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Photo: Jon & Kate Gosselin Reunite! Kate’s New Show To Debut In June

by Reality Tea on May 11th, 2010

Jon and Kate Gosselin were photographed together yesterday, for the first time in months.

The big event was the birthday for their sextuplets, as the six kids turned 6 years old yesterday. According to UsWeekly, later that day, Jon took Alexis, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Hannah, and Joel and his twins, Mady and Cara, out for a few hours to celebrate. He was later spotted shooting Silly String at photographers.

Kate, 35, is reported to have thrown her sextuplets a pool party at their $1.1 million Pennsylvania home on Sunday.

In other news, TLC also announced recently that Kate’s new show, Kate Plus 8, will premiere June 6 on TLC. As we previously reported, Kate Plus 8 will be similar to the old show, Jon and Kate Plus 8, but without Jon of course.

Jon also reportedly wants back on the show as a means to earn more money. According to numerous reports, Jon, who is currently jobless, is going broke and cannot afford to pay his $22,000-a-month child support. TLC is however not too keen on having Jon back on their network.

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Photo: Jon Gosselin Shows Off His New Girlfriend Plus $500,000 Offer To Appear On Dancing With The Stars

by Reality Tea on May 3rd, 2010

Hefty child support payments and a public douchebag image be damned, Jon Gosselin has yet again scored a new girlfriend.

According to Star magazine, the 32-year-old father of eight is now dating 23-year-old Ellen Ross, a brunette who works for the Pennsylvania government. The new couple, pictured above, made their first public outing on April 29, when they up showed up at the Greene Turtle bar in Frederick, Md.

“They’ve only been dating a few weeks now. They met through a mutual friend who works for the government,” reveals a close friend of Jon. “They were at the Green Turtle bar to support a fundraiser for a local soccer team that Jon’s brother coaches.”

And how did they meet? “They were set up on a date by their friend. They met at a local coffee shop near Reading, Pa., for their first date. Jon was instantly attracted to her and says she’s sexy, funny, and smart. Ellen’s very down-to-earth and just fun to be around. She’s not a fame seeker and Jon really digs that about her.”

According to the source, Jon is taking this new relationship slowly and really wants it to work.

There’s also more information about Jon’s Dancing With The Stars offer in the latest issue of USWeekly. As we reported last week, Jon declined an offer to appear on the next season of the hit show. According to US, Jon was offered a whopping $500,000 to appear on the show, but turned it down because he doesn’t “want to wear tights and feathers.”

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Kate Gosselin’s New Book Bombs, Kids Cleared To Appear On New Show

by Reality Tea on April 30th, 2010

Despite appearing on Dancing With The Stars, and every entertainment news show known to man, Kate Gosselin’s new book has failed to impress.

The book titled ‘I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family,’ has only sold 10,084 copies since its April 13th release reports UsWeekly. The non-fiction title debuted at #11 on the New York Times’ non fiction bestseller list, and at #103 on USA Today’s bestsellers chart.

Compared to the huge success of her previous books, including Multiple Blessings which sold 523,000 copies in 2009, the sales numbers for the new book is down right disastrous. According to experts, it is on par to sell only 50,000 copies, despite her recent media blitz.

There is however some good news for Kate. According to TMZ, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor has approved and cleared her eight children to continue to appear on reality television. As we previously reported, Kate has two new upcoming reality shows with the TLC network, including Kate Plus 8, which will continue to follow the lives of Kate and her eight children.

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Jon Gosselin To Appear On DWTS? Drops Custody Suit, Calls Truce With Kate

by Reality Tea on April 29th, 2010

The Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin saga is never ending. Just weeks after attempting to get primary custody of his eight children, Jon has now decided to drop his custody and child support case against Kate.

According to TMZ, Jon and Kate are now getting along, with sources connected to the situation revealing that Jon never really believed Kate was an “absentee mom.” Jon and Kate are reportedly now trying to hash out a custody and child support agreement that is more up to date than the one currently in place. Basically Kate is now earning more money than Jon, who is required to fork over $22,000 a month in child support.

