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Kate Gosselin is on vacation with her boyfriend.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum, 50, revealed on social media that she celebrated Thanksgiving without her eight children by her side.
Gosselin wished her followers on TikTok on Thursday, Nov. 27, “Happy Thanksgiving!” She wrote, “I hope your turkey is juicy, but most importantly, I hope you’re enjoying it with the people you love most!”
“I’m grateful to have had so many busy Thanksgivings so far surrounded by family and friends, cooking, eating and laughing together in the kitchen,” she captioned a photo on social media. “I look forward to the next few years as I get healthy again and be back together with all of my loved ones.”
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Gosselin’s comments section was flooded with fans, wishing the reality star a festive holiday, with one follower replying: “Happy Thanksgiving, Kate! You bring joy to me every day with your videos. You’ll be well again soon. I wish you and those you love many blessings!”
Gosselin previously announced in a TikTok posted on Wednesday, October 22, that the holidays will be a little different this year as her children are off to college. Ms Gosselin is the mother of 21-year-old sextuplets Arden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah, Colin and Leah, and 25-year-old twin girls Maddie and Carla. She has eight children with ex-husband Jon Gosselin.
“I asked him what he wanted to do for Thanksgiving,” she says in the video, apparently referring to her boyfriend, Steve. “Some kids have plans. We’re far from home. Don’t forget.”
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“So we invited some kids over, but they don’t have enough time off to come here for Thanksgiving and go back to college,” she added. “I think it’ll just be me and him.”
Gosselin’s boyfriend originally floated the idea of her going “dancing” on her day off, even though she had recently broken her leg and had surgery. “That’s very rude, he’s smiling over there and he’s proud of himself. That’s his sense of humor and I don’t appreciate it,” she joked.
In a later clip shared on Oct. 25, the reality TV alum revealed that her children gave her new partner her stamp of approval.
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“My kids were always worried about me being alone even as adults. This makes them so happy too,” she wrote in a comment in response to a fan. “Of course, that makes me even happier!”
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Kate has not revealed her boyfriend’s identity, but he is someone she has “known for a really long time” and later revealed his name is Steve.
