Gosselin with DWTS dance partner

Kate Gosselin, is hearing the scorn from her critics after she signed on for the new season of ‘Dancing With the Stars.” She is being accused of neglecting her eight children to embark on moving up from her D-list celebrity status to…let me think about this…hmm…a C minus-list celebrity list? (Yes, it is a question.)

Kate is speaking up against her critics (OF COURSE SHE IS!) and says she is doing THIS for her kids. (There are women who dance for a living to make money for their children. And no they aren’t all strippers…although that is what comes to my mind…but I digress.)

She tells People magazine that she can’t provide for her eight children on her former nurse’s pay and since her ex isn’t reliable for financial support, she is the sole provider.

Which of course means she has to do Dancing With the Stars! (hence the sarcasm.)

“If I last two weeks on the show, I’ve shown my kids that hard work and perseverance pays off,” Gosselin tells People, adding, “and if I don’t win, I’ve shown them you don’t always have to come in first. You just have to keep on trying.”

Gosselin’s “Dancing” partner Tony Dovolani tells People, “She’s just a complete role model as a mom.”

However, Gosselin admits that she’s often up to ‘20-24 hours a day, everyday.’

Which leads one to wonder how that could be good for her kids?

What do you think about Kate being on Dancing With the Stars?

Do you think its time for both Gosselins to slink back into regular life and leave their celebrity aspirations aside and concentrate on their children?