More surprising news than Jon & Kate getting along, is news that Jon has been offered a spot on the next season of Dancing With The Stars. Yes you read that right. This was reported on E! News Tuesday evening. However Jon has declined the offer citing that he doesn’t want to appear on TV wearing the crazy dancing outfits. But with news that the father of eight is going broke, there’s a good chance Jon might change his mind as Kate reportedly earned over $200,000 from doing the show.

Meanwhile, a Pennsylvania Judge has ordered the divorced couple to attend a 3-hour parenting class according to TMZ. The judge in their bitter custody case has ordered them to complete the parenting class titled “Children in the Middle,” which is said to be a requirement for all parents involved in a custody war in Berks County, PA.

And Kate revealed this week that she did not watch the latest episode of DWTS. The reason? Well apparently it is simply too difficult for the Jon & Kate Plus 8 mom who says, “I could not watch it. I’m too sad.” Kate continued, “I miss everybody. I have post-DWTS depression.”

Kate was also photographed showing off her toned and tan abs Wednesday, as she left the gym in Wyomissing, PA. A photo of that is below.

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Jon Gosselin Fires His Attorney, Broke & Selling BMW For Cash

by Reality Tea on April 23rd, 2010

Just two weeks after announcing his decision to take his ex-wife Kate Gosselin back to court in an attempt to gain primary custody of his eight children, comes news that Jon Gosselin has now fired his attorney Anthony List.

It all started two weeks ago when Jon and his attorney claimed Kate was an “absentee parent” due to her decision to appear on Dancing With The Stars. Jon then filed papers to try to gain custody of his kids, and also requesting a reduction on his reported $22,000 a month child support payments.

Jon has now had a change of heart and claims he wants to work this out with Kate. He twittered the following, “Kate, her attorneys and I are moving forward to work out things privately and amicably.” He continued, “Mr. Anthony List Sr., Esq., is not my representing attorney; I terminated him on April 15, 2010. He has no legal right to speak to the press or anyone on my behalf.”

UsWeekly is also reporting that Jon, 33, is strapped for cash and looking to sell his BMW, which he purchased last year for $30,000. “Jon is selling his BMW to raise cash until he gets a job,” says a source. “He’s hoping to get $25,000 for it.”

The source also added that Jon wants badly to be back on TV. “He has been lobbying TLC to get a show of his own,” the insider says. (Kate’s new show – Twist of Kate debuts this summer.) “It’s killing him that Kate is having all of this success.”

In other Kate news, UsWeekly reports that Kate’s recent elimination from DWTS isn’t resulting in her spending more time with her kids. According to US, Kate returned home on Thursday with her eight children, only staying home for 20 minutes, before taking off in a limo with her bodyguard.

Where was she headed? Apparently, she was headed to NYC to appear on Live with Regis and Kelly Friday.

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Kate Gosselin Eliminated From Dancing With The Stars, Says Kids Will Be “Shattered”

by Reality Tea on April 21st, 2010

It was eight minus Kate night on Dancing With The Stars as Kate Gosselin was finally sent packing after five weeks of awful dancing.

Despite having been saved for five consecutive weeks with low scores, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 mom ran out of luck on Tuesday night. Kate found herself in the bottom two alongside Pamela Anderson and her partner Damian Whitewood.

Once it was announced that she would be the one going home, Kate looked a bit stunned. “I need a minute,” she said as she wiped tears from her eyes. While emotional and speechless, her partner Tony Dovolani, who was shown fighting quite a bit with Kate this season, stepped in, saying: “You know what? I’m very proud of Kate.” He continued, “I know she gets a lot of criticism I give her all the credit in the world for showing up. As exhausted as she was, she still showed up every single day.”

