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Which of Jon Gosselin’s 8 Kids Attended His Wedding to Stephanie Lebo?
Jon Gosselin and Stephanie Lebo are officially married — but who of the former reality TV star’s eight children attended the celebratory event?
Gosselin and Lebo got married on Saturday, November 23, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, according to Entertainment Tonight. According to the outlet, two of Gosselin’s eight children whom he shares with ex-wife Kate Gosselin, Collin and Hannah, were in attendance when the pair said “I do.”
The wedding was not attended by his six other children — twins Mady and Cara, as well as Aaden, Joel, Alexis and Leah.
“Before I met you, I never knew what it was like to be able to look at someone and smile for no reason,” Jon told his new bride during the ceremony, per a press release. “I feel like the luckiest man in the world, because I get to grow old with my best friend and the love of my life.”
Jon Gosselin has revealed a surprising new development in his complicated family dynamics. Despite not being on speaking terms with his ex-wife Kate Gosselin or several of their children, Jon, 47, shared that girlfriend Stephanie Lebo speaks to his family. “Everything seems copacetic,” he said of the surprising line of communication during an appearance […]
The pair first met in 2021 after they were introduced at a backyard BBQ. Jon and Lebo went public with their relationship in August 2023, at which time Jon revealed they had been dating for two years.
“We met at a backyard barbecue at a mutual friend Dean’s house,” Gosselin said in an interview with The Sun published that August. “It was a hillbilly thing we let fireworks off, it was fun. I had been single for a few months after Colleen [Conrad] and I broke up.”
Jon added that he also spoke to the pair’s mutual friend, who hosted the backyard party where they met.
Stephanie Lebo and Jon Gosselin Courtesy of Stephanie Lebo/Instagram
“I called Dean because he is like Steph’s brother and I said, ‘Did you ever hook up with Stephanie?’ and he said, ‘No man she’s like my sister,’ and then I called Stephanie and asked her the same she said, ‘No way he’s like my brother,’” he recalled. “So I called Dean back and said, ‘Do you mind if I ask Steph out?’ And he said, ‘No I don’t mind, but if you hurt her I’ll kill you, I’ll snap you in half.’ And he’s a big guy!”
In the same interview, Lebo admitted she knew who Jon was before they met, thanks to the years he spent as a reality star alongside his ex-wife.
“I did know who he was when I first met him, although I haven’t watched the show as faithfully as some others have, but I knew who he was and I had seen him DJing before,” she told the outlet. “So I knew about his past and everything although I was never Team Jon or Team Kate because I just didn’t know enough or watch the show that much.”
This may have allowed her to connect with Jon when he spoke about his past marriage. “I never thought relationships were easy,” Jon said in the interview. “I always thought my relationships were going to be a struggle and people would always have a chip on their shoulder where they’d say, ‘Screw you, you’re famous and I don’t have anything and I’ve had to give up this or that.’ But this time it’s not like that at all. It’s easy.”
Gonzalo Marroquin/for BHRC Jon Gosselin is still not on speaking terms with ex-wife Kate Gosselin and six of their children, but he hopes the tide will change — eventually. “I always wish for the best for everything, but as adults now they have to make that decision,” Jon, 47, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, […]
Jon, Hannah and Colin have been estranged from the rest of the Gosselin children — in addition to Kate — for years.
“I have not spoken with my siblings in probably five or six years now,” Collin told Entertainment Tonight in November 2022, adding that the estrangement has been “tough” for him to navigate. “I haven’t reached out to them, they haven’t reached out to me. I want to respect their space and their time and respect how they feel about everything, so I’m kind of just waiting for the day that they reach out. … I don’t want to invade their space. I’d rather just let them do it on their own terms.”
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