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Filed under: Divorce & Custody, Celeb Kids, Celeb Parents, Behaving Badly, In The News, Extreme Childhood
Jon Gosselin with his six of his eight children in happier days for the couple. Credit: Soul Brother, FilmMagic
Problem is, it's costing him.
His legal battle with his ex seems to grow exponentially every day, which, of course, sends the media frenzy on Jon-dom into the stratosphere. We called Jon for a quick chat to catch up on how this is impacting his parenting and ended up talking about everything else.
ParentDish: So, what's going on?
Jon Gosselin: I'm just trying to be as cordial as possible. I messed up at the beginning and now I want to be a nice guy, make better decisions and do the right thing.
PD: Why? What did you do that you consider bad moves.
JG: Meeting Kate Major [former reporter for Star magazine] and Stephanie [Santoro], the nanny. Those were two things.
PD: What's with you and family friend Hailey Glassman?
JG: Me and Hailey are still together. It was hard for her in the beginning. We are going to stay together. She talks to people. She's so friendly. She just goes up to people and says, 'I love your shoes.'
PD: Are you two going to get married?
JG: We don't talk about getting married. She's seen how messy my divorce has been and she says it makes her not want to get married. She laughs about it. It's so different than it was with Kate. It's so comfortable with Hailey and her family. They are so nice. They gave Kate a free tummy tuck, worth $20 grand. I mean, hello? It's free surgery.
PD: How is Hailey adjusting?
JG: I apologized to Hailey that I shouldn't have been hanging out with anyone else. I love her to death and she could've walked away.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 24)
10-09-2009 @ 7:57PM
Katty said...Seriously, what is wrong with that guy? He doesn't sound like a 30 something year old father, he sounds like a guy......ick. Plus, what's up with all the jewish talk, it sounds so insencere and then he wants them off tv but invites Entertainment Tonight to film him picking up his daughter's birthday cake and driving to their home in PA so that they can film whether he gets in or not....huh?
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10-09-2009 @ 8:24PM
tinaraikes said...I do agree with him about they should yank the kids away from this reality show. It's time for them to just be kids. And also most parents today are divorced. I really was against him at first, but now I think he is making alittle since. Kate and Jon should just let the kids live nomal, get there divorce and just live there life and always put the kids first. Divorce is awful nasty anyway (I know), being in the lime light with it has to be double the nasty. They just need to remember that they have got great kids so him and kate need to get along for them. Kids get hurt the most when parents hate each other. They need to suck it up, be nice, get the divorce and get rid of those nasty lawyers as fast as they can.
Tina
10-09-2009 @ 8:56PM
D said...Good Luck Jon I say
Did anyone really ever listen to the way Kate spoke to and or about him. I could never really become a regular of the show, for everytime I attemplted to watch I would see this woemn/wife talk down to her husband and if the roles were reversed there would have been a huge stink made over a guy talking down to his wife...
I would never speak to and or take speech of such from my husband... And why should he!! AS FOR HIS AFFAIRS "UNACCEPTABLE AS WELL" Franklin I am surprised anyone cares to watch the show and continue to expLoit these children!!!! LOOK ASHAMED
10-09-2009 @ 9:14PM
Robin said...Katty....I just saw the news earlier. He didn't "invite" anyone to come and take pics of him picking up that cake. Entertainment News had ordered that cake and payed the store to let them come in. They knew that that was where they ordered cakes from. Jon went in to pick up cupcakes, and instead was told a cake had already been ordered. And that's how they got him. Do you really think he would have mispelled his own kid's name?
10-09-2009 @ 9:35PM
lisa said...this guy acts like a total kid. maybe his kids should teach him something. in addition he constantly repeats on how kate bashes him all the time in the media, but here he is talking all the crap about his wife. this guy needs to get a life and grow up.
10-09-2009 @ 9:44PM
Sondra said...Jon is so fake. Has anyone notice he is the first one to come out whining to the media. I do not feel bad for him at all. He brought this on himself. It is sad when his much younger girlfriend has to tell him when he has done something wrong. He acts like he is a child and needs to be told what to do. And that is why Kate took that role. Now is girlfriend is is new mother. How sick/his children are more mature than he is
10-09-2009 @ 10:25PM
Brooke said...i totaly agree plus he thinks he's so perfect but hes's more than likley lieing about half the things he said. it's like get a life jon. and he's more than likley trying to make kate jealous plus he thinks he's such a good father but he's causing pain for his kids he makes me sick.
10-09-2009 @ 10:44PM
Lisa said...I used to be on Jon's side, but now I despise him. He makes me sick. He made the choices to get married and have children now he should stand by them rather than running around like a teenager. He is going through a major crisis in his life and he needs to wake up and realize that he has 8 kids to take care of and that he needs to be a role model for. I am glad that TLC took him off the show! I just hope that they are able to continue.
10-09-2009 @ 11:05PM
Dari said..."She is my best friend. She'll tell me if I do something wrong". Why didn't Hailey tell you that cheating on your wife was wrong??? Marriage is not easy, but you just do not walk away from it! How can he compare his new girlfriend to the mother of his 8 kids??? Are you serious Jon? He sounds like a clown! I feel bad for the kids! At least Kate has some class.
