
You might be able to argue that at the very outset of the show. However, with the coin they are getting paid the last few seasons per episode, the kids educations are paid for and they have some money to stash away - the excuse is gone. This is 100% about them cloaked in a fable about being for the good of the kids. These adults are spoiled by all the attention they get from the show, the perks and the fact that they have 24hr/7day/week help with the children. Basically, by doing the show...they have unloaded the responsibility of being a parent. You can say that they did this for the child and that might be indirectly true...but to me...it seems more like they jumped into this show to avoid being real parents after the money for nursing from the state was about to end after the kids were about 1 year old.
Wait a minute, I did not know kate and Jon Gosselin have become "huge celebrities". Someone has a little ego!
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Kate Gosselin started her month long co-host job on The View this morning. And the girls of The View got right into it by asking her questions. She said that she had a difficult weekend and had a meltdown, because this is a very difficult time for her. The girls of The View asked: How do you handle Jon bringing that girl around your children? "It's hard," Kate said. "This is definitely different. But I react to it the only way I can, and I will continue to react that way. For the sake of my children I will continue to take the high road, because it is the only road for me. But to be honest, I had a meltdown over the weekend in the privacy of my own home. People in the public eye are held to a higher standard and meltdowns happen; we're all human," she said. On quitting the show, Kate, said: "The show has really changed. People say just stop and pull out. But I can't. This is a job. I'm a single mom and I need to be out there working on my job. We didn't go into this wanting to be huge celebrities. But it happened. |
Hi...my name is Kate...and I am Jon. We get paid to destroy our marriage, load up on show perks and pawn the responsibility of raising our kids off on people that support the show! We cant stop now because...well...we like the money. As long as you all keep tuning in, we get paid! Kids are resilient, so later on they will just love us for cashing in on them. I really hate doing "The View" and all those other shows. Being a huge star is a real drag and something common people just cannot appreciate. And I hate getting photos of me cheating on my wife! BUT WE ARE DOING IT FOR THE KIDS! This week we are going to spend 15 minutes with them at the park...they are really looking forward to it. Gosh...I hope the Paparazzi wont be at the park...near our home...on the swingset...at about 1pm...on Tuesday.
Yeah...Right...the kids.
That question was what I was asking a few pages back and I do hope and am fairly sure that they must have something set up or they would be sued like Octomom:
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There were several laws created for protecting child actors from exploitation. Early on in television, the laws for children basically said that anything a child earned until they were 18 was the parents. Lots of child actors had little to show for their efforts by the time their cuteness wore off and they became adults at 18. I would say that if Peterson was looking into Octomom, he was looking into Kate and Jon as well...but that is a BIG supposition on my part!
Also for those who wondered whether they took counseling from Dr. Phil....
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Kate Gosselin requested marriage counseling from Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife Robin, which brought a vocal negative reaction from Jon Gosselin, who reportedly said he "felt it was weird." McGraw wouldn't comment on Jon, but did mention that he felt reality television can harm a marriage. Kate Gosselin, however, respectfully disagreed. "Personally in my own marriage," she said, "for us it was going to happen anyway. Hindsight is 20/20. All those issues were there, and the world saw it and I think it would've happened to us anyway." "But," Gosselin added, "I want to set the record straight on Jon's comment: I do not support that comment and I do not agree. I don't know what he walked away with, but I walked away with wisdom and I have huge respect for Dr. Phil and Robin." |
I cant wait to see this new found wisdom via Dr Phil spring into action because I am fairly certain that neither of them have shown an ounce of it since the show kicked off. However, the choice of marriage counsellor once again screams of people taken with their own celebrity. With all the marriage counsellors around, why Dr Phil? I am sure there are good ones that don't plaster their mugs all over the TV. So...was this really about marriage counselling or more TV?