‘I will stand by him’: Outpouring of support for Joe Rogan from former guests, some vowing to fight the campaign to cancel his Spotify podcast

Joe Rogan is currently embroiled in two controversies surrounding his massively popular podcast. While critics of Rogan have engaged in a campaign to try to force Spotify to cancel “The Joe Rogan Experience,” former guests of the show rallied around the beleaguered podcaster to fight back.

Spotify deleted roughly 70 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” last week without providing an explanation for the purge.

A few days earlier, a compilation video went viral of Rogan saying the N-word in past podcasts. Rogan used the racial slur 24 times from episodes recorded years ago, well before his deal with Spotify.

On Saturday, Rogan issued an apology for using the racial slur, calling it “the most regretful and shameful thing I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.” Rogan said the clips were taken “out of context” from “12 years of conversations.”

This comes on the heels of a firestorm targeting Rogan and accusing him of spreading pandemic misinformation. The situation escalated when musicians threatened to remove their music libraries from Spotify, including Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, India Arie, and Nils Lofgren.

Numerous former guests of “The Joe Rogan Experience” voiced their support for the embattled podcaster. One of Rogan’s supporters even vowed to remove their content from Spotify if the streaming giant bends the knee to the outrage mob and cancels “The Joe Rogan Experience.” – READ MORE