I think it’s possible Kate wanted to film something with the kids . But because they are 18 ,I think it’s a possibility now that they want nothing to do with filming. I think she’s desperate for money . I doubt there will be tours to nyc where she will be fawned over, like in the past.
I wonder if TFW will dust off her social media and start chit-chatting with her old fans in anticipation of this show. I'll never forget how she sweet-talked them into signing up for that cruise like a botoxed P.T. Barnum. Especially this subtle line to a fan who was on the fence about booking a ticket: "Do it do it do it!"
If they are really doing special forces training, this will be very interesting. Remembering Kate in canoes, on the tower afraid to jump. I wonder if she has any idea of what will be involved.
I read up on this show and there's no voting, no eliminations, everyone is stuck in the Jordanian desert in 120 degree heat doing some really hard exercises. No bathrooms, just holes in the ground. No beds, just sheets over an iron bar. Kate's worst nightmare (hard work). She must be desperate for money to do this. Remember her meltdowns in the Alaska episode? Let's hope she ends up paying C&H back with some of her earnings, but that's probably a long shot. The other "celebs" in the show are Dr Drew, Mel B from the Spice Girls, Jamie Lynn Spears, plus some actual athletes from the NBA, NFL, and an Olympian. I guess we know why she had some lone pap taking pictures of her going to the gym. What a sh$t show this is going to be.
Oh my. This sounds like a very physically challenging premise. We will see what happens. I wonder if filming has completed already, or if it is just started. Kinda thinking it's already completed filming so the producers and network know they have a complete product to broadcast. Hannah Brown, a former bachelorette, will be on the show. She is very positive and energetic and likable. I'll be checking out Reality Steve to see if he has any info about her experience on this show.
This promises to be a tour de force for TFW. Whining, crying, hand-flapping, temper tantrums. And this time she can't get away with her "poor tired mother of 8" nonsense to excuse her bad behavior.
Wonder if she was allowed to bring any of her friends (read: employees) with her to Jordan. Is Steve even still on her payroll? If so, who in the world has he been guarding her body from?
I think since she ran her children like they were in boot camp, and then sent her son off to a, I suppose one could call it a treatment facility where he begged to be released (which didn't seem comfortable)...she should have NO problem, "I'm in charge and that's NEVER going to change!" attitude, she should be able to survive in a little ole desert folks, come on! Being tested physically and mentally after having EIGHT, count them, EIGHT children who demanded so much of her time, and running errands, and refilling juice, and being tired all the TIME, this should be a piece of cake!
The only thing I have doubts of ladies is, who on earth is going to watch such ridiculous show? Is this what young people watch fore entertainment? I asked my own three kids and their comment was, "Mom, don't you think we have better things to do?" Not in unison, but that was about the go of it.
@FlimsyFlamsy (3) It's been a while but i check here once in a blue moon.If Kate does that then i would be interested to see how many old fans are still around these days.Milo basically fell off the face of the earth after Jon got custody of Hannah, and i think Barb was starting to realize that she only goes on social media when she needs the fans for something.As for the haters,honestly i'd imagine 99% of them are gone because there's nothing to say anymore.
Having trouble publishing my comment, so let’s try this way!
This is TurtleLogic (haven’t commented for a really long time, but I read every update!)
My question, as always, is who is with her 4 remaining kids. Yes they are of an age when many parents might leave them home for a week or so, but they are still in high school. She was gone for a lot longer than that AND out of the country. Some schools let 18-year-olds sign for themselves, some don’t. (Mine didn't….I couldn’t call myself in sick, for example) Plus 4 teens together make far worse decisions than just one alone. It’s all pretty sus to me.
I might have to check it out because our former wide receiver Danny Amendola who was key and winning us a couple of Super Bowls up here in Boston will be on didn’t think he was a reality show type of guy but I will love to see him ignore Kate Gosselin probably check it out certainly not for her
Why on God's green earth would any TV show have Kate on it at this late date? She's beyond being a "has been". Wonder if she is taking a leave of absence from her supposed nursing gig she has in NC or SC? Didn't she get her license renewed, or something, in that state?
I watched a reality series a few years ago where the contestants competed in hard core military boot camp type of competitions. It was brutal & those cast members were super fit with exceptional attitudes - traits TFW lacks. VBG
Oh, I hope this show is similar to that one - I'm so looking forward to watching TFW snivel & whine & fail miserably, as she does so spectacularly well.
It's good to see familiar names posting! Take care everyone - stay safe, be healthy & happy!
I wonder if Kate herself had her people put out feelers she was willing to do a reality show. Because to be totally honest I find it almost impossible to believe this show thought to ask her. She’s far too obscure now.
I don't believe Kate will have that hard of tasks as we are hoping for. It is a reality show and more than likely scripted (faked) to try getting high ratings as possible.
What the hell was she thinking signing up for this?! Sure to have lots of crying for her EIGHT, COUNTEM EIGHT KIDS... how she's doing this to show them courage and how she overcame a bad marriage.
1. OMG - LOL 2. Jump out of helicopter? Right... remember the guy on the tower platform almost had to push her and dropping her off a cliff? Nope. 3. Carry a heavy ruck? Never gonna happen 4. Tear gas room? Nope. 5. Almost tempted to watch...nah. haha will read recaps here
“Competitors must last ten days without quitting, while being subjected to ropes courses hundreds of feet above the ground, diving from helicopters and being trapped inside a car that becomes submerged underwater, among other challenges that simulate ones from real-life special forces trainings.”
C'mon now, TFW has shown many moments of extreme courage and grace under pressure. Remember how she cleaned a dirty refrigerator with just a toothpick, while her husband settled their 8 children into a new house? Pretty darn resourceful!
Watching Dallas Cowboys defeat the Chicago Bears today, saw some ads for this upcoming show. Big burly guy on ropes over a chasm. Looks scary and difficult to do. I'll watch because I really like Hannah Brown, former bachelorette. She is a very likable person, and has enough experience with reality TV to be very watchable. I'm a Mel B fan also. The filming was done summer 2022 in the desert in Jordan, according to a Sept 7 ,2022 deadline.com article. Yet no spoilers available, from the minimal searching I've done. It's based on a similar British show. Hope everyone has a happy Halloween! I'm doing especially well! Looking forward to seeing up dogs in their costumes tomorrow!
almost totally off topic, but I just saw a picture of a bunch of old tv guys who were at some get together honoring Tony Dow (Wally from Leave it to Beaver), who just died recently. Paul Peterson was among them...he's in a wheelchair and using oxygen. Sad.
I think it was so hard to know if she was ever truly "scared" of heights or disliked the idea of camping with the Palins or eating a moose dog. She knew that mostly the kids were the draw to the show so she had to do things to keep attention on her. She had to be the best, worst, most scared etc. She couldn't let them win a game. Her show was based on her yakking in between short film clips of the kids' short activities. I bet she has a contract with the show to make sure she stays a certain amount of time for the right money. I hope I am wrong! Welcome back to those who have dropped by.
From Dmasy -- Here is a link to a new Youtube podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99R-ByXXnNQ&t=21s
I felt as if Part 1 was pro Kate. I tried to leave a comment. I provide a link to Robert Hoffman's book and a link to 15 Minutes. I did not offer a personal opinion regarding Kate. My comment was removed within 5 minutes. I don't know when Part 2 is scheduled to be available.
Interesting that your comment was scrubbed. If Houdini was brought back from the dead, he could not summon the magic to make that cold, mean, lazy, narcissistic, obnoxious shrew into someone to root for. Those Eight Little Faces that were her Eight Little Meal Tickets are now adults. The kids and her relationship with Jon were what made their show compelling. With both elements gone, what does she have.to offer?
If you guys think Kate's bad then guess who's back to exploit the child she murdered.Seriously,whoever is giving this woman a spotlight is spitting on her daughter's grave. https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/casey-anthony-docuseries-trailer-peacock-1235426121/
I think Kate is only doing this reality show because Jon apparently discovered she had withdrawn $50,000 each from Hannah and Collin’s savings and filed a complaint with court. Kate’s excuse? “I needed money to live on and besides the kids owe me for their private school tuition which I paid out of pocket. Anyway, I was going to pay it back.” Although for some reason there is no documentation to support that last statement. Anyway, I feel bad if it’s true (I suspect it is).
Nope. Not even close. Dementia is a medical condition. Assuming Biden has it (and that is a big assumption) you are comparing a medical condition to an attempt to completely undermine the very grounds upon which our country was founded. The two are not even close in comparison. Either you are choosing to ignore the obvious distinction or you really are not fit to practice law.
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If you think elections are fair you're living in a fantasy land.
All that said, this story on the interest scale for me is at about a 1 out of 10. I'm bored out of my mind with it. It's like I've said since I was a child, in anything you compete at in life, sports, elections, whatever, it's always risky to only do enough to win by the skin of your teeth. You must be prepared and strategize to win with wide margins to account for errors---in the case of sports, bad refs and cheating, which WILL happen and must be accounted for. In the case of elections, ballot harvesting and fraud which will happen and must be accounted for. It's impossible to have a completely fair system on such a wide scale. What we can aim for in our electoral system is "close enough", and you've got to pull off the votes to push through that margin of error.
For the record--I think the electoral system is close enough. Individual cases of fraud, etc., should be prosecuted, but I don't see any evidence it's as widespread as some people think.
Is there ANYONE with a thinking brain who does not see Biden is, at the very least, cognitively impaired?! My background is working with dementia patients. It's very clear - but let's give him the benefit of the doubt: could be any one of several memory impairments. In addition I believe he is pretty well medicated.
In short, he is clearly not cognitively functioning at 100%.
My question is who are his handlers? Who is the real team running this country?
You remain consistently arrogant and entrenched in your refusal to ever acknowledge that anyone else may have a point. If elections aren’t fair, do you concede that Trump, having lost the popular vote, should never have been seated as President?
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What on earth are you talking about? The electoral college prevents the most populous states like California from having a bigger say in elections than states like Wyoming, or North Dakota. Otherwise California would decide the election, every time.
Surely you can see how patently unfair that would be.
So no, the popular vote doesn't always win the elections, and constant whining about how it should marginalizes and shuts out low income and minority people who live in states who don't make headlines. It's racist, pure and simple.
Trump actually said it best, he was playing a game to win the electoral college. Hillary was playing a game to win majority votes, which isn't the rules of the game, and when you tend to ignore the rules of the game, you tend to lose--FAIR AND SQUARE.
This is the most heartbreaking I told you so ever.
Collin, we truly wish you the very best in life. We tried to do what we could given we're just strangers. We spoke out at least. You're a fine young man.
If Kate doesn't reach out to her son after this, every bad thing she's ever been accused of will be reinforced. She knows now that the public for the most part sees her as a child abuser and the only way now to redeem herself is to try and foster relationships with herself and all her kids as well as encouraging them between each other. Help this young man Kate. He didn't turn out to be a sweet person all on his own. Your hate for their father shouldn't take precedence over your love for your children.
More Colin articles. He plans to join the miliary and maybe get into acting. He has not spoken to his siblings in five or six years.
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It almost feels like a minimization when we talk about his siblings. They are multiples and shared a womb and a harrowing pregnancy and birth and had such a unique baby-hood and childhood because there were so many of them.
It's tragic to be estranged from your siblings but there's something about multiples that makes it even worse.
I actually wonder painful as it is if it's really best for Collin Kate tries to reconnect. She'll never change or take responsibility, and I fear it'll be a couple decades of heartache for him before he realizes he either needs to be estranged from her or she gets old and passes away. I'd hate for him to realize this at 40 and waste so much of his life.
Who estranges their 15 year old??? That's all kinds of messed up.
His siblings are another matter. Those relationships are worth saving.
As brave as it was for Colling to decide to sit for an interview, bless that boy, I wonder if Kate will rush out to set the record straight as she did countless times before and this will turn into a tit-for-tat?
I watched my father ,in the last stages of his life try to desperately connect and receive affection from his narcissist mother ( who outlived him). She refused to come see him when he was given news that he wasn’t expected to live much longer . She lived several states away. Her words were “ Are you sure you’re going to die? I don’t want to travel all the way there and it’s all for nothing”.
Sadly, his wish didn’t come true. We found that he saved all of the birthday cards she sent him through the years ( not many). And he laid them all out in the garage . He spent a lot of time reading them over and over, hoping for that connection that he never got.All he wanted to feel from her is love and feeling of worth.
People like this will never change and feel that they are never wrong about anything. I feel Collin will never really get his wish. Kate might contact him and throw a bone his way . And that is probably all he’ll get. But the true colors for these kind of people always come out.
Sadly, he’ll probably spend a lifetime wishing and hoping for his ideal mother/ son relationship that he will never get. I just hope he’s getting the help he needs that if that doesn’t happen , then he’ll do fine without it and he’s worthy regardless of what she feels toward him.
I don’t know if she’ll be rushing out to set the record straight right away because she’s got that TV show coming up and they might not want that type of publicity. Then again, anything for ratings…
As a child of a narcissist he will need years of therapy. And it may hit him at various times of his life like when he gets married and has a family of his own. If he doesn’t get the help he needs he’ll just cycle and cycle through all this heartache for the rest of his life.
I feel for this kid! I have a few family members that are narcissists, going no contact is the only way to deal with them. No matter what he does or says she will rewrite history to make herself look good. She will never be wrong in her eyes. She will destroy him mentally. It’s just not worth it, mother or not. The sooner he understands that the better off he’ll be. I bet she’ll be giving interviews very soon, to tell her distorted side.
I'm checking twitter for Collin and someone tweeted that people are claiming Collin is making the situation worse by going on T.V.What exactly do these people think he should do?Assuming both he and Hannah haven't talked to their siblings in years and they live in another state, how would they be able to find them and talk about this?
