Collin Gosselin Leaves Mom Kate Gosselin Out of Lengthy Graduation Tribute, Thanks Dad Jon Gosselin

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Collin Gosselin thanked the special adults in his life who helped him reach his latest milestone, but his mom, Kate Gosselin, didn’t get a shout-out.The 19-year-old commemorated his recent high school graduation on Thursday, June 22, in a lengthy Instagram post that included a nod to his dad, Jon Gosselin, and his sister Hannah. “I wasn’t totally sold on the idea of making a graduation post, as most students graduate, therefore making it not such a big deal.

So I decided to anchor this post more towards gratitude for mentors, friends and of course family.”Collin thanked Jon, 46, for teaching him about “resilience” and for “always supporting my decisions and having my back when I bite off more than I can chew.” He also thanked Jon’s ex-girlfriend Colleen Conrad, whom he described as a “motivator for being successful in this world,” adding, “When you think of someone you want by your side, you think of Colleen.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesUs Weekly confirmed in August 2021 that the Jon and Colleen called it quits after seven years of dating.

Colleen has seemingly stayed in the kids’ lives, however, attending Collin’s graduation.Notably absent from Collin’s post was Kate, 48.

The teenager has previously described his childhood relationship with his mom as “worse than what you would say the average teenage kid goes through” with a parent. “My mom had her own agenda, and I don’t know exactly what that was,” he told Entertainment Tonight in November 2021. “But I was put in a tough spot and my agenda was to make it out on top of that tough spot.”Collin’s parents, who tied the knot in 1999, rose to fame as stars of the reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8.