Kate Gosselin and/or TLC must have worked out some kind of incredible multi-year deal with People Magazine. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for the fact that she and her kids are covering People Magazine many years past their sell-by date. (People must owe TLC in general, because they’ve also been pushing the younger Duggars in our faces despite all the well-deserved backlash the family has been getting.) It’s been a little over ten years since The Gosselins first appeared on television as part of the show Jon and Kate Plus Eight. Jon and Kate of course divorced, with Jon going through a series of girlfriends, one more dramatic than the next, and Kate desperately trying to cling to fame through various means, including a much-derided turn on Dancing With The Stars. Now Jon just quit his job at TJI Fridays, Kate is doing whatever she does to keep the money coming in (including this interview I would guess) and some of the kids are estranged from their dad. (More on that in a moment.)
In this interview Kate admits that of the now 12-year-old sextuplets, Collin, is away getting inpatient treatment for “special needs.” We heard back in 2010 that Colin and his sister, Alexis, were expelled from their private school for violence and bullying, which Kate denied to the press. She now admits that Collin is having issues, about which she remains vague, which is understandable. As for the story that Kate is keeping her 15 year-old twin daughters, Cara and Mady, away from their father they say that’s not the case and that they don’t want a relationship with him because he’s “toxic.” Gee, I wonder where they learned that. Kate also claims that if she could do it over again she would be less controlling, which is antithetical to who she is. That would never happen.
Collin, 12, is away in a program to help him gain “life skills”
Kate: Colin has special needs. There’s a fairly fluid diagnosis of what those needs are, but he needs to learn certain strategies to help him deal with things. This has been a struggle we’ve had for a very long time, and it’s one I’ve dealt with on my own… The other kids, of course, realize that so much of my… focus has had to be devoted to Collin and trying to get him the help he needs. I feel like I’ve made an investment in Collin’s future.
Kate on what she would do differently
If I could go back, I wouldn’t spend so much time worrying about the messes and the obsessive-compulsiveness and needing to be so in control. I would spend more time nibbling little feet and cuddling up. I worried about so many things I just didn’t need to be worrying about
Mady, 15, on her relationship with her dad
Here’s how I feel about this. This year I’m going to turn 16. I’m going to be learning to drive, taking the PSATs, thinking about college… so much is going on in my life. And the last thing I have time for is a toxic relationship.
He makes it seem like we’re being kept from him, which is insane. He should maybe spend some time thinking about why we don’t want to see him, and maybe realize that if he ever does want a relationship with us, talking about us on TV is not the way to make that happen. He doesn’t even know us – how can he dare talk about us?
[From People Magazine, print edition]
Do you remember when Kate and her twin daughters were doing interviews a couple of years ago and Mady was rolling her eyes at Kate and actively defying her? Mady stands up to Kate which means she definitely takes after her mom. There’s surely a lot of parental alienation going on. Also, remember how Jon Gosselin was giving interviews saying that Mady and Cara hadn’t visited him since they were 13 and that he hadn’t seen one of his sons in 18 months? That was in January, so it’s probably been two years since he’s seen that son, whom he didn’t specify but we can assume is Collin. We all know Kate plays fast and loose with the truth, so how long has Collin really been away and has she told John where he is? Did she even consult John about Collin’s treatment?
See you there tomorrow! Can’t wait to meet you all at the @TLC Block Party! #Chicago #CantWait pic.twitter.com/AEj8YDKwFB
— Kate Gosselin (@Kateplusmy8) July 15, 2016
Kate also got new puppies, which is awesome except she made the kids give their German Shepherds back to the breeder, remember that?
Nanuq is watching tv with us while attacking her rope giraffe.. #ShesABedDoggy #ILoveThatSheLovesFurniture pic.twitter.com/QAD3p6xHag
— Kate Gosselin (@Kateplusmy8) July 2, 2016
@talkitytash …and this cute doggy, Mak too! #2Puppies #THREEKingShepherdsTotal pic.twitter.com/kvNO9DrZ37
— Kate Gosselin (@Kateplusmy8) June 23, 2016
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