Last night was the big finale for Kate Plus 8. There was plenty of footage of the kids growing up, of Kate and Jon, of all the family trips they went on, and of Kate and Jon’s acrimonious relationship. It seemed like TLC, and Kate, were working hard to try and justify the fact that they’d filmed this family for the past six years and downplay that the act of filming them had irreparably changed them, particularly the children. It was all about how the kids had benefited from all the trips and experiences, and how they now had the best home videos that they got to share with the world. There weren’t any huge meltdowns like Kate had in the previous episode on the RV. Some of the most telling stuff came from Kate herself, who has consistently tried to portray herself as this normal working mother despite the fact that she’s either turned into a self-obsessed touchy narcissist, or doing the show just helped bring out that aspect of her personality. Here’s my favorite quote from Kate in this finale episode.
I couldn’t even stand myself in season two. I think that people think that I’m like mommy dearest, like this horrendous person. Am I rosy and peachy and splendid all the time? I think everyone in this room could say ‘no.’ Sometimes, over two days of shooting for one episode and I have three crabby mommy moments. Well, guaranteed you’re going to see them all in a twenty two minute show. So of course that makes me look like I’m crabby mommy all the time.
We’ve seen her screaming at her children over minor issues, we’ve seen her spend hours whining and refusing to join in activities because she feels uncomfortable, and we’ve seen her berate other people, and her ex Jon, for similarly minor issues. She is a control freak and a mean person. This isn’t an issue of film editing.
Oh and I have to mention this comment that her friend made about Kate now and how she used to be different when she first became a mother. “I see her [now], and it’s more TV. ‘What am I wearing, how skinny can I get?’ I always say to her ‘you’re not Angelina Jolie.‘”
Kate has a new interview with E! News, and she told them that she probably would have split up with Jon even if they never did the reality show. She said “Jon and I… would probably still not be together… it would be lack of finances and struggles to make ends meet that would have ripped us apart.” It’s all about the money for her.
In the finale she discussed her relationship with Jon at length. She said “I can think back to the past with no malice, no hate, because that person [Jon] doesn’t exist anymore.” She claimed that she wouldn’t change her past with Jon, because that would mean she wouldn’t have her kids, which was nice.
As for what’s next for Kate, she said “I refuse to pull [my kids] out of their house, I refuse to pull them out of their [private] school, so I better figure something out to keep them there, and it’s scary. Probably the future holds TV for me… Is this the last time you’ll see my kids on TV? Probably not. I know that there’s a lot of people out there who genuinely really care how each of my kids turns out.” More than she does.
At the end of the show they showed a preview of the upcoming season of Extreme Couponing. Make room for the new!
I realize that producers will edit or script for greatest dramatic effect.
I just don’t see that this was necessary with her; she is an angry, hateful person and her narcissistic personality pre-existed the tv cameras.
In fact she was probably filmed acting more reasonable during this series than how she will be going forward.
Ugh. I have such a problem with people making money off their kids’ backs. For that reason (and that reason only) if she can continue in television or “media” without involving the kids, I think that would be great.
Maybe they would get to spend more time with their “mediocre” working class dad… not a bad thing!
No, Kate, I think you’re Famewhore Dearest.
She’s just realized people think she’s Mommie Dearest? No shit, Sherlock! I use the Joan Crawford wire-hangers line all the time (much to others’ chagrin – but hey, I lived it, so I can joke about it!). Maybe Kate’s “sugar granules” is the new “wire hangers.”
Man, she’s one determined little shrew, isn’t she? She won’t go away!
She probably would have divorced him anyway because they couldn’t make ends meet? Huh? So paying divorce lawyers and for 2 separate homes would have made that easier? She makes NO sense at all.
She looks pretty good but I still can’t stand her, always rolling her eyes and just plain mean.
she actually doesnt seem as bad as joan crawford. to this day, i still have only watched snippets of that movie of her abusing those kids. joan crawford was sadistic and insane. kate is not evil yet but she could be. i am wondering what she is going to do for an encore now tht people are sick of her and her arrested development. hey kate, maybe you can do an offshoot of celebrity rehab: have your little ones on a shrink’s couch talking about your inability to mother them properly. how you spent money on plastic surgery but forgot to get a clue or a heart. how you literally took food out of their mouths to give to the man you were sleeping with (who will dump you by the way) and shamed them for having dirty hands. i know all this, and i have NEVER watched the show. who is advocating for these children??
I watched a small part of the penultimate episode last night and was horrified. First, they are driving in RVs with kids and all the adults are wearing swears, and t shirts and then there is Kate in a mini skirt, leopard print shirt, and earrings, with full make-up looking like she’s ready to hit the clubs.
