Kate Gosselin is reportedly upset about what her estranged son Collin will reveal in his upcoming memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.”
“Kate had no idea the book was in the works,” an insider told the Daily Mail on Saturday. She added that the 51-year-old TLC alum hasn’t spoken to Collin since he institutionalized her as a child.
He added, “She didn’t expect any of this to ever come out. Now she’s moving because she knows it’s about to hit the fan.”
Kate, who has been married to ex-husband Jon Gosselin for 22 years, has reportedly told People that her son’s allegations are based on “zero facts.”
However, Colin claims he has “evidence to support everything.”
“Kate can’t stop this book from coming out, but I have no doubt she wishes she could,” the source insisted.
According to the source, Colin’s sextuplet siblings, Aiden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah, and 25-year-old twin siblings, Cara and Madeline, will also be amazed to hear all about her.
The insider claims the child “doesn’t really know the truth of what happened to her” other than what Kate has said.
Page Six has contacted Kate’s rep for comment.
book cover, which was revealed on Tuesday There is an old picture of Kate in which she is covering Colin’s mouth with her hand.
Colin promises to reveal “the shocking side of his picture-perfect family” in the tell-all, which releases this fall.
According to the publisher, fans will “hear the never-before-told story of how (Colin) escaped and found his way back from the darkness.”
“This is a reckoning with the dark side of fame: the systems, circles and institutions that allowed one boy to be erased,” the statement said.
In his book, Collin will talk about “the confinement, the basement cell where he hid for years and the cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced upon the 11-year-old boy”.
The former reality star is also referring to “Christmas morning”, where gifts were retrieved as soon as the cameras were off.
Jon and Kate, 49, were married from 1999 to 2009.
In 2007, the family became famous on the TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8”. Following Kate and Jon’s separation, the show was renamed “Kate Plus 8” and aired until 2017.
John was in 2018 Awarded sole custody of Collin.
Since moving in with his father, Colin has continued to speak out against his mother, Claiming that he suffered “child abuse and child exploitation” In the hands of a “Dancing with the Stars” alumni.
Colin alleged that he was zip tied up and locked in the basement And even institutional against his will.
However, Kate has denied her son’s claims of abuse.
While Hannah also grew up with her father and brother, Madeline has defended her mother.
in 2023 he Collin accused of “physical violence” and “hate speech” – which both the author and John have denied.
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