{"id":250997,"date":"2026-07-09T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/kate-gosselin-insists-she-did-her-absolute-best-as-mom-to-collin\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:09:42","slug":"kate-gosselin-insists-she-did-her-absolute-best-as-mom-to-collin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/kate-gosselin-insists-she-did-her-absolute-best-as-mom-to-collin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin Insists She Did Her &#8216;Absolute Best&#8217; as Mom to Collin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re only a few months away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/collin-gosselin-to-pen-tell-all-memoir-that-will-probably-destroy-whats-left-of-kates-reputation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collin Gosselin\u2019s tell-all memoir<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/collin-gosselin-shades-spiraling-kate-before-book-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate is spiraling<\/a> over what his book will say, though she\u2019s admitted that she doesn\u2019t believe that she can successfully sue him for defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s complaining that it\u2019s unfair that she gets \u201chate\u201d over her actions.<\/p>\n<p>Kate says that she has \u201czero doubt\u201d that she did the \u201cabsolute best\u201d that she could as a mother. Oh, wow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Gosselin in 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-558713 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-1409x2048.jpg 1409w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-660x960.jpg 660w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-743x1080.jpg 743w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-826x1200.jpg 826w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-scaled.jpg 1761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kate Gosselin of the television show \u201cKate Plus Date\u201d on February 12, 2019.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-hate-seems-unfair\">\u2018The hate seems unfair\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, July 8, the former reality TV villain took to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin\/video\/7659896012265245983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>She has been updating her followers (including some genuine fans) on her adoption journey.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her history, Kate is allowed to adopt dogs. <\/p>\n<p>Our society could do more to protect children and non-human animals.<\/p>\n<p>One comment stood out, however, expressing sympathy with Kate \u2014 who actually replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin\/video\/7659896012265245983\" data-video-id=\"7659896012265245983\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@kate.gosselin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@kate.gosselin<\/a> Day 55 update on our <a title=\"rescuedog\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/rescuedog?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#rescuedog<\/a>, <a title=\"koda\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/koda?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#Koda<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Music Background for Creativity - Ednaldo reis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Music-Background-for-Creativity-7365964340808763408?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Music Background for Creativity \u2013 Ednaldo reis<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair,\u201d a commenter and apparent fan wrote, \u201cthe hate you get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commenter added: \u201cParenting is hard and not just black and white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, parenting <em>is <\/em>hard. But it is actually pretty easy to draw certain lines between acceptable parenting and things that, frankly, make a person qualify for being a bad parent and downright evil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hate seems unfair,\u201d the Kate-fan lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Kate herself seemed to strongly agree. Like so many, she does not believe that she deserves the hate that she has earned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01.png\" alt=\"A dark mode TikTok comment of Kate Gosselin receiving sympathy.\" class=\"wp-image-558700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01.png 713w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01.png\" alt=\"A dark mode TikTok comment of Kate Gosselin receiving sympathy.\" class=\"wp-image-558700 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01.png 713w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_kategosselin_tiktok_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Like this commenter, Kate Gosselin believes that the hate that she receives is unfair or unjustified.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: TikTok)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-did-the-absolute-best-we-can-for-each-individual-child\">\u2018We did the absolute best we can for each individual child\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThank you,\u201d Kate wrote in a reply, one captured by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theashleysrealityroundup.com\/2026\/07\/08\/kate-gosselin-says-shes-confident-with-zero-doubt-she-did-best-she-could-with-son-collin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ashley<\/a><\/em> and others. \u201cI agree with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cAs long as we know in our hearts that we did the absolute best we can for each individual child \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kate interjected: \u201c(Which I am confident with zero doubt that I did.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201c\u2026 That is all we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond that, how they conduct themselves (with the diagnosis\u2019s they are given), is up to them.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Gosselin Denies Mady Water\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V0Y0W_AsKXs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>(The plural of <em>diagnosis <\/em>is <em>diagnoses<\/em>, but that is the <em>least <\/em>of the problems with what Kate said.)<\/p>\n<p>Collin has alleged that Kate was abusive in ways that the public did not even see during their many years on reality television.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that she was once filmed striking him, and his book cover is of a paparazzi snap of her covering his mouth. It is often true that people who advertise being bad parents in public tend to be worse when no other adults are watching.<\/p>\n<p>Collin\u2019s book will be out in a matter of months. It seems that Kate, and those who inexplicably support her, are already bracing for what he has written.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too late to save Collin\u2019s childhood. But he has already affirmed that this isn\u2019t just for him. There are millions of children who grew up deserving better.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/kate-gosselin-insists-did-her-best-collin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes We\u2019re only a few months away from Collin Gosselin\u2019s tell-all memoir. Reportedly, Kate is spiraling over what his book will say, though she\u2019s admitted that she doesn\u2019t believe that she can successfully sue him for defamation. Now, she\u2019s complaining that it\u2019s unfair that she gets \u201chate\u201d over her actions. Kate says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250997","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=250997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}