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'Octomom' Nadya Suleman (L) - Source: Reuters -
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An American mother of newborn octuplets says she will do a
documentary series following her babies until they are
18-years-old, but the production company says it is still in
"exclusive negotiations" for the deal.
Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to six boys and two girls in Los
Angeles on January 26, said she would allow a television crew to
film her family six times a year. The babies are only the second
known set of octuplets born alive in the United States.
"It is official. I'm going to be doing a show, but it's not a
reality show," Suleman told Life & Style magazine, adding that
the series would be made by the British arm of independent
production company Eyeworks.
"What I'm doing with this TV show is basically creating
documentaries about the lives of my children. It's going to be an
ongoing thing, and it will follow them from now until they are 18,"
she said.
Suleman said the show would be aired in Britain and then possibly
the United States.
But Eyeworks Chief Executive Officer Reinout Oerlemans said in a
statement on Wednesday that the company was still in "exclusive
negotiations" with Suleman for "an unscripted format following the
life of Nadya and her children."
"Nadya's story is a very unique and exciting one that needs to be
told in the right manner," Oerlemans said. "We are confident that
we are the right party to tell their story around the world."
Suleman became a lightning rod for public ridicule after it was
learned that she was a divorced, jobless mother of six living with
her parents on government assistance when she became pregnant with
octuplets through in vitro fertilisation.
Suleman - nicknamed "Octomom" in the US media - has since moved
into a new home with her children and the last of the octuplets was
released from the hospital this week.
The Smoking Gun website, www.thesmokinggun.com, reported on
Wednesday that Suleman has applied to trademark the name
"Octomom."
It posted online an application said to be made by Suleman to the US Patent and Trademark Office.
