Joe Rogan has been all over the news for the past few weeks over things he relays to his audience on his show, but he is now speaking out after a compilation of the podcaster frequently using the n-word on his podcast spread widely on social media.
Rogan used the word more than 20 times in the clips from different podcast episodes, which he said were compiled over a span of 12 years. In his apology, Rogan said it’s the “most regretful and shameful thing” he has ever had to address publicly.
“There’s a video that’s out, that’s a compilation of me saying the N-word. It’s a video that’s made of clips taken out of context of me of … 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and it’s all smushed together, and it looks fuckin’ horrible, even to me.
“Now I know that to most people there’s no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that.”
“Now, I haven’t said it in years, but for a long time, when I would bring that word up, like if it would come up in conversation, instead of saying ‘the N-word’, I would just say the word.
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“I thought as long as it was in context, people would understand what I was doing.”…”I do hope that this can be a teachable moment for anybody that doesn’t realize how offensive that word can be coming out of a white person’s mouth in context or out of context. My sincere and humble apologies, I wish there was more that I could say”
In response to social media trying to cancel him, several fighters and former fighters took to social media to make sure he knew they fully supported him.
Spotify, one of the biggest streaming services in the world, is under intense pressure because it is the exclusive distributor of Rogan’s popular show.
As of now, they have shown nothing to suggest that they will rid themselves of Rogan and his podcast show.
