The pendulum of public opinion is constantly swinging when it comes to Larry Birkhead. One minute he’s a commendable single dad who sticks up for his daughter and the next, his intentions are called into question and scandal about his private life erupts.
The last couple weeks have been as volatile as any for Birkhead. He and Entertainment Tonight camera crews took an emotional trip back to the Bahamas together for the first time in nearly a year. (Bonus points went out to Birkhead for getting Dannielynn to call out for her mom on camera.)
That was followed up with a photo spread in OK! magazine, where father and daughter were pictured swimming with dolphins, clad in wetsuits emblazoned with the Atlantis Resort logo. “When it was all over, she was so exhausted that she fell asleep in my arms and I played a game of tickle nose with her. I kiss her on the nose and she just looks up at Daddy and falls asleep,” Birkhead told OK!
It sounds well and good, but when these moments exist in such a public backdrop — one Birkhead is reportedly well compensated for — it begs the question as to how long he’ll keep this gig up, and what his motivation is.
“With a nasty set of rumors and speculation facing him every day, Larry’s constantly looking for a way to prove he’s not the bad guy or the dishonest guy,” said one source close to Birkhead. “Any opportunity that comes along that allows him show publicly that he’s doing the right things for Dannielynn, he does it.”
Look for the next “opportunity” in March, when camera crews will allegedly follow Birkhead and Dannielynn into the recovery room after her upcoming eye surgery. The source added, “He talked about moving the date for the surgery up so that it would coincide with sweeps, but no such luck.”
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The ONLY thing that Larry Birkhead had to do to "prove" he was "top pop" was take Dannielynn home and out of the spot light.. That was it!
Instead he is proving what Dannielynn's mother said about him all along and why she wanted him to have nothing to do with her baby.
"I think he's after money and fame."
But I guess living off the fact that you knocked up Anna Nicole Smith beats actually having to have to get a job. I wish a B-list celebrity would knock me up so I never have to work again either.