KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD - THE RISE AND FALL OF A REALITY TV QUEEN (110 page)

Even some of Kate’s fans/followers/haters are smart enough to see the danger in Kate tweeting every detail of the family’s lives to complete strangers.

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 Not a good idea that you tweet about when u r going to be away from your house. It’s not safe to inform fans & nonfans.

On June 8, 2012, Kate tweeted that her children were going to be in Litchfield, Connecticut, for a running event that coming weekend. She posted a link to a website that provided every detail of where and when she and her children would be in public so anyone with good or bad intentions could find them.

So excited!My kids and I are running TOGETHER this weekend in a KIDSMARATHON run! Starting to pack! We are ready2run! http://t.co/kf3BFLeE

Kate sharing this information about her children’s whereabouts is in stark contrast to what she does when she travels with her bodyguard and without the kids. In those situations, she remains silent about her plans and destination until AFTER the event is over, for her own safety. Here’s a tweet that Kate responded to on the subject of safety:

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 Was ample media on the opening. People have learned 2 help Kate stay under radar until she gets where’s she’s going.

yep. You’re correct. Important for my safety. :)

KATE’S TWITTER GUARDIAN

Well, what do you know? Right on the heels of the online Gosselin critics discussing the fact that Kate has no friends who aren’t paid to deal/work with her, guess who suddenly jumped into the Twitter fracas? Why, it’s Deanna, the Stylist.

Deanna inserted herself into the forefront of a great war being waged by Kate’s fans to defend her against the “haters.” How Deanna got tangled in Kate’s web is anyone’s guess. Maybe she was excited to rub elbows with a D-list celebrity. Or maybe she is just as intellectually challenged as Kate. Whatever the reason, Deanna has become Kate’s new best friend, and her vocal protector on Twitter. The obvious question for Deanna that keeps playing over and over is, “WHY DO YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME ONLINE ENGAGING THE HATERS ON TWITTER?”

Not only does Deanna defend Kate, she lies while doing it. Either she has more in common with Kate than I thought, or she is truly naïve and ignorant about what Kate does. I skimmed Deanna’s 24-hour tweet-fest and found a couple of lies without really even trying, so I’m going to assume that much of what Deanna says on Twitter about the Gosselins are either big, fat lies, or misunderstanding of fact. All these next tweets are from Deanna.

When a tweeter asked Deanna if Kate is happy, Deanna replied:

@
xxxxx
@
xxxxx
@
kateplusmy8
Yes, Kate is happy& she is sweet! I don't get all of the hate at all!!

@
xxxxx @
xxxxx
@
kateplusmy8
No lies here! Why don't you want people to know that Kate is nice and the kids r happy???

(Apparently, Deanna is afflicted with the same “No lies” syndrome as Kate, where she lies but says she’s not lying.)

@
xxxxx @ xxxxx @
kateplusmy8
are you angry bc I am crushing your tabloid view of the family? Y so mean?

@xxxxx @ xxxxx @
kateplusmy8
Reality shows are created situations that can show a persons worst moments.

What? Reality shows are “created situations?” Not Kate’s reality shows, Deanna! Kate said her shows were the most realist reality shows out there, remember?! There just happened to be a great bunch of dads with cameras taking home movies of Kate and the kids, who just happened to be going about their daily business, running in and out of frame, living their lives. REMEMBER?

If Deanna is going to defend Kate, she’d better brush up on Kate’s history. Amongst all Deanna’s tweets defending Kate, I found this bizarre statement:

@xxxxx @xxxxx the kids tell me they love Kate and talk lovingly about her. How do you know them???

Why would 7-year-old kids tell a friend, a stranger, or anyone, that they love their mom and they “talk lovingly about her?” Oh, that’s right. THEY WOULDN’T! Kids don’t think like that. Kids are self-involved creatures who are trying to figure life out for themselves. I’ve been around the Gosselin kids a lot and, oddly enough, they’ve never come close to articulating anything remotely similar to those thoughts. They have, however, voiced many, many, many complaints about their mother.

Deanna was undaunted in her quest to protect Kate’s good name. When someone tweeted to Deanna saying that she needed to accept that “KATE went on national TV and was a rude nasty person,” Deanna responded:

@
xxxxx @xxxxx So you saw her on a TV show and I see her carry in 20 bags of groceries and hug her kids. We base opinions on different things.

Deanna said she has seen Kate carry in 20 bags of groceries. Deanna said she has seen Kate hug her kids. Well, there you go. Color me corrected. Those are clearly signs that Kate is a great mother. Those things obviously prove beyond any doubt that Kate is not a rude and nasty person. Right.

