Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Recap: Kate Plus 8 "Kate Goes Skiing... Sort Of... ": The third time the family has never been to New England

Coming up on Kate Plus 8! The Counting On promo segments are at it again, with the host doing an impromptu play on The Newlywed Game. Where is the craziest place you've had a Bible study? she asks. Ooooh, this could get wild. I bet one time somebody even did it in the kitchen, right there on the counter next to the lunch meat and mayo. So kinky.

Watch someone else take a skiing trip. Watch someone else have an expensive vacation.

Tubing is "da bomb," says one of the kids. Da bomb? Apparently the kids were born in 1989, which makes them way older than the toddlers Kate insists they are.

Skiing scares Kate because she can't go down, who will take care of the kids? Who I guess are still suckling at the teat. I don't know why driving her car doesn't give her the same fear, since you're far more likely to be hurt or killed pulling out of your driveway than you are skiing, though skiing is admittedly more dangerous than the average activity. And following the logical line of succession,  the kids will go to Jon if she kicks the bucket, so I don't know what she is worried about.

A long explanation how, why and when they chose to go skiing that you can basically tune out until she gets to the part where she says they had not "done" the New England states before.

Except when they did, time number two, in an episode called "New England Adventures", lol. And except when they did,  time number one, when they met that weirdly obsessed fan Em from Connecticut and ran in the Rod Dixon Kids' Marathon there, Kate, kids and all. So, this would be Kate's third trip to New England that we know of.

I'm not sure anyone has a good explanation for why Kate has no memory of their two other free trips to New England, or why she didn't realize she was in New England on those trips, or what is going on with that strange comment. Who even knows at this point.

Does anyone get the feeling the two boys, who by the way are about as chill and awesome as can be, are mocking this whole thing at this point? With a little snicker, Aaden says he felt "emotional" to hear he was going skiing. Joel was "happy." Heh, they're too much.

We kill some time flashing back to some other boring ski trip. Oddly, we completely skipped the obligatory 15 minutes of packing and yammering, plus boarding the flight, before we finally get to the destination. I just realized the episode actually starts with the family already in Vermont, unpacking a bunch of bins from a trailer. Well that is a welcome break, since the only thing I could care less about than a family's vacation is a family packing for said vacation. I wonder if production reads here, since we always complain about the boring packing segments every time they show it.

I guess they rented a house, though it's hard to get any context here with the tight camera angles and little explanation. The twins complain the lavish vacation house has a weird layout. How very Love it or List It. Sheesh.



Why is poor Alexis always getting screwed? This time, it appears she might be without a bed, and stuck with a couch. I think the kids are far too demanding on vacations, but I don't think it's too much to ask one has a bed to sleep on, instead of a couch. And why is there always a shortage of beds when this family travels? With Air B&B, it makes it very easy to see exactly how many real beds you are getting. If you aren't sure, you need to ask. I understand they are a big family, but there are many listings that accommodate big groups, you just have to filter for them. We've traveled with extended family several times and never had a problem finding places. It makes me suspicious that when TLC books these they intentionally pick odd numbers of rooms and a shortage of beds, to cause conflict. If that's the case, it's really sick, since the odd people out are always going to be kids like Alexis.

Kate of all people saves the day and somehow finds a bed tucked away in a closet, pulls it out and sets it up. Thank you--geez!

For kids who don't ski, except for Cara (who is a regular skier by all accounts), they sure have quite a lot of ski clothes and accessories. The plastic bags and other packaging everywhere is a dead giveaway they had it grifted to them for the trip.

I like the intern class this summer, who choose a variety of rap and pop music for a segment in which nothing happens. This show has never had music like this before, very cool.

Aaden is yawning and rearranging pillows on the couch as they explain their skiing lesson. I guess that's his version of picking lint. If it's boring for a person to talk about their own vacation, one can imagine how boring it is for a stranger to watch a person be bored talking about their vacation.

Kate and the kids are right that snowboarding is so different from skiing and incredibly hard. I've tried it a few times and I found it so disorienting and difficult I was afraid I would break my neck at any moment. And I can ski, skate, and rollerblade just fine, and don't usually quit things right away without giving it a good try. After trying snowboarding, I was done in a few minutes. Still, Mady is being very childish about falling and blaming things on her instructor. She is Kate's daughter.

Kate is surprisingly encouraging, telling her she did well, which she actually did, and that falling is just part of it. It really is. It's darn hard, and as long as you learn to wipe out without popping a collar bone, you're good. I don't mind Kate this first day, shockingly. She actually let the kids just do their thing and didn't try to make it all about her. She is really at her best, and even tolerable, when she lets the children be.

