. There is no other celebrity reality show as badly well done as this one. It's a shitshow, but it's a shitshow I want tickets to. Until next time.

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chefsummer #Leh said...

Uh huh. And how much would the copay be under Obamacare?
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I know for my mom who wanted regular insurance they said she'd have to pay $5k out of pocket be for obamacre kicked in and that was a cheap one.

Formerly Duped said...

'cuz I grew up on that show!'
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Kate was on The Waltons? I also loved the show; grew up WITH it.

Read "Erin's" memoirs recently.Apparently she had low self-esteem and felt she was fat, unattractive and did not have a positive body image.She also suffered from depression and lupus, the latter a result of breast implants she felt compelled to get living in the Hollywood scene

May said...

TLC stinks said... 174
I finished binge watching the first season of Broadchurch last night. What an excellent show!

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The best show on television! Season two has started, and can be seen on BBC America, also is available on On Demand. The second episode is tonight!

Tucker's Mom said...

Done binging House of Cards (this season my least favorite, but still good), and am looking forward to Broadchurch.

Virginia Pen Mom said...

About the Waltons being based on a real family, I recently met a woman who used to teach at an elementary school in Schuyler, Virginia. (Schuyler is in Nelson County, where the Hamners lived.) She said she could look out of her classroom window and see the Hamners' house ... the home that was the inspiration for the show.

A year or two ago, Earl Hamner received an award here in Virginia from an organization of which I'm a member. Wish I had known sooner; I would have loved to have met him!

If you're a Waltons' fan and in Virginia, there's a Walton's Mountain Museum. A friend and I toured it many years ago. It was entertaining.

P.S. to Redbird and Tucker: sorry about mixing up who wrote what a few days ago!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

they said she'd have to pay $5k out of pocket be for obamacre kicked in and that was a cheap one.

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Right, but that's infinitely better than the six figures that weird sheeple claims she has to pony up. Funny how this government free health care is not so free. There are a lot of people caught in that too rich but too poor place. But it's still cheaper than Goody's numbers. Wooley math I suppose.

AuntieAnn said...

JMO said... 190

She really is delusional; trying to project a wholesome, down to earth image, while living in a mansion,sending her kids to private school, driving 3 cars, unlimited help for babysitting, cleaning, landscaping,and God knows what else. But she is wholesome and not trash- LOL.

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Yeah and if she's such a saint, why did she kick Jon-boy off Gosselin Mountain?

chefsummer #Leh said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 4

We know the sheep lie and exaggerate..you like their queen does.

Also I would take it with a grain of salt with the sheep tweet...you know like we do with Kate.

NJGal51 said...

JMO - Jon-boy and Gosselin Mountain PRICELESS!

Winsomeone said...

Alexis seems about the same size as Aaden..maybe weighs a bit more even, as all of the boys are so very thin. Anyway, hopefully he doesn't carry her around too much, as I wouldn't think it would be good for his young back. In one of the recent episodes, it seems like a couple of the girls were also riding on their brothers backs...an odd sort of thing to do for entertainment?

FYI said...

Funny how this government free health care is not so free.
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Obamacare is not "free" health care, and I don't know why you called it that. It is "affordable" health care, and it was a big help to me before I was eligible for Medicare.

I am retired, so I didn't have insurance through an employer and had to purchase an individual policy. Before Obamacare, I was paying almost $1000 a month for medical insurance. Through Obamacare, I got a policy for $400 a month for exactly the same coverage I had previously.

I'm sure there are some people that didn't benefit from Obamacare, but there are also many people, like me, for whom it was a Godsend.

Tucker's Mom said...

Aaden carrying around his sister is cute.
The boys are small in stature right now. Maybe they'll have a growth spurt-and maybe Kate will actually allow them to portion food to their own satiation.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I think it's been pitched as healthcare for everyone, which gives people the wrong idea. It has certainly been a godsend for many, and I think it could help Goody. But, there are many people who can't afford it. 60 Minutes did a really heartbreaking piece on it. People thought this was for everyone or was free, and were shocked to find out they couldn't afford it. Somehow, they got the idea they would be able to make this work, which is unfortunate. I never supported it, but I'm glad it's helped some people. We'll see what the Supreme Court does.

JB said...

Redbird,

I saw those posts last night. I thought they were from you as it sounded like your writing style. Now knowing they were not, I am so sorry I even read them.

I wonder if Kate is referring to the new show on TLC, Our Little Family being junk? I knew they would be begging for a new, bigger house!!! It is so funny when the true personalities start to show thru so quickly. The twins are not well behaved and act like they are about 1 instead of 3. The put downs to the husband are increasing. Sounds like the Hamill family lives house poor already and Michelle does not work outside the home. At first she was stating she didn't want a modified kitchen because that is not the real world, now she is saying she would cook more is she had one.

Not to worry Michelle, keep demeaning your husband and you too can be a TLC bitch and get all sorts of freebies provided you let TLC exploit your "uniqueness" you don't want people to think you have.

JB

FYI said...

It has certainly been a godsend for many, and I think it could help Goody.
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I think you mean Marie, instead of Goody. She has stated that she's on Medicare, so Obamacare wouldn't help her.

Once you start receiving Medicare, you can no longer have a policy under Obamacare. It's not meant to be supplemental insurance but basic insurance.

JMO said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 13
I think it's been pitched as healthcare for everyone, which gives people the wrong idea. It has certainly been a godsend for many, and I think it could help Goody. But, there are many people who can't afford it. 60 Minutes did a really heartbreaking piece on it. People thought this was for everyone or was free, and were shocked to find out they couldn't afford it. Somehow, they got the idea they would be able to make this work, which is unfortunate. I never supported it, but I'm glad it's helped some people. We'll see what the Supreme Court does
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Not sure either, but many hospitals have Charity Care, which may or may not cover some expenses. I do agree that many did not understand that supplemental insurance would be needed to cover larger costs.

Dmasy said...

I am rationing Midsomer Murders (on Netflix).

It is rich British -- accents, attitudes, architecture and actors. Midsomer is a country full of he quaintest towns. The flowers and the gardens and the characters -- I adore all of it!

Just like chocolate. I always want one more! I try to balance with Netflix documentaries. TV just got so much better. Temptation.

readerlady said...

Odd and interesting (to me, anyway) bit of trivia. My late Aunt (married to my father's younger brother) was from Roanoke, Virginia, which isn't far from where The Waltons took place. Her maiden name was Walton. Her parents were still living when the show began airing on TV, people used to ask if they were related to the TV family.

Sue_Buddy said...

Admin, just an FYI, the sheep with the heart "problem" isn't Goody, it's Marie, the Ph without the D person. They're both loopy, but in different ways. LOL

Math Girl said...

JMO said... 180

Who knows? She is f--king nuts and is probably trying to project some "wholesome" image of what she believes to be her brand.
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Now, now. What Kate does with nuts in the privacy of her home is none of our concern.

Nancy said...

I have to say when it comes to health care I am thankful that I am Canadian although it's not even close to a perfect system when you need it it's there. My brother was diagnosed on Dec 27 with cancer after going into the ER for leg pain and within 1 week was started on chemo and was kept in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks for observation because of the aggressive nature. This Friday will mark his 4th chemo no waiting, no extra cost just absolutely unbelievable ongoing care.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I read the book Spencer's Mountain as a kid. I remember really liking it.

Goody, Marie, whatever. I get my terminally ill sheeple mixed up.

Math Girl said...

Tucker's Mom said... 188

Anyway, this woman's story is farcical. A surgeon would never have a patient undergo knee replacement surgery when they need an imminent CABG.

Knee arthritis is not a determining factor, because not all patients will go on to "exercise".

Patients need to go back to ADL's, or activities of daily living, not walking a mile on a treadmill.
Cardiac rehab is recommended, but not all bypass patients are candidates.
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The story about the knees also ignores the fact that there are alternative exercises that don't stress the knees: aquatics, swimming, a rowing machine, etc.

Following her logic, amputees and paraplegics would not exercise as part of their rehab, and would not be treated for heart problems, which I sure hope isn't the case.

Tucker's Mom said...

I never supported it, but I'm glad it's helped some people. We'll see what the Supreme Court does.
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I was skeptical about Obama's unequivocal claims about keeping your doctor and insurance-you won't HAVE to change anything if you don't want to!
BS.
I want to give Obama the benefit of the doubt, and think that he really believed this load of crap, but I just can't.
Everyone I know is worse off for it.
That said, I have heard stories about people finally being able to afford healthcare, and am happy for them.
I just wish it wasn't at the expense of others.

OK, rant over!

I LOVE Midsomer Murders! I've been streaming other things, but have to get back into it.
It's deliciously British and quirky.

Tucker's Mom said...

gayle ‏@GayleKg 57m57 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Nice when they get along, right?! They r beautiful! Look like Mom & Dad!
*****
Oh, no she di'int!
Honey, do NOT invoke he-who-shall-not-be-named in a favorable way on Kate's Twitter, and then say that Jon's children, you know, look like Jon!

Exterior Designer said...

Dmasy sign up for a free tv of acorn tv and get your Brit fix. Also I recommend Miss Fishers Mysteries if you like the British myrder mysteries. It's Austrailian and acorn tv has the second season.

fade2black said...

I enjoy old episodes of Midsomer Murders every Sunday night on PBS. Another fun series from the UK is Rosemary and Thyme. Two ladies of a certain age solve murders while designing and tending beautiful gardens.

Tucker's Mom said...

Nancy said... 21

*****
That must have been shocking. I hope your brother has a full recovery.

Ingrid said...

JMO said... 16

Not sure either, but many hospitals have Charity Care, which may or may not cover some expenses. I do agree that many did not understand that supplemental insurance would be needed to cover larger costs.
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My brother went through that Charity thing at his hospital and got his $55,000 emergency hospital stay paid for.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

When I was in the UK last month they were already well into Broadchurch season 2 and I had to force myself not to be spoiled by it and change the channel. Drove me nuts. They played it like all day too.

Tucker's Mom said...

DWTS has a very glittery promo clip that keeps showing.
Tony and Suzanne look great together. That woman looks about a thousand times more sexy and sultry than Kate!
We'll see what happens!

Rainbirdie said...

Kate is a twit said... 11
.....I'm sure there are some people that didn't benefit from Obamacare, but there are also many people, like me, for whom it was a Godsend.
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Huge help to me too. Self-employed & recently moved into an age bracket that raised my insurance to a ridiculous amt. With the new system, my premium cost was cut in half for my same exact coverage. I also have a few friends that don't make much money & their health care premiums were less than $50/month. I think there is still a lot of confusion about how it works & I found the online sign-up here in CA to be non-user friendly. But in the end, for me, it was worth the extra effort to get it figured out & get signed up for the coverage.

