Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn Birkhead recently turned 17 and her father Larry wished her a happy birthday through throwback photos of when she was a baby. But he didn’t have newborn photos alongside Dannielynn because he only gained custody of her after Anna died.
Dannielynn was five months old when Anna suddenly died in a Florida hotel. Custody of who would raise the baby came into question because Anna originally said that boyfriend Howard K. Stern was Dannielynn’s father. But Larry insisted he was Dannielynn’s father and a wild court case ensued. Anna and Larry had a romantic fling that lasted for several months. She broke off the relationship but was pregnant.
After several weeks, a DNA test proved that Larry was the father. At that point, Dannielynn was seven months old.
Larry Birkhead was awarded custody of 7-month-old Dannielynn
Despite the court battle,...
Dannielynn was five months old when Anna suddenly died in a Florida hotel. Custody of who would raise the baby came into question because Anna originally said that boyfriend Howard K. Stern was Dannielynn’s father. But Larry insisted he was Dannielynn’s father and a wild court case ensued. Anna and Larry had a romantic fling that lasted for several months. She broke off the relationship but was pregnant.
After several weeks, a DNA test proved that Larry was the father. At that point, Dannielynn was seven months old.
Larry Birkhead was awarded custody of 7-month-old Dannielynn
Despite the court battle,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Scheana Shay is seen breaking down in tears in the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 reunion trailer and her friends, designers Patrik Simpson and Pol Atteu teased that it has something to do with Tom Sandoval.
Apparently, Sandoval says something so “explosive” that they think Shay will never film with Sandoval again.
“One thing Scheana said to us on our podcast is that whatever Tom Sandoval said to her at the reunion she will never tape with him again. It’s explosive,” Simpson revealed on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast.
Scheana Shay and Tom Sandoval were friends before ‘Vanderpump Rules’
Of course, the designers couldn’t reveal what was said. But they shared that the entire cast is grieving. “Think about it. They’re grieving,” Atteu said. “They’re processing it, their thoughts, and their feeling about it. So they’re not trying to milk it. It happened.
Apparently, Sandoval says something so “explosive” that they think Shay will never film with Sandoval again.
“One thing Scheana said to us on our podcast is that whatever Tom Sandoval said to her at the reunion she will never tape with him again. It’s explosive,” Simpson revealed on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast.
Scheana Shay and Tom Sandoval were friends before ‘Vanderpump Rules’
Of course, the designers couldn’t reveal what was said. But they shared that the entire cast is grieving. “Think about it. They’re grieving,” Atteu said. “They’re processing it, their thoughts, and their feeling about it. So they’re not trying to milk it. It happened.
- 5/17/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fashion designers Patrik Simpson and Pol Atteu, who designed Scheana Shay’s wedding dress, said they witnessed Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss from Vanderpump Rules kissing during the wedding weekend.
The couple describes how they witnessed the clandestine liplock between Sandoval and Leviss and insisted that Leviss and Tom Schwartz’s kiss was totally produced. But they also noticed that Leviss was intensely texting “someone,” while at the same time, Sandoval was also busy sending text messages.
Patrik saw Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss kissing
Atteu set the scene, sharing that wedding preparations were in the final hour and that the bridesmaids were in one room and the groomsmen were in another. Everyone was in a celebratory mood. “I’m setting everything up downstairs with Patrik,” he recalled on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast. “I forget a couple of pieces. So I send him upstairs while I’m still there.
The couple describes how they witnessed the clandestine liplock between Sandoval and Leviss and insisted that Leviss and Tom Schwartz’s kiss was totally produced. But they also noticed that Leviss was intensely texting “someone,” while at the same time, Sandoval was also busy sending text messages.
Patrik saw Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss kissing
Atteu set the scene, sharing that wedding preparations were in the final hour and that the bridesmaids were in one room and the groomsmen were in another. Everyone was in a celebratory mood. “I’m setting everything up downstairs with Patrik,” he recalled on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast. “I forget a couple of pieces. So I send him upstairs while I’m still there.
- 5/10/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fashion designers Patrik Simpson and Pol Atteu created Scheana Shay’s gorgeous wedding dress and spilled some Vanderpump Rules tea about what they witnessed while filming.
Simpson and Atteu insisted that there was no way that producers didn’t know that Tom Sandoval was cheating on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with their friend Raquel Leviss. And that production tracked the cast’s every move.
Pol and Patrik think ‘Vanderpump Rules’ producers set up the Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss kiss at the wedding
Simpson said that in retrospect, Vanderpump Rules producers knew about the Scandoval. “But looking back on it, I’m kind of maybe thinking the producers knew about Tom Sandoval,” he said on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast. “They knew about Raquel. And so they set [it up with] Tom Schwartz and the Raquel thing up to throw everybody off the tracks so they could drop the...
Simpson and Atteu insisted that there was no way that producers didn’t know that Tom Sandoval was cheating on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with their friend Raquel Leviss. And that production tracked the cast’s every move.
Pol and Patrik think ‘Vanderpump Rules’ producers set up the Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss kiss at the wedding
Simpson said that in retrospect, Vanderpump Rules producers knew about the Scandoval. “But looking back on it, I’m kind of maybe thinking the producers knew about Tom Sandoval,” he said on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast. “They knew about Raquel. And so they set [it up with] Tom Schwartz and the Raquel thing up to throw everybody off the tracks so they could drop the...
- 5/9/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Anna Nicole Smith turned to Judaism in the months before her death - because the religion's rules gave her comfort as she mourned the loss of her son Daniel.
The model/actress' son died from an accidental drug overdose just days after his baby sister Dannielynn was born in the Bahamas, and the tragedy prompted Smith to seek out religion.
In a new book called Anna Nicole Smith: Portrait Of An Icon, the tragic star's stylist pals Pol Atteu and Patrik Simpson reveal the actress found great comfort in Judaism after her son's death in September 2006.
They even feature photographs of the late star posing in front of a mirror that has been covered in accordance with Jewish mourning rites.
Atteu and Simpson write, "Anna embraced all religions, and followed the Jewish tradition out of respect for (companion) Howard K. Stern by covering all the mirrors in the house because she was in mourning."
It's customary in the Jewish faith to cover all reflective surfaces following a family death, so that all thoughts of vanity are replaced by consideration for the deceased.
The model/actress' son died from an accidental drug overdose just days after his baby sister Dannielynn was born in the Bahamas, and the tragedy prompted Smith to seek out religion.
In a new book called Anna Nicole Smith: Portrait Of An Icon, the tragic star's stylist pals Pol Atteu and Patrik Simpson reveal the actress found great comfort in Judaism after her son's death in September 2006.
They even feature photographs of the late star posing in front of a mirror that has been covered in accordance with Jewish mourning rites.
Atteu and Simpson write, "Anna embraced all religions, and followed the Jewish tradition out of respect for (companion) Howard K. Stern by covering all the mirrors in the house because she was in mourning."
It's customary in the Jewish faith to cover all reflective surfaces following a family death, so that all thoughts of vanity are replaced by consideration for the deceased.
- 4/2/2008
- WENN
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