
Earlier this week, Molls wrote about Kate the Clean Slate’s (*shudder*) new hairdo which includes extensions that look like they were purchased and installed in the autocare section at Wal-mart where I buy my tires. So it’s fitting that Kate’s new hair is worth more than the Kelley blue book price for my 1997 Honda Civic.
The stylist, Ted Gibson, revealed in an interview this week that the combined cost of the salon services Kate received was worth about $7,000.
“My haircuts are $950,” Ted revealed. “The color would have been about $500, and the extensions, which were great length extensions, would probably cost about $5000.”
Kate was excited about getting a new look to start off the new year, but was a little nervous about changing her trademark bangs. “We were together for about 20 hours and I would say 15 of those hours were working on Kate trying to convince her to cut her bangs,” Ted joked. “I felt like she was hiding behind that front piece.”
Despite the hesitation, he said the mother of eight “was really open to the entire process.” Ted summed up his vision for the TLC star: “I wanted to make sure I took her from being really ordinary to really extraordinary!”
Ted even has a nickname for Kate’s old hairstyle, “The little short bits in the back, we called them her ‘attitude’ and getting rid of those took a long time!”
Ted said Kate loved her new do, which she’ll have to have done every three or four months. “She was blown away, she had no idea what the length of hair and changing the color and bangs would do for her!”
They kept saying “would have cost” which indicates that she got the new ‘do for free, probably for the publicity it would generate. Even so, the idea of a $7,000 hairstyle– ugly or otherwise– is absolutely repugnant. And I’m betting that the 3 to 4 month upkeep is going to come out of someone’s pocket.
This is part of the reason why I can’t understand why anyone is “Team” either of the Gosselins. They’ve built their “celebrity” around the idea that they’re just a mom and dad trying to take care of their large family. But they’re not like you– they’re just selling you that bill of goods so you’ll identify with them, watch their TV show, and buy their crap. How many $7,000 haircuts and trysts with 25 year olds is it going to take before you realize that they’re both disgusting, just in different ways?