Collin Gosselin Calls Jon Gosselin's Ex Colleen Conrad His 'Real Mom' Ahead of Memoir

Collin Gosselin's relationship with his mother, Kate Gosselin, has involved years of estrangement and unresolved family tensions. The 22-year-old states that he last saw his mother approximately a decade ago, when she sent him to a behavioral facility.

Amid their fractured relationship, Collin has found a maternal figure outside his immediate family in Colleen Conrad, the former partner of his father, Jon Gosselin. He affectionately calls her his "real mom" because she "chose" to be a mother to him.

As Collin prepares for the release of his tell-all memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood, his bond with Conrad has drawn attention, highlighting a relationship that has continued past Colleen's separation from Jon.