“Howard Stern Show” personality Joey Boots was found dead by a fellow “Wack Packer” during a live podcast and the audio is hard to listen to.
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In the audio, obtained by TMZ, a shaken High Pitch Erik reveals the news to his fellow podcast hosts after finding Boots unresponsive in the latter’s apartment. Erik was sent to checkup on Boots, live on air, after he no-showed his podcast.
His fellow co-hosts are hesitant to believe Erik, but quickly take the show off-air after realizing the seriousness of the situation.
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Howard Stern confirmed Boots’ death, paying tribute to his friend on Twitter: