NO WATER FOR YOU

AND NOW . . . KATE GOSSELIN IS DENYING HER KIDS WATER???

It'd be really nice to ignore all this "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" hysteria. But if KATE GOSSELIN is more concerned with the reality show than keeping her kids HYDRATED . . . that's something we definitely need to call her out on.

There's a video making the rounds online, which appears to be behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of their stupid show. While Kate and the kids are waiting to tape an interview, one of the girls begins whining about how she's thirsty and is feeling "dehydrated." Kate just responds, quote, "Yes, me too." So Kate asks the crew if she can have a bottle of water. They hand her one . . . and she drinks it in front of the thirsty kid then puts it on the ground next to her chair WITHOUT GIVING HER DAUGHTER A SIP.

The girl even says, "You're drinking it right in front of me." Kate tells her daughter she'll get her a drink AFTER the interview. The kid says, "You're really, really mean. You drank right in front of my face."

Then, Kate actually appears to have a change of heart. She starts reaching for the bottle, but realizes that the interview is about to start. So she tells her thirsty daughter, quote, "We can't right now, we're going on."

(--Here's the video . . .)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjohryb6xAU

(--Wow. Talk about a parent who clearly doesn't have her priorities in the right place to raise eight kids. This footage is supposedly from this past January . . . long before this show was the MEDIA SENSATION that it is now.)

So if there's one positive side to the way the show has BLOWN UP in recent weeks, it's that maybe Kate has to be a little more civil and attentive to her kids, now that the whole freakin' country seems to be watching.