Anna Nicole

[ceebeegee]

So, as Alex posted, Anna Nicole Smith has died. I've always been sort of a closet admirer of hers--she was flippin' beautiful when she was modeling in the early '90s, just this big gorgeous woman. And she obviously adored her son. I've found her pretty harmless--yeah, she didn't seem too intelligent but she seemed to have a good heart. One thing that really irked me was how much criticism she got for marrying this much older rich guy--as if, by definition, her motives were suspect. For one thing she refused to marry him until she'd established her modeling career--they met when she was still a stripper and he was all over her but she held off until later on, so that says she has integrity to me. And why is marrying for money so reviled , and yet it's fine and dandy for a guy to marry a woman 60+ years younger? Marrying for sex/trophy wife or for money (I don't really approve of either)--either way it ain't love and certainly his motives should've been as suspect as hers. I personally don't care why they married but the double standard pisses me off.

Bless her heart. She's had a horrible year and I wouldn't be at all surprised if this turned out to be suicide. I hope she's at peace.

Comments

[neoscribe.livejournal.com]

If she did love her husband, then maybe they are together again. And maybe she's with her son too.
Sorry. Closet romantic just trying to still believe in happy endings.

[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call it a double standard because men who marry wealthy older women also see their motives suspect while older women with much younger husbands generally do not.

[wonderpanther.livejournal.com]

The reason the marriage and age difference were shocking to me was because he was 89, not because he was older. I never doubted that she had feelings for him. I remember she explained that he was always nice to her when she danced. It was just a little icky for me to imagine them together physically.