Jon Gosselin A proud father following his son Collin Gosselin‘s first tell-all memoir.
“First and foremost, I couldn’t be more proud of my son’s heartbreaking memories and his mission to help other victims of abuse,” Jon, 49, said. We Referring to Collin’s allegations in his book, he said in his statement on Thursday, October 15: In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My ChildhoodHe said his mother was abused Kate Gosselin as a child.
Jon, who rose to fame starring on TLC Jon and Kate Plus 8 His ex-wife Kate, 51, along with their twin daughters and sextuplets, also applauded the allegations that 22-year-old Collin had mental health problems.
“Let me also be very clear: If you continue to falsely label my son Collin as ‘mentally ill,’ you will be held accountable,” he continued. “As you know, Collin has been evaluated by several independent psychiatrists and this narrative has been proven to be absolutely untrue.”
The former reality star noted: “Repeating false claims about her mental health is damaging to her reputation, credibility and future.”
Jon concluded his statement by supporting his son and the claims in his book.
Collin Gosselin.
Courtesy of Collin Gosselin/Instagram“Heed this fair warning: The days of using mental health to discredit and silence my son are over,” he said.
Meanwhile, Jon’s rep Adriane Schwartz says: We“Jon remained silent to give Collin the space to share his story in his own voice. He fully supports his son and is incredibly proud of him. Collin deserves to be heard and treated with respect, and Jon stands firmly by his side.”
In his statement, Jon did not directly indicate who his comments were directed at. However, Kate previously addressed “mental illness” in a comment on TikTok earlier this week. In response to a fan who told Kate she was “doing a good job.” [her] “Lift up your heads,” the matriarch wrote, “I know it’s rational [people] or anyone dealing with mental illness understands what’s going on here. I have nothing to do with it.”
Like his father, Collin has been the center of attention. Jon and Kate Plus 8The series started in 2007 and ended in 2009 after five seasons.
On the show, Jon and Kate showed what it’s really like to raise twin girls. maddy And BlackCollin, now 26 and a sextuplet, Hannah, Leah, Alexis, joel And Edennow 22.
Jon and Kate’s messy custody battle became national news following their divorce in 2009. Ultimately, Collin and his sister Hannah chose to live with their father following an alleged series of traumatic events for Collin; Collin claimed Kate sent him to a psychiatric hospital without telling Jon.
Collin also claimed that Kate physically and emotionally abused him from a young age, and that the situation worsened when he rebelled against appearing on the TLC series. We He reached out to Kate about his son’s memoir and the numerous allegations of abuse, but did not hear back at the time of publication. He has previously and consistently denied any wrongdoing.
“HE [stayed] for about 20 minutes,” Collin claimed exclusively We In the cover story of Kate’s one-year visit to the hospital when she was 12, she said: “Our conversation consisted of: [her saying]’Collin, you destroyed our family.’ “I was devastated.”
Jon and Collin Gosselin.
Courtesy of Jon Gosselin/InstagramCollin said We His experience with his father was very different. He remembered Jon taking him out of the hospital in 2018 after discovering his location.
“There was a point where we were both like, ‘Oh my God, I was like, wow, I didn’t know you were going to court and trying to find out where you were. I didn’t know that. We were both left in the dark,'” Collin said. We. “He didn’t know where he was and I didn’t know that he was trying to do anything with me or wanted to do anything with me. Because the last thing I was told was that he didn’t want anything to do with me.”
Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Challenge the contestant explained: “So there was this huge crazy moment where I said, ‘I was told I wasn’t allowed to visit you,’ and she was told I didn’t want to visit her, and we sat down and discussed everything and realized we’d both wanted the same thing this whole time.”
Collin Gosselin thanked his father, Jon Gosselin, for supporting him after speaking out about 20-year-old Kate Gosselin’s alleged harassment. “It took me a long time to find the strength to speak out about the abuse my mother suffered,” Collin, 20, wrote via Instagram Story on Tuesday, September 10. […]
When his parents divorced, Collin claimed: “My dad was sent away from home. I was told all these terrible things about him. I mean, he was like the worst person to ever walk this planet. So that’s what my mom was saying.”
He said he could see his father again after many years We It was clear that he was “not the terrible monster I was told he was.”
“We were like two broken people trying to rebuild a relationship from scratch,” Collin said, recalling his teenage years with Jon. “’Who is this guy?’ I thought. and felt: ‘I don’t know how to be around my son after everything he’s been through.’ We worked on it and now we are closer than ever. Good things take time.”
In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood It can be purchased online and in bookstores.