'Octomom' Nadya Suleman says having 14 children was 'selfish' in new interview
Nadya Suleman, commonly known by the nickname กฎOctomomกฏ, has described her decision to have 14 children as กฐfoolish, immature and selfishกฑ.
Suleman rose to infamy in 2009 when she fell pregnant with eight children after undergoing IVF. She was a mother of six and unemployed at the time.
Noah, Makai, Josiah, Nariyah, Isaiah, Jonah, Maliyah and Jeremiah are days from their ninth birthday and are the worldกฏs only surviving set of octuplets.
Suleman with her octuplets. (AAP)
In a candid new Daily Mail interview, Suleman says sheกฏs since abandoned กฎOctomomกฏ, the public persona that กฐnearly destroyedกฑ her life.
กฐI didn't want to live. I felt less than human as that character I was pretending to be, to survive and provide for my family,กฑ the 42-year-old tells the publication.
กฐWhat she was disgusted me and I did not want my children to remember me like that.กฑ
In order to provide for her family, Suleman became a stripper and appeared in a pornographic film.?
Nadya Suleman has left 'Octomom' behind. (AAP)
กฐI was forced into doing things I didn't want to do because I was so terrified I couldn't support them and give them the life I deserved,กฑ she explains in the new interview.
กฐI had to medicate to just get through what I was doing กญ I didn't want to be here anymore, but then I thought about my children and just had to keep going for them.กฑ
Suleman stepped away from the public spotlight in 2013, and now works part time as a counsellor for people with drug issues.
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กฐI was on a mission. I just wanted to have a bunch of kids. But I couldn't imagine my life at this point in time any different than it is,กฑ she tells the Daily Mail.
กฐWe live paycheck to paycheck. It's a struggle every day. I am very grateful for food stamps, and I do get some residuals from that horrible porn thing. But I am not worried.กฑ
