But whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say, ‘I’m not racist,’ you fucked up.

“I never used it to be racist, because I’m not racist. Rogan claimed that he hasn’t used the word in several years, and that he’d only said it when discussing its various meanings, or uses in pieces of media like Pulp Fiction. “It’s all smushed together and it looks fucking horrible, even to me,” he said. The clip, which features roughly two dozen instances of Rogan using the n-word, prompted him to post a five-minute apology video on Instagram.

But over the weekend, a video of Rogan using the n-word in many episodes of his podcast circulated across social media, prompting new responses from both podcaster and his publisher. Last week, it seemed like the drama surrounding Joe Rogan and Spotify was beginning to slow down, with the controversial podcast host issuing an apology through Instagram, followed by the streaming platform instituting new “content advisory” measures around episodes that touched on COVID-19.

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