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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Jon picks up pizza with the kids
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A 10 year old Arizona girl was killed today. Neighbors suspected abuse, heard loud "disciplining". Neighbors decided the family had the right to raise their kids the way they saw fit. (I guess, anyway. No one called CPS. No one checked on the child. They just noticed and wondered.) The child had been horribly abused for a long time.
Just threw that out there. On twitter they are asking why anyone cares what Kate does. How do her actions affect us. They don't. Not directly. But I don't believe it is okay to just walk on by, either. I see abuse. I am educated enough to understand that Kate is playing Russian Roulette with the psyches of her children. She may really be too stupid to get it but we have to try to make her get it. And we try over and over and over. We are watching but we aren't walking on by.
admin said...For me I could care less HOW they got here, I care what Kate is doing to exploit them now.
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I couldn't care less, either, but is her latest tweet another jab at Jon? What is she trying to say there? That the two of them never had sex? Why HINT at the truth if you're not going to tell it?
Could Fidosmommy have been dead-on here! LOL!
"Kate is throwing around her propaganda while complaining that Jon isn't a "proper gander"."
I didn't read any of her books, but I thought she said she took Clomid to stimulate egg production, and nothing was "implanted." Anyone know how she explained this conception back then?
I know a fair amount about IUI, as my first son was conceived that way. Ovaries are stimulated with Chlomid, Perganol or whatever drug is right for your situation. Ovaries are monitored by ultrasound. When the time is right, the insemination takes place, using "washed" sperm from the father/donor. They will advise you before insemination of how many follicles look like they will produce eggs and will usually not proceed if there are more than 3-4.
This seems to be what Kate is saying -- they only saw 3 or 4. The seven embryos she has spoken about seeing on ultrasound was after conception. It is possible that more follicles produced eggs than seemed likely at the time, or she could be lying. Who knows.
But the strange remark about "if you knew the whole story you'd know why" it had "0 to do with sex" -- what an odd and inappropriate comment. It could be implying impotence, or lack of mobility of sperm or whatever. But she has always said they did IUI because of her condition. Why imply otherwise now, except to embarrass Jon or make people think it was his "fault"?
She really has no concept of appropriate boundaries.
Admin said:
Obviously they saw seven at some point, as she talks at length in her book I Just Want you to Know about how she miscarried the seventh baby, and naturally was convinced it was a girl and had given it a girl's name.
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Should we be waiting for her to say that Beth wrote the book and Beth got it wrong?????
Kate twitted,
And so, when they ask me if they can 'line up my shoes' this is what they REALLY mean! Too cute! http://img.ly/6T3v 24 minutes ago
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Why would any sane person take a picture of her daughters' feet wearing high heels? For what purpose? Because it's CUTE? Is she totally off her rocker? Because she craves attention? Why?
Ok seriously? E story is all false.I saw it.No truth! I did IUI&had 0 2do w sex(if u new whole story you'd no why)&dr saw 3-4, not 7.Fate.
Why is Kate just tweeting about this now? This program aired in February!
http://www.realitytvkids.com/2011/02/e-true-hollywood-story-kate-gosselin.html
Such a random tweet from her since she wasn't replying to anyone asking about it. Maybe there was a repeat airing, but it's old news to the Gosselin community.
I haven't read any of her books, but I would assume all this information was already covered in Multiple Blessings or I Just Want You To Know. She could have easily said that she already explained how it happened in her book(s), instead of tweeting this what-is-she-implying innuendos.
Reading Kate's tweets is like determining a true or false statement. If you apply those general rules towards her tweets, you'd often find what she claims as true to be rather false.
True/False Test Strategies
Wonder who the 3rd person is , in the pic with the shoes " all lined up"? Is can't be Kate, because the shoes don't fit. Jamie? The Not a Nanny?
Kate truly believes we believe everything that comes out of her mouth, and if you could present her with the biggest and best orchestrated assembly of her contradictions, which could even include pictures and videotaped confessions/contradictions... she would have some kinbd of reason as to why WE misunderstood, and she never said that...
..because that is what narcisists do...even when asked the tough questions...
and that is why TLC keeps on filming her. They don't care about the kids, its Kate's behavior that attracts the viewers ... but even that is getting old and people are realizing how harmful it is to her kids. So hopefully, lets all pray her contract will NOT be renewed...
For those who really want to read about the saga, check out these two sites. One is from Oprah and contains a 20 page excerpt from "Multiple Blessings" telling the whole conception saga in Kate's own words. The other is from Preesi's site.
http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Multiple-Blessings-Book-Excerpt-Jon-and-Kate-Gosselin/1
http://preesi.lefora.com/2008/02/15/chapter-1/
The only comment I have for Kate is regarding the statement she made on the radio interview, stating that she told the doctor she only wanted one and implying that he did something wrong.
Um. No, Kate. You yourself have said that the doctor was concerned that you didn't want multiples but refused to selectively reduce. According to you, he even suggested you skip the October cycle, which showed 3 developed follicles with a potential fourth prior to your intrauterine insemination, until you had a cycle which would only show 1 or 2 follicles, thereby reducing the risk of HOM.
You and Jon discussed it and, to quote you, "felt at peace" about going forward. So Kate, you and Jon made a conscious decision to move forward with the IUI knowing that it may result in more than one child. When you did that, you took responsibility for the potential consequences of your actions. Trying to blame the doctor for a choice you made is wrong, plain and simple.
If you truly only wanted ONLY one more child, the responsible choices would have been to a) adopt or b) do IVF, which would have allowed you to implant one single embryo.
Sorry, no empathy here. You are an adult, you made an adult decision, and you have to accept the consequences of your actions.
Has anyone else noticed that for the last week Kate's been awfully defensive? She's snapping at questions on twitter and being quite rude in her replies. There's definitely something going on; the blue skies and days of everything being wonderful in Kate's world are gone. Maybe the heat is getting to her.
"Wonder who the 3rd person is , in the pic with the shoes " all lined up"? Is can't be Kate, because the shoes don't fit. Jamie? The Not a Nanny?"
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Cara? Athletic legs, shoes almost fit. Why would Kate take a photo of feet? Does anyone really care other than her gushing sheeple?
TLC ship is sinking said... Such a random tweet from her since she wasn't replying to anyone asking about it. Maybe there was a repeat airing, but it's old news to the Gosselin community.
It wasn't a random tweet. As explained earlier, she was tweeting in response to what was being tweeted earlier in the day. She was obviously reading the tweets, even the ones by non fans who she says she ignores.
WTF is WRONG with her?
ship is sinking said... Ok seriously? E story is all false.I saw it.No truth! I did IUI&had 0 2do w sex(if u new whole story you'd no why)&dr saw 3-4, not 7.Fate.
Why is Kate just tweeting about this now? This program aired in February!
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It was on in my area (CST) at 2 p.m. this past Friday afternoon. I can't remember which 'celebrities' were profiled before and after her segment but it seemed like a marathon of E! specials about losers:)
Remember this from last year? Kate says she's really so nice and doesn't understand why people have a negative opinion of her.
This is why
Taking bets that TLC paid 'ol Chris well to not allow the particulars of that exchange to be published.
http://www.infdaily.com/2010/08/exclusive-kate-gosselin-is-perfectly-polished-running-errands.html
OK. I tried to change my name as not to look like a Kate fan, which I'm not, but it didn't get posted anyway. JUST SAYIN is asking Gramof5, Please tell me where is there any proof of this statement.
There is little doubt that she is smoking heavy and drinking herself to death very swiftly.
I have never seen or heard of her smoking.
Kate forgets that she already shared the 'miracle' of the conception in her book. Either it was a typical IUI or she was lying in her book.
(Sorry if this is a double post...I can't always tell if blogger takes my post.)
I hadn't read anything before now of Kate's book. Just read the excerpt listed above.
Oh my! What twaddle!!!
She should have been a soap opera writer.
Not much for facts, is there. A lot of "I just knew...."
Poor, poor Kate, twatting that she still has no help this week AND she's still unpacking. Really? Spent her day organizing the school uniform closet and her whole pm ordering new uniforms. Hmmm, let's see - your kids are away for the weekend, and you spend all of Sunday tweeting to your imaginary friends. Just imagine if you had done your uniform project while they were gone, leaving you free to do something fun with them today. Just imagine. So no nanny and OCD Mom is in the closet all day - what are these kids doing? Poor Kate.
Re: pap photos of Kate in green babydoll dress that is at least a size too small now....
I'm not sure the people Kate is speaking with are casual passersby who engage her in conversation.
The woman in the green top is with a young girl who looks (from the back, anyway) remarkably like the young girl Mady and Cara invited to the sextuplet's 6th birthday party (the divorce is coming episode). So, rather than yelling at them for intruding, Kate may be shouting BYE to them as they walk away in that one picture of Kate looking mad. Just a guess, of course.
Everyone has to be pleasant SOMETIME, right?
I just looked at the link that wayward posted to the INF green dress photos from last August. Wow, she really looks like she has lost a LOT of weight since then. When you compare those photos to the ones of her in the pink jogging bra last Friday, she really looks awful now. Check them out here - click forward and check out the five photos from last week (enlarge them):
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2564950/kate-gosselin-workout-sports-bra-01/
Damn, that stomach and belly button look scary! I just cannot believe she actually thinks she looks good in those awful gray shorts and her tacky pink sports bra. I wouldn't so much as drag my garbage to the curb at 6 am looking like that. She truly is delusional. I like to think that Jon laughed inside when he pulled up and saw her looking like that!
Speaking of Jon, I hadn't see the one of Jon from last Friday anywhere else. Check it out:
Jon looks GREAT!
Nice! That was supposed to be last Friday when he picked up the kids for the weekend. Last we read, he was working up on roofs, but now it looks like he has a desk job. He looks the best I've ever seen him!
Ha! I see Kate is anticipating hitting 100,000 followers on twitter. I hope she's not holding her breath, because she's been on twitter for four or five months now (and announced ithe account on the Today show!) and still hasn't hit 25,000. Unless her followers create 75,000 MORE twitter accounts, it's not happening.
