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Howard Stern’s ex-staffers said retired against his activity 3 years before his erstwhile adjunct accused him of creating a dispute activity environment.
Several of Stern’s erstwhile labor — who worked connected “The Howard Stern Show” from 1986 to 2005 — revealed nan “frightening” truth in nan 2023 Vice TV docuseries “Dark Side of nan 2000s Shock Jocks.”
Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, who was a formed personnel and writer for nan show from 1983 to 2001, claimed that astir of Stern’s unit “weren’t getting paid well,” contempt nan big “making countless millions of dollars.”
“It was frightening what was going on,” Martling, now 78, said earlier adding, “There was truthful overmuch money coming in. It was crazy nan magnitude of money.”
Stern’s refusal to bump up his net was yet nan logic Martling near nan show.
“You are beyond rich | and successful, and you person personification sitting adjacent to you who makes you bask that occupation overmuch more. And you fto them go?” Martling said astir Stern. “Because he asked for much money? Especially erstwhile you’re friends. It boggles nan mind.”
During nan conversation, Martling slammed Stern for boasting astir his loyalty, explaining, “He’s sewage each his listeners calling maine cheap. And he conscionable crows and crows astir really he’s nan astir loyal feline successful nan world… which, you know, it’s funny.”
Elsewhere successful nan documentary, “Stuttering John” Melendez claimed he was making only $20,000 a year.
And aft making $75,000 pursuing 15 years connected nan show, he yet near to gain astir $350,000 to $400,000 pinch Jay Leno.
“He couldn’t fto maine germinate and beryllium happy,” Melendez, now 60, said astir Stern.
As for Steve Grillo, who interned connected nan show from 1991 to 1998, he alleged that he wasn’t paid astatine each until six years into nan job.
“I started getting paid astir 30 hours a week, minimum wage, which was for illustration $6.35 astatine that time,” he explained. “So I sewage paid for 30 hours and I was moving for illustration 60.”
Grillo, now 58, recalled allegedly asking K-Rock Vice President and General Manager Tom Chisuano for a raise to thief suffice for wellness security — which he refused.
When he reached retired to Stern astir nan situation, nan daze jock allegedly told his then-intern, “Yeah, well, that’s conscionable Tom.”
“That’s a horrible measurement to do it — to not guidelines up for an worker that’s took attraction of you for nan past 8 years,” Grillo condemned.
“You’re making a cardinal dollars an hr and I person to spell activity astatine a nightclub successful bid to survive,” he continued. “And this is nan infinitesimal I knew I was gonna leave. If that man’s not gonna instrumentality up for me, I’m out. And that’s erstwhile I left.”
Stern’s alleged behaviour towards his worker resurfaced aft Page Six obtained tribunal docs wherever Leslie Kuhn sued Stern, 72, and his wife, Beth, for allegedly creating a dispute activity environment.
Kuhn said she was successful complaint of managing nan unit of nan couple’s 20,000-square-foot Southampton mansion successful New York.
She claimed that contempt being promised an summation successful her net and a prize by Howard’s accumulation institution successful December 2025, she was fired successful February 2026.
Per nan docs, Kuhn alleged she was fired because of “a dispute activity environment” and “immense pressures connected nan family created by irresponsible and untenable animal rescue and fostering operations occurring on-site, and massively disorganized and questionable business operations and accounting practices.”
Kuhn besides claimed she was presented pinch an NDA — which allegedly silenced her from speaking astir her employment and her termination — that she said she didn’t sign.
Page Six has reached retired to Stern’s rep for comment, but we haven’t heard back.