Also, she was talking about how the AC broke in one RV so she was gonna make the kids ride in that one by themselves so she and her bf could ride in the one with AC…what a great mom
I realize that I’m going to get ripped to shreds for posting my opinion, but I’m going to any way. I in no way am defending her tantrums. In fact, last night I was reminded of why I use to like the show–b/c even though she did have tantrums (every perfectionist does, whether or not you admit it is a different story), they were far between AND she was SO LOVING to those kids when they were tiny! She was always playing with them, giving them kisses, hugging them, etc. Now you hardly see her do that. Now it’s just fit after fit, lots of yelling, and her being angry all the time. But that’s not what I wanted to post on. A lot of you have been criticizing her for the importance that she has put on money and you’re right, money is not everything and she has changed her values to put money first (which is wrong). However, last night while watching the show, my husband and I looked at each other and both agreed that there is absolutely no way that we could have a “regular” job and support 8 kids. A regular job that pays $50,000 would be gone instantly in food and clothes. There was one episode where they talked about how many gallons of milk they go through a week and even though I can’t remember the exact amount, I do remember being shocked. My point is that there wouldn’t be any money for savings, medical emergencies, retirement, or kids’ college funds. Yes, I know that plenty of people do it, please don’t lecture me (even the Duggars’ life has improved greatly with the TLC paycheck). I also understand that everyone has a different vision of what raising a child entails–some parents don’t see a need to help their kids through college (she has said numerous times that she’s set up college funds for each one of them), etc. All I’m saying is that we would freak out if we had to raise 8 on a “regular” job. So I understand her when it comes to that point. This does not mean that I understand/agree with the way she behaves. Before you start to yell, I am not rich-I am a teacher, so I’m not delusional or living in a bubble of money. Ok…start yelling:)
The finale was pretty tastefully done, I think. And she seemed very aware of how she comes off- she made a comment about being really embarrassed about the way she acted and the way she treated Jon. I mean, she said she couldn’t stand herself in season 2…what more do we want from this woman? She knows she sucks, she knows what she’s done wrong, she seems to really love her kids, and she’s trying.
“cracked out idea that attention = career, that disgust = interest and that haters = popularity.”
(Quote compliments of Miagirl.)
I actually thought she was stupidly oblivious to what people think of her. Wonder if she reads her ‘fan’ mail?
I think that you are much too self-centered, I think that people generally don’t give a rats a** about you. Do you really believe that people are spending time worrying about you?
She didn’t need to move to a mega-mansion that now she will have trouble paying the mortgage, taxes, and utilities on. She didn’t need to have 3 cars. They could have remained in their prior house and paid off the mortgage and kept the older minivan. Instead she tried to live a celebrity lifestyle that now she will have trouble maintaining. If she had been wise with her money and earnings, it wouldn’t be any problem to return to a “mediocre”, normal lifestyle and job. Instead she squandered it on high living and now she is crying “poor me”. Pathetic.
It’s a breakthrough! The light bulb went on. She finally gets that people don’t like her.
@ Valerie… I remember the beginning of the show too.. She really adored those babies. And I agree with alot of what you said.
My problem with her is how self-obsessed she became. Maybe she should have spent less of that $$ on the tanning bed, and more of it on therapists. And I mean real therapists, long term help and support so she could grow with the challenges and be a better person. Not just going when the producers felt they needed to as her marriage with Jon was unravelling.
I feel so badly for those children.
And I no longer feel she is a good mother.
@Valerie: If they couldn’t afford to have 8 kids, then they should have taken their fertility doctor’s advice about her overstimulated ovaries. They did not. They WANTED this. It is called planning, thought, and good judgment. Jon and Kate lack those qualities. And as far as I know, the state of PA has granted all those kids free tuition come college time, so college funding might not be an issue (someone please correct me if I am wrong).
She looks like a pre-op tranny, with sincerest apologies to all transexuals out there. I know you wouldn’t DARE walk out of the house looking as trashy as Kate does.
@Valerie: BTW, no yelling necessary. Rational debate is good! 😉
I was at the gym yesterday, and TLC must have been doing a marathon of J&K+8. THe episode I watched was from when the sextuplets were 2, and it was basically about J&K’s relationship, and how they sacrifice and struggle to take care of 6 2 year olds and 2 6 year olds. They showed bickering and Kate being her usualy bossy self, and John being kind of passive aggressive…but then they showed a segment after the kdis had gone to bed. It was just J&K and they were talking and hugging in the kitchen, saying how much they loved their time together after the kids went to bed. Anyway, it was really, really sad. The family used to look like a real family. Kate looked like a tired housewife and didn’t seem to be sporting a fake tan. Compare that to the show now? It’s totally different. There is so much hate and anger on the show. The kids are spoiled (not their fault!), Kate is spoiled and awful. THere is absolutely nothing charming or sincere about it anymore. It’s past time it was cancelled and I genuinely hope those kids never go back on TV.
You are mommy dearest, dear
@megan – YES, exactly.
“the state of PA has granted all those kids free tuition come college time,”
The state of PA opens college savings accounts for all the children of the state. The state puts $5 in the account to start it, parents continue it.
