What Disdain for Octuplet Mom Says About Us

(NEWSER) - The octuplets' mom swears she isn't trying to be like Angelina Jolie, either through plastic surgery or mothering. But an anonymous source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Nadya Suleman has sent Jolie fawning letters over the past year concerning the actress's humanitarian work. Jolie is said to be "creeped out" by the whole affair. More»

Nadya Suleman's family now getting $2K a month from California

(NEWSER) - Octomom is on the skids: Things have gotten so tight for Nadya Suleman that not only did she give the world topless pictures that no one ever, ever wanted to see, she is now officially on welfare. And it seems that many a California taxpayer is incensed at the prospect of Suleman and her tribe of 14 kids taking public assistance, because TMZ reports that since it broke the story, Suleman has received scads of angry phone calls and even death threats. A typical sentiment: "Die, b****. I’m not working for your f***ing kids, you’re the one that wanted them." Suleman, for the record, qualifies for $2,000 a month in public assistance because her household makes less than $119,000 a year. More»

(NEWSER) - Nadya Suleman's 14 kids will be paid $250 a day for starring in a reality show under a deal she signed yesterday, E! Online reports. The octuplets and her six other children will earn a total of $250,000 for 71 days of shooting over three years under the contract with European production company Eyeworks, makers of Breaking Bonaduce and The Biggest Loser. More»

Nadya won't take taxpayer money

(NEWSER) - The grandfather of the California octuplets says he'll fight for his daughter Nadya Suleman’s right to raise her kids, ABC News reports. "I will stop anybody from taking my grandchildren away," Ed Doud said in an interview with Good Morning America, responding to reports that the hospital currently caring for the octuplets may not release them to their mother. Some have questioned Suleman’s mental health, especially after a recently discovered 911 call in which she threatened to kill herself. More»

Suleman, Dr Phil, Allred are reportedly hatching 'rescue plan'

(NEWSER) - Nadya Suleman seems to be everywhere these days, but one place you probably won’t see her is the new fertility exhibit at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, TMZ reports. Reps from the Hollywood museum are urging the mother of 14 to stay away from the statues, which have reportedly helped more than 2000 women get pregnant just by touching them. More»