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“‘Teen Mom’ Leah Messer Shocker: It’s Twins… Again!” blares a headline from In Touch, which goes on to claim that the MTV reality star is “absolutely thrilled” about the news.

A supposed “insider” for the tabloid says Messer, who recently announced she’s engaged and expecting a new baby with Jeremy Calvert, ”just found out last week” that she’s pregnant with twins for the second time.

She already has two-year-old twin daughters with Corey Simms.

According to the mag, “Although the nursing student is currently flat broke, she believes the new twins are her ticket to fame and fortune.”

In Touch quotes another alleged “source” as saying, ”She thinks the babies will help her get her own spin-off show,” which will mean a “much bigger salary!”

“She wants her own series and her own brand, just like Kate [Gosselin]!” adds the so-called source.

That’s funny, because Messer herself just slammed the rumor on Twitter, writing, ”Thank you @intouchweekly for telling me I am having twins again, love bad reporting and fake stories… Ha!”

Bad reporting and fake stories — it’s been that kind of week for In Touch.

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Kate Gosselin “has found a new man,” according to HollywoodLife’s equally laughable sister site HollyBaby.

The webloid says the former “Kate Plus 8″ star “has been on several dates with a mystery man!”

Ooh, do tell more!

According to a so-called “source” for the site, “Kate has been set up on many blind dates… But finally one guy has caught her eye.”

Of course, the bad blog’s supposed insider doesn’t know where or when she met the unnamed man, but claims the two have been “quietly seeing each other.”

“She hasn’t introduced him to the kids,” adds the source.

Could it be because this “mystery man” doesn’t actually exist?

In a post on her official site, Gosselin herself slams the HollyBaby’s claims, calling them “completely fabricated and totally false.”

“Unless my running shoes, kitchen utensils, or wrapping paper are considered ‘dates,’” she writes, “I have not been on any dates and certainly no ‘blind dates’ set up by friends.”

Gosselin adds, “Sorry Hollybaby, you lack credibility and are lying, as usual.”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

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Anderson Cooper good-naturedly mocked Kate Gosselin in his latest “The Ridiculist” segment, and, while he didn’t giggle himself into hysterics, Cooper’s takedown of the reality TV mom’s meltdown over a pizza slice is pretty entertaining.

On a recent edition of “Kate Plus 8,” Gosselin freaked out when her kids’ babysitter, Ashley, allowed one of the “8″ to hand their bodyguard, Steve, a piece of pizza with her grubby paws.

When Ashley tried to reason with the irate Kate, Gosselin’s theatrics continued.

Cooper, who’s spent a lot of time in actual war zones, narrates the “cautionary tale” with some heavy-duty eye rolling.

Somewhere, a liberated Jon Gosselin is smiling.

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Kate Gosselin‘s reality show “Kate Plus 8″ has been canceled.

A rep for TLC tells Gossip Cop in a statement, “TLC has decided not to renew another season of ‘Kate Plus 8.’ By the end of this season ‘Kate Plus 8′ will have hit the 150 episode mark (including ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8′); an exceptional milestone.”

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

The show, which began in 2007 and ran for eight seasons, followed the hectic lives of Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight children.

When the couple split in 2009 amid rumors of infidelity, the series took a hiatus before returning as “Kate Plus 8″ in 2010.

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Kate Gosselin “wants Jon back,” reports the National Enquirer, explaining that the reality star star is beginning to see the “good side” of her ex-husband.

According to so-called “sources” for the tabloid, Gosselin is considering giving her ex a second chance because she’s “lonely,” and “Jon is pretty much the only adult male in her life.”

“Jon would give up anything to get back with Kate, and she has definitely noticed,” explains another supposed “source,” who adds, “they’re getting on quite well!”

However, despite what the mag’s “sources” claim, a rep for the “Kate Plus 8″ star tells Gossip Cop, “It is a complete fabrication.”

Adds another Kate insider, “She has no interest… That train has left the station.”

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HollywoodLife, so confused in the ways of romance, is at it again.

Last weekend, the site wondered whether Nina Dobrev should be worried about rumored boyfriend Ian Somerhalder attending the Kentucky Derby with Kate Gosselin.

Well, not with Kate Gosselin, really.

She was just among the other 175,000 people at the event, which was enough for HollywoodLife to ponder whether Gosselin would “make a run” at Somerhalder.

It was such a patently stupid premise, Gossip Cop awarded it special honors.

This weekend, the site runs a similarly ridiculous item, worrying about a different blonde coming between a younger man and his girlfriend.

After Britney Spears innocently tweeted that she’d picked up Justin Bieber‘s Never Say Never DVD, HollywoodLife couldn’t help but weigh the threat level to his sweetheart Selena Gomez.

“Does Selena Gomez have to worry?” wonders the site, later expressing hope that Spears’ “affections” don’t “distract” Bieber from his girlfriend.

Hmm.

Does Gomez have to “worry” about… what, exactly?

Britney Spears liking her boyfriend’s DVD?

Um, probably not.

Should Gomez have to “worry” every time ANY female Twitter user mentions Never Say Never?

Should Spears have called for permission before diagnosing herself with Bieber Fever?

Should all Never Say Never DVDs be outfitted with hidden cameras so Gomez can monitor everyone who has one?

Gossip Cop hopes to hear HollywoodLife’s answers to these urgent questions as soon as possible.

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“Selena Gomez, Look Out: Abigail Breslin Is After Justin Bieber!” exclaims a headline from HollywoodLife, which seems to devote part of its days to manufacturing fake feuds and phony pregnancies.

According to the site’s latest fabrication, at the Tribeca Film Festival “Abigail Breslin gushed over her crush Justin Bieber.”

HollywoodLife then quotes Breslin as saying, “He was very nice. It was very brief. He was like, ‘Hi nice to meet you, I’m Justin.’”

Uh, where’s the gushing over her crush?

And what about her super brief introduction to the singer should cause Gomez to “look out” — or shows “Breslin is after Justin Bieber”?

Still, the BSers at HollywoodLife report Gomez “has some fierce competition” from Breslin, and even ask, “Should Selena be worried?”

Actually, the only ones “worried” are us at Gossip Cop, since HollywoodLife keeps us so busy, we’re developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Just yesterday, Gossip Cop bestowed the “Stupidest Story of the Week” award to HollywoodLife for speculating that Kate Gosselin and the already attached and much younger “Vampire Diaries” star Ian Somerhalder might hook-up this weekend, simply because they’re both in the state of Kentucky.

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It’s time for the Stupidest Story of the Week!

The winner?

In a stunner, it’s HollywoodLife!

Kate Gosselin and Ian Somerhalder will both be at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, observes the site, which then asks the question on absolutely no one’s mind.

“Even though we’re pretty positive Ian is dating his ‘Vampire Diaries’ co-star Nina Dobrev – do you think Kate will make a run for Nina’s man?”

[staring blankly]

Um, what?

“It might actually happen this weekend because they’re both in Louisville, Ken., for the 2011 Kentucky Derby!”

What might actually happen?

“We know the mom-of-eight wants an ‘older man,’ but who could resist Ian?”

Apparently, HollywoodLife is confused.

The site thinks the Kentucky Derby is a candlelit dinner for two.

It’s not.

“We know it’s far-fetched,” admits the stupefying site, “but wouldn’t it be an interesting match? We wonder what Ian’s girlfriend Nina Dobrev would have to say about it!”

She’d probably be totally baffled by this entire story, as would any rational person.

If HollywoodLife just wanted to do a story about celebrities attending the Derby – as it clearly intended, later mentioning Miranda Lambert, Nick Lachey, Erin Andrews and Audrina Patridge – why does it feel the need to concoct a bizarre, utterly baseless hypothetical Somerhalder-Gosselin pairing?

Does the site think the Kentucky Derby is actually speed dating for random Hollywood personalities?

Maybe Patridge will start dating Andrews?! Lambert could wind up with the winning jockey! Lachey may fall in love with a horse!

In any case, we’re not sure who’ll win this Saturday’s big race… but for Stupidest Story of the Week, the smart money is on HollywoodLife!

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Long ago, Life & Style exposed just how little it knows about Kate Gosselin with an absurd claim about the mom-of-eight was working on a deal to star in a dating show for ABC, possibly even becoming the next “Bachelorette.”

