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Kate Gosselin is ticked off at all the negative reports lately.

Friends tell Fox 411 that she is working herself to exhaustion and trying to spend time with the children every spare second.  The mom of eight, who debuts with dance partner, Tony Dovoloni on “Dancing with the Stars” on March 22^nd,   is busy providing a living for her family.

“Kate is working her butt off right now and she tries to ignore all the reports that she’s a bad mom or the diva among the cast of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’” friends tell Fox411.

“The only reason she hasn’t been able to hang out with everyone and bond with the cast is because she has eight children in Pennsylvania.  She could not move them all with her to rehearse in LA, so Tony has relocated to PA to train her every day.”

But don’t think there is any resentment from Tony’s family. In fact, we hear Tony’s wife loves Kate and they have a great relationship.

“Kate may not be able to bond with the other people due to her location, but she’s doing her best to dive into the show and routines with Tony.”

Still, above all else, the busy mom is worried about paying her bills more than she’s worried about people thinking she’s rude to the “Dancing with the Stars” cast.

With ex-husband Jon around only to help parent the kids but not support them monetarily, the brunt of the financial responsibility rests on Kate’s shoulders.

“Kate is under a lot of pressure to make her mortgage payment and monthly bills,” sources tell Fox411.  “She considers herself a true single mom and she knows other mothers understand what she is going through.  Her hope is that moms all over the country will be her support system and vote for her on ‘DWTS.’  She loves traveling and meeting women everywhere and she feels like mothers get what she’s doing – supporting her family.”

But aside from working to provide for her kids, does Kate enjoy the fame and glamour of her new life?

“Kate loves having her hair done and being able to wear expensive clothes that she borrows, but she would trade it all for a small quiet life with the kids.  She is trying to find creative avenues for work so she can be with the children and working at the same time.  Kate is doing her best at keeping her family together and happy.”