Jon Gosselin ready to heal broken relationships with 6 estranged kids after reality dad and ex Kate end custody battle
JON Gosselin is ready to repair his relationships with his six estranged children now that 14 years of bitter court battles with ex-wife Kate are over, The U.S. Sun has learned.
In an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun, Jon said he believes that without the constant legal feuding, the whole family "will start to heal."
Jon and his ex Kate have been feuding since their complicated divorce in 2009.
The former couple share their 18-year-old sextuplets – Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Leah, Collin, and Hannah and are also parents to twin daughters Mady and Cara, 21.
Collin and Hannah chose to live with their father in Pennsylvania as teens, but his relationship with the siblings that remained with Kate, has remained strained over the years and they have barely spoken.
He told The U.S. Sun said: "Before, the kids living with Kate were under her thumb but now they are adults and going off to college or the military or whatever, I don't have as much fear about reaching out to them.
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"There was so much angst between Kate and I and my kids are pleasers, they wanted to please their mom.
"I always wanted to talk to all of my kids but I didn't want to put them in an awkward position because Kate didn't want them talking to me.
"I didn't do parental alienation on my side but she definitely did on her side, but now they are adults they may not be influenced as much by her, and management and all those things.
"My door has always been open to them and I hope now they are adults they may want to reach out.
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It comes after Jon told The U.S. Sun how he felt "finally free" now he did not have to battle with his ex in court anymore.
He told how the former couple had both signed termination agreements to end their last two open court cases.
'FEELING EUPHORIC'
"I'm in a pretty euphoric place right now," he said.
"It's been 14 years of court and now it is finally over...
"Kate owed me some arrears but I have forgiven them, because I just want to be done with it...
"It's finally over, I don't have to deal with her, with court hearings, lawyers - it's done.
"I can get on with my life, it's such a good feeling. I don't even think it's sunk in yet because I've been going to court for so long.
"The thing in these cases is that there's no winning. The only winners are the lawyers.
"The kids always lose out- it's not a soccer match, there's never a winner.
MOVING ON
"But now I'm finally moving on with my life."
Jon shared court papers from family court in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with The U.S. Sun, showing that both he and Kate had signed the termination agreement putting an end to their legal turmoil.
Jon said the constant court battles and scrutiny made him miserable - and stopped him from living his life to the fullest.
"I felt like I've been under a microscope my whole life," he said.
"I was always afraid to make a move - in business or any kind of life decision.
"It's intrusive in the fact that you can't do what you want.
"It would be like I can't do this thing without having to renegotiate child support or I can't do that thing because Kate's going to bring it in court and try and make me look bad. There were constant accusations flying around.
'NOW I CAN DO WHAT I WANT'
"Now I can do what I want without having to worry about her coming back and saying anything.
"I'm looking forward to doing more DJing work - it started as a hobby but now it's become my passion.
"Now there's no custody and no child support because the kids are adults and the cases are all closed. It's a weird feeling. I never really planned for it.
"It happened so fast the kids growing up. The six will be 19 in May - the time just slipped away."
Jon and Kate starred alongside each other in Jon and Kate Plus Eight for five seasons until their divorce.
WARRING EXES
Kate then filmed the show without Jon under the new name Kate Plus Eight for six seasons.
Kate Plus 8 was canceled after Jon filed a petition for contempt against Kate in 2019, claiming she filmed the kids without his consent.
Kate was allowed to film with the minor children in her custody if she and/or the TLC provided Jon with a "filming schedule including the date, time and location of filming."
In Kate's response to his petition, she claimed she "was under the mistaken impression" that the network was "handling all notifications to the father".
She then filed a counterclaim against Jon, accusing him of continuing to "publicly embarrass" her and "tarnish" her reputation.
Kate later blamed him for TLC canceling the series.
Last year, Jon alleged that Kate "stole" more than $100,000 from bank accounts belonging to her children, in an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun.
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Now the warring exes no longer need to have anything to do with each other, since all their legal cases are closed and the kids are adults.
The Sun reached out to Kate for comment.
