Kate Gosselin<\/b> is officially dating her former bodyguard Steve Neild<\/b> \u2014 despite denying the two were an item more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have wedding plans, it\u2019s that serious,\u201d a source told Page Six<\/i><\/a> in a story published on Wednesday, September 24, adding that Kate, 50, and Neild are living together and that the Jon & Kate Plus 8<\/i> alum is \u201ccrazy about him.\u201d<\/p>\n The outlet also reported the two have been together for a long time now.<\/p>\n Rumors of the pair having more than just a working relationship have swirled for more than a decade. Neild served as security for the Gosselin family in 2008 \u2014 a year before Kate\u2019s marriage to Jon Gosselin<\/b> fell to pieces amid reports of Jon\u2019s infidelity<\/a>.\u00a0 (Jon and Kate were married from 1999 to 2009, welcoming twins Madelyn <\/b>and Cara<\/b>, both 24, and sextuplets Aaden, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Alexis and Leah,<\/b> all now 21.)<\/p>\n Whispers of a romance between Kate and Nield, who was married while providing security detail for the Gosselins, began to swirl shortly after.<\/p>\n At the time, Kate vehemently denied any romantic involvement with her security detail. \u201cThe scary thing for me is [the tabloids] are going to take information and create a story,\u201d she told People.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Neild quit doing security work for the family in 2019 \u2014 the same year he and Kate were spotted sharing an umbrella in New York City, reigniting the relationship rumors.<\/p>\n News of Kate\u2019s romance comes one day after the reality star took to TikTok to announce<\/a> that she is \u201cactually, finally\u201d dating again and is \u201csuper happy\u201d with her new partner.<\/p>\n Kate went on to say that she has been in a relationship for \u201ca little over a year, maybe 14 or 15 months\u201d but refused to identify her mystery man.<\/p>\n \u201cHe doesn\u2019t really like to be on TikToks,\u201d she told fans, before teasing, \u201cYou perhaps will catch a peep of him here and there once in a while going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/featured-2-kate_gosselin_jon_gosselin_720.jpg\")
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