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Jon Gosselin claims ex Kate is a registered nurse but isn’t working during pandemic even though she has no show
REALITY star Jon Gosselin claims his ex Kate is a registered nurse and has criticized her for not going to work to help patients during the coronavirus pandemic - even though she has no TV show.
, an IT specialist in a hospital, says he doesn't know what is doing to make ends meet since her .
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The mom of eight, who has been embroiled in since their 2009 divorce, has also been since October 2019.
Jon, 43, told The Sun exclusively: "It's like she's gone MIA for a while."
"I have no idea what she's doing for work. I mean you think - as she claims she has her nursing license - that she'd be on the front line. That would be a good idea. Just saying."
Records obtained by The Sun show Kate's nursing license is listed as "active" and expires at the end of 2021 but Jon claims she is not currently working as a nurse.
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Jon, along with his girlfriend Colleen, a nurse, have been working every day during the COVID-19 crisis.
The dad-of-eight, who lives in Reading, Pennsylvania with Colleen said he has even bought a tent in case either of them become infected and have to self isolate from their children.
He currently has , 15, and Colleen's two children in their 20s are also staying with them.
Kate still has custody of four of the sextuplets Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel - while twins and live on their own.
Jon, who has previously - claims she has always denied - says being a healthcare worker is a calling - and questioned why Kate is not doing something to help.
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"When you see nurses and doctors like Colleen, it's a calling...it's like this inner thing. Or even our CMO here, she's like, 'I got sick and I can't wait to go back to work.' Because she's devoted to her patients.
"And then you talk, like my ex wife, 'Well I was a nurse and this and that'. So there's people that talk about it and then there's people that talk about it and actually do it.
"So if I can call her out right now: If you say you're this person, then why aren't you doing something?
"There's people dying who need nurses, they need people on the frontline.
"There's people coming out of retirement that are just going to the hospital and volunteering with no PPE or nothing and just being next to people dying in the hospital."
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Jon says his job often involves going into clinical settings, while his girlfriend, a mental heath practitioner, is on the front lines every day.
He said: "I'm here, I go on the floor, I fix printers in infected rooms.
"Maybe I touch keyboards that might be infected - I just put my hand sanitizer on and put a mask on.
"It is what it is. It's your job, you got to do what you gotta do."
Jon said he and his girlfriend, who have been together for six years, have seen many people become sick from .
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He said he also had many friends who had become unemployed during the crisis and urged people to listen to stay at home orders so the virus stops spreading and lockdown can be lifted sooner.
"On the front lines you see people getting sick every single day," he said.
"So it's pretty scary. I mean a lot of people don't see it cause they're quarantined. But Colleen and I see it every day, every day we see the numbers and see people getting sick.
"So it is imperative that people do stay home. It's so frustrating cause they keep on pushing the date and every state's different.
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"But when people don't listen, everyone's just gonna stay unemployed. I mean we're not really worried cause we're going to go to work, but you know, our friends are gonna get sick cause a lot of our health care friends are getting sick.
"So, and you don't really know if you're going to be able to fight it off or you're going to be the one of the lucky ones that have it and just don't have any symptoms."
The Sun reached out to Kate and her attorney for comment but they did not respond.
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