Joe Rogan’s ‘most hateful’ Spotify slurs exposed

After Joe Rogan said he hadn’t used the N-word racial slur “in years”, some of the “most hateful things” he’s said have been revealed.

The campaign to get Joe Rogan off Spotify is showing no sign of slowing down, with a Twitter user going viral for highlighting the “most hateful things” the polarising podcaster has recently broadcast on the streaming platform.

Alex Paterson, who describes himself as a paid “Joe Rogan watchdog”, shared seven clips of the 54-year-old making off-colour comments during podcast interviews with various guests, reports the New York Post.

Mr Paterson posted The Joe Rogan Experience clips to Twitter on Monday, just days after Rogan was forced to apologise for other, older clips that featured him using the N-word.

As the outrage swelled, Rogan claimed he hadn’t used that racial slur “in years”.

But Mr Paterson said Rogan has made plenty of other racist, sexist and transphobic remarks on his podcast much more recently – and he said he can prove it.

“I’m seeing a lot of Joe Rogan’s worst comments from the 2010s circulating. I get paid to listen to his podcast [by Media Matters] and want to remind people that he hasn’t changed,” Mr Paterson posted. “Here are some of the most hateful things Joe has said in the past year-and-a-half.”

He then shared the series of clips, including one from last month in which Rogan claimed Angelina Jolie was mentally disturbed.

“Crazy p**sy is the best p**sy … She’s clearly crazy,” Rogan said. The podcaster later learned that the actress had previously been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, leading him to say: “She’s got Bell’s palsy? That’s the problem with crazy, dude. Crazy comes with all sorts of neurotic sh*t.”

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More offensive remarks from podcaster Joe Rogan have been revealed, going viral on Twitter. Picture: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images North America/AFP

Mr Paterson also posted a clip from a Rogan podcast recorded in October last year, in which he said people who find jokey comments about “Asian accents” offensive are “retarded”.

“You can’t say [that]!” his podcast guest responded, to which Rogan said: “But I’m on Spotify. You can get away with it.”

Another video shared by Mr Paterson showed Rogan imitating people who speak Mandarin, while an additional clip featured him laughing as a guest put on an Asian accent.

“You can’t even do that anymore, that’s racist!” Rogan is heard saying in the video.

Mr Paterson also accused Rogan of transphobia for saying in an episode from October 2020, “You can’t say [the word] tr***y anymore.”

Another clip from August 2021 also featured Rogan discussing transgender people.

“Transgender people, it’s clearly a real thing … It’s existed throughout history. There’s always been people like that,” he said. “What [author] Douglas Murray was saying is that some of them [in contemporary society] aren’t really that. They’re just latching onto this need to get attention, or to be special, to stand out, to be a victim.”

I'm seeing a lot of Joe Rogan's worst comments from the 2010s circulating. I get paid to listen to his podcast @mmfa & want to remind people that he hasn't changed.

Here are some of the most hateful things Joe has said in the past year and a half. THREAD/

— Alex Paterson (@AlexPattyy) February 7, 2022

The Post has contacted Rogan’s representative for comment on the viral Twitter thread, which has sparked tens of thousands of reactions, retweets and comments from posters both opposed to and supporting the podcaster.

On the weekend it was reported Spotify removed 113 episodes of Rogan’s podcast from its platform, but most were from years ago and a number of those referenced by Mr Paterson still remain on the streaming service.

Rogan has been in the headlines for the past two weeks, after Neil Young and several other artists demanded their music be removed from Spotify because they did not want to be associated with the podcaster.

Young accused Rogan of spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines on his show after he featured several controversial guests, one who was banned from Twitter for spreading Covid misinformation just one day before his interview with Rogan was broadcast.

More than 100 episodes were removed from Spotify after racial slurs from Rogan were exposed, however almost all of them dated from before the pandemic. Picture: Mandel Ngan/AFP

Rogan pledged to “do better” and present arguments from both sides, but that hasn’t placated his critics, who are continuing their quest to have him booted from Spotify.

The streaming site reportedly paid Rogan an estimated $US100 million ($A140 million) in 2020 to host his podcast.

In the wake of the latest saga involving the racial slurs, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek sent a letter to staffers on Sunday criticising Rogan’s comments – but said the company would not be “cancelling” him.

Rogan removed some of his podcast episodes from Spotify after issuing his apology, according to Mr Ek.

Trump tells Joe Rogan to ‘stop apologising’

Former US president Donald Trump also weighed into the debate, telling Joe Rogan he should “stop apologising” to left-wing “lunatics”.

“Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologising to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,” Trump said in a statement on Monday.

“How many ways can you say you’re sorry? Joe, just go about what you do so well and don’t let them make you look weak and frightened,” he said.

“That’s not you and it never will be!”

Neil Young tells Spotify staff to ‘get out of that place’

Meanwhile, musician Neil Young is now urging Spotify workers to flee the streaming service “before it eats up your soul”.

“In our communication age, misinformation is the problem. Ditch the misinformers,” the 76-year-old wrote, after pulling his music from Spotify for supporting Rogan.

“To the musicians and creators in the world, I say this: You must be able to find a better place than Spotify to be the home of your art,” he wrote on his website, the Neil Young Archives Times-Contrarian.

“To the workers at Spotify, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem – not Joe Rogan,” he said.

“Get out of that place before it eats up your soul.

Neil Young has pulled his music from Spotify and now is urging employees to quit. Picture: Alice Chiche/AFP

“The only goals stated by Ek are about numbers – not art, not creativity,” he said.

“Notice that Ek never mentions the medical professionals who started this conversation,” he said, referencing a letter signed by 270 medical professionals concerned of the podcaster spreading misinformation about coronavirus.

“Look, one last time, at the statements Ek has made. Then be free and take the good path,” Young wrote.

The performer also told fans to ditch companies contributing to the “mass fossil fuel destruction of Earth,”.

“You and I need to lead,” he said. “Join me as I move my money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them. You have the power to change the world.

“We can do it together. Your grandchildren will thank you in history,” he wrote.

Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said he will not cancel Rogan’s podcast. Picture: AFP/Don Emmert

At the start of Young’s battle with the streaming platform, he had given the company an ultimatum.

“They can have Neil Young or Rogan. Not both,” he said.

A slew of other musicians followed, most notably Young’s former bandmates David Crosby, Steven Stills and Graham Nash, as well as folk singer Joni Mitchell.

“I’m very sorry that they feel that way,” Rogan later said while claiming that he was “not trying to promote misinformation” or “be controversial”.

“I’m a Neil Young fan. I’ve always been a Neil Young fan,” he said.

“If I p**sed you off, I’m sorry,” he told listeners while pledging to “have more experts with differing opinions right after I have the controversial ones”.

Meanwhile Spotify CEO Mr Ek told his staffers: “We’re not in the business of dictating the discourse that these creators want to have on their shows.”

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission