Kate Gosselin Meets Brother Weems

Thursday I was at Park City, looking to park near the outdoor fountain shops (which is always next to impossible), and i spotted 3 cars in a row, as if lined up ready to pull into parking spaces.  Out of the front vehicle was a blonde with severely sloped hair and oversized superstar sunglasses. 

As I pulled down the next row I saw a dude with a camera and bazooka sized telephoto lens.  Quickly surmising the situation, i rolled down my window and hollered, “Is that HER?”  (meaning Kate Gosselin of course!)  He said, “Yes!”

I drove back around, only to see her in her black Toyota SUV pulling out.  I called Lori and said, “I’ll give you one guess of who I just saw.”  She guessed it right away.

So, thinking the adventure was over, I parked by Penney’s and walked in the mall to go to Wachovia.  As I came out of the bank, who should walk right past, but Kate Gosselin.  I was confused, as I clearly saw her leave, but what the heck I followed her.  I got Lori on the line and start to give the play-by-play.  I readied my Flip video camera for anything that might be worth recording.

I don’t know why I expected her to have an entourage, but she didn’t.  She walked into the Hallmark store and I stayed out on one of the benches.  As she left I was back in pursuit.  She stopped to greet a fan before going out the Fountain Shoppes exit.  I went out and she was just hanging out by the shrubs near Williams Sonoma.  Another fan approached, so I figured what the heck, why not say hi!

“My wife and daughter watch your show ALL the time!”  I bellowed.

“Shhh!” She shushed me, “I’m trying to go unnoticed…I want to go over to Ann Taylor without causing a commotion.”

Just then another young girl came up and asked for an autograph.  KG pulled out an already signed publicity photo from her purse and gave it to the gushing fan.  I said, “You got any more of those?  My daughter’s name is Kate too, and she’d love one.”  She obliged, I thanked her and left her alone.

After this exchange, I called Lori, who was shopping at WalMart in Ephrata, and she immediately headed for Park City to see if she and our Kate could be part of the action.  They made it in there in record time and even went into Ann Taylor, but did not see her.

As I was headed back to my car, I stopped to talked to the paparazzi dude.  He’s from NYC and follows whoever in demand.  Security rolled up to tell him and his buddy to move along, just she was on her way to her car.

I had seen enough, but Lori & Kate actually followed the photo stalkers on the road as they trailed KG.  They tagged along all the way to Berks County before hanging it up.

We felt kind of “dirty” chasing her around, but it was irresistable.  It’s a national soap opera playing out on our stage, Lancaaster and Berks Counties, and since the opportunity was there, we played along.