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Streaming platform Spotify deleted about 41 old episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” this Saturday (5), after presenter Joe Rogan was accused of having used racist terms in the past. In a five-minute video on Instagram, the American podcaster apologized for the lines, saying it was the “most regrettable and shameful thing” he had to publicly explain. “My most sincere and humble apologies,” stated Rogan.
The presenter himself, a staunch supporter of freedom of expression, said that some of his lines had been taken out of context, but that the content was “horrible, even for me”. “I never used [termos racistas] to be racist, because I’m not racist,” he declared. Before the videos containing racist insults came to light, Rogan was already involved in controversy because of his interviews with doctors who question the effectiveness of the Covid vaccine 14, including immunologist Robert Malone.
The platform, however, did not comment on the episodes containing racist insults. Spotify is estimated to have disbursed more than 100 millions of dollars for the exclusivity of “The Joe Rogan Experience”, and that presenter Joe Rogan has more viewers than Fox News and CNN.