“Well. She is my mother,” Hannah, 19, said Entertainment tonight in an interview on Wednesday, February 21. “We talk about school and we talk about life.”
Hannah and Lennon, 21, met through mutual friends and started dating after realizing they had formed a bond. The couple celebrated their one-year anniversary in August 2023 and have even started their own YouTube channel titled 'Lennon & Hannah'.
Despite introducing Lennon to her mother, Hannah has no plans to listen to what anyone has to say about her first big romance. “I mean, obviously everyone has an opinion and I'm open to listening to everyone's opinion,” she said. “But at the end of the day, my choices are my choices.”
“He's very nice,” she continued. “He really wants to be the best version of yourself that you can be. I think he makes me a good version of myself. And he has big dreams, and I love him.”
Although Kate's opinion on Hannah's love life is unclear, her father, Jon Gosselin, has a great dynamic with her boyfriend. Jon, 46, shared AND that the duo have “a lot in common” and talk often. Jon's mother, Pamela Castello – Hannah's grandmother – has also given her a stamp of approval.
“Oh, she actually loves Lennon,” Hannah said. “He sat down and held the umbrella for her while it rained and they talked. They get along.”
Kate, 48, and Jon share eight children: twins Mady And Cara22, and sextuplets Hannah, Colin, Aaden, Joel, Alexis And Leah. The family was catapulted to stardom after the launch of their show John & Kate Plus8 in April 2007. When the show ended in 2009, Jon and Kate filed for divorce after ten years of marriage.
Although Kate initially had custody of the children, Collin moved in with Jon in 2018 and Hannah joined him the following year. It was later revealed that Collin found comfort with Jon after Kate sent him to the Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute to take care of his “special needs.”
In April 2022, a source said this exclusively We weekly that Hannah was dealing with her own issues with her mother. “[Kate has] She's definitely spent a lot of time making sure the kids don't spend time together because she's very angry that Hannah has chosen to live with Jon,” the insider shared. Us at the time, and noticed that Hannah and Kate weren't really speaking to each other.
As for Hannah's bond with her other siblings, the insider shared Us that she “would love to spend time with them. It just wasn't possible.” The source added that Hannah “hopes she can see her siblings at some point,” as they were all “very, very” close growing up.
“Her leaving to live with Jon had absolutely nothing to do with her siblings,” the insider explained. “She loves them to death.”
After moving to Pennsylvania with Jon, Hannah graduated from high school and studied business in college, hoping to one day own her own business.
“I've already missed two days of class and I'm stressed about it,” Hannah said as she spoke AND from Beverly Hills, California on Wednesday. 'Now I'm going to write my essay about the flight home. It's a lot, but I will never let those numbers drop.”
She added: “I want to have my own business and be a successful businesswoman. Lennon will be doing cybersecurity for my company.”