NEW YORK, NY – If you are under the age of 40-years-old you might have just said, “Who?”
But for those who do remember, Howard Stern was once a funny and entertaining radio talk show host. Over the past twenty years, he has faded into obscurity aside from a diehard group of aging fans in their 50s, 60s, and 70s.
This week, the aging 70-year-old former shock jock doubled down on his own hatred of others, taking aim at everyday Americans who support Trump. He said he doesn’t care because his career is nearly over.
“This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don’t, you are bad … I’ve been the victim of this,” Stern said. “I don’t hate Trump. I hate the people who voted for him. I think they are stupid. I do. I have no respect for them.”
Stern then called for Trump voters to stop listening to his satellite radio show.
“I’m at the end of my career, so fuck you and listen to another station if you don’t like my views,” the crotchety aging former superstar said.
It was the radio version of yelling, “Get off my grass!”
Stern, might hate Trump, but that doesn’t make it ok for him to be a racist, which he has exploited misfortunate and mentally ill and disturbed black people in his career.
But his racism hit a low point in the early 1990s when he donned blackface and said the n-word several times, including one mention of ‘dirty n-word’.
Howard Stern’s infamous 1993 blackface skit has resurfaced multiple times, drawing heavy criticism for its blatant use of racial slurs and offensive stereotypes. In the skit, part of a pay-per-view special called New Year’s Rotten Eve, Stern dressed in blackface to parody actor Ted Danson, who had appeared in blackface at a Friar’s Club roast of then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. Stern’s parody, however, went even further by repeatedly using the N-word and making crude, racially charged jokes.
You can watch this video here.
The sketch shows Stern playing a caricature of Danson, complete with offensive jokes that include the N-word as a punchline. While the original aim seemed to be mocking Danson’s use of blackface, the execution itself was in poor taste, with Stern amplifying the offensive elements rather than critiquing them.
The skit has resurfaced in recent years, particularly after Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a clip of it in 2020. This led Stern to address the controversy on his SiriusXM show, admitting that while he no longer stands by the humor of his early career, he “owns” it as part of his past. He explained that his style has evolved and acknowledged how uncomfortable he feels when looking back at those moments.
He has never apologized for this extremely racist skit because he doesn’t care about black Americans either. Or anyone but himself as he lives in seclusion, walled off from he peasants of the world around.
Though Stern has since claimed he distanced himself from this type of humor, his refusal to apologize outright for the skit continues to provoke debate. He stated that if given the chance, he wouldn’t perform the skit the same way today, as he has grown and learned from his past actions.
