{"id":249293,"date":"2026-06-30T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/kate-gosselin-explains-why-she-wont-sue-son-collin-for-defamation-has-a-one-word-response-to-potential-lie-detector-test\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:57:06","slug":"kate-gosselin-explains-why-she-wont-sue-son-collin-for-defamation-has-a-one-word-response-to-potential-lie-detector-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/kate-gosselin-explains-why-she-wont-sue-son-collin-for-defamation-has-a-one-word-response-to-potential-lie-detector-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin Explains Why She Won&#8217;t Sue Son Collin for Defamation, Has a One-Word Response to Potential Lie Detector Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2238523\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty Images\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kate-gosselin\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kate Gosselin<\/strong><\/a> is responding to questions about her son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/collin-gosselin\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Collin Gosselin<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are not aware, the famous family entered spotlight with their TLC reality show <em>Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8<\/em>. It followed <strong>Kate<\/strong>, her ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jon-gosselin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jon Gosselin<\/strong><\/a>, and their children after they gave birth to sextuplets. Their previously born twin daughters left them with a total of eight children. <strong>Collin <\/strong>has been estranged from his mom, and has given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/07\/21\/kate-gosselin-responds-to-son-collins-allegations-about-their-relationship-while-john-gosselin-reacts-to-daughter-madys-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some interviews and leveled allegations against her.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was recently revealed that <strong>Collin<\/strong> wrote a memoir, \u201c<em>In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood<\/em>.\u201d He just gave an interview where he claimed she once used zipties on his wrists and ankles and locked him in a basement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, fans are taking to <strong>Kate<\/strong>\u2018s comments on social media to ask her about the statements he has been making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you are 100% certain that the accusations against you are lies, my suggestion would be to take him to court and sue him for defamation!\u201d one user wrote in the comments of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin\/video\/7656816880237301023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> (via<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-gosselin-responds-to-comments-about-estranged-son-collin-and-whether-she-would-take-a-lie-detector-test-12009369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> People<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kate <\/strong>responded, \u201cI can\u2019t bc I\u2019m a public figure. Rules are different unfortunately. Or I def would!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another asked if she would submit to a lie detector test. Her response? \u201cHa!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMalice is one of the hardest things to prove. I tried :(,\u201d Kate said while responding to another comment. \u201cThe rules are different for ppl in the public eye. I consulted a high power LA attorney (you\u2019ve definitely heard of him) years ago when other ppl were putting crazy stuff out there and that\u2019s what he said. The courts don\u2019t honor it if you\u2019re in the public eye :(\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, <strong>Collin<\/strong> gave a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/07\/10\/collin-gosselin-reveals-when-his-relationship-with-mom-kate-deteriorated-what-led-to-their-issues-why-she-allegedly-took-her-anger-out-on-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> bombshell interview about his estrangement from <strong>Kate<\/strong><\/a>, her allegedly putting him in an institution before she lost custody of him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/07\/10\/collin-gosselin-reveals-when-his-relationship-with-mom-kate-deteriorated-what-led-to-their-issues-why-she-allegedly-took-her-anger-out-on-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when their relationship deteriorated,<\/a> if he\u2019d reconcile with her, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/collin-gosselin\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin Gosselin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kate-gosselin\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Gosselin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/30\/kate-gosselin-explains-why-she-wont-sue-son-collin-for-defamation-has-a-one-word-response-to-potential-lie-detector-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images\/Instagram Kate Gosselin is responding to questions about her son Collin Gosselin. If you are not aware, the famous family entered spotlight with their TLC reality show Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8. It followed Kate, her ex-husband Jon Gosselin, and their children after they gave birth to sextuplets. Their previously born twin daughters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}