Link: Thought Theater: Anna Nicole Smith Dead at 39.
I'm not quite sure why the world is fascinated with Anna Nicole Smith. Just yesterday, I happened upon "Entertainment Tonight" and saw yet another segment of the ongoing saga of Anna Nicole's latest controversy. I even said to my husband, "How could a news show - albeit an entertainment news show - devote (waste) so much time to a woman who clearly is very troubled AND drugged out in every interview.
As a new mom, I was especially saddened to see Anna Nicole's little baby in the middle of a paternity controversy at such a young age. And having an addict for a mother - not newsworthy, just incredibly sad.
Then my husband - the guy who never watches TV unless I "force" him to watch one of my favorite shows, the guy who knows nothing about celebrity gossip - sends me an email titled "Mortality" and asking me if the woman we saw on TV last night who seemed so drugged out was actually dead or if it was a rumor.
I did a quick search on Google to find that yes, indeed, Anna Nicole Smith was dead.
Why are people so obsessed/fascinated with her? I think she perpetuated the "unwanted" attention from media, fed off of it, and in some convoluted way, her death is just part of her overall view of herself and her life (ala Marilyn Monroe).
I really don't want to devote any more time to this. I just thought it was ironic after the post I wrote yesterday. Here's a woman with celebrity, money, a new family, and she threw it all away. Deep down inside, she was a wounded person, hurting and alone.