Octuplets mom tells Kate of 'Jon & Kate Plus 8': Stop judging me

Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman  isn't happy with comments made by another mother of many kids, "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star Kate Gosselin.

Gosselin was interviewed earlier this year on the "Dr. Phil" TV show and was asked about Suleman's situation. She said it was going to be difficult for Suleman to raise 14 children, particularly without a husband to help out with parenting.

"Do I have to watch it? She reminds me of my mother," said Suleman, a resident of La Habra, in an interview with Radar Online released this morning. "I have moved past my mistakes. She has her own issues. ... She needs to stop being so judgmental and stop pulling at straws for attention."

"Jon & Kate Plus 8" is a popular reality TV show that follows Gosselin and her husband as their raise eight children. The show has gotten much publicity in recent weeks amid reports of marital troubles between the couple.

Suleman said in the video interview that Gosselin should focus on her own life. "My children are extremely healthy, strong and happy. Don't you have, like, a lot of issues in your life? A lot of marital problems?" she told Radar.

 Coincidentally, Suleman's attorney announced this weekend that Suleman had signed a deal to star in her reality TV show.

 "They came up with this idea, presented to her and she liked it because she'll get to use a camera and do some of the filming herself," her attorney, Jeff Czech, told the Associated Press, adding that the film crew would  not follow the family all the time but, rather, cover certain milestones like birthdays.

"It'll be less intrusive than a reality-TV type of program," Czech said.

-- Shelby Grad

Comments

[Joanna Jenkins]

I don't care what the "Octuplets'" mom says. What she did is wrong. She knew what she was doing when she went to that clinic, she wanted fame and fortune, and she will probably get it. She's had her "15" minutes, she should focus on her children, not someone else's life. Jo747

[Linda]

Kate was not judging Octomom, just stating a fact, that it was going to be difficult. Octomom chose to have to live off public assistance and with the help of her mother. Then with 6 children, 3 of whom had learning disabilities, she chose to go for more. Of course, her mother wasn't pleased with her daughters decisions, who would be. The entire country realized Octomom had problems. I enjoyed watching the Gosselins grow up, but have not desire to watch anything that concerns Octomom. Yes, Kate has marital issues at the moment...but nothing compared to the many issues of Octomom which are appealing to anyone.

[Kenneth Tamara]

Thats why one should never really hurl stones. I'm sure Kate must feel really weird now, after feeling all high and mighty earlier.
And thats why I cant really cast judgment on Octomom. Sure, i may not agree with her choices, but Lord knows I've done some whacky things in my life too. Thank good God I'm not on world wide blast!

[Joseph D]

I'll be so glad when Octomom's 15 minutes is over. I wonder if she is using some of her income now to pay her hospital bills? What about the "disability payments she got. Taxpayers in CA deserve what they get to allow people like her to scam they system. Bet she never pays back her student loans that she got to live off of.

Finally bet you 10 to 1 that she has another baby to add to her liter.

[Joseph D]

I final comment on Octomom. She gets money for her three children on disability. This is a big scam in CA. You can say your kid is slow to learn and if you get the right people to agree you get money. The hundreds of millions is given out each year to Octomom and others is this scam. Another reason CA should go under.

[rumpilstiltskin]

I think she should have been sterilized after the 6th kid being as she's on welfare and is just popping out more babies to get money for laying on her back.

[DianaRay]

"I have moved past my mistakes. She has her own issues. ... She needs to stop being so judgmental and stop pulling at straws for attention."

Someone needs to show judgement. It's pretty obvious that Nadya doesn't have any and won't listen to anyone's but her own. Regardless of what it costs her children. She's only interested in what she can gain from them. Not what she can do for them. She had them to get her own dependency needs met. Not to mother them and nurture them but to fill the emptiness she has inside herself and get her attention needs fufilled and her finances fixed. I pity her and them.

[dixon chiu]

I would put both of those crazy women in the same boat. They are EXACTLY the same. They both milk the system and now that they have money, they'll never pay back the taxpayers. Do you think Kate will pay back any of the MedicAid money that she took? Do you think any of the doctors and hospitals will recover even a fraction of the costs of their care? If we truly care about the kids, we should take them away from their crazy parents.

[BLW]

Suleman: "She needs to stop being so judgmental and stop pulling at straws for attention."

Is this a joke? I hope she was kidding, because her statement makes her such a hypocrite! Pulling straws for attention? Then what's the deal with her book and TV deal? Will this stop the welfare she's been getting. Afterall, I am sure she got a nice hunk of change with the book & TV deals. It's obvious she's using the children to get attention. Suleman is a major-class wh*re for doing that. She needs to shut up.

