By Anya
One of the frustrating things about being a Kate Gosselin fan is you are often on defense — refuting nasty speculation and outright lies about Kate.
Generally, I prefer to focus on the positive. I don’t blog about Kate or support her solely because I think others are unfair to her. I do so because I actually like her (to the extent one can know a television personality on a reality show).
One of the reasons I like her? She’s funny. Kate’s down-to-earth, dry sense of humor has always been a draw for me. Of course, the kids were/are adorable, but I have always enjoyed Kate and her ability to laugh at herself and at life’s absurdities. It is refreshing and I think it is one of the reasons other fans are drawn to her as well.
Of course, Kate hasn’t been able to laugh and showcase her sense of humor as much over the last 12+ months. I miss seeing this side to her.
I look forward to seeing Kate smile, joke and laugh more in 2010 and 2011. For now, enjoy this silly moment from a few years ago with Alexis.
Please share your examples of Kate’s witty side – the droll humor that so many of us not only get, but appreciate.
Note: this is an occasional series where we highlight the positive – Kate’s qualities we admire and think deserve highlighting.
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126 Responses to Why I Like Kate – She’s Funny!
She is funny. She has a great laugh and smile.
I like that she defines herself as a mother. She has an important job and she knows it. (I’ve been thinking about this as the result of comments on another thread here.) I like that she has eight children. I always admire moms of big families (speaking as a mom of a small family.) I like that she and Jon welcomed every one of them though the burden of carrying and delivering them, and the hard work raising them, must have seemed insurmountable. I like that she’s raising them in a beautiful home and seeing that they have many opportunitties to learn. I have tried to do that with my children, and I admire anyone who does.
I like that she has “no response” to most of the wickedness spread about her in tabloids or at Internet sites. She isn’t influenced by what the people who hate her think, and why should she? They do not have her interests or her family’s at heart.
Yep, I couldn’t agree more. Kate has a wry, quick wit. I fear all too often it went over many a viewers’ heads as snarky.
That now infamous potty training filmings, to me was a mixture of her humor getting the 6 to a place where they felt comfortable in accomplishing a MOST IMPORTANT mission in any mother’s life… 8 times!!! What really captured my imagination most was how brilliantly both Kate & Jon were able to focus & celebrate the individuality of all 8 children. Never did I think of them as a ‘litter’…that was an incredible amount of work…& must be even tougher as they grow older!
I don’t know if anyone would agree, but now that Kate is, in essence, a single parent - I see her having to fill in where Jon left …being that 9th child who can get down to their level of silliness. No matter what way one looks at it, I don’t think she could get through each day w/o humor…and as she says: “It’s a beaufiful day”.
I like Kate because she has held tongue through all she has been through for the sake of her children. Jon got on tv and said he despised her, said he loved Hailey more than her and basically blamed her for everything. I am sure there were lots of thing she could have retaliated with but she didn’t. I also like Kate because I think despite what other people say she always puts her children’s well being above her own,and loves them unconditionally.
Carol, I also appreciate how Kate has handled and come through her divorce. For those above who think Kate is funny, the people at the Emmys agree w/you. She’s appearing this year as part of the opening w/Jimmy Fallon. They’re prob spoofing her stint on DWTS. I like how she can laugh at herself. Congrats to Kate.
I see the text of this article was missing due to some technical issues. Pam – hurry back from vacation, please!
Anyway, I think I reposted successfully. Thanks for the comments so far….
I thought the title was enough, Anya, lol. Looks good now!
I enjoy Kate’s sense of humor also , she has made me laugh several times on the show and interviews.Some of the best interviews with Kate have been with Fallon, Leno and Lettermen they get her dry wit and are able to bring that out with some great results. With Dave when he asked if Jon had a job? and Kate replied Does he?
With Leno she did a pre-opening and you heard her counting 1-2-3 over and over. Leno knocks on the door and asked if he was interupting her dance practice and she said no , she was teaching Terry how to count:) There was a chalkboard with apples and she had stick to point to the apples. Classic comedy with the big (dumb) football player and the mommy in Kate teaching.
But what I like the most is she is able to make fun of herself and do with a great big smile! If the Emmy rumor is true it proves that she is a ratings draw and that she conducts herself professionally on the sets and the hosts enjoy having her on.
Lily, thanks for the news on the possible Emmy appearance. It sounds right up Kate’s alley – not taking herself too seriously. Of course, I am sure she is doing it for the paycheck and exposure – she is a smart business woman and doesn’t let her ego get in the way of a good opportunity.
Thinking back to Papparazzi bit on DWTS, it is ripe for satire. Kate’s dancing was the least offensive part of it. The costume she was made to wear, the band’s bad cover of Lady Gaga and other elements were bigger issues, IMO.
Anyway, hope the Emmy appearance happens. It’s fun to see Kate stretch herself and try new things.
Ann, I totally agree with everything you wrote in post #1.
Let me add, I like that she treats all of her kids as special and thinks of their feelings and how they all feel about each other to keep them a tight knit family. I like the fact that she is a woman of God and believes and teaches that to her children. I like that she teaches her kids right from wrong and expects them to act accordingly.
I like that she is an adult and has chosen to act like one throughout the way her life has crumbled in the last few years. I think she’s an awesome mom who is very talented in her own right. I am glad she is spreading her wings, too.
Thank God the kids seem to have her sense of humor!
I like Kate’s laugh. It always seems so spontaneous and infectious. I like Kate’s facial expressions when the kids are speaking. They are hilarious. I like Kate’s looks because they are very beautious. Did anyone notice that I have so many words that end in ..ious? I just realized and it was not on purpose. Anyway I like the fact that Kate sets boundries for her children and that she enforces them with gentle strength. Children must have enforced boundries and to me it is one of the most important tools for training and teaching children so many things.
I like Kate, period!
I think one of the reasons that Kate rarely bugs me is that I click with her sarcastic sense of humor. So many of the things that set other people off just strike me as Kate being facetious. That doesn’t mean she isn’t occasionally inappropriate, but I guess in context it rarely strikes me as mean-spirited, and that makes a difference to me.
I do love seeing her tease the kids – the clip with Alexis above is a great example of that.
Mostly repeating but—Why I like Kate- She treats each one of her children as individuals. She makes fun of herself. She has a great laugh. She doesn’t wear “mom” jeans- ha!
Do ya’ll like how she treated the dogs??
That really stuck with me.
Manny, I think you might be posting in the wrong thread? I am not understanding your point?
BTW, Jon has tweeted that he will take back “his dogs” when he moves to a bigger home.
I don’t think Kate mistreated the dogs. I think the decision to get the dogs was a collective bad one, given what they had going on in their lives. I don’t think Kate ever wanted dogs, and once Jon had moved out I don’t think she felt able or willing to take on the added responsibility that his absence put on her.
It was unfair of both Jon and Kate, both to the kids and the dogs. But I don’t think Kate mistreated the dogs, per se. I’ll admit that generally I don’t like it when people don’t like animals, but Kate has other qualities I do like, so it’s not a dealbreaker for me.
Jennie, Manny has gotten us a little off-topic here, but I don’t think it’s fair to infer that Kate doesn’t like animals. I think she is practical enough and knows herself well enough to understand raising dogs is a huge responsibility and she would rather put her energy where it is needed most. She shouldn’t have been talked into the decision to get the dogs in the first place, but, hey, people make mistakes. Even with good intentions.
Whenever she spoke about the dogs, it was sarcastic. She HAD to name them, but could not be bothered to care for them. She hated when they were loose…just being dogs.
I always wanted to ask people that love Kate, how they reconcile her treatment of the dogs. Even when one of the dogs wanted to get on the treadmill, she thought it was funny that she “won” the “battle”. I don’t think other people’s or animal’s discomfort is joking matieral. And as the dogs grew, I never heard her say a kind word about the dogs. She even made fun of Jon when he said he loved them. What’s so wrong about loving an animal. So I guess I don’t get her sense of humor. It seems always at the expense of another…
Help me understand.
Manny, speaking sarcastically of the dogs, insisting on naming the dogs, and crowing that she won a “battle” over a treadmill are not examples of dog mistreatment. The dogs don’t understand sarcasm.
Anya, you’re probably right that I’m overstating it to assume Kate doesn’t like animals. Knowing how mess-phobic she is, though, I can understand her not being the ideal pet owner.
