The recent shocking case of the Turpins, parents who starved and abused their 13 children for years, has a disturbing connection to Kate Plus 8. According to family members, the family wanted to be just like the Gosselins.
"House of Horrors couple David and Louise Turpin wanted a 14th child so that they could land their own reality television show, it has been revealed. "She used to say how they would be perfect for TV and would often mention they would be bigger than the reality show Kate Plus 8," Billy Lambert, Louise Turpin's half brother, told the Sunday People. "It is the reason they moved to California to be nearer to Hollywood," Lambert said of Louise's desire to become a star, like Kate Gosselin and her children.What say you about this, Kate?
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5293397/House-Horrors-parents-wanted-children-TV-show.html#ixzz551YXK64u
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 539 of 539 Newer› Newest»I imagine at least the two boys would be cheering the home team. I think that spread she put out was something she felt she had to do having previously referred to it as 'traditional'. It couldn't have been much fun for others to be around her (hashtag) "Whatever" attitude.
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capec, above, is me. Don't know why it says capec.
My heart was pounding at the end of the game last night! I'm beyond thrilled that my E-A-G-l-E-S won the Super Bowl and so happy for the city.
Also relieved the damage reports were minimal, because you know, Philly fans and all ;-)
I'm so happy for Hannah that she got to spend the SB with Jon and Colleen, who are actual sports fans, football fans, Eagles fans and social people who actually feel joy and a connectedness to their community.
kateplusmy8 I am celebrating our food spread this year. Isn't it festive? I don't like either team, so we are watching and eating and celebrating but I couldn't care less who wins. #SuperBowl2018 #Whatever #BetterLuckNextYear
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WTF does her hashtag #BetterLuckNextYear even mean? Is she so full of herself that she thinks only teams that she "likes" should only be allowed to play? Or maybe she's referring to getting her show back on the air. She is an ass and God help any of the kids that were rooting for the home team. And Milo, that's not reallly a "sumptuous" spread. Store bought mediocrity at it's finest.
I'm so glad Hannah had a good night out with her dad, but wonder about the repercussions at home.Or maybe as someone suggested, Jon has more custody of H now.
WTF does her hashtag #BetterLuckNextYear even mean? Is she so full of herself that she thinks only teams that she "likes" should only be allowed to play?
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Yesterday was an incredible couple hours for Philly fans and most Pennsylvanians. Is her narcissism so off the charts she can't join in the joy too? Apparently so.
I watched bits and pieces of the Super Bowl. I usually try to be there for the last quarter because that's the most exciting part. I live in MD, but we have lots of family in PA, so we were rooting for the Eagles. Too bad Kate's sour attitude was such a downer. No wonder Hannah chose to be with Jon. Wasn't Hannah the one who blew the whistle onKate's "celebrations"? Said she constantly whined and said, "I don't want to do this! I'm so tired". What a way to suck all the fun out of it for the kids.
What was the point of her Twitter post? If you don't like either team and don't find the competition entertaining, then simply don't watch. It is a waste of your time and your negativity will only make the other people uncomfortable.
I don't know if her kids cared about the game or not. If they wanted to watch then Kate should have just put out a spread for them and let them enjoy the game in peace. Go back to her room, crack open a new box of wine, and don't get jealous because other people are having a good time.
Admin, Tucker's Mom, and any other Eagles fans...congrats! Awfully exciting game, even for those of us who aren't experts!
Admin (#5), I don't think TFW'S apathy is due to narcissism this time. It's her raging, blinding, all-consuming, suffocating hatred of her children's father that's to blame. And having her former pet child H sitting with dad, and loving every moment of it, must've really grilled TFW'S cheese.
I bet H cherishes that special time with her dad more than just about any of those silly "golden platter" moments micro-managed by her mother and TLC. Making memories with no camera crew and no paycheck. Who'd a thunk it?
“It’s so silly not to just pick a team and root for it. And why doesn’t she like her local team? Splain. They won Kate haha screw you.”
If it has nothing to do with her, she won’t show interested .Plain and simple. #themindofanarcissist
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I don't know if her kids cared about the game or not. If they wanted to watch then Kate should have just put out a spread for them and let them enjoy the game in peace. Go back to her room, crack open a new box of wine, and don't get jealous because other people are having a good time.
February 5, 2018 at 7:23 AM
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LOL, MikeB!
Kate wants to let Jon know she's so over anything which makes him happy.
She'd cut off her own nose to spite her face.
I am glad Hannah got to spend time with Jon, but is it really appropariate to take a child that age to a bar for any reason? I disliked the picture of Jon drinking beer..hasn't he had problems with alcohol in the past? Wasn't his father and his one brother an alcoholic? I just wish he could be seen having fun without there always being a drink in his hand at the time.
I am glad Hannah got to spend time with Jon, but is it really appropariate to take a child that age to a bar for any reason? I disliked the picture of Jon drinking beer..hasn't he had problems with alcohol in the past? Wasn't his father and his one brother an alcoholic? I just wish he could be seen having fun without there always being a drink in his hand at the time.
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On Super Bowl Sunday in the afternoon/early evening, with a bar that serves food? I don’t see the problem for a teenager. No different than Applebys or Dave and Busters or Buffalo Wild Wings, all of which people frequently take children to.
On Super Bowl Sunday in the afternoon/early evening, with a bar that serves food? I don’t see the problem for a teenager. No different than Applebys or Dave and Busters or Buffalo Wild Wings, all of which people frequently take children to.
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Agree with this comment. I have a PJ's near my house and we take the kids to it. My older kids go there with their friends. It's a chain restaurant that has a bar in it. It's a good place to take kids because it tends to be loud. It's very large and accommodates big groups so it draws sports teams after games.
There's nothing wrong with taking kids/teens to sports bars to watch a game, cheer with fans and eat food.
I'm sure the local Applebees, TGIFs, Green Turtle and Chili's were chock full of fans with kids.
It's not like Jon took Hannah to the corner tappy!
Heck, might as well have a problem with parents taking their kids to Dave & Busters and allowing themselves to enjoy a beer or two while the kids eat and get entertained.
I'll tell you why I loved the photo of Hannah with her dad and Collen. Because it's REAL. It's getting out like a normal kids, like a normal family and mixing it up with the mediocres!
Jon drinks, curses and has gone through a handful too many women since Kate, and to me, that makes him human and not above it all, like his ex wife.
Moreover, I'm glad at least one of the kids got the HELL out of the basement to watch the SB!
What Jon managed to work out with having Hannah for the SB, and taking her out to be with her community, is something she will NEVER forget.
She just might become a life-long Eagles fan like me.
Believe me, there is much bonding that can come from sharing love of sports, especially your home team.
Imagine the difference being with Jon and being with her dour, pissy mother...
The only thing that could have made it better is if Joel and Aaden could have been with Jon, too.