Now the tabloid speculates that Gosselin’s household could be in trouble.

Life & Style alleges Gosselin’s ”explosive temper and selfish quest for fame” have made her children miserable, and that they’re now “begging to move out!”

Gosselin has “mistreated” her kids for months, according to the magazine, supposedly ignoring their needs while she pampers herself.

Jon Gosselin, meanwhile, is portrayed as a perfect parent who “actually plays” with the kids individually and is “very hands-on” despite not having Kate’s resources. When he and his girlfriend Ellen Ross recently took care of the children, says Life & Style, “They looked like a really happy family.”

If this all sounds like the one-sided, fun parent vs. mean parent skewed reality that often happens when couples divorce, that’s because it is.

A source close to Kate Gosselin tells Gossip Cop the Life & Style story is way, way off base.

The insider points out that Kate Gosselin is the primary caregiver “for a reason,” and is quietly responsible for making sure the kids get the help they need and are supported in every aspect. Jon Gosselin, meanwhile, is feeding this “crap” to the media in an effort to destroy his ex-wife’s reputation.

Life & Style‘s spotty reputation, of course, is well-earned.

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“Kate Gosselin Gets $2000 New Hair Look & Color in NYC!” exclaims an extra giddy HollywoodLife.

The site then breathlessly reports, “Mere hours ago Kate Gosselin left Ted Gibson Salon, one of New York City and Hollywood’s top destinations for A-list hair, where two of the industry’s best just worked their magic on her well-publicized hair.”

Oh, do tell more.

According to HollywoodLife, Gosselin spent “about four or five hours” getting her hair treated by a ”celebrity colorist” as well as “a haircut with none other than the salon’s namesake, beauty industry giant Ted Gibson himself!”

More, please!

Besides breaking down the cost for each aspect of the coloring and cut – and that Gosselin’s ‘do ran at least $2,000 in total – the writer of the piece casually mentions that she too is “a Gibson girl,” and that his cuts are “worth every dollar!”

First of all, a source close to Gosselin tells Gossip Cop that she did NOT shell out two grand for her hair, noting Gibson and the reality star are tight, and “anything he did for her would have been free.”

Speaking of free, we have a gut feeling that the overly gushing prose by the HollywoodLife writer about “industry giant Ted Gibson” might have something to do with her also wanting a free cut.

Hmm…

Either that or HollywoodLife must have the highest paid journalists in the business.

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Kate Gosselin and Sarah Palin have a few things in common, but apparently love of the outdoors isn’t one of them.

In this week’s “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” set to air on Sunday, Gosselin and her kids join the Palin brood for a camping trip in the Alaskan wild, and the mom of eight is not a happy camper.

And it had nothing to do with Palin’s advice to Gosselin about how to handle a bear: “You need a partner with you who’s slower than you.”

On the day of the trip, it’s pouring rain, and the reality star has planted herself under a tarp, scowling, while the Palins and her kids are having a blast.

Although Palin announces with glee, “This is the most luxurious camping spot I’ve ever seen!” Gosselin mutters, ”It just kills me that people, like, willingly do this.”

Gosselin, who was supposed to go camping for two days, barely makes it through two hours before breaking down in tears over a lunch of moose hot dogs and declaring, “I held it together as long as I could and I’m done now!”

She then scoops up her kids, and they book it out of the forest.

The Palins stay, naturally.

“I thought we were gonna go camping with the Gosselins,” Palin says after the Gosselins split. “Turned out, we didn’t. We had lunch with them.”

Are you surprised that Gosselin left the camping trip early?

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Kate Gosselin sat down with Meredith Vieira on the “Today Show”this morning to bust bad dish that’s been written and said about her.

The mother of eight separated fact from tabloid fiction on the following subjects:

Were two of her kids – Collin and Alexis – expelled from school?

“That is false… They were not expelled from school,” said Gosselin. She acknowledged that the two kids “were having anger issues,” as a result of their parents’ divorce, but said it was “mutually agreed” that Collin and Alexis would leave the school they were at. Now they’re being privately tutored at home, but the goal is “to get them back into school,” said Gosselin.

Has she and Jon Gosselin reached a truce regarding time the kids will spend with each parent over the holidays?

