“Howard, Please Help Her!” Was Pregnant Anna Nicole Smith Drugged By Howard K. Stern?
Call me crazy, but I’ve always wanted to believe that, in some weird way, Howard K. Stern was in love with Anna Nicole. That it was some freakish love, sure, but a love nonetheless. That he had to stand by awkwardly as Anna slurred and purred and slinked her way through other boytoys, always wanting to be her knight in shining armor but never really getting the chance. That once he did get the chance, their tragic love was cut short due to Anna’s untimely and strange death in a Florida hotel room.
However, after seeing this footage, I’m not so sure.
A bit of backstory: Ford Shelley’s daughter (G. Ben Thompson’s son-in-law) had gone to the house his father-in-law had rented to Anna and Howard to drop off his nine-year-old daughter for a “play date” with Anna. (Apparently she had missed the girl’s birthday and wanted to make it up to her with an afternoon of fun.) He said that when he dropped off his daughter, Anna was coherent.
However, after he left, things got strange. The girl told her father that she witnessed Howard give Anna “something from a white bottle with red stripes,” and afterwards Anna became the slurred, logy, sad, doped-up clown we have seen on the previous, shorter video. (It was Ford’s daughter who applied the clown makeup, apparently as part of a game.) Her speech was slurred, her eyes were half-closed, and she became incoherent, convinced the doll she and the girl are playing with is her actual baby.
At one point in the video, you can hear the girl whispering to Howard that Anna has “brain trouble.” Howard even says, “you’re freaking her out now, Anna.” And the nine-year-old tries her best to persuade Howard to get Anna some help:
“Howard, help! Howard, seriously, help. Put the tape off and help. […]
I think we need the hospital. Howard, seriously, please help!”
Throughout the tape, you can hear Howard giving directions to someone named Mark, telling him production notes such as not to show a part of the video where Anna’s breast pops out of her sarong dress, and lamenting that background music might have ruined a shot.
Apparently, Anna had promised a copy of the tape to Ford Shelly but never sent it. He says that his daughter saw a lot that day but didn’t say anything about it (he didn’t say just how he found out, either from finding the tape or his daughter telling him).
Howard alleges that Ford Shelley stole this tape, but Ford says that is not so. He says that while he was at the house securing it (prior to his leaving the Bahamas), he told the people Howard had sent to the house that they could get into the house at any time. He said nobody came back into the house and nobody stopped him from leaving with anything, either at the house or at the airport later. He also says that he did not plant the methadone in the refrigerator (another Howard allegation), and that he in fact called the police about it but they never showed up.
Ford and Geraldo have this conversation at the end of the clip:
Ford: I want the truth to come out and us to settle this thing. That…that video with Anna, that wasn’t Anna, Anna’s always been good to us and, and she’s been a friend. I’m not exploiting Anna, I’m not here…I didn’t make that tape, Howard did.
Geraldo: That stoned Anna, pathetic Anna…
Ford: But, but, but…when we say stoned and path…Anna, Anna didn’t know, and, uh, she was good to my child, she wouldn’t have hurt her for nothing.
In the previously heavily edited portion of the video shown to the press, Howard alleges that Anna was pretending to be a little girl for the benefit of the camera.
If indeed Howard gave Anna drugs of this nature, especially when Anna was eight months pregnant with Dannielynn, that is a serious thing. There is an inquest coming up into the circumstances of Daniel’s death in the Bahamas just three days after his sister was born, in his mother’s hospital room, and shockingly enough there are photos of Anna cradling her dead son’s body in her hospital bed (don’t worry, although they show a blurry shot on this video, they cut before that segment is shown). There is, however, a photograph shown of an apparently unconscious Anna with vomit coming out of her mouth so be warned. Who takes photographs of something like that? And why?
Something like this goes a long way in explaining just why Anna always seemed to be in a haze. Even in her television series, she seems to constantly be existing in a foggy world of her own. It is disturbing to think that Howard could have been drugging her all this time. And what about the effect this would have on her unborn baby? Was Anna taking drugs voluntarily? How much is Dannielynn going to have to suffer because her mother was allegedly on drugs during her pregnancy?
