KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD - THE RISE AND FALL OF A REALITY TV QUEEN (33 page)

Kate
gushed that she was “shocked and amazed at the skinny jeans you sent in a size 27. Can’t find them around here and LOVE the skinny fit!!!!”

Kate Foster said that she would be happy to keep the cards coming. She
said, “Let’s make a deal...I’d love to do a press segment...perhaps you shopping with an entertainment or morning show at LOFT with our designer?” She then asked Kate if she had a publicist or producer that she should discuss this with, or if Kate made those decisions. She told Kate she could send out a card next week, and wanted to know what Kate thought she would need on an ongoing basis.

Kate
sent Julie May the response from Kate Foster and asked if they could do this because she wanted that “supply to keep coming!!!!” She told Julie she wanted to do “whatever it takes... I obviously love their stuff
and spend AT LEAST $500 per week there
.”

GYMBOREE

On Wednesday, December 31, 2008,
at 4:23 AM on
New Year’s Eve,
Kate sent a last-minute request to Juliet Montague of Gymboree requesting free stuff. Kate said she knew it was New Year’s Eve, but she was hoping Juliet would be willing to call in a gift card number to the Wyomissing Gymboree so she could pick up “some fresh stuff for our resume of filming” on Friday. Kate said they had been off for the “last three weeks- yeah!” She also told Juliet that she needed some things for Cara for her ski trip to Utah, which was also being filmed. Kate thanked Juliet and said she hoped to hear from her soon before the stores close.

Juliet replied to Kate telling her she would definitely call in the gift card for her.

Kate emailed Juliet again the next day wishing her a happy 2009. She thanked her for “fixing yesterday’s issues!” and then continued on to tell Juliet that she had a handful of items on hold at the Park City Mall in Lancaster, PA. Kate was far too busy to go pick up the freebies herself, so she said she was going to send a film crew member to pick up the things she needed the next day for the next day’s shoot. Kate said that she also had an item on hold at the Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing, and the crew member would be picking that up as well. Kate told Juliet that the total of items was less than 10, and asked if it would be possible for her to supply those stores with a gift card number. She told Juliet that the crew member would probably get to Lancaster around 11:15 Pennsylvania time, and to the Wyomissing store some time after that.

On yet another occasion,
Kate desperately cried to the Gymboree representative that she needed more money on her card. She said, “I’m over my gift card amount....help! Please call the shoppes To tell them what to do?!”

CREST WHITESTRIPS

There was nothing too big or too small for
Kate to try to get for FREE. In this case, she had received some Crest Whitestrips and needed more. She raved to her contact, “Katie,” about how wonderful and “amazing” the dry whitestrips are and told her that all the types she sent her were “more than wonderful.” She told “Katie” that whenever anyone asks her about her white teeth she tells them about how great the Crest Whitestrips are. She then told “Katie” that “any more supply” along with those “amazing Olay daily facials” would “always be much appreciated!” Kate cheerily signed off with a “Thanks again! Have a white (teeth) day! :)”.

FREEBIES, FREEBIES EVERYWHERE!

So much free merchandise
was rolling into the Gosselin house that Kate couldn’t keep track of it all. On January 20, 2009, at 11:34 AM, “Amanda B” from Media Motion International sent an email asking Kate if they had received the “Honest Tea merchandise?”

Kate replied
that she thought so because she saw some in their cabinets. She then asked Jon if they had received it. Kate also said that she would “love all that they would send” because “We love love love their stuff!”

NIAGARA FALLS

On February 6, 2009, Julie May wrote
to Kate about an offer for a “trip situation” to “Niagra” Falls. Julie told Kate that it might be a possibility for the summer since Kate had mentioned “Niagra” Falls as a fun destination. Julie said she was keeping a “stack of possible things” so she wanted to pass it along.

Kate responded, as usual, with a “Yes please!” and suggested that they go in early June right after school got out.

ELECTRIC FENCE

On March 17, 2009, an offer came in from a company in Reading, PA, who wanted to donate invisible fencing for the new puppies at the Gosselin’s million-dollar compound. Kate accepted immediately, saying, “yes... asap! they ran three miles away the other day!!!”

LASIK SURGERY

On
April 3, 2009, Julie May forwarded Kate an email that had originated on March 27, 2009, from “Liana M” on behalf of Dr. Robert Maloney, a “world-renown” ophthalmologist. Liana said that Dr. Maloney had followed Jon and Kate’s story and noticed that Jon struggled with glasses. She said the doctor wanted to talk to Jon about LASIK surgery, and if Jon was a candidate, he would fly him to Los Angeles and do the surgery for free. Julie May forwarded the information to Kate on April 3, 2009.

This offer for free LASIK surgery came in for Jon only, but Kate hijacked it for herself as well
. She replied to Julie with a “yes please for both.” Kate then said she had always wanted LASIK and she could get it done on one of her trips to Los Angeles.

TOILET PAPER

On April 14, 2009,
“Joni S” from Discovery sent some good news about free toilet paper. Who wouldn’t want that? She said that Ad Sales had just sent a bunch of Charmin their way, and asked them to confirm that they received it at their Sinking Spring address.

Kate
didn’t know if they had received the Charmin, so she replied, “I have not . . . Jon have you?”