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Howard Stern Called This ‘SNL’ Legend the Worst Interview of His Career: ‘It Was a Disaster’

Stern’s 1983 interview with Gilda Radner quickly turned uncomfortable, and a friend later claimed the ‘SNL’ star cried afterward.

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While appearing on Larry King Live in 2006, Howard Stern was asked about his best and worst interviews. On the “best” side, Stern remembered both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stevie Wonder being great guests. For his worst interview, however, Stern mentioned only one name: Saturday Night Live star Gilda Radner. According to Stern, Radner was “really freaked out” by him during their lone encounter back in 1983. 

“She came in, I guess she had heard I was insane,” Stern recalled. “And she came in, and she was very shaky and kept sort of getting up, and she got up........

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