Jon Gosselin reveals he’s writing a memoir after nasty divorce from Kate and ‘$1.3M’ custody battle
NO longer putting his whole life on reality TV, Jon Gosselin is getting ready to tell all about his “exhausting” divorce from ex Kate in a new memoir.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum, 42, revealed details about the book in a new interview.
During his appearance on earlier this week, recapped his “$1.3 million” custody battle with the star, 44, and shared the book news.
Jon, who divorced in 2009 after 20 years of marriage, explained he’s “been working on a book for a long time” but how he wants it to end is what’s holding him back from releasing it.
He said: “I’m not sure how I’m gonna finish it because I still have teenagers.
“I don’t know if I want to finish it after they graduate or before they graduate. So, it depends on the ending of that.”
Of Jon’s eight kids, the two 19-year-old twin girls — Cara and Mady — are in college and the 15-year-old sextuplets are split up between his and Kate’s households.
The 42-year-old, who starred on Jon & Kate Plus 8 until his divorce from Kate, gained custody of Hannah and Collin in 2018, while his ex has custody of Aaden, Joel, Alexis and Leah.
While on the podcast, Jon opened up about all of family drama they’ve all been through that he’ll be able to pull from while working on the book.
Over the course of going to court for 12 years, he said: “It’s not an easy battle. I had shared custody. I lost some kids. I had joint legal, I lost legal.
“I got legal back. By the time —when Hannah was 12 years old, she wanted to live with me, so then I had to go get legal again. And then I got shared custody. And then, all of a sudden, now I got primary of her.
“I’ve been through nine attorneys. I’ve probably spent $1.3 million in court, back and forth with everything else.
“And then I got sole custody of Collin. Kate has no contact with him. So, there was a whole bunch of stuff that happened with him.”
Collin started living with Jon in 2018 after leaving a special needs facility Kate placed him in in 2016.
According to Jon, from seeing his other siblings, though she hasn’t banned Hannah from the same thing.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum claimed: “There is no contact between Collin and his other siblings.
“There is contact between Hannah and the other siblings.
“So the problem right now is we have parent alienation and we have sibling alienation.”
Though there are still family issues happening, Jon’s glad he “didn’t give up” and was able to get custody of two of his kids.
He added: “I ended up with two. There could be more that come, so, I have no idea. But it’s a long battle. I just didn’t give up, and I’m still not gonna give up.”
The decision about who each kid lives with is ultimately left up to the children.
Jon revealed: “What my attorneys and hers have decided is custody is left up to my children. So, if they decide to go live with mom, or if they decide to live with dad, it’s up to them.”
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As he continues to work on his book, the former reality star is looking ahead to the future and the end of his legal battles.
He shared: “I can see light at the end of the tunnel with my children, and I feel like I’m at the end of my divorce and those kinds of things.
“It’s been exhausting, the last decade, so I kind of feel like my normal life is kind of kicking off.”
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