Jon and Kate Plus 8 official Thread, Part 2!!

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Ok, thanks!
Why in the world would Kate have an issue with Jodi being paid? :confused3 The cameras were all over her house too.

Sometimes I like Jon and Kate and sometimes they really rub me the wrong way. Oh well... I can always 'vote' with my remote. ;)

Just remember, that's only one story. No one here really knows what happened.
 
I haven't been on here for a few days. But, what I kept hearing in the St. Judes episode just in the first 30 min., I had to change the channel. She said "the kids with cancer" , "the sick kids" so often, I changed the channel. Maybe it was just me, but after awhile I thought she might have said "the st. jude kids". All I kept hearing was the "sick" kids, the kids with "cancer". Maybe it was just me.
 
I haven't been on here for a few days. But, what I kept hearing in the St. Judes episode just in the first 30 min., I had to change the channel. She said "the kids with cancer" , "the sick kids" so often, I changed the channel. Maybe it was just me, but after awhile I thought she might have said "the st. jude kids". All I kept hearing was the "sick" kids, the kids with "cancer". Maybe it was just me.

they are kids with cancer
what did you want her to say?
 

I haven't been on here for a few days. But, what I kept hearing in the St. Judes episode just in the first 30 min., I had to change the channel. She said "the kids with cancer" , "the sick kids" so often, I changed the channel. Maybe it was just me, but after awhile I thought she might have said "the st. jude kids". All I kept hearing was the "sick" kids, the kids with "cancer". Maybe it was just me.

well .. that is why they're there :(

Maybe they just didn't know what else to say. KWIM? I really can't believe I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt in this episode, LOLOL :lmao: I think there are plenty of things to pick on with Jon & Kate, this episode included. I just don't know that this is one of them.
 
Here is a link to a Star Magazine article with Kate given at P&G's brandSAVER Live! event:

http://www.starmagazine.com/news/14974

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I think that I've also said that now would be a perfect time for Oprah to have Jon & Kate come on her show, since she owns TLC now. I think it's time for them to address some of these allegations and not through the TV series.


I have a feeling things didn't go to well with Oprah. Remember the statement Kate made at the end of the show when they went to see Oprah? She said, "Oprah should come to our house and see how we live?"

I asked on this board, how that Oprah show went, and someone said, they only got their 15 minutes.

I think that would make a great show. You can go on Oprah's website and suggest it for a show.
 
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I think that would make a great show. You can go on Oprah's website and suggest it for a show.

I don't love Oprah's show enough to go that far. LOLOLOL. I used to, back in the day .. but notsomuch anymore. I do think it's a good idea, though. I'd rather see the backstory people than Jon & Kate.

The one thing that truly fascinates me about the JK8 phenomenon is the lack of people that are talking about them. I mean on both sides. Where are the people being interviewed by the National Enquirer... I went to grade school with Jon Gosselin, and (fill in the blank - good or bad story) .. KWIM? I'm from George Clooney's hometown and when he made it big, I can remember an interview with his high school prom date. It's weird with the Gosselins - outside of Aunt Jodi's sister (who we don't really KNOW is legit) there's NO one talking. Not good, not bad, nothing. Makes you wonder a little bit. At least it makes me wonder. ;)
 
I think it would have been better if they had given gifts or donated without having a show about it. I'm afraid that it really looked like J&K were looking for attaboys or props. Like "look at us, we're giving back"

I know we are all entitled to our own opinion, but I disagree. If they had made the remark of only giving, then it would have been said that they did it only for that reason too. I posted a few pages back about the St Jude show. I am a cancer survivor of St Jude and my daughter was treated there this year. I know first hand what it means to walk into that very scarey place and learn very quickly what a wonderful, caring, place it is. They did an awesome job portraying what that place does. They allowed St Jude to be promoted, and I for one am appreciative. You do not ever know when it will be YOU or YOUR grandchild walking in tomorrow. The research, the care, the treatment provided at no out of pocket costs to families is unbelievable. My husband and I both work, and we live comfortably. We are by no means rich AT ALL. When we were off with our daughter, it was scarey. I kept thinking what will we do to pay the mortgage? How will I do this? How can I be back here after being here as a child? The one thing I did know was that I would not be receiving a big bill. Do any of you realize what these children go through daily? Children puke in garbage cans while they walk down the halls, wear masks inside the hospital so that a small bug will not possibly kill them. These children smile and they laugh and their parents are right along with them hoping that they will survive, hoping these long days will be over soon. I honestly never heard a kid crying except in triage where they took blood. They do all they can to manage pain, they do not believe in a kid being in pain. They, the staff, love these kids. I am sorry but insulted and sad does not even describe how I felt when I got on here and grown people were more concerned about Kate's bangs or why they really did the show more than they were the fact that children die and are sick and sometimes fight this terrible disease. I, for one, could care less why they did it. They did it. There is no other way you will be able to truly see the hospital for what it is worth. People cant just decide to tour. Kids cant just hang out and tours have to be scheduled. I beg you, plead with you to think of how you would feel. I NEVER thought I would hear the words that my child may have Ewings Sarcoma and needed to be at St Jude. When I got the first call, the lady helping me told me details I needed to know. I broke down and told her I would probably not remember anything she told me. She told me not to worry, where to go when we got there, to pack a few days of clothes and show up, that they would do the rest. And they did. We showed up, in tears, with our little bags packed and prayers that God would help us put one foot in front of the other. They held our hand until one day in the hall, I held another new mom's hand who was walking the halls crying because her daughter had just been diagnosed with luekemia. That little girl is in the hospital as we speak, sick, tired, achey, and wanting to be home for Santa. My point is, PLEASE STOP, and think about what is really important as you dismiss the St Jude show. Kate's bangs? Why they did it? Who arranged it? NOPE! It is the kids, the ones who are fighting for their lives. It may be you one day, and you will be forever grateful for the moment they spent there.
 
