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    Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi

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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    So, in the thumb I thought her hand was facing the other way and she was doing a Vulcan mind meld on the dude.
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    OK, so maybe having 8 kids wasn't the best decision, but if I DID have 8 kids? You bet I'd be all over the TV trying to make as much money as I could so I could pay for 8 college educations, plus a home big enough for all of them, plus a divorce from my child-man husband, plus the inevitable therapy bills that will come for me and my children after America got tired of this nonsense.

    She's got a LOT on her plate. No shock she's a little bit neurotic and flaky. My bet is that she isn't so much a willing celebrity as a resigned one.
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    10/08/09

    @♥ dosido☮: I'd probably do the same thing. I'm sure she enjoys the perks of being a "celebrity" at times, but by now it's more of a way to get money to support 8 friggin children.
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    I think the tipping from slight eyeroll to ok-that's-funny happened exactly at the time of the screengrab. Nice job Kate.
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    This sketch does not show a mom worried about a pile of bills in her purse that she can't pay because of the bank account being emptied. Though kind of funny at face value, it is a reminder of how everything she does on camera is an act.
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    10/08/09

    @nancydrewme: I don't think sitting at a table looking at bills she can't pay because Jon emptied the bank account solves any problems. She gets paid for this appearance. That solves problems.
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    10/08/09

    @schweppes: Eh, I'm with nancydrewme. I think everything she has done in the past few months has been an extremely well-calculated image makeover (seriously, who is her PR person??).

    Jon is a total douche, absolutely, but I for one second don't buy her boo hoo act.
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    10/08/09

    @formergr: See, I feel like her PR turnaround came from the fact that people stopped thinking of Jon as some hapless victim of her rage (where I would question HIS PR person during that time) to realizing that...heyyyyy....he's kind of awful. Which explains the turnaround. To me, at least.
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    10/08/09

    @schweppes: I think that's definitely part of why it *worked* (and yes, I think it's clear his PR person needs help or just needs to exist!), but I do think she has changed her image. Well-calculated crying on the Today show, different clothes, softer makeup-- everything to appear warm, and trying to be strong.
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    Slightly off topic but I am not prepared emotionally for the amount of Kate Gosselin costumes this Halloween.
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    10/08/09

    @TransFat: It's this year's Sarah Palin.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    10/08/09

    @TransFat: It's a really bad year for costumes when the best choice is Kate Gosselin. What do you dress as?
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    10/08/09

    @Lymed: If you're me Coraline with button eye glasses! I realize you were being rhetorical I'm just really excited for my costume.
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    10/08/09

    @TransFat: I contemplated Bliss but don't want to ruin my new floors with roller skates so am instead thinking of going retro with 80's Madonna.
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    Image of schweppes schweppes
    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    Or, you know, she's a little more complicated than just a label. Go for her for not taking herself that seriously.
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    10/08/09

    @schweppes: WHAT? We're all just a label, don't you see? No matter what, we're really only Public Perception.

    (Also, fwiw, she was "teary, wronged" because the asshat drained the bank account. I'd be back to what pays the bills too - and this time even though no one can bitch she's "exploiting the chillllllllldrennnnnnn" they're still doing so.)
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    10/08/09

    @labeled: The lady can't win. Today US had a headline with one of Jon's friends saying she spanks her kids. THE HORROR!!! I don't personally believe in spanking but it's probably less detrimental than, I don't know, stealing from the family bank account.
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    10/08/09

    @labeled: Exacts. She wasn't complaining about being on TV too much. Because then this conversation would have been applicable when she was on TV crying about Jon stealing all that money.
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    10/08/09

    @schweppes: Exactly. I'd jump at a chance to be in a comedy skit - who wouldn't. She's getting the press anyway, she might as well have a bit of fun.

    I thought the skit was hilarious! I do think there are "weird Mom powers". Every once in a while, in a mall or somewhere, I hear a mom scolding a child. Whether it's the words, the tone of a voice that sounds like my mom's, my heart skips a beat or two and I feel unaccountably guilty.
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    10/08/09

    @Maritsa: If I had 8 kids and an asshat ex who stole from me, I'd probably spank now and then too. A light spanking once in a while isn't going to damage them.
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    10/08/09

    @alexburrito: I'm 24 and my mom still has the weird mom powers over me. And my dad still only has to give me "the look." He hasn't had to in a while but I know it would still work.
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    10/08/09

    @linnyt is a walking cliché: I have a 4 y.o. son. I can only hope I develop the weird mom powers! And "the look". In my family, "the look" is my Mom's, too. Dad was a cream puff.
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    Image of GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11) GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
    10/08/09

    @Maritsa: Ugh I'm vehemently anti-spanking and that's still ridiculous. I wonder if Jon complained about the spanking *while* it was going on. Even if he didn't spank the kids himself, I can just picture him saying, "kid4 stop doing that or Mommy will spank you!"
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    Image of rd2uk rd2uk
    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    hypocrisy thy name is kate gosselin
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    MILF meltdown? Fuck you, crappy new Leno show.

    But, it's definitely funny.
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    10/08/09

    @labeled: This was exactly my thought. Eew on the name, but I was actually laughing at the end.

    SHE THINKS EVERYONE'S HER KID!

    ...and then I thought about placing the Duggars in that situation, since they have many, many more children. Quiverful, indeed!
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Kate Gosselin Uses "Weird Mom Powers" To Tame Paparazzi
    Kate Gosselin’s modus operandi: Cameras = Relevance = Money
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    03/19/09

    In reply to From The Hills To The Hill: TMZ Turns Its Focus To D.C.
    I feel guilty - I sent in a tip to TMZ to check out Aaron Schock and got an email back from them that they would - a few days later he was on the show, now THIS.


    Maybe they were planning this all along, but I hope it wasn't because of my tip.

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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    03/19/09

    In reply to From The Hills To The Hill: TMZ Turns Its Focus To D.C.
    While I certainly think we need more vigilant reporting on politics in DC, I fail to understand why we need cameramen jumping out of bushes and asking politicians about their "packages." Ug.
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    03/19/09

    In reply to From The Hills To The Hill: TMZ Turns Its Focus To D.C.
    It it means breaking more stories like the Northern Trust party,yes. If it means stories about whether female politicians wear underwear, NOOOOO! And if it helps people who normally don't pay attention to politics get into politics, then it might be a good thing.
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    03/19/09

    In reply to From The Hills To The Hill: TMZ Turns Its Focus To D.C.
    Oh jeez. There are enough idiots in this town already, we don't need TMZ to import more of them.
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    03/19/09

    In reply to From The Hills To The Hill: TMZ Turns Its Focus To D.C.
    this is dumb. it's a distraction people don't need in DC.
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    03/19/09

    @linnyt is a walking cliché: I don't think they get how things work around here. I will laugh the day a camera crew goes running up to someone under secret service protection and an uzi gets pulled on them.
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    03/19/09

    @vamusical: haha i can't wait to see that
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    Image of hello.kitty hello.kitty
    03/19/09

    In reply to From The Hills To The Hill: TMZ Turns Its Focus To D.C.
    TMZ--yellow journalism v.2.0
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