Anna Nicole Smith has died

[lizrbit 0]

well they say apples dont fall too far from the tree.

Giving that wretched woman custody of the child would be tragic, she already did this much damage to her own daughter, and now she gets a shot at her granddaughter? Man...

Im also in agreement in that we probably should have a great deal of sympathy for Anna. YES no one has mentioned Post Partum! I suffered GREATLY from it and it DOES screw you up . PLUS...addiction is addiction, we are all addicted to food, her poison was something else. Someone said something about how 'she only existed in front of a camera" and i think they are right. When the cameras are off she is just a human being, like us, like our friends, like our relatives, like our neighbors.

The whole thing is very very sad, and very Monroe 2007ish. DISPITE her job, the absolute tragedy of being in one hospital bed having just given birth to a daughter, while one son dies RIGHT THERE IN THE ROOM would be TOO much for me to want to keep going. I have heard she had a high fever and had been sick for days too. I dont think she took her own life...but i think that its almost merciful. Keep in mind too, that during her grief, she was STILL expected to "smile and wear that revealing gown because you are ANS and your image is everything'. CAN YOU IMAGINE what that would be like?

Her real name was Vicky.

its so very sad.

[chubbola 0]

i too am sorry for anna nicole and her unfortunate broadcasted highs and lows...we are all human, right?

i heard on the Today show this morning that now there's speculation that she was inseminated with her rich dead husband's sperm (the old guy)....

can this get any weirder?

[MissyC 0]

Sometimes I feel I am just not getting it. .

I am just amazing that a deceased nude model with a history of drug addiction sparks so many posts.

[Louisianagirl 0]

MY HEART HURTS FOR ANNA NICOLE EVEN IN HER DEATH

ANNA HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND SCORNED BY THE

PUBLIC..SHE LIVED LIFE JUST AS WE DO, BUT HER LIFE JUST

HAPPEND TO BE EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC...HER MISTAKES

EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC.....HER GRIEF EXPOSED TO THE

PUBLIC..HER PAIN WAS EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC..WE ARE

DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOT MANY KNOW OUR PAIN, MISTAKES,

OR GRIEF NOW I WONDER IF SHE WILL EVEN BE ABLE TO

REST IN DEATH NO BECAUSE IT'S EXPOSED TO THE

PUBLIC...ANNA WAS A BEAUTIFUL LADY BIG OR SMALL SHE

LOVED LIFE AND LIVED IT THE WAY SHE WANTED..BUT I

WONDER IF SHE HAD AN ANGEL TO HELP ENCOURAGE HER

WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH. ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS

WITH KIND WORDS LOVE THEM, LISTEN TO THEM, EMBRACE

THEIR MISTAKES AND HELP THEM NOT TO MAKE THEM AGAIN

I SINCERLY PRAY THAT GOD HAS MERCY ON HER AND ALLOWS ANNA NICOLE TO GET THE REST SHE NEEDS IN HIS ARMS.....

I agree!!!

[Carlene 12]

Sometimes I feel I am just not getting it. .

I am just amazing that a deceased nude model with a history of drug addiction sparks so many posts.

You and me both, Missy. I know it's impolite to speak ill of the dead, but come on. Anna Nicole Smith has done just about everything that can be done for money and maybe I'm just an old-fashioned prude, but where I come from (which isn't too far from where SHE came from), they have a name for girls like that.

[Jimboss 0]

May she rest in peace.............And may the Good Lord watch after her innocent child.

[chubbola 0]

Sometimes I feel I am just not getting it. .

I am just amazing that a deceased nude model with a history of drug addiction sparks so many posts.

death is a sad thing, missy....drug addict or not. i'm sorry you feel this way...

[anonemouse 1]

death is a sad thing, missy....drug addict or not. i'm sorry you feel this way...

Exactly. Anna Nicole was someone who we all knew, in some ways. She was young, had a new daughter, and had to watch her son die in front of her. Former nude model or not, I feel sorry for her. She definitely didn't have a very nice life.

And really, can you blame her for using what she had to try and get ahead? I think I would have tried it too, if I had her mother.

