This one's for the Xens who aren't ashamed to admit they tuned in to trashy D-list-celeb reality TV in the early aughts! "Do you like my body?"
Posted by Happycat5300@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 74 comments
PeteONeillBassPlayer@reddit
So is this 🖕
ElectricSnowBunny@reddit
100% trash TV person here
I always like Anna, she was a sweet person that struggled with addiction and depression, and always tried to shield her kids.
I am an unabashed lover of the Howard Stern show (it died with AGT and Eric the Beautiful Angel), but I am still angry about Howard trying everything to get her in the scale in the studio while she steadfastly refused. Was gross and manipulative and mean. Fuck all that. Glad she held out, because of course she would, she was cook and didn't play that shit.
Anyway, what were we talking about? My bad for the tangent.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
see the exchange below about Stern!
ElectricSnowBunny@reddit
I don't believe that, he's spent years whitewashing his image and I'd have more respect if he just told the truth said he did it for the clicks.
Gut has been in therapy for like 30 yrs and still isn't able to be honest with himself.
Cool_Dark_Place@reddit
Sounds a lot like when he had Dana Plato on his show right before she passed away, and was trying to get her to do a drug test.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Literally the day before she died. I'm convinced that the humiliation of that interview pushed her over the edge.
ResistanceRebel@reddit
I'd never seen someone so happy to get the Maury Povich-esque news of being her biological father. Larry reacted as if he won the lottery; which in fact, he did. Glad to see Danni-Lynn turned out alright.
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
They were on celebrity wife swap and she was living with her dad and aunt and it seemed very normal, middle class.
ResistanceRebel@reddit
Perhaps he overspent his unearned windfall, but good on him providing a very normal, middle class upbringing for his daughter. 🙃
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
He might be smart with money too. They lived in a decent sized house . Some people have mcmansions for show but can't afford them lol.
MrRigby632@reddit
Makes me feel old. I remember everyone getting Anna’s lawyer the creepy Howard K Stern and “King Of All Media” Howard Stern confused. Hilarious
No_Issue_9550@reddit
To be fair, they're both creepy
MrRigby632@reddit
As creepy as Stern can be that lawyer was waayyyyy creepier.
Wolf_Parade@reddit
You might not be aware that Anna is a widely beloved and revered queer cultural icon with no sense of irony or shame about it.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
I am, indeed, aware. Though I'd say like most things 2000s culture, the baby queers are less aware of her at this point
Wolf_Parade@reddit
Well we are in Xennials so no need to worry about the kids these days my beef was that this was a disrespectful way to speak about a cult icon many of us revere.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Sweetie it's the internet, I suggest you don't take things like Reddit titles so personally or your life will be sadder than it needs to be
frizbeeguy1980@reddit
I can't see or hear "Anna Nicole Smith" without thinking of the misheard lyrics YouTube video of Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter".
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
lmao so funny you mention that song, literally googled the lyrics just LAST WEEK cause it came on the radio and I was like, "I guess I should learn what the song is actually saying at some point....Hmmm ok. It was about porches I guess."
Traditional-Jicama54@reddit
So, last week I fell down the same rabbit hole, but I googled to find out what the song meant, not just the lyrics and this is the story I found. The song was written during the Gulf war and is supposed to represent a punk skateboarder kid who had just received a letter in a yellow envelope, indicating that his older brother had been killed in the war. I don't think he actually opens the letter, but he knows what it means. Then he goes for a walk and sees an older couple on a porch and they're all judgy because he's a punk looking kid but they don't realize that he's just had his world shattered by the arrival of the letter and he's trying to process the fact that his brother is dead. It's a beautiful song and yet the lyrics are extremely inadequate for expressing what it's supposed to represent.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
omg this makes it even weirder lol. It's such a great song just because his voice is so amazing, I almost wish now I didn't know all this! Hilarious that I'd gone 30 years without knowing.
Traditional-Jicama54@reddit
I think this is the Rorschach blot of songs, so people hear the lyrics differently. I kept thinking I heard a lyric debating about whether they should stay or not, and I looked up the meaning because I started to build an interpretation of someone sitting on a porch watching the world go by and wondering if they should stay (like if they should stay alive or not). And so I felt the need to look up what the lyrics meant. I'm not sure the real story is any less depressing than what I had imagined, though.
Elandycamino@reddit
Anna Nicole's momma said that I don't wanna see Anna fall down again
frizbeeguy1980@reddit
Make me fries
Elandycamino@reddit
Oh icee. I don't know why they suntan nails
Rat_Master999@reddit
"The anus is unremarkable" is about all I remember of her...
dstarpro@reddit
I had the biggest soft spot for Anna Nicole, I really felt for her.
AndrewSS02@reddit
Im glad she's stayed out of the hollywood limelight for the most part. Ive only seen a few articles in the past decade or so about her. Great sign shes mostly normal.
bgva@reddit
No one else had to do the math mentally, right?
OmgYoureAdorable@reddit
I still think her death was so very tragic. I really liked her. She seemed extremely sweet. I’m glad her daughter is having a normal life. I wonder what her son is up to?
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Her son died the day after the daughter was born, of an overdose literally in Nicole's hospital room. Then Nicole died a couple months later, basically from the heartbreak of losing her son. It was all very tragic.
OmgYoureAdorable@reddit
Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Damn.
