The former reality starlet and mother of eight, whose show “Kate Plus 8″ was cancelled by TLC late last year, found work outside of showbiz as a contributing blogger for CouponCabin. Now, it looks like her recently derailed Hollywood ambitions are inching their way towards their current path with her new Royal Caribbean’s Allure Of The Seas’ “Set Sail With Kate” job…

For the pleasure of enjoying the cruise with Kate, passengers are expected to shell out between $1,900 and $3.175 per person for double occupancy. Not only will they get to meet Kate at a “welcome cocktail party” and attend a Q & A session with her, they’ll also get the opportunity to have a photo op, and even “learn a new craft from the professional herself.”

Not bad for a reality TV has-been.

And how much does Kate stand to make for her eight-day stint aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure Of The Seas which starts and ends in Ft. Lauderdale, with stops in Jamaica, Cozumel and Haiti?

She’ll get a flat fee for every passenger who signs up for the cruise, of course.

So will retirees, honeymooners, and the curious bite at the bait that’s Kate?

The cruise is set for August 2012, so we guess that’s a lot of time for Kate and Royal Caribbean to market that kind of allure…

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Don’t you think the money you spend on your bodyguard would be better spent on something more practical, Kate?

In the wake of the abrupt cancellation of her reality show “Kate Plus Eight,” Kate admitted that she was afraid of the financial implications her dismissal from TV would entail. The mom of eight, who recently took on a job as a blogger for CouponCabin.com, said:

“The scary reality is, 12-hour nursing shifts every day wouldn’t let me continue to provide well for eight kids, essentially on my own. When you think about it that way, it gets really scary.”

Despite this, celebrity gossip websites have learned that Kate still employs a bodyguard to “protect” her at all times.

Yeesh.

To be perfectly honest, we think that Kate, whose new job involves writing blogs that provide tips and advice on how to save, is not exactly being smart with her money if she still shells out cash for a bodyguard… most reality stars whose shows are still running don’t even have one!

Do you think Kate should drop the bodyguard, or is it only right for her to have one despite the fact that she isn’t on TV anymore?

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Finally, she decided to get a real job.

The mother of eight has been supporting her twins and sextuplets with the income she gets from the reality show business for about four years now, but when TLC dropped Kate and her show, the reality star found herself in a bit of a pickle. Unfortunately, since she wasn’t getting any offers from other networks, Kate was forced to find something else—outside of Hollywood.

A few months after her show “Kate Plus 8” was cancelled, Kate took on an office job at CouponCabin, where she will act as a contributing blogger who will churn out posts that will provide readers with tips and advice on frugal shopping and penny-pinching.

Kate started work at CouponCabin yesterday, after a meeting with the company’s team to “discuss creating exclusive coupons, blog ideas and money lessons that Kate has learned over the years.”

Her first blog, which will provide some tips on Black Friday shopping, will be published on November 22.

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Entertainment news knows it was always her eight kids who were the stars of the show…not Kate, and Kate has probably just realized this so she’s taking every advantage she can to throw her offspring where the fame and money are.

The 36-year-old mom of eight has enrolled her brood in singing, dancing and acting classes to ensure theyll be polished and prepared to put her master plan into action.

“Kate’s ultimate goal is to get her kids into the entertain­ment business and manage their careers,”

a source said.

“She’s looking into acting, singing and dancing classes near the family’s home in Pennsylvania. She wants to get the kids started in commercials by next year.”

And where is she going to find the money to pay for all these classes? Isn’t she out of a job? More importantly, do twins Mady and Cara, 11, and 7-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Hannah and Joel have any say about their mother’s scheme of turning their family into a family entertainment empire ala the Kardashians?

We bet Jon‘s put his foot down on this. Hasn’t he?

“Kate has slowly been talking him into it by promising to keep the spotlight off the kids’ personal lives,”

the source continued.

“If she gets her way (and she always does), the whole family will be Hollywood bound by next year.”

So what are they supposed to be? The Gosselin Group?

