“They started off as coworkers who would become best friends,Peoplereports.

“Everyone fell in love with her.

“We’d now been through some bad relationships, both of us, with men.

Anna Nicole Smith holding a rose

We decided that we just didn’t need men.

We were gonna raise Daniel together,” Byrum said in the Netflix documentary.

However, despite the love they shared, Byrum was aware that their relationship wouldn’t last.

Anna Nicole Smith with a bouquet

“I always knew it wasn’t ever going to work out.

She later starred in a reality show titled “The Anna Nicole Show”, which ran on E!

The public eye was, however, mostly focused on her relationships rather than her accomplishments.

Anna Nicole Smith smiling

Smith loved passionately, according to people who knew the model.

“I would say she was fluid.

“He loved her unconditionally and was always there to care for her and [her son] Daniel.

And that’s why his ashes are in her coffin.”

Smith passed away at 39 from an accidental drug overdose in 2007.

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