And interesting that she's still without help this week. Honestly, I think she's telling a half-truth. I think she's probably talked some spineless sap into helping her for free, but I do believe she no longer has paid (on TLC dime) help.
I bet she's hoping like hell the new episodes in August and September do well, ratings wise. If they don't (and they won't), look for her to get even more nasty, snippy and defensive on twitter and possibly abandon it altogether.
Hmmm... "zero to do with sex"? Maybe Kate is FINALLY ready to come out of the closet and admit she is and always has been gay.
Oh, I just crack myself up sometimes.
(Everyone's first reaction is that she is hinting something 'wrong' with Jon. I think she is hinting that there is a great deal 'wrong' with HER. Getting ready to play a new pity card.)
No story but more recent photos of Jon appeared on TMZ.
http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/31/jon-gosselin-goalie-goalkepper-soccer-photo-gallery-pictures/
"Hello!! Here I am! No help this wk again!"
Wait, what? I thought she was can-do (it all by herself) Kate? Is she complaining or trying to convince everyone?
Tamara said... "Maybe Kate should go back and watch a few old episodes, or the first specials. Actually, her fans should watch them and compare what she said then to what she says now."
If I had the time, and stomach, I'd create a video montage of Kate's contradictions. It would start off with a clip from the reader mail episode (the first one?) where both Jon & Kate stated that unless they said it it isn't true. Just to make it absolutely clear that what's to follow is in fact true because Kate just said so herself right there.
It would then go on to show clips like the Today show call-in where she cried poor countered with the magazine interview from the same day where she pouted about not being able to dine at Nobu because it wouldn't look good. Or the numerous times where she stated she did it all herself countered with clips of Aunt Jodi, Nana Janet, Carla and Jon doing the work while she dictated. Or the Hawaii wedding where she said her & Jon would be together forever countered with pretty much any comment about Jon post-divorce. Or her Jon's a deadbeat comment on Regis & Kelly countered with the radio interview stating he does in fact pay child support.
There would be two drawbacks though - it would be a very long montage, likely movie length, and it would make sheeple heads explode trying to reconcile Kate's "only believe it if it comes from my mouth" mantra when presented with Kate's own contradictions. Personally I don't want to be responsible for the clean up.
A salad with dried apricots and dates? Does this woman ever eat a normal protein with a cooked vegie?
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Kate is so full of sh*t that if she didn't eat those dried apricots & prunes she'd be constipated.
Kate has nothing but keeps pretending there is more to the story locked away if only her sheeple fans will hang in there, give her more years of filming, and then she'll reveal all. I can see how easy it is for Jon to ignore her. He knows she is mentally ill.
Administrator said...
Maybe she means when she was first implanted the doctor only saw three or four "take"? Or three or four follicles that looked good? I know a lot more about in vitro than I do about this, don't you take drugs that stimulate a bunch of eggs to release and then you're inseminated?
Obviously they saw seven at some point, as she talks at length in her book I Just Want you to Know about how she miscarried the seventh baby, and naturally was convinced it was a girl and had given it a girl's name.
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Another adult issue that Kate burdens her children with. She actually draws pity from them, which is sick. Moreover, Kate believes she deserves the pity.
My mom had 3 miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy before my brother and I came into the picture. Growing up, I knew this.... in vague terms... peripherally, if you will. She never unloaded these misfortunes on us. She used great discretion-- a word Kate should become familiar with and practice.
As an adult, and now after she's passed, I've read letters and know the full story.
What an incredibly strong woman. I respect her greatly for her discretion. I never needed nor deserved to be witness to this as a child.
Shame, shame on Kate.
Just Sayin - there were pictures of Kate last year in NC where it looked like she was smoking. It may have been on this site where there was a big discussion of "is she smoking or isn't she?".
Hippie Chick,hi!
Sorry, OT, admin.
I was sitting here in bed ,couldn't sleep, couldn't stand the pain, just frickin' miserable.I was even annoyed with my husband for being able to sleep! I read a post from an angel, bless your heart, your words touched me and made me cry.
Then, you made me laugh so hard with your quote about the nurses' ducking! Thank-you so much for being you, a special person with a gift for helping others feel better.Kind words or a joke help more than any drug or Rx.
I would have taken you for a 'puff!' People forget that nurses are humans, too and she was probably happy to get a break!
I love you, Hippie Chick, and thank- you again! Sending you a carton of virtual smokes- what kind would you like?
the feet in the blue shoes in the middle are obviously one of the tup girls, the feet on the left could be mady or cara and the feet on the right, first of all, don't even look the the legs are the same person and second look like a guy's leg. If they were more tan I'd say they were kate's. SNARK!
Sorry, Admin,OT again.
Not using my real name...
Hi and thanks for writing such a lovely, generous post, just when I needed it too! You are so generous and kind, the type of patients that keep nurses doing what they're doing!
You really did my heart good and I am so happy that you had a good experience, cause hospitals are no place to be in when you're feeling like crap, missing your bed, family and your real life!
I bet your caregivers loved you and buying such gifts for them was absolutely wonderful!Those things will help out the staff so much.You have no idea how exciting it is to get new equipment at work! Wow, great things you bought too, bless your heart.
Sending you a virtual hug and hope for a full and healthy life from now on.Peace out......
I did IUI&had 0 2do w sex(if u new whole story you'd no why)
Yesterday someone posted that part of the IUI treatment is implanting washed sperm...maybe not worded right.
Anyway what Kate might have meant is the IUI process includes no sex because sperm is inserted in hospital. Seems logical to me anyway.
"Anyway what Kate might have meant is the IUI process includes no sex because sperm is inserted in hospital. Seems logical to me anyway."
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Totally possible, but then why wouldn't she have said "(per IUI process)"? Knowing "the whole story" just seems suspect, like there is much more to it that she knows, but we'll never find out. Then again, maybe it's just Kate playing word games.
We can speculate until the sun quits shining about Kate's fertilization and her motives, but until Jon or the doctor come forward, we'll never know. The reason this keeps being brought up was her young age and already having multiples. Having worked in a hospital, I can speak to the ease of getting to know doctors and having procedures done that move you to the head of the line. Her personality does not lend itself to nursing so my theory is that it was a calculated career selection on her part. Regardless, what her doctor did has not come into question. She used her doctor and Jon to get what she wanted. Fortunately the result was six healthy babies. Unfortunately they were born into their own private hell.
Obviously they saw seven at some point, as she talks at length in her book I Just Want you to Know about how she miscarried the seventh baby, and naturally was convinced it was a girl and had given it a girl's name.
No one "saw seven." When the first ultra sound was done in the doctor's office after Kate was implanted six embryos were seen. That is what we have seen pictures of. Kate says the seventh must have been behind one of the other embryos and couldn't be seen. Her words, not mine and we have no way of knowing if that's true or not.
We also only have Kate's word as to how many follicles (ripe eggs, completely different thing from embryos) were seen by the doctor, she says 3-4.
I am sure that Kate believes that "Followers" actually means "disciples", not just people who keep up with her inanities on a social networking site.
I can't wait until she comes out with the Gosselin Manifesto (written in Katespeak, of course)to announce the formation of a new nation, based on herself as Omniscient Queen and everyone else as Adoring Peons.
Oops, I forgot, she already did and Zondervan discontinued it...
Look at Kate from the back - he back is not very svelte. http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/kate-gosselin/photo/kate-gosselin-1659
Has Kate had an uplift of the girls? Doesn't look like much support if she's actually running.
Dork Queen said...
I can't wait until she comes out with the Gosselin Manifesto (written in Katespeak, of course)to announce the formation of a new nation, based on herself as Omniscient Queen and everyone else as Adoring Peons.
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L. Ron Hubbard, who wrote a lot of science fiction, wrote that the easiest way to get rich (without work involved) was to found a new religion. He followed his own advice and died a very wealthy man. Scientology is still going strong. Kate could come up with a Church of the Eight easily. She already has her Apostles.
Wonder how many real followers Kate would have if everyone she has blocked deleted their original account(s) and only stuck with 1.
Kate's Cart said... Look at Kate from the back - he back is not very svelte. http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/kate-gosselin/photo/kate-gosselin-1659
Has Kate had an uplift of the girls? Doesn't look like much support if she's actually running.
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That one picture is the only one with her wearing flip flops. And if she's "running" on the street, she nearly got hit by that black car.
I think that's a same-day picture of Kate after she changed her shoes, drove home, saw a pap
and decided to turn tail and run away. She was clearly not out for her "daily run" here. IMO.
For Kate's new nation, here's the
National Anthem:♪ ♫
Kateland for ever,
Where NO always means NEVER,
Where children toil all day for free
And everything’s named after ME
Kateland for ever
Because I am so clever
Jon is icky, not one of us
That’s why I throw him under the bus
I just don’t get it! What’s the fuss?
Kateland for ever!♪ ♫
That one picture is the only one with her wearing flip flops. And if she's "running" on the street, she nearly got hit by that black car.
That's a photo of Kate running back to the house after turning over the 8 to Jon. She'd already done her run and then took hair down and put on flip flops. The black car is Jon's van. She seemed to be screeching something to him through the driver's side window. He seemed to be looking the other way (in a dif photo) as if to say, "Whatever, just shut up and go away." The street leads up to her gate.
Re: Kate and ripe follicles. I tend to believe that at the ultrasound prior to the artificial insemination there were only 3-4 follicles present simply because Jon was present at that appointment and while he definitely drank the Kate Kool Aid for many years I don't think he'd lie about what he experienced then.
It sounds like, according to MB, that they went in October, the doc saw 3-4 follicles ripening which is good for an IUI cycle but was concerned because they weren't willing to selectively reduce in the event they had multiples. The doc suggested they skip this cycle and wait until there were only 1-2 follicles to reduce their chance of twins+, but Jon & Kate decided they were at peace with proceeding and if they had even quadruplets they would manage, although the doc had said it was unlikely. Kate was inseminated and shortly after that tested positive for pregnancy with a home kit and then was hospitalized for over stimulated ovaries. Somewhere between the IUI and the OSO episode the tups were conceived.
