Jon Gosselin ‘so proud’ of son Collin for breaking silence on estranged relationship with mom Kate (exclusive)

Collin Gosselin he may still be separated from his mother Kate Gosselinbut your father Jon Gosselin🇧🇷 On the one hand, he is “very proud” to have spoken about her in his recent interview with entertainment tonight🇧🇷 “Jon is very proud of Collin for having the courage and strength to stand up and speak his truth,” said a source close to the 45-year-old reality star. hollywood life EXCLUSIVELY. “Jon never asked or suggested Collin do it. It was totally his idea. But Collin approached his father with the idea before making any final decisions.

The source added that Jon was exceptionally supportive of Collin when he took on the task of opening up about this personal information. “Jon has let Collin know that he fully supports him no matter what he decides to do or say, and hopes the whole experience is cathartic for him,” they continued. “Jon couldn’t be more proud of the man Collin has become.”

Collin, 18, was one of the sextuplets to appear on his parents’ hit TLC show. jon and kate plus 8🇧🇷 In entertainment tonight In an interview published Nov. 28, Collin revealed that after Kate, now 47, sent him to an institution for alleged “behavioral problems” in 2016, he stopped being in a relationship with her. “After I was there, I didn’t have a relationship with her,” Collin said. Eastern time🇧🇷 He added that even before that moment, “I don’t think we had a good relationship and I think it destroyed it even more.”

Jon finally won custody of Collin, then 14, in 2018, but Collin said he felt the pressure of being in the public eye stood between him and his mother. “I want to believe it was because of television and what it is like for a family to be in the public eye. I think that separated us,” he told the outlet. “It gave us less time to really be together as a family, [and] more time to be in the public eye. The famous couple broke up in 2009 and drama has followed the entire family ever since.

Even so, the teenager assures that it would be “ideal” to reconcile with his mother. “Yes, that would be ideal,” she said. “It’s a pity that we are not in a relationship. I think every son wants to be in a relationship with his mother. But I’m doing very well.”