I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.' Creating Her Own IdentityĬobain was featured in a photo spread for the March 2008 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. She said that 'I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. Later that year, Cobain gave her first interview to the press, which appeared in Teen Vogue.

In the resulting custody battle, Cobain spent some time in the care of her nanny and family members while Love was allowed regular visits with her daughter. During the overdose, Cobain was present and made her mother some tea while they waited for an ambulance to take Love to the hospital, according to People magazine. Hours after her arrest, Love overdosed on painkillers. She went on to tell Harper's Bazaar that O'Connor is 'the most constant thing I've ever had.'Ĭobain was placed in her grandmother's care for a time after her mother's drug-related arrest in October 2003. After her father's death, Frances developed a close relationship with her paternal grandmother, Wendy O'Connor. Frances was not even two years old by this time. Leaving rehab, Kurt Cobain eventually returned to Seattle and killed himself at the family's home on April 5, 1994. This may have been the last time she saw her father. In March 1994, Frances went to visit her father at a rehabilitation center in Los Angeles with her nanny, according to Cross. Both of her parents, unfortunately, were still battling their drug problems during this time. They employed several nannies over the next two years to help them care for her. Cross.Īfter a lengthy legal battle, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love were able to regain custody of their daughter. As a result, the department of children's services sought to have Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love declared unfit parents, according to Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. The article also seemed to imply that the couple was still using drugs. In the interview, Love admitted to doing drugs while pregnant. The investigation had been launched after a profile about Courtney Love came out in Vanity Fair magazine. Two days after her birth, her parents were visited in the hospital by a social worker from the Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services. One tabloid newspaper went so far as to run a story titled 'Rock Star's Baby is Born a Junkie.' Contrary to such reports, Frances Bean Cobain was a healthy, normal baby with the same blue eyes as her father. Since both of her parents had struggled with drugs over the years, there was a lot of speculation about Frances's health. Daughter of the late singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain from Nirvana and singer and actress Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain has spent much of her young life in the spotlight because of her parents.Ĭobain was making headlines soon after she was born. Model and singer Frances Bean Cobain was born on August 18, 1992, in Los Angeles, California. In 2009, she placed a restraining order against her mother.

Frances has modeled and performed, but her family life remains rocky. In 1994, her father committed suicide and her mom was arrested for drug use in 2003. Her parents’ rumored drug use threw her immediately into the spotlight.

Frances Bean Cobain was born on August 18, 1992, in Los Angeles, California to musicians Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.

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