DWTS Judge to Kate Gosselin: You're "Terrible"
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Well, Kate Gosselin wasn't the lowest-scoring contestant on Monday's Dancing With the Stars' season-10 premiere.
She was the third lowest.
The 34-year-old reality mom and pro partner Tony Dovolani garnered 16 points out of a possible 30; only All My Children star Aiden Turner and 80-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin scored lower, with 15 and 14 points respectively.
Dressed in a sparkly, light-pink gown, Gosselin did the Viennese Waltz with Dovolani to Billy Joel's "Always a Woman." (A classic guy's ballad about a strong-willed, difficult girlfriend.)
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When the highly-anticipated number was done, judge Len Goodman surmised, "the first dance is like your first date...You looked nervous. You didn't come out and just dance with any fluidity." For her performance next week, he urged her to "enjoy the experience."
High-strung judge Bruno Tonioli was blunter. "The technique was terrible," he said as Gosselin listened with a stoic, tight-lipped expression. "It looked like Tony was pushing a shopping cart across the floor. You have to exude something!" he implored.
Carrie Ann Inaba added kindly, "you're very different than a lot of the other people on the show," noting that most DWTS contestants, unlike the former nurse, are athletes or performers. But she praised Gosselin, too. "There's a sweet vulnerability to what you do. You have an honesty that resonates with people."
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After receiving her low marks backstage, Gosselin told new host Brooke Burke that she was "honored to be here, glad that it's over and glad that my kids can rest easy tonight."
Before their performance began, rehearsal footage -- some that appeared to be in her family's Wernersville, Penn. basement, others in L.A. -- showed Gosselin struggling with her nerves.
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"She has to communicate enjoyment in order for this performance to work," Dovolani admitted to the cameras. He tells her, "I'm like, 'okay, does she want to be here?"
"The excitement is somewhere underneath all the insecurities," Gosselin said. "Hang in there with me."
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Also battling novice-dancer jitters: The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka. "I don't think I'm a great dancer," the 32-year-old pilot said forlornly during rehearsals. "I come in here and feel dumb every day."
But Pavelka and partner Chelsie Hightower fared better than Gosselin with their Viennese waltz (to the Bachelor-esque song "Kiss From a Rose"), scoring a 20. Len Goodman advised him to "stop sticking your bum out." Bruno Tolioni called the number "a little rough..Don't bash her about all the time!"
Pavelka's fiancee Vienna Girardi applauded his routine in the audience, and Brooke Burke asked how dancing on live TV compared to his on-air proposal. "Proposing to Vienna was the honor of my life," he gushed. "But this is scary!" Girardi's seat companion: Gia Allemand, the third-place finisher for Pavelka's hand on The Bachelor.
Dressed in hot-pink, Pam Anderson got a "sexy, sexy and more sexy!" rave from Tolioni for her cha-cha-cha with newcomer Damian Whitewood, scoring 21 total points.
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The night's top-scoring contestant was Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger, who nabbed 25 points dancing the waltz with Derek Hough. "I haven't seen a routine out of the gate like that, ever," Inaba gushed.
Will callers and texters support Kate or Jake? The first round of eliminations doesn't begin until next week.
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272The real Kate once again revealed itself. The bossing around, rolling of the eyes, and when others will not put up with her crap; oh boo hoo the tears start pouring out and she cannot understand why others walk away from her AGAIN!!!!! Get professional help already Kate. The handwriting has been on the wall for, oh, about 15 years now. Can you not read?
There is a time to hate, but why hate Kate? I know sometimes we get annoyed with her, but she is trying. If you want to hate someone, hate politicians like Dick Cheney. Now THAT is justified!
KATE KNEW ABOUT DWTS LONG BEFORE SHE HINTED ABOUT IT ON LENO. INSTEAD OF PREPARING HERSELF TO DANCE, SHE TRIED TO MAKE HERSELF ABLE TO COMPETE FOR WEALTHY MEN. DWTS WAS TO BE HER DEBUT AS AN ATTRACTIVE, RICH WOMAN. HA HA HA. SHE MIGHT ATTRACT A FEW PSYCHOS.
Oh Emily, you have to be kidding with your comment 'shame on all of the other women out there who degrade her for doing something for herself" She needs to STOP doing everything for herself and really start doing it for the kids. She chose to have 8 kids...she should start being the mother she chose to be...sorry, Emily, when you're a mother you really have to make sacrifices...I don't see Kate sacrificing ANYTHING!
I laughed so hard at your post I almost peed my pants. That was so funny and spot on. GREAT post
If I was in Kate's shoes I'd hire a bodyguard too!
The bodyguard is there to keep psycho haters like you from hurting her. You keep saying how much you hate her and etc.
I'm sick of Kate constantly saying "this is for my kids". Can she do anything on her own, without pimping those poor kids. She is a no talent, no personality, fake boobs, fake teeth, botoxed idiot. No one else on the show mentioned their kids, and they DIDN'T have a BODY GUARD. Ya, she's real special.
And for Pam, she needs to do what she does best! Sleeping around and getting married!
Not that I watch this Stupid Show, but come on. Kate needs to go hide under some rock somewhere and John as well.
First of all, to: "MeetingRich", you need to do your spam elsewhere! Go away! (2) kate was simply not showing any pleasure in doing this show. She needs to go home to her kids! (3) Pamela A. was pretty hot and fun and she is fun to watch. Jake, was really good. and the ice skater, has an over-advantage, as did Kristy Yamagucci. They were unfair, being professional ice dancers. They need to be kinder to Buzz. He, like Cloris Leachman, is there for the entertainment. But Kate, her heart and soul is just not into anything. She needs to go. Her attitude sucks.
Poor Mady and Cara are going to grow up to be prostitutes with that mean, absentee fame-obsessed mother and loser deadbeat father. I hope they have a good nanny.
When are you old hags gonna pull your sticks out. Shrews are you all. Get over yourselves you are no butter than kate. LMAO LMAO AT YOUR HATE POST. LMAOP LMAO LMAO Youare making Kate look wayyyyyyyyyyy better than you LMAO LMAO
Kart Gosselin you have all the personality of a buggy.
Of course! She is not used to "perform" and she knows she does not know how to dance. Nervous, yes!
really? who cares? she wasn't anymore terrible than annoying jake or s lu tt y Pam...jeez ppl, settle down, she did fine for an amateur
When are you going to pull the stick out, Kate?
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Just like with her failed show...the Jerry Springer crowd tuned in to watch Kate partner drag her dumpy a$$ around the dance floor and laugh at her. The numbers will drop now that they had satisified their curiosity or she's dumped.
She was horrible and as usual she's using the kids and anything else she can drag out for pity to stay on the show. I'm a mother I have 8 kids, I'm doing it alone, waaaah waaaah waaaah. There have been plenty of mothers and fathers on this show over the years...it's not a reason for a pass. i have 8 kids, what does that have to do with the fact that you can't dance. Are is expecting a pass because she has kids. I'm virtually doing it alone, well you kicked everyone out of your life including Jon because they didn't jump anymore when you said jump. You also have domestic help just like the other parents that have appeared on the show. None of your lame excuses are reason for a bad dancer to advance. The 80 year old Buzz did it with more class and grace than Kate. You are doing what you have always done...bad review pull out the children and tears and try to make people feel sorry for you. It's what narcissists do and why they have children, to promote themselves and give the impression, look what I did and have.