RADAR EXCLUSIVE: Octomom Natalie 'Nadya' Suleman Gives Us Her Most Revealing Interview Ever — Telling How She Yanked Kids Out of Schools Over Bullying to How She HATES Her Nickname and Will NEVER Do Reality TV Show
March 18 2025, Published 3:45 p.m. ET
Don't call Natalie 'Nadya' Suleman "Octomom."
The woman who became an international curiosity in 2009 after she gave birth to the world's first surviving octuplets is so done with that label. Instead, the 49-year-old would rather focus on giving her octuplets – and their six older brothers and sisters – grounded and normal lives.

The so-called 'Octomom' is the subject of a new multi-part docuseries.
After spending years out of the public eye to raise her young brood, Suleman is opening the doors to her life once more in a new, six-part Lifetime docuseries.
In an exclusive video interview with Breaking Celebrity News, the mother-of-14 shared that with the last of her kids now teenagers, the time is right to address "misconceptions" that she said have followed her since their miraculous birth.
But she's not looking to become the next Kate Gosselin.
"I’ve declined reality shows since they were little," Suleman told us. "I thought as an adult I could handle exploiting myself, being exploited temporarily, shamefully adopting that caricature 'Octomom' in the past, but it took a toll.
"So if it was really damaging to me, I couldn’t imagine how detrimental filming children on an ongoing basis could be."
However, she did hint: "Since they’re older, maybe when they are adults, 18, maybe my answer will be different."

The reality star wants to dispel misconceptions about her parenting.