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Maybe the demand for shrill and glamorous housewives toting along eight kids has run it’s course in Tinseltown’s reality industry.

“She has approached many different networks, including pitching a travel show idea to her old network, TLC, but so far no one has said yes,”

a source said.

“She assumed that given her fame, producers and networks would be knocking her over with job offers and is, to say the least, very surprised that she hasn’t received a single one.”

That nurse’s aide job sure is looking pretty attractive now, isn’t it? Assuming, of course, any hospital will hire her after having witnessed her hijinks on TV.

“Like many reality stars Kate is in a very difficult position,”

a reality show casting director has said.

“Who wants to go back to a real day job after being paid to work three or four months a year. Everyone I have ever met on a reality show thinks it will never end. They quit their day jobs and assume they will become rich and famous. They do become infamous [but] — with the exception of Bethenny Frankel — they never become rich.”

Hmmm…maybe Hugh Hefner might offer her a spread in his magazine…

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Kate, ever the ambitious reality TV mom, lashed out at her middling ex-husband after he offered some words of unsolicited advice concerning his relief the kids were exiting a life under the limelight and moving towards normalcy at last. This on the heels of TLC cancelling “Kate Plus 8″…

“It’s a situation where Jon may be accepting of mediocre for his kids by working a regular job,”

Kate retorted.

“But I want the best for my kids and to give them the best opportunity.”

The best opportunity to what? To allow mom to keep the flashy, black Audi TT she just purchased? To live in luxurious digs, maintain the regular salon appointments, the expensive wardrobe, and tanning bed sessions?

Whose opportunity is Kate talking about here? For all intents and purposes, her eight kids are practically bringing in the bacon to help her lead the lifestyle she’s become accustomed to.

Wonder how much money Kate has saved for the future to pay for her kids’ sessions on the shrink’s couch.

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Following this announcement earlier last month, star news observed Kate‘s behavior has become more irrational, punctuated with periods of outbursts. Like when she threw an on-air tantrum during her recent outing with the kids on a rafting trip to the Grand Canyon National Park, all over a slice of pizza. And when she went and bought a flashy, black Audi TT without any back seats to cram her eight children in.

“Reality TV is not a career. Get back to a normal life – a simple life,”

Jon, who’s gotten his real life as a computer technician back, advised Kate after she admitted she was “freaking out” about losing her job and not being able to provide for her brood. Of course, she probably realized Jon was providing his share of child support, anyway, hence the purchase of the sports car.

“Things will work out the way they should work out,”

Jon continued.

“Obviously, there are families out there that have several kids – people work normal jobs, and things work out.”

But Kate has ambitions…you don’t get a tummy tuck, boob job, dyed hair extensions, and rock-hard body for nothing.

Do you think she’ll actually buckle down and listen?

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Entertainment news is wondering if Kate plans to zoom away in her flashy ride away from the craziness of raising all her offspring. Now that TLC has announced “Kate Plus 8″ is on it’s last season, isn’t now the time to start saving instead of blowing a wad of cash on an impractical and totally unnecessary big ticket item?

It’s not like she has a lot of options after her reality show ends, and it’s not as if there are hordes of producers seeking to sign her on for another show about a single mom with hordes of kids. After Octomom came on the scene, Kate‘s sort of become an anachronism, hasn’t she?

“People think we made gazillions of dollars, and we didn’t,”

Kate has been quoted in an interview

“After the show was canceled, I said, ‘I’ll go back to my old nursing job.’ If nothing comes up I’ll do it. But the scary reality is, 12-hour nursing shifts every day wouldn’t let me continue to provide well for eight kids essentially on my own. When you think about it that way, it gets really scary.”

So scary she went and bought herself a sports car. Way to go, Kate.

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According to Hollywood rumors, Kate lashed out during a rafting trip at the Grand Canyon National Park, and even her bodyguard, Steve Neild looked strangely timid in the face of her fury.

But the nanny knew she had the upper hand.

