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Jon & Kate: Get a Hairplug and Get a Real Job!
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Posts: 5575 (05/27/09 10:34 AM) Registered user |
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 Penalty Shot |
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Posts: 1363 (05/27/09 10:59 AM) Registered user |
Shut up Aunt Jodie and Uncle Kevin. Really, WTF is wrong with them? Kate has a history of cutting people off but she would be justified in killing those
two.
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suckshardcore |
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Posts: 19885 (05/27/09 11:02 AM) Registered user |
I thought Kate stopped speaking to her parents because she's a rude bitch. I remember reading multiple times that Kate's father is a pastor or
something and people from his church donated stuff for the sextuplets and it wasn't new/didn't match so she didn't accept it and she was rude about
it.
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Eric in San Diego |
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Posts: 266 (05/27/09 11:04 AM) |
Aunt Jodi is one sweet, hot redhead! SHE should get a show...maybe on SKINimax! WooHoo!
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finger poppin fun |
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Posts: 257 (05/27/09 11:05 AM) |
The only thing I agree with from that interview is that kids absolutely need to be protected from exposure, in this case, by the PARENT(s). Not sure what the
solution is, but something needs to be done.
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zzzazzzazzz |
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Posts: 10 (05/27/09 11:11 AM) |
I'm so glad Aunt Jodi got the shaft. How dare she, what kind of Aunt would do that? %%!% hatred! </3
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suckshardcore |
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Posts: 19886 (05/27/09 11:14 AM) Registered user |
I think Kevin and Jodi mean well but they're not going about things in the right way. Obviously they really care about the kids. As has been mentioned Jodi
happily took care of the kids anytime Jon and Kate needed, they'd take all 8 kids, even when they were sick and Kevin and Jodi already have 4 children of
their own. They obviously have problems with what is going and they probably aren't able to sit down and discuss this with Kate rationally because
she's cut them out and she'd never listen to anyone else's advice.
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Eric in San Diego |
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Posts: 267 (05/27/09 11:15 AM) |
As I understand it, Kate has isolated their family from other family members and friends so that the money is solely theirs. As Executive Producers of the
show, Jon and Kate have exclusive veto rights and they vetoed Kevin and Jodi, Beth, and anyone else that TLC thought deserved a stipend for their time on the
show.
When it comes to their family connections, Jon's father passed away. He was a dentist and he tried to help before he died. Kate's father is a minister. His congregation took up collections and tried to provide material items to help out the young family, but Kate actually rejected their help because THE SHIT DIDN'T MATCH!! This is the truth, people. Kate told the church...her FATHER'S CHURCH...that she would accept cash donations but please keep all your mismatched furniture and clothing. That must have caused her father a great deal of pain. She has since stated that other family members objected to the intrusion into the children's lives and didn't want any part of the circus. Now, Jon and Kate are isolated from family and old friends because of the control freak actions of Kate. Jon, Mr. Passive-Aggressive, has allowed this and even supported it in order to keep the gravy train on track. He goes out and drinks in bars with co-eds because he HAS NO FRIENDS and it's the only way he feels he can have some control in his life. Cheap, worthless excuse for causing such damage to his family. By the way...people seem to get upset about Jon's car. It's a Nissan 350Z in stock condition. That's about a $20,000 ride. After all he's been through, and the way he's been treated, that's CHEAP! I think it's kind of stupid to have a two-seater when you have 8 children, but that's just me. However, I think it was a early mid-life crisis thing to help Jon hang on to his odd vision of himself as a twenty something "cool guy". |
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raa66 |
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Posts: 17637 (05/27/09 11:45 AM) Registered user |
I like Jodi and Kevin speaking out. Every word they say strikes me as realistic and sincere. Sometimes it's okay to go against the family. I know y'all wouldn't cover up domestic abuse or molestation for example. In Jodi and Kevin's eyes the kids are being abused and ripped off. |
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benjamin linus |
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Posts: 179 (05/27/09 11:46 AM) |
I would like to believe that Kevin and Jodi have the best interest of the children involved in doing these interviews and maybe are just trying to get through
to Jon and Kate in the only way that they think they can relate to: the media.
Also, Jodi's lips bother me. |
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meggie28 |
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Posts: 2554 (05/27/09 11:47 AM) Registered user |
If they're concerned about the kids being exploited though, I'm not sure how what they're doing is really any better for the kids than what Jon and
Kate are doing. I don't know how adding to the media circus is going to help those kids.
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ZippyDoDa |
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Posts: 10735 (05/27/09 11:52 AM) Such a naughty monkey |
GoodNeighborgirl wrote:I noticed it, big time. Probably because she doesn't usually fraternize with the commoners! 
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pinkdolphin |
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Posts: 8718 (05/27/09 11:54 AM) Registered User |
Like someone said before, they are speaking out. If they didn't then people would cry "Why didn't anyone in the family ask for help or try to stop
it?" It doesn't matter what Jodi does, she will be screwed either way. Since she has 'kept quiet' for this long, she hasn't seen the kids
in over a year.
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ZippyDoDa |
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Posts: 10736 (05/27/09 11:58 AM) Such a naughty monkey |
Aunt Pappy wrote: Well no wonder I never saw it!!! Wrong channel!!! 
