Bio: Kate Gosselin (born Katie Irene Kreider March 28, 1975 in Philadelphia, PA) is an American reality TV star. Kate rose to prominence as the mother of sextuplets and twins, and the wife of Jon Gosselin (the kids’ father), on the TLC show Jon & Kate Plus Eight, which began airing in 2007. Prior to her reality TV career, Kate was a labor and delivery nurse at a Reading, PA hospital. Following the birth of the sextuplets (they already had the twins), the family was featured on NBC’s Home Delivery. The 2005 special showed the family renovating their home to accommodate the kids. They were featured on two more specials on Discovery Health: Surviving Sextuplets and Twins, in 2005, and Sextuplets and Twins: One Year Later in 2006. Their reality show Jon & Kate Plus Eight, which documented their lives with the kids, began in 2007 and ran until 2009, when Jon and Kate divorced. Kate then got her own show, Kate Plus 8, which ran until 2011. Kate’s appeared on various reality shows since then, like Dancing With The Stars, Celebrity Wife Swap, and Celebrity Apprentice. She’s also written four books: Multiple Bless8ings, Eight Little Faces, I Just Want You to Know, and Love Is in the Mix.
Best Known For:
Kate Gosselin is best known for the reality show Jon & Kate Plus Eight.
Personal Life:
Kate met Jon Gosselin in 1997; they were married on June 12, 1999. On October 8, 2000, she gave birth to twin girls Cara and Madelyn. The sextuplets (sons Aaden, Collin, and Joel, and daughters Leah, Alexis, and Hannah), were born on May 10, 2004.
Jon Gosselin can’t seem to catch a break! We learned exclusively the star hates that he can’t see his 8 kids as much as he’d like, and it’s all because ex Kate Gosselin has total control over family decisions!
The war between Jon Gosselin and ex-wife, Kate Gosselin, is far from over. As these two battle over how to raise their eight kids, we’ve EXCLUSIVELY learned Jon’s made some major life changes to be a better dad!
Jon Gosselin was heartbroken to see his son, Collin, excluded from the family’s Halloween, but Kate Gosselin is having none of it. We’ve EXCLUSIVELY learned she thinks Jon needs to ‘butt out!’
Jon Gosselin is extremely upset at the way Kate Gosselin is treating their son Collin, a source close to him EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife.com, and Halloween was the last straw for him.
Kate Gosselin’s in HOT water after posting a pic of her sextuplets on Halloween. Why? Her son Collin wasn’t included in the photo, causing fans to believe he was, once again, excluded from the family festivities!
After Kate and Jon Gosselin’s nasty dispute on Aug. 15, which was reportedly over their daughter Hannah, 13, his mother is speaking out. She claims Kate needs a psych eval and that Kate’s forcing the kids to ‘shun’ Hannah for taking Jon’s side.
Jon Gosselin’s sick of being portrayed as a loser by ex Kate, and he’s doing everything he can to set the record straight! We learned exclusively all he wants is to see his kids, but he doesn’t have the money Kate has!