Manny before I explain my take on the dog situation I understand some that some people are not huge animal lovers. My own mother was not a animal lover but she got us dog when we were young and she had nothing to do with the animal it was all on us. I don’t even think she ever petted it. Now my memory is a bit foggy on the whole dog episode and some of the episodes that were shown afterwards with the dogs. From what I remember Kate wanted a small dog like a shitzo (SP?) Jon wanted the German shepherds and I think he convinced Kate what an asset those type of dogs would be to living on such a large property and for the most part they are very good with children. I think Jon told Kate I will do all the training and exercise regiments and you just buy the dog food and treats and make sure the kids have water and food for the dog. The sad part is that they separated and the animals were not trained and under the circumstances I think Kate emotionally had her plate full with the divorce and the children’s needs. Had the timing been different and the dogs would have been properly trained and a little bit older I think a different decision would have been made. Kate even has stated that she regretted her decision about the dogs , but under the circumstances of that time period it was the best decision for the household.
I am a BIG time dog lover. Well, any animal. I just don’t think those dogs, and the chickens were treated right. It was stupid to put in a rooster, she was told and ignored the advise.
And remember, one person does not train dogs, it has to be the whole family, or the dogs only respect one person.
This whole thing made me think Kate mean. If she wants to put down her husband, well whatever. But dogs are defenseless. Have they been adopted by a loving family, or are they living in some 6ft kennel somewhere waiting for Kate to call them back. This really bothers me.
Jennie says…The dogs don’t understand sarcasm.
LMAO!
Manny says…So I guess I don’t get her sense of humor. It seems always at the expense of another…
Manny, as others have said, I think many may not get her sense of humor, so you are not alone. I disagree that Kate’s humor is always at the expense of others. I can name many times she has made fun of herself too. When people don’t acknowledge that, I kind of wonder if they are have made up their mind about her and aren’t interested in anything that refutes their POV.
Good points, Diane. I actually don’t think being a pet lover should be a test one has to pass in order to be considered a “good person.” We all have different personalities and make-ups. Some people just aren’t suited, either due to their personality or life circumstances, to caring for animals on a daily basis. Assuming the children are old enough to take responsibility, I don’t see anything wrong with what your mom did — assigning the day-to-day responsibility of caring for the pet to the kids. The Gosselin kids weren’t really at that point yet obviously.
Let me add, I like that she treats all of her kids as special and thinks of their feelings and how they all feel about each other to keep them a tight knit family.~Theresa
I agree. I have always thought that Kate knew the personalities of her children well and what they needed as individuals. So many children, so many needs. Even though the girls complained some, I thought it was so sweet the time she was shown giving Mady and Cara pedicures before a trip.
Thanks for that clip Anya. It is so cute. I don’t remember that at all.
Kate always loved animals. When she was a kid she had pet rabbits AND an Irish Setter named Rosie. She loved her pets. I think the problem with “the dogs” was that it was like having two more children and of course, she didn’t really need the extra work!! Then Jon was gone, so she didn’t have his help with the dogs. She never mistreated the dogs–they just kind of got in her way.
I, of course LOVE Kate. I have always enjoyed her laugh and crazy sense of humor. She can always make me laugh. She has ALWAYS made up words and that always cracks me up!! I enjoy her, and love her very much, but of course, i am biased!!
…and how about those chickens? Kate could do voice-overs & write a book…’100 ways to cook eggs’. Always a Manny lurking just waiting to cast a dark cloud on a topic that is not humorous. I do love dogs, but am not a Kate lover, but admirer. (Just for the record.)
Even to the casual observer, those dogs came at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. Kate wanted a little fluff ball & Jon wanted a Standard Poodle (We had one…& Hailey, amusingly did too.) I do know something about Shepherds, & thought the breeder was daffy to allow this family to take 2. Shepherds take almost a yr. to grow fully, & they NEED obedience training. (Didn’t Jon’s mother trip over one of the dogs & went via ambulance to the hospital?) It’s over. Kate made no apologies. Nor did she need to. Her family KNEW how she felt, & for whatever reason, Jon is still milking getting the dogs back once he has a house. (Hope they don’t eat Ellen’s for dinner.)
Just wanted to add another thing about the dogs -Remember it was Kate who noticed that Nala(?) was in distress because she had swallowed a toy. She had been away and noticed something was wrong when she returned. Jon, who was with them the whole time, didn’t notice the problem. She obviously did care about them, and was tuned in to their behavior.
I like Kate for all the things mentioned above EVEN Manny’s.It was responsible to return the dogs & in everyones best interest. The Gosselins were not the first family to make a mistake with pets..& won’t be the last!
Think of all the people who just abandon or do worse to animals they are unable to care for? I can think of 5 couples I know who have gotten rid of dogs.
I have no interest in getting a dog, had them as a kid, saw my mom was the only one who took care of them(even though it was my dad who brought them home) & to be honest I’m just not really a dog person… really not a pet person. Maybe when the kids are older, maybe not:)
I also like Kate because she is flawed…she’s not perfect, nor has she ever pretended to be!
She is not a stepford mother, she was not a stepford wife & her kids are not stepford kids. She has bravely opened up her home to all of us, let us peek in on her life & kept it real.
She’s imperfect just like me & as silly as it sounds I feel as though I’ve actually learned some things about myself from watching the show & of course blogging with a wide array of smart, witty not always perfect Kate supporters.
Hey Momsby…no, it’s a good thing to realize when enough is ENOUGH! One saving grace for the breeder was he said he’d take them back if it didn’t work. It did not, for all the right reasons! Personally when I hear anything prefaced w. ‘Kate lovers’…my skin crawls. I love many aspects of what Kate has allowed us to see…but I leave my ‘love’ for those I know.
Do I ever agree with the comments made in Kate (& Jon) allowing us all to know each of the 8 as individuals & not the much overused ‘litter’. I did fall head over heels for those dear ones. Never have I taken to anything quite as seriously as I have with this Team Kate vs. Team Jon…I am not a celebrity follower. Kate captured my heart as she’s younger than my own daughter, & as wise as I think she is…I can not imagine her navagating Kate’s life w. as much grit & grace as she has. Without her sense of humor, I don’t think she’d be signing off w. ‘it’s a beautiful day’!
I really appreciate all the kind words you all are saying about my daughter. It’s nice to see that there are people who appreciate her. Yes, she is Imperfect like the rest of us, but at least some people enjoy her, imperfections and all. Isn’t that what we ALL want and need? Thanks all–it warms a mother’s heart.
Mom of KT, We truly appreciate your words, too, because you validate how so many of us feel about Kate! You quite obviously did a good job! <G>
Mom of…you are blessed! While we all have our Imperfections, at least we mothers can allow ourselves to LOVE unconditionally.
I appreciate people’s responses….don’t have time to write, maybe later.
HB says…I can not imagine her navagating Kate’s life w. as much grit & grace as she has. Without her sense of humor, I don’t think she’d be signing off w. ‘it’s a beautiful day’!
Great point!
Momsby, I agree, I have also learned things from watching Kate, the show, and then discussing it all with you guys. I feel I am more compassionate and I am much less quick to make snap judgments (and share those opionions with everyone, LOL) — especially about public figures when I know it’s quite possible I only know a small portion of what is contained in that person’s heart.
We all do want to be loved and appreciated for ourselves — imperfections included. I can’t imagine the burden of trying to pretend I’m perfect just so I can feel superior to a reality show mom.
Mom of KT, human nature being what it is, people seem to prefer sharing their negative impressions, rather than their positive ones. I think there are many more Kate supporters/fans out there, but they just don’t choose to share it on the internet. Rest assured, however, there are many of us who have her back and will continue to offer a positive perspective and refute the outright distortions that are passed around…
Manny, thanks for your response. I hope you will come back so we can discuss further.
Lily, you never saw that clip before? OMG! That’s probably one of my favorite ones of all time. Alexis was just adorable in that episode. I liked Kate’s teasing, but what really struck me was Kate’s voice when she repeated Alexis’ words — “your my mom.” Kate repeated it with so much pride. It was such a sweet moment to witness.
I just have a really hard time understanding why some people feel like they need to put others down to build themselves up! Especially, when it’s moms against moms…being a parent is hard enough without having to worry about outside judgements. Most of us are just doing the best that we can & continually trying to do better. I’m actually even becoming more assertive & defensive of other moms who I feel are being snarked on unfairly.
I’ve found pointing out positives about people, can really take a gossip/judgy conversation in a whole new direction. I’m sure there may be a couple of the playgroup gals who have something to say about me when I leave the room…but then that is their issue not mine.
IMO..I don’t think there was one episode that Alexis was not adorable in, she cracks me up!
I think Kate has a great laugh, a real ability to laugh at herself, and a real gift for comedy (Terry Bradshaw’s a perfect partner on that; he was sending up some of the snarkier comments that have been hurled at him over the years).
