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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 2:25 pm
I like how Ms Grace correctly calls them a 'self-absorbed husband and wife' but overall, Ms Grace just loves to sneer. Mrs Gosselin are self-absorbed, yes, but Ms Grace is self-righteous.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 2:30 pm
Totally! But still hilarious! 
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 2:39 pm
Babyjax, thanks for posting that, it gave me a great laugh!! LOL Finally!...someone asks him the questions some people really want to know or at least want for him to be asked. He didn't really answer the questions, but I'm at least glad someone brought certain things to his attention for once.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 2:50 pm
I guess it is all in the eye of the beholder...I just watched the Today show interview and I didn't get all of the negative implications that I have read here on this site today. Kate discussed their "liquid" income has been depleted...inferring that there is more income but that the money that was not in that account is probably invested in long-term funds. She also discussed the $100,000 - she said that when she returned it to the account that she gave Jon $50,000 of it and then she put the other $50,000 back in the account and paid bills out of it. I deal with extremely wealthy people in my office and I will tell you one thing...regardless of how much money you make you very likely live on your income...and if Kate is paying bills out of that account and it disappears then she probably IS quite panicked...I would be too...if you have bills to pay and you don't have any "liquid" money then you might as well be dead flat broke. Your creditors could care less.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 2:57 pm
I don't think shutting down the show is a bad idea necessarily. I DO think that arbitrarily shutting down the show, with no apparent alternative means of support and no plan in place to replace the income is a HUGE mistake. It's impulsive and reactionary and demonstrates a lack of foresight and planning. I totally agree with that OnlyHuman. Thanks for the link Cricket. I watched it and of course, saw it quite a bit differently than some of you. I get that shes upset, I would be livid. I sure didn't hear her say her kids would starve..LOL I imagine shes quite paniced about the future and how things will go... BUT she shouldn't be doing these interviews AND neither should Jon.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 3:13 pm
"It's impulsive and reactionary and demonstrates a lack of foresight and planning." Isn't that just a description of Jon? sorry, I couldn't resist!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 3:21 pm
Goodness, all that mocking and belittling Nancy Grace did in the above clip must have made Jon feel he was back in the heydays of his marriage.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 3:24 pm
LOL! She's like Mrs Gosselin with a slightly better haircut.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 3:33 pm
Yes, but just slightly better! Can you believe it though, someone just outshrewed Kate 
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 3:53 pm
I'm betting that Regis and Kelly, for this year's halloween show will dress up as Jon and Kate.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 4:36 pm
OMG, Sherbabe...don't even put that out there in the universe!~ Yikes! You're welcome for the link, Cinnamongirl. I just happened to come across it.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 5:19 pm
Let me try this again............ Jon is on "The Insider" again;I want he and Kate to give up the 15 minutes of fame and disappear. Poof, be gone.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 5:28 pm
Turst me, he was drinking, smirking, waving at the cameras.. it was a clip shown on one of the half hour tabloid shows. Smoking and smirking. Was not an interview, just an outside venue that is high profile/expensive and crawling with paparazzi. Whatever tv show ran the clip had people voting on whether The Ivy should have kicked him out.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 5:39 pm
Too funny that now Kate's book tours and talks, which is one way they brought in money are now considered "celebrity lifestyle". Jon refused to participate in those activities.. or maybe was too mumbly to be a sought after public speaker, but it was work for her and helped them to be able to buy the house. Heaven forbid that she might come to enjoy her job!! But ask anyone who has to do a bunch of travel for their work and they mostly will tell you that it can be quite draining. Jon was the one in France with a girlfriend, taking a girlfriend along (or meeting her there) when he filmed for TLC snowboarding/skiing, partying with his "friends" at bars, overnighting with the teacher and the "babysitter"., hanging out with Michael Lohan and Jill Sarin in the Hamptons with the Kate #2 girlfriend, . But Kate is accused of cclebrity lifestyle?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 5:51 pm
Preach it, sister!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 6:24 pm
I still don't get the "but Kate did this" / "but Jon did that"... thing. They are EACH responsible for their own actions. And they are BOTH making some bad decisions right now. The kids are the real losers.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 6:39 pm
You go Julie. It is obvious the show should have been cancelled last spring. What a train wreck and the poor kids have to suffer.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 6:46 pm
Kate is making decisions that she thinks are best for her children. She wants her kids to have every opportunity any child anywhere would have and needs the money and the show to provide those opportunities. Whether we agree with her need to provide the best of everything for her children, that is what she wants. Jon is making decisions that may or may not be in the best interest of the children. He hasn't mentioned how he will replace the income from the show which is their livelihood. If he has some plan, I'm all for it. He might want them to scale back and he might have a plan to get a real job to support them in their old house? I don't know. I understand where Kate is coming from, but not being privy to Jon's plans, I can't figure out what his plan is.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 7:25 pm
While Kate might think her decisions are best for the children, I can't help but think she's also making decisions that are best for HER. Being in front of cameras for many years as a child can't really be best for the children; however, if you have a choice of being home with them 24/7 or being able to have nannies and travel and hang with celebrities, who is that best for....yourself or the children? The Insider was interesting tonight. Jon was a guest on their panel and they had their regular guy, whom I don't even know, and the regular blonde gal. They also had Donny Osmond sitting in for one of their hosts and had Bethenny from NYHW as a guest host as well. Bethenny did go after Jon a bit re the money, but backed off when the hostess said Kate is the one who went on the Today Show and said Jon had stolen money, so he had no recourse but to show that just wasn't true via his bank statements. Donny also had a few things to say to Jon. In reading all this lawyer stuff, it seems Kate now has a new lawyer as well...a celebrity lawyer. I know Jon's lawyer dumped him, but what happened to Kate's previous lawyer?