I have never seen Kate carry 20 bags of groceries into the house. I can’t remember a single instance in all the time that I followed and watched Kate, and in all the pap photos I have seen of Kate, where she has
ever
carried more than a few bags of groceries. I’ve also never seen Kate hug any of her kids, except when she had to for her fake reality shows.

Deanna lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; I live 10 minutes from Kate’s house and have shopped at the same grocery store as Kate. I’ve seen Deanna at Kate’s house twice. She’s definitely not a fixture at the Gosselin compound, so I don’t know what she is basing her observations on.

Deanna continued to battle with the worst of the Kate haters on Twitter for hours over a two-day period. She doggedly responded to EVERYONE…well, everyone except me, that is. She must have gotten the memo from Kate that anything that says “Gosselinbook” is to be ignored so it will go away.

Although it is a fool’s errand, Deanna made a valiant effort in trying to defend Kate. She will just need to take a lot more lessons in the art of lying from Kate, who is a master of the art.

THE FINE ART OF GRIFTING

Since filming began in 2006, Kate has been given EVERYTHING she’s asked for on a silver platter. TLC/Discovery either just bought her everything she wanted straight up, or for the larger items, they incorporated product placement deals with sponsors, where the product would be worked into the show “organically,” to make it appear that Kate and the kids had actually purchased the product. Kate Gosselin
has
never and
will
never, spend any of “her” money on her children if she doesn’t absolutely have too.

Kate Gosselin knows EXACTLY what she’s doing when she mentions or tweets about loving something, or wanting something, or needing something. She’s been doing it since her very first television special and it has always worked for her. She became accustomed to asking for anything and everything and having it delivered to her by Discovery/TLC or companies who like the exposure even a washed-up reality star can give them. A polarizing figure such as Kate is always good for a few extra views on a website.

After her shows were canceled and her contract had expired, Kate had to find a new way to ask for and get freebies. The Christians were onto her game by now, which made it impossible for Kate to tap that well again, so she found and began to worship in a new place to fulfill her grifting needs. That place was the Church of Twitter. And she found that it was good.

Twitter has given Kate a platform to mention something she needs or wants, and have her fans fall all over themselves to get it for her. Since she is still considered a “celebrity,” even in the most generous sense of the word, Twitter has also allowed her to get products from companies that are looking for publicity.

Kate gets gifts from fans, but most importantly, she gets gift cards. That’s what she’s really looking for. She also knows how to work businesses to get free stuff. She just includes their name in her tweets and before she knows it, the company sends her their product.

Kate’s usual method of manipulation is to throw something out there on Twitter about something she is looking for. This is one such instance:

Any1 know where to find a cute ‘what’s on the menu this week’ chef chalkboard (think sidewalk café type but smaller& hangs on wall) online?

Now Kate knows good and well that she can find anything she wants through a quick and easy Google search. Or, she could just type
in www.amazon.com
and she would find a mother lode of products to meet her every desire
. But if she did that, her fans wouldn’t send her stuff for free.

It doesn’t appear that anyone took the bait this time on the chalkboard grift:

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 Did u get ur menu chalk board yet? Cant wait to see it :)

oh there is SO many online, I can’t decide… Still deciding lol!

Here she is dropping major hints that she’d like eight new laptops delivered to her front door by someone…anyone. She needs those laptops because she has 8 kids, you know, and she had to scrounge around for laptops to use. What does that even mean? Does she have multiple laptops laying around the house? This tweet sure made it sound that way:

http://t.co/J9GqOdg3 …The scene at r house last pm…Scrounged around4any laptop we could find2speed the homework process! Still not enuf!

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 Well lots of families have made it w one computer so I’m sure you’ll suffice

one hour to complete six math homework assignments each night? Um, not happening… ;(

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 I wish you had spoken sooner. I just donated some office laptops. I would have sent them your way. :(

oh crap! Th
a
t sucks,huh?We could used ur old laptops but lotsa others can 2 I guess! Thanks for thought! Good of u 2 donate!

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 looks like it’s about time to invest in laptops (MacBooks!!) for everyone :D

agreed… Birthdays are coming… But then again, wow, that’s a lot to take on… I’m not a computer specialist lol

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 I’m a fan of u and ur cute family….I just don’t like complaining when lots of families have far less than u #stayblessed

…&far less kids 2! Wasn’t complaining.. Was marveling @ another growing up milestone,read my tweets thru + lenses,not neg 1s!