Shock jock radio host Howard Stern balked Thursday at the claims that he has gone “woke” amid rumors of his retirement , arguing both are untrue.

Stern was once on the cutting-edge of shock-jock radio, famously sparring with the FCC for decades to defend his raunchy and politically-incorrect show. In later years, Stern was accused of losing the very devil-may-care approach to humor that led to his rise in the first place. This has been a repeated claim over the years, as has been rumor of his retirement.

“I was on vacation and the next thing I know, I was in ‘ Stephen Colbert-land ’ where I was being thrown off by the FCC somehow, I don’t know what, whatever it was or because I’m too woke… Too woke? I don’t even know what a ‘woke’ is. What is woke?” Stern asked.

“If I’m too woke,

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