Howard Stern successfully pranked viewers and a few media outlets on Monday during his return to his SiriusXM show after a summer hiatus.

Following media speculation that he was exiting his longtime show, and even President Donald Trump chiming in on the prospect, Stern’s show started with Andy Cohen .

“This is, I know, not the voice that you expected to hear,” Cohen said, who said that the channel was now Andy 100. “This is not how things were meant to go.” He even teased a guest, Patti LuPone.

Stern then returned to the show about 15 minutes later, saying, “That was all masterminded by me.”

He noted some of the media coverage and listener reaction.

Over the summer, some media outlets reported that Stern was on the verge of exiting his show, one of the mainstays of SiriusXM. One

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