Jon Gosselin: Kids 'Have Problems' And Blames Their Reality Show [VIDEO] Tells Opera That Children Are Not Functioning With Their Peers---Kate Says It's 'Heartbreaking' That Her Ex Discusses 'Development' Issues Of 8 Ch

 

Jon Gosselin says his kids 'have problems' and blames their reality show, 'Jon And Kate Plus 8,' for the kids being not up to speed with their peers.

Kate and Jon Gosselin had a popular TLC reality show showcasing their immense family and in hindsight Jon wishes the kids were never in the limelight. Jon Gosselin discussed on Opera Winfrey's OWN show about the downfall of his 8 kids:

"I saw my kids not growing up normally, like I grew up, and having community," he said about his eight children with his estranged ex-wife Kate Gosselin, 38. "Yes, they got to travel the world, and yes, they got these fabulous things, and yes, they have trust funds, and they're taken care of educationally. Great. But developmentally, they have problems with their peers, and they have problems with talking to other people, and they have problems with wants and needs and manners and morals and what's right and what's wrong. I think more so than someone who grows up off TV." 

"We're totally not on the same page at all about anything. ... At this point there is no cooperation, there is nothing. There's two totally different parenting styles -- two totally different everythings, which is a shame, because it affects me, but it really affects my children." 

"I really have no relationship with Kate," he said. "I wish her the best in all that she does but [we're] just moving in two totally different directions. ... I really don't know what goes on in Kate's house, and she really doesn't know what goes on in my house." 

Kate has fired back in response of Jon Gosselin's unfair words about her kids, "I find it very heartbreaking that my children's father chooses a public forum to discuss his current opinions of the 'development' of our children."

"Each and every one of our children has met and continues to exceed all physical, mental and emotional developmental milestones throughout their lives," she wrote. "Their normal development is regularly monitored by myself, their pediatrician and school staff, as is usual within any family.

 "It is also very normal in a family, especially a large family, to have a full range of personalities, abilities, talents, hobbies and struggles. Ours is no different. However, anyone who has personally met our children all have the same thing to say: they are the most normal, pleasant, polite, loving and well adjusted children they have ever met. Most even go on to say that they are a 'a delight' to be around."

Kate previously said last month on 'Bethenny' that she feels 'empathy' and 'pity' for her ex in response to his prior scary behavior with a photographer.

Jon, who now lives as a waiter in Beckersville, Pa., had approached a photographer with a gun and fired a warning shot to scare the woman who was trying to get a picture of the ex reality star. Gosselin followed her all the way back to the main road to make sure she was no longer trespassing on his territory, firing a shot in the air.

The photog made a police report that Jon fired a shot in the air, but she declined to request that police take action. She was the one who was actually in the wrong trespassing on his land, so of course she took no further action as she could be in legal trouble as well if she took any further steps in getting Jon in trouble.

Since Jon split up with Kate he's been living a secluded life in the outskirts of Pennsylvania, living as a waiter at a restaurant.

He told "Entertainment Tonight" earlier this year about living the simpler life:

"At first I was nervous because I was like, 'How are people going to react?'" Gosselin said. "But then I'm thinking 'Well it's fun and I get to talk to people.' And they technically already know me ... they're like 'Are you the guy?' I'm like 'Yeah, I'm the guy.'"

"You learn from your mistakes," he said. "That's what builds you to who you are today."

"I've hit rock bottom about 20 times, and then I bounce back again," he told ET.

Jon also admitted that he doesn't "have a relationship with Kate," and that they primarily communicate through text and email saying 'I don't physically see her."

 Radar Online and numerous other gossip websites reported that Jon Gosselin's child support payments to his ex-wife Kate are in arrears for the amount of $3,557.06. 

DO you think Jon should have opened up on OWN about his children?

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