Was it fair for Kendra to comment on Kate Gosselin's parenting choices?

While discussing her latest reality TV show, "Kendra," former Playboy model and "Girl Next Door," Kendra Wilkinson commented on Kate Gosselin's choice to join "Dancing with the Stars," saying she wouldn't do it herself. She'd rather be home with her baby. Do you think it was fair?

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No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.
1,893 votes
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I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.
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I'm on the fence. While I might agree with Kendra, I don't think moms should be questioning other moms' choices.
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I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.

I wish I had the guts to call out other moms who are doing dumb things!

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 - Dr F.
 - 11:36 am EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.

I think MORE people should tell her to stay home and raise her kids!

     - 12:14 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.

    Kate may be a "working Mom" but that doesn't have to include DWTS. The kids just went through a divorce, stay home.

    • 1 vote
     - TobyPt
     - 12:21 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

    Been a mom for 3 months and judging someone with 8 kids? Not to mention that her husband makes tons of money? Not fair at all.

    • 5 votes
     - sq1961
     - 1:07 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

    There is a huge age difference. And she made special arrangements to practice dancing at home where her kids are. Leave her alone!

    • 2 votes
     - 1:23 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

    Who is she to judge someone else. She is a whore who live off and on a 80 year old man showing her ass and breast.
    Kendra just shut up

    • 8 votes
     - 1:52 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

    People love to criticize while, at the same time, resent getting scrutiny from others. Kate or Kendra? I'll vote for Kate's choices so far.

    • 3 votes
     - 2plus4
     - 2:20 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

    People with one child have no business judging the parents of multiple children.

    • 3 votes
     - 2:56 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
    I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.

    In order to be a good parent you have to spend time with your children. Not expose them to publicity, reality shows, etc. for your own gai

       - JP 2009
       - 3:24 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      I don't see her bring her NEWBORN along w/ her to all those publicity appearances. Perhaps Pot should apologize to Kettle now.

      • 1 vote
       - M-15
       - 3:56 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      No. It wasn't fair. Kendra just have one kid and a rich husband. Kate has 8 kids, no husband and she needs to work for the kids.

      • 4 votes
       - Nylram
       - 4:23 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      Kate is a single parent trying to earn a living. Kendra is married to an overpaid sports figure. Do the math.

      • 4 votes
       - 4:23 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      It's none of her business, expecially with her questionable character and now she's a parenting expert!

      • 4 votes
       - 4:31 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      Who is this bimbo and why should we care what she has to say about ANYTHING?

      • 4 votes
       - 4:37 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      It is important 4 moms to get out & have fun, away from their kids every once in a while. It helps us be better moms. Why not get paid too?

      • 1 vote
       - 5:31 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      I'm not a Gosselin fan, but it's been widely reported that she's rehearsing at home and spending very little time away from her kids dancin

      • 1 vote
       - 6:00 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

      Kate's away from her kids for 2 days. Kendra's away from her baby for 3 days! What is she famous for again? Besides being a Hefner Ho?

      • 2 votes
       - TW-214
       - 9:29 pm EDT on Wed Mar 17, 2010
      I'm on the fence. While I might agree with Kendra, I don't think moms should be questioning other moms' choices.

      I'd rather my mom leave me with a nanny to be on DWTS than have slept with Hugh Hefner...

      • 3 votes
       - 2:30 am EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
      I'm on the fence. While I might agree with Kendra, I don't think moms should be questioning other moms' choices.

      Kendra said "she probably couldn't do it", she never said Kate Gosselin shouldn't be on Dancing w/the Stars - Today Show made 2 much of thi

      • 1 vote
       - 9:31 am EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
      No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

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         - 10:21 am EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
        No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

        No! Kendra isn't Mommy of the Year! When is she going to tell Hank Jr. she slept with old man Hef and two other women???

           - 10:47 am EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
          No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

          Kendra is a new mom. Leaving her infant is unthinkable. kate's kids are older ane more independent. Go Kate, have fun! kids will deal.

          • 1 vote
           - zbugs
           - 11:27 am EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
          No. It wasn't fair. Who is she to be judging anyone? Kate is a working mom and parents have to make tough choices.

          Come on we all make choices when it come rising our kids and we have to live with what we dicide like it or not, thats the way it is.

          • 1 vote
           - 11:41 am EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
          I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.

          kendra and kate both need to grow up and be "real mothers" i think they both should watch 19 kids and counting they might just learn someth

             - 3:24 pm EDT on Thu Mar 18, 2010
            I think it was fair and I agree with her. Kate should be home with her kids.

            Kendra is so smart that I agree with everything she says without questioning whether or not her clothes are on at the time she says it.

               - 4:01 pm EDT on Fri Mar 19, 2010

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              Kendra is, from previous shows, one of the dumbest people on TV if not THE dumbest. Why is she giving advise to anyone?

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              Reply#1 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:10 PM EDT

              *advice

                #1.1 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:23 PM EDT

                Yes, Thanks. No excuse/.