Again, check the Oprah link I posted to read the MB excerpt for more info.
There has been speculation that Kate & Jon also had sex while doing the IUI and that after she was hospitalized for OSO, she had sex against doctor's orders in order to make sure she conceived her HOM.
I think this rumor is what Kate is trying to dispel and if you read her account the OSO was so
painful sex would have been the last thing on her mind, not to mention she was already pregnant. I do believe it is possible that she and Jon had sex in addition to the insemination as my understanding is it is encouraged in order to increase your chances of conceiving.
In the end it really doesn't matter how the kids got here - they are here and they unfortunately have a narcissistic mother. They aren't the first kids who have had one and, like others, they will survive her narcisstic machinations in the end. I only pray that they can do so without a camera always in their face.
Kate's Cart said...
Wonder how many real followers Kate would have if everyone she has blocked deleted their original account(s) and only stuck with 1.
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The only people Kate has blocked are the non fans.
Hey jude....
(sorry for the OT admin!)
How are you today?? Today is actually OK. It's so gross I know, & I've tried to quit for years, but Marlboro Lights please! (in the winter, it's too cold to go outside, so I don't smoke much) Click my name up top & go to my blog. You'll find my email & write me! You & I can have a correspondence! Just put your "hey jude" (GREAT SONG!!!) in your subject!
You made my day again! Thank you for being so sweet! I love your posts!! You're so insightful & thoughtful! Talk soon! :)
~Hippie Chick~
That's a photo of Kate running back to the house after turning over the 8 to Jon. She'd already done her run and then took hair down and put on flip flops
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She said that she was without a sitter all week. So she left the kids alone in the house when she went for a run?
I just saw something on gawker.com that seems would be of interest here...
PREFACE: I am not posting this as a political statement!!!! Please do NOT come back at me for the POLITICAL content of this link!!!
I find the article very interesting because of the issue of 1) fake twitter accounts, and 2) the "usefulness of a twitterer".......
Read the article AND the article's comments - very, very interesting concept that if you are a twit, but do no "add anything out there on twitter, you are a useless twit"......... or something to that effect.
Extrapolating to kart, many of her twits could be fake accounts (we've speculated that) and she is definitely "useless" in the twitter world.
http://gawker.com/5826645/most-of-newt-gingrichs-twitter-followers-are-fake
AGAIN: Please don't come back about the political content of the link. I don't want this to become a political discussion!!!! Not my intent.
Just read article for it's "fake twits" and "useless twits" mentions....
So......... kart isn't the only one, it seems this is an ongoing thing in twitter world. I wonder how many other twitter stahs have fake followers?
Back to my old manta: Most of what we see online is 1) a lie, 2) exaggerated, 3) self-serving........ I have actually cut my computer time to email checking, one flight site, this blog and one news site. The gawker thing was a link I followed from the news site.
Is there anything real in life anymore? LOL
Or has the internet maniputated and changed the concept of 'reality' forever?
Jennifer Lopez has spoken for the first time in a magazine article. She is very classy and respectful to her soon-to-be-ex Marc Anthony. No question she will keep things amicable for the sake of their twins.
Maria Shriver celebrated the Governator's Bday with him at an LA restaurant. This after she found out he fathered the maid's son.
Kate still won't let Jon onto the very property he was instrumental in obtaining, not even for the sake of the kid's privacy.
You have class, and then you have a grudge and vitriol-filled malcontent. She needs to grow the fuck up (sorry Admin, had to let that one rip). I can't imagine what Jon could have done to be treated this way.
Sans Nanny said: She said that she was without a sitter all week. So she left the kids alone in the house when she went for a run?
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Of course. It's Kate. The twins are what? 10? 11? And I suspect they do a lot of caring for the younger sibs already.
My son was around 12/13 before I felt comfortable leaving him in charge of his younger sibs for half an hour while I ran to the grocery store, but I know some that think an 11 year old is fine to be in charge for 30-60 minutes. And to be fair, I was babysitting at 11 (6th grade).
She said that she was without a sitter all week. So she left the kids alone in the house when she went for a run?
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Bingo. Maybe she has "security" there, or maybe she's lying about being all alone (cue the violins).
Also, I've been wondering who was taking care of Shoka while they were all away for soooooo long?
Kate "loves" the dog when it makes her look good. She's Doggy Mommy Dearest. It's all for show.
Has Kate twatted one word how the dog is, or how much she or the kids missed him?
We were away for 3 days and my heart leapt out of my chest when my husband brought our 3 dogs back home from their (wonderful and amazing) kennel.
She said that she was without a sitter all week. So she left the kids alone in the house when she went for a run?
Either that or those are old photos or Kate lied about no sitter.
just looked at the link that wayward posted to the INF green dress photos from last August. Wow, she really looks like she has lost a LOT of weight since then. When you compare those photos to the ones of her in the pink jogging bra last Friday, she really looks awful now. Check them out here - click forward and check out the five photos from last week (enlarge them):
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2564950/kate-gosselin-workout-sports-bra-01/
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In those pics of Kate by the van, Kate's arms look like Madonna's. You know how Madonna looks way too gaunt and sinewy? I think that is the road Kate is headed down regarding her weight and appearance.
I remember my mother telling me, years ago, that a woman approaching middle age looks better with a little meat on the bones (not fat-just not stick thin) because it makes their face look younger. Of course she told me that in the days before botox and chemical peels LOL.
Kate does look rode hard and put away wet. Meanwhile, Jon is completely natural, like a regular guy and he looks so much better than Kate. Then again, he's in a happy relationship with a woman who apparently treats him well, and his kids too, he's got steady employment and regular life. His happiness is apparent in his appearance.
Kate writes in her book I Just Want You to Know, that she and Jon were either in the garage or yard and the kids were in the house, when one of the sextuplets, I believe Alexis, came running out of the house with a bloody chin. I believe she ended up needing stitches. Because they were all so little they could never explain to Kate and Jon what happened. I remember thinking why is Kate writing about how poorly she kept track of these kids? Kids who are not old enough to explain what happened are not old enough to be left alone....duh, is the only word I can think of.
She has a history of not properly supervising these kids. You can't just leave six toddlers alone. Not even for a second. And I wouldn't go for a run and leave all those kids alone even at their ages. Mady and Cara are mature but these are six active seven year olds. If it were just one mellow seven year old like maybe Joel, that might be ok.
My son was around 12/13 before I felt comfortable leaving him in charge of his younger sibs for half an hour while
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I wouldn't feel comfortable letting two 10-year-olds care for six young kids for any length of time, and especially not ones as active (and whining and fighting) as Kate's kids. But that's just me.
Of course, we are assuming that Kate was telling the truth that she was without a sitter. Maybe security, or Steve was there...
2-10 year olds looking after 6-7 year olds is not appropriate in my book. Even just because of who they are, there are massive security risks if they are left alone.
About Kate's weight, she has orthorexia. I went through a time when I also had orthorexia, where I *needed* to expend the same amount of calories I took in. I ran until my arms looked like Kate's.
My legs looked a hell of a lot better than hers though!
I'd never let any toddlers unsupervised in a house, even if I was only stepped outside in the yard for a few minutes. Anything can happen in a split second. I wouldn't even let a 10-year-alone in house while I ran errands.
Even at their age, I wouldn't let them run outside on the property without someone with them to watch them - especially when one considers that a stalker may be lurking nearby. Who would take that chance?
Unfortunately, there is no set age in PA for which a child may legally be left alone in a house:
http://www.latchkey-kids.com/latchkey-kids-age-limits.htm
Tell me why the f***k she needs help??? You are their mother for the love of Pete! And what in the H*LL are you NOT doing that you have allll this time to tweet???
Any daycoare provider or teacher is capable of supervising MORE than 8 kids all by their lonesome, stop the complaining you freakin' loser! Honestly, just shut up about "being present" with your kids without any help. You are obviously not doing anything with them, flashback to the "baking" episode-they're probably hiding from you, just the way you like it!!
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I wonder if Kate is anticipating Ellen getting pregnant and is trying to put out an early story that the baby can't be Jon's because he is shooting blanks, or whatever.
And they definitely said there were 7 in there at first. In fact, it was G, as fetus are lettered by her doctor. They show the ultrasound during their first special.
Only in Pennsylvania???
If Kate had tried to pull some of the neglectful and abusive things we see happening to those kids every day, she couldn't have picked a better state than PA to do it in!Tragically outdated Child Abuse Laws, ineffective Child Labour Laws,and no guidelines as to how old a child needs to be before he/she can be left unsupervised in a house!
The plus side to this is that there are many concerned and caring people in PA who probably weren't aware of the inadequacy of their children's protections, and will now attempt to change the laws to comply with other, more enlightened states and countries.
It's too bad the Gosselin kids had to be the catalyst for these reforms to take place.
I'd never let any toddlers unsupervised in a house, even if I was only stepped outside in the yard for a few minutes. Anything can happen in a split second.
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Same here.
Kate's really lacking in the common sense department of parenting. She used to send those kids downstairs (in the previous house they lived in) whenever they were getting on her nerves - which was OFTEN. I used to shudder at the thought of those kids jumping on the couch or smacking each other or falling off their play equipment down in the basement. It didn't seem to bother Kate. I do wonder how many trips to the ER they took to get stitches that was never 'caught on film'. She's a reckless mother who needs to be babysat herself. We've seen Mady taking better care of the family than Kate AND she takes care of Kate too.
I really don't think she's alone in the house. When did she go grocery shopping after being gone for two weeks? You'd think she'd tweet that! Was the dog kenneled? You can't believe everything that comes out of her mouth. The whole persona she is attempting to convey is that she's "doing it all alone" with no help from Jon. Even all the laundry she claims she is doing is suspect to me. Werny Gal says she used to have someone come to the house just to the ironing, so I seriously doubt she's into housework.
"She used to send those kids downstairs (in the previous house they lived in) whenever they were getting on her nerves - which was OFTEN."
