Collin Gosselin has a heartbreaking message for the siblings he’s been estranged from for nearly a decade.
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“The last time I told them I loved them was [at a] reunion that we had at about 14 or 15 years old,” the 22-year-old told Page Six exclusively during a sit-down interview while promoting his new memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.”
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“I do love them very much,” he added.
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The former “Jon & Kate Plus 8” star said it has been heartbreaking to see how much distance has grown between them.
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“It’s horrible how much triangulation occurred in our home and that we were, we were pitted against each other,” he said.
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“I mean, how do you do that to siblings that were all born together on the same day?
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It’s horrible.”
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His parents, Jon and Kate Gosselin, also share older twin daughters, Mady and Cara.
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The family rose to fame on TLC’s hit reality series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” which documented their lives raising eight children.
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However, Collin’s relationship with several of his siblings became strained amid the family’s troubles, and he has previously said he hasn’t spoken to them since 2016.
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Despite the years apart, Collin made it clear that his love for his brothers and sisters hasn’t changed.
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“I love them very much, and I want them to know that what was done to us as children is not normal,” he told us.
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“I was very broken; I was very hurt,” he continued.
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“But I’d fight that battle every day again to make a point that the things that we were put through was not healthy.”
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Collin added, “And I’m sorry that I had to put myself out there, but I’m not sorry, but I had to be the one to be the voice against that.”
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Representatives for Kate and TLC did not respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
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“To Maddy, Cara, Alexis, Aaden, Leah, and Joel: No matter what’s happened or what was said, no matter how things look from the outside—I love you.
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I always have and always will.”
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This isn’t the first time Collin has publicly expressed how much he misses his siblings.
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“Born to be a team, us against the world…” he wrote atop a throwback photo of him and his seven siblings.
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In the second photo, Collin wore sunglasses while driving a car.
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“Forced to do it alone, and wonder every day what our lives could’ve looked like,” he wrote atop the pic.
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“Forced apart, pitted against each other,” he added in the caption.
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Kate and Jon tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in June 1999.
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Kate filed for divorce from Jon 10 years later in June 2009, and it was finalized later that year in December.
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Collin has been estranged from his mother since 2016, when she sent him to live in a behavioral health institution at age 11 for alleged behavioral issues.
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Jon also obtained custody of Hannah after she left Kate’s home, while the remaining sextuplets continued living with their mother along with Mady and Cara.
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Collin shares more about his childhood, family relationships and experiences growing up on reality television in his memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood,” released Tuesday.
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If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text BEGIN the National Child Abuse Hotline at 800-422-4453.
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Your voice matters.
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