I think Kate liked the dogs. I think she was just stretched way too thin to give them the attention that growing German Shepherds need. It was Jon who decided to return the dogs (& turn it into a PR jab at Kate) after, IIRR, Kate said as much to him. That wasn’t his only option. He didn’t have to blow all that money living in NYC with Hailey. For a lot less money, he could have rented a house with a yard nearby the kids, where the dogs could live with him & the kids could play with them. Prior to the separation, when Jon decided he didn’t want to participate in the speaking engagements, etc., he was supposed to be staying home & looking after the kids (and the dogs). He didn’t like that either, so help was hired. It still wasn’t enough. They picked a reputable breeder who took the dogs back.
Aaden and Alexis seem to be the two family comedians among the kids.
I think many people do not get Kate’s dry self deprecating humor…but I love it! On one of the recent shows when she and the kids went to Discovery Cove and the alligator hissed at her, she later said on the interview couch that she was offended by the hiss. I thought that was very funny.
One of the more touching and sweet things that I have seen on the show was when the sextuplets were very young and still in their cribs. Kate went into their room to get them after their nap and one of the girls had a poop accident..it was all up her back and all over the bed. Kate exclaimed her “oh lordy be”. She than took her into the bath to clean her up and Kate, while washing her hair stopped, looked at her and shared a giggle .
It was a spontaneous moment that made me smile.
Funny people have funny children. Kates children are so normal and such a delight. This is an example of funny family business that kids remember.
During their FL trip I think. One of the kids yelled that so and so whacked them FOR NO APPARENT REASON. Kate instructed them all that there’d be no whacking, for apparent and non apparent reasons. He hee.
The twins look very comfortable being on camera and are getting very entertaining. I loved their version of why they needed chickens.
Loved Collin trying to get the water jug back to the coop and exclaiming I just love these chickens but I can’t get this ( heavy water jug) !
All of them say the cutest things.
I think they are a family that has a lot of fun together and they will share endless laughs through this jorney of theirs called growing up ….Gosselin!
After reading through the comments and the subject of the dogs again I just have to say the other thing I admire about Kate is that she can make the tough decisions, the unpopular ones and stay focused on what works for her family at the time. She took a beating when the dogs went back. I was very empathetic towards her on the subject. Who wants to take anything away from 8 children? The early episodes of J & K showed such intense parenting. One parent could have never handled the early years. I could only imagine facing being the responsible adult in the situation, up at night figuring out how to make it all work while caring for 8 hurt and saddened children. That task in itself is monumental. You can tell her children are her priority. If she had to make a tough decision, that can be called knowing your limitations. Very responsible to know and act appropriately IMO. She didn’t abandon them at the side of a road, they went back to the trainer. Because she tries to make good decisions for her 8, shes in a better place right now and her 8 will reap the rewards!
HB, Judy and Anya: I can’t say it enough–Thanks for your kindness and support for my Katie!
I love Kate. I love her realness. She shows when she’s exasperated as a mom. All mom’s get exasperated. I like that she shows she’s not perfect. She loves her kids so much. You can see it in her eyes when she looks at her kids.
Kate’s trendy without being slutty. She’s wholesome without being boring. And, yes she’s funny, too!
It’s so nice to watch her shows an not have to watch any garbage, just good clean entertainment. I’m no prude, but honestly I get so tired of the garbage. Just sooo tired of it. When I watch Kate or her shows, I know I’m going to be able to relax and enjoy, I know I’ll laugh and when it’s over, I’ll feel good! Is that dorky? So be it. Even my early 20′s daughter says she’s tired of all the garbage slutty stuff in the media today.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m familiar with they type of dogs they got (what Jon wanted) and those are NOT the type of dogs to have around little kids. They are fine dogs, but not for little kids. I grew up around them. And they surely are NOT house dogs.
I will 100% support and defend Kate.
Why do I like Kate? Her sense of humor just cracks me up. She has the dry sense of humor and says it with such quickness it catches you by surprise and make you laugh and brightens your day. I love that she has come through this past year as strong as she has and ignored all the negatives in their lives and was determined first, last and always to watch out for the best interest of her children. No mother wants to work and would love to stay home and take care of their children but that wasn’t what the Good Lord wanted and gave Kate and her husband eight beautiful children. Since they have divorced Kate has no choice but to work to pay all the legal bills, and all things involved with raising eight children. I don’t understand why so many people think she should go back to nursing because even if she downsized her home, and other various methods of saving money, the fact is that Kate would be away from the children she loves so much hours upon hours every week where now she is with her children a majority of the time.
Like I heard her say once, she has the best job in the world, she can be home with her children and get paid for it. Anyone honest enough to be truthful most mothers would love that kind of job. Like with any job there is, there are pros and cons and it just so happens that one of the cons is that the children are in the public eye but from what I’ve observed Kate is doing everything possible to limit her children’s exposure to the paps. The trees were an excellent addition to their privacy. So I love Kate’s quick wit and her beautiful smile, those eight adorable extremely polite happy and healthy children and I think Kate rocks as a mom.
I don’t know why the continued discussion about the dogs. That was so long ago now and I clearly remember on one of the shows that Kate and Jon were discussing the dogs and Kate said they were Jon’s dogs and his responsibility to take care of them, train them, walk them, pick up the doo and so on. Jon apparently didn’t care enough about his dogs to find a place he could take them with him so they both decided to send them back to the breeder. Kate had enough on her hands at the time with the nasty divorce and games Jon was playing at the time and still trying to be a mother to her children and take care of them. Did Jon once ever go visit HIS dogs since the divorce? He has never acknowledged he has and even when asked on his twitter he didn’t reply but he did answer another person’s question that when he got a home of his own he would get the dogs back.
Well it’s obvious that Jon has never called or visited the dogs because if he had, he would know that they were adopted out way back in about April or May by a lady that specifically asked if the Gosselin dogs were available for adoption and the breeder told her they were so from what the article said the lady was a very nice lady and just wanted to give both of the dogs a good loving home. I don’t think Kate knows either but they were actually Jon’s dogs to begin with and even he agreed he wanted them. Kate wanted a smaller breed but Jon wanted a larger breed so that’s why Kate gave in and just told Jon they were his dogs and he was responsible for him and of course like all parents teach their kids while the dogs were there the children were taught to help to take care of them too but it all comes down to the fact they were Jon’s dogs from day one. So since the dogs have a new home and a loving one according to that article months ago it’s kind of a dead issue. Other people have seen the article too. It wasn’t major news of course so that’s why maybe most people don’t know. As long as the dogs are safe and sound and in a loving home isn’t that what any pet lover would want to begin with? As a huge dog lover it all turned out good for those adorable dogs in the end. I don’t think anyone of us with a sane unbiased mind would blame Kate with all that was going on in their lives that taking care of two still untrained dogs who belonged to Jon in the first place would be more than a person could handle with all the other things in their lives at the time. Oh yes, Jon played the sympathy card that Kate was making him give up his dogs but we all saw a side of Jon we didn’t expect to see and one that sadly was very vindictive when I’m sure it was a family decision including Jon that it was the best for the dogs. So seriously why go on and on about something that is so old and so way overblown?
I liked Kate right from the first special. I loved her sense of humor. I loved her made up words. I do it too. One of my favorite scenes is with Alexis from the first special. Kate went into their bedroom and discovered that Alexis needed a bath. Her reaction was hilarious. And then when she was bathing her and Alexis looked up at her and giggled. Soooo cute.
I am going to give MO about the dog situation.
Kate was always the responsible one in the Marriage and she continues to be, she had 8 young kids and IMO a very childish husband and then here came 2 more responsibility’s the dogs that also went onto Kate.
If Jon wanted the dogs and didn’t want them to go back , then why didn’t he rent a house instead of living with all the different woman?
Now on to why I like Kate, Kate was her real self, she show’s her imperfections that we all have and Kate doesn’t put on this fake persona that so many reality celebrity’s do.
I admire a person who can laugh at herself, and Kate does that often.
She also is a go getter who goes for what she wants, she is a strong woman who has been through a Hell” IMO !
And instead of letting it get her down she walked through her storm, and then came out of it a better person in many ways.
Coco Puff I agree with you, one of the things I just love about Kate is that she does have the ability to make fun of herself or to take quite graciously even the comedians that have joked about her on late night shows. My favorite bit of humor was when Kate was pretending to of shopped and was putting bags in the back of the car and she had paps around her and they way she was treating them just like a mother would absolutely cracked me up. I also admire and respect her abillity to admit her faults and own up to them and yes apologize for some of her failings. None of us and I certainly now I’m not perfect and Kate is strong enough and confident enough to own up to the fact she is like the rest of us and not perfect. I love your idea Coco that Kate has walked through a storm, although I think it more like a huge tornado and despite all that, she came out a stronger and better person in so many ways. If we are going to admit that none of us are perfect like Kate has I must admit that I’m not sure that I could have weathered that storm near as well as she has. I would have fallen apart halfway through it. Bravo Kate!
