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Kate Abused Me: Jon Gosselin

Reality star talks about marriage on Good Morning America

By Jess Kilby,  Newser User

Posted Sep 2, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jon Gosselin took "a lot of abuse" during his decade-long marriage to his soon-to-be ex-wife Kate, he tells Chris Cuomo on Good Morning America in his first interview since the infamous reality couple filed their divorce papers. Gosselin, 32, says he received little thanks from his wife for playing stay-at-home dad to the couple’s brood of eight while she did the publicity circuit.

"She'll call me like, almost like a lame fish. Like I wasn't going anywhere," he says. "Well, excuse me, I'm taking care of the kids. She's on book tours, she's doing all these things. You know, she's gone a week. You know, comes back. Packs up and leaves again. I'm standing there like, 'Oh, OK. Your mom's gone again.'"

The photo released by TLC shows the Gosselin family posing for a photo at a party to celebrate the sextuplets fifth birthday. Mom Kate is at left and dad Jon on the far right.
The photo released by TLC shows the Gosselin family posing for a photo at a party to celebrate the sextuplets fifth birthday. Mom Kate is at left and dad Jon on the far right.   (AP Photo/TLC, Michael Pilla)
FILE - In this May 10, 2004 file photo, Jon Gosselin reacts, during a news conference, to questions about his wife giving birth to sextuplets at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.
FILE - In this May 10, 2004 file photo, Jon Gosselin reacts, during a news conference, to questions about his wife giving birth to sextuplets at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.   (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, file)
Jon Gosselin arrives at the Wet Republic pool at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jon Gosselin arrives at the Wet Republic pool at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Getty Images)
Jon Gosselin of TLC's reality show Jon and Kate Plus Eight arrives at MGM's Wet Republic in Las Vegas Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.
Jon Gosselin of TLC's reality show "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" arrives at MGM's Wet Republic in Las Vegas Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.   (AP Photo / Alaric Lambert)
Kate Gosselin dries her eyes during her interview on Today this week. Gosselin said her marriage to Jon would have failed whether it played out in the glare of a TV reality show or not.
Kate Gosselin dries her eyes during her interview on "Today" this week. Gosselin said her marriage to Jon would have failed whether it played out in the glare of a TV reality show or not.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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alicia
Sep 8, 2009 5:12 AM CDT
I have watched this show, a few times I watch mostly the re runs my two year old loves seeing the kids run around. Jon will be playing wiht the kids and she will be yelling at him to clean. or I seen her yell at him and the kids because the kids were getting dirty doing normal kid things like rolling in the grass. I agree crap like this should not be on tv but i have to watch waiting to see Jon tell her off.
sache
Sep 3, 2009 1:01 AM CDT
Jon is a lying womanizing piece of manure who blames his wife for his short comings. Can't see what Kate saw in him . He whines too much. Drop kick his ass to curb where it belongs.
cognitivefilter
Sep 2, 2009 11:38 AM CDT
if YOUVE ever watched the show, jon is a lazy lard who wasn't ready to have a shit ton of kids, not that anyone is per se. he is a manchild and he needed his ass kicked around to get into Dad Mode, when really that should be instinctual.

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