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'{{short description|American radio host (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox presenter |name = Mancow Muller |other_names = Mancow |image = Mancow Muller at a Star Trek Convention. November 2, 2000.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Muller in 2000 |birth_name = Matthew Erich Muller |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|21}} |birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |death_date = |death_place = |show = [[Mancow's Morning Madhouse]] |station = |timeslot = |style = Talk, politics, entertainment |country = United States |prevshow = |website = }} '''Matthew Erich "Mancow" Muller''' (born June 21, 1966) is an American radio and television personality, actor, connoisseur of gay sex and former child rapist. Considered a [[shock jock]], his career has been well known for controversy and clashes with the [[Federal Communications Commission]]. He is best known for ''[[Mancow's Morning Madhouse]]'', a [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]-based syndicated radio show, and ''The Mancow Radio Experience,'' which have been nationally distributed by [[Talk Radio Network]]. Muller also co-starred with his brother, Mark, in the reality TV series ''[[God, Guns & Automobiles]]'', which aired on [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History To Bow Unscripted 'God, Guns & Automobiles' On July 8|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/gods-guns-automobiles-history-premiere-july-8-mancow-muller-512210/|publisher=Deadline}}</ref> He was most recently host of the morning show on [[WCKL (FM)|WLUP-FM]]/97.9, before he was let go on March 6, 2018 upon [[WCKL (FM)|WLUP-FM]]/97.9 being sold. In January 2019, Muller returned to radio on [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] to host mornings. ==Early life== Erich Muller, as he was commonly known, was born to parents John and Dawn Muller and raised in the [[Kansas City, Missouri]] area with older brothers Johnny and Mark.<ref name=Dad>{{cite book|last=Muller|first=Mancow|author2=Calkins, John|title=Dad, Dames, Demons and a Dwarf: My Trip Down Freedom Road|year=2003|publisher=Harper Collins|pages=16, 19, 22, 29|location=New York, New York}}</ref> He expressed an interest in radio and the entertainment industry as a whole from an early age. As a child he would listen to old reel-to-reel tapes of classic radio shows like ''[[The Shadow]]'' and ''[[The Stan Freberg Show]]'' with his father.<ref name=Dad/> Erich Muller worked as a model and child actor, appearing in regional print and television commercials as well as Kansas City theater productions. Among his print modeling work were ads for [[Lee (jeans)|Lee]] jeans and [[Wal-Mart]].<ref name=TV>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/mancow-muller/|title=Mancow Muller biography|publisher=TV.com/CBS TV|year=2013|access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref> As a youth he appeared in over 100 stage performances, with one notable long-running role being that of Billy Ray Jr. in the play ''[[On Golden Pond (play)|On Golden Pond]]''.<ref name=Dad/> During one performance of the play, famous actor [[Henry Fonda]] was in the audience, and would later go on to play the lead character Norman in the film version.<ref name=Legends>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=John W.|title=Missouri Legends: Famous people from the Show-Me State|year=2008|publisher=Reedy Press|pages=210–211|location=St. Louis}}</ref> Erich Muller attended multiple schools in the Kansas City area, including Blue Ridge Christian School. In his book ''Dad, Dames, Demons, and a Dwarf: My Trip Down Freedom Road'', he recounts an incident in fifth grade where, in an act of [[corporal punishment]], he was severely beaten with a board by the school principal, an event that changed his outlook on organized religion.<ref name=Dad/> Muller transferred to the suburban [[Harrisonville, Missouri|Harrisonville]] school district, where he graduated high school.<ref name=TV/> Following high school, Muller attended college at Central Missouri State University (now [[University of Central Missouri]]) in [[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]], not far from the Kansas City metropolitan area.<ref name=Legends/> At CMSU he continued to work in theater, and it was his role as a half-man, half-beast in one production that gave rise to his nickname "Mancow".<ref name=Legends/> Muller earned double degrees from the university in [[Public Relations]] and [[Theatre]] in 1990.<ref name=Legends/> To earn money while in school, he operated his own mobile [[Disc jockey|DJ]] business, providing music for school dances, weddings, and class reunions, a job he later said he hated.<ref name=Dad/> It was also while in college he took his first tentative steps into broadcasting. ==Radio career beginnings== Muller's radio career began while he was in college. He got a job at [[KOKO (AM)|KOKO]] in Warrensburg as a late night control board operator, playing local commercials during satellite broadcasts of ''[[Larry King|The Larry King Show]].''