Jon Gosselin has never been shy when it comes to talking about his lack of a relationship with six of his eight kids. He has also been clear that he believes the blame is on their mother, his ex-wife, Kate Gosselin. The former reality stars have been enemies since their contentious divorce well over a decade ago, and if you ask Jon, it’s because Kate has intentionally created a rift between him and his kids. Jon does have relationships with two of his kids, sextuplets Collin and Hannah. Collin and Hannah lived with Jon as teens, and Collin has had no contact with his mom or siblings in years. Jon recently opened up about how he doesn’t know anything about most of his kids now that they’re grown up.
Jon has no relationship with most of his kids.
During a recent appearance on Brandi Glanville’s podcast, Brandi Glanville Unfiltered, Jon shared his feelings about a possible reconciliation with his six kids.
“I don’t really talk to my twins anymore, or the other four. [The twins] live in Manhattan, they have their own life. My other four are in North Carolina,” he explained.
He believes Kate is at the root of why he hasn’t had contact with his kids.
“It’s so hard … and I have no cell phones and no contact. But Hannah talks to them,” he explained. Hannah has spoken in the past about being in contact with her mom and siblings, unlike her brother and father.
Brandi then suggested that maybe Kate had blocked his number in their phones, despite the remaining sextuplets being 20 years old and the twins being 23.
“She owns their phones,” Jon replied.
He accused his ex of ‘alienation.’
Jon did talk about his relationship with Hannah and Collin, and the relationship (or lack thereof) they have with their siblings.
“Hannah comes home — she’s at college — and Collin, he works a lot. I think it’s better. I think there was a lot of alienation. There was sibling alienation, which is still going on now because the other kids, other than Hannah, don’t talk to Collin,” he explained. “And there’s still parent alienation because I haven’t talked to my other ones and I have no idea what their thought process is on me or what they’ve been told.”
Jon claims it’s been many years since he’s talked to his estranged kids.
This isn’t the first time Jon has talked about not having a relationship with most of his kids. Last year, he told Entertainment Tonight, “I haven’t talked to Mady and Cara for, oh I don’t even know, over a decade. And then I haven’t talked to Joel, Aaden, Leah and Alexis for five years.
“At this point, they’re adults now. So, I mean, I don’t even know their phone numbers or stuff. Hannah went down there and talked to them … I’ve kind of just stuck with the kids that live here.”