Howard Stern is facing backlash over a resurfaced interview between himself and Sofia Vergara, during which he made lewd comments about her chest and asked if she could breastfeed him.
In the clip, which was posted to Reddit, the 71-year-old shock jock first tried to speak in Spanish to the Colombian actress, before making repeated crude statements about her breasts.
‘I was trying to tell her I have a big penis but I think I said I have a big burrito,’ the radio host joked, after Vergara informed him he was not speaking in coherent Spanish.
‘You’ve taken off your coat. You do have a big chest, and I’m going to tell you something – don’t touch it,’ Stern declared, staring at Vergara who was wearing a plain black T-shirt.
‘I like it,’ he added, with Vergara, who looked increasingly uncomfortable, replying with, ‘Thank you very much.’
However, her obvious discomfort didn’t stop Stern, who continued to talk about her chest.
‘Believe me, there is no greater man on this planet than me, and if I tell you your chest is attractive, you keep it,’ he added.
‘Your mother gave you the best advice, don’t touch those boobs, alright?’ he pushed.
Howard Stern is facing backlash after an interview between himself and Sofia Vergara resurfaced, where he made lewd comments to the actress about breastfeeding
In the clip, which was posted to Reddit, the shock jock, 71, first tried to speak in Spanish to the Colombian actress, before making repeated crude statements about the actress’ chest
Stern, who is infamous for his derogatory interviews with female celebrities in the late ’90s and early 2000s, then started questioning Vergara, now 53, about breastfeeding her son.
‘Did you breastfeed your son?’ he asked, with the Modern Family star answering that she did.
‘Oh that must have been unbelievable,’ he said.
‘That wasn’t unbelievable, I was like 19,’ Vergara shot back – which didn’t deter Stern who continued on with the bizarre line of questioning.
‘You must have had so much milk right? How much milk? You imagine how much milk was going on?’ he jeered.
‘Oh my god,’ Vergara can be heard saying, adding, ‘No respect here.’
‘Oh come on,’ Stern replied. ‘I’m respecting you all over the place.’
‘That kid must have been fat from eating all that milk. I would love to feed from you,’ he leered.
‘If you don’t want to go out with me, at least let me feed from your chest.’
‘I’m not pregnant now,’ Vergara pointed out, with Stern answering: ‘Oh, that can be arranged.’
Vergara looked increasingly uncomfortable throughout the interaction, which didn’t deter Stern
Stern, who is infamous for his derogatory interviews with female celebrities in the late ’90s and early 2000s, started questioning Vergara, now 53, about breastfeeding her son
Users were appalled by the interaction, sharing their thoughts in the comment section of the thread.
‘Yeah, that clip was hard to watch. She handled it with so much grace, but you can tell how uncomfortable it was. Really shows how normalized that kind of behavior used to be,’ one user pointed out.
‘Every interview he did with a woman like pre-2019 is just pure sexual harassment. His early interviews with Anna Nicole Smith, Fiona Apple and Courtney Love are esp heinous,’ agreed another.
Someone else wrote: ‘As a breastfeeding mom who breastfed for over three years, I am offended on her behalf. What a creep, poor Sofia.’
‘How does this man still have a platform?’ raged another. ‘Honestly I didn’t even need to watch this to know what it was about.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Stern for comment.
Speculation is swirling that Stern’s show is ‘doomed’ after the star became ‘woke’ and listener numbers fell
Stern’s popularity peaked in the ’90s when he became a media sensation for his shock jock stunts and outrageous no-holds-barred interviews. He’s seen in 2015
Stern first launched The Howard Stern Show in 1986 on the radio.
His popularity peaked in the ’90s when he became a media sensation for his shock jock stunts and outrageous no-holds-barred interviews.
In 1997, he starred in his own feature film about his life and career called Private Parts and released a handful of best-selling books.
Stern has hosted the second incarnation of The Howard Stern Show since 2006, but as the end of his $500 million five-year contract looms, speculation is swirling that the show is ‘doomed’ after the star became ‘woke’ and listener numbers fell.
However, a defiant Stern is reportedly planning to hit back and resurrect his career, even as the future of his long-running SiriusXM radio show hangs in the balance.
