Howard Stern’s Ex Wife – Alison Berns Wiki (Bio, Age, Kids, Net Worth, Height, Family)
Howard Stern is known as a man of many characters. He is also known as the “King of all media”, which was a self-proclaimed title. He has many personalities which he has up his sleeve. Even though he is foul-mouthed and his radio show host could aggravate your senses and nerves and you might see him bully his guests until they submit. He is still famous. And he simply does not care about anything. In one of his old interviews, be it all in the past but you could see a kinder and generous man. This was more or less because of his ex-wife, Alison Berns.
After he ended his marriage of 23 years with Berns it had caused a lot of ruckus in his private and professional life. He started to see a psychotherapist four days a week because he felt miserable & hopeless at the thought of how he would face his three daughters. Now you might want to know about Alison Berns who had caused such a huge change and change him to an insecure narcissist.
Alison Berns is a former actress who is known for her movies such as ‘Negligee and Underpants Party (1988)’, ‘US Open Sores (1989)’ & ‘Private Parts (1997)’. Apart from this, she is popularly known as the ex-wife of Howard Stern.
Early Background and Education
Alison in Her Young Days
Let’s know something about her childhood. She was born on May 26, 1954, in Newton Center, Massachusetts, USA. No one knows much about her parents and family as it is still under cover.
However, there is still information available about Alison’s educational background. She went to Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts. She went on to do her college from Boston University and achieved a degree in Social Work. It was in the year 1976 that she graduated. She did her further studies and attended Columbia University in New York. This is here that she earned a Master’s degree in Social Work with a specialization in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Career Breakthrough
After completing her studies from the Columbian University, Alison began her professional career as a social worker. She got a license as a clinical social worker and started to practice as a psychotherapist. However, after some time she moved out as a social worker and apparently became an actress after she married the then radio jockey, Howard Stern. She had already participated in dramas during college and knew how to act so it was very easy for her to act in the documentary made by Howard.
After the show was released which was known as “The Howard Stern Show”, she made appearances in three of the episodes in 1987. It was in the same year that she debuted in the film industry with the comedy movie ‘Negligee and Underpants Party’. In 1989, she then acted in ‘Us Open Sores’.
She also appeared in the ‘The Howard Stern Show’ from 1991 to 1993. After her marriage with him she has appeared on various talk shows including ‘The Geraldo Rivera Show which was broadcasted on 8th November in the year 1993. She was also seen on E! Network show known as ‘Howard Stern’ in-between the year 1994 and 1998 which was prior to their divorce.
To add to her movie career, you can also include the biography comedy movie ‘Private Parts’ which was released in 1997. She left acting after a few years of her marriage. She again began working as a psychotherapist. It was believed to be one of the main reasons which had her separated from her husband.
As of now, she is working as a psychotherapist at Roslyn Heights in New York. It is for sure that her career didn’t gain a lot of popularity but she was happy as the wife of Howard Stern.
Relationship with Howard Stern
Alison gained popularity not because of her acting skills but because of Howard Stern who was her husband. He is a very famous broadcaster, writer, actor & radio host. He had achieved a lot of popularity through his show ‘The Howard Stern Show’ in America.
They have known each other before Howard had gained such immense popularity. The couple met at Boston University in 1974. Alison was then just a next-door girl working as a Social Work student and Howard was pursuing a Communication media degree.
Many close acquaintances revealed that the couple met through their mutual friends. Howard was making a documentary called “Transcendental Meditation” and had requested Alison to be a part of the documentary. Alison did agree to take part in the movie. They started working together and it is then Stern asked her out. Soon they started to date. The first movie they watched together was ‘Lenny’. The documentary was made on the life of Lenny Bruce, the person who had a lot of positive effect on Howard’s career.
This is when Alison became an important part of Stern’s personal life. She was very supportive of his work and he soon realized that she was the one for her, he married her soon. According to Howard she was his first girlfriend which he was serious about. The couple shared an offbeat sense of humor and were perfectly compatible.
They started to date during their last two years of college. Both of them continued their relationship even after they graduated and completed their University education in 1976. Alison did her further studies from Columbia University to gain a master’s degree. Similarly, Howard went on to pursue a career as a radio jockey at the New York-based ad agency known as the ‘Benton & Bowles’. Alison moved on to live with Howard in New York.
Alison completed her graduation and married her boyfriend. As soon as she completed her University Education in 1978, the duo got married.
Marriage with Howard Stern
They got married at the Ohabei Shalom temple in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was not a star-studded wedding and only their closest friends and relatives were invited on this occasion.
