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.

Not That Kate

Not even close. Have you been wondering what Kate Gosselin is up to? Me neither, but apparently People thinks we need an update. I haven't read the actual story yet but I have to say the kids look pretty cute. This also takes me back to 2009, when I first started the blog. At that time, the story of Kate, then-husband Jon and the break-up of their marriage was the 800-pound gorilla of reality TV/pop culture. For a while they were everywhere. Between May 25, 2009 and March 22, 2010, People ran eight cover stories about the Gosselins, not counting Kate's picture on the year-end "Intriguing People of 2009" issue and an additional eight "sidebar" stories. Once the divorce was final and their TV show was cancelled, however, they pretty much disappeared from the scene, which I take as a positive sign. Fingers crossed that four years from now, no one will know (or care) what the Kardashians are up to either.