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Jon Gosselin Loves His Kids, His Girlfriend And The Jews
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 2 of 24)
10-10-2009 @ 2:50AM
idurt13 said...I am so with Jon on this one! Kate was so patronizing and condescending towards him on the show it made me sick! If I were married to someone like Kate I would have left a long time ago! I'm not saying cheating is right, I believe that if you don't feel love towards the person you are married to anymore, than you need to end the fa-shad and get a divorce first, then think about starting a new relationship. But Kate treated him like crap and I couldn't stand watching that. About keeping Kate in the poor house, PLEASE! She is a freaken registered nurse! I have a friend that makes $30.00 an hour, and only works three days a week. It was her choice to get the house that she did. Who else in PA can stay at home and make the money that she does by using her children? I'm a teacher, have a second job and my husband works full time plus overtime, and we can barely make ends meet, yet we don't cry and whine. We do what has to be done for the four children that we were so blessed to have. I think people forget that whatever that Kate and Jon do will affect the children, and I would hate to pay that psychiatrist bill when they get older and need major therapy sessions! Why can't Kate go back to doing what she went to college for? We don't cry poor, we do the best that we can, like MOST people do in America. We don't expect to get on a TV show and make money off of our kids! Why should children ever be allowed on reality TV shows? Adults can make up their own minds whether they want to be exploited, yet children do not have a say in it. It is not right!
10-10-2009 @ 4:02AM
Jenny said...I totally agree with you Katty...Sounds so fake...you know what they say...If it smells like sh*t and looks like sh*t it is.....what a loser...and Kate is starting to get on my sh*t list to...
10-10-2009 @ 5:16AM
Donna said...Jon and Kate are great parents. But Jon has gone off the deep end.
Yes, Kate totally talked down to him and verbally abused him on the show but, that's no reason to start sleeping with other women and running around. This is not a good example for their 8 children. They claimed to be good christians! What happened to that? Why wont Kate try marriage counseling and what is up with Jon and all this Jewish stuff. I really hate to see these two with 10 years of marriage under their belt and 8 great kids break up. Jon needs to wake up and realize what he's doing to the family they both should go to counseling and try to forgive each other and try and save this marriage and family even if it means getting rid of the show. Hailey needs to find someone her own age and she should be ashamed of herself for busting up a great family.
10-10-2009 @ 6:30AM
Alexander said...I agree Jon is acting like an ass but then again who can blame him for fleeing the stress of 8 little kids PLUS an overbearing,condescending wife who treated him like dirt?
10-10-2009 @ 3:07PM
Donna said...he is so stupid TV pays their bills and he is going to stop their source of income...how is he going to support them all...he is being really stupid about it...grow up move on with your life and don't bite the hand that feeds you...Kate should get paid more from TLC, she should earn at least 100K per show not 25K.
But to be a stay ome mom and get paid for it is pretty good to begin with..if he ruins it he might have to support them all on his own
10-10-2009 @ 8:19PM
bahbedohle said...I am saddened 4 both the parents & children. But, re read jons' comments everything is "not like it was w/ kate" he seems 2 always be putting the mother of his children down & constantlt throwing judahism up in the air!! Thou protest 2 - 2 loudly!! He is so happy & so much better! & everything in "jewish" world is so much better any wonder Y he lost lot's of friends!! One does not move on & tell the friends that stood by his side when he was out of a job & broke ...oh now these friends r better!! & I think he was the only 1 uncomfortable Kate showed how to rise 2 the occasion & put feelings aside... She stayed @ the party.. He was shallow Y should Sha a parent leave thier childs b-day party both parents should b there felings aside!! He has a lot of growing 2 do!! & kate talked 2 him the way she did on the shoe b cause of his weak minde immaturity which is b n displayed in comments such as the previous!! She had 2 be the dominent one the organizer, the planner, the take charge ....come on did u really ever c him step up 2 the plate & decide to put effort n 2 some outings, decisions, tasks, anything,...kate did it all what a trmendous burden!! s trucker say look @ the big picture!! tru she has alot of faults but Kate basically was handling it all while jon was flirting around!! Y does all his comments have 2 b "& it is better than w/ kate & 'Jewish' this or that".... Sounds lame & fake!!
