Virgie Arthur Isn’t Giving Up
Virgie Arthur, the mother of Anna Nicole Smith, is not backing down. In an exclusive interview with INSIDE EDITION, she spoke for the first time about her long and hard fight to have a role in raising baby Dannielynn.
“Dannielynn needs both families for her to grow up and understand what has happened in her life,” Virgie said.
And there’s something she wants Dannielynn’s father, Larry Birkhead to know. “I’m just grandma,” she said. “I’m not trying to take anything away from you. You’re her dad.”
Early on in the battle to determine who was Dannielynn’s father, Virgie and Birkhead displayed a unified front. But now, Virgie says she and Birkhead are estranged and even worse, from her point of view, is that one-time rivals Howard K. Stern and Birkhead have formed an alliance. Virgie even said she thinks that Stern is trying to block her out of Dannielynn’s life.
While Birkhead has become a public and media darling, Virgie has been portrayed as the evil, money-grubbing mom, and was even booed at Anna Nicole’s funeral.
Asked about the public perception of her as the “bad guy,” Virgie said, “People only see what’s shown to them,” adding, “I don’t have to have the public. I would like to have the public but I don’t have to have them to do what is right.”
Responding to accusations that her real motive in pursuing the court case is to one day take a piece of Dannielynn’s inheritance, Virgie said, “I don’t have any money and I don’t want any money. Money makes people evil.”
Virgie was finally able to hold her granddaughter two weeks ago in her lawyer’s office. Birkhead was there as was Howard K. Stern.
Virgie said she kissed Dannielynn “all over her mouth.” “Then I gave her neck sugars and she started laughing,” Virgie said.
Virgie says she holds no ill will toward Birkhead. In fact, she says she hopes her family and his can come together for the good of little Dannielynn.
“He’ll still be a part of my family whether he likes it or not,” she said with a chuckle.
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Thanks for the ping to that post - good interview with Virgie I think - finally!