Anna's Mom: "Oh yeah, it'll get ugly"

The mother of the late Anna Nicole Smith predicted that the fight over her granddaughter Dannielynn would get "ugly," and dismissed Anna Nicole's rags-to-riches self-portrayal as mere myth-making.

In an interview on "Good Morning America," a disconsolate, almost disgusted Virgie Arthur described Anna Nicole as "wild and crazy," and reiterated that she'd warned her daughter to stop using drugs. She added that she "really sincerely" worries about five-month-old Dannielynn, and wants her to be with her father -- whoever that might be. When asked about the pending paternity battle, Arthur agreed that it would get ugly.

Curiously, Arthur also took the opportunity to debunk the myth that Anna Nicole's rise to fame was a classic rags-to-riches tale. "Why do you tell people stuff like that?" Arthur said she asked Anna Nicole. "I'll do whatever it takes," replied Anna Nicole. "If my name's out there, I make money."

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76. What kind of mother goes on T.V 12 hours after their daughter dies and basically says " I told you so....I told you so...."

No wonder Anna was unstable.

Posted at 12:27PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Kat

77. That poor girl! It isn't hard to figure out where all her troubles began now is it? No mother could make comments like that about their child dead or alive, she is trash, it's as simple as that! One thing this woman should realize, what you put out comes back to you, it may take a while but it WILL come back to you.

Posted at 1:27PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Concerned

78. This is horrible. This is supposed to be her mother and she's saying this about her dead daughter? i mean ok, ya'll have issues then fine have them, but at least respect you child.

This is a nasty lady. I bet you she 's the first one to pull up at the ATM !!!!

Hateful old person.

Posted at 12:56PM on Feb 9th 2007 by COME-SEE-ME

79. How can that women appear on national TV and bash her daughter after she just died. When my son died of an overdose at 39 I couldn't even speak his name for three years without crying. What kind of person is she? Sister I didn't even no she had a sister, funny how people come out of the woodwork..... too late.....She is at peace now and with her son whom I no she grieved deeply for. Watch over her Lord and Bless her and her babygirl and Daniel....

Posted at 12:33PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Judy

80. Cut it with the weight cracks, folks. Sorry we can't all be anorexic c**ts walking around with our bones sticking out!

I'm not trying to talk trash about someone who can no longer defend themselves, but this talk about Anna Nicole Smith being another Marilyn Monroe (when SHE was another no-talent) is laughable.

The majority of obits were right: Anna was famous for being famous. People act like Playboy is this legitimate magazine when all women do is spread their legs in it. It's sad that in this day and age, men don't need to bare their dicks to get ahead.

That said, her mother needs to get bent, the sycophants need to go crawl back under their rocks, and people need to let this story rest.

Peoples' religious convictions aside, I wish Anna Nicole peace wherever she is now and I hope her daughter will be raised right (wish the grandmother would take her, but that would be asking for entirely too much on that selfish woman's part).

Posted at 1:21PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Donna

81. Virgie Arthur - I'm speechless. To go on national tv less than 24 hours after the death of your own flesh and blood and say horrible things about her - you are a cold and terrible person!!! Obviously Anna Nicole wasn't perfect - but WHO on this earth IS? You should've been a MOTHER to her and not just another person that made her life hell.

Posted at 1:19PM on Feb 9th 2007 by A REAL mother

82. Why do you people revere Anna Nicole Smith so much? Is it because she died? We all die. I hope that this sort of bizarre respect for a completely irresponsible, gold-digging train wreck of a person will end by the time her body gets cold. This morning CNN had an article comparing her to Marilyn Monroe! You know what, Marilyn Monroe had talent, and had broad appeal to audiences of all ages and sexes. She is an icon of her time. If Anna Nicole is our icon, god help us. Anna Nicole was trashy, stupid, and in the last few years of her life, completely drugged out and incoherent. Marilyn wanted true love, was a closet intellectual, and was a lover of some of the brightest minds of her day, including Arthur Miller. She was deeply insecure and was actually quite shy, and eventually took her own life because she was unhappy with the fame she had attained. They both ODed on prescription drugs, but that's just about as far as the comparison goes.

Posted at 12:45PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Eric

83. Her Mom should shut her F***ing fat mouth & let her Daughter have some dignity & respect instead of trying to blast her all over the media to get some attention for herself. Maybe she did die of an overdose! Who can really say what kind of a mental state she was in after all she has endured! I won't feel any less of her if she did, I think it is so very sad. May she rest in Peace.

Posted at 3:24PM on Feb 10th 2007 by Amanda Davis

84. God her mothers a bitch....for her to be bad mouthing her daughter hours after her death....doesnt matter HOW she died but that her won mother is talking crap about her and how she made her money...god help anyone who has a mother like this one....

Posted at 3:34PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Laur

85. Anna,s Mother is a disgrace to her daughter,s memory.How can a Mother be so hateful and jealous of her own daughter?

Posted at 6:20PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Mary

86. Can you imagine that if it comes to pass that neither Larry Birkhead or Howard Stern is the father of Danni-Lynn, this (woman) could gain custody, because she is Anna's next of kin??

Scary thought.

Posted at 1:51PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Donna J

87. This story has broken my heart. Unfortunately, I know first hand how shockingly ugly 'family' members who should have your back the most can be in the worst situations. People actually do this. It is soul murder. You flee to save what is left before the body follows, but you are always marked, like with a slow bleeding wound that never really heals. Congratulations TMZ, you got a story, but at what price? You gave a microphone to a jealous Medean mother. Anna Nicole needed the love of the whole world, and even this was not enough to make up for the lack of a mother and siblings' love. Unfortunately, too often she saw her ugly reflection. Do not show this evil hag again.

Posted at 1:56PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Elana

88. Another White Oprah...AKA Dina LOHAN

Posted at 2:51PM on Feb 9th 2007 by patty cake

89. Anna's mom is mean! Can you imagine not showing remorse over the death of your daughter? Well at least we know what Anna would have looked like if she had lived. Poor Anna. Poor little baby- I hope she gets reunited with the father who deserves her the most, whoever that may be.

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Posted at 2:12PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Adrienne

90. Just so others know, this is not the first time Anna Nicole's mother has been on TV saying negative things about her daughter. I for example, saw her doing the same thing on a Nancy Grace show after the death of Anna's son. So this is not first time the mother has jumped on the media immediately after a death.

Posted at 10:37PM on Feb 10th 2007 by Lynda Koleena

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