Kate Gosselin completes her heel turn...

[Rorschach]

...by denying her little daughter a drink of water. Seriously, this whole thing HAS to be scripted, right? I mean, she's entering bitch caricature territory. Vince McMahon doesn't create heels this evil anymore!

[BRV]

I don't think she's so horrible. The only people who have complained about how much of a bitch she is are women. I keep telling these women that if they had eight rugrats running around, they probably would have eaten three of them by now.

And I don't get how Jon continues to play the role of innocent victim. I mean, the guy blatantly fools around with other women, but that gets a free pass because of the Satan-Kate comparisons.

And yes, that is the most I've ever had to say about "Jon and Kate Plus Eight".

[Grendel]

Oh god ... I should've known that this was that Kate ... Am I the only one who hasn't seen this show?

[biafra]

Jun 12, 2009 13:18:26 GMT -5 Grendel said:

Oh god ... I should've known that this was that Kate ... Am I the only one who hasn't seen this show?

No I'm always clueless when these people are talked about.

[BR329]

God I'm so sick of Jon and Kate plus 8. I havnt watched one episode of this show but I hate with a passion.

[Grendel]

Jun 12, 2009 13:20:54 GMT -5 biafra said:

Jun 12, 2009 13:18:26 GMT -5 Grendel said:

Oh god ... I should've known that this was that Kate ... Am I the only one who hasn't seen this show?

No I'm always clueless when these people are talked about.

Kind of like the guy in your sig? J/K ;D

[Solid Stryk-Dizzle]

Jun 12, 2009 13:21:51 GMT -5 BR329 said:

God I'm so sick of Jon and Kate plus 8. I havnt watched one episode of this show but I hate with a passion.

Makes sense.

[Rorschach]

Jun 12, 2009 13:18:19 GMT -5 BRV said:

I don't think she's so horrible. The only people who have complained about how much of a bitch she is are women. I keep telling these women that if they had eight rugrats running around, they probably would have eaten three of them by now.

And I don't get how Jon continues to play the role of innocent victim. I mean, the guy blatantly fools around with other women, but that gets a free pass because of the Satan-Kate comparisons.

And yes, that is the most I've ever had to say about "Jon and Kate Plus Eight".

And this is why it fascinates me, on that level: the woman is being touted as the next uber-bitch, and thus far on camera she's playing it to the hilt. I have to believe that a great deal of that is her being "in character" and playing the evil harpy to Jon's innocent, put-upon husband.

I mean, come on....drinking the water right in front of your thirsty child? That's a bit much, and I can't think of a parent who would ACTUALLY do that.

[Jay T. Jackson: Son of Samuel]

You know it's stuff like this that makes me want to blow a gasket. She's treating her kids like little meal tickets and everyone is just eating it up.

[Michael Coello]

So, she's ripping off Superman dickery?

[Paul Servo]

Jun 12, 2009 13:25:33 GMT -5 Rorschach said:

Jun 12, 2009 13:18:19 GMT -5 BRV said:

I don't think she's so horrible. The only people who have complained about how much of a bitch she is are women. I keep telling these women that if they had eight rugrats running around, they probably would have eaten three of them by now.

And I don't get how Jon continues to play the role of innocent victim. I mean, the guy blatantly fools around with other women, but that gets a free pass because of the Satan-Kate comparisons.

And yes, that is the most I've ever had to say about "Jon and Kate Plus Eight".

And this is why it fascinates me, on that level: the woman is being touted as the next uber-bitch, and thus far on camera she's playing it to the hilt. I have to believe that a great deal of that is her being "in character" and playing the evil harpy to Jon's innocent, put-upon husband.

I mean, come on....drinking the water right in front of your thirsty child? That's a bit much, and I can't think of a parent who would ACTUALLY do that.

Then going "here' and hiding the water bottle saying that the interview is more important.
From what I heard today (was watching EXTRA out of bordom, she's sleeping with her body guard who is married).

At first I thought that this was all a ratings ploy. The first episode this season got youge ratings, people that never watched it watched to see what they were going to do because of the "drama."

But the thing they said, she does that sort of thing on the show and belittles the husband. In a normal custody case it's tough, but you have hours of footage.

[Reptar]

Tough shit. They don't even let us get a drink of water, or go to the bathroom at school.

[Welfare Willis]

Jun 12, 2009 13:21:51 GMT -5 BR329 said:

God I'm so sick of Jon and Kate plus 8. I havnt watched one episode of this show but I hate with a passion.

/Seconded.


For the love of all that's holy why do we spend time on people like this?

[The Line]

Jun 12, 2009 13:33:43 GMT -5 Reptar said:

Tough s***. They don't even let us get a drink of water, or go to the bathroom at school.

but are you an extremely young child in your own home? Those are just two reasons why its not fair to compare that situation to school.

[Rorschach]

Jun 12, 2009 13:56:38 GMT -5 Welfare Willis said:

Jun 12, 2009 13:21:51 GMT -5 BR329 said:

God I'm so sick of Jon and Kate plus 8. I havnt watched one episode of this show but I hate with a passion.

/Seconded.


For the love of all that's holy why do we spend time on people like this?

Because as human beings we have a natural sense of voyeurism, and also because it tickles our schadenfreude buttons to watch another couple's loving marriage crumble in front of our eyes?

I say that as someone who never watches the show, but who cannot escape it's intrusion into the pop culture landscape, be it segments on CNN, or the fact that Kate and her dastardly exploits are plastered on every magazine cover on the stands.

Again, as I was getting at...at some point, and Paul Servo underscored it well, TLC KNOWS what kind of numbers this show is doing now...so why would they make any effort to change it? Jon playing the "Oh God how do I deal with this?" husband, and Kate playing the barracuda, blonde bobbed BITCH =RATINGS in all caps. So it kind of makes sense to roll with what's working, from TLC's standpoint. That video I posted is going to generate all sorts of buzz, and the golden rule with these shows is, there IS no bad publicity.

[Cela]

Oh, excuse me for one moment.

WHY IS SHE FAMOUS!!?!?!?!!?

Seriously, is the only reason that she has a show because she plopped out 8 kids at some point? At least with The Hills if you're a desperate enough press agent, you can claim people want to see how young wealthy bastards act, but with this, whats the hook?

[HMARK Center]

The scary thing is that they didn't even have the abundance of kids naturally; it was fertility drugs that did it.

Not slamming anyone who uses fertility drugs, but they KNEW having this many kids was a possibility.

The show comes off as child exploitation, anyway.

[forgottensinpwf]

Jun 12, 2009 14:53:48 GMT -5 Cela said:

Seriously, is the only reason that she has a show because she plopped out 8 kids at some point?

Pretty much.

That's why people consider the Octomom as "important news"

[Grendel]

Some day, the "No Chance" music is gonna play on that show and she's gonna walk into the house doing the McMahon Swagger ...

[OriasPool]

Jun 12, 2009 13:33:43 GMT -5 Reptar said:

Tough s***. They don't even let us get a drink of water, or go to the bathroom at school.

They're not at school, they're in their own home and they're asking their own Mom for a drink of water, and then she drinks water in their faces, then flat out refuses to let them have any...If I had kids, I'd let them have the water before myself, but that's the kind of person I am. She is a whore bitch.

And when I was in school and the teacher absolutely denied me to goto the bathroom when I really needed to, I'd get up and walk the f*** out. I'm not going to piss or crap my pants just for their little rules.