Famously giving birth to octuplets, Nadya Suleman is developing a new reality series which is unlike 'Jon and Kate Plus 8'.
- Jun 1, 2009
AceShowbiz - The woman who becomes a celebrity through her eight babies, Nadya Suleman, has inked a deal with British production company Eyeworks to develop a reality series. "I'm really excited about moving forward with this," Nadya, who is also known as Octomom, told People.
Involved in the creative direction herself, Nadya said that her show won't be like TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" where parents Jon and Kate Gosselin keep up with the daily life surrounded by twin girls and sixtuplets. "She's been watching them a bit lately and thinks it's boring," said her attorney Jeff Czech.
Nadya's show will employ the 'quasi-reality' show where instead of having cameramen following her 24/7, it will only allow the crew to document important moments such as birthdays. This has been modeled after a successful Eyeworks TV series in Denmark. "Nadya knows she has to do something," Czech continued. "But she doesn't want the constant filming because she feels that would be taking advantage of her kids. She's trying to find the middle ground and feels this approach will work best."
Nadya Suleman gave birth to a set of eight babies in January this year, becoming the second parent to have the longest-surviving octuplets in U.S. after Chukwu octuplets in 1998. She became a controversy after public found out that she has had 6 children prior to the octuplets and was a non-financially-independent single mom. However, she soon made the headlines and is now looking forward to cash in on the fame.
"They came up with this idea, presented to her and she liked it because she'll get to use a camera and do some of the filming herself," Czech revealed how she got the TV deal. On top of that, she is also finalizing a deal with ghostwriter Wendy Leigh to write an autobiography. "She's really looking forward to telling her story and speaking out about how she was raised, how her children are feeling, what they are asking about and things about the donor dad," Czech added.
At the time of writing, there has been no plan from Eyeworks to pitch the TV reality series to U.S. networks.
