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Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
LOL...I know I have told my husband he is not my boss or my favorite is "who was your slave last year"...always makes him laugh.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
LOL, my DH "has" said that to me...LOL I think it took about 2 years for him to differentiate between him "letting me know" what he is doing and him asking for permission to do something. Thank GOD he got over that phase. He finally realized letting me know beforehand where he was going for 4 hours on a Saturday was different than asking me if he could go.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Until we had kids of our own I was under the happy impression that little children tended to tell the truth. Well my experience has been that they do tend to tell the truth but oh my do some things ever get heavily embellished.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hey, kids have active imaginations!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I predict the premier outing of their new season is going to pull in some big numbers.

Kellsma
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08-28-2002

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellsma a private message Print Post    
I read somewhere that the new season is 40 episodes and season 4 was 40 episodes. At 25,000-50,000 per episode, that is 1-2 million per season they are making and I think they get 2 seasons done in a year as they say the film yearround. I think we see 2 episodes a week.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I added them up from tv.com

Season 4
41 eps

Season 3
32 eps

Season 2
10 eps

Season 1
10 eps

Total:
93 eps


That's including all their "specials"

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I remember when the Friends stars went to a MILLION an episode.. that's why there are so many reality shows.. less expensive to produce. I'm sure TLC is making considerably more per episode..

Countrydaze
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11-07-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Countrydaze a private message Print Post    
I do not condone cheating, but I do feel bad for Jon. How many times has she said to the kids, don't pay any attention to your father, he is just mean. How many times has she just slamed him in front of the kids. I have never heard him say anything like that to the kids about Kate. She screamed at him for going to the store and not taking a coupon with him. She is always putting him down. He does a lot to help with those kids and I think he reached his breaking point. Seeing as how they are making so much money on the show, they both need to forget about putting themselves first and think about those kids and get themselves and those kids into counseling NOW.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Countrydaze, I agree completely.

The entire Hawaii show/storyline sticks in my craw, somehow.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
then get a divorce; you don't cheat.
but Jon has told the kids not to listen to their mother at times too.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Yep.. I figure my craw can stick to my own issues.. plenty of them anyway.

============

Just got this on Twitter

Robin_McGraw hi! here's my weekly plea...do not spend money on tabloids!! they are selling lies just to make money!! do not believe a word!!! :-)
4 minutes ago from web

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I don't consider People a tabloid. Far as I know their stuff is true. I think Us and Star are not that "tabloid-y" either. Now Nat'l Enquirer, etc, those are what I call tabloids. And if people are willing to believe what they read, that is their problem. (ie Oprah had sex with an alien, etc.)

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I have to admit, I learned at age 15 you can't always trust even the most trusted papers. A guy with a gun broke in our back door, but we managed to run out the front door and down the street before he could get to us.

The paper (Chicago Tribune local section) said he was "a friend of the family". NO, we didn't know him. He was person who got out of jail 3 days before, stole a truck, and it just happened to run out of gas in front of our house and he had no money. So he was going to rob us. We has ZERO personal connection to this ass, but the paper said we knew him.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
The re-newing of vows was done publicly on air. It seems to have been a storyline, at least in my mind, not reality. Not only did they fudge the reality of the vows to the audience they did no favors playing out that stroyline in front of their kids.

I don't read any of the tabloids I don't read People either but from what I hear People is not a tabloid mag.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Julie, no one called People a Tabloid. But many of those others.. often highly inaccurate and People isn't perfect by any means. It is the one I'm most likely to buy, though I try to avoid them all, just for the expense.

Naja, I can believe that and IF they ever print a retraction or correction it is stuck away in a corner of the paper (even the really good ones) or magazine. Oops! Sorry!

Just like the "how much paid per episode".. figures just in those pirated/xeroxed stories ranged from $20K to $75K. and I'm willing to bet that whatever the highest amount may be, they weren't getting that much from day one.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-jonandkate-0514cn,0,3266509.story

This article claims that Kate says the People magazine article is accurate.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
The show is huge in the Lehigh Valley. In December, Kate appeared at Hackman's Bible Book Store in Whitehall Township to sign copies of the couple's book "Multiple Blessings." Fans mobbed her minivan, forcing her to sneak in a back door.

Several hundred people waited hours to see Kate, and police had to be called in when the crowd got upset because the line had been cut off.


