Jon asks Kate to forgive him… for real. In front of 50 paying guests and a bunch o’ reporters on Sunday at Manhattan’s West Side Jewish Center with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at his side.

So, what’s the latest Jon Gosselin apology? And will Kate forgive him?

Jon said during the public apology (seriously? people paid to see this?):

“It is hard for me to ask to be forgiven from someone who might never forgive me. I am saying this now to Kate, ‘I am sorry for doing all the things that I did.’”

Among other douchebag moves that he regrets, Jon said he felt badly for the public flings with Hailey Glassman and Star reporter Kate Major… oh, and that babysitter too.

Jon Gosselin said: “I’ll apologize to her for openly having relationships in the public eye. That was a huge mistake, because if she would’ve done that to me, I would have been extremely pissed off.”