Kate Plus Eight

Issue dated September 5, 2016


People (the magazine) is so predictable. "Half Their Size," "Sexiest Man," "Prince George's Birthday," there are certain topics they return to again and again. But the Gosselins? Apparently Gosselin covers sell really well because when I saw this week's cover it looked familiar, and sure enough, three years ago, the magazine ran almost exactly the same cover:

Issue dated August, 26, 2013


In my blog post at the time, I wrote:

"Have you been wondering what Kate Gosselin is up to? Me neither, but apparently People feels we need an update." (Read the post here.)

Three years later, I still haven't been wondering what Kate is up to and People still apparently thinks we need an update. Whatever.

In other news, Ryan Lochte didn't get the main cover slot but he is there, front and center at the top, along with another pregnant Duggar, ick.

Catching Up

Monday morning update:

Will Ryan Lochte's antics get him the cover of People this week? My guess? Yes.

— Kimberly Hanes (@WritingTheWorld) August 22, 2016

After his interview with Matt Lauer, which was taped Saturday and in my opinion didn't go very well, our buddy Ryan gave an interview to People magazine on Sunday afternoon. In the story at people.com com, which you can read here, he comes across as smarter and more remorseful, agreeing that no, no robbery took place, and stating that he's going to pay teammate James Feigan's fine. Will Ryan be the main cover story this week? As I tweeted this morning, I'm guessing yes. How can you not put this face front and center, although, full disclosure, his hair's now back to its original color:

 

Original post:
Time to catch up with the People covers (and I'm not sure what's up with the Jon Benet cover. For some reason I can't get it to left-justify.) I've been in one of my on-again-off-again zones with the blog but I'm beginning to feel the blog juices flowing again, so stay tuned. More blogging to come!

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Ryan!

Watching the Olympic swimming trials and yikes! There's my old friend Ryan Lochte. I was writing about him 4 years ago during the London Olympics and yikes! He's back. Here's what I was thinking in 2012:

Give Ryan A Rose

Give Ryan A Rose!

I haven't been paying much attention to Ryan Lochte. He got a lot of press early in the Olympics when he beat Michael Phelps for a gold medal in one of the early races, but then he pretty much faded from view, or at least from my view. Then this morning there he was on the Today show for an end-of-the games retrospective interview with Matt Lauer, and wow, all of a sudden my cup runneth over with potential blog posts.

First I was struck by how cute he is, and then by the fact that he's not very, um, articulate. I was thinking that when the Olympics are over he can go to college and learn some new words, then Matt asked how old he is and he said 28. Yikes. Potential blogpost headline: He Really Is A Himbo.

Then they got into that whole "Ryan pees in the pool" issue and he sheepishly admitted that yes, he does, and I'm thinking, do the synchro swim girls know about this? In addition to the cool corkscrew move, the swimmers also come charging up out of the water spitting water into the air like a fountain, not something I want to do in a pool where Ryan has peed. Potential blogpost headline:  I Hope It's Not The Same Pool.  

Finally Matt asked Ryan what he wants to do next and he mentioned reality TV, like Dancing With The Stars or the Bachelor. Eureka! Ryan as the Bachelor! I'm still rooting for Roberto as the next Bachelor but after that, Ryan, will you accept this rose?