Jon Gosselin Is Engaged to Stephanie Lebo After 3 Years of Relationship

Jon Gosselin is engaged.

The previous actuality TV star, 47, proposed to girlfriend Stephanie Lebo on Saturday, Nov. 23, surrounded by their dad and mom at her favourite restaurant, Willoughby’s on Park in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, in response to Leisure Tonight.

The outlet reported that Lebo’s dad whispered to her after the emotional second: “You do not know how lengthy I waited for today for you, and there was a time the place I believed it was by no means going to occur for you. I am so very glad for you and Jon. My finest recommendation is rarely cease being in love. Love comes first.”⁠

Gosselin first met Lebo, 36, at a mutual good friend’s yard barbecue in August 2021 — simply months after splitting from earlier girlfriend Colleen Conrad — and the 2 started quietly relationship quickly after. They went public with their relationship in August 2023.

On the time, Gosselin advised Leisure Tonight that the pair saved their romance underneath wraps for practically two years by solely stepping out publicly of their small city in Pennsylvania. Nonetheless, as Gosselin’s rising DJ profession started taking him to massive cities together with Los Angeles, New York and Miami, the couple realized it could be more and more troublesome for them to proceed flying underneath the radar.

“I began touring, and we’d go collectively,” Gosselin advised ET of Lebo. “So as an alternative of leaping the shark, we just about stated, ‘You already know what, let’s simply manage one thing and are available out publicly as a result of it is gonna carry on occurring. We’re gonna journey collectively after we’re collectively.’ ”

They opted to go public with their relationship through an unique interview through which they shared the story of how they met and and the way their romance blossomed.

By April 2024, Gosselin was already eyeing an engagement with Lebo, revealing to PEOPLE that he deliberate to suggest to her. After calling Lebo “the one,” he stated he “certainly” would pop the query inside a yr.

“I am with my lady, she actually helps me,” he continued, explaining how Lebo has been there for his latest profession milestones — however behind the scenes. “She would not actually need to be within the public eye, so she would not come to crimson carpet occasions and people sorts of issues.”

Whereas Gosselin stated he is recreation to tie the knot once more — he was beforehand married to Kate Gosselin for 10 years from 1999 to 2009 — he nixed the thought of getting extra youngsters. (He and Kate share twins Mady and Cara and sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel.)

“We’re each fastened, so it is not occurring,” he advised PEOPLE of Lebo. “I am not getting a reversal. It was annoying sufficient to get it fastened so I am not going to go down that highway. I am 47. She’s 36. We simply need to get pleasure from life.”

He famous that Lebo’s 14-year-old daughter lives with the couple, so they aren’t empty-nesters simply but. “It is very nice,” he advised PEOPLE of getting the teenager at dwelling with them. “I’ve by no means had one child earlier than, so I am studying as properly.”

“So it is very completely different, but it surely’s cool to see Collin and Hannah be the large brother and large sister, as a result of they by no means had that,” Jon continued. “So that they’re mentoring her as properly, so it is very fascinating.”