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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 7:17 am
Very true Ohio.....I guess Kate is on lots of tabloids this week. I can't stay and watch but at the beginning of Good Day LA today, the entertainment reporter showed at least 3 tabloids where she was on the cover as now she is being accused of having an affair. I think it is very sad for the kids especially the older ones as they can't completely hide from all of this coverage.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 7:31 am
OMP, that's the bottom line, isn't it? I can't see Kate having an affair either and if the gossip sites had even a smidgeon of evidence they would have released it by now. I did find it interesting that she defended herself with absolute angry denial but defended her husband with the weak... "I am hesitant to believe..." type statements.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 7:50 am
People magazine - Kate admits to struggling in her marriage "I don't know that we're in the same place anymore, that we want the same thing," she says quietly. "I've been struggling with the question of 'Who is this person?' for a while. I remember where I was the first time I heard her name. It's one of those things where you can try to make it go away, but there's blaring, red flashing lights."
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 8:09 am
I didn't have any idea what the book was about. I thought it was stories about their life, about the kids. But it's just pictures and captions? Seems very odd to me. I'm guessing the market is for uber fans of the show and kids?? I think the People magazine says a lot about what Jon's been doing. (I don't beleive the Kate rumor.)
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 9:07 am
I have been married 22 yrs, together 24 and anyone who has been with the same person that long knows that you have periods where you just don't... mesh and you wonder what the hell you are doing with this person. Part of the solution is doing the relationship work, part is just putting in the time until the pendulum comes back again. If I could give Kate advice, it would be to stop giving interviews, stop the show, stop everything and concentrate solely on what is most important... the marriage and her family. A few years down the road perhaps they will be healthy enough to do another show/special but imho continuing as is just says that her marriage is not as important to her as the other stuff. I don't think that's true but she needs to see that that's what it comes down to. PS Referring to Kate because she seems to be in the driver's seat as to the show/books/interviews not because I think it's all her responsibility and not Jon's.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 9:09 am
Very well said Rissa.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 9:33 am
I'm pulling for this family...all 10 of them.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:52 am
My feeling is that Kate enjoys the book tours and show and the celebrity that comes with it. I don't see her stopping any of it. Jon on camera practically pleaded to stop the public life and he was shot straight down. I feel safe in seeing that Kate will have her family filmed until the production company no longer makes enough $$$$ off of them.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 11:34 am
I'm sure at this late date Kate doesn't have the option to quit the show even if she wanted to. Aren't they in the middle of filming?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:02 pm
MANY people on this very board have lost their jobs recently. This show has become Jon & Kate's job over the years. Where would the 2 of them find jobs now that will pay the bills they must have with that giant new home? They are at a point where they can't quit! I remember her saying on one show that the children's college education funds are all set up from doing the show. I'm guessing that the big house wasn't ALL J & K's idea...probably got some assistance from TLC and some other places. They will be going to Duff Goldman's (Ace of Cakes from FOOD Network) this season for Kate's birthday cake, and Emeril will be cooking in her home (I think he's on another network now, not Food Network). Last season, Steve Thomas (the host of Renovation Nation on Discovery's Planet Green channel) joined them for the Gosselin's Go Green episode. Plenty of networks/people have contributed to this show, and I doubt Kate was the money hungry b8t*h some people think she is, and she went out on her own and set all these things up! Kate said that she wrote the second book just for her kids, but was approached to publish it, so she did. I have no reason not to believe her. I doubt that Kate can just say "I'm not going on book signings any more". She's out there earning the family's bread and butter. I'm sure she would want to stop, but will Jon pay the bills now? So what Jon doesn't like being in the public eye. Well Jon, go ahead and find a job that will support your 8 kids. Seems like he's enjoyed living the high life off of Kate's efforts long enough. He will be working his ass off just for child support payments. The pitiful "I don't like being in the public eye" BS doesn't fly with me anymore. IF he cheated, it's because he wanted to, not because he didn't want to be in the public eye. Anyways, this whole thing sickens me. I totally didn't want to believe Jon would risk his marriage and hurting his kids. But when I read what Kate has said, I'm no longer blindly believing him. As far as Kate having any sort of affair? Don't believe it for one second. Sorry my post is so scattered...I don't feel like re-reading it!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:16 pm
