If you want my advice, don’t take my advice’: Joe Rogan defends his Spotify COVID controversy by saying he ‘talks sh*t for a living’ and tells stand-up show that dozens of celebrities, including Aaron Rodgers, have asked him for his advice on vaccines
- Embattled Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan addressed the multiple controversies currently surrounding him during a comedy set in Austin, Texas, Tuesday
- ‘I talk sh*t for a living – that’s why this is so baffling to me,’ Rogan, 54, said, referring to the backlash he’s faced for Covid misinformation on his podcast
- ‘If you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?’ Rogan asked fans in his first performance since coming under fire for comments last month
- ‘If you want my advice, don’t take my advice,’ the comedian went on to declare
Embattled Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan addressed his COVID misinformation controversy during a comedy set in Texas Tuesday, saying that listeners should take his words with a grain of salt because he ‘talks sh*t for a living.’
‘I talk sh*t for a living – that’s why this is so baffling to me,’ Rogan, 54, said during an appearance at the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin, referring to the backlash he’s faced from stars like Neil Young for anti-vax information that’s been discussed on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, which is exclusive to Spotify.
‘If you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?’ Rogan asked fans in his first public appearance since folk-rock icon Young pulled his discography from the platform over the controversy, spurring others to follow suit and call for the Swedish streaming service to nix their $100million exclusive deal with the comedian.
‘What dumb sh*t were you about to do when my stupid idea sounded better? “You know that dude who made people people eat animal dicks on TV? How does he feel about medicine?”‘ the former Fear Factor host quipped in regards to the retaliation he’s faced for his and guests’ various opinions on the virus – and in particular, vaccines – expressed on the show.
‘If you want my advice, don’t take my advice,’ he declared.
Embattled Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan addressed his COVID misinformation controversy during a comedy set in Texas Tuesday, saying that listeners should take his words with a grain of salt because he ‘talks sh*t for a living’
Prior to Tuesday’s set, Rogan – who is against mandatory vaccinations – in January said that ‘dozens’ of A-list celebrities had contacted him for COVID advice, including Aaron Rodgers and UFC President Dana White.
‘It’s weird, I’ll get random messages from celebrities, mostly about Covid advice,’ he told fellow comedian Tim Dillon on the latter’s podcast. ‘No bulls***, I’ve helped dozens of people… like famous actors, musicians who have asked for Covid advice.’
Rogan revealed last year that he had not received the jab and rather opted for his doctor’s advice to take monoclonal antibodies and ivermectin, among other drugs, to fight the infection – a stratagem that NFL star Rodgers picked up from the star.
‘I’ve consulted with a now-good friend of mine, Joe Rogan, after he got Covid and I’ve been doing a lot of the stuff that he recommended in his podcasts and on the phone to me,’ Rodgers said in November after contracting the virus.
‘This vaccine is revolutionary however we don’t know a whole lot about it. For the media taking shots at me you now know my story so quit lying about me… personal health decisions in my opinion should be private.’
Rodgers, 38, revealed he took monoclonal antibodies, as well as ivermectin, zinc, vitamin C and D, and HCQ, on Rogan’s advice to combat the infection.
NFL star Aaron Rodgers previously said that he sought advice from Rogan regarding his vaccine views after contracting COVID-19
White, 52, also came forward in December to reveal that he too got advice from the podcaster on how to deal with the virus after coming down with the virus the previous month.
During his set Tuesday, Rogan went on to address another controversy that he’s currently embroiled in – one surrounding a now viral video of him using the n-word more than 20 times on his podcast posted by R&B singer India Arie.
‘I used to say it if [I was talking about] a Richard Pryor bit or something, I would say it in context,’ Rogan said.
‘Somebody made a compilation of every time I said that word over 14 years and they put it on YouTube, and it turned out that was racist as f*ck. Even to me! I’m me and I’m watching it saying, ‘Stop saying it!’ I put my cursor over the video and I’m like, ‘Four more minutes?!’
‘I haven’t used that word in years,’ he added. ‘But it’s kind of weird people will get really mad if you use that weird and tweet about it on a phone that’s made by slaves.’
India Arie shared resurfaced clips of Spotify’s premier podcaster Joe Rogan repeatedly using the N-word, after pulling her discography from the popular streaming platform
Rogan faced swift backlash for the contentious compilation, posted Friday, with celebrities like Arie putting pressure on Spotify boss Daniel Ek by removing their discographies from the platform in protest.
Spotify subsequently removed a slew of episodes of Rogan’s podcast from their site, including the ones that contained the volatile language.
Ek said in a message to employees Sunday that Rogan’s racist language was ‘incredibly hurtful’ and that the host stood behind the removal of the dozens of episodes of his show.
Rogan was then forced to apologize for the clips – which were recorded over the course of several years before he signed with Spotify – in a post to Instagram.
Joe Rogan posted a nearly six minute video to Instagram Saturday in which he spoke about a video of him that contained resurfaced clips of him saying the N-word on his podcast
‘I never used it to be racist, because I’m not racist,’ he told his followers on the social media platform Saturday.
‘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.’
On Tuesday, Rogan was asked during a Q&A portion if he would accept a $100-million offer from right-wing platform Rumble to move his show off Spotify. Rogan said he would stay with the beset streamer.
‘No, Spotify has hung in with me, inexplicably,’ he said. ‘Let’s see what happens.’
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