Have you ever wondered whatever happened to Howard Stern? The once anti-establishment DJ used to be a bit more libertarian in his views, but in recent years has transformed into a progressive scold.
Lots of people think it was Covid and the lockdowns that broke the brain of the famously germophobic host, but according to one insider it’s about more than that.
Steven Grillo was a longtime intern for Stern, and he is now claiming that Stern’s transformation was all about pleasing his elite friends who are all creatures of the far left.
The New York Post reports:
Howard Stern made political U-turn to please A-list pals, ex-radio buddy claims: ‘Gross to see what he’s turned into’
As a college junior in the early 1990s Steven Grillo dreamed about landing an internship on Howard Stern’s radio show.
But once he did the dream quickly became a nightmare — with him being egged into humiliating himself, but giving him an irresistible taste of fame.
Grillo says he never wanted to be on the air and took the job with the intention of working behind the scenes. However, he says Stern unexpectedly preyed on him, despite being a dyslexic college kid…
Pre-woke, decades before he did softball interviews with Joe Biden, Stern’s politics leaned Republican.
“He definitely got George Pataki elected Governor [of New York in 1995] and he was a big [Rudy] Giuliani supporter,” said Grillo. “It’s gross to see what he’s turned into. I think it’s quite pathetic, to be honest.”
Grillo is referring to Stern’s 180 in terms of his political standing, “At some point, his brain flipped,” he said. “I think it has to do with the people he associates with. He’s in the [left wing] herd, and he doesn’t want to upset them. Now he’s friends with all these A-listers, people like Jimmy Kimmel. If he goes up against them, he’s going to get kicked out of the club. He used to make fun of all those celebrities,” who Grillo counts as fair game due to their public profiles.
Grillo is in the news because he has released a new book about his life which includes the time he worked for the Stern show. According to him, Howard treated him horribly and frequently humiliated him.
His allegations make Stern look pretty bad. Grillo doesn’t even mention him in the book’s acknowledgements.