I'm checking twitter for Collin and someone tweeted that people are claiming Collin is making the situation worse by going on T.V.What exactly do these people think he should do?Assuming both he and Hannah haven't talked to their siblings in years and they live in another state, how would they be able to find them and talk about this?
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That's always how the sheeple have tried to shut down people speaking out about their queen. Turn it around on them, how dare they speak.
Collin should share his story if he wants to. It's up to him. It's HIS story, not theirs. Maybe it feels good to get all this pain off his chest.
Having the opinion that speaking out might make the situation worse does not make someone a "sheeple" nor is it equivalent to "how dare they speak." It's an OPINION that happens to differ from yours
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This is not some tacky nothing celebrity blabbing about some dispute. This is a young man who has been through hell and silenced his entire life by his mother. The idea that anyone would try to tell him he is making the situation worse is disgusting and clearly an attempt to turn it around on him and blame him instead of LISTENING to him. They will still protect Kate to the bitter end.
He's having his Me Too moment. So no, nobody gets to have an opinion that he has to shut up.
Anyone else notice that all other reports refer to him being “institutionalized” whereas People only refers to where Kate sent him as a “live in learning facility”?? 🙄
Colin said he was prompted to speak out after a scary car accident according to a Good Morning America article. Kate's rep hasn't replied back. Does she still have a rep? i guess so if she's doing that January show. I know she's itching to say something.
Another article said Colin was in two institutions.
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Of course Kate would minimize this, that's what she does. If it's a locked facility he cannot freely leave and has to write a secret letter asking to get him out, that's an institution. The end.
I apologize, I forgot which nice lady posted the first portion of this, but whoever it was, had been waiting on the second video for this. You had me intrigued. So my dog and I are going to watch it since my husband is out of town Christmas shopping and I have nothing else to do this afternoon. Side note my companion managed to snag a few bites of my leftover toast.
Hi Admin! My narc mom stalked me in Jan Feb 2022 and ripped open the bandaid So Im really angry. So fuck that cunt and fuck Kate Gosselin. Admin are you on Twitter? I looked but maybe you got rid of it.
Admin, but you WERE on Twitter at one point, right? I wish Instagram was more like Twitter, but...
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I don't think so .... maybe I made a throw away account for this web site just to hold the name? It's been so long I don't remember. I can see tweets without having an account though so there isn't a need.
Also, Im very concerned that the sons of Kate will seek out women like her. They need to be in therapy to see how destructive she is and how they dont need to date another Narc
I’ve read a fair bit of parenting research now that talks about how parents who are mean and nasty to their kids whether on a regular basis or just once in awhile when they lose it, do usually have some kind of self loathing or jealousy thing going on. It is usually related to something in their own childhoods. Everything from abuse to more minor things like a parent who was over protective or under protective, too strict or too lenient, etc. They, usually unconsciously, take out their own childhood frustrations on their kids. It’s almost certainly related to Kate’s own childhood, the slights she experienced whether true or just perceived.
I suppose it’s time to announce. I have a 16 month old daughter now! ❤️❤️ I still laugh when I recall all the sheeple saying you’ll understand Kate once you have kids. Um yeah no I feel exactly the same about that cunt. If anything I feel even stronger now that I have my own. I haven’t even put her on Facebook yet. I have no desire to share her with anyone but my closest family and friends.
What wonderful news! Congratulations! Your daughter is a lucky lady! Why would any parent feel she did right by her kids? I had 4 kids and never dumped any of them in an institution because they didn’t follow my rules. I never beat them because they made a mess. Kids are messy creatures, so what? That’s just not normal thinking! She and her sheeple are seriously disturbed. By the way, my oldest has 3 kids and won’t ever put them on social media. It’s not necessary, we know what they look like, the world doesn’t need to know.
By the way, my oldest has 3 kids and won’t ever put them on social media. It’s not necessary, we know what they look like, the world doesn’t need to know.
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Things were so whirlwind when she was born I never got around to posting on fb and by that time everyone who needed to know knew and I was like well what’s the point? I just text pics to people who know about her. It is hard not to show her off to all. She’s cute as a button and my photographic muse. But after awhile I got so used to not posting it stopped occurring to me to post. Like breaking a smoking habit or something. Easier the longer you avoid it.
I remember a couple years ago Jon's mom spoke out and said it's even worse than we thought---Collin was not allowed to eat with his siblings and no real education for FIVE years. Collin, for your own mental health let her go.
God she makes me ill! Colin was a scapegoat, typical narcissist behaviors. Unfortunately the kids tend to jump on board with the parent. I guess because one- they think the scapegoat deserves it and two- they’re grateful it’s not them. Survival of the fittest.
Admin, a little mommy advice. Write down everything your daughter says wrong. She will appreciate it when she’s older. My kids were hysterical when they read how badly they butchered words! Sometimes I still use the words because I forget, oh shit that’s not how to say that! Ha ha
The only "good" thing Kate ever did was to show everybody how "not" to be a parent. I still laugh every time I see a meme on twitter using her "signature" haircut. Kate may be gone, but her hairstyle will live forever!
The fans must remember that Kate did not have fertility problems and she deliberately got pregnant with multiples. AND she regularly dismissed any outside help, cause she was/is a control freak. Remember, her dad made her have an abortion. She WANTED all these kids and yet still abused them
This series is premiering on Fox on Jan. 4 at 8 pm, From the Fox News website about the show:
As previously announced, FOX’s ultimate celebrity social experiment, Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, will make its series premiere, a two-hour special event, Wednesday, Jan. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The all-new series features household names who endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. There are no votes, and no eliminations – just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, quickly learn the meaning of “no guts, no glory” – and no glam. The 16 celebrity recruits are Danny Amendola, Mel B, Hannah Brown, Tyler Florence, Kate Gosselin, Dwight Howard, Montell Jordan, Gus Kenworthy, Nastia Liukin, Carli Lloyd, Beverley Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Mike Piazza, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Anthony Scaramucci and Jamie Lynn Spears. The series is produced by Minnow Films. Sophie Leonard, Alicia Kerr and Becky Clarke serve as executive producers.
Happy Holidays! Mady had a couple of TikToks that featured a few of the siblings. One with Alexis explaining her future plans for college and another that quickly showed Alexis, Aaden and Leah. Mady made some comment (I'm paraphrasing) but basically Aaden has all the ladies lined up for him, lol.
So Mady posted on her Tiktok a fan's question about if Alexis still loves alligators, and Alexis was in the video.She is going to study zoology and is currently working at a vet.Good for her.
Happy New Year, everyone! Recently saw extended promo for this show. It must have paid well. Looks like a miserable experience with no glitz and no glam.
mom2two: I found this disgusting ""I really secretly wanted cool mom points, especially from my boys," she says. "I mean, obviously if I was in my 20s, I'd have a better chance of whipping it. But I knew, given my age, I mean let's be real, how far could I go? I knew my mental determination could take me [far], but my physical status, I'm not physically running marathons currently. So that part was really worrying, but at the same time, just even giving it a shot I thought would bring me some cool mom points."
Like her last marathon was in what 2012. A decade ago. And to say she wanted cool mom points I mean please. We all know she did this for the cha-ching! She must be desperate for cash at this point. I have to wonder also if TLC didn't block her from participating in other shows for an X amount of years after her contract with them was fulfilled. Kind of how they blocked Jon from speaking out. There is nothing on her Instagram, Twitter and the website is long gone...............Just like she needs to be.
I didn't start watching til half hour into that show. Found this comment on twitter: "39m That was quick, Kate Gosselin is out after taken to the hospital " Fake??? So she did just enough to get a chunk of money?? Dr. Drew got heat exhaustion and forced out. I am rooting for Beverly.
Why am I not surprised that Kate was the first one gone AND what was all that crap about being afraid of the water?! She’s the one that wanted to go deep sea fishing to the detriment of her seasick kids and went on many, many beach vacations. She also lives on a lake. As for heights, she has claimed to have a fear of heights in the past but didn’t seem to have a problem with the helicopter ride on Kate+Date. Just to be a little more snarky, she kind of looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy when she was sitting there with her shirt off.
I looked at about 30 minutes of this show, from about 9 to 9:30. Basketball games on TV tonight are more entertaining. Boring narration. Drill sergeants trying to come up with story lines for participants. Switched back to basketball.
I don’t know if she’s going to get those “cool mom points” that she wanted because she did nothing but whine and cry from the minute she got there. She should be embarrassed.
Did Kate mention that she is now working as a nurse? I just read she said that since her kids are now 18 she is now available for "projects". I have doubted she really is working as a nurse, even though many publications have stated she is. I wonder if she'll put the money she made from this show back in her children's accounts. M. M.
After watching Kate's performance last night it seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. She hasn't changed one bit. Still the whiny. drama queen she's always been.
She always talks about the kids like they're 5-10 years younger than they are. I can see wanting to be the "cool mom" to your 12 year old, but they're adults now, some well into their 20s the rest almost there. At that point most kids are mature enough to begin to appreciate their parents for who they are and stop being so embarrassed by them, and not need them to do something out of character to be "cool." It's just so bizarre her skewed reality.
I figured she was in trouble when she couldn’t even get out of the tub of water they had to jump into. She stood there with her arms flailing about wanting someone to pull her out.
She sure is chunky again. She should have worked harder at losing weight and muscling up for this show. She was slow at running in the beginning like she wasn't even trying. I suppose she was waiting for the ride like she had at the marathon.
From Dmasy. I watched. I don't know how staged the content is. The emotions of the participants seem genuine and intense.
I remember that Kate said she wasn't "waterish" and she was dramatically afraid of heights. That being the case, she committed to a very brave fall out of helicopter. She executed this poorly and hit the water incorrectly. She cried a lot. She failed the exercise.
I have learned a new word from following the Harry and Meghan debacle. Kate "whinged".
My hubby who is less than slightly interested in reality gossip was watching with me. He blurted, "She will fake an injury in order to leave without shame." About 10 minutes later, Kate needed to be checked for a broken neck!
There are some mentally and physically tough challenges.
Dr. Drew was also removed for heat stroke symptoms.
I am going to continue to watch even with Ms. Gosselin gone.
I want to know what the celebrities are being paid to go through this military exercise.
reality steve really had not nice things to say about Kate in his daily podcast about 20 minutes in. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-roundup-1-5-23/id1182867683?i=1000592627917
I agree Ingrid she has lost her 6 pack abs. Especially when she was complaining of neck pain and they did a shot that showed her belly. I mean we all gain some weight the older we get but she always made it a point to put Jon down for his weight gain. Karma is a bi$ch. I wonder how much they were paid to appear on this show?
My hubby who is less than slightly interested in reality gossip was watching with me. He blurted, "She will fake an injury in order to leave without shame." About 10 minutes later, Kate needed to be checked for a broken neck!
I guess her years of aging backwards have now reversed, lol. You can tell she isn't spending too much time at the Spa these days nor getting her nips and tucks.
I just watched the 1st episode on demand. I don’t know who half these people are, calling them celebrities is a reach. Nothing about Kate has changed except her size. She has no redeeming qualities. If she’s afraid of water and can’t swim why did she buy a house on lake Norman? And she has a pool. I call BS, she must think it’s cute to be negative and fearful. What I think happened was she saw work and faked a neck injury. Cue the crocodile tears!
I did laugh pretty hard they have to poop together! I’ve been married for 41 years, my husband has never seen me on the toilet.
From Dmasy -- Clack (121) I laughed so hard, too. That extremely tall athlete was sitting and could still look down on Mel B in her "private" situation. Many of the participants were unknowns to me also.
Hi everyone! Happy New Year! I've been busy being Nana, but just spotted an article about Kate failing out of the Special Forces show and just had to come here and get the scoop. Is anyone surprised that she couldn't keep up? Seriously, as soon as she realized that she was going to have to work hard and "rough it" a bit, she was looking for a way out. She's the first participant to fail, but uses that opportunity to announce that she's available for projects? So typical of her. She's available but isn't willing to work hard, so please, networks, only come to her with "projects" that pay top dollar and require no real effort from her. I'm getting a chuckle out of all the comments about her weight. After all the grief she gave Jon--just desserts! Errr, I mean, too many desserts, perhaps.
So, Miss Thang had to go to the potty with other people? Anyone else think that's a magical bit of karma for the shrew who filmed her toddlers with their pants around their ankles?
Wow, so no money for appearing in this show? No wonder Kate didn't put in any real effort. She did it just to get a few mentions in the press so she could put it out there that she was available for filming. She's probably sitting by the phone right now, waiting for offers to pour in. Of course the networks will all be lining up to sign a nasty, bossy, whiny, lazy has-been who couldn't pull in a decent audience if her life depended on it. Right? The dream will never die for her. And NJGal1, you're absolutely right, she is not aging well. She's nearing 50--and she looks it.
Wow, so no money for appearing in this show? ************************ The article says no *prize* money. It doesn't say they weren't paid an appearance fee.
FlimsyFlamsy said... So, Miss Thang had to go to the potty with other people?
LOL! She wasn't there long enough to have to use the potty. I had to go back and watch for myself. And she cried/whined/blew out air like she was 'exhaustedish' THE ENTIRE TIME. And when I say cry, she cried like a baby! Like they had to say "What" when she was trying to talk thru her tears.
She is seriously out of shape. MelB is the same age as Kate and is in way better shape. That one pap shot when she went to the gym must have been her only visit. She couldn't even run. Maybe if she stopped crying long enough she could have.
She acted ridiculous and I really think she is just a bitter, unhappy person that has not found any JOY in her life. If this was to be her redemption story, she failed miserably.
