Joe Rogan apologises as stars boycott Spotify over Covid misinformation row: ‘I’m interested in telling the truth’

metro.co.uk:

supports HTML5 videoJoe Rogan has spoken out as the controversy surrounding his Spotify podcast and the spread of misinformation about Covid continues to gather steam. The 54-year-old has been at the centre of the row with his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, accused of giving a platform to false statements about Covid and the vaccine.

It led to several musicians speaking out in protest against Spotify, with Neil Young removing his entire catalogue of music from the streaming service, with Joni Mitchell supporting his move.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also released a statement revealing that they have ‘expressed concern’ to Spotify about the ‘all too real consequences’ of spreading misinformation about Covid.

On Sunday, Rogan finally addressed the controversy in a nine-minute video posted to his Instagram. He stated: ‘Now, because of this controversy … Neil Young has removed his music from the platform of Spotify and Joni Mitchell and apparently some other people want to as well. ‘I’m very sorry that they feel that way.