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Some people have a DJ at their wedding, some have a live band... And iHeartRadio's Ellen K has... Rod Stewart.
To celebrate National Radio Day (August 20), we’re spotlighting iHeartRadio hosts all week. Ellen K, host of the Ellen K Morning Show on KOST 103.5 FM, shared how an on-air "oopsie moment" led to a new friendship with the legendary Rod Stewart.
"My biggest oopsie moment was reading a story on the air about Rod Stewart on a yacht in the south of France with 50 topless women. Something ridiculous like that. The hotline rings. He called and asked me off the air to please retract the story. It's not true. And so I did. And I felt so awful."
Some might have thought that phone call marked the end of the story, but Rod Stewart had other plans.
"The next day, he delivered a giant basket of wine and cookies and flowers and tickets to his show. And said, 'Thank you for the retraction. Please come to my show.'"
Ellen K then shared some of her biggest life milestones that Stewart has been part of.
"We met and we've been friends ever since. He sang at my wedding. He's been there for the birth of my son. It's just been one of my most fun, longest, greatest friendships. So, I'm really happy that I did read that story about the topless women on the yacht. or I might have never met him the way I did. So, thanks Rod."
Hear more amazing stories from Ellen K's career as a radio host below.