Jon Gosselin enjoyed a bit of shopping with his friend, entertainment journalist Adriane Schwartz, in Park City, Utah on Friday.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum, who is DJ-ing a yoga session during the Sundance Film Festival, bundled up for their day in the snowy destination, where they stopped by a bookstore and liquor store.
Schwartz is not only a longtime friend of Gosselin, but she also works for him, as his Instagram lists her as his media inquiries contact.
The pretty blonde bears a resemblance to Gosselin’s ex-wife, Kate Gosselin, with whom he shares eight children with.
Jon and Kate split in 2009 after rising to fame with their TLC series, and now Jon is set to walk down the aisle again – he is engaged to girlfriend Stephanie Lebo.
For their snowy outing, Jon donned a navy sweatshirt, slacks, beanie, and violet-tint sunglasses.
Jon Gosselin enjoyed a spot of shopping with his friend, journalist Adriane Schwartz, in Park City, Utah, on Friday
Adriane looked glam in a long black coat teamed with leopard print gloves and various elegant bags on her arm.
Gosselin found fame with his ex-wife Kate, 49, on the TLC show Jon & Kate Plus 8, which followed their life raising their eight children: twins Mady and Cara, both 23, and sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel, who are 20.
Kate filed for divorce in 2009 at the height of their reality TV fame, triggering a long and rancorous custody battle over their massive brood.
Ultimately, Jon was able to obtain full custody of Hannah and Collin, but he remains estranged from the rest of his children.
Recently Jon shared he will be sending wedding invitations to all of his children regardless of his current relationship with them, via Entertainment Tonight.
‘Oh, yes, I would definitely do that. I would definitely send an invite to all of them,’ said Jon, seated beside Stephanie. ‘You know, they are my kids.’
He confessed Stephanie has yet to meet any of his children besides Collin and Hannah, while stating that ‘it would be nice for her’ to be introduced to them.
‘I just kind of support the kids that are integrated into the family, and if other ones wake up and realize what’s going on, the door is always open here,’ he said.
Stephanie gushed that ‘Hannah loves me and I love her,’ adding that Jon’s daughter has ‘waited so long’ for the wedding to finally arrive.
The duo emerged from one shop, with Jon carrying a shopping bag
Jon’s pal Adriane bears a resemblance to his ex-wife Kate Gosselin
Collin, meanwhile, ‘sent me a message’ the day after the proposal, Stephanie revealed. ‘The sentence was that I am the glue. That resonated very well with me, so he’s very proud.’
Meanwhile Stephanie’s dad reacted to news of the engagement by telling her: ‘You don’t know how long I waited for this day for you, and there was a time where I thought it was never going to happen for you. I’m so very happy for you and Jon. My best advice is never stop being in love. Love comes first.’
In 2023 the pair spoke to The Sun about their romance after meeting at a mutual friend’s backyard barbecue three years ago.
The reality star said he ‘had been single for a few months’ when he and Stephanie crossed paths.
The couple split in 2009 after rising to fame with their TLC series, and now Jon is set to walk down the aisle again – he is engaged to girlfriend Stephanie Lebo
Prior to that, he had been in a seven-year romance with Colleen Conrad, 53, prior to their amicable parting in August of 2021.
Gosselin said of meeting Lebo, ‘It was a hillbilly thing we let fireworks off, it was fun. I had been single for a few months after Colleen and I broke up.’
Lebo explained to the outlet, ‘It was a graduation party and birthday party for our mutual friend’s nephew’s birthday, but he knew it was my birthday too so he got me a special lotus candle so when it spun around it opened up.
‘Afterwards I got tagged in a post about it on Instagram and Jon wrote, “That was a super cool candle” and I wrote, “It was super cool to meet you.”‘
They continued to speak via text, and Gosselin said he reached out to their mutual friend Dean, who was host of the party, about a potential relationship.
‘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,”‘ Gosselin said. ‘And then I called Stephanie and asked her the same she said, “No way he’s like my brother.”‘
He continued, ‘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!'”
