Drama, Drama: Kate Gosselin’s Quotes on Parenting Before and After Split From Ex-Husband Jon

“I Am Very Grateful.”

Although her estranged husband claimed being on reality television was hurting their kids, Kate said, “There is nothing that would ever force me to put them in harm’s way.” She noted in the 2009 TLC interview that she “would go back and do it again.”

“Let’s face it – being a nurse, a single mom of eight kids, I would not be able to provide for them in any way shape or form.” She explained that the show became their “primary income and for that, I am very grateful.”

“I Would Die for My Kids.”

“I am a mother first. I will always be a mother and I would die for my kids if need be,” she told Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that same year. “I would never put them in a situation that was dangerous or unsafe for them, and like any mother … my focus is not what trip I can go on or what shows I can do as a result of this thing. This is my job. This is my paycheck and so … “

Divorce “Wasn’t Surprising to Them.”

“We just discussed the situation with the kids as it would affect them day-to-day,” the busy mom told Good Housekeeping in 2009 about how her kids handled their divorce. “It wasn’t surprising to them, because over the past year, I’d been traveling a lot, so frequently it was just one parent at home.”

She continued, “I remember when we decided to separate that I felt grateful for that year, because it prepared us all for this. The kids are OK. They go through their, ‘I miss Daddy,’ and, ‘Why can’t both of you be here?’ I try to point them in the positive direction: ‘Remember how we did July 4 together? I hope to do more holidays together.’ They go, ‘Oh, yeah … yeah!'”

“They Were Raised Unconventionally.”

“Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised,” Kate told Today in February 2010 ahead of her book release I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith and Family. “I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally. I don’t want them to grow up and wonder; I want them to know without a shadow of a doubt how much I love them and how much every sacrifice made was worth it for them.”

“The Odds Are Against Me.”

“I am lonely,” Kate revealed during Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers in 2012, noting that her “busy” life makes dating difficult. “I clean up the house, put kids to bed and there I sit. Ideally, I would find that person, but I don’t know if I feel ready for that.”

“The odds are against me, one mom and eight kids,” she added. “I think a lot of my friends who are being constructive say, ‘Gosh, who are you going to meet that is going to be able to deal with eight kids?’ My answer is always, if they can deal with eight kids in our situation, it probably will be the person. It will sort of prove it.”

“I’m the Last Person That Could Be Called a Racist.”

In 2013, the mom of eight clapped back over suggestions that a photo showing her with slanted eyes poked fun at Asians. She pointed out that Jon & Kate Plus 8 had been addressing the clan’s Asian heritage in depth when they snapped the image.

“At that time, a common topic of our show was ‘everybody’s Asian’ — except for mommy, so a thoughtful fan figured she’d help me look Asian too!” stated Kate. “It’s normal to talk about and even ‘exaggerate’ the feature differences between family members of a biracial family as they are noticed by curious growing children within the family. These types of discoveries and at home discussions are a normal part of being a loving accepting biracial family and it does not make any of us prejudice!”

She argued, “I married an Asian. I have eight biracial children, therefore, I’m quite certain that I’m the last person that could be called a racist.”

“I’ve Done a Good Job”

While talking about her then-new show Kate Plus Date on ABC News in 2019, Kate stood up to possible backlash. “[This job] fell in my lap, and I made the best of an amazing opportunity and I don’t regret it. I mean, people try to stand in the way of me doing my job but like, don’t you rely on your job to pay your bills?” She added that she’s “not worried about what people say about me at all.”

“I feel like I know what my role is as a mom, and I know that there [are] eight people on the planet that matter to me and their opinions matter,” she said. “If those eight people say that I’ve done a good job, honestly the rest doesn’t even matter.”

Kate Allegedly ‘Stole’ More Than $100,000 from Bank Accounts Belonging to Her Children

Kate admitted in court documentsshe “borrowed” money from a trust fund belonging to her eight kids in 2019 for her living costs, a source tells In Touch.
 
In a court hearing the following year, she admitted she withdrew two lots of $50,000 from the kids’ trust. Kate said, “I will have to keep borrowing from it to survive.”
 
Additionally, the nurse claimed that the assets were being used to “meet her and the children’s expenses,” a rep for Jon confirms this to In Touch.

However, that same year, Kate had purchased a lakeside home in North Carolina with a swimming pool, which cost $750,000.

While talking to the U.S. Sun, Jon insisted his ex has still not paid the cash back and said the move is “disgusting” and “morally wrong.” 

He also claimed that Kate never paid the money back to their kids.

A lawyer for Kate declined to comment.