‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ star Collin Gosselin claims that his mother, Kate Gosselin, owes him money. Collin first mentioned the idea in September in an Instagram Stories post, where he asked Kate to take a lie detector test amid speculation about her relationship with the family’s former bodyguard, Steve Neild. Kate confirmed her relationship with Steve in November, after previously denying an affair in 2009.
In an interview with The U.S. Sun that was originally recorded on September 26, 2025, and published in full on June 27, Collin, now 22, repeated his wish for his mother to take a lie detector test. This time, he said he wants answers about money he says he and his seven siblings are owed due to their time on TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”
Court Documents Show Children’s Money Disappeared
On the podcast, Collin said he wants to ask Kate, 51, “where all the money disappeared [to] in the court documents that I’ve been reading” while she’s connected to a polygraph. “I’m an adult now. I’m going to do my own research. Everybody loves to say, ‘Oh, this was definitely Jon behind this,'” he said, referring to his father, Jon Gosselin. “I’m an adult now. When these documents have my name on them and my siblings’ names on them, I will find and justify the means of their money and my money. And we will find the truth.” Collin also claimed that Kate “took a lot of money” from a fund that was meant for the children. “All the siblings were supposed to receive money out of a collective fund. I don’t want to say exactly how much it was,” he said.
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“But then we saw in court that a lot was taken and [my siblings] received some, and I received a small portion that was like signed out on my name, but I can tell you that it was close to nothing, because she took so much from it,” he alleged. Collin said he has court documents showing he received only “scraps” compared to what he believes he was owed. “I would like to release those too,” he said.
According to his “theory,” Kate gave a larger sum “to the kids who live with her” from the “collective fund for all eight of us.” He added, “I don’t know how Hannah works, ’cause Hannah still talks to her — but I think she just threw me, like, scraps in return.”
Collin Says He Put Himself Through College
“There’s probably money that’s still owed in my name,” he continued. Collin said the payment he received “helped me with my first year of college,” but suggested he has funded his education on his own since then. Kate recently addressed her financial situation on social media. In the comments section of a TikTok she posted last August, she responded to a follower who asked her “what happened with all the income” from her reality TV career by saying that she now works as a pediatric home health care nurse.
“Honestly? Providing for 8 kids, college funds which I am proud to say covered all of their college and more and LAWYERS,” she wrote. “Sickening but I was drug [sic] into court constantly and that costs A TON. Sad bc my kids could have a lot more saved and I could have a retirement saved if it weren’t for lawyers :(.”
Kate has gone live on TikTok and said she cannot sue Collin because she is a public figure. Followers called her out for removing negative comments, and she admitted to it. She said her page is all about kindness, love, honesty, and definitely not made-up accusations.
However, being well-known does not always bar someone from suing for defamation. Public personalities have the right to file defamation lawsuits. Kate might take legal action if she thought the accusations were deliberately untrue and could demonstrate actual malice and damages. The evidence would determine whether or not she prevailed.
@ellebee_official Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality TV star Kate Gosselin is calling her estranged son Collin’s version of events from his childhood “ridiculous accusations” and says her TikTok page is only for positive, truthful comments. #jonandkateplus8 #collingosselin #realitytv #realityshow #kategosselin ♬ original sound – ElleBee_official
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