{"id":747,"date":"2011-08-16T06:18:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T10:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=747"},"modified":"2011-08-16T06:18:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T10:18:32","slug":"tlc-pulls-plug-viewers-could-no-longer-relate-to-kate-gosselin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/08\/tlc-pulls-plug-viewers-could-no-longer-relate-to-kate-gosselin.html","title":{"rendered":"TLC Pulls Plug: Viewers Could No Longer Relate To Kate Gosselin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t get any joy from Monday night&#8217;s news that TLC has pulled the plug on its reality show Kate Plus Eight.<\/p>\n<p>I feel sadness for a woman, Kate Gosselin, whose life has changed so much due to fame and infamy.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Gosselin@ The Today Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OtWCLjIGb8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Much of it is her own doing, however, which explains the vitriol I am reading on facebook from people who clearly won&#8217;t miss Kate.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Gosselin is not likeable and not watchable.<\/p>\n<p>In short, viewers can no longer relate to Kate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WHOO HOOO, she was giving motherhood a bad name,&#8221; wrote one person.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;woo hoo hate her!!&#8221; wrote another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;glad to see the show go. Not a fan of hers now or ever&#8230;..bye bye Kate!&#8221; another person opined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t relate to this new and improved Kate (sarcasm),&#8221; another person chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Kate no longer rates and can start looking for dates?<\/p>\n<p>OK&#8230;I couldn&#8217;t resist, based on her own recent words, but I still hope for the best for Kate Gosselin and her kids.<\/p>\n<p>The latter never asked for all this nonsense, after all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For a look at the sports of the day, please check out: http:\/\/www.orble.com\/a-sports-life\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t get any joy from Monday night&#8217;s news that TLC has pulled the plug on its reality show Kate Plus Eight. I feel sadness for a woman, Kate Gosselin, whose life has changed so much due to fame and infamy. 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