These private lessons with Jason and Sarah, or is it Suzie, must have cost production a small fortune.

Kate says she was setting up a spa day in case it rains tomorrow. Oh yeah, I'm sure the boys will love that, and the less prissy girls like Alexis. Sigh. So that's why she was so easy going today, she was thinking about massages and pedicures tomorrow.

We're back, and just Kate's luck, it's raining. Spa time!!!

She's so flipping selfish, making the boys do the spa day she wants. Why doesn't she leave them be for the afternoon with the nanny who is surely there and go do this herself or with whoever wants to come? C-nt.


The easy going awesome boys are all about it, because they're awesome. Because I don't think I've ever seen them complain about anything, ever. Because they understand not to judge a book by its cover and if you're just game for everything, life usually turns out way more fun, even if there are a few misses along the way. But, can I say, that just because you have awesome and agreeable boys, doesn't mean you should make them do girly prissy things like spa days that are really more about your own selfish wants or your girls' wants. It is wrong to take advantage of someone just because they're easy going. (Yet happens all the time to such personalities.) But, I'm glad they're down and not unhappy about this lame activity. I'm not sure who is more awesome, Joel or Aaden. Joel says with a big smile he'll probably get made fun of at school for all this, but it's all good. Aaden says eh, not into spas, but I took one for the team. God, how did she end up with boys like this? (Answer: Jon) It would be nice if Kate and the girls took one for the team for the boys for once. Geez.

On a side note, I love, LOVE Kate's grey and brown vest pullover. I see a logo on the breast, but can't make it out. Where can I get it?

Kate gives a handy tip, don't get kids hooked to spas young. Writing that down. I can see why the reaction to this episode was more nasty than usual, as for one thing, it really does feel very 1 percent, which I think is a turnoff for most viewers, even well-off ones. There is something uncomfortable about watching people flaunt money. Some viewers may be jealous or feel left out, sure, but even if a viewer is not necessarily jealous, they're still embarrassed for them, and neither feeling is pleasant when one is simply trying to veg out and watch T.V.

I guess it stopped raining, because they're back at the slopes with the private instructors who surely cost a fortune. I see three separate private instructors. We're approaching thousands of dollars at this point for two days of this for seven people.

Oh, ya'll knew we were overdue for a big slam on Kate's childhood, and here it comes. She actually blames her lack of adventurous spirit on her childhood, in which she didn't have a lot of opportunities, unlike her children.

Does she think adventurous people must be born into wealth and opportunity? Tons of adventurous people come from humble backgrounds, and tons of adventures are cheap or free. One of my favorite places to road trip in California is the humble town of Bishop. There are lots of adventures to be had off the 395 highway in California. For example, you can go free climbing in Bishop, without ropes, for maybe a hundred bucks for the mats, which last years. I've seen those guys and gals, and nobody looks rich to me. Kate really is obnoxious with comments like that, implying it's her parents' fault she is neurotic. Bitch, STFU!

Do you want an adventurous child? Then teach them that life is an exciting and interesting gift, and that each new and strange experience and landscape and people should be embraced and cherished. Teach a child to not be afraid to fall, try new things, talk to fellow human beings, or take the unbeaten path. Sleep in your car at Mono Lake, hoping a ranger won't come by to kick you out (they won't.) Pig out on a breakfast burrito in Lone Pine the next morning then drive down the 395 and stop at whatever town along the way and see where it leads. This costs next to nothing, Kate, you tool.

Mono Lake, CA, by Admin. After car camping for free
until sunrise with several other adventurous spirits! 
I'm betting her parents gave their kids plenty of adventures and opportunities, they just weren't the things Kate wanted to do, like eat lobster, have a spa day, and go to Disneyland. Just because you subjectively don't like your parents doesn't mean that objectively they were bad parents, just saying. Rant over.

Why is the music so ominous? Alexis sails down the slopes on a snowboard and suddenly falls backwards and says her wrist hurts. Oh, that's why the music was creepy! They immediately head to a clinic and get an X-ray. She's fine, just a hairline fracture, she doesn't even need a cast. Much ado about nothing but heavily promoted on the previews. At least it was a little bit more than a splinter, justifying the dark music.

We're only 25 minutes in?? Ugh, this episode feels much longer than the one last week.

The day is wrapping up, now back to the house. Our Kate really knows how to stuff her face with pizza, lol. Is it really necessary for Kate to explain what charades is to us? What's next, she'll explain what a hairdryer does? I mean, really, TLC.