One really nice thing about seeing Hannah with Jon is that it's just her. Kate always divides the kids into groups--the twins/tups, boys/girls, big girls/little girls/boys. You never see her do anything with just one child. I's like they aren't individuals to her, or maybe there are just too many kids for her to give any of them individual attention. Maybe that's part of the reason why H wants to be with her dad. She might want to be treated as an individual, not just part of a group.
Sports, if they interest you, can be one of life’s great joys. A way to bond with family and friends and neighbors. But to get the full experience one should experience them with other fans, and if they get the chance, at an actual game. Some of my best memories old and recent are going to actual football games with family and friends, most recently last January’s Fiesta bowl. What a blast that was in Phoenix. There was lots of drinking and lots of kids and plenty of appropriate good fun.
Heck, if you don't want to mix kids with sports and drinking, DO NOT take them to an actual game!
There, you might be mixing it up with people who are enjoying adult beverages, sometimes to excess.
We can't all be gifted a luxury box like Kate, separate from the unwashed masses ;-)
Go back to her room, crack open a new box of wine, and don't get jealous because other people are having a good time.
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Well, if she did finish off a box, at least she got to sleep it off this morning with a two-hour school delay!
That was the saddest, flattest cake I've ever seen. And yet Milo just has to praise her for it.
So, none of you think Jon has or has had an alcohol problem? Cool!!
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I have no idea if he has an alcohol problem, that is for a professional to say, but as long as he was appropriate and she had a great time with Hannah at an afternoon super bowl party and got the poor kid out of the house for once, what does this have to do with anything?
A parent can drink boxed wine at home all night and never leave their bedroom and also be an alcoholic.
So, none of you think Jon has an alcohol problem?
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I think Kate has an alcohol problem. A former nanny tattled about Kate's excessive drinking. She has posed the kids in front of a full wine rack for photos, and posted photos showing wine bottles in her bedroom. I think there were more in the dining room, under the buffet, in the promo for the Halloween episode. Another clip from a party (deck party?) showed Kate and some other adults drinking wine, with the kids present. Kate keeps alcohol all over the house where the kids live. If you want to worry about a parent exposing them to alcohol, then Kate is the one to worry about.
I think Kate has an alcohol problem. A former nanny tattled about Kate's excessive drinking. She has posed the kids in front of a full wine rack for photos, and posted photos showing wine bottles in her bedroom. I think there were more in the dining room, under the buffet, in the promo for the Halloween episode.
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No kind of abusive drinking is good, but I trust someone who drinks openly at a bar among peers far more than someone hiding it at home. At a bar they can cut you off or kick you out if you drink too much. There’s no one doing that when you’re a single mom tipping back the boxed wine. In fact that is one of the warning signs of alcoholism, you stop going to bars and start drinking more discreetly at home.
So it's up to a professional to decide if the guy you like is an alcoholic but you as a non-professional can insinuate that the person you detest is an alcoholic. Got it.
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I have no idea if either parent in this situation is an alcoholic, that is for the professionals to decide. I’m saying if you are worried about a parent drinking in a bar you should be just as worried about a parent drinking at home. Got it?
Can someone please pass the pearls so I can clutch them because - OMG - a parent consumed a beer while watching the Super Bowl with one of his teenagers?!
Let's just be happy for Hannah ! I have a feeling things won't be great for her at home given her mother's bitterness.Maybe Jon gets her every weekend now instead of every other.
Let me see if I've got his right, Troll.
Jon posts a photo of him, Hannah and Colleen at a local restaurant, all decked out in Eagles gear, grinning ear to ear and having a great time watching the SB.
Kate, OTOH, posts a photo of... random food on a table in her basement with NO ONE around, remarks that she could give a shit about he SB and...
And yes...Jon's the loser parent!
Got it!
smdh...
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The only thing that could have made it better is if Joel and Aaden could have been with Jon, too.
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I was thinking the same thing. What a shame that Jon's sons (all three of them) won't even have the simple childhood memory most kids have of watching the Super Bowl with their father.
Too bad the boys were cooped up alone in the basement with TFW in a bitchy mood. They should have been enjoying a good time cheering on their home team, optimally with their dad and other family or friends. Instead, they were alone as usual, with TFW's joyless feast that she purchased at Costco and slapped down on a table in the basement for the sole purpose of taking her annual B.S. photo.
By the way, that was a pretty pathetic display for someone who wrote a cookbook. She's too lazy to make some decent Super Bowl food and snacks and post photos and recipes like other cookbook authors do on their blogs this time of year.
As far as Hannah, I think she must be staying overnight with Jon more often given the fact that she was at the Super Bowl party with him. I doubt he just had her for the day and would be bringing her back to TFW's house late on a Sunday night.
I'm happy for Jon and H that their team won. Even better, it pissed TFW off. Plus, she must have been really pissed that Jon posted the pic and video of him and H having fun. Hmm, have we ever seen TFW post pics of her and any of the kids enjoying something fun together? Nope. It's just the same old pics with the dogs, cooped up in the house.
FlimsyFlamsy said... 10
I don't think TFW'S apathy is due to narcissism this time. It's her raging, blinding, all-consuming, suffocating hatred of her children's father that's to blame. And having her former pet child H sitting with dad, and loving every moment of it, must've really grilled TFW'S cheese.
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Flimsy-Flamsy--I just had to post how much I enjoy your posts. Grilled her cheese! HA! Ok if I use that saying or do you have it copyrighted?
Kylie said... 22
That was the saddest, flattest cake I've ever seen. And yet Milo just has to praise her for it.
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It's store-bought, isn't it? It's the same one she posts every year:
2018 Super Bowl:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bey4VZcA6jb/?hl=en&taken-by=kateplusmy8
2017 Super Bowl:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQJgpV9jHlq/?hl=en&taken-by=kateplusmy8
The two spreads are almost identical. Except, this year she bought a couple of shrimp rings.
She seems to have skipped posting a Super Bowl pic in 2016, but here's 2015:
https://twitter.com/Kateplusmy8/status/562037703987167232
I grew up with two alcoholic parents, so guess my view of drinking and bars is different from that of many others. What really matters though, is how Kate feels about it, and also how she feels about it being posted on social media. If it doesn't suit her, then she will soon be hot footing it the the judge yet again I fear.
I grew up with two alcoholic parents, so guess my view of drinking and bars is different from that of many others. What really matters though, is how Kate feels about it, and also how she feels about it being posted on social media. If it doesn't suit her, then she will soon be hot footing it the the judge yet again I fear.
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No judge in the land is going to care one bit a teenager went to a super bowl party and her father had a drink no more than a judge is going to care their mother is home with a football cake and boxed wine.
We know that two of the eight were not there for the game, Hannah being fortunate enough to be with her Dad, and Collin being God knows where. That leaves six of the kids, the twins and four 'tups. I'm not counting TFW because as she said, she "couldn't care less" about the game. Looking at the pictures she posted, it seems to me that is an exceptionally long table set up for six teenagers; and look at all the plastic forks that look as if she opened a package and just dumped them. Does anyone else think all this was so that fans might think some of the friends she claims to have might be joining them for the game. I still can't imagine why she placed the table almost on top of all that equipment to the left in the picture.
