Kate Gosselin Worries About Having to Get a Real Job

By Rob Shuter Posted Apr 4th 2011 04:30PM

TLC is offering up all new episodes of 'Kate Plus 8' starting tonight. And although the new season pulls out all the stops, including taking Kate Gosselin and her kids to Australia for the premiere, insiders tell me that everyone, especially Kate, is worried that she might not receive a warm welcome back.

"This season Kate has been told to bring her A-game," a TV producer tells me. "If her ratings drop to the 1 million mark this will be her last season, and then Kate would have to get a real job."

An insider assures me the new 'Kate Plus 8' episodes pack the goods: "You are going to see Kate spend another night camping, but this time without Sarah Palin. You will see her explore Sydney, meet with aboriginals and even swim with sharks in an attempt to win back viewers."

TLC gave the reality star a lucrative opportunity to have her own show after she and Jon called it quits. But despite the hype, Kate's spinoff, 'Kate Plus 8,' did not bring in the numbers TLC had hoped for.

The series debut brought in 3.4 million, but the second episode dropped 33 percent to 2.2 million viewers before stabilizing with around 1.6 million viewers per episode -- way below the staggering 10 million that tuned in for the infamous episode in which Jon and Kate finally announced their divorce.

Still, a source close to Kate tells me that TLC continues to have faith in the Gosselins. "TLC hadn't really done 'Kate Plus 8' in a series way until now -- it was just sporadic specials that people had trouble finding," my source says. "TLC does believe in her."

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Monday 04 April

By ralph

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how many saw her in Alaska with Sara Palin???????????what a fool she made of hrself, not to mention the embaressment to Sara. she doesn't need a job, she needs a LIFE really BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By michael

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White Trash on TV? Gee that is a new idea!!

By flbuyer1

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I think Kate is a doll! But when I go to the grocery store I see lots of other milfs that are very attractive,but they are not rich and famous-my point-she has NO business being famous and will likely marry a D-lister to stay in the lifestyle she craves
AFTER her show bombs

By carolyn

WHAT RESPONSIBILITY SHE DON'T DO NOTHING ACCEPT SIT ON HER BIG BUTT. SHE NEED TO GET HERSELF A REAL JOB AND MOVE BACK INTO A HOUSE SHE CAN AFFORD AND STOP CRYING LIKE A BABY

By peg mcgillivray

Poor little Kate will have to set a good example for her children by getting a "real" job??
Grow up Kate and stop using your children to pay for what you want. They've paid enough and it shows on all their faces.
And PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!!!

By Missy H

You know I used to love watching Jon & Kate plus 8 I admired them but now I ONLY see a shallow shell of a Mom, a woman.. I think she just needs to go get a real job and Man Up! If she was going to have stardom .. wouldnt it of happened by now I wont ever watch her show again. so Waaaaaaa! Poor Kate !

By BlackBall

Listen up readers-Nobody watch her show-so they will cancel it-and we wont have to listen to her whine ever again...Love to see her actually working-like the rest of us...her ride needs to end-abruptly-like Jons did....

Wednesday 06 April

By FM King

Kate has nothing to do or say that I am remotely interested in. She needs to join the rest of the world's population that has a real job. All those kids are learning right now is that if you make enough of a spectacle of yourself, you will be paid. Not exactly a responsible parent is she!

By nonno49

She's scheduled to swim with sharks, you say. You had better warn the sharks of this killer white that TLC intends to unleash on them!

By tar

maybe she could team up with octomom and start their own daycare center...that would be a real job right? and help get both of them out of the debt hole...

By allthatca

omg what a GREAT PREMISE FOR A NEW REALITY SHOW!! Kate and Octomom hang out with their 30 or so kids! Now THAT I would watch!!!

By Wattdidusay

Celebrity? Hardly, just another (in a loooooong line of) skanks able to make money off the STUPIDITY of the American public.

By baconbitts

who wants to watch a woman take a bunch of kids on field trips-what kind of entertainment is that? for childless people or what? deosnt interest me...if she doesnt have that house paid off and bunches of money stashed by now-then shame on her...who cares if shes poor-which she isnt and shouldnt ever be since she made a cool million on her book-dont feel sorry for her-shes a liar.

By Jackie

At least she has a nursing license!!! Can find a job almost anywhere!

By RealMom

So all we have to do is not watch Kate's show and she will be out of a job. Okay, I am glad to do that!

By flip`

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I wanna watch! Got no cable.

By thomas50123

Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear, Katie may have to get a real job instead of spunging off her kids. Whatever will we do. Boo Hoo. OK, I'm over it.

By Laurie

I cannot watch the new show tonight. Kate is in Australia, without the show, there would be no Australia. Will there be shows with just the family's regular lifestyle?

By srb

Great!! America's 'Skank Mom' is back! Can probably get a recurring cover deal in "Trailer Trash Weekly". Who in their right mind is attracted to that mess??

By Chris

I thought she was getting back together with the hubby, that was the last I heard about her. Of course, he cannot work either so I guess that wouldn't be any help to her. Any mother who would put her kids through all this in the public eye just for the money (she said herself she does the show for "a better life for the kids" which is code for money) is a poor excuse for a Mom. I never understood why she was even on TV, there was nothing interesting about Kate admiring herself in the mirror and thinking she is special because she took fertility drugs and married a loser.

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