Joe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify's popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized Saturday after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using a racial slur in clips of episodes over a 12-year span.

In a video posted on his Instagram account, Rogan, who hosts a podcast called “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said his use of the slur was the “most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.” But he said the clips were “taken out of context."

"It’s not my word to use. I am well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner,” he said during the six-minute video on his Instagram account. “I never used it to be racist because I’m not racist.”

Rogan’s mea culpa follows Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter India.Arie's announcement on Thursday that she was removing her music from the Spotify streaming service because of the racial slur that Rogan had made during his podcasts. She posted the video montage of Rogan's clips on her Instagram account. Rogan, who launched his podcast in late 2009, didn't specify which years he used the racial slur.



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It's always taken out of context

[Cha]

1. Shame on rogin.. glad he got

caught.

[brush]

21. Anyone have a link to India Arie's compilation of his N-word use?

[durablend]

2. "I'm sorry I got caught"

[LoisB]

3. Drip, drip, drip. Hey Joe, would there have been a "mea culpa" had the clips not been released?

nt

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. Right wingers classic defense: "out of context" and "if you were a offended."

[True Dough]

5. And Don Winslow clued in "The Rock"

who had to eat some humble pie (maybe that's what he was cookin')...

[NullTuples]

33. I guess Dwayne was okay with the COVID misinfo, sexism, ableism, transphobia?

[relayerbob]

6. If they say it out loud in public

they say it alot in private and think it even more. Sorry, apology not accepted

[Mike Nelson]

7. I think...

... his apology should not be accepted. I saw the clip on Twitter. He looks like he does now... it is not from the '50s and '60s. It's recent. He's deliberately being a provocative pig.

[Lunabell]

8. How many times have we heard racists say, "I am not a racist"?

These are the same people who say, "I don't see color." That's another line that pisses me off.

Hell yes. I see color. Lots and lots of colors of all different shades and ethnicities and we are all beautiful. They do see color, they just don't like what they see if it ain't a light shade.

[SeattleVet]

13. Well, he might have a black friend...

or at least, a black acquaintance.

So there is that...

[Lunabell]

20. Omg, I forgot about that little gem.

And they probably roll their eyes at him too.

[rpannier]

9. I would be more generous to Joe Rogan except for this

In the clip, Rogan can be heard saying that stepping into the movie theater was like walking into “Planet of the Apes.”

“We walked into Africa, dude,” he said. “There was no white people.”

then

Rogan denied that he was referring to Black people as apes in his video on Saturday, saying that it “wasn’t a racist story but it sounded terrible.”

******
I am curious as to what he was talking about then. Audience has no white people. Only Black people. It was like walking into "Planet of the Apes."
Please explain this

[intrepidity]

19. I'm with you on this

There is no excuse whatsoever for that particular clip.

[thesquanderer]

10. Funny how they never apologize BEFORE the video surfaces. (n/t)

[BootinUp]

16. Takes a conscience, that. nt

[Dawson Leery]

11. I don't value anything he says. Do you?

[LudwigPastorius]

12. Fuck that meathead.

He's earned everything coming his way, which hopefully includes cancellation of the distribution of his stupid podcast.

[rockfordfile]

14. It's clear this guy lies a lot.

I wouldn't be surprised that this guy would lie about it if no audio came out..

[BootinUp]

15. Who cares? There is really no apology

that means jack when it comes to using that kind of language and on a podcast too. I know all I need to.

[DallasNE]

17. What Rogan Said Was 1,000 Times Worse

Then what Whoopi said the other day. That got her a 2-week suspension. The ball is in your court Spotify. What are you going to do about it?

[PortTack]

18. He's sorry until the next time. He won't stop until he's shown the door.

And that probably isn’t going to happen

[speak easy]

22. ...

Bernie Sanders is facing a backlash from some Democrats after his campaign trumpeted an endorsement from comedian Joe Rogan, a popular podcast and YouTube talk show host with a history of making racist, homophobic and transphobic comments.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html

[George II]

23. Sanders has been on Rogan's podcast a number of times over the years, most recently in 2020.

[sheshe2]

27. Yep.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Here's Bernie Sanders with Joe Rogan in 2020

Link to tweet

[llashram]

24. bullshit! bullshit! bullshit!

These people are disgusting and dangerous types, smiling in your face, hating your skin colour, religion, culture other than white European DNA extracted somewhere along their line of existence

[sheshe2]

28. Out of 'context', my ass.

Rogan is a POS!

[llashram]

31. yep

[sheshe2]

32. Hey.

[TexasBushwhacker]

25. I'm 65, so 10.5 years older than Joe

I was a kid in the 60s and a teen in the 70s. I would have gotten in more trouble for saying the n-word than the f-word. I was taught that not only was it offensive to talk that way, it was low class. People don't accidentally use the word. It's either in your vocabulary or it isn't.

[Demsrule86]

26. Sorry he got caught is what he is...POS.

[VarryOn]

29. I predict he's deplatformed by month's end. Nt

[Emile]

30. Rush Limbaugh wannabes are a dime a dozen. His career

is coming to an end.