Hannah Gosselin Explains How Brother Collin Was ‘Separated’ From Their Siblings By Mom Kate
usmagazine.comHannah Gosselin is giving a glimpse into her childhood with brother Collin — and how he was treated differently than the rest of their siblings.In a preview clip for Vice TV’s Dark Side of the 2000s, shared by the network via Twitter on Friday, July 7, Hannah recalled how Collin “would be separated” from her and their six other brothers and sisters while growing up. (Their parents — former Jon & Kate Plus 8 stars Jon and Kate Gosselin — share sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Aaden, Joel, Alexis and Leah, now 19, and twin daughters Cara and Mady, now 22.)“Like, he would not get to come outside and play with us,” Hannah told the camera. “He would eat dinner at different times than us.”She added: “I don’t think effort was made in the home to help him learn what behavior is acceptable and what behavior is not acceptable.”Collin — who was sent to Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute by Kate in 2016 to address his “special needs” — has long been estranged from his mom, who gained full custody of her eight children after divorcing Jon in 2009.
After Collin left the institute in 2018, he went to live with his dad. Hannah followed that same year. (In 2019, Jon told the Daily Mail: “Other than ADHD, which is extremely common, Collin has never been diagnosed with any known medical condition.”)“I know my mother was going through a lot of things.
I mean, a divorce, and plenty of different things that can’t be easy to go through,” Collin said in the Vice TV preview. “And, you know, I want to think that she needed someone to take out her anger and frustration on, and it was just kind of me.
I was in the way and I was there. So, she chose me.”Collin previously opened up about how his time in the facility negatively impacted his mental health,
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