I don't want to be mean here. I really don't. But I'm starting to feel sorry for Nadya Suleman and her children.
I really think she needs help. I don't mean financial help. Help from a doctor not named Phil.
In a new video blog posted exclusively at RadarOnline, she says "I want to be private." She means that she doesn't want people to know where she lives, because clearly she doesn't want to be, you know, actually private. "Being in the field I'm in, I know there's a lot of emotionally disturbed people in the world…I have trust issues."
She's not worried about anything, she's not overwhelmed. She's hiring help. The other moms are supportive, everything is FINE.
What?
You see her interacting with her children, who don't seem all that happy. The tape feels like an audition reel for a reality show.
Other highlights, in case you can't bear to watch the video:
- New house, a rental. "I'm doing it myself," meaning no help from anyone. Unclear how it's possible to rent a 2800 square foot house with no job.
- MSNBC says that the video "shows Suleman struggling to speak as one of her older six kids bites her, pulls her hair and slaps her in the face," but I didn't see anything terribly unusual. I mean, the kids don't look thrilled by the camera and are eventually ushered out of the room (presumably to a very weary grandmother, but you don't see that). Still, the kids' behavior looks like a kid trying to get mommy's attention.
- This part I will just quote: "Suleman said her older children are already jealous of the octuplets. When a friend showed the kids a picture of their new siblings, 'they hit the picture,' Suleman said." Oy vey.
Also bizarre are her hand-written blog entries. In this one she talks about meeting Dr. Phil. (Because that's really what a mother of 14 should be thinking about.) By not typing her entries for her, Radar clearly wants us to see Nadya's nutty side. (Read the PDF file here.)
It's all fairly disturbing, actually. Hard to look, hard to look away.
Source: MSNBC, RadarOnline
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