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Susan1956 (#31), thanks for your kind words!
About grilled cheese...there's a Lucy episode where a new neighbor moves into the Ricardos' building, and nosy Lucy wants to know all about her. Ricky asks, "Are you gonna grill her?" And Lucy responds, "Like a cheese sandwich!"
Speaking of Lucy, I miss GeeGolly and hope she is okay.
Even if Jon was 3 sheets to the wind last night, H could take comfort in the fact that there were no cameras rolling. She wasn't so lucky when Mommie Dearest had her bar room foot-licking escapade captured for posterity.
The two spreads are almost identical. Except, this year she bought a couple of shrimp rings.
She seems to have skipped posting a Super Bowl pic in 2016, but here's 2015:
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But here's the thing. Is it all organic? I thought the kids don't eat food that isn't organic. What do the sheeple say about that?
OT...new lawsuit. Beth Holloway, Natalee's mother, is suing the Oxy channel because she gave her (Beth's) DNA to the producers of the documentary when they suggested that the remains might have been found.
~Gasp!~ Please, someone pass the pearls so I can clutch them. Gisele was drinking red wine while watching the Super Bowl game yesterday with her five year old daughter on her lap!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/05/02/48E43DBF00000578-5351723-image-m-33_1517798573823.jpg
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Kylie said... 22
That was the saddest, flattest cake I've ever seen. And yet Milo just has to praise her for it.
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It's store-bought, isn't it? It's the same one she posts every year:
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If a store bakery made that cake I wouldn't pay a nickel for It. I think it's just another of Kate's "traditional" cakes like the unholy "braces-off" mess. No bakery would put that football cake in their display case I hope.
Actually, I saw pretty much that same football cake at...Wegmans!
I think they are ubiquitous, cheap, thematic cakes which set the mood.
The cake at Weggies looked just as unappetizing.
I think it’s a football brownie which is why it looks so flat. Of course it could be a “deflated”football cake in honor of Tom Brady.
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If a store bakery made that cake I wouldn't pay a nickel for It. I think it's just another of Kate's "traditional" cakes like the unholy "braces-off" mess. No bakery would put that football cake in their display case I hope.
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It's one of those cakes that is more for decoration than to actually eat it, no one actually cracks into it.
At this age the kids are well old enough to go off with friends for this day.
By this age, I recall going off to friends for the Super Bowl and that it was a big event in a young teen's social calendar. It seemed to often occur at the start of winter break so we could do sleepovers that night. I'm betting a lot of the kids may indeed have gone off, given that there is no picture proof anybody was actually there.
AuntieAnn (#40), I don't think TFW derives any particular pleasure from cooking. I think being in the kitchen was, and is, just another way of removing herself from her children's presence, and keeping them at arm's length.
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If a store bakery made that cake I wouldn't pay a nickel for It. I think it's just another of Kate's "traditional" cakes like the unholy "braces-off" mess. No bakery would put that football cake in their display case I hope.
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AuntieAnn, I saw a few comments on her IG referring to it as a "football brownie". I guess she did make it. She makes it every year. I Googled and it looks like these:
Giant Football Brownie
You can see some smaller ones and some cupcakes in those photos. TFW has made them before too. Here they are in 2014:
https://twitter.com/Kateplusmy8/status/430124767966789633
and in 2015:
https://twitter.com/Kateplusmy8/status/562037703987167232
Same old, same old every year. Just think, next week she'll be posting the same old Valentines pancakes on the red and pink heart plates. She's the most boring, unimaginative, predictable person ever.
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I grew up with two alcoholic parents, so guess my view of drinking and bars is different from that of many others.
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I think there could be concern if a parent is just taking a kid along to a bar on an ordinary day and getting plastered. That's one thing. But a bar that is also there to serve food and non-alcoholic drinks, welcomes families, and is throwing events for things children also enjoy like the Super Bowl or Olympics, etc., I think is very appropriate. No different than the many other occasions in which children are around, but do not consume, alcohol.
I totally get that bars would have a bad connotation for a survivor of alcohol abuse. But having worked on hundreds of alcohol cases, I have to say bars are rarely the root of the problem. Usually, the majority of alcohol is consumed at home because at the point that CPS is involved the alcohol abuse is so bad most people HAVE to hide their consumption at home. I have not found that completely shielding children from alcohol is effective at much of anything but making them overly curious about it. Kids seem to do better when exposed to adults consuming alcohol but in a responsible way--not getting drunk, not causing problems, employing a DD, etc. They learn by example.
Milo's comment on TFW's Instagram last night:
miloandjack2016So as I said on my IG post to you @kateplusmy8, I see you did indeed put out a sumptuous spread of great party food! Well done! However, I incorrectly just assumed you would be for the #Eagles. So who is YOUR team? 😋 And are you allowing your crew there to stay up much longer? #GoodMomIsSchoolFirstMom
However, I incorrectly just assumed you would be for the #Eagles. So who is YOUR team? 😋
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I know Milo, we also assumed someone so close to Philly would just put a smile on their face and ROOT FOR PHILLY, or if you are not interested, quietly bow out. Instead your queen had to dampen everyone's day with a completely unnecessary negative boo hoo I don't like any of this.
Peace of work.
My home team went to the Super Bowl a handful of times in my lifetime, which is an honor in and of itself, but man, the excitement over that. You may not go back for another lifetime (we haven't, so far). I cannot imagine, just cannot imagine, sitting out of that. Or, WATCHING someone else actively sit that out--putz.
Flimsy (44), I agree Kate was never really a cooking enthusiast except when she thought it would serve her well to pretend to be one in order to make some money from a cookbook. I think she might have realized she didn't have anywhere near the culinary skills she wanted people to think she had when when she took that pathetic book tour. She couldn't pull it off.
The *cough* icing on the cake was when a 13-year-old demonstrated his command of the kitchen in front of her on Home and Family. I hope she went home with her tail between her legs.
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WTF does her hashtag #BetterLuckNextYear even mean? Is she so full of herself that she thinks only teams that she "likes" should only be allowed to play?
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It means she's in a pissy mood because once again the whole wide world is against her. "Everyone quits on me". Waaaa
Her bank account must be getting low again.
It means she's in a pissy mood because once again the whole wide world is against her. "Everyone quits on me". Waaaa
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Taking her post in context with Jon she was upset that Jon came up with a cool way to spend the Super Bowl (at a gathering with friends at a trendy spot), that Hannah wanted to go and that Hannah would have a blast.
I think she really does want to be the cool mom everyone loves, but has no idea how other than to rule with an iron fist, to isolate, to separate. That technique works for maybe up to age 11 or 12 but not much older. You really can't easily push around teens. Judging by the show, I don't think the kids seem to think she is cool or have an overwhelming desire to hang out with her, and she knows it.