Wasted_Hamster@reddit
Her son passed away before her 💔
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
Which is why I think she died.. it was not long after so
Wasted_Hamster@reddit
Totally agreed
epidemicsaints@reddit
I loved Anna. I still watch her show all the time. The CHristmas episode is an annual tradition for me. It's absolutely wild.
djdecimation@reddit
She's high as fuck on Xanax the whole time on that show, I was actually watching Naked Gun 33 1/3 tonight and was surprised to see her in it.
SweetCosmicPope@reddit
My ex and I never missed an episode of that train wreck.
epidemicsaints@reddit
I am pretty sure I have been in a slap fight with Bobby Trendy himself in youtube comments. A random comment I made about him being a clown got a FIREY defense from a "fan" and they kept responding to everything I said. Making bizarre specific claims about how many fans he still has, and how much money he still makes, and how many people demanded "Anna beds" after the show. That shoddy pink and white mess.
Someone else chimed in saying he has done this online for years and is always editing his own wikipedia.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
omg I love this. Completely forgot about that guy. Had to check out his Insta after your comment and he is still going at it! I love that one of his most recent posts is at a Pris Hilton party. These aughts famous-for-nothing people still going strong, good for them I guess. I woulda burned out by 2015.
freezinginthemidwest@reddit
LUXURIOUS
epidemicsaints@reddit
I love when Howard dressed up as him. And the sick burn when Bobby said he had fabulousness in everything he did and Howard said "Even the pock marks."
The_Spectacle@reddit
speaking of trashy tv though, I was mildly devastated this morning when I tuned to a local channel to watch Jerry Springer this morning and found it's been removed from the schedule. I had just started watching it again for the first time in 30 years. RIP Jerry
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
It was still playing on tv until today??!
The_Spectacle@reddit
well last Friday yeah on my local CW affiliate I think? I just started watching it again, I know he died last year :( so I did find it a little weird for it to still be on, but I was getting into it again and now it's gone
Unfair-Geologist-284@reddit
I used to watch Jerry Springer when I was in 6th grade. Solid programming for the after school crowd.
pkpy1005@reddit
Without taking away the hard work and sacrifice made by the single moms out there, I actually give credit to Larry, who from the get go wanted to be Danny's dad and through the years appeared to have provided for her a nice life as a normal (as much as circumstances allow) kid. If you look at his social media, it's clear that father and daughter are really close.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Yeah, he definitely stepped up and didn't seem to seek the spotlight or to cash in on his fame-adjacency after her death.
tubagoat@reddit
Ahhhhh, the name belongs on r/tragedeigh
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
I don't think so since it's a normal name. I think it's spelled Dannie rather than Dani because of her brother, Daniel. Idk though lol.
MadeThis4MaccaOnly@reddit
I keep wanting to pronounce it like "Daniel-in," idk why she didn't just hyphenate the name
psychic-Sasquatch@reddit
I honestly have no clue who this person is.
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
Anna Nicole smiths daughter
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
that's ok.
psychic-Sasquatch@reddit
Thank you. I'm getting downvoted for some reason, I wasn't trying to be mean though
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Ha, my fascination with early reality TV, including early Kardashians, is a very guilty and often marijuana-adjacent pleasure so I do not fault you for not partaking!
MaddyKet@reddit
JFC she’s 18 already? Stop making me feel old universe.
Spear_Ritual@reddit
Kinda feel like she should be older. 🤷🏻♂️
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
same! I was a little surprised, the late 2000s are a weird time, they feel recent yet so distant because so much has changed social-media-celebrity-culture-wise.
Unfair-Geologist-284@reddit
I was newly pregnant when Anna Nicole passed away. It was soul crushing to hear she left behind such a young baby. :(
Jerkrollatex@reddit
It's nice to see Danny grew up to be a happy normal kid.
GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit
Man, I lived for Howard Stern on E! during the early aughts. I can still see the late night infomercials.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
When his book came out a couple years ago, Stern did an interview on NPR that I found interesting, talking about how his cruelty towards so many of his guests came from a very dark place in his psyche that he had to confront through therapy.
GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit
That's interesting. It's weird, I thought he was hilarious when I was younger but find his old interviews (and Private Parts) to be so mean and vulgar now.
He does seem to be in a better place these days, so that's good.
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Yes, that whole celebrity culture, up to the Britney/Lindsay breakdown era of the late 2000s, was incredibly toxic, and I hella drank it up! It was definitely entertaining. But it was time for us to take a step back and see how harmful it was. Celeb culture still sucks of course but it feels like there's less tolerance for the outright cruelty of that time, or maybe social media has allowed celebs to control their own narratives a bit more, who knows.
Cautious-String7076@reddit
I’ve watched very little reality tv but I bought season 1 of Smith’s show on DVD right after it aired. It’s still the biggest train wreck I’ve seen on TV. I haven’t seen it since the deaths of so many involved though. I honestly feel somewhat bad for laughing at what was clearly a deadly drug addiction that hurt so many.
AgentNose@reddit
Trim Spa, Baby…
sed2017@reddit
Do like my BOdy….
Steven_G_Photos@reddit
There are four letter 'n's in that name.
TheConsoleGeek@reddit
You don't randomly sprinkle extra "N"s into names?
Happycat5300@reddit (OP)
Blame Texas.
reznxrx@reddit
Never have I ever...
I have the same reaction to the Kardashians and YouTube stars as I did to Paris Hilton - who? Why?
AppropriateDream2903@reddit
I loved Anna Nicole.
TPlain940@reddit
Hey lady! Stay in school and stay out of the spotlight.