Joe Rogan shoots down Kamala Harris podcast interview over campaign’s demands

Joe Rogan has revealed why Kamala Harris hasn’t been on his podcast just a week before the US election, despite Donald Trump doing a three-hour-long show.

Joe Rogan says he has shot down a podcast interview with Vice President Kamala Harris after her campaign made several demands – but insisted he hopes it can still happen.

The mega-popular podcaster said the Democratic presidential nominee’s team had wanted him to travel to her and for their chat to last for only an hour, the NY Post reports.

“They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin,” Rogan said in a statement on X, adding that the Harris campaign “has not passed on doing the podcast.”

Despite passing on the campaign’s for the podcast, Joe Rogan said, “I really hope we can make it happen.” Picture: YouTube

“My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen.”

It comes after former President Donald Trump sat for a three-hour, in-studio interview on his “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast last Friday.

The highly-anticipated interview with the Republican candidate has already racked up well-over 37 million views on YouTube since airing.

Meanwhile, Rogan’s refusal to compromise with Harris’ team followed reports he’d been in negotiations for a sit-down with her for weeks – but they opted to pull the plug.

Rogan confirmed during his gabfest with Trump that talks to host Harris on his platform were still ongoing but didn’t elaborate further.

It comes after former President Donald Trump sat for a three-hour, in-studio interview on his “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast last Friday. Picture: Supplied

Rogan’s podcasts are often lengthy. Picture: Getty

Trump quickly seized on the opportunity, scoffing at the idea of Harris sitting down for a three-hour interview – a common time frame for guests on Rogan’s show.

“Can you imagine Kamala doing this show? She’s be laying on the floor.” Trump said.

“If she did this kind of an interview with you, I hope she does, because it would be a mess. She’d be laying on the floor. Comatose. She’d be saying, ‘Call in the medics’.”

Joe Rogan interviewing Donald Trump on his podcast. Picture: YouTube

Rogan responded, saying: “I could imagine her doing this show. She was supposed to do it. And she might still do it. And I hope she does. I will talk to her like a human being. I would try to have a conversation with her.”

“I think we’d have a fine conversation. I think I’d be able to talk to her. I wouldn’t try to interview her. I’d just try to have a conversation with her and hopefully get to know her as a human being. That was my goal. Having her on, trying to get her to express herself,” he added.

The Harris campaign “has not passed on doing the podcast,” Rogan stated on X. Picture: AFP

In the weeks leading up to the election, Harris has made several appearances on soft-ball programs – including the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, ABC News’ “The View,” “The Howard Stern Show,” and CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

This article was originally published by the NY Post and republished with permission.