Huk, I'm firmly in your corner...well said!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:23 pm
I've never seen the show, but I've seen enough in the press to know I feel intensely sorry for the kids. Possibly moreso than the Octo-kids.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:32 pm
I think they're probably under contract right now, too. This isn't good publicity, but what is it they say about publicity? I have a feeling new people might tune in to see what all the hoop-a-la is about they've seen on TV, in magazines and tabloids. I read the People article on AOL. Rissa has good advice. I'll be married 31 years in July and there's been time through the years when both of us felt, "Who are you?! We definitely don't want the same things," but we just weathered through those times and I hope they can do it as well. I haven't followed the show faithfully since it's on opposite of something else I've been watching, but when I have caught it, there was a time I thought Kate was a little over-bearing, especially the time she was trying to hire a house keeper and none could match up to her standards. I was turned off by that business and all I could think was, "With that many kids, I'd be letting some things slide and worry more about the important things like spending time with the kids." I haven't seen all the things people who have watched are talking about. I've also seen some where it was just nice to watch them and I didn't have the complaints as far as cups and chairs and whatever. With that many kids, I think you do what works for you. It reminds of the people who had trouble with kids still using pacifiers and I heard a good line and also saw it myself. I never saw a kid on the kindergarten bus with a pacifier in their mouth, but I saw plenty of kids with their thumbs in their mouths. I remember a kid not getting dropped off because they went to sleep and couldn't be seen and they were all curled up with their thumb in their mouth, sound asleep. There were some tense moments when that child didn't get off the bus! Good thing the driver took a walk down the aisle. Yikes! I don't give anyone an excuse for cheating. I can understand how it happens, but I still think it's wrong. Clearly Jon has made some bad choices being out so late at night with young women, whether it was a friend or not. Like it or not, he should have known by now they get a lot more public scrutiny than other people and he was very naive to think someone wouldn't catch of picture of him when they could and the same goes for all of the family. You give up some privacy for being in the public eye, especially when you're being compensated for it. I think many of those paparazzi people should be arrested for invasion of privacy since so many of them are out of control. One of these days someone is going to get killed with the way they chase people, but that's a whole other subject. I do hope things work out for the family. It's sad to see them going through this.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:42 pm
Hukd.. in the same corner with you and OG. GAL.. not sure I'd go THAT far.. OctoWorld is a hot mess, so far and most of them can't even crawl yet.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 1:05 pm
Interview with Kate's brother and his wife on Radaronline I believe every word they say or at least believe that they believe what they say.... but what's with our society thinking talking to the media is an appropriate venue for airing family issues? Makes me sad.
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 1:09 pm
With family like that, who needs enemies?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 1:53 pm
Watching.. going to get killed? Princess Diana.. I agree about the paps.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:00 pm
I guess I'm lucky.. my brother would NEVER do something like that. Sounds like sour grapes to me. If he and Jodi worry about the children, well talking to Star isn't likely to help the situation any. Seems like Jodi was happy as long as she was sharing the spotlight, hmm. Meanwhile the brother of the teacher, of "Ick. Nast." fame seems to have his own troubled past: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/05/exclusive-jon-kate-tipster-was-involved-murder The man who went public charging his sister was having an affair with Jon Gosselin has more of a troubled past than he has admitted. Jason Hummell, brother of Deanna Hummel, was involved in a murder, RadarOnline.com has discovered exclusively. Hummell previously admitted to Us Weekly: "I have a bad past and I'm not proud of it. I was selling drugs. I didn't get a jail sentence, I'm on probation." He detailed allegations of Jon Gosselin's affair with his sister, rocking the reality TV show"Jon & Kate Plus 8." But what Hummell didn't reveal is he once worked for a drug dealer and was the driver in a murder-for-hire. RadarOnline.com exclusively obtained court papers showing he testified against drug dealers after being charged with