American model, actress, and television personality Anna Nicole Smith was the only daughter of Virgie Arthur and Donald Hogan. She had five half-siblings on her father’s side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight (via CBS News), Anna Nicole once said, “You want to hear all the things she did to me? All the beatings and whippings? That’s my mother. That’s my mom.”

However, the Netflix documentary released in 2023, tells a different tale. A fellow dancer and friend, a woman called Missy, revealed that Anna Nicole borrowed details from Missy’s life to garner sympathy and gain attention.

In a previously unaired interview in the documentary, Virgie talks about a time she asked her daughter why she lies about her past. “I make more money telling sad stories than I make telling good stories,” said Virgie. She also claimed Anna Nicole didn’t care what people thought about her, as long as she got paid.

Anna Nicole Smith’s dad was kicked out of the house by her mother Virgie after she discovered he raped her 10-year-old sister, reported The Guardian.

“He pleaded guilty to that rape and to that of another underage girl and spent six months in jail,” then remarried and started an entirely new family. Donald also sexually assaulted his daughter from his second marriage. This is why Anna Nicole’s mother kept them apart. Donald died in September 2009.