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Nadya recently took to Instagram to update fans on the family as her IVF octuplets turn 16 this month.
In addition to her octuplets Noah, Maliyah, Isaiah, Nariyah, Makai, Josiah, Jeremiah and Jonah, Nadya is mother to Elijah, 23, Amerah, 22, Joshua, 21, Aidan, 18, and 17-year-old twins Caleb and Calyssa, all of whom were conceived through IVF.
“Healthy, fit family,” she wrote in an Instagram post, alongside photos of her and her kids spending time in the gym, “staying strong and thriving together.”
The single mother left people outraged when she gave birth to the children, with many wondering how she would provide for them.
In 2012, the backlash only grew when she turned to pornography, stripping, and selling nude photos to support herself and her family.
Nadya has since changed her name to Natalie and shares rare updates of her family with fans these days as she opens up about how public attention became difficult to cope with.
“I was pretending to be a fake, a caricature, which is something I’m not, and I was doing it out of desperation and scarcity so I could provide for my family,” she told the New York Times in 2018. “I’ve been hiding from the real world all my life.”
She admitted her quick rise to fame caused her to suffer from PTSD.
“I would take whatever I could back in the days, and I would let them in,” she said of the influx of reporters that reached out to her at the time.
“I was spiraling down a dark hole. There were no healthy opportunities for Octomom.”
“I was doing what I was told to do and saying what I was told to say,” she continued.
“When you’re pretending to be something you’re not, at least for me, you end up falling on your face.”
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In 2013 Nadya decided to stop sex work and has reflected on the difficult period in her life.
Speaking to Sunday Night reporter Angela Cox in 2020, she said: “I think I was young, dumb, irresponsible, reckless.”
In another interview, she spoke about her past and her regrets at some of the choices she made.
She said: “Some of the things that I have done – of course that I’m ashamed of in the past – was just to put food on the table and just to take care of my family.
“My kids get embarrassed because their friends sometimes will say ‘My mum said your mum’s a stripper’.”
On top of the stress of the public attention, Nadya has suffered physical issues from carrying eight children at one time.
She said: “My back is broken because of the last pregnancy.
“Four out of the five discs in my lumbar spine are ruptured, herniated fully. And I have irreparable sacral damage. And I have peripheral neuropathy.
“I haven’t felt my toes on my foot on the right side for many years, and my fingers are numb all the time every day. The pregnancy caused it all.”
The Traitors fans predict ‘reunion’ for Claudia and fan favourite star after dramatic finale
THE Traitors fans have forecast a telly reunion between host Claudia Winkleman and one fan-favourite star.
It came after surprise BBC One show winners Leanne Quigley and Jake Brown, both 28, walked away with the £94K cash prize in very tense scenes.
In the nail-biting finale, their fellow Faithfuls Francesca Rowan-Plowden, 44, and Alexander Dragonetti, 38, were cut adrift by the duo – and fans now reckon the latter is set for another plum telly role.
After one Traitors viewer demanded “someone get our king Alexander on another show,” he has been tipped to join forces with Claudia, 53, on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Claud fronts the long-running series with Tess Daly, 55, and, with the 21st instalment set to kick off later this year, British diplomat Alexander is a shoo-in with odds of 3-1 to star.
Alex Apati of bookies Ladbrokes said: “He’s undoubtedly one of the most iconic characters we’ve ever seen on The Traitors, and it looks like Alexander could soon be about to take on another huge BBC show in the shape of Strictly Come Dancing.”
If so, he would follow in the sequin-studded pathway of comedian Chris McCausland, who scooped the coveted Glitterball Trophy with professional partner Dianne Buswell last year.
The news will come as a delight for fans of the contestant, who proved a revelation since rejoining the action part way through the series.
One took to X to remark: “Please can we have Alexander pop up in absolutely every show from now on. What a sweet guy.”
Another put: “The ironic thing is, Alexander is WAY MORE personable than Leanne, he’s liked much more than her and he’s much better TV, he’ll likely earn A LOT more than the £40K Leanne won, because he’ll land a high profile media job whereas Leanne likely won’t.”
A third then added: “I swear Alexander is the best thing that could’ve happened to this show.”
One posted: “Love Alexander. It’s giving… next James Bond.”
He has now gained more than 60,000 Instagram followers since joining the show.
Meanwhile, other eagle-eyed Traitors fans have tracked down Alexander’s online dating profile – and gushed “how is he single?”
NEXT STEPS
Alexander lost out on the whopper cash prize at the final Traitors stage.
He was booted out by Frankie, Jake and Leanne after they chased their longstanding view he wasn’t a Faithful.
After rumours of another telly stint reared their head, he remained coy on his next steps and said: “I haven’t really thought about any of the future yet.
How does The Traitors work and who hosts it?
The Traitors first launched in the UK in 2022, after the Dutch format was acquired by the BBC.
Claudia Winkleman is the show’s host, and has now hosted all three series to date.
How does it work?
It is a reality game show that involves 22 contestants, and some of them are chosen to be The Traitors.
The Traitors sees a group of contestants taking part in “the ultimate game of truth and deception”.
The group of contestants are competing for the chance to walk away with a huge cash prize.
While navigating through a series of challenges, the team are also tasked with figuring out who the Traitors are in the group (usually three contestants).
Each night, the Traitors gather to “eliminate” one of the Faithful, removing them from the competition
Meanwhile, the traitors can be “banished” if they’re successfully outed as a traitor by a faithful.
The winners of the show are either the Traitor who remains undetected or the Faithfuls if they successfully eliminate all the Traitors.
The prize sees the winner could get £120K.
“I’m just getting to today was sort of all my energy just doing that. I would love to take any I’d love to sort of be open to any opportunities that come out as I love new things, and so let’s see.”
He added to Metro: “But today is probably not the day to think about it too much.
“I haven’t actually done any of that thinking if I’m honest, but you know, I love doing new things, so let’s see.”
In the meantime, kind-hearted Traitors viewers have been busy donating to Mencap – the charity Alexander would have helped should he have won The Traitors’ top prize.
