Kate Gosselin of Kate Plus 8 won’t date a gluten free guy
Kate Plus 8 begins a new season tonight. According to Inside Edition, Kate uses cupcakes to try to find a new man.
When the cute guy outside turns down Kate’s cupcake because he’s on a gluten free diet, Kate declares his dietary restrictions a deal breaker, but she does find him a gluten free cupcake in the bakery.
Hey, Gluten Free guy – don’t feel badly. You came out the winner on that one!
Watch the episode – or not – tonight on TLC 9/8 central
Click here to see the clip of her rejection of the GF guy that will air tonight.
Yes, this is a silly, lighthearted scene, but I wonder if it does represent real life in some small way. Have you ever had someone refuse to date you because of your gluten free diet? Leave a comment below.
I sometimes have to fix four different meals for the members of my family-I have to family members with autism and both are very picky eaters and neither will eat what the other eats, then I have a daughter with egg allergies and a son with soy, wheat, and dairy allergies. If I want to have anything specific for dinner it gets to be a handful-so in some ways I can understand Kate’s hesitation to date a guy with a gluten free diet, but in all honesty I think she is being shallow because given the diet restrictions in my family, I still wouldn’t trade any of it if it meant not having them around.
If you watch the clip, she doesn’t turn him down or refuse to date him. I think she more or less gave up on the idea as he didn’t seem blown away by her and wasn’t flirting back. In fact, he had no idea who she was and at the end when they ask “do you know who gave you that cupcake?” he says he doesn’t. They tell him Kate Gosselin and he says, “Is that the owner?” So, as much as I dislike Kate, I don’t think she did anything wrong. I’ve had worse reactions to my allergies.
She does say she his dietary restrictions would be a deal breaker – that is IF he would even date her, which he shows absolutely no interest in. Anyway, the only reason I pointed this out was to see if others have encountered that attitude.
It is interesting that her negative reaction to his gluten free diet is getting media attention from mainstream outlets – several, not just Inside Edition.
Gluten free dating has been a problem. I had one guy tell me before meeting me that it was a deal breaker (we have a mutual friend who mentioned it to him). I’m a little gun shy when it comes to dating and telling people about celiac.
Can’t believe she said it….she can’t do a dietary requirement. Hope that her children never developed a food allergy.
i think this is a bit over the top. she only offered him a cupcake and even got one that was gluten free for him. i am sure if her child had to be on a special diet she would do it. i have 7 kids and i know it would be crazy to have to make food for one kid and then the rest of the family too. she wasnt being mean in anyway or rejecting anyone. she was just saying a general statement. and considering she lives in PA and this was in DC I dont think they would date anyways.
Guys ive gone out with are pretty cool with me having to eat differently.Im married now,Hubby reads labels and can shop for me on his own.Its the fam that was slow to warm up,but the nicer ones realized I couldnt eat at family functions like Weddings,showers,barbeQues,and finally began making sure I could eat as their awareness grew.It also helps that a Niece was ioagnosed..now her and I can plan together LOL.
My daughter has Celiac Disease, she knew her boyfriend for a year before they started dating, so he was well aware of her diet and seen how careful she must be when eating out. He had no reservations, however his family dogged him for months about dating someone with Celiac Disease…did he really want to put up with that?….what if they married and had kids….did he really want to have kids that might have Celiac Disease? They’ve grown to love her, and have learned how easy it is to cook for her. I just couldn’t get over how cruel/cold they were at first. Celiac Disease is really such an easy thing to live with compared to other chronic health issues people live with. (I’m Gluten Intolerant so I too live the GF life) It’s sad that people would reject people because of CD…..their loss!
This clip was o.k right up until the end when Kate said she ‘cant do the dietary requirements’ and then they all burst out laughing as if our essentual food regulation was a joke.It’s not a diet as in losing weight or just being fussy.
Also if she was the owner why did Kate not know they sold gluten free cakes, at least someone in her business takes it seriously enough to supply them.
I think she was more embarrassed that he could care less about her cupcake, or anything she may be offering, so she was trying to save face.
She is an idiot anyway.
Nice to see GF LIFE choices as a topic!
From the other side of the coin, intimacy with NON-GF partners came up at a spring GIG meeting in our area – if 1 crumb of gluten ingested is enough to cause problems, what about kissing & intimacy with a partner who blithely eats gluten? One gal commented that she realized her frequent bladder infections stopped after her hubby went GF as well ….
On a recent blog post, the author quipped that she’s more likely to have a reaction (& be in bed several days) if she kisses someone who’s just had a ‘leaded’ sandwich than some other exposures!
My daughter was fortunate that she & her hubby were tested (DNA, he has a celiac & an intolerance gene, she has 2 for intolerance) at the same time, but he was slower than she to go GF. At first he’d have a beer with a buddy, or another G containing ‘goodie’ when away from home; now he’s as stringent as she, & has also gone Dairy Free.
So the reaction would be on MY side – Ooo, you still eat Glue?? Sorry ….
I think this is funny. Yes, I expect those in my life to do everything they are able to have me not get sick, but you know what? I am a pain in the butt. I did not go on a trip with cousins and their children because I would have to dictate where we ate. That is fine for a couple of times, but days? This is a woman who has eight children and if I were she, I would make the same decision. She could only be overwhelmed with her life. It doesn’t say anything about the guy-who-did-not-want-to-date-her-anyway, but her own life.