Howard Stern is setting the record straight about his job status, and whether or not it’s in jeopardy because he’s “too woke.”
During an interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, Stern said he was on vacation when he first heard heard rumors that he was getting canceled later this year when his contract with SiriusXM is set to end.
“I was on vacation and the next thing I know I was in Stephen Colbert Land where I was being thrown off by the FCC somehow,” Stern told Cohen, referring to the controversial cancellation of Colbert’s The Late Show. “I don’t know whatever it was or because I’m too woke. Too woke? I don’t even know what a woke is. What is woke?”
He continued, “The fact that if I’m too woke — the world has turned upside down. I mean, holy s—, the stuff I do and talk about, I don’t even know what that means. But you know what? If it means I’m awakened, God bless.”
Cohen then suggested it “might mean that you care about other people.”
“Yeah, I mean, it’s suddenly not macho to give a f— about anybody,” Stern replied, before clarifying, “but I’m not being fired.”
In fact, the legendary disc jockey says he’s “talking to Sirius right now about extending in some way.” The 71-year-old signed a five-year contract for $500 million in 2020, according to Forbes.
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While he didn’t go into details on a potential new deal, he is it peace with whatever happens.
“If that works out, great. I love this company. I do,” he said. “When I signed on, I think it was 200,000 subscribers. XM was killing us. And my dream, just like when I used to go to s—-y radio stations, ‘Let’s f—ing win.’ And now today, there’s this robust company, and I’m very proud of it. And if I do end up staying with this company, I’m going to take ownership of that.”
Stern previously addressed the rumors on his show in September, joking that, instead of leading to his exit, the reports had the opposite effect.
“What pisses me off is now I can’t leave,” Stern quipped, admitting that he’s been considering retiring lately. “Now I can’t because then they’ll say I got pushed out, so I’ll be back. F– you.”
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