Part of a review from back in 2002 of The Anna Nicole Show... (this part is how the reviewer describes Stern)
To be perfectly fair, Anna Nicole is not committing this crime against television by herself. Her accomplices on the show include people with personality quirks so profound they are worthy enough to be "Seinfeld" secondary characters. Leading the way of her supporting cast of crazies is her overtly "flamboyant" interior designer, Bobby Trendy, who, if he were a character creation instead of a real person, would cause the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to start an uprising that would make the 1992 Los Angeles riots look like a letter-writing campaign. Coming in a close second is Anna Nicole's sycophant of a lawyer and best friend Howard K. Stern, who would submit to having his testicles removed and surgically attached to his earlobes if Anna Nicole wanted him to.
all of it is here...
http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2002/08/30/TheEdge/Anna-Nicoles.Stupidity.Pitiful.But.Entertaining-441198.shtml
sycophant
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
HKS = sycophant (to a T)