Jon and Kate Discuss Affair Rumors

Yesterday, Us magazine printed a story alleging to have proof that Jon Gosselin, best known as the father/husband on Jon and Kate Plus Eight, has been having an affair for the past three months.  Of course, those are explosive allegations and some people are inclined to believe them since the confirmation comes from the brother of the woman Jon is supposedly sleeping with. 

Late last month, Jon was photographed with a female friend as he left a bar in the wee hours of the morning while his wife was away promoting her new book.  The other woman is a third grade school teacher named Deanna Hummel.  Her brother (and roommate), Jason, felt the need to contact the media and set the record straight:  "She’s a nice girl, not a homewrecker," Jason tells Us Weekly. "He is a bad liar. This isn’t healthy for her. But she is refusing to help herself, so here I am trying to help her myself. I hope this clears the air."

Jason claims that Jon and Deanna met at Chill Lounge in Reading, Pennsylvania back in January and the relationship steadily grew from there.  There’s a picture of her sunbathing on his lawn and trying to get away from cameras in his car and then I spotted a video of him leaving her house at 7:30am.

Deanna’s brother was compelled to add that she and Jon would "pretty much stay locked away like two teenagers. It was weird. He’s a grown man.  A lot of the time, it was pretty, um, gross listening to her, you know, um — how do I say this? The walls are thin. Let’s just say that. I mean, no one wants to hear his sister having sex, let alone with a married dude who’s, like, almost twice her age and who has eight kids and a maybe-crazy wife. Ick. Nast."

Um… can you say too much information, Jason?  You’re just making your sister look bad in the process!

Now, Entertainment Weekly has done an exclusive interview with both Jon and Kate as they take on these allegations (read the full story on EW.com!).  Read what the couple had to say:

EW: What did you think of the story and photo?

Jon: It’s really upsetting. I may be guilty of choosing the wrong time and place to hang out with my friends, but I am not guilty of cheating on my wife. It hurts me to see what it’s done to my family, and it’s scary to know that these tabloids are in town constantly following us and even paying locals large amounts of money to contribute to these negative stories. It’s even gotten so bad that [one tabloid] has reached out to a youth pastor from our church, which in my eyes is completely unacceptable." 
Kate: It’s disturbing and unfortunate that these tabloids have gone as far as they have to try and bring us down. Jon’s poor judgment and irresponsible behavior has also without a doubt caused some added tension and stress between the two of us. 

EW: Does the tabloid story make you want to spend even less time in public? Do you feel like you have to decline future requests for fan photos for fear they may end up in the wrong hands?

Jon: Our fans and the majority of viewers have been overwhelmingly supportive, but when tabloids take photos and turn them into something they are not, yes it definitely makes us hesitant to take photos with fans and go about our daily lives. We still want to live normal lives. We want our kids to have opportunities that we didn’t have growing up, which is why we participated in the show in the first place. But of course it makes us think twice about how we spend our time in public.  

EW: Will you address how the tabloid coverage has affected your life in the upcoming season on Jon and Kate, which begins May 25?

Kate: I think we will address the bigger picture, regarding the very public focus on our family and the stress it’s caused in our relationship, but not necessarily any specific tabloid.

EW: That said, the latest tabloid coverage should only boost ratings for the fifth season of your show. Is this comforting, or troubling?

Kate: We are not concerned about the ratings right now. Our main focus is on our family and working through this.

What do you think of all of this!?  Do you believe Deanna’s sister or do you believe Jon and Kate?

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