Michael Lohan has popped the question to Jon Gosselin's ex, Kate Major. 
 
 
 
 "She's been there for five years with me. I think a friendship is more important than anything when you have a relationship, and this is the strongest one in my life," Lohan, 49, tells UsMagazine.com. 
 
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 Lohan says he was waiting for the "situation with Lindsay to resolve" before announcing the engagement. He has been encouraging his troubled daughter to enter rehab. 
 
 
 
 "[Two weeks ago], I went down to Florida with Kate to visit her dad. I was in a hot tub with her dad at their house, and I said, 'There's something we have to talk about.' He said, 'Oh my God, don't tell me Kate's pregnant!'" Lohan jokes. "I told him I was looking at the future, and I wanted to make it formal and take it to the next level. After that, he approved, then Kate and I discussed it and she discussed it with her dad." 
 
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 While Major, 27, isn't expecting now, she and Lohan do eventually plan to have children. "That's one of the things I spoke to her dad about. I'm not getting any younger and Kate wants to have children," Lohan says. 
 
 
 
 Of the engagement, Major tells Us, "I'm really happy." 
 
 
 
 She's already started planning. 
 
 
 
 "I have talked to some of the bridesmaids and we have discussed having the wedding later this year. It's going to be at Oheka Castle in New York. But right now, I'm just enjoying being engaged... We're really excited!" 
 
 
 
 Plus, Major tells Us, "The ring is gorgeous!" 
 
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 She hasn't received well wishes from Gosselin yet. "Jon and I don't speak, but I wish him and Kate Gosselin the best," Major tells Us. ||||| LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 
 
 Michael Lohan – Lindsay’s dad – is engaged to former tabloid reporter Kate Major, who was previously romantically linked to Jon Gosselin. 
 
 “We weren’t going to announce anything but paparazzi caught us off guard tonight and we couldn’t lie to them,” Michael, 49, told Access Hollywood on Tuesday of his sudden engagement news to former Star reporter Kate, 27. 
 
 Michael says the upcoming nuptials will be the start of a whole new chapter in his life. 
 
 “I want an entirely new life and beginning with someone I can love and trust without any doubt in my mind or heart. It’s something people dream of and rarely find. My dream has come true,” he continued. “I’ve learned so much from my past and Kate is the sum of all things.” 
 
 Michael also told Access that they are planning to have a baby. 
 
 “Kate wants a baby. Since I’m getting no younger, we practice at least four times a night. We agreed, that if she does get pregnant, one is enough,” he said. 
 
 The couple will have their wedding in New York and Michael hopes the rest of the Lohans will be in attendance. 
 
 “The wedding will be at Oheka Castle on Long Island,” he continued. “I hope that Lindsay and the rest of my kids will be there if Dina doesn’t thwart it like she did my dads funeral. Some things in life are sacred, yet some know what that word means. Such as family.” 
 
 No date has been set for their trip down the aisle, but Kate told People they are aiming for the end of 2010. 
 
 “I’ve already talked to some of the bridesmaids, and it will probably be in New York, probably at the end of this year,” she told the mag. “I’m very traditional, so I wanted him to talk to my father… Michael went down with me to Florida for Easter, to meet my father to ask for his permission, and my father gave his blessing.” 
 
 Kate, who was sporting an engagement ring on Tuesday, said she’s over the moon and noted that their 23-year age difference is not a factor. 
 
 “It’s never been an issue… I’m ecstatic. I’m very happy,” she said. “Michael and I have known each other for four years, and it’s meant to be.” 
 
 Lindsay, who recently unleashed on Michael via Twitter – referring to him as her “ex-father,” told Us Weekly that hearing the engagement news made her feel sick. 
 
 “I’m gonna vomit!” she told Us Weekly. “I so didn’t need that info … Yuck!” 
 
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 Lindsay Lohan didn't sound too pleased that PopEater can tell you exclusively: Kate first met Michael Lohan because she used to be Lindsay's assistant! Lindsay Lohan didn't sound too pleased that Jon Gosselin 's ex Kate Major is engaged to her dad, telling Us Weekly " I'm gonna vomit !" But: Kate first met Michael Lohan because she used to be Lindsay's assistant! 
 
 As a fellow celebrity reporter, I have known Kate for years -- and in 2008 we worked together at Star Magazine . And I know first-hand that Kate was once a key member of Lindsay's entourage, serving (either paid or unpaid) as a driver, confidant, an all-purpose factotum.Another mutual friend provides some additional context: "Kate was really close with Lindsay when she was in rehab at Cirque Lodge in 2007. Kate drove her back to Los Angeles from Utah and was the one that brought in the first-person post-rehab interview for In Touch ."Adds the mutual friend: "They hung out and partied a lot together after that. But Lindsay stopped returning her calls when Kate started getting closer to Michael Lohan. Kate used to go out to the Hamptons and hit events with him and his girlfriend [later reputed fiancee] Erin Muller . She had a picture on her desk of the three of them at a white party out there."In response to the story, Kate Major tells PopEater exclusively: "I have been good friends with Lindsay and I did do things like drive her around and make hair appointments for her, but I was never paid to be her assistant. Lindsay and I did not stop talking because I got close with Michael, what happened was I moved to New York and we grew apart."See you at the wedding, kids!
– Michael Lohan, that paragon of celebrity fatherhood, is engaged to none other than Kate Major, the former Star reporter who famously—and oh-so-briefly—dated Jon Gosselin. “I'm very traditional, so I wanted him to talk to my father,” Major tells People; Lohan got Kate's dad’s blessing during an Easter visit—in a hot tub, no less. Both say they are “ecstatic,” Lohan in particular because Major “doesn’t come with baggage.” Lohan tells Us he wanted to wait for the “situation with Lindsay to resolve” before making the announcement; no word, though, on said resolution. The wedding will likely be later this year at Oheka Castle in New York, Major says, adding that the couple’s 23-year age difference “has never been an issue.” And no, Gosselin hasn’t sent his congratulations, she says: “Jon and I don’t speak.”