Nancy said...

Tucker's Mom said... 28
Nancy said... 21

*****
That must have been shocking. I hope your brother has a full recovery.
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Thank you , a little early to tell but we are a stubborn bunch and they are conferencing his case with other teams in Canada & The US so he really does have the best of care :) I couldn't even begin to image the added stress they would feel if they had to pay for all this I just can't and thankfully I don't have to.

JMO said...

ngrid said... 29
JMO said... 16

Not sure either, but many hospitals have Charity Care, which may or may not cover some expenses. I do agree that many did not understand that supplemental insurance would be needed to cover larger costs.
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My brother went through that Charity thing at his hospital and got his $55,000 emergency hospital stay paid for.

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Thanks Ingrid. I have referred many clients who did not have medical coverage to hospital Charity Care, and the majority were successful.

JMO said...

And why would Kate not answer one of her biggest fans, as a former nurse, and note Charity Care option? It is known in many hospitals. Guess she is too busy.

Math Girl said...

Nancy said... 21
I have to say when it comes to health care I am thankful that I am Canadian although it's not even close to a perfect system when you need it it's there. My brother was diagnosed on Dec 27 with cancer after going into the ER for leg pain and within 1 week was started on chemo and was kept in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks for observation because of the aggressive nature. This Friday will mark his 4th chemo no waiting, no extra cost just absolutely unbelievable ongoing care
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Our experience with the Canadian health care system has been similar. Fabulous health care (though in an old, overcrowded hospital) for major illness, long waits for less major concerns.

In Canada, Marie would have immediate heart surgery and wait months if not years for knee surgery.

JMO said...

Tucker's Mom said... 31
DWTS has a very glittery promo clip that keeps showing.
Tony and Suzanne look great together. That woman looks about a thousand times more sexy and sultry than Kate!
We'll see what happens!
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Pure speculation, but guessing SS will not be a shopping cart, a coat hanger, and ride up into the horizon on a lift doing nothing : ) Never mind the whining, and complaints to TD. ANYTHING WILL BE BETTER THAN TFW. I think she was voted the worst female dancer ever on this show. That's pretty bad.

GO TONY D!!!!! He deserves an award just for dancing with her.

Nancy said...

Exactly Math Girl, the system is by no means perfect but it sure as hell works when you need it :)

Blowing In The Wind said...

Looks the Haterzville sheriff has started her daily rant.

MsGoody2Shoes21 ‏@msgoody2shoes21 13m13 minutes ago
Is anyone out there monitoring threats to @Kateplusmy8? The threats are over the top. DM me if you know. Thanks

Exactly what threats are being made toward Kate? What in the name of all that's holy is wrong with her? She is one very frightening fan. Out of all of the sheeple, if I were Kate, that's the one who would scare me the most.

JMO said...

Tucker's Mom said... 24
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Agree and understood!

Blowing In The Wind said...

I would think that the "hole" that Marie has is in her foot. Looking at the timeline of her heart problems and all of the excuses she has made and lies she has come up with, she's shot herself in the foot quite a few times.

She made reference to a personal nurse. If she can afford one, then you'd certainly think that she could afford to pay the premium on the Medicare gap.

Tucker's Mom said...

Inspector Gadget is monitoring Kate's Twitter!

High Sodium Content said...

None of Marie's story makes any sense. If she was live/death, she'd have been operated on. Drs. take an oath to save lives. They worry about payment latter, sue you, payment plan, collections, etc. Drs. aren't standing in an operating room, wondering, gee, wonder if I'll get paid to save this person's live. Unless they are an evil dr., I'm sure the two issues are toally separate in the way they practice medicine. Two years ago someone I know almost died of pneumonia. Spent two weeks in the hospital, surgery to drain a lung, ICU. He was working at the time.They were a nervous wreck about the coming bills. They were put in touch with someone in the accounts payable department. They handled everything to get the bill paid by the state. It has something to do with dept/income ratio. They had to submit tax documents, pay stubs, older medical bills that they were paying, proof of home ownership, residency in the state. Every cent of the $100,000 + bill was paid for. I don't believe there is any hospital in this country, besides maybe a private or Catholic one that can turn a patient away. The knee replacement excuse it a non factor. There are many ways to rehab; non weight baring, like a bike, upper body strength, water aerobics. Even walking w/ a cane or walker is better than no movement. Just type twitter id in them + xcxcx (hospital) as an example, in the twitter search of tweetdeck search areas. You'll see her tweets back in 2011.

JoyinVirginia said...

Earl Hamner Jr! He wrote some of my all time favorite Twilight Zone episodes! The Hunt about a n old hunter and his hound dog, Jess-Belle about love and a witch, and The Bewitchin' Pool about children living in a mansion but neglected by their fighting parents who find a magical place with kindly Aunt T. You too can drive thru Rockfish Gap and over Afton Mountain and drive around the campus of University of Richmond, that's Boatright College in the Waltons.

angie said...

Looks the Haterzville sheriff has started her daily rant.

MsGoody2Shoes21 ‏@msgoody2shoes21 13m13 minutes ago
Is anyone out there monitoring threats to @Kateplusmy8? The threats are over the top. DM me if you know. Thanks
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IIRC, this 'fan' stated on twitter Jon needed to die. right?
She's nutso!

JoyinVirginia said...

re medical conversation, an elderly aunt had to have a hip replacement. During the work up pre op, it was discovered she had heart disease and blocked arteries. She had heart surgery first, then the hip surgery. Said the orthopedic surgeon would not come near her until the cardiac folks were done.
This is one anecdotal tale of a real relative.
Also I know one lady who goes to my church, she does have a patent foramen ovale, which is a real hole inside her heart, there since infancy. She says her cardiologist says she is doing fine with it and No surgery planned.
I didn't believe adults could have this, until I met her.

Millicent said...

I'll add my own personal experience with getting health coverage after the ACA was in effect. I had to drop my health coverage in 2008, because it was just too much. I was robbing Peter to pay Paul until I just couldn't anymore. So I was uninsured for about 2 years, which is like playing Russian Roulette. You just hope nothing serious happens!

Since I dropped my health coverage, that also meant that no insurer wanted to take me, even if I suddenly was able to pay over $600/month just for myself. (my pre-existing condition? High blood pressure, well controlled by medication.)

Then, in the year preceding the ACA, I was able to get insurance through a Federal plan (pre-existing condition coverage). Then, when the ACA came into effect, I got coverage with Kaiser. The monthly cost to me was under $200/month.

So in my instance, I am better off. A friend of mine also got coverage through Kaiser through the ACA, again saving her thousands of dollars in premiums a year. I think the benefit of making insurance affordable for those people who couldn't afford it otherwise is that they can now get preventative care, whereas before they might not be able to afford it. By getting regular, routine health care, many health problems can be discovered early and resolved or managed before they become big, expensive problems.

Formerly Duped said...

... she does have a patent foramen ovale, which is a real hole inside her heart, there since infancy. She says her cardiologist says she is doing fine with it and No surgery planned.
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My sister had a fairly minor stroke when she had surgery and the same condition was discovered to be the cause.Many people have this, undetected, until it becomes a problem during a separate illness.It can be repaired by an 'umbrella' device inserted via cardiac catheterization and the hole closed- then no blood clots can pass through.

PA Dutch Mom said...

Exactly what threats are being made toward Kate? What in the name of all that's holy is wrong with her? She is one very frightening fan. Out of all of the sheeple, if I were Kate, that's the one who would scare me the most.

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That one is beyond creepy. I was thinking about some of the really odd fans who showed up over the years. Does anyone remember Big Fan, who lived in Hershey? Has she reappeared under another name? I remember she changed names on a regular basis, and if anyone was the Single White Female, she was the one. She kept tweeting successive tweets, sometimes as many as six or more, all saying the same thing.

She tweeted to Kate when she had cramps; once asked Kate what to do because her roommate was in the bathroom and Big Fan had to pee; always wanted to meet up with her to go shopping or babysit the kids; stalked Kate at a grocery store in Berks County; and tweeted to Kate during a thunderstorm because she was in her car in a parking lot and didn't know if it was safe to get out. She was divorced and had a son and really hated men. I think she was Portuguese or her military ex-husband was, or spoke the language or something. She said she was dating a doctor at Hershey Medical. Now that one was very frightening.

PA Dutch Mom said...

IIRC, this 'fan' stated on twitter Jon needed to die. right?
She's nutso!

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I'm not sure if she said he needed to die, but she did tweet that she wished he'd be in an accident and remain in a coma for some time. I agree on the nutso part.

Does anyone have that "coma" tweet?

Blowing In The Wind said...

That one is beyond creepy. I was thinking about some of the really odd fans who showed up over the years. Does anyone remember Big Fan, who lived in Hershey?

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Wasn't she suspended a few times for making racist comments? I'm like admin...I sometimes get the sheeple mixed up!

Whatever happened to "Oh, yes, she did?" Then there was the Nikki somebody who flip-flopped quite a few times and ended up aligning herself with Bullyville and his minions. Is she still around?

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Speaking of threats...didn't Sherri Shepherd offer to blow Jon's
car up?

Tucker's Mom said...

But more interesting was what Shepherd said to Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer when he caught up with her immediately after the show:

You know what? To Kate - I'm going to tell her when she gets here. If you've got timber wood, I've got matches because I will burn up the house and tear up a car for you, Kate. You don't have to say you did it. I'll leave my name - Sherri. I'll blow up Jon Gosselin's car.

http://www.examiner.com/article/jon-and-kate-plus-8-sherri-shepherd-says-she-ll-blow-up-jon-gosselin-s-car

The Sheriff of Haterzville can put Sherri at the top of her list.

Blowing In The Wind said...

Sherri did indeed make that threat, and it was in public for everyone to hear.

She said, "You know what? To Kate - I'm going to tell her when she gets here. If you've got timber wood, I've got matches because I will burn up the house and tear up a car for you, Kate. You don't have to say you did it. I'll leave my name - Sherri. I'll blow up Jon Gosselin's car."



FlimsyFlamsy said...

Tucker's Mom (#53), thanks for finding that. Must be nice to have
selective memory disorder (SMD) like the fans.

Do you suppose Gladys is waiting to be missed by TFW before
she comes back to Twitter? I know an almost-40-year-old who
may lose out on a birthday gift if she doesn't feign interest soon.