As per the usual, Mady is stacking the teams heavily in her favor. That gets so old. Mady, Cara and Joel all say the family really does not play games together much. They're not that family. Well, we figured it was all for show for the cameras.

Watch another family play charades. Mind-mouth, mind-mouth, mind--and, I'm falling asleep.

I'm going to fall over about how nice and sweet the boys are. They both agree their sister Mady is pretty. It would be so nice if just once the girls showed some kindness in turn to them.

You know the funny thing is, I predict that when this woman Kate here is someday old and grey, it's going to be these boys dealing with the bulk of her issues. Picking the nursing home, dealing with selling the house, sorting out the bills, calling insurance, talking to the lawyers. The girls will have their excuses why they can't commit to helping with any of this of course. Just started a new job, got kids to deal with, money is tight, work is so busy, yada yada. But the boys will be there no matter what, though. At the end of the day, it's clear they truly understand what love, loyalty and family are all about on a much deeper level than anyone else in this ridiculous group. I hope Kate appreciates it because they're the ones I recommend she call when she gets into a bind in her old age.

Mady's team loses, to which sadly I have to say, good. That's good karma for her trying to artificially stack the teams like she always does. It's immature and unfair, even mean. And this is proof it doesn't always work anyway, so I don't know what the point is.

The next day, I guess, they go tubing. Now this is more my speed! Oh the hours and hours of fun I had as a child tubing at the park with family and friends.

Hey, ya don't gotta pay a swanky ski resort to go tubing. Just grab some cheap ones at Costco and head to any old hill. Done. Feels like a big waste of money to me.

The twins spend an inordinate amount of time begging Kate to go tubing. Leave her be, twins, it's not worth the aggravation. Of course Kate agrees to go and it's all a bunch of yelling and drama. I'm rather surprised and more than a little skeptical that Kate finds this so scary. She was raised in Pennsylvania, tubing is practically a way of life, right alongside hoagies for lunch and pierogis for dinner. Let me guess, her parents never took her tubing or whatever other B.S. that is all their fault.



At the end of the gentle ride down the hill Kate walks away from her tube, dramatically proclaiming she is done. At least pick up your tube and bring it back, you slob! One of the kids, apparently somebody with manners, retrieves it for her. Heh.

All the kids adore this activity. Now that Kate has quit it seems their fun is even greater. The boys especially love it, proclaiming they must have been going 200 mph on those things. Heh, more like 20-30 tops, but when you're a child, it really does feel like 200. I love childhood because of stuff like that. You somehow feel everything so much more deeply. Music, tubing, adventures, all feel so intense. Like drugs without the drugs, heh.

They hit the slopes again on their last day. I'm a little unsure how long this trip was, but if we go by what we see, it was short, only three or four days. I'm unclear if tubing was its own day or on the last day.

At least Kate didn't cause a whole lot of drama about skiing until the last day, when she finally decides it's been about the kids for far too long and she would like to suit up herself and try it. She has her own private instructor naturally, more thousands of dollars.

The music the interns chose gives me a chuckle, it's very Olympian and dramatic. Heh.

Kate is incapacitated with fear, whether genuine fear or fake. She's not even skiing yet, but can't even walk to the start of the ski lesson area. Grow up, TFW.

Alexis is right back out there on the slopes, so I'm guessing her injury was truly nothing or a doctor would have forbid further skiing.

Kate screams, whines, protests, and bursts into tears. The histrionics are out of this world. If she hates it this much, stop. Don't ruin everybody else's fun. The patient instructor should not have to work under such conditions. Also, the kids should not have to spend their time reassuring her as if she's the child and they are the parent. Heh, even Mady is not buying Kate's excuse that if she breaks an arm there will be no one to take care of all the toddlers she has. Mady's like, we're almost 17 and the younger children are 13. Seriously!

The segment goes on forever. Poor kids dealing with all this embarrassing drama. Mercifully, the episode is finally wrapping up. They head up for a nice meal at a restaurant at the top of the mountain, though we never see them actually eating. Wonder if they couldn't get a permit. They have to ride a gondola up. That's loads of fun. They ski back down the mountain and everyone seems to love it. Kate is over the top impressed the kids could figure out skiing on this trip. Yeah, most 13-year-olds and 16-year-olds could handle this just fine. She's always seemed rather ignorant of their abilities and developmental ages. It's too bad Kate refuses to get over herself and learn this great sport too so she can do something fun like this with them and not always be that parent who just "watches". The instructors are still with them. That seems unnecessary at this point, and very, very expensive.

