Collin Gosselin Sends Heartfelt Letter to His Younger Self Ahead of Tell-All Memoir

If you grew up in the 2000s, you probably remember the Gosselins. Eight kids, a reality show on TLC, and a family that seemed to live their entire lives on camera. Now one of those kids — Collin Gosselin — is all grown up and sharing a very different story than the one we saw on TV.

Collin, now 22, posted a letter to his younger self on Instagram. The black-and-white photo shows him as a little boy, and he wrote,“You will be the reason someone else speaks up. I’m so proud of you.”It’s a powerful preview of his upcoming memoir, *In the Shadow of Eight*, which comes out October 13. In the book, Collin alleges emotional and physical abuse by his mother, Kate Gosselin, and says he was kept in a basement and forced on antipsychotics. Kate has denied the allegations. Collin calls the book“about truth, survival, resilience and finding my voice after years of being silenced.”

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