Dateline: October 19, 2000
EXCLUSIVE!
Andrew Dice Clay Disses Howard Stern!
In this weeks Steppin Out magazine,
Andrew Dice Clay said the following to
Chaunce Hayden about his long battle with Howard Stern and how
Opie and
Anthony saved his career (how sad)...
Chaunce Hayden: The last time
we spoke, it had to be five years ago, you got
in hot water with Howard Stern for saying that you didn't think
he was funny
anymore.
Andrew Dice Clay: We know what
that escalated into.
What followed was months of daily verbal
assaults directed toward you from
Stern. I don't think I ever heard Howard sound so angry at anyone
before or
since. Maybe hurt is a better word then angry. Did you think Howard
felt betrayed by you?
Andrew Dice Clay: I don't know
if he was hurt or betrayed. I just think he
snapped. I don't think I said anything that bad about him during
that
interview I did with you. But sometimes when you put a mirror
in somebody's
face, they get angry. I remember what I said to you and it wasn't
that bad.
But he was lazy about it when it came to confronting me on the
air. He went
right to the phones. And I remember sitting there and saying,What
are you
doing? We didn't even talk yet! To be honest, I felt he was very
weak about
the whole situation, rather than just doing another great radio
show with me.
But my arguments with Stern started way before that. In fact,
there were more
arguments off the air than on the air.
Chaunce Hayden: So you were fighting
with Howard off the air as well during that time? What about?
Andrew Dice Clay: There were
things that used to bug me about him, and I would call him at
home about it. Then that would transfer to me being on the air.
So it didn't matter what we were talking about on the air, because
his real problem was
with what I had said to him off the air. Right now I just feel
the guy is
going through a very confused time in his life.
Chaunce Hayden: What did Howard
do that provoked you to call him off the air and confront him
about it?
Andrew Dice Clay: The first thing
he did was make fun of Ryan White when he died of AIDS. He was
just a little boy. And I heard him making fun of him on the air.
So later on I called him at home and I said, What are you doing?
And he said to me,
Oh, now you're the end-all of comedy? I said to him,I'm not talking
about comedy. I'm talking about a baby that died. What's the joke?
Then
after that, every time I was on the air there would be a problem.
So me and
Stern are nothing alike. That's why when I'm asked about him I
just say he's
seedy. Other than that, I think he's just very confused. I'll
tell ya this
though, if it was me who got divorced, he would have pissed all
over it, but
I'm not going to go after him for those things. Like I said, this
is a
confused time in Stern's life and nobody knows what goes on behind
closed
doors. I'm just not going to rip Howard apart. That's the difference
between
me and Howard Stern. He would go for the throat, but that's not
how I am.
Even now, when people call me up and say "Howard ripped you
apart today," I
just say, Good for him. He's a mess.
Chaunce Hayden: Did his relentless
on-air rants about you hurt you either professionally or personally?
Andrew Dice Clay: Not at all.
Because my fans stick with me and that's the way it's always been.
That's why I'm going back to the Beacon and Madison Square Garden
this week. I found a radio show that's in it just for the fun
and the laughs, and the fans have responded.
Chaunce Hayden: You're referring
to Opie and Anthony?
Andrew Dice Clay: Yeah, they've
been a critical part of this whole thing. I know Anthony used
to do the Dice impression when I wasn't around, and then one day
I went on the air with them about a year ago, and then about five
or six months ago I
just started calling in and they gave me incentive. They're just
two guys on
the air looking to have a great time. It's not malicious. There's
no bad
blood flowing. I give those guys all the credit in the world.
It's because of
those guys that I'm coming to New York to play the Beacon Theater,
which sold
out in just 35 minutes.
Chaunce Hayden: Were you surprised
that you could sell out a big venue like that
so easily?
Andrew Dice Clay: I actually
predicted that.
Chaunce Hayden: I'm not knocking
you, but popular rock bands can't even sell out the Garden these
days. What made you think you could?
Andrew Dice Clay: I'm the only
comic to ever fill that place for two nights, and now I'm coming
back. For me it's a reunion. It's like a ten-year reunion. I sold
it
out in 1990, and now because of Opie and Anthony, boom! I'm back!
Also, I
knew the fans were hearing me at my best on the Opie and Anthony
show.
Because these guys are the type of guys who, if you're on a roll,
they'll
let you go with it. That's what I love about them. They let me
be the comic
that I am on the air. I think they're fantastic for that. There
aren't too
many guys around the country that would let you do that. It's
normally the
host of the show trying to upstage you, which to this day they
haven't done.
I mean, there are days we fight and hang up on each other, but
it's all in
fun. And that's what I love about these guys. They're looking
for the joke.
It's not hitting below the belt. It's all about the joke.
On Saturday October 21st at
10pm Andrew Dice Clay will appear live on the Chaunce Hayden Show
on eYada.com !
Stern fans can call in and
confront Dice with any question they want (NO FCC) by calling
1-877-eyada99
Let Dice know how you really
feel about him!
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