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I forgot about that. An addendum to my previous comment. I'd never even let a toddler alone in another room without my supervision, especially not banishing them to the basement. It's amazing that none of them was ever seriously hurt, or heaven forbid, escaped from the house. I remember one show with another set of multiples - I think it was Quints by Surprise, where the babies were toddling around downstairs, they figured out how to open the door, and the father was outside and said something like, "where did you come from?" or "how did you get out here?" All I could think of was what if the father hadn't been out there? Was it the responsibility of the camera crew to keep an eye on them?
On another note, I pulled up the synopsis online for Surviving Sextuplets and Twins (Figure Eight Productions) and when recounting the birth of the sextuplets, they wrote that seven babies appeared on the screen. Where did that info come from? Didn't Kate say that they didn't see a 7th baby - that it must have been hidden behind another one? Such conflicting statements.
at 10 yrs old, going into 5th grade, Mady and Cara are not old enough to be made responsible for 6 kids just 7 yrs old. If one of them got badly hurt the twins would never be able to forgive themselves, while the guilt should be placed directly on KATE, AND whatever idiot judge has found her to be the 'fit' parent and placed the kids in her care (or as we know, LACK THEREOF)!
Bingo. Maybe she has "security" there, or maybe she's lying about being all alone (cue the violins).
Also, I've been wondering who was taking care of Shoka while they were all away for soooooo long?
Kate "loves" the dog when it makes her look good. She's Doggy Mommy Dearest. It's all for show.
Has Kate twatted one word how the dog is, or how much she or the kids missed him?
We were away for 3 days and my heart leapt out of my chest when my husband brought our 3 dogs back home from their (wonderful and amazing) kennel.
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I've wondered the same thing about Shoka...even the dog is "used" by Kate and TLC for image control. Shoka is now a prop. A friend in NC has invited me for a lovely long weekend getaway in the mountains. I would love to go but unfortunately can't afford to at this time and it would mean boarding 2 dogs and 2 cats...in addition to all the expense, I would miss them terribly, and they wouldn't understand being boarded for almost one week.
Kate will and has left those kids at the drop of a hat without even blinking an eye because she needs/deserves it. Whatever Kate wants she gets. I remember how she left the kids out by the garage with the guys who where there to power wash the outside of the house. Kate took off to show one of the workers where to spray down the house when here comes Collin needing to ask her something and she tells him to go away and continues with her business. Collin during this time could have gotten seriously burned if he'd picked up the hose that was laying on the driveway. Thankfully the camera man told him not to do it.
Tucker's Mom said...
You have class, and then you have a grudge and vitriol-filled malcontent. She needs to grow the fuck up (sorry Admin, had to let that one rip). I can't imagine what Jon could have done to be treated this way.
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Tucker's Mom - you get my award for quote of the day! You win the cold beverage of your choice!
I think the most appalling example of the kids being left to their own devices, was the show when Kate was cleaning the refrigerator at the new house(while neglecting the kids). I think Jon was outside at the time. One of the twins was shown kicking one of the girl tups. I was amazed that they not only left it in the show, but also that none of the crew stopped her.
IMO, neither Maddy nor Cara are old enough to watch one 7yr old, no less 6.
I assumed that Jon picked up the kids and after he left, she went jogging. My reasons are: in the pictures with Jon, her hair is down and her cloths are dry. In the jogging pictures her hair is up and in the pictures of her backside, her grey shorts are sweaty. If she jogged before Jon took the kids, her hair would have marks where her band to hold her hair was.
Stewmama said...
Kate will and has left those kids at the drop of a hat without even blinking an eye because she needs/deserves it. Whatever Kate wants she gets. I remember how she left the kids out by the garage with the guys who where there to power wash the outside of the house. Kate took off to show one of the workers where to spray down the house when here comes Collin needing to ask her something and she tells him to go away and continues with her business. Collin during this time could have gotten seriously burned if he'd picked up the hose that was laying on the driveway. Thankfully the camera man told him not to do it.
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I also remember the chicken coop episode. Kate popped in and out of filming at will. Her kids had the supervision of the crew and Henry the Amish gentleman. I remember Kate saying that she had to attend to her "lunchly duties", which equals supervising the catering service. And when she served the kids lunch, it was so obvious the food was NOT prepared by her. Like Kate would prep a 5-6 fruit salad. Ha!
She spend as little time out with the kids as possible. Looking back, this is very much the case that the kids are left with the film crew for supervision.
Potty training anyone?
Admin, you are so very right. It (Kate) is so class-less to continue to talk about how her children were conceived. We don't care. It's trashy to keep going on and on with the subject. We are adults here. We know how it's done! Kate wants to dwell on anything that gets her the most attention. Sickening, really. This will be quite embarrassing to those children someday.
Not defending Kate. But she isn't going on about it actually. Everyone else is. She made one tweet.
Be careful what you wish for, Kate. This "reality show" is not a career. Your career was in Nursing and yes, you could return to it if necessary. Don't ever, ever believe that a reality show will not end. Don't spend all of your money. Just ask Spencer P. and Heidi M. They are a prime example of what can happen and what does happen. Lucky for Paris H. she has family money and business interests of her own. Kate, get a clue.
Tucker's Mom said "I can't imagine what Jon could have done to be treated this way."
Tucker's Mom, I can tell you exactly what Jon has done. He stepped back, took a good long look at his life and what was being done to his kids, and refused to stay in lock-step with Kate any longer. Cross a narcissist and you'll be subjected to the penalty of severeness for life.
Re Kate anticipating Ellen getting pregnant - Didn't Jon say, or at least, strongly imply, that he'd had a vasectomy? I seem to remember him saying on one of the shows before the split, that he'd "taken care of it", so no more babies.
I started babysitting when I was the twins' age. However, my mother was always in close proximity (next door or across the street), I was very mature and responsible for my age, AND I'd had first aid training. Also - babysitting for one or two other kids is one thing. Babysitting for 6, and your siblings, is something else. Especially in that household, where the kids aren't taught to respect each other. If Kate does leave the twins in charge and leaves the premises for more than a few minutes, then she's being neglectful.
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But the strange remark about "if you knew the whole story you'd know why" it had "0 to do with sex" -- what an odd and inappropriate comment. It could be implying impotence, or lack of mobility of sperm or whatever. But she has always said they did IUI because of her condition. Why imply otherwise now, except to embarrass Jon or make people think it was his "fault"?
Or to stop people from pointing out the truth...that she took meds to stimulate ovulation and than had sex. And that this was intentional. Except that in true kate fashion she is blaming someone else...and has gone public saying her doc did not warn her of the risk of multiples...
TLC stinks said... I really don't think she's alone in the house. When did she go grocery shopping after being gone for two weeks? You'd think she'd tweet that! Was the dog kenneled? You can't believe everything that comes out of her mouth. The whole persona she is attempting to convey is that she's "doing it all alone" with no help from Jon. Even all the laundry she claims she is doing is suspect to me. Werny Gal says she used to have someone come to the house just to the ironing, so I seriously doubt she's into housework.
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She did have laundry help. Although she chased off most of the kind souls who volunteered to care for her babies, she did keep a few around for laundry. Here's a link to Aunt Jodi's sister Julie's blog from 2008. http://truthbreedshatred.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-05-13T18%3A23%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=30
She outlines all the help J&K had while pretending to do almost all of it themselves, including their claims of doing all the organic cooking and keeping a spotlessly organized and clean home. It was a lie then. What she is trying to pull now is a mystery to me. Is she lying about having no help to be relatable to her twatters? Or was the help indeed on the TLC payroll but TLC isn't paying anymore? Has word gotten out among those young local gals Kate likes to hire to stay far,far away?
"Except that in true kate fashion she is blaming someone else...and has gone public saying her doc did not warn her of the risk of multiples..."
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It has been documented in TLC episodes; Kate explained that the doctor advised her to wait until there were fewer than the 3-4 follicles he saw upon examination. She's said it more than once. The doctor suggested waiting until there were 1 or two and, again, it's documented, Kate said it. Her tweet was not trying to blame the doctor.
Go to Youtube and search for it. I'd do it but I've got to leave the house.
I agree, Jon did see the light about what was happening in their life. He might have realized that "reality star" was not a lifetime career. Good for him. Sad for the kids to be left with their shrewish mother.
Yes, Wayward, she is deceitful. Remember the fake dirty fridge episode or how about her being a cleaning nazi in the episode on hiring a housekeeper? And let's not forget her ex-boyfriend saying she was a slob and didn't lift a finger to help around the house.
Who's fault? said... "Except that in true kate fashion she is blaming someone else...and has gone public saying her doc did not warn her of the risk of multiples..."
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Ummm, she *was* a nurse, right???? Seems she should already know the risks, regardless of what blame she's trying to pin on her doctor. Or was Kate out sick the day they taught "fertility treatments" in her diploma program?
I get the scary and unsettling feeling that Kate would see a "worst case" scenario resulting from not watching her kids well enough (injury, kidnapping, etc) quite good. The attention SHE would get, the sympathy, and even money, would all be pluses in her book. And people rightly blaming her because it happened on her watch (or actually her ignoring haha) would just be jelus haterz. I'm not saying she wants something to happen to her kids, just that she would enjoy the attention and drama it would bring.
Wow - ALL pm to order school uniforms? Such a shame she has so much trouble with this darn new-fangled technology stuff. What'd she do, order by phone pressing "2" for espanol? On-line such a "project" takes 1/2 hour, tops. OK, if she tried to do it on that pink i-phone rather than her computer, maybe an hour. This is even allowing for the kids bothering her the whole time. Geesh!
Just being UNIFORMS limits her choices. My kids had uniforms, I confess I had it a "bit" easier in that it was specific school jumper for K-6 and specific school skirt for 7-8, specific school jumper only in HS. Short or long sleeve white blouse in k-8. White or yellow short or ls blouses in HS. For boys, navy uniform pants and yellow long or short sleeve polo. In HS boys wore button down dress shirt, any color with a tie and dress slacks, no patch pockets. JC Penney's carried the boys elementary, and sometimes even the girl's jumper's - no on-line ordering then. There was a dedicated uniform store downtown for all the private and parochial schools in the area. One trip, one Sat am 2 weeks before school and DONE.
