Octomom: I Lost 145 Lbs. for the Money
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What inspired Nadya Suleman to get back into 24-inch-waist jeans nine months after giving birth to octuplets?
"The main reason was obviously revenue and I'm the first to admit it," she said on The View Wednesday of dropping 145 pounds through weight training and a sensible diet. "I'm very, very open and honest about that."
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The 34-year-old Suleman - whose eight babies turned 1 this past January - said she still worries about how she will take care of her 14 children and pay her three nannies.
"Every single hour of the day, I contemplate how I am going to do this, to be able to support them," said Suleman, who had been studying for a master's degree in counseling before having the octuplets.
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"It is a Catch-22," she continued. "If I go back to school ... I couldn't possibly earn enough money to take care of them ... So the only other option is to delve into other opportunities ... you know, doing interviews ... to make the money."
She said the money issue never dawned on her before she had the kids.
Asked if she was out of her mind, she replied, "I’ve asked myself that for years ... I was in denial for so many years thinking, 'Oh, I'm so smart ... I only have a year more for my master's ... I can do it all.'"
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She denied she was mentally unstable. "If I were genuinely 'mentally unstable,' I would have drowned from the beginning," she said. "I know for a fact."
These days, she said she sleeps "two hours a night" as she "desperately" tries to have one-on-one time with her kids every day.
"My life has become literally a blur of child rearing," said Suleman, who added that she also is working on a book.
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Would she ever have another baby?
Not until "far, far, far in the future when [the kids] are older if, God willing, I meet somebody," she said. "I'm not going to say 100 percent no."
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81Why doens't she jsut become a prostitute and get it over with.
Excellent post hi.
Somebody shoot her already and give the kids a proper home. she physco and needs help ASAP. but i do admit she got a fat a$$ (i wonder does she still breast feed???)
what a stupid headline.she did not ever say she lost weight to make money.she has alwasy described herself as an elastic band type physique with hyper energy levels that she needs to keep on top of having her 6 kids.the extra 8 kids are no different, she lost the weight extremely quickly and did not do so for any money.like any woman, especially in the public eye, it is important to be trim, but she was always skinny, for all the 6 pregnancies, including twins in all her lifetime of annonymity so she has not done so for the cameras which love her anyway.you are malicious,spiteful,jealous, senseless women & journalists resentful of the great acheivement of regaining her shape after pregnancy which most fat slob women cant do even without haveing kids.however many moms of large family are thin because its high energy work and theyre busy taking care of everyone.get a life, celebrate hers which is outstanding in all her acheivements and a person to honour as acommitted, devoted mother.why dont you slag off the father who isnt even showing up in his own kids lives whilst sticking with the kids he has with someone else.that is a crime, not anything she is doing to make her and her kids lives better.shes naturally a high achiever, skinny, beautiful, brainy and even got a degree whilst raising 6 kids and half a masters until the octuplet pregnancy.she deserves support and help, not abuse for being superwoman/supermom.
I am 5'02 & 115lbs & my waist is 27.5 inches WITHOUT children.. I can't believe Nadya is trying to convince everyone that she has a 24 inch waist.. PLEASE!
joey is dumb. Who's jealous??? I'm not! Why would I want 14 kids. I don't want to be her one bit.
please stop interviewing octomom.that whats she wants to be seen. We don't need to explort any more children so the parents get rich and demean one another like fake mom(kATE)
the woman is truly not all there ,and how can a woman who has 14 children and the oldest one is 8 find the time even at night to go excerise and diet its 24 hr job with one ,two three children who aren't in diapers; to find time to do something for yourself any woman out there whose had a family with or without a husband knows this woman is liar.I personally believe this woman does nothing with her children .it's the nannies who are caring for the children.Octomom is only looking money,TV Reality Show.The State of California is broke and now it's being drained by this irresponsible woman who has 14 children and says she thinks about it every day how she's going to take care of them. When she's in the public eye Nydia is always dressed in the best whose paying for the clothes'shoes'nails'makeup hair etc. One more thing who paid for house, Vans and the nannies. And if she's not caring for the children then someone please give her job;after all she is on her way to obtaining Master Degree that State is apparently paying for.Good idea let the state of California give J O B with out pay .
What is sad that My name is Nadia. I am a responsible respectable classy women. Nadya Suleman is just crazy. She needs LOVe, God's love. It is something you can't find in the world.
Does she REALLY have a bad relationship with her mom, or was she a product of child abuse herself? Also, where does she get the money for so much plastic surgery? I live in La Habra, and the dudes at the gym do confirm she goes and lifts dumbells at some weird hours of the night. They say she makes no sense when she talks. I wonder if she goes looking for dude action?
If she is sooo sooo concerned about where the next "pay check" is coming from then why is she having lip injections and such? That is expensive, even when you are getting hack jobs done such as hers!
Agree with Cassy. She stated she did the spread for money, not the weight loss for money. Get your stories straight US.
I don't believe any of her comments. With that large family how did she find the time to exercise to the extent she'd have to to get into the shape she's in. Did anyone understand a word she said on The View??? The View women talk over each other constantly, but Octomom beat them all. If anyone needs counseling she does. She never thought about how much it would cost to raise this faimily!!!! She was going for her Masters????? She must be one of those 'book' smart, but 'common sense' stupid people.
Riiiight. Just exercise and eat right. She alos forgot to mention plastic surgery. Also those butt pads or butt tuck looks horrible.
She is a nut case who had so many kids for the fame and money.
Are you people high? 24"? Ho ho ho. Good one. 24" is her cankle measurement, not her waist. She's a derranged media wh0re and you guys keep pimping her out no matter what kind of skeezy facts come out about her.
I DON'T agree with Bree. Whether they can afford 19 kids or not, there are too many people period and the Duggars have taken up more than their fair share on this earth. Our tax system should make people pay MORE for each child rather than give them exemptions for them because they use up more resources. Tax large families more for all of us.
you are just jealous people, you wish you all could have her body after having 14 kids. mind your own business!!!!!!! And take care of your own kids.
that is just stupid if u want to have cameras on u then be a
I agree with Bree,The Duggers can afford the kids they have.Unlike Fake Kate and Octocrazy they dont get greedy and use thier kids for income.Having a show and yes getting paid for it is nothing compared to FakeKate who she acts like she and her kids are the greates things on earth.The Duggers show how they raise thier kids.They dont get free anything.Octocrazy at least admits she will do anything for money and if thats how she will pay for those kids so be it.FakeKate will always be a greedy pimp.