Podcast host apologises for ‘shameful’ matter, but says comments were taken out of context
Highlights
- Comedian says clips were ’taken out of context’ and is’sincere and humble’ He says he was quoting other people or referring to a Richard Pryor comedy album.
- Rogan has come under fire for suggesting that the healthy should not get vaccinated.
- The 54-year-old also said he had deleted his popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience because it was ‘an idiotic thing to say’ He said: ‘I certainly wasn’t trying to be racist, and I certainly wasn’t trying to offend someone for entertainment with something as stupid as racism’ He has also apologised for saying he thought the word was in context when he mentioned it in his podcast.