                  #1.2 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:39 PM EDT

                  For who to comment on whom?

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                  #1.3 - Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:44 PM EDT
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                  why is it that people who live in glass house continue to throw stones at others. Are they so self involved that they don't see the consequences of such judgements? Please people. knock it off. Let others live their lives without your comments.

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                  Reply#2 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:22 PM EDT

                  I think its okay for her to voice her opinion on what she feels. Kendra has the right to say whatever she wants about anyone, just like Kate has the right not to listen to anyone.

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                  Reply#3 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:23 PM EDT

                  If Kate Gosselin can afford close to $20,000 for hairdressing services, installation of a home dance studio for the purpose of DWTS as well as all of the nannies hired to raise her children, I don't think she's hurting too much for money. I'm a single, working parent so I say power to the working moms of the world; however, Kate Gosselin and her excesses are an insult to working moms who are also there for their children.

                    Reply#4 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:30 PM EDT

                    look who's calling the kettle black.

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                    Reply#5 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:31 PM EDT

                    Does this woman not understand that most women do not have men handing them money, especially single women with children who have to work in order to support their children. Kate made stipulations to make sure she was not away from her children any length of time. I think she should be applauded for doing something so out of her comfort zone and still working to provide for her children the best way she is able.

                    • 2 votes
                    Reply#6 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:34 PM EDT

                    Well in my opinion people just need to mind there buisiness . If people acually worried more about there own life instead of commenting on eveyone elses the world would be a much better place. Who are these people who think they can judge others. I personally would like to see those who judge give birth to eight children raise them with little help and see what they have to say then. They must have issues themselves to give advise to someone which is clearly non of there buisiness.

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                    Reply#7 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:48 PM EDT

                    Kate wants to be famous, be with the in crowd, be rich & have a nanny she is making dangerous decisions with her children, they are already showing signs of stress, it is tough enough for children to go through their teen years, what is wrong with going back to her nursing career? if she needed to make a living? I keep hearing her say, how much she loves her children & wants the best for them but basically she is using them for her own crutch, which is so sad, their will be serious consequences if Kate continues being so emotional in public, she needs to get support, deal with these issues privately which are very painful but she did get too controlling for anyone to be around her while the show kate & Jon plus eight was going good & popular, I could never be around someone who takes over so much conversations & not allow another human to be who they are, what a greedy, wannbe, who wants attention so bad she will do anything but is not star material. Feel so much for the children and Jon for being alienated, can't Kate see the children suffering, he was the one to be there to change diapers, feed, cook, dress, he did spend some quality time with them, holding, tending to their little needs then Kate jerks him out of their life's, no wonder the kids are showing stress now.

                      Reply#8 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:51 PM EDT

                      who are you to say the children are stressed and suffering. Jon is the wannbe star - he's a wimp.

                        #8.1 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:27 PM EDT

                        very well put, mina. Kate wants to be a star.

                          #8.2 - Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:52 PM EDT
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                          First, Kendra seems nice, but not to bright. Second, Kate's husband left her with 8 kids so he could do what he wanted. If the tables were reversed and he had the kids, everybody would feel sorry for him and calling her a terrible mother. Why doesn't he take care of the kids so she can do this. I don't hear him volunteering to help, because he's to busy with his own life.

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                          Reply#9 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:53 PM EDT

                          I am sorry, I think Kendra is a hypocrite and has a superior know-it-all attitude for a new mom. She has already spent three days away from her newborn son??? At least Gosselin's children won't have to grow up and with pictures of their mother posing nude.

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                          Reply#10 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:12 PM EDT

                          EXACTLY. Kendra needs to exude a little humility! My goodness. She just looks her nose down, doesn't she. I'm happy that Kate is doing this. She needs it emotionally and Jon is a child. Kate loves her children and it's going to be very tough for her to find a new man in her life cause she has 8 children. So she's going to be on her own for quite a while. Stop judging folks!

                            #10.1 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:21 PM EDT

                            AGREED!!!! I have 3 kids and if I don't get my own time once in a while to enjoy my own things, my kids are the one's who suffer!! Kudo's to Kate, she has a studio in her house (maybe Kendra was unaware, or just too ignorant to realize that fact) and she gets "her time" when she tapes. But honestly, when you only have one kid, it doesn't make you expert enough on ANYTHING to judge someone with several. My 3 put me through the paces, I couldn't imagine how I'd be with 8!!!

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                            #10.2 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:00 PM EDT
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                            I agree with Molly 74 (why aren't all the comments together?). Also, Kendra just can't dance! This is why she's going to say no! : ) She doesn't have the ability to commit to the time and discipline it takes to be on Dancing with the Stars. (Wouldn't we all love to be on Dancing with the Stars!?

