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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Because of his divorce with Kate, Jon says children should no longer film show
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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"
@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.