“Wow, I Didn’t Even Recognize Him”: People Can’t Believe How Grown Up Collin Gosselin Is After Seeing His New Look Ahead Of The Release Of His Tell-All Memoir

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You mightiness beryllium alert that Collin Gosselin — lad of ex-couple Kate and Jon Gosselin — is acceptable to merchandise a candid memoir successful October, titled In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.

The 22-year-old, who starred with his parents and 7 siblings successful the TLC world bid Jon & Kate Plus 8 passim the aboriginal 2000s, shared successful a statement earlier this month: “My beingness was ever broadcast to millions, but what was really happening successful my beingness was ne'er shown — successful fact, overmuch of it was deliberately kept hidden. For years, different radical told my communicative done headlines, tv episodes and nationalist speculation.”

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For context, Collin was separated from his siblings successful 2016 erstwhile his mom, Kate, sent him to a installation for children with “psychiatric and behavioral problems.”

In 2023, Colin opened up about his estranged narration with his ma during Vice TV’s investigative miniseries Dark Side of the 2000s. Claiming that Kate repeatedly took retired her “anger and frustration” connected him, Collin said, “I mean, a divorcement and plentifulness of antithetic things that can't beryllium casual to spell through. And, you know, I privation to deliberation that she needed idiosyncratic to instrumentality retired her choler and vexation on, and it was conscionable benignant of me.”

Kate didn’t enactment successful the investigative series, nor did she respond to BuzzFeed’s petition for remark astatine the time. However, she denied immoderate claims of abuse successful 2016, stating that portion she’d been “investigated galore times,” the claims were “always unfounded.”

Just past year, Collin referenced his estranged narration with his siblings successful a TikTok video that went viral. “Forced apart, pitted against each other. All the fame and wealth successful the world, but what astir kids being kids?” helium wrote successful the caption. “I volition ever emotion them much than anything. The tears I shed down closed doors, reasoning astir the memories we could’ve shared. I emotion you guys.”

Kate quickly reacted to Collin’s TikTok, penning “He knows why” alongside a bittersweet emoji successful effect to idiosyncratic who sent her a screenshot of his video.

Now, up of the merchandise of his tell-all memoir, Collin is being flooded with enactment from fans — galore of whom couldn’t assistance but remark connected his “new,” “happy and healthy” look.

After Collin posted an Instagram video thanking his fans for their “overwhelming” enactment arsenic helium celebrated the upcoming merchandise of his book, 1 idiosyncratic commented, “Love emotion love this caller benignant you person happening! emotion the longer hair!”

“Your hairsbreadth looks truthful good!” different idiosyncratic wrote, portion idiosyncratic other echoed, “Your hairsbreadth looks great!”

“That hairsbreadth benignant suits you, you look similar a model!!” 1 idiosyncratic said. “Seeing you steadfast and blessed makes maine smile!” idiosyncratic other wrote.

“I thought this was Orlando Bloom astatine archetypal glance!!!” 1 idiosyncratic said. “You look large , Happy & Healthy,” different remark read.

“This is making my eyes h2o & giving maine chills astatine the aforesaid time,” 1 affectional instrumentality wrote. “I’m truthful blessed we’re getting to witnesser you successful your redemption era.”

Meanwhile, immoderate fans admitted they hardly recognized Collin altogether fixed however grown up helium looks.

Amid each the chat, Collin’s stepmom, Stephanie Lebo, entered the speech to remark connected his “dapper” appearance, writing, “Very dapper Collin. And I emotion seeing you truthful happy!!”

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