Kate Plus Eight Series Finale

It's the last episode of Kate Plus 8.  (Happy Dance!! Happy Dance!!!)

I have watched Jon and Kate Plus 8 from the beginning, so as much as I can't STAND Kate Gosselin, I had to watch the last episode of Kate Plus 8.

They are doing interviews with Kate and her "team".  Ashley commenting about "I would die for these kids, but I can't stand another minute with her."  Kate responds that she thinks it was "over dramatic".  Isn't that all Kate does since the moment the TV cameras started to roll on her?  Be Dramatic??  Hello Kettle.

The producers ask Kate how her and Ashley are now.  Kate says they're fine; Ashley doesn't feel the same way.  As usual, Kate brushes everyone else's feelings under the rug. 

Kate says that people think that she is like "Mommy Dearest".  I do!  She's one "NO WIRE HANGER" away from Faye Dunaway.   As she screams "DONT SPEAK-ANYMORE"  "I'm in charge, thats never going to change".  She's horrible.

Mady (a mini version of Kate) said it best that doing the show was like having their own home movies.  They didn't have time to video their childhood, and it was done for them.  For that reason, I'm glad that they did the show.  Those kids ARE cute.

Old clips of Jon and his interviews are shown.  It shows Kate just being horrible to him.  Yelling at him, talking down to him, she was just rude.  Its always been Kates way, and I believe them getting married, and them having children, she was the driving force behind it.  I can just see her saying "I want to get married - NOW.  I want to have kids - NOW".  He says "I met Kate at 20, I got married at 22, I had twins at 23, I had sextuplets at 27.  Our marriage fell apart and I felt like I was free"
I believe he felt like he was free from Kate; not from the kids.  Again, this is MY opinion.

Kate says that the future hold TV for her.  (Eye roll)  I personally don't see myself watching anything that has Kate Gosselin on/in it.  I can't stand her.  I love the kids.  I would love to see where there are 5, 10, 20 years from now.  (Probably all hauling ass away from Kate the moment they turn 18.  I know I would).  It would be interesting to see where and what Kates relationship will be with her kids when they are older.  Those kids were her meal ticket.
I think a few therapy sessions with Dr. Phil on the OWN network would actually pull in some ratings!!!  Why IS Kate such a control freak?  Why does she drive away her friends?  Why does she drive away her family?

In conclusion, Kate Gosselin is just a miserable, unhappy, control freak.  I for one, am happy to not be seeing her on TV anymore, and even better, not hearing her constantly screaming at people.

Goodbye Kate.  Hope we see the kids soon, but I'll take a pass with you. 

TLC Cake Boss

Why is it that when I find myself with nothing on TV to watch (or in my case to listen to in the background with two little ones running around) I always seem to find myself watching Cake Boss on TLC.

I love this show.  I don't know why exactly.  The show follows Buddy Valastro as "the cake boss" and his family working in their shop "Carlos Bakery" in Hoboken, NJ.  This family is loud, wild, and HUGE.  He has four sisters!!!  But I love Buddy.  He's a great father, husband, and obviously baker/decorator.

The first time I remember seeing Buddy Valastro was when he competed on The Food Network's Cake Challenge.  I used to think he was so hard headed, and personally thought the reason he never won a challenge - he finally did win one - was because he was so stubborn. 

But Cake Boss is such a different show.  It shows not only the business side of their family owned bakery, but it also shows the personal side as well.
We have seen on TV pregnancies, birthday parties, weddings, engagements.  And we've even read in the news (though no one in the family has spoken publicly about this) the arrest of Buddy's ex brother in law (and who also worked in the bakery) Remy Gonzalez. 

All in all, I like this show.  Can't wait to see how the bakery expands as they move to their new Lakawana location, and maybe if I don't have to sell a kidney, one day I can go online and get a chocolate mousse and strawberry cake.  YUM!  :)