Where Collin Gosselin Stands With His Many Siblings Today

Collin Gosselin, the tragic child star from "Jon and Kate Plus 8," admitted he has been estranged from six of seven of his siblings since 2018 in an interview with Entertainment Tonight in August 2024. It all started when Collin moved in with his dad, Jon Gosselin, after a lengthy stint in a psychiatric facility that was arranged by his mother, Kate Gosselin. It was obvious Collin and Kate's relationship remains very troubled, and he seems to believe that she's behind the estrangement between himself and the other children.

This wasn't the first time Collin spoke out about his strained relationship with his mother. In a July 2023 episode of ViceTV's "Dark Side of the 2000s," Collin opened up about his childhood and often not wanting to be part of filming the family's hit reality show. When Collin didn't cooperate with producers, Kate would separate him from the rest of his siblings. Hannah, his sister, revealed in the episode that "[Collin] would not get to come and play outside with us. He would eat different at different times than us."

Collin also discussed his time being institutionalized, shared his experience of being abused by his mother, and his estrangement from the rest of his siblings. Fans sympathized with Collin, but were left wondering why the siblings had not talked in years. There have been a lot of theories on why the sibling estrangement might have occurred, and a lot of them point to Kate.

After their messy custody battle reached a more stable arrangement in 2018, Jon Gosselin began sharing more of his side of the story. In an interview with Dr. Oz, Jon stated his ex-wife "institutionalized [Collin] without a diagnosis and then created one." Jon states he was the one who visited Collin on a regular basis and pulled him out of the institution. 

In response to the episode of "Dark Side of the 2000s," Kate took to Instagram to respond to Collin's claims and she did not hesitate to blame Collin's "multiple psychiatric diagnoses" for his distorted perception of reality. Many lurkers weren't a fan of what Kate had posted, with comments stating brutal critiques like, "If any of you think this woman is a saint you clearly have never watched Jon and Kate Plus 8 she has been abusive the whole time."

All in all, it seems like Collin is rebounding well. He has a close relationship with his dad and his sister Hannah (who also moved in with Jon), and he is now a thriving student at Penn State University. He was also a part of the ROTC program, but he unfortunately told Entertainment Tonight that he was discharged from the Marines because of his institutional stay as a child.