Scientology has had a horrendous October.

They were convicted of fraud in France and both the St. Petersburg Times and ABC’s Nightline had very damaging reports from ex members who have spoken out.

A multitude of lawsuits are moving forward and the media continues to be a thorn in Scientology’s side.

One of Scientology’s long time members, celebrity Paul Haggis has recently flown the coop and has spoken out. Also many members, and high level “OT’s” have left the cult.

Two new books by ex members have just been published.

Marc Headley wrote “Blown For Good, Behind Scientology’s Iron Curtain” and Nancy Many has written, “My Billion Year Contract“. Kudos to them!

Both Books Available On Amazon.com

Well, November isn’t looking any better for Scientology.

Just yesterday, Australian Senator, Nicholas (Nick) Xenophon has called for a Senate inquiry into Scientology.
 

The Senator presented horrific stories that were sent to him by ex Scientology members, Aaron Saxton, Carmel Underwood, Paul Schofield, Anna and Dean Detheridge and Kevin Mackey. 

Xenophon stated,

 that the ex members claim that Scientology is an abusive, manipulative, violent and criminal organisation, and that criminality is condoned at the highest levels and thatand said he is seeing a worldwide pattern of abuse and criminality.

The Senator’s presentaion was well researched with highlights on the cult’s many abuses and their tax exemption status. 
Click the following links to watch Part One and Part Two on YouTube.
For the transcript listed on the Parliament of Australia website, click here.

A little look into what was said by ex members and reported by the Senator.
Ex member, Aaron Saxton’s who was born into Scientology, was made a security guard for the cult at age 16. His time while in the cult, tells a horrific tale of what Scientology forced him to do or suffer their consequences. 

Aaron said he had to commit many fraudulent acts on behalf of the cult. These acts included coercing Sea Org members into having abortions, family disconnection, he was made to falsify bank records, he blackmailed other members by using their private info from their files, and participated in defrauding of credit cards.

More disturbingly, Aaron had to pull out his own teeth because of lack of medical care. He was also told not to report that a man attempted to rape him. 

A couple of snippets from the Senator’s transcript, (please read the entire transcript):

Aaron said he was so heavily under the control of the organisation’s bizarre power structure he was complicit in ordering the beating of one follower and facilitated the beating of another.

Aaron has now left the organisation and is willing to cooperate with police investigations into these matters. He was born into the cult, and he says he regrets the control it had over him and the things he did as a result.

Ex Sea Org member, Carmel Underwood.
Carmel worked for the cult in Sydney. She was also the financial planning arm of the cult. When she became pregnant, she was pressured to abort her child.

Some snippets on Carmel from the transcript:

She was working for the organisation in Sydney she fell pregnant and was put under extreme pressure to have an abortion. When she refused, she was put on a disappearing program.

Carmel says she chose to speak out because she knows there are many more victims of Scientology many of whom are still caught up in the organisation and are being physically, financially and mentally abused.

Carmel’s husband, Tim, supports his wife’s story and says the couple suffered serious financial hardship because of their involvement in the organisation. He says they were forced to pay more than $100,000 to publicise the organisation and for so-called religious texts and courses.

And finally on to the very sad story of Paul Schofield.
Paul lost his two young daughters while in the cult.

Snippets from the transcript on Paul:

He alleges the cover-up of child abuse by the organisation and admits being part of a campaign to cover up the facts surrounding the deaths of two of his daughters. Paul says his first daughter, Lauren, who was 14 months old, was being babysat at the organisation’s building in Sydney when she was allowed to wander the stairs by herself and fall. She died in hospital two days later. Paul says he felt pressured by Scientology executives not to request a coronial inquiry—pressure he ultimately gave in to. He was also told if he sought compensation from Scientology he and his wife would be ineligible for any other services.

His second daughter, Kirsty, who was 2½, died after ingesting potassium chloride—a substance used as part of a so-called purification program run by the organisation. Under the direction of  Scientology executives, Paul says he perjured himself to the police, and during the coronial inquest, in order to protect the organisation. Under incredible pressure he agreed to lie because he was scared he would be heavily punished by Scientology if he told the truth. It is a decision he regrets to this day.

 

From ex members Anna and Dean Detheridge, taken from the transcript:

claim to have been subjected to physical and mental abuse during their time with the organisation.

From Kevin Mackey taken from the transcript:

Kevin Mackey wrote to me detailing his 26 years of abuse in the organisation.

Once you have taken the bait and become hooked, the real Scientology is presented, very slowly, over years.

This psychological conditioning Kevin is talking about eventually saw him and his wife hand over almost a million dollars to the organisation in exchange for services and products.

