Maybe Kate Gosselin can share some words of wisdom for TLC's Sextuplets Take New York mom of multiples, Digna Carpio.
Don't belittle your husband on national TV, don't get a mom-hawk hairdo unless you are prepared for mockery and later ... extensions, don't remarry your husband while the world watches because TV marriages almost always end in divorce ....
I have a good feeling, though, that Digna is more careful than that -- and it's not just because of the plastic she keeps on her couch.
Victor and Digna Carpio are a Latino family from Queens, NY (holla! I did all of my toddler and tween years there). The sextuplets are 22 months old and there are four boys -- Justin, Jezreel, Joel, and Jaden -- and two girls -- Danella and Genesis. They also have a 7-year-old son named Jhancarlos. (Maybe the show will reveal why only the boys have the same letter names? I'm curious.)
But what makes this family even more intriguing is the fact that Victor brings home $1,800 a month for his job as a maintenance worker. For some that's a lot, but for many living in NYC, that won't even cover a month's rent. Plus, as a mom of twins living in Brooklyn (Queens' neighbor), I can attest to the difficulties of city life with multiples -- though on a much, much smaller scale. From the challenges of taking the subway (all those stairs) to maneuvering a supermarket (too small aisles) to living in a building with an elevator that is affordable or finding something else that isn't a fourth-floor walk-up -- the Carpios are making it work with very little.
“We fell in love with them,” Nancy Daniels, TLC’s Senior Vice-President of Production and Development said. “All of our shows look at interesting families and interesting lives. They’re struggling with taking care of a lot of small children who are all the same age and overrunning their house.”
I know I can't wait to watch. I wonder what Kate thinks. Are you going to tune in to Sextuplets?
Image via NY Daily News
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i would love to watch it, anything with lots of babies i'm on it lol. I also understand the price of living in the city with a small paycheck, if they can make it we can too!
Probably not.
I don't usually watch shows based on freakishly large families (or freakishly large egos), but these people sound like wonderful, hard-working, normal people. I just might tune in!
I would actually place the blame on John & Kate for agreeing to exploit their kids for money, not TLC.
Anonymous, did you miss the part where he works full-time and she's raising six kids?
Just because your job doesn't make a lot for the area you're in doesn't mean you don't bust your butt.
I will not watch TLC destroy another family. The Gosselin childrens' life is ruined thanks to TLC, their fame whore mother and wimpy father.
wait did I miss something? Jon and Kate got remarried? Any ways, it never said they were on wel fare to who ever made that comment. I would love to watch it. I think its great that jon and katehave soo many memories to look back on from the show and i dont think TLC messed up their family. What happened would have happened with or without the show. Those kids didnt know any different since they have been on tv almost their whole life.
Anonymous, just because they live in new york with 7 kids in an apartment doesn't mean they're on welfare. I think you are stereotyping them and being really unfair. Trust me, I know what its like. Between my husband and I, we make 3,000 a month and we live in the Bronx. Now that seems like a lot but in new york, its not. this is a hard town to be in and you have to make due. I'm gonna watch because I think it can genuinely interested to see how they live.