Anonymous (130) If she was paid an appearance fee and dropped out so fast, that doesn't bode well for her as far as future "projects" are concerned. It just shows that she is lazy and unmotivated, and still refuses to put any effort into anything. I'm not convinced that she's gone back to nursing. She's much too lazy to do the work. But if she's holding out for a return to reality TV, I think she's going to be severely disappointed. Reality TV has come a long way since she was filming. Her pathetic whining just isn't riveting viewing, and what does she have to moan about now? Her kids are grown, so no reason to be exhausted-ish.
I just happened to see Andy Cohen's WWHN show with Kenya after first show. Yes they laughed about Kate. I can't remember exactly what was said but have tried to find the episode online. Nothing so far. Too bad she was done so quick--kind of. I was looking forward to her being a joke for a couple weeks first.
She is still in a frame of mind that doing the scariest thing possible (on film of course) will help her get over her fear of heights or water. She has had years to look into help for that, starting slowly. I can do enough of a swim stroke to possibly save myself and can float but as soon as I cant touch bottom I panic. I jumped into deep water once off a raft in a man-made pond after dark to test the "if you just jump in you will learn to swim". I would have drowned if my hand hadn't touched the ladder. I was panicking and flailing up til then.
So are Aaden, Joel, Leah and Alexis supposed.to graduate from high school this spring? I can't help but wonder which one TFW has been grooming to take care of her. And which one will leave and never come back.
Body shaming, using childish words (potty? How old are you people?) and generally mocking her for not going very far in what looks like a very hard situation- I don’t think I would make it very far and if you are all being very honest, none of you would either. But where is your outrage for Jon? The guy that called his kids “marketable”? You are all such hypocrites. Kate Gosselin is a horrible, vile, awful person who never should have been given 6 little human beings to raise; but Jon Gosselin is just as horrible, vile, and awful. He’s no saint and none of the late day savior act washes away what he has inflicted on all his kids. You people are sick and gross for continuing to rubberneck. I really and truly hope you are all admin socks because otherwise there are some really awful people disguising themselves as normal human walking among us. Be ashamed. You should all, especially the disgusting and gross admin, be very ashamed.
Let me guess, our Anonymous poster doesn't have any problem with the way Kate body shamed Jon on TV for millions to see, am I right? She deserves what she gets after that. And Jon fought hard to get his kids off TV, while Kate institutionalized her son who interfered with filming. Tell me again who's the monster there. And if you're so offended by the word "potty", anon, why don't you educate us about the correct word to use there. We breathlessly await your pearls of wisdom.
Has anybody seen or heard about TLC's new show, MILF Manor? I bet Kate is pissed that TLC didn't ask her to be on the show.
"Coming Jan. 15 10/9c. Hot single moms dive into a unique dating experience where they hope to find their -- much younger -- soulmates, but a shocking twist turns their world upside down."
Turns out the "twist" is the "young hunks" on the show are actually the sons of the women on the show. So Kate wouldn't qualify anyway because her sons are too young to compete.
Well, considering that the person called Kate "horrible, vile and awful"
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Except she is. Have you read Prince Harry’s book? The damage of having to live his childhood ups and downs in the public eye did permanent irreparable psychological damage to him. At least his father had no choice as he was born into it. But everyone else did.
Oh and no I have not read the Prince Harry book. The trials and tribulations of the royals is not a subject that is of particular interest to me. I’ll leave the obsession with all things royal to others. He seems like a good guy and I wish him well.
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Smug. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about how losing your only decent parent and living your entire life in the public eye fucks you up, despite most of the public ignoring this inconvenient truth and continuing to exploit young royals and other child celebrities.
Layla said... 144 Let me guess, our Anonymous poster doesn't have any problem with the way Kate body shamed Jon on TV for millions to see, am I right? She deserves what she gets after that. And Jon fought hard to get his kids off TV, while Kate institutionalized her son who interfered with filming. Tell me again who's the monster there. And if you're so offended by the word "potty", anon, why don't you educate us about the correct word to use there. We breathlessly await your pearls of wisdom.
Well Layla, you are wrong. I am against ALL body shaming. As for “potty”, I cannot believe a grown adult is incapable of finding a more age appropriate word. “Urinate”; “Use the bathroom”; “Relieve herself”, “Void her bladder”, even “Go to the bathroom” are far better than the childish verbiage your ilk has chosen. The bottom line is that both of these parents schemed for high order multiples (if you think Jon was innocent, please invest in my MLM selling miracle cures to every known ailment) and both were happy to reap the benefits. They are both horrible, despicable people. That admin was too stupid to pick up on my clear feelings about Kate in my original post and called me Kate should tell all of you how completely narrow minded she has become. She saw what she thought was a “pro-Kate” post without reading and jumped into action. If that is how she conducts her legal career, she’s an embarrassment to her employer. I actually find all the straw man and half baked arguments funny! Please keep them coming! I may or may not respond to more but I will for sure enjoy watching the pretzel logic and the serious misunderstanding of the law!
I don't understand what point you're trying to make anonymous or what Jon has to do with anything. Jon has absolutely nothing to do with this reality show, hasn't even so much has commented about it, so you're the ultimate straw man with your, look, look over here at Jon.
You can characterize it however you choose, and I still am not interested in reading it. I don’t know why that is a problem for you, but clearly it is so enjoy your outrage.
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It's too bad you've written this off as royal gossip. I just spent the last 20 chapters alongside a young soldier fighting the Taliban and all the highs and lows and chaos and confusion and struggles to make sense of the senseless--all while knowing the Taliban was calling for his head. It was incredible insight into an incredible time in history from a man in a very unique position.
There are millions of books out there. Not every book is of interest to every human being. I'm not sure why that is so much of a problem for you and I deeply apologize for my lack of interest in topics that are fascinating to you. Obviously, that is a huge character flaw that I need to address
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That's not what was being said. You know exactly what you were doing, you tried to make a dig suggesting it's just royal gossip and that you're oh so above that. You did so being too lazy to actually find out what the book is actually about. You assumed. I called you out on your lazy assumption, simple as that.
Awww, Anon, I really feel for you. Yours musty be a very lonely life to come here looking for some sort of interaction, even though you don't seem to like this community and have no interest in joining it. Perhaps you should take up a hobby or do some volunteer work so that you can have some positive interactions with other people. I stand by what I said about Kate and body shaming. She dished it out with glee whenever she had the chance, so she deserves any pushback she gets. Luckily for her, nobody is fat-shaming her on TV for millions to see. As far as the term "potty" is concerned, it's strange that you're so offended by it. Pretty much everyone here is a parent/grandparent, and we've become accustomed to using the term "potty". You may have noticed that nobody else had a negative reaction to the word. Just you. If you don't like it, you can go join a community that conforms to your lofty standards. We won't miss you.
If Mady wants privacy she should stop posting everything about herself and her family. She always put herself out pthere and loved the publicity and attention. Now not so much.
If Mady wants privacy she should stop posting everything about herself and her family. She always put herself out pthere and loved the publicity and attention. Now not so much.
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I can’t say whether this is mady but it seems to me a lot of people love to whine a whole lot about privacy when in fact they really love it. A first clue they don’t REALLY want privacy is public social media accounts. There’s no reason someone who really values privacy would have public accounts.
Admin (#158), yeah, if you're giving all kinds of personal information out to the public at large, don't act so aggrieved when people comment on that information. It's not like someone stole her diary and starting randomly posting private stories.
I was against people bullying Mady when she was a child. But if she's continuing to compromise her own privacy this way, she should prepare to take the good with bad with the good.
BTW, this young woman told the entire world in an interview that her father was "toxic." I'm still convinced that word came from her mother.
Oh. My. Gosh. I read the story about Mady's bullying claims and there was a link to an article about Kate taking $100K from H&C's trust accounts. In it, there is a statement from Kate saying that she will have to continue to "borrow" from her kids' trusts in order to survive. So she's still living above her means, even though she's (possibly) gone back to nursing, and she's planning to help herself to the kids' money to keep from going back to a mediocre life, is that it? What happens when the kids need that money? They worked for it, they gave up their privacy for it, but she's going to saddle them with the responsibility of providing for her for the rest of their lives, is that it? She is truly despicable!
Continuing from above...I'm trying to figure out when Kate took this money. The article mentioned the fact that she bought her lake house the same year, so I'm guessing it was 2018. Jon was asking for H&C's trusts to be transferred to him, which reminds me of the time she took $100K out of her/Jon's joint accounts and hid it in the house during the divorce. Did she take the money with the expectation that she would be cut off from those funds, and needed to take what she could get before they were transferred? I really don't think she needed the money "to survive" if she was buying a second home. But if she did need the money to survive, then how did she survive after K+D8? She "borrowed" the money if 2018, she had K+D8 plus the lost episode in 2019, and then--nothing. It was about 18 months later that she sold the house in PA, so where did her money come from during that time? Did she "borrow" from the other kids' trusts? Jon said she refused to show any accounting for their accounts, so it's more than likely. The judge said (I believe this was in late 2022) that he disagreed with her claims that her earning capacity was zero. Does that mean she's still refusing to work a mediocre job? Is that why she claims that she will have to continue to borrow from her kids? Can she do that now that they are adults? Ugh, this is really making me mad!
Just checking in, saw a people article published 2/2/23, as of the episodes aired by that date, ten celebs had dropped out of the show. College basketball season is very active and entertaining, so that's what we are watching most nights. Real reality is so much more entertaining and than "reality shows".
Did anyone sense see that Hannah has a YouTube channel with her boyfriend? Their first video was a Q&A . Looks like she’s eager to start college and leave Pennsylvania behind. She also said her parents approve of the boyfriend. Makes me wonder if Kate met him. She was in North Carolina in one of her tik tok videos
I read some of Mady’s response to comments in the TikTok post she made. Mady said she would never share intimate details about her childhood because it is so intertwined with that of her siblings. They should make that decision together. She also like a comment that said all the kid’s have gone through trauma but sharing details the way Collin did made his other siblings vulnerable to scrutiny
Mady said she would never share intimate details about her childhood because it is so intertwined with that of her siblings. They should make that decision together
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Thanks Mady but I think Collin’s experience was quite a bit different than yours given he was thrown into an institution and when he turned 18 he wanted to share his story and it’s actually none of your business that he made that decision. Subtly criticizing him for doing so is not only completely immature but just plain low. We get it your mother successfully turned you all against your own brother but Jesus.
It sounds as if Mady is more comfortable blaming Collin than blaming the person who decided to offer all of their childhoods up a silver platter for money and fame: her mother. The woman who claims to have let toddlers "vote" every year on continuing to film. Who proudly touted the high ratings of the divorce "episode" while her 8 children needed their privacy more than ever.
LOL It's not his sister's business but apparently it is yours. Let's be real...The issue isn't that it isn't her business, the issue is that her opinion differs from yours.
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Lol. Mady insulted her own brother and implied that it wasn’t appropriate for him to share his story without consulting her the great Mady first. Let’s call a spade a spade.
I didn't see the comment in question and I would never assume that your interpretation is accurate so I have no idea if she did or did not insult her brother, but the point remains that claiming that her brother discussing a situation involving her family isn't her business is ridiculous. She has no right to control his decisions but she sure as hell has a right to share her opinion on them. And if Mady has no business publicly sharing her opinion about what Collin did, why do you have any business sharing your opinion on what Mady did? Funny how that works...
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Her MULTIPLE comments were posted right here on this thread. Why don't you read them first and then decide how you feel?
I didn't say Mady has no business sharing her opinion. I said the fact that Collin wants to tell HIS story is not her business. She has no ownership in HIS story, regardless if it involves her. She has no say in what a grown man would like to share about HIS childhood, regardless her relation to him. But for the record, he's never even mentioned HER, which makes her comments especially petty. It didn't even involve her.
Inconvenient truths will always be shut down by others who know deep down they are true.
Mady appears to be so much like Kate...smug with a quick temper. She comes across as unlikable.
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And that's the problem with a parent who is constantly behaving the way Kate did around the children. The pettiness, the nastiness, the whining, the rudeness. Eventually some children are going to internalize all of that and adopt it as permanent unpleasant personality traits of their own. She may wake up one day and realize her personality isn't compatible with many friendships and romantic relationships and seek to change, or she'll be like Kate and think nothing is wrong and happily live a life that could be toxic to others who love her. Kate really did impact these children in many different ways.
"Anonymous" what makes you think you have the right to have any of your comments published when you can't follow even rule 1 let alone 3? You're also alleging to use my real name in many of your comments, an additional reason not to publish them.
Comments here are directed on the topics at hand, or even off topics, but not at OTHER POSTERS and picking OTHER POSTERS apart. That has never been productive and isn't allowed on any other major commenting platform. It's also just silly. Like, why do you care about ME (a person NOT on a reality show or in the public eye) or think you know anything about me or have the right to strip down me to whatever you think my standards of behaving should be? Like who the f are you? LOL.
Eewww wtf? Guess it’s not Kate then. She wouldn’t be crafty enough to try that.
As far as maddy, she’s so wrong. If she’s posting online then that’s pretty open to both negative and positive. Suck it up buttercup! If C wants to speak of his traumas, that’s his choice. What Kate did to him is unforgivable and Mady has nothing in her life comparable. She wasn’t institutionalized because she didn’t want to film. This is his truth and he owes no one any apologies or permission. God! She is Kate Jr!
