TV multi-mom Kate Gosselin has found love again after years of being single, but the relationship doesn’t stand much hope of lasting as she’s still scarred by her divorce from ex-husband Jon, sources tell Globe.
When asked on a TikTok Q&A if she was dating, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum, 50, revealed, “Finally, yes! I [have been] dating somebody for the past … year? A little over a year, maybe like 14, 15 months? I’m super, super happy.”
It turns out the “new” guy isn’t so new! He’s Steve Neild, 50, her former bodyguard who was initially hired in 2008, shortly before Kate split from Jon in 2009, according to Page Six. At the time, they were rumored to be having a romance, which Kate denied, calling allegations of an affair “disgusting” and “unthinkable.”
Kate was granted full custody of the “plus eight” — twins Mady and Cara, now 24, and sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel, now 21. But after Kate sent Collin away to a mental health facility for his “behavioral issues” in 2016, Jon was granted custody of Collin and Hannah in 2018. Collin claimed his mother was abusive, per Page Six.
As readers know, the former reality star had to go back to her nursing career amid a financial crisis.
“Kate gets by on an hourly wage, but she’s pleased there’s a guy in her life who can share the bills with her,” says the insider. “They’re living together under her roof and she’s even talking marriage. This is the first meaningful relationship she’s had since her divorce.”
But Steve knows she comes with a lot of baggage — for one thing, at least one of her children wants nothing to do with her.
“Kate blames Jon for trying to alienate her kids from her,” says the source. “Their relationship post-split is contentious as ever and she’s still angry at him.”
According to our insider, Kate brings her troubles home and into the bedroom! “Kate’s bossy and b**chy and says what’s on her mind and doesn’t take people’s feelings into consideration,” the insider says. “No one thinks this is going to last and word is that Kate is just dreaming.”
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