- In a recent statement to People, Kate Gosselin described her son Collin as “unpredictable and violent.”
- Collin had previously stated on Vice TV that his mother took out her “anger and frustration” on him.
- In response, Jon, Collin’s father, criticized Kate for her “abusive words.”
Kate Gosselin, the former TLC star, has responded to her son Collin’s accusations that she took out her “anger and frustration” on him during her divorce from Jon Gosselin in 2009. Collin, who is now 19, had been institutionalized twice during his preteen and early teenage years.
In a lengthy statement to People, Kate explained that she felt compelled to speak out after Jon, Collin, and Hannah Gosselin discussed Kate’s alleged mistreatment of Collin on Vice TV’s “Dark Side of the 2000s.”
Kate revealed that Collin had received psychiatric diagnoses that led her to place him in a facility at the age of 12 for the safety of herself and Collin’s seven other siblings.
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“The decision to admit him was made by emergency room doctors following one of his many attacks/outbursts — this one involving his use of a weapon,” Kate explained in her statement.
On “Dark Side of the 2000s,” Jon mentioned that when he went to pick up Collin from one of the facilities, the doctors informed him that they had not yet diagnosed Collin but planned to “figure that out.” Collin had previously been diagnosed with ADHD.
Although Collin claimed to have not seen his mother since being released from the facility, Kate stated that Collin continues to exhibit “unpredictable and violent behavior” towards “Jon, Hannah, and others around him.”
Kate mentioned that Collin has a distorted perception of reality regarding his health issues, and his fabrications do not surprise her.
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“Unfortunately, I believe Collin remains a very troubled young man who continues to need a lot of help. His brothers and sisters and I have not been directly involved in his life due to his history of unpredictable behavior and violent tendencies towards us,” Kate’s statement concluded.
Insider has reached out to Collin and Hannah Gosselin for comment but has not received an immediate response. The spokesperson for Jon Gosselin has also not responded to Insider’s request for comment.
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