Jon Gosselin has revealed the extent of his fractured relationship with his oldest daughters in a new interview.
The former reality TV star – who is known for appearing on the show Jon & Kate Plus 8 with ex-wife Kate Gosselin and their eight children – shared that he hasn’t had his twins Mady and Cara, 22, for nearly a decade spoken.
“The last time I spoke to Mady and Cara was in 2014,” Gosselin, 46, said. The American sun on Thursday.
“I text Mady and Cara regularly to see if I get a response and at this point I’ve never heard from them,” added the father – who claimed his ex stole $100,000 from two bank accounts last year. of their children. .
He went on to say that he won’t be attending any of the girls’ graduations this year because he wasn’t invited, saying, “Unfortunately I won’t be attending.”
Broken bond: Jon Gosselin has revealed the extent of his broken relationship with his eldest daughters in a new interview; Seen in 2019
Sad: The former reality TV star, 46, shared that he hasn’t spoken to his twins Mady and Cara, 22, in nearly a decade; The girls were seen with their mum Kate Gosselin, 48, in 2019
Jon and Kate, 48, married in 1999 and welcomed Mady and Cara the following year.
Kate then gave birth to sextuplets Alexis, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Leah and Aaden, who are now 19.
The duo starred in Discovery Health specials before getting their own show in 2007.
After Jon’s alleged infidelity in 2009, Kate filed for divorce.
She was given full legal custody of the children during the divorce, but Hannah and Collin later moved in with Jon in 2018.
In May, Hannah told ET: ‘I’ve always been closer to my father and we’ve always had a strong good relationship.’
‘It’s a lot, growing up in a very busy household with many children. And there isn’t really a one-on-one relationship, for attention, that you have with your parent. I felt like my father gave me that attention and I felt like I had a good, solid relationship with a parent.”
The former child star added: “Leaving my siblings behind was a tough decision. I didn’t want to be separated from them or even live in a different household than them. But I just feel there was unfair treatment in my mother’s house and I just wanted to live with my father.”
Long time: ‘The last time I spoke to Mady and Cara was in 2014. I text regularly [them] to see if I get a response and at this point I’ve never heard from them,” Gosselin told The US Sun
Miss: He went on to say he won’t be attending any of the girls’ graduations this year as he wasn’t invited, saying “Unfortunately I won’t be attending”
Family: Jon and Kate married in 1999 and welcomed Mady and Cara the following year. Kate then gave birth to sextuplets Alexis, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Leah and Aaden, who are now 19
Last year he claimed that Kate was partly responsible for the rift between him and the other children.
‘[Communicating with] the kids living with Kate is very difficult because I don’t have an open relationship with them,” he told ET.
“I think it’s a really bad decision by Kate because she alienated me from those kids.”
“I think it was a bad parenting decision. It would have been much better if she had been more open with them and explained things better.’
He went on to say, “It’s terrible. Of course I miss them. That’s why I post things on my Instagram, like throwbacks, TBTs. It’s bittersweet, though [Hannah] and Collin live with me, so I just focus on them.’
He added: “Maybe they will realize what the truth is and what happened when adulthood comes in. Maybe they’ll find out the truth or ask Hannah or Collin.’
Jon has also previously spoken about alienating some of his children.
Divided: Following Jon’s alleged infidelity in 2009, Kate filed for divorce. Last year he claimed that Kate was partly responsible for the rift between him and the children; seen in 2009
Celebrity: The couple famously appeared on the reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8 with their eight children
‘[The twins] stopped coming [at 12 or 13]. I was like, “Hey, do what you want, be with your friends” and then it just became, “They’re not coming [over]Then I had six [kids],” he explained to Entertainment Tonight in 2016.
“I just focused on those who did come [to my place].’
The former couple reportedly only communicate through their lawyers after the end of their acrimonious decade-long marriage in 2009.
Jon & Kate Plus 8 aired on TLC for five seasons from 2007-2010 and once drew 9.8 million viewers with its fifth season premiere.