After four years of their marriage, the duo was blessed with a daughter Emily Stern. Later they went to have two more daughters and expanded their small family to Deborah Stern and Ashley Jade Stern.
Alison Berns Children: Emily, Deborah, and Ashley
On May 7, 1983, in New York, USA Emily Stern was born to Alison and Howard Stern. As you all know Emily is a casting director & American actress who gained fame because she was dedicated to her career. She studied from New York University to gain a degree in theater and acting. She was seen in movies such as The Elevator Game which was released in 2015 & Remember Me which was released in 2017. To add to her skillset, she turned into a singer and launched her first album ‘Birthday’ on October 23, 2013.
The second child of Alison Berns was born on May 9, 1986 and was named Deborah Jennifer Stern. She tried acting but never got fame like her father. Deborah started her acting career with a small role in the show called Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. She was there just for one episode. She also got small roles in the movies such as For the Boys, Nudist Colony of the Dead.
The third daughter of Alison Stern was born on 24 January 1993 in Old West bury, Long Island, New York and was named Ashely Jade Stern. She was only known because of her popular father, Howard Stern.
Ashley had a childhood which was a bit rough because she had a father who had a controversial image. Later she also came to know about the divorce of her parents. She was only 11 when she found out about the separation. Her parents Alison and Howard separated officially in 2001. Howard’ & Alison’s failed marriage had a huge effect on their daughter’s life.
It was after 23 years; Alison and Howard made a decision to end their relationship in October 1999 before they officially filed for a divorce in 2001. Alison once said that her husband was distant and cold. She felt lonely and their married life had failed. Howard’s workaholic nature was the main reason for their separation.
Howard had agreed to the fact that he was so focused on work that he forgot his family. In fact, work was more important for him than his family or even friends. In an interview in 2011, Howard went on to say about his divorce with Alison. He stated that:
“My marriage ending blew my mind. I was upset that I failed, let down my family, my kids, my ex-wife; it all was very painful”.
He went on to say more:
“I felt like such a failure. It’s so complicated, and it’s hard for me to even figure out at this point what went wrong and how things that were so good could go so bad. It’s tough. I think I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to analyze that”.
Emily in an interview with the New York Post revealed the other side of their divorce story. She said she always believed her parents were always in love and divorce was something which was never expected. Emily said that when her mother had decided to be back in the working world her father could not accept it. He could not deal with the fact that she has started to serve as a psychoanalyst.
Howard & Alison divorce was a high-profile divorce of Hollywood. It is said that Alison had got at least Howard’s half wealth and custody of three daughters along with child support. However, the details were never public.
Why Alison Left Howard After 23 Years Of Marriage?
Well, many have speculated some very valid reasons for the separation of Howard’s and Alison’s divorce. The very obvious reason was although “Howard” himself. This obnoxious skinny person was so selfish and would never even care about his wife’s feelings. He was also a sexist as can be guessed as per his interviews. He even spoke about the miscarriage of Alison on a show which humiliated her. The guy used to make a living out of making people’s private life public and he just never understood how to keep his life balanced.
He was a famous personality which made him too proud. During one of the oldest talk shows, he said that he made his wife cry because of him as he was angry about a simple dress code. He was heard saying:
“We had to go to a rainforest concert which was scheduled to be at 7:30 or 8. But my wife read the time wrong. It was 7 and she didn’t wake me up. Then, she wanted me to change to a black-tie attire as the theme of the concert. I was wearing a white sports jacket and green pants. Then there was a lot of yelling”
For Howard his professional life dictated his personal life. You can now understand that this was the start of the end for their 23 years of marriage. Many a time she used to bring his work home. He even built a door vault in the basement so that he is not disturbed while he was working from home.
Life after Divorce: Married David Scott Simon
After the divorce with Howard, Alison got married to David Scott Simon on November 23, 2001. David is not related to the entertainment industry. He has a business in NY. However, he is popular only as the husband of Alison.
The couple don’t have biological children together. David loves Alison’s kids from her relationship with Howard. They can be spotted many times celebrating occasions together. Alison now works as a Psychotherapist in New York.
Meanwhile Howard Stern has also got married to Beth Ostrosky. Beth Ostrosky is also a model and actress.
Berns Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be $20 million which involves all the funds and assets which she earned from her career and the settlement of her divorce with ex-husband Howard. The separation and divorce were considered to be one of the most expensive divorces in Hollywood.
Alison Berns is happy with her second husband David Scott Simon and she prefers staying away from the limelight. She hardly makes public appearances.
