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Kate Spends B-Day With Kids While Jon Hangs With Girlfriend
The last episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 (filmed in March before Us Weekly broke the news of their marital troubles) showed Kate Gosselin spending her 34th birthday with just her kids.
Where was her husband Jon?
"I went out to Utah for, like, five days," he says. "I just wanted to get back out there and ride with my friends. It just happened to fall on Kate's birthday."
Not shown on camera: Deanna Hummel, the 23-year-old teacher with whom Jon had a three-month affair. A source confirmed to Us Weekly they were together at a Spring Gruv party at The Canyon in Utah on Kate's March 28 birthday.
Back home in Pennsylvania, the kids surprised Kate with a trip to Charm City Cakes, which is featured on the Food Network show Ace of Cakes.
Kate -- who works out with a personal trainer to maintain her post-tummy tuck bikini bod -- chowed down on lemon birthday cake.
"I never eat this stuff!" she says.
Jon and Kate also recorded a few of their couch testimonials together this episode -- different than the gloomy scenes shot separately in the premiere.
"This season, sometimes you'll see Kate and I interview separately. Sometimes you'll see us interview together on the chair," Jon explains in a voice-over played in the second episode, shown back-to-back after the first. "It depends how things are going. We have busy schedules. And that's it."
(Noticeably though, the couple only appear in the same town while taping testimonials -- never in the episodes. On last week's premiere, Kate said they may split.)
During the second 30-minute show, Kate takes twin Maddy on a trip to San Diego. Their plans?
"Shopping, sun, sand, spa, swimming, Sea World, sushi, Shamu!" the 8 year old ticks off. (She's also spotted handing her mom her BlackBerry later on.)
Back on the grounds of their $1.1-million Pennsylvania home, one of the sextuplets, Alexis, trips and accidentally bites through her lip. (She isn't seriously hurt.)
"I was on the elliptical and got a phone call," Kate says.
"We usually don't call," Jon says, as Kate interrupts, "No news is good news."
After last week's premiere earned 9.8 million viewers (a record for the network), TLC announced they had ordered a 40-episode season.
On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor confirmed that an investigation is underway to determine if Jon & Kate Plus 8 is violating child labor laws after receiving a complaint against the show.
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I knew Jon wasn't there for Kate's birthday, but I didn't know he was out with Deanna that same night.
Geez, that is sad 
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Re: Kate Spends B-Day With Kids While Jon Hangs With Girlfriend
I know these two got what they signed up for, but I would certainly hate to have all of my marital problems scrutinized by millions of people. It must e a million times harder to even try to work things out when there are stories (true or not) printed daily about every move you make.
I used to love this show. I can't watch it anymore because it almost makes feel like a creepy peeping tom.
This exactly. ?I saw someone else say that with 8 kids, how could you not have to tell someone else what to do. ?He is shown just playing a lot and not parenting. ?I agree with that.
I heard him say "it just happened to fall on her birthday"... and I thought riiiiiight! ?Like you couldn't plan it for the following weekend?!?!
What a jerk, IMO.
I also thought it was really sad at the beginning when she said she was baking her own cake
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Where did you get this information?
Really Elise? I really don't have a clue. Do you think they separated before last season ended? Or more recently than that?
I know it's easy to diss either one/both of them but having your hubby out with another woman on your birthday has got to hurt. Especially because it's going to get so much public attention. Even if they were divorced it would still be painful
It's almost like he wants to hurt her
Which part?
seperated or not, that is still a slap in the face.
Shame on him (them) for not being at least together on her birthday for the family.
Just makes you think what kind of dad he would be if Kate wasn't there bossing him around. Maybe we will all see it when they get a divorce. I bet he sees the family less and less.
I don't know for sure. I THINK they are. It makes sense with some of their other statements. Like when Jon specifically said he hadn't cheated on Kate. He could just be lying, but I think they had agreed to separate or live their own lives outside of the show, so he doesn't consider himself to the cheating.
See, that's kind of what I meant yesterday when I said he's not really being there for the kids. Whatever we or the general public may think of her, she is a mother to 8 darling children. Doesn't he realize that they would want to celebrate her birthday as a family? He couldn't make the effort for that? What was so fecking important in Utah that it couldn't wait another week or so?
Bleh, he upsets me (because he has undoubtedly upset the kids).
Maybe I'm confused since my parents are actually still "together" so I never dealt with this...
But, if parents are divorced/separated WHY would they be there celebrate the ex's birthday? The kids' birthdays? Absolutely, but not the ex's.
Because in a perfect world regardless of marital status you should treat each other with respect so the kids can at least feel like they have a "family unit" on special occasion.
I totally agree they should respect one another and get along accordingly. I'd just be afraid they may confuse the kids. What about Thanksgiving/Christmas/etc? I didn't think kids of divorced parents had both parents together on these holidays.
Now, if they aren't technically separated and yet he chose to go on this trip over her bday.. Well, that's effed up.
Eh, it's all a mess.
ditto...
I think they've been done for awhile. think jon is under contract and obliged to continue... so they are faking what they can and really not together.. they will probably demonize him so that kate can continue with a spinoff version and he'll be let out at the end of the contract. demonize in a way to draw sympathy so kate can continue. it's definitely a two way street and they both ruined the marriage. still awaiting the dr phil episode.