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Larry Birkhead has been making headlines since he debuted a bold new hair transformation at the Kentucky Derby with his daughter Dannielynn on May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the photos shared on his Instagram, he showed off a shorter haircut, which is different from his unique look. He credited his daughter for his new look, writing,:
“She made me cut my hair.”
His statement highlighted their close father-daughter bond.
According to a report in People magazine, Birkhead, the former boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, a reality TV star and former Playboy Playmate of the Year, met her at the Barnstable Brown Gala, an annual event held the night before the Kentucky Derby, and their relationship developed away from the public eye.
Birkhead is a celebrity photographer whose work has appeared in various publications, billboards, and on television. According to his IMDb profile page, he has also worked as a real estate investor.
For many years, he lived with his daughter Dannielynn in Burbank, California, but, according to a report in Distractify, he moved to rural Kentucky near his hometown. Here is everything to know about Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend.
All you need to know about Larry Birkhead after he makes an appearance at the Kentucky Derby
According to his IMDb profile, Larry Birkhead was born on January 22, 1973, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
He graduated from Louisville's Doss High School in 1991 and later pursued a degree in journalism from the University of Louisville in 1996. He has a twin brother, Lewis, a sister, Angela, and a half-sister named Judy Birkhead.
Besides being a celebrity photographer and a real estate agent, the 52-year-old has worked as an actor and a producer for films such as Rainbows (2023), Mad TV (1995) and Hopelessly in Love (2020).
He has a net worth of $3 million, as reported by Celebrity Net Worth. He met Smith in May 2004 and had been in an on-and-off relationship from August 2005 to February 2006, reported StyleCaster.
He told ABC News in a 2017 "20/20" episode:
“No one ever knew one time that I was her boyfriend. The whole time we dated, if you look at all the video, I’m in the back carrying my camera bag…[Anna] didn’t want me in the spotlight.”
He added:
“The thing about Anna was … it was almost like a split personality. Because when the camera was going, she was a whole different thing … that was more, to me, an act than it was the real person, who she was.”
Birkhead welcomed his daughter, Dannielynn, with the late model and actress, Anna Nicole Smith, in September 2006. At the time, Howard K. Stern, Smith's attorney and companion, was listed as the father on the birth certificate.
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However, Birkhead filed a lawsuit to establish paternity and initiated legal proceedings in October 2006. He demanded a court-ordered paternity test to prove he was the biological father. Ultimately, DNA test results released in April 2007 confirmed that Larry Birkhead was Dannielynn’s biological father, per a report in ABC News.
Birkhead and his daughter are known for attending the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Gala in Louisville every year.
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