Howard Stern buys more time from Boss Witz to build buzz about his contract extension [it is not a renewal, but an extension to the one he signed in 2006] .... but to also push her buttons as to who is in charge here as a passive-agressive move by delaying his return to work for another week.
Yes, Stern is still miffed about the annual mandated furloughs and tries to sneak in live shows during his summer furlough because he can't stand to be off the air and ignored for two months, and they count towards his total number of shows he is mandated to do annually, so he gets more time off later in the year. Remember, Howard counts his little days on the air because he has to fulfill a certain number each year, even sick days he's had to make up.
As long stated on this famous blog site, Howard fought his annual summer furlough which started in 2021, after the Covid Invasion of 2020 and Stern was sent home and Sirius shut down his studio to save on expenses even after the invasion subsided. Howard has since fought that furlough thinking it would be only for a limited run, nope, he got the furlough gig permanently.
Boss Witz had to put the fritz on Stern producing more new shows, adding to the stockpile of show tapes, so she had to put him on summer furlough so he would get reduced wages and they could air his old rerurns on Howard 100 and 101, with some of the staff doing their own shows but those don't count towards Howard's backlog of show tapes. It saves Sirius money and gets Stern off the air so they can air all those stale old reruns and just collect advertising dollars with Howard getting a reduced paycheck for July and August.
However, as also blogged about, Howard liked to sneak in planned impromptu shows during his summer furloughs. Why? Because they still count towards his total shows he is mandated to complete per year for Sirius. So, Witz caught onto that stunt and banned any impromptu summer furlough shows.
Oh, but wait, Stern snuck one in, didn't he? Yes, it was on August 6 when he did a planned impromptu scripted show with Lars Ulrich to promote the Metallica Sirius channel, and the upcoming Metallica concert at the Sirius-sponsored subscriber-only one night performance at the Stephen Talkhouse held on August 28, and this blogger did an exclusive report on that event on the blog entry dated that same date.
So, that impromptu scripted show counted towards Howard's total for the rest of the year so of course he took that today but he also counted the scripting and prep time for the August 6th show which would've been prior to that air date, so that was at least two days which would've been his return to work on September 2 & 3 since Monday, September 1, was a holiday. So now his return to work is delayed by one week and he will instead return on September 8.
Grieving Grifter Beth Hopes to Cash In
As blogged about numerous times, most recently on the August 24, 2025 blog entry, where this blogger stated how Howard and Beth time the deaths of their pets to coincide with some publicity item they are involved with to appear 'brave' to the public, to glom onto that sympathy publicity.
So, here we go with Beth posting on her Instagram show about the death of Buddy the cat she has since named 'Bud' for some reason. But this is just in time for SYMPATHY PURCHASES [another gimmick Beth and Howard use all the time] because Beth is again trying to sell merchandise on her website, this time it's those old t-shirts of her deceased rabbit named Jessica.
The death of the rabbit was suspicious and never divulged until after the fact, saying it was some underlying condition that was a secret - gee, I guess veterinarians have no clue - when in fact, alleged sources already opined that Beth let that rabbit out of the hut, and it escaped from Stalag Beth in the Hamptons only to be eaten by coyotes. Beth has been quoted as saying "Don't ask", when pressured for details about the rabbit's demise.
Excerpt from the August 5, 2023 Beth Fan Page blog entry:
"Then Beth will stage a few pet deaths to encourage sympathy donations to her flailing foundation and get people to purchase her merch from her website or from some third-party supplier of cheap charity junk as if a dime goes to anything but CEO salaries." - Beth Fan Page
Oh gee - now we have the death of Buddy the Cat - oh, I gotta buy a t-shirt of a dead rabbit to console poor Beth!!! Oh, brother.
Yes - I already have the latest pet death tally posted on the August 24th Beth Fan Page and will update it shortly to include Buddy, but it proves how Beth and Howard time the pet deaths for maximum publicity purposes and to garner attention since they do nothing and have no life, so need to stage stuff to appear likable to the general public.
Beth Fans will remember when I blogged about Buddy the cat that escaped from Stalag Beth in the Hamptons only to be recaptured by Beth and Howard and now Beth acts all proud of herself for doing that, when she let that cat out in the first place, it escaped, since the Hamptons house is a disorganized mess with Beth rarely in residence.
Beth recently came up with the cancer story for Bud because something has to die so she can sell T-shirts of her dead rabbit that have been sitting in storage unsold for two years. [See the Beth Fan Page blog entry dated October 27, 2024, for the Buddy backstory.]
Beth Blurs the Past
Beth is busted again passing off an old photo that's from 2023 as current, since she was hawking her cheap Spirit Unity necklace and you can see she blurred out the necklace to focus on that rabbit on the shirt.
That rabbit is her dead rabbit Jessica who supposedly died when it escaped from Stalag Beth in the Hamptons and it was reportedly eaten by coyotes. As stated, Beth has never publicly disclosed a specific cause of death but has said it was an 'underlying' condition which could mean anything. Don't you know, Beth? Doesn't any of your vets know? No, because it's a secret.
This is another one of Beth's dead pets where she puts them on a t-shirt hoping someone will buy from her pet cemetery series.
But, WHERE'S the NECKLACE, BETH?? YOU BLURRED IT OUT passing this photo from 2023 as current.
In September 2023, Beth tried to sell those awful t-shirts of Jessica the Rabbit painted by Howard but they didn't sell.
In November 2023, she gave the shirts away for FREE with a necklace purchase.
August 2025, Beth now says in her IG post, that there are boxes of unsold t-shirts of Jessica the rabbit - these boxes have been sitting around for two years.
Beth tried to sell the T-shirts first,
nothing sold, so she offered them
free with a necklace purchase
Now she is trying to sell the shirts again after
being in storage, unsold, for TWO years
Oops, not selling any, Beth? Oh here comes the death
of Bud the cat just in time for sympathy purchases.
As blogged about on the August 24, 2025, Beth Fan Page, Beth was back shilling for Jennifer Miller Jewelry after a three-year absence. Jennifer Miller is known for her specially designed fine jewelry, but her store also sells clothing and other stuff.
But Beth appeared at the store in Southampton on August 23rd and posted a photo on her IG. She was supposed to appear again on Saturday, August 30th, but no one posted any photos from that event.
Both events featured a free pet tote or cosmetic bag with your pet handpainted on it if you purchased jewelry at the story within a limited time period, with a percentage of all sales going into Beth's pocket to fund her foundation Beth's Furry Friends.
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