If C wants to speak of his traumas, that’s his choice
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I just read an incredible article stripping down the way many people have taught children for the last hundred years or more, essentially telling them to just ignore bad behavior, don't tattle, give bullies the cold shoulder and they'll stop. What it's done to children over the years (as they became adults) is taught them that not only is bad behavior something to be hidden away and ashamed of, but you are somehow at fault if you continue to be abused because you just didn't "handle it" right. Children became adults and learned that silence is the best policy. And we wonder how Me, Too happened.
But that's exactly what Mady is doing. In her very public opinion her brother is not to speak unless this or that arbitrary standard of hers is met (in this case, consulting with siblings who haven't even done him the courtesy of speaking to him in a decade). She is further victimizing him, victim-shaming him, guilting him and minimizing the abuse he has endured by implying he should have been silent or if not should have gotten "permission" from others before telling his story.
It's so outrageously dysfunctional and wrong and I hope Colin doesn't give it a breath of his worry.
You just keep on going, don’t you? You really can’t see how low you have plunged. For your own sake, end this website. You are now criticizing a barely out of childhood person who by your own past posts you recognize never had a real childhood. You are a mother now. Seriously- I really thought you would have figured out by now that you look like a complete ass but you have stooped to such a low you would need to climb up to reach the ground. Grow up. Find some dignity. Be the supposed child advocate you claim you are and recognize that kids who grow up in horrible homes don’t magically get better when they turn into adults. You of all people should be better than this.
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Lol, you're doing exactly what I just talked about. Trying to shut down somebody.
You haven't been reading this web site carefully. There is a very deep understanding that Mady's sad childhood influenced the adult she has become. But why is Mady being defended over Collin, who surely must feel very hurt, embarrassed and ashamed to know she has told the world she doesn't want him to tell his OWN story? We should lay off Mady? Excuse me, Mady should lay off Collin.
Why do you come here? Just to argue? If someone disagrees with you then they should be quiet or just disappear? I don’t understand your goal? I have older brothers, our parents are gone but at their funerals we discussed childhood memories. Funny how we all saw things so differently! We weren’t wrong, we just remembered things differently. My brothers didn’t shut me down because i remembered more shitty things then they did. It was MY truth! My parents weren’t on Kate’s level as far as cruel and toxic thank god! If I were Colin I would be screaming from the rooftops what really happened, and wouldn’t give a rats behind what my siblings think. You’re a strange bird anonymous!
From Dmasy -- Clack, I think your thoughts are right on the mark. I am an "oldie" (both definitions!) at this site. I have wonderful memories of the rich and funny and insightful comments that accumulated over the years. I still visit to see other names I recognize. I appreciate that Admin created this small corner of the veranda world for us. I appreciate that she hasn't closed the gate door to us. I also appreciate that Admin does not publish the entirety of the insulting comments from unhappy anonymous.
I don't understand why he/she spends any time here trying to improve our opinions. I hope he/she finds a place that is more to their liking.
Hello to all the regulars who still check in here.
In a way Mady’s reaction validate Collin story. She is not saying he is lying! Hope Collin truth is heard and he can heal all the damage he received from his mother. And I will suggest to anonymous that doesn't like our point of view, to bring real facts that will justified Collin abandonment from his mother. Sandy
I have three children, all adults and I'm well aware they each remember their own childhood very different from each other. But y'know what? That's life. They don't need anyone's permission to do that and certainly not mine. My son doesn't need his sister's permission so just because these children were on television doesn't mean Collin needs Mady's permission.
You can disagree but one can at least be civil about it. And yes, one shouldn't be bored and attack the lady who runs the sight. Find a hobby.
Special Forces show ended last week, and anyone can Google episode recaps to find out that two women were the last ones standing. If you haven't looked up the ending, because this boring show bored you, I'll tell you now. Carli Lloyd and Hannah Brown were the only two out of four at the end to withstand " interrogation" for 12 hours. In an interview after last episode, Hannah credited her competition in beauty pageants as reason she could withstand all the challenges, especially the insults and criticism from the military staff. She said it was similar to critical from beauty pageant coaches! Good for Hannah. Get that woman in the Masked Singer, or The Traitor (really good show my daughter got me into. Also new season of Survivor is off to a great start! Very interesting cast, lots of surprises in first episode.
Here is link to article about what Hannah Brown did after that Special Forces show. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/bachelorette-hannah-brown-travel-diary-france-italy-1235333799/
Well, Mady has grown up to be just as judgmental and hypocritical as her mother, hasn't she? She appears to be trading in on her "fame" to hawk products for money (she has something going with Amazon Prime, too).It looks to me like her real concern is how his remarks will affect her ability to profit off her name. Just like Kate, she feels the need to silence any negative comments out of fear of the impact on her bottom line. Collin's trauma be damned, Mady wants money!
).It looks to me like her real concern is how his remarks will affect her ability to profit off her name.
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One does wonder her motivations for suggesting her brother obtain her permission first before disclosing his story. A story she hasn’t been a part of for a decade. Of course she doesn’t want a story that makes the family look bad out there.
Is that what some of these children are going to be reduced to as adults? Amazon, makeup lines, interviews? Just to make money off selling themselves, their experience and there last name? I suppose that's what they know and how they've grown up I just find rather sad.
I don't know what Mady went to college to do, I don't know what major Amazon is in these days.
First of all, I would never be so arrogant or stupid as to let anyone know whether I had children. Second, I certainly wouldn’t announce personal details about my children on a public blog
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1.paranoid much?? Lol
2. I haven’t shared a single personal detail and in fact explained that “you would do it too” in fact never applied to ne.
I’m not sure what your obsession is with Mady and what’s with all the hysteria. The comments here are so beyond benign that your hyperbole sounds silly. SHE made underhanded comments about her brother (a brother BARELY an adult, unlike her, who has been of age for many years) and was called out for it. Hardly harassment.
At what age must the adult be for it to be appropriate for those to comment on their public comments, for future reference? Or is it never are we allowed to say anything about Mady?
My guess would be a guard. I hope they are checking the phones history! Who’s he going to blame kiddie porn searches on then? He should be in prison for life, scumbag! And the wife should get deprogrammed and leave his loser ass! Those poor kids.
Mel (#186), it came as zero surprise to me that Josh Duggar got a phone somehow. He probably never believed he'd actually go to jail, let alone have to follow rules when he got there. I have a feeling he'll buy a burner phone on his way home from prison and will pick up right where he left off. You can't rehabilitate someone who doesn't think they have a problem.
If you aren’t astute enough to discern why you are in the wrong, especially as a purported child advocate, then I you are beyond help.
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You’re struggling to grasp that two things are true at once: 1. Mady was exploited as a child and had it really rough with a mother like Kate (even if she remains close to her and doesn’t see this herself yet or ever) 2. Mady was despicable in the way she was so discouraging of Collin deciding it was time to tell his story.
Admin said... I can’t say whether this is mady but it seems to me a lot of people love to whine a whole lot about privacy when in fact they really love it. A first clue they don’t REALLY want privacy is public social media accounts. There’s no reason someone who really values privacy would have public accounts.
Had to chuckle at this. You've described the esteemed Prince Harry to a T. And his "instagram-loving" wife {courtesy of South Park lol}.
Interestingly, news articles are making a distinction between the sentence extension and him being placed in solitary.
The articles are saying the sentence extension is attributed to him being caught with a cell phone.
They go on to say that him being placed in solitary is not necessarily connected to the cell phone issue. They also don't say, or know, how long the solitary confinement is for.
Question...is a 50 day extension considered significant?
Agree with he'll buy a burner phone on the way home.
You really are amusing. Thanks for the laughs. By the way, your beloved Trump told supporters in a rally that he’s going to be arrested tomorrow
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So unbelievably boring. And to neurotically follow a president from going on three years ago it’s just an obsessive compulsion. Get help. And you followed the clickbait. Jokes on you. I suppose it’s not much different than going on and on with hyperbole about some “kid” who has been an adult for years.
They each get 55 days/year for good behavior. He had 52 of those days taken away, apparently for the cell phone use.
Still the implication that solitary isn't necessarily connected to the cell phone thing.
Some chatter that the 52 days is excessive compared to what others get/got for the same infraction. That he is being made an example of. OTOH, maybe he's had attitude all along and TPTB were sick of it?
You have to wonder if he isn't happier being in prison. Way easier than being home with 7 kids and a clingy wife. Although one wonders just how much he was home and present in the moment for his wife and kids. Seems like he was a pretty busy boy with that sideline he had going.
Is that all you got anonymous? Lol. I don’t care about Kate. But I will support an abused child’s right to tell his story However he wants whenever he wants. And I womt apologize for that. You really should give Spare a read. It will explain to you how psychologically damaging it is to shut down how someone feels over and over and over
Nuance isn't your strong suit, but it actually is possible to support someone's right to do something without thinking they made the right choice in doing so.
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It is always right if an abused child wants to tell his or her story. The 19th century called and would like you back.
If you refuse to simply choose a name how am I supposed to know who is even talking.
No, it's always *their* right. People can disagree about whether it's the right choice when weighing the pluses and minuses while standing 100% behind the belief that it is the person's choice to make. Complexity and you are not friends.
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Maybe you’re a child abuser yourself. No other explanation for why you would not want an abused person to tell their story.
512 sediments (sic) from readers:
«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 512 Newer› Newest»I think it’s possible Kate wanted to film something with the kids . But because they are 18 ,I think it’s a possibility now that they want nothing to do with filming. I think she’s desperate for money . I doubt there will be tours to nyc where she will be fawned over, like in the past.
Looks like she at least got a French manicure and hair color out of the deal. She was tagged on Instagram in a pic with Ronnie (hairstylist)
I wonder if TFW will dust off her social media and
start chit-chatting with her old fans in anticipation of
this show. I'll never forget how she sweet-talked them
into signing up for that cruise like a botoxed P.T. Barnum.
Especially this subtle line to a fan who was on
the fence about booking a ticket: "Do it do it do it!"
If they are really doing special forces training, this will be very interesting. Remembering Kate in canoes, on the tower afraid to jump. I wonder if she has any idea of what will be involved.
I read up on this show and there's no voting, no eliminations, everyone is stuck in the Jordanian desert in 120 degree heat doing some really hard exercises. No bathrooms, just holes in the ground. No beds, just sheets over an iron bar. Kate's worst nightmare (hard work). She must be desperate for money to do this. Remember her meltdowns in the Alaska episode? Let's hope she ends up paying C&H back with some of her earnings, but that's probably a long shot. The other "celebs" in the show are Dr Drew, Mel B from the Spice Girls, Jamie Lynn Spears, plus some actual athletes from the NBA, NFL, and an Olympian. I guess we know why she had some lone pap taking pictures of her going to the gym. What a sh$t show this is going to be.
Oh my. This sounds like a very physically challenging premise. We will see what happens. I wonder if filming has completed already, or if it is just started. Kinda thinking it's already completed filming so the producers and network know they have a complete product to broadcast.
Hannah Brown, a former bachelorette, will be on the show. She is very positive and energetic and likable. I'll be checking out Reality Steve to see if he has any info about her experience on this show.
Jordan?? As in the country?! They’re not playing!
JoyInVirginia (#6), how nice to see your name!
This promises to be a tour de force for TFW. Whining,
crying, hand-flapping, temper tantrums. And this time
she can't get away with her "poor tired mother of 8"
nonsense to excuse her bad behavior.
Wonder if she was allowed to bring any of her friends
(read: employees) with her to Jordan. Is Steve even
still on her payroll? If so, who in the world has he been
guarding her body from?
I think since she ran her children like they were in boot camp, and then sent her son off to a, I suppose one could call it a treatment facility where he begged to be released (which didn't seem comfortable)...she should have NO problem, "I'm in charge and that's NEVER going to change!" attitude, she should be able to survive in a little ole desert folks, come on! Being tested physically and mentally after having EIGHT, count them, EIGHT children who demanded so much of her time, and running errands, and refilling juice, and being tired all the TIME, this should be a piece of cake!
The only thing I have doubts of ladies is, who on earth is going to watch such ridiculous show? Is this what young people watch fore entertainment? I asked my own three kids and their comment was, "Mom, don't you think we have better things to do?" Not in unison, but that was about the go of it.
@FlimsyFlamsy (3) It's been a while but i check here once in a blue moon.If Kate does that then i would be interested to see how many old fans are still around these days.Milo basically fell off the face of the earth after Jon got custody of Hannah, and i think Barb was starting to realize that she only goes on social media when she needs the fans for something.As for the haters,honestly i'd imagine 99% of them are gone because there's nothing to say anymore.
Having trouble publishing my comment, so let’s try this way!
This is TurtleLogic (haven’t commented for a really long time, but I read every update!)
My question, as always, is who is with her 4 remaining kids. Yes they are of an age when many parents might leave them home for a week or so, but they are still in high school. She was gone for a lot longer than that AND out of the country. Some schools let 18-year-olds sign for themselves, some don’t. (Mine didn't….I couldn’t call myself in sick, for example) Plus 4 teens together make far worse decisions than just one alone. It’s all pretty sus to me.
I might have to check it out because our former wide receiver Danny Amendola who was key and winning us a couple of Super Bowls up here in Boston will be on didn’t think he was a reality show type of guy but I will love to see him ignore Kate Gosselin probably check it out certainly not for her
OMG, I can't stop laughing! Kate roughing it...and with physical challenges?? Talk about desperation for money now!
I wonder what's going on with Hannah's company Gosselin Girl Beauty? Looks like the IG page hasn't had any activity since mid June.
Why on God's green earth would any TV show have Kate on it at this late date? She's beyond being a "has been". Wonder if she is taking a leave of absence from her supposed nursing gig she has in NC or SC? Didn't she get her license renewed, or something, in that state?
