Jon Gosselin Says He's 'Misunderstood,' Apologizes to Women in His Life

In an open discussion with
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach,
Jon Gosselin -- who is not Jewish -- opens up about his celebrity and his relationships with estranged wife Kate and girlfriend
Hailey Glassman,
PEOPLE reports.
"I think I'm just misunderstood. I'm not a fame seeker. Everyday I look in the mirror and I wonder [why I'm famous]. I don't sing. I don't dance. I'm not a Nobel Peace Prizewinner. I just had eight kids and I had a show on TLC," the father-of-eight explained.
"Half the stuff I've done, if I look at my moral compass, I shouldn't have done. I know that but I did it anyway. It's like fame canceled out conviction," he added.
Gosselin is also upset over the way he handled the dissolution of his marriage to
Kate Gosselin. "I want to apologize to Kate in private," he said.
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"I'll apologize to her for openly having relationships in the public eye. That was a huge mistake, because if she would've done that to me, I would have been extremely pissed off. Not because our relationship is over, it's almost like a stab in the back. And now that I think about it, it was a very wrong thing to do. I definitely regret it."
He also admitted that he and Hailey "should never have gone to France," so publicly.
"To ask for forgiveness from someone who may never forgive me is tough for me. I do apologize to Kate. I'm sorry for doing the things I did. I do ask for her forgiveness," Gosselin continued.
The '
Jon & Kate Plus 8' star does clarify the status of his relationship with Glassman. They pair had reportedly broken up.
"We decided not to take a break, just slow things down, until I get through my divorce and I know everything is settled and okay. I don't want another failure in my relationships. I don't want to make the same mistakes I made with Kate, with Hailey. I would just be repeating the pattern over again."
As for an interview that Glassman gave where she called him "emotionally abusive" and told everyone he had "mantrums?" "I was standing right there [at 'The Insider']. Mike [Gosselin's manager] was standing right there. He was looking at me like, 'Oh my god, what is she saying?' He's looking at my career going down the tubes and I'm thinking, 'Good for her, she got all of this out.'"
In another statement, Gosselin expanded on Glassman. "I will forever love Hailey. I see how all this has truly hurt her. She has not been happy and hates the media light that she has been put in. She is in no way a homewrecker.
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Personally, I hated this show. I hated the people in the show. It was the dumbest show in the world. "Family has 8 kids, lets make them famous and basically ruin their children's chances of living a normal life." Cuz nobody in the world has ever had more than 8 kids, right? I just think its very stupid and over rated that a random family gets a random T.V. show and makes millions for nothing. I'm so happy the show is over, but they can't get over the fact that their fame is up =P
and by the way, I love it how people are saying stuff in their comments like 'jon, blah blah blah,' and 'kate, yap yap yap' like they are actually gonna come on AOL and read these XD
It is all right Jon; it is your vampire ex-wife that should be blamed. Berated another in public is not acceptable especially for the TV cameras. That is the problem selling your soul to the public for money will create a bigger problem every time.
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For once I agree with someone in here!!! Way to go Lillian!!! Direct and to the point!!!
hilarious... Kate is to blame for a GROWN man not being able to keep his pants zipped or his mouth shut. Last i checked he was over the age of 18 even though he acts younger then all 8 of his children. Did you ever stop to think Lillian that Kate had to act the way she did with this moron. Look at the way he is behaving now. His excuse is becasue of all the fame. Someone please inform him he is not famous hes just a moron who sticks his face in front of every camera on this planet. that dosnt make you famous it makes you pathetic.
But his having sex with the Nanny while his kids were in the house is OK? And then having an affair with the daughter of the surgeon who did Kate's tummy tuck and taking her to Paris while the cameras followed, that's OK? He is also trying to get a reality program, so how is he different from Kate? No, he started all of this and it is ALL his fault.
Let me get this straight. So it is Kate's fault that John is parading around with other women, that he is spending money beyond his means, that he has 8+ children with her? No one forced him to do these, things, he did them on his own. He is a man-child. Do you know what that means? It's precisely this behaviour and type of demeanour that made Kate have to tell him what to do - otherwise he would have done NOTHING. There are children at stake - one cannot just go around being selfish and living life on the hog while the children will be exposed to this behaviour. You blame Kate for being money hungry - but that is called survival. Somehow she needed to bring home the money - it was her ambition that got him that girlfriend, that money, those clothes. Mothers do what they need to do to raise their children. That is the life they chose - don't be judging as you sit there and watch the show or entertain your beady eyes by reading the blogs only to comment and ecuse the man child that he is. You must have grown up thinking that men are there to be taken care of -- and women should just put up with ths. He was clearly a boy - who looked as kate as his mother figure. Now that he realizes he's losing ground, he is retracting... typical. You are obviously one of those types of women, that when their man cheats, you blame the woman he is cheating with - not the man. GROW UP!
Reminds me of a couple I knew years ago. Went from being loving couple to her treating him like that. He cheated on her while she was pregnant, she was making him pay and he took it. They eventually divorced after he cheated on her again.
I never watched the show but saw the commercials. My thought on how she treated him is that she somehow felt 'entitled' to and that he thought so to. Probably screwed around on her when she was pregnant was my thought.
Lillian, You are and idiot apparently you never saw the show, yes she was bichy but she was probably exhausted I never saw Jon pitch in except for loading car seats it was as if she were raising 9children!!!!
I agree with Lillian. People are so quick to throw Jon under the bus. Both Jon and Kate are wrong. And for anyone who HASN'T seen the show, Kate is a total jerk. She treats everyone poorly and it has been evident for most of the run of the show that she and Jon can't stand each other...I mean, one episode she is all diva-d out and takes her sons to a dude ranch in Wyoming. Jon and the girls trip? I scavenger hunt in the backyard in PA. WTF?
I HATE KATE!
I don't completely agree with you, I think they are both f*cks in this case, people need to stop arguing over whether or not Jon or Kate are right and worry about those kids. Also, Alicia, the comment you made about him being oriental, oriental is for objects, Asian is for people. When you call someone who is Asian or of Asian descent oriental you are referring to them as an object, which I think is demeaning.
does anybody even like this moron or his wife or the show. get them off of my freakin computer you morons.
IM SORRY BUT JON IS A CHICK! YOUR ONLY BLAMING KATE BECAUSE YOU DONT LIVE IN THE HOUSE. JON HAS NO BALLS BECAUSE HE WAS BORN THAT WAY. HE CHOSE KATE REMEMBER???? IF NO ONE TOLD HIM HE WAS BERATING HIM HE WOULD STILL BE THERE. SOME WIMPY MEN NEED STRONG WOMEN. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!
You might want to read a few other comments made in the last few days. He talks about how TLC only showed the conflict between he and Kate on the show. He also said that the two of them always resolved those conflicts but TLC never included that footage in the show. While I'm no fan of Jon by any means, this is one thing he has said that I do believe.
My , my, lil Jon, innocent one: you creep, hey< just deposit your contribution: sperm!!!!
Right on Lillian!!!!
Lillian did you missed reading this part????
Well, read AGAIN!!!!!
"To ask for forgiveness from someone who may never forgive me is tough for me. I do apologize to Kate. I'm sorry for doing the things I did. I do ask for her forgiveness," Gosselin continued.
SO WHO IS TO BLAME!!!! Not just one person....look at the whole scenario!
apparently JODY YOU MUST NOT HAVE WATCHED THE SHOW, it was JON that bathed the kids ALL OF THEM, changed there diapers, fed them breakfast, dressed them MOST OF THE TIME, brought the all high and MIGHTY QUEEN B*tch coffee in bed, because she could NOT deal with anything before 8am, you need to go back and watch some past episodes, watching one now, and claims to eat ALL organic, well she's stuffing down a sloppy joe and fries now!!! I could go on and on, but WATCH THE SHOW, she didn't do much BUT BARK orders, of do this and that, and it was never to her satisfaction, if she were such a perfectionist, then get off ur A** and do it yourself, I would NEVER degrade my husband the way she did/does, if I EVER treated him the way Kate treated Jon, he would have left A LONG TIME AGO. When Jon got tired of being degraded and had enough he left, granted NOT appropriatley BUT we do NOT no EVERYTHING that when on when cameras were off.
While Kate was abusive to Jon, maybe he provoked her with his affair? I honestly wish they would both crawl back in the hole they came out of because there are more important issues in life like unemployment, wars, the economy, medicare for seniors, insurance increase rates and to worry about some couple that wanted publicity for their egos and to want children but destroy their lives is nonsense. How rude and selfish on both their parts.
I think he is just a huge azz.He moved his family into a huge house then leaves his wife and gets her banned from making money on the show.Lets just hope she can write enough books to keep the kids in the home and they dont have to move again.
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