Coco – well said about the dogs!
We see Kate have her melt downs, her hard times. But each time, she gets up, brushes her knees off, puts a smile on her face, takes the bull by the horns and moves FORWARD in a manner that is positive and respectful of herself. I’m sure Kate has had all kinds of offers, but she didn’t let herself take the cheesy, sleezy, questionable ones. She’s picky about what she chooses and I like that. That shows
decency and self respect and concern for her kids. Nothing her kids could ever look back on and be ashamed of their mom for.
I hope Kate writes more books. She’s a wonderful gifted author.
I’m really enjoying this thread, thanks ladies:) It’s so nice to be able to focus on the positive, rather than defending some of the criticisms. I’ve found myself nodding in agreement to all your observations of great qualities Kate has, and thinking yep, I like that too!
Wow, all you have made such wonderful, positive and loving comments about Kate. This entire thread is an absolute delight to read.
Thank you all for Kate appreciation and today I love and appreciate all of you.
Pregnancy getting better, have gained back 2lbs and my pants can’t be buttoned and my bras are way too small. Yep, there are two of them, for sure.
All of you imperfect women have come close to perfection with this thread. Keep up the fab work.
I had a clipping of a saying that I used to go by at the toughest time in my life. It went something like this:
A tree doesn’t develope strong roots unless it has to dig in to survive the storms.
That’s Kate.
I know–it’s VERY hard to hear through all the “hate” chatter, But….I hear you ladies and it makes me very happy. I want you all to know that I report to Kate all the nice things you say. I think she needs to know about all the good hearted people out there who enjoy her, and realize she is doing what she does for her children, NOT for herself!! She has to glam up because of the business she is in. I get tired of people who pick on her for fixing herself up. I don’t think, altho she is a pretty woman, she would have gotten as far as she has, looking the way she used to.
Mom of KT -
I hope you pass on big hugs to her as well. (if you give one for each of us, you’ve got a LOT of hugs to pass on!) There are those of us who ‘get it’ and support her even though we may never met her – the hater’s don’t get it that it’s not the point of our support – ever meeting Kate. We are mom’s and we support other mom’s who are doing their best. Few of our lives have taken the path we thought it was going to take, most of us have had to adjust as we go along, and take advantage of what roads were open to us to do the best by our family we can, just as Kate.
We’ve no problem with Kate ‘fixing herself up’ - we’re glad to see her do it for her, regardless of whether she needs to for the business she is in.
Please make Kate aware that the numbers who support her are far more than those of us who ‘voice’ our support of her – our blogs get hundreds, some thousands of hits a day reading. It’s average for those who comment on blogs are less than 1% of those who actually read. IW can vouch for that, right ladies?
We’re trying to make our voices in support of Kate heard loud and clear.
Oh, and as far as looking the way she used to – goodness she had six babies – I looked far frumpier until mine got into school and I just had one at a time!
Kate is very attractive. She takes after her mom. So does her sister.
I always feel like my defense of/support for Kate is also for the moms everywhere who get judged, judged, judged by people who can only see one way to do anything: THEIR way. I don’t believe it; there are often many good choices set before us.
Ziggy says… It’s average for those who comment on blogs are less than 1% of those who actually read. IW can vouch for that, right ladies?
Ziggy, good point.
Pam is better with the site number interpretation than I am, but I think you are in the neighborhood, the low single percents for commenting after reading. We are not unique, I don’t think.
Ann, excellent points in your latest.
I always feel like my defense of/support for Kate is also for the moms everywhere who get judged, judged, judged by people who can only see one way to do anything: THEIR way. I don’t believe it; there are often many good choices set before us.
Well, exactly. I defend Kate because I like Kate and find much of the criticism of her really inappropriate, unfair and over-the-top. But I also defend her just because I don’t like the judgment that those who tear into her show – they are so critical and a lot of the criticism has to do with mothering and being a woman, and I feel those criticisms need to be fought vigorously.
I like and support Kate just because she is Kate. Whether she was in sweats and a T-shirt she has always been a Mom first. Raising children is a hard job no matter how many you have and strong women stay together and support each other. If we were all perfect we would have no smiles in the world, like burning cookies with the kids, bleaching the red shirt in the whites etc. I look back and laugh with my kids all the funny stuff that has happened over the years. I love a dry sense of humor, some people will just never get it and this miss out on so much. I look forward to Kates new adventures!!!
Exactly why I defend Kate, too Jennie!
I found this article interesting. As I’ve said before when we were talking about the haters and the horrible stuff they have said and some seem really threatening, nobody is ever anonymous on the web.
Mom of KT, I totally agree with Ziggy in post her post #53. Kate is a smart woman who always thinks of her children first and foremost. She is a wonderful example to her girls when she exercises and takes the time to glam up. Teaching 6 girls to take care of their health and apperance is a wonderful and loving gesture a mom can do in helping them take care of the temples the Lord has given.
Ziggy said… I looked far frumpier until mine got into school and I just had one at a time!
So there is hope for me still?:)
Moms supporting Moms, Women supporting Women, it’s such an easy thing to do when you really think about it. Treat other’s the way you would like to be treated is something that I greatly hope my children will remember always…I say it enough, but sometimes even I have to be reminded to live it.
@Ann, once again you’ve said it so well I have nothing to add other than ITA:)
Momsby-I agree. I think one of the reasons the khaterz hate Kate so much is that she refuses to stay confined to their antiquated stereotype that, in order to be a loving mother, a woman MUST be a SAHM 24/7 & who has no identity or interests ouside of her children. Their obsession with her returning to nursing is a grudging acknowledgement of economic realities but nursing, in their worldview, is still a womanly/motherly/caretaking occupation suitable for a womanly woman (to heck with the fact that it requires a whole lot more than fluffing pillows & requires demanding educational and clinical training).
Kate says she’s found she loves her outside jobs and it’s abundantly clear how much she loves and loves being with her kids. She’s made it clear she’s fortunate in that her current situation gives her the flexibility to do both. The khaterz have never accepted that filming with the kids allows her to do both simultaneously. I think the obsession has that the kids are miserable is bizarre. When those kids were in the water at Discovery Cove or getting to know the new chickens, they were overjoyed. Even having a house with a huge yard and a pool.
No two people and no two families are alike. I think Kate sets a good example for showing that mothers like all women indeed all people are works in progress who can change & grow & develop and surprise even themselves with what they are capable of doing and that we can enjoy, accept, and support each other as we work out what’s best for ourselves and our loved ones.
My brother and I had a rocky relationship growing up & it took us a long time to accept that we had very little in common in terms of tastes and interests other than coming from the same gene pool and a love of rock and roll and that that was OK. The fact that our interests were so different wasn’t a criticism or a put down of the other’s interests; it was just each of us being ourselves. We’re great now because we’ve learned to accept and even enjoy our differences.
Peggy said -
I think Kate sets a good example for showing that mothers like all women indeed all people are works in progress who can change & grow & develop and surprise even themselves with what they are capable of doing and that we can enjoy, accept, and support each other as we work out what’s best for ourselves and our loved ones.
Well said, Peggy. One solution doesn’t work for everyone, there isn’t the ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ box. There are so many factors which go into one choosing what works for themselves and their families. What works for one family may not work for another. Because one persons life may have certain limitations doesn’t mean that everyone else has to determine their lives based on those same limitations.
Momsby – laughing in good nature at you. Just as there are stages in a childs life there are stages in the role of being a mom. It does progress from just making sure that when you step out in public, as long as you don’t look like you crawled out of a cave, that was enough. To actually being able to enjoy the fun aspects of being a woman again. The clothes, the makeup, the fashionable hair style that takes more time to keep up, buying shoes purely for style and & not having to think ’can I run after a little one in these?’ One of the things I specifically remember is I stopped wearing necklaces and braclets because either my kids were grabbing them or they just got in my way, even going out in public, of seeing to my kids. Then when that time passed, it hit me one day that was no longer an issue. I bought so many necklaces and braclets for a long while after that! It was like one day I was able to see, hey, I’m still a woman, not just a mommy. And lets face it, it can be fun to be a woman!
Theresa – post #59 – Good post. It is because of people like the haters that being anonymous on the internet has become a thing of the past. Although certain protections have been put in place to protect one jane doe from being able to locate anther jane doe in real life based on their IP, the proper authorties with the proper legal proceedings and/or legal paperwork, everyone can be found. There is also the use of proxy servers out there which some people think that makes them anonymous. It does not. When one uses a proxy server, your real IP may be disguised on the internet, but that proxy server has your real ip and must provide it if requested by law.
