Jon Gosselin says police made Kate leave their $1.1 million Pennsylvania home Thursday night after a heated argument.
"She tried to come home yesterday, and I wouldn't let her in the gate, and I guess she called the police," Gosselin tells Splash News. "The police came and said it was a civil matter."
"An officer pulled me aside and I said, 'This has never happened before and I'm just trying to spend time with my kids and she's [Kate] gonna have to leave,'" he says.
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Jon says Kate "tried to 'cry it up' with the cops and it didn't work and they said, 'You have to leave.'
"It was a miscommunication. Kate said she was coming home, and I said, 'Well, it's my time to spend with the kids,'" Jon goes on. "I don't come home when she's with the kids, and vice versa — and that's how it's supposed to be."
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What sparked the fight?
Jon says he called babysitter Stephanie Santoro – a 23-year-old single mother and aspiring model who has stayed overnight and partied with Jon – to watch the kids while he was filming Jon & Kate Plus 8.
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"I guess she didn't agree with my babysitting," Jon says of Kate, adding that it was the first time he'd seen his ex wife for "a long time" (they announced they were separating in June).
When asked why Kate was upset about Santoro (who also works as a "shooter girl" selling shots at local club Legends), Jon says, "I have no idea. I guess 'cause she didn't have approval."
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Jon says he'll only approve of Kate's babysitters "if she'll approve mine."
No one was arrested during Thursday's fight and no citations were issued.
A teary-eyed Kate immediately checked in to a local Days Inn.
Earlier the same day day, a Live! With Regis and Kelly interview aired, during which Kate said her marriage to Jon could never be saved.
"You know, we definitely have different goals at this point," she said. "A lot has changed, a lot of unexpected things have came up."