“No truce necessary,” said Gosselin. “We always split the holidays… that has always been peaceful,” noted Gosselin, though she admitted not all their dealings have been easy.

Does she agree with Jon Gosselin‘s contention that having the kids appear on TV isn’t good for them?

Gosselin felt it was in the kids’ “best interest” to still be on-air, and claimed it’s “what they enjoy.” “There’s been nothing but positive that has come out of it,” said Gosselin, pointing out that it’s allowed the children to go on trips they never would have been able to go on before, and that it’s “providing for their future.”

Has “Kate Plus 8″ been canceled?

“The show is not canceled,” said Gosselin matter-of-factly.

We’re sure Gossip Cop will be barraged with a new set of rumors before Gosselin’s next “Today Show” appearance.

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Kim Kardashian is bigger than the president.

Bing.com has announced its Top People Searches for 2010, and Kardashian is #1, while Barack Obama only places fifth.

Sandra Bullock is #2 on the list, with scandalized ex Jesse James finishing eighth.

Another husband who strayed, Tiger Woods, is #3.

Pop stars Lady Gaga (#4)  and Justin Bieber (#7) make the cut, as do actresses Lindsay Lohan (#9) and Jennifer Aniston (#10).

2009′s top search, Michael Jackson, fell to #11 this year.

The top five most searched celebrities — Kardashian, Bullock, Woods, Gaga and Obama — were also the five biggest overall searches for Bing in 2010.

Here’s the list:

1.  Kim Kardashian

2.  Sandra Bullock

3.  Tiger Woods

4.  Lady Gaga

5.  Barack Obama

6.  Kate Gosselin

7.  Justin Bieber

8.  Jesse James

9.  Lindsay Lohan

10.  Jennifer Aniston

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The reason, says the tab’s “insider,” is that her other show, “Kate Plus 8,” isn’t performing well enough to justify another Gosselin program on TLC.

“It’s no longer on the schedule because Kate can’t bring in the ratings anymore,” says the source, who further suggests “Kate Plus 8″ may face the chopping block as well.

On “Twist of Kate,” Gosselin was slated to visit the homes and workplaces of other women who are facing challenges, and offer her insight in an effort to help them overcome their obstacles.

And while the numbers for “Kate Plus 8″ aren’t as high as been hoped for, a rep for TLC assures Gossip Cop that talk of “Twist of Kate” being canceled in “absolutely untrue.”

Whew!

Would you watch Gosselin on ‘Twist of Kate”?

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Last month, a rumor circulated that TLC had “quietly canceled” Kate Gosselin‘s show, “Kate Plus Eight.”

It was not true.

The next day, Perez Hilton, gossip’s Scavenger Prince, picked up the (wrong) rumor and ran with it.

It was still inaccurate.

Well, Hilton is back again today with the same recycled report about the demise of Gosselin’s show.

The blogger claims that “Kate Plus Eight” is not only missing from the airwaves, but also nowhere to be found on the TLC web site.

“Plus, the show seems to have been dropped from the main Web menu that shows all the available shows on the network,” notes Hilton.

Wait, meaning this menu that shows all available shows?

Because “Kate Plus Eight” is on there.

It’s also on the front page of the TLC site under TV Shows.

Oh, and it’s the first clip in the site’s Video section.

Also, a TLC rep tells Gossip Cop that nothing has changed, and the show is still very much alive.

According to Perez “Scoop” Hilton, Kate Gosselin is still missing in action.

She’s not, but his facts are.

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“Kate Gosselin: Stealing A Married Man?” asks Life & Style on its current cover.

According to the tab, Gosselin is “hell-bent on creating problems between her bodyguard, Steve Neild, and his wife, Gina.”

And she’s tried to accomplish this, claims Life & Style, by such stratagems as “keeping Steve away from home by having him accompany her on a sexy beach getaway, then parading around in front of him in a series of barely there bikinis.”

The “sexy beach getaway” was actually a business trip – a photo shoot Gosselin did in Mexico for a rival mag, and in which the mother of eight showcased her body in a bikini.

Regardless, Life & Style then quotes an unnamed “neighbor of Kate’s” as saying, “Kate’s head over heels in love with Steve.”

