Kate Gosselin confirms romance with former bodyguard following affair allegations during 2009 divorce

After years of speculation Kate Gosselin has gone inhabitants with her former bodyguard Steve Neild On Saturday the former TLC star took to social media to share a list of things and people she's obsessed with one of which included her boyfriend the Gosselin family bodyguard Kate was once rumored to have had an affair with amid her divorce from Jon Gosselin in After sharing multiple photos of her kids whom she shares with Jon in the slideshow Gosselin posted two photos of herself with Neild My boyfriend she wrote over two pictures of the pair on the beach KATE GOSSELIN RESPONDS TO ESTRANGED SON'S INDICATES ABOUT FAMILY SPLIT WITH CRYPTIC COMMENTThough Gosselin did not reveal his last name in the post fans were quick to point out his identity Steve You and Steve I LOVE THIS I inevitably reported to myself whenever I saw him on the show these two belong together Love Love Love Congratulations on you two one fan wrote Hard launch I love it And sooooo happy for you You deserve all the good things that life can give you another fan added Kate was married to Jon for years before they divorced in They share eight children together and starred on the reality series Jon Kate Plus from until The show was rebranded as Kate Plus after the couple split LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe same year of their divorce Kate slammed reports that claimed she had an affair with Neild The next story coming out from the animals that stalk us is about our protection person and his family Kate previously narrated People referring to Neild Already the charges they're making about me are disgusting unthinkable unfathomable and I am horrified KATE GOSSELIN WORKS GRUELING -HOUR NURSING SHIFTS AFTER REALITY TV FORTUNE DISAPPEARSIn September however Kate revealed in a TikTok video that she had been dating a man named Steve for a little over a year Without sharing his identity and adding that he s a little camera shy the former Kate Plus star announced he s someone she s known for a long time While answering fan questions on TikTok Gosselin declared the answer to Are you dating is definitely in the end yes CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERShe explained she s been dating her mystery man for over a year and she s super super happy It s someone I ve known for a really long time and I am very very happy she continued He doesn t really want to be on TikToks Can t blame him I guess But you perhaps will catch a peep of him going forward At the time a source reported the New York Post that Kate has been living with Neild They have wedding plans it s that serious the source added Shortly after Kate's dating confession Jon made posts to his Instagram sharing screenshots of articles connecting Kate to Neild Along with the photos he wrote Guess who really ruined the marriage He added Maybe when I speak people will listen now Jon and Kate s son Collin shared his own remarks on the rumors in a series of emotional Instagram posts What really upsets me is that my mom had an affair with our bodyguard way back in and for years would share hotel rooms with him while we went on family vacations while I was in a connected room he wrote Now everyone thinks her being with him is selected cute novel romance He continued By the way my dad received death threats and got shunned by the constituents for years for having an affair and leaving his kids I hope she doesn t try to play this one off Just come forward and be truthful I feel very strongly on the matter of cheating and then blaming someone else for your own actions he wrote Everyone says my dad and I are hung up on my mom We are not We have suffered the damage of a narcissist and cried together He concluded his post with a broken-heart emoji and a message to Jon We won t act reformed when we still feel pain from our past I love you dad Fox News Digital's Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this post