Jon not too long ago tied the knot with Stephanie Lebo, and Collin believes the marriage represents a much-needed contemporary begin for his father. 

Jon’s marriage to Stephanie came visiting 15 years after he acquired divorced from Kate Gosselin in a extremely publicized cut up. 

In an interview with “Leisure Tonight,” Collin candidly acknowledged that he was overwhelmed with happiness when Jon broke the information of his intention to get married once more.

“When my dad first advised me, I used to be very completely happy for him. And my first thought was that he deserves this, as does all people who finds their particular person,” he stated. 

The 21-year-old enterprise proprietor shared that his happiness for his father stems from the assumption that he deserves to search out happiness after the whole lot he has been by.

Seeing his father enter a brand new chapter gave him an uncanny sense of happiness and freedom, though it was not his personal marriage ceremony.  “I suppose he actually hasn’t had it simple up to now, so it is good to see this,” he added. 

Collin’s feelings took over as he watched his father and his associate Lebo alternate their marital vows on the altar. Whereas he isn’t one to cry so simply, the tears flowed freely when he watched his father say, “I do.” 

Collin’s feelings led to an epiphany of types, the place he realized his father’s second marriage was fairly completely different from another union. Trying round on the company who confirmed as much as help Jon, Collin realized that they have been all individuals who stood by his father by thick and skinny. 

“I believe there’s a completely different weight to this marriage ceremony than your conventional marriage ceremony simply due to all of the trials and tribulations,” he stated.

“That is what I used to be considering of at this time. I used to be like, ‘Wow, this feels extra monumental for me, and it isn’t my marriage ceremony,’ as a result of once I checked out my dad, I noticed all of the onerous issues he is been by with marriage, with the whole lot. For me, I noticed all of these items simply sort of floating away,” he added.

The tears Collin shed that day weren’t simply completely happy tears but in addition tears that got here from the conclusion that his father deserves all of the happiness he can get. 

He famous that he was completely happy to have witnessed the momentous event together with his sister Hannah. Nonetheless, part of him additionally wished his different siblings may’ve been there to help their father. 

In addition to Hannah and Collin, Jon and Kate additionally welcomed Alexis, Aaden, Leah, Joel, and twins Cara and Mady. Nonetheless, they have been noticeably absent from the marriage, as solely Collin and Hannah have been in attendance.

Per The Blast, Collin served as a groomsman, whereas Hannah was additionally among the many 180 company who gathered in The Barn at Silverstone to witness the wedding. The evident absence of Jon’s six different youngsters additional highlighted how sophisticated the Gosselins’ household dynamic has been.  

Regardless of the absence of most of his youngsters, Jon placed on a contented face through the marriage ceremony and had nothing however lovable issues to say about his spouse throughout and after the ceremony. 

Collin’s completely happy response to his father’s marriage ceremony is a stark distinction to his response to his mom’s new relationship. 

Just a few months in the past, Collin took to his Instagram tales to accuse his mom of claiming that her relationship together with her former bodyguard, Steve Neild, was new when it wasn’t. He alleged that Kate had been seeing Neild since 2009, when she cheated on Jon. 

He additional accused her of sharing lodge rooms with Neild throughout their household holidays and never bothering to cover her romance with the previous bodyguard. 

In keeping with The Blast, Collin openly referred to as his mom out, asking her to be truthful and come clean with her actions.