So, we finally got the lowdown on the Jon Gosselin/Christian Audigier connection. If you’ll recall, the reality show father of eight (minus the reverse-mulleted Kate) was recently spotted in St. Tropez in the company of affable tattoo-wear impresario Christian Audigier. Rumors immediately began to swirl that the Keystone State’s most famous family man was planning to launch a line of kids’ clothes with Audigier.

“One hundred percent untrue,” said an Audigier representative, who told us the company’s quite happy with its Ed Hardy kids clothing line, thank you very much.

So why then did Audigier fly Gosselin to the south of France for some face time? In the rep’s words: “They have common interests.” In ours: It’s a kind of blossoming bromance.

Apparently the relationship began back when Audigier’s people, doing what they do best, sent some kids clothes and a few pieces for the parents (trucker hats, T-shirts and the like) to the family in hopes that the clothes might appear in an episode of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”