I just got my Teen People in the mail! Options

[zembla]

Entourage...love that show.

[unknown_person]

ooh, i hope kat got the entourage part... adrien (the lead actor) is mighty fine, and well, i wouldn't mind seeing him and kat getting it on... okay, mind out of the gutter. Thanks for the article tidbits!

[katmcpheefanx]

I dont know why teen people doesnt send me them anymore, guess my subscription ran out

[Cait]

Next paragraph...

Judging from her cool, calm and candid demeanor, one probably wouldn't peg Kat as a bundle of nerves. As on Idol, during this interview, the girl isn't afraid to speak her mind. When Simon Cowell's dis of her performance of Christina Aguilera's "The Voice Within" comes up, she says, "Those are the moments you hate Simon. I was already in the bottom two; you big jerk, don't rub it in." And when the judges criticized her song choice (Yolanda Adams's version of "I Believe I Can Fly"), she defiantly pointed out that BMG U.S. Chairman and CEO Clive Davis, that night's guest (and her new boss, who oversees RCA Records), had actually recommended the song for her. "I had nothing to lose," she says. "I was the only girl left, and I was like, 'You know what? You are not going to tell me I picked a wrong song.' [But] I meant it with all the sweetness in my heart." Paula Abdul calls the exchange "a little embarrassing" while insisting she's a fan: "Katharine is primed to be the next Kelly Clarkson. She is so beautiful and such an inspiration."

More coming...

This post has been edited by LittLeLuVabLe1xo: Jun 27th 2006, 5:11 PM

[onemoretime3]

She has a total of 7 pages! [including the pictures with the article]

Ok now I'm getting ready to read it...

i can't wait to read it!!! that's a lot. why can't it be june 30 yet?!

[Katharine McIdol]

ooh, i hope kat got the entourage part... adrien (the lead actor) is mighty fine, and well, i wouldn't mind seeing him and kat getting it on... okay, mind out of the gutter. Thanks for the article tidbits!

[Cait]

Next paragraphs:

Although Kat considers her Idol loss to be the ultimate rejection, she's used to hard knocks. Pre-Idol, she explains, at least 195 out of 200 or so auditions she had in 18 months were rejections. She reasons it wasn't about lack of talent but, rather, the weight she'd gained while majoring in musical theater at the Boston Conservatory (she left at the end of her sophomore year to pursue acting). "I definitely put on the 'freshman 20'" she admitts. "We would [go out], get back to the dorm at two in the morning, have three slices of Little Steve's House of Pizza -- which were big -- and go to bed."

Her weight issues led to something much more damaging: bulimia, as first reported by PEOPLE. Kat suffered on and off from ages 17 to 21. "I was a binge-and-purger," she tells TEEN PEOPLE. "It always starts off with a diet. The more I dieted, the more I became obsessed with food. Food was like a drug to me.... It was such a miserable life."

[Floret]

thanks for the transcrip! Can't wait for the rest!

[czar_iya]

Scans of her Cover

[Omega8]

hope she gets the entourage part

[Cait]

Next paragraphs:

The roots of her eating disorder may have been planted early on. "At 13, my body changed," says the 5-foot-8 singer. "Overnight, I had womanly curves and big boobs. [Before,] I was a stick and could eat all I wanted." When she got to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., she still struggled with her self-image. "I was on the swim team but always [felt] uncomfortable in bathing suits," she recalls. "I got more and more obsessed with trying to lose weight and looking like other 14- and 15-year-olds," she says. "I think it has to do with growing up in L.A., where people are more body-conscious."

At times, she also had difficulties with her mom, Peisha, 52, a vocal coach and singer-actress who began teaching Kat when she was four. (Her dad, Daniel, 57, is in advertising and special events.) "I just hated my mom [in high school] because she'd never let me do anything," Kat recalls. "I was always the one who had to come home early -- freshman year at 10 p.m., sophomore year at 10:30--it was ridiculous. I'm still angry," she says jokingly. That's not to say Kat -- who has a sister, Adriana, 24, an aspiring TV producer -- didn't get around the rules. "I'd say I was spending the night at a friend's and my mom would go, 'OK, call me at midnight.' So I'd be at a party in another room like, 'Shhh... everybody be quiet.'"

[unknown_person]

interesting. so kat and her mom didn't get along in high school. for some reason, i never thought they did. maybe it was the whole "i don't talk to my family that much" comment on idol that led me to believe that, even if she was joking. also, kat was a rebel? i like it.

[Cait]

Next paragraph:

Kat asserted her independence during the competition. "My mom would call me and be concerned [about the show], and there came a point where I drew the line. You have to let me make my own decisions. That was a huge thing for me and my mom." Peisha acknowledges the rough patches but says, "We're really attached. When I took her to college, it was hard for her to leave me. Sometimes I can feel her thinking, and she can feel me thinking. We're a lot alike."

[czar_iya]

Hey guys! Here are some of her scans in the Magazine.







This post has been edited by czar_iya: Jun 27th 2006, 5:32 PM

[shackle]

thank you very much for typing it all out.

[KatWhisperer]

interesting. so kat and her mom didn't get along in high school. for some reason, i never thought they did. maybe it was the whole "i don't talk to my family that much" comment on idol that led me to believe that, even if she was joking. also, kat was a rebel? i like it.

Who didn't have problems with their mom in high school? She's just like every one, such a normal yet special girl.

Thanks for putting up those updates. I'm riveted here!

[Katharine McIdol]

Scans of her Cover

[danihami]

Can you get the scans any bigger please?

[czar_iya]

Can you get the scans any bigger please?

I'll give it a try.. Hold on one sec...

[Cait]

Next section:

Battling Depression

For all the growing pains, Kat is thankful for her mom's support during her toughest period: right after she left college. "I'd cry every day," she says. "I'd tell my mom [that moving back home] was the worst decision, that I should've stayed in school, where I'd probably be starring in a show." She remembers the feedback her manager would get from auditions: "'Just lose 10 to 15 pounds, and we'll start booking stuff.' I saw, like, five dietitians and even this really famous doctor for weekly acupuncture to relieve my stress. My mom was doing everything to help me." Says Peisha, "She looked beautiful but felt she wasn't camera-ready. It's unfortunate our society is obsessed with being so stick thin."

Meanwhile, Kat's lvoe life was also bumpy. She admits she's had her share of failed romances. "You feel desperate when someone doesn't treat you right and you really like him," she says. "It's that whole chase thing," Now she knows the danger signs: "When you are trying to please the person as opposed to just being who you are, you have to end it."