ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT / THE INSIDER INTERVIEWS HOWARD K. STERN.

Monday ET/The Insider will be featuring the first EXCLUSIVE interview with Howard K. Stern after the tragic death of Anna Nicole Smith. Since February sweeps is still in high gear, you can be assured the airing of this interview will be stretched into little snippets featured on the show until end of the month. In addition to revealing that Anna and Howard were scheduled to marry in a mere two weeks, ET/The Insider captured on camera the moment Stern returns to the Bahamas to be reunited with Anna's daughter (er, and possibly his?), Dannielynn. Normally I would roll my eyes at Stern granting another exclusive interview to ET/The Insider so soon after another tragic event in regards to Anna Nicole, but hell, I'm not going to lie ... I want to see this shit!

Interviewer Mark Steines wrote on his blog about his upcoming interview with Stern:

Howard, in tears, at times unable to speak, shares with me that his daughter is the light helping him go on. As the plane lifts above the clouds, Howard thinks of those his precious Anna Nicole left behind. In a voice barely heard above the din of the jet engines he tells me, "I want her friends to pray that Anna Nicole is safe, happy and with Daniel."

It was hard to leave Anna's body behind, but he had to get back to his baby girl. Others are already traveling to the Bahamas with an eye on Dannielynn. One of them is VIRGIE ARTHUR, Anna's biological mother, who she detested. Anna told me in October, "She's not my mother, she's my birth mother."

She is not a welcome guest. Howard begins to bristle at the mention of her name. He says, "As long as I have a breath in my body, that woman will not see Dannielynn."

I ask about Virgie's quest to assume custody of the five month old baby, who takes Howard's last name on her birth certificate. After all, Howard is the only father she's ever known. He answers, not as an attorney, but as a protective parent. "She has no right. She can't take my baby. She can't take Anna's baby."

After the plane touches down in the Bahamas, watching Howard hold Dannielynn for the first time since her mother's death is heart wrenching. With tears rolling down his face he reveals the depth of his pain: "I wouldn't be here now, but I had to get back to Dannielynn. I held her in my arms and couldn't believe her mom is gone. I know Anna loved her more than anything in the world."
Source: ETonline

Once the interview airs throughout the week, let me know what you thought of Stern and the interview!