{"id":7065,"date":"2026-06-27T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-gosselin-spiraling-ahead-of-estranged-son-collins-bombshell-memoir\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:31:17","slug":"kate-gosselin-spiraling-ahead-of-estranged-son-collins-bombshell-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-gosselin-spiraling-ahead-of-estranged-son-collins-bombshell-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin &#8216;spiraling&#8217; ahead of estranged son Collin&#8217;s bombshell memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132472651.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kate Gosselin is allegedly freaking out over what her estranged son Collin will reveal in his upcoming memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/collin-gosselin\/in-the-shadow-of-eight\/9781538784723\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cIn the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKate had no idea this book was in the works,\u201d an insider told the Daily Mail on Saturday, noting that the TLC alum, 51, hasn\u2019t spoken to Collin since she institutionalized him as a child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t expect any of this to ever come out. Now she\u2019s spiraling because she knows it\u2019s about to hit the fan,\u201d they continued. <\/p>\n<p>Kate, who shares the 22-year-old with ex-husband Jon Gosselin, has allegedly told people that her son\u2019s accusations are based off of \u201czero facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kate Gosselin (pictured here in 2019) is reportedly worried about her estranged son Collin\u2019s upcoming memoir, \u201cIn the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cKate had no idea this book (pictured above) was in the works,\u201d an insider shared. \u201cShe didn\u2019t expect any of this to ever come out. Now she\u2019s spiraling because she knows it\u2019s about to hit the fan.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, Collin claims he has \u201cthe evidence to back everything up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKate can\u2019t stop this book from coming out but I have no doubt she wishes she could,\u201d the source insisted.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jon-and-kate-gosselin-eight-kids\/\">Collin\u2019s sextuplet siblings, <\/a>Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah, and twin siblings, Cara and Madelyn, 25, will also be blindsided by his tell-all.<\/p>\n<p>The insider claims the brood doesn\u2019t \u201creally know the truth of what happened to him\u201d beyond what Kate has said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The source added that Kate (pictured here in 2004 with her kids) \u201ccan\u2019t stop this book from coming out but I have no doubt she wishes she could.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The former reality star (pictured here in 2019) has not spoken to her son Collin since she institutionalized him as a child. <span class=\"credit\">Penske Media via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cover of the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/parents\/collin-gosselin-vows-to-expose-dark-childhood-with-jon-kate-in-bombshell-memoir-reveal\/\">which was revealed Tuesday,<\/a> features an old photograph of Kate covering Collin\u2019s mouth with her hand.<\/p>\n<p>Collin promised to expose \u201cthe shocking facade of his picture-perfect family\u201d in the tell-all, which releases this fall.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publisher, fans will hear the \u201cnever-before-told story of how [Collin] escaped and found his way back from the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a reckoning with the dark side of fame: the systems, the entourage, and the institutions that allowed one boy to be erased,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>In his book, Collin will touch on \u201cbeing held down, the basement cell where he was hidden for years and the cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced on an 11-year-old boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Collin (pictured here in an IG shot) promised to expose \u201cthe shocking facade of his picture-perfect family\u201d in his upcoming tell-all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThis is a reckoning with the dark side of fame: the systems, the entourage, and the institutions that allowed one boy to be erased,\u201d a statement added about Collin\u2019s (pictured here a child) book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former reality star is also recounting a \u201cChristmas morning where the gifts were reclaimed as soon as the cameras went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon, 49, and Kate were married from 1999 to 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, the family rose to fame on the TLC reality show \u201cJon &amp; Kate Plus 8.\u201d After Kate and Jon\u2019s split, the show was renamed \u201cKate Plus 8\u201d and aired until 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Jon was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/11\/07\/jon-gosselin-wants-full-custody-of-14-year-old-son-collin\/\">granted sole custody of Collin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since moving in with his dad, Collin has continued to\u00a0speak out against his mom,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/26\/parents\/collin-gosselin-recalls-more-scarring-details-from-mom-kates-alleged-abuse-after-dad-jon-remarries\/\">claiming he suffered \u201cchild abuse and child exploitation\u201d<\/a> at the hands of the \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d alum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Along with Collin, Kate (pictured here in 2019) and her ex Jon are parents to his sextuplet siblings, Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah, and twins, Cara and Madelyn. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The family starred on the TLC reality show \u201cJon &amp; Kate Plus 8\u2033 from 2007 until the exes\u2019 2009 divorce. The show was rebranded \u201cKate Plus 8\u201d and aired until 2017. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Collin alleged he was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/10\/parents\/kate-gosselins-son-collin-claims-she-locked-him-in-basement\/\">zip-tied and locked in a basement<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/19\/collin-gosselin-kate-institutionalized-me-because-i-outed-abuse\/\">even institutionalized<\/a> against his will.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kate has denied her son\u2019s abuse claims.<\/p>\n<p>While Hannah ended up also moving in with her dad and brother, Madelyn has defended her mom.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/20\/mady-gosselin-accuses-collin-of-physical-violence-hate-speech\/\">accused Collin of \u201cphysical violence\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and \u201chate speech\u201d \u2014 both of which the author and Jon have denied.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/27\/celebrity-news\/kate-gosselin-spiraling-ahead-of-estranged-son-collins-bombshell-memoir\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Gosselin is allegedly freaking out over what her estranged son Collin will reveal in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132472651.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}