Last week, Kate Gosselin unveiled her new “starting over” look on the cover of People Magazine. Apparently, “starting over” is all about barely masking the horrible early 1990s skater-kid swoop-haircut with a series of ugly, budget-looking extensions. A few days later, Radar had an interview with the poor bastard who did Kate’s hair, turning her into the magnificent “Kate Clean Slate” on the People cover. The interview was sort of hilarious – the guy basically put a price tag on looking that budget, and the cost was around $7000. Oh, and the whole thing took 20 hours. Seriously! Anyhoodle, Kate “hates” her new hair because she thinks it looks “overprocessed and damaged” and makes her look like “one of Tiger Woods’ bimbos.” Well…
Hair today, tears tomorrow?
Kate Gosselin, 34, marked the new year by trading in her signature spiky bob for long, blonde locks in a process that took 20 hours of work and would normally cost $7,000 (hers was comped).
Just one problem: “She hates it!” a source tells the new issue of Us Weekly.
“She thinks her hair looks overprocessed and damaged,” adds the insider. “She’s afraid people will think she’s one of Tiger Woods’ bimbos!” (In an online video posted Jan. 10, Gosselin looks in the mirror and says, “Oh, Lord have mercy… it’s weird.”)
Also not fans? Twins Cara and Mady, 9, who shrieked “Eww!” when they saw their made-over mom.
“They started laughing,” says the source. “Kate ended up in her room crying.”
But not all hope is lost. On Jan. 8, Gosselin had a stylist visit her Pennsylvania home to coach her on how to care for her new look.
“Kate has been trying different things, from headbands to ponytails to a Farrah Fawcett–style ‘do. She’s just not sure what she wants.”
[From Us Weekly]
Chuckle. She wants a Farrah Fawcett ‘do? Oh, honey. Okay, I’m going to be nice to “Clean Slate Hate”. Her budget extensions are horrible, but I actually think she looks “softer” and younger with longer hair, so I think she should keep it. I’ll also give ol’ Clean Slate some advice: even if you’re not paying for it, beware of people who spend 20 hours and $7000 on a hair style that could be achieved by picking up plastic hair extensions at The Dollar Store.
we hate it too! but don’t bite the hand that feeds you. say thank you, then take out the extensions .
Yay,so do we!
LOL@ Cara and Mady’s supposed reaction.
She fears being confused as one of Tiger’s bimbos?????
Mmmmmkay. Whatever!
Hey! We all finally agree with Kate!
Of course, this is the same woman who thought her weed-wacker haircut looked good, so…
Easy solution. If you want long hair, grow it out.
One of Dolly Parton’s wigs would look better than that mess.
$7,000???
*gulp*
Aaaw…that’s just displaced anger since she doesn’t have Jon to bully anymore.
Nice of her to mention the twins made her go to her room and cry. Lets violate their privacy some more, telling the world they are in therapy wasnt enough. I do not care how much the hair cost, she is still a shrew with fake bits who puts herself before her kids.
She does look younger and softer with the long hair. But we all know that’s not true inside, so… meh. I saw a few pics of her wearing it out and I was surprised: it looked better in that every-day context than on the People cover. More natural!
She should stop griping and be grateful for what she has. And seriously, if a “bad” haircut is the biggest of her problems right now, then she is one lucky broad.
i seriously dont think they look like “budget extensions” i think that’s a little harsh just for the sake of being a snarky gossip blog….but maybe i’m the only one, i don’t know……
and NO, i am not a gosselin fan and i’ve never actually even watched the show. but still, i think it’s sounding a little too harsh just for the sake of being harsh. sorry!
I think Kate looks younger and prettier. Mady is nasty (one of the twins) and criticizes everyone. Kate has been through emotional hell with her divorce, and I wish her well.
@ Lauren – So she takes after her mother, then. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who dish it out but can’t take it themselves.
Maybe I’m missing something about women who get extensions. Why can’t she just, oh, I don’t know, TAKE THEM OUT?
She didn’t pay for them, so what’s the big deal? If my hair made me cry, first off, I’d slap myself silly for crying over something so ridiculous, then I’d get my butt to a salon and get whatever I could fixed.
So she’s afraid she looks like a fame ‘ho? Uh, anyone want to break it to her that she’s been one for a long time?
Oh goody – those little girls sound like a couple of horrible people in the making.
I have extensions and I adore them, but they do take getting used to and have some extra maintenance. I can believe that she had a stylist visit her to show her the ropes… but to cry over your hair being longer? That sounds pretty lame.
I agree with Lauren.
Well, like mother, like daughter. They are learning at the knee of one of the nastiest people I’ve seen in recent memory.
those extensions crack me up.
its not as easy as it sounds to just “take them out” My friend is a hair stylist & she glued in my extensions. I think w/ the worlds strongest hair glue. Wow it was almost impossible to get them all out. They are met to be left in for longer than a week, normally. I had to condition & use a hair oil to remove them. My scalp was sore & my hair was a wee bit thinner in the end. No more extensions for me.
i have no problem with extensions per say, but wouldn’t you agree that no matter the state Britney’s real hair is in… it’d lokks better to get them cut out.
~short hair is not the devil~
as fer Kate. meh. I don’t want to discuss your hair
Well, we have her to thank for a brilliant new term in our pop lexicon: “Tiger Woods Bimbo” – love it!
Forget her extensions, I wanna know what charges the cops are going to slap Jon with.
@MsTriste–Yesiree, “Tiger Woods Bimbo” is a fantastic addition to the lexicon. All bow down to Saint Kate.
As if she’s even IN the league of Tiger’s HO’s!! Get real, KHate, you are not that relevant!!!
I didn’t recognize her, the harsh hedgehog monchichi style is gone.
I don’t understand why white people get weaves. Even if it looks good at first (which it rarely does) it will start looking shitty soon, way worse than if you were just growing it out. African/black hair grows very slowly and has a distinguished texture so I can understand why black people like using extensions to vary their hairstyle, but for whites it seems vain and dumb.
I hate them too.
mouth.like – it’s not just you. These do not look like “budget extensions.” They are perfectly normal-looking extensions. But it is harder to place extensions on very short hair. I’ve seen lots of weaves. This is very well done.
Why didn’t the author mention that the stylist does hair for Angelina Jolie, Marion Cotillard – both Oscar winners with great hair – and a number of other A-list celebs? Because then calling them “budget extensions” would be revealed to be ridiculous. They’re just not cheap or cheap-looking even if you don’t care for them. (Does she call them cheap because the sytlist is black I don’t know.)
Also, why is it that after receiving the same hair proocess, black women are told they have “weaves” and white women are told they have “extensions.” Kate and the other white women have weaves. Deal with it.
I agree with Michelle’s question:
why is it that after receiving the same hair proocess, black women are told they have “weaves” and white women are told they have “extensions.” Kate and the other white women have weaves. Deal with it.