Now it's simply a matter of know the size, click the item, quantity, add to the bag, repeat for next item etc. and check out. WHY does she make things sooo hard on herself - or say that she does?
She's in for a rude awakening if she does go back to nursing, especially as a floor nurse...the last 5 times I was in the hospital (like others here I too am a Chronic Pain patient with a condition requiring frequent surgery - yuck) the nurses came into rooms for meds and other procedures rolling a cart with laptop using a scanner and barcode software for ID as well as patient records.
But then again, she supposedly "wrote" her books on her i-phone. Yeah, about that bridge in Brooklyn that's for sale...I can make you a deal...
I was just looking at the photos on this link LisaNH posted. Notice how Jon is filling the van up with gas. I'm sure that is one of Kate's rules, always bring the van back on full. Either that or she leaves it on empty for him.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2564950/kate-gosselin-workout-sports-bra-01/
I don't usually look at the pictures, I once went to ROL and my anti-virus program went nuts with alerts so I just avoid that site and only see the pics admin places here. However, I did see some posted at one of the other gossip sites. Those pics together with some of her tweets sure make it seem like Kate could have a vitamin B12 deficiency. Her exhaustion, bags under the eyes, lusterless hair, the skin tone or lack of. This can be very serious. It's so difficult to get enough of B12 on a vegetarian diet and B12 deficiencies are much more common than previously thought. Eggs, red meat, pork, lamb, dairy all good sources, but she's not eating these. Supplements are good, but she really should be consulting a nutrionist to supplement correctly. Who knows, she may need B12 shots. Particluarly in PA and here in OH, like a lot of the East and Midwest, we don't get enough sun and the ultra whatever light to get enough Vitamin D that way and like it or not Kate is approaching the age where docs start pushing Vitamin D at the 2000 and in some cases 4000 unit level. But it's not something to just do on your own. I sincerely hope, for the sake of her children, that she's had a full blood workup recently because she doesn't look well, she really doesn't. More than just too skinny and over tanning.
Someone needs to intervene. As has been said here many times over, this whole diet/exercise crazy path she has put herself on is not only not healthy for her, it is not the right example for 5 daughters - or her sons for that matter. While it may seem to her that it is the one area of her life that she feels she has full control over, in reality, it is controlling her.
In our local newspaper, in the entertainment section, there was a small blurb about Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag from "The Hills" the supposed reality the show that finally was outed as scripted. These two were bitten by the fame monster particularly hard. The one thing Pratt claims he has learned:
"Reality TV is NOT a career".
Never thought much of either of them, both seemed dumb as a rock. Yet, they finally realized what Kate has yet to.
gotyournumberKate said...
I was just looking at the photos on this link LisaNH posted. Notice how Jon is filling the van up with gas. I'm sure that is one of Kate's rules, always bring the van back on full. Either that or she leaves it on empty for him.
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Come on now. Kate leave Jon with gas in the van? You know what a vindictive bitch she is. I'm sure he got it on 'E'.
I assumed that Jon picked up the kids and after he left, she went jogging.
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She didn't go jogging that day, I'd bet my new car on it. It was just too darn hot and miserable, with excessive heat warnings issued. Nobody could have run in those conditions. The humidity alone would have done her in. Those photos were staged for Chris, the pap. If she looked sweaty, it was some good bottled water splashed on her body.
About the shoe picture...In no defense of Kate Krawford.
I'm assuming we've all heard the Newt story about him buying fake followers thru a 3rd party company. My boss whos a computer engineer said that it's somewhat common for big names to do this to build image. Could Kate Krawford bought those 21k names?
then again, Maybe she doesn't know about this little PR trick and this will be her next demand. Thank TLC buy her twitters.
I'd just like to say this. I have 3 girls and when they were little I wouldve snapped a few picts of them walking around in my heels. I don't remember specifically doing that but I do have pictures of them putting on my lipstick. That was before social media ofcourse so they'd probably be on my facebook. Don't twitter.
Seriously, if Kate is so "brilliant," why has she still nor figured out after seven years how to support her own children on her own without using/exploiting them?
She has had plenty of time to establish her own career, post tuplets, and has yet to come up with NOTHING other than to use her own kids. Really pathetic if you think about it. And sick as well. Deep down, she knows she has nothing to offer without her kids, as no one gives a crap what she does. And her kids appear to be tiring of her using them every step of the way. Hello- Your kids did not sign up for this- you did KATE. Your husband clearly wanted out of filming- you steam rolled ahead with a divorce to keep your mug out there. Two of your kids were expelled from school.. you steam rolled ahead...
Your ratings suck... you steam roll ahead. You post on Twitter like a desparate person. Have an ounce of pride and stop filming your kids.
When will this woman ever get a clue?
Gosselin8ComeFirstsaid....
When will this woman ever get a clue?
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The bitch is probably thinking the same about us!
Why is it this song makes me think of Kate?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0
Seems we're not the only ones that think it's not appropriate for a 36 year old mother to spend her time on reality show cameras drinking.
I'm watching Real Housewives of NYC my guilty pleasure, and Jill Zarin wrote this on her blog about Romona, who has spent the better part of the past several episodes talking about drinking white wine: "Drinking and promoting alcohol in such an unhealthy way is a terrible image to present as a mother of a 16-year-old. Romana says she only drinks 1-2 glasses at dinner, shall I go back through the four years of tape and call out every time she drank without food? She's only lying to herself."
Granted Jill's motives are highly suspect, but at least someone is calling out what is trying to be spun as "fun, social" drinking for what it is---a terrible, terrible example for young people. It is EXACTLY how Kate's constant drinking in NYC was spun--fun, girl's night out, no consequences drinking. On a family show that has preached Christian values.
Hey in response to the tweets about the twins flying with Kate, check this pic.
http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/photos/image_20110730/INF_Exclusive___Jon_Gosseli(3).jpg
Mady is on the other side of Ellen. The height is too tall to be a tup girl. Both twins were with Jon and I doubt the woman mistook two of the tup girls as them. Leah is in a few pics and you can see Alexis in the van.
The tweeter must have been mistaken.
Remember when Leah or Alexis crawled out of their crib BEFORE the set nap time was officially over? Kart's on her ass in the garage and there comes the little kid with their blankie? She had to go back to her crib for FORTY-FIVE minutes!! THAT'S how she parents.
Banished to her crib, where she was supposed to stay UNTIL "mommy" finally decided she felt like dealing with them. And lordy be, at TWO YEARS OLD, YOU HAD BETTER KNOW THE RULES IN THAT HOUSE!! And this is the person the sheeple look to for parenting advice!
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I did a Google search and found the first orange bikini pics of Kate on Bald Head island, compare those with the last friday pics of her chasing the van to tell Jon something, put them side by side and you can almost think those were taken a decade or more apart, this woman has aged terribly, her face and arms are looking so gaunt it's scary, well and there's the belly button thing but this has always been a hot topic, no need to further comment on that!
Was it the responsibility of the camera crew to keep an eye on them?
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Like on Survivor when a guy caught on fire?
I think the crew would intervene for kids, then again, did any of the crew show any discretion at all when filming in the potty room with kids pulling their pants down and exposing their genitals?
NoLoveInPhilly said... About the shoe picture...In no defense of Kate Krawford.
I'm assuming we've all heard the Newt story about him buying fake followers thru a 3rd party company. My boss whos a computer engineer said that it's somewhat common for big names to do this to build image. Could Kate Krawford bought those 21k names?
then again, Maybe she doesn't know about this little PR trick and this will be her next demand. Thank TLC buy her twitters.
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Until I read the Newt story, it never occured to me that people could buy fake followers. Here's an excerpt from one of the articles about it:
“Newt employs a variety of agencies whose sole purpose is to procure Twitter followers for people who are shallow/insecure/unpopular {{{snicker!}}} enough to pay for them,” the staffer wrote.” As you might guess, Newt is most decidedly one of the people to which these agencies cater.”
The former staffer said about 80 percent of Gingrich’s more than 1.3 million Twitter followers are inactive or dummy accounts generated by agencies.
“If you simply scroll through his list of followers you’ll see that most of them have odd usernames and no profile photos, which has to do with the fact that they were mass generated,” the staffer continued. “Pathetic, isn’t it?”
A look at just the first page of Kate's followers showed many with no profile photos and little to no activity.
However, I did notice a couple months ago that every time Kate gloats about her new follower count, it always seemed to be in increments of about 1,000. A quick Google search brought up this site: http://www.buytwitterfollowers.org/
This site has a minimum purchase of 1,000 followers for $17 bucks, but they claim that they will be real users and not fake or computer generated ones. It is possible she could be buying a mixture of real and computer generated.
She could have come by those followers fair & square, but she has such a long history of deceipt and image manipulation, I highly doubt it.
My apologies for my post above, I didn't realize it has so many typos and only made sense to me. OIY, thats what I get for trying to type in bed, with the lights out and half a sleep. Sorry.
But yea Admin, Ramona does drink way to much for anyone to say it's healthy. As someone in recovery who has sponsored many over the last 10 years I can tell you Ramona is in complete denial. I also think that if Jill is in any kind of recovery or does attend meeting its very wrong for her to call Jill out on that. Its a very personal private issue and built an anonymity.
"She outlines all the help J&K had while pretending to do almost all of it themselves, including their claims of doing all the organic cooking and keeping a spotlessly organized and clean home. It was a lie then. What she is trying to pull now is a mystery to me. Is she lying about having no help to be relatable to her twatters? Or was the help indeed on the TLC payroll but TLC isn't paying anymore? Has word gotten out among those young local gals Kate likes to hire to stay far,far away?"
