We’ve heard stories from the set of Dancing with The Stars about Kate Gosselin acting cold to the fellow contestants and crew. Kate’s denied that’s the case, and said on The View that she “met everybody [and] had a great time.” Not everyone shared Kate’s impression, and dancing instructor Mark Ballas (who is working with Shannen Doherty this season) called Kate “standoffish” and said that his friend, Kate’s instructor Tony Dovolani, had his work cut out for him. “I’m sure he will whip her into shape. Whatever you can get out of that!”
It looks like Ballas was right. Gosselin’s performances have been lousy, and she’s been argumentative, whiny and difficult to work with. Her instructor Tony even quit and walked off set during a lesson in which Kate told him he needed to teach differently. (Video is above.) Kate was crying and Tony eventually came back and they worked it out. It might not matter though as Kate’s dancing was still sub-par and she received the second lowest score of the night. Kate and Tony are the second lowest scored couple overall after two weeks, with only 80 year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin and his partner trailing.
As for her performance, Kate’s jive was awkward and she looked nervous and mannish in a too-short red fringed dress, her fake hair curled and pulled up in a banana clip. Judge Bruno Tonioli, who called Kate “terrible” last week, said this week that she was “going through the motions like a Stepford wife.” When Tonioli told Kate she needed acting lessons, she rolled her eyes all the way to the back of her head. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba praised her just for getting through the performance while Len Goodman told her not to let her nerves get to her. When Kate went backstage to talk to host Brooke Burke, Kate explained that the fight that was shown in rehearsal was just “30 seconds of a great week of practice with a great teacher. We just met each other. We have to learn to communicate like a… marriage? [squeaks like a mouse]”
I really hope that Kate is voted off tonight and that we won’t have to watch another week in which her attitude and her lack of talent fight for screen time. At least she didn’t bring her kids to the show to try and get votes.
Rolling your eyes is for little children. Which worries me because she has so many. She’s raising a whole gaggle full of children that can’t control their eyeballs!!!
So he actually didn’t quit? Love the misleading headlines here and elsewhere. Walking away for a few minutes isn’t really quitting, is it? Otherwise, can’t comment because this show is a waste of air space and I don’t watch.
That was literally hard to watch. If she knew she had this little dance talent why is she wasting everybodys time? She is such a stiff she makes Buzz look good. No talent whatsoever, but expects to be treated like some kind of star. Go home, Goodbye
Good lord, she was awful last night.
i dont really like her, but i cant imagine having to learn dances in a week especially without having that type of coordination.
For all those Jon bashers, who claimed she had to act that way with him, here is Exhibit:A her way or the highway, in other words she is always right, she dose not have to take into consideration anyone else’s point of view, oh and she is always right and the victim of others misunderstandings.
Boy does she has some type personality disorder.
She was signed on for the novelty. No natural rhythm. Unable to listen to and receive advice from teacher and judges. Unable to listen to and follow music. Unable to play well with others.
This gig provides good money for her even though she is making a fool of herself. When it is over, she will gladly blame her shortcomings on others.
Uh, no, I do not watch DWTS, but I do see clips and read “news” items.
I cannot wait until she gets booted off!
well i don’t watch the show either but from what i saw in the clip she is way to stiff, it seems as if she was looking at tony to copy his steps. she just ‘dances’ wierd if we can call it dancing
I actually felt sort of sorry for her watching that dance I was wincing, she knew she was awful and had to be nervous as hell after watching all the other performers.
But honestly, can you imagine being a ‘regular’ person who is expected to compete against the Pussycat Doll and an Olympic trained figure skater? It is pretty obvious that one of those two are going to win, sort of sucks the fun out of it all.
Best. Cheese. Ever. I have to say I am completely ashamed of myself for how much I am enjoying DWTS this season. Love, love, love all the manipulative drama, and hope that we lose that scabby pussycat doll first so we can focus on the trainwrecks!
