Sally Kirkland: Anna's Implants Partly to Blame

Sally KirklandActress Sally Kirkland believes Anna Nicole Smith's breast implants played a significant part in her need for pain medication, and possibly her death. Sally nearly died from them herself.

Kirkland, a Best Actress Oscar nominee in 1988, told TMZ that she believes "Silicone played a part in the emotional and physical breakdown of Anna Nicole's body." Kirkland, who at one time had 38DD silicone breast implants, met Smith in 1992 when the two were "a similar size." Sally says she herself was poisoned by her leaking silicone implants, and had to take Vicodin and other pain medications to alleviate suffering from the crippling pain. Kirkland believes Anna was probably enduring the same ill effects -- the reason she needed methadone and Demerol prescriptions and "appeared out of it a lot of the time."

Now healthy and implant-free since 1998, Kirkland also feels that Anna "may not have consciously known the dangers" associated with silicone implants. In 2006, the FDA allowed silicone implants back on the market after a fourteen-year ban. Kirkland has been an anti-silicone activist for years, and hopes that Anna's tragic death is a wake-up call on the dangers of the implants.



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16. Grandma?

Posted at 9:16PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Liam

17. Amazing! A rational TMZ reader. Zara, it's nice to know there are sane people around....

Posted at 7:57PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Tanji

18. excellent point Zara. Wish that I had thought of it.

Posted at 8:01PM on Feb 16th 2007 by ding dong

19. Love ya, Sally, but SHUT THE FUC* UP AND GO HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF PIE AT THE SILVER SPOON. Christ! I suppose it's about time for Ron Pallilo to go public with HIS theory.

Posted at 8:04PM on Feb 16th 2007 by BayofPigs

20. I hate that everyone thinks HKS made ANS take drugs.. she was a addict.. nothing anyone could do! noone sat on her and forced drugs down her throat!

Posted at 8:04PM on Feb 16th 2007 by whatever

21. Apparently we have alot fo stupid readers. Silicone can cause major depression and other health risks. This is FACT. Another fact is that just because most of you neanderthals can't read doesn't make it not fact.

Posted at 8:11PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Paul Kline

22. Do NOT click on that fucking autopsy link! Especially if you have gmail / it opens up your email account.

You lame motherfucker...

Oh yeah Kirkland, oh wise one. Piss off.

Posted at 8:14PM on Feb 16th 2007 by kelly

23. Shut up.

Posted at 8:29PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Fake Name

24. such a simple explanation for why ANS was taking so many drugs. Not sensational enough for most readers I guess. People believe what they want to, doesn't have to be true.

Posted at 8:27PM on Feb 16th 2007 by geez louise

25. FIRST DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW MANY YEARS BREAST IMPLANTS BEEN OUT,SO IF YOU DO ANSWER LONG TERM STUDY,AND SILICONE KIDS!DO YOU KNOW THE BEST OF THE BEST UNIVERSITYS AND DRS KNOW AND WRITE BOOKS ABOUT SILICONE POISIONING AND HUMAN ADJUVACNT DISEASE?THERES A CODE FOR SILICONE POISIONING,YES!ALL BREAST IMPLANTS CONTAIN A SILICONE SHELL!CHEMICALS IN THAT SHELL METHYL ETHYL KETONE(ITS MAKES YOU BLIND IN LESS THAN 3 SECOND)FORMALDEHYDE,EPOXY RESIN AND HARDNER,LACQUER THINNER,ACETONE,AND MUCH MORE THAT BREAK SDOWN IN THE BODY.YOULL DONT KNOW CRAP!!!TO LAUGH AT SOMEONES DEATH,KARMA!SALLY YOURE AWSOME!SOUNDS LIKE A BUNCH OF YOUNG PUNKS THAT DONT KNOW JACK!WITH SUCH NICE MOUTHS ,DO YOU KISS YOUR MOMS W A MOUTH LIKE THAT,CANT YOU COME UP W SOMETHING BETTER!LOL!

Posted at 1:56PM on Feb 19th 2007 by chasesworld

26. I want to know how Anna got silicone implants in the first place? They have been banned for years until very recently. Most women today have saline implants which will do the person no harm if they break.

However, I DO NOT think Anna's boobs (if they were in fact silicone) had anything to do with what a drugged up loser she was. I know silicone can cause problems but she has been on the drugs for YEARS and if her boobs were the problem I am sure she would have had them replaced with saline implants years ago.

Honestly, her boobs never looked good so they were probably saline. Silicone implants look much more natural and appear more real looking. Anna's boobs never looked real.

P.S. Before anyone screams at me for being judgmental, I have SALINE implants so I know what I am talking about. Mine look pretty damn good because they aren't super huge. No way in hell would I have considered silicone.

Posted at 9:22PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Nakita

27. Flashy fake boobs! Anna Nicole Smith is a Hollywood poster child for what it takes to make it in the entertainment business. A star-crossed icon. Has anyone else noticed that Howard Stern booked her into the Hard Rock Casino Hotel (limited jurisdiction)?
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Then, she was also booked into Suite 607. In numerology: 6+0+7 = 13.
Unlucky number 13.

Posted at 8:55PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Craig

28. Sally Kirkland is not jumping on the cash cow. She is making a legitmate statement and I believe her 100%. Silicone implants do cause autoimmune disease. I had them. When I got them out, I felt like I had 20 lbs lifted off my chest.

We have heard rumors of Anna having her implants repaired after the birth, but I am not sure whether that may not just be a rumor. When and where did she have them done? What doctor, what date? There are no reports confirming this.

Anway, yes the silicone can leak, could have caused pain and internal scarring BUT...it is not time to even bring this issue into the paternity or body issues.

Posted at 9:02PM on Feb 16th 2007 by kim

29. I would be curious to know the average age of people posting on this board. As far as HKS, or anyone else being blamed for AKS and her 'supposed' drug abuse.. AKS I am sure knew right from wrong. She was obviously a pretty head-strong kind of gal. I doubt seriously she did/or, did not do anything SHE did not want to do.. IF she is dead because of drugs by her own hand/then it is her OWN fault. NO /ONE elses.. Stop blaming others for the poor choices of an almost 40 year-old woman.

Posted at 9:13PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Susana

30. Sally is here to tell us she survived the exact same thing. Yes, she old, but we old people to tell us the truth. Even Jennie McCarthy said the same night she got her implants, she was in soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much pain.

She felt as though she'd made the biggest mistake of her life. She wrote that in her one of her books. So if Jenny, who isn't old, tells how painful her implants were, imagine Sally who survived the 'poisoning' of her implants!

When you're in that much pain, you'd take anything from anyone to get rid of it. That's why I don't understand the people in this blog ragging on Sally. If you've never had implants, you don't know about pain! You're stretching the skin to a shape it's not use to . . . just like I'm trying to stretch your brains into this subject. It's major surgery. If you have any friends in the medical field, they'll tell you, beauty is painful and it will take you down a path you never, ever expected.

No wonder Anna Nicole was always sloshed on champagne. She was trying to numb the pain. And they didn't mention about the infections you get along the way.

So for those of you laughing, one day, you'll have your chance at beauty . . . followed by severe pain! Everybody has a pain tolerance, but some can't take it without Demerol or Vicodin!

We all get our turns in the queue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:13PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Apres Ski

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