Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum Collin Gosselin gave a heartbreaking update about being estranged from six of his seven siblings on Tuesday.
‘Unfortunately, I don’t talk to my siblings,’ the 21-year-old former child star confessed in a TikTok Live – according to People.
‘I very much wish that we did and that they knew who I actually was because we don’t know each other at all.’
Collin said he hopes his 21-year-old siblings Aaden, Alexis, Joel, and Leah as well as his 24-year-old twin sisters Madelyn and Cara check out his account, which he uses as ‘a journal to make videos and hope that they see them.’
Gosselin’s father Jon was granted full custody of him in 2018 and his 21-year-old sister Hannah in 2016, whom he still talks to on occasion.
‘I actually just texted her today, you know, she’s [at the University of Miami] doing her thing,’ the college RA – who boasts 102K social media followers – said.

Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum Collin Gosselin gave a heartbreaking update about being estranged from six of his seven siblings on Tuesday (pictured July 30)

The 21-year-old former child star confessed in a TikTok Live: ‘Unfortunately, I don’t talk to my siblings. I very much wish that we did and that they knew who I actually was because we don’t know each other at all’
‘I always say, though, Hannah’s just very like living the life, you know, like having fun, always doing something, so we catch up when we can.’
Collin – who teased he’s writing a book – is impressively paying his own tuition as a waiter at a chain called Damon’s and he recently launched his own LLC, Gosslin Pressure Washing.
On August 7, Gosselin claimed he and his siblings were ‘forced apart and pitted against each other’ while starring in Jon & Kate Plus 8, which aired for five seasons on TLC spanning 2007-2010.
‘All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids?’ the Pennsylvania native wrote via TikTok.
‘I will always love them more than anything. The tears I shed behind closed doors, thinking about the memories we could’ve shared. I love you guys.’
In response to Collin’s latest claim, his estranged mother Kate coldly wrote ‘He knows why’ during an August 11th TikTok Live.
Gosselin blames the 50-year-old nurse for ‘crushing’ his dream of becoming a US Marine in 2023 by publicly posting about his ‘multiple psychiatric diagnoses’ and ‘violent behavior’ one month before he was dismissed from training for ‘non-disclosure of pre-enlistment history.’
Kate admitted the homeschooled sextuplet to the Fairmount Behavioral Health System in Philadelphia for 22 months spanning 2016-2018 for allegedly being bipolar and autistic with OCD, ADHD, ODD, and PTSD – conditions Marine Dr. Paul E. Delfin did not believe he had in his evaluation.
Gosselin’s (born Kreider) lawyer Richard Puleo defended her: ‘I don’t think the Marine Corps saw Kate’s post and decided to throw Collin out. Could Kate’s post have had some influence? Sure, I think it may have made them delve into Collin’s history – but blaming his mother for being thrown out of the military is misplaced.’

Collin said he hopes his 21-year-old siblings Aaden, Alexis, Joel, and Leah as well as his 24-year-old twin sisters Madelyn and Cara check out his account, which he uses as ‘a journal to make videos and hope that they see them’ (pictured May 10)

Gosselin’s father Jon was granted full custody of him in 2018 and his 21-year-old sister Hannah in 2016, whom he still talks to on occasion (pictured in 2023)
![Kate Gosselin's Son Shares Heartbreaking Family Update While Waitressing for College 5 The college RA said: 'I actually just texted her today, you know, she's [at the University of Miami] doing her thing. I always say, though, Hannah's just very like living the life, you know, like having fun, always doing something, so we catch up when we can'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/08/22/14/101453827-15023877-The_college_RA_said_I_actually_just_texted_her_today_you_know_sh-a-38_1755868938391.jpg)
The college RA said: ‘I actually just texted her today, you know, she’s [at the University of Miami] doing her thing. I always say, though, Hannah’s just very like living the life, you know, like having fun, always doing something, so we catch up when we can’

Collin – who teased he’s writing a book – is impressively paying his own tuition as a waiter at a chain called Damon’s and he recently launched his own LLC, Gosslin Pressure Washing (pictured August 7)

On August 7, Gosselin claimed he and his siblings were ‘forced apart and pitted against each other’ while starring in Jon & Kate Plus 8, which aired for five seasons on TLC spanning 2007-2010

The Pennsylvania native wrote via TikTok: ‘All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids? I will always love them more than anything. The tears I shed behind closed doors, thinking about the memories we could’ve shared. I love you guys’

In response to Collin’s latest claim, his estranged mother Kate coldly wrote ‘He knows why’ during an August 11th TikTok Live

Gosselin blames the 50-year-old nurse for ‘crushing’ his dream of becoming a US Marine in 2023 by publicly posting about his ‘multiple psychiatric diagnoses’ and ‘violent behavior’ one month before he was dismissed from training for ‘non-disclosure of pre-enlistment history’

Kate admitted the homeschooled sextuplet to the Fairmount Behavioral Health System in Philadelphia for 22 months spanning 2016-2018 for allegedly being bipolar and autistic with OCD, ADHD, ODD, and PTSD – conditions Marine Dr. Paul E. Delfin did not believe he had in his evaluation

Collin claimed Kate would lock him in a specially-built basement room, which the 48-year-old DJ and his sister Hannah confirmed existed: ‘She had zip-tied my hands and feet together and bolt locked the door, turned the lights off and had cameras there just watching me’

All of the alleged abuse happened after ended the hot-tempered blonde’s acrimonious decade-long marriage to Jon in 2009 when she gained primary custody of all eight children and starred in six seasons of the rebranded Kate Plus 8

It’s worth noting that Collin once alleged his father punched and kicked him at age 16 in 2020, but the Berks County DA said no charges or citations were filed as a result of that incident


Over the past five days, Kate – who only made it one episode on Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test in 2023 due to a neck injury – has proudly posted TikTok Lives with her shy son Aaden and pasta-making daughter Leah
Collin detailed his mother’s alleged childhood abuse to The US Sun last September: ‘I went to school one day with a purple ear. My ear was swollen and purple and bruised. And my teacher had asked like, what’s going on?
‘And that’s when I kind of spilled the tea about everything. And I told my teacher, and [Child and Youth Service] was called shortly after that. And, you know, after my mother got wind of that, I was taken out of school in fourth grade.’
Gosselin claimed Kate would lock him in a specially-built basement room, which the 48-year-old DJ and his sister Hannah confirmed existed: ‘She had zip-tied my hands and feet together and bolt locked the door, turned the lights off and had cameras there just watching me.’
All of the alleged abuse happened after ended the hot-tempered blonde’s acrimonious decade-long marriage to Jon in 2009 when she gained primary custody of all eight children and starred in six seasons of the rebranded Kate Plus 8.
It’s worth noting that Collin once alleged his father punched and kicked him at age 16 in 2020, but the Berks County DA said no charges or citations were filed as a result of that incident.
Over the past five days, Kate – who only made it one episode on Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test in 2023 due to a neck injury – has proudly posted TikTok Lives with her shy son Aaden and pasta-making daughter Leah.