Kate Gosselin

Katie Irene Kreider, aka Kate Gosselin, is an illustrious American reality TV personality who achieved international prominence as the mainstay of the reality television program, ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8,’ endorsed by TLC. However, the immense popularity of the series catalyzed Kate’s split from her husband Jon Gosselin, and ultimately led to their divorce. Long before her small screen career took off, she worked as a registered nurse in a medical center in Reading, Pennsylvania. She came across her future husband, Jon Gosselin, in a picnic arranged by the medical center and hospital where she was employed. After dating each other for nearly two years, they finally legalized their relationship via marriage. Kate opted for artificial insemination in order to conceive as she found out that polycystic ovarian syndrome prevented her from getting pregnant naturally. The couple’s fertility treatments resulted in their being blessed with eight children. The TV channel ‘Discovery Health’ was inspired to create a program, ‘Surviving Sextuplets and Twins’ based on Kate and her family. The show generated so much publicity that the ‘Discovery Communications’ owned channel filmed another program titled, ‘Sextuplets and Twins: One Year Later’. The high TRP ratings of the show opened the floodgates for Kate leading to a scintillating spell in the reality TV industry. TLC, another Discovery Communications TV channel, entered into a pact with Kate and Jon to feature them in ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’—an avant-garde reality show based on the Gosselin family.