Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of child abuse.
Collin Gosselin wants his siblings to know they’ve been on his mind.
Yesterday, the former reality star posted a video on TikTok dedicated to his seven siblings, including the six he’s currently estranged from — Cara, Maddy, Aaden, Joel, Alexis and Leah.
Soundtracked by Adele’s “Hometown Glory,” the two-image post includes the text, “Born to be a team, us against the world,” across a picture of the eight siblings as small children and “Forced to do it alone, and wonder everyday what our lives could’ve looked like,” across a picture of Collin driving.
“Forced apart, pitted against each other,” he wrote in the caption. “All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids? I will always love them more than anything. The tears I shed behind closed doors, thinking about the memories we could’ve shared. I love you guys…”
Collin accused his mom Kate of physical and emotional abuse, then of institutionalizing him to cover up that abuse. These claims have been backed up by Collin’s sister Hannah and his father Jon. His other siblings have sided with their mother and remain estranged from Collin, despite his attempts at reconciliation, as The Ashley reported last year.
The post has already received more than 24,000 likes and nearly 500 comments, the majority positive and supportive of Collin.
“Just remember the black sheep of the family always turns out to the be the goat,” read one response.
Many shared their reactions to watching Collin’s relationship with his mom on his family’s various reality shows.
“There are so many who support you,” one person wrote. “No matter what happened behind the scenes no one deserves to be treated how you were treated. The fact remains that we all saw how your mother acted on national television so behind closed doors I can’t even imagine. Just do your best and hopefully the others will come around. If not, it’s their loss. I hope some of them especially your brothers will reach out. That is a bond that should not have been broken.”
Others encouraged Collin to continue sharing his story online and possibly in a book. One commenter shared that Collin did reveal his intention to write a book in a recent live video.
“He was on live the other night, asked for title recommendations,” that person wrote. “I was thinking ‘the eighth child’ or something more that focuses on him. I feel guilty even watching the show now, it was a comfort show for me, and prob a nightmare for him.”
Collin has responded to a few of the comments, including from someone who asked about his relationship with Hannah. “Yes, I just saw her today,” he replied. “She was worried her car wouldn’t pass inspection so I was looking at it for her. She’s so funny and I love her [so much]. It makes my day whenever I see her, but we’re both so busy with work, school etc.”
So far, no one from Collin’s family has commented on the post, despite many members, including Kate, being active on TikTok. Last week Kate used the platform to talk about her return to nursing and to answer fan questions, including one about her kids’ estrangement from two of their siblings and father, as The Ashley reported.
“Do you ever try to talk to your other kids about talking to their brother, sister and dad?” Kate was asked, to which she replied, “Many things have happened that you’re not aware of so no. They make their own decisions on that and I support them.”
(Photos: TikTok; Instagram)
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It’s odd, IMO, that the one thing I never saw Kate do w/ her children when I watched was “love” them. I don’t recall ever seeing her holding them close, rocking them, cuddling them or playing w/ them. She was always sheparding them from one enclosure to another where she had them constantly contained.
I was uncomfortable w/ the show making her out to be such a great mom all the while belittling her husband and complaining about all those who were there to help w/ the little ones, or the home.
I personally felt that she saw her children Asa spotlight fir herself and usedtem to get it to shine ever brighter. I stopped watching the show about the time that the sxtuplets were toddlers because I kept designing lie TLC was just broadcasting her abuse and she enjoyed getting paid to be abusive.
Didn’t she also do that on Dancing with the stars?
I read somewhere that the special force show pays a one time fee if you stay or go!
I believe him, I also think he’s maybe got some mental issues that may or not have been caused by having her as a mom or just genetics but either way, I absolutely believe that these kids were brainwashed by their mom and some people just can’t be brainwashed so it looks like this. He’s the black sheep, these are very scientific things you can easily look up yourself. It’s textbook.. I think the rest of the kids will eventually come out of the fog of this manipulative evil woman. I know because my grandmother is incredibly evil and manipulative and I’ve seen this my whole life.. Collin is not a bad guy, he’s the only one speaking out right now so publicly.. he’s the scapegoat or black sheep of the family.
For those doubting Colin’s side of things because he was the only child she treated that severely…
This is incredibly common for parents with either Borderline Personality Disorder or Narcissistic Personality Disorder. In order for them to keep living in their screwed up realities where they’re always in the right (and a victim), they have to make a scapegoat. Colin is her scapegoat since he was already a more challenging child. Those two personality disorders both tend to have favored and unfavored kids. They both serve a purpose to reinforce the parent’s screwed up reality. They also commonly pit kids against one another in order to control everybody.
She will never change, but I hope the kids break free.
I said something similar. It’s absolutely textbook, collin is the black sheep or scapegoat, most these kids are incredibly brainwashed. It’s so obvious to us but from the inside, the brainwashing and control is so strong.. Collin is the strongest most authentic member of that family, and Hannah for breaking free so young, I hope the rest of the kids do too someday
This story has two sides. John and Collin are not innocent or perfect either.