I agree. I think she was brought on for the exact purpose that is shown above. ew. :rollseyes:
This is funny really. Now, all of a sudden, everyone is reminded of how unlikeable this woman is. People forgot after her idiot ex-husband publicly self-destructed. Through that, she was actually able to craft a positive image (or at least minimize the negative) by simply keeping her mouth shut and not being Jon. Allowing herself to be exposed like this is a foolish mistake from someone who seems insistent on a career in the public eye. Personally, I’m glad, because I cannot wait for this woman to go away.
Hey, no one held a gun to her head and made her do it. She signed up because she wanted attention, end of story. Now that it’s not the kind of fawning, adoring attention of a sweet single mom that she was expecting… well, sure, NOW she’s going to be upset. I have no doubt we’ll hear about how she didn’t have the time to put in, or the focus, because she was always thinking about her kids. And Tony didn’t teach her right, of course. It won’t be her fault when she’s booted… nothing ever is.
Not sure why I watched last night, but I happened to catch the behind the scenes rehearsal stuff and her “dance.” She is just plain awful – all the way around. Trying to tell this professional dance instructor how to teach when that is what he does for a living?? Even though Jon has proven to be a major douche, I always thought she was a royal bitch on their show and I see it actually is her true personality. I hope she goes home first, but I imagine folks might keep her for the novelty of it. And that eye roll was PRICELESS. (Glad to see the screen shot of it!) She does NOT have a good camera presence at all. Most people smile and put their best face forward for the camera, but she just stands there and frowns. It’s pretty bad. I’m assuming she doesn’t watch herself on t.v. or maybe just doesn’t care ??
One more thing about last night’s episode – Pam Anderson is just plain gross. She was “in character” as Marilyn Monroe I guess and every time the camera was on her, she played it up, even way after her dance. It’s like she knows her “sex appeal” (which, at this point, is questionable) is ALL she has to offer. She even made a comment when asked if “we are going to see all the sides of Pamela Anderson this season” about us already seeing all of the sides of Pamela Anderson. Couldn’t agree more and I’m completely over it!
Kate Gosselin on DWTS is like watching a Skanky, bitchy deer caught in the headlights!
I loved how Tony said “I let it get to me.” Yeah, Kate being the “it” LOL!
She looks so uncomfortable and stiff, and has absolutely no physical grace whatsoever. How’s he supposed to teach her that?
TaylorB, I agree that the playing field is terribly uneven every season. Oh well. I don’t care about the show beyond the “good” parts that I watch on The Soup.
@ YT, Constance, Kate, MSat, and princess pea:
Co-sign!
Not a new show, we all know the premise. 1 week, 1 dance, next week, new dance. Get judged along the way. She knew what she got herself into.
Her problem is she can’t relax because she can’t lead. A control freak will never learn how to dance until they learn to let go.
If she has a sudden miraculous change in attitude, this would be charming as a feel-good/rom com movie, but in this instance we can’t tell if she’s the hero or the villian.
Tony please be patient and try to see how Kate learns. I hope you guys make it to the end!
She went on this show thinking everyone loved her, She figured she had it all wrapped up….News Flash you annoy the hell out of 90% of the population.*Eyeroll* crazy as a box of hair.
@WHATEVER, the headline says he walked out of rehearsal. The clip showed him walking out of rehearsal, what’s the problem?
This stinks SO MUCH like the Rielle Hunter catastrophe….
“…Once I realize the public will not fawn all over me, I am gong to show utter disdain for the results.”
@princess pea: You’re right, she saw the $$ and the attention, and no one held a gun to her head. I can hear all the excuses now, as to why she ‘failed’. It truly will be everyone else’s shortcomings and not one ounce of the blame will be hers. As usual, she is never accountable for anything. What will it take for this b!tch to realize that she needs, desperately, to SINCERELY change her personality. I read somewhere this morning that she needs a personality transplant. LOL!
I wondered how long it was going to be before we saw, yet, another instance of POOR ME. After Tony was gracious enough to come back after walking out, she said to him, ‘Everyone has always quit on me’ (or something to that effect.) I KNEW there would be something said or done to deal out the pity card again this week.
