Gosselin: It's hard being away from 8 kids

NEW YORK, April 15 (UPI) -- Reality television personality Kate Gosselin says it is "really hard" to be in Los Angeles working while her eight kids are at home in Pennsylvania.

Gosselin starred in the reality program "Jon & Kate Plus 8" with her former husband and their children for five seasons. She has since temporarily moved across the country to compete on "Dancing with the Stars."

"My job takes me away from them and it's not easy to let somebody else pick them up from the bus stop … . It's hard, it's really hard," a tearful Gosselin told TV's "Inside Edition."

Although Gosselin usually flies home weekends after "Dancing" has wrapped for the week, she is staying in town this weekend to promote her new book "I Just Want You to Know."

Asked what she wants people to know about her after they read the book, Gosselin replied, "That I am a mom with a really huge heart... and that I'm not the monster I'm painted to be."

Gosselin admitted to "Inside Edition" she felt betrayed when her brother and sister-in-law went this week before child labor officials complaining Gosselin's kids were exploited during the filming of "Jon & Kate Plus 8."

"I do actually (feel betrayed) because (her brother) has four children of his own," Gosselin said. "Spending time in court and gallivanting to New York to complain about me … couldn't he be at home with his kids?"