I watched a reality series a few years ago where the contestants competed in hard core military boot camp type of competitions. It was brutal & those cast members were super fit with exceptional attitudes - traits TFW lacks. VBG
Oh, I hope this show is similar to that one - I'm so looking forward to watching TFW snivel & whine & fail miserably, as she does so spectacularly well.
It's good to see familiar names posting! Take care everyone - stay safe, be healthy & happy!
I wonder if Kate herself had her people put out feelers she was willing to do a reality show. Because to be totally honest I find it almost impossible to believe this show thought to ask her. She’s far too obscure now.
I don't believe Kate will have that hard of tasks as we are hoping for. It is a reality show and more than likely scripted (faked) to try getting high ratings as possible.
It would be pretty funny to have Kate and Meghan Markle on the same episode. Watch them try to out-queen the other.
Looks like Jamie may be visiting Kate and company down in NC. She posted a pic of herself and the 4 kids . Alexis looks a lot like Mady.
-Gigi Be
I wandered around here today and am delighted to see so many of our earlier members. Can't wait to see how it all goes. Lynn W.
Lynn W. (#21), nice to see you and so many of our
previous posters! Chefsummer, are you still out there?
There's something new up on People about TFW on
this reality show. Don't want to give her any clicks, but
has anyone read the article?
https://people.com/tv/kate-gosselin-jamie-lynn-spears-face-toughest-test-boot-camp-reality-series-special-forces/
A video preview of Kate's show.
OMG. I am peeing my pants laughing.
We HAVE to have recaps on this!
What the hell was she thinking signing up for this?! Sure to have lots of crying for her EIGHT, COUNTEM EIGHT KIDS... how she's doing this to show them courage and how she overcame a bad marriage.
I won't watch, but will def read recaps here.
This is going to be priceless.
Any bets on how soon she gets bumped for injury?
1. OMG - LOL
2. Jump out of helicopter? Right... remember the guy on the tower platform almost had to push her and dropping her off a cliff? Nope.
3. Carry a heavy ruck? Never gonna happen
4. Tear gas room? Nope.
5. Almost tempted to watch...nah. haha will read recaps here
She's NOT gonna like getting yelled at.
And cant wait to hear her sob story about doing this to show her EIGHT COUNTEM EIGHT kids all about courage after her "painful" divorce .
Think Purseboy is still hanging around?
Turtle Logic
“Competitors must last ten days without quitting, while being subjected to ropes courses hundreds of feet above the ground, diving from helicopters and being trapped inside a car that becomes submerged underwater, among other challenges that simulate ones from real-life special forces trainings.”
Can’t wait to see who quits! 🤣🤣
C'mon now, TFW has shown many moments of extreme
courage and grace under pressure. Remember how she
cleaned a dirty refrigerator with just a toothpick, while
her husband settled their 8 children into a new house?
Pretty darn resourceful!
Watching Dallas Cowboys defeat the Chicago Bears today, saw some ads for this upcoming show. Big burly guy on ropes over a chasm. Looks scary and difficult to do. I'll watch because I really like Hannah Brown, former bachelorette. She is a very likable person, and has enough experience with reality TV to be very watchable. I'm a Mel B fan also. The filming was done summer 2022 in the desert in Jordan, according to a Sept 7 ,2022 deadline.com article. Yet no spoilers available, from the minimal searching I've done. It's based on a similar British show.
Hope everyone has a happy Halloween! I'm doing especially well! Looking forward to seeing up dogs in their costumes tomorrow!
almost totally off topic, but I just saw a picture of a bunch of old tv guys who were at some get together honoring Tony Dow (Wally from Leave it to Beaver), who just died recently. Paul Peterson was among them...he's in a wheelchair and using oxygen. Sad.
I think it was so hard to know if she was ever truly "scared" of heights or disliked the idea of camping with the Palins or eating a moose dog. She knew that mostly the kids were the draw to the show so she had to do things to keep attention on her.
She had to be the best, worst, most scared etc. She couldn't let them win a game. Her show was based on her yakking in between short film clips of the kids' short activities.
I bet she has a contract with the show to make sure she stays a certain amount of time for the right money.
I hope I am wrong!
Welcome back to those who have dropped by.
It looks like Alexis is wearing scrubs. I wonder if she’s going into nursing or going to do something else in the health field.
-Gigi Be
Hello all. Nice to see so many familiar names. I’ll probably watch just for the laughs.
I don’t know if my last comment went through but it’s great to see so many familiar names here. I’ll probably watch just for the laughs.
From Dmasy -- Here is a link to a new Youtube podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99R-ByXXnNQ&t=21s
I felt as if Part 1 was pro Kate. I tried to leave a comment. I provide a link to Robert Hoffman's book and a link to 15 Minutes. I did not offer a personal opinion regarding Kate. My comment was removed within 5 minutes. I don't know when Part 2 is scheduled to be available.
I wish everyone a glorious Fall.
Dmasy (#36), nice to see you posting!
Interesting that your comment was scrubbed.
If Houdini was brought back from the dead, he
could not summon the magic to make that cold,
mean, lazy, narcissistic, obnoxious shrew into
someone to root for. Those Eight Little Faces
that were her Eight Little Meal Tickets are now
adults. The kids and her relationship with Jon were
what made their show compelling. With both
elements gone, what does she have.to offer?
I’m curious, Admin. As a lawyer, you must see the evidence that Trump’s claims the election was “stolen” or “fake” are lies. Do you still support him?
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I'm curious, you must see that Biden has dementia ...... right??
Six of one half a dozen of the other.
OMG. I am peeing my pants laughing.
We HAVE to have recaps on this!
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There will be!! Old reliable.
If you guys think Kate's bad then guess who's back to exploit the child she murdered.Seriously,whoever is giving this woman a spotlight is spitting on her daughter's grave. https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/casey-anthony-docuseries-trailer-peacock-1235426121/
I think Kate is only doing this reality show because Jon apparently discovered she had withdrawn $50,000 each from Hannah and Collin’s savings and filed a complaint with court. Kate’s excuse? “I needed money to live on and besides the kids owe me for their private school tuition which I paid out of pocket. Anyway, I was going to pay it back.” Although for some reason there is no documentation to support that last statement. Anyway, I feel bad if it’s true (I suspect it is).
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/why-jon-gosselin-claimed-kate-lives-off-kids-money-publicly/
Nope. Not even close. Dementia is a medical condition. Assuming Biden has it (and that is a big assumption) you are comparing a medical condition to an attempt to completely undermine the very grounds upon which our country was founded. The two are not even close in comparison. Either you are choosing to ignore the obvious distinction or you really are not fit to practice law.
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If you think elections are fair you're living in a fantasy land.
All that said, this story on the interest scale for me is at about a 1 out of 10. I'm bored out of my mind with it. It's like I've said since I was a child, in anything you compete at in life, sports, elections, whatever, it's always risky to only do enough to win by the skin of your teeth. You must be prepared and strategize to win with wide margins to account for errors---in the case of sports, bad refs and cheating, which WILL happen and must be accounted for. In the case of elections, ballot harvesting and fraud which will happen and must be accounted for. It's impossible to have a completely fair system on such a wide scale. What we can aim for in our electoral system is "close enough", and you've got to pull off the votes to push through that margin of error.
For the record--I think the electoral system is close enough. Individual cases of fraud, etc., should be prosecuted, but I don't see any evidence it's as widespread as some people think.
Is there ANYONE with a thinking brain who does not see Biden is, at the very least, cognitively impaired?! My background is working with dementia patients. It's very clear - but let's give him the benefit of the doubt: could be any one of several memory impairments. In addition I believe he is pretty well medicated.
In short, he is clearly not cognitively functioning at 100%.
My question is who are his handlers? Who is the real team running this country?
It’s elder abuse what they’re doing to that poor old man.
You remain consistently arrogant and entrenched in your refusal to ever acknowledge that anyone else may have a point. If elections aren’t fair, do you concede that Trump, having lost the popular vote, should never have been seated as President?
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What on earth are you talking about? The electoral college prevents the most populous states like California from having a bigger say in elections than states like Wyoming, or North Dakota. Otherwise California would decide the election, every time.
Surely you can see how patently unfair that would be.
So no, the popular vote doesn't always win the elections, and constant whining about how it should marginalizes and shuts out low income and minority people who live in states who don't make headlines. It's racist, pure and simple.
Trump actually said it best, he was playing a game to win the electoral college. Hillary was playing a game to win majority votes, which isn't the rules of the game, and when you tend to ignore the rules of the game, you tend to lose--FAIR AND SQUARE.
Colin gave an interview. https://www.etonline.com/collin-gosselin-opens-up-about-estrangement-from-mom-kate-and-if-hes-open-to-reconcile-exclusive
This young man is such a sweetheart. He's practically beginning Kate for a relationship. It would be "ideal."
Kate, you're a fuck.
Have any of you ladies seen this news?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12Ax0NPzGk
Have any of you ladies seen this news?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12Ax0NPzGk
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This is the most heartbreaking I told you so ever.
Collin, we truly wish you the very best in life. We tried to do what we could given we're just strangers. We spoke out at least. You're a fine young man.
If Kate doesn't reach out to her son after this, every bad thing she's ever been accused of will be reinforced. She knows now that the public for the most part sees her as a child abuser and the only way now to redeem herself is to try and foster relationships with herself and all her kids as well as encouraging them between each other. Help this young man Kate. He didn't turn out to be a sweet person all on his own. Your hate for their father shouldn't take precedence over your love for your children.
What a sweet young man. I hope the other siblings reach out to him when they can.
A cry for understanding and reconciliation from a sweet young man...
YOU JUST WAIT - she will finagle this into a TV show or interview somehow. Bitch
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/collin-gosselin-plans-to-enlist-in-the-military-in-spring-2023/
https://okmagazine.com/p/kate-jon-gosselin-son-collin-hasnt-spoken-siblings-fix-six-years/
More Colin articles. He plans to join the miliary and maybe get into acting. He has not spoken to his siblings in five or six years.
More Colin articles. He plans to join the miliary and maybe get into acting. He has not spoken to his siblings in five or six years.
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It almost feels like a minimization when we talk about his siblings. They are multiples and shared a womb and a harrowing pregnancy and birth and had such a unique baby-hood and childhood because there were so many of them.
It's tragic to be estranged from your siblings but there's something about multiples that makes it even worse.
A cry for understanding and reconciliation from a sweet young man...
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He was literally crying.
Poor guy. I'm sorry, Collin. No young man deserves such a broken family.
I actually wonder painful as it is if it's really best for Collin Kate tries to reconnect. She'll never change or take responsibility, and I fear it'll be a couple decades of heartache for him before he realizes he either needs to be estranged from her or she gets old and passes away. I'd hate for him to realize this at 40 and waste so much of his life.
Who estranges their 15 year old??? That's all kinds of messed up.
His siblings are another matter. Those relationships are worth saving.
As brave as it was for Colling to decide to sit for an interview, bless that boy, I wonder if Kate will rush out to set the record straight as she did countless times before and this will turn into a tit-for-tat?
I watched my father ,in the last stages of his life try to desperately connect and receive affection from his narcissist mother ( who outlived him). She refused to come see him when he was given news that he wasn’t expected to live much longer . She lived several states away. Her words were “ Are you sure you’re going to die? I don’t want to travel all the way there and it’s all for nothing”.
Sadly, his wish didn’t come true. We found that he saved all of the birthday cards she sent him through the years ( not many). And he laid them all out in the garage . He spent a lot of time reading them over and over, hoping for that connection that he never got.All he wanted to feel from her is love and feeling of worth.
People like this will never change and feel that they are never wrong about anything. I feel Collin will never really get his wish. Kate might contact him and throw a bone his way . And that is probably all he’ll get. But the true colors for these kind of people always come out.
Sadly, he’ll probably spend a lifetime wishing and hoping for his ideal mother/ son relationship that he will never get. I just hope he’s getting the help he needs that if that doesn’t happen , then he’ll do fine without it and he’s worthy regardless of what she feels toward him.
-Gigi Be
I don’t know if she’ll be rushing out to set the record straight right away because she’s got that TV show coming up and they might not want that type of publicity. Then again, anything for ratings…
As a child of a narcissist he will need years of therapy. And it may hit him at various times of his life like when he gets married and has a family of his own. If he doesn’t get the help he needs he’ll just cycle and cycle through all this heartache for the rest of his life.
I feel for this kid! I have a few family members that are narcissists, going no contact is the only way to deal with them. No matter what he does or says she will rewrite history to make herself look good. She will never be wrong in her eyes. She will destroy him mentally. It’s just not worth it, mother or not. The sooner he understands that the better off he’ll be.
I bet she’ll be giving interviews very soon, to tell her distorted side.
From the pictures in the ET interview of Collin's car accident, he's very lucky he wasn't seriously injured....or worse. Yikes!
Kate is still such a horrible human being and mother for what she did to him. Glad to see he is doing well.
I'm checking twitter for Collin and someone tweeted that people are claiming Collin is making the situation worse by going on T.V.What exactly do these people think he should do?Assuming both he and Hannah haven't talked to their siblings in years and they live in another state, how would they be able to find them and talk about this?
I'm checking twitter for Collin and someone tweeted that people are claiming Collin is making the situation worse by going on T.V.What exactly do these people think he should do?Assuming both he and Hannah haven't talked to their siblings in years and they live in another state, how would they be able to find them and talk about this?
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That's always how the sheeple have tried to shut down people speaking out about their queen. Turn it around on them, how dare they speak.
Collin should share his story if he wants to. It's up to him. It's HIS story, not theirs. Maybe it feels good to get all this pain off his chest.
Having the opinion that speaking out might make the situation worse does not make someone a "sheeple" nor is it equivalent to "how dare they speak." It's an OPINION that happens to differ from yours
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This is not some tacky nothing celebrity blabbing about some dispute. This is a young man who has been through hell and silenced his entire life by his mother. The idea that anyone would try to tell him he is making the situation worse is disgusting and clearly an attempt to turn it around on him and blame him instead of LISTENING to him. They will still protect Kate to the bitter end.
He's having his Me Too moment. So no, nobody gets to have an opinion that he has to shut up.
Anyone else notice that all other reports refer to him being “institutionalized” whereas People only refers to where Kate sent him as a “live in learning facility”?? 🙄
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/collin-gosselin-hopes-reconnect-estranged-mom-siblings-94206178?fbclid=IwAR0vHSToHF8QFleKkTzv8wWMtKyyxcj8SR-smS33yx5Iq2rbOMQPuiwDCVw
Colin said he was prompted to speak out after a scary car accident according to a Good Morning America article. Kate's rep hasn't replied back. Does she still have a rep? i guess so if she's doing that January show. I know she's itching to say something.
Another article said Colin was in two institutions.
Another article said Colin was in two institutions.
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Of course Kate would minimize this, that's what she does. If it's a locked facility he cannot freely leave and has to write a secret letter asking to get him out, that's an institution. The end.
Colin said he was prompted to speak out after a scary car accident according to a Good Morning America article.
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People have died in worse wrecks than that. Even after her son could have died, Kate still doesn't speak to him.
If there's any doubt what an absolutely garbage person she is, that's it right there.
I apologize, I forgot which nice lady posted the first portion of this, but whoever it was, had been waiting on the second video for this. You had me intrigued. So my dog and I are going to watch it since my husband is out of town Christmas shopping and I have nothing else to do this afternoon. Side note my companion managed to snag a few bites of my leftover toast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JaoOik6am8
FUCK THIS CUNT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12Ax0NPzGk
Hi Admin!
My narc mom stalked me in Jan Feb 2022 and ripped open the bandaid So Im really angry. So fuck that cunt and fuck Kate Gosselin.
Admin are you on Twitter? I looked but maybe you got rid of it.
Preesi, hello!
No I'm not on Twitter, hell no!
Admin, but you WERE on Twitter at one point, right? I wish Instagram was more like Twitter, but...
Admin, but you WERE on Twitter at one point, right? I wish Instagram was more like Twitter, but...
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I don't think so .... maybe I made a throw away account for this web site just to hold the name? It's been so long I don't remember. I can see tweets without having an account though so there isn't a need.
I wish Twitter were more like Instagram lol.
I think Kate targeted Collin cause he looks like her, and she hates herself
Also, Im very concerned that the sons of Kate will seek out women like her. They need to be in therapy to see how destructive she is and how they dont need to date another Narc
I’ve read a fair bit of parenting research now that talks about how parents who are mean and nasty to their kids whether on a regular basis or just once in awhile when they lose it, do usually have some kind of self loathing or jealousy thing going on. It is usually related to something in their own childhoods. Everything from abuse to more minor things like a parent who was over protective or under protective, too strict or too lenient, etc. They, usually unconsciously, take out their own childhood frustrations on their kids. It’s almost certainly related to Kate’s own childhood, the slights she experienced whether true or just perceived.
I suppose it’s time to announce. I have a 16 month old daughter now! ❤️❤️ I still laugh when I recall all the sheeple saying you’ll understand Kate once you have kids. Um yeah no I feel exactly the same about that cunt. If anything I feel even stronger now that I have my own. I haven’t even put her on Facebook yet. I have no desire to share her with anyone but my closest family and friends.
Admin (#78), congratulations...16 months late!!!!
That is very exciting news, and I hope motherhood
is all you dreamed it would be!
What wonderful news! Congratulations! Your daughter is a lucky lady!
Why would any parent feel she did right by her kids? I had 4 kids and never dumped any of them in an institution because they didn’t follow my rules. I never beat them because they made a mess. Kids are messy creatures, so what? That’s just not normal thinking! She and her sheeple are seriously disturbed.
By the way, my oldest has 3 kids and won’t ever put them on social media. It’s not necessary, we know what they look like, the world doesn’t need to know.
By the way, my oldest has 3 kids and won’t ever put them on social media. It’s not necessary, we know what they look like, the world doesn’t need to know.
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Things were so whirlwind when she was born I never got around to posting on fb and by that time everyone who needed to know knew and I was like well what’s the point? I just text pics to people who know about her. It is hard not to show her off to all. She’s cute as a button and my photographic muse. But after awhile I got so used to not posting it stopped occurring to me to post. Like breaking a smoking habit or something. Easier the longer you avoid it.
What a wonderful surprise! Such a lucky baby!
M.
Fun news about your daughter!
Agree with you that it causes one to dislike Kate even more.
I remember a couple years ago Jon's mom spoke out and said it's even worse than we thought---Collin was not allowed to eat with his siblings and no real education for FIVE years. Collin, for your own mental health let her go.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12651928/jon-gosselin-mother-appalled-ex-kate-accused-him-abusing-son-collin/
God she makes me ill! Colin was a scapegoat, typical narcissist behaviors. Unfortunately the kids tend to jump on board with the parent. I guess because one- they think the scapegoat deserves it and two- they’re grateful it’s not them. Survival of the fittest.
Admin, a little mommy advice. Write down everything your daughter says wrong. She will appreciate it when she’s older. My kids were hysterical when they read how badly they butchered words! Sometimes I still use the words because I forget, oh shit that’s not how to say that! Ha ha
Congratulations on your daughter! Kate honestly was a horrible mother and should never have been blessed with that many kids.
The only "good" thing Kate ever did was to show everybody how "not" to be a parent. I still laugh every time I see a meme on twitter using her "signature" haircut. Kate may be gone, but her hairstyle will live forever!
The fans must remember that Kate did not have fertility problems and she deliberately got pregnant with multiples.
AND she regularly dismissed any outside help, cause she was/is a control freak.
Remember, her dad made her have an abortion.
She WANTED all these kids and yet still abused them
Hey Admin, did my congrats for your baby not go thru? I posted it prior to that other post
Congratulations Administrator! That is wonderful news. Kate is still a POS.
Congratulations Admin! Christmas with your little girl will be such a joy.
jolieJacquelyn
This series is premiering on Fox on Jan. 4 at 8 pm, From the Fox News website about the show:
As previously announced, FOX’s ultimate celebrity social experiment, Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, will make its series premiere, a two-hour special event, Wednesday, Jan. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The all-new series features household names who endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. There are no votes, and no eliminations – just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, quickly learn the meaning of “no guts, no glory” – and no glam. The 16 celebrity recruits are Danny Amendola, Mel B, Hannah Brown, Tyler Florence, Kate Gosselin, Dwight Howard, Montell Jordan, Gus Kenworthy, Nastia Liukin, Carli Lloyd, Beverley Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Mike Piazza, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Anthony Scaramucci and Jamie Lynn Spears. The series is produced by Minnow Films. Sophie Leonard, Alicia Kerr and Becky Clarke serve as executive producers.
https://www.fox.com/special-forces-the-ultimate-test/about-the-show/
I can't wait to see how this turns out. This will be interesting.
From Dmasy -- Wishing the special group here the very happiest holidays. Stay warm and safe.
Happy Holidays! Mady had a couple of TikToks that featured a few of the siblings. One with Alexis explaining her future plans for college and another that quickly showed Alexis, Aaden and Leah. Mady made some comment (I'm paraphrasing) but basically Aaden has all the ladies lined up for him, lol.
So Mady posted on her Tiktok a fan's question about if Alexis still loves alligators, and Alexis was in the video.She is going to study zoology and is currently working at a vet.Good for her.
Happy New Year, everyone! Recently saw extended promo for this show. It must have paid well. Looks like a miserable experience with no glitz and no glam.
She got a People article.
https://people.com/tv/kate-gosselin-talks-competing-boot-camp-reality-series-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test/
the people.com article. UGH. She acted like all the kids lived with her.
mom2two:
I found this disgusting
""I really secretly wanted cool mom points, especially from my boys," she says. "I mean, obviously if I was in my 20s, I'd have a better chance of whipping it. But I knew, given my age, I mean let's be real, how far could I go? I knew my mental determination could take me [far], but my physical status, I'm not physically running marathons currently. So that part was really worrying, but at the same time, just even giving it a shot I thought would bring me some cool mom points."
Like her last marathon was in what 2012. A decade ago. And to say she wanted cool mom points I mean please. We all know she did this for the cha-ching! She must be desperate for cash at this point. I have to wonder also if TLC didn't block her from participating in other shows for an X amount of years after her contract with them was fulfilled. Kind of how they blocked Jon from speaking out. There is nothing on her Instagram, Twitter and the website is long gone...............Just like she needs to be.
Her first quote that her 6 kids are 18 and once again acts like they live with her. Hannah and Collin would disagree.
I didn't start watching til half hour into that show. Found this comment on twitter: "39m
That was quick, Kate Gosselin is out after taken to the hospital " Fake???
So she did just enough to get a chunk of money?? Dr. Drew got heat exhaustion and forced out. I am rooting for Beverly.
I watched. She’s still a whiner. But she made an interesting comment about watching herself over the years and seeing how nasty she was.
Best comment of the show from one of the military guys. “She’s in the hurt locker but her neck isn’t broken.”
Why am I not surprised that Kate was the first one gone AND what was all that crap about being afraid of the water?! She’s the one that wanted to go deep sea fishing to the detriment of her seasick kids and went on many, many beach vacations. She also lives on a lake. As for heights, she has claimed to have a fear of heights in the past but didn’t seem to have a problem with the helicopter ride on Kate+Date. Just to be a little more snarky, she kind of looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy when she was sitting there with her shirt off.
I looked at about 30 minutes of this show, from about 9 to 9:30. Basketball games on TV tonight are more entertaining. Boring narration. Drill sergeants trying to come up with story lines for participants. Switched back to basketball.
I don’t know if she’s going to get those “cool mom points” that she wanted because she did nothing but whine and cry from the minute she got there. She should be embarrassed.
I'm so happy for you!
Thanks Sherry.
“I have to wonder also if TLC didn't block her from participating in other shows for an X amount of years“
Yessss. Makes perfect sense. Noncompete Clause expiring Jan 1 2023.
Did Kate mention that she is now working as a nurse? I just read she said that since her kids are now 18 she is now available for "projects". I have doubted she really is working as a nurse, even though many publications have stated she is. I wonder if she'll put the money she made from this show back in her children's accounts.
M.
M.
After watching Kate's performance last night it seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. She hasn't changed one bit. Still the whiny. drama queen she's always been.
She always talks about the kids like they're 5-10 years younger than they are. I can see wanting to be the "cool mom" to your 12 year old, but they're adults now, some well into their 20s the rest almost there. At that point most kids are mature enough to begin to appreciate their parents for who they are and stop being so embarrassed by them, and not need them to do something out of character to be "cool." It's just so bizarre her skewed reality.
I figured she was in trouble when she couldn’t even get out of the tub of water they had to jump into. She stood there with her arms flailing about wanting someone to pull her out.
She sure is chunky again. She should have worked harder at losing weight and muscling up for this show.
She was slow at running in the beginning like she wasn't even trying. I suppose she was waiting for the ride like she had at the marathon.
From Dmasy. I watched. I don't know how staged the content is. The emotions of the participants seem genuine and intense.
I remember that Kate said she wasn't "waterish" and she was dramatically afraid of heights. That being the case, she committed to a very brave fall out of helicopter. She executed this poorly and hit the water incorrectly. She cried a lot. She failed the exercise.
I have learned a new word from following the Harry and Meghan debacle. Kate "whinged".
My hubby who is less than slightly interested in reality gossip was watching with me. He blurted, "She will fake an injury in order to leave without shame." About 10 minutes later, Kate needed to be checked for a broken neck!
There are some mentally and physically tough challenges.
Dr. Drew was also removed for heat stroke symptoms.
I am going to continue to watch even with Ms. Gosselin gone.
I want to know what the celebrities are being paid to go through this military exercise.
Well, that didn't last long folks. She hasn't changed in terms of needing to be a whining, self centered me, me, me type person.
reality steve really had not nice things to say about Kate in his daily podcast about 20 minutes in. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-roundup-1-5-23/id1182867683?i=1000592627917
I agree Ingrid she has lost her 6 pack abs. Especially when she was complaining of neck pain and they did a shot that showed her belly. I mean we all gain some weight the older we get but she always made it a point to put Jon down for his weight gain. Karma is a bi$ch. I wonder how much they were paid to appear on this show?
My hubby who is less than slightly interested in reality gossip was watching with me. He blurted, "She will fake an injury in order to leave without shame." About 10 minutes later, Kate needed to be checked for a broken neck!
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Haha. And hubby was like: “called it!”
I guess her years of aging backwards have now reversed, lol. You can tell she isn't spending too much time at the Spa these days nor getting her nips and tucks.
I just watched the 1st episode on demand. I don’t know who half these people are, calling them celebrities is a reach.
Nothing about Kate has changed except her size. She has no redeeming qualities. If she’s afraid of water and can’t swim why did she buy a house on lake Norman? And she has a pool. I call BS, she must think it’s cute to be negative and fearful. What I think happened was she saw work and faked a neck injury. Cue the crocodile tears!
I did laugh pretty hard they have to poop together! I’ve been married for 41 years, my husband has never seen me on the toilet.
From Dmasy -- Clack (121) I laughed so hard, too. That extremely tall athlete was sitting and could still look down on Mel B in her "private" situation. Many of the participants were unknowns to me also.