Senator’s closing statements to parliament pretty much sums up what anti Scientology protesters and ex members who have spoken out against the cult have been all saying right along:

Do we really want to be funding an organisation that turns supporters into victims in its pursuit of power and wealth? That is why I am calling for a Senate inquiry into this organisation and its tax-exempt status. In the past Scientology has claimed that those who question their organisation are attacking the group’s religious freedom. It is twisted logic, to say the least. Religious freedom did not mean the Catholic or Anglican Churches were not held accountable for crimes and abuses committed by their priests, nuns and officials—albeit belatedly. Ultimately, this is not about religious freedom. In Australia there are no limits on what you can believe. But there are limits on how you can behave. It is called the law, and no-one is above it.

Thankfully, the Australain Police are now taking complaints on Scientology.

Ex members are starting to come out from the veil of secrecy and fight more than ever. Yesterday, it was announced on the Ex Scientology Message Board, that former member Kevin Mackey, (mentioned earlier) is getting together a class action lawsuit along with twenty other former Scientologists.The lawsuit willbe filed against the I.A.S. (which stands for International Association of Scientology) and Super Power. Both are incorporated in California, so that is where the case is being filed. He is asking for any ex members interested in participating in this class action suit to please contact him.

Kevin and other ex members are demanding their money back for contributions that they made. The money they handed over to the cult, did not go where the cult promised it was going.

FYI … The Super Power they speak of is a building attached to the Ft. Harrison Hotel in Clearwater. It is of course called The Super Power Building. (<click to read about it, it’s a real hoot!)

Funds have been collected from members for years through Scientology’s  “Super Power Expansion Project”. Where did all that money go?

The building was supposed to have been finished by the cult years ago. But it still remains an empty shell to this day. As of late March 2009, work on the building which is the length of a whole city block, is still at a standstill; the daily fines levied by the city now total $245,000.
Click here, for more info on why the Super Power Building remains closed by Marc Headley aka BFG which was written almost THREE YEARS ago.

Why Clearwater stands for Scientology’s shenanigans, is beyond me. I would imagine since Scientology has managed to slink their way in and buy up most of Clearwater over the years, (originally came in under a FAKE church name to purchase the Fort Harrison Hotel), that city officials are probably afraid of falling prey to the cult’s litigious nature and fair game tactics. Sad.

So once again America…
Why so lax? What’s it going to take?

The more our government sits idly by and allows the abuses and fraud of Scientology to continue, the more complicit they are in helping them to survive.

Again, as always…
you can believe in what you want, and that is your right. But when there is a continuous mountain of evidence that your “church” is being an abusive and corrupt organization that does not follow it’s own creed, it’s time to reavaluate the reasons why you joined Scientology in the first place.
Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. Plain and simple.

If you need help leaving Scientology, or just need someone to talk to:
Call 1-866-XSEAORG.  (1-866-973-2674) This is a toll free call.
Visit the XSEAORG website:
http://www.exseaorg.com/

The people who contacted Senator Xenophon, are all listed on the “ex members who have spoken out” list on the Why We Protest Wiki along with their testimonies, interviews and videos. To view the WWP Wiki  list click here. (Thanks Anonymous!)

Currently, the count on the Wiki has reached 812 names, and it continues to grow.

WOW! That’s an awful lot of people saying the same thing.

How many times can Scientology deny all these claims before everyone including our government, realizes that Scientology is nothing more than an abusive, fraudulent business that is far from credible?

WAKE UP AMERICA!

Ok, first off…
Let me get this out of my system.

HA HA HA HA HA HA…ohhhhh…. HA HA HA HA HA!
*Wipes Eyes*
Sigh… Ok I’m better now.

Now I am not going to hold back, so if you are a Gosselin lover, (are there any left?) then you have been warned!

Kate Gosselin has recently stated that she would work at McDonald’s if she had to. Bitch PA-LEASE!

Hurry Kate! Your Turn To Switch On The Fryolator!

How can she have the audacity to say that she would work at McDonald’s? Now let me get this straight Kate, when you are busy doling out fries and burgers, who will be home taking care of your kids, dumb ass?

I caught TMZ on TV last night and they said it was going on day TWO that the nanny has picked up your kids at their school bus stop for crying out loud. Is anyone buying this crap? Does she think she can hire nannies to care for her kids while she is out slinging hash? Give me a break!

Or is this going to be her next reality show? “Kate Plus Ate” *snicker*

Everyone knows darn well that Ms. Gosselin wouldn’t be caught dead working at a McDonald’s. I am sure she thinks that working at McDonald’s would be a total subservient job. Can you imagine working with her? McDonald’s my ass!

But Oh dear!
What is Kate to do now that Jon no longer wants to do the show any more? It’s YOUR fault that you pissed away all your money, or you let Jon piss away all of the money. Who ever is to blame, it doesn’t really matter now, does it? The fact of the matter is, over two hundred THOUSAND dollars is now gone. What about your EIGHT children?

