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Kate Gosselin's four words to estranged son Collin in memoir

Collin Gosselin's memoir says he sobbed during the teenage-era visit; the headline's four words are the hook, and the tease is carrying most of the story.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCollin Gosselin's new memoir includes an account of sobbing during a tense visit from his estranged mother, Kate Gosselin, according to the New York Post. This happened when he was a teenager.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe visit was to a mental institution, and the Post says it was her only one.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe headline promises four brutal words she said to him.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat a brave thing to put in writing.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's rough. Family stuff like that takes real courage to put out there.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrutal, Vera. The word was brutal.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFine, but brutal is just love in a hard hat. I bet it was something like, I believe in you, or, you are so loved.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's six words, and also it's not what the memoir says he sobbed over. We were given the sobbing and not the sentence.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWell, we're never going to guess it, are we? The headline's just dangling it in front of us like a carrot.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's five.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDo you have a guess, then, Hank? Since you're so good at this.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe four most brutal words I can think of are: your streaming service is frozen.

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The story so far

  1. Collin Gosselin Reveals What It'd Take to Forgive Mom Kate · E! News
  2. 'Jon & Kate' star Collin Gosselin claims mother zip-tied and locked… · Fox News
  3. Gosselin says last talk with mom came after facility stay; publicist… · USA Today
  4. Kate Gosselin's four words to estranged son Collin in memoir (this story)

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