Wait, wasn’t this the same magazine that just three months ago inaccurately reported that Gosselin might star as “The Bachelorette” because she wants to nab “herself another show —and a potential husband”?

Nevertheless, the tab quotes its so-called source as saying, “Everyone’s wondering if he’s not interested in her too,” and states as a matter of fact that Neild and his wife are “going through a bit of a rough patch lately.”

Actually, Neild is right now ”in Europe with his wife for two weeks, celebrating their 20th anniversary,” reveals an insider to Gossip Cop.

And a rep for Gosselin tells us that rumors of a relationship between the reality star and her bodyguard are “completely untrue.”

Bottom line: Life & Style‘s proof of something brewing between Gosselin and Neild is as bare as the reality star during her photo shoot.

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Celebrity blogging’s clown prince, Perez Hilton, has once again taken a rumor that Gossip Cop already busted and trumped it up as real news.

Hilton just announced that TLC “quietly cancelled” the Kate Gosselin reality series “Kate Plus 8″ because ex-husband Jon Gosselin supposedly wouldn’t sign off on more camera time for their children.

He stole the story and his quotes from this week’s In Touch (without bothering, of course, to say where this “news” began).

But the In Touch item was completely wrong, as Gossip Cop learned yesterday.

Talk of cancelation is “not true,” a TLC rep told Gossip Cop exclusively.

So, for the 10,000th time, Hilton has “reported” belatedly and wrongly.

We congratulate him on the milestone!

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UPDATE – AUGUST 15, 2011:

“Kate Plus 8″ WAS canceled today, nearly a year after the In Touch story discussed below.

“Kate Gosselin still has her eight children, but her TV show is history,” declares In Touch.

Wait, what?

Well, according to the tabloid’s alleged “source,” TLC has “quietly canceled” her reality series “Kate Plus 8″ after ex-husband Jon Gosselin supposedly refused to re-sign a contract allowing their children to be filmed.

In Touch seems to be confused, so we’ll help.

Something not happening isn’t the same thing as it “quietly” happening.

Because “Kate Plus 8″ is NOT canceled.

“It’s not true,” Gosselin’s TLC spokesperson tells Gossip Cop.

Just another case of In Touch being out of touch.

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In April, HollywoodLife wrongly insisted that Jennifer Garner was pregnant.

And when the actress wouldn’t confirm the news – because it wasn’t true – the site taunted her with more inaccurate posts, prodding into Garner’s private life, and pleading with her to reveal her pregnancy to the world.

The site peddled the baby nonsense all the way through June, when a rep for the actress declared what Gossip Cop maintained from the start: Garner wasn’t expecting.

At the time, we asked HollywoodLife, “How exactly will you weasel out of the hole you have dug for yourself?”

Well, now we know – by repeatedly pushing another equally wrong story.

“Kate Gosselin Re-Wears Her Favorite Sexy Top! Is She Showing Off For Her Bodyguard Steve Neild?” asks another misguided HollywoodLife headline.

Today the site wonders if Gosselin recently wore “her go-to cleavage top to feel sexy for herself, or to LOOK sexy for Steve?”

To “look sexy” for her bodyguard?!

HollywoodLife is having trouble grasping the idea that a bodyguard is supposed to be with the person he protects – and couldn’t care less about what top she’s wearing.

Gossip Cop first busted this romance rumor from HollywoodLife eight days ago, and yet the bad blog decided to regurgitate it.

Back then, when the site speculated Neild was the reality star’s “secret boyfriend,” a rep for Gosselin said it was “completely untrue,” noting that the married bodyguard and his family are actually close friends with Gosselin and her big brood.

But if HollywoodLife’s history is any indication, you can expect the site to serve this cold dish a few more times – though no one’s biting.

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The first wave of presenters for the upcoming Emmy Awards was just announced and, as expected, there’s no shortage of star power.

Nominees Matthew Morrison (“Glee”), January Jones (“Mad Men”), Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”), and Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”), as well as Emmy winner Ricky Gervais and “The Office” star John Krasinski, are all slated to take the stage.

More names will be announced in advance of the live coast-to-coast broadcast on August 29.

