Breaking: my decision is final, I have no reversal. Howard Stern has made a terrible decision to eliminate…

Breaking: my decision is final, I have no reversal. Howard Stern has made a terrible decision to eliminate…

It’s a testament to the savvy and business instincts of Howard Stern that, even for those who have never listened to a single minute of talk radio, he hardly needs an introduction. Stern began his career as a radio personality in the late ’70s, but it wasn’t until the mid-’80s that he, along with his faithful sidekick Robin Quivers, perfected the format for which the term “shock jock” was coined. For Stern and Quivers, virtually nothing was off limits — and often, all of the vulgar humor, in-studio nudity, and Federal Communications Commission fines tended to obscure the fact that Stern happened to be a very good interviewer.

In 2006, Stern took his act to Sirius XM radio, mostly outside the purview of that pesky FCC, where he remains to this day. Even though he is now in his 70s, his schtick remains largely undiluted, and it’s as popular as ever — but thanks to his decades-long habit of saying whatever he pleases to a nationwide audience while pushing as many buttons as he possibly can, he has ruffled more than a few celebrity feathers. Here are some of the stars who simply can’t stand Howard Stern.

Howard Stern at an event wearing sunglasses

For over a decade, comedian and actor Jamie Foxx resided a few stations over from Howard Stern on Sirius XM; his station “The Foxxhole” offered up comedy and music, and of course a show dedicated to the musings of Foxx himself. In 2010, during an episode of his eponymous series, Foxx took aim at Stern, who had recently made characteristically obnoxious remarks about the weight of actress Gabourey Sidibe, opining that her size would prevent her from ever winning an Oscar. Foxx took the odd step of formally declaring a feud, saying that he hoped it would get some attention, for Stern’s sake — because “Howard hasn’t really made a big splash in a long time” (via The Australian).

Thus began a back-and-forth between two Sirius XM hosts that saw Stern ridiculing Foxx and implying that the actor must be gay, Foxx renaming Stern “Coward” and flatly stating that he has “chronic gonorrhea,” and listeners of both stations presumably making dashes to the grocery store for more popcorn. The tiff eventually blew over, and in 2017, Foxx (whose station was taken over by frequent guest Kevin Hart in 2018) even went so far as to appear on Stern’s show — an appearance that was quite cordial and professional, and during which the blow-up between the two was never even so much as addressed.

 

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