Larry Birkhead marked his daughter Dannielynn's 20th birthday by sharing a rare video collage of photographs on Instagram, offering fans an unusual glimpse into the life of a young woman he has largely kept out of the public eye. The post is notable given Birkhead's long-standing preference for shielding Dannielynn from media attention since he became her sole carer following the death of her mother, model Anna Nicole Smith, in 2007.

The Instagram tribute, captioned "Happy 20th Birthday Dannielynn!❤️ Love, Dad ❤️" and set to Lenny Kravitz's "Happy Birthday", featured a mix of recent and childhood images, including a current photo of Dannielynn with short red hair and an older picture of her in a pink tutu embracing her father. Birkhead met Smith at the Kentucky Derby in 2004, and the pair welcomed Dannielynn in 2006; father and daughter have continued attending the Derby together each year since she was three, which Birkhead has described as a way of honouring her mother's memory while creating new traditions of their own.