Collin Gosselin Interview: Full Vice TV Quotes and Bombshells

Collin Gosselin dropped a handful of bombshells during a full interview that was featured on the Jon and Kate Plus 8 focused episode of Vice TV’s Dark Side of the 2000s, which aired on Tuesday, July 18.

The teen was joined by his father, Jon Gosselin, and sister Hannah Gosselin to discuss their family’s time on reality TV. The Gosselin family began starring on TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus 8 in 2007. Following Jon and Kate Gosselin’s split in 2009, the matriarch and their eight kids continued to star on the rebranded show Kate Plus 8 until 2017.

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In addition to Collin and Hannah, the former couple share twins Mady and Cara and sextuplets Leah, Alexis, Joel and Aaden.

Following their split, all of their children lived with Kate until she lost custody of Collin in December 2018, after which Collin moved in with Jon. Hannah previously moved in with her father in May 2018.

Keep scrolling to find out the biggest bombshells from the episode.

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Inside His Time at a Psychiatric Hospital

Collin opened up about the time he spent at Philadelphia-based psychiatrist hospital Fairmount Behavioral Health System in 2017, which Kate sent him to amid his alleged behavioral issues.

After admitting the experience put a toll on him “mentally,” Collin added, “It was a really, really dark place. All I had was myself. I didn’t have anybody else. You know, I had no support system. It was scary. I was confused. I was lost.”

Kate’s Alleged Reasoning For Putting Collin in a Psychiatric Hospital

The former reality star alleged that Kate put him in the psychiatrist hospital because he had started telling others about her “abusive” behavior.

“I was starting to tell my teachers that, you know, my mother was … can I use the word abusive or are they not allowed to use that on air?” Collin said.

When a producer asked Collin to clarify the comment, he stood by his claims that Kate was abusive and said that his decision to tell others was why she “sent [him] away.”

“I was starting to tell people what was going on at home and, you know, she caught wind of that and had to put me somewhere where I wouldn’t be able to get the secrets out,” Collin continued.

Kate previously denied the claims during a 2016 appearance on Good Morning America. At the time, she said she had been “investigated many times” and that claims about her harming her kids were “always unfounded.”

Jon Spent $1 Million to Get Collin Out of Psychiatric Hospital

Collin wrote a letter to Jon while he was in the psychiatric hospital and asked for help, he revealed during the episode.

“I spent $1 million to get my son out,” the Gosselin patriarch claimed during the docuseries. After noting that he used testimony and psych evaluations to help build his case, Jon admitted he spent “everything [he] had” to help Collin.

Silence After His Near-Fatal Car Crash

After Collin was involved in a near-fatal car accident in 2022, he claimed that Kate and his six estranged siblings didn’t reach out. He went on to speculate that his brothers and sisters’ silence was likely influenced by their mother.

“I think my mom kind of drove a social barrier between us,” he added.