I wish Ann Curry would ask the REAL questions of Nadia Suleman.

[Chefzhat]

Like, who paid for all the fertility treatments.

Who is paying for all the care of the babies right now.

How on earth did she have time to get her lips plumped and her nails done?

How can she sleep nights?


Grrrr. I wish the media would quit giving these ridiculous people attention. And that goes for the pregnant "man" too. He's a SHE. There's no news here! I can dress up like a man and get pregnant too!!

Vent over.

[Gumbeaux]

I'm guessing that some questions were excluded in return for the interview request being granted.

[bobmark226]

I wish Ann Curry would learn to speak up!

Bob

[cangoss]

She did add the info about how she paid for it after the interview - she said it was a combination of a disability settlement Nadja received after being injured in a riot at work and working overtime.

[blazedog]

Perhaps the interview on Tuesday night will be more hard hitting as I have read the morning interviews are "teasers" -- I don't know though as I haven't seen them.

There appears to be a growing rift in the Sudelman menage -- Nadya better get her hands on the green stuff as quickly as possible since Grandma doesn't seem to want to support her anymore.

At this point all the kids are still in the hospital being subsidized by other people's Kaiser premiums.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_165142.html

She] said daughter Nadya Suleman, 33 and single, has "no means to support" fourteen children.

Angela Suleman said that she's been housing and supporting her daughter Nadya and her six grandchildren by a previous in vitro fertilization procedure in a "cramped" apartment for years.

Suleman said that her daughter "spent a lot of money on toys," but never contributed rent or food money and failed to tell her mother about more than $167,000 that records show she received from worker's compensation claims.

[newtricks]

How on earth did she have time to get her lips plumped and her nails done?

I know, I thought she'd had quite a bit of plastic surgery actually - cheekbones and nose?

Which adds to my suspicion that she thinks she's getting a show like Jon and Kate plus 8. And that's one of the reasons she had all these children.

I agree I wish everyone would just ignore her.

But I really feel for those kids. She IS NOT going to be able to take care of them - financially, physically, emotionally. This could end very badly with the children in foster care.:mad:

[Gracie]

There appears to be a growing rift in the Sudelman menage -- Nadya better get her hands on the green stuff as quickly as possible since Grandma doesn't seem to want to support her anymore..

I heard this this morning. Half of me wondered if it was a ploy to get some contributions from people/baby food/formula companies.

Has anyone heard if there are companies endorsing (that's probably not the right word) or contributing to her needs?

[Valerie226]

It is a **** shame no one stopped this pathetic, clearly delusional woman before she arrived at this point of no return.

[AzAnne]

It is a **** shame no one stopped this pathetic, clearly delusional woman before she arrived at this point of no return.

Agree, but also the networks for using her to get ratings

[Canice]

Has anyone heard if there are companies endorsing (that's probably not the right word) or contributing to her needs?

I came across this article the other day. Doesn't sound like they're knocking down her door.

[Jewel]

I honestly don't know what to make of this woman. She told Ann Curry that all she's ever wanted was to be a parent and that she was making up for her childhood that was less than attentive. An article on msn news this morning had her mother slamming that statement saying that she was spoiled as a child! Her mother says that SHE has a hard enough time taking care of the six children and has to feed them in shifts. What is she going to do with 14?

Ann also asked her if she could support the children. Nadya's comment was "when she completes her schooling" she will be able to provide for them well. So...who takes care of the 14 kids when she's in school? And after she's completed her education and is out in the workforce, who will take care of her 14 children?

There were comparisons on ET the other night between her and Angelina Jolie, that she 'admired' Jolie and her growing family...even went so far as to suggest her plastic surgery had helped her look more like Jolie?

If you want 14 kids, wonderful; but please make sure you have the financial means to support a large family. Contrary to the song lyrics, you cannot live on love alone. Also make sure you have a support system in place to help you. I believe help means 'assist' not 'do it for you'. This woman is selfish and indulgent, and I fear for the children.

[blazedog]

I honestly don't know what to make of this woman. She told Ann Curry that all she's ever wanted was to be a parent and that she was making up for her childhood that was less than attentive. An article on msn news this morning had her mother slamming that statement saying that she was spoiled as a child! Her mother says that SHE has a hard enough time taking care of the six children and has to feed them in shifts. What is she going to do with 14?

Ann also asked her if she could support the children. Nadya's comment was "when she completes her schooling" she will be able to provide for them well. So...who takes care of the 14 kids when she's in school? And after she's completed her education and is out in the workforce, who will take care of her 14 children?

There were comparisons on ET the other night between her and Angelina Jolie, that she 'admired' Jolie and her growing family...even went so far as to suggest her plastic surgery had helped her look more like Jolie?

