Kate Gosselin is getting a mild dose of the Paula Deen effect. Someone posted this private photo of her in a plastic sumo wrestler-style wig, pulling the corners of her eyes back.
It made a lot of people uncomfortable, so Kate came forward and released a statement. Here it is, from E Online:
It was a happy time for me and Jon, smiling and ‘goofing off’ together. Jon and I were opening fan mail together one afternoon—which often filled the garage of our Elizabethtown home—and when we opened this plastic Asian dress up wig sent from a caring fan, we smiled, each taking turns posing in it and snapping photos (on my phone) of each other. Naturally, I ‘slanted’ my eyes to show him my best Asian impression, which made him smile. At that time, a common topic of our show was ‘everybody’s Asian’— except for mommy, so a thoughtful fan figured she’d help me look Asian too! It’s normal to talk about and even ‘exaggerate’ the feature differences between family members of a biracial family as they are noticed by curious growing children within the family. These types of discoveries and at home discussions are a normal part of being a loving accepting biracial family and it does not make any of us prejudice! I married an Asian. I have eight biracial children therefore I’m quite certain that I’m the last person that could be called a racist.
Ms. Gosselin also wants to stress that the photo was taken from her “home computer” and this whole thing “opportunistically turned into something that it never was intended to be.” And any second now, she’s going to say she’s being bullied again.
Miley did it first.
Jeeez ppl get over it all ppl are racist so stop pointing finger and move on.