The Plot Thickens
Ok... so we all know that I was fascinated by the weirdness that was Anna Nicole Smith. And the latest developments are certainly peculiar. Especially considering the arguments over who her "Baby Daddy" is. And the continuing litigation against her by the family of her ex-husband. And the recent death of her son.
Let's face it, the woman was a train-wreck in life. But in death, she's become even weirder.
Today, I was sitting in the sports office, when one of our producers wandered in to see us. "By the way," Adam said, "I thought you should know that Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says he's the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby."
We laughed, thinking he was joking. He wasn't.
And that's not the weird part. The weird part comes when you read more about Prince Frederick Von Anhalt.
Abridged from the Associated Press wire report:
Von Anhalt, who is Gabor's eighth husband, said he and Smith met in the 1990s when Smith was still married to elderly oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. He said Smith approached him and Gabor at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
"She was a very big fan of Zsa Zsa and wanted to be like Zsa Zsa," he said. "She wanted to be a princess."
He said the two started an affair soon after, meeting over the years in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. For much of that time, he said, Smith urged him to make her a princess like his wife.
But short of divorcing the actress, he said the only solution would have been adopting Smith. Von Anhalt said he did consider that and even filled out adoption papers, but Gabor refused to sign them.
Von Anhalt's royal credentials have been the cause of speculation over the years. According to stories in the British press, he was born Robert Lichtenberg, the son of a German policeman, and bought his title after being adopted as an adult by a bankrupt daughter-in-law of the last kaiser.
Seriously? Can this get any weirder?
My co-worker Randy says that the whole situation is kind of like a "Mad Libs" story. You know... you name a couple nouns, verbs, places and celebrities, and the end result is just about as bizarre as this whole Anna Nicole Smith saga.
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Let's face it, the woman was a train-wreck in life. But in death, she's become even weirder.
Today, I was sitting in the sports office, when one of our producers wandered in to see us. "By the way," Adam said, "I thought you should know that Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says he's the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby."
We laughed, thinking he was joking. He wasn't.
And that's not the weird part. The weird part comes when you read more about Prince Frederick Von Anhalt.
Abridged from the Associated Press wire report:
Von Anhalt, who is Gabor's eighth husband, said he and Smith met in the 1990s when Smith was still married to elderly oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. He said Smith approached him and Gabor at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
"She was a very big fan of Zsa Zsa and wanted to be like Zsa Zsa," he said. "She wanted to be a princess."
He said the two started an affair soon after, meeting over the years in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. For much of that time, he said, Smith urged him to make her a princess like his wife.
But short of divorcing the actress, he said the only solution would have been adopting Smith. Von Anhalt said he did consider that and even filled out adoption papers, but Gabor refused to sign them.
Von Anhalt's royal credentials have been the cause of speculation over the years. According to stories in the British press, he was born Robert Lichtenberg, the son of a German policeman, and bought his title after being adopted as an adult by a bankrupt daughter-in-law of the last kaiser.
Seriously? Can this get any weirder?
My co-worker Randy says that the whole situation is kind of like a "Mad Libs" story. You know... you name a couple nouns, verbs, places and celebrities, and the end result is just about as bizarre as this whole Anna Nicole Smith saga.
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