[JML]

I've already personally judged the Octomom...you are an idiiot!

[Lins]

Kate is a big phoney...not only was she having an affair with the $1600.00/week bodyguard (who is married and has a family also!) she thought she could pull off making it look like Jon disserted her,,,,,,I hope she gets found out.......would a women who really loves her family pull this kind of sham.....because of her own affair....she's willing to say on Rachel Ray and other shows...."Oh well, I'll just have to go on without him".....really... has that been her past way of dealing with things.....and watch the past season shows she just about bit his head off all season ....and smilied at the filming crew....her body guard was often standing there with the crew.......EVERYONE NEED TO WAKE UP TO THE EVIL PLAN OF KATE!

[Arnold]

Octomom's reality show should be titled, HOW I SCAMMED CALIFORNIA. that's what she's essentially doing now.

[Jon K.]

Octomom is a spiritual criminal. She breeds so she can live off the state. That should be illegal.

[Grossed Out!]

Yucky! Yucky! I can't help but think that every time I see anything to do with the Octomom. She is like watching some horror flick where as you know you'll be disgusted, but you look anyway. She represents the lowest part of our society, especially because she got pregnant on purpose without being able to support what she already had. Makes me mad really.

[JenAZ]

And we should care about the personal lives of these women why? I still don't get it. I don't find anything they do remotely interesting or even compelling enough to make me stop watching The History Channel and tune in to see how these people run or ruin their lives. The day Americans wake up and realize they are spoon-fed this garbage because people are willingly gawking at insipid and ultimately assinine lives, they'll stop pumping it out there. How about less drama and more information... you know, like something with substance and intelligence?

[HB Guy]

Octomom, I'll gladly pay for your brain transplant and to have you fixed.

[whatmorecanisay]

So, Octo says about Kate:

"Don't you have, like, a lot of issues in your life? "

OK, I am no Gosselin fan, but, ummm, Does Octo, like, have even MORE issues in her life?
I think she sounds very bitter and envious. I guess having the Gosselins saturate all the tabloid media(and some of the more "respected" ones, as well) is quite a blow to Octo. They have the money, the perks, and the media exposure that Octo soooo desires for herself. She must be seething....
And all of this is my opinion only :-p.....

[Amy F]

Seriously people, don't you have anything better to do than worry about these people? It's rediculous you sit around watching John and Kate and this octuplet mom try to figure out what they're going to do next. You should be worring about your own life and what you've got going on. If you want to talk about reality, talk about the people who need help in this world, not these people who already get help because they have so many children. Worry about the people who are homeless living on the streets that need real attention, worry about the kids and families in the US who are going hungry because they're loosing their jobs and can't support their families. Of course these couples on these reality TVs are going to go out and do stupid things to get in the tabloids, they have to keep the action going somehow. After going for two or more seasons of the same ole same ole, people get bored. These shows are such a waste of TV airtime.

[Sue]

Id take Kate over octomom anyday of the week. Glad Im not one of Octos kids.

[Sam]

Well at least Kate wasn't on welfare when she was pregnant like the octo mom is she used welfare to get pregnant with her kids. And I agree Kate does have issues. But she is trying her best with her kids I think the octo mom has issues and she was answering a question the Dr Phil had asked. I think it so pathetic that someone cant take criticism what is she going to do when her show starts or the tabloids forget about Kate and go on to her instead of Kate,

[grace]

This is stupid, people should only care about themselve, and GET ON WITH LIFE! So, jon and kate are having probelms with there relationship, oh well why would we care? Let these people find out what they are going to do and get on with life. Besides we have our on life to look out for. They made some mistakes, haven't we all?

[Eleanor]

Watching the octomom is something I wouldn't do at all. First of all, who can understand her English? What's with the accent? Secondly, this is a woman who willy nilly had herself a litter because she could, not caring if they were developmentally disabled or not. Why would you want to bring a developmentally disabled child into the world simply because he/she is part of a litter and the human body isn't made for having litters? It's not an accident her children have develpmental problems. It's an accident that Jon & Kate's kids don't. Plus we all would forget about octomom if it weren't for being media driven. Flaws and all, Jon and Kate are a family. Octomom was a test tube. Basically she makes me sort of sick. If I were bored out of my mind I would read the phone book before watching octomom. She is a very poor role model to be paraded on TV.

