Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter Dannielyn Turns 17_ Larry Birkhead Pays Tribute
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00:00 DaniLynn Burkhead is celebrating a new year of life. The daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith
00:05 turned 17 on September 7th, and her dad, Larry Burkhead, commemorated her special day on
00:10 Instagram. He shared a compilation of snapshots and videos from her first 17 years of life,
00:14 showing just how much she'd grown. And he included some early photos of Anna Nicole
00:18 bonding with an infant DaniLynn. Larry captioned his post with a loving birthday tribute to his
00:23 daughter. It read, "Happy 17th birthday DaniLynn! I am so proud of you in each and every way.
00:28 Wishing you the best day ever." The proud papa went on to sing DaniLynn's praises,
00:33 and let her know that Anna Nicole would be happy to see who she's become, writing,
00:37 "You are funny, crazy smart, pretty and just about everything I could ever imagine.
00:41 Your mom would be so proud of you. I sure am. Happy birthday. Love, Dad."
00:45 Larry added, "By the way, when you asked me if you could live in my basement forever,
00:50 I said yes. But I didn't have the heart to tell you there aren't any basements in Florida."
00:54 Fans filled the comment section of Larry's post with love for DaniLynn. One wrote,
00:57 "Happy birthday DaniLynn! She looks so much like her beautiful mama. I just know she's so proud."
01:02 Another chimed in, "Us diehard Anna fans have loved watching DaniLynn grow,
01:06 and Larry being a doting father whilst keeping Anna's legacy alive."
01:10 Larry often shares sweet glimpses into his and DaniLynn's life. In June, he proudly revealed
01:15 that his daughter finished 11th grade and made the honor roll, and would be heading into her
01:19 senior year. Later that month, they celebrated Father's Day by going to a Duran Duran concert
01:23 together. As DaniLynn turned 17, Access Hollywood looks back on when we helped her celebrate her
01:28 10th birthday at Universal Studios Hollywood. "DaniLynn, honey, come and hug her. There you go."
01:37 A bit camera shy, but DaniLynn lit up as she and her friends got ready to tackle the theme park
01:43 to celebrate turning 10. "Okay, who's excited for Harry Potter?" "Me!" For dad Larry Birkhead,
01:50 Dani's birthday is an emotional milestone. What has she brought to your life?
01:54 "Don't make me cry this morning. No, she, you know, it's just everything. It's my everything.
02:01 I put all my time and energy into her, and I just, you know, I can't imagine life without her.
02:06 We have a lot of fun, and we have challenging days, but we have great days, and just like
02:11 every other family, and we just have that little cloud over our head that's the Anna Nicole factor
02:16 of it all." "Oh, look, it's Spongebob. Who likes Spongebob?" Public outings with camera crews in
02:24 tow are few and far between for DaniLynn and Larry, who raises his daughter in Kentucky,
02:29 far from the limelight. "She goes to the Kentucky Derby once a year. That's the only time everybody,
02:33 you know, sees her." "And you do that on purpose, you were telling me." "I do do that on purpose,
02:37 because I think it takes away, you know, the chase, and then if you just put something out
02:41 there periodically, and then, you know, and then it's not like people are following you."
02:46 Watching her have fun in the wizarding world of Harry Potter, there's no denying that DaniLynn
02:59 is virtually her mother's mini-me. "Does she understand the fascination that people have
03:04 looking at her? I was saying she looks so much like Anna Nicole." "Well, it could have been
03:09 really worse, because she could look like me." "What does she ask about her mom?" "You know,
03:14 she doesn't have to really, because people say so much about her. I think people, a lot of people
03:19 think that I'm sitting there with like a book that has chapters, chapter one, this, and I don't. I
03:24 just take it day by day." "So does she google her mom and like look up that?" "No, no. She does ask
03:28 Siri who she is, and it's funny, because it says she's an American tabloid sensation reality star,
03:34 and she's like, 'What are they talking about, dad?' I'm like, 'I don't know.'"
03:37 "What is she into these days? So she's 10. What is she like?" "It's all about the technology now,
03:49 you know, and that's the big struggle." "She's a gamer." "She is a gamer. She wants to be a
03:52 YouTuber, and I have to, and she watches these videos, and some of them I'm like, you know,
03:57 I have to keep over her shoulder with the phone." DaniLynn capped off the start of her double-digit
04:03 decade with an Italian feast at Universal CityWalk's Bucca di Beppo, pizza and pasta in
04:08 the poke room, followed by more sweets for this little sweetheart, the birthday cake. "I think
04:13 people always ask and think that we're just dealing in some kind of fantasy land with like,
04:19 because of the situation that we come out of, but we're just like any other family."
04:22 "Happy birthday to you!"
04:33 "Happy birthday to you!"