However, while video shot of Anna pre-Howard does not show perhaps the same level of slurry brain, she never came across on camera as a particularly bright bulb. She always seemed to be a little off, a bit fuzzy, but I always assumed it was an act for the camera, a cutesy-dumb-blonde-with-big-tits act. Maybe it wasn’t.
Howard always seemed to genuinely care for Anna. So that beggars the question…why shoot this video to start with? Why exploit Anna this way? If he was shooting it for some as-yet-unknown reason, and was giving someone named Mark production notes, what was the purpose? Was he thinking of selling it? Why showcase Anna as a space cadet, adding fuel to the “she’s on drugs” fire? and especially with her being eight months pregnant? He had to know this would reflect badly on him, so why even bother in the first place? How much was Howard an enabler, and how much just caught up in the ANS hurricane? And it is very disturbing that this took place in front of a nine-year-old girl, who really didn’t have any clue of what to do or what was even going on.
Howard has also just filed for 6% of J. Howard Marshall’s estate’s net money, if Dannielynn ever comes into her share of the estate. As you recall, he was the former husband of Anna Nicole, and she was fighting his estate for her piece of his fortune. He’s also filed papers to make Dannielynn the sole beneficiary of Anna’s will, even though she is not mentioned. This could work out to a huge piece of cheese for Howard. Was this what he was after all along?
I’d love to know the answers. But, I’m telling you, even though I’ve defended him in the past, Howard is looking worse and worse with every new development.
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I have defended him in the past as well, and after viewing the above segment, I was stricken with some serious doubts.
I have seen other video and I think he and Anna had a very complicated relationship. I think he was in love with Anna, but most likely, that was unrequited. Howard just wasn’t Anna’s type and likely this rejection may have been at the core of his selfish actions where Anna was concerned. He clearly cleaned up after her and looked after her, but he also contributed to her demise in very personal ways.
Howard in my opinion had a love/hate co-dependent, enabling relationship with Anna. He needed her for the money, she needed him to take care of her. He loved her, she loved him when it was convenient or no one else was available, and rejected his love often.
Really, not a healthy situation.
IMHO, this is essence of what happened.
Larry Birkhead, well that’s another story, equally as complicated and unsavory.
Comment by D — October 24, 2007 @ 7:43 am
I think he may have had a very twisted relationship with Anna. She may not have been very bright, which probably led to her hooking up with him. She may have also had a minor drug/alcohol problem when she met him. He probably used that to control her — keeping her incapacitated just to the point where she could be easily “handled.”
Taking the “what ifs” a little further, what if she (in a brief moment of lucidity) threatened to fire his @ss? Taking video and photos like that would give Howard some sort of “protection” (ie blackmail) against Anna (and/or Larry).
I have always been suspicious of his motives — of anyone’s motives, really — when there’s that much money involved. It seems to go way beyond unrequited love.
Comment by crazymom — October 24, 2007 @ 9:26 am
I don’t buy the poor anna was controlled stuff - she always had major drug/alcohol probs. Pre Howard Stern she fell into a drug related coma. Anna was also intelligent enough to pick up Howard Marshall when he was at a weak point - and continued to be savvy enough to fight for “her” share of his estate. In my opinion (who knows what that was worth) Howard and Anna were birds of a feather. They both were/are? substance and people abusers. Sycophants that lived off of others.
You know, I cried for Anna’s son (I think bc I am a new mom)to lose your child has to be the worst thing anyone could ever live through - and her death moved me a bit too. But, at the end of the day she brought much of this on herself. The video was disturbing to say the least - and it confirms what most people already know, that there was some seriously shady stuff going down. No one knows what Howard’s intentions were except Howard…and you cannot negate her responsibility for remaining drug free during her pregnancy (How self and gross is that!?)…in no pasrt of the footage did you see him holding her down to administer narcotics. The assumption is there was some element of free will involved there. Maybe he was trying to document the drug abuse to protect himself - or maybe he is truly sick and was plotting her demise. But the fact remains that no one knows what Howard’s motives were except Howard. If he was indeed plotting something dark I truly believe he will go to jail. There is just too much evidence accumulating not to investigate him. I always thought that he loved her on some basic level - but maybe like D said it was a love/hate thing.