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itsfriday |
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Posts: 516 (05/27/09 12:03 PM) |
It's the way Jodi and Kevin went about sharing their so-called concerns that bothers me the most about them. Jodi's sister started a blog shortly after Kate cut off Jodi and Kevin from the kids and made issue about the stipend Kate denied Jodi/Kevin for being on the show. Secondly, they released a video of Jodi saying everything her sister has said in the blog is true and the video was posted on GWoP, of all wretched places. And most recently they went to gossip tabloid to share their so-called concerns. The video posted up thread is the first time Jodi and Kevin have been on anything resembling a real news broadcast. Jodi lost credibility a long time ago in my book b/c it all started with the money and the kids were nothing but an afterthought. I wonder if Kate allowed the show to pay Jodi/Kevin the stipend, would they even be speaking against Jon and Kate today. |
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ZippyDoDa |
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Posts: 10737 (05/27/09 12:06 PM) Such a naughty monkey |
pinkdolphin wrote:Exactly! Kate treated them like hired help and they were family. TLC seemed to be the instigators in the money issues, because they felt the other two should be compensated for being filmed on the show. When Kate went off about it, that is when Jodie and her husband were fired. It is, I think, Kate's sister that has the blog that has been telling all the dirt, not Jodie. This is the first time they have really talked about what goes on behind the scenes. I am glad they are talking there are 8 little lives stuck in this nightmare. I could give a fuck less about Kate or Jon. Correction Jodie's sister. And I do think that they would be speaking out now, if they were allowed to. Most likely if they were under contract they would not be able to speak out for fear that TLC would sue them for breech of contract. That is probably why more aren't speaking out.
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Posts: 3984 (05/27/09 12:11 PM) |
So if the aunt hasn't seen or talked to the kids, just when did they tell her that they didn't want the cameras around?
I don't have kids, but I do have nieces that I completely adore, and was named guardian for them if anything ever happened to their mom and dad, so I tried to remain objective listening to that interview--and wondering just what I would do in their position. If I thought my sis and bro-in-law were exploiting or harming their kids? Then I remembered one of my nieces, tired and cranky from a long day, throwing her favorite stuffed animal across the bed with a "I don't WANT Snuffleupagus, I HATE Snuffleupagus! I don't want Cookie Monster either, make him go AWAAAAAAY!" and subsequent hissy-fit until she had her nap, woke up, and became her normal sweet self. So did one of the kids (or more) say that to their aunt? Probably. Did they mean it? I dunno. OK, so my sister is not Kate, and, if anything, is overprotective as hell, so this took a bit of imagination. If, assuming that woman is sincere for a moment, talking to Jon and Kate didn't work, would I then give/sell my story to tabloids or go on morning programs to diss my neices' parents, in an attempt to get child labor laws changed to include reality TV? Almost certainly not. Would I confirm stories of cheating on either of my neice's parents part? Hell to the no. I would be kissing Jon and Kate's ass, doing whatever needed to be done to be able to stay in those kids lives, perhaps provide a little normalcy, stay the hell off camera so I didn't appear to be trying to cash in as well, and try to make lemonade out of lemons. Find the good stuff, make the kids laugh and feel normal, downplay the whole media stuff as much as possible, and keep trying to quietly and supportively convince the parents to limit cameras a bit more. Perhaps get them to negotiate "specials" for more money, while slowly eliminating the day-to-day coverage-- But I don't believe that aunt and uncle are sincere. I think they have convinced themselves that they are, but in reality they are pompous assholes who are probably jealous of the money, and pissed that they aren't collecting it themselves . Do the laws need to be changed to include "reality tv" kids? Probably. Would I die on that hill if it meant never seeing the kids? No. ETA--Sorry, I thought these were the same two family members confirming the cheating stories? Reading the comments made while I posted this makes me think that was some other family members. ?
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ZippyDoDa |
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Posts: 10738 (05/27/09 12:15 PM) Such a naughty monkey |
No way do I believe they are being pompous asses. If they were they could have done this last year. My
 meter is going off. It is very interesting that Kate dumps her
family and his family and doesn't want anyone around. Kate wants everyone to think like her and believe her BS. Please the two of them should be locked
up for child neglect or some kind of child abuse, cause these kids have a long hard road to hoe to get out of this unscathed! IMO
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finger poppin fun |
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Posts: 258 (05/27/09 12:17 PM) |
ZippyDoDa wrote: Apparently Kate's sister had a blog, but it's been taken down. Here's Jodi's sister's blog, and the bolded part of this entry sounds like something Kate would say: When the sextuplets were about 6 months old, an email written by Kate was going around asking for financial help. They were telling a tale of having absolutely no money, and not knowing how they were going to survive. I received the email, and it had very detailed information about how to contact the utilities and mortgage company to pay their bills. There was also a fund set up through their church. There was a huge outpouring of generosity from their community. Family and friends stepped up and gave money, offered time, tried to help in every way imaginable. Disbelief set in a few months later. We found out (by their own admission) that all along, they had a rather large sum of money in their savings account. Let's just say it was more than I made in a year working full time when I came out of nursing school. They had been giving everyone this story of being financially destitute, when all along, a very wealthy family member was supporting them, and they were sitting on a large sum of money. When they were questioned, their response was along the lines that they shouldn't have to use their own money to support their family. It was society's obligation. "We have 8 kids!!" http://truthbreedshatred.blogspot.com/ |
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LOLABINGO |
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Posts: 3985 (05/27/09 12:24 PM) |
A bunch of other videos from those two. (includes that the show wanted to pay them, but Kate wouldn't let them have money....hmmm.) |
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