So Sneaky! Kate Gosselin Hides Bodyguard Boyfriend In Tropical Birthday Trip Footage

Does Kate Gosselin have something— or someone— to hide?

As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported, the Kate Plus 8 star celebrated her 40th birthday in Mexico with her bodyguard and rumored boyfriend, Steve Neild, and her eight children.

But in the trailer for Gosselin's upcoming birthday TV special, airing on June 23, Neild is nowhere in sight!

"I'm turning 40. I can't believe it, and please say you can't either?" she tells the camera, before short scenes of 14-year-old twins Mady and Cara and 11-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Collin, Joel, Leah, Alexis and Hannah decorating a cake and swimming in the ocean.

Later, Kate goes out on the town with friends and chats up a single stud.

However, as RadarOnline.com readers know, Neild was by the reality mom's side every step of the way.

On March 29, a fan told RadarOnline.com she Gosselin and her longtime rumored love dining at Playa Del Carmen restaurant 100 Natural.

More than two months later, they were still going strong. On June 6, another eyewitness caught the pair looking cozy at the Double Tree Hilton in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

"They were smiling and laughing together," the onlooker told RadarOnline.com earlier this week. "He even put his hand on her back while they were looking at the pictures."

Dating rumors have been spreading since 2009, when Gosselin and ex-husband Jon, 38, split in a nasty divorce.

Should Kate keep hiding Steve off-camera? Sound off in the comments below and watch the preview clip.

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Posted by Generations Resorts on Thursday, June 11, 2015