Jon Gosselin: ‘I Made Mistakes…I Messed Up’

The war of the reality show parents continued Thursday night when Jon Gosselin, former star of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” appeared on CNN’s “Larry King Live” and admitted that he regrets ever allowing his eight kids to be on the popular series.

“I had an epiphany,” Jon, who appeared with his attorney Mark Heller, told Larry. “I just looked in the mirror, and I said, ‘I don’t want to be this person anymore.’ I made mistakes. I know I messed up. I do regret a lot of things. But I have to learn from those mistakes and move forward.”

The 32-year-old said he is concerned that the TLC series is robbing his kids of their childhood.

“The reason I don’t think it’s healthy for them is that we’re going through a divorce right now, and I don’t think it should be televised, and I think my kids should be taken off the show,” he continued. “They’re 5 and 8 now; let them experience a normal childhood.”

According to Jon, Kate is continuing the show “for financial reasons.” Adding, “I need to be a father. I need to take my kids off the show.”

He claimed he was planning to quit the show and when producers found out, they up and fired him – something Kate’s lawyer, Mark Momjian, denied via satellite.

“Just last week, September 25, he was taping with the children,” Momjian told Larry. “All of a sudden, he has an epiphany. Maybe he’ll have another or new epiphany tomorrow. Or maybe he will have another epiphany the following week.”

Jon went on to say that he would like to repair his relationship with Kate, who he says he has not spoken to in over three weeks.

“I want to work things out,” he explained. “We know we’re not going to be husband and wife, but we will always be mom and dad… I want Kate and I to mediate. I want us to become friends. I want us to figure out our marriage and I don’t want it to be filmed anymore. And I don’t want the kids involved.”

Kate’s lawyer said their divorce would proceed as planned.

“It’s going to go forward,” Momjian said.

As for the series, Jon’s lawyer believes it will end, saying, no judge would ever “subject the children to the show if the father believes it’s detrimental.”

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