KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD - THE RISE AND FALL OF A REALITY TV QUEEN (49 page)

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

February 2010

Kate is away from home for the third straight day today, leaving the kids with Judy and several other sitters and nannies. She disappeared at lunchtime on Saturday and hasn’t been seen since. The kids were off from school today and spent some time outside playing in the snow, going sledding and just running around having fun, throwing snow at each other. It usually turns into the boys against the girls and today was no exception. The girls were the aggressors today, throwing the first snowball when Lexi threw snow in Colin’s face. That got Joel and Aaden into the war and the rest of the girls quickly came to Lexi’s defense. They were laughing and having fun though and nobody got hurt and nobody ended up crying for a change.

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

March 2010

Kate told Jon earlier this week that she was going to be on the new season of Dancing With The Stars for sure. She’s been in California for more than a week. “He’s angry because this will keep her away from the kids for an extended period of time and nannies will watch the kids instead of Jon. Kate won’t let Jon have any extra custody days. When it’s his time to be at the house, he’s there or he isn’t – his choice. Other than that, the kids are Kate’s responsibility and she thinks they’re better off with a nanny than Jon.”

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

March 2010

Kate hasn’t seen her kids since Saturday, February 20
th
. She left the house at 6 am on Sunday morning. Jon took over custody at 7:30 am that day. Jon left the house and kids on Sunday, February 28
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so the kids have been without either parent all week. They’ve been with a nanny and various babysitters and helpers.

“Mady and Cara are mopey and being very dramatic and whiny – more than usual. They feel like they’ve been abandoned by both parents. They’re excited that Kate will be on DWTS but miss having her at the house.“ They love the nanny but she thinks they get scared sometimes not having either parent around.

Mady and Cara have learned to deal with Kate being away by pretending to be in charge of the little kids and taking turns being ‘mommy.’ That works well for them but the little kids don’t like being bossed around by them and yell at and fight with them. This just makes Mady and Cara yell and fight back and all out wars break out that have to be settled by the nanny.

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

April 2010

Kate has been away from home and the kids since last Saturday afternoon and she got home sometime overnight last night but didn’t take them to the bus stop this morning, which means she probably slept in and didn’t see them this morning. The nanny took the kids to the bus stop. So after six days away from the kids, you’d think that Kate would be anxious to see them and do anything to be with them, right? Well at the very same time that the nanny was waiting at the bus stop to pick up the kids this afternoon, Kate opted instead to …… GO TANNING! She and Tony jumped in his Porsche SUV and went to Kate’s salon for a thirty-minute session. Tony didn’t tan today. He just waited patiently in the lobby for her while she went in the back for a spray tan.

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

April 2010

Carla brought the kids outside to play at 9:30 and parked herself in a chair up by the garage while the kids rode their bikes, scooters and just generally ran around. The kids were having a great time playing but Carla got too cold and ended playtime after only fifteen minutes. The kids were visibly upset and yelling that they wanted to stay outside but she made them go in. Cries of “we want to stay outside!” could be heard down at the fence.

In the short time that they were outside, Carla sat in a chair reading Kate’s new book. She made sure it was visible to the paparazzi. Every moment of these people’s lives are carefully orchestrated for maximum media exposure. It’s all an illusion.

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

April 2010

Despite what Kate says to the contrary, and despite her efforts to make the kids afraid of the paparazzi, the kids love them. It’s pretty much the same people every day and Jon says that since they grew up with cameras in their faces, it’s a natural part of their lives. I play with the kids all the time and they love it. They know us as their daddy’s friends and they feel at ease around us. It’s sad that Kate scares them and yells at them to the point that when she’s with them and they see us nearby, they’re afraid to even look in our direction. Colin is such a sweet little boy and he smiled and waved to one of the paps in the parking lot at the bus stop a few weeks back and that turned into the infamous photo of Kate slapping him and covering his mouth. She’s a horrible mother.

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

April 2010

Jon is extremely upset with Kate because she threw him out of the house in front of Mady and Cara when she got home. She came in the house and walked over to him and said “I’m home, get out.” He’s also pissed because she wouldn’t let him stay in the garage apartment one last night. His custody starts again at 6 am on Sunday but she made him leave the house and forced him to get all of his things out of the apartment at night, in the rain and cold, alone.