Funny.. that line think happens all the time, not a Kate thing and often it can be many hudreds who are cut off. I remember Mary Engelbreit coming to South Coast Plaza and before she was due to arrive there were people lined up through May Co (which is now a Macy's) and the length of that part of the mall.. many had brought items and books and were pissed because they were told they must buy something there (there was a Mary Engelbreit "store" in May Co then), but of course that didn't stop people from trying anyway. I didn't even bother to get in line, just went where I could see her. She looked so TIRED. Those tours can really drag a person down, I gather.

Yep the People mag article seemed to be the least inflamatory.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
At this point, it doesn't even matter what PEOPLE or STAR or any online gossip site or INSIDE EDITION says. I think we all know the whole sad story by now.

Countrydaze
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11-07-2003

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Countrydaze a private message Print Post    
Well I seem to recall Kate telling the kids when they were in Hawaii that they were renewing their vows and that they were all going to be together forever. Well, prove to your kids that you are willing to keep your promise. Get into counseling now. Both of you. Just because things get tough your both going to throw in the towel. You have 8 kids to think of. Not yourselves!!!!!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
We've read Jodi's sister's site and heard her side of the story (but not directly from Jodi, mind you).

Actually there was a video up of Aunt Jodi saying that everything her sister posted on her site was true. I posted a link to it back in October maybe, but it's cycled out. It's no longer on her sister's website, and her sister has deleted alot of her posts. There is an article on there about why she deleted the video and her posts.

ETA:

Here is a link to Aunt Jodi's video mentioned above. I did NOT read any of the comments nor am I posting this because of the comments. Read the comments at your own risk.


And here is the link to the article on her sister's website that says why the video and posts were taken down. Again, I didn't read the comments; read at your own risk.



Stacey718995
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07-05-2007

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
After reading only the People article that appears to quote her I am more sad. People talk about what obligation does a "celebrity" have to the public or media. I don't think they are obligated but rather there are certain things that come with the path you choose. You put yourself out there people are going to question. You are not forced to answer all questions put in front of you and this is what I have problems with how this has played out...

I have a hard time with her statements on it all. They are very derogatory toward her husband. Don't get me wrong, if he cheated she has every right to be angry and upset and she should be! But I don't think it needs to be publically stated.

I personally believe that if you are going to try to work on something you come out and say nothing more than either a denial that he did it or that things are rough right now and we are working on it please respect our family right now.

When people talk about how sad this is for the kids, yes it is sad that they may have to hear reports of what their dad did, and that is very wrong on his part. But, it is equally harmful to publically hear your mommy trash on your daddy and that is wrong on her part. She doesn't need to make her anger public. No one going through a divorce or a rough patch should trash their children's parent in any way that may get back to the child, it is unhealthy.

If you are working on it and truly putting your kids first then I can't believe that this is the best way to do that. I think it not only could hurt your kids but it goes against anything positive toward trying to work on things.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
In the EW that arrived today (I got a free sub for a year when I bought tickets to a concert) and it says that they did consider pulling the plug on the show (TLD says they have a multiyear contract but that they would consider what J/K want to do).

"So what made the Gosselins change their minds about coming back for season 5? 'I decided it was to benefit my kids,' admits Jon. 'I don't like the public life. [But] there's a lot of positives, obviously -- the house, an education for our kids, car, whatever. Material things.'" That is a nice car Jon bought and it sure isn't for hauling around 8 kids..

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I personally believe that if you are going to try to work on something you come out and say nothing more than either a denial that he did it or that things are rough right now and we are working on it please respect our family right now.

Which is what Kate WAS doing until the rumors came out about a contract and about her having a relationship with the bodyguard. Then it seems to me that she stated to get all nasty about Jon and imply that he was indeed having an affair.

So sad for the kids.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I meant to post this above after the link for the article why the video and posts were pulled from Aunt Jodi's sister's website so anybody who didn't want to read through all the articles didn't have to. Sorry I forgot.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Update From Jodi
Jodi is thankful for the support that she is receiving, but at the same time, it is a constant reminder of the past. She feels like she is now at a turning point, but with the recent media coverage, it's impossible for her to move forward when more and more people are finding my blog and approaching her in real life. She appreciates the encouragement, but knows this is what she needs to do.

I am removing most of the posts on my blog to hopefully give her a chance to continue to move forward.


It does make one wonder why she and Kevin gave an interview recently if media coverage makes it impossible to move forward.