Kate Gosselin: "I'd Work at McDonald's to Support Kids"
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Could Kate Gosselin soon be asking if you want fries with that?
The mom of eight, 34, called into The View Monday to say she'd take a job at McDonald's to support her kids if it came down to it. (A few hours earlier, she appeared on the Today show.)
Finding alternate work may be necessary now that Jon has halted production on her TLC reality show and left her with just $1,346 (down from $231,000) in a shared bank account, she said.
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"We're on temporary holding right now. A lot of this stuff is out of my control," she said. "I can tell you that my kids are upset that it's on hold, that the opportunities that they did have. For example, they're supposed to be in New York. We were supposed to come up this weekend and see the Statue of Liberty and they don't understand why we can't do that now. So for myself and the kids, I'm hoping it goes on for the opportunities as well as, obviously, the financial. I mean, essentially, it's my job, and I'm hoping to continue working."
And if it doesn't?
"I do know that no matter what, I know within myself that if I have to work at McDonald's, I will do what it takes to provide for my kids, period," she said.
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Former co-host Lisa Ling, who was guest hosting the show Monday, challenged Kate's desire to keep her kids on TV as they grapple with their parents' split.
"My parents got a divorce. I can't even imagine any of it being on television," Ling said. "I don't see what the problem is with stopping the show or taking the kids off the show for a period of time until things can get resolved...There have got to be other ways to make money than putting your kids on television."
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277hey you 2 get out of the media and look after your kids, instead of nannies and who ever else is around, and by the way kate you decided to have all these kids, why should anybody feal sorry for you when your living the high life and the kids are stuck at home with who ever how about taking them to the statue of liberty if it ment so much to them what was the problem, oh thats right it seems they are only allowed to come out and play when the camera,s are there and it,s afreebie other wise kids get back in your box ,by the way kate so sick of you trying to justifie your explorting theses little cash cows by saying you need the income, i would like to know how you thought you were going to suport theses kids when you decided to have invitro after all you already had the twins, now all you want to do is go galavanting aroud the countryside, with the excuse the world owes you look after your own kids you had them
I think Kate is a major manipulator. This woman is a nurse. Saying she will have to work at McDonalds if she has to is just to gain sympathy of hardworking single mothers. I am not saying it will be easy to support 8 children on a nursing salary, but it can be done. John needs to go back to work period and support his children! If they both put their heads on straight and do what is right for their children, they will be fine. Plus, I think there is plenty of money floating around from her books and the show. Kate is not stupid! She takes freebies whenever she can get them, and I have no doubt she is hiding money. The sad fact is that they both do not want to give up the fancy lifestyle, and it is a shame! Why is John living in an apartment in the city? It is a waste of money that could go to his children!
oh..yeah, we're to believe that all the money she has to pay bills was in that one account. What a joke...maybe she used up all the money at the tanning salon...ooh or at Starbucks. All those who thinks she's such a great mom well she's never home with those kids so how great is she really?
Hold the pickles , hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us, all we ask is that you let us' have it your way!! Jon's making the Milkshakes, Kate is gonna get the Burgers and Fries now! We have a "Happy Meal" finally These two are nuttier than a bag of Planters! Try Long johns Kate,,,there's something Fishy about your story! 11 bank accounts with no money..Get lost you goof..each kid has their future secured you said but no food to eat today LOL YOUR NUTZZZZZZ! Any show that hires you is crazy too. Your both so undependable. Poor TLC..they should never have tried to make a normal family out of you to wackos..you need to be in a trailer park!
KATIE POO............I WENT TO MCDONALDS THIS MORNING AND TOLD THE MANAGER THAT YOU WERE INTERESTING IN WORKING THERE....SHE SAID SHE WOULD PASS THAT INFO. ON TO THE MCDONALDS IN YOUR TOWN, SERIOUSLY!!! NOW GO GET ME MY DAM BIG MAC, EXTRA SAUCE!
.......As you can see she loves and cares for her children very much. She doesn't spoil them with gifts, instead she nurtures them and protect them. If I had all the money like that, I would totally take my kids out on vacations and explore the world and see different surroundings. It's very educational and it teaches them everything about other life too. You guys act like she's trying to spoil them with toys? She loves her kids very much and I see that very much on all the shows.
I am sooooo sorry kate! i feel so bad for the family.... I hope everything will work out!
I have 4 kids, and guess what? You can raise more than 2 kids without a tv show to pay for it. Her kids can wear hand me downs, live in a smaller house, and she can learn to budget. We make it work, without exploiting ANY of our kids... it's more important to teach love and values than to wear the latest fashions, have all of the toys,and take expensive vacations. My kids know they are safe, valued, and loved. It is so very very sad that these kids are now being placed in the middle of two very spoiled parents as they argue about "what is best".... seems like what is best is to privately take care of your business. How could a smart couple like them not see this coming when they took the deal years ago. Praying for Maddie, Cara, Hannah, Leah, Alexis, Aaden, Colin and Joel. (and if the day comes that she can't "pay the bills" all 8 of those kiddos are welcome around my dinner table any night!)
I was being sarcastic about the God part. If anybody couldn't figure that out.
Sammy and Pat are both stupid. Let me put it simply, NO she didn't have her kids for the show!! I can't even believe how incredibly unintelligent you must be to think that. Also she was only pregnant twice, so saying "they should have though about wether they can support their children prior to having so many". They did. They thought they were going to have 3 children. It's really god's fault maybe we should all be mad at him and say how trashy he is? Stop judging everyone else for F's sake. Everyone is allowed to be a parent as they see fit, it's not our jobs to dictate it, if it were everyone would probably like suck, like Pat and Sammy.
