‘He’s changed’: Trump hits out at former ally Howard Stern for ‘going woke’

Donald Trump has gone after Howard Stern for turning on the former president in recent years, something Trump has blamed on the radio show host becoming “woke.”

Trump appeared on the Fox News late-night show Gutfeld! on Wednesday evening where he was shown a clip of the radio host and several other celebrities lambasting the former president.

“I don't hate the guy,” Stern said of Trump. “I hate the people who vote for him. I think they're stupid. I do. I'll be honest with you, I have no respect for you.”

“I was on Howard Stern’s show as much as anybody,” the former president said on the Fox program. “He was great at that time, and then he went woke. And since he’s gone woke his ratings have gone down the tubes. And he sort of went anti-Trump for a couple of reasons.”

“I was on his show a lot,” Trump told host Greg Gutfeld. “Did you ever see the… Best of Howard Stern? I don't want to promote it necessarily, but I was there for just about all of them… We had good shows. It was good, but he's changed. And, you know, he doesn't do the ratings anymore.”

During the early onset of the Coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020, Stern blasted Trump for suggesting that Americans inject bleach to deal with the disease.

“I would love it if Donald would get on TV and take an injection of Clorox and let’s see if his theory works,” Stern said at the time. “Hold a big rally, say f*** this coronavirus, with all of his followers, and let them hug each other and kiss each other and have a big rally.”

“A big cocktail of disinfectant,” co-host Robin Quivers said.

“Yeah, and all take disinfectant and all drop dead,” Stern replied.

Trump was asked on Gutfeld! on Wednesday night if he would ever return to television, and he proceeded to