Octomom Zeroing in on Reality Show
Nadya Suleman will probably sign a deal very soon to feature her and her family of 14 children in a reality TV show, sources tell PEOPLE exclusively.
Those close to Suleman say she and her attorney, Jeffery Czech, met over the past week with four production companies and are due to meet in the next few days with executives at an undisclosed network.
Czech confirms that he and Suleman have conferred with producers to hear their ideas – and that although Suleman is tired of TV cameras and protective of her children’s privacy, she also wants to ensure she has enough money to care for them without public assistance.
Suleman has admittedly been on food stamps in the past, and told the Whittier Daily News this week that she was considering applying for federal WIC aid. Czech says Suleman doesn’t have health insurance and that all medical costs associated with delivering the octuplets on Jan. 26 were funded by taxpayers through state Medi-Cal.
“There’s some decisions for her to make over the next few days. I think she’s heard enough,” Czech tells PEOPLE. “Like anyone else, she wants to be portrayed in a positive light and she feels she needs to do something to get her side out.”
He says the ideas they’ve heard are similar – producers want to follow the same pattern of other reality shows, with episodes chronicling such themes as Suleman learning to drive a 14-passenger van, going on a date or having a big family Thanksgiving or Christmas.
He says that although a deal could be signed within the next couple of weeks, production would not start until the babies are a little older. So far, seven of the eight octuplets have come home, and Suleman goes to the hospital every day to visit Jonah, who at 4 lbs., 6 oz., is still too small to be released.
“For the most part, the idea is generally to follow her and her family around when the babies get a little older,” Czech says, adding that the amount of money Suleman would earn, and how long the show runs for, would depend upon the ratings.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Thats one show I absolutely won’t watch…She is such a liar….
April 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
SHE IS SUCH A WHORE AND WASTER OF SKIN, SHE DIDNT NEED ALL THOSE KIDS. SHOULD SEND HER TO IRAN THEY WOULD DEAL WITH HERE RIGHT.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Everybody and their mama knows she planned this this woman was sitting back watching Jon & Kate plus 8 she is not fooling anyone this was the plan all the time and she used Dr.Phil.
This attorney is in the game for money.
If this anyone else then you all would be saying where is the babies daddy all of them. This is not someone who was infertile.This woman is an opportunist.
Hell no I am not watching this.She put Dr.Phil and those other folk out when she got what she wanted and where was this lawyer when she needed her house fixed and SHE called Dr.Phil for help.
This bitch is dead to the right wrong the networks are wrong for playing into this deceptive shit an dI hope it flops, because her motives are all wrong, she planned this from the beginning.Ray Charles can see this and he was blind and is dead.
OH hell to the NAW…like I said Headline news you got so much to say where the babies daddy other women recieving state assistance have to tell who he is.
If that was someone black you all would send the FBI out to find the man.
This is straight up bullshit.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
NOOOOOO!
April 10th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
As much as I don’t agree with what she has done I really think that the best thing to do now… (since the babies are here..) is to just help them. I would watch the show just because I’m curious about how the hell she lives her life every day with 14 kids…
April 11th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I’m like the last person that answer, yes i will watch the show just to see how she goes about her daily routine handly 14 kids. Look people whats done is done and nothing can be done so just give her and the Kids a lot of Blessing and wish them the best of Health.