Update: Howard Stern is still at SiriusXM after revealing his exit Monday morning was a prank.

“I’m very happy at Sirius,” Stern said, according to Variety . He did not say if he has renewed his contract, which is currently set to expire at the end of 2025.

Updated story follows below.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern, the popular radio host who gave a massive boost to the nascent satellite radio business when he signed a blockbuster, multimillion dollar contract for SiriusXM almost two decades ago, has returned to the airwaves after trolling listeners with a gag.

Stern, 71, who evolved from his shock jock origins to become a respected interviewer, enlisted a flustered Andy Cohen at the top of his show Monday. “This was supposed to be a cleaner hand off. I’m kind of winging it,”

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