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Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million To Come To Its Platform Amid 'N-Word' Controversy With Spotify

Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million To Come To Its Platform Amid 'N-Word' Controversy With Spotify
Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million To Come To Its Platform Amid 'N-Word' Controversy With Spotify

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Published February 07, 2022

Published February 07, 2022

As the Joe Rogan-Spotify drama enters what feels like its 3,000th year, the latest wrinkle is that 113 episodes of Rogan's JRE podcast have been removed from the platform because some of them feature Rogan using the N-word or other "racially insensitive language."

Rogan has since apologized for the usage, saying he only used it when quoting others. "It’s not my word to use. I am well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner," Rogan stated. "I never used it to be racist because I’m not racist. There's nothing I can do to take that back. I wish I could. Obviously, that's not possible. I certainly wasn't trying to be racist, and I certainly would never want to offend someone for entertainment with something as stupid as racism."

As a result, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek stated that Rogan requested the offending episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience be removed from the platform. He also stated in a memo to employees he would not remove The Joe Rogan Experience from Spotify, writing, "While I strongly condemn what Joe has said and I agree with his decision to remove past episodes from our platform, I realize some will want more. I want to make one point very clear — I do not believe that silencing Joe is the answer."

Evidently, the part about Rogan himself choosing to have the episodes removed has been missed by some Rogan supporters, who seem to believe he is being silenced. One of these supporters is the video-platform Rumble, known for having a more conservative-leaning creator base, who offered Rogan $100 million to drop Spotify and join their platform "with no censorship."


Though Rumble made no such statement or claim in its open letter to Rogan, some Twitter users interpreted Rumble's invitation as a free pass to the podcaster to use the N-word as much as he wanted.


It seems unlikely that Rogan will leave his Spotify deal to join Rumble, despite their generous offer. For starters, Rumble's financial status is not well-known. In December, the platform announced a plan to go public and expected to raise $400 million, but the deal hasn't closed yet.


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