{"id":7301,"date":"2026-06-30T11:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-gosselin-hits-back-at-son-collins-public-plea-for-lie-detector-test-ahead-of-memoir\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:13:37","slug":"kate-gosselin-hits-back-at-son-collins-public-plea-for-lie-detector-test-ahead-of-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-gosselin-hits-back-at-son-collins-public-plea-for-lie-detector-test-ahead-of-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin hits back at son Collin&#8217;s public plea for lie detector test ahead of\u00a0memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fgosselin-36.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kate Gosselin won\u2019t be taking her estranged son Collin up on his request to do a lie detector test.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old responded to TikTok comments regarding the public plea her child <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/15267265\/kate-gosselin-bodyguard-steve-neild-dating-affair-jon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made to the US Sun<\/a> in 2025, one year before <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/parents\/collin-gosselin-vows-to-expose-dark-childhood-with-jon-kate-in-bombshell-memoir-reveal\/\">announcing his bombshell memoir plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are 100% certain that the accusations against you are lies, my suggestion would be to take him to court and sue him for defamation!\u201d one social media user advised Gosselin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kategosselin\/Tiktok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kategosselin\/Tiktok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She replied, \u201cI can\u2019t bc I\u2019m a public figure. Rules are different unfortunately. Or I def would!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality star doubled down in another comment, writing, \u201cMalice is one of the hardest things to prove. I tried :(. The rules are different for ppl in the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consulted a high power LA attorney (you\u2019ve definitely heard of him) years ago when other ppl were putting crazy stuff out there and that\u2019s what he said,\u201d Gosselin continued. \u201cThe courts don\u2019t honor it if you\u2019re in the public eye :(\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kategosselin\/Tiktok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@collingosselin1<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When another fan asked whether she\u2019d take the test, the \u201cJon &amp; Kate Plus 8\u201d alum quipped, \u201cHa!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gosselin\u2019s back and forth with her followers, notably, took place in the comments section of a video <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/28\/celebrity-news\/kate-gosselin-ignores-drama-surrounding-son-collins-upcoming-tell-all-about-childhood-talks-rescue-dog-instead\/\">documenting her rescue dog journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cKate Plus Date\u201d alum did not mention Collin in the upload.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old announced last week that his tell-all, <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1538784726\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F1538784726%3Flv%3Dshuf%26channelId%3D500%26plpRedirect%3DmhFallback%26tag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F06%2F30%2Fparents%2Fkate-gosselin-hits-back-at-son-collins-public-plea-for-lie-detector-test-ahead-of-memoir%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cIn the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood,\u201d<\/a> will come out in October.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">collin gosselin\/ instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/ Collin Gosselin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWriting this book forced me to revisit some of the hardest moments of my life, but it also gave me something I\u2019ve been searching for for a long time: my voice,\u201d he wrote at the time. \u201cThis isn\u2019t the story people think they know. It\u2019s the story I\u2019ve lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collin went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/collin-gosselin-shades-mom-kate-after-announcing-upcoming-memoir\/\">make a savage dig<\/a> at Kate by calling his dad Jon Gosselin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/13\/jon-gosselin-colleen-conrad-and-i-broke-up-before-cancer-battle\/\">ex Colleen Conrad<\/a> his \u201creal mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaF_Mm8Fkza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared The Post\u2019s Instagram upload<\/a> about the bombshell book via Stories, highlighting a comment about how \u201cwhat\u2019s done in darkness will always <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/28\/celebrity-news\/collin-gosselin-sends-pointed-message-to-mom-kate-ahead-of-memoir-release\/\">come to light.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Collin has been vocal in recent years about allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/19\/collin-gosselin-kate-institutionalized-me-because-i-outed-abuse\/\">being abused by his mother<\/a>, with his past quotes resurfacing in the wake of the memoir announcement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Penske Media via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TLC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the October 2025 US Sun interview, Collin brought up lie detector tests as he alleged Kate zip tied his wrists and ankles together while keeping him <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/10\/parents\/kate-gosselins-son-collin-claims-she-locked-him-in-basement\/\">locked in the basement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to invite my mom to do a lie detector test,\u201d he said. \u201cThat would be one of the questions, mom, if you\u2019re listening to this. We would ask about the zip ties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collin has lived with dad Jon Gosselin since 2018 and, besides sister Hannah, is estranged from their other <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jon-and-kate-gosselin-eight-kids\/\">sextuplet siblings<\/a> \u2014 Aaden, Joel, Alexis and Leah \u2014 as well as 25-year-old twin sisters Madelyn and Cara.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/30\/parents\/kate-gosselin-hits-back-at-son-collins-public-plea-for-lie-detector-test-ahead-of-memoir\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Gosselin won\u2019t be taking her estranged son Collin up on his request to do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7302,"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-7301","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\/gosselin-36.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301","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=7301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}