Collin Gosselin is publicly confronting his estranged mother, Kate Gosselin, accusing the former reality television star of trying to “bury” him to protect her reputation.

The 22-year-old details allegations of childhood abuse and isolation in his memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.”

As reported by Fox News, during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the former “Jon & Kate Plus 8” star said he has not spoken to Kate since he was 13. He said any consideration of reconciliation would first require an apology and an acknowledgment of his alleged treatment during childhood.

“I'd like an apology, simply put, an apology and for her to admit, and just take accountability for what she did,” Collin said.

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Collin said he wants Kate to acknowledge what he believes she did to preserve her image.

“And to say, you know, 'I'm sorry that I've soiled your name, and I've made every effort to bury you, to protect my reputation,' I think that'd be very honest and very powerful for her to say that … just show accountability because everything she's done to protect her reputation, it's all been at my cost.”

In the memoir, Collin alleges that he experienced physical abuse, isolation, and forced psychiatric medication as a child. He also claims Kate had him institutionalized against his will and compares his experience inside a treatment facility to being sent to a juvenile detention center.

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Collin said the experience left lasting scars, but he continued imagining a future beyond it.

“I had very little hope, but I always had some, and I hung on to that … I just kept telling myself that there's a better future for me and there will be a time when I will be past this,” he said.

Sharing his account publicly was not a sudden decision, according to Collin. He said the story had weighed on him throughout his life before he decided that this was the moment to tell it.

“It was heavy on my heart, my whole life, but especially now, it was just, I just felt like it was the time to do that,” he said.

The estrangement between mother and son remains deep. Collin recalled a visit from Kate when he was 13 and said the encounter became a painful final memory after a lengthy period without seeing her.

“She berated me for all of 20 minutes after not seeing me for over a year,” he said.

Collin also described the effects of psychiatric medication that he alleges he was forced to take during childhood. He said the medication made him feel like a “zombie,” while his memoir portrays his life away from the cameras that made his family famous as profoundly isolating.

Despite their lack of contact, Collin said he has not completely ruled out answering a call from Kate. However, he stressed that forgiveness would not automatically repair the relationship or erase his demand for accountability.

“Reconciliation requires action and accountability,” he said. “I think we can all say, 'I'm sorry,' but if we're not willing to take the actions and take accountability for what has happened in the past and what happened my entire childhood, then what does that really mean, you know?”

Collin said curiosity and hope could persuade him to listen if Kate reached out. “I think I'd take the call out of curiosity and just to hope that maybe she would admit to the things that she did to me when I was a child,” he said.

As he tells his story through the memoir, Collin is also returning to television as an adult. He appears as a contestant on the fifth season of FOX’s “Special Forces: World's Toughest Test,” which premieres Thursday, September 24, on Fox.

“It was so powerful to be able to come back to TV on my own terms as an adult and rather than being a young child being pressured to perform on the daily,” he said.

Collin also argued that children should control whether their lives are shown publicly. “When a child does not want to be on TV, that should be their decision to make. And we should let them make that decision,” he said.

His memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood,” is out now.

Through the book and his return to television, Collin is sharing his account while insisting that any path toward his mother must begin with action, acknowledgment, and accountability.