Gosselin breaks silence in interview

However, the star of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," who continues to wear her wedding ring, said that's not because of any hope of reuniting with Jon.

Speaking on Monday's "Today Show" in her first live TV interview since her marriage ended

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seven weeks ago, Kate broke into tears as she told the program's Meredith Vieira that the ring remains on her finger because "I don't want to upset the children."

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The sextuplets and twins, all under the age of 10, "know that it's my 'married to Daddy' ring," she said.

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Repeatedly describing herself as "determined to hang in there," Gosselin, 34, said "I am as well

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as can be expected" and prepared to deal with whatever life hands her. Her chief concern, she made clear, is "the health and well-being of my children."

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