Sheri said...

Math Girl said...(20)

JMO said... 180

Who knows? She is f--king nuts and is probably trying to project some "wholesome" image of what she believes to be her brand.
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"Now, now. What Kate does with nuts in the privacy of her home is none of our concern."

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Bahahahahahaha! With all the grammar talk as of late, I found this particularly funny. Thanks for the laugh. :D

Dmasy said...

Exterior Designer, thank you for the recommendations. I appreciate it.

Once Uncle Sam became involved with my insurance, I got much less coverage for much more money. I am not a satisfied "customer"!

But, I am happy for those who have received a benefit.

capecodmama said...

With regard to the ph without the d lady and the hole in her heart. My older daughter (32) gets migraines and has since she was in eighth grade. In July of '08 when she was 26 years old, while in the shower getting ready for work, she got a massive headache. She said it felt like someone had stuck a knife in her head. She assumed it was a migraine but it felt different. It was so bad she had her then boyfriend drive her to the ER of the hospital that she works at. She has been in the ER before because of her migraines and they have told her she needed to see a neurologist. But she kept putting it off. They gave her the name of a neurologist that is a migraine specialist so she made an appointment but of course it was going to be a few weeks before she actually saw the doctor. She drove home for a visit the day after this happened and kept saying she felt like she was in a tunnel and couldn't get out. During the next few weeks, she felt okay but not 100%. She made the comment that this migraine had knocked her for a loop. Her migraines are always the same: she gets migraine with aura that affects her vision. She starts out with black spots in her vision, she loses sight in one eye, her tongue goes numb and the opposite side of her body from her eye goes numb. The whole process lasts about 12 hours and she vomits when it's done. This headache was nothing like this.

When she saw the neurologist, he went over her whole medical history. She doesn't have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, she's not overweight and is very active. She was on the lowest form of birth control as well. Her spoke to her for about an hour and then ordered an MRI. She had the MRI a few days later and guess what. My healthy little munchkin had had a stroke. The doctor was shocked, she was shocked, we were shocked, everybody was freakin shocked. As there was no obvious medical reason for her to have a stroke, he immediately ordered a bubble echocardiogram and we get another shock: she has a PFO (patent foramen ovale) - a freakin hole in her heart! WTF! By this point she was a mess. This is a kid that is very active, played sports from elementary school right through college and never had an issue. After this finding she was referred to a cardiologist and a neurologist that was a stroke specialist. Because she already had a stroke, the neurologist said she needed to have surgery to close the hole or she would have another stroke. Not that she COULD have another stroke, but she WOULD have another stroke. Three months later she had cardiac catheter surgery to close the hole. There have been reports about the correlation between people who get migraines like my daughter's and heart defects. In a lot of people once the heart defect has been repaired the migraines go away. My daughter's migraines went away for about three years but then returned. The pain isn't as severe as it used to be but she still gets the vision issue and the numbness. As she says, not fun when it comes on and you're driving. Even though she knows she doesn't have to, she still takes a baby aspirin every day just to be on the safe side. We are thankful she is here and healthy.

rainbowsandunicorns said...

Do you suppose Gladys is waiting to be missed by TFW before
she comes back to Twitter? I know an almost-40-year-old who
may lose out on a birthday gift if she doesn't feign interest soon.

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What is the longest period of time she's been in exile?

Millicent said...

Tucker's Mom said... 53

But more interesting was what Shepherd said to Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer when he caught up with her immediately after the show:
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Sherri Shepherd is one who was able to keep the cray cray under wraps for quite awhile, at least to the general public. Maybe those that worked closely with her/knew her in real life were aware of her true self. She had a small part on Everyone Loves Raymond as Robert's partner on the police force. I know she had parts on a number of tv shows, and I always found her funny. Then she got on The View and had a platform to talk, not merely recite lines written for her by others.

Once I got to know her better, I didn't like what I saw or heard. She is an awful person!

Millicent said...

PA Dutch Mom said:
once asked Kate what to do because her roommate was in the bathroom and Big Fan had to pee
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Things like this make me wonder how some people find their way home without assistance! If you have one shared bathroom and it is occupied, and you have to go badly --- well, most people live within a quick drive of a gas station, McDonald's or other fast food restaurant, or shopping center of some kind. Drive yourself to a place that has a public restroom. I remember doing just that when I shared an apartment with 3 other girls in college, that had only one bathroom. Luckily, there was a 76 gas station about 1 1/2 blocks away. It probably helped that we were cute young things, because the guys at the station never minded us asking to use their restroom lol.

Ex Nurse said...

I'm sure there are some people that didn't benefit from Obamacare, but there are also many people, like me, for whom it was a Godsend
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There is a lot of misunderstanding about the ACA. It is not universal single payer coverage, like Canada and Europe. In France, "free" health care is subsidized by an income tax, which is around 40%. The only people who get it for free are those who have no income, and I assume that it is a similar situation in other countries.

Since our healthcare is not subsidized by an income tax, Americans have to learn to budget for healthcare costs. The truly needy qualify for Medicaid, but, those in-betweeners, who may work full-time, are always the ones that get screwed over. They don't make enough to benefit from tax deductions, and they make too much to qualify for Medicaid. ACA gives those middle income earners a subsidy, that can significantly lower the cost.

Since I sold my small business, I had to purchase insurance on my state's (Washington) marketplace. It was unbelievably simple and efficient. Washington has alway been ahead on insurance issues--there was legislation passed 10-15 years ago that required companies to cover pre-existing conditions, as long as there was a history of continuous coverage. The state embraced the ACA, and invested money in developing a streamlined process and a navigable website. It hasn't been without glitches, but it was a massive roll-out that pretty much guarantees that there will be issues. I would imagine that if you live in a state that does not embrace the ACA, you will probably have a much harder time, because the federal website is not, lets just say, ready for prime time. If people are forced to use the federal website because their state's did not set up a Marketplace, then a good part of the blame belongs to the legislators and governors that put politics above the health of their constituents.

The truth is that the program has brought many more families and individuals healthcare coverage, while lowering overall costs (since young, healthy people are now covered).

Many do not realize what the true cost of insurance is, especially if they had coverage thru an employer. In our small company, a good plan with a $1000 deductible, with vision and dental, cost $550/month. When we sold our business, due to our age, the same coverage from the Marketplace was $650.00--and that was just for the health plan.

My point is, that many people who think that the plan is a failure, have unrealistic expectations and just don't understand all of the issues. The ACA is not perfect--it has caused a big nightmare for tax preparers (I do volunteer tax preparation for low-income people), and some people have had some unpleasant surprises, as a result of not understanding the law. But, for 2 years in, it has been pretty successful. It remains to be seen how legislators that have pledged to bring it down do in the next election. I don't think people will be willing to give up their healthcare to make a political point. IMO, of course.

Layla said...

capecodmama(58)
Your daughter's situation demonstrates what is so reprehensible about Marie's lies. Marie makes up (or exaggerates) stories for attention, but her whining is a slap in the face to others who have real health issues. She claims her days are numbered, but she will be right there on Twitter, making up stories to get attention/pity, for many years to come.

High Sodium Content said...

Goody must have swiffered her twitter after the Jon coma comment, But search twitter for "msgoody2shoes21 + hit by car" and you will get several people responding to the comment she made.

High Sodium Content said...

I don't think most people realize that if you have insurance through an employer, even considering what the employee contributes, it is almost a 40% increase to your salary. Boy did I ever take that for granted.

Formerly Duped said...

capecodmama said... 58
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Wow, just like my sister. I hope your daughter does not suffer residual effects from her stroke. I also get those migraines with aura and one-sided numbness, even all down my throat! I agree, it's when you're driving and out of the blue, your vision goes. I've had to pull into a parking lot to take my meds many a time.I was told to take a baby aspirin a day a as well.I also have a related thing called Adie's Pupil where my pupils do not react to light or dark- I have to carry a card so I am not thought unresponsive in an emergency, and have to limit night driving. Sorry to hear your daughter went though all this.

Tucker's Mom said...

Millicent said... 60
Tucker's Mom said... 53

But more interesting was what Shepherd said to Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer when he caught up with her immediately after the show:
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Sherri Shepherd is one who was able to keep the cray cray under wraps for quite awhile, at least to the general public. Maybe those that worked closely with her/knew her in real life were aware of her true self. She had a small part on Everyone Loves Raymond as Robert's partner on the police force. I know she had parts on a number of tv shows, and I always found her funny. Then she got on The View and had a platform to talk, not merely recite lines written for her by others.
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My thoughts, exactly. I loved Sherri on Raymond and thought she was hysterical; the woman knows how to deliver a line with exceptional timing.
But, she's a nut job.
Don't even get me started on selfishly hiring a surrogate so she and her new husband could make a new family, when she's got a special needs child already.
Further, abandoning the plan all together when her sham of a marriage fell apart.
Now there's a kid I really feel sorry for.

But, yeah, another of Kate's besties.

angie said...

PA Dutch Mom said... 50

IIRC, this 'fan' stated on twitter Jon needed to die. right?
She's nutso!

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I'm not sure if she said he needed to die, but she did tweet that she wished he'd be in an accident and remain in a coma for some time. I agree on the nutso part.

Does anyone have that "coma" tweet?
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ya know, I think you're right. LOL
As far as Sheri Shepherd's concerned, she's crazy.
Hey! here's an idea for Kate's future, and it will put a mike in her hand and put her on teevee!
She can take the road her buddy Sheri did. We have a new channel on our cable called Game Show Network, and Sheri hosts the Newlywed Game (my kids like to watch Family Feud and her show came on afterwards. We flipped the channel, as suggestive as the Family Feud questions were, I knew the newlywed show would be worse!) (and my kids are in high school, so no one throw erasers at me, lol).
Kate can host a game show!

Katykat said...

Oh, Kate...you are no Olivia Walton, no Maria Von Trapp, no Carol Brady...butyou do seem to have a lot of Peg Bundy in you.

Midnight Madness said...

I also get those migraines with aura and one-sided numbness, even all down my throat! I agree, it's when you're driving and out of the blue, your vision goes.

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I get the aura without the migraine. I guess I should consider myself lucky. I can also time their duration down to the last minute, exactly 30 minutes, no more, no less. I agree with you about them happening out of the blue. No numbness, though. There's no warning. I think, though, for me, bright sunlight or extreme fatigue is the trigger. Sometimes I can go for months and months without having one, while other times it may be one or two a week. I've given up trying to figure them out. I just go with the flow. It's annoying, though, those creepy crawly things, wild graphics and shapes floating across your vision

FYI said...

