Kate Gosselin Says Recent Backlash Is ‘Small’ Compared to Past Drama, Amid Son Collin’s Criticism

Kate Gosselin isn’t fussed by the negativity she deals with on social media.

The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum, 51, opened up about the “negative energy” she’s met with online after responding to a fan’s comment under a TikTok post on Tuesday, July 14, that encouraged her to “keep living life” amid the social media hate.

“I am and I’m fine,” Kate wrote in response. “This is honestly small compared to what me and my other kids have been through back in the day….”

It’s unclear exactly what Kate was responding to, as the comment was left under a post about her trip to the “Wild West” with her dogs and boyfriend Steve Neild.

Kate’s comments come not long after her son, Collin Gosselin, shared his feelings about his mother’s decision to send him to a behavioral facility when he was just 12 years old in 2016, claiming that he had “unpredictable behavior and violent tendencies towards” family members.

In a September 2025 interview with the U.S. Sun, which was recently posted in full on YouTube, the now 22-year-old said he believes his mom sent him away after he no longer wanted to be on camera for the family’s TLC reality show.

Now able to really “look at things in retrospect,” Collin said he questioned Kate. “Even as a 12-year-old, before I was sent away, I could start to consider both sides of things,” Collin said in the clip, posted on July 1.

Collin was in the behavioral facility for nearly two years before his dad, Jon Gosselin, obtained sole custody of him in 2018 following his parents’ 2009 divorce. Before his institutionalization, however, Kate had custody of Collin and his siblings — sextuplets Alexis, Aaden, Leah, Joel and Hannah, all 22, and twins Cara and Madelyn, 25.

Kate, who was spotted in a rare public outing following the June 17 announcement of her son’s upcoming memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood, has denied the claims Collin made about the reason she institutionalized him, citing mental illness as the reason behind her son’s accusations.

“My son Collin, whom I love with all my heart, has received multiple psychiatric diagnoses over the years,” Kate said in a statement to People in 2023. “For the safety of myself, his brothers and sisters, and for his own well-being, he was placed in a facility following years of outpatient treatment, which proved insufficient for his needs.”

She continued, “Unfortunately, I believe Collin remains a very troubled young man who continues to need a lot of help. His brothers and sisters and I have not been directly involved in his life due to his history of unpredictable behavior and violent tendencies towards us.”