Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American talk show host and Howard Stern's primary co-host on his morning radio show.

Early life

Quivers was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Louise, a homemaker, and Charles Quivers, Sr., a steelworker at Bethlehem Steel; both of her parents had only seventh grade educations. She has an older brother, Charles Quivers Jr.

Quivers revealed in her 1995 autobiography that her father molested her when she was a preteen and that she overheard her parents arguing after her mother caught her father molesting another little girl who lived in their neighborhood. Her father was never arrested or charged with molesting Quivers or any other child. He is now deceased, having suffered from Alzheimer's in old age.

Quivers worked as a nurse in the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of Captain.

Career

A graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland, Quivers has been in the radio business since 1980, joining Stern in 1981 at DC101. Stern moved around to numerous stations, being fired or quitting during the 1980s. Quivers stood by Stern wherever the show would take them, and continued their partnership. In February 2006, Stern bought Quivers a Mercedes-Benz SL55 hardtop convertible in appreciation for her work on the show.

Quivers appeared as Judith on the 85th episode, "You've Got to Be a Football Hero", of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which aired on November 29, 1993. In 1996, Quivers co-starred in a made-for-TV movie called Deadly Web. Quivers also regularly appeared on Stern's Channel 9 and E! shows while they aired, and currently on Stern's iN DEMAND show.

In 1995, Quivers' autobiography, titled Quivers: A Life, was published. In the book, Quivers writes about her relationship with Stern and his radio show crew, as well as her life of growing up in the mean streets of Baltimore.

During the 2004 election season, Quivers pledged to leave the USA in the event that George W. Bush was re-elected. Quivers has yet to fulfill her pledge and no on-air discussion has addressed this issue to date. In similar fashion, Quivers has backed off a 2006 challenge to fellow Sirius broadcaster Bubba The Love Sponge to engage in a stock car race where the loser of the event would be required to perform a sexual act on the race winner.

Quivers signed a television deal with Sony in 2004 for her own talk show. She began to explore independent opportunities during the FCC indecency crackdown earlier in the year. This talk show was supposed to happen in Fall 2006 according to what Howard said on Larry King Live, but she revealed on the air in March 2006 that the deal had stalled. She has claimed that a lack of available time slots due to competition from other celebrities who also signed talk show deals was the primary reason for her show's stalled status.

She announced on the April 30, 2007, show that she was developing a mid-day talk show of her own for Sirius of "women's issues". While still in the planning stage, Quivers revealed she would continue her role on the Stern Show and that her show would most likely not air on Howard 100/101, but would air on another channel following the Howard Stern show.

Personal life

Quivers resides in Staten Island, New York, with three cats. From the mid-1990s until April 2007, her longtime boyfriend was a man mysteriously referred to on the radio show as "Mr. X." His anonymity to the Stern audience was merely to protect his career. Since then, Quivers has occasionally referred to him as "Tony." On April 23, 2007 Robin called in to the Bubba The Love Sponge Radio Show and announced she and Mr. X had separated.

Quivers also became the subject of much discussion, primarily focused on her personal health and well-being. In the month of June, 2007, Quivers began a strict vegan diet which included special organic energy shakes. The diet also included use of an "infrared blanket," allegedly used to "sweat away badness," and she also began a coffee enema regimen. The use of coffee enemas has not only managed to shift into her professional life (for obvious reasons), but also into her personal as well.

In addition to the newfound diet, Quivers informed the world on September 12th, 2007 that she had begun treatment with the controversial EECP machine, which is essentially a giant blood pump, typically reserved for people suffering from severe angina.

In August 2007, comedian Jim Florentine asked Quivers to go on a date with him live on the air. Due to the attention this garnered, Quivers has become tight-lipped about the topic due to a fear of the Howard 100 News team reporting any details on the radio. However, on September 26, 2007, Robin acknowledged that she has dated Jim, but refused to say whether she's had sex with him, or even kissed him for that matter. It was also revealed that the relationship status on Florentine's MySpace page had been changed from "Single" to "In A Relationship." The next day, Howard and Artie jokingly referred to the couple as "Quiver-tine" and later "Quarantine" (as a spoof of celebrity couple nicknames "Bennifer," "Brangelina," "TomKat," etc.). On October 18, 2007 it was uncovered by a Howard 100 reporter that Robin was with Florentine on their second date the night before. The couple took in a Joan Rivers comedy show. It was later revealed that the two had drinks after and that Florentine walked her to her door at the end. It is later said by Quivers that the two had "kissed goodnight".