Looks like the Gosselins should have thought this through a LONG ago. But no, they were too busy getting “famous”.

US Magazine reported:

Could Kate Gosselin soon be asking if you want fries with that?

The mom of eight, 34, called into The View Monday to say she’d take a job at McDonald’s to support her kids if it came down to it. (A few hours earlier, she appeared on the Today show.)

Finding alternate work may be necessary now that Jon has halted production on her TLC reality show and left her with just $1,346 (down from $231,000) in a shared bank account, she said.

“We’re on temporary holding right now. A lot of this stuff is out of my control,” she said. “I can tell you that my kids are upset that it’s on hold, that the opportunities that they did have. For example, they’re supposed to be in New York. We were supposed to come up this weekend and see the Statue of Liberty and they don’t understand why we can’t do that now. So for myself and the kids, I’m hoping it goes on for the opportunities as well as, obviously, the financial. I mean, essentially, it’s my job, and I’m hoping to continue working.”

And if it doesn’t?

“I do know that no matter what, I know within myself that if I have to work at McDonald’s, I will do what it takes to provide for my kids, period,” she said.
Former co-host Lisa Ling, who was guest hosting the show Monday, challenged Kate’s desire to keep her kids on TV as they grapple with their parents’ split.

“My parents got a divorce. I can’t even imagine any of it being on television,” Ling said. “I don’t see what the problem is with stopping the show or taking the kids off the show for a period of time until things can get resolved…There have got to be other ways to make money than putting your kids on television.”

Your kids can’t go to the Statue of Liberty now Kate? Wahhhhhh. Maybe you should have thought of that before you two blew over $200 grand. 

But wait, hold on here…you got a free tummy tuck, but nobody would pay your way for Lady Liberty? What’s the matter Kate? Not networking enough? You didn’t tell the paps or the rags that you wanted to go to NY with your little money makers?

I am sure the National Enquirer would have paid you pretty well for that photo op! 

I can see the headlines of the Enquirer now..

“Kate Gosselin Begs For Spare Change Outside The Statue Of Liberty So She Can Afford To Send Her Kids To The Top!” *snicker*

Or is it that your popularity is dwindling and people see you and Jon for the total idiots you are?  Perhaps you two are no longer a hot commodity any more? *crosses fingers*

Sorry Kate, I do not have one smidgen of sympathy for you. Or you either Jon. You whored out your kids for cash and fame, and you were too big for your own britches. You acted like a total beeyotch and now you want everyone to feel sorry for you. You made money off your books, appearances and that horrible show, and now it’s all gone. Tsk Tsk.

I only feel sorry for your kids. You forced them into appearing on TV and did not care about their emotional well being. They have total idiots for parents who put themselves first and made horrendously BAD choices.

Taking those kids off the show is the best thing you can do for them right now. Let them be kids and have a normal life if that is at all possible. And Maddy can stand to use some serious anger management courses already.

But I am sure we have not seen the last of your kids. You will be pushing your kids into TV commercials or acting lessons so you can continue to live off them. Have to keep that dough flowing in! Right?

So Kate…and this goes for you too Jon, if you are hurting for cash (I find that hard to believe) you both are getting what you deserve.
I guess Maddy can always sue you two when she gets older. *snicker*

It’s a damn shame that your poor kids got caught up in the middle of your train wreck.

Well, well looks like Bobby Brown has packed on the pounds. Bobby
and his double chin will be sweating it out on “Celebrity Fit Club” scheduled to air in 2010.

According to TMZ, he will be joined by cast members from “High School Musical”, “Baywatch” and “The Practice,” which will include Shar Jackson, Nicole Eggert, Tanisha Thomas, Casey Stroh, and Michael Badalucco. Is this the best Celebrity Fit Club can come up with?

I wonder if Bobby, who has always been tough to handle (to say the least) will succumb to the grueling boot camp and all the rules of “Celebrity Fit Club.” Many “stars” *cough* before him, like for instance Dustin (a-hole) Diamond aka “Screech” of “Saved By The Bell” fame, did not fair too well and had too much of an attitude to be on the show and ended up leaving.

Bobby’s track record of being an abusive crack smoking husband 
married to Whitney Houston (although she is not innocent by any means) certainly has crushed his popularity over the years.

Bobby better decide if he still wants to use his “My Prerogative” attitude or man up and stay on the show.

I happen to catch Bobby on D.L. Hughley’s show one night, and he sang My Prerogative, (it WAS a kick ass dance song) or I should say, he attempted to sing it. It was SO bad, it was painful to hear. His years of drug abuse, alcoholism and cigarettes really reeked havoc on his voice. It was totally shot. Don’t get me wrong, I do not have one smidgen of sympathy for this man.