As Gossip Cop previously reported, reality star Kate Gosselin is expected to join host Jimmy Fallon for the opening act.

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“Is Kate Gosselin’s Bodyguard Her Secret New Boyfriend?” asks HollywoodLife, which often poses questions about celebrities for whom they have no answers.

“The rumors are heating up that America’s reality mom has found love with her bodyguard Steve Neild,” claims the site, noting that the (ahem) married Neild recently vacationed with Gosselin and her eight kids on Bald Head Island in North Carolina.

The site breathlessly reports that while on the beach there, the two were “actually sitting side-by-side with their legs touching!”

But are the two really a couple?

Not even close.

Uh, he’s a bodyguard. He’s supposed to be near her.

Gosselin “is very good friends with the Neild family,” a rep for the reality star explains to Gossip Cop.

But any suggestion of a relationship, adds the rep, “is a rumor that is completely untrue ”

And, might we add, the only reason the rumor is “heating up” is because sites like HollywoodLife continue to serve piping hot, bad dish.

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Kate Gosselin is slated to open the Emmys later this month with host Jimmy Fallon, Gossip Cop can confirm.

The controversial reality star and mother of eight — who isn’t nominated for any of the prestigious awards — will partake in a humorous sketch where she interacts with some of TV’s biggest stars.

The telecast airs August 29 on NBC.

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Sarah Palin is set for reality TV stardom.

Her TLC program, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” will premiere at 9:00 pm on November 14, it was announced on Friday.

“It’s become clear it takes a special individual to thrive in Alaska,” says network president Eileen O’Neill of the state’s former governor. The series will follow Palin as she does “rogue” things like fishing for salmon and hiking on a glacier.

Even more notable, though, is that “Kate Plus 8″ star Kate Gosselin will pop up on Palin’s program as a guest during a camping scene.

TLC also announced “Sister Wives,” a reality show that follows the polygamous family of Kody Brown, an advertising executive in Utah. Brown has three wives, and will soon marry a fourth.

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The state of Pennsylvania disagrees with claims that Kate Gosselin is violating child labor laws by including her 6-year-old sextuplets in her reality series “Kate Plus 8.”

Earlier this month, Rep. Thomas Murt challenged the validity of work permits issued to the children and demanded an explanation from state officials.

Now the state’s labor department has responded, defending the decision to issue permits and maintaining that the children are not being “unlawfully exploited.” According to a statement, the permits in question protect the Gosselin youngsters from working too many hours and pay them adequately.

Murt insists the permits are illegal and says the state’s attorney general must rule on the matter.

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Kate Gosselin’s TLC show, “Kate Plus 8,” is under fire and may lose six of its stars.

Rep. Thomas Murt (R-Pennsylvania) is calling into question the validity of the work permits issued to the reality mom’s 6-year-old sextuplets.

The congressman has pointed out that children under seven may work in film, but not in television.

“It appears those permits were granted even though the law does not provide for them,” claims Rep. Murt, who has asked his state’s attorney general and labor secretary for an explanation.

One has yet to be provided.

Incredibly, no work permits were obtained when Gosselin and her tykes first came to prominence on “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”

When asked by Gossip Cop about the new show’s future, a rep for Gosselin declined comment.

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Only HollywoodLife will see two reality TV stars photographed at a concert and assume it’s a “business meeting.”

That’s precisely what the site did after spotting a picture of Kate Gosselin and “The Celebrity Apprentice” boss Donald Trump at Lady Gaga‘s New York concert earlier this week.

And after wondering aloud if Trump is “wooing” Gosselin to be on the show’s next season, HollywoodLife follows up that same day with another post.

“EXCLUSIVE! Kate Gosselin IS In Talks To Appear On ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’!”

Oh, dear.

Since the site’s first post, published only a few hours before, a “source” came forward to tell the site that, yep, Gosselin is indeed considering the show.

“We thought Donald Trump was wooing Kate to appear on his hit reality show,” HollywoodLife gushes, “and we were right!”

How convenient.

According to their source, Gosselin “has expressed interest” in “Apprentice” while “the producers of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ are very interested” in her.

There’s just one tiny hiccup.

Gosselin is NOT “in talks” to join the show.