three felonies in July, 2006. Prosecutors charged he was part of a Corrupt Organization, possessing and distributing cocaine Charging documents state that Jason Hummell had been buying and selling drugs since 2000 and became a low level grunt for a cocaine dealer, Peter Borelli. On November 16, 2004, Borelli summoned Hummell and another man, Alfredo Alicea, a known enforcer. They were sent to an area of Reading, PA to confront a man, Harvey Harris, known as "Face," over a drug debt. The documents state Hummell testified he drove a black Jeep Cherokee to Sixth and Chestnut Streets at Borelli's direction. Alicea was with him. Hummell and Alicea drove up to Harris, who was talking on the street with another enforcer of the organization, Tommaso Sculco. The charging documents reveal the murder: "Hummell parked on Chestnut Street and they both got out of the car. Alicea started walking toward the corner where Sculco had just started talking to the man Borelli had described to them. As he was passing the back of the Jeep, Hummell realized that he had left his lights on and returned to the front of the car to turn them off. When he came back around the Jeep, Hummell saw Alicea standing on the corner with Sculco and the other individual.... Hummell looked towards the corner and, on the Sixth Street side, saw Alicea shooting the man standing with Sculco. The man fell to the ground and Alicea kept shooting." Hummell then drove himself and Alicea to his brother's house. Hummell is now on probation.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:08 pm
OK so the gossip tv shows speculate that Kate was having "fun" with her bodyguard - 2 tango... but whatever, then I read this link: http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/05/74096/ Kate thinking about ending her marriage... I was flipping channels and caught her promoting the kids book on the 700 Club - she seemed really tired. Its hard to put the kids first when you are put into the public eye, have contracts (I'm sure the book signings are also contractual) etc - I do believe Kate feels she is doing the best she can for her family - I will offer this up - I had an affair - lots of "text" (the *wink *wink kind) and found a book about spicing it up - fun silly things to send to your "lover"... and of course sneaking out to a hotel!! OMG - was it fun, and ever so joyful!! and yes there was hope my husband doesnt find out moments... and of course the clincher is - I had an affair with my dh -(and it is a joke amongst us!! We're just crazy this way I guess!) and I think its time to have another, as soon as we get out of this crazy mess! (bills, economy etc) Truly - he'd come home in the afternoon after texting me to make sure my dh wasnt home!! Yes, it was silly, that was the point!! Afternoon delight, lunch in bed!! (Kids in school!!) I highly reccommend all couples to try and have an affair with each other!! Of course the kids think we're crazy!! Its fun being crazy!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:09 pm
yeah Jodi deserved that lashing she got for giving the kids gum etc...
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:28 pm
She's probably just jealous. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:33 pm
That isn't the point.. they simply have too much past going, too much agenda, for them to speak out in a purely "for the children" fashion.. for me to buy it at all. THEY talk of "the children" but seem to be willing to let them get hurt while they soothe their hurt adult feelings publicly. After all the hate sites, Jodi is also a "public" persona in a smaller way, and has her own "fans" and "public".. what about HER children, what do they think of mom and dad going to Star and talking about someone else's marriage and business. (or what will they think when they are old enough to evaluate such tripe?) Sort of the pot calling the kettle type of thing.. oh but I'm a much more virtuous pot.. that kettle, BAD..
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:38 pm
The gum chewing episode was done to death a few years ago. I think that Kate clearly described that she and Jon signed up for this, their friends and relatives didn't. So many speculate that Kate drove Jodi away (and we've heard from many that they think it was because Kate was greedy and didn't want Jodi making any money). We've read Jodi's sister's site and heard her side of the story (but not directly from Jodi, mind you). We will NEVER know the entire truth, yet we all feel strongly one way or the other. I only know that I have seen Kate on a number of shows recently, and she appears both very tired and quite devastated. I think she is probably one article or interview away from a breakdown. I hope not, and I hope those children are being protected.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 6:51 pm
Me too, Huk.
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Mgmriver
Member
04-27-2009
| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 7:25 pm
I guess Jon and Kate can make a living just like all the other parents in America without being a television star. If that is what would help keep a marriage together. Jon not only verbalized his feeling about leaving the TV life to all who watch the show but in his private actions too. But heck it's up to them how they plan on salvaging their marriage.
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