Kate Gosselin’s Son Aaden Makes Rare Comment on Growing Up in the Spotlight

Kate Gosselin and her son Aaden recently took a trip down memory lane during a TikTok livestream, reflecting on their years filming Jon & Kate Plus 8.

The former TLC star, 50, went live with her now 21-year-old son on Thursday, August 21, later reposting the footage to her TikTok page. During the stream, Kate admitted she would likely be too emotional to rewatch the family’s reality show, which documented life with her eight children from 2007 to 2009. “I would love to see my reaction to our show, actually,” Kate said. “I’d just cry the whole time.”

When asked about his favorite memories from filming, Aaden chimed in with a simple but telling response. “What is my favorite memory? Probably any time we went to Wyoming. That was really fun,” he said.

Kate, who shares Aaden and his sextuplet siblings Hannah, Alexis, Leah, Joel, and Collin, along with twins Mady and Cara, with ex-husband Jon Gosselin, went on to describe her son as “very chill” and “laid-back.” She also admitted she sometimes slips into calling her adult kids “the little kids,” just as she did when they were younger.

Following Kate and Jon’s split in 2009, the show was rebranded as Kate Plus 8 and focused on her life as a single mother. Today, her relationship with some of her children remains strained. Son Collin, who lives apart from his siblings, opened up on TikTok earlier this month about their estrangement, telling followers, “Unfortunately, I don’t talk to my siblings, and I very much wish that we did and that they knew who I actually was because we don’t know each other at all.”

Over the years, the family has taken different paths, with Hannah and Collin moving in with Jon, while Kate relocated to North Carolina with the rest of the children.

This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 22, 2025, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.