
Sarah Palin to Take Kate Gosselin and Kids Camping on 'Kate Plus Eight'
By PopEater Staff Posted Jul 22nd 2010 08:54PM
TLC's retooled 'Kate Plus Eight' is pulling out all the stops for an upcoming episode -- including a big cameo by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, a source tells In Touch magazine. And with Palin's upcoming docu-reality TV show set to run on the same network, it's potentially a great opportunity for cross-promotion.


Gosselin and her eight kids have made the trip to Alaska and will be meeting up with Palin for a camping trip. Palin's dad, a retired science teacher, and her brother, a third-grade teacher, will do a hands-on natural history lesson for the kids, 9-year-old twins Mady and Cara, and 6-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Joel, Collin, Leah, Hannah and Alexis.
The former Vice Presidential candidate is reportedly excited for the visit and camping trip. "She's excited because it will be fun and educational for the children. Sarah will even teach Kate how to avoid bears!" In Touch's source said.
Sources tell PopEater that Gosselin and Palin have already spoken on the phone, but don't expect the pair to be writing LYLAS on their Trapper Keepers any time soon.
"A friendship is unlikely" after they finish taping their segment, our source says, adding "with Kate, out of sight means out of mind. She hasn't spoken with Tony her dancing partner from 'Dancing With the Stars' since she last stepped onto the dancefloor."
TLC declined PopEater's request for comment.
No word on whether Jon Gosselin is sad to be missing his family's big camping trip up north or whether Kate will be returning the favor and book an appearance on Palin's own TLC show, 'Sarah Palin's Alaska.'
Discovery Communications, which operates TLC, describes 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' not as a reality show, but rather a travelogue that will "reveal Alaska's powerful beauty as it has never been filmed, and as told by one of the state's proudest daughters." The network has not announced when the show will debut.
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I've heard about some of what's going to be going on during the Palin guest spot on Kate plus 8. One scene not to miss is when Sarah takes the kids out baby seal clubbing, then shows them how they can see Russia.
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And please Sarah, don't tell the poor nine year olds how to get pregnant at 17 and live happily ever after!
PLEASE! Don't any of you know the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey? It was Tina Fey, on Saturday Night Live, that said "I can see Russia from my back yard!" Read Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue" and you will see that she is an intelligent, educated woman, not the caricature that some people think she is.
Oh and the part where the kids think they see a whale and it turns out to be YOUR WIFE!
Your a big Jerk
If I wanted to see a clown act, I'd go to the circus. When are these two morons going to crawl back under their rocks?
You are an idiot
Sarah Palin and Kate... Two train wrecks piling up on one another!
@Hahofski... Actually, Sarah Palin did say she "could see Russia from her house." It was in response to a question about her ability to manage international relations and protecting our interests abroad. Her response was intended to reflect that for years she was governor of a state (alaska) that was a stone throw from our former rivals, the Soviet Union. Funny thing is, the Cold War with the Soviets ended in 1991 and they were no longer our enemy when Sarah Palin was made mayor in 1996 or governor in 2006. Just goes to show you how out of the loop on real world issues Sarah Palin is.
Mrs. B....
You sound very very scared of Sarah and you libs morons should be. If we don't count Jimmy Carter, she'll be the first US female President!!
I suspect that this will be the closest that either of these two dames ever get to "reality."
Hahofski
Don't get excited about Fey. 90% of the haters who post on Palin stories have been brain washed by the lame stream media. If they would think for themselves for two seconds they would turn off the TVs and do their own research, but that would cause them to actually do something for themselves, and they can't handle that. Life is so much easier for them when the TV tells them what to think.
I'm a little surprised that the people of Alaska havn't thrown her out of the state after she deserted them to go into show business, but hey she made over fifteen million last year and that's worth walking out on a governorship and your civic responsability.Palin doesn't know much about the world but wave some cash in front of her face and she'll tell ya all about it.
When will Kate ever go away?
Perhaps she'll show 'em how to skin a moose and give Katie the recipe for moose stew, also too.
That's hilarious. Scary hilarious. But hilarious nonetheless.
repugs breathlessly defend palin because they know what a f'n embarrasing joke she is.
Mrs b., I hate to tell you this, but there aren't enough idiots in the United States to put Palin in the White House. There mihght be enough idiots in the GOP to put her on the Republican ticket, and the Democrats would be overjoyed if they do
The more I look at Sarah Palin the more she reminds me of one of those little baby buzzards. What a beak! And the eyes are very similar as well!
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LOL that was good!!
Hahofski, what book are you reading? Sarah Palin is far from intelligent, really far! What person in their right mind quits being governor to go rogue? She is a walking, breathing lunatic! While campaigning for VP, she allowed her youngest daughter to lug around her baby brother like he was a loaf of bread. He should have been on her hip or with his father, who is another moron. And she embraced her daughter for being pregnant and dropping out of school. What parent does this? Look how long it took her to get a degree, and then she has to write stuff on her hand so she can remember what she wants to say. She is one of the worst speech givers ever. She never researches what she wants to talk about so she will sound intelligent. But then you have to be intelligent to sound intelligent and give a good speech. She is a joke, just Kate (wannabe in the limelight) Gosselin is. I truly feel sorry for the kids and they way they are being used so she doesn't have to get a real job, just like Sarah Palin. She wants to wander aimlessly around the country getting paid to give lame speeches, and now her daughter is doing it. When will the madness end?