You guessed it, it was one of the best moments in their childhood. Kate was in tears. They all skied!! Collin who?

I generally keep personal stuff to a minimum in recaps, but this is such a major life milestone, it's too exciting not to share. I bought a house. My first house! And perhaps even my last, that's how much I love it and how perfect it is for me. I've been saving up for a down payment for five years. At times it felt daunting. At times the American dream seemed impossible, even though I've been very blessed to have had steady employment every year since school. But since school, real estate couldn't be more haywire. Watching housing prices crash then skyrocket again, and all the other mountains and valleys the market has been through over the years, has been intimidating to those wanting to dip in, and at times tragic for those who already had. Finding a house that was just right, beating out several other competitive offers, and making it through escrow was one of the most challenging things I've been through. Through it all, I just kept saving and pressing on, believing that through hard work and discipline, this dream could be a reality.

We just made it through escrow and I sign papers tomorrow. And you know what, the years-long wait has made it so much more rewarding. I lived in shitty apartments with shitty neighbors and shitty landlords and put up with it. The rice and beans, coupon cutting and bargain hunting, working long hours and several side jobs, and putting off "wants" in favor of needs was my life. When I finally step through my roundtop wooden front door, with its cute little built in look-out window, I'm going to know this house actually is mine, all mine. Well, twenty percent of it anyway! The bank has the other 80%, but that's okay, it's a mortgage I can afford, one that won't keep me awake nights.

Nope, I'm not rich. I don't go on free trips, unless you count a few whirlwind business trips now and again, usually in August when the humidity is 90%, I don't go to the spa on someone else's dime, or at all, and I don't have a corporation handing me a company card. Like most people, things are rarely just handed to me, other than maybe an extra donut. But man, somehow even without all these so-called perks, life feels darn good right now. Working hard for something and having to wait for it is good for the soul. And that's all I can pray for for the Gosselin kids, that they too will know hard work and rewards and life's little and big joys that have nothing to do with some network plastering your likeness all over T.V. and paying your way.

Welcome home to Admin.


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Jamesvader1194 said...

@Sad but true Oh but didn't you hear?Kate is protecting Collin's privacy by not even mentioning anything about him.If Collin's not going to be on the show anymore,why doesn't Kate come out and say he won't be on anymore?She won't because she'd be admitting that filming was the problem.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/23/europe/princess-diana-william-harry/index.html


This is how a son should be able to experience a mother's love:

"We felt, you know, incredibly loved, Harry and I ... and I'm very grateful that that love still -- still feels there," Prince William said.
His brother added: "It was that love that -- that even if she was on the other side of a room ... that you, as a son, you could feel it."

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Admin (#5), oh, my, those quotes put tears in my eyes. Showing love freely, and letting a child know he or she is deeply loved, is probably the greatest gift a mother can bestow upon a child. And it costs nothing. Golden platter childhoods aside, I don't know if TFW's sons have had that privilege.

Confused said...

Jamesvader1194, what got me about that whole thing was, while I was astonished that anyone would fall for BV's bullsh*t bravado, they had no problem thinking Thom was a saint. I would like to hear what a sociologist would say about that whole bizarre debacle from beginning to end.

Tucker's Mom said...

Dianna adored her sons. Ah-dored.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

William fondly tells a story about how his mother produced three of his favorite models for his birthday, in person. He said he was red faced and nearly tripped on the stairs. So funny. And so Diana. The doc airs on hbo I think tonight.

Blowing In The Wind said...

momangold Does anyone else think it's odd that Collin is not even mentioned in any way on the new season?? I would think we would hear " I miss Collin" or "wish Collin could be here" or "it's not the same without Collin". It appears as if they all have written him off! Find this very disturbing!

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Less is more. In this case, nothing said the better, I think. To even mention this would open her up to criticism, unfounded rumors, and what have you, particularly since nobody other than those close to the situation really knows his issues or why he had to be placed in a treatment facility. Maybe Kate is, for once, listening to someone who has advised her not to talk about Collin. I think that's probably wise.

BV's litigious saga. I'm a bit confused here. Who filed this lawsuit? Who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?


Regarding the photo, I believe it was stated that Thom himself originally posted it somewhere because he and his daughter were fighting.

A father, who is a former FBI person and state trooper posted a picture of his naked daughter because they were fighting?

Blowing In The Wind said...

McGibney really REALLY did pick the wrong one here....and we are delighted. Thom rocks!!

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Who is "we?"

Sad but true said...