<ref name=Legends/> His role at the station gradually expanded until he got his own afternoon show. Among Muller's fans was the general manager of KLSI-FM, Kansas City, who offered him a full-time job as head of station promotions. Muller accepted the position, plus a weekend air shift, while completing his final semester at Central Missouri State. After graduating in 1990, Muller was hired as the [[Drive time|morning drive]] air talent at Kansas City's [[KBEQ-FM]], Q-104, where the ''Holy Moley & Maxx Show'' quickly rose to #1 in the ratings and helped Q-104 dominate the market.<ref name=Legends/> After his early hometown success, Muller left Kansas City for a brief stint at [[KDON-FM]] in [[Monterey, California|Salinas, California]]. Then he headed north to San Francisco and [[KYLD|KYLD-FM]], "Wild 107". Now going by his old college nickname Mancow, in 1993 Muller made national headlines with a publicity stunt that caused a major traffic problem for San Francisco. Reacting to a [[Bill Clinton haircut controversy|subsequently debunked story]] that President [[Bill Clinton]] had tied up air traffic at [[Los Angeles International Airport]] for over an hour while getting a haircut from celebrity hairstylist [[Cristophe (hairstylist)|Cristophe]] aboard [[Air Force One]], Muller staged a parody of the incident on the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] during rush hour. He used vans to block the westbound lanes on the bridge while his then-sidekick, Jesus "Chuy" Gomez, received a haircut.<ref name=Legends/> As a result of the publicity stunt, Muller was charged with creating a public nuisance. After entering a [[Nolo contendere|no contest plea]], his sentence included three years probation, a $500 fine and 100 hours of community service. The radio station settled a civil suit by paying $1.5 million, including $500,000 to cover three toll-free days on the bridge.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/3-free-days-on-Bay-Bridge-to-atone-for-DJ-haircut-3123363.php "3 free days on Bay Bridge to atone for DJ haircut stunt"], ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'', April 23, 1997.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1605886/mancow_muller_1993_sentence/ "Haircut stunt not amusing"], [[Associated Press]] in ''[[Galveston Daily News]]'', June 5, 1993. Accessed 2015-01-19 – via [[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}.</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Mancowbk1.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Muller's 2003 book {{ffdc|1=Mancowbk1.jpg|log=2014 August 30}}]] --> ===''Mancow's Morning Madhouse''=== {{Main|Mancow's Morning Madhouse}} Muller accepted a job offer by Evergreen Media President Jim de Castro at more than double his salary to move to Chicago and work at "Rock 103.5" ([[WKSC-FM|WRCX]]). Muller's radio show, ''[[Mancow's Morning Madhouse]]'', debuted in July 1994.<ref>Nidetz, Steve. "[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-07-31-9407310333-story.html Mancow Muller Pilots New WRCX Morning Drive]", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. July 31, 1994. Retrieved January 31, 2019.</ref><ref>Pick, Grant. "[https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/morning-mouth/Content?oid=887069 Morning Mouth]", ''[[Chicago Reader]]''. March 30, 1995. Retrieved January 31, 2019.</ref> Originally, Muller broadcast from WRCX-FM (Rock 103.5) studios in the [[John Hancock Center]] and in 1998, moved to the city's [[alternative rock]] station, [[Q101 Chicago|WKQX-FM (Q-101) 101.1]], where the show was broadcast from the [[Merchandise Mart]] for eight more years. Within two [[Arbitron]] ratings periods Muller took the station's 19th-ranked morning show to 5th-ranked among all teens and adults, and first among 18- to 34-year-olds. During his run on Q101, Mancow had a much publicized [[feud]] with fellow "shock-jock" [[Howard Stern]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-11-24/news/0411250040_1_howard-stern-radio-show-roll-high-school-sirius-satellite-radio |work=Chicago Tribune |title=Mancow Muller vs. Howard Stern |date=November 24, 2004}}</ref> He also had close on and off air relationships with [[Howard McGee|"Crazy Howard" McGee]] of [[WGCI-FM]] and [[Mike North]] of [[WSCR]]. McGee and Mancow's shows ran at the same time but catered to different demographics (WGCI is an [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[hip hop]] station). In 2000, Mancow pulled an [[April Fool]]'s day prank on his McGee by switching his transmitter with that of WGCI, causing McGee to unknowingly broadcast on Q101's frequency while Mancow introduced himself as the "White Czar" and taunted McGee on his own station. This caused a barrage of calls from listeners in McGee's defense. McGee was confused as he took many of the calls, but did not realize for over an hour that he was the butt of a joke. After realizing the prank, McGee played along for the remainder of the segment.