                              Reply#11 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:44 PM EDT

                              kate should go back to Pennsylvania and be the B*tch she really is that she has shown the world she really is - she is living off of peoples donations to her website and after driving her husband crazy with the way she belittled him he was smart enough and finally left her. she was bad news from the beginning and is worst now. i don't know how anyone can watch her and put her kids through this crap - talk about fame going to your head

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                              Reply#12 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:43 PM EDT

                              Back off - how many kids do YOU have? Any single parent needs some time away. They train in HER HOUSE and she tapes twice a week... And where's John? When's the last time anyone saw him in the public with his kids? She deserves this, regardless of what happened between her and John. I doubt she'll win, so her stint will probably be over after a few weeks but in the mean time, just let her do her thing. I have 3 kids and if I don't get my time away it stresses them just as much as me. And if you don't have 8 kids, it's really no one's place to judge her as a parent...

                                #12.1 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:04 PM EDT

                                Where's Jon - being P'd off that Kate's making something of herself - with dignity. He's too busy looking for his next free ride and for the arm candy to go along. How proud do you think his kids are going to be of him down the road? Kate can hold her head high.

                                  #12.2 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:30 PM EDT

                                  Kate IS NOT arm candy. Just because John doesn't parade his children around cameras doesn't mean he's absent. Kate was co-host on a famous show this morning talking about how grown up her 5-9 yr olds and how they're old enough to take care of themselves. What? Eight children ages 5-9 can take care of themselves? She is an absent mother! How many of you mothers supporting Kate would leave your child with a 9 yrs old for hours at a time? There is NOTHING good about this woman! Did some you even watch Jon & Kate plus 8? Jon left because she treated him like crap. Kendra and everyone else in this country has the right to speak on this.

                                    #12.3 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:02 PM EDT
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                                    I think Kate should take it (the fame and money) while she can.She will need to support her 8 children all the way through collage. This girl Kendra should learn her place.That's not really the type of role model I want my girls look up to.She is just regular trash.

                                      Reply#13 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:50 PM EDT

                                      Kate's advise to Kendra: Don't be taking your clothes off for the world to see.

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                                      Reply#14 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:09 PM EDT

                                      kendra took off her clothes for playboy, not porn. Kate just wished she has the body for playboy. Oh yea right she is working on it w/ a little help from doctors and plastic surgery. Kendra was born with it, kate not so much.

                                        #14.1 - Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:02 PM EDT
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                                        Kate has to earn a living, the bimbo should check her facts before talking. She doesn't have to work, but is out promoting her show 3 days a week away from her 1 baby. While Kate will be away from her older children 2 days a week. Bimbo, do your homework before you go on national TV and make a fool of yourself

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                                        Reply#15 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:26 PM EDT

                                        Kate wants fame!

                                          #15.1 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:05 PM EDT

                                          kate wants fame. no man wants her because they all got a pre-view of how she treats her husband. she cut off his b***s every time the camera was on. Jon should get custody of those children

                                            #15.2 - Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:05 PM EDT
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                                            I don't think Kendra meant anything by her comment. I think it was off the cuff. That being said, it is very hard to comment on a situation until you are in it.

                                              Reply#16 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:32 PM EDT

                                              First of all the reason I said it wasn't okay for kendra to judge anyone is because of her own lifestyle. Kate might be a media whore but so is Kendra and she lived and bedded hef and 2 other women for years before she woke up and decided she wanted to get married and have a family. She has a young baby, Kate doesn't now. I saw Kate on the View today and her practices are done at home in her basement for the most part so she is with her kids.

                                                Reply#17 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:31 PM EDT

                                                Both Kate and Kendra are scumbags! They were neighbors in the same trailer park.

                                                Kendra famous for taking her clothes off and Kate for having a carload of kids at the same time. That is how their lifestyle is getting supported.They both are "wannabe stars".

                                                Road hard Kendra needs to go back to school-starting at 3rd grade.

                                                Kate needs to go home and be a Mother to the kids she has pimped out. Her "needing to make a living" is a bunch of BS. She has money-who is fooling who?

                                                They need to fall off of the face of the earth.

                                                  Reply#18 - Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:35 PM EDT

                                                  I don't think anyone has the right to judge another (especially us Moms) -- you haven't walked in their shoes, so you really don't know their situation. Everyone handles situations in different ways. I am not a fan of either of these ladies but their is no doubt they love their children.

                                                  I am sure if any of us were in plain sight of the public eye/scrutiny our parenting abilities would be questioned also. People can ALWAYS find something wrong with the way we all handle situation(s) especially when it's in plain sight.

                                                    #18.1 - Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:53 AM EDT
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                                                    kendra has the advantage of a husband who works and makes good money. kate, well she has jon....

                                                      Reply#19 - Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:33 AM EDT

                                                      Kendra said,

                                                      "I probably couldn't do it"

                                                      she never said Kate Gosselin shouldn't be on Dancing w/the Stars" -- I was disappointed I was really hoping for some trash talking, from reading the header..... LOL

                                                        Reply#20 - Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:41 AM EDT
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