Jon and Kate Gosselin Spend More Time Apart

The same day the new season of their TLC show premiered, he was photographed drinking a beer with two ladies at Front Street Bar & Grill in Newburgh, NY, TMZ.com reports.

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Along with her bodyguard Steve Neild, she was spotted with most of their brood getting off a ferry on Bald Head Island, NC, Wednesday morning.

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After Monday's season five premiere - during which Kate and Jon admitted they may divorce -- the two released the following statement: "As many couples do, we are navigating a very difficult time. Our current situation brings us together around the children and some times sets us apart. We keep our faith that we will make the right decisions for our family."

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The new issue of Us Weekly has even more details on Kate's tight leash on Jon, and the long, strange private dynamic between the deteriorating couple.

"She used to give him only $5 to spend, and if he was out and needed more money, she would give him hell," his former employer at Style Craft Corp, David Rothermel, tells Us.

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For more details on Kate's terrifying control over Jon -- including how she banned him from seeing his brothers after his father's funeral, what you didn't see on the TV premiere and how his lack of motivation and love of money have kept him with Kate -- pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands today.