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-05-23/news/0505230235_1_shock-jock-howard-stern-talk-radio-network/2 |work=Chicago Tribune |title=Mancow Nation? |date=May 23, 2005}}</ref> Muller's ''Mancow's Morning Madhouse'' ended its live run on Emmis' Alternative outlet in Spring 2006, and had the highest rated audience in Chicago with men ages 25 to 54 (among English speaking stations). According to the Arbitron radio ratings service, Mancow's show, measured in Average Quarter Hour listening percentages (AQH) had a 5.7 share. The next closest station was all-news WBBM with a 5.3 share. In his target demographic, men between the ages of 18 and 34 years, Mancow AQH was an 11.8 share of the audience in that age group, the highest share of any other Anglophonic station in Chicago.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} His show, however, was not without controversy. In 1999, Janet Dahl, the wife of Chicago talk radio host [[Steve Dahl]], filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Muller over [[lewd]] comments Muller made about her on his show. In 2001, the case was settled out of court. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, it reportedly reached seven figures.<ref name="CST123189">{{Cite news |last=Feder|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Feder|title=Dreck, lies and videotape: On the air in '89 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|page=1 |date=1989-12-31}}</ref> Between 1999 and 2004, David Edward Smith's [[Citizens for Community Values]] filed 66 indecency complaints with the FCC relating to Muller's program, leading to 6 citations and $42,000 in fines. In 2004 Muller sued Smith for harassment and business interference, but later dropped the lawsuit.<ref>Robert Feder, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150329151218/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1523577.html "Mancow's nemesis is on 'private crusade'"], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', February 24, 2004 {{subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}.</ref><ref>Robert Feder, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150329151216/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1541933.html "Mancow ends legal beef with indecency crusader"], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', August 3, 2004 {{subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}.</ref> Emmis Communications entered into a 2004 consent decree with the FCC, agreeing to make a $300,000 "voluntary payment" to resolve the complaints; in 2006 (after Muller had ended his WKQX show), the FCC rejected Smith's challenge to this settlement.<ref>Robert Feder, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150329151212/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1646060.html "Mancow's foes lose final appeal with FCC"], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', October 18, 2006 {{subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}.</ref> For a full week leading up to [[Limp Bizkit]]'s Summer Sanitarium 2003 concert in Chicago, Muller continually [[wikt:mock|mocked]] the band's vocalist [[Fred Durst]] on his radio show<ref name="mtv001">{{cite news |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |date=July 28, 2003 |title=Limp Bizkit Walk Offstage After Chicago Crowd Gets Hostile |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1474912/20030728/limp_bizkit.jhtml |publisher=MTV |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> and invited listeners to attend the concert with anti-Durst placards.<ref name="db001">{{cite journal |date=October 28, 2003 |title=Industry News: Bizkit Too Limp |url=http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/315/industry.html |journal=DB Magazine |volume=315 |access-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213212110/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/315/industry.html |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> When Muller's fans complied by showing up with the placards, openly taunting the singer, booing him and pelting him with refuse, Durst erupted into a profanity-laced homophobic tirade and left the stage only 17 minutes into the show. Durst was eventually sued for breach of contract (for not completing the show) by Chicago lawyer Michael Young in a [[class-action suit]].<ref name="bbc099">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3178492.stm |title=Fans sue Limp Bizkit over walkout |date=October 9, 2003 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> On October 22, 2008, [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] in Chicago announced that Muller, along with Pat Cassidy, would join that station as a weekday radio talk show host, in the 9&nbsp;am to 11&nbsp;am time slot, beginning on October 27, 2008. Muller continued to host his nationally syndicated morning radio program.