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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 2:14 pm
I feel the same way, Ginger. Way over the top exposure.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 2:14 pm
Holly, I do think there are some weird vibes going on between Cheryl and Chad. I can't tell if she is trying to be a good sport and is totally put out with his teasing/flirting or if there are maybe feelings on his end that are not reciprocated.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 2:41 pm
What exactly is manipulative or controlling about not wanting your children upset? Huk'd, I don't think I know how to put this properly, but I'm trying to say it's not the children who are upset; it's Kate and she SAYS it's the children. Kate uses her children to get what she wants and she did it to get votes and she does it to sell books, ergo..money for her.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 2:52 pm
Kate and her family were the stars of a top rated TV show on TLC. That makes her a celebrity, regardless of what her station in life is. She is a star because viewers and TLC made her one. She's a celebrity/star because we all know who she is and watch her. She's as much of a Star as Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lauren Conrad, Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag, the contestants on Big Brother/TAR/Real World, etc. What's the difference?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:02 pm
If someone said something that was clearly derogatory (whether deserved or not) to MY mother, even at that young age, it would upset me horribly. "...it's Kate and she SAYS it's the children." is pure speculation, grounded in nothing. I may have argued incessantly with my siblings growing up, but have someone hurt them verbally or make them cry...I'd defend them to the point of going after them physically. Kate is a mother of small children. It is her job to protect them as SHE sees fit, not how anyone else does.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:05 pm
Escapee, I don't see Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lauren Conrad, Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag, the contestants on Big Brother/TAR/Real World, etc. dancing on a show that used to be my favorite show. It's why I'm hoping Jake is eliminated next. I don't consider "reality show contestants" to be "stars." Wannna be, maybe. I'm offended when those "stars" start invading shows I like. And I quit watching when they do (what's her name last season was another one, btw). This person on this show who left last night, her only claim to fame is that she is a mother who had multiples. And someone exploited that fact. Cricket, I absolutely totally 100% agree. I heard two things today on GMA, over and over again. First, it was all about the kids. She did it for the kids. The kids loved it. She shields the kids. Then I heard, over and over again, how she really and truly DID have fun even if it never looked like it. She really really did. Both were constantly brought up. Personally, I think these "stars" should stay on the shows where they started and quit invading MY television!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:16 pm
The name of this site is TV Clubhouse, and it was founded because of Big Brother as best I know. Reality TV is the reason I post here. These people are celebrities to all of us who enjoy reality TV. Where people come from, TV, music, sports, wherever, doesn't make a lick of difference to me. I don't like the disparity of beginning skills and physical abilities between say...an olympic figure skater and a Kate Gosselin. I like Evan just fine though. I can still like people even though I don't think their presence is quite fair to others. I find it easy to enjoy the show, and if I didn't, I wouldn't watch or complain about it.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:18 pm
I heard two things today on GMA, over and over again. First, it was all about the kids. She did it for the kids. The kids loved it. She shields the kids. Then I heard, over and over again, how she really and truly DID have fun even if it never looked like it. She really really did. Both were constantly brought up. WHY did you torture yourself and watch that?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:18 pm
Kate Gosselin may not be everyone's favorite reality mom, but the folks at Dancing With the Stars still insist they've got nothing but love for her. "I think she did great," DWTS contestant Evan Lysacek gushed outside of Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills last night after the mom of eight was given the boot. "She's so sweet. We're like a family, so it's hard to see anyone go." Lysacek was joined at dinner by his ballroom partner, Anna Trebunskaya, and fellow dancing duo Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Erin Andrews. And who did we catch Ms. Gosselin hanging out with in West Hollywood just a couple of hours after her last performance? Gosselin hit restaurant RH at the Andaz hotel for a dinner prepared by executive chef Sebastien Archambault and former DWTS hopeful/soap stud Aiden Turner (yeah, he even looks cute in a chef's jacket). Not only did Gosselin appear to get along with Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke and even Buzz Aldrin, but she was full of laughs yuckin' it up with a drag queen friend of—who else?—Pamela Anderson. Read more: http://www.eonline.com ...