Blowing In The Wind said... 10

BV filed the lawsuit. He tried to non-suit in Texas (in order to refile in California), but one of his named defendants was able to get in just under the wire and demand it play out. The list of defendants initially was lengthy and has ended up now as just a guy named Neal Rauhauser. Who's involved in all of this internet back-and-forth nonsense in some way that I am not interested in figuring out.

As for Retzlaff, BV has claimed all along that he posted the photos on Cheaterville, but McG's never been able to prove it definitively. Apparently, Retzlaff's daughter had recently divorced when the photos went up, and the speculation was that the ex posted the photos. Which sounds a lot more credible to me. I don't think Retzlaff has ever claimed to have been in the FBI or a state trooper. It's hard to figure out just who he is, since BV's version of him has been out there for a very long time. Suffice it to say, he seems to be very skilled at legal maneuvers. Much more so than McG or any of his lawyers.

Blowing In The Wind said...

Sad (12)... "I don't think Retzlaff has ever claimed to have been in the FBI or a state trooper. It's hard to figure out just who he is, since BV's version of him has been out there for a very long time."
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Am I reading this incorrectly? In post 194...

"Speaking of McGibney and lawsuits, here's a synopsis of what happened when McGibney attempted to bully and intimidate the wrong person. Former FBI agent and State Police Officer, Thom Retzlaff. I may have to paste it in sections..."

That sounds like this Thom person was a former RBI agent and state trooper.

One question, why did BV file a lawsuit against Thom R?

Sad but true said...

Blowing In The Wind said... 13

Re NIOP's 194, I haven't seen that version of this story. I am just going on what I've read on the Viaview Files site, and if this was stated there, I must have missed it. I've never been to any of BV's own sites, which have apparently posted all manner of defamatory things about Retzlaff.

And I don't recall whether McG named Retzlaff as an original defendant in the Texas suit or not (it's now 4.5 years since that suit was filed). He did try to get a restraining order against him in California (even though Retzlaff doesn't reside in CA) due to Retzlaff's taking a public stand against McG re the Cheaterville situation, and that's the first time I became aware of him. The two suits proceeded more or less simultaneously until the attempted order against Retzlaff was thrown out of the CA court. And the court subsequently ordered McG to reimburse Retzlaff for his court costs.

It's very difficult to follow the thread of this situation as it has made its way through the various courts in two or three different states, not least because, after losing the first time around in TX, McG has tried to convince anyone who will listen that he was somehow unlawfully LURED into suing all these various people. But if the TX appeal by McG is rejected, that may finally end the whole thing. McG went into the appeal claiming indigence, so at least it may put a stop to further lawsuits.

GollyGee said...

Testing.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Oooh...only 26 more hours until the, ahem, season finale of Hate Plus 7.
Will TFW bless the fans with her presence at a tweet party? Or will she claim she was busy playing charades with her kids and lost all track of time?

ncgirl said...

"Does anybody know what the ratings were for Kate Plus 8? I looked on the tv ratings website and could not find it because it was not a top 25 show."

Wasn't it 700,000 and something?

All This Is That said...

Reiterating Blowing's question...why did BV sue this Thom person?

If I am understanding this correctly, BV filed the lawsuit against him for whatever reason, but ended up owing the defendant half a million bucks? Is that the bottom line (If there IS a bottom line!)?

Over In TFW's County said...

Oooh...only 26 more hours until the, ahem, season finale of Hate Plus 7.
Will TFW bless the fans with her presence at a tweet party? Or will she claim she was busy playing charades with her kids and lost all track of time?

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Are Milo and the mini-sheep promoting this much-anticipated finale?

Sad but true said...

FlimsyFlamsy said... 16

Nothing from anyone on Twitter yet. But there's a new IG photo.

kateplusmy8 When you wear glasses to be just like your brother... even if they are homemade 'wicky stix' wax glasses from a restaurant! 😂😂😂#VacayMode 👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓👓

I guess she's still on vacation. Would be gr8 if no tweeting tomorrow night as well. :)

Yes, really, Barb.

barbgilmer1 STILL ON VACAY @kateplusmy8 ? If so can the boys and I take a dip in the pool? Lol!

Sad but true said...

All This Is That said... 18

The reasons for the lawsuit were never terribly clear, although Retzlaff was instrumental in the campaign to get advertisers on McG's various sites to drop out (many of said advertisers had no idea their ads were running in such questionable places---kinda like TLC does it). So that was one of the issues. The original list of defendants in the TX case (there were at least 8, with maybe 5 being "Does") makes no sense to me since I didn't recognize any of the names. And in truth, Mr. BV was targeting perceived enemies, not people he had actual evidence against. His choice of TX for the initial suit was also a murky one. But in the end, this was the big one, and as long as the verdict doesn't get overturned on appeal (which no one thinks is likely), he's going to owe a lot of money to the one defendant who is left in the case and a lot MORE money to that guy's lawyer.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Boarding 3 dogs for more than a week isn't cheap. And Zorro needs care, too.

