Howard Stern Opens Up About the ‘Day Off’ Controversy

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Last week, the King of radio Howard Stern took a day off and his fans went ballistic. Read more about that HERE.

His wife, Beth, later came out to say everything was fine, but fans weren’t exactly buying it. Thankfully he set the record straight this morning. He has the flu!

“I don’t want to be here,” he said. “There was a lot of speculation, ‘Where was I on Wednesday?’ Many people pointed out that me taking what they call a ‘personal day,’ by the way, I never said ‘personal day.’ I didn’t take a personal day, I took a sick day and I’m still sick, you can still hear it in my voice.”

He continued: “Why was it such a big deal that I took a f–king day off? I wanted to take off today because my voice is still shot, but I was afraid to. I felt so f–king guilty. I missed a day of work and all of a sudden it’s bigger news than James Comey. These a——s started calling my mother’s house, what am I, 5? If I miss a day of work, you don’t call my mother, you call my wife, I’m married. They’re calling my mother to see why I’m missing school.”