10-11-2009 @ 2:46PM
OMG said...Jon is a loser! he is so full of crap. As soon as TLC wanted him off the show, he suddenly decides it is not in the kid’s best interest to be on the show any more. I don’t buy his BS one minute. This guy flaunted his so called soul mate girlfriend in Kites face before and during their divorce among other things and expects Kate to be clam cool and collective while he waltzes in and out the door in the so called marital house, oh of course he has a TV crew following him during all of this whining to them, trying to make everyone think he is the victim. What is wrong with two different birthday parties during this time of adjustment? Wouldn’t it have been easier on the children and the disgruntle parents to make separate arrangements during this time??? So what if the twins have two different birthday parties, I am sure they wouldn’t mind. It takes time to put the past behind and learn how to not be disgruntle between each other and be in the same room together with your children. I don’t blame Kate one minute for trying to minimize the time her and Jon are in the same premises together. Which parent is the one spending the majority of the time raising the kids now, "Kate" not Jon! Even when Jon was living in the house he obviously was a lazy parent. No wonder Kate had to stay on his case all the time, someone had to take control raising 8 kids! I hope everyone stops airing his whining on TV as I am so sick of listening to his lying BS.
10-11-2009 @ 8:30AM
latrica said...I watched the show and liked jon in beginning.Since divorce though, he is out of line. If you want to move on why stop divorce? And it takes away from your kids by you living all the way in NY. He wants to spend minimal time with kids and party rest of time. He only cares about himself. I feel Kate is right, her kids would never get to go all the places they have without TLC, because hello 8 kids? I can understand not wanting to film but he only came to that conclusion when his ed hardy thing fell through and then he was being kicked off show. He says he doesn't bad mouth her but everything in this article is about kate being brainwashed and hailey being great. I feel Kate is doing what divorced women do , taking control of her life and taking care of her kids and she has definitely taken a higher road than Jon in all this.
10-18-2009 @ 11:06AM
bethann88 said...I think Jon is listening to someone- I do not know if it is Hailey or his attorney but, he does sound more settled and somewhat less crazy. I think it is way to soon to be thinking of re-marrying he needs to slow down. His first priority is to find a job. I am glad he decided to end the show. I think that is the one thing that he did right in all of this. I know he is in counseling and I hope Kate goes for her sake. She needs to learn to deal with her anger in a constructive way. She will need to be involved with Jon until the children are grown and they need to be able to be in the same room together. Only time will tell if kate was having an affair with her bodyguard or if Kate was an innocent party. They both need to cut the tabloid and Television interviews and settle things in private.
10-09-2009 @ 8:08PM
NORMA C. said...Yuk who realy would want him, lazy bum and ugly to boot.
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10-09-2009 @ 8:59PM
jen buni said...this jon gosselin is the biggest follower,and wana be,that i have ever seen! what an ass! all he talks about is hailey and jewish people? he,s friggen korean! and mite i add the homliest,ugliest,guy i have ever seen? what doe,s any women see in him? OH THATS RIGHT, A CHANCE AT THERE 15 minutes of fame! hailey glassmen is a real piece of crap! for dating a married man,and for taking him away from his duties as a father of 8!! party,party,party! that,s all u see these 2 doing? gallavanting all across the country,pda wth them all over the papers? and he wonders why people have such bad opinions about him! HELLO DUMBASS,while your out all over the french riveara drinking cristal,there are pics of kate always with her kids! i dont see kate all over the place partying with 3 men and drinking cristal? SHE SHOULD!!!! if anyone deserves it ,it is her! yeah she bitched at him alot on the show,but who wouldnt? they have 8 kids and alot of stress? i think they dug up all the ugly stuff about kate from the show,to show her every time she yelled at jon,or her kids,but who doesnt? im a mother of 2 and ive yelled at mine? soo what! that doesnt give jon the rite to do what he has done 2 her! dating a whore,drug addict who has connections,and rich parents,i think she is disgusting 4 what she has done to there family,and has no remorse.IF SHE WERE A REAL WOMAN she would have w8td till they were divorced,to start dating that ugly dwarf! hey jon open your eyes! LITTERALLY! and look at all the pain you have caused your wife and kids. karmas a bitch jon,and you will get your go around. have fun supporting 8 kids when you pull the plug on tlc!!! no more ed hardy,and audiger shirts,and bmw,s,and mercedes,4 hailey. hah haaa! your a JERK,AND YOU 2 HAILEY GLASSMEN! SHAME ON YOU BOTH.... sincerely ms.jennifer anderson mpls,mn.
10-10-2009 @ 5:47PM
Kay said...Have you ever noticed how bad he contirdicts( I know that is spelled wrong, sorry) I think he is a really big LOSER!!! Yes, he put up with all the bs. with Kate, but he does have a voice and he could have used it. At first I hated Kate, I hated the way she talked to him, always talking down to him, ect.... But, I don't agree with all the crap he is saying about her. I think he is a liar, and I think he did take the money, He is a selfish LOSER!!!! And I hope Kate takes him to the cleaners....