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:27 pm
Costacat, while I don't disagree with you regarding their star status, they are still celebrities. They are on television shows, reality or non, still shows on TV that viewers watch, enjoy, set DVR's for, advertisers pay to have their products plugged during commercials, etc. Stars. Most reality TV is scripted anyways so I am not really seeing the differences. It's funny because Gramma says years back they didn't really consider sitcom actors and actresses to be 'real' stars unless they'd done a movie or two. This is just the new kind of 'sitcom'
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 11:29 pm
I'll miss Kate. I did want to see her succeed and improve on the show. I don't suffer from the delusion that she should have won the season or anything, but I was definitely a supporter. I've never voted for anyone on DWTS, SYTYCD, or AI. I assume one can vote using a Tracfone, but I've never tried it. Now that Kate's off the show, I'll watch with interest what she does next. Good luck, Kate! I really think Derek/Nicole are the best dancers, and that Erin and her partner are a close second.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 8:44 am
This morning Kathie Lee said that the base salary for the stars on the show was $240K and they got more for each week they were on. That's a lot of moola to bring home.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 9:54 am
I have to wonder about that number. That's a lot of money for a "base salary." I can't imagine that there wouldn't be more "stars" beating down the door for a quarter mil.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 2:08 pm
After taxes it's $120K and the way real stars live that'd hardly pay for a month's expenses.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 2:12 pm
sigh...i would love to have that chump change! LOL
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 3:49 pm
Wow, the posts got all boogered up! I knew I had read some of them this morning, now they're showing up after this evening's posts! <runs away screaming>
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 5:02 pm
Hukd, I wasn't really sitting there and watching. It was on, I was working in my office, and I'd hear bits as I walked thru the house to get coffee or whatever. Every time I walked thru I heard the same things. As far as this site, yes, it started out as Big Brother Fan Club. But the site was intentionally renamed to TV Clubhouse to indicate that it was NOT just about a reality show. Annie, I absolutely believe the DWTS people are saying good things. Why wouldn't they? They'd look like idiots if they said otherwise, wouldn't they? It's the polite thing to do. (And remember that everyone else wasn't working closely with her.) And LMAO... "boogered up!" Too funny, but I just realized... you're right!
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 5:12 pm
Just so I understand: Any gossip site that says anything bad that Kate has done is absolutely true. Anything Jon says about anything bad that Kate has done is absolutely true. Anyone Kate has worked with for several weeks who says she is a hard worker and fun to be around must be lying because they are keeping up their own image, being polite or have been told to be nice. Just so I understand.
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 5:20 pm
LOL, Mama! 
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 5:26 pm
No, Mama, you have it backward. Anytime anyone says anything bad or unflattering about Kate, it's absolutely false because they are just jealous or tabloid and looking for ratings. Anytime anyone says anything good about Kate it's absolutely true, and not because they are just filled with glee and joy that they don't have to dance with her or near her any more.

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Moderator
Moderator
06-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 6:23 pm
Stop. Just stop. Let people like or dislike whom they want without making fun of them, or implying they are stupid. Just be nice. Or your post will be removed.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:20 pm
Huk, you can come back...posts were moved here from the J&K+8 thread. I was a bit confused too at first. So how was Pam this week? Not her actual dancing but the overly floozy type behavior?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 3:44 am
Ha ha Happymom, I didn't go anywhere. I just thought I'd lost my marbles for a bit. 
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Shenanagon
Member
07-28-2009
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 5:56 am
Pam was great this week. She wasn't floozy at all. Cute and country, looked like Dolly. My dad who's also a fan says she's become his favorite. She's becoming mine too, the last 2 weeks has stopped her posing, I'm really starting to like her.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 6:13 am
I'm kind of falling for Pam too. Who would have thought it!
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