It’s weird I have tons of empathy for the Britster but had little time for ANS. I wonder why?
Comment by ebayer — October 24, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
oh yeah one other thing…why is no one investigating why the hell a man as old as Ford Shelly would allow his 9 year old daughter to visit ANS unaccompanied. Her TV show documented that even her poor son Daniel did not belong there. He died only months before of drug related causes. WHY the heck was she there to begin with?
Comment by ebayer — October 24, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
Howard was hostile to Anna…for rejecting him as a lover…….can’t see as I blame her…who the h-ll
would want to be loved by him..not Anna!
Comment by ozmaoz — October 24, 2007 @ 2:04 pm
I think ANS was controlled, but it was by drugs. I think Howard was not the instigator of that, but I do think he was a facilitator. I think he could have done a lot to help, had he chose to, but he chose to give her pretty much what she wanted.
Now…whether or not she was a willing recipient of the drugs? Hmm…good question. I can see yes and no answers. On one hand, she chose to take drugs. OTOH, you can get to the point where you aren’t making rational decisions because of the drugs, and one of those decisions is whether to take MORE drugs.
But one little factoid…Daniel died after this video was taken, not before (probably just a typo on your part
). But that doesn’t negate anything you said about it. So yeah….I’d have serious reservations about sending my kid over to be watched by ANS. And by “serious reservations”, I mean no way in hell. But she at least recognized there was a problem and tried to convince Howard to help.
Comment by k — October 24, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
And that’s the telling part of all of this. You can hear that little girl pleading with Howard at different times on the tape FOX has.
What I don’t hear (that I can remember, I could be wrong) is Howard acknowledging it in any way — either a “yeah, you’re right we’d better do something” or even a “naw, don’t worry, she’s fine.” That kid’s pleas seem to fall on deaf ears.
Comment by crazymom — October 24, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
yes meant after:) To be honest tho’ I don’t think that the day this clown tape was made was any different than any other day in the life of ANS or Howard (and I am sure there are more tapes). They both seem to have accepted that this was reality. My take on it is that he is unaffected by the child’s upset because he’s just plain not worried (about the child or anna - selfish!). I think that many people who write about ANS neglect to mention that her show was a documented chronicle of child abuse that no one did anything about - not his father grandmother or the state. There was no question in anyone’s mind that she was abusing drugs - it was a dangerous place for Daniel to be.
Howard, like you said, was a facilitator - but there is no doubt in mind that if he had “stood up to her” he would have been one of the many people she chucked out of her life. Drug addicts don’t like being “helped”. I am sure most of the hangers on at the end were up to no good.
IMO she was doomed. I don’t think her story was ever going to have a happy ending Howard or no Howard. I just hope that if he took an active role in her death of that of her son that he will be caught and punished.
Comment by ebayer — October 24, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
Oh, totally agreed, ebayer. If her so-called family were so worried about her and Daniel, they had all the evidence they needed provided by E! I mean, seriously.
But I think Anna really loved Daniel, as much as she could love anything. It may not have been the love you or I might have, but in her mind, it was probably the greatest love of her life. Well, other than herself. And I think Daniel loved his mother, but hated what she’d become. He hated the TV show. And you could tell he was uncomfortable with his mom when she was all dolled up being ANS. But when she was just herself, Vickie, I think that was different.
You’re right…she totally ran off the rails way back before Howard ever showed up, he just helped it along. Whether it was out of misguided love or more nefarious purposes, remains to be seen. And if he had a hand in Daniel’s death, there isn’t a hole big enough to throw him in.
Comment by k — October 24, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
Agreed - that she loved Daniel - when she was coherent. All very depressing ‘eh?
Comment by ebayer — October 24, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
HOWARD K STERN SHOULD BE SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER!
Comment by KATHY — October 24, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
i also couldnt wrap it around my mind he encouraged her drug usage.she was hooked before he got too her and tried too moniter her usage and revived her career.
i never bought it when he said the tape was out of context or that she was acting like that.
it just bothers me that when this stuff happens all these people come out and say they knew what was going on .
they should be the ones getting her help.
of course she wouldnt go willingly but if the drug usage was this bad why didnt anyone call the cops and have the doctors charge with over prescribing.??.
why wouldnt larry contact officials if he knew she did all these drugs while carrying his child.??
it
Comment by lisa — October 24, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
Clearly, he had ZERO regard for Dannielynn, or else he would never have been a party to giving her drugs while she was so pregnant. That poor little baby. I just can’t imagine what kind of problems she will have in her future.