Under the law about children working in TV, the Gosselins had to divide 15% of each show’s money into the 8 kids accounts. TLC stated this during the divorce proceedings when Jon took all the money out of the joint account. TLC also made it very clear that they did not pay for the home they are in or provide the down payment. Last I heard about that house, they paid 1.4 mill for it, and after the housing collapse, their house became worth $700 grand. Ouch.
My question is, what happens to that money if the child decides against college. Who gets it? Technically it belongs to the child in question. I can see her telling all of them that they have X amount of dollars for school only.
@Valerie, I understand what you are saying and I certainly don’t intend to rip you to shreds because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
The reality is *Kate* could never raise those kids on the salary of regular job because she is not willing to do the things others in her situation do in order to accomplish that. She has said she will not move from her fancy, spacious home nor change schools. I am sure she does not want to shop for the kids and herself in a resale shop, as the Duggers do, give up her tanning sessions, fancy car and body guard.
I am not saying it would be easy and that sacrifices would need to be made, but I just don’t think Kate has it in her to do those things. I have always thought that Kate, for all her bravado, is really not emotionally equipped to handle stress in general, much less the stress that comes with raising eight kids.
My neighbors have 9 kids on two teachers salaries. Four are in college, three already graduated, and the youngest twin boys want to join the marines I think but they are juniors in high school so who knows. Point is, they accepted help when they needed it without caring about brand names, all went to public schools and turned out very well. No reality tv necessary. Sorry kate. It’s called financial planning on a budget and being a good person.
I reiterate: IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD THEM, DO NOT HAVE THEM. (This rule applies to EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD.)
It’s not some calculus-level equation: either you can support (insert number of children here) or you cannot. Adjust your reproduction accordingly.
If a “reality show” is your life plan, just go die somewhere. Spare us all.
This women is full of delusional granduer !!!!
At least Joan Crawford had talent…Kate Gosselin has not one redeeming quality.
@LadyD: Thanks for clearing the college thing up. I really wasn’t sure. That “D” in your name must stand for “DamnSmart”.
I thought the whole 15% thing was for children working in scripted shows, not reality TV. Isn’t there a push in PA for some kind of law protecting kids’ earnings from reality TV? Again, I am no expert, so I seek answers from those more knowledgeable than myself.
As for their $700,000 house, its still worth more than my house. Oh wait, I don’t own a house. You are still doing better than the majority of the American public, Kate. Stop whining.
Bitch is mommy dearest!
@Jane: My husband calls people who cannot handle any stress, or who add stress to normal situations, “stress bunnies.”
Of course this vapid, useless twat believes she will continue to be on TV!! All narcissistic, delusional twats like her think we *actually* care… Go away forever, Kate. No one cares, seriously. She thinks she is such a *star*… of what exactly?? Nothing!! She is a 3 dressed up as a 6 (I can’t even give her a 9), and no amount of bleach or plastic surgery can mask an ugly, hateful heart. Bye, bye Kate – good riddance!!!
I would love to get her drunk and play butt darts with her .. she is a sexy bitch.
@ valerie: so somehow jon & kate could afford IVF treatments yet they can’t afford to raise the kids once they were here?
let’s review: they had twins through IVF…that should have been a clue as to how expensive kids are, but no… a few years later they got IVF and had 6 more – maybe they should have thought about the cost then. i am sick and tired of famewhores having more kids than they can afford, and if kate would stop all the plastic surgery, extensions, fancy cars, houses, etc. she could afford her kids. lots of people have large families and manage to fed and clothe them without parading them on tv.
kate is a greedy twat and jon is a dumbass. those kids are going to need buttloads of therapy.
It sounds like reading these comments that the show has been a really good lesson about what fame and money can do to some people- i.e. totally destroy their character- and also a good example of the difference between inside and outside beauty. I’m sure she didn’t intend this, but she is an example of the mother and person who you don’t want to be! On her point about being “scared,” I just have no sympathy. My BIL just lost his job, they have four kids, and my SIL said to me that even though they love their kids and are grateful for them, its scarey bc they have to provide for them. So my sympathy lies with all the ordinary people, like him, who did nothing wrong to loose their juobs not the nasty pieces of work like her who didn’t deserve their job in the first place.
@Valerie – You make some valid points, but @It is ME!! and @the original bellaluna make a further point if you can’t afford the brats don’t have them. It is a basic anyone should learn in childhood and throughout their life. They had twins and that should have been their stopping point. You should not use your kids to make a living. That is so disgusting.
Everyone saying “but she can’t raise them with a normal job”, just some considerations:
You can buy a new 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom, full basement house w/public sewer & water in the Wernersville, PA area for about $300,000. Go to realtor.com and price the homes if you don’t believe me. If this woman had a brain in her head she would not even have a mortgage payment right now, and that’s a huge bulk of monthly expenses. She could downsize to a home 1/2 the cost of her current one and still be living well. Plus all the money they’ve already made – didn’t she save any? This is not about raising her kids, this is her messed-up entitlement showing. She can’t fathom that she’s done nothing to earn a celebrity lifestyle. She’s not a designer, actress, singer, dancer, didn’t cure cancer, etc.
