Talk about an about-face! After suing Kate Gosselin for primary custody of their eight children supposedly because she was an “absentee mom,” Jon Gosselin now says he wants to work things out “privately and amicably.”

Jon’s (former?) attorney told TMZ his client planned on moving forward with his custody case despite Kate being voted off ‘Dancing with the Stars.’

Jon’s lawyer, Anthony List, tells TMZ, “‘Dancing with the Stars’ is just the tip of the iceberg for Kate, as surely there will be many other projects to take its place soon.”

Jon then took to his twitter account to tweet the following:

Mr. Anthony List Sr., Esq. is not my representing attorney; I terminated him on April 15, 2010.

He has no legal right to speak to the press or anyone on my behalf.

Kate, her attorneys and I are moving forward to work out things privately and amicably.

Hmmm… do you think he realized that spending a ton of money in court, fighting a case he was likely to lose, wasn’t going to get him the financial results he wanted? Well, I hope they’re able to keep things civil for the kids’ sakes.

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