Creepy, abusive, selfish individuals all around.
Comment by D — October 24, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
For those of you that think ANS loved her son, KNOW that she loved her son, he was her life! She worshipped the ground he walked on, was proud to talk of him, and I do believe with all of my heart that she was the best mother to him that she knew to be. Dysfunctional is a word that relates to the family life ANS, Daniel and Howard led but never question her love for her son. As a first hand witness, she never wanted this life for Daniel, only a better one, as much as any other mother. You people dont know the real Anna Nicole Smith and the doting mother she was. She was not high on drugs 24/7, only when Howard was near. I’m sure from what I have seen on her television shows that she had a drug problem long ago, this does not mean that she didnt try to seek help, have help, be hosipitalized for help but as you all know addiction is a disease, one she fought for many years. I truly believe she was a good person at heart and was a product of a dysfunctinal childhood. Lots of celebrities resort to this style of life but it doesnt make them love their own any less. When Howard was not around, Anna was as normal as the next person. Sweet, caring, loving, giddy are just a few of the characteristics I have witnessed. Remember one thing, when you are a celebrity, you cant run to the local dealer and get a fix, there is always a middle man. In this case, the middle man, the enabler, the pusher happened to be someone close. Someone she thought had her best interest at heart. Someone she trusted whole heartedly, with her son and her life, perhaps her attorney? I am not the judge nor the jury but merely someone that happened to meet her in this lifetime but from my life experience, when it looks, smells and taste like poopy then it must be poopy. You be the judge! Why would Howard have regard for Dannielynn? She was not his, he knew it and she would then be a party to the MONEY!!!! Follow the money guys!!!!!! I have always been taught not to count my chickens before they hatch, dont put all your eggs in one basket, why would HKS take his law degree and keep only one client? You be the judge!!!
Comment by L — October 24, 2007 @ 10:16 pm
and to add to the previous comment, KNOW that Ford Shelley would have never left his child with someone that was high, drunk or incapacitated at any level!!! HE gets FATHER OF THE YEAR and FRIEND OF THE YEAR AWARD in my book. He owed ANS nothing and never looked to gain anything as a friend to her. Dont question his parenting and why he left his daughter with her on this day, like i said, she was not high all of the time!!!! Shelley only helped ANS when asked to friend to friend. Trust me when i say he was a much better friend to her than Howard!
Comment by L — October 24, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
#15: I never said ANS didn’t love her son, I did say that she loved him very much. In previous articles about her, I also said that everything she did, was for him, so he could have financial security.
But I do know this…when you are addicted to drugs, you love them more than anything or anyone. They come before those you love. It’s very sad, and incredibly tragic, but it’s true. Ask any recovering addict. Only when you get your priorities straight do you again love your loved ones in the way you ought.
I did say that I feel Howard is to blame for enabling much of ANS’s demons, and not doing more to help her. I also believe he saw a cash cow, and worked hard to keep that cash flowing in…which probably meant doing whatever ANS wanted.
I do question Ford’s decision to leave his daughter with ANS that day, but not necessarily because of ANS, even though her problems at this point were well known. Howard was there and no way would I leave any child in his care.
I’m not saying Ford is a bad guy, just that in this case he made a bad decision. I’m not saying ANS was a horrible person, I am saying she made bad decisions. Since I write here, I can ask those questions. I would be remiss if I did not question everything.
Comment by k — October 24, 2007 @ 10:30 pm
I understand you questioning people leaving their kids with her but from first hand experience especially in the 5 and 6 month of her pregnancy when she was not with Stern she was sane, sober, and fully capable of entertaining a child for the afternoon! This estate was well equipped with other staff as well. As Shelley has previously stated, there was no reason for concern based on the months leading up to this visit that she was going to be bombed out of her gourd, she was a guest in his home as well and a sober guest i might add. I just dont like hearing people talk about his parenting when they have no clue as to what a dedicated, loving, nurturing father he is and would never in a million years leave his child if he thought it not to be safe! Bad decision? I dont think so…….. Tragedy? I do think so. Tragic that his child witnessed this and Howard allowed it to happen. He was present when he left her there and had no indication it was not safe. Please dont be harsh with him until you get a chance to know him, his life revolves around his daughters and is truly the best father I have ever known.