[enterprise01 0]

You and me both, Missy. I know it's impolite to speak ill of the dead, but come on. Anna Nicole Smith has done just about everything that can be done for money and maybe I'm just an old-fashioned prude, but where I come from (which isn't too far from where SHE came from), they have a name for girls like that.

I know 2 people who knew her. One is my ex-boyfriend who worked out at the same gym that she frequented back in the early 90s and the other is a friend of the Marshall family. According to both of them, Anna Nicole Smith was a nice person but not very bright at all. I watched her reality show a couple of times and have to agree with that assessment. I feel sorry for her because I don't think she knew any better than to behave the way she did. Had she been born in a different era, society probably would have shunned her. But with today's change in morals and the influence from Hollywood, she instead became a celebrity. I read one article in which a journalist compared her celebrity to that of Paris Hilton. Both are famous for being famous. He noted that the difference was that with Anna Nicole, he had the urge to scoop her up, protect her, and fix her. He said that Paris Hilton would not prompt that response in anyone. I think his point was that underneath you could see that Anna Nicole was a kind, sweet soul who was a victim of both her environment and her own bad choices. And I think we all should have sympathy for that.

Also, Anna Nicole worked to promote animal rights, and as a fellow animal lover, I have to give her at least an iota of respect for that accomplishment.

[BJean 16]

Yeah when I was growing up people did call girls names for doing anything that showed that they were sexual human beings, but I thought this day and age we women had learned to care about and empathize with other women.

I'm sure you were a single parent some of the time, Carlene, weren't you? Just because you were smart enough not to choose stripping or posing nude for Playboy as a way to make a living for your family, doesn't mean that everyone else is that smart or fortunate.

Anna Nicole didn't even finish high school and yet had a child. The father obviously didn't take his responsibility very seriously and she had to feed herself and her son and put a roof over their heads. I guess since she used her body to make a living we can call her slutty and stupid, but what's the good in us calling her names? Who exactly does that help? Or does it just make us feel superior?

[BJean 16]

As I was busily typing, Enterprise, laurend and chubbola stuck up for Anna. I think they're right and very sweet for having a such generous spirit toward Anna Nicole.

[anonemouse 1]

As I was busily typing, Enterprise, laurend and chubbola stuck up for Anna. I think they're right and very sweet for having a such generous spirit toward Anna Nicole.

I think it was pretty obvious that Anna Nicole wasn't the brightest crayon in the box, but I really think she did the best she could. She supported herself and her son, and I think that judging from the way her mom acts, she didn't have much support and help from that arena. I mean, she could have wound up on welfare and working minimum-wage jobs for the rest of her life, and probably would have worked herself to death. She really did use the assets she had, and I respect her for that. She wanted a better life for herself and her son, and she got it.

[lizrbit 0]

BJean, Right on!

[Carlene 12]

I'm sure you were a single parent some of the time, Carlene, weren't you? Just because you were smart enough not to choose stripping or posing nude for Playboy as a way to make a living for your family, doesn't mean that everyone else is that smart or fortunate.

Yes, I was a single mom for about a year. And no, I didn't pose nude or sell my body to support my children, but not because I was "too smart".

As for mothers, mine would have KILLED me, had I publicly humiliated her by doing an Anna Nicole Smith.

Sorry, everyone, but I have a HUGE problem with women and the "flesh industry". I think all of it - strip clubs, Playboy type mags, porn films, etc - dehumanizes women and reduces them to the status of a commodity. A not very savory commodity, at that.

Edited to add...

When my kids were younger, they had a friend who dated, then married, a "dancer". She is actually a very pleasant young woman who eventually had two children and quit stripping. She became a kindergarten teacher in the same suburban community where she used to work a pole every night. That could give a whole new meaning to "meet the teacher night", if any of her old customers should show up. Anyway, her folks do not know, to this day, that she was once a stripper. I told my daughter that if she ever decided to take off her clothes for a living, she either had to move far away, or wear a mask and assume a stage name so that none of her brothers' friends (or, God forbid, her brothers) would recognize her, should they meet her in a professional capacity.

[susannah 2]

Hi, They also have a name for men that partake in sexual behaviour of that nature, or are we still stuck back in the dark ages?!!.:mad: Unless we are all perfect in every way, sorry I don't think we are in a position to judge to be honest. Susannah