Kate Gosselin ignores drama surrounding son Collin’s upcoming tell-all about childhood — talks rescue dog instead

Kate Gosselin was seemingly unbothered regarding son Collin’s upcoming tell-all about his tumultuous childhood, in a new TikTok video she posted Sunday.

In her video, the former “Jon & Kate Plus 8” star gave an update on her rescue dog, Koda, as well as her other dog, Meika — completely ignoring Collin making headlines with his new memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.”

“I have a really cute video of Koda and the trainer’s kids — very cute,” she said, appearing to be in an upbeat mood while Koda was away completing training.

She even gave an update on the weather, noting it was “very hot and humid.”

“Anyway, have a great day, enjoy the video, and I think we’re under 10 days until we get Koda back,”
she told her followers. “Can’t wait.”

Collin, 22, has been promoting his memoir, which, according to its description shared by the publisher, promises to share the “never-before-told story of how [Collin] escaped and found his way back from the dark.”

The book will revisit Collin “being held down, the basement cell where he was hidden for years and the cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced on an 11-year-old boy.”

Collin has continued to take jabs at his mom on social media ahead of his memoir coming out on Oct. 13. On Sunday, he posted a throwback clip on his Instagram Stories of himself talking about Kate in an interview, writing, “This was a year ago and I’ve been stood up by my mom … again,” alongside a crying laughing emoji.

In the clip, Collin says, “This is my formal invitation to her, to the hospital. Like the day that she literally got me out of the house. She had her ambulance friends come pick me up.”

“But I’m not gonna talk much on that because I’m putting all this in a tell-all that I’m writing right now and we will be going into detail on every little thing, so.”

He continues, “I would like to invite my mom to do a lie-detector test. … I want to get into everything. … For so long, she’s been putting on this facade to the media, even before TikTok.”

Kate has been “spiraling” ahead of her son’s memoir, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.

“Kate had no idea this book was in the works,” an insider told the outlet, noting that Kate hasn’t spoken to Collin since she institutionalized him as a child.

“She didn’t expect any of this to ever come out. Now she’s spiraling because she knows it’s about to hit the fan,” they continued.

In addition to Collin, Kate, 51, and her ex-husband, Jon, 49, are the parents of his sextuplet siblings — Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah — and 25-year-old twins Cara and Madelyn.

The family rose to fame on the TLC series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” which aired from 2007 to 2017.

Jon and Kate split in 2009 after 10 years of marriage. In 2018, Jon received sole custody of Collin.

Throughout the years, Collin has accused Kate of “child abuse and child exploitation,” which she’s denied. Her lawyer told the US Sun back in September 2024 that he didn’t believe Kate has done anything to “intentionally harm” Collin, and that she “did what she did to protect herself and her family” from her son’s “troubled behavior.”