Comment by L — October 24, 2007 @ 11:31 pm
I don’t believe I was being harsh with him. I never said I believed he was a horrible parent. I simply said that I thought he made a bad decision on this particular day. I said I would not send my kid to a house like that. And I wouldn’t. ANS’s problems were well-known at this point and I question his judgement in this case, but that doesn’t mean I think he is some sort of monster.
But if you reread the article, you’ll not find anywhere where I said Ford is a bad parent. I did say it was a shame all of this had to take place in front of a nine-year-old girl, but that is more Howard’s fault, not Ford’s. I never said that I thought Ford was a bad father, take a look at the article again. Even though I question his decision, I tried to be fair in the article. At least he did come forward with the tape, that says something.
Comment by k — October 24, 2007 @ 11:44 pm
I think #15 may be referring to some of what I said - and I stand by my comments. ANS problems (like K said) were well documented and continual. I find it frustrating that ANS’s friends and family come out of the woodwork to defend her actions no matter what. HKS was an enabler, her may even be an evil person - maybe he is guilty of all you say he is but it does not negate ANS responsibility as a woman in her own right and it does not excuse her as a parent - or an expectant parent.
There are choices to be made in life - whether or not you want to see that - and sometimes it’s a tough pill to swallow - but no one tied her down and forced her to do drugs. There is help available to those that need it. I am not saying that her demons (mental/substance or otherwise) did not make it a life long fight but from the very public footage available it did not appear to be a fight she took seriously.
As a parent there is no way in hell I would allow my 9 year old daughter to visit ANS unsupervised - Past or present problems aside, as you yourself said L, substance abuse is a disease. I hate to say this but she proved herself over a period of 10 years to be someone with very serious issues. Why would you EVER leave a 9 year old over there alone?
Comment by ebayer — October 25, 2007 @ 8:28 am
I just reread some of L’s responses and I have some serious questions to pose - since when is it ok to validate a person’s actions as a whole with the statement that they were sober and sane in the 5th and 6th month of a pregnancy? Isn’t it a well known fact that you should be sober throughout? And what about the statement that she wasn’t high 24/7, just when she was with Howard….I find this highly doubtful. Again, she had a WELL documented drug problem before he came into the picture - and you know if he was such a Rasputin I doubt she would have been susceptible to him had she been in her right mind….but or arguments sake let’s say you are right and ANS only did drugs with HKS. How does that fact justify leaving your 9 year old child with someone you KNOW to be a drug abuser? I guess Ford Shelly had no idea that HKS was present? Whatever. The whole thing is sad and EVERYONE except Dannilynn and Daniel is to blame. ANS is no exception.
Comment by ebayer — October 25, 2007 @ 9:30 am
hey everyone…throughout all of these comments no one bothered to mention HKS’s background comment on how much money the video was going to be worth.it sure seems as if he had a definite hand in her substance abuse. i was of the mindset that he was trying to help her but it is obvious that he has to be responsible for her death. at least the supply of drugs to keep her in the state she was in until her death. i sure hope he is held accountable. i also hope his 6% of her late husband’s estate is not awarded to him as well.
Comment by D-Bomb — October 25, 2007 @ 10:16 am
He said it to her incoherent face - and on camera. The two of them had been working together since Howard Marshall died to find ways of making money. Why does that implicate him in her death? Sure he’s creepy, manipulative and greedy - but so are the lot of them. They both lived in a warped and strange world. If HKS did indeed kill Daniel and Anna the truth will come out - there are far too many pictures, tapes, diaries and witnesses for it not to.
