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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 6:26 am
OK, got ya Sherbabe Saw on the CBS morning show with Julie Chen that a new family with two-year old sextuplets have a reality show starting on the WE channel. Jeez, enough already with these multiple birth families.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 8:00 am
Holly I love what you wrote above. Exactly. How much do you need and is it more important then keeping your family together?
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 8:36 am
there's no reason for Kate to continue, besides greed and obsession about being a celeb. Except, perhaps, a legal contract which requires her to do so.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 10:02 am
Bee.Amen
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 10:39 am
well, based on that statement, Bee, no one should do reality shows and where would we be??? LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 12:05 pm
and whose decision was it for Kate to sign any possible contract?
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 12:05 pm
Texannie...we'd be SOL with some of our reality shows we love to hate. LOL
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 12:07 pm
Once a contract is signed...and it well could have been signed years ago...it's a pretty tough road to get out of it. Many times, a person signs a contract and much, much later regrets it but is still obligated to it.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 12:09 pm
yeah like those credit card agreements we signed back when we were morons and thought we could afford the payments? yeah,like those!! Things change..and not always for the good..Just Sayin'
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 12:22 pm
Though I wish they could stop, I do understand they are under contract. I have a hard time thinking that their contract stated if you and Jon go through tough times you must sit in front of a camera and discuss that letting the world and your children hear all of your issues, but I am not there to read the fine print. If they renew it is a whole other ballgame. I personally hope they don't choose to renew.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:02 pm
absolutely Bee! LOL
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:09 pm
Actually, if they are signed the contract, it could very well be stated in it that they are, indeed, obligated to sit for the interviews and ask the questions asked by the producers. They are often vague in their answers and the expressions on their faces could be an indication that they realize they are obliged to answer on some level. As far as signing contracts and regretting them later...marriage would be the first thing that comes to my mind. How many have done that? Many many. Much easier to get out of a marriage than an entertainment contract.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:12 pm
Yeah,I have heard the term "creative control of editing" come up in many interviews of reality stars as one thing they wish they had insisted on in their contracts.Hindsight yano...
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:17 pm
Interesting go around with the contract issue but both sides of this one (namely TLC and Kate - haven't heard anything about it from Jon) have stated that the show can be shut down immediately anytime Kate/Jon determine it is no longer in the best interest of the children. Kate has made it clear that she had that built into their contract. Now I don't know if immediately means that minute, once that episode is done or what but I am sure that if Kate/Jon publically cried that the show was no longer healthy for their babies that TLC would never dare sue them so the contract issue, for me, is mute.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:19 pm
Perhaps J&K do not believe it is no longer in the best interest of the children. J&K are taking heat, to be sure. But the children don't seem particularly disturbed at this point.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-05-2007
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 2:27 pm
Again, Bee, I am not there to read the fine print. I have no doubts that their couch interviews are part of the deal. I still would find it hard to believe that in their opening show they would not have been allowed to say no to the stuff they put out there. I also find it harder to believe that their contract states they had to open up about that stuff to People magazine. It very well may say that; I am not the lawyer reading or writing the contract. If it did say all that, my first advice to them would be to get a new lawyer. I don't think anyone can say yes the children are disturbed anymore than someone can say no they are not disturbed. Way too much that we don't see, because you looked cute and smiled on a 30 minute episode doesn't prove anything one way or the other. I just personally find it poor practice for any parent to put out their marital woes or how upset they are with their spouse in any forum that might get back to children that love both of their parents and would be hurt to hear that mommy is mad at daddy or that daddy has found a new love. Call your most trusted friend to gripe about your crappy spouse don't do it in a sit down interview that can get back to your children. You have kids, with or without a TV show, grow up.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 2:30 pm
IMO,the People magazine interviews are not required of them by TLC or otherwise.I think they are trying to speak up for themselves in a more reputable publication than the standard Tabloids. I don't KNOW that for a fact,but it certainly seems to be a reasonable assumption.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:25 pm
two cute clips from tonite's American Chopper http://tv.yahoo.com/show/35891/videos/13916843 first one, Jon's at the shop helping to build bikes. Jon's joke about the guys coming to his house and them saying no, sounds like it's more about taking care of the kids rather than kate. it doesn't appear that they had met kate at this point. 2nd clip is kate riding. http://tv.yahoo.com/show/35891/videos/13916847
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 6:02 pm
I think .. what Lori said.. the People interviews.. well initially they were just good publicity, now they are damage control to try to get their own story out there, instead of the tabloid crap. And many people have tried to do that (damage control, or setting the record straight.. or clouding the issue, and many have found that it rarely helps much to quet down the tabloid frenzy. ) People also go on various tv talk shows and for the most part end up feeling quite frustrated. I remember a therapist I knew telling us at a conference that going on Oprah as an expert could give you PTSD because you would be cut off, miosquoted, ignored, etc. And another friend went on Oprah with her daughter who had AIDS.. the show was about kids with AIDS. Lorna, the child I knew wasn't as favored by Oprah as a couple of others who were probably more appealing to Oprah, so Lorna and her mom didn't get up on stage, just in the front row and hardly got to talk and then were cut off. The other kids were fawned over. It was a harsh experience for them and they had been so excited. Luckily they did get some nice experiences from Make A Wish and Lorna had a wonderful time in Nashville and at the Grand Ol Opry and the country stars were extremely kind. She was a neat kid, was born with a heart problem and had to have tranfusions, back before the blood was being checked.. years of not thriving and then diagnosed. She still beat all odds by living to age 17. But she and her mom would also tell anyone to steer clear of most media. (the local paper did a great job of covering Lorna, who made her own decision when to tell her classmates about her AIDS and it was handled very well at the school. I was able to support them when a teacher asked for cards and letters.. I would send a card every week and eventually met them at her birthday party.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 6:36 pm
loving the American Chopper episode so far.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 7:22 pm
Bless Jon's heart...he is so unhappy! I really don't think it's the whole 'jon and kate plus 8' as in the show, but more he's flipping out about being a dad of 8. i know what it's like to look at your life and think 'man, this isn't how i thought things would be'. i hope he can find peace. loved kate and mikey having pedicures! LOL i have never seen pedi chairs that lean all the way back like that either. too cool!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 7:53 pm
Just now on ET they showed Jon going into a restaurant separately from the 23 years old chickie, daughter of Kate's plastic surgeon, who was the one he was with when it all hit the fan a few weeks ago. When he realized they had the cameras on him he skedaddled out a side door. The boy just won't learn.
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Glenrie
Member
03-24-2006
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 7:57 pm
I've stayed out of the fray here, but I've had enough. Jon needs to suck it up. He made the decision to have those kids, now he needs to be a man and be there for them. I think very few of the problems are because of Kate. The last few years Jon has made comments about not expecting to be in his position at his age with all the kids. If Jon mainly had problems with Kate, his new car would have room for the kids. But what is it? A 2 seater!!! A single man with no kids car! I'm not saying it's easy to accept that life is what it is and not what we'd thought it'd be. Get therapy, go to church, do whatever you need to but deal with it. He owes those kids that he brought into the world! That, to me, is the big difference between Jon and Kate. Kate deals with life as it is and doesn't moan and groan about what she's missing. Jon has played victim for several years.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 7:57 pm
Jon did look pretty darn hot on that bike! Paul Jr was cracking me up as he worried about Kate on hers.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 8:31 pm
Glenrie, I agree 100%. Say what you will about kate, but at least she is trying to make her life work. Jon seems to be finding ways to escape. He kept saying 'i like the freedom', wanted a solo seat on his new bike ect. Like I said above, I hope he can find peace. He may not always be married, but he will always be the father of 8.
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