Kate can host a game show!
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Kate has already hosted a game show called "Dialing for Dollars". She, of course, was the only winner.

Midnight Madness said...

Here's the tweet. Nice, huh?

On Saturday 30th October 2010, @MsGoody2Shoes21 said:

"I know this is not a nice thing to say, but I hope Jon gets hit by a car and put into a coma that last 6 months. At the end of the six months it will take another 12 months of rehab."

Mara said...

Tucker's Mom said... 67

Don't even get me started on selfishly hiring a surrogate so she and her new husband could make a new family, when she's got a special needs child already.
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I can't stand Sherri Shepherd, but how does this make her selfish? Are parents who have a child with special needs not supposed to have other children? Sure glad that my parents didn't know about that rule, or I would never have been born.

Midnight Madness said...

Annette Cornwell ‏@perseveringmama 27m27 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Are you going to write more books? I'd love to read one about how you overcame divorce and are surviving single motherhood.

Well, um, let's see. The cookbook didn't go very far, but yeah, I'm sure she will get busy writing a book on how to survive divorce, with several chapters devoted to parental alienation and how to passively-aggressively throw your ex under the bus and turn your kids against him. That should be a best seller. Would Goody or Milo, Collie or Zipster be the co-writers or at the least, editors? They all are in such great command of the English language.

Tucker's Mom said...

I can't stand Sherri Shepherd, but how does this make her selfish? Are parents who have a child with special needs not supposed to have other children? Sure glad that my parents didn't know about that rule, or I would never have been born.
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I assume your parents didn't hire a surrogate.
Please don't even try to twist my words.
Thanks.

Tucker's Mom said...

I'm sure Kate will pen a book on being a "single mom" and doing #allroles.
The problem is that she's bashed Jon so publicly for so long, that it's going to be a hard sell.
There's a long trail of Kate alienating Jon and I think that will come back to bite her in the ass if she tries to sell a book on being a single parent.

getofftwitter said...

Mara: can't stand Sheri Shepard either. I thought what she did to her second husband was shitty. Make a big thing about having another child and then when the kid comes, turn her back on him. Her newly ex had a lot to say about how she treats her special needs kid. According to him, the kid spend most of his time with a nanny, the kid is not being taught much hygiene or skills. Sheri is a loud mouth know it all, who really does not know much. And she is not funny either.

getofftwitter said...

Katykat: try: Mommie Dearest. Kate is using Mommie Dearest as a parent guide.

Tucker's Mom said...

Her newly ex had a lot to say about how she treats her special needs kid. According to him, the kid spend most of his time with a nanny, the kid is not being taught much hygiene or skills. Sheri is a loud mouth know it all, who really does not know much. And she is not funny either.
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Exactly. Sherri can't handle her son's needs, which is a shame.
Can't imagine Sherri trying to handle a new born AND Jeffrey.
Sherri and her husband rushed into making a new family instead of firmly cementing the one they had with Jeffrey, in NYC.
They were capricious, and now this whole thing is an unbelievable mess.
The two them them-blech.

Rhymes with Witch said...

Layla said... 63
capecodmama(58)
Your daughter's situation demonstrates what is so reprehensible about Marie's lies. Marie makes up (or exaggerates) stories for attention, but her whining is a slap in the face to others who have real health issue.

I have been having very similar thoughts.
It's so offensive to people with real issues (and no lexxi, I have never believed you).
.

Tucker's Mom said...

I have been having very similar thoughts.
It's so offensive to people with real issues (and no lexxi, I have never believed you).
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Add Kate being offensive to real single mothers doing it all on their own, struggling to make ends meet.
That's what would crack me up about Kate penning a book about it, ensconced in her 800 sq. ft. bedroom, in her manse, on her compound, set among 23 acres, with 3 cars in her 3-car garage, kids in private school, Gator in the barn....

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Are parents who have a child with special needs not supposed to have other children?


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No. Parents who can't take care of their first child in the first place and dump them on nannies all the time shouldn't be having more. Has nothing to do with special needs. My narcissist never should have had more children. They had proven for years they couldn't take care of the first ones nor were they much interested in them. The sad thing is the youngest children darn well knew it.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

So someone tweeted to ask TFW if she'll be writing a book
about how she overcame divorce, and how she's surviving
single motherhood. Well, she doesn't seem to have overcome
divorce -- as 5 years later she admits to not even speaking to
the father of her 8 children, and refuses to allow him on their
property. And she's not a single mother, as the aforementioned
father is alive and well.

Now if TFW put some tips about scamming money out of church
goers while you're closing on a mansion, that might make the
best seller list. "Fifty Shades Of Grift?"

Virginia Pen Mom said...

Midnight Madness said... 70

I get the aura without the migraine. I guess I should consider myself lucky. I can also time their duration down to the last minute, exactly 30 minutes, no more, no less. I agree with you about them happening out of the blue. No numbness, though. There's no warning. I think, though, for me, bright sunlight or extreme fatigue is the trigger. Sometimes I can go for months and months without having one, while other times it may be one or two a week. I've given up trying to figure them out. I just go with the flow. It's annoying, though, those creepy crawly things, wild graphics and shapes floating across your vision

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I get them too, Midnight. I think one name for them is ocular migraines and there's no known cause (as I understand it).

Mine just started a few years ago--seemingly very random. If I see sunlight glinting hard off of something, I look away because it can trigger one. I find they particularly come on if I'm both super tired and super stressed. Extra caffeine on top of those lights the keg for sure ... Very annoying!

I've had them while driving, teaching a class of children (ugh), and in a small discussion group where I didn't want to let on that everyone's face was wavy and multicolored! Like you, mine last no more than 30 minutes. We just have to wait them out, I guess.

chefsummer #Leh said...

Looks like TLC is now producing-(What did kk say) junk tv.

chefsummer #Leh said...

A man is Santa Claus 24/7 and he's looking for a wife.
A woman has NN breast and is looking for a man.

And Kate is part of this network.

JMO said...

Off topic, but so precious.

https://gma.yahoo.com/look-whos-talking-mom-surprised-son-says-hello-212420836--abc-news-parenting.html

Call Me Crazy said...

Kate has already hosted a game show called "Dialing for Dollars". She, of course, was the only winner.
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Yeah. And she would have loved to have been on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," but she ran into a snag with the rules. She had no problem with the "50/50" and "Ask the Audience" lifelines, but she was unable to find anyone to use for her "Phone a Friend".

Anonymous said...

Flimsy Flamsy said...

..."Fifty Shades Of Grift?"

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Comment of the Day!

PJ

capecodmama said...

Everything is not as it seems on Broadchurch this season. It's good.

Formerly duped..My daughter had one side effect from the stroke but fortunately it worked itself out and didn't last long. She would have a word in her head that she wanted to say but another word would come out. For example: she was on the beach one day with her friends and for the life of her the word sand wouldn't come out of her mouth. No matter how hard she tried, when she tried to say sand, she would say snow. This was a short time after her stroke but before she had the MRI so she didn't know she'd had a stroke. Once she found out about the stroke, the word mixup made sense. I hope your sister is doing well.

Midnight Madness said...

Mine just started a few years ago--seemingly very random. If I see sunlight glinting hard off of something, I look away because it can trigger one. I find they particularly come on if I'm both super tired and super stressed.

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Yes! Same with me. Mine started in my first pregnancy. I never had them before that. My doctor said it's a silent migraine because I don't get the headache with it. Yours are multi-colored? Mine are just black and white...very boring and mediocre. I can follow them off to either side and then out of my line of vision. It gives me something to do! LOL!

If you Google "migraine aura images," there are some graphics there of what forms the auras take.This is a good article on silent migraines...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2534815/They-dont-headache-silent-migraines-shattering.html


Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 44m44 minutes ago
@sista75de Yep! I heard it too and wondered if anyone else caught it! She rarely speaks like Mady anymore; mostly like @MirandaSings #Funny

Is it cause for concern if your daughter rarely speaks like herself but talks like Miranda Sings?

Dmasy said...

I am a migraine sufferer also. No auras. Just a stabbing hot pain that begins on the left side of my head. It spreads. Feels as if someone drilled a hole on my skull and is pouring hot oil into it. Bad ones end in Urgent Care or an Emergency Room. At the peak of the pain my blood pressure soars into stroke numbers.

I have had every neurological work up imaginable. I have never considered a heart related cause and neither has any doctor I have consulted. I haven't found the trigger and I have had years to track non-existant patterns.

This blog is a wealth of information. Thanks to those sharing their migraine experiences.

Ex Nurse said...

High Sodium Content said... 65
I don't think most people realize that if you have insurance through an employer, even considering what the employee contributes, it is almost a 40% increase to your salary. Boy did I ever take that for granted.
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Not only that, health care coverage is income to the employee, that is not subject to any FICA, Medicare or income taxes. For the employer, it is basically wages paid out that also bypasses FICA Medicare and other payroll related taxes. That is a huge subsidy to businesses.

Before the ACA, individuals who had to buy their own health care coverage paid it with after-tax dollars. The ACA subsidy is an ettempt to equalize the business tax break by giving subsidies to low and middle income families.

Midnight Madness said...

She had no problem with the "50/50" and "Ask the Audience" lifelines, but she was unable to find anyone to use for her "Phone a Friend".

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lol!! I thought you were going to say that rules didn't permit TFM to stand behind her to protect her in case there would be a flocking of frantic fans, or to hold her purse. Would she have been allowed to have an in-ear mic so he could feed her the answers after he googled the questions on her pink phone?.

NJGal51 said...

TFW is on a twitter spree tonight. How pathetic is it for an almost 40 year old to try so hard to get noticed by Miranda Sings by including her in all of the tweets. It didn't work at Halloween and it doesn't seem to be working now.

Anonymous said...

capecodmama said... 90

Trying to say one word and saying another is a sign that something is going on in the brain. I noticed it with my Dad one Christmas. He tried to say beet and kept saying beef. Or playing cards he'd throw down a pair of 8s and call them aces. He then said he put kleenex in the humidifier. (instead of javex) Sure enough, he had had a slight stroke.

All our talk about grammar the other day and I came across this Weird Al song. It's pretty awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

TLC stinks said...

LOL. Kate must hole up in her bedroom at night tweeting when the kids are home. I kinda go with the explanation for her silence that the kids were with Jon. Maybe Kate and TFM took a pre-birthday vacay.

Anonymous said...

