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Jon Gosselin Calls Custody of Son Colin a "Big Win"
Jon Gosselin is giving penetration into his years-long separation from his children.
The erstwhile TLC prima reflected connected his ongoing estrangement from his eldest children Mady and Cara, 22, whom helium shares with ex-wife Kate Gosselin. In information Jon—who is besides dada to 19-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Leah, Joel, Hannah and Collin—revealed helium precocious missed retired a large milestone for the girls.
"I had 8 graduations this year," the 46-year-old told People successful an nonfiction published June 9. "I lone attended one. The lone kids I spot and speech to are Hannah and Collin. So I've been beauteous overmuch estranged from Mady and Cara for 9 years."
Mady and Cara graduated from assemblage this year, portion the remainder of his children received their precocious schoolhouse diploma, according to People. Out of the precocious schoolers, only Hannah and Collin live and support a transportation with Jon, portion Kate had custody of Aaden, Leah, Joel and Alexis until they reached legal property this year.
Kate was awarded afloat ineligible custody of each 8 children upon her divorce from Jon successful 2009 aft 10 years of marriage, according to Us Weekly. Jon, aft launching aggregate custody battles passim the years, was awarded temporary sole ineligible and carnal custody of Collin successful 2018, astatine which constituent Hannah had already been surviving with him for astir a year.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum said the deficiency of interaction with six of his children was astatine archetypal "very difficult."
"But present it's, you know, you anticipation for the best," helium continued, "but you don't dwell connected it, you cognize what I mean?"
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However, helium inactive remains hopeful for a aboriginal reconciliation.
"Maybe we'll make a narration successful the future, but yeah," the 46-year-old said. "I can't enactment each my eggs successful 1 handbasket similar I utilized to and past beryllium upset astir it."
And present that his children are adults, Jon is holding retired that his relationships volition alteration for the better.
"My doorway has ever been unfastened to them," helium told The Sun successful April, "and I anticipation present they are adults they whitethorn privation to scope out."
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