A difficult relationship. Collin Gosselin‘s relationship with his seven siblings has been strained since he moved in with their father, Jon Gosselin, in late 2018.
“I have not spoken with my siblings in probably five or six years now,” the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum told Entertainment Tonight in November 2022, adding that the estrangement has been “tough” for him to navigate. “I haven’t reached out to them, they haven’t reached out to me. I want to respect their space and their time and respect how they feel about everything, so I’m kind of just waiting for the day that they reach out. … I don’t want to invade their space. I’d rather just let them do it on their own terms.”
Two years after Jon and Kate Gosselin welcomed twin daughters Cara and Mady in 2002, the former nurse gave birth to sextuplets Alexis, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Leah and Aaden in 2004. After starring on several Discovery Plus specials, the family rose to fame with TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8, which chronicled the ups and downs of raising a big family. In 2009, Us Weekly reported that the DJ had allegedly been unfaithful, and Kate filed for divorce that same year.
Though the Dancing With the Stars alum was awarded full custody of all eight children, news broke in the February 2018 that Hannah was living with Jon. In December of that year, he was also granted sole custody of Collin, who had been placed in a residential program for kids with behavioral problems two years earlier.
Amid the family tension, Jon exclusively told Us that he hadn’t spoken to his children regularly since the divorce. However, he added that they maintained a relationship with Hannah. “If they don’t want to talk to me, that’s fine, as long as they keep up with their sibling connections,” he explained in December 2018. “Eventually, if they come around and they want to talk to me, that’s cool.”
Four years later, a source told Us that the Gosselin Girl Beauty founder “wishes” she could spend more time with her siblings. “Hannah loves her brothers and sisters,” the insider said in April 2022. “She would love to spend time with them. It just hasn’t been possible.”
The source continued: “It is sad. She does hope that at one point she can see her brothers and sisters. They were all very, very close and her leaving to go live with Jon had absolutely nothing to do with her brothers and sisters. She loves them to death.”
Collin echoed those sentiments in November 2022 adding that he hoped he would one day be able to reconcile with all of his estranged brothers and sisters. “In my eyes, it’s me and my siblings. I love them to death,” he told Entertainment Tonight at the time. “I love them very much. … I really hope that one day when I have kids that my kids will know their aunt and uncles.”
Keep scrolling to see all of Collin’s ups and downs with his siblings through the years: