Artie Lange flips out, quits the Howard Stern Show

Being morbidly obese, addicted to heroin, and extorted by the teh ghey mafia must have finally caught up with Artie Lange. Earlier today, he flipped out, threatened to kill his personal assistant, a kid named Teddy, and announced that he's quitting the Howard Stern Show.

Apparently, Artie and Teddy were supposed to be leaving for Amsterdam later on today (there is no Howard Stern Show on Friday), but Teddy forgot to make a copy of Artie's passport Also, Artie was pissed because Teddy is always hitting him up for money, in addition to his salary as Artie's personal assistant. As Teddy explains it though, the job entails more than just being Artie's personal assistant, and hence he feels entitled to the extra money.

It sounds like Teddy might have just caught Artie at a bad time. Artie, who makes ridonkulous sums from doing stand-up gigs (because he's on the Stern Show), is known for being fairly generous with his money. Earlier this year, he let his bookie take him for $60,000. Artie accuses Howard of escalating the incident by poking and prodding with regard to the money issue.

Checkit: Artie explodes on Teddy, walks off show [Save Baby Gorilla]

And check the audio after the jump, courtesy of TV Crunch.