Joe Rogan speaks out about Spotify backlash

By ANI

WASHINGTON: American podcaster and comic , who has been making headlines for his ongoing backlash over his controversial statements that he had made on his Spotify podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, just lately mentioned concerning the headlines on his present.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, within the Tuesday episode of his Spotify podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, Rogan mentioned concerning the backlash he has been receiving, together with his guest- comedian Akaash Singh.

“In a lot of ways, this is a relief,” Rogan stated including, “That video [of Rogan saying the n-word in his podcast over the years] had always been out there. This is a political hit job. They’re taking all this stuff I’ve ever said that’s wrong and smushing it all together. It’s good because it makes me address some stuff that I really wish wasn’t out there.”

Rogan additionally pushed again on right-wing criticisms of his current apology video, saying, “You should apologize if you regret something. I do think you have to be careful not to apologize for nonsense.”

On the opposite hand, Singh assured, “Real life is people who know you and you’re a great guy … On a podcast where you’re talking for hours on end, I have said shit about every demographic of human beings possible and I regret every one that was, like … not funny … the punishment is, everybody hears it and I’m an asshole. But I can’t stop shooting, I can’t stop swinging.”

Joe Rogan”Over time, people will understand you. They know you. If you misstep, they know what you’re trying to do – you’re not a vicious person, you’re just trying to be funny,” added Rogan.

For the uniformed, the transfer follows former President Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who individually weighed in on the comic’s apology.

“Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologizing to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics. How many ways can you say you’re sorry?” Trump stated on Monday.

Meanwhile DeSantis stated, “The mob will come after people, and they’re targeting Rogan because he’s threatening to upset the apple cart on some of the things that they’re holding dear. And with COVID, he’s just bringing opposing views. He’s letting people decide. They say he’s against [the COVID vaccine]. I do not listen to his show, but then I read he specifically advocated for people with co-morbidities and elderly to get vaccinated. I think a lot of the legacy outlets and I think the left fear the fact that he can reach so many people, and so they’re out to destroy him. But what I would say is, don’t give an inch. Do not apologize. Do not cow[tow] to the mob. Stand up and tell them to pound sand; if you do that, there’s really nothing that they’re able to do to you.” Both males are thought of prone to search the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

The outlet knowledgeable that the previous presidential contender Andrew Yang made headlines by deleting a tweet about Rogan the place he had defended the podcaster by saying, “I don’t think Joe Rogan is a racist … The man interacts with and works with black people literally all of the time.”

Yang known as the tweet “wrong headed” and stated, “It also hurt people, which is never my intent. I’m sorry.”

As per the most recent replace, on Monday, the Canadian video platform Rumble supplied Rogan USD 100 million over 4 years to maneuver his present from Spotify to its right-wing venue. “We stand with you, your guests and your legion of fans in desire for real conversation. How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both new and old, with no censorship, for USD 100 million bucks over four years? This is our chance to save the world. And yes, this is totally legit,” Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski wrote.

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Rogan has been the main focus of a serious controversy in current weeks following musicians akin to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulling their music from Spotify in protest of the streamer being the unique distributor of the comic’s podcast, which has featured friends in current months that unfold misinformation concerning the coronavirus vaccines.

The controversy grew to become extra heated final Thursday after musician India. Arie circulated a compilation of clips of Rogan utilizing the n-word on his podcast over time (Arie likewise requested her music get faraway from the service).

Rogan took to Instagram to apologize for his use of the racial slur, calling his feedback “the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.”

Other celebrities, akin to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Jon Stewart, have ventured into the controversy, expressing (and in some circumstances apologizing for) their very own views.

Spotify has responded by eradicating greater than 100 episodes of Rogan’s present from its platform that featured controversial friends or content material however has in any other case stood by the comic.

CEO Daniel informed his workers in an e mail over the weekend, “I want to make one point very clear — I do not believe that silencing Joe is the answer. We should have clear lines around content and take action when they are crossed, but canceling voices is a slippery slope,” in response to The Hollywood Reporter. (ANI)