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Collin Gosselin Says Mom Kate Gosselin Told Him He “Destroyed” Their Family
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Date:2025-04-12 06:22:55
Collin Gosselin is sharing just how strained his relationship is with his mom Kate Gosselin.
The 20-year-old, who is one of the eight children Kate and her ex-husband Jon Gosselin share, has been estranged from both his mom and six of his seven siblings since 2018.
Now, Collin is opening up about his relationship with his mother as well as her decision, due to behavioral issues at home, to place him in a facility where he would ultimately stay for two years before moving in with his dad.
“She came to visit me once,” Collin told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published August 14. “It was about for thirty minutes, and the entire time all she did was lecture me and told me that I destroyed our family.”
E! News has reached out to Kate’s rep for comment but has not yet heard back.
He also recounted the experience of being brought to the facility.
“I didn’t know what was going on, I didn’t know where I was going,” Collin remembered. “I’ve told all my family this, that was the most scared I’ve probably ever been in my life. Up until then, I was home with my siblings, with my mom and she didn’t give me any information on where I was going, what was going on.”
It was so abrupt he didn’t get to see his siblings one last time, noting, “I didn’t even say goodbye to them, I didn’t know it was goodbye.”
Collin also took a moment to guess as to why Kate—who split from Jon in 2009—ultimately took the actions she did.
“Our family was under a spotlight 24/7,” he explained. “My mother, especially following her divorce, there was this light cast on her as a single mother, taking care of eight children. And I believe strongly—I know strongly, is the reason I was sent away was for my mother to protect her reputation.”
For her part, in 2023 Kate shared a statement after Collin implied she was the reason for his estrangement with his siblings, including four of his fellow sextuplets, Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel, as well as 22-year-old twins Mady and Cara.
"I have never wanted to have to do this, but I feel I have been backed into a corner and left with no choice. Although it saddens me to do so, I need to speak out now," Kate wrote on Instagram July 21. "My son Collin, whom I love with all my heart, has received multiple psychiatric diagnoses over the years. For the safety of myself, his brothers and sisters and for his own well-being, he was placed in a facility following years of outpatient treatment which proved insufficient for his needs."
The former reality star continued, "All measures that were taken in our home were at the explicit recommendation of his pediatric psychiatrist and/or his team of specialists and were put into place to safeguard every member of our family.”
But though this rift remains within their family—currently, the college student is only in contact with his father and sister Hannah, who also lives with Jon—Collin hopes the estrangement doesn’t last forever.
“I love my siblings very, very much. I would never hurt them,” he added to ET. “I would never trash their names in the media. But what I do believe is that my mother’s behind things they say in the media. She’s behind their opinion of me. I think if we knew each other today, we’d be very good friends.”
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