People are trying to, but in her latest article, she's telling people to leave Kate alone.
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Jon & Kate Plus 8: The Most Abusive Celebrity Parents Ever?
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Have Jon and Kate Gosselin invented a new form of 21st century child abuse? I'd say so. Come on — would you allow cameras to be following your kids every single move on 40 episodes a year of national TV?
There's only 52 weeks in the calendar. That means these kids barely catch a break, i.e. a few days without camera crews camping inside their home.
It's a real life "Truman Show" with eight voiceless victims instead of just one.
Yes, some of these young stars were terribly exploited Judy Garland-style and grew up to crash and burn. But others went on to perfectly successful adult lives and careers. Being young, talented and pushed into in the public spotlight is not necessarily a recipe for exploitative disaster.
But, kids on movie and professional TV sets are subject to child labor laws. Children in reality shows are NOT, a point made forcefully by the Gosselin 8's Aunt Jodi and Uncle Kevin Krieder, Kate Gosselin's brother and sister-in-law who've been busy blogging, and then blabbing, about how vile the Gosselins are, especially Kate, to celebrity newsweeklies and on CBS's "Early Show."
"We want to be the voice of our nieces and nephews... they're being viewed as a commodity," uncle Kevin intoned on national TV. "They're being exploited," added Aunt Jodi.
Of course, the Kreiders were very much a part of the Jon & Kate Plus 8 show for the first three seasons, before supposedly being kicked off by Kate because they asked to be paid for their appearances. So their indignation over the public lives of their nieces and nephews may not be fueled by totally pure motives. And really, what kind of family takes their beefs to the celebrity press anyway?
It seems to me that the Gosselin 8 need an impartial advocate and interventionist. Parents have a right to raise their kids as they see fit — to choose their religion and their schools, and to discipline them, as long as it doesn't cross the line into physical abuse. But do they have a right to make millions of dollars by filming them, virtually all the time, for years at a time? The TLC Jon & Kate series isn't a serious documentary or a one season special. And unlike Supernanny or Nanny 911 which zoom in on a different family of dysfunctional kids every week, this show is in its fifth season and is relentless in its intrusiveness into the kids' lives.
"Kids have bad times... they cry and having the camera zoom in on a crying child... this should not be a form of entertainment," insists Jodi. Should it?
And here's my next big question: Are any of the bags of money earned by Jon & Kate and the hardworking Gosselins being set aside in trust funds for each of the kids? Or are Jon & Kate free to use it all for her French manicures and his frequent bar-hopping?
If not, these adorable tots aren't much different than the little stars of Slumdog Millionaire, which has grossed over $400 million, while they're back to living homeless in the Mumbai slums. A bunch of adults made enormous bucks from the work of these kids in front of film cameras, yet the little ones didn't end up with much more than a few nice, new outfits.
Hey, the Gosselin kids are always well-dressed too. At least in front of the cameras!
Who's going to intervene?
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People are trying to INTERVENE, but YOU are demanding that they leave Kate alone. You wishy washy, flip flopping HYPOCRITE.
4 comments:
She must by vying for a spot on Twisted Kate which little does she know is something put out there for suckers like her. This show has been in the works for a year and they can't seem to get it off the ground w/o the kids which now I am hearing they will be part of it. Once the kids step in Khate won't need those fans that are inspired by her and want "to be one of her kids." That woman couldn't hold a candle to one of those kids. They work harder in a day than she will work in a month. So bye bye birdie. No TV for you. She just discredited yourself for nothing.
Not sure what she is doing. Went from Jon and Kate are horrible parent to Kate is the best mother in the whole wide world. LOL
FLIP FLOP! Maybe she does want a spot on Kate Plus 8. Looking to take over Jamie's spot Bonnie?
I'm not sure what Bonnie's doing here either but she, or whoever is paying her, has always been pro-Kate in the past. Regardless of the real author, words under the name of Bonnie Fuller have now lost all credibility and are meaningless (if they were EVER credible) when she expresses such polar opposite views.
Her anti J&K article was Posted on May 29, 2009 10:08 AM.
Most of her Pro Kate article are all 2010. Not sure but too lazy to search. She has no credibly and she seems like a crazy, psycho woman to me. Birds of a feather I guess. Maybe her dream will come true and can visit Kate one day. Only to realize Kate could give a rats ass about Bonnie.
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