(Leslie)
What does "NN breast" mean? And why would Kate have to write a book about surviving divorce and dealing with single motherhood. She has given numerous interviews about both these subjects since 2010. And also we have numerous episodes of Kate Plus 8 too discussing this. Besides who would give her a book deal with her terrible book sales.

Virginia Pen Mom said...

rainbowsandunicorns said... 59
Do you suppose Gladys is waiting to be missed by TFW before
she comes back to Twitter? I know an almost-40-year-old who
may lose out on a birthday gift if she doesn't feign interest soon.

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What is the longest period of time she's been in exile?

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On March 1, Kate tweeted Em, Susan, Denise, Jeanne, Barb and a few others. Milo didn't get a tweet. She pouts like a child.

I think if Kate asks about her, she'll be back instantly with love light in her eyes! If Kate is worried when she asks where Milo is, all the better! Milo is punishing Kate, and she'd like Kate to know she's being punished.

This usually lasts around 2 weeks, right? Does anyone remember? And she always sends off with some melodramatic farewell tweet like this one: "I'm #Optimistic we shall tweet again one day! :) "

Scary, childish, and bizarre. Time to hide the bunny again, Kate!

Anonymous said...

About Migraines, I forget which poster had the stroke, and the other one who knew, too.

When I was in College, I worked in a bar in the West Island that was associated with one Downtown. As it happened, after final exams just before Christmas, I had the Saturday morning shift at work, was exhausted and had a headache, but made it through, until 5 mins. before finishing my boss asked me (aka told me) to please work our sister bar downtown, but not to worry, after closing someone would drive me back home. Unpaid of course, but he would be in my debt. So I did.

Despite the headache, everything went well.. until 3:30 am when I was thanking g-d the day would finally end and I could finally sleep.
I was cleaning tables when they flicked the lights on and off to get rid of the stragglers and my brain went POP, no more headache! I was euphoric! Until I realised when I looked to my right that I couldn't see anything. Literally could not see anything on my right from either eye.

ER visit and some scans later revealed I had a Classic Migraine. 2 weeks of bed rest and my vision returned, thankfully. Never worked a 20hr shift again. Thank goodness I live in Canada, all was free.

I had intermittent Migraines up until I had my DD, then they disappeared. Drs. think they were hormone-induced, and giving birth put them back into wack, or something like that.

So sorry for anyone who has them, It has been 18 years since my last one, but just thinking about it makes me feel the pins in the soles of my feet that travel up my entire body and my praying to please just stop breathing.

franky

I was lucky, my eldest brother had same thing, but was a stroke. It took him 2 years to re-learn how to read and write, and his speech is slurred to this day.

Anonymous said...

(Leslie)

What does "NN breast" mean?

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I think "NN" is referring to cup size of some ginormous boobed woman on a TLC show. NN or Double N breasts. I'm ashamed that I know this.

PJ

chefsummer #Leh said...

(Leslie)
What does "NN breast" mean?
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Exactly what it sounds like lol.

swimgirl said...

TFW tweeted...@payday1234 @MirandaSings we all like her videos. Cara&Mady show them2me @ night-I laugh til I cry! Gr8 stress relief after day w 8 kids!❤️
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OMG!!! Did you know that she has 8 (count 'em 8) kids?

Tuckers Mom said...

swimgirl said... 103

TFW tweeted...@payday1234 @MirandaSings we all like her videos. Cara&Mady show them2me @ night-I laugh til I cry! Gr8 stress relief after day w 8 kids!❤️
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OMG!!! Did you know that she has 8 
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Did you know Kate is stressed?
Well she is, so you'd better respond with free tickets! !!!!!

Anonymous said...

(Leslie)
Thanks for the answer about NN breasts. I would have never guessed. And yes it is very sad that Kate included Miranda in her many tweets. She wants her to tweet back to her to show her teens how very popular she is, don't you know!

Sue_Buddy said...

NJGal51 said... 95
TFW is on a twitter spree tonight. How pathetic is it for an almost 40 year old to try so hard to get noticed by Miranda Sings by including her in all of the tweets. It didn't work at Halloween and it doesn't seem to be working now.
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She's no doubt doing that because Miranda is appearing in Reading, PA in August. Might as well start grifting now.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

"Gr8 stress relief after day w 8 kids!" - in victim mode once again.
Sure, it must be a busy day with all 8 of them home, but why is
it stressful? Is it ever fun?

I don't believe motherhood brings TFW much joy. I'm not being
snarky. If she had it to do all over again, I don't think she would.
And kids know when they're not wanted.

FYI said...

Sue_Buddy said... 106
NJGal51 said... 95
TFW is on a twitter spree tonight. How pathetic is it for an almost 40 year old to try so hard to get noticed by Miranda Sings by including her in all of the tweets. It didn't work at Halloween and it doesn't seem to be working now.
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She's no doubt doing that because Miranda is appearing in Reading, PA in August. Might as well start grifting now.
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Of course that's why she's doing it. She also started following her accounts---@MirandaSings and @ColleenB123

Formerly Duped said...

The kids amuse themselves- she even said she doesn't get involved with the basement playroom. She doesn't know by her own admission what they like ( Joel & basketball) or what they like to wear ( couldn't pack for them, even unnawear) or venture into the twins' rooms for weeks on end. What could be stressful to this organized mastermind? At almost 11 and 14, the kids should be planning most of their own vacation days, unless 'fun things' are on the agenda. Why does she tweet how much they like the Waltons etc and insert herself into all their games, parties and conversations if it stresses her out to spend time with the gr8t Eight??

Sue_Buddy said...

This usually lasts around 2 weeks, right? Does anyone remember? And she always sends off with some melodramatic farewell tweet like this one: "I'm #Optimistic we shall tweet again one day! :) "
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Kate seems to be getting along fine without Milo's never ending, over the top tweets about what a fantastic mom she is. That's the problem with disappearing and hoping people notice. Often they don't or they're glad you're gone.

#You'dBetterGetBacktoTwitterSoonMiloBeforeYou'reForgotten

Sheri said...

Okay, so Milo is MIA, Marie's days are numbered and Goody is begging her majesty to off all the hater's heads.

Meanwhile, Kate is watching the Waltons and tweeting Miranda Sings.

I really don't understand how the fans can think that people who criticize Kate are just jealous.

Yeah, I so wish I had 8 children, a failed marriage, a house and property I can't really afford, no family and only paid friends.

I just wish I could spend my evenings tweeting strangers looking for validation instead snuggling on the couch with my Hubby, playing a board game with my daughter or hanging out with my friends.

Yep, Kate's really living the dream. (snark)

NJGal51 said...

@payday1234 @MirandaSings we all like her videos. Cara&Mady show them2me @ night-I laugh til I cry! Gr8 stress relief after day w 8 kids!❤️
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You're right Sue_Buddy, she's starting to grift early. They were in nosebleed seats for 1D and some other concert that they went to when she had to pull the money out of her pocket. I’m sure that she wants tickets, backstage passes, etc. so that she can say "continue to film and we get perks like this, don't film and you'll always be in nosebleed". She'd better have her people (TFM) call Miranda/Colleen's people because with over a million followers I'm sure TFW isn't even on her radar. TFW did the same thing at Halloween when Mady dressed as Miranda Sings and TFW went on and on about how Mady sounds exactly like her, etc. Pitiful that at 40 she's still jumping up and down shouting "Pick me Monty! Pick me!".

PatK said...

I'll just say how nice it is to read Kate's TL without all of Milo's stupid suck-up tweets. At least the rantings of MyHeartHasAHole; SheriffGoody and the occasional drive-by thug are more entertaining than the idiotic crap Milo spews.

Millicent said...

Sheri said... 111
...
I really don't understand how the fans can think that people who criticize Kate are just jealous.

Yeah, I so wish I had 8 children, a failed marriage, a house and property I can't really afford, no family and only paid friends.
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LOL, so true. It's all in the perspective. I am thankful every day to live in a safe community, to have a secure job, to have my son, the rest of my family, and some really great friends. I would never want to trade places with Kate Gosselin, if it meant that I would have no contact with my family, have no friends except my hairdresser (who I pay handsomely so he has to be nice to me), and my married bodyguard who is slowly draining my bank accounts. Once the money goes, so will he. I'm over a decade older than Kate, but minus the receding hair line, the deep brow furrows, and the inability to take a trip without someone doing the driving, holding my hand, and/or walking me through an airport.

Why in the world would I be jealous of someone who can't manage the basics of life? Someone who breaks every appliance she has? Someone whose emotional and mental growth seems stunted somewhere in late adolescence? Someone who I believe is mentally ill?

Millicent said...

"Gr8 stress relief after day w 8 kids!"
*****

Here's an idea Kate, if you are so stressed after spending a day in the same huge home as your kids: Why not arrange for them to get together with their friends for the day? I'm sure they would have more fun hanging out with their friends than watching The Waltons.

Sue_Buddy said...

I really don't understand how the fans can think that people who criticize Kate are just jealous.
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If you were to ask Kate's fans, which I have, 1) What is there to be jealous of, and 2) What/where are the threats, it's a sure way to make them disappear from Twitter for a while, or they turn to insults instead of providing answers.

TLC stinks said...

LOL. So this Miranda Sings is coming to Reading. No wonder she is including her in those Tweets. It just never changes with Kate.

Sue_Buddy said...

Here's some flaming hypocrisy:

❀ℛεɑℓℤɩɠɠƴℱℓℴ❀ @RealZiggyFlo · 37m 37 minutes ago
@greenmitera and this done to her. Don't like her - ignore her. Why try to destroy lives under the guise of 'child advocacy'?


Who's trying to destroy lives with their idiotic lawsuit and has been cheered on for it if it isn't the fans #1 hero, McGiblets?

AuntieAnn said...

Of course that's why she's doing it. She also started following her accounts---@MirandaSings and @ColleenB123

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If the tickets come through maybe she can gather the kids together for a group photo with MirandaSings to put on the Coming Soon! Inspiration page of her website, right under the four-year-old pic of Taylor Swift.

Blowing In The Wind said...

If you were to ask Kate's fans, which I have, 1) What is there to be jealous of, and 2) What/where are the threats, it's a sure way to make them disappear from Twitter for a while, or they turn to insults instead of providing answers.

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The jealousy exists among the fans. It appears that most of them equate happiness and success with materialism. For them, they see that Kate has the big house, kids in private school, three cars, a swimming pool, the lifestyle of the rich and famous. They know that they could never achieve this. You look at some of them...one deep in celebrity worship, one with alleged health problems, one who is just plain nuts, and others who are living paycheck to paycheck or on assistance. They look at her and think, wow, she's got it all -- limo trips to New York City, extensive traveling, rubbing elbows with the elite, and hey, she knows Donald Trump and so many other celebrities. All she has to do is call them if she needs or wants a favor. How great that must be!