His years or partying, abuse and just being an all around IDIOT have really caught up to him.

A Young Bobby Brown Back In  The Day

It's anyone's bet whether or not Brown will show up on "Celebrity Fit Club." The man can not seem to stay out of trouble. After all... he has been juggling living at two different homes over the years. *snicker*

But then again, ”reality” tv shows have to film their shows way in advance, so maybe this show has already wrapped?  Who knows. I just may have to tune into Celebrity Fit Club this time around, just to see Bobby sweating his butt off and being told what to do.

Will Whitney be at home watching with a big tub of popcorn? I only hope she will be tickled silly over getting to see a little pay back 
served up to Brown, rather than her cheering him on, because I never want to see Whitney, or anyone for that matter, looking like this again.

Crack is Definitely Whack!

To be fair, Bobby wasn’t all to blame for their insane relationship. It takes two to tango don’t forget. (geez! I sound like my Dad)
They were total partners in crime. And she should have left long ago. And of course Brown has always said that he never did cocaine before Whitney came along. HIS WORDS. Yeah ok.

I just know that I saw Whitney go from a vibrant and beautiful singer to an abused and skinny drug abuser after the two of them hooked up.

Their reality show they did together, “Being Bobby Brown” was short lived and a disaster, and Whitney ended up paying a huge price for standing by her man.

Now I was never a Whitney Houston fan, “I Will Always Love You,” has always pierced my brain, but she does have a beautiful voice. Even though her music is not my style, I do hope her recovery continues and that “The Voice” is able to get more of it back.

Her recent appearance singing on “Good Morning America” in Central Park and her talk with Oprah had her fans out in droves. Houston’s interview with Oprah was a far cry from her raspy voiced  interview with Diane Sawyer on Prime Time  (part 1) back in 2002, which is where her infamous “crack Is whack” quote came from. It was beyond obvious that she was in much denial, and very defensive. And Here is Part 2 of the interview, where she talks about her past missed appearances, drugs and actual footage of their marriage to Brown along with their 800 guests in her $40,000 wedding gown. 

In that interview, Whitney and Bobby were already married for 10 years and at that time she said she didn’t want to let go of Brown. I am just glad, as well as her fans, she finally did let go of him.
Bobby ends up joining the interview later on and denied he ever hit her and he said he was diagnosed as being bi-polar and denied all other drug use except smoking pot. *snicker* (Here are parts 3, 4, and 5 of that  2002 interview  if you are interested.)

Whitney’s recent interview with Oprah was like night and day in comparison to the interview with Diane Sawyer back in 2002. She looked like Whitney again. Finally Whitney came clean about the drug abuse, Bobby’s physical abuse and his infidelity and how her mother saved her life with an intervention and valiantly had Whitney removed from her house and forced her into rehab. Thank you Mom!

Her recent performance on GMA in Central Park definitely showed how much her voice has suffered from years of ”partying” and it was quite obvious that she wasn’t able to sing all the parts of the song and she seemed quite winded.

Rumors have it that ABC “digitally sweetened” her songs as reported by Gawker. But  it didn’t matter to her fans one iota, who seemed very elated to see her and were there to support her. Whitney is very fortunate that so many of her fans have never left her side.

Now back to Bobby…

Bobby’s fans? He has never had anywhere near as many as Whitney to begin with, and the ones he had, I think have totally given up on him for the most part. Partly because he has dropped out of the music scene long ago and because people blamed Bobby for ruining Whitney’s life. 

The man has always been his own demise. So your guess is as good as mine as to what the future will hold for him. My gut feeling is that he isn’t done abusing himself or others and he may stay clean for a while, but I don’t know how long that will last.

He is destined for a meeting with karma somewhere down the line, and he’s the only one who can change that.

One Biotch Replaced By Another

What’s wrong with The View?
It’s bad enough that they continue to have Ms.Thing, Elisabeth Hasselbeck on their show, who’s right wing, closed minded, bible thumping, anti gay rants have set me through the roof on several occasions, but to bring D-lister bozo, Kate Goselin on the show?
 
Gee… which idiotic biotch makes me feel like biting a tire more? Hasselbeck or Gosselin? It’s definitely a toss up. 

Hasselbeck has had MANY heated arguments with several panelists on The View over the years. Go Rosie!

One tiff involved Hasselbeck and Whoopi going at it over Hillary Clinton’s suggestion of having the US Government give each child a $5,000 saving bond at birth, and Hasselbeck’s reply was,

“it would lead to fewer abortions due to women wanting to keep the money”.

Sheer brilliance at its best!

