Mancow reveals illness that kept him from podcast

What they're saying: "My face was disfigured through sickness," Muller posted on X after a fan asked if he would bring his podcast back.

• "It hit me the beginning of this year. I am just now starting to go out. I almost lost an eye. For the first time, I really considered my mortality."

Flashback: Erich "Mancow" Muller burst on the Chicago radio scene over 30 years ago, hosting the "Mancow Morning Madhouse" on Q-101. The program was eventually nationally syndicated.

• As the celebrated jock matured, he hosted political talk shows, including a conservative-leaning morning show on WLS-AM, which he left in 2020.
• He made national headlines when he was waterboarded live on air in 2009.

For now, Mancow says he's not rushing back to his podcast.

• "I am not feeling like doing a podcast. But that could change," Muller posted.
• "It does feel like I should be taking a victory lap right now. I mean, all my dreams are coming true for America."

Mancow declined to be interviewed for this story.