Experiences recommend that Radio icon Howard Stern is repelled by “Name Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper and Sirius XM execs take pains to maintain them from working into one another.
“She’s the one which bugs him,” an insider informed the Solar earlier this week.
“She will get a whole lot of tens of millions of hits, she has this mega $125 million deal, and he hates that this younger bubbly girl is the large new factor.”
The supply added, “That’s who they must maintain Howard away from when she involves New York.”
30-year-old Cooper, who left Spotify to hitch SiriusXM in 2024 — is predicated in Los Angeles. The supply claimed that each her presence at Sirius XM and her huge recognition have irked the radio legend.
“It’s utterly turned Howard’s world the other way up,” the supply claimed. “He’s been in radio 40 years, and this variation has actually shocked everybody.”
“Alex and Joe Rogan, these huge podcasters, have conventional radio guys surprised,” they added. The insider mentioned Cooper is “feminine, she’s the subsequent era.”
“That’s the longer term,” they defined. “iHeartRadio is desperately looking for somebody like that.”
In the meantime, a separate insider informed the outlet that Stern is upset by Andy Cohen’s success on the community. “Andy’s interviews are recurrently promoted by Sirius, when you simply don’t hear a lot about Howard’s interviews nowadays.”
The outlet beforehand reported on Tuesday that the Sirius XM shock jock — who has been with the community since 2006 — might not return after his contract expires. “Stern’s contract is up within the fall, and whereas Sirius is planning to make him a proposal, they don’t intend for him to take it,” an insider divulged to the outlet.
