Like most of the Gosselin kids, Collin Gosselin kept a low profile after his reality TV stint. In a November 2022 interview with ET, he described a return to normalcy that he greatly appreciated. “I work just like everybody else. I go to school. I hang out with my friends,” he shared. “You know, my life is great and I’m very fortunate for the life I have now.” He also floated the idea of joining the military post-high school, a path he eventually took.
True to his word, Collin announced in a June 2023 Instagram post that he was joining the Marines and subsequently study engineering. “This chapter of my life has come to a close,” he penned. “Next stop Parris Island and soon after I will be studying Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in college! Can’t wait!!!”
Curiously, a month later, Kate Gosselin released a statement denying the previous claims that Collin had made about his upbringing under her custody, insisting that his institutionalization was necessary in order to prevent him from harming others. “Unfortunately, I believe Collin remains a very troubled young man who continues to need a lot of help,” she wrote in a post. “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.” But considering the military’s strict standards regarding mental health, who exactly are we to believe here?