Why is she doing this now? As she has cried all these years? For sympathy. She is a professional victim now. Her fans fawn all over her about her being so inspirational and so strong, yet she can't do anything alone! She has swallowed her own press and fan fawning, that she is an "overworked supermommy" who just needs that help, since "one mother with 8 kids is just not fair". Something she told a reporter, then denied saying when she got heat for it. I have never in my life seen a mother like Kate. She has always had help, yet pretends she didn't, when Jon was there. Now her 'excuse' for having help, is she is a poor single mommy who needs another adult in the house. IWANNADATEKATE should pay attention. Kate has not ONCE said she would like to remarry to have someone share her life with, to love, to love her kids etc - all the reasons that many women would say and/or want. I have only heard her say "I need help" "I need another adult in the house" She is basically looking for a hired hand, for free. (Of course)
Look how "overwhelmed" she was with just the laundry, because she had no helper. LOL She has to keep mentioning she "has no help" since they got back from that trip. It just confirms for me that she simply cannot do the job of parenting her kids, alone. She cannot manage anything alone. Even traveling she 'needs' Steve. Of course traveling with that many kids you need a helper/babysitter. She has that (Usually several) PLUS Steve. He is HER keeper. Babysitters PLUS a babysitter for herself. She can't even travel by herself without Steve. LOL
Poor, poor Kate. Has "no help" this week. Don't you feel sorry for her? LOL
" miscarried the seventh baby"
I think she has said the seventh one was "absorbed" and never developed, not miscarried. It never developed so being a girl was in her imagination. When she brought that up, not long ago, and said how her and the kids talk about "her", I saw that as another pathetic way to look for sympathy.
Lolabelle said...
I did a Google search and found the first orange bikini pics of Kate on Bald Head island, compare those with the last friday pics of her chasing the van to tell Jon something, put them side by side and you can almost think those were taken a decade or more apart, this woman has aged terribly, her face and arms are looking so gaunt it's scary, well and there's the belly button thing but this has always been a hot topic, no need to further comment on that!
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I think Kate's accelerated aging had everything to do with her trying way to hard. Too blonde, too tan, and too thin.
I truly think she's nutrient deprived with her unrealistic and ill-informed view of food.
To eschew as many foods as she does, Kate is missing key ingredients that result in her poor hair and skin.
She looks awful. I hope someone intervenes.
All of these REAL stars that talk so nicely about their exes is because they have nothing to prove. They are stars because they have gotten to where they are on their own merit. Look at Kate Winslet (my fave actress. She has NEVER spoken publicly on her ex, said why they broke up, because her & her ex want to tell their kids why, they don't want their kids finding out from the media!) These real celebrities have done things to show their TRUE talent, through acting, singing, journalism, that kind of thing.
Then there's Kate. She keeps bashing Jon because that was her ONLY claim to fame. That & having 8 kids. That's it. She is trying to relive the glory moments that were in 2009. When will she learn that NOBODY cares anymore? It's over. Her time in the sun is done? She had her 15 minutes, her divorce WAS her moment & now it's time to say bye bye? She keeps bashing Jon because she thinks people will KEEP asking her questions about it. It's pathetic. Get over it Kate!! MOVE ON!!!
~Hippie Chick~
Regarding Kate being neglectful, I remember being shocked during the Forth of July episode, when the tups were 3. It was unexpectedly cold for July so they had to give the kids jackets and Kate was upset and reluctant to putting jackets on the kids because SHE HAD SPEND MONEY ON THEIR OUTFITS AND THE OUTFITS WOULD BE COVERED BY THE JACKETS. Jon explained to her that the kids are freezing so they have to give them their jackets. What mother is more concerned with the pretty outfits she (allegedly) paid for rather than with the fact that her kids may get sick from staying in the cold too long(especially at 3)? How the sheeple can't see that something is wrong with this mother is beyond me!
Regarding setting a good example for children around food:
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2011/08/03/2011-08-03_children_as_young_as_5_suffer_from_eating_disorders_81_of_10yearolds_are_afraid_.html
cause she thinks people will KEEP asking her questions about it. It's pathetic. Get over it Kate!! MOVE ON!!!
~Hippie Chick~
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What was it that Kate said in the Vanity Fair article? When the VF writer told her she was hot at the moment, Kate was flabergasted!
"At the moment?" she exclaimed, as if fame would be there for her forever.
She has no talent, nothing to fall back on.
A piece of shit ab machine endorsement does not a media career make.
BTW, I'll be tuning out of the Today Show next Monday, at least until Kate's dog and pony show is over. Me, me, me...throw Jon under the bus...poor me, me, me....all alone.....so hard.....best mother ever...throw Jon under the bus.
I have to chuckle when her fans keep telling her how they are reading/rereading her books, and how wonderful they are. Rereading that chapter in Multiple Blessings reminded me of the wonderful writing talents of BETH CARSON. That was a very well written book. I read most of it, when it first came out. 8 Little Faces is not a book by any means. It has pictures of the kids throughout with a short sentences and Bible quotes here and there. Not a 'book' by any means. Her last book is clearly written by Kate. It has cut and paste passages from MB, same old stories rehashed. The rest is often rambling and CLEARLY not the talented style of MB. And a bunch of filler with the personal letters to the kids. I am an avid reader, and I noticed quite a difference in the styles. Kate is not an "author" at all. Technically, yes, since her books were published, but her talent is lacking in this department, too. Kate said to one fan "I love to write!". Sure she does, as long as she is the main character/and or the spotlight is on her. Loving to write does not an author make, however.
She is still claiming to be 'working' on a cookbook. That book must have a million recipes by now. LOL Don't the fans know that Zondervan cancelled the cookbook? And they have "no plans of future books" by their own email that was sent to people who inquired? They have met their 3 book deal with her, the last two did very badly. It would be a losing deal to continue with her.
Tucker's Mom said...
Has Kate twatted one word how the dog is, or how much she or the kids missed him?
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She will now.
I'm not going to touch the idea that she may have bought Twitter followers because her followers are a drop in the bucket compared to the 1.3 million that watch the show and it's difficult to prove anything with her because of all the confidentiality agreements, but her day of shame will come.
Hippie Chick said...
Tucker's Mom said...
Has Kate twatted one word how the dog is, or how much she or the kids missed him?
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She will now.
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BINGO! Good call Jenna!
From Huffington Post:
"Kate Gosselin Has No Regrets, Not Even Her Hair"
Kate Gosselin isn’t the kind of gal who spends time dwelling on the past. She tells me she doesn’t hold any regret when it comes to her ex-husband, Jon, and certainly does not have regret in regards to having one of the most talked about hairstyles of all time.
“I do not regret my old haircut,” Gosselin tells me. “I will tell you why. Back when I had eight very small children I made the decision to cut it very short. I thought it through. I think everything through, and I remember thinking I can either wake up in the morning and have no time to do a thing ... So I would answer the door looking like a fright ... Or get it cut short where literally I could roll out of bed in the morning and not touch it and it looked literally exactly the same.”
Athough Kate has since paid $7,000 for a new, sleeker hairstyle by Ted Gibson -- the man who has done Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway’s locks -- Kate refuses to see anything funny about the infamous ‘do’ that made her so famous. At least she owns it!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/kate-gosselin-no-regrets-hair-haircut-interview_n_917004.html#s321287&title=Kate_Gosselin_Business
All of these REAL stars that talk so nicely about their exes is because they have nothing to prove.
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It is also because they are smart, classy people who know when to take the high road and when to keep their mouths shut. They have the ability to think ahead and foresee what the consequences of their words might be. Kate fails miserably in that area. That's something that just can't be taught. You either have it or you don't.
Whoever said above that K8 is incapable of parenting her children hit the nail on the head. She is incapable of parenting, whether alone or with someone else. I also believe that Steve is her handler, that TLC keeps him on the payroll to make sure that she does not fall apart and ruin whatever it is that they are trying to do with this dying brand. She was not capable when she was married to Jon, he who bathed the children and had to bring her coffee in bed. Those 3-4 "naps" are not the mark of a capable parent, particularly when she had so much help in the house - the laundry folding, the woman who ironed (!) baby clothes. Let's not forget that the twins were in school as well, on a bus, so no driving for K8.
And now twitterdom must wait, since their queen has been too busy with "meetings" to twat with them. It's ridiculously ironic that she can spend hours and hours with that phone but give her something else to do, well not much of a multi-tasker, that one. Meeting my a*&. So sad that she can't twit that she's busy with her children, taking summer field trips or just simply busy being a capable parent, but no, she thinks she's busy with "meetings". Busy - I raised 3 young ones and think that there's a whole decade of movies/tv that I simply missed back then - that is parenting, simply put.
I don't post often but, I could not resist commenting on this....last night I couldn't sleep and ended up flipping through channels. I don't watch and typically avoid all things TLC. If I wanted to see side show freaks I would visit a carnival.
Anyway, I caught part of the 19 Kids and counting. I didn't find the show particularly entertaining, but I noticed something in the one 30 min episode that I watched. It was this: in that 30 min episode the Duggars went to NY, visited friends that obviously lived in one of the boroughs, met up with two other families that they knew through mission work, performed two ministry activities (sang in a public park and served at the Bowery Mission), bought ice cream from an ice cream truck, took the subway, etc.
There was no screeching, no screaming, no melting down, no pretentious show of extravagance. They participated in stuff that the average American family could do.
The Duggars made a conscious decision to have 19 children, they care for their children and they seem relatively down to earth. I know they are not the norm, since with 19 kids this trip to NY was to promote their 2nd book. However, they arrived in a bus which I am sure was nice, but no first class airfare.
My understanding from what I have read about the Duggars is that they are not in debt, the had rental properties and other businesses before the show. While I may not agree completely with their beliefs, they seem like a wholesome, loving family.
Nothing like Kate. No manufactured drama, no moaning and groaning. I felt this family (the Duggars) really deserve to be on a more respectable channel.
Q: What do Kate and the "mullet" have in common?
A: They're both out of style and the butt of jokes now.
Kate has nothing to fall back on (in the business) when the show finally goes off the air. She's old news. She may be a narcissist but somewhere deep inside her, she has HAS to know it's over for her.
Gosselin Gossip said... From Huffington Post:
"Kate Gosselin Has No Regrets, Not Even Her Hair"
Kate Gosselin isn’t the kind of gal who spends time dwelling on the past. She tells me she doesn’t hold any regret when it comes to her ex-husband, Jon, and certainly does not have regret in regards to having one of the most talked about hairstyles of all time.
“I do not regret my old haircut,” Gosselin tells me. “I will tell you why. Back when I had eight very small children I made the decision to cut it very short. I thought it through. I think everything through, and I remember thinking I can either wake up in the morning and have no time to do a thing ... So I would answer the door looking like a fright ... Or get it cut short where literally I could roll out of bed in the morning and not touch it and it looked literally exactly the same.”
Athough Kate has since paid $7,000 for a new, sleeker hairstyle by Ted Gibson -- the man who has done Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway’s locks -- Kate refuses to see anything funny about the infamous ‘do’ that made her so famous. At least she owns it!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/kate-gosselin-no-regrets-hair-haircut-interview_n_917004.html#s321287&title=Kate_Gosselin_Business
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Oh boy! Naughty But Nice Rob insists on scraping the bottom of the barrel with his Kate interviews. I guess no one else is available...
I love this comment:
Fascinating! Please followup with a story about Kate's toenail polish choices then and now. Does she regret wearing pink polish with red shoes in 2007? I can't wait to find out!
Rob, really- find someone (or something) else to write about. Kate is a bore.
TLC Unveils Kate-Less Falls Schedule
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/03/tlc-unveils-kate-less-falls-schedule/99503/#comment-892896
Finally TV by the Numbers publishes TLC's press release.
Finally TV by the Numbers publishes TLC's press release.
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I don't know that the champagne should be brought out just yet. TLC is sneaky. They could slip it into the fall line-up at any time. It's not over until it's over, and we know darn well that Kate isn't going to talk about it. This is probably the only time she's keeping quiet on anything.
Kate has been asked before if she regrets things. She has been asked if she regrets doing the show. Her answer is always, no regrets.
Narcissists can't feel the emotion of regret. Regret implies you made a mistake, it implies you've looked back on your choices and analyzed them and concluded that you should have done things differently. Since narcissists are 100% right 100% of the time, regret will never enter the picture.
Narcissists don't grow, because they think they are already in full bloom.
Seems to me TLC's pattern is to show a string of episodes for several weeks, then take a few months break, then show another string of episodes.
Since we're about to get a string of six episodes starting next week, which should carry us into fall, having Kate absent from the fall schedule coincides with the several months off period they always do. Sadly I don't know if it means much either.
Re Kate being left off of TLCs fall schedule... What is the surprise here? ALL of TLC's shows rotate through weird 'seasons' - this summer is Kate's season. Who really knows yet if there will be a winter season with her back with the kids until the contract discussion?
The longer she's off the air the less relevant she becomes to those + or - million fans. People are fickle.
Administrator said...
Kate has been asked before if she regrets things. She has been asked if she regrets doing the show. Her answer is always, no regrets.
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I agree with your thoughts on this. Regret involvedsintrospection, which Kate isn't capable of or refuses to do. She's right, never wrong. My way or the highway. Steamroller.
Moreover, I think the root of this lack of regret is pride, immaturity and insecurity.
Kate is so incredibly insecure. Just needing to feel love from total tweety strangers reeks of self doubt.
It takes an adult to admit fault and grow from it. Kate, on the other hand, remains stunted.
Look at the lawsuit which she lost and acted like she won. She has zero remorse for costing that therapist time and money, not to mention the hardship of being sucked into the 3-ring circus that is Kate Gosselin's life.
Why is anyone surprised that Kate is now so thin at almost an unhealthy rate? She probably read all the comments about her cankles and thick waist on the blogs and twitter.
Administrator said...
Seems to me TLC's pattern is to show a string of episodes for several weeks, then take a few months break, then show another string of episodes.
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Could be and we all just missed the previous press releases.
Cankles said,
She probably read all the comments about her cankles and thick waist on the blogs and twitter.
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What waist?
This reminds me so much of Karen Carpenter. She was at a healthy weight until she read one critic call her "fat." That started it all...
I guess this means that Twist of Kate is dead in the water?
Wow, what a FASCINATING story on HuffPo! Does she regret an old haircut/style? What depth, what intrigue! TELL ME MOOOOORE!
And admin, you hit the nail on the head: asking a narcissist about their regrets is as pointless as bashing your head on a brick wall. They. Do NOT. Have. Regrets. Period.
Cankles, the only person responsible for what Kate Gosselin does or does not put in her mouth is Kate Gosselin. She also didn't HAVE to be a public figure, now did she?
heyjude said...
Not using my real name...
I bet your caregivers loved you
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My parents taught me how to say please and thank you from a very young age. When I said thank you to the nurse after she had taken blood, she
said 'you know, in this job thank you is not heard very often.' I think that's a real shame.
They are trying to save or at least improve their patient's life. That deserves a thank you.
Hahaha, I laugh at Kate's tweet about how she was sooooooo busy all day, getting closets together and uniforms ordered. My auntie raised 8 kids on one very meager salary. She MADE their clothes and they lived on beans, fried potatoes and tortillas. One legendary story is that when one kid got his head split by his younger brother, she tied his hair together (at the suggestion of the ER doc 30 miles away) to make her own butterfly bandage! She had no help, she had no internet, she had 8 pregnancies (which I think would be harder as you always have someone in diapers) and you know what? Those kids are so close to each other and to their parents. They value family and they can't get enough of their parents to this day, even though they are almost all grandparents already. I look at Kate's tweets and just laugh. She has state-of-the-art everything and complains nonstop. My aunt had a wringer washing machine and a clothesline (imagine the diaper load alone!) and a half gas/half wood stove and she cherishes those memories.
All this with Khate and her ME ME ME and MINE ALL MINE attitude and selfishness. I just watch a very sad interview on HLN about this courageous couple who, for the past 20 years has taken in to their home many physically and mentally disabled children. The lady died recently from a stroke, the father doesn't have electricity, and he has never asked for a dime from anyone. Please look at this and tell me your heart won't break while watching this family.
www.thebertshow.com Please check this out. My heart is certainly hurting from watching.
No Regrets said...
(Kate's) last book is clearly written by Kate. It has cut and paste passages from MB, same old stories rehashed. The rest is often rambling and CLEARLY not the talented style of MB.
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Most writers (notice I said Most, not All) start writing stories when they are quite young. They have a knack for flow, continuity of thought, choosing just the right word to convey the right meaning and telling their story while holding interest. This talent is only improved by writing classes, but rarely is created by them. Kate does not have that natural flow of words in speech or in print. It's jumpy, she takes WAY too long to get her point across, mainly because she is so busy adding adjectives and trying to sound like Kate. Writing is so much more than that.
She's like that person at the party who has no idea how to tell a joke but tells them all the time anyway. There is a finesse to joke telling and there is a finesse to writing. It takes years to perfect the craft - or even come close.
The brother of a friend of mine writes books. He fancies himself quite the author. I read excerpts from 2 of them. They are awful, awful, awful. He takes 3 pages to describe the landscape, has needless conversations going on forever and besides that, nobody proofs his text. The subject matter isn't anything I could recommend either. He has knowledge of his story, but has absolutely no idea how to tell it in a clear and riveting way. So, he uses foul language to make it interesting. Neither he nor Kate is a writer. Putting words down on a page
is not all there is to "writing". It is a craft.
Actually, the absence of the show this is not a surprise. I bet, like the Roloff family, we'll have some "specials". The kids are getting older and if the school principal had any backbone he or she would not permit them to take time off like before. Missing school is not fair to the kids or their teachers. With the contract renewal coming up, maybe Jon can convince a judge to do what's best for the children and not let Kate sign them up for more years of work. Or, maybe TLC has finally found fresh reality ideas and sees Kate and her 8 as stale.
It's jumpy, she takes WAY too long to get her point across, mainly because she is so busy adding adjectives and trying to sound like Kate.
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In addition, when she speaks it also takes a long time, quite possibly because she's trying to figure out what "story" she told previously so as not to be caught in yet another lie! It's that old "tangled web we weave..."
I agree with Dallas. Kate is a 36 year old woman. She is responsible for her body and to blame others for the wreck she is is ludicrous. Kate is not a vulnerable 16 year old where it would certainly not be appropriate to make comments about their body. She puts herself out there, wants to be famous, talks about her looks all the time and has devoted several episodes of her show to her looks, but people aren't supposed to comment about her looks?
And Kate was having plastic surgery and dental implants ages before there were ever any Gosselin blogs. She has been body obsessed since day one.
Another thing, celebs like Kate cry "look at me look at me look at me" all day long 7 days a week, and then when people who look actually make a comment, they cry foul? Say America is obsessed with body image, etc. A bit hypocritical.
Kate can easily clear up the question as to whether the show will be back this winter. She's stepped in before to clarify something, just that the other day and several times before through tweeting. She reads the blogs and the tweets.
Of course she also said there would be new a different shows ALL summer...
It irks me that Kate complains ALL the time about her life. How she does not realize that so many more out there have it so much worse than her. You all know my story, so I won't tell it again, & you all know my day to day struggles, but I refuse to be that woe is me person & here's why; when I even think about feeling bad for myself, I think about other people out there that have it worse that I do. Children who have diseases & parents whose partners are overseas fighting for our freedom. Real people who really cannot afford the food on their table for their children. Women who get beaten by the hand of their husband, Veterans who are homeless, you get the picture. I was told last week that I should allow myself a couple hours a week to feel bad for myself, but I still felt too guilty when I tried.
Kate just does NOT get it. The more she complains, the more foolish & greedy she sounds. So, she doesn't have someone to do her laundry or help just this week? Um, I can't even carry my laundry basket. There are people who can't even do their laundry in their own homes!! She has TWO washers! Some people have to save their quarters for a couple weeks just to do their laundry. She has ZERO cares for anyone but herself. I know it's been said, but it drives me crazy how self-centered & selfish she is. How her followers can't see this is beyond me & I hope to God that the teens do NOT turn out to be as greedy & narcissistic as Kate is. I'm sorry for the rant, but Kate is a mother & this will rub off on her children. She is a MOTHER! Wow. I wish so much she would think & maybe reassess the way she thinks sometimes & say "Ya know, I AM a mom, maybe I should re-think this..." but she keeps on digging herself deeper. It's sad! I feel so badly for the kids. So bad. I hope they're happy in life somehow. *sorry*
~Hippie Chick~
Kate is a 36 year old woman. She is responsible for her body and to blame others for the wreck she is is ludicrous
Admin said,
Kate is a 36 year old woman. She is responsible for her body and to blame others for the wreck she is is ludicrous
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Yes, she is. But don't forget -- she's also not playing with a full deck. She's not a mature person. She thinks and acts like a 16-year-old who is very much concerned with image in every way, with over-tanned body and hooker clothing. She THINKS like teenager. Look at her tweets, her writing style. She fancies herself to be one of them. Any comment about her weight could influence her to make a drastic change that she will think is for the better.
