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A couple of weeks ago Jon and Kate announced: “During this very difficult time we will be working to focus solely on the needs of our family. This includes no longer commenting publicly or reacting to media stories and speculation.”

But then the magazine covers stopped and the couple began to slip into irrelevancy, so guess who’s now commenting to People on his relationship with his 22-year-old party girl Hailey Glassman?

“Hailey and I have been family friends for several years and only very recently began dating,” Jon Gosselin explains. “What began as friendship has grown into something more.”

He goes on: “I genuinely enjoy spending time with her. It’s nice to be with someone who I can confide in and trust and who accepts me for who I am.”

Now, the TLC reality star understands that parading around the French Riviera with some new ladyfriend right after filing for divorce is kind of a douche move, but he just wants everyone to understand he’s a regular guy and that’s what regular guys do to move forward.

“I know that my decision to appear publicly with Hailey this weekend will be scrutinized, but I hope that people can see I’m a regular guy who is going through a very difficult time in [my] life and wants to move forward.”

And as for anyone questioning his devotion to his eight, he assures People he thought of his kids every 10 minutes in between smoke breaks and challenging Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier to a tan-off.

You know what would make this more fun? An engagement rumor!

Oddly, it’s now just In Touch Weekly pushing engagement on the new couple, and Audigier and his people are also trying to make it happen.

One member of the Ed Hardy posse told People he referred to Hailey as Jon’s fiancée, while Audigier proclaims, “This guy is in love. No question about it.”

However, Jon denies any engagement plans to the mag, “No. We’re just having a cool time and enjoying each other.”

That cool time has sadly come to an end for now. Jon told photographers Hailey is staying in France while he had to come back to the States last night in order to “work” (i.e., spend time with his family for the cameras).

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It didn’t take long before the skeletons in the closet of Jon Gosselin’s new girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, were revealed.
The “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ star’s new gal pal was arrested on October 2, 2005 when Indiania University police officers caught the college student passing a marijuana pipe between five of her friends outside a campus dorm.

The case was eventually dismissed, but her mugshot still remains.

The New York native’s past continues to haunt her as questionable photos from her Facebook account have surfaced.

In addition to Glassman’s listed interests (working out, being a stylist, fashion, art and music), the 22-year-old said she has been “in a relationship” since May 1.

Interestingly enough, Kate Gosselin filed divorce papers on June 22. However, the most interesting find in the profile has been her photos.

Apparently, Glassman didn’t get the memo about setting your Facebook account to private because while she was parading all over the French Riviera, the public had a field day.

Among the series of photos, Glassman appears to have a fondness for partying and “smoking instruments.”
When she isn’t holding a cigarette or lighting one for a friend, Glassman’s most notable picture is a full-on face plant (literally) into a wall.

After a weekend trip to St. Tropez and Cannes – where the inseparable couple hung out with new friend, Ed Hardy fashion designer Christian Audigier – Gosselin and Glassman went their separate ways home.

The 32-year-old father of eight arrived at JFK airport Tuesday night, where he stopped to exchange 600 euros into U.S. dollars and got help loading his luggage that included oversized Gucci shopping bags.

Meanwhile back at the Gosselin abode in Wernersville, Pa., Kate Gosselin was spotted running errands while still wearing her wedding ring on Tuesday.

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Gosselin, 32, was snapped with Hailey Glassman, the 23-year-old daughter of the plastic surgeon who performed Kate’s tummy tuck, aboard designer Christian Audigier’s yacht.

Rumor has it that the “Jon and Kate Plus 8” star is working on designing a children’s clothing line for Audigier’s mega-successful Ed Hardy line.

Fans were shocked to see Jon out with a new woman, especially since his wife only filed for divorce weeks ago and the “other-woman” in the scenario was a different 23-year-old mistress – teacher Deanna Hummel.

Jon was snapped with Glassman on Memorial Day weekend, but he downplayed the relationship as being nothing more than a friendship. But the new photos, where he is spotted holding hands and embracing Glassman, suggest much more than friends.

More troubling, Glassman has quite a reputation for being a wild-child. According to a report in Us magazine, the actress was arrested in 2005 for drug possession. Radaronline also obtained photos of her partying hard with bottles of rum and putting a gun to her friend’s head.

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It hasn’t taken long for Jon Gosselin to move on!

Less than a month after Kate Gosselin filed for divorce, the 32-year-old father of eight went to France with a new woman.

He and 22-year-old Hailey Glassman (the daughter of the doctor who performed Kate’s tummy tuck) were spotted holding hands in St. Tropez in the French Riviera on Saturday.

Another stop for the couple during their trip to France?

Jon, an Ed Hardy fan, and Glassman went for a ride on the yacht of fashion designer — and Ed Hardy exec — Christian Audigier.

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Now that Jon Gosselin is newly single, the father of eight is in need of a date!
Well, sort of.

Two weeks after Kate Gosselin filed for divorce, a Jon Gosselin look-a-like has recorded a Match.com video ad for Funnyordie.com.

“I want to meet someone whose hair cut is symmetrical, who likes BlueTooths, Ed Hardy T-shirts, tractors and doesn’t mind that I already have eight-and-a-half white babies,” the faux father said.

Sitting on a couch resembling the one he uses to film his “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ testimonials, the fake reality star spoke about himself.

“About me: I’m full of energy, and I always sit on this side of the couch.”

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Two weeks after divorce papers were filed, the only fireworks the Gosselin family thankfully saw this weekend were in the sky.

July 4th was a family affair for Jon and Kate Gosselin, who reunited over the holiday weekend to spend time with their eight children in their Wernersville, Pa. home, People.com reports.

