Kate Gosselin is reassuring fans that she’s doing just fine despite what she described as recent “negative energy” in her life.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum responded to a supportive follower on TikTok this week after sharing videos from a road trip out West with her dogs and longtime boyfriend, Steve Neild.
When one fan encouraged her to ignore the negativity that had recently come her way, Gosselin offered a candid update. “I’m sorry if negative energy has come your way. Keep living life honey!!!!!” the follower wrote in the comments.
“I am and I’m fine,” Gosselin, 51, replied. “This is honestly small compared to what me and my other kids have been through back in the day….”
While Gosselin didn’t specify exactly what prompted the comment, it comes just weeks after her estranged son, Collin Gosselin, announced his upcoming memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood, which is scheduled for release on October 13.
The family drama has continued to play out publicly in recent weeks. After one social media user suggested Kate sue Collin for defamation if the allegations in his book are false, she responded, “I can’t bc I’m a public figure. Rules are different unfortunately. Or I def would!”
Meanwhile, Collin recently claimed one of his own public challenges to his mother has gone unanswered. Sharing a clip from a 2025 interview to his Instagram Stories, the 22-year-old wrote, “This was a year ago and I’ve been stood up by my mom… again.”
In the interview, Collin publicly invited Kate to participate in a lie detector test alongside him. “I did just say on social media that I would like to invite my mom to do a lie detector test,” he said. “I wanna get into everything.”
He went on to explain that he wanted both of them connected to “lie detectors, heart monitors, everything,” so they could answer questions about their years-long family conflict. “I want the truth to be told,” Collin added.
Kate and her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin, rose to fame on Jon & Kate Plus 8 in the 2000s, documenting life while raising twins Cara and Madelyn and sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Joel, and Leah.
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