Collin Gosselin claimed that he was ‘discharged’ from the Marines due to his mother, Kate, sending him to a behavioral institution eight years earlier in 2016.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 star, 20 – who previously alleged his estranged mom sent him away at age 12 to stop him revealing her ‘abuse’ – opened up about the past institutionalization while talking to Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday.
Last year, Collin notably appeared on Vice TV’s Dark Side of the 2000s where he claimed Kate took out her ‘anger and frustration on him’ when he was younger – and labeled the institution as a ‘dark place.’
While talking to ET, he revealed that he is ‘not [in the Marines] any longer’ and stated, ‘I was discharged.’
‘I was towards the end of training, very close to graduating. The paperwork was looked into, and they found out that I was, in fact, in an institution at one point in my life.’
Collin Gosselin, 20, claimed that he was ‘discharged’ from the Marines due to his mother, Kate, sending him to a behavioral institution eight years earlier in 2016
Collin added, ‘Being in an institution, that’s good enough…to discharge me. It was the fact that I was in an institution and that’s it.’
However, he revealed to the outlet that he is currently aiming ‘to appeal the decision’ and explained he has, ‘very few other wishes in life that would top being a United States Marine.’
While working on an appeal, Gosselin said that he plans to study finance as he attends Pennsylvania State University late this year in the fall.
Last year in July, a rep for Jon Gosselin – who got sole custody of both Collin and daughter Hannah in 2018 – claimed Collin had been cleared by a background check for the Marines, per Us Weekly.
Before enlisting, the rep explained that Collin needed to be ‘cleared by the Marines with a full background check including mental, physical, and medical clearance. The government’s full diagnoses clearly reflects the truth.’
On Vice TV’s Dark Side of the 2000s, he talked about being sent away at the age of 12 to the institution, and alleged that his mother, Kate, did so to prevent him from discussing how he was being treated at home.
Jon and Kate were married from 1999 until their divorce in 2009. They share eight children: twins Cara and Madelyn born in 2000, and sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Joel, Aaden, Alexis and Leah.
‘I was starting to tell my teachers that my mother was…can I use the word abuse? That’s kind of the reason why she sent me away, I’d started to tell people what was going on at home,’ Collin said at the time.
Last year, Collin notably appeared on Vice TV’s Dark Side of the 2000s where he claimed Kate took out her ‘anger and frustration on him’ when he was younger – and labeled the institution as a ‘dark place’; seen in 2019
Collin added, ‘Being in an institution, that’s good enough…to discharge me. It was the fact that I was in an institution and that’s it’
‘I was starting to tell people what was going on at home, she caught wind of that and had to put me somewhere where I wouldn’t be able to get the secrets out.’
He also alleged that his mother took out ‘her anger and frustration on him’ and would separate him for his other siblings.
‘I know my mother was going through a lot of things, I mean, a divorce and plenty of different things that can’t be easy to go through,’ Collin expressed.
‘I want to think that she needed someone to take out her anger and frustration on. It was just kind of me, you know? I was in the way, and I was there, so she chose me.’
In regards to the spending time at the institution, Collin recalled, ‘it took a toll on me mentally, it was a really, really dark place.’
‘All I had was myself, I didn’t have anybody else. I had no support system, it was scary, I was confused, I was lost.’
He was later moved to another institution located in Pittsburgh where his father, Jon, had the chance to visit him.
Jon also said during the Vice TV series that he began to fight for sole custody of his son after he claimed a doctor told him that Collin did not have a diagnosis.
Before enlisting, the rep explained that Collin needed to be ‘cleared by the Marines with a full background check including mental, physical, and medical clearance. The government’s full diagnoses clearly reflects the truth’
‘I went to court, I spent a million dollars getting my son out, everything I had I spent,’ he explained.
Collin is not only estranged from his mother, Kate, but some of his other siblings as well. However, while talking to ET on Tuesday, he said, ‘I love my siblings very, very much. I would never hurt them.’
‘I would never trash their names in the media. But what I do believe is that my mother’s behind things they say in the media.’
He added, ‘She’s behind their opinion of me. I think if we knew each other today, we’d be very good friends.’
His sister Hannah, who also lives with her father Jon, discussed how Collin was ‘separated’ from his family in the house on the Vice TV series last year.
‘He would be separated from us, like, he would not get to come and play outside with us. He would eat dinner at different times than us,’ she said.
‘I didn’t know who my mom was before TV, but I think she was a different person,’ Collin expressed. ‘I think she has a good heart and good intentions, but TV and money and fame changes people.’
However, while talking to Entertainment Tonight in 2022, he revealed that his mother sending him to the behavioral institute took a big toll on their relationship.
‘After being there, I didn’t have a relationship with her,’ he said. ‘Even before [being] there, I don’t think we had much of a relationship and I think that just kept tearing it even more down.’
Jon notably received sole custody of both Collin and daughter Hannah in 2018
Collin is not only estranged from his mother, Kate, but some of his other siblings as well. However, while talking to ET on Tuesday, he said, ‘I love my siblings very, very much. I would never hurt them’
Following her son’s claims, Kate released a statement of her own last year, and claimed her son had gotten ‘multiple psychiatric diagnoses over the years.’
She began by typing that she was ‘left with no choice’ to break her silence. ‘For the safety of myself, his brothers and sisters and for his own well-being, he was placed in a facility following years of outpatient treatment which proved insufficient for his needs.’
‘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.’
‘Fast forward to the present day, and following Jon’s removal of Collin from treatment, my son’s unpredictable and violent behavior has sadly continued regularly towards Jon, Hannah and others around him.’
She added that Collin’s ‘distorted perception of reality is one of the many issues that he has always struggled with.’
Kate also wrote that he ‘remains a very troubled young man’ and still ‘needs 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.’
Collin’s sister, Madelyn ‘Mady’, also jumped to her Instagram stories and accused her brother of ‘physical violence and hate speech.’
In 2016, shortly after Collin was sent to the behavioral institute, Kate told People it was to ‘help him learn the skills he needs to be the best him he can be.’
His sister Hannah, who also lives with her father Jon, discussed how Collin was ‘separated’ from his family in the house on the Vice TV series last year
‘[There’s] a fairly fluid diagnosis of what those needs are, but he needs to learn certain strategies to help him deal with things.’
She added, ‘This has been a struggle we’ve had for a very long time, and it’s one I’ve dealt with on my own.’
‘I’ve felt very alone in this. By the same token, it’s not something that has only impacted me or him – our entire family has been impacted.’
And in 2019, Jon claimed that his ex-wife ‘caged’ Collin at the institution and said she only visited her son three times during an interview with DailyMailTV.
