{"id":1959039,"date":"2025-08-14T00:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1959039"},"modified":"2025-08-14T00:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:16:14","slug":"kate-gosselin-on-why-she-works-12-hour-shifts-after-reality-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-gosselin-on-why-she-works-12-hour-shifts-after-reality-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin on Why She Works 12-Hour Shifts After Reality TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kate Gosselin<\/strong><\/a> is embracing life beyond reality TV \u2014 revealing that she\u2019s now working long shifts in the medical field to support herself and her family years after her rise to fame.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was another 12-hour day, and my patient and I did a bunch of things,\u201d Kate, 50, shared in a new TikTok clip posted on Monday, August 11, just one month after joining the social media platform<\/a>. \u201cMy patient wants to spend time outside, and I, of course, did all of the medical care as well, feeding, bathing and all the things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI work again tomorrow morning, so I have my dishes loaded into the dishwasher, and will get my dishwasher running, so I can go to bed and get up early and do it all over again,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Kate moved to Troutman, North Carolina, from Pennsylvania and renewed her nursing license again earlier this year. The TLC alum noted that she is often asked about what she wears while on the clock as a pediatric home health care nurse in N.C., revealing she opts for a scrub T-shirt and pants with cargo pockets.<\/p>\n

In the comments section, one fan inquired why she still has to work such long shifts to make ends meet, to which Kate candidly replied, \u201cHonestly? Providing for 8 kids, college funds which I am proud to say covered all of their college and more and LAWYERS.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSickening but I was drug [sic] into court constantly and that costs A TON. Sad bc my kids could have a lot more saved and I could have a retirement saved if it weren\u2019t for lawyers :(. It\u2019s okay. I\u2019m helping other families and I feel needed and I enjoy helping,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

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In another one of her responses, Kate also spilled that \u201creality TV doesn\u2019t pay as well as it should when you have to provide for 8 kids on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate notably became a household name while starring on Jon & Kate Plus 8<\/em><\/a> from 2007 to 2009 with her and ex-husband Jon Gosselin<\/strong>, their\u00a0twins, Mady<\/strong> and Cara<\/strong>, now 24, and 21-year-old sextuplets Hannah<\/strong>, Leah<\/strong>, Alexis<\/strong>, Joel<\/strong>, Aaden<\/strong> and Collin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During her reality TV run, she also appeared in her own spinoff, Kate Plus 8<\/em>, and a show about her love life, Kate Plus Date<\/em>, which aired for one season in 2019.<\/p>\n

As Us Weekly<\/em> previously reported, Kate and Jon, 48, were embroiled in a high-profile custody battle after they divorced<\/a> in 2009.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tJon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin rose to fame because of their family, but the duo haven\u2019t always been on good terms with all of their kids. The former couple, who were married from 1999 to 2009, became parents in October 2000 with the arrival of twins Mady and Cara. In 2004, the Gosselins became a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Following their split, Kate was awarded legal custody of all eight children, while both parents were granted shared physical custody. However, in 2018, Hannah began living with her father full-time, and Collin later joined them.<\/p>\n

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