Kate Gosselin Biography

Fast Facts

• After giving birth to twin girls and sextuplets within seven years, Kate and her husband received an opportunity to star in a reality series with their children, highlighting the joys and tribulations of raising eight children
• Quote: "Just to put it out there, I am who I am․ I do not care how you see me․ Call me crazy, but it's out there because I'm not perfect, and I will never boast that I'm perfect․․ I am learning parenting as I go, just like every other parent․"
• First featured in NBC reality TV show "Home Delivery" when her and her family's home was renovated to accommodate their family
• Became a registered nurse after completing her degree at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, Pa․, working as a labor and delivery nurse at the hospital until 2004
• Written three non-fiction books, "Multiple Blessings," "Eight Little Faces" and "I Just Want You To Know․"
• Met Jon Gosselin at a company picnic in 1997
• Wore braces until she was 28 years old, taken off four months before she gave birth to her sextuplets
• A mother of one of only 13 sets of sextuplets in the U․S