Yeah, me too. Actually Ree added to my knowledge in that post, I had figured out the "8" was kids and caught some miscellaneous headline or bit of radio talk about the supposed affair, I didn't know anything about the Kate part at all...though there was a one-sentence soundbite on the radio news this afternoon while I was driving between assignments that sure rings true with Ree's post.
It's a show about a woman who has a total of eight kids, and has so little self esteem and such a poor sense of self identity that she's taken on the persona of a celebrity as offered by the network promoting her. She's grown increasingly more vain and self-centered, though the reason for her status creates an internal conflict. Her lack of self-worth caused her to abuse her husband, who has sought the approval of a woman outside the marriage.
Their life would improve dramatically were the show cancelled, but all parties are on a money train that all are loathe to stop.