And I wonder who the *eye* *heart* *u* was meant for? Her 8 kids or her *ahem* “bodyguard”.
Buzz Aldrin will be the first to leave and Kate will be second. Maybe Tony should draw a map of the dance steps just like they did with Buzz. Pamela is much more annoying than Kate, she needs to stop all that sexy posing, she lost her sex appeal long time ago!
@Sigh:
Yep, yep, yep!
The show’s been on for only a couple YEARS now. I have money that if anyone knows the world of reality tv, KateOG is the girl. She, in my mind, is “Most likely to have shopped EVERY network outlet possible.”
No way she’s going back to be “ordinary” and holding a “real job.” That’s too far under her pay grade, in her delusional mind.
But like the back story of her life played out as they got divorced…
White trash is always white trash when they LOVE it!
@Doma: Her “failure” will be fuel for another book and tour and more “Christian” speaking gigs… /barf
I’m so happy that she’s working hard to give it her all, that’s all anyone expects. I’m sure it can be very aggravating at times but hang in there. Add alittle slu.tiness to it Kate like Pam. It comes more naturally for some than others.
I agree it was almost hard to watch, I was sort of embarrassed for her. Tony Dovolani, and the other professionals, have always been very gracious with their ‘stars’ and usually seem to form close bonds with them throughout the season. If T.D. is having a tough time, she really must be difficult. I can’t really blame her for wanting to be on the show…I would do it if they asked me! But she really is out of her element and unfortunately, she is not handling herself with class, regardless of her lack of experience. And those hairstylists on the show are not doing her any favors! What was with that heinous fall they stuck on the back of her head??
To be fair, that Bachelor guy is not a ‘star’ (D-list or otherwise) so he really shouldn’t be on the show either. I’m not fan of Kate, but I think he is even LESS deserving to be on that show. Their pool of talent is really odd this season and the chemistry seems off.
I usually sort of like Pam Anderson, cause she can laugh at herself. But watching her preen and sex it up every bloody second she’s on camera is annoying!
I really hope the Pussycat Doll gets gone with a quickness. It’s totally not right to put a “pro” performer/dancer with an 80 year old astronaut, a former reality show bachelor, a former Baywatch “babe”, and a reality show mother of 8. Just an observation on my part.
Princess Pea, not only the attention she wanted but also to prove to herself that she can do different things. That’s like throwing Michelle Duggar into this against Pam, not fair but it’s not about being fair but the best.
Please let her be gone…last night was more then enough of this shrew!!! She is such a horrible human being with absolutely zero talent – unless you call bitching a talent!!! I’m sure Tony understands why her marriage has failed…she accepts ZERO responsibility for anything that goes wrong – it’s HER way or no way and did I mention what a complete bitch she is.
I am simply DISGUSTED with her as a person all together in every possible way. She is such a trashy, classless idiot with absolutely NOTHING positive or good about her. Absolutely NOTHING and yet someone is keeping her on TV. I really don’t get it that at this time and age there are no better ideas for TV shows…. This is really pathetic and yet most people who are in that business are paid enormous amounts of money for what?
Her dancing was painful to watch. I’m not sure how to phrase this… I guess I empathized but without a shred of sympathy.
As for her ‘people quit on me a lot in life’ comment, I’d say well, if a lot of people do it, maybe it’s you and not them. Stop being so horrible. That fact that she has managed to push cool, mild mannered Tony to the brink means (to me) that she’s hard to work with, selfish and arrogant.
I think the votes will keep Buzz. Tom Bergeron hinted that if there had been an elimination last week, the public votes would have made it a huge upset…. interesting, maybe Nicole would have gone? I think after last night with Kate’s lack of grace on and off the dance floor she should be first to go.
Ok a couple of things…
I love my Pammy on this show. She is great television here and you all know it. I mean seriously, who has paid any real attention to this show in the last couple of years and they got their highest opening ratings ever last week.
