The now 18-year-old opened up about how growing up on camera affected his whole life.
premiered, Kate sent Collin to an institution. He was 12 at the time., adding that Collin received “a fairly fluid diagnosis of what those needs are, but he needs to learn certain strategies to help him deal with things.”
“After being there, I didn’t have a relationship with her,” Collin said of Kate. “Even before [being] there, I don’t think we had much of a relationship and I think that just kept tearing it even more down.”Despite their complicated past, Collin told ET that he still desires a relationship with his mom.
“I want to respect their space and their time and respect how they feel about everything, so I’m kind of just waiting for the day that they reach out,” he explained. “I don’t want to reach out.
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