Howard Stern explains mysterious absence: I had the flu
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Even celebrities need to take sicks days.
Howard Stern explained where he was last week after his absence from his radio show set off a frenzy.
"There was a lot of speculation, 'Where was I on Wednesday?'" Stern said on his SiriusXM show Monday. "Many people pointed out that me taking what they call a 'personal day,' by the way, I never said 'personal day.' I didn’t take a personal day, I took a sick day and I’m still sick, you can still hear it in my voice."
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Fans of the radio host expressed their concern after Stern abruptly announced he would not be on his Wednesday show saying Stern had never taken a day off previously.
"Why was it such a big deal that I took a f--king day off?" he said Monday. "I wanted to take off today because my voice is still shot, but I was afraid to. I felt so f--king guilty. I missed a day of work and all of a sudden it’s bigger news than James Comey."
The 63-year-old added he was furious that people called his mother at her home to learn of Stern's whereabouts.
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"What am I, 5? If I miss a day of work, you don’t call my mother, you call my wife, I'm married. They're calling my mother to see why I’m missing school."