Collin Gosselin Shares Update on Relationship With Estranged Siblings

After Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin’s son Collin Gosselin said he was “forced” apart from his sextuplet and twin siblings, he expanded on his claims in a recent social media live. 

By Olivia Evans Aug 21, 2025 7:41 PM
| Updated Aug 22, 2025 10:17 AM
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Collin Gosselin isn’t keeping any secrets when it comes to family dynamics.

After Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin’s son shared that he was “forced apart” from his siblings, including his fellow sextuplets Hannah Gosselin, Aedan Gosselin, Joel Gosselin, Leah Gosselin and Alexis Gosselin, he expanded on where they all stand with each other. 

“Unfortunately, I don't talk to my siblings,” Collin shared in a TikTok Live Aug. 20, per People, “and I very much wish that we did and that they knew who I actually was because we don't know each other at all.”

Still, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum—who is also younger brother to twin sisters Mady Gosselin and Cara Gosselin, both 24—explained why he continues to speak out about the schism he feels in his family, noting he uses his social media as “a journal to make videos and hope they see them.”

And, as always, Collin did admit he still has a relationship with his sister Hannah, who was the only other Gosselin sibling to live with dad Jon as a minor.

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“I actually just texted her today,” Collin explained. “She’s in college doing her thing. I always say, though, Hannah's just very like living the life, you know, like having fun, always doing something, so we catch up when we can.”

Collin’s update comes just over a week after he shared a cryptic post on TikTok alongside old photos of the Gosselin children. 

“Born to be a team, us against the world,” read text over the photo in the Aug. 8 video. “Forced to do it alone, and wonder everyday what our lives could’ve looked like.”

Underneath the photo, the 21-year-old also appeared to criticize his parents’ choice to put them on TV from such a young age, with the family’s TLC show premiering when the sextuplets were only 2.

Instagram / Collin Gosselin

“Forced apart, pitted against each other,” Collin wrote in the caption. “All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids?”

Although Collin maintains a relationship with his dad Jon, he has said before that he is also estranged from mom Kate, and believes she drove him apart from his siblings. 

For her part, Kate responded to a comment who linked Collin’s Aug. 8 TikTok on her own Aug. 10 video, writing alongside a crying emoji, “He knows why.”

For a look back at the Gosselin family through the years, keep reading...

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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