Collin Gosselin’s making shock return to reality TV ahead of tell-all memoir about mom Kate

Collin Gosselin is headed to nan jungle of Malaysia for “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” Season 5 up of nan merchandise of his tell-all memoir focusing connected his life increasing up pinch parents Jon and Kate Gosselin.

The erstwhile “Jon & Kate Plus 8” star, 22, announced his casting via Instagram connected Wednesday pinch a video showing nan complete cast.

“The concealed is out…” he opened his caption. “I’m truthful excited to denote that this fall, you tin watch maine return connected nan challenges of ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test!”

He continued: “This acquisition was truthful typical to me, and I met immoderate genuinely unthinkable group on nan way. I can’t hold for you each to watch america tackle these challenges together. See you soon!”

Collin will beryllium joined successful nan formed by respective different existent and erstwhile reality stars including “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Brandi Glanville, “Selling Sunset” prima Breana Tiesi, and father-daughter duo who besides appeared connected “RHOBH,” Alexia Umansky and Mauricio Umansky.

The remainder of nan ensemble is rounded retired pinch “Full House” alum Candace Cameron Bure, “Orange is nan New Black” character Ruby Rose, erstwhile U.S. Rep. George Santos, NBA champion Matt Barnes, champion boxer Alycia Baumgardner, “Baywatch” alum David Charvet, character Oliver Hudson, Super Bowl champion LeSean McCoy, Olympian Maxim Naumov, and comedian Hannah Stocking.

In nan forthcoming 5th installment, nan caller group of personage recruits will effort “to strengthen immoderate of nan harshest, astir grueling challenges from nan playbook of nan existent Special Forces action process,” per Fox.

Former operatives of Directing Staff (DS) Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason “Foxy” Fox and Jovon “Q” Quarles return to negociate nan caller troops’ training arsenic nan squad gets deployed to Malaysia wherever they will return connected “the world’s toughest trial successful nan astir dispute situation a worker could run successful … nan jungle,” sounds a synopsis.

“Recruits must accommodate to uncomfortable conditions, unpredictable terrain and harsh jungle warfare tasks, including a claustrophobic, high-pressure hunt of an underground bunker to find important subject weapons; a proviso load retrieval while suspended 300 feet supra nan jungle floor; strengthen a barrage of chemic gassing while retrieving coordinates of an force vessel; and overmuch more,” nan explanation reads.

“In this experiment, location are nary votes and nary eliminations — conscionable survival. These celebrities, who are truthful utilized to being successful nan spotlight, will quickly study nan meaning of ‘no guts, nary glory’ — and nary glam.”

Fans of nan reality bid whitethorn callback that Collin’s mom, Kate, 51, starred successful Season 1. However, she was quickly eliminated aft she sustained an wounded successful nan first episode.

Collin’s casting arrives soon aft he announced his plans to merchandise a bombshell memoir, titled “In nan Shadow of Eight: Surviving nan Reality of My Childhood,” astir his life increasing up successful nan nationalist oculus alongside his 7 siblings — Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah, and twins Cara and Madelyn.

According to a explanation of nan book, Collin promises to present nan “never-before-told communicative of really [Collin] escaped and recovered his measurement backmost from nan dark.”

His memoir will recount him “being held down, nan basement compartment wherever he was hidden for years and nan cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced connected an 11-year-old boy.”

It’s nary concealed that Collin has had a years-long tumultuous narration pinch his mother. The young business proprietor has moreover previously accused Kate of “child maltreatment and kid exploitation,” which she’s denied.

In September 2024, Kate’s lawyer told nan US Sun that he didn’t judge Kate had done thing to “intentionally harm” Collin, and that she “did what she did to protect herself and her family” from her son’s “troubled behavior.”

Collin hasn’t shied distant from publicly throwing jabs astatine his mom online up of nan merchandise of his book. However, past period Kate deed backmost astatine her son’s claims, calling him “mentally ill.”