What Collin Gosselin has said about Child abuse
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Collin Gosselin, Former child reality-TV subject on Jon & Kate Plus 8 and author of the memoir In the Shadow of Eight, has been quoted on Child abuse 3 times in 1 episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gosselin says a journal written by his mother when he was two describes her hitting him and praying to stop.
“And in the journal, she wrote about how she would hit me very hard and she would pray to God to help her to stop hitting me”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: COLLIN GOSSELIN: The Real Story Behind One of America’s Most-Watched Families (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 17:14
Gosselin alleges that his mother had a locked room built for him in the family's unfinished basement.
“She had a room specifically built in the storage part of our unfinished basement that was cinder block walls and cement floors”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: COLLIN GOSSELIN: The Real Story Behind One of America’s Most-Watched Families (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 21:59
Gosselin says he hopes one day to open a foundation where children can be safe and understood.
“I'd like to have the opportunity to open my own foundation, not an institution, a foundation, a place where children can come”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: COLLIN GOSSELIN: The Real Story Behind One of America’s Most-Watched Families (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:48
Episodes
COLLIN GOSSELIN: The Real Story Behind One of America’s Most-Watched FamiliesOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Oct 12, 2026 · 1 h 36 min
Collin Gosselin tells Jay Shetty about growing up on Jon & Kate Plus 8, alleged abuse by his mother, his 20-month institutionalization, and his child-protection advocacy.
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