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Jon and Kate Gosselin's Son Collin Gosselin's College Plans Revealed
View Date:2024-12-23 15:30:21
Collin Gosselin is embarking on a new chapter after accusing his mom Kate Gosselin of tying him up and locking him in the family basement as a child.
His dad Jon Gosselin shared that the 20-year-old is now focusing on his academic career, recently starting his freshman year at Penn State.
“I just saw him the other day,” the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum told TMZ Sept. 25. “He’s just moving forward, past everything that happened to him.”
Jon added of his son, “He’s doing really well.”
The former TLC star shares 23-year-old twins Cara Gosselin and Madelyn Gosselin, as well as Collins’ 20-year-old sextuplet siblings Leah Gosselin, Alexis Gosselin, Aaden Gosselin, Joel Gosselin, and Hannah Gosselin with his ex-wife Kate.
And though he believes Collin has gained “closure” by publicly sharing his story, Jon doesn’t see a mother-son reconciliation in the cards.
“If I had to predict, I don’t think that’ll ever happen,” he said. “Just because there’s so much animosity.”
In addition to Collin’s allegations about his upbringing, he also claimed he was discharged from the Marines as a result of being institutionalized by his mother in 2016.
“I was towards the end of training, very close to graduating,” he told Entertainment Tonight in August. “The paperwork was looked into, and they found out that I was in fact in an institution at one point in my life. And see they don’t need any deeper reason.”
For her part, Kate has not publicly addressed on Collin’s allegations, with her lawyer Richard Puelo telling Fox News that the I Just Want You to Know author “never wants to comment because she always knows that this gets taken out of context.”
"The facts belie the truth," he added. "She has no comment because it’s not going to change the past. And I don’t believe she intentionally harmed any of her children in any way, shape or form."
Jon and Kate were married from 1999 to 2009, documenting their life with their eight children on their TLC reality series. The show was rebranded to Kate Plus 8 following their divorce.
For a closer look at the Gosselin family through the years, keep reading.
On Mother's Day 2024, two days after the former couple's sextuplets turned 20, Kate shared a tribute the four who lived with her: Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah.
"No more teenagers in this house! Happy 20th birthday, my forever babies! I love you!" she wrote on Instagram. "Who feels old? I know I do! #20yearsold #ItsaPICKLE."
Hannah shared new pics of herself on her and the other sextuplet's 20th birthday May 10.
On to the next chapter! The sextuplet graduated from high school in 2023.
Jon shared a pic of sextuplets Collin and Hannah graduating from high school in 2023, years after they had moved in with him.
Kate appears with twin Mady and Cara in New York City in 2019.
"Happy 18th birthday!" Jon wrote on Instagram in 2022. "Today is your birthday we gonna say it loud. I love you. Love, Dad."
"Our big celebration of #15 is finally winding down here! We celebrated ALL DAY LONG, beginning with a present at 6:30 am before school! I'm so very thankful for my ‘babies'.... somehow they are 15 already?!" Kate wrote on the special milestone in 2019. "I'm amazed by them each day! I'm so proud of the positive qualities I've seen developing as they edge closer to adulthood."
"This was yesterday! Feels like school never ended...and they're already back! #SeniorYear #EighthGrade #ProudMom," Kate wrote on Instagram in 2018.
"Happy 15th Birthday Hannah, Collin, Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah!!!! Wow I can't believe you are 15!!! Time is flying by!!!" Jon Gosselin shared on Instagram when posing with Hannah and Collin Gosselin. "I love you all very much. I wish you the best day ever and I hope you enjoy your birthday celebrations today and this weekend!!! Love always, Dad."
"My beautiful 'little girls' .... they keep reminding me how many days until they turn 14. Today it was '12 days til we turn 14, Mom.' HOW'S THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!" Kate shared with her followers in 2018. "I told Leah that she's too small to turn 14. She said 'Yeah, true. Are you sure I'm not turning 11 or 12?' I'm positive. I gave birth to you. They'll always be my babies....I love them so very much!"
"I can't believe they're 13!" Kate Gosselin wrote on Instagram when celebrating a major birthday for her sextuplets.
Rewind to 2014 when Kate and her children found themselves visiting Alaska.
Kate also treated her twin daughters Cara Gosselin and Mady Gosselin to a trip to New York City in 2014, where they stopped by the Manhattan Hotel.
"A precious Christmas memory. My 6 were 6. Christmas Eve 2010 and they're SO excited for Christmas!" Kate Gosselin wrote on Instagram with a throwback photo. "Look at those adorable smiles! #TheyAreMyHeart #My8ReasonsToKeepOnKeepingOn #NoMatterWhat #TrueLoveX8."
Back in October 2007, Jon and Kate Gosselin gathered their eight kids together for a trip to New York City. First stop? A visit to NBC's Today show.
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