Jon Gosselin fiercely defended his son Collin after the 22-year-old’s new memoir made shocking allegations against his mother, Kate Gosselin.
Jon said he was proud of Collin’s bombshell book, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood,” and shut down any allegation that he’s mentally ill — which Kate claimed in a TikTok comment Tuesday.
“First and foremost, I couldn’t be more proud of my son’s heartbreaking memoir and his mission to help other victims of abuse,” Jon told Us Weekly in a statement Thursday.
“Also, let me be very clear: If you continue to falsely label my son Collin as ‘mentally ill,’ you will be held accountable,” he continued. “As you know, Collin has been evaluated by multiple independent psychiatrists, and that narrative is proven categorically untrue.”
The former reality star, 49, noted that repeating false claims about Collin’s mental health is “damaging to his reputation, his credibility and his future.”
He concluded, “Consider this fair warning: The days of using mental health to discredit and silence my son are over.”
In Collin’s memoir, released Tuesday, he describes his mom’s alleged wrongdoings throughout his childhood and her decision to put him in a mental institution in 2016. Collin claims Kate only visited him once and brutally told him, “You broke our family.”
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