Is there a reason you are so suspicious of Larry Birkhead? Or are you just a really big Ashley Judd fan? Just curious after reading your posts....
Perhaps I should explain myself. I don't dislike either one, but I do like to look at Everyone involved, not just the acknowledged 'villians'.
Less than 72 hours since the paternity announcement, it's finally revealed Birkhead has inked deals for approx $1.6Mil--and we learn, one of the deals was negotiated some time ago, contingent on parenthood. The media seems to gloss over this windfall as long as they're talking about Birkhead - it's in a positive light - but it's a different story when they associate any windfall with others, especially with Virgie. I find that curious.
the revelation of these deals, plus the previous lawsuit against another 'marilyn' 6 years ago, makes my ears perk up.
During the body-custody hearing Birkhead was the-poor-concerned-boyfriend, the good-guy, the laid-back nice guy, but there was a glimmer of something else. Anna shouldn't have custody, I should, because she was a drug addict, said Birkhead in his lawsuit in 2006. If virgie wants custody as a grandparent, Birkhead tells us in 2007, maybe he"ll "just get my own parents" involved. Birkhead said he would view shared custody as an "insult" to his ability to parent. Why such a defensive comment? He's joining forces with Stern to fight Virgie, not because Virgie would be a bad guardian, but because it would be a personal insult to his parenting skills? What kind of dumb excuse is that for arguing when the objective should be to get the baby out of Stern's custody by any legal means possible? And, quite frankly, who cares if it's joint custody and why are egos involved?
Does Birkhead not get the picture that in the Bahamas he loses all shots at custody if not for Virgie's involvement? If it were just Stern and Birkhead, Stern would have fought tooth and nail on the 'unmarried partner' and, the 'only family she's ever known' argument, and, remember the 'pyschological father' argument? How can we ever forget? Stern might have come out swinging with tales about Birkhead. But I guess Birkhead forgot already. Did he already lose that battle, we just don't know yet? The most likely outcome of a Stern/Birkhead fight would have been no custody, given the Bahamaian laws.
We watched Stern actively seeking out microphones today, proclaiming he was all for Birkhead to get sole custody - it would 'have happened today' if it was 'up to him' but he 'couldn't control Virgie and her lawyers'. It's clear Stern needs to constantly reassert that he feels he has ultimate control. Has Birkhead even bothered to thank Virgie? Why? What IS the problem? What is going on that we don't yet know about Birkhead and Stern?
Birkheads' original objective with Anna was sole custody, but Virgie isn't Anna and Virgie isn't a drug addict. Why not, instead of focusing on personal ego, why not just focus on stuffing a sock in Stern and getting that baby the hell out of the Bahamas? That is the priority - not ego.
And Birkhead should have already interceeded to allow Virgie and Grandpa time with their granddaughter. Certainly he's well within his rights to take the baby over to the Gibsons or the local Hilton and allow them some quality time with her. What's Stern going to do, after all, that Virgie hasn't already anticipated? Whine? Birkhead apparently not taking the initiative, allows the perception that he's on Stern's level at this point, using the baby as a bargaining chip and may leave him open for that accusation in custody court. It's a move that could be looked at with scrutiny.
And certainly Birkhead could have waited until he returned home, before he started inking deals. His actions have just been plain untimely, IMO.
There's too much going on behind the scenes and there doesn't need to be. Without Virgie's pressure on the Bahamaian court system, Birkhead might very likely still be petitioning for a buccal swab. If custody orders need to be amended in the future, certainly it would be less expensive and less stress on everyone involved to be doing it stateside. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe I'm right. But in the end, Birkhead's previous possibly questionable actions over his 2 years' worth of Anna's drug addiction, and his current behavior towards others, shouldn't escape scrutiny any less than any other player in this drama, just because he's 'pretty' to look at.