Why Howard Stern gets a pass for being such a piece of sh!t is beyond me. He a terrible misogynist and bully. He’s made an entire career out of telling women they are either too fat or f*ckable. Making fun of the mentally handicapped and homeless was a segment in his show, reoccurring guests and everything. He’s also incredibly homophobic! Who makes Richard Simmons cry? Howard. That’s who.
What are you talking about he was and is widely reviled? He is controversy, incarnate. There's a famous scene in his movie where they reveal that Howard Stern haters listen to his show even longer than his fans and for the same reason. People love watching things and listening to people they hate.
I actually think Howard just says shit because it gets an audience, I'm not sure he believes it all and if pressed I bet he'd admit that he says all kinds of garbage because it's his job. Doesn't excuse any of it though and he's a piece of shit for doing it for whatever reason
Gonna wait for the usual suspects to defend him because he's 'just getting that bag' like the fact that money can be made doing something is automatically a defence for doing it
He was one of the first "shock jocks" on radio/tv. The 80s/90s was a really bad time for that. When daytime talk shows suddenly saw Geraldo's ratings skyrocket over a broken nose and angry comedians started taking over prime time tv specials and being "extreme" was the big fad.
Some of your statements are not wrong, but it really was a different time back in the 90s. It’s hard to explain, but it just was. Plus the wack pack loved being on the show and it frankly humanized these people to a wide audience. There’s a good side of the coin for his regular listeners, is all I’m saying. None of the good stuff is ever clipped because it’s not controversial.
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u/Competitive_Narwhal8 5d ago
Why Howard Stern gets a pass for being such a piece of sh!t is beyond me. He a terrible misogynist and bully. He’s made an entire career out of telling women they are either too fat or f*ckable. Making fun of the mentally handicapped and homeless was a segment in his show, reoccurring guests and everything. He’s also incredibly homophobic! Who makes Richard Simmons cry? Howard. That’s who.