Jon Gosselin rips ‘callous liar’ Kate’s ‘abusive behavior’ to son Collin & claims she ‘doesn’t have true love’ for teen
JON Gosselin has ripped ex-wife Kate's behavior toward their son Collin as the star made stunning accusations.
The remarks come after Kate, 48, responded to comments Collin, 19, made about her in the new Vice documentary, Jon & Kate Plus 8: Family Circus.
A rep for Jon, 46, told the U.S. Sun: "Kate posting cruel false accusations regarding Collin seems to be just another way for her to justify her inexcusable horrific past behavior toward him.
"True love for a child wouldn’t include a mother attacking their son to the public."
The statement continued: "Collin had to be cleared by the Marines with a full background check including mental, physical, and medical clearance through the US Marine Corps," before adding, "The government's full diagnoses clearly reflects the truth.
“Do not forget that a judge awarded sole legal and physical custody of Collin to his father."
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Jon's rep also emphasized that "Kate never even showed up to court and lost full custody of her own son.
“Regarding these brand new false accusations, it seems clear that even today after not seeing her son since the 6th grade, she is unable to control her abusive words towards him."
They concluded: "At this point, Collin is training to be a marine in order to serve his country and is unable to respond to his mother’s callus lies."
The rep's statement comes after Kate's comments that alleged Collin had received "multiple psychiatric diagnoses" and received psychiatric treatment in response to "unpredictable and violent behavior," as reported by People.
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In a lengthy statement, Kate claimed: "For the safety of myself, his brothers and sisters and for his own well-being, [Collin] was placed in a facility following years of outpatient treatment which proved insufficient for his needs."
The Kate Plus 8 alum also claimed that "measures were taken," which were recommended by Collin's pediatric psychiatrist as well as a team of specialists to "safeguard every member" of the Gosselin's family, friends, and family pets.
Later in the statement the ex TV star admitted: "I believe Collin remains a very troubled young man who continues to need a lot of help. His brothers and sisters and I have not been directly involved in his life due to his history of unpredictable behavior and violent tendencies towards us."
SISTER'S STATEMENT
Also this week, Jon and Kate's daughter Mady, 22, accused her brother Collin of physical violence and hate speech in a scathing new message after Jon appeared with Collin in the Vice documentary.
Mady took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday night to share a lengthy paragraph with her followers, typed on a black background.
The former TV personality wrote: "I never wanted to have to speak up about this in order to allow my brother the ability to live privately after the conclusion of our family's TV show, but I've been overwhelmed by hate messages in the last few days and I feel I must set the record straight -
"I do not owe my allegiance to any person(s), who has physically threatened me and every member of my immediate family (some incidents as recent as last year).
"Further, I will never allow someone who has exhibited hateful and even violent behavior towards others based in their racial identity, gender identity, or religious beliefs to be in my life."
She continued: "Kindness, tolerance, love, and acceptance are core values in my life and I refuse to compromise them for ANYONE, even my brother Collin, who has unfortunately made his opinions very clear in private.
"For me, there is no further conversation to be had about rebuilding relationships with anyone in my life after reaching the point of physical violence and hate speech.
"I cannot speak any further on why Collin has done these things, just that I have witnessed them."
Mady added: "I've had hundreds of people messaging my private accounts with the most hurtful words you can imagine in the last few days, all without knowing the full truth of what we've been through.
"I'm asking for peace and privacy (and no more hate mail) going forward."
SHOCKING ACCUSATIONS
Mady's message came just days after her father Jon and brother Collin appeared in a new Vice documentary exposing secrets from the family's time on the TLC show and more.
In a portion of the documentary, Collin discussed a 2022 car accident that nearly took his life.
The teen's car flipped over after he fell asleep at the wheel.
He claimed that neither Kate nor any of his siblings reached out to him after the crash.
"No, I didn't hear anything from any of them. They didn't reach out at all, no," he said.
He went on to say in the episode that in spite of it all, he remains hopeful that one day he'll have a relationship with his mother and other estranged family members.
Collin said: "I love 'em to death. I really hope one day that we can all reconnect and put the show behind us and just be siblings again, you know?
"Take back the time that we didn't have."
That was just one of many shocking claims the former reality star made in the Vice documentary.
Collin also accused Kate of taking out her anger and frustration on him following her divorce from Jon.
In a snippet from the episode, Collin and his sister, Hannah, recalled how their mom would distance him from his other siblings and punish him for acting out.
"He would be separated from us. Like he would not get to come and play outside with us. He would eat dinner at different times than us," Hannah said about her brother's divide between his seven siblings.
FAMILY FEUD
Kate and Jon are parents to sextuplets: Collin, Hannah, Alexis, Leah, Aaden, and Joel; and twins Maddie and Cara, 22.
The couple divorced in 2009 and endured a long custody battle over their kids.
Most of the children remained in Kate's care, living with her in North Carolina.
Teens Collin and Hannah, however, went to live with their father in Pennsylvania.
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They blamed Kate's treatment for their decision to distance themselves.
Collin said in the documentary that his behavior was far from perfect but he maintained that he didn't deserve the treatment he received from his mother.
