# Hannah Gosselin says she has not spoken to Collin in nearly a year; he disputes her account After Hannah said she was stepping back from the conversation around Collin's memoir, he said they had seen each other several times in the past year. By The Signal Edition | Culture / Television Published: 2026-10-23T18:20:00Z Updated: 2026-10-23T18:20:00Z Canonical: https://www.thesignaledition.com/article/hannah-gosselin-family-dispute-1d62elx Image: https://www.thesignaledition.com/media/2bafaad80ee55f3667efaf0f723c680a.webp (Archival 2022 interview still showing Jon and Hannah Gosselin seated together on a couch; credit: Entertainment Tonight / CBS Interactive) ## Summary - Hannah said she had not spoken to Collin in close to a year and would not comment further on their childhood. - Collin disputed her account, saying on The View that he had seen Hannah several times in the past year. - Both siblings are expected to appear in a Netflix documentary about the family; no release date has been announced. ## Hannah says she is stepping back Hannah Gosselin said she was stepping back from the public discussion surrounding her brother Collin's memoir, adding that she had not spoken with him in close to a year. In a TikTok Story posted Oct. 21, she also said she had not lived with their father, Jon Gosselin, for more than a year and had maintained relationships with her mother, Kate, and other siblings for years. She said she would not comment further on Collin's behavior growing up or on her own experiences with him. [1](https://people.com/collin-gosselin-thinks-sister-hannah-damage-control-what-said-mom-kate-netflix-documentary-12188177) [2](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) Collin challenged her description of their recent contact during an Oct. 22 appearance on The View. He said he had seen Hannah many times in the past year, adding that he, Hannah and their father had been together at their house and that he had photographs. His statement directly conflicts with Hannah's account; neither sibling's claim has been independently verified by the reports cited here. [1](https://people.com/collin-gosselin-thinks-sister-hannah-damage-control-what-said-mom-kate-netflix-documentary-12188177) [2](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) ## Competing interpretations Collin said he believed Hannah was caught in the middle of family tensions. He alleged that Kate might be leveraging finances or Hannah's relationships with their siblings, and suggested Hannah's statement was damage control ahead of the documentary. Those are Collin's interpretations, not established facts. Hannah did not respond publicly to his comments in the coverage reviewed, and her post said she would not discuss the siblings' childhood experiences further. [1](https://people.com/collin-gosselin-thinks-sister-hannah-damage-control-what-said-mom-kate-netflix-documentary-12188177) [2](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) The dispute follows the Oct. 13 release of Collin's memoir, 'In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.' The book includes allegations about his upbringing and treatment by Kate; Collin has made those claims, while Kate has denied abuse allegations. Hannah's recent statement did not confirm or rebut the details of his memoir, and it would be inaccurate to present Collin's account of her documentary interview as her own public confirmation. [2](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) [3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/gosselin-family-documentary-release-date-news) ## A documentary still to come Netflix says a documentary about the family is in production and will include interviews with Jon, Collin and Hannah. The streamer describes a project examining conflicting accounts of the family's shared childhood and time on television. No release date has been announced, so it remains unclear when viewers will see the interviews or whether the film will address the siblings' disagreement directly. [2](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) [3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/gosselin-family-documentary-release-date-news) Hannah and Collin, both adults, became known to viewers as two of the sextuplets featured with their parents on 'Jon & Kate Plus 8.' For now, the public record is limited: Hannah has set a boundary around discussing her experiences, and Collin has publicly disputed her account of their recent contact. The documentary may add context, but neither its timing nor its final contents are confirmed. [2](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) [3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/gosselin-family-documentary-release-date-news) ## Reporting sources 1. [People: Collin Gosselin Responds to Sister Hannah Distancing Herself from His Book](https://people.com/collin-gosselin-thinks-sister-hannah-damage-control-what-said-mom-kate-netflix-documentary-12188177) (2026-10-22) 2. [Entertainment Weekly: Collin Gosselin refutes sister Hannah's claim that she hasn't spoken to him in almost a year](https://ew.com/gosselin-family-collin-refutes-sister-hannah-not-spoken-jon-kate-plus-eight-12188930) (2026-10-22) 3. [Netflix Tudum: A New Documentary on the Gosselin Family Is on the Way](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/gosselin-family-documentary-release-date-news) (2026-10-21)