If you want 14 kids, wonderful; but please make sure you have the financial means to support a large family. Contrary to the song lyrics, you cannot live on love alone. Also make sure you have a support system in place to help you. I believe help means 'assist' not 'do it for you'. This woman is selfish and indulgent, and I fear for the children.

Can't say I disagree with you -- but what part of this woman don't you know what to make of?

[barbara-cook]

It's all very sad. 14 kids. It would probably be nice to have the diaper and formula people donate that stuff to her. But what happens when they are out of diapers and eating "grown up" food? Who's going to pay for all that? And what about clothing and medical care and once they start school and need school supplies? They want to play sports? Who pays for all the sporting goods? And how on earth does she get them anywhere? Does she own her own school bus? I don't think they make minivans for that many people, do they?

It's mind boggling for someone like me that has only one and while he's well fed and well clothed and lacks for nothing (except his own car according to him!), he doesn't have "everything". I don't know how I would do it for 2 let alone 14.

I can see Social Services stepping in soon and one by one those kids will be placed in foster care. Not that I want to deprive her of her children, but she should do the right thing and put them up for adoption. Sounds kinda like "Sophie's Choice" but what kind of life will those children really have? And you know who will really be supporting them? The working people of this country, paying their taxes, supporting their own familes, paying their own way and not taking any "help".

This is just insanity.

[SueK]

I wish Ann Curry would go away. Far away. And while she's at it, take Meredith Viera with her, please.

Anyway, back on topic. Last Friday on the Today Show they were discussing some things that weren't shown on the "teasers". One thing is that this woman is planning to go back to school in the fall for her Masters degree. And she apparently told Ann Curry it will work out well because the school has on site day care.

Ummmm.....last time I checked day care costs money. A lot of money. And with her, that'll be at least times eight. I really think she believes she's going to be given a free ride by a lot of people. Either that or she is just completely off her rocker and delusional.

I'm not even going to watch the evening show because I know I'll just get completely disgusted.

[blazedog]

Well I am SHOCKED SHOCKED SHOCKED to fine that the taxpayers have been supporting her and that we in California are being asked to pick up the tab.

Most of this article is on the shady doctor who provided the IVF services but I have excerpted some of the telling quotes regarding this -- fill in the blank.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,1003761.story

The Beverly Hills doctor whose fertility treatment led to the birth of Nadya Suleman's octuplets -- and her six previous children -- has one of the worst success rates of any fertility clinic in the country, according to federal records reviewed by The Times.

In fact, Suleman's children represent a sizable portion of the pregnancy rate at his clinic over the last several years -- and taxpayers are already footing part of the bill.


Suleman receives at least $490 a month in food stamps, and three of her first six children are disabled and receiving federal benefits. Moreover, Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower Medical Center has asked California's health plan for the poor to cover the enormous cost of medical care for the eight premature infants in its care, according to multiple sources familiar with the case..........

Suleman, who lives with her mother in a three-bedroom home, acknowledged in the NBC interview that she was struggling financially to support her six children before the birth of her octuplets. But she said she knows she will be able to pay their bills, especially after she earns her master's degree in counseling from Cal State Fullerton.

Suleman's publicist, Michael Furtney, confirmed the information about the food stamps and federal supplemental security income after two sources informed The Times of the benefits. Three sources told The Times that Kaiser has requested Medi-Cal reimbursement for care of the octuplets, which is estimated to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Furtney declined to confirm the Medi-Cal coverage and referred the question to Kaiser, which also declined to comment.

She had denied that she was on welfare -- a comment her publicist later clarified.

"In Nadya's view, the money that she gets from the food stamp program . . . and the resources disabilities payments she gets for her three children are not welfare," Furtney said. "They are part of programs designed to help people with need, and she does not see that as welfare."

[Robyncz]

Today's octuplet bombshell. . . So, she says in in her interview with Ann Curry that she's not "on welfare" ("I'm not receiving help from the government. I'm not trying to expect anything from anybody. [I] just wanted to do it on my own.) But it turns out she is actually receiving food stamps and supplemental security for three of her older children because of undisclosed disabilities.

Here's her publicist's take on it:

"In Nadya's view, the money that she gets from the food stamp program ... and the resources disabilities payments she gets for her three children are not welfare," he said. "They are part of programs designed to help people with need, and she does not see that as welfare."

Is she a liar or is she delusional?

Either way, those kids are in trouble. And I think the doctor that did the procedure is every bit as guilty as she is.

YIKES.

Maybe Joe the Plumber can step in as the father, and they can support the kids on publicity tours and book royalties.

Editing to add: Blazedog and I were apparently posting at the same time. . .

