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Déjà Vu? Larry Birkhead Buys More Fame With Daughter Dannielynn
SO LARRY BIRKHEAD CONFIRMS RUMORS ABOUT FILMING HIS OWN REALITY SHOW set to premiere on E! in 2009. The show will focus on his life as a courageous single dad, strong businessman, and inspirational home-school teacher to his 18-year-old nephew Justin.
Birkhead won Anna Nicole Smith’s golden baby in the 2007 “Celebrity Maury” scandal and was lucky enough to be painted the underdog amidst a cartoonish cast of paternity possibilities. The conniving lawyer/lover/dealer Howard K. Stern, the giant token body guard, and Zsa Zsa Gabor’s big, wacky, yelling, German husband carried on like characters on a celeb-reality dating show before Birkhead ultimately claimed his prize.
Larry’s career as a paparazzo, shameless affection for Access Hollywood interviews, and carefully frosted tips should have all been warning signs.
The rest of the Anna Nicole circus has slowly shuffled back into the woodwork (read: trailer parks of America), but Birkhead has spent the last year and a half attempting to spin his accidental “baby daddy” image into that of an inspirational Danny Tanner story.
He’s finally ready to move out of the deceased Smith’s house to a “child-friendly” residence where he can live peacefully and thrust his unassuming daughter-cum-meal ticket into the spotlight like her mother.
If not likeable, I can at least say he’s persistent. When life gave Larry lemons, he made lemonade. So what if his ex-lover killed herself on a pill binge during an unfulfilling life in the spotlight? He gets another shot at fame with daughter Dannielynn.
Benjamin Bradshaw B. is a fashion merchandising student who blogs at CrabbyGoLightly.com on culture, ads, and corporate monsters. You can reach him at Myspace.com/taterzz.com.
Posted November 3, 2008
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