# Does anyone know WHY Howard Stern got seperated/divorced/whatever the hell?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 28, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-why-howard-stern-got-seperated-divorced-whatever-the-hell/31098 "2000-08-28T21:30:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-why-howard-stern-got-seperated-divorced-whatever-the-hell/31098/1 "2000-08-28T21:30:02Z")

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Well?

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**Author:** ![jamshid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jamshid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jamshid)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-why-howard-stern-got-seperated-divorced-whatever-the-hell/31098/2 "2000-08-28T22:15:03Z")

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Just a WAG, but:

Because his wife suddenly realized she was _married to Howard Stern_?

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**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-why-howard-stern-got-seperated-divorced-whatever-the-hell/31098/3 "2000-08-28T23:07:25Z")

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After 21 years? I heard she was _smart_!

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**Author:** ![Nurlman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Nurlman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurlman)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-why-howard-stern-got-seperated-divorced-whatever-the-hell/31098/4 "2000-08-28T23:08:27Z")

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Here’s a [summary](http://www.marksfriggin.com/news99/10-25-99.htm) of what he talked about on his show the day he revealed it.

Basically, he acknowledges that he was too absorbed in his work to pay enough attention to Allison.