The mother of the late Anna Nicole Smith predicted that the fight over her granddaughter would get “ugly,” while dismissing Anna Nicole’s rags-to-riches self-portrayal as mere myth-making.
In an interview on Good Morning America, a disconsolate, almost disgusted Virgie Arthur described Anna Nicole as “wild and crazy,” and reiterated that she’d warned her daughter to stop using drugs.
She added that she “really sincerely” worries about five-month-old Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, and wants her to be with her father.
Of course, it’s unclear if that is Howard K. Stern or Larry Birkhead. Hence why Arthur, when asked about the pending paternity battle, said: “Oh yeah, it’ll get ugly.”
Oddly – and almost unprompted – Arthur also took the opportunity to debunk the myth that Anna Nicole’s rise to fame was a classic rags-to-riches tale.
“Why do you tell people stuff like that?” Arthur said she asked Anna Nicole. “I’ll do whatever it takes,” replied Anna Nicole. “If my name’s out there, I make money.”
It’s sad, but true. In many ways, Anna was just like Kim Kardashian and a handful of other pseudo celebrities. Famous just for being famous.