Rogan said he wanted to hear the two experts' opinions and claimed that "many of the things we considered misinformation just a short while ago are now considered as fact."Ī group of health experts wrote a letter to Spotify earlier this month, calling on the platform to remove Rogan after his "highly controversial episode" with Malone. Robert Malone, an infectious disease specialist who has become a hero in the anti-vaccine community and has been banned from Twitter for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. I never used it to be racist, ’cause I’m not racist.’ But whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say ‘I’m not racist,’ you fucked up, and I clearly have fucked up.He defended his choice of having two controversial doctors on the show – one of which was Dr. “I’m well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner. “It’s a very unusual word, but it’s not my word to use,” he acknowledged. Update – February 5th: Joe Rogan has apologized for his past use of the N-word, saying in an Instagram video that it was “the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.”
Consequence has reached to representatives of the platform for clarification. Spotify has not yet publicly addressed the removal of these episodes. Other episodes taken down by Spotify featured guest appearances from comedians Bill Burr, Tom Segura, and Pete Holmes, and Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan. I have always stood there,” said Arie, who earlier in the week pulled her music from Spotify, citing Rogan’s “language around race.”Īccording to the official subreddit for The Joe Rogan Experience, the episodes referenced by Arie were among those removed by Spotify on Friday.
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