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Hours aft teasing nan upcoming release of his bombshell memoir successful which he plans to expose alleged wrongdoing successful his celebrated family, Collin Gosselin took to societal media to shadiness his mom, Kate Gosselin.
“I didn’t scheme this astatine all, but coincidentally connected nan time of nan charismatic announcement of my book, it is Colleen’s birthday,” Collin wrote alongside a snapshot pinch Colleen Conrad — whom his father, Jon Gosselin, dated from 2014 to 2021 earlier tying nan knot pinch Stephanie Lebo successful November.
“She is nan strongest female I know, who stepped successful astatine nan toughest portion of my life and CHOSE to beryllium a mother to me,” Collin, 22, gushed successful nan caption.
“Happy day to my wonderful, hardworking, passionate, and I could spell on… to my existent mom ❤️ I emotion you truthful much.”
In nan comments thread, nan erstwhile reality TV prima wrote, “The emotion you consciousness for a mom you were fixed is incredible. But nan emotion you consciousness for a mom that CHOSE you is thing truthful powerful. I americium truthful fortunate ❤️ @colleen.conrad122 I emotion you truthful overmuch 🫶🏼”
Conrad responded successful part, “I’ll ever beryllium present for you and you are my son. I emotion you!”
A rep for Kate, 51, did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for remark connected Wednesday.
The station comes hours aft nan “Jon & Kate Plus 8” alum teased nan merchandise of his memoir, “In nan Shadow of Eight,” owed to deed shelves successful October.
“This is not a communicative for entertainment, it is simply a communicative to instill work successful everyone to advocator and speak up against abuse, injustice, and nan exploitation of children,” he captioned a montage of photos from his childhood.
“I not only poured my bosom into this book for my younger self, but for ALL who person faced unfair and outright heinous acts arsenic children. I americium your voice. I guidelines pinch you. CG”
The book’s patient released a synopsis connected Wednesday, promising that nan memoir will stock nan “never-before-told communicative of really [Collin] escaped and recovered his measurement backmost from nan dark.”
The patient besides described nan book arsenic a “reckoning pinch nan acheronian broadside of fame: nan systems, nan entourage, and nan institutions that allowed 1 boy to beryllium erased.”
The book’s screen features a throwback image of Kate holding her manus complete Collin’s mouth.
Kate and ex-husband Jon, 49, besides stock 22-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah, and twins Cara and Madelyn, 25.
The celebrated family roseate to fame connected nan TLC reality show, which shape-shifted into “Kate Plus 8” pursuing nan erstwhile couple’s divorcement successful 2009.
Jon was ultimately granted sole custody of Collin, while Hannah yet moved successful pinch them, arsenic well.
Over nan years, Collin has slammed Kate with allegations of “child maltreatment and kid exploitation” — including allegedly being zip-tied and locked successful a basement before being institutionalized successful 2016 — pinch Kate consistently denying nan claims and defending her determination to spot him into a behavioral wellness facility.
Madelyn publicly backed up her mother, accusing Collin of “physical violence,” which Jon and Collin person denied.
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In an August 2025 societal media post, Collin seemingly accused his mother of being instrumental successful his estrangement from galore of his siblings, pinch Kate cryptically responding to nan drama successful a societal media comment, “he knows why…”
Amid nan family feud, Page Six revealed successful September that Kate is dating her erstwhile bodyguard, Steve Neild, and that nan brace “have wedding plans.”
Kate antecedently denied an matter pinch Neild successful 2009, telling People astatine nan clip of nan media coverage, “They’re going to support going, and they’ll dress up worldly to link nan dots.”
Collin and Jon swiftly took to societal media to blast Kate pursuing nan revelation. “Everyone says my dada and I are hung up connected my mom. We are not,” Collin wrote via Instagram astatine nan time.
“We person suffered nan harm of a narcissist and cried together.”
Collin told Us Weekly connected Tuesday that successful his memoir, he’s “sharing what was really happening down nan scenes,” and that nan memoir is “about truth, survival, resilience and uncovering my sound aft years of being silenced.”