Yet, it doesn't even enter her mind that SHE could come up with a cool Super Bowl party idea herself that the kids would love (take the kids to one of the many public parties out there, or invite them to bring all their friends over to her house and let them go wild, etc.). She is a one track record, she doesn't know how to do anything else but feed them mediocre food and stick them in front of the TV. (Where was the big cheesy pizza to pig out on, the chicken wings, the mountain dew?) Of course kids are going to tire of that tedium soon.
How to get kids to not want to be around you: put down and be negative about other people's fun you weren't smart enough to come up with yourself.
I find nothing wrong with what Jon was doing. It’s called social drinking and it was for celebrating the occasion. I’m so glad Hannah got some individual time with him and got away from the McMansion for the weekend. I’m sure it’ll be an experience she’ll remember and she didn’t spend it in that joyless basement.
Anywho, Rob wrote about Kate’s supposed drinking problem. Now THIS would worry me! I would hope that if this still goes on, that she would never get behind a wheel intoxicated. Especially with the kids.
“Not only does Hoffman accuse Gosselin, who split from her longtime beau Jon, 37, in 2009, of child abuse, he also claims she has a problem with alcohol. “
“Kate’s drinking is something the children are accustomed to,” Hoffman says in the tell-all, according to the tabloid. “Kate once fell down the stairs while drunk in front of the children and the oldest girls helped her up and cleaned up the broken glass from her drink, Hoffman goes on to write that Gosselin’s drinking problem, at one point, even became apparent to her staffers. According to the report, a baby-sitter was once promptly fired after suggesting Gosselin not get behind the wheel after appearing intoxicated. “[Kate] snapped at her and told her not to question her again,” claims Hoffman
http://www.ibtimes.com/kate-gosselin-accused-abusing-kids-having-drinking-problem-new-kate-plus-8-tell-all-1618868. .”
Admin, you're right about that. Her traditions are getting boring. The kids are outgrowing her same old, same old, do-everything-as-a-family thing.
She can't keep them corralled in that fortress too much longer and it's driving her into a very dark place, just by the tone of her IG. Hannah was supposed to be the golden child and there she is with her dad. That alone is enough to set off on her downward swing. Some of the others may follow and she's going wiggy over the thought of losing control.
I find nothing wrong with what Jon was doing. It’s called social drinking and it was for celebrating the occasion.
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Was there a Phillies fan who WASN'T double fisting it yesterday afternoon??
Work hard, play hard! LOL.
And this is the thing, the kids are old enough now to realize there are a whole host of fun things to do out there in the world that have nothing to do with Kate or the basement or the TV or a plate of crap food. And they're going to WANT to do them. And there's really not much Kate can do about it.
I wonder if she's heard the phrase if you can't beat em join em. How the kids would have adored it if the two of them could just get along and BOTH attend the Super Bowl party with all the children? They can each bring their own friends and need not hang out arm and arm the whole afternoon, but lots of divorced parents are able to share in fun events like this for the good of the children. It would have been a win-win for Kate. The kids would have had a blast and now dad AND mom are cool for taking them to this. Idiot.
Admin (#54), TFW would've sooner gone to Mars than go to that sports bar on Sunday. She's proven again and again that she hates Jon more than she loves her kids. If their wellbeing was truly her top priority, she would've pulled the plug on that show when her marriage ended. She would have given those 8 children a chance to heal from what SHE turned into a public, contentious divorce away from the glare of the cameras. And she would have figured out a way to co-parent with a man who was willing and able to be a part of his kids' lives.
I seriously doubt that Mady and Cara were interested in watching the SB. Sitting together with their younger siblings (the ones Mady said she hates "individually and as a group") in the basement watching football just doesn't seem like it would appeal to them. Hannah and Collin were not home, so at best there were 5 in the basement (if all the other kids watched the SB). Rather a low turnout, and definitely a sign of things to come. Kate likes to wax poetic about all the kids gathering at home along with their own families in the future, but they might just have other ideas.
I seriously doubt that Mady and Cara were interested in watching the SB. Sitting together with their younger siblings (the ones Mady said she hates "individually and as a group") in the basement watching football just doesn't seem like it would appeal to them.
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Watching SB with girlfriends and even boyfriends at this age where you’re doing more socializing than game watching, yes. Watching at home with mother and younger siblings in the basement? Cut me a break.
@Layla I could see the two boys along with alexis,but i'm actually somewhat shocked leah wasn't with Hannah.I'm really wondering if Jon did get more custody time.
Watching SB with girlfriends and even boyfriends at this age where you’re doing more socializing than game watching, yes. Watching at home with mother and younger siblings in the basement? Cut me a break.
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Especially with a sour-puss parent who isn't interested in the least about a game, and doesn't care who wins. What fun!
I would imagine that Hannah, with Jon in a sports pub, eating pizza and steak sandwiches, had so much fun with fans, rooting for the home team in what turned out to be an incredible game!
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I also think Jon got more custody time with Hannah. She's the one who has been actively seeking more time with him, and hopefully the court finally listened to her instead of just siding with Kate like always before. Hannah is old enough to have a say in what happens to her. Plus the fact that it was just her...I think if the others had a choice, more would have been with him. Hannah sure did look happy, and it's great to finally see one of the kids getting some one-on-one attention. If she prefers to be with Jon, then she must be comfortable with Colleen, too.
Wonder if this caused a rift between Leah and Hannah-I hope not because those two were close and lucky to have one another although I often felt they ganged up on Alexis.
@Layla I'm hoping this was the reason why we haven't seen any filming in quite a while.With Collin gone,hannah being with Jon more and i believe Cara not wanting to film,its getting more difficult for Kate to find a time where TLC can film Kate and them.
What a shame that the boys couldn't have also been with their father watching the game and cheering on the home team.
At the very least, it would have been nice if they could have invited some friends over to enjoy the big game together. Instead, it's the same old, same old alone in the basement with the same old lackluster spread.
By the way, why does she always put the Super Bowl spread on a table down in the basement? Is that TV down there a lot bigger than the one upstairs in the family room off the kitchen? The basement TV doesn't look all that big to me in the 2015 photo:
https://twitter.com/Kateplusmy8/status/562037703987167232
There's a photo from 2014 where she had the Super Bowl food on the kitchen counter, so I assume they watched the game upstairs that year:
https://twitter.com/Kateplusmy8/status/430124767966789633
jamesvader1194,
Good point. There was a big backlash about Collin being gone, and if Hannah and Cara are fighting against being filmed, that makes things very difficult. In TLC's statement last July, they said that there were issues with schedules (including the Gosselins'). Collin wasn't going to be back any time soon, and Hannah (at that time) was spending more time with Jon. Mady and Cara will be off to college in a year and a half, so scheduling will be even harder. I'm sure Kate thinks she can get the girls to come home and film during the summers, but as adults they can demand their own salaries. Kate won't be able to claim all of it for herself. That could cause problems. Things are going to get harder and harder for filming in the future.
