Kate Defends Spanking Daughter

(NEWSER) - Just when fans were getting used to the idea of father-of-eight Jon Gosselin canoodling with a 23-year-old girlfriend, he's spotted holding hands with another gal pal in St. Tropez.This one, Hailey Glassman, is the daughter of the plastic surgeon who gave Jon's estranged wife, Kate, a free tummy tuck for an episode of their show, Jon & Kate Plus 8. Gosselin has insisted in the past that he and Hailey are just "friends," albeit touchy-feely friends, reports the New York Daily News. More»

(NEWSER) - While Jon and Kate discussed their painful decision to divorce on the latest episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, their kids were frolicking in their four new, custom-made playhouses that cost a whopping $28,000, reports ABC News. The super-pricey haunted house, pirate ship, veterinary clinic, and garden shop were proof of just how far from the "just plain folks" reality the reality show has strayed. One thing stayed real: Jon and Kate argued about where to put the playhouses. More»

Ripped from the headlines...a Jon-and-Kate inspired tale

(NEWSER) - The hot mess that is the Gosselin family is set to hit NBC's Law & Order—with a few twists. The Oct. 16 episode Reality Bites revolves around a show named Larry Plus 10; if you're wondering why there's no Kate in that equation, that's because she's dead: Larry's wife, "Joy," has been bludgeoned to death, and guess who the suspect is? More»

(NEWSER) - For those who thought the Gosselin saga couldn't get more tawdry: The Star reporter who quit after "falling for" interview-subject-and-dad-of-eight Jon is now denying reports that she once pounded the pavement in search of johns, reports the New York Daily News. Another NYC gossip monger tells the News that over drinks earlier this year, Kate Major, 26, asked if he knew anyone who had the "cash to afford" an evening with an attractive blonde. More»

(NEWSER) - Jon and Kate Gosselin were both in Manhattan this weekend—but decidedly not together. While Kate's security guards fended off a mob of paparazzi as she headed with the kids to a photo shoot, Jon was moving into his tony new digs near Lincoln Center—solo. The wayward hubby picked a $5,000-a-month, two-bedroom apartment more than 100 miles from the Pennsylvania spread he once shared with his brood. More»