In contrast, look at Jon's mature and thoughtful reflection on the past, his take on "regret":
"I am acutely aware of the mistakes I made in 2009 and I am ashamed of the choices I made. I have apologized to Kate, my family, and to my friends. Through counseling I have learned to own my actions. My goal is to move forward in a positive direction."
I agree that Kate is fair game since she practically begs people to look at her and see her for who she is, what she is. She dresses for the camera and wants to be noticed. Commenting on that seems legitimate.
However, I have read comments about one of the
8 looking heavier. This is a child, and reading that anywhere really could trigger some anxiety about body image. I don't believe anybody at all, even advocates of the kids, should be commenting on their hair, their skin, their clothes, their weight. Let's give them lots of encouragement because heaven knows they get enough smackdowns in life just because of what
they've been "created to do".
Fido I agree 100% negative comments about the kids' bodies should be absolutely prohibited. That is complete apples and oranges to Kate's body imagine, since Kate flaunts it and talks about it and is a grown adult. Unlike Kate, they didn't ask for this attention, nor did they flaunt anything or make episodes about their bodies or what have you. And, they are CHILDREN.
I've actually seen a few comments from her fans about the kids bodies, oddly enough. You would think they of all people would refrain. But you've read comments like that HERE? I rarely see comments like that, and if there are any, I don't publish them, unless I missed it or something. The kids' bodies are 100% off limits here and always will be. I think what IS a legit concern is whether a kid's weight has to do with depression and stress (i.e. perhaps from working their childhood away?)--and although I think it's important to be aware of something like that happening, I just have to draw a clear line on this issue.
TLC stinks said...
Actually, the absence of the show this is not a surprise. I bet, like the Roloff family, we'll have some "specials". The kids are getting older and if the school principal had any backbone he or she would not permit them to take time off like before. Missing school is not fair to the kids or their teachers. With the contract renewal coming up, maybe Jon can convince a judge to do what's best for the children and not let Kate sign them up for more years of work. Or, maybe TLC has finally found fresh reality ideas and sees Kate and her 8 as stale.
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Ahhhhhhh! No Kate in the fall....WONDERFUL!
Yeah, I can see TLC cranking out "A Very Special Gosselin X-Mas Special" (that I'm sure was already filmed in the summer ;o) ).
Even though her ratings are crap, TLC does not have the B*LLS to completely drop that witch... just yet. I predict annual "specials" chronicling her rough aging, and her kids growing up.
Hopefully, her children will be allowed to have somewhat normal lives without a friggin' camera in their faces every day.
Be free, little Gosselins! May they live their lives in peace & happiness.
As for Kate, I hope she spends the remaining years her life doing good deeds for others (not herself).
Perhaps her sheeple will kindly start a collection to pay for Kate's Lobotomy.
***MY HOME IS A GOSSELIN FREE ZONE- HOW ABOUT YOURS?...***
However, I have read comments about one of the
8 looking heavier.
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Yes, Fido. I remember a few comments here about one of the eight looking much heavier, but wasn't it quite some time ago? A really whacko on Twitter has recently made disgusting tweets about it, too. I guess you just have to consider the source. Insensitive people make insensitive remarks.
Even though her ratings are crap, TLC does not have the B*LLS to completely drop that witch... just yet. I predict annual "specials" chronicling her rough aging, and her kids growing up.
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In one of the specials a few years from now, people will look at Kate, who has aged at an alarming rate in the past three years, and mistakengly say, "Good. The kids' grandmother is now back in their lives!"
Yes, Admin, I have read a few (very few) comments on the kids' appearance on this blog. The most recent one was "_______ looks like (he/she) has gained a lot of weight". Previously, there was much chat about the girls' hair. I realize that was more commentary on Kate's mothering than on the children, but still, do negative comments about hair have to be written? It's one thing to say that they looked adorable when the Nanny did their hair, but quite another to rag on their hair other times. These children deserve better than that.
Thank goodness most blog contributors have moved on from that activity. Or else you and Mary Ann
do a superior job of jettisoning those comments.
Kate says "thinks" she "always" thinks things through? I spit my coffee out on that one! LOL. OMG! Bought that house on all that acreage (which pretty much everyone advised against all the acreage)with divorce on her mind (or even in the works)? Thought it through and went ahead with MORE fertility treatments when Jon was unemployed? The cookbook that got thrown out because of plagiarism issue and quick cover-up by her supposedly having to convert/add tsp and tbsp equivalents to the recipes (hah). Now the hair. TLC and Ted Gibson comped those extension and dye job. She tweeted she gets a deep discount from Jason. But HAD she thought it through it might have occurred to her that there is no TG salon in her area - is NYC always going to be a realistic haircut destination? - the "do" is high maintenance requiring regular cuts and color to look good, daily maintenance, etc. And on. And on. And on. She thinks NOTHING through. She is a "live in the moment" kinda a gal, with no filter, who is so completely self-centered she cannot see beyond herself to EVER see a big picture.
Kate? If you really thought this through you'd be taking the steps education-wise to achieve some of those professional goals you've stated so publicly. English, journalism, acting, producing (ok, snark there)etc. This gravy train you are on WILL come to an end. Just ask Spencer Pratt - he'll tell you the truth about reality tv and a career. LOL.
Fido we just don't usually get comments about the kids' appearance, other than positive ones. The vast majority of the comments here actually are positive all around about the kids--Mady is so smart, Joel is so sweet, Collin is so helpful. It was one of my recaps where I said Kate has over all just GREAT kids and doesn't seem to get it. And of course, we've expressed overwhelming concern about what all this filming is doing to them. I do permit some reasonable comments about their behavior, as it has direct bearing on what this lifestyle has done to them--socially, etc.
If I let a few slip through about their appearance I apologize. I haven't even made it a rule because to me, it's obvious you shouldn't. And people generally don't.
Thanks, Admin.
E-town, the weight comment was this summer, I'm pretty sure. The kids were in shorts. It may have been a working "vacation" shot. But yes, the hair comments were awhile back, you're right.
It's just my belief that every child has the right to feel good about him/herself. Admin and Mary Ann are very aware of this, which I appreciate.
Cankles said...
Why is anyone surprised that Kate is now so thin at almost an unhealthy rate? She probably read all the comments about her cankles and thick waist on the blogs and twitter.
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Nope, no need to worry about that connection. Don't you know, Khate has said that she never reads anything negative about her? She claims to not read the blogs, and she blocks all negative non-fans who tweet. All is sunny in Khate's world!
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As far as comments about the appearance of the children I agree it should be off limits. Unfortunately there's a nasty sheeple who has been tweeting very mean comments about one of the kids lately.
On another note, it appears that the "Naughty But Nice Rob" guy has been hired to write a weekly post about Khate on HuffPo. How lame and pathetic, dragging up old news since there really is NOTHING interesting to discuss about Khate!
Re: weight concerns in children as young as 5.
Scary stuff.
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2011/08/03/2011-08-03_children_as_young_as_5_suffer_from_eating_disorders_81_of_10yearolds_are_afraid_.html
E-town Neighbor said...
In one of the specials a few years from now, people will look at Kate, who has aged at an alarming rate in the past three years, and mistakengly say, "Good. The kids' grandmother is now back in their lives!"
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Good thing I swallowed my tea before reading your comment, E-town Neighbor :o)
It's really uncomfortable to read comments about the way the kids look. (ANY kid for that matter) I think it should be stopped & NOBODY should comment on it, here or otherwise.
~Hippie Chick~
Nobody Likes, the schedule that TLC puts on their website changes often. Next week it might be different.
Strike my previous post about the show not being on August 15th. When you look up the show on the schedule for 8/2 - 8/17, it's only on the schedule for Monday, August 8th. There's nothing listed for the second week, August 15th (see link in my previous post).
BUT, if you look up the tv schedule for all TLC shows, and check August 15th, the show is listed:
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html?date=20110815.227
9:00 pm
(30 minutes)
Kate Plus 8
Episode 13
TV-PG
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9:30 pm
(30 minutes)
Kate Plus 8
Episode 14
TV-PG
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August 8th has two half hour episodes ("DC Cupcake Visit" and "Eight Movie Makers"). TLC doesn't list an episode number for them, so we don't know if August 15th has two more episodes, or one new episode and a repeat of one from August 8th.
I am NOT watching, mind you, so please spare me any admonishments. I am simply curious, and hoping they are just finishing up by airing what's in the can from this summer and not filming anymore.
New post, a recap I owe. Completely mind-numbing episode, hope you enjoy!
Also, I think Khate is so quiet on Twitter this week because TLC is there all day taping couch interviews. All the interviews with Khate and with separate groups of kids must take a very long time
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Brother Kevin testified at the Murt hearing that the kids viewed the couch interviews as a chore they had to complete before going back to play.
What also stuck out to me was that they filmed no less than 100 episodes in 2 years. How many 30 minute sitcoms reach this in 2 years?
Admin?
Is it only me but every time I see the title "8 little movie makers" I keep thinking it says "8 little money makers"?
As someone who has cankles I tell people that is what it takes to hold up the rest of me and wouldn't I be silly wobbling around on skinny ankles. :)
Kate doesn't even SEE her cankles because if she did she wouldn't wear shoes with ankle straps!
As far as comments about the appearance of the children I agree it should be off limits. Unfortunately there's a nasty sheeple who has been tweeting very mean comments about one of the kids lately.
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Yes, and she's still doing it. If you read her bio, she claims that she works with children and their messed up parents. Her tweets are among the sickest I've read. I wouldn't let her anywhere near a child.
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