Thread: Octuplet's mom on food stamps, publicist says

Octuplet's mom on food stamps, publicist says

Three of Nadya Suleman's older kids also get federal support for disabilities
Video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29110391/


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Exclusive interview with octuplet mom

Hear more of the interview with Nadya Suleman, including the video of her eight babies and six other children on Dateline NBC, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 10 p.m./ 9 C.

msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 9:58 p.m. ET, Mon., Feb. 9, 2009

Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octuplets born last month, gets $490 a month in food stamps, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday evening. Three of her first children also get federal supplemental security income because they are disabled, the Times reported.

Suleman's publicist, Michael Furtney, confirmed the information.

During an interview with Ann Curry on the TODAY show, Suleman denied being on welfare. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture of NBC Universal and Microsoft.)

Suleman told NBC News correspondent Ann Curry in an interview that she was not receiving welfare. Furtney said Suleman didn't consider the food stamps and SSI to be welfare.

"In Nadya's view, the money that she gets from the food stamp program ... and the resources disabilities payments she gets for her three children are not welfare," he said. "They are part of programs designed to help people with need, and she does not see that as welfare." Video

Furtney declined to say what kinds of disabilities the three children have, the Times reported.

During the interview with Curry, Suleman said, "I'm not receiving help from the government. I'm not trying to expect anything from anybody. [I] just wanted to do it on my own. Any resources that someone would really, really want to help us, I will accept, I would embrace.â€

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“That's funny how untrue that is,â€

Why is this woman receiving any benefits at all?

Didn't Oprah just give her a couple of million? Also, didn't I hear something about Angelina Jolie planning to contribute $$?

What about the other donations this woman has surely picked up and any pay she's receiving from "telling her story"?

This woman shouldn't be receiving one red cent in any type of public assistance and that includes for her prenatal, delivery, and the post natal care of the babies.

I think calls to CA Health and Human Services are warranted on this one demanding that every cent she has raked in so far be slapped with an offset action.

That's the law...........

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During the interview with Curry, Suleman said, "I'm not receiving help from the government. I'm not trying to expect anything from anybody. [I] just wanted to do it on my own. Any resources that someone would really, really want to help us, I will accept, I would embrace.â€

During the interview with Curry, Suleman said, "I'm not receiving help from the government. I'm not trying to expect anything from anybody.

What does she think food stamps are if they are not "help from the government"? Who does she think it paying for the medical on her kids? I hope CPS steps in here.

Just watched the video where she's talking about the father of these kids.

This is not the case of some anonymous donor but the SAME father of all 14 kids and he is KNOWN to her.

WHY is this person not being forced to pay child support, or having monies offset to repay expenses being paid out for these kids?

Of course she will not say who this man is, and she denies that he has ever even so much as met the first 6, and currently has no desire to be a father to any of the 14.

Personally I'm not buying that story for a minute and we'll see him cash in on the "celebrity" eventually as well.

But true or not, the law REQUIRES that the state go after this man to recover the monies being spent on those kids and if she refuses to tell DHS who he is, the law requires that her benefits be terminated.

I want to know WHY these two are getting away with ANY of this?

All part of the large problem of our society. we tell young girls not to worry have babies we will give you daycare in high school, food stamps, your a "single mother of need", it would appear to me that we encourage broken homes. Let's try a new route pay those who do right not the ones who do wrong, perhaps then we may see some change.

Originally Posted by azwreath

Just watched the video where she's talking about the father of these kids.

This is not the case of some anonymous donor but the SAME father of all 14 kids and he is KNOWN to her.

WHY is this person not being forced to pay child support, or having monies offset to repay expenses being paid out for these kids?

Of course she will not say who this man is, and she denies that he has ever even so much as met the first 6, and currently has no desire to be a father to any of the 14.

Personally I'm not buying that story for a minute and we'll see him cash in on the "celebrity" eventually as well.

But true or not, the law REQUIRES that the state go after this man to recover the monies being spent on those kids and if she refuses to tell DHS who he is, the law requires that her benefits be terminated.

I want to know WHY these two are getting away with ANY of this?

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa hold on a minute here. Lets not automatically blame the guy here. From what I heard this guy wanted to do the right thing and marry this chick and she said no and she said she wanted to have these babies on her own. How is that the guys fault? I think sometimes we as a society automatically assumes the dude is a deadbeat and I think that is wrong. Sure there are guys that are, but not all guys are like that.

Originally Posted by dman1200

Originally Posted by azwreath

Just watched the video where she's talking about the father of these kids.

This is not the case of some anonymous donor but the SAME father of all 14 kids and he is KNOWN to her.

WHY is this person not being forced to pay child support, or having monies offset to repay expenses being paid out for these kids?

Of course she will not say who this man is, and she denies that he has ever even so much as met the first 6, and currently has no desire to be a father to any of the 14.

Personally I'm not buying that story for a minute and we'll see him cash in on the "celebrity" eventually as well.

