Anna Nicole's Ex Plans to Fight for His Baby Daughter
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - The photojournalist claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's newborn daughter insists he'll step up his custody fight if his ex becomes too distraught to bring up their baby following the death of her son.
Smith has refused to name the father of the infant, born three days before her 20-year-old son Daniel died last week, but Larry Birkhead insists he'll take a paternity test if necessary.
And he'll fight to take custody of his daughter if it appears his ex is struggling as a new mother.
He says, "I'll do everything possible to become a part of the child's life and if this is too much for Anna to handle I might have to step in and be both parents.
"I'm worried about her because she lost her son and that is tragic and that's something that I can't make sense of.
"I'm worried also that now that she has experienced such a loss that possibly she can't be the mother that she needs to be... I'm ready, I'm willing, I'm able to take care of a child, to be a father."
Birkhead reveals he met and fell for Smith at the Kentucky Derby in 2004 and they split in May after a series of "common disagreement."
Anna Nicole's Ex Discovered Baby Name Online
Larry Birkhead, the man claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's newborn daughter, is upset he wasn't consulted about the naming of the couple's child.
The photojournalist learned the infant would be named Hannah after reading the latest gossip surrounding his ex on the Internet.
He says, "I saw that the baby's name was Hannah. I think it's a beautiful name; I was just shocked that that's the way I had to find out.
"Everything (else) I've learned, I've had to stay glued to a television. It's kind of not the way it should go down."
Birkhead, who has not been officially acknowledged as the baby's father, admits he's disappointed he wasn't included at the birth on Sept. 8.
He hoped a last-minute phone call from his ex would ask him to jet to the Bahamas to be at her bedside for the labor.
He adds, "I was hopeful down to the wire that the last minute I'd be hopping a plane somewhere and I would get to witness the birth, but it didn't happen."
And now Birkhead fears his ex chose to give birth to her baby in the Bahamas to make it tough for him to seek custody.
He explains, "The reason I was told that she went to the Bahamas was if a baby is born in the Bahamas and a mother is a resident of the Bahamas, I think it would be a little harder for a father who was wanting to participate in the baby's life to be able to do so."
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