I wonder if she'll bother to tweet tomorrow. Pretty pathetic that she had a measly 3-episode run, and managed to "forget" 1/3 of it.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

OT...tomorrow night is the Princess Diana special on HBO. I don't get HBO, but Direct TV has had a free preview from Friday until tomorrow.
It looks like a tearjerker.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...


OT...tomorrow night is the Princess Diana special on HBO. I don't get HBO, but Direct TV has had a free preview from Friday until tomorrow.
It looks like a tearjerker.


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I'm going to be glued to this.

I'm betting it might pop up on Youtube, as the UK is airing it on their own stations and many programs of theirs seem to pop up on Youtube in due time.

Apparently the boys are still beating themselves up over their last phone call with her, where they were busy having summer fun in Scotland and it was basically, Hi Mum, Bye Mum. I'd never heard that before, and it breaks my heart they would feel so vexed over that. That's a totally normal teen boy conversation with their mom when they are busy and having fun. You can't treat every phone call like the person is going to die a horrific death later that day. I had heard that at least Harry got some therapy, and it sounds like they should continue to get counseling as they continue to work through the things they're feeling.

The only disadvantage of loving your sons to absolute pieces--they are destroyed if you ever have to leave them prematurely. These boys were clearly destroyed, despite being able to pull together normal lives in the end. Sigh.

Susan1956 said...

FlimsyFlamsy said... 16
Oooh...only 26 more hours until the, ahem, season finale of Hate Plus 7.
Will TFW bless the fans with her presence at a tweet party? Or will she claim she was busy playing charades with her kids and lost all track of time?
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Technically, she could redeem herself, at least with the fans, a little bit if she did actually announce and follow thru on a tweet party tomorrow night. But I don't think TLC particularly cares at this point TFMJG is probably still in her f*** you mode towards TLC.

I saw part of a commercial for Abby Lee Miller of Dance Moms (must be an exclusive interview taped before she headed off to prison) in which she takes "total responsibility"--sorry, didn't exactly catch for what. We'll probably never see that out of TFMJG as she's always right, did it all for the kids, etc.

RoxyHelen said...

To add to what everyone has said about the kind of mother Diana was: didn't she make some kind of deal with the press so that her children will be left alone until their 18th birthday, essentially giving the two boys the most privacy possible given their predicament(royal family)? Talk about the absolute opposite to Kate. I doubt any of her children are able to say they believe their mother loves them to pieces and talking about how their mother went about their privacy is redundant at this point of course.

Tucker's Mom said...

Apparently the boys are still beating themselves up over their last phone call with her, where they were busy having summer fun in Scotland and it was basically, Hi Mum, Bye Mum
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This is what I wish I could instill in Jon's kids who don't see him. I am certain as I sit here and write this, that those kids do not take the possibility of Jon not being there one day seriously.
Things happen. People die, and they are gone forever.
Tragically, prematurely, as with Dianna.
Every day that the kids, and Kate, lets go by without mending fences with their parents is a day they will regret later, if they have any conscience at all.

Tucker's Mom said...

I distinctly remember Dianna getting very, very upset that her kids were being filmed when she took them skiing.
Contrast that to Kate...

Dianna loved her kids more than she hated or ex, or anything else.

Sad but true said...

Susan1956 said... 25

Abby Lee Miller went to jail for a fraudulent bankruptcy filing and for trying to bring back from Australia more than $100K in cash without declaring it. She was very stupid. And deserves to take her lumps over it.

Kate's managed to rack up over 8K likes in 11 hours on her last photo. But when you compare it to other TLC TV people, it's rather pathetic. I happened to see an IG photo of Jinger Duggar Vuolo yesterday that had 70,000 likes in something like 20 hours. And she's only been on IG for a few months. The difference here is day and night.

NJGal51 said...

She hasn't mentioned either a tweet part of the final episode of her show. If she's still on vacation how can she possibly have a tweet party. I think part of her excuse for missing the tweet party was that they didn't get the TLC channel. Surely TFW wouldn't lie to her fans! She was at least still on vacation on Saturday because someone posted the following on her new IG picture "XXXXX Loved to see y'all enjoying a movie yesterday at Southpoint mall in Durham NC." I wonder if panic ensued.

