Jon Gosselin is still not in touch with his ex-wife Kate Gosselin and six of their children, but he hopes the tide will change at some point.
“I always wish the best for everything, but as adults now they have to make that decision,” Jon, 47, said exclusively Us weekly on Thursday, April 25, at the grand opening of the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center West Hollywood. “I can’t keep reaching out and burning myself.”
He noted that it was “the same thing” with Kate, 49.
“I would hope [things would improve]said Jon Us. “I mean, our kids will get married eventually. A lot [is] On your part, because I reported, I have branched out a lot and will be shot down.”
Kate and Jon Gosselin have been making headlines for more than a decade. The former couple, who tied the knot in 1999, introduced their family to the world after the birth of their sextuplets: Alexis, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Leah and Aaden. After the family of 10, Jon and Kate also share twins Mady and […]
Jon and Kate were married between 1999 and 2009. They have eight children: twins Mady and Cara, both 23, and sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel, all 19. Following Jon and Kate Plus 8 After the stars’ controversial divorce, Kate retained sole custody of the children. However, in 2016, Kate had Collin admitted to a treatment facility after several alleged behavioral outbursts. Both Jon and Collin denied the claims at the time, leading the TLC patriarch to seek sole custody of his son in 2018. Jon also took custody of daughter Hannah before the sextuplets turned 18.
“Collin and Hannah are great,” Jon said Us on Thursday. “So they store their things at my house and come and go as they please. And they are adults! They are [almost] 20 now.”
According to Jon, Hannah has some communication with her siblings.
“The other kids talk to Hannah, not Collin,” he said. “Yes, I always try [too], but I don’t get any answers. So maybe in the future.”
Collin enlisted in the armed forces while Hannah is currently attending the University of Miami. Jon, for his part, is focused on his relationship with his girlfriend Stephanie Lebo.
Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin became famous because of their family, but the duo didn’t always have a good relationship with all of their children. The former couple, who were married from 1999 to 2009, became parents in October 2000 with the birth of twins Mady and Cara. In 2004, the Gosselins a […]
“She makes me smile,” he gushed Us, teasing their future. “I’m definitely proposing. I’m getting married [and] I think she’ll say yes.”
Jon further explained that his relationship with Lebo is “different” than his previous marriage.
“[Back] Then it was something like TV and it was hard. You don’t want to tell everyone something. They’re afraid they’ll sell it to the press. You have post-traumatic stress disorder,” he recalls. “This has happened before. But this time I felt open and enough time had passed that she could be my friend and then I could explain what was going on… and I could get back to where I needed to be [as a person].”
Jon is also pursuing a DJ career, performing at the opening of the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center after receiving injection treatments, which the practice also offers to its patients.
“I mean, my friends all push me into it for a while and I’m like, ‘Bro, you’re not a doctor,'” Jon said. “It’s different when they say, ‘Oh, try this pizza, it’s good,’ but it’s a second meal in your body and you need it.”
With reporting by Andrea Simpson