OctoMom Nadya Suleman Gets a Reality Show

OctoMom Nadya Suleman actually does have a reality show in the works. Often speculated about and even more often offered as motivation for having octuplets to begin with, it seems that the OctoMom has negotiated a deal with some network or online company to carry her story to the world. According to In Touch Weekly, who have an exclusive interview with Nadya Suleman in an upcoming issue, the OctoMom has worked out a deal that begins as soon as the eighth child of the set of octuplets is brought home.

According to Kim Serafin, senior editor at In Touch Weekly, who appeared on HLN's "Issues," Nadya Suleman's reality show will chronicle the lives of the OctoMom and her 14 children 24/7. But this reality show comes with a twist. They will also be following Nadya Suleman as she attempts to find a person to have a relationship with. As Serafin explained, it would be a cross between "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and "The Bachelor."

Serafin did not have any further information, so it is unknown what media entity will be carrying the OctoMom and her reality show. Serafin said that Nadya Suleman did have one major request from whoever is producing the reality show: They could not use the term "OctoMom" in connection with the show.

What makes the OctoMom's actual reality show particularly newsworthy is her abject hypocrisy with regard to it. Although she has obviously been maneuvering toward a reality show of some sort since the octuplets were born (and many believe is the sole reason for having the octuplets to begin with), she has denied any such inclination.

She even told TMZ right after the octuplets were born that to involve her children in a reality show would be exploitation. "Issues" rolled the clip where an unknown questioner asked if she would do a reality show after her children were "all grown up." She said, "No, I think that's exploitation of my kids."

But having their lives documented 365 days a year, 24 hours a day when they're babies, infants, toddlers, and young children is not exploitation?

Some will defend the actions of the OctoMom as her way of taking control of her life, getting off of government assistance, providing for her family. And for what it is worth, those assertions may be correct. But Nadya Suleman's plan has all along been one of self-promotion and fame-seeking. From the moment she reportedly said she would like to become a talk show consultant on family matters to the highly publicized first breakdown in negotiations with the nonprofit nursing organization Angels in Waiting because they refused to allow a reality show to be filmed while they cared for the octuplets, the OctoMom has steered a course straight for attention and fame.

Having the octuplets got her the attention. Her socioeconomic situation and her seeming detachment from reality brought her a notorious type of fame. Involvement with Dr. Phil McGraw only brought more attention. And all the while she professed not to want further attention, she appeared on countless radio interviews, television interviews, and in magazine interviews.

The 7th of the octuplets was brought home to the OctoMom's home in La Habra, California, last Wednesday.

Nadya Suleman got exactly what she's been saying she did not want but her actions seemed to be steering toward -- a reality show. She might be a hypocrite, but she's not exploiting her grown up kids...

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Source:

"Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell," HLN Television

TMZ.com

In Touch Weekly