Melania Trump may have seen it coming.

As longtime radio shock jock Howard Stern faces mounting speculation about his possible exit from SiriusXM, a warning from First Lady Melania Trump to her husband, President Donald Trump, is making headlines again, and it sounds more relevant than ever.

“They try to hook him”

Back in 2016, as Donald Trump weathered a media firestorm during his presidential campaign, Melania gave a firm piece of advice: stay away from Howard Stern.

“Many times, I gave advice, and I didn’t agree to do all the tapes on Howard Stern,” she said in a Fox & Friends interview at the time. “They hook him on… They try to get from him some inappropriate and dirty language.”

Some of Trump’s past interviews with Stern drew heavy media attention, at times sparking headlines and media spin. Melania’s advice was clear: the risk wasn’t worth the attention.

Stern’s future up in the air

Stern, 71, is reportedly at a crossroads. His $500 million SiriusXM contract is nearing its expiration, and insiders say he’s grappling with both contract tensions and personal struggles. In a recent email to staff, Stern hinted he may not return, sparking buzz that the king of satellite radio may finally hang up the mic.

An expected announcement about his future, originally teased for September 2, has now been delayed to September 8, only adding to the uncertainty.

While SiriusXM insists the decision is his alone, President Trump has offered his own theory: Stern’s audience turned on him after he endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016.

“You know when he went down?” Trump said during an August Oval Office moment. “When he endorsed Hillary Clinton, he lost his audience.”

A long, complicated history

Trump and Stern go way back, with decades of headline-making interviews between the two. But as Trump’s political profile grew, so did the spotlight.

Melania’s concerns weren’t just about optics. They were about protecting her husband from being baited into controversy. In the same 2016 interview, she emphasized, “He cares about people, he cares about women. He’s not the man that we heard on the tape.”

Now, as Stern’s own career enters a moment of reckoning, Melania’s past words are once again echoing through the headlines — a reminder that, in the Trump household, media savvy starts at home.