I like Kate for many reasons but I guess the biggest reason his her strength. Most people would crumble under the barrage of criticism she receives daily. I admire that she is willing to work hard to keep her kids in the excellent school they attend and that she does place a strong value and emphasis on them attending college.
I enjoy Kate’s “realness” on the show. She does not worry about being “politically correct,” she is who she is. That takes a lot of courage as it obviously leads to the barrage of criticsm referenced above. Part of that “realness” is Kate’s sense of humor which is great.
Paige, I agree. One must have humor or one is lost in the world of hate and bitterness and hopelessness. I like that Kate can laugh at herself and realizes she’s not perfect, just doing the the best she can.
“Those who live in glass houses, cast the first stone”.
Ziggy-If you had told me, before the Gosselins split, that I’d be regularly commenting on blogs about Kate Gosselin, I’d have told you that you were INSANE! I enjoyed the show. I got the books. Heck, I even got the DVDs but it was a very low priority in my life. The turning point for me was that infamous 6 week blitzkrieg of anti-Kate covers on US Magazine, especially the infamous Mom to Monster cover. The “Mom” part was Kate immediately after the babies were born: no hair color, t-shirt and baggy sweats, no make-up, still some baby-weight to lose, clearly had not seen sunshine in a LONG time, etc. The “Monster” was a blond Kate with decent makeup and clothes (this apparently means that she’s “Gone Hollywood”). Any regular with the show who watched when they showed home movies of their lives until she got pregnant with the 6 knows that what US consider evidence of “Monster”hood was how Kate looked her entire adult life until she got pregnant with the 6 and then had to deal with 6 newborn preemies and two just emerging from the toddler stage (She called the pregnancy and after look “Scary Mommy” when she and the kids were looking at photos at Hershey Med in stories about their birth<g>)
I saw RED not only at US but whoever (Jon and/or JoKe were my bets) were selling her out to make her look bad in order to try to take the heat off & divert attention from Jon acting like a horny teengaged boy. I hate injustice & unfairness so I started responding to Khaterz comments. If women stand by and let other women be trashed for not conforming to some stereotype, then I hope they learn what it’s like to be on the receiving end of all that hate without anyone to defend them.
Peggy, I think that blitz turned a lot of people. Those that were on the fence about Kate, or indifferent and even some who didn’t particularly care for her. It also brought out a lot of people who supported her but weren’t vocal about it. First, for those familiar her story knew the mom pic was when you stated, second was the absolute barrage of venomous hate being spewed. People had enough. American as a whole are good people, but good people often just walk away from hate in silence instead of standing up to it.
When the JoKe thing first started, I tried posting on the infamous board and not ONE of my comments ever got through. Then I tried on another board and they got through but I was completely attacked and even personally threatened by one. After reading the hate boards, I decided they were so full of crazies and the charges so outrageous that any sane person wouldn’t pay attention to them. I was never one to post on blogs/messages boards anyway, or even read much of them. Then a couple of years back, I got involved in one. There was a group on there who decided to launch an attack on some others. It got very mean. I was in the group who was being attacked. I got myself out of it and swore that I’d never post anywhere again. I didn’t for a long time. Then when I heard about Kate getting a new house, I was so excited for the kids and yes, I did want to see a pic of the house. Without paying attention to what I was clicking on, I found myself back at the infamous site. Just out of curiosity, to see if things had changed there, I read, a LOT there. It had gotten so much worse than before, even though it had been pretty awful before. I again tried getting comments through, again no success. But after that I did start trying to put a positive post up where ever I saw an article posted about Kate. Every where I posted a positive comment, there were barrages of haters who seemed to be going after those who supported Kate and spoke positively about her. I began to notice that although there were different names used, there always seemed to be the same talking points used by all the haters, and all seemed to be using pretty much the same wordage. I soon realized this was an organized group who had their ‘plan of attack’. I got to the DWTS message board before the haters did. I tried to warn people there that the haters would soon be swooping down and would take over the board with their kate hate. I’d seen it happen before else where and the good people would just stop posting. I would do that, as well, just stop posting. Then when they did swoop down on the DWTS board, it was worse even than I anticipated. I finally had it, I had enough. I had every right to support whom I wanted and to do so publicly. I looked around at the other pro Kate sites, but not knowing anything about them, and wanting to get my support of Kate out pronto and not wanting to takes weeks of reading to see if these sites were safe to post positive Kate on, I just started my own blog. I never dreamed I’d have a blog mostly devoted to Kate! For me it was partly about Kate and partly about fighting the hate on the internet in general. I had let fear keep me silent. I hate that I let the haters keep me silent. I have never been one to operate out of fear and was surprised at myself when I realized I had let fear keep me silent. I was ashamed of myself, not just for not speaking out in support of Kate, but of being afraid to voice my opinions on other subjects. I decided that my blog would be 100% safe to post support of Kate. I didn’t feel the need to give voice to opposing views. And still don’t. Frankly, I’ll be damned if I let others silence me and haters rule the internet. I’ll fight till I type my fingers to the bone.
PeggyP, I totally identify with what you have said. Attacking Kate because she takes pride in her appearance is totally ridiculous. I can only imagine what the people who criticize her every move must look like if they have to attack her for being attractive and working to keep a trim figure!
I am much older than most of the people who post here and on the other blogs. Never in my life have I ever followed a TV show online, but I loved this show from the first episode. A couple of summers ago on a rainy day at the beach I start looking around to see if others shared my feelings and was absolutely appalled to see what people were writing about Kate. The more I read, the more angry I became, because none of us… (except for Mom, of course!)… know Kate and none of us have ever walked in her shoes. The more I read the ridiculous and hate filled words being slung at Kate, the more I felt like I had to defend her. I do not always agree with all of her decisions, but I will always defend her ability to make her own choices. I totally believe that women should support other women and mothers should support other mothers and the vitriol that was spewing out of some of the blogs left me shaking my head. Even worse, after I started speaking up and showing support, were the hateful remarks directed to me, even though the people writing knew nothing at all about me, my family or my life. Since finding IW (and GDNNOP), Sage and Ziggy, I have felt so much more at home knowing that I am not the only one who feels the way I do.
The haters have no idea how much they reveal about themselves when the spout their garbage. They show their ignorance and their blatant jealousy when they accuse Kate of things they have manufactured in their own minds. I truly believe that what goes around comes around and that while Kate has taken the high road, the people attacking her will pay one day for taking the lowest possible road they can. Yes, I still get angry when I read their hate-filled comments, but I try to avoid them as much as possible. In the end, they are the ones who will lose.
I marvel at Kate’s ability to laugh at herself, at her obvious love for her children, at her sheer determination to give her family the best life she possibly can and her ability to keep on keeping on, no matter how tough things get for her.
Sorry to ramble on…. I have a lot to say! <G>
I had never heard of Kate Gosselin until the tabloids started rumbling about the divorce. I started reading the stories about the family. I started watching what Jon was doing publicly and became quite appauled at his behavior. I caught some episodes on You Tube. I didnt see this horrible mother I was reading about. I saw a mother that had 8 kids… EIGHT!!! I saw a husband that was more like another child. I saw her taking control of her life and making sure she raised beautiful and productive children regardless of her ex husbands antics. I became a Kate supporter. I am now watching the episodes as they air on DHC and her new show on TLC… I LOVE THEM! Her story resinates with me because I am a single mom with a beautiful little girl that I am trying to sheild from her father’s life choices. It is not easy being the only responsible parent. I can not imagine having to do it with eight little kiddos. I NEVER posted on a blog before Kate Gosselin. I do now because I can not believe what I read posted about this woman. She is a good mom. She deserves respect and I will be one of those to make sure it gets voiced… And I love her humor as well! I can’t imagine I would have much left after raising that many babies, but she does it with a smile.. because to her IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY!
Lindsay, I got interested in the Gosselin’s for pretty much the same reason and like you I had never been involved in blogs or comment boards until I saw what was happening and started watching all the old and new shows. I have many family and friends who as they say “blog” but I had never sought one out or even realized what it really was until all the media frenzy on the family. It really upset me when I saw the horrible things said about Kate and her children and felt it was very unfair and judgemental. As a member of a family full of wonderful working mothers I felt that it was time for people that support working mothers and moms in general to speak up. Kate isn’t perfect but it’s some of those very imperfections that I enjoy and oh those kids are so adorable it makes me miss my own grandchildren so much. There is nothing better than being a mother but it’s even more fantastic is being a Grandma!
