Possibly the most hostile tirade Howard Stern has been on in recent years was his rant over Wendy Williams. As some may remember, things kicked off when Williams mused in a 2019 episode of “The Wendy Williams Show” that Stern’s image had become increasingly sanitized in recent years. “Howard, I love you, but since you’ve gone Hollywood, everything you say is so predictable … Every story is going to be about, ‘Oh, I love this one, and then we went on their yacht,'” she said (via People).
Cue an enraged Stern. In clips since taken down from his own website, the DJ didn’t hold back. “You’ve got those big, fake t*** and I’m Hollywood, huh? Shut the F*** up,” he said in one portion (via Perry R). Later on, he added, “Jealous b***h. You’ll never be me, Wendy. You’ll never be me.” Touchy, much?
Stern later apologized in an interview with “The Hollywood Reporter.” “That was me at my worst. I thought she was saying that I was a piece of s*** and I sucked … Now, I don’t see it as an offense at all. If ‘Hollywood’ means that I’ve evolved in some way and the show has changed, then yeah, she hit the nail on the head.” As for Williams, she addressed Stern’s apology on her show and actually praised the shock jock. “Howard, you know what? If you never apologized to me ever in your life, you would still be one of the most influential people shaping my career,” Williams said (via Entertainment Tonight).
