Howard Stern hasn't formally renewed his SiriusXM deal — however he did troll his listeners into considering he had been changed.
Followers have been in for a shock when the Monday, September 8, episode began with a flustered Andy Cohen introducing himself earlier than claiming the channel was now referred to as “Andy 100.”
“I do know that you simply're anticipating an enormous announcement from Howard, and this isn't how issues have been meant to go,” Cohen, 57, stated. “There's been plenty of speak about what's going to occur with Howard's deal. Is he fired? I don't know the way a lot I'm allowed to say, besides that he's not right here and I'm. Howard was supposed to start out the present in the present day, and this was purported to be one thing of a cleaner hand-off. There may be nothing clear about it. Right here we're. I'm type of winging it.”
Cohen referred to as it a “surreal morning,” including, “I can't presumably fill his void.” The Bravo government famous he was certain Stern would discover success elsewhere earlier than Stern joined him on the air and thanked Cohen for enjoying alongside.
Stern, 71, then hinted he would stay on SiriusXM after rumors that his deal hadn't been renewed. He just lately performed into the hypothesis by teasing that he would handle listeners' issues on the September 2 episode of The Howard Stern Present, however his announcement was then postponed till Monday.
“I'm minding my very own enterprise, having fun with my summer season trip. [A reporter] says that I've been fired for being too woke. In gentle of the Stephen Colbert firing — as a result of the phrase on Stephen was that it was all a part of this merger, they usually fired Stephen as a result of he's too woke — the story then grew to become Howard Stern is fired as a result of he's too woke,” he defined on Monday about his resolution to remain. “What pisses me off is that now I can't depart. I've been fascinated about retiring. Now I can't.”
Stern stated he thought-about retirement till false experiences surfaced about his present getting canceled. He additionally hinted that “one of many optimistic issues” in regards to the scenario was listening to from different corporations excited about The Howard Stern Present.
Howard Stern has gotten into feuds with David Letterman, Lena Dunham and plenty of extra stars all through his profession. Stern and Letterman began off as mates within the ‘90s — till the radio host began bashing the previous late-night host. The 2 had a falling out and didn't patch issues up till 2018 when […]
“I'm very completely happy at Sirius,” Stern stated on Monday whereas praising SiriusXM CEO Jennifer Witz, who beforehand launched her personal assertion, saying, “I feel he's been core to our platform for over 20 years, so I'm assured we'll get to the appropriate place.”
Stern initially signed with Sirius in 2004 earlier than its merger with XM. This paved the way in which for The Howard Stern Present to debut on Sirius in January 2006. His most up-to-date five-year renewal with SiriusXM was made official in 2020.
After signing a take care of Sirius value $500 million (together with inventory) over 5 years, the more moderen renewals “topped out at roughly $80 million to $100 million,” in accordance with Bloomberg. When a Bloomberg report in 2020 acknowledged that Stern was near a take care of SiriusXM value $120 million yearly, the radio host stated on his present that he and his crew have been “type of baffled by it.”
