The Octomom, Nadya Suleman, appeared on ABC's The View Feb. 24, where her
shrill, maniacal cackle amused her co-hosts. Suleman, 34, says she did a recent
bikini photoshoot and does other press interviews to support her 14 kids. (Photo/ABC)
The Octomom, Nadya Suleman, appeared on ABC's The View Feb. 24, and amused her co-hosts with her shrieking, high-decibel laugh.
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Suleman, 34, appeared manic and hyper as she responded to questions posed by The View hosts Barbara Walters and Joy Behar.
Nadya, who looked remarkably fit considering she gave birth to octuplets just one year ago, wore a stretchy one-piece mini-dress with gray tights and white calf-high boots.
OCTOMOM: 'I'M NOT CRAZY'
On The View Wednesday, Suleman addressed questions about her sanity and how she's supporting herself and her family.
When asked by Barbara Walters whether she's stable, Nadya replied, "That's a very good question...Everyone goes through life, some people in varying degrees of wearing clouded glasses."
Suleman was good-natured when her co-hosts teased her for her loud, shrieking cackle, admitting it's an "obnoxious, nervous" laugh that sometimes scares people.
The Octomom recently revealed she lost 145 pounds in nine months without surgery or a personal trainer. The 5'7" Nadya, who shrank from 270 pounds to 120, says she got skinny by eating a high-protein diet and doing strength-training workouts in the middle of the night (after her children went to bed).
Suleman says she got her high-energy personality from her mom, and she only sleeps 2-4 hours a night.
'I DO TABLOID INTERVIEWS TO SUPPORT MY KIDS'
Suleman also confessed it has been hard trying to earn an income to support her children, and revealed she does interviews and photoshoots with tabloids to pay her bills. She also underscored that she paid for all her expensive IVF treatments herself, since those costs are not covered by insurance.
Nadya, who says she's writing a book now, says she hopes to be able to complete her master's degree sometime.
When asked if she planned to have more children, Suleman immediately replied with an emphatic NO, but then conceded she could change her mind in the distant future if the circumstances were right.
"If someday far, far, far, far in the future, when they're older, if I meet somebody," she says. "I'm not going to say 100% 'no.'"
SHE HAS GOTTEN DEATH THREATS
Nadya, a single, unemployed California woman, gave birth to octuplets in January 2009.
Suleman made international headlines when it was revealed that she was already the mother of six children between the ages of 2 to 7 when she was implanted with six embryos through in-vitro fertilization. Two of the embryos split, which resulted in 8 babies.
Nadya's decision to expand her already-large family while unemployed and single has triggered disgust and hatred around the world.
Suleman has said she has received numerous death threats for what many consider her selfish and irresponsible parenting decisions.
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Comments
She is definitely on something and crazy as hell but she does seem more downto earth than that beyotch Kate Gosselin.
I feel so sorry for all her children.
She needs lots and lot of therapy.So do her kids. Theyre okay now but wait til they get older and realize what a circus their lives are.
I want some of what she's taking. And i could use some therapy myself just for showing interest in this screwball. :-)
this woman is obviously CRAZZYYY!!!!! and the fact that she still has her kids is disgusting someone really needs to step in and knock come sense in to this weirdo!!!!!
She already has the 14 children it is way too late to change that. Yes it was stupid but do we still have to be so mean about it? For the sake of the kids why can't someone help her out. They would have a more normal life if finances were not such a problem. Kate Gosslin had kids to make money, they would be in the same boat as Nadya if they did not have TLC. Kate is meanv
@Jeanne - ya know my kids would have a better life too -if finances were not so tight-- so how about donating to ME - I AM a good mother!!!! Also this is NOT about Kate.
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