Celebrity Justice
"Kid Nation" Mom: Stop Calling Me!

It wasn't all bad for the kids and parents involved in the controversial CBS show, "Kid Nation." In fact, one parent told the show to stop calling her so much!


In an interview on today's "Ellen," one mom told DeGeneres that she asked producers to stop giving her updates, saying, "I'm Italian and Jewish. When I see a long distance phone call coming in, I worry! I think there's a problem!" Oy vey!

"Kid Nation" finally premieres tonight at 8:00 PM on CBS.

Tags: ellen degeneres show, EllenDegeneresShow, kid nation, KidNation

Reader Comments

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1. ....this mother is annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...thank god we won't see her anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:33PM on Sep 19th 2007 by j from TO

2. This show is so LAME! The parents are freaks for exploiting their own children and the kids are a bunch of geeks. Enough reality TV! We are all sick of it.

Posted at 5:59PM on Sep 19th 2007 by nerd nation

3. Seen some of show can not believe it BAD BAD

Posted at 7:47AM on Sep 20th 2007 by Angel

4. This show must be horrible, the way the network is pushing it. Commercials for this show are on every 10 minutes........

Posted at 10:29AM on Sep 20th 2007 by Ooba Gooba

5. I watched it and I liked it alot....then again I am addicted to reality tv!

Posted at 4:02PM on Sep 20th 2007 by Pampma

6. Aren't parents teaching their kids not to drink something that wasn't given to them especially if it wasn't marked with something they recognized? To me this is poor parenting and a lack of maturity on the kids part. I think that this show is great.!!! My family watches it together and they learn from the ideas and mistakes of of the others. This is life! And as far as hard work????? How many kids on that show do you think have to get up at 5AM to do farm work anyway? Not all kids in this world are beauty queens and have everything handed to them on a platter. More than half of the kids in this country are now living in single parent homes and all have to pitch in. If we teach our kids the basics of life at an early age and if we teach them to work hard for what they want maybe we wouldn't have as many kids complaining when they become adults like the ones that are complaining now about this show. It gives a child an opportunity to express themselves....and quite honestly I do think that there are a few kids on this show that have the ideas, morals, values and common smarts of how to be a good leader mor so than the adults that complain about an experience that they didn't recieve! AND these kids can just as easily get hurt at home as they did on the show....people complaining about this are just looking for someone else to blame. IF THE PARENTS THAT AGREED TO LET THEIR CHILDREN GO ON THIS SHOW WEREN'T CONFIDENT THAT THEIR CHILD WAS MATURE ENOUGH ......THEN I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LET THEM GO! I applaud the parents that let their children go because they've obviously done a great job in order for their kids to have handled this!!!

Posted at 8:53PM on Oct 16th 2007 by irisheyes4u2day

7. I love kid nation in fact i would rather go on this than have christmas and birthday presents!
I dont think there is a lack of parenting skills because this is teaching kids how to deal with it themselves without parents which is actually life saving skills and almost makes you feel like a parent because you can deal with things and not have a parent step in the fight and you never know how to solve/resolve it yourself. If you think this show is unuseful thats your opinion but my parents actually want me to go on this show to see me haul water and be a leader or be on town council and this way i know i wouldn't wanna do anything wrong because most of my friends watch this show and LOVE IT! They say what's there not to like about it sure it might need a little addition here and there but I WANNA GO ON THIS SHOW SO BAD I WANNA CALL THE PRODUCERS AND BEG THEM TILL I GET TO GO ON!

Posted at 10:02PM on Nov 25th 2007 by Sarah