I’ve noticed that some posters are making it sound as if Kate had to deal with a situation not of her own making, as if her having sextuplets was just a freak act of nature. Wrong. It wasn’t a natural occurrence. So they knew beforehand that they were going to have multiple births. Also, weren’t the twins from a medical procedure too?
And I’m sick of apologists saying she’s a single mother who’s doing this all on her own. Wrong again. Over the years, she’s had a very large number of people helping to raise those children, maintain the house, & whatever else.
Also, about criticizing us for criticizing her greed for money? Maybe she shouldn’t have spent so much money on trying to live like a multi-millionairess. Maybe she should have lived a “MEDIOCRE” life-style with all that money she has/had.
Also, regarding a previous poster making it sound like Jon cleared out the kids’ bank account & spent it all on himself, wrong again.
LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree @momfour. Kate is a cautionary tale that eventually inner ugliness will seep thru the external veneer. You can’t wash off that kind of ugly.
Mommy Dearest was more kind.
My understanding is they did not use IVF, but Kate had another condition where her eggs were manipulated somehow. Not an expert and don’t know what it was. However, I also understand that after the twins Kate wanted more, and Jon didn’t. She did it anyway. Then started shopping them.
What is there to love? She freaking sat in a plastic chair in the driveway to “watch” her kids play while ordering Jon around.
She IS Mommy Dearest. Someday the unedited tapes will leak, the kids will write a tell all and we will all vomit at the same time.
She had IVF twice, once after 6 months of marriage. (You are supposed to try to 2 years and they were young at the time.) I think they failed the first time and went back for the second IVF (which Jon did not want and is on record) and immediately started selling those kids for every penny she could milk out of them. She didn’t want two, she wanted a TV show. Let’s not be naive about the evil that is Kate.
She made millions filming the show, writing books, appearances, etc.
Well it’s time for her to dig into those savings and with that Kate and the kids can still live a nice life.
Her problem is that she doesn’t want to give up her glamorous celebrity lifestyle and go back to living a normal life. She doesn’t care about the kids it’s all about her.
Selfish twit!
Remember the Dilly septuplets? Thr first group of large multiples on TV.They had six kids,and one income. They were given a newly built house, which they couldn’t afford the upkeep on when the kids were about a year old. They bought a smaller house, lived simply, etc. This allowed the mom to stay home with the kids, and homeschool them from around second grade on, etc. They were a wonderful family, the kids were extremely close and the mom and dad loved one another and worked well together. They did ABC specials every few years, that was it. I think they did a fantastic job, much better than Kate and her idea that giving the kids monetary things and vacations is giving them everything.
My husband and I have 5 children, and we watched the show last night. I think our kids are very happy. They have all of what they need, most of what they want, but most of all they have an intact, loving home. You can’t put a pricetag on that.
@anne_000:
I’m with you! I second that!
sorry folks.. i don’t see what is so wrong with her. she had a bad marriage with 8 kids..that would make anyone stressed. do you think the duggars are any better?
If she’s really worried about money she should take her 8 kids out of private school, sell her house get a ‘real’ job and do her best to live modestly off the money she earned. Of course that would also mean no trainer, bodyguard, or Botox she’s delusional if she thinks she will fair much better than Jon on tv-the woman is not likable and eventhough the kids are cute what person in good conscious could support any of them being child stars with all we know about the family???
When you watch the shows from the beginning, she really was a different person. It all started going downhill when she got the tummy tuck. If they had never been given the “opportunities” the show provided, the family would likely still be together. She knows it – she just won’t admit it.
Does anybody else find it curious that the show was cancelled right after the R.v. road trip? I have to wonder if one has anything to do with the other.
She (and Jon) chose to have those eight kids, Nancy. Just like she is choosing to live beyond her means. (Well, according to her, otherwise, why cry poverty?) If you can afford 8 kids and still live in glamour, cool. If you have 8 kids and are not a Rockefeller, then you have to adjust and move on. It’s that simple.
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. She is clearly entitled and greedy–agree with all who believe it’s about her wanting to maintain an extravagant lifestyle not about the kids. She’s a tough taskmaster as a mom, but it takes incredible organizational skills and patience to keep such a large number of kids fed, bathed, the household running smoothly, etc. and she seems hands-on and able to handle that pretty well from the little show footage I’ve seen. Imagine, despite her clear imperfections, feeling alone in the marriage and having an immature doofus as a husband so that you *have* to always be the one in charge. A vicious cycle–had her husband stepped up she might have been able to unclench a bit. The kids seem ‘kempt’ and generally happy. All moms lose their cool sometime–I’m keeping an open mind based on editing choices–the show doesn’t necessarily have the incentive to show the good parts too. ‘Bad Kate’ sells. And clearly there is plenty to sell, I’m not saying there isn’t. But imo it’s not so clearcut.
