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I watched several minutes of Kate Gosselin’s interview on The Today Show before I switched the channel is a huff. This morning, Kate sat down with Meredith Vieira (who was wearing a really fabulous white suit that I want) for a live, exclusive, weepy and overly-hyped interview. It’s not that I think Kate (or Jon, for that matter) is the devil. I just don’t get any kind of sincere vibe off of either of them. They both strike me as narcissists who will do anything, use anything to elicit publicity, fame, sympathy and money. To give Kate some credit, I think she’s smarter about the whole thing than Jon. And to give her more credit, I think some of the tears in this interview were genuine. She’s in the midst of a full-throttle pity party, and she’s inviting us in to see the decorations, at least that’s how it seemed to me.
Kate describes Jon’s post-split activities (re: banging every woman with a pulse) as “very hurtful” and she claims she was “shocked…but those things… to be very honest, that’s his life and they don’t affect me directly at this point.” She pivots from her own feelings about Jon’s womanizing to how it affects the children. She may have a point there:
Kate Gosselin broke down in tears during a Today Show interview Monday while describing why she still wears her wedding ring. Struggling to maintain her composure and using a tissue to dab at her eyes, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 mom said she keeps the ring on to make the divorce transition easier for her children.
“Sorry,” she said as she started to cry. “I don’t want to upset them (the kids.) I don’t want to shock them.”
Kate was emotional during various points of the interview, but she tackled head on husband Jon’s new romance, denied an affair with her bodyguard and attacked her brother who has criticized her publicly.
She was clearly upset but shed no tears as she addressed the subject of Jon dating Hailey Glassman, the 22-year-old daughter of the doctor who performed Kate’s tummy tuck.
Asked about the fact that Jon has admitted to starting the relationship in May, well before the reality show couple’s June 22 divorce announcement, Kate said, “I was shocked.” She added: “It’s very hurtful. To be very honest the most hurtful part is when his decisions directly affect the children.”
But she saved her harshest words for her brother Kevin Krieder and his wife Jodi, who have spoken out repeatedly, most recently on the CBS Early Show, saying they believe the Gosselin kids are being exploited. “That’s probably one of the most hurtful thing in all of this when family turns on you and makes up lies,” Kate said. “This has become a business for them where they travel and speak on live TV shows with their allegations. This is a brother who I was very, very close to who became jealous.”
In the wide-ranging interview Kate denied a long-rumored affair with her bodyguard Steve Neild. “There is no affair. There never has been an affair,” Kate said. “We are very good friends with him, his wife and family.”
In the two-segment interview she admitted, “I wake up and I feel a lot of failure. This is not what any mother sets out for her children.”
She said she still loves the Jon “that I knew” but made it fairly clear that those feelings don’t apply to Single Partying Jon, the man who has dated Hailey, ex Star reporter Kate Major and had a late night sleepover with the babysitter recently.
She responded to Jon’s assertion that she gave up on the marriage saying that wasn’t true and “clearly we both have completely different takes on what happened between us but I feel like the details of that for the sake of my kids need to remain private.”
Strangely she couldn’t “remember” when Jon moved out of the house and said he just began spending a lot of time away from home.
[From Radar]
Strange that Kate couldn’t “remember” because that might affect her pity party. If they had been estranged for the better part of a year (which I believe), then it’s strange that she would find all of this so “shocking”. I know I’m being harsh, but here’s the part that makes me sick – back in June, Jon and Kate released a public statement saying that they would keep all of this private. And yet the interviews and the statements have kept coming. I have no doubt that both Jon and Kate are going through a genuinely rough time, and that they do have some concerns about how this situation is affecting their children. But enough with the crying to In Touch Weekly and enough with the crying on the Today Show couch. Enough!
It seems like she has no one to turn to, except of course, the media. I feel bad for, even if they have been separated for over a year I’m sure it suck’s to see you ex all red face drunk around a bunch of 20-something-year-olds while you are trying to explain to your eight children why daddy is kissing that girl.
This is Kate still being private about her divorce….
“inviting us in to see the decorations”
Kaiser, sometimes the things you write just slay me. I may have to borrow that one.