Lisa Ling said it all and is so right. Also, since there are more large families out there without reality shows than with them, I think that Kate and Jon's family will survive. It will take some downsizing, budgeting, selling stuff off, using the investments or savings (not the children's college accounts) they have, plus going back to work for both of them, but hey that's life for most of America, isn't it? I just wish however for the sake of the children they would both keep their divorce and feelings about each other out of the public. What they should be doing is some private mediation for their differences (no more interviews!) or again privately speaking to their attorney over monetary issues, not the public, as well as going to therapy as ‘divorced’ parents so that they can productively co-parent and not do anything that could be hurtful to the children, especially during this difficult time. Therapy for the children would also be great so that the children have a safe place to voice their feelings. The divorce needs to be done in a way that is most healthy for the children. It's about the eight now, not Jon and Kate, and that is what they both have to remember.
She was a ball-busting, bitch of a wife and a lazy-ass bitch of a mother. She deserves every nasty thing that happens to her. Make-overs and plastic surgery can't hide her kind of UGLY! Both of you idiots, "GO AWAY!"
Sammy, you had an excellent point. The more I think about it, the more it makes me wonder: Did she have all these children only for the freebies & money? If she refuses to go out and get a job in the real world to support the children (this is how life works), then perhaps the children would be better off w/ a family or families than can provide for them. Would she have gone along with the entire pregnancy if she knew she and Jon would have to provide everything for them? Bottom line: if a MOTHER (and father) cannot provide for THEIR own children, perhaps they should've thought about that prior to having so many and relying on a TV show. Kate is no better than a welfare mom who keeps having kids to keep collecting more & more benefits. You all know that is rampant out in the real world and I'm not talking about moms that need to go on welare for a short time to get back on their feet. I'm talking about the ones abusing the system. Kate is NO BETTER. Do something, besides singing the blues, to provide for your kids.
KATE IS A LIEING WITCH, AND GOD WILL BREAK HER TO MAKE HER REALIZE THAT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY WOMAN OUT THERE WITH THAT AMOUNT OF CHILDREN TRYING TO LIVE. KATE THINKS EVERYONE OWES HER SOMETHING. GET OFF YOUR LAZY ASS KATE AND FIND A REAL JOB. IF DEPENDING ON A REALITY SHOW IS THE REASON FOR THESE CHILDREN YOU ARE TRULY TRASH IN EVERY WORD. YOU MEAN IF YOU WERE NOT OFFERED A REALITY SHOW, YOU COULD NOT AFFORD YOUR KIDS? GET REAL, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOTHERS MAKING IT, THERE SHELVES MAY NOT BE FULL LIKE YOURS, BUT THEY ARE HAPPY AND MAKING IT.
KATE IS A LIEING B$TCH. THIS WOMAN WANTS EVERYTHING HANDED TO HER. SHE MADE ME SO MAD WHEN SHE CLAIM SHE WOULD WORK AT MC DONALDS IF SHE HAD TO, WHY DID NOT SAY SHE WOULD GET A NURSING JOB. SHE IS TRYING TO DOWN PLAY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE FOR A LIVING. JON IS DOING THE RIGHT THING, HE MAY HAVE MADE A FEW MISTAKES BUT AT LEAST HE IS THINKING OF HIS KIDS. SHE IS POOR MOUTHING ABOUT 1 ACCOUNT, AND THEY HAVE 11. SHE IS JUST MAD BECAUSE JON IS STANDING UP TO HER STUPID ASS. THOSE KIDS ARE NOT SAD THAT THEY ARE NOT FILMING, KATE IS SAD AND ANGRY THAT THEY ARE NOT FILMING. NO, SHE WOULD NOT TAKE MONEY OUT OF HER OWN POCKET AND GO ON A TRIP, SHE IS TRAILER TRASH AND LIKES EVERYTING FREE.
Lisa Ling had it right, in the last line of the above text. Ms. Ling was the only one thinking of the kids at that time. My question is: why would Kate need to work at McDs? She has a nursing degree. Also, did she spend all the money that she earned from her books and appearances? Or is that just HER money? I wonder what would happen to my daughter if I kept all of the money I personally earned, I mean, all these years, have I been doing this wrong???? I go to work, I earn a pay and I'm supposed to put that money in a bank account to spend only on myself....? I'm not supposed to be providing for my child with the money I earn? All this money I spent raising me daughter - was it supposed to be mine ALL MINE? Come on Kate, you do make some money...you know you have it somewhere....feed your kids! LOL Greedy bitch. Quit singing the blues. NO one believes you have no money to feed your kids. However, remember....McDs DOES give discounts to their employees so maybe you were on the right track with your comment.
Kate is a lying scheming bitch. Why did you choose to have eight chidren.
Can someone put Jon and Kate, Heidi and Spencer, Paris Hilton, and the Kardashian sisters in a disposable space ship and send them off in space. Once again, why are they in the famous?
WHERE IS MY DAM BIG MAC KATIE???
Kate just said this MC thing to make a point. Jon would NEVER really work for his kids. Kate is everything to those kids. Kate is not LAZY like Jon. So if she really really had to work at Micky D's, SHE WOULD!