He blurred out his mother’s face, and shared a comment from a follower that said, “What’s done in darkness will always come to light,” according to People magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kate Gosselin is reportedly “spiraling” over what her son, Collin Gosselin, may have revealed in his upcoming memoir. (David Buchan\/Variety)<\/p>\n Kate, 51, is reportedly “spiraling” over what her estranged son may reveal in his memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.”<\/p>\n KATE GOSSELIN ADMITS TO UNHEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS AFTER HER KIDS LEFT FOR COLLEGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “Kate had no idea this book was in the works,” a source told Daily Mail<\/a> before acknowledging that “Collin hasn\u2019t spoken to his mother since she abandoned him in an institution as a young child.”<\/p>\n “She didn\u2019t expect any of this to ever come out. Now she\u2019s spiraling because she knows it\u2019s about to hit the fan.”<\/p>\n Collin grew up on television as cameras followed the Gosselins for years, first with “Jon & Kate Plus 8” and then “Kate Plus 8.” (Donna Svennevik)<\/p>\n “Jon & Kate Plus 8” aired on TLC from 2007-09, when the former couple divorced. One year later, the show was rebranded as “Kate Plus 8,”<\/a> which ran until 2017.<\/p>\n KATE GOSSELIN BUDGETS CHRISTMAS FOR 8 KIDS ‘TO THE PENNY’ AFTER LOSING REALITY TV FORTUNE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Collin was allegedly diagnosed with a behavioral disorder and, at 12-years-old, Kate sent him to the Fairmount Behavioral Health System \u2014 a psychiatric hospital located in Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I was not able, with my own resources here, to meet his needs,” Kate said during an episode of “Kate Plus 8.”\u00a0Meanwhile, “Kate Plus 8” continued to air with the seven other children. Jon claimed he didn’t know that Collin had been sent to a behavioral institute until he was eating lunch with the kids one day and Collin was absent.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the time, Kate had full custody<\/a> of the children and insisted she didn’t have to tell her estranged husband where Collin was because of a court order.<\/p>\n The Gosselin kids appear on an episode of “Celebrity Wife Swap” in 2012. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n KATE GOSSELIN’S CHILDREN WON’T BE HOME FOR THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n While Kate has allegedly told people that there are “zero facts” surrounding Collin’s claims<\/a>, he reportedly has “the evidence to back everything up.”<\/p>\n “Kate can\u2019t stop this book from coming out but I have no doubt she wishes she could,” the insider said.<\/p>\n Collin’s sextuplet siblings \u2014 Aaden, Alexis, Hannah, Joel and Leah \u2014 and twin sisters Cara and Madelyn, were also reportedly blindsided by the memoir.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The siblings allegedly don’t “really know<\/a> the truth of what happened to him” aside from what their mother relayed, the source said.<\/p>\n Collin Gosselin has been estranged from most of his siblings and his mother for years. (Collin Gosselin\/Instagram)<\/p>\n Kate’s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n![\"Kate](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kate-gosselin-collin-gosselin.jpg\")
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