NEED TO KNOW
- Collin Gosselin opened up about his relationship together with his siblings in a TikTok stay video shared on Aug. 20
- He shared plans to proceed posting on social media, saying that he was treating TikTok as a “journal” within the hopes that his estranged siblings would be capable to sustain with him from afar
- Collin can be estranged from his mom, Kate Gosselin
Kate and Jon Gosselin’s son, Collin Gosselin, is detailing the place he stands together with his siblings.
In a TikTok stay video on Aug. 20, Collin opened up about his relationship together with his siblings, years after he and his sister Hannah selected to maneuver in with their father after he and Kate have been divorced.
“Sadly, it is simply not one thing that’s straightforward for me to speak about,” the previous Jon and Kate Plus 8 star shared in the course of the stay video, saying that he had hesitated to take the subject to social media.
“As you may see, I do not submit on Instagram, I do not submit on TikTok a lot,” he mentioned. “I am nonetheless getting within the groove of issues, however, you already know, I’ve realized I like to share my movies with you guys,” he mentioned to his followers.
“I take a look at it extra like transferring ahead and simply type of sharing content material, and in addition for like TikTok at the least, sadly, I do not speak to my siblings, and I very a lot want that we did and that they knew who I really was as a result of we do not know one another in any respect,” he continued.
Collin mentioned that he hoped his siblings have been following alongside together with his TikTok updates, utilizing it as “a journal to make movies and hope that they see them.”
“It is nonetheless just a little robust to speak about these items and to do social media generally,” he shared.
He additionally opened up about his relationship with Hannah, with whom he appears to have stayed in nearer contact.
“I do nonetheless speak to Hannah,” he mentioned. “I really simply texted her in the present day, you already know, she’s in school doing her factor. I all the time say, although, Hannah’s simply very like residing the life, you already know, like having enjoyable, all the time doing one thing, so we catch up after we can.”
Collin cited busy schedules, as the 2 of them are each off at school, making it onerous for them to see one another.
The previous actuality TV star additionally teased that he was writing a guide in the course of the stay.
Collin beforehand posted an emotional replace to his TikTok, opening up additional about his relationship together with his siblings, writing a message to them about how rising up on TV modified their relationships.
Over a throwback photograph of himself and his siblings as younger youngsters, Collin wrote, “Born to be a workforce, us in opposition to the world.” In one other photograph, he wrote, “Pressured to do it alone, and marvel every single day what our lives may’ve seemed like.”
He expressed his love for his siblings, writing, “The tears I shed behind closed doorways, fascinated by the reminiscences we may’ve shared. I really like you guys.”
The previous actuality TV star additionally answered questions on what his relationship appears to be like like with a few of his siblings now, together with his sister Hannah.
Collin is estranged from his mom, Kate, after accusing her of abuse throughout an interview with The Solar in 2024, claiming he was abused by his mother beginning when he was 8 or 9 years previous. He alleged that he was confined and “remoted” from his different seven siblings by Kate and that he was “a scapegoat” for his mom’s issues and infrequently took “the brute finish of issues.”
ipromiseyoumedia reached out to Kate and her legal professional, Richard Puleo, for remark on the time, however didn’t obtain a response. Richard Puleo, Kate’s legal professional, instructed The Solar on the time that he did not consider that Kate had executed something to “deliberately hurt” her son and that “she did what she did to guard herself and her household” from what he referred to as “troubled conduct.”
“She by no means needs to remark as a result of she all the time is aware of that this will get taken out of context,” Puleo instructed the outlet on the time. “She does not wish to remark. Doesn’t have to. The document speaks for itself.”