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In a new interview with In Touch, mom-of-eight Kate Gosselin opens up about co-parenting with ex-husband Jon Gosselin and her hopes to date in the future.

When asked how her relationship with Jon is going, she replied, “I don’t have one.” The former Celebrity Apprentice star, 40, went on to say, “I keep the peace. Some of the kids visit and some don’t. That’s for the best.”

As for their split, the reality star mom said it was a tough time.

“There were many tears. Things that happened with my divorce were hurtful,” she said of the split. “I’m definitely a no-regrets kind of person. I’ve always done my best with what I had at the time….I wish it would have worked for me.” Will she ever remarry? “I haven’t even found anyone to date, so I’m not really qualified to answer that question.”

Over the years, Kate has been romantically linked to her longtime bodyguard Steve Neild, who is married, as well as millionaire businessman Jeff Prescott. But Kate denies dating either of them.

Still, her eight children – 10-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel, and 14-year-old twins Cara and Mady – want her to find love again.

“They are encouraging me more and more,” Kate said. “I just don’t have a lot of time to be out there to be searching for someone! I would love to date! And I would love for the kids to have that male role model.”

What kind of man is the former nurse interested in dating?

“He has to be comfortable with the publicity, my eight kids—and all the noise in my house,” she shared.

As for the biggest misconceptions about her, Kate said, “People think I’m mean and bitchy, but I’m actually laid back and I don’t have an ego!”