“I’m more than happy to leave right now,”

she screamed back at Kate.

“Pizza is not a friggin’ big deal. I am sick of your dramatics.”

Wow, that girl is good. Is she angling for a reality show of her own?

And speaking of Kate‘s dramatics, she may either be on her period or experiencing early menopause, who knows. All we can say is, it seems like no one’s falling all over themselves to give her another job now her old one’s soon to go up in smoke.

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The erstwhile other half of the former “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ couldn’t contain his happiness after learning his ex-wife’s show that features his eight children has been pulled off the air.

Jon told entertainment news he’s very relieved about the cancellation, because finally, his kids can start leading normal lives after practically growing up on reality television since the show first aired in 2007.

“Contracts have to end at some point. I think everything had run its course, and it was time to come to an end anyways.”

Jon said.

“I hope they can have more private family moments. I hope that this will bring more privacy to my children and that they can get the proper attention they need for any personal issues they might have in the future.”

Well, we didn’t know Jon had that in him. And when we turned to Kate for her reaction, all she said was:

“I know that I’m glad to be divorced and on my own.”

Ouch.

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Celebrity news got in on the action and received the following statement from TLC:

“TLC has decided not to renew another season of ‘Kate Plus 8.”

After all, its reached the 150th season mark, and people suffering in the recession don’t need another reminder of how hard it is to raise kids, not to mention eight of them.

There’s hope for Kate, though.

“TLC hopes to check in with Kate and the family periodically with specials in the future,”

a representative from the network said.

That is to say, don’t call us, we’ll call you.

Kate has a lot to be thankful for though. Her reality series that’s been spun off “Jon & Kate plus 8″ allowed her to get that tummy tuck she always wanted, the wardrobe she’s always coveted, the publicity she’s been craving all her life, and what’s more, it even gave her an opportunity to kick an unwanted spouse to the curb.

Count your blessings, and all that…

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Kate was at Georgetown Cupcakes with her kids when she spotted a hunky guy among the crowd of onlookers outside the shop. The reality star asked her bodyguard to invite the guy inside so she could “ensnare” him with her charms.

When the guy walked in, Kate offered him a nicely decorated cupcake—and flirted quite a bit. Unfortunately, Mr. Cutie just wasn’t interested. Instead of flirting back and asking Kate for her digits, he simply asked if he could get a gluten-free cupcake instead!

So yeah, Kate didn’t get a date—and according to celebrity news, she hasn’t had one since her divorce, which is quite a long time to be single.

The sad thing is, the guy didn’t even know who she was—he just thought she was the owner of the cupcake shop!

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Kate, seen here wearing some ridiculous excuse for a hat, claims her stalker goes by the handle GeorgeHarvey2, and is supposedly a pedophile bent on wrecking his devious intent on her “plus eight” offspring…

And how did Kate become privy to her stalker’s evil plans?

Apparently, star news found out that GeorgeHarvey2 is using Stanley Tucci‘s image on his Twitter homepage, and everyone who watches movies knows Stanley played the psycho who rapes and murders the character played by Saoirse Ronan (“Hanna”).

Apparently GeorgeHarvey2 has succinctly informed Kate he’s member of an organization supporting pedophilia and tweeted her porn messages. According to Kate, her Twitter fans alerted her to GeorgeHarvey2′s intentions, sending her security team on overdrive (Kate has a security team? *gasp* What is she, the President?).

“Thanks4watching out 4 me”

Kate tweeted her fans Tuesday. So now GeorgeHarvey2 has been summarily blocked from following the reality star, and will now have to change his  account name and photo just to get his hands on her eight kids.

Why do we have a feeling this is all preliminary publicity for another reality show where Kate gets to exploit her poor put-upon money train children once again in a full season of “The Pedophile Invasion: Kate’s Stalker Strikes Again”?

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While appearing on The Today Show, she told Matt Lauer:

“I feel like I have my life together pretty much, but let be honest it’s going to take a strong person to wrangle this mess. If [a suitor] can pass the test, he’s got to be Superman.”

