In this photo released by 20th Century Fox, radio personality Howard Stern and girlfriend Beth Ostrosky arrive at the Hamptons' screening of "The Devil Wears Prada," in this June 24, 2006 file photo in Southampton, NY. Stern announced on his satellite radio show Wednesday, Feb 14, 2007 that he had proposed to Ostrosky the evening before and she had accepted. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Paul Hawthorne)
Stern Engaged to Model Girlfriend
Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:14 AM EST
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern once worried on the air that a marriage to longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky would only mess up a good thing.
It seems he's willing to take the risk.
Stern announced on his satellite radio show on Wednesday that he had proposed the evening before — and Ostrosky had said yes.
Stern told listeners that he surprised the model with an engagement ring while they were naked in bed.
"Are you for real?" he said she responded.
It's a turnaround for the media maverick, who launched his satellite radio show last year with comments that he was happy to leave things as they were.
"I am not married," Stern said then. "It's a nice feeling that we get along great. We're very happy, and I don't want to (mess) it up."
Stern has been married before. He bragged of his marital fidelity while entertaining scores of strippers and porn stars on his previous radio show before splitting from his wife of 21 years in 1999.
Stern and his ex-wife, Alison Berns, whose romance was the basis of his film "Private Parts," have three daughters. They divorced in 2001.