But true or not, the law REQUIRES that the state go after this man to recover the monies being spent on those kids and if she refuses to tell DHS who he is, the law requires that her benefits be terminated.

I want to know WHY these two are getting away with ANY of this?

[b]Whoa, Whoa, Whoa hold on a minute here. Lets not automatically blame the guy here. From what I heard this guy wanted to do the right thing and marry this chick and she said no and she said she wanted to have these babies on her own. How is that the guys fault? I think sometimes we as a society automatically assumes the dude is a deadbeat and I think that is wrong. Sure there are guys that are, but not all guys are like that.

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Kindly "whoa" yourself, please.

Words out of her own mouth: the father has no interest in meeting, let alone parenting, ANY of the kids.....

Has he stepped forward to refute that? No, he has not. Has there been any indication WHATSOEVER that he is doing ANYTHING for these kids? No, there has not.

Here's another little bit of a news flash for ya........being married to the mother isn't a pre-requisite for supporting your offspring.

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe the first brood caught him off guard. What's his excuse for knowingly, willingly, and purposely, going along with her in becoming pregnant a SECOND time? How many more kids is he going to father and not support?

What's his excuse for leaving his children in the hands of a woman who, it has been learned, has a multitude of emotional/mental health issues?

Or is he just waiting for his turn to cash in on these children by turning this into a media circus custody battle ala Kevin Fedderline/Brittainy Spears

I personally don't give a rat's ass who likes it, or doesn't.......he fathered these kids and, by damned, he is responsible for their care and feeding even if it takes the last dime he makes for the rest of his life to do so. And if he won't do it willingly, then he should be forced to do so by the courts.

And until there is some confirmation that this individual is supporting these kids, he IS a deadbeat parent. Period.

Originally Posted by azwreath

Originally Posted by dman1200

Originally Posted by azwreath

Just watched the video where she's talking about the father of these kids.

This is not the case of some anonymous donor but the SAME father of all 14 kids and he is KNOWN to her.

WHY is this person not being forced to pay child support, or having monies offset to repay expenses being paid out for these kids?

Of course she will not say who this man is, and she denies that he has ever even so much as met the first 6, and currently has no desire to be a father to any of the 14.

Personally I'm not buying that story for a minute and we'll see him cash in on the "celebrity" eventually as well.

But true or not, the law REQUIRES that the state go after this man to recover the monies being spent on those kids and if she refuses to tell DHS who he is, the law requires that her benefits be terminated.

I want to know WHY these two are getting away with ANY of this?

[b]Whoa, Whoa, Whoa hold on a minute here. Lets not automatically blame the guy here. From what I heard this guy wanted to do the right thing and marry this chick and she said no and she said she wanted to have these babies on her own. How is that the guys fault? I think sometimes we as a society automatically assumes the dude is a deadbeat and I think that is wrong. Sure there are guys that are, but not all guys are like that.

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Kindly "whoa" yourself, please.

Words out of her own mouth: the father has no interest in meeting, let alone parenting, ANY of the kids.....

Has he stepped forward to refute that? No, he has not. Has there been any indication WHATSOEVER that he is doing ANYTHING for these kids? No, there has not.

Here's another little bit of a news flash for ya........being married to the mother isn't a pre-requisite for supporting your offspring.

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe the first brood caught him off guard. What's his excuse for knowingly, willingly, and purposely, going along with her in becoming pregnant a SECOND time? How many more kids is he going to father and not support?

What's his excuse for leaving his children in the hands of a woman who, it has been learned, has a multitude of emotional/mental health issues?

Or is he just waiting for his turn to cash in on these children by turning this into a media circus custody battle ala Kevin Fedderline/Brittainy Spears

I personally don't give a rat's ass who likes it, or doesn't.......he fathered these kids and, by damned, he is responsible for their care and feeding even if it takes the last dime he makes for the rest of his life to do so. And if he won't do it willingly, then he should be forced to do so by the courts.

And until there is some confirmation that this individual is supporting these kids, he IS a deadbeat parent. Period.

The father has no interest because she said so and we are suppose to believe her because she has sssooo much credibility? Please, she has already been proven to be a lying, golddigging parasite.

I'm not saying the guy was required to marry the woman, but his wanting to do so shows to me that he was willing to take a step in the right direction to support his family. What was he going to do, marry the woman and not feed and provide for his kids? Pluheaze!!!!

I'm not going to say the guy is a saint, but I'm not going to solely throw him under the bus when the woman is every bit as much to blame if not more. Maybe he's tried to support the kids, maybe he hasn't, we don't know either way, but what has the woman done other than suck off of the government tit so to speak? What is stopping this human baby factory from getting a job herself? She could be stuffing envelopes at home for all I care, but she takes our hard earned tax dollars and act like she is completely justified.

Your saying he might be waiting for his opportunity to cash in, well maybe, but the golddigger already tried to extort two million from Oprah so what does that say about her? Seems to me she already beat him to the punch.

If anything CPS should step in and take the kids from her and give them to a family that can better take care of them. I think they are both irresponsible idiots for having kids they couldn't afford.