At the very least, it would have been nice if they could have invited some friends over to enjoy the big game together.
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Maybe there were friends there but they didn't want to be photographed and plastered on the internet. Just thinking...
Tucker's...Giant makes those cakes and they really are very good. In fact, I've found all of their cakes to be excellent. We get all of our birthday cakes from their bakery department. Favorite is marble.
Now I'm craving cake.
Snow and ice tomorrow. Back to 50s on Sunday. What a roller coaster winter.
FlimsyFlamsy said... 55
Admin (#54), TFW would've sooner gone to Mars than go to that sports bar on Sunday. She's proven again and again that she hates Jon more than she loves her kids.
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You know what? Kate would have dyed Nookie's coat Eagle's green and invited her usual "friends" for a SB blowout of epic proportions if TLC was filming.
What a story line that could have been?
Kate would have put on airs about being a Philly native and sat on her basement throne talking about "her" team and "GO EAGLES!" and oh my, her Eagles "traditions".
You can just see why she's seething...
Watching SB with girlfriends and even boyfriends at this age where you’re doing more socializing than game watching, yes. Watching at home with mother and younger siblings in the basement? Cut me a break.
February 6, 2018 at 10:44 AM
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It was definitely a "thing" in my teens and 20's. Alas, DH has an important meeting on Thursday, so we won't get to the parade.
Dang!
Lanc Native said... 66
Tucker's...Giant makes those cakes and they really are very good. In fact, I've found all of their cakes to be excellent. We get all of our birthday cakes from their bakery department. Favorite is marble.
Now I'm craving cake.
Snow and ice tomorrow. Back to 50s on Sunday. What a roller coaster winter.
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Yum. Good to know the cakes are tasty!
I wish we were going to get snow. Not ice, tho!
We live in an official "snow hole".
Sigh...
Remember the "one kid at a time" outings on J&K+8? When Jon participated with all 8 children, but TFW skipped the boys' days?
There he was Jon on Super Bowl Sunday with just H. Raise your hand if you think TFW has ever done a blessed thing with just ONE of her boys. Except, of course, dropping one off almost 2 years ago...
Sheepless In Seattle said... 65
Maybe there were friends there but they didn't want to be photographed and plastered on the internet. Just thinking...
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Yes, that thought did occur to me, but no one is saying there should have been pics of any of the kids, hers or any friends. In any case, I'm sure that in the rare event they dd have friends over, TFW would have certainly have mentioned "celebrating with friends" in her Instagram post rather than the crabby comment she posted with the food pics:
kateplusmy8I am celebrating our food spread this year. Isn't it festive? I don't like either team, so we are watching and eating and celebrating but I couldn't care less who wins. #SuperBowl2018 #Whatever🙄 #BetterLuckNextYear 🏉🏉🏉
Tucker's Mom said... 67
You know what? Kate would have dyed Nookie's coat Eagle's green and invited her usual "friends" for a SB blowout of epic proportions if TLC was filming.
What a story line that could have been?
Kate would have put on airs about being a Philly native and sat on her basement throne talking about "her" team and "GO EAGLES!" and oh my, her Eagles "traditions".
You can just see why she's seething...
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I was thinking the same thing the other day. Had TLC still been filming, TFW could have pitched this as an episode. They could have been all excited that the Eagles finally made it to the Super Bowl, and the episode could have been centered around them planning and having a Super Bowl party. It would have been a relatively cheap episode to produce.
Lancaster Native (#66), now you've got me craving marble cake!
FlimsyFlamsy @ 70 - Dropping off C. nearly years ago is the only time I can recall her ever spending time alone with one the boys. Pathetic doesn't come close to describing that neglect.
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#Nuqui returns. And photo by Cara is a new one.
kateplusmy8 It's an upside down kind of day here...yet ANOTHER SNOW DAY! ❄️❄️❄️#Nanuq #SableKingShepherd #PhotoCreditMady #PhotoCreditCara
Can you imagine how miserable TFW feels to have the 7 little albatrosses home on a weekday? And she can't even escape to the monthly spa day she admitted to, because of the weather.
Notice there's no igloo-making or other winter family fun when TLC isn't around to shoot it and pay her for it.
Sorry everyone, the next recap accidentally posted a little early. I’m not quite ready on it. Will repost soon. Thanks!
Another picture of the dog. okay...
I agree with FlimsyFlamsy--I bet she's miserable having the kids at home, making her pay attention to them without collecting a paycheck for it. Remember that picture she posted of them last summer, saying they were doing NOTHING. In other words, it's summer they should be working and making me money and not sitting around enjoying their freedom. I hope the break from filming lasts a lonnngggg time. It's the kids' only opportunity to see how normal people spend their time.
Maybe there were friends there but they didn't want to be photographed and plastered on the internet. Just thinking...
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I have a strong hunch what we see is what we get with Kate. There really isn't a whole lot of friends and family flowing through that house. I think the kids have friends but I don't know if her house is the go-to spot where they are hanging out.
She just said herself on one of her weekend rants last week she has few friends and family, that it's just a few trusted people.
We've seen it on the show too, just really not much of a social life or "group" she hangs with. It's sad, but I think she just doesn't like most people and prefers it this way. It's sad for the kids not to have more supportive positive adults around.
Admin,
She says she has a "few trusted friends and family", but we know that most of her friends are paid employees (and her former uber-fan, Brownie) and the crew is "family". She must be very lonely when her crew family and her paid friends aren't around. Her one real friend seems to be Jamie, and she lives in another state. Some social life. I remember the promo for the tups' birthday party said Kate has to call in friends to help. Who were those friends? Steve (security), Amber and Andrea (nannies/helpers) and Ronnie (hairdresser). All paid employees. Where were her girlfriends? How about the family she claims to be close to? Were they too busy playing "we're filming a TV show"? Sad.
I remember the promo for the tups' birthday party said Kate has to call in friends to help. Who were those friends? Steve (security), Amber and Andrea (nannies/helpers) and Ronnie (hairdresser). All paid employees. Where were her girlfriends? How about the family she claims to be close to? Were they too busy playing "we're filming a TV show"? Sad.
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I wonder if one who is only friends with people they are paying are using the situation as a crutch, or are somehow too insecure or afraid to have real friends.
It's great to be friends with people you are paying. An employer-employee friendship can be one of life's great joys. But one should have friends that were never there for your money, too, if only for your self esteem to know people just like you for you.
I just noticed TFW ‘s episode of Celebrity Wife Swap is showing on OWN. Poor Kendra is shocked by the rules the kids have to live with - brought her to tears. Now Kate’s knocking the way Hank & Kendra are running their lives. Great one to talk!
Hank
Jolie Jacquelyn (#82), how sickening that TFW, already aware of C's emotional and behavioral struggles, left him with a TOTAL STRANGER to act as his mother. Along with a strange ABC film crew (no TLC "crew daddies"). Deanna was there, but she was a newcomer in the Gosselin orbit. Certainly no substitute for a parent. The poor boy's father was gone, and then Mommy packed her bags to be some other little boy's mother?
I've said it before...those children were lab rats in a horrible public
experiment, and there will be negative effects that impact them the rest of their lives. Bet on it.
Maybe the reason Kate horns in on the kids' fun at parties, outings or even nights at home is because she has no friend to call her own. But didn't she state everyone who meets her, loves her? And that the kids' friends also find her funny and a cool mom?
Jolie Jacqueline (82)
Did you watch that? Kate's hypocrisy is mind-boggling. She walked into Kendra's kitchen and made a comment about "a little clutter", which was the tiny area where they charged their cell phones. Yet--look at Kate's kitchen! It's all clutter. Kate makes up some game to get Little Hank to pick up his toys, but when she wants her own kids to do something she nags or yells. She criticized Kendra for having help, but we know she has always had a revolving door or nannies, housekeepers, and assistants. Then after the show aired she made a comment about how amazing Little Hank was, and how she'd never met a little boy like that. I guess that includes her own three boys. And yes, she made her own kids do so much work it brought Kendra to tears. All I can say is, there is a reason why Little Hank is such a wonderful child, and it isn't because he is neglected by his mother (and kudos to Big Hank for jumping in during Kate's rant and saying that Kendra is very hands-on with Little Hank). That was just another fake "Kate-does-it-all" farce.
Some of it Layla #82, I came across the show half way through. She was unbelievable wasn't she? The nerve of her criticizing their parenting!
In the scene at the end when they all gathered to give each other "advice", you could tell TFW was in tears trying to defend her rigid rules.
Poor kids, she really is a horrible mother!
Where is Golly Gee??
As far as TFW's lack of friends, I've often thought that it's a shame she never forged any friendships through her kids. Most mothers I know have become friends with some of the mothers of their kids' friends over the years. If you're involved in planning any school events, you usually get to know other parents through that. Attending sporting events is a huge opportunity to get to know other parents. Sitting around for hours at long games, most of the parents chat up a storm.
While I had friends from college, grad school, work, and my first home/neighborhood before I became a parent, I've made some really wonderful friends through the kids. I have one friend I've known since our kids were three years old and we met at one of those toddler play group places. My husband and I are very good friends with a couple we met back when their daughter and our son were in kindergarten and they became friends (they're in high school now and are best friends). I've been active over the years in planning parties and events at school, and become friends with some of the other mothers that way. We started out meeting for coffee at someone's house or at Starbucks to plan things and ended up becoming friends and just meeting up socially for coffee or lunch. Also, over the years we've gotten to know other parents at kids' birthday parties and now many of us have been socializing as couples for years.
Even my parents have done this. They're great friends with the parents of my best friend from college, having gotten to know them while we were in college, but more so after we had homes of our own, and kids, and events and parties at our houses where both of our parents were there. Since we've been best friends for so many years and are essentially like sisters, our parents kind of consider each other family by now.
I'm sure a lot of the other parents here have similar experiences. Having kids is an opportunity to meet a lot of other parents and become friends with them. Unfortunately for TFW, I don't think she was ever that involved in school activities and I'm pretty sure she had a stick up her butt and was too snobby - because she thought she was a TV star (lol) - to really be friendly and get to know other people. It's her loss. She's going to be a very lonely old lady one day.
Where is Golly Gee??
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Is Cow stalking her again?
I'm also wondering where Golly Gee is. I just took a quick look back at the previous post and searched her name. She posted quite a few comments near the end of December and then her last comment was on December 30th. I hope she's okay.
I’m very sad to report that one of the blog girls let me know that Golly Gee passed away several weeks ago. GG emails me from time to time with blog suggestions or just to say hi and had emailed me a few days before her passing letting me know she had severely injured her knee. But, she sounded so hopeful then because she said the pain had decreased dramatically in recent weeks so much so that she was able to spend Christmas with family. When I didn’t hear from her after that I was concerned as you were.
I don’t know exactly how she passed, if it was related to that injury or something else. But I will miss her optimism and fun perspective on this blog. We have become a community, and hearing one is gone forever means a tough day on this little porch. Hugs to all.
So sorry to hear about Golly Gee. What ever happened to that lady on dialysis who was in the nursing home? The one some troll decided to torment long ago?
Winsomeone, Golly Gee was that lady on dialysis in a nursing home. She changed her name.
GG brought her passion for Operation Shoebox to our blog. I am one of the ladies who started filling the shoeboxes because of Golly Gee's prompting.
It is sad to hear that she is gone from our group.
I am very sorry to hear about Golly Gee. She was a funny and kind person and I enjoyed her posts very much. Thanks for letting us know, admin. My, how we form attachments here at 15.
Dmay..thanks for letting me know that. I wish I had known that she was Golly Gee, as I have long wondered what had happened to her before hearing about her passing. Dialysis takes its own toll on a person by itself.
I am heartbroken to hear about GollyGee. What a strong spirit and loving heart she possessed. She always seemed optimistic, even while dealing with what were surely serious health challenges. I, for one, feel inspired by her outlook, and will surely continue to support Operation Christmas Child in her honor.
A rumspringa toast to you, dear GollyGee. May you enjoy peace, grace, and endless Andy Griffith reruns in heaven.
Sad news about a very nice lady who brought joy to many children.
Winsomeone, Golly Gee never actually announced that she had changed her name. I think that I, and probably many others, just figured it out. Her writing style and TV references were consistent. Her love of the Brady Bunch and Andy Griffith gave away her disguise!
I'm very sorry to hear about Golly's passing.
I remember her through several different names over the years. She was Lukebandit, Red Bird Sings, Red Bird & Golly Gee as I recall. I think she kept changing her name because of being harassed by Haters who went so far as posting so called photos of her online & sending out her address.
Rest in peace Golly Gee, & enjoy endless Golden Girls re runs. Maybe even meet a few of them up there.
Such sad news about Golly. I thought perhaps the troll was pestering her again and that she had changed her name. She couldn't seem to be able to shake that nasty person. Golly will be missed.
I was watching a snippet last night while dozing off...about the Kimberly Paisley-Williams catfisher/stalker and I heard Kate's name mentioned a few times as a victim. When did this happen, and what was it all about? I can't remember hearing about it.
I am so sad to hear about Golly Gee. We all adored her, she was such a warm and kind lady. She inspired many of us to do good things for others. She will definitely be missed. RIP, dear GG.
Golly passed away on Thursday, January 11. Her obit is online. Such sad news.
So sad to hear about Golly Gee. She's been on this blog for years and will surely be missed. I remember she had two sons, and I think grandchildren too. Thoughts and prayers to them. Rest in Peace, Golly Gee. Thanks for spending time with us on this veranda.
