Overview
- Birkhead, 53, discussed his relationship on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast on Monday, calling the atmosphere around Smith “some kind of cult.”
- He said attorney Howard K. Stern was ever-present in daily life, including sleeping on a couch near their bedroom and knocking for routine matters.
- Birkhead described a paid entourage and house rules that discouraged people from talking, and he said the only person he could confide in was Smith’s shy teenage son, Daniel.
- He explained why their roughly two-year romance stayed private, saying Smith cultivated an “available goddess” image that cast her as single and approachable.
- After Smith’s 2007 death from an accidental overdose, DNA testing established Birkhead as daughter Dannielynn’s father, and he has raised her in Kentucky.