Seeing Kate and the kids flying kites made me smile a whole lot today!!!
justpoor, Seeing Kate and the kids flying kites brought back so many wonderful memories of my dad actually playing with me and helping me fly kites. I just loved doing it and he never once complained about going out to do it. Oh it’s so tempting to run out and buy a kite just to do it a few more times even as I’m older. Something about flying kites really like a free floating feeling. I’m sure the kids had a ball doing it too. A child pretty much always needs an adult to help them get it going up in the air but once there the child can have so much fun twirlying it in all different direction.
What a bunch of fools you all are. Just because someone comes on here and signs in as KT and pretends to be her mother does not make it so. Honestly, get some brains people. This woman was kicked out of Kate’s life years ago and has never been shown or mentioned on the show by her so called daughter. Not one time. Others have come, Nana Janet, Nana Joan — to replace the grandparents, but the real mother is not allowed in the home. When will you all, esp. Judy <g> get it through your heads that Kate has never taken a high road in her life and wouldn’t know how to if she tried? She is destroying her children in quick order. THEY are the ones you should care about instead of inventing people to pretend to be Charlene Kreider. Delusional. Every one of you.
BethanyAnn-And what exactly makes you the source of accurate information and why should we believe you? The moderators of this blog have taken steps to verify that the poster IS Kate’s mother and, based on experience with them, we have every reason to trust them. We have no reason to trust someone who barges into this blog, spitting venom.
Nevertheless even if what you claim were to have been true, you act as if estrangement between adult offspring and one or both of their parents is unheard of except in the case of Kate Gosselin.
What concerns me for the children’s sake is I hope that they are not aware of the number of people out there such as you who spread spiteful, horrible, hate-filled gossip about their mother and who give every appearance of wanting harm to come to them in order to punish their mother.
Oh, BethanyAnn, go suck lemons. Has your face frozen in the grump position yet?
Remember, a frown is just a smile turned upside down!!
- Ziggy skipping away singing a happy tune -
-Ziggy’s happy tune -
Kate’s gonna be on the Emmy’s, Kate’s gonna be on the Emmy’s
Bethany Ann,
We really do not need to explain anything to you but I guess I will.
We have been communicating with Charlene since she emailed our site last spring when Kate Gosselin was on DWTS to thank us for our support and treatment of Kate. We are very familiar with people on the internet saying they are someone they are not ( penn mommy anyone?) so we were very cautious and took many steps to verify that she is indeed who she says she . It was revealed in a previous thread that one of the ladies from our group actually met and visited with Charlene Kreider this summer and verified that she is who she says she is.
I am aware that she is being attacked for expressing her support for her daughter on our site. I am not sure that she can win. For the last two years people have asked why Kate’s mother doesn’t speak up to support her and when she does they rip her a new one for doing so.
Pam, I will never understand how some of these people see a tiny slice of Kate and her children’s lives and can assume so much. We only see a little pinpoint into their lives. Kate is a smart woman and I wouldn’t be surprised to one day find out that all those naysayers were so very wrong. Kate did say on one of her specials that she had become very good at sneaking people in and out of their home and besides if the other people in Kate’s live choose to not be part of the media frenzy I don’t think there is a single sane person who would blame them for not wanting to be a part of the paps and the media. Kate never dreamed that their little show would turn into what it did. She is dealing with it all quite admirably considering the obsticles thrown into her path. I will never in my lifetime understand why so many people wish, think or say such terrible things about this family.
The only real damage being done to this family is being made by the media and a few in reality members of the public who either portray her with words or pictures in the worst possible way and the most dramatic headlines by the media to grab our attention. These people that throw out the hatred have so many names and it’s become like a contest as to who can say the most shocking things and throw hatred out the most. Seriously it’s like pack animal behavior. It’s the public that somehow think they are judge, jury and executioners who are the ones who are hurting their lives. Why oh why can’t they see that their words hurt especially when 99.99% of what is said out there is not the truth? It’s sad really. I personally wish nothing but the best for that family and most of all for those smart, adorable, healthy, happy children.
BethanyAnn, negitivity, bitterness, and hate is something that you choose. I refuse to engage in that ugliness spewed all over the ’Net about Kate. If refusing to allow bitter, nasty, ugly gossip into my life makes me a delusional fool, so be it.
I trust the moderators verfication process regarding Kate’s mother. I also know one or more of the moderators has insider access to several people – hence the interviews with Jon and Ellen at different times.
It is NOT strange that Kate’s mother loves and supports her as she gave birth to and raised Kate. I can not imagine any circumstances where I would not still love my son. Furthermore, we only know parts of the story of the relationship between Kate and her parents. You assume that Kate never sees her family because she said in an interveiw and on the show, that her parents were not involved in their lives. How would you possibly know if she and mother reconnected and reconciled since then.
BethanyAnn, if anyone is delusional, it is you and your hater friends. Go back and plot your next move with them. You get all the hater support you need from each other. You won’t get it here.
Yep, just love it…suppose this is what being blind fools on the internet comes to, & why I personally began making my own gratuitous comments. Plenty of Imperfections we can all draw attention to, but my least favorite is the blasting others for opinions…w. name calling.
Just suppose BA, you were bordering on any truth… just how in the name of ’Sam Hill’ can one have a good conscience claiming to know Kate or her children’s lot in life? It is so absurdly repugnant!
How divinely appropriate that those who look after IW would give BA a spoonful of patience in measuring fiction against fact, w. a reponse. Love it Pam!!!! ;0)
Why is it so surprising that Kate’s mom loves and supports her? Think. THINK! Don’t you love your children? Your mom loves you, doesn’t she? Of course!
You know I am not lying about meeting her. You know she’s not lying about who she is or how she feels.
Here’s what I want to know: why would this make anyone angry? Bethany Ann, why would you insult people here? There is something wrong with your reaction. You should not be so invested in being right about how “she is destroying her children.” Unless you are just having a little fun? That would be worse, because I know you are old enough to know that is wrong.
I think “Mom of KT’s” support of Kate is shaming some of these women.
Paige, Pam, Ziggy, and Lexxi-ITA. Also, for all the khaterz faux-concern over Kate’s purported lack of friends and family, they do their damndest to drive people away from Kate. Look at what they did to that poor football coach after just a rumor that he had taken Kate out on a date after the divorce. I have never seen anyone (at least who wasn’t a celebrity or, especially a wannabe a celebrity) list the following as a major romantic turn-on in a personal profile: having my life, especially my job as a public employee, my divorce and my relationship with my kids, being publicly torn to shreds like a piece of meat being savaged by a pack of wild dogs. Look at what they put Jamie through (I admire her beyond words; anyone who can still stand and support and even advocate for a friend after that, instead of fleeing in terror, is a friend to treasure). There are some people who have masses of friends and acquaintances. Others go for quality rather than quantity and have one or two that mean the world to them. Kate strikes me as likely to always having been in the second category. Now she has to worry about why a new potential friend wants into her life and, if her own brother can betray her, can she trust a newcomer. IMHO, that’s one of the reasons that Jamie’s so important to her. She and Jamie became friends when Kate was just Jon & Kate + 2 which meant that they were friends for years before Kate even got pregnant with the 6 when there was no public interest in and/or money to be made off betraying Kate and the kids.
I also agree with HB and Ann@IW; they just posted while I was drafting mine and I didn’t see their’s until after I posted.
Pam@IW,
I wish I could put your reply to BethanyAnn on giant billboards all across Haterville!
Have a great day and don’t forget; Ziggy’s happy tune -
Kate’s gonna be on the Emmy’s, Kate’s gonna be on the Emmy’s
Let me make note here for anyone who thinks Kate being on the Emmy’s isn’t a big deal because she wasn’t nonminated for anything -
THE two of the biggest awards shows in the entertainment industry is the Oscar’s and the Emmy’s.
Can you recall who was nominated for what when on any awards show?
Nope, what is remembered is three things: The host, the dresses, the entertainment.
They only choose those for the entertainment who they feel are the most in demand at the time.
- ziggy skipping away singing happy tune -
Kate’s gonna be on the Emmy’s, Kate’s gonna be on the Emmy’s
People get so angry about Kate’s Mom posting here because they have used Kate’s relationship with her Mom as a weapon for so long it drives them crazy to think they have been wrong.
So true. In the end I personally don’t care if they believe or not believe. It is not going to change the love and support that Charlene feels for her daughter.
LOL. Who, but Pattypie would ask that question?
just askin’
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This is the little haters footprints going wa, wa, wa, all the home.
Speaking of people having a problem with Kate’s Mom posting here, I’d like to clear up a little confusion people at another site seem to have. On the thread about the Masches, I questioned whether a particular post was from Kate’s Mom, not whether she actually does post here. I wondered because she used a different name, and because she does not usually post to refute things (I can understand why). She mentioned Anya and Ann in her original post, not after being “challenged”. I just want to say that I trust the “person named Ann” (as they called her), who met Kate’s Mom, a lot more than I trust the person named Jodi, who verified PM.
