Collin Gosselin is defending his sister Hannah after she appeared to distance herself from him and their dad in the wake of Collin’s memoir.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 30: Collin Gosselin is seen after a segment of “Good Day New York” to promot his new book on September 30, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Simon/Getty Images)
On TikTok, Hannah said she “decided to take a step back from the situation going on considering I haven’t lived with my dad in over a year and haven’t spoke [sic] to Collin in close to a year,” adding she did have a relationship “with my mom and other siblings for quite a few years now.”
Hannah added that is the only thing I’m clearing up. Beyond this I will not be commenting on Collin’s behavior growing up or my experiences growing up with him.”
On Thursday’s episode of “The View,” when asked about her comments, Collin said he supported Hannah’s “privacy.”
“All families are complicated. I’ve seen Hannah many times in the past year. Me, myself, my father, at our house. I have pictures if you want to see them,” he said.
Hannah and Collin Gosselin in 11th grade. (Courtesy: Jon Gosselin/Instagram)
He continued, “All families are very complicated, and that statement sounded like a lot of the words of my mother, especially the last part. What I do believe has happened is that Hannah’s caught in the middle — and nobody deserves that. I know what it feels like to have to fight to have a relationship with your siblings. I don’t have one with my siblings, and I know how much that hurts. Not only is she caught in the middle, but I do believe my mom is either leveraging finances or Hannah’s relationship with our siblings over Hannah.”
In his memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood,” Collin alleges years of abuse by their mother, Kate Gosselin. In the book, Collin notes that he at one point he and Hannah lived with their father, Jon Gosselin.
“Nobody wants to believe their mom has done things like this. Even to this day, I see her, and I’m like, ‘Why do I feel bad for my mom?’ I shouldn’t feel bad for someone who’s done these things. But that’s called having a heart,” Collin said of his feelings about Hannah’s statement.
He also said he suspects her post was an attempt at “damage control” ahead of the Netflix documentary, in which he, Hannah, and their dad are the only family members participating in.
Collin Gosselin sitting Courtesy of Alexa Burger
“We filmed a large part of the documentary already. It’s already filmed,” Collin said on “The View.” “Hannah opened up about a lot of truths — not only [about] things that my mom did to me, and corroborated those things, but she opened up about things she experienced at the hands of my mother. So now I believe that she’s trying to do pre-damage control, unfortunately.”
He further explained that he thinks she opted to do so “Because my mom has placed that guilt on her. And it’s not Hannah’s fault. She should be able to have a relationship with her father, with her mother, with all of her siblings. Everybody should have that. It’s not her fault. I do put the blame on my mother because she’s leveraging that over Hannah.”
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Kate did address Collin’s claims in a roundabout way on TikTok earlier this month, replying to a comment supporting her saying, “Thank you so much. I know rational logical ppl or anyone who has dealt with mental illness understands what’s going on here :).”
She also spoke out following Hannah’s comments, responding to a TikTok comment on a separate video, saying, per Entertainment Weekly, “I needed this encouragement and you are right. I know who I am and my kids know who I truly am and to me, that’s all that matters.”
Kate also replied to another comment, writing, “They have NO idea how lucky they are if they have no idea what it’s like having a child or relative with mental illness,” referring to her past claims that Collin suffered from mental illness in his childhood that led to her having him institutionalized for a time.
Collin stated his memoir that any claims of mental illness were false and he was misdiagnosed.
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