Somebody call the waaaaahmbulance.
Sorry, it doesn’t take much to learn to cry on cue.
J and K are BOTH responsible for their own lot; they let the money, fame and exposure poison their lives and ruin their marriage. It’s hard to live in the Hollywood fast lane with 8 kids in tow.
I DO NOT feel bad for Kate or Jon. They brought this on themselves. They wanted fame and fortune and now they can choke on it. These two losers do not care about their kids, they only care about themselves.
I don’t buy her tears one bit. I think she wants to throw herself a big old pity party to soften her overbearing, brow beating image up.
I really believe she had affairs to. I feel sorry for those little kids to have pyscho parents that care more about themself.
Actually since that statement, Kate hasn’t done interviews or made statements until now. It’s Jon who’s constantly talking to tabloids. Ironic since he was the one who hated being on the show. I think the reason Kate is talking now because new episodes of the show just started. She still has to promote the show and she’s probably doing damage control. Jon has been acting really sleazy for the past month. The show is a family show watched by mostly women. Jon is really turning the audience off with his whoring(other women and the media). I’m not on Kate’s side since she loves the media too but she’s at least taking the higher road than Jon’s.
when will this bitch STFU? I accidentally let toddlers and tiaras run into John and Kate make money from procreate on saturday, and was HORRIFIED at the show. kate explains some kitchen remodeling company “offered” to redo their kitchen, which is huge and already full of top of the line appliances in their million dollar mansion. there was nothing wrong with the kitchen. this bitch is going through it acting like its all completely wrong and there is no storage (total BS) and complaining about her perfectly good kitchen. the construction people are asking for their wishlist of what they would like in the new kitchen, and jon says, ” i dont know, maybe an under the counter fridge” and Kate snaps at him and asks in her supreme bitch condescending youre such an idiot way “ugh, no jon, what planet are you living on?” and she didnt even know what they were for! so then the contractor is like, well they are actually really useful for the kids for juice and bottled water so they dont have to go open the huge main fridge. IGNORANT BITCH! she bit his head off in front of other people, he didnt stand up for himself and tell her what they were useful for, and took her abuse, and then she got her ass handed to her when she had to admit that was useful. then she got all huffy when they told her it was going to be like 2 weeks without counters and she would have to wash dishes in the bathtub. her reply: “havent you heard of paper plates?” WASTEFUL BITCH! wash a freaking plate! I have always hated watching how much waste that family produces.
then since her pointless kitchen remodel wasteful shit was stressing her out, she had to take all 8 kids on vacation for a couple weeks, because poor me is so stressed out, im just going to whisk myself off for vacation.
these sicko money grubbing whores. they make me sick. i had to change the channel.
you watch the pedophile’s favorite home shopping show “toddlers and tiaras” and you have the gall to complain about Jon and Kate? OK.
They both said they would shut their traps and they didn’t do it.
It’s funny that Blindgossip published a solved blind item about them really being split up in Oct. and then Jon confirms it. I think Kate is lying and trying to put all the blame on Jon. (Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a douche.)
As for the ring, do you think they really notice or care about that? Or that their Daddy is gone. When I was their age I didn’t notice if my mom was wearing her ring. Heck I don’t even notice now.
I agree, children don’t notice rings. That’s spin for the women in the audience.
I have a hard time believing someone when every other sentence starts out… “To be honest”. Kate said “To be honest” or “To be completely honest” before almost everything she said. That’s a clear indication that she’s trying to convince herself and everyone else.
As “Bender” from The Breakfast Club would say…
“B-O-O, H-O-O.”
Kate’s a bad actress. Nobody’s buying her emotional wreck act. She loves the attention.