Oops, I mean “the person named Julie“. I always mix those two up.
Kiki,
Too funny!
Pattypie
Can we meet somewhere so that I can verify that it is you? Maybe you can buy me some lunch.
I hope when you say “meet” you don’t mean in a dark alley…and when you say “buy me some lunch ” …I hope you don’t mean give you all my cash and credit cards then make me kiss the ground while you run to Anya who is waiting in a nearby get away car….. If that’s what you mean, well then I am busy that day. But if it’s not what you mean…count me in!!!
just sayin’
Dang DHC has been showing other shows when the J&K+8 was supposed to come on… I may just have to buy the DVDs so I can see all the shows and watch them with my little princess who just loves “the babies”.
Does anyone know when the new shows are going to come back on? I am sure they have been busy filming and I am ready to see some of the exciting new footage.
I also heard about a mishap with the chickens. On the Kate plus 8 Plus More it said they only had the chickens for x # of weeks… do they still have them? I was thinking maybe the little pop up meant the farmer that was keeping the chickens at first. I thought it was so cute when Kate said they could get a cow when pigs fly and the older girl said give me a pig and Ill throw it… such great humor!
Oh Ladies! You gave me such a good laugh with your silliness! You are right (as always), Pam, I can’t win either way. But it’s okay; I know with certainty when I post here, I am believed by the majority of WONDERFUL women who are beginning to feel like precious friends! Thanks for letting me freely express things about my daughter and occassionally correct untruths about her and my family. With all the lies being stated as fact on the internet, it feels GOOD to set the record straight on some subjects. So AWESOME that you all have my back, and Kate’s!! God Bless you all!
P.S. Ziggy: I just love “your little tune”!!! So funny!
Sorry–forgot to answer–Yes, at this point in time they still have the chickens. How long they will keep them, who knows?? We had chickens when Kate was growing up–she said it feels like the old days!
Kiki, that’s so funny. I remember how Julie supported PM and also how Julie was supported by the screamers. I was a new commenter back then and the GDNOP admins had my respect for how they handled the entire situation w/PM being a fraud. I felt for so bad for all the accusations that were slung at them, especially about the fake calls to the hospital where Jason supposedly was in. Anyone that remembers the GDNOP admins outing PM and Ann/Saint/Curious digging furiously at the followup (I remember reading Berlz’s daily), knows that they would not allow someone to fake being Kate’s mom on IW. (waving to the real Mom Of KT)
Kiki, love your avatar.
Thanks Lily, I found that after the last wave of speculation that Kate was going to be fired.
That other site was also saying that Kate’s Mom should do a video so we would know it was really her. So, that made me think of her and Ann doing a Jodi/Julie tape. Then I realized that most of us don’t know what Ann looks like, and have only seen older pics of Charlene, so I don’t know how we’d know it was either of them. I think Charlene would have to vouch for Ann.
I think you should get a couple of random ladies of the right age , and re-enact the J/J tape.
(“Yes, it’s all true!”)
Kiki, I ca’nt read what Holmer’s sign says – what does it say?
“The End is Near”
Kiki,
That is such a great point, and a funny suggestion. We wouldn’t have met each other if there were any doubt. I didn’t meet Charlene until well after Pam had verified who she was. It wasn’t the purpose of our meeting to verify. It was to express her love and support for her family. I was happy to do so. She is very attractive, very nice, very warm.
Too sweet. I have to admire the majority of posters here for their love of Kate. I too like her dry sense of humor.
But on the relatives? Kate’s Mom and sister? When was the last time that Kate’s Mom (who is supposedly posting here) saw her grandchildren? Can she provide information on how it went?
And Kate’s sister? Shoot, I’d love to see evidence of her frequent involvement in the kiddo’s lives.
Oh, yes,I’m sure it is all off camera. But surely true relatives and supporters of Kate would make time to be on camera and advertizing their involvement — because Kate has had to withstand so much flack on the lack of involvement of family..
Why are these putativly involved and loving relatives abnegating their (supposed) involvement to nanny shots?
Instead they are (supposedly) posting here. An unashamed fan site. Sorry, but I just cannot buy it as real!
Jane:
Why should Kate’s mother have to “provide information” on how a visit with her grandchildren went? In what universe is that any of your business?
PS. If you’re going to try to impress with big words, please learn to spell them. Thanks.
Jane,
Then don’t and move on. It really makes no difference to IW or the ladies that post here if you believe or not. That is not what this thread is about. IW is not using or promoting that Kate’s mom posts here. It is other sites that are reading here and taking it back and posting.
We have had communication with Kate’s mom for months now and have basically said nothing other than one time months ago when Charlene asked us to pass something on. It was Kate’s mom that decided to be more vocal and I support whatever she wants to do. Maybe she feels comfortable expressing her thoughts here where she won’t get attacked. Maybe she just wants to thank those that support her daughter’s right to make decisions for her family. I don’t know.
I am just happy she has found our site and she is comfortable reading and occasionally posting here. I am proud to call Charlene my friend and yes our friendship extends beyond the comments posted here.
Nicely said Pam.
Mom of KT has just as much rights to use the internet as everyone else. Like everyone else, she certainly doesn’t have to supply information to personal questions.
Wow why does any mother have to prove to some stranger who she is!!
Thanks Mom of KT for answering about the chickens… I know your not here to answer all our questions! I love how you say KT.. my daughter’s name is Kaitlyn (she is 5) and she informed me the other day her name is now spelled KD.. since I call her Katie!!
Im so glad you have a place to come read (mostly) great comments about your daughter and beautiful grandchildren. Its obvious that lots of fans care about their family… or they wouldnt have such a successful show!! I really think all the haters out there just make her show more successful now.. because other working single mothers will not sit back and let them bash her any longer!
Lily says: Like everyone else, she certainly doesn’t have to supply information to personal questions.
Amen.
I have never understood how some people’s craving to know more about Kate’s life and relationships turns from a wish into — we have a right to know. It’s absurd.
The contention that Kate appears on a reality show so we have a right to know EVERYTHING about her life is flimsy enough, but when this argument is extended to her family and friends, it really takes a bizarre turn.
Also, personally I am quite happy if the haters continue to disbelieve Mom of KT is who she says she is. IW is a clean and generally cheerful place and the type of negativity and unpleasantness these folks bring whenever they show up is so not needed, IMO.
Kate’s mom doesn’t have to prove to any posters who she is. IW verified. Accept it or not. Kate’s mom does NOT have to answer any questions, period.
Could it be that one reason Kate’s family stays behind the scenes is 1. Look at the attacks on Kate even when Kate tries to clarify something 2. Their relationship is secure enough they don’t feel the necessity to prove it to the outside world.
Kate’s mother chooses to post HERE. I will not take any of her comments back to my blog and I will erase anyone who tries to post any of her comments on my blog.
Thanks Kates Mom for telling about the chickens. It was a great show and I really enjoyed how the farmer showed the boys how to carry the water with a ball bat.
Jane, it’s none of your business about Kates Mom!!!
Hope the kids have a great school year, and Kates new show is a hit.
A lot of people feel weirdly propriety about celebrities – they think the celebrity “owes” them something besides the performance they give in a movie/tv show/play/whatever. I think there’s a default excuse for the nosiness some people have about reality show folks – “well, they’ve opened their lives up to scrutiny”, as if that excuses any and all intrusions that go beyond that. Not to belabor the obvious, but even if that were true (and I don’t think it is), Kate’s mother hasn’t signed on for a reality show and doesn’t owe anyone anything. Anything she chooses to share is her choice, and we have zero right to demand answers to other questions.
Showing my age – RIGHT ON, Jennie!!!
Now I know why you guys like this site. Great vibe
Cjane — why thank you! That’s nice to hear. I like the vibe too and it’s all due to IW’s posters. I love the mixture we have now. It’s so rewarding to see people from the GDNNOP days interacting with newer folks from Sage’s blog, etc. We are very fortunate to have YOU!
Ditto what Anya said.
Kate had chickens growing up…I wouldn’t have guessed, because she is squeamish about dirt, but considering the area of PA she lived in, it makes sense. There are so many farms. Thanks for the scoop, Mom of KT.
I just want to say that I trust the “person named Ann” (as they called her), who met Kate’s Mom, a lot more than I trust the person named Jodi, who verified PM. Oops, I mean “the person named Julie“. I always mix those two up.- Kiki
Thanks, Kiki. I like that you put “person named Ann” in quotes. I laughed about that, too. It’s like I am using this mysterious super secret code name. Sheez!
