VIDEO: Jon Gosselin On Hailey Glassman: "You Can't Control Who You Love"
Sept. 9 2009, Published 11:15 a.m. ET
Jon Gosselin, in yet more excerpts from his tell-all interview with ABC, discussed his jet-setting romance with Hailey Glassman, the 22-year-old blond he has been spotted with at various locales this past summer.
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"When you look at her; I don’t know, my heart pounds, I get sweaty -- I feel like I love her more than I did Kate," Jon said of Hailey. “She's the polar opposite of Kate -- I get encouragement from her, I get respect from her -- two things that a man needs."
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Gosselin said he didn't leave Kate for Hailey, a misconception he said was spread by tabloids.
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"You can't control who you love, I strongly believe that -- its two people drawn together," Jon said with conviction.
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