I finally got a chance to read US Weekly’s cover story with the details of Jon Gosselin’s alleged affair with a 23 year-old teacher from Reading, Pennsylvania. Both Jon and the other woman, Deanna Hummel, have denied the story, which was told by Deanna’s brother, Jason, with confirmation from “five sources,” including her cousin, who also went on the record to say “there’s speculation among the family that something’s going on between Deanna and Jon.” Deanna said Jason is trying to get back at her for kicking him out of the home they share, and she dismissed him as a former drug dealer who has had multiple run-ins with the law. The account in US Weekly of Deanna and Jon’s relationship is compelling, though, and includes corroborating details that we haven’t heard yet.

So far we’ve seen video of Jon leaving Deanna’s home early in the morning, and a photo of Deanna sunbathing on the lawn at Jon’s parents’ home as he sat nearby. “Unemployed” reality star Jon is also said to have spent hundreds on expensive gifts for Deanna, including a nearly $300 purse that US Weekly has the receipt for along with confirmation from the store where Jon shopped. Deanna’s brother also suspects that his sister’s new diamond watch is a gift from Jon:

One of the ways to his mistress’ heart? Expensive presents. “He gave her a Cole Haan bag,” Jason says of the $295 Pixie Straw Collection bag that Jon FedExed, with receipt (shown in US print edition), to the Hummels’ home. A store clerk confirms to US that Jon shopped at Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive store on March 25, while traveling with Kate. As for other gifts, Jason points to his sister’s new diamond watch. “She never could have afford the watch, and it’s not a style she would have picked out,” Jason says.

[From US Weekly, print edition, May 18, 2009]

There are plenty of funny quotes from Jason in the article. You’ve already heard the one where he claimed to have overheard his sister getting it on with Jon and called it “gross” and “nast”. He also described the moment he first saw Jon coming over, bearing 1/2 a pizza, chips and an iced tea.

I remember the first night he came over, in mid-February. She opens the door and I’m like, “Oh my God, Deanna, come on.” He came over with dinner, which was totally pathetic. He brought, like, a half-eaten box of pizza, a bag of chips and iced tea. It looked like a pizza that Kate had already eaten. I felt like going into the kitchen and dragging this guy out of my house.

[From US Weekly, print edition, May 18, 2009]

Jason called Gosselin “dumb” and a “moron” as he explained his clumsy courtship of his sister, saying he didn’t try hard enough to hide the affair. It looks like Gosselin didn’t have to bother, considering that his girlfriend’s sister was the one he had to worry about, not the paparazzi or random witnesses.

Kate Gosselin has said that she’s “hesitant to believe” that her husband has been stepping out on her, and blamed the tabloids for blowing up what she considers a non-story. There’s speculation as to how their TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ will address the infidelity rumors. The show is sure to get many more viewers looking for trouble now that the news is out. Kate claimed that the show “will address the bigger picture, regarding the very public focus on our family and the stress it’s caused in our relationship, but not necessarily any specific tabloid.” The show’s fifth season premieres in just two weeks and as MSNBC’s The Scoop points out, they’d do well to show the family having problems as a lot of people will be tuning in looking for some drama.

Kate Gosselin was on The Today Show yesterday and she made it clear that she’s sticking by the husband of her eight children, Jon Gosselin, despite the wealth of evidence that he’s cheating on her. She seemed to suggest that the tabloids are making up the story, and said she’s “hesitant to believe” that it’s true. As for how they’re coping with Jon’s alleged infidelity, Kate said “we’re working through it together” and “privately”. Jon did not appear on the show with Kate, and Meredith Viera read out a statement from him that he made some poor choices but did not cheat:

“We just need to weather this storm, just like all the other storms that we’ve been through,” Kate Gosselin told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira in New York. The tabloid attention and paparazzi have come as something of a surprise to her, she added.

“It is so public. It’s one of the things we did not envision when we started our show,” Gosselin said. “It’s one of the things that comes with it — the tabloid stuff. To be very honest, I’m very hesitant to believe any of it. It comes with the territory. We’re dealing with it just like everybody else does.”

Gosselin was ostensibly visiting TODAY to talk about her new best-selling book “Eight Little Faces,” but she spent much of her airtime with Vieira talking about the allegations, which were published in the current edition of Us Weekly. Jon Gosselin and their eight children had been scheduled to appear with her, but as controversy continued to swirl, the family decided Wednesday that it would be better if Jon stayed at home with the children.

Instead, Jon sent a statement to TODAY denying the charges that he had an affair with 23-year-old Deanna Hummel, whom he met in January in a Reading, Pa., bar. Hummel also denies that the two are anything but friends.

“These allegations are false and just plain hurtful,” Jon said in his statement. “As I adjust to the attention that comes from being in the public eye, I need to be more careful and aware of who I am associating with and where I am spending my time. But the bottom line is, I did not cheat on Kate. I am sorry for putting my family in this awkward position, given some poor decisions and bad judgments I’ve made recently. I am working through this difficult time with my family. My family is my top priority.”

The reports of infidelity were attributed by the gossip magazine to Hummel’s older brother, Jason, with whom she lives.

[From MSNBC]

Kate said “Tabloids pay thousands of dollars for stories, the juicier the story, the more they’re paying.” She said they won’t give “credibility” to the rumors by addressing them directly on the show.

Meanwhile someone who claims to be an ex boyfriend of Jon Gosselin’s rumored mistress is taking advantage of the tabloid coverage to sell an alleged sex tape featuring the woman. Someone has posted some very NSFW photos on the website DeannaHummel.com and claims they’re of Deanna, although you can’t see her face and it’s impossible to tell. They’re offering a sex tape up to the highest bidder, but this is just as likely to be a hoax.

Hello world! This is a site owned by one of Deanna Hummel’s ex-boyfriends.

When I read the news about her alleged affair with Jon Gosselin from the show Jon & Kate Plus 8, I have to say I wasn’t surprised.

The Deanna I knew wasn’t above cheating, even with married men, hence our eventual breakup. During our time together we made a secret amateur sex tape. It wasn’t a hidden cam or anything, she was totally aware of the fact that I was taping. This has never been available to the public before. And it still isn’t…yet! But I am shopping this tape and am currently in negotiations… about selling it.

If anyone is interested in making me an offer, please email me

[From DeannaHummel.com, link very NSFW]

It’s doubtful that this sex tape is really of Deanna Hummel, but even if it is who cares? She’s not actually famous and it doesn’t feature Jon Gosselin.

In terms of Jon’s alleged affair with Deanna, how likely is it that they were “just friends” and that he was videotaped leaving her house in the morning and hanging out while she sunbathed in a bikini on his parents’ lawn? Kate might not want to believe it because she has eight kids kids with the guy and the tabloids are quick to smear people, but there’s plenty of evidence that her husband cheated.

RadarOnline has the mug shot of Jason Hummel, the brother of Deanna Hummel who broke the story to US Weekly about Jon’s affair with his sister. Deanna has denied that anything is going on with Jon and says that her brother is trying to pay her back for kicking him out of the house they share. The guy has a pretty long rap sheet too. It really looks like Jon is cheating, but you have to consider that the brother has a lot to gain by talking, as Kate mentioned in her Today Show interview. Kate isn’t willing to throw her marriage out over the rumors, but she should look more carefully into what her husband has been up to while he’s away.