[SDMomChef]

maybe joe the plumber can step in as the father, and they can support the kids on publicity tours and book royalties.

snort!! :d

[avariell]

I wish Ann Curry would go away. Far away. And while she's at it, take Meredith Viera with her, please.

Good morning, Sue. Good Morning. I also hate Ann Curry, Good Morning.

I really think the Today Show has gone wayyyy down hill.

I never thought someone could make me think of the Duggar's as really responsible, but this woman just might be the ticket.

[KristiB]

I never thought someone could make me think of the Duggar's as really responsible, but this woman just might be the ticket.

The Duggars conceived naturally(as far as I know) and didn't have their kids all at once. They also had money before the show and haven't taken taxpayer assistance.

[avariell]

Kristi - I know.. which is why this woman is making me feel better about the Duggar's (cuz I do have a bit of an ethical problem with parenting that many children... so that would be why I don't think of them as very responsible. Having said that, it is their life and I don't really give a hoot what they do as long as my tax money isn't helping them).

[Kate B]

I read an article yesterday that indicated NBC did that interview and timed it to s***w with ABC and CBS who were airing interviews with the pilot of the US Airways jet that landed in the Hudson. I watched the 60 Minutes interview with him and was flabbergasted at his grace and humbleness (is that a word?). In contrast to the Ann Curry interview (which I also watched), this woman deserves very little of our time. MHO only, of course.

Kate

[Valerie226]

"But she said she knows she will be able to pay their bills, especially after she earns her master's degree in counseling from Cal State Fullerton."

This woman is getting a degree in counseling????

Oh please... this is just too much.

[Wendy w]

I think that the doctor was highly negligent in participating in this circus and I hope that he loses his license. :mad:

[kima]

14 kids under the age of 8 and she is going to go back and get her Master's degree ?

I can't even imagine getting them all out the door by noon let alone dropping them at daycare and school and then putting in a full day of classes, picking up the kids, making dinner, doing laundry and working on papers.
This woman is completely delusional.

I feel very sorry for all those children.

I hate the thought of her profitting from this disaster but I also hate to think of the children suffering.

A complete and utter mess. :mad:

And surely it is not a coincidence that she looks like Anglelina Jolie and has a large brood? Something is up there as well.

[VALERIEA234]

Boy do I agree with Chefzhat, and you all know who is going to be paying for all of the babies, we are.
As for her lips, she really needed that done as well, no one is saying much about where all this money is coming from are they?
Welfare...here she comes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

V.

[CompassRose]

According to some, the reason she's not getting praise and a boatload of corporate sponsorship is because she's not white.

Oh, please. (And... she's not?? She looks Caucasian to me...)

[blazedog]

She clearly has had her nose and lips done -- probably with her "disability" check -- and I would question her "disability" since she appears to be able bodied.

I realize this is gilding the lily in terms of how loathsome she is, but she has three (I think) children with disabilities. I don't know anyone in their right mind who would think they would be able to handle additional children on TOP of the disabled 3 (plus 3 non-disabled).

Of course there are those amazing people who adopt or foster children with disabilities -- I am perhaps generalizing but those families which I can recall generally seem to have support systems in place and are performing an act of great moral heroism. And not that I think they do it for the money, but I think most of these families receive help from the state since the children are already in the system -- that kind of assistance for families willing to take difficult children into their homes is completely okay with me.

[SDMomChef]

14 kids under the age of 8 and she is going to go back and get her Master's degree ?

I can't even imagine getting them all out the door by noon let alone dropping them at daycare and school and then putting in a full day of classes, picking up the kids, making dinner, doing laundry and working on papers.

What struck me when I heard her tell this to Ann was that she mentioned that the student loans would support her in the interim....so perhaps the end result - a master's degree - is not the true motivation.

[syzygy]

I would question her "disability" since she appears to be able bodied.

Well, her "disability" was supposed to be a back injury which, I heard, has been exacerbated by her pregnancy. Well, DUH!

And I love the fact that she thinks she's gonna be rolling in money once she gets her counseling degree. I'd love to know what planet she's living on. I know a few people with MS's and even a couple of PHD's (child psychology) and while they are frugally comfortable with one or two healthy children of their own, all of them are couples in committed relationships and none of them could afford 14 (and several with disabilities, no less) although I guess they still do pay income taxes -- maybe 14 deductions would help to negate that...

[moonbeam]

According to some, the reason she's not getting praise and a boatload of corporate sponsorship is because she's not white.

Oh, please. (And... she's not?? She looks Caucasian to me...)

I could only stomach part of that article, and stopped when the author said she was Hispanic. Um, isn't she Iraqi?