10-10-2009 @ 12:03AM
Marty said...I agree with you. . .don't forget he's a little short, fat creep that is so stuck on himself, it makes me sick. Have you watched him talk - does he have facial tics??? Ugly! Ugly! Ugly! He is. Okay, looks can be conceiving BUT does the puppet have any kind of personality? I don't think so!
10-10-2009 @ 6:27PM
Carol said...What? only a few hours to visit with them on Christmas, no girlfriend should keep you away from your children. Jon is self centered remember golfing with the boys, well he golfed with himself. Jon wanted to focus on Jon now - not 8 kids, WELL TOO LATE! Jon you are a father and no longer a teenager.
10-10-2009 @ 1:03AM
Imofanopinion said...Well you can certainly tel you guys were not watching this show early ohn. There was a tie he went to work all the time. And even then Kate would complain – he gets to go to work all day and not have to take care of the kids. Yeah, you guys have short memories. He also discussed early on wanting to stop the show when the kids went to school…but Kate says OH NO – we can’t afford to stop fiming. Yeah Jon is all at fault. Poor Kate -- $300 shoes, private limos, nannies, travel, TV shows.
You guys gloss over these stories – remember too her oold neighbors did hot help her move because they did not like her! Did not like the way she treated Jon or the kids --- oh for short meories. Yesh shes such a special person, guess you will just say its okay to be like Kate, like the Celebit**y story below
Kate Gosselin was a guest at an ice skating charity event for a 9/11 group held in Danbury, Connecticut over the weekend. E! Online has quotes from three separate people willing to go on the record about how difficult Kate and her bodyguard were to work with. The event founder, the stage manager, and skater Johnny Weir all said that they had issues dealing with Kate and that she was less than easy to work with. Kate did make an appearance free of charge, but she only ended up speaking for a minute or two and her requirements put quite a few people out. One of these issues wasn’t Kate or her bodyguard’s fault - Real Housewives of New York City castmembers Jill Zarin and Luann DeLesseps were also there with cameras, and TLC and Bravo had some territorial issues trying to make sure that Kate didn’t get filmed by the other show.
Probably the most damning part of this story is how Kate turned away a ride from one of the skater’s moms who showed up at her hotel Washington, DC to drive her all the way to Danbury. Kate refused to get in the car with the woman after allegedly knowing about the travel arrangements ahead of time. She insisted on having a stretch limo drive her instead. Now that’s a real diva move. Maybe there’s more to it that we’re not hearing, though.
10-10-2009 @ 2:16AM
Carla said...Oh Please! He had to quit his job after working from home because Kate was too busy running all over to other states for interview and book signings!
10-09-2009 @ 8:09PM
s. said...I am sick and tired of hearing about " the gosslins" ! just drop it what makes them more special than any other american family.if it's all the kids maybe someone should introduce them to birth controll
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10-09-2009 @ 8:29PM
patti said...If you are tired of hearing about them then why did you read this article? And fyi they don't need birth control - she was pregnant twice both times she had to have a procedure done in order to get [regnant, she just happened to have multiples both times.
10-10-2009 @ 3:43AM
Dawn said...I've read several of the comments posted and I posted
my own earlier as well - I just couldn't not reply to your post.
In reference to your comment about birth control -
I imagined becoming a mom from the time that I was a little girl.
When that dream led my husband & I to go through 3 years
of fertility treatments that included, but were not limited to, 2 surgical hysterocopies, 2 surgical laparoscopies, 4 IVF cycles, numerous bloodtests, injections & office visits - all of which proved unsuccessful - We did it all with the hope of creating even just 1 child.
No one that I've ever encountered goes through fertility treatments
with the intent to have half a dozen of more babies!
It is inevitably a mentally, physically & emotionally trying time and despite where Jon & Kate have ended up in terms of there marriage,
I believe in my heart that their jouney in creating their family was no
less inspired & important.
I hope that maybe in the future you'll take some of this into consideration before your make a brief & insensitive comment
about people who undergo intense procedures such as IVF as opposed to using basic birth control as though it is always that simple.
Thanks for your time....Take Care.
- Dawn
10-09-2009 @ 8:12PM
kevin said...C'mon aol! I'm getting tired of seeing these buffoons in your headlines. Are we really this hard up for news?
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