# Octomom turns down porn, accepts PETA **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762 "2010-03-25T16:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/1 "2010-03-25T16:28:57Z")
Unsurprisingly, octomom Nadya Suleman is out of money, and needs $450k to pay off her mortgage or faces foreclosure. She’s [reportedly](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJDP0gW9Q0mq7QwCipqqFlSHMs5gD9ELMOSO0) turned down a $450k offer to make a “tasteful” porn video, but will be accepting $5k plus a month’s supply of veggie burgers from PETA to put a sign on her lawn saying “Don’t Let Your Dog or Cat Become an Octomom. Always Spay or Neuter”. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/2 "2010-03-25T16:33:31Z")
lol @ tasteful porn “8 people came out, now 8 go back in!” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/3 "2010-03-25T16:35:42Z")
So she turned down an offer that would have eliminated her debt, but she accepted one that would give her 1/9th of what she needs 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/4 "2010-03-25T16:38:20Z")
> [@detop](#): > > So she turned down an offer that would have eliminated her debt, but she accepted one that would give her 1/9th of what she needs 😕😕😕 Well, 1/90th, actually. On the cash side, of course. If that month’s supply of veggie burgers is for her _and_ her family, that’s probably another $30,000 worth right there. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/5 "2010-03-25T16:44:04Z")
Nothing tells her children they’re unwanted better than that sign on her lawn. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/6 "2010-03-25T16:57:25Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Unsurprisingly, octomom Nadya Suleman is out of money, and needs $450k to pay off her mortgage or faces foreclosure. She’s [reportedly](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJDP0gW9Q0mq7QwCipqqFlSHMs5gD9ELMOSO0) turned down a $450k offer to make a “tasteful” porn video… That’s one where the “money shots” are onto a doily. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/7 "2010-03-25T17:19:51Z")
Eh. I’m not going to get up in arms about a mother not wanting to be in a porn film, even if it would pay off her house. Isn’t she like, one semester away from a Master’s degree or something? Yeah, no judgments about passing on the porn, Nadya. And the PETA thing is funny and cute, who cares? She’s openly said that while she doesn’t regret her children at all and loves them all now that she has them, but if she could go back, she’d do things differently. Further, maybe she is a big supporter of spaying and neutering pets, thinks the campaign is funny, and can get some free grub out of it. What’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/8 "2010-03-25T17:35:05Z")
Octomom won’t do tentacle porn? ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/9 "2010-03-25T18:02:20Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > lol @ tasteful porn That depends on what you like to taste. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/10 "2010-03-25T18:04:02Z")
I can’t wait for the reality show special twenty years from now. The Gosselin kids versus the Octo brats. Cage match. Two litter enters, one litter leaves. Though honestly I thought she was going to do PETA porn. You know, where you pose naked and brag about how you don’t wear fur? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/11 "2010-03-25T18:13:47Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Though honestly I thought she was going to do PETA porn. You know, where you pose naked and brag about how you don’t wear fur? It’s sad, you really thought she was going to be able to have the willpower to turn down money from such a sleazy place, that gets so much of its media attention from showing naked women. But, in the end, she couldn’t turn down PETA’s money. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/12 "2010-03-25T18:19:07Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > The Gosselin kids versus the Octo brats. Cage match. Two litter enters, one litter leaves. The Table for Twelve kids need to be on Octo’s side to even things up then they can fight amongst themselves if they win. Fair’s fair. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/13 "2010-03-25T18:19:51Z")
Good point. Where do the Duggars fit in, though? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/14 "2010-03-25T18:26:28Z")
She’s clearly taken to heart the advice to ‘when given the choice between two evils, always choose the greater’. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/15 "2010-03-25T18:30:08Z")
So is PETA advising young fertile women to get hysterectomies or for pet owners not to artificially inseminate their pets? Cuz anything else has got stretch marks all over it. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/16 "2010-03-25T20:01:16Z")
I could see turning down PETA’s money on principle, because I think they’re a bunch of loonies. On the other hand, I can get behind this particular message. So I call it a wash. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/17 "2010-03-25T20:12:56Z")
PETA’s really redeemed themselves from that sea kitten thing, no? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/18 "2010-03-25T20:47:57Z")
balloon mortgages, in vitro after having 6 kids, this family is just full of good ideas. do they also rent furniture, play the lotto, and drive leased cars? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/19 "2010-03-25T21:21:04Z")
OK, PETA, in general, is a bunch of raving loonies (it’s the ASPCA that are the sane ones), but this specific case isn’t objectionable at all. Five grand and her (very large) family fed for a month, just to put a sign in her yard that pokes a little bit of fun at her and makes a good point? Of course she didn’t pass that up, she’d be a fool to do so. Now, if that’s the _only_ source of support she has or is pursuing, that’d be a bit foolish, but I don’t see any indication of that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762/20 "2010-03-25T21:59:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Octomom turns down porn, accepts PETA Hell gapes for her. Damn PETA. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octomom-turns-down-porn-accepts-peta/533762.md?page=2)