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To think there is something wrong - 11 kids at 23 and wants surrogates to grow the rest

183 replies

OhHolyJesus · 13/02/2021 10:54

I don't really have the words for this so will just link to this story:

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/young-mum-23-already-11-23488380

OP posts:
JackieWeaverhastheauthority · 13/02/2021 11:55

The article quotes her as saying that people think she has an army of nannies while she swans about but that she does spend all her time with the babies. It doesn't deny having nannies, just that she also looks after them. Mirror journalism at its finest.

But yeah, Father is creepy AF to have adult children and a young tight wife to harvest eggs from.

Standrewsschool · 13/02/2021 11:56

That is so wrong. How can she look after all the children? In the photo, she looks like his daughter, not wife.

Binglebong · 13/02/2021 11:58

One surrogate had trouble giving up the baby but legally had no rights and had to hand it over.

My god, I don't have the words.

So many suffering here. The natural daughter who will suddenly get far less attention. The babies who will get 1/11 of the attention they should, bare needs the maximum. The older children of him who will be questioning everything. And the poor poor women who are being used as broad mares.

HelloThereMeHearties · 13/02/2021 12:02

That's a mental health issue, right there.

OhHolyJesus · 13/02/2021 12:02

@Cocomarine yes he is pretty sick too, though I got the impression she was driving this, though that could be more about how the article presents her more than him, or how I read it. Of course they agree this as a couple and tbh I have concerns for them both. He has the money to fund this,both have some kind of obsession but it's not like the Radfords, I don't know, I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's his age and her youth, maybe she is being coerced?

I just feel deeply sorry for the surrogate mothers and the babies. I don't think it's a healthy environment for children, any children really, but especially ones who are being bought like handbags.

I will ask for the title to be edited.

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LST · 13/02/2021 12:09

@Iqqq

I don't understand the problem?
You're joking surely?
AStudyinPink · 13/02/2021 12:10

Tragic.

RachelGreep87 · 13/02/2021 12:24

"She was the kind of wife I always wanted for myself, an uncut diamond"

Not really sure what he meant by this but it doesn't sound great.

oakleaffy · 13/02/2021 12:26

Grotesque and extremely arrogant.
A form of addiction?
Like those awful animal hoarders.

Our dad came from a big family of seven, and said it was hard.
A person o know is from a family of eleven children and they hated it.
It is usually “
Baby Addiction “ that fuels it.

The woman loves babies.

But a houseful of teenagers is another matter entirely.
The Woman in article is only thinking of herself.

oakleaffy · 13/02/2021 12:28

@RachelGreep87

"She was the kind of wife I always wanted for myself, an uncut diamond"

Not really sure what he meant by this but it doesn't sound great.

I took it to mean he wanted a naive and easily controlled woman he can cleave to his desired shape.

Horrid.

Ginfordinner · 13/02/2021 12:30

When I was a child I used to collect costume dolls. They are collecting babies in pretty much the same way.

It is utterly bizarre.

EvilPea · 13/02/2021 12:31

Imagine what good their money could do? Instead of keep churning out babies into the planet.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 13/02/2021 12:31

So much wrong with it.
Baby farming is wrong.

WhereDoMyBluebirdsFly · 13/02/2021 12:38

@RachelGreep87

"She was the kind of wife I always wanted for myself, an uncut diamond"

Not really sure what he meant by this but it doesn't sound great.

Yes, that's a backhanded compliment and a half isn't it?
sonjadog · 13/02/2021 12:41

She will have lots of nannies to help bring them up. She is not doing it alone.

Worried830410 · 13/02/2021 12:41

She must be a really damaged or disturbed person. Warped actually. Which 23 year old would even think about having many kids let alone just one.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 13/02/2021 12:42

What happens to her and the kids when he gets bored and wants a new (younger) wife?
How can she do that to her oldest child, (who is the only one not linked to the husband or his millions)

Tootshoots · 13/02/2021 12:42

@murbblurb

she has an instagram profile. That tells you all you need to know.

he's a sugar daddy, she has a meal ticket and can spend lots of time playing with babies - adult bargain. (ref Anna Nicole Smith) I've no idea about the divorce laws in Georgia so I hope she has a plan when she gets wrinkles.

Can you link her Instagram? I cant find it
TheSockMonster · 13/02/2021 12:43

What about this helpful observation in the comments...

Maybe being a surrogate is a good option for some women if they otherwise might be forced into being a sex worker to earn the same amount of money - just a thought.

Where do you start explaining the wrong in that?

OhHolyJesus · 13/02/2021 12:43

The headline should really be 'millionaire couple rent wombs from vulnerable women so older millionaire man can have his 23 year old wife still has a young, pre-babies body for his own enjoyment'.

Yes! I did try to think of a good title for this thread but couldn't fit that on!

(I agree that this is not just about the woman and have asked the title to be amended.)

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DumplingsAndStew · 13/02/2021 12:43

www.instagram.com/p/CFxIwxbpsUr/

Here is where she introduces all of the nannies - "assistants" - and the role they play.

Clarich007 · 13/02/2021 12:48

Barmy, absolutely barking mad.Those poor kids

KittensTeaAndCake · 13/02/2021 12:52

@EvilPea

Imagine what good their money could do? Instead of keep churning out babies into the planet.

Indeed.
They could've adopted loads of kids and given them a nice life.
Such a strange setup, poor kids Sad

lljkk · 13/02/2021 12:54

Er, is this the same Galip Öztürk ?
Tried for murder?
er...

<a class="break-all" href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=tr&u=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/galip-ozturk-turkiyedeki-sirketlerin-icini-bosaltmis-515302&prev=search&pto=aue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Same guy is in this picture; looks like the same guy. Fugitive from Russia.
But different man in picture on the seemingly linked Twitter account...

wtaf.

VestaTilley · 13/02/2021 12:55

YANBU. It’s sickening. Surrogacy should be illegal around the world.

Babies aren’t a product to buy like beans on a supermarket shelf, and their mothers (yes, the women who carry them) should not be exploited this way or separated from their children. It’s a commodification of motherhood and trafficking of children.

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