What the fans don't get is that very few who have a comfortable life with friends and family wouldn't trade places with her for all the money in the world. For so many, material things aren't a priority and as you grow older, you're able to understand this. So many of her fans are teens and 20-somethings, and yes, for them her lifestyle looks so glamorous and they want to be just like her. That's not what it's all about. For the older fans, the six or so that remain, they'll claim jealousy among the non-fans because it's what they wanted, but could never attain and they know that by now it's too late for them.

Blowing In The Wind said...

Here's an idea Kate, if you are so stressed after spending a day in the same huge home as your kids: Why not arrange for them to get together with their friends for the day?

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It's spring break. I would think that most of their friends are spending it on vacation in a nice warm climate!

Blowing In The Wind said...

Kate seems to be getting along fine without Milo's never ending, over the top tweets about what a fantastic mom she is. That's the problem with disappearing and hoping people notice. Often they don't or they're glad you're gone.

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Have any of the mini-ewes asked where their leader is, or voiced any concern about her? Is she not communicating with any of them?

chefsummer #Leh said...

I really don't understand how the fans can think that people who criticize Kate are just jealous.
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Well because they have nothing else besides the jealous line.

I mean think about it what other reason has the sheep used on why we don't like Kate.

She has money?...But she got that money using and abusing her kids.
She has a big house..Again she got that house by using and abusing her kids.
She's attractive..Okay maybe at one time now she looks like ever other wanna be barbie and again she got the looks by using her kids...
Everyone loves her....HAHA .not.
She got a hot lover..You the married man she pays to be around her.
She has friends..You mean the one she pays or the ones uses then ditches?

Yeah I'm so jealous.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I really don't understand how the fans can think that people who criticize Kate are just jealous.
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Well because they have nothing else besides the jealous line.


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I think it's because they themselves get jealous of others they perceive have something more or better than they do.

Some people have jealous personalities, some don't. They can't fathom somebody might be secure in themselves and their lives and not really feel much of that emotion. They can't fathom that when some people see others do well or have things, generally they feel happy for them, not bitter.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


The jealousy exists among the fans. It appears that most of them equate happiness and success with materialism. For them, they see that Kate has the big house, kids in private school, three cars, a swimming pool, the lifestyle of the rich and famous. They know that they could never achieve this.

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Exactly. They are absolutely failing to understand that not everyone necessarily even wants that, the burdens that come with it (i.e. many people don't WANT a big house, too much work), and that many people don't depend on things like houses and trips to feel they are living a fully and happy life.

How many of us know extremely unhappy people who supposedly have it all?

chefsummer #Leh said...

I think it's because they themselves get jealous of others they perceive have something more or better than they do.
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You're giving her sheep to much credit.

Sheep think...
You don't like our queen..you must be jealous or a hater..BaaBaa #fact

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Admin (#118), you asked, "how many of us know extremely unhappy people who supposedly have it all?" I think TFW falls into that
category. She doesn't seem to enjoy life. She grumbles and gripes
almost constantly. She is a "glass half empty" person if I ever
saw one. On the special, TFW blamed her shingles on the
stress from the room renovation. We can assume TLC paid for
every cent of that project, as well as providing TFW a paycheck
for filming the episode. Yet she still found something to complain
about. She is a bottomless pit of greed.

Rhymes with Witch said...

Why in the world would I be jealous of someone who can't manage the basics of life? Someone who breaks every appliance she has? Someone whose emotional and mental growth seems stunted somewhere in late adolescence? Someone who I believe is mentally ill? 114

Who at age 40 has accomplished what? Sold her soul and her children to TLC and grifted just about all of her precious possessions. Jealous? Nope.

Millicent, I think late adolescence is being generous. I put her emotional age at about 12.
I also agree that she is a bottomless pit of greed.

Sue_Buddy said...

Have any of the mini-ewes asked where their leader is, or voiced any concern about her? Is she not communicating with any of them?
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Four have halfheartedly asked if she's ok, but no one for the past two days.

AuntieAnn said...

FlimsyFlamsy said... 127

We can assume TLC paid for
every cent of that project, as well as providing TFW a paycheck
for filming the episode. Yet she still found something to complain
about. She is a bottomless pit of greed.

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She's been a greedy piggy from the get-go. She was given $750 gift certificate among other freebies too numerous to mention when they were supposedly broke and in need of all the help they could get and she didn't think it was enough.

Fast forward to her millionaire days when they moved into a big beautiful house to roam around in and she complained the fridge was dirty and there were dust bunnies under the freezer. Then she's off to her free ride down the Colorado River and she bitches about getting wet. A free trip to the Grand Canyon and she calls it a waste of space. Now she complains they're outgrowing the 6000+ sq. ft. house.

She must have been an impossible child to deal with. I'll bet she gave her parents more stress than all eight of her kids put together give her. No wonder they threw in the towel with her.

PatK said...

FlimsyFlamsy said... 127
On the special, TFW blamed her shingles on the
stress from the room renovation. We can assume TLC paid for
every cent of that project, as well as providing TFW a paycheck
for filming the episode.

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Don't forget the fact that TLC's Production Assistants were more than likely the ones burdened with the task of taking apart the bedroom furniture and moving everything down to the main floor, and then taking it all back to the bedrooms and setting everything up again.

I understand why she was so stressed that she broke out in shingles! Poor thing!

Mel said...

She could just be happy that she has a glass...and something to put in it. But nope. Not her. Always looking for the next handout.

AuntieAnn said...

Mel said... 132

She could just be happy that she has a glass...and something to put in it. But nope. Not her. Always looking for the next handout.

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Yes. As I've said before - her trough runneth over and she still begs for more.

Rhymes with Witch said...

She could just be happy that she has a glass...and something to put in it. But nope. Not her. Always looking for the next handout. 132

I have never seen anyone so unwilling or incapable of enjoying things. On top of that, she actively sucks the joy out of everything for others. Then she wants more. And more. It's actually really sad.

Rhymes with Witch said...

Meant to add, it is particularly sad for Jon's children.

Kirkland said...

She says she's stressed again! Has this woman ever said "Spent an enjoyable day with my 8!" or anything similar? My gosh! I get tired of her dramatics.

Besides, she's so boring these days. Does she have anything on the horizon? Job-wise?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I have thought for years that Kate is insatiable. Nothing is ever enough. She can't appreciate what she has because she is always looking to the next thing. She can't be happy with a six episode comeback few people ever get a second chance at, she wants 36 more, and then after 36 she wants 96 more. There will NEVER be enough episodes, enough money, enough house, enough freebies, enough vacation. EVER.

I have also thought for years that that is a very serious problem that she needs therapy for as much as she needs therapy for how to treat her children. She is trying to fill up SOMETHING with this desperate need for more. What, only she can answer.

What happened to her or why is it that she can't feel content?

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Was it on Oprah that TFW said something like, "Can there ever be
enough money?" Straight from the horse's mouth.

You'd think TFW's relentless pursuit of more would make her
at least a little ambitious or productive. But nope - she's still
bone lazy. I think she's a graduate of the Golden Platter school
of prosperity, where you merely wait around for the next opportunity
to be served up on your plate.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

What happened to her or why is it that she can't feel content?

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I don't know. Something is really missing in her life, kind of like in the lives of Gladys and some of the sheeple. Sad thing is that they enable her with those nonsensical platitudes proclaiming that if you want something, reach for it and keep going until you get what you want; never be satisfied with what's on your plate now -- there's more in the kitchen. You know, those platitudes.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

I was in a gift shop today where they have beautiful hand-crafted ornaments. I laughed when I saw a wooden flying monkey. I didn't buy it, but darn it, it was so detailed and nice. If it wouldn't have reminded me of Purse Boy, I probably would have purchased it. I like monkeys...just not ones with wings that remind me of Kate and TFM.

redbird said...

Thank you everyone for your concerns about the troll posting under my name. JB, you don't have to feel sorry about reading it, it is ok. It was the troll's fault.

redbird said...

Put me as well as I wouldn't trade places with TFW either, even though the shape I am in. She is going to have a lot of explaining to do one day soon and I wouldn't be in her stilettos for all the gold in
Ft. Knox.

PA Dutch Mom said...

You'd think TFW's relentless pursuit of more would make her
at least a little ambitious or productive. But nope - she's still
bone lazy. I think she's a graduate of the Golden Platter school
of prosperity, where you merely wait around for the next opportunity
to be served up on your plate.

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She grew up on the Prosperity Gospel, so perhaps a bit of that rubbed off on her.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


I don't know. Something is really missing in her life, kind of like in the lives of Gladys and some of the sheeple.


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Kate and her sheeple are remarkably similar. Their crazy seems to manifest itself in all sort of different ways, like snowflakes. Some are smarter than others. When it comes down to it though they are all operating from similar values, they all have a similar sort of dysfunctional outlook on the world, they are all quite immature and emotionally stunted. They have gravitated toward each other and found strength in their limited numbers. They all enable each other in a very unhealthy way. Normally, someone like this would encounter a family member or close friend at some point who would set them straight. But they've found this little group of similar people on the internet and it sort of empowers them to think this behavior and outlook is okay when normally they would be a social outcast. Look at Milo in her real life, people taking off in the middle of the night just to try to get rid of her. In this respect the internet is a bad thing, because it can lead people who are not being normal into thinking because there are enough similar people like them out there, it's okay. It's both fascinating and sad.

redbird said...

This is a good article about cable and it has reached it's tipping point.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technologyinvesting/the-long-slow-death-of-cable-just-reached-a-tipping-point/ar-AA9H4n7

redbird said...

I remember the Oprah interview on satellite with the kids all matched up, they were so little and Jon was on the left side of the screen and she was on the right and Oprah asked something that made TFW say,
OH, we can NEVER GO BACK! Jon's reaction is what got me. He looked stunned when he realized what she said and he gasped, like I can't believe she said that!

I am stunned that TFW didn't ask Oprah to fund all the kids education starting that day until they ALL graduated college.

#OprahEducatemy8 #Harvard #Princeton #Yell (intentional spelling)

Sleepless In Seattle said...

Look at Milo in her real life, people taking off in the middle of the night just to try to get rid of her. In this respect the internet is a bad thing, because it can lead people who are not being normal into thinking because there are enough similar people like them out there, it's okay. It's both fascinating and sad.

