Howard Stern is facing a storm of cancellation rumors—and he’s charging straight into it.

The 71-year-old radio host dropped a trailer Wednesday teasing his return from summer break and lampooning the rumor mill around his contract negotiations with SiriusXM.

“The tabloids have spoken: Howard Stern fired, canceled, is it really ‘Bye-Bye Booey’? Chaos is swirling at The Howard Stern Show,” a movie-trailer voice booms in the ad running on SiriusXM. “Did staffers talk to the press? Are writers withholding their best jokes? Nobody knows what’s going on or who to trust.”

Anonymous sources told The U.S. Sun last week that SiriusXM, where Stern has aired since 2006, is planning to cancel his show once his latest five-year, $500 million deal expires.

While the broadcaster and Stern have made

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