EXCLUSIVE: Nadya ‘Octomom’ Suleman sick of being ‘trapped in 1980,’ gets computer, joins Facebook

Monday, July 11th, 2011 - 11:37 am - Fun Entertainment Life

Arriving in a white stretch limo, Nadya “Octomom” Suleman and half a dozen of her girlfriends arrived at the House of Blues in West Hollywood to celebrate her 36th birthday.

“This is my first birthday party since age nine,” the mother of 14—yes, 14—children told a gaggle of reporters assembled on the red carpet.

Suleman nervously adjusted her dress and smiled for photographers under the bright lights. “I’m still learning!” she laughed.

This kind of celebrity treatment is a bit of a departure for the formerly semi-reclusive tabloid phenomenon known as Octomom. “This is a big thing for me,” Suleman tells FOX411.com exclusively. “I don’t party—I never go out, ever!”

After a series of disastrous PR stunts—including starring in a video where she threatened a mustachioed diaper-clad man with a whip—Suleman has new management and a possible reality show. “I can’t talk about it,” she says—as a flurry of cameramen, sound guys and producer-types document her every move.

Suleman has already made her reality show debut, starring on an episode of “Celebridate” with former “Blind Date” host, Roger Lodge. The show is set to air in October on DHNet.

Despite appearing on a dating show, romance is off the table for Suleman—for now. “My brain is just not wired that way. I’ve had one boyfriend my whole life, and one (sperm) donor,” she told FOX411. “For the past twelve years, it’s been my choice to remain celibate. I have no social life. I’ve chosen to be asexual. Someday, maybe far, far in the future, I’ll find someone. The longer I save myself for that someone I’m supposed to be with, the more meaningful it will be.”

That someone won’t be the biological father of her children. Suleman is no longer in touch with her sperm donor. “The last time I spoke to him was when I was pregnant in the hospital—very briefly,” she said. “He’s not involved in our lives at all.”

With no father in the picture, Suleman needs cash to raise her outsized brood—lots of it. Her bills come to $15,000 per month.

“[My new management] is the reason I’m staying afloat,” explained Suleman. “The reason why I was sinking and in poverty is because I was avoiding having management at all costs. Obviously, the entertainment industry is not a passion of mine, but it’s a Catch-22, because I need to use the media in order to generate income for my family.”

With her entrée to reality television, Suleman has finally conceded that her best hope of supporting her 14 children is to take advantage of her peculiar celebrity.

“If you’re going to pay me—whatever amount of money—and all I have to do is say, ‘Hi, how are you,’ shake some hands—but don’t touch me!—fine. Where’s my check,” says Suleman. “If there are any opportunities to generate income for my family, I’m definitely open-minded to it—as long as I don’t have to do anything that’s disrespectful.”

(She may be referring to all of those porn offers from Vivid. Yikes.)

Suleman’s recent media tour included a chaotic live interview on the “Today Show,” with her eight toddlers running wild on the set—but Suleman doesn’t feel, like many Internet observers have alleged—that she was set up by NBC producers. “I’m very appreciative that they went to so much trouble to have us out there,” she said. “I don’t want to focus on the negative, because I’m the only role model I have for my kids. I have to force myself to be positive.”

Becoming a bona-fide celebrity involves social networking—something Suleman is loathe to do. “I’ve never had Internet. My manager’s forcing me to get Internet. She created my Facebook page. So, as I’m on the phone with her, changing diapers, I’m telling her what to say,” Suleman admitted. “If you asked me to do the Twitter, it would be like asking me to change the oil in my car. I have no idea how to do it. But it’s a part of my job, I have to become more savvy with modern technology, but I’ve been trapped in 1980.”

Still, Suleman regrets that she has to use her notoriety to earn a living. “I feel, to a certain degree, guilty because I had one more year to earn my master’s degree, and that didn’t happen.”

Master’s degree or not, Suleman is forging ahead with her new life. “I’m praying and hoping every day that I have an opportunity to respected and taken seriously,” said Suleman. “Hopefully, I can be an inspiration to other women.’

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