The shock jock and the cable TV provocateur have hit the skids.
這位令人震驚的運動員和有線電視的挑釁者已經(jīng)陷入了困境。
Howard Stern said on his eponymous SiriusXM radio show Tuesday that he and Real Time host Bill Maher are "no longer friends" .
霍華德·斯特恩周二在其同名SiriusXM廣播節(jié)目中表示,他和Real Time主持人比爾·馬赫“不再是朋友”。
"The guys played me a clip from Bill Maher's new podcast, and he was actually dumping on me," Stern explained.
Stern解釋道:“這些家伙給我播放了Bill Maher新播客中的一段片段,他實際上是在向我傾倒。”
For a long time, the two were not on good terms, but they eventually set aside their differences and Stern appeared on Maher's long-running HBO show. "I haven't spoken to Bill Maher in so long," Stern said. "I had years when I didn't talk to him when we were not friends. I did the show as a favor to him because we were repairing a relationship."
很長一段時間以來,兩人關(guān)系并不好,但他們最終擱置了分歧,斯特恩出現(xiàn)在了馬赫長期播出的HBO節(jié)目中。斯特恩說:“我已經(jīng)很久沒有和比爾馬赫談過了。”“多年來,當我們不是朋友時,我都不和他說話。我做這個節(jié)目是為了幫他一個忙,因為我們正在修復關(guān)系。”
But that apparently didn't prevent Stern from being a target of Maher's criticism. Stern described the podcast segment, in which Maher was joined by guest Julian Lennon. "He took a big shot at me," Stern said. "Basically, he says, 'Howard Stern always gets on the radio and says he loves his wife.' I've never been criticized for this. He goes, 'Haven't we had enough of that? What about his first wife? I feel really bad for her.'"
但這顯然并沒有阻止斯特恩成為馬赫批評的對象。Stern描述了播客片段,嘉賓Julian Lennon也加入了Maher的行列。“他向我開了一槍,”斯特恩說。“基本上,他會說,‘霍華德·斯特恩總是在廣播中說他愛他的妻子。’我從來沒有因此受到過批評。他會說:‘我們受夠了嗎?他的第一任妻子呢?我真的為她感到難過。’”
Stern has been married to Beth Ostrosky Stern since 2008. He was previously married to Alison Berns, from 1978 to 2000. And Stern didn't appreciate what Maher insinuated about his marriages and his divorce. "What a sexist thing to say. What a convoluted, nutty thing to say," he groused. "He says it must hurt [Berns'] feelings that I'm in love with a different woman. It's assuming that he knows something about my first marriage. That of course the man must be leaving the woman and the woman must be devastated and be sitting around pining away for her famous man."
Stern自2008年起與Beth Ostrosky Stern結(jié)婚。1978年至2000年,他與艾莉森·伯恩斯結(jié)婚。斯特恩并不欣賞馬赫對他的婚姻和離婚的暗示。他抱怨道:“這是一句多么性別歧視的話。這是一件多么復雜、瘋狂的話。”。“他說,我愛上了另一個女人,這一定傷害了(伯恩斯)的感情。這是假設他對我的第一次婚姻有所了解。當然,這個男人一定要離開這個女人,而這個女人一定很傷心,坐在那里為她的著名男人而苦苦掙扎。”
For his part, Stern is proud of his public affection for his wife, hoping it sends a message to his listeners. "I don't think I come on the air every day and say I love my wife," he added. "But I thought it was a pretty positive message, especially with my audience, to say to guys, 'Instead of ragging on our wives, how about talking how we appreciate and love them?'"
就斯特恩而言,他為自己對妻子的公開感情感到驕傲,希望這能向聽眾傳遞一個信息。他補充道:“我不認為我每天都在廣播中說我愛我的妻子。”。“但我認為這是一個非常積極的信息,尤其是對我的觀眾來說,對男人們說,‘與其對我們的妻子大發(fā)雷霆,不如談談我們是如何感激和愛他們的?’”
Stern also said he emailed Maher seeking an explanation. "I wrote in an email, I said, 'Why don't you give me a phone call? Why don't you tell me what you think about my life and my marriage?' But of course he never wrote me back," he said. "I just wanted to see how brave he was. If he was brave enough to call me and actually get on the phone with me, and zero response."
Stern還表示,他給Maher發(fā)了一封電子郵件,尋求解釋。“我在一封電子郵件中寫道,‘你為什么不給我打個電話?你為什么不告訴我你對我的生活和婚姻的看法?’但他當然從來沒有給我回信,”他說。“我只是想看看他有多勇敢。如果他有足夠的勇氣給我打電話,真的和我通電話,卻沒有任何回應。”
Representatives for Maher didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment Wednesday.
Maher的代表周三沒有立即回應EW的置評請求。
In Stern's eyes, this marks the end of their friendship. Particularly because Stern felt he did Maher a favor by going on Real Time. "I think I'm no longer friends with him," he reflected. "I went out of my way to do that show. I don't like doing TV shows."
在斯特恩看來,這標志著他們友誼的結(jié)束。特別是因為斯特恩覺得他上了《實時秀》幫了馬希爾一個忙。“我想我和他不再是朋友了,”他反思道。“我特意去做那個節(jié)目。我不喜歡做電視節(jié)目。”
Stern also made a remark referencing Maher's recent back-and-forth on restarting his show amid the Hollywood writers' strike. Maher had announced plans for Real Time to return to air in spite of the strike, thus opening the door to "scab" labor and flouting the requests of union leadership. But in the wake of other talk shows, including The Drew Barrymore Show, postponing their returns, Maher followed suit, citing negotiations resuming between writers and the studios.
斯特恩還提到了馬赫最近在好萊塢作家罷工期間就重啟節(jié)目的問題反復發(fā)表的言論。馬希爾宣布,盡管罷工,《實時》仍計劃重新開播,從而為“結(jié)痂”勞工打開了大門,并無視工會領(lǐng)導層的要求。但在其他脫口秀之后,包括 《德魯·巴里摩爾秀》推遲了他們的回歸,馬赫緊隨其后,稱編劇和工作室之間的談判正在恢復。
"This is what happens when Bill doesn't have writers," Stern quipped. "He just goes on a ramble about somebody's life that he doesn't know. But who cares in the end?"
斯特恩打趣道:“當比爾沒有作家時,就會發(fā)生這種情況。”。“他只是在漫談一個他不認識的人的生活。但最終誰在乎呢?”