The podcaster additionally reasoned that he was trying to be “entertaining” when comparing a Black neighborhood to “Planet of the Apes” years ago.
Joe Rogan has addressed critics of his repeated use of the N-word on his now-infamous podcast. He said in an Instagram video on Saturday that he is not racist and thought the N-word was acceptable for him to say “as long as it was in context.”
After a video compilation of Rogan, who is white, saying the slur multiple times surfaced Jan. 30, the podcaster and UFC commentator said he “never used it to be racist” and now realizes that “to most people, there’s no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, nevermind publicly on a podcast.”
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“I haven’t said it in years, but for a long time, when I would bring that word up — like if it would come up in conversation, instead of saying ‘the N word,’ I would just say the word,” Rogan said, proceeding to list Black comedians Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney among the figures he was “quoting” when saying the word.
The 54-year-old commented that the word is unique in that “only one group of people is allowed to use it, and they can use in so many different ways,” but he is now “well aware” that “it is not my word to use.”
“I do hope that if anything, that this can be a teachable moment, because I never thought it would ever be taken out of context and put in a video like that. And now that it is, holy s*** it looks bad,” he continued.
Source: Joe Rogan says repeated N-word use was ‘taken out of context’ in resurfaced video clips
