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Collin Gosselin “I haven’t spoken to my siblings for probably five or six years,” says the 18-year-old son Jon and Kate Gosselin said entertainment tonight in his first one-on-one interview. Collin is one of the sextuplets featured on the Jon & Kate plus 8 Series that also includes his siblings Aaden, Joel, Leah, and alexis After Collin left the facility where Kate, 47, sent him to because of his alleged behavior problems, Collin and his sister have HannaShe moved in with Jon, 45. This schism ultimately ended his relationship with his other siblings. “It’s tough,” says Collin.
Despite the years, Collin says he would “love to have a relationship” with his other siblings, including the twins Cara and madelyn that Jon and Kate had before the sextuplets. “I would love if someday we could get together, have dinner together, talk, just have a relationship and catch up on the things that we lost, the time that we lost,” Collin says, adding that the The decision to mend this broken relationship rests with his brothers and sisters.
“I didn’t reach out to them, they didn’t reach out to me,” Collin said ET. “I want to respect their space and time and respect how they think about everything, so I’m just waiting for the day they come forward. I don’t want to report. I don’t want to invade her space. I’d rather just let them do it on their own terms.” He added that he “loves my siblings” and “would be willing to put my parents aside, and I have. In my eyes it’s me and my siblings. I love her to death.”
“I’m very fond of them. The way I see it, the parents aren’t involved, it’s just me and them. I really hope that one day, when I have kids, my kids will know their aunt and uncle,” he said colling ET. “I’d just love to see them all… I hope they’re okay. I hope they live the life they want and are happy.”
Although Collins’ relationship with most of his siblings is non-existent, he says he is still very close to his sister Hannah. “Hannah, she’s a big part of my emotional support,” he says. “She helped me a lot and still does to this day. [She] still does so much for me.”
The same cannot be said of his mother. After Collins’ time at the behavior correction facility, he “didn’t have a relationship with her,” he said in the entertainment tonight Interview. “It’s unfortunate that we didn’t have a relationship. I think every son wants to have a relationship with his mother. But I am doing very well.”