LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)  -- After four years of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," Jon Gosselin said he's decided it's not healthy for his children to be on a reality show. Jon Gosselin appears on "Larry King Live" Thursday. He said he doesn't want his kids to continue with TV show. "The reason I don't think it's healthy for them is that we're going through a divorce right now, and I don't think it should be televised and I think my kids should be taken off the show," Gosselin told CNN's Larry King on Thursday night. "They're 5 and 8 now; let them experience a normal childhood," he said.
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Jon Gosselin tells Larry King he hasn't talked with Kate in about a month
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Kate: I've been "saddened and confused by Jon's public media statements"
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Jon on relationship with TLC: "They put me on house arrest"
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She said her estranged husband only changed his mind about their eight children's involvement after @placeholder "announced the name change of the show and indicated that Jon would have a lesser role in the show."
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She said her estranged husband only changed his mind about their eight children's involvement after TLC "announced the name change of the show and indicated that @placeholder would have a lesser role in the show."
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"It appears that @placeholder's priority is Jon and his interests," Kate Gosselin said.
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The state labor department is investigating whether @placeholder violated child labor laws by not properly paying the children or getting permits for the past four seasons, Heller said.
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@placeholder, in a written statement Thursday, said it had halted "direct filming of the children" until Jon and Kate Gosselin have "further conversations."
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@placeholder gave King a written statement insisting the changes were allowed by the contract.
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The new show will take "a deeper focus on @placeholder's role in the family and her journey as a single mother building the next chapter in her life," TLC said Tuesday.
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The new show will take "a deeper focus on Kate's role in the family and her journey as a single mother building the next chapter in her life," @placeholder said Tuesday.
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@placeholder will still appear, "but on a less regular basis," it said.
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@placeholder's divorce lawyers told King that Jon Gosselin does not have the legal right to stop the children from appearing on the reality show because of the separation agreement the couple signed.
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Kate Gosselin's divorce lawyers told King that @placeholder does not have the legal right to stop the children from appearing on the reality show because of the separation agreement the couple signed.
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As for his relationship with @placeholder, he said she told him a year ago she wanted to lead a life separate from him.