Howard Stern’s wife, Beth Stern, revealed he’s “very happy” with his SiriusXM contract for his “Howard Stern Show” after toxic workplace claims.
“I think his new schedule is working out really well for him. I think he’s very happy with it,” she shared on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live” Wednesday.
She also revealed her “very influential” role in the negotiation process for Howard’s radio show and why she continues to encourage him to do it.
“I feel that it’s very good for him to continue [with SiriusXM]. He still enjoys doing it. He’s still, I think, very good at it. I think it keeps him connected,” she shared.
Beth, 53, explained that the radio show provides her husband, 72, an “outlet” to share his many thoughts.
Last December, the comedian announced to his listeners that he signed a contract with SiriusXM to continue his radio show for three more years amid swirling retirement rumors.
“I am happy to announce that I have figured out a way to have it all,” he said at the time. “More free time and continuing to be on the radio. Yes, we are coming back for three years.”
In his announcement, Howard added that his new contract will give him more “flexibility.”
“I do like my days off. You know me, I’m never bored. I’m busy every minute,” he shared.
Beth’s recent comments come weeks after she and Howard were sued by their former executive assistant Leslie Kuhn, who accused them of creating a hostile work environment, in April.
Kuhn detailed the “immense pressure” of managing Howard and Beth’s Hamptons home — as well as helping the latter run an “extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations” — in court documents obtained by Page Six.
Kuhn also claimed Howard’s production company presented her with a nondisclosure agreement that she denies ever signing. She claimed that both the reasons she was fired and the NDA were “manufactured by the Defendants in general and Beth Stern in particular.”
Weeks later, the SiriusXM host filed to dismiss his ex-assistant’s lawsuit against himself and Beth for $2.5 million in damages.
Howard dubbed the lawsuit a “shakedown” and “transparent sham” in court documents obtained by Page Six.
The former “America’s Got Talent” judge’s lawyer, Ilene Farkas, told us her client was “not going to play this out in public.”
“The Sterns are entitled to enforce non-disclosure agreements signed by employees who enter their home and their private life,” the statement continued.
Stern’s “The Howard Stern Show” was first on the air via traditional radio between 1986 to 2005 and has streamed on SiriusXM since 2006.
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