How does the reality star deal with her immense disappointment with ex-husband Jon (who barely sees their eight children at all).

“I wish that he would see them more, to be honest; so do the kids. The important thing is that I control my reaction, my behavior, my attitude and my words. What I receive back is not in my control.”

Sounds like she’s really gained some perspective. We’re proud Kate!

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Jon and Kate have been friendly, but doesn’t he have a girlfriend? How can he miss his ex that much then if he is with other women?

Jon Gosselin is doing everything he can to win back the love of ex-wife, Kate, including getting a real job to impress his ex.

“They both realize how much they miss each other,” a friend of the couple’s tells me. “Neither one of them have been really happy since their ugly split and would love to turn back time to the point where they were both in love before fame took over.”

Jon recently traded his Ed Hardy shirts for a hardhat and scored a job with Green Pointe Energy, a Pennsylvania-based renewable energy company. The former reality star and computer techie spends his days installing solar panels and doing other good-for-the-planet deeds.

After everything they have gone through, do you really think Kate is looking to reconcile with Jon? He was pretty horrible for awhile there. Would a reconcile be best for their kids?

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Since gaining recognition from her reality show, Kate has done a lot of other work including writing best-selling books, being a contestant on Dancing With The Stars, co-hosting The View.

Gosselin gave birth to twin girls, Cara Nicole and Madelyn Kate “Mady” in October, 2000. The then-couple used fertility treatment to get pregnant again because Kate was initially unable to conceive due to Polycystic ovary syndrome. Gosselin became pregnant again and she gave birth to sextuplets in May, 2004.

Birth name: Katie Irene Kreider

Born: March 28, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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No one wants to be a single parent,” a friend of Kate’s tells Pop Eater. “So much of 2010 has been about the children that Kate forgot to look after herself. Now, in the New Year, Kate is determined to start dating again and hopefully find a new man.”

But don’t expect Kate to do a dating show on TV anytime soon. 

“Kate has learned her lesson about love on camera,” an insider adds. “Any dates that she goes on will be strictly private with no cameras around. It’s going to be hard enough to find a man who is willing to take on Kate plus her beautiful eight children; asking someone to do all that on camera is impossible.”

Good luck Kate and we hope the future boyfriend loves kids!

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Gosselin got her haircut by the man Ted Gibson himself. A cut by Gibson starts at a whopping $950 then she had a keratin treatment as well as color done by a celebrity colorist.

A La Brasiliana keratin treatment (a four-hour process that straightens hair) starts at $950, a haircut with celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson at $950 and color with A-list colorist Backe starts at $200. That adds up to at least $2,000!

Plus the hotel, airfare, limo yada yada yada but coming out looking and feeling amazing? That’s priceless! And of course she’s got her bodyguard Steve Nelid protecting her as well!

Would you pay this much to look amazing? I would.

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more Kate & Steve after the jump…

Kate and her bodyguard, Steve Neild alone in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico shortly after dissing her ex Jon Gosselin on national TV. Sigh! Ok if Kate were to go alone, her bodyguard Steve would naturally be there for her protection, right? But doesn’t something smell a bit fishy? No, no, we still don’t have concrete proof that there’s something cooking between these two.

Kate on Live with Regis & Kellis last Friday: “I basically wait for the phone call, for how many of them want to come home.”

Sure, most of us can’t stand our exes..and Jon isn’t the father of the year material as we would all probably agree but aren’t the kids spending time with daddy and his girlfriend while you’re vacationing or working in Mexico?

This is what Jon tweeted in response to Kate’s attack on Regis & Kellis’ show:

As much as I want to respond to numerous LIES recently claimed on Regis and Kelly, I will refrain. I have learned from the past that it’s a waste of my time and energy. I am “rising above”, and refuse to engage in any sort of public argument that could potentially harm or upset my children. My children and the people in my life know the truth, and that is what’s important.

Rising above.. perhaps Jon is really growing up, you think?

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