Fox News host Jesse Watters cannot seem to accept that Howard Stern might be proud to call himself woke.

The radio shock jock declared on his SiriusXM show on Monday that I hear that a lot, that Im not good anymore because Im woke. But he said he takes it as a compliment, if being woke means not backing Donald Trump , supporting transgender people and believing in the COVID-19 vaccines.

I am woke, motherfucker, and I love it, he said. I want to be awake. I want to read legitimate news sources. Heres how woke I am: I believe the election was not rigged.

Stern accurately described the types of views that tend to elicit the label from conservatives, but Watters insisted Stern just doesnt get it.

I listened to his show since the 90s. I like him. I think hes a funny guy. He doesnt understand what woke is, Watters said on The Five. Hes not woke when it comes to political correctness, when it comes to gender, when it comes to race, when it comes to feminism. Hes not woke when it comes to any of that stuff.

Indeed, Stern has a deeply problematic history, including racist and misogynistic remarks. In recent years, he has claimed that hes evolved and cringes at his shock-jock antics from the 1980s and 90s, though theres plenty he hasnt apologized for.

Watters admitted that Stern has changed, but insisted hes still extremely edgy and not politically correct.

The other panel members on The Five werent happy with Sterns remarks, according to Mediaite . Greg Gutfeld, for his part, told Watters to crawl out of his butt.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines woke as being aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).

However, right wingers have repurposed the term as a culture war catchall to attack progressive values; education about race, gender and LGBTQ rights; those who believe in science, particularly issues relating to climate change and vaccine efficacy ; and just about anything else they dont like .