Thankfully, Bush is out of the picture as well as Palin and John McCain, “The Maverick”, so we don’t have to hear Hasselbeck defending those morons. But that will be replaced by Kate Gosselin’s bitchdom. I hope Whoopi or Behar rips her a new one.

Kate Gosselin AND spineless ex-hubby Jon’s claim to fame was pimping out their kids for the almighty dollar. And don’t get me started on her hair which looks like she backed into a weed wacker. Is The View rewarding her for her bitchiness and kid pimping by hiring her for the show? Yes I believe they are.

Yeah, I know it’s all about the ratings, and I am sure they will have people tuning in so they can maybe catch a couple of cat fights between Behar and Kate for the couple of days she will be on, but I just dont agree with rewarding this person with MORE paid air time. Does she need more money to pay for yet another nanny to care for HER eight children while she’s off doing all these appearances? Does she have another phony crap book coming out? ”Multiple Bles8ings” indeed!

It’s bad enough that Kate was asked to be at the Marie Shriver’s Annual Woman’s Conference this October. Is this a wise candidate to attend this conference?

Well don’t forget Shriver did invite Scientology cultists Kelly Preston and John Travolta. But it has just been announced that they have since backed out and will not be attending due to it being too soon after their son Jett’s death.

I can’t decide whether Scientology would be glad or happy about this current announcement. Of course going public with grief if you are a Scientologists is a big no-no and VERY low on their Tone Scale. (0.5 out of 40). But maybe not talking about it is better in the eyes of the cult? Or perhaps by backing out and saying they are still healing is showing proof that Scientology’s tech and auditing simply don’t work? Well we all know what Scientology’s defense would be to their tech not working… they would say it’s John and Kelly’s fault and they “pulled it in”. Sad but true.
People Magazine reported that Kelly’s comment was:

 ”It is with my sincere apologies that I must pull out from speaking at the conference. I am sorry, but I truly believed that I could do it. Otherwise I never would have said that I could. But I am still deeply in the process of healing, and it’s just too soon.”

And what about Kate being asked to be Shriver’s Conference?  She is famous now for being a reality show bitch, and using her children to rake in the dough. Is Kate going to talk about how tough it is to go through a divorce when she in fact was a big  part of the problem? Let’s not forget that Shriver asked Kate to be on the forum because her daughters were fans of Jon and Kate Plus 8. I wonder if her daughters are still fans now, and if Shriver regrets inviting her? Nice move Shriver!

So between Kate Gosselin and Kelly Preston being asked to do the conference, I think Shriver must be losing her damn mind.

What gems of knowledge can Kate Gosselin offer to this Conference that would be worth a damn? Is she going to dare tell people how hard it is to raise her children? Even though she has nannies, maids and more help than you can shake a stick at? Why not invite a single mother trying to raise her kids and make ends meet who is on welfare to speak at the Conference? Not THAT is a real struggle. I am sure someone in that position would have a lot more advice to lend about coping with life.

I digress…
So back to The View. Perhaps Hasselbeck is not only busy making babies, (how many tots will this holy roller be pumping out?) but maybe she is also busy defending allegations of plagiarism in an upcoming lawsuit. You see she wrote a book (she suffers from celiac disease) a while back called The G-Diet, but Susan Hasset claims that Hassselbeck plagiarized her book, which was written a year earlier. Oh I can’t wait to see the outcome of this one. Hasselbeck’s daddy is a lawyer too, so will Dad be helping her out of this jam?

A snipette from US Magazine on Gosselin’s apperance :

The reality TV mom of eight will occupying the seat of regular co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is out on maternity leave after giving birth to her third child, Isaiah, earlier this month.

The View has a lot of nerve asking the likes of Kate to fill in and I refuse to lists the dates she is going to be on. I can think of a lot of better suited candidates to fill in. Although I don’t consider their recent pick of having the Blagojevichs on the show a smart move either, to say the least. I am not going to open that can of (alleged) corrupt worms!

The thought of them paying Kate Gosselin who some people think is guilty of child abuse for what she put her kids through, to sit and chat about current events, is despicable. And paying the Blagojevichs? Totally maddening. Who’s next? Scott Peterson? How about OJ? Talk about ratings!
Sometimes you have to put ratings aside and decide you are not going to further slime ball’s careers.

At the very least, I guess some ”Viewers” will get a breather from Hasselbeck’s idiotic, whiny babbling for a bit. 
So to the prodcers of The View… SHAME ON YOU!

Before Kate left Jon I almost felt sorry for him. Yes I did call him a spineless man in a previous article, but I always felt that Kate was such a controlling total bee-yotch, perhaps Jon was kind of like a battered husband. Well I am changing my tune now.

