rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Breadcrumb Trail Links World Celebrity ‘If woke means I can’t get behind Trump, which is what I think it means … call me woke as you f—ing want. Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Sep 22, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 3 minute read Radio personality Howard Stern Photo by Mario Tama /Getty Images Article content Howard Stern loves it when critics call him “woke.” Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Article content The outspoken SiriusXM radio personality recalled this week how a listener criticized him recently for softening as he’s gotten older. Article content “I hear that a lot that I’m not good anymore because I’m woke,” said Stern [per Mediaite]. The self-described “King of All Media” has been an outspoken critic of former U.S. President Donald Trump, anti-vaxxers and, more recently, Lauren Boebert, who he criticized for her lewd behaviour in a Denver theatre earlier this month. But Stern says he’s unmoved by such insults. “I’ll tell you how I feel about it. To me the opposite of woke is being asleep,” he said. “I kind of take that as a compliment, that I’m woke,” Stern continued. “If woke means I can’t get behind Trump, which is what I think it means, or that I support people who want to be transgender or I’m for the vaccine, dude call me woke as you f—ing want.” Your noon-hour look at what’s happening in Toronto and beyond. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300 Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again Article content Advertisement 3 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content He continued: “I’m not for stupidity, you know. I ran out Friday morning. I was over at CVS. Thank you, CVS. I went over there 9 a.m. and got myself that new vaccine for COVID. F—ing science. This f—ing country is so great… I am woke, motherf—er, and I love it. I want to be awake. I want to read legitimate news sources.” Stern also tackled claims by Trump and his supporters that Joe Biden won the 2020 U.S. election thanks to fraudulent votes. “Here’s how woke I am: I believe the election was not rigged.” In response, Trump shared a clip from Fox News to his Truth Social platform in which host Jimmy Failla criticized Stern. “Donald Trump’s media omnipotence broke Howard Stern. This is very important,” Failla said in the video [per OK! Magazine]. “Trump used to be on Stern’s show every week. They were friends. So this idea that Trump was the worst guy who ever walked the face of the earth, why were you hanging out with him?” Advertisement 4 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Failla said it “killed” Stern to see Trump parlay his fame all the way to the White House. “It killed Howard because he was the king of all media. He had that super ego of like, ‘I’m the most important person to ever open their mouth in front of a microphone,’” Failla said. “And suddenly Trump turned Howard from the king of all media into the Prince Harry of all media. Nobody cared. Its 100% ego.” But Stern, who in the past has been accused of racism and sexism in many of his on-air skits, has been a vocal critic of Trump throughout his presidency and more recently as he prepares to make another run in 2024. In 2021, Stern mulled a possible run against Trump next year. “I know I’ll beat his ass,” Stern told listeners. The following year, Stern said he was considering throwing his hat in the ring to become president “to make the country fair again.” Advertisement 5 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “I am going to do the very simple thing that’ll set the country straight: one vote, one person,” Stern explained, claiming Trump actually lost the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton who won the popular vote — but not the Electoral College. “A guy who lost the vote won the election,” Stern scoffed. “How long can we keep electing people who lost the election?” He went on to slam Trump’s supporters as a bunch of “nincompoops.” “My God in heaven, I feel like I’m in a nation of nincompoops. I’m hoping there is still some more brilliant, bright, vibrant people who love this country,” he said. “I don’t hate Donald,” he added [per the New York Post]. “I hate you for voting for him, for not having intelligence. For not being able to see what’s going on with the coronavirus, for not being able to see what the Justice Department is doing. I hate you, I don’t want you here.” He went on to say that Trump wouldn’t let his supporters anywhere near one of his properties. “The people who are voting for Trump for the most part… he wouldn’t even let them in a f—ing hotel … Go to Mar-a-Lago, see if there’s any people who look like you.” mdaniell@postmedia.com X: @markhdaniell Howard Stern says fear of COVID causing fights with wife Beth Ostrosky: ‘I’m going back into lockdown!’ Howard Stern dumps on Lauren Boebert over ‘Beetlejuice’ grope-night drama: ‘We need her in a strip club’ Article content Share this article in your social network Comments Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. 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Howard Stern hits back at ‘woke’ critics: ‘I’m woke and I love it’
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