Rolling your eyes is not just for children. It’s for any adult who works with the public. When I worked retail it was far better for me to roll my eyes than to tell the bitch I was waiting on to go f**k herself. FYI.
What does one expect from a woman who is only famous because of her uterus? A good personality?
Whoa. Just goes to show that Kate sucks the lifeblood out of every male entity she encounters. I know she’s no performer, but she’s really, really bad. She shouldn’t have agreed to this, she seems to know herself pretty well at times and she should’ve known this wasn’t her forte.
Wow… Kate really has a gift for frustrating everyone around her. She obviously has a very low self esteem: “A lot of people have given up on me, in life”. She never seems to take responsibility, or try to change herself.
Lol @ana(#1)- I could see all her children running around like bobble heads haha
I think people are so eager to keep Kate stereotyped as the nagging fish wife/woman that they’re not looking at this clearly. I saw WAY more ego coming from this guy when she was trying to explain that she can’t understand his way of teaching/communicating. Also, I think that rediculous drama was totally hyped up and staged.
Clearly, she is NOT a performer and it’s frustrating to see her move so stiffly, but I’ve got to give her credit for how much she’s learned in so short a time and for having the cajones to do this in the first place.
Wow, this aftershow interview with Tony and Kate is PRICELESS
http://www.accesshollywood.com/kate-gosselins-dancing-drama_video_1213892
Tony starts getting irritated when Kate starts talking about their “fight” and how it was a miscommunication and things are all better now (I’d get pissed too if the person I was teaching wasn’t practicing and pulling attitude, and then smoothes it over on TV by saying it was a “miscommunication”). Then, the interviewer asks him to comment on how he is “such a hard teacher”. Tony defends himself and asks her where she heard he was a hard teacher (he actually has a reputation of being really soft spoken, professional, and laid back). Then he gets PISSED (you can 100% tell how much he hates Kate) and walks out of the interview. The interviewer is like “ummmmm Tony just walked off the interview!” and Kate uncomfortably says “It’s fine.”
Buzz was a better dancer than she was!
Feel sorry for her partner – ain’t no hope there for a win!
Send her home TONIGHT! She made me sick.
Watched the interview – thanks for the link. What a disaster. A comment on the access hollywood site said something like, ‘another abusive partner for kate, give her someone nice’. Good god, anyone who’s ever seen Tony Dovolani on DWTS recognises nothing but a sweetie and all round gentleman. She needs to go before she ruins him.
at least she is out there trying to earn a living to support her family. what is that loser Jon doing to bring in $$?
Jon might be a loser (which explains “you are who you are with”) but Kate is still talent less, classless, the most stupid trash ever! Who never seems to take responsibility and was the other parent (of two) who spent all the money that they earned since they started with the show. Now she is just trying to survive herself and stay in the media. As for her kids they are still receiving FREE stuff…
OMG! She was like having to look at a car accident as you drive by – I couldn’t stop staring at the TV. Not only did we watch the meltdown during rehearsal, I started feeling sorry for Jon for putting up with that crap for so long. Then to top it all off she comes out to dance looking like a big ole drag queen (and dances like one), I never realized how masculine she actually is..lol Can’t wait to watch the whole season!
@Sudini…As Tony pointed out last night on DWTS, he is a professional dance instructor. He has also been on the show a long time. Therefore, he is used to teaching all types of people with all types of learning/communicating styles. He has never had this type of problem with any of his other partners. So his “ego” is perfectly justified. Kate is definitely the problem, not Tony. I wish there was a way to cast a “negative” vote, as I’d be dialing my fingers off to get rid of her!
Yeah, she makes Buzz Aldrin look like Gene Kelly and Tony should get a Nobel Peace Prize for tolerating that nasty woman. I think the only reason he had his moment of clarity is because he’s under contract, so quitting would allow him to be sued. Not so good when you have a family to take care of.
“A lot of people quit on me in life”
Oh SHUT UP.