As of late Jon has been see sucking down cocktails in the French Riviera on a yacht with girlfriend Hailey to discuss a clothing line with designer Christain Audigier. It has been reported that Jon is also now seeing tabloid reporter Kate Major. Oh the irony! Jon dating a tabloid reporter. That is like Tom Cruise dating a psychiatrist.

The real piece of comedic fodder here, is John’s recent trip to the Hamptons. Where people who talk with clenched teeth complain how hard it is to find a decent maid as they check their watches to be sure they don’t miss their tee off time at the Maidstone.

OK Magazine has the full story.

I guess Jon Goselin  has been hanging with Michael Lohan. So I guess he felt if he showed up at the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge in Bridgehampton, that he can jump into a conversation with someone and rub elbows with some of Hampton’s humdingers of elite. But after his fourth circle around the tent dressed in his J. Crew clothes (how gauche) and flip flops, the heckles and laughter began to ensue, and he hightailed it out of there.

Oh Jon, really? The Mercedes Polo challenge? Talk about being out of your league. Don’t you know if you put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig?

It seems Jon got a taste of stardom and is now tying to hob knob with the droll and snoity. Perhaps Jon should give the Hogans a call. They seem to be more Jon’s speed. Maybe he can date Brooke if he can get rid of rapper boyfriend “Stack$“. Shouldn’t  be too difficult…John can just dangle something shiny in front of him.That should do it. Then with Stack$ out of the way, Jon and Brooke can start a whole new reality show! Maybe call it “Jon and Brooke Chill In South Beach“. Then they can go up to the Hamptons and pick out a polo pony. Awwww. 

Gee I sure hope TLC doesn’t read this. I don’t want to give them any more stupid ideas. We have enough to contend with shows like Toddlers in Tiaras, What Not To Wearand that other show….. ummm what was it called again? *snicker*

The season premiere of TLC’s “Jon and Kate + Eight” premiered on Monday and attracted 9.8 million viewers, beating out the “Lost” season finale which had 9.3 million viewers. On every level, that’s wrong. Then again, we are seeing a shift in people’s viewing habits and while “Lost” is a creative and entertainment masterpiece, even Jack and crew can’t beat out real-life human drama and the public’s voyeuristic inclinations.

A build up to the Season 5 premiere was a landslide of tabloid stories featuring the estranged Gosselins, including allegations of infidelity against them both, ongoing hysteria over the exploitation of their children, the vast sums of money they get for their “reality” show and all the freebies Kate keeps sticking her sweaty, greedy paws out for.

The above clip is painful to watch, as it’s clear that Jon and Kate are not comfortable being around each other and each tries to proclaim they are there for their kids and doing their best to make it work. Um…ok. Forgive my reluctance in buying that argument, but if they both wanted to do what’s best for their kids and salvage their marriage, they’d walk away from the monster they’ve created and works things out in private.

But here in lies the issue. What Jon and Kate have done is essentially trade their marriage, privacy and happiness in for cash, fame and recognition — let’s face it, the results were a foregone conclusion.

I can’t think of one reality show featuring a family that has gone well. MTV has single-handedly killed three marriages: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Carmen Electra and David Navarro and Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler. What exactly did the Gosselins and TLC think would happen?

The sudden mix of money and fame can be a lethal combination for even the best intentioned people, but when you have two mismatched people like Jon and Kate, it’s almost a guarantee for disaster. Clearly Kate made the decision to trade her soul for money and Jon turned in his nutsack long ago.

Regardless of how you feel about Jon or Kate Gosselin, what people are watching, paying for and finding entertainment in, is the disintegration of a family. Is this the kind of thing we as a society should be encouraging? Perhaps America should take the advice of Kate’s own sister-in-law and stop watching all together.

Of course, I refused to watch from the beginning, so I can’t miss what I didn’t have!

The more I read about Kate Gosselin the more vile she seems. Bitch is completely full or herself and really needs to be brought back down to reality. Besides publicly humiliating her husband every possible chance she gets, apparently she doesn’t like people touching her or talking to her. She sounds so charming, I can totally see why morons watch her show, “Jon and Kate Plus Eight.”

As more and more comes out about her and her husband and their sham of a marriage, more stories of her legendary bitchiness are cropping up. Hell, even her own brother is happy to sell her out — now that’s love right there. Us Magazine has an article up about a recent visit she made to Michigan to promote her book and show. She managed to intimidate a fan who brought gifts for the kids and her bodyguard yelled at little girl to not touch Kate. *eyerolls*

Fans had mixed reactions after seeing Kate.

At one point, a girl put her arm around Kate for a photo, but Kate’s bodyguard waved her off. “Don’t touch her,” he told the girl.

Shannon Knapp, 34, Swartz Creek, Mich., told Usmagazine.com that she brought three gift bags with birthday gifts for Kate’s sextuplets.