The “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ stars kept their promise to “focus solely on the needs of our family” and spent the day playing volleyball, picking blueberries and lighting sparklers.

The day was reportedly planned, as the reality stars agreed weeks ago to set aside their differences for the holiday.

“Jon pointed to the July 4 holiday and said, ‘What are we going to do about that?’” Kate said. “I absolutely cannot imagine not spending every single holiday with my kids. I don’t care what it takes. I will be there.”

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Will TLC change the name of its drama-filled show from “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ to “Jon & Kate Plus 9″?

In light of the Gosselins’ divorce announcement on Monday night (watched by a record 10.6 million viewers), no, they won’t be having any more children, thanks. However, a carefully placed source tells us that Jon’s reported girlfriend, 23-year-old Deanna Hummel, is expected to join the show next season.

Although the network announced Tuesday that it was pulling the plug on the remaining new episodes of the hit series, the show will resume on Aug. 3 with Deanna on board.

“Deanna’s role isn’t expected to be big, but because she’s part of Jon’s life, she’ll be filmed,” says our insider. The source added that the show will focus primarily on how Jon and Kate are raising their brood separately. As of now, the duo plans to flip-flop the days they reside in the house so the children will not have to shuttle between their parents.

A spokeswoman for TLC confirmed the show’s hiatus and announced that, in lieu of the new episodes, a retrospective of the couple’s first 10 years will air instead. “During this time, the family will take some time off to regroup,” said the rep. Of Deanna’s appearance, the spokeswoman would say only, “We have no specific plans for future episodes.”

For now, Jon and Kate are just trying to get by day to day. Ironically, in the wake of the on-air divorce declaration, the entire Gosselin clan is finally residing in their multimillion- dollar Pennsylvania home together. Although Kate had not been seen at the home in four days (Jon even told reporters on Father’s Day that he didn’t know when she’d be back), she returned to her family shortly before midnight on Monday.

A pal of Kate’s says that, since making the announcement, a huge weight has been lifted from her shoulders.

“She has been taking some time to think about her life,” said the pal. “She’s upset about what’s going on, but she and Jon will always be there for their children, and they’ll always come first on her list of priorities. But considering she’s in the middle of a divorce, Kate is quite upbeat.”

Said Kate in Tuesday night’s telecast, “I’m tired of smiling on the outside and crying on the inside.”

Now, it appears, her happiness is for real.

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Jon & Kate are taking a break!

TLC’s hit reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ is taking a production break after the couple said on Monday night’s show that they were separating.

The show, which follows the lives of Jon and Kate Gosselin and their brood, has become a pop culture sensation, getting TLC its best ratings ever and providing the tabloids with a steady diet of gossip. The couple have been on more than 40 magazine covers over the last two months including seven in a row on US Magazine.

TLC said next Monday would be a clip package with some new footage, but that the next all-new episode would be on Aug. 3. People close to the show say the desire to take a production break came from the network.

So far, six new episodes of the show’s 40-episode order have aired. The premiere episode drew almost 10 million viewers and the show is still doing better than it had in its previous four seasons. It has also boosted the ratings of TLC’s new show “Cake Boss.”

Because of all the turmoil in the Gosselin’s marriage, TLC does not have enough footage to put together new episodes right now as its production schedule had become very last minute. Episodes this season were often completed as late as the day of airing.

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Celebrity parents Jon and Kate Gosselin say they plan to divorce.

The co-stars of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” who are parents of 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins, spoke of their decision to separate during Monday’s episode of the TLC reality series. Near the end of the hour-long episode, a title card summed things up in stark terms: It said that on Monday, “legal proceedings were initiated in Pennsylvania to dissolve the 10-year marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin.”

The network had been promising a major on-air decision from the couple, whose increasingly troubled marriage has dominated the series in recent weeks, as well as fueling a firestorm of tabloid coverage.

“We’ve been dealing a long time with this,” Kate said, speaking of her marital problems and the attendant publicity.

“It’s been a hard seven or eight months,” Jon said in one of his separate on-camera sessions. “It’s been a really hard last four months. This is the hardest episode ever.”

The beginning of the program was taken up with the delivery and assembly of prefab playhouses for the Gosselin kids. It was the sort of family activity that had formed the crux of the series, now in its fifth season, as it was originally envisioned: A reality show that would chronicle the challenges of raising a supersized family.

But even during this interlude, Kate and Jon were barely speaking. Where to install the four playhouses was a source of friction between them.

“My stomach is churning because I know this is gonna cause a huge fight,” Kate told the camera as the installation process began in their yard.

The latter part of the show focused on the couple as they discussed the painful decision they have settled on.

“I just need relief now,” Kate said. “I need to turn the page.”

Jon described his relationship with Kate as “a total breakdown of everything.”

“Jon & Kate” is TLC’s most-watched series, drawing nearly 10 million viewers for its season premiere recently. But with the couple’s celebrity has come nonstop celebrity coverage, and scandal. There have been reports of infidelity by both Jon and Kate (accusations both of them deny).

Adding to the strain, Pennsylvania’s Labor Department opened an investigation into whether the show’s production is complying with state child labor laws. TLC has said it “fully complies” with state laws and regulations.

Looking ahead, Kate said, “I don’t really want to be alone. I don’t want to do this alone.”

But she described the split as “the next chapter.” And while she and Jon have spoken angrily about the pressure on their marriage from unsought fame and press attention, she conceded, “I believe that it’s a chapter that probably would have played out had the world been watching, or not.”

One thing the couple could agree on: “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ will continue.

“We interview separately, we’ll film different things,” Jon explained. “Me and the kids, her and the kids.”

“How does the show go on?” said Kate. “The show MUST go on!”