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An hour into Fox's special on "Octomom" Nadya Suleman, broadcast Wednesday night, the mother of the millennium is confronted with a tabloid photo of a post-tummy tuck Kate Gosselin, and asked if she'd consider plastic surgery, too.
"That's cheating," she replies. Suleman says she gained 138 pounds while pregnant with her eight new kids (conceived, like the first six, through in vitro fertilization) and has managed to shed all but the last 20.
"Some people are desperate for attention," Suleman says, pooh-poohing Kate's bikini-clad photo shoot. "Anyway, I have a better shape."
America got a glimpse at the world according to Octomom Wednesday night, and it can be summed up in one word: unapologetic. "I'm not worried," Suleman tells the cameras, as she arrives at her mother's La Habra, Calif., home with the first two of the octuplets. "I have strong faith that I'll find a way through."
Suleman's was the voice most often heard during the two-hour "Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage," but the real stars were her 14 kids (we see the eight new ones actually being delivered) and Suleman's pragmatic foil of a mom, Angela.
The program was compiled from footage shot by RadarOnline.com, which had a crew live with the harried mother for six months. We learn a little about Suleman's fears: she's spooked by the caretaker who convinces her the kids are a target for abduction; she worries about the open stairs in her new home that need to be sealed so the babies aren't at risk.
During one of their frequent sitdowns, Angela asks Nadya: "Is 14 enough for you?"
"It would be the epitome of selfishness to have even one more," Nadya replies.