I watch toddlers and tiaras because it is on-its-face one of the most disturbing shows ever made, which the producers are well-aware of, and it is made with a significant dose of irony and tongue in cheek, like the rest of their freak show programming. they know its like watching a trainwreck. jon and kate, on the otherhand, is meant to be taken seriously, like wholesome family entertainment and its main audience is conservative religious midwestern grandmas, unlike toddlers, whose main demographic is probably people watching who are appropriately horrified (as I am) and then unfortunately, it ostensibly attracts some pedophiles (which jon and kate + 8 has just as much ability to as well) on the side, but pedos are not the show’s main audience. so yes, because jon and kate’s chicanery is passed off by the producers as serious, and sincere (when it is definitely anything but) I do have the gall to bitch about the show. I dont see how watching toddlers and tiaras makes me unqualified to think JK+8 is far more horrific and vulgar.
Nobody in this family apparently can stfu and go private with their personal issues. Ridiculous.
Lady.. he left ya cause you’re a bossy, loud mouthed bitch. God… if anybody talked to me the way you talk to him on that stupid show I’d have kicked you to the curb ages ago.
I think they agreed to not talk about each other for 45 days.
I was really struck by how she focused on how what kind of mom she wants her kids to remember HER as as opposed to doing whatever it takes to help her kids feel safe and secure during this awful time in their lives. Ick. This is the train wreck I can’t stop watching.
GAH! I don’t want EITHER of them to appeal to me. Please keep validating my need to ignore your PR blitz by being a c-unit and a douchebag, respectively.
You keep on justifying keeping toddlers and tiara’s on the air…I’m sure God understands.
What’s wrong with Kate having a pity party? Clearly she didn’t want this split and is having a hard time with it. It must be quite painful to see her spouse out with other women. Despite all this, she’s doing her best to safeguard her children. What more can you ask?
Her comment about the feeling of failure — which everybody has when going through a divorce — is also one of the downsides of being famous: If you fail at anything, the whole world is watching (and judging) you. And interviewers are asking you to bare your innermost emotions at a time when you are very vulnerable. Kate should have waited till she was feeling better to do this interview, in my opinion.
I’m pretty sure the Almighty has bigger things to worry about than the television viewing habits of one person. At least one would hope He’s paying attention to the bigger picture (famine, disease, torture, etc) and not TLC’s programming.
Her “ring” excuse is phony and pathetic. Like LITTLE KIDS put SO much on a ring. The state of affairs (literally and figuratively) is what is of UTMOST importance and should be the focus here. I don’t have the energy to finish my rant, my give-a-shit-ometer is busted.
Funny thing – if she “loved” Jon – she never showed it – she’s a shrew who is looking for sympathy so she will get ratings and continue the show. She’s crying over the possible loss of her personal trainer, nannies, cooks, etc. If she loses the show, she may have to cut back on all the tanning and spa sessions she has.
Please – this woman has felt contempt for her husband for years and she’s shown it – you do NOT treat any human being the way she treated her husband and expect for love to flourish.
It’s interesting that she initiated the divorce yet still wears the ring. I think that the ring thing is a personal thing for people going through a divorce – some people might be trying to remember/hang on to what WAS vs. what is. I don’t know – with Kate, though, I can’t decide if she’s doing it for publicity and to be a martyr or because she really IS sad about it. To everyone’s point – she IS a good actress. They both suck. Those kids are going to be spoiled BRATS. I feel sorry for their teachers and classmates. They are being raised horribly.
im h appy they getting divorced she was always a bitch to him
Crocodile tears for public sympathy!
toddlers and tiaras has to be one of the most fascinating shows on tv. I really is like watching a train wreck about to happen, but seeing how seriously these 3 and 4 year olds take it is just amazing. besides it’s the perfect thing to laugh at after a hard day.
There’s something VERY disturbing about Toddlers and Tiaras. I have not seen any of the current episodes, just bits an pieces of prior shows. I’m always amazed at the juxtaposition between the contrived appearance of the little girls and the actual appearance of their mothers. Most are over weight to the extent of being obese, but they spend hours emphasizing external beauty hype to their kids. Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
PLEASE…for the love of all that is…decent…change that obnoxious unsightly hair do! It’s awful! Has been from day one! Ugh.
Honestly, speaking from experience, when you are going through any extremely stressful experience, like a divorce with children involved, things like specific dates slip your mind. You are so busy surviving each moment, you don’t have the mental energy to note or retain those kinds of details. At least I didn’t, under similar circumstances.