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 7:35 pm
Seamonkey, Kate wasn't on a book tour when she scheduled the Today Show or Sherri's party in New York. She went on the Today Show to complain about Jon shutting down the show and then she accused Jon of stealing money and cried. Imagine if everyone could go to a national tv show to complain when they are having problems. It's just gone too far. Also, I read the reviews of her second book, 8 Little Faces (?) and people said there were nothing but pages of photographs and some biblical sayings. I feel like Kate has been on Starting Over, lol...you know....they tell them to just put something out there and people will buy it, like that one gal's recipe. The worst part is, Kate hasn't even written or put these books together. She no longer speaks to the gal who actually wrote the first book. That's why I just don't get her attitude like she's all that. She isn't. She's just a regular person with no more talent than the next guy....same for Jon. When she was asked why she was always so irritable during her signings and appearances, she just stated that's the real her...that's how she is. That's better to just tell the truth. I just don't see how her personality will ever jive with other women on a talk show, esp. Paula Dean. They also discussed that awful picture of a Nanny (during Kate's custodial time) holding one of the boy's arms tight and 3 or 4 of the young ones were crying (3 boys; 1 girl.) The Nanny appeared to be yelling @ him. Then the Nanny was trying to console/check the little girl out. Perhaps one of the boys hit her or something? Jon said he talked to the kids yesterday and they didn't even mention it, but sheesh, the paparazzi is all over it. Both parents just need to stay close to the kids and not let them be raised by Nannies.
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Onlyhuman
Member
08-04-2001
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 7:47 pm
Being in front of cameras for many years as a child can't really be best for the children; Or it might be just fine for them. Who is to say? There is not a single home environment that is most beneficial to children. I work with plenty of messed up kids that were never filmed for a reality show, so maybe THAT is the problem. If they had only had their lives filmed 24/7, all would have been good. however, if you have a choice of being home with them 24/7 or being able to have nannies and travel and hang with celebrities, who is that best for....yourself or the children? Does Kate have this choice? She is not independently wealthy, no matter what anyone believes. She has to work, either in this manner or as a nurse working 40+ hours a week. Her current work, and the career she is attempting to develop away from her children, is in the entertainment industry, as a talk show host. Attending an event hosted by an influential woman in the industry, Barbara Walters, is part of the process.
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Onlyhuman
Member
08-04-2001
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 7:52 pm
Kate wasn't on a book tour when she scheduled the Today Show or Sherri's party in New York. She went on the Today Show to complain about Jon shutting down the show and then she accused Jon of stealing money and cried. We don't know why Kate was originally scheduled to be in NY. She may have been booked on the Today show and the segment topic switched when this whole thing came up. It might have all been part of the trip with the kids that got disrupted when the show filming was stopped by Jon.
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 8:20 pm
If I remember right, wasn't Kate a NICU nurse before? If so, if she went back to that, working 40 plus hours per week, her annual salary would be about $70,000. Imagine the child care expenses alone! I just don't see Jon providing day care for the children, while she is at work.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 8:44 pm
I know nurses who are single moms without any child support. They work 3 overnights a week and have a ton more time with their children each week than most working moms. They just need an overnight nanny those 3 nights a week. They are getting old enough that one nanny should be able to handle getting them fed and to bed and up for school in the morning. It's not unreasonable. But really, that horse has left the barn. This family has been on a path toward million dollar homes and spa visits and hobknobbing with Barbara Walters and other celebs. Going back to a normal life is not something any of them are interested in.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 9:02 pm
The Rohloff's have shared their show w/ Matt's parents, and brother and sister. Amy's parents and 2 sisters and 1 brother. The Duggars have shared their show w/ his parents, his sister, his niece. Michelle's entire family was on 1 show for a family reunion. Kate shares w/ no one. NO ONE!!!!
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