Jon Gosselin’s Girlfriend Stephanie Lebo Praises His Parenting Skills Amid Kate Gosselin Drama

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Jon Gosselin’s girlfriend, Stephanie Lebo, praised his parenting skills amid his ongoing feud with ex-wife Kate Gosselin.“A judge awarded him custody for a reason. … It takes a lot in the state of Pennsylvania for the judge to award full custody to a father, it’s usually veered towards the mother,” Lebo, 35, told The U.S.

Sun during a Thursday, August 3, interview, pushing back against “people [who] say that Jon is a bad father.”Lebo added that Jon, 46, is a father figure to her daughter from a previous relationship — 13-year-old Giuliana — even though he “doesn’t have to do that.”She continued: “I think sometimes with Kate and other people Jon has been around — is it something to do with your childhood, growing up? [Were] there some issues — is that why you are how you are?”Lebo’s comments come after two of Kate, 48, and Jon’s sextuplets — 19-year-old Hannah and Collin, whom Jon gained custody of in 2018 — spoke out against their mom in a July episode of the docuseries Dark Side of the 2000s. (Jon and Kate also share Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel, all 19, and twins Mady and Cara, 22.)During the episode, Hannah claimed that Collin was often “separated” from his siblings as a child. “He would not get to come outside and play with us.

He would eat dinner at different times than us,” she alleged. “I don’t think effort was made in the home to help him learn what behavior is acceptable and what behavior is not acceptable.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesCollin — whom Kate sent to Fairmount Behavioral Health Institution in 2016 to address his “special needs” — has long been estranged from his mom, who initially gained full custody of her eight children after she and Jon split in 2009.