Nadya Suleman to Get Reality Show

Really, does it surprise anyone that Nadya Suleman, otherwise known as the “Octomom” is getting a reality show? If all the things we find objectionable about her situation (like being unemployed and using invitro to get pregnant when she’d already had six kids) weren’t there, just the fact that she now had eight babies at once would have probably given her a reality show. We seem to be fascinated with multiple births – just take a look at the show Jon and Kate Plus Eight.

Attorney Gloria Allred has filed a petition requested that a guardian be appointed to protect the rights of the eight babies. Allred is working with Paul Peterson, a former child star (from the Donna Reed Show) and now an activist for minors working in entertainment. Allred and Peterson want to “ensure that the money they earn as participants in a future reality show isn’t spent or wasted by their mother.”

However, Nadya isn’t Jon or Kate. She is someone who doesn‘t have a husband, a job, or it appears, a sense of reality. All those things aside, I’m not sure I fault her for getting the reality show. It could be a way to provide for the babies’ college funds, and for their well being for many years to come. It come be a good thing. That is, if she is smart about the process. That’s the question.

Image: Bauer-Griffin