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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 5:12 pm
Kate is supporting her children...(just sayin'...)
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 6:12 pm
One could say that Kate's children are supporting her... ;)
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 6:46 pm
Jon is still under contract...they won't let him work and yes Kate's children are supporting her.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 7:34 pm
He WAS in the news and people can feel free to comment on that news item, within the rules.. ==== It isn't like Kate is sending her kids out into a sweatshop while she watched tv and eats ice cream.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 8:57 pm
TLC might be stopping Jon from "acting" but he can go flip damn burgers to help support his children if he took his position as a father with even an iota of seriousness.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 4:41 am
I thought all of TLC's control over Jon's employment stopped back months ago when the contract expired? Unless he agreed to put the clause BACK into the new contract he recently signed with them when he agreed to take money in exchange for letting Kate have the kids in her new show? Either way Huk is right, it just stops him from certain showbiz avenues without TLC's signing off first, all he has to do is ask. Doesn't stop him from working in the other 99.99 percent of work opportunities. I watched the first Kate/Eight show and was less then inspired, haven't watched since. My impression as a non-watcher is that the public's attention is waning and this could be the only season. Anyone know how she is doing, ratings wise?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 4:56 am
I'm not really enjoying this new Kate & 8 show either. I think Kate is trying to hard to come across as more easy going, but it's not working. The twins are brats, and the tups just aren't as spontaneously cute anymore. I'll bet this is the one and only season for this show.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:02 am
This post is about 50% Kate and 50% Amy (Little Ppl Big World). I woke up super early today and watched 2 or 3 episodes that I never saw before of LPBW. Maybe the first season. (getting a rooster, A&M going on a cruise alone). Now I know Amy is not the most organized mom in the world, but the house seemed much worse than in the seasons I have seen. Amy's kids said that they never got breakfast, lunch and dinner served before. (after a scene where matt's mom was having them eat dinner in the dining room together.) Here is the question, if Kate did not make sure her kids got B/L/D, I am sure she would get lambasted. I don't think Amy got any flack for it. Is it just cuz she/the roloff family is so much less publicized?
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:23 am
julie, i really think it's cause so many people strongly dislike kate; she isn't cut the same slack given to others.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:26 am
Exactly right, Tex. She even got tons of flack for using paper plates
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:31 am
Part of it is also probably because when we first met Amy and her family they were already much older. No-one particularily feels sorry when a teenager needs to pour their own cereal but six two yrs old climbing on kitchen counters to get their own breakfast is a whole other image. If we had *met* Amy and her clan ten yrs earlier then she might have gotten more of a negative response.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:37 am
Ha ha ha, YOU'RE exactly right, too, Rissa.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 8:58 am
Kate got blasted for using paper plates because the episode was about being green and getting her house redone with earth friendly options. Plenty have critisized Amy and her lack of housekeeping and not instilling more responsibility in the kids. I think she doesn't draw as much hostility because her personality is not grating like Kate's is. Amy is the kind of gal many of us would hang out with, have a cup of coffee. We can see ourselves chatting with her at a soccer game. Kate? Not so much.
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:32 pm
The sweet, surfing, fun mom on Kate plus 8 is a directed and edited Kate on a program that is orchestrated to maintain viewer interest in a highly rated TLC program to generate income for the network. The original show when it started was just a couple that found themselves in a unique situation that let some camera's in to their home in hopes of keeping their family finances afloat. I don't think we can form any opinions on Kate's personality based on what is presented to us in the Kate plus 8 show. The current incarnation of Kate is a television character.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:47 pm
Tonight I couldn't help but admire Kate's keeping her sanity while shopping for school with 8 kids. She's a pretty cool character under fire. I would have had to be scooped up off the floor in a fetal position if I had to go what she went through.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 8:24 pm
If I were Kate, I would do a heck of a lot more online shopping than it appears she does.
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 6:52 am
Now I disagree - I thought what they showed of Kate was that she was whiney and totally off it for shopping for the school items... I bet next year the little ones get Velcro shoes again... It once again was "ABOUT HER" A little common sense .. break it up into three trips ... take the twins (give them some special time with mom) then take the boys and then the little girls ... Even if you are repeating stores you are keeping the peace - and no meltdowns... it probably could have been accomplished in less time that way (I was one of 5 kids and my mom never shopped with all 5 of us at once!) From the way she was whining it sounds like the trip took 6 hours .. so three two hour trips would have gone much smoother .. could be completed in one day .. but even spread out among three (and then included a quick lunch/snack out) And don't get me started about asking what they wanted on their sandwiches and then after everyone said something different .. say that she was going to make it the way she wanted... I think this is the last episode I'm watching!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 8:25 am
Needmylifeback - I also saw a few "helpers" in the background shots of the shopping - I think she went shopping because of the "filming" its part of the "show" and her tears were real at the Beauty Salon, but I dont know, it was also "ABOUT HER" when they gave her the hair and she said they were donating to locks of love, and made a big deal out of it, but said she was keeping one - that just seemed contridicting to me (not that I didnt understand completely about wanting to keep her hair... but anyway... I really have to stop watching, it makes me too depressed...
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 8:53 am
Well with "helpers" she shouldn't have behaved the way she did (wonder where Maddie gets her meltdowns from?) ... I do have one of my first pony tails (1st grade?) ... wonder if locks of love would accept 45 years old hair? Did she cry when the other girls got their hair cut? ... Really - be an example to your kids...
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:00 pm
All I can say is if I had twins and six others only four years younger, I'd be sitting in a corner with a blankie, sucking my thumb. The children are very well behaved for their ages. All kids have meltdowns occasionally but they don't have the world judging them. Kate needs to support those kids. Of course she is overwhelmed. Any sane person would be overwhelmed at the task of raising that many kids alone. She knows she cannot count on their father for anything. She could probably go the route of Octomom and go on welfare, but she has chosen to do whatever she has to do to make sure that her kids have the best of everything.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:00 pm
"""A little common sense .. break it up into three trips ... take the twins (give them some special time with mom) then take the boys and then the little girls""" Needmylifeback, your idea is brilliant but would only work if the parent didn't mind spending time with the kids. I doubt Kate is very interested in taking the kids to the store let alone on 3 trip unless the cameras are there. There IS a reason she has staff, ya know.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:08 pm
I cracked up when she insisted the kids have velcro. I can remember arguing with my daughter's PreK teacher cause she couldn't tie her shoes yet, that until she outgrew velcro shoes I was not stressing about it! somehow the kids do manage to have food and clothing, so i can't imagine ALL of kate's shopping trips are done in front of the camera.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:25 pm
I adore my children and love every minute I can spend with them but would rather stick a hot poker in my eyes then do the same errands over repeatedly with each kid. Do it once, get it over with and go back to what is important in life.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 1:13 pm
I'm with you, Rissa. Pull the bandage off quickly.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 1:38 pm
LOL, Rissa. Hot poker. I never minded doing shopping with my kids but my kids weren't whinny so it was a generally a nice time. And as young adults I like shopping with them too, they are fun and interesting to be around even when they we Kate's kids ages. It's pretty easy to tell she'd rather be anywhere than at the store with her kids.
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