Yesterday there were no fans at the Gosselin property, at least when I drove by in the afternoon, but today there were several, standing in front on the road and walking in the field next to their spread. One group of fans declined to be interviewed but a couple from the Phila area was willing to talk with me. (video was on YouTube but is no longer available) I was going to end the interview with some silly questions including those submitted by my blog reader Fifth, but a car came up behind me and I had to skedaddle. The police weren't there today but when traffic starts to lag they come out and give tickets to get the vehicles moving. The top end of the property can be seen from a distance, but there's no visibility on the road from the lower end so cars parked around the curve can be a traffic hazard, especially with fans milling about the side of the road.
The negative things being said about J&K in the tabloids haven't caused a lag in fan attendance from what I've seen. Most of the fans seem to view Jon as a friendly, accessible guy who they'd enjoy having a chat with, and they're right. He sometimes comes down to say hello to the fans as well as the press congregating at the end of the driveway and along the road. As far as I know the only time Kate came down was once when she made a show of taking out the trash, and Jon has never brought any of the kids down. Sometimes you can see the kids playing up at the house but the impression I get is that both Jon and Kate try to create as much normalcy for them as possible when they are going about their daily lives at home. It's got to be incredibly difficult. How awful it must be to stop in at supermarkets and convenience stores and see your face on the cover with headlines like "He's A Dirtball." In my opinion that's the kind of personal invasion and attack that could cause trauma in the person being written about, not to mention his immature, defenseless children.
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My daughter wants to know if the fans ever hear Kate yelling at the kids. Seems like it might too far away to hear anything though.
Ask Jon if he knows of any good places to go for a drink in the area.
Do you know Jodi and Kevin?
Liked the Cold Play song playing...
HI Fifth, If Kate yelled from the pool area,we could probably hear her from the road. We can hear the kids whooping it up in the pool (from the road) and if you knew their voices well enough to tell them apart then you could probably tell who was hollering. I don't watch the show enough to know their voices. But they were having fun, that's for sure.
Jon would say to go to Legends. He's good friends with one of the bartenders named Brian and that's where he met that gal who was up in his garage apartment the other week, one Sat night after the bar closed. She came home with Jon and went inside with him. That was what Kate was crying and screaming about the night the cops were called. Jon had locked the gate because he felt she shouldn't come home during his time, but Kate was upset about the babysitter and didn't want her taking care of the kids while she was away, so she (Kate) stormed home to take care of it. Jon wouldn't let her in and the cops wouldn't get involved, saying it was a domestic matter, so Kate left crying and went back to her motel. Then from what I heard she left that hotel at 4 AM and went to another. I don't know if the first hotel wasn't good enough or if she just couldn't sleep or what.
I feel sorry for both of them and of course the kids. It appears to be a very unhappy situation for all involved.
Hi Fiona, No, I don't know them, but I've met people who do and they've said Jodi and Kevin are very careful about who they talk to and what they say because of how tabloidish everything has become. They seem like sincere and decent people from all accounts.
I'm on vaca in the Pocanos this week but I'm going to sdo more drive-by interviews when I get back. It's interesting to hear where people drive from just to see the house and hope for a glimpse of the family. The farthest I know about is Chicago, but three or four hours is not unusual at all.
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