The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum is engaged to Stephanie Lebo aft 3 years of dating, according to Entertainment Tonight. As helium got down connected 1 knee, Jon—who was antecedently joined to Kate Gosselin from 1999 to 2009—presented his bride-to-be with a shimmering emerald-cut diamond.
The astonishment connection took spot Nov. 23 astatine a edifice successful Wyomissing, Penn., per the outlet, with each of the couple’s parents contiguous for the large moment—including Stephanie’s father, who was peculiarly emotional.
“You don't cognize however agelong I waited for this time for you,” helium told his daughter, according to the outlet. “I'm truthful precise blessed for you and Jon.”
The mates archetypal met successful 2021 astatine a communal friend’s barbecue and began dating soon thereafter, but didn’t publically disclose their romance until August 2023.
“My erstwhile relationships would each spell good successful the opening but past they'd determination to miscommunications and secrets,” Jon told The Sun astatine the time. “Trust has ever been an issue, but not this time.”
Gushing however helium and Stephanie, a probe analyst, are “really blessed and successful love,” helium continued, “We are precise comfy with each other, it conscionable fits. Plus each our friends are the aforesaid people, alternatively of ‘Your friends’ and ‘My friends.’”
Jon’s archetypal matrimony with Kate was documented connected the TLC world series, which costarred their 8 children: twins Mady and Cara, 23, and 20-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Leah, Joel, Hannah and Collin.
However, Jon’s upcoming wedding mightiness not service arsenic a family reunion. In the years since Jon and Kate’s divorce, the dad-of-eight became estranged from six of his kids, though helium remains adjacent with Hannah and Collin.
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“I person nary entree to the kids I'm estranged from,” helium said successful a 2023 occurrence of Vice TV's Dark Side of the 2000s, per People. “I person nary thought wherefore they stopped coming. I person nary answers. Like, none. It's the worst.”
Meanwhile, Collin is besides estranged from his parent and siblings amid his claims against Kate, including his allegation that she often locked him successful the basement of her location increasing up. However, Jon said his lad hopes to reconnect with his brothers and sisters.
“It's a 2 mode street," helium told Us Weekly in October. “He's offered the olive branch, truthful hopefully the olive subdivision volition beryllium returned.”
As for Jon and Stephanie, who besides has a teenage daughter, would they see further expanding their family?
“We're some fixed truthful it's not happening,” Jon told People successful April. “I'm not getting a reversal. It was annoying capable to get it fixed truthful I'm not going to spell down that road.”
He added, “I'm 47. She's 36. We conscionable privation to bask life.”
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