Emily Stern opens up about her dating life and how her parents' divorce still affects her today

Howard Stern's Daughter Says He Turned Her Off from Dating: Shock Jock's 'Emphasis on Sexuality' in Career 'Kept Me Out of the Dating Ring'

Howard Stern is known for his no-holds-barred attitude on his hit Sirius XM radio show, where his explicit, uncensored interviews with celebrities often cover risqué topics like sex and drugs.

But it’s the very thing Stern became famous for that his oldest daughter, Emily, says turned her off from dating.

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“It’s rare I go on dates [now],” Emily, 32, told the New York Post. “My dad’s emphasis on sexuality [in his career] kept me out of the dating ring [when I was younger].

She also says she’s still affected by her parents’ divorce, which she thought “came out of nowhere.”

“I believed that my parents were very much in love,” Emily said. “I felt like the divorce came out of nowhere. I thought that sacred bond was so strong.”

Stern, 61, divorced his college sweetheart, Alison Berns – a psychoanalyst and former TV personality – in 1999 after 21 years of marriage and three children together. He later married model Beth Ostrosky (who is 18 years his junior and only 10 years older than Emily) in 2008.

“He used to be one way, and then he marries a model,” she said.

Emily believes that perhaps it was her mother’s work ambitions that eventually drove them apart. “Maybe he couldn’t handle it when she went back to work as a psychoanalyst.”

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Despite any lasting affects the divorce had, Emily said she is “close with both her parents,” who fully supported her when she decided to turn her back to a life of fame and practice Orthodox Judaism nearly a decade ago.