Howard Stern Shockingly Delays SiriusXM Show's Big Return After Summer Break Amid Family Tragedy: Report

Howard Stern's SiriusXM show will not return as planned on Tuesday, September 2, following rumors of its cancelation.

The Howard Stern Show revealed via social media early Tuesday morning that the radio broadcast would be taking another week off, postponing its plans to address speculation about the show's future.

"Howard Stern will now speak Monday, September 8," the message read, urging listeners to "stay tuned."

According to a report from the Daily Mail, Stern sent an email to his 95 employees on Monday night, September 1, informing his staffers not to panic while allegedly revealing he was in the midst of a family tragedy.

A source told the news outlet that the Labor Day letter came "out of the blue," claiming the delay was a result of "frustrations over the new contract" he's been negotiating with the radio network.

The show's delay in return comes after Stern teased a major announcement via promotional content for his radio broadcast last month.

"The tabloids have spoken: Howard Stern fired, canceled, is it really ‘Bye-Bye Booey’? Chaos is swirling at The Howard Stern Show," a narrator said in promotions shared by SiriusXM, seemingly leaning into heightened media attention about the show's fate. "Did staffers talk to the press? Are writers withholding their best jokes? Nobody knows what’s going on or who to trust."

"Now we can reveal all the questions will be answered, all the truths will be told by the one man truly on the inside. Howard Stern will speak Tuesday September 2," the message continued.

Fueling rumors is Stern’s pricey $500 million, five-year SiriusXM contract, which is set to expire at the end of this year.

If not renewed, Stern’s gig at SiriusXM could come to an end 20 years after he switched over to the radio network in 2006.

As for the reported "family tragedy" Daily Mail claimed Stern was experiencing, the talk show host had been open about his mom’s ailing health in the past.

Ray Schiffman Stern, who is set to turn 98 next month, had allegedly faced medical setbacks in recent years.

"It rips my heart out. I don't want my mom to be uncomfortable. I just want to fix her," the media personality expressed on his talk show in February 2022. "I’m so tired and exhausted. Think of five other words for exhausted and tired and that's what I am. I'm so depressed. I mentioned this on the air yesterday that my mom's not doing well. She's just in a lot of pain, you know? Physical pain."

While his mother appeared to hang in their healthwise, Howard's father, Ben Stern, ended up dying later that same year.