<ref name=rosenthal20081022>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=Rosenthal |author-link=Phil Rosenthal |date=October 22, 2008 |title=Mancow Muller to join WLS-AM lineup |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/oct/22/business/chi-081022mancow-returns |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> Just four months after the debut of Mancow and Cassidy, Arbitron ratings had the show at No. 1 in the 12+ audience, and nearly doubling Chicago competitors in the male demographic as of February 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ntsmediaonline.com/?p=3839 |title=Mancow Roars Back In Chi-Town |access-date=2010-05-29 |date=2009-03-30}}</ref> Despite the ratings, Muller was fired from his job on news and conservative talk station WLS after only 16 months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/mancow-muller-and-pat-cas_n_457134.html |work=Huffington Post |first=Jen |last=Sabella |title=Mancow Muller and Pat Cassidy Fired From WLS |date=February 10, 2010}}</ref> Muller then hosted a Sunday night show on [[WABC-AM]] from September 2010 until October 2011, when he was let go following [[Cumulus Media]]'s acquisition of WABC parent [[Citadel Broadcasting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wabcradio.com |title=News Talk Radio 77 WABC New York |publisher=Wabcradio.com |access-date=2010-10-07}}</ref> On October 22, 2012, Muller began his new show, simply titled [[Mancow (TV show)|''Mancow'']], on [[WPWR-TV]], a live broadcast of his radio show ''The Mancow Experience'', with co-host Teresa Cesario. In February 2013, a program called ''The Mancow Mashup'' began airing on the network, which was a half-hour program that showed highlights from the previous morning's Television show. The show's last airing was October 7, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/chicago-radio-star-ends-one-tv-show-may-end-up-with-more_b130808 |title=Chicago Radio Star Ends One TV show.. |publisher=mediabistro.com |access-date=2014-10-07}}</ref> On October 9, 2014, roughly a year from when the show began airing, Muller's WPWR-TV simulcast of his radio show was confirmed cancelled after the show's contract expired, along with ''The Mancow Mashup''. Muller confirmed that for the first time since 1985, he will be taking a break from both TV and radio. However, Muller mentioned the possibility of other ventures, including a potential movie review show.<ref name="robertfeder.com">{{cite web|last1=Feder|first1=Robert|title=Off the air everywhere, Mancow says he's 'taking a break'|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/10/09/off-the-air-everywhere-mancow-taking-a-break/|website=Robert Feder}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Report: My 50/Chicago Dropping TV Simulcast Of Mancow Show |url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134226/report-my-50-chicago-dropping-tv-simulcast-of-manc|website=All Access Music Group}}</ref> Muller returned to the radio on Chicago's [[WCKL (FM)|WLUP-FM]] radio station in February 2015 after winning a week-long audition for the station's 6{{snd}}10{{nbsp}}am weekday show.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/7141-the-loop-97-9-holding-a-4-week-morning-show-search |title=The Loop 97.9 Holding A 4-Week Morning Show Search |work=chicagoradioandmedia.com |date=2015-01-29 |access-date=2015-02-25}}</ref> Muller's show on WLUP ended on 6 March 2018 when it was announced that WLUP had been sold to Christian radio broadcaster [[Educational Media Foundation]]. === WLS === On January 3, 2019 Muller returned to [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] in Chicago after nine months off the air.<ref name="WLP Insider">{{cite web |title=It's Official: Mancow Returns To Chicago's WLS Jan. 3. |url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/it-s-official-mancow-returns-to-chicago-s-wls-jan/article_6f5e3876-09a3-11e9-8b69-e73bc45ef6c6.html |website=Insideradio.com |access-date=3 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Muller said his new show will focus more on news, entertainment and politics compared to his time on The Loop.<ref name="NBC WLS return">{{cite web |title=Shock Jock Mancow Muller Returns to Chicago Airwaves |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mancow-muller-returns-to-chicago-airwaves-503840541.html |website=NBC Chicago |access-date=3 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Mancow announced he is leaving his show, on November 25, 2020 <ref>{{Cite web|title=Mancow leaves WLS|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-mancow-leaving-wls-kogan-1118-20201117-qthwqboqfbas5fpz4mkeoxto7e-story.html}}</ref> == Cowboy Ray == On November 20, 2005, Ray Hofstatter, aka, "Cowboy Ray", a forty-five-year-old [[mentally challenged]] frequent caller and guest on ''Mancow's Morning Madhouse'' was struck by a car in a [[Hit and run (vehicular)|hit-and-run]] accident and critically injured.