Kate Gosselin's 15 minutes

I simply do not understand the new minimal requirements for the 15 minute extension. The fact that Ms. Gosselin is a week-long co-host on THE VIEW really shouldn't surprise anyone. And yet, it's a remarkable comment on how little it takes to be 'famous,' and what it buys you (as opposed to what you earn).

Ms. Gosselin is now famous for being just-this-side of a celebrity, her fame enhanced, extended, magnified not by her achievement -- remember achievement? Doing something? -- or her world-view, merely by her suriving the impact of her uninteresting, unappealing husband's wandering eye and organ and -- oh yeah -- her brood size.

So now we take our instantly created celebrities and not only support them as tune-ins, we turn them into faux journalists. It's no accident that the VIEW's maternity-leave embracing Elizabeth began her "career" by appearing on SURVIVOR. She ate bugs and jumped into waterfalls and became a pundit as a result. So I guess Ms. Gosselin may end up providing us with wisdom about child rearing, adultery, and above all else, show biz. We had to hear that Patrick Swayze's movies are her two favorite. Do we care?

Personally, I'm ready for Toby, the ass-dragging carpet dirtying dog to get his 17th minute. I think he's at least inspired some house training.

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I don't know of anyone who actually likes her, supportivemom?

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Jane- did she really have a hard time answering that question or was she trying to remember what her publicist told her to say! She's obviously trying to spin the media and we're not buying it!

Exactly justme!

If the gender roles were reversed, and it was Jon treating Kate as she treated him...boy, would there be people out there screaming about the abuse!

Why is it considered ok for her to treat her spouse in the manner she did? I cannot stand her victim mentality. It disgusts me that people actually perceive her as any kind of victim in this scheme.

There are only 8 victims here.

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I also saw online today that she had a new hairstyle for day two of The View...kinda wavy and short. Was she tired of everyone mocking the dead porcupine on her head?

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"Do I condone what John is doing? Absolutely not, but I can completely see why he is doing it. I sure wouldn't want to be treated the same way as Kate treated him."

Sweet - I agree completely. She comes off as so sanctimonious. Did you see John's interview last week? He said he spent $22,000 on therapy (marriage counseling). Kate refused to go, so he went by himself.

Gawd I hate her.

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EXACTLY madbrian!!!!

Ha! Then let the kids host their own talk show for kids! Seriously though, I wonder how many of their school friends are telling them what's going on!

My favorite line in today's Times review of the VIEW handling of the (yawn) Swift-West dustup was this:

"...Barbara Walters, doing her best vampire impression, turned to Kate Gosselin, a guest host on the show, and asked how she felt when she heard her husband Joh say in a television interview last week that he despised her..."

Of course, if you are doing a vampire impression, the person you're pursuing shouldn't really be as bloodless as Ms. G.

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I agree with what everyone has said here. I did not watch the View at all, nor did I see Jon's interview, but I really think Kate is bad in this situation. Jon isn't good by any means, but I think the difference with him is that he isn't going around saying things and then doing the opposite. You have to wonder what Kate is doing with the kids when she does all these tv show appearances, or does she do this when Jon is supposed to have the kids?

I personally think both Jon and Kate should take some quiet time for themselves and think about what they are doing to their children. It's not like these kids have not been exploited since birth. They were on a couple of other TLC specials when the kids were babies. And then they got the series.

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Ha Marianne! Don't you remember they took a month long hiatus- one that was filled with one tabloid story after another! These 2 don't know how to shut up! I do not believe that Jon is doing as much as they say when it comes to dating all of these women. In fact, I wish he could sue! Anyway, when my kids were young, I had to go on a couple of business travel trips a year and I missed my kids desperately! Kate seems to be travelling every week! Jon seems to be a good father as I don't hear the kids complaining and they seem happy when they are with him. I also never heard him say bad things about Kate in front of them but I do believe that Kate does and you can even see on earlier shows where she makes anti-Jon comments under her breath! oh- I could go on and on.....