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Jon Gosselin: Kate and I Are "Definitely Not Gonna Be Married Again"

Tuesday – November 24, 2009 – 10:20am

On Monday's episode of Jon and Kate Plus Eight: A cranky Mady and Cara get a timeout. (After they complain about a sign-making project, their dad snaps and sends them inside the house.) The sextuplets join Jon (wearing a "Lies Lies Lies Lies" t-shirt) to sell lemonade at a local firehouse and try on firemen's helmets.  As the twins (at school) miss out on the fun again, Kate takes the younger kids to milk cows and play with kittens at a neighboring dairy farm.

The real event of the night? The end of the reality series itself -- as precipitated by the end of Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage. (Their divorce may be finalized by the end of this year, as reported Monday.) 

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Punctuating the estranged couple's two separate outings with their six younger children, the husband and wife -- who share zero screen time together -- spoke their piece to the cameras for the last time for the show's finale.

Jon, 32, admits that he initially "took advantage" of his separation from Kate to behave immaturely; having married at age 22, he says, "maybe I'm reverting to 23." But, the embattled father insists, "I'm moving forward, I know what I have to do. To become friends with Kate. To continue my relationship with Hailey [Glassman]."

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Of her soon-to-be-ex-husband's relationship with Glassman and other women, Kate, 34, says she's kept her eight kids in the dark:
"They don't know about the girlfriends at all. That's just too warped for them, too unhealthy for them to know. They're learning at this age by watching us what it's like to be an adult, but that's the last thing I want them to know."

She later emphasizes her goal to remain "neutral" about her children's father. "They love him and they need to see him . . . It is what it is. He's still their dad and I will never discourage them from being with him."

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And while Jon doesn't mention Hailey again, he speaks romantically about his new home in Manhattan. The Big Apple, he says, is "like 'work.'...Although I live there, it's not like I'm at my house. Now it's like I have a place to go."

The family property in Wernersville, Penn., he says, is now his "country place": "When I get sick of the city and all the press and the media, I cross the [George Washington Bridge], I go back to my country place and I can just chill," he explains. "I've got the best of both worlds right now."

Kate seems less rosy-eyed about her new reality as a single mom. "Don't kid yourself," she quips. "When I'm driving to get school supplies with the kids or try on shoes . . . it always crosses my mind that I should be in the passenger seat and Jon should be driving. Every single time."

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"To clarify," she continues,  "maybe I wanted roles to change and for people to step up and stress loads to shift.  [But] I never wanted him absent from that driver's seat."

Less nostalgic for the past, Jon notes, "It's unfortunate that our marriage failed, but our family shouldn't fail. We're gonna have to strive to be the best parents we can whether we're married or not." Unexpectedly, he adds: "we're definitely not gonna be married again."

"I'm always gonna be there for my kids no matter what," he declares.

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Fighting back tears, Kate mourns the show as well as her marriage. "I never had a clear picture of how it would end. It's too soon," she says softly. The conclusion of the series, she says, is "useless, pointless, totally avoidable."

Before a greatest-memories montage plays at the hour's conclusion, Kate thanks her supporters and TLC.  "I'm very grateful for the opportunity. The memories -- for the memories on tape...I'm thankful for the support. for people who took us into their rooms and watched my kids grow up."

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  • December 11, 2009 - 7:48pm Student Says:

    Kate, don't let anyone turn you away from Christ. Please pray and go back to church and Sunday School. You will find some folks you can trust who don't believe in talking about your private life to others. You are precious and you have been burdened. Being young like you can cause us to move too quickly in love. Open your arms to God. Please know other Believers pray for you and your entire family.
  • December 07, 2009 - 9:31am laura faloon Says:

    jon is NOT gorgeous....you are a jerk to everyone that has ever known you.....
  • December 06, 2009 - 12:16am jborange Says:

    Why do people keep saying that Jon deserted his kids? That is so untrue.From what I saw on the show,Jon does visit his kids.And according to what he and Kate have said in their interviews,Jon has his scheduled visitation,and he is there when Kate goes out of town on business.He also showed to help out on the first day of school,and he was there for the twins' birthday in October.Plus,he and Kate and the kids will be spending Christmas together.That does not sound like someone who wants to desert his family.If Jon really wanted to leave his kids behind,he would not be going out of his way to be there for these important days in his kids lives.And when people say that Kate should cut him out of the picture completely,that's throwing the baby out with the bathwater.The breakdown of their relationship stems from a bigger problem.Women always think they can change a man once they marry them.When they are dating,they overlook the boyfriend's flaws and habits,thinking that all of that will change after they get married.Then they marry the guy and they have higher expectations.When the men don't meet their expectations they get disappointed and upset.And men do the same thing.Kate knew how Jon was when she married him.On the show,Kate always said how she and Jon were raised differently,and how she was overdisciplined and Jon was underdisciplined,and so on.Recently,on the 1 hour special,she said that she felt his goals had changed.I don't think they were ever on the same page with each other.They both started doing the show because they needed to support their eight kids,and they enjoyed the perks,but as time went on it seemed like the show became Kate's whole life,whereas John was trying not to let it consume his life.Even since they separated and started going through the divorce,Kate still wants to hang on to the show,whereas Jon realizes there is too much going on right now,and that they can't do the show and deal with their issues at the same time.What they need to do now is keep a low profile(especially Jon),come up with more realistic expectations for each other as parents,and let their arbitrator help them work out a parenting agreement that they both will be comfortable with so they can do what's right for the kids.
  • December 02, 2009 - 6:24pm barb Says:

    Kate, always remember there is something better out there in your future than the guy who left so he could act like a child some more. Jon, everyone gets theirs in the end....you will too. Your children will grow up and know the truth of your leaving.....
  • December 02, 2009 - 2:29pm santa Says:

    Remember when Jon cooked Kate breakfast on Mother's Day AND took care of the kids while she lay in bed? She ridiculed him. Remember when Emeril was cooking with them and Jon was trying to help? Kate ridiculed him. Remember all the trips when Jon was working his a** off while Kate did nothing and shouted orders like a drill sergeant? She ridiculed him. Kate ridiculed him no matter how much or what he did. Her ridicule doesn't prove Jon is a boob. It proves Kate is unpleasable. It would (or will) be the same, no matter who she's with. Let's face it. Many men can be silly sometimes. Look at Jim-Bob Duggar. He does ridiculous things and looks dumb sometimes but his wife smiles and laughs WITH him not AT him and that makes the audience view Jim Bob as Michelle does, through the eyes of love. Kate has led some to see Jon as she does--as a fool. Kate's the fool. I truly hope Jon regains his confidence and ignores the media.
  • December 01, 2009 - 8:30pm Tootsie Says:

    Really and I'm sure Kate confided all this to you since you are in the know. Gee you be sure & keep us all informed! NOT!!
  • December 01, 2009 - 2:13pm dessertgirl Says:

    Kate is upset because she now realizes that the freebies will stop. No more expensive matc$ing outfits, free food, trips, toys, $200 plus lunches with Steve at Nobu unless she pays for it out of her own pocket or digs up some of the cash she has buried in the backyard from her $20 CASH photos, autographs, etc.
  • November 30, 2009 - 5:28pm Gam Says:

    The Original Orderly is a very, very sick troll who posts these same exact comments and lies everywhere on the internet. Go away Orderly, everyone from all the blogs and comment boards are sick of you. Get your fat bald azz off and away from the computer and get a real job. You devote yourself to the hate rants of Kate Gosselin literally 24 hours a day. Look just here how sick he is! He has also gone by the name of Tomax, Xamot, Normal, Lamron & other names.
  • November 28, 2009 - 8:46am dee Says:

    Jon is a big jerk he hurt his family instead of trying to change what he could by stepping up and sticking up for himself he when to another womens bed...now thats a real man. I don't think he was every in to it with Kate to begin with Jon you are a lost Puppy...and your girl friend is not al that de
  • November 28, 2009 - 2:45am JenRN Says:

    I am so grateful this thanksgiving for Jon and Kate are gone. Just have to say Kate says "I cant go back to being a nurse, because I could never support my children. Yet when she decided to have the multiple birth, what was she a Nurse. What a phoney greedy fool. I wont miss those questions and answers she gives herself like "was I wrong, yes". She should be honest with those by saying "Am I a greedy fool" "yes". "Am I a loser, most definetly". BA BY.
  • November 27, 2009 - 1:38am Melin Says:

    In my world we would consider that Kate married much "beneath her". She is college-educated, articulate, well-written and socially appropriate. Jon is, well... the opposite of those things, let's just say. She's taken the "high road" by acting classy and truly putting her children first throughout this divorce, regardless of who asked for it first. Maybe now she'll have an opportunity to meet a partner who is more her equal. We'll just continue snickering at Jon's behavior. That's the way it is. Like it or not.
  • November 27, 2009 - 12:59am Lili Says:

    I agree with Tugar; please, just go away tiny jon and shrew kate.
  • November 26, 2009 - 8:24pm Jon is a loser. Says:

    November 25, 2009 - 5:49pm TEAM JON Says: JON IS GORGEOUS! THE HATERS HAVE BEEN DUMPED BY THEIR MEN! HAHAHA Get over it my husband doesn't like Jon either. He says Jon is a fatass loser. He needs to get a job and support thoses kids. And he says to inform you he stands by my opions. He is not a jerk like Jon and bashes his wife.
  • November 26, 2009 - 8:19pm Jon fools nobody Says:

    November 26, 2009 - 3:26am Jay Says A/K/A Helly, Jon ended the show because Jon was given little time and he did it to spite Kate. Jon is for Jon only and he doesn't give a ratass about how anything affects those kids. If he did he wouldn't have treated Maddy and Cara the way he did.
  • November 26, 2009 - 8:13pm Men Hate Jon too Says:

    Yes wise up Jon and his so called friends do all the bad posting about Kate. I guess Jon pays them too. I guess also that after TLC gets his money that he will be posting buy hisself. His Kate haters say that the Jon haters husbands have left them too, and I dought these women's husbands have gone anywhe. There are a lot of men who hate Jon. Not all men act like Jon and he is a digrace to the males and they have an opinion too.
  • November 26, 2009 - 8:07pm Wise up Says:

    One thing I haven'tseen anyone ask is where is Beth's husband. He is supposed to have hired Jon after he got fired form his IT job. Did he fire him too. I know that Kate and Beth are still friends. She post from time to time. I guess her husband got tired of the whinning loser too. Jon will never hold a job.
  • November 26, 2009 - 8:00pm Wise up Says:

    That Neighbor in the know is probably Jon and his cult. They post on her and uses different names. he doesn't have very many people who like him and they have to make it see like there are a lot of Kate hates. In fact he has been sooo low-down nobodys gives a ratsass about him any more. I use to think better of him but he was such a tyrant that I changed my mind. I watched all the show and a lot of thr reruns so I keep seeing how he treated Kate and how he only wanted to do what he wanted to do.
  • November 26, 2009 - 7:32pm JC Says:

    Kate, you don't need a person like Jon. He cheated on you and everything. You are really beatiful and need a guy like me to really take care of you. Well so long for now,JC hollywood954@yahoo.co m
  • November 26, 2009 - 7:16pm Wise up Says:

    November 24, 2009 - 6:29pm BONBON Says: Wise up if Kate had not been in control of thaking care of the money. They would be in the same Gutter that Jon is going to be in. I am so glad that he didn't get to manage the money. They wouldn't have a dime today.
  • November 26, 2009 - 6:50pm Run Jon Run Says:

    Jon you did the right thing dumping that Gutter trash Hellyzilla. She was cramping your style. You can now go and have some fun. She was making it hard for you and Kate to be friends where the children are concerned. All she ever did was bash kate because she was jealous. After all she is just a drunk and drug addit. Eventualy she will get caught and if you are with her so are you. Maybe you and the kids will have a chance of getting along. She would have been a witch to thoses kids a real monster to them. She would have beat them everday and poor Maddy she would have killed her, no dought.

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