She’s an absolute bitch of a nobody, but somehow she thinks she is a huge star. I feel sorry for her kids, they are going to be so screwed up.
Yes, dear, they do think that. Because you ARE.
Why does she still need a “bodyguard”?
i would not want my children to suffer for my bad choices (like marrying the wrong man). why should they have to change schools???? i don’t think she is crying poverty. like any mom who lost her job, she is concerned and worried.. unlike her husband who chose to bash her first chance he got. i’m sure if she had to sell the house and change schools she would…but not as a first resort. again what about the duggars??
@Nancy, wow! Where to even begin. I think other posters have mentioned that the REAL bad choice was having IVF TWICE, and choosing to carry sextuplets. Also a bad choice: embracing an extravagant lifestyle without a longterm strategy to sustain it (and no, reality TV stardom is not a longterm strategy).
I don’t understand the comparison to the Duggars at all. I don’t know anything about them besides the fact that they have an absurd number of kids and that the older kids take on a lot of the household/childcare responsibility. Wait! Kate has hired help to do that! They also seem pretty frugal overall (homeschooled kids, shopping in bulk, blah, blah). Kate? Not so much.
Also, Michelle Duggar doesn’t spend a red cent on her appearance! Obvs. And she and Jimbob what’s-his-name are happily married, so she doesn’t need a bodyguard to screw.
And now I officially hate myself for being forced to defend the Duggars…
I don’t really care about the Duggars. They seem to be doing fine.
And if you can’t afford private school, then they have to go to public school. This is not brain surgery.
And yes, you ARE crying poverty if you are still trying to maintain your $2,000 a pop haircuts in NYC, or talking about how you can’t afford gymnastics lessons while driving your used, but still expensive Audi sports car, or talking to anyone who will listen that you do everything by yourself when in reality you have nannies, a housekeeper, a mansion, and a security guard. And you make it sound as if Kate never bashes her ex-husband. She does it all the time. THEY ARE BOTH WRONG FOR THAT CRAP!!
If the money is not coming in, she has to adjust. That is just a fact of life, whether any of us want to admit it or not. Using your kids for money is NOT OKAY! How come Kate gets a pass while Dina Lohan doesn’t? Because she chose to pop out six kids at a time?! If Kate wants to go on TV, fine. That is HER CHOICE. But if it doesn’t work out, I don’t want to hear about how her kids need to be on TV, or about how she can’t afford the mansion that she lives in that 99.9% of America could never even dream of affording. Kate is materialistic, and as others have pointed out here, should be an example of how wealth can corrupt. You can defend this woman all you want, but you are never going to convince me that her kids need material things to be happy.
I hate it when reality stars say, “but they only air my worst moments!” They are still your moments though. It may not make up all of who they are, but it does show a side of them that is not pleasant.
@Kelly: Preach.
@Nancy
Personally, I’ll root for the Duggars sooner than I will root for Kate. At least the Duggars are practical people and a strong family. Michelle Duggar may be kind of…simple but she genuinely cares about her kids. More so, these people are not living some celebrity lifestyle and they can afford their kids through the used car lot. I guess I see their show as more of a genuine educational experience of how to live with a large family. Even without TLC, those people will be fine because they are an extremely close and tight knit family. I may not agree with their choices in life but I will hand it to them, they thought very hard about how to support their choices.
Jon chose to bash her because she needs to be realistic and she’s not being realistic at all. We’re about to see her go through a worse meltdown than Jon did when they divorced. The problem is people felt sorry for Jon because they knew she was a screaming banshee and people felt sorry for the way Jon was treated by Kate. It took him about two years but he straightened himself up, got his “mediocre” job and has settled down again. Yeah, he bashed her a bit but how many times has Kate bashed him over the years? TONS. She bashes him any chance she gets.
The most important thing is that it isn’t bad that she wants to her kids to go to a private school or live in their house. If she really cared her kids having those things she wouldn’t be spending her money on botox, expensive hairstyles, plastic surgery, sports cars,or designer dresses for herself. She’d be saving every single penny for her kids. But she hasn’t so now it is likely the kids will suffer.
LOL.
Here I go, generating more self-hatred… This is a glaringly obvious one: The Duggars’ lifestyle choices are rooted in their FAITH (no matter how peculiar that faith might be). Kate’s only faith is the Almighty Dollar. Also, last I checked, the Bible had a number of negative things to say about vanity. I think Jesus was against it in general.
Because you ARE a horrible person. She’s a classic narcissist. She blames everyone and everything else for her inexcusable behavior. Hopefully she will disappear, but her poor kids will never have anything close to a ‘normal’ life because of her narcissism. Their father, while not perfect, is their only hope. He at least has retreated and gone back to a private life and has always expressed genuine love for his kids. You never see Kate hugging or kissing or showing affection to those kids. She’s too busy barking orders at them and yelling at them.
