While soon-to-be-ex-husband Jon Gosselin was off with his new girlfriend in France, Kate Gosselin was busy entertaining their eight children.
Enjoying the beautiful summer weather in their hometown of Reading, PA, on Sunday, Kate set up a picnic for her litter of little ones.
And unlike previous front-yard family get-togethers, where the reality mom was known more for barking orders than having fun, witnesses tell OK! that Kate was “super-sweet” and “very attentive” during Sunday’s outing.
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I’ve never watched the show, so only going by what I’ve read in mag’s and heard on talk shows. But seems Jon needs to grow up!!! He has 8 beautiful children, and though seperated, still a married man, and flying off to Europe with his twentysome girlfriend,,,,I might not be up with the times, but HELLO,,,,something is wrong with this picture???????? Kate, good luck and wish you the best of luck, I was a single mom for eight years, but only had one child, can’t imagine having 8.
I have always felt sorry for Kate and thought she was getting the bum’s rush. No one is perfect. She certainly isn’t but she is the one with the kids and the one that has been the guiding force behind the organizing and the rearing and keeping the house and home together. I think Jon is an ass. I don’t know him personally no. I think if he has been so unhappy for so long then he should have opened his mouth before it got to such a degree that he had to walk and leave those adorable babies behind him. YEAH an apartment in NYC with a bedroom for one. YEP that sounds like a man on a mission to take control of his life and family. Wrong. Sounds like a man who is walking away from his responsibilities, leaving it where he has always left them with his wife. I truly hope that Kate finds happiness again—and not just with another man—happiness does not mean finding another mate but if she does MORE POWER TO HER. Find someone that will treat her special and her children like the angels that they are. AND JON? Well he can do the daddy visitation thing OR HECK make more babies with the new chick or with how many more others he knocks up. I feel so badly for that little family. Jon excluded. HAPPINESS and LOVE to KATE AND THE CHILDREN. LIFE IS OUT THERE FOR THE TAKING……..
Well, hmmmm. She was definitely a bitch. He was definitely patient. But…..She IS WOMAN and probably naturally very psychic + AWARE. And despite her NO TACT and uncontrolled infuriated behaviors…she probably saw it coming and was reacting before it was obvious. Possibly in a subliminal plea for help or shildish temper trantrum form before anyone knew he’d play the SHMUCK role. Give him enough rope and he’ll hang himself. Hopefully she herself wasn’t raised with the Chaos Theory and secretly proceeds to seek the relationship “fixed” when THEY obviously need professional intervention and mediation. But she has appeared less up tight lately…… There should be a law about COPPING OUT though….I mean…..like community service, plus marital service. Work on being extra kind, even though you don’t want to until one of you (them) cracks and smilles….then regroup and back to the game plan. Game Plan Kids First.
Peace People
~A
GET OFF KATE’S BACK BECAUSE SHE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND NOT TRAVELING THE GLOBE WITH SOME TRASHY 22 YEAR OLD!!! SO YEAH GET OFF HER BACK AND GET A LIFE~ SHE LOVES THOSE KIDS AND IT SEEMS LIKE JON LOVES HIS 22 YEAR OLD! ~ WHICH IS THE GOOD PARENT?
Where are the \Team Kate\ and \Team John\ t-shirts? They do those for every other celebrity mess.
Why is kate ALWAYS on her cell when viewed with her children?
When you see her in photos with her kids she is never doing anything constructive with them. She isn’t even looking toward them.
These children look very unhappy. I rarely see any of them smile in photos that are taken with Mommy Kate. It really is a sad situation for the kids. I hope J & K will remember that they will remain parents after the divorce and that thier children always come first!
They’re both to blame. Kate is a controlling, self-centered, photo-op shrew. Jon is a child in a man’s body. If this were really a loving family, they’d have hauled the kids out of the spotlight at the first sign of trouble. Kate is on the phone when photographed with her children, and they DO look miserable. If it’s not about celebrity, and “Hey! Look at Meee”, she’d go somewhere on the sly with those kids, and let them have some private time with Mom. Ridiculous to earn so much money, just because you gave birth to a large number of children. It’s exploitation in it’s worst form. I bet if Kate and Jon didn’t have the millions they earn from television and book tours, they’d find a way to make their marriage work.
Hailey is pregnant and she and Jon are engaged. That’s Kate’s reason for quick divorce filing.
