The father of the late Anna Nicole Smith‘s daughter, Larry Birkhead, has some strong opinions on a new Netflix documentary about the star.
Birkhead declined to participate in the documentary on behalf of himself and his daughter, Dannielynn, 16, and spoke out about the decision in a statement to Entertainment Tonight.
“We declined to participate as I did not want my daughter in an overwhelmingly poorly reviewed cesspool of a project about her Mother, where some people were allowed to invent things and rewrite history,” he explained.
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He continued, “I am looking forward to a true definitive Anna Nicole project where her truth can be heard from her own perspective and by those that truly knew her the best and not just another ‘wash, rinse and repeat’ Anna Nicole project. Anna truly deserved better, and that day will come.”
The documentary, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me, was directed by Ursula Macfarlane and is now streaming on Netflix.
The film is a “humanizing examination of the life, death, and secrets of Vickie Lynn Hogan – better known as model and actress Anna Nicole Smith. From her first appearance in Playboy in 1992, Anna Nicole’s dizzying ascent was the very essence of the American dream, brought to a tragic halt with her untimely passing in 2007,” according to Netflix, per ET.
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Smith died at age 39 in Florida after she was found unresponsive at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Her death was subsequently ruled an accidental overdose due to a lethal combination of prescription drugs.
However, her daughter Dannielynn, who is her only surviving child since her son, Daniel, passed away at age 20 in 2006, has continued to keep her mother’s memory alive.
In early May, she wore a special shirt to the 2023 Kentucky Derby Eve Gala.
The spitting image of her mother, Dannielynn’s shirt featured photos from some of her mother’s most iconic photoshoots.