It was very sad when it was mentioned that the kids like to watch the first few years of the show because they show mom and dad and the kids all together.
It was also dreadful when they showed Jon talking about having kids in his early twenties, so when he left them, he felt “free”. This is still more of an option, in terms of social consequences, for men than for women.
i loathe the word mommy with all my soul
wait! A bodyguard? for whom? for the little ones, I suppose.
Then he should probably be riding with them, in the same car, not next to the mom.
What a joke. As someone said, there have been bigger and better families, who had faced big situations. I do not have any ida what place they live in, but it is probabli a mansion witha lot of bedrooms and bathrooms.
Did you know that CArlos Slim, one of the richest men in the wrold and his late wife raised his 6/7 children in a 3 bedroom house?
His children had to learn how to share and organize their time, etc. to use the bathroom, and more importantly, they had to socialize and make agreements.
Carlos and his wife could very well buy a larger mansion, but they wanted that life, they wanted a family where they had a feeling of an actual family, not a large place where they would not see each other, with his children having their own bedroom, bathroom , their own tv, etc.
I actually think that is a great idea.
A vast differnce between poverty and simplicity, but that not a lesson that anyone can learn from Kate.
Sorry, but the family meals of hot dogs on perpetual paper plates and substituting paid photo ops for real family interaction never really struck me as someone who was “reaching for the stars” anyway. She’s had more financial advantages that a lot of other folks don’t get. Sorry to hear she hasn’t planned for the day this show would end.
As for the Duggars, I was initially repulsed by the idea that anyone would have that size of family. After watching them, a couple of times though, they seem clean educated intelligent and loving. How is it that they failed to catch the Duggar parent’s few bad moments but dwell on Kate’s? Much of rural north America is only a generation or two from the large farm family?
True, Slim is the wealthiest person in the world.
Here’s a difference between Carlos Slim and Kate: Carlos earns his money!
Okay, look: When income is lost (HELLO, welcome to the recession) people MAKE CHANGES.
When we had our youngest and times were tough, guess what went out the window?
1. My nails
2. Eating out
3. Haircuts (we cut our own)
4. Hair colour
5. Fast food
6. Cable TV (internet stayed for homework)
7. ANYTHING CONSIDERED NOT IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY. (That means we needed a roof over our heads; power to keep the place warm & cook; and food. THAT’S. IT. Oh, and LOVE.)
That’s how it works, stupid bitch.
bellaluna
Since I’m not working my nails that I’ve had done for over a decade, gone. My color treated hair (the greys) are coming in nicely, thank you very much. Eating out, only when I’m invited. Fast food, about the only ‘going out’ I can afford. Cable, piggy backing on my mothers cable, same for internet. New clothes, forget about it. So all in all, just like you stated: WELCOME TO THE RECESSION!
Poor Kate has to downsize, just like most Americans, too bad, soo sad. NOT.
I really think that Kate is allowed to define herself and her own interests. If she wants to pursue a media life with all the trappings, fine.
I just don’t think she’s “owed” any more than she has already received. And I don’t find the idea that the only way her family can survive is if the children continue to be on TV laudable or true.
@ Kelly
I remember watching in youtube an interview of Slim I think it was Larry King wh went to his home.
I know that noone is prefect, but I did love that interview.
It is interesting to see a person who has so much money to think so clearly about how to raise his family without just thinking about the materialistic side.
I know some people already have it made, they do not need to worry about it, but for example this Kate woman… she’s using her children as an excuse to keep on reality, and then she uses mostly materialistic excuses… when she is herself maintaining a lifestyle which won’t stop at the house or the school the children have to be kept on, but also that means the nice clothes, the parties and gifts for their private school friends, the travels,, the cars, so the children do not feel less than othersm, etc… expensive everything.
She is painfully lacking in self-awareness, and, to be frank, she seems a bit dim.
After all, what kind of knucklehead runs out and purchases a little 2-seat Audi sports car (even used) at the very same time she will be crying poor and pretending to care about her kids? And smooth move knocking “regular” jobs at a time when many in her own region are out of work or working long hours to keep those regular jobs, and would be happy to have lives that were mediocre rather than just plain bad.
Not a huge difference here between her identity crisis and Jon’s earlier one.
You know, what did people do before a person could be on TV for having babies?
I agree scholate, she seems dim. She somehow believes that having children on TV has imparted her with some other special talent or gift?
i feel sorry for those children being left to deal with her meltdown once she realizes her celebrity lifestyle has come to an end. i can’t believe she’ll get signed for a talk show; she’s such an unpleasant person, who’d want to spend their morning with her?
jesus, i can’t believe she blew thru all that money; but you just know that she did.
I never watched her show but find the woman insufferable. I was so happy when the interest in her seemed to fade away. OF COURSE she is feigning self-awareness, fear for the future, etc… She wants people to feel sorry for her and it is giving her a lot of free press. She will find another way to worm her way into the spotlight dragging those poor kids all of the way. Trust.