I do not believe I could do half the job this woman does with these kids. Yes, there has to be someone in charge and it obviously was not Jon. Kate does what she has to do to get through each and every day with 8 children. Jon was not a active parent( obviously he had time to go get a girlfriend). Jon should have been the leader in his family and not have it all fall on Kate’s shoulders. I can understand them doing the reality show, because I would worry about providing all the necessities for 8 children.. food, clothes, school, proms, cars, college, etc,,,
I feel for Kate because everyone is judging her while she has had a ton of pressure on her. Yet, who has the children and who is in France (without any of his kids). I guess we see who is the better parent, whether you like it or not, she is there for those children. How dare Jon help make this many kids and decide to go off and start over somewhere else! Jon is a waste of skin. Kate is better off without him. I applaud the effort this woman is giving, because a less strong person would have cracked by now. Stay strong Kate and do what it takes!
I always thought that Kate was the brains behind this family. My mistake was to also defend Jon . I have changed that opinion for sure! I thought she was a bit rough because Jon acted like a 9 th child most of the time. You should not have to tell your husband what to do every minute. I am sick of the guys who say they always get yelled at for doing it wrong. I think they do it wrong hoping they won’t be asked to do anything again. Kate will support these kids and she treats them well also. I am glad that she does not let them get away with crap the way so many moms do today. A pat on the bottom is not child abuse. Jon is an a**hole and should only have supervised visits. The little boy got hurt in Jon’s care the weekend he decided that he needed to sign autographs instead of watching his children. This is the man who said he did not want the publicity remember? What is he doing now?? You go Kate!
Waaaaaaaaaaaaa, Stephanie.
Wendy & Tami got it down.
Get the kids out of the spot light! Of course the dude is a shmuck! But—she originally saw something in him……….Media screws everything up for common pepole that NEED $ and want a little spotlight….that can’t really handle it. Although, she IS holding up.
I don’t judge her. We have 8 kids. Don’t really want a reality show…but do applaud her, despite her controlling behavior and ‘tude. Like I said, she probably saw it coming. I grasp for control when I see a tornado coming too.
Kate booted Jon out of the bedroom almost 2 years ago….I thought that Vow Renewal shindig in Hawaii seemed a little ‘hollow’ at the time. I think she thought he would put up with everything ‘her way’ for the money but in his own words…He finally ’stood up’ and actually seemed pretty pleased with himself about it. The horny guy is looking forward to his future with the dumb twit with cigs hanging from their mouths….arrested development?
Yeah, she’s a real prize.
* “Where is my husband? Oh, he’s absent, as usual.”
* “The weird color hair ties are for home!!”
* “You’re breathing too loud.”
* “This [clap] is how [clap] we do it!” [have naptime]
* “You’re either with me or against me”
* “Jon, stop playing with toys.”
* “Jon, stop scratching.”
* “Jon, please deal with your child. She’s being ugly.”
* “Don’t grab the cereal like a rabid animal.”
* “Don’t ask questions, just do as I say.”
* “Don’t forget your prepositions.”
* “Did you wash your hands??”
* “Don’t call me your wife!”
* “Are you just going to sit there with your arms crossed, like a ding-dong?”
* “Our life is not seasons!”
* “Did you hear what I said? Repeat back to me what I said.”
* “Stop checking out your physique and help!!”
* “Do you even know your way around a kitchen?”
* “Would you stop interrupting me? Geez, by now you think you’d learn.”
*[to the kids] “Don’t listen to Daddy. He’s mean.” “Don’t let Daddy ruin your day.”
*[to a babysitter] “Ignore what [Jon] said. This is what I want you to do.”
Jon is a self-absorbed delusional teenage boy. No wonder Kate has been short with him. He’s all about having fun and himself. Isn’t is bad enough that he is going through a very public divorce? Not for that idiot, he has to parade his druggy mistress around so that the kids can hear about that! His line of bull about caring about his children is wearing thin. He only cares about the paycheck they can provide him. GET A JOB you lazy creep. Support your children.
OMG did you watch the episode when the kids are sick and kate makes them lay on the floor like dogs so they don’t puke on the furniture causing her staff (oops poor kate ) more work, or when they got the dogs and the kids thanked her and she said you are not welcome? poor kate has to take care of her kids are you crazy try the nanny takes care of the kids,Kate a good mom spare me I have 8 kids too I put my self through nursing school when I was pregnant with number 5 no one helped me my husband works ,I work full time outside the home alternating shifts with the hubby because we have no nanny my youngest has a serious chd and has had two open heart surgeries in his first three months of life and has one to go and we take care of him ourselves, I do not respect Jon for cheating on Kate but I believe she has been unfaithful too just not as publically if my husband cheated he’d be gone but let’s be real Jon raises the kids he treats them like people not his personel paycheck, Kate is putting on a show so that people feel sorry for her and the show will not be cancelled, she treats jon and her children like crap, Jon is a more hands on parent I hope he gets te kids and I hope Kate gets the psychological help she needs.
