Strollerderby : jon & kate

Octomom to Kate: Don't You Judge Me

Madeline Holler — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:34:00 GMT

It's a battle of the super-breeders! The LA Times is reporting that Nadya Suleman (aka: Octomom) wants Kate Gosselin, star of TLC's "Jon & Kate + 8," to stop judging her.

Suleman's comments come after a recent episode of "Dr. Phil." Gosselin, the mother of five-year-old sextuplets and two older children, said that Suleman would have a difficult time raising her 14 children without a husband or money. She was responding to a question about Suleman's situation.

Here's what Suleman had to say in response:

"Do I have to watch it? She reminds me of my mother," said Suleman, a resident of La Habra, in an interview with Radar Online released this morning. "I have moved past my mistakes. She has her own issues. ... She needs to stop being so judgmental and stop pulling at straws for attention." ...

Suleman said in the video interview that Gosselin should focus on her own life. "My children are extremely healthy, strong and happy. Don't you have, like, a lot of issues in your life? A lot of marital problems?" she told Radar.

Ouch!

Incidentally, Suleman signed on for her own reality show. But producers want you to know it's different. Ocotomom herself will be holding the camera much of the time. Oh, that can't be good. That can't be good.

'Jon & Kate' Under Investigation

Blogger Defends Kate!

Image: LA Times

'Jon & Kate' Under Investigation

Madeline Holler — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:03:00 GMT

The mega-meltdown hit TV show "Jon & Kate + 8" is under investigation for breaking Pennsylvania child labor laws.

The state's Department of Labor is looking into whether the shows producers are complying with child labor laws. Investigators are gathering information from its represenatives, but officials are quick to point out an investigation does not mean suspicion: they investigate every complaint.

So who's behind this complaint and what's it about?

State officials aren't saying. But the couple's in-laws have openly called the show and the Gosselin parents "exploitative."

From MSNBC:

“Unfortunately, I think it has come down to all about the ratings,” sister-in-law Jodi Kreider told CBS’ “The Early Show.” “And no one is looking at these children as what they are going through and the life consequences they are going to have as they get older.”

Kreider said the children have told her they don’t like the cameras.

Her husband and Kate’s brother, Kevin Kreider, said in the same interview: “You can’t imagine as a child realizing that my birthday party, that all the outings that my parents took me on were ... for ratings, and all organized by production companies.”

A spokesperson for TLC said producers have been in full compliance with state laws and regulations.

Again, MSNBC:

State law permits kids who are at least 7 to work in the entertainment industry, as long as a permit is obtained and certain rules are followed. The law also allows performers younger than 7 to have “temporary employment ... in the production of a motion picture.”

The sextuplets have just turned 5. Ahhh, but this is reality TV and here's one possible outcome:

George Voegele, a labor lawyer at Cozen O’Connor in Philadelphia, said the Labor Department might well decide it doesn’t have jurisdiction over the show, especially if investigators determine the cameras are there to document the kids, not direct them.

“The fundamental question I see here is whether or not they’re employees, whether they’re working, and whether the Pennsylvania child labor law provisions would even apply to this situation,” he said.

Hmmm. Maybe 'Jon & Kate' will have a legal impact on future reality TV shows starring, uh, I mean "documenting" children.

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Photo:TLC

Best of FameCrawler - Week of May 29th

Whit Honea — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

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Madonna Dishes on A-Rod and Kate Hudson

Confirmed - Gisele is Pregnant With Tom Brady's Baby!

Nicole Richie, Dad Lionel & Daughter Harlow (PHOTOS)

Sneak Peek! Jon & Kate Plus 8 Season Premiere

Kelly Rutherford, Lies and Videotape

Amy Mickelson's Breast Cancer Battle

Michelle Williams and Daughter Matilda Support Their Local Coffee House

Angelina Jolie: Madonna Adopts For Fame

Jon & Kate - Who Are The Kids Happier With? (Photos)

Slumdog Kids Finally Get A Home!

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Jon & Kate Plus 8 Premiere Snags 9.8 Million Viewers

Brett Singer — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:00:00 GMT

So you know this Kate Gosselin we've been hearing so much about? Mother, reality show star, husband may or may not be cheating on her? Lots of backlash against her?

After all the sturm und drang that the Gosselins have generated in recent weeks, you might think that would hurt their ratings. But you would be wrong.

The season premiere of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" was watched by 9.8 million people. That's not only the largest audience for a cable show on Monday. It was the largest audience for ANY show that evening.

People, negativity sells. Big time.

Yes, it was Memorial Day. But "Jon & Kate" isn't even on a network. It's on cable. Which means that not everyone -- most people, but not everyone -- can see the show. To me, this was an astonishing feat.

I have a confession to make. I don't watch "Jon & Kate Plus 8." I don't watch any reality shows regularly, which isn't a judgment on those of you that do. It's just not my thing. (If they could make a reality show with superheroes in it, that I might watch.) But all of the tabloid news has been oddly fascinating to me. I read the People Magazine article. Someone left a copy of US Weekly in my house and I read the "Jon & Kate" article. (Well, I started it. But I'll finish it.) And I have to admit that I might just check out a few minutes of the show.

Did you watch the "JK8" premiere? Did the recent scandals surrounding the couple make you more interested in the show?

Source: Hartford Courant

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Gosselins are Good for a Gander (big roundup of stories on Famecrawler)

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Morning News - Mike Tyson's Daughter Injured

Jon and Kate Season Premiere Countdown ...

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:01:00 GMT

So the Jon and Kate plus Eight season premiere is in a few hours, and already the news is in: Jon is having an affair. With Elmo. It's sure to be a very special episode. Bring the kids.

OK, so maybe not Elmo, per se, but someone. And Kate, too, apparently. On top of the affairs, there's paparazzi, nosy neighbors, drive-bys and people who literally stop at their house to walk up to the porch and peer into their windows, hoping, I suppose, to see Jon hunched in the corner, crying himself to sleep.

Why?

Not why as in why do these crazy gawkers do this? But why do Jon and Kate continue to let them? I'll get back to that in a moment.

It does, indeed, promise to be a very ... odd episode, as the couple tries to come to grips with all these rumors and accusations -- all while watched and critiqued by millions. I read an interesting inteview Karl posted over at FameCrawler the other day, and between the lines it seemed pretty clear that it sucks for the family to deal with this ... and yet, there's so much money involved, so much possibility. Eight kids cannot be easy to raise, financially speaking, and this show and media frenzy just seems to be, in their eyes, what they have to do to make their future work.

But what impact will this have on the kids in years to come? What impact is it having now?

It makes me wonder: If you had eight kids and the possibility of having everything they could ever want paid for (important things like college and hamsters, I mean), would you continue to put them through this very public ordeal?

Best of FameCrawler - Week of May 22nd

Whit Honea — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

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