Kate and Collin Gosselin

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Anyone who has watched Jon and Kate Gosselin over the years knows how insane that family was. I think the show started out with the best of intentions, and maybe they were good people to start with, but fame changed them, or at the very least, it changed Kate. I think they wanted to provide their kids with opportunities, but somehow it transformed into a way for Kate in particular to live a more lavish lifestyle. Those kids were too young to consent to being constantly filmed. I don't think everyone who has a kid on TV is necessarily evil or anything, but I think when you put them in the spotlight, you are opening them up to more problems. There are so few child actors who make it out without ending up with some sort of problem, whether it be drugs, depression, or some other mental disorder from being mistreated and taken advantage of, whether it's financially, physically, mentally, or sometimes they're even molested. Now Collin Gosselin has written a book about his side of the story, and Kate denies that any of it is true, but when you look back at older episodes and see the way she treated the people around her, it would make sense. Everyone would go on about how lazy Jon was, but if you rewatch the way she talked to him. I am not saying she was entirely bad, but she definitely has a ton of issues. I'm not saying Collin is completely perfect or that he never had any issues, especially knowing that at one point a cop was called to Jon's house to deal with Collin, but Jon did say Collin has ADHD. ADHD can actually cause emotional control issues and anger and Collin probably already has a lot going on in his head from everything his mother put him through. I wouldn't be surprised if Kate did everything Collin said she did, and I wouldn't be surprised if Collin wasn't telling the complete truth, as children don't always remember everything, but for the most part I think he's telling the truth just based on what I've seen in the series. I think Kate used the children as a meal ticket. She stole, or as she said, "borrowed," money from Collin and Hannah's trust fund. She claimed she didn't owe them anything since they went to private school and they paid for that, but the thing is, the kids didn't make the decision to go to private school; Kate made the choice to send them. She also only took money from the two kids living with Jon, and she claimed the money was to help support the kids, but then why didn't she take money from the kids who were actually living with her? There is so much about her that seems fake and insincere. I honestly don't think she started out the way she is, but I think fame evolved her into it. I think she was probably difficult to live with, personality-wise, but I do believe everything started with love. As a mother, I could never treat my kids the way Kate is treating Collin. Even if I felt I had to institutionalize my child, I would never abandon them. I would be visiting every second I got. I wouldn't let my child walk out of there thinking that their mother hates them and choosing to ignore him. Everything she has done even if what she claims about him was true has been over the top. If I couldn't keep him at home for safety reasons I'd be visiting him every second I got. I would be making sure he had the best care and checking in regularly. She alienated the kids from their dad, which is something I'd never do, even if I didn't like him. A kid needs their father as long as they aren't abusive. I always felt Jon and Kate's relationship was probably one of the most immature relationships in history as far as television went. Your kids should always come first, no matter what you feel about each other. Anyway, needless to say, I believe Collin. I think there is something about Kate that just screams control, and if Collin wasn't doing what she wanted, I could completely see her going off on him. If you watch her on the show, you can see how bad she is, and that's just what you see on camera.