I haven’t written a Gosselin post in a few weeks, but I’m pretty sure this is pretty good Gosselin gossip. Us Weekly has a source – Angela Krall – who used to be one of the baby nurses employed by the Gosselins. Krall is telling all about how outrageous Kate Gosselin’s money and freebie requests were over the years, including an incident where Kate refused church-donated cribs because the cribs didn’t “match”. Krall also reveals that before she was hired in 2005, Kate had been on some kind of hiring and firing rampage, going through 40 nurses and nurse’s aides in three months. This is very similar to the story Us Weekly had back in May that basically claimed that Kate wanted to stay married to Jon for the sake of their joint assets. Krall basically confirms this, saying that Kate “thought they were owed stuff. The money factor was huge.”

The new issue of Us Weekly reports that Jon & Kate mom Kate Gosselin — known for being short with her husband, Jon Gosselin — is even more combative with her family and employees.

Baby nurse Angela Krall, who watched the sextuplets as infants for more than a year, tells Us that the short-fused Kate fired 40 nurses and nurse’s aides in the three months before she was hired.

A 2005 Associated Press story reported that a pre-TV Gosselin had petitioned the state to extend payments for Krall, whose fees were first paid by Medicaid (Jon was unemployed; Medicaid provides limited assistance to premature babies).

“Kate Gosselin said she feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births,” the AP reported.

While Kate praised Krall in the same story, Krall reveals that Kate posted “demeaning” signs in every room detailing rules, and fired one woman on the spot for washing her hands in the kitchen instead of the bathroom. “Kate flipped,” says Krall. “She thought it was cross-contamination.”

That level of perfectionism also tore her apart from her father, Kenton Kreider, a pastor, after he gave her cribs donated by his parishioners. “They didn’t match and Kate rejected them,” says a family source. “Things like that caused a rift.” Krall, who says all six babies ended up with matching cribs, tells Us Kate “thought they were owed stuff. The money factor was huge.”

Indeed, a now-famous Gosselin has spent 21 out of the last 30 days on the road at paid speaking engagements; after she made news last week admitting that she might leave Jon, she continued on her book tour for five days as her husband tended to the kids. For more on Kate’s obsession with her own celebrity and freebies, what she’s really like as a mom, and her rude behavior to locals, pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands today.

[From Us Weekly]

I can’t even imagine how big of a bitch you have to be to pitch a fit over cribs donated by church parishioners. And the part from the 2005 Associated Press report? “Kate Gosselin said she feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births.” Oh, for the love of God. I’m all for society giving financial support to the average family struggling with the care of a premature baby – but no one (let me repeat: NO ONE) should use the excuse “society made me take fertility drugs” ever (EVER). If you can afford fertility treatments, then you can afford to take care of your six babies. If you can’t afford the babies once they come, then you shouldn’t deny donations made by church parishioners. It really is that simple.

Here’s Kate Gosselin and the kids riding on a hay truck home with the TLC crew after a trip to a local dairy farm in Reading, Pennsylvania yesterday. Images thanks to INF Photo.