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Artie Lange, a fixture on the Howard Stern Show since 2001, walked off the radio show this morning after a physical altercation with his assistant of two years, Teddy.

What started as an argument in the hallway erupted into violence when Stern asked Teddy to come into the studio to resolve the issue.

The argument began over travel accommodations for Artie and Teddy’s scheduled trip to Amsterdam this evening. No word on whether the trip will take place as planned. Things quickly escalated as Lange expressed disdain for his assistant, citing money issues.

Lange became enraged and threw a glass of water across the studio and lunged at Teddy. A scuffle ensued as other staffers in the studio diffused the situation, throwing themselves between the two. Robin was screaming and Howard was calling for control.

Once things settled down, Artie came back into the studio and claimed Teddy would be dead if he had reached him and would now be in jail.

Stern said he could not condone Lange’s actions and Lange said he could not guarantee it wouldn’t happen again and offered his resignation. Just before walking out Lange said “I’m not a good person … I gotta leave … I love you”

Teddy returned to the studio and said he was not going to sue and offered to leave the show. Stern told him that wasn’t the solution.

The Howard Stern Show is not live on Fridays and the crew is on vacation next week, so we likely won’t know the fate of Artie Lange until the show resumes.

Listen to audio of the altercation below.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3