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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

(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 ... Read full story »

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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

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