Jon Gosselin has shared the weight-loss routine he hopes will help him shed more pounds before marrying his fiancée, Stephanie Lebo.
The former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star, 47, proposed to Stephanie, 37, in November 2024 after three years together. He popped the question at her favorite restaurant in Pennsylvania, where they live.
The couple will marry on November 23, 2025, at a venue somewhere in the Northeast that is “close to home,” Jon said.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com at The Music Lodge’s Enlighten Wellness Lounge during the Sundance Film Festival, the reality television personality discussed his wedding plans and preparations for the ceremony.
“To get prepared for the wedding and my own self, I’ve been doing CellSound, which is getting rid of my visceral fat. I am part of a new med spa that I go to,” he said.
Jon has also been increasing his activity. “Working out. I walk. I didn’t work out this week because I’ve been walking up this damn hill, 15,000 steps and 7,000 feet, so I’m feeling it,” he said, referring to Main Street in Park City, Utah, where the festival is held.
“But I’m trying to eat healthier and not eat as much, and portion control,” he added.
“And all these things that everyone does, I’m trying to maintain that. And now I have the time. So I have the time to go to the gym, and I have the time to do these things.”
Jon Gosselin spoke exclusively with DailyMail.com at the Sundance Film Festival, pictured at the Shutterstock Chalet on January 24
The DJ explained how he is preparing to fit into a smaller suit size for his upcoming wedding to Stephanie Lebo
Jon, 47, and Stephanie, 37, will marry on November 23, 2025, at a venue “close to home” in Reading, Pennsylvania
Jon previously said he had lost more than 50 pounds with the help of semaglutide, the medication commonly marketed under brand names including Ozempic and Wegovy.
During a video interview with DailyMail.com on January 25, he said he remains on “a low dose” of semaglutide, which he injects once a week to help maintain his weight.
However, Jon said he would like to lose around 20 more pounds and reach his target weight of 190 pounds so he can wear a smaller suit at his autumn wedding.
“I want to reach 190 because that will put me in a better suit size for my wedding because I have broad shoulders,” he explained.
“So, I would love to be a 40 regular instead of a 42. It’s just what I want,” he said.
He is also undergoing CellSound treatments during visits to Los Angeles with Dr. Nicholas Nikolov, a renowned plastic surgeon.
Jon said the non-invasive treatments helped tighten loose skin and reduce belly fat, allowing him to show off abdominal definition this summer—something he said he had never had before.
The Beverly Hills-based doctor, who also attended the Enlighten Wellness Lounge, told DailyMail.com that he had noticed a change in Jon since he began the CellSound treatments.
Jon hopes to lose 20 pounds and fit into a size 40 suit for his wedding this fall, pictured in 2022
Jon previously said he lost more than 50 pounds while taking semaglutide, sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy, and saw his abs for the first time over the summer
Jon credits Dr. Nicholas Nikolov with introducing him to CellSound Aesthetics treatments, which are designed to reduce visceral fat and tighten the skin
“We’ve slimmed him down a little more. The tissue looks better, and so does his appearance. In a bathing suit, he looks a lot better,” the doctor said.
During Sundance, Jon DJed at The Music Lodge’s Enlighten Wellness Lounge at Treasure Mountain Inn. Guests were able to try CellSound Aesthetics treatments, receive vitamin drips from ReClinic and unwind with chair massages from Enlighten Wellness.
Among the celebrities who visited the lounge were John Lithgow, Dave Franco, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Meredith Marks and Marlee Matlin.
With 10 months to go before the wedding, Jon said the couple’s next major task is sending invitations to their friends and family.
The couple hopes to keep the guest list below 150 people. Jon said they are reducing it by roughly 10 names each week.
Although he is estranged from six of his eight children, Jon said he plans to invite all of them—even though he does not have every child’s current address or phone number.
Kate, 49, and the former couple’s twins, Mady and Cara, 24, as well as 20-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah, have been estranged from Jon for more than a decade.
The other two children, Hannah and Collin, 20, lived with Jon from 2018 onward. Both are now in college: Hannah attends the University of Miami, while Collin studies at Penn State University.
Jon remains close to two of his eight children, Hannah and Collin Gosselin, who are both 20 and away at college
Jon said in 2023 that he last spoke with his daughters Mady and Cara in 2014, pictured on the Today show with their mother, Kate Gosselin, the year he said they last communicated
Jon is also estranged from four of his 20-year-old sextuplets—Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah—and said he is “praying that they come around or talk to me”
Jon said he has not been in contact with his ex-wife Kate because there is “too much animosity” between them
“Mady and Cara live in Manhattan. They have their own careers, their own life. The other four… they go to four different colleges in North Carolina, so I guess they got in-state tuition or whatever, because that’s where they live now,” Jon said.
He added that his daughter Hannah speaks with the four siblings and that he is “praying that they come around or talk to me.”
“I’m not gonna pressure them, but they already know how I feel because Hannah told them,” he said.
“I don’t have their phone numbers. I don’t have any of that stuff. I used to reach out to Cara on LinkedIn. I go to New York a lot, but I never heard a response.
“But it’s interesting, like, the cellphone numbers that I do have, they must still be active because [the text messages are] blue and I’m not green.”
Jon also confirmed that he is not in contact with Kate, particularly after the former couple spent 14 years involved in a contentious custody battle.
“I don’t plan on it either. Too much animosity,” he said.
Kate previously sought $132,000 in alleged unpaid child support, but a Pennsylvania judge ruled in Jon’s favor in November 2023.
Stephanie announced on Instagram on January 26 that she had “said yes” to her wedding dress, selected at L&H Bridal Rack in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania
Jon continues to focus on his DJ career alongside his role as a “stay-at-home dad”
After Sundance, Jon returned home, where he continues to focus on his music career and his role as a “stay-at-home dad” whenever Hannah and Collin return from college. He also helps care for Stephanie’s teenage daughter, Giuliana.
“We’ve pretty much built a good rapport with each other. I mean, I take [Giuliana] to school and take her roller skating and all that kind of stuff, just like I did with my kids,” he said.
For now, Jon is not taking on the finer points of wedding planning. He is leaving those details to Stephanie, a cosmetologist, while his longtime partner Noah Opstad is handling the music for the ceremony.
“I mean, things have been really good. It’s not as stressful. I mean, a wedding is stressful, but I’ve DJed so many weddings,” Jon said.
“I just let Steph talk, and then I’m like, ‘Okay.’ She just wants to get it out and she has big plans. There’s a coordinator and all that stuff,” he explained.
Stephanie announced on Instagram on January 26 that she had “said yes” to her wedding dress, which she chose at L&H Bridal Rack in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.
Jon said his mother, Pamela Castello, helped Stephanie select the gown—a gesture he described as especially meaningful.
“My mom said it’s nice because Steph’s involving my mother, and my mother, she’s had six weddings, like, in my family, and was never really involved,” he said.
