KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD - THE RISE AND FALL OF A REALITY TV QUEEN (26 page)

Yay! Enjoy! Did cover of people so u all would have something to keep to remember! :)

Oh, how very generous of her. Another tweeter asked if Kate had approved the
People
article:

xxxxx @
Kateplusmy8
I hope all is going well with you & that you’re getting the support you need, Is ‘People’ article approved by you? XO

Yes. People does interviews and NO they don’t pay for them!

The t
weeter simply asked Kate if she had approved the
People
article. There was no need for Kate to blurt out that
People
doesn’t pay for interviews. But once again, this is Kate Gosselin doing what she does best. She’s lying, while sort of telling the truth. Kate was correct in saying that
People
magazine does not pay for interviews.
U
S
Weekly
does not pay for interviews, either. But do you know what they do pay very big money for? Photos. They pay for photos to go along with the interview. Kate did a photo shoot for
People
magazine that included an interview and was paid, by my guestimate, between $50,000 and $75,000. And she did it all for you.

Thanks for giving back, Kate.

“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them.

If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
so that your giving may be in secret.

Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

–
Matthew 6:1-4

If you go back and watch episodes of
Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht
or
Kate Plus Ei8ht
, or listen to Kate’s interviews, or read her words on Twitter, you will notice that Kate says over and over that “it was always a ‘dream’ of mine,” about everything. Every trip; every job. “A dream.”

“I have always dreamed of taking the kids on an RV trip to see this country.”

“I wanted to go to Australia because it was a lifelong dream.”

Just like the Hawaii dream, and the New Zealand dream, and on and on and on. Kate seems to start every conversation about one of her exotic trips or new “career” choices with the words “It has always been a dream of mine.”

Whenever fans tweet suggestions, ideas or hopes for shows or projects they think she should do, Kate’s standard reply, no matter what the suggestion, is that it is, or has always been, a “dream” of hers. Here are just a few of the many examples of this (Kate’s tweets here and in following sections are in bold type):

xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 The fans are hoping for perhaps a fitness show for 2012? Maybe something where you can also teach your healthy eating to fans?

a fitness show would be a dream come true- not for me only but a way to reach ALL moms who desire fitness but don’t know how!

@xxxxx @Kateplusmy8 Lol, @sesamestreet Shud have u on to do No. 8. w/Super Grover or Cookie Monster #Canyoutellmehowtoget?

at 1 time
@sesamestreet @pbs
was on the schedule...I dream of doing it...counting my kids would b SO much fun! Such a great show!

RT @xxxx I think @Kateplusmy8 should host @nbcsnl.
I’D WATCH THAT! HOSTING SNL IS A DREAM OF MINE!

There are many additional examples of Kate’s “dreams,” but you get the idea. In Kate’s world, a “dream” is code for “I want it, so get it for me now, Julie Carson May/TLC/Discovery.”

The idea of the “dream” appears to have come about from Kirk Streb, producer/director/editor for
Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht
, during a meeting he had with Jon and Kate. On September 9, 2007, Kirk sent an email to Kate, Jon, and Jen Stocks to review what was discussed at that meeting. In his “Thanks and Thoughts” email, Streb warmly greeted his “fellow diners and limo riders!” saying what a “blast” he had at their meeting with “Great company … great food … great ideas for the upcoming season.” He wanted to review what they had discussed “before the brandy and benedicting (sic) fogged memories” slipped permanently from his brain.

During that meeting, they discussed the hope that they could find “a brilliant blend of ‘big ideas’ and ‘easy/quick to tape ideas’ to help make the taping process more manageable AND more fun.” To achieve that, they divided ideas into “piles” they called Fast Dreams, Helpful Dreams, and Big Dreams. In other words, they were manufacturing “reality” for the
Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht
reality show.

Here
are a few brief excerpts of how Kirk Streb summarized their ideas for those big piles of dreams.

FAST DREAMS:

Fast dreams would be developing short segments that they could use to fill out episodes that didn’t have enough footage, like mailbag segments which would be Q&A answering viewer’s questions. They would focus on simple, manag
eable parts of the Gosselin’s lives that happen with our without cameras like doing laundry, clothes shopping, grocery shopping, dinner, house cleaning, taking the kids to school, going to church etc.

HELPFUL DREAMS:

These are ideas that would be worth filming and things that are designed to make the Gosselin’s lives less stressful. Ideas like buying Blackberry’s, getting a personal chef to prepare organic meals that are frozen to help reduce stress of shoot days or busy days etc.

BIG DREAMS:

Big dreams are ideas that will provide big opportunities for filming full episodes, in some cases, many episodes and would also give the family either great experiences or great additions to their daily life like finding a way for the family to afford to move into a house with long-term appeal. This is the top big dream according to Streb. He tells them that nothing is impossible with the right energy put towards finding in-kind help, sponsor deals etc., that would make building a house more affordable.

Another big dream would be helping the Gosselins go to Hawaii, European travel, further renovations of existing house, in-home consultation with a family expert. Streb suggested having Doctor Phil actually come to the Gosslein house, thinking his eyes would bug out of his head if he stood there for thirty minutes.

Discovery certainly did everything possible to make all of Kate’s dreams come true, even those she never thought to have herself.

“Kate thought they were owed stuff. The money factor was huge.”

– Angela Krall

Kate’s former nurse whom Kate loved and fought to keep by her side.

Kate kept a file on her computer with photos of the throngs of media waiting for them as they arrived at their Wyomissing home, which had just been remodeled and enlarged for them, free of charge. The file was called “Entering the promised land.”

“Money DID fall from the sky!!!!”

– Kate Gosselin

2. Manna From Heaven
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune
(as a sudden opportunity to make money.)

Once Jon and Kate brought the sextuplets home from the hospital, the money started pouring in. It was Kate’s “Manna from Heaven.” But after a short time, something strange happened. Kate stopped going to church on a regular basis, and then she stopped going at all. She began happily working on Sunday and was frustrated by people who didn’t. In an email from Kate to her manager, Julie May, speaking for herself and bodyguard Steve Neild, Kate said they are both dying to dig into work because they are both thinking and working on a Sunday!

Kate had discovered a new god, and its name was DISCOVERY. And she worshiped her new god very hard and very often.

MARKETING YOUR BABIES – 101

“… if there is a way my children could be a help in
marketing your clothing lines, we’re all for it!”

– Kate Gosselin

Even before the sextuplets were born, back when it was just Jon and Kate plus two, Kate’s mind was already in full gear, working to label and market her children. Before the babies took their first breaths, Kate had directed Jon to get a website up and running
to start spreading the word nationally, and more importantly, to tell the world how they could help, and to solicit donations, including a 15-passenger van.

And from the moment the news that Kate Gosselin was pregnant with six babies hit the headlines during that first press conference in April 2004 at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, the Gosselin sextuplets were marketed to the world like a new product.

The remainder of this chapter provides details about some of Kate’s numerous requests, schemes, demands and opportunities to make money off her babies.

THE BIRTHDAY KIDS NEED A VAN!

To celebrate the first birthday of her sextuplets, Kate sent out this party invitation to some of her “closest” friends. That’s some guest list of “friends” below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 15, 2005

Jonathan & Kate Gosselin

610-374-0179

[email protected]

MEDIA ADVISORY