I hit publish too soon. There is a fundraiser (Memorial)_set up for her online by her son. I don't want to publish the link because I am not sure if this would be the thing to do.That would be up to admin if she wanted to publish this. There is a nice write-up about her, as well as a photo of her with a dog, and a mention about her Christmas shoe box project. Bless her heart.
We frequently wondered about Auntie Ann while she was absent. She returned!
We are a porch community of friends.
Sorry to hear about GollyGee.I hope her family and friends are doing ok from this.
I'm saddened to read of GollyGee's passing. She always endured her illness with a cheerful attitude here on the veranda and will remembered with fondness. My condolences to her family and friends.
Blowing (103): "Bless her heart."
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Yes, bless her heart indeed. I remember her dismay at Hallmark hijacking her favorite channel by showing endless Christmas movies. We didn't hear about this year and I wondered if something was wrong.
May you be whole and healthy now, Golly. Your post were distinctive in style what ever name you used and a welcome perspective. Gone to glory as my dear Gran would have said.
Oh Wow. So sorry to hear about Golly Gee. Always enjoyed her posts and she had such a passionate concern for the G children. Rest in peace, sweet lady.
In Touch Weekly has an article and photos about Mady growing up fast.
In part, "In growing up both in and out of the spotlight, it’s become clear just how independent and outspoken Mady and Cara are. In a 2016 interview with People, they opened up about their decision not to speak to their father, with Mady calling their relationship “toxic.” At the time, Jon spoke publicly about how he had gone a long time without seeing his older daughters.
“He makes it seem like we’re being kept from him,” she said in the same interview. “Which is insane.”
With an attitude and emotional intelligence like that, we're not surprised to hear what an amazing young woman Mady has become! We can't wait to see what the next chapter of her life looks like!"
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Huh? Attitude? Emotional intelligence? What kind of stupid statement is that?
Didn’t Golly help a few here obtain refunds from the government? I seem to recall it was like found money sitting there waiting to be claimed.
Lynne In RI, thanks for the info. I went to their site and it's already buried on page 2. Here it is:
http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/mady-gosselin-today-153387
Lynne In RI, thanks for the info. I went to their site and it's already buried on page 2. Here it is:
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Is Cara growing up too, or only Mady?
A rumspringa toast to you, dear GollyGee. May you enjoy peace, grace, and endless Andy Griffith reruns in heaven.
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Raising my glass to her also. May she Rest In Peace, she will be missed. Admin, please post her obit link if possible because I know there were some financial problems and I would like to donate.
I, too, am saddened to hear of Golly Gee's passing. Gosh, to say the least. I feel such a loss, having been here for so many years now.
I sort of knew GG was the same person who posted under different names, but her style, bon mots, delightful references to old tv shows and love of giving with what little she had was unmistakable.
Reading about GG's health and financial challenges always made me remember to be grateful for what I have in this life.
I will always remember her for her optimism, kind heart and those shoeboxes which were such a passion of hers.
I remember being inspired here by GG several years ago, to donate as much as possible for the needy for Christmas/winter on a shoestring budget.
I waited for the perfect storm of coupons, early-bird deals and sales and dragged DH to JC Penny at 6am one year! That was the first year I challenged myself because of GG, and I've been doing it ever since.
This year, I hit the jackpot at Kohls with sales, extra bonus members' savings, bonus rewards cash and Kohls cash and was able to get a handful of winter coats, hats and gloves for next to nothing.
I thought of GG as I was doing it.
God bless you and keep you, GG, and may perpetual light shine upon you.
You will always be part of the veranda.
I just saw a story about Sister Wives being cancelled due to low ratings. It said the last episode had 1.4 million viewers. That's double what some recent episodes of K+8 has gotten. How do they decide to cancel a show that is still performing in the ratings, yet (possibly) keep one that does not perform--and hasn't even broken the 1M ark for more than 2 years? I don't get it!
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Dmasy(104), it was comforting to discover that the porch light was still on (and again I apologize for not checking in occasionally).
I too often wonder what's become of so many regular names and "faces".
Where is Chefsummer? PA Dutch Mom? Midnight Madness? TLC Stinks?Readerlady? ... and so many others whose comments were always a pleasure to read?
Huh? Attitude? Emotional intelligence? What kind of stupid statement is that?
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Really stupid. The writer (Carly Sitzer) appears to be a little behind on her Gosselin history and for a managing digital editor, not very good at her job either. Mady uttered that statement about her dad two years ago, obviously under Kate's coaching.
It was just more sheep fodder.
Very sad to hear about Golly Gee. I truly admired her positivity under difficult conditions.
Lynne in RI, I'm wondering how long it took K8 to get that photo picked up. It was first on K8's IG 16 days ago---with the speed of today's gossip, surely no one is just picking up random pics on an otherwise pretty dead and dog-ridden IG feed and inventing this story two weeks later. I cannot believe this would have ended up in any tab without some sort of push from Mother Gosselin, especially not with the text that went with it. Did Kate Coyne turn it down first?
Looks like someone is trying to drum up some attention for the Gosselins, but they had to go back 2 years to find a somewhat interesting comment to print. And of course, they try to use the divorce (more than 8 years ago!) to get some attention. If they had to go that far back, then there is a serious lack of anything interesting to say about the Gs. Time to let them go already.
I am watching Say Yes To The Dress (my DIL and I got hooked during the months of wedding planning), and they are showing previews of shows starting at the end of February, Oddly enough, they are advertising a new season of Sister Wives. InTouch just did a story about that show being cancelled. There are a few more shows being promoted, but not a word about K+8. Looks like Kate will have to keep waiting for her return to the small screen. Or maybe TLC totally forgot to promote the show. Again.
Layla said... 116
I just saw a story about Sister Wives being cancelled due to low ratings. It said the last episode had 1.4 million viewers. That's double what some recent episodes of K+8 has gotten. How do they decide to cancel a show that is still performing in the ratings, yet (possibly) keep one that does not perform--and hasn't even broken the 1M ark for more than 2 years? I don't get it!
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Makes me go back to the notion that TLC was contractually obligated with Kate to film x amount of episodes. It would explain tapering the episodes off.
Also, again if I were TLC, I wouldn't formally announce another cancellation of Kate Plus 8.
The shrill whining was insufferable the first time!
I'm glad to see Sister Wives cancelled. Enough with glamorizing and normalfying a guy with a harem of women.
Time to downsize into one big circus tent, Kody...or whatever his name is.
Yick...
Dmasy(104), it was comforting to discover that the porch light was still on (and again I apologize for not checking in occasionally).
I too often wonder what's become of so many regular names and "faces".
Where is Chefsummer? PA Dutch Mom? Midnight Madness? TLC Stinks?Readerlady? ... and so many others whose comments were always a pleasure to read?
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Again, it's been great to have you back on the veranda. I also wonder about many of our "oldies but goodies".
We really did have some great discussions!
(and have Admin and the pool girls to thank for that)
I cannot believe this would have ended up in any tab without some sort of push from Mother Gosselin, especially not with the text that went with it. Did Kate Coyne turn it down first?