MAYBE KATE HAD A “REASON” TO BE BITCHY!, SHE HAD HER TUMMY TUCK WHEN THE KIDS WERE 2, SO JON MUST HAVE MET HIS “GIRLFRIEND”, THEN!. I WONDER HOW HER PLASTIC SURGEON FEELS ABOUT HIS SLUTTY, HOMEWRECKER DAUGHTER?. I DO NOT LIKE JON ANYMORE!, HE HAS ABANDONED HIS 8 KIDS, AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED. HE IS A BASTARD WITH A CAPITAL B!.
OKAY, I want to know where the 2 beautiful german shephards are? In their cages like Kate said is where they belong.Yes, I feel sorry for the kids, but I’m also a dog lover, for Gods sake someone take those dogs away from that witch and give them a good home before it’s too late for them!!!
Kate is a dip stick for a mom. She demanded to much to get what SHE wanted. Sure she wants her children to dress good and a nice house and all. Who don’t, but we don’t sell our children out to the highest bidder to get it and get what we want. Most adults work for a living to support the family. Most children don’t pay the parents bills. Kate will never let the kids go and try to be oh so nice for the pictures and camera’s and all. After all she needs the show to go on, the books to go on and maybe another thing with WB so she can have her all mighty bank account fat so she can spend as she wants. She wanted the show to go on, Jon tried to get away from it. She used and abused that man and drove him away. I don’t like it if her messed around on her but who would put up with her sorry ass. She needed him to sell more of her and the kids. She is a selfish Bitch and will use anyone she can. Anyone can put on a happy face when needed. She does not fool me or many others anymore. She deseves the slap in the face and the wake up call. She is a miserable shrew. I feel so bad for those children. What Kate has done to her own family is a disgrace. And now she is trying to get with WB for something else. Wonder if it is her story. Guess she is still selling what she can even though it will hurt the children yet again one day. Oh those poor kids will have hell the rest of their lives for what their own mom has done to them. Kate is a beast, she must have demons in her.
Hey Kate (and Jon) I’m not sure if you even read these blogs but I just wanted to say this to get it off my chest…
I am a stay-at-home Mum of a 4mth old baby girl called Phoenix. Without facebook & foxtel I would have gone crazy but now. When my husband said we had to cut back our packages, I said I don’t care what you get rid of, as long as I can still have Jon & Kate plus 8. I find Kate inspirational and think she has great parenting skills. Jon is funny and a good Dad & husband. Their marriage and they way they interact with one another reminds me of the relationship between my husband and I. (I’m domineering & my husband is more passive). Saying that, I was shocked to hear about their break-up after 10yrs of marriage. I literally just finished watching the ‘For Better or Worse’ episodes p1 & 2 and cried all the way through them! I know that you guys can work this out and get back together. You love each other, you love you children and you have love for God, that is all you need (and probably a hell of a lot of patience too!).
If I could talk to or get a response from Kate it would make make my day : )
Love to you all
Liz Hall, QLD Australia
don’t be fooled into believeing that Kate has her hands full, she has never had her hands full.. she has had help every day since those kids were born, volunteers, volunteers and more volunteers, donations, freebee’s… she has forgotten that and wants us to do the same.. she has nanny’s now… and chefs and housekeepers, gardeners… etc.. believe me, she isn’t doing this alone, never has… and when she was on ‘book tours’, It was Jon who was home with the kids… Kate prances around, over acts and creates complete drama more than anything else.. she lost her good friends, alienated her family, which means she alienated her kids from loving grandparents too.. that is a selfish act as a parent. Kate protrays herself to be older than Jon, yet that woman doesn’t know how to have fun, 2 years older than Jon doesn’t make her more mature or stable… Face it, Kate drove him away and she will do that to her kids in the end.. if she is being sweet and kind to them now, its because she has a custody battle to win and a divorce settlement to win… we have seen enough to know what she is really like… rude and greedy!
Look, raising kids is a two person job. From the start Jon sat back and let Kate do all the work. Of course she had control, someone had to make sure that these kids ate, were clothed, bathed, etc…. seriously the situation is sad but Jon is acting like a teenager. Running around like he just turned 21 with the bar whore. this is not the example that people should be giving their kids. These kids and their lives are funding this cash cow. Maybe Jon should quit worrying about coctails and Ed hardy and maybe about how he is going to be an actual presence in these kids lives. For starters, maybe New York is a little far away when carpooling your kids is a daily activity.
the burden does not fall completely with the mom. Look at the big picture. Who is there every day and who is roaming the country side!!!
Ok so let me get this straight here. She goes around for months acting like the victim, boohooing and putting the father of her children down over and over again like a dog on national TV and now that he has FINALLY stood up to this plastic control freak she wants to take him for every penny ? Uh sorry lady but there were two of you in that TV show that earned the big bucks. How dare she act like this? She is a complete control freak bitch and I hope she gets taken to the cleaner too
Hell I think Jon should go for full custody of the kids on the basis that this bitch is NUTS