“Kate looked so intimidating – I didn’t even want to bring the gifts to her!” Knapp told Us. “I felt like I might get my hand slapped. Later, when I told her what the gifts were, she kind of warmed up and was nicer, but at first, she seemed very detached.”

I’ll bet she warmed up, Kate’s all about the freebies. Also revealed in the article is that Kate makes $75,000 for every episode of the show, that’s $50,000 more than we first reported. Sweet Jeebus, I am in the wrong line of work. Clearly I should have used my womb as an ATM and sat back and racked in the dough. Not a bad gig I say, considering she clearly leaves all the actual parenting work to her army of nannies.

And easily my favorite new Kate item is this gem, Kate now claims everyone wants that retarded looking hairstyle of hers. Um, not everyone you delusional beeyotch.

Kate Gosselin says her spiky bob hairstyle reflects her feisty personality.

“It’s my attitude! Everybody wants it. It’s work,” she tells Entertainment Weekly.

But not everybody can pull it off.

“I have very, very thick hair, so it’s not going to work for everybody,” she says. “I’ve seen people come through the book line with thin hair and it’s just won’t work. My hair stylist gets calls from all across the country.”

Her Flock of Seamullet is about as attractive as the matted fur on my in-laws 20-year old cat. Although in the cat’s defense, it’s hard to groom yourself when you’re like 150 in human years — as for Kate, I’m not sure what her excuse is.

Unlike a lot of celeb bloggers, I don’t get too emotionally invested in the celebs I write about, but I am finding myself enjoying every last bit of bad news associated with these two. Pimping your kids is about as despicable as it gets, and when you multiply it time 8, that’s exponentially evil. Enjoy it now Kate, ‘cuz the gravy train won’t last forever.

News broke yesterday about famed celebrity biographer Andrew Morton’s new book subject, Angelina Jolie. While we had sources confirm this to us a while back, Glosslip is like the Fort Knox of secrets and we keep ours close to the vest.

Andrew Morton, who made headlines in 2008 with his controversial unauthorized Tom Cruise biography, is embarking on what might be the biggest challenge in his literary career. And that’s saying something, considering Morton is the man behind the Princess Diana story, telling of her private pain as Princess of Wales, as well as having made a permanent enemy of Madonna by revealing her many controlling ways and exposing the behind the scenes secrets of Presidential mistress Monica Lewinsky. Morton has secured his place in the best-seller hall of fame with his series of thoughtfully researched (and unauthorized) biographies.

We were able to track down the reclusive writer and get a statement on this new book (which we CAN’T WAIT to read). When I asked Morton why he chose the relatively young, but attention-getting Jolie, Morton had this to say:

“AJ is one of the most fascinating women on the planet. Hers has been an extraordinary journey and it is an extraordinary story. I am looking forward to telling it.”

Short and sweet, but concise. Angelina, already known for her wild behavior, strange relationships and humanitarian work, became an international celebrity sensation when she was linked to mega star Brad Pitt (when he was still married!)

There has been endless speculation and fascination surrounding Jolie’s role in the demise of one of Hollywood’s golden couples, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who divorced in 2005 coincidentally, after Pitt and Jolie teamed up to work on the hit movie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Here’s more on the new project and Morton from the Telegraph:

Miss Jolie’s colourful life will provide plenty of material. Twice divorced, she has had a long-running feud with actor father Jon Voight and has adopted a string of children.

Professionally, she has risen to become one of Hollywood’s leading actresses, starring in films including Lara Croft Tomb Raider, A Mighty Heart, The Good Shepherd and Changeling. It was on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith that she met her now partner, Brad Pitt, with whom she has adopted several children.

The couple are also famed for their humanitarian work in the world’s trouble spots and Miss Jolie is a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

Mr Morton’s unauthorised book about the star will reportedly be produced by US publishing giant St. Martin’s Press next winter.

His previous work includes the 1992 exposé Diana, Her True Story, for which the Princess of Wales was later revealed to have been the main source.

More recently, a biography of Tom Cruise brought legal threats after Morton suggested the Top Gun star had tailored his life to helping further the cause of the Church of Scientology and had become its de-facto second-in-command.

Mr Cruise has vehemently denied Morton’s allegations

There is zero doubt that Morton will shed some much needed light into many of the untruths spread by Angelina Jolie’s PR machine and we should expect to find some secrets revealed about her and Brad’s intimate relationship, most especially, when it REALLY began and how far they were both willing to go to protect their reputations, while deftly throwing Brad’s ex, Jennifer Aniston under the bus!

Stay tuned for more on this book!

According to Us Magazine, Oscar-winning actor and supreme douche-nozzle Sean Penn has filed for “legal separation with minor children” from his long-suffering wife Robin Wright Penn.