“I can think back to the past with no malice, no hate, because that person [Jon] doesn’t exist anymore.”
He didn’t exist after the split. He’s back now, working his “mediocre” job and taking care of his kids. What have YOU been doing lately, you shrew?
“I refuse to pull [my kids] out of their house, I refuse to pull them out of their [private] school, so I better figure something out to keep them there, and it’s scary. Probably the future holds TV for me… Is this the last time you’ll see my kids on TV? Probably not. I know that there’s a lot of people out there who genuinely really care how each of my kids turns out.”
You refuse to pull them out of their house? But you’ve been doing that for the past FIVE YEARS! You broke up their home! YOU did it! And you’re right; people do genuinely care about your children. YOUR CHILDREN. NOT YOU.
There’s a reason why your show tanked, and it’s because no one gives a crap about you and that’s exactly what the show had become: all about you.
Oh, and Steve. We can’t forget about Steve, the adult who doesn’t eat salad so he has to take pizza away from a child. What a douchenozzle you’ve got for a lover, Kate.
The only difference between Kate plus 8 and murder mom Casey Anthony is minus 1. This bitch will snap. Cry me a river bitch. I clean houses for a living, i’m a single mom of two boys call me mediocre. I have a steel rod in my leg and could work circles around your cry baby bitchy ass. I would beat your lazy ass to a pulp. Don’t throw stones at hard working people.
Those kids are not special can’t sing. Dance not cute she was lucky she milked them this long..ordinary kids there .awful truth
Granted I haven’t watched lately, but I do remember Kate being obsessed with buying food on sale and couponing.
I don’t blame her for not wanting to uproot her kids by moving and/or changing schools. And what she is said is that she had to find a new job post haste to prevent that from occurring. Of course, a career in tv is not a likely option given her unpopularity. Hopefully the tv show cancellation will be a positive life changing event for her.
Also read she bought the Audi before the show got the boot……running now to hide under a rock. 😉
I read an interview in which she says they went for another kid after the twins because she wanted the experience of being able to dote on one child at a time. So let’s see — you had trouble conceiving, then managed to bear TWINS with the help of medical science and a dose of good luck, but that wasn’t enough? It didn’t fit into your pretty little fantasy about staying up all night with one baby? Talk about entitlement. It’s not enough that her dream of motherhood came true, it had to be “just so”. So she steamrolled her spineless hubby into trying for a third kid and they got eight. Talk about being careful what you wish for…
I would love to see her lose everything and end up having to move in with her parents…like a lot of Americans. I do think she will lose it all because she is so self centered and delusional. A good “Where are they now” story ten years from now showing how she had money, but lost it all due to selfishness and greed would be great. It would be a good lesson to those watching too. I honestly don’t care about her kids. I would rather give money to children who need it in a foreign country than her spoiled children. I’m sure they will grow up to be just as creepy and selfish as she is. With role models like their parents, how could they otherwise? The whole family is a mediawhore mess.
It speaks volumes to me that her family wants nothing to do with her. Did she really think that she could milk those kids for the rest of her life? I think the powers that be have figured out that no one wants to see her on television anymore. It was never about her, it was about the children. She made it about her and you can see where that got her. I can understand with gas prices the way they are that she would need a more gas efficient vehicle for solo errands, but an Audi TT? Really? Sorry Kate, not feeling a bit sorry for you. Oh and btw… you are mommy dearest, without the talent.
Guess I’ll put my two cents in. Didn’t Kate go on some talk show recently bringing her bills whining about how she didn’t know how she would pay them w/o her TV show? I know people who have a home full of kids and have been “downsized” in this economy — trying to scrape by — who never had the millions that Kate once had coming into her bank account. If she had been smart, she would have accepted the fact that fame is fleeting & saved as much as possible for this scenario. I don’t feel sorry for her for being a spendthrift, needing to live the high life and whatnot. She made her bed. Her comment about regular people living mediocre lives and how she couldn’t do that was disgusting. What makes that witch better than all the other single mothers out there who work two & three jobs to make ends meet. Single mothers who never had millions of dollars thrown at them. Take some of that money, Kate, and become a nurse anesthetist. A member of my family did that and she makes a nice salary of over $100,000/a year. Kate acts like a woman without options. The fact that she doesn’t know how blessed she was to have all that reality TV money rolling in for so many years – and didn’t plan for the inevitable end of said show – compared to the “mediocre” mothers out here who never had all those benefits but still have the will to take care of business without whining makes me sick. Millions of “mediocre” Americans have had to cut back! The party’s over, Kate, get a damn job and take care of those kids you CHOSE to have. And shut up.