Unfortunately for TFW, the Diana special is running directly against her in my area.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Diana marched right up to the press, saying something like as a mother I'm asking you to please give us some privacy. Apparently the press was being especially intrusive on a private family vacation. I think it was during the divorce. And thats another thing every child needs to know, that their mother will stick up for them and has their back. Instead of throwing them under the bus or discarding them when things get tough.

NJGal51 said...

Kate's managed to rack up over 8K likes in 11 hours on her last photo. But when you compare it to other TLC TV people, it's rather pathetic. I happened to see an IG photo of Jinger Duggar Vuolo yesterday that had 70,000 likes in something like 20 hours. And she's only been on IG for a few months. The difference here is day and night.
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TFW better buy more likes if she wants to keep up. With that many likes it's amazing that she only ever has the same small group of fans attending her tweet parties.

FlimsyFlamsy said...

Tucker's Mom (#27), your comment reminded me of the TFW fan who wished for Jon to be in a coma.
How in the world could you profess to care about those children when you're wishing that for their father? As much as I dislike TFW, I certainly would not have any satisfaction if physical harm came to her.

RoxyHelen said...

Like I said, the huge difference between them:

Diana: You are being intrusive and I'd like my kids to enjoy their vacation privately

Kate Gosselin: Did you film the vomit on my kid's back?? Did you get it all? Are you sure? Zoom in to get the closest shot possible. Here let me show you my son's first potty poop and my daughter's vomit in a ziplog bag and my 5 year old boys in underwear.

GollyGee said...

FlimsyFlamsy said... 33
Tucker's Mom (#27), your comment reminded me of the TFW fan who wished for Jon to be in a coma.
How in the world could you profess to care about those children when you're wishing that for their father? As much as I dislike TFW, I certainly would not have any satisfaction if physical harm came to her.

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I have always said this. It would inflict a lot of pain on the kids if sometinhg happened to TFW and I think even more pain on the kids if something happened to Jon due to the fact that TFW has managed to keep most of the kids from him.

Will she even tell the kids that daddy loved them?

I don't think so.

The wrath from those kids toward her one day on just robbing their childhood and possibly finding out they don't have any money from their jobs for the last 18 years is going to be B.A.D.



foxy said...

Of course reruns of Kate plus 7 this morning. Her whimpers and histrionics are so fake and ridiculous. All the kids say she never has fun and is an embarrassment with her shenanigans of all her fears. I am petrified of worms but never screamed or acted stupid in front of the kids when one would be around. I didn't want them to fear them just because I do. She is a 42 year old 12 year old.

Her show is the only one with no extended family and I think that is another reason for her failing. Others have in-laws, immediate family, siblings, friends, but not her.

JustMissy said...

RoxyHelen said... 26

Actually, it was Charles who made that arrangement for his kids and the press after Diana died. Charles is a big skunk with the whole Camilla thing, but he's purported to be a very good father and protective of his kids, especially after Diana died. Diana used to have crying fits in front of her kids (William pushing Kleenex under the door) and there was some parentification between her and those boys, but there is no doubt that she was crazy about them and would do anything for them. Can't wait for the special tonight. TFW will, once again, be an afterthought.

Leslie said...

Thanks nc girl for the ratings. I can't believe it was around 700,000. Last week it was 918,00. That is a big drop. Wait until tonight when there is a SECOND birthday celebration party for Collin where he is not present.

NJGal51 said...

Where's Milo? She hasn't mentioned the show once nor has she bugged TFW about a live twitter party tonight.

Anonymous said...

Still no invitation to a tweet party tonight to celebrate(or mourn) the finale. I wonder if she has relocated to another area in order to receive TLC - home perhaps. Milo must be in a state of anxiety. Come on K8, have pity on Milo, let her know whether she should 'announce' or not.

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GollyGee said...

The IG picture of Aaden, Joel and Alexis modeling their glasses.

Is Alexis the New Collin?

She might as well not do a tweet party tonight. Princess Diana's
special with her son's will cause her to have the worse ratings of any show they have done.

Wonder if TLC set this up to air the last one with this Jaugernaut so the ratings would warrant shutting filming down, finally!



Sad but true said...

Everyone's slacking today on show announcements: TLC, K8, even Milo. Nuthin' from no one.

This one just posted on Twitter made me LOL:

Vendetta‏ @miss_vickie76
@Kateplusmy8
Just caught 5 min of you on TLC. It made me realize how it's been so great not to hear or see you. Your kids legit hate you.

Sad but true said...

