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Octomom: 'I Screwed Up My Life, Kids'

But 'I'll just have to retend I didn't,' says Suleman

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(Newser) – Octomom Nadya Suleman admitted yesterday she "screwed up" when she plotted to wrangle sperm from a boyfriend to father her 14 children. "I screwed up my life, I screwed up my kids' lives," Suleman says on RadarOnline. "What the heck am I going to do? I have to pretend I don't regret it." She also admits now that she wanted the children's father in her life, though she initially insisted that he was only a friend happy to help with her pregnancies.

In fact, she coerced him into providing sperm and he was extremely upset that she continued to use it for more and more pregnancies. "He's probably angry and resentful," she adds. "I'm the ghost that's haunting his existence." Suleman said her older kids ask every day who their father is. She plans to reveal the father's identity to her oldest when he reaches 18.

Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets leaves her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif.
Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets leaves her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Octuplet Maliyah grows stronger in the hospital before heading home earlier this year.
Octuplet Maliyah grows stronger in the hospital before heading home earlier this year.   (AP Photo/NBC NEWS)
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riffran
Jun 5, 09 4:52 AM CDT
damn that reality stuff sucks...eh octo mom? Reply
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oldgoat
Jun 5, 09 5:55 AM CDT
Too bad that because of your actions the taxpayers will be paying for your stupidity. Heaven help the kids because they will need it. Reply
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prowlerzee
Jun 6, 09 12:16 AM CDT
Only hers? Hahaha...yeah, men really have to be "coerced" into spewing their seed. And fertility doctors...you have to really beg. Plenty of blame to go around.
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Robert_Dada
Jun 5, 09 6:44 AM CDT
Faux optimism now replaced by regret and desperation. This all going to end badly. Someone should step in and save those children before they go down with this sinking ship. Reply
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atomick
Jun 5, 09 9:12 AM CDT
Gee, didn't see that coming. Reply
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