you know? People didn’t know that about her. She was quite funny.
Rage: She was a huge admirer of Marilyn Monroe. How would you describe her fascination for Marilyn?
LB: One time I told her that in my opinion, she
Anna Nicole Smith Showgirl Style Ensemble
was prettier than Marilyn. She slapped me. I said, “What was that for? That was a compliment.” She said, “Nobody is prettier than Marilyn.” She thought that basically Marilyn was the deal. She was as good as it gets. I think the press makes it out to be more than it actually was. She collected Marilyn Monroe things. Some of them are in the auction. She knew everything about Marilyn. Basically, she could have been a Marilyn Monroe historian. It wasn’t to the point where she was obsessed or talked about her every single day. Closer to the end of her life, some people would bring her M.M. gifts and she said, “Why does everybody think that I need Marilyn Monroe stuff all the time?” She had M.M. furniture in her house and some of that is in the auction and purses, trinkets, lunchboxes and clothing. Even pocketknives…she didn’t want people to think it was an obsession but obviously she really loved Marilyn Monroe.
Anna Nicole Smith at 2004 Halloween Party at The Playboy Mansion
Rage: What music did Anna rock out to?
LB: She had this obsession. I call it an obsession because I didn’t like it. No matter where we would go, she would always rock out to Queen. But her favorite was ABBA. She had a wide variety of mu- sical tastes. She had multiple CDs of ABBA, one in the car, one by the pool…she’d turn on “Dancing Queen” and that would be the end of it. She’d roll around. But, she’d also go to the opposite of the spectrum and turn on Anne Murray. She had an old-time record player and she would slip it on and play that. She was kind of a big music fan. She also had a karaoke machine and she’d sing all the time. She also performed for the troops at different functions singing.
Rage: Lastly, please explain your comment, “In Anna’s world, you never try to predict the future.”
LB: It just means you never know what’s gonna
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be next. One minute you could be sitting on the couch at her home and the next minute you could be packing your bags to go to Australia. Next minute, you find yourself on a bus going from Los Angeles to New York. One minute, she could love you and the next say, “Go home.” And seconds later she would say, “Where’d you go?” “You told me to go,” and she’d say, “Come back.” She’s unpredictable but some of that spontane- ity was kind of fun and some of it was a little bit of a challenge. Overall that was Anna…you had to love Anna for Anna. That’s really what I did.
JUNE 2010 | RAGE monthly 53
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