We have already seen what happens when just a bit of support is publicly expressed for Kate by a family member. Kate’s mom is dismissed as a hoax, or (just in case she’s not a hoax) lectured for not appearing on camera in the role of whatever kind of mother/grandmother she is supposed to be. Any Gosselin blogger would know, how she is “supposed to” act would be a series of conflicting rules as it has been for Kate. I wouldn’t go public either Mom of KT (unless it was worth $250,000/episode!)
Some contradictions:
“She is fat and frumpy! She should lose weight!” became “She is obsessed with her looks! She should spend that time with her kids, not exercising!”
“She never goes anywhere with those poor kids!” became “The poor things have too many vacations!”
“She spends all their money on herself!” became “She should NEVER have bought that big house (with the 5 bedrooms, finished basement, paved driveway, pool, surrounding woods and acreage) for them to live in. They should move back to the smaller house!”
“She never goes anywhere with the kids by themselves!” became “OMG, she has her favorite out for errands again!”
“She has a bodyguard, why don’t the KIDS have a bodyguard!” became “OMG, now she thinks they need TWO bodyguards!”
And my favorite contradiction…a confession by someone who actually went to meet her, took time off from work to wait in line on her, bought her book, got the book signed by her, asked Kate a question meant to upset her, and who devotes a vast amount of her personal time commenting on and maintaining a blog about Kate, blogging about Kate’s financial decisions, decisions about where she sends her kids to school, Kate’s outfits, Kate’s relationship with her family, and more, but then denies Kate is a celebrity. I want to refer her to the book/movie Misery. I think that BKIA might be Kate’s “number one fan.”
Ann,
I honestly have never seen anything like this. I sometimes wonder if these people just try to out stupid the poster before them with an even more outrageous accusation until they all go full circle and have to contradict themselves to come up something even dumber than where they began.
Now that you’ve put their contradictions right here in print for them to face , I fear they’ll go into their non thinking automated spin mode and twist it until its all your fault now.
As a blogger ,I have to laugh at them because if you take it too seriously, it will warp your brain.
I am so glad Kate lives her life as she chooses without consideration for her critics.
My sympathies to her security team for having to move that awful creature along that stood in line just to harass Kate. Seems pathetic to go all the way to a book signing to cause trouble so you can return home to blog about it. This person needs to examine their need for attention and be realistic about what sort of light they want to shine on themselves. S I C K
Kate Plus 8 will be on again August 30 at 9pm (in this area, anyway).
Just checked in to see w. my own 2 eyes that all is well w. Imperfection. Hmmm, seems to me all is fine, & if most of what I read elsewhere casts shadows…not seeing any here. What an uplifting blog…but then again, those at IW strike the right chord, & the choir actually stays in tune. (ooops, I lip sink…unlike ‘Johnny 1-note’, I am a no note.)
Ann, I learn something new almost every time I do visit. I didn’t sign onto any blog ’til about this time last year - trying to find out if the only reality show that I watch was going to wither on the t.v. vine. (Yep, I fear I was led to Radar…& felt like showering to decontaminate.) Anyway, I know some of the ‘hate’ blogging history, but have never visited nor am I in the least bit tempted. How’s that for being lazy? The ladies here, & on a couple of other ‘thoughtful blogs’ , do that yeoman’s task. To me it takes an unimaginable effort to hate. In my real life, I’ve chosen free will to disengage, so hate is not what I waste my own life with. Perhaps that liberation comes w. dotage? ;0( No halo-wearer here…not even one that’s lop-sided!)
Ziggy, for what it’s worth, I for one, appreciate your NOT cut & pasting a ‘mom of’…! Not so sure it makes a hill of beans difference since fact vs. fiction all but needs a thumb or retina scan for verification. (As far as I know that technology is not coming to the blogosphere. Lawdy-be…some techie is working on that as I type.) Your choice not to, is that piece of thoughtfulness that all too often goes w/o notice.
What they write and read on their blogs is fabrication, or at the very least, a twisted concept of the truth. They can’t have trust in IW because they aren’t trustworthy themselves & they know it. It is a concept foreign to them.
I think it more fun to let the naysayers drive themselves nuts as to not believing Kate’s mom posts here, their efforts to ‘bully’ her into ‘proving’ it’s really her, their efforts demanding ‘proof’ not bringing about what they clamor for, ignored, resulting in large amounts of frustration for them. They can’t prove it’s NOT Kate’s mom. Ever seen a dog chase it’s tail? That’s what they remind me of.
As to BKIA and Hall – they both so obviously want the fame and attention Kate has.
Both BKIA and Hall thought they’d each found ‘the golden egg’ which was ‘going to bring Kate to her knees and put her in her place - they would be heralded. It came to pass for neither.
BKIA quickly took down all incriminating video’s and changed her incriminating posts which could well have gotten her not only fired from her job but also disbarred in the state of CA. Hall’s piece was quickly shoved down to the bottom of the page after being prominently posted with several links on the same ‘front’ page of the entertainment section. I suspect she suffered some serious backlash from people in authority in the NC area as it was shoved down so quickly, this scoop. The post couldn’t be removed completely as that would look too suspicious as an admittance of wrong doing. You say, well the next day brings new news, it’s natural for it to get pushed down. That is true to a certain extent, but it’s also true that when HP thinks they have successful hot story they continue to feature is for several days. Look there at the stories they’ve placed above Halls. Nothing hot news there.
Watching a go chase it’s tail is sad in one aspect because of the frustration it’s bringing upon itself, but in another aspect, it’s it’s very amusing.
Correction:
Watching a dog chase it’s tail is sad in one aspect because of the frustration it’s bringing upon itself, but in another aspect, it’s it’s very amusing.
Ann@IW says:
>>And my favorite contradiction…a confession by someone who actually went to meet her, took time off from work to wait in line on her, bought her book, got the book signed by her, asked Kate a question meant to upset her, and who devotes a vast amount of her personal time commenting on and maintaining a blog about Kate, blogging about Kate’s financial decisions, decisions about where she sends her kids to school, Kate’s outfits, Kate’s relationship with her family, and more, but then denies Kate is a celebrity. I want to refer her to the book/movie Misery. I think that BKIA might be Kate’s “number one fan.”<<
BKIA DOES have a certain “Annie Wilkes” quality about her, doesn’t she?<g> At all costs, she must be kept away from sledgehammers.
I think it’s a real issue for Kate in making new friends to first get over the trust issue and then knowing if the friendship ever surfaces what horrors the friend will be subjected to. Jamie befriended Kate when Kate was not known to anyone outside her immediate circle and, before Jamie came for a prolonged visit, she saw what Kate and anyone who supported her was being subjected to was being subjected to. Jamie is my hero on this; even when the khaterz threw their worst at her, she hung in there and not only continued to support Kate and the kids but publicly went on record on the Inside Kate special in doing so. I also admire Gina Neild in not letting the khaterz destroy her marriage. I once read an interview with Ringo Starr who said that, even though each of the Beatles had their rockier personal moments especially post breakup, one thing that helped keep them from going the Elvis route was each other. They’d know each other long before fame complicated things and they were equals who could and did say no to each other or call each other on it if fame started going to the head of one of them. Ringo said the problem was that there was no one who could say “No” to Elvis. As for Kate knowing what she was getting into, while I recognize that Beatlemania was on a much more intense level than public interest in Kate and her family, I think some things George Harrison (the Beatle most uncomfortable with “The Mania” as he called it) said hold true: “I wanted to be successful, not famous.” (IIRR, he also said that no one could be prepared to be THAT famous). He also said about Beatlemanis: (1) “They gave their money and they gave their screams, but the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems.” and “The world used us as an excuse to go mad.” So much of what drives the khaterz says everything about them and nothing useful about Kate.
I suspect when the six were babies and toddlers, Kate had neither the time nor the energy to meet many new people or to build friendships if she did.
“So much of what drives the khaterz says everything about them and nothing useful about Kate.
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Wow, that is so very true, I think that one statement says it all in a nutshell. Loved your post Peggy P. One of the reasons I come here. To listen to intelligent woman make some sense of a very strange situation.
Awww, you guys always give me a good laugh! I love coming to see y’all cut those trolls down to size, really!
Back to the original question… I like Kate because she has a good sense of humor about herself, and she has learned how to embrace her fears and try to conquer them. I appreciate the fact that she has made time to exercise and take care of her appearance, as it probably makes her feel good about herself. As most stay at home moms can attest, it is hard to step out of that Mommy role in to the role of Wife or Woman, and I’m happy she is doing things so that she can do that for herself.
Anyways, I just like her. I always have, even when she was getting irritated with Jon (mostly because you could just tell there was something else going on there…).