Politics | 02/11/2009 12:30 pm
Is Nadya Suleman Copying Angelina Jolie? Octuplet Mother Says No. You Decide (Photos)

Nadya Suleman/NBC/Angelina Jolie/Getty Images
It’s hard not to notice the resemblance between octo-mom Nadya Suleman
and Angelina Jolie. Both have pouty, plush lips and a lot of kids. But
in last night’s special hour-long "Dateline" interview with Ann Curry,
a clip of which we’ve included below, the 33-year-old mother of 14 said
there’s no way she’s had plastic surgery to try and look like the star.
"It is so far away from the place I’m in right now to think of any
celebrity.” With all those mouths to feed, let’s hope she’s telling the
truth.
In addition to discussing Jolie, Curry pressed Suleman on her pathetic
financial situation. As the "Dateline" report made clear, Suleman has
no income to support her 14 children. The disability payments she got
for an on-the-job injury have stopped. Her grad-school loans, totaling $50,000, are spent. She receives food stamps and disability payments
to provide for three of her children (one is seriously autistic, one
Suleman describes as having ADHD and one she says experienced mild
speech delay and what she calls tiny characteristics of autism, as
well).
What in the world is the new mom of eight more kids thinking? Curry
asked tough (and obvious) questions: Isn’t it selfish to have
kids you can’t support? Suleman brushed her off, saying, "I know I’ll be
able to afford them when I’m done with my schooling [to be a
counselor]." And when Curry asked if Suleman thought having eight more
kids might be just a tad unfair to the six she already has, Suleman
told her, "I think there are a lot of things in life that are not fair."
When Curry pointed out "the world outside is saying, ‘What are
you doing?’" Suleman was quick to defend herself. "I’m providing
myself to my children. I’m loving them unconditionally, accepting them
unconditionally … They don’t feel as though we’re struggling … I’ll
stop my life for them and be present with them. And how many parents do
that?"
Suleman did make one promise to Curry: She is done having children.
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