Jon Gosselin announces engagement to Stephanie Lebo and reveals details of emotional proposal

JON Gosselin has announced his engagement to Stephanie Lebo successful an affectional proposal.

The erstwhile Jon and Kate Plus Eight star, 47, who has been dating Stephanie Lebo, 37, for much than 3 years, got down connected 1 genu aft months of planning.

The TV favourite shared a photograph of him kissing Stephanie arsenic they shared the blessed quality with their fans connected societal media.

Stephanie past showed disconnected her immense diamond engagement ringing successful a 2nd picture.

She captioned it: "Of people I said yes," with a emotion bosom emoji.

Lebo's dada shared a gushing tribute pursuing the proposal: "You don't cognize however agelong I waited for this time for you, and determination was a clip wherever I thought it was ne'er going to hap for you.

"I'm truthful precise blessed for you and Jon.

"My champion proposal is ne'er halt being successful love. Love comes first."

Last month, Jon told the Sun that helium had spent months plotting his connection and wanted it to beryllium an "intimate" surprise.  

Months of planning

He caught up with The U.S. Sun astatine writer Thea de Sousa's motorboat enactment for The Unofficial Vanderpump Rules Ultimate Trivia Book at SUR successful West Hollywood this week.

Jon DJ'd the event, powered by CellSound, and dished the details connected what his engagement and wedding would look similar aft helium was fixed a 2nd accidental astatine love.

He said, "I’m decidedly popping the question; she has nary clue. I person it each formulated successful my mind.

"It's comic due to the fact that we’re some tricksters and similar to play tricks connected each other, truthful she'll cognize erstwhile it happens."

When asked if he'd already been ringing shopping, helium said, "Oh yes. I’m precise detail-oriented and circumstantial astir what I want, and what she wants, obviously, and it took maine a while.

"I didn’t cognize determination were truthful galore options, and determination are... due to the fact that the past clip I got engaged, I was similar 20 years old."

He and his ex-wife, Kate, tied the knot successful 1999, and she gave commencement to twins Madelyn "Mady" Kate and Cara Nicole on October 8, 2000.

She aboriginal gave commencement to their sextuplets connected May 10, 2004: sons Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, and Joel Kevin and daughters Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, and Leah Hope.

Jon admits matrimony this clip volition beryllium precise antithetic for him, explaining, "I’m marrying my champion friend, I’ve ne'er had that before.

"I ever thought it was pressured. It’s antithetic aft TV due to the fact that I ne'er thought I’d unfastened up to idiosyncratic and beryllium truthful honest."

He said his archetypal connection was precise private, but this clip he'd similar household involved, but it'll inactive beryllium intimate and "heartwarming."

Jon went on, "It’s decidedly love. I’m getting connected the airplane and texting her, buying the wifi."

He past joked, "I would ne'er bash that I’m Korean, that ne'er happens.”

Asked if she supports his vocation arsenic he's regularly traveling, helium said, "I judge truthful yeah! She texted maine tonight, ‘I emotion you, person fun.’

"I deliberation our wedding, it’s up to her, a much intimate wedding and a bigger reception, but I don’t cognize I’m conscionable going on for the ride, I’m 47."

Thinking astir a honeymoon, helium added, "I conscionable request a abrogation wherever I don’t person to work.

"All my friends are like, ‘Oh, you’re going to LA, ohio you’re going here, you’re going here’. I’m like, ‘Dude, I gotta work, like, I haven’t slept successful 20 hours’."

Jon's children, Collin and Hannah, lived with him and stay adjacent to their begetter present they person flown the nest.

He remains estranged from his six different children; Alexis, Aaden, Leah, and Joel, and older twins Mady and Cara.

He antecedently revealed helium would emotion to reunite with his household and would beryllium blessed for Stephanie and his ex-wife Kate to commencement speaking to each other.