This woman is such a whiner. I’ve not really seen much footage of her doing anything, never watched her shows, but every clip from this, to an interview—even to things where she’s “supposed” to come of favourably, (like her own show) she WHINES and complains all the time…
Anyhow…does anyone remember that episode of Saved By the Bell where Lisa sprains her foot and makes up a “sprain” dance for the big competition?
Not that I’m drawing a comparison or anything *coughcough*Itotallyam*coughcough*
I want Buzz to win. I know he isn’t very good, but c’mon, he’s old… -_- I hope he does…how awesome would that be?
Im actually hoping Pam gets kicked off first. Cant stand Kate either but Pam’s stoned eyed looks are so annoying, she needs to give up that act now. I wonder if she does have any other sides to her personality…doubt it, but she is definitely on some serious meds.
TEAM BRUNO!!!! Len, love, nevermind her nerves, what in the name of god was she doing with her arms? It looked like she was carrying two invisible cushions under her armpits for the entire routine. I thought she had the short straw last week doing the Viennese waltz, pretty much the toughest dance going because you can’t compensate for the technique, but jeebus she can’t dance.
Now I’m more familiar with the British one, and quite often the terrible dancers with a likeable personality go far. But Lord, kick her out! Pamela they should keep, she’ll only get better and she’s bloomin’ entertaining 😀
Actually I hope Kate stays on for a bit longer. Her inner bitch is just straining to come out and say something nasty to the judges
lol westender. I saw the clip from the first few times she was practicing and she was completely trying to control her facial movements. But that inner bitch would slip onto her face a few times. You could tell she wanted to start giving her instructor “love taps” on the head while screaming her head off at him.
She rolled her eyes at the same guy who called her a shopping cart. Guess she’s done pretending to put on a cheesy smile while he gives it to her.
Amanda- thanks for the link.
Close up she looked like a man in drag. There was something freaky going on with her face and eyes. Maybe it was wayyy too much makeup on but those two lines between her forehead were dying to make an appearance. Her hair looked like something from the 80’s.
She’s ugly on the outside as she is on the inside.
I hope Buzz stays for a while longer. I think it’s awesome he’s trying something new at his age. He’s lucky he’s still walking much less dancing! Go Buzz!
She’s a bitch? No durrrrr.
Who can blame Tony for walking out on the interview! This from another site:
Reports: Kate Gosselin ‘impossible,’ wants Dancing with the Stars partner canned
By Amelia Robinson | Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 01:51 PM
Imagine this, Kate Gosselin is being a prima donna behind the scene of “Dancing with the Stars.”
DWTS execs apparently didn’t see Kate’s other show otherwise they’d know that’s how Kate G. rolls.
Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab)
According to Pop Eater’s Rob Shuter, former “Jon and Kate Plus 8” star wants Tony Dovolani fired and is causing all sorts of drama behind the scenes.
“Everyone involved in the show thinks Kate is impossible. We all feel very sorry that poor Tony got paired up with her. She talks to him as if he is her ninth child,” sources reportedly told Shuter. “At one point things got so bad that Kate demanded that the shows producers fire Tony and get her a new partner. However, everyone would rather get rid of her than Tony, who is loved by all the staff.”
That said Dovolani told Entertainment Tonight that he regrets telling Gosselin he quit during a fight aired as part of Monday’s show.
“I don’t like speaking when I’m upset because I don’t ever want to bring back words that I don’t mean and ‘I quit’ I guess was one of them,” Dovolani said according to ET.
Poor Tony! Doesn’t seem to be enough glitter in the world to make Kate a nice person.
Poor Tony is so over that psycho bitch. He should just spin her and let go so we can watch her fall on her ass. Now that would earn 30 points.
In the Access Hollywood interview, did she use the word “favoritist”? Someone call James Franco to school this cow.
@Cinderella: LOL ~ I meant to comment on her use of “favoritist”–and she writes books? Oh, yes, that would be her ghostwriter. She’s hanging herself.
