Jon, Octomom to Get $1M for Reality Dating Show

We're addicted to seeing moms and dads face 'public smackdowns'

(NEWSER) - America, it seems, is addicted to “bad-parent porn,” writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times. Nadya Suleman's new reality show is only the latest incarnation, along with Jon and Kate, of course. (And let us not forget Michael Jackson.) People just love to see moms and dads screw up in a big way. "We express disgust for them and for the media outlets that enable them, and then we read and watch some more." More»

'Cheaters' producer says show in works; stars deny it

(NEWSER) - We wish we were kidding, we wish we were even surprised. But we’re not. Jon Gosselin and Nadya Suleman may hook up on a new reality show entitled—wait for it—Jon – Kate = Jon + Octomom. Producer Bobby Goldstein, of Cheaters fame, says he’s developing the pilot along with a former Jerry Springer Show producer. “It will be like watching a train wreck,” he promises. More»

Nadya Suleman gives her thoughts on Michael Kamrava—and Jon Gosselin

(NEWSER) - Hey, look, Octomom is back! Upon learning that her fertility doctor is being expelled from a national medical association, Nadya Suleman told Radar, "I’ve always thought from the beginning Dr. Michael Kamrava was a good doctor," adding that—since other cases were involved—"I don’t feel wholly responsible." More importantly, she also told Radar in a separate interview about her feelings for a certain other famous—infamous?—parent of eight. More»

Plus MJ and Gosselin hangers-on still talking

(NEWSER) - The Octomom TV special was shocking even to the Octomom herself, Nadya Suleman’s lawyer tells Radar. Suleman “was shocked to see some of the chaos of the scenes in the show, but she understands the show has its own production agenda.” Elsewhere:

• Mark Lester was on Today this morning, speaking vaguely about his maybe-maybe-not status as the biological father of Michael Jackson’s children. “It’s just something that happened. It’s a possibility that one or all—very unlikely all, but—one of those kids may be mine.”

Producer unlikely to sell Suleman's show outside Britain

(NEWSER) - The exploits of Nadya Suleman and her 14 kids may never make it to your television. As Time reports, the Octomom's program is being helmed by Dutch production company Eyeworks, whose European wing specializes in programs that depict Americans at their worst; its biggest hit to date has been Half Ton Mum—a look at the life of a 900-pound Texas woman who died at 29. More»