I haven’t watched her clip, haven’t watched the show, so I have no personal feelings about her at this point. Just commenting on her inability to remember the exact date when Jon left.
thanks mommy, for telling me what god cares about-certainly not the 45 million without health insurance, refugees and starving people in the millions around the world, killing the planet via global warming and pollution. youre right! he cares about what should or should not be on TLC. thanks for clearing that up, and let me know if the lord has anything else to say to you today.
He says you’re an obnoxious piece of work, and He is very sorry the devil has gotten to you.
He’s very sad.
i really dont like her, but i feel for her with this whole divorce thing. i get it that she was the b*tch in the marriage, but jon suddenly being so horrible (immediately dating every willing girl he sees and being public about everything in a way worse way) has to be a knife to the heart. No one deserves that. I’m on her side here (although, while they were married i was definitely on jons)
As a mother of five kids, there are many times when I’m too tired to be “nice” when asking someone to do something. John walked around like a dumbass while she kept the house and kids in order. Clearly sometimes she was a bitch, but for gods sake she has eight kids! Good Riddance John. Team Kate all the way!!
Team Kate? You’re crazy. They’re both jerks. If you’re a jerk to your family in the name of getting stuff done, well, that’s still a jerk.
Jon actually did quite a bit more than she did. She barked orders, he was expected to just do it.
Anyway, having kids is no excuse to be an a**hole. I don’t care how many kids you have. There’s no call to be a jerk to your spouse.
Forget a specific date, how about a month? Did he move out closer to May or January? This year or last year? Unless she has amnesia, she knows when she put him out. The fact that Meredith didn’t follow up lets me know that she also supports Betty Broderick types like Kate. Sick. I’m so glad I stopped watching that show. This whole ‘poor Kate’ crap is just that.
Gwyneth Paltrow says: “Why does everyone care about these impoverished roaches? Ewwwwwww, they shop at Target. Come and watch me make a miso-nettle soup on tv!”
Mommy:
August 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
He says you’re an obnoxious piece of work, and He is very sorry the devil has gotten to you.
He’s very sad.
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Ug, now after watching that, she needs to give up the meek little timid victim act. No one’s buying it.
And the kids don’t notice your ring, honey. It’s on for sympathy anyway.
Cry me a river and go get yourself a real haircut and a real job.
wow LOOK what she learned from en Anniston lol..SHOW TIME FOR THE PITY ME CRAP. I suppose she wants to be an A list actress too??m lol
Crocadile tears. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. It takes two to make or break a marriage. Stop crying to the public we are tired of it. You would have had your families support if you hadn’t shut them out of your life. so do not cry now that you do not have anyone. Sure, Kate wss suspected of cheating because she was spending more time with her bodyguard than Jon. GET OVER IT.
I really don’t understand why people hate her so much. It’s ridiculous, and Jon Gosselin is such a db- he walked out on their kids – and he walked out on her- but yet she says it in a very diplomatic way- she doesn’t publicly scandalize him- but she’s the b*tch?
I don’t get it
Kate said she had a part in what has transpired. Real tears? I think so. Kitchen makeover: Jon was in on it as well, he opened the old cabinets and said how hard they were to use. He’s the one that said they had planned the makeover – before he got his shorts in a bundle. Kids notice her ring? ya, I bet those 2 older girls notice. They were all in on the renewal of vows.. they’ve been in the house listening to mom and dad argue about him going out with girlfriends. You bet they notice if she’s wearing it or not, that’s a girl thing, bling-maybe. But, for them- a symbol. Kate had a part in the problems, he could’ve been a man and talked about how his feelings got hurt. He says it’s not a mid life crisis- HA!! He said a long time ago, he could picture himself an old man with a couple of 15 year olds !! gross !! Too bad he didn’t use his balding head instead of what’s in his pants. His kids would be a lot happier.
TLC please don’t glorify divorce! Please be decent enough to show some responsibility to these 8 innocents when the parents so clearly can not. The community has a role here, What would Hilary C say?
These Blogs are Kate’s mother-in-law !!
