Comedian Joe Rogan joked on his podcast Thursday that the only thing Twitter is good for is to watch Democrats melt down in pu...
Comedian Joe Rogan joked on his podcast Thursday that the only thing Twitter is good for is to watch Democrats melt down in public.
Rogan, 54, was discussing social media on his most recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience with fellow comedians Mark Normand, Shane Gillis and Ari Shaffir, according to Mediaite.
'There's some people, even comics, that I follow on Twitter where I just go to check their feed just to watch mental illness just spray it's diarrhea all over the screen,' he joked.
He then joked about one person that he followed on Twitter that treated his political leanings like his favorite baseball team.
'It's wild to watch people,' Rogan said. 'One guy that I'm friends with, he's a nice guy but he's the most Democrat supporting - it's like someone who's a Pirates fan. Pittsburgh Pirates. And he's like 'ah, let's f--king go Pirates!' it's like the whole thing is 'go Democrats!''
Comedian Joe Rogan said on his show Thursday that the only good reason to go on Twitter is to watch Democrats have meltdowns
He then joked about one person that he followed on Twitter that treated his political leanings - specifically supporting President Joe Biden - like his favorite baseball team
Gillis, who was once fired from Saturday Night Live before ever appearing on an episode for jokes he'd made about Asian people, then chimed in.
'You know you guys are gonna win 20 games this year? They'll be like 'look at Biden kicking ass this week!'' Gillis joked.
'He writes 'Best. Period. Administration. Period. Ever,'' Rogan laughed.
The podcaster has been under fire in recent months from progressives who called on Spotify, the streaming service that houses his show, to cancel his $200million deal over his COVID-19 comments and use of racial slurs.
In January, a group of 270 doctors and scientists signed an open letter to Spotify accusing Rogan of pushing 'anti-vax misinformation' and branding him a 'menace to public health'.
Shane Gillis, a standup comic once fired from Saturday Night Live before ever appearing on an episode for jokes he'd made about Asian people, was one of Rogan's guests
Standup comic Mark Normand was also a guest on Thursday's episode of The Joe Rogan Experience
Ari Shaffir was also part of Rogan's discussion on his podcast with Normand and Gillis
After Spotify didn't respond to the letter, musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell led a boycott and pulled their music from the streaming platform.
Spotify eventually launched content advisory warnings on episodes that include discussion about COVID-19 on a rolling basis.
Then in February, clips resurfaced from Rogan's podcast in which he used the N-word over 20 times. He later apologized, calling it 'the most regretful and shameful thing I've ever had to talk about publicly.'
'It looks f***ing horrible. Even to me,' Rogan said. 'I know that to most people, there is no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that now. I haven't said it in years.'
Last month, Rogan threatened to cancel his Spotify deal if 'he has to walk on eggshells.'
'There's more people pouring over it but it's the same thing. I do it the same way,' Rogan said during his March 29 episode.
'If I become something different because it grew bigger, I will quit. If it gets to a point that I can't do it anymore, where I have to do it in some sort of weird way where I walk on eggshells and mind my p's and q's, f*** that!'
Rogan, 54, has been under fire in recent months. Critics have called on the streaming service to cancel the Joe Rogan Experience host's $200million deal for spreading misinformation regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and using racial slurs in the past
To date, Spotify has removed at least 113 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience - with most episodes that have been taken down recorded involving far-right commentators.
The podcaster was supported by some conservative media figures who pledged to defend his freedom of speech.
Donald Trump Jr condemned 'the woke mob' for trying to cancel Rogan.
Conservative commentator and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro also voiced his support for Rogan and accused the left of using his later racial slurs controversy to 'destroy a guy who doesn't carry water for those with institutional power.'
The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who has been largely criticized for his vaccine skepticism and the way he's governed the country throughout the pandemic, also backed Rogan on the social media platform.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek first responded to the controversy surrounding Rogan's comments regarding COVID and vaccines against the deadly virus in an official statement in January, saying Spotify would be adding COVID-19 content advisories to all podcast episodes that cover the virus.
Ek pushed back at employees demanding Rogan be ousted from the service's catalog, saying the controversial podcaster is vital to the platform's future and it's not the company's place to 'dictate the discourse' of his show.
'There are many things that Joe Rogan says that I strongly disagree with and find very offensive,' Ek said at a company town hall.
But 'if we want even a shot at achieving our bold ambitions, it will mean having content on Spotify that many of us may not be proud to be associated with.'
Rogan publicly addressed the controversy earlier this year in a post discussing 'some of the controversy that's been going on over the past few days.'
He told fans on Instagram: 'I don't always get it right. I will do my best to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people's perspectives so we can maybe find a better point of view.'
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