Becoming A Media Sensation
Once she gave birth to 8 babies, she was already a media sensation. There were websites, TV channels, and newspapers that were eager to report on the latest news about her and her babies. She became so infamous that some didn’t even know her real name, and she started to be called Octomom nonstop. She decided to hire a PR rep that would help advise her on how to spread the story without losing control of her narrative. That was more challenging than they thought.
Becoming A Media Sensation
Her Persona
She was facing constant media attention regardless of she wanted it or not. People speculated that she wanted the attention and had even had 14 kids in order to become famous. After she gave birth, the controversy shifted to what many then saw as a person who was wasting taxpayer dollars, a symbol of irresponsibility, and also a symbol of everything wrong with modern American society. She started to receive threats.
Her Persona