Courtney Love has lost custody of Frances Bean, her teenage daughter with the late Kurt Cobain. The question is why, but knowing Love, the answer may not be that surprising.
Courtney Love has a new trouble to add to her share: custody loss of Frances Bean Cobain, her 17-year-old daughter with the deceased Kurt Cobain. The girl’s current legal guardians are Wendy O’Connor and Kimberly Dawn Cobain, mother and sister of the late Nirvana front man. A court hearing is set for February 10. Geraldine Wyle, legal counsel to the guardians, told CNN the situation is a “private family matter.”
Why Love lost custody isn’t presently known, though it’s happened before. O’Connor gained temporary custody in 2003 when Love hauled herself into a whole heap of trouble – reportedly threatening suicide, overdosing on painkillers and trying to break into the home of an ex-boyfriend. It wasn’t until 2005 when Love got her daughter back.
Frances Bean Cobain, now nearly an adult herself, has gone on record to distance herself from her troubled parents, or at least their troubled conduct. But her mother’s problems remain a constant media draw, pulling the immediate family into the fray.
“These people are fascinated by me, but I haven’t done anything,” Frances Bean Cobain told Harper’s Bazaar in 2008. “If you’re a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I’m not my parents.”
Courtney Love, now 45, has a long history of rumor-producing behavior, including some questionable cosmetic surgery procedures. Love has had breast implants, collagen and lip injections and several bouts of rhinoplasty – enough touching up for her to publicly swear off plastic surgery, which she did earlier in 2009.
She also endured rumors of weight loss surgery, but she later admitted that her dramatic weight loss was actually tied to an eating disorder.
As the custody loss reasons remain confidential, it’s not clear whether any of this had any bearing on her daughter’s guardianship. But for fans to continue enjoying her talent, Courtney will have to embrace a healthy attitude and lifestyle for her own sake, as much as her daughter’s.
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