Kate must be enjoying the PR. She got an article about dating again in People. So she doesn't have a boyfriend. That's shocking.
https://people.com/tv/kate-gosselin-says-never-say-never-to-dating-after-kids-go-to-college/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=63b86b0374f4a400015f4978
""I really secretly wanted cool mom points, especially from my boys,"
Yes. She has 2 sons.
Hi everyone! Happy New Year! I've been busy being Nana, but just spotted an article about Kate failing out of the Special Forces show and just had to come here and get the scoop. Is anyone surprised that she couldn't keep up? Seriously, as soon as she realized that she was going to have to work hard and "rough it" a bit, she was looking for a way out. She's the first participant to fail, but uses that opportunity to announce that she's available for projects? So typical of her. She's available but isn't willing to work hard, so please, networks, only come to her with "projects" that pay top dollar and require no real effort from her. I'm getting a chuckle out of all the comments about her weight. After all the grief she gave Jon--just desserts! Errr, I mean, too many desserts, perhaps.
“Kate must be enjoying the PR. She got an article about dating again in People.“
Either that or she’s shopping for a new dating show. I don’t think she’ll get one though
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LOL - Kate certainly is not aging well.
https://www.distractify.com/p/what-does-the-winner-of-special-forces-get
Nice to see so many old friends posting!
So, Miss Thang had to go to the potty with other
people? Anyone else think that's a magical bit of
karma for the shrew who filmed her toddlers with
their pants around their ankles?
Wow, so no money for appearing in this show? No wonder Kate didn't put in any real effort. She did it just to get a few mentions in the press so she could put it out there that she was available for filming. She's probably sitting by the phone right now, waiting for offers to pour in. Of course the networks will all be lining up to sign a nasty, bossy, whiny, lazy has-been who couldn't pull in a decent audience if her life depended on it. Right? The dream will never die for her. And NJGal1, you're absolutely right, she is not aging well. She's nearing 50--and she looks it.
Wow, so no money for appearing in this show?
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The article says no *prize* money. It doesn't say they weren't paid an appearance fee.
FlimsyFlamsy said... So, Miss Thang had to go to the potty with other people?
LOL! She wasn't there long enough to have to use the potty. I had to go back and watch for myself. And she cried/whined/blew out air like she was 'exhaustedish' THE ENTIRE TIME. And when I say cry, she cried like a baby! Like they had to say "What" when she was trying to talk thru her tears.
She is seriously out of shape. MelB is the same age as Kate and is in way better shape. That one pap shot when she went to the gym must have been her only visit. She couldn't even run. Maybe if she stopped crying long enough she could have.
She acted ridiculous and I really think she is just a bitter, unhappy person that has not found any JOY in her life. If this was to be her redemption story, she failed miserably.
It was preordained that she'd not get past the first 1 or 2 tests. I imagine there was a lot of hee hawing after she departed.
Lynn W.
Anonymous (130) If she was paid an appearance fee and dropped out so fast, that doesn't bode well for her as far as future "projects" are concerned. It just shows that she is lazy and unmotivated, and still refuses to put any effort into anything. I'm not convinced that she's gone back to nursing. She's much too lazy to do the work. But if she's holding out for a return to reality TV, I think she's going to be severely disappointed. Reality TV has come a long way since she was filming. Her pathetic whining just isn't riveting viewing, and what does she have to moan about now? Her kids are grown, so no reason to be exhausted-ish.
I just happened to see Andy Cohen's WWHN show with Kenya after first show. Yes they laughed about Kate. I can't remember exactly what was said but have tried to find the episode online. Nothing so far.
Too bad she was done so quick--kind of. I was looking forward to her being a joke for a couple weeks first.
She is still in a frame of mind that doing the scariest thing possible (on film of course) will help her get over her fear of heights or water. She has had years to look into help for that, starting slowly. I can do enough of a swim stroke to possibly save myself and can float but as soon as I cant touch bottom I panic. I jumped into deep water once off a raft in a man-made pond after dark to test the "if you just jump in you will learn to swim". I would have drowned if my hand hadn't touched the ladder. I was panicking and flailing up til then.
that anon post about Andy's show was mine.
Ingrid
So are Aaden, Joel, Leah and Alexis supposed.to
graduate from high school this spring? I can't help
but wonder which one TFW has been grooming to
take care of her. And which one will leave and
never come back.
Body shaming, using childish words (potty? How old are you people?) and generally mocking her for not going very far in what looks like a very hard situation- I don’t think I would make it very far and if you are all being very honest, none of you would either. But where is your outrage for Jon? The guy that called his kids “marketable”? You are all such hypocrites. Kate Gosselin is a horrible, vile, awful person who never should have been given 6 little human beings to raise; but Jon Gosselin is just as horrible, vile, and awful. He’s no saint and none of the late day savior act washes away what he has inflicted on all his kids. You people are sick and gross for continuing to rubberneck. I really and truly hope you are all admin socks because otherwise there are some really awful people disguising themselves as normal human walking among us. Be ashamed. You should all, especially the disgusting and gross admin, be very ashamed.
Hi Kate lol.
Awful people for what amounts to some very mild snark about a tv show. Hyperbole much?!
I guess the anonymous post is not Milo. Doesn't sound folksy enough.
And yet Kate, here you are!
Kate will never understand that it doesn't matter how awful Jon was, it will never get close to how miserable she treated Collin.
Very few people deserve to go straight to hell, but Kate is one of them.
Let me guess, our Anonymous poster doesn't have any problem with the way Kate body shamed Jon on TV for millions to see, am I right? She deserves what she gets after that. And Jon fought hard to get his kids off TV, while Kate institutionalized her son who interfered with filming. Tell me again who's the monster there. And if you're so offended by the word "potty", anon, why don't you educate us about the correct word to use there. We breathlessly await your pearls of wisdom.
Has anybody seen or heard about TLC's new show, MILF Manor? I bet Kate is pissed that TLC didn't ask her to be on the show.
"Coming Jan. 15 10/9c. Hot single moms dive into a unique dating experience where they hope to find their -- much younger -- soulmates, but a shocking twist turns their world upside down."
https://www.tlc.com/videos/milf-manor-trailer-13698213
Here's the Discovery press release for the show:
https://press.discovery.com/us/tlc/press-releases/2022/milf-manor-set-to-open-its-doors-january-15-o-5833/
Turns out the "twist" is the "young hunks" on the show are actually the sons of the women on the show. So Kate wouldn't qualify anyway because her sons are too young to compete.
Well, considering that the person called Kate "horrible, vile and awful"
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Except she is. Have you read Prince Harry’s book? The damage of having to live his childhood ups and downs in the public eye did permanent irreparable psychological damage to him. At least his father had no choice as he was born into it. But everyone else did.
Oh and no I have not read the Prince Harry book. The trials and tribulations of the royals is not a subject that is of particular interest to me. I’ll leave the obsession with all things royal to others. He seems like a good guy and I wish him well.
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Smug. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about how losing your only decent parent and living your entire life in the public eye fucks you up, despite most of the public ignoring this inconvenient truth and continuing to exploit young royals and other child celebrities.
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Let me guess, our Anonymous poster doesn't have any problem with the way Kate body shamed Jon on TV for millions to see, am I right? She deserves what she gets after that. And Jon fought hard to get his kids off TV, while Kate institutionalized her son who interfered with filming. Tell me again who's the monster there. And if you're so offended by the word "potty", anon, why don't you educate us about the correct word to use there. We breathlessly await your pearls of wisdom.
Well Layla, you are wrong. I am against ALL body shaming. As for “potty”, I cannot believe a grown adult is incapable of finding a more age appropriate word. “Urinate”; “Use the bathroom”; “Relieve herself”, “Void her bladder”, even “Go to the bathroom” are far better than the childish verbiage your ilk has chosen. The bottom line is that both of these parents schemed for high order multiples (if you think Jon was innocent, please invest in my MLM selling miracle cures to every known ailment) and both were happy to reap the
benefits. They are both horrible, despicable people. That admin was too stupid to pick up on my
clear feelings about Kate in my original post and called me Kate should tell all of you how completely narrow minded she has become. She saw what she thought was a “pro-Kate” post without reading and jumped into action. If that is how she conducts her legal career, she’s an embarrassment to her employer. I actually find all the straw man and half baked arguments funny! Please keep them coming! I may or may not respond to more but I will for sure enjoy watching the pretzel logic and the serious misunderstanding of the law!
I don't understand what point you're trying to make anonymous or what Jon has to do with anything. Jon has absolutely nothing to do with this reality show, hasn't even so much has commented about it, so you're the ultimate straw man with your, look, look over here at Jon.
You can characterize it however you choose, and I still am not interested in reading it. I don’t know why that is a problem for you, but clearly it is so enjoy your outrage.
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It's too bad you've written this off as royal gossip. I just spent the last 20 chapters alongside a young soldier fighting the Taliban and all the highs and lows and chaos and confusion and struggles to make sense of the senseless--all while knowing the Taliban was calling for his head. It was incredible insight into an incredible time in history from a man in a very unique position.
Anyone else stop reading as soon as they see the phrase 'your ilk'?
There are millions of books out there. Not every book is of interest to every human being. I'm not sure why that is so much of a problem for you and I deeply apologize for my lack of interest in topics that are fascinating to you. Obviously, that is a huge character flaw that I need to address
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That's not what was being said. You know exactly what you were doing, you tried to make a dig suggesting it's just royal gossip and that you're oh so above that. You did so being too lazy to actually find out what the book is actually about. You assumed. I called you out on your lazy assumption, simple as that.
Awww, Anon, I really feel for you. Yours musty be a very lonely life to come here looking for some sort of interaction, even though you don't seem to like this community and have no interest in joining it. Perhaps you should take up a hobby or do some volunteer work so that you can have some positive interactions with other people.
I stand by what I said about Kate and body shaming. She dished it out with glee whenever she had the chance, so she deserves any pushback she gets. Luckily for her, nobody is fat-shaming her on TV for millions to see.
As far as the term "potty" is concerned, it's strange that you're so offended by it. Pretty much everyone here is a parent/grandparent, and we've become accustomed to using the term "potty". You may have noticed that nobody else had a negative reaction to the word. Just you. If you don't like it, you can go join a community that conforms to your lofty standards. We won't miss you.
Nicely said Layla. It's so true, especially in this situation.
Mail Online report that Maddy posted a Ticktok complaining people are bullying her family on her comments section.
Anonymous (155)
Poor Mady. Maybe Kate should help her get in touch with that Bullyville guy (heehee).
If Mady wants privacy she should stop posting everything about herself and her family. She always put herself out pthere and loved the publicity and attention. Now not so much.
If Mady wants privacy she should stop posting everything about herself and her family. She always put herself out pthere and loved the publicity and attention. Now not so much.
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I can’t say whether this is mady but it seems to me a lot of people love to whine a whole lot about privacy when in fact they really love it. A first clue they don’t REALLY want privacy is public social media accounts. There’s no reason someone who really values privacy would have public accounts.
Admin (#158), yeah, if you're giving all kinds of
personal information out to the public at large,
don't act so aggrieved when people comment on
that information. It's not like someone stole her
diary and starting randomly posting private stories.
I was against people bullying Mady when she was a child. But if she's continuing to compromise her own privacy this way, she should prepare to take the good with bad with the good.
BTW, this young woman told the entire world in an
interview that her father was "toxic." I'm still convinced
that word came from her mother.
Oh. My. Gosh. I read the story about Mady's bullying claims and there was a link to an article about Kate taking $100K from H&C's trust accounts. In it, there is a statement from Kate saying that she will have to continue to "borrow" from her kids' trusts in order to survive. So she's still living above her means, even though she's (possibly) gone back to nursing, and she's planning to help herself to the kids' money to keep from going back to a mediocre life, is that it? What happens when the kids need that money? They worked for it, they gave up their privacy for it, but she's going to saddle them with the responsibility of providing for her for the rest of their lives, is that it? She is truly despicable!
Continuing from above...I'm trying to figure out when Kate took this money. The article mentioned the fact that she bought her lake house the same year, so I'm guessing it was 2018. Jon was asking for H&C's trusts to be transferred to him, which reminds me of the time she took $100K out of her/Jon's joint accounts and hid it in the house during the divorce. Did she take the money with the expectation that she would be cut off from those funds, and needed to take what she could get before they were transferred? I really don't think she needed the money "to survive" if she was buying a second home. But if she did need the money to survive, then how did she survive after K+D8? She "borrowed" the money if 2018, she had K+D8 plus the lost episode in 2019, and then--nothing. It was about 18 months later that she sold the house in PA, so where did her money come from during that time? Did she "borrow" from the other kids' trusts? Jon said she refused to show any accounting for their accounts, so it's more than likely. The judge said (I believe this was in late 2022) that he disagreed with her claims that her earning capacity was zero. Does that mean she's still refusing to work a mediocre job? Is that why she claims that she will have to continue to borrow from her kids? Can she do that now that they are adults? Ugh, this is really making me mad!
Just checking in, saw a people article published 2/2/23, as of the episodes aired by that date, ten celebs had dropped out of the show. College basketball season is very active and entertaining, so that's what we are watching most nights. Real reality is so much more entertaining and than "reality shows".
Did anyone sense see that Hannah has a YouTube channel with her boyfriend? Their first video was a Q&A . Looks like she’s eager to start college and leave Pennsylvania behind. She also said her parents approve of the boyfriend. Makes me wonder if Kate met him. She was in North Carolina in one of her tik tok videos
-Gigi Be
I read some of Mady’s response to comments in the TikTok post she made. Mady said she would never share intimate details about her childhood because it is so intertwined with that of her siblings. They should make that decision together. She also like a comment that said all the kid’s have gone through trauma but sharing details the way Collin did made his other siblings vulnerable to scrutiny
Mady said she would never share intimate details about her childhood because it is so intertwined with that of her siblings. They should make that decision together
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Thanks Mady but I think Collin’s experience was quite a bit different than yours given he was thrown into an institution and when he turned 18 he wanted to share his story and it’s actually none of your business that he made that decision. Subtly criticizing him for doing so is not only completely immature but just plain low. We get it your mother successfully turned you all against your own brother but Jesus.
