Bottom Of The Barrel

And you thought she was crazy before

If you thought Nadya Suleman was a little off for adding to her first six IV based children with 8 more, you will find this just over the top. The Killeen Furtney Group, Ms. Suleman's publicist, has developed a website [domain was registered this past Monday and the url will not be linked here so you'll have to google it for yourself if you really, really want to visit the website] for the "family". It features pictures of the octuplets, courtesy of NBC, but interestingly enough pictures of her other 6 children are missing. Guess this is not a family website but more of a part-of-the-family website. Her new site currently exactly two features: Comments and Donations. Ok comments are fine. of course there are easier ways to have the public at large [the vast majority are complete strangers] to contact you. Publish your email address, join facebook, start a blog, ect. Now the other feature is a paypal account that accepts donations which you can charge to your Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover card. Ironically, somewhere in her team there has been mention of her site becoming a 501c corporation so it can act as a non-profit charitable organization. Of course unless their new "charitable organization" focuses on the ongoing support of unemployed mothers of octuplets, they might have some trouble with the IRS.

Maybe this is an after effect of not being able to sell her story for $2 million. she has had two interviews and to date NBC claims they have not paid her anything for them. And her attempt to find a TV gig as a mothering expert is down right laughable. Would anyone seriously take this woman's advice on parenting? In her other interview with MSNBC, the unemployed octomom firmly denying being on any form of Government assistance but the LA Times reported that she gets $490 a month in food stamps and another $600 in disability payments for three of her older children who suffer from ADHD, a speech impediment and autism. Also, the hospital where the octuplets are expected to spend seven to 12 weeks has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, for care of the premature babies [cost has not been disclosed]. On top of that, she also has $50,000 in student loans and credit card debit to deal with along with her expansive family and not so busy media itinerary. I guess she at least had time for some light cosmetic surgery recently, so things can't be all bad.

Labels: Really?

posted by TheWino @ 3:26 PM