Not that Howard Stern remotely believes in what he's saying, because I don't think he does. He's just doing what they pay him to do, which is be contrarian and kind of funny and misogynist or whatever. But he's also transparently trying to get Adam Levine in trouble. I think I mentioned that I've been watching Levine on The Voice, and I've decided he's a great judge even though he's kind of a turd. Like, I totally root for him, but I also watch the show trying to assess exactly what kind of turd he is. Still. When Stern tries to get Levine to say one mean thing about Christina Aguilera, Levine won't budge:

"This is a sensitive subject with women," he says to Adam. "Why do you think she got so heavy? Is she upset? She used to be so f---kin' hot. What is that? And her clothes are too tight, right?"

Let me step in here right quick and answer Howard Stern: yeah, she used to be so f---kin' hot. She was also, like, 17 back then. No wonder women are so terrified of turning 30, dudebros.

Visibly thrown by the line of questioning, Adam says, "She likes to wear tight clothes. She clearly likes to talk about being comfortable with being a woman, snapping her fingers and doing the whole thing." But, Howard didn't stop there. He then replies, "When you're a plus-sized woman, you can’t wear tight clothes anymore." While Adam nervously giggles, co-host Robin Quivers jumps in and says that Christina isn't plus size. And then Adam finally says, "I wouldn't go that far actually." Um, nice save?

Like, when Stern starts in with the bullying---and he's bullying Levine, not Aguilera, in a weird sense---Levine looks a little like he just wants to be shot and killed on the spot. Honestly, I thought Levine's performance here was fine. He doesn't 100% have his collaborator's back, no, but he also doesn't play ball. I also think Levine's throwing Howard a bone when he concludes by saying "I'm keeping my f---king mouth shut." Levine's stick-thin supermodel girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna joins him in the second half. Stern tries to get her to cop to some fear of getting old and, eventually, dumped---see a trend here?---but Vyalitsyna smiles it off. "No, I'm really excited to see how much you can push us," she tells Stern, not entirely ironically. "That's really cool." /> Not that Howard Stern remotely believes in what he's saying, because I don't think he does. He's just doing what they pay him to do, which is be contrarian and kind of funny and misogynist or whatever. But he's also transparently trying to get Adam Levine in trouble. I think I mentioned that I've been watching Levine on The Voice, and I've decided he's a great judge even though he's kind of a turd. Like, I totally root for him, but I also watch the show trying to assess exactly what kind of turd he is...