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Very interesting point. I never thought about it like this before, but you're right. It's kind of like the saying that there's safety in numbers. For them, it appears to be that when two or more are gathered in Kate Gosselin's name, everything is fine because they have come together for a common cause -- to worship her while supporting each other. Little do they know, though, that in their own microcosm each of them is dysfunctional in their own way. It's a world they created for themselves. Their issues may differ, but in the broader scope of things, none is what most would call "normal."

Moreover, when they are lumped together on the internet, it appears to be that one of the benefits they get from coming together to support a floundering reality star is that they can feel comfortable in this little cult-like existence. Although they deviate from the societal norm, they are all in it together, happily joined with their own "kind."

Sheeple psychology is intriguing, isn't it?

ncgirl said...

"If you're a Waltons' fan and in Virginia, there's a Walton's Mountain Museum. A friend and I toured it many years ago. It was entertaining."

My parents and I went there years ago. My mother's a big fan and watches it on Hallmark.

redbird said...

Neil Patrick Harris channeling Kate Gosselin.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/neil-patrick-harris-bad-dad-or-merely-disciplining

Sideline Observer said...

@payday1234 @MirandaSings we all like her videos. Cara&Mady show them2me @ night-I laugh til I cry! Gr8 stress relief after day w 8 kids!❤️

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"I laugh til I cry!" - So, we get to hear from TFW's inner manic-depressive.

JMO said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 137
I have thought for years that Kate is insatiable. Nothing is ever enough. She can't appreciate what she has because she is always looking to the next thing. She can't be happy with a six episode comeback few people ever get a second chance at, she wants 36 more, and then after 36 she wants 96 more. There will NEVER be enough episodes, enough money, enough house, enough freebies, enough vacation. EVER.

I have also thought for years that that is a very serious problem that she needs therapy for as much as she needs therapy for how to treat her children. She is trying to fill up SOMETHING with this desperate need for more. What, only she can answer.

What happened to her or why is it that she can't feel content?
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I totally agree, and have attached a NPD article as her behavior is so hard to understand as the narcissist will never be happy as "MORE" is their next step. Kind of a bottomless pit.

Had TFW not orchestrated 8 kids to make herself popular, none of this would be going on. If she could/can achieve fame on her own, no one would care, but deep down, she knows that she is "nothing" without her kids (10 years later). Which explains a lot of her anger/disgruntlement as opposed to gratitude. The below article explains her to a tee. My 2 cents.

http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydisorders/a/narcissisticpd.htm?utm_term=Narcissistic%20Behavior&utm_content=p1-main-1-title&utm_medium=sem-rel&utm_source=msn&utm_campaign=adid-c669ec7c-9c20-4aa2-b73e-bff70dee7b87-0-ab_msb_ocode-22853&ad=semD&an=msn_s&am=broad&q=Narcissistic%20Behavior&dqi=&o=22853&l=sem&qsrc=6&askid=c669ec7c-9c20-4aa2-b73e-bff70dee7b87-0-ab_msb

Tucker's Mom said...

JMO, Kate has every one of the narc traits listed.

Mel said...

Re: her trying to grift tickets from Miranda Sings. I think there probably is some professional courtesy that goes on amongst celebs, in the way of comped tickets.

What TFW doesn't get is:
1) she's not a celeb, and can offer nothing in return; there is no quid pro quo here
2) they comp 2-3 tickets, not 10
3) she's not a peer to Miranda Sings, Taylor Swift, etc.
As much as she thinks that she's a special one, she's not.

Sue_Buddy said...

redbird said... 145
This is a good article about cable and it has reached it's tipping point.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technologyinvesting/the-long-slow-death-of-cable-just-reached-a-tipping-point/ar-AA9H4n7
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Thanks for posting the link. I read that last night and I found this to be very encouraging:

"Nonstop Shark Week and 24 hours of Pawn Stars have driven all of the meaning out of The History Channel and Discovery in the same way that Music is no longer the “M” in MTV. Even BBC America has become dedicated to constant airings of Top Gear.

"These are the products of an infrastructure that used to (barely) support the 500 channel framework. With slashed production budgets, declining ratings and ever fewer advertising dollars pouring in, it would make more sense to put these properties out their misery than to attempt to bring them into the streaming age."

Begone trash TV!! The people are speaking loud an clear. (Excuse the poor grammar.)

Tucker's Mom said...

I hope Mady gets to see MirandsSings, since she's obviously such a huge fan and hell, she's earned it.
Tickets are not that expensive and available, so I don't think Kate needs to grift tickets- I think she's grifting backstage passes and VIP tickets.

Tucker's Mom said...


"These are the products of an infrastructure that used to (barely) support the 500 channel framework. With slashed production budgets, declining ratings and ever fewer advertising dollars pouring in, it would make more sense to put these properties out their misery than to attempt to bring them into the streaming age."

Begone trash TV!! The people are speaking loud an clear. (Excuse the poor grammar.)
March 13, 2015 at 7:43 AM
*********
Thanks for posting that, SB. We've been saying this for a while now.
There's not much on cable that's worth viewing.
Premium channels and streaming is the future.
It's very true that reality tv crap was needed to fill all of those cable stations.
I much prefer paying for what I want to watch, not paying for the pablum that fills TLC's schedule.

JMO said...

Tucker's Mom said... 152
JMO, Kate has every one of the narc traits listed.
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Thanks Tucker's Mom for the link. I am not sure how to do that. Regardless, I don't think TFW will ever change, and will put the kids on tv as much as possible to meet her narcissist supply.

All This Is That said...

Sascha ‏@Sassccha 4m4 minutes ago
@TwitTartwif @finndango @Kateplusmy8 G kids have no outside peers for socialization & if Kate talks that way, have no chance to learn better

Do the non-fans think that the kids are locked in their home 24/7, that they never go to school? Of course they socialize with their peers. They are at school all day, five days a week. They certainly don't walk around with their fingers in their ears, refusing to acknowledge or talk to other kids or their teachers. Sometimes I just don't get where these non-fans come up with this nonsense.

AnnieD said...

Interesting article on narcissism: "Narcissists aren't born, they're made". http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/12/opinions/navarrette-narcissism-problem/index.html

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Mel (#153), I don't think TFW would try to grift tickets for all
9 of them. That would include the boys, and they smell like
boy, so why would their mother want them along?

I would think she'd have her besties M & C in mind for a Miranda
Sings concert, while the childcare fairies watch the 8. Oh, unless
it's during the "1%" (according to TFW) of the time that their father
is available to watch them. Besides, it's M & C she's most worried
about currying favor with.

TLC stinks said...

All This Is That, I think Kate is the one who gets no socialization from her peers. She talks like a teenager rather than a 40 year old. She embarrasses herself on TV. She imitates her teens. I don't think she has many adult conversations because, well, she has no friends.

Sue_Buddy said...

Will be gone most of the weekend.

Here's a bit of info to chew on:

Milo tweeted she's been in an out-of-state holistic health care center and that she'll soon DM her "few loyal" friends and one of the fans finally came up with a threat from a non-fan--the cartoon of Kate skewered on a stick Milo was holding.

Tucker's Mom said...

TLC stinks said... 161
All This Is That, I think Kate is the one who gets no socialization from her peers. She talks like a teenager rather than a 40 year old. She embarrasses herself on TV. She imitates her teens. I don't think she has many adult conversations because, well, she has no friends.
*****
Kate has been indulges, catered to and unchallenged for so many years now that I don't know what it would take for her to up her game.
She holds court on her basement throne, spouting inane soliloquies to some grunt TLC producer off camera, spinning her reality and controlling the narrative.
Heck, remember when Andy Cohen asked her about watching the Presidential debates? She couldn't even speak to current events because she was too busy watching some Real Housewives show.
She couldn't hold her own for a minute with Andy and Morgan, and looked like a moron the whole time.
Kate's element is her lickspittle fans and teenagers.
"These are the products of an infrastructure that used to (barely) support the 500 channel framework. With slashed production budgets, declining ratings and ever fewer advertising dollars pouring in, it would make more sense to put these properties out their misery than to attempt to bring them into the streaming age."

Begone trash TV!! The people are speaking loud an clear. (Excuse the poor grammar.)
March 13, 2015 at 7:43 AM
*********
Thanks for posting that, SB. We've been saying this for a while now.
There's not much on cable that's worth viewing.
Premium channels and streaming is the future.
It's very true that reality tv crap was needed to fill all of those cable stations.
I much prefer paying for what I want to watch, not paying for the pablum that fills TLC's schedule.

Tucker's Mom said...

There's RnR marathon in D.C. tomorrow-right in Steve's neck of the woods!
Oh, wait, it's during the day and there's that broken foot thing...

Tucker's Mom said...

Sue_Buddy said... 162
Will be gone most of the weekend.

Here's a bit of info to chew on:

Milo tweeted she's been in an out-of-state holistic health care center and that she'll soon DM her "few loyal" friends and one of the fans finally came up with a threat from a non-fan--the cartoon of Kate skewered on a stick Milo was holding.
*******
Well, that was a waste of money-she's jumping right back into the toxic cesspool that is Kate's twitter.
Hmm...where do you go that they take away your electronics...?

JoyinVirginia said...

OT lots of great basketball going on now, so I am checking in periodically.
Fun fact: Justin Anderson, one of University of Virginia players, was out for a while with broken finger. Then last Wednesday he had an appendectomy. And he played basketball a week after an appendectomy when UVA BEAT Florida State. Thank goodness for laparoscopic surgery!
He said they would have to hide his uniform and seat belt him to the bench to keep him out of the game.
And hometown rivals VCU and University of Richmond met this afternoon in NYC for the Atlantic 10 playoffs. Travel to NYC to play a school six miles away at home.

Tucker's Mom said...

Say it ain't so! TLC fakes spontaneous scenes when filming reality tv?
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!
Knock me over with a feather.

A Radar article tells about The Long Island Medium filming at a local shop, where the shop owner agreed to film MONTHS in advance, and had to sign a NDA.
All employees were prepped and made up, and coached to act all surprised as Theresa entered.
The clip on the show lasted mere minutes, but the filming took 6 HOURS.

Clicky

localyocul said...

The only holistic centers for inpatient that I can find are drug/alcohol rehab and psychatric

Millicent said...

Kirkland said... 136

She says she's stressed again! Has this woman ever said "Spent an enjoyable day with my 8!" or anything similar? My gosh! I get tired of her dramatics.

