Colin Gosselin attacks his mother again.
As you may have heard, the former reality star plans to join the U.S. Marine Corps this year.
Earlier this summer, we heard he might be heading off to college — and now we know why.
In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the teen said he “isn’t [in the Marines] No more” because he has been “discharged”.
Gosselin explained to this publication:
“I was nearing the end of my training, very close to graduation. After investigating the paperwork, they discovered that I had actually been in an institution at some point in my life.
“Being in an institution, that’s enough… to discharge me. The fact is, I’m in an institution, that’s it.
As early as 2016, Kate Gosselin sent her son to Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute in Pennsylvania. She has never explained why in public.
The mother of eight only mentioned her son’s “special needs” at the time.
Meanwhile, in the Vice TV documentary The Dark Side of the 2000s, which aired a few months ago, Colin claimed his mother took the step to prevent him from discussing the treatment he received at home.
“I started telling my teachers that my mother was…can I use this word? abusive? That’s why she sent me away and I started telling people what was going on at home,” Colin said at the time.
Colin went on to claim that Kate kicked him out basically to shut him up.
Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin were married from 1999 until their divorce in 2009.
They have eight children: twins Cara and Madeleine, born in 2000; and sextuplets Colin, Hannah, Joel, Arden, Alexis and Leah.
Colin and Hannah live with their father, while Joel, Arden, Alexis and Leah live with their mother and have not spoken to their father in many years.
In the documentary, Colin said he believed Kate was taking away the “anger and frustration” from the divorce.
Of his time at the institution, Colin recalled on air:
“It took a toll on me mentally, it was a very, very dark place. All I had was myself and no one else. I had no support system, it was scary, I was confused, I was lost.
Fast forward to today, and Colin told the Economic Times that he still hopes to join the Marine Corps.
The 18-year-old plans to attend Penn State this fall to study finance, but he will also “appeal the decision” because he has “very few aspirations in life other than to become a United States Marine.” .
