Howard Stern talked therapy, relationships, old age and his recent book in a wide-ranging interview Friday on Real Time With Bill Maher.
This is so rushed. I should really have the whole hour to myself, the shock jock quipped midway through the 20-minute interview, which at that point had already touched on legal marijuana in Los Angeles, the benefits of Metamucil, their collective lack of Emmys, satellite radio and Howard Stern Comes Again, a collection of Sterns favorite interviews.
At one point during the interview, the interviewee became the interviewer when Stern started pressing Maher on his lack of serious relationships. Youre taking over my show, Maher said.
The conversation then turned to therapy, which Stern, a 25-year patient, writes about in his book. Therapy changed me life, Stern said of his quarter-century in therapy, which Maher noted is a scam.
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It made me a better father, made me a better human being, Stern responded.
Maher asked, When are you cured?
Im talking mental health, Stern added.
Maher and Stern then briefly discussed their long-running feud, which ended earlier this year when the Real Time host appeared on the Howard Stern Show.
You know one of the great things about being this age, even though we are older and the bad thing is, well be dead sooner the fact that, when we were young, so many feuds, so many fights, Maher said. When you get to this age, it all seems stupid, and its all about forgiveness and making up.
And thats why therapy is a good thing, Stern said.
The two hosts then talked about the differences between broadcasting on satellite radio and HBO.
You get away with shit that I cant get away with, and that always pisses me off, Maher added. You dont have a politically correct audience; this is a good audience, but sometimes I have to fight my way through that shit.
Stern said, From one broadcaster to another, I have to tell you it is very liberating. Im not sitting there being monitored. Its my own fantasy.
Sterns Real Time interview concluded the Sirius XM hosts Los Angeles trip, a visit that included a stop on Jimmy Kimmel Live.