Howard Stern has cut ties with longtime pal Bill Maher following the comedian’s dig at the radio host’s marriage to Beth Ostrosky Stern.
“I think I’m no longer friends with him,” the 69-year-old said Tuesday on “The Howard Stern Show.”
The revelation came after Maher argued on a recent episode of his “Club Random” podcast that Howard publicly declaring his love for Beth was a “dig” at the broadcaster’s first wife, Alison Berns.
“[Howard] goes on about how much he loves his wife, Beth, which he has been doing on the air for, like, 10 years,” said Maher, who has never been married.
“But we know Howard had this other wife before Beth.”
Howard continued to slam Maher on his radio show Tuesday, telling listeners that it was “a sexist thing” to say, “convoluted” and “nutty.”
“It’s assuming that he knows something about my first marriage. That, of course, the man must be leaving the woman and the woman must be devastated and be sitting around pining away for her famous man,” he said, warning Maher that he “ought to shut” his mouth.
“I mean, I don’t think I come on the air every day and say, ‘I love my wife.’ But I thought it was a pretty positive message, to – especially with my audience – to say to guys, ‘Instead of, like, ragging on our wives, how about talking about that we appreciate them and love them?’”
Howard further argued that Maher is trying to make it seem like he was “the slightly immoral one” for settling down.
