Kate Gosselin 'spiraling' ahead of son Collin's memoir

Kate Gosselin is said to be 'spiraling' ahead of her estranged son Collin's memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood. An insider said she had no idea the book was in the works and has not spoken to Collin since she institutionalized him as a child.

The book's cover uses an old photograph of Kate covering Collin's mouth. Collin has promised to expose 'the shocking facade of his picture-perfect family' and said he has 'the evidence to back everything up.' The publisher described the memoir as 'the never-before-told story of how [Collin] escaped and found his way back from the dark' and called it 'a reckoning with the dark side of fame.' Collin will recount being held down, a basement cell where he says he was hidden for years, and a cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced on him at 11.

He has also alleged being zip-tied and locked in a basement and being institutionalized; Kate denies the abuse claims.

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