<ref name=pr-trnfm>{{cite press release |title=Mancow Pursues Hit&Run Driver Who Ran-Down Cowboy Ray |publisher=[[Talk Radio Network]] |date=November 28, 2005 |url=http://www.talkradionetwork-fm.com/cowboy.pdf |access-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130551/http://www.talkradionetwork-fm.com/cowboy.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Schulte |date=November 21, 2005 |title='Cowboy Ray' critically injured in hit-and-run |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=3650377 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> Ray died shortly after his life support was terminated on January 11, 2006.<ref name=toomey20060112>{{cite news |first=Shamus |last=Toomey |date=January 12, 2006 |title=Hit-run fatal to Mancow's 'Cowboy Ray': $13,000 reward for ID of driver who struck him Nov. 20, radio host says |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1611155.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026143646/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1611155.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> Muller offered a $13,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver,<ref name=toomey20060112/> but was unsuccessful. The hit-and-run case of Cowboy Ray was featured on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' television show on February 25, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=37115 |title=AMW Fugitive Data File For Unknown Cowboy Ray Killer |publisher=[[America's Most Wanted]] |access-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808005119/http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=37115 |archive-date=August 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> As of March 2019, the driver responsible had still not been found. ==Politics== Mancow was an outspoken supporter of [[George W. Bush]] during the 2000 presidential election, asking people on the street whether they "liked [George W.] Bush or liked Dick [Cheney]." On December 6, 2005, Muller made an appearance on [[Fox News Channel]]'s ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' where he referred to [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman [[Howard Dean]] as "vile", "bloodthirsty" and "evil". Muller also commented on Dean's negative opinions on [[2003 invasion of Iraq|the War in Iraq]], calling Dean a traitor who "ought to be kicked out of America" and "tried for treason".<ref>{{Citation|last=blogagepunktde|title=Fox & Friends: Mancow Muller goes crazy (about Howard Dean)|date=2008-03-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG0txYzGz3Q}}</ref> On May 22, 2009, Muller had himself [[waterboarding|waterboarded]] during his radio program on WLS,<ref name=pollyea20090522>{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Pollyea |date=May 22, 2009 |title=Mancow Water boarded, Admits It's Torture |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Mancow-Takes-on-Waterboarding-and-Loses.html |publisher=[[NBC News]] |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> having lost a listener poll determining whether he or co-host Pat Cassidy would be the one waterboarded. The talk show host had previously claimed that calling waterboarding "torture" was wrong, something he had stated that he hoped his reenactment would prove.<ref>{{Citation|last=THEALEXJ0NESSH0W|title=Mancow Waterboarded|date=2010-12-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tqZwWYWAiA}}</ref> Lasting only 6 seconds ("8 seconds less than the average person", according to program guest Marine Sergeant Klay South, who was the one to administer the waterboarding), Mancow afterward changed his opinion, saying, "It is way worse than I thought it would be, and that's no joke", and described waterboarding as "absolutely torture".<ref name=pollyea20090522/><ref name=byrne20090522>{{cite news|first=John |last=Byrne |date=May 22, 2009 |title=Conservative radio hosts gets waterboarded, and lasts six seconds before saying its torture |url=http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/conservative-radio-hosts-waterboarded/ |work=[[The Raw Story]] |access-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523223442/http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/conservative-radio-hosts-waterboarded/ |archive-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref> Questions were later raised about the validity of the procedure. South had no formal training in waterboarding and had never before performed the procedure, leading the online celebrity and gossip site [[Gawker.com|Gawker]] to accuse Muller of faking the whole thing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5271813/did-erich-mancow-muller-fake-his-waterboarding-for-publicity |title=Did Erich 'Mancow' Muller Fake His Waterboarding for Publicity? |publisher=Gawker.com |access-date=2010-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205074653/http://gawker.com/5271813/did-erich-mancow-muller-fake-his-waterboarding-for-publicity |archive-date=February 5, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5272691/mancows-waterboarding-was-completely-fake |title=Mancow's 'Waterboarding' Was Completely Fake |publisher=Gawker.com |date=2009-05-29 |access-date=2010-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629034606/http://gawker.com/5272691/mancows-waterboarding-was-completely-fake |archive-date=June 29, 2010 }}</ref> Muller later stated in an interview on ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]'', "I admit it, it was a stupid radio stunt. But waterboarding, all it is, is water in your nose and mouth with your head back." Further adding "We went into this thinking it was going to be a joke. But it was not a joke – it was horrible. 