One thing I told myself when I started this blog was that I wasn’t going to be a hater. It would be very easy to write about the things that bug me, but that serves no purpose. It just fuels negativity within myself and brings attention to things that I don’t like. If I don’t like something, why should I pique your interest in it?
Having said that, I’m now going to bend my own rules a bit. I’m going to talk about Kate Gosselin on Dancing with the Stars.
I am not a Kate Gosselin fan. Never have been. Don’t anticipate ever being one. We’ve watched bits and pieces of the now-defunct Jon and Kate Plus 8 and it wasn’t a program either my husband or myself enjoyed. Having a bunch of kids does not make you a parenting expert. It just means you have a bunch of kids. I’ve got enough chaos in my life, why do I want to watch someone else’s chaos? Plus – remember the title of my blog here – if I’m going to watch “reality” TV, I’d rather be watching Ghost Hunters…or Mythbusters… or Destination Truth.
Even though I don’t like her, I’m not a Kate-Hater. There are plenty of people in this world that I don’t like, but I hate very few of them. To actually hate someone means you are emotionally invested in him or her and, frankly, I don’t care enough about her to hate her.
I just want her off DWTS because she’s not entertaining. She can’t dance. She’s so awkward it almost hurts to watch her. And the rehearsal montage they show each week usually highlights her talking about how her life at home is so stressful that she can’t help but bring her emotional baggage with her. With so many clever and fun contestants, why are we still watching the sad sack attend her own personal pity party each week? We should just put Tony out of his misery and let them go home.
Now that I’ve vented about why I want her off DWTS, I’ll take a moment to defend her decision to join the cast this season. Many of her detractors say that she shouldn’t be on the show because she should be spending time with her kids. Give me a break. Talk about double standards. She’s not the only parent to appear on this show; she’s not even the only parent this season. Pamela Anderson and Chad Ocho Cinco both have kids and no one has criticized their decisions to participate in the show.
The only difference is that Kate Gosselin’s career is centered around the fact that she is a mom. For Anderson and Ocho Cinco, their careers are independent of their parenthood. That difference does not mean Kate has any more or less of a responsibility to her kids than any other parent on the show. So, while I do not want to continue watching her each week, I respect her decision to participate.
But each week, I hope, will be her last on the show.
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Yeah... she sort of makes me crazy. Thank God we don't have cable.
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