How Collin Gosselin Really Feels About Dad Jon Gosselin Getting Remarried

Kate Gosselin and ex Jon Gosselin's son Collin Gosselin shared his thoughts about his dad's wedding to Stephanie Lebo, detailing the very emotional day for him and sister Hannah Gosselin.

By Corinne Heller Nov 24, 2025 7:35 PM
| Updated Nov 24, 2025 10:38 PM
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For Colin Gosselin, his dad Jon Gosselin's wedding to Stephanie Lebo was a bittersweet affair.

That's because his sextuplet sister Hannah Gosselin was the only other one of the eight Gosselin siblings—whom Jon shares with ex Kate Gosselin—to attend the Nov. 23 nuptials.

"I think despite any differences or ways we see things, I think today kind of signified the fact that we both love our father and we understand how much he deserves this," Collin, 21, told Entertainment Tonight in an interview the day of the wedding. "It would have been really nice to see my other siblings here."

He further detailed what it would have meant to see include fellow sextuplets Alexis, Leah, Aaden and Joel as well as sisters Mady and Cara, 25, there for the big day, despite he and Jon being estranged from them in recent years.

"I love them and I hope they know that we would have loved to see them here," Collin continued, "and I hope they understand how important marriages [are] and how happy it made me and Hannah to see our dad get married today."

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Indeed, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum admitted being overcome as he watched Jon and Stephanie marry in an intimate wedding in Pennsylvania after four years of dating

"It was very emotional and usually I don't cry, but I just couldn't hold it back, especially when he read his vows, I just lost it," Collin explained. "It feels monumental for me because when I when I looked at my dad, I saw right through to him to all the hard things he's been through with marriage, with everything, and for me, I saw all these things just kind of floating away."

For him, it was a culmination of his dad’s healing journey in the years since his 2009 divorce from Kate.

He added, "It wasn't just tears of, 'Oh, they're getting married.' It was me seeing the past and then looking in this moment and realizing just how freeing this this is for him, and how much he deserves this and how much she deserves this."

Instagram / Collin Gosselin

And Jon, Collin believes, has found his perfect match in the research and development specialist.

"They just love each other unconditionally," he emphasized. "It doesn't have to be any sort of anything official. It just them. There's no script. There's no pressure. They just love each other and they have fun and they enjoy their lives together."

As Jon and Stephanie enjoy their lives as newlyweds, look back at Collin and his siblings over the years.

Sextuplets Turn 21

Sextuplets HannahCollin, Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel turned 21 on May 10, 2025, and Kate shared pics from the latter four's birthday celebration.

Hannah's 21st Birthday Celebration

Hannah celebrated her birthday with her dad and his fiancée Stephanie Lebo.

Sextuplets' 20th Birthday

On Mother's Day 2024, two days after the former couple's sextuplets turned 20, Kate shared a tribute the four who lived with her: AlexisAadenJoel and Leah.

"No more teenagers in this house! Happy 20th birthday, my forever babies! I love you!" she wrote on Instagram. "Who feels old? I know I do! #20yearsold #ItsaPICKLE."

Hannah's Birthday Post

Hannah shared new pics of herself on her and the other sextuplet's 20th birthday.

Hannah the Graduate

On to the next chapter! The sextuplet graduated from high school in 2023.

High School Graduates

Jon shared a pic of sextuplets Collin and Hannah graduating from high school in 2023, years after they had moved in with him.

Girls' Trip

Kate appeared with twin Mady and Cara in New York City in this 2019 pic.

All Grown-Up

"Happy 18th birthday!" Jon wrote on Instagram in 2022. "Today is your birthday we gonna say it loud. I love you. Love, Dad."

Birthday Bash

"Our big celebration of #15 is finally winding down here! We celebrated ALL DAY LONG, beginning with a present at 6:30 am before school! I'm so very thankful for my ‘babies'.... somehow they are 15 already?!" Kate wrote on the special milestone in 2019. "I'm amazed by them each day! I'm so proud of the positive qualities I've seen developing as they edge closer to adulthood." 

Back to Class

"This was yesterday! Feels like school never ended...and they're already back! #SeniorYear #EighthGrade #ProudMom," Kate wrote on Instagram in 2018.

 

Birthday Greetings

"Happy 15th Birthday Hannah, Collin, Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah!!!! Wow I can't believe you are 15!!! Time is flying by!!!" Jon Gosselin shared on Instagram when posing with Hannah and Collin Gosselin. "I love you all very much. I wish you the best day ever and I hope you enjoy your birthday celebrations today and this weekend!!! Love always, Dad." 

Girl Power

"My beautiful 'little girls' .... they keep reminding me how many days until they turn 14. Today it was '12 days til we turn 14, Mom.' HOW'S THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!" Kate shared with her followers in 2018. "I told Leah that she's too small to turn 14. She said 'Yeah, true. Are you sure I'm not turning 11 or 12?' I'm positive. I gave birth to you. They'll always be my babies....I love them so very much!" 

Growing Up Gosselin

"I can't believe they're 13!" Kate Gosselin wrote on Instagram when celebrating a major birthday for her sextuplets. 

Greetings From Alaska

Rewind to 2014 when Kate and her children found themselves visiting Alaska. 

Girls Trip

Kate also treated her twin daughters Cara Gosselin and Mady Gosselin to a trip to New York City in 2014, where they stopped by the Manhattan Hotel. 

Happy Holidays

"A precious Christmas memory. My 6 were 6. Christmas Eve 2010 and they're SO excited for Christmas!" Kate Gosselin wrote on Instagram with a throwback photo. "Look at those adorable smiles! #TheyAreMyHeart #My8ReasonsToKeepOnKeepingOn #NoMatterWhat #TrueLoveX8." 

 

Camera Ready

Back in October 2007, Jon and Kate Gosselin gathered their eight kids together for a trip to New York City. First stop? A visit to NBC's Today show. 

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