"She is my champion friend," Jon exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker astatine the April 25 expansive opening of the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center's caller West Hollywood location. "I person feline friends, but this is different. I confide successful her with everything."
Acknowledging that he'd previously been "hesitant" to beryllium susceptible successful relationships due to the fact that of his "PTSD and spot issues," the 47-year-old—who has been dating Stephanie since August 2023—shared that helium feels similar helium can finally "fully unfastened up" with the 37-year-old.
"It's precise relieving," Jon continued, "and past I tin conscionable spell beryllium me."
And being casual to speech to isn't the lone prime that Jon—who shares 20-year-old sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel, arsenic good arsenic 24-year-old twins Mady and Cara, with ex-wife Kate Gosselin—loves astir Stephanie. He besides gushed astir however supportive his spouse is erstwhile it comes to hectic manner arsenic a DJ and TV personality.
"I person a truly peculiar beingness and I'm connected tour," he explained. "I'm here, I'm there. I was conscionable successful Florida, I'm backmost and forth. I beauteous overmuch unrecorded successful an airdrome and the plane, but she's supportive either way. I deliberation it conscionable brings america person together."
Jon added, "It took maine a agelong clip to find idiosyncratic similar that."
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As for erstwhile the TLC alum plans to put a ringing connected Stephanie's finger? He insisted everyone volition conscionable person to hold and see.
"I can't archer you that, it's a secret," Jon said. "Her parent and my parent inquire constantly. And I'm like, 'Can you conscionable fto maine be? Let maine be! You'll cognize erstwhile you know.'"
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