[BobbieJo]

My 2 year old was sitting on my lap as I was reading about octo and said (at the picture) 'she's scary. she has scary mouth'. lolol. From the mouths of babes.....

[~Charmed~]

I am really worried about her kids! Her comments on Kate Gosselin really showed octo-looneytunes jealousy. Her wanting some sort of fame is very much apparent and becoming more so as the days go on. And to make a statement about 'people less educated' OMG....what a statement from someone that continually shows how bright she really ISN"T!!!!
Her body language and constant interruptions when being asked questions is clearly showing her sanity should seriously be questioned before she goes off the deep end!!! This woman shows her lack of maturity, intelligence and overall humanity!!! I hope they don't wait til its too late to get her the mental help she blantantly is in need of, for her own well being but mainly for the children!!!!

[Jenny Clark]

She is one to talk, she should keep her opinions to herself. Whatever network signed her to a contract is just as desparate for attention as she is. Anyone that thinks that she had the right to have 14 children with no income, married or not, deserves to be judged. The doctors that helped her should be punished in some way. Maybe the show will allow her to pay for all those children but it exploids them as well. The only good thing with the show (that I won't watch) is at least tax payers won't be paying for her children. If she was a repsonsible person she should have given them up for adoption, there are plenty of families who can afford and would love to raise one or more of the babies.

[Nicole Stevens]

Leave the poor families alone! All this attention just leads them down a path of disaster. For the sake of their children watch their show and shut up. Or don't watch it and mind your own business.

[Gaiser]

Absurd! This woman who claims to be everything opposite of what the tabloids say is using all tabloid-accusations of Kate as her backfire. Get educated!

[Carla]

Octomom just wants attention. For real how long ago was the interview and she is just now saying something? And I don't think what Kate Gosselin said was all that judgmental.

[Andrea]

The kids are the most important part of this equation. I hope Jon & Kate do what's best for the kids, whatever that may be.

[Ryan Ehlers]

well, I think that jhon gets yelled at WAY to much... i cant aways dont want to watch because she always raggs on him so ya thats what i think, sorry kate but i dont know!

[linda]

The thing that kills me about octomom is that she says " I love my kids, that's enough" NO IT IS NOT!!! These kids need endless help, attention, time and effort, that is alot more than just love. I raised 5 kids with NO developmental problems and it was more than a 24/7 job, plus I had the help/support/love of a husband who is not only a good man but an excellent father...love does NOT solve all your problems and to think so is simply irresponsible.

[3KidsREnuff]

Wow, seems like Kate hit a delicate nerve in her comment, which by the way is true and every single person has thought the same thing. When Kate had her brood, she wasn't copying an already existent show about multiples. The very fact that a woman, unemployed, with no spouse or significant other in the picture, would ever even consider doing such an irresponsible thing...I can't even imagine where this woman's mind is? Is she independently wealthy, or living off a trust fund? If the answer is no, then obviously the plan from conception was to have a reality show. Would I rather watch and listen to Kate? Yes, anyday over Nadya! In general, would anyone ever say that raising 14 kids with or without a dad would be easy? No! Quit being so defensive Nadya...Kate only said what the rest of the world is thinking. These kids may be cute too, but I have promised myself to never watch the Nadya + 14 show...never, never, ever!

[Maria Loi]

Octmom is the greatest lousy cheat on earth.
She has the guts to call the pot black. The Gosselins started with good intention and they love their children but their ego took over and cause such pain to the 8 kids and themselves.
Octmom starts having all her children to cheat on the government. Now, she wants to cheat on the people for big money again!
Lousy woman who can't even give her kids the chance of a good father!
Like it or not she is lopsided and her kids will not be any better than the poor kids of the Gosselins if their parents are divorced!

America is going nuts if her show is successful regardless of what kind of format she is using to make money out of the kids and the public who are to view her would be show!

[paula]

You dont like the truth then thats to bad the truth of the matter is they take care of there 8 children we take care of yours ie tax dollers You are obviously nuts to have 14 kids if you dont have a job or you just dont care about any1 but yourself ugh this lady is a lazy person who just wants 2 spung off tax payers GET A JOB LADY!!!! Im sure sum1 would babysitt for you if u wanted 2 try 2 better yurself but even with a job your children will never have what other kids have like lots of 1 on1 time in a real chance at education like collage without going thousands in debt im sure they will thank u when there older u r like the crazzy lady with cats but these r human lives!!

