STERN TO PENN: YOU'RE A SICKO

nypost.com ^ | 1/4/02 | By JOHN MAINELLI

[paltz]

HOWARD Stern has challenged actor Sean Penn to come on the air to explain his comment that Stern is worse for the world than Osama bin Laden.

Stern told listeners yesterday that Penn is "a spoiled brat" and "about as big a slug as you can get" for comparing him to the terrorist leader in the next issue of Talk magazine.

[paltz]

Let the war of words begin...

[ambrose]

"He plays a retard [and] it isn't going to do any business," Stern said. "He's at the point where he's almost irrelevant."

Bump!

[Keith in Iowa]

There's just something wrong with this picture...Stern calling Penn a sicko...what's next - Hillary calling Bill a liar??

[Bogey78O]

Stern isn't going to take crap like that. Unlike O'Reilly and other Conservatives he doesn't have to pretend to be a civil and PC.

[paltz]

O'Reilly and Stern actually share a cross section of the same demographic...this includes the NYPD,FDNY, and EMT workers of the city. Essentially, the common folk of the city.

[dfwgator]

Geez, how hard is it to portray a retard in a movie?

[lonevoice]

"He's at the point where he's almost irrelevant."

Hmmm. Where have we heard this before? I think it's destined to become one of this year's most often repeated insults. I like it a lot.

[lonevoice]

When it comes to Sean Penn, I'd say it's typecasting.

[paltz]

Yeah, b/c you know that O'Reilly is thinking everything Stern said, but Stern can get away with saying it on the air.

[Leroy S. Mort]

"He doesn't get press anymore, so he finally speaks out about something [and] the only way he gets in the papers is to mention me," Stern said.

Pot, meet Kettle. This looks like the beginning of a wonderful symbiotic relationship.

[RichInOC]

"Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you're saying, Mr. Penn?"

[kcvl]

Penn, Madonna's former husband, also spoke of his admiration for the anti-capitalist protesters in Seattle and Genoa and said he hoped there would one day be a revolution in America.

He said he believed the demonstrations would spawn a new generation of directors committed to making thought-provoking cinema.

"We're going to start seeing directors coming out of that group. I hope there are going to be people who care about things bigger than themselves."

Penn, who earned himself a reputation as a hellraiser during the 1980s, said he hated the Academy Awards ceremony and did not care if he ever won an Oscar.

[RichInOC]

Sounds like Sean's been crafting his buzz out of Spicoli's stash again.

[Chapita]

I don't recognize the name - Penn, but from what I've read here, he must be a real dip-sh-t!

[kcvl]

Does this jog your memory?

[eureka!]

"Let the war of words begin..."

Let the war of egos begin, tool...

[Chemnitz]

How hard is it for Penn? He could phone that role in.