Howard and Alison had three daughters: Emily Beth (1983), Debra Jennifer (1986), and Ashley Jade (1993). Stern and his ex-wife both practice transcendental meditation.
Emily, Stern’s eldest daughter who is also an actress and singer, blames her dad for the fact that she’s stayed single at the age of 35 years. She said that Howard’s “emphasis on sexuality [in his career]” kept her “out of the dating ring.” She also added. “I believed that my parents were very much in love,” Emily says, reflecting on her past. “I felt like the divorce came out of nowhere. I thought that sacred bond was so strong. He used to be one way, and then he marries a model.”. She is, of course, referring to his second wife, the model, Beth Ostrosky, who is 18 years his junior.
Married to Work
Howard met his first wife, Alison Berns, through a common friend when they were at Boston University. He was so smitten with Allison that he knew she’d be his wife. “Within a week after our relationship began, I knew I was going to marry her,” Stern said.
In 1978, Howard and Alison, both 24 years old at the time, got married at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Massachusetts. The couple decided to end their relationship in 1999, and had an amicable divorce in 2011. Stern blamed his work as the cause of their separation. He admitted that he was “totally neurotic and sort of consumed with work" and that he considered work as "the most important thing and the only thing.”
Down the Aisle Once Again
Following the end of his first marriage, Howard dated actresses and models, Robin Givens and Angie Everhart. Then he dated TV host and model, Beth Ostrosky, who later became his second wife. The couple was together for seven years before getting engaged on February 14, 2007.
Howard and Beth got married in 2008 at Le Cirque restaurant in New York City and the wedding ceremony was officiated by actor, Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa’s husband. Beth is 18 years younger than Howard and the pair are still together today. They share the same passion for pets and have reportedly fostered and found homes for 75 cats.
Not Exactly A Daddy's Girl
Emily Stern, Howard Stern's eldest daughter is pretty candid when asked about her relationship with her father which she describes as an “unhealthy” relationship. It's needless to say that she has some harsh criticism regarding the way her father raised her and her siblings.
“My dad always instilled in us, ‘Everybody’s watching you,’” Emily said. Although Howard claimed that it was for their own protection she views his warnings as narcissism, saying “I was alone. The belief that we were so different made it unhealthy.” Emily feels that he never truly accepted himself adding “Maybe because he was disconnected from the world, he experienced so much shame about who he was.”
Suspended for Indecent Content
Howard Stern has been an active radio personality for over 40 years and was heard on a variety of radio channels throughout his career. In 2004, he was banned from Clear Channel Communications following the broadcast of obscene material. ''Clear Channel drew a line in the sand today with regard to protecting our listeners from indecent content, and Howard Stern's show blew right through it,'' John Hogan, Clear Channel Radio's president said in a statement.
The sexually explicit material that cost Stern his job and credibility was his interview with Rick Salomon about his scandalous video with Paris Hilton. Stern and Salomon’s detailed description of the sexually explicit content cost the station a huge fine of $495,000, payable to the FCC.