Brace yourself, this one may be a tad hard to swallow.
Orlando Shaw, the Nashville father of 22 children by 14 different women may now get a reality show due to a NewsChannel5 video that went viral on the internet. He hopes the money will help him pay his child support.
Hopes?
Talk about an extended family. Shaw considers himself a Romeo and boasts of fathering 22 children by 14 women.
“Do the ladies like you?” he’s asked.
“The ladies love me. They don’t like me. They love me,” said Shaw when his story was first told last year.
Nashville’s NewsChannel5 was first to report about Shaw’s appearance in juvenile court for a hearing on back child support. He owed thousands of dollars to the mothers of his children and the state of Tennessee.
Each month, more than $7,500 in social services has been spent on Shaw’s 22 children.
How does he explain so many kids?
“I was just young and ambitious and I love women. Hey, you can’t knock no man for loving a woman,” said Shaw.
NewsChannel5 posted part of the raw interview online and the story went viral. The video was picked up by network news programs around the world.
Juvenile court Magistrate Scott Rosenberg handled the Shaw case and said the interest in Shaw’s case was not surprising.
“Some of these things were so shocking that people had never heard before and didn’t realize these situations exist,” said Rosenberg.
“I’ve had a lot of people from Hollywood calling me,” said Shaw.
In fact, he recently signed a production deal with a prominent Los Angeles agency for a reality show. Any money he does make on the show will be garnished to pay for his children.
Shaw may have more mouths to help feed.
“I’m about to become a grandfather,” he said.
Shaw had his first child at 14, and now his 16-year-old daughter is pregnant. He said he wishes she wasn’t.
“I have babies for her. If she wanted a baby, daddy has plenty for us,” said Shaw.
Shaw said he has vowed not to have any more children.
Check him out below as he answers questions for a news reporter. You can’t deny he’s articulate and even likeable. However, he admits, he is incapable of supporting his children financially.
When asked if he knows all of their names, he swears that he does; however, it he may be a little off on the number of kids he has. Take a look.
Source: EURWeb
