Kate Gosselin's eight children 'traumatised' after she trades places with Kendra Wilkinson for Celebrity Wife Swap

Kate Gosselin's eight children were allegedly 'traumitised' when their mother traded places with Kendra Wilkinson for an episode of Celebrity Wife Swap.
The women switched lives for a week for the ABC show, with Kate looking after the former Playboy model's three-year-old son, Hank Jr, and Kendra looking after the reality star's eight-year-old sextuplets and 12-year-old twins.
Author Robert Hoffman claims Kate's children were not communicated with during the transition, leaving them 'scared and very confused', according to RadarOnline.

Trading places: Kate Gosselin, left, and Kendra Wilkinson, right, feature in a forthcoming episode of Celebrity Wife Swap

ABC announced on Wednesday 37-year-old Gosselin and Wilkinson, 27, would appear on the season premiere of Celebrity Wife Swap later this month.
Much like the network's hit show Wife Swap, the series sees stars trading homes and diving into each other's lives. 

 

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Gosselin stayed with Wilkinson's husband, former football star Hank Baskett, and the couple's three-year-old son; meanwhile, Wilkinson managed Gosselin's single-monther household, taking care of her brood.
Hoffman, the author of a new Ebook slamming reality TV mom, Gosselin, claims shoot has had disastrous affects.

Early days: Kate, left, and ex-husband Jon Gosselin, right, with their brood on TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8

He told Radar: 'The Gosselin children were scared and very confused, having no idea who their new mom-for-a-week was, or why they were left alone with her to be filmed by strangers.'
According to Hoffman, the children 'were instructed not to speak a word about it to anyone at school or anywhere else'.
MailOnline has contacted Gosselin's spokesman for comment.
The episode of Celebrity Wife Swap featuring the families is scheduled to air on February 26.

Low-key: Kendra Wilkinson steps out for a grocery run with her husband, Hank Baskett, and their then two-year-old son, Hank Jr, on June 24, 2012

It comes nearly 18 months after the last episode of Gosselin's own reality series, Kate Plus 8, aired on TLC after network executives cancelled the show.
The series was a spin-off of TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8, co-starring her then-husband, Jon Gosselin. 
The former couple divorced in 2009 after ten years of marriage