Jon and Kate Gosselin are speaking out amid drama between their children. In a statement to ET, the dad of eight defended his son, Collin, after his daughter, Mady, accused her younger brother of «violent behavior.» Meanwhile, in her own statement, Kate took the opposite side, aligning herself with Mady.
ET previously reached out to Collin for comment.Jon and Kate share eight children. Collin is part of a set of 19-year-old sextuplets -- Aaden, Alexis, Hannah, Joel, and Leah — while 22-year-old Mady has a twin sister, Cara.Collin is estranged from his mom after he was institutionalized for behavioral issues as a child.
After Jon got Collin out of the facility, the teen, along with his sister, Hannah, went to live with Jon. Neither Collin nor Hannah have a relationship with their fellow sextuplets or older sisters.In Jon's statement, he praised Collin for his recent interview in Vice TV's . «It took courage for Collin to sit down and speak about his past and the last thing I would have expected was more abuse to come his way from a sibling that hasn't seen or spoken to him since he was in sixth grade,» Jon told ET. «No child should have to endure the years of psychological and physical pain Kate put Collin through.
Let alone the rejection from his own mother, or the false storyline created to alienate Collin from his siblings.»«Collin has grown into a wonderful man despite her abuse,» Jon concluded. «We love him and are both proud and excited to see him grow into a young US Marine.»Kate spoke out shortly thereafter, writing in an Instagram post, «I have never wanted to have to do this, but I feel I have been backed into a corner and left with no choice.
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