To readers who say she “looks good”, let us not forget that this is purely down to her spending much of the money earned from the show on plastic surgery etc rather than investing in a future for her children, for that ‘rainy day’ when (inevitably) the public loses interest in this circus. Oh look, it already has. Poor children.
khate gooselin, you were plain looking when you started this reality series. Then you had a taste of “money” and “plastic surgeries” [tummy tuck, breast augmentation, skin treatments, and do I detect eyelid lift or is that your fake eyelashes?] and you morphed. I can’t blame you for all the “upgrades” and how you want everything for you. However, when you categorized non-celebs like me as doing a “mediocre” job – WELL, YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE. All that you have right now can be taken away again. It’s called KARMA. you seem to forget what goes around comes around. you have morphed alright – but, only on the outside. Careful khate gooselin, Someone [up there] is watching you and keeping tabs.
Gotta chime in on this one:
Kate isn’t your average divorced mom who’s just lost her job. This isn’t the same situation as the millions of other ‘normal’ people who are unemployed.
Think of all the millions of dollars this enterprise has pulled in over the years through the TV shows, endorsements, book deals, etc. Where did the super-saver Kate go? With just a little planning (which TLC should INSIST on), that family should have been comfortably set for life. I hope the kids don’t have to leave their school and home, because those children (like all kids) need some sort of stability, but I’m so not buying Kate’s poor-mouthing.
Like so many of y’all have said above – good parents put the needs of the kids first. Good luck, little Gosselins.
Not think it, KNOW it, Kate dear.
Ugh. I live near Kate Gosselin, and I am sick to death of her. I never watched her show, and I don’t know why anyone gives her the time of day. She’s a nasty one, and I’ll be happy when her time in the sun draws to a close.
Yes, she said the Audi was bought shortly before the cancellation of the show, but then again, it just proves that she was buying expensive things for herself instead of saving money for her & her kids’ future. She couldn’t go for a regular Honda or a Ford sedan? She had to have a 2-door luxury sports car when she’s got 8 kids to look after for another dozen years or so?
I’m thinking that she’s thinking that she’s not going to allow any of the kids in that car. Also, it’s a grand excuse to say that it fits only her & her personal bodyguard.
Nancy C.:
September 13th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
sorry folks.. i don’t see what is so wrong with her. she had a bad marriage with 8 kids..that would make anyone stressed. do you think the duggars are any better?
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I have no idea how you can even equate the the two families with each other.
From the very start the Duggars PLANNED on having as many children as God wanted them to have. They started businesses, home school their children and continue to earn their living.
If you insist on caring more about Kate then she does herself, dont drag the Duggars into it. Whether you agree with the choices theyve made, theyve never asked you to support them, nor have they ever gone on the fameho stroll complaining about money, kids, paps or each other. As meilamon posted earlier… They have all of what they need, most of what they want, but most of all they have an intact, loving home. You can’t put a pricetag on that.
she is mommy dearest! she sucks! and she can’t dance worth a shit! i don’t like her and take off your extensions already! be a mom and take care of your kids….. quit being such a hootchie mamma!!
duggars suck too!! i love little people big world!
‘I know that there’s a lot of people out there who genuinely really care how each of my kids turns out.’
Except you, you fish-faced, bottle-dyed, famewhore.
Wow! Finally! The best thing in the world for these poor kids is to be OFF television. anyone can see that they have emotional and behavioral issues, but look at their example! Kate is ridiculous. Shes always whining, “Its all about my kids, Im a single working mother now”. What a crock! Kate is completely self absorbed, and its sad but she is so used to being in front of the camera, she simply cannot fathom life out of the spotlight. If she spent even half of the time that she spends on personal grooming with her childrenthey would benefit. Even when she is with her children itslike she needs all the hype and the distactions, like going on all those vacations, just to tolerate them. I cant stand watching her,even on the few interviews I have seen and I feel sorry for the children. Kates meanness is not cute or entertaining, its just disturbing and in my opinion she needs serious professional help. In the real world women who choose to have eight children take care of them and spend their life making sacrifices for them, not ordering network compensated nannies around like dogs and treating people like the scum off her shoe. Those poor children need to experience their childhood out of the view o f the public and go back to reality, not reality television. I agree with Jon 100% Kate Go Away! stay Away! TLC good move!cudos to you
I am so happy that Kate plus 8 is cancelled,and I definitely will watch TLC again now that that witch and her eight spoiled brats are off the air. She has become completely self absorbed, thinking and really believing that she is a movie star type. Plain and simple she is ridiculous, and I agree her temper tantrums are not entertaining or as she likes to say” gets peoplle curious” they are just one of many signs of a seriously mentally disturbed person.Its painful to watch her, and every time I see her all I want to do is change the channel.She spent all that money or most of it on herself, It is obvious! It is also obvious that shes boffing that creepy bodyguard! Home wrecker, witch, and needs a dose of reality. Go back to being a nurse and stop crying. She keeps trying to whore herself out to any network who will put her on TV. Its laughable that she actually refers to it as her career. It was a show about having multiples, way back when , a long long time ago, before Kate started to believe she was the next as her friend said Angolina Jolie. I cant wait until we hear no more about her and she fades away. Who the heck wants to look at those bratty kids anyway / They were maybe cute as babies but now aghhh!