BOBBY TRENDY, FRIEND OF ANNA NICOLE SMITH: I think Howard was in lust with Anna Nicole Smith. He did whatever she said in the beginning and would just follow her around like a little dog. He ended like the lawyer relationship and then wanted to be the boyfriend.
I never saw Anna Nicole Smith make advances to him sexually. He made them to her. I saw him, you know, forcing himself on her. I don`t think any man or woman would really be attracted to him as a person or how he looks.
GRACE: Well, you know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Mr. Trendy. So who can account for one`s taste? Did they get along? What was the nature of their relationship?
TRENDY: They got along because he would wait on Anna Nicole Smith. Whatever she said, he would do. But in the later years, it seemed like he had her under his control.
GRACE: What do you mean by that?
TRENDY: Like, she would, you know, act like a baby and not be all there, you know? And it seemed like he was, like, isolating her, and it seemed like he put some spell on her...
(CROSSTALK)
GRACE: What do you mean, isolate her? What do you mean, isolate her?
TRENDY: Like no one was ever allowed to become friendly with her. Hairdressers and makeup artists would only be allowed over there once, and then they would be gone. I was the only one that was allowed to stay, because I told them not to pay me. I`d be on the show for free so I could take my time decorating. And Anna liked me, and she liked me around. Howard didn`t. He wanted me gone, but I was there to stay. And I stayed throughout the entire season.
GRACE: What was your immediate response when you learned Anna Nicole was dead?
TRENDY: I was so shocked that this lively spirit was taken away from us and is no longer existing. To watch these images of her and know that she`s not here is unbelievable, that this Statue of Liberty is no longer with us, this global glamacon is not with us any longer.
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February 9, 2007
Sean Hannity, Geraldo Rivera, and Bobby Trendy Talking About Anna Nicole and Howard K. Stern
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