10-10-2009 @ 2:00AM
blackangel said...I watched this show from day one an i have always supported tha gosselins i think kate does take certain things 2 an extreme sumtimes. Jon has the right to not want his children on the show anymore because of the messy things that have happened. everything will work out for tha kids sake. I think all media should jus leave them alone an let them have their lives bk because this will follow for the rest of their lives already. i still support tha gosselins mom dad an of course tha little ones. god bless u all
10-09-2009 @ 11:20PM
ashley said...Ok....let's all be honest....the real reason Kate don't want to pull the kids out of the tv show is because her and Jon have made all this money, they now have a million dollar home, she has everything she could possibly ask for......do u honestly think she wants to give all that up.....she's selfish....she's money hungry.....she doesn't want to be like every other american and have to work for a living....yea yea i know they say she has a job on TLC but come on, i'm talking about a real job for crying out loud......she doesn't want to give up all that money, so yea she's gonna sacrifice the kids' childhood for it, that's just what kind of person she is......besides if she did stop the tv show, how would she come up with the payments for the house?......This whole arguement isn't about wether or not the kids should have a childhood anymore it's about money......and kate is rolling in it and loving it......she's not going to give it up, she wants it to bad.....i think they should take the kids out and make her get a job, them kids are more important than some tv show. However, on the other hand and a different look at things (looking from kate's point of view) she has 8 kids a random minimum wage job isn't gonna feed 8 kids and house them and cloth them, etc.....if you look at it from that point of view it would seem as if she was thinking in the kids' best interest, but i honestly don't think that's the case.....
10-10-2009 @ 12:03AM
Marty said...Amen to this one! I can't stand the creep. Everything is about him. Like others, I'm now curious as to why he doesn't want the kids to be filmed any more. Why did the jerk decide that NOW and not earlier?? He is a paunchy, balding and so stuck on himself; the comments he makes sound so phony. Have you seen the idiot being interviewed (or whatever)? He's disgusting! The interviewer got him when she asked about the kids & he starts in about himself - she turned that on him and asked why he was talking about himself when the question was about the kids. I use to love the "trash" show ET but, with all the crud about/on Jon, I will no longer watch that show.
10-10-2009 @ 12:04AM
asb said...Are you serious??? Its funny that Jon only pulled the kids off AFTER they wrote him off the show. Why was he not worried about the kids then
10-10-2009 @ 12:04AM
Kate said...PD: Would you have more children?
JG: No. But if Hailey and I got married and she wanted to, then obviously I would. But let me get through this first.___________You can't afford them moron.
10-10-2009 @ 12:28AM
lightyear said...If Jon and Kate divorce...oh well. It stinks, but it happens. But for goodness sake, be a man and for once, stand on your own two feet. I told my daughter "weak women are useless, you have to be able to take care of yourself...no matter what". Maybe Jon's mom should have passed on the same advise.
10-10-2009 @ 12:37AM
Beanie said...I thought under Jewish Law, you're not suppose to be with a married man. Jon is still legally married to Kate, so what's Hailey doing with Jon?
10-10-2009 @ 12:57AM
kelbel said...Good one!!! Great comment girl..Jon's lost his mind. He's Jewish about as much as Kate is Polynesian...
10-10-2009 @ 1:07AM
Nik said...Does anyone else notice how fake this is and how sad he seems? He is taking advantage of all his popularity and exploiting it to the extreme...he has been dating a little girl for a few weeks that has all the energy that a girl with no children has and thinks she is what his ex-wife should have been after giving birth to his children..pathetic. He is acting like a teenager who had his ego hurt after someone bad-mouthed him, and it is hurting his children, even if he doesn't realize it. His actions are doing more damage than the show is, and at least Kate is the one taking care of the kids while he is off galavanting with his new-found 'love of his life'- so convenient for him. Go ahead and seem like the good guy, I would not want my children around you simply for safety reasons- I would not trust him to ensure the children's well-being. Is TLC really all that different from a camcorder for hire?
10-10-2009 @ 12:59AM
Brittany said...I think both parents (Kate & Jon) have some serious maturing to do. I do however see Jon's view on removing the children from tv to be valid. I believe that his reason for not doing it before is because he was blind to the extent it had on the children. Now that he and Kate have seperated, I think he can take a look from the outside and see how inconvienent it is for them and how they get not a moment of peace. Tabloids and morning shows as well as many others are spreading all the nasty divorce news and rumors like wild fire. Im sure that the children see what is said on tv and read magazine covers they pass on the street. This case should be no different than any other divorce. They have already seperated so now its time to suck it up (both parties), head to court and divide the assets and decided cutody and visitation. Its unhelathy for Jon & Kate to take turns living in the house. There need to be two seperate places for the childen where they can spend quality (uninterrupted) time with each parent. At the rate they are going now these poor kids are not going to ever comprehend or know the truth about the whole mess. Both Jon & Kate should be mature enough to settle this an civil as possible and then move on with their lives. Jon & Kate; think about your children! For once forget about yourselves and think about your poor children who are being put through hell because you cannot settle things between yourselves, they will thank you for it!
10-10-2009 @ 1:53PM
grannyapple said...kathy, you are so right! jewish? i love all people, but what is all
this going to do to his children? weren't they attending mass with
them? Jesus was a Jew. Why doesn't he love Him anymore,
and keep teaching his children about Him. he is such a hypocrite!!!!!!
he and his live in should go back to his roots to live and leave kate
and the kids alone, all would be better off!!!!!!!!!!!