Kate Gosselin and daughter Hannah’s relationship ‘strained’ again after brief reunion at teen’s high school graduation
KATE Gosselin and her daughter Hannah’s relationship is rocky again after their brief reunion at the teen’s high school graduation, a source has exclusively claimed to The U.S. Sun.
Kate, 48, and Hannah, 19, mended their relationship earlier this year, as the mom of eight even attended her high school graduation.
The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal the mother and daughter have fallen out again over Vice’s Dark Side of the 2000s Jon & Kate Plus 8: Family Circus.
A source exclusively told The U.S. Sun: “Hannah has worked hard to have a relationship with her mother, but sadly Kate has never treated Hannah well after she went to live with her father.
“This most recent outburst from Kate has not helped their current relationship.”
Despite being on the outs, the insider claimed Hannah “will continue to try to build healthy relationships with her siblings.”
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The source continued: “Now that her siblings will finally have some space from Kate, they will have more of an opportunity to thrive as brothers and sisters.”
As for Collin, Kate and her son still have “no relationship,” the source said.
FAMILY FEUD
Jon, 46, had two sextuplets Hannah and Collin in his custody for years, while Kate had Aaden, Alexis, Joel and Leah, and their twins Mady and Cara, 22, in her care.
Jon, Hannah and Collin appeared on Vice's documentary, where the son accused Kate of taking out her "anger and frustration" on him following her divorce.
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On the episode, Collin and Hannah recalled how their mom would distance him from his other siblings and punish him for acting out.
Hannah said: "He would be separated from us. Like he would not get to come and play outside with us. He would eat dinner at different times than us.”
They also discussed Kate sending Collin to a psychiatric hospital in Philadelphia at the age of 12 due to behavior issues.
Collin wrote a letter to his father in the facility, as Jon claimed to have spent $1million to get him out.
Jon said: “He hasn’t seen a parent in almost a year-and-a-half.”
Collin added: “It was a really, really dark place. All I had was myself. I didn’t have anybody else. You know, I had no support system. It was scary. I was confused. I was lost.”
KATE'S SIDE
Kate responded to the documentary in a statement that read: "I have never wanted to have to do this, but I feel I have been backed into a corner and left with no choice. Although it saddens me to do so, I need to speak out now.
“My son Collin, whom I love with all my heart, has received multiple psychiatric diagnoses over the years. 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.
"The decision to admit him was made by emergency room doctors following one of his many attacks/outbursts — this one involving his use of a weapon.
“Fast forward to the present day, and following Jon’s removal of Collin from treatment, my son’s unpredictable and violent behavior has sadly continued regularly towards Jon, Hannah and others around him.
She continued: "Collin's distorted perception of reality is one of the many issues that he has always struggled with. As many people who have family members grappling with mental health issues can attest, it is rarely and sadly surprising when complete fabrications occur, and this is just another heartbreaking facet of this fight.
“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.”
Jon’s rep told The U.S. Sun of Kate’s claims against Collin: "Kate posting cruel false accusations regarding Collin seems to be just another way for her to justify her inexcusable horrific past behavior toward him.
"True love for a child wouldn’t include a mother attacking their son to the public. Collin had to be cleared by the Marines with a full background check including mental, physical, and medical clearance through the US Marine Corps. The government's full diagnoses clearly reflect the truth."
The statement went on: "Do not forget that a judge awarded sole legal and physical custody of Collin to his father. Kate never even showed up to court and lost full custody of her own son.
“Regarding these brand new false accusations, it seems clear that even today after not seeing her son since the 6th grade, she is unable to control her abusive words towards him. At this point, Collin is training to be a marine in order to serve his country and is unable to respond to his mother’s callus lies.”
RECONCILING
A source previously told The U.S. Sun of Kate attending Hannah and Collin’s graduation in June: “Jon knew Kate was coming because she and Hannah have spoken a few times and she said she would be there.
“Kate and Collin are still not talking, but she saw him graduating too as it was at the same time as Hannah.
“Jon was surprised that Kate had decided to come just because she has been absent for a lot of their lives, so he wasn’t expecting that she’d show up to graduation.”
CUSTODY DRAMA
The former Jon & Kate Plus 8 stars were involved in a nasty custody battle through the years that ended when the children turned 18.
Jon, who was married to Kate from 1999 to 2009, previously told The U.S. Sun of how it feels for the 14-year court war to come to an end: "I'm in a pretty euphoric place right now.
“It's finally over, I don't have to deal with her, with court hearings, lawyers - it's done. I can get on with my life, it's such a good feeling.
"I don't even think it's sunk in yet because I've been going to court for so long.
"The thing in these cases is that there's no winning. The only winners are the lawyers. The kids always lose out - it's not a soccer match, there's never a winner.
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"But now I'm finally moving on with my life."
Jon does not talk to his twins or the sextuplets in Kate’s care today, though a source told The U.S. Sun he hopes to build a relationship with them now that they’re at college.
