Octomom Natalie “Nadya” Suleman’s youngsters are addressing the general public for the primary time to defend their mom.
The mom of the history-making octuplets spoke out in a uncommon interview with Individuals forward of the upcoming Lifetime film and docuseries about their life, titled “I Was Octomom” and “Confessions of Octomom,” each premiering in March.
Whereas Suleman’s oldest children “do not want to” break their silence publicly, the 49-year-old’s eight youngest youngsters are prepared to regulate their narrative.
“I’m just very excited,” Suleman’s daughter Nariyah, 15, advised the outlet of their film and docuseries. “Our mom would finally be able to say her side of the story, because I feel like it was very unfair how she was terrorized and hated for just being a mother. And she had to sacrifice so much just for her children.”
The information of the film and docuseries comes as Suleman’s octuplets gear as much as have fun their sixteenth birthday on Jan. 26.
Suleman shared that her youngsters wished their story to be made public.
“I’ve been saying, I want to keep them safe and protect my kids, and well, they’re older now,” she advised Individuals. “They’re turning 16 and making the decision to really do this.”
In 2009, Suleman discovered uncommon fame when she was implanted with 12 embryos by a Beverly Hills fertility specialist and have become pregnant with eight out of the dozen.
She gave beginning to the primary surviving octuplets, which coined her with the nickname Octomom.
Nonetheless, Suleman’s IVF selection was closely criticized after it grew to become recognized that she had struggled to care for the six youngsters she already had earlier than welcoming her octuplets. To make ends meet, she turned to the grownup movie business.
She defined the backlash, telling the outlet that she had solely hoped for yet another child.
“The movie follows my journey, starting with my decision to have one more IVF procedure to try to complete my family of six,” she stated. “I wanted only one more, to becoming a single mom of 14 and all the trials and tribulations, the challenges and struggles, what I had to do to continue to fight for my family.”
Saying that “in the beginning it was complete pandemonium,” Suleman talked in regards to the scary particulars of elevating 14 children within the public eye.
“There was of course all of the details of the death threats and fearing for my family’s life. And then on the other hand, I had to continue to sacrifice my integrity repeatedly to survive and provide for my family,” she stated.
“It wasn’t until they were maybe about 4 years old, I finally was able to escape all of that, the attack it felt from the world…and all that global scorn and condemnation, being the target of misplaced hate. I could escape and finally go back to the life I had once known before,” Suleman added.
The only mother stated she drew power from her religion to assist her by way of.
“I paid for nannies until they were 2 and then we were really struggling financially,” she stated. “Eventually, I just had to lean in really to my faith, my very strong faith in God. And it wasn’t until I did that, everything fell into place beautifully.”
Suleman admitted she wasn’t prepared for her octuplets to handle the world.
“My kids are going to share for the first time. […] And actually, I didn’t even want [to speak out] to be honest,” she stated.
She is aware of she’s once more opening herself as much as scrutiny with the film and documentary. Nonetheless, Suleman, who not too long ago grew to become a grandmother, is selecting to remain optimistic.
“I’m not this compartmentalized caricature,” Suleman stated. “I am not Octomom, I’m a mom.”
She added, “The main reasons for me in sharing my true story, my perspective, is to help people, to help women in particular who are struggling with one child or none, to maybe inspire them to pull out the strengths inside that they didn’t know they had to progress forward, to keep progressing in their life.”
“I Was Octomom” and “Confessions of Octomom” premieres on Lifetime March 8 and March 10, respectively.