[Jaymi]

As long as we keep watching these reality shows, the more attention and spotlight these twits are going to receive. I feel really bad for the children in these situations because what kind of life do they really live, with cameras all around 24/7? I feel that if Jon and Kate are really in it for the children as they say they are, then they would cancel their show and work on their issues in private. Octo-mom, thanks for spending my tax dollars, you are trash and I cannot believe that you even have the nerve to speak on somebody elses family when you obviously have issues of your own!! America is nuts if this reality show even airs!!!

[Fran]

Miss Nadia

You say others are judgemental, you are a selfish person who will exploit those kids just to get freevies....
I for one, am so mad at you, you knew you could not afford to raise 14 kids on welfare, but you went ahead anyway...

It makes me sick to know that you will "raise" 14 kids to be just like you, a cheap liar...

I will never be able to have children and I will not go and force the issue...

The sad thing is Nadya, you might have some fame for a few months or yrs but are you really going to be happy????

These 14 kids will grow up without a father figure to look up to.. what kind of life is that????

Anyway, I wish lots of luck, and most important, you will never get any pity or money from me.

If you get your own reality show, I will make damn sure never to watch what a selfish woman you are.

Have fun changing diapers!! Oh yeah, you won't have time to do that right?

[jinny dongdong]

I love octomom ...i want to marry her.

[Rebecca]

Yes Jon and Kate are having marital problems, Nice try with the "low blow" Nadya!! Lots of people have marital problems. It's becoming quite normal to have a marriage problem since the recession has caused so many layoffs and what not. So like I said, it's pretty common to have marital problems in some form or another. But it's definatly not common to mooch off the government and purposefully have octuplets so you can get a TV show. You are the only one who did that honey!! Like everyone else said.....Thanks for spending my hard earned tax dollars. It's not like I don't have children to take care of either. Bravo!! You may have out done the hate for Jon and Kate.

[Beverly Hall]

All above comments are right on about the "amazing" moms.
FYI - Television networks will not continue to highlight their lives if viewers no longer tune in. So tune out and let these amazing moms see what it's like to actually raise kids without the freebies and luxuries.

[Jamie]

I can't believe some of the comments people have left here. Not knowing all the facts and some think they know it all to judge these families. Well Kate and Jon were on wellfare and both of them were unemployeed right after Kate gave birth. That's just one fact some of u didnt know. I just think none of us know all the facts and should not judge anyone! I would love to see blogs about some of the people on here and their perfect lives.

[Raylene]

No marriage is perfect octo mom at least there two parent in the gosslin family.come on ok your own mom says u can't handle those 14 kids get a life & get a job !!!!!!! John is n it annilist for the government not taking the governments $ like u & Kate was a nurse until she had her twins cara & maddy !!!!!!!! What job have u had

[Dixie]

yes most people with kids have it hard but when u have children other then the natural way u deserve what u get because u chose to have children by other way and when u have more than one i think u should have to pay for the whole thing. Not having the taxpayers pay for your choices. Sorry Jon and Kate and octo mom it was your choice to have the kids now pay for them. Stop taking money, trips, bigger homes because you have grown too big for them. Pay for all of it with your own dime. It is my opion.

[Lisa]

What strikes me as funny is the fact all of you are ragging on Octo mom and Kate when if you took the time to look at the TLC line-up there are so many more reallity shows. Table for 12 and 18 kids and counting Little People Big Word are just a few...face it everyone who stars in these "reallity"shows are being paid quite handsomely. I agree with the person who said stop watching and let them get on with their lives without the world watching. I mean come on who really cares if someone has 6....12 or 18 kids?

[moneyremix]

An old friend of Jon's (Not Kate's) Speaks Up!: http://tinyurl.com/oyqsfm

[Chrissy]

Where was Kate even judging her? All she said was it was going to be hard with so many kids and no husband to help out.

If anyone was doing the judging it was Suleman. I am still in shock social services did not take those kids from her

[mARCO]

yOU ALL NEED TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND/OR KEEP YOUR UNWANTED COMMENTS TO YOURSELF. wHO CARES WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO, OR HOW MANY KIDS THEY HAVE. gO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE, VOLUNTEER INSTEAD OF TAKING TIME TO LOWER OTHER PEOPLE. tHERE i JUST STARTED A WHOLE NEW TOPIC, ANSWER BACK MORONS, WHO CARES!!!!!!!

[another kate]

octomom probably has 8 diffferent mental illnesses, including borerline personality disorder, narcissism, and histrionics. What a life those children will have.