Mommytobug, YOU GO GIRL! I am very fortunate to have 4 healthy children who have never spent any time in a hospital except when they were born. A friend of mine this summer lost her DD 4 years old to medullobastoma, a brain tumor. She was treated at CHOP, and even though she didn't survive, her mom is forever grateful to the medical staff and everyone at CHOP that treated her angle and held her hand as she went through hell. I don't give to many charities as funds are limited but I've always tried to give even a little to St. Jude's when I get their fund raisers in the mail. I just always think, what if my kid needed to be there, Thank God they are there. No matter what Jon and Kate did they brought a lot of positive attention to a place where miracles happen. If St Jude's gets an on slaught of donations as a result of the show, then that is the best thing for St. Jude's and all the kids there and any kid that will walk through their doors in the future.

Mommytobug, I hope your DD will continue to be in good health. God bless her.
 
Merry Christmas to all my Jon & Kate friends!! :goodvibes

Madge I thought about you yesterday because I was driving through Kentucky on my way to Ohio, so I waved and said "Hi Madge". (yes, I am very weird, and I was also very bored and tired of driving!! :rolleyes: )
 
Yes! Merry Christmas (or your religious/non-religious equivalent)!! Can you believe how fast a year goes these days? Happy New Year, too!
 
Happy Holidays and may everyone have a very blessed New Year
 
Has anyone else here read "Multiple Blessings?" I finally got it from the library and just finished reading it. I liked it. I thought it was really easy to read and interesting to read about the early life of the 'tups as well as Cara and Mady.

I noticed that Kate talked about her family quite a bit, especially her mom. There wasn't many mentions of her dad. It seemed that her parents were involved in the kids lives early now since they J&K stayed with her parents while the 'tups were in the hospital. They lived close to the hospital where they were born, which is an hour from where they used to live. So I wonder if they aren't as involved now just because they don't live that close to them.

I enjoyed it. Any other thoughts on it?
 
I read the book and enjoyed it as well. It also made me realize that I dont think she is the evil witch many try to make her out to be. I dont think she is at all ungrateful as other people have said (not this thread but others on the Dis and in other places), in her book she tells about how grateful she is that she has help. I think people got the idea that she was an ungrateful control freak b/c of things like posting notes all oer her home and making volunteers do thingsl ike wash their hands before handling the babies. Well if I had just brought preemie sextuplets home, I guarantee you I would make people wash their hands! I dont think its control as much as doing whats best for her kids' health.
 
I think that I've also said that now would be a perfect time for Oprah to have Jon & Kate come on her show, since she owns TLC now. I think it's time for them to address some of these allegations and not through the TV series.

OT I know, but I read that Oprah now owns 50% of Discovery Health Channel but has full control of programming (and Disc Health now owns 50% of oprah.com), but she does not own or have any say in any other Discovery channels. The article said Discovery Health was the weakest of the channels and they approached Oprah about it. So she wouldn't have any say about TLC.
Here are a couple of the articles: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011501562.html and http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/15/oprah-to-give-discovery-health-a-makeover/
 
OT I know, but I read that Oprah now owns 50% of Discovery Health Channel but has full control of programming (and Disc Health now owns 50% of oprah.com), but she does not own or have any say in any other Discovery channels. The article said Discovery Health was the weakest of the channels and they approached Oprah about it. So she wouldn't have any say about TLC.
Here are a couple of the articles: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011501562.html and http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/15/oprah-to-give-discovery-health-a-makeover/

that's really interesting! I just assumed she'd own the whole thing... obviously I didn't do much reading on it.

Hope everyone had a great holiday! :cool1: Michelle .. what part of Kentucky did you drive through?
 
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