Comment by ebayer — October 25, 2007 @ 10:42 am
This video really is despicable and as much as I know that Geraldo has pretty much always been out to get Howard K Stern this was like shooting fish in a barrel. Geraldo didn’t have to reach too far to portray Stern in a bad light in this instance. No matter what the purpose of making this video the fact remains that it is disturbing and with Stern as cameraman he must have had some devious motive. His filing to get his 6% of the Marshall money is not surprising. I think that has been what this has all been about all along. It is too bad that after all the effort he exerted to try and get his hands on that money that it is extremely doubtful that he’ll see any of it. The legal analysis on the news that I have seen seems to indicate that there isn’t hardly any chance of Larry or Howard or little Dannielynn recovering any money from the Marshall’s.
http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1192698213239
Comment by belicoso — October 25, 2007 @ 11:06 am
It’s no surprise that Stern is now going after part of the Marshall fortune–he’s a greedy synchophant who cares about no one but himself. I am so glad that the chances of him (or anyone else) getting a cent from the Marshalls is negligibe.
Comment by noodlemonkey — October 25, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Ford may be an exceptional parent in every other area, but in this case he DID make a bad decision. And that’s the thing….even those people who are relatively well-adjusted, sane, sober, and intelligent will make the occasional bad decision and show unsound judgement. It happens. It doesn’t mean he’s some sort of monster…he’s just a guy who made a bad decision on this day. Yes, I do wonder why he would leave his daughter alone with these people…okay, take ANS out of the picture for a minute, what about HKS?
ANS’s drug problems started before she met Howard and continued on until her death. Howard, it would seem, facilitated those problems. Yes, ANS should bear some personal responsibility in her own bad decision-making. Nobody tied her down and made her take drugs when she was younger. Nobody made her marry J. Howard Marshall. Nobody forced her to make her TV show. Nobody made her get pregnant with Dannielynn. From all accounts, she was a very strong-willed woman.
But there does come a point in any substance abuser’s journey when that line becomes blurry…when self-control and being controlled become intermixed. If she was so immersed in drugs, it wouldn’t be hard for HKS to keep her there. And I don’t see ANS as having a huge amount of self-control (that’s different from strong will), so I don’t see her resisting for long any suggestion of Howard’s concerning taking drugs.
But but…yes, she should have put her foot down and quit, detoxed, rehabbed, whatever it took. Why didn’t she?
I don’t think HKS is 100% guilty, but I don’t think he’s totally innocent either. I don’t think anyone is 100% guilty, I think they all fed off each other. Except, perhaps, for Daniel, and since he was so secretive and private (can you blame him?) we don’t know a lot of what he did, and even that is jumbled depending on who you talk to.
Everybody can share the blame here, there’s more than enough to go around.
Comment by k — October 25, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
#21: I didn’t mention it in the article because I was unsure if HKS was being faceteous or serious. Why would he tell ANS that the footage he was shooting of her stoned would be worth money? Why put that on tape?
Personally, I didn’t think that one snippet was as important as the other things going on.
Comment by k — October 25, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
When Daniel died, I truly believed Howard caused his death. My friends told me I was crazy and being conspiracy minded. It was my belief that Daniel was the only thing that stood between Stern and his total control of Anna. Daniel was a liability to Stern. Proven when after Daniel’s death, it came out that Daniel had wanted to hire a private detective because he believed Stern was controlling his mom using drugs. Then Anna died. And how she died, in her bed with a horrific fever, crapping all over herself…..this is not how someone is “cared for” by someone who loves them. Calling an ambulance would have been an easy thing to do and she was in no position to fight them. But STern didn’t. He either let her die or helped her. Why? Because he didn’t need Anna anymore. He had Dannielynn. Anna had ‘married” Stern, told the world she was his baby. The money would come through Dannielynn. No need for Anna anymore. The only thing Stern didn’t count on in all of this was Birkheads decision to fight for the child he believed to be his and that in the Bahama’s, where the US has no jurisdiction, Birkhead would not only be heard but win his case and take away the last tie to the money.
Stern got more than a half million for Anna’s diaries. And now he’s filed the motion to get a portion of the proceeds of Dannielynn’s money from Marshall’s estate, not to mention his “executor of the will” fees from Anna’s estate, and his filing for Dannielynn to be the sole heir of Anna’s estate. Stern is a monster whose adoration of Anna turned to bitterness and hatred and ultimately was fueled solely by greed and self preservation.
Comment by Deb — October 26, 2007 @ 3:56 pm