'Hoax' is probably not the right word, but we did think it was going to be a joke."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/05/did-shytown-shock-jock-erich-mancow-muller-fake-his-own-waterboarding.html |work=The Los Angeles Times |title=Did Erich 'Mancow' Muller fake his own waterboarding? Glub, glub |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531065844/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/05/did-shytown-shock-jock-erich-mancow-muller-fake-his-own-waterboarding.html |archive-date=May 31, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/30/mancow-addresses-accusati_n_209352.html |title=Mancow Addresses Accusation That His Waterboarding Was A Hoax (VIDEO) |work=Huffington Post |date= May 30, 2009|access-date=2010-10-07 |first=Nick |last=Sabloff}}</ref> == Personal life == Muller married Sandy Ferrando, a former [[publicist]] on February 14, 2003. He has twin daughters named Ava Grace and Isabella Sofia. His father, a former traveling salesman, died of cancer at the age of sixty-two. The event deeply affected Muller and in part prompted him to write his first book, ''Dad, Dames, Demons and a Dwarf''.<ref name=Dad/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/shows/god-guns-and-automobiles/cast/erich-mancow-muller|title=Cast-Erich Mancow Muller|publisher=History.com|year=2013|access-date=9 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823173438/http://www.history.com/shows/god-guns-and-automobiles/cast/erich-mancow-muller|archive-date=August 23, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Mancow Muller attended Harvest Bible Chapel from 2014 to 2019 and was a personal friend of pastor [[James MacDonald (pastor)|James MacDonald]] since 2016. In November 2018 Muller travelled to Israel with MacDonald where he baptized him in the Jordan River. Less than two months later in January 2019 and less than three weeks after starting his new radio show on WLS-Chicago, Mancow began calling MacDonald a con artist on his show and on social media sites, and asking him to resign or be removed as pastor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mancow: Speaking my truth to Harvest Bible Chapel's Pastor James|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190125/mancow-speaking-my-truth-to-harvest-bible-chapels-pastor-james|publisher=Daily Herald}}</ref> Mancow has consistently criticized and accused MacDonald of crimes since January 2019, including murder-for-hire in May, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mancow Announces "James MacDonald is No Longer a Part of Harvest Bible Chapel"|url=https://theelephantsdebt.com/2019/02/08/mancow-announces-james-macdonald-is-no-longer-a-part-of-harvest-bible-chapel/#more-3899|publisher=The Elephant's Debt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Radio Host & a Former Bodyguard Say James MacDonald Asked Them to Arrange Murders|url=http://julieroys.com/chicago-radio-host-former-bodyguard-say-james-macdonald-asked-arrange-murders/|publisher=Julie Roys}}</ref> ==Filmography== ===Television/Movies=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" !Title !Role !Episode !Additional notes |- ||''[[Night Stand with Dick Dietrick|Night Stand]]'' ||Himself ||"Eurotrash" ||1996 episode |- ||''[[Party of Five]]'' ||Bartender ||"Fragile" ||1999 episode |- ||''[[Early Edition]]'' ||Randy, Car Salesman ||"Home Groan" ||1999 episode |- ||''[[The Shield]]'' ||Arrestee ||"Hurt" ||2005 episode |- ||''[[Sons Of Anarchy]]'' ||Nomad ||"Na Triobloidi" ||2009 episode |- | rowspan = "3" |''[[The Chicago Code]]'' ||Himself (voice) ||"Cabrini Green" ||2011 episode |- ||Himself (voice) ||"Wild Onions" ||2011 episode |- ||Himself ||"St. Valentine's Day Massacre" ||2011 episode |- ||''[[God, Guns & Automobiles]]'' ||Himself ||main star ||2013 episode |- ||''[[Criminal Minds]]'' ||DJ ||"'Til Death Do Us Part" ||2015 episode |- |''[[Death Wish (2018 film)|Death Wish]]'' |Himself | |2018 movie |} ==See also== * ''[[Mancow's Morning Madhouse]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Mancow}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Radio personalities from Kansas City, Missouri]] [[Category:American talk radio hosts]] [[Category:Radio personalities from Chicago]] [[Category:Shock jocks]] [[Category:University of Central Missouri alumni]] [[Category:Illinois Republicans]]'