“I don’t trust her anymore. I was abused … I was beaten down … I’m not going back to that life style. She knows the truth. I wish to God, she would speak from emotions … She’s not speaking from the heart. Please — the stuff you tell me in private should be the stuff you tell me on TV.”“I got married at 22. I had twins at 23. I had sextuplets at 27. Bye-bye, twenties. “When I met Kate, I was 20 and she was 22. I thought she would never go out with me again because of the age difference. … In the beginning, I never dated a girl with a path. … She’s very scheduled, very organized, career driven.”

Jon on trying to salvage their marriage:

“I learned about myself. If she’s not going to therapy, she’s not going to fix herself, then it’s not going to work. It takes two people. I have a $22,000 therapy bill. I mean, I tried to have marriage counseling. I did it myself. She refused to go.”

Jon on why is he speaking out now:

“I just want to let the world know that I’m a real person with feelings. OK, I’ve made mistakes. Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to go out to the clubs. But we all learn from mistakes, except mine are public.”

Jon on the turning point for him :

“In 10 years, I’ve never gone out… I used to say, ‘OK, I’m not going to go out.’ I was very passive. This is the first time I said, ‘You know what? I want to see my friends. I’m going out,’” he said. “That was the first time in my life I ever stood up to Kate… I just felt like I had to take back some time in my life, and I did it. And I felt really good. I made my own decision… I was beaten down for so long, I couldn’t even make my own decision. And when I did, I was like, holy cow! You know? Yeah, what’s she gonna do? Divorce me? All right. Obviously.”After more than $20,000 in therapy, Jon is happy with the peppy change in his personality.My mom and my brothers, they say to me, ‘It’s so good to have the real Jon back. It’s so good to have the warm, loving, kind, caring person that we knew you when you were… before you got married.I’ve changed for her. Because I loved her… But don’t forget who you are. That’s what happened to me.”