Birkhead Is Dannielynn's Father, finally.. Options

[voguelove]

According to DNA test results revealed Tuesday, Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's 7-month-old daughter Dannielynn.

"I hate to be the one who told you this, but: I told you so," Birkhead, 34, said during a press conference outside the Bahamas courthouse. "I'm the father."

"Thank you for your support. Thank you for the people who got me this far," he said, choking up. "Thank you very much. My baby's gonna be coming home pretty soon." Asked about when he would take Dannielynn home, he said, "Things are moving quickly here, and we'll see what happens."

Birkhead's attorney, Emrick Knowles, then told reporters, "We'll be back in court on Friday in the afternoon. We've got some other issues to deal with." He would not comment on specifics, but did say: "[The judge] hasn't made any ruling about custody yet."

Howard K. Stern, who was listed as the father on the baby's birth certificate, gave Birkhead a hug outside the courthouse. "We're gonna do what we can to make sure that the best interests of Dannielynn are carried out," said Stern. "And I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure that he gets sole custody."

Asked if he'd allow Birkhead to see Dannielynn right away, Stern said, "Larry can come over to the house and spend as much time with her as he wants to right now."

Anna Nicole's mother, Virgie Arthur, said after that hearing that she expects to be part of the baby's life. "I'm happy that Dannielynn will know who her real father is," said Arthur. "I look forward to working with Larry raising my granddaughter.

As for Prince Frederic Von Anhalt, who also once claimed to be the baby's father, his reps issued a statement to TMZ Tuesday. "We never intended to take Dannielynn from anyone, we were just here in case Prince Von Anhalt was the father. We wish Larry luck in raising Dannielynn and we wish him the best."

Birkhead had submitted his own DNA for testing, and Dannielynn's was tested on March 21 following a recommendation by a Bahamas Supreme Court Judge. Howard K. Stern, Smith's companion who is named as Dannielynn's father on her birth certificate, did not undergo DNA testing.

Dannielynn was born in the Bahamas on Sept. 7, three days before Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, died while visiting his mother in a Nassau hospital.

The baby, whose full name is Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, stands to inherit millions from the estate of Smith's late husband, Texas oil baron J. Howard Marshall II, who died in 1995. Smith, who died on Feb. 8 in Hollywood, Fla., of an accidental drug overdose, had been battling his family over the estimated $500 million fortune.

After the DNA test was performed, Stern filed a legal bid to block the release of the results, but withdrew the appeal after it appeared that it would be rejected by the court.

Last month Birkhead said he was so confident he was Dannielynn's father, he was getting his home ready for her. "I've been putting a nursery together," he said outside a paternity hearing in Los Angeles.

Stern allowed Birkhead to meet the baby in the Bahamas last month, an experience Birkhead called "one of the greatest things in my life."

haha, howard k stern must feel like a dumbass.

[michellerrific]

Anna Nicole's mother, Virgie Arthur, said after that hearing that she expects to be part of the baby's life. "I'm happy that Dannielynn will know who her real father is," said Arthur. "I look forward to working with Larry raising my granddaughter.

What a lie. They despise each other.


Well in the first place, it was kind of obvious Larry was the dad. Because Howard tried to stop the DNA test from being taken. Which means he was hiding something.

haha, howard k stern must feel like a dumbass.

[technicolour]

GOOD.

I despised that damn Stern guy. I will bet my whole bank account that he's the one that killed ANS. Not physically, but just dooping her into all those drugs and schmooze. Hell, he probably did the same for Daniel.


God.


At least this settles that one rumor that the baby's father was Daniel. (Weird incent people. So gross).

[HakunaMatata]

Oh, Michelle, you've begun with the picture posting, too?

I used to quite the celebrity follower, but this storyline never caught on for me.

[jennaaa]

Finally. Geeze, took long enough.

At least Stern and Birkhead are going working out things with each other now.

[*My Cinderella.*]

Thank God they finally put that thing to rest. I was about to just come out and say, "I'M THE FATHER OF DANNIELYNN!" Man, Howard got pwned.

[*WHIMSICAL 0NE*]

Finally reporters can get back to reporting real news.

[breakingdawn]

I knew it was Larry. Dannielynn looks a lot like him.

[Amay]

It was obvious.
Dannielynn is so adorable.

[*Duchess of Dork*]

Bleh, leave the damn kid alone already.

Finally reporters can get back to reporting real news.

Oh m'dear, that will never happen. After the ANS stories have subsided and the bald, blue-eyed Britney news has faded, we'll be back to the suffering Brangelina and the 'will Katie every break free of Tom?!!" breaking news.

And of course, look out for that made-for-tv Anna Nicole Smith bio-pic, I'm sure it's right around the corner.

Off topic, but did you hear that Johnny Cash's home burned down.