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Courtney Love Planned Christmas for Daughter Before Custody Hearing -- Exclusive

Since Courtney Love lost custody of her 17-year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, the tabloids have predictably made a series of accusations about their relationship. The night before that Dec. 11 court hearing in Los Angeles, Spinner sat down with Love in her New York apartment. During the several hours we spent with her, the Hole singer discussed her relationship with Frances, motherhood and what she thought would be a merry Christmas spent with her daughter.

"For Christmas, you'll note the blinking lights, you'll note the wreaths -- that's because Frances is rolling in here day after tomorrow. She just texted me, 'No way am I getting on a JetBlue plane.' She's so my daughter," Love said. "She went to see her grandma for Thanksgiving. I'm really impressed with her because Wendy [O'Connor, Kurt Cobain's mother] fell down the stairs and hurt herself. Frances stayed an extra week to nurse Wendy, which is really cool of her. I was really impressed with that."

Love's camp says the hearing was unexpected, which certainly gibes with Love's excitement that evening. Had Frances returned to New York, she would have found a huge surprise in store for her. "[There's this] quaint, lovely West Village house that I'm getting her for Christmas," Love said. "I blindfold her, take her to the house, hand her the mortgage. I am so excited to buy her a house. It's the biggest thing I've ever done."

Though Love was very open with us that night, she primarily kept her relationship with her daughter private, perhaps owing to what she calls her "fierce maternal instinct."

However, she did talk about the influence Frances has had on her. "On 'Celebrity Skin,' I wrote 'Heaven Tonight' for Frances. She was a little girl. Now she's a big girl and she demands more attention and strength. As a little dainty, beautiful baby I just worshipped her, but now she's at an age where we fight, where sometimes she hates me, sometimes I get really mad at her," Love said. "It's like, 'Oh, you must be a bad mother.' No, I'm not a bad mother. I am a very good mother. In fact, I am an extremely good mother, but I am by no means a perfect mother. I'm a thorough mother because I've seen horrible things that other mothers have done."

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Karma Ricci

She just texted me, 'No way am I getting on a JetBlue plane.' She's so my daughter," Love said.

Prophetic. But not in the way Ms. Love thought.

December 22 2009 at 2:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pmohanian

I'm confused: so Love DOESN'T have custody, but she's assuming a hearing will grant it before Christmas? Is Frances 17 years old? How can you be of an age where there's a custody hearing, but your mother is giving you a mortgage? As always, Love seems to be both delusional and, well, misguided.

December 22 2009 at 12:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Love-hate

No, you didn't read the beginning of the article did you? It says, "The night before that Dec. 11 court hearing in Los Angeles, Spinner sat down with Love in her New York apartment. During the several hours we spent with her, the Hole singer discussed her relationship with Frances, motherhood and what she thought would be a merry Christmas spent with her daughter." They were interviewing her on December 10th, the day BEFORE the hearing!

December 22 2009 at 1:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply