What is Larry Birkhead's occupation? Anna Nicole Smith's ex and their daughter Dannielynn reside conveniently off his salary.

Allison Cacich - Author

The Jan. 17 episode of Lifetime’s new limited series Hopelessly in Love, shines a spotlight at the ordinary dating between Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead, who fathered a child with the former Playboy Playmate shortly earlier than her death in 2007.

Details concerning the duo’s romance surfaced all the way through a contentious paternity combat over Anna’s then 5-month-old baby girl, Dannielynn, who was later proven to be Larry’s organic daughter.

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Though he’s given a handful of interviews since gaining custody of Dannielynn, there are still a lot of questions surrounding Larry’s two-year affair with Anna and his life now, together with how he makes his cash.

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What is Larry Birkhead’s occupation?

The 46-year-old worked for a very long time as a superstar photographer, which is how he first crossed paths with Anna. Nowadays, Larry nonetheless has his images occupation minus the fame side.

He lives in rural Kentucky with 13-year-old Dannielynn, who makes one public look a year on the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Gala, which is the development the place her parents met in 2004. Larry additionally dabbles in real property, however is mainly all in favour of offering a normal existence for his daughter.

"She loves school. She loves her friends. I just hope that she dreams big and accomplishes a lot," the proud dad told Inside Edition back in 2017. But he's also very protective of his simplest kid.

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"I communicate if people ask, I send pictures, I try to keep people updated [on Dannielynn], but there are some people that Anna didn’t even really know that went out and wrote books about her," he prior to now revealed on Wendy Williams. "You’ve got to keep your guard up… You don’t know who’s genuine and who’s not."

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In an interview about Hopelessly in Love, Larry mentioned the docuseries supplied an opportunity for him to tell his and Anna’s tale in the best way he at all times sought after. "We went back through the vaults and of all the tapes and archives... you'll see when sparks flew and you'll also hear about when dishes flew…" he defined on GMA.

"You'll also hear Anna for the first time, publicly acknowledge that we were in a relationship because I didn't get that… I was always behind the scenes so it was important for me," he added.

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What was Anna Nicole Smith’s internet worth on the time of her loss of life?

The centerfold used to be reportedly worth $5 million when she died of a drug overdose in a Florida lodge room. It’s unclear how much of that cash went to Dannielynn (Anna’s best other child, son Daniel, died a number of months ahead of she did), but Larry as soon as clarified that they are living off his wage.

The Louisville native recalled observing a YouTube video with Dannielynn that named her as some of the 10 richest youngsters in America. "Then she wanted to go to the mall. And I’m like, 'No, it’s not that. Trust me, it’s not that,'" he told Inside Edition. 

And in spite of a variety of offers, Dannielynn isn’t making her personal cash but. "I’ve had companies call me since [she appeared in a Guess campaign] and ask for her to model, and that answer’s no," he shared on 20/20 a couple of years in the past. "She doesn’t show any interest in it. She wants to be a kid."

Larry and Anna’s Hopelessly in Love episode airs Friday, Jan. 17 at Nine p.m. ET on Lifetime.

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