Artie Lange walks off the Howard Stern Show/ Now with Audio

Artie Lange walked out of the studio after an argument and subsequent outburst at his personal assistant on the air today.

Artie was spotted disputing with his assistant in the hallways off the
air. When it was brought up to Stern, he asked the assistant Teddy to
come into the studio and discuss the situation on the air.

Lange began to express his disdain for his assistant of nearly two
years because of recent money issues. Teddy retorted by implying
there’s more to the job than meets the eye.

As the argument continued, Lange became enraged and physically
lashed out at Teddy, but the physical confrontation was apparently
defused by other members in the studio.

When Lange returned, he said Teddy would be “dead” had he reached him and he would be in jail.

Stern then expressed his feelings on the situation, saying he cannot condone Lange’s actions.

Artie then offered his resignation; Stern accepted, but told Lange to
leave and cool off. Just before Lange left he told Stern: “I’m not a
good person … I gotta leave … I love you”

More to come as we get more info.

The Bad thing is that we will not figure things out for a week since Stern no longer works Fridays and next week is a vacation.

Thanks to http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/2008/04/artie_lange_walks_off_the_howa.html
for the great write up.

Also check out http://www.sternfannetwork.com for discussion.

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