In the world of celebrity, a person’s private life is often a public spectacle, and for the children of famous figures, the line between what is personal and what is public can be blurred to a painful degree. This is a truth that Tom Brady, one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, has had to navigate for years. But what started as a painfully private moment for his 11-year-old daughter, Vivian, quickly became one of the most talked-about stories in sports and celebrity media. Sources close to the Brady family revealed that Vivian had been cruelly mocked by classmates who, parroting gossip from social media, claimed her mother, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, had “abandoned” her to focus on her new relationship and family life.
Is Howard Stern really on the brink of being canceled… or is he staging one of the most dramatic comebacks of his career? Just one day after alarming reports hinted that his reign at SiriusXM was quietly crumbling, the radio icon stunned loyal listeners with a surprise broadcast that instantly reignited the firestorm. But this wasn’t just a random act of defiance—it felt like a message. A warning. And it’s raised the stakes inside SiriusXM’s high-security boardrooms, where sources say executives are “no longer on the same page” about Stern’s future. Why now? Who leaked the cancellation rumors—and what do they gain if Stern is silenced?
Find out what Stern really said behind the mic, and why this might be his final battle—before it’s too late.
Stern made no direct mention of a U.S Sun report that claimed SiriusXM, which has paid Stern hundreds of millions for his show since 2006, plans to cancel it once his latest five-year, $500 million deal expires at the end of the year.
Stern, pictured here with Billy Joel, hasn’t addressed a report about his show ending directly. He did, however, promise to return after his summer break ends next month.Jason Koerner/Getty
Instead, he used the “surprise” episode of the show to interview Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich about the band’s new Maximum Metallica channel on the satellite radio network. The two also used the hour-long episode to reminisce on the late Ozzy Osbourne and the Oasis reunion tour.
SiriusXM has not responded to the reports of the cancellation, further fueling a right-wing outrage cycle that tied the Sun report to Stern’s unabashedly liberal views. A source told the Sun that a Stern cancellation would likely be connected to “the political climate.”
Stern found out about the report from a Google alert, according to the Daily Mail, and only fielded a phone call from ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel to discuss it. A representative for Kimmel did not respond to an immediate request for comment.
The report dropped after a “team building” gathering of Stern’s 95-person staff in New York, according to the Mail. Stern then scheduled the surprise show, the paper reported.
Howard Stern reportedly only took one phone call, from longtime friend Jimmy Kimmel, after reports of a potential cancellation emerged.ABC via Getty Images
SiriusXM did not respond to questions about whether the last-minute show was scheduled to respond to the news.