Kate didn’t do anything different than a lot of women do,roll eys, come out with comments etc. And thier husbands don’t go out and find themselves some dirty babes. Jon got the idea from all these crazy blogs that baby him !! heck, he’s a man….. or suppose to be !! he just started feeling more and more sorry for himself after reading all the poor poor jon blogs.
My friends mother-in-law was always over to their place, telling her son how sorry she felt for him to have to do so much work around the house and for the family and no time for himself and how this one or that one is so good to her husband. She made most of it up, I saw for myself, they were treated no differently than my friend treated her hubby. Plus, she bore him a bunch of kids, did the majority of the work in the house and outside, but, because dear old ma felt so sorry for her lazy ass son, he went out and started drinking and in a short time, found a slut that felt as sorry for him as he and ma did. These blogs are Kate’s mother-in-law, and poor little jonny boys mama. And as far as Kate crying, wouldn’t you cry or is everyone on these things as hard as nails? I know if I were handed this in life, it would shake me to the core, I’d be devestated.
she use to be ugly as hell before TLC found them LOL. She was fat as shit too with brown hair. She got liposuction and a tan and dyed her hair…. after that she thought she was better than her husband so she started cheating on her n now he did it back she is hurt WAAAAAAAAAAAH…
i don’t understand how you can bash someone and be so nasty to another person that’s going through what she is going through.Just plain dumb to try to drag her down because of wt and har. There was nothing wrong with either b4, haven’t you ever colored your hair?even if she didn’t change color, nothing wrong with “Brown” hair, and there was nothing wrong with her wt, like they say- take the log outta your eye b4 you take the splinter outta hers, or something like that. If you think she was ov wt, you must be an anni, with bones sticking outta your skin and up chucking at each morsel, how cute !! Sally is right, you must be K’s mama in law !!
Draaaaaama Queen!
At lease you’re now rich. All Most of us get is left alone.
simple fact: any psychologist will tell you that tears (usually from women) are MANIPULATION!
I think this was Kate just having a pity party for herself. Kate is once again doing the poor little me thing. I think she cried as she told us how she couldn’t afford to pay her bills and put food on the table hoping people would send her some more money and clothes for the kids. I find it hard to believe that anyone could make $22,500 an episode, according to the Today Show, and not have any money at this point unless they were just flat out spending too much. If you’re having money problems, get rid of the 1.3 million dollar house. A lot of people have raised 8 kids on much less than that, my great grand mother for example. They lived on a farm and made far less even for back then.
This seems to be exactly like one of those cases where somebody wins the lottery, then squanders the money and then declares bancruptcy 5 years later. If they were making over a million a year, she did two books, did speaking engagements that she charged for including the autographs, then it is their own fault for not having any money. I have been a financial advisor in the past but if you read any credible financial book like Suzy Orman is annoying but she’s usually correct in what she says. Regardless of what you make, you need to save 10% in a 401K or Roth, max out the 401 if your company matches, if not, do it all in the Roth IRA. Put that in some diversified mutual funds making 10-12%. Save about 6 months of income in an extremely safe fund or savings account. Only use that in an emergency. Get a term life insurance policy for 25 or 30 year term for about 6-10 times your income. My dad died when I was 15, we had about 4 times of his income and it was a struggle. Once you have done those things, save for your kids education, buy the nice house and cars and other things. If you can’t do those things, you can’t afford the house. Jon was a total idiot to get an apartment on Manhattans upper east side on that kind of income when they have a 1.3 million dollar house and are taking care of 8 kids. But they are both idiots if all they have left was a few hundred grand in savings account. Can’t feed her kids??? Give us a break Kate. Do it like the rest of us do, we work our asses off. You got a small lottery winning and you’ve squandered it with buying too many nice things you couldn’t afford and being a bitch to your soon to be ex husband. So don’t go on the talk shows crying about it now.
I just watched the second half of that interview and once again saw why Kate shouldn’t be a talk show host. It seems like she can’t even complete a sentence in these interviews without saying, “uum” every other or every sentence. The woman is not talk show host material.