Well-known US podcaster Joe Rogan apologizes for use of racial violence by Reuters

(Reuters) – Joe Rogan, a well-known US podcaster, has apologized for the second time in a week for using racist violence, following the release of a montage video showing the N-word repeatedly.

In an apology video posted on Instagram on Saturday, Rogan said it was “the most regrettable and embarrassing thing I’ve ever had to speak publicly.” Throughout the video, Rogan said footage taken using the epithet was taken out of context, but “horrible, to me, too.”

Rogan’s apology came after Grammy-winning singer-songwriter India Arie took her music off Spotify streaming, which takes Rogan’s podcast after she posted her clips on her Instagram feed using N-word.

In his apology, Rogan said the montage showed the use of the epithet in session interviews over the past 12 years, and examples of how black-and-white comedians and others used it to discuss how to use it. He said he hadn’t spoken in years.

“It’s not my word to use. I know that well now, but I’ve used it that way for years,” he said. “I’ve never used to be racist because I’m not racist.”

More than 70 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast have been removed from the media on Saturday. Spotify Technology SA (NYSE 🙂 service.

Spotify did not return any comment requests.

On Monday, Rogan apologized for his anti-disinformation reaction to his COVID-19 program, and Spotify said it would add content advice to any episode that discusses the virus.

Rogan, a martial arts commentator and a staunch skeptic of vaccines, has sparked controversy over his views on the pandemic and the spread of the virus and vaccines and government orders.

Singer-songwriters Neil Young and Joni Mitchell announced last week that they were removing their music from Spotify as a protest against the disinformation of the coronavirus broadcast on the platform.