Jon & Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

August 2010

Jon had custody of the kids and when it was time to go back home to Kate, things got a little sad. When Jon called for them to start packing up, the kids started crying and told him that they didn’t want to go back to Kate’s house because she’s hardly ever home and they don’t want to film anymore. They refused to pick up their toys and sleeping bags and sat themselves down on the sofa with their arms folded and said they weren’t going.

When they finally arrived at the gate the kids were crying for Jon to take them back to his apartment and not make them go back with Kate. When they saw the nanny approaching, they started freaking out, getting hysterical and wailing and sobbing uncontrollably. Jon got out of the van and came around to give them hugs goodbye and to try and calm them down but that made it worse and they were crying even louder. Then Jon gave last hugs and got into my car to go back home.

Jon and Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

July 2010

(Source – A Gosselin Insider – I wasn’t in Alaska)

The kids are having a miserable time in Alaska and have been saying things like “I don’t want to film today. Can we just go home now!” They’re being pushed around and guided physically by the crew because they don’t want to be there. There’s a lot of foot-stomping by the little kids and Mady and Cara are just generally moping and whining that they want to go home. Kate doesn’t seem to care at all about their feelings. She just tells them to be quiet and keep moving.

The kids were crying and wanting to come home after only the second day in Alaska. They want to be at home in their pool enjoying their summer. They asked Jon to come and get them and bring them home. Mady is so sad and even threatened to run away. Kate told her if she did, a bear would eat her.

Kate scares the kids into filming. Kate said to the kids previously that “you have to keep working or we’ll lose everything we have!” Kate told them they’d lose the house and have to live in a shack, that they wouldn’t be able to go to their school anymore and that they wouldn’t have nice clothes and good food to eat.

Jon and Kate Gosselin PA Reporting

August 2010

TLC, Kate and the kids filmed an episode on Friday afternoon on Penn Avenue in West Reading, two blocks from Jon’s apartment. Kate took the kids to get their haircut and to Wendy’s for fast food of all places. Kate doesn’t allow Jon to give them anything but organic but now she’s the one giving them junk food. Could this be a bid to win some affection from the kids who obviously have had enough of her parenting skills? TLC also filmed Kate getting her dry cleaning at a nearby cleaners.

The boys were grumbling about having to wear matching shirts when the girls didn’t have to. The girls have already been complaining to Kate about this and it looks like she gave in to them but not to the boys. When the kids are with Jon they pick out their own outfits.

IT’S NOT RAINING MEN

Does Kate ever have anything nice to say about he
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children? Everything is always about how difficult or messy or expensive they are. Now she has added scaring men away to that list of complaints. Kate Gosselin claims that she hasn’t met a new man, or even dated, because of her children. In April of 2011, she told Matt Lauer on
Today
that she’s only been on “half a date” since her split from Jon.

Kate shoulders the bulk of parental duties and also soldiers on solo with the show. In between, she has made a cottage industry of her fame – writing two books, competing on Dancing With The Stars and guest-hosting on The View. But she told Lauer that none of that is why she’s only been on “half a date” since her split with Jon – it’s tending to her two 10-year-olds and six 5-year-olds that’s to blame. And she fears her love life might be hopeless.

Then, in January of 2012, Kate sat down with Dr. Drew (Pinsky) to discuss, among other things, how her children are keeping her from finding love.

Dr Drew: How about you, do you have a love life?

Kate: “No, too busy. I think a lot of my friends who are being constructive, or trying, say gosh, who are you gonna meet that’s um, gonna be able to deal with eight kids? And my answer is always, if they can deal with eight kids in our situation, they probably will be the person. It’ll sort of prove it.

Having eight kids hasn’t prevented Kate’s ex-husband from dating and having other relationships. Maybe Kate’s lack of dating has more to do with the fact that she is unpleasant, mean and so self-absorbed than with her having eight kids.

I have spent time with Jon and Kate’s eight children, and they couldn’t be any more delightful. They’re inquisitive, funny, and eager to
learn and play and be children. When I look into their precious eyes though, all I can think of is the torture that Kate has put them through.

POETRY

One of the twins is an aspiring poet. One day in 2011, she read me every poem in her poetry journal that she carried with her. She seemed shocked that an adult would take the time to sit quietly with her, or even be interested in what she had written. She said her mom never sits down with her and listens to her poetry. She was starving for parental attention and didn’t want it to end.