Radio talk show Howard Stern is upset at Black NBA players, because they don’t say hi to him at basketball games, Media Take Out has learned.
The controversial shock jock described what happens to him, at NBA games – and his problem with Black players, yesterday.
“The Knicks have been very kind to me,” Stern told co-host Robin Quivers. “They put me right in the front row. That’s when I knew I was famous.”
Howard then criticized the treatment he receives from the team’s Black players.
“They put me courtside! And the Black players won’t come over and say hello to me,” Stern said. “But they go over to Spike Lee.”
“They don’t acknowledge you at all?” Quivers asked.
“No. I’ll be sitting next to Tracy Morgan or Chris Rock. You know, they seat you where they seat you. And a lot of times when I’m there, I’m next to Tracy Morgan, who is so funny. And he’s sitting there and like, a couple of the players will come over. They like give him that bro shake and stuff. And I’m like — these guys should hug me too,” Stern continued. “I mean, what am I? I grew up in a Black neighborhood, you know what I mean? I mean they should know that. But I get ignored.”
Quivers asked him to surmise why that might be the case, to which Stern assumed it’s because he’s a “white guy.”
“You think it’s a racial thing?” Quivers asked. “I’m sure they talk to some white people.”
“No, not that I saw,” Stern claimed. “I want them to. I want them to talk to me, I want them to come over and go, ‘Hey Howard, fan of the show!’ Or something. I don’t get that. And, you know who comes up to me sometimes — the referees. White guys and Black guys, they’ll come up to me, White referees and Black. Like, ‘Hey Howard, hey.’ But yeah, a lot of the White referees. So I’m like, oh, is everything racial now?”
He suggested that
“I just get upset. I’m like, you know, fame to me is very important. I’ll admit it. I like people to recognize me,” Stern said. “I’d like to think it’s a white thing, not my personality. I hope it’s racial. That’s all.”