O.K., so time out. Here’s a problem- I was horrified by Kate the great’s dancing last night, but I just went and watched the video and now I feel sorry for her. I bet she stays tonite….it’s a trainwreck, but I bet she stays. Let’s jettison the PCD skank! she doesn’t deserve to be there with the others who are just learning to dance.
@WHATEVER, the headline says he walked out of rehearsal. The clip showed him walking out of rehearsal, what’s the problem?
Quitting is walking out and not coming back. Is he still on the show? Then he did not quit.
@Whatever: If you watched the show last night or even the clip, Tony took off his mike, threw it down, and said to Kate, “I QUIT.” He walked out, reconsidered, and came back.
at least she is out there trying to earn a living to support her family. what is that loser Jon doing to bring in $$?
ITA: The way she changed the subject on the view leads me to believe he isn’t paying his court ordered child support either. I hope they throw his sorry ass in jail for not paying and they DO that in PA. Of course, it would cost us tax payers a small fortune to feed his fat ass.
Wha…? I’m no Kate fan, but I just don’t see her being a crazy, unreasonable diva here. Whiny and difficult to teach, sure, but Tony’s the one who came off like a spoiled, diva b!+@#. Someone clearly told him to ratchet up the drama for good ratings.
popeater.com has a behind the scenes story about how she tried to have Tony Fired and that everyone on the set loves and respects him.
i feel so bad for this tony guy – so classy, professional, hot – having to deal with this twit. she is totally ungracious and it seems like part of the reason she’s such a bad dancer is she has no joy in her, you can feel the sour coming off of her.
I can tell you exactly what saved that witch Kate tonight…and it was Mark Ballas’ injury. He would not have been able to dance for six (6) weeks. You cannot tell me there was not Judge intervention tonight in manipulating these scores. If it weren’t for Mark’s injury, Kate would have been history tonight.
Actually Tony looks like he’s been holding it all in and that when he finally reached the end of his patience at her constant whining, he wanted to quit her ass. Jon is disgusting but no wonder he’s has gone off the deep end after living with IT for ten years.
The practice scenes shows her in several outfits so I’m guessing it over a course of days and days of having to hear her complain and tell him how to teach her before he blew his cap on her.
Once and for all, let’s get something straight: they made $75,000 PER EPISODE for FORTY EPISODES of Jon and Kate Plus Eight.
Multiply that. Seriously.
Then also figure in the “love offerings,” the money from the books she “wrote,” the million dollar house from TLC, the money for appearances and interviews and the INTEREST all that money makes!
Jon is paying a court-ordered $10,000 a month for child support. If he weren’t paying it, you can bet she’d be screaming about it from the rooftops. How much does SHE pay for the kids?
So let’s put to rest once and for all this ridiculous line of BS that “at least she’s working for the kids.” She doesn’t HAVE to work. She loves the attention and doesn’t want to give it up, despite the fact that she has zero talent and nothing to offer.
This is why they should have put her with Max. That would have been hilarious. He would have busted her @$$!!!!
All I can say is “wow”………that dancing was painful to watch!! I understand she’s not a dancer or anything like that but was it really so difficult to memorize any of the steps in a weeks worth of rehearsals? She simply didnt know any of the footwork…..ugh
OH-MY-GOD she doesn´t even know how to dance a simple pas de bourrée!!!! LOL
She is soooo CLUMSY!
Do you even watch this show? Isn’t Tony one of the professionals who mocked Cheryl and Lacey about gaining weight. I think he treated Kate unfairly. Watching poor Kate actually makes feel for her. I’m pretty sure if you try to quit the show they can sue for breech of contract. Country singer Sarah what’s her name had to manipulate to get out of the show when her marriage fell apart.
OMG, poor Tony is learning why that wimp John left her…So sad, I just wish they took votes for who to vote off…she would be gone in a minute…
Nightmare! She ABSOLUTELY can’t dance. Piece of wood, not a woman. I would charge her for every so called dance.
Don’t forget her costumes . . .what style! I suspect she bought her gowns at the Reading, Pennsylvania factory outlets.