Ol' Nick is chewing people up on IG again.

yankeegirl07 Why don't you ever answer questions about Collin? Almost seems like he is forgotten . Everything is your darn dogs

nick_moy@yankeegirl07 Ever think that not everyone live their lives to PLEASE your every whim, NOBODY knows you or CARES whether your curiosity or anything of yours are satisfied.. If Kate doesn't want or could NOT comment, them LET IT BE !!! And STOP being a pain in the BUTT and STOP WHINING like a obnoxious 2 year old...The solution to YOUR problem and all the other TROLLS out there are 1) There are more than 1 TV channel out there. 2) There is other shows to watch. 3) If you are against the REAL way of life or do you live a life of the Cosby family. 4) Is your finger broken that you can't change the channel, If you SO dislike Kate why follow her in Instagram Twitter and Facebook. The list is endless.. but first you must grow up and USE your BRAINS before you start yapping...

Sue said...

From Kate's IG:

@Xxxxx Why don't you ever answer questions about Collin? Almost seems like he is forgotten. Everything is your darn dogs

Nick_moy took it upon herself to answer for Kate with the following tirade (which doesn't make much sense):

Ever think that not everyone live their lives to PELASE your every whim, NOBODY knows you or CARES whether your curiosity or anything of yours are satisfied..If Kate doesn't want or could NOT comment, them LET IT BE!!! And STOP being a pain in the BUTT and STOP WHINING like a obnoxious 2 year old...The solution to YOUR problem and all the other TROLLS out there are 1) There are more than 1 TV channel out there. 2) There is other shows to watch. 3) If you are against the REAL way of life or do you live a life of the Cosby family. 4) Is your finger broken that you can't change the channel, If you SO dislike Kate why follow her in Instagram Twitter and Facebook. The list is endless..but first you must grow up and USE your BRAINS before you start yapping...

What the hell! Maybe take a little of your own advice there Nick and use your brains before going off on someone and advising them to change the channel. Let's face it, Kate needs all the viewers that she can get.

Sad but true said...

TLC finally posted a clip on her FB page at 1:35 p.m.

#KatePlus8 season finale tonight at 10/9c! Here's a sneak peek of the sextuplets' 13th birthday party!

Sad but true said...

A very reasonable FB comment.

XXXXX I don't get it .... first it's been 2 episodes, second where is Collin? Third why do a reality tv show if you don't want people to see your life or what is going on in it? The secrets , And only showing a family trip is just stupid! I think Kate and TLC should really decide what they should do ! The audience that enjoyed watching them from the beginning are getting pretty bored with this. All families have problems, divorces , kids issues etc. if she doesn't want to be real then reality TV isn't for her ! They could really have a very good show if they were open with John and visitations, if they explain what is going on with Collin and how they handle his issues! That would be helpful to other families going through the same things! A bit more about fun things kids enjoy doing like sports and other activities, I mean vacactions are fun but life is not about vacations and a birthday 🎉!

And Town Crier Milo has finally appeared on Twitter.

Fired Up 4 Kate‏ @MiloandJack
BOYS are camping...GIRLS are "glamping"...and Kate is?? >> #SnakeAlert Are we still on for tonite 10pm #KatePlus8 on @TLC? :) @Kateplusmy8

Fired Up 4 Kate‏ @MiloandJack
Do my best 2b here tonight....a very full Monday here. Hope you can join us tonight! You need a vacay from vacay now? LOL @Kateplusmy8

Fired Up 4 Kate‏ @MiloandJack
Replying to @BarbGilmer @TLC @Kateplusmy8
Yep...that would work if she still doesn't have TV access! We can give her a play by play anyway! Just need our #Host to be here! :)

Sad but true said...

And she also made time for IG--so YAy! No new photo from K8 yet. The silence is deafening.

miloandjack2016 Nice to see Alexis hanging w/her brothers! She and Aaden still best buds I guess...❤ @kateplusmy8

miloandjack2016 So are we a GO for the SHOW tonight? 10pm #KatePlus8. Even if you have no TV acess...just join us on twitter! Answer ??s....respond to our narrative of the show. #JustIfYouCan. ❤ @kateplusmy8

Sad but true said...

Is TLC deliberately sabotaging K+8? They posted the same clip from tonight's show on their on FB page at about the same time as they did on K8's. NOW the top item on their FB page is promoting their own special on Diana (viewable on TLCgo, I think it aired a while back), which will only serve to remind people that a new one is running tonight elsewhere on cable.

You gotta wonder what's going on over there.

GollyGee said...

Milo is only 2 states away from TFW!

Hide the bunny!

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