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Why We Love to Hate Jon+Kate

No one actually cares about the Gosselins—we just love to feel better than them

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 13, 2009 8:43 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Why does everyone care so much about Jon and Kate Gosselin? They don’t, says Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville. The reality show trainwreck is popular because they let "all of us to have a sense of superiority,” Norville tells the New York Daily News. “We can look at the bad behavior and feel virtuous.” Norville—who is, of course, promoting a new book—adds, “all this reality stuff is like crack. It's a quick high and then the bottom falls out.”

Jon Gosselin appears at the Wet Republic pool at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jon Gosselin appears at the Wet Republic pool at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Getty Images)
The duo we love to disdain.
The duo we love to disdain.   (E! Online Screenshot)
This image released by TLC, shows Jon Gosselin, right, and his wife Kate Gosselin, from the TLC series Jon & Kate Plus 8, in Hawaii.
This image released by TLC, shows Jon Gosselin, right, and his wife Kate Gosselin, from the TLC series "Jon & Kate Plus 8," in Hawaii.   (AP Photo/TLC, Mark Arbeit)
In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, Kate Gosselin dries her eyes during her interview on the NBC Today television program in New York.
In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, Kate Gosselin dries her eyes during her interview on the NBC "Today" television program in New York.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Yourself
Oct 13, 2009 8:26 AM CDT
and in defence of the duggards, they pay for everything with cash, they have no debt, they're not making millions, the kids are extremely well educated and behaved, they're all incredibly handy and do chores instead of hiring nannys and cleaning ladies like the Gosselins and Octomom. Maybe you should read up on the Duggars instead of just pointing a finger.
leialemon
Oct 13, 2009 8:01 AM CDT
In the defense of the Gosselins, they didn't plan for six, so at the beginning they did what they needed to do to put food on the table.
Spudsy
Oct 13, 2009 7:32 AM CDT
When will people wise up and realize that the Duggars are also a bunch of environment damaging. selfish, cruel to children, freaks that should not be rewarded with advertising money. Gosselins, Octomom, Duggars, they are all the same.

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