This should come as a shock to no one, these two have been threatening to quit each other’s asses for a while now. Perhaps the third time is a the charm. Here’s what Us Magazine had to say:

Sean Penn has filed for “legal separation with minor children” from his wife of 13 years, actress Robin Wright Penn.

He filed the papers last Friday, Extra first reported.

Penn, 48, initially filed for divorce in December 2007, but his petition was later dismissed. Three days later, Wright Penn, 43, filed her own paperwork.

But in April 2008, the couple’s divorce petition was dismissed at their request.

They attended February’s Academy Awards, where Penn won his second Best Actor Oscar for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

He did not thank Wright Penn — with whom he has two children, Dylan, 18, and Hopper Jack, 15 — while accepting his award.

After the show, he told Oprah Winfrey that his gratitude for his wife was “implicit.”

“I wanted to keep things focused on the professional team around this movie,” he explained. “Because with Robin comes my mother and my son and my daughter, and half of them will punish me if I mention them.”

Just a couple of things on this pr spun b.s. First of all, don’t tell me that his gratitude for his wife is implicit, because that’s some ass-throttling nonsense right there. There is nothing in a relationship (as far as I am concerned) that is implicit unless it’s expressed openly and repeatedly. If my husband won an award and got up and thanked every b*tch on the planet but me, that would be the end of many of the liberties he enjoys, including those that affected his reproductive organs, his appendages, his gastrointestinal abilities and most assuredly, his wallet.

I can’t speak for Robin, but I know in my house how much I do, and I’ll be damned if I would sit by idly and let my husband take me for granted. When this happened at the Oscars, I *knew* it was the beginning of the end.

Secondly, everyone in Hollywood knows Sean Penn is a cokey-sniffing whore-monger who would hump a cockroach if it sat still long enough. There are so many blind-items pointing to Sean’s infidelities and lack of self-control that an entire cottage industry could be devoted to him alone.

Robin Wright is WAY better off without this embarrassing slut dragging her name through the mud. Get a good attorney dear, and rape his bank account like he’s raped your dignity for the last 13 years.

Actor and anti-Semetic, Mel Gibson, got a nice Easter gift from his wife Robyn, who has decided to stop putting up with his on-going and drawn out mid-life crises.

Gibson made international headlines in July of 2006, after he was arrested for drunk driving. When cops picked him up in Malibu, his arrest quickly spiraled out-of-control, with Gibson hurling religious and racial epithets, and violently resisting arrest. Here’s more on that incident.

According to news reports, Gibson and his wife have grown estranged since that incident and recent photos of the Gibson, 53, with another woman certainly didn’t help matters. As far as I know, it isn’t very Catholicicky either. Some additional details about their divorce proceedings:

Sources tell us there is no prenuptial agreement — they were married in 1980, before Mel Gibson amassed a fortune estimated at $900 million back in 2006. Under the laws of California, community property — which includes earnings — is divided 50/50.

The Gibsons have 7 children, but only one — Tom, who turns 10 tomorrow — is a minor. In Robyn’s legal papers, filed this morning in L.A. County Superior Court, she seeks joint physical and legal custody of Tom.

Robyn is also asking for spousal support and attorneys fees.

Robyn lists the date of separation as “to be determined.” This is important, because earnings generally cease to be community property when the couple separates. There could be a skirmish over this. We’re told the couple grew increasingly apart over the last few years, especially since Mel’s drunk driving arrest in 2006.

There have been reports that Mel has been involved with another woman, which the actor denies, but we’re told the reasons for the divorce go beyond any third party.

If there is a fight, Robyn is in good hands — she’s repped by disso-queen Laura Wasser, who has handled divorces for the likes of Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears and Stevie Wonder.

The soon to be exes issued a joint statement about the news:

“Throughout our marriage and separation we have always strived to maintain the privacy and integrity of our family and will continue to do so.”

I doubt very many people who know the “real” Mel Gibson are surprised, the guy is a complete mess and in recent year’s his inability to control the crazy, drunken disaster which lurks within, has become evident.

I used to LOVE Mel Gibson back in the 80’s. The Mad Max series were some of my favorite films and he was really great in a number of other lesser known films like The River (with Sissy Spacek) and Tim, Gallipoli. Mel, like many troubled but talented stars, seems to stray from one extreme to other in their behavior. Gibson has stated on numerous occasions that he has battled alcoholism most of his adult life and in 2002 stated in an interview that he suffers from manic depression.

While I feel sorry for anyone afflicted with this type of mental condition, Mel has to take responsibility for his actions, regardless of what else is going on in his life. I hope he treats Robyn, his soon to be ex and mother of his 7 children, with the same respect and gratitude he has spoken of towards her over the years, because it sure seems like she’s put up with A LOT.