HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Jon Gosselin is continuing to fire shots at his soon-to-be ex-wife Kate, while admitting the estranged couple has hit rock bottom.
"Our relationship will never be fixed," he revealed on Monday's "Good Morning America." "I think down the road we might be friends, but at this point in time I don't think so."
Jon, 32, says that his relationship with Kate has become so strained that the pair can no longer film scenes together for their hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8."
"We film it separately," he said. "She has her film crew. And I have my film crew. But I can't sit on the sofa with that woman. I can't sit on someone right now that I despise."
"I despise [her] because she's not speaking from the heart," continued Jon. "Please — the stuff you tell me in private should be the stuff you tell me on TV."
(In a statement to ABC News, Kate responded: "While I certainly have a very different perception of how our marriage dissolved, for the sake of my children I maintain that I'm not going to go into details of aspects I believe should remain private.")
Jon also bashed his ex-wife for continuing to wear her wedding ring, while claiming that she swiped his.
"I think she still wears the ring for public perception," he said. "I don't wear my ring because she took my ring. I don't have it."
"I don't have the ring," he continued. "So I laid it down one night. It was gone. Who else would take it? I checked all the — underneath my kids' pillows. That's where everything ends up in the house anyway. So it wasn't there"
When asked if his relationship with Hailey Glassman, the daughter of Kate's former plastic surgeon, may have led to the end of his marriage, Jon stressed that he "didn't leave Kate for Hailey," but admitted that he found someone who respected him.
"I get encouragement from her, I get respect from her. Two things that a man needs," he said.
As for the rumors that Kate may have had an affair with her bodyguard Steve Neild, Jon said he suspected the pair may have connected.
"I speculate, but I don't know — that's a general feel," he said. "You know, almost like when they were traveling together, I felt jealous. Here, I'm Mr. Mom. And then there's some other guy traveling with my wife. Whether it's protection or not, it's all in — it's in the back of my mind."
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