"If I have another child, I doubt I'll get married again. I don't think men particularly want to be with me"
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Then she lands the quieter confession: “I don’t think men particularly want to be with me.” The hedging word “particularly” does a lot of work. It softens the blow while implying a long history of being wanted in highly specific ways: as a fantasy, a headline, a punchline, a symbol of sex and excess. In the late-90s/early-2000s celebrity machine, Smith’s body and relationships were treated as open-source content. The culture rewarded her visibility but punished her credibility; it sold her as desirable while narrating her as unworthy of ordinary partnership.
The intent feels split between candor and self-protection. By voicing the fear herself, she takes control of the narrative before others can mock it. The subtext is brutal: men might want access, attention, or proximity to fame, but not the responsibility of a real relationship with a woman who has been so thoroughly mythologized. It’s a line that exposes how “sex symbol” can become a cage, and how celebrity can turn marriage from commitment into a battleground over legitimacy.
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| Topic | Marriage |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Smith, Anna Nicole. (2026, January 15). If I have another child, I doubt I'll get married again. I don't think men particularly want to be with me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-have-another-child-i-doubt-ill-get-married-149564/
Chicago Style
Smith, Anna Nicole. "If I have another child, I doubt I'll get married again. I don't think men particularly want to be with me." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-have-another-child-i-doubt-ill-get-married-149564/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If I have another child, I doubt I'll get married again. I don't think men particularly want to be with me." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-have-another-child-i-doubt-ill-get-married-149564/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.






