Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Kate~A Most Fascinating Person~One of Ten!
Kate Gosselin is one of Barbara Walter's Ten Most Fascinating People of 2009 on her annual special, tonight at 10PM EST on ABC-TV. Will this be another example of how Kate says she's taking the high road rather than embarrassing herself "like a certain someone" while she's embarrassing herself and taking the low road by making not-so-subtle stabs at her husband on national television? Or will this be another example of Kate being on national television like she was on the Ellen Degeneres Show taped in California, talking about how she's being a regular mom at home with her kids instead of jet-setting all over being on national television like a certain someone? Or will this be another calculated foot in the door toward her own talk show on national television, which if she gets she will have to do from the humble town of Wernersville PA if she plans to do it without jet setting all over the world while her children are home again with the nannies? One thing's for sure, Kate - if you want the attention to stop, stop feeding the beast. It will be interesting to see tonight's display of good mothering and taking the high road. Watch it and then come back to discuss.
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I wonder if I should pull out my Gosselin BINGO card for this..... :-)
Jon is not a goo dad. Hes a ho sleeping with tramps . As soon as he runs out of money the kids will be back on tv just wait.
Maybe, maybe not, but I wonder if he knows how to spell and punctuate?
I think Jon has gone way around the bend and is not coming back anytime soon. Go, get your shit together, get a J-O-B, and try to be a good daddy. Because those kids are damn well going to need a Kate alternative
Wow.... so much Kate hate. Why? What did she really do wrong? Why are people so offended? When does Kate ever say she is the "Mother Theresa of child rearing"?
I don't think Kate is perfect. I have seen her be pretty mean to Jon, and one has to question why her family members are not in her life. I am not a hater, I see her has a real person, not pretending to be someone else when other people are looking. I have respect for someone that shows who they really are in any situation; that takes courage and confidence in yourself.
That being said, I just don't see the "horrible" person that other people see. I often wonder if that is a little bit of mirroring going on, and obviously there is some jealousy, and perhaps some inabilitiy in people to admit that they have problems of their own. Are the haters so perfect that they can't relate to Kate and the things she does in any way?
What baffles me more than anything is seeing so much self-righteousness, and judgement, and hippocracy.... let's bash Kate, but never ever admit that we do anything wrong. People who have humility and self-acceptance don't need to put others down, no matter what they do or who they are.
I suspect that Kate's self-confidence is the reason people see her as so arrogant. Self-confidence and confidence in your choices can be a pretty intimidating thing sometimes; especially in the face of criticism. I have respect for the fact that she can make a choice that is right for her no matter what people think..... that is the women of the 00's baby!
Sure the show is exploitative, however it is interesting the theories that people come up with about the harm it is going to cause. It is also interesting about the "facts" that people come up with ....does anyone really believe that they are multi-millionares? I certainly don't .... if they are they must be the thriftiest spenders and best savers on the planet because from looking at their environment you wouldn't know it.
I guess this all just reinforces for me how little truth is actually found on the internet.... instead, it so much random babbling (including my own!).
Hi Kathy and thanks for visiting. Your comment is so long that it's hard to know what to respond to. You point out that Kate never said she was the Mother Teresa of child rearing, but she does keep saying her children come first, yet she is now going to be doing a talk show in the spring, which she will have to do away from home, and she'll be doing it while the children are adjusting to the divorce. That is not putting the children first.
Your fourth paragraph seems to imply that what you call Kate-bashers think they are perfect. I think that's a stretch. I don't know anyone who thinks they're perfect, and objecting to someone's behavior doesn't mean the objector thinks they're perfect. It just means they object to the person's behavior.
I too have respect for someone that shows who they really are in any situation and I agree that takes courage and confidence in yourself. My problem is that I don't believe Kate is honest. She has always appeared very self-centered to me, and once I found out that Jon wanted to quit the show long ago but only stayed on it for her, and the Hawaii wedding was a sham and that the marriage had been over for quite some time before that, I lost all faith in her honesty. Clearly the sham of a marriage was kept up so she and TLC could continue making money from the show. I'm sure Jon enjoyed the income, but he was willing to give that income up since he had been asking to end the show for some time at that point.
In my opinion Kate does not appear confident. Confident people are calm and secure in their convictions. They don't need to control or put other people down in order to win, be on top or feel good about themselves. Kate has a history of exhibiting the behavior of a bully, and bullies are notoriously insecure.
I don't know how "multi" they are, but they are definitely millionaires. Anyone who makes what they made per episode, and taped that many episodes per season, and had so many seasons, and got so many things free, and got paid for appearances and books and extras besides the show income, are millionaires. They probably could have bought a much more extravegant home, but Kate did the finances and she is very conservative with money.
To me this case provides a good example of the sense of entitlement some people seem to develop sometimes when they are vaulted into exceptional incomes and gets lots of free stuff. Like I've said before, it's now going to be very hard for Jon or Kate to go back to regular living, but doing so is the only way they're going to be able to escape the tabloids and get their family back to normal.
Other parents work regular jobs and are able to feed eight kids. They may not have nannies and drivers and laundry people and cleaning people and landscapers and publicists and agents and yada yada yada, but it is done all the time and results in happy children who know they are loved and are their parents' priorities. It's not too late for Jon and Kate. they could still go back to nrmalcy if they wanted to. Once Kate's show starts in the spring, normalcy will be left farther and farther behind.
Bravo Werny Gal. Love your post.
Great post, Werny Gal, and also excellent response to Kathy. I think you made your point quite well without resorting to the name calling and labeling that frequently occurs between supporters and objectors of the G's.
I doubt that "normalcy" is in the future for any member of this family. The children are beautiful and deserve to have a happy healthy carefree childhood. But I don't think that's going to happen. I think they are already showing "entitlement" issues, quite likely just out of observing the behavior of their parents.
I do believe that both Jon and Kate love their kids, completely and fully. And that they want the best for their kids. But I don't believe that either of them really know what that means, or how to go about obtaining it. Happiness and love have nothing to do with "things" - it's simply a state of being. Sit back, be quiet, let the love in. Smart spending and smarter financial planning, and they should have been able to "never work again." Too bad. Too sad.
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