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Woo-Hoo! Balloon Boy Pushes Gosselins to the Side
While watching that balloon fly over Colorado was pretty freaky when we thought little Falcon was on board, I have to admit I was excited.
Why?
No, not because I'm some sort of sadistic psycho. Balloon Boy meant we weren't talking about Jon and Kate Gosselin. Balloon Boy was way better than any so-called reality show about a miserable motormouth couple who really just need to go away.
But then...
How To Make Jon and Kate Gosselin Go Away
I've been getting a lot of emails from readers lately asking when the non-stop coverage of Jon and Kate Gosselin will come to an end.
I'll be honest—I don't have an answer for ya...
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Jon Gosselin: More Famous Than Paris but Has No Friends?
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Jon Gosselin has no friends.
At least that's what the octodad claimed when he chatted up three women this weekend at the famed Chateau Marmont hotel.
A source tells us that the embattled reality-television father showed up at the hotel lobby's lounge area with manager Mike Heller on Saturday at about midnight. While they kept to themselves for about an hour, three women from out of town eventually called Gosselin over to sit with them.
While he may have just met the trio, Gosselin "has full-blown verbal diarrhea and will obviously tell anyone anything, because he talked their ears off for an hour," says the source.
What did he have to say? Keep reading to find out…
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Is Kate Gosselin Too Shy for New Talk Show?
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Believe it or not, Kate Gosselin may not be as outspoken as you might think.
I hear the famous mother of eight was surprisingly reserved when she shot the pilot this weekend for an in-the-works syndicated talk show with cooking queen Paula Deen.
"She was very shy," a source reports. "She was a lot shier than I thought she would be."
How did she jive with Deen and the other potential cohosts, comedian Judy Gold, former Early Show coanchor Rene Syler and newsman Bob Woodruff's wife, Lee Woodruff?
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Source: Kate Gosselin Is Not the Main Star of New Talk Show
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Move over, Barbara Walters.
Just days after Kate Gosselin's guest gig on The View, sources confirm the famous mother of eight will shoot a pilot this weekend for a new chatfest with Paula Deen.
As I was the first to tell you, the show is being developed by media powerhouse Telepictures. Unlike The View, producers at the Deen project wanted all their cohosts to be moms.
An insider just told me comedian Judy Gold will be included with the previously revealed cohosts, former Early Show coanchor Rene Syler and ABC newsman Bob Woodruff's wife, Lee Woodruff...
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Kate Gosselin Likes The View So Much She Wants One of Her Own
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If you miss Kate Gosselin's run on The View this week, not to worry. She's apparently gunning for her own ladies-only chatfest.
And I hear Gosselin may already be cooking something up with a well-seasoned television veteran.
Keep reading to find out what's going and who's involved…
Ryan Kwanten vs. Jon Gosselin: Who'd You Prefer?
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Who would you rather hang with—smokin' hot True Blood star Ryan Kwanten or pudgy on-the-verge-of-a-divorce father of eight Jon Gosselin?
Sources confirm that Mr. Gosselin has been replaced by Kwanten, who plays Jason Stackhouse on HBO's hit vampire series, for a special celebrity appearance on Sunday at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City.
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NeNe On Anderson, Kate Gosselin and...Pullin' Wigs!
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NeNe Leakes is on a mission to meet Anderson Cooper.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star tells me she doesn't understand why the Silver Fox of CNN hasn't called her. After all, it was way back in November that he came out as one of her biggest fans.
"I follow him on Twitter and he follows me," NeNe tells me. "But we haven't talked. I'm going to New York in August and, I swear to God, I'm going to his office and knocking on the door. I'm going to be like, ‘What is your problem. Why haven't you called me?'"
Never one to hold her tongue, NeNe and I talked about so much more. Read on to find out what she says about clashing with Atlanta's new Housewife, the catfight that ended with wig-pulling, and why she feels for Kate Gosselin.
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Pregnant Kendra on Kate's Plus 8: "I Feel Bad for the Kids"
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It doesn't sound like parents-to-be Kendra Wilkinson and her football player hubby, Hank Baskett, will be going all Jon and Kate Gosselin on us.
Kendra says their baby, due on Christmas Day, probably won't be on camera too much if she and Baskett continue starring in reality television. That is a lesson she learned from tuning in for Jon & Kate Plus 8.
"We don't watch that anymore," Kendra tells me. "I watched back when it was good and they weren't all Hollywood."
She continued, "I feel bad for the kids. If we do have a show, none of that's going to happen...I want to be able to spend quality time with my child and not really give the world too much."
And that includes getting out of Hollywood...
The Gosselins & Speidi: Get Them Out of Here!
Spencer and Heidi Pratt should stay in the jungle—and Jon and Kate Gosselin should join them there.
Seriously, it's enough already out of these reality television "stars."
I know, I'm guilty of giving them press but that doesn't mean I don't want them to go away.
But what should the Gosselins do with their kids? I have an idea.