'Octomom' Nadya Suleman Opts for Yard Sale Over Adult Film to Make Ends Meet

By The Editors of StyleList Posted Sep 28th 2010 12:22PM

Octomom Nadya Suleman has 14 mouths to feed, and after a failed attempt at reality TV, she's said that she's determined not to go on welfare and figure out another way to make ends meet. That explains her yard sale this weekend.

Suleman was hocking items, including an autographed nursing bra and the red bikini she wore in Star magazine, in an attempt to raise enough money to pay her $4,060 mortgage.

Also up for grabs: The devil costumes her infamous octuplets wore for Halloween (Octomom dressed up as a pregnant nun, of course), some of the little ones' baby clothes and a LA Lakers jersey signed by the controversial mother, not Kobe Bryant, which actually fetched $125.

No word on how the used intimates fared with the roughly 150 shoppers/gawkers who turned up to the sale at Suleman's La Habra, Calif., home, but apparently the overwhelmed mom needs every penny she can get to prevent foreclosure.

Suleman told our partners at Radar Online -- lucky enough to be among the yard sale attendees -- that she's looking for the best way to raise money and that she'll never pose nude as a quick way to get a paycheck. Watch Radar's Interview

This comes after word that adult entertainment producers Vivid Entertainment are offering Suleman $500K to star in a porn film. "I'm just trying to put my best foot forward and do what's best to save my home and feed my children," Suleman told Radar. "I will never pose nude to save my house."

"It's just a matter of survival: food, shelter and clothing," Suleman also told the Orange Country Register. Orange County radio personality Tattoo -- who works with Rick Dees -- helped organize the yard sale. "There are financial troubles." The single mom received $85 for a refrigerator that once kept her baby formula, the newspaper reports.

"I'm a good mother and my kids come first. We will get through this."

Cash-strapped Suleman also charged people $10 to pose for pictures with her alone and $100 for pics with her octuplets.

Some benevolent shoppers dug deep, giving her extra cash along with their purchases to help her out, the paper reported.

Tags: nadya suleman, octomom

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Tuesday 28 September

By Shannon

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this woman is a joke! stop giving her the limelight and maybe she will go away irresponsibe should be her name she had all those kids with no job no money and no husband why should the taxpayers support her and her kids.

By Punchiespad

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Wouldn't have to if TLC would knck Kate down a few. Its so obvious that her show is all about her and not her kids. All the hair, tanning, trips, clothes. Nadia needs help. She has at least tried to do things the right way since her kids were born. She honestly needs help and to keep the taxpayers from having to pay it, we the public should lobby the networks to give her a show. After all don't they have money they throw around on truely stupid shows. Plus Nadia is funny and it would be a way for the child agencies to keep an eye on the kids.

By georgie

Shannon, you are so right! And for Punchiespad, are you a relative or something? Not only does this whack job not deserve a show, but they need to get rid of all the shows that use the children to get money! She should not be rewarded for her irresponsible behavior!

Thursday 30 September

By bernadette

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I wonder how did she qualify for that mortgage?

By Cutie

..in her case adoption was the answer. A woman with 14 kids and no money and no help should have considered the benefits of having other couples raise the kids.

By ShellW

Yea Cutie, becuase it's just so easy for a mother to give up her kids because someone like you thinks she should. You obviously don't have any and if you do, I feel sorry for them. A mother doesn't just give up her children because she is struggling... if that were the case there would be tens of millions of kids up for adoption... you might be cute but your dumb as a rock.

By dave

I agree. Why isnt this a potential child abuse issue? The Dr who agreed to give her fertility treatments needs to be reviewed

Friday 01 October

By niecey

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Have we forgotten that she has three children with special needs, and receives SSI and Medicaid and special educators for them? Also food stamps. So who is she trying to kid "she doesn't want to go on welfare" She is making it by living off her kids. That's probably how she qualified for a mortage. She is really a piece of work!! I feel for those children.

By janet

She "is" really trying you know. Do you think Kate Gosselinn would do this to help her family. NO WAY. Someone should step up and help Nadia. Give her a reality show. She's done her work. Knock Kate down a few. Let her do her own hair and nails. Stop sending her on vacations (because they are for her mainly, not her kids). Nadias a little strange, but in a funny way. She would be fun to watch. I'm tired of listening to Kate scream everytime she does anything. GIVE NADIA A CHANCE!!!!!

By Kelly

She isn't trying. She was doing it as a publicity stunt & it worked. Some moron will take pity on her and pay her rent. This woman is NOT a mother. She's just a breeder. Oh, and why does she look like The Joker?

By rosemarienoa

If the Octo-mom wants to get welfare and/or handouts she needs to be surgically sterilized so we wont have more of her kids to feed & support. Get her Doctor to help her out financially, after all he facilitated this obscenity!!!!

By Clara

Why does she have to sterilized? Don't you know that she's never had sex and all these are in vitro?

By Linda

WHAT A JOKE THIS WOMAN IS! SHE HAD NO RIGHT HAVING SO MANY KIDS WITH NO JOB, NO HUSBAND, AND NO MONEY IN THE BANK! WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? OH WAIT, I FORGOT, SHE WAS NOT THINKING AS SHE HAS NO BRAIN! SHE IS AN IDIOT. IF SHE LOVES HER KIDS SOOOOO SO MUCH THEN GIVE THEM UP FOR ADOPTION! LET PEOPLE WHO WANT KIDS AND HAVE MONEY GIVE THE KIDS A BETTER LIFE AND HOME THAN WHAT THIS NUTCASE CAN GIVE HER OWN KIDS. SHE IS RIDICULOUS. SO, AUCTION OFF ALL YOU HAVE TO PAY THE MORTGAGE THIS MONTH AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT MONTH EH? WHAT DO YOU SELL OFF WHEN YOU GOT NOTHING LEFT ANYMORE? GUESS US TAXPAYERS SHALL BE PAYING FOR HER TO LIVE AND TAKE CARE OF HER KIDS AND THAT IS JUST WRONG. SHE HAD NO RIGHT DOING WHAT SHE DID. IRRESPOSABLE IS WHAT SHE IS. SHE CLAIMS TO BE A GOOD MOM..WHO IS SHE KIDDING? ONLY HERSELF. WHAT A JOKE. SAD.

By nelson

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IF YOU HAVE KIDS YOU WOULDN'T BE SAYING THAT! AND IF YOU DO HAVE KIDS WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THEM AWAY AND THEN TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL!!

By Walter

This used to be the norm, especially during the Great Depression, when everyone had 10 kids and no job. It is sad in the sense that rich women don't have more kids. That's why the American population is dying out and will be displaced in the near future. Our women need to be breeding more soldiers.

By Slash

Linda, Linda, but she has those round big lips.......the kind that goes deep into the popcorn box at the movies ,finds the head,and gives a man Ambrosia !Thank you Lord !

By Barbara

It is a pathetic shame that this woman, who did not think in the wake of these octoplets,is constantly in the news. She needs to give these children up for adoption for their own good, not hers. If she loves these children then she needs to do what is in their best interest, again not hers and her publicity, what kind of life is she giving them? Oh that's right, not a good one. Her priorities need to be in the right place. GIVE THEM A CHANCE.......We should not pay for her blatant choice mistakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Britne

Kudos to octomom. I'm happy you are putting your kids first. I am also grateful you are trying to make money the right way, just keep holding your head high and God will bless you and your children. I'll pray for you all.

By just saying

The baby is so cute.

By Flagrante Delicto

when will he news media realize that this trll's 15 minutes of fame expired last year? NO MORE OCTO-NEWS!! We just don't give a crap.

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