Larry Birkhead says he’s no press whore.
In fact, he tells Radar, it’s his former attorney Debra Opri who has tried to strong-arm him into paying an alleged $620,000 debt to her by appearing on an “Oprah-like” show with her and his daughter Dannielynn.
“She won’t be happy until I’m sitting on the couch with Oprah and my daughter saying I owe her everything,” Birkhead says in an exclusive to Radar. “We’ll just go take it to court and see who wins.”
The bio-dad of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s baby insists he spent thousands in mediation trying to work out a settlement with Opri but that the negotiations came down to him declaring publicly that he owed her everything, including the custody of his daughter. “My child is very healthy and happy, no thanks to her. My DNA tests were ordered into the Bahamas, and she still wants to take all the credit for it.”
Opri calls the claim a “ridiculous Larry Birkhead ploy” and denies that she ever tried to get Birkhead to appear on a talk show with Dannielynn. She accuses him of violating the confidentiality of a mediation. “He and his attorney want to make a circus out of this,” says Opri, whose original payment deal with Birkhead was based on him being paid for media agreements. On the flip side, Birkhead has filed against her with the Bar Association, saying she’s leaked info on his case. Both have spoken to the press to accuse each other of, well, seeking press (often while simultaneously claiming that they try and avoid the press, as both parties have claimed to Radar).
“I lost a lot of time when I didn’t have my child. My first job is to be a father,” Birkhead tells Radar. Reports of his pending daddy-and-me reality show are overblown, he adds, adding that he’s committed to nothing. “I turned down rappin’ with the stars [Celebrity Rap Challenge] and some of these things they approached me with,” including a slasher flick script, he says, in which “maybe someone would like to have me killed in the first minute or two.”
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/10/larry-birkhead-says-hes-no.php
Larry Birkhead says he’s no press whore. Had to laugh on that one..
Seems like Birkhead can't tell the truth! I'm wondering if he and HKS would know the truth if it bit them on the rump.
Opri was visibly “very cautious” when she publically announced she was off the case. Larry...well he had a different attitude...I don’t need anyone...I have Howard.
Virgie was ABSOLUTELY right....someone has to look after a person like Larry who just might be extravagant and wasteful with "Dannielynn's Money".
And Howard is getting a cut on it besides. Ain't they special! Kind of a strange relationship...maybe the "involvement" story is true. It sure seems it could be right now.
I know all three will get nailed in the end...Howard, KE and Larry. Yes, I think Larry was a "sperm donor". I think there were all kinds of insurance policies. I think Howard robbed Anna blind. I think Rale is a liar. And KE knew exactly what she was doing when she ordered the Chloral Hydrate IN HOWARD'S NAME...a drug rarely tested for in an autopsy!!
“Reports of his pending daddy-and-me reality show are overblown, he adds, adding that he’s committed to nothing. “I turned down rappin’ with the stars [Celebrity Rap Challenge] and some of these things they approached me with,”
I hope he doesn’t do a reality show. Most of them are so stupid.
I’ve been away from this thread for so long....I really don’t know much of what’s going on. However, I am looking forward to the upcoming hearing in the Bahamas if it ever takes place.