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Celeb Mommy Fires Daddy
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:36 AM
It's an American tragedy:
The breakdown of the marriage U.S. reality television stars Jon and Kate Gosselin has made its mark on the television show that chronicles their lives, with its title being changed to "Kate Plus 8".The reality show now called "Jon & Kate Plus 8" will change its name on November 2 to reflect the couple's divorce, which was filed for in June.... "Kate Plus 8" will document Gosselin's life as a single mother raising 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins.
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I hope the network fires her, too. I'm sick of the gosselins in particular and the glorification of over-reproducers in general.
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I don't watch or support any show that rewards people for having litters, and I understand from people who watch the show that Kate Gosselin is a bossy control freak...but why the headline "mommy fires daddy"?. Didn't the network fire daddy? Seems like "daddy is a complete tool who bit the hand that fed him" would be more appropriate.
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I honestly don't know why she wants to continue with this sort of thing now after the breakup. It's bad enough that it happened but to keep it up there for all to see, fail to see how that will be beneficial for the kids in the end. She seriously needs to start thinking about the kids first.
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@6: Yeah, 'cuz she's got so many marketable skills that will pay the bills.
She could do HR, since she's great at picking people! Or be a Detective, since she's got this amazing skill to read people and find out what wrongs the commit. Or maybe a lawyer, since she's got an awesome ability to get justice.
Oh wait, nevermind. She should stick with TV.
She could do HR, since she's great at picking people! Or be a Detective, since she's got this amazing skill to read people and find out what wrongs the commit. Or maybe a lawyer, since she's got an awesome ability to get justice.
Oh wait, nevermind. She should stick with TV.
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Seriously, LC @6, where else is she going to make a million dollars a year? Money makes the world go 'round, baby.
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@ 6, they're making $50k per episode. That pays for a lot of nanny bills, and funds a lot of education accounts because there's no way she's putting the kids through public school at this point. I don't see saying no to that as the better choice.
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10 No it doesn't and i pity you if you believe that. It may get you material junk but in the long run that doesn't last, same goes with fame. But it doesn't get you what's most important. She'd be wise to follow thru with that if she doesn't want any of her kids, especially the boys, repeating the same error that she and Jon did.
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loveschild, education is both pretty freaking important, and pretty freaking expensive.
not to mention all the great memory/character building shit they get to do solely because of this show. (ie vacations, not beign on welfare)
how is kate (with or without Jon) supposed to support all 8 without this show?
not to mention all the great memory/character building shit they get to do solely because of this show. (ie vacations, not beign on welfare)
how is kate (with or without Jon) supposed to support all 8 without this show?
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@ 17, no Octomom already had six fucking kids, so Kate would need to shit out another six of her own to even catch up to that nasty cunt.
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Is there a local agency that provides emergency supplies for those of us who are 'care-impaired'? Or should I get some from Phasebook and Fritter? I really do feel bad about benignly neglecting these breeders, but apparently I have pro-choice on my side.
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I think this whole thing is borderline abuse. Kids get no privacy, every moment in their lives is recorded as entertainment - I'm not a fan of kids, but it takes a sick individual to take pleasure in watching them being miserable (you know they wouldn't be happy little things 24/7).
Honestly, christ - 50k an episode, they could've just done a year, saved the money instead of blowing it all on expensive vacations (how about going to Glacier Park, or the Badlands - camping out instead of going to huge parks with overpriced food?), then the kids could get off camera and grow up normal lives.
Honestly, christ - 50k an episode, they could've just done a year, saved the money instead of blowing it all on expensive vacations (how about going to Glacier Park, or the Badlands - camping out instead of going to huge parks with overpriced food?), then the kids could get off camera and grow up normal lives.
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LC, you're the LAST person around here who's qualified to give Kate Gosselin advice about how to conduct her life - or anything else for that matter - or were you MARRIED when you squirted out those three little spats of yours?
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@ 26,
Well, multiple births are expensive. The octuplets cost about a million dollars a kid just to deliver. Jon, the ninth baby, is unemployed and has been for a good long time. Do you really think he had health insurance? Do you think it covered all their bills? I'm sure a lot of that 50 grand an episode has been sucked up to pay for their very expensive fertility treatments and birth...not to mention any other medical bills that come along with having a multiple.
Well, multiple births are expensive. The octuplets cost about a million dollars a kid just to deliver. Jon, the ninth baby, is unemployed and has been for a good long time. Do you really think he had health insurance? Do you think it covered all their bills? I'm sure a lot of that 50 grand an episode has been sucked up to pay for their very expensive fertility treatments and birth...not to mention any other medical bills that come along with having a multiple.
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Clearly their marriage dissolved because gays can marry.
See, 14? There, I did it.
And 26, I'm pretty sure the network pays for all their vacations and stuff. They WANT the family to actually do stuff. If they just waited for them to do things they could afford on their own, every episode would take place at McDonald's.
See, 14? There, I did it.
And 26, I'm pretty sure the network pays for all their vacations and stuff. They WANT the family to actually do stuff. If they just waited for them to do things they could afford on their own, every episode would take place at McDonald's.
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