Gossip Cop is told by a Gosselin insider that, at least for now, the mom of eight is hard at work on her two TLC shows and, of course, taking care of her family.

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PopEater today claims that Kate Gosselin wants “to release a holiday CD packed full of all her favorite religious classics.”

 The site quotes a so-called “record executive” as saying, “Kate is pitching a CD of holiday songs sung by herself and all her children… She sees herself as a modern day Maria from ‘The Sound of Music,’ except this time the family singers won’t be the Von Trap (sic) family, they would be the Gosselins.”

Uh, huh…

PopEater writes that it doesn’t know “how Kate finds the time to be a reality star, author, dancer, mother of eight and now singer… But just you wait until they hear those adorable little eight voices singing ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’!”

And like Santa Claus, the story is completely fictitious.

Gosselin is not looking to record a Christmas album.

A rep for the reality star tells Gossip Cop there’s “absolutely no truth to this.”

Unlike Rudolph, who only had a red nose, PopEater is once again entirely red-faced.

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As bad as Hollyscoop is at reporting, you have to marvel at the site’s tenacity and fierceness to go against the grain and ignore criticism – as well as the facts.

Today, the site embarrasses itself with a post under the headline, “Kate Gosselin Gets Her Own Dating Show.”

“Kate Gosselin is on fire!” further declares the site, which gets burned when it reports, “Not only does she have her own show, Kate Plus 8, on TLC, she’s getting her own dating show.”

But rather than checking the accuracy of the dating show rumor, Hollyscoop lazily quotes a so-called “insider” telling the equally off-base Life & Style, “Kate’s working on a deal to do a new reality dating series on ABC.”

NO, SHE’S NOT.

Of course, Hollyscoop is joined by journalism’s other joker, Perez Hilton, who similarly proclaimed, “Kate Gosselin Trying To Get a Dating Show!”

Gossip Cop, on the other hand, fact-checked with an ABC source in the know as well as a Gosselin spokesperson, and both said there was absolutely “no truth” to the tale.

What’s scarier – the thought of Gosselin getting her own dating show or Perez Hilton’s and Hollyscoop’s reporting skills?

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Life & Style has learned that Kate Gosselin “plans to kill two birds with one stone, nabbing herself another show — and a potential husband.”

How does the star of two upcoming TLC programs intend to pull off that feat?

An “insider” tells Life & Style Gosselin is “working on a deal to do a new reality dating series on ABC,” possibly one matching her with single dads, or, speculates the tab, she could even “wind up as the next Bachelorette!”

Reality TV nomad Gosselin has already traveled the ABC route, of course, with an abbreviated run on last season’s “Dancing With the Stars.”

But is she really primed to look for love in prime time?

No.

An ABC source tells Gossip Cop there’s “no truth” to the rumors of a dating show being developed.

A spokesperson for TLC also confirmed that there is “no truth to the rumor,” with Gosselin busy on production for that network’s “Twist of Kate” and “Kate Plus Eight.”

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“Kate Gosselin didn’t manage to dance her way past week five on ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ but she did manage to dance all the way to the bank, earning over half a million dollars for her stint on the hit show,” begins a piece on PopEater.

An alleged “insider” claims, “Kate earned over $100,000 per week on ‘Dancing,’” and since she was on ‘DWTS’ for five weeks, she reportedly took home $500,000.

PopEater goes on to quote a so-called source as saying, “Kate was without doubt the main attraction to the show this year. She is ratings gold and can demand much more money than soap hunk Aiden Turner. Who? Precisely.”

With the exception of the fact that Kate Gosselin was on “Dancing with the Stars” for five weeks, nearly everything else in the PopEater piece is wrong.

First starters, no single participant is paid more than any other – something Gossip Cop already debunked.

Each contestant is paid a flat fee at the beginning of the season, but for every week he or she remains on the show, that person receives a bonus. The bonus is exactly the same for each participant, whether they have eight kids or not.

“No one gets paid more or less,” says a source involved in the production, who called the PopEater story both “completely erroneous” and “not true.”

The same production source added that the weekly dollar figure suggested by PopEater is “not in the ballpark.”

It’s lower.

When contacted by Gossip Cop, a rep for the show only offered, “We never disclose salary” information.

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