Joe Rogan has walked back his apology for repeatedly using racist slurs on his podcast.
Quick recap: Earlier this week, Rogan issued an apology after a video montage of him using the N-word and comparing black people to apes dozens of times began circulating on social media. Shortly after that, Spotify quietly removing more than 100 episodes of the podcast from circulation.
On yesterday’s episode of his show, Rogan addressed the ongoing controversy once again. Only this time, instead of expressing regret, he claimed he has become the victim of a “political hit job”.
“In a lot of ways, this is a relief,” he said. “That video had always been out there. This is a political hit job.”
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“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 went on to argue that he wasn’t actually being racist when he all said those racist things.
“I never used it to be racist, because I’m not racist, but whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say ‘I’m not racist,’ you’ve f*cked up, and I clearly have f*cked up,” he said.
Adding another layer of absurdity to the story, police in Las Vegas recently arrested a man who described himself as “Joe Rogan 2.0” for making bomb threats at the STRAT Hotel on the las Vegas Strip.
Security encountered Brian Gower, 46, near the entrance of the hotel screaming that he planned to blow the building up.
Fox News reports that officers detained him for the second time that day. Police had previously encountered him claiming “he was going to kill his ex-wife because he had been in prison because of her.”
During his detainment by STRAT security, Gower referred to himself as Rogan, claimed to have a grenade in his anus, and said his lawyer was Saul Goodman, the fictional protagonist of the series Better Call Saul.
In his interview with security, he also made conspiratorial comments about the Illuminati and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. He further claimed to be an actor raising awareness of bomb threats. Police have since charged him with terrorism.
Cam
““In a lot of ways, this is a relief,” he said. “That video had always been out there. This is a political hit job.”””
So it’s a political hit job to have footage of him saying walking into a movie theater in a Black neighborhood was like being on Planet of the Apes? Or using the N word in apparently over 100 episodes that Spotify has now removed?
The Republican tactic is hilarious, whenever they’re caught being racist they ALWAYS try to paint it as one single time, and then try to claim the REAL problem is the people who exposed them.
Sounds like Rogan is getting nervous.
Ronbo
You may recall that Cam proudly stated that ze had never listened to a singe Rogan podcast. Speaking out of ignorance is not a good practice – especially when hopped-up on hate and fear and censorship. Announcing that all 100 episodes were removed because of “using the N word” is like saying that Cam’s 100 comments were obviously removed by Queerty because Cam was “using the N word”.
Context is important when reviewing charged language. Does Cam support censoring all music “using the N word”? Shall we censor everyone who has ever used the word – even if they were quoting someone else?
Context is how the LGBTQ community won the war – context of love, compassion and understanding. Let’s not hand them back their tool of censorship.
Invader7
LYING sack of excrement. LIAR LIAR LIAR. BIGOT.RACIST… PREJUDICED idiot.. He got caught and is NOW trying to backpedal and say it wasn’t me or some other BS !!! Totally lame ,unoriginal ,hypocrite aka a republithug !!!
frapachino
LOL. You clearly know nothing about Joe if you think he’s a republican.
Ronbo
Comedians are the first people attacked under censorship. Snowflakes don’t actually listen to what people say, they listen for what they can fear and attack.
Remember Kathy Griffin? Snowflakes censored her. George Carlin had something to say, too. Dave Chappell also. Watch the documentary, “Can We Take a Joke?”
Giving right-wing nuts the power to censor free speech is a big MISTAKE. That’s the blue-print they need from us. Censorship kept us in the closet. Please take a breath, listen to the comedians actual words – not haters like Cam. Please know that what comes around goes around and you don’t want to give the other team the right to censor us again.
And give free speech the same chance you give yourself – to be forgiven for saying stupid shit looking for a laugh.
Creamsicle
There is a difference between censoring someone and deplatforming them. Some Spotify users want Rogan off the platform, because they don’t want their money indirectly paying him. And some artists are pulling g their content because they don’t want their work to be what draws users to a platform that pays Rogan.
It does feel a little wrongheaded and censorship adjacent though. I think that if people want to actually discuss these points, it would be more effective to have Rogan sit down for an extended interview/conversation where they could hold him accountable to his words, actions, and the beliefs that he perpetuates.
Not even Rogan fans listen to him all the time. I know people personally who listen to his show and say he has some interesting insights on some topics, but is a complete buffoon when it comes to most other topics. Even the Joe Rogan subreddit Malarkey feels like he’s gone off the rails since his Spotify deal.
strap2900
In reality we are all apes.
Ronbo
We’ve creatred artificial intelligence that will grow exponentially and likely outlive the human race. Congrat’s mama and papa. But you know that one day the superior being will scoff and say, “It’s crazy to think that we came from a microwave.”
Ronbo
Does anyone recall that Rogan supported Sen. Bernie Sanders for president? Supporting the far-left candidate would make him an awful Republican. Perhaps there was some context provided in the three hour interview.
Maybe our resident ‘deepest’ thinkers are playing the telephone game – never listening to what was actually said and the context in which it was said.
This reminds me of the “Dean scream” that was played over, and over, and over until the establishment had destroyed Howard Dean’s career. Repetition without context – creates a false reality.
frapachino
It doesn’t matter Joe. The racist mob really really wants you to be a racist because racists see racism everywhere.
Troyfight
He’s an idiot …so can I still just f::ck his nice, round ass? ….have wanted to since he hosted fear factor.