Video: Octomom: Why I'm Addicted to Having Babies
As a mom of 14 children, Nadya Suleman continues to defend her decision to expand her family.
On Friday's The Oprah Winfrey Show, Suleman opens up about her life with her brood -- including 1-year-old octuplet babies.
The 35-year-old mom -- who owes $450,000 in mortgage payments on her La Hambra, Calif. home -- was taken to task by financial guru Suze Orman.
"Why when you couldn't afford the six kids to begin with, would you even have thought about having one more kid, let alone eight more kids?" Orman asks the controversial Suleman, who made headlines in 2009 when she announced that she was expecting octuplets even though she was a single mother on welfare who already had six children. (Watch a preview above)
Aware of the financial burden her babies' birth would bring, Suleman says she expanded her family out of an emotional need.
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"I'm looking desperately outside myself and using an inappropriate filler to fill something that I should be filling from within," Suleman -- who sold old bikinis and bras at a yard sale last fall in an attempt to resolve her debt -- admits.
When Winfrey suggests Suleman has an addiction to having babies, Suleman nods in agreement.
"I still ask myself why [I had the kids]," Suleman says.
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7I have a different opinion about her since watching Oprah, she knows she made some wrong choices, but she is trying her best and she is no longer on public welfare, Suze told her to get an agent and make money for her family, Suze also said that for all those that are judging her remember if you had one child and struggling financially and you decided to have another, you are no different then her.
YOU DAMN FOOL IDIOT !!!!!
I know, Kimberly. She was reportedly living in her parent's home & received public asst/welfare for the children, some who have a disability, which means additional funds. Then she apparently had a loan which was supposed to be for College, but I recall hearing she used the $ for the infertility treatments with the unethical dr. If she keeps having these problems, like it or not, her kids may be placed for adoption if she can't support them. Amazing isn't it?
Can someone fill me in on how she got pregnant with 8 kids while on welfare? I would think welfare wouldn't pay for fertility doctors. I don't think she has a addiction to children...I would almost bet its a addiction to the act of making them. Cause as a sane person if I had 8 kids and not finacial stable I would for sure be looking up adoption agencies to give others the dream of having a child they otherwise couldn't have.
One more thing...if she wanted to have babies & kids in her life, she should have thought about being a foster parent. There are so many children sitting in shelter's who need a home. Seems like she's delusional thinking she could raise all those kids without any support. Plus she's a bit of a narcissist, only thinking about her needs & not the needs of those innocent children. Poor little things.
Oh, that's cold. Well, I feel for the poor little kids. They can't be living a stress free life. My prayers go out to the little one's in this chaos she's created. It's unbelieveable !
My guess is so you can stay home and collect welfare.