A roadblock has been placed in the path of Collin Gosselin’s aspiration to join the United States Marine Corps.
During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the former child star of Kate Plus 8 said that he was no longer in the process of preparing to join the United States military anymore. He is now 20 years old.
“I was discharged,” he continued to explain. As I approached the conclusion of my training, I was extremely close to completing my degree. After doing an investigation into the papers, they discovered that I had, in fact, spent some time in a certain facility at some point in my life.
“As you can see, they do not need any more profound explanation. “The fact that you are currently residing in an institution is sufficient for them to release you,” he went on to say.
In spite of this, Collin said that he was making efforts to appeal the decision since he had “very few other wishes in life that would top being a United States Marine.” For the time being, the media celebrity has said that he intends to be a student at Penn State majoring in finance.
Among the children that Collin’s parents, Jon and Kate Gosselin, have in common are sextuplets Collin, Alexis, Aaden, Leah, Joel, and Hannah, as well as twins Cara and Madelyn, who are 22 years old. In 2009, Jon, 43 years old, and Kate, 49 years old, formalized their divorce. be a result of what she referred to be Collin’s “unpredictable and violent behavior” when he was 12 years old, Kate was finally granted custody of their children and put him to an institution.
What was going on was completely unknown to me. I was completely clueless about my destination… In an interview with ET, he said, “That was probably the most scared I’ve ever been in my entire life.” “I didn’t even say goodbye [to my siblings].”
During the time that he was there, Collin said that Kate “came to visit me once” for a period of thirty minutes. “The entire time all she did was lecture me and tell me that I destroyed our family,” he said in his statement. Around the clock, our family was always being watched… My mother was sent away because she wanted to preserve her reputation, and I am certain that this was the reason for my departure.
For reaction, PEOPLE has reached out to representatives for Kate as well as a spokeswoman for the United States Marine Corps.
In the year 2016, Kate disclosed to People that Collin has “special needs.” “It’s awful that that’s how my mom, you know, described me as a person,” Collin said in reaction to the criticism in 2022, when he was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight,” To tell you the truth, I don’t see those things, and I don’t believe that anybody else does either. However, if that is how she sees me, then, you know, that is her perspective on the situation.
Collin then said that his mother “drove a barrier” between his brothers in an episode of Vice TV’s Dark Side of the 2000s that was shown in July of 2023. In addition to this, he said that Kate had been “abusive” toward him, saying, “That’s kind of the reason why she sent me away.” I was beginning to tell others what was going on at home, and you know, she got wind of it, and she had to put me in a place where I wouldn’t be able to spill the beans about what was going on.
In addition, Jon said during the show that he had paid one million dollars in order to free Collin from his therapy. In a prior interview with the Daily Mail in 2019, he said that Collin did not have any known recognized medical problem at the time, other than the typical attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
In a statement that was made available to PEOPLE exclusively, Kate provided a response to the allegations that were made by Jon and Collin shortly after the Vice TV show was broadcast.
“This is something that I have never wanted to have to do, but I feel as though I have been cornered and left with no other option except to do it.” She stated, in part, at the time, “I need to speak out now, despite the fact that it is a source of sadness for me to do so.” Over the course of his life, my son Collin, whom I adore with every beat of my heart, has been diagnosed with a number of different mental illnesses. In order to ensure his personal well-being as well as the safety of his siblings and myself, he was admitted to a facility after receiving outpatient therapy for a number of years, which ultimately proved to be inadequate to meet his individualized requirements.
The skewed understanding of reality that Collins has always had is only one of the numerous problems that he has contended with throughout his life. It is unusual and unfortunately shocking when full fabrications occur, and this is simply another terrible part of this struggle,” she stated. “Many individuals who have family members who are struggling with mental health concerns can speak to the fact that it is seldom and sadly surprising such things.” “It is my unfortunate belief that Collin continues to be a very disturbed young guy who continues to need a great deal of advice and assistance. Due to his history of unpredictable conduct and aggressive inclinations against his siblings and myself, we have not been actively engaged in his life. His brothers and sisters have also been excluded from his life.
A subsequent response from Jon to her statement was as follows: “Regarding these brand new false accusations, it seems clear that even today, after not seeing her son since the sixth grade, Kate is unable to control her abusive words towards him.” Jon made this statement in response to the allegations that were made against her. It is important to keep in mind that in 2018, a court granted Collin’s father exclusive interim custody of both his legal and physical responsibilities. Neither Kate nor Collin ever spoke with one other again, and she never even showed up to court. Collin is now undergoing training to become a Marine in order to serve his nation, and for this reason, he is unable to reply to the heartless falsehoods that his mother has told him.
