Joe Rogan apologizes for 'regretful and shameful' past use of the n-word

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Rogan is a racist asshole

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Joe Rogan apologized Saturday for the many previous instances in which the host used the n-word on his Spotify podcast.

Rogan, already under fire in recent weeks after medical professionals and musicians decried him for helping spread misinformation on the coronavirus, posted a video on Instagram to address what he described as “the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.”

Rogan made the apology in response to a compilation video shared widely on social media this past week showing various moments over 12 years in which Rogan said the n-word on his show. The video was posted by singer India.Arie, who recently removed her catalogue from Spotify in response to Rogan’s “language around race.”,,,,,

“I was trying to make the story entertaining and I said: ‘We got out, and it was like we were in Africa, like we were in Planet of the Apes,’” he said. “I did not, nor would I ever, say that Black people are apes, but it sure … sounded like that. And I immediately said, ‘That’s a racist thing to say.’”

He acknowledged that he deleted that episode since it was “an idiotic thing to say.”

[11 Bravo]

1. Well, Joe just lost Tucker Carlson.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Rogan is a racist

Here is a good article and I agree that the clips of Rogan being a racist are beyond disturbing. https://hillreporter.com/watch-or-dont-spotify-can-ignore-joe-rogans-medical-disinformation-but-how-about-the-rampant-racism-123692

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You should be warned before even starting that the video embedded in this story is beyond disturbing. You won’t want to play it in your workplace or in public…or, to be honest, probably at all, unless you’re super-comfortable with the n-slur. Fortunately, there’s plenty to support Rogan’s history of blatant racism without actually watching the video, if you prefer not to.

Spotify is, as you may know, under a lot of pressure to kick Joe Rogan’s podcast off the platform due to his use of it to push medical disinformation, inviting anti-vax guests and promoting ivermectin and other unsupported treatments for COVID-19 in the midst of a pandemic. Of course, those who remain skeptical of expert opinions on the pandemic also defend him on those grounds, because they believe he’s providing legitimate ‘alternative viewpoints.’

However, perhaps a bigger question is whether anyone at Spotify can defend this. (Final warning: this is the video that you probably don’t actually want to hear, and it’s a compilation of Rogan using the n-slur dozens of times. It is genuinely awful and painful to hear.)....

Even without that, there’s a lot of documented history of Rogan’s racism, including the recent podcast in which he and Jordan Peterson discussed which people are allowed to consider themselves “Black” (they decided that the identity should be reserved for people living in Africa and wearing no clothes), and more from over the years.

Then there’s this clip from 2019, in which Rogan recounts his experience of going to watch Planet of the Apes in apparently a predominantly Black neighborhood — he says, “We walked into the planet of the apes. We walked into Africa. Dude, we walked in the door and there was no white people.”

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Why hasn't that racist been removed already?! Let him go to Fox where he belongs!!

[JohnSJ]

6. Exactly

[Polybius]

15. Money

He makes them millions.

[artemisia1]

20. Not anymore. Now he costs them billions... /nt

[Cha]

4. Rt TY

[wryter2000]

9. Charming fellow

I hope this finally does him in.

[dalton99a]

10. +1. Beyond any doubt.

[Ferryboat]

5. Only when big money is at stake

Do these sort of people go through the motions of seeking forgiveness or redemption.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. So true... just hope that racist's fake apology after all these years will NOT be accepted.

[Hortensis]

8. Encouraging that blowback caused him to need to.

Suppose that's what happens when you get too big to give it up. The money sucks you in too.

"I'm sorreee, sooo sorreeee...."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Official Statement by PatriotTakes in Response to Joe Rogan Apology:

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[dalton99a]

14. +1

[PortTack]

12. until the next...and then the time after that. He's an unscrupulous wind bag

[TreasonousBastard]

13. So, once again we have an "apology" written by PR flacks and...

scrubbed by lawyers, attempting to wipe away a glaring view into the mechanism of a mind gone awry.

Rogan isn't "racist" in the mold of the KKK, but he is very much just plain average as far as the majority simply finds it convenient to ignore any plight of the minority. This is what he should be condemned for, not simply mindlessly parroting code words.

[Scrivener7]

16. Who believes he believes that? Not me!

[NCjack]

17. Still a POS.

[crickets]

18. Enh. Unconvinced and unimpressed. nt

[walkingman]

19. People need to get a life - why does anyone listen to people like Rogan

and why does anyone care. If this is entertainment for you - just buy a National Enquirer at the grocery store or watch Fox News.

[Jacque_Joseph]

21. For many reasons Rogan has a fanbase.

1. Rogan has a plain style that mimics the average man. He's not and never claims to be an intellectual, don't go in an episode with him being all fancy with words dropping out of the Oxford dictionary. Joe Rogan is just a simple dude who happens to get many intellectuals on his podcast.
2. People love the weed and UFC stuff that have made Rogan an household name since hosting Fear Factory. No one is going to the podcast for the latest political discussion but to hear a meathead go off on talking about the latest fight and have a guest smoke a boundless stack of weed, la Elon Musk.
3. People just enjoy the man commentary on subjects.


Not a fan of Joe Rogan at all, and I denounce the recent COVID misinformation from his podcast. However I think liberals are being gullible to act like Joe Rogan fans are Fox News reactionaries when most are just weight-lifting guys who just wanna hear Rogan going off on UFOs and the galaxy. Let's have a media that communicates better about the virus so people don't go instant to average guys who have no understanding of virology.

[ismnotwasm]

23. There's are many, many podcasts

This fucker is an irresponsible asshole.

[ismnotwasm]

22. I hate that he gets so much money and attention

I feel like he’s a Limbaugh substitute

[boston bean]

24. The clip of him saying a guest he had the show saying to him he had best of both

Worlds by having the body of a black man and brain of a white person. The person was biracial.

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25. Spotify Pulls More Than 110 Episodes Of Joe Rogan's Podcast

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Spotify has taken down 113 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience, it emerged Saturday, after Rogan issued an apology for using racial slurs on his podcast, widening scrutiny of the comedian and commentator amid a boycott of the streaming platform by artists for allowing Rogan to spread Covid-19 misinformation.

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The total comes from a website that tracks episodes of Rogan’s podcast that have been pulled from Spotify, JRE Missing – Forbes confirmed that the episodes are not available on the streaming service (the disappearance of 70 episodes was previously reported by CNET).

All except one of the episodes were recorded before the coronavirus pandemic took off in the United States, which makes it unlikely their removal was linked to Rogan’s dubious claims about Covid-19.

It was Rogan’s decision to remove the episodes after consulting with Spotify, Bloomberg reported.

Rogan posted an Instagram video Saturday apologizing for his use of racial slurs on his show and likening a predominantly Black neighborhood to the movie the Planet of the Apes, saying it was a “teachable moment” for him.