Joe Rogan is in the hot seat once again, as a video compilation showing him using racial slurs has exploded on the internet.
In response, Rogan posted a video to Instagram to appeal to his fans.
“I’m making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly,” says Rogan. “[There’s] a video that is made of clips taken out of context of me, of twelve years of conversations on my podcast.”
The video in question, shows Rogan using the N-word on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.
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“I thought as long as it was in context, people would understand what I was doing… It’s a very unusual word. But it’s not my word to use. I’m well aware of that now.”
Rogan also addresses an incident where he acknowledges what he said on one of his podcast’s could’ve been interpreted as him suggesting that black people were apes.
He explains that he deleted the podcast, but someone must’ve retained a clip from it. He acknowledges that it looks “terrible” even in context and that it was a “f***ing idiotic thing to say.”
“I certainly wasn’t trying to be racist, and I certainly would never want to offend someone for entertainment with something as stupid as racisim.”
“My sincere and humble apologies.”
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Rogan’s podcast has already been under fire recently over comments he had made about the COVID-19 vaccines.
The comments have led to numerous artists removing their work from Spotify, criticising the streaming service for supporting vaccine misinformation.
Neil Young was the first to make the move, threatening Spotify that they could either “have [Joe] Rogan, or Young. Not both.”
Rogan once again went to Instagram to reassure viewers that he was “going to do [his] best in the future to balance things out.”
