Artie Lange wants to make amends with Howard Stern
Artie Lange wants to apologize to Howard Stern.
Lange was Stern’s sidekick on his blockbuster radio shows from 2001 until 2009, when Lange’s increasingly out-of-control drug habit forced Stern to take him off the air.
Now, in an episode of the “AftershockXL” YouTube show, out Wednesday but shown to Page Six, Lange says he not only forgives the King of All Media — but he wants to say sorry.
“I feel terrible. I’m going to call him one of these days,” Lange, who’s eight months sober, told hosts Steve Grillo and Jesse Nash.
Lange said that, after reading some of Stern’s recent interviews, it “sounds like Howard has some guilt about firing me or whatever.”
“There should be no guilt on Howard’s part. Howard did nothing wrong. All Howard did was try to help me,” Lange said. “I love him so much. It’s a shame that anyone in my life would feel any guilt. I f–ked up.”
He said he’s spoken to Stern on the phone since leaving the show, but hasn’t been able to apologize.
In May, Stern told the New York Times that he “loves” Lange but “we’ve lost touch, and that’s my doing.”
He added that he doesn’t like to talk about Lange because “I don’t want to do anything that would rock his boat.”
The show will air on the BattleChats YouTube page.
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