Joe Rogan back at Spotify, responds to backlash — and stays controversial
nypost.comsingers boycotted the music streamer because of his COVID-19 “misinformation” and anti-vaccine statements.Rogan — alongside returning guest Andy Stumpf, a retired Navy SEAL — addressed his break from Spotify, saying, “I put out a video a couple days ago; other than that, not much I can do.”He continued: “When you’re hearing it from people who are losing the information attention game — people like CNN — when they’re calling for other networks or shows to be censored or limited, it’s like, ‘Just do better.’”However, Rogan continued to spew controversial content in his first show back.
He stated that lockdowns “don’t stop the spread” of the coronavirus and declared that Montreal has a “wild” 10 p.m. curfew.“What happens after 10?
They’re shutting down restaurants and bars in parts of Canada where they are already barely staying open, they were already barely alive,” Rogan said.He continued, “It’s been pretty clear up until this point that all these lockdowns don’t work.
They don’t stop the spread.”Stumpf delved further, asking whether the New Jersey native has considered having somebody on his show as a counterpoint to Rogan’s previous remarks about COVID-19. “There’s quite a few of these guys that are highly educated doctors with different perspectives [who could be future guests], but they’re more fact-based than narrative-based,” Rogan responded.In an Instagram video posted on Jan.
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