Fists Fly on Howard Stern Show

Shock jock Howard Stern was finally left speechless yesterday after a brawl erupted inside his Sirius Satellite studio between his hard-partying sidekick Artie Lange and Lange's assistant, Teddy, which ended with Lange's quitting the show.

The bickering started off air in the morning, in the hallway adjacent to Stern's studio. Show staffers overheard Lange screaming at Teddy because Teddy asked him for his passport for the fourth time as he planned their flight to Amsterdam, which was set to take off last night. Lange told Teddy he should have photocopied the passport the first time. Stern was told they had been bickering and brought it up on air. When Teddy came in to defend himself, Lange snapped.

"He's a loser," yelled Lange, "He's the most unorganized assistant. I want to fire him, but he has no money. I hope he dies of AIDS."

Lange, who pays Teddy $24,000 a year for part-time work, then accused Teddy of embarrassing him in front of friends last week in LA when he called Bloomingdale's department store by its nickname, Bloomie's, and announced the store didn't have something in Lange's size.

"I think I hired a fag," said Lange. "I wanted to throw him out the window."

Lange then threw a cup of water at Teddy and lunged at him, throwing a punch that didn't land. Show writer Benjy Bronk jumped on Lange and held him back, while Ronnie "The Limo Driver" Mund burst in to get Teddy out of the studio.

Lange blamed Stern for the fight, saying that Stern "pushed" him to the breaking point and that he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't snap again in the future. He then told Stern he loved him and resigned.

"Don't ever mention Bloomie's around the guy," Stern sighed.

One show insider says that the staff loves Lange and is "extremely upset" but that it's out of Stern's hands and that Sirius management will soon decide Lange's fate. The show is on a break next week. Both Lange and Teddy failed to return calls for comment. Lange was last spotted by a fan at the Brooklyn Diner on West 57th, drowning his sorrows in a plate of food.

Rod's Son Lusted After Step-Mum Rachel Hunter

Rod Stewart's son Sean has confessed he used to lust over his former step-mother Rachel Hunter.


The son of the British rocker has admitted he was mesmerised by the sight of the beautiful model sunbathing naked in their garden when he was a teenager.

Sean told US radio DJ Howard Stern: "I used to stare at her when she was down by the pool sunbathing naked. I was like 15 or 16 and I was sitting in my pool with a bottle of lotion."

But the 25-year-old said he never made a move on his step-mom because he knew she would turn him down.

He said: "I couldn't handle the full rejection."

Asked if he thought Rachel - who is 12 years his senior - might have actually been open to his advances Sean said: "Maybe. It's Hollywood, you never know what could happen!"

Joe Francis is a Liar

"Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis did a phone interview with Sirius shock-jock Howard Stern early this morning to "discuss" Paris's pending lawsuit against Parisexposed.com.

Francis claims he and Paris are not behind any leak, he also sounded extremely out of it, enabling Howard to wear him down with his interviewing style and admit that Paris Hilton was the best "oral favors" giver Francis ever received.

When Francis was asked who gave the better "favor", Paris or Lindsey, Joe responded, "Paris," even though a few statements earlier he had claimed, "Lindsey and I are just friends."

When asked who was the worst in bed of all the famous chicks he's slept with (insinuated in the Stern interview: Paris, Lindsay, Kim Stewart and Tara Reid) Francis said Tara was the worst, and when Howard asked why, he went silent again.

When asked to explain why he claimed Tara was so bad, he wouldn't come out and say it, but merely mumbled, "...well I only used protection with her, so maybe that made it less pleasurable..."

Howard then began asking more leading questions like, "So she just laid there?" and something completely unprintable here, Joe responded, "More or less, yeah."
Joe stated, "Well I don't plan on having sex with Paris again, especially after seeing the medical documents on the site." Hilton's Valtrex prescription script for Herpes was discovered in the cache of personal belongings sold off.