Kate Gosselin ‘spirals’ ahead of estranged son Collin’s memoir

Collin, 22, announced his memoirs, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhoodlast week on Instagram. The book will be published on October 13.

“This is not the story people think they know. It’s the story I lived,” he wrote.

The former reality star said the memoir was not written for “entertainment,” explaining, “It is a story to teach everyone the responsibility to advocate and challenge abuse, injustice and the exploitation of children.”

He also reflected on growing up in the spotlight, writing, “Growing up, millions of people watched my life on television. People felt like they knew me. They knew my family. They watched me grow up. But there was so much they never saw.”

“For years, I kept those experiences to myself. Some because I was afraid. Some because I thought no one would believe me. And some because I just wasn’t ready,” he continued, adding that writing the book ultimately gave him “my voice.”