Besides, she's so boring these days. Does she have anything on the horizon? Job-wise?
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I believe the answer to your last question is "nope." I haven't heard anything that would lead me to believe TLC is filming more episodes. I can't think of any other reality shows that would even be a possibility for Kate. She tried to get a dating show, but no one is interested in watching a 40-year old shrieking shrew emasculate any poor fools who sign up for such a show.

I hope that the days of reality tv are numbered, except for a few shows, such as The Amazing Race or Survivor (but even those can't go on forever). As for Kate and the children - the general public do not find Kate likeable. The children were very cute as toddlers and preschoolers, but they are not exceptional in any way (and that's a blessing for them, because if any of them had real talent, you know that talent would be ruthlessly exploited by their mom). They are average-looking. Unfortunately, due to their mother's terrible parenting and example, most of the girls seem to have behavior problems, hitting their siblings, fighting amongst themselves, and otherwise just being unpleasant to others. That does not make for block-buster television ratings.

But as to your first point - it is sad that those children have heard, all their lives, that their presence is hard on their mom, and that they stress her out. She seems incapable of enjoying life if they are anywhere around. She really should never have had any children. Miserable woman.

Tucker's Mom said...

localyocul said... 168
The only holistic centers for inpatient that I can find are drug/alcohol rehab and psychatric

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Maybe she was doing a Kate cleanse.
Didn't work.

Tucker's Mom said...

The fact that one little boy feels the need to give Mom props because it's 8 against 1 is very sad.
You know she's drilled that into their little heads, because no way in hell would a kid consider the work it takes to be a parent unless that parent told them over and over again.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Instead of a colonic, maybe Gladys got a Kate-onic. Or maybe
she was just holed up watching rerun after rerun of the show,
and was rendered catat-onic.

Sue_Buddy said...

Barbara Gilmer ‏@BarbGilmer 42m42 minutes ago
Well my freezer finally went out in my refrigerator very expensive day! I'd rather have a leaky dishwasher @Kateplusmy8 😜


Kate Gosselin ‏@Kateplusmy8 33m33 minutes ago
@BarbGilmer I killed fridge,an oven&micro in 1 mo..Then my same dwasher acted up AGAIN 'Twas an $$$ month here(if not under warranty) #NoFun


Well, Barb, Kate wins! She had MORE appliances break down than you did. The fact that she can more easily AFFORD to replace or have them all fixed doesn't matter to her. She wins for having more appliance problems. Yay, Kate

#NoEmpathy

Kate truly enjoys rubbing her fans' noses in the fact that she can afford more than they can.

getofftwitter said...

Wow! Almost all of Kates whole kitchen broke down in 1 month. TLC must have made a great deal with Dacor. I read the complaints of Dacor, some even had their kitchens done around the same time, are having the same break down as Kate is. Funny, how Consumer Report, has not done any testing on Dacor products and the BBB has a lot of complaints and even a few people want to have a class action law suit for lemon products. I guess Kate was so up in the clouds about TLC doing the whole kitchen remodel that she did not have any input on which appliance company, to choose. High end appliances are not that great. The regular/normal ones probably last longer, than high end. I rather have appliances that last a long time, take a lot of abuse, cost about a 3rd of the high end, than a showy high end one, that costs so much money I could do my whole kitchen including cabinets and probably floors too. Like Kate frig: 9,000 dollar frig, add a 1,000 more and I could do the whole kitchen: frig, ovens, dishwasher, cabinets, back splash & floor.

rainbowsandunicorns said...

Milo tweeted she's been in an out-of-state holistic health care center and that she'll soon DM her "few loyal" friends and one of the fans finally came up with a threat from a non-fan--the cartoon of Kate skewered on a stick Milo was holding.

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Obviously they don't know the definition of a threat. Perhaps someone should refresh their memory. If I recall, it was national something on a stick day, and the cartoon posted was to poke fun at Milo and the caterpillar on a stick. I agree, though, that the bloody Kate was in extremely poor taste and not in the least bit amusing. In fact, it was terrible. I couldn't believe it was actually posted that that blog. But a threat? Not that I could see.

Gladys is back? Well, at least there was a bit of a respite. I wonder what tales she will have to tell. She is quite a character. She herself has been a patient in the center, or she was visiting someone there? Did she say?

willowmom (now PIper's mom) said...

FlimsyFlamsy...shouldn't that be Kate-atonic?

Midnight Madness said...

"Maybe she was doing a Kate cleanse.
Didn't work."

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I always think of Milo when I see the commercials for American Addiction Centers, and I wonder if they are only for drug and alcohol addiction, or if they treat people with Celebrity Worship Syndrome.

Midnight Madness said...

Desiree White ‏@Desilu719 49m49 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Me and my son love watching The Waltons! Makes me feel good inside

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Maybe him and you (sic) should get some grammar flash cards and do some practice lessons instead of watching Walton reruns!

Midnight Madness said...

Hmm...where do you go that they take away your electronics...?

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A padded cell?

chefsummer #Leh said...

Maybe she was doing a Kate cleanse.
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Nah she loves her queen.

Rhythm Of Life said...

Gladys says she lives in the Deep South and tweeted that she was at an out of state holistic center. South Carolina has quite a few of them. I don't know much about those centers, but I know they offer all types of spiritual healing and cleansing in addition to learning how to deal with wellness issues. Perhaps the platitudes about positivity were no longer working and she needed help to remove negative issues and behavior. She was, after all, getting a bit testy and even more passive-aggressive than in the past. I just hope that she was in constant contact with Kate, who most likely would have been out of her mind because of Milo's absence.

redbird said...

FlimsyFlamsy, Tucker's Mom, ya'll are on a roll today. So funny!

If Mady and or Cara want to go see Miranda Sings, that is great. BUT, TFW should not pre-emptive strike and grift for the tickets, backstage passes, VIP passes. She can PAY for them herself. She can also pay Steve for the security, the limo driver, the food, the souvenirs and the overnight hotel stay.

I know the concert is in Reading, but hey, if she could managed to get a suite with concierge service with a long organic food list and get it grifted, she would do it!

She would bleed dry Lake Mead if she could, if it would benefit, HER.

chefsummer #Leh said...

So Milo's back?

I wonder how long it will be till she tweeting to her queen again.

Tucker's Mom said...

MsGoody2Shoes21 ‏@msgoody2shoes21 5m5 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 For whatever their reason(s) your hardcore haters aren't harassing you and most of your fans. That's a GOOD thing.
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Well, duh! Inspector Gadget was taking names, which I'm sure scared the pee out of the haterz.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Sue Buddy (#173), I agree about TFW's immature response.
Heaven forbid she empathize with Barb. But nope --
whether it's gaga ball or faulty fridges, TFW has to win.
Any fan who considers TFW a friend has the bar set
awfully low.

When TFW felt the need to one-up Barb about having more
broken appliances, she neglected to say she has more than
one of each of these items. So I suspect Barb's trouble
may've actually effected her household more than TFW's
(even though Barb doesn't have 8 -- count 'em, 8 -- kids).

chefsummer #Leh said...

MsGoody2Shoes21 ‏@msgoody2shoes21 5m5 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 For whatever their reason(s) your hardcore haters aren't harassing you and most of your fans. That's a GOOD thing.
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Well gopdy maybe they have better things to do like...Anything better.

Tucker's Mom said...

FlimsyFlamsy said... 185
Sue Buddy (#173), I agree about TFW's immature response.
Heaven forbid she empathize with Barb. But nope --
whether it's gaga ball or faulty fridges, TFW has to win.
Any fan who considers TFW a friend has the bar set
awfully low.

When TFW felt the need to one-up Barb about having more
broken appliances, she neglected to say she has more than
one of each of these items. So I suspect Barb's trouble
may've actually effected her household more than TFW's
(even though Barb doesn't have 8 -- count 'em, 8 -- kids).
March 13, 2015 at 4:26 P
8*********
Yup, Kate pulled a Penelope.
Not to be outdone, by broken appliances, ex-husbands and # of children.

Sherry Baby said...

In fact, it was terrible. I couldn't believe it was actually posted that that blog. But a threat? Not that I could see.

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I agree. It was in extremely poor taste. There was no reason for it but it wasn't a threat, though. It was neither direct, implied nor veiled. If a hater would have been holding the stick, it could possibly have been interpreted as implied or veiled, but the fact that a fan and not a hater was holding the stick obliterates the threat. If it were a threat, it certainly wouldn't be a fan with an impaled Kate. There was nothing to suggest that Kate would end up like that.

Bad move to draw it that way and post it to the blog. I don't know who did it, but it was totally unacceptable.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

We took names too this week. We filled a whole chalkboard with it. No wonder things have really calmed down.

Kate Penelope-one-upped Barb? Haha, great end to the week.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


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I agree. It was in extremely poor taste. There was no reason for it but it wasn't a threat, though. It was neither direct, implied nor veiled.


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Agree. It was a parody. And as we know from Hustler vs. Fawell, parodies are often incredible vulgar, in poor taste, disgusting, not for kids.

That does not, in and of itself, make it a threat.

capecodmama said...

Joy...good game going on between VA and. NC. Nail biter.

redbird said...

I HOPE THIS IS TRUE!

http://www.ibtimes.com/19-kids-counting-star-jana-duggar-reportedly-leaving-tlc-show-pursue-college-1844766

redbird said...

Hulu has a special! One MONTH free. Netflix always has a month free and Hulu was just a week. I am getting Hulu, tomorrow!

Jeremy said...

Nothing has changed. Milo included kate on a tweet to Carlene that had a #longinanehanstag. Kate responded and welcomed Milo back saying #evenbusymenoticed. So Milo still butting in one others' tweets to kate, still stupid, and kate still busy.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

Barbara Gilmer ‏@BarbGilmer 48s48 seconds ago
@Kateplusmy8 @MiloandJack @CarleneMarie_1 Yep, welcome back carter (Milo) LOL

Is a joke? Do the sheeple call Milo "Carter" or does she mean Kotter?

Gladys is in all her glory right now. Kate acknowledged her. Sweet dreams for the Chief Ewe tonight. I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder. Sigh.

Sleepless In Seattle said...

MsGoody2Shoes21 ‏@msgoody2shoes21 5m5 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 For whatever their reason(s) your hardcore haters aren't harassing you and most of your fans. That's a GOOD thing.

Way to go Goody, you goofy doofus. Keep reminding Kate that she has so many haters. Kate loves to hear that. I think she told her to knock it off once before, but apparently Goody doesn't have a long-term memory.

Milo has reminded Kate about the bulletin board proclaiming that she's turning 40 this month. I'm sure that's exactly what TFW wants to hear.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

The next CA recap is up, enjoy!!

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