His siblings have stated Collin threatened them and Kate. They said that they feared him knowing how he can behave. I don’t think a no contact order was requested at the end.
It isn’t 100% Kate’s fault that Collins siblings do not reach out to him while they do talk to Hanna.
Unfortunately, it is 100% her fault. She spent years brainwashing those kids with the memories she wanted them to have. One of them said they wanted nothing to do with him now because he said “racist” things at age 10. 🙄That is 100% because of Kate. Also, if you’ve ever experienced a mother like that they make it clear that they will withdraw their love if you betray them by communicating with the “enemy”.
Also, when locking Colin up in a makeshift basement room with ZIPTIES and cameras didn’t work she sent him to an institution without telling his father where! He spent two years going to court to force her to tell him where his son was! Then it took him another year to rescue him.
His siblings have said *Kate* said he threatened them, *Kate* said he should be feared, *Kate* told them all the things he did(which she made up) to explain why he was always locked up, put in rooms by himself and kept away from everyone else. None of the kids have ever once said he actually did anything to them. In fact at least a few of them have said they never saw or heard him do anything at all, just that this is what they were told. Kate put those thoughts into their heads, her being their mom, they believed her. SHE told them it started when they were little, at a time none of them would necessarily remember all that great. If you start instilling those behaviors, patterns, created false memories, etc.. at a young enough age, kids will nearly always believe it and start to feel as if it’s the truth they’ve always lived.
No one has ever once said Jon or Collin is perfect, but neither one is the demon Kate has made them out to be. She made both of them the bad guy in the story to deflect her own heinous behavior. Despite the fact that SHE is the one who actually abused, manipulated and neglected all of the kids (not just Collin, he just took the brunt of it), and a lot of it right on tv for the world to see. Jon never did any of that shit. People like to vilify Jon for his deeds (and he’s definitely far from perfect, of course, he’s had his fair share of shit behavior, none directed at their CHILDREN though) but forget that Kate had to be forced to pay child support, not Jon. Kate was taken to court for stealing from her own children. Kate is the monster in this story, no matter what anyone else did or didn’t do, as nothing else compares to the shit she’s done (and still does, apparently).
Collin never did a damn thing wrong, ever, he absolutely IS innocent (though not perfect because literally no human is), wtf.
The difference between John and Collin is that, Collin was a child. He cannot be blamed for what happened when he was a child. It was her responsibility to learn how to, appropriately, deal with Collin’s strong personality and/or issues. She dealt with him by not dealing with him. He would not submit so she sent him away. Think about the message that sent to the other children.
The only sibling that I have heard say stuff about Colin is mady, mady though is a lot like her mum always wants to be number one and a bully.
Kate is fame hungry just like mama June, they used their kids to get the fame pocketed the money, treated the kids and other around them like s**t.
And still chasing the fame.
I 100% believe Collin, John and hannah
Collin, who was a child, is not innocent??? What an insane thing to say.
The only kid who said anything about Collin is Mady, who clearly has her own issues. And the only semi-concrete thing she said is that he made some racist comment when he was a kid.
I’m sure Collin does struggle with emotional regulation. How could he not after what Kate put him through?
Pulling the whole “there are two sides” nonsense when we’re talking about severe child abuse is wild.
This is so sad. I have a narcissistic aunt who pulled this shit with her 4 kids. Played them against each other. Eventually they realized it and shit her out. I hope that happens to Kate…and honestly Mady. She’s just as nasty and manipulative as her mother and a lost cause. We’ve seen that since she was a child. Mini Kate. Pray that girl never has children. She’ll continue her mother’s legacy of abuse.
*Shut her out…but that typo is hilarious.
It’s true that we don’t know what happened behind the scenes, but we all watched Kate belittle Jon repeatedly starting from episode one. We also watched how she treated all of those kids like little slaves and talked down to them as well. So personally, I’m inclined to believe Colin regarding what transpired with his mother. Who knows what she’s told the other 6 kids? They could have been threatened in some way with something if they didn’t back her. She’s not that great about being honest. The one thing she excels at is playing the victim. Those of us who watched her on Special Forces saw that clearly. I think she saw that show as an opportunity for some $$ and when she saw on day one how difficult it was, she milked her stiff neck enough to exit the show. All she did was complain. Typical Kate. I honestly hope the estranged 6 soon realize what’s going on and reunite with Hannah, Colin and their Dad.
We may not know ALL of it- there is probably a lot we didn’t see- But, Kate is a psycho none the less and I truly believe she did pit the kids against each other and selected Collin as her whipping post. He was vulnerable and likely because of Kate’s parenting, was weak- so she chose him. She knew he wouldn’t give her push back… I’m glad he went to Jon. Was the best thing for him. I also completely believe him about what he’s said about his mom. They all made her money and she didn’t care how it affected them- she really didn’t care what happened to them IMO. I could NEVER, EVER send my kid away- you’d literally have to make me.