14 DAY TRIAL // One year ago, Nadya Suleman became the first woman ever to give birth to eight children at once, via C section. The moment her octuplets were brought into the world, she became the closest thing to a hero type of public figure – but that only lasted until word got out she was unemployed and already a mother of 6. A year later, Suleman celebrated the kids’ first birthday by hitting the gym and welcoming the release of her magazine cover for Star, E! Online says.
It’s no longer a secret that many don’t see OctoMom, as she’s been dubbed in the media, in a good light, especially since she continues to be unemployed but makes a lot of money out of media deals, by “selling” her babies, as some media outlets put it. What’s more, skeptics say, the day will come when she’ll have no more story to milk, which will leave all her 14 children in the dark, with no one to provide for them. In the meantime, though, Suleman is doing just fine, the report says.
“Happy birthday, Noah, Maliyah, Isaiah, Nariyah, Makai, Josiah, Jeremiah and Jonah! While listing the names of Nadya Suleman’s spawn doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue – you try singing them! – neither does seeing the latest images of the Octomom sit well on us. As the eight kids celebrate their first birthday today with a huge chocolate cake, their mom has been hard at work slimming down for a bikini body shoot courtesy of Star magazine, the New York Daily News reports,” E! writes.
“That said, chasing after eight healthy toddlers, not to mention Suleman’s six older kids, can’t leave much time or energy for snacking. […] Of course, she has the help of friends, family and three live-in nannies at her La Habra, Calif., home. Needless to say, this allows for ample time to hit the gym. Surely, she has them to thank for supposedly losing a whopping 150 pounds,” the same gossip publication goes on to say.
Photographs of Suleman leaving the gym precisely on the eight kids’ birthday have already generated a series of very negative comments at her expense. Some of the celebrity bloggers say, for instance, that she’s paying way too much attention to herself and to turning herself into a celebrity than she is to her brood of 14, regardless of the fact she’s getting plenty of help with them. The jury is still divided on that one, one might add.