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Howard kinky with Katie

The mainstream return of Howard Stern — back from the shock-jock dead — is picking up its pace.

During an appearance on Katie Couric’s “Katie” today, Stern suggests a threesome with the former anchorwoman. But that still seemed tame for Stern, who made a rare trip to the polite company of daytime TV.

“This is the first time I’ve seen you wear pants,” he tells Couric on the show taped last week. “You usually wear a skirt.”

He turned the table on the queen of interviewers, demanding to know how she maintains her famous legs.

“Do you wax them? What? There’s a shine to them!” he exclaimed.

“Basically I just put lotion on them,” an embarrassed Couric said. “That’s my secret.”

“They’re fabulous!” Stern replied. He then pointed to his wife, Beth, sitting in the front row for the taping, and said even she had “talked” about Katie’s legs.

“This is getting weirder and weirder,” giggled Katie.

“Oh darling, we’re going to have a threesome by the end of the show,” said Howard. “Stay tuned. It’s going to be wonderful.”

Stern, who disappeared behind a pay wall eight years ago when he went on Sirius satellite radio, has been doing more mainstream TV in recent years — including a starring role as a judge on family-friendly “America’s Got Talent.”

But there’s a growing movement among diehard fans to snipe at him on social media, accusing the radio personality of selling out.