{"id":1749379,"date":"2022-11-23T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749379"},"modified":"2022-11-23T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:03:13","slug":"bill-maher-mourns-losing-germophobe-howard-stern-as-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-mourns-losing-germophobe-howard-stern-as-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Mourns Losing \u201cGermophobe\u201d Howard Stern as a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-mourns-losing-germophobe-howard-stern-as-a-friend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bill-maher-Howard-Stern-germaphobe-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cClub Random\u201d showcases a kinder, gentler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/left-listen-bill-maher-tlaib\/\">Bill Maher<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No sharp elbows, partisan smackdowns or gotcha queries. The comedy podcast is just Maher, a celebrity guest and a free-wheeling chat fueled by the occasion joint or tumbler.<\/p>\n<p>Simple. Direct. And, as is often the case, brimming with banter that begs listeners to be kind to one another.<\/p>\n<p>Maher will never be Mister Rogers 2.0, but the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/bill-maher-ben-shapiro-woke-eyeroll\/\">Real Time with Bill Maher<\/a>\u201d host is genuinely building bridges one episode at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Need proof? Recent show guests included Republicans Kid Rock and Dave Rubin.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s no surprise to hear he considers recovering shock jock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/howard-stern-germaphobe-retirement\/\">Howard Stern<\/a>\u00a0a friend.<\/p>\n<p>The radio star\u2019s celebrity feuds are legendary. He\u2019s sparred with Rosie O\u2019Donnell, Kathie Lee Gifford, Chevy Chase and virtually every competing shock jock across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Stern, aided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/howard-stern-therapy-taught-man-63017467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decades of therapy,<\/a> has mended fences with some of the aforementioned stars.<\/p>\n<p>Maher included.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cClub Random\u201d host brought up Stern during his recent chat with author Sam Harris. Maher said the two fought for years but eventually pushed past their differences. And, to hear Maher describe it, they became fast friends.<\/p>\n<p>Except it\u2019s hard to be friends with Stern today.<\/p>\n<p>The SiriusXM star became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/howard-stern-germaphobe-retirement\/\">recluse during the pandemic<\/a>, and while most of American society has moved on from masks and lockdowns Stern still lives like its April 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/howard-stern-freedom-covid\/\"><strong>RELATED: HOWARD STERN WAVES WHITE FLAG ON FREEDOM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He recently <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/10\/03\/germaphobe-howard-stern-goes-out-to-dinner-for-first-time-since-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dined with some celebrity chums<\/a>, the first time he\u2019s been out on a social event since the pandemic started.<\/p>\n<p>Maher places great value in friendship and face-to-face connections, and that\u2019s no longer possible with Stern. It\u2019s why he fears their bond may be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Maher and Harris spoke extensively about COVID-19, from various treatments to how Americans settled into distinct camps over the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate the way it\u2019s dividing people,\u201d Maher began. \u201cClimate change never divided people for real in my life.\u201d He segued to the so-called King of All Media, a figure whose pandemic fears proved paralyzing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoward Stern and I \u2026 for years there was animosity. We got back together like two lost lovers,\u201d Maher said with a smile. \u201cAnd we had just repaired this relationship and were having this beautiful friendship. Now, I think I\u2019ll never see him again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/howard-stern-legacy-covid-free-speech\/\"><strong>RELATED: \u2018COWARD\u2019 STERN SHREDDING HIS LEGACY IN REAL TIME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still love him and I hope he still loves me, but he is, in my view, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/germophobe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">germophobe<\/a>. I think he would admit [it], it\u2019s pretty obvious,\u201d Maher continues. \u201cPeople have the right to be whatever level of scared they are of germs.\u00a0I can\u2019t live in that world. I don\u2019t want to \u2026 I can\u2019t live in your paranoid world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stern began broadcasting from his Hamptons home early in the pandemic and has remained there for most of the past two-plus years. He did re-enter his SiriusXM studio earlier this month for an interview with rock legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/bruce-springsteen-ticketmaster-blue-collar\/\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Howard Stern reveals studio return for Bruce Springsteen interview <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iv7bejt05M\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iv7bejt05M<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGHrZUEYL6\">pic.twitter.com\/qGHrZUEYL6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1585448568231436289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cClub Random\u201d showcases a kinder, gentler Bill Maher. No sharp elbows, partisan smackdowns or gotcha queries. 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