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Kate Gosselin.

Kate Gosselin doesn't blame her failed marriage on the reality show curse.

The mother of eight told Katie Couric Wednesday that she doesn't think she'd still be married to Jon Gosselin if she hadn't done TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" show.

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"A lot of people try to pin reality TV and say, 'My gosh. It ended in divorce. Big surprise.' We went through a lot. The signs were always there, and obviously having eight kids in a short span of time didn't help that," she explained on the talk show "Katie." "And I'm not at all blaming my kids, I'm just saying..."

Kate, 37, and Jon, 35, finalized their divorce in December 2009 after ten years of marriage.

"I know the red flags were always there. So looking back, had you never heard the names Jon and Kate Gosselin, I'm certain that I would be in that spot now," Kate added. "It's hard because like any mom I just want the best for my kids."

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What may be best for her kids now? Dating again.

"I don't know that I really have time for it," Kate said. "I know the kids have a desire for me to be dating."

"For whatever reason it comes up at dinner like every single night, and they bring it up," the busy mom explained. "I think that they miss that man role in our house, and the more hands on, full-time sort of feel. So for them, you know I had the frank discussion the other day, I said it's not something I can go to the store and buy."

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But she is thinking about doing her own reality dating show.

"It is true. After a few years in realizing my barriers to dating and all of that and loving TV and the experiences ... I just feel like honestly, yes, that was my idea. I would do it (so) it could be watched by families and my children," she revealed. "But I think that it would be fun because that would allow me to sort of meet people, have fun, show my fun side -- I do have one. I'm not always barking orders! And so to sort of do that, I do, I think it would be really fun."

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Kate Gosselin.

Kate Gosselin is putting herself out there again -- and how!

The divorced mother of eight has signed up to do a dating show and is in the process of looking for a network to televise her quest for love, E! News has exclusively learned.

"She is ready to get back into the dating game," a source tells us. "She is ready to find love again and to move on from her past. She's excited, this is a chance to start something new."

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"She finds it hard to meet men in her day-to-day life," the source continued, "and so a dating show will give her exactly the help she needs. She is willing to travel around the country in order to meet Mr. Right."

They could call it "The Amazing Kate!"

Gosselin, hubby Jon and their eight kids spent five seasons on cable together, then Kate went it alone (not counting the children, of course) on "Kate Plus 8" for another two seasons and appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010.

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She remains a household name, but the 37-year-old celeb has been out of the limelight for about a year.

Now might be just the right time for a comeback, though.

"She looks fantastic," our source adds, "and she's in a really great space. She's in fantastic shape because of all her marathon training, this feels like the right time for her."

Sure enough, you eligible bachelors out there, you better be fit if you plan to keep up with Kate -- she ran a half-marathon in San Diego, Calif., last month and a 3-mile "mini marathon" in Chicago yesterday.

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