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Did Gladys have something to do with it?
NJGal (114)...
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Another bit on Kate and Tony in.. Hollywood Life.
Sorry to hear about Golly Gee. I don't post much, but I read every day. Her posts were always lively.
Such a shock to hear about GollyGee. She was such a fixture on this blog. Sympathies to her family.
Added to the above list of missing posters, Cruising Just As Fast As She Can, and Joy in Virginia haven't checked in lately.
Thanks Fleecing.
Sandi said... 125
http://hollywoodlife.com/2018/02/09/tony-dovolani-dwts-kate-gosselin-feud-quit-controversy-what-happened/
Hahaha! He's still looking back and saying, WTF happened there?
Sandi said... 125
I just noticed in Kate’s latest “posed” IG picture that there’s a hand holding #NookiePookie’s face in place and an arm in the back keeping her in position.
So sorry to hear about GollyGee. She will be missed on the blog.
Huh? Attitude? Emotional intelligence? What kind of stupid statement is that?
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The child has been alienated from her father. That is nothing to celebrate, good lord.
http://hollywoodlife.com/2018/02/09/tony-dovolani-dwts-kate-gosselin-feud-quit-controversy-what-happened/
Wow, after all this time, this is the most revealing Tony has been about dealing with Kate.
As we thought, she was a diva he had to babysit. She wasn't there to work or win or even learn to dance.
It was a way to keep her fame going, earn an enormous paycheck and get away from the kids.
I LOVE the diss he gives Kate and every reality "star".
No. By and large, they aren't talent and don't know hard work.
"In 2012, ‘DWTS’ was under the microscope after Tony Dovolani and his season 14 partner, Kate Gosselin didn’t exactly see eye to eye. Tony revealed what really went down!
Former Dancing With The Stars pro, Tony Dovolani, 44, once quit the show mid-competition and returned the same day after controversy with his partner, Kate Gosselin, 44. In 2012 — season 14 of DWTS — Tony had enough when he realized his partner “wasn’t there for the right reasons.” In an EXCLUSIVE interview for HollywoodLife.com’s podcast, Tony revealed what we didn’t see play out in the media during that tumultuous time. “For me, I love dancing. I love what dancing does for people. It’s a happy sport, it’s a wonderful life that it’s created for me, and I just felt at that moment that she had done the show for the wrong reasons,” Tony explained of Kate. “She didn’t realize where she was at… I hadn’t signed up for that.”
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In 2012, ‘DWTS’ was under the microscope after Tony Dovolani and his season 14 partner, Kate Gosselin didn’t exactly see eye to eye. Tony revealed what really went down!
Former Dancing With The Stars pro, Tony Dovolani, 44, once quit the show mid-competition and returned the same day after controversy with his partner, Kate Gosselin, 44. In 2012 — season 14 of DWTS — Tony had enough when he realized his partner “wasn’t there for the right reasons.” In an EXCLUSIVE interview for HollywoodLife.com’s podcast, Tony revealed what we didn’t see play out in the media during that tumultuous time. “For me, I love dancing. I love what dancing does for people. It’s a happy sport, it’s a wonderful life that it’s created for me, and I just felt at that moment that she had done the show for the wrong reasons,” Tony explained of Kate. “She didn’t realize where she was at… I hadn’t signed up for that.”
The pro dancer, who was with the show for 22 seasons, admitted that things hit a level where he wasn’t just able to teach Kate. “When I decided to quit nothing major happened, it was just a build up of things where I just said that I didn’t sign up for this. — For babysitting, maybe, a little bit,” he said. “Some of these celebrities, or reality celebrities, I should say, they sometimes … they have an idea of what they think they are and who they are, and they didn’t realize that I wasn’t there to deal with them. I was there to teach them how to dance. So, when it becomes about other than teaching them how to dance, I want no part of it.”
“For me, it’s like when it comes to reality stars, I mean the word itself explains it. Reality star. Which means that you’re an interesting individual, character maybe … like the villain or somebody that you like. For me, I respect talent. I respect hard work.”
After Tony quit, he came back that same day and apologized to production. However, he was a pro who never complained, so producers were shocked to see him hit a point of [semi] no return. “It was one of these executive producer phone calls saying, ‘Please don’t leave. We’ll owe you. We’ll give you a better partner next year,'” he revealed."
So it looks like Tony D has quit DWTS. He said he doesn't want to "babysit reality stars anymore". That's probably why they dug up the Kate story. But--it definitely looks like "someone" is desperate for some attention. I think the fact that they have to dig back for years to find something interesting to print shows how boring she is now. Nothing she has done in the past few years is worth a mention. She's boring and--dare I say it--mediocre.
Tony had enough when he realized his partner “wasn’t there for the right reasons.”
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OUCH. What wrong reasons? Ego and money/fame I suppose.
GollyGee would have appreciated this comment from St. Tony! That one's for you, friend!
Layla said... 133
... She's boring and--dare I say it--mediocre.
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TFW is so far below mediocre it's not even funny.
@Layla Intouch is the same media outlet that i swear wrote an article about why they supported Kate after she announced Collin having issues.I can't find the article anymore(maybe they deleted it)but i swear on my life they wrote that.As for sister wives,i would find it very odd if they decided to continue to film Kate despite poor ratings but cancel sister wives for the exact same reason.I'd be convince that she'd have something over TLC.
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So it looks like Tony D has quit DWTS. He said he doesn't want to "babysit reality stars anymore".
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And who can blame him. Pairing him with Kate was an insult.
If anyone wants to see true art, Google Elena Grinenko and Tony on YouTube dance the Rumba to Tayla Ferro's "Cuando calienta el sol". Absolutely beautiful performance.
And who can blame him. Pairing him with Kate was an insult.
If anyone wants to see true art, Google Elena Grinenko and Tony on YouTube dance the Rumba to Tayla Ferro's "Cuando calienta el sol". Absolutely beautiful performance.
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Tony I think fell into the trap of a lot of people who are really, really good at their jobs. And that is that those people end up getting the tough assignments BECAUSE they're so good and so capable. But then, the tough assignments usually stink, require you to work harder and longer for the same result as the guy next to you, and it doesn't seem fair other dancers get the easiest pairings all the time and sail straight to the finals. Tough assignments can be flattering because it means the boss trusts you to get the job done, but for Tony I can see how it got old year after year.
I think he had a lot of energy for his first few tough pairings. He really brought out the best in some of his older partners. But after a string of people with no work ethic, he obviously got tired after awhile to the point where you just say I QUIT.
He really brought out the best in some of his older partners. But after a string of people with no work ethic, he obviously got tired after awhile to the point where you just say I QUIT.
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Oh I fully agree. He performed miracles with some of his partners. But he would have had an easier time training a capuchin monkey to dance in less time than it took Kate to count to four. The woman is impossible.
New post everyone, another recap, Enjoy.
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