NEW YORK — He’s doing it for The Boss. Howard Stern will return to his Manhattan studio for the first time since COVID-19 shutdowns began to host Bruce Springsteen on Monday. It’ll also be the singer’s first time on the show.

The self-proclaimed “King of all Media” began broadcasting from his house in the Hamptons at the start of pandemic closures in 2020 and has remained there, being cautious about contracting COVID.

Stern, 68, announced on his SiriusXM show Wednesday that The Boss had persuaded him to come into Midtown for an interview.

“Bruce was saying he thinks it would be nice if we’re sitting together in the studio — I’ve spoken to Bruce and agreed to do that,” Stern said. “You know me, I haven’t been out of the house in two years.”

Stern said he would be a “nervous wreck” the weekend before sitting in a studio with a live guest and that there would be COVID-19 testing prior to the interview.

“If I was going to get COVID, I wouldn’t mind getting it from Bruce,” he said.

Stern added that he tried to persuade Springsteen to visit the show remotely, but The Boss wasn’t having it. The radio personality added that it feels like a “personal triumph” for him to be psychologically ready to return to Manhattan.

The funnyman said he’s never cried on the air, but that it could happen Monday.

SiriusXM has not responded to an inquiry into whether or not Stern’s return to the company’s New York City headquarters will be a regular thing.

Stern said he isn’t sure what to expect when he sits down with the Springsteen, but the “Born to Run” singer will bring his guitar and a piano will be available. “I just want him to have a good time and be comfortable.”

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Don't expect any apologies from Steve Lacy after the singer smashed a fan's disposable camera onstage Monday at a concert in New Orleans.

He defended himself Tuesday on Instagram after footage of him getting hit by a projectile, then smashing a camera onstage, hit social media. It's unclear if the disposable camera he smashed is the same item that had struck him in the leg.

"My shows been fun as hell! shoutout to the people not throwing disposable cameras at me and just coming to catch a vibe and connect," he wrote on Instagram.

"I had a really good time in nola last night. i hate that the beauty of the connection i have with so many people in the crowd-gets lost when something negative happens. i don't believe i owe anyone an apology- maybe i couldve reacted better? sure. always. i'm a student of life. but i'm a real person with real feelings and real reactions."

Lacy headlined a show at the Republic. In videos from the event, the 24-year-old artist reprimands the crowd after someone lobs at his leg.

"Don't throw no (expletive) on my (expletive) stage, please," he says. After one attendee hands him a disposable camera, Lacy forcefully hurls the device downward. The crowd gasps as the camera hits the stage.

"That's it," Lacy says in the clips before walking offstage. "Peace."

While some criticized Lacy for his actions, many sided with him and argued that concertgoers should know better than to throw things at musicians.

"I'm not a product or a robot," he continued in his Instagram caption. "I am human. i will continue to give my all at these shows. please come with respect for urself and others please thank you love u."

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LOS ANGELES — Ambyr Childers, who was married to filmmaker Randall Emmett for eight years, is seeking a domestic violence restraining order from her ex-husband.

Childers, an actor who most recently starred in Netflix’s “You,” filed the request Monday in L.A. County Superior Court, citing “legitimate fear for [her] safety and well-being.” On Tuesday, her request for an emergency temporary order was denied by a judge who cited lack of proof, but a review hearing was set for Nov. 14.

According to her petition, Childers sought the restraining order after discovering “threatening” correspondence between Emmett and his attorney. Childers said she emailed Emmett Friday to alert him that she had received notice from their elder daughter’s school complaining she was continually late while under Emmett’s care. When Emmett responded, she said, his message included copies of emails he had exchanged with his family law attorney, Ben Valencia, who allegedly wrote: “When will you get some real money together so we can take this (expletive) out once and for all. This is not good for your girls.”

Childers said she was most frightened by the “finality and desperation” of Valencia’s words. “Would the money be to set me up?” she wrote in her declaration. “With Randy’s history of illegal and/or intimidating activity, nothing is off the table, and all possible interpretations make me fear for my safety.”

She claims Emmett — a producer/director who has made over 120 movies — was emotionally and verbally abusive to her during their marriage. She wrote in her declaration that he “would put his hand around my neck and tell me that I could never get away from him.”

On Monday, Childers asked the court for sole legal custody of her two daughters. She wants Emmett to attend a 52-week batterer intervention program.

From combined wire services.