Poor Octomom. We almost feel sorry for her.

The north Orange County resident is reportedly close to being evicted for lack of cash. Her desperate attempt at making some dough -- semi-nude photos for a European magazine -- was almost as much of a flop as her stretch marks.

And now what started out a few years ago as a near half-million-dollar pursuit of Nadya Suleman's bedroom talents by porn-maker Vivid Entertainment has turned into an insult:

The L.A.-based company how says it will offer her only $100,000 for three hardcore scenes, a Vivid representative confirmed to the Weekly last night.

Now, first of all, after seeing those pics of her half-naked, you'd have to pay us to view Ms. Suleman doing anything remotely "hardcore."

But watching the offer go from nearly a half-mil (at the time it was enough to help her buy the La Habra house Suleman lives in) to non-nude work in the Vivid offices to 100k for some hardcore is to witness near-cruelty.

We have made fun of Vivid's pursuits, saying previously that the world's largest adult video company was acting like a pimp after a girl who just got off the bus or a drug dealer after a woman who just started using crack.

Well?

Vivid chief Steven Hirsch said Suleman's "market value has diminished."

Props, at least, to Octomom for not crossing that line.

It's a slippery slope from three hardcore scenes to Octogangbang Vol. 21. Let's hope for everyone's sake -- the children, Suleman herself and last, but not least, the potential viewers' eyeballs -- that she never goes there.

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