Larry Birkhead: Why Howard and I Attended Gay Pride Parade

In an interview with Us on September 3, Larry Birkhead railed against a new book by Rita Cosby titled Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death, in which she claims that Birkhead and Howard K Stern were lovers.

“If this book is not sitting next to Harry Potter on the fiction shelf, then Rita Cosby is going to be wrapped up in one of the most expensive lawsuits ever,” he tells Us. “I don’t know how Cosby can print lies like that without once attempting to contact me. That’s journalism 101.”

(Cosby, a former MSNBC journalist, did not respond to requests for comment.)

So why did Stern and Birkhead attend L.A.’s Gay Pride parade in June 2005, where Smith was grand marshal?

“I was a photographer,” Birkhead explains to Us. “My camera is around my neck in every picture." (After the parade, they partied at gay club The Abbey and in this picture (left) he had taken off his camera.)

Among the other allegations? That Birkhead, 34, and Stern, 38, struck a deal giving Birkhead custody of Dannielynn (who turns 1 on September 7) in exchange for Stern being named executor of Smith’s estate, worth a potential $472 million; and that Smith considered Birkhead a “sperm donor,” whom she never intended to keep around.

“It’s bogus,” says Birkhead. “Zero truth to it.”

Re: Larry Birkhead: Why Howard and I Attended Gay Pride Parade

I don't know how much truth to this whole story there is.

But going to a Gay Pride parade doesn't mean you are gay. If Anna was grand marshal of the parade, why wouldn't they be there??