Howard Stern is in a race against himself. How fast can the radio legend tarnish his legacy?
Stern, 70, doesn’t resemble the pioneer who changed the face of radio. It’s like two different broadcasters.
This week, he proved there’s still a new low for the aging legend.
Howard Stern to Kamala Harris: “When — when you said you don't nap, I get it because, like, what you've taken on is extraordinarily difficult. And I — I mean, do you feel the pressure of the moment in the sense that — like — I — when I met you out in the hall, I said I'm really… pic.twitter.com/PZukwu6cVu
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Stern interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris this week, part of her attempt to find the softest softball interviewers around. And Stern came to the top of the list along with “The View” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
His Harris chat, a little over an hour, let the presidential candidate speak without fact checks or challenging questions.
We expected that.
It’s why her campaign chose Stern. He’s a Useful Idiot of sorts much like his pal, Jimmy Kimmel.
Kimmel mancrushing Walz: “I speak for a lot of people when I say, we like you a lot!” pic.twitter.com/fJQdEodEHc
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One exchange, though, proved the very worst part of the chat.
Even the left-leaning Business Insider dubbed the moment “remarkable.” It likely wasn’t a compliment.
[Stern] doesn’t like seeing Harris being satirized on Saturday Night Live.
“I hate it. I don’t want you being made fun of,” Stern told Harris. “There’s too much at stake. I believe the entire future of this country right now… it’s literally on the line.”
Harris, no fan of free speech, actually stood up for the show.
The vice president, for her part, didn’t seem to mind. “It was funny,” Harris said of the most recent episode. “I am a huge fan of Maya Rudolph, so I think she’s put a lot of time into doing the piece and the character.”
The irony is clear on two fronts.
One, “SNL” has been cartoonishly pro-Democrat since President Barack Obama took office. The show ignored Harris for three-plus years through her various missteps and word salad speeches.
Yet the first two episodes of the show’s new season, number 50, have teased the candidate as well as her VP choice, Gov. Tim Walz.
Stern went from “F*** the FCC” to. “leave the Vice President alone” in the span of his career.
It’s hard to imagine he can sink much lower.