It sounds as if Mady is more comfortable blaming
Collin than blaming the person who decided to offer
all of their childhoods up a silver platter for money and
fame: her mother. The woman who claims to have let toddlers "vote" every year on continuing to film. Who
proudly touted the high ratings of the divorce "episode"
while her 8 children needed their privacy more than ever.
LOL It's not his sister's business but apparently it is yours. Let's be real...The issue isn't that it isn't her business, the issue is that her opinion differs from yours.
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Lol. Mady insulted her own brother and implied that it wasn’t appropriate for him to share his story without consulting her the great Mady first. Let’s call a spade a spade.
I didn't see the comment in question and I would never assume that your interpretation is accurate so I have no idea if she did or did not insult her brother, but the point remains that claiming that her brother discussing a situation involving her family isn't her business is ridiculous. She has no right to control his decisions but she sure as hell has a right to share her opinion on them. And if Mady has no business publicly sharing her opinion about what Collin did, why do you have any business sharing your opinion on what Mady did? Funny how that works...
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Her MULTIPLE comments were posted right here on this thread. Why don't you read them first and then decide how you feel?
I didn't say Mady has no business sharing her opinion. I said the fact that Collin wants to tell HIS story is not her business. She has no ownership in HIS story, regardless if it involves her. She has no say in what a grown man would like to share about HIS childhood, regardless her relation to him. But for the record, he's never even mentioned HER, which makes her comments especially petty. It didn't even involve her.
Inconvenient truths will always be shut down by others who know deep down they are true.
Mady appears to be so much like Kate...smug with a quick temper. She comes across as unlikable.
Mady appears to be so much like Kate...smug with a quick temper. She comes across as unlikable.
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And that's the problem with a parent who is constantly behaving the way Kate did around the children. The pettiness, the nastiness, the whining, the rudeness. Eventually some children are going to internalize all of that and adopt it as permanent unpleasant personality traits of their own. She may wake up one day and realize her personality isn't compatible with many friendships and romantic relationships and seek to change, or she'll be like Kate and think nothing is wrong and happily live a life that could be toxic to others who love her. Kate really did impact these children in many different ways.
"Anonymous" what makes you think you have the right to have any of your comments published when you can't follow even rule 1 let alone 3? You're also alleging to use my real name in many of your comments, an additional reason not to publish them.
Comments here are directed on the topics at hand, or even off topics, but not at OTHER POSTERS and picking OTHER POSTERS apart. That has never been productive and isn't allowed on any other major commenting platform. It's also just silly. Like, why do you care about ME (a person NOT on a reality show or in the public eye) or think you know anything about me or have the right to strip down me to whatever you think my standards of behaving should be? Like who the f are you? LOL.
Eewww wtf? Guess it’s not Kate then. She wouldn’t be crafty enough to try that.
As far as maddy, she’s so wrong. If she’s posting online then that’s pretty open to both negative and positive. Suck it up buttercup! If C wants to speak of his traumas, that’s his choice. What Kate did to him is unforgivable and Mady has nothing in her life comparable. She wasn’t institutionalized because she didn’t want to film. This is his truth and he owes no one any apologies or permission. God! She is Kate Jr!
If C wants to speak of his traumas, that’s his choice
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I just read an incredible article stripping down the way many people have taught children for the last hundred years or more, essentially telling them to just ignore bad behavior, don't tattle, give bullies the cold shoulder and they'll stop. What it's done to children over the years (as they became adults) is taught them that not only is bad behavior something to be hidden away and ashamed of, but you are somehow at fault if you continue to be abused because you just didn't "handle it" right. Children became adults and learned that silence is the best policy. And we wonder how Me, Too happened.
But that's exactly what Mady is doing. In her very public opinion her brother is not to speak unless this or that arbitrary standard of hers is met (in this case, consulting with siblings who haven't even done him the courtesy of speaking to him in a decade). She is further victimizing him, victim-shaming him, guilting him and minimizing the abuse he has endured by implying he should have been silent or if not should have gotten "permission" from others before telling his story.
It's so outrageously dysfunctional and wrong and I hope Colin doesn't give it a breath of his worry.
You just keep on going, don’t you? You really can’t see how low you have plunged. For your own sake, end this website. You are now criticizing a barely out of childhood person who by your own past posts you recognize never had a real childhood. You are a mother now. Seriously- I really thought you would have figured out by now that you look like a complete ass but you have stooped to such a low you would need to climb up to reach the ground. Grow up. Find some dignity. Be the supposed child advocate you claim you are and recognize that kids who grow up in horrible homes don’t magically get better when they turn into adults. You of all people should be better than this.
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Lol, you're doing exactly what I just talked about. Trying to shut down somebody.
You haven't been reading this web site carefully. There is a very deep understanding that Mady's sad childhood influenced the adult she has become. But why is Mady being defended over Collin, who surely must feel very hurt, embarrassed and ashamed to know she has told the world she doesn't want him to tell his OWN story? We should lay off Mady? Excuse me, Mady should lay off Collin.
Why do you come here? Just to argue? If someone disagrees with you then they should be quiet or just disappear? I don’t understand your goal?
I have older brothers, our parents are gone but at their funerals we discussed childhood memories. Funny how we all saw things so differently! We weren’t wrong, we just remembered things differently. My brothers didn’t shut me down because i remembered more shitty things then they did. It was MY truth! My parents weren’t on Kate’s level as far as cruel and toxic thank god! If I were Colin I would be screaming from the rooftops what really happened, and wouldn’t give a rats behind what my siblings think.
You’re a strange bird anonymous!
From Dmasy -- Clack, I think your thoughts are right on the mark. I am an "oldie" (both definitions!) at this site. I have wonderful memories of the rich and funny and insightful comments that accumulated over the years. I still visit to see other names I recognize. I appreciate that Admin created this small corner of the veranda world for us. I appreciate that she hasn't closed the gate door to us. I also appreciate that Admin does not publish the entirety of the insulting comments from unhappy anonymous.
I don't understand why he/she spends any time here trying to improve our opinions. I hope he/she finds a place that is more to their liking.
Hello to all the regulars who still check in here.
In a way Mady’s reaction validate Collin story. She is not saying he is lying! Hope Collin truth is heard and he can heal all the damage he received from his mother. And I will suggest to anonymous that doesn't like our point of view, to bring real facts that will justified Collin abandonment from his mother. Sandy
I have three children, all adults and I'm well aware they each remember their own childhood very different from each other. But y'know what? That's life. They don't need anyone's permission to do that and certainly not mine. My son doesn't need his sister's permission so just because these children were on television doesn't mean Collin needs Mady's permission.
You can disagree but one can at least be civil about it. And yes, one shouldn't be bored and attack the lady who runs the sight. Find a hobby.
Special Forces show ended last week, and anyone can Google episode recaps to find out that two women were the last ones standing.
If you haven't looked up the ending, because this boring show bored you, I'll tell you now.
Carli Lloyd and Hannah Brown were the only two out of four at the end to withstand " interrogation" for 12 hours. In an interview after last episode, Hannah credited her competition in beauty pageants as reason she could withstand all the challenges, especially the insults and criticism from the military staff. She said it was similar to critical from beauty pageant coaches!
Good for Hannah. Get that woman in the Masked Singer, or The Traitor (really good show my daughter got me into.
Also new season of Survivor is off to a great start! Very interesting cast, lots of surprises in first episode.
Here is link to article about what Hannah Brown did after that Special Forces show. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/bachelorette-hannah-brown-travel-diary-france-italy-1235333799/
Well, Mady has grown up to be just as judgmental and hypocritical as her mother, hasn't she? She appears to be trading in on her "fame" to hawk products for money (she has something going with Amazon Prime, too).It looks to me like her real concern is how his remarks will affect her ability to profit off her name. Just like Kate, she feels the need to silence any negative comments out of fear of the impact on her bottom line. Collin's trauma be damned, Mady wants money!
).It looks to me like her real concern is how his remarks will affect her ability to profit off her name.
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One does wonder her motivations for suggesting her brother obtain her permission first before disclosing his story. A story she hasn’t been a part of for a decade. Of course she doesn’t want a story that makes the family look bad out there.
Is that what some of these children are going to be reduced to as adults? Amazon, makeup lines, interviews? Just to make money off selling themselves, their experience and there last name? I suppose that's what they know and how they've grown up I just find rather sad.
I don't know what Mady went to college to do, I don't know what major Amazon is in these days.
First of all, I
would never be so arrogant or stupid as to let anyone know whether I had children. Second, I certainly wouldn’t announce personal details about my children on a public blog
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1.paranoid much?? Lol
2. I haven’t shared a single personal detail and in fact explained that “you would do it too” in fact never applied to ne.
I’m not sure what your obsession is with Mady and what’s with all the hysteria. The comments here are so beyond benign that your hyperbole sounds silly. SHE made underhanded comments about her brother (a brother BARELY an adult, unlike her, who has been of age for many years) and was called out for it. Hardly harassment.
At what age must the adult be for it to be appropriate for those to comment on their public comments, for future reference? Or is it never are we allowed to say anything about Mady?
Josh Duggars sentence extended. He's also in solitary confinement for having contraband cell phone in prison. Reported on Fox News today.
Did you see that Josh Duggar was caught smuggling a cell phone into jail? And was given 10 more days onto his sentence, plus moved to solitary.
The guy just never learns. I think he'll be entitled the rest of his life.
Any thoughts on just who exactly helped Josh smuggle a cell phone into the jail? Hmmmm.
Suppose there will be any consequences for that person(s)?
My guess would be a guard. I hope they are checking the phones history! Who’s he going to blame kiddie porn searches on then? He should be in prison for life, scumbag! And the wife should get deprogrammed and leave his loser ass! Those poor kids.
Mel (#186), it came as zero surprise to me that
Josh Duggar got a phone somehow. He probably
never believed he'd actually go to jail, let alone
have to follow rules when he got there. I have a
feeling he'll buy a burner phone on his way home
from prison and will pick up right where he left
off. You can't rehabilitate someone who doesn't
think they have a problem.
If you aren’t astute enough to discern why you are in the wrong, especially as a purported child advocate, then I you are beyond help.
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You’re struggling to grasp that two things are true at once: 1. Mady was exploited as a child and had it really rough with a mother like Kate (even if she remains close to her and doesn’t see this herself yet or ever) 2. Mady was despicable in the way she was so discouraging of Collin deciding it was time to tell his story.
Sorry this advanced concept is so hard for you.
I just heard Josh’s sentence got extended! Shoot, over the contraband? Pop the popcorn folks.
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I can’t say whether this is mady but it seems to me a lot of people love to whine a whole lot about privacy when in fact they really love it. A first clue they don’t REALLY want privacy is public social media accounts. There’s no reason someone who really values privacy would have public accounts.
Had to chuckle at this. You've described the esteemed Prince Harry to a T. And his "instagram-loving" wife {courtesy of South Park lol}.
Interestingly, news articles are making a distinction between the sentence extension and him being placed in solitary.
The articles are saying the sentence extension is attributed to him being caught with a cell phone.
They go on to say that him being placed in solitary is not necessarily connected to the cell phone issue. They also don't say, or know, how long the solitary confinement is for.
Question...is a 50 day extension considered significant?
Agree with he'll buy a burner phone on the way home.
You really are amusing. Thanks for the laughs. By the way, your beloved Trump told supporters in a rally that he’s going to be arrested tomorrow
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So unbelievably boring. And to neurotically follow a president from going on three years ago it’s just an obsessive compulsion. Get help. And you followed the clickbait. Jokes on you. I suppose it’s not much different than going on and on with hyperbole about some “kid” who has been an adult for years.
Question...is a 50 day extension considered significant?
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Not really. My first thought was clerical error. But it’ll be significant to him when his release date comes.
He could be in solitary for his own protection too. I’m sure prison ain’t easy for doughboy.
It turns out that 52 days weren't added.
They each get 55 days/year for good behavior. He had 52 of those days taken away, apparently for the cell phone use.
Still the implication that solitary isn't necessarily connected to the cell phone thing.
Some chatter that the 52 days is excessive compared to what others get/got for the same infraction. That he is being made an example of.
OTOH, maybe he's had attitude all along and TPTB were sick of it?
You have to wonder if he isn't happier being in prison. Way easier than being home with 7 kids and a clingy wife. Although one wonders just how much he was home and present in the moment for his wife and kids. Seems like he was a pretty busy boy with that sideline he had going.
Is that all you got anonymous? Lol. I don’t care about Kate. But I will support an abused child’s right to tell his story However he wants whenever he wants. And I womt apologize for that. You really should give Spare a read. It will explain to you how psychologically damaging it is to shut down how someone feels over and over and over
Nuance isn't your strong suit, but it actually is possible to support someone's right to do something without thinking they made the right choice in doing so.
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It is always right if an abused child wants to tell his or her story. The 19th century called and would like you back.
If you refuse to simply choose a name how am I supposed to know who is even talking.
No, it's always *their* right. People can disagree about whether it's the right choice when weighing the pluses and minuses while standing 100% behind the belief that it is the person's choice to make. Complexity and you are not friends.
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Maybe you’re a child abuser yourself. No other explanation for why you would not want an abused person to tell their story.
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