The podcaster explains that statements from him were taken out of context, but still: “It looks damn bad”.
The controversial American hit podcaster Joe Rogan has turned into one Videos on Instagram apologized for using the racist term black people. It’s the most regrettable and shameful thing he’s ever had to speak out about, Rogan says in the video, which was made in response to a edit of scenes in which Rogan uses the N-word. Singer India Arie had previously had her music removed from Spotify, the service that also runs Rogan’s podcast The Joe Rogan Experience spread. Arie did so specifically with reference to Rogan’s problematic choice of words regarding race. Other stars like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell had previously spread about Rogans on his podcast Misinformation about Covid turned away from Spotify. Disappeared from Spotify meanwhile, according to US media, 70 episodes from Rogan’s podcast.
In the Instagram video, Rogan explains the video of him combines out-of-context clips of him on his podcast spanning 12 years. “This looks awful, even to me,” says Rogan, wishing he could undo it. “I hope this can be an educational moment for anyone who doesn’t realize how offensive that word can be when it comes out of the mouth of a white person, context or not.”