This story comes from Star Magazine, so whether it’s true or not is up to debate. Star is reporting that bossy mom of multiples Kate Gosselin, 35, received a letter from Hugh Hefner offering her $400,000 to pose nude in Playboy. Kate is said to have put the letter in a drawer and to have been mortified about it, resigning herself never to pose nude for the sake of her eight children. Are you kidding? This woman has staged several bikini photo shoots for the paparazzi. She probably looks at the letter several times a day and gloats to herself that she’s cute enough for Playboy.
Kate Gosselin’s eight kids already think she’s a great playmate – just not the kind Hugh Hefner has in mind! According to an insider, the reality mom turned down $400,000 to appear in Playboy. “Hugh sent her a letter, but Kate was totally mortified and threw it away! She didn’t think it was appropriate because of the children.” Still, Kate has no problem showing off her body, adds the insider. “She’s proud of the way she looks.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, September 14, 2009]
Playboy has had covers featuring lesser-known and much-derided reality stars like Aubrey O’Day and Heidi Montag. Even if this story is fabricated, I’m pretty sure they would welcome a nude spread with Kate Gosselin. She’s not all that, but plenty of people would buy it just to get a chance to see her naked. She wouldn’t even have to show much – Heidi Montag wore a bra or bikini top in her spread and didn’t even show her boobs.
In this same issue Star has a slightly more juicy story about Kate Gosselin exacting revenge on her carousing estranged husband. They say that she’s planning on taking him to the cleaners in their divorce and that she’s mighty upset about the way he’s been wasting money on the many women he’s dating. Their source says “Kate is so upset and disgusted over Jon’s cavalier ‘single guy’ behavior – and the money he’s been wasting to fund it – that she’d leave hmi without a penny, barefoot and homeless on the street if she could… Their divorce is just weeks away from being finalized, so she’s prepared to do all she can to insure she gets most, if not all, of the millions that are at stake.”
There’s plenty of evidence that Jon is happy to spend money as fast as he can manage and that he’ll jump on any woman that will have him. He’s said to have bought multiple rounds of shots for all the women stupidly flocking around him during his stint partying in Vegas earlier this week. He also is said to have been “handing out his number to every girl that approached him.” All of that bad behavior is going to cost Jon quite a bit of money in his divorce settlement. I wonder if he’ll think it was worth it in the end.
I really don’t think Kate was mortified – in fact, I’m pretty sure she has jumped head over heels into staging everything in her life after the success of her show to make a buck.
I’ve no problem riding the fame wave, but do it like the Duggars with a little respect and dignity.
As for Jon, I’ve been watching the show along time and that dude took some abuse, NO DOUBT. But now he’s just being a moron.
Get it together, people.
Id be proud of the way I look too if i had fake boobs & a free tummy tuck!
Oh ok. But based on how she and her husband have sold their children to the highest bidder (TLC) would she turn down a playboy shoot involving the kids? One has to wonder. Theres little the two of them won’t do for a buck. Pathetic.
They already have 1 playboy grotto, they didn’t need another.
Their show is on almost everyday at different times, they must be receiving thousands of dollars in residuals. I agree that Kate is controlling and didn’t treat Jon right but with the way he has be behaving lately it looks to me like he really deserved it! The man is a moron and does not know how to manage money.
Man, I think playboy just loves to make these offers to women so they can bring them down… Anytime a woman achieves fame, a playboy offer is soon to follow.. it’s some sort of conspiracy by that dirty old man and his misogyny….
That area above her bikini bottoms grosses me out.
Shelly Shellz: No kidding, LOL!
Also, is the tummy tuck to blame for her wayward belly button? Maybe it’s just the photo, but it looks like it’s up near her ribcage. Weird.
She just doesn’t want people to see her boob job scars.
Who cares? Why do you all care if she is making money? Like you would not accept it? What makes me sick is all the news reporters that put her down? What do you think they are making? Tons of money too for being on TV! Everyone is so obsessed over Kate and her paycheck. So what? Her kids are fine. Jon is a jerk. It was ok when they were together, what is so wrong now that they are not? She has not changed, he has. As far as poor Jon taking abuse from her, look at him and the way he is living his life? He needed to be told what to do. Maybe if he had a smart person in his life today they could stop him from being such an idiot! You all have eight kids and see what you look like? I bet if someone offered you a tummy tuck or any type of improvement you would too take it. So, leave her alone. Everyone gets paid for their work why cant she? Her kids are fine. Many kids go through divorce. On TV or not they always suffer. They will have to adjust like all the other kids in the world.
Sunday – Could you be a bigger idiot? You don’t know those kids are “fine,” how can you? No one ever talks about how they’re doing or what kind of impact this is having on their young lives.
You say they will just have to “adjust like all the other kids in the world,” but some kids have problems adjusting, and some never do. And all this media attention is only making it that much more difficult for them to try and heal. But their mother loves and thrives off all this media coverage.
I agree though that Jon has changed and Kate has stayed the same, and by “stayed the same” I mean “always been a huge bitch.”
It’s so obvious you’re on Kate’s side. I don’t see how anyone could pick a side here since both parties are prime examples of disgusting human beings.
take the money and run hide it from the kids by next yr at this time or sooner who wi;; remember or care
take the money and run hide it for the kids by this time next year who will remember or care !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!