Kate, 35, then added, “I had the opportunity [to do this show]. I’m very, very honored to have been here. I love everyone that I met. It was a great experience.” When asked what she had to say to her fans who kept her on the show for five weeks despite her low scores, she added, “Wow, thank you for believing in me, probably more than I believed in myself.”

In a later interview with Entertainment Tonight, Kate shared that though she is okay with leaving the show, her eight kids however “will be upset, definitely,” she said. “They will be shattered, in fact.” She said she is not “letting them watch” her elimination episode, so that “they’ll be OK. They’ll be glad to have me back. I’m thrilled to have been here and obviously going back to my kids is always a wonderful thing.”

Allrighty then Kate. UnFortunately this will not be the last we see of Kate. As we recently reported, she has two upcoming reality shows with the TLC network – Twist of Kate and Kate Plus 8.

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Kate Gosselin Moving Kids To Hollywood? Slams Her Brother

by Reality Tea on April 15th, 2010

Has Kate Gosselin been bitten by the fame bug? It seems so. According to a new report, Kate is making plan to move to Los Angeles, California with her eight kids in tow.

Popeater is reporting the Jon & Kate Plus 8 mom is enjoying her time in the limelight, and is now in the market for both a house in Hollywood and a new agent. What’s more interesting is that Kate is not denying this story. She appeared on Entertainment Tonight yesterday, and when asked about possibly moving to LA, she simply said that she’s willing to move to wherever “work” is.

Sources share that in between dance practices, Kate has been house hunting in Hollywood Hills for a mansion big enough for her and her eight kids. And she might just be able to afford that mansion, according to a number of reports, Kate is earning an estimated $300,000 to $500,000 from her Dancing With The Stars appearance alone.

“Now that Kate has tasted the excitement of Hollywood, there is no way that she is going to return to Pennsylvania,” reveals a friend of Kate. “She is looking at homes in the Hollywood Hills in gated communities in the $2 million range. Kate is insisting the properties she sees have a pool, at least six bedrooms, an outdoor hot tub and, bizarrely, a recording studio!”

Kate also hit up The Joy Behar Show last night, and slammed her brother’s claims that her kids are suffering psychological damage from being on television. “Every single time they were visiting my kids, they would turn around and be on a show the next day talking about what they saw in our house,” shared Kate.

She also revealed that her brother Kevin Krieder and his wife Jodi are no longer allowed around her and her family, “knowing they made 100s of thousands of dollars off of lies about us.”

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Jon Gosselin Wants To Do Another Show With Kate, TLC Says No Thanks

by Reality Tea on April 14th, 2010

The vile interesting character we have all come to know as Jon Gosselin is back at it again. The latest is now that Jon wants back on TLC with ex-wife Kate Gosselin.

TLC officially announced last week that Kate Plus 8, former known as Jon & Kate Plus 8, will go on without Jon. However, Jon’s lawyer revealed to TMZ this week that the 32 year-old broke reality star is “definitely open” to co-starring with ex-wife Kate on a new TV project.

Jon’s lawyer Anthony F. List, tells TMZ that “under the right circumstances” Jon would do a show with Kate, but “the contract would have to be tighter.” He failed to elaborate on what he meant on the having a “tighter” contract.

As expected, TLC is not interested in having Jon back on the network. A source tells RadarOnline that Jon is not welcome at TLC or the Discovery network. “The show will go on – without Jon,” the source added. “Nobody wants him back on the air.”

In other Kate news, her own brother Kevin Kreider, whom she is estranged from, testified at a Philadelphia hearing on child labor laws and reality shows today, and he did not have nice things to say about Kate or the TLC show.

Kevin said he believes the 8 Gosselin children suffered psychological damage while filming Jon & Kate Plus 8. According to Kevin,the kids had no privacy during the taping — even their potty training was captured on video. Kevin also claims